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Amber Marsel Herold, Del Mar, CA US
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| 20080303902 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INTEGRATING VIDEO ANALYTICS AND DATA ANALYTICS/MINING - A method and system detects potential suspicious behavior in a monitored facility. The monitored facility includes at least one point of transaction terminal. Video content of an activity occurring at the monitored facility and transaction data relating to a transaction processed at the transaction terminal are collected. The video content is correlated with the transaction data to produce correlated data. A set of user-defined rules are applied to the correlated data. Responsive to identifying a match between the correlated data and at least one rule of the set of user-defined rules, the transaction is determined to be potentially suspicious. | 12-11-2008 |
Anthony E. Herold, Greeley, CO US
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| 20100184599 | HERBICIDE COMPOSITION COMPRISING HERBICIDE COMPOUND IN ACID FORM AND ACIDIFYING AGENT - Described are herbicide compositions and methods for their preparation and use, in particular, herbicide compositions and methods relating to herbicide compositions containing herbicide compounds in acid form, and further including an acidifying agent. | 07-22-2010 |
Brad L. Herold, Austin, TX US
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| 20120102302 | PROCESSOR TESTING - Processors may be tested according to various implementations. In one general implementation, a process for processor testing may include randomly generating a first plurality of branch instructions for a first portion of an instruction set, each branch instruction in the first portion branching to a respective instruction in a second portion of the instruction set, the branching of the branch instructions to the respective instructions being arranged in a sequential manner. The process may also include randomly generating a second plurality of branch instructions for the second portion of the instruction set, each branch instruction in the second portion branching to a respective instruction in the first portion of the instruction set, the branching of the branch instructions to the respective instructions being arranged in a sequential manner. The process may additionally include generating a plurality of instructions to increment a counter when each branch instruction is encountered during execution. | 04-26-2012 |
Brad Lee Herold, Austin, TX US
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| 20080301402 | Method and System for Stealing Interrupt Vectors - A system for stealing interrupt vectors from an operating system. Custom interrupt handler extensions are copied into an allocated block of memory from a kernel module. Also, operating system interrupt handlers are copied into a reserved space in the allocated block of memory from an interrupt vector memory location. In response to copying the operating system interrupt handlers into the reserved space in the allocated block of memory, custom interrupt handlers from the kernel module are copied over the operating system interrupt handlers in the interrupt vector memory location. The custom interrupt handlers after being copied into the interrupt vector memory location handle all interrupts received by the operating system. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20110197049 | TWO PASS TEST CASE GENERATION USING SELF-MODIFYING INSTRUCTION REPLACEMENT - A test code generation technique that replaces instructions having a machine state dependent result with special redirection instructions provides generation of test code in which state dependent execution choices are made without a state model. Redirection instructions cause execution of a handler than examines the machine state and replaces the redirection instruction with a replacement instruction having a desired result resolved in accordance with the current machine state. The instructions that are replaced may be conditional branch instructions and the result a desired execution path. The examination of the machine state permits determination of a branch condition for the replacement instruction so that the next pass of the test code executes along the desired path. Alternatively, the handler can execute a jump to the branch instruction, causing immediate execution of the desired branch path. The re-direction instructions may be illegal instructions, which cause execution of an interrupt handler that performs the replacement. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110246696 | Interrupt Vector Piggybacking - A hypervisor receives an interrupt that includes a target address and, in turn, branches to an administrating interrupt vector. Next, the administrating interrupt vector determines whether to branch to a piggyback interrupt handler corresponding to a piggyback interrupt vector. Based upon the determination, the hypervisor either branches to the piggyback interrupt handler or to an administrating interrupt handler that corresponds to the administrating interrupt vector. | 10-06-2011 |
Duane D. Herold, Arcadia, WI US
