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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8138945 | Sensor node There is disclosed a sensor node capable of transmitting and receiving a large amount of data or data desired to be reliable without missing data, while preventing battery exhaustion and unnecessary compression of the transmission bandwidth. A name-tag type sensor n... | 03/20/2012 |
| 7750822 | Biometric information transmitter To restrain a communicatable distance from being shortened even when a power source voltage is lowered. A heart beat signal transmission control portion controls a resonance starting oscillation portion to output a start signal in synchronism with a heart beat signa... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7609171 | Power consumption control method, power consumption control apparatus, computer program product, computer program distribution medium and communication device The invention relates to a power consumption control apparatus configured to receive messages or commands which have an increasing effect on power consumption of a communication device; monitor the power consumption of the communication device; and control the power... | 10/27/2009 |
| 7417558 | Wireless communications system incorporating intelligent electronic devices An intelligent electronic device (IED) for monitoring at least one power parameter in a power system is disclosed. The IED comprises at least one voltage input operative to be coupled with at least one power line in the power system and operative to sense at least o... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7312509 | Digital temperature sensing device using temperature depending characteristic of contact resistance A digital temperature sensing device uses temperature depending characteristic of contact resistance of a MOS transistor and a self-refresh driving device adjusts its self-refresh period depending on temperature using the digital temperature sensing device. The self... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7310115 | Imaging device with boosting circuit An imaging device that is activated quickly and prevents deterioration of an image signal. The imaging device includes a boosting circuit for boosting an input voltage to generate a boosted voltage. A solid state imaging device receives the boosted voltage and gener... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7280048 | Process control loop current verification A process device is configured for coupling to a two wire process control loop. Loop current output circuitry is configured to apply an output current to the two wire process control loop. Loop current verification circuitry is coupled to the two wire process contro... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7269673 | Cable with circuitry for asserting stored cable data or other information to an external device or user A cable including circuitry for asserting information to a user or external device and a system including such a cable. The cable can include conductors, a memory storing cable data, and circuitry configured to respond to a request received on at least one of the co... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7222255 | System and method for network performance testing A system and method for network performance testing are developed. One system includes a control network device configured to send network test performance settings configure at least one data generator and network switches so that each data generator sends test dat... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7194363 | Ultrasonic flowmeter A low power ultrasonic flowmeter to be powered by a two wire power supply loop is described, comprising: an ultrasonic flow sensor, a signal processing unit for determining a measurement result based on measurements performed by the ultrasonic flow sensor, an input/... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7173345 | Multi-function integrated automation cable connector system and method The present technique relates to a power and data signal transfer assembly including a plurality of conductors. Through the transfer assembly, power and data signals may be distributed and transferred to a wide variety of devices and locations. Moreover, in one exam... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7171125 | Power feed arrangement using aggregate segments A power feed arrangement for aggregate segments of a communications system is disclosed. In embodiments of the invention, cables are used to communicatively connect a number of landmasses, where the cables also serve to carry electrical power to devices connected al... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7158042 | Voltage regulator for physically remote loads The invention relates to a voltage regulator for physically remote loads (2) with an adjustable power supply (9) for the load (2), with a measurement device (11, 12) assigned to the load (2) for creating a digital measurement signa... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7126495 | Linear electric encoder with facing transmitter and receiver A capacitive motion encoder, for sensing the position of a moving object relative to a stationary object, includes at least one stationary element, coupled to the stationary object and a moving element, coupled to the moving object and in proximity to the stationary... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7114070 | System and method for automatic digital certificate installation on a network device in a data-over-cable system A system and methods for automatic digital certificate installation on network devices in a data-over-cable network are developed. One of the methods includes sending a digital certificate request from a cable modem to a predetermined network server upon determining... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7108191 | Intelligent computer cabling The present invention provides a data transfer system apparatus that automatically loads the necessary drivers and code through two interface elements to facilitate the transfer of electronic data from one EDP to another. In a preferred embodiment of the present inv... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7107326 | Method and system for integrating IP address reservations with policy provisioning A method and system for policy provisioning and access managing on a data-over-cable system. One method includes receiving a first message on a first network device such as a CMTS from a second network device and marking the first message with an identifier of a net... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7099338 | System and method for insuring dynamic host configuration protocol operation by a host connected to a data network A system and method for ensuring a connection to a configuration server by a customer premises equipment. The customer premises equipment is connected to a data network via a network connection. The data network includes a connection to the data network. A temporary... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7096110 | Electronic control apparatus for vehicle and control method for vehicle In the case where it is diagnosed whether or not the leakage occurs in a fuel vapor purge system from a standby time has elapsed after an engine operation was stopped, the power supply to processing circuits unnecessary for the leakage diagnosis is shut off, thereby... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7091872 | Controlled power source for underground line location A transmitter for a line locator system that controls the electrical current, voltage or power applied to the target line is disclosed. Control of the electrical output of the transmitter can be achieved passively or by means of a feedback control system. A transmit... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7089580 | Method for improved cable modem ranging in a data-over-cable system Methods for improved cable modem ranging in a data-over-cable system. One method includes receiving a value that characterizes how equipment in the network is configured. Using this characteristic value, a cable modem may estimate loss in its upstream path from a me... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7088678 | System and method for traffic shaping based on generalized congestion and flow control A system and methods are shown for traffic shaping and congestion avoidance in a computer network such as a data-over-cable network. A headend of the data-over-cable system includes a traffic shaper configured to calculate a packet arrival rate from a cable modem an... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7085306 | System and method for a multi-frequency upstream channel in a computer network System and method for providing a multi-frequency upstream transmission channel to a network device. When a headend network entity generates an upstream channel descriptor message, the descriptor message includes at least two upstream frequencies available for upstr... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7072159 | Current limiter with low drop voltage for surge protection and fuse protection A current limiter circuit which exhibits a low dropout voltage. The current limiter circuit is suitable for protecting process control equipment operating on a current loop. The current limiter circuit includes an interface for coupling to the current loop, and a cu... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7072337 | System and method for resolving network addresses for network devices on distributed network subnets A system and methods for traffic gating in a computer network comprising a plurality of subnets are developed. One of the methods implemented in a data-over-cable system includes, responsive to receiving a first address resolution request message on a cable modem fr... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7073055 | System and method for providing distributed and dynamic network services for remote access server users A system and methods for providing distributed and dynamic network services to remote access users. One of the methods includes providing a first certificate for requesting dynamic network services by a user network entity, and at least one second certificate for re... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7066643 | Radio frequency temperature sensor and method of calibrating temperature therefor A radio frequency temperature sensor and a method of calibration temperature therefor are disclosed. An active radio frequency temperature sensor including a ring oscillator, a memory, a frequency counter, a radio frequency transmission interface and a micro-control... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7068597 | System and method for automatic load balancing in a data-over-cable network A method and system for load balancing in a network system such as a data-over-cable system. One method includes receiving a first message on a first network device such as a cable modem termination system (“CMTS”) from a second network device and marking the fi... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7039532 | Method and apparatus for reading and controlling utility consumption A method and system for controlling electric power consumption using a computer to create a forecast and then controlling devices that use power based on the forecast. An automatic reader device is used to gather power consumption data from a point of utility servic... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6996726 | Mobile data carrier with data-independent supply current and voltage Disclosed is a mobile data carrier comprising a data-processing circuit; and a supply unit (1) to apply electric energy to power supply terminals for operating the data-processing circuit from an external energy source and (2) controlling voltage and c... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6995685 | Utility meter power arrangements and methods An arrangement for providing power in a utility meter includes a power conversion circuit and a bank of capacitors. The power conversion circuit is operable to provide power to metering circuitry within the utility meter, the power conversion circuit having a maximu... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6958642 | Ground difference compensating system A method of ground level compensation includes measuring a voltage of at least one signal with respect to a primary ground potential and measuring, with respect to the primary ground potential, a voltage level associated with a secondary ground potential. A differen... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6952428 | System and method for a specialized dynamic host configuration protocol proxy in a data-over-cable network A system and method for proxying Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (“DHCP”) network services for a network device, such as, a customer premise equipment entity, on a network device, such as, a cable modem, include creating a specialized proxy task for the cust... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6948184 | System and method for calibrating power level during initial ranging of a network client device A system and method for calibrating power level during initial ranging of a network client device, such as cable modem facilitates communications between a network client device and a network device such as a cable modem termination system. The method includes divid... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6944881 | Method for using an initial maintenance opportunity for non-contention ranging A method of preventing collisions when a cable modem re-registers with a cable modem termination system on a cable television network following failure of a primary communications channel between the cable modem and the cable modem termination system. The method pro... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6940874 | Method for reducing interference from initializing network devices in a data-over-cable system Methods for reducing interference from initializing network devices in a data-over-cable system. The method includes aligning Initial Maintenance intervals for multiple upstream channels of the data-over-cable system. A cable modem termination system determines if u... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6930956 | Current loop control circuit for a time of flight ranging system A current loop control circuit for a process variable transmitter coupled to a receiver at a remote location through a two-conductor current loop. The current loop control circuit efficiently utilizes the current in the loop to produce an optimal voltage and current... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6923063 | Acoustic sensing device, system and method for monitoring emissions from machinery A device and system are provided for monitoring acoustic emissions from machinery to indicate levels of detected sound waves. Each incorporates an acoustic sensing device which incorporates a housing assembly constructed for removable attachment between a surface mo... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6882942 | Accessing main ATX outputs without monitoring all outputs A power monitor circuit and method delays the start of a computer until multiple power lines are at a safe level of operation. The integrated circuit monitors only the voltage of a primary power supply output and eliminates the need for monitor circuits on each supp... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6839546 | Process transmitter with wireless communication link A process transmitter is configured to measure a process variable of an industrial process. A housing has a first cavity which houses first transmitter electronic circuitry and provides a barrier between the first transmitter electronic circuitry and second transmit... | 01/04/2005 |
