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Patent US6105919 - Liquid crystal display with wide swivel angle - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inAdvanced Patent SearchPatentsA liquid crystal display (LCD) device includes a display portion supported to a stand by a hinge having a wide swivel angle through swivel rotation means formed in the hinge and stand. The swivel rotation means includes a hinge body connected to the display portion for tilt and having a guide with a...http://www.google.com/patents/US6105919?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6105919 - Liquid crystal display with wide swivel angleAdvanced Patent SearchPublication numberUS6105919 APublication typeGrantApplication numberUS 09/083,998Publication dateAug 22, 2000Filing dateMay 26, 1998Priority dateMay 27, 1997Fee statusLapsedPublication number083998, 09083998, US 6105919 A, US 6105919A, US-A-6105919, US6105919 A, US6105919AInventorsYoon-Ki MinOriginal AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Export CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (15), Referenced by (26), Classifications (10), Legal Events (5) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetLiquid crystal display with wide swivel angleUS 6105919 AAbstract A liquid crystal display (LCD) device includes a display portion supported to a stand by a hinge having a wide swivel angle through swivel rotation means formed in the hinge and stand. The swivel rotation means includes a hinge body connected to the display portion for tilt and having a guide with a rotation guide surface and swivel projections; a swivel bracket fixed to a stand body so that the hinge body does not escape from the stand, the bracket having a stop which arrests the swivel projections; and the stand body having a plurality of bosses functioning as screw bosses for fixing the swivel brackets and at the same time as axial boss which rotates the hinge body. The swivel rotation means' swivel angle is set when the swivel projections formed on the hinge body are arrested by the stop formed on the swivel bracket.
What is claimed is: 1. A liquid crystal display device, comprising:a display panel providing a visual display of a variable image; a stand supporting the display panel; and a hinge structure connecting the display panel to the stand while permitting a user to adustably move the display panel in an up-and-down tilt direction and a right-and-left direction to fix the display panel in one of a plurality of selected viewing positions when the display panel is mounted on the stand, said hinge structure having swivel rotation means formed therein for permitting the display panel to rotate in the right-and-left direction, via a swivel angle of substantially greater than 90 degrees, wherein said swivel rotation means comprises: a hinge body rotatably mounted in a rotation guide groove of the stand, and having a guide with a rotation guide surface and swivel projections; and a swivel bracket fixed to the stand so that the hinge body does not escape from the stand, said swivel bracket having a stop which arrests the swivel projections. 2. The liquid crystal display device of claim 1, further comprised of said display panel comprising a liquid crystal panel on which said variable image is displayed, front and rear cases, and a main circuit board installed between the front and rear cases for receiving said video signal from the computer system to provide a visual display of said variable image.
3. The liquid crystal display device of claim 1, wherein the stand is comprised of a stand body having a plurality of bosses separately mounted on the rotation guide groove for fixing the swivel brackets and at the same time serving as axial bosses for enabling rotation of the hinge body.
4. The liquid crystal display device of claim 3, wherein the stop formed on the swivel bracket is one, the swivel projections caught by the stop corresponds to a pair.
5. The liquid crystal display device of claim 1, wherein the stop formed on the swivel bracket is one, the swivel projections caught by the stop corresponds to a pair.
6. The liquid crystal display device of claim 1, wherein said swivel rotation means permits the setting of a swivel angle when the swivel projections formed on the hinge body are arrested by the stop formed on the swivel bracket.
7. The liquid crystal display device of claim 6, wherein a rotation angle formed between the pair of swivel projections becomes the swivel angle.
8. The liquid crystal display device of claim 7, wherein the swivel angle is 290
9. The liquid crystal display device of claim 1, further comprising a cable extended from the stand to the display panel for supplying electrical power and transmitting said video signal from the computer system to the display panel for providing a visual display of said variable image.
10. A liquid crystal display device, comprising:a display panel providing a visual display of a variable image; a stand supporting the display panel; and a hinge structure connecting the display panel to the stand while permitting a user to adjustably move the display panel in an up-and-down tilt direction and to rotate the display panel in a right-and-left direction, via a swivel angle, to fix the display panel in one of a plurality of selected viewing positions when the display panel is mounted on the stand, said hinge structure comprising:a hinge body rotatably mounted on the stand, and having a guide with a rotation guide surface and swivel projections; and a swivel bracket fixed to the stand so that the hinge body does not escape from the stand, said swivel bracket having a stop which arrests the swivel projections. 11. The liquid crystal display device of claim 10, further comprised of said display panel comprising a liquid crystal panel on which said variable image is displayed, front and rear cases, and a main circuit board installed between the front and rear cases for receiving said video signal from the computer system to provide a visual display of said variable image.
12. The liquid crystal display device of claim 10, wherein the stand is comprised of a stand body having a plurality of bosses separately mounted on the rotation guide groove for fixing the swivel brackets and at the same time serving as axial bosses for enabling rotation of the hinge body.
13. The liquid crystal display device of claim 12, wherein said hinge structure permits the setting of a swivel angle when the swivel projections formed on the hinge body are arrested by the stop formed on the swivel bracket.
14. The liquid crystal display device of claim 13, wherein the stop formed on the swivel bracket is one, the swivel projections caught by the stop corresponds to a pair.
