Patents Represented by Attorney Rabin & Berdo, P.C.
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Patent number: 8180313Abstract: Provided are a mixer and a transceiver having the mixer. The mixer includes: an local oscillation (LO) differential signal generator converting an input LO signal into a differential signal; and a mixing unit receiving the LO differential signal as a first input and a first signal having a first frequency as a second input and performing differential amplification on the LO differential signal and the first signal to output a second signal having a second frequency.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2008Date of Patent: May 15, 2012Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventors: Bong-Su Kim, Woo Jin Byun, Kwang Seon Kim, Min Soo Kang, Tae Jin Chung, Myung Sun Song
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Patent number: 8180170Abstract: An apparatus and a method of recognizing image feature pixels is related to the recognizing method including receiving an image having a plurality of pixels; subsequent filtering the pixels at least once by detecting the edge pixels of objects in the received image based on pixel values of the pixels, so as to obtain a plurality of candidate pixels; and performing multiple difference of Gaussian (DOG) blurring operations on the candidate pixels to find the candidate pixels having a relative extreme value as a plurality of feature pixels. Therefore, the processing time of recognizing image feature pixels may be reduced.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2008Date of Patent: May 15, 2012Assignee: Altek CorporationInventors: Chung-Fang Chien, Yu-Chen Huang, Che-Hung Lin
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Patent number: 8175088Abstract: Provided is a system for providing mobile telecommunication services using an Internet network built with a UTP cable. The system includes a main unit and a plurality of sub units. The main unit includes a plurality of input ports respectively connected to corresponding distributing ports of the switching hubs through UTP cables, is connected to an external mobile telecommunication base station through a wireless link, combines Internet signals transmitted from the distributing ports of the switching hubs with mobile telecommunication signals transmitted from the mobile telecommunication state through a wireless link. Each sub unit includes an input port connected to corresponding one of the output ports of the main unit through an UTP cable, separates the combined signal from the output port of the main unit into an Internet signal and a mobile telecommunication signal.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2007Date of Patent: May 8, 2012Assignee: Nam Ok GoInventors: Nam Ok Go, In Gyeom Kim, Won Gu Kang
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Patent number: 8175025Abstract: A wireless communication apparatus prepared in each of wireless terminals configuring a wireless network adapted to transmit and receive a data signal and terminal information to and from peripheral wireless terminals of a subject wireless terminal; to manage the terminal information received from the peripheral wireless terminals; to determine a relay network to which the subject terminal belongs on the basis of the terminal information of the peripheral wireless terminals when the subject terminal can be connected to at least one of the relay networks provided within the wireless network; to transmit terminal information including information indicating the relay network of the subject terminal to the peripheral wireless terminal; and to use the relay network of the subject terminal as a data signal transfer route to perform forward processing. Thus, the apparatus can prepare plural transfer routes to avoid wireless signal interference and collision and balance the power consumption among the terminals.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2008Date of Patent: May 8, 2012Assignee: Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kentarou Yanagihara
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Patent number: 8174188Abstract: Provided is an electro-luminescent device (ELD) including a metal-insulator transition (MIT) layer. The ELD includes: a substrate; a EL phosphor layer positioned on the substrate and comprising luminescent center ions generating light; the MIT layer disposed on a surface of the EL phosphor layer and being abruptly changed from an insulator to a metal according to a variation of a voltage; a first insulator adhered to the MIT layer to distribute a voltage applied from an external source; and a second insulator disposed on the other side of the EL phosphor layer.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2007Date of Patent: May 8, 2012Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventors: Sun-Jin Yun, JungWook Lim, Hyun-Tak Kim
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Patent number: 8174328Abstract: A dual-band wideband local oscillation signal generator includes an oscillation unit, a division unit, a poly phase filter (PPF), a switch unit, and a single side band (SSB) mixer. The oscillation unit is configured to generate a positive in-phase (IP) signal, a negative in-phase (IN) signal, a negative quadrature-phase (QN) signal, and a positive quadrature-phase (QP) signal. The division unit is configured to divide frequencies of the IP signal and the IN signal and generate an RF signal. The PPF is configured to receive the IP signal and the IN signals inputted to the division unit, and generate an LO IP signal, an LO IN signal, an LO QP signal, and an LO QN signal. The switch unit is configured to receive the generated LO signals and select a high band frequency signal or a low band frequency signal.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2010Date of Patent: May 8, 2012Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research InstituteInventors: Bong-Hyuk Park, Kwang-Chun Lee, Hyun-Kyu Chung
