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20140180912 | METHOD FOR TRANSFERRING FUNDS - A method to transfer money to a payee's payment card account, without requiring an additional payment card or without acquiring a payee's payment card information is disclosed. A payee registers a payment card with a service provider. The payment card is associated with a payment card account. A payor transfers an initial amount of money to the service provider to be given to the payee, when payee uses the registered payment card for a specified spending category. The service provider stores the money until the payee uses the registered payment card to make a qualified purchase. | 06-26-2014 |
20140207612 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING GIFTS - Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer-readable storage devices for receiving, from a giver, identification of a recipient and identification of a product associated with the recipient. The system can generate an offering including at least one product for selection by the recipient, wherein the offering is associated, prior to generating an offering, with a giver payment and delivery account that includes a payment account of the giver and address delivery information for the recipient. The system can associate the offering with a recipient device, and, upon receiving a selection from the recipient of a selected product in the offering via the recipient device, process purchase and delivery of the selected product based on the payment account of the giver and address delivery information included in the giver payment and delivery account for the recipient. | 07-24-2014 |
20140207662 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING GIFTS - Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer-readable storage devices for receiving an identification of a giver, a gift, an amount of money to pay for the gift, and a recipient of the gift at a first time. The system can associate a policy with the gift, and initiate, at the first time, a transfer of at least part of the amount of money to pay for the gift from the giver payment account to a holding account that is separate from the recipient payment account. The system can monitor, according to the policy, purchases of the recipient using the recipient payment account to yield purchasing information based on the purchasing information, and determine whether the recipient has made a qualifying purchase according to the policy. If so, the system can apply the amount of money to pay for the gift from the holding account to the recipient payment account. | 07-24-2014 |
20140214666 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING GIFTS - Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for processing gift transactions, related to retaining a social and gratitude-based experience surrounding giving and receiving gifts, monitoring gift recipients on-premises at merchants and providing gift-related notifications, and managing funds in a gift that the recipient does not redeem. A system configured to practice a first method receives an object associated with a gift, receives a tag associated with the object, and transmits the object to the giver. A system configured to practice a second example method uses face identification at the merchant to identify a recipient of a gift. The system can transmit a reminder to the recipient regarding the gift. In a third example method, the system creates a gift and notifies the recipient of the gift. If the recipient never redeems the gift, then the giver is not charged for the gift and no transaction occurs. | 07-31-2014 |
20140249902 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A CUSTOMER SURVEY - Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for providing a follow-up survey for purchases made at a merchant entity. A customer can make a purchase at a merchant entity, such as a restaurant, and a system can coordinate and store data about the customer using a purchasing account. When the customer visits a website or application associated with the merchant entity, the system can determine if an offer to take a survey exists for the customer. If an offer exists, the system can prompt the customer to take the survey to receive a discount on future purchases made at the merchant entity. Once the customer completes the survey, the system monitors future purchases by the customer and applies the discount appropriately the next time the customer uses the purchasing account at the merchant entity. | 09-04-2014 |
20140250001 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING GIFTS BETWEEN DIFFERENT PAYMENT ACCOUNT TYPES - Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for creating a gift in one medium of exchange from stored value in another medium of exchange. The system accesses a first account representing stored value in a first medium of exchange, and chooses an amount of the stored value from the first medium of exchange. Then the system converts the amount of the stored value to a second medium of exchange to yield a converted amount, and gives the converted amount in the second medium of exchange to a recipient as a gift, wherein the gift is associated with a recipient account for the second medium of exchange, and wherein the gift is associated with a policy monitoring transactions made using the recipient account such that the converted amount is applied to a transaction satisfying conditions of the policy. | 09-04-2014 |
