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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7203004 | Directed reflection light collecting device with planar reflectors This invention relates to a directed reflection light collecting device with planar reflectors, wherein a number of planar reflectors are arranged on a frame in mutual parallel. This frame is rotatably supported via a transversal main turning shaft on the supports o... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7295820 | Method and apparatus for DC offset control An automatic gain control (AGC) circuit has an automatic gain controlled amplifier connected in series with a DC blocking capacitor. A reference DC voltage is selectively applied to an input of the automatic gain controlled amplifier and to an output of the DC block... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7253816 | Computer graphics acceleration method and apparatus for evaluating whether points are inside a triangle A computer graphics accelerator apparatus and method determines whether a pixel at predetermined pixel co-ordinates in an area being rasterized is within a triangle defining a sub-area of the area. The coordinate system in relation to which the triangle is defined i... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7231734 | Display device with rail support Disclosed is a display device, elongate mount, and display module for displaying alphanumeric information to passengers of a mass transit vehicle. The display modules are mounted along a single edge to a elongate mount. The elongate mount includes at least one end c... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7225319 | Digital architecture for reconfigurable computing in digital signal processing A digital embedded architecture, includes a microcontroller and a memory device, suitable for reconfigurable computing in digital signal processing and comprising: a processor, structured to implement a Very Long Instruction Word elaboration mode by a general purpos... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7211403 | Assay using porosity-reduction to inhibit migration Device for assaying an analyte, comprising a labelling zone, where a label can bind to the analyte, in communication with a capture zone, wherein the pore size of the capture zone is such that label which is not bound to the analyte can migrate therethrough, whereas... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7201320 | System and method for processing currency bills and documents bearing barcodes in a document processing device A document processing device having an evaluation region disposed along a transport path between an input and output receptacle capable of processing both currency bills and substitute currency media having at least one indicia. The evaluation region includes at lea... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7203464 | Rake receiver having several fingers and method of processing an incident signal therein Address pointers (PTFi) associated with corresponding fingers are set to the addresses of a memory means (MM) capable of storing a number of symbols larger than the maximum delay between the paths, these initial addresses being predetermined taking account of differ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7199825 | Image generating system A digital camera includes a sensor (205) for sensing an image and producing a first signal. A Bayer pattern producer (210) is coupled to the sensor and structured to produce a Bayer pattern from the first signal. The Bayer pattern is then split (212... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7200255 | Document processing system using full image scanning A system for tracking currency bills comprises a currency scanning device. The scanning device includes a sensor that retrieves currency identification characteristic information of each bill processed. The currency identification characteristic information permits ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7197173 | Automated check processing system with check imaging and accounting A document processing system comprises an input receptacle for receiving documents. A transport mechanism receives the documents from the input receptacle and transports the documents past an image scanner and a discrimination unit. An output receptacle receives the... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7196915 | Integrated transformer based step-up converter A step-up converter based on an integrated transformer, comprising a self-resonating oscillator circuit that has inductive elements constituted by primary and secondary windings of at least one first transformer, the self-resonating oscillator circuit being powered ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7196959 | Implementation of a multivibrator protected against current or voltage spikes A multivibrator includes a first data transfer port that receives, as input, multivibrator input data. A first, master, latch cell is connected on the output side of the first transfer port. A second, slave, latch cell is connected thereto through a second data tran... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7191506 | Method of installing an electronic display device on a vehicle Disclosed is a display device, elongate mount, and display module for displaying alphanumeric information to passengers of a mass transit vehicle. The display modules are mounted along a single edge to a elongate mount. The elongate mount includes at least one end c... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7191647 | Method and apparatus to reject electrical interference in a capacitive liquid level sensor system Methods, systems, and computer program products for measuring a capacitance between a probe and a liquid, pausing movement of the probe based on a rate of change of the capacitance, further measuring the capacitance while the probe is paused, and, based on the furth... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7193918 | Process for refreshing a dynamic random access memory and corresponding device The content of a few pages of the dynamic random access memory is backed up, then one tries to refresh them less quickly, for example two times less quickly, and one observes whether this does or does not cause errors. The operation is repeated on the entire memory.... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7188411 | Process for forming portions of a compound material inside a cavity A process for forming portions of a compound material within an electronic circuit includes the formation of a cavity having at least one opening facing onto an access surface. The cavity furthermore has an internal wall with at least one region made of an initial m... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7187795 | Document processing system using full image scanning A system for tracking currency bills comprises a currency scanning device. The scanning device includes a sensor that retrieves currency identification characteristic information of each bill processed. The currency identification characteristic information permits ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7184299 | Nonvolatile SRAM memory cell An SRAM memory cell includes first and second inverters (14, 16) interconnected between first and second data nodes. Each inverter is formed from complementary MOS transistors (18, 20, 18′, 20′) connected in series between a DC voltage supply sourc... