Patents Assigned to A&A Technologies
  • Multi-network compatible data architecture
    Patent number: 8588209
    Abstract: A backbone network, comprising a network switch configured to communicate data over Ethernet and SONET/SDH interfaces without encapsulating the data. Also disclosed is a backbone network, comprising a plurality of synchronized network switches, wherein the switches are configured to communicate a plurality of time division multiplexed data streams across at least part of the network via a plurality of Ethernet interfaces and a plurality of SONET/SDH interfaces, and wherein the switches are configured to communicate the data streams without encapsulating the data streams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Futurewei Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Serge Francois Fourcand
  • Method and system for providing augmented reality based on marker tracking, and non-transitory computer-readable medium thereof
    Patent number: 8587612
    Abstract: A method, a system, and a computer program product for providing augmented reality based on marker tracking are provided. In the method, an image is captured by an image capturing unit, and whether a quadrangle is present in the image is determined. If the quadrangle is found in the image, whether the quadrangle is a marker that complies with a marker definition is determined. If the quadrangle is the marker, an identity of the marker and four vertice coordinates of a marker image are identified. A rotation state of the marker is determined according to the vertex coordinates of the marker image, and a relative displacement between the marker and the image capturing unit is calculated. A three-dimensional object is combined into the image according to the relative displacement, the rotation state, and the identity of the marker, so as to provide an augmented reality image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: National Taiwan University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Chin-Shyurng Fahn, Yen-Shiung Huang
  • Oilfield isolation element and method
    Patent number: 8584746
    Abstract: An isolation element includes a body having at least one sealing surface, an internal cavity within the body, and a chemical agent disposed within the internal cavity. The chemical agent is configured to substantially increase a rate of degradation of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Manuel P. Marya, John Fleming, Larry W. Phillips
  • P-type semiconductor device comprising type-2 quantum well and fabrication method thereof
    Patent number: 8586964
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a method of generating a two-dimensional hole gas (2DHG) using a type-2 quantum well formed using semiconductors with different electron affinities or band gap, and a high-speed p-type semiconductor device using the 2DHG. To this end, the method includes providing a semiconductor substrate; growing a first semiconductor layer on the semiconductor substrate, growing a second semiconductor layer with a different electron affinity or band gap from the first semiconductor layer on the first semiconductor layer, and growing a third semiconductor layer with a different electron affinity or band gap from the second semiconductor layer, thereby forming a type-2 quantum well; and forming a p-type doping layer in the vicinity of the type-2 quantum well, thereby generating the 2DHG.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Jin-Dong Song, Sang Hoon Shin, Hyung-jun Kim, Hyun Cheol Koo, Suk Hee Han, Joonyeon Chang
  • Method and device for controlling a gearshift mechanism
    Patent number: 8584544
    Abstract: In a method for controlling a gearshift mechanism, the gearshift mechanism having at least one shifting element, a gear release element, a shift actuator and a selector actuator, in which the shifting element is movable by the selector actuator along a selector track, and is movable from the selector track at sites spaced from each other by means of the shift actuator into shift tracks for engagement of a gear, and the gear release element is coupled to the shifting element, so that during engagement of the new gear, it disengages a previously engaged gear, the shifting element, after engagement of a gear, is moved by the shift actuator in the direction toward the selector track into a rest position right in front of the discharge of the shift track into the selector track, in which it remains, until it is moved for engagement of a new gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Lars Lein, Jan Gunnar Royland, Ole Andre Gjerpe, Christer Svenkerud, Ole Jonny Waerp, Viggio L. Norum
  • Memory array including magnetic random access memory cells and oblique field lines
    Patent number: 8587079
    Abstract: A memory device includes a first plurality of magnetic random access memory (MRAM) cells positioned along a first direction, and a first bit line electrically connected to the first plurality of MRAM cells, the bit line oriented in the first direction. The device includes a first plurality of field lines oriented in a second direction different from the first direction, the first plurality of field lines being spaced such that only a corresponding first one of the first plurality of MRAM cells is configurable by each of the first plurality of field lines. The device includes a second plurality of field lines oriented in a third direction different from the first direction and the second direction, the second plurality of field lines being spaced such that only a corresponding second one of the first plurality of MRAM cells is configurable by each of the second plurality of field lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Crocus Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Bertrand F. Cambou, Douglas J. Lee, Anthony J. Tether, Barry Hoberman
  • Lateral flow microfluidic assaying device and related method
    Patent number: 8586348
    Abstract: Provided herein is a microfluidic device and related method for controlling flow of different fluid components of a fluid. The microfluidic device comprises an input channel, focusing channel and an assaying channel. The microfluidic device is adapted to separate a fluid into at least two fluid components, and is further adapted to detect a target material comprised within one of the fluid components. The method comprises providing a channel, the channel having a dimension which is a function of a dimension of one of the fluid components and deliver the fluid through the channel at a set flow rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Jun Wang, James R. Heath
