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| 8184285 | Method and apparatus using volume holographic wavelength blockers The invention disclosed here teaches methods to fabricate and utilize a non-dispersive holographic wavelength blocker. The invention enables the observation of the Raman signal near the excitation wavelength (˜9 cm−1) with the compactness of standard t... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8180064 | System and method for providing voice equalization Systems and methods for providing voice equalization are provided. In exemplary embodiments, acoustic signals are received from both a near-end and a far-end environment. A power spectrum estimate for the far-end signal and a noise estimate based on the near-end sig... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8180022 | Linear X-ray detector using fiber optic face plate to alter optical path An X-ray line-scan camera utilizes an image transferring means to alter the optical path and thus eliminates the X-ray radiation damage on the electrical components of the camera system. The camera comprises a layer of scintillating material, a fiber optic face plat... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8175555 | Apparatus and method for termination powered differential interface periphery An apparatus and method for supplying power to the peripheral circuits of a transmitter circuit, especially an HDMI transmitter circuit, is disclosed. In an HDMI transmitter the termination resistors of the output driver are part of the receiver. DC power for the dr... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8173929 | Methods and systems for trimming circuits Various embodiments of the invention include methods and systems for trimming electronic circuits using short laser pulses of near-infrared wavelength at a high repetition rate. The laser pulses ablate material from a spot on a circuit with minimal thermal and photo... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172479 | Composition for sealing joints in road surfaces and subsurfaces A composition that may be used to seal and strengthen the joints in an asphalt road surface and subsurface to prolong the useful life of the road is disclosed herein. The composition utilizes a polymer modified cationic maltene emulsion containing polymer modified m... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171238 | Identification of data stored in memory Systems and methods for identification of data stored in memory are provided. A data packet is received and a first packet byte within the data packet is compared to a first memory byte within a memory. A mismatch is determined between the first packet byte and the ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8163595 | Formulations for voltage switchable dielectric materials having a stepped voltage response and methods for making the same Formulations for voltage switchable dielectric materials include two or more different types of semiconductive materials uniformly dispersed within a dielectric matrix material. The semiconductive materials are selected to have different bandgap energies in order to... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8162783 | Table tennis game with automated serving and scorekeeping A table tennis game table may include one or more automated ball serving guns and an automated score announcing system. Remote control actuators may be provided for one or more users to operate the features of the table. The system may be adjusted manually or remote... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8161898 | Sail handling mechanism that secures a headboard to a headcar A mechanism to raise and lower the sail of a boat includes a headcar movably secured to a mast of the boat and a headboard affixed to the sail. A pulling force applied to a halyard raises the sail and causes the headboard to engage the headcar. When the sail is lowe... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8152352 | Optic system for light guide with controlled output A light guide with optics accurately controls the light exiting the guide. The device achieves accurate control of the reflected light by extracting light from a limited area of the light guide. The configuration of the reflectors used for the selective extraction d... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8152318 | Optical system for a light emitting diode with collection, conduction, phosphor directing, and output means An optical system with an LED light source utilizes a base with an inverted conical shape to conduct light to a phosphor layer. The phosphor layer emits light from both upper and lower surfaces. The base and a substantially mirror image cap element facilitate effici... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8151018 | Dual-mode data transfer of uncompressed multimedia contents or data communications A system and corresponding method for transferring data. Data may be selectively communicated via a USB port of a device. An indication of a device type may be received at the USB port from an external interface. USB protocol data or uncompressed high definition med... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8150271 | Active tuning of temporal dispersion in an ultrashort pulse laser system A chirped pulse amplification (CPA) system and method is described wherein the dispersion of the system is tuned by actively tuning one or more system components, for example, using a temperature or strain gradient, or using actinic radiation. In other embodiments, ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8150065 | System and method for processing an audio signal Systems and methods for audio signal processing are provided. In exemplary embodiments, a filter cascade of complex-valued filters are used to decompose an input audio signal into a plurality of frequency components or sub-band signals. These sub-band signals may be... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8143620 | System and method for adaptive classification of audio sources Systems and methods for adaptively classifying audio sources are provided. In exemplary embodiments, at least one acoustic signal is received. One or more acoustic features based on the at least one acoustic signal are derived. A global summary of acoustic features ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8143576 | Radiant energy imager using null switching In some aspects, the present invention embodies both the method and apparatus for converting a pattern of irradiation to a visible image. An embodiment of the present invention provides an array of micro-electro-mechanical sensors with each sensor includes a deflect... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8143051 | Systems and methods for maintaining the dominance and increasing the biomass production of nannochloropsis in an algae cultivation system Systems and methods for maintaining the dominance and increasing the biomass production of Nannochloropsis in an algae cultivation system are provided. Exemplary methods include applying an effective amount of ozone to Nannochloropsis growing in an alg... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8139910 | Systems and methods for control of ultra short pulse amplification A method of controlling an ultra-short pulse system is described comprising controlling an optical power within the ultra-short pulse system and control-system controlling a width of an optical pulse. In some embodiments, the method also comprises tuning a compresso... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8139212 | Measurement of volume holographic gratings The present invention relates to methods of measuring the optical characteristics of volume holographic gratings with high resolution and with a large spectral coverage using a spectrally broad band source in conjunction with instruments that measure the spectrum su... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8135050 | Automated polarization correction A chirped pulse amplification system includes one or more polarization compensator configured to compensate for polarization altering elements with the chirped pulse amplification system. The polarization compensator is responsive to a sensor configured to provide f... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8134292 | Light emitting device with a thermal insulating and refractive index matching material A light emitting device has a light emitting diode (LED) encapsulated by an encapsulant member. The encapsulant member includes a luminescent material, such as a phosphor, and a thermal insulating material. The thermal insulating material effectively insulates the l... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8133115 | System and method for recording and displaying a graphical path in a video game A system and method for recording and displaying a graphical path in a video game is provided. Upon initiation of a time-trial run, the player views a color-coded previous game path that dynamically changes color based upon a current elapsed time associated with the... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8126987 | Mediation of content-related services Systems and methods for mediation of content-related services are provided. A client device playing content may send a request for a service related to the content. Configuration information is generated for the client device, reflecting a set of permissions that ar... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8125704 | Systems and methods for controlling a pulsed laser by combining laser signals An ultra-short pulsed laser system comprises an optical combiner, optical amplifier, optical pulse compressor, and optical separator. The optical combiner is configured to combine a primary optical pulse with a secondary optical signal to generate a combined optical... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8124938 | Linear X-ray detector with monolithic detector chip including both photodiode array and peripheral circuits spaced apart A radiation damage resistant linear X-ray detector array system based on a unique buttable monolithic image sensor design and precision chip-on-board assembly technology includes at least one of the detector chips. Multiple chips of the image sensor may be butted en... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8119859 | Transformation of algal cells Exemplary methods include a method for transforming an algal cell by preparing a transformation construct, preparing a particle for bombarding the algal cell, adhering the transformation construct to the particle, bombarding the algal cell with the particle, and gro... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8117743 | Methods for fabricating current-carrying structures using voltage switchable dielectric materials A method includes providing a voltage switchable dielectric material having a characteristic voltage, exposing the voltage switchable dielectric material to a source of ions associated with an electrically conductive material, and creating a voltage difference betwe... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8117640 | Systems and methods for analyzing application security policies A system and method for analyzing application security policies is provided. One or more application security policies are retrieved. An optimized policy is then generated utilizing the one or more application security policies. One or more queries related to the on... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8117203 | Method and system for automatically extracting data from web sites In accordance with an embodiment, data may be automatically extracted from semi-structured web sites. Unsupervised learning may be used to analyze web sites and discover their structure. One method utilizes a set of heterogeneous “experts,” each expert being cap... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8103678 | System and method for establishing relevance of objects in an enterprise system A system, method, and computer program for establishing relevance of objects in an enterprise system is provided. One or more objects are assigned to content associated with an enterprise system. One or more query terms are received from a user. A preliminary releva... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8099341 | System and method for recreating tax documents Systems and methods for recreating a copy of a previously filed tax document of a user is provide. In exemplary embodiments, an order processing engine receives a user's order request for a copy of a previously filed tax document. The order request is processed with... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8098810 | Intelligent presence management in a communication routing system Systems and methods for intelligent presence management in a communication routing system are provided. In exemplary embodiments, an inbound communication may be received for a user. The user's presence status is determined and a profile associated with the user is ... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8095774 | Pre-fetching data into a memory Systems and methods for pre-fetching of data in a memory are provided. By pre-fetching stored data from a slower memory into a faster memory, the amount of time required for data retrieval and/or processing may be reduced. First, data is received and pre-scanned to ... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8088614 | Methods and compositions for production and purification of biofuel from plants and microalgae Methods and compositions are provided for producing purified oil from an organism, whether these organisms are wild type, selectively bred or genetically modified, and are suitable for the large scale production of an oil product. The organism may be an animal, a pl... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8087112 | Portable collapsible stretcher A lightweight, collapsible and portable stretcher for effective use under extreme circumstances such as use in disaster and war affected terrains. The stretcher includes a wheel assembly having an alternative use as a container for the collapsible stretcher. The inv... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8080226 | Methods and sytems for the destruction of perfluorinated compounds Methods and systems for the destruction of one or more PFCs in a gas stream are provided. The gas stream can come from semiconductor processing, for example. The PFCs in the gas stream are reacted with steam in the presence of a catalyst to fragment the PFCs into ot... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8073691 | Method and system for screening using voice data and metadata In one embodiment, the invention provides a method, comprising: (a) maintaining a database of known fraudsters, wherein each fraudster has a voice signature and metadata associated therewith; (b) performing a screening operation to match a candidate with a fraudster... | 12/06/2011 |
| D649711 | Hair dryer | 11/29/2011 |
| 8063504 | Systems and methods for powering circuits for a communications interface Embodiments include systems and methods of powering data communications transmitter circuitry using current sinked from biasing circuitry used to bias a transmission line between the data communications transmitter circuitry and data communications receiver circuitr... | 11/22/2011 |
