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| 7096160 | System and method for measuring and monitoring wireless network performance in campus and indoor environments A system and method for measuring and monitoring wireless network performance in campus and indoor environments provides for embedding measured network and signal properties at one or more locations within a facility into a site specific computer model which represe... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7087352 | Automated overlay metrology system Non-imaging measurement is made of misalignment of lithographic exposures by illuminating periodic features of a mark formed by two lithographic exposures with broadband light and detecting an interference pattern at different wavelengths using a specular spectrosco... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7064570 | Method for locating Idefects using multiple controlled collapse chip connections current measurement on an automatic tester A method for improving the signal-to-noise ratio in an IDDQ defect test is disclosed. An integrated circuit is divided into a plurality of areas and each area is provided with and bounded by terminals. An IDDQ defect is activated to generate I | 06/20/2006 |
| 7054828 | Computer method for using sample data to predict future population and domain behaviors A computer-implemented method determines current beliefs and/or behaviors of a population, and forecasts the behaviors and/or beliefs which this population is likely to have in the future. The method involves selecting a subset of members from a target population, o... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7055107 | Method and system for automated selection of optimal communication network equipment model, position, and configuration A method for engineering management and planning for the design of a communications network in three dimensions (3-D) combines computerized organization, database fusion, and site-specific communication system performance prediction models. The method enables a desi... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7043837 | Method of manufacture of inkjet printer head The inkjet recording head includes a head body and a metallic film is provided at least on a part of at least one side of the head body. The head body includes a plurality of orifices, an ink ejection unit arranged so as to correspond to each of the orifices, an ind... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7044314 | Nonlinear active control of dynamical systems A control system for reducing cargo pendulation. The control system calculates a correction factor and adds the correction factor for the operator input motions in addition to the motion of the platform in order to provide a reference position of the suspension poin... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7043112 | Optical wavelength-multiplexing technique An optical wavelength-multiplexing system allowing long distance transmission with reducing effects of noise and fiber nonlinealities is disclosed. First wavelength-multiplexing light and second wavelength-multiplexing light within a wavelength bandwidth of 100 nm o... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7035642 | Method and system for analysis, design, and optimization of communication networks A method for engineering management and planning for the design of a wireless communications network in three-dimensions (3-D) combines computerized organization, database fusion, and radio frequency (RF) site-specific planning models. The method enables a designer ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7028074 | Automatically determining the awareness settings among people in distributed working environment Communication channels among users in a collaborative computing system are automatically adjusted based on users' current states detected by various sensing devices. The collaboration system that includes an awareness system for evaluating, monitoring, and controlli... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7028095 | Block-based negative filtering of MPEG-2 compliant table sections Positive negative and mixed digital filtering over an arbitrary variable length bit string of a datastream by evaluating bits, bytes or any other desired granularity in accordance with a mask, a filter and a not match byte. Results are accumulated over a plurality o... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7018891 | Ultra-thin Si channel CMOS with improved series resistance Thin silicon channel SOI devices provide the advantage of sharper sub-threshold slope, high mobility, and better short-channel effect control but exhibit a typical disadvantage of increased series resistance. This high series resistance is avoided by using a raised ... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7020593 | Method for ensemble predictive modeling by multiplicative adjustment of class probability: APM (adjusted probability model) A new method is used to model the class probability from data that is based on a novel multiplicative adjustment of the class probability by a plurality of items of evidence induced from training data. The optimal adjustment factors from each item of evidence can be... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7013286 | Generation, distribution, storage, redemption, validation and clearing of electronic coupons A method and system generates, distributes, stores, redeems, validates and clears electronic manufacturer coupons and electronic store coupons. A coupon mint generates unforgable blank digital coupons. The promoter of the offer then writes the terms and conditions a... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7013205 | System and method for minimizing energy consumption in hybrid vehicles The present invention provides a system and method relating to the operation of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles powered both by electricity from rechargeable batteries and by consumable fuel powered means, such as an internal combustion engine or a fuel cell. More ... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7010564 | Region calculation method, spatial data mining apparatus, geographical information display apparatus, spatial data mining system and storage medium It is one object of the present invention to perform regional optimization while taking spatial continuity into account, and to provide higher-level spatial data mining. [Constitution] A region calculation method for introducing a two-dimensional assoc... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7009265 | Low capacitance FET for operation at subthreshold voltages A field effect transistor (FET) has underlap regions adjacent to the channel doping region. The underlap regions have very low dopant concentrations of less than 1×1017/cc or 5×1016/cc and so tend to have a high resistance. The underlap regio... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7009258 | Method of building a CMOS structure on thin SOI with source/drain electrodes formed by in situ doped selective amorphous silicon The present invention provides improved controllability of the lateral etch encroachment of silicon under the spacer, in light of the fact that the exemplary method, in accordance with the present invention, comprises the step of implanting neutral ions such as Ge o... | 03/07/2006 |
