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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| D605781 | Mesh fence panel | 12/08/2009 |
| 7620266 | Robust and efficient foreground analysis for real-time video surveillance Systems and methods for foreground analysis in real-time video include background subtraction and foreground detection, shadow removal, quick lighting change adaptation, static foreground region detection, foreground fragment reduction, and frame level change detect... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7616134 | Systems and methods for enumerative encoding and decoding of maximum-transition-run codes and PRML (G,I,M) codes Systems and methods for encoding/decoding are provided. The systems and methods include encoding a stream of K-bit input sequences into a stream of (G, I, M)-constrained 2N-bit output sequences by transforming each K-bit input bit sequence into two separate data pat... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7614011 | Apparatus and method for display power saving A power saving method for self-luminous displays and an apparatus thereof, comprises determining active and inactive portions of a display screen. The inactive portions of the display screen are modified in accordance with criteria to save power by reducing energy c... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7612571 | System and method for estimation of integrated circuit signal characteristics using optical measurements Systems and methods for making electrical measurements using optical emissions include positioning a sensor/photodetector to measure radiation emissions from devices to be tested. Radiation emission information is collected from the device to be tested during electr... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7610725 | Method and system for venting roofs and walls A venting system that is incorporated into the roof and/or wall allows the same to provide continuous air flow to ventilate the roofs and walls and prevent condensation build up and ultimate water damage to the structure. The channeled venting system is incorporated... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7603115 | System and method for maintaining communication channels through coverage gaps A system and method for restoring communications through breaks in wireless coverage includes identifying a coverage gap in a wireless coverage area and notifying system users of the existence of the coverage gap. Connection information is distributed to other base ... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7599322 | Method for measuring receive sensitivity of base station having multiple frequency allocations Disclosed is a method for measuring receive sensitivity of a base station in order to test a plurality of FAs with only one test terminal. The method includes the steps of: performing synchronization of a primary FA and detecting a channel list at the test terminal;... | 10/06/2009 |
| D601029 | Water bottle | 09/29/2009 |
| D598962 | Remote control transmitter | 08/25/2009 |
| 7577980 | Bit-rate constrained trick play through stream switching and adaptive streaming A system for bit-rate stream playout at preset speeds including a regular playout speed and other than the regular playout speed includes multiple streams encoded at a same bit-rate (R) but at a plurality of playout speeds. A selection mechanism is responsive to req... | 08/18/2009 |
| D598570 | Mesh fence panel | 08/18/2009 |
| 7574563 | Method and system for efficient fragment caching Methods for serving data include maintaining an incomplete version of an object at a server and at least one fragment at the server. In response to a request for the object from a client, the incomplete version of the object, an identifier for a fragment comprising ... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7573491 | Method for formatting images for angle-specific viewing in a scanning aperture display device A method for formatting images for angle specific viewing in a scanning aperture dimensional display device. Input images are rearranged into slices or sections to create a set of output images. The images derived from the output images are formed by rearranging the... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7572498 | Viscoelastic support structure with improved energy absorption properties The present invention provides a viscoelastic support structure having improved energy absorption properties. The support structure generally comprises a frame, at least one resilient filler layer, a flexible covering, and at least one gel insert interposed between ... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7571278 | Content access memory (CAM) as an application hardware accelerator for servers There are provided a hardware accelerator and method for providing hardware acceleration for an application server and/or a layer 7 switch. The hardware accelerator includes a content access memory (CAM) configured to accelerate string comparison operations in the a... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7562355 | Systems and methods for optimal component composition in a stream processing system A system and method are provided for optimizing component composition in a distributed stream-processing environment having a plurality of nodes capable of being associated with one or more of a plurality of stream processing components. The system includes an adapt... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7556467 | Apparatus for level lift ride A lift having a platform with a substantially level ride is described. The lift also reduces the distance between the ground and the platform in the ground position. ... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7552099 | System and method for indexing a data stream There are provided methods, computer program products, and systems for indexing a data stream. A method for indexing a data stream having attribute values includes the steps of parsing the data stream, and forming an index of tuples for a subset of attribute values ... | 06/23/2009 |
