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Anthony C. Chao, Cupertino, CA US
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20090087484 | Formulation and dosage form for increasing oral bioavailability of hydrophilic macromolecules - A formulation and dosage form for enhancing the bioavailability of orally administered hydrophilic macromolecules includes a permeation enhancer, a hydrophilic macromolecule, and a carrier such as a nonionic surfactant that exhibits in-situ gelling properties. The formulation is delivered within the GI tract as a liquid having at least some affinity for the surface of the GI mucosal membrane. Once released, it is believed that the liquid formulation spreads across one or more areas of the surface of the GI mucosal membrane, where the carrier of the formulation then transitions into a bioadhesive gel in-situ. As a bioadhesive gel, the formulation presents the hydrophilic macromolecule and the permeation enhancer at the surface of the GI mucosal membrane at concentrations sufficient to increase absorption of the hydrophilic macromolecule through the GI mucosal membrane over a period of time. A dosage form incorporates the formulation and may be designed to provide the controlled release of the formulation within the GI tract over a desired period of time. | 04-02-2009 |
Bin Chao, San Diego, CA US
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20100190688 | Tetrapeptide analogs - Compounds, compositions and methods for treatment of hyperproliferative diseases, such as cancer are provided. | 07-29-2010 |
Bing-Ling Chao, San Marcos, CA US
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20090163289 | METHOD OF CREATING SCORELINES IN CLUB FACE INSERT - The present disclosure pertains to composite articles, and in particular a composite face plate for a golf club-head, and methods for making the same. In certain embodiments, a composite face plate for a club-head is formed with a cross-sectional profile having a varying thickness. The face plate comprises a lay-up of multiple, composite prepreg plies. At least a portion of the plies comprise a plurality of elongated prepreg strips arranged in a predetermined criss-cross pattern in the lay-up. The prepreg strips create one or more areas of increased thickness where the strips overlap each other, thereby creating a desired profile for the plate. Metallic or polymer covers or cover layers can be used to define a striking surface. | 06-25-2009 |
20090163291 | GOLF CLUB FACE WITH COVER HAVING ROUGHNESS PATTERN - The present disclosure pertains to composite articles, and in particular a composite face plate for a golf club-head, and methods for making the same. In certain embodiments, a composite face plate for a club-head is formed with a cross-sectional profile having a varying thickness. The face plate comprises a lay-up of multiple, composite prepreg plies. At least a portion of the plies comprise a plurality of elongated prepreg strips arranged in a predetermined criss-cross pattern in the lay-up. The prepreg strips create one or more areas of increased thickness where the strips overlap each other, thereby creating a desired profile for the plate. Metallic or polymer covers or cover layers can be used to define a striking surface. | 06-25-2009 |
Charles Chao, Bellflower, CA US
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20080319820 | MOVE LOT SIZE BALANCING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method and system for allowing a vehicle dealer and manufacturer to match dealer orders and manufacturing plant shipments easily and equitably are disclosed. The method significantly decreases processing time, saving valuable time, money, and manpower resources. An automated linear expression calculation for determining and balancing vehicle allocation allows for equitable balancing of manufacturing plant orders and efficient optimization. The linear expression calculation may be performed in an iterative series of steps. The linear expression calculation handles a plurality of attribute features, thereby accommodating a plurality of dealer requests and vehicle options. The linear expression calculation creates a matrix representing the plurality of attribute features, and with each iteration the values within the matrix are refined and optimized, with the resulting matrix representing an optimized and balanced allocation of manufacturing plant production orders among a plurality of manufacturing plants. | 12-25-2008 |
Cheng-Chi Chao, San Jose, CA US
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20100239590 | JOINT DESTRUCTION BIOMARKERS FOR ANTI-IL-17A THERAPY OF INFLAMMATORY JOINT DISEASE - Novel methods and drug products for treating inflammatory joint diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and associated arthritides are disclosed. The methods and products employ various serum markers of bone and cartilage metabolism or destruction, including cartilage oligomer matrix protein (COMP) and Receptor activator of NFB ligand (RANKL), as biomarkers to assess the effect of IL-17A antagonists on joint destruction in inflammatory joint diseases. | 09-23-2010 |
Cheng-Chi Chao, Cupertino, CA US
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20080241207 | Methods and materials relating to novel stem cell growth factor-like polypeptides and polynucleotides - The invention provides novel polynucleotides and polypeptides encoded by such polynucleotides and mutants or variants thereof that correspond to a novel human stem cell growth factor-like protein. These polynucleotides comprise nucleic acid sequences isolated from cDNA libraries from human testis cells (Hyseq clone identification numbers 2880984 and 2881695), from human fetal skin (Hyseq clone identification number 15375176), adult spleen (Hyseq clone identification number 14856094), and human endothelial cells (Hyseq clone identification numbers 13804756, 13687487, 13804756). Other aspects of the invention include vectors containing processes for producing novel human stem cell growth factor-like polypeptides, and antibodies specific for such polypeptides. | 10-02-2008 |
20080241882 | Methods and materials relating to novel stem cell growth factor-like polypeptides and polynucleotides - The invention provides novel polynucleotides and polypeptides encoded by such polynucleotides and mutants or variants thereof that correspond to a novel human stem cell growth factor-like protein. These polynucleotides comprise nucleic acid sequences isolated from cDNA libraries from human testis cells (Hyseq clone identification numbers 2880984 and 2881695), from human fetal skin (Hyseq clone identification number 15375176), adult spleen (Hyseq clone identification number 14856094), and human endothelial cells (Hyseq clone identification numbers 13804756, 13687487, 13804756). Other aspects of the invention include vectors containing processes fro producing novel human stem cell growth factor-like polypeptides, and antibodies specific for such polypeptides. | 10-02-2008 |
Cheng-Chieh Chao, Mountain View, CA US
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20110269298 | Irradiation assisted nucleation of quantum confinements by atomic layer deposition - A method of fabricating quantum confinements is provided. The method includes depositing, using a deposition apparatus, a material layer on a substrate, where the depositing includes irradiating the layer, before a cycle, during a cycle, and/or after a cycle of the deposition to alter nucleation of quantum confinements in the material layer to control a size and/or a shape of the quantum confinements. The quantum confinements can include quantum wells, nanowires, or quantum dots. The irradiation can be in-situ or ex-situ with respect to the deposition apparatus. The irradiation can include irradiation by photons, electrons, or ions. The deposition is can include atomic layer deposition, chemical vapor deposition, MOCVD, molecular beam epitaxy, evaporation, sputtering, or pulsed-laser deposition. | 11-03-2011 |
20140093654 | Irradiation Assisted Nucleation of Quantum Confinements by Atomic Layer Deposition - A method of fabricating quantum confinements is provided. The method includes depositing, using a deposition apparatus, a material layer on a substrate, where the depositing includes irradiating the layer, before a cycle, during a cycle, and/or after a cycle of the deposition to alter nucleation of quantum confinements in the material layer to control a size and/or a shape of the quantum confinements. The quantum confinements can include quantum wells, nanowires, or quantum dots. The irradiation can be in-situ or ex-situ with respect to the deposition apparatus. The irradiation can include irradiation by photons, electrons, or ions. The deposition is can include atomic layer deposition, chemical vapor deposition, MOCVD, molecular beam epitaxy, evaporation, sputtering, or pulsed-laser deposition. | 04-03-2014 |
Cheng-Chieh Chao, Stanford, CA US
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20100183948 | Closed-end nanotube arrays as an electrolyte of a solid oxide fuel cell - The present invention provides solid oxide fuel cell that includes an electrolyte membrane, a first electrode layer, and a second electrode layer, where the electrolyte membrane is disposed between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer. The electrolyte membrane includes a solid electrolyte structure having at least two solid electrolyte nanoscopic closed-end tubes, where an open-ended base of each solid electrolyte nanoscopic closed-end tube is connected by a solid electrolyte layer. | 07-22-2010 |
20110027694 | Solid-oxide fuel cells with concentric laminating electrolytes in a nanoporous membrane - A solid oxide fuel cell with an electrolyte membrane having one or more layers with interfaces perpendicular to the surfaces of the membrane is provided. The layers can be deposited on vertical walls of holes in a nanoporous membrane until the layers fully fill the holes, thereby forming superlattices in the holes. The final shape of the superlattices in this example will be concentric, laminating layers as seen in a top view looking down on the membrane. According to one aspect, conventional electrodes can be deposited on both sides of the membrane for current collection and surface charge transfer reactions. | 02-03-2011 |
20110076589 | Nano-patterned electrolytes in solid oxide fuel cells - A nano-patterned membrane electrode assembly (MEA) is provided, which includes an electrolyte membrane layer having a three-dimensional close-packed array of hexagonal-pyramids, a first porous electrode layer, disposed on a top surface of the electrolyte membrane layer that conforms to a top surface-shape of the three-dimensional close-packed array of hexagonal-pyramids, and a second porous electrode layer disposed on a bottom surface of said electrolyte membrane layer that conforms to a bottom surface-shape of the three-dimensional close-packed array of hexagonal-pyramids, where a freestanding nano-patterned MEA is provided. | 03-31-2011 |
Cheng-Chieh Chao, Palo Alto, CA US
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20090011314 | Electrode/electrolyte interfaces in solid oxide fuel cells - A solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) with reduced electrical resistance and greater vacancy density control is provided. The SOFC includes an interfacial layer deposited, preferably by atomic layer deposition (ALD), between an electrode layer and an electrolyte layer. The interfacial layer includes an ion-conductive material. By use of ALD, the interfacial layer can have a very small thickness and can include layered structures of alternating materials. The interfacial layer can also include doping gradient structures of doped ion-conductive materials. Ultra-thin film platinum layers for high current density and cermet layers at the electrode/electrolyte interface are also provided. | 01-08-2009 |
Chieh-Yuan Chao, Fremont, CA US
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20120013377 | Digital Phase Locked Loop - An adaptive digital phase locked loop comprises: a digital configurable phase detector for receiving a reference signal and a feedback signal and for generating a detection signal indicative of a phase/frequency difference between the reference signal and the feedback signal; a configurable digital loop filter for filtering the DPFD detection signal; a digital locking monitor for monitoring polarity transitions of the detection signal and adaptively switching the locking modes and DCO tuning resolution; and a DCO for generating the feedback signal as a function of the detection signal. | 01-19-2012 |
Christopher J. Chao, South Pasadena, CA US
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20120213513 | Direct generation semiconductor IRCM laser system - Direct generation semiconductor infrared countermeasure lasers are provided that can be independently modulated and combined so as to provide a simultaneously-generated multi-spectral output for the beam. The countermeasure system is smaller and more lightweight than conventional IRCM laser systems, is less expensive, is non-cryogenically cooled and is configurable for multi-spectral generation with asynchronous jam codes in which the spectral distribution can be customized by combining multiple emitters with a range of center wavelengths. | 08-23-2012 |
Daniel Chao, San Francisco, CA US
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20110004282 | Drug Eluting Lead Systems - Medical electrical lead systems and related methods are described. The lead systems may be configured to be at least partially implanted in neural tissue of a subject, such as a brain of a subject. Some variations of the lead systems may comprise a lead body, an electrode connected to the lead body, and a bioactive agent. The electrode and/or lead body may comprise a substrate, and the bioactive agent may be supported by the substrate (e.g., by a substantial portion of the area of the substrate). Examples of bioactive agents that may be used in the lead system include bioactive agents that promote neural adhesion and living cells that have been biologically manipulated, engineered cells, and cells of a particular phenotype and/or adapted to induce a desired neural or glial response. Methods described herein may comprise contacting the substrate of a lead body and/or an electrode of a medical electrical lead system with at least one bioactive agent, where the lead body and the electrode are connected to each other. | 01-06-2011 |
20120232628 | DRUG ELUTING LEAD SYSTEMS - Medical electrical lead systems and related methods are described. The lead systems may be configured to be at least partially implanted in neural tissue of a subject, such as a brain of a subject. Some variations of the lead systems may comprise a lead body, an electrode connected to the lead body, and a bioactive agent. The electrode and/or lead body may comprise a substrate, and the bioactive agent may be supported by the substrate (e.g., by a substantial portion of the area of the substrate). Methods described herein may comprise contacting the substrate of a lead body and/or an electrode of a medical electrical lead system with at least one bioactive agent, where the lead body and the electrode are connected to each other. | 09-13-2012 |
20140296646 | SYSTEMS, METHODS AND DEVICES FOR A SKULL/BRAIN INTERFACE - Disclosed are methods, devices, and systems for inducing neuromodulation by focusing a source of stimulation through a skull/brain interface in the form of an aperture formed in the skull, a naturally occurring fenestration in the skull, or a transcranial channel. Further disclosed are methods, devices, and systems for identifying where to locate skull/brain interfaces, accessories that can be used with the interfaces, and features for controlling stimulation delivered through the interfaces. Multiple indications for the skull/brain interfaces are also disclosed, including diagnosis and treatment of neurological disorders and conditions such as epilepsy, movement disorders, depression, Alzheimer's disease, autism, coma, and pain. | 10-02-2014 |
Debra Chao, Fremont, CA US
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20110182890 | ANTI-PLEIOTROPHIN ANTIBODIES AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - The present invention concerns antibodies that neutralize at least one biological activity of pleiotrophin. The antibodies can inhibit cancer cell growth and angiogenesis in vitro or in vivo. The present invention provides for methods of inhibiting cancer cell growth or angiogenesis in a subject comprising administering to said subject an effective amount of the antibodies described herein. The present invention also provides for methods of making the neutralizing antibodies described herein. | 07-28-2011 |
