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Patent App Num. |
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 Fielding glove | 20130145513 | 20130613 |
 The invention provides an Improved Fielding Glove which eliminates the index finger and middle finger slots. The exterior of the glove reflects these slots, but the interior area provides a single four-finger slot having inner loop for the fingers. All four fingers are placed into this area. The thumb slot of the Improved Fielding Glove includes a wider leather strap for improved gripping. This construction of the Improved Fielding Glove provides the player with better control of the mitt and makes it easier to grab the ball in the deep pocket area.
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| Gutter protector | 20130145699 | 20130613 |
 A gutter protector for keeping debris out of a gutter while permitting rain to enter therein comprises a panel, with a lower layer comprising a compressed fibrous non-woven material attached to an upper layer comprising a plastic screen. The panel includes a securing lip, formed below a longitudinal recess in an upper front edge, with the securing lip extending outwardly below the recess. The securing lip fits in a C-shaped channel of the gutter and raises the upper front edge of the gutter protector above the front of the gutter. This allows debris to fall off the gutter. An integral spring hinge, formed in the panel by two V-shaped longitudinal grooves with a finger between them, permits the panel to be resiliently bent into an angle... |
| Grip for a tool handle | 20130145909 | 20130613 |
 Provided herein is an ergonomic device for gripping a tool handle and an assembly comprising the tool handle grip and the tool handle. The ergonomic device comprises, on an elongate gripping body,means for receiving a gripping end of a tool handle and means for gripping the tool handle. Particularly, the elongate body has a receiving end, a knob gripping end and a gripping portion disposed there between. The gripping portion forms an inclined S-like curved shape with the receiving end and a knob gripping end and comprises in an ergonomic disposition a raised thumb grip, side grips and a plurality of finger grooves.
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| Solar cell module | 20130146128 | 20130613 |
 A solar cell module includes solar cell strings including a plurality of solar cells, and conductive patterns for electrically coupling respective ones of the plurality of solar cells to each other, a first sealing film and a front substrate on the solar cell strings, and a second sealing film and a back substrate under the solar cell strings, wherein each of the plurality of solar cells includes bus bars on a back surface of a respective one of the solar cells, a plurality of finger lines protruding from the bus bars in a direction substantially perpendicular to the bus bars, and an insulating layer for covering the plurality of finger lines, wherein the conductive patterns are arranged in parallel along a length direction of the bus... |
| High rate discharge (hrd) valve incorporating a collet sleeve release mechanism | 20130146315 | 20130613 |
 A valve actuation mechanism for a high rate discharge valve has a collet with fingers adjacent a valve member that provides restraint against displacement of the valve member at angularly spaced locations symmetrical about the axis of the valve member. Each collet finger has at least one projection adjacent a first end. The valve actuation mechanism also has a collet sleeve release mechanism with a main body portion having a first end and a second end. The main body portion contains an aperture with at least one land portion that secures each projection of the collet fingers. The main body portion also has an actuation pad at the second end, as well as a hinge mechanism for allowing rotational movement of the main body portion connected... |
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| Electrical contact arrangement and air insulated medium voltage circuit breaker including the electrical contact arrangement | 20130146433 | 20130613 |
| An electrical contact arrangement for medium to high voltage applications includes a contact arm having a distal end section on which a circular shaped annulus arrangement having several axially and parallel directed contact fingers is arranged. The contact fingers are pressed on the contact arm via respective radially directed connection sections by a spring ring which is peripherally arranged around the contact fingers. The distal end section of the contact arm includes a first ring-shaped surface and an adjacent second ring-shaped surface, so that the connection section of each contact finger is pressed to at least both the first and second ring-shaped surfaces.
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| Plastic paint bucket handle | 20130146609 | 20130613 |
| A plastic handle for a paint bucket has a unitary elongated hard plastic body terminating at opposed ends. Located at each end are respective outwardly-biased, inwardly-bendable clip areas that together establish a resilient clip for engaging a hub of a paint bucket. An alternate clip may he a single unitary arrow-shaped structure. Surrounding each clip is a respective raised hub cover with opposed chamfered sides configured for conveniently fitting in a paint shaker machine. Wider portions of the body extend inwardly from each end and merge with a central narrower portion that has finger bumps formed on it for gripping. Owing to the small width of the central narrow portion, the handle is disposed very close to the paint bucket in a stowed position in which... |
| Attachable holder with flexible ring for any handheld device | 20130146625 | 20130613 |
| An attachable holder includes a flexible ring that can be attached to a portable electronic device, or a case of a portable electronic device, to allow a user to insert their finger to hold the case. The flexible ring would be able to swivel, relative to the phone, for comfort for a user's finger, such as an index or ring finger, to easily slide through to help the user make and retain a good grip on the mobile device.
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| Light-emitting diode device | 20130146934 | 20130613 |
| A light-emitting diode device includes a substrate, an epitaxial layer and a first electrode. The epitaxial layer is disposed on the substrate. The first electrode is disposed on the epitaxial layer and includes a connecting portion and a conductive finger. The conductive finger has a first end and a second end, and the first end is connected to the connecting portion. At least one portion of the conductive finger is tapered along an extending direction of the conductive finger.
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| Piezo motor | 20130147315 | 20130613 |
| A piezo motor has a stator and a rotor as well as a drive finger which is held by the stator, drives the rotor and interacts with at least one piezo element. In order to improve the force transmission, the free end of the drive finger moves a driver jaw, which can be pressed against a ring surface of the rotor. The free end of the drive finger is held such that it can move in the longitudinal direction between two stops on the driver jaw, and the driver jaw can be pressed against the rotor, in time with the drive movement of the drive finger, by at least one piezo actuator during the drive movement of the drive finger, and can be pivoted in the... |
| Mobile terminal and editing controlling method | 20130147708 | 20130613 |
| A mobile phone includes a display provided with a touch panel. If a memo pad function is performed, a document and a cursor which indicates an editing position are displayed on the display. If a pinch out operation is made by two fingers in a state that a character is being displayed, the character being displayed on the display is enlarged. In such a state, if a third finger touches the touch panel between the two fingers, a cursor position is changed based on a touch position of a touch by the third finger.
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| Identifying contacts on a touch surface | 20130147761 | 20130613 |
| Apparatus and methods are disclosed for simultaneously tracking multiple finger and palm contacts as hands approach, touch, and slide across a proximity-sensing, multi-touch surface. Identification and classification of intuitive hand configurations and motions enables unprecedented integration of typing, resting, pointing, scrolling, 3D manipulation, and handwriting into a versatile, ergonomic computer input device.
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| Handset protection housing with finger ring | 20130148271 | 20130613 |
| A handset protection housing with a finger ring includes a casing (1) includes a back plate (11) for holding a handset firmly; a near middle section of the back plate having a connection portion (10); a combining unit (2) being formed by soft or flexible material; the combining unit (2) being fixed to the connection portion of the back plate; the combining unit (2) having a ring-like structure for receiving a finger of a user, thereby, the user's finger can pass through the ring to hold the housing firmly.
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| Personal identification system | 20130148865 | 20130613 |
| A personal identification system, which uses a vein pattern of a finger, optimizes the amount of light of a light source based on a captured finger image and emphasizes the vein pattern during image processing for identification.
