| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 7570893 |
Methods of monitoring a marking liquid, apparatuses for monitoring a marking liquid, and image t |
August 4, 2009 |
| A method and apparatus for monitoring marking liquid including a carrier liquid having solid particles therein. A transmitter emits an ultrasonic signal into the marking liquid. The ultrasonic signal is received by a receiver and processed by a controller to determine at least one of the |
| 7570849 |
Integrated circuit device having optically coupled layers |
August 4, 2009 |
| In an integrated circuit device comprising a vertical arrangement of integrated circuit layers, coupling of an optical signal between a first integrated circuit layer thereof and a second integrated circuit layer thereof is described. The optical signal is evanescently coupled between |
| 7570831 |
System and method for estimating image noise |
August 4, 2009 |
| A method for estimating image noise. Image data for at least one column of pixels and at least one row of pixels of the image is sampled. At least one filter is applied on sampled image data resulting in at least one sequence of filtered values. A feature set of pixels of the image is |
| 7570818 |
Method for deblocking and transcoding a media stream |
August 4, 2009 |
| A method for deblocking and transcoding a media stream. A coefficient associated with a block of pixels of the media stream is received. A deblocking operation is performed on the coefficient to generate a second coefficient. Quantization is performed on the second coefficient to gen |
| 7570782 |
Method and system for watermarking |
August 4, 2009 |
| Embedding a watermark includes identifying watermark locations in the data stream, partitioning the identified watermark locations into watermark location blocks each to be embedded with a watermark value portion from the watermark value and altering a predetermined maximum number of dat |
| 7570642 |
Method and apparatus for computing, storing, and multiplexing modified bytes in a packet router |
August 4, 2009 |
| A method for generating a modified packet for output from a router. First, a received packet is stored in one memory location. Modified bytes corresponding to the received packet are computed and stored in a separate memory location. The modified packet is generated by multiplexing b |
| 7570640 |
Locating original port information |
August 4, 2009 |
| A network, network devices, and methods are described for locating original port information. A network device includes a network chip having a number of network ports for the device for receiving and transmitting packets. The network chip includes logic to locate original port infor |
| 7570591 |
Method and apparatus for negotiating link speed and configuration |
August 4, 2009 |
| In an embodiment of the invention, a method for negotiating link speed and configuration, includes: performing a modulation of a data D with contents of a synchronous scrambler in order to generate a modulated output Z, where the data D includes configuration information; transmittin |
| 7570589 |
Media communication converting burst losses to isolated losses |
August 4, 2009 |
| Systems and methods for transmitting media packets are described. The methods include receiving media packets in one order and transmitting them in a different order that is selected according to loss characteristics of a downstream channel. The order selected for transmitting the me |
| 7570508 |
Method and apparatus for reducing soft errors |
August 4, 2009 |
| A method and apparatus for reducing soft errors in which the method includes: assigning a plurality of nodes within a storage circuit to a predetermined state; evaluating a plurality of signals coupled to the storage circuit, where evaluating the plurality of signals enables a first |
| 7570423 |
Projection screen |
August 4, 2009 |
| A projection screen (10) includes a plurality of asperities (14) extending from a substrate, the asperities having faces oriented in a plurality of directions. A photosensitive material is disposed preferentially on the faces so that a differing amount of photosensitive material is prese |
| 7570417 |
Micro-electro mechanical light modulator device |
August 4, 2009 |
| A micro-electro mechanical light modulator device includes a movable reflective plate, a fixed partial reflective plate, an optical gap defined between the reflective plate and the fixed plate, and an actuator configured to move the reflective plate through an operating range wherein |
| 7570409 |
Radiation modulation by reflection from controlled composite material |
August 4, 2009 |
| Modulation of electromagnetic radiation is described in which an incident radiation beam is directed toward a surface of a composite material and at least partially reflects to form a reflected radiation beam. The composite material comprises an arrangement of electromagnetically rea |
| 7570401 |
Proofing method and apparatus that selects the kind of media type and transformation of the inpu |
August 4, 2009 |
| A method of and apparatus for producing a validated print-out. The method includes creating a modified virtual image which includes the data from the original virtual image and a virtual original series of color patches representative of a color gamut. A printed series of the color patch |
| 7570399 |
Focal point shifter for scanning applications |
August 4, 2009 |
| A method, system, and apparatus for the shifting of a scanning device's focal point is described herein. The method, system, and apparatus comprise a focal point shifter interposed between a scanner surface and a target surface of a medium. |
| 7570397 |
Imaging system and method to enable scanning a variety of types of media objects |
August 4, 2009 |
| An imaging system comprises a base unit having a platen. The imaging system also comprises a lid coupled to the base unit and adapted to be disposed over the platen. The lid comprises a door openable relative to the lid to enable access to the platen therethrough. |
