Patents Represented by Attorney Miles & Stockbridge P.C.
  • Patent number: 8219383
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for automatically analyzing data and constructing data classification models based on the data. In an embodiment of the method, the method includes selecting a best combination of methods from a plurality of classification, predictor selection, and data preparatory methods; and determining a best model that corresponds to one or more best parameters of the classification, predictor selection, and data preparatory methods for the data to be analyzed. The method also includes estimating the performance of the best model using new data that was not used in selecting the best combination of methods or in determining the best model; and returning a small set of predictors sufficient for the classification task.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Inventors: Alexander Statnikov, Constantin F. Aliferis, Ioannis Tsmardinos, Nafeh Fananapazir
  • Patent number: 8217425
    Abstract: The cell size is reduced and device reliability is improved for a semiconductor device including plural transistors making up a multi-channel output circuit. In a multi-channel circuit configuration, a group of transistors having a common function of plural channels are surrounded by a common trench for insulated isolation from another group of transistors having another function. The collectors of mutually adjacent transistors on the high side are commonly connected to a VH power supply, whereas the emitters of mutually adjacent transistors on the low side are commonly connected to a GND power supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Miyoshi, Shinichiro Wada, Yohei Yanagida
  • Patent number: 8218328
    Abstract: To provide a technique that can improve the reliability of coupling between a package with a PA module and a mounting board in mounting the package over the mounting board. The width of a back conductor pattern is made smaller than the width of each of back terminals. Specifically, for example, the back terminals are arranged in the X direction. The back terminals arranged in parallel to the X direction are coupled together by the back conductor pattern. At this time, the coupling direction (coupling line direction) of the back conductor pattern is the X direction. Taking into consideration the Y direction orthogonal to (intersecting) the X direction, the width of the back conductor pattern in the Y direction is made smaller than the width of each of the back terminals in the Y direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuyoshi Maejima, Ryota Sato
  • Patent number: 8219992
    Abstract: Management programs for concealing differences in hardware configuration and OS are operated and stayed resident every OS. A database manipulated by the management programs is prepared. The database defines correspondences between tasks for hardware control and software processing, which are processed under the control of the OSs and their attached OSs, over the OSs. When the corresponding management program detects a startup request of a task, the management program extracts an entry corresponding to the task from the database. If an attached OS owned by the extracted entry is its own OS, then the task is processed under the control of the corresponding OS. If the attached OS owned by the extracted entry is other OS, then the startup request is passed to a processor of the other OS, where the task is processed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Norimasa Otsuki, Yasuhiko Saito
  • Patent number: 8219588
    Abstract: In one aspect of the present invention, a software component for conducting digital forensic searches is described. The software component has a header; one or more search markup language programs, and a data features section. The software component, also referred to as a search pack, enables a first entity, such as a federal investigation agency, to share its suspect and sensitive data with a second entity, such as another investigative agency in a manner that allows the second agency to utilize the suspect data while not revealing the actual content of the sensitive data to the second agency. The second agency can perform comparisons and other operations on the sensitive data without having to know the actual content of the data. The search pack allows an investigative agency to define an investigative strategy for a particular case via the search markup language programs and by the data features that it includes in the search pack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: ADF Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Raphael Bousquet, Jai Jit Singh Wallia
  • Patent number: 8218242
    Abstract: A zoom lens of the present invention has a first lens group having negative refractive power, a second lens group having positive refractive power, and a third lens group having positive refractive power, which are disposed in order from an object, wherein the distances between each lens group are changed upon zooming, the second lens group has at least two positive lenses having an aspherical surface respectively, and when ?d is an Abbe number at least one of the positive lenses having the aspherical surface satisfies a condition of the following expression: ?d>70.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventor: Shinichi Mitsuki
  • Patent number: 8216926
    Abstract: Method of producing a partly or completely semi-insulating or p-type doped ZnO substrate from an n-type doped ZnO substrate, in which the n-type doped ZnO substrate is brought into contact with an anhydrous molten salt chosen from anhydrous molten sodium nitrate, lithium nitrate, potassium nitrate and rubidium nitrate. Partly or completely semi-insulating or p-type doped ZnO substrate, said substrate being in particular in the form of a thin layer, film or in the form of nanowires; and said substrate being doped at the same time by an element chosen from Na, Li, K and Rb; by N; and by O; it being furthermore possible for ZnO or GaN to be epitaxially grown on this substrate. Electronic, optoelectronic or electro-optic device such as a light-emitting diode (LED) comprising this substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique
    Inventors: Maurice Couchaud, Céline Chevalier
  • Patent number: 8219731
    Abstract: Provided are a data processor, and a control system, in which an interrupt controller and an event link controller are adopted. The event link controller responds to a generated event signal to output a start control signal for controlling start of an operation of a circuit module. The circuit module is able to generate an event signal. The event link controller generates the start control signal according to the correspondences between event signals and start control signals which are defined by event control information. The links between the event signals and start control signals can be prescribed by the event control information. Therefore, operations of circuit modules prescribed by such links can be controlled sequentially. The control neither involves save and return processes by CPU as in the interrupt processing, nor needs priority level control as executed on competing interrupt requests.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Hidemi Oyama, Masanobu Kawamura, Takuya Ikeguchi, Masanori Matsumoto, Hiroyuki Kawajiri
  • Patent number: 8219102
    Abstract: A radio system is installed in a building, wherein each terminal (T) communicates with neighboring terminals and can transmit telegrams. The terminals (T) are contained in devices or installed as separate mobile terminals. A routing table is created, in which each acceptable route from a source (Q) to a destination (Z) is entered. Connection from source to destination is evaluated with consideration of the number of hops from terminal to terminal within a route, and of the availability of unique individual sections (SES) that cannot be replaced by a parallel path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignee: Merten GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Roland Kürten, Andreas Hüschemenger
  • Patent number: 8219882
    Abstract: A memory card includes a non-volatile memory, a memory controller for controlling the operation of the memory card. The memory controller is capable of providing an interface with outside according to a predetermined protocol, and performs error detection and correction of the memory information at regular time intervals or at the timing of connection of electric power supply, independently of reading out the memory information according to external access request. Therefore, it is possible to improve reliability of data retention in the non-volatile memory without the host device reading out the memory information from the non-volatile memory of the memory card.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2012
    Assignees: Renesas Electronics Corporation, Hitachi ULSI Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takayuki Tamura, Hirofumi Shibuya, Hiroyuki Goto, Shigemasa Shiota, Yasuhiro Nakamura
  • Patent number: 8214572
    Abstract: The router which relays a transfer request and a reply between master and slave components has request-control circuits provided therein. The request-control circuits judge the slave component to transfer a request from each master component to, and arbitrate the conflict between requests to one slave component. Further, for the router, a slave-component-allocation-control circuit which variably allocates the slave components to be connected to the request-control circuits to the request-control circuits is adopted. In case that a slave component in connection with one request-control circuit is subjected to no access, changing the allocation of the slave component in connection with the one request-control circuit makes possible to utilize the resource of the one request-control circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshitaka Tsujimoto
  • Patent number: 8212615
    Abstract: There is disclosed a variable-gain amplifier circuit that operates on a low voltage, exhibits low distortion, provides a wide range of variation, and is suitable for use in a low-power-consumption wireless communication system. The variable-gain amplifier circuit is configured so that a variable-load circuit, which includes three reactance function elements and provides a wide range of impedance variation, is connected to a conductor circuit whose output terminal generates a positive-phase output current proportional to conductance with respect to an input voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Toru Masuda, Nobuhiro Shiramizu, Takahiro Nakamura, Katsuyoshi Washio
  • Patent number: 8213789
    Abstract: A camera with a built-in projector includes: a camera unit equipped with photographing components including an optical system; and a projector module equipped with a projecting optical system, with an optical axis extending along a longer side of the projector module running substantially parallel to an optical axis of the camera unit extending along a longer side of the camera unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Nikon Corporation
    Inventors: Takao Goto, Nobuaki Takahashi
  • Patent number: 8210049
    Abstract: A pressure measurement device isolates liquid, such as blood, from an intermediate fluid, such as air, by means of a diaphragm. The diaphragm is arranged between first and second chambers of respective first and second shells of a pressure pod body. The first shell has first and second ports, which are connected to the first chamber. The second shell has a measurement port with a connector in communication with the second chamber. A pressure transducer with a mating connector is directly connected to the measurement port connector to minimize the sealed volume between the diaphragm and the pressure transducer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: NXSTAGE Medical, Inc.