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| Gas turbine engine including lift-off finger seals, lift-off finger seals, and method for the manufacture thereof | 20130149143 | 20130613 |
| Embodiments of a gas turbine engine including a lift-off finger seal are provided, as are embodiments of a lift-off finger seal and embodiments of a method for the manufacture thereof. In one embodiment, the gas turbine engine includes an engine housing having low and high pressure cavities, a shaft rotatably mounted in the engine housing, and a lift-off finger seal. The lift-off finger seal includes an finger seal backing spring and an aerodynamic foil. The aerodynamic foil extends around the outer circumference of the shaft and is configured to expand radially outward in response to aerodynamic forces generated during rotation of the shaft. The finger seal backing spring resiliently biases the aerodynamic foil toward the shaft, deflects to accommodate the outward radial expansion of the aerodynamic... |
| Dental polisher | 20130149666 | 20130613 |
| A dental polisher is provided, wherein the dental polisher includes finger projections positioned within the cup and a drill attachment on the cap for attaching the cup to a dental drill. The finger projections and the rim of the cup are formed of abrasive materials. The cup possesses the capacity to contain a polishing material.
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| Baseball pitching training device | 20130150189 | 20130613 |
| A pitching training device comprises a typical baseball with raised pitching training structure on top of the stitches on the seam. The pitching training structure is able to be an additional layer of stitches on top of the typical stitches of a baseball. The pitching training structure provides a finger rest area allowing a user to spin the baseball more easily at a breaking ball pitching release.
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| Techniques for input of a multi-character compound consonant or vowel and transliteration to another language using a touch computing device | 20130151234 | 20130613 |
| A technique is presented for fast input of multi-character compound consonants and vowels on a touch computing device. The technique provides for fast input of multi-character compound consonants and vowels by enabling a user to touch an initial character on a first layout of characters, then slide his/her finger in different directions and/or different distances according to a second layout of characters. The second layout of characters can be based on the first touched character and therefore can have a limited set of characters, e.g., fewer characters in comparison to the first layout of characters. A syllable formed after input of both a consonant and a vowel, represented as one character set, e.g., in the Roman alphabet, can then be transliterated into another language, e.g., Chinese.
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| System for simulating a contact with a surface by tactile simulation | 20130151960 | 20130613 |
| System for simulation of a contact with a surface by tactile stimulation comprising a surface (4.1) that will come into contact with the digital pulp of a user's finger (9), said system comprising means of displacing the surface along first and second directions (X, Y) orthogonal to each other and approximately tangent to the digital pulp of the finger (9), said displacement means being controlled as a function of the simulation to be generated, in which said displacement means are electromagnetic actuators (14.1, 14.2).
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| User interface and method for providing same | 20130152016 | 20130613 |
| A method for providing a user interface on a touch screen display, the user interface for performing one of executing an application, accessing a file and accessing a weblink, the method comprising displaying an icon on the touch screen display; detecting an interaction with the icon displayed, said interaction being performed by a hand of a user; displaying a plurality of icons on the touch screen display, each icon of the plurality of icons for performing one of executing an application, accessing a file and accessing a weblink, the plurality of icons forming a portion of a circle substantially centered on the hand such that each icon is accessible with a minimum displacement of a finger of an open hand of the user.
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| Pattern design for the finger portions of a glove | 20130139293 | 20130606 |
| A pattern for the fingers of a glove assembly that provides better grip for the user's hands comprising a plurality of contour curved shape finger portions. Each of the plurality of contour curved shape finger portions conforms to the natural curved or vented shape of a user's fingers. The plurality of contour curved shape finger portions includes an index finger portion, a middle finger portion, a ring finger portion and a little finger portion. The plurality of contour curved shape finger portions of the front palm portion is shorter in length than the plurality of contour curved shape finger portions of the back palm portion. Each of the plurality of contour curved shape finger portions includes a horizontal stitch. The plurality of contour curved shape finger... |
| Screen element for a disc screen device | 20130139336 | 20130606 |
| The invention relates to a screen element (1) for a disc screen device which has a plurality of rotable shafts (2, 3) oriented parallel to one another, on each of which a plurality of screen elements (1) that are spaced axially from one another are non-rotationally arranged, wherein the screen element (1) has elastically flexible fingers (4). The screen element is implemented such that at least one of the fingers is designed as a cleaning finger (5) free of reinforcement for cleaning in particular the collar (6) of a screen element (1) arranged on the neighbouring axis of rotation (2, 3).
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| Actuator for an aerosol container | 20130140329 | 20130606 |
| An actuator (1) for a hand-held aerosol container fitted centrally at its top with a dispensing valve, said actuator comprising: (i) a cup-shaped over-cap (3) attachable to the container and comprising a top wall defining a gap through which a spray channel passes, said gap restricting lateral movement of the spray channel; (ii) a spray channel (4) in fluid connection with the valve; (iii) an actuator button (5) comprising a finger pad from which a keel depends; the keel dependent from the finger pad of the button (5) being able to press down onto the spray channel (4) and the spray channel (4) on to the valve after the first slide movement of the button (5), but not before; whereby the actuator button (5) has a... |
| Fitting nut with adapted engaging surfaces | 20130140815 | 20130606 |
| A fitting assembly is provided with a first fitting component having a stepped wall surface; and a second fitting component radially spaced from the first fitting component when the fitting assembly is in a finger tight condition prior to pull-up. When the second fitting component is displaced into contact with the stepped wall surface during fitting pull-up, the stepped wall surface assists in separating the first fitting component from the second fitting component upon fitting disassembly.
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| Pin latch with detection device and movable catch-pin and intermediate position with automatic return mechanism | 20130140832 | 20130606 |
| A pin latch includes a guide block, a handle having a trigger, and a shear pin housed slidably within the guide block and connected to the handle. The shear pin includes a catch-pin engageable by the trigger, and is slidable between an engageable position and a disengageable position when the handle is moved from a closed position to an open position. Alternately, the pin latch includes a bracket connected to the shear pin and includes a catch-pin, and the handle is moveable to an intermediate position, such that a trigger is disengaged from the catch-pin and the shear pin engages a stop pin. A guide block spring acts on the stop pin to retain releasably the handle in its intermediate position. The guide block includes a... |
| Touchpad operating as a hybrid tablet | 20130141374 | 20130606 |
| A method for enabling a touchpad, a relative position device, to operate as if it were a tablet, or absolute position device, so as to provide the same type of input that can be provided by a tablet, wherein a surface of the touchpad is mapped to a surface of the display screen, a finger is detected by the touchpad before it makes contact, the finger may move over the surface of the touchpad causing some visual feedback to occur on the display that indicates the absolute position of the finger as it moves over the touchpad, and making contact with the touchpad to thereby cause selection of an object.
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| Hand held self-orientating targeting game | 20130141376 | 20130606 |
| A self-orientating hand held game unit includes a display screen, a game piece illustrated on the screen, and a touch sensitive system to detect the movement of a finger across the screen and operate the game piece to launch a projectile toward a target on the screen.
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| Inkjet ink with polyurethane addiive derived from alkoxy aromatic diols inks | 20130141489 | 20130606 |
| The invention provides an ink for inkjet printing, comprising colorant and certain polyurethane ink additives which is derived from alkoxy aromatic diol derived from alkoxy aromatic diols which enhances fastness of the print towards highlighter and finger smudge without compromising jetting performance and storage stability of the ink. The inks may be jetted from both thermal and piezo ink jet systems.
