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Alvin Siu-Chung Ng, Hong Kong HK
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| 20080207228 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING CALL SETUP DELAY BY INCLUDING INTERFERENCE INFORMATION IN PAGING MESSAGE - An apparatus and method for reducing call setup time of a wireless communication device including determining an uplink interference information, including the uplink interference information in a paging message to be sent on a Common Control Channel and sending the paging message on the Common Control Channel. In one aspect, the paging message is received, the uplink interference information from the received paging message is obtained, and a RRC connection request message is sent in response to the received paging message. | 08-28-2008 |
Andrew Sung-On Ng, Hong Kong CN
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| 20090317704 | PRISMATIC BATTERY WITH NOVEL INTER-CELL CONNECTION - A battery includes a plurality of prismatic battery cells, wherein prismatic battery cells which are immediately adjacent to each other are connected by at least one inter-cell connector which extends across an inter-cell aperture. The adjacent prismatic battery cells are communicable through the inter-cell aperture, to provide continuity in conductivity and/or a continuity of conductance across the inter-cell aperture. The inter-cell connector forms a fluid sealing member and the part which extends trough the aperture may be tapered and threaded. | 12-24-2009 |
Andrew Yue Hang Ng, Hong Kong CN
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| 20090037940 | POS hardware abstraction - A framework for point of sale system is discussed. The framework includes an application program stored on a tangible computer medium. When executed by a computing device, the application is capable of communicating using a first protocol. The framework further includes a first point of sale hardware device externally located from the computing device and configured to communicate with the computing device using a second protocol and a device abstraction layer capable of communicating with the application program using the first protocol and the first point of sale hardware device using the second protocol to pass information between the application program and the first point of sale hardware device. | 02-05-2009 |
Charles Wang Wai Ng, Hong Kong CN
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| 20120060588 | HUMIDITY AND OSMOTIC SUCTION-CONTROLLED BOX - Described herein are systems, apparatuses and methods for the design and use of a suction-controlled box for the measurement of stress-dependent soil and water characteristics, shear strength, volume changes and consolidation characteristics from a single unsaturated soil specimen. The suction-controlled box can include a suction control part and a mechanical loading part, which can apply various suctions and mechanical loadings to test a specimen for a full range of suctions. The suction-controlled box can also include a helical water compartment that can flush diffused air bubbles. | 03-15-2012 |
Chik Wai Ng, Hong Kong HK
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| 20100148727 | Single-Power-Transistor Battery-Charging Circuit Using Voltage-Boosted Clock - A charge/discharge protection circuit protects a battery from inadvertent shorting on a charger node that can connect to a charger or to a power supply of a portable electronic device. A single n-channel power transistor has a gate that controls a channel between the battery and the charger node. The gate is connected to the charger node by a gate-coupling transistor to turn off the power transistor, providing battery isolation. The gate is driven by a voltage-boosted clock through a switch activated by an enable signal. The enable signal also activates a grounding transistor to ground a gate of the gate-coupling transistor. A comparator compares voltages of the charger and battery nodes, and the compare output is latched to generate the enable signal. An inverse enable signal activates a second switch that drives the voltage-boosted clock to the gate of the gate-coupling transistor to turn off the power transistor. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100315748 | ESD Protection using a Capacitivly-Coupled Clamp for Protecting Low-Voltage Core Transistors from High-Voltage Outputs - An electro-static-discharge (ESD) protection circuit protects core transistors. An internal node to the gate of an n-channel output transistor connects to the drain of an n-channel gate-grounding transistor to ground. The gate of the gate-grounding transistor is a coupled-gate node that is coupled by an ESD coupling capacitor to the output and to ground by an n-channel disabling transistor and a leaker resistor. The gate of the n-channel disabling transistor is connected to power and disables the ESD protection circuit when powered. An ESD pulse applied to the output is coupled through the ESD coupling capacitor to pulse high the coupled-gate node and turn on the gate-grounding transistor to ground the gate of the n-channel output transistor, which breaks down to shunt ESD current. The ESD pulse is prevented from coupling through a parasitic Miller capacitor of the n-channel output transistor by the gate-grounding transistor. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20110267008 | Single-Power-Transistor Battery-Charging Circuit Using Voltage-Boosted Clock - A charge/discharge protection circuit protects a battery from inadvertent shorting on a charger node that can connect to a charger or to a power supply of a portable electronic device. A single n-channel power transistor has a gate that controls a channel between the battery and the charger node. The gate is connected to the charger node by a gate-coupling transistor to turn off the power transistor, providing battery isolation. The gate is driven by a voltage-boosted clock through a switch activated by an enable signal. The enable signal also activates a grounding transistor to ground a gate of the gate-coupling transistor. A comparator compares voltages of the charger and battery nodes, and the compare output is latched to generate the enable signal. An inverse enable signal activates a second switch that drives the voltage-boosted clock to the gate of the gate-coupling transistor to turn off the power transistor. | 11-03-2011 |
Chik Wai Ng, Hong Kong CN
