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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| D592418 | Caddy table arm | 05/19/2009 |
| 7502730 | Method and apparatus for federated understanding A method and apparatus are provided for resolving user input that crosses different application domains to identify a discourse item such as a command or entity. To resolve the input, a discourse item definition is selected based on the user input. The discourse ite... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7502413 | Motion estimator for coding and decoding image sequences The invention relates to motion estimation and compensation between two given images represented by a polygonal mesh. It provides a solution to the problems of crowding and uncovering of mesh units when the mesh is shifted. More specifically, the invention relates t... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7502204 | Structures for attaching a head gimbal assembly and an actuator arm An assembly for attaching a first element to a second element. The assembly includes a first non-metallic connecting member. The first non-metallic connecting member includes a first member having a first surface and a second member. The second member extends substa... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7502023 | High-resolution rapid manufacturing The present invention is a method for forming an object, the method comprising jetting a first material to form a plurality of layers that define a support structure increment, and extruding a second material to form a layer of the object. The layer of the object su... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7501795 | Battery charger with booster pack An apparatus and method for supplying energy to a vehicle battery is provided. The apparatus includes a positive connector that couples to a positive terminal of the vehicle battery and a negative connector that couples to a negative terminal of the vehicle battery.... | 03/10/2009 |
| 7496441 | Features of main control for a power machine The present invention is directed to a computer based control system for controlling hydraulic and electromechanical actuators on a power machine, such as a skid steer loader. The computer based control system is configured to implement a number of features to enhan... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7494314 | Attachment for small skid steer loader A loader has lift arms that are used for mounting a number of different attachments. The attachments can be mounted to the rear of the forward end of the lift arms in order to move the center of gravity of the attachment more directly over the loader frame. Various ... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7493977 | Motorized chariot A motorized chariot comprises a drive unit, a driver carrier unit and a tongue pivotally connecting the drive unit with the driver carrier unit. A tie-rod extends between the drive unit and the carrier unit with the tie-rod being moveable between the carrier unit an... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7493873 | Removable restraint and anchor An apparatus for tethering an animal to a selected area or retaining the animal while exercising includes an anchor having a bottom portion for positioning into the ground and a top portion for positioning above the ground. The apparatus also includes a restraint ha... | 02/24/2009 |
| D587109 | Package for food products | 02/24/2009 |
| 7493285 | Payment process and system for transmission and/or service operations within a data packet transmission network The invention concerns payment for transmission and/or service operations within a data packet transmission network (4) (improvement in payment token technology). According to the invention, between the source unit (S) and the destination unit (D), at least o... | 02/17/2009 |
| D586756 | Electrical connector fastener | 02/17/2009 |
| 7493656 | Drive security session manager A storage device has a storage medium, a controller, and a session manager. The storage medium is partitioned into one or more security partitions. The controller is adapted to read and write data to and from the storage medium and to enable security sessions over a... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7490261 | Background media scan for recovery of data errors The present invention is a method of recovering data in a system that stores data in identifiable storage segments. The method includes scanning at least one storage segment for a read error. The method also includes performing a read recovery operation in an attemp... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7490055 | Identification card manufacturing system supply ordering and diagnostic report In a method of ordering a consumable supply produced by a card manufacturing device of an identification card manufacturing system, a request to order the consumable supply is received from a user. Next, supply information relating to the supply is retrieved and the... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7490034 | Lexicon with sectionalized data and method of using the same A data structure for a word lexicon includes a plurality of separate data sections for storing information related to word entries. An indices section includes pointers indicating the location of the information. The location of the associated pointers for each word... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7489472 | High-order hybrid actuator controller A method of providing a control output by selecting a controller to an actuator is discussed. A first controller having an estimator-compensator architecture is selected if the actuator is in a settle stage. A second controller having an architecture other than that... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7489748 | Method for the reception of a signal that has undergone a linear precoding and a channel coding, corresponding reception device and computer program product A method for the reception of a data signal which, before being sent, has undergone a linear precoding by means of a unitary preceding matrix, and a channel coding, comprises at least one iteration to improve an estimation of the received signal, as a function of th... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7484426 | Multiphasic overreading correction in a process variable transmitter A process variable transmitter is operably coupleable to a source of multiphasic process fluid flow. The process variable transmitter is configured to obtain information relative to temperature, a reference pressure, and differential pressure across a differential p... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7487087 | Method of speech recognition using variational inference with switching state space models A method is developed which includes 1) defining a switching state space model for a continuous valued hidden production-related parameter and the observed speech acoustics, and 2) approximating a posterior probability that provides the likelihood of a sequence of t... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7486815 | Method and apparatus for scene learning and three-dimensional tracking using stereo video cameras A method and apparatus are provided for learning a model for the appearance of an object while tracking the position of the object in three dimensions. Under embodiments of the present invention, this is achieved by combining a particle filtering technique for track... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7486459 | Disk drive with performance driven head-to-disk spacing A disk drive for storing data includes a drive housing, a storage disk that is rotatably coupled to the drive housing, a slider assembly positioned near the storage disk, and a drive circuitry. The slider assembly includes a head that interacts with the storage disk... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7486226 | Device and a method for accurate radar level gauging The invention relates to a system, device, and method for using radar signals to measure the distance (h) to a surface from said device, the device comprising a transmitter and a transmitting antenna for transmitting radar signals, and a receiver and a receiving ant... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7484531 | Middle ear pressure equalizing device with improved pressure control An apparatus for equalizing pressure in a middle ear includes a hand-held air source for providing a continuous flow of air at a predetermined rate and a tapered sealing nostril plug adapted to be sealed against a nostril. The tapered nostril plug has a channel ther... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7484416 | Process control transmitter with vibration sensor A transmitter for use in an industrial process control system, includes a process coupling configured to couple to a process fluid. A sensor housing has a cavity formed therein which is in fluidic communication with the process fluid. A diaphragm in the cavity isola... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7487189 | Extensible remote data synchronization Data replication between a headquarters application and one or more client applications is provided. The client applications are generally located remote from the headquarters application and communicate therewith via known methods. A pair of classes is used to gene... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7487095 | Method and apparatus for managing user conversations In one aspect, an arbitrary natural language communication is received from a user. A concept recognition process is applied to automatically derive a representation of concepts embodied in the communication. The concept representation is used to provide to a human ... | 02/03/2009 |
| 7461804 | Rotary knife There is described a rotary knife for use in a cutting apparatus, comprising a central hub adapted to be mounted with respect to a rotational driveshaft to define an axis of rotation; and a plurality of blades extending outwards from the hub; each blade having respe... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7464032 | Using wildcards in semantic parsing A method and apparatus perform semantic parsing by designating one or more words in an input text stream as wildcards. Under some embodiments, partially constructed parses formed from other words in the text stream are used to control when a later word will be ident... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7464026 | Semantic analysis system for interpreting linguistic structures output by a natural language linguistic analysis system The present invention is a system and method for performing semantic analysis that interprets a linguistic structure output by a natural language linguistic analysis system. The semantic analysis system converts the linguistic output by the natural language linguist... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7463435 | Kinematic mounting for an optic on glass substrate for use with an interferometer An optical pattern that is to be supported for examination is formed on a surface of a substrate, generally glass. Corner brackets are fixedly mounted on the substrate. Each of the corner brackets has a support portion and a housing that mounts a locating ball or sp... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7461562 | Process device with density measurement A process variable transmitter for measuring a process variable of a process fluid in a vessel includes first and second pressure couplings arranged to receive a first pressure and a second pressure of process fluid in the vessel. These pressures are related to the ... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7461645 | Hand held disc launcher A disc launcher for launching discs including a handle, a pivot arm pivotally attached to or proximate the handle. The pivot arm includes a disc holder. A frame is fixedly attached to or proximate the handle and extends forwardly. A spring mechanism is energized by ... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7461270 | Methods and systems for promoting security in a computer system employing attached storage devices The present methods and systems use specially isolated techniques for promoting security in a computer system. In one embodiment of these methods and systems, a simple file system is concealed in the storage of the computer system and is managed with a processor and... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7461056 | Text mining apparatus and associated methods A method for extracting key terms and associated key terms for use in text mining is provided. The method includes receiving unstructured text documents, such as emails over a customer service system. Term candidates are extracted based on identifying consecutive wo... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7461053 | System and interface for manipulating a database An interface exposes methods for use in manipulating a database. The interface receives requests in terms of entities (or objects). ... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7460999 | Method and apparatus for executing tasks in voice-activated command systems A method of executing operations in a voice-activated command system includes automatically initiating execution of a default operation. A user is then prompted, after the default operation has been initiated, to determine whether the user wishes to execute a second... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7461344 | Mixed initiative interface control A control system for a modular, mixed initiative, human-machine interface. The control system comprises moves, the moves defining units of interaction about a topic of information. The moves comprise at least one system move and at least one user move. Each system m... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7460992 | Method of pattern recognition using noise reduction uncertainty A method and apparatus are provided for using the uncertainty of a noise-removal process during pattern recognition. In particular, noise is removed from a representation of a portion of a noisy signal to produce a representation of a cleaned signal. In the meantime... | 12/02/2008 |
