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Wireless power transfer system, power transmitter, and rectenna base station
ActiveUS20090315412A1Efficient preparationImprove scaleSpatial transmit diversityCosmonautic vehiclesElectric power transmissionMicrowave
A wireless power transfer system includes: a plurality of power transmitters, each of which transmits a microwave; and a rectenna base station which receives the microwave to generate power. The rectenna base station includes: a rectenna; and control section which specifies an identification code for identifying each power transmitter and generates a command signal to change a phase of the power transmitter specified by identification code so as to increase a power value received at the rectenna. Each of the power transmitters comprises: a plurality of transmission antenna elements, each of which transmits the microwave to the rectenna base station; and a phase controller which makes phase change of the microwave based on the command signal from the phase monitor and control section of the rectenna base station if the identification code matches a stored identification code.
Owner:MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORP
Integrated circuit design based on scan design technology
InactiveUS20090032899A1Effect of power consumption reduction is enhancedReduce power consumptionElectronic circuit testingSolid-state devicesEngineeringCircuit design
An integrated circuit is provided with a scan chain including a scan flip-flop and a dummy block. The dummy block has a clock terminal receiving a clock signal, a scan input terminal connected to a scan data line within the scan chain, and a scan output terminal connected to another scan data line within the scan chain. The dummy block is configured to output data on the scan output terminal in response to input data fed to the scan input terminal, not responsively to the clock signal.
Owner:RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORP
Computerized advertising offer exchange
InactiveUS20050187818A1Convenient ArrangementConvenient transactionAdvertisementsSpecial data processing applicationsTime informationThe Internet
In some embodiments, the present invention provides methods and systems for facilitating transactions between advertisers and advertisees for arranging for presentation of advertisements to users of computers or other computerized devices. Advertiser and advertisee offers, including user context conditions, are obtained. User context information is obtained, such as real-time or almost real-time information about an online user of an Internet site of the advertiser. If a match is determined between an advertiser offer, an advertisee offer, and a user context, arranging for presentation of an advertisement to the user is facilitated.
Owner:YAHOO INC
IC card
InactiveUS20050045729A1FunctionalLow costSemiconductor/solid-state device detailsSolid-state devicesElectricityDisplay device
The present invention provides an IC card that can realize high function without increasing the size of an IC chip, and that can realize cost reduction. The IC card comprises a first single crystal integrated circuit, a second integrated circuit, and a display device. The second integrated circuit and the display device are each formed from a thin film semiconductor film, over a plastic substrate, and the first single crystal integrated circuit is mounted on the plastic substrate so as to be electrically connected to the second integrated circuit.
Owner:SEMICON ENERGY LAB CO LTD
Scaling and extending UPnP v1.0 device discovery using peer groups
ActiveUS20060184693A1Effectively scaledFacilitate communicationMultiple digital computer combinationsData switching networksSemanticsComputer science
Disclosed is a method for scaling and extending the reach of UPnP device discovery and eventing by leveraging the use of a peer-to-peer network infrastructure. Peer-to-peer networking allows for the organization of a set of nodes into a group for efficient exchange of information and the group has an efficient and scalable mechanism for flooding data to all members in it. In one embodiment one PC in a peer group can receive device discovery announcements and subscribe for device event notifications. A discovery proxy and an eventing proxy running on the PC package the announcement and / or notification in a record and proceed to flood it to the group. The group flooding semantics route the notification to the subscribed controllers, which can subsequently take suitable action. Ultimately, this method produces a result whereby device discovery and eventing tasks can be fulfilled by locating the closest peer and obtaining the device announcements and notifications from that peer.
Owner:MICROSOFT TECH LICENSING LLC
System and method for updating encryption key for wireless LAN
InactiveUS7024553B1High management efficiencySecure reliabilityKey distribution for secure communicationMultiple keys/algorithms usageWireless lanIEEE 802
System for updating an encrypted key, by means of which the WEP of IEEE 802.11 can be applied to a wireless LAN system having plural APs and a large number of STAs. A key management server is LAN-connected to the APs. A set of plural (k) encrypted keys used for wireless communication between the entire APs and STAs is provided and managed monistically. If an encrypted key is updated in the key management server, the updated key is delivered to each of the APs and the STAs.