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| 20080238396 | Feedback controller having multiple feedback paths - A feedback controller comprises first and second feedback circuits. The first feedback circuit is connected between an input node and an output node and has an error node. The first feedback circuit comprising a feedback amplifier for comparing a feedback signal to a reference signal and providing an error signal, and a comparator for comparing the error signal to a second reference signal and providing an output signal. The second feedback circuit is connected between the input node and the error node and comprises a current source coupled to the error node and a controller coupled to the input node for controlling the current source in response to a value of the feedback signal being above or below a threshold value. | 10-02-2008 |
Chik Wai (david) Ng, Hong Kong HK
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| 20100164625 | Slew-Rate-Enhanced Error Amp with Adaptive Transconductance and Single Dominant Pole Shared by Main and Auxiliary Amps - An error amplifier can be used to control a power regulator transistor. The error amplifier has a main amplifier, a pull-up auxiliary amplifier, and a pull-down auxiliary amplifier that all drive an output. A compensating capacitor on the output sets a single dominant pole for all amplifiers, increasing stability. High slew rates are provided by increased slew current from the auxiliary amplifiers that turn on when the differential input has an absolute voltage difference larger than an intentional offset. The intentional offset is introduced into the auxiliary amplifiers by adjusting a p-channel to n-channel transistor ratio in a leg of the auxiliary amplifiers. A source degenerated resistor in the main amplifier reduces supply headroom and increases linearity by connecting sources of two differential transistors that receive the differential input. Cascode transistors increase gain and output impedance. Reliability is increased as no positive feedback is used in the amplifiers. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20110216559 | Constant-Current Control Module using Inverter Filter Multiplier for Off-line Current-Mode Primary-Side Sense Isolated Flyback Converter - A fly-back AC-DC power converter has a constant-current control loop that senses the primary output current in a transformer to control the secondary output without an expensive opto-isolator. A primary-side control circuit can use either a Quasi-Resonant (QR) or a Pulse-Width-Modulation (PWM) control loop to switch primary current through the transformer on and off. A feedback voltage is compared to a primary-side voltage sensed from the primary current loop to turn the switch on and off. A multiplier loop generates the feedback voltage using a multiplier. A level-shift inverter and a low-pass filter act as the multiplier by multiplying an off duty cycle of the switch by the feedback voltage to generate a filtered voltage. A high-gain error amp compares the filtered voltage to a reference voltage to generate the feedback voltage. The multiplier produces a simple relationship between the secondary current and the reference voltage, yielding simplified current control. | 09-08-2011 |
Chi Wai Ng, Hong Kong HK
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| 20080238894 | Segment driving method and system for a bistable display - Method and apparatus are provided for driving segments of a bistable display. The method may include providing, at the same time, a plurality of independent waveforms corresponding to display data for driving a plurality of segments of the display. The method may include selecting, for each segment, one of the independent driving waveforms. The method may also include determining whether an update of display data has occurred for one of the segments. The method may include selecting a different one of the waveforms to drive the segment if an update has occurred. The method may further include maintaining a currently selected waveform to drive the segment if an update has not occurred. | 10-02-2008 |
Chun Y. Ng, Hong Kong CN
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| 20090094374 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS PROVIDING LISTS OF AVAILABLE STREAMING CONTENT - A server for streaming media includes a functional module operable to perform the following functions within a Real Time Streaming Protocol (RTSP) session: receiving a command that requests a list of available streaming presentation options; and generating and transmitting the requested list over a network connection. | 04-09-2009 |
Chun Yin Ng, Hong Kong CN
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| 20100146137 | Synchronizing Buffer Map Offset in Peer-to-Peer Live Media Streaming Systems - A method performed by a new joining peer device in a peer-to-peer (P2P) network comprises receiving a plurality of buffer maps, each of the received buffer maps associated with a respective other peer device in the P2P network. The method also includes discerning playback positions associated with the received buffer maps, generating a starting offset for the new joining peer using one or more of the discerned playback positions. Requests for portions of a media stream are scheduled in accordance with the starting offset, and the scheduler will build a buffer map from this offset and begin to request the media buffer. | 06-10-2010 |
| 20100146138 | METHOD OF DATA REQUEST SCHEDULING IN PEER-TO-PEER SHARING NETWORKS - Systems and methods are provided for scheduling data requests for streaming media data in a Peer-to-Peer (P2P) network. A method is provided to increase a peer's contribution to the whole P2P network by partitioning the data chunks to request into several regions according to their relative time urgency, and data requests are scheduled in an effort to maintain availability of data in each region to a corresponding predefined target amount. | 06-10-2010 |
Chun Yin Trevor Ng, Hong Kong CN
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| 20080294788 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR P2P STREAMING - A system for receiving content comprises: a node in a peer-to-peer (P2P) network, the node operable to receive information with regard to available media and to use the information to access streaming media content from a first source peer in the P2P network, the node further operable to use the received information to switch from the first source peer to a second source peer to access the streaming media. | 11-27-2008 |
Eva Ng, Hong Kong HK
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| 20110265357 | FOLDABLE GREETING CARD - A foldable greeting card ( | 11-03-2011 |
Fuk Chiu Ng, Hong Kong HK
