Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Blakely, Sokoloff, Taylor and Zafman LLP
  • Methods and apparatuses for dynamic power control
    Patent number: 8332665
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for dynamically budgeting power usage in a data processing system. In one aspect, a data processing system, includes: one or more first components capable of being dynamically throttled to a plurality of different performance level settings; one or more second components; and one or more power usage sensors. The one or more power usage sensors are to determine information on power usage during a first time period of operation of the data processing system. The one or more first components and the one or more second components may include a computing element to determine one of the performance level settings of the one or more first components of the data processing system for a second time period subsequent to the first time period using the information on the power usage during the first time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: David G. Conroy, Keith Alan Cox, Michael Culbert
  • High speed, wide optical bandwidth, and high efficiency resonant cavity enhanced photo-detector
    Patent number: 8330171
    Abstract: A single optical receiver having a photo-detector with a wide optical bandwidth and high efficiency within the wide optical bandwidth, the photo-detector comprising: a first diode region of first doping type for receiving light; a second diode region of second doping type and of second thickness; an active region for converting the received light to an electronic signal, the active region having a third thickness and configured to reside between the first diode region and the second diode region; and a reflector coupled to the second diode region and having a silicon layer with a fourth thickness, the silicon layer residing between silicon oxide layers of fifth thicknesses, wherein the active region is configured to absorb the light of wavelengths of less than 900 nm, and wherein the reflector is configured to reflect the light of wavelengths from a range of 1260 nm to 1380 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Olufemi I. Dosunmu, Ansheng Liu
  • Electronic apparatus, image display system and image display method
    Patent number: 8330865
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes: a display configured to display an image; a display magnification changing module configured to change display magnification of the image; a cursor display module configured to display a cursor; a receiver configured to receive a signal indicating a movement direction; and a cursor movement control module configured to move the cursor a first distance in the movement direction when the display is displaying the image with a first display magnification, and move the cursor a second distance that is longer than the first distance in the movement direction when the display is displaying the image with a display magnification that is larger than the first display magnification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Shigeru Maeda, Tomohiro Kanda
  • Multilayer image sensor pixel structure for reducing crosstalk
    Patent number: 8330195
    Abstract: An image sensor pixel includes a substrate, a first epitaxial layer, a collector layer, a second epitaxial layer and a light collection region. The substrate is doped to have a first conductivity type. The first epitaxial layer is disposed over the substrate and doped to have the first conductivity type as well. The collector layer is selectively disposed over at least a portion of the first epitaxial layer and doped to have a second conductivity type. The second epitaxial layer is disposed over the collector layer and doped to have the first conductivity type. The light collection region collects photo-generated charge carriers and is disposed within the second epitaxial layer. The light collection region is also doped to have the second conductivity type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: OmniVision Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Vincent Venezia, Ashish Shah, Rongsheng Yang, Duli Mao, Yin Qian, Hsin-Chih Tai, Howard E. Rhodes
  • Dynamic service groups based on session attributes
    Patent number: 8332525
    Abstract: Service groups are dynamically created and members are dynamically assigned. A network element receives a request for a subscriber session and transmits an authentication request to a AAA server. The network element receives an authentication reply from the AAA server that includes dynamic service group configuration information that indicates that the subscriber session should be part of a service group and defines the criteria for the network element to dynamically create and join that subscriber session to a service group if an appropriate service group does not exist or dynamically join that subscriber session to an existing service group. The network element derives a dynamic service group identifier from attributes of the subscriber session based on instructions in the dynamic service group configuration information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget L M Ericsson (Publ)
    Inventors: Timothy J. Lynch, Srikanth Chavali, Francois Lemarchand, Sudhakar Chunduru, Sunny Wang
  • Backside illuminated imaging sensor with improved infrared sensitivity
    Patent number: 8329497
    Abstract: A backside illuminated imaging sensor includes a semiconductor layer and an infrared detecting layer. The semiconductor layer has a front surface and a back surface. An imaging pixel includes a photodiode region formed within the semiconductor layer. The infrared detecting layer is disposed above the front surface of the semiconductor layer to receive infrared light that propagates through the imaging sensor from the back surface of the semiconductor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: OmniVision Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Yin Qian, Howard E. Rhodes, Hsin-Chih Tai, Vincent Venezia, Duli Mao