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| Methods, systems, devices, and products for authenticating users | 20130142404 | 20130606 |
| Enhanced biometric authentication is achieved by combining a user's inherent biometric data with the user's knowledge of a secret glyph. In one embodiment, a touchpad is provided on which the user may use a finger to indicate a plurality of strokes that form a distinct glyph. Image stabilization may be used to extract a readable fingerprint from the strokes, and the glyph and finger print are matched to a stored profile. The glyph may be one or more alphanumeric characters that represent a password. The user can then enter the password on the touch pad with his finger. If the fingerprint and password both match, the user is authenticated.
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| System and method for fingerprinting for comics | 20130142433 | 20130606 |
| The present disclosure relates to a system and a method for finger printing for comics. A system for searching comics according to the present disclosure includes: a fingerprint database storing fingerprints extracted from comics, a comics fingerprint extraction unit extracting fingerprints configured of at least one of box frames, cuts, and speech bubbles included in input comic images, a fingerprint based candidate group search unit searching candidate groups among comics stored in the fingerprint database using the extracted fingerprints, and a similarity measuring unit measuring similarity between the searched candidate groups and the comic images corresponding to the extracted fingerprints.
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| Porcine genome editing with zinc finger nucleases | 20110016546 | 20110120 |
| The present invention provides a genetically modified porcine or cell comprising at least one edited chromosomal sequence. In particular, the chromosomal sequence is edited using a zinc finger nuclease-mediated editing process. The disclosure also provides zinc finger nucleases that target specific chromosomal sequences in the porcine genome.
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| Canine genome editing with zinc finger nucleases | 20110016542 | 20110120 |
| The present invention provides a genetically modified canine or cell comprising at least one edited chromosomal sequence. In particular, the chromosomal sequence is edited using a zinc finger nuclease-mediated editing process. The disclosure also provides zinc finger nucleases that target specific chromosomal sequences in the canine genome.
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| Genomic editing of genes involved in inflammation | 20110016543 | 20110120 |
| The present invention provides genetically modified animals and cells comprising edited chromosomal sequences encoding inflammation-related proteins. In particular, the animals or cells are generated using a zinc finger nuclease-mediated editing process. Also provided are methods of assessing the effects of agents in genetically modified animals and cells comprising edited chromosomal sequences encoding inflammation-related proteins.
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| Genome editing of sensory-related genes in animals | 20110016541 | 20110120 |
| The present invention provides genetically modified animals and cells comprising edited chromosomal sequences encoding proteins that are associated with nociception or taste disorders. In particular, the animals or cells are generated using a zinc finger nuclease-mediated editing process. Also provided are methods of using the genetically modified animals or cells disclosed herein to screen agents for toxicity and other effects.
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| Genome editing of genes associated with trinucleotide repeat expansion disorders in animals | 20110016540 | 20110120 |
| The present invention provides genetically modified animals and cells comprising edited chromosomal sequences encoding proteins that are associated with trinucleotide repeat expansion disorders. In particular, the animals or cells are generated using a zinc finger nuclease-mediated editing process. Also provided are methods of using the genetically modified animals or cells disclosed herein to screen agents for toxicity and other effects.
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| Genome editing of neurotransmission-related genes in animals | 20110016539 | 20110120 |
| The present invention provides genetically modified animals and cells comprising edited chromosomal sequences encoding proteins that are associated with neurotransmission disorders. In particular, the animals or cells are generated using a zinc finger nuclease-mediated editing process. Also provided are methods of using the genetically modified animals or cells disclosed herein to screen agents for toxicity and other effects.
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| Storing baseline information in eeprom | 20110015889 | 20110120 |
| Pre-stored no-touch or no-hover (no-event) sensor output values can initially be used when a sensor panel subsystem is first booted up to establish an initial baseline of sensor output values unaffected by fingers or other objects touching or hovering over the sensor panel during boot-up. This initial baseline can then be normalized so that each sensor generates the same output value for a given amount of touch or hover, providing a uniform response across the sensor panel and enabling subsequent touch or hover events to be more easily detected. After the initial normalization process is complete, the pre-stored baseline can be discarded in favor of a newly captured no-event baseline that may be more accurate than the pre-stored baseline due to temperature or other variations.
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| Multiple bearing acetabular prosthesis | 20110015753 | 20110120 |
| An acetabular prosthesis assembly can include an acetabular cup and a first liner. The acetabular cup can have an outer surface, an inner surface and an upper rim extending between the outer surface and the inner surface. The acetabular cup can have a cup connection portion including a groove formed on an upper face of the upper rim. The first liner can have an outer cup engaging surface and a liner connection portion that extends from a flange of the first liner. The liner connection portion can have a finger that is received by the groove formed on the upper face of the acetabular cup that selectively couples the liner connection portion with the cup connection portion in an assembled position.
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| Fingertip positioned artery stabilizer | 20110015544 | 20110120 |
| An artery stabilizer device is provided for stabilizing an artery while a technician inserts a needle into the stabilized artery. Two stabilizer fingers are provided to hold an artery in place while a needle is passed between two extensions and further inserted into the artery beyond the stabilizer fingers; the device can be removed from the worksite while the tip of the needle remains lodged within the artery. A platform is disposed above the stabilizer fingers and extensions create ample distance between the stabilizer fingers and the platform for simplified palpation and improved visibility and safety. Each embodiment can create an augmented pulse at a targeted needle insertion site, making it easier for a technician to palpate the patient's pulse there. Arterial catheter insertions can be... |
| User input assembly for an electronic device | 20110014953 | 20110120 |
| A touch sensitive user input assembly for enter characters into an electronic device. During a telephone mode, use of the input assembly may be made to enter telephone numbers by touching predetermined areas of the input assembly. During a text entry mode, the user may enter characters from a larger character set, including letters, numbers, symbols, emoticons, accent markings, or other characters. In this mode, the user may tap one of the predetermined areas to enter a character that has been previously associated with this action. The predetermined area also may be used to enter additional previously associated characters by touching the predefined area and then dragging in a predetermined direction to cycle through plural character choices. When a desired character is reached, the user may... |
| Convolutional impairment covariance estimation method and apparatus | 20110014874 | 20110120 |
| Path delay information generated by a path searcher module of a wireless receiver is used to generate net channel coefficients for use in suppressing interference from a received signal. According to one embodiment, interference is suppressed from a signal transmitted over a communication channel including transmit and receive pulse shaping filters and a radio channel by generating net channel coefficients for the communication channel at processing delays such as G-Rake finger delays or chip equalizer tap delays. Medium channel coefficients are generated for the radio channel at estimated path delays as a function of the net channel coefficients. The net channel coefficients are regenerated at arbitrary delays as a function of the medium channel coefficients and an impairment covariance estimate is generated based at least in... |
| Adapter for abrasive cutting wheels | 20110014855 | 20110120 |
| An abrasive disc assembly for a tool having an externally threaded, motor-driven spindle. The assembly includes an abrasive disc having a central bore formed therethrough and a male portion having an internally-threaded hub portion and a flange portion. The outer dimension of the hub portion is sized to be received within the central bore and the internally-threaded hub portion is enmeshingly engagable with the externally threaded, motor-driven spindle. The assembly further comprises an articulating locking finger extending from the male portion and having a retaining surface. The articulating locking finger is deflectable between a locked position and a deflected position. Finally, the assembly includes a female portion having a central cavity and an engagement surface. The central cavity receives the hub portion of the male portion... |
| Connector frame | 20110014810 | 20110120 |
| A connector frame is provided. The connector frame can be a generally rectangular member having a bore formed therethrough. The rectangular member can be at least partially formed by a first wall, and a second wall, connected by two side walls. The first, second and side walls can form at least a portion of an interior surface and an exterior surface. At least a portion of the interior surface can include a plurality of raised features adapted to detachably attach to a cable connector. A plurality of projections adapted to provide a grip for one or more fingers on each of the two side walls can be disposed on the exterior surface of the two side walls.
