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20090231671 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OPTICAL MEMS WITH FLEXIBLE LANDING STRUCTURES - An optical deflection device for a display application includes a semiconductor substrate comprising an upper surface region defining an upper surface plane. The optical deflection device also includes one or more electrode devices provided overlying the upper surface region and a hinge device including a silicon material and coupled to the upper surface region at a predetermined height above the upper surface plane. The optical deflection device further comprises a plurality of landing pads including a silicon material and coupled to the upper surface region at the predetermined height from the upper surface plane and a mirror structure. The mirror structure includes a post portion coupled to the hinge device and a mirror plate portion coupled to the post portion. | 09-17-2009 |
20090233244 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OVERLAY CORRECTION DURING PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY - A method of performing overlay error correction includes forming a photoresist layer over a substrate and exposing a first set of apertures to incident radiation. The method also includes determining an overlay error associated with the first set of apertures and determining an overlay correction as a function of the determined overlay error. The method further includes exposing a data area and a second set of apertures. The data area and the second set of apertures are exposed based, in part, on the determined overlay correction. Moreover, the method includes verifying the determined overlay correction. | 09-17-2009 |
20100194241 | THIN-FILM BULK ACOUSTIC RESONATORS HAVING PERFORATED BODIES THAT PROVIDE REDUCED SUSCEPTIBILITY TO PROCESS-INDUCED LATERAL DIMENSION VARIATIONS - Micro-electromechanical acoustic resonators include a resonator body suspended over a substrate. The resonator body may have a single perforation therein, which may extend substantially or completely therethrough. The resonator body may also be configured to have a center-of-mass within an interior of the perforation and/or a nodal line that overlaps the perforation. A perimeter and depth of the single perforation can be configured to reduce a susceptibility of the acoustic resonator to process-induced variations in resonant frequency relative to an otherwise equivalent resonator that omits the single perforation. In other embodiments, the resonator body may have multiple perforations therein that extend along a nodal line of the resonator. | 08-05-2010 |
20100194246 | Thin-Film Bulk Acoustic Resonators Having Reduced Susceptibility to Process-Induced Material Thickness Variations - Thin-film bulk acoustic resonators include a resonator body (e.g., silicon body), a bottom electrode on the resonator body and a piezoelectric layer on the bottom electrode. At least one top electrode is also provided on the piezoelectric layer. In order to inhibit process-induced variations in material layer thicknesses from significantly affecting a desired resonant frequency of the resonator, the top and bottom electrodes are fabricated to have a combined thickness that is proportional to a target thickness of the piezoelectric layer extending between the top and bottom electrodes. | 08-05-2010 |
20100194499 | Micro-Electromechanical Devices Having Variable Capacitors Therein that Compensate for Temperature-Induced Frequency Drift in Acoustic Resonators - Micro-electromechanical devices include a temperature-compensation capacitor and a thin-film bulk acoustic resonator having a first terminal electrically coupled to an electrode of the temperature-compensation capacitor. The temperature-compensation capacitor includes a bimorph beam having a first electrode thereon and a second electrode extending opposite the first electrode. This bimorph beam is configured to yield an increase in spacing between the first and second electrodes in response to an increase in temperature of the micro-electromechanical device. This increase in spacing between the first and second electrodes leads to a decrease in capacitance of the temperature-compensation capacitor. Advantageously, this decrease in capacitance can be used to counteract a negative temperature coefficient of frequency associated with the thin-film bulk acoustic resonator, and thereby render the resonant frequency of the micro-electromechanical device more stable in response to temperature fluctuations. | 08-05-2010 |
20110059565 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEMS OSCILLATOR - A resonator includes a CMOS substrate having a first electrode and a second electrode. The CMOS substrate is configured to provide one or more control signals to the first electrode. The resonator also includes a resonator structure including a silicon material layer. The resonator structure is coupled to the CMOS substrate and configured to resonate in response to the one or more control signals. | 03-10-2011 |
20110111544 | MEMS MIRROR SYSTEM FOR LASER PRINTING APPLICATIONS - A MEMS mirror for a laser printing application includes providing a CMOS substrate including a pair of electrodes, and providing a reflecting mirror moveable over the substrate and the electrodes. Voltages applied to the electrodes create an electrostatic force causing an end of the mirror to be attracted to the substrate. A precise position of the mirror can be detected and controlled by sensing a change in capacitance between the mirror ends and the underlying electrodes. | 05-12-2011 |
