Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Blakely, Sokoloff, Taylor & Zafman, LLP
  • Patent number: 8339934
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods and apparatus for implementing spatial multiplexing in conjunction with the one or more multiple access protocols during the broadcast of information in a wireless network. A subscriber unit for use in a cellular system is disclosed. The subscriber unit includes: spatially separate receivers, a spatial processor, and a combiner. The spatially separate receivers receive the assigned channel composite signals resulting from the spatially separate transmission of the subscriber downlink datastream(s). The spatial processor is configurable in response to a control signal transmitted by the base station to separate the composite signals into estimated substreams based on information obtained during the transmission of known data patterns from at least one of the base stations. The spatial processor signals the base stations when a change of a spatial transmission configuration is required.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Robert W. Heath, Jr., Peroor K. Sebastian, Rahul Chopra, Arogyaswami J. Paulraj
  • Patent number: 8340705
    Abstract: Methods of camping on a hybrid cell and checking access priority and devices therefor are provided. The service of a CSG user is preferably guaranteed by adjusting a UE's camping right and a passing probability of an access priority checking according to the user's contracted characteristic and limit access information of a hybrid cell Node B. At the same time, the initial access delay of a non-CSG user is reduced, the initial access efficiency of the non-CSG user is improved, and the network resource and the UE's power are saved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: NTT DoCoMo, Inc.
    Inventors: Liu Liu, Xiaoming She, Lan Chen, Yixue Lei, Mikio Iwamura
  • Patent number: 8338714
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a heat-radiating substrate. The heat-radiating substrate includes: a metal core layer; a first insulating layer that is formed on one side or both sides of the metal core layer, includes a bather layer contacting with the metal core layer, first and second pores having different diameters, and a porous layer connected with the bather layer; a first circuit layer that is embedded in the first insulating layer, filled in the second pores of the porous layer, and connected to the sides of the second pores; and a second insulating layer that is formed on the porous layer of the first insulating layer. Further, in the heat-radiating substrate of the present embodiment, the first circuit layer is partially filled in the second pores and the second insulating layer is filled in the second pores to make a plane the first insulating layer. In addition, disclosed is a method of manufacturing the heat-radiating substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung Eun Kang, Hye Sook Shin, Ki Ho Seo
  • Patent number: 8340581
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for removing unwanted noise by a radio frequency identification (RFID) interrogator are provided. The interrogator transmits a transmitted signal while receiving a received signal. The received signal can include backscatter modulated signals from one or more RFID tags, as well as unmodulated reflections of the transmitted signal from the environment. The unmodulated reflections are undesirable and may make tag signal extraction difficult. A canceling signal is summed with the received signal to cancel or reduce the unmodulated reflections prior to tag signal extraction. In a specific embodiment, a phase shifted, amplitude adjusted reflection of the transmit signal is used by a directional coupler as the canceling signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Alien Technology Corporation
    Inventor: John Stephen Smith
  • Patent number: 8340397
    Abstract: Disclosed are a system and a method extensible for performing, in real-time, stereo snatching for calculating depth images with a result of searching for points of similarity by using images taken with two cameras. The system includes a coordinate creating module, a census transform module, a delay XOR calculation module, a stereo matching module, and a control module. Accordingly, by using the system extensible for performing stereo matching, depth information of corrected images can be acquired in real-time without using computer systems or software programs for special purposes. Furthermore, since the system extensible for performing stereo matching can be simply realized by hardware, the system and the method of the present invention can be easily applied to actual intellectual-type robots, industrial settings, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Sungkyunkwan University Foundation For Corporate Collaboration
    Inventors: Jae Wook Jeon, Seung Hun Jin, Jung Uk Cho, Sung Kee Park, Munsang Kim, Kyoung Mu Lee, Jong Eun Byun
  • Patent number: 8340279
    Abstract: An adaptive interference cancellation system is described. In one example the system operates by receiving a data signal using a DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) and receiving a reference signal, the reference signal corresponding, in part, to noise on the data signal. The reference signal is classified and a noise cancellation signal is applied to the data signal based on the classification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Adaptive Spectrum and Signal Alignment, Inc.