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| Poly zinc finger proteins with improved linkers | 20110014675 | 20110120 |
| Polynucleotides encoding chimeric proteins, and methods for their production and use are disclosed. The chimeric proteins comprise a flexible linker between two zinc finger DNA-binding domains, wherein the linker contains eight or more amino acids between the second conserved histidine residue of the carboxy-terminal zinc finger of the first domain and the first conserved cysteine residue of the amino-terminal zinc finger of the second domain.
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| Targeted chromosomal mutagenesis using zinc finger nucleases | 20110014601 | 20110120 |
| The present invention provides for a method or methods of targeted genetic recombination or mutagenesis in a host cell or organism, and compositions useful for carrying out the method. The targeting method of the present invention exploits endogenous cellular mechanisms for homologous recombination and repair of double stranded breaks in genetic material. The present invention provides numerous improvements over previous mutagenesis methods, such advantages include that the method is generally applicable to a wide variety of organisms, the method is targeted so that the disadvantages associated with random insertion of DNA into host genetic material are eliminated, and certain embodiments require relatively little manipulation of the host genetic material for success. Additionally, it provides a method that produces organisms with specific gene modifications in a short... |
| Apparatus, system, and method for an educational edible novelty product | 20110014591 | 20110120 |
| An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for an educational edible novelty product. In some embodiments the novelty product may comprise a representation of a visually transmitted manual language element. The representation may comprise a depiction of a first human hand, which may comprise at least one finger and a first palm. The at least one finger may be articulated to communicate a manual language element.
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| Entrance control system having a camera and control method thereof | 20110013812 | 20110120 |
| An entrance control system having a camera, and a method thereof of controlling entrance are provided. The entrance control system not only controls entrances through a use of an authentication tool based on biometric recognition, but also photographs a person attempting an entry through the camera, maps the information into authentication history and manages the history data. Accordingly, the entrance control system is capable of rejecting an unauthorized person who has forged biometric information such as a forged fingerprint. In order to ensure a reliability of image record of the person, the system processes a facial recognition algorithm to determine if a frontal face of the person is captured, and controls so that an error message is provided to the person if there is an error,... |
| Fingerprint imaging system | 20110013174 | 20110120 |
| A fingerprint imaging system configured to capture an image of a friction ridge pattern of a subject (e.g., a fingerprint, a palm print, a hand print, a footprint, etc.). The system may include one or more components that reduce the impact of ambient light on the performance of the system. In some implementations, the system may reduce the impact of ambient light without requiring additional power (e.g., to generate an increased amount of radiation) and without including “external” hoods and/or covers designed to block ambient light prior to the ambient light entering system. Instead, the system may reduce the impact of ambient light on performance by blocking ambient light internally within the system along an optical path of radiation used to electronically capture an image of... |
| Methods for operation of a touch input device | 20110012856 | 20110120 |
| The invention provides a method for operation of a touch input device comprising a touch input area. The method comprises the steps of (i) detecting a touch or near-touch of an object on or near said touch input area; (ii) determining a parameter indicative of the size and/or shape of said object; (iii) comparing said parameter with at least one predetermined value; and (iv) enabling an operational state of said touch input device in response to said comparison. The parameter may be compared with one or more threshold values which delimit the operational state of the input device. Such operational states include a sleep mode or active mode, the use of a full QWERTY or reduced keyboard, translation or rotation of graphical elements, etc. The method... |
| Method and device for palm rejection | 20110012855 | 20110120 |
| The present invention carries out palm rejection on a multi-touch panel. The panel is first touched by a palm before the detection of a finger or pen to define a rejection region and the touch location of the finger or pen is detected outside that rejection region. The present invention, when the rejection region and the touch location of the finger or pen have been detected, is able to continuously detecting a region touched by the palm using a detected range defined by the rejection region to determine whether the rejection region needs to be updated.
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| Human body engineerin mouse | 20110012834 | 20110120 |
| A human body engineering mouse is provided. The surface of the housing of the mouse contacting with a worktable is the bottom surface, the surface contacting with the hand is the top surface, the top surface includes a forefinger interface contracting with the forefinger, a palm interface contacting with the centre of the palm, a thumb interface configured in the inside of the housing and contacting with the thumb, and a gap for placing the finger is configured in the outside of the front side of the housing, and the gap commonly is used for placing the front side of the middle finger.
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| Fingerprint reader | 20110012758 | 20110120 |
| The present invention provides a fingerprint reader for an electronic device. The fingerprint reader includes a cover, a support member, two sliding rails, a sliding block, a slide groove, a first protruding portion, a second protruding portion, and a collection header. The support member defines a button exposed on one side of the electronic apparatus. The sliding block is engaged with the sliding groove, and the first protruding portion is latched in the slideway of one sliding rail and the second protruding portion is latched in the slideway of the other sliding rail. When the button is pressed, the sliding block touches the sliding groove to push the two protruding portions to move along the corresponding slideways from up to down at the same time, the... |
| Integrated circuit package system employing device stacking and method of manufacture thereof | 20110012270 | 20110120 |
| A method of manufacture of an integrated circuit package system that includes: providing an electrical interconnect system including an inner lead-finger system and an outer lead-finger system; stacking a first device, a second device, and a third device between and over the electrical interconnect system; connecting the first device and the second device to the inner lead-finger system; and connecting the third device to the outer lead-finger system.
