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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7936394 | Mobile devices having an image sensor for charging a battery Mobile devices and methods of operating mobile devices are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a mobile device includes a rechargeable battery, a battery charger electrically coupled to the battery, and an image sensor operably coupled to the battery charger to sel... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7444206 | Robotic vacuum cleaner An autonomous robot, that is for example, suitable for operations such as vacuuming and surface cleaning includes a payload configured for vacuum cleaning, a drive system including a steering system, a navigation system, and a control system for integrating operatio... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7377917 | Feedback control of thermokeratoplasty treatments A microwave thermokeratoplasty system uses an applicator having embedded sensors that provide feedback signals to a controller. The controller interprets these feedback signals to dynamically adjust or cease a keratoplasty operation. The system uses a microwave appl... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7353137 | Shoe-based weight measuring system A shoe-based weight measuring system, comprising: a shoe; one or more weight sensitive detectors constructed and arranged with the shoe to sense weight of a person wearing the shoe and walking or standing; a processor for processing signals from the detectors to det... | 04/01/2008 |
| 6772289 | Methods and apparatus for managing cached CRC values in a storage controller A CRC value cache architecture and methods of operation of same to reduce overhead processing associated with managing a CRC value cache memory. The invention first provides for transferring from system memory to CRC value cache memory all CRC values for all sub-blo... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6741786 | Optical fiber holder with fiber engaging protrusions, and associated methods The invention is directed to an optical fiber holder apparatus for aligning and positioning an optical fiber such that a user can perform various testing and manipulation of the fiber. The apparatus comprises first and second sides coupled together along a common ax... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6706670 | Water soluble metal working fluids This invention relates to novel water soluble metal working fluid compositions, their use to work metal, a process for working metal using such compositions and the metal worked article of manufacture. More particularly, this invention relates to fluid compositions ... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6615326 | Methods and structure for sequencing of activation commands in a high-performance DDR SDRAM memory controller Methods and structure in a memory controller for sequencing memory device page activation commands to improve memory bandwidth utilization. In a synchronous memory device such as SDRAM or DDR SDRAM, an "activate" command precedes a corresponding "read" or... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6594748 | Methods and structure for pipelined read return control in a shared RAM controller A programmable delay feature useful to reduce contention related delays between a memory controller device and a plurality of master devices sharing access to a memory subsystem through the single memory controller device. The programmable delay line is p... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6563889 | Method and apparatus for adapting the boost of a read channel filter A system and method are disclosed for equalizing a read signal from a data storage media is disclosed. An analog output signal is equalized by reading the data storage media using an analog equalization filter. The analog output of the analog equalization... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6557049 | Programmable computerize enclosure module for accommodating SCSI devices and associated method of configuring operation features thereof An enclosure module for accommodating a plurality of peripheral devices having: a computerized control unit in electrical communication with a user interface, a first and second bus with a bus expansion logic element therebetween that allows for operation... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6525377 | Low threshold voltage MOS transistor and method of manufacture A low threshold voltage MOS device on a semiconductor substrate is disclosed. The substrate has an upper surface, and a first well region is disposed in said semiconductor substrate extending downwardly from the semiconductor substrate upper surface. The ... | 02/25/2003 |
| 6467023 | Method for logical unit creation with immediate availability in a raid storage environment Methods and associated structure for enabling immediate availability of a disk array storage device. In particular, the methods and associated structure of the present invention permit access to a logical unit of a storage system immediately following cre... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6457098 | Methods and apparatus for coordinating shared multiple raid controller access to common storage devices Methods and associated apparatus for performing concurrent I/O operations on a common shared subset of disk drives (LUNs) by a plurality of RAID controllers. The methods of the present invention are operable in all of a plurality of RAID controllers to co... | 09/24/2002 |
| 5850358 | Portable work station and data collection terminal including switchable multi purpose touch screen display A portable data collection terminal has an elongate housing with a hand grip conforming rear surface. A front surface features a numerical keyboard adjacent a lower end of the housing and an LCD screen adjacent the keyboard toward an upper end of the hous... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5755437 | Arrangement for correctly feeding thin objects, such as banknotes, cheques, etc. An arrangement for feeding flat, thin objects, such as valuable documents in the form of banknotes, cheques, etc., along a transport path, including object straightening and repositioning means which straighten or reposition the objects as they pass seque... | 05/26/1998 |