    Inventor: James M. Brugger
  • Patent number: 8214670
    Abstract: A semiconductor integrated circuit has an internal circuit to which operation power is supplied or interrupted, and a power supply control circuit for controlling the supply and interruption of operation power to the internal circuit in accordance with an operation mode. The power supply control circuit has a storage circuit and a power supply control sequence circuit. The storage circuit inputs and holds switching instruction data for instructing switching between supply and interruption of the operation power and low-power-consumption-mode data determining an operation mode of the interruption of operation power and cancellation of the interruption.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Hiromichi Ishikura, Toyohiro Shimogawa, Katsumasa Uchiyama, Shoichiro Chiba, Naoki Handa
  • Patent number: 8211716
    Abstract: The present invention aims to increase the number of test elements of a TEG without increasing the area of each of slice areas. Test electrode pads are disposed in alignment in one row in each of areas separated from semiconductor chips provided over a semiconductor wafer. Test elements are formed corresponding to these test electrode pads and in areas lying directly therebelow. Electrode terminals of the test elements are electrically coupled to the test electrode pads adjacent to the corresponding electrode pads and the test electrode pads further adjacent thereto with being spaced one test electrode pad apart. Upon testing, probe pins are brought into contact with the odd-numbered test electrode pads to conduct testing. Next, the probe pins are brought into contact with the even-numbered test electrode pads while being shifted by one electrode pad pitch thereby to conduct testing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Renesas Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroki Shinkawata
  • Patent number: 8212649
    Abstract: A semiconductor device according to the present invention includes: a lower-surface oxidation preventing insulating film formed on a lower surface of a metal resistor element; an upper-surface oxidation preventing insulating film formed on an upper surface of the metal resistor element; and a side-surface oxidation preventing insulating film formed only near a side surface of the metal resistor element by performing anisotropic etching after being deposited on a whole surface of a wafer in a process separated from the lower-surface oxidation preventing insulating film and the upper-surface oxidation preventing insulating film. According to the present invention, it is possible to prevent the increase of the resistance value due to the oxidation of the metal resistor element and also to prevent the increase of the parasitic capacitance between metal wiring layers without complicating the fabrication process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsuyoshi Fujiwara, Toshinori Imai, Kenichi Takeda, Hiromi Shimamoto
  • Patent number: 8207672
    Abstract: A technique for achieving both discharge voltage reduction and discharge stabilization in a PDP and the like is provided. This PDP manufacturing method includes, for a structure of a front plate structure (11) to be exposed to a discharge space (30) to be filled with a discharge gas, a step of forming a first layer (4) having an effect of discharge protective layer on a dielectric layer (3), a step of forming a second layer (5) for protecting the first layer on the first layer, and a step of forming a third layer (6) of a powder for discharge stabilization to be exposed to the discharge space (30), the steps being performed in vacuum manufacturing process. And, the structure is made such that a surface of the first layer is exposed to the discharge space (30) by a step of removing the second layer by an aging discharge in the discharge space (30).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd
    Inventors: Keiichi Betsui, Shinya Fukuta, Tadayoshi Kosaka, Minoru Hasegawa, Hajime Inoue, Yoshiho Seo, Tomonari Misawa
  • Patent number: 8207584
    Abstract: After forming a pure silicon oxide film on respective surfaces of an n-type well and a p-type well, an oxygen deficiency adjustment layer made of an oxide of 2A group elements, an oxide of 3A group elements, an oxide of 3B group elements, an oxide of 4A group elements, an oxide of 5A group elements or the like, a high dielectric constant film, and a conductive film having a reduction catalyst effect to hydrogen are sequentially deposited on the silicon oxide film, and the substrate is heat treated in the atmosphere containing H2, thereby forming a dipole between the oxygen deficiency adjustment layer and the silicon oxide film. Then, the conductive film, the high dielectric constant film, the oxygen deficiency adjustment layer, the silicon oxide film and the like are patterned, thereby forming a gate electrode and a gate insulating film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignees: Renesas Electronics Corporation, Rohm Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshihide Nabatame, Kunihiko Iwamoto, Yuuichi Kamimuta
  • Patent number: 8207478
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for rapid and selective heating of materials using variable frequency RF and microwaves. The apparatus uses variable frequency solid state electronics as a microwave power source, a novel microwave heating head to couple microwave energy to the target materials and a match-up network to tune the frequency and impedance match between the microwave source and the load. An electronic and computer measurement and control system is employed to monitor and control the microwave heating process. The method teaches the use of inductive microwave coupling for thin conductive materials such as metal film and impurity doped silicon wafers. The method also teaches the use of capacitive microwave coupling for dielectric material such as glass and ceramics. The method further teaches the use of rapid and selective heating of heterostructure for bonding and sealing of mems and integrated circuits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Inventors: Yonglai Tian, Mark Y. Tian