Patents Assigned to ON! Systems
  • WIRELESS DYNAMIC POWER CONTROL OF AN IMPLANTABLE SENSING DEVICE AND METHODS THEREFOR
    Publication number: 20100161004
    Abstract: Communication systems and methods for dynamically controlling the power wirelessly delivered by a remote reader unit to separate sensing device, such as a device adapted to monitor a physiological parameter within a living body, including but not limited to intraocular pressure, intracranial pressure (ICP), and cardiovascular pressures that can be measured to assist in diagnosing and monitoring various diseases. The communication method entails electromagnetically delivering power from at least one telemetry antenna within the reader unit to at least one telemetry antenna within the sensing device, and controlling the power supplied to the sensing device within a predetermined operating power level range of the sensing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2009
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: INTEGRATED SENSING SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Nader Najafi, Fred Brauchler, Vincent Cruz
  • METHOD FOR EXECUTING DISCOVERY AND STATUS UPDATE POLLING PROCEDURES OF NETWORKED DEVICES
    Publication number: 20100161832
    Abstract: In a system of networked devices such as printers managed by a computer connected to them by a network, a method is described for executing device discovery and device status update at independent time intervals using a SNMP broadcast method while eliminating thread safety risk. Device discovery and status update are executed as subroutines within a main routine and each subroutine has its own decrement counter. The entire routine is repeated one cycle every time unit. In each cycle, the decrement counters are evaluated. If a counter is a positive value, the corresponding subroutine is skipped and the counter is decremented by one. If a counter is zero, the corresponding subroutine is executed and its counter is reset to the user-specified time interval afterwards.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2008
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA SYSTEMS LABORATORY, INC.
    Inventor: Naoki KOMINE
  • Dynamic Enabling of Functionality in Electronic Document Readers
    Publication number: 20100161500
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for digital rights management. In one aspect, a method is provided. The method includes receiving an electronic document, where the electronic document includes one or more content items, a set of usage rights defining one or more features to be enabled when the document is read by an electronic document reader, and a stored representation. The method further includes generating a representation of invariant content items of the electronic document, comparing the generated representation with the stored representation, and enabling features corresponding to the set of usage rights in the electronic document only if the generated representation and the stored representation are identical, where the features are features performed by the electronic document reader on the electronic document.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2010
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: ADOBE SYSTEMS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Krish Chaudhury, James D. Pravetz
  • CARDIOVASCULAR POWER SOURCE FOR AUTOMATIC IMPLANTABLE CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATORS
    Publication number: 20100160994
    Abstract: Aspects according to the present invention provide a method and implant suitable for implantation inside a human body that includes a power consuming means responsive to a physiological requirement of the human body, a power source and a power storage device. The power source comprises a sheathed piezoelectric assembly that is configured to generate an electrical current when flexed by the tissue of the body and communicate the generated current to the power storage device, which is electrically coupled to the power source and to the power consuming means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2008
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
    Inventors: Marc D. Feldman, Shaochen Chen, Li-Hsin Han, Carlos A. Aguilar, Arturo A. Ayon, C. Mauli Agrawal, David M. Johnson, Devang N. Patel, Steven R. Bailey, Brian A. Korgel, Doh C. Lee
  • ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND A DATA INPUT METHOD FOR THE ELECTRONIC DEVICE
    Publication number: 20100156800
    Abstract: An electronic device and a data input method for the electronic device are provided. The electronic device has keys and a display device. When a user depress one or more keys to complete data input, a set of values is acquired. To locate a data from a database of the electronic device, the acquired set of values is compared with standard values of the entries in the database. The standard values of the located data match the acquired set of values. The electronic device displays the located data on the display device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2009
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: CHI MEI COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventor: MENG-CHIEH CHOU
  • FLUIDIC LENS
    Publication number: 20100157438
    Abstract: A fluidic lens includes a cavity 16 containing an optically transparent liquid and bounded by optically transparent walls 10, 32 arranged such that light may pass into the fluid via one wall and exit from the fluid via another wall, at least one said wall including at least one optically transparent piezoelectric element which is deformable so as to change the shape of the cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: BAE SYSTEMS plc
    Inventors: Michael S. GRIFFITH, Leslie Charles Laycock
  • Seismic Method For Vehicle Detection And Vehicle Weight Classification
    Publication number: 20100157729
    Abstract: A system is provided for detecting the passage of vehicles and the classification thereof by weight using geophone outputs and a unique density measurement in which the number of peaks of the geophone signal above a predetermined threshold over a number of time frames indicates the presence of a vehicle, with the number of time frames in which the density exceeds the threshold indicating whether the vehicle is a heavy vehicle such as a tank, or a light vehicle such as a car, with the threshold eliminating both manmade and natural noise, as well as distinguishing seismic vibrations due to personnel and animals. In one embodiment, various thresholds are utilized to detect the onset of vehicle presence and the end of the event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc.