20140294845 | ANTI-PLEIOTROPHIN ANTIBODIES AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - The present invention concerns antibodies that neutralize at least one biological activity of pleiotrophin. The antibodies can inhibit cancer cell growth and angiogenesis in vitro or in vivo. The present invention provides for methods of inhibiting cancer cell growth or angiogenesis in a subject comprising administering to said subject an effective amount of the antibodies described herein. The present invention also provides for methods of making the neutralizing antibodies described herein. | 10-02-2014 |
De-Hwa Chao, Cupertino, CA US
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20090165578 | DISSOLUTION TEST EQUIPMENT AND METHODS FOR TESTING - Dissolution test equipment (e.g., apparatus) and methods for testing are disclosed. Such methods and equipment may be advantageously used for testing of drug or active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) preparations, including drug formulations and dosage forms. | 07-02-2009 |
Emil Yuming Chao, Laguna Hills, CA US
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20130026822 | Energy Storage System and Related Method - Disclosed herein is an energy storage system and related method. According to one embodiment, such a system comprises a power management system and a plurality of energy banks coupled to the power management system, wherein each of the plurality of energy banks is capable of being independently discharged through the power management system. The power management system is configured to select at least one of the plurality of energy banks to transfer energy between the energy storage system and a machine powered using the energy storage system. According to one embodiment, the method comprises determining an energy transfer requirement of the machine powered by the energy storage system, selecting at least one of the plurality of energy banks for responding to the energy transfer requirement, and transferring energy between the selected energy bank(s) and the machine according to the energy transfer requirement. | 01-31-2013 |
20130076311 | System for Actively Managing Energy Banks During Energy Transfer and Related Method - According to one embodiment, a system for actively managing energy banks during an energy transfer process comprises a plurality of energy banks configured for use as a group of energy banks and characterized by a desired state-of-charge (SOC), and a power management system coupled across each of the energy banks. The power management system is configured to selectively drive at least one of the energy banks to a modified SOC different from the desired SOC without interrupting the energy transfer process. In one embodiment, the power management system is further configured to return the energy bank or banks driven to the modified SOC to the desired SOC of the group of energy banks. | 03-28-2013 |
Heng-Yi Chao, San Jose, CA US
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20110055784 | MULTI-THREADED GLOBAL ROUTING - Some embodiments provide techniques and systems for routing nets in a circuit design in parallel. Specifically, some embodiments perform global routing using an iterative approach. During operation, the system determines bounding boxes for nets, and associates nets with partitions, wherein a partition associated with a net encloses the net's bounding box. Then, the system routes nets in non-overlapping partitions in parallel. Next, the system adjusts bounding boxes of nets which need to be routed again, and routes these nets in the next iteration. In some embodiments, the system may use a cost function to guide the routing process. The system may adjust the weights of one or more terms of the cost function as the routing process progresses. Specifically, the system may increase the importance of a congestion term as the routing process progresses. | 03-03-2011 |
Hui Chao, Palo Alto, CA US
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20090016605 | System and method for creating an editable template from a document image - Embodiments of the present invention recite a system and method for creating an editable template from a document image. In one embodiment of the present invention, the spatial characteristics and the color characteristics of at least one region of a document are identified. A set of characteristics of a graphic representation within the region are then determined without the necessity of recognizing a character comprising the graphic representation. An editable template is then created comprising a second region having the same spatial characteristics and the same color characteristics of the at least one region of the document and comprising a second graphic representation which is defined by the set of characteristics of the first graphic representation. | 01-15-2009 |
Hui Chao, San Diego, CA US
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20130029723 | USER DISTANCE DETECTION FOR ENHANCED INTERACTION WITH A MOBILE DEVICE - Methods and apparatus for displaying content on a mobile device are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes obtaining content to display on the mobile device, obtaining distance information indicative of a distance that separates a user from the mobile device, accessing content-size data on the mobile device that is associated with the distance information, and adjusting a presentation of content on the mobile device based upon the content-size data. | 01-31-2013 |
Hui Chao, Santa Clara, CA US
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20130101159 | IMAGE AND VIDEO BASED PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC ESTIMATION - Person detection and tracking techniques may be used to estimate pedestrian traffic in locations equipped with cameras. Persons detected in video data from the cameras may help determine existing pedestrian traffic data. Future pedestrian traffic estimation may be performed to estimate pedestrian traffic characteristics (such as volume, direction, etc.) Such traffic estimation may be provided to users for route planning/congestion information. A traffic map can be derived based on the number of people at or expected to be at certain locations. The map may be provided to users to provide traffic data and/or estimations. | 04-25-2013 |
Hui Chao, San Jose, CA US
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20100218089 | METHOD FOR DYNAMICALLY SCALING AN ORIGINAL BACKGROUND LAYOUT - In a method for dynamically scaling an original background layout having at least one element, an instruction to employ the original background layout in a new page that differs in at least one of size and aspect ratio from at least one of the size and aspect ratio of the original background layout is received. In addition, a type and a position of the at least one element is identified and one or more constraints are applied on at least one characteristic of the at least one element to modify the at least one characteristic of the at least one element for inclusion in the new page, in which the one or more constraints are based upon the type and position of the at least one element. | 08-26-2010 |
20110035221 | Monitoring An Audience Participation Distribution - Apparatus for monitoring an audience participation distribution at an event comprising a speech activity module operable to generate speech data representing speech detected at the event, a speaker identification module operable to determine, using the speech data, a first speaker who has contributed to the detected speech, and a processing unit operable to generate speaker data representing a value for the time that the first speaker has contributed to the detected speech and to output distribution data based on the speaker data representing a measure of the participation for the first speaker at the event. | 02-10-2011 |
20110142300 | Relation Tree - A method for creating a relation tree including scanning a storage device for digital images and performing at least one facial analysis on individuals in the digital images, identifying members of a nuclear family and an association of an individual from the digital images with the nuclear family in response to at least one of the facial analysis, and organizing the relation tree such that the nuclear family is linked with the associated individual. | 06-16-2011 |
20120026187 | GENERATING A REPRESENTATION OF A LAYOUT HAVING PARTITIONS FOR EXCLUSION ZONES - A system generates a representation of a layout of a page, where the layout has plural partitions that divide the page, and where the layout specifies one or plural cuts in the page that define the partitions. Exclusion zones are provided in respective partitions, where the exclusion zones define corresponding areas that are free of content that are to be inserted in the page. | 02-02-2012 |
20120105467 | Image And Theme Artwork Management - An image and theme artwork management method ( | 05-03-2012 |
20120109715 | VISUALIZING VISITATION PATTERNS AT SITES OF A COMMERCIAL FACILITY - Sensor data characterizing detected physical presence characteristics of customers visiting respective sites distributed about a commercial facility is obtained. Visitation patterns of different demographic groups of the customers to the sites are determined. A graphic visualization of one or more of the visitation patterns is generated. | 05-03-2012 |
20120147046 | Generating Graphic Object Collages - A regular mesh of rectangular cells ( | 06-14-2012 |
20120308087 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING ESTIMATED AGE USING AN IMAGE COLLECTION - A system and a method are provided for determining an estimated age of an individual of interest based on images in an image collection. An example system includes a memory for storing computer executable instructions, and a processing unit for accessing the memory and executing the computer executable instructions. The computer executable instructions include an age class estimator to classify a plurality of images of the individual into age classes, each age class corresponding to an interval of age, and each image having a known time stamp, a probability determination engine to determine, for each age class, a value of class probability that an image in the collection falls within the age class, an age determination engine to determine a transition time based on the values of class probability and the known time stamp, and to determine the estimated age of the individual based on the determined transition time. | 12-06-2012 |
20130045751 | LOGO DETECTION FOR INDOOR POSITIONING - Example methods, apparatuses, or articles of manufacture are disclosed herein that may be utilized, in whole or in part, to facilitate or support one or more operations or techniques for logo detection for indoor positioning for use in or with a mobile device. Briefly, in accordance with one implementation, a method may include extracting, at a mobile device, visual features from one or more images captured via a camera sensor of the mobile device; and estimating a location of the mobile device based, at least in part, on a match between extracted visual features and one or more brand-specific visual signatures associated with one or more points of interest of one or more known locations. In some instances, an estimated location of a mobile device may be refined based, at least in part, on at least one additional POI of one or more POIs of one or more known locations. | 02-21-2013 |
20130094780 | Replacement of a Person or Object in an Image - Disclosed herein are a system and a method that use a background model to determine and to segment target content from an image and replace them with different content to provide a composite image. The background model can be generated based on image data representing images of a predetermined area that does not include traversing content. The background model is compared to image data representing a set of captured images of the predetermined area. Based on the comparison, portions of an image that differs from the background model are determined as the traversing content. A target content model is used to determine the target content in the traversing content. The target content determined in the images is replaced with different content to provide a composite image. | 04-18-2013 |
20130101163 | METHOD AND/OR APPARATUS FOR LOCATION CONTEXT IDENTIFIER DISAMBIGUATION - The subject matter disclosed herein relates to a method, apparatus, and/or system for obtaining one or more images captured at a mobile device and determining a location context identifier (LCI) identifying an area including a location of the mobile device based, at least in part, on the one or more captured images. The LCI may be selected from among a plurality of LCIs. | 04-25-2013 |
20130124981 | Inserting Content and Exclusion Zone(s) Into A Page - Information relating to an exclusion zone to be provided on a page is received ( | 05-16-2013 |
20130194428 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING LOCATION OF A DEVICE USING OPPOSING CAMERAS - System and method for determining location of a device using opposing cameras are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes activating a front-facing camera and a back-facing camera of the device, capturing a first pair of images from a first orientation using the front-facing camera and the back-facing camera, where the first pair of images includes a first front image and a first back image, monitoring the device being rotated to a second orientation, capturing a second pair of images from the second orientation using the front-facing camera and the back-facing camera, where the second pair of images includes a second front image and a second back image, and determining a location of the device using the first pair of images and the second pair of images. | 08-01-2013 |
20130212094 | VISUAL SIGNATURES FOR INDOOR POSITIONING - Systems and methods for managing and utilizing visual signature (VS) databases are described herein. A method for managing a VS database as described herein includes obtaining a plurality of images of objects represented by a VS; obtaining context information associated with the plurality of images; grouping the plurality of images into one or more context classifications according to the context information associated with the plurality of images; for respective ones of the one or more context classifications, selecting an image representative of the VS according to one or more criteria; and adding the selected images for the respective ones of the one or more context classifications to entries of the VS database corresponding to the VS. | 08-15-2013 |
20130230208 | VISUAL OCR FOR POSITIONING - A mobile device can receive OCR library information associated with a coarse position. The coarse position can be determined by the mobile device, or by a network server configured to communicate with the mobile device. A camera on the mobile device can obtain images of human-readable information in an area near the coarse position. The view finder image can be processed with an OCR engine that is utilizing the OCR library information to determine one or more location string values. A location database can be searched based on the location string values. The position of the mobile device can be estimated and displayed. The position estimated can be adjusted based on the proximity of the mobile device to other features in the image. | 09-05-2013 |
20130236105 | METHODS FOR MODIFYING MAP ANALYSIS ARCHITECTURE - Apparatuses, methods, systems and computer-readable media for determining a hallway edge and/or room entrance of a map are presented. Embodiments may identify a point of interest (POI) on the map indicative of the room entrance. Embodiments may determine a first edge of the map close to the POI and representative of at least a first wall on the map, and may determine a second edge of the map close to the POI and representative of at least a second wall on the map. Embodiments may then perform a rank analysis of the first edge and second edge based on at least one characteristic of the first edge and one characteristic of the second edge, and may determine the orientation of the room entrance and/or the determine the hallway edge of the POI based at least in part on the rank analysis. | 09-12-2013 |
