Patents Assigned to A&A Technologies
  • Patent number: 8589161
    Abstract: A system and method for an integrated, multi-modal, multi-device natural language voice services environment may be provided. In particular, the environment may include a plurality of voice-enabled devices each having intent determination capabilities for processing multi-modal natural language inputs in addition to knowledge of the intent determination capabilities of other devices in the environment. Further, the environment may be arranged in a centralized manner, a distributed peer-to-peer manner, or various combinations thereof. As such, the various devices may cooperate to determine intent of multi-modal natural language inputs, and commands, queries, or other requests may be routed to one or more of the devices best suited to take action in response thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: VoiceBox Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert A. Kennewick, Chris Weider
  • Patent number: 8584374
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for removing water from a mixture containing at least one compound having at least one group reactive towards isocyanate and containing water, the mixture being applied to the surface of a rotating body A, the mixture flowing over the surface of the rotating body A to an outer region of the surface of the rotating body A and water evaporating from the mixture. In particular, this method is suitable for removing water from alcohols and amines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Construction Research & Technology GmbH
    Inventors: Simone Klapdohr, Burkhard Walther, Helmut Mack, Zhizhong Cai, Laurent Marc, Jochen Mezger, Tobias Austermann, Silke Flakus
  • Patent number: 8586969
    Abstract: The organic EL device of the present invention includes an anode, a cathode (e.g., an Al layer (15)), and an organic layer 20 that is disposed between the anode and the cathode and that includes a light emitting layer 14. At least one side of the anode nearer to the organic layer (20) is formed of a transparent oxide semiconductor layer (e.g., an ITO layer (12)). The molybdenum oxide layer is disposed between the oxide semiconductor layer and the organic layer (20). The thickness of the molybdenum oxide layer is less than 2 nm when the molybdenum oxide layer is assumed to have a uniform thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Hideyuki Murata, Toshinori Matsushima
  • Patent number: 8585915
    Abstract: A method of fabricating semiconductor structures comprising sub-resolution alignment marks is disclosed. The method comprises forming a dielectric material on a substrate and forming at least one sub-resolution alignment mark extending partially into the dielectric material. At least one opening is formed in the dielectric material. Semiconductor structures comprising the sub-resolution alignment marks are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: David S. Pratt, Marc A. Sulfridge
  • Patent number: 8586315
    Abstract: A fluorescent protein particle comprising: a particle forming component capable of forming or aggregating into a substantially insoluble protein particle when expressed by a cell; a fluorescent component; and a functional component capable of binding to, or being bound by, a target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Innovative Purification Technologies Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Jens Sommer-Knudsen, David Moreland Gibbs
  • Patent number: 8585546
    Abstract: A process for controlling a drive train with an internal combustion engine, a transmission and an automatically actuated brake system. In the event of a defect of the transmission, retardation is effected by means of the automatically actuated brake system in order to avoid impermissibly high speeds in the drive train.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Bjoern Stehle, Alexander Schweizer, Gerald Kuestler
  • Patent number: 8589893
    Abstract: In certain embodiments, execution traces for a program definition of an application are accessed. Probability information for components of the program definition is computed based at least in part upon the execution traces. Program definition slices are determined based at least in part upon the probability information. The program definition slices comprises a baseline slice and at least one supplemental slice. The baseline slice is communicated to a client in response to a request for the application. At least one supplemental slice is communicated to the client to allow the patching of the baseline slice with the at least one supplemental slice to recreate at least a portion of the program definition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventor: Nicholas A. Allen
  • Patent number: 8588182
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a method and system for controlling handover of a user terminal device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: China Academy of Telecommunications Technology
    Inventors: Aijuan Liu, Ying Wang
  • Patent number: 8588721
    Abstract: The dual mode receiver channel select filter includes a filter for a dual mode Bluetooth/Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) receiver portion of a BT/WLAN transceiver. The filter is a 4th order complex filter and is digitally programmable and reconfigurable. Implemented as the channel select filter for dual-mode receivers, the filter adopts low-IF for Bluetooth and zero-IF for WLAN (IEEE 802.11b). It is based on simple active elements, such as current and voltage followers. The center frequency is digitally tuned through programming active current division networks (CDNs).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignees: King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology
    Inventor: Hussain Alzaher
  • Patent number: 8588163
    Abstract: A random access method, a parameter assignment method, a wireless communication device, and a base station using the same are provided. The random access method is adapted for the wireless communication device to perform a random access process with the base station, and includes following steps. The wireless communication device transmits a preamble code to the base station, obtains an indicator in a packet transmitted from the base station, and determines whether to obtain a first random access response and a second random access response according to the indicator. When the transmission of the preamble code by the wireless communication device encounters a collision and the indicator is set the wireless communication device performs a random access process by using the command in the first random access response. Otherwise, the wireless communication device performs the conventional process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Jung-Mao Lin, Chie-Ming Chou
  • Patent number: 8585226
    Abstract: A method of balancing a mirror in a limited rotation motor system is disclosed. The method includes the steps of providing a mirror on a rotor shaft of the limited rotation motor system such that the mirror is initially imbalanced in that the mirror is slightly more weighted to lean to a front side of the mirror that includes a front reflective face of the mirror, and adjusting at least one threaded counterweight screw on a back side of the mirror at least to a position at which the mirror becomes balanced between the front and back sides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Cambridge Technology, Inc.