    Inventors: Michael S. RICHMAN, Douglas S. DEADRICK
  • METHODS OF FACILITATING MERCHANT TRANSACTIONS USING A COMPUTERIZED SYSTEM INCLUDING A SET OF TITLES
    Publication number: 20100161444
    Abstract: A method of facilitating a transaction between a merchant and a buyer using a computerized system including a set of titles. The method includes storing the set of titles in a merchant site corresponding to a set of products for sale; browsing the merchant site using a client device and selecting a product for purchase; and generating a payment slip title for the product including information relating to a payment amount and a buyer identifier. The method further includes selecting a payment structure from a set of available payment structures; modifying the payment slip title to include information corresponding to the selected payment structure; releasing the product title to the buyer; and transmitting the payment amount to the merchant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2010
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: NAVIO SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Stefan Roever, Kevin Collins, Josh C. Ding, Alex F. Clark, James Bruce
  • Laminar Deck Jet
    Publication number: 20100155497
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are disclosed for fluid handling devices with enhanced functionality. In some embodiments, the fluid handling device may include a plurality of filters coupled to the fluid handling device, where passing a first stream of fluid through the plurality of filters may improve the laminarity of the first stream of fluid, an orifice situated about the fluid handling device, where the first stream of fluid may exit the fluid handling device through the orifice in a substantially laminar state, and a surface disruptor coupled to the fluid handling device, where the surface disruptor may provide a second stream of fluid and where the disruptor may be positioned such that the second stream of fluid interferes with the first stream of fluid exiting the fluid handling device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: Zodiac Pool Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: John T. Hagaman
  • CIRCUMFERENCE SEARCH METHOD FOR SETTING PATH AND NAVIGATION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20100161221
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a navigation system and vicinity search method for route setting to retrieve a facility around a route and set an intermediate point through a vicinity search. The vicinity search method for route setting, the vicinity search method including: retrieving a route between a start point and a destination; retrieving a facility with respect to at least one category based on the retrieved route according to a command of a user; and displaying the retrieved facility for each category on the retrieved route.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2007
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: THINKWARE SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yun Wook Jung
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM PERFORMING BLOCK-LEVEL RC EXTRACTION
    Publication number: 20100162188
    Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product are disclosed for performing RC extraction from the perspective of the block level. A translation mechanism is employed to convert from a full-chip design domain to a block-level design domain. This allows model-based prediction results to be used in the early design implementation flow when parasitic RC and timing extractions are performed, where the model-based prediction results relate to predictions of manufacturing variations such as thickness and topography.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2009
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Li J. SONG, Zhan-Zhong Yao, Rachid Salik, Hao Jl, Taber Smith
  • FILL PATTERNING FOR SYMMETRICAL CIRCUITS
    Publication number: 20100155956
    Abstract: A fill-placement method, according to which symmetrical fill patterns are used to insert fill tiles into one or more interconnect levels corresponding to symmetrical circuitry. The fill-placement method can be used, for example, in the fabrication of an integrated circuit having at least two complementary portions for which relatively tight circuit-matching requirements need to be met.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2008
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: AGERE SYSTEMS INC.
    Inventor: Jason K. Werkheiser
  • PRINT MANAGEMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS WITH DESTINATION PANEL
    Publication number: 20100157368
    Abstract: A method for managing printers, implemented in a print job management apparatus, is provided. The method includes determining availability of each of the printers in accordance with a pre-defined criteria, and displaying a list of the printers together with the availabilities of the printers on a display monitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2010
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: KONICA MINOLTA SYSTEMS LABORATORY, INC.
