Patents Assigned to CO
  • Printed wiring board and a method of production thereof
    Patent number: 8324506
    Abstract: A printed wiring board has an insulating resin substrate having a first surface and a second surface, the insulating resin substrate having one or more penetrating-holes passing through the insulating resin substrate from the first surface to the second surface, a first conductor formed on the first surface of the insulating resin substrate, a second conductor formed on the second surface of the insulating resin substrate, and a through-hole conductor structure formed in the penetrating-hole of the insulating resin substrate and electrically connecting the first conductor and the second conductor. The penetrating-hole has a first portion having an opening on the first surface and a second portion having an opening on the second surface. The first portion and the second portion are connected such that the first portion and the second portion are set off from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Ibiden Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tomoyuki Ikeda
  • Liquid crystal display device with voltage stabilizing unit and method for driving the same
    Patent number: 8325175
    Abstract: Liquid crystal display device and method for driving the same, which has a gate high voltage generating circuit for preventing flickering of a gate high voltage. The liquid crystal display device includes a gate high voltage generating circuit for generating a gate high voltage by using n (where n is a natural number greater than unity) pumping units and supplying the gate high voltage through an output line, and a voltage stabilizing unit for generating a gate high voltage within a range of a highest preset value by using an output voltage of the (n?1)th pumping unit in a case the gate high voltage generated at the gate high voltage generating circuit exceeds the highest preset value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae Won Hyun, Sung Joon Moon
  • Semiconductor memory device having physically shared data path and test device for the same
    Patent number: 8325539
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device includes a plurality of chips, a data path that is physically shared by the plurality of chips, a data input/output pad, and a data output driver. The data output driver is configured to receive merged data that includes data merged from a set of chip data read from the plurality of chips, compare the merged data to first reference data in a test mode, compare the merged data to second reference data in a test mode, and based on the comparisons, apply an output voltage at a data input/output pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hwan-wook Park
  • Backlight unit, and display apparatus thereof
    Patent number: 8322904
    Abstract: A backlight unit is provided that may include a plurality of optical assemblies arranged in a matrix form, and a cover to receive the optical assemblies. Each optical assembly may separately include: a light emitting module having a plurality of light emitting devices, a light guide plate, and a cover provided over a portion of the light guide plate. The optical assemblies may include a first optical assembly, a second optical assembly and a third optical assembly. A top surface of the second optical assembly may be spaced from a top surface of the first optical assembly in a first direction by a first interval, and a top surface of the third optical assembly may be spaced from the top surface of the first optical assembly in the second direction by a second interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kum Tae Lee, Min Sang Kim, Moon Jeong Kim, Sung Young Park, Jeong Hwan Kim
  • Method, system and apparatus for transmitting remote procedure call commands
    Patent number: 8327391
    Abstract: A method, system and apparatus for transmitting remote procedure call (RPC) commands are disclosed so that all terminals can be managed by using a protocol or specification in a converged network. The method includes: setting RPC commands in device management (DM) specification information; and transmitting the DM specification information. The system includes: a first device, adapted to: set RPC commands in the DM specification information, and send the DM specification information to a second device; and the second device, adapted to receive the DM specification information from the first device. The apparatus includes a terminal device and a DM server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Rui Wang, Haitao Liu
  • Detected data processing apparatus and computer readable medium for detecting data
    Patent number: 8326564
    Abstract: A detected data processing apparatus includes a selecting unit that calculates mutual correlation between a plurality of groups of detected data acquired from a detecting unit that detects an operational state of a circuit board, and then selects as analysis data the detected data of a group whose value indicating correlation with other groups is smaller than a threshold value set up in advance; and a first calculating unit that calculates a first Mahalanobis distance on a basis of a first Mahalanobis space generated by using the analysis data selected by the selecting unit from the detected data obtained when a normal circuit board is operated and on a basis of the detected data obtained when a circuit board of diagnosis target is operated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Tetsuichi Satonaga, Koji Adachi, Kaoru Yasukawa, Norikazu Yamada, Koki Uwatoko, Shigehiro Furukawa
