Patents Represented by Attorney T
  • Patent number: 8016552
    Abstract: A stator-rotor assembly which includes at least one interface region between the stator and rotor is described. At least one stator or rotor surface in the interface region includes a pattern of concavities. The concavities restrict gas flow through a gap between the stator and the rotor. Various turbomachines which can contain such a stator-rotor assembly are also described. The disclosure also discusses methods to restrict gas flow through gaps in a stator-rotor assembly, utilizing the concavities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Ronald Scott Bunker
  • Patent number: 8020190
    Abstract: A machine-executable method implementable in a system operable to execute a browser application having at least one security-context zone and operable to apply at least one security policy to interaction between the system and web sites corresponding to domain identifiers populating the at least one security-context zone includes comparing a first set of domain identifiers populating a first security-context zone of the at least one security-context zone with a second set of domain identifiers. The method further includes populating the first security-context zone with at least one second-set identifier not included in the first set of domain identifiers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: SDC Software, Inc.
    Inventor: David W. Plummer
  • Patent number: 8016477
    Abstract: A rotary throttle assembly is disclosed for operating a power unit such as an engine or a motor in either a first power setting or a second power setting. The rotary throttle assembly may be used in a concrete vibrator to operate the vibrator in either an idle power setting or a desired power setting. The throttle assembly includes a rotatable throttle handle, a linkage mechanism contained in a casing, and means for urging the throttle assembly selectively to adopt a first position or a second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Inventor: Fred Oswald
  • Patent number: 8020001
    Abstract: Described are techniques and mechanisms for enforcing trust between an application and a library loaded by the application. Very generally stated, the application declares one or more trusted code groups (“TCGs”) of which a library must be a member to be authorized for execution with the application. Libraries that are authorized to assert membership in one or more TCGs include a secure indicator of that membership. As the application executes and attempts to load a library, that libraries membership in a TCG authorized by the application is verified prior to loading the library.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventors: Laurence Lundblade, Brian Harold Kelley, Matthew Hohlfeld
  • Patent number: 8019170
    Abstract: The disclosure is directed to techniques for region-of-interest (ROI) video processing based on low-complexity automatic ROI detection within video frames of video sequences. The low-complexity automatic ROI detection may be based on characteristics of video sensors within video communication devices. In other cases, the low-complexity automatic ROI detection may be based on motion information for a video frame and a different video frame of the video sequence. The disclosed techniques include a video processing technique capable of tuning and enhancing video sensor calibration, camera processing, ROI detection, and ROI video processing within a video communication device based on characteristics of a specific video sensor. The disclosed techniques also include a sensor-based ROI detection technique that uses video sensor statistics and camera processing side-information to improve ROI detection accuracy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: QUALCOMM, Incorporated
    Inventors: Haohong Wang, Shuxue Quan, Khaled Helmi El-Maleh, Chinchuan Andrew Chiu, Xiaoyun Jiang
  • Patent number: 8018775
    Abstract: A nonvolatile memory device having a memory cell array configured to include a number of memory cells coupled to a bit line, a control circuit configured to output a code signal in response to a verification operation command signal during a verification operation being performed, a page buffer operation voltage generator configured to generate a precharge signal and a sense signal in response to the code signal, and a page buffer configured to precharge the bit line in response to the precharge signal and to sense data programmed into the memory cell in response to the sense signal. A sense signal having a sequentially lowered voltage level is outputted in response to the verification operation being repeatedly performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: Hynix Semiconductor Inc.
    Inventor: Seung Min Oh
  • Patent number: 8014214
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device is provided which includes a voltage detecting unit configured to compare a target voltage level with a fed-back internal voltage to output a detection signal in a normal mode, a driving unit configured to selectively drive an internal voltage terminal to a first or second power supply voltage according to an operation mode in response to the detection signal, and an enable control unit configured to control the driving unit in response to a control signal corresponding to the operation mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Hynix Semiconductor Inc.
    Inventor: Khil-Ohk Kang
  • Patent number: 8015537
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of automatic rate realization for implementing a circuit design within a programmable integrated circuit can include comparing data rates of clock domains of the circuit design with frequencies of available clock sources of the circuit design and determining which clock domains have data rates that match frequencies of clock sources. For each clock domain that has a data rate matching a frequency of a clock source, loads of the clock domain can be clocked using a multiple synchronous clock technique with the matching clock source. For each clock domain having a data rate that does not match a frequency of a clock source, loads of the clock domain can be clocked using a clock enable technique. The circuit design specifying the clock circuitry for each clock domain can be output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Xilinx, Inc.
    Inventors: Arvind Sundararajan, Nabeel Shirazi
  • Patent number: 8013922
    Abstract: A digital camera (10) has nine imaging setting items. A plurality of operation modes are assigned to each imaging setting item. An imaging operation is performed according to valid operation modes selected for each imaging setting item one by one. When a mode key (50) is operated, three valid mode characters out of nine valid mode characters respectively corresponding to nine valid operation modes are displayed on a monitor (30). When a jog dial key (48) is operated, a display of the valid mode characters is renewed. As to the imaging setting item at the reference position, invalid operation modes are detected, and invalid mode characters indicative of the detected invalid operation modes are additionally displayed on the monitor (30). When a set key (44) is operated in a state that a cursor is pointed to an arbitrary invalid mode character, an operation mode corresponding to the invalid mode character is validated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tomoya Isoyama
  • Patent number: 8015240
    Abstract: The invention provides method and apparatus for collaboration between a plurality of associated portlets in a portal server comprising: associating each portlet with a portlet descriptor describing context names; forming collaboration groups of portlets having corresponding context names for synchronized contents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Joanna Ng, Rohit Kapoor, Leho Nigul
  • Patent number: 8015535
    Abstract: A method of limiting the routing resources of an integrated circuit (IC) that are available for use when routing multi-fanout nets can include selecting a multi-fanout net comprising a source and a plurality of loads and identifying each region of the IC which does not include at least one of the plurality of loads. Each of the regions can have a defined geometry. A type of routing resource can be selected which has a physical orientation with respect to the IC that corresponds to the geometry of the regions of the IC. Each routing resource of the selected type that is located within a region of the IC which does not include at least one of the plurality of loads can be excluded from consideration when routing the multi-fanout net.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: XILINX, Inc.
