Patents Assigned to TECHNOLOGIES INC.
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Publication number: 20140138456Abstract: A showerhead for personal hygiene is provided that includes a valve actuator that is powered mechanically or electrically to provide variation in spray pattern, variation in water flow, or a combination thereof upon a user initiating valve actuator operation. A power supply, with a recharge capability for the power source, is provided of a battery-electric motor or a spring, the power supply is in mechanical communication with the actuator. A user interface includes buttons corresponding to different multimodal operational programs for the showerhead. A user programmable keypad allowing selection between different spray modes, flow rates and a combination thereof is provided within an integral showerhead housing or a remote control. A user is able to change modes without intervening manual manipulation between modes; as a result an enhanced massage experience is provided. A timed shower period, reduced water flow patterns, or a combination thereof is also provided to save water.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2013Publication date: May 22, 2014Applicant: SIDUS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventor: Mordechai Lev
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Publication number: 20140138760Abstract: A monolithic three dimensional NAND string includes a vertical semiconductor channel and a plurality of control gate electrodes in different device levels. The string also includes a blocking dielectric layer, a charge storage region and a tunnel dielectric. A first control gate electrode is separated from a second control gate electrode by an air gap located between the major surfaces of the first and second control gate electrodes and/or the charge storage region includes silicide nanoparticles embedded in a charge storage dielectric.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2014Publication date: May 22, 2014Applicant: SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES INC.Inventors: Raghuveer S. Makala, Johann Alsmeier, Yao-Sheng Lee
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Publication number: 20140139283Abstract: A circuit monitors an electronic circuit for the effects of extreme temperatures, high Total Ionizing Dose (TID), very low (down to sub-threshold) supply voltages, process variations, and other performance altering phenomena. The circuit then generates signals that are applied to the electronic circuit to compensate for these effects. The design generates voltages that are applied to either body terminals of semiconductor technologies (e.g. MOSFET, CMOS, SOI, and others) or bottom gates of independently double gated technologies to provide compensation. The design includes a reference circuit that is adjusted until its performance is restored. The signals found that compensate the reference circuit are applied throughout the IC.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2012Publication date: May 22, 2014Applicant: RNET TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Todd S. Grimes, David S. Van Sickle
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Publication number: 20140138847Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for electrically connecting wafers, which physically bonds two wafers through an oxide-to-oxide bonding method and then electrically connects the two wafers through a butting contact structure. The wafers are physically bonded to each other through a relatively simple method, and then electrically connected to through TSVs or butting contact holes. Therefore, since the fabrication process may be simplified, a process error may be reduced, and the product yield may be improved.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2013Publication date: May 22, 2014Applicant: SILICONFILE TECHNOLOGIES INC.Inventor: In Gyun Jeon
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Publication number: 20140137924Abstract: An array of solar collectors track the sun based on measured values of power output from the array and from a sun sensor on the array. The sun is tracked by periodically adjusting the altitude and azimuth of the array so the collectors remain pointed at the sun to maximize an amount of solar flux reflected from the collectors. The sun sensor, which detects alignment of the sun, recognizes when relative movement of the sun causes about a 10% reduction in power output of the array. The altitude and azimuth of the array are readjusted based on output from the sun sensor. While the array is being reoriented, power output from the array is monitored, and values for power output versus orientation of the array are recorded. Offset values between the power output, sun sensor output, and the ephemeral equations are calculated by comparing these values during operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2012Publication date: May 22, 2014Applicant: BRIGHTLEAF TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventor: Craig Hollabaugh
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Publication number: 20140141287Abstract: A battery pack containing a plurality of battery cells having a housing and defining an opening within the housing and a battery control module configured to be disposed within the opening of the battery pack. The battery control module may contain circuitry for controlling a connection between the battery pack and an electric load or electric source and for controlling the charging of the battery cells. The circuitry within the battery control module is connected by rigid conductors, such as conductive traces on a circuit board or bus bars rather than flexible wire cables. The battery control module may be configured to be removed for serving the battery pack without removing the battery pack housing. The battery pack may further include a battery voltage monitor configured to monitor a terminal voltage of each battery cell and send a digital signal representing the voltage to the battery control module.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2012Publication date: May 22, 2014Applicant: DELPHI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: JOSEPH A. BERTUCCI, DANIEL S. EICHORN, ROBERT C. BEER, JOHN V. CAPUTO
