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A self-righting hand-arm configuration which is adapted to pivot when struck by a user, thereby simulating a "high five."
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| 8182403 | Pressurized-training apparatus and control method for the same To improve the effect and the safety of Kaatsu training. A training system includes a tight fitting device which is intended to be placed around a compressed range of an arm or a leg and which has a pneumatic bag, and a training device adapted to control the ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182355 | Free-standing jumping device An apparatus includes a support frame, a resilient member, a seat, and a retainer. The resilient member has a first end portion configured to be coupled to the support frame and a second end portion, opposite from the first end portion. The seat is configured to be ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8176228 | Quick port-switching method and associated apparatus A quick port-switching method and associated apparatus are provided. A quick port-switching display control circuit includes a display controller, a first TMDS port, a second TMDS port and an analog video port. The display controller has a first GPIO pin and a secon... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8176169 | Method for network visualization A method of visualizing network data includes parsing a collection of packets in accordance with a set of categories related to characteristics of the collection of packets, the categories including listings of categorical elements, wherein at least some of the cate... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175539 | System and method for management of a shared frequency band A system, method, software and related functions are provided for managing activity in a radio frequency band that is shared, both in frequency and time, by signals of multiple types. An example of such a frequency band is an unlicensed frequency band. Radio frequen... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175005 | Coordinated neighbor discovery of radio access point devices and macro base stations Techniques are provided for coordinated neighbor discovery in a wireless network served by radio access point devices that provide service in relatively small coverage areas in the wireless network. A controller apparatus sends to radio access point devices, data id... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174438 | Positioning apparatus and method A positioning apparatus and the associated positioning method are provided. The positioning apparatus includes a wireless communication unit, a storage unit, a positioning module and a control unit. The wireless communication unit generates a detection signal. The s... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171475 | Intelligent retry method using remote shell Method for issuing and monitoring a remote batch job, method for processing a batch job, and system for processing a remote batch job. The method for issuing and monitoring a remote batch job includes formatting a command to be sent to a remote server to include a s... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170989 | Method and system for document management and exchange The present invention embodiments pertain to managing and exchanging documents. A descriptor is added to an original document, wherein the descriptor includes at least one document identifier representing a logical subject of the document. Modifications to a documen... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8170401 | Optimizing ad insertion by removing low information frames Techniques are provided to perform seamless or non-seamless ad insertion using a low-complexity process. Delay is introduced into a transport stream to prevent decoder buffer overflow. Delay buildup in the transport stream is reduced by removing pre-identified redun... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8169357 | Transmission scheduling for ADS-B ground systems System and methods for reducing redundant messages broadcast in an Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) system. For a given target, a controller determines the relevant customers that should receive information about the target, identifies all of the g... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8166860 | System for forming a miter joint The present invention is directed toward a system for forming miter joints including a miter saw and an angle gauge. The miter saw includes a platform with a kerf slot and a pair of arcuate slots. Each arcuate slot includes an associated rail located on the undersid... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8166496 | Automatic balancing spindle motor Disclosed is a spindle motor comprising: an integral turntable including: a table on which a rotating body to be installed, and an inner side wall and an outer side wall formed to be recessed upwards at a portion therebetween on a lower surface of the table so that ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8162717 | Toy vehicle having fanciful facial expression A toy vehicle includes a body supported by a plurality of wheels. The body also includes a roof and rear window supporting a plurality of user inputs. Within the toy vehicle body, a microprocessor controller drive and steering mechanism is operative. The operation o... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8162716 | Vehicle track set A toy vehicle track set. The track set includes toy roads sized for toy vehicles. The track set allows a toy vehicle to be raised and lowered to different elevations using one or more different mechanisms. ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8161192 | Intermediary system for interconnecting multiple IMS networks An intermediary infrastructure that facilitates the interconnection of multiple IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) networks. The interconnections may span one or more of the IMS logical planes Services Plane, Control Plane, and Network or Transport Plane. The intermediar... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160809 | Close-spaced leader-follower navigation using control mimic A method is provided for automatically controlling a first vehicle (follower vehicle) that is to follow a second vehicle (leader vehicle) in a desired manner with respect to movement of the second vehicle. In the follower vehicle, bearing and acceleration control in... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160546 | System and method for enhanced mobile user rewards Coincident with the evolution, maturation, etc. of wireless messaging ecosystems an infrastructure that supports offering to mobile subscribers different types of rewards (for example, possibly inter alia, cash, free service offerings, product coupons and/or discoun... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160532 | Community interaction using mobile communication devices Techniques are provided for delivering content to mobile communication devices related to interactions of members with a user community. The method involves detecting a communication session involving a mobile communication device; determining one or more context pa... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8159662 | Systems and methods for remote unmanned raman spectroscopy A Raman spectroscopy sensor integrated with an unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) includes a UGV having a robot arm and a camera mounted on the robot arm. A laser and telescope associated with a Raman sensor are mounted on the robot arm in such a way as to point in subst... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8152661 | Lacrosse training method and apparatus A training device for teaching proper mechanics of aiming and propelling a lacrosse ball is disclosed. The training device is a lacrosse stick including a shaft portion, a head portion, and an end cap. The end cap includes a light source that generates a beam of vis... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8151115 | Computer including at least one connector for a replaceable storage medium, and method for starting and operating a computer via a replaceable storage medium A method starts and operates a computer with an operating system held on a replaceable storage medium. The method includes: checking the authenticity of the replaceable storage medium and/or checking a user's authority for executing the operating system held on the ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8149841 | System and method for end-user custom parsing definitions Systems and methods for performing customizable analysis of a communication session between two entities includes loading predetermined first parser definitions, stored as at least one binary file, receiving second parser definitions in a form other than a binary fi... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8149162 | Methods and apparatus for N-lateration with noisy data measurements A technique for determining the position of a device involves generating a set of N measurements from signals transmitted by a respective set of N references devices, where the N measurements are suitable for determining a position of the device using N-lateration. ... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8148667 | Thermal treatment system instrument rack and method of selectively thermally treating medical instrument portions A system according to the present invention includes a cabinet, a basin positioned within the cabinet to contain and thermally treat a liquid bath, and a support assembly that stabilizes a surgical scope. The support assembly may include a first support that elevate... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8148666 | Method and apparatus for protecting sterile drapes in surgical thermal treatment systems Surgical drapes employed with thermal treatment systems are re-enforced according to the present invention. This protects against punctures and tears when objects are placed in a receptacle formed by a drape within a thermal treatment system basin to contain a steri... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8147621 | Method for producing a metal article intended for at least partially coating with a substance A method of producing a metal article intended for at least partially coating with a substance, which includes a metal solder, a plastic, a glass, or a ceramic. The metal article itself may include, in particular, connecting, supporting, or conducting components for... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8145595 | Method and apparatus for optimization in workflow management systems Activities within a workflow are either data management activities (DMAs) or non-DMAs. A workflow is typically carried out by a system by executing one activity after the other. This can, however, be very time consuming. A method and system are provided for optimizi... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8145272 | Pilot-based two-dimensional channel estimation Techniques are provided herein to estimate channel information based a received burst that is comprises of consecutive transmissions. Each transmission comprises a plurality of data subcarriers and a plurality of pilot subcarriers on a radio frequency (RF) channel, ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8144057 | Methods and apparatus for adaptively determining angles of arrival of signals A technique for determining the angles of arrival of signals incident on an antenna array from directions within an angular region of interest involves supplying outputs of antenna elements of the antenna array to a number of different weight generators. Each of the... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8141023 | Method and apparatus for preventing congestive placement A congestive placement preventing apparatus, applied in a logic circuit layout having 2K logic circuits, where K is a positive integer, is provided. The congestive placement preventing apparatus includes a restructuring module and a synthesizing module. T... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8139696 | Baud rate detection A method is provided of characterising a data stream of binary symbols, the method comprising sampling the stream at a predetermined rate sufficient to capture at least two samples per binary symbol, identifying the shortest continuous run of samples having the same... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8139681 | Frequency error correction by using remodulation A communications signal is received through a propagation channel, down-converted in frequency and then converted into a digital signal. The samples of the digital signal are processed to estimate the information conveyed by the communications signal. The estimated ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8139627 | DC offset estimation in received signals A scheme for deducing a DC offset in a received signal burst acquired through a particular channel, wherein the received signal burst corresponds to a transmitted signal burst. An impulse response estimate of the channel is used to model how a known or recovered par... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8136588 | Downhole tool and running tool system for retrievably setting a downhole tool at locations within a well bore A running tool for landing and setting a retrievable downhole tool at any location in a well bore includes an inner rod, a running tool anchoring device mounted on the inner rod and controllably reconfigurable between a retracted configuration to permit movement of ... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8135225 | Method for coding RGB color space signal A method for coding an RGB color space signal is disclosed. In accordance with the method, a base plane is encoded using an independent mode, and an enhanced plane is encoded by referring to the base plane without converting the RGB color space signal into YCbCr col... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8134503 | Open-loop beamforming MIMO communications in frequency division duplex systems Techniques are provided for wireless communication between a first wireless communication device and a second wireless communication device. At a plurality of antennas of the first wireless communication device, one or more signals transmitted by a second wireless c... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8134236 | Electronic module with switching functions and method for producing the same An electronic module with switching functions includes integrated circuit chips arranged in a chip stack. The integrated circuit chips of the chip stack in each case includes a large-area contact on the top side and/or the rear side, the areal extent of the large-ar... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8131282 | System and method for providing feedback to wireless device users A user feedback generation and management capability, operating possibly within a Value-Added Service Provider, provides key feedback (e.g., information, updates, etc.) to a Mobile Subscriber (MS) during, for example, the MS′ receipt of rich content on the MS′ W... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8130140 | Optimized beamforming for satellite communication A method for determining beamforming weights used onboard a satellite and ground-based beamforming weights used in a ground-based station as part of a satellite communication system. This beamforming method is a two-stage beamforming process that requires a reduced ... | 03/06/2012 |