15. The liquid crystal display device of claim 12, wherein the stop formed on the swivel bracket is one, the swivel projections caught by the stop corresponds to a pair.
16. The liquid crystal display device of claim 15, wherein a rotation angle formed between the pair of swivel projections becomes the swivel angle.
17. The liquid crystal display device of claim 16, wherein the swivel angle is 290
18. The liquid crystal display device of claim 17, further comprised of said display panel comprising a liquid crystal panel on which said variable image is displayed, front and rear cases, and a main circuit board installed between the front and rear cases for receiving said video signal from the computer system to provide a visual display of said variable image.
19. The liquid crystal display device of claim 10, further comprising a cable extended from the stand to the display panel for supplying electrical power and transmitting said video signal from the computer system to the display panel for providing a visual display of said variable image.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT Referring now to the drawings and particularly to FIGS. 1A and 1B, which illustrate a perspective view and a side view of a recently designed flat-panel liquid crystal display (LCD) monitor of a computer system as disclosed in a co-pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/965,644 filed on Nov. 6, 1997, entitled "A Flat-Panel Display Apparatus" and incorporated by reference herein. As shown in FIGS. 1A and 1B, the flat-panel liquid crystal display (LCD) monitor includes a liquid crystal display (LCD) 1 with a liquid crystal panel 2 for providing a visual display of an image in response to an input video signal from the computer system, a stand 3 for supporting the LCD 1, and a hinge structure 4 for connecting the LCD 1 to the stand 3 for adjusting a viewing position of the LCD 1. This LCD monitor is designed to permit the user to adjustably move the LCD in both the up-and-down tilt direction and the right-to-left swivel direction to fix the LCD in a proper viewing position.
FIG. 2 provides an exploded, perspective view of major components of a recently designed liquid crystal display (LCD) monitor as shown in FIGS. 1A and 1B. Likewise, FIG. 3 provides a plan view of major components of the recently designed liquid crystal display (LCD) monitor during its swivel operation; and FIG. 4 provides a perspective view of major components of FIG. 3 cut along line A-A'. As shown in FIG. 2, the LCD 1 includes a front case 1a and a rear case 1b which serve as support members for the liquid crystal panel 2, and a main circuit board 70.
A hinge structure 4 is provided for tilt and swivel operation of the LCD 1. The hinge structure 4 includes a pair of display coupling brackets 4a fastened to bosses 1c placed in the lower portion of rear case 1b, and hinge coupling brackets 4c fixed to hinge body 4b with screws. The display/hinge coupling brackets 4a and 4c are connected with a horizontal shaft 4d so that the LCD 1 is secured with display coupling brackets 4a to rotate a up and down tilt direction as shown in FIG. 1A.
A detachment preventive means for hindering hinge body 4b from escaping from stand body 3a, in which detachment preventive rib 3c of vertical hinge shaft 3b is inserted into insertion guide hole 4f of hinge shaft insertion hole 4e formed in hinge body 4b , and is rotated half to form an angle of intersection with the insertion hole and not to separate therefrom. In addition, there are provided swivel angle control means for allowing detachment preventive protrusion 4g placed on the bottom of hinge body 4b to rotate only between the resilient stop 3d and fixed stop 3e of stand body 3a, and left/right rotation means for allowing hinge body 4b to rotate centering on vertical hinge shaft 3b. Because hinge body 4b is able to rotate centering on vertical hinge shaft 3b , LCD 1 can swivel by rotating left and right direction, as shown in FIG. 1B. During the swivel operation, the hinge body 4b rotates in a limited angle of rotation, that is less than 90 hinge shaft 3b coincides with insertion guide hole 4f of rotary hinge body 4b, the rib 3c escapes from the guide hole so that vertical hinge shaft 3b is detached from hinge body 4b.
In order to prevent the hinge body 4b from escaping, two detaching-preventive protrusions are formed on the bottom of hinge body 4b at an interval. They are arrested by resilient stop 3d and fixed stop 3e of stand body 3aso that the hinge body cannot rotate any more. For this reason, insertion guide hole 4f and detachment preventive rib 3c are designed not to be in line and separate from each other when hinge body 4b rotates during swivel. However, when the hinge body 4b should be separated forcibly for the need of, for instance, servicing, the resilient stop 3b is pulled downward and hinge body 4b is rotated to allow detachment preventive protrusions 4g to escape from resilient stop 3d so that insertion guide hole 4f and detaching-preventive rib 3c get in line. On the bottom of resilient stop 3b, a pulling grip 3f is integrally formed as in FIG. 4.
In the LCD monitor as shown in FIGS. 2, 3 and 4, the hinge structure 4 inevitably needs detachment preventive protrusions 4g for hindering hinge body 3afrom escaping from the hinge body 4b . In this condition, detachment preventive protrusions 4g can be rotated only between fixed stop 3e and resilient stop 3d of stand body 3a, and therefore the rotation angle of detachment preventive protrusions 4g results in the swivel angle in which the LCD 1 rotates in a left and right swivel direction.
The swivel angle cannot fall substantially beyond 90 the hinge structure 4. Accordingly, the range of swivel for adjusting the screen angle of LCD 1 as in FIG. 1B is very limited. In case where the screen angle of LCD 1 must be adjusted over the swivel angle, the user must physically rotate the entire LCD monitor including a stand 3 for a proper viewing position.
