Patents Represented by Attorney Cantor Colburn
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Patent number: 8198844Abstract: A motor speed controller detects out-of-control reverse rotation of a motor even when the pulse signal obtained from the motor and synchronized with the rotation is of only one kind. A target instruction signal is generated on the basis of a target rotational speed ?T of the motor. A compensation instruction signal is generated on the basis of an error signal Ve that corresponds to a difference between the actual rotational speed ? and ?T. A composite signal is generated by combining above two instruction signals. A state in which the control direction of the composite signal with respect to ? is the reverse of the direction of ?T, and the strength of the composite signal exceeds a designated threshold continues for a designated period, is judged as a state of out-of-control reverse rotation, and restoration to the normal state is performed.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2010Date of Patent: June 12, 2012Assignee: Semiconductor Components Industries, LLCInventor: Kazumasa Takai
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Patent number: 8200749Abstract: A data processing method is disclosed. The data processing method comprises the step of receiving a request for a service interface description of a service from a client at a server, wherein the service is implemented via a first service endpoint at the server, and wherein the first service endpoint is associated with a first service endpoint interface description. In a further step, a given set of correlations is employed for the determination of service endpoints correlated with the first service endpoint with respect to the service, wherein each of the correlated service endpoints is associated with a service endpoint interface description. Furthermore the service interface description is generated by aggregating the first service endpoint interface description with the service endpoint interface descriptions of the correlated service endpoints and the service interface description is provided to the client.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2008Date of Patent: June 12, 2012Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Michael Behrendt, Gerd Breiter, Harald Daur, Georg Ochs
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Patent number: 8200016Abstract: A method for character string recognition may include processing image data into black-and-white binary image data, calculating vertical projection data of the binary image data in a vertical direction perpendicular to a direction of the character string while shifting the binary image data, detecting positions exceeding a prescribed border judgment threshold value in the vertical projection data, judging validity of the border judgment threshold value, and deciding whether to segment characters out of the character string based on whether the border judgment threshold value is valid.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2008Date of Patent: June 12, 2012Assignee: Nidec Sankyo CorporationInventor: Hiroshi Nakamura
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Patent number: 8199297Abstract: A display panel includes; a lower gate line, a lower data line disposed substantially perpendicular to the lower gate line, a thin film transistor (“TFT”) connected to the lower gate line and the lower data line, an insulating layer disposed on the lower gate line, the lower data line, and the TFT and having a plurality of trenches exposing the lower gate line and the lower data line, an upper gate line disposed in the trench on the lower gate line, an upper data line disposed in the trench on the lower data line, and a pixel electrode connected to the TFT.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2009Date of Patent: June 12, 2012Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Joo-Ae Youn, Yang-Ho Bae, Chang-Oh Jeong, Chong-Chul Chai, Pil-Sang Yun, Honglong Ning, Byeong-Beom Kim
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Patent number: 8199292Abstract: Disclosed is a liquid crystal display comprising a first substrate including wiring, which intersects to define unit pixels, and a first electrode formed in each unit pixel; a second substrate provided opposing the first substrate at a predetermined distance and including a second electrode formed over an entire surface of the second substrate, the second electrode generating an electric field with the first electrode; and a liquid crystal layer injected between the first substrate and the second substrate and including liquid crystal molecules that are horizontally oriented in one direction, the liquid crystal molecules, as a result of the electric field generated between the first and second substrates, having a symmetrically bent alignment about an imaginary center plane parallel to the first and second substrates at a center position therebetween, wherein the first electrode is protruded in a direction toward the second substrate at edges where orientation for the liquid crystal molecules starts.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2008Date of Patent: June 12, 2012Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Chang-Hun Lee, Seung-Beon Park, Jong-Kun Song
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Patent number: 8198700Abstract: A semiconductor device structure includes a first type region and a second type region defined in a substrate, the first type region and second type region separated by one or more inter-well shallow trench isolation (STI) structures. At least one of the first type region and the second type region has one or more intra-well STI structures formed therein for isolating semiconductor devices formed within a same polarity well. The inter-well STI structures are formed at a substantially same depth with respect to the intra-well STI structures. A main well region is formed such that a bottom of the main well region is disposed above a bottom of the inter-well and intra-well STI features. One or more deep well regions couple the main well regions otherwise isolated by the intra-well STI structures, wherein the deep well regions are spaced away from the inter-well STI structures.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2010Date of Patent: June 12, 2012Assignees: International Business Machines Corporation, Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Freescale Semiconductors Inc.Inventors: Charles W. Koburger, III, Peter Zeitzoff, Mariko Takayanagi
