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|03rd week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 22
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|SYSTEM HAVING HALF-CYCLE PRECISION - A system that may include a slow clock event generator arranged to generate the slow clock event; a fast clock edge type detector that is arranged to perform a determination process of determining whether an earliest fast clock edge that occurs within a slow clock event is a rising clock edge or a falling clock edge, and whether a last fast clock edge that occurs within the slow clock event is a rising clock edge or a falling clock edge; and a counter module that is arranged to count fast clock cycles during the slow clock event to provide a duration estimate indicative of duration of the slow clock event and generate a slow clock event duration value indicative of the duration of the slow clock event, in response to the duration estimate and to a determination result that is indicative of an outcome of the determination process.
|SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND A POWER MANAGEMENT DEVICE USING THE SAME - A semiconductor device including, a slope signal generator configured to generate a slope signal, an error signal generator configured to generate an error signal in response to an output voltage, a pulse width modulation (PWM) signal generator configured to generate a PWM signal using a difference between the slope signal and the error signal, and a slope signal controller configured to adjust the slope signal according to a difference between the output voltage and a reference voltage.
|DATA INTERFACE CLOCK GENERATION - In one embodiment, an apparatus may include a clock generator to generate a format clock signal. The apparatus may also include a serializer to generate serial data based on a transmit clock signal and parallel input data. The apparatus may also include a signal generator to generate at least two differential signals based on the format clock signal and the serial data.
|SLICER AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - This description relates to a slicer including a first latch. The first latch includes an evaluating transistor configured to receive a first clock signal and a developing transistor configured to receive a second clock signal. The first clock signal is different from the second clock signal. The first latch includes first and second input transistors configured to receive first and second complementary inputs. The first latch includes at least one pre-charging transistor configured to receive a third clock signal. The first latch further at least one cross-latched pair of transistors, the at least one cross-latched transistor pair connected between the evaluating transistor and the first and second output nodes. The slicer includes a second latch connected to the first and second output nodes and to a third output node. The slicer includes a buffer connected to the third output node and configured to generate a final output signal.
|SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TESTING STACKED DIES - Systems and methods are disclosed for testing a stack of dies and inserting a repair circuit which, when enabled, compensates for a delay defect in the die stack, particularly where the defect is located in the inter-die data transfer path. Intra-die and inter-die slack values are determined to establish which die or dies in the die stack would benefit from the insertion of a repair circuit.
|SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TESTING STACKED DIES - Systems and methods are disclosed for testing dies in a stack of dies and inserting a repair circuit which, when enabled, compensates for a delay defect in the die stack. Intra-die and inter-die slack values are determined to establish which die or dies in the die stack would benefit from the insertion of a repair circuit.
|Resonant Clock Distribution Network Architecture for Tracking Parameter Variations in Conventional Clock Distribution Networks - A resonant clock distribution network architecture is proposed that enables a resonant clock network to track the impact of parameter variations on the insertion delay of a conventional clock distribution network, thus limiting clock skew between the two networks and yielding increased performance. Such a network is generally applicable to semiconductor devices with various clock frequencies, and high-performance and low-power clocking requirements such as microprocessors, ASICs, and SOCs.
|Integrated Semiconductor Device and a Bridge Circuit with the Integrated Semiconductor Device - A bridge circuit is provided. The bridge circuit includes a first integrated semiconductor device having a high-side switch, a second integrated semiconductor device having a low-side switch electrically connected with the high-side switch, a first level-shifter electrically connected with the high-side switch and integrated in one of the first integrated semiconductor device and the second integrated semiconductor device, and a second level-shifter electrically connected with the low-side switch and integrated in one of the first integrated semiconductor device and the second integrated semiconductor device. Further, an integrated semiconductor device is provided.
|LEVEL SHIFTING CIRCUIT WITH DYNAMIC CONTROL - A level shifting circuit with dynamic control includes a dynamic controller and a level shifter. The dynamic controller outputs a dynamic voltage and an output data signal. The level shifter under control by the dynamic controller includes an input signal receiver, an output signal generator, and a bias current controller, which are coupled in series between a ground voltage and a high level voltage. The input signal receiver receives the output data signal of the dynamic controller and the output signal generator produces a level-shifted data signal according to the input data signal. The bias current controller controlled by the dynamic voltage is at a first current-output capability when the level-shifted data signal is at a stable stage and at a second current-output capability when the level-shifted data signal is at an unstable stage. The first current-output capability is greater than the second current-output capability.
|LEVEL SHIFTER - A level shifter is disclosed and includes at least four Type 1 transistors and at least four Type 2 transistors. The sources of several Type 1 transistors are electrically connected to a first voltage terminal while the sources of several Type 2 transistors are connected to a second voltage terminal. The level shifter receive an input signal and outputs a logically equivalent output signal with higher voltage, wherein the voltage of the output signal is between the voltages of the first voltage terminal and the second voltage terminal.
|METHODS, DEVICES, AND SYSTEMS FOR SWITCHED CAPACITOR ARRAY CONTROL TO PROVIDE MONOTONIC CAPACITOR CHANGE DURING TUNING - The present subject matter relates to methods, devices, and systems for switched capacitor array control. For an array of two-state elements that can be independently positioned in either an active state or an inactive state, the methods, devices, and systems can determine a linear number D of elements in the active state needed to achieve a total combined activity corresponding to a desired behavior, compare a number A of elements in an active state to the linear number D of elements needed to achieve the desired behavior, activate a first number n of inactive elements, and deactivate a second number m of active elements, wherein the difference between the first number n and the second number m is equal to the difference between the linear number D of elements needed to achieve the desired behavior and the present number A of elements in an active state.
|POWER GATING CIRCUIT - A power gating circuit includes a first current switch, a second current switch, and a switching controller. The first current switch is connected between a power rail and a circuit block operated by an operating supply voltage, and provides a first current when turned on. The second current switch is connected between the power rail and circuit block, and provides a second current larger than the first current when turned on. The switching controller turns on first current switch when transitioned from a sleep mode to an active mode to change the operating supply voltage using the first current, generates a reference voltage based on the operating supply voltage that changes more slowly than the operating supply voltage, and turns on the second current switch based on the reference voltage to provide the second current to the circuit block.
|GATE PROTECTED SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES - Providing gate protection to a group III-semiconductor device by delivering gate overdrive immunity is described herein. The gate protection can be achieved by embedding a gate-voltage-controlling second transistor to the gate electrode of a first transistor. In other words, a first gate electrode of the first semiconductor device is in series with a second source electrode of the second semiconductor device, and a second gate electrode of the second semiconductor device is connected to the second source electrode and the first gate electrode.
|INTEGRATED CIRCUIT WITH AT LEAST TWO SWITCHES - A circuit includes first and second semiconductor switches each having a load path and control terminal and their load paths connected in series. At least one of the first and second switches includes a first semiconductor device having a load path and a control terminal, the control terminal coupled to the control terminal of the switch. A plurality of second semiconductor devices each have a load path between a first load terminal and a second load terminal and a control terminal. The second semiconductor devices have their load paths connected in series and connected in series to the load path of the first semiconductor device. Each of the second semiconductor devices has its control terminal connected to the load terminal of one of the other second semiconductor devices. One of the second semiconductor devices has its control terminal connected to one of the load terminals of the first semiconductor device.
|RF Switch, Mobile Communication Device and Method for Switching an RF Signal - An RF switch includes a switchable RF transistor. The switchable RF transistor includes a stripe of a plurality of adjacent RF transistor fingers and at least one non-switchable dummy transistor that is arranged at an end of the stripe of the switchable RF transistor.
|SWITCHING CELLS USING MOSFET POWER TRANSISTORS - The switching cell (
|CAPACITIVE BODY PROXIMITY SENSOR SYSTEM - Described herein are systems, methods and apparatuses that can detect the proximity of an object and differentiate between a human body and a non-human object. The detection and differentiation are facilitated by a first capacitive sensor of a first shape and a second capacitive sensor of a second shape. The detection and determination can be made based on a comparison between a first capacitance from the first sensor and a second capacitance from the second sensor.
|MAGNETIC FIELD SWITCHES - A magnetic field switch, comprising: A housing defining an interior space containing (a) a first permanent magnet, (b) a Hall Effect sensor, and (c) a switch device connected to the Hall Effect sensor and having a switching status varying in accordance with magnetic induction at the Hall Effect sensor; and a push-button reciprocally movably associated with the housing, the push-button including a second permanent magnet associated therewith, the push-button having a neutral position and an applied position. The first and second permanent magnets are spaced apart with the Hall Effect sensor and the switch device disposed therebetween. The first and second magnets have poles of the same polarity facing one another. The first and second permanent magnets each generate a magnetic field, the opposing magnetic fields meeting at a boundary region in the space between the first and second permanent magnets. In the neutral position of the push-button, the boundary region is positioned immediately above the Hall Effect sensor. In the applied position of the push-button, the boundary region passes through and activates the Hall Effect sensor.
