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Andrew Aitken, Sunnyvale, CA US
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| 20090002563 | LIGHT-LEAKAGE-CORRECTION TECHNIQUE FOR VIDEO PLAYBACK - Embodiments of a system that includes one or more integrated circuits are described. During operation, the system compensates for gamma correction in a video image to produce a linear relationship between brightness values and an associated brightness of the video image when displayed, where the compensation includes an offset at minimum brightness that is associated with light leakage in a display that is configured to display video images. Then, the system calculates an intensity setting of a light source based on at least a portion of the compensated video image, the light source configured to illuminate the display. Next, the system adjusts the compensated video image so that a product of the intensity setting and a transmittance associated with the adjusted video image approximately equals a product of a previous intensity setting and a transmittance associated with the video image. | 01-01-2009 |
Andrew P. Aitken, Cupertino, CA US
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| 20100091048 | FRAME SYNCHRONIZATION OF PULSE-WIDTH MODULATED BACKLIGHTS - An apparatus for controlling backlighting of an electronic display, such as a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel. The apparatus may synchronize a power cycle of one or more light-emitting diode (LED) strings to a frame rate of the LCD panel. | 04-15-2010 |
Andrew P. Aitken, Sunnyvale, CA US
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| 20120068978 | BACKLIGHT SYSTEM FOR A DISPLAY - A method and system for modifying a pulse width modulation signal for controlling the backlit illumination intensity of a liquid crystal display. The modified pulse width modulated signal may be selected to operate with at least one pulse having a first duty cycle with the remaining pulses in the pulse width modulation signal having a second duty cycle across a selected number of pulses making up a given time period (i.e., frame). By utilizing more than one duty cycle for the pulses of the pulse width modulated signal to drive light sources in a display during a given frame, the overall number of backlit illumination intensities for the liquid crystal display may be increased. By distributing the differing pulse duty cycles within a group of pulses of within a frame, visible artifacts may be reduced. | 03-22-2012 |
Brian S. Aitken, Satellite Beach, FL US
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| 20110172082 | Mechanical Alloying of a Hydrogenation Catalyst Used for the Remediation of Contaminated Compounds - A hydrogenation catalyst including a base material coated with a catalytic metal is made using mechanical milling techniques. The hydrogenation catalysts are used as an excellent catalyst for the dehalogenation of contaminated compounds and the remediation of other industrial compounds. Preferably, the hydrogenation catalyst is a bimetallic particle including zero-valent metal particles coated with a catalytic material. The mechanical milling technique is simpler and cheaper than previously used methods for producing hydrogenation catalysts. | 07-14-2011 |
Brian Thomas Aitken, Livonia, MI US
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| 20090056829 | FUEL FILLER SYSTEM FOR AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLE - A capless fuel filler device includes an anti-contamination seal mounted upon an external portion of a fuel filler passage extending through the device. An anti-contamination plug may selectively be inserted into the combination passage so as to sealingly engage the anti-contamination seal. A contaminant drain leading from the valve body's fuel and nozzle passage serves to not only remove liquid contaminants from the fuel and nozzle passage, but also to mitigate any incidental buildup of vacuum within the fuel tank. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090056830 | FUEL FILLER CLOSURE DEVICE FOR AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLE - A fuel filler closure device for an automotive vehicle includes a valve body adapted for mounting to a fuel filler pipe and having a filler passage. An access door mounted within the valve body has an open position allowing placement of a fuel nozzle within the filler passage and a closed position for blocking insertion of a filler nozzle. The locking mechanism selectively permits the access door to move from the closed position to the open position. The locking mechanism may include either a manual locking device, or an electronic or other type of remote lock which will be responsive to a vehicle condition. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090235567 | Fuel Filler Pipe Information Collar for Fuel Type Identification - A fuel type information collar is provided. The fuel type information collar is configured to engage an outer perimeter of a fuel tank filler pipe assembly of an automotive vehicle. It may include an inner perimeter defining an aperture configured to engage the outer perimeter of the fuel tank filler pipe assembly. It may additionally include a top surface including indicia of fuel type information for indicating type of fuel to be used by the automotive vehicle. It may further include a plurality of radial finger cuts angularly spaced around the inner perimeter, the plurality of radial finger cuts forming a plurality of fingers that engage the outer perimeter of the fuel tank filler pipe assembly. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20110079322 | FUEL FILLER SYSTEM - A capless fuel filler system has lower and upper sealing doors. The upper sealing door prevents water, water vapor, dust, etc. from entering into the space between the lower and upper doors. In prior systems with one sealing door a drain is provided to remove water (either directly entering or condensed water vapor), dust, or excess fuel drips from fueling just upstream of the lower door. By providing two sealing doors, water and dust cannot access the lower door. Although some fuel may puddle upstream of the lower door after a fueling event, the fuel is trapped, with no drain to the exterior, between lower and upper doors. If such fuel evaporates, it causes the lower door to open and vents the fuel vapors to the fuel tank, a desirable disposition for the vapors. The two sealing doors are contained in separate components to facilitate interchangeability and serviceability. | 04-07-2011 |
Bruce G. Aitken, Corning, NY US
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| 20100099546 | TRANSPARENT, COLORLESS TITANIA-FREE BETA-QUARTZ GLASS-CERAMIC - The invention relates to a transparent and essentially colorless β-quartz glass-ceramic material which is free of TiO | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100186449 | HERMETICALLY SEALED GLASS PACKAGE AND METHOD OF FABRICATION - A hermetically sealed glass package and method for manufacturing the hermetically sealed glass package are described herein using an OLED display as an example. In one embodiment, the hermetically sealed glass package is manufactured by providing a first substrate plate and a second substrate plate. The second substrate contains at least one transition or rare earth metal such as iron, copper, vanadium, manganese, cobalt, nickel, chromium, neodymium and/or cerium. A sensitive thin-film device that needs protection is deposited onto the first substrate plate. A laser is then used to heat the doped second substrate plate in a manner that causes a portion of it to swell and form a hermetic seal that connects the first substrate plate to the second substrate plate and also protects the thin film device. The second substrate plate is doped with at least one transition metal such that when the laser interacts with it there is an absorption of light from the laser in the second substrate plate, which leads to the formation of the hermetic seal while avoiding thermal damage to the thin-film device. Another embodiment of the hermetically sealed glass package and a method for manufacturing that hermetically sealed glass package are also described herein. | 07-29-2010 |
David Elmo Aitken, Eagle Mountain, UT US
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| 20110167336 | GESTURE-BASED WEB SITE DESIGN - A method of generating a web site including one or more web pages includes receiving user input including a selection of one of a plurality of web site layouts, each web site layout including a plurality of elements configured to be customized by a user. The plurality of elements of the selected web site layout is displayed on a display device, including a first element displayed in a first position on the display device. User input including a drag and drop action performed on the first element is received. The first element is then displayed in a second position on the display device, the second position being different than the first position according to the user input including the drag and drop action. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110167360 | INCOMING WEB TRAFFIC CONVERSION - A method implemented by a server hosting a web site includes storing a plurality of market-specific data structures that are each associated with a different market corresponding to a particular geographic area. Each market-specific data structure includes content customized for a corresponding market. The server receives, from a client device, a request for a web page in a web site hosted by the server. The server reads an Internet Protocol (“IP”) address from the web page request received from the client device to identify a geographic location of the client device based on the IP address. The server also returns, to the client device, a market-specific data structure that is associated with a market corresponding to the identified geographic location of the client device. | 07-07-2011 |
John M. Aitken, Essex Junction, VT US
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| 20110068423 | PHOTODETECTOR WITH WAVELENGTH DISCRIMINATION, AND METHOD FOR FORMING THE SAME AND DESIGN STRUCTURE - The disclosure relates generally to photodetectors and methods of forming the same, and more particularly to optical photodetectors. The photodetector includes a waveguide having a radius that controls the specific wavelength or specific range of wavelengths being detected. The disclosure also relates to a design structure of the aforementioned. | 03-24-2011 |
John M. Aitken, South Burlington, VT US
