Abstract: A hand-held electronic device, method of operation and computer readable medium are disclosed. The device may include a case having one or more major surfaces. A visual display and a touch interface are disposed on at least one of the major surfaces. A processor is operably coupled to the visual display and touch screen. Instructions executable by the processor may be configured to a) present an image on the visual display containing one or more active elements; b) perform a tessellation that divides the image into one or more regions that fill the display, wherein each region corresponds to a different active element, wherein a size of each region depends on a corresponding probability that a user will use the corresponding active element within a given time frame; and c) correlating one or more active portions of the touch interface to one or more corresponding active elements.

Abstract: Scene change detection in encoding digital pictures is disclosed. A statistical quantity ?M is calculated for a given section in a current picture. A window of one or more sections is defined around a co-located section in a previous picture. A statistical sum E is calculated over the sections in the window. A difference between the statistical sum E and the statistical quantity ?M is calculated. The difference between E and ?M is used to determine whether the given section is a scene-change section. Whether the current picture is a scene-change picture may be determined from the number of scene change sections. Information indicating whether or not the current picture is a scene-change picture may be stored or transferred.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided that includes an enclosure with an aperture which is adapted for being placed in communication with an anus for the purpose of directing fecal matter into the enclosure. In one embodiment, the enclosure may include a polyethylene material with a thickness of less than 50 microns. In another embodiment, the enclosure may include an air hole formed therein for remaining open to allow air to escape therefrom upon the receipt of the fecal matter into the enclosure. In still yet another embodiment, the aperture may be circular and the enclosure may include a flexibility sufficient to allow the enclosure to be placed on an intended wearer in any orientation about an axis defined by the aperture.

Abstract: A battery protection package assembly is disclosed. The assembly includes a power control integrated circuit (IC) with pins for a supply voltage input (VCC) and a ground (VSS) on a first side of the power control IC. First and second common-drain metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistors (MOSFETs) are electrically coupled to the power control IC. The power control IC and the first and second common-drain metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistors (MOSFET) are co-packaged on a common die pad. The power control IC is vertically stacked on top of one or more of the first and second common-drain MOSFETs. Leads coupled to a supply voltage input (VCC) and a ground (VSS) of the power control IC are on a first side of the common die pad.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to a method of functional materials deposition using a polymer template fabricated on a substrate. Such template forms an exposed and masked areas of the substrate material, and can be fabricated using polymer resists or Self-assembled monolayers. Deposition is performed using an applicator, which is fabricated in the shape of cylinder or cone made of soft elastomeric materials or laminated with soft elastomeric film. Functional materials, for example, metals, semiconductors, sol-gels, colloids of particles are deposited on the surface of applicator using liquid immersion, soaking, contact with wetted surfaces, vapor deposition or other techniques. Then wetted applicator is contacted the surface of the polymer template and rolled over it's surface. During this dynamic contact functional material is transferred selectively to the areas of the template. Patterning of functional material is achieved by lift-off of polymeric template after deposition.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a P-body layer formed in an N-epitaxial layer; a gate electrode formed in a trench in the P-body and N-epitaxial layer; a top source region formed from the P-body layer next to the gate electrode; a gate insulator disposed along a sidewall of the gate electrode between the gate electrode and the source, between the gate electrode and the P-body and between the gate electrode and the N-epitaxial layer; a cap insulator disposed on top of the gate electrode; and an N+ doped spacer disposed along a sidewall of the source and a sidewall of the gate insulator. The source includes N+ dopants diffused from the spacer. A body contact region containing P-type dopants is formed from the N-epitaxial layer. The contact region touches one or more P-doped regions of the P-body layer and the source. Methods for manufacturing such a device are also disclosed. Embodiments of this invention may also be applied to P-channel devices.

Abstract: A shuttered filter apparatus comprises a frame, one or more shuttered filters attached to the frame, and a tracker attached to the frame. Each shuttered filter is configured to selectively prevent a viewer from seeing through the filter in response to a signal from a controller. The tracker is configured to sense an orientation of the one or more shuttered filters relative to a video screen. The controller may use a signal from the tracker indicative of an orientation of the shutter filter(s) relative to enable shuttering when the shuttered filter apparatus is facing toward the video screen and disable shuttering when the shuttered filter apparatus is facing away from the video screen.

Abstract: An oxide termination semiconductor device may comprise a plurality of gate trenches, a gate runner, and an insulator termination trench. The gate trenches are located in an active region. Each gate trench includes a conductive gate electrode. The insulator termination trench is located in a termination region that surrounds the active region. The insulator termination trench is filled with an insulator material to form an insulator termination for the semiconductor device. The device can be made using a three-mask or four-mask process.

Abstract: Apparatus, systems and methods of providing respective video signals to at least two viewers using a common display are disclosed. An image from a first video signal corresponding to a left perspective of a scene and an image from a second video signal corresponding to a right perspective of the scene are alternately displayed with the display. A first shuttered filter is synchronized to the display such that the first filter is shuttered when the left perspective image is displayed and a second shuttered filter is synchronized to the display such that the second filter is shuttered when the right perspective image is displayed, thereby alternately providing left and right perspective images for perception as a 3D images. In addition, display of one or more images from an additional video signal on the display is synchronized with shuttering of one or more additional shuttered filters.

Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate to methods useful in the fabrication of nanostructured devices for optics, energy generation, displays, consumer electronics, life sciences and medicine, construction and decoration. Instead of nanostructuring using colloids of particles, special vacuum deposition methods, laser interference systems (holography), and other low-throughput limited surface area techniques, we suggest to use nanotemplate created by novel nanolithography method, “Rolling mask” lithography. This method allows fast and inexpensive fabrication of nanostructures on large areas of substrate materials in conveyor-type continuous process. Such nanotemplate is then used for selective deposition of functional materials. One of embodiments explains deposition of functional materials in the exposed and developed areas of the substrate. Another embodiment uses selective deposition of the functional material on top of such template.

Abstract: An optical apparatus can include an optical port array having an M×N array of fiber collimator ports. The array of ports is configured such that there is a gap within each column of ports located between two rows of ports. The gap is wide enough to permit a hitless beam switching trajectory to pass between the two rows of ports from one side of the array of ports to an opposite side.

Abstract: Processors, data structures and methods for operating two or more processors over a network are disclosed. A processor can load, store and save information relating to the operation of one or more of its secondary processors in a unit of migration that includes either contents of exclusively associated memories of two or more secondary processors related to the execution state of a suspended process or contents of exclusively associated memories of one or more secondary processors related to the execution state of a suspended process and shared initialized data for the process. Such a unit of migration may be embodied in a processor readable medium.

Abstract: A system for providing respective video signals to at least two viewers is disclosed. The system includes a control unit; and a display connected to the control unit. The control unit is operable to control the display to alternately display an image from a first video signal and an image from a second video signal, to synchronize a first shuttered filter to the display such that the first filter is shuttered when the second video signal image is displayed, and to synchronize a second shuttered filter to the display such that the second filter is shuttered when the first video signal image is displayed. In this way only the first video signal image is provided to a first viewer using the first shuttered filter and only the second video signal image is provided to a second viewer using the second shuttered filter.

Abstract: Graphics processing in a computer graphics apparatus having architecturally dissimilar first and second graphics processing units (GPU) is disclosed. Graphics input is produced in a format having an architecture-neutral display list. One or more instructions in the architecture neutral display list are translated into GPU instructions in an architecture specific format for an active GPU of the first and second GPU.

Abstract: A high-throughput method of forming a semiconductor precursor layer by use of a chalcogen-containing vapor is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method comprises forming a precursor material comprising group IB and/or group IIIA particles of any shape. The method may include forming a precursor layer of the precursor material over a surface of a substrate. The method may further include heating the particle precursor material in a substantially oxygen-free chalcogen atmosphere to a processing temperature sufficient to react the particles and to release chalcogen from the chalcogenide particles, wherein the chalcogen assumes a liquid form and acts as a flux to improve intermixing of elements to form a group IB-IIIA-chalcogenide film at a desired stoichiometric ratio. The chalcogen atmosphere may provide a partial pressure greater than or equal to the vapor pressure of liquid chalcogen in the precursor layer at the processing temperature.

Abstract: Detecting direction pointing direction when interfacing with a computer program is described. Two or more stereo images presented in front of two or more corresponding image capture devices can be captured. Each image capture device having a capture location in a coordinate space. The image capture devices can be synchronized with a strobe signal that is visible to each image capture device. When a person is captured in the image, first and second body parts of the person in the image can be identified and assigned first and second locations in the coordinate space. A relative position that includes a dimension of depth can be identified in coordinate space between the first location and the second location when viewed from the capture location.

Abstract: A main FET and one or more sense FETs are formed in a common substrate. The main FET and sense FET(s) include a source terminal, a gate terminal and a drain terminal. The common gate pad connects the gate terminals of the main FET and sense FET(s). An electrical isolation may be between the gate terminals of the main FET and the sense FET(s). A sense pad in electrical contact with the source of the one or more sense FETs does not overlap an area of the device containing the sense FET(s). It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.

Abstract: A nonlinear optical crystal can be mounted to a mounting block configured to receive the crystal. The crystal can be mounted to the mounting block with a face of the crystal abutting a surface of the mounting block. An adhesive secures the crystal to the mounting block by adhering to the bottom and/or sidewall of the channel and to at least corresponding a portion of the bottom and/or side face of the crystal proximate an edge of the crystal.

Abstract: Atomic layer deposition in a roll-to-roll manufacturing environment is disclosed. At least a portion of a substrate from a first roll is disposed in a chamber. A first atomic layer deposition (ALD) half reaction is performed on the portion of the substrate while the portion is within the chamber. A subsequent ALD half reaction may be performed on the same portion of the substrate to form a layer of material. Multiple ALD sequences may be performed by passing the substrate through a sequence of ALD reaction chambers or by passing the substrate through one or more ALD reaction chambers in a continuous loop.

Abstract: A controller provides inputs to control execution of a program by combining controller input information and supplementary information indicating a three-dimensional motion of the controller. The combined input can be obtained by assigning the value of the controller input information as coarse control information and assigning the value of the supplementary input information as fine control information or vice versa.