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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5844238 | Infrared imager using room temperature capacitance sensor An infrared imager includes an array of capacitance sensors that operate at room temperature. Each infrared capacitance sensor includes a deflectable first plate which expands due to absorbed thermal radiation relative to a non-deflectable second plate. I... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5818860 | High power semiconductor laser diode A semiconductor laser diode having increased efficiency and therefore increased power output. The laser diode includes a body of a semiconductor material having therein a waveguide region which is not intentionally doped so as to have a doping level of no... | 10/06/1998 |
| 5802090 | Room temperature diode laser emitting in the 2-5 micrometer wavelength range A semiconductor laser diode which emits radiation in the 2-5 micrometer wavelength range and operates at room temperature. The laser diode includes an active layer of an Inx Ga1-x Asy Sb1-y alloy and a separate ... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5798788 | Method and apparatus for evaluating field display functionality of a video decoder A method and apparatus for creating and using an encoded bitstream to evaluate a video decoder. The bitstream contains a sequence of pictures or frames such that when a video decoder decodes the bitstream correctly, a desired visible pattern is produced o... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5790206 | Method and apparatus for global-to-local block motion estimation Apparatus and a concomitant method for estimating motion vectors having as an input a first image frame and a second image frame, each containing a plurality of pixels representing an image. The apparatus comprises: a pyramid processor for decimating a se... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5788814 | Chucks and methods for positioning multiple objects on a substrate The present invention relates to chucks and methods for positioning multiple objects, optionally for transport onto a recipient substrate. Instead of using conventional clamps that employ mechanical force, the present invention is directed to the use of a... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5770370 | Nuclease protection assays The invention provides nuclease protection assay comprising: (A) attaching a nucleic acid probe comprising a first nucleotide sequence to a solid surface area; (B) contacting the nucleic acid probe with a nucleic acid template under conditions that promot... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5767746 | Method and apparatus for adjusting phase-lock-loop parameters A method and apparatus for adjusting the parameters of a PLL in a communication system. The method measures the rate of transmission of clock reference information by measuring the time of arrival of successive clock references or the difference of the cl... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5768447 | Method for indexing image information using a reference model A method for indexing video sequences relative to a reference model. A system implementing the method includes an (optional) image pre-processor that produces the reference model or is provided the reference model. The pre-processor is then provided input... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5764805 | Low bit rate video encoder using overlapping block motion compensation and zerotree wavelet coding An apparatus and a concomitant method for encoding video frame sequences (input images) using overlapping block motion compensation in conjunction with zerotree wavelet coding. The method partitions each input image into a plurality of overlapping blocks ... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5755942 | Partitioned microelectronic device array A system for processing a plurality of tests or syntheses in parallel comprising a sample channel for moving samples into a microlaboratory array of a plurality of wells connected by one or more channels for the testing or synthesis of samples, a station ... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5757855 | Data detection for partial response channels A data detector is disclosed which includes a source of a data signal representing a sequence of symbols. A maximum likelihood sequence detector, is coupled to the data signal source, and produces a most likely survivor sequence, which includes a pluralit... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5753302 | Acoustic dispenser The present invention provides an acoustic dispenser for propelling objects toward a substrate, together with methods of use of the dispenser. The acoustic dispenser uses a source of acoustic vibration and a membrane for the application of acoustic vibrat... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5754056 | Charge detector with long integration time The invention relates to an apparatus and method for detecting electrical charge with a long integration time and in particular to a sampling method which reduces noise that affects the accuracy of the measurement of the total charge. The apparatus sample... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5747931 | Plasma display and method of making same A plasma display includes a front panel having a glass body secured to a surface of a substrate. The glass body has a plurality of channels in the exposed surface thereof with upstanding ribs being between the channels. Conductive first electrodes are on ... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5747169 | Field-assisted sealing The invention provides a method of bonding a glass substrate and a nonconductive substrate comprising the steps of: (a) contacting a surface of the nonconductive substrate which is coated with a field-assist bonding material with a conforming surface of t... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5739805 | Matrix addressed LCD display having LCD age indication, and autocalibrated amplification driver, and a cascaded column driver with capacitor-DAC operating on split groups of data bits A column driver for a matrix addressed display such as a liquid crystal display (LCD) is disclosed. The column driver accepts 10-bit inputs, provides 1024 distinct output levels, and is compatible with digital gamma correction by way of, for example, an E... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5738430 | Method and apparatus for predicting retinal illuminance A method and apparatus for predicting how any given spatio-temporal light distribution would change an observer's pupil diameter. The method generates the instantaneous effect of luminance driving the pupil diameter, the cumulative driving function of the... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5736752 | Active matrix electroluminescent display pixel element having a field shield means between the pixel and the switch In an active matrix electroluminescent display, a pixel containing a grounded conductive electric field shield between an EL cell and the switching electronics for the EL cell. In a method of fabricating the pixel, first, an EL cell switching circuit is f... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5731839 | Bitstream for evaluating predictive video decoders and a method of generating same A bitstream for testing a video decoder that produces visual distortions in the output video images from the decoder whenever the decoder produces an error in decoding the bitstream. Specifically, the bitstream tests a predictive-type video decoder's capa... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5731835 | Dynamic coding rate control in a block-based video coding system A dynamic rate controller for a block-based video coding system. The rate controller is responsive to a scene cut flag generated by a scene cut detector. Once a scene cut flag is detected, the rate controller adjusts the bit budget for the frame following... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5731743 | Frequency synthesizer having phase error feedback for waveform selection A frequency synthesizer including a fixed frequency oscillator providing a plurality of waveforms having a first frequency, each waveform being delayed in time with respect to another of the waveforms, and a waveform selector, the waveform selector operab... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5725808 | Multilayer co-fired ceramic compositions and ceramic-on-metal circuit board A ceramic mixture of a crystallizable ZnO--MgO--B2 O3 --SiO2 glass mixed with a non-crystallizing lead-based glass and one or more oxide fillers forms a fired ceramic that has a TCE compatible with that of kovar. Green tap... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5724100 | Method and apparatus for detecting scene-cuts in a block-based video coding system The scene cut detector compares predicted macroblocks from an anchor image to input macroblocks from an input image on a macroblock-by-macroblock basis to generate a residual macroblock representing the difference between each predicted macroblock and eac... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5719966 | Apparatus for assessing the visiblity of differences between two image sequences An apparatus for assessing the visibility of differences between two input image sequences. The apparatus comprises a pair of pre-filtered processors, a pair of pyramid constructors and a JND processor. Each pre-filter processor receives a separate input ... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5719476 | Apparatus for correcting distortion of an electron beam generated spot on a cathode ray tube screen A monochrome cathode ray tube (CRT) yoke includes harmonic windings for correcting spot distortion. In a first embodiment of the invention, the yoke includes harmonic windings in the entrance region of the yoke and harmonic windings in the exit region of ... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5714007 | Apparatus for electrostatically depositing a medicament powder upon predefined regions of a substrate Apparatus and a concomitant method for electrostatically depositing select doses of medicament powder at select locations on a substrate. Specifically, the apparatus contains charged particle emitter for generating charged particles that charge a predefin... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5708550 | ESD protection for overvoltage friendly input/output circuits An electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection circuit includes an input terminal, a power supply line and a source of reference potential. The circuit also includes a dummy supply line. A Schottky barrier diode is connected between the input terminal and th... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5706002 | Method and apparatus for evaluating the syntax elements for DCT coefficients of a video decoder A method and apparatus for creating and using a test bitstream to evaluate a video decoder. The test bitstream contains a plurality of variable length code and/or escape sequences (combination of escape code, run length code and/or level code) for testing... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5694491 | Methods and apparatus for assessing the visibility of differences between two image sequences A method and apparatus for assessing the visibility of differences between two input image sequences for improving image fidelity and visual task applications. The apparatus comprises a visual discrimination measure having a retinal sampling section, a pl... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5681444 | Electrical feedthroughs for ceramic circuit board support substrates Electrical feedthroughs in printed circuit board support substrates for use in making double sided ceramic multilayer printed circuit boards are made by insulating the feedthrough openings with a first layer of nickel oxide and one or more layers of glass... | 10/28/1997 |
| 5681484 | Etching to form cross-over, non-intersecting channel networks for use in partitioned microelectronic and fluidic device arrays for clinical diagnostics and chemical synthesis A system for processing a plurality of tests or syntheses in parallel comprising a sample channel for moving samples into a microlaboratory array of a plurality of wells connected by one or more channels for the testing-or synthesis of samples, a station ... | 10/28/1997 |
| 5677688 | Optomechanical information entry device A full N-key rollover capability information entry device includes first and second sets of intersecting light guides oriented at an angle to one another which may comprise a mesh of waveguides that together form a self-supporting planar sheet of a substa... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5675319 | Tamper detection device A tamper detection device can determine whether a housing containing a device has been tampered with either by having the housing penetrated or by an attempt to remove a cover from the housing. The tamper detection device may be a capacitor which is place... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5669973 | Apparatus for electrostatically depositing and retaining materials upon a substrate Apparatus having a substrate having a planar conductive plating located on a first surface of a dielectric layer and having a conductive trace (a collection trace) located on a second surface of the dielectric layer such that the conducting plating and th... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5671377 | System for supplying streams of data to multiple users by distributing a data stream to multiple processors and enabling each user to manipulate supplied data stream A multiple user data storage, retrieval and distribution system containing a parallel processing computer system that forms a digital information server. The server contains a plurality of parallel processors each connected to a information storage device... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5664214 | Parallel processing computer containing a multiple instruction stream processing architecture An apparatus and a method for combining the characteristics of both single instruction, multiple data stream (SIMD) and multiple instruction, multiple data stream (MIMD) computer architectures into a single parallel processing computer for performing mult... | 09/02/1997 |
| 5653834 | Process for making electrical feedthroughs for ceramic circuit board support substrates Electrical feedthroughs in printed circuit board support substrates for use in making double sided ceramic multilayer printed circuit boards are made by insulating the feedthrough openings with a first layer of nickel oxide and one or more layers of glass... | 08/05/1997 |
| 5649032 | System for automatically aligning images to form a mosaic image A system for automatically generating a mosaic from a plurality of input images. The system sequentially executes an image alignment process, an editing process, and a combining process such that, from a sequence of images, the system automatically produc... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5649021 | Method and system for object detection for instrument control An apparatus and method for controlling an instrument is provided. The device may be a cutting tool for use in surgery, or other type of device applied to transform a specific object located in a defined area. The apparatus comprises a marker having a pre... | 07/15/1997 |