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| Semiconductor chip package | 20110012244 | 20110120 |
| A semiconductor chip package comprises a lead frame having a chip carrier having a first surface and an opposite second surface. A first semiconductor chip is mounted on the first surface, having a plurality of bonding pads thereon, wherein the first semiconductor chip has an area larger that that of the chip carrier. A package substrate has a central region attached to the second surface of the chip carrier, having an area larger than that of the first semiconductor chip, wherein the package substrate comprises a plurality of fingers on a top surface thereof in a marginal region of the package substrate, which are arranged in an array with a row of inner fingers adjacent to the first semiconductor chip and a row of outer fingers... |
| Leadframe having delamination resistant die pad | 20110012243 | 20110120 |
| A lead frame (410) including a die pad (100) for mounting at least one integrated circuit (405) thereon and a plurality of lead fingers (413). The die pad (100) includes a metal including substrate (105) having a periphery that includes a plurality of sides (111-114), an intersection of the sides forming corners (115). A first plurality of grooves including least one groove (106) is formed in a top side surface of the substrate and is associated with each of the corners (115). The groove (106) has a dimension oriented at least in part at an angle of 75 to 105 degrees relative to a bisecting line (118) originating from the corners (115). A lead-frame-based packaged semiconductor device (400) includes a lead frame (410) including at least... |
| Semiconductor chip package | 20110012241 | 20110120 |
| A semiconductor chip package comprises a lead frame having a chip carrier having a first surface and an opposite second surface. A first semiconductor chip is mounted on the first surface, having a plurality of bonding pads thereon, wherein the first semiconductor chip has an area larger that that of the chip carrier. A package substrate has a central region attached to the second surface of the chip carrier, having an area larger than that of the first semiconductor chip, wherein the package substrate comprises a plurality of fingers on a top surface thereof in a marginal region of the package substrate, which are arranged in an array with a row of inner fingers adjacent to the first semiconductor chip and a row of outer fingers... |
| Remote control device possible to read out dot pattern formed on medium or display | 20110011925 | 20110120 |
| A remote control device that can be intuitively operated, that does not require users to take time to learn operation and that is excellent in convenience, operability and affinity for users is provided. The remote control device includes an optical reading unit equipped on a predetermined medium surface, for reading a dot pattern, a main body that is provided in connection with the optical reading unit and can be held like a pen or gripping-held, a conversion unit for converting the dot pattern read by the optical reading unit into one or more corresponding transmission codes, an operation unit equipped on the surface of the main body in the vicinity of the optical reading unit and operable with a fingertip, for moving a cursor, selecting a... |
| Two-part bottle | 20110011823 | 20110120 |
| The bottle comprises two sub-containers coupled one on top of the other. The end of the bottom sub-container opposite from the coupled end forms the base, while the coupled end forms a wide-mouth container design with an opening large enough to allow for ice cubes or adult fingers to effectively clean the inside. The end of the top sub-container opposite from the coupled end forms a narrow-mouth container design with an opening narrow enough for the drinking comfort of a child. The top and bottom sub-containers when uncoupled can transform to either two sub-containers for drinking, or a first sub-container for drinking and a second sub-container for holding liquid. A band made of a flexible material is encased around the exterior of the bottle to improve... |
| Lubricant applicator for golden finger interface | 20110011680 | 20110120 |
| A lubricant applicator includes a base, a plurality of elastic members, and a plate member. The base includes a hollow space for receiving lubricant. The elastic support member is mounted within the hollow space of the base. The plate member is received in the hollow space and supported by the elastic support member. The plate member comprises a first slot and a plurality of through openings formed in an upper surface thereof. The first slot is shaped to accommodate a golden finger interface.
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| Temperature-retaining device | 20110011554 | 20110120 |
| A temperature-retaining device comprises an upper wall and a lower wall. The upper wall comprises a conduction plate having a top surface and a bottom surface comprising a plurality of downwardly projecting fingers. A temperature-retaining body is disposed in contact with the plurality of fingers to transfer heat from the temperature-retaining body to the conduction plate. A support structure is coupled to the upper wall and comprises a peripheral wall surrounding the temperature-retaining body. A lower wall is coupled to the support structure to enclose the temperature-retaining body within a cavity defined by the upper wall, support structure and lower wall. The lower wall comprises a gas-permeable channel that is substantially impermeable to liquids.
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| Video fingerprint systems and methods | 20090328125 | 20091231 |
| A method that provides identification information for a portion of a video stream includes receiving a video stream, wherein the video stream includes one or more successive video scenes, wherein the one or more successive video scenes respectively corresponds to one or more sets of visual information, wherein each of the one or more successive video scenes includes plural successive pictures, wherein a first visual object is included in a first video scene, wherein the one or more successive video scenes includes the first video scene, detecting the first visual object over a first plurality of pictures of the first video scene, deriving information corresponding to one or more measured transitions of the first visual object over the first plurality of pictures of the first video... |
| Enhancing security of a system via access by an embedded controller to a secure storage device | 20090327678 | 20091231 |
| System and method for performing pre-boot security verification in a system that includes a host processor and memory, an embedded microcontroller with an auxiliary memory, e.g., an on-chip ROM, or memory controlled to prohibit user-tampering with the contents of the memory, and one or more pre-boot security components coupled to the embedded microcontroller. Upon power-up, but before host processor boot-up, the embedded microcontroller accesses the auxiliary memory and executes the program instructions to verify system security using the one or more pre-boot security components. The one or more pre-boot security components includes at least one identity verification component, e.g., a smart card, or a biometric sensor, e.g., a fingerprint sensor, a retinal scanner, and/or a voiceprint sensor, etc., and/or at least one system verification component, e.g.,... |
| Temperature-profiled device fingerprint generation and authentication from power-up states of static cells | 20090326840 | 20091231 |
| A method, system and computer program product for generating device fingerprints and authenticating devices uses initial states of internal storage cells after each of a number multiple power cycles for each of a number of device temperatures to generate a device fingerprint. The device fingerprint may include pairs of expected values for each of the internal storage cells and a corresponding probability that the storage cell will assume the expected value. Storage cells that have expected values varying over the multiple temperatures may be excluded from the fingerprint. A device is authenticated by a similarity algorithm that uses a match of the expected values from a known fingerprint with power-up values from an unknown device, weighting the comparisons by the probability for each cell to compute... |
| Dynamic hand splint | 20090326428 | 20091231 |
| A dynamic splint for the positioning and functional exercise of a neurologically impaired upper extremity, including the wrist, hand and fingers, made up of a forearm support and hand support linked by a first connector. Fingertip caps are connected to finger tension leads that extend rearwardly to connect to a finger tensioner attached to the forearm support. The hand support includes adjustable tension lead guides for directing the finger tension leads to the fingertip caps. The dynamic splint also includes a thumb splint assembly made up of a thumb-tip cap connected to a thumb tension lead that extends rearwardly to a thumb tensioner attached to the forearm support. The thumb splint assembly further includes a thumb tension lead guide for directing the thumb tension lead to... |
| Wrist-type blood pressure meter | 20090326391 | 20091231 |
| A wrist-type blood pressure meter for measuring blood pressure and heart rate of a person and displaying the measurement reading with segmented screens showing numeric figures and graphical plot. It has memory module and fingerprint module allowing more than one user to store and retrieve measurement readings according to time sequence and calculate average readings.
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| Examination apparatus | 20090326331 | 20091231 |
| An apparatus and method for an examination apparatus that includes a manually movable structure having a first movement from a free state to a compressed state and a second reversing movement from the compressed state to the free state. Also included is a plurality of fingers that are disposed adjacent to the structure. The fingers having a stowed state and an open state, the stowed state having a nested relationship between the fingers to reduce a silhouette profile size. In moving from the stowed state to the open state of the plurality of fingers requires a selected sequential movement of each the fingers to proceed from the nested relationship to the open state that is accommodated by an assemblage for moving the fingers sequentially utilizing the... |
| Fingerprint analysis for a plurality of oligonucleotides | 20090325306 | 20091231 |
| The invention provides a method for evaluating the accuracy of an oligonucleotide sample, specifically a sample containing a variety of oligonucleotides of potentially varying size and sequence. The method provides a fingerprint that can be used to evaluate the accuracy of a multi-oligonucleotide sample whether or not the sample contains differing oligonucleotides that have the same or about the same molecular weight.