20140250002 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING A GIFT CARD VIA THE CLOUD - Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for splitting a transaction among multiple participants. A system configured to practice the method first receives, at a first time, from a payor an identification of a payee and a policy, the payee having a payee account that was registered with a service provider prior to the first time. The system monitors, after the first time, purchasing transactions of the payee using the payee account for a qualified purchase according to the policy, wherein the policy, as defined by the payor, excludes a defined item. When the payee makes the qualified purchase by purchasing an item other than the defined item at a second time, which is later than the first time, the system transfers an amount of money into the payee account to pay for at least part of the qualified purchase. | 09-04-2014 |
20140258055 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR A GIFT TRACKER - Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for a gift tracker portal that provides an interface to view and manage a history of gift transactions, and provides an interface to give gifts. In this gift tracker interface, a user can view a history of gifts given and received, and can view the status of each individual gift. The system can import gift transactions from other sources, as well as include gift transactions processed by the system itself. The gift tracker system can receive gift transaction history data associated with a user, provide an interface for accessing the gift transaction history data, and receive, via the interface and on behalf of the user, a request associated with the gift transaction history data. Then the gift tracker system can respond to the request. | 09-11-2014 |
20140330713 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS - Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for receiving data from a giver at a first time, the data being used to identify a merchant at which a gift from the giver to a recipient is redeemable. The system presents a group of merchants associated with the data to the giver, each merchant of the group of merchants offering a promotion in connection with the gift. The system receives from the giver a selection of a chosen merchant from the group of merchants, the chosen merchant having an associated promotion. The system then generates a policy comprising the gift, the chosen merchant, and the associated promotion such that upon receiving an indication of a triggering event caused by the recipient, the system can apply the gift and the associated promotion according to the policy. | 11-06-2014 |
20140337182 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING GIFTS FROM A GIVER TO A RECIPIENT - Processing gifts from a giver to a recipient is addressed. The system receives an identification of a product or service as a gift and a recipient. The system transmits an offering including the product/service for selection by the recipient. The system processes the purchase and delivery of the selected product using a recipient payment and delivery account and transfers money from the giver payment account (or a holding account) to the recipient payment account to reimburse the cost of the product. The system can process the purchase and delivery of the selected product using the giver's payment and delivery account. In another embodiment, the system utilizes a group to give a gift to the recipient, each member of the group reimbursing a group giver a portion of the cost of the gift. | 11-13-2014 |
20150262169 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROCESSING GIFTS BETWEEN DIFFERENT PAYMENT ACCOUNT TYPES - Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for creating a gift in one medium of exchange from stored value in another medium of exchange. The system accesses a first account representing stored value in a first medium of exchange, and chooses an amount of the stored value from the first medium of exchange. Then the system converts the amount of the stored value to a second medium of exchange to yield a converted amount, and gives the converted amount in the second medium of exchange to a recipient as a gift, wherein the gift is associated with a recipient account for the second medium of exchange, and wherein the gift is associated with a policy monitoring transactions made using the recipient account such that the converted amount is applied to a transaction satisfying conditions of the policy. | 09-17-2015 |
20150339645 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COLLABORATIVE GIFTS IN A SOCIAL NETWORK ENVIRONMENT - Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for processing a gift between users in a social network. A system configured to practice the method presents an object to a giver in a social networking site, wherein the object provides an option to give a gift to a recipient. If the giver selects to give the gift, the system receives a selection of the recipient and a policy associated with the gift, wherein the giver is associated with a giver account, the recipient is associated with a recipient account, and the giver account is independent of the recipient account. The system monitors transactions of the recipient using the recipient account to yield information, and, based on the information, if the recipient makes a qualifying transaction according to the policy, the system applies at least part of the gift to the recipient account. | 11-26-2015 |