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| 20080197337 | PHASE-CHANGE TaN RESISTOR BASED TRIPLE-STATE/MULTI-STATE READ ONLY MEMORY - The present invention relates to a nonvolatile memory such as, for example a ROM or an EPROM, in which the information density of the memory is increased relative to a conventional nonvolatile memory that includes two logic state devices. Specifically, the nonvolatile memory of the present invention includes a SiN/TaN/SiN thin film resistor embedded within a material having a thermal conductivity of about 1 W/m-K or less; and a non-linear Si-containing device coupled to the resistor. Read and write circuits and operations are also provided in the present application. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20080232159 | PHASE-CHANGE TaN RESISTOR BASED TRIPLE-STATE/MULTI-STATE READ ONLY MEMORY - The present invention relates to a nonvolatile memory such as, for example a ROM or an EPROM, in which the information density of the memory is increased relative to a conventional nonvolatile memory that includes two logic state devices. Specifically, the nonvolatile memory of the present invention includes a SiN/TaN/SiN thin film resistor embedded within a material having a thermal conductivity of about 1 W/m-K or less; and a non-linear Si-containing device coupled to the resistor. Read and write circuits and operations are also provided in the present application. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20100032795 | DESIGN STRUCTURE FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING RADIATION HARDENED INSULATORS AND STRUCTURE THEREOF - A design structure is provided for a semiconductor device having radiation hardened buried insulators and isolation insulators in SOI technology. The device includes a first structure and a second structure. The first structure includes: a radiation hardened BOX layer under an active device layer; radiation hardened shallow trench isolation (STI) structures between active regions of the active device layer and above the radiation hardened BOX layer; metal interconnects in one or more interlevel dielectric layers above gates structures of the active regions. The second structure is bonded to the first structure. The second structure includes: a Si based substrate; a BOX layer on the substrate; a Si layer with active regions on the BOX; oxide filled STI structures between the active regions of the Si layer; and metal interconnects in one or more interlevel dielectric layers above gates structures. At least one metal interconnect is electrically connecting the first structure to the second structure. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100035393 | METHOD FOR FABRICATING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE HAVING RADIATION HARDENED INSULATORS - A method is provided for fabricating a semiconductor device and more particularly to a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device having radiation hardened buried insulators and isolation insulators in SOI technology. The method includes removing a substrate from an SOI wafer and selectively removing a buried oxide layer formed as a layer between the SOI wafer and active regions of a device. The method further comprises selectively removing isolation oxide formed between the active regions, and replacing the removed buried oxide layer and the isolation oxide with radiation hardened insulators. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100237475 | NEUTRALIZATION OF TRAPPED CHARGE IN A CHARGE ACCUMULATION LAYER OF A SEMICONDUCTOR STRUCTURE - A semiconductor structure. The semiconductor structure includes a semiconductor layer, a charge accumulation layer on top of the semiconductor layer, a doped region in direct physical contact with the semiconductor layer; and a device layer on and in direct physical contact with the charge accumulation layer. The charge accumulation layer includes trapped charges of a first sign. The doped region and the semiconductor layer forms a P-N junction diode. The P-N junction diode includes free charges of a second sign opposite to the first sign. The trapped charge in the charge accumulation layer exceeds a preset limit above which semiconductor structure is configured to malfunction. A first voltage is applied to the doped region. A second voltage is applied to the semiconductor layer. A third voltage is applied to the device layer. The third voltage exceeds the first voltage and the second voltage. | 09-23-2010 |
Kevin Bartlett Aitken, Cupertino, CA US
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| 20090055843 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING INTER-APPLICATION ACCESSIBILITY - Methods and apparatuses for providing inter-application accessibility. Embodiments of the present invention provide a framework independent, introspective, extensible technique for describing and interacting with interfaces across application processes, in which an accessibility client dynamically discovers aspects of an element (e.g., a User Interface (UI) element) by asking for its lists of actions and attributes. For example, an accessibility client application can have framework independent access to accessibility server applications written in different frameworks, such as Cocoa, Carbon, Java, or others. Since the lists of attributes and actions are introspected at run time, an accessibility client can be dynamically extensible to handle new attributes and actions that are added to the accessibility server after the accessibility client is made. The accessibility servers have the flexibility to describe any aspect of an interface without limitation; and, the accessibility clients can interact with the accessibility servers (e.g., to perform actions) without a priori information about the interface element. | 02-26-2009 |
