Patents Represented by Attorney Lowe, Hauptman, Ham & Berner, LLP.
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Patent number: 8245091Abstract: Disclosed are devices and methods for generating dots of an image by using two error row memories, which are capable of reading and writing data synchronously. A device disclosed comprises: a buffer memory A; a buffer memory B; and a memory controller. The memory controller may comprise a read-write control circuit for the buffer memory A, a read-write control circuit for the buffer memory B, and a buffer memory selection circuit. The buffer memory selection circuit is used to generate a read-write selection signal for the buffer memory A and the buffer memory B. The read-write control circuit for the buffer memory A is connected to the buffer memory A and used to implement a read operation or a write operation on the buffer memory A according to the read-write selection signal. The read-write control circuit for the buffer memory B is connected to the buffer memory B and used to implement a read operation or a write operation on the buffer memory B according to the read-write selection signal.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2007Date of Patent: August 14, 2012Assignees: Peking University Founder Group Co., Ltd., Beijing Founder Electronics Co., Ltd., Peking UniversityInventors: Feng Chen, Wei Zhu, Zhihong Liu
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Patent number: 8243234Abstract: A color filter substrate has a transparent substrate; a color filter layer, disposed on the transparent substrate; an inorganic layer, disposed in a predetermined spatial relationship with the color filter layer; and a patterned conductive layer, disposed with the inorganic layer, wherein the patterned conductive layer has a plurality of slits exposing a portion of the inorganic layer.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2006Date of Patent: August 14, 2012Assignee: Chimei Innolux CorporationInventors: Ming-Lung Chou, Yu-Jen Chen, Hsuan-Yang Shih
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Patent number: 8243468Abstract: The invention relates to an electronic module comprising a stack of n packages of predetermined thickness E, which are provided on a lower surface with connection balls of predetermined thickness eb, said connection balls being connected to a printed circuit for interconnecting the package. The printed circuit is placed on the lower surface of the package level with the balls, is drilled with metallized holes, in which the balls are located and to which they are connected, and has a thickness eci less than eb so as to obtain a module with a total thickness not exceeding n (E+10% eb).Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2006Date of Patent: August 14, 2012Assignee: 3D PlusInventor: Christian Val
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Patent number: 8243416Abstract: A gas lighting device including: a body formed by an electrically insulating material carrying a plurality of high-voltage outputs for the connection of spark generating means; a transformer accommodated in the body and including a primary winding wound around and carried by a ferromagnetic material core, a carrying element formed by an electrically insulating material and designed to contain the primary winding therein, and a secondary winding consisting of a plurality of coils externally carried by the carrying element, electrically insulated from the primary winding and essentially coaxial with the latter; the core is ring-shaped on a plane parallel to an axis (A) of the windings and consists of two half rings reciprocally coupled and arranged facing and closely adjacent to each other in the direction of the axis of the windings; a first circumferential portion of the ring-shaped core, formed by one or both of the half rings, is accommodated inside the carrying element so as to be surrounded by the windingType: GrantFiled: March 25, 2008Date of Patent: August 14, 2012Assignee: ITW Industrial Components S.R.I. Con Unico SocioInventors: Daniele Pianezze, Massimo Aleardi
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Patent number: 8242842Abstract: A circuit provides a first current corresponding to the differential input Inn and Inp, and a second current corresponding to the common mode input Vcm. The circuit then mirrors the differential current and the common mode current to a third current and a fourth current. Based on the difference between the mirrored differential current and the mirrored common mode current, the circuit pulls up or pulls down these currents to balance the corresponding difference between the differential input and the common mode input. In effect, the circuit adjusts the input common mode voltage to a desired level, without providing an opportunity for it to rise to an unwanted level.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2012Date of Patent: August 14, 2012Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.Inventors: Yu-Wei Lin, Yung-Chow Peng
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Patent number: 8244424Abstract: The invention relates to a database and a method of generating a database containing topographical information on obstacles distributed over a geographic area subdivided into cells. The method includes reading topographical data obtained from heterogeneous sources. Topographical data are generated which relate to pointlike obstacles from the information collected from the topographical data. Topographical data are generated which relate to linear obstacles from the information collected from the topographical data. The obstacle database is created. Each cell contains a link to the obstacles whose coordinates in the geographic area covered by the cell are recorded with an uncertainty value. In particular, the invention applies to the generation of a database on board an aircraft.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2006Date of Patent: August 14, 2012Assignee: ThalesInventors: Michel Subelet, Sylvain Fontaine
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Patent number: 8242011Abstract: The disclosure relates to fabrication of to a metal pillar. An exemplary method of fabricating a semiconductor device comprises the steps of providing a substrate having a contact pad; forming a passivation layer extending over the substrate having an opening over the contact pad; forming a metal pillar over the contact pad and a portion of the passivation layer; forming a solder layer over the metal pillar; and causing sidewalls of the metal pillar to react with an organic compound to form a self-assembled monolayer or self-assembled multi-layers of the organic compound on the sidewalls of the metal pillar.Type: GrantFiled: January 11, 2011Date of Patent: August 14, 2012Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.Inventors: Zheng-Yi Lim, Yi-Wen Wu, Wen-Hsiung Lu, Chih-Wei Lin, Tzong-Huann Yang, Hsiu-Jen Lin, Ming-Da Cheng, Chung-Shi Liu