Owner:NEC CORP
Scaling UPnP v1.0 device eventing using peer groups
InactiveUS20060184660A1Effectively scaleFacilitate communicationDigital computer detailsTransmissionExchange of informationDistributed computing
Disclosed is a method for scaling and extending the reach of UPnP device discovery and eventing by leveraging the use of a peer-to-peer network infrastructure. Peer-to-peer networking allows for the organization of a set of nodes into a group for efficient exchange of information and the group has an efficient and scalable mechanism for flooding data to all members in it. In one embodiment one PC in a peer group can receive device discovery announcements and subscribe for device event notifications. A discovery proxy and an eventing proxy running on the PC package the announcement and / or notification in a record and proceed to flood it to the group. The group flooding semantics route the notification to the subscribed controllers, which can subsequently take suitable action. Ultimately, this method produces a result whereby device discovery and eventing tasks can be fulfilled by locating the closest peer and obtaining the device announcements and notifications from that peer.
Owner:MICROSOFT TECH LICENSING LLC
Projection optical system, exposure apparatus, and exposure method
InactiveUS20060121364A1Improve imaging effectLarge effective image-side numerical aperturePhotomechanical apparatusSemiconductor/solid-state device manufacturingReflection lossOptical axis
A catadioptric projection optical system for forming a reduced image of a first surface (R) on a second surface (W) is a relatively compact projection optical system having excellent imaging performance as well corrected for various aberrations, such as chromatic aberration and curvature of field, and being capable of securing a large effective image-side numerical aperture while suitably suppressing reflection loss on optical surfaces. The projection optical system comprises at least two reflecting mirrors (CM1, CM2), and a boundary lens (Lb) whose surface on the first surface side has a positive refracting power, and an optical path between the boundary lens and the second surface is filled with a medium (Lm) having a refractive index larger than 1.1. Every transmitting member and every reflecting member with a refracting power forming the projection optical system are arranged along a single optical axis (AX) and the projection optical system has an effective imaging area of a predetermined shape not including the optical axis.
Owner:NIKON CORP
Apparatuses, systems and methods for extravasation detection
InactiveUS7047058B1Enhance the imageSensitive measurementUltrasonic/sonic/infrasonic diagnosticsMaterial analysis using microwave meansMedicineX-ray
An apparatus for the detection of extravasation in an imaging procedure includes at least a first source of energy to supply imaging energy to tissue in the vicinity of a site and at least a first sensor to measure a signal resulting from the energy supplied to the tissue by the first imaging energy source. In preferred embodiment, the energy may be one of X-ray, gamma ray or ultrasound energy.
Owner:BAYER HEALTHCARE LLC
Method for Driving Semiconductor Device
InactiveUS20100220117A1Easily affectedImprove scaleSolid-state devicesCathode-ray tube indicatorsElectricityElectrical connection
To provide a method for driving a semiconductor device, by which influence of variation in threshold voltage and mobility of transistors can be reduced. The semiconductor device includes an n-channel transistor, a switch for controlling electrical connection between a gate and a first terminal of the transistor, a capacitor electrically connected between the gate and a second terminal of the transistor, and a display element. The method has a first period for holding the sum of a voltage corresponding to the threshold voltage of the transistor and an image signal voltage in the capacitor; a second period for turning on the switch so that electric charge held in the capacitor in accordance with the sum of the image signal voltage and the threshold voltage is discharged through the transistor; and a third period for supplying a current to the display element through the transistor after the second period.
Owner:SEMICON ENERGY LAB CO LTD
Memory device, display control driver with the same, and display apparatus using display control driver
ActiveUS20050001846A1Increase computing speedIncrease the areaImage memory managementCathode-ray tube indicatorsParallel computingControl circuit
A memory device includes a memory and a control circuit. The memory includes cells arranged in a matrix of rows and columns. The cells are grouped into banks, and each of the banks contains at least one column of the cells. The control circuit instructs a read operation in units of rows and a write operation in units of cells, and inhibits the read operation in units of the banks when the write operation is carried out to a specific one of the cells of a specific one of the banks.