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| 20090102269 | DROP-IN SEAT UNIT - The present invention provides for a drop-in seat unit as well as a method of manufacturing the drop-in seat unit that does not require the worker to affix one end of the spring to a frame rail and stretch the spring from one of the frame rails to the other frame rail. The ends of the spring are affixed to the frame rails while the springs are in an un-stretched state. Once the plurality of springs is attached to the two frame rails, the rails are mechanically pulled away from each other, thus created a larger open area between the frame rails and thus extending the springs. Once the rails are properly positioned in this extended state, support members are positioned between the two frame rails and one end of each support member is affixed to each frame rail, traversing the space or gap between the two frame rails. The support members fix the distance between the two frame rails. Once the springs are attached to the two frame rails and the support members are affixed to the two frame rails, the completed drop-in seat unit or seat box assembly is unclamped and released from the manufacturing apparatus and is ready for shipment or use in further construction of the sofa or chair. | 04-23-2009 |
James M. Herold, Greeley, CO US
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| 20080250348 | MODIFYING AN ORDER OF PROCESSING OF A TASK PERFORMED ON A PLURALITY OF OBJECTS - Methods, apparatuses and computer program products are provided for modifying an order of processing of a task performed on a plurality of objects. A user selects a plurality of objects and a task to perform on the objects, and the initial order of processing of the objects is displayed to the user. The user may modify the initial order of processing to generate a modified order of processing while the task is performed on one of the objects. For example, a user may remove an object not yet processed from the order of processing. Performance of the task then continues on the remaining objects in the modified order of processing. | 10-09-2008 |
| 20090015856 | METHODS AND STRUCTURE FOR MANAGING PRESENTATION OF MULTI-LANGUAGE FONTS - Methods and structures for improved font management providing for selection of one or more subsets of a selected typeface font in a font management program. A user is presented with information identifying one or more subsets of related code points in a selected typeface in a font management program. By selecting one or more subsets from the presented information, the user may reduce wasted presentation or management of code points in the typeface that are not presently of interest to the user. For example, when managing a Unicode typeface, a user may be prompted to select one or more language subsets prior to printing/displaying a matrix of the glyphs of the selected typeface. The presentation of glyphs or other code point information may then be limited to only the selected one or more subsets. | 01-15-2009 |
| 20110285766 | Ink Management and Monitoring Mechanism - A method is disclosed. The method includes receiving a print job to be printed, determining if the print job is to be printed as a monochrome print job, invoking a monochrome International Color Consortium (ICC) profile if the print job is determined to be a monochrome print job, printing the monochrome print job and tracking a first print volume during periods in which the monochrome ICC profile has been invoked. | 11-24-2011 |
James Michael Herold, Greeley, CO US
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| 20110007345 | Mechanism for Synchronizing Documents for Multi-Print Processing - A printing system is disclosed. The printing system includes a first printer to print a first type of data to a medium and to print machine readable data on the medium including a unique identifier (ID), a database to store variable data information associated with the ID and a second printer to read the barcode to acquire the ID, retrieve the variable data from the database using the ID and print the variable data to the medium. | 01-13-2011 |
Jeffrey C. Herold, Huntington Beach, CA US
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| 20110000591 | BASE SUPPORT MEMBER FOR TRAVEL BAG - A base support to support a bag can include a bottom, a back, and a pair of side portions each coupled to the back at curved joints. A plurality of reinforcement ribs can be configured along the bottom, back, and side portions to resist bending. The base support is formed from a single piece of material without corners and/or seams. The base support back portion, bottom portion, and side portions blend smoothly into one another and the base support is configured to accommodate at least a portion of the travel bag. | 01-06-2011 |
Jeffrey Herold, Huntington Beach, CA US
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| 20100170761 | SELF-STABILIZED ROLLABLE LUGGAGE ASSEMBLY AND CORRESPONDING ASSEMBLY METHOD - A luggage assembly includes a first piece of luggage and a second piece of luggage. An attachment member is affixed to the second piece of luggage. The attachment member couples the second piece of luggage to the first piece of luggage so that the first and second pieces of luggage are self-stabilized while upright and inclined, and while in motion and while stationary. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100236886 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SELF-STABILIZING ROLLABLE LUGGAGE ASSEMBLY - An apparatus and method for forming a self-stabilized luggage assembly is disclosed. In one embodiment the method includes coupling a first piece of luggage in contact with a second piece of luggage using an adjustable stabilizer configured to couple a handle on the first piece of luggage to a handle on the second piece of luggage while wheels on the bottom of the first and second pieces of luggage remain on the ground when the first and second pieces of luggage are tilted, upright, moving, and stationary. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 09-23-2010 |