  • Localized annealing during semiconductor device fabrication
    Patent number: 8329556
    Abstract: A process for the fabrication of semiconductor devices on a substrate, the semiconductor devices including at least one metal layer. The process includes, removing the substrate and applying a second substrate; and annealing the at least one metal layer by application of a beam of electromagnetic radiation on the at least one metal layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Tinggi Technologies Private Limited
    Inventors: Shu Yuan, Jing Lin
  • Memory micro-tiling request reordering
    Patent number: 8332598
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a memory controller is disclosed. The memory controller includes assignment logic, a reorder table and a transaction assembler. The assignment logic receives a request to access a memory channel and assigns the request to access one of two or more independently addressable subchannels within the channel. The reorder table includes two or more table elements. Each table element includes a shared address component and an independent address component corresponding to each of the two or more independently addressable subchannels. The transaction assembler combines the shared and independent address components in a reorder table element and issue a single memory transaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: James Akiyama, William H. Clifford, Paul M. Brown
  • Occlusion devices and methods
    Patent number: 8327852
    Abstract: The invention provides intrafallopian devices and non-surgical methods for their placement to prevent conception. The efficacy of the device is enhanced by forming the structure at least in part from copper or copper alloy. The device is anchored within the fallopian tube by a lumen-traversing region of the resilient structure which has helical outer surface, together with a portion of the resilient structure which is biased to form a bent secondary shape, the secondary shape having a larger cross-section than the fallopian tube. The resilient structure is restrained in a straight configuration and transcervically inserted within the fallopian tube, where it is released. Optionally, permanent sterilization s effected by passing a current through there resilisent structure to the tubal walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Conceptus, Inc.
    Inventors: Julian N. Nikolchev, Dai T. Ton, Ashish Khera, Donnell W. Gurskis, Steven Bacich
  • Fuse programming schemes for robust yield
    Patent number: 8331186
    Abstract: A program circuit generates first and second currents to program the fuse. The second current is higher than the first current. A control circuit controls generating the first and second currents in succession.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Jun He, Zhanping Chen, Jeffrey Hicks, Gregory F. Taylor
  • Method and apparatus for generating a reference signal level and for cancelling amplifier offset in an optical system
    Patent number: 8331804
    Abstract: Described is a method and apparatus for generating a mid-level reference signal and for cancelling amplifier offset in an optical communication system without DC-balancing of optical data. The apparatus comprises an optical-to-electrical converter to receive an optical signal and to generate an electrical signal; an amplifier to receive the electrical signal and to generate an output signal based on a reference signal; a feedback mechanism to be enabled during a training phase only and to generate a control signal from the output signal; and a counter logic having a digital-to-analog converter to generate the reference signal based on the control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Miaobin Gao, Hui-Chin Wu, Christine M. Krause, Hengju Cheng
  • Electronic device and circuit board
    Patent number: 8331104
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a circuit board housed in a housing. The circuit board further includes a conductive layer, an insulating layer and a signal line. The conductive layer includes a base portion including a surface, a plurality of first projecting portions formed integrally with the base portion and extending in parallel with each other on the surface of the base portion, and a plurality of second projecting portions formed integrally with the base portion and extending in parallel with each other to cross the plurality of first projecting portions. The insulating layer is stacked on the conductive layer to cover the surface of the base portion, and the signal line is stacked on the insulating layer and extends in a direction crossing directions in which the first and second projecting portions extend.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Daigo Suzuki
  • Content selection based on simulcast data
    Patent number: 8331966
    Abstract: A computer system receives information snippets from a mobile device. The information snippets are extracted from a simulcast of a data stream of a radio broadcast received on the mobile device. The system identifies content metadata from the information snippets. The content metadata describes one or more features of the radio broadcast. The system selects a radio station from a radio station repository based on attributes of the radio station. One of the selection criteria is that the attributes of the radio station match at least a portion of the content metadata. The system presents a reference to the radio station to the mobile device as a recommendation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Freddy A. Anzures, Henry Mason, Lucas Newman
  • Forward converter transformer saturation prevention
    Patent number: 8331116