Turning now to FIGS. 5-8, which illustrate a liquid crystal display (LCD) monitor with a wide swivel angle for supporting a wide angle of swivel rotation of a liquid crystal display (LCD) according to the principles of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 5, the LCD 110 includes a liquid crystal panel I11 for providing a variable visual display in response to an input video signal from a computer system, a stand 20 for supporting the LCD 10 and a hinge structure 40 for connecting the LCD 110 to the stand 20 and adjusting a viewing position of the LCD 110.
LCD 1O has the liquid crystal panel 11, and front and rear cases 12 and 13 as supporting members for installing liquid crystal panel 11. Stand 20 has a stand body 21 with built-in speaker and interface circuit. Hinge structure 40 consists of hinge body 41, which has a circular rotation guide surface 42 in the lower portion.
The hinge body 41 having the rotation guide surface 42 is inserted into rotation guide recess 22 formed on top of stand body 21 for swivel rotation. At the center of hinge body 41, rotation guide hole 43 is formed. Around the inner circumference of rotation guide hole 43, there are inserted bosses 24 formed on the periphery of cable hole 23 of stand body 21 through which cable 14 passes. Taking the bosses 24 as one axle, hinge body 41 is rotatable. In the guide 44 forming the rotation guide hole 43 of hinge body 41, two swivel projections 45 and 45' are formed in front. Swivel projections 45 and 45' are integrally formed with hinge body 41 for maintaining an appropriate interval in accordance with the setting of swivel rotation angle of display 10. On one side of hinge body 41, up/down rotation means is provided.
The up/down rotation means includes a display coupling brackets 50 secured with screws 46 to bosses 13aprotruded on the bottom of rear case 13 of display 10, and hinge coupling brackets 51 fastened to bosses 47 of hinge body 41 with screws 46'. Axial bosses 52 and 52' respectively provided in display/hinge coupling brackets 50 and 51 are connected with horizontal shaft 53 so that display coupling brackets 50 are rotatable up and down. By doing so, the LCD 10 to which display coupling brackets 50 are fixed is able to rotate in an upward and a downward direction. The up/down rotation means is provided on both sides of the hinge at the top for the purpose of stable support of LCD 10 at both sides.
The hinge structure 40 further includes a swivel bracket 60, which has an integrally formed stop 61 protruded on one side. The swivel bracket is fixed with screws 62 to bosses 24 protruded from rotation guide recess 22 of stand body 21. Here, reference numeral 63 indicates cable hole.
Now, the process of assembling the LCD monitor according to an embodiment of the present invention will be explained with reference to FIGS. 7A and 7B hereinbelow.
First, the hinge body 41 is joined to the LCD 10 by fixing display coupling brackets 50 to bosses 13aof rear case 13 and then fitting rear case 13 into front case 12. Then, bosses 24 of stand body 21 are inserted into rotation guide hole 43 of hinge body 41, and swivel bracket 60 is put on guide 44 of hinge body 41 and fixed to bosses 24 of stand body 21 with screws 62.
Hinge body 41 is assembled not escaping outward and rotatable centering on bosses 24, when guide 44 is arrested by swivel bracket 60. Hinge body 41 can rotate because swivel bracket 60 is fixed to bosses 24, not strongly compressing guide 44 of hinge body 41. Guide 44 and swivel bracket 60 are joined with as much an assembly tolerance as to allow slippage in surface contact. After assembly so that hinge body 41 is rotatable, hinge cover 48 is put over hinge body 41. Stop 61 of swivel bracket 60 on top of guide 44 is located within the rotation radius where swivel projections 45 and 45' of hinge body 41 rotate. When hinge body 41 rotates, one of swivel projections 45 and 45' is caught by stop 61 to prevent the hinge body from further rotation.
Referring to FIG. 8, in order to adjust the screen angle of liquid crystal panel 11 of LCD 10, the user rotates the LCD 10 to the left or right direction while holding the same. In this state, hinge body 41 connected to display 10 moves in the direction where the user rotates. When the LCD 10 rotates to the left direction, swivel stop 45 placed left rotates and is caught by stop 61 for no further rotation. In the right direction, swivel stop 45' placed right is arrested by stop 61 so that the LCD 10 cannot rotate any further.
As a result, the swivel angle where the LCD 10 is rotated in the left and the right direction to control the screen angle becomes rotation angle θ, which is formed by swivel projections 45 and 45' of hinge body 41 arrested by stop 61. The rotation angle θ of swivel projections 45 and 45' is determined by where they are formed on guide 44 of hinge body 41. If the swivel projections 45 and 45' are formed adjacently, the rotation angle θ becomes wide, but conversely when they are distant, rotation angle θ becomes small.
The rotation angle θ formed depending upon the position of swivel projections 45 and 45' determines the swivel angle wider than most available LCD monitors commercially available today. If the swivel projections 45 and 45' are formed closest, the maximum swivel angle becomes about 355 size is subtracted from 360 not so required that swivel projections 45 and 45' are positioned to form substantially 290
In case of swivel angle 290 invention obtains 200 it is 90 the same as the prior art because display coupling bracket 50 is rotated centering on horizontal shaft 53. With a liquid crystal display obtained in the present invention, the swivel angle as well as the tilt operation is so wide that only display 10 needs to be moved in the swivel direction, not rotating the stand 20 itself.
