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| 8185748 | Methods and apparatus for facilitating a secure processor functional transition A processor and associated local memory are capable of operative connection to a main memory such that data may be read from the main memory for use in the local memory, and the processor is operable to carry out actions, including: entering a secure mode of operati... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8175116 | Multiprocessor system for aggregation or concatenation of packets A network processing apparatus is provided. A send buffer receives from a protocol stack a long packet with a data length exceeding a maximum transmission unit defined for a network and stores the long packet. A payload dividing unit divides the payload of the long ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8167913 | Spinal stabilization using bone anchor and anchor seat with tangential locking feature A stabilization system for implantation in a patient includes: a bone anchor including a head and a shaft, the shaft extending away from the head in a bone insertion direction and being operable for connection to a bone of the patient; and a tulip including: at leas... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8161161 | Information processing method and information processing apparatus A certain process included in a first execution space requests a local resource manager to allocate a resource. The local resource manager obtains the authentication ID of the process issuing the request and determines whether or not the resource can be allocated. I... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8149242 | Graphics processing apparatus, graphics library module and graphics processing method There is provided a graphics processing system that includes a main processing unit and a graphics processing unit (GPU). The main processing unit puts rendering commands generated using a graphics library in the queue of a command buffer in a main memory. In this p... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8145902 | Methods and apparatus for secure processor collaboration in a multi-processor system In a multi-processor system including a plurality of processors capable of being operatively coupled to the main memory and each processor including an associated local memory, and at least one main processor operable to control access by the processors to data with... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8128411 | Device for checking anesthesia and ventilation units Apparatus for checking anaesthesia and ventilation devices, in the form of a test lung, comprising a lung sac, elastically deformable lobes, an inlet nozzle and adjustment means for adjusting the simulation parameters, the test lung being in the form of a compact un... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8121714 | Audio processing apparatus and audio processing method A user selects a plurality of pieces of music data desired to be reproduced concurrently, at an input unit of an audio processing apparatus, from music data stored in a storage device. A reproducing apparatus reproduces selected music data respectively and generates... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8118461 | Front unit for a motor vehicle The invention concerns a front unit for a motor vehicle with at least one headlight unit, a mounting component for connecting with the motor vehicle, means for hanging the headlight unit to the mounting component, an elastic element with first a fastener for fasteni... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8114106 | Catheter for aspirating, fragmenting and removing material Catheter for aspiration, fragmentation and removal of removable material from hollow bodies, in particular of thrombi and emboli from human blood vessels, comprising a working head, a flexible transport screw, a flexible tube, and a cutting tool. The working head is... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8113953 | Image-linked sound output method and device A player can be notified both visually and aurally that his/her action is recognized. A velocity vector-calculating unit calculates a velocity vector of the movement of an object manipulated by a player moving toward an assumable contact surface W by using an image ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8108789 | Information processing device, user interface method, and information storage medium To group a plurality of data items through a simple operation, an information processing device includes a displaying unit for displaying an image of a virtual space where a plurality of data-related positions respectively associated with a plurality of data items a... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8100247 | Mechanical coin-acceptor unit There is proposed a mechanical coin-acceptor unit with a coin running channel which has a running rail for rolling a coin, in or on which testing arrangements for testing the properties of the rolling coin are provided, having a coin-acceptor shaft and a return shaf... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8096513 | Aerodynamic flap of an aircraft having a device which influences the flap vortex A high-lift flap of an aircraft is provided having a device for influencing the flap vortex as well as a device for influencing the flap vortex at the lateral edge of the aerodynamic high-lift flap, which can be achieved effectively and at low cost. ... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8096185 | Apparatus for performing ground vibration tests on airplanes The invention relates to improved methods and apparatus for performing ground vibration tests (so-called “ground vibration tests”) on an airplane. In the method according to the invention, the airplane is jacked up essentially undamped (“rigidly”) in convent... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8095784 | Computer system and method for activating basic program therein A computer system capable of executing a basic program for providing a program execution environment. The system has a storage device for storing data that is necessary to the basic program during startup, and, for each basic program, configuration data that indicat... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8083078 | Vibration-based ejection cassette, drug dispensing apparatus, PTP dispensing apparatus, pharmaceutical product storage apparatus and PTP dispensing system A vibration-assisted ejection cassette includes: outer plates 11 which align PTP-packaged drugs 20 for storage; a top frame 12 which is provided above an open front and which prevents accommodated drugs from being falling forward; an inner plate... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8071871 | Electromechanical servo assisted drum A drum includes a shell having first and second, spaced apart ends defining an interior volume; first and second drumheads, each stretched over a respective one of the first and second ends of the shell; and an electromechanical driver having a moving coil element o... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8069361 | Method and program for setting microprocessor power supply voltage A determining unit determines the state of the microprocessor. A setting unit sets a power supply voltage to be supplied to the microprocessor according to the state of the microprocessor determined by the determining unit. A power supply circuit supplies the power ... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8065526 | Methods and apparatus for content control using processor resource management Methods and apparatus provide for: requiring that a content provider seeking to have its content executed by a processing system enter into an accord with a processing system provider; receiving a second key and a digital signature from the content provider to the p... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8064827 | Center device To provide a center device for accommodating a variety of situations which may occur when a home-use game machine, or the like, is used, in which a plurality of users use their own controller devices such as an input device. A center device communicates between a pl... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8062303 | Apparatus and methods for inserting an implant A system and method for inserting an implant into a cavity is disclosed, which may include advancing an implant insertion instrument toward a pair of adjacent bodies, the implant insertion instrument having two opposed ramps, wherein each ramp has a distal tip and w... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8060679 | Information processing apparatus and access control method capable of high-speed data access Requestors acquire tokens before issuing access requests to a memory controller. The access requests issued are accumulated in a command queue of the memory controller. When the amount of access requests accumulated in the command queue is smaller than or equal to a... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8059856 | Methods and apparatus for providing a heat sink for a loudspeaker A heat sink for a loudspeaker assembly includes: a housing of generally toroidal shape defining an interior portion and an exterior portion; and a plurality of fins extending from within the interior portion of the housing to, and at least partially over, the exteri... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8059089 | Input device and method, and character input method There is provided an input device capable of detecting a motion of a hand of a user (102) and suitable to perform input of digital data with. The input device (100) can be gripped by a hand of the user (102) and serves to input information to a ... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8057522 | Methods and apparatus for providing a retainer for a bone stabilization device A skeletal fixation apparatus includes: a plate having first and second spaced apart surfaces and a plurality of apertures extending through the surfaces of the plate, each aperture for receiving a respective fixation element for coupling the plate to one or more bo... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8051304 | Power supply apparatus with system controller In a power supply apparatus for supplying a target power supply voltage to a microprocessor, a system controller sets the target power supply voltage to be supplied to the microprocessor based on a voltage configuration signal outputted from the microprocessor and o... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8048246 | Method for ultrasound welding and construction module, particularly motor vehicle door module The invention relates to a method for ultrasound welding of a first and a second component, whereby the first component contains a recess for the reception of first and second protrusions of the second component, with the following steps: Positioning of the first an... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8047602 | Shock absorber made of fiber material The invention relates to a shock absorber for protection against side impact on a motor vehicle, which absorber is made of fiber material and has a cross-sectional profile comprising at least first, second, third and fourth flanks, wherein two consecutive flanks ext... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8039115 | Metallic aircraft component The invention relates to metallic aircraft components which can preferably be used for aircraft structures in the fuselage region. A damage-tolerant design is usual for aircraft components in the fuselage region. It is the object of the invention to provide metallic... | 10/18/2011 |
| 8026919 | Display controller, graphics processor, rendering processing apparatus, and rendering control method A rendering processing unit of a graphics processor selects a buffer in a frame buffer in which to write rendering data by switching between multiple buffers in the frame buffer and writes rendering data accordingly; a display controller selects a buffer in the fram... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8025559 | Device for connecting air ducts, motor vehicle door, motor vehicle pillar and motor vehicle interior paneling The invention concerns a device for connecting first and second air ducts using a connecting element for transferring an air stream between the air ducts, wherein the connecting element can assume various snap-in positions relative to the first air duct. ... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8024892 | Drum housing The invention relates to a drum housing, a hybrid door for a motor vehicle with a door module with a mounting area for mounting a cable drum of a either a power or manual window lift drive, whereby the mounting area exhibits a first area with a first diameter that i... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8023044 | Image display device restricting operation while information screen is displayed, image displaying method and medium storing program thereof An image display device includes an operation unit having a plurality of operating members configured to input operation data indicative of content of a user's operation; an operation data storage unit configured to store the operation data; an application process e... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8020345 | Methods and apparatus for supporting a window glass lift plate A door module of a vehicle includes: a panel of door glass including an upper peripheral edge and a lower peripheral edge; a lift plate coupled to the lower peripheral edge of the door glass such that a regulator may move the door glass between a full-up position an... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8016886 | Intervertebral disc replacement device An intervertebral stabilizer includes: a first member operable to engage an endplate of a vertebral bone of a spine, the first member having top and bottom surfaces defining a thickness therebetween; a second member spaced apart from the first member and operable to... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8016885 | Cervical motion preservation device A system of reconstruction for a spinal joint is directed to a modular implant assembly that includes an upper part and a lower part. The upper and lower parts each comprise a unitary body having an approximately ninety degree bend defining vertical and horizontal c... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8014568 | Method for computer-aided identification of the child octants of a parent octant, which are intersected by a beam, in an octree data structure by means of look-up tables The present invention relates to a method for computer-aided identification of the child octants of a parent octant, which are intersected by a beam, in an octree data tree. The method firstly determines the number of the child octants of the parent octant which are... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8010716 | Methods and apparatus for supporting multiple configurations in a multi-processor system Methods and apparatus provide for interconnecting one or more multiprocessors and one or more external devices through one or more configurable interface circuits, which are adapted for operation in: (i) a first mode to provide a coherent symmetric interface; or (ii... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8001592 | Methods and apparatus for accessing resources using a multiprocessor in a trusted mode A system and method are disclosed which may include entering a secure mode by a processor, whereby the processor may initiate a transfer of information into or out of the processor, but no external device may initiate a transfer of information into or out of the pro... | 08/16/2011 |
