Quotables
"The Americans have need of the telephone, but we do not. We have plenty of messenger boys."
Sir William Preece, chief engineer, British Post Office ; 1878
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7349976 | Audio-on-demand communication system An audio-on-demand communication system provides real-time playback of audio data transferred via telephone lines or other communication links. One or more audio servers include memory banks which store compressed audio data. At the request of a user at a subscriber... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7317795 | Pipelined deciphering round keys generation An apparatus is equipped with a deciphering round key generator to successively generate in real time at least a first and a second deciphering round key based on a deciphering key, and a deciphering unit coupled to the deciphering round key generator to successivel... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7240083 | Precision complex sinusoid generation using limited processing A first phasor associated with an electronic signal and a delta phasor associated with a cyclic rate of the electronic signal are multiplied to produce a second phasor. To compensate for any deviation in the magnitude of the second phasor, a real and imaginary corre... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7236131 | Cross-polarized antenna Briefly, in accordance with one embodiment of the invention, an antenna may comprise a first radiating element to provide a first axis of polarization, and a second radiating element to provide a second axis of polarization. The first axis of polarization may be ort... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7222024 | Method for determining the concentration of blood glucose The present invention provides a method for determining concentration of blood glucose by using the change in the rising time. The chemical reaction between the blood glucose and enzyme within the test strip to generate the analog source that used to determine the c... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7218428 | Method of sequencing image data inside memory of optical scanning device An image data sequencing method for a memory unit inside an optical scanning device. The image data sequencing method is particularly suitable for scanning a line of pixels with each pixel comprising a plurality of primary colors. The image data sequencing method in... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7203378 | Accelerative noise filtering method for image data An accelerative noise filtering method for image data is provided. The present invention includes selecting four neighboring pixels around a target pixel in a pattern of a cross shape or X shape, and calculating the absolute value of a difference between the target ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7202463 | Higher dynamic range image sensor with signal integration Briefly, in accordance with one embodiment of the invention, a higher dynamic range image sensor may be implemented by comparing a voltage across the sensor to a threshold voltage during image capture. At the threshold voltage, a count may be registered and the imag... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7177298 | Dynamic channel allocation in multiple-access communication systems Dynamic allocation of communication channels among communication units (CU) in a communications system. Dynamic channel allocation employs a reservation set for reserving channels and an allocation set corresponding to the reservation set for receiving allocated cha... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7177275 | Scheduling method and system for communication systems that offer multiple classes of service A method and system for prioritizing connection data that is associated with different classes of service for transmission in a frame based communication system. These classes of service can include CBR, nrt-VBR, MGR, and UPR traffic. One embodiment of the schedulin... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7162203 | Method and system for adaptive modification of cell boundary A method and system for reducing interference in a cellular radio communications network. At least one parameter affecting user terminals within a cell is adjusted such that the cell boundary is modified, such that interference in the network is reduced. In alternat... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7151407 | Switched-mode power amplifier using lumped element impedance inverter for parallel combining A switched-mode Class F power amplifier is provided for parallel connection with at least one other like amplifier, within a Chireix architecture, for combining the signals output therefrom. An input component includes at least one active device configured to be alt... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7149012 | Image scanner The present invention is to provide an image scanner, for scanning a reflection document or a transmission document. The image scanner comprises a shell, a document window glass, a transmission document carrier, and an optical chassis. The shell has a groove on its ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7133409 | Programmable packet filtering in a prioritized chain An apparatus is equipped with classifier logic to programmably extract key data from a data packet of a data stream based upon a dynamically programmable offset, compare the key data with one or more lookup tables of key entries, and store the result of the comparis... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7133393 | Prepaid service in a packet-switched mobile communication network A method and system for implementing a prepaid service in a packet-switched mobile communication network, in which information requested by a mobile station is delivered to the mobile station so long as the subscriber has maintained a sufficient prepaid balance from... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7127005 | Computational circuits and methods for processing modulated signals having non-constant envelopes Circuits and methods are provided for use in a wireline or wireless transmitter to complement the digital generation of non-constant envelope modulation signals therein. A digital signal processor is configured for deconstructing a predetermined signal having an und... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7126728 | Linear guiding mechanism A linear guiding mechanism for a platform type optical scanner. A V-shaped track is installed inside a casing and positioned parallel to the travel path of a carrier chassis containing a system of optical devices. The upper section of the V-shaped track has a pair o... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7123649 | Outdoor unit programming system A system that provides a wireless broadband connection between base stations and customer sites is described. The system includes indoor units within the base stations and customer sites and communicate across cables to outdoor units. The indoor units link to router... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7116698 | Generator of repetitive sets of spread spectrum sequences A generator of repetitive sets of spreading sequences comprising element (20), for counting and for forming an address and a table (30) containing L sets of S sequences, wherein the address contains q=1+log2S bits, in which one set among L (... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7116074 | Stepper motor accelerating system and method A stepper motor accelerating system is used for accelerating a stepper motor from a current rotational speed to a target rotational speed. The stepper motor accelerating system comprises a controller, a pulse generator, and a driver. The controller stores a safety a... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7113510 | Hardware self-sorting scheduling queue The scheduling queue of the present invention is configured as a systolic array utilizing self-sorting scheduling cells to sort information packets based upon previously assigned priorities, while at the same time yielding a small constant latency independent of the... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7111765 | Carrier rack system A trailer hitch mounted recreational equipment carrier for transporting various recreational equipment. The trailer hitch mounted recreational equipment carrier includes a support frame having at least a horizontal member and a vertical member, a first link arm pivo... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7103044 | Utilizing available SONET overhead bytes for additional signaling channels An insertion apparatus receives a byte value from a signaling channel, locates a particular unused byte location within an overhead portion of a synchronous optical network (SONET) frame, and inserts the byte value from the signaling channel into the particular unus... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7096371 | Circuit apparatus with extending general purpose input output pin A circuit apparatus of extending General Purpose Input Output pins, which includes a control processing unit, a memory, and a buffer. Wherein, data pins of the control processing unit is coupled to memory pins of the memory and those in the buffer. Input signals can... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7088855 | Method and system for removal of red eye effects A method of performing red eye correction in an image including storing a high resolution image on a server computer, transmitting a low resolution image derived from the high resolution image, from the server computer to a client computer, displaying the low resolu... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7085327 | Phasor fragmentation circuitry and method for processing modulated signals having non-constant envelopes An improvement for a phasor fragmentation engine and method, whereby a phasor flipping algorithm is applied when determining fragment phasors for a non-constant envelope modulation signal (e.g. OFDM). The phasor flipping algorithm avoids sharp phase transitions for ... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7070102 | Dual light source voltage-modulated reciprocal control circuit for scanner A dual light source voltage-modulated reciprocal control circuit for a scanner. The circuit includes a voltage modulation circuit, a first lamp driving circuit, a second lamp driving circuit and a reciprocal control circuit. The voltage-modulating circuit generates ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7065383 | Method and apparatus for synchronizing a smart antenna apparatus with a base station transceiver A method of synchronizing a smart antenna apparatus with a base station transceiver includes receiving at the smart antenna apparatus control signals being communicated from a base station transceiver to one or more mobile stations via an antenna unit. The control s... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7057777 | Optical image scanning device with fluorescent layer as back light An optical image scanning device includes a casing having a document supporting plate and a top cover. The top cover has an underside surface coated with a fluorescent material thereon. An optic module includes a light source for projecting an exciting light onto th... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7055967 | Illumination systems employing corrective optics for use in reduced étendue color video projection systems An illumination system is provided with at least a first arc lamp positioned on the first axis of a first reflecting device. An aspherical corrector plate is positioned to receive the light rays produced by the arc lamp. The aspherical corrector plate is shaped so t... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7050628 | Method for differentiating dynamic range of image A method for differentiating dynamic range of image is disclosed. The method comprises the following steps. First of all, pixel numbers with the same level value of Density units Dn−1 and Dn are compared. Next the minimum pixel numbers of eac... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7042927 | Pseudo-noise carrier suppression/image rejection up and down converters Pseudo-noise (PN) carrier suppression up-converter and pseudo-noise image sideband rejection up-converter and down-converter circuits are provided. The image sideband rejection circuits enable the use of single step up-conversion without the need for the high Q filt... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7036019 | Method for controlling database copyrights The present invention provides a method for controlling copyrights of digital data in a database system including real time transmission of a digital picture. Copyrights are controlled using one or more of the following, as necessary, in addition to a permit key: a ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7020115 | Fast macrodiversity switching with time management in wireless networks A communication system for communication using wireless signals in a fast macrodiversity switching environment. The wireless signals include downlink signals to and uplink signals from mobile stations where the wireless signals have bursts in time slots. In the comm... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7016541 | Image processing method for facilitating data transmission An image processing method for facilitating data transmission is provided. An image compression method is performed to convert X-bits binary digital signals to a binary compressed data in the form of n*2m, in which n is represented by the former Y bits of... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7007168 | User authentication using member specifying discontinuous different coordinates In an authentication apparatus, coordinates input from a coordinate detector via a plurality of discontinuous holes or openings, cutouts or marks provided on a member which is used to specify the coordinates are detected, and an authentication is made based on a com... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7002967 | Multi-protocol networking processor with data traffic support spanning local, regional and wide area networks A networking processor is formed with selected ones of one or more system interfaces, one or more network/intermediate interfaces, a plurality of data link sub-layer control/processing blocks, and a plurality of physical sub-layer coders/decoders and processing unit... | 02/21/2006 |
