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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8447893 | USB peripheral device comprising limited function USB host controller A USB peripheral device comprising a limited function Universal Serial Bus (USB) host controller configured to control HID compliant USB peripheral devices on a downstream facing USB port is disclosed. The port is also capable of dynamically interfacing to any USB c... | 05/21/2013 |
| 8443930 | Method and apparatus for a loudspeaker assembly A method and apparatus for providing a loudspeaker assembly is provided. In accordance with at least one embodiment, apparatus is provided comprising a ground plane, a loudspeaker driver mounted in a loudspeaker driver aperture of the ground plane, and a grille posi... | 05/21/2013 |
| 8439153 | Method and apparatus for a loudspeaker assembly The present invention relates to a loudspeaker assembly and a method of assembling a loudspeaker assembly. In one or more embodiments, the invention comprises forming a front baffle comprising a first driver mounting portion, an intermediate portion, and an edge mou... | 05/14/2013 |
| D680526 | Tablet housing | 04/23/2013 |
| 8410832 | Method and apparatus for producing triangular waveform with low audio band content A triangular waveform generator includes a square waveform clock circuit and an integrating circuit. The integration circuit receives input from the square waveform clock circuit and generates a triangular waveform output. A feedback circuit is operatively connected... | 04/02/2013 |
| 8403107 | Ceiling loudspeaker system The present invention comprises a tile-mounted ceiling speaker that combines the ease of installation of a lay-in speaker system with the visual appearance of a tile-mounted speaker system. In one or more embodiments, the apparatus of the present invention includes ... | 03/26/2013 |
| D678786 | Cover for surface mount control box | 03/26/2013 |
| 8353384 | Method and apparatus for a loudspeaker assembly A loudspeaker assembly is provided. In one or more embodiments the loudspeaker assembly comprises a perforated grille, a three dimensional loudspeaker frame to which a speaker driver is mounted, and a rear baffle. In one or more embodiments, the loudspeaker frame an... | 01/15/2013 |
| 8330550 | Method and apparatus for automatic compensation of video signal losses from transmission over conductors A method and apparatus for automatic compensation of insertion loss in video signals transmitted over conductors is presented. The present invention is particularly applicable to the transmission of video over long lengths of CAT-5 or similar twisted-pair cables. A ... | 12/11/2012 |
| 8299861 | Modular microwave source The present invention comprises a modular microwave source comprising a novel electromagnetic oscillator based on a modified Blumlein architecture with an integrated antenna. In one or more embodiments, the invention comprises a triplate Blumlein in which the plates... | 10/30/2012 |
| 8297402 | Ceiling speaker assembly A method and apparatus for providing a loudspeaker assembly is provided. In accordance with at least one embodiment, a method is provided which comprises forming a loudspeaker frame so as to define a driver housing portion, a horn portion, and a conformal portion. A... | 10/30/2012 |
| 8289451 | Method and apparatus for automatic reduction of noise in signals transmitted over conductors A method and apparatus for automatic reduction of noise in video signals transmitted over conductors is presented. The present invention provides an adjustable amount of noise filtering matched to the amount of gain provided by an adjustable gain amplifier to a rece... | 10/16/2012 |
| 8286749 | Ceiling loudspeaker system The present invention comprises a method and apparatus for installing a tile-mounted ceiling speaker that combines the ease of installation of a lay-in speaker system with the visual appearance of a tile-mounted speaker system. In one or more embodiments, the appara... | 10/16/2012 |
| 8279351 | Method and apparatus for hardware-efficient continuous gamma curve adjustment In accordance with at least one embodiment, a first representation of a first gamma curve is stored in a look-up table, a second representation of a second gamma curve is stored in a look-up table, and a video signal is modified in accordance with an interpolation o... | 10/02/2012 |
| 8276706 | Method and apparatus for a loudspeaker assembly The present invention relates to a loudspeaker assembly and a method of assembling a loudspeaker assembly, comprising forming a front baffle, a first driver mounting portion, an intermediate portion, and an edge mounting portion. A port aperture formed in the interm... | 10/02/2012 |