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Patent number: 8241711Abstract: Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a composite sheet. The method comprises (a) irradiating a sheet of fibers and a matrix film at an irradiation zone with a plasma at substantially atmospheric pressure, and (b) impregnating the sheet of fibers with the matrix at an adhesion zone. The processes (a) and (b) are performed simultaneously, and the matrix film is irradiated with a plasma at said irradiation zone after being unwound from a roller and prior to entering said adhesion zone.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2007Date of Patent: August 14, 2012Assignee: Airbus Operations LimitedInventor: David Inston
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Patent number: 8240622Abstract: The disclosure concerns a clip having a first shank including a distal end and a proximal end, a head attached to the distal end, a resilient flange attached to the first shank proximate to the proximal end, a second shank extending downwardly from the resilient flange, wherein the second shank includes a free end. A pair of spring members extending obliquely from the free end to the resilient flange, each of the pair of spring members being attached to the resilient flange by a snap-in shoulder, and a pair of longitudinal members extending from the free end and each having a securing element at an opposing end proximate to the resilient flange, wherein the pair of longitudinal members and the securing elements are movable inwardly and outwardly as a result of the pair of spring members flexing inwardly and outwardly, respectively.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2008Date of Patent: August 14, 2012Assignee: ITW Automotive Products GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Gerd Hohmann, Daniel Schneider, Markus Ferdinand
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Patent number: 8242846Abstract: There is provided a power amplifier capable of improving harmonics characteristics of an output signal of an amplifier circuit by compensating a phase of the output signal. A power amplifier according to an aspect of the invention may include: an amplification section having a plurality of amplification units each amplifying a radio frequency (RF) signal according to a gain being controlled; a phase correction section performing phase correction by removing harmonic components of respective output signals from the plurality of amplification units of the amplification section; and a coupling section coupling the respective output signals phase-corrected by the phase correction section.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2011Date of Patent: August 14, 2012Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Ki Joong Kim, Youn Suk Kim, Young Jean Song, Jae Hyouck Choi, Jun Goo Won
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Patent number: 8235379Abstract: The present invention relates to a media separating device of an automatic media dispenser. According to the present invention, when a skew of a medium is detected when the medium is separated and conveyed, a pick-up bracket mounted with a pick-up roller is rotated in a direction away from the push plate, so that the pick-up bracket is separated from the medium which is ready to be received in the media box.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2009Date of Patent: August 7, 2012Assignee: LG N-Sys Inc.Inventor: Su-Min Lee
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Patent number: 8239427Abstract: A disk layout method for object-based storage devices is disclosed. A disk is initialized and a root object is added while a set of blocks of the disk are configured to store attributes of the root object, a free block index table, and a partition object index table. When a partition object is added, a set of blocks of the disk are configured to store attributes of the partition object, a collection object index table, and a user object index table, wherein the partition object indexes the location of a collection object according to the collection object index table and the location of a user object according to the user object index table. When a collection or user object is added, necessary blocks of the disk are configured to store individual data.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2009Date of Patent: August 7, 2012Assignee: Industrial Technology Research InstituteInventor: Hsu-Cheng Lin
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Patent number: 8238141Abstract: Some embodiments regard a circuit comprising a memory cell, a first data line, a second data line, a sensing circuit coupled to the first data line and the second data line, a node selectively coupled to at least three voltage sources via at least three respective switches, a fourth switch, and a fifth switch. A first voltage source is configured to supply a retention voltage to the node via a first switch. A second voltage source is configured to supply a ground reference voltage to the node via a second switch, and a third voltage source is configured to supply a reference voltage to the node via a third switch. The fourth switch and fifth switch are configured to receive a respective first control signal and second control signal and to pass a voltage at the node to the respective first data line and second data line.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2010Date of Patent: August 7, 2012Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.Inventors: Atul Katoch, Cormac Michael O'Connell
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Patent number: 8238368Abstract: Method and system are disclosed for managing erratic interruptions in a transmission system where the messages to be transmitted are composed of data packets and are expressed by means of a polynomial of degree t?1. The senders and the receivers share information making it possible to reference the data packets. In the course of the transmission of a message represented by a polynomial P, at least t points Ai are generated and P(Ai) of the polynomial P is evaluated, with t? greater than or equal to t. The evaluations P(Ai) are transmitted of the t? points to the receiver or receivers concerned, with information allowing the receivers to detect the transmission errors.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2007Date of Patent: August 7, 2012Assignee: ThalesInventors: Philippe Painchault, Sandrine Agagliate, Eric Garrido