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| 20080274375 | Anodizing Aluminum and Alloys Thereof - This invention encompasses methods of producing a colored oxide layer on an aluminum material by anodizing the aluminum material in an electrolyte comprising water, sulfuric acid and oxalic acid. The anodizing step comprises passing at least two sequential current densities through the electrolyte. Methods of making and using article with a colored oxide layer on an aluminum material make by the methods disclosed herein are also disclosed. | 11-06-2008 |
Gerald Ng, Hong Kong CN
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| 20110083897 | ELECTRIC POWER TERMINAL FEED-THROUGH - A power terminal feed-through includes a housing, at least one current conducting pin and a sealing glass hermetically sealing the at least one current conducting pin to the housing. The at least one current conducting pin defines a peripheral indentation in the surface of the current conducting pin. The sealing glass fills in the peripheral indentation when fused to both the current conducting pin and housing. | 04-14-2011 |
Hoi Jarm Ng, Hong Kong CN
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| 20100319420 | WAFER CYLINDER HAVING BLOCKABLE WAFER TUMBLERS - The invention relates to a cylinder lock of the type of a disk tumbler cylinder having a cylinder housing and a cylinder core rotatable therein, with a plurality of blockable disk tumblers being provided in the cylinder core which have at least one respective engagement section. The disk tumblers are movable between an unlatched position and a latched position and are biased along a respective direction of bias into the latched position. In the latched position, the respective engagement section engages into an associated cut-out in the cylinder housing to block the cylinder core against a rotary movement relative to the cylinder housing. The cylinder core is rotatable in a rotary opening direction relative to the cylinder housing when the disk tumblers are in the unlatched position. At least one of the disk tumblers has a toothed zone which can be brought into engagement with a counter-toothed zone of the cylinder lock such that the disk tumbler is blocked against a movement opposite to the respective direction of bias when the disk tumbler is in the latched position and a torque is exerted onto the cylinder core in the rotary opening direction. | 12-23-2010 |
Hong Ng, Hong Kong CN
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| 20090198373 | AUTOMATED DISPENSER WITH A PAPER SENSING SYSTEM - A dispenser for dispensing a portion of sheet product stored in a dispenser, in which a dispensed sheet portion is to be removed by tearing the sheet portion from the remaining product supply. The dispenser includes a system which detects the presence of sheet product in a region of a dispensing outlet. Upon detection of a potential user, the sensing system causes dispensing of paper, on the condition that the sheet portion is regarded as having been torn off. The system includes elements for detecting a discontinuity in the sheet product. | 08-06-2009 |
Hon Yu Peter Ng, Hong Kong CN
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| 20100025428 | APPARATUS FOR DISPENSING MEASURED QUANTITIES OF LIQUID - A liquid dispensing apparatus is provided which has a syringe for storing and dispensing a liquid, and a connector passage connected to the syringe. A positive pressure passage is connected to an air source for supplying positive pressure to the syringe, and there is a pressure valve located along the positive pressure passage that is operative to control the flow of air along the positive pressure passage. A vacuum passage is connected to a vacuum generator for supplying vacuum pressure to the syringe, and there is a vacuum valve located along the said vacuum passage that is operative to control the flow of air along the vacuum passage. The positive pressure passage and vacuum passage are connected to the connector passage. A pressure sensor is also provided to measure the pressure in the connector passage. | 02-04-2010 |
Ka Ho Ng, Hong Kong HK
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| 20110090963 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ZOOM MOTION ESTIMATION - In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, the present invention provides method and apparatus for motion compensated prediction. Apart from translational motion, zoom motion is taken into account by sampling an interpolated frame with one or more selected sampling rates to generate one or more zoom reference frames; matching a frame with the zoom reference frames; and determining one or more motion data. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20120114036 | Method and Apparatus for Multiview Video Coding - The present invention relates to method and apparatus for multiview video coding. In particular, the present invention describes a disparity compensated prediction to exploit the inter-view correlation in multiview video coding by providing stretching, compression, and shearing (SCSH) disparity compensation to approximate the actual disparity effects in addition to the translational disparity. A sub-sampled block-matching disparity estimation technique is provided to implement the SCSH disparity compensation which makes use of the interpolated reference frames for subpixel motion and disparity estimation in conventional hybrid video coding structure. | 05-10-2012 |
Ka-Ho Ng, Hong Kong CN
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| 20090310875 | MOTION ESTIMATION METHOD - A motion estimation method uses a search start point and a plurality of search paths extending from the start point. The method finds an image point along the plurality of search paths that has a minimum comparison value with a reference image block. This image point with a minimum comparison value becomes the new search start point, with a plurality of new search paths extending from the new start point. The method then finds the image point along the plurality of new search paths that has a minimum comparison value with the reference image block. The cycle repeats until points on the search paths have comparison values higher than the start point. | 12-17-2009 |
Kai Kong Ng, Hong Kong HK
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| 20110069487 | Light Emitting Diode Light Bulbs with Strands of LEDs - The present invention relates to an LED light bulb. The LED light bulb comprises a base and a hollow shell. The base has a closed end, an open end and a sleeve between the two ends. The shell is connected to the open end of the base. The LED light bulb comprises at least two LEDs substantially linearly arranged within the shell. By arrangement of multiple LEDs one or more strands the luminance or brightness of the bulb is improved compared with a bulb with one LED or with several horizontally arranged LEDs in a common place, without sacrificing the advantage of energy saving. | 03-24-2011 |