Jeffrey Alan Herold, Bellevue, WA US
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| 20080319925 | Computer Hardware Metering - A computer or other electronic device may be used in one of several selectable modes of operation. Computer resources, such as a processor, memory, or a graphics controller, are individually settable for operation at different levels of performance. A mode of operation or performance level is determined by the combination of individual settings for the various resources. Pay-per-use operation is charged at a rate determined by the mode of operation or performance level. Operation in a gaming mode may be charged at a higher rate than operation in web-browsing mode. A metering agent may be associated with each scalable use resource to securely set the performance level and to securely report on metered operation of the resource. | 12-25-2008 |
| 20080320312 | Hardware-Based Computer Theft Deterrence - A hardware-based security module is used to protect an electronic device, especially a portable electronic device. The security module may determine either via timeout of a watchdog timer or via an explicit message to encrypt selected data on the electronic device. In addition, the electronic device may enter a limited function mode that only allows display of simplistic messages and supports network traffic with a recovery service. The recovery service may be able to use the network traffic to locate the electronic device. The security module may include a secure memory, a cryptographic function, a timer, and support for direct display of data on a monitor. | 12-25-2008 |
June R. Herold, Falls Church, VA US
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| 20120030301 | Using Automated Agents To Facilitate Chat Communications - An automated agent, such as an instant message robot, is be used to facilitate introduction of a chat participant to a small group of other chat participants in a chat room. To do so, for example, a BOT may present a chat participant who desires to be introduced to a small group of chat participants in a chat room with a series of multiple-choice questions, identify a subset of chat participants based on responses to the multiple-choice questions, and provide introductions among the chat participants in the subset to facilitate conversation therebetween. For example, the introductions provided by the BOT may indicate areas of mutual interest among chat participants in the subset, similar responses to one or more multiple-choice questions, and/or diverse responses to one or more multiple-choice questions. | 02-02-2012 |
Keith Herold, Seattle, WA US
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| 20100177877 | ENHANCED VOICEMAIL USAGE THROUGH AUTOMATIC VOICEMAIL PREVIEW - Textual preview of a voicemail is generated and provided through email or similar media to users along with the audio version. Transcription of the textual version, as well as additional capabilities such as actionable terms, playback-jump, switching between text and audio versions, direct or metadata based searchability, and enhanced response capabilities are provided based on contextual data obtained from voicemail metadata and user associated data stores such as contact list, email history. | 07-15-2010 |
Keith C. Herold, Seattle, WA US
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| 20100318356 | APPLICATION OF USER-SPECIFIED TRANSFORMATIONS TO AUTOMATIC SPEECH RECOGNITION RESULTS - Textual transcription of speech is generated and formatted according to user-specified transformation and behavior requirements for a speech recognition system having input grammars and transformations. An apparatus may include a speech recognition platform configured to receive a user-specified transformation requirement, recognize speech in speech data into recognized speech according to a set of recognition grammars; and apply transformations to the recognized speech according to the user-specified transformation requirement. The apparatus may further be configured to receive a user-specified behavior requirement and transform the recognized speech according to the behavior requirement. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100318359 | APPLICATION-DEPENDENT INFORMATION FOR RECOGNITION PROCESSING - Architecture for integrating application-dependent information into a constraints component at deployment time or when available. In terms of a general grammar, the constraints component can include or be a general grammar that comprises application-independent information and is structured in such a way that application-dependent information can be integrated into the general grammar without loss of fidelity. The general grammar includes a probability space and reserves a section of the probability space for the integration of application-dependent information. An integration component integrates the application-dependent information into the reserved section of the probability space for recognition processing. The application-dependent information is integrated into the reserved section of the probability space at deployment time or when available. The general grammar is structured to support the integration and improve the overall system. | 12-16-2010 |