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7180450 | Semiconductor device with antenna and collector screen A semiconductor device includes a substrate, for example made of silicon, and layers, deposited on this substrate. Within at least one of these layers a radio signal transmission/reception antenna is formed. Located between the antenna and the substrate, a screen fo... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7176553 | Integrated resistive elements with silicidation protection In a process for the fabrication of integrated resistive elements with protection from silicidation, at least one active area (15) is delimited in a semiconductor wafer (10). At least one resistive region (21) having a pre-determined resistivity... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7174357 | Circuitry for carrying out division and/or square root operations requiring a plurality of iterations Circuitry for carrying out an arithmetic operation requiring a plurality of iterations, such as division or square root operations, utilizes N sets of iteration circuitry arranged one after the other so that at least one of the sets of iteration circuitry receives a... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7171032 | Automated document processing system using full image scanning A document processing system comprises an input receptacle for receiving documents. A transport mechanism receives the documents from the input receptacle and transports the documents past a full image scanner and a discrimination unit. An output receptacle receives... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7171599 | Field programmable device A field programmable device is disclosed, including a plurality of logic blocks; a plurality of connections connecting the logic blocks; configuration circuitry for outputting configuration data for programming the field programmable device, the configuration circui... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7167887 | Circuitry for carrying out square root and division operations The invention provides circuitry for carrying out a square root operation and a division operation. The circuitry utilizes common iteration circuitry for carrying out a plurality of iterations and means for identifying if an square root operation or a division opera... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7161813 | Power conversion device with synchronous rectifier driving and voltage oscillation limitation during a discontinuous operating mode A power conversion device includes a first and second input terminal for connection to a transformer winding and at least an output terminal. A first and second synchronous rectifier are associated with the first and second input terminals, respectively. An inductor... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7157935 | Method and device for configuration of PLDs A Programmable Logic Device provides efficient scalability for configuration memory programming while requiring reduced area for implementation. The device includes an array of configuration memory cells, a Vertical Shift Register (VSR) connected to the vertical lin... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7132765 | Switch mode power supply having only one inductive element an several outputs and method of controlling same The switch mode power supply includes a switching cell SC controllable cyclically and including only one inductive element L and several individually selectable outputs. During each conduction cycle, a total power level corresponding to the sum of the individual pow... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7134020 | System and method for securely duplicating digital documents A system and method is provided for securely duplicating digital documents of disparate types, such that there is a cryptographically secure link between the duplicate and the original. The system also provides each document with a serial number that is both sequent... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7129750 | CMOS to PECL voltage level converter A CMOS to PECL voltage level converter includes a pad driver containing drive compensation circuitry and a feedback circuit for sensing the output drive level and providing control signals to the drive compensation circuitry for compensating for temperature and proc... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7125808 | Method for manufacturing non-volatile memory cells on a semiconductor substrate A method is described for manufacturing non-volatile memory cells on a semiconductive substrate having active areas bounded by portions of an insulating layer. A thin layer of tunnel oxide is formed and a first layer of conductive material is then deposited. A plura... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7111546 | Salad spinner with improved drive assembly A salad spinner for drying food articles and household items includes a transparent bowl and a perforated basket disposed in the bowl. The basket further includes a cylindrical wall connected to a bottom wall of the basket and disposed at its center. The salad spinn... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7106546 | System for controlling the speed of a voice coil motor (VCM) in order to provide a low noise ramp loading of a hard disk head A system controls the speed of a Voice Coil Motor (VCM) in order to perform the ramp loading of hard disk heads with low noise. This system includes a generator for generating a discontinuous PWM drive signal to a power stage. A sampling block is clocked by a synchr... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7104418 | Dispenser for rolled materials A dispenser for paper, plastic, foil and other goods that are supplied on rolls or tubes. The dispenser includes a rotation mechanism including a plurality of flexible wires for receiving a first end portion of the plurality of flexible wires. The rotation mechanism... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7098831 | High resolution and low consumption digital-analog converter A digital-to-analog converter includes a first section (MSB) that converts the more significant bits of a digital code into a first voltage (Vin) of a multiplicity of discrete voltages that are integral multiples of a predetermined first voltage step (ΔV1). ... | 08/29/2006 |
| D526533 | Portion of spice rack | 08/15/2006 |
| D525821 | Nesting fondue | 08/01/2006 |
| 7076224 | Process for controlling the gain of a frequency tuner, and corresponding tuner, in particular for the reception of terrestrial digital television signals A method and device are disclosed for receiving digital television signals by a frequency tuner. The power of the signal is measured after an analog/digital conversion in the frequency tuner, and the gain thereof is controlled on the basis of this power measurement ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7063798 | Method for realizing microchannels in an integrated structure A process is presented for realizing buried microchannels (10) in an integrated structure (1) comprising a monocrystalline silicon substrate (2). The process forms in the substrate (2) at least one trench (4). A microchannel (10... | 06/20/2006 |
