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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7918514 | Rim for a bicycle wheel made from composite material with a wear indicator and wheel comprising such a rim A composite rim (1) for a bicycle wheel (60). The rim has at least one braking surface (20) and a wear indicator (40) that indicates when a predetermined level of wear has been reached at the braking surface (20). The wear indicato... | 04/05/2011 |
| D633626 | Personal stimulation device | 03/01/2011 |
| 7866960 | Peristaltic pump A hose compressed peristaltic pump is provided. The pump includes a base, a sidewall structure mounted on the base, and forming a containing space therein, a rotor having a center in the space and further having plural integral protrusions, and a hose disposed betwe... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7866045 | Method for use in manufacturing a bicycle spoked wheel A method intended for manufacturing a bicycle spoked wheel is described. By inserting the nipples or barrels for the attachment of the spokes in the spoke attachment seats from the inside of the spoke attachment chamber through a suitably sized opening, instead of f... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7826554 | Digital transmitter In a digital Cartesian modulation transmitter, an encoder generates 1-bit logic signals from in-phase and quadrature signals. A single bit digital modulator multiplexes the 1-bit logic signals for Cartesian I/Q modulation. A digital upconverter (DUC) upconverts the ... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7826275 | Memory circuit with high reading speed and low switching noise A memory circuit with relatively high reading speed and relatively low switching noise is provided. The memory circuit includes an output buffer device having a first input receiving a data signal having a first voltage level, a second input receiving a pre-set volt... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7786810 | Phase locked loop with leakage current calibration A phase locked loop with a current leakage adjustment function is provided. The phase locked loop includes a phase locked loop unit having a compensation voltage node, a digitalized leakage-detection circuit generating a plurality of digital control signals based up... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7782578 | Relay protection circuit and controlling method thereof having relatively better effectiveness for suppressing DC ARC The provided relay system includes a load having a first terminal and a second terminal, a relay coupled to a common ground and the first terminal of the load and a relay protection circuit eliminating an arc generated by the relay. The relay protection circuit has ... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7780350 | Positioning adjustment of a mobile radiology facility The invention concerns a device for detecting a faulty positioning between a first element and a second element comprising an electromagnetic wave emitting unit designed to be secured to the first element and an electromagnetic wave receiving and processing unit des... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7779799 | Device for modifying control times of an internal combustion engine A device (1) for modifying the control times of an internal combustion engine (100) is provided, including a drive gear (13), a driven element (4) and a swashplate mechanism (2). The torque of the crankshaft (101) is transfe... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7778619 | Method and apparatus for automatic frequency correction with a frequency error signal generated by block correlation of baseband samples with a known code sequence The present invention is related to a method and apparatus for automatic frequency correction of a local oscillator. The apparatus receives a carrier signal. The carrier signal includes a code sequence known to the apparatus. The apparatus downconverts the carrier s... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7777555 | Temperature compensating circuit and method A temperature compensating circuit including a reference circuit, a transistor and a first circuit is provided. The reference circuit has a reference current and a resistance circuit, wherein the resistance circuit includes a first terminal receiving the reference c... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7773999 | Method and apparatus for identifying and reporting non-operational enhanced uplink signaling channels A method and apparatus for identifying and reporting a non-operational enhanced uplink (EU) signaling channel. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) sends a channel allocation request for an enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) to a Node-B through an uplink (UL) EU ... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7765822 | Air conditioning system having self-sustained power supply apparatus for engine-driven transportation tools The provided air conditioning system includes a self-sustained power supply apparatus, a motor coupled to the apparatus and receiving a first power supply, a first transmission system coupled to the motor and transmitting a first kinetic energy, a second transmissio... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7760794 | Method and apparatus for performing joint channel equalization A method and apparatus for performing joint channel equalization (JCE) are disclosed. JCE is implemented to reject inter-cell and intra-cell interference in a receiver. The JCE only requires the channel responses of a desired signal and interferers with respect to d... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7754530 | Thermal enhanced low profile package structure and method for fabricating the same A thermal enhanced low profile package structure and a method for fabricating the same are provided. The package structure typically includes a metallization layer with an electronic component thereon which is between two provided dielectric layers. The metallizatio... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7741776 | Organic EL display device having a protection layer Provided is an organic EL (electroluminescence) display including: a substrate; a plurality of organic EL elements arranged on the substrate; an insulation member disposed between the adjacent organic EL elements; and a first protection layer which is sequentially f... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7738296 | Method for reading nonvolatile memory at power-on stage A method for reading data in a nonvolatile memory at a power-on stage is provided and includes the following steps. Firstly, the data are read through a reference voltage. Next, a failure number is counted when reading the data has a fail result. Next, the reference... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7737934 | Pixel structure of liquid crystal device and driving method thereof A driving method for activating an optical self-compensated birefringence mode liquid crystal device is provided. The optical self-compensated birefringence mode liquid crystal device has plural pixel structures, plural substrates and a liquid crystal layer sandwich... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7733835 | Method and system for reducing power consumption of a wireless transmit/receive unit A method and system for reducing power consumption of a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), (i.e., mobile station), are disclosed. A first WTRU measures a predetermined parameter and determines whether the measured predetermined parameter exceeds a threshold. If ... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7733669 | Resonant converter and burst mode starting method thereof A resonant converter and burst mode starting method thereof are provided. The resonant converter includes a converting stage, a transformer to induce the output of converting stage from the primary side to the secondary side, a rectifying stage to rectify the output... | 06/08/2010 |