Ka Pak Ng, Hong Kong HK
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| 20110115719 | HANDHELD INPUT DEVICE FOR FINGER TOUCH MOTION INPUTTING - A handheld input device includes a housing and first and second groups of touch movement sensors provided respectively at two opposite sides of the housing on a bottom surface thereof. The first and second groups of touch movement sensors are sized and shaped to be accessible by the fingers of the two hands of an operator holding the housing at the two opposite sides. | 05-19-2011 |
Ka Wai Ng, Hong Kong CN
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| 20110059677 | WIRELESS MUSICAL FIGURINES - A method, system, and medium are provided for a wireless musical figurine belonging to a set of wireless musical figurines that play audio files in coordination with one another. One system of the musical figurine includes a wireless transceiver utilized to communicate with one or more musical figurines. The musical figurine also includes a set of master audio files of a first quality level, and a set of slave audio files of a second quality level. An audio player plays an audio file from the set of master audio files or the set of slave audio files. A master audio file is played when the musical figurine is initiated in accordance with a user indication, and a slave audio file is played when the musical figurine is initiated by another musical figurine. The musical figurine may also have movement capabilities which may be coordinated with the playing of an audio file to present a dancing figurine. | 03-10-2011 |
Kei Shing Ng, Hong Kong HK
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| 20120114205 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING ISCHEMIC STROKE - A method for assisting diagnosis of stroke by image analysis, the method comprising obtaining a scanned brain image of a patient, transforming the scanned brain image into a digitized brain image, removing bone and other artifacts from the digitized brain image, generating at least one circular adaptive region of interest on one side of the brain image, generating a binary mask of the circular adaptive region of interest, calculating the percentage of zeros from the binary mask within the circular adaptive region of interest, locating at least one corresponding circular adaptive region of interest on the other side of the brain image, and comparing the circular adaptive region of interest with the corresponding circular adaptive region on interest of the other side of the brain based on a plurality of texture attributes. | 05-10-2012 |
Kin Ping Ng, Hong Kong HK
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| 20110037778 | Apparatus And Method For Adjusting An Image In A Screen Of A Handheld Device - A method and apparatus is disclosed which allows the image in the screen of a small handheld device to be panned, or zoom-in or zoom-out, in response to moving the device. The handheld device containing an accelerometer is used to monitor the movements of the handheld device, and the acceleration is converted to moving (panning) the image in the screen or re-sizing (zooming) the image. | 02-17-2011 |
Kit Ling Ng, Hong Kong HK
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| 20110268943 | SUBSTRATE COATING AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME - A substrate coating and a method of forming the same are provided. The substrate coating includes a first layer formed on a substrate, in which the composition of the first layer includes at least silicon-rich-carbon, and the amount of silicon is about equal to or greater than the amount of carbon; and a second layer formed on the first layer, in which the composition of the second layer includes at least fluorine doped diamond-like-carbon. The substrate coating not only is easy to clean, has good wearing performance, and provides a smooth surface, but also has better adhesion to prevent peeling off. | 11-03-2011 |
Kwan Mo Ng, Hong Kong HK
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| 20100029109 | Multifunctional Wall Socket - A multifunctional wall socket related to electrical conduction connecting device, comprising socket cover ( | 02-04-2010 |
Kwan Wah Ng, Hong Kong CN
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| 20080238336 | Back-Light Devices and Displays Incorporating Same - A back-light arrangement for providing back-light to a display panel such as a liquid crystal video display panel, includes a plurality of light emitting devices arranged and distributed for providing back-light to the display panel, and electronic circuitry arranged for driving the plurality of light emitting devices to produce the back-light. The electronic circuitry contains a plurality of drivers, each of which is arranged to individually drive a corresponding one of the plurality of light emitting devices to emit light upon receipt of an actuating signal. A controller is arranged to multiplex an intensity signal to each one of the plurality of drivers for individually driving each one of the plurality of light emitting devices. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20090122001 | Method and apparatus for image display with backlight illumination - An LCD display apparatus arranged to display image on an image display surface at an image frame rate of M image frames per second, the apparatus including a backlight arrangement comprising an LED backlight device for providing backlight illumination to said image display surface and a backlight controller for controlling the generation of backlight and intensity distribution of backlight illumination on said image display surface; wherein the backlight controller comprises a processor configured to generate a set of backlight illumination data with reference to the intensity distribution characteristics of the image content of said image frame according to a predetermined relationship, wherein said set of backlight illumination data contains information on the required intensity distribution of backlight on said image display surface for said image frame; and to generate a plurality of backlight illumination frames for each said image frame during the duration of said image frame based on said set of backlight illumination data; wherein the intensity aggregate of said plurality of backlight illumination frames generated during the duration of said image frame is equivalent to the required intensity distribution of backlight on said image display surface for said image frame. | 05-14-2009 |
Kwok Leung Ng, Hong Kong CN