As described above, the present invention provides a large swivel angle for a liquid crystal display (LCD) monitor to conveniently adjust for a proper viewing position. In addition, the liquid crystal display (LCD) of the present invention is simplified in structure, as a reliable product.
FIG. 1A is a side view of a recently designed liquid crystal display (LCD) monitor adjustable in an up and down tilt direction;
FIG. 1B is a plan view of a recently designed liquid crystal display (LCD) monitor adjustable in a right-to-left and left-to-right swivel direction;
FIG. 2 is an exploded perspective of major components of a recently designed liquid crystal display (LCD) monitor;
FIG. 3 is a plan view of major components of the recently designed liquid crystal display (LCD) monitor during its swivel operation;
FIG. 4 is a perspective view of major components of FIG. 3 cut along line A-A';
FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective of major components of a liquid crystal display (LCD) monitor constructed according to the principles of the present invention;
FIG. 6 is an enlarged exploded perspective of major components of the liquid crystal display (LCD) monitor with a swivel operation structure according to the principles of the present invention;
FIG. 7A is an exploded side sectional view of the swivel operation structure indicated in FIG. 6;
FIG. 7B is an assembled side sectional view of the swivel operation structure shown in FIG. 6; and
FIG. 8 is a perspective view of the liquid crystal display (LCD) monitor cut along line B-B' of FIG. 7B.
CLAIM FOR PRIORITY This application makes reference to, incorporates the same herein, and claims all benefits accruing under 35 U.S.C. for LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY WITH WIDE SWIVEL ANGLE earlier filed in the Korean Industrial Property Office on the 27.sup.th of May 1997, and there duly assigned Serial No. 20943/1997, a copy of which application is annexed hereto.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Technical Field The present invention relates to a liquid crystal display for providing visual video displays of images that vary in response to a video signal, and more particularly, to a liquid crystal display with a wide swivel angle at which the liquid crystal display rotates left and right at the reference of its stand.
Related Art Generally, a display monitor is a peripheral device which processes a video signal from an information data system such as a computer system for a visual video display on a screen. Traditional display monitor is typically a heavy and bulky cathode-ray tube (CRT) as a stand-alone display device for most computer systems. Liquid crystal display (LCD) may be used but because of its limited image resolution and high cost, only in portable computers, known as either laptops or notebook computers, are able to support such a display. For a CRT type of display monitor which is commonly used for most desk-top computer systems, a monitor stand assembly is provided for adjustably moving the monitor in the up-and-down tilt direction and the right-to-left direction to allow a user to fix the monitor in a proper viewing position. Exemplars of contemporary stand assembly for CRT monitors are disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,365,779 for Tilt And Rotate Apparatus For A Display Monitor issued to Bates et al., U.S. Pat. No. 4,589,713 for Video Display Support Joint issued to Pfuhl et al., U.S. Pat. No. 4,611,777 for Computer Terminal Stand issued to Ireland et al., U.S. Pat. No. 4,591,120 for Tiltable And/Or Rotatable Support For Display Device issued to Bryant-Jeffries et al., U.S. Pat. No. 4,762,378 for Display Apparatus issued to Kagami, U.S. Pat. No. 4,807,842 for Tilt Apparatus For A Display Monitor Field issued to Freni, Jr. et al., U.S. Pat. No. 4,852,830 for Computer Monitor Stand issued to Howard et al., U.S. Pat. No. 5,024,415 for Tilt And Swivel Apparatus For A Display Monitor issued to Purens, U.S. Pat. No. 5,575,450 for Monitor Tilting Device issued to Lee, U.S. Pat. No. 5,588,625 for Monitor Stand Assembly issued to Beak, U.S. Pat. No. 5,632,463 for Monitor Stand Assembly issued to Sung et al., and assigned to the same assignee of the instant application. For a LCD type of display monitor which is commonly used for most portable computers, a tilt or swivel mechanism is provided for adjustably moving the LCD in the up-and-down tilt direction or the right-to-left direction such as disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,335,142 for Portable Computer Display Tilt/Swivel Mechanism issued to Anderson, and U.S. Pat. No. 5,623,392 for LCD Assembly With Projection Function issued to Ma.
As display technology for computer systems becomes increasingly sophisticated, liquid crystal display (LCD) monitors, which are lightweight, compact and have an extremely low power consumption relative to heavy and bulky CRT monitors, have been increasingly used as stand-alone flat-panel display monitors for many computer systems. The basic structure of the flat-panel LCD display monitor is consisted of a liquid crystal display (LCD), which is flat and thin panel for providing a visual display of an image in response to an input video signal from a computer system, and an especially designed stand for supporting the LCD and a hinge connected to the stand for adjustably moving the LCD to allow a user to fix the LCD in a proper viewing position. However, a typical LCD monitor has several disadvantages in that the stand is typically large, and is not aesthetically pleasing. Moreover, the typically stand assembly is limited in its rotation and movement. Many stands for LCD monitors permit the user to tilt the LCD in the up-and-down direction but fail to sufficiently address the right-to-left direction.
