Patents Represented by Attorney Thomas | Kayden
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Patent number: 8292075Abstract: A housing for accommodating a dental implant is disclosed. The housing comprises a first body portion and a second body portion. The first body has an open end and a pivot end opposite to the open end. The open end is adapted to receive the dental implant. The housing further comprises a pivot element which connects with the first body portion and the second body portion at the pivot ends thereof. The first body portion and the second body portion define an inner space and the second body portion is capable of rotating with respect to the first body portion along the pivot to expose the open end.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2010Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: Mediprecision CorporationInventors: Hsin-Hsiung Liao, Mao-Sung Huang
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Patent number: 8295217Abstract: A method is provided for a device in a wireless communication network including a base station. The method includes sending a sleep mode request to the base station; and receiving a sleep mode response including negotiating parameters from the base station. The method also includes entering a sleep mode determined by a single power saving class applicable to all traffic conditions between the device and the base station; and communicating with the base station based on the sleep mode. Further, the single power saving class is used to define a frame structure for configuring frames to form alternating listening windows and sleep windows, to define an initial sleep window, and to define a default listening window.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2009Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: ACER IncorporatedInventors: Mamadou Kone, Ming-Hung Tao, Ying-Chuan Hsiao
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Patent number: 8296506Abstract: A method for managing a non-volatile memory is provided. The non-volatile memory has a number of blocks, and each block has a number of sub-blocks. The method includes a number of steps. First, a last physical address is obtained. The last physical address corresponds to a sub-block which is close to another sub-block where data is newly stored. Next, it is determined, for each sub-block of at least one block, the validity of data being stored. The at least one block is at least one neighboring block of a block containing the corresponding sub-block of the last physical address. Then, a mapping table is produced according to the step of determining the validity of data.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2009Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: Lite-On It CorporationInventors: Tsung-Hsi Lee, Wen-Jun Zeng, Chung-Ning Huang, Shin-Hui Huang
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Patent number: 8292097Abstract: A display for displaying a plurality of rings with a display having a number of pockets in each of which a ring can be nested. Each pocket has an aperture in the bottom with a tether extending through the aperture for attachment to a ring with the other end being attached to a retractor secured to the display. The tether permits a person to examine the ring but not to remove it from the display. The retractor is preferably a spring loaded reel. Each pocket has a ramp on each side placed diagonally across for each other with a ramp stop for turning the ring into alignment with the pocket as the retractor pulls the ring into the pocket.Type: GrantFiled: June 29, 2010Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: Lamar Creations, Inc.Inventor: Mark H. Goldberg
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Patent number: 8293942Abstract: A pyridine-free esterification reagent for anhydride method to determine the hydroxyl number of polyols is provided. The reagent includes an anhydride, an oxometallic complex having a formula of MOmLn, and a neutral or slightly acidic solvent, wherein M includes transition metals of IVB, VB, or VIB group, L includes (OTf), X, and m and n are an integer greater than or equal to 1, wherein X is halogen, and R, R?, R?, and R??, independently, are alkyl, aryl, or heterocyclic groups containing nitrogen, oxygen, phosphorus, or sulfur heteroatoms. The invention also provides a method to determine the hydroxyl number of polyols.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2008Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: Industrial Technology Research InstituteInventors: Chih-Chien Lin, Chien-Tien Chen
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Patent number: 8294698Abstract: A processing circuit coupled to a controlling circuit and including a first capacitor module, a second capacitor, a detection module, a first processing module, and a second processing module is disclosed. The first and the second capacitor modules are charged. The detection module generates a detection signal according to intensity of a light to charge the first and the second capacitor modules. The first processing module asserts a first output signal according to the time of charging the first capacitor module. The second processing module asserts a second output signal according to the time of charging the second capacitor module. The controlling circuit controls a backlight according to the asserted output signal.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2010Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: Chimei Innolux CorporationInventor: I-Lin Wu
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Patent number: 8296826Abstract: Disclosed are various systems, methods, and other embodiments for the secure storage of files and the like. In one example, a determination is made in a server as to whether an entity indicated in a request received in the server is authorized to transfer a file from a client to a mass storage system over a network. A plurality of instructions are obtained in the server to send to the client, where the instructions are configured to control activity of the client in transferring the file from the client to the mass storage system over the network. The instructions are sent to the client in order to implement the transfer of the file from the client to the mass storage system.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2008Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Guido Enrico Bartolucci, Manikandan Thangarathnam, Ryan J. Snodgrass, Sriram Narasimhan
