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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120131111 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR POINT-AND-CLICK MESSAGING Methods and systems are provided for communicating with elements of a complex system displayed on a web page comprising a electronic map and a plurality of icons disposed on the electronic map, each of the plurality of icons representing an element of the complex system... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120130672 | MEMS VERTICAL COMB STRUCTURE WITH LINEAR DRIVE/PICKOFF A MEMS sensor comprises a substrate and at least one proof mass having a first plurality of combs. The proof mass is coupled to the substrate via one or more suspension beams such that the proof mass and the first plurality of combs are movable. The MEMS sensor also com... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120130671 | VIBRATION ISOLATION INTERPOSER DIE In an example, an interposer chip is provided. The interposer chip includes a base portion and a chip mounting portion. The interposer chip also includes one or more flexures connecting the base portion to the chip mounting portion. Additionally, a first plurality of pr... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120130542 | BURNER FIRING RATE DETERMINATION FOR MODULATING FURNACE A modulating furnace having a variable rate burner and a controller is operated at a first burner firing rate for a first period of time, and a higher burner firing rate once the first period of time has expired. In some instances, the burner may be operated only while ... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120130284 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTING DISTANCE ESTIMATE MODELS FOR PERSONAL NAVIGATION Systems and methods for constructing distance estimate models for personal navigation are provided. In one embodiment, a distance estimation system comprises: a gait information memory configured to store gait information about a gait mode; a biometric data memory confi... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120130266 | COGNITIVE EFFICACY ESTIMATION SYSTEM AND METHOD A system and method for estimating cognitive efficacy of an individual is provided. The individual is subjected to a plurality of tasks. Electroencephalogram (EEG) data from EEG sensors coupled to the individual are collected while the individual is performing the plura... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120129687 | Process For Dehydrochlorinating 1,1,1,2-Tetrafluoro-2-Chloropropane To 2,3,3,3-Tetrafluoropropene In The Presence Of An Alkali Metal-Doped Magnesium Oxyfluoride Catalyst And Methods For Making The Catalyst A process for making a fluorinated olefin and/or catalyst composition. The process has the step of dehydrochlorinating a hydrochlorofluorocarbon having at least one hydrogen atom and at least one chlorine atom on adjacent carbon atoms in the presence of a catalytically ... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120128964 | AZEOTROPE-LIKE COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING 1-CHLORO-3,3,3-TRIFLUOROPROPENE An azeotrope-like mixture consisting essentially of a binary azeotrope-like mixture consisting essentially of trans-1-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene (trans-HFO-1233zd) and a second component selected from the group consisting of 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene (HFO-1234yf) an... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120127306 | SECURITY VIDEO DETECTION OF PERSONAL DISTRESS AND GESTURE COMMANDS A method and apparatus for operating a security system. The method includes the steps of the security system monitoring a secured area, a video camera obtaining images of the secured area, detecting at least one person within the obtained images and identifying a predet... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120126985 | Target Based Smoke Detection System A smoke detector includes processing circuitry coupled to a camera. The field-of-view of the camera contains one or more targets, each having spatial indicia thereon. At least a portion of one of the targets is coated, at least in part, by an infra-red absorbing dye. Th... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120126980 | SELF-TEST METHOD FOR A MICROWAVE MODULE A method and apparatus are provided for automatically testing microwave instruction detection modules of a security system. The method includes the steps of detecting intruders within a protected space by monitoring a Doppler output of a signal extraction circuit couple... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120126935 | BRIDGE BETWEEN SECURITY SYSTEM AND APPLIANCES A method and apparatus for controlling an appliance. The method includes the steps of a security system within a secured area, said security system having a wireless transmitter transmitting status messages including at least a first encrypted message that the security ... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120126881 | MEMS SENSOR USING MULTI-LAYER MOVABLE COMBS A MEMS sensor comprises a substrate and at least one proof mass having a first plurality of combs, wherein the proof mass is coupled to the substrate via one or more suspension beams such that the proof mass and the first plurality of combs are movable. The MEMS sensor ... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120126698 | LED ANTI-COLLISION LIGHT HAVING A XENON ANTI-COLLISION LIGHT POWER SUPPLY Methods and systems for easily integrating a light-emitting diode (LED) light assembly with an existing xenon power supply. An exemplary system includes a xenon power supply that includes an energy storage device and a device that commands the energy storage device to d... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120126613 | MIXED SIGNAL CONVERSION, ISOLATION, AND TRANSMISSION FOR AEROSPACE MULTI-CHANNEL DATA AND POWER INTERFACE SYSTEMS An electrical power distribution system for a vehicle may comprise two or more independently grounded buses. An evaluation system may selectively connectable to either of the buses. The evaluation system may comprise a primary side; and a secondary side isolated from th... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120126382 | MAGNETIC SHIELDING FOR MULTI-CHIP MODULE PACKAGING A system comprises a plurality of stacked integrated circuit dice, each integrated circuit die comprising at least one circuit, a package enclosing the plurality of dice, and at least two magnetic shields configured to magnetically shield the at least one circuit of eac... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120126350 | BATCH FABRICATED 3D INTERCONNECT In an example, a method of fabricating one or more vertical interconnects is provided. The method includes patterning and stacking a plurality of wafers to form a wafer stack. A plurality of apertures can be formed in the wafer stack within one or more saw streets of th... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120126349 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A THREE-LAYER CHIP-SCALE MEMS DEVICE Systems and methods for a micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) device are provided. In one embodiment, a system comprises a first outer layer and a first device layer comprising a first set of MEMS devices, wherein the first device layer is bonded to the first outer la... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120126348 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A FOUR-LAYER CHIP-SCALE MEMS DEVICE Systems and methods for a micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) apparatus are provided. In one embodiment, a system comprises a first double chip that includes a first base layer; a first device layer bonded to the first base layer, the first device layer comprising a f... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120126064 | UAV DUCTED FAN LIP SHAPING A ducted fan air-vehicle having a duct lip shape is described. The duct lip has an internal duct lip portion and an external duct lip portion, both of which are substantially curvature continuous around the circumference of the air duct. The duct has a plurality of cros... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120126053 | AIRCRAFT ELECTRIC TAXI SYSTEM WITH FRICTION ACTUATED, BI-DIRECTIONAL CLUTCH An electric taxi system (ETS) for an aircraft may comprise drive motors mounted coaxially with wheels of the aircraft. A clutch assembly may be interposed between the drive motor the wheel. The clutch assembly may transmit torque from the motor to the wheel when the whe... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120125576 | ENTRAINMENT HEAT SINK DEVICES Entrainment heat sink devices and methods of forming entrainment heat sink devices are described herein. One or more method embodiments include forming an opening through a first material, forming a dimple having a trapezoidal-cross section in the first material such th... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120125118 | SYSTEM FOR MONITORING STRUCTURAL ASSETS A system for detection of stress and deformation in a structural asset, for instance, one of reinforced concrete. An area on the asset may have a structure interface, such as a patch, attached to it with a fastening mechanism which may be a layer of an epoxy or other ma... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120125114 | PRESSURE SENSOR The present disclosure relates to sensors including pressure sensors. In some cases, the pressure sensor may include a membrane or diaphragm, multiple sense elements connected to one another in a bridge configuration and positioned on the membrane, and an amplifier coup... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120124799 | Self-Installed Security System A security system installation kit carries a coded designation of the characteristics of the components of the kit. An installer can use a wireless telephone, which is executing a scanning application, to sense or read the coded designation. The telephone can transmit t... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120110517 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GESTURE RECOGNITION A touchscreen device is configured to display a number of user interface elements in accordance with a menu hierarchy. Upon receipt of a predetermined touchscreen gesture (e.g., the circular motion of a manipulator) the menu hierarchy is bypassed and the user is given i... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120110391 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING FAULT DIAGNOSABILITY OF A HEALTH MONITORING SYSTEM Methods and apparatus are provided for determining the fault diagnosability of a health monitoring software application for a complex system. The method includes extracting data from the software application containing a relationship between one or more failure modes of... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120109988 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DATA MAPPING AND INFORMATION SHARING A process includes mapping a data format in an object in a source schema to a data format in an object in a destination schema. The mapping includes a set of options as a function of analogs in the source and destination schema. The process also includes defining an att... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120109620 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MODEL PREDICTIVE CONTROL (MPC) USING APPROXIMATE WINDOW-BASED ESTIMATORS A method includes obtaining at least one measurement of one or more controlled variables associated with an industrial process. The method also includes obtaining a linearized approximation of a process model representing the industrial process. The method further inclu... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120107089 | Fluid Flow Control System Having a Moving Fluid Expander Providing Flow Control and Conversion of Fluid Energy into Other Useful Energy Forms A fluid flow control system for controlling flow of a primary fluid to a downstream flow-inducing device includes a moving fluid expander with variable expansion ratio and variable speed arranged to receive the flow of the primary fluid and to expand the primary fluid, ... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120106915 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING VIDEO DATA Described herein are systems and methods for managing video data. Embodiments are described by reference to a Digital Video Management (DVM) system which makes use of a plurality of camera servers. Each camera server is configured to utilise video data from an assigned ... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120106233 | REDUCED SWITCHING-ENERGY MAGNETIC ELEMENTS A system includes a continuous thin-film ferromagnetic layer, N magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) devices, and N write structures. The continuous thin-film ferromagnetic layer includes N modified regions. Each of the N modified regions is configured to stabilize a magnetic... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120105335 | TOUCH SCREEN DISPLAY ASSEMBLY A touch screen display assembly including, but not limited to, a touch sensitive screen, a bezel at least partly framing the touch sensitive screen, and a stabilizing member connected to the bezel and disposed proximate the touch sensitive screen. The stabilizing member... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120105318 | DISPLAY SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING A SELECTOR SYMBOL WITHIN AN IMAGE A display system for controlling a selector symbol within an image includes, but is not limited to, a display screen that is configured to detect a touch of an operator on a surface of the display screen and that is further configured to display a three-dimensional imag... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120105103 | MAGNETIC LOGIC GATE This disclosure is directed to a magnetic logic device for implementing a combinational logic function. The magnetic logic device may include a network of at least two magnetoresistive devices electrically coupled in parallel. The magnetic logic device may further inclu... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120105102 | MAGNETIC LOGIC GATE This disclosure is directed to a magnetic logic device for implementing a combinational logic function. The magnetic logic device may include a chain of at least two magnetoresistive devices electrically coupled in series comprising a first terminal located at a first e... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120105101 | MAGNETIC LOGIC GATE This disclosure is directed to a magnetic logic gate for implementing a combinational logic function. The magnetic logic gate may include a write circuit configured to apply a spin-polarized current to the magnetoresistive device such that a resulting programmed magneti... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120104861 | HIGH VOLTAGE ELECTRIC ACCUMULATORS WITH INTERNAL DISTRIBUTED DC-DC CONVERTERS FOR SELF REGULATION AND PROTECTION A power management system may employ a power source, a distribution system between the power source and electrical loads and an energy accumulator. The accumulator may comprise a plurality of energy processing blocks. Each block may have a limited number of energy stora... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120104659 | APPARATUS FOR PITCH DENSIFICATION A pitch densification apparatus may be used to form a carbon-carbon composite material. In some examples, the apparatus is configured to pitch densify a material using one or more of a plurality of different pitch densification techniques. For example, the apparatus may... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120104641 | APPARATUS FOR PITCH DENSIFICATION A pitch densification apparatus may be used to form a carbon-carbon composite material. In some examples, the apparatus is configured to pitch densify a material using one or more of a plurality of different pitch densification techniques. For example, the apparatus may... | 05/03/2012 |