    Abstract: A power converter in one aspect limits the magnetic flux in a transformer. A control circuit included in the power converter includes a pulse width modulator, a logic circuit and a saturation prevention circuit. The saturation prevention circuit asserts a first signal when a first integral value of the input voltage reaches a first threshold value and asserts a second signal after a delay time that begins when a difference between the first integral value and a second integral value of a reset voltage of the transformer falls to a second threshold value. The logic circuit turns off the switch when the first signal is asserted, and allows the switch to turn on and off in accordance with the pulse width modulator when the second signal is asserted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Power Integrations, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert J. Mayell
  • Projection display device and control method thereof
    Patent number: 8330771
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a discrimination module that discriminates whether an input image signal is of CG images or natural images, a color correction module that applies color correction processing for CG images to the input image signal when the input image signal is determined to be of CG images or applies color correction processing for natural images to the input image signal when the input image signal is determined to be of natural images, and a projection module that generates an optical image based on the image signal applied with the color correction processing, and projects and displays the image on a screen through a projection lens, are included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kazuyuki Takeda, Osamu Sato
  • Method and apparatus for enabling virtual tags
    Patent number: 8332424
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for enabling virtual tags is described. The method may include receiving a first digital image data and virtual tag data to be associated with a real-world object in the first digital image data, wherein the first digital image data is captured by a first mobile device, and the virtual tag data includes metadata received from a user of the first mobile device. The method may also include generating a first digital signature from the first digital image data that describes the real-world object, and in response to the generation, inserting in substantially real-time the first digital signature into a searchable index of digital images. The method may also include storing, in a tag database, the virtual tag data and an association between the virtual tag data and the first digital signature inserted into the index of digital images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: John Flynn, Dragomir Anguelov, Hartmut Neven, Mark Cummins, James Philbin, Rafael Spring, Hartwig Adam, Anand Pillai
  • Method and system for evaluating effects of signal phase difference on a memory system
    Patent number: 8331176
    Abstract: In an embodiment, the effect of signal phase difference on a memory system is tested for various operating states. The various operating states may be represented as respective sample points on a plane defined by a range of values for a difference in signal phases and a range of values for another operating state parameter. In various embodiments, sample points for a round of crosstalk testing may include two sample points which are offset from the same reference point on the plane along different respective axes, where the axes are oblique to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher P. Mozak, Kevin B. Moore, John V. Lovelace, Zale Theodore Schoenborn, Bryan L. Spry, Christopher E. Yunker
  • Phase change magnetic material
    Patent number: 8329319
    Abstract: The invention relates to a phase change magnetic composite material for use in an information recording medium, said material comprising a phase change material component, and a ferromagnetic material component, wherein said material exhibits both magnetic effects and phase change effects, and is usable for optical media, phase change random access memory (PCRAM) devices, magnetic random access memory (MRAM) devices, solid state memory devices, sensor devices, logical devices, cognitive devices, artificial neuron network, three level device, control device, SOC (system on chip) device, and semiconductors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Agency for Science, Technology and Research
    Inventors: Luping Shi, Wendong Song, Xiangshui Miao, Tow Chong Chong
  • Primitives to enhance thread-level speculation
    Patent number: 8332619
    Abstract: A processor may include an address monitor table and an atomic update table to support speculative threading. The processor may also include one or more registers to maintain state associated with execution of speculative threads. The processor may support one or more of the following primitives: an instruction to write to a register of the state, an instruction to trigger the committing of buffered memory updates, an instruction to read the a status register of the state, and/or an instruction to clear one of the state bits associated with trap/exception/interrupt handling. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Quinn A. Jacobson, Hong Wang, John P. Shen, Gautham N. Chinya, Per Hammarlund, Xiang Zou, Bryant Bigbee, Shivnandan D. Kaushik
  • Instructions with floating point control override
    Patent number: 8327120
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus relating to instructions with floating point control override are described. In an embodiment, floating point operation settings indicated by a floating point control register may be overridden on a per instruction basis. In an embodiment, at least one of the one or more floating point operation settings is to cause a modification to one of the one or more default settings during execution of the instruction, wherein the second logic is to perform the floating point operation, at least in part, based on the modified default setting. Other embodiments are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Cristina S. Anderson, Simon Rubanovich, Benny Eitan