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| 7979992 | Computerized simultaneous laser marking and targeting system What is new in this invention, it is the complete automation of the remote marking process. It is completely computer controlled and made possible by laser printer type marking/pointer equipment. Also, completely new is the concept of embedding digital inform... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7940033 | Control loop for switching power converters A pulse regulation loop for a clocked switching power converter where the loop is around a bridge converter. The loop features a comparator, a charge pump and a filter in series, feeding a pulse modulator controlling the clock duty cycle of the bridge. Ripple in the... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7873573 | Virtual pooled account for mobile banking A virtual pooled account is used in operating a system having multiple financial partners. In a specific implementation, the system is a mobile banking system. Instead of maintaining separate general ledgers for each financial institution, the system will keep one g... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7743634 | Immobilizing device for tracked vehicles A locking mechanism for immobilizing tracked vehicles comprises a first bar for extending between the treads of a tracked vehicle. A second bar, affixed at one end to the first bar, extends parallel to the first bar and passes through slots in a plate on the tracked... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7688135 | N-way Doherty distributed power amplifier A power amplifier using N-way Doherty structure for extending the efficiency region over the high peak-to-average power ratio of the multiplexing modulated signals such as wideband code division multiple access and orthogonal frequency division multiplexing is discl... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7158867 | Computerized simultaneous laser marking and targeting system A novel method and system is provided for simultaneous, non-invasive and non-contact marking for processing of targeted objects. The viewing, selection, marking, processing and feed-back is substantially simultaneous and computerized. ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7509790 | Random case former A random case former accepts an opened-up flat corrugated material representing an unformed box with open bottoms and tops. The random case former automatically adjusts to the dimensions of the box by closing in on the unformed box with flap folders from one or more... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7452356 | Eye-safe dermatologic treatment apparatus A dermatologic treatment apparatus is disclosed which includes one or more housings with at least one housing configured for manipulation in a dermatologic treatment procedure, a light source, and an electrical circuit. The circuit energizes the light source to prod... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7413567 | Optical sensor and method for identifying the presence of skin A sensor for detecting the presence of skin is disclosed, one configuration of which uses multiple light emitting diodes, each of a unique wavelength band, and a broad-band photodetector to measure the remission of light at multiple wavelengths from a material being... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7394683 | Solid state magnetic memory system and method A solid state magnetic memory system and method disposes an array of magnetic media cells in an array on a substrate. In an exemplary embodiment, drive electronics are fabricated into the substrate through conventional CMOS processing in alignment with associated ce... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7343231 | Computerized simultaneous laser marking and targeting system The complete automation of a remote marking process. It is completely computer controlled and made possible by laser printer type marking/pointer equipment. The concept of embedding digital information into a laser beam or other coherent information vector and attac... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7265523 | Control loop for switching power converters A control loop for a clocked switching power converter where the loop features a comparator (44) and a filter (61) in series to linearize the nonlinear response of the comparator (44). The filter (61) has poles and zeros offsetting the po... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7239570 | Magnetic memory device and method for magnetic reading and writing Disclosed herein are a magnetic memory device and method for storing and retrieving data. The magnetic memory device includes a read disk and a storage disk. The read disk comprises of an array of read heads wherein the individual read head corresponds to a storage ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7173847 | Magnetic storage cell A horizontally disposed elliptical or rectangular magnetic memory cell includes at least two conductive lines to carry current and a magnetic element disposed between the conductive lines. The current through the conductive lines induces a magnetic field, such that ... | 02/06/2007 |
| D535746 | Portable hair removal device | 01/23/2007 |
| 7118563 | Self-contained, diode-laser-based dermatologic treatment apparatus A dermatological treatment apparatus is disclosed that is cordless and sufficiently compact as to be hand-held. A self-contained housing is configured for gripping by a person's hand for cordless manipulation in a dermatologic treatment procedure. A light source and... | 10/10/2006 |
| 6888983 | Dynamic gain and channel equalizers A beam refraction apparatus includes an input fiber carrying an input beam. A wavelength dispersive element is coupled to the input fiber. The wavelength dispersive element spreads the input beam in at least one dimension as a function of wavelength and generates a ... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6830990 | Method and apparatus for dicing released MEMS wafers Various embodiments are methods and apparatuses for different steps in separating wafers into multiple wafer die. Some embodiments are adapted for dicing wafers having a front side and a back side, where the front side has processed devices, such as MEMS devices. | 12/14/2004 |
