Patents Represented by Attorney Volpe and Koenig
  • Patent number: 8249133
    Abstract: A wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) provides facilitation of cell search. In one embodiment, received samples are split into a plurality of sample sets for processing. Each of the sets is processed and an accumulated result is divided by an estimated noise value. In another embodiment, a code correlator correlates the received signal with a primary synchronization code and an auxiliary code correlator having a same length as the code correlator correlates the received signal with a code having a low cross correlation with the primary synchronization code. In another embodiment, a division of an accumulated result with a noise estimate is performed using indexes of the most significant bits.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Interdigital Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Philip J. Pietraski, Alpaslan Demir, Donald M. Grieco
  • Patent number: 8247839
    Abstract: An ESD protection circuit including an SCR having at least one PNP transistor and at least one NPN transistor such that at least one of the PNP transistor and the NPN transistor having an additional second collector. The circuit further including at least one control circuit coupled to the at least one second collector to control holding voltage of the SCR.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Sofics BVBA
    Inventor: Sven Van Wijmeersch
  • Patent number: 8249186
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for decomposing a channel matrix in a wireless communication system are disclosed. A channel matrix H is generated for channels between transmit antennas and receive antennas. A Hermitian matrix A=HHH or A=HHH is created. A Jacobi process is cyclically performed on the matrix A to obtain Q and DA matrixes such that A=QDAQH. DA is a diagonal matrix obtained by singular value decomposition (SVD) on the A matrix. In each Jacobi transformation, real part diagonalization is performed to annihilate real parts of off-diagonal elements of the matrix and imaginary part diagonalization is performed to annihilate imaginary parts of off-diagonal elements of the matrix after the real part diagonalization. U, V and DH matrixes of H matrix are then calculated from the Q and DA matrices. DH is a diagonal matrix comprising singular values of the H matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: InterDigital Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Chang-Soo Koo, Robert L. Olesen
  • Patent number: 8248202
    Abstract: A metal strip resistor includes a resistor body having a resistive element formed from a strip of an electrically resistive metal material and a first termination electrically connected to the resistive element to form a first junction and a second termination electrically connected to the resistive element to form a second junction, the first termination and the second termination formed from strips of electrically conductive metal material. The resistive element, the first termination, and the second termination being arranged mitigate thermally induced voltages between the first junction and the second junction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Vishay Dale Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Doug Brackhan, Clark L. Smith, Thomas L. Veik
  • Patent number: 8250244
    Abstract: Method for connecting a host computer device to a wireless communication network, the host computer device being provided with an operating system with at least one pre-installed generic driver providing a generic communication protocol (7) for communication between the host computer device and a standard class of computer peripheral devices other than wireless modem devices, the method comprising the steps of: (a) connecting a wireless modem device to the host computer device; (b) setting up, by means of a pre-installed generic driver of the operating system on the computer device, a modem/host communication interface (6) for communication between the wireless modem device and the computer device; (c) connecting the host computer device to a wireless communication network via the wireless modem device; (d) routing data traffic (8-9) between the host computer device and the wireless communication network over the modem/host communication interface (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Koen Deforche, Wim Dumon, Juan Bernabeu, Jan Vercruysse
  • Patent number: 8250318
    Abstract: Provided are a storage controller and storage control method capable of improving the transaction performance. This storage controller includes a disk controller for receiving a read command and a write command from a host computer, and an external disk controller and an internal disk device for sending and receiving data to and from the disk controller. A storage device of the external disk controller or the internal disk controller processes the access from the disk controller in physical sub-block units. When the disk controller is to access the storage device of the external disk controller or the internal disk device in logical sub-block units in which an additional code containing a guarantee code is added to user data, it makes such access in minimum common multiple units of logical sub-blocks and physical sub-blocks, and changes the guarantee code length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mutsumi Hosoya, Akira Fujibayashi
  • Patent number: 8250441
    Abstract: The subject matter disclosed herein provides an outer coding framework for minimizing the error rate of packets, such as application data packets used to transmit digital video broadcast data as well as other forms of data. In one aspect, there is provided a method. The method may include inserting a received packet into one or more rows of a frame. The one or more rows including the received packets may be encoded using an outer code. A block of data from a column of the frame may be read. The frame may include the one or more rows encoded using the outer code. The block that is read may be provided to enable an inner code to encode the block before transmission through a wireless network. Related systems, apparatus, methods, and/or articles are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Wi-LAN Inc.
