Patents Represented by Attorney Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
  • Patent number: 8329789
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a stabilizer composition for halogen-containing polymers comprising titanium dioxide and at least one nitrogen-containing compound, wherein the titanium dioxide has a photo-electromotive force (photo-EMK) in the ?s-range >?15 mV and a photo-electromotive force in the ms-range >+5 mV.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Chemson Polymer-Additive AG
    Inventors: Bernhard Pelzl, Michael Schiller, Cornelia Damm
  • Patent number: 8331986
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a communication system and a communication method for simply and quickly starting communication. A cellular phone is loaded with a non-contact IC card that communicates with a reader/writer of a personal computer using an electromagnetic wave. When the non-contact IC card receives the electromagnetic wave emitted from the reader/writer with the cellular phone placed close to the personal computer, the cellular phone notifies the personal computer of a card ID set in the non-contact IC card. When the personal computer acquires Bluetooth device names of the cellular phone and PDA with intra-piconet synchronization established between the cellular phone and the PDA, the personal computer identifies the cellular phone as a communication partner based on the Bluetooth device names already notified of as the card ID. The present invention is applicable to an information processing apparatus such as a personal computer and a cellular phone.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: SONY Corporation
    Inventors: Takeo Inagaki, Haruo Oba, Taku Sugawara, Junichi Rekimoto, Nobuyuki Matsushita, Yuji Ayatsuka
  • Patent number: 8327652
    Abstract: To provide a more comfortable vehicle cabin space for a passenger. In a vehicle humidifying/dehumidifying device 10, when a control unit 26 is switched to an “intermittent operation mode”, a pair of heat exchange elements 28A and 28B are heated simultaneously and intermittently. Additionally, this allows humidified air to be generated by both of the pair of heat exchange elements 28A and 28B when the pair of heat exchange elements 28A and 28B are being heated simultaneously by a heater 30. Consequently, in comparison to a case where the humidified air is generated alternately by the heat exchange elements 28A and 28B, the humidifying amount imparted to the humidified air when the humidified air is generated by a humidifying/dehumidifying unit 16 can be increased. Thus, it becomes possible to perform humidifying amount control corresponding to various situations in a vehicle cabin, and it becomes possible to provide a more comfortable vehicle cabin space for a passenger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Takanobu Nakaguro
  • Patent number: 8332502
    Abstract: A network management system includes an automatic reconnaissance (resolution) component which, in one embodiment, includes four main operational components, namely a real-time parse/analysis component, a data merge component, a data analysis component, and a response capability component. These four components interact to provide real-time event recognition and response. The network management system efficiently receives, parses, and comprehends a large amount of event and statistical data that could be indicative of a network systems operation failure with resultant response actions initiated through such an infrastructure improving mean time to recovery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Metavante Corporation
    Inventors: Scott E. Neuhaus, Scott D. Swessel, Alexander A. Senkevitch
  • Patent number: 8331306
    Abstract: Method and system for setting up a bearer are disclosed. The bearer setup method includes these steps: a packet data network gateway (PGW) obtains first quality of service (QoS) information and a first bearer identifier (ID), and sets up a bearer between the PGW and a radio access network (RAN) according to the first QoS information, where the bearer is associated with the first bearer ID; the RAN sets up a radio bearer (RB) with a user equipment (UE) according to second QoS information associated with the first QoS information, where the RB is associated with a second bearer ID associated with the first bearer ID.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jinyi Zhou, Lan Liu, Xiaolong Guo, Ming Li, Zhe Chen, Qi Yu
  • Patent number: 8329693
    Abstract: A method for the prevention of thrombotic, embolic and/or hemorrhagic disorders, such as cerebral infarction (stroke) or myocardial infarction, by administering levosimendan or its metabolite (II) or any of their pharmaceutically acceptable salts to a mammal in need of such prevention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Orion Corporation
    Inventors: Heimo Haikala, Jouko Levijoki, Piero Pollesello, Carola Tilgmann
  • Patent number: 8326954