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Publication number: 20140139616Abstract: A telepresence device may autonomously check patients. The telepresence device may determine the frequency of checking based on whether the patient has a risk factor. The telepresence device may include an image sensor, a thermal camera, a depth sensor, one or more systems for interacting with patients, or the like. The telepresence device may be configured to evaluate the patient's condition using the one or more sensors. The telepresence device may measure physiological characteristics using Eulerian video magnification, may detect pallor, fluid level, or fluid color, may detect thermal asymmetry, may determine a psychological state from body position or movement, or the like. The telepresence device may determine whether the patient is experiencing a potentially harmful condition, such as sepsis or stroke, and may trigger an alarm if so. To overcome alarm fatigue, the telepresence device may annoy a care provider until the care provider responds to an alarm.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2013Publication date: May 22, 2014Applicant: INTOUCH TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Marco Pinter, Timothy C. Wright, H. Neal Reynolds
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Publication number: 20140139363Abstract: An analog-to-digital converter is disclosed comprising a resonant oscillator comprising an input operable to receive an analog input signal and an output operable to output an oscillating signal. A DC offset detector detects a DC offset in the oscillating signal caused by the analog input signal, wherein the DC offset is converted into a digital output signal representing the analog input signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2012Publication date: May 22, 2014Applicant: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventor: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
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Publication number: 20140139623Abstract: A panoramic imager comprising a mirror and a multi-scale imaging system is presented. The multi-scale imaging system comprises an objective lens and a plurality of cameras that is arranged in a non-planar arrangement at the image field of the objective lens. The objective lens reduces a first aberration introduced by the mirror, and each camera further reduces any residual first aberration. As a result, panoramic imagers of the present invention can provide improved image quality and higher resolution than panoramic imagers of the prior art.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2013Publication date: May 22, 2014Applicants: DUKE UNIVERSITY, APPLIED QUANTUM TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Applied Quantum Technologies, Inc., Duke University
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Publication number: 20140138526Abstract: A method of determining the mass-to-charge ratios of ions in a sample is disclosed. The method includes determining a data acquisition time, where the data acquisition time is a predetermined fraction of the greatest time of flight. The method also includes providing ions from a continuous beam of a sample to a time-of-flight mass analyzer at pulse intervals having a duration equal to the predetermined fraction of the greatest flight time. The method also includes measuring a peak width and a flight time value for each of the ion species in the sample after summing the data acquired during several pulse intervals and correcting the measured flight time values according to a correlation of measured peak width values with calibration data of peak width versus flight time.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2012Publication date: May 22, 2014Applicant: AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventor: Noah GOLDBERG
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Publication number: 20140134893Abstract: A linear connector contact array is presented with focus on the tails of the contacts that are connected to individual wires. A wire management comb made from dielectric material positions each wire over its contact's tail. The wire is attached to the tail by electrically welding the wire to the tail without removing the insulating material. This is accomplished with a heated welding electrode that melts through the insulator material until electrical contact is made with the wire. A non-heated electrode is beneath the tail to complete this circuit. The wire management comb has deep channels which form insulating ribs between adjacent wires. The weld sites are staggered, and exposed ends of the contact tails are held short of the end of the management comb.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2012Publication date: May 15, 2014Applicant: CARDIOINSIGHT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Larry Crofoot, John T. Venaleck
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Publication number: 20140133229Abstract: Methods for compensating for variations in bit line resistance during sensing of memory cells are described. The variations in bit line resistance may occur die-to-die or plane-to-plane on the same die. In some embodiments, for each die or memory plane on a die, a plurality of bit line read voltages associated with a plurality of zones may be determined based on sensing criteria. The sensing criteria may comprise a number of fail bits. Each zone of the plurality of zones may be associated with a memory array region within a die or memory plane. Prior to performing a read or verify operation on a group of memory cells, a bit line read voltage used during sensing of the group of memory cells may be determined based on the plurality of bit line read voltages and a zone associated with the group of memory cells.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2013Publication date: May 15, 2014Applicant: SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Teruhiko Kamei, Seungpil Lee, Siu Lung Chan, Kwang Ho Kim, Man Lung Mui
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Publication number: 20140136753Abstract: A data storage device comprises a plurality of non-volatile memory devices configured to store a plurality of physical pages; a controller coupled to the plurality of memory devices that is configured to program data to and read data from the plurality of memory devices. A volatile memory may be coupled to the controller and may be configured to store a firmware table comprising a plurality of firmware table entries. The controller may be configured to maintain a plurality of firmware journals in the non-volatile memory devices. Each of the firmware journals may be associated with a firmware table entry and may comprise firmware table entry information. The controller may be configured to read the plurality of firmware journals upon startup and rebuild the firmware table using the firmware table entry information in each of the read plurality of firmware journals.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2012Publication date: May 15, 2014Applicant: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventor: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