Michael Lloyd Aitken, Bremen, IN US
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| 20100104398 | FASTENER FOR BATHING APPARATUS - The present invention concerns a novel fastener that will find many applications. The fastener generally includes two sections, a head section and a pin section. The pin section consists of a generally elongate shaft that is divided into a barbed section including one or more distinctive barbs and a smooth section. As described herein, the features of this fastener greatly facilitate the assembly of components of pre-fabricated bathing apparatus, such as showers and bathtubs. Advantageously, the fastener may be manufactured from plastic or any other synthetic polymer, and can therefore be lightweight and economical to produce. | 04-29-2010 |
Ronald Jeremy Aitken, Draper, UT US
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| 20110167336 | GESTURE-BASED WEB SITE DESIGN - A method of generating a web site including one or more web pages includes receiving user input including a selection of one of a plurality of web site layouts, each web site layout including a plurality of elements configured to be customized by a user. The plurality of elements of the selected web site layout is displayed on a display device, including a first element displayed in a first position on the display device. User input including a drag and drop action performed on the first element is received. The first element is then displayed in a second position on the display device, the second position being different than the first position according to the user input including the drag and drop action. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110167360 | INCOMING WEB TRAFFIC CONVERSION - A method implemented by a server hosting a web site includes storing a plurality of market-specific data structures that are each associated with a different market corresponding to a particular geographic area. Each market-specific data structure includes content customized for a corresponding market. The server receives, from a client device, a request for a web page in a web site hosted by the server. The server reads an Internet Protocol (“IP”) address from the web page request received from the client device to identify a geographic location of the client device based on the IP address. The server also returns, to the client device, a market-specific data structure that is associated with a market corresponding to the identified geographic location of the client device. | 07-07-2011 |
Stuart Aitken, Pleasanton, CA US
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| 20080270262 | LOYALTY CARD BASED ALLERGY WARNING PROGRAM - The present application discloses systems and methods for managing nutritional information which in some embodiments comprises a database coupled to a central processor, a storage module configured to store in the database a plurality of records comprising loyalty card data for products purchased with a loyalty card and nutritional information for products available for purchase with the loyalty card, and a plurality of records relating to after sale product information. These systems and methods may further comprise a data processing module configured to compare products purchased with a loyalty card with the after sale product information, and determine if there are conflicts and an output module for transmitting results, wherein the central processor is configured to generate a report based upon the information found in the storage module. | 10-30-2008 |
William E. Aitken, Mercer Island, UT US
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| 20090089756 | VISUAL DEBUGGER FOR DECLARATIVE/DATA-FLOW APPLICATIONS - A framework is implemented. The framework is configured to execute an application within the framework, the application includes instantiated runtime objects. New instantiated runtime objects may be created and instantiated runtime objects destroyed while the application is executing. The framework is further configured to implement a debugger within the framework. At the debugger, instantiated runtime objects are correlated with lines of code of the application. Some embodiments allow users to debug executing applications. This can be accomplished by a user interacting with the executing application which then causes indications in the debugger or interacting with the debugger and which causes indications on instantiated runtime objects in the application. | 04-02-2009 |
| 20090112570 | DECLARATIVE MODEL INTERPRETATION - Embodiments described herein are directed to the constructing software applications based on data models and automatically reconfiguring runtime object graphs according to data model edits input by a user. In one embodiment, a computer system performs a method for constructing at least a portion of a software application based on a data model. The computer system accesses a data model that includes user-configurable construction information indicating how at least a portion of a software application is to be constructed. The declarative interpreter is configured to construct an application based on the construction information in the data model. The computer system interprets the construction information in the data model to determine how to construct at least a portion of the software application. The computer system also constructs at least a portion of the software application based on the interpretation of the construction information in the data model. | 04-30-2009 |
