Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Blakley, Sokoloff, Taylor & Zafman LLP
  • Patent number: 8322860
    Abstract: According to one of embodiment, an apparatus for image projecting and a method for controlling color fluctuation of light are acquired the temperatures of a plurality of light sources configured to emit light beams of different colors or the temperature at a position near the light-emitting elements, set an amount of light each of the light sources emits, in accordance with the temperature acquired of the light source, and set at least one of the color and brightness of the image to be projected. The fluctuation of the color or brightness of the image to be projected can therefore be controlled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Osamu Sato, Shuji Otake
  • Patent number: 8264110
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a scanner motor. The scanner motor includes a rotating shaft which is axially supported and rotatable, and a bearing which has the shape of a hollow cylinder. The bearing includes a hydrodynamic bearing portion provided on the upper portion of the bearing to rotatably support the rotating shaft, and an oil impregnated sintered bearing portion provided on the lower portion of the bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang Jae Song, Young Jin Bae, Song Bon Oh
  • Patent number: 8146049
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a design support apparatus determines one of a first impedance between a power plane and a ground plane in the printed circuit board at an ON time of a high-side transistor in the switching power supply, a second impedance between the power plane and the ground plane at an ON time of a low-side transistor in the switching power supply, and a third impedance in an intermediate range between the first impedance and the second impedance to be an impedance between the power plane and the ground plane, based on ON-time information indicative of a ratio of an ON period of the high-side transistor to a switching cycle of the switching power supply in an operation period of the device. The apparatus evaluates capacitor information included in design information of the printed circuit by comparing the determined impedance and a target impedance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Motochika Okano
  • Patent number: 8132921
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a projection display apparatus comprises an optical system configured to modulate light from a light source in accordance with an input image signal and to project modulated light onto a screen, a cooling fan configured to cool the optical system, an error detector configured to detect a driving error of the cooling fan, a target rotation speed setting unit configured to set a target rotation speed of the cooling fan, and a target rotation speed controller configured to increase the target rotation speed of the cooling fan when the error detector detects a drive error of the cooling fan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Kazuyuki Takeda
  • Patent number: 8090030
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and system are provided for generating and facilitating Mobile High-Definition Multimedia Interface. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a transmitter configured to merge multiple channels of a high-definition interface into a single channel to generate a mobile high-definition interface, the mobile high-definition interface configured to facilitate carrying of high-definition media content in a mobile device. The apparatus further includes a receiver coupled with the transmitter, the receiver configured to receive the single channel, and to unmerge the single channel into the multiple channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignee: Silicon Image, Inc.
    Inventors: Gyudong Kim, Baegin Sung, Hoon Choi
  • Patent number: 8077578
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the embodiment, a recording apparatus includes: a recording medium unit having a metal face; a control circuit configured to operate the recording medium unit; a connector electrically connected to the control circuit and configured to transfer data between an external apparatus and the recording medium unit; and a metal portion disposed in a vicinity of the connector and electrically connected to the metal face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Shunichi Tsuchida
  • Patent number: 8037457
    Abstract: A method for generating and displaying function call tracker charts is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes importing trace data at a database from a provider, tracking a plurality of factors associated with the trace data, and generating a first graph to represent each of the plurality of factors associated with the trace data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventor: Simeon R. Stefanov
  • Patent number: 8036248
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and system for employing an automatic data aligner for multiple serial receivers in serial link technologies is provided. In one embodiment, converting a transmission data path of a single bit into a parallel bit via a data aligner, wherein the data is being transmitted via one or more ports. Further, binding data transmission channels to reduce latency in transmission of the data, wherein the binding of the data transmission channels further includes inserting delay to match latency via the one or more ports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Silicon Image, Inc.
    Inventors: Seung-Jong Lee, Daeyun Shim
  • Patent number: 8032940
    Abstract: A system and method are provided to generate a secure integrated development environment (IDE). In one embodiment, a plurality of modules in a source code associated with a conventional IDE is detected. One or more modules of the plurality of modules that are to be modified are identified. One or more modifying components are identified and are to be associated with the one or more modules that are to be modified. A secure IDE is generated by updating the conventional IDE by modifying the one or more modules in the source code associated with the conventional IDE, wherein the one or more modules are modified by associating the one or more modifying components to the corresponding one or more modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: Chaperon, LLC
    Inventor: Ashif A. Dhanani
  • Patent number: 7979589
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and system are provided for enhancing port multipliers. In one embodiment, a port multiplier is configured to couple a network host with port multipliers. The port multiplier includes a top port multiplier to establish and maintain communication with each of the port multipliers to communicate with the network host, and the port multipliers having intermediate port multipliers and/or bottom port multipliers. Further, network devices are in communication with the port multipliers, the port multiplier, and the network host.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Silicon Image, Inc.
