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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7365455 | Energy harvesting for wireless sensor operation and data transmission A device for powering a load from an ambient source of energy is provided. The device includes an energy harvesting device for harvesting energy from the ambient source of energy wherein the rate energy is harvested from the ambient source of energy is below that re... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7361998 | Energy harvesting for wireless sensor operation and data transmission A device for powering a load from an ambient source of energy is provided. The device includes an energy harvesting device for harvesting energy from the ambient source of energy wherein the rate energy is harvested from the ambient source of energy is below that re... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7360421 | Detachable angular speed sensing system A system for sensing velocity of a wheeled vehicle has a flexible arm connected to a speed sensor and wireless transmitter at one end and to an adjustable strap or clamp at the other end. The strap is attached near the wheel to be measured. The sensor can then be po... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7269745 | Methods and apparatus for composing an identification number Methods and apparatus for producing an electronic ID number include modifying at least one physical bit element from among each of at least first and second groups of physical bit elements, each physical bit element of each group having a first physical state in whi... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7257668 | Method and system for enhancing the endurance of memory cells An integrated circuit device includes a plurality of non-volatile memory cells associated with a plurality of flag cells storing managing data. The managing data of the flag cells forms a data set. The data set is utilized to determine to which memory cell of the pl... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7254668 | Method and apparatus for grouping pages within a block Methods and apparatus for efficiently enabling pages within a block to be accessed are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, a method for writing data into a first block in a non-volatile memory which includes pages that are grouped into group... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7234036 | Method and apparatus for resolving physical blocks associated with a common logical block Methods and apparatus for determining which of a plurality of physical blocks associated with a logical block is more recently associated with the logical block are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, a method for resolving associations of a... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7188228 | Hybrid mapping implementation within a non-volatile memory system Methods and apparatus for allow different mapping implementations, including a many-to-one logical to physical block mapping, to be used within a memory system are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, a method for mapping a plurality of logic... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7186308 | System and method for providing tire electronics mounting patches A method of making a mounting patch for mounting an electronic assembly in the inner liner or a pneumatic tire includes the steps of providing a power source, embedding the power source into a quantity of uncured rubber, and curing the uncured rubber by applying suf... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7180255 | Controlling the release of a brush motor which has applied a load A method for controlling the release of a brush motor which has applied a load includes several steps. One step includes applying a release current to the brush motor to rotate the brush motor in a direction toward releasing the applied load of the brush motor. Anot... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7181611 | Power management block for use in a non-volatile memory system Methods and apparatus for enabling a power up process of a non-volatile memory to occur efficiently are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, a method for utilizing a memory system that has a non-volatile memory with at least one reserved memo... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7174440 | Method and apparatus for performing block caching in a non-volatile memory system Methods and apparatus for caching updates or new data associated with a logical block are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, a method for processing contents associated with blocks of a non-volatile memory includes obtaining a first set of ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7171536 | Unusable block management within a non-volatile memory system Methods and apparatus for tracking defective blocks such that at least some of the defective blocks may be readily identified and tested for usability when desirable are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, a method for identifying spare bloc... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7150639 | Input and output device designed for being detachably mounted to an electronic equipment Described is an input and output device for inputting or outputting data of an electronic equipment. The input and output device is designed for being detachably mounted to the electronic equipment in at least two different positions. The input and output device fea... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7138911 | Power conversion from piezoelectric source with multi-stage storage A system and corresponding method for generating electric power from a rotating tire's mechanical energy concerns a piezoelectric power generation device associated with a power harvesting and conditioning module. The piezoelectric structure is preferably mounted wi... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7132939 | Integrated self-powered tire revolution counter A self-powered tire revolution counter includes a motion sensitive power generation mechanism, a power conditioner, a pulse detector, a microcontroller, and, optionally, a radio frequency (RF) transmitting device. In one exemplary embodiment, the power generation me... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7117079 | Apparatus and method for simultaneous monitoring, logging, and controlling of an industrial process An apparatus performs simultaneous data monitoring, logging, and controlling of the state of a system. The apparatus includes at least one system sensor that provides a sensor data signal corresponding to a system characteristic of which the sensor is detecting, a m... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7103732 | Method and apparatus for managing an erase count block Methods and apparatus for managing erase counts in a non-volatile memory system. According to one aspect of the present invention, a method for initializing an erase count block in a system memory of a non-volatile memory system, the non-volatile memory system which... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7096313 | Tracking the least frequently erased blocks in non-volatile memory systems Methods and apparatus for performing wear leveling in a non-volatile memory system are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, one method for processing elements included in a non-volatile memory of a memory system includes obtaining erase count... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7089349 | Internal maintenance schedule request for non-volatile memory system Methods and apparatus for enabling updates to data structures to be scheduled are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, a method for operating a memory system with a non-volatile memory that includes a plurality of physical blocks and a plural... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7082490 | Method and system for enhancing the endurance of memory cells An integrated circuit device includes a plurality of non-volatile memory cells associated with a plurality of flag cells storing managing data. The managing data of the flag cells forms a data set. The data set is utilized to determine to which memory cell of the pl... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7075420 | Power conversion from piezoelectric source A system and corresponding method for generating electric power from a rotating tire's mechanical energy concerns a piezoelectric power generation device associated with a power harvesting and conditioning module. The piezoelectric structure is preferably mounted wi... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7076710 | Non-binary address generation for ABIST Method and system for testing a memory array having a non-uniform binary address space. The test system includes a test engine for generating addresses for the memory array and for generating and applying data patterns to the memory array. The test engine has an add... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7039788 | Method and apparatus for splitting a logical block Methods and apparatus for splitting a single logical block into two or more physical blocks are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, a method for associating a plurality of physical blocks of a non-volatile memory with a logical block that in... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7034661 | Apparatus and method for interrogation of passive sensors A monitoring system, particularly suitable for monitoring conditions (e.g. pressure or temperature) of a vehicle tire comprises a passive sensor (102, 104), an antenna (106) associated with said passive sensor, and switching means (108) for cont... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7035967 | Maintaining an average erase count in a non-volatile storage system Methods and apparatus for maintaining an average erase count in a system memory of a non-volatile memory system are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, a method for determining an average number of times each block of a number of blocks with... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7032087 | Erase count differential table within a non-volatile memory system Methods and apparatus for efficiently tracking the usage of physical blocks of non-volatile memory are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, a method for maintaining a data structure that stores contents relating to the usage of physical block... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7023100 | Method and apparatus for conversion of movement to electrical energy The present invention includes apparatus and methods for powering movement of a structure by generating electricity from movement. In one aspect of the invention, electricity is generated from changes in thickness of a pad integrated into a tire. The tire can includ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7019711 | Coupled transponder and antenna system and method An annular antenna loop is electrically coupled to a transponder. The antenna and the transponder are at least partially embedded into a non-conductive carrier strip to form a ring assembly to render the antenna and transponder package unitarily transportable. The a... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6992423 | Vehicle tire and system for generating electrical energy in the tire A system for generating electrical energy in a tire for a vehicle includes at least one piezoelectric element that generates electrical energy when deformed. The at least one piezoelectric element is associated with the tire and is elongate. The at least one piezoel... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6993690 | Memory unit having memory status indicator A processing unit 12 that is provided in a memory unit 10 can transfer information that is stored in a corresponding address to a spare memory area and prohibit writing of information into the corresponding address when the number write operations to t... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6973531 | Tracking the most frequently erased blocks in non-volatile memory systems Methods and apparatus for performing wear leveling in a non-volatile memory system are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, a method for processing elements included in a non-volatile memory of a memory system includes obtaining erase counts ... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6961671 | System and a method for preventing tampering with a recorded accumulated running distance of a vehicle A system for preventing tampering with recorded accumulated running distance data is provided which comprises a first memory, a tampering prevention control unit, and a third memory. The tampering prevention control unit is configured to output an error message if t... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6940940 | Electronic hubodometer An apparatus and method for counting wheel revolutions are provided that include a wheel-hub mountable odometer comprising an accelerometer comprising sensor means for sensing force, wherein the sensor means are operable to sense a force acting thereon and generate ... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6646432 | Electronic odometer integrated into vehicle axle and wheel hub An axle assembly includes an axle defining an axis, a wheel assembly rotatably supported on the axle for rotating relative to the axle axis, a magnet, a sensor responsive to the magnet for producing a count signal, and a microprocessor for receiving count... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6438193 | Self-powered tire revolution counter The rotation of a pneumatic tire is monitored by a self powered tire revolution counter. A piezoelectric ("piezol") element is mounted in the tire in a manner so as to be subjected to periodic mechanical stresses as the tire rotates and to provide periodi... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6359431 | Golf cart speedometer/odometer A golf-cart speedometer/odometer has a rotation-mark collar (1) on a cart-wheel rim (2) that signals rotation to a rotation sensor (4) on a housing extension (5) from a cart-axle housing (6). Measurement of rotation of the rotation-mark collar from rotati... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6144717 | Wheel mounted data logger A wheel mounted data logger has an odometer for mounting at a hub of a wheel of a vehicle and response to turning of the wheel, an hourmeter for mounting on a structure of the vehicle and response to running of an engine of the vehicle, and microcontrolle... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6011827 | Electronic hub odometer A system for electronically measuring the distance that a wheel has traveled can be used on a tractor-trailer combination vehicle to independently monitor mileages for the tractor and the trailer. An axle on the tractor and an axle on the trailer each has... | 01/04/2000 |
| 5912635 | Method and apparatus for calibration of a distance sensor in a vehicle navigation system Method and apparatus for modifying an odometer reading in a vehicle navigation system to compensate for odometer errors. A first distance measurement is obtained from the odometer, and a second distance measurement is obtained from at least one other sens... | 06/15/1999 |