| 6970808 | Realtime computer assisted leak detection/location reporting and inventory loss monitoring system of pipeline network systems There is provided a method for detecting and locating leaks in a pipeline network in real-time. A flow model is provided that characterizes flow behavior for at least one of steady and unsteady states respectively corresponding to an absence and a presence of model ... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6868687 | Ice cream unit comprising at least an ice cream maker combined with an ice cream display cabinet An ice cream machine, at least including an assembly of an ice cream preparation unit and an ice cream display cabinet, in which the ice cream preparation unit includes an ingredient inlet, ice cream preparation unit and an ice cream outlet, and the ice cream displa... | 03/22/2005 |
| 7537553 | Office and desk exercise chair system An exercise apparatus is provided having a mobile desk chair including a seat with at least two arm attachment members. A back rest is provided pivotally attached to the seat. A base is provided connected to the seat, the base including a center post and a plurality... | 05/26/2009 |
| D592914 | Knife blade | 05/26/2009 |
| 7459120 | Low pressure thermoforming of thin, optical carriers A method for thermoforming a thin thermoplastic carrier with uniformity of thickness at optical quality. The sheet to be thermoformed is heated and placed on a vented platform equipped with a mold insert. The thermoformer's platens clamp a shroud over the sheet. A l... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7454316 | Method and apparatus for monitoring and enhancing on-chip microprocessor reliability A system and method for projecting reliability to manage system functions includes an activity module which determines activity in the system. A reliability module interacts with the activity module to determine a reliability measurement for the module in real-time ... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7453992 | System and method for management of call data using a vector based model and relational data structure A system and method for representing call content in a searchable database includes transcribing call content to text. The call content is projected to vector space, by creating a vector by indexing the call based on the content and determining a similarity of the c... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7452029 | Celebratory chair An apparatus for providing a celebratory chair for performing chair lifting rituals at celebratory events. In accordance with various embodiments, the chair includes at least one handle disposed at the base of each leg. The handle(s) extends transversely to the leg ... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7448018 | System and method for employing patterning process statistics for ground rules waivers and optimization A system and method of employing patterning process statistics to evaluate layouts for intersect area analysis includes applying Optical Proximity Correction (OPC) to the layout, simulating images formed by the mask and applying patterning process variation distribu... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7447633 | Method and apparatus for training a text independent speaker recognition system using speech data with text labels There is provided an apparatus for providing a Text Independent (TI) speaker recognition mode in a Text Dependent (TD) Hidden Markov Model (HMM) speaker recognition system and/or a Text Constrained (TC) HMM speaker recognition system. The apparatus includes a Gaussi... | 11/04/2008 |
| D579744 | Shrink wrap opener | 11/04/2008 |
| 7434636 | Power system for electric and hybrid vehicles A power system for an electric vehicle, the power system comprising at least one power generating device selected from a group consisting of a solar panel, a wind turbine capable of producing electrical power, an auxiliary generator driven by an internal combustion ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7433423 | Multiple trellis coded differential unitary space-time modulation A method of differential unitary space-time modulation is provided by encoding messages to transmit through multiple transmitting antenna into multiple trellis code in a communication system wherein the signals are transmitted between multiple transmitting antennas ... | 10/07/2008 |
| D577082 | Toy vehicle | 09/16/2008 |
| 7421601 | Method and system for controlling power in a chip through a power-performance monitor and control unit A system and method for controlling power and performance in a microprocessor system includes a monitoring and control system integrated into a microprocessor system. The monitoring and control system includes a hierarchical architecture having a plurality of layers... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7416162 | System for mounting, accessing, moving and folding away articles under a downwardly facing surface A system comprising a tram-rail assembly attachable to a downwardly facing surface (e.g., the underside of a cabinet), a movable carriage assembly, locked into, and suspended on the tram-rails, and a clamshell-configured, pull-down easel attached to the underside of... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7396280 | Dedicated wireless digital video disc (DVD) controller for video game consoles There is provided a wireless system for a video game console having at least one of an Infrared (IR) receiver and a Radio Frequency (RF) receiver, and further having at least two operation modes including (i) a first game mode capable of playing video games and (ii)... | 07/08/2008 |
| D572763 | Desk pad | 07/08/2008 |
| 7395279 | System and method for achieving different levels of data consistency A system and method for maintaining consistency in a system where multiple copies of an object may exist is provided for maintaining consistent copies. Consistency is maintained using a plurality of consistency policies in which at least one consistency policy resul... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7389619 | Roof and wall venting system A venting system that is incorporated into the roof and/or wall allows the same to provide continuous air flow to ventilate the roofs and walls and prevent condensation build up and ultimate water damage to the structure. The venting system is adapted to allow air f... | 06/24/2008 |
| D571628 | Can opener | 06/24/2008 |
