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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6928397 | Method and device of image transform A method of image transforming is proposed. The method includes generating from an original image having a plurality of original picture elements, a new picture element from the plurality of original picture elements that are neighboring, and forming a first transfo... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6905074 | Non-contact integrated circuit reader comprising a low power consumption active standby mode A contactless integrated circuit reader includes an antenna coil for emitting an oscillating magnetic field, and circuitry for detecting the presence of a contactless integrated circuit within a communication perimeter of the reader without receiving an identificati... | 06/14/2005 |
| D504169 | Sink | 04/19/2005 |
| 6878280 | Wastewater clarification methods and apparatus The invention relates to a liquid clarifier useful for removing solids suspended in a wastewater stream. Settled biological solids are taken from the clarifier and combined in a mixing chamber with a wastewater stream. The combined liquid is provided to a settling r... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6834285 | Computer system for portable digital data capture and data distribution A computerized data capture system is provided that has a project database. The project database includes a plurality of data capture objects that are relevant to the project and table structures which define the relationship between the data capture objects. A sche... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6832427 | Method of securing an elongated member to a support member A buoyant clamp assembly and method for clamping an elongate member to a support member. The buoyant clamp assembly includes a flexible strap having first and second ends. Affixed to the exterior of the flexible strap are wear blocks. A highly frictional layer is at... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6834393 | Disk device A disk drive including a motor that rotates a disk, an auto-balancer connected to a rotating portion of the motor, a base secured to the motor and connected to an external member via a first elastic member, and a dynamic vibration absorber connected to the base via ... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6827096 | Relief valve A relief valve includes an outer stem including a larger diameter fitting section and a smaller diameter fitting section, a movable valve element fitted in both fitting sections so as to be moved between an opening position and a closing position, a communication sp... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6715739 | Evaporative humidifier An evaporative humidifier including a base removably supporting a water tray for holding a quantity of water. A blower assembly and a water tank are removably supported by the base above the water tray. The blower assembly includes a housing and a fan disposed inter... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6711385 | Coupler for wireless communications An apparatus for communication of electric or electromagnetic signals over air includes a transmitter or receiver and a coupler. The coupler has a capacitive circuit connected with an air-core or dielectric-core transformer. The capacitive circuit resonates with the... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6696107 | Nanostructures The present invention relates to a method for producing an ordered array of nanoparticles on a substrate surface and to a nanomaterial having such an ordered array of nanoparticles. Particularly, but not exclusively, the invention relates to the provision... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6697954 | Method/apparatus for preserving state of an event during powerup reset sequence based on state of an event signal immediately prior to the reset Context or other functional settings are protected during a power up reset sequence in a computer system, without the need to save such context or settings in static memory. A signal, representing a change in the context, is delayed beyond a critical peri... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6683296 | Sensor system for controlling movement of a door using a time-delay failure signal A sensing edge for controlling movement of a door by actuation of a device upon an external force being applied to the sensing edge includes an elongated generally flexible tubular sheath secured to the leading edge of the door. The sheath has a longitudi... | 01/27/2004 |
| 6651202 | Built-in self repair circuitry utilizing permanent record of defects An integrated circuit includes built-in self test (BIST) and built-in self repair (BISR) circuitry, a fuse array capable of storing information related to defective memory locations identified during the manufacturing process. During manufacture, the inte... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6581030 | Target signal reference shifting employed in code-excited linear prediction speech coding A speech coding system that employs target signal reference shifting in code-excited linear prediction speech coding. The speech coding system performs modification of a target signal that is used to perform speech coding of a speech signal. The modified ... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6581162 | Method for securely creating, storing and using encryption keys in a computer system A secure environment for entering and storing information necessary to conduct encryption processes. In a computer system according to the invention, session keys, passwords, and encryption algorithms are maintained in a secure memory space such as System... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6563595 | Method of communicating with a SCSI bus device that does not have an assigned SCSI address A SCSI device resides and communicates on the SCSI bus without that device being assigned a SCSI address or corresponding SCSI ID. The driver software on the host computer directs the SCSI initiator device to select itself as its target, so the initiator ... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6556975 | Computer system and method for providing an on-line mall A computer system and method for providing an on-line mall. An on-line mall environment is provided. The on-line mall environment is partitioned into at least one community and having at least one store in each community. Each store is made available to a... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6532740 | Generator employing the Coriolis effect A system for employing the Coriolis effect for the generation and/or storage of energy generally comprises a vortex chamber for rotational acceleration therein of superheated, supersaturated water vapor and heated air and a water intake assembly and an ad... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6532040 | Low-noise active-pixel sensor for imaging arrays with high speed row reset An imager pixel including a photodetector, a first MOS transistor functioning as the driver of a source follower amplifier during signal readout, a second MOS transistor serving as a pixel readout transistor, a third MOS transistor serving as a photodetec... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6526442 | Programmable operational system for managing devices participating in a network A programmable operational system for managing devices participating in a network including a collection of notices, operation logic that filters the collection of notices based on at least one criteria and that generates at least one operation indicative... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6507364 | Edge-dependent interpolation method for color reconstruction in image processing devices An image processing device is provided for still and video imaging systems which use a low number of samples per image pixel, preferably a single color component per each image pixel. The device includes an edge-dependent and edge-side-dependent color int... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6507610 | Cordless modem system having multiple base and remote stations which are interusable and secure A cordless modem system where a mobile station unit (MSU) is located in the computer and a base station unit (BSU) is connected to the telephone line. A radio frequency (RF) link is developed between the two units to allow a cordless connection. A series ... | 01/14/2003 |