  • Methods of manufacturing NOR-type nonvolatile memory devices including impurity expansion regions
    Patent number: 8324051
    Abstract: Methods of manufacturing NOR-type flash memory device include forming a tunnel oxide layer on a substrate, forming a first conductive layer on the tunnel oxide layer, forming first mask patterns parallel to one another on the first conductive layer in a y direction of the substrate, and selectively removing the first conductive layer and the tunnel oxide layer using the first mask patterns as an etch mask. Thus, first conductive patterns and tunnel oxide patterns are formed, and first trenches are formed to expose the surface of the substrate between the first conductive patterns and the tunnel oxide patterns. A photoresist pattern is formed to open at least one of the first trenches, and impurity ions are implanted using the photoresist pattern as a first ion implantation mask to form an impurity region extending in a y direction of the substrate. The photoresist pattern is removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young-Soo Song, Joong-Shik Shin
  • Method for treating swine feces/urine
    Patent number: 8322303
    Abstract: A method for treating swine feces/urine includes breeding and growing imagoes of Musca Domestica in an environment having a temperature of 18-35° C. and having a humidity of 50-80%. The imagoes of Musca Domestica lay eggs in the environment. The eggs of Musca Domestic are transferred into a cultivating material including at least one product of soybean and/or milk. The eggs of Musca Domestica are bred at a temperature of 20-35° C. until hatching into larvae. The larvae of Musca Domestica are placed on swine feces/urine of a thickness of 4-10 cm at a temperature of 20-35° C. for 2-3 days. The larvae feed on and decompose the swine feces/urine. The swine feces/urine can be decomposed in 5-7 days without causing pollution to the air, water sources, and environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: New I Ten Rin Enterprise Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chun-Hsung Chang
  • Printer with bracket for holding paper tray
    Patent number: 8326209
    Abstract: A printer includes a main body for printing and outputting paper, a bracket attached to the main body, a driving mechanism, and a tray for receiving the paper. The bracket includes two sidewalls. A retaining member is secured to each sidewall. A first spring member is secured between each retaining member and the corresponding sidewall. The driving mechanisms are secured to the sidewalls. Each driving mechanism includes a sliding member slidable on the sidewall. The tray is received in the bracket. The tray has tray posts. The sliding members are slid to bring the tray. The tray posts slide the retaining members from a first position to a second position before passing across the retaining members, and the retaining members are slid from the second position to the first position by rebounding of the first springs after the tray posts pass across the retaining members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chen-Lu Fan, Chih-Kun Shih, Chun-Hsien Lin
  • Color management apparatus, color management method and computer readable medium recording color management program
    Patent number: 8325396
    Abstract: In color management apparatus, the generation unit uses the color prediction model, the data of an input color expressed by the device dependent color and data of an output color expressed by the device independent color to generate color profile between the input color and the output color. The obtaining unit obtains a target lightness of the white point which is less than the standardized maximum lightness in the device independent color space. The change unit changes the output color into the device independent color of which the target lightness of the white point is a maximum lightness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yasunari Kishimoto
  • Method and apparatus for high-speed image processing based on graphic processing unit
    Patent number: 8325197
    Abstract: A method for high-speed image processing based on graphic processing unit includes processing an input image for the image processing in a texture format of a 32 bit floating point, and performing a predetermined algorithm for the image processing on the input image through at least one or more Framebuffer Object (FOB) and outputting the result as texture data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Inha-Industry Partnership Institute
    Inventors: Seok-Jin Won, Yun-Je Oh, Sung-Dae Cho, Tae-Hwa Hong, Soo-Kyun Kim, Min-Woo Lee, In-Kyu Park, Man-Hee Lee
  • Apparatus for providing haptic feedback
    Patent number: 8325024
    Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus used in an electronic device for providing haptic feedback. The apparatus includes a base defining a receiving space, a piezoelectricity vibrator suspended in the receiving space and being capable of vibrating in the receiving space, a pair of contacts partially accommodated in the base and electrically connected to the piezoelectricity vibrator, and a transmitting mass located above the piezoelectricity vibrator with a lower side abutting against the piezoelectricity vibrator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignees: AAC Acoustic Technologies (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., American Audio Components Inc.