    Inventors: Yoav Nebat, Sina Zehedi
  • Patent number: 8249610
    Abstract: A method for admission control of control plane signaling requests includes receiving a signaling request. Upon receipt of the signaling connection request, a first determination is performed to determine whether to provide admission to common resources. When the first determination is negative, a second determination is performed to determine whether to provide admission to dedicated resources. When the second determination is negative, the signaling request is rejected. When the second determination is positive, the request is admitted to dedicated resources. When the first determination is positive, a third determination is performed to determine whether the quality of the signaling request is high or low. If the quality of the request is high, the signaling request is admitted to common resources. When the quality is low, a fourth determination is performed to determine whether to provide admission to dedicated resources.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: InterDigital Technology Corporation
    Inventor: Christopher R. Cave
  • Patent number: 8249782
    Abstract: A method for electronically controlling a bicycle gearshift and a bicycle electronic system perform gearshifting. To perform this gearshifting, a displacement of an actuator from a current position (P) to a position (P1, PN) of engagement of a chain on an extreme toothed wheel of a gearshift group is started (203,205), a destination toothed wheel (PT) of the gearshift group is subsequently preselected (208), and the displacement is subsequently stopped (210) when the actuator is in a position (PT) of engagement of the chain on the destination toothed wheel (PT) of the gearshift group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Campagnolo S.r.l.
    Inventor: Federico Miglioranza
  • Patent number: 8249191
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for multi-user detection using equalization and successive interference cancellation is provided. A signal is received in a shared spectrum. Samples of the received signal are produced as a received vector. The received vector is segmented into a plurality of vector segments. For each segment, symbols for a plurality of communications are successively determined by determining symbols for a communication and removing a contribution of that communication from the vector segment. The determined symbols are assembled into a data vector for each communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: InterDigital Technology Corporation
    Inventor: Ariela Zeira
  • Patent number: 8249015
    Abstract: A method and system for media independent handover (MIH) using an Ethernet operation, administration and maintenance (OAM) protocol are disclosed. Link connectivity between a user equipment (UE) and an MIH point of service (PoS) is monitored by using an OAM protocol. An OAM trigger indicating a link status is mapped to an MIH event and the MIH event is reported for potential handover. The OAM protocol may be IEEE 802.3ah or 802.1ag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: InterDigital Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Samian Kaur, Ulises Olvera-Hernandez
  • Patent number: 8248988
    Abstract: A plurality of antennas transmit a first spread spectrum signal having an associated code. The first spread spectrum signal is received at the wireless user. For each received first spread spectrum signal, a second spread spectrum signal is transmitted having an associated code having a same phase as that received first spread spectrum signal. The second spread spectrum signals are received at the plurality of antennas. A distance measurement is determined between each antenna and the wireless user based on in part a received timing of the second signals. The wireless user's location is determined based on in part the distance determinations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: InterDigital Technology Corporation
    Inventors: D. Ridgely Bolgiano, Gilbert E. LaVean
  • Patent number: 8245369
    Abstract: A karabiner is provided having a hoop and a closing part mounted pivotally via a pivoting axle to the hoop at the insertion opening of the hoop. At least one blocking element is pivotally mounted to the closing part via a blocking element—pivot axle, with the blocking element, at least in a closed position of the closing part, blocking the closing part in its closed position from pivoting towards its opened position and in at least one released position allows the closing part to pivot towards its opened position. The blocking element is pivoted around the blocking element—pivot axle for pivoting it from the blocking position towards the released position in the same rotary direction around the blocking element—pivot axle as the closing part for pivoting the closing part out of the closed position towards its opened position around the closing part—pivot axle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Aba Hörtnagl GmbH