| 6504577 | Method and apparatus for display of interlaced images on non-interlaced display A home entertainment appliance includes a computer system and a television system. A video monitor or television monitor of the home entertainment system shows a sequence of video frames generated in the appliance based upon at least one received sequence... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6505164 | Method and apparatus for secure vendor access to accounts payable information over the internet Improved techniques for remotely accessing account information through the Internet are disclosed. The remote access techniques provide security measures so that unauthorized access is unlikely even though the Internet is utilized. Assuming access is auth... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6505268 | Data distribution in a disk array For use with a computer system having an intelligent mass storage disk array subsystem, including a microprocessor controller, a method for the distribution of data within the disk array based upon logical commands issued by the computer system. The disk ... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6501809 | Producing smoothed clock and data signals from gapped clock and data signals A clock smoothing circuit generates a smoothed clock signal from a gapped clock signal having unevenly spaced pulses separated by gaps that result from the removal of data bits and from a reference clock signal having evenly spaced pulses that create a pr... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6495477 | Method for forming a nitridized interface on a semiconductor substrate A surface treatment method for forming a fluorine-doped nitridized interface on a semiconductor substrate. The fluorine-doped nitridized interface may be formed using an ammonia plasma CVD process having a treatment gas doped with a fluorine component, su... | 12/17/2002 |
| 6493411 | Method for producing formed bodies of high temperature superconductors having high critical currents Thermal neutron irradiation of superconducting body compositions into which Li or B has been incorporated as a unit cell external or internal dopant introduces by the nuclear reaction of the dopant pinning centers which substantially improve the critical ... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6489931 | Diagonal dual-polarized broadband horn antenna A diagonal dual-polarized broadband horn antenna. The unique use of diagonal line ridges placed in the corners of the aperture of the diagonal dual-polarized broadband horn antenna. The sides of the diagonal dual-polarized broadband horn antenna are made ... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6486522 | Light sensing system with high pixel fill factor The invention is an imaging device having a high fill factor. The high fill factor is achieved by constructing the light sensors in a vertical fashion in the imaging device. The control circuitry of the light sensor is then contained inside the integrated... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6484213 | Adapting networking device for enhancing performance of a hybrid networking system An adaptive networking device including a plurality of network ports operable at any one of a plurality of media standards, a bus and a first device coupled to the bus that communicatively couples to any of the network ports that operate at a first media ... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6480398 | CPU easy access panels A computer system includes a frame for attaching a plurality of electronic components including a predetermined electronic component. A cover for covering the electronic components is provided along with a mask having an opening. The mask is disposed betw... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6474446 | Cargo elevator assembly A cargo delivery vehicle has storage for multiple tiers, or levels, of cargo. The delivery vehicle includes a plurality of interior pallet elevators, at least one on either side of a center structural wall running parallel to the side walls. Specialized p... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6476854 | Video eavesdropping and reverse assembly to transmit video action to a remote console A computer system having integrated remote console functionality. Cycles intended for a video graphics controller are snooped to acquire the video data or control information contained in the cycle. Analysis is performed on the video data to detect sequen... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6459700 | Multiple segment network device configured for a stacked arrangement A multiple segment network device configured for a stacked arrangement via a common backplane. The device is a repeater that includes a first repeater segment, a second repeater segment and a switch device disposed between the first and second repeater se... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6459942 | Acoustic coupling compensation for a speakerphone of a system A speakerphone of a system with a digital signal processor, such as a computer, uses a filter set or network to provide acoustic coupling loss at a microphone to offset acoustic coupling gain produced by sound reflections resulting from various conditions... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6459807 | System and method for locating irregular edges in image data A system for processing image data, such as an image of a die cut from a silicon wafer, is provided. The system includes an irregular edge detection system, which can locate edge data of a feature of the image data, such as the edge of a probe mark in a b... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6456715 | Connecting a telephone A computer system is used with a telephone that is operable by a user to furnish a predetermined command. The processing unit and a control circuit. The central processing unit is connected to communicate with the interface port, and the control circuit i... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6457069 | Method and apparatus for providing support for dynamic resource assignment and configuration of peripheral devices when enabling or disabling plug-and-play aware operating systems A computer system allows devices to be unmasked so to be detected or to be masked invisible to the Plug-and-Play architecture or similar architectures. When operating under Plug-and-Play, which assigns systems resources to system devices in a predetermine... | 09/24/2002 |