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Patent number: 8175416Abstract: A pixel interpolation method includes the following steps. First, multiple first macroblocks and second macroblocks are generated according to pixel data of a first real pixel row and pixel data of a second real pixel row, respectively. Next, block matching is performed on the first and second macroblocks to find a minimum block difference and a detected direction of a target pixel belonging to a first interpolated pixel row. Thereafter, the target pixel of the first interpolated pixel row is generated by way of interpolation according to the pixel data of the first and second real pixel rows and the detected direction.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2008Date of Patent: May 8, 2012Assignee: Mstar Semiconductor, Inc.Inventors: Ren-Kuan Liang, Meng-Che Tsai
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Patent number: 8175138Abstract: The present invention provides a power efficient FHSS (Frequency Hopping Spreading Spectrum) base-band hardware architecture, and more particularly to a combinational design to reduce the system jitter of a frequency hopping communication system and bring system synchronization to higher level of performance, thereby achieving better immunity to faulty access header recognition, data corruption by sending and tracking the package header of each package more precise, therefore reduces the uncertain window of access header check. With above-mentioned features, this invention has less error packets resend over wireless link, and maintain same system functionality using MCU clocked at relative lower frequency. Hence it becomes possible to reduce the area of the silicon implementation, extend standby time when used in mobile device, and save power consumption system wide.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2008Date of Patent: May 8, 2012Assignee: Kylink Communications Corp.Inventor: Wei-Teng Chen
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Patent number: 8174066Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor layer; a first conductivity type region of a first conductivity type formed in a base layer portion of the semiconductor layer; a body region of a second conductivity type formed in the semiconductor layer to be in contact with the first conductivity type region; a trench formed by digging the semiconductor layer from the surface thereof to pass through the body region so that the deepest portion thereof reaches the first conductivity type region; a gate insulating film formed on the bottom surface and the side surface of the trench; a gate electrode buried in the trench through the gate insulating film; a source region of the first conductivity type formed in a surface layer portion of the semiconductor layer on a side in a direction orthogonal to the gate width with respect to the trench to be in contact with the body region; and a high-concentration region of the second conductivity type, formed in the body region on a position opposed to the trench in the dType: GrantFiled: August 8, 2008Date of Patent: May 8, 2012Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.Inventor: Naoki Izumi
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Patent number: 8174458Abstract: The invention relates to a dual-feed antenna. The dual-feed antenna includes a substrate, a first antenna unit and a second antenna unit. The second antenna unit includes a second radiating unit and a second grounding unit. The second radiating unit includes a second radiator which has a first groove. The first groove has a first bottom and a pair of first arms. The second grounding unit includes a first sub-grounding-area and a second sub-grounding-area. The second sub-grounding-area has a second groove which includes a second bottom and a pair of second arms. The first sub-grounding-area is cross-wise connected with the second sub-grounding-area at the bottom of the groove, and the second arms symmetrically distribute to both sides of the first sub-grounding-area, and the first groove has an opening direction opposite to the opening direction of the second groove.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2009Date of Patent: May 8, 2012Assignees: Silitek Electronics (Guangzhou) Co., Ltd., Lite-On Technology CorporationInventors: Jui-Hung Chou, Saou-Wen Su
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Patent number: 8174085Abstract: A method of manufacturing an MEMS sensor according to the present invention includes the steps of: forming a first sacrificial layer on one surface of a substrate; forming a lower electrode on the first sacrificial layer; forming a second sacrificial layer made of a metallic material on the first sacrificial layer to cover the lower electrode; forming an upper electrode made of a metallic material on the second sacrificial layer; forming a protective film made of a nonmetallic material on the substrate to collectively cover the first sacrificial layer, the second sacrificial layer and the upper electrode; and removing at least the second sacrificial layer by forming a through-hole in the protective film and supplying an etchant to the inner side of the protective film through the through-hole.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2009Date of Patent: May 8, 2012Assignee: Rohm Co., Ltd.Inventor: Goro Nakatani
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Patent number: 8174854Abstract: A switching power supply system has a control circuit that controls an output voltage by causing a switching device to turn ON and OFF. The control circuit includes a control pulse supplying unit that supplies a pulsed signal that keeps the switching device turned-ON and -OFF. A protection circuit shuts down the switching power supply system upon occurrence of an abnormality. A delay circuit produces a delay signal that delays by a specified time duration the termination of a state of the pulsed signal in which the pulsed signal keeps the switching device turned-ON. The protection circuit is responsive to the pulsed signal or the delay signal to switch between an operation state and a stand-by state.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2008Date of Patent: May 8, 2012Assignee: Fuji Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Satoshi Sugahara, Kouhei Yamada
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Patent number: 8171592Abstract: The present invention relates to a steam cleaner that is light-weight and is prepared for operation quickly and easily and comprises handle assembly, a pivoting connector, a reservoir, a reservoir socket, a steam head and an electric wire. The handle assembly comprises a grip and a lever. The pole connector is attached to the steam head. The reservoir is mounted detachably in the reservoir socket and is easily removed to fill the reservoir with tap water. Squeezing the handle assembly releases water from the reservoir into the steam head where steam is generated to clean a floor.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2008Date of Patent: May 8, 2012Inventor: Sam Tsai