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| 20100307603 | Gas Pump with Limiting Pressure Feature - A method and apparatus for pressurizing a fillable-structure, wherein a space defined by the pump, an untraversed plunger, and a closure is a volume, V | 12-09-2010 |
Kwong Lam Ng, Hong Kong HK
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| 20080266541 | Method and apparatus for locating and measuring the distance to a target - Embodiments of the invention comprise an apparatus for use with a laser range finder configured to direct a laser beam toward a scene to measure the distance to a target in the scene and having a range finder display for displaying data, including data that is indicative of the distance to a target, wherein the apparatus comprises a protective housing, a camera module in the housing, the camera module including a lens mounted in a front end portion of the housing, and a light path through the lens to image sensor, an image sensor operatively connected to the camera module for receiving images acquired by the camera module, electronic memory for selectively storing data of images from the image sensor, circuitry for controlling the operation of the image sensor and the memory, a camera display in the housing operatively connected to the image sensor for receiving the image data and providing a visual display of the image, and a switch for storing image data in the memory. Other embodiments include a projector in the housing for projecting the data displayed by the second display onto the image sensor to thereby capture the image data of the scene and displayed distance data together. | 10-30-2008 |
Luis Ng, Hong Kong CN
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| 20110245627 | ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD STORAGE DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD - An electronic health record storage device is provided. The device is configured for operation in conjunction with a host device to generate and store health record data about a user. According to one embodiment, the system comprises memory including executable instructions stored in the memory, the executable instructions including an autorun file and operating instructions; one or more sensors configured for engagement by the user; an interface configured for interfacing with a host device; and a controller in operable communication with the memory, the one or more sensors, and the interface, and wherein the controller is configured to execute the executable instructions stored in the memory, the controller further configured to receive power from the host device, retrieve data from the host device, receive health data from the one or more sensors, generate a health record comprising timing data and health data, and store the health record in the memory. | 10-06-2011 |
Maggie C.y. Ng, Hong Kong CN
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| 20100255494 | METHODS FOR PREDICTING THE RISK OF DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY USING GENETIC MARKERS AND ARRAYS CONTAINING THE SAME - A method for detecting a Chinese diabetic subject suffering from, at risk for developing, or suspected of suffering from a nephropathy. The method includes determining whether a sample from the subject has at least one of the following polymorphic sequences: an I/D genotype of an ACE gene, an M235T genotype of an AGT gene, a (CA)n-5′(z−2) genotype of an ALR2 gene, an C106T genotype of an ALR2 gene in the promoter region, a G-308A genotype of a TNF-α gene, or a complement thereof, provided that the ALR2 gene cannot be used alone, in which the presence of the polymorphic sequence indicates the subject suffering from, at risk for suffering from a nephropathy. An array for detecting a Chinese diabetic subject suffering from, or at risk for suffering from, a nephropathy. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20100255495 | METHODS FOR PREDICTING THE RISK OF DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY USING GENETIC MARKERS AND ARRAYS CONTAINING THE SAME - A method for detecting a Chinese diabetic subject suffering from, at risk for developing, or suspected of suffering from a nephropathy. The method includes determining whether a sample from the subject has at least one of the following polymorphic sequences: an I/D genotype of an ACE gene, an M235T genotype of an AGT gene, a (CA)n-5′(z−2) genotype of an ALR2 gene, an C106T genotype of an ALR2 gene in the promoter region, a G-308A genotype of a TNF-α gene, or a complement thereof, provided that the ALR2 gene cannot be used alone, in which the presence of the polymorphic sequence indicates the subject suffering from, at risk for suffering from a nephropathy. An array for detecting a Chinese diabetic subject suffering from, or at risk for suffering from, a nephropathy. | 10-07-2010 |
Man Ng, Hong Kong CN
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| 20100181597 | Protection device of programmable semiconductor surge suppressor having deep-well structure - A protection device of programmable semiconductor surge suppressor having deep-well structure is provided comprising one, two or four protection units, each of which is composed of a PN-junction diode, a PNPN-type thyristor and a NPN-type triode connected with each other. It is characterized in that in the diode area on the frontal side of the N-type semiconductor base is formed a PN junction with impurity concentration changed gradiently from top to bottom according to the order of P+, P, N and N+; and a group of deep-wells with P-type impurities are positioned at the interface of the PN junction, making the PN junction form a concave-convex type interface. The present invention can be used in the program-controlled switchboard to protect the Subscriber Line Interface Circuit (SLIC) board. The above improvement can further improve the anti-lightning and anti-surge performance and the energy discharge capability of the whole device. The device of the present invention can reach a level of 3000˜3500 V according to the anti-lightning performance test. | 07-22-2010 |
Man Oi Ng, Hong Kong HK
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| 20090289602 | BATTERY REJUVENATION METHOD AND APPARATUS - The present invention provides a battery rejuvenation method for rejuvenating a battery, which firstly pre-charges the battery for a short period of time and judges the battery condition by comparing the battery voltage to a preset reference voltage value, and then alternately performs an equalizing mode operation and a reconditioning operation to rejuvenate the battery until the battery voltage is not higher than the reference voltage value. The operations in equalizing mode and reconditioning mode could enhance the rejuvenating results by each other, which is not only dissolve the lead sulphate crystal, but also bring the electrolyte fluid to a well-distributed and fully-restored state. The present invention also provides a battery rejuvenation apparatus for rejuvenating a battery. | 11-26-2009 |