| 7706833 | Unified dual-mode GSM/UMTS clock A unified dual-mode global system for mobile communication (GSM)/universal mobile telecommunication systems (UMTS) clock and a transceiver employing the unified GSM/UMTS clock are disclosed. A reference clock generates a reference clock signal and a local oscillator... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7676837 | Firewall protection for wireless users In a computer telecommunications network, firewalls protect a machine or network from undesired message transmissions. In the case of a firewall employed on a user side of the wireless link, a message rejected by the firewall has already consumed the wireless resour... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7653159 | Narrowband gain control of receiver with digital post filtering An Automatic Gain Control (AGC) circuit as used in a digital receiver that utilizes a main loop filter that is of a relatively wide bandwidth. A pre-filter, wideband variance is determined from the input digital signal, and a post-filter, narrowband variance is also... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7643843 | Method and system for transmit power control in a multiple-input multiple-output wireless communication system The present invention is related to a method and system for transmit power control in a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) wireless communication system. Both a transmitter and a receiver comprise multiple antennae for transmission and reception. The transmitter ... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7640038 | Mobile unit having internet protocol functionality A mobile unit includes a handset and a removable storage module having a unique storage module identity, for storing information specific to a user, including an Internet Protocol (IP) address. Additional information regarding a Public Land Mobile Network (PLMN) and... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7639283 | Color signal matrix adjustment In a color signal matrix adjustment method, a single first color signal matrix related value is adjusted (VAC) to obtain a color signal matrix adjustment, and at least two color signal matrix parameters other than the single first color signal matrix related value a... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7636842 | System and method for providing variable security level in a wireless communication system A system and method for providing variable security levels in a wireless communication network. The present invention optimizes the often conflicting demands of highly secure wireless communications and high speed wireless communications. According to a preferred em... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7630732 | Method and apparatus for generating feedback information for transmit power control in a multiple-input multiple-output wireless communication system The present invention is related to a method and apparatus for generating feedback information for transmit power control in a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) wireless communication system. Both a transmitter and a receiver comprise multiple antennae for trans... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7630709 | Format converter for WLAN-UMTS interworking employing UMTS air interface A format converter for use with a universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS) having a transceiver, a wireless local area network (WLAN) having an access point (AP) and a wireless terminal, for providing access to the UMTS by the terminal. The format converter... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7630433 | Channel estimation enhanced LMS equalizer The present invention is related to an enhanced equalizer using channel estimation. A scaled version of a channel estimate is used as an expected average behavior of the product of a transmitted signal and a received signal to implement Griffith algorithm. The prese... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7627020 | Acquisition circuit for low chip rate option for mobile telecommunication system A User Equipment (UE) receives and samples communication signals, where the communication signals have a time frame format, a transmission chip rate and a synchronization code associated with a time slot that includes a midamble that indicates a modulation of the sy... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7623199 | Electroluminescent device An electroluminescent device includes, for example, first to third optical output parts respectively corresponding to red, green, and blue colors and each having a light-emitting layer. A visibility spectrum curve has an inclination value corresponding to the first ... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7623112 | Image sensor array and liquid crystal display with sensor elements The present invention provides an image sensor array and a liquid crystal display for increasing the readout time thereof. The image sensor array and liquid crystal display both comprise a substrate, a readout line disposed on the substrate, a first switch line and ... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7606207 | User equipment and base station performing data detection using a scalar array A wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) recovers data from a plurality of data signals received as a received vector. The WTRU determines data of the received vector by determining a Cholesky factor of an N by N matrix and using the determined Cholesky factor in for... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7599707 | Method and system for controlling transmission power of a downlink signaling channel based on enhanced uplink transmission failure statistics A method and system for controlling the transmission power of at least one downlink (DL) enhanced uplink (EU) signaling channel such that enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) DL signaling is delivered efficiently and reliably. The system includes at least one wireless... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7598911 | Method and system for positioning mobile units based on angle measurements A method and system for positioning mobile units using angle measurements taken by neighboring mobile units is disclosed. A selected mobile unit and mobile units in the vicinity of the selected mobile unit are selectively instructed to measure and report information... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7596387 | System for efficiently covering a sectorized cell utilizing beam forming and sweeping A primary station for a wireless communication system transmits and receives communications within a sectorized cell with at least one secondary station. The primary station transmits and receives signals within a beam; and directs the signal transmission and recept... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7596112 | Method and apparatus for rate compatible dirty paper coding A medium access control (MAC) entity first computes an achievable rate region based on a total transmit power limit and a channel gain of each of a plurality of WTRUs. Next, the MAC entity selects an order of DPC among the WTRUs. A rate set for use in transmitting t... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7590333 | Image extraction from video content Image templates define characteristics of video content desired to be recorded, including color characteristics and spatial distribution of regions to be compared in determining a level of similarity and white regions of expected variability which are ignored in the... | 09/15/2009 |