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Patent number: 8295532Abstract: Methods and systems for wireless headset instant on capability during battery charging are disclosed and may include powering a wireless headset so that it may be operable to transmit/receive wireless signals during charging. The headset may be powered via an external charger and may be coupled to the headset via a USB link. The headset may be powered via one or more internal batteries, and may be independent of a power level of the batteries within the headset. RF and baseband circuitry may be powered for transmitting/receiving wireless signals during charging. The headset may utilize USB power management, and may manage discharge of power from a plurality of internal batteries. The batteries may be decoupled from circuits that enable transmitting/receiving wireless signals during charging. The headset may be powered via the charging device so that the headset may be operable to generate output audio signals during charging.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2008Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: Broadcom CorporationInventors: David Hsu, John Walley
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Patent number: 8294317Abstract: A unidirectionally-energized brushless DC motor includes a disk attached to a frame, a plurality of plate-like permanent magnets disposed on the disk at equal intervals around the disk, magnetic cores fixed to the frame according to the plurality of permanent magnets, windings each of which is wound around the magnetic core and to which DC power is supplied, a predetermined number of magnetic cores fixed to the frame, and windings each of which is wound around the magnetic core and connected to a power consumption device. The permanent magnets are located such that an angle formed by a straight line passing through the center of the disk and the center of the permanent magnet and a normal line in the center of a magnetic pole plane of the permanent magnet ranges from 0° to 60°.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2007Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Inventors: Yoshihide Kamida, Yasuhiro Komatsu
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Patent number: 8295768Abstract: Aspects of a method and system for selective equalization enablement based on modulation type may be found in a method for processing radio frequency (RF) signals received via a RF channel, detecting a modulation type of at least a portion of the received RF signals, and determining whether to enable or disable an equalization circuit for processing at least a subsequent portion of the received RF signals based on the detected modulation type; and selecting one of a plurality of inputs to a selector based on the detected modulation type, wherein the plurality of inputs comprise the at least a subsequent portion of the received signals and an output signal generated by the equalization circuit.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2011Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: Broadcom CorporationInventors: Brima Ibrahim, Hea Joung Kim, Paul Lettieri
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Patent number: 8294444Abstract: A power tracking device for a power generation apparatus is provided. A multiplier generates a power level signal according to a current signal and a voltage signal both sensed from the output of the power generation apparatus. A sample-and-hold circuit samples the power level signal according to a sampling clock and generates a current level signal, a peak level signal, and a threshold level signal according to an update signal. A compare circuit compares the current, peak and threshold level signals to generate the update signal and a change signal. A converter performs pulse width modulation (PWM) to generate a PWM signal according to a control signal corresponding to the change signal and converts the output of the power generation apparatus to a load according to the PWM signal.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2010Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignees: Sinergy Power Solutions Inc., Sinergy Micro Devices Inc.Inventor: Mei-Hua Chen
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Patent number: 8295453Abstract: Phones comprising a touch panel and a controller. The controller is operable to control the touch panel to stop showing a first user interface to show a second user interface when receiving an interrupt signal that is occurred when a dialing icon of the first user interface had been tapped.Type: GrantFiled: November 25, 2008Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: Mediatek Inc.Inventor: Ching-Chieh Wang
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Patent number: 8289294Abstract: A touch-sensitive display panel including a first substrate, a second substrate, an active pixel matrix, many driving circuits, many sensing electrodes and many color filter layers is provided. The active pixel matrix includes many pixels. The second substrate has a first surface and a second surface, wherein the first surface faces the active pixel matrix. The driving circuits are corresponding to the edges of the pixels for forming many openings. Each driving circuit includes a first main line and a second main line. The first main line has a first end connected to the active pixel matrix and a second end connected to the first substrate. The second main line is connected to the second end of the first main line through the first substrate. The color filter layers are filled in the openings. The sensing electrodes and the driving circuits are used for detecting at least one touch point.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2010Date of Patent: October 16, 2012Assignee: Wintek CorporationInventors: Po-Hsien Wang, Chih-Chang Lai, Jyun-Sian Li, Ching-Fu Hsu