|ANTENNA DRIVE APPARATUS - An antenna drive apparatus having a drive control unit and an antenna connected to the drive control unit via first and second connecting lines, and driven by an AC signal at a first resonant frequency, includes: a first driven member connected to the drive control unit via the connecting lines and driven by an AC signal at a second resonant frequency; a sensing member connected to the drive control unit via the connecting lines and driven by a DC signal, capable of sensing approach or contact of a person and, outputting a sensing signal indicating the fact that the approach or the contact has been sensed to the drive control unit via the first connecting line; and a stop mechanism configured to stop a function of the sensing member when an AC signal supplied to the antenna or the first driven member is sensed.
|SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE PACKAGES INCLUDING THERMALLY INSULATING MATERIALS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING SUCH SEMICONDUCTOR PACKAGES - Semiconductor device packages comprise a first semiconductor device comprising a heat-generating region located on at least one end thereof. A second semiconductor device is attached to the first semiconductor device. At least a portion of the heat-generating region extends laterally beyond at least one corresponding end of the second semiconductor device. A thermally insulating material at least partially covers the end of the second semiconductor device. Methods of forming a semiconductor device packages comprise attaching a second semiconductor device to a first semiconductor device. The first semiconductor device comprises a heat-generating region at an end thereof. At least a portion of the heat-generating region extends laterally beyond an end of the second semiconductor device. The end of the second semiconductor device is at least partially covered with a thermally insulating material.
|SUBSTRATE BIAS CONTROL CIRCUIT - An integrated circuit includes a process voltage temperature (PVT) effect transducer responsive to a PVT effect, a PVT effect quantifier coupled to the PVT effect transducer and configured to quantify the PVT effect to provide an output, and a bias controller configured to receive the output of the PVT effect quantifier and provide a bias voltage for a substrate of an NMOS or a PMOS transistor. The bias controller is configured to compare the output received from the PVT effect quantifier to a threshold value, and decrease or increase the bias voltage depending on whether the output is higher or lower than the threshold value.
|SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE - A semiconductor element layer has a pixel region in which a plurality of photodiodes are provided and a peripheral circuit region in which a peripheral circuit for processing the device is provided, a power supply line to supply an electric power to the peripheral circuit, provided at a first side of the semiconductor element layer in the peripheral circuit region, a first wiring layer to supply the electric power to the power supply line, provided at a second side of the semiconductor element layer in the peripheral circuit region, and a plurality of first through-electrodes, provided in the peripheral circuit region and passing through the semiconductor element layer between the first side and the second side. At least a part of the first through-electrodes electrically connect between the power supply line and the first wiring layer.
|POWER SUPPLY CIRCUIT - A power supply circuit to supply an internal voltage to an output node includes: a pull-up driver, in response to a result obtained by comparing the internal voltage to a first reference voltage, configured to generate the internal voltage from a power supply voltage, a pull-down driver, in response to a result obtained by comparing the internal voltage to a second reference voltage, configured to discharge the internal voltage, a pull-up drive blocking unit configured to block the pull-up driver from being driven, in response to the result obtained by comparing the internal voltage to the second reference voltage, and a pull-down drive blocking unit configured to block the pull-down driver from being driven, in response to the result obtained by comparing the internal voltage to the first reference voltage.
|RECONFIGURABLE HIGH-ORDER INTEGRATED CIRCUIT FILTERS - Voltage and current mode reconfigurable n
|Multi-Band/Multi-Mode Power Amplifier with Signal Path Hardware Sharing - Existing multi-band/multi-mode (MB/MM) power amplifiers (PAs) use separate signal paths for the different covered frequency bands. This results in a large degree of hardware duplication and to a large die size and cost. Solutions that achieve hardware sharing between the different signal paths of MB/MM PAs are shown. Such sharing includes bias circuit and bypass capacitors sharing, as well as sharing front-end stages and the output stage of the PA. Signal multiplexing may be realized in the transmitter or at the PA front-end while the signal de-multiplexing can be realized either in the PA output stage or at the front-end of the output stage. Such circuits can be applied with saturated and linear MB/MM PAs with adjacent or non-adjacent bands.
|Amplifier Circuit, Method and Mobile Communication Device - An amplifier circuit includes a gain controller, a first amplifier, and a second amplifier which is coupled in series to the first amplifier, the second amplifier comprising a plurality of amplifying units. The gain controller is configured to receive a desired gain value and provide, based on the received desired gain value, a gain adjust signal to the first amplifier, and activate, based on the received desired gain value, a certain combination of amplifying units of the plurality of amplifying units of the second amplifier, such that a combined gain of the first amplifier and the active amplifying units of the second amplifier corresponds to the received desired gain value
|Active Transducer Probes and Circuits - In an example embodiment, a method for bidirectional signal propagation comprises: a) sensing a voltage level of a first signal at a first port; b) coupling the first port to an output of an amplifier with a solid state switch if the voltage level of the first signal is less than a threshold voltage, whereby a second signal applied to a second port coupled to an input of the amplifier is propagated in a first direction from the second port to the first port; and c) bypassing the amplifier if the voltage level of the first signal is greater than the threshold voltage such that the first signal is propagated in a second direction from the first port to the second port.
|ELECTRIC CIRCUIT - A transistor has variation in a threshold voltage or mobility due to accumulation of factors such as variation in a gate insulating film which is caused by a difference of a manufacturing process or a substrate to be used and variation in a crystal state of a channel formation region. The present invention provides an electric circuit which is arranged such that both electrodes of a capacitance device can hold a voltage between the gate and the source of a specific transistor. Further, the present invention provides an electric circuit which has a function capable of setting a potential difference between both electrodes of a capacitance device so as to be a threshold voltage of a specific transistor.
|LOW NOISE AMPLIFIERS FOR MULTIPLE RADIO STANDARDS - Low noise amplifiers and related control methods for multiple radio standards are disclosed. An exemplary low noise amplifier comprises input ports, an output port, amplifier stages, and a degeneration inductor. Each amplifier has a gain stage and a buffer stage connected in series. The buffer stage selectively channels an output of the gain stage to the output port or a power supply. The degeneration inductor is commonly connected to the gain stage in each of the amplifier stages.
|COMPOUND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, POWER-SUPPLY UNIT, AND HIGH-FREQUENCY AMPLIFIER - A compound semiconductor device includes: a compound semiconductor multilayer structure including a first buffer layer composed of AlN; and a second buffer layer composed of AlGaN and formed above the first buffer layer, wherein the second buffer layer contains carbon, and wherein the concentration of carbon in the second buffer layer increases with increasing distance from a lower surface of the second buffer layer toward an upper surface of the second buffer layer.
|WIDE BANDWIDTH RADIO FREQUENCY AMPLIER HAVING DUAL GATE TRANSISTORS - A wide bandwidth radio frequency amplifier is disclosed. The wide bandwidth radio frequency amplifier has a first signal path having a first input and a first output along with a first dual gate field effect transistor having a first-first gate coupled to the first input and a first drain coupled to the first output. The wide bandwidth radio frequency amplifier also includes a second signal path having a second input and a second output and a second dual gate field effect transistor having a second-first gate coupled to the second input and a second drain coupled to the second output.
|AMPLIFIERS WITH ENHANCED POWER SUPPLY REJECTION RATIO AT THE OUTPUT STAGE - An amplifier circuit is disclosed. The amplifier circuit includes a detection circuit, a control amplifier circuit and an output stage. The detection circuit detects disturbances occurring in a first supply voltage and provides detection results. The control amplifier circuit controls a first voltage provided to a first control node and a second voltage provided to a second control node in response to the detection results. The output stage circuit includes a first output power transistor coupled to the control amplifier circuit at the first control node and a second output power transistor coupled to the control amplifier circuit at the second control node. The first voltage and the second voltage are controlled differently when a disturbance is detected to have occurred.
|METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FEEDBACK-BASED RESISTANCE CALIBRATION - A circuit has a first circuit module including a first resistor and first and second transistors coupled in parallel with the first resistor. The first resistor and the first and second transistors are coupled together at a first node. An equivalent resistance across the first circuit module increases as a voltage of the first node is increased from a first voltage to a second voltage, and the equivalent resistance across the first circuit module decreases as the voltage of the first node is increased from the second voltage to a third voltage.