| 8269106 | Mirrored arc conducting pair A mirrored arc geometrical arrangement of two conductors configured to perform similar functions as a traditional twisted pair of wires is presented. The mirrored arc conductor pair occupies the same physical space required by prior art twisted pair cable designs. E... | 09/18/2012 |
| 8253491 | Method and apparatus for power converter for class D audio power amplifiers A method and apparatus for power conversion in a class D amplifier is provided. The power conversion is achieved using synchronous rectifiers in a regulated half bridge power supply, taking the sum of the positive and negative rails as feedback, in order facilitate ... | 08/28/2012 |
| D664050 | Cover for surface mount control box | 07/24/2012 |
| 8220652 | Power supply support system An external power supply support system includes an enclosure with indentations spanning its top and side surfaces in a substantially horizontal fashion, and a caddy with a shell-like body configured to engage at least a portion of the indented power supply enclosur... | 07/17/2012 |
| 8205018 | Method and apparatus for implementing a limited functionality embedded universal serial bus (USB) host controller on a fully functional downstream USB port A method and apparatus for allowing a limited functionality Universal Serial Bus (USB) host controller to manage specific USB peripheral devices on a downstream facing USB port is provided. The port is also capable of dynamically interfacing to any USB compliant per... | 06/19/2012 |
| 8198924 | Method and apparatus for producing triangular waveform with low audio band content A triangular waveform generator includes a square waveform clock circuit and an active integrator. The active integrator receives input from the square waveform clock circuit and generates a triangular waveform output. An active feedback network is operatively added... | 06/12/2012 |
| D660837 | Desktop touch screen | 05/29/2012 |
| 8154664 | Method and apparatus for DC restoration using feedback A feedback circuit for restoration of DC in video signals is presented. A sample pulse representing the back porch of an incoming video signal is generated from the horizontal sync signal. The sample pulse triggers a sample and hold circuit to acquire the correct of... | 04/10/2012 |
| D655691 | Loudspeaker housing | 03/13/2012 |
| 8127885 | Method and apparatus for a loudspeaker assembly A method and apparatus for providing a loudspeaker assembly is provided. In accordance with at least one embodiment, a method is provided for mounting a loudspeaker driver in a loudspeaker driver aperture defined in a ground plane and installing a grille in relation... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8109360 | Method and apparatus for a loudspeaker assembly A method and apparatus for providing a loudspeaker assembly is provided. In accordance with at least one embodiment, a method is provided for mounting a loudspeaker driver in a loudspeaker driver aperture defined in a ground plane and installing a grille in relation... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8091028 | Method and apparatus for annotating a line-based document To facilitate the use of audio files for annotation purposes, an audio file format, which includes audio data for playback purposes, is augmented with a parallel data channel of line identifiers, or with a map associating time codes for the audio data with line numb... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8015306 | Method and apparatus for synchronizing playback of streaming media in multiple output devices A method and apparatus for synchronizing streaming media with multiple output devices. One or more media servers serve media streams to one or more output devices (i.e., players). For playback synchronization, one output device is the “master”, whereas the remai... | 09/06/2011 |
| D640940 | Surface mount control box | 07/05/2011 |
| D640939 | Cover for surface mount control box | 07/05/2011 |
| D640577 | Cover for surface mount control box | 06/28/2011 |
| D639680 | Cover for surface mount control box | 06/14/2011 |
| 7948281 | Method and apparatus for producing triangular waveform with low audio band noise content A triangular waveform generator includes a square waveform clock circuit and an active integrator. The active integrator receives input from the square waveform clock circuit and generates a triangular waveform output. An active feedback network is operatively added... | 05/24/2011 |
| D638315 | Surface mount control box | 05/24/2011 |
| D638314 | Cover for surface mount control box | 05/24/2011 |
| D636352 | Wall switch | 04/19/2011 |
| D636351 | Wall switch | 04/19/2011 |
| D636350 | Wall switch | 04/19/2011 |