Ngai Ng, Hong Kong CN
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| 20120094089 | ULTRAVIOLET MARKING - An apparatus for UV marking a substrate comprises: an ink jet apparatus having UV sensitive ink, the ink jet apparatus being configured to eject the UV sensitive ink; and an extruder producing a wire and insulation in a processing direction. The ink jet apparatus is configured in relation to the processing direction so as to eject UV sensitive ink in a pattern onto a surface of the wire and insulation. Additionally, an apparatus for forming a UV marked product comprises: first and second injection devices; and a two layer mold injection unit at the output of the first and second injection devices. The first injection device uses a first mixture of a polymer, a color masterbatch, and a UV sensitive masterbatch, and the second injection device uses a second mixture of the polymer and the color masterbatch, and the first mixture and the second mixture are injected into the two layer mold to form a UV marked product having a UV sensitive section and a non-UV sensitive section. Further, methods related to UV marked or formed products and methods for recognizing legitimate products marked by the marking methods. | 04-19-2012 |
Pui Him Ng, Hong Kong CN
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| 20100052867 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING OBJECT MOVEMENT AND LOCATION WITH RFID DEVICE - An apparatus for identifying object movement and location with RFID device comprises two RFID gateways constructed by at least one RFID interrogator located inside and outside an entrance of a monitored zone independently, a portable RFID tag carried by the object capable of receiving and responding said signals emitted by said RFID interrogator, and a data processor connected with said RFID gateways capable of receiving said responses to identify said object movement as leaving or entering said entrance and said object location as outside or inside said monitored zone. There is also a corresponding method for identifying object movement and location with RFID device. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100289621 | METHOD FOR OPTIMIZING RFID DEPLOYMENT AND RFID DEPLOYMENT OPTIMIZER OF USE THEREOF - A method for optimizing the deployment of RFID apparatus, and a RFID deployment optimizer of use thereof are provided. The method includes the steps: A. analyzing the interrogation zone where the RFID apparatus are deployed, B. identifying the readability o RFID tag associated with different sets of placement on a target object inside the interrogation zone, and C. selecting the best deployment alternative based on the analysis result of the interrogation zone attained in the step A and all the readabilities of RFID tag associated with different sets of placement identified in the step B. | 11-18-2010 |
Ricky Chung Yee Ng, Hong Kong HK
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| 20090251391 | Method and apparatus for power recycling in a display system - A power recycling method and apparatus for driving capacitive display elements are described. The driving process involves charging and discharging the display elements. More particularly, the method effectively reuses some of the energy during the discharging process. Energy in display elements flows back from the panel to a power supply and other optionally to devices like RAM, MCU directly during the discharging process. Diodes between one or more power supplies and the display elements ensure that the discharge paths are disconnected when the voltage of display elements drops below the voltage of the power supply. A resistor path from the display elements to ground or a power supply lower than the display threshold voltage of the display elements guarantees that elements are turned OFF after the discharge process. | 10-08-2009 |
Shu To Ng, Hong Kong HK
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| 20080294074 | Robotic training system with multi-orientation module - The present invention relates a system and method to allow users to train different joints of a limb in different planes. The rotation of the system can be driven by a motor to assist or resist the motion for training purpose. By the present invention, the user can use the device to switch training between the vertical and horizontal planes, without changing the device and any module. The system is also adjustable to meet different users' body sizes. | 11-27-2008 |
Siu Luen Ng, Hong Kong HK
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| 20080269832 | Device and method for sleep apnea management using SpO2 - The present invention relates to an anti-sleep apnea device including two electrodes and a pulse oximeter, adapted to be disposed on the user's wrist for releasing electrical pulses to an acupoint of the user, and a method of monitoring and treating sleep-apnea, whereby monitoring occurs via a pulse oximeter and treatment occurs by providing electrical stimulation to specific acupoint on the user. | 10-30-2008 |
Siu Pang Ng, Hong Kong CN
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| 20110292394 | OPTICAL SENSING DEVICES AND METHODS FOR DETECTING SAMPLES USING THE SAME - Disclosed are optical sensing devices and methods for detecting samples using the same. The optical sensing device comprises a source unit configured to generate a polychromatic light beam containing p-polarized and s-polarized components; an interferometric unit configured to split the light beam into a probe beam passing a first path and a reference beam passing a second path and to recombine the probe beam output from the first path and the reference beam output from the second path; a sensing unit disposed in the first path to introduce a first SPR effect associated with a target sample to the probe beam; and a detection unit configured to detect target sample characteristics by obtaining an intensity spectrum of the recombined light beam. The introduction of a polychromatic light source in the optical sensing device increases the detection dynamic range and the detection sensitivity. | 12-01-2011 |
Sung On Andrew Ng, Hong Kong HK
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| 20080231238 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING THE SOC OF A RECHARGEABLE BATTERY - A method of determining the state of charge (SOC) of a rechargeable battery, the method comprising charging the battery using a substantially constant charge current; measuring the battery temperature; and conducting a first measurement of the battery voltage at a time interval, t | 09-25-2008 |