|POWER ENVELOPE CONTROLLER AND METHOD - A power envelope controller configured for use with an amplification stage and method are disclosed. The power envelope controller includes voltage feedback input circuitry configured to receive a voltage feedback signal representing an internal voltage drop across the amplification stage and current feedback input circuitry configured to receive a current feedback signal representing an output current of the amplification stage. An analog multiplier is configured to generate an internal power dissipation signal representing the internal power dissipation of the amplification stage based on the voltage and current feedback signals. A comparator circuit is configured to compare the internal power dissipation signal to a power threshold and generate a power control error signal when the internal power dissipation of the amplification stage exceeds the threshold.
|POWER AMPLIFIER - A power amplifier includes: an amplifier having an input terminal and including an amplifying transistor having a threshold voltage; a transistor supplying a bias to the input terminal of the amplifier according to an on/off signal; a capacitor connected between the input terminal of the amplifier and a grounding point; a resistor connected between the input terminal of the amplifier and the grounding point, in parallel with the capacitor; and a diode connected in series with the resistor. The diode has a threshold voltage that is lower than the threshold voltage of the amplifying transistor.
|System and Method for a Low Noise Amplifier - In accordance with an embodiment, a low noise amplifier (LNA) includes a transistor, and a transformer having a first winding coupled between a LNA input terminal and a control node of the transistor, and a second winding magnetically coupled to the first winding coupled between a reference node of the transistor and a LNA reference terminal. An output of the LNA is coupled to an output node of the transistor.
|Digital Calibration for Multiphase Oscillators - A phase-locked loop circuit comprises a multi-phase oscillator having a plurality of coupled oscillators. A calibration module detects mismatches between frequency characteristics of the different oscillators in the phase-locked loop circuit during a calibration process. The calibration module then calibrates the various oscillators to compensate for the detected mismatch. Once calibrated, the phase-locked loop circuit can operate with little or no performance degradation despite the mismatch in frequency characteristics between the different oscillators.
|NOISE REDUCTION IN MEMS OSCILLATORS AND RELATED APPARATUS AND METHODS - Mechanical resonating structures are used to generate signals having a target frequency with low noise. The mechanical resonating structures may generate output signals containing multiple frequencies which may be suitably combined with one or more additional signals to generate the target frequency with low noise. The mechanical resonating structures may be used to form oscillators.
|OSCILLATOR AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - Provided is an oscillator (
|PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICE WITH A PACKAGE INCLUDING A CONVEX PART - A piezoelectric device includes: a piezoelectric vibrating reed; and a package, wherein the piezoelectric vibrating reed has a vibrating part and first and second supporting arms extending from a base end part, the package has a base, a lid, a cavity defined by the base and the lid, a convex part projecting from the base or the lid into the cavity, a length of the first supporting arm is shorter than a length of the second supporting arm, and the convex part is provided in a range ahead of a leading end of the first vibrating arm in an extension direction of the first supporting arm and at least partially overlapping with the second supporting arm in a length direction of the piezoelectric vibrating reed so as not to overlap with the piezoelectric vibrating reed in a plan view.
|METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ADAPTIVE IMPEDANCE MATCHING - A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, an adaptive impedance matching network having an RF matching network coupled to at least one RF input port and at least one RF output port and comprising one or more controllable variable reactive elements. The RF matching network can be adapted to reduce a level of reflected power transferred from said at least one input port by varying signals applied to said controllable variable reactive elements. The one or more controllable variable reactive elements can be coupled to a circuit adapted to map one or more control signals that are output from a controller to a signal range that is compatible with said one or more controllable variable reactive elements. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
|HIGH-FREQUENCY MODULE - In a high-frequency module, an input terminal, an output terminal and a ground terminal, which are arranged so as to be capable of being visually checked, and wiring line electrodes located on a mounting surface are electrically connected to each other by wires and therefore the connection state of a non-reciprocal circuit element to the wiring line electrodes on the mounting surface of the substrate can be easily visually checked and an impedance adjustment between the non-reciprocal circuit element and the wiring line electrodes located on the mounting surface of the substrate on which the non-reciprocal circuit element is mounted or electronic components mounted on the mounting surface can be easily performed by adjusting the lengths of the wires.
|BALANCED-TO-UNBALANCED CONVERTER - A balanced-to-unbalanced converter (balun) is provided, including: a converting circuit having a first processing circuit including a first inductor and a first capacitor connected in series, a second processing circuit including a second capacitor and a second inductor connected in series, the second capacitor being electrically connected to the first inductor, and two balanced output ends connected to the first processing circuit and the second processing circuit, respectively; and a preprocessing circuit connected to the converting circuit and including an unbalanced input end for converting real impedance at the unbalanced input end into complex impedance at the balanced output ends. Accordingly, the balun satisfies the need of the wireless communication chips by providing differential signals with complex impedance. This is done by employing the preprocessing circuit in conjunction with the converting circuit to convert an unbalanced signal with real impedance into a balanced signal with complex impedance.
|HEAT DISSIPATING OUTPUT NETWORK - A heat dissipating output network (
|COAXIAL TRANSMISSION LINE MICROSTRUCTURES AND METHODS OF FORMATION THEREOF - Provided are coaxial transmission line microstructures formed by a sequential build process, and methods of forming such microstructures. The microstructures include a transition structure for transitioning between the coaxial transmission line and an electrical connector. The microstructures have particular applicability to devices for transmitting electromagnetic energy and other electronic signals.
|ACOUSTIC WAVE ELEMENT AND ACOUSTIC WAVE DEVICE USING SAME - The IDT electrode has the first bus bar and second bus bar; the plurality of first electrode fingers and the plurality of second electrode fingers mutually intersect; the plurality of first dummy electrodes and the plurality of second dummy electrodes which extend have front ends facing front ends of the plurality of first electrode fingers and the plurality of second electrode fingers with the gap s1; the plurality of first auxiliary electrodes which protrude laterally from the front end side portions of the pluralities of first dummy electrodes; and the plurality of second auxiliary electrodes which protrude laterally from the front end side portions of the plurality of second dummy electrodes. The plurality of first auxiliary electrodes have edge portions located a side of the second bus bar. The edge portions are located a side of the second bus bar the more to a side of the front end.
|DUAL MODE FILTER - A dual mode filter (
|MILLIMETER WAVEBAND FILTER AND METHOD OF INCREASING REJECTION BAND ATTENUATION - A millimeter waveband filter is provided with a resonator formed by a pair of electric wave half mirrors in a transmission line of a waveguide allowing electromagnetic waves in a predetermined frequency range of a millimeter waveband to propagate in a TE10 mode, and allows frequency components centering on the resonance frequency of the resonator to pass therethrough. A high-pass filter which has a transmission line reduced in size so as to have a cutoff frequency matching an upper limit of a lower rejection band of a filter passband is formed in a transmission line between the end of the waveguide and the electric wave half mirror, thereby increasing the attenuation of the lower rejection band.
|RELAY - A relay includes two stators each having a fixed contact, and a movable element having movable contacts. Each of the stators includes a stator proximity plate portion adjacent to the movable element, and the movable element includes a movable element proximity plate portion adjacent to the stators. A direction of current flowing in the stator proximity plate portions is set to be same as a direction of current flowing in the movable element proximity plate portion to generate an inter-plate attraction force for attracting the movable element proximity plate portion onto the stator proximity plate portions. The movable element proximity plate portion is biased by the inter-plate attraction force toward a direction for bringing the movable contacts into contact with the fixed contacts.
|ELECTROMAGNETIC RELAY - An electromagnetic relay including an electromagnet block having a rod-shaped iron core, a coil wound around the rod-shaped iron core, and a spool interposed between the coil and iron core. A yoke having one end section extends to a section at a side of a magnet pole section of the iron core. An end section of the yoke is arranged so that the magnet pole section has a gap on a base side. A moving iron is pivotably supported by an elastic support of a hinge spring. The electromagnet block is magnetized wherein a section drawn in the moving iron is drawn to the magnet pole section and pivoted to drive a contact switching unit. The hinge spring includes an elastic contacting portion extending toward an opposite side to the elastic support. The moving iron is integrated with a card member that comes in contact with the elastic contacting portion.