20120034724 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEMS OSCILLATOR - A resonator includes a CMOS substrate having a first electrode and a second electrode. The CMOS substrate is configured to provide one or more control signals to the first electrode. The resonator also includes a resonator structure including a silicon material layer. The resonator structure is coupled to the CMOS substrate and configured to resonate in response to the one or more control signals. | 02-09-2012 |
20140268292 | MULTI-STATE SHUTTER ASSEMBLIES HAVING SEGMENTED DRIVE ELECTRODE SETS - This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus incorporating display elements having light modulators that can operate in more than two states. In some implementations, the light modulator assembly includes an electrostatic actuator that includes a load electrode coupled to a shutter and a drive electrode set positioned proximate to the load electrode. The drive electrode set includes a plurality of discrete portions that are configured to drive the light modulator assembly to a plurality of different light modulator states. In some such implementations, the portions of the drive electrode set are positioned opposite to corresponding regions of the load electrode. In some implementations, the portions are arranged such that the portions are configured to electrostatically engage with adjacent regions of the load electrode. | 09-18-2014 |
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20080306744 | Device and a Method of Playing Audio Clips - A device for playing audio clips, a method of playing audio clips and a data storage medium having stored thereon computer code means for instructing a computer system to execute a method of playing audio clips. The device comprising a processor scalable in voltage, frequency, or both; a switch for selecting one of a plurality of output modes of the device; and a controller for controlling the processor to decode input joint/MS stereo mode encoded audio data representing said audio clip based on the selected output mode; wherein each output mode defines a number, m, of subbands of an M channel and a number, s, of subbands of an S channel of the joint/MS stereo mode encoded data; and the controller controls the processor to decode and store only data from the m and s subbands for playback. | 12-11-2008 |
20090112931 | Method and a System for Determining Predicted Numbers of Processor Cycles Required for Respective Segments of a Media File for Playback of the Media File - A method of determining predicted numbers of processor cycles required for respective segments of a media file for playback of the media file, a method of playback of a media file, a method of downloading a media file, a device for playback of a media file and a system for downloading a media file. The method comprising performing a bitstream analysis of the media file to determine a number of non-zero IDCT coefficients of the respective segments, input parameters of an MC task function associated with respective segments, or both; and determining the predicted numbers of processor cycles based on the bitstream analysis. | 04-30-2009 |
20100040982 | METHOD FOR FORMING AN OPENING - A method for forming an opening is disclosed. First, a semiconductor substrate is provided, in which the semiconductor substrate includes at least one metal interconnects therein. A stacked film is formed on the semiconductor substrate, in which the stacked film includes at least one dielectric layer and one hard mask. The hard mask is used to form an opening in the stacked film without exposing the metal interconnects, and the hard mask is removed thereafter. A barrier layer is later deposited on the semiconductor substrate to cover a portion of the dielectric layer and the surface of the metal interconnects. | 02-18-2010 |
20100079605 | Sensor-Assisted Motion Estimation for Efficient Video Encoding - An apparatus comprising a sensor assisted video encoder (SaVE) configured to estimate global motion in a video sequence using sensor data, at least one sensor coupled to the SaVE and configured to generate the sensor data, and a camera equipped device coupled to the SaVE and the sensor and configured to capture the video sequence, wherein the SaVE estimates local motion in the video sequence based on the estimated global motion to reduce encoding time. Also included is a method comprising obtaining a video sequence, obtaining sensor data synchronized with the video sequence, converting the sensor data into global motion predictors, using the global motion predictors to reduce the search range for local motion estimation, and using a search algorithm for local motion estimation based on the reduced search range. | 04-01-2010 |
20140116760 | BOND PAD STRUCTURE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method of manufacturing a bond pad structure, comprising the steps of forming a pad material layer on a passivation layer, forming a protection layer on the pad material layer, performing an etching process to pattern the protection layer and the pad material layer into a bond pad structure, and removing the protection layer on the bond pad structure. | 05-01-2014 |
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20080261874 | Mutants of Trichosanthin With Anti-Tumor Activity and Lowered Side-Effects - The invention provides the mutants and coding genes of trichosanthin (TCS). The mutants thereof are the TCS mutants with the single or double alternation of tyrosine-55 and aspartate-78 (counted from N-terminus), wherein the tyrosine-55 is mutated to an aliphatic amino acid and aspartate-78 is mutated to an amino acid with low hydrophilicity. This invention also relates to the application of TCS mutants and their coding genes in the drug development to treat carcinoma, AIDS and other diseases. | 10-23-2008 |
