Patents Represented by Attorney Birch, Stewart, Kolasch & Birch, LLP
  • Patent number: 8351320
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for transmitting a pilot in a wireless communication system is provided. A pilot generating unit generates the pilot. A transmission circuitry transmits the pilot and a radio signal. A a processor assigns a first index and a second index to each of a plurality of pilot patterns, determines a selection pilot pattern having a first selection index and a second selection index calculated based on a cell ID, which are respectively identical with the first index and the second index, from among the plurality of pilot patterns, and maps the generated pilot to a resource element based on the selection pilot pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Han Gyu Cho, Wook Bong Lee, Jin Soo Choi
  • Patent number: 8351554
    Abstract: The invention relates to an adaptive method of extracting at least of desired electro magnetic wave signals, sound wave signals (40, 42), and any other signals from a mixture of signals (40, 42, 44, 46) and suppressing noise and interfering signals to produce enhanced signals (50) corresponding to desired (10) signals, and an apparatus (70) therefore. It relies on the concept of at least one of an attenuation of input signals in each sub-band for signals in such a manner that all desired (10) signals are attenuated less than noise or interfering source signals, and/or an amplification of input signals in each sub-band for source signals in such a manner that all desired (10) signals are amplified, and that they are amplified more than the noise and interfering signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Exaudio AB
    Inventors: Nedelko Grbic, Ingvar Claesson, Per Eriksson
  • Patent number: 8351335
    Abstract: Intelligent hotspot connection systems and methods are provided. The intelligent hotspot connection system includes a storage unit, a wireless connection unit, and a processing unit. The storage unit includes a hotspot information database recording at least one property for each of a plurality of hotspots, and a hotspot preference database recording at least one preference inclination, respectively defining a reference weight for the property and signal strength. The processing unit detects the signal strength of the respective hotspots via the wireless connection unit. The processing unit obtains the preference inclination, and calculates a score for the respective hotspots according to the preference inclination, the property and signal strength of the respective hotspots. The processing unit selects and automatically connects to the hotspot with the highest score via the wireless connection unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Institute for Information Industry
    Inventors: Yu-Fan Lin, Fu-Shan Fang, Cheng-Chun Lin, Yi-Yao Tseng, Hung-Jui Wang
  • Patent number: 8351475
    Abstract: Disclosed is a laser device. The laser device includes a pulse generator which irradiates a laser beam between a high reflector mirror and an output coupler mirror to amplify and resonate the laser beam, a pulse output section which receives a laser beam pulse amplified and resonated through the output coupler mirror to output the laser beam pulse, and a Q switch which moves backward or forward in a direction perpendicular to a path of the laser beam formed between the pulse generator and the high reflector mirror. The output coupler mirror includes first and second mirrors provided on a base plate. Positions of the first and second mirrors are selectively changed as the Q switch moves backward or forward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Jawon Medical Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Wonhee Park
  • Patent number: 8351347
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for transmitting a sounding reference signal from to a base station in a radio communication system. More specifically, the method comprises the steps of: transmitting a periodic sounding reference signal to a base station; receiving a transmission instruction for an additional sounding reference signal from the base station; multiplexing said periodic sounding reference signal and said additional sounding reference signal along a frequency axis or a time axis; and transmitting said multiplexed periodic sounding reference signal and said additional sounding reference signal to said base station. Said multiplexing step is characterized by multiplexing said periodic sounding reference signal and said additional sounding reference signal along a frequency axis or a time axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Min Seok Noh, Jae Hoon Chung, Yeong Hyeon Kwon
  • Patent number: 8349293
    Abstract: The invention relates to the use of metal nanoparticles for the preparation of a composition for diagnosing Alzheimer's disease by MRI.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Guerbet
    Inventor: Claire Corot
  • Patent number: 8348649
    Abstract: In a screw rotor (40), a first suction-side area (45) is formed in a first side wall surface (42) of a spiral groove (41). In the first side wall surface (42), a portion extending from a start point to a point until immediately before a compression chamber (23) is in a completely-closed state defines the first suction-side area (45). The first suction-side area (45) is thinner than a portion of the first side wall surface (42) other than the first suction-side area (45), and does not contact a gate (51) of a gate rotor (50).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Harunori Miyamura, Tadashi Okada, Takayuki Takahashi, Kaname Ohtsuka, Toshihiro Susa, Hiromichi Ueno, Takanori Murono
