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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7911021 | Edge termination for semiconductor devices A high-voltage termination structure includes a peripheral voltage-spreading network. One or more trench structures are connected at least partly in series between first and second power supply voltages. The trench structures include first and second current-limitin... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7910439 | Super self-aligned trench MOSFET devices, methods, and systems A manufacturing process and design structure for a super self-aligned trench power MOSFET. A plurality of super self-aligned trenches of different depths are formed into the body layer and epitaxial layers, preferably by using a multilayer stack of dielectric materi... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7894531 | Method of compression for wide angle digital video A system and method for varying the level of detail encoded in a video. In a preferred embodiment, some regions of a wide-angle video scene are encoded in an almost lossless manner, while other regions are encoded with less detail. Regions of interest can be determi... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7893985 | Wide angle electronic camera with improved peripheral vision The present inventions provide a system and method for a wide angle camera capable of high resolution peripheral vision. A wide angle lens system distorts the image and conveys it to an image sensor, which converts the image to an electronic signal and conveys it to... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7843004 | Power MOSFET with recessed field plate A trench MOSFET contains a recessed field plate (RFP) trench adjacent the gate trench. The RFP trench contains an RFP electrode insulated from the die by a dielectric layer along the walls of the RFP trench. The gate trench has a thick bottom oxide layer, and the ga... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7793221 | Method and system for unit level military administration The present invention provides a system for providing administrative support for a military unit. The invention includes a server-side database containing information about the military unit and a client-side browser application that provides a secure network connec... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7780085 | Round surface scanner A scanner capable of scanning a curved surface such as a bottle or other cylindrical, or curved surfaced object. In one class of embodiments, the present innovations include a scan head and one or more rollers (preferably two rollers, one active, the other passive) ... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7778045 | Universal power conversion methods Methods and systems for transforming electric power between two or more portals. Any or all portals can be DC, single phase AC, or multi-phase AC. Conversion is accomplished by a plurality of bi-directional conducting and blocking semiconductor switches which altern... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7710425 | Graphic memory management with invisible hardware-managed page faulting A computer system in which a graphics accelerator unit manages page faulting of texture data invisibly to the host processor. ... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7680617 | Process control architecture with hydrodynamic correction Methods and systems for controlling processes related to the amount of fluid in a container subjected to externally-excited motions. Fluid level sensor measurements in processing tanks on-board boats are confused by ocean waves and swells. A hydrodynamic model of a ... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7660648 | Methods for self-balancing control of mixing and pumping Methods for controlling the in-feed and discharge rates of materials flowing into and out of a mixing process where one priority is to achieve a target mixture flow rate from the mixing process and another priority can be to achieve a target value for a mixture prop... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7636614 | Systems for managing flow control valves in process systems Systems for managing the operational condition of flow control valves in process systems. As a control valve experiences mechanical wear during operation, the physical changes to the valve can alter its dead band and flow coefficient. A non-linear dynamic model dete... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7620481 | Systems for self-balancing control of mixing and pumping Systems for controlling the in-feed and discharge rates of materials flowing into and out of a mixing process where one priority is to achieve a target mixture flow rate from the mixing process and another priority can be to achieve a target value for a mixture prop... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7616200 | System for reducing aliasing on a display device An apparatus and method of displaying a first image on a display device with a plurality of pixels assigns one of a plurality of sample patterns to each pixel on the display device. Each pixel is assigned the one of a plurality of patterns based upon its unique loca... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7606636 | Methods for managing flow control valves in process systems Methods for managing the operational condition of flow control valves in process systems. As a control valve experiences mechanical wear during operation, the physical changes to the valve can alter its dead band and flow coefficient. A non-linear dynamic model dete... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7599196 | Universal power converter Methods and systems for transforming electric power between two or more portals. Any or all portals can be DC, single phase AC, or multi-phase AC. Conversion is accomplished by a plurality of bi-directional conducting and blocking semiconductor switches which altern... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7587520 | Image display system with visual server An image display system with one or more client computers in selective communication with a visual server having image processing capabilities. The client computer generates image modifying data corresponding to a generated image, and transmits the data to the visua... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7574325 | Methods to monitor system sensor and actuator health and performance A method for assessing health and performance of a system. In one example, the system comprises subsystems (preferably physically coupled subsystems), at least some of which are characterizable by transmitted signals. Some of these signals are transformed into a com... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7567856 | Methods for determining a volumetric ratio of a material to the total materials in a mixing vessel Methods are provided for determining an estimated volumetric ratio of a material to total materials in a mixing vessel. In various embodiments, the methods may comprise: summing a commanded input flowrate of the material and a volumetric disturbance flowrate of the ... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7561943 | Methods for volumetrically controlling a mixing apparatus Methods of controlling a volumetric ratio of a material to total materials in a mixing vessel are provided. In various embodiments, the methods may comprise: estimating the volumetric ratio of the material to the total materials in the mixing vessel and an output fl... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7551933 | Telecommunications system In a telecommunications system such as a global mobile telephone network in which each subscriber unit includes a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM card), each SIM card has fixed memory locations, to which data can be addressed over the air. Some of the locations can ... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7544641 | Rapid setting plugging compositions for sealing subterranean formations Rapid setting plugging compositions comprising oil, clay, magnesium chloride, and magnesium oxide powder are provided for sealing permeable zones in subterranean formations. The permeable zones may be sealed by passing the plugging composition and water to the subte... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7542035 | Method for interactively viewing full-surround image data and apparatus therefor A method of modeling of the visible world using full-surround image data includes steps for selecting a view point within a p-surface, selecting a direction of view within the p-surface, texture mapping full-surround image data onto the p-surface such that the resul... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7529424 | Correction of optical distortion by image processing An optical system comprising the following. A camera that is capable of reducing distortion from an optical system has an optical system that is configured to capture a wide field of view of a subject. An image sensor and circuitry are coupled to the optical system ... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7528881 | Multiple object processing in wide-angle video camera A multi object processing video camera is disclosed. The video camera comprises an image scan and capture circuit capable of capturing a wide-angle field of view in high resolution and a processing circuit capable of executing a plurality of software tasks on a plur... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7518616 | Graphics processor with texture memory allocation system A graphics accelerator for processing a graphical image includes a texture buffer for storing texture maps and data relating to the texture maps stored in the texture buffer, and a texture processor that performs texturing operations on the graphical image. The text... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7516793 | Methods and systems for fracturing subterranean wells New methods and systems for subterranean fracturing for hydrocarbon wells. A plan of the fracture propagation and in-fracture proppant distribution is used with a real-time model of the status of the fracture dimensions and in-fracture proppant concentration to auto... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7515597 | Distributed switching platform and method of operating the same A distributed switching platform coupled to an Internet Protocol (IP) network and a method of operating the same. In one embodiment, the distributed switching platform includes a main control unit (MCU), coupled to the IP network, that generates call and control pro... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7505036 | Order-independent 3D graphics binning architecture A binning architecture that allows opaque and transparent primitives to be segregated automatically into pairs of bins covering the same bin rectangle on the screen. When the frame is complete, the opaque bin will be rendered first and then the transparent bin will ... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7499846 | Methods for using high-yielding non-Newtonian fluids for severe lost circulation prevention A system and method to model and analyze the mixing energies of high-yielding non-Newtonian fluids to prevent chemical lost circulation is disclosed. Laboratory tests are performed under varying conditions from which data on the mixing energies needed to optimize th... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7473966 | Oxide-bypassed lateral high voltage structures and methods A lateral high-voltage active device structure, in which field-shaping trench electrodes are capacitively coupled to the voltage-withstand region near the source end thereof. ... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7471787 | Method of operating a distributed call progress tone detection system A method of operating a distributed call progress tone detection system. In one embodiment, the method includes: (1) receiving requests from an application over said packet network and transmitting transmit call and control processing commands to a switching partiti... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7466319 | System and method for fast gradient pixel clears in graphics rendering A system and method of maintaining a gradient in a plurality of pixels of a graphics display, such as a color or intensity gradient, where each pixel has an X coordinate, Y coordinate, and other pixel data that includes a fast-clear bit The pixels are filled on the ... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7461155 | Method and apparatus for utilizing the social usage learned from multi-user feedback to improve resource identity signifier mapping An apparatus for finding resources on a network comprises a finder server having access to: (a) a database including: (i) an index of resources available on network of interconnected computers on which a plurality of resources reside; and (ii) information regarding ... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7457714 | Autocalibrated multiphase fluid characterization using extrema of time series Systems and methods for determining the fraction of a first phase of a multiphase fluid flow stream, such as the amount of water in crude petroleum oil flowing from a production well or container. An electrical property, such as permittivity, and a physical property... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7450165 | Multiple-view processing in wide-angle video camera A motion video camera that removes the need for mechanical pan, tilt, and zoom apparatus is disclosed. The video camera includes the following. A wide-angle optical system is configured to receive an optical image. An image sensor is coupled to the optical system an... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7428303 | Customer communication service system A system and method is disclosed for servicing multi media customer communications to geographically distributed agents from multiple call center sites via the telephone network and a global data communications network. The system provides separate interface ports t... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7416565 | Adjustable tension prosthetic ankle rotatory device for lower limb apparatus A transtibial patellar tendon bearing (PTB) prosthesis for below the knee amputees is disclosed. The prosthesis includes a socket, and a foot prosthesis attached to a modular shank component using a foot rotator device. Using the rotator device, the foot component o... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7415364 | Process control architecture with hydrodynamic correction Methods and systems for controlling processes related to the amount of fluid in a container subjected to externally-excited motions. Fluid level sensor measurements in processing tanks on-board boats are confused by ocean waves and swells. A hydrodynamic model of a ... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7411249 | Lateral high-voltage transistor with vertically-extended voltage-equalized drift region A lateral high-voltage device in which conductive trench plates are inserted across the voltage-withstand region, so that, in the on state, the current density vectors have less convergence. This can help reduce on-resistance. ... | 08/12/2008 |