Many current designs of a stand assembly for flat panel LCD monitors such as commercially available models Brilliance 4500AX from Philips, MultiSync LCD400 with XtraView technology from NEC, TFT500 Flat Panel from Compag, VP140 ViewPanel from ViewSonic, and VisonMaster LP-1014A LCD Panel from Iiyama, provide some flexibilities in the up-and-down tilt direction but generally have a limited swivel angle in the right-to-left direction. Often the user must physically rotate the entire monitor including a stand if the LCD needs to be extended beyond the permitted swivel angle for a proper viewing position.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, it is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a liquid crystal display (LCD) monitor with a wide swivel angle for supporting a wide angle of swivel rotation of a liquid crystal display (LCD).
It is also an object to provide a liquid crystal display (LCD) monitor whose display panel for providing a visual display of an image in response to an input video signal rotates freely in a right-to-left or left-to-right direction.
It is another objective to provide a liquid crystal display (LCD) monitor with a simplified hinge structure accommodating extension of a swivel angle for supporting rotation of the display panel in a left-and-right direction.
These and other objects of the present invention can be achieved by a liquid crystal display comprising: a display panel providing a visual display of a variable image; a stand supporting the display panel; and a hinge structure connecting the display panel to the stand while permitting a user to adjustably move the display panel in an up-and-down tilt direction and a right-and-left direction to fix the display panel in one of a plurality of selected viewing positions when the display panel is mounted on the stand. The hinge structure is comprised of a swivel rotation unit formed therein for permitting the display panel to rotate in the right-and-left direction, via a swivel angle substantially greater than 90 degrees. The swivel rotation unit contains a hinge body rotatably mounted in a rotation guide groove of the stand, and having a guide with a rotation guide surface and swivel projections; and a swivel bracket fixed to the stand so that the hinge body does not escape from the stand, and having a stop which arrests the swivel projections.
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Relationship between angiographic and optical coherence tomographic (OCT) parameters for quantifying choroidal neovascular lesions.
Sadda SR1, Liakopoulos S, Keane PA, Ongchin SC, Msutta S, Chang KT, Walsh AC.
Doheny Image Reading Center, Doheny Eye Institute, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA. sadda@usc.edu
To correlate the volume of various spaces on optical coherence tomography (OCT) with fluorescein angiographic (FA) parameters in neovascular age-related macular degeneration (AMD).
Sixty-five consecutive cases of active subfoveal choroidal neovascularization (CNV) associated with AMD were retrospectively collected. Area and greatest linear dimension of CNV lesion components were calculated on FA. Corresponding StratusOCT image sets were analyzed using custom software (termed OCTOR), which allows manual measurement of the volume of the neurosensory retina, subretinal fluid, subretinal tissue, and pigment epithelial detachment (PED).
Area of occult CNV on FA correlated with PED (R = 0.62) and subretinal fluid (R = 0.28) volume and negatively with subretinal tissue volume (R = -0.26) on OCT. Area of classic CNV on FA correlated with subretinal tissue (R = 0.60) and retinal (R = 0.38) volume on OCT. Automated StratusOCT output values showed poorer correlations than manually calculated OCTOR values.
OCT features of CNV lesions as measured by manual quantitative subanalysis correlate better with angiographic parameters than values provided by the automated StratusOCT analysis. These measures may improve our understanding of the morphologic effects of CNV lesions and may facilitate the development of a hybrid FA and OCT-based classification system for future clinical trials, which more fully characterizes CNV lesions.
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Patent US7124416 - System and method for user mode applications to register to receive kernel ... - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inPatentsA system and method for providing user mode applications operating in user mode with access to events that occur at a system device operating in kernel mode, is presented. A user mode application subscribes to events that occur at a system device by issuing a request to an event subscription management...http://www.google.com/patents/US7124416?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7124416 - System and method for user mode applications to register to receive kernel mode device related eventsAdvanced Patent SearchPublication numberUS7124416 B2Publication typeGrantApplication numberUS 10/845,453Publication dateOct 17, 2006Filing dateMay 13, 2004Priority dateJul 26, 1999Fee statusPaidAlso published asUS6598169, US6763472, US7055048, US20030200355, US20040210908, US20040216137Publication number10845453, 845453, US 7124416 B2, US 7124416B2, US-B2-7124416, US7124416 B2, US7124416B2InventorsAlan M Warwick, Dilip C NaikOriginal AssigneeMicrosoft CorporationExport CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (24), Non-Patent Citations (4), Classifications (11), Legal Events (3) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetSystem and method for user mode applications to register to receive kernel mode device related events
US 7124416 B2Abstract
A system and method for providing user mode applications operating in user mode with access to events that occur at a system device operating in kernel mode, is presented. A user mode application subscribes to events that occur at a system device by issuing a request to an event subscription management module operating in user mode. In response, the event subscription management module issues a first subscription request to a translation module operating in kernel module, via a user mode/kernel module channel. The translation module translates the first subscription message into a second message, and issues the second message to the system device's interface, thereby subscribing to events that occur at the system device. As events occur at the system device, the translation module is notified, and issues corresponding event messages to the event subscription management module.