|THREE-PHASE 48-PULSE RECTIFIER TRANSFORMER - A three-phase 48-pulse rectifier transformer consists of two 24-pulse rectifier transformers phase-shifted through valve-side output windings. Each 24-pulse rectifier transformer comprises two sets of grid-side input windings and four sets of valve-side output windings. The two sets of grid-side input windings are connected in parallel and axially arranged in a split manner. Among the four sets of valve-side output windings, two sets of valve-side output windings are radially arranged in a split manner corresponding to one set of grid-side input windings, and the other two sets of valve-side output windings are also radially arranged in a split manner corresponding to the other set of grid-side input windings. The two sets of valve-side output windings that are radially split and the other two sets of valve-side output windings that are radially split are axially arranged in a split manner. The grid-side input windings of the two 24-pulse rectifier transformers are phase-shifted with respect to each other. In this way, a uniform difference of 7.5° is produced in voltages of the eight sets of valve-side output windings of the two 24-pulse rectifier transformers, and the eight sets of valve-side output windings of the two 24-pulse rectifier transformers are correspondingly connected to rectifiers to form a uniform 48-pulse rectifier transformer, which not only reduces the harmonic current generated by the rectifier, but also improves the load capacity of the rectifier.
|LEAD-FRAMELESS POWER INDUCTOR AND METHOD FOR FABRICATING THE SAME - A lead-frameless power inductor and its fabrication method are disclosed. The power inductor comprises a lower substrate, a coil provided on the lower substrate, and an intermediate layer which encloses the coil, wherein the lower substrate can be a soft magnetic entrainer or a non-magnetic entrainer. The coil is made of an insulated wire, and the intermediate layer is a colloid consisting of magnetic powder. The steps of fabrication are: forming a wire package to fix on the upper surface of the lower substrate, wherein the wire package is formed of a lacquer insulated copper wire or the like, then coated with a colloid consisting of the magnetic powder, and then is cutting into granulated elements and forming in order.
|ELECTRICAL DEVICE - An electrical device includes a board; a cable including one end portion electrically connected to the board; a component fixing device for fixing a component through which the cable passes; and a fixing portion for fixing the component fixing device. The component fixing device includes a holding portion for holding the component and a fixed portion fixed to the fixing portion. Further, the holding portion includes a hook claw disposed at a distal end portion thereof, a hole portion for receiving a base portion of the hook claw and engaging with the distal end portion, an attaching portion for attaching the component, a first movement restriction member for restricting a movement of the component in a direction that the cable extends, and a second movement restriction member for restricting a movement of the component in a direction perpendicular to the direction that the cable extends.
|ELECTRICAL DEVICE - An electrical device includes a board; a cable including one end portion electrically connected to the board; a component fixing device for fixing a ferrite core having a hollow portion through which the cable passes; and a fixing portion for fixing the component fixing device. The component fixing device includes a holding portion for contacting with an inner surface of the ferrite core to restrict a movement of the ferrite core and a fixed portion fixed to the fixing portion.
|PRESSURE-SENSITIVE SWITCH - A pressure-sensitive switch includes a pressing member, a flexible base member under the pressing member, a resistance layer on an underside of the base member, an electrode group, a third electrode, and a resistance element. The electrode group includes first and second electrodes and confronts the base member so as to be brought into contact with the resistance layer when the pressing member is pressed. The third electrode is disposed apart from the electrode group and confronts the base member same as the electrode group. The resistance element is connected to the first and second electrodes in series therebetween. The first electrode is located nearer a pressing center of the pressing member than the second electrode.
|VARIABLE RESISTER HAVING RESISTANCE VARYING GEOMETRICALLY RATIO AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - An analog amplifier for amplifying an analog signal and an analog filter is provided. In particular, an apparatus and method for controlling gain and cutoff frequency of the variable gain amplifier and the variable cutoff frequency filter that is capable of changing the gain and cutoff frequency are provided. The variable resister includes a plurality of resister segments in the variable resister and, when a plurality of resistance candidates for the variable resister is arranged in order of size, the resistance candidates form a geometric series.
|METAL FOIL HAVING ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE LAYER, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR SAME - The present invention provides a metal foil provided with an electrical resistance layer, in which peeling between the metal foil and the electrical resistance layer disposed on the metal foil can be prevented and variation in the resistivity of the resistance layer can be reduced, and a method of manufacturing the same. The present invention includes a metal foil with an electrical resistance layer including a metal foil having a surface of a ten-point mean roughness Rz, which is measured by an optical method according to 1 μm or less and the surface being treated by irradiation with ion beams at an ion beam intensity of 0.70-2.10 sec·W/cm
|CONNECTION TERMINAL OF SHUNT RESISTOR, AND BATTERY STATE DETECTION DEVICE - It is an object to provide a configuration with an enhanced sensing accuracy, in which a shunt resistance main body and a terminal member are formed as separate pieces. A shunt resistor includes a resistance main body and a terminal member (
|VIRTUAL VEHICLE ENTRY KEYPAD AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF - Keypad indicia are integral with a window of a vehicle. The keypad indicia are formed using a ultra-violet (UV) fluorescent dye that is nearly invisible to a human eye until exposed to UV light. A UV light emitting device of the vehicle is configured for outputting UV light. The light emitting device is mounted for enabling the keypad indicia to be exposed to the outputted UV light thereby causing the keypad indicia to become readily visible by the human eye. An imaging device of the vehicle captures user interaction with the keypad indicia while the keypad indicia is exposed to the outputted UV light. The keypad interaction processor determines if a sequence of body part movements with respect to the keypad indicia that is captured by the imaging device during exposure of the keypad indicia to the outputted light corresponds to an access code of the vehicle.
|UNIVERSAL ACCESS DEVICE - Systems, methods, and computer-readable and executable instructions are provided for providing a universal access device. Providing a universal access device can include storing access data for each of a number RFID readers, wherein each of the RFID readers accepts a particular RFID protocol. Providing a universal access device can also include selecting a particular RFID protocol for one of the number of RFID readers while the universal access device is within an activation zone of the RFID reader. Furthermore, providing a universal access device can include providing the access data for the particular RFID reader via the particular RFID protocol.
|SMARTCARD RECEIVING DEVICE FOR PROVIDING A REMOTE COMMUNICATION WITH SWITCHING MEANS - The invention relates to a smartcard receiving device, comprising a contact interface (
|DEVICE FOR DETECTING THE PRESENCE OF A USER, DOOR HANDLE COMPRISING SAID DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONFIGURING THE ASSOCIATED HANDLE - A device (D′) for detecting presence of a user includes: a connection to the electrical ground (
|MASKED CONTAINER RFID TAG COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM - A container group includes a plurality of containers arranged in three dimensions. A power signal is transmitted to a first subset of the containers facing a power antenna. A data signal is transmitted to a second subset of the containers facing a link antenna. The power and link antennas face non-parallel sides of the container. The containers pass power back from the first subset. The power transmitted to each container runs an RFID repeater that passes data back from the second subset. In the container group is a masked container with an RFID tag that communicates with the RFID repeater on the next container closer to the link antenna.
|COMMUNICATING WITH RFID TAGS ON MASKED CONTAINERS - An RFID reader communicates with an RFID tag of a masked container in a container group. A power-supply antenna and a link antenna of the RFID reader are spaced apart from the container group, the antennas oriented to transmit signals to a power-supply subset and a data subset, respectively, of the plurality of containers. The RFID reader transmits a power-supply RF signal via the power-supply antenna to the power-supply subset and, while doing so, transmits a data RF signal via the link antenna to the data subset. The containers relay power-supply RF energy in a downstream power-supply direction and relay the data RF signal in upstream and downstream data directions different from the power-supply direction. The data RF signal is relayed by a repeater, which is powered by relayed power-supply RF energy, on each container. The RFID tag responds to the relayed data signal.
|THERMALLY-ARMORED RADIO-FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION DEVICE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING SAME - A thermally-armored RFID tag is configured to withstand extreme temperatures associated with certain product fabrication, including, but not limited to, the temperatures of molten metal and plastic. The thermal protection allows the RFID tag to be inserted into products during their fabrication, molding, casting, or extrusion, instead of being applied to the surface or inserted into the surface of the products after their fabrication
|Apparatus and Method for Providing Product Information - A sensor system comprises a tag. The tag comprises at least one sensor, a radio-frequency chip, and a first antenna. The sensor is adapted to provide an output analogous to a change in an environment of the sensor. The sensor produces an analog output and includes output terminals. The radio-frequency chip comprises a memory element, input terminals and output terminals. The input terminals are disposed in electrical communication with the output terminals of the sensor. The output of the sensor alters the value of at least one bit in the memory of the chip. The first antenna is disposed in electrical communication with the output terminals of the chip.