Owner:RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORP
Polar modulation transmitter, adaptive distortion compensation processing system, polar modulation transmission method, and adaptive distortion compensation processing method
ActiveUS20100222015A1Low distortion characteristicCircuit scale increaseResonant long antennasAmplifier with control circuitsFrequency spectrumAudio power amplifier
An object of the invention is to provide a polar modulation transmitter that can perform adaptive distortion compensation processing without the need for a synchronization adjustment circuit for synchronizing an input baseband signal and an output signal of a power amplifier. An adaptive operation control section 1501 measures the unbalance amount of an output spectrum of a power amplifier 1 and a coefficient adjustment determination section of the adaptive operation control section 1501 performs iteration control so that if the unbalance amount is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold value, coefficient information output to a distortion compensation processing circuit 1301 is adjusted and an adjustment is made to distortion compensation processing in the distortion compensation processing circuit 1301 and if the unbalance amount is less than the predetermined threshold value, the coefficient information is maintained, whereby the characteristic change of the power amplifier 1 at the environmental temperature change time can be adaptively compensated for without using a synchronization adjustment circuit for synchronizing an input baseband signal and an output signal from the power amplifier 1.
Owner:PANASONIC CORP
Authentication system and authentication device
InactiveUS20090292918A1Enhanced authenticationImprove scalePower managementKey distribution for secure communicationAuthentication systemCryptographic nonce
An authentication system is provided with a server device for generating a random number used for authentication and check data obtained by encrypting the random number using an encryption key, an authentication device for authenticating a device to be authenticated by transmitting the random number transmitted from the server device to the device to be authenticated and comparing reply data transmitted from the device to be authenticated with check data transmitted from the server device, and the device to be authenticated for encrypting the random number transmitted from the authentication device using the encryption key and transmitting the encrypted random number as reply data.
Owner:PANASONIC CORP
Decoding device and decoding method
InactiveUS20060242536A1Improve accuracyImprove scaleData representation error detection/correctionCode conversionComputer architectureLow-density parity-check code
The present invention provides a decoding device for decoding an LDPC (Low Density Parity Check) code. The decoding device include: a first operation unit for performing a check node operation for decoding the LDPC code, the operation including an operation of a nonlinear function and an operation of an inverse function of the nonlinear function; and a second operation unit for performing a variable node operation for decoding the LDPC code. The first operation unit includes a first converting unit for converting a first quantization value assigned to a numerical value into a second quantization value representing a numerical value with a higher precision than the first quantization value, and a second converting unit for converting the second quantization value into the first quantization value. In processing performed as the check node operation and the variable node operation, the first operation unit and the second operation unit use the second quantization value in processing from after the operation of the nonlinear function to the operation of the inverse function, and use the first quantization value in the other processing.
Owner:SONY SEMICON SOLUTIONS CORP
Display device with optical input function
InactiveUS20060033729A1Improve scaleImprove manufacturing yieldCathode-ray tube indicatorsFlushingDisplay deviceEngineering
A display device includes a plurality of scanning lines, a plurality of signal lines, a plurality of pixel circuits and sensor circuits, a signal line drive circuit and scanning line drive circuit which drive the plurality of pixel circuits, and a precharge circuit and sensor control circuit which drive the sensor circuits. A filter subjects image data to an interpolation process to compensate for a gradation value of an output. In a signal processing section, the area of a light receiving area is calculated and it is determined that a light source is set in contact with a display screen.
Owner:JAPAN DISPLAY CENTRAL CO LTD
Project optimization system
An automated system (100) and method for optimizing project risk and return from the perspective of the sponsor. The project, project features and feature options are defined using project design system and project financial system data. The expected project outputs are then mapped to matrices of value and risk for the sponsor. The system calculates a value for the project then identifies the mix of features and feature options that maximize expected project value from the perspective of the sponsor. The system also identifies the mix of features and feature options that maximize expected project value while minimizing project risk from other frames.
Owner:SQUARE HALT SOLUTIONS LIMITED LIABILITY +1
Method of manufacturing an electro-optical device
InactiveUS6908796B2Simple manufacturing processReduce manufacturing costTransistorStatic indicating devicesLiquid-crystal displayEngineering
A pixel portion 100 of a liquid crystal display device includes a thin film transistor T including a gate electrode 13, a gate insulating film 16, a channel region 18, and source / drain regions 22, a source line (data) 26 for supplying current to the thin film transistor T and a pixel electrode 24. In the formation of a pixel circuit 100, a gate electrode 13, a gate insulating film 16, and the channel region 18 are firstly formed on a glass substrate 10. After the formation of the channel region 18 and the like, a polyimide film 20 surrounding the peripheries of the regions to be provide with the source / drain regions 22, the pixel electrode 24 and the source line 26 on a glass substrate 10 is formed. The regions surrounded with the wall of the polyimide film 20 are applied with a liquid material and subjected to a thermal treatment, thereby forming the element of the source / drain regions 22 and the like.