    Inventors: Geoff W. Harmon, Toshiro Fujimori, Rakesh Pandit, Shigenori Matsubara
  • NEGATIVE REFRACTIVE INDEX MATERIALS AND METHODS FOR MAKING SAME
    Publication number: 20100157437
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention described herein include metamaterials that exhibit negative permittivity and negative permeability at optical frequencies, methods for preparing such materials, and devices prepared from same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2009
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: TRITON SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Keith A. Higginson, Alkim Akyurtlu, Adil-Gerai Kussow
  • Integrated Microbial Collector
    Publication number: 20100159504
    Abstract: A system for real-time sizing of fluid-borne particles is disclosed. The system further determines, in real time, whether the detected particles are biological or non-biological. As the fluid is being tested, it is exposed to a microbe collection filter which is cultured to determine the type of microbes present in the fluid being tested.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2009
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: BIOVIGILANT SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: John Y. Babico, Jian-Ping Jiang
  • SEPARATION METHODS FOR IMPRINT LITHOGRAPHY
    Publication number: 20100154993
    Abstract: Methods for separating a template from a substrate are described. Generally, the template and the substrate have a template-substrate interface. A tilting motion may be generated about a tilting axis located at the template-substrate interface. The tilting motion may include forming a wedge between the template and the substrate at one end of the template-substrate interface. The substrate may be titled with respect to the template, and the template may remain stationary. Additionally, a force may be applied to increase a distance between the template and the substrate, such that the template is spaced apart from the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2010
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
    Inventors: Byung-Jin Choi, Sidlgata V. Sreenivasan, Stephen C. Johnson
  • Method For Detecting a Target Nucleic Acid in a Sample
    Publication number: 20100159452
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for detecting a target nucleic acid in a sample using fluorescent probe pairs which include fluorescent reporter and quencher molecules which may be used in hybridization assays and in nucleic acid amplification reactions, especially polymerase chain reactions (PCR).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2008
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: ROCHE MOLECULAR SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventor: Nicolas Newton
  • REAL-TIME MONITORING OF AGE PIGMENTS AND FACTORS RELATING TO TRANSMISSIBLE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHIES AND APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20100159505
    Abstract: A fluorescent spectroscopic method and apparatus for real time direct detection of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies in central nervous system tissue by monitoring the fluorescence of intrinsic markers in the tissue by illuminating the tissue with UV or visible light having an appropriate wavelength, and the resulting emission spectra is detected and examined in the region from 350 to 650 nm. A higher intensity in this region is indicative of infected tissue. The apparatus and method would not interfere with existing slaughterhouse line speeds or procedures, and could be used on live animals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2010
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicants: MEAT INSPECTION SYSTEMS, L.L.C., IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION, INC., The United States, as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture
    Inventors: Thomas A. Casey, Mark A. Rasmussen, Albin H. Gapsch, Ricky Lee Flick, Jacob W. Petrich
  • DEVICES, METHODS, AND KITS FOR GASTROINTESTINAL PROCEDURES
    Publication number: 20100160937
    Abstract: Devices, methods and kits for restricting a portion of a GI tract by tightening tissue are provided. The devices, methods and kits can be used to treat GERD or obesity. The devices, methods, and kits do not require the formation of plications in tissue walls and may result in faster application, reduced surgical trauma, reduced risk, and reduced cost. The devices comprise a plurality of tissue-engageable anchors coupled to a tether. Each anchor is secured to a tissue wall of the GI tract. The anchors are secured to the tissue wall in a manner that may minimize tissue damage. The tether is configured to be cinched to draw the anchors together, which in turn draws the tissue secured to the anchors together, thereby tightening tissue to restrict a portion of the GI tract.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2010
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: Guided Delivery Systems Inc.
    Inventor: Niel F. STARKSEN
  • USB AUDIO CONTROLLER
    Publication number: 20100161857
    Abstract: An USB audio controller includes an USB interface unit, an audio interface unit, a storage interface unit, and a processing unit. The USB interface unit is used to connect to an USB bus for communicating with a host by a communication information. The audio interface unit is used to connect to at least one audio device for communicating with an audio signal. The storage interface unit is used to connect to a memory unit for communicating storage information. The processing unit is for processing the communicating information, storage information, or audio signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2009
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Applicant: SOLID STATE SYSTEM CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Rong-Hwa Ding