Abstract: A harness fastener system for a child carrier device comprises a first plug, and a buckle including a front surface and a release button. The first plug is movable along a first direction substantially parallel with the front surface for engaging with the buckle, and the release button is movable along a second direction substantially parallel with the front surface for pushing the first plug out of the buckle.

Abstract: An automatic quadrature phase compensation system comprises an on-chip analog phase sense circuit capable of detecting small differences in quadrature phase error and providing a corresponding DC voltage, a voltage-controlled or programmable phase delay circuit to implement quadrature phase error correction, and a feedback system or compensation engine used to process the sensed error voltage and apply a corresponding correction signal to the adjustable phase delay.

Abstract: An osmolarity measuring system is configured to receive a contact lens in a measurement chamber. The measurement chamber includes a volume of fluid, and a series of electrodes are configured to measure the electrical properties of the fluid. A processing device correlates the measured electrical properties with an osmolarity measurement. Further, the processing device is configured to track trends in stored osmolarity measurements and alert the user to take an action, including the cessation or alteration of product use.

Abstract: A capacitor digital-to-analog converter for N-bit digital-to-analog conversion comprises a converter capacitor network comprising 2N capacitors and 2N+1 MOS switches and an output buffer. The MOS switches are connected in a series chain at their respective source/drain, and each of the capacitors has a first electrode connected to a corresponding joining node between two consecutive MOS switches in the series chain and a second electrode connected together to a common node. The output buffer comprises a differential amplifier and an output amplifier, the differential amplifier has 2N discrete inputs each connected to a corresponding one of the first electrodes of the capacitors in the converter capacitor network.

Abstract: A measurement device includes a plurality of measurement belts and a plurality of side plates configured to be positioned around a user's body. A plurality of locking mechanisms each operable to adjustably couple one of the measurement belts and one of the side plates. The measurement device also includes a plurality of canting mechanisms coupling the measurement belts and the side plates. The canting mechanisms allow the associated measurement belt and side plate to rotate about associated pivots to allow the measurement belt and side plate to conform to user's body. The canting mechanisms also synchronize the movement of the side plate and the measurement belt such that movement of one causes an equivalent movement of the other. The point at which each measurement belt is coupled to the associated canting mechanism and the associated side plate is identifiable by one or more measurement indicators.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a stabilization brace includes an upper belt configured to be positioned around a portion of a user's body, a lower belt configured to be positioned around the portion of the user's body, and one or more supports coupled between the upper and lower belts. Each support includes a housing, a piston slidably engaged with the housing, and a motion limiter adjustably coupled to the housing in one of a plurality of predetermined positions, the support operable to limit flexion of the portion of the user's body to a predetermined range according to the position of the motion limiter.

Abstract: An RFID interrogator comprises an amplifier configured to amplify signals being transmitted by the RFID interrogator. The RFID interrogator also comprises a bypass path to direct received signals around the amplifier so that the amplifier does no block the reception of signals received from an RFID tag.

Abstract: The invention provides a nonvolatile memory and corresponding method having an optimal memory erase function and, more particularly, a method for erasing a nonvolatile memory comprising a source, a gate, a drain, a channel and a trapping layer. The method according to a preferred embodiment of the invention generally comprises the steps of applying a non-zero gate voltage to the gate, applying a non-zero source voltage to the source, applying a non-zero drain voltage to the drain in each erase shot wherein the drain voltage is generally higher in magnitude than the source voltage, generating hot holes in the nonvolatile memory, injecting the generated hot holes in the trapping layer near drain junction, and accordingly erasing the nonvolatile memory.

Abstract: A communication system (20) uses TDMA techniques to distinguish intended recipients of a communication signal (26) from one another, and direct sequence spread spectrum (DSSS) techniques to encode and distinguish diverse parallel substreams (70, 74) of each user's data stream. Parallel unspread substreams (70) are spread using cyclic variations of a common spreading code (38). In one embodiment, the common spreading code (38) is chosen for low aperiodic autocorrelation sidelobes and a substantially flat spectral analysis. In another embodiment the common spreading code (38) is chosen for low periodic autocorrelation sidelobes and a substantially flat spectral analysis. In one embodiment, the use of cyclic variations of the spreading code (38) along with a cyclic prefix (114) enables the mathematical communicative matrix multiplication property, thereby permitting equalization for multipath to occur following or in conjunction with despreading.