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20090079956 | Three-dimensional LADAR module with alignment reference insert circuitry comprising high density interconnect structure - A 3-D LADAR imaging system incorporating stacked microelectronic layers is provided. A light source such as a laser is imaged upon a target through beam shaping optics. Photons reflected from the target are collected and imaged upon a detector array through collection optics. The detector array signals are fed into a multilayer processing module wherein each layer includes detector signal processing circuitry. The detector array signals are amplified, compared to a user-defined threshold, digitized and fed into a high speed FIFO shift register range bin. Dependant on the value of the digit contained in the bins in the register, and the digit's bin location, the time of a photon reflection from a target surface can be determined. A T | 03-26-2009 |
20110032130 | AM chirp LADAR readout circuit and module - A readout circuit is disclosed for use in an AM chirp LADAR system. The circuit comprises a photodetector such as a metal-semiconductor-metal detector coupled to a passive electronic filter. The filter output coupled to a capacitive-coupled transimpedance amplifier with an output coupled to an analog storage register. The analog storage register output is coupled to a sample-and-hold circuit which in turn is coupled to a sample and hold circuit. The output of the sample and hold circuit is digitized by an analog-to-digital converter circuit for further processing. The circuit may be used as a cell for the readout of an individual pixel on a photodetector or a plurality of cells used in a stack of integrated circuit chips for the read out of a plurality of pixels in a photodetector array. | 02-10-2011 |
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20110285981 | Sensor Element and System Comprising Wide Field-of-View 3-D Imaging LIDAR - A LIDAR sensor element and system for wide field-of-view applications such as autonomous UAS landing site selection is disclosed. The sensor element and system have an imaging source such as a SWIR laser for imaging a field of regard or target with a beam having a predefined wavelength. The beam is scanned over the field of regard or target with a beam steering device such as Risley prism. The reflected beam is captured by the system by receiving optics which may comprise a Risley prism for receiving and imaging the reflected beam upon a photodetector array such as a focal plane array. The focal plane array may be bonded to and a part of a three-dimensional stack of integrated circuits, a plurality of which may comprise one or more read out integrated circuits. | 11-24-2011 |
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20120161010 | Stacked Micro-channel Plate Assembly Comprising a Micro-lens - A multilayer electronic imaging module and sensor system incorporating a micro-lens layer for imaging and collimating a received image from a field of regard, a photocathode layer for detecting photons from the micro-lens layer and generating an electron output, a micro-channel plate layer for receiving the output electrons emitted from the photocathode in response to the photon input and amplifying same and stacked readout circuitry for processing the electron output of the micro-channel plate. The sensor system of the invention may be provided in the form of a Cassegrain telescope assembly and includes electromagnetic imaging and scanning means and beam-splitting means for directed predetermined ranges of the received image to one or more photo-detector elements which may be in the form of the micro-channel imaging module of the invention. | 06-28-2012 |
20120170024 | Long Range Acquisition and Tracking SWIR Sensor System Comprising Micro-Lamellar Spectrometer - A sensor system is provided having a precision tracking sensor element and a micro-lamellar spectrometer for determining the wavelength of an electromagnetic source such as a laser designator source. Acquisition sensor elements may be provided and mounted on a rotating base element that rotates about a first axis. The precision tracking sensor elements may be mounted on a hinged or pivoting element or gimbal on the housing and provided with drive means to permit a user to selectively manually or automatically direct it toward a scene target of interest detected by the acquisition sensor elements. At least one of the imaging elements in the precision tracking sensor or acquisition sensors is stacked micro-channel plate focal plane array element. | 07-05-2012 |