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| Ballast weight having reduced removal resistance and increased gripping features for improving emergency weight-dropping | 20090324340 | 20091231 |
| A diving weight apparatus has a solid, body with a curved outer conformation. An elongated aperture extends through the body between a front and a back surfaces. The elongated aperture is large enough to accept two fingers of a person's hand therein when the two fingers are arranged in side-by-side positions. A pouch accepts the body and is likewise curved. A diving vest accepts the pouch an is likewise curved.
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| Method and device for input of symbol and key-function information into a digital data processor | 20090324316 | 20091231 |
| A method for hand inputting symbol and key-function information into a digital data processor comprises: providing a device including three keys for the left hand's middle, ring, and pinky fingers, three keys for the right hand's middle, ring, and pinky fingers, first and second joysticks including ‘enter’, ‘left’, ‘right’, ‘up’, and ‘down’ positions, operable in a main mode pressed by the thumb of one hand, and in a supplemental mode switched by the point finger of the other hand, assigning unique combinations of the keys and joysticks positions to fingers of each hand, thereby producing left-hand and right-hand tables, and converting the combinations of the tables into predetermined electrical signals, inputted into the data processer. In embodiments, the left-hand and right-hand tables are identical, can be... |
| Generating fingerprints of video signals | 20090324199 | 20091231 |
| The present invention provides novel techniques for generating more robust fingerprints (1) of video signals (2). Certain embodiments of the invention derive video fingerprints only from blocks (21) in a central portion (22) of each frame (20), ignoring a remaining outer portion (23), the resultant fingerprints (1) being more robust with respect to transformations comprising cropping or shifts. Other embodiments divide each frame (or a central portion of it) into non-rectangular blocks, such as pie-shaped or annular blocks, and generate fingerprints from these blocks. The shape of the blocks can be selected to provide robustness against particular transformations. Pie blocks provide robustness to scaling, and annular blocks provide robustness to rotations, for example. Other embodiments use blocks of different sizes, so that different portions of the... |
| Method and system for finding a document image in a document collection using localized two-dimensional visual fingerprints | 20090324100 | 20091231 |
| An image management method and system provides for storing, indexing, searching, and/or retrieving image data. Keypoints are identified in images, including keypoints in a query image of a query document, and keypoints in potential target document images of a collection of potential target documents. Fingerprint information from the keypoints are generated, and the fingerprint information of a query image is compared with fingerprint information of potential target document images, found in the collection of potential target documents. A best match is determined between the fingerprint information of the query image and the potential target document images. At least one target document image is retrieved based on the determined best match. The retrieved at least one target image may then be displayed, printed or transmitted.
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| Secure system and method of creating and processing partial finger images | 20090324028 | 20091231 |
| Apparatus, system, method, computer program, and computer program product that provide a security in creating and processing fingerprint images obtained from a fingerprint sensor by generating a full image fingerprint minutia feature template without ever generating or reconstructing the full or complete fingerprint image that is conventionally required to generate such minutia feature template.
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| Fraud detection in seals | 20090324027 | 20091231 |
| A method of verifying a carved seal includes detecting a pressure on a carved seal stamp is detected through pins extending from a face of the carved stamp steal. It is determined if the pressure indicates that the seal is being pressed. A fingerprint of a user of the seal is read when it is determined that the seal is being pressed. An image of an object being stamped by the seal is photographed if the pressure indicates that the seal is being pressed. A time that the seal is being pressed is determined if the pressure indicates that the seal is being pressed. A location of the seal is determined if the pressure indicates that the seal is being pressed. An audio note is recorded... |
| System and method for finding a picture image in an image collection using localized two-dimensional visual fingerprints | 20090324026 | 20091231 |
| An image management method and system provides for storing, indexing, searching and/or retrieving image data. The content of an image collection is pre-processed to identify stable and repeatable keypoints for each image in the collection. Fingerprint information is computed from local groups of keypoints, and the resulting fingerprint information is stored in a compact fingerprint database. The computing of the fingerprint information is based on combinations of a subgroup of the strongest keypoints in an image, called anchor keypoints, in addition to a number of non-anchor keypoints. For each fingerprint in the compact fingerprint database, a sequence of candidate fingerprint combinations is generated and stored in a Fan Tree and/or hashtable and a corresponding fingerprint data structure. The sequence of fingerprint combinations allows several non-anchor keypoints... |
| Multimode receiver architecture | 20090323778 | 20091231 |
| A radio receiver comprising a compensator arranged to compensate for intersymbol interference in a signal received at the receiver and a configurator arranged to configure the compensator, wherein the compensator comprises a programmable filter and the configurator is capable of configuring the filter in a first mode to operate as an ISI equaliser or in a second mode to implement a RAKE finger set.
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| Induction furnace for the controllable melting of powder/granular materials | 20090323756 | 20091231 |
| An induction furnace includes a melting induction coil for inductively heating a pair of susceptors for melting particulate material falling freely in a free fall zone between the susceptors. A feeder having a rotatable hollow shaft with fingers extending therefrom breaks up the material, which falls onto a vibrating dispersion plate and then into the free fall zone. A preheating induction coil inductively heats a susceptor which radiates heat to particulate material moving over the dispersion plate. An adjustable gap between the feeder and dispersion plate controls material flow. A funnel collects falling molten material and directs it through a nozzle into a mold. Induction coils control melting within the funnel. One induction coil heats the nozzle and may be controlled to allow the nozzle to... |
| Anisotropically conductive backside addressable imaging belt for use with contact electrography | 20090322845 | 20091231 |
| An addressable imaging belt for use in printing applications having embedded anisotropically conductive addressable islands configured for electric contact on a first side of the belt by a write head consisting of an array of compliant cantilevered fingers with contact pads/points to which a voltage can be applied. The conductive addressable islands electrically isolated from one another and extending substantially through the thickness of the belt in order to allow charge to flow through the belt towards a second side of the belt, in order to form a latent electrostatic image on the second side and develop this latent image by attracting colorized toner or other electrically charged particles to the second side.
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| Radio frequency pointing device | 20090322680 | 20091231 |
| A radio frequency pointing device used for controlling a computer pointer/cursor. The device is a glove that has a pointing device mounted on the index finger of the glove, the device communicates with a computer via radio frequency transmissions. The device has ergonomically positioned switches and touch scroll sensors thereon. The device does not need a surface to control the movement of a computer pointer/cursor. A pair of gloves can be used simultaneously to provide the user of the gloves the ability to multitask by using two pointers.