    Inventors: Sumanth Jagannathan, Chiang-yu Chen, John Cioffi
  • Patent number: 8339521
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a display controller, a communication module and a determination module. The display controller is configured to display an operation screen, which is used for operating another electronic apparatus, on a display. The communication module is configured to transmit an operation signal, which indicates an operation in accordance with the operation screen, to the another electronic apparatus. The determination module is configured to determine that a function of the another electronic apparatus is activated in response to transmission of the operation signal. The display controller includes an object generation module configured to generate an object representing an operation button for activating a function of the another electronic apparatus with one operation and to arrange the generated object on the operation screen, when the determination module determines that the function is activated through a plurality of operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Masaaki Kikuchi, Yoshihiro Ohmori, Yasukazu Higuchi, Toyokazu Itakura, Yuuichi Togashi
  • Patent number: 8340572
    Abstract: A method is described for selecting repeaters comprising: transmitting a first signal from a first node to a second node; measuring signal strength of the first signal at the second node; transmitting a second signal from the second node to the first node; measuring signal strength of the second signal at the first node; and selecting the second node as a repeater based on the signal strength of the first signal and/or the signal strength of the second signal. Another embodiment of the method comprises: calculating signal strength of a signal transmitted to each of a plurality of nodes (the signal strength being measured at each node of the plurality); and selecting one or more of the nodes to be a repeater if the signal strength is below a maximum threshold value and above a minimum threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Echelon Corporation
    Inventors: Darrell Duffy, Glen Riley
  • Patent number: 8341482
    Abstract: A user equipment comprises a transmitter and an adaptive modulation and coding controller. The transmitter is configured to transmit data over an air interface in a single transmission time interval with a first specified modulation and coding scheme, where the single transmission time interval has a plurality of transport block sets. In response to receiving a repeat request for retransmission of at least one particular transport block set, the transmitter retransmits the at least one of the particular transport block sets. The adaptive modulation and coding controller is configured to change the specified modulation and coding scheme to a second specified modulation and coding scheme, enabling a combining of a particular transport block set transmitted at the first specified modulation and coding scheme with a retransmitted version of the particular transport block set transmitted at the second specified modulation and coding scheme.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Stephen E. Terry, Ariela Zeira, Nader Bolourchi
  • Patent number: 8338263
    Abstract: Methods of forming isolation structures are disclosed. A method of forming isolation structures for an image sensor array of one aspect may include forming a dielectric layer over a semiconductor substrate. Narrow, tall dielectric isolation structures may be formed from the dielectric layer. The narrow, tall dielectric isolation structures may have a width that is no more than 0.3 micrometers and a height that is at least 1.5 micrometers. A semiconductor material may be epitaxially grown around the narrow, tall dielectric isolation structures. Other methods and apparatus are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: OmniVision Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Chia-Ying Liu, Keh-Chiang Ku, Wu-Zhang Yang
  • Patent number: 8340051
    Abstract: A method and wireless communication system for requesting and obtaining transmit power control (TPC) information. The system includes at least one access point (AP) and at least one wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU). When the AP decides to adapt the transmit power level of the WTRU, the AP transmits a TPC request frame to the WTRU. In response to receiving the TPC request frame, the WTRU performs one or more physical measurements and sends a TPC report frame back to the AP.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Marian Rudolf, Stephen G. Dick, Teresa Joanne Hunkeler, Shamin Akbar Rahman
  • Patent number: 8341271
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for performing device discovery in a wireless communication system is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Sibeam, Inc.
