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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 |