20100017868 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONFIGURING A RULE FILE FOR FIREWALL OF WEB SERVER - A method, a system, and a computer program product embodying computer readable code for configuring a rule file for a Web application firewall. The method includes: blocking a response created by a Web application; modifying the response by adding capturing code for capturing a regular expression and an associated parameter value embedded in the response while being executed; sending the modified response to the browser; receiving a request submitted by the browser and at least one regular expression and an associated parameter value captured by the capturing code; determining a parameter name and a regular expression associated with the same parameter value, and configuring the rule file of the firewall by use of the determined parameter name and regular expression associated with one another as a filtering rule. | 01-21-2010 |
20100049792 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING RUNTIME VULNERABILITY DEFENSE FOR CROSS DOMAIN INTERACTIONS - A runtime vulnerability defense method, system, and computer readable article of manufacture tangibly embodying computer readable instructions for executing the method for cross domain interactions for a Web application. The method includes: creating a first and second iFrame object by the Web application which belong to a lower domain; creating an object ◯ by the first iFrame object; sharing the created object ◯ by the second iFrame object; promoting the domain of the second iFrame object to an upper domain; creating in the shared object ◯ a source accessing function for submitting to a third party server a request to access the content of the third party server; and creating in the shared object ◯ a sanitization function for sanitizing the response received from the server. | 02-25-2010 |
20130132819 | STORAGE OF HTML FORM DATA IN AN HTML FILE - Techniques to encode data for a form in a HTML file and store the data for the HTML form along with the form itself are described. In one approach, script is injected into an HTML file at a client device. The HTML file may be configured to define at least one HTML form. The script injected into the HTML file is operable to encode input values entered into fields of the form with a data exchange standardization format to generate encoded input values and store the values in the HTML file. When the form is rendered, the script is further operable to decode the input values and populate the form with the values. | 05-23-2013 |
20150199837 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONVERTING AN ANIMATED SEQUENCE OF IMAGES INTO A DOCUMENT PAGE - A method and apparatus for converting an animated sequence of images into a document page is described. In some embodiments, the method includes accessing a first file comprising a plurality of images and attribute data associated with displaying the plurality of images, creating a second file using data from the first file and for at least one of the plurality of images, creating a content partition on a corresponding document page of the second file using the attribute data. | 07-16-2015 |
20150301240 | METHOD FOR REPAIRING DISPLAY SUBSTRATE, DISPLAY SUBSTRATE AND DISPLAY APPARATUS - A method for repairing a display substrate, comprising steps of: forming a black matrix pattern on a substrate, wherein there is a first pattern missing region in the black matrix pattern; forming a color filter layer pattern on the substrate on which the black matrix pattern is formed; removing all patterns from the substrate within the first pattern missing region by laser processing the first pattern missing region of the substrate based on a position of the first pattern missing region; and filling a first repair material into the first pattern missing region of the substrate processed by laser so as to repair the first pattern missing region. The present invention also discloses a display substrate and a display apparatus. | 10-22-2015 |
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20130176852 | Network Self-Protection - A device used in a network is disclosed. The device includes a network monitor to monitor a network state and to collect statistics for flows going through the network, a flow aggregation unit to aggregate flows into clusters and identify flows that can cause a network problem, and an adaptive control unit to adaptively regulate the identified flow according to network feedback. Other methods and systems also are disclosed. | 07-11-2013 |
20130185419 | OFSense: Light-Weight Networking Sensing With OpenFlow - A method for determining the state of an entire network, including state of applications and infrastructure includes receiving network control messages in an OpenFlow network, passing normal network control messages through OFSense, a control plane middleware, and constructing from the network control messages an application level connectivity graph to infer network delay between any two communicating server in the network and estimating an application response time of a given server in the network; and providing state of the network for enabling intelligent detection and diagnosis of infrastructure and application performance. | 07-18-2013 |
