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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7946303 | Carrier for reducing entrance and/or exit marks left by a substrate-processing meniscus A carrier for supporting a substrate during processing by a meniscus formed by upper and lower proximity heads is described. The carrier includes a frame having an opening sized for receiving a substrate and a plurality of support pins for supporting the substrate w... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7941482 | System and method for managing performance between multiple peers in a peer-to-peer environment A method of dynamically balancing a load on a fully connected grid (FCG) in a peer-to-peer environment includes determining if a first number of peers connected in a first FCG is greater than a preselected limit. If the first number of peers connected to the first F... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940964 | Method and image processor for processing image data to adjust for brightness in face, and method and apparatus for printing with adjusted image data Image data obtained by capturing an image including a human is received. The image data is analyzed and a part of the image including a human face is extracted. A prescribed part of the extracted human face is detected. Brightness of the image data is adjusted with ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7940082 | Circuits and method for bypassing a static configuration in a programmable logic device to implement a dynamic multiplexer Circuit for selectively using static or dynamic select signals inside an integrated circuit, including a first transistor connecting a static select signal to a dynamic route select output line when a dynamic select CRAM signal is at a first logical level, and a sec... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7939898 | Diffusion variability control and transistor device sizing using threshold voltage implant A transistor is defined to include a substrate portion and a diffusion region defined in the substrate portion so as to provide an operable transistor threshold voltage. An implant region is defined within a portion of the diffusion region so as to transform the ope... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7939443 | Methods for multi-wire routing and apparatus implementing same A rectangular interlevel connector array (RICA) is defined in a semiconductor chip. To define the RICA, a virtual grid for interlevel connector placement is defined to include a first set of parallel virtual lines that extend across the layout in a first direction, ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7939139 | Methods for atomic layer deposition (ALD) using a proximity meniscus Provided are methods for processing a substrate using a proximity system defined by one or more meniscus windows on one or more proximity heads. One method includes applying a first fluid meniscus to a surface of the substrate to apply a chemical precursor to the su... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7938931 | Edge electrodes with variable power The embodiments provide structures and mechanisms for removal of etch byproducts, dielectric films and metal films on and near the substrate bevel edge, and chamber interior to avoid the accumulation of polymer byproduct and deposited films and to improve process yi... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7937256 | Systems and methods of efficient library characterization for integrated circuit cell libraries A method of efficient library characterization of a circuit of a logic gate having a plurality of transistors and a plurality of nodes defining interconnection points in the circuit is disclosed. The method includes determining a plurality of vectors for a plurality... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7936059 | Lead frame packaging technique with reduced noise and cross-talk Broadly speaking, the present invention fills these needs by providing a lead frame package including a substrate stack having opposed sides, one of which includes a plurality of signal traces, with the remaining side including a ground plane. An integrated circuit ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7933041 | Adjustment for output image of image data If a memory card MC is inserted in a slot 34, a control circuit 30 of a color printer 20 acquires image output control information GI from the memory card MC and analyzes this information. A CPU 31 modifies a brightness standard value Bst... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7932930 | Brightness correction for image A CPU determines whether or not a picked up image that corresponds to image data is a backlit portrait image by analyzing the image data on a pixel-by-pixel basis, and if the picked up image that corresponds to the image data is determined to be a backlit portrait i... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7932928 | Method, apparatus, and computer program product for image processing with scene-dependent image processing condition When an acquired image file GF includes image processing control information GI, a CPU executes image quality adjustment of image data GD in an image processing mode GM specified by the image processing control information GI. When the acquired image file GF does no... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7932761 | Fine tuned pulse width modulation Techniques and an apparatus for producing pulse width modulation (PWM) edges are described. A PWM controller circuit with a polyphase counter is described. The polyphase counter may comprise a plurality of counters. Each of the counters may be set to a specific init... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7932545 | Semiconductor device and associated layouts including gate electrode level region having arrangement of six linear conductive segments with side-to-side spacing less than 360 nanometers A semiconductor device is disclosed as having a substrate portion that includes a plurality of diffusion regions that include at least one p-type diffusion region and at least one n-type diffusion region. A gate electrode level region is formed above the substrate p... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7932544 | Semiconductor device and associated layouts including linear conductive segments having non-gate extension portions A restricted layout region in a layout of a semiconductor device is disclosed to include a diffusion level layout including a plurality of diffusion region layout shapes. The plurality of diffusion region layout shapes are defined in a non-symmetrical manner relativ... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7930694 | Method and apparatus for critical section prediction for intelligent lock elision Intelligent prediction of critical sections is implemented using a method comprising updating a critical section estimator based on historical analysis of atomic/store instruction pairs during runtime and performing lock elision when the critical section estimator i... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7930645 | Systems and methods for providing a persistent navigation bar in a word page Computer implemented methods for defining a navigation control, located inside of a shell of a word page are provided. The navigation control includes a plurality of dynamic controls defined as part of the navigation control. An associated dynamic control of the plu... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7930585 | Recovery of a failed file transfer between a host and a data storage device Embodiments of the present invention relate to an apparatus, method and computer readable medium for recovering from a failed or aborted outgoing data transfer operation from a host device to a peripheral storage device. In some embodiments, before the peripheral st... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7929797 | Determining if an image is blurred A technology for making determinations as to whether the image of an image data file is blurred, with low processing load, is provided. First, photographic image data PID containing pixel color information, as well as thumbnail image data for the photographic image ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7929763 | Determination of portrait against back light A CPU 200 compares a luminance distribution characteristic of image data with a reference luminance distribution characteristic, and then confirms that the image data GD is a backlit portrait image data if similarity degree Sv between the luminance distributi... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7929479 | Method and system for MBS over MMR network using dynamic modification of MCS level A method and system for Multicast Broadcast Service (MBS) over Mobile Multi-hop Relay (MMR) network using dynamic modification of Modulation and Coding Scheme (MCS) level are provided. The method comprises deciding MCS level for transmission between base station (BS... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7929156 | Technique for image data recording In an image output control system of the invention, an image processing device makes image data subjected to a preset series of image processing and supplies the processed image data to an image output device, which then outputs a resulting processed image. The imag... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7928366 | Methods of and apparatus for accessing a process chamber using a dual zone gas injector with improved optical access An injector provides optical access into a process chamber along an axial path from a diagnostic end point outside the process chamber through an optical access window. A hollow housing body receives first and second process gases, and surrounds the axial path. A sl... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7926019 | Common clock path pessimism analysis for circuit designs using clock tree networks Method, computer program and system to perform timing analysis of designs containing clock networks by eliminating Common Clock Path Pessimism. The method includes transforming a clock network into a clock tree that includes nodes with different clock signal arrival... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7925952 | Distributed midlet testing A method for testing functionality on a JAVA enabled device is provided. The method includes downloading a test to the JAVA enabled device from a management unit having access to the test. The management unit is connected with a partner device polling the management... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7925822 | Erase count recovery An erase count of a flash memory block which is lost, e.g., due to power failure is updated or replaced by using known erase counts of other blocks of the flash memory. A flash management algorithm assigns a new erase count value instead of the lost one based on eit... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7924472 | Update control of image processing control data This invention relates to the updating of image processing control data that is related to image data and controls image processing of the image data. An image related data generator generates an image file that includes image data and image processing data pre-stor... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7924468 | Camera shake determination device, printing apparatus and camera shake determination method The device employs a plurality of coefficients recorded in image data to detect whether edges are included per block, and determines as the blur level the proportion of edges, among the detected edges, in which the edge width is over a certain threshold. The device ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7924464 | High-image-quality halftone process An image processing method involves processing image data indicative of an image represented with a prescribed number of input tones by each of pixel groups composed of a plurality of print pixels, and generating dot data representing a status of dot formation on ea... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7924049 | Accelerated programming technique for integrated circuits Provided is a method and system to transmit data to a configurable integrated circuit that features delaying a capture edge of a clock signal at a data latch to synchronize the receipt of data at the data latch that was transmitted in response to a storage device re... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7923757 | Semiconductor device and associated layouts having linear shaped gate electrodes defined along at least five adjacent gate electrode tracks of equal pitch with gate electrode connection through single interconnect level A restricted layout region includes a diffusion level layout including p-type and n-type diffusion region layout shapes separated by a central inactive region. The diffusion region layout shapes are defined in a non-symmetrical manner relative to a centerline define... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7922866 | Apparatus for aligning electrodes in a process chamber to protect an exclusion area within an edge environ of a wafer Positional relationships are established in a process chamber. A base is configured with a lower electrode surface to support a wafer, and an upper electrode has a lower surface. A drive mounted on the base has a linkage connected to the upper electrode. A fixture p... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7921353 | Method and system for providing client-server injection framework using asynchronous JavaScript and XML A method and system for dynamically loading content to a portion of a native global page on a client at runtime includes receiving a request at the client for the content for the portion of the native global page. The request identifies the portion of the native glo... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7921011 | Structure for grammar and dictionary representation in voice recognition and method for simplifying link and node-generated grammars Methods for optimizing grammar structure for a set of phrases to be used in speech recognition during a computing event are provided. One method includes receiving a set of phrases, the set of phrases being relevant for the computing event and the set of phrases hav... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7920756 | Image blur detection using cumulative blur widths A printer fetches a horizontal direction DCT coefficient group and a vertical direction DCT coefficient group for each block from the JPEG data. The printer selects edge patterns similar to the brightness changes expressed by these coefficient groups from a specifie... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7917885 | Methods for creating primitive constructed standard cells A high-level logic description is developed based on a non-primitive-based standard cell library. The logic description is synthesized into a netlist that includes references to the non-primitive-based standard cell library. A logic function for each standard cell i... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7917878 | Method for place and route of multicore chip A number of virtual regionalization lines are laid out across a chip such that the virtual regionalization lines delineate a plurality of regions on the chip. One of the plurality of regions on the chip is designated as a master region and each of a remainder of the... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7914145 | Progressive power lens and manufacturing method therefor A progressive power lens in which distortion aberration is restricted and a manufacturing method therefore are provided. In a progressive power lens in which a progressive refracting surface provided with a first region arranged at an upper part of the lens for view... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7913703 | Method and apparatus for uniformly applying a multi-phase cleaning solution to a substrate An apparatus used to supply a force onto a cleaning solution for processing a substrate for cleaning surface contaminants is disclosed. The apparatus includes a force applicator and a gate. The force applicator is configured to be adjusted to a first height off the ... | 03/29/2011 |