| 7570379 |
Document profile for generation of production ready documents in a commercial printing environme |
August 4, 2009 |
| A method, program product and system for generating a production ready document in a commercial printing environment including a designer location and a print service provider location, where the method comprises creating a file at the designer location using updated device configura |
| 7570376 |
Managing a design-to-ship high performance workflow for a commercial printing environment |
August 4, 2009 |
| A design-to-pack high performance workflow for use in a commercial printing environment and method of managing the same. The present invention provides a method, program product and system for managing workflow in a commercial printing environment including a designer location and a |
| 7570355 |
Nanowire heterostructures and methods of forming the same |
August 4, 2009 |
| A NERS-active structure is disclosed that includes at least one heterostructure nanowire. The at least one heterostructure nanowire may include alternating segments of an NERS-inactive material and a NERS-active material in an axial direction. Alternatively, the alternating segments |
| 7569650 |
Compositions and methods for producing latexes containing urethanes |
August 4, 2009 |
| A latex particle for use in ink-jet inks can comprise a latex polymer core and a latex polymer shell such that the latex polymer shell has a T.sub.g that is at least 10.degree. C. greater than the T.sub.g of the latex polymer core. The latex polymer core can comprise at least one pol |
| 7569404 |
Ink-jet printhead fabrication |
August 4, 2009 |
| A silicon wafer substrate is used in ink-jet printhead fabrication. The fabrication process is improved by simultaneously forming MOSFET source/drain contact vias simultaneously with substrate contact vias. A dry etch having a silicon oxide:silicon etch rate of at least 10:1 is emplo |
| 7569331 |
Conductive patterning |
August 4, 2009 |
| Various embodiments of a method, coating and system for conductive patterning are disclosed. |
| 7569250 |
Method, system, and apparatus for protective coating a flexible circuit |
August 4, 2009 |
| A process for applying a protective coating to a flex circuit comprises providing a flex circuit having conductive traces on one surface and applying a protective coating in substantially a liquid state to the one surface from a first roller including the protective coating in a pattern |
| 7569103 |
Consumable inks with improved image performance |
August 4, 2009 |
| The present invention is directed to ink compositions and printed substrates produced using the ink, inkjet dispensers including the ink, printing systems for using and printing with the ink, and methods for using the same. In an embodiment, the ink composition is a consumable inkjet |
| 7568850 |
Media stack control |
August 4, 2009 |
| A method is disclosed for raising a base having media thereon. In an example embodiment, the method includes first raising a base having media thereon, ceasing the raising the base upon detecting the media, detecting an absence of the media, and second raising the base upon the detecting |
| 7568793 |
Printing fluid control in printing device |
August 4, 2009 |
| A fluid pathway is configured to selectively fluidically couple a printing fluid supply container to a printhead. The pathway includes a fail safe valve that that is configured to open as a result of movement of a moveable carriage and to thereafter remain open based on the availability |
| 7568777 |
Altering firing order |
August 4, 2009 |
| Embodiments of altering nozzle firing order are disclosed. |
| 7568396 |
Method of determining stress |
August 4, 2009 |
| A micromachined strain gauge comprising a plastically deformable piezoresistive microstructure formed on a surface of a substrate so that deformation of the substrate plastically deforms the microstructure to thereby change the resistance of the microstructure. The stress in the subs |
| 7568360 |
Air re-circulation effect reduction system |
August 4, 2009 |
| A system for reducing effects of adverse air re-circulation in a room containing at least one heat generating component includes an air conditioning unit configured to cool airflow in the room and at least one cooling vent tile operable to deliver the cooled airflow to the at least o |
| 7568225 |
System and method for remote security enablement |
July 28, 2009 |
| A system for remote security enablement comprises a trusted platform module (TPM) disposed on a user client and an administration client adapted to access, via a communication network, the user client to cause enablement of the TPM on a subsequent boot of the user client. |
| 7568090 |
Speedy boot for computer systems |
July 28, 2009 |
| Implementations of speedy boot for computer systems are disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, a method of speedy boot for a computer system may include invoking a platform management interrupt (PMI) to soft reset a processor without resetting hardware for the processor. The method may |
| 7568063 |
System and method for a distributed crossbar network using a plurality of crossbars |
July 28, 2009 |
| A system and method for single hop, processor-to-processor communication in a multiprocessing system over a plurality of crossbars are disclosed. Briefly described, one embodiment is a multiprocessing system comprising a plurality of processors having a plurality of high-bandwidth po |
| 7568023 |
Method, system, and data structure for monitoring transaction performance in a managed computer |
July 28, 2009 |
| A method, system, and data structure are disclosed for monitoring transaction performance in a managed computer network environment having a requesting component configured to request a transaction of a servicing component. In accordance with exemplary embodiments the transaction is |
| 7567522 |
Suppression of router advertisement |