20130191530 | FlowSense: Light-Weight Networking Sensing With OpenFlow - A method for determining the state of an entire network, including state of applications and infrastructure includes receiving network control messages in an OpenFlow network; passing normal network control messages through FlowSense, a control plane middleware, and constructing from the network control messages an application level connectivity graph to infer network delay between any two communicating server in the network and estimating an application response time of a given server in the network, the FlowSense including a network utilization procedure for computing the utilization of each link in the network derived from using captured messages triggered by switches when flow entries expire and providing state of the network for enabling intelligent detection and diagnosis of infrastructure and application performance. | 07-25-2013 |
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20140072166 | EXTERNAL LOUDSPEAKER AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH THE SAME - An external loudspeaker includes a holding member and a speaker. The holding member includes two clamping portions and a mounting portion located between the two clamping portions, the mounting portion defining a through hole and includes a latching ring. The speaker includes a sealing portion. The sealing portion is deformedly received in the through hole. The sealing portion defines a latching groove, and the latching ring is latched in the latching groove. | 03-13-2014 |
20140085860 | LIGHT GUIDE MODULE FOR KEYPAD - A light guide module includes a touch plate, a light guide plate, an induction plate, a transparent double sided tape, a reflective double sided tape and a light source. The transparent double sided tape is adhered between the touch plate and the light guide plate. The reflective double sided tape is adhered between the light guide plate and the induction plate. The light source is located on the induction plate. The reflective double sided tape reflects light emitted by the light source to the light guide plate, the light guide plate directs the light to the touch plate through the transparent double sided tape. | 03-27-2014 |
20150019951 | METHOD, APPARATUS, AND COMPUTER STORAGE MEDIUM FOR AUTOMATICALLY ADDING TAGS TO DOCUMENT - A method and apparatus for automatically adding a tag to a document are provided. The method comprises: determining a plurality of candidate tag words corresponding to the document; determining a corpus comprising a plurality of texts; selecting commonly-used words from the corpus as characteristic words; determining, for each of the characteristic words and each of the candidate tag words, a probability for co-occurrence of the candidate tag word with the characteristic word; abstracting characteristic words from the document, and calculating a weight for each of the abstracted characteristic words; and calculating, in the corpus, a weighted probability for co-occurrence of each of the candidate tag words with all of the characteristic words abstracted from the document; selecting the candidate tag word with a high weighted co-occurrence probability as a tag word to be added to the document. | 01-15-2015 |
20150186503 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM FOR INTEREST TAG RECOMMENDATION - Method, system, and computer readable medium for interest tag recommendation are provided in the present disclosure. Statistics about feature words of an Internet article related to an existing interest tag are collected to generate a characteristic vector of the existing interest tag. According to the characteristic vector of the existing interest tag, degree of similarity between the existing interest tag and an interest tag to be recommended is calculated. An interest tag is recommended according to the degree of similarity between the existing interest tag and the interest tag to be recommended. | 07-02-2015 |
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20140137260 | Privacy Preserving Statistical Analysis for Distributed Databases - Aggregate statistics are determined by first randomizing independently data X and Y to obtain randomized data {circumflex over (X)} and Ŷ. The first randomizing preserves the privacy of the data X and Y. Then, the randomized data {circumflex over (X)} and Ŷ is randomized secondly to obtain randomized data {tilde over (X)} and {tilde over (Y)} for a server, and helper information T | 05-15-2014 |
20140281572 | Privacy Preserving Statistical Analysis on Distributed Databases - Aggregate statistics are securely determined on private data by first sampling independent first and second data at one or more clients to obtain sampled data, wherein a sampling parameter substantially smaller than a length of the data. The sampled data are encrypted to obtain encrypted data, which are then combined. The combined encrypted data are randomized to obtain randomized data. At an authorized third-party processor, a joint distribution of the first and second data is estimated from the randomized encrypted data, such that a differential privacy requirement of the first and second is satisfied. | 09-18-2014 |
20150134778 | Method for Determining Hidden States of Systems using Privacy-Preserving Distributed Data Analytics - A method classifies data to determine hidden states of a system, by first randomly permuting the data and inserting client to generate private data. A server classifies the private data according to a hidden Markov model (HMM) to obtain permuted noisy estimates of the states and the chaff, which are returned to the client. The client then removes the chaff, inverts the permuted noisy estimates to obtain unpermuted noisy estimates of the states. | 05-14-2015 |