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for synchronizing configuration data. The method may include providing a controller network that includes a plurality of control modules and each control module may have registration information stored thereon. The method may include detecting a registration information change associated with a control module and receiving current configuration data from the control module, if the registration information change is detected. The method may also include creating new configuration data for each control module in the controller network based on the received current configuration data, and synchronizing the configuration of each control module with the created new configuration data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Wei Li, Dennis Lee Schumacher
  • Patent number: 8325817
    Abstract: A communication apparatus dividing an image for one field into a plurality of groups each including N lines (N?1) and performing compression/decompression for each group includes a separator separating image data from reception data; a determination unit determining whether an error exists in the separated image data; a storage unit storing the image data as interpolation data when the determination unit determines that no error exists in the image data; a decoder decoding the image data; a first detection unit detecting a decoding position of the image data and a corresponding position of the interpolation data stored in the storage unit when the determination unit determines that an error exists in the image data and that the amount of missing data of the image data exceeds a threshold; and a reading unit reading the interpolation data in accordance with the detected decoding position and corresponding position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hideki Iwami, Satoshi Futenma
  • Patent number: 8326749
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer program products are provided for creating and using a common, generic, data/object model to represent information grids or lookup tables, such as a mortgage asset pricing information grid, mortgage asset re-pricing grid, and credit risk pricing grid. The common model allows a common software representation for logically different attributes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac)
    Inventors: Mark E. Seal, James Quartey, Suresh S. Kalkavery
  • Patent number: 8323579
    Abstract: An S storage catalyst 2 is equipped with a catalytic supporter, a catalytic metal being supported on this catalytic supporter and oxidizing SO2 to SO3, and an S storage material being supported on the catalytic supporter and storing S components therein. This S storage catalyst 2 has an exhaust-gas-inlet-side high-concentration portion 2A in which the S storage material is supported on the catalytic supporter in a high concentration, and an exhaust-gas-outlet-side low-concentration portion 2A in which the S storage material is supported on the catalytic supporter in a low concentration that is lower than that of the high-concentration portion. In accordance with this S storage catalyst 2, it is possible to maintain the S storing performance favorably, even in a case where exhaust-gas temperatures are low, while keeping the material cost from rising steeply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshitsugu Ogura, Takayuki Endo
  • Patent number: 8324276
    Abstract: This invention relates to the use of a fatty acid composition comprising at least (all-Z omega-3)-4,7,10,13,16,19-docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), or derivatives thereof, and (all-Z omega-3)-5,8,11,14,17-eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), or derivatives thereof for manufacturing of a medicinal product or a food stuff for the treatment and/or prevention of amyloidos-related diseases, such as Alzheimer's disease, as well as treatment/prevention of cognitive dysfunction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Pronova Biopharma Norge AS
    Inventor: Morten Bryhn
  • Patent number: 8325985
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus that executes processing for creating an environmental map includes a camera that photographs an image, a self-position detecting unit that detects a position and a posture of the camera on the basis of the image, an image-recognition processing unit that detects an object from the image, a data constructing unit that is inputted with information concerning the position and the posture of the camera and information concerning the object and executes processing for creating or updating the environmental map, and a dictionary-data storing unit having stored therein dictionary data in which object information is registered. The image-recognition processing unit executes processing for detecting an object from the image acquired by the camera with reference to the dictionary data. The data constructing unit applies the three-dimensional shape data registered in the dictionary data to the environmental map and executes object arrangement on the environmental map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Kenichiro Oi, Steffen Guimann, Takayuki Yoshigahara
  • Patent number: 8326779