1. A method, implemented on a computer system with an operating environment having both a user mode and a kernel mode, for providing a user mode application access to events that occur at a system device, the system device having a software interface, the method comprising:
receiving a first subscription message from an event subscription management module in response to a subscription request to be notified of events that occur at the system device from a user application, wherein the event subscription management module and user application both operate in the user module, and wherein the user application is external to the event subscription management module;
translating information in the first subscription message to create a second subscription message;
issuing the second subscription message to the system device's interface thereby subscribing to events occurring at the system device, the system device's interface operating in the kernel mode; and
as events occur at the system device:
receiving notification from the system device's interface that an event occurred; and
issuing a notification message to the event subscription module for the user application indicating that the event occurred.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein translating information in the first subscription message to create the second subscription message comprises:
obtaining a globally unique identifier from the first subscription message;
creating the second subscription message according to the code associated with the globally unique identifier.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein the system device's interface is an advanced configuration and power interface.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the system device is a hardware system device.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the system device is a software system device.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein the notification message to the event subscription module for the user application indicating that the event occurred includes event specific data.
7. A computer-readable medium bearing computer-executable instructions which, when executed on a computing system with an operating environment having both a user mode and a kernel mode, carry out a method for providing a user mode application access to events that occur at a system device, the method comprising:
receiving a first subscription message from an event subscription management module in response to a subscription request to be notified of events that occur at the system device from a user application, wherein the event subscription management module and user application both operate in the user mode, and wherein the user application is external to the event subscription management module;
translating the first subscription message to create a second subscription message;
8. The method of claim 7, wherein translating information in the first subscription message to create the second subscription message comprises:
9. The method of claim 7, wherein the system device's interface is an advanced configuration and power interface.
10. The method of claim 7, wherein the system device is a hardware system device.
11. The method of claim 7, wherein the system device is a software system device.
12. The method of claim 7, wherein the notification message to the event subscription module for the user application indicating that the event occurred includes event specific data.
13. A computer:implemented system with an operating environment having both a user mode and a kernel mode for providing a user mode application access to device related events, the system comprising:
a system device upon which events occur;
a device interface corresponding to the system device, the device interface operating in the kernel mode and through which the system accesses the events that occur at the system device;
an event subscription management module operating in the user mode that, in response to receiving a request from a user mode application to subscribe to events that occur at the system device, issues a first subscription message to the corresponding device interface to subscribe to events that occur at the system device, and that provides event messages to the user mode application corresponding to events that occur at the system device; and
a translation module operating in kernel mode, communicatively coupled to the corresponding device interface and also communicatively coupled to the event subscription management module, that receives the first subscription message from the event subscription management module, and upon receiving the first subscription message:
translates information in the first subscription message to create a second subscription message;
issues the second subscription message to the corresponding device interface, thereby subscribing to events occurring at the system device; and
as the translation module receives notification from the corresponding device interface that an event occurred at the system device, issues an event message to the event subscription management module that the event occurred.
14. The system of claim 13 further comprising a communication channel delivering messages between the event subscription management module operating in the user mode and the translation module operating in the kernel mode.
15. The system of claim 14, wherein the communication channel comprises:
a first communication module operating in the user mode; and
a second communication module operating in the kernel module;
wherein the first and second communication modules are communicatively coupled to deliver messages between the event subscription management module operating in the user mode and the translation module operating in the kernel mode.
16. The system of claim 13, wherein the translation module translates information in the first subscription message to create a second subscription message by:
17. The system of claim 13, wherein the device interface is an advanced configuration and power interface.
18. The system of claim 13, wherein the system device is a hardware system device.
19. The system of claim 13, wherein the system device is a software system device.
20. The system of claim 13, wherein the event message issued to the event subscription management module includes event specific data.
This application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 10/454,391, filed Jun. 3, 2003, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,763,472 B 2, which is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 09/360,544, filed Jul. 26, 1999, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,598,169 B1, and is further related to U.S. application Ser. No. 10/845,458 filed May 13, 2004, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,055,048 B2.
According to aspects of the present invention, a method for providing a user mode application access to events that occur at a system device is presented. A first subscription message from an event subscription management module is received. The first subscription message is issued in response to a subscription request to be notified of events that occur at the system device from a user application. Both the event subscription management module and user application operate in the user mode. Additionally, the user application is external to the event subscription management module. Information in the first subscription message is translated to create a second subscription message. The second subscription message is issued to the system device's interface, thereby subscribing to events occurring at the system device. The system device's interface operates in the kernel mode. As events occur at the system device, notification from the system device's interface that an event occurred is received, and a corresponding notification message is issued to the event subscription module for the user application indicating that the event occurred.
According to additional aspects of the present invention, a computer implemented system for providing a user mode application access to device related events is presented. The system includes a system device upon which events occur. The system also includes a device interface corresponding to the system device, the device interface operating in the kernel mode and through which the system accesses the events that occur at the system device. The system further includes an event subscription management module, operating in the user mode. In response to receiving a request from a user mode application to subscribe to events that occur at the system device, the event subscription management module issues a first subscription message to the system device to subscribe to events that occur. The event subscription management module also provides event messages to the user mode application corresponding to events that occur at the system device. The system still further includes a translation module operating in kernel mode. The translation module is communicatively coupled to the corresponding device interface and also communicatively coupled to the event subscription management module. The translation module receives the first subscription message from the event subscription management module. Upon receiving the first subscription message, the translation module translates information in the first subscription message to create a second subscription message, and issues the second subscription message to the corresponding device interface, thereby subscribing to events that occur at the system device. Additionally, as the translation module receives notification from the corresponding device interface that an event occurred at the system device, the translation module issues an event message to the event subscription management module that the event occurred.