Owner:SEIKO EPSON CORP
Acid formulations for use in a system for warewashing
ActiveUS20120291815A1Easy to cleanExcellent rinsing resultInorganic/elemental detergent compounding agentsOrganic detergent compounding agentsSURFACTANT BLENDSequestering Agent
Owner:ECOLAB USA INC
Communication navigation system and method, communication center apparatus, communication navigation terminal, program storage device and computer data signal embodied in carrier wave
InactiveUS20030060974A1Scale of apparatus increaseDecrease data volumeInstruments for road network navigationRoad vehicles traffic controlDisplay processingCarrier signal
A communication navigation system is provided with a communication center apparatus (3) and a communication navigation terminal (5), which perform two-way communication on a communication network (1, 2). The communication center apparatus is provided with: a search device (74) for searching for an optimum route with respect to the request of route search from the communication navigation terminal on the basis of information for route search and a communication device (73) for wirelessly transmitting coordinates information at a plurality of positions on this optimum route. The communication navigation terminal is provided with a communication device (38) for receiving the coordinates information and a display processing device (43) for displaying the optimum route on the basis of this received coordinates information.
Owner:INCREMENT P CORP
Image processing apparatus
InactiveUS20070247532A1Avoids increased circuit scaleIncrease speedImage enhancementTelevision system detailsPattern recognitionImaging processing
An image processing apparatus is provided which offers higher versatility than conventional image processing apparatuses. When an input signal to a spatial filtering block is a monochrome signal that contains Y component only, a selector selects its input terminal and a selector selects its input terminal. Then, a low-pass filter output signal of a programmable spatial filter is inputted to a spatial filter, and a low-pass filter output signal of the spatial filer is inputted to a spatial filter. That is, the programmable spatial filter and the spatial filters are connected in series (in cascade), and the cascade-connected three spatial filters perform filtering operation. In this example, low-pass filters with 5×5 taps are connected in cascade in three stages, which enables low-pass filtering with 13×13 taps.
Owner:MEGACHIPS
Packet transfer method and device
InactiveUS20050243834A1Reduce transmission delayEliminate transmission delaysData switching by path configurationSecuring communicationComputer hardware
In a packet transfer method and device which can reduce a transfer delay and transfer a packet with a small-scale hardware when the packet to which fragmentation is performed after encapsulation is received, a head packet and a subsequent packet are detected from received packets to which the fragmentation is performed after the encapsulation, an inner header of the head packet detected is stored and then decapsulated, the inner header is changed in conformity with the decapsulation, the subsequent packet is further decapsulated, and the inner header of the head packet changed as mentioned above and a fragment offset value in conformity with the fragmentation are assigned to each packet to be outputted.
Owner:FUJITSU LTD
Extended key generator, encryption/decryption unit, extended key generation method, and storage medium
InactiveUS6891950B1Avoid it happening againImproving cryptological robustnessEncryption apparatus with shift registers/memoriesDigital data processing detailsComputer hardwareS-box
There are disclosed an extended key generator, encryption / decryption unit, and storage medium, in which as each of key transform functions, a transform process is done by an S box (substitution table) on the basis of a first key obtained from the inputted key, and an adder computes a corresponding one of extended keys on the basis of a value obtained by shifting the transformed result of the S box to the left, and a second key obtained from the inputted key.
Owner:KK TOSHIBA +1
Ultrasonograph
InactiveUS7474778B2Improve scaleImprove image qualityUltrasonic/sonic/infrasonic diagnosticsMaterial analysis using wave/particle radiationImaging processingBeam direction
Owner:HITACHI LTD
Liquid crystal display
InactiveUS20050030444A1Improve propertyEnhance front contrastDiffusing elementsNon-linear opticsDiffusionCrystallography
The liquid crystal display of the present invention comprises a backlight, an anisotropic scattering film having different scattering properties depending on incident angles, a liquid crystal cell comprising liquid crystals sandwiched between two facing substrates, polarizing plates respectively disposed on the backlight side and visual recognition side of the liquid crystal cell, and at least one optical diffusion film on the visual recognition side of the liquid crystal cell. A difference H(θ)−H(0) between the haze H(θ) of the anisotropic scattering film for incident light at a gray scale inversion angle θ of the liquid crystal cell, and the haze H(0) for incident light from the normal direction of this anisotropic scattering film is 5% to 100%, and the anisotropic scattering film is disposed between the backlight and the liquid crystal cell.