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| Free fingers typing technology | 20090322673 | 20091231 |
| The present invention provides the Free Fingers Typing Technology by fingers tapping on a surface, a technology that allows the user to type, point/select (on the display of a computer or computer-based-device) or play music with bare fingers without keyboard, without display pointing/selecting device and even without computer. The invention provides at least: one methodology to execute the finger movements, one convention to code the finger movements, two techniques to recognize the finger movements, a family of apparatus to optically monitor and recognize finger movements as well as the specifications of a plurality of related computer programmes all used with the objective of interpreting finger-surface taps and converting them into computer characters, keyboard key strokes, functions of display-pointing/selecting device, music notes etc. . . . The... |
| Antenna assembly having multiple antenna elements with hemispherical coverage | 20090322648 | 20091231 |
| An antenna assembly includes a cable assembly having at least one wire and a circuit board assembly having a ground plane and a plurality of mounting locations. The wire(s) is electrically connected to corresponding mounting locations. A plurality of antenna elements are mounted to the circuit board at corresponding mounting locations. Each antenna element has a feed finger and a ground finger, where the ground finger is electrically connected to the ground plane and the feed finger is electrically connected to the corresponding wire. Each antenna element has a first portion extending from the circuit board along a first plane and a second portion extending from the first portion along a second plane that is transverse to the first plane. Each antenna element provides hemispherical coverage... |
| Satellite navigatio receiver having configurable acquisition and tracking engines | 20090322599 | 20091231 |
| A satellite navigation receiver having a flexible acquisition and tracking engine architecture. The flexible acquisition engine has a reconfigurable delay line that can be used either as a single entity or divided into different sections. Consequently, it can be configured to search different satellite vehicles, a single Doppler frequency, and full CA code in parallel. When configuring the delay line into different sections, each section is used to search a partial CA code. In this configuration, multiple Doppler mode, multiple satellite vehicles, multiple Doppler frequencies, and partial CA code can be searched in parallel. Furthermore, the different sections of the CA code can be time-multiplexed into a correlator, which can then be over clocked to achieve full CA code correlation. The flexible tracking engine includes a... |
| Self-activated secure identification document | 20090322477 | 20091231 |
| The present invention describes a self activated biometrics identification device, which becomes active only when the biometrics of the bearer of the card matches the biometric data embedded in the card. Upon touching the card with a finger, the card scans the fingerprint of the user and analyzes the DNA from his or her epidermis to match it with the information encoded and embedded in the card itself. If the match is positive, the card becomes active and can be used for identification purposes, or make transactions with complete security.
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| Remote controlled dead bolt door locking system | 20090322473 | 20091231 |
| The remote controlled deadbolt door locking system (the “unit”) is designed to be an add-on safety mechanism for existing entry doors. The unit is designed to be mounted onto the bottom corner of a door, where in the engaged position, it prevents said door from being opened even if the main lock has been tampered with. The unit makes use of a small DC electric motor to move a steel shaft in the vertical direction into a steel bushing that is mounted into a drilled hole in the floor directly in front of the door and under the unit. The unit is mounted onto the door with four carriage bolts through the door, and a mounting plate from the outside of the door, through four matching... |
| Transversal type filter | 20090322449 | 20091231 |
| To provide a transversal type filter having weighted finger electrodes of at least either of an input IDT and an output IDT provided on a piezoelectric substrate, in which a diffraction of elastic wave output from an end face of the weighted IDT electrode is suppressed, a band width is wide, and a high flatness and a high selectivity are realized. In at least either of an input IDT and an output IDT, an apodized region in which a weighting is performed by using an apodizing method with which an aperture of finger electrodes is continuously changed is formed on a center portion of the electrode with respect to a propagation direction of an elastic wave, and dog-leg regions in which a weighting is performed by... |
| Integrated mems metrology device using complementary measuring combs | 20090322365 | 20091231 |
| The present invention provides a device for in-situ monitoring of material, process and dynamic properties of a MEMS device. The monitoring device includes a pair of comb drives, a cantilever suspension comprising a translating shuttle operatively connected with the pair of comb drives, structures for applying an electrical potential to the comb drives to displace the shuttle, structures for measuring an electrical potential from the pair of comb drives; measuring combs configured to measure the displacement of the shuttle, and structures for measuring an electrical capacitance of the measuring combs. Each of the comb drives may have differently sized comb finger gaps and a different number of comb finger gaps. The shuttle may be formed on two cantilevers perpendicularly disposed with the shuttle, whereby the cantilevers... |
| Opposed fork food grasping device | 20090322108 | 20091231 |
| The present invention is a clamshell form eating utensil for gripping and retaining rigid and semi rigid self supporting food items to cleanly and sanitarily bring them to the mouth for eating. The utensil includes an upper and lower leaf pivotally fixed together by a self closing hinge on one edge and formed with a series of times along an opposite edge. The tines include primary gripping tines plus secondary tines providing lateral stability to food items are provided at either end of each leaf. A tail is provided on each leaf extending past the pivotal axis a the hinge operative as a lever to open the utensil, the lower tail bring provided with a plurality of finger holes to aid the diner in manipulating the... |
| Torque limiter and sheet separating device having a torque limiter | 20090322017 | 20091231 |
| A torque limiter may include a first member configured to rotate about a first axis and having a first contact surface. The torque limiter may include a second member configured to rotate about the first axis and including a first axially extending finger. The first finger may be radially biased so that a second contact surface defined by the first finger may contact the first contact surface with a normal force to define a predetermined torque value between the first and second members. When one of the first and second members is rotatably driven in a first rotational direction, the other of the first and second members may be rotatably driven in the first rotational direction unless a torque load greater than or equal to the... |
| Integrated circuit package system stackable devices | 20090321899 | 20091231 |
| An integrated circuit package system includes: providing a finger lead having a side with an outward exposed area and an inward exposed area separated by a lead cavity; positioning a chip adjacent the finger lead and connected to the finger lead; and a stack encapsulant encapsulating the chip and the finger lead with the outward exposed area and the inward exposed area of the finger lead substantially exposed.
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| Method and apparatus of power ring positioning to minimize crosstalk | 20090321897 | 20091231 |
| A method and/or an apparatus of power ring positioning to minimize crosstalk are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes generating an array of fingers between a power ring and a die, applying a signal wire between a bond pad of the die and a particular finger of the array of fingers, and applying a shielding wire between an adjacent bond pad and the power ring, such that the shielding wire is longer than the signal wire and does not couple to any of the array of fingers. The shielding wire may be placed between adjacent ones of the signal wire to minimize crosstalk between the adjacent ones of the signal wire.
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| Shelf front display mount | 20090321595 | 20091231 |
| A shelf front mounting system mounts to the front of industry standard shelving. The shelf front mounting system holds product signage or advertising, strips or spines of merchandise product. The shelf front mounting system includes a flexible clip portion having an upper finger for contacting the shelf lower surface near the front edge of the shelf and a lower detent for engaging the shelf front at about the lower lip.
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| Gloves | 20080313788 | 20081225 |
| A glove includes a glove body having a palm portion and one or more finger portions, a grooming unit, and an adhering layer provided at the glove body to adhere the grooming unit thereto. The grooming unit includes a palm grooming member affixed to the palm portion, a finger grooming member affixed to each of the finger portions, and a plurality of combing teeth spacedly protruded from the palm grooming member and the finger grooming member. A plurality of first and second flexible bands are provided at the palm grooming member and the finger grooming member for enhancing the hand and finger movements of the user when the user wears the glove body.
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| Step-in shoe with strap | 20080313929 | 20081225 |
| A step-in shoe of novel design that includes a heel strap that can be donned by the user without the necessity of manipulating the heel strap with the fingers to correctly position the heel strap about the user's heel. The step-in shoe is constructed from a novel, lofted foam material that permits the heel strap to flex downwardly as the foot starts to enter the body of the shoe, but automatically positions itself about the heel of the user as the user's foot fully enters the internal chamber of the body of the shoe.
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| Commemorative ring with flip-top | 20080314081 | 20081225 |
| A finger ring comprising a shank with a commemorative outer surface design and a dihedral setting pivotably-mounted in an aperture in the shank and having a design element on at least one face of the setting. In an embodiment, the design element on at least one face of the setting is co-commemorative with the design on the shank. In an alternate embodiment a finger ring is disclosed with a uniformly-tapered shank having an ornamented outer surface and a setting pivotably-mounted in an aperture in the shank. The setting has first and second faces, and in an embodiment one of the faces comprises a design element that is co-commemorative with a design element on the shank.