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Patent number: 8238178Abstract: A memory circuit includes a first group of memory arrays including a first memory array coupled with a first input/output (IO) interface and a second memory array coupled with a second IO interface. A second group of memory arrays include a third memory array coupled with a third IO interface and a fourth memory array coupled with a fourth TO interface. A plurality of redundancy bit lines include at least one first redundancy bit line that is configured for selectively repairing the first group of memory arrays, and at least one second redundancy bit line that is configured for selectively repairing the second group of memory arrays.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2010Date of Patent: August 7, 2012Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.Inventors: Tien-Chun Yang, Yue-Der Chih, Shang-Hsuan Liu
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Patent number: 8238648Abstract: Provided is a camera self-calibration method that calculates a focal length of a fixed zoom lens camera from a correspondence point position between images. In the method, a cost function, which is a function of a focal length, is defined, and a focal length that minimizes the defined cost function is obtained to obtain a focal length that allows 3D recovery results of correspondence points calculated from all image pairs coincide with one another. Therefore, reliability of the calculated focal length can be easily verified, and the focal length of the camera can be stably calculated even when the position of input correspondence point is inaccurately given.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2007Date of Patent: August 7, 2012Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventors: Jae Chul Kim, Chang Woo Chu, Ho Won Kim, Jeung Chul Park, Ji Young Park, Seong Jae Lim, Bon Ki Koo
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Patent number: 8235958Abstract: The invention provides an absorbent article that is small and that can be easily worn by a user and a method for producing the absorbent article. The absorbent article that is used in abutment against a user's body includes: an absorbent body for absorbing fluid; and an absorbent-article main body whose face on a side close to the user's body in use is joined to the absorbent body. The absorbent body has a longitudinal direction, a width direction, and a thickness direction. One end section of the absorbent body in the longitudinal direction is undetachably joined to the absorbent-article main body, and another end section of the absorbent body in the longitudinal direction is detachably joined to a portion inside an outer edge of the absorbent-article main body. The absorbent body has a non-joined section that is not joined to the absorbent-article main body, between the joined section on a side close to the other end section and the outer edge of the absorbent-article main body.Type: GrantFiled: November 6, 2007Date of Patent: August 7, 2012Assignee: Uni-Charm CorporationInventors: Jun Kudo, Hideyuki Kinoshita, Akira Hashino
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Patent number: 8235356Abstract: An air valve for a paint gun includes a closure member configured for fitting in a valve chamber of a paint gun, which valve chamber intersects an air flow chamber of the gun. The closure member having two sealing points which, in use, when the valve is in its closed configuration, seal against an inner surface of the valve chamber at opposing sides of the air flow chamber thereby closing the airflow chamber. The valve further includes a conduit passing through the closure member providing fluid communication between the first and second sealing surfaces, and a biasing element for biasing the closure member into the closed position when no external load is applied.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2005Date of Patent: August 7, 2012Assignee: ITW LimitedInventor: John Rogers
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Patent number: 8239009Abstract: A biosignal measurement module is provided and includes a biosignal measurement unit, a pose detection unit, and a processing unit. The biosignal measurement unit measures an electrocardiogram signal and a pulse signal of a subject. The pose detection unit detects a position of the biosignal measurement module and outputs position signals. The processing unit receives the electrocardiogram signal, the pulse signal, and the position signals. The processing unit generates a height variation parameter, which indicates the height difference between the position of the biosignal measurement module and a reference position, according to the position signals. The processing unit calculates a current pulse transit time according to the electrocardiogram signal and the pulse signal and compensates for the current pulse transit time according to the height variation parameter to obtain a compensated pulse transit time. The processing unit obtains a blood pressure signal according to the compensated pulse transit time.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2009Date of Patent: August 7, 2012Assignee: Industrial Technology Research InstituteInventors: Wen-Ching Lee, Tsun-Che Huang, Chih-Hsiang Ko
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Patent number: 8237692Abstract: A flat panel display including a glass substrate, a source driving unit and a gate driving unit is provided. An nth shift register of the gate driving unit includes a pull-up unit, a driving unit, a pull-down unit and a driving control unit. When the driving unit turns on the pull-up unit according to a trigger signal and the pull-up unit enables an output terminal to output an nth output signal according to a first clock signal, the driving control unit turns off the pull-down unit. The trigger signal is an (n?1)th output signal or a start signal. Afterwards, the driving control unit provides a DC level voltage according to a second clock signal to drive the pull-down unit, and the pull-down unit enables the output terminal to output a low level voltage. The DC level voltage is between a high level voltage of the nth output signal and the low level voltage.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2008Date of Patent: August 7, 2012Assignee: Chimei Innolux CorporationInventor: Yi-Cheng Tsai