20130236106 | METHODS FOR GENERATING VISIBILITY MAPS - Apparatuses, methods, systems and computer-readable media for generating a visibility map in determination of a user's location are presented. Some embodiments may identify a point of interest (POI) whose location is predefined on a map. The map may be an overhead map, similar to a map found at a shopping mall or a 3-dimensional map. Embodiments may then determine a plurality of vectors emanating from the POI. The vectors may be representative of lines of sight from the POI on the map. Embodiments may then integrate at least some of the plurality of vectors to calculate an area on the map representative of a visibility map. | 09-12-2013 |
20130238234 | METHODS FOR DETERMINING A USER'S LOCATION USING POI VISIBILITY INFERENCE - Apparatuses, methods, systems and computer-readable media for using visibility maps of identified points of interest (POIs) to determine a user's location are presented. Users may determine their locations without relying on a global positioning technique, such as GPS or A-GPS. A user may instead rely on POIs identifiable from the user's visual field of view, and determine position based on the common area visible to each identified POI. | 09-12-2013 |
20130267178 | TECHNIQUES FOR PROCESSING PERCEIVED ROUTABILITY CONSTRAINTS THAT MAY OR MAY NOT AFFECT MOVEMENT OF A MOBILE DEVICE WITHIN AN INDOOR ENVIRONMENT - Techniques are provided which may be implemented using various methods, apparatuses and/or articles of manufacture to provide or otherwise support mobile device positioning. The mobile device positioning may be based, at least in part, on one or more perceived routability constraints that may or may not affect actual movement of a mobile device within an indoor environment. | 10-10-2013 |
20130267260 | MAP MODIFICATION USING GROUND-TRUTH MEASUREMENTS - Disclosed is a method for receiving a conceptual map of a navigable area, the conceptual map including two or more topological elements being related to one another in the conceptual map by a first set of dimensions; applying one or more ground truth measurements or topological constraints to the first set of dimensions of the conceptual map to provide a modified map having corrected dimensions; and mapping an estimated location of the mobile station to the modified map. | 10-10-2013 |
20130295952 | ADAPTIVE UPDATING OF INDOOR NAVIGATION ASSISTANCE DATA FOR USE BY A MOBILE DEVICE - Various methods, apparatuses and articles of manufacture may be implemented for use in one or more computing platforms to adaptively provide and/or obtain indoor navigation assistance data (INAD) update(s) for use by a mobile device. An INAD update may, for example, comprise a subset of INAD available for an indoor environment. Such a subset may be determined based, at least in part, on a bounded region in an electronic map of the indoor environment. Such a bounded region may, for example, have a shape and/or a size based, at least in part, on at least one parameter indicative of a motion state of the mobile device. | 11-07-2013 |
20130310080 | OUTDOOR POSITION ESTIMATION OF A MOBILE DEVICE WITHIN A VICINITY OF ONE OR MORE INDOOR ENVIRONMENTS - Various methods, apparatuses and/or articles of manufacture are provided which may be implemented via one or more electronic devices to communicate navigation assistance data for at least one transmitting device that, while operatively provisioned for use in an indoor environment, may prove useful in estimating a position of a mobile device located in an adjacent outdoor environment. | 11-21-2013 |
20130322767 | POSE ESTIMATION BASED ON PERIPHERAL INFORMATION - A method for estimating camera pose includes: obtaining an image of a location captured via a camera, where the image includes a target object and edge line features outside of the target object; and calculating a pose of the camera with respect to the target object based on the edge line features. | 12-05-2013 |
20130335273 | COLLABORATIVE NAVIGATION TECHNIQUES FOR MOBILE DEVICES - Various methods, apparatuses and/or articles of manufacture are provided which may be implemented to perform and/or otherwise support collaborative navigation between a plurality of mobile devices. In one example, a first mobile device, in response to a determination that at least a second mobile device is located within a threshold distance of the first mobile device, may obtain a navigation parameter indicative of an initial position and/or movement of the second mobile device which was determined based, at least in part, on a measurement from a sensor at the second mobile device. The first mobile device then affect a determined position and/or movement of the first mobile device based, at least in part, on the navigation parameter. | 12-19-2013 |
20130342565 | INDOOR STRUCTURE INFERENCE USING POINTS OF INTEREST - In one implementation, a method may comprise: obtaining a digital map of an indoor region that identifies boundaries between subsections within the indoor region; and approximating locations of walls separating rooms within at least one of the subsections based, at least in part, on locations of feature labels provided in the digital map. | 12-26-2013 |
20140094199 | TECHNIQUES FOR FASTER TIME-TO-FIRST-FIX - Example methods, apparatuses, or articles of manufacture are disclosed herein that may be utilized, in whole or in part, to facilitate or support one or more operations or techniques for a relatively faster time-to-first-fix, such as for use in or with a mobile communication device. Briefly, in accordance with at least one implementation, a method may include transmitting a first message to a mobile device, the first message comprising abbreviated positioning assistance data; receiving a second message from the mobile device, the second message comprising an indication of a coarse location of the mobile device; and transmitting a third message to the mobile device, the third message comprising a detailed tiled radio heat map obtained based, at least in part, on the received indication of the coarse location of the mobile device. | 04-03-2014 |
20140104437 | SENSOR CALIBRATION AND POSITION ESTIMATION BASED ON VANISHING POINT DETERMINATION - Disclosed are systems, apparatus, devices, method, computer program products, and other implementations, including a method that includes capturing an image of a scene by an image capturing unit of a device that includes at least one sensor, determining relative device orientation of the device based, at least in part, on determined location of at least one vanishing point in the captured image of the scene, and performing one or more calibration operations for the at least one sensor based, at least in part, on the determined relative device orientation. | 04-17-2014 |
20140119674 | PROCESSING AND MANAGING MULTIPLE MAPS FOR AN LCI - Systems, apparatus and methods for merging maps used by a positioning server are presented. Original maps are overlaid, concatenated or inset to create a more detailed map. The original maps are from different sources and/or in different formats. By merging or fusing maps together, a positioning server may create a better structural map, which is in turn used to create improved positioning assistance data. | 05-01-2014 |
20140133760 | RASTER TO VECTOR MAP CONVERSION - A computer-implemented method for converting a raster image map to a vector image map includes receiving an electronic raster image that shows an indoor map of a building structure. The method also includes determining whether the indoor map is a line map. If not, the indoor map is converted into a line map. Next, the electronic raster image is processed to generate a processed raster image of the indoor map. The method then extracts vector lines from the processed raster image to generate an electronic vector image that includes the indoor map of the building structure. | 05-15-2014 |
20140153773 | Image-Based Indoor Position Determination - In one implementation, a method may comprise: determining a topological representation of an indoor portion of a building based, at least in part, on positions or number of lines in an image of the indoor portion of the building; and comparing the topological representation to one or more stored topological representations, for example in a digital map of the building, to determine a potential position of the indoor portion of the building. | 06-05-2014 |
20140198227 | ORIENTATION DETERMINATION BASED ON VANISHING POINT COMPUTATION - Disclosed are systems, apparatus, devices, methods, computer program products, and other implementations, including a method that includes capturing an image of a scene by an image capturing unit of a device that includes an accelerometer, and determining orientation of the device based, at least in part, on determined location of a vanishing point (e.g., a single vanishing point) in the captured image of the scene and at least one measurement obtained from the accelerometer. | 07-17-2014 |
20140214427 | LANDMARK BASED POSITIONING WITH VERBAL INPUT - Disclosed are systems, apparatus, devices, methods, computer program products, and other implementations, including a method that includes determining at a mobile device whether verbal input from a user is required to determine position of location of the user. The method also includes, in response to a determination that the verbal input from the user is required to determine the position of the location of the user, obtaining at the mobile device verbal description data representative of one or more geographic features viewable by the user from the location of the user, identifying at the mobile device the one or more of the geographic features from the obtained verbal description data, and determining, at the mobile device, positioning information for the location of the user based, at least in part, on the one or more geographic features identified from the verbal description data. | 07-31-2014 |
20140236476 | MOBILE DEVICE POSITIONING - Methods, apparatus, and computer program products for determining a mobile device location. An example of a method for determining a mobile device location includes receiving signals from a transmitter, measuring signal characteristics of the received signals, and downloading data from a database corresponding to a defined region associated with the transmitters. The downloaded data includes a set of position points, a classification of each position point, and expected signal characteristics for each position point. The method further includes comparing the measured signal characteristics with the expected signal characteristics for each position point, assigning a weight to position points based on the compared signal characteristics, and determining the mobile device location by selecting one position point from the set as a position point solution corresponding to the mobile device location based on the assigned weight. The position point solution is constrained by the classification of each position point. | 08-21-2014 |
20140240350 | DIRECTIONAL AND X-RAY VIEW TECHNIQUES FOR NAVIGATION USING A MOBILE DEVICE - Techniques for displaying navigation information on a mobile device are provided that include a method that includes obtaining an indication of a position and an indication of a direction associated with the mobile device, using the indication of the position, the indication of the direction, information regarding identities of POIs within a geographic region of interest, and information regarding areas associated with the POIs to determine at least one relevant POI, of the POIs, that is associated with the position and direction, and displaying at least one visual indication associated with each of the at least one relevant POI on the mobile device. The appearance of the at least one visual indication is dependent on at least one of a distance from the mobile device of the relevant POI associated with the visual indication or presence of a known physical barrier between the mobile device and that relevant POI. | 08-28-2014 |
20140253371 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENABLING THE USE OF GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEM (GNSS) SIGNALS INDOORS - Disclosed are apparatuses and methods for enabling the use of global navigation satellite system (GNSS) signals indoors. The method may include determining a first indoor position of the mobile device based on indoor transceiver signals. The method may also include determining, based at least in part on the determined first indoor position, that global navigation satellite system (GNSS) positioning signals are available. The method may also include determining a second indoor position of the mobile device based, at least in part, on GNSS positioning signals. | 09-11-2014 |
20140253582 | METHODS, APPARATUSES, AND DEVICES FOR RENDERING INDOOR MAPS ON A DISPLAY - Methods, apparatuses, and devices for rendering indoor maps on a display device of, for example, a mobile device, are presented. In one example, a processor of a mobile device may receive identifiers, such as alphanumeric identifiers, for points of interest (POI) and map at least portions of the identifiers to colors within a suitable color space, such as a RGB color space. | 09-11-2014 |
20140257687 | PYRAMID MAPPING DATA STRUCTURE FOR INDOOR NAVIGATION - An embodiment is directed to generating a polygon representation of a plurality of points of interest (POIs) in a scene having a corresponding base level map of the scene, and creating a new level map including a reduced number of polygon representations of POIs on the basis of elimination of POIs having a lower than specified POI importance level. In another embodiment, a mobile device (e.g., the user device) can specify the specified POI importance level to trigger the generation and delivery of the new level map which conforms to the specified POI importance level so that the new level map can be displayed to a user of the mobile device (e.g., in conjunction with navigation instructions to one or more of the remaining POIs). | 09-11-2014 |
20140257688 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR POSITION ESTIMATION - Systems, apparatus and methods disclosed herein facilitate mobile station (MS) location determination using MS captured images of known points of interest (POIs). In some embodiments, each POI is associated with a corresponding visibility map comprising a set of grid points, and a subset of the POIs may be identified from the MS captured images by matching the MS captured images of each POI in the subset with corresponding stored images. A cumulative grid point weight for a plurality of grid points in the visibility maps associated with the POIs in the subset may be computed. The cumulative grid point weight for each grid point represents the probability that the MS is located at that grid point. The location of the MS may be estimated based on the cumulative grid point weights of the plurality of grid points. | 09-11-2014 |
20140266585 | METHOD FOR SECURELY DELIVERING INDOOR POSITIONING DATA AND APPLICATIONS - Methods and devices are described for providing localized secure navigation in conjunction with near field communication access control systems. In one potential embodiment, a mobile device such as a cell phone may communicate with a door access control point using near field communication to receive location access system information. The mobile device may then authorize download and execution of a local secure navigation module from a location access system using the location access system information for use in receiving location assistance data, based on an authentication level associated with the mobile device. Such location assistance data may be used by the local secure navigation module to provide location assistance when the mobile device is in a secure location. The location of the mobile device may then be tracked using at least the location assistance data and the communication with the door access control point. | 09-18-2014 |
20140269400 | BROADCASTING SHORT INTERFRAME SPACE INFORMATION FOR LOCATION PURPOSES - A method and apparatus for broadcasting short interframe space information to aid in determining a round trip time are provided. The round trip time is used as an aid in locating nodes within a WiFi or WLAN network. The method begins with capturing a time of transmission of a frame by a transmitting station. The receiving station then captures the time of arrival of the frame just sent by the transmitting station. The receiving station replies with a received frame message and the time of departure is captured. The transmitting station then captures the time of arrival of the received frame message. The captured arrival and departure times of the frame and the received frame message allow the round trip time to be computed. The RTT may then be included as part of a network message. | 09-18-2014 |