Keith C. Herold, San Diego, CA US
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| 20090043576 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TUNING AND TESTING IN A SPEECH RECOGNITION SYSTEM - Systems and methods for improving the performance of a speech recognition system. In some embodiments a tuner module and/or a tester module are configured to cooperate with a speech recognition system. The tester and tuner modules can be configured to cooperate with each other. In one embodiment, the tuner module may include a module for playing back a selected portion of a digital data audio file, a module for creating and/or editing a transcript of the selected portion, and/or a module for displaying information associated with a decoding of the selected portion, the decoding generated by a speech recognition engine. In other embodiments, the tester module can include an editor for creating and/or modifying a grammar, a module for receiving a selected portion of a digital audio file and its corresponding transcript, and a scoring module for producing scoring statistics of the decoding based at least in part on the transcript. | 02-12-2009 |
Kevan Herold, Scarsdale, NY US
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| 20080214453 | Methods for treating inflammation - The present invention provides a method for treating inflammation in a subject which comprises administering to the subject soluble receptor for advanced glycation endproduct (sRAGE) in an amount effective to inhibit binding of advanced glycation endproducts (AGEs) to RAGE thereby treating inflammation in the subject. The present invention also provides for a method for treating inflammation in a subject which comprises administering to the subject an agent in an amount effective to inhibit the interaction between receptor for advanced glycation endproduct (RAGE) and its ligand thereby treating inflammation in the subject. | 09-04-2008 |
Klaus Herold, Fishkill, NY US
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| 20100187611 | Contacts in Semiconductor Devices - Mask sets, layout design, and methods for forming contacts in devices are described. In one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a plurality of contacts disposed over a substrate, the plurality of contacts being disposed as rows and columns on an orthogonal grid, each row of the plurality of contacts is spaced from an neighboring row of the plurality of contacts by a first distance, and each column of the plurality of contacts is spaced from an neighboring column of the plurality of contacts by a second distance. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20120070977 | Methods For Forming Contacts in Semiconductor Devices - Mask sets, layout design, and methods for forming contacts in devices are described. In one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a plurality of contacts disposed over a substrate, the plurality of contacts being disposed as rows and columns on an orthogonal grid, each row of the plurality of contacts is spaced from an neighboring row of the plurality of contacts by a first distance, and each column of the plurality of contacts is spaced from an neighboring column of the plurality of contacts by a second distance. | 03-22-2012 |
Klaus Herold, Poughquag, NY US
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| 20090081563 | Integrated Circuits and Methods of Design and Manufacture Thereof - Integrated circuits and methods of manufacture and design thereof are disclosed. For example, a method of manufacturing includes depositing a gate material over a semiconductor substrate, and depositing a first resist layer over the gate material. A first mask is used to pattern the first resist layer to form first and second resist features. The first resist features include pattern for gate lines of the semiconductor device and the second resist features include printing assist features. A second mask is used to form a resist template; the second mask removes the second resist features. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090160062 | Semiconductor Devices and Methods of Manufacturing Thereof - Semiconductor devices, methods of manufacturing thereof, lithography masks, and methods of designing lithography masks are disclosed. In one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a plurality of first features disposed in a first material layer. At least one second feature is disposed in a second material layer, the at least one second feature being disposed over and coupled to the plurality of first features. The at least one second feature includes at least one void disposed between at least two of the plurality of first features. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090200583 | Feature Patterning Methods - Methods of patterning features of semiconductor devices and methods of processing and fabricating semiconductor devices are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of processing a semiconductor device includes forming first sidewall spacers on a first hard mask, removing the first hard mask, and forming a first material layer over the first sidewall spacers. A second hard mask is formed over the first material layer and the first sidewall spacers. Second sidewall spacers are formed on the second hard mask, and the second hard mask is removed. At least the first sidewall spacers are patterned using the second sidewall spacers as a mask. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20100175041 | ADJUSTMENT OF MASK SHAPES FOR IMPROVING PRINTABILITY OF DENSE INTEGRATED CIRCUIT LAYOUT - Embodiments of the present invention provide a method for making mask shape adjustment The method includes creating a first mask shape; identifying one or more mask segments of the first mask shape as candidate mask segments of needing segment adjustment; applying an optical proximity correction (OPC) process to the first mask shape, the OPC process identifying at least one of the candidate mask segments as a constrained mask segment; applying a rotational adjustment to the constrained mask segment; and creating a second mask shape having the constrained mask segment being rotationally adjusted. A system and a machine-readable medium for performing the above method are also provided. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20110171821 | Semiconductor Devices and Methods of Manufacturing Thereof - Semiconductor devices, methods of manufacturing thereof, lithography masks, and methods of designing lithography masks are disclosed. In one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a plurality of first features disposed in a first material layer. At least one second feature is disposed in a second material layer, the at least one second feature being disposed over and coupled to the plurality of first features. The at least one second feature includes at least one void disposed between at least two of the plurality of first features. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110197169 | Methods of Optical Proximity Correction - Systems and methods of optical proximity correction are disclosed. A preferred embodiment comprises a method of determining optical proximity correction, which includes providing a design for a lithography mask. The design comprises a layout for a material layer of a semiconductor device. A predicted wafer image producible by the design for the lithography mask is calculated, and an amount of error between a target image and the calculated predicted wafer image is measured over a plurality of pixels of the predicted wafer image. The plurality of pixels comprises a plurality of different sizes. | 08-11-2011 |
Mark D. Herold, Stow, OH US
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| 20090052755 | ADJUSTABLE PHANTOM - An adjustable phantom ( | 02-26-2009 |
Mark Douglas Herold, Stow, OH US
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| 20110082348 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ILLUMINATING THE INTERIOR OF A MEDICAL IMAGING DEVICE - A method and apparatus for illuminating the interior of a medical imaging device is provided. The method and apparatus may convey information to the patient within the scanning tube via the use of different colors or brightness of illuminating light and images and/or text may be provided. | 04-07-2011 |
Michael A. Herold, Buffalo Grove, IL US
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| 20110215139 | PREPAID CARD LOAN MECHANISM AND METHODS OF COMPLETING TRANSACTIONS AND TRANSFORMING GOODS - Loan mechanisms for completing transactions made with prepaid cards where an insufficient balance exists on the prepaid card to complete the transaction, methods of completing transactions for an amount that exceeds an available balance on a prepaid card, and methods of transforming goods from a state of being retail inventory to a state of being owned by and in the possession of an end user. Loan mechanisms may include a website, a database, a connection to at least one prepaid card authorization machine, programmed technology to evaluate whether to make a loan, an apparatus to add funds to the card sufficient to cover the transaction, and a collection feature for collecting the loaned funds plus compensation. Methods may include acts of collecting information, perceiving a transaction attempt for an amount that exceeds an available balance, evaluating consent, evaluating credit risk, loaning money, and later collecting from the card holder. | 09-08-2011 |
Nicholas B. Herold, Lafayette, IN US
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| 20110223683 | AFFINITY SELECTOR BASED RECOGNITION AND QUANTIFICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTIPLE ANALYTES IN A SINGLE ANALYSIS - A multi-dimensional method for simultaneously analyzing multiple analytes within a sample solution, comprising adding affinity selectors to a sample solution containing analytes to be measured, the affinity selectors having an affinity for one or more of the analytes within the sample solution; allowing immune complexes to form between the affinity selectors and the analytes; partially or totally resolving the formed immune complexes from non-analyte substances within the sample solution; dissociating the resolved immune complexes; separating the analytes and the affinity selectors of the dissociated immune complexes from one another by capturing the analytes through a surface adsorption process; transferring the captured analytes to a detection means; and resolving the analytes with the detection means in accordance with their mass-to-charge ratios. | 09-15-2011 |
