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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8185532 | Method for filtering out identical or similar documents A method for filtering out identical or similar documents includes storing multiple documents to be filtered as a pat tree (PT) data structure profile based on a pat tree data structure, searching for all string nodes with a consecutive character length reaching a l... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185516 | Method for filtering file clusters A method for filtering file clusters is presented. In the method, a plurality of advanced filter actions with different filter conditions and independent from each other is performed on an obtained main result file. Thereby, a history record of each advanced filter ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8184764 | Shift register with low power consumption A shift register comprising a plurality of shift register stages {SN}. Each shift register stage comprises a first input, a second input, a third input for receiving a first clock signal, a fourth input for receiving a second clock signal, an output for p... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8183242 | Aminopyrimidine compounds and their salts, process for preparation and pharmaceutical use thereof The present invention provides aminopyrimidine compounds of formula (I) and their salts, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, Q, Z, L, m, n are defined as the description, the methods for preparation there... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8182436 | Massage device A massage device includes a motor, a body mechanism and a massage mechanism. The body mechanism includes a faceplate, a soleplate, a massage transmission assembly and a move transmission assembly which are disposed between the faceplate and the soleplate. The massag... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8180563 | Method for modifying navigation information and navigation apparatus using the same A method for modifying navigation information is provided in the present invention. The method comprises steps of detecting a status information with respect to a moving carrier guiding by a navigating route; comparing the status information with a characteristic in... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179695 | Mirror image shielding structure A mirror image shielding structure is provided, which includes an electronic element and a ground shielding plane below the electronic element. The shape of the ground shielding plane is identical to the projection shape of the electronic element, and the horizontal... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179649 | Protection circuit for control board A protection circuit for a control board is provided. The protection circuit is suitable for being disposed on a light on tester that may output a test voltage to a display module. The protection circuit includes a control device and a voltage stabilizer. The contro... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179490 | Pixel designs of improving the aperture ratio in an LCD This invention in one aspect relates to a pixel structure. In one embodiment, the pixel structure includes a scan line formed on a substrate and a data line formed over the substrate defining a pixel area, a switch formed inside the pixel area on the substrate, a sh... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179470 | Image-capturing lens assembly This invention provides an image-capturing lens assembly comprising, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens element with positive refractive power having a convex object-side surface; a second lens element with negative refractive power; a third... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179346 | Methods and apparatus for driving liquid crystal display device A driving circuit for driving a display panel comprising: (i) a printed circuit board, (ii) an input interface to receive input video signal, (iii) a timing controller to control timing signal for the display panel, (iv) a plurality of first source drivers, and (v) ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8179295 | Self-calibrated current source and DAC using the same and operation method thereof A background self-calibrated DAC is presented. A virtual-short theory, applicable to input/output terminals of an operational amplifier, is periodically employed so as to self-calibrate a current source serially connected with an equivalent resistor, and the DAC usi... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177574 | Electrical connector capable of preventing solder wicking The invention relates to an electrical connector capable of preventing solder wicking. The electrical connector has an insulating body that includes a plurality of containing grooves and conductives terminals installed in the containing grooves, a solder stop portio... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8174654 | Wiring structure of liquid crystal display device and liquid crystal display device A wiring structure of a liquid crystal display device and a liquid crystal display device are disclosed. The wiring structure of the liquid crystal display device includes a substrate, plural electrical elements, and plural wirings. The electrical elements are dispo... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174126 | Stacked multi-chip A stacked multi-chip comprises a base layer, a first chip, a first stacked chip and at least one second stacked chip. The base layer comprises a mounting panel and a redistributed layer. The redistributed layer is mounted on the mounting panel. The first chip compri... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172123 | Surgical stapling head assembly with a rotary cutter A rotary cutter head for a surgical stapling instrument includes a staple cartridge, an annular cutter, a staple-pushing seat and a staple chamber. The staple-pushing seat and the annular cutter are connected by a bearing structure and provided with guide projection... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171832 | Blind cutting machine A blind cutting machine is used to cut a horizontal and a vertical blind. The blind cutting machine includes a table, a first cutting device, a first and a second supporting base. The first cutting device is disposed on the table, and a cutting blade die holder is d... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8169528 | Photographing lens assembly This invention provides a photographing lens assembly comprising, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens element with positive refractive power having a convex object-side surface and a convex image-side surface; a second lens element with negat... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8169102 | Vertical-axis windpower fan unit and module and power generating system thereof The present invention provides a vertical-axis windpower fan unit using a central axle having modulized design for assembling or disassembling quickly and includes supporting arms with capability of weight adjustment so as to balance the rotation of the fan unit. In... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167664 | Receptacle connector A receptacle connector includes a body; a conductive member received in the body and having a bottom, in which a soldering portion extends from the bottom, the bottom is bent upwards to form a base, an angle is formed between the planes of the base and the bottom, t... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167652 | Shielded connector having a shielding body with an insulating paint layer received in slots of an insulating body A shielded connector. In one embodiment, the shielded connector includes: a seat, including a plurality of receiving slots, in which a shielding body is formed on at least a part of an inner surface of the receiving slot by physical-plating and an insulating paint l... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8166810 | Swinging apparatus and energy harvester using the same A swinging apparatus comprising an energy provider and a swinging mechanism disposed thereon. By means of adjusting the size and shape of the swinging mechanism and adjusting a distance between the swinging mechanism and the energy provider so as to control the rati... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8164840 | Photographing optical lens assembly This invention provides a photographing optical lens assembly comprising, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens element with positive refractive power having a convex object-side surface; a second lens element with negative refractive power hav... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8164678 | Optical photographing lens assembly This invention provides an optical photographing lens assembly comprising, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens element with positive refractive power having a convex object-side surface, at least one of the object-side and image-side surfaces... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8161775 | Integrated hollow fabric structure In one aspect of the invention, an integrated hollow fabric structure includes a body having an axis and a thickness along a direction perpendicular to the axis, at least first and second groups of yarns, the yarns of each group space-regularly disposed in layers, w... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8161203 | Detecting the presence and activity of a mass storage device Technologies are described herein for detecting the presence and activity of a mass storage device. A resistor divider circuit generates a voltage indicating whether a mass storage device has been mated to a mass storage backplane and whether the device is active. T... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8159571 | Method of generating HDR image and digital image pickup device using the same A method of generating a high dynamic range (HDR) image and a digital image pickup device using the same are described. The digital image pickup device is employed to generate an HDR image according to a single digital image. The method includes the steps of obtaini... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8159544 | Method for adjusting photographing settings of digital camera through motion detection A method for adjusting photographing settings of a digital camera through motion detection, for determine to adjust the photographing settings of the digital camera according to vibrations of the digital camera or shaking of a photographed object. The adjusting meth... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8154831 | Leakage current detection interrupter with fire protection means A leakage current detection interrupter with fire protection means comprising: (i) a movable assembly housing; (ii) two fixed contact holders each having a fixed contact point; (iii)) two movable contact holders each having a fixed end and a movable end with a movab... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8154807 | Imaging lens assembly This invention provides an imaging lens assembly including: in order from an object side toward an image side: a first lens with positive refractive power having a convex object-side surface and a convex image-side surface, a second lens with negative refractive pow... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8154532 | LCD display with photo sensor touch function The present invention relates to a method for driving a display device having a panel having a display region and a peripheral region, a first photosensor member formed in the display region, and a second photosensor member formed in the peripheral region. In one em... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8154503 | Method and apparatus for driving a liquid crystal display device The present invention in one aspect relates to a source driver comprising a first digital-to-analog converter with a positive polarity (PDAC), a second digital-to-analog converter with a negative polarity (NDAC), a first operational amplifier and a second operationa... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8153942 | Methods of making horizontally oriented long carbon nanotubes and applications of same An apparatus and method for synthesizing nanostructures in a reactor having a reaction zone and a conductive susceptor positioned in the reaction zone. In one embodiment, the method has the steps of placing a semiconductor plate having a film of a catalyst in the re... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8153441 | Method for analyzing structure and purity of serotonin transporter imaging agent [I] ADAM and precursor SnADAM An analytical technique for determining the structures of serotonin transporter (SERT) imaging agent [123I] ADAM and its precursor, SnADAM by using a high-performance liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometer (LC-MS/MS) is provided. An analytical tec... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8150215 | Routable image pipeline device An image pipeline device is used for processing an image. The device comprises an external memory, a direct memory access (DMA), an image pipeline controller, and a filter layer. The image pipeline controller comprises a physical memory allocation (PMA) having a phy... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8149985 | Shift register with low power consumption A shift register comprising a plurality of shift register stages {SN}, N=1, 2, . . . , M, M being a nonzero positive integer. Each of the plurality of shift register stages, SN, comprises a first input, a second input, a third input for receivi... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8147002 | Bamboo chair and method of manufacturing the bamboo chair The objective of the present invention is to provide a bamboo chair having a good load-carrying capacity and smooth shape and to provide a method of manufacturing the bamboo chair. The bamboo chair is sturdy, symmetrical and fashionable, has a center, a front, a rea... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8146923 | Vacuum apparatus of rotary motion entry A vacuum apparatus of rotary motion entry is disclosed, which comprises: a shaft sleeve, disposed on a cavity wall of a vacuum system; a rotary shaft, ensheathed by the shaft sleeve; and a transmission set, connected to the rotary shaft for driving the same; wherein... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8143527 | Golden finger for flexible printed circuitboard A golden finger for flexible printed circuitboard, comprises: a frame with a tail, being composed of a stiffening plate, a bottom substrate, a bottom copper layer, a cover layer, and a top copper layer while enabling the bottom copper layer to be formed with at leas... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8139378 | LED dimmer device adapted for use in dimmer A LED dimmer device for use in dimmer is provided. The LED dimmer device includes rectifier, voltage boost device, pre-voltage detection circuit and after-voltage detection circuit adapted for detect voltage, master chip adapted for driving circuit and elements to w... | 03/20/2012 |