|Apparatus and Method for Providing Product Information - A sensor system comprising a tag. The tag comprises at least one radio-frequency chip, a first antenna disposed in electrical communication with the chip and a non-conductive coating disposed upon a surface of the tag. The chip comprises a memory element providing electrical storage of a binary coded word comprising at least one bit and output terminals. The antenna is in electrical communication with the output terminals. The non-conductive coating covers the chip and defines a perimeter. The perimeter is disposed over and exposes a portion of the antenna.
|User Grouping Apparatus And User Grouping Method - An RFID aggregate storage stores a radio-frequency ID aggregate structure. The RFID aggregate structure is an aggregated data structure of a plurality of RFIDs, in which each RFID is associated with a location and time read out from a RFID tag, and RFID related information, hierarchically constructed by classifying RFIDs based on the readout location and further by classifying them based on the readout time. A proximity evaluator evaluates the proximity between the first user's RF ID aggregate and the second user's RFID aggregate. A user classifier classifies the first user and the second user in one group when the proximity is smaller than a predetermined threshold value.
|RFID READER - An RFID reader is provided. The RFID reader includes a transmitter section and a receiver section. The transmitter section is configured to transmit a first RF signal which includes several carrier frequencies that are effective to simultaneously illuminate a tag at the plurality of carrier frequencies. The receiver section is configured to receive a second RF signal which includes several frequencies which each have the same information.
|ANTENNA DESIGN AND INTERROGATOR SYSTEM - The present invention relates to the identification of RFID devices that are arranged closely together and placed on shelving for logistical and storage purposes. Furthermore, the aspects of the present invention relate to an arrangement and/or layout of antenna coils for example in an interrogator. There is disclosed a RFID interrogator and/or method of interrogating comprising an antenna, when activated, being adapted to radiate an interrogation signal in a first area, means adapted to shift the antenna within a second area, the second area being larger than the first area. The antenna may be mechanically moveable.
|COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM, RELAY COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE, RELAY COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE AND ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE COMBINATION, ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION COMMUNICATIONS DEVICE, INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM, AND INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM PRODUCTION METHOD - An object of the present invention is to provide a communication system, a relay communication device, a combination of the relay communication device and the electromagnetic induction communication device, an electromagnetic induction communication device, an information storage medium, and an information storage medium manufacturing method, in which a communication system communicating through electromagnetic induction can be implemented at low cost. A relay automatic ticket gate system provides the following. An IC card
|SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SOCIAL DANCING - A system and method for enabling social dancing. The system comprising a movement registration module configured to monitor and identify movements by a participant; and a tactile feedback actuator configured to supply tactile feedback to the participant based on a determination by a logic module. The method performed by a computerized device, the method comprising: monitoring movements by a participant; determining feedback in response to the movements; and instructing a tactile feedback actuator to supply the feedback to the participant.
|BODY-WORN DEVICE FOR DANCE SIMULATION - A body-worn device configured in size and shape to be worn by a user, the body-worn device comprising a tactile feedback actuator configured to supply tactile feedback to the user, wherein said tactile feedback actuator configured to supply the feedback based on instructions provided via a communication channel. Optionally, the body-worn device is configured in size and shape to be worn around a torso of the user. Optionally, the tactile feedback actuator is configured to supply the tactile feedback to a back and/or a chest of the user. Optionally, wherein said body-worn device comprises a first and a second tactile feedback actuators, wherein the first tactile feedback actuator is positioned to be in proximity to a chest of the user, and wherein the second tactile feedback actuator is positioned to be in proximity to a back of the user.
|SYSTEM AND METHOD GENERATING MOTOR DRIVING SIGNAL AND METHOD CONTROLLING VIBRATION - A system and method that generate a vibration motor driving signal includes; a first control unit that receives a first input signal and gain-adjusts the first input signal in response to a reference voltage to generate a first output signal, and a second control unit that receives the first output signal and gain-adjusts the first output signal in response to the reference voltage to generate a second output signal, wherein the second output signal is applied to a vibration motor as the vibration control signal.
|VEHICLE APPROACH NOTIFICATION UNIT - A vehicle approach notification unit is disposed in a vehicle for producing a notification sound. The vehicle approach notification unit has a speaker and a thin film. The speaker is disposed to a sound tube of a vehicle horn of the vehicle. The vehicle horn produces a resonant warning sound with a resonant frequency. The thin film partitions a space between the speaker and the sound tube. The speaker emits the notification sound into the sound tube so that the notification sound is emitted outside of the vehicle via the sound tube. The thin film restricts a sound wave having the resonant frequency from being transmitted, and allows a sound wave having a frequency producing the notification sound to be transmitted.
|VEHICLE APPROACH NOTIFICATION UNIT - A vehicle approach notification unit which notifies an approach of a vehicle has a first notification sound generator and a second notification sound generator. The first notification sound generator produces a notification sound including at least a high-frequency sound forward from the vehicle. The second notification sound generator produces a notification sound including at least a low-frequency sound downward from the vehicle.
|ELECTRIC HORN DEVICE FOR A VEHICLE AND VEHICLE - Electric horn devices for a vehicle and vehicles with the electric horns are provided. An electric horn device includes a housing that is tightly sealed, a housing section within the housing, and a membrane element within the housing and configured to generate a sound. An elastic pressure equalizing element is adapted to allow pressure equalization in the housing.
|VEHICLE APPROACH ALERT DEVICE FOR SADDLE-RIDDEN ELECTRIC VEHICLE - A vehicle approach alert device for a saddle-ridden electric vehicle is a vehicle approach alert device for a saddle-ridden electric vehicle that is provided with a sound emitter that is attached on the vehicle body of a saddle-ridden electric vehicle having an electric motor in a power engine, and that emits an alert sound to a surrounding area for notifying the surrounding area of approach of the saddle-ridden electric vehicle, such that sound emission of the sound emitter is controlled, and the sound emitter is arranged so that the direction of sound emission is oriented diagonally downward and forward of the saddle-ridden electric vehicle.
|Brake Testing Device - A brake testing device include a remote operated control module which is installed on a towing vehicle to remotely actuate the brake and turn signal lights for testing purposes. When installed on a truck with air brakes and a connection to air brakes on a connected trailer, auxiliary valves are installed on the truck brake pneumatic control line and the trailer brake pneumatic control line which are controlled remotely through the control module to test activation of the air brakes on the truck and trailer respectively.
|MAGNETIC FIELD COMMUNICATION ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD - An automotive communication method includes installing a sensor within a vehicle such that the sensor is submerged in a liquid during operation of the vehicle and/or substantially surrounded by a metallic structure during operation of the vehicle. A long wave magnetic signal is transmitted from the sensor. The signal is indicative of a condition sensed by the sensor. The signal is wirelessly received at a controller disposed within the vehicle. Receipt of the signal at the controller is responded to by adjusting a display and/or a setting within the vehicle.
|BICYCLE GEAR SHIFT INDICATOR - A bicycle gear shift indicator comprises a shift sensor and a controller. The shift sensor configured detects a shifting operation of a shifter. The controller is operatively coupled to the shift sensor to determine a continuous shifting operation of the shifter based on a gear shift selection signal from the shift sensor. Furthermore, the controller is configured to operate a notification device that generates a shift notification corresponding to one or more gear shifts based on a continuous operation time of the shifter.
|TERMINAL DEVICE - An acquisition unit determines the location of an object. A setting unit sets a wait time if the determined location satisfies predetermined conditions. The range of wait time that the setting unit can set is narrower than the range of wait time that can be set by other kinds of terminal devices capable of broadcasting packet signals by means of carrier sensing. A carrier sense unit performs a carrier sense over the set wait time. A modulator-demodulator unit and RF unit broadcast a packet signal together with the results of the carrier sense.
|VEHICLE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - In a vehicle information management system, a storage includes a storage region arranged to store abnormality data that includes diagnostic data, type information indicating a type of an abnormality, and occurrence number information that indicates the number of occurrences of each abnormality specified by the type information. When the type of an abnormality is specified by an abnormality specifying unit and a new diagnostic data is produced and if the abnormality data of the same type as the specified type is already stored in the storage region in the storage, an updating unit changes the occurrence number information to the latest information and overwrites and saves the diagnostic data in the storage region already stored with the abnormality data of the same type as the specified type.
|METHOD FOR MONITORING THE POSTURE OF A MOTORCYCLIST - A method for improving the safety of motorcycling. With the aid of a sensor system, it is monitored if a motorcyclist assumes a predefined posture. Using an algorithm on a control unit, if it is detected that the motorcyclist deviates from the predefined posture for longer than a predetermined period of time, a signal transmitter is activated.