20140274138 | 2D TO 3D MAP CONVERSION FOR IMPROVED NAVIGATION - Techniques for providing improved navigation through an indoor environment using a mobile device are provided. A method according to these techniques includes accessing a 2D map of the indoor environment, accessing customization information comprising one or more attributes to be applied to a 3D model of the indoor environment derived from the 2D map, analyzing the 2D map to extract geometry information associated with the layout of the indoor environment, generating the 3D model based on the geometry extracted from the 2D map and the customization information, generating a 3D representation of a current location of the mobile device within the indoor environment based on the 3D model; and displaying the 3D representation on a display of the mobile device. | 09-18-2014 |
20140321698 | METHOD FOR IMAGE-BASED STATUS DETERMINATION - Methods, systems, computer-readable media, and apparatuses for image-based status determination are presented. In some embodiments, a method includes capturing at least one image of a moving path. At least one feature within the at least one image is analyzed and based on the analysis of the at least one feature, a direction of movement of the moving path is determined. In some embodiments, a method includes capturing an image of an inclined path. At least one feature within the image is analyzed and based on analysis of the at least one feature, a determination is made whether the image was captured from a top position relative to the inclined path or a bottom position relative to the inclined path. | 10-30-2014 |
20140354822 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING LOCATION OF A DEVICE USING OPPOSING CAMERAS - System and method for determining location of a device using opposing cameras are disclosed. In one embodiment, the method includes activating a front-facing camera and a back-facing camera of the device, capturing a first pair of images from a first orientation using the front-facing camera and the back-facing camera, where the first pair of images includes a first front image and a first back image, monitoring the device being rotated to a second orientation, capturing a second pair of images from the second orientation using the front-facing camera and the back-facing camera, where the second pair of images includes a second front image and a second back image, and determining a location of the device using the first pair of images and the second pair of images. | 12-04-2014 |
20150045072 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR POSITION ESTIMATION USING TRAJECTORY - Techniques for position estimation, e.g., of a mobile communication device, using trajectory are described herein. A method for estimating position of a mobile device described herein includes obtaining a routing graph corresponding to an area, wherein the routing graph indicates traversable paths through the area; collecting trajectory information corresponding to movement of the mobile device through the area; forming a trajectory graph from the trajectory information; comparing the trajectory graph to at least one subset of the routing graph to determine at least one matching subset of the routing graph; and estimating the position of the mobile device based at least in part on the at least one matching subset of the routing graph. | 02-12-2015 |
20150070523 | INTERACTIVE IMAGE COMPOSITION - Certain embodiments relate to systems and methods for generating a single group image from multiple captured images. A first image and a second image may be captured, the first image including a first part of a group and the second image including a second part of the group. A user interface may be provided, in some embodiments, for capture of the second image that enables a photographer to provide input regarding the relative positioning of the first and second image as well as providing input on the relative positioning of the first and second parts of the group and the image scene background. In some embodiments, a lowest energy seam line may be determined for an overlapping portion of the first and second images, and the lowest energy seam line may be used for generating a final stitched image including both the first and second parts of the group. | 03-12-2015 |
20150087328 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING POSITIONING ACCURACY OF A MOBILE DEVICE WITH A LOWER POSITIONING CAPABILITY - Example methods, apparatuses, or articles of manufacture are disclosed herein that may be utilized, in whole or in part, to facilitate or support one or more operations or techniques for improving positioning accuracy of a mobile device with a lower positioning capability, such as, for example, via one or more proximate mobile devices with a higher positioning capability. | 03-26-2015 |
Iwen Chao, Sacramento, CA US
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20080280395 | Semiconducting device with stacked dice - Some embodiments of the present invention relate to a semiconducting device and method that include a substrate and a first die that is attached to the substrate. The first die includes active circuitry (e.g., a flash memory array or logic circuitry) on an upper surface of the first die. The semiconducting device further includes a spacer that covers the active circuitry on the upper surface of the first die and a second die that is stacked onto the spacer and the first die. The spacer extends from a first side of the first die to an opposing second side of the first die. The spacer also extends near a third side of the first die and an opposing fourth side of the first die such that the active circuitry is exposed near the third and fourth sides of the first die. | 11-13-2008 |
20120137048 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING ENDURANCE OF FLASH MEMORIES - A method and apparatus for improving the endurance of flash memories. In one embodiment of the invention, a high electric field is provided to the control gate of a flash memory module. The high electric field applied to the flash memory module removes trapped charges between a control gate and an active area of the flash memory module. In one embodiment of the invention, the high electric field is applied to the control gate of the flash memory module prior to an erase operation of the flash memory module. By applying a high electric field to the control gate of the flash memory module, embodiments of the invention improve the Program/Erase cycling degradation of the single-level or multi-level cells of the flash memory module. | 05-31-2012 |
20130339603 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING ACCESS TO A MEMORY ARRAY - Techniques and mechanisms for determining a sequence of accessed to a memory array. In an embodiment, a memory array includes multi-level cells and single-level cells interleaved with one another, where bits of the multi-level cells and single-level cells are variously allocated to different logical pages. In another embodiment, requests to access the memory array are ordered according to a sequence of page rounds to avoid an access event which includes a type of successive accessing of adjacent multi-level cells. | 12-19-2013 |
20140164872 | ERROR CORRECTED PRE-READ FOR UPPER PAGE WRITE IN A MULTI-LEVEL CELL MEMORY - Methods, apparatuses and articles of manufacture may receive a first page of data and correct one or more errors in the first page of data to generate a page of corrected data. A program command may then be sent with a second page of data and the page of corrected data, to program a page of memory to store the second page of data. | 06-12-2014 |
20140173174 | LOWER PAGE READ FOR MULTI-LEVEL CELL MEMORY - An electronic memory or controller may use a first type of read command, addressed to a first page of memory of an electronic memory that includes information to indicate that a second page of memory of the electronic memory has not been programmed and a second type of read command, addressed to the first page of memory, that includes information to indicate that the second page of memory has been programmed. The first page of memory may include a lower page of a multi-level cell (MLC), and the second page of memory may include an upper page of the same MLC. The second page of memory is enabled during a period of time that the first type of read command is used. | 06-19-2014 |
Jesus Chao, San Diego, CA US
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20080215573 | Inter-Frequency Neighbor List Searching - Techniques for inter-frequency neighbor list searching are disclosed. Embodiments disclosed herein address the need for inter-frequency neighbor list searching. In one embodiment, a searcher is deployed to search a PN space with a first set of search parameters and to return search results. A subset of those results is selected, along with a previously saved search result, to form a set of PN locations for a second search. The second search is performed on a window around each of the PN locations, using a second set of search parameters. The maximum peak from the second search is saved for use in future iterations. In one embodiment, the subset is selected as the highest energy level peaks from the first search. In one embodiment, if a maximum peak is deemed to correspond to a valid base station when the position of that maximum peak is within a pre-determined time offset from a previous maximum peak. | 09-04-2008 |
20090318134 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF REDUCING FACTORY PROGRAM TIME FOR WIRELESS DEVICES - A system and method of booting a wireless device is disclosed and may include reading a factory test mode memory item when the wireless device is powered on, determining whether the factory test mode memory item is set to yes, and preventing an operating system of the wireless device from booting when the factory test mode memory item is set to yes. The system and method may further include remaining in a boot loader mode, enumerating a port as a diagnostic serial port, and receiving one or more diagnostic packets. Moreover, the system and method may include allowing the operating system of the wireless device to boot when the factory test mode memory item is set to no. | 12-24-2009 |
Jianhua Chao, San Diego, CA US
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20100168195 | DERIVATIVES AND ANALOGS OF CHROMAN AS FUNCTIONALLY SELECTIVE ALPHA2C ADRENORECEPTOR AGONISTS - In its many embodiments, the present invention provides a novel class of chroman compounds of formula I as α2C adrenergic receptor agonists, methods of preparing such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing one or more such compounds, methods of prepaxing pharmaceutical formulations comprising one or more such compounds, and methods of treatment, prevention, inhibition, or amelioration of one or more conditions associated with the α2C adrenergic receptors using such compounds or pharmaceutical compositions. | 07-01-2010 |
20100249098 | OXYPIPERIDINE DERIVATIVES AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - The present invention relates to novel Oxypiperidine Derivatives, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the Oxypiperidine Derivatives and the use of the Oxypiperidine Derivatives for treating or preventing treating allergy, an allergy-induced airway response, congestion, hypotension, a cardiovascular disease, a gastrointestinal disorder, obesity, a sleep disorder, pain, diabetes, a diabetic complication, impaired glucose tolerance, impaired fasting glucose or a central nervous system (CNS) disorder. | 09-30-2010 |
20110166124 | TRICYCLIC SPIROCYCLE DERIVATIVES AND METHODS OF USE - The present invention relates to novel Tricyclic Spirocycle Derivatives, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the Tricyclic Spirocycle Derivatives and the use of these compounds for treating or preventing allergy, an allergy-induced airway response, congestion, a cardiovascular disease, an inflammatory disease, a gastrointestinal disorder, a neurological disorder, a metabolic disorder, obesity or an obesity-related disorder, diabetes, a diabetic complication, impaired glucose tolerance or aired fasting glucose. | 07-07-2011 |
20110251207 | BIARYL-SPIROAMINOOXAZOLINE ANALOGUES AS ALPHA 2C ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR MODULATORS - In its many embodiments, the present invention provides a novel class of biaryi spiroaminooxazoline analogues as modulators of α2C adrenergic receptor agonists, methods of preparing such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing one or more such compounds, methods of preparing pharmaceutical formulations comprising one or more such compounds, and methods of treatment, prevention, inhibition, or amelioration of one or more conditions associated with the α2C adrenergic receptors using such compounds or pharmaceutical compositions. | 10-13-2011 |
20120028940 | FUNCTIONALLY SELECTIVE AZANITRILE ALPHA-2C ADRENORECEPTOR AGONISTS - In its many embodiments, the present invention provides a novel class of azanitrile compounds as inhibitors of α2C adrenergic receptor agonists, methods of preparing such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing one or more such compounds, methods of preparing pharmaceutical formulations comprising one or more such compounds, and methods of treatment, prevention, inhibition, or amelioration of one or more conditions associated with the α2C adrenergic receptors using such compounds or pharmaceutical compositions. | 02-02-2012 |
20130045914 | BIARYL SPIROAMINOOXAZOLINE ANALOGUES AS ALPHA2C ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR MODULATORS - In its many embodiments, the present invention provides a novel class of biaryl spiroaminooxazoline analogues as modulators of α2C adrenergic receptor agonists, methods of preparing such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing one or more such compounds, methods of preparing pharmaceutical formulations comprising one or more such compounds, and methods of treatment, prevention, inhibition, or amelioration of one or more conditions associated with the α2C adrenergic receptors using such compounds or pharmaceutical compositions. | 02-21-2013 |
20130079271 | REVERSED BIARYL SPIROAMINOOXAZOLINE ANALOGUES AS ALPHA2C ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR MODULATORS - In its many embodiments, the present invention provides a novel class of biaryl spiroaminooxazoline analogues as modulators of α2C adrenergic receptor agonists, methods of preparing such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing one or more such compounds, methods of preparing pharmaceutical formulations comprising one or more such compounds, and methods of treatment, prevention, inhibition, or amelioration of one or more conditions associated with the α2C adrenergic receptors using such compounds or pharmaceutical compositions. | 03-28-2013 |
20130225582 | BIARYL-SPIROAMINOOXZAOLINE ANALOGUES AS ALPHA 2C ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR MODULATORS - In its many embodiments, the present invention provides a novel class of biaryl spiroaminooxazoline analogues as modulators of α2C adrenergic receptor agonists, methods of preparing such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing one or more such compounds, methods of preparing pharmaceutical formulations comprising one or more such compounds, and methods of treatment, prevention, inhibition, or amelioration of one or more conditions associated with the α2C adrenergic receptors using such compounds or pharmaceutical compositions. | 08-29-2013 |
Joe Chao, Sandinas, CA US
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20080294036 | Surgical Metal Detection Apparatus and Methods - A surgical metal detection apparatus. The apparatus comprises an elongate, tubular cannula and a removable element, which may be a trocar, releasably engaged within the cannula. A metal detection coil is positioned within the removable element or, in some embodiments, within the cannula. The metal detection coil is connected to a metal detection circuit which is adapted to detect the presence of a metallic element proximate to the end of the removable element or cannula. When a metallic element has been detected, the removable element may be removed from the cannula to permit the passage of a removal tool, such as a screwdriver, through the cannula without removing or changing the position of the cannula. | 11-27-2008 |