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Patent number: 8290092Abstract: The invention discloses a digital demodulating apparatus for timing error detection, including a numerically controlled oscillator, an equalizer unit, a decoder and a timing error detector. The numerically controlled oscillator generates a first sequence signal according to an input sequence signal and a timing error sequence signal. The equalizer unit equalizes the first sequence signal to generate an equalized sequence signal. The decoder decodes the equalized sequence signal to generate to generate an output sequence signal. The timing error detector generates the timing error sequence signal according to the first sequence signal and one of the equalized sequence signal and the output sequence signal.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2009Date of Patent: October 16, 2012Assignee: Himax Media Solutions, Inc.Inventors: Chin-Jung Tsai, Jeng-Shiann Jiang
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Patent number: 8289703Abstract: An exterior cover for a laptop computer having a display portion and a keyboard portion is disclosed. The exterior cover includes a first rigid planar element for placement on an outside surface of the display portion. The first rigid planar element includes a raised edge along a perimeter of the first rigid planar element, wherein the raised edge extends toward the display portion. The first rigid planar element further includes a plurality of tabs located on the raised edge, wherein each tab extends from the raised edge for gripping the display portion. The exterior cover further includes a second rigid planar element for placement on an outside surface of the keyboard portion. The second rigid planar element includes a raised edge extending toward the keyboard portion. The second rigid planar element further includes a plurality of tabs for gripping the keyboard portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2011Date of Patent: October 16, 2012Assignee: Tech Shell, Inc.Inventor: Haile Bekele
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Patent number: 8288934Abstract: A phosphor and a manufacturing method thereof, and the light emitting device using the same are provided, wherein the composition formula of the phosphor is Ii-Mm-Aa-Bb—Ot—Nn:Zr, wherein I is selected from the group consisting of Li, Na, and K, M is selected from the group consisting of Ca, Sr, Mg, Ba, Be, and Zn, A is selected from the group consisting of Al, Ga, In, Sc, Y, La, Gd, and Lu, B is selected from the group consisting of Si, Ge, Sn, Ti, Zr, and Hr, and Z is selected from the group consisting of Eu and Ce; m+r=1, 0<i<0.25, 0<a<1, 0<b<2, 1.15<b/a<1.4, 0?t?0.7, 2.1?n?4.4, and 0.001?r?0.095.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2011Date of Patent: October 16, 2012Assignee: Chi Mei CorporationInventors: Yuan Ren Juang, Jen-Shrong Uen, Chih-Lung Lin
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Patent number: 8288774Abstract: A dual gate layout of a thin film transistor of liquid crystal display to alleviate dark current leakage is disclosed. The layout includes (1) a polysilicon on a substrate having a shaped of L- or of snake from top-view, having a heavily doped source region, a first lightly doped region, a first gate channel, a second lightly doped region, a second gate channel, a third lightly doped region and a heavily doped drain region formed in order therein; (2) a gate oxide layer formed on the poly-Si layer and the substrate, (3) a gate metal layer then formed on the gate oxide layer having a scanning line and an extension portion with a L-shaped or an I-shaped. The gate metal intersects with the poly-Si layer thereto define the forgoing gate channels. Among of gate channels, at least one is along the signal line through a source contact.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2012Date of Patent: October 16, 2012Assignee: Au Optronics Corp.Inventors: Wein-Town Sun, Chun-Sheng Li, Jian-Shen Yu
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Patent number: 8290925Abstract: Disclosed are various embodiments for locating product references in community content. Character sequences (n-grams) are extracted from a page of text content. Each n-gram is evaluated as a potential product reference using a product catalog search for the n-gram or a conditional probability for the n-gram. The conditional probability is obtained from behavior-based search data. When the search was used for the evaluation, each n-gram is found to be a potential product based on results from the product catalog search. When the behavior-based search data was used for the evaluation; each n-gram is found to be a potential product based on the conditional probability exceeding a threshold.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2010Date of Patent: October 16, 2012Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Balamurugan Anandan, Logan Luyet Dillard, James G. Robinson
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Patent number: 8286490Abstract: Systems and related methods for structural health monitoring are provided. In this regard, a representative array system includes: a component to be monitored; and an array system mounted to the component, the array system has multiple array components exhibiting spatial periodicity, the array components being operative to produce waves with frequency dependent directional characteristics, which propagate through the component, responsive to simultaneous activation of the array components.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2009Date of Patent: October 16, 2012Assignee: Georgia Tech Research CorporationInventors: Massimo Ruzzene, Stefano Gonella, Nicole Apetre
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Patent number: RE43752Abstract: A USB connector cable includes a main cable having four separately formed wires, namely, a voltage wire, a first data transmission wire, a second data transmission wire and a ground wire, and a power cable having a voltage wire and a ground wire which are integrally and respectively formed with the voltage wire and the ground wire of the main cable. An electronic device is suitable to connect with a peripheral device and includes a circuit board, an interface and a load switch. The interface outputs a first current and at least one data signal to the peripheral device and the interface complying with a computer related standard defining a first current threshold. The interface located on said circuit board. The load switch connects to the interface and runs a second current to said interface. The load switch converts into a disconnected state while a value of the second current is excess than a second current threshold.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2009Date of Patent: October 16, 2012Assignee: Asustek Computer Inc.Inventor: Shih-Ping Yeh