    Inventor: David C. Brown
  • Patent number: 8585541
    Abstract: A combined power transmission and drive unit for use in hybrid systems between a first engine and a transmission device, broadly including at least an input connectable with the engine, a power transmission device by which the output is connected with a transmission input shaft, a device for selectively at least interrupting/establishing the power flow to the input of the power transmission device and an electric machine including at least one rotor that is connected non-rotatably with the input of the power transmission device. Furthermore, the invention relates to a hybrid system, including a first engine and a combined power transmission and drive unit connected downstream of the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventor: Bruno Mueller
  • Patent number: 8588377
    Abstract: A method for grouping voice messages includes extracting a voice signature from a voice message and tagging the voice message with an identification associated with the voice signature. The method also includes grouping the voice message based on the identification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Shmuel Shaffer, Labhesh Patel, Mukul Jain, Sanjeev Kumar
  • Patent number: 8585132
    Abstract: A vehicle is provided that includes, but is not limited to an energy accumulator in an energy accumulator area. The vehicle also includes, but is not limited to a rear axle area having a rear axle frame and a front axle area having a front axle frame. Furthermore, the vehicle includes, but is not limited to interrupted crash load pathways in the vehicle floor area, which are limited to the vehicle passenger compartment. The energy accumulator is situated on a carrier system in the vehicle floor area, the carrier system closing the interrupted crash load pathways of the vehicle between the rear axle frame and/or the front axle frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Stanislaw Klimek, Martin Schwarz
  • Patent number: 8584545
    Abstract: A drive train for a motor vehicle, including a drive unit having a drive shaft and a transmission having a transmission input shaft and a plurality of gears, of which at least one is used as a starting gear for the motor vehicle, and having a friction clutch, which is arranged between the crankshaft and the transmission input shaft and is actuated in an automated manner. In order to prevent start-up noise caused by backlashes in the motor vehicle, a backlash present in the transmission is compensated by applying a small compensating torque set at the friction clutch to the transmission input shaft while the starting gear is engaged before start up.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG
    Inventor: Michael Reuschel
  • Patent number: 8587451
    Abstract: A laser projection system including a projection screen and a laser projector is revealed. The projection screen includes at least one light emitting layer having at least one luminescent material that is excited by excitation light with a specific wavelength range to generate excited light with another wavelength range. The laser projector consists of a laser light source module, a laser signal modulation module, a rotation plane mirror module, a rotation plane mirror control module, and a signal conversion module. The laser projector produces excitation laser according to an image signal of a static image or dynamic image and projects the laser to the projection screen correspondingly for an image displayed. Thus a projected image with high recognition is displayed on the projection screen in a transparent manner in natural sunlight. Therefore efficiency and application of the laser projection are improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: ALVIS Technologies Inc.
    Inventor: Chih-Hsiao Chen
  • Patent number: 8589128
    Abstract: The present disclosure features methods and systems for creation of a dynamically configurable product design, sometimes referred to as business driven assemblies. Such product designs may be referred to as driven by a bill-of-materials (BOM) or selection of options by a customer, sales representative, or vendor, and may be performed responsive to a product lifecycle management (PLM) plan. The system allows a customer to define specifications of a product, and then dynamically generates a CAD model responsive to the defined specifications or selected options.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Parametric Technology Corporation
    Inventors: John Christopher Buchowski, Rudy Hubert Slegers
  • Patent number: 8586793
    Abstract: Aldehyde or ketone compounds having more than one carbonyl group are reductively aminated to form a product amine compound having more than one primary amino group. The aldehyde or ketone compound is reacted with the product amine compound, to form a reaction mixture that contains one or more intermediates. The intermediate is then reductively aminated to form the desired product. This process produces the desired product in very high yields with low levels of secondary amine impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Michael Leo Tulchinsky, Barry B. Fish
  • Patent number: 8588255
    Abstract: A full-T cross apparatus and method are provided. The full-T cross apparatus includes an input module, which includes multiple input channels; and multiple output modules, each of which includes an output channel, an output control module, and multiple data storage modules. Each of the multiple data storage modules is corresponding to each of the multiple input channels of the input module. The multiple output modules are configured to receive service data from the multiple input channels according to the output channels corresponding to the service data, and send the service data according to output time slots corresponding to the service data. In this way, the chip size is reduced to some extent, and further, the costs and power consumption of the chip are reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Lei Li, Yujie Chen, Jinfeng Wu, Zhangwei Lei
  • Patent number: D693712
    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