20120170029 | LIDAR System Comprising Large Area Micro-Channel Plate Focal Plane Array - A sensor system is provided comprising a precision tracking sensor element and one or more acquisition sensor elements. The acquisition sensor elements may be mounted on a rotating base element that rotates about a first axis. The precision tracking sensor elements may be mounted on a hinged or pivoting element or gimbal on the housing and provided with drive means to permit a user to selectively manually or automatically direct it toward a scene target of interest detected by the acquisition sensor elements. At least one of the imaging elements in the precision tracking sensor or acquisition sensors is stacked micro-channel plate focal plane array element. | 07-05-2012 |
20120176619 | Solid State Depletion Region Unit Cell Spectrometer - A solid state spectrometer unit cell or plurality of cells for sensing different wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation at different depths within the substrate of the device. Variable bias voltages on one or more p-n junctions in the device are used so that the depth of the depletion regions are selectively varied. By varying the depletion region thickness of the p-n junctions in the device, the wavelengths absorbed by the semiconductor device and resultant electron-hole pairs collected by the p-n junctions are varied. In one embodiment, the outputs of each of two unit cell p-n junctions are sensed and the difference calculated and output to suitable circuitry for display as representative of a particular range or frequency of the electromagnetic spectrum. | 07-12-2012 |
20120176620 | Method for Using a Variable Depletion Region to Determine a Range of the Electromagnetic Spectrum - A method for using a depletion region in a solid state spectrometer unit cell or plurality of cells for sensing different wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation at different depths within the substrate of the device. Variable bias voltages on one or more p-n junctions in the device are used so that the depth of the depletion regions are selectively varied. By varying the depletion region thickness of the p-n junctions in the device, the wavelengths absorbed by the semiconductor device and resultant electron-hole pairs collected by the p-n junctions are varied. In one embodiment, the outputs of each of two unit cell p-n junctions are sensed and the difference calculated and output to suitable circuitry for display as representative of a particular range or frequency of the electromagnetic spectrum. | 07-12-2012 |
20120181433 | Sensor System Comprising Stacked Micro-Channel Plate Detector - A multilayer electronic imaging module and sensor system incorporating a micro-lens layer for imaging and collimating a received image from a field of regard, a photocathode layer for detecting photons from the micro-lens layer and generating an electron output, a micro-channel plate layer for receiving the output electrons emitted from the photocathode in response to the photon input and amplifying same and stacked readout circuitry for processing the electron output of the micro-channel plate. The sensor system of the invention may he provided in the form of a Cassegrain telescope assembly and includes electromagnetic imaging and scanning means and beam-splitting means for directed predetermined ranges of the received image to one or more photo-detector elements which may be in the form of the micro-channel imaging module of the invention. | 07-19-2012 |
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20140125985 | Multi-Operations Sensor System - A sensor suite comprising a first electronic imaging element such as an LWIR imager element and a second imaging element such as a visible imager element. The transmitter operates with a plurality of selectable beam-forming optics or a tilt-tip element. The optics for the system may be configured in a Cassegrain-type configuration in cooperation with a plurality of beam-splitting elements to permit different ranges of the received optical input to be provided respectively to the first and second electronic imagers. One or a plurality of laser illuminator analysis spectrometers are provided for the detection and characterizing of incoming laser illumination from an external source which may be in the form of a micro-lamellar spectrometer element. | 05-08-2014 |
20140293263 | LIDAR Comprising Polyhedron Transmission and Receiving Scanning Element - A LIDAR system having a rotating geometric solid polyhedron reflective scanning and receiving element disposed on a rotation table element. The system is configured for scanning a transmitted electromagnetic beam such as a laser beam over a scene of interest in both elevation and azimuth and for receiving a reflected portion of the transmitted beam onto the focal plane detector array of the invention and to output an (x, y, range) set of point cloud coordinate image data. | 10-02-2014 |
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20110055722 | Data Visualization Environment with DataFlow Processing, Web, Collaboration, Advanced User Interfaces, and Spreadsheet Visualization - A method for interactive data visualization to perform data analysis comprising dataflow processing of information and utilizing mathematical operations designed to accept, operate on, and produce numerical data within the universal range of numbers such as the interval [0,1] or [−1,+1]. In an implementation, visual effects responsive to data values and interactive control produces computer graphics instructions that can be rendered as graphics in a browser and transmitted over a network. Interactive control can also be transmitted over a network so as to provide web access and a collaboration environment. In an implementation the selection of function blocks and the general connectivity among them can be specified by using a drawing tool and a palette of function blocks, and clicking on each function block would cause dialog windows to appear that can be used for setting parameters. | 03-03-2011 |