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Patent number: 8198784Abstract: A driving device 1 includes an electromechanical transducer 3, a shaft-like vibrating member 4 vibrated in its axial direction by the electromechanical transducer 3, a movable member 5 which engaging frictionally with the vibrating member 4, a substrate 6 with a sensor 14 mounted thereon for detecting a position of the movable member 5, and a holding member 7 fixed to the substrate 6 and having a holding section 20 for holding the vibrating member 4 and a positioning section 27 for positioning the sensor.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2010Date of Patent: June 12, 2012Assignee: Konica Minolta Opto, Inc.Inventors: Tadatomi Sougawa, Kazumi Sugitani, Shuichi Fujii
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Patent number: 8199307Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes: a liquid crystal panel assembly including pixels, gate lines, data lines and a first gate driver; and a driving chip disposed on the liquid crystal panel assembly. A shape of the liquid crystal panel assembly is rectangular and the liquid crystal panel assembly includes a long edge and short edge. The gate lines extend in a same direction as the short edge, and the data lines extend in a same direction as the long edge. The pixels are disposed in pixel rows and are connected to the gate lines and the data lines. The first gate driver is disposed on a peripheral area of the long edge, and the driving chip is connected to the data lines.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2009Date of Patent: June 12, 2012Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventor: Jong-Kun Yoo
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Patent number: 8201145Abstract: Programs, systems and methods are described for efficiently storing data as used under a workflow-driven model. A workflow process is defined to control the processing of data objects through different states, e.g., such as an insurance claim document passing through different stages of processing. The workflow process is modeled and employed to manage the storage system based upon predicted state changes derived from state statistics that can be applied to enhance efficiency. For example, copies of the data object may be automatically made when the data object is expected to change state. Some anticipated states implicating high access may direct a storage location with low access time. Hints or requirements for the data object may be applied upon occurrence of an expected state change. Storage management of expected state changes may be further enhanced through dynamic adjustment of the state statistics using collected historical state information to further enhance efficiency.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2007Date of Patent: June 12, 2012Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Windsor Hsu, Lesley W. Mbogo
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Patent number: 8196376Abstract: A heat shrinking apparatus for a shrink film, which can uniformly heat shrink a shrink film covering a part of a whole of an article and can prevent adherence of water droplets on the surface of the article and the shrink film. The heat shrinking apparatus may include a heat treatment chamber installed so as to surround a transfer conveyor for transferring a bottle on which cylindrical label has been fitted, and heating means that heats the cylindrical label fitted on the bottle passing through the heat treatment chamber. The heat treatment chamber may include an external tunnel and an internal tunnel installed in a preheating zone, and an external tunnel and an internal tunnel installed in a main heating zone.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2007Date of Patent: June 12, 2012Assignee: Fuji Seal International, Inc.Inventors: Akira Uetsuki, Koji Arima
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Patent number: 8197182Abstract: An opposed flow high pressure-low pressure steam turbine balances thrust of the high pressure steam turbine with the thrust of the low pressure steam turbine allowing a reduction in size of thrust bearings. Higher stage reactions in both turbines may be incorporated since they are offset with the opposed flow, allowing a higher steam path efficiency. Opposed flow may be established through a cross-over pipe or utilizing a double high pressure shell.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2008Date of Patent: June 12, 2012Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventor: Nestor Hernandez
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Patent number: 8199887Abstract: A method of operating a phone is provided and includes receiving input to set a phone in a do-not disturb mode and to set a time period during which the do-not-disturb mode is activated and setting the phone accordingly, upon reception of an incoming call from a caller during the time period, activating a caller ID function of the phone, detecting a caller ID of the caller and searching for the caller ID in black- and white-lists. In an event the caller ID of the caller is stored in the blacklist, the voicemail function is activated or the incoming call is ended. In an event the caller ID of the caller is stored in the whitelist, an input of the password associated with the caller ID is requested, and, in an event the caller inputs the password, the ringing function is activated.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2008Date of Patent: June 12, 2012Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Frederic J. Bauchot, Gerard Marmigere, Joaquin Picon, Pierre Secondo
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Patent number: 8196421Abstract: A method for controlling temperature pulldown of an enclosure with a refrigeration system having a compressor, a heat rejecting heat exchanger, an expansion valve, and an evaporator comprises circulating a refrigerant through the refrigeration system, sensing a parameter of the enclosure, determining a desired evaporator pressure based upon the parameter sensed, and adjusting the expansion valve as a function of the desired evaporator pressure.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2006Date of Patent: June 12, 2012Assignee: Carrier CorporationInventors: James W. Bush, Wayne P. Beagle, Biswajit Mitra