    Inventor: Andreas Hortnagl
  • Patent number: 8245654
    Abstract: An embroidery hoop (1) for a sewing machine or embroidery machine having two hoop parts, namely the lower hoop part (3) and the upper hoop part (5). The two hoop parts (3, 5) are connected to each other by a hinge that can be released without the use of tools. The embroidery material is clamped between the inner hinge element (9) on the lower hoop part (3) and the outer hinge element (15) on the upper hoop part (5). Through this measure, an embroidery material can be embroidered at any position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: BERNINA International AG
    Inventors: Michael Konig, Frank Prufer, Markus Muller
  • Patent number: 8245695
    Abstract: A high vapor pressure liquid fuel (e.g. LPG) injection system is provided that keeps the fuel liquid at all expected operating temperatures by use of a high pressures pump capable of at least 2.5 MPa pressures. The fuel can be injected directly into the cylinder or into the inlet manifold of an engine via axial or bottom feed injectors and also could be mixed with a low vapor pressure fuel (e.g. diesel) to be injected similarly. The fuel, mixed or unmixed, can be stored in an accumulator under high pressure assisting in keeping the engine running during fuel changeovers and injection after a period of time as in re-starting the engine. The same injectors can be used to inject any of the fuels or mixtures of them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Interlocking Buildings Pty Ltd.
    Inventor: John T. Martin
  • Patent number: 8249164
    Abstract: A video processing apparatus, for use in a video receiver, includes a decoder configured to decode encoded video information into decoded video information and to output the decoded information, and a configuration module coupled to the decoder and configured to a provide a control signal to the decoder indicative of a reduced-image portion of the video frames to be displayed, where the decoder is configured to respond to the control signal by decoding first macroblocks of the video information within the reduced-image portion and second macroblocks of the video information, in a reference section, adjacent the first macroblocks to account for motion of the images in the reduced-image portion without decoding third macroblocks lying outside of the reduced-image portion and the reference section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
    Inventor: Greg Sadowski
  • Patent number: 8246709
    Abstract: A device and a method for connecting housing sections (5a, 5b, 5c) of soot particle filters uses a yoke-like clamping U-bolt (17) which has, disposed along the two longitudinal sides thereof, gripper-like bulges (29), for the mutual alignment and pressing against one another of end regions of adjacent housing sections (5a, 5b, 5c), which end regions are joined together without overlapping. A sealing tape (31), disposed at the inside of the clamping U-bolt (17), seals the gap between mutually adjoining housing sections (5a, 5b 5c) when the clamping U-bolt (17) is tightened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Tehag AG
    Inventor: Bernhard Franken
  • Patent number: 8245677
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an insert element (3) for transmitting a force for a camshaft adjustment system. The insert element (3) has a first region (1) with an end surface (4) for receiving the force, and a second region (2) for conducting away the force. The end surface (4) is arranged in such a manner that it has, by means of a locking element (7), at least one force transmission point for receiving the force. The second region (2) is arranged in such a manner that it has, by means of a stator element (6), a force transmission surface for conducting away the force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventor: Thomas Kleiber
  • Patent number: 8242954
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to the field of space and can be used for radio navigation determinations using man-made satellites of the Earth, in particular, for monitoring the integrity of a system without participation of ground control segment facilities and monitoring stations allocated globally. The apparatus includes: enhancement of responsiveness of a user's notification about navigation signal uncertainty; reduction of costs for solving the problem of the system integrity monitoring due to absence of ground control and monitoring complexes allocated globally; exclusion of complementary radio links; improvement of system integrity monitoring certainty; growth of reliability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Joint Stock Company “Russian Space Systems” (JSC “RSS”)
    Inventors: Yury Matevich Urlichich, Vyacheslav Ivanovich Nemtsev, Alexander Victorovich Kruglov
  • Patent number: D665821
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Rbmark, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Capko, David Andrew Jacobs, Timothy K. Keighron, Jongkyu Kim, James J. Kempf