John Chao, San Gariel, CA US
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20090075234 | PERIODONTAL SURGERY OPERATION METHODS AND INSTRUMENTS - The present invention relates generally to methods of performing periodontal surgeries, and instruments for performing said surgeries. A method of performing periodontal surgery to correct a gingival defect of a patient according to a general embodiment comprises the steps of making an incision at or near a fornix of the patient near the gingival defect, inserting an instrument into the incision to detach a flap, advancing the flap horizontally without enlarging the incision, elevating a papilla within the flap, stretching the flap to cover the gingival defect, and pressing against the flap to promote fibrin formation. An instrument for performing periodontal surgery according to one general embodiment comprises a handle, a first shank connecting to and extending from the handle, a connector section, and a blade section. The connector section further comprises a first end and a second end, wherein the first end connects to the first shank at a first angle, and the second end connects to the blade section at a second angle. Further, the blade section is approximately perpendicular to a plane formed by the handle and the connector section, and a cutting surface of the blade section is parallel to the second end of the connector section. | 03-19-2009 |
Karen Chao, San Mateo, CA US
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20100125795 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONCATENATING AUDIO/VIDEO CLIPS - A system for concatenating audio/video clips is disclosed. | 05-20-2010 |
Kevin Chao, Mountain View, CA US
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20090043404 | DISCOVERABLE SERVICES - A goal or desired output can be stated in terms of a high-level overview in a natural language or other format. The high-level overview can be automatically partitioned into steps to be performed in order to achieve the stated goal, such as by interpreting terms within the overview, analyzing definitions, historical data or other information. Each step can be dynamically assigned to various resources distributed throughout an environment. Such resources can include agents or other machinery that are selected based on a multitude of criteria including location, availability, performance level as well as other factors. If needed, the resources can be dynamically balanced in order to achieve the desired output while mitigating wasted resources. | 02-12-2009 |
20090088871 | HISTORIAN INTEGRATED WITH MES APPLIANCE - A simulation that integrates historical data and real-time data as a test or simulation tool can capture an entry that relates to a desired output as function points. A determination can intellectually be made as to which activities can achieve the desired output. The activities can be process steps that can represent a workflow that can be automatically implemented by an MES Appliance or other enterprise components. If a simulation reveals that the desired output might not be achieved, a change to one or more function points can be analyzed in an attempt to achieve the desired result. This change can be input into a simulation tool through a feedback loop, for example. Another simulation can performed on the modified data until a determination is made that the desired output can be achieved. | 04-02-2009 |
20130123963 | ACTIVITY SET MANAGEMENT IN A MANUFACTURING EXECUTION SYSTEM - A Manufacturing Execution System (MES) is provided for execution of workflows in response to specified business objectives. The MES system can maintain a library of activity sets representing industry-specific workflows that can be selected and executed in order to satisfy business-driven goals. The activity sets can comprise both business-level and control-level operations, and can be configured using an intuitive graphical interface that mitigates the need for low-level programming by the end user. In response to receipt of a request from a business-level system such as an ERP system, the MES system can match the request to an activity set, and subsequently execute the workflow defined by the activity set to facilitate satisfying the request. | 05-16-2013 |
20130123964 | ROUTING OF ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING MESSAGES - An Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) gateway is provided for routing of ERP messages to Manufacturing Execution System (MES) applications. The gateway can receive a message from an ERP system via a manufacturing services bus specifying a business objective requiring action at a control level of an enterprise. The received message can be routed to a selected MES application capable of carrying out the business objective based on attributes within the message. Message routing can be based on location tags contained in the message. The message can also be routed to a selected subset of MES applications based on an analysis of respective capabilities and control contexts of the MES applications. Messages can be routed between the ERP system and the MES applications via the manufacturing services bus, which can manage protocol transformations for a heterogeneous set of applications. | 05-16-2013 |
20130123965 | INDUSTRY-SPECIFIC WORKFLOWS IN A MANUFACTURING EXECUTION SYSTEM WITH PREMIER INTEGRATION - A Manufacturing Execution System (MES) is provided that leverages industry-specific workflows to process business requests. The MES system can maintain activity sets representing industry-specific workflows that can be selected and executed in order to satisfy business-driven goals. The activity sets can comprise both business-level and control-level operations, and can be configured using an intuitive graphical interface that mitigates the need for low-level programming by the end user. Some features of the MES system are enabled or disabled based on data type compatibility with devices in communication with the MES system. | 05-16-2013 |
20130124253 | INDUSTRY-SPECIFIC WORKFLOWS IN A MANUFACTURING EXECUTION SYSTEM - A Manufacturing Execution System (MES) is provided that leverages industry-specific workflows to process business requests. The MES system can maintain activity sets representing industry-specific workflows that can be selected and executed in order to satisfy business-driven goals. The activity sets can comprise both business-level and control-level operations, and can be configured using an intuitive graphical interface that mitigates the need for low-level programming by the end user. Comprehensive functional blocks having combined control, visualization, and reporting configurations can be used to graphically construct workflows that are used by the MES system to coordinate multiple aspects of an enterprise. | 05-16-2013 |
Kevin Z. Chao, Palo Alto, CA US
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20130144322 | DEVICES AND METHODS TO TREAT GALLSTONE DISEASE - A number of gallbladder treatment devices and methods treating gallstone disease are included. A gallbladder treatment device has a structure secured within the gallbladder to maintain gallstones and gallstone fragments within the gallbladder interior and distal to the gallbladder neck. A gallbladder treatment device may be put into therapeutic use by first accessing the gallbladder interior and then advancing the gallbladder treatment device into the gallbladder interior. The gallbladder treatment device is then positioned within the gallbladder interior in an orientation to maintain gallstones and gallstone fragments on one side of the device and away from or distal to the gallbladder neck. | 06-06-2013 |
Kevin Zi Jun Chao, Palo Alto, CA US
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20120029466 | DRAINAGE DEVICES AND METHODS FOR USE - Devices and methods for draining excess lymph fluid are disclosed. The device can be fixed to the blood vessel adjacent to the thoracic duct. The device can have a port for withdrawing lymph fluid exiting the thoracic duct. The device can have a cannula and/or subcutaneous port to draw the lymph fluid away from the thoracic duct and reduce hemostatic pressure in the lymphatic system. | 02-02-2012 |
20120083826 | SURGICAL DEVICE AND METHODS - A system and method for abdominal surgery is disclosed. The system can have one or more end effectors that can be attached to an introducer and/or tray and inserted into the abdomen through a large puncture through the patient's umbilicus. The end effector can have a surgical tool, such as a grasper. The system can have a manipulatable control arm that can be inserted into the abdomen through a small puncture through the patient's body wall. The end effector can be attached to the control arm and simultaneously or concurrently detached from the introducer or tray. The control arm can then manipulate the end effector to perform the surgery. | 04-05-2012 |
Laura L. Chao, Stanford, CA US
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20090126364 | CONVECTIVE/RADIATIVE COOLING OF CONDENSER COOLANT - A system for effecting cooling of a coolant fluid is provided, the system comprising: a solar energy collector system; and fluid channels for the coolant fluid that are at least partially above ground level and are at least partially shaded by the solar energy collector system. The system may comprise a system for cooling a condenser coolant fluid in a thermal power plant incorporating a solar energy collector system, the system comprising: one or more solar energy reflectors; and fluid channels for the coolant fluid that are at least partially above ground level and are at least partially shaded by one or more of the solar energy reflectors. Solar energy reflector carrier arrangements for use in said system, and methods and thermal power plants utilizing said system are further provided. | 05-21-2009 |
Lawrence Chao, Oakland, CA US
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20090235570 | Apparatus and method for calculating aiming point information - The present invention relates to target acquisition and related devices, and more particularly to telescopic gunsights and associated equipment used to achieve shooting accuracy at, for example, close ranges, medium ranges and extreme ranges at stationary and moving targets. | 09-24-2009 |
20110089238 | Apparatus and Method for Calculating Aiming Point Information - The present invention relates to target acquisition and related devices, and more particularly to telescopic gunsights and associated equipment used to achieve shooting accuracy at, for example, close ranges, medium ranges and extreme ranges | 04-21-2011 |
20130014421 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CALCULATING AIMING POINT INFORMATION - The present invention relates to target acquisition and related devices, and more particularly to telescopic gunsights and associated equipment used to achieve shooting accuracy at, for example, close ranges, medium ranges and extreme ranges | 01-17-2013 |
20140059914 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CALCULATING AIMING POINT INFORMATION - The present invention relates to target acquisition and related devices, and more particularly to telescopic gunsights and associated equipment used to achieve shooting accuracy at, for example, close ranges, medium ranges and extreme ranges | 03-06-2014 |
20140109459 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CALCULATING AIMING POINT INFORMATION - The present invention relates to target acquisition and related devices, and more particularly to telescopic gunsights and associated equipment used to achieve shooting accuracy at, for example, close ranges, medium ranges and extreme ranges | 04-24-2014 |
20140166751 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CALCULATING AIMING POINT INFORMATION - The present invention relates to target acquisition and related devices, and more particularly to telescopic gunsights and associated equipment used to achieve shooting accuracy at, close ranges, medium ranges and extreme ranges at stationary and moving targets. The present invention provides reticles that provide means for selecting secondary aiming points that accurately target an intended target at any desired range, including extreme distances. In particular, the reticles of the present invention provide markings or other indications that allow a user, for example, to associate a first aiming point of the reticle with an intended target, and to identify a second aiming point that represents a point to insure an accurate shot to hit the target. | 06-19-2014 |
20140339307 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CALCULATING AIMING POINT INFORMATION - The present invention relates to target acquisition and related devices, and more particularly to telescopic gunsights and associated equipment used to achieve shooting accuracy at, for example, close ranges, medium ranges and extreme ranges | 11-20-2014 |
Liang-Jih Chao, Fremont, CA US
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20090106728 | ROUTING METHODS FOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DESIGNS - Routing methods for an integrated circuit design layout are disclosed. The layout can include design netlists and library cells. A multiple-level global routing can generate topological wire for each net. An area oriented graph-based detail routing on the design can be performed. A post route optimization after the detail routing can be performed to further improve the routing quality. Some methods can be single threaded all or some of the time, and/or multi-threaded some or all of the time. | 04-23-2009 |
20090113371 | ROUTING INTERCONNECT OF INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DESIGNS - Routing methods for an integrated circuit design layout are disclosed. The layout can include design netlists and library cells. A multiple-level global routing can generate topological wire for each net. An area oriented graph-based detail routing on the design can be performed. A post route optimization after the detail routing can be performed to further improve the routing quality. Some methods can be single threaded all or some of the time, and/or multi-threaded some or all of the time. | 04-30-2009 |
20090113372 | INTERCONNECT ROUTING METHODS OF INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DESIGNS - Routing methods for an integrated circuit design layout are disclosed. The layout can include design netlists and library cells. A multiple-level global routing can generate topological wire for each net. An area oriented graph-based detail routing on the design can be performed. A post route optimization after the detail routing can be performed to further improve the routing quality. Some methods can be single threaded all or some of the time, and/or multi-threaded some or all of the time. | 04-30-2009 |
20130031524 | ROUTING METHODS FOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DESIGNS - Routing methods for an integrated circuit design layout are disclosed. The layout can include design netlists and library cells. A multiple-level global routing can generate topological wire for each net. An area oriented graph-based detail routing on the design can be performed. A post route optimization after the detail routing can be performed to further improve the routing quality. Some methods can be single threaded all or some of the time, and/or multi-threaded some or all of the time. | 01-31-2013 |
20140215426 | ROUTING INTERCONNECT OF INTEGRATED CIRCUIT DESIGNS WITH VARYING GRID DENSITIES - Routing methods for an integrated circuit design layout are disclosed. The layout can include design netlists and library cells. A multiple-level global routing can generate topological wire for each net. An area oriented graph-based detail routing on the design can be performed. A post route optimization after the detail routing can be performed to further improve the routing quality. Some methods can be single threaded all or some of the time, and/or multi-threaded some or all of the time. | 07-31-2014 |
Lin Chao, Del Mar, CA US