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Patent number: 8201134Abstract: A method to avoid malconnections with respect to voltage levels of electronic components of a circuit board during circuit board design is described, comprising the steps of: creation of a Component Specification Library (CSL) comprising at least distinct pinnames and assigned voltage data; creation of groups of pins of components to be connected with each other on a particular voltage level according to the circuit board design; verification of the voltage data of the pins of the components within the particular group.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2009Date of Patent: June 12, 2012Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Horst Ruffner, Klaus Thumm
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Patent number: 8196408Abstract: A turbomachine includes a compressor, a turbine operatively connected to the compressor, and a combustion assembly fluidly connected between the compressor and the turbine. The combustion assembly includes an end cover including a plurality of fuel circuits, a fuel distributing flange fluidly connected to at least one of the plurality of fuel circuits, a nozzle assembly fluidly linked to the at least one of the plurality of fuel circuits, and a fuel distribution system configured and disposed to deliver fuel to the fuel distributing flange. The fuel distribution system is selectively activated to stage fuel delivery to the at least one of the plurality of fuel circuits at a pressure sufficient to achieve atomization at the nozzle assembly without requiring a supplemental atomization air flow prior to delivering fuel to others of the plurality of fuel circuits at a pressure to achieve atomization without requiring a supplemental atomization air flow.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2009Date of Patent: June 12, 2012Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Sachin Khosla, Neal Spencer Birchfield, Mark William Pinson
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Patent number: 8199835Abstract: Systems and methods for adaptive signal sampling and sample quantization for resource-constrained stream processing. Exemplary embodiments include a signal sampling and signal quantization method for a data stream from a ECG sensor into a pervasive device, the method including adaptively sampling the data stream, compressing data samples from the data stream, reducing the number of samples via quantization, defining a utility function for signal reconstruction, and formulating optimization on the reconstructed signal that is jointly sampled and quantized.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2007Date of Patent: June 12, 2012Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Lisa Amini, Daby M. Sow, Deepak S. Turaga, Olivier Verscheure
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Patent number: 8201067Abstract: A method for processor error checking including receiving an instruction data, generating a pre-processing parity data based on the instruction data, maintaining the pre-processing parity data, processing the instruction data, generating a post-processing parity data based on the processed instruction data, checking for an error related to processing the instruction data by comparing the post-processing parity data to the pre-processing parity data, and transmitting an error signal that indicates the error related to processing the instruction data occurred if the post-processing parity data does not match the pre-processing parity data, wherein checking for the error related to processing the instruction data is performed without using a duplicate processing circuitry.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2008Date of Patent: June 12, 2012Assignee: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: Fadi Y. Busaba, Khary J. Alexander, Michael Billeci, Bruce C. Giamei, Vimal M. Kapadia
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Patent number: 8199860Abstract: A carrier offset detection circuit is offered, which is provided to a demodulation circuit which demodulates a received signal subjected to FSK (Frequency Shift Keying) modulation, and which detects the offset of the carrier frequency between the transmitting side and the receiving side. A zero-crossing detection unit receives a digital base band signal indicating the level of the frequency shift (frequency deviation) of the received signal using the carrier frequency on the receiving side as a reference frequency, and detects a zero-crossing point of the base band signal and a base band signal obtained by delaying the former base band signal by one symbol, which occurs in a preamble period. A carrier offset detection circuit sets the offset value of the carrier frequency to the value of the base band signal at a timing of the zero-crossing point thus detected.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2008Date of Patent: June 12, 2012Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.Inventor: Moto Yamada
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Patent number: 8198191Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of preparing a low resistance metal line, in which a wet plating technique is used instead of a vacuum film forming process in order to simplify the process and decrease the manufacturing cost. In addition, a self-assembled monolayer is formed that facilitates the increased adsorption density and strength of the metal catalyst resulting in the formation of a high-density metal catalyst layer, thereby obtaining a high-quality metal line. Also disclosed herein, are a patterned metal line structure, and a display device using the same.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2010Date of Patent: June 12, 2012Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Sung Hen Cho, Ki Yong Song, Sang Eun Park
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Patent number: 8199643Abstract: A method for allocating resources includes receiving one or more parameters associated with an object of interest. At least one of the parameters corresponds to a probability that the object of interest is participating in a predetermined situation of interest. The method also includes calculating a plurality of values, based at least in part on the parameters, and selecting, based at least in part on the calculated values, one or more operations to be performed involving the object of interest. In addition the method includes generating an instruction based at least in part on the operation to be performed transmitting the instruction to an operational resource.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2010Date of Patent: June 12, 2012Assignee: Raytheon CompanyInventors: Michael J. Hirsch, David M. Sudit, Rakesh Nagi