| 6826330 | Dynamic spectral shaping for fiber-optic application The present invention is directed towards dynamic spectral shaping. Using a grating, the spectral band is spread across a MEMS or other suitable device array. The device may be the deformable grating modulator invented by Bloom et. al. (U.S. Pat. No. 5,311,360) or o... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6822318 | Stress isolating die attach structure and method A method and structure for isolating a die from thermally induced or pressure induced differential stresses between a die and a package includes providing an intermediate layer having therein a plurality of relief channels arranged to provide a flexure for absorbing... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6806755 | Technique for glitchless switching of asynchronous clocks A technique for glitchless switching among different frequency input clocks in a circuit includes monitoring each of the clocks and determining when the relative phases of the respective clocks are within a predetermined maximum of phase difference. Once the relativ... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6778966 | Segmented mapping converter system and method Partitioned signal processing systems and methods featuring substantial flexibility and cost effective implementations is presented. The architecture of the systems and methods of the present invention can be divided into a plurality of modules having manual and aut... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6747476 | Method and apparatus for non-linear termination of a transmission line An active termination circuit for clamping a signal on a transmission line in an electronic device is described. The active termination circuit is configured to clamp the signal on the transmission line to one of a first reference voltage level and a second referenc... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6687344 | Parallel handset on-hook/off-hook detection by software-based signal power measurement A computer having a modem is programmed with software (also called a "on-hook/off-hook detector") that detects a change in status (e.g., on-hook or off-hook) of a device (e.g., a telephone having a handset) by measuring a change in the signal power of a s... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6675125 | Statistics generator system and method A method and system for monitoring, maintaining and analyzing statistical performance information in a signal processing system includes collecting data representing a plurality of aspects of the signal processing system, developing a histogram representa... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6674563 | Method and apparatus for device linearization Various embodiments are disclosed of apparatuses and methods for linearization. A linearized signal can control, for example, a microelectromechanical device, a microelectromechanical device, and/or a device controlling a modulated intensity of electromag... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6642550 | Silicon sub-mount capable of single wire bonding and of providing ESD protection for light emitting diode devices An apparatus consisting of a single wire bond silicon sub-mount used to make an LED device which also has built-in ESD protection in the sub-mount. The single wire bond silicon sub-mount uses a pass-through interconnection between the topside of the sub-m... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6501600 | Polarization independent grating modulator A fiber-optic modulator based on a micromachined grating device which is both polarization independent and achromatic in behavior is described. The device is a two dimensional grating or periodic structure which is symmetric in the X and Y axes. It is com... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6295599 | System and method for providing a wide operand architecture The present invention provides a system and method for improving the performance of general purpose processors by expanding at least one source operand to a width greater than the width of either the general purpose register or the data path width. In add... | 09/25/2001 |
| 6229150 | Semiconductor structures using a group III-nitride quaternary material system with reduced phase separation and method of fabrication A group III-nitride quatenary material system and method is disclosed for use in semiconductor structures, including laser diodes, transistors, and photodetectors, which reduces or eliminates phase separation and provides increased emission efficiency and... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6177691 | Cell based array having compute drive ratios of N:1 Method and apparatus are disclosed for a low power, high density cell based array structure that permits implementation of designs having compute/drive cell ratios of N:1. The improved performance is provided in part by relocating the substrate and well t... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6177709 | Cell based array having compute/drive ratios of N:1 Method and apparatus are disclosed for a low power, high density cell based array structure that permits implementation of designs having compute/drive cell ratios of N:1. The improved performance is provided in part by relocating the substrate and well t... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6154360 | High impact-resistant data storage subsystem A data storage subsystem capable of withstanding substantial non-operating shocks and other rough handling includes a pads configured to mate to a portion of the periphery of a data storage device to provide impact energy absorption and well as noise redu... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6028710 | Method and apparatus for head-mounted optical magnification An optical device that can be either permanently or temporarily affixed to a headgear, such as a cap or a visor, is disclosed. The optical device comprises right and left barrels or lens holders, each of which is non-adjustable or if adjustable is joined ... | 02/22/2000 |
| 6012413 | Electron beam source for use with varying sizes of crucibles An electron beam source provides beam focusing by placing magnets under the crucible. The location of the magnets, operating in conjunction with the remaining magnetic and electromagnetic structure, permits varying sizes of crucibles to be used without re... | 01/11/2000 |
| 5918039 | Method and apparatus for display of windowing application programs on a terminal A video display terminal capable of operating with a graphical user interface such as Windows.RTM. provides windowing functionality to permit use of popular applications programs resident on a server, without requiring more than application data to be tra... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5799610 | Self-filtering litter box for pets A litter box assembly for pets includes two identical, stackable litter boxes each having a bottom with a pattern of openings and pointed, raised projections. A track extends around the bottom of each box to hold a plate with defines mating apertures and ... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5796426 | Wide-angle image dewarping method and apparatus A method and apparatus for transforming wide angle video into perspective corrected viewing zones which either a single user or multiple users may select, orient and magnify. The present invention first captures a wide angle digital video input by any sui... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5791841 | Quill interlock The present invention is a quill interlock for a milling machine. Structurally, the present invention includes a clasp or other attachment means attachable to a milling machine. The clasp carries a switch which is activated when the quill of the milling m... | 08/11/1998 |