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Patent number: 8175152Abstract: A moving picture coding apparatus divides each frame of a moving picture into parts and assigns the parts to different coding units, which compressively code their respective parts. The coding process includes motion compensation with respect to a reference frame. Each coding unit has its own reference frame memory. To generate reference frame data, each coding unit receives, decodes, and decompresses the coded data generated by at least one other coding unit, as well as decompressing the data it has coded itself. Consequently, only ordinary coded data have to be passed between different coding units, which saves bandwidth and eliminates the need for special coding hardware and development and testing tools.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2007Date of Patent: May 8, 2012Assignee: Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masayuki Tokumitsu, Satoshi Hasuo
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Patent number: 8170201Abstract: Terminals are connected via cables in a star-shaped fashion with respect to a HUB in a LAN. Each of the cables includes therein signal lines and power feed lines. The HUB includes therein a power feed section. The power feed section and the power feed lines of each cable are connected to measure a value of current which flows in the power feed lines. If it is judged based on the measured current value that the terminal connected to the corresponding cable is a telephone terminal, the power feeding to the corresponding power feed lines is continued. On the other hand, if the terminal is judged to be a terminal other than the telephone terminal, the power feeding is stopped.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2007Date of Patent: May 1, 2012Assignee: Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.Inventor: Katsuhiko Miyamoto
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Patent number: 8168976Abstract: A display panel includes a substrate having a display area and a blank area. The blank area includes at least one of a non-metal line region and a metal-line region. The non-metal line region includes a plurality of insulating patterns and a first conductive pattern layer formed on the substrate. The insulating patterns are isolated from each other by the first conductive pattern layer. The metal-line region includes an insulating multilayer formed on the substrate and a conductive pattern layer formed on the insulating multilayer. Several isolated zones are formed by the conductive pattern layer on the surface of the insulating multilayer.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2009Date of Patent: May 1, 2012Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.Inventors: Chih-Hung Shih, Chih-Chun Yang, Ming-Yuan Huang
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Patent number: 8166682Abstract: A soleplate unit of electric iron with improved front structure, comprising: a shallow groove provided on the bottom surface of the front side of the soleplate unit, a sheet set in said shallow groove and the front of the sheet extending outwardly from the front side of the soleplate unit. A high rigid surface layer is provided on the surface of the sheet, or the sheet is made of high rigid material. The sheet is tongue in shape, and two front sides of the sheet extend outwardly from the front side of the soleplate unit. The soleplate unit can also be provided with a sheet that extends outwardly from the front of the soleplate unit. It is very convenient for users to iron the face fabric near the button and the slide fastener.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2009Date of Patent: May 1, 2012Assignee: Tsann Kuen (Zhangzhou) Enterprise Co., Ltd.Inventor: Chien-Chih Pan
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Patent number: 8166680Abstract: A steam iron is disclosed. The steam iron at least includes a base, a handle and a mechanical pump, in which the base has a steam generator and a water tank. The handle is connected with the base. The handle has a storage space and a shell surrounding the storage space. The mechanical pump is set in the storage space of the handle. The mechanical pump is connected with the steam generator and the water tank, and the bailing member of the mechanical pump is adjacent to the handle. The invention provides the mechanical pump having the bailing member that has short length and mounted in the handle. Because the bailing member may be hidden in the handle, user can easily press the bailing member without driving up finger to press the bailing member. So, the problem is solved that common steam iron is discommodiously used.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2008Date of Patent: May 1, 2012Assignee: Tsann Kuen(China) Enterprise Co., LtdInventor: Chihhwa Lee
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Patent number: 8166780Abstract: A method of manufacturing a bathing-massage glove includes a preparing step, a pre-treating step, a knitting step and a forming step. The preparing step includes preparing a nylon segment with multiple nylon yarns and an environmental-regenerative segment with multiple polyethylene terephthalate bottles. The pre-treating step includes ruffling the nylon yarns of the nylon segment to form multiple winding nylon crepes and processing the polyethylene terephthalate bottles of the environmental-regenerative segment to form multiple environmental-regenerative crepes. The knitting step includes knitting the nylon crepes of the nylon segment and the environmental-regenerative crepes of the environmental-regenerative segment with a knitting speed ratio of 4:5. The forming step includes cutting and seaming a basketwork that is knit by the nylon crepes and the environmental-regenerative crepes to form the bathing-massage glove.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2010Date of Patent: May 1, 2012Inventor: Cheng-Chun Huang
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Patent number: D659087Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2011Date of Patent: May 8, 2012Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Takuo Nomi, Shinji Oda