    Inventors: Kyutaeg Oh, Eunjoo Hwang, Richard J. Wilcox, Conrad Maxwell
  • Patent number: 7971010
    Abstract: A mechanism for performing loitering trace is disclosed. A method of embodiments of the invention includes initiating a loitering trace of objects that cause a memory leak and remain in a heap after surviving at least one garbage collection operation. Initiating the loitering trace includes detecting the objects remaining in the heap via a loitering module of a profiling structure at a first virtual machine of an application server of a first computer system. Initiating the loitering trace further includes performing time-based sampling for the objects remaining, the time-based sampling having method statistics identifying an average runtime associated with each of the objects remaining. The method statistics is calculated based on a number of uses called for each of the objects remaining and a time length associated with each use of each of the remaining objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventors: Ralf Schmelter, Michael Wintergerst, Arno Zeller, Oliver Bendig
  • Patent number: 7941521
    Abstract: A monitoring system is described which simplifies the management of complex, multi-tiered networks such as those used in large enterprises. One embodiment of the system is implemented on a cluster of application servers which are communicatively coupled together on a network to serve applications over the network to a plurality of clients. One embodiment of the monitoring system is built from a group of services. An administration service generates a plurality of runtime management beans (“MBeans”) on each of the server nodes of the cluster and associates each of the runtime MBeans with specified server node resources. In addition, in one embodiment, a notification service generates cluster-wide notifications in response to certain specified events associated with certain resources of certain MBeans. The notification service distributes the notifications across all, or a subset of, the server nodes of the cluster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventors: Miroslav R. Petrov, Georgi Zdr. Shirkov, Reinhold Kautzleben, Gregor K. Frey
  • Patent number: 7941789
    Abstract: A method for providing a mechanism for generating a common format for trace data is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes generating trace data at a plurality of providers, the trace data including a first trace data having a first format and a second trace data having a second format, receiving the trace data at a database via a common interface, storing the trace data at the database in compliance with a common format, and providing access to the trace data stored at the database via a user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventors: Ventsislav I. Ivanov, Hristo I. Dobtchev
  • Patent number: 7904493
    Abstract: A system and method are provided for object age detection in garbage collection heaps. In one embodiment, ages of objects in a garbage collection heap at a first virtual machine at a server are determined by detecting a number of garbage collections each object has survived. An age is associated to each object according to the determined ages. The objects are grouped in age ranges, wherein the age ranges correspond to the determined ages. The age ranges are communicated to a second virtual machine at a client.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventors: Ralf Schmelter, Michael Wintergerst, Arno Zeller
  • Patent number: 7904566
    Abstract: A method, apparatus and system for employing an enhanced port multiplier are provided. In one embodiment, a network host is configured to be coupled with a port multiplier in a network. The port multiplier is configured into being cascaded into being coupled with a plurality of port multipliers and a plurality of network devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Silicon Image, Inc.
    Inventor: Conrad Maxwell
  • Patent number: 7882502
    Abstract: A system and method are described for performing updating of an application using a single file update. In one embodiment, a request from a client is received at a server to amend a deployed application by updating a single file of the application. The request is received at a deploy service of the server. The file to be update is accessed and updated to amend the application. The transaction for successful updating of the file is committed to a database.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventors: Monika M. Kovachka-Dimitrova, Rumiana G. Angelova, Dimiter G. Dimitrov
  • Patent number: 7877640
    Abstract: A system and method are provided to provide enhanced exception messages for exceptions thrown by virtual machines. In one embodiment, an exception is detected when it is thrown at a virtual machine when a programming error is detected. A first message is associated to the exception, the first message including a default message. A request is received for a second message to be associated with the exception. The second message is associated to the exception in response to the request, the second message including an extended message explaining the exception.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventor: Ralf Schmelter
  • Patent number: 7877735
    Abstract: A system and method are described for performing application cloning. In one embodiment, on a client, an application that is already deployed on a server is accessed and then cloned into another application by assigning a new name to the application. The clone application is then deployed on the server where the application and the clone application are simultaneously run.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventors: Mariela T. Todorova, Monika M. Kovachka-Dimitrova
  • Patent number: 7872498
    Abstract: In some embodiments, a chip includes transmitters to transmit differential signals on conductors; and current mode circuitry to selectively modulate a common mode voltage of the differential signals to communicate data. In other embodiments, a system includes a first chip to transmit first and second differential signals on conductors, and a second chip. The second chip includes receivers to receive the first and second differential signals from the conductors and provide received signals representative thereof, and current mode circuitry to selectively modulate a common mode voltage of either the first or second differential signals to communicate data and wherein the first chip includes common mode detection circuitry to detect changes in the common mode voltage. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: Silicon Image, Inc.
    Inventors: Daeyun Shim, Min-Kyu Kim, Gyudong Kim, Keewook Jung, Seung Ho Hwang
  • Patent number: D665803
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Synerdyne Corporation
    Inventor: Mark S. Knighton