  • Patent number: 8351365
    Abstract: A method for retransmitting a multicast frame in a wireless network and a method for determining whether or not a received multicast frame is a duplicated frame are disclosed. In determining whether or not the received multicast frame is the same duplicated frame as a previously received multicast frame, a receiver address value and a sequence number of the multicast frame may be used. When fragmentation of a multicast frame is allowed, the value of a fragment number of the multicast frame may be also used, and if it includes a traffic ID, the value of the traffic ID can be also used for determining whether or not the multicast frame is a duplicated frame. If a multicast frame is transmitted in a wireless mesh network, it is determined whether or not the multicast frame is a duplicated one by using a mesh source address, a mesh destination address, and a sequence number. The fragment number and/or the traffic ID may be also used in the determining step as necessary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Yongho Seok
  • Patent number: 8351733
    Abstract: Provided is an image sharpening processing device capable of performing image sharpening processing by changing only luminance without changing a hue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hidetoshi Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 8349247
    Abstract: The present invention provides a steel plate cooling method, in controlled cooling of thick-gauge steel plate, which uniformly cools steel plate over its entire length and eliminates plate warping, that is, a method of conveying and cooling the top and bottom surfaces of steel plate in a high temperature state after hot rolling while constraining the high temperature rolled steel plate by a plurality of sets or top and bottom draining rolls, wherein cooling nozzles having a large number of nozzle openings and individually or simultaneously spraying the two fluids of air and water are used to cool the steel plate, the cooling method of steel plate characterized by giving a stable pattern by driving out air trying to invade the path of flow reaching the front end of the cooling apparatus when the water which is fed is low in amount or low in pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Nippon Steel Corporation
    Inventor: Hironori Ueno
  • Patent number: 8349490
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to an electrode for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery and a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery using the same. The nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery electrode includes an electrode material mixture and a current collector. The electrode material mixture includes an active material and a polymer. The thickness change rate of the electrode material mixture is ?3 to 10% when immersing in an electrolyte at 60° C. for 72 hours.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Zeon Corporation
    Inventors: Fumio Takano, Yasuhiro Wakizaka
  • Patent number: 8351937
    Abstract: A mobile terminal including a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with wireless devices to be connected with the mobile terminal, a display unit configured to display information about the wireless devices, an input unit configured to input search information including at least one of a distance range to search for the wireless devices and a type of the wireless devices, and a controller configured to control the wireless communication unit to search for the wireless devices based on the input search information and to control the display unit to display responding wireless devices that responded to the search by the wireless communication unit according to the input search information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Dong-Hyun Lee
  • Patent number: 8348648
    Abstract: In a single screw compressor, gates (51) of gate rotors (50) are to be engaged with spiral grooves (41) of a screw rotor (40). In each spiral groove (41) of the screw rotor (40), an area extending from a start point of the spiral groove (41) to a position in a compression stroke is a suction-side portion (45), and the remaining portion (portion up to a terminal point of the spiral groove (41)) is a discharge-side portion (46). In the discharge-side portion (46), a clearance between a wall surface (42, 43, 44) therein and the gate (51) is substantially “0 (zero).” A clearance between the wall surface (42, 43, 44) in the suction-side portion (45) and the gate (51) is wider than that between the wall surface (42, 43, 44) in the discharge-side portion (46) and the gate (51), and is gradually narrowed from the start point toward the terminal point in the spiral groove (41).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Daikin Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Harunori Miyamura, Tadashi Okada, Takayuki Takahashi, Kaname Ohtsuka, Toshihiro Susa, Hiromichi Ueno, Takanori Murono
  • Patent number: 8349537