20110062313 | NANOELECTRONIC DIFFERENTIAL AMPLIFIERS AND RELATED CIRCUITS HAVING GRAPHENE NANORIBBONS - A multiple transistor differential amplifier is implemented on a single graphene nanoribbon. Differential amplifier field effect transistors are formed on the graphene nanoribbon from a first group of electrical conductors in contact with the graphene nanoribbon and a second group of electrical conductors insulated from, but exerting electric fields on, the graphene nanoribbon thereby forming the gates of the field effect transistors. A transistor in one portion of the differential amplifier and a transistor in another portion of the differential amplifier are responsive to an incoming electrical signal. A current source, also formed on the graphene nanoribbon, is connected with the differential amplifier, and the current source and the differential amplifier operating together generate an outgoing signal responsive to the incoming electrical signal. | 03-17-2011 |
20110062418 | MOLECULAR TRANSISTOR DRIVING OF NANOSCALE ACTUATORS FROM DIFFERENTIAL AMPLIFIER CIRCUITS COMPATIBLE WITH CARBON NANOTUBE SENSORS AND TRANSDUCERS - A carbon nanotube electronic circuit utilizing a differential amplifier is implemented on a single carbon nanotube. Field effect transistors are formed from a first group of electrical conductors in contact with the carbon nanotube and a second group of electrical conductors insulated from, but exerting electric fields on, the carbon nanotube form the gates of the field effect transistors. A signal input circuit has a first input portion and a second input portion. A first field effect transistor electrically responsive to a first incoming signal is formed on the first input portion. A carbon nanotube actuator having electrical terminals and responsive to electrical conditions is an electrical load. A current source, connected to the signal input circuit, is formed on the carbon nanotube from one or more second field effect transistors. The electrical load is connected to the signal input circuit, and the signal input circuit and current source together form a differential amplifier to operate the actuator responsive to the incoming signal. | 03-17-2011 |
20110066933 | VALUE-DRIVEN VISUALIZATION PRIMITIVES FOR SPREADSHEETS, TABULAR DATA, AND ADVANCED SPREADSHEET VISUALIZATION - A method for visually enhancing the display of tabular data of an electronic spreadsheet is disclosed. The method includes obtaining data presented in at least one cell of the spreadsheet, computing at least one visual parameter based on the obtained data, using the at least one visual parameter to control a visual effect of the displayed data, and applying the at least one visual effect to the displayed data to visually enhance the displayed data. Each visual parameter is a number within a range of numbers and is determined according to a numerically calculated mathematical function. The visual enhancements include varying the background color or texture or border color, thickness, grouping scope of cells enveloping characters conveying data, as well as font color, type, embellishment, size, format, location, decimal places, rounding or supplemental symbols symbolic or image element rendered within the cell of characters conveying data. | 03-17-2011 |
20110081281 | VALVE-MANIFOLD LABORATORY GLASSWARE FOR CHEMICAL LABORATORY AUTOMATION AND OTHER APPLICATION - An article of laboratory glassware for directing the flow of chemical materials is described. The article includes a glass manifold having a plurality of input ports and at least one output port, and a plurality of stopcocks. Each stopcock has an inlet port and an outlet port connected by a passageway through the plug. Each of the stopcock output ports is connected to one of the manifold input ports, and each of the stopcock input ports is connected with one end of a hollow glass tube, and the other end of the hollow glass tube is connected to a female ground glass joint. The output ports of the manifold are terminated to a male ground glass joint. Each plug is rotated by an electrical motor or a servo, and sensed by a sensor. The rotation of each rotating plug is controlled by a computer. | 04-07-2011 |
20110103525 | PULSE SIGNAL WAVEFORM ASYMMETRY IDENTIFICATION UTILIZING SYMBOLIC DYNAMICS - A method for identifying asymmetry in a pulse signal is disclosed. An asymmetrical condition is when the time interval of a first input pulse signal having a first value is longer than the time of a second input pulse signal having a second value. Identifying asymmetry includes receiving and detecting the instantaneous signal values of first and second input pulse signals, and associating a unique state symbol with each distinct pair of instantaneous signal values thereby producing a sequence of state symbols. A sequence of state symbols of a first type, a second type, and a third type is identified and associated with a distinct enveloping event pattern. A macroscopic behavioral signature pattern indicating an asymmetrical condition is identified when a first symmetry event symbol of a first kind is followed by a first interval having no identified symmetry event symbol, a second symmetry event symbol of a second kind, and a second interval having no identified symmetry event symbol. | 05-05-2011 |