Abstract: The present application describes a plasma display panel structure with high contrast ratio and high luminance. In one embodiment, display cells in the plasma display panel are arranged in a delta structure. The delta structure of display cells enhances the luminance and contrast ratio of the plasma display panel. In some embodiments, a light-shielding layer is configured to selectively exclude display cells of one or more selected colors to enhance the color temperature of the plasma display panel.

Abstract: In a method for manufacturing a high-brightness planar lamp, a reflecting plate is first provided, and several UV light sources are placed on the reflecting plate. Next, liquid macromolecular polymer is uniformly coated on the reflecting plate and the UV light sources, and fluorescent powder is then uniformly coated on the macromolecular polymer. In another method for manufacturing a high brightness planar lamp, a reflecting plate is first provided, and several UV light sources are placed on the reflecting plate. Next, fluorescent powder and liquid macromolecular polymer are mixed up and uniformly coated on the reflecting plate and the UV light sources. A solidification procedure is then performed. The solidification ways of the mixture of fluorescent powder and macromolecular polymer includes solidification by heating and solidification by illumination of UV light.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a brace with an integrated lumbar support system includes a belt adapted to be positioned about a user's lower torso, the belt including a tube at least partially integrated within the belt. The brace includes a lumbar pad coupled to the belt, the lumbar pad adapted to be positioned proximate the user's lumbar region and to be inflated to provide lumbar support to the user. The brace includes a pump coupled to the belt, the pump adapted to provide air to the lumbar pad through the tube at least partially integrated within the belt to inflate the lumbar pad.

Abstract: In one embodiment, an ambulatory cyclic traction device includes two support belts configured to be positioned about a user's body and one or more lifting mechanisms coupled between the support belts, the one or more lifting mechanisms adapted to apply a decompressive force to a portion of the user's body between the support belts. A control system is operable to automatically cause the one or more lifting mechanisms to cyclically apply the decompressive force to the portion of the user's body through the support belts when the support belts are positioned about the user's body, such that the decompressive force is applied for a predetermined time interval during each of a series of traction cycles.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an organic electroluminescent display is disclosed; the method utilizes only one photo mask to produce the cathode ramparts and insulating layer so as to simply the manufacturing procedure, reduce the time and the cost required for manufacture and reduce the inaccuracy of alignment. The manufacturing method according to the present invention firstly forms a plurality of first display electrodes arranged in parallel on a substantially transparent substrate, and forms a non-photosensitive and a photosensitive insulating layer thereon. After proceeding a photolithography process, developing processes, the cathode ramparts and the insulating layer are formed simultaneously and the first display electrodes are exposed partially. An organic electroluminescent material is then formed on the exposed first display electrodes and a plurality of second display electrodes are formed on the organic electroluminescent material to complete an organic electroluminescent display.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a method is provided for adjusting the length of a belt having right and left front portions and a back portion, the right and left front portions of the belt each moveable with respect to the back portion of the belt. Opposite ends of a strap are attached to the right and left front portions of the belt. The strap includes a middle section including opposing portions detachably coupled to one another. The strap is coupled to the back portion of the belt between the opposite ends of the strap such that movement of the right and left front portions of the belt away from the back portion of the belt causes detachment of the opposing portions of the middle section of the strap from one another.

Abstract: An RFID conveyor system comprises one or more wedges designed to allow an RFID scanner to detect and uniquely identify RFID-tagged baggage as they are conveyed through an antenna array. The RFID conveyor system can also be designed to prevent the reading of previous or subsequent bags by using antennas with highly focused RF read fields in conjunction with RF energy absorbing materials, such as RF curtains, designed to eliminate the identification of any baggage located outside of the “read” area.