    Abstract: Disclosed is a photosensitive ink which can form a coated film that is excellent in insulation properties, heat resistance, low warping, low elasticity and adhesion with the substrate, when used as an ink for screen printing, and with which clogging of the screen, bleeding, blur, chipping and the like are unlikely to occur even when the screen printing is repeatedly carried out, so that which has an excellent ease of handling in printing. The ink composition comprises 100 parts by weight of an organic solvent-soluble polyimide block copolymer(s), and 1 to 100 parts by weight of a photoacid generator(s). The polyimide block copolymer(s) and the photoacid generator(s) are dissolved in an organic solvent. The polyimide block copolymer(s) contain(s) in its molecular skeleton a diamine having a siloxane bond, and an aromatic diamine having a hydroxyl group(s) and/or carboxyl group(s) at ortho-position with respect to an amino group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: PI R&D Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Maw Soe Win, Toshiyuki Goshima, Sigemasa Segawa, Shintaro Nakajima, Eika Kyo, Yoshikazu Nishikawa, Shuzo Waki
  • Patent number: 8349221
    Abstract: A method of producing Prussian blue metal complex nanoparticles and Prussian blue metal complex nanoparticles obtained by the method, a dispersion of the nanoparticles, a method of regulating the color of the nanoparticles, and an electrode and a transmitted light-regulator each using the nanoparticles. Prussian blue metal complex nanoparticles are produced by: mixing an aqueous solution containing a metal cyano complex anion having metal atom MA as a central metal and an aqueous solution containing a cation of metal atom MB; thereby precipitating the crystal of a Prussian blue metal complex having the metal atom MA and the metal atom MB; and then mixing the Prussian blue metal complex with an aqueous solution containing a metal cyano complex anion having the metal atom MC as a central metal and/or an aqueous solution containing a cation of the metal atom MD.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
    Inventors: Tohru Kawamoto, Hisashi Tanaka, Shigeo Hara, Masato Kurihara, Masatomi Sakamoto
  • Patent number: 8348786
    Abstract: An iron-type golf club head is assembled from a front component (4) made of a metal material having a specific gravity ?1, a rear component (5) made of a fiber reinforced resin having a specific gravity ?2 lower than the specific gravity ?1, a toe-side component (6) made of a metal material having a specific gravity ?3 higher than the specific gravity ?1, and a heel-side component (7) made of a metal material having a specific gravity ?4 higher than the specific gravity ?1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: SRI Sports Limited
    Inventor: Takashi Nakano
  • Patent number: 8351904
    Abstract: A mobile terminal including a communication unit configured to provide a communication function including at least one of an outgoing communication function and an incoming communication function, a controller configured to acquire surrounding data including at least one of image data or sound data corresponding to a surrounding of where the communication function is performed, and to match the acquired surrounding data with communication information indicating a first party of the outgoing function or a second party of the incoming communication function, and a display unit configured to display a communication history including the communication information matched with the surrounding data. In addition, the controller is further configured to acquire the surrounding data selectively based on a) a manual operation of the terminal or b) automatically without user intervention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Kyung Jin Kim, Jee Young Chun, Sae Kyu Park, Yong Man Park, Ji Hyun Kim
  • Patent number: 8349475
    Abstract: A magnetic tape produced by cutting a magnetic sheet with a wide breadth into a tape having a predetermined width using a cutting device, in which the magnetic sheet has a magnetic layer containing magnetic powder and a binder formed on one surface of a non-magnetic substrate having a thickness of 4 ?m or less, and a center line average height (Ra) along a roughness curve of a cut edge of the magnetic tape is from 0.08 to 0.25 ?m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi Maxell, Ltd.
    Inventor: Tetsutaro Inoue
  • Patent number: 8349593
    Abstract: Disclosed is a novel process for producing a compound represented by the general formula (1) by using a microorganism, wherein the compound is useful as a plant growth stimulant. Specifically disclosed is a process for producing a succinic acid amide compound represented by the general formula (1) [wherein Ar represents a phenyl, naphthyl or indolyl group which may have a substituent; and n represents a numeral value ranging from 1 to 4] or a salt thereof, which is characterized by culturing a microorganism of the genus Pseudomonas that is capable of synthesizing a succinic acid amide in a culture medium containing an arylalkylamine represented by the general formula (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Toru Kitamura, Hiroshi Soejima, Tamizi Sugiyama
  • Patent number: D674068
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Seungho Baek, Hyein Jung, Joogyeom Kim, Gangui Cho