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| 8149014 | I/O driver for integrated circuit with output impedance control An I/O driver has v/i characteristic control for maintaining a substantially flat output impedance response using a transmission gate configuration at an I/O output pad. The configuration includes a linear resistive element electrically connected at an I/O pad for l... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8065533 | Reliable storage medium access control method and device A method of and device for granting access to content on a storage medium, including obtaining cryptographic data from a property, such as a wobble, of the storage medium, reading helper data from the storage medium, and granting the access based on an application o... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8064035 | Polarization gratings in mesogenic films A polarizer including a polarization grating comprising a polarization sensitive photo-alignment layer and a liquid crystal composition arranged on said photo-alignment layer. An alignment pattern, corresponding to the polarization pattern of a hologram, is recorded... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8050432 | Sound system To conclude, in a preferred embodiment in accordance with the invention, the sound system comprises two loudspeakers (LA, LB) which mask their spectral signatures at the ear (C1) of the listener by positioning the two loudspeakers (LA, LB) such that their max... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8040045 | Electroluminescent light source An organic electroluminescent light source has at least one substrate and layers that are arranged on the substrate. The layers include electrodes of which at least one electrode is transparent and one acts as an anode and one as a cathode, and at least one organic ... | 10/18/2011 |
| 7995748 | Method and apparatus for providing ecryption/decryption using two sequences of numbers A method encrypting data including selecting a pair of sequences based on a seed, performing a transposition of the data utilizing elements of a first one of the pair of sequences to produce a first transposition result, and performing a transposition of the first t... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7990875 | Telecommunications system and method A telecommunications system provides mobile internet protocol related communications services to mobile nodes via a plurality of access networks that each include an access gateway, a mobility manager operable to receive link quality messages from the mobile nodes p... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7934224 | Method, interface and apparatus for discovering a location of a device A system, method, Application Programming Interface (API) and device for discovering a location of a device, for example, to provide location information for a Location Based Service (LBS). The device includes a memory, a display, and a processor operably coupled to... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7917153 | Method and apparatus for creating, directing, storing and automatically delivering a message to an intended recipient upon arrival of a specified mobile object at a designated location A technique to electronically deliver a message from a sender to an intended recipient based on tracking movement of a mobile object, including obtaining a message provided by the sender, obtaining a location designated by the sender for delivery of the message, tra... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7838795 | Method of breaking a brittle substrate The invention relates to a method of breaking a substrate of a brittle material, the method comprising the steps of providing a substrate (1) of a brittle material, heating the substrate with a laser beam (3) to create a heated spot on the substrate, m... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7813443 | Transmit diversity system and method A transmitter including a plurality of transmitting antennas and a processor operably coupled to the plurality of transmitting antennas. The processor is configured to select a first antenna from the plurality of transmitting antennas for transmission of a frame of ... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7769542 | Monitoring a location of a mobile computing device A memory for storing constraint data describing a constrained area, a location sensor, and a processor operationally coupled to the memory and location sensor for location tracking. In operation, the device acquires real-time location information from the location s... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7763815 | Key for an electronic keyboard A conductive tracing for a keyboard including a pair of electrically conductive paths that are electrically isolated from each other. The pair of electrically conductive paths may each include conductive surfaces that are electrically coupled together. Each of the p... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7719177 | Low-pressure mercury vapor discharge lamp and compact fluorescent lamp A low-pressure mercury vapor discharge lamp has a light-transmitting discharge vessel (10) enclosing, in a gastight manner, a discharge space (11) provided with a filling of mercury and a rare gas. The discharge vessel (10) comprises discharge m... | 05/18/2010 |