William Emeric Aitken, Mercer Island, WA US
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| 20090204944 | GENERIC XAD PROCESSING MODEL - Embodiments are directed to dynamically building software applications and dynamically updating software applications based on changed data values. In one embodiment, a computer system receives an indication that a software application is to be initiated. The computer system also receives an application description including tags describing software objects that are to be included in the software application, automatically maps portions of the application description identified by the tags to software objects using reflection, where the reflecting includes accessing properties associated with the software objects, and automatically binds properties of the software objects to the portions of the application description based declarative rules included in the software object properties associated with the software object. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090288069 | Dynamic Declarative Application Description - Embodiments described herein are directed to dynamically reconfiguring at least a portion of an operating software application. In one embodiment, a computer system receives an edit indicating that at least one portion of an operating software application is to be edited, where the edit includes changes that are to be dynamically applied to the application. The computer system instantiates dynamic configuration builders designed to implement application changes as indicated by the received edit and determines which portions of the application are to be suspended while the changes to the application are implemented. The computer system suspends the determined application portions until the application changes are implemented and implements the changes indicated by the edit on the suspended portion of the application, while the remainder of the application continues operating. The computer system also dynamically reconfigures the application with the implemented changes, where the reconfiguring includes reinitializing the suspended application portions. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20100306731 | HIERARCHICAL VIEW STATE STORAGE - Indexing domains of a declarative application with view state information for the domain to enable persisting the view state of the declarative application. The domains are organized in a tree. Each domain is built by a configuration builder. The method includes indexing a domain of a declarative application by indexing a path name in an index. The path name includes a path name of the parent domain of the domain; an identifier of the configuration builder used to build the domain; and an identifier of one or more local decisions made by the configuration builder when creating the domain. The method further includes correlating a unique identifier key to the path name in the index and correlating view state information for the domain to the unique key identifier. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100306740 | COMPOSITE VALUES FOR DECLARATIVE LANGUAGE APPLICATIONS - One embodiment is directed to a method that may be practiced in a declarative application with composites organized hierarchically, including composites in the same hierarchy, but not directly related by direct intervening child/parent relationships. The method includes acts for providing a link between composites unrelated by direct intervening child/parent relationships. The method includes rendering data at a user interface. The data is associated with a first composite in a declarative application. The method further includes detecting, at the user interface, user interaction with the rendered data. As a result of detecting user interaction with the rendered data, the method further includes defining a composite path to the first composite. The method further includes providing the name of the path as a local variable to a second composite such that the second composite can interact with the data. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20110307524 | UNIFIED CONCURRENT CHANGES TO DATA, SCHEMA, AND APPLICATION - Changes are managed in a multi-user database application environment. Proposed changes are collected, including changes to data, schema, and/or application descriptions. A user may specify foreign key relationships between items belonging to one or more of these categories. A view is produced showing the impact proposed changes would have on the environment if successfully committed. The user's proposed changes are ordered according to their dependencies, and submitted for committal together in a single transaction, subject to optimistic concurrency and consistency checks. For example, a proposed change to a data value may be inconsistent with a change which removed a data element containing the data value. The commitment operation may return identifiers and other return values, in addition to indicating whether the commitment was successful. | 12-15-2011 |