Sung-On Andrew Ng, Hong Kong CN
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| 20120107668 | PRISMATIC BATTERIES AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS COMPRISING A STACK OF INSULATED ELECTRODE PLATES - A prismatic battery cell or an electronic component comprising an electrode plate group of alternately stacked positive and negative electrode plates, wherein adjacent electrode plates of opposite polarity are insulated by an insulating separator, and electrode plates of one polarity are bent to converge at a common joining location for connecting together as a lead portion, the lead portion being joined together to a current collector of that one polarity, characterized in that the electrode plates are bent after the electrode plates are stacked and held or bundled together. Shaping the electrode plates to form the lead portions while the electrode plates are held in a stack means it is not necessary to handle pre-shaped electrode plates, since handling pre-shaped electrode plates in a production line could be tedious because the electrode plates are quite easily deformable. | 05-03-2012 |
Sun Tat Ng, Hong Kong HK
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| 20110236523 | Flower Pot Mold for Blow Molding - The present patent application provides a flower pot mold for blow molding. The mold can reduce the number of the sliding blocks that need to be moved, and utilize the motion of a single sliding block to mold a flower pot so as to improve the manufacturing efficiency and the product quality. The mold includes a flower pot cavity template; a container opening pulling mold; a plurality of opening flanged pulling plates, a blowing tube being disposed in the container opening pulling mold; a fixing plate configured for fixing the mold onto a clamping set; a guiding block configured for guiding the opening flanged pulling plate and a blocking plate; and the blocking plate configured for blocking the plastics. A sliding track is formed on the flower pot cavity template and configured for allowing the blocking plate to move back and forth. The sliding track is disposed at an inner side of the guiding block. The blocking plate is in contact with the inner side wall of the guiding block and can be inserted into the sliding track and slide along the sliding track. The opening flanged pulling plate is fixedly connected to an outer side of the blocking plate. The container opening pulling mold is disposed between the two opening flanged pulling plates. | 09-29-2011 |
Sze Kui Ng, Hong Kong CN
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| 20120108438 | SUPERCONDUCTORS AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A method of manufacturing superconductors with critical temperature T | 05-03-2012 |
Tze Chuen Ng, Hong Kong CN
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| 20100266983 | DEVICE FOR LOOSENING OR EXTRACTING A WISDOM TOOTH - A screw tap type device for loosening or extracting a wisdom tooth is provided. The device comprises a screw tap with a plurality of longitudinal cavities in the external screw thread, creating cutting teeth which create a strong frictional grip with a rough dentine wall of a previously drilled tapered tunnel of a wisdom tooth. A user can then twist the device to exert axial bodily dislocating force for easy loosening or extraction of the wisdom tooth. | 10-21-2010 |
Wai Hon Ng, Hong Kong HK
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| 20080238894 | Segment driving method and system for a bistable display - Method and apparatus are provided for driving segments of a bistable display. The method may include providing, at the same time, a plurality of independent waveforms corresponding to display data for driving a plurality of segments of the display. The method may include selecting, for each segment, one of the independent driving waveforms. The method may also include determining whether an update of display data has occurred for one of the segments. The method may include selecting a different one of the waveforms to drive the segment if an update has occurred. The method may further include maintaining a currently selected waveform to drive the segment if an update has not occurred. | 10-02-2008 |
Wai-Jim Ng, Hong Kong HK
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| 20080260299 | Inflatable Punching Bag - An inflatable punching bag includes an inflatable bag, at least one sensor device, a control box and a base. At least one impact area is formed on the inflatable bag. A single sensor device is attached behind each impact area. Each sensor device preferably includes a sensor case, at least one light source and an impact sensor. A control box includes a power source, a sound transducer and an electrical circuit. The electrical circuit receives input from at least one impact sensor. The electrical circuit provides a light output through the at least one light source and/or an audible output through the sound transducer. The base preferably includes a weighted portion and intermediate portion. The weighted portion is filled with a dense solid or a liquid to provide support for the inflatable bag. A second embodiment includes a motor for pivoting the inflatable bag. | 10-23-2008 |
Wai-Kin Ng, Hong Kong CN
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| 20090091410 | MAGNETIC LEVITATION VIBRATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TREATING OR PREVENTING MUSCULOSKELETAL INDICATIONS USING THE SAME - A magnetic levitation vibration system comprising a top plate, a base plate, at least one first magnet, at least one second magnet, at least one electromagnetic actuator comprising an upper half and a lower half, a controller, a sensor, and a control circuit. A method for the treatment or prevention of musculoskeletal indications comprising providing a top plate, providing a base plate, generating a first magnetic field to levitate the top plate, generating a second magnetic field to drive the top plate into vibration, adjusting frequency of vibration of the top plate; and adjusting magnitude of vibration of the top plate. | 04-09-2009 |
Wai Leung Ng, Hong Kong CN