    Inventors: Le-Ping Dong, Jie He, Lin Liu, Zheng-Ping Qin
  • Semiconductor device comprising a through electrode and a pad connected to the through electrode and having an exposed portion and method for fabricating the same
    Patent number: 8324733
    Abstract: A semiconductor device and a method for fabricating the same, wherein a portion of a substrate comprising a pad is removed to form a via hole. An insulating layer is formed on the substrate. A portion of the insulating layer is removed to form a plurality of openings exposing portions of the pad. A through electrode is formed to fill the via hole and to be electrically connected to the pad through one of the plurality of openings. A portion of the pad is exposed by another opening among the plurality of openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: In Young Lee, Donghyeon Jang, Namseog Kim
  • Touch panel and display device using the same
    Patent number: 8325146
    Abstract: A touch panel includes a first electrode plate, and a second electrode plate separated from the first electrode plate. The first electrode plate includes a first substrate, a first conductive layer, and at least two electrodes. The second electrode plate includes a second substrate, a second conductive layer, and at least two electrodes. At least one of the first and second conductive layers includes a plurality of carbon nanotube wire-like structures. Two ends of each carbon nanotube wire-like structure are connected with two of the electrodes. A display device adopting the touch panel includes the touch panel and a display element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignees: Tsinghua University, Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kai-Li Jiang, Liang Liu, Shou-Shan Fan
  • Method and apparatus for distributed authorization by anonymous flexible credential
    Patent number: 8327423
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for distributed authorization by anonymous flexible credential are provided. Pseudonym authority issues a root pseudonym to a user. The user may generate large amount of derived pseudonym from the root pseudonym. The user may obtain resource credentials from resource protectors by using derived pseudonyms. The user may select a set of resource credentials, generate a flexible credential from this set of resource credentials and request access to the resource corresponding to the set of resource credentials to a resource protector by using the flexible credential and a derived pseudonym. Revocation list for each resource may be maintained in the system such that any one of resource credentials of any user may be revoked without affecting other resource credentials of that user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: NEC (China) Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ke Zeng
  • Image reading apparatus and method of controlling the same
    Patent number: 8325389
    Abstract: An image reading apparatus to automatically determine whether first and second reading units, which are opposed to each other with a document interposed therebetween, are normally operated and a method of controlling the same includes a duplex path to guide the document, which is read by the first reading unit and the second reading unit, to be transported to the first reading unit and the second reading unit again in a state in which the first side and the second side of the document are reversed. The document is subjected to a primary reading operation using the first reading unit and the second reading unit, and the document, which was subjected to the primary reading operation, is then guided via the duplex path and passes through the first reading unit and the second reading unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: SAMSUNG Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yong Duk Lee
  • Trunk width measuring unit and visceral fat measuring device
    Patent number: 8326411
    Abstract: A trunk width measuring unit including a first contact portion attached movably in the vertical direction relative to a unit main body, the first contact portion to be brought into contact with an upper surface of a trunk of a subject, second and third contact portions attached movably in the horizontal direction relative to the unit main body, a vertical width detection encoder for detecting a lowering distance of the first contact portion from an original position on the upper side of the trunk of the user to a contact point with the upper surface of the trunk, and a horizontal width detection encoder attached movably in the horizontal direction relative to the unit main body by the same distance as a moving distance of the second contact portion, the horizontal width detection encoder detecting a moving distance of the third contact portion relative to the second contact portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Omron Healthcare Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hiromichi Karo, Takehiro Hamaguchi, Tomoya Ijiri, Yasuaki Murakawa, Shojiro Oku
  • Method and circuit for continuous-time delta-sigma DAC with reduced noise
    Patent number: 8325074
    Abstract: A continuous-time delta-sigma digital-to-analog converter (DAC) includes a first delta-sigma modulator configured to quantize a most significant bit or bits of a digital input signal and produce a first quantization error signal, and a second multi-stage delta-sigma modulator configured to quantize less significant bits of the digital input signal. A first DAC is coupled to an output of the first delta-sigma modulator, and a second DAC is coupled to an output of the second noise-shaping filter. The second DAC has a greater resolution than the first DAC. A low pass output filter is coupled to a sum of an output of the first DAC and an output of the second DAC.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Martin Kinyua
  • Gasoline engine
    Patent number: D671958
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Lifan Industry (Group) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chaobing Wu, Wen Fan
  • Disk for a medical testing machine
    Patent number: D672050
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Beom-Seok Lee, Young-Goun Lee