|VEHICULAR INFORMATION-PROCESSING DEVICE AND VEHICULAR INFORMATION-PROCESSING METHOD - A vehicular information-processing device and a vehicular information-processing method with which driver operation information can be smoothly linked to learning results are provided. The information-processing ECU learns pieces of operation information, which are obtained in correspondence with various vehicle operations by a driver, in association with the respective spots where the vehicle operations occurred, and, on the basis of the result of learning, provides operation information specific to each spot as driving assistance information. The information-processing ECU determines whether or not the specific operation information provided at the same spot conforms to the driver's vehicle operation at the spot, and learns the repeatability of the specific operation information provided at the spot on the basis of the number of times that it is determined that there is conformity or the number of times that it is determined there is no conformity.
|Child car Seat Alarm System - A child car seat system that alarms a guardian of a child that the child has accidently been left in the child car seat. The system comprises of a child car seat that has seat belt that is wired to a transmitter, the seat belt has a first terminal and second terminal locking latch, when the first terminal and second terminal locking latches are latched to each other, a closed electrical loop is formed and a first signal is transmitted from the transmitter, when the first and second terminal locking latches are unlatched, a second signal is transmitted from the transmitter. The system further comprises of a receiver, the receiver defines at least one alarm that warns the user of the system that a child has been left in the child car seat, the receiver activates when it receives the first signal and deactivated when it receives the second signal, the receiver has a sensor that will activate the alarm if the receiver is moved a certain distance away from transmitter when the receiver is activated. The receiver can be a key fob.
|DIRECTIONAL INDICATOR AND STRADDLE TYPE VEHICLE DIRECTIONAL INDICATOR SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME - A directional indicator system includes a directional indicator that includes a plurality of LED series circuits each connected in parallel to another of the LED series circuits. Each LED series circuit includes LEDs connected in series. A driver is configured to control driving of the directional indicator. The driver includes LED drivers that are each configured to drive a corresponding one of the LED series circuits. The driver also includes a plurality of current detectors that are each configured to measure a value of a current in a corresponding one of the LED series circuits.
|VEHICLE BRAKE LIGHT SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ALERTING A FOLLOWING VEHICLE OF AN UNSAFE FOLLOWING DISTANCE - A vehicle brake light system includes a proximity sensing device disposed proximate a rearward region of a vehicle for determining whether an object is located within a predetermined distance of the rearward region of the vehicle. Also included is at least one brake light disposed proximate the rearward region of the vehicle, wherein the at least one brake light is configured to be in an illuminated state or a non-illuminated state. Further included is a controller in operable communication with the proximity sensing device, wherein the controller is configured to receive a proximity sensing device signal when the object is within the predetermined distance and configured to send an alert signal to the at least one brake light to enact the illuminated state upon receiving the proximity sensing device signal from the proximity sensing device.
|AUTOMATICALLY LOCATING FIRE ALARMS - In a building, an identification number and positioning of a fire alarm is automatically compared either in a control panel or a mobile communication device of a user to automatically locate a fire alarm. Because no manual entries are required, erroneous entries are avoided.
|PHOTOELECTRIC SMOKE DETECTOR AND PROCESS FOR TESTING THE PHOTOELECTRIC SMOKE DETECTOR - A photoelectric smoke detector
|MANAGING ADVERTISING DEVICES - In one general aspect, a request to determine a status of a first of a plurality of advertising devices is received. The advertising devices are spatially separated. Operating conditions of the first advertising device are identified. The status of the first advertising device is determined based, at least in part, on the operating conditions. A presentation including information indicating the status of the first advertising device is transmitted
|HYGIENE COMPLIANCE MODULE - A hygiene compliance module is configured to be retrofit with a compatible dispenser to enable hygiene compliance monitoring functions. The hygiene compliance module is configured to be coupled to the dispenser via a communication interface to receive power, ground, and dispenser actuation signals therefrom. In addition, the hygiene compliance module is enabled to communicate with a wireless data tag that is worn by a user of the dispenser and with a remote hygiene compliance monitoring station.
|SENSOR AND TRANSMISSION CONTROL CIRCUIT IN ADAPTIVE INTERFACE PACKAGE - A programmable interface module includes a linear power regulator to control and provide power to interfaced components on an as needed basis. The interface module is implemented in, for example, a sensor pack and multiplexed to a plurality of sensor modules. In a first mode, the linear voltage regulator provides a relatively small amount of power which allows a sensor module to output a signal responsive to detecting an environmental condition (e.g., gamma or x-ray radiation, extreme temperatures, etc.). The interface module can switch the linear voltage regulator to a second mode in which the linear voltage regulator ramps up the amount of power provided to a detecting sensor module. The sensor module can then provide a level indicative of a concentration or intensity of the environmental condition. If the level surpasses a predetermined threshold, the sensor pack can output an alert signal to security server.
|TOOL LOCATOR DEVICE AND SYSTEM - A device and system for electronically tracking one or more objects, such as tools or equipment is provided. The tool locator device and system of the present invention provides an electronic checklist specially designed to keep track of a set of tools or accessories.
|SECURE PERIPHERAL CONNECTING DEVICE - A secure peripheral device, coupled to a computer, capable of enabling a user to use a peripheral device such as a microphone, speakers, headset or video camera when the device is in operational state, while giving to the user a clear visual indication that the device is enabled. The device simultaneously disables the user peripheral device; and turns off the visual indication when the secure peripheral device is in secure state. The operational state is activated by the user by pressing a momentary push-button switch. A timer resets the device to a secure state after a short preset time. The device has anti-tempering functionality and becomes permanently disabled if tempered with. Optionally the device is coupled to the computer via a USB port that powers it.
|MERCHANDISE DISPLAY SECURITY SYSTEM INCLUDING MAGNETIC SENSOR - A merchandise display security system for displaying and protecting an item of merchandise having a movable or removable cover includes a sensor configured to be attached to the cover. The sensor may include a magnet assembly that produces a magnetic field defining a predetermined minimum strength when the sensor is attached to the cover and the cover is closed on the item of merchandise. A transducer detects the presence of the magnetic field, or alternatively, changes in the strength of the magnetic field and generates an electrical signal corresponding to the strength of the magnetic field, for example an output voltage. The transducer communicates the electrical signal to electronics that activate an alarm if the strength of the magnetic field is less than a predetermined minimum strength or greater than a predetermined maximum strength.
|ANTI-THEFT TAG FOR EYEGLASSES - An Electronic Article Surveillance (EAS) tag is removably mounted on a shaft of an eyeglasses temple to be protected. The EAS tag includes an elongated hollow arm member in which an EAS marker is stored. The EAS tag also includes a shaft holder member. The shaft holder member has several pairs of oppositely disposed openings on the circumference thereof to enable the holding of the eyeglasses having shafts with varied cross sections and widths. The arm member and the shaft holder member are coupled. A locking screw extending vertically through the front part of the elongated arm member right above the shaft holder is adapted to lock the shaft inserted through a selected pair of openings to the shaft holder. The locking screw has a special pattern on a head thereof. Locking or unlocking the shaft is accomplished by use of a special tool.
|ATTENTION ASSISTANCE DEVICE AND METHOD - An attention assistance device for providing attention assistance including various features that help maintain a user's focus on a given task. The attention assistance device may include an activity sensor that generates an activity output in response to detection of a user generated activity. The attention assistance device may also have a timer that increments a counter at regular time intervals, resets the counter in response to the activity output, and generates a timer output when the counter reaches a threshold. Further, the attention assistance device may include a stimulation unit that alerts a user in response to the timer output.
|BED STATUS INDICATORS - A bed includes bed status indicators, such as a pair of spaced lamp modules that are illuminated to signify a satisfactory status or an unsatisfactory status of the bed.
|LOW NUISANCE FAST RESPONSE HAZARD ALARM - Embodiments relate to systems for, and methods of, providing low nuisance, fast response hazard notification. Advantageously, the disclosed techniques avoid sounding an alarm in response to typical nuisance events, such as burnt food.


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More than three decades after the two basketball legends arrived on the national stage, Magic Johnson and Larry Bird are about to appear on a literal stage -- as the two lead characters in a new Broadway play.
The story of the leading Laker and Celtic star -- their rivalry, their friendship and everything in between -- will be the subject of "Magic/Bird," a new show opening in April.
"I guess it's the real Showtime," Johnson told the AP. For the show's two producers, Tony Ponturo and Fran Kirmser, it's the second in a series of sports-themed plays. The two also produced "Lombardi," the story of legendary Packers coach Vince Lombardi.