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20080212068 | Porous Photonic Crystal with Light Scattering Domains and Methods of Synthesis and Use Thereof - The invention includes sensors and sensing methods for determining cell morphology and/or chemical composition of an analyte. A porous substrate exhibiting a first optical signal is exposed to a target analyte and subsequently monitored for changes in the optical signal. More specifically, a photonic or porous substrate having a well-defined and highly tunable reflectivity or transmission spectrum, such as porous silicon (Si), porous alumina, porous Ge, porous GaAs, porous SiO2 and porous polymer, is used for example. A porous or photonic substrate is exposed to an analyte, such as a cell or other macromolecule, and changes in the scattered light are observed over time to determine cell morphology and/or chemical composition of the analyte using the substrate. | 09-04-2008 |
Mark Kuang Y. Chao, Fountain Valley, CA US
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20100039493 | Mobile video headset - A mobile video headset includes a housing adapted for being worn at an ear of a wearer, an audio unit adapted for communicatively linked to an electronic device for audio signal transmission, and a video unit including an image capturing device provided at the housing for capturing image at a point of view (POV) of the wearer when the housing is worn by the wearer, such that the image capturing device is operated in a hands free manner to capture image what the wearer sees. | 02-18-2010 |
Mark P. Chao, Mountain View, CA US
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20110014119 | Methods for Manipulating Phagocytosis Mediated by CD47 - Methods are provided to manipulate phagocytosis of cancer cells, including e.g. leukemias, solid tumors including carcinomas, etc. | 01-20-2011 |
20120282174 | Synergistic Anti-CD47 Therapy for Hematologic Cancers - Methods are provided for treatment of hematologic cancers, particularly lymphomas and leukemias, including without limitation myelogenous and lymphocytic leukemias. A combination of antibodies specific for CD47; and specific for a cancer associated cell surface marker are administered to the patient, and provide for a synergistic decrease in cancer cell burden. The combination of antibodies may comprise a plurality of monospecific antibodies, or a bispecific or multispecific antibody. Markers of interest include without limitation, CD20, CD22, CD52, CD33; CD96; CD44; CD123; CD97; CD99; PTHR2; and HAVCR2. | 11-08-2012 |
20140065169 | Methods of Treating Acute Myeloid Leukemia by Blocking CD47 - Methods are provided to manipulate phagocytosis of cancer cells, including e.g. leukemias, solid tumors including carcinomas, etc. | 03-06-2014 |
20140161825 | Methods of Treating Acute Myeloid Leukemia by Blocking CD47 - Methods are provided to manipulate phagocytosis of cancer cells, including e.g. leukemias, solid tumors including carcinomas, etc. | 06-12-2014 |
20140271683 | Therapeutic and Diagnostic Methods for Manipulating Phagocytosis Through Calreticulin and Low Density Lipoprotein-Related Receptor - Therapeutic and diagnostic methods are provided, which methods relate to the expression of calreticulin on cancer cells and hematopoietic cells. | 09-18-2014 |
20140369924 | SYNERGISTIC ANTI-CD47 THERAPY FOR HEMATOLOGIC CANCERS - Methods are provided for treatment of hematologic cancers, particularly lymphomas and leukemias, including without limitation myelogenous and lymphocytic leukemias. A combination of antibodies specific for CD47; and specific for a cancer associated cell surface marker are administered to the patient, and provide for a synergistic decrease in cancer cell burden. The combination of antibodies may comprise a plurality of monospecific antibodies, or a bispecific or multispecific antibody. Markers of interest include without limitation, CD20, CD22, CD52, CD33; CD96; CD44; CD123; CD97; CD99; PTHR2; and HAVCR2. | 12-18-2014 |
Michael Chy Chao, San Jose, CA US
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20100220453 | ELECTRONIC HOUSING, ASSEMBLIES THEREFOR AND METHODS OF MAKING SAME - An electronic housing is provided comprising a first cover assembly combinable with a second cover assembly to house or enclose a printed circuit board therebetween. Each cover assembly includes a cover and a frame, the cover attachable to the frame by bending portions of the cover thereabout. The cover is preferably stamped metal and the frame is preferably injection molded plastic. Each cover may include recesses such that, when the cover is bent around the frame, the cover bends at the recesses and closely engages the frame on multiple mating surfaces. The cover assemblies may be welded together, such as by ultrasonic welding, to form a complete package or housing, and may include intermittingly spaced shear weld features to improve bond strength therebetween. Methods of manufacturing and/or assembling electronic housings and cover assemblies are also provided. | 09-02-2010 |
Min-Hung Chao, Los Angeles, CA US
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20080256462 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SCENERIO BASED CONTENT DELIVERY - The present invention is directed towards systems and methods for providing scenario based content responsive to a given client. The method of the present invention comprises receiving a content request from a given client. Characteristics associated with a client from whom the content request is received are then identified. One or more scenarios corresponding to the one or more characteristics associated with the client are subsequently identified and the client is provided with the content associated with the one or more identified scenarios. | 10-16-2008 |
Peter Chao, San Francisco, CA US
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20090299842 | Nobel auction house coins - An improved advertising method which provides discounts for purchasers and sellers. One future embodiment of this coin is as a round shape with King's Head. | 12-03-2009 |
Qi Chao, San Diego, CA US
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20090099178 | INDAZOLE COMPOUNDS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - This invention is directed to Indazole Compounds or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates and hydrates thereof. The Indazole Compounds have utility in the treatment or prevention of a wide range of diseases and disorders that are responsive to the inhibition, modulation or regulation of kinases, such as inflammatory diseases, abnormal angiogenesis and diseases related thereto, cancer, atherosclerosis, a cardiovascular disease, a renal disease, an autoimmune condition, macular degeneration, disease-related wasting, an asbestos-related condition, pulmonary hypertension, diabetes, obesity, pain and others. Thus, methods of treating or preventing such diseases and disorders are also disclosed, as are pharmaceutical compositions comprising one or more of the Indazole Compounds. This invention is based, in part, upon the discovery of a novel class of 5-triazolyl substituted indazole molecules that have potent activity with respect to the modulation of protein kinases. Thus, the invention encompasses orally active molecules as well as parenterally active molecules which can be used at lower doses or serum concentrations for treating diseases or disorders associated with protein kinase signal transduction. | 04-16-2009 |
20100298313 | METHOD OF USING IMIDAZOLOTHIAZOLE COMPOUNDS FOR THE TREATMENT OF DISEASE - Compounds, compositions and methods are provided for modulating the activity of receptor kinases and for the treatment, prevention, or amelioration of one or more symptoms of disease or disorder mediated by receptor kinases. | 11-25-2010 |
20100317659 | JAK KINASE MODULATING COMPOUNDS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - Provided herein are quinazoline compounds for treatment of JAK kinase mediated diseases, including JAK2 kinase-, JAK3 kinase- or TYK2 kinase-mediated diseases. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds and methods of using the compounds and compositions. | 12-16-2010 |
20110118245 | RAF KINASE MODULATOR COMPOUNDS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - Compounds according to formula (I), compositions and methods are provided for modulating the activity of RAF kinases, including BRAF kinase and for the treatment, prevention, or amelioration of one or more symptoms of disease or disorder mediated by RAF kinases. Formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate, clathrate of hydrate thereof, wherein X is O or S(O) | 05-19-2011 |
20110269740 | JAK KINASE MODULATING COMPOUNDS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - Provided herein are pyrrolotriazine compounds for treatment of JAK kinase, including JAK2 kinase mediated diseases. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds and methods of using the compounds and compositions. | 11-03-2011 |
20120129850 | IMIDAZOLOTHIAZOLE COMPOUNDS FOR THE TREATMENT OF DISEASE - Compounds, compositions and methods are provided for modulating the activity of receptor kinases and for the treatment, prevention, or amelioration of one or more symptoms of disease or disorder mediated by receptor kinases. | 05-24-2012 |
20130245014 | JAK KINASE MODULATING COMPOUNDS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - Provided herein are quinazoline compounds for treatment of JAK kinase mediated diseases, including JAK2 kinase-, JAK3 kinase- or TYK2 kinase-mediated diseases. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds and methods of using the compounds and compositions. | 09-19-2013 |
20130303533 | AZOLOPYRIDINE AND AZOLOPYRIMIDINE COMPOUNDS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - Provided herein are azolopyridine and azolopyrimidine compounds for treatment of JAK kinase mediated diseases, including JAK2 kinase-, JAK3 kinase- or TYK2 kinase-mediated diseases. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds and methods of using the compounds and compositions. | 11-14-2013 |
20140045868 | RAF KINASE MODULATOR COMPOUNDS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - Compounds, compositions and methods are provided for modulating the activity of RAF kinases, including BRAF kinase and for the treatment, prevention, or amelioration of one or more symptoms of disease or disorder mediated by RAF kinases. | 02-13-2014 |
20140243525 | IMIDAZOLOTHIAZOLE COMPOUNDS FOR THE TREATMENT OF DISEASE - Compounds, compositions and methods are provided for modulating the activity of receptor kinases and for the treatment, prevention, or amelioration of one or more symptoms of disease or disorder mediated by receptor kinases. | 08-28-2014 |
Robert L. Chao, Los Altos, CA US
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20080197913 | ENERGY EFFICIENT VOLTAGE DETECTION CIRCUIT AND METHOD THEREFOR - A voltage detection circuit has a first MOSFET device having a drain, a gate, and a source terminal. A feedback element is coupled to the drain terminal and the gate terminal of the first MOSFET device. An input voltage is coupled to the gate terminal of the first MOSFET device. The voltage detection circuit is actively detecting a voltage from when the input voltage is in an OFF-state voltage region of the first MOSFET device. This detection continues through when the input voltage is at a sub-threshold voltage region of the first MOSFET, to when the input voltage exceeds the threshold voltage of the first MOSFET. This voltage detection circuit dissipates only a pre-selected drain-current at a level exceeding the drain-leakage current of the first MOSFET, as power dissipation. | 08-21-2008 |
Robert S. Chao, Santa Clara, CA US
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20090221638 | CRYSTALLINE FORM OF A BIPHENYL COMPOUND - The invention provides a crystalline 1,2-ethanedisulfonic acid salt of biphenyl-2-ylcarbamic acid 1-[2-(2-chloro-4-{[(R)-2-hydroxy-2-(8-hydroxy-2-oxo-1,2-dihydroquinolin-5 -yl)ethylamino]methyl}-5-methoxyphenylcarbamoyl)ethyl]piperidin-4-yl ester or a solvate thereof. This invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising such a salt or prepared using such a salt; processes and intermediates for preparing such a salt; and methods of using such a salt to treat a pulmonary disorder. | 09-03-2009 |
20100081697 | CRYSTALLINE FORM OF AN ALKOXYIMIDAZOL-1-YLMETHYL BIPHENYL CARBOXYLIC ACID - The invention provides a crystalline freebase form of 4′-{2-ethoxy-4-ethyl-5-[((S)-2-mercapto-4-methylpentanoylamino)methyl]imidazol-1-ylmethyl}-3′-fluorobiphenyl-2-carboxylic acid. This invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising the crystalline compound, processes and intermediates for preparing the crystalline compound, and methods of using the crystalline compound to treat diseases such as hypertension. | 04-01-2010 |
20100125093 | CRYSTALLINE FORM OF A 4-[2-(2-FLUOROPHENOXYMETHYL)PHENYL]PIPERIDINE COMPOUND - The invention provides a crystalline hydrochloride salt of 4-[2-(2,4,6-trifluorophenoxymethyl)phenyl]piperidine. This invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising the crystalline salt, processes and intermediates for preparing the crystalline salt, and methods of using the crystalline salt to treat diseases. | 05-20-2010 |
20100197728 | CRYSTALLINE FORM OF A QUINOLINONE-CARBOXAMIDE COMPOUND - The invention provides a crystalline hydrochloride salt of 1-isopropyl-2-oxo-1,2-dihydroquinoline-3-carboxylic acid {(1S,3R,5R)-8-[(R)-2-hydroxy-3-(methanesulfonyl-methyl-amino)propyl]-8-azabicyclo[3.2.1]oct-3-yl}amide or a solvate thereof. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising such crystalline salt forms, methods of using such crystalline salt forms to treat diseases associated with 5-HT | 08-05-2010 |
20110086881 | CRYSTALLINE FORMS OF A DIMETHYLPHENYL COMPOUND - The invention relates to crystalline free base forms of biphenyl-2-ylcarbamic acid 1-[2-(4-{[(R)-2-(3-formylamino-4-hydroxyphenyl)-2-hydroxyethylamino]methyl}-2,5-dimethylphenylcarbamoyl)ethyl]piperidin-4-yl ester or a solvate thereof. This invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions containing or prepared from such crystalline forms; processes and intermediates useful for preparing such crystalline forms; and methods of using such crystalline forms to, for example, treat a pulmonary disorder. | 04-14-2011 |
20110224272 | CRYSTALLINE FORM OF AN ALKOXYIMIDAZOL-1-YLMETHYL BIPHENYL CARBOXYLIC ACID - The invention provides a crystalline freebase form of 4′-{2-ethoxy-4-ethyl-5-[((S)-2-mercapto-4-methylpentanoylamino)methyl]imidazol-1-ylmethyl}-3′-fluorobiphenyl-2-carboxylic acid. This invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising the crystalline compound, processes and intermediates for preparing the crystalline compound, and methods of using the crystalline compound to treat diseases such as hypertension. | 09-15-2011 |
20120083478 | CRYSTALLINE OXALATE SALTS OF A DIAMIDE COMPOUND - The invention relates to crystalline oxalate salts of biphenyl-2-ylcarbamic acid 1-(2-{[4-(4-{[(R)-2-hydroxy-2-(8-hydroxy-2-oxo-1,2-dihydroquinolin-5-yl)ethylamino]-methyl}phenylcarbamoyl)butyl]methylcarbamoyl}ethyl)piperidin-4-yl ester. This invention also relates to compositions containing such a crystalline oxalate salt; methods of using such a crystalline oxalate salt to, for example, treat a pulmonary disorder; and to processes for preparing such a crystalline oxalate salt. | 04-05-2012 |
20120283289 | CRYSTALLINE FORM OF A BIPHENYL COMPOUND - The invention provides a crystalline 1,2-ethanedisulfonic acid salt of biphenyl-2-ylcarbamic acid 1-[2-(2-chloro-4-{[(R)-2-hydroxy-2-(8-hydroxy-2-oxo-1,2-dihydroquinolin-5-yl)ethylamino]methyl}-5-methoxyphenylcarbamoyl)ethyl]piperidin-4-yl ester or a solvate thereof. This invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising such a salt or prepared using such a salt; processes and intermediates for preparing such a salt; and methods of using such a salt to treat a pulmonary disorder. | 11-08-2012 |
20120309805 | CRYSTALLINE FORM OF AN ALKOXYIMIDAZOL-1-YLMETHYL BIPHENYL CARBOXYLIC ACID - The invention provides a crystalline freebase form of 4′-{2-ethoxy-4-ethyl-5-[((S)-2-mercapto-4-methylpentanoylamino)methyl]imidazol-1-ylmethyl}-3′-fluorobiphenyl-2-carboxylic acid. This invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising the crystalline compound, processes and intermediates for preparing the crystalline compound, and methods of using the crystalline compound to treat diseases such as hypertension. | 12-06-2012 |