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Publication number: 20140135917Abstract: A multi-focus intraocular prosthesis is provided that makes use of fluid substitution to change the power of the prosthesis. Also provided are methods of making and using the same.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2013Publication date: May 15, 2014Applicant: VISION SOLUTIONS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventor: ALAN N. GLAZIER
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Publication number: 20140132206Abstract: A portable battery charger with inductive charging has a housing, an output inductive coil beneath the surface of the housing to transmit power to a portable device also having a coil therein, and a battery within the housing connected to the output coil, wherein the output coil operates at the battery voltage and transmits power from the battery to the portable device. The charger may also have an input inductive coil beneath the surface of the housing to receive power from a source, and transmit the power to the battery, and the output coil and the input coil may be the same coil. A method of charging the battery of a portable device comprises the steps of aligning the input coil of a portable device adjacent to with an output coil of a charger using magnets positioned near the respective coils, and inductively charging the device battery without connecting the device to the charger.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2012Publication date: May 15, 2014Applicant: ECOSOL TECHNOLOGIES INC.Inventor: Zuohang Zhu
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Publication number: 20140133858Abstract: A method of allocating bandwidth in a network comprising receiving a GATE message allocating a transmission time window in an optical portion of the network to a coaxial network unit (CNU) in a coax portion of the network, and generating a coax network resource map by mapping the transmission time window to communication channel resources in the coax portion of the network; and sending the coax network resource map to the CNU.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2012Publication date: May 15, 2014Applicant: FUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Liming Fang, Jim Chen, Li Zhang
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Publication number: 20140133283Abstract: A TAMR (Thermal Assisted Magnetic Recording) write head uses the near field energy of optical-laser excited plasmon eigenmodes in a plasmon resonator to locally heat a magnetic recording medium and reduce its coercivity and magnetic anisotropy. The plasmon resonator is formed as a conducting disk-shaped structure with an extending peg that serves to further confine the near fields within a small region of the recording medium. The resonator eigenmodes are excited, through direct or evanescent coupling, by an interference pattern formed by the overlap of optical waves within a dual-channel waveguide, the interference pattern being the result of the waves in one branch being phase-shifted relative to the waves in the other branch.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2012Publication date: May 15, 2014Applicant: HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Tobias Maletzky, Xuhui Jin, Yiming Wang, Dayu Zhou, Joe Smyth, Moris Dovek
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Publication number: 20140133220Abstract: A data storage device may comprise a plurality of Multi-Level Cell (MLC) non-volatile memory devices comprising a plurality of lower pages and a corresponding plurality of higher-order pages. A controller may be configured to write data to and read data from the plurality of lower pages and the corresponding plurality of higher-order pages. A buffer may be coupled to the controller, which may be configured to accumulate data to be written to the MLC non-volatile memory devices, allocate space in the buffer and write the accumulated data to the allocated space. At least a portion of the accumulated data may be written in a lower page of the MLC non-volatile memory devices and the space in the buffer that stores data written to the lower page may be de-allocated when all higher-order pages corresponding to the lower page have been written in the MLC non-volatile memory devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2012Publication date: May 15, 2014Applicant: WESTERN DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventor: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
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Publication number: 20140133231Abstract: Methods for compensating for variations in bit line resistance in non-volatile memories are described. In some embodiments, use of multiple patterning lithography for forming bit lines may lead to systematic variations in bit line resistance between groups of bit lines within a memory array. For example, in some cases, every fourth bit line of four neighboring (or adjacent) bit lines may be formed differently than the other three bit lines within a group of four neighboring bit lines. In one embodiment, bit line segment swapping may be used between blocks within a memory array in order to mitigate variations in bit line resistance. In another embodiment, each group of adjacent bit line segments may be offset (or staggered) per block such that the local routing necessary to connect bit line segments into bit lines may be simplified.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2013Publication date: May 15, 2014Applicant: SANDISK TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Kwang Ho Kim, Fumiaki Toyama, Seungpil Lee, Masaaki Higashitani
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Publication number: 20140136942Abstract: A system and process are disclosed for providing users with page previews during page loading events, such that the delay experienced before the display of page content is reduced. The previews may include screenshots of the pages or of portions thereof, and may be generated periodically and cached by the system for delivery to user devices. The process of generating and delivering the previews via the Internet or some other network may be implemented partly or wholly within an intermediary system that sits logically between the user devices and content servers. The process may be used with existing browsers without the need for any browser modifications, or may be used with a “preview-aware” browser that includes special program code for providing page previews.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: May 15, 2014Applicant: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventor: AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.