| 7714699 | Antenna through the use of lamp electrodes A wireless control is provided for a lamp, such as a fluorescent lamp, controlled by a ballast with a wireless control interface for RF communication. The receiver input and the transmitter output of the control interface module are connected to one or more electrod... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7714522 | Method and circuit arrangement for operating a discharge lamp A method and a circuit arrangement operate a discharge lamp, such as a high-intensity discharge lamp (HID) or ultra high performance lamps (UHP). The discharge lamp has first and second operating phases with a higher first or a lower second frequency of the lamp's a... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7712948 | Light-source module and holder therefor A light-source module is described having at least one light-emitting element (3) such as, in particular, LEDs, light guides, collimator elements or lens elements, which together form a light exit area, as also is a holder for a module of this in the form of ... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7710271 | Method and system for lighting control A method and a system control at least one lighting arrangement, in which the lighting arrangement modulates the light it emits by lighting arrangement data that contains an identification code identifying the lighting arrangement. A user control device is suitable ... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7710032 | Encapsulation structure for display devices An encapsulation structure for a display device includes a sealing structure and a stabilization layer. The sealing structure is an essentially water/oxygen impermeable film which covers environmentally sensitive parts and protrusions on the display device. The stab... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7708431 | Lighting device having a cylindrical lens A lighting device includes at least a light source for emitting light rays and a guide for guiding light rays on a projection plane. The guide is formed by a lens presenting a cylindrical portion extending along an axis perpendicular to the projection plane, and at ... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7692759 | Polarization gratings in mesogenic films A polarization grating comprising a polarization sensitive photo-alignment layer (2) and a liquid crystal composition (3) arranged on said photo-alignment layer is provided. An alignment pattern, corresponding to the polarization pattern of a hologram,... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7683902 | Method to visualize performance data of a multi-layered state diagram A method of enhancing a display of performance data in a hierarchical state diagram includes measuring a processing time P(t) for each transition action code T(t) of each hierarchical level of the hierarchical state diagram, measuring a processing time P(t) for each... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7667431 | Mechanically featureless inductive charging using an alignment marking feature An inductive charging system including an inductive charger having an inductive charging surface and an alignment feature depicted on a surface of the inductive charger indicating a location of the inductive charging surface. A structural feature may extend substant... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7663558 | Tag reader with conformal antenna stand A mobile device includes a housing having a transceiver configured to transmit and/or receive a signal. A stand attachable to the housing has a profile that increases stability of the housing in a resting position. The stand may also be attachable to a further housi... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7613850 | System and method utilizing programmable ordering relation for direct memory access A computer system controls ordered memory operations according to a programmatically-configured ordering class protocol to enable parallel memory access while maintaining ordered read responses. The system includes a memory and/or cache memory including a memory/cac... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7601119 | Remote manipulator with eyeballs A manipulator includes a distal end having a manipulating instrument configured for manipulation at a manipulation site, and a proximate end connectable to an interface. A pair of detectors is configured to capture stereoscopic images of the manipulation site. The p... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7568113 | Reliable storage medium access control method and device A method of and device (110) for granting access to content on a storage medium (101), comprising obtaining cryptographic data (Y) from a property (102), such as a wobble, of the storage medium (101), reading helper data (W) from the stor... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7540680 | Abrasive injury cleaning system A brush system including a brush body, bristles attached to the brush body, and a sponge attached to another part of the brush body. The brush system is arranged to dispense at least two of a topical numbing agent, an antiseptic, and a washing solution. The topical ... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7524740 | Localized strain relaxation for strained Si directly on insulator A method of forming a localized region of relaxed Si in a layer of strained Si arranged within a strained silicon directly on insulator (SSDOI) semiconductor substrate is provided by the invention. The strained Si layer is formed on a buried oxide (BOX) layer dispos... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7506038 | Configuration management system and method thereof A method for determining a software configuration in a computer system having a plurality of devices which can communicate with a central server and a one or more shared file systems, the method including the acts of determining, by each of the plurality of devices,... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7498588 | Tandem accelerator having low-energy static voltage injection and method of operation thereof A method of producing an ion beam in a tandem accelerator, the method includes the acts of insulating, in a cavity containing an insulating gas under pressure, a beam tube having first and second ends and a terminal situated between the first and second ends; seatin... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7483786 | Method and system for selective route search on satellite navigators A method of operating a motor vehicle satellite navigation system using a motor vehicle's structure and characteristic information to calculate a best route to a desired destination. The method includes operating a graphical user interface (GUI), presenting display ... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7443194 | I/O driver for integrated circuit with output impedance control An I/O driver has v/i characteristic control for maintaining a substantially flat output impedance response using a transmission gate configuration at an I/O output pad. The configuration includes a linear resistive element electrically connected at an I/O pad for l... | 10/28/2008 |