    Inventors: Raymond Kong, Anirban Rahut
  • Patent number: 8013054
    Abstract: Elastomeric compositions comprising at least one C4 to C7 monoolefin elastomer, at least one polyalphaolefin, and optionally at least one hydrocarbon polymer additive are disclosed. The PAO comprises oligomers of one or more C2 to C20 alpha-olefins having a kinematic viscosity at 100° C. of 3 to 3000 cSt and a Mw/Mn of less than 4. In one aspect, the elastomeric composition may have improved flex fatigue properties and have a fatigue life of 450,000 Kc or more as measured by ASTM D 412 die C. In another aspect, an elastomeric composition may have improved impermeability and have a permeation coefficient at 40° C. of 160 cc*mm/(m2?day) or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Brendan Rodgers, David J. Lohse, Scott C. Solis, Rick D. Davis, Jung Hun Lee
  • Patent number: 8015027
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a method for recommending a disposable absorbent incontinence article to be used by an incontinent person. The method comprises the steps of: (a) receiving information, from a user, about incontinence devices which are currently used by the incontinent person; (b) receiving information about the situation which is experienced by the user; and (c) selecting at least one article, based on the information received, among predetermined disposable absorbent incontinence articles. By this method, an appropriate disposable absorbent incontinence article(s) to be used are recommended depending on the user's situation. The present invention is also directed a method for evaluating the quality of life of a caregiver who takes care of an incontinent person.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Yukio Heki, Tsutomu Kato
  • Patent number: 8014225
    Abstract: A voltage pump circuit includes a pumping unit configured to include a plurality of pumps and perform voltage pumping and a pumping control unit configured to generate control signals for selectively driving the pumps in response to a mode determination signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Hynix Semiconductor Inc.
    Inventor: Young Jo Ko
  • Patent number: 8012881
    Abstract: A method for forming contact holes in a semiconductor device includes forming a hard mask layer over an etch target layer, forming a first line pattern in the hard mask layer by etching a portion of the hard mask layer through a primary etch process, forming a second line pattern crossing the first line pattern by etching the hard mask layer including the first line pattern through a secondary etch process, and etching the etch target layer by using the hard mask layer including the first line pattern and the second line pattern as an etch barrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Hynix Semiconductor Inc.
    Inventors: Sang-Oh Lee, Sung-Kwon Lee, Jun-Hyeub Sun, Jong-Sik Bang
  • Patent number: 8014207
    Abstract: A nonvolatile memory device includes an encoder configured to perform a scramble operation on input data, a digital sum value (DSV) generator configured to generate a DSV indicating a difference between a number of data ‘0’ and a number of data ‘1’ in the input data encoded by the encoder, a main cell unit of a page of a memory cell array, wherein the main cell unit is configured to store the input data encoded by the encoder, a spare cell unit of the page, wherein the spare cell unit is configured to store the DSV generated by the DSV generator, and a read voltage setting unit configured to determine a read voltage for the page by comparing a DSV generated from the stored data of the main cell unit and the stored DSV of the spare cell unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Hynix Semiconductor Inc.
    Inventors: Seung Han Ryu, Joong Seob Yang, Seung Jae Chung
  • Patent number: 8008240
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process of treating a hard surface with a composition comprising polyalkoxylate trisiloxane. More specifically, it relates to a process of treating an horizontal hard surface, wherein a composition comprising polyalkoxylate trisiloxane is applied onto said hard surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Christopher Andrew Morrison, Robby Renilde François Keuleers, Thomas Delaere, Mercedes Labiano Ros
  • Patent number: 8010197
    Abstract: Methods and devices for treating anaphylaxis, anaphylactic shock, bronchial constriction, and/or asthma include providing an electrical impulse to a selected region of the vagus nerve of a patient suffering from anaphylaxis to block and/or modulate nerve signals that would regulate the function of, for example, myocardial tissue, vasodilation/constriction and/or pulmonary tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: ElectroCore LLC
    Inventors: Joseph P. Errico, Steven Mendez
  • Patent number: 8009504
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory input/output device includes selection pads used to input and output signals for multiple operation modes and having multiple functions, a control signal generator for outputting setting signals and a mask control signal, a lower input/output unit including a lower output buffer for outputting a read data strobe signal to a selection pad and a lower input buffer for receiving a lower data mask signal from the selection pad, and selecting one operation of the lower output buffer and the lower input buffer, and an upper input/output unit including an upper output buffer for outputting an inverted read data strobe signal to the second selection pad and an upper input buffer for receiving an upper data mask signal from the second selection pad, and selecting one operation of the upper output buffer and the upper input buffer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Hynix Semiconductor Inc.
    Inventors: Sung-Joo Ha, Ho-Youb Cho
  • Patent number: 8010113
    Abstract: A communication system including a closed loop power control system. Prior to allowing a handoff to a new base station, the subscriber station verifies that its reverse link signal is being received by the destination base station with sufficient energy. The determination is made based on the received reverse link power control commands from the base station. Moreover, a handoff may be forced when the base station providing the best forward link signal in not receiving the reverse link signal from the subscriber station with sufficient energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
    Inventor: Peter John Black