20110128224 | USER INTERFACE DEVICE, SUCH AS A MOUSE OR TRACKBALL, WITH A HIGH-DIMENSION JOYSTICK PROVIDING AT LEAST THREE INDEPENDENTLY ADJUSTABLE PARAMETERS - A user interface device having a housing and a joystick with at least three independent mechanical adjustments, each generating an associated signal responsive to the mechanical adjustment, and at least one sensor arrangement generating signals to control at least a cursor on an external device is described. Signals from the sensor arrangements and the joystick can be multiplexed together for transmission to the external device. In an implementation, the sensor arrangements generate signals responsive to changes in the position of the housing with respect to a surface on which the user interface device is placed. In another implementation, the user interface device includes a trackball, and at least one additional sensor arrangement generating signals responsive to the operation of the trackball. | 06-02-2011 |
20110134039 | USER INTERFACE DEVICE, SUCH AS A MOUSE, WITH A PLURALITY OF SCROLL WHEELS - A computer mouse having a housing is provided with at least two independent scroll wheels and a user interface sensor arrangement that provides signals responsive to movement of the housing relative to two orthogonal axes. The independent scroll wheels produce signals responsive to their respective operation. Signals from the scroll wheels and signals from the user interface sensor arrangement can be multiplexed before transmission to an external device such as a computer. The two independent scroll wheels can be physically oriented orthogonally to each other. Signals from the two independent scroll wheels can be used to control the horizontal and vertical position of a visual object displayed in a computer window, adjust vertical and horizontal scroll bars, and for other purposes. Implementations can also include a visual display and an auditory output. | 06-09-2011 |
20110164320 | PROGRAMMABLE OPTICAL COMPUTING DEVICE EMPLOYING LED ARRAY TRANSDUCERS AND STACKED LIGHT MODULATOR ELEMENTS IN FRACTIONAL FOURIER PLANES - A monolithic or hybrid integrated optical information processor or optical information processing system having at least one LED array and plurality of light modulating array elements, each controlled by respective control signals, and arranged so that each light modulating array element lies in a different fractional Fourier transform plane. In some implementations, at least a portion of the resulting system is implemented in a stack of element materials. In an implementation, a segment of graded index material lies between consecutive light modulating array elements. In an implementation, an LED array is used as an image source and another LED array is used as an image sensor to transform the processed image into an electrical output. | 07-07-2011 |
20110200272 | DISCRETE FRACTIONAL FOURIER NUMERICAL ENVIRONMENTS FOR COMPUTER MODELING OF IMAGE PROPAGATION THROUGH A PHYSICAL MEDIUM IN RESTORATION AND OTHER APPLICATIONS - A system for numerically modeling evolution of an image propagating through a medium includes image using image data and a propagation medium model. The propagation medium model aligns a propagation centerline of the propagation medium model relative to the center of the image data. The propagation medium model has a numerical operator for applying an index-shifted numerical fractional Fourier transform operation on the image data, and aligning the zero original-domain origin relative to the center of the image data. The image data has spatially-indexed amplitude values and a center located relative to the spatially-indexed amplitude values. The propagation medium model has quadratic phase properties which are defined relative to a propagation centerline of the propagation medium model. Aligning the zero original-domain origin relative to the center of the image data to produces transformed image data having a zero frequency-domain origin that is centered within the transform-domain indices. | 08-18-2011 |
20110202934 | WINDOW MANGER INPUT FOCUS CONTROL FOR HIGH DIMENSIONAL TOUCHPAD (HTPD), ADVANCED MICE, AND OTHER MULTIDIMENSIONAL USER INTERFACES - A method for routing signals from a user interface device providing traditional user interface device signals and additional user interface signals to an application is described. Traditional user interface device signals and additional user interface signals are received from a user interface device. Routing of traditional user interface device signals and additional user interface signals from such a user interface device to particular applications can be made responsive to input focus control provided by a windowing system, window manager, operating system, or combination. In one approach, input focus control is provided a single focus control element. In another approach, separate focus control elements are used for traditional user interface device signals and additional user interface signals. | 08-18-2011 |