| 7004250 | Sealing system for the interspace in the transition region between two well pipes of different diameters, and mounting tool for this A sealing system for the interspace in the transition region between two well pipes of different diameters, and a mounting tool for producing the sealing connection. The mounting tool is lowered via a drilling string through a larger diameter pipe and, with a sealin... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7005879 | Device for probe card power bus noise reduction Noise reduction for application of structural test patterns to a Device Under Test (DUT) is accomplished with a capacitor “booster” bypass network on the probe card in which the capacitors are charged to a much higher voltage Vboost than the DUT power... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7001434 | Device for pivotably connecting parts of an orthopaedic device The invention relates to a device for pivotably connecting parts of an orthopaedic device, such as in particular a prosthetic knee for leg amputees, which device comprises a kinematic multibar mechanism with at least four bars, which bar mechanism allows a movement ... | 02/21/2006 |
| 7001844 | Material for contact etch layer to enhance device performance Stress level of a nitride film is adjusted as a function of two or more of the following: identity of a starting material precursor used to make the nitride film; identity of a nitrogen-containing precursor with which is treated the starting material precursor; rati... | 02/21/2006 |
| 7003537 | Apparatus and method to compute in Jacobian of hyperelliptic curve defined over Galois field of characteristic 2 To implement an operation in Jacobian with improved computation complexity, the sum is computed of a divisor D1=g.c.d. (a1(x),y−b1(x)) and a divisor D2=g.c.d. (a2(x),y−b2(x)) on Jacobian of a hype... | 02/21/2006 |
| 7002523 | Antenna device To enable an antenna device to be easily mounted to a roof or the like, and to realize a highly reliable state or the antenna device after mounted. The invention relates to an antenna device comprising an antenna element, and a bottom cover and a top cover which cov... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6999585 | Folding type portable communication device The present invention is intended to simplify operation of a folding type portable communication device 1 in making a switch or selection between a call reception vibration mode and a call reception sound mode. The device 1 has two communication units ... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6996543 | System for protection of goods against counterfeiting In order to verify the authenticity of manufactured goods, a smart tag is attached to the goods containing encrypted authentication information, such as a serial number, a description of the good's physical appearance or chemical decomposition, its color, or digital... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6992696 | Image test target for visual determination of digital image resolution Resolution of an image capture system is measured by imaging a test target having a progression of feature sizes and pitch in respective sub-fields thereof. The image captured by the imaging system is then inspected to determine a sub-field image which does not incl... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6992368 | Production of metal insulator metal (MIM) structures using anodizing process Metal-insulator-metal capacitor structures are formed in semiconductor substrates using an anodization procedure on deposited underlying metalization followed by deposition of the second metal and planarization by chemical-mechanical polishing or other procedures. T... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6993768 | Method of storing multi-parameter configuration information A system and method define a multi-parameter configuration using an identifier. The identifier involves assigning values to available options for parameters of a configuration and using the assigned values to construct an identifier representing the configuration. T... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6989922 | Deformable mirror actuation system Mechanical control and actuation of an adaptive optical element provides highly stable and repeatable correction of the shape of an optical element to an accuracy of a small fraction of a very short wavelength of light, responsive to a metrology source and sensor ar... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6989997 | Quasi-resonant DC-DC converters with reduced body diode loss Buck converters having a resonant inductor Lr, resonant capacitor Cr, and synchronous switch Q3 that together provide reduced switching loss and soft switching. In operation, the resonant inductor Lr is charged during a time period A. Then, Lr is freewheeling... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6989195 | Coated particles, methods of making and using A particle coated with a nonlamellar material such as a nonlamellar crystalline material, a nonlamellar amorphous material, or a nonlamellar semi-crystalline material includes an internal matrix core having at least one a nanostructured liquid phase, or at least on ... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6986939 | Panel-shaped composite wooden element The invention relates to a method for the manufacture of chipboard comprising a centre layer (18) of coarse chips and outer layers (20) of chips whose fibers are oriented in the plane of the board. In order to be able to reduce the density of the finis... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6982625 | Event-recorder for transmitting and storing electronic signature data An electronic event recorder for attachment to a vehicle is provided which can broadcast encrypted signature and data, thereby leaving behind an electronic version of a “fingerprint” in the event of an accident or traffic violation. The fingerprint, captured by ... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6981760 | Ink jet head and ink jet printer There is provided an ink jet head for ejecting an ink liquid drop from an ink jet nozzle onto a recording medium, wherein, on a substrate having a heat conductivity of 15 (W/m/K) or less, a heat-transfer layer having a thickness of 10 μm or more is formed, and a he... | 01/03/2006 |
| 6980249 | Wide-field extended-depth doubly telecentric catadioptric optical system for digital imaging Focused imaging of constant size and resolution over a wide range of distances and a wide field of view in object space is provided by a doubly telecentric catadioptric optical system including an external limiting aperture at the juncture of the focal planes of two... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6980748 | SiGe or germanium flip chip optical receiver A synchronized optical clocking signal is provided to a plurality of optical receivers by providing a layer of a high absorption coefficient material, such as SiGe or Ge, on a front surface of a low absorption coefficient substrate, such as silicon. Diodes are forme... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6978845 | Flame barrier arrangement In a flame barrier arrangement (1), having at least two flame barrier elements (2) which are arranged one behind the other in the direction of flow of a combustible gas and have a multiplicity of gaps for extinguishing a flame impinging on the surface ... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6978381 | Enhancement to a system for automated generation of file access control system commands A secure data processing system having a plurality of resources accessible over a network arrangement such as the Internet and including a server, maintains lists of three categories of access authorization information. A resource list contains path or location info... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6977194 | Structure and method to improve channel mobility by gate electrode stress modification In producing complementary sets of metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) field effect transistors, including nFET and pFET), carrier mobility is enhanced or otherwise regulated through the reacting the material of the gate electrode with a metal to produce a stressed all... | 12/20/2005 |