    Inventors: In Sung Cho, Kumar Mahesh, Prakash Kamath, Jeffrey Gilbert, Rob Frizzell
  • Patent number: 8338813
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising a substrate, a heater formed on the substrate, and a phase-change layer formed on the heater. The heater comprises a heater layer and first and second electrodes electrically coupled to the heater layer. A process comprising forming a heater on a substrate and forming a phase-change layer on the heater. The heater comprises a heater layer and first and second electrodes electrically coupled to the heater layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Qing Ma, Valluri R. Rao, Tsung-Kuan Allen Chou
  • Patent number: 8336188
    Abstract: Methods and systems, in one embodiment, are described related to a chuck with a plurality of vacuum grooves on a surface. Each single vacuum groove of the plurality of vacuum grooves has a single port connected with a single vacuum line coupled to a vacuum source. The single vacuum line is not shared with another groove and a restriction is applied to the single vacuum line in order to isolate each single vacuum groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: FormFactor, Inc.
    Inventors: Bjorn Monteen, Kuan Yong Ho
  • Patent number: 8341369
    Abstract: In accordance with disclosed embodiments, there are provided methods, systems, and apparatuses for implementing hardware of a virtualized processor based system detecting a specified type of memory access to an identified region of memory and in response to the detecting generating an interrupt for a virtual machine monitor (VMM) of the virtualized processor based system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Uday Savagaonkar, Travis T. Schluessler, Hormuzd Khosravi, Ravi Sahita, Gayathri Nagabhushan, David Durham
  • Patent number: 8339762
    Abstract: A method of actuator coil temperature control for actuators that are not continuously operated, wherein when an actuation current is not being applied to the actuator coil, a) sensing a parameter indicative of the resistance of the actuator coil as an indication of the temperature of the actuator coil, b) if the sensed parameter indicates the temperature of the actuator coil is below a first predetermined limit, then initiating a series of successive actuation current pulses to the actuator coil, each actuation current pulse being terminated before actuation of the actuator occurs, and c) periodically repeating a) and b).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Sturman Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Christopher North
  • Patent number: 8339942
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, in response to at least one of a link failure and node failure of a protected label switched path (LSP), network traffic is switched onto a protection path according to a fast re-reroute (FRR) scheme. A HELLO session is established with the remote node that is not immediately adjacent to the network element, including exchanging one or more HELLO messages with the remote node, each HELLO message having a time-to-live (TTL) value of greater than one if IP forwarding is used. The TTL value of the HELLO message is set to one if the HELLO message is sent via tunnel. In response to a request to restart, a resource reservation protocol (RSVP) traffic engineering (TE) graceful restart (GR) procedure is performed using information obtained from the one or more HELLO messages exchanged with the remote node during the HELLO session.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (Publ)
    Inventors: Hua Autumn Liu, Venkatesan Pradeep, Sriganesh Kini
  • Patent number: 8339991
    Abstract: A device performs a self-configure process for operations in a managed network to allocate a network address for the device by determining if the device will operate as a gateway of the managed network, obtaining a network address for communication with external devices outside of the managed network in response to determining that the device will operate as a gateway, scanning for neighbor devices operating in the managed network and maintaining a database of neighbor devices located in the scanning, and selecting a managed network to join based on the database of neighbor devices in response to determining that the device will operate as a node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Meraki, Inc.
    Inventors: Sanjit Biswas, John Bicket
  • Patent number: 8340228
    Abstract: A spread signal is produced having an adjustable spread spectrum. A data signal is provided for transmission. The data signal is processed to have a first spread spectrum. The processed first spread spectrum data signal is filtered to have one out of a plurality of spread spectrums. The filtering capable of producing a signal having a spread spectrum of any of the plurality of spread spectrums. The filtered one spread spectrum data signal is transmitted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventor: Gary R Lomp
  • Patent number: 8341165
    Abstract: Extensible Markup Language (XML) data is represented as a list of structures with each structure in the list representing an aspect of the XML. A set of frequently used elements is extracted from the list of structure representation and stored in packed vectors. The packed vector representation allows Single Instruction Multiple Data (SIMD) instructions to be used directly on the XML data to increase the speed at which the XML data may be searched while minimizing the memory needed to store the XML data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventor: Kevin J. Jones