The present invention is directed to a system and method for making ACPI information available to management applications operating in user mode. The present invention may be embodied in a management instrumentation system, such as the “Windows Management Instrumentation” (“WMI”) system promoted by Microsoft Corporation of Redmond, Wash.
The personal computer 20 may operate in a networked environment using logical connections to one or more remote computers, such as a remote computer 49. The remote computer 49 may be a server, a router, a peer device or other common network node, and typically includes many or all of the elements described relative to the personal computer 20, although only a memory storage device 50 has been illustrated in FIG. 1. The logical connections depicted in FIG. 1 and the Internet.
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Patent US5445624 - Catheter with progressively compliant tip - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inAdvanced Patent SearchPatentsThe present invention relates to an improved intravascular catheter. The intravascular catheter involves the use of a progressively compliant tip at the distal end of the catheter body. This progressively compliant tip utilizes an endmost tubular member having a first softness and an intermediate tubular...http://www.google.com/patents/US5445624?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US5445624 - Catheter with progressively compliant tipAdvanced Patent SearchPublication numberUS5445624 APublication typeGrantApplication numberUS 08/184,266Publication dateAug 29, 1995Filing dateJan 21, 1994Priority dateJan 21, 1994Fee statusPaidPublication number08184266, 184266, US 5445624 A, US 5445624A, US-A-5445624, US5445624 A, US5445624AInventorsOscar JimenezOriginal AssigneeExonix Research CorporationExport CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (18), Non-Patent Citations (2), Referenced by (101), Classifications (19), Legal Events (10) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetCatheter with progressively compliant tip
US 5445624 AAbstract
1. An intravascular catheter having a progressively compliant distal end region comprising:an elongated catheter body made of a high temperature thermoplastic having a low coefficient of friction and having an overcoat of low temperature thermoplastic thereon, said overcoat having a first softness characteristic, said catheter having a distal end region defined by: an endmost, low temperature, thermoplastic tubular section having a second softness characteristic that is significantly greater than said first softness; another low temperature, thermoplastic tubular section having a third softness characteristic that is medium with respect to said first and second softness, said other tubular section disposed between said endmost section and said overcoat; and, blended tubular regions formed by heated diffusion of said endmost section with said other tubular section and said other tubular section with said overcoat, each said blended region having respective incrementally increasing intermediate softness characteristics over predetermined lengths thereof. 2. A catheter as claimed in claim I wherein said endmost section protrudes beyond the distal end of said catheter body.
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Slaying, Suicide: End to Mother's Inner Strength - The Washington Post
Slaying, Suicide: End to Mother's Inner Strength
In a Metro section article yesterday, an economist misstated the cost of legal fees incurred by Cory Watts and his family in the course of a suit against Bell Helmets. Watts' lawyers took no fees. Most of the costs associated with the trial were a result of hiring expert witnesses to testify at the trial. CAPTION: Picture, Cory Watts . . . $500,000 in medical bills.
By Michael Specter July 12, 1985
Cordelia Watts was a feisty Chinese woman who married an American fighter pilot after the Korean War and came home to Alexandria with him. She was not afraid of adversity and had what friends said was a will of iron.
When her husband Roy contracted polio 28 years ago, she took it in stride, friends said yesterday. In 1982, when her youngest son, Cory, was severely injured in a motorcycle accident, Cordelia Watts was constantly by his side. But friends said that after the accident, her inner strength began to crumble.
On Wednesday, two hours after the family lost a $10 million lawsuit that would have helped to offset Cory's medical bills, already more than $500,000 and growing at a rate of $50,000 a year, Cordelia Watts, 52, sent her husband on an errand, took the family revolver and emptied it into her son and herself.
"She just loved that boy so much you could see the pain inside her," said Patricia Tiernan, who had worked for two years as a rehabilitation therapist with Cory, who was left with brain damage and partial paralysis. "She fought for that kid from the moment he had the accident. She was angry and she was tough."
On Wednesday, after eight hours of deliberations, a jury in U.S. District Court in Alexandria found no merit in a $10 million suit filed by the Watts family against Bell Helmets of Norwalk, Calif.
The suit contended that Bell had defectively designed the "Tourstar" helmet that Cory wore the night the motorcycle he was riding crashed into a concrete median on Shirley Highway in Arlington. The helmet cracked above the nape of his neck in the accident.
"I didn't feel good about that verdict, I don't think anybody did," said Ann P. Bay, education director of the Smithsonian Institution, who was a juror in the three-day trial. "Everybody would have loved to give them the money. They obviously needed it. But the evidence was so strongly in favor of Bell. We had no choice."
Yesterday, people who knew Cordelia Watts, her husband Roy and their three children, said the court decision was the one defeat she could not handle, and that she feared for the future of their 22-year-old son who needed constant care and continuing medical attention.
"You don't see many people like Cordelia. She had so many disappointments, and she just shrugged them off," said James McClure, director of guidance at Alexandria's T.C. Williams High School, where Cory was on the crew team until he graduated in 1981. "Roy had polio and that was hard on her. But Cory was her pride and joy and it just killed her to see him torn apart like that."
Cory went into a coma that lasted for three months immediately after the accident on Oct. 11, 1982.