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Joe Jonas posts new single
Woah guys, he grew a five o'clock shadow; so he must not be a pussy anymore.
yeah guys hes pretty fucking hot now.
this was the hot one right?
stubble, edgy haircut, working on solo stuff....
clearly he's just trying to get laid by even more hot 17 year olds than he did before. can you blame him?
I thought his 5 minutes were over
Adam Lambert.
he sucks
No he fucking doesn't
hmm, fuck.
alright, I'm okay with that.
Oh my good lord this guy is a douche holy shit.
Love Slayer? I'm fucking stoked minus the s
iFghtffyrdmns is smacked
i'm gonna run away now
maybe the song is about how he loves slayer?
or maybe its loves layer. like, layers of a cake or something.
he kind of looks like jay baruchel with a facial hair attempt
EXILE..... baybayyyyyy.
What am i missing? Did the Jonas brothers break up?
He banged Ashley Greene which makes him infinitely cooler than every one of you.
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She's not all that great, so wrong. Not to say I wouldn't finger-blast her, but still. My beard is both thicker AND more lustrous than his. He has his work cut out.
"He banged Ashley Greene which makes him infinitely cooler than every one of you."
pics or it didn't happen
Incidentally, Joe is the only Jonas who I haven't seen up close in person.
i'm ready for Ashley Greene's sex tape to be released
I would never leave my house.
I do that anyway
I love Slayer too.
I think when all is said and done this Joe character will only be remembered for the questionable idea that he may or may not have got it in and sucked on Greene's perfectly natural tatas and hopefully gave her a few good spankings, if he's not a complete puss
"I thought his 5 minutes were over"
Apparently he wants the full 15 minutes, shit
Apparently he forgot about his purity ring
woah ashley greene is sexy
What I wouldn't give to be able to punch this fucker...
Has he still not touched a vagina?
I love Slayer too bro!!
He's starting to look more like Enrique Iglesia now.
she's not nearly as great as you idiots make her out to be, but she's pretty.
this guy needs bigger eyebrows if he wants to be taken seriously
WOAH. I just Ctrl+F'd this bitch and found no results of either "gay" OR "fag." Good innings, Sputnik! You just might be evolving!
hahahaha yeah that's kind of surprising/impressive
you're such a gay fag
I've been waiting for this for such a long time.
He looks like this one guy I saw in a store somewhere once.
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i prefer the brother who pretends to be john mayer
Who knew Joe Jonas loved Slayer? I'm impressed by his taste.
i would have never known!
My idol@
How could I be a fag when all I want is a pure lifestyle?
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With the crackdowns on Occupy protests across the country drawing attention to the militarization of American police forces, the media have been searching for explanations. Reporter Max Blumenthal posited that the change was the result of post-9/11 Israeli influence, citing trips to Israel taken by American law enforcement officials for counterterrorism training.
Blumenthal's claims were bolstered by Karen Greenberg, a national security expert with the national security program at Fordham Law (and MoJo contributor in the past). In his piece, Blumenthal wrote:
Karen Greenberg, the director of Fordham School of Law's Center on National Security and a leading expert on terror and civil liberties, said the Israeli influence on American law enforcement is so extensive it has bled into street-level police conduct. "After 9/11 we reached out to the Israelis on many fronts and one of those fronts was torture," Greenberg told me. "The training in Iraq and Afghanistan on torture was Israeli training. There's been a huge downside to taking our cue from the Israelis and now we're going to spread that into the fabric of everyday American life? It's counter-terrorism creep. And it's exactly what you could have predicted would have happened."
But Greenberg, whom I reached out to yesterday, says Blumenthal mischaracterized her remarks.
"I never pretended to know anything about how the police are behaving towards Occupy, and how Israel would have had any influence on how the police were treating the occupiers," Greenberg said in an interview. "What I remembered saying to him was you ought to look at these allegations that others have made about Israeli training in interrogation techniques. I did not intend to assert these allegations as fact...the entire sense of the quote is inaccurate." Greenberg says she emailed Blumenthal, but he responded that he didn't think there was a problem.
The origins of Bush-era torture, so-called "enhanced interrogation techniques," was actually quite well documented by the Senate Armed Services Committee. They were reverse-engineered from military resistance training meant to help servicemembers withstand torture techniques used by China during the Korean war. Greenberg also spoke to Jeffrey Goldberg, who posted her response to Blumenthal Wednesday morning.
A version of the story on the al-Akhbar website, where Blumenthal is listed as a staff writer, used one of the iconic photos of UC Davis police officer Lt. John Pike pepper spraying UC Davis students at the top of the piece. Blumenthal however, never actually lists the UC Davis campus police as one of the departments that received Israeli-style counterterrorism training, and Andy Fell, a spokesman for UC Davis says that isn't the case.
"We haven't had any training from the Israelis," Fell said. "It sounds to me that they just pinched a popular photo and put it up there."
UPDATE: Blumenthal, in a response to Goldberg, writes:
I am not sure why Greenberg would deny the statement she made to me on the record unless she was intimidated by Goldberg and the pro-Israel forces he represents. But the salient fact is that I did quote her accurately, word for word, and I stand by my reporting.
Well I'm not in nearly as good standing with the Zionist Cabal of America™ and Greenberg told me the same thing. Blumenthal citing Greenberg's posing the question of whether Bush officials consulted the Israeli government on torture in a 2005 doesn't come close to substantiating the underlying claim Blumenthal was using Greenberg to make, or the idea that she's backtracking from a prior position taken.
As I said above, the origins of Bush-era torture are well-documented. Absent any independent reporting that Israel had any role in the US development of so-called "enhanced interrogation techniques," what Blumenthal is doing here is arguing that quoting Greenberg accurately exonerates him from having to actually prove that what he reported is true. I'm not sure that's much to stand by.
UPDATE 2: Philip Weiss posts what he says are Max Blumenthal's notes from his conversation with Greenberg:
The Israelification of the entire security apparatus in the US is worth a book. Coordination of mayors is unprecedented. It's not of course. It's worth some thought. After 9 11 we reached out to the Israelis on many fronts and one of those fronts was torture. The training in iraq and Afghanistan on torture was Israeli training. There's been a huge downside to taking our cue from the Israelis and now were gonna spread that into our cities. It's counter terrorism creep. And it's exactly what you could have predicted what would have happened. Why don't we talk about Israeli coordination in public? The reason is the kind of things they taught us would require a major discussion. After 9 11 we had to react very quickly but now were in 2011 and were not talking about people who want to fly planes into buildings, were talking about young American citizens who feel that their birthright has been sold. And were using Israeli tactics on them? If this stuff bleeds into the way we do business at large were in trouble. To put these occupiers in a category of counterterrorism is philosophically dangerous and incorrect. It has implications in terms of who decides who an enemy is. Bit by bit we've allowed a creeping broadening of that category and it's become closer and closer to Americans. It suggests that the walls that we built around this definition of terrorism can be expanded to whatever we want. Kids are not terrorists and it's inappropriate to label them that way.
I emailed Greenberg, and I'll post her response if/when she gets back to me.
Weiss also quotes Jane Mayer's book The Dark Side, in which she writes: "Another former CIA official active at the time said the Agency also consulted closely with Israel...'The Israelis taught us that you can put a towel around a guy's neck and use it like a collar, to propel him headfirst into a wall.'" This technique was later used on "high-value" detainee Abu Zubaydah. Mayer's account, however, follows an earlier paragraph in which she explains that:
Specifically, the CIA asked Arab allies which techniques for handling terror suspects worked best in Arab cultures. The Agency's belief was that interrogation was a cultural matter, much more dependent on indigenous mores. "We talked to police and to other governments—Jordan the Saudis, the Egyptians, [Former CIA official A.B. "Buzzy"] Krongard said. The State Department regularly criticized these other countries for human rights abuses, but this was not a deterrent."
I think it would be a stretch to describe torture in Iraq and Afghanistan as "Egyptian" or "Saudi" torture as a result of the US conferring with those governments on interrogation. Arguing that there was Israeli influence on the Bush administration's so-called "enhanced interrogation" program is a defensible point. Declaring that the "[t]he training in iraq and Afghanistan on torture was Israeli training" is an exaggeration at best, based on what we know. I think that holds true for Blumenthal's larger argument about paramilitary policing in the US as well.