  • Image forming device which performs power saving control upon authentication printing
    Patent number: 8589710
    Abstract: An image forming device can operate in a print mode, a first power saving mode, and a second power saving mode. In the print mode, a first circuit having a unit to acquire the state of the image forming device and a second circuit are both activated. In the first power saving mode, neither the first circuit nor the second circuit is activated. In the second power saving mode, only the first circuit is activated. When a secure print instruction is received in the first power saving mode, the operation mode is switched to the second power saving mode. When the identity of the user is authenticated in the second power saving mode, the operation mode is switched to the print mode. Accordingly, it is possible to provide the image forming device which can restrict power consumption and also reduce the time required for printing out after the identity authentication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Masatoshi Hitaka, Takuya Imai
  • Method of gaming, a gaming system, and a gaming controller
    Patent number: 8585486
    Abstract: A method of gaming including: selecting in each game round a plurality of symbols for display to a player in a set of display positions arranged in a plurality of rows and columns, subsets of the display positions corresponding to respective ones of a plurality of reels, each reel comprising a plurality symbols; controlling the correspondence of display positions to reels so that at least one game round is a diagonal spin game round in which at least one of the reels is arranged to spin diagonally such that it corresponds to display positions in a plurality of neighbouring columns; determining an outcome for each game round based on the selected symbols.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited
    Inventor: Michael Allan Shai-Hee
  • Target identification and location system and a method thereof
    Patent number: 8587664
    Abstract: A system and method of identifying and locating one or more targets includes capturing one or more frames and recording position data for each of the frames. Each of the frames comprises a plurality of at least three different types of infrared image data. Each of the targets is identified and a location is provided based on the three different types of captured infrared image data in each of the frames and the recorded position data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Rochester Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Donald M. McKeown, Michael J. Richardson
  • Job execution system, job execution apparatus, counter data administration method thereof and recording medium
    Patent number: 8589545
    Abstract: A job execution system comprises a job execution apparatus and a server apparatus interconnected via a network. The server apparatus stores in itself, counter data defining the range of using the job execution apparatus, which is allowed for a user who logs in the job execution apparatus by authentication. The job execution apparatus obtains entirely or partially the counter data of the login user from the server apparatus; returns the counter data that is reduced by job execution to the server apparatus when the user logs out thereof; judges according to conditions set on the job execution apparatus itself, whether or not the counter data returning operation should be suspended; and suspends the counter data returning operation if judges that it should be suspended.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Hideyuki Matsuda, Kazumi Sawayanagi, Toshihiko Otake, Okihisa Yoshida
  • SiC epitaxial substrate and method for producing the same
    Patent number: 8585821
    Abstract: In one embodiment of the present invention, a monocrystal SiC epitaxial substrate is produced which includes a monocrystal SiC substrate; a buffer layer made of a first SiC epitaxial film formed on the monocrystal SiC substrate; and an active layer made of a second SiC epitaxial film formed on the buffer layer. The buffer layer is grown by heat-treating a set of the monocrystal SiC substrate, a carbon source plate, and a metal Si melt layer having a predetermined thickness and interposed between the monocrystal SiC substrate and the metal Si melt layer, so as to epitaxially grow monocrystal SiC on the monocrystal SiC substrate. The active layer is grown by epitaxially growing monocrystal SiC on the buffer layer by vapor phase growth method. This allows for production of a monocrystal SiC epitaxial substrate including a high-quality monocrystal SiC active layer being low in defects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignees: Ecotron Co., Ltd., Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth
    Inventors: Nobuhiko Nakamura, Toru Matsunami, Kimito Nishikawa
  • Multi-chip package with thermal frame and method of assembling
    Patent number: 8587111
    Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate having a plurality of substrate bonding pads disposed on a bonding surface thereof. A plurality of semiconductor dice are stacked on the bonding surface of the substrate to form a die stack. Each die has a plurality of die bonding pads arranged along at least one bonding edge thereof. The remaining edges of each die are non-bonding edges. A plurality of bonding wires each electrically connects one of the die bonding pads to one of the substrate bonding pads. At least one thermally conductive layer is disposed between two adjacent semiconductor dice. At least one thermally conductive lateral portion is in thermal contact with the at least one layer of thermally conductive material. Each thermally conductive lateral portion is arranged along a non-bonding edge of the die stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: MOSAID Technologies Incorporated
    Inventor: Roland Schuetz
  • Measurement method, a relay station, and a base station in a cell handover procedure