Kathy Katz of Georgetown University Hospital's Child Development Center testified during the trial that she had examined Cory and found that after the accident he was mildly retarded, functioning on about the level of a 12-year-old.
His family testified that he was forgetful and that he had to have his food cut into pieces in order to feed himself. During Cory's stay in the hospital, Cordelia was there every day, friends said.
"She was always there. Every time I saw Cory, she was there, too," said Kathy O'Boyle, a neighbor of the Watts family on Stevens Street. "The older two were different than Cory, more independent, but Mrs. Watts cherished Cory." Friends and neighbors said that Cory and his mother were not always as close before the accident as she wanted them to be.
"She was incredibly strong and goal-oriented," said McClure, who has known the family for 15 years. "She wanted achievement from her children. Mei-Mei (26) and Raymond (28) were extremely bright. Cory was average, and average wasn't good enough for Cordelia."
Mrs. Watts insisted that Cory, an outstanding member of the crew team, but a shy, quiet teen-ager, take rigorous college preparatory courses when he had little desire to continue his education, according to McClure. "There was always a power struggle within the family," he said. "Cordelia could be very tough, but she always, always, wanted the best for her children."
Roy Watts, 61, who issued a statement on the family's behalf yesterday, calling for more stringent safety measures for motorcycle riders, declined further comment on the deaths of his wife and son. He has been a contracting officer with the Navy for the last 17 years, according to court documents.
Watts can walk only with the help of canes or crutches, and friends said he is a quiet man rarely seen or heard outside the house, even by neighbors who knew his wife well.
Recently, at the father's suggestion, the family bought Cory a personal computer, hoping that it might aid his memory and cognitive development, friends said.
"My father can't speak now. He has nothing to add at the moment," Mei-Mei Watts said yesterday. "My brother was a wonderful boy . . . and now our lives are just wrecked."
Almost everyone involved in the case against Bell, from the Bell lawyer to a courtroom reporter who thought Cordelia Watts had seemed "very strong and controlled," expressed shock at the news of the murder-suicide.
"What can you say about something like that?" said Fred. C. Alexander Jr., who represented Bell in the product liability suit. "Nobody could possibly anticipate it. We are all horrified. The people at Bell can only send the deepest condolences."
Some neighbors said that the constant thought that someday soon there might not be enough money to give Cory basic medical care caused the family the greatest distress.
Richard Lurito, an economist who testified as an expert witness at the trial, said that the Watts family spent more than $30,000 on legal fees during the long course of the litigation.
"They are dead broke," Lurito said. "They invested everything they had in this case and it wiped them out. There is absolutely nothing left."
Tiernan, the rehabilitation therapist who worked with the family and whose own child died after an automobile accident, said that the cost of therapy -- averaging about $18,000 a month for a bedridden person -- has become so profoundly expensive that many parents despair.
"The scope of this tragedy is huge," she said. "There is nothing more horrible in the world than to wonder what is going to happen to someone you love if they are incapacitated. It would make anyone sick."

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a community for 6 yearsmessage the moderatorsMODERATORSDeimorzDacvaktevoulPharnaces_IIfishingcatfoamedForestlPiemonkeyDeltaBurntAutoModerator...and 7 more »101102103The Witcher 3: The Skyrim debate, the game on PS4, nuggets of clarification and a whiff of multiplayer - Eurogamer interview with CD Projekt Red's managing director (eurogamer.net)submitted 1 year ago by Deimorz115 commentssharecancelsorry, this has been archived and can no longer be voted onloading...sorted by: besttopnewhotcontroversialoldrandomq & ayou are viewing a single comment's thread.view the rest of the comments →[–]gizza 0 points1 point2 points 1 year ago (0 children)sorry, this has been archived and can no longer be voted onThey're making an open world RPG. Everyone is going to be comparing it with Skyrim anyway. Hell, people were already comparing TW2 with Skyrim. There's not point ignoring it.
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How Pixar Made Sure ‘Coco’ Was Culturally Conscious - The New York Times
Movies|How Pixar Made Sure ‘Coco’ Was Culturally Conscious
Hector (voiced by Gael García Bernal) and Miguel (Anthony Gonzalez) in a scene from “Coco.”CreditCreditDisney/Pixar
And that was before the rise of President Trump.
The choices made by the director and his collaborators suggest one model for culturally conscious filmmaking at the blockbuster level. On “Coco,” Pixar’s 19th film and the first to feature a minority character in the lead role, Mr. Unkrich largely dispensed with the playbook used to create immersive fictional worlds like those in “Finding Nemo” and “Monsters, Inc.” Instead he relied on several research trips to Mexico and the personal stories of Latino team members, which helped ground his fantasy realm with specific geographic and sociological roots.
By seeking input on everything from character design to story early on, the studio hoped to make the movie feel more native than tourist, and to pre-empt the kind of withering, social-media-fueled whitewashing controversy that plagued the production of the Charlie Hunnam vehicle “American Drug Lord” more than a year ago, and helped sink films like “Aloha” and “Ghost in the Shell.” At the same time, executives trusted that non-Latino audiences would be drawn in by the story’s universal themes of familial legacy and solidarity.
The film’s nods to daily life in Mexico include a Xolo (a breed of hairless dog) as Miguel’s sidekick.CreditDisney/Pixar
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