Randy E. Herold, San Diego, CA US
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| 20120080007 | Fuel injector support constructions for direct injection opposed-piston engines - An opposed-piston internal combustion engine with one or more ported cylinders and uniflow scavenging includes fuel injectors supported at compound angles with respect to the cylinders in order to directly inject spray patterns of fuel in opposing directions through the side walls of the cylinders. | 04-05-2012 |
Robert A. Herold, Peoria, IL US
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| 20090105036 | DROP BOX FOR POWERTRAIN - An output transfer group, or drop box, can include a housing and a gear transfer train, rotatably supported within the housing, that includes an input gear adapted for enmeshing engagement with a transmission output shaft and a gear transfer output shaft that is rotatable upon rotation of the input gear. A coupler can be provided that includes a hub rotatively coupled with the gear transfer output shaft, a bearing carrier, a coupler output shaft rotatively coupled to the bearing carrier, and a coupling mechanism rotatively coupled to the bearing carrier. The coupling mechanism can be movable between an engaged position, wherein the coupling mechanism is rotatively coupled to the hub, and a disengaged position, wherein the coupling mechanism is disengaged from the hub. A solenoid can be arranged with the coupling mechanism to selectively move the coupling mechanism from the disengaged position to the engaged position. | 04-23-2009 |
Robert D. Herold, Monroeville, PA US
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| 20090081463 | TINTED ARTICLE HAVING A HIGH REFRACTIVE INDEX - Disclosed is a tinted article formed from a substrate having a refractive index of at least 1.57 comprising at least partially polymerized sulfur-containing polyurethane material and/or at least partially polymerized sulfur-containing polyurethaneurea material; an intermediate coating applied to at least a portion of the substrate; a tintable hardcoat applied to at least a portion of the intermediate coating; and tint applied to at least a portion of the tintable hardcoat. Methods for preparing the tinted articles also are provided. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20100048852 | High impact poly(urethane urea) polysulfides - The present invention relates to a sulfur-containing polyureaurethane and a method of preparing the polyureaurethane. The sulfur-containing polyureaurethane has a refractive index of at least 1.57, an Abbe number of at least 32 and a density of less than 1.3 grams/cm | 02-25-2010 |
Robert R. Herold, Carlisle, MA US
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| 20090261659 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR POWER SUPPLY SYNCHRONIZATION IN RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID) READERS - A system for power supply synchronization in an Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) reader is shown and described. In one embodiment, the system includes one or more switched mode power supply devices and a signal generator. Each of the switched mode power supply devices provides power to at least one component of the RFID reader. The signal generator transmits a synchronization signal of a controlling frequency to each of the one or more power supply devices. In one embodiment, the system includes a signal processing unit that is configured to reject one or more spectral components from the output of the RFID reader. | 10-22-2009 |
| 20100069011 | Methods and Apparatus For Self-Jamming Suppression In A Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Reader - A circuit for transmitter-receiver isolation that is useful in a monostatic (combined transmitting and receiving) antenna configuration is shown and described. In addition, methods and systems are shown for automatically adjusting the circuit in response to changes in antenna configuration, external signal reflectors, and jamming energy (e.g., self jammer energy) by adjusting the circuit to tune out these sources of jammer energy to yield an increase in RFID reader receiver sensitivity when compared to measurements of the receiver sensitivity when the jammer energy is not present. | 03-18-2010 |
Steven D. Herold, Madison, AL US
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| 20090300083 | Method And Apparatus for Copying Objects in An Object-Oriented Environment Using A Multiple-Transaction Technique - A large number of objects, such as objects representing beams and columns in an object-oriented enterprise engineering system, may be copied in a model database by partitioning the objects according to certain criteria into a number of ordered small copy groups and copying the objects in each group as an atomic operation. Objects that are to be copied are organized into the ordered groups, and the groups are copied in order, such that all predecessors of a given object are copied into the database before, or in the same small operation as, the given object. If a large copy operation abnormally terminates before all the small copy operations have been completed, the model database is, nevertheless, left in a consistent state, and the copy operation may be resumed from the point of interruption. Furthermore, the number of objects that may be copied is not constrained by the amount of memory available in the system. | 12-03-2009 |