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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8106944 | Adaptive illumination for color-corrected underwater imaging Described are a method and an apparatus for color-corrected underwater imaging. A range to an underwater object to be imaged is determined and control values are selected according to the range. Control values are predetermined for a number of ranges according to an... | 01/31/2012 |
| 7975140 | Key negotiation and management for third party access to a secure communication session Described are a method and system for establishing a secure communication session with third-party access at a later time. A first communication subsession is established between two original devices using a first key generated by a two-party key and security associ... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7955059 | Fluid control device for a high pressure analytical instrument In various embodiments a fluid control device suitable for high pressure analytical instruments includes a housing having an interior surface with an end wall. The interior surface defines a chamber. A valve assembly disposed in the chamber controls the flow of flui... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7911609 | Evaporative light scattering detector Embodiments of the present invention are directed to evaporation light scattering detectors having an evaporative chamber having a wall that is in good thermal contact with a heat sink. The heat has a high thermal mass such that a change in temperature of the wall d... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7856621 | Method for synchronization of concurrently modified interdependent semi-derived artifacts Described is a method for synchronizing concurrently modified interdependent semi-derived artifacts. For example, one artifact can be a software model file and the other artifact can be a code file. A temporary artifact is generated and includes all the elements of ... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7844006 | Method of non-uniform doppler compensation for wideband orthogonal frequency division multiplexed signals Described is a method for compensation of an OFDM signal propagating through Doppler-distorted, time-varying multipath channels. The method is based on low-complexity post-FFT signal processing. Minimum mean square error combining of signals is performed for signals... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7751063 | Multiple channel interferometric surface contour measurement system Described is a multiple channel interferometric surface contour measurement system. The measurement system includes a multiple channel interferometer projector, a digital camera and a processor. The projector includes two or more interferometer channels. Each channe... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7609968 | Secure analog communication system using time and wavelength scrambling Described are a secure communications system and method for transmitting analog signals. The secure communications system includes an analog multiplexer, an analog demultiplexer, a plurality of analog communications channels each at a different wavelength, and a pai... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7605842 | Vehicular optical communications system Described are a vehicle optical communications system and network to exchange high bandwidth optical data between vehicles or between a vehicle and a stationary host. The vehicle optical communications system includes a communications module and a sensor having pixe... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7595892 | Multiple channel interferometric surface contour measurement system Described are a multiple channel interferometric surface contour measurement system and methods of determining surface contour data for the same. The measurement system includes a multiple channel interferometer projector, a digital camera and a processor. Fringe pa... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7590717 | Single IP address for redundant shelf processors Described is a network element for a communications network. Management communications with the network element occur using a single IP address. The network element includes two shelf processors each having a negotiations module. One of the shelf processors has a ma... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7590350 | System and method for automated engineering of optical networks A computerized method for modifying an optical wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) network is described. The method includes providing an initial configuration of the optical WDM network. At least one parameter that represents a characteristic of a span in the op... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7564567 | Sensor for measuring a vibrating surface obscured from view Described are a sensor and a method for measuring a vibration of a surface obscured from view. The sensor includes a narrowband source of a terahertz beam, a beamsplitter, a beam combiner and a terahertz detector. The beamsplitter splits the terahertz beam into a sa... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7564273 | Low-voltage comparator-based switched-capacitor networks Described is a switched-capacitor network and method for performing an analog circuit function. The circuit includes a switched-capacitor network, a comparator, and a voltage-offset network. The switched-capacitor network includes multiple switches, each having a re... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7505954 | Search bar with intelligent parametric search statement generation Described is a method for generating a parametric search statement for finding a target document. The parametric search statement is generated in the text boxes of a search bar. A user action is performed in the text box. An in-place context menu having menu items r... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7505365 | Lorentz acoustic transmitter for underwater communications Described is a device for generating an acoustic signal in an electrically conductive medium such as salt water. The device of the present invention has a broadband frequency response and supports high bandwidth data transmission. Reliability is improved in comparis... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7472021 | Atmospheric feature detection using Langrangian scalar integration Described are a method and a system for detecting an atmospheric feature. A value of a meteorological scalar field at an initial time is determined for a set of tracers. Each tracer is initialized at a first tracer location. An integration time is selected according... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7427990 | Data replacement method and circuit for motion prediction cache A system for decoding a video bitstream and a method for replacing image data in a motion prediction cache are described. For each of the cache lines, a tag distance between pixels stored in the cache line and uncached pixels that are to be stored in the cache is ca... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7418281 | Centralized voice recognition unit for wireless control of personal mobile electronic devices Described are a method and system for controlling the operation of personal mobile electronic devices disposed about a user. Each device is adapted to receive command according to a common wireless protocol. A voice signal is generated in response to a voice command... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7391358 | Weather radar echo tops forecast generation Described are a method and a system for generating a short-term forecast of echo tops as defined by weather radar measurements. The method includes receiving echo tops images for different times. An echo tops growth rate and an echo tops maximum value are determined... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7391793 | Tandem connection monitoring implementing sink functionality on egress without an egress pointer processor A method of transmitting path overhead data between an ingress section and an egress section of a network element is described. A portion of the path overhead data is inserted into one or more predetermined bytes of the transport overhead of the data frame before tr... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7376229 | System identification module for a communications system A system identification module for storing system specific information is described. The system includes a housing, a module connector and a persistent memory for storing system specific data associated with a communications system having a backplane. The housing an... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7363018 | High speed electrical interconnect using an optically distributed carrier signal Described are a method and a device for high speed transmission of a data signal across an electrical interconnect in an integrated circuit. An optical carrier is modulated with a local oscillator signal at a modulation frequency substantially greater than the data ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7359438 | Optical communications imager Described are a method and optical communications processor for receiving communications data in an image formed on a plurality of pixels. The method includes receiving active pixel information identifying which of the pixels are receiving communications data and re... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7327820 | Method and apparatus for reducing quantization noise in fractional-N frequency synthesizers Described are methods and modules for reducing the phase noise generated in a fractional-N frequency synthesizer. The methods are based on swapping phase signals to achieve the same average delay for each phase signal path, compensation and resynchronization of phas... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7324761 | Single sideband optical transmitter Described are an optical transmitter and a method for generating a single sideband optical signal. The method includes generating a data signal at a first power level and at a second power level with a predetermined ratio being defined between the power levels. The ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7319425 | Comparator-based switched capacitor circuit for scaled semiconductor fabrication processes Described is a switched capacitor circuit for performing an analog circuit function. Unlike conventional switched capacitor circuits employing operational amplifiers, the switched capacitor circuit uses a comparator and does not require direct feedback between the i... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7282691 | Method for determining wavelengths of light incident on a photodetector Described are a method and a photodetector system for determining a wavelength of light. A current generated in a photodetector in response to incident light is determined. The incident light is terminated and a decay current generated by the photodetector is determ... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7242484 | Apparatus and methods for surface contour measurement Apparatus and methods of measuring three-dimensional position information of a onto a surface of an object including two sources of radiation separated by a distance, each source having a spectral distribution, and being coherent with respect to the other of the sou... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7239515 | Thermal assembly for cooling an electronics module A thermal assembly for cooling an electronics module is described. The assembly includes a compressible thermal pad, a thermal plate, and a clip. The thermal plate attaches to a heat sink. The clip urges the thermal pad against a surface of the thermal plate. Heat g... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7152696 | Method and control system for directional drilling A method and control system for directional drilling are described. A drill string motor is commanded to rotate at a constant speed in a forward direction and the constant speed in a reverse direction for a first duration and a second duration, respectively, for at ... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7115821 | Laser module carrier for printed circuit boards A carrier for alignment and attachment of an electronics module to a circuit board is described. The carrier includes a frame having sides defining a region to receive the electronics module. A gap between two of the sides allows for passage of leads that extend fro... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7062066 | Method and apparatus for short-term prediction of convective weather A method and apparatus for forecasting the likely occurrence of convective weather events, such as thunderstorms. An image filter is used to identify areas of interest within a meteorological image that are likely to contain convective weather. The image filter and ... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7040622 | Board game with wedding anniversary theme and method for playing the same A game apparatus and a method of playing a game are described. According to the method, a plurality of images on a game board is viewed. Each image has a board identifier and shows a subject at a first date. A plurality of cards is viewed. Each of the cards has a ca... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6975787 | Non-linear method for micro-mirror control Described is a method for controlling the angular position of a mirror. The method includes sensing the angular position of the mirror, generating a first linear control signal in response to the angular position and generating a first non-linear control signal to p... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6969186 | Device for conducting source light through an electromagnetic compliant faceplate A device for conducting light through an electromagnetic compliant faceplate is described. The device includes a first light pipe, a second light pipe, and a connector. The first light pipe has a first end to receive light from a first light source and a second end ... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6937782 | Polarization-stabilized all-optical switch Described is an all-optical switch that is significantly insensitive to polarization instabilities. The optical switch can be configured as an ultrafast logic gate, a switch for ultrafast communication systems or a key component of an all-optical regenerator. Perfor... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6925807 | Actuator control system for hydraulic devices An apparatus and method for controlling an actuator system having an electrical actuator in hydraulic communication with a hydraulic actuator are described. The apparatus includes a controller module in communication with a source of electrical power and a transceiv... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6920233 | Method and apparatus for short-term prediction of convective weather A method and apparatus for forecasting the likely occurrence of convective weather events, such as thunderstorms. An image filter is used to identify areas of interest within a meteorological image that are likely to contain convective weather. The image filter and ... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6894418 | Nested stator coils for permanent magnet machines An arrangement of coils of different configurations for use in the stator of a slotless radial gap electromotive machine is described. The coils include coils of a first configuration and a second configuration. Each coil includes longitudinal sections and circumfer... | 05/17/2005 |