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| 20100319420 | WAFER CYLINDER HAVING BLOCKABLE WAFER TUMBLERS - The invention relates to a cylinder lock of the type of a disk tumbler cylinder having a cylinder housing and a cylinder core rotatable therein, with a plurality of blockable disk tumblers being provided in the cylinder core which have at least one respective engagement section. The disk tumblers are movable between an unlatched position and a latched position and are biased along a respective direction of bias into the latched position. In the latched position, the respective engagement section engages into an associated cut-out in the cylinder housing to block the cylinder core against a rotary movement relative to the cylinder housing. The cylinder core is rotatable in a rotary opening direction relative to the cylinder housing when the disk tumblers are in the unlatched position. At least one of the disk tumblers has a toothed zone which can be brought into engagement with a counter-toothed zone of the cylinder lock such that the disk tumbler is blocked against a movement opposite to the respective direction of bias when the disk tumbler is in the latched position and a torque is exerted onto the cylinder core in the rotary opening direction. | 12-23-2010 |
Wing Kwan Ng, Hong Kong CN
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| 20090109953 | ROBUST TIMING SYNCHRONIZATION FOR MB-OFDM FREQUENCY HOPPING SYSTEMS IN A SOP ENVIRONMENT - System and methodologies for timing synchronization in a wireless communication system are provided herein. The provided systems and methodologies can utilize various timing synchronization algorithms and an associated state machine to reduce the down time of a wireless communication system due to the presence of simultaneously operating piconets (SOP) and/or other factors. Frequency band finger pattern detection techniques are additionally described that can reduce boundary mismatch rates for wireless receivers. In one example, by making use of the fact that time frequency codes (TFCs) possess unique frequency hopping patterns, system down time can be reduced and OFDM boundary matching can be enhanced to allow a receiver to obtain correct timing information even for communication channels having a very low SINR. | 04-30-2009 |
Wing Leung Ng, Hong Kong CN
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| 20110302731 | WET/DRY FLOOR CLEANING UNIT - A floor cleaning device including a base assembly for movement along a surface, a handle, a nozzle, a nozzle lifting mechanism, a brush, a brush lifting mechanism, a recovery tank, and a liquid distribution system. The nozzle lifting mechanism moving the nozzle relative to the base assembly and the surface and the brush lifting mechanism moving the brush relative to the base assembly and the surface. | 12-15-2011 |
Wing Yiu Ng, Hong Kong CN
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| 20090274508 | RING BINDER MECHANISM - A ring mechanism for retaining loose-leaf pages comprises a housing, hinge plates, and ring members mounted on the hinge plates for retaining pages on the mechanism. An actuating lever is pivotally mounted on the housing for engaging the hinge plates and pivoting them to selectively move the ring members between an open position and a closed position. A travel bar is operatively connected to the lever for selective movement between a position in which locking elements of the travel bar block the pivoting movement of the hinge plates and a position in which the travel bar allows the hinge plates to pivot. The lever is configured to deform when pivoting the hinge plates to close the ring members to delay movement of the travel bar and locking elements to the blocking position from the onset of pivoting motion of the hinge plates. | 11-05-2009 |
| 20100232867 | RING BINDER MECHANISM - A ring mechanism has housing supporting pivoting hinge plates. The mechanism has rings for holding loose-leaf pages. An actuator is mounted on the housing for causing pivoting motion of the hinge plates to open the rings. The mechanism includes a travel bar and intermediate connector connecting the travel bar to the actuator so movement of the actuator to pivot the hinge plates causes longitudinal movement of the travel bar. The intermediate connector and travel bar are formed as one piece and have a living hinge adapted to allow the intermediate connector to pivot relative to the travel bar. The mechanism has a locking element moveable with the travel bar between a locking position and non-locking position. The living hinge is constructed to maintain a substantially constant spacing between the intermediate connector and the travel at points of connection of the living hinge to the intermediate connector and travel bar. | 09-16-2010 |
Yat Chiu Ng, Hong Kong CN
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| 20100139192 | Spatial Truss - A truss includes a first cap, a second cap, a core member, at least two struts, and a fastening member securing the struts to the core member between the first cap and the second cap. The struts are rotatably attached to the core member between the first cap and the second cap of an angle between 15° and 180°. | 06-10-2010 |
Yee Kong Ng, Hong Kong CN
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| 20090297124 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR DOWNLOADING RECORDER PROGRAMMING DATA IN A VIDEO SIGNAL - Apparatus and methods are provided for controlling recording of video programs. In one embodiment an apparatus for controlling the recording of video programs includes a device for retrieving a recorder identifier and recorder programming data from a television signal received from a television signal source, a device for determining whether the retrieved recorder identifier matches a first identifier for the apparatus, a device for storing the recorder programming data, if the retrieved recorder identifier matches the first identifier for the apparatus, and a device for using the stored recorder programming data to control recording. The device for retrieving a recorder identifier and recorder programming data from a television signal includes a vertical blanking interval decoder. | 12-03-2009 |
Yik Sheung Ng, Hong Kong HK
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| 20120040786 | Shuttlecock - A shuttlecock preferably includes a tail, a shuttle housing and an impact head. The tail includes at least three tail sections which are attached to each other and retained by a tail base. The shuttle housing preferably includes a first housing half, a second housing half and an electrical circuit. The electrical circuit preferably includes a circuit board, an vibration sensor, at least one light emitting device and a sound emitting device. The circuit board includes an electrical controller and a battery. The vibration sensor detects that the shuttlecock is in motion and sends an electrical signal to the electrical controller, which activates the at least one light emitting device and/or the sound emitting device, until the shuttlecock is no longer in motion. The impact head preferably includes a plurality head discs, a plurality of buffer discs and a disc strap. | 02-16-2012 |