20110260998 | PIECEWISE-LINEAR AND PIECEWISE-AFFINE TRANSFORMATIONS FOR HIGH DIMENSIONAL TOUCHPAD (HDTP) OUTPUT DECOUPLING AND CORRECTIONS - Methods for piecewise-linear and piecewise-affine transformations parameter decoupling in High Dimensional Touchpad (HDTP) user touch interfaces including those with multitouch capabilities are described. A calculation chain provides a first-order calculation of up to six touch parameters (left-right, front-back, downward pressure, roll angle, pitch angle, yaw angle) responsive in real-time to user touch on a touch-responsive sensor array. A piecewise-affine transformation is applied to these first-order calculations to produce parameter decoupling. The piecewise-affine transformation can be structured to depend only on current numerical values from the first-order calculation. Alternatively, the piecewise-affine transformation can be structured to additionally depend on the positive or negative direction of change over time of at least one numerical value from the first-order calculation, thereby providing a correction for hysteresis effects. | 10-27-2011 |
20120056688 | THROUGH-ZERO PULSE-WIDTH MODULATION PROCESS WITH PERIOD-AVERAGE-ZERO - New methods for generating through-zero pulse-width modulation are disclosed. In one approach, a periodic reference signal varies over time over at least one portion of the period. A pulse-width control signal varies linearly with time over at least one portion of the reference signal. The reference signal is compared with the pulse-width control value to produce a first pulse waveform. The value of a function of the control value is subtracted from the first pulse waveform to produce through-zero pulse-width modulation. In another approach, the difference in value between two ramp or sawtooth periodic waveforms is computed to produce a pulse waveform with a time-varying DC offset that varies linearly in time. The time-varying offset-term is retained with the pulse waveform, producing through-zero pulse-width modulation. | 03-08-2012 |
20120085951 | ROTARY PLUG, BALL, AND LABORATORY STOPCOCK VALVES WITH ARBITRARY MAPPING OF FLOW TO ROTATION ANGLE AND PROVISIONS FOR SERVO CONTROLS - A system for extending the adjustment range and flow control precision of the flow of materials in a rotary valve is described. The system includes a valve body, an input and an output port penetrating the valve body and providing couplable means to the outside of the valve body, a rotating member deposed in the valve body, and motor or servo connected to the rotating member. The rotating member has two elongated openings, the longer dimensions of the openings are aligned circumferentially and positioned so that they are diagonally opposite of each other on the circumference. A passageway through the rotating member connects the two elongated openings. A motor is coupled to the rotating member and controls the angular rotation within a first range of angular positions overlapping, at least in part, the two ports, and within a second range of angular positions wherein the two elongated opening so not overlap the two ports. | 04-12-2012 |
20120112830 | TOWARDS THE VERY SMALLEST ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS: TRANSDUCTION, SIGNAL PROCESSING, AND DIGITAL LOGIC IN MOLECULAR FUSED-RINGS VIA MESH RING-CURRENTS - A system implementing molecular electronics is disclosed. The system includes a fused-ring molecule and a molecular orbital structure capable of supporting an induced or sustained ring current. The ring currents can be induced by a time-varying magnetic field, a circularly poralized short duration laser pulse, or other ringcurrent simulating phenomena. At least one aspect of the molecule affecting the ring current can be changed by one or more input stimulus signals. At least one aspect of the ring currents induces an associated output effect responsive to changes in the ring currents. At least one of the ring currents is induced by one or more one time-varying magnetic field, and the mutual interaction among ring currents is used to create electron flows of a mesh-topology electrical circuit. | 05-10-2012 |
20120280927 | SIMPLE TOUCH INTERFACE AND HDTP GRAMMARS FOR RAPID OPERATION OF PHYSICAL COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN (CAD) SYSTEMS - A tactile grammar method for implementing a touch-based user interface for a Computer Aided Design software application is provided. A tactile array sensor responsive to touch of at least one finger of a human user provides tactile sensing information that is processed to produce a sequence of symbols and numerical values responsive to the touch of the finger. At least one symbol is associated with one or more gesteme, and each gesteme is comprised by at least one touch gesture. A sequence of symbols is recognized as a sequence of gestemes, which is in turn recognized as a sequence of touch gestures subject to a grammatical rule producing a meaning that corresponds to a command. The command is submitted to a Computer Aided Design software application which executes the command, wherein the grammatical rule provides the human user a framework for associating the meaning with the first and second gesture. | 11-08-2012 |