20130030185 | CRYSTALLINE FORM OF A 4-[2-(2-FLUOROPHENOXYMETHYL)PHENYL]PIPERIDINE COMPOUND - The invention provides a crystalline hydrochloride salt of 4-[2-(2,4,6-trifluorophenoxymethyl)phenyl]piperidine. This invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising the crystalline salt, processes and intermediates for preparing the crystalline salt, and methods of using the crystalline salt to treat diseases. | 01-31-2013 |
20130289281 | CRYSTALLINE FORM OF A BIPHENYL COMPOUND - The invention provides a crystalline 1,2-ethanedisulfonic acid salt of biphenyl-2-ylcarbamic acid 1-[2-(2-chloro-4-{[(R)-2-hydroxy-2-(8-hydroxy-2-oxo-1,2-dihydroquinolin-5-yl)ethylamino]methyl}-5-methoxyphenylcarbamoyl)ethyl]piperidin-4-yl ester or a solvate thereof. This invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising such a salt or prepared using such a salt; processes and intermediates for preparing such a salt; and methods of using such a salt to treat a pulmonary disorder. | 10-31-2013 |
20140045892 | CRYSTALLINE FORM OF A 4-[2-(2-FLUOROPHENOXYMETHYL) PHENYL]PIPERIDINE COMPOUND - The invention provides a crystalline hydrochloride salt of 4-[2-(2,4,6-trifluorophenoxymethyl)phenyl]piperidine. This invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising the crystalline salt, processes and intermediates for preparing the crystalline salt, and methods of using the crystalline salt to treat diseases. | 02-13-2014 |
20140256769 | CRYSTALLINE FORM OF A QUINOLINONE-CARBOXAMIDE COMPOUND - The invention provides a crystalline hydrochloride salt of 1-isopropyl-2-oxo-1,2-dihydroquinoline-3-carboxylic acid {(1S,3R,5R)-8-[(R)-2-hydroxy-3-(methanesulfonyl-methyl-amino)propyl]-8-azabicyclo[3.2.1]oct-3-yl}amide or a solvate thereof. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising such crystalline salt forms, methods of using such crystalline salt forms to treat diseases associated with 5-HT | 09-11-2014 |
Ron Chao, San Diego, CA US
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20110263304 | Method And Apparatus For Flat And Tilt Slide Mechanism - In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a first housing section, a second housing section, and a connection mechanism between the housing sections. The connection mechanism includes a first hinge member, a slide plate, second hinge member, a first hinge arm, and a second hinge arm. The first hinge member includes an elongated opening. The slide plate is attached to the second housing section. The second hinge member is connected to the slide plate. The first end of the first hinge arm is connected to the first housing section. The second end of the first hinge arm is connected to the second hinge member. The first end of the second hinge arm is connected to the first hinge member at the elongated opening. The second end of the second hinge arm is connected to the second hinge member. | 10-27-2011 |
Sandy Chao, Sunol, CA US
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20100261354 | GASKET WITH POSITIONING FEATURE FOR CLAMPED MONOLITHIC SHOWERHEAD ELECTRODE - An electrode assembly for a plasma reaction chamber used in semiconductor substrate processing. The assembly includes an upper showerhead electrode which is mechanically attached to a backing plate by a series of spaced apart cam locks. A thermally and electrically conductive gasket with projections thereon is compressed between the showerhead electrode and the backing plate at a location three to four inches from the center of the showerhead electrode. A guard ring surrounds the backing plate and is movable to positions at which openings in the guard ring align with openings in the backing plate so that the cam locks can be rotated with a tool to release locking pins extending from the upper face of the electrode. | 10-14-2010 |
20110070740 | CLAMPED MONOLITHIC SHOWERHEAD ELECTRODE - An electrode assembly for a plasma reaction chamber used in semiconductor substrate processing. The assembly includes an upper showerhead electrode which is mechanically attached to a backing plate by a series of spaced apart cam locks. A guard ring surrounds the backing plate and is movable to positions at which openings in the guard ring align with openings in the backing plate so that the cam locks can be rotated with a tool to release locking pins extending from the upper face of the showerhead electrode. | 03-24-2011 |
20110104884 | HOT EDGE RING WITH SLOPED UPPER SURFACE - A hot edge ring with extended lifetime comprises an annular body having a sloped upper surface. The hot edge ring includes a step underlying an outer edge of a semiconductor substrate supported in a plasma processing chamber wherein plasma is used to process the substrate. The step includes a vertical surface which surrounds the outer edge of the substrate and the sloped upper surface extends upwardly and outwardly from the upper periphery of the vertical surface. | 05-05-2011 |
20130034967 | GASKET WITH POSITIONING FEATURE FOR CLAMPED MONOLITHIC SHOWERHEAD ELECTRODE - An electrode assembly for a plasma reaction chamber used in semiconductor substrate processing. The assembly includes an upper showerhead electrode which is mechanically attached to a backing plate by a series of spaced apart cam locks. A thermally and electrically conductive gasket with projections thereon is compressed between the showerhead electrode and the backing plate at a location three to four inches from the center of the showerhead electrode. A guard ring surrounds the backing plate and is movable to positions at which openings in the guard ring align with openings in the backing plate so that the cam locks can be rotated with a tool to release locking pins extending from the upper face of the electrode. | 02-07-2013 |
Ta-Hsiang Chao, San Diego, CA US
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20090298906 | PROTEASOME INHIBITORS - Disclosed herein are compounds of Formula (I) that include a sulfonate ester, ester or ether group. Compounds of Formula (I) can be included in pharmaceutical compositions, and can be used to treating and/or ameliorating a disease or condition, such as cancer, a microbial disease and/or inflammation. | 12-03-2009 |
20110160309 | INTERLEUKIN-1 AND TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA MODULATORS; SYNTHESES OF SUCH MODULATORS AND METHODS OF USING SUCH MODULATORS - Described herein are chemical compounds and pharmaceutical compositions, including novel chemical compounds and pharmaceutical compositions thereof, useful in the treatment of various diseases and disease states. Also described are methods of synthesizing natural products and novel, structurally-related chemical compounds. More particularly, disclosed are new analogs of and processes for the preparation of compounds and pharmaceutical compositions thereof useful in the treatment of, for example, inflammation, cancer, multiple myeloma, cachexia, cardiovascular disease, anti-infectious, diabetes, otitis media, sinusitis and transplant rejection. | 06-30-2011 |
20110172285 | PROTEASOME INHIBITORS - Disclosed herein are compounds of Formula (I) that include a sulfonate ester, ester or ether group. Compounds of Formula (I) can be included in pharmaceutical compositions, and can be used to treating and/or ameliorating a disease or condition, such as cancer, a microbial disease and/or inflammation. | 07-14-2011 |
20120238634 | INTERLEUKIN-1 AND TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA MODULATORS; SYNTHESES OF SUCH MODULATORS AND METHODS OF USING SUCH MODULATORS - Described herein are chemical compounds and pharmaceutical compositions, including novel chemical compounds and pharmaceutical compositions thereof, useful in the treatment of various diseases and disease states. Also described are methods of synthesizing natural products and novel, structurally-related chemical compounds. More particularly, disclosed are new analogs of and processes for the preparation of compounds and pharmaceutical compositions thereof useful in the treatment of, for example, inflammation, cancer, multiple myeloma, cachexia, cardiovascular disease, anti-infectious, diabetes, otitis media, sinusitis and transplant rejection. | 09-20-2012 |
20120270919 | PROTEASOME INHIBITORS - Disclosed herein are compounds of Formula (I) that include a sulfonate ester, ester or ether group. Compounds of Formula (I) can be included in pharmaceutical compositions, and can be used to treating and/or ameliorating a disease or condition, such as cancer, a microbial disease and/or inflammation. | 10-25-2012 |
Tienwei Chao, San Jose, CA US
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20080205377 | System and methods for providing server virtualization assistance - An improved system and method for network switching that provides the ability to automatically and seamlessly migrate policies for network hosts under certain conditions to local or remote switch ports. The improved switch automatically migrates switch policies for virtual and physical hosts from a source port to a destination port when hosts have been physically moved or replaced. For elements that have failed, the improved switch also migrates host network policies for both physical hosts and virtual machines when the old host network policy will maintain serviceability of the element when applied to the new port. | 08-28-2008 |
20080275975 | Blade Server System with at Least One Rack-Switch Having Multiple Switches Interconnected and Configured for Management and Operation as a Single Virtual Switch - Described is a rack-switch including a rack and a plurality of blade server chassis within the rack. Each blade server chassis has a plurality of server blades in communication with at least one switch. Each switch includes a plurality of external ports. At least two of the external ports of each switch are inter-switch link (ISL) ports. The rack-switch also includes a plurality of inter-switch links. Each inter-switch link electrically connects one ISL port of one of the switches to one ISL port of another of the switches. The plurality of inter-switch links interconnects the switches such that the switches are daisy chained in a loop. The inter-switch links convey Ethernet packets representing server-to-server communications between server blades of different blade server chassis. | 11-06-2008 |
20100183011 | SEQUENTIAL FRAME FORWARDING - A data center includes a switch device, an initiating system, and first and second computing systems. A frame is received at an ingress port of the switch device from the initiating system. The frame requires processing sequentially by the first and second computing systems. Identified, in response to information carried in the frame, is a first egress port through which to forward the frame to the first computer system. The frame is received in return from the first computing system after the first computing system completes processing the frame. In response to information carried in the frame received from the first computing system, a second egress port is identified through which to forward the frame to the second computer system. The frame is forwarded to the second computer system through the second egress port for processing by the second computing system before the frame is returned to the initiating system. | 07-22-2010 |
20100265824 | Session-less Load Balancing of Client Traffic Across Servers in a Server Group - A switch device includes a packet forwarding table for providing load balancing across servers in a server group. Each table entry maps a hash value to a server in the server group. A hash value can be computed from the destination MAC address, destination IP address, and destination service port in the header of a received packet. The packet forwarding table is searched to find an entry with a hash value that matches the computed hash value and to identify the server to which the matching hash value maps. The switch device forwards the packet to the identified server. Implementing load-balancing decisions in hardware enables packet switching at the line rate of the switch ports. In addition, the hardware-based load balancing performed by the switch device eliminates session tables and the memory to store them, enabling the switch device to handle an unlimited number of client connections. | 10-21-2010 |
20110026403 | TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT OF CLIENT TRAFFIC AT INGRESS LOCATION OF A DATA CENTER - A switch device includes a packet-forwarding table for providing traffic management across servers in a server group. Each table entry maps a hash value to a server in the server group. A hash value is computed from data in one or more fields in the header of a received packet. The computed hash value is used as an index into the packet-forwarding table to access a table entry and to identify from the table entry the server in the server group to which the table entry maps the computed hash value. The switch device forwards the packet to the identified server. Implementing traffic management decisions in hardware enables packet switching at the line rate of the switch ports. In addition, the hardware-based traffic management performed by the switch device eliminates session tables and the memory to store them, enabling the switch device to handle an unlimited number of client connections. | 02-03-2011 |
20110026527 | TAG-BASED INTERFACE BETWEEN A SWITCHING DEVICE AND SERVERS FOR USE IN FRAME PROCESSING AND FORWARDING - A data center includes a blade server rack with a switch device in communication with a plurality of servers. To process a frame, the switch device determines, from content in a frame header by the switch device, a port through which to forward the frame to a server. The switch device inserts a value into a particular field, for example, a VLAN (virtual Local Area Network) tag, in the frame header before forwarding the frame. The server performs a specific action related to processing the frame based on the value inserted by the switch device into the particular field in the frame header. The server can modify the value in the particular field of the frame header before returning the frame to the switch device, with the switch device performing a specific action based on the value in the particular field of the frame header as modified by the server. | 02-03-2011 |
20110035494 | NETWORK VIRTUALIZATION FOR A VIRTUALIZED SERVER DATA CENTER ENVIRONMENT - A data center includes a physical host machine operating a virtualized entity and a network switch having a physical port connected to the physical host machine. To configure the network switch, the network switch has a management module that acquires information about the virtualized entity operating on the physical host machine. The network switch associates the acquired information about the virtualized entity with the physical port, assigns the virtualized entity to a group associated with a traffic-handling policy, and processes packet traffic from the virtualized entity in accordance with the traffic-handling policy. The virtualized entity can be, for example, a virtual machine or a multi-queue network input/output adapter operating on the physical host machine. | 02-10-2011 |
Tien-Wei Chao, San Jose, CA US
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20080215910 | High-Availability Networking with Intelligent Failover - Methods and systems for maintaining high-availability in a computer network using intelligent failover are presented. In a network switch running an OSI model layer-2 or higher protocol on its external links, the protocol state information is monitored to determine failover status of the link to avoid identifying external link failures due to link flapping. One such protocol is the spanning tree protocol. Additionally, flexibility in failover is provided using configurable triggers to define external failure events. The triggers initiate a link drop of one or more internal links of the network switch in response to an external failure event. The link drops, in turn, initiate failover of an attached computing device to a redundant link through a network interface teaming/failover arrangement whereby the computing device switches to an alternative network interface accessing the network through a redundant path. Failover can be selective depending upon VLAN and trunking configurations. | 09-04-2008 |
Tzu-I Chao, Merced, CA US
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20110052548 | CELL CULTURE MEDIA TO DIFFERENTIATE EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS INTO NEURONAL LINEAGES - This invention provides compositions for differentiating an isolated embryonic stem cell or an isolated embryoid body into neuronal progenitor cells and methods for using same. | 03-03-2011 |