Owner:FUJIFILM CORP
Floating-point type digital signal reversible encoding method, decoding method, apparatuses therefor, and programs therefor
ActiveUS7230551B2Efficient compressionImprove scaleCode conversionDecoding methodsLeast significant bit
Owner:NIPPON TELEGRAPH & TELEPHONE CORP
Image signal processing apparatus, image signal processing method and camera using the image signal processing apparatus
InactiveUS20060044424A1High-quality image signalEasy to adjustTelevision system detailsColor signal processing circuitsComputer scienceImage signal
When clamping a signal from a solid state image sensor, float of an optical black pixel output due to incoming of infrared light avoids a malfunction of a clamp from occurring. When clamping a signal from the solid state image sensor, the difference between the optical black pixel output and a clamp target level is output as a difference output, the difference output is compared with a comparison level to integrate the number of times larger than the comparison level every horizontal line. When the number of times is equal to or more than a certain rate (⅔) from the number of optical black pixels on the horizontal line, an optical black float state is determined and clamping operation is performed in accordance with a held value immediately before.
Owner:CANON KK
Power supply control device, semiconductor device and method of driving semiconductor device
InactiveUS6924679B2Increase in sizeSolve low usageEnergy efficient ICTPulse automatic controlPhase differenceControl signal
A power supply voltage control apparatus including an input signal generation circuit of wide uses or a small-sized monitor circuit of a novel configuration, and a semiconductor circuit and a method for driving the same, having a semiconductor circuit 11, an input signal generation circuit 12 able to change the phase difference i of a reference signal outφi and an input signal outφ0 in accordance with a control signal Si when generating the two signals from a clock, a monitor circuit 13 having a characteristic between a power supply voltage and delay the same as that of a critical path of the semiconductor circuit 11, propagating the input signal outφ0, and outputting a delayed signal outφ0′ to be delayed exactly by a time equivalent to a delay of the critical path (or smaller by a constant ratio), a delay detection circuit 14 for detecting a delay of the delayed signal outφ0′ relative to the reference signal outφi, and a power supply voltage control circuit 15 for controlling a power supply voltage VDD supplied to the semiconductor device 11 and the monitor circuit 13 based on the detection result.
Owner:SONY CORP
Image reader
InactiveUS7072075B2Eliminate the problemIncrease consumptionImage enhancementDigitally marking record carriersComputer visionImaging data
An image reader reads an image on a sheet document while feeding the sheet document by an automatic document feeder (ADF). A CCD sensor includes first pixel rows and a second pixel row. The first pixel rows read R, G, B color components of a document image while scanning the document in a main scanning direction. The second pixel row is disposed at a predetermined distance in a sub-scanning direction from the first pixel rows. The second pixel row reads one color component of the document image. The image reader uses the CCD sensor to detect noise component on image data read by the first pixel rows or the second pixel row based on each of image data read by the first and second pixel rows and to eliminate the detected noise component.
Owner:FUJIFILM BUSINESS INNOVATION CORP
Mobile terminal and indoor/outdoor judgment method
InactiveUS20090291641A1Accurately carry-outIncrease circuit scaleReceivers monitoringDevices with sensorComputer terminalEngineering
A mobile terminal 1 includes a power measurement part which measures a received power of a radio signal received from outside, a movement estimator which estimates a moving state of the mobile terminal from an information included in the radio signal, and a judgment part which judges whether the mobile terminal is located in an indoor location or an outdoor location, based on the received power and the moving state.
Owner:RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORP
Display device and electronic apparatus have the same
ActiveUS20090102760A1Narrow screen frameHigh definition of displayStatic indicating devicesPixel arrayMatrix form
A display device includes a pixel array portion in which sub-pixels each including an electro-optic element, a write transistor for writing a video signal, a hold capacitor for holding the video signal written by the write transistor, and a drive transistor for driving the electro-optic element in accordance with the video signal held in the hold capacitor are disposed in a matrix, and each unit pixel is composed of the plurality of adjacent sub-pixels belonging to a plurality of rows. The display device further includes power source supply lines through which power source potentials different in potential from one another are selectively supplied to the drive transistors. One power source supply line is wired every plural rows.
Owner:JOLED INC
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