| 49th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 45 |
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| 20100311299 | Hobby Blocks Including Latently-Adhesive Surfaces - Described herein is a block set including a plurality of blocks having latently adhesive surfaces. Also described is a method of creating a bound structure from the individual blocks, including activating the adhesive of the latently adhesive surface of one or more of the blocks; and contacting an activated adhesive surface of the one or more blocks with another of said blocks, to bond the blocks together. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100311300 | TOY CONSTRUCTION SYSTEM - A toy construction system comprising a plurality of construction elements including one or more function construction elements for performing corresponding functions and including control connection means for communicating with one or more other construction elements; a data processing system providing a programming environment for generating one or more logic commands for controlling the one or more function elements; and an interface construction element comprising first connection means for providing a data-flow connection with the data processing system and for receiving said logic command from the data processing system, a processing unit adapted to convert said logic command into a control signal for controlling a function of said at least one function construction element, and second connection means for providing a control connection with the at least one function construction element via the control connection means of the function construction element, and for outputting the control signal. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100311301 | POP-UP BOOK FOR PLAYING - The present invention relates to a pop-up book for playing that allows various types of three-dimensional play, such as orally narrated fairy tales and dramas, by providing a three-dimensional stage standing and fixed when the pop-up book for juvenile play is opened, and can be easily kept by minimizing the thickness when it is closed. Accordingly, the pop-up book for playing of the invention, which has a front cover and a back cover pivoting around a pivot edge, and is closed in a plane when the front cover and the back cover are folded and provides a three-dimensional shape protruding in a space between the front cover and back cover when the front cover and the back cover are unfolded, includes a first stage that is unfolded to protrude from the back cover and a fixing means that fixes the first stage, the front cover, and the back cover to the unfolded positions. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100311302 | Method For Creating An Artistic Work Incorporating A Basic Symbol Form Set Based On A Circular Object And Movements Thereof - A method of using a collection of symbols based on the movement of a circular object in space on three-dimensional and two-dimensional art works. The method relates to orienting a circular object at different angles and to trace the path of the circular object to create basic symbols. The basic objects are incorporated in a three-dimensional sculpture including surfaces and circular objects suspended at relative heights and orientations according to the collection of symbols. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100311303 | MOBILE - Provided is a mobile that includes: (a) a primary attachment point; (b) a set of at least two concentric rings including a main ring having a rotary axis with first and second ends, and at least one additional ring having its own rotary axis and carried by the main ring at the ends of the own rotary axis, each of the rings rotatable about its rotary axis; and (c) a main support element attached to the primary attachment point, configured to engage first and second ends of the rotary axis of the main ring, and being subject to rotational displacement so that the first end is sometimes above and sometimes below the second end. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100311304 | FIGHTER ROBOT SYSTEM - A fighter robot system that supplies power to two fighter robots, which have a match against each other, through respective power lines and prevents the power lines from becoming entangled even when the robots are moving. The fighter robot system includes two fighter robots, a power supply providing power to the fighter robots, and a rotary member located above or below the fighter robots, the rotary member having a predetermined length and rotatable around a central axis formed at a predetermined portion. The power supply provides the power to the fighter robots through power lines. Each power line starts from the power supply, extends from the central axis to either end of the rotary member in the lengthwise direction, and is connected at that end to each fighter robot. The rotary member rotates around the central axis following the movement of the fighter robots. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100311305 | SIMULATED EYE FOR TOY - A simulated eye is capable of being changed between a normal state and a dilated state. The simulated eye includes a circuit board, a controller electrically connected to the circuit board, a simulated iris electrically connected to the circuit board, and a simulated pupil. When the simulated iris is irradiated with light, the size of the colored area of the simulated iris is changeable by operationally powering on and powered off the simulated iris via the controller, whereby the simulated eye is changed between the normal state and the dilated state. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100311306 | Start switch for gravity-driven cars - This invention relates to gravity-driven car racing, specifically an improved electrical timing start switch for race tracks such as used in the popular Pinewood Derby race. The present invention eliminates the imprecise coupling between the mechanical release of start posts and the subsequent generation of an electrical timer start signal by a separate micro switch-based contact. The micro switch is eliminated and the start post trigger release mechanism itself is insulated and wired as a normally closed contact that will essentially immediately start the race timer when activated. The difference in the time the start posts begin to move and the time the trigger “switch” activates the timer is then reduced to an extremely short and precise time. This time is that for mechanical movement propagation from the trigger release point to the start posts, only about 20 millionths of a second for a one lane track. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100311307 | BREAST SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR RECUMBANT WOMAN AND METHODS OF USE - A breast support system for a recumbent female human includes medial and lateral support padding for each breast. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100311308 | Apparatus and Method for Deterministic Control of Surface Figure During Full Aperture Polishing - A polishing system configured to polish a lap includes a lap configured to contact a workpiece for polishing the workpiece; and a septum configured to contact the lap. The septum has an aperture formed therein. The radius of the aperture and radius the workpiece are substantially the same. The aperture and the workpiece have centers disposed at substantially the same radial distance from a center of the lap. The aperture is disposed along a first radial direction from the center of the lap, and the workpiece is disposed along a second radial direction from the center of the lap. The first and second radial directions may be opposite directions. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100311309 | DRESSING APPARATUS, DRESSING METHOD, AND POLISHING APPARATUS - A dressing apparatus for use in a polishing apparatus for polishing a substrate to planarize a surface of the substrate is disclosed. The dressing apparatus includes a dresser disk, a dresser drive shaft coupled to the dresser disk, a pneumatic cylinder configured to press the dresser disk against the polishing pad through the dresser drive shaft, a pressure-measuring device configured to measure pressure of the gas supplied to the pneumatic cylinder, a load-measuring device configured to measure a load acting on the dresser drive shaft, and a pressure controller configured to control the pressure of the gas supplied to the pneumatic cylinder. The pressure controller is configured to establish a relationship between the pressure of the gas and a pressing force of the dresser disk against the polishing pad, based on measurement values of the pressure-measuring device and the load-measuring device. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100311310 | EYEGLASS LENS PROCESSING APPARATUS - An eyeglass lens processing apparatus comprising a processing control unit which performs polishing by controlling a lens rotating unit, a grindstone rotating unit and an axis-to-axis distance varying unit based on an input target lens shape so as to process a periphery of a lens, which has been finished, by a lens margin allowed for polishing by the polishing grindstone. The processing control unit controls the lens rotating unit, the grindstone rotating unit and the axis-to-axis distance varying unit based on a lens rotating speed V | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100311311 | Carrier Head Membrane - A flexible membrane includes a horizontal central portion, a vertical portion coupled to the central portion, a thick rim portion coupled to the vertical portion, and an extension coupled to the thick rim portion. An outer surface of the horizontal central portion provides a mounting surface configured to receive a substrate. The thick rim portion has a thickness that is greater than a portion directly adjacent to the thick rim portion. The thick rim portion is between the extension and the vertical portion and a greatest dimension of the extension is less than the thickness of the thick rim portion. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100311312 | DOUBLE-SIDE POLISHING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR POLISHING BOTH SIDES OF WAFER - The double-side polishing apparatus is capable of uniformly polishing a wafer and highly preventing an outer edge of the wafer from being damaged. The apparatus comprises: a lower polishing plate and an upper polishing plate for polishing both sides of the wafer; a carrier having a main body part, in which a through-hole for holding the wafer is formed. Edges of the through-hole in an upper face and a lower face of the carrier are coated with coating layers, which are composed of an abrasion-resistant material and which have a prescribed width and a prescribed thickness. A resin cushion ring, which has a prescribed width and whose thickness is equal to that of the main body part of the carrier, is provided to an inner circumferential face of the thorough-hole. The wafer is held in the resin cushion ring. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100311313 | WORKING OBJECT GRINDING METHOD - A working object grinding method capable of grinding a working object reliably is provided. A working object | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100311314 | Pool cue shaping device - A pool cue shaping device, comprising: a block comprising a block exterior, one or more block exterior side surfaces, block cross-sections, two block ends and a block length; and at least one recessed elongated concave shaper, wherein the recessed elongated concave shaper comprises an elongated concave channel within the block exterior side surface, the elongated concave channel extending along the entire block length, the elongated concave channel having a channel width corresponding to the width of a pool cue tip such that the concave channel closely cradles the pool cue tip. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100311315 | COIN TRANSPORTING DEVICE AND COIN HANDLING MACHINE - A coin handling machine | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100311316 | AIR FILTER - An air filter ( | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100311317 | VENT TILE WITH AN INTEGRATED THERMAL IMAGING SENSOR AND CONTROLLER - A vent tile includes at least one louver, an actuator configured to control the at least one louver, a thermal imaging sensor configured to monitor temperature of a remotely located apparatus through thermal imaging of a surface of the apparatus, and a controller configured to control the actuator based upon the monitored temperature. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100311318 | FAN FOR USE IN AGRICULTURE - A fan for use in agriculture which has a BLDC motor which allows for varying the speed of the fan to vary the airflow rate of the fan and vary the efficiency of the fan. A ventilation system for use in a livestock confinement building to maximize a rate of growth of the livestock. A process for maximizing the growth of livestock in a livestock confinement building by controlling the airflow in the livestock confinement building. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100311319 | ROOF VENT - A roof vent is provide. The roof vent comprises a top component coupled to a bottom component. The top component has a top wall, a side wall, a first louvered region disposed between said top wall and said side wall, and a top cylindrical baffle located inwardly of said first louvered region. The bottom component has at least a first cylindrical collar sized and shaped for mounting to a cylindrical exhaust stack of a first diameter, a second louvered region, and a bottom cylindrical baffle located below and inwardly of the top cylindrical baffle. The first louvered and second louvered regions are for helping to prevent insects, and moisture, such as snow and rain, from entering the roof vent. The top component may also be used separately from the bottom component to cover over aging or aesthetically unpleasing passive pot vents. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100311320 | Apparatus and method for transmitting/receiving notification message in a broadcasting system, and system thereof - A terminal apparatus is provided for receiving a broadcast service from a broadcasting system. A receiver receives a notification message from the broadcasting system. A message parser parses the notification message received by the receiver according to a certain format. A controller determines whether the received notification message is a notification message to be used by a user or a notification message to be used by the terminal based on content of the notification message parsed by the message parser, and performs an operation according to the determination result. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100311321 | OMNIDIRECTIONAL SWITCHABLE BROADBAND WIRELESS ANTENNA SYSTEM - Systems and methods for increasing coverage and throughput in a wireless communication system. An antenna for use in a wireless communications system in accordance with one or more embodiments of the present invention comprises a plurality of antenna elements, an antenna selection switch, coupled to the plurality of antenna elements, and a control system, coupled to the antenna selection switch, wherein the control system selectively energizes the plurality of antenna elements to create a communications link to a device in the wireless communications system through the antenna. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100311322 | MEASURE METHOD, A REPEATER AND A BASE STATION IN THE PROCESS OF CELL HANDOFF - The present invention provides a measurement method in a cell handover procedure, comprising: A. after network measurement is triggered, a base station schedules resources, which are needed for transmitting uplink data, for a user terminal; and B. the base station and relay stations measure relevant data transmitted from the user terminal on the resources scheduled by the base station, and the relay stations report the detection information of the uplink signal derived from the measurement to the base station. A relay station and a base station for realizing cell handover are also provided. The present invention can realize that during measuring the quality of the signal from a user terminal and a network side, the network performs the measurement, and selects a target node to which the user terminal will handover according to the result of the measurement. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100311323 | ON-CHANNEL REPEATER AND ON-CHANNEL REPEATING METHOD - Provided are an on-channel repeater and an on-channel repeating method. The on-channel repeater includes: a receiving means for receiving a Radio Frequency (RF) signal; a subtracting means for subtracting a replica of feedback signals from the signal received by the receiving means; a replica generating means for calculating the replica based on the signal acquired from the subtraction in the subtracting means and feeding back the replica to the subtracting means; an inverse channel estimating means for estimating inverse of a reception channel based on the signal acquired from the subtraction in the subtracting means and generating filter tab coefficients; a first adaptive filtering means for compensating for channel distortion of the signal subtracted by the subtracting means based on the filter tab coefficients generated in the inverse channel estimating means; and a transmitting means for converting a signal whose channel distortion is compensated by the first adaptive filtering means into an RF signal and performing radio transmission. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100311324 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION UTILIZING ON-PACKAGE LEAKY WAVE ANTENNAS - Methods and systems for wireless communication utilizing on-package leaky wave antennas (LWAs) are disclosed and may include communicating wireless signals via an RF digital bus between integrated circuit packages in a wireless device utilizing LWAs integrated in metal layers in the plurality of packages. A resonant frequency of the LWAs may be configured utilizing micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) deflection. A plurality of the LWAs may be configured to enable beam-forming. The LWAs may include microstrip or coplanar waveguides wherein a cavity height of the LWAs is dependent on spacing between conductive lines in the waveguides. The LWAs may be configured to transmit the wireless signals at a desired angle from a surface of the packages. The packages may be affixed to one or more printed circuit boards. An integrated circuit may be flip-chip-bonded to one or more of the packages. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100311325 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THROUGH-THE-EARTH COMMUNICATIONS - Systems and methods for wirelessly sending signals through the earth between transmitting and receiving antennas are disclosed, wherein the communicating antennas are of the types that generate significant far field radiation and may interact substantially through the emission and absorption of electromagnetic radiation in addition to magnetic coupling. Frequencies are typically chosen which may be much higher than those conventionally used for through-the-earth (TTE) communications. In many situations where TTE communication is desired, the electromagnetic coupling and associated magnetic coupling produced and utilized by these certain types of antennas provide greater effective communications ranges when compared with the ranges that are obtainable with antennas interacting predominately by magnetic coupling alone. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100311326 | SWITCHING BETWEEN MULTIPLE COUPLING MODES - A device for transmitting in multiple coupling modes has a transmission module ( | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100311327 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - The object of the invention is to achieve stable operation of a communication device which includes an information transmission means and a power transmission means while maintaining communication quality. A mobile device of the invention has an information transmission means for executing non-contact transmission, a power transmission means, a first control means for controlling the information transmission means to repeat an active period and a sleep period, and a second control means for controlling the power transmission means to transmit a power during the sleep period. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100311328 | CONTACTLESS DATA TRANSMISSION - A contactless device having an energy antenna configured to transmit/receive an energy signal; and a data antenna configured to transmit a data signal. Also, a method for transmitting a contactless signal including transmitting/receiving an energy signal from an energy antenna of a contactless device; and transmitting a data signal from a data antenna of the contactless device. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100311329 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OBTAINING MAXIMUM GAIN OF A PASSIVE UPCONVERSION MIXER UTILIZED IN A TRANSMITTER - A RF transmitter is operable to transmit a signal at a frequency specified by the Bluetooth protocol. A passive upconversion mixer, which comprises a pair of MOSFET switches, is utilized inside the RF transmitter. The passive upconversion mixer is operable to receive analog local oscillator (LO) signals to be utilized for controlling operation of each of the pair of MOSFET switches to transmit signals with maximum gain. A MOS threshold voltage V | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100311330 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM FOR COMMUNICATION HANDOVER BY USING DIFFERENT COMMUNICATION MODES - A wireless communication system includes a terminal device; a first wireless communication device; and a second wireless communication device. When the first wireless communication device communicates with the second wireless communication device by wireless LAN communication after a handover and completes prescribed processing to the second wireless communication device, the first wireless communication device sends first disconnection information to the second wireless communication device to disconnect the second wireless communication device. The second wireless communication device stores wireless LAN connection information before communicating with the first wireless communication device by the wireless LAN communication when the second wireless communication device is connected with the terminal device at a time of the handover. The second wireless communication device disconnects the first wireless communication device and connects with the terminal device based on the wireless LAN connection information when the first disconnection information is received. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100311331 | COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, CONTROL METHOD FOR COMMUNICATION APPARATUS, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - When a communication apparatus is brought within a predetermined range of a partner apparatus in a state where data of transmission target is designated, the communication apparatus notifies the partner apparatus of a transmission notification indicating that data transmission is performed, before transmission of the data of transmission target is started. When the communication apparatus has received the transmission notification from the partner apparatus, a transmission order of data is determined, and a communication is performed by switching between transmission of the data to the partner apparatus and reception of the data from the partner apparatus according to the determined transmission order. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100311332 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CHIP-TO-CHIP COMMUNICATION VIA ON-CHIP LEAKY WAVE ANTENNAS - Methods and systems for chip-to-chip communication via on-chip leaky wave antennas are provided. In this regard, RF signals may be communicated between a first leaky wave antenna in a first integrated circuit and a second leaky wave antenna in a second integrated circuit, where the first integrated circuit and the second integrated circuit are housed in a single integrated circuit package. The first integrated circuit and the second integrated circuit may be electrically isolated from one another. One or both of the first leaky wave antenna and the second leaky wave antenna may comprise a pair of coplanar conductive lines. Spacing between the coplanar conductive lines may be configured by applying a voltage which causes one or both of the coplanar conductive lines to deflect towards or away from the other one of the coplanar conductive lines. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100311333 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR POINT-TO-POINT WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS UTILIZING LEAKY WAVE ANTENNAS - A method and system for point-to-point wireless communications utilizing leaky wave antennas is provided. In this regard, a first device may transmit a RF signal via a leaky wave antenna, and may determine an angle between the leaky wave antenna of the first device and a leaky wave antenna of a second device by adjusting a frequency of the RF signal until a response is received from the second device. The first device may be configured based on the determined angle. A wireless connection may be established between the leaky wave antenna of the first device and the leaky wave antenna of the second device based on the configuration. The first device may generate a notification when the angle is beyond a threshold. The wireless connection may adhere to wireless USB protocols and/or Bluetooth protocols, for example. The second device may generate the response after receiving sufficient energy from the RF signal. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100311334 | Integrated Signal Receiver - A signal receiver having: an input for receiving radio signals; a clock; a receiving section for processing signals received at the input, the receiving section being configured to operate in: (a) a first mode for processing the received signals in accordance with a first protocol and in dependence on the state of the clock, and (b) a second mode for processing the received signal in accordance with a second protocol by steps including storing a sample of data received in accordance with the second protocol together with a representation of the state of the clock when that data was received, and subsequently comparing a timing indicated by the content of the stored sample of data with the timing indicated by the stored state of the clock. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100311335 | DEVICES FOR POINT-TO-POINT WIRELESS HIGH-OUTPUT DATA TRANSMISSION BETWEEN A PARKED VEHICLE AND A FIXED INFRASTRUCTURE - A wireless high-rate communication device for a vehicle, adapted for data exchange between at least one computer system of the vehicle and at least one computer system of a structure separate from the vehicle. The device includes at least one antenna connected to at least one emitter/receiver in turn connected to the at least one computer system of the vehicle, the device adapted for exchanging data according to a point-to-point ultra-wideband communication mode, with a device of the structure including at least one antenna connected to at least one emitter/receiver in turn connected to at least one computer system of the structure when the at least one antenna of the vehicle is in a vicinity of the at least one antenna of the structure. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100311336 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THIRD-PARTY CONTROL OF DEVICE BEHAVIOR - An approach is provided for enabling third-parties to manage a mobile device when within a third party's domain range. Data regarding a point-of-interest and an associated action by a mobile device is received. The action is defined by a third-party. Whether the mobile device is within a predetermined range of the point-of-interest is detected. The action is invoked if the mobile device is within the predetermined range. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100311337 | MULTI-MODAL SPEECH HOLSTER - A wearable holder for a multi-modal mobile computer that connects a mobile computer to a headset for speech-directed operations while the mobile computer is docked in the holder but also allows easy disconnect and reconnect operation when the mobile computer must be removed from the wearable holder for handheld operations. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100311338 | Method and System for a Low Noise Amplifier Utilizing a Leaky Wave Antenna - Methods and systems for a low noise amplifier utilizing a leaky wave antenna are disclosed and may include one or more low-noise amplifiers (LNAs) coupled to one or more leaky wave antennas (LWAs) in a wireless device. RF signals may be received via one or more LNAs coupled to one or more feed points on a LWA. The one or more LNAs may be coupled to the feed points based on an impedance of the feed points and an input impedance of the one or more LNAs. The impedance of the feed points may be configured by locating them along a vertical axis in a resonant cavity of the LWA. The LWAs may be integrated on a chip, and/or on a package or printed circuit board to which the chip is affixed. The RF signals may be amplified by the LNAs and may be down-converted to baseband signals. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100311339 | SYSTEM FOR THE COEXISTENCE BETWEEN A PLURALITY OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATION MODULES - A system for the coexistence between wireless communication modules sharing an antenna is disclosed. A wireless communication chipset includes a first wireless communication module capable of transmitting and receiving first wireless communication signals, a second wireless communication module capable of transmitting and receiving second wireless communication signals and a combine-separate unit capable of generating a first combined signal and separating a second combined signal. The switching device is configured to selectively transmit the first combined signal or receive the second combined signal. The connection device has a first port coupled to an antenna, a second port connected to the first port for transmitting the first combined signal or receiving the second combined signal, and a third port connected to the first port for transmitting or receiving the second wireless communication signals via the second path and the antenna. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100311340 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REMOTE POWER DISTRIBUTION AND NETWORKING FOR PASSIVE DEVICES - A Method and system for remote power distribution and networking for passive devices is provided. In this regard, a sensor comprising a leaky wave antenna may be powered utilizing energy from a radio frequency signal received via the leaky wave antenna. The sensor may be operable to recover a baseband signal from the received radio frequency signal. The sensor may be operable to generate one or more sensor readings in response to the received baseband signal. The sensor may be operable to communicate the sensor reading to a source of the received radio frequency signal via a backscattered signal. The backscattered signal may be generated by controlling spacing between surfaces of the leaky wave antenna. The backscattered signal may be generated by switching a load in and out of a receive path of the sensor and/or by switching between a plurality of feed points of the leaky wave antenna. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100311341 | RADIO SENSOR FOR DETECTING WIRELESS MICROPHONE SIGNALS AND A METHOD THEREOF - Wireless microphone signals are detected by processing an input signal to determine a number of frequency bins within a channel frequency band having an energy level above a first predefined threshold (S | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100311342 | METHOD CIRCUIT AND SYSTEM FOR COMMUNICATION CHANNEL SCANNING AND SELECTION - Disclosed is a frequency scouting circuit with an adjustable frequency synthesizer. The scouting circuit may be collocated with other radio frequency integrated circuits on the same die. The synthesizer may include a dedicated oscillator, and the synthesizer may be adapted to generate a mixing signal at a given frequency. A channel monitoring circuit block may be adapted to determine availability of a carrier frequency corresponding to the mixing signal frequency, and control logic may be adapted to select the given frequency from a set of possible transmission carrier frequencies for a functionally associated transmitter. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100311343 | HIERARCHICAL MODULATION FOR ACCURATE CHANNEL SOUNDING - Method and apparatus for improving the channel estimate of a communication channel between a first station and a second station, while reducing the amount of reserved bandwidth for pilot tones. Hierarchical modulation is used to augment pilot density without sacrificing throughput. At the first station, a digital information stream may be split into a base stream and an enhancement stream, wherein the base stream and the enhancement stream combined form a hierarchical signal. At the second station, the base stream may be first recovered, and recovered base stream serves as a pilot for the enhancement stream. Thus the base stream, which is a subset of the total transmitted information, may be made to perform the channel-sounding function for the enhancement stream. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100311344 | Echo light - A Projector mounted on a means of transport, henceforth vessel, displaying visual media on the surroundings of the vessel, and broadcasting a wireless audio signal which allows the users of the vessel to receive the sound associated with the visual media being displayed. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100311345 | Method And System For Executing An Internet Radio Application Within A Vehicle - Various embodiments may include a computer-implemented method and system for operating a computer application stored on a nomadic wireless communication device (ND) located within the vicinity of a vehicle. An input may be received at a vehicle computer system (VCS) to pair the VCS with the ND for establishing a wireless communication link. A number of instructions may be received at the VCS from the ND over the wireless communication link. The instructions may include instructions for establishing a connection with an internet radio application and instructions for prompting a user for one or more internet radio application events. A request from the user for the one or more internet radio application events may be received at the VCS and the one or more internet radio application events may be executed. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100311346 | Communication Device and Method - Methods and devices for detecting a symbol in a radio channel and for cell identification are disclosed. A signal is received from the radio channel and the signal is filtered by a filter being responsive to the symbol thereby establishing a first signal. A second signal dependent on the noise floor of the received signal is established—whereby a time interval expected to include multi-path components being excluded or suppressed. A third signal being the ratio between the first signal and the noise floor is established, and the presence of the symbol is detected by detecting a peak in the third signal. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100311347 | WIRELESS DEVICE DETECTION - The present invention relates to the detection at least one wireless communication device associated with an entity on an image. The invention further relates to transmitting information enabling detection of a wireless communication device associated with an entity on an image. The detection is performed before, during, or after capture of the image. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100311348 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION METHOD FOR DETECTING FIELD INTENSITIES OF WIRELESS CHANNELS - A wireless communication device includes a communication unit, a detection unit, and a control unit. The communication unit communicates with another wireless communication device by use of a wireless channel selected from wireless channels. The detection unit detects field intensities of first wireless channels. The control unit calculates a field intensity of a second wireless channel based on the field intensities of the first wireless channels, wherein the first wireless channels do not include the second wireless channel. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100311349 | Method for Estimating Channel State in a Wireless Communication System Using Fractional Frequency Reuse and Mobile Station Using the Same - A method for estimating channel state in a wireless communication system and a mobile station using the same are disclosed. The method includes acquiring cell Identifiers (IDs) of a serving cell and one or more neighbor cells, acquiring information about preset power level patterns for one or more frequency partitions to which FFR is applied according to the cell IDs, and estimating a channel state of the serving cell based on the power level pattern information. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100311350 | CONTINUOUS SEQUENTIAL SCATTERER ESTIMATION - The present invention uses newly received signal samples to update previously determined scatterer parameters, and therefore, reduces the processing effort required for characterizing scattering objects in a wireless channel. Broadly, the present invention determines a first set of scatterer parameters based on signal samples derived from signals received during one or more previous time intervals, and determines an updated set of scatterer parameters for a subsequent time interval based on the first set of scatterer parameters and the new signal samples. In one exemplary embodiment, the receiver uses a continuous sequential update process, e.g., a per-symbol-period inverse Prony process, to update the scatterer parameters. In another exemplar embodiment, the receiver uses an integrated Doppler approach to update the scatterer parameters. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100311351 | TRANSMITTING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING TARGET PREDISTORTION SETTING VALUE - The present invention provides a transmitting device and a method for determining a target predistortion setting value. The transmitting device comprises: a setting value control unit, a predistortion unit, a transmitting circuit, a receiving circuit, and a determining unit. The present invention can predistort signals before a power amplifier in a transmitting device by a method of determining a target predistortion setting value (i.e. an optimal predistortion setting value) from a plurality of candidate predistortion setting values. In this way, signals outputted by the power amplifier in the transmitting device can be adjusted to an optimal state, so as to solve the distortion problem of the outputted signals of the power amplifier. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100311352 | Radio frequency unit analog level detector and feedback control system - A Radio Frequency (RF) transceiver includes a baseband processor, a receiver section, and a transmitter section. The receiver section communicatively couples to the baseband processor and includes a plurality of tuned RF circuits. The transmitter section communicatively couples to the baseband processor and includes a plurality of tuned RF circuits. In a calibration operation, the transmitter section applies a RF test signal to its plurality of tuned RF circuits. The baseband processor applies a plurality of tuning control settings to each the tuned RF circuit. The baseband processor, for each of the plurality of tuning control settings, measures an output of the tuned RF circuit. The baseband processor selects a tuning control setting for the tuned RF circuit based upon at least one measured output of the tuned RF circuit. Finally, the baseband processor is operable to apply a selected tuning control setting to the tuned RF circuit. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100311353 | MULTI-ELEMENT AMPLITUDE AND PHASE COMPENSATED ANTENNA ARRAY WITH ADAPTIVE PRE-DISTORTION FOR WIRELESS NETWORK - An improved communication system and method employing an actively controlled antenna array architecture is disclosed. The array contains a plurality of driven radiating elements that are spatially arranged having a pair of radiating elements fed with an RF signal predistorted so as to provide a controlled variation of the antenna array's elevation radiation pattern. High power amplifier (PA) efficiency is maintained by adaptive predistortion, coupled to each high power PA, while providing beam tilt and side lobe control. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100311354 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING AIRBORNE AIRCRAFT WEATHER REPORTING AND SUPPLEMENTAL OCCUPANT SERVICES - An embodiment of the present invention delineates a method for relaying information between a first transceiver and a second provided transceiver. The method comprises generating a signal for transmission from the first transceiver to the second provided transceiver. The method also modulates the signal with a first data pattern, the first data pattern comprising aircraft state data. The method also modulates the signal with a second data pattern, the second data pattern comprising information other than aircraft state data. The method also transmits the signal including both the first data pattern and the second data pattern from the first transceiver to the second provided transceiver. Other related system and method embodiments are set forth. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100311355 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A MESH NETWORK UTILIZING LEAKY WAVE ANTENNAS - Methods and systems for a mesh network utilizing leaky wave antennas (LWAs) are disclosed and may include configuring one or more devices as a mesh network in a wireless device coupled to a plurality of LWAs, and communicating data between said devices via the configured mesh network. A resonant frequency of the LWAs may be configured utilizing micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) deflection. A plurality of the LWAs may be configured to enable beamforming. The LWAs may comprise microstrip or coplanar waveguides, wherein a cavity height of the LWAs is dependent on spacing between conductive lines in the waveguides. The plurality of LWAs may be integrated in one or more of: integrated circuits, integrated circuit packages, and printed circuit boards. The devices may be internal to the wireless device. The data may be communicated via the mesh network to devices external to the wireless device. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100311356 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A TOUCHSCREEN INTERFACE UTILIZING LEAKY WAVE ANTENNAS - Methods and systems for a touchscreen interface utilizing leaky wave antennas (LWAs) are disclosed and may include configuring one or more leaky wave antennas utilizing conductive traces in the touchscreen interface for communication of wireless RF signals. RF signals may be communicated utilizing the configured LWAs. A resonant frequency of the LWAs may be configured utilizing micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) deflection. The LWAs may be configured to communicate the RF signals in a desired direction. The LWAs may comprise microstrip or coplanar waveguides, where a cavity height of the one or more leaky wave antennas is dependent on spacing between conductive lines in the waveguides. The touch control commands by the touchscreen interface may be sensed utilizing capacitance, inductance, and/or resistance measurements. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100311357 | RADIO COMMUNICATION APPARATUS AND RADIO COMMUNICATION METHOD - When SRS serving as a base of CSI measurement at a base station apparatus is transmitted from each of two antennas, a control unit controls resource element mappers to make the SRS orthogonal to each other or identical with each other in terms of frequency or code between the two antennas, in accordance with use of CSI at a base station apparatus. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100311358 | TRANSMITTER FOR COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM - An rf signal transmitter for transmitting rf signals through a plurality of antennas is described, which comprises: a transmit section adapted to selectively set, with respect to an input signal, the initial phase of an output to at least one of said antennas depending on a time or frequency region used for communication and to provide delay to the output on an antenna-by-antenna basis and on the basis of a transmission timing or a transmission frequency; and a quality information receive section for receiving quality information from destination station, i.e., a wireless terminal unit, said quality information concerning the rf signal transmitted from said transmit section and received at said destination station. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100311359 | Method and System for an N-Phase Transmitter Utilizing a Leaky Wave Antenna - Methods and systems for an n-phase transmitter utilizing a leaky wave antenna (LWA) are disclosed and may include transmitting an n-phase wireless signal at a first frequency via the LWA utilizing a plurality of second frequency signals from one or more signal sources, and the second frequency may be lower than the first frequency. Each of the second frequency signals may be configured with a phase difference and may be communicated to the LWA utilizing one or more power amplifiers (PAs). The PAs may be operated in switching mode, thereby generating a square wave. The LWAs may be integrated on the chip, on a package to which the chip is affixed, and/or on a printed circuit board to which the chip is affixed. Square wave signals may be generated utilizing the signal sources. The transmitted wireless signal may be amplitude modulated utilizing a bias voltage applied to the LWAs. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100311360 | TRANSMITTER, METHOD FOR LOWERING SIGNAL DISTORTION, AND METHOD FOR GENERATING PREDISTORTION PARAMETERS UTILIZED TO LOWER SIGNAL DISTORTION - A transmitter includes a predistortion calculation unit, a transmitting circuit, a receiving circuit, an adjusting unit and a parameter generating and storing unit. The predistortion calculation unit is utilized for pre-distorting an input signal to generate a predistorted input signal according to a specific predistortion parameter. The transmitting circuit is utilized for processing the predistorted input signal to generate an output signal. The receiving circuit is utilized for receiving the output signal to generate a received signal. The adjusting unit is utilized for adjusting the received signal to generate an adjusted signal, where the adjusted signal is substantially equal to the input signal. The parameter generating and storing unit is utilized for generating the specific predistortion parameter, and updating at least one stored predistortion parameter according to the input signal and the adjusted signal. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100311361 | SIGNAL TRANSMITTER LINEARIZATION - A linearizer for a non-linear transmitter includes a tap delay line that provides samples of an input signal at selected times. At least one Volterra tap is coupled to the tape delay line. The Volterra tap includes a lookup table representation of a polynomial. An adaptive controller is coupled to the Volterra tap for modifying values in the lookup table. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100311362 | Gain compensation device over temperature and method thereof - A gain compensation device for adjusting gain of an amplifier over temperature is disclosed. The gain of the amplifier is controlled by signals on a gain control end of the amplifier. The gain compensation device comprises a temperature compensation generator, an adder, and a temperature sensor. The temperature compensation generator is for generating an additional gain parameter according to a reference temperature, a current temperature, and a temperature coefficient. The adder comprises a first input end, coupled to the temperature compensation generator for receiving the additional gain parameter, a second input end for receiving a default gain parameter, and an output end coupled to the gain control end of the amplifier for outputting sum of the additional gain parameter and the default gain parameter. The temperature sensor is for providing the current temperature. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100311363 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A DISTRIBUTED LEAKY WAVE ANTENNA - Methods and systems for a distributed leaky wave antenna (LWA) are disclosed and may include communicating RF signals at one or more frequencies via distributed LWAs in a wireless communication device. The distributed LWAs may be integrated in one or more multi-layer support structures. The RF signals may be communicated at the one or more frequencies via a plurality of cavity heights in the distributed LWAs or via a plurality of sections of the distributed LWAs with different partially reflective surfaces. The distributed LWAs may be configured to transmit the RF signals at a desired angle from a surface of the multi-layer support structures. The distributed LWAs may include microstrip or coplanar waveguides where the plurality of cavity heights of the one or more distributed LWAs may be configured based on distances between conductive lines in the waveguides. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100311364 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING POWER FOR A POWER AMPLIFIER UTILIZING A LEAKY WAVE ANTENNA - Methods and systems for controlling power for a power amplifier utilizing a leaky wave antenna (LWA) are disclosed and may include configuring one or more power amplifiers (PAs) in a wireless device at a desired output power level. The PAs may be coupled to feed points on the LWAs that may exhibit an input impedance corresponding to an output impedance of the PAs. RF signals may be transmitted utilizing the LWAs. A resonant frequency of the LWAs may be configured utilizing micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) deflection. The LWAs may be configured to transmit the RF signals in a desired direction. The LWAs may comprise microstrip or coplanar waveguides, wherein a cavity height of the LWAs is dependent on spacing between conductive lines in the waveguides. The input impedances of the feed points may be dependent on a position of the feed points in the cavities. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100311365 | Power Amplifier Controller With Polar Transmitter - A power amplifier controller controls a power amplifier and is coupled to a polar modulator. The polar modulator generates an amplitude component and a phase-modulated component of the desired RF modulated signal, and outputs to the power amplifier controller. The power amplifier controller regenerates a combined phase and amplitude modulated RF signal to generate an input signal to a power amplifier by adjusting the gain of a VGA based on the amplitude component of the desired RF modulated signal. Concurrently, the power amplifier controller both controls an adjusted supply voltage to the PA and adjusts the gain of the VGA based upon an amplitude correction signal or amplitude error signal. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100311366 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR A TRANSMITTER LOFT CANCELLATION SCHEME THAT MAINTAINS IQ BALANCE - Methods and systems for a transmitter LOFT cancellation scheme that maintains IQ balance are disclosed. Aspects of one method may include providing current compensation to both differential inputs of a mixer for each of I and Q channels. An initial current compensation of X units may be provided, followed by subsequent compensation as needed. The initial compensation may be provided to each differential input of the mixers used for I and Q channels. The subsequent current compensation for the I channel may be independent of the subsequent current compensation for the Q channel. Subsequent current compensation to a first differential input for a mixer may be increased by Y units while decreasing current compensation to the second differential input of the mixer by Y units. In this manner, the DC common mode level for the mixer may remain the same at the initial DC compensation current of X units for both mixers. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100311367 | Method and System for a Sub-Harmonic Transmitter Utilizing a Leaky Wave Antenna - Methods and systems for a sub-harmonic transmitter utilizing a leaky wave antenna are disclosed and may include transmitting wireless signals at a harmonic frequency of a source signal utilizing one or more leaky wave antennas (LWAs) in a wireless device including one or more transceivers on a chip. The LWAs may be configured with a resonant frequency at the harmonic frequency. The source signal may be communicated to the LWAs utilizing a power amplifier, which may be operated in switching mode thereby generating a square wave from the source signal. The LWAs may be integrated on the chip, on a package to which the chip is affixed and/or on a printed circuit board to which the chip is affixed. The harmonic frequency may be three times a frequency of the source signal. The transmitted wireless signal may be amplitude modulated utilizing a bias voltage applied to the LWAs. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100311368 | Method and System for a Leaky Wave Antenna as a Load on a Power Amplifier - Methods and systems for utilizing a leaky wave antenna as a load on a power amplifier are disclosed and may include configuring one or more leaky wave antennas as a load for one or more power amplifiers (PAs) in a wireless device. RF signals may be transmitted via the leaky wave antennas which may be integrated on the chip, a package to which the chip is affixed, or on a printed circuit board to which the chip is affixed. The antennas may include an inductive load and/or a balun for the one or more PAs. The leaky wave antennas may be impedance matched to the PAs. The PAs may amplify a signal to be transmitted, and an output power of the PAs may be configured by controlling a bias voltage for the PAs. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100311369 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COMMUNICATING VIA LEAKY WAVE ANTENNAS WITHIN A FLIP-CHIP BONDED STRUCTURE - Methods and systems for communicating via leaky wave antennas (LWAs) within a flip-chip bonded structure are disclosed and may include communicating RF signals in a wireless device including one or more LWAs between a plurality of support structures, the structures being coupled via flip-chip bonding. Low-frequency signals may be communicated via flip-chip bonding contacts. The RF signals may be communicated perpendicular to a surface and/or at a desired angle from the surface of the structures, which may include at least one of: an integrated circuit, an integrated circuit package, and a printed circuit board. The LWAs may include microstrip and/or coplanar waveguides where a cavity height of the LWAs may be configured by controlling spacing between conductive lines in the waveguides. The low-frequency signals may include DC bias voltages. The RF signals may be communicated from a single LWA to a plurality of LWAs. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100311370 | RADIO WAVE RECEIVER - Disclosed is a radio wave receiver including an antenna to receive a radio wave, a tuning unit to switch a frequency characteristic of the antenna in a stepwise fashion, an oscillation unit to oscillate the antenna and a circuit section of the tuning unit, a receiving process unit to carry out a signal process by extracting a signal of a desired wave among received signals which are received from the antenna, a search control unit in which the oscillation unit is made to generate an oscillation signal at the circuit section and in which the oscillation signal searches a setting condition of the tuning unit which is extracted in the receiving process unit by switching a setting of the tuning unit and a search range deciding unit to selectively decide an adjustable range in which the switching of the setting of the tuning unit is carried out by the search control unit so as to be a specific adjustable range which is a portion of an entire adjustable range of the tuning unit corresponding to a frequency of the desired wave. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100311371 | RADIO WAVE RECEIVER - A radio wave receiver having an antenna for receiving a radio wave; a tuning unit for switching a frequency characteristic of the antenna in a stepwise fashion; an oscillation unit for oscillating a circuit section including the antenna and the tuning unit; a receiving process unit for executing a signal process by extracting a signal of a desired wave among received signals received by the antenna; and a search control unit for causing the oscillation unit to generate an oscillation signal at the circuit section and for searching, by switching a setting of the tuning unit, a setting condition of the tuning unit at which condition the oscillation signal is extracted by the receiving process unit; wherein the search control unit changes the number of minimum switching steps to be taken at a time or set pattern according to an adjustable range of the tuning unit. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100311372 | CORRELATION-DRIVEN ADAPTATION OF FREQUENCY CONTROL FOR A RF RECEIVER DEVICE - A frequency-control unit is used for controlling an external controllable reference-frequency source. The frequency-control unit includes a filter unit with a controllable filter parameter, which is configured to derive, using the filter parameter, from a frequency-error signal a frequency-control signal for minimizing the frequency error of the reference frequency; and a correlation unit, which is configured to determine from frequency errors of the reference frequency at different points in time a correlation measure indicative of a correlation between the frequency errors at the different points in time. The frequency-control unit is configured to adapt the controllable filter parameter of the filter unit in dependence on the determined correlation measure. The value of the filter parameter can depend also on a receiver path strength, such as an RSCP value. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100311373 | RECEIVED SIGNAL TO NOISE INDICATOR - A method and device may be used to produce a received interference value in wireless communications. A wireless transmit/receive unit comprising a radio frequency signal measurement device may be configured to produce a value indicating a radio frequency signal, noise and interference received power. An average noise plus interference measuring device may be configured to produce a value indicating a measured average noise plus interference metric. A received signal to noise indication calculation device may be configured to calculate a received signal to noise indicator from the value indicating a radio frequency signal, noise and interference received power and the value may indicate a measured average noise plus interference metric. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100311374 | DYNAMIC RFI DETECTION USING SIGNAL STRENGTH VALUES - An apparatus may include a radio interface to receive a plurality of signal strength values of a radio. An interference module can identify a radio frequency interference impact on the radio based on the plurality of signal strength values. In one embodiment, the radio interface issues a plurality of interference calls to the radio, where each of the plurality of signal strength values corresponds to an interference call. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100311375 | SAMPLING MIXER, QUADRATURE DEMODULATOR, AND WIRELESS DEVICE - There are provided a sampling mixer, quadrature demodulator, and a wireless device capable of suppressing receiving sensitivity degradation caused by alias components or second-order distortion components. In the sampling mixer ( | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100311376 | Method and System for Receiving I and Q RF Signals without a Phase Shifter Utilizing a Leaky Wave Antenna - Methods and systems for receiving in-phase and quadrature (I and Q) radio frequency (RF) signals without a phase shifter utilizing a leaky wave antenna are disclosed and may include generating in-phase and quadrature signals using a leaky wave antenna coupled to one or more low-noise amplifiers (LNAs) on a chip and without a phase shifter. The RF I and Q signals may be communicated from the single leaky wave antenna using coplanar feed points and/or feed points on a top surface and a bottom surface of the single leaky wave antenna. The leaky wave antennas may be integrated on the chip, on a package to which the chip is affixed, and/or on a printed circuit board to which the chip is affixed. The RF I and Q signals may be amplified by the one or more LNAs and may down-convert the RF I and Q signals to baseband signals. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100311377 | Receiver and a method of receiving a signal - A receiver comprising a plurality of antennas immobilized in relation to each other and positioned on a movable carrier, each antenna being adapted to receive a signal and output a corresponding, received signal; first means for generating, from the received signals, a sum signal; second means for generating, from the received signals, one or more difference signals; third means for deriving, from the sum signal, timing information; fourth means for receiving the sum signal, the difference signal(s) and the timing information and outputting information relating to an angle between a direction of the antennas and a direction of reception of the signal. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100311378 | MULTIPLE MULTI-MODE LOW-NOISE AMPLIFIER RECEIVER WITH SHARED DEGENERATIVE INDUCTORS - A device with multiple multi-mode low-noise amplifiers (LNAs), each with common operating modes and separate operating frequency bands, are coupled to shared degenerative inductors for common operating modes. Common load inductors are coupled to the multi-mode LNA outputs to reduce the number of load inductors required. The multi-mode LNAs have parallel transistor gain stages and form part of an integrated circuit (IC) for use in a wireless communication receiver. Each multi-mode LNA has the capability to switch between at least one higher linearity transistor gain stage and at least one lower linearity transistor gain stage for different operating modes. Multiple lower linearity transistor gain stages for different multi-mode LNAs may be merged into a single lower linearity transistor gain stage shared among multiple multi-mode LNAs through multiple RF switches between a set of common RF inputs and common inputs and common input matching networks. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100311379 | Method and System for a Voltage-Controlled Oscillator with a Leaky Wave Antenna - Methods and systems for a voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) with a leaky wave antenna are disclosed and may include transmitting wireless signals via one or more leaky wave antennas in one or more tank circuits coupled to one or more VCOs. The VCOs may be two-point modulated. Two modulating signals may be communicated to the one or more VCOs via varactors coupled to tank circuits on the one or more VCOs. The varactors may include CMOS transistors with source and drain terminals shorted together. The one or more leaky wave antennas may be integrated on the chip, on a package to which the chip is affixed, or on a printed circuit board to which the chip is affixed. The VCOs may be integrated in a phase-locked loop and an output of the one or more VCOs in the phase-locked loop may be fed back via a multi-modulus detector. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100311380 | Method and System for Amplitude Modulation Utilizing a Leaky Wave Antenna - Methods and systems for amplitude modulation using a leaky wave antenna are disclosed and may include amplitude modulating an output of one or more power amplifiers in a wireless device by modulating a bias current in the power amplifiers that are coupled to one or more leaky wave antennas. The leaky wave antennas may include a balun that may be integrated on the chip, on a package to which the chip may be affixed, and/or integrated on a printed circuit board to which the chip may be affixed. An output power of the power amplifiers may be adjusted by configuring a bias voltage on the leaky wave antennas. The bias voltage may be configured utilizing a DC to DC voltage controller. The bias current may be modulated via one or more switched current sources. The switched current sources may be binary weighted and/or may be current mirrors. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100311381 | RECEIVING CIRCUIT - A receiving circuit is provided for performing reception of a plurality of band signals and suppression of blockers that remain in the plurality of band signals being received and converted in frequency. The receiving circuit includes a first low-pass filter that has a first pole position to suppress blockers remaining in a received signal by the first pole position, and a second low-pass filter that has a second pole position to suppress blockers remaining in a signal that has passed through said first low-pass filter by the second pole position. A switch that switches on/off an input-output path including the filters so that the received signal passes through said first filter without passing through the second filter when receiving a first band signal, while the received signal passes through both filters when receiving a second band signal different from the first band signal. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100311382 | RECEPTION DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - Provided is a reception device that selectively receives an analog broadcast signal and a digital broadcast signal. The reception device includes: an oscillation unit operable to output an oscillator signal; a frequency conversion unit operable to output an IF (Intermediate Frequency) signal group based on the oscillator signal outputted from the oscillation unit and a reception signal; a filter unit connected to an output side of the frequency conversion unit; and a control unit operable to control a frequency of the oscillator signal outputted from the oscillation unit. The control unit controls: the frequency of the oscillator signal to be within a reception frequency band when receiving the digital broadcast signal; and the frequency of the oscillator signal to be outside the reception frequency band when receiving the analog broadcast signal. With this configuration, it is possible to improve reception quality when receiving an analog broadcast signal. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100311383 | Ultra-wideband tunable filters based on multi-resolution band-selection - Devices and methods for tunable RF filtering. Multiple bimodal filter stages are used within a filter device to provide for tunable frequency response of the filter device. The use of M sequential bimodal filter stages, each having different frequency resolutions, may allow for 2 | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100311384 | Lifesaver Personal Alert And Notification Device - Systems and methods of alert and notification transmission are contemplated in which a low-range transceiver provides an alert/notification to a plurality of users having a wearable transceiver. Most typically, the low-range transceiver (a) is located in a wide area notification zone and a trigger device provides a signal from a wide area notification device to the low-range transceiver and (b) is used to also provide non-emergency notifications to the wearable transceivers. It should be appreciated that transmission of the emergency signal using the low-range transceiver is automatic, while transmission of the non-emergency notifications requires manual user input. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100311385 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING ALERTS - A system comprising a portable, hand-held device having an accelerometer controlled by a new protocol which acts to output accurate and rapid communication concerning one or more predetermined events to a monitoring service and to receive input communications through satellite communication and/or other communication means. In another embodiment, an installed device such as an AVL comprises communication means for short burst communication over satellite. The most preferred embodiments of the present system are also GSM and GPS enabled, thereby providing GSM and GPS positioning information that can be used in conjunction with the accelerometer data to monitor and detect predetermined events and, based upon the specific nature of the event, generate one or more alerts. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100311386 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING HANDOVER OF AN EMERGENCY CALL BETWEEN WIRELESS NETWORKS - Techniques for supporting handover of an emergency call between wireless networks are described. A UE may communicate with a first wireless network (e.g., a 3GPP E-UTRAN) for an emergency call and may receive an indication to perform handover to a second wireless network (e.g., a CDMA2000 1xRTT network). In an aspect, the UE may send a message including an emergency indication (an emergency global number, or a reserved emergency number, or some other indication) to initiate handover to the second wireless network. A designated network entity may recognize the emergency call based on the emergency indication and may map the emergency indication to a local emergency number or an Emergency Session Transfer Number for SRVCC (E-STN-SR), which may be used to establish a new incoming call leg to a network server anchoring the emergency call. The UE may then communicate with the second wireless network via the network server for the emergency call after handover. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100311387 | PANIC ACTIVATED LOCATOR (P.A.L.) - The Panic Activated Locator (P.A.L.) is a device that combines mobile phone technology and GPS tracking technology into a single unit creating a system that simultaneously notifies emergency services and triggers real-time locating capabilities with the push of a button. The P.A.L. is unique in that it allows for several important aspects of information to be conveyed not only simultaneously but also easily and reliably. With the push of a button the user/wearer can convey who they are, where they are, and that there is an emergency, without dialing, speaking, or giving directions, thus reducing response time and increasing efficiency. With the advent of the P.A.L. system a proactive approach to crime reduction is taken a step further than conventional methods; reporting crimes accurately by introducing real-time tracking would ultimately culminate in a fail-safe for the average person and become a crime deterrent. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100311388 | COMMUNICATIONS METHOD - A system for 2-way data and voice communication with a user A base station in communicates with a response center. A portable device has a cellular transceiver module, a GPS module and an emergency call button, and is in two-way communication with a response center for communicating the location of the portable device to the response center in response to activation of the emergency call button. A wearable pendant has a panic button, and outputs a signal in response to activation of the panic button. The portable device receives the signal and contacts the response center in response to the signal when the portable device is not in proximity to the base station; and the base station receives the signal and the base station communicates with the response center when the portable device is in proximity of the base station. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100311389 | WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SERVICE SYSTEM AND TRANSMISSION METHOD THEREOF, AND MOBILE PHONE AND DIALING METHOD UTILIZING THE SYSTEM - A wireless communication service system and a mobile phone are provided. The mobile phone generates a calling signal of a recipient number and determines whether a storage unit has stored a cornet associated with the recipient number. If the storage unit has stored the cornet, the mobile phone sends a transmission containing the cornet. If the storage unit has not stored the cornet, the mobile phone sends a transmission containing the recipient number. When the wireless communication service system receives the transmission containing the recipient number, the wireless communication service system determines whether the recipient number has joined a cornet cluster network of a caller number. If so, the wireless communication service system calls the cornet. If not, the wireless communication service system calls the recipient number. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100311390 | Mobile communication device - The mobile communication device is for use as a cell phone, as a wireless identity authentication device with other electronic devices (with cell phones, computers, and ATM's), and as a headset in the form of an earphone, an eye-covering, or a head covering for audio communication with a central processor, another mobile terminal a cell phone, or a pda. The mobile communication device is hands-free being worn on or near the face, and only requires a finger touching for bimodal identity authentication. An audio receiver is compatible with the ear of the user and a microphone transmits words spoken by the user, electronically therethrough. A fingerprint sensor is mounted and positioned within the device. When user authentication is required, the user is prompted to touch the fingerprint sensor, and said fingerprint data is compared with fingerprint images of authorized users. In another aspect of the invention, mobile communication device is an eye-covering, a head covering, or an identification badge including a fingerprint sensor and a processor and is used for wireless authentication of the user. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100311391 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PERFORMING MULTI-STAGE VIRTUAL SIM PROVISIONING AND SETUP ON MOBILE DEVICES - A system and method for provisioning a mobile device with user preferences and settings. The user preferences and settings may be default preferences and settings selected by the various applications loaded onto the mobile device or previously user preferences and settings selected by a user. User selected preferences and settings may be stored in a remote server memory. The preferences and settings may be retrieved by new mobile device. The preferences and settings stored in the remote server memory may contain triggers which initiate a connection with various third party servers. In response to the trigger, various third party servers may transmit further instructions to the mobile device which allows the mobile device to complete the restoration of the user's preferences and settings. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100311392 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CORRELATING AUTHENTICATION, AUTHORIZATION AND ACCOUNTING SESSIONS - The present invention handles Authentication, Authorization and Accounting (AAA) applications in an efficient manner. The present invention is a session aware Diameter relay agent that correlates sessions that require binding and relay sessions to the same AAA server, such as a Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF) server. In one embodiment, the relay agent may be arranged to select a Diameter server and forward the user equipment (UE) request to the respective server while registering the server selection. The Diameter server may be a PCRF server. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100311393 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DISTRIBUTING, STORING, AND REPLAYING DIRECTIVES WITHIN A NETWORK - In one embodiment, a processor-readable medium stored code representing instructions that when executed by a processor cause the processor to receive a directive from a first client device, store the directive at a memory location, and send the directive to a second client device. The directive includes a directive description portion and a directive content portion. The memory location is associated with the first client device. The directive is configured to cause the second client device to update a context of a display operatively coupled to the second client device in response to the directive. The context being of a directive class associated with the directive description portion, and having a value associated with the directive content portion. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100311394 | MOBILE SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING PERSONALIZED INFORMATION - An information system includes a server that creates an information reservoir with data units for a user of a mobile communication device based on a unique user profile of the user of the mobile communication device. The server creates the unique user profile based on interaction of the user with the mobile communication device or with another computing system. The server transfers the information reservoir to the mobile communication device and each time the user requests data from a web site, the server scans it to find key terms. If the server finds key term(s) in the data, it uses a tagging rule to mark the key term(s) and, then, it transfers the data with the marked term(s) to the mobile communication device. The user may, then, select a marked key term to call/display a data unit that is locally stored on the mobile communication device. The server may also mark terms in data units and a data unit stored on the mobile communication device may be called using a key term that is marked in another data unit. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100311395 | NEARBY CONTACT ALERT BASED ON LOCATION AND CONTEXT - Attributes including presence and organization information for contacts of a subscriber are used in determining a subset of contacts matching a predefined criterion. Determined subset of contacts is sent as an alert to notify the subscriber to the subsets' nearby proximity. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100311396 | CALL CONTROL METHOD AND SYSTEM - A method of controlling a call that can apply the service fee system according to user's selection. The method includes: alarming a reception of a first call request message in case a second terminal receives the first call request message from a first terminal; generating a call rejection message for the first call request message by the second terminal; transmitting by the second terminal the generated call rejection message to the first transmitting terminal; and generating a second call request message and transmitting by the second terminal the generated second call request message to the first terminal. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100311397 | Method and system for payment through mobile devices - Processing payment through a mobile device includes: receiving a command; using an upper layer application program on the mobile device to generate a payment request based on the command and send the payment request to localhost address of the mobile device via a predetermined port; using a lower layer payment program on the mobile device to monitor the payment request sent from the localhost address of the mobile device via the predetermined port; in response to the payment request, using the lower layer payment program to provide an input interface for payment information in and receive the input payment information; using the lower layer payment program to connect with a payment server and pass the payment information over a network to the payment server; and using the lower layer payment program to transfer a payment processing result received from the payment server, to the upper layer application program. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100311398 | MOBILE ENTERPRISE APPLICATIONS OVER TELEPHONY SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A method of facilitating telecommunication functionality on a mobile device. The method includes receiving a request for a telecommunications transaction from the mobile device and retrieving a callback identifier for a user of the mobile device. The method also includes executing the telecommunications transaction, wherein executing the transaction includes establishing a communications session that includes a callback telephony endpoint represented by the callback identifier and at least one target telephony endpoint, wherein a portion of the communications session that includes the callback telephony endpoint is established at least in part by making an outbound call from a telephony switch. | 2010-12-09 |