July 28, 2009 |
| In an embodiment, an apparatus for detecting a router advertisement, includes: a network device configured to generate a response when a router advertisement is received in a port in the network device. In another embodiment, a method for detecting a router advertisement, includes: g |
| 7567438 |
Heat sink with precompressed bias member |
July 28, 2009 |
| A subassembly of an apparatus, in one example, includes a first body member and a bias member. A fastener extending through the subassembly applies a compression force to the subassembly. A precompression member is engageable with the subassembly and the bias member so as to impart a |
| 7567370 |
Color display having layer dependent spatial resolution and related method |
July 28, 2009 |
| A color display including: a stacked plurality of color layers, each layer being selectively reflective or absorptive of light in a different portion of the human visible spectrum; wherein, the layers are each configured as a plurality of independently addressable picture elements, a |
| 7567267 |
System and method for calibrating a beam array of a printer |
July 28, 2009 |
| A system and method are provided for calibrating a beam array of a printer. The method includes the operation of printing a dot pattern using the beam array of the printer. The dot pattern can then be scanned into an electronic file using an optical scanner. Another operation is calc |
| 7567266 |
Media labeling system |
July 28, 2009 |
| Media identification control features are read on media. Settings are applied to a label writer based on the media identification control features. A label is generated on the media based on the settings. |
| 7567250 |
Visual boundaries for aggregate information in pixel-oriented graphs |
July 28, 2009 |
| A method for generating a pixel-oriented graph provides visual boundaries for representing aggregate information. The present method for generating a pixel-oriented graph includes determining a visual boundary for representing an aggregate of a set of information depicted in the pixe |
| 7567097 |
Pre-driver circuit and appparatus using same |
July 28, 2009 |
| In one embodiment, a pre-driver circuit comprises input circuitry connected to receive a digital input signal that alternates between an upper voltage rail and a lower voltage rail and to provide a first inverted signal that is an inversion of the digital input signal and a second in |
| 7566657 |
Methods of forming through-substrate interconnects |
July 28, 2009 |
| In one embodiment of a method of forming at least one through-substrate interconnect, a semiconductor substrate having first surface and an opposing second surface is provided. At least one opening is formed in the semiconductor substrate to extend from the first surface to an interm |
| 7566238 |
Card connector dampening assembly |
July 28, 2009 |
| A card connector dampening assembly comprises a connector coupled to a printed circuit board and configured to receive an electronic card connected therewith and a dampening member disposed at least partially between the printed circuit board and the electronic card. |
| 7566122 |
Fluid ejection device utilizing a one-part epoxy adhesive |
July 28, 2009 |
| A fluid ejection device, including a substrate carrier having a substrate receiving-surface, and a substrate having at least one fluid ejector actuator disposed on the substrate. In addition the fluid ejection device includes a one-part adhesive disposed between the substrate and the |
| 7565688 |
Network demonstration techniques |
July 21, 2009 |
| Network demonstration techniques are disclosed which allow a fully-operational, secure wireless network to be implemented at a customer location. Using only a portable authentication server, a laptop computer, and at least two access points, a wireless network can be set up at the cu |
| 7565673 |
Apparatus and method for using keyboard macros to control viewing channel |
July 21, 2009 |
| In a converged computer and television system, the TV network viewed in a TV mode can be changed by entering an alphanumeric channel macro on the computer keyboard. |
| 7565616 |
System for controlling display content for multiple electronic display units |
July 21, 2009 |
| According to one embodiment, a system for controlling display content for multiple electronic displays includes software operable to generate a graphical user interface (GUI) and control instructions. The GUI includes a plurality of virtual display unit icons and a plurality of display |
| 7565504 |
Memory window access mechanism |
July 21, 2009 |
| The disclosed embodiments may relate to memory window access, which may include a memory window and protection domain associated with a process. The memory window access setting or bit may also allow a plurality of memory windows to be associated with a protection domain for a process. |
| 7565361 |
Method and system for lexical mapping between document sets having a common topic |
July 21, 2009 |
| Terms (e.g., words) used in an expert domain that correspond to terms in a naive domain are detected when there are no vocabulary pairs or document pairs available for the expert and naive domains. Documents known to be descriptions of identical topics and written in the expert and naive |
| 7565304 |
Business processes based on a predictive model |
July 21, 2009 |
| Systems and methods of improving business processes are described. These systems and methods enable service providers to improve the quality of services delivered to customers and employees by improving service execution through the optimal selection of resources (e.g., internal reso |
| 7565261 |
Generating an alert to indicate stale data |
July 21, 2009 |
| A method for indicating stale data whereby a receiving system receives images and sync messages from a sending system and computes a time difference between a current time and a time a last sync message was received from the sending system. If such a time difference meets or exceeds |