In case it's not clear, I don't aspire to spend my professional life trying to silence Israel's critics, and Israel has plenty of its own issues with torture, human rights, and the rule of law. As someone who's written about torture in the US for a while though, i just think it's really dishonest to put the responsiblity for a torture program initiated, developed, and implemented by Americans on anyone else.


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Published: 2 Apr 2013
As part of the cost-savings measures recently announced by the University, McGill today launched its 2013 Voluntary Retirement Program for eligible administrative and support staff aged 60 and over, before December 31, 2013.
All eligible employees will receive a letter outlining the terms under which they may elect to retire. For more information about the program, click on the following link: http://www.mcgill.ca/hr/bp/vrp.
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Yet it's the Leaf in which Nissan will attempt to set a new Guinness World Record at the upcoming Goodwood Festival of Speed. And not the Nismo RC version, either, though that will be on hand for the festival as well. No, Nissan will attempt a world record in a bone-stock electric Leaf... in reverse.
Because EVs like the Leaf power their wheels directly from their electric motors, they should – in theory at least – be able to drive just as fast in reverse as they do moving forward. To test that theory, Nissan is bringing the Leaf to Goodwood where its stunt driver Terry Grant (the same guy who drove a Juke on two wheels up the hill at the event last year) will attempt to drive the entire course backwards.
In the process, Nissan hopes that Grant and the Leaf will set a new record for the fastest time over a distance of one mile in reverse. And considering the twist, turns, peaks and dips of the Goodwood circuit, that likely won't prove too easy. But we sure look forward to seeing how it turns out – if it works this time. Nissan tried to do the backwards stunt last year, but was denied for being too risky. Read more in the press release below.
World record attempt planned for Goodwood Festival of Speed
- Nissan LEAF to set Guinness World Speed Record in reverse
- Record underlines car's simple yet robust technology
- Part of huge Nissan presence at the Festival
- Nissan LEAF NISMO RC to set FoS hill record for EVs
Rolle, Switzerland (25 June 2012) - In theory, it goes just as fast backwards as it does forwards. And now comes the proof.
At the Goodwood Festival of Speed (29 June - 1 July), the 100% electric Nissan LEAF will attempt to complete the famous 1.16-mile Goodwood hillclimb course as fast as possible... but in reverse, setting a new Guinness World Record for the fastest time over a distance of one mile in reverse.
With direct drive from the electric motor to its wheels, the Nissan LEAF going backwards should be able to hit the same top speed it manages going forwards. With its batteries located under the floor of the car, it has a low centre of gravity making the car very stable at speed with little body roll under cornering. And with fewer moving parts than a conventional car, there's less likelihood of mechanical issues thwarting the attempt.
The attempt is part of Nissan's ambitious social media-driven campaign, The Big Turn On, which is spreading the EV message across Europe. The campaign aims to prove that as well as being environmentally friendly, the Nissan LEAF is safe, economical to run, practical, and fun to drive.
Professional stunt driver Terry Grant will attempt the LEAF Reverse Record. Terry thrilled the crowds at the 2011 Festival of Speed by driving a Nissan JUKE up the hillclimb course on two wheels.
"The LEAF Reverse Record isn't going to be easy and will be very challenging," admitted Terry. "I'd prefer to do it on a nice straight and level strip of tarmac rather than on Lord March's drive. The hill not only climbs, but is also full of twists, turns and obstacles.
"It's a hugely technical test of speed and concentration. But despite the risks, the strength and integrity of Nissan LEAF's design gives me confidence. Whatever happens, I know I'm going to finish the weekend with a serious crick in my neck!"
One of the other Nissan stars of the FoS weekend will be the dramatic race-prepared Nissan LEAF NISMO RC. It will be racing against the clock, to set a hill record for electric vehicles. It will be driven by 2011 FIA GT1 Championship winning driver, Michael Krumm, who wowed the huge crowd at this year's Le Mans 24 Hours from behind the wheel of the startling Nissan DeltaWing endurance racing car.


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SCOTCH PLAINS/FANWOOD, NJ -- Fanwood Police Chief Richard Trigo and Sgt. Marc Gottlick and Scotch Plains Police Lieutenant Joseph Zito, Officer Chris Aversa and Officer James Richie were among police officers and fire fighters honored for valor today by the 200 Club of Union County at a luncheon in Mountainside.
The honors, "actions going above and beyond the call of duty," stem from an 8-hour overnight standoff in November with a Fanwood man that involved the identified police officers coming under gunfire. The man was apprehended, and no one was injured in the standoff. Police later found a dozen weapons in the home.
"The officers did an outstanding job under adverse and dangerous conditions and they performed admirably, as they are trained to do," said Scotch Plains Police Captain Brian Donnelly. "We were glad to assist Fanwood and it is a well-deserved honor for all the officers."
Valor Award Honorees 2014
- Captain Martin Mogensen, Union County SWAT Commander, Union County Police Department
- Officer Kenneth Matz, Union County Police Department
- Lieutenant Joseph Zito, Scotch Plains Police Department
- Officer James Richie, Scotch Plains Police Department
- Officer Chris Aversa, Scotch Plains Police Department, Union County SWAT Team
- Chief Richard Trigo, Fanwood Police Department
- Sergeant Marc Gottlick, Fanwood Police Department
- Detective Raymond Smith, Elizabeth Police Department
- Firefighter Sean Horton, Elizabeth Fire Department
- Firefighter Patrick Wirkus, Elizabeth Fire Department
The 200 Club is a civic group of Union County businessmen. This year marks the organization's 45th Valor Awards Luncheon to honor and reflect on the lives of the uniformed protectors. Each year, recipients are chosen in part on the recommendations of the chiefs of police and firefighters in the 21 municipalities in Union County.
Stay tuned to The Alternative Press for additional photos and information on the awardees.


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Research Aimed At Helping Grandmothers Raising Grandchildren
Researchers at four universities are studying the best way to provide support for grandmothers who have the primary caregivers for their grandchildren. The study is called Project C.O.P.E., and is funded through a nearly 2 and a half million dollar grant by the National Institute for Nursing Research.
Kent State University Project Director Karie Feldman says unlike foster parents and adoptive parents, few resources exist to help grandmothers through the transition.
FELDMAND: "Grandmothers have been starting to call us over the last few weeks to get involved in the study, and what's really interesting to me is every grandmother that I speak to say, 'So someone is finally caring about us?'"
Feldman says the first phase of the study will consist of one-on-one interviews with the grandmothers. The women will then participate in a 10-week long support group program. And the researchers will follow up with the grandmothers every six months over the next two years, to see if the program helped.
Kent State University is the lead research site, but the study will also be conducted at the University of California, the University of North Texas and the University of Maryland.
Greg Smith is the project's principal investigator. He says the additional sites will allow researchers to modify future programs for grandmothers of different ethnic backgrounds.
SMITH: "We'll be in a position to see well maybe this type of program works best for this family here, and maybe this type of program works best for kind of family. So, the information that we get from this study should really help service providers in the future to be in a great position to tailor this programs to the different family types that they're working with."
Smith says they are still looking for more grandmothers to fill the 106 slots. The first interviews of the study will begin in January.


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In countries where the mad-dogs play,
The Ethnic Cleansings reached a point,
Where no one's left to clean away.
And I: what aid; what deed; what thought?
While children burn and parents die?
In countries where the mad-dogs play,
What answers give to their last cry?
I cannot touch these displaced souls,
Their suffering is too far away,
Far better try to touch the sun,
In countries where the mad-dogs play.
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Her dream came true on May the seventeenth
at precisely ten forty two am.
Until then she had only dreamt of flying,
Swooping free, buzzing the flowers in passing.
A superwoman sliding through the air
On a level with the birds.
Turning slowly, loose skirt flapping
Gulls wings slapping her legs,
She smiled and gazed downwards.
No sense of height here,
The landscape below, an embroidered sheet
Framed between spread fingers.
She laughed aloud, an acrobat in free-fall.
Clouds, land, clouds, land. Alternating views.
Her dreams now realised.
She was still smiling as she hit reality.
- another crazy dream -
My friend was Steven and he did magic
He could heal skinned knees, make me smile
Be a crocodile, or a roaring tiger
Do anything I asked, be my playmate.
When mum came he went away
Sometimes for a little while, sometimes longer
Not far, just out of sight.
But when I called, he would always come.
- a true friend from childhood -
How was it that I found you?


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Oh i see you point. Buddy might blame eli. But the rest of the homers will say the o line and play calling sucks. Lol im not really a rodgers fan boy im just trying to annoy the homers (not you) and its working lol
So you're a troll meaning everything you say means nothing. I ALREADY KNEW THAT.
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