20110052549 | CELL CULTURE DEVICE TO DIFFERENTIATE STEM CELLS IN A SPECIFIC ORIENTATION - Methods and compositions for aligning cell growth is provided by this invention by contacting at least one isolated cell with a device, wherein the device comprises a plurality of continuously orientating substantially parallel structures on the surface of the device, and culturing the cell under conditions that favor division of the at least one cell into a population of cells, thereby growing the population of cells in a substantially parallel orientation. | 03-03-2011 |
Wan-Ru Chao, Sunnyvale, CA US
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20090023796 | Analogs of Indole-3-Carbinol Metabolites as Chemotherapeutic and Chemopreventive Agents - Novel compounds useful as chemotherapeutic and chemopreventive agents are provided. The compounds are analogs of indole-3-carbinol metabolites wherein the structures and substituents of the compounds are selected to enhance the compounds' overall efficacy, particularly with respect to therapeutic activity, oral bioavailability, long-term safety, patient tolerability, and therapeutic window. The compounds are useful not only in treatment of cancer but also in prevention of cancer. One preferred class of the novel compounds has the structure of formula (IV) | 01-22-2009 |
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Weilun Chao, El Cerrito, CA US
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20110042353 | NANOMETER-SCALE ABLATION USING FOCUSED, COHERENT EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET/SOFT X-RAY LIGHT - Ablation of holes having diameters as small as 82 nm and having clean walls was obtained in a poly(methyl methacrylate) on a silicon substrate by focusing pulses from a Ne-like Ar, 46.9 nm wavelength, capillary-discharge laser using a freestanding Fresnel zone plate diffracting into third order is described. Spectroscopic analysis of light from the ablation has also been performed. These results demonstrate the use of focused coherent EUV/SXR light for the direct nanoscale patterning of materials. | 02-24-2011 |
Wendy Chao, San Jose, CA US
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20090298862 | Methods useful for the treatment of pain, arthritic conditions or inflammation associated with a chronic condition - Methods, including those for administering novel pharmaceutical compositions, dosage forms containing an opioid active pharmaceutical ingredient, are useful for treating pain, arthritic conditions and/or inflammation associated with a chronic condition, including pain from arthritis and inflammation. | 12-03-2009 |
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Yen-Fang Chao, Pleasanton, CA US
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20090323567 | Wide Dynamic Range Power Detection Scheme - A power detection circuit is described that provides for a wide dynamic range power detection. In one embodiment, a system comprises a transmitter, a diplexer, an antenna, a detector module, a signal converter and a microprocessor. The transmitter may be configured to transmit an output signal. The diplexer electrically may be coupled to the transmitter and may be configured to provide the output signal. The antenna may be electrically coupled to the diplexer and may be configured to transmit the output signal from the diplexer. The detector module may be electrically coupled to the diplexer and the antenna. The detector module may be configured to detect a power level of the output signal. The signal converter may be electrically coupled to the detector module. The signal converter may be configured to convert the output signal to a digital signal. The microprocessor may be electrically coupled to the signal converter. The microprocessor may be configured to control an input into the transmitter based on the digital signal. | 12-31-2009 |
20140128016 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ASYNCHRONOUS RE-MODULATION WITH ADAPTIVE I/Q ADJUSTMENT - Various embodiments provide for systems and methods for signal conversion of one modulated signal to another modulated signal using demodulation and then re-modulation. According to some embodiments, a signal receiving system may comprise an I/Q demodulator that demodulates a first modulated signal to an in-phase (“I″) signal and a quadrature (“Q″) signal, an I/Q signal adjustor that adaptively adjusts the Q signal to increase the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of a transitory signal that is based on a second modulated signal, and an I/Q modulator that modulates the I signal and the adjusted Q signal to the second modulated signal. To increase the SNR, the Q signal may be adjusted based on a calculated error determined for the transitory signal during demodulation by a demodulator downstream from the I/Q modulator. | 05-08-2014 |
20150023456 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ASYNCHRONOUS RE-MODULATION WITH ADAPTIVE I/Q ADJUSTMENT - Various embodiments provide for systems and methods for signal conversion of one modulated signal to another modulated signal using demodulation and then re-modulation. According to some embodiments, a signal receiving system may comprise an I/Q demodulator that demodulates a first modulated signal to an in-phase (“I”) signal and a quadrature (“Q”) signal, an I/Q signal adjustor that adaptively adjusts the Q signal to increase the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of a transitory signal that is based on a second modulated signal, and an I/Q modulator that modulates the I signal and the adjusted Q signal to the second modulated signal. To increase the SNR, the Q signal may be adjusted based on a calculated error determined for the transitory signal during demodulation by a demodulator downstream from the I/Q modulator. | 01-22-2015 |
Yi Chao, Pasadena, CA US
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20090013691 | PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL THERMAL POWER GENERATOR - An energy producing device, for example a submersible vehicle for descending or ascending to different depths within water or ocean, is disclosed. The vehicle comprises a temperature-responsive material to which a hydraulic fluid is associated. A pressurized storage compartment stores the fluid as soon as the temperature-responsive material changes density. The storage compartment is connected with a hydraulic motor, and a valve allows fluid passage from the storage compartment to the hydraulic motor. An energy storage component, e.g. a battery, is connected with the hydraulic motor and is charged by the hydraulic motor when the hydraulic fluid passes through the hydraulic motor. Upon passage in the hydraulic motor, the fluid is stored in a further storage compartment and is then sent back to the area of the temperature-responsive material. | 01-15-2009 |
20090127859 | POWER GENERATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A power generation system includes a plurality of submerged mechanical devices. Each device includes a pump that can be powered, in operation, by mechanical energy to output a pressurized output liquid flow in a conduit. Main output conduits are connected with the device conduits to combine pressurized output flows output from the submerged mechanical devices into a lower number of pressurized flows. These flows are delivered to a location remote of the submerged mechanical devices for power generation. | 05-21-2009 |
20110314811 | PHASE CHANGE MATERIAL THERMAL POWER GENERATOR - An energy producing device, for example a submersible vehicle for descending or ascending to different depths within water or ocean, is disclosed. The vehicle comprises a temperature-responsive material to which a hydraulic fluid is associated. A pressurized storage compartment stores the fluid as soon as the temperature-responsive material changes density. The storage compartment is connected with a hydraulic motor, and a valve allows fluid passage from the storage compartment to the hydraulic motor. An energy storage component, e.g. a battery, is connected with the hydraulic motor and is charged by the hydraulic motor when the hydraulic fluid passes through the hydraulic motor. Upon passage in the hydraulic motor, the fluid is stored in a further storage compartment and is then sent back to the area of the temperature-responsive material. | 12-29-2011 |
20120091942 | SUBMERGED CHARGING STATION - A submerged charging station having a rechargeable energy producing device is disclosed. The device comprises a submerged thermally based electric generator that comprises a temperature-responsive material that utilizes differences in depths in order to generate energy. The submerged thermally based electric generator changes depths along a tether that is attached to a buoy and an anchor. The submerged thermally based electric generator provides energy to a battery, which can be part of the charging station, or to an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) that travels to different charging stations to be recharged. | 04-19-2012 |
Yi-Chung Chao, San Jose, CA US
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20100114469 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM HAVING DYNAMIC ADAPTIVE ROUTING AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A method of operation of a navigation system having dynamic adaptive routing includes detecting a navigation event; updating a driver profile with the navigation event; calculating a navigation routing parameter with the driver profile; and sending the navigation routing parameter for displaying on a multimedia display interface of a device. | 05-06-2010 |
20100198494 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM HAVING ADAPTIVE COVERAGE AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A method of operation of a navigation system having adaptive coverage includes: detecting a no service region or an intermittent loss of service region upcoming in a route; selecting an adaptive coverage operations block based on the no service region or based on the intermittent loss of service region for storing on a device; and sending data from the adaptive coverage operations block for displaying on the device. | 08-05-2010 |
20100198496 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM WITH PATH PREDICTION AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A method of operation of a navigation system includes: detecting a location reading; selecting a route having a current edge with an endpoint and a shape point; predicting a navigation instruction based on a calculation with the location reading, the shape point, and a time delay for the calculation; and displaying the navigation instruction on a device. | 08-05-2010 |
20100268460 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM WITH PREDICTIVE MULTI-ROUTING AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A method of operation of a navigation system with predictive multi-routing includes: calculating a primary route; predicting a probable deviation location on the primary route; calculating a non-primary route for the probable deviation location; and sending the primary route, the non-primary route, or a combination thereof for displaying on a device. | 10-21-2010 |
20110161004 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM WITH SPEED MONITORING MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A method of operation of a navigation system includes: calculating a safe speed for a travel path; calculating a user's speed along the travel path; and calculating a difference value between the user's speed and the safe speed for displaying on a device. | 06-30-2011 |
20110246057 | HYBRID NAVIGATION SYSTEM WITH LOCATION BASED SERVICES AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A method of operation of a hybrid navigation system includes: providing a position information for locating a first device; linking a second position to the position information, the second position for locating a second device; generating a planned route with the position information refined by the second position for transferring over a regional network to the first device or the second device; and storing saved route information from the planned route for displaying on the first device when the regional network is not available. | 10-06-2011 |
20110246068 | HYBRID NAVIGATION SYSTEM WITH NON-NETWORK UPDATE AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A method of operation of a hybrid navigation system includes: providing a peer-to-peer communication controller for communicating with a first vehicle; linking a second peer-to-peer communication controller for communicating between a second vehicle and the first vehicle; providing a communication and navigation controller for monitoring a regional network for the first vehicle or the second vehicle including storing saved route information; and preparing a first route history file for transferring from first vehicle to the second vehicle including providing the first route history file from the saved route information for displaying in the second vehicle when the regional network is not available. | 10-06-2011 |
20120016576 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM WITH ECOLOGICAL ROUTE BASED DESTINATION GUIDANCE MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A method of operation of a navigation system includes: generating candidate routes from a start location to a destination; calculating a route travel fuel cost with a vehicle fuel consumption rate of a vehicle; calculating a route acceleration fuel cost from an acceleration of the vehicle; calculating a route idle fuel cost from a vehicle idle instance of the vehicle; calculating a route fuel cost for the candidate routes with the route travel fuel cost, the route idle fuel cost and the route acceleration fuel cost; and selecting an ecological route from the candidate routes having the lowest value of the route fuel cost for displaying on a device. | 01-19-2012 |
20120129598 | NAVIGATION SYSTEM HAVING PREFERENCE REGION ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A method of operation of a navigation system includes: receiving a game search preference; locating a compliant opponent location conformant to the game search preference; identifying a first preference region encompassing the compliant opponent location; locating a noncompliant opponent location violating the game search preference; and adjusting the first preference region to exclude the noncompliant opponent location for displaying on a device. | 05-24-2012 |
20120176415 | GRAPHICAL DISPLAY SYSTEM WITH ADAPTIVE KEYSTONE MECHANISM AND METHOD OF OPERATION THEREOF - A method of operation of a graphical display system includes: generating a first registration point of an adaptive alignment image; calculating the adaptive alignment image having a first alignment point with a known location relative to the first registration point; projecting a projected image, having a first projected registration point, with the adaptive alignment image for displaying on a display surface with the first alignment point is a first projected alignment point on the display surface; calculating an adjustment for the adaptive alignment image using a relative location between the first alignment point and the first registration point, and the first projected alignment point and the first projected registration point, respectively; and creating an apparent image as an adaptive keystone corrected perception of the projected image by modifying the display image with the adjustment for displaying from a projector device. | 07-12-2012 |
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Yuan-Heng Chao, San Jose, CA US
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20090146177 | VARIABLE THRESHOLD TRENCH IGBT WITH OFFSET EMITTER CONTACTS - A trench type IGBT as disclosed herein includes a plurality of channel regions having one threshold voltage for the normal operation of the device and a plurality of channel regions having a threshold voltage higher than the threshold voltage for the normal operation of the device. | 06-11-2009 |
Yuan-Ju Chao, Santa Clara, CA US
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20130120177 | DATA CONVERTER CURRENT SOURCES USING THIN-OXIDE CORE DEVICES - Systems and methods are disclosed for performing data conversion by matching current sources using a thin oxide device; and minimizing voltage stress on the thin oxide device during operation or power down. | 05-16-2013 |
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