    Patent number: 8588785
    Abstract: The present invention provides a measurement method in a cell handover procedure, comprising: A. after network measurement is triggered, a base station schedules resources, which are needed for transmitting uplink data, for a user terminal; and B. the base station and relay stations measure relevant data transmitted from the user terminal on the resources scheduled by the base station, and the relay stations report the detection information of the uplink signal derived from the measurement to the base station. A relay station and a base station for realizing cell handover are also provided. The present invention can realize that during measuring the quality of the signal from a user terminal and a network side, the network performs the measurement, and selects a target node to which the user terminal will handover according to the result of the measurement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: China Academy Of Telecommunications Technology
    Inventors: Wei Bao, Zhuo Gao, Haizhou Bi
  • Methods and apparatus for generating alerts on a locate device, based on comparing electronic locate information to facilities map information and/or other image information
    Patent number: 8589201
    Abstract: A locate receiver to detect an underground facility includes an RF antenna to receive a magnetic field and provide an output signal based on the received magnetic field, and a processing circuit for determining a magnetic field strength of the magnetic field based on the output signal. The locate receiver also includes a display device, a memory and a processor. A map image based on facilities map data is displayed on the display device. The processor compares a first location at which an indication of detection of the underground facility is generated to a second location of a facility line as indicated by the first map data, and generates an alert based on a disagreement between the first location and the second location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: CertusView Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Steven Nielsen, Curtis Chambers, Jeffrey Farr
  • Method and device for capacitive position detection
    Patent number: 8587555
    Abstract: The method and device for capacitive position detection are disclosed. The touch related sensors within a sensing device with a plurality of sensors are detected first. Therefore at least a range of the mutual capacitance detection for detecting sensing information can be determined according to the touch related sensors. The sensing information within the range of the mutual capacitance detection can be used for generating a two-dimension sensing information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: EGALAX—EMPIA Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Chin-Fu Chang, Cheng-Han Lee, Chi-Hao Tang, Shun-Lung Ho
  • Acoustic coupling layer for coupled resonator filters and method of fabricating acoustic coupling layer
    Patent number: 8587391
    Abstract: In accordance with a representative embodiment, a bulk acoustic wave (BAW) resonator structure, comprises: a first BAW resonator comprising a first lower electrode, a first upper electrode and a first piezoelectric layer disposed between the first lower electrode and the first upper electrode; a second BAW resonator comprising a second lower electrode, a second upper electrode and a second piezoelectric layer disposed between the second lower electrode and the second upper electrode; and a single-material acoustic coupling layer disposed between the first and second BAW resonators, the acoustic coupling layer having an acoustic impedance less than approximately 6.0 MRayls and an acoustic attenuation less than approximately 1000 dB/cm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Avago Technologies General IP (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.
    Inventors: Steve Gilbert, Rick Snyder, John D. Larson, III, Phil Nikkel
  • System and method for selecting and presenting a route to a user
    Patent number: 8589064
    Abstract: A method and system are provided for selecting and presenting a route to a user. An exemplary embodiment includes storing a plurality of associations, each association between a route taken by a user and at least one safety characteristic of the route. Received from a particular user is a request for at least one recommended route to a destination point. A query is formulated based on user specified parameters, including an origination point, the destination point, and a safety characteristic, to obtain routes taken by other users. A plurality of routes taken by other users based on a safety characteristic of the routes and related to at least one of the origination point and the destination point is retrieved from the associations. At least one recommended route is recommended to the user based on at least one of the retrieved routes that most closely matches the specified parameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Scenera Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Mona Singh
  • Internal antenna providing impedance matching for multiband
    Patent number: 8587494
    Abstract: Disclosed is an internal antenna that provides impedance matching for multiple bands. The antenna includes an impedance matching part, which in turn includes a first conductive element electrically coupled to a feeding point and a second conductive element electrically coupled to a ground, and at least one radiator electrically coupled to the first conductive element, where the first conductive element and the second conductive element of the impedance matching part are separated by a particular distance to perform coupling matching and are electrically coupled at a pre-designated position. Certain aspects of the present invention can be utilized to provide wide band characteristics in designing for multi-band applications, even for high-frequency bands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Ace Technologies Corp.
    Inventors: Jin-Woo Lee, Byong-Nam Kim, Joo-Sung Kim
  • Auto sampler for liquid chromatograph analyzer
    Patent number: D693714
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Noda, Masahito Ito, Shoji Tomida, Shintaro Kubo