    Abstract: An information processing device for generating a target feature amount computational expression for outputting a target feature amount corresponding to input data, comprising: a feature amount extraction expression list generating unit configured to generate and update a feature amount extraction expression list; a feature amount computing unit configured to input actual data supplied as tutor data to each feature amount extraction expression included in the feature amount extraction expression list to compute multiple feature amounts corresponding to the actual data; a target feature amount computational expression generating unit configured to employ the multiple feature amounts, and an existing feature amount corresponding to the actual data supplied as tutor data for the same rank to generate the target feature amount computational expression by machine learning; and an evaluation value computing unit configured to compute the evaluation value of each feature amount extraction expression included in the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshiyuki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 8322128
    Abstract: A hydrogen engine 10 supplies hydrogen, oxygen, and an argon gas serving as a working to a combustion chamber 21 to combust the hydrogen. H2O in a recirculating gas discharged from the combustion chamber 21 is separated and eliminated from the gas by a condenser 66. A three-way valve 72 is switched over in such a manner that the recirculating gas flows through a product eliminating section 70 (a carbon dioxide absorbing unit 71), when the concentration of carbon dioxide in the recirculating gas is higher than a predetermined concentration, so that the carbon dioxide is separated and eliminated from the recirculating gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shinichi Mitani
  • Patent number: 8325789
    Abstract: A wireless communication apparatus includes a loopback transfer function acquisition section that, when a first path including all paths from each branch of the first set to each branch of the second set via the antenna is formed, acquires a loopback transfer function of each path included in the first path based on a reception status of a reference signal transmitted from each branch of the first set and received by each branch of the second set, and when a second path opposite to the first path is formed, acquires a loopback transfer function of each path included in the second path based on a reception status of a reference signal transmitted from each branch of the second set and received by each branch of the first set, and a calibration factor calculation section to calculate a calibration factor of each branch based on the acquired loopback transfer functions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroaki Takano
  • Patent number: 8322132
    Abstract: An exhaust treatment system associated with a power source is disclosed. The exhaust treatment system may have a filter located to remove particulate matter from an exhaust flow of the power source. The exhaust treatment system may further have a heat source located to elevate the temperature of the exhaust flow. The exhaust treatment system may also have a first sensor and a second sensor. The exhaust treatment system may further have a controller in communication with the heat source, the first sensor, and the second sensor. The controller may be configured to receive a particulate matter load value and a power source load value and activate the heat source when the particulate matter load value is above a particulate matter load threshold value and the power source load value is below a power source load threshold value that is indicative of the exhaust flow being within an exhaust flow range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Perkins Engines Company Limited
    Inventors: Susannah E. Danby, David Mark Heaton, Stephen Anthony Faulkner, Robert Southall
  • Patent number: 8323540
    Abstract: A molding die and a method for molding a molded article including a foam layer made up of faces extended in a plurality of directions are provided, by which all of the faces can grow up to a predetermined expansion ratio or more. To this end, a molding die 1 includes a stationary die including a main die 2 and a slide die 3 movable relative to the main die 2, and a movable die 4. The slide die 3 partially faces a cavity C and can move in a direction (Y direction) different from a die clamping/die opening direction (X direction). When a foam layer a2 made up of a face a21 orthogonal to the die clamping/die opening direction and a face a22 other than the face a21 grows in the cavity C, at least the slide die 3 moves in Y direction, whereby both of the faces a21 and a22 of the foam layer a2 can grow to satisfy a predetermined expansion ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshihisa Miyabe, Kazuhiro Doteguchi, Katsuyoshi Shimakata, Shu Onodera
  • Patent number: 8322204
    Abstract: An unbalance correction device of a high speed rotary apparatus which can prevent the lowering of productivity in the production line of a high speed rotary apparatus while reducing variation in the posture of a workpiece supported by a jig and suppressing vibration of a member (clamp member) for securing the workpiece to the jig, and can enhance the precision of unbalance correction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Osamu Maeda
  • Patent number: D671873
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Masayuki Yamada, Takahiro Minami, Noriyuki Nakamura, Junichi Toura
  • Patent number: D672003
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Crux Research CC
    Inventor: Christo Botes