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| Ring guard having offset adjustable flanges | 20080314082 | 20081225 |
| An arcuate-shaped ring guard for use in combination with a circular finger ring for reducing the interior circumference of the finger ring. The arcuate-shaped ring guard includes an arcuate ring reducer member being substantially crescent shaped. The ring reducer member includes an outer curved perimeter wall surface, and an interior wall surface, and opposing side wall surfaces for forming the ring reducer member. The arcuate-shaped ring guard further includes a pair of offset adjustable flange members that are attached to each of the opposing side wall surfaces of the ring reducer member in a spaced-apart and in an offset manner. Each of the offset adjustable flange members includes a first end and a second end. Each of the second ends of the offset adjustable flange members... |
| Universal ring setting for receiving different size crowns for holding different size gemstones | 20080314083 | 20081225 |
| A universal ring setting for receiving different size gemstone crown heads for mounting different size diamonds or gemstones. The universal ring setting includes a gemstone crown head for supporting a gemstone. The crown head includes a housing having a plurality of holding prongs, and an interior cavity for receiving and mounting the gemstone therein, and having a bottom circular edge with a notch formed therein. The universal ring setting includes a ring shank for encircling a finger of a user, the ring shank has an upper shank section with an integrally attached crossbar member formed thereon. The crossbar member is used for detachably receiving the notch of the crown head thereon for cooperatively mounting of the crown head to the upper shank section of the ring... |
| Violin thumb pad | 20080314225 | 20081225 |
| A violin thumb pad that facilitates the optimal positioning of violin relative to the player's thumb supporting the violin neck, for teaching purpose and for increased comfort and reduced physical stress, is introduced. Assuming the violin player uses left hand to play the violin finger board, and used right hand to hold the bow, the violin thumb pad forces the left thumb and palm to turn towards the player so the player's fingers are inline with the violin string naturally. The violin thumb pad also forces the left thumb and to be comfortably straight. And it forces the left elbow to stay close with the player's body. The violin thumb pad also makes it easier to place the violin neck between the thumb and index finger... |
| Two-step roller finger cam follower assembly having a follower travel limiter | 20080314340 | 20081225 |
| A two-step roller finger follower assembly for use in conjunction with a camshaft of an internal combustion engine, wherein the camshaft has at least one first lobe and at least one second lobe. The roller finger follower assembly comprises a follower body for engaging the first cam lobe and having a central aperture, a follower pivotably disposed on the follower body in the central aperture for engaging the second cam lobe, and a limiting stop disposed on the follower body for engaging a feature on the follower to limit travel of the follower body with respect to the follower. The limiting stop prevents overtravel of the follower body during valve-deactivation mode of the assembly, thus preventing excessive leak down of an associated hydraulic lash adjuster.
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| Apparatus and method to confine plasma and reduce flow resistance in a plasma reactor | 20080314522 | 20081225 |
| An apparatus configured to confine a plasma within a processing region in a plasma processing chamber. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a ring that has a baffle having a plurality of slots and a plurality of fingers. Each slot is configured to have a width less than the thickness of a plasma sheath contained in the processing region.
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| Uniform threshold for capacitive sensing | 20080314725 | 20081225 |
| The specification and drawings present a new apparatus and method for providing and using a uniform threshold for capacitive touch sensing in a user interface having a non-flat touch surface. The capacitive touch sensor can to provide a sensor signal using the uniform capacitance threshold level as a function of a location of an object (e.g., finger, stylus, etc.) on or near the non-flat touch surface of a user interface module using a substantially uniform distance between the non-flat touch surface and a capacitive touch sensor layer, and/or using a gradient of a dielectric constant of materials between the non-flat touch surface and the capacitive touch sensor layer according to a predetermined criterion.
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| Flexible snack package with finger wiping feature | 20080314787 | 20081225 |
| A combination product/napkin package is provided. A package includes a product wrapper and a finger wiping patch. The product wrapper comprises a sheet of flexible film that is foldable around the product and has edges sealable around a periphery to enclose and seal the product therein. The finger wiping patch is a textured surface of foaming ink absorbent resin, tacky resin, or a textured material applied to the wrapper at a position outside the sealed product.
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| Keypad system and method | 20080314970 | 20081225 |
| A keypad system and method includes a keypad disposable in a position accessible by a user and a supply of security devices disposable proximate the keypad and accessible by the user. Each of the security devices includes a card having a finger opening sized for receiving a user's finger therethrough.
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| Adaptable mobile phone rack | 20080315051 | 20081225 |
| A mobile phone rack having adaptable means for it may be hanged in screw heads or in a hanger adaptor or, may stand or placed upright in a bag, pocket and the likes while the mobile phone is safe and available for immediate grip and use or, may be adapted with plugs and their wires unobstructed. The rack having adjustable means wherein a frame with a rubber cap sidewall to cushion the mobile phone back wall is perpendicular to forearm rods sleeved with tapered rubber tubes which are cushioning and diverging across edges to primarily confine the mobile phone, the forearms are extending down to spaced concaves a safety net and a shield and extending to transverse legs with rubber tubes to cushion and contain the... |
| Capacitor pair structure for increasing the match thereof | 20080315275 | 20081225 |
| A capacitor pair structure for increasing the match thereof has two finger electrode structures interlacing with each other in parallel and a common electrode being between the two finger electrode structures to form a capacitor pair structure with an appropriate ratio. Also, the capacitor pair structure could further increase its entire capacitance through vias connecting the same capacitor pair structures on different metal layers.
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| Capacitor pair structure for increasing the match thereof | 20080315276 | 20081225 |
| A capacitor pair structure for increasing the match thereof has two finger electrode structures interlacing with each other in parallel and a common electrode being between the two finger electrode structures to form a capacitor pair structure with an appropriate ratio. Also, the capacitor pair structure could further increase its entire capacitance through vias connecting the same capacitor pair structures on different metal layers.
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| Integrated circuit package system employing device stacking | 20080315411 | 20081225 |
| An integrated circuit package system that includes: providing an electrical interconnect system including an inner lead-finger system and an outer lead-finger system; stacking a first device, a second device, and a third device between and over the electrical interconnect system; connecting the first device and the second device to the inner lead-finger system; and connecting the third device to the outer lead-finger system.
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| Pin clamp assembly | 20080315478 | 20081225 |
| A pin clamp assembly having a body, a locating pin, an actuator, a drive rod, a cam, and a finger is provided. The locating pin is coupled to the body and movable between extended and retracted positions. The drive rod is movable relative to the locating pin. The cam is movable relative to the locating pin and the drive rod. The finger is coupled to the drive rod and movable between extended and retracted positions. Actuation of the actuator causes the drive rod to move which extends the finger without moving the locating pin. Also, continued retraction of the drive rod after the finger has extended causes the cam to move out from the slot in the body to allow the locating pin to retract.
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| Threadless quick connect tubular coupling disconnection tool | 20080315577 | 20081225 |
| A quick coupling disconnection tool having a head portion with two engagement projection fingers generally forming a v-shape to accept various hose coupling sizes, a handle, and a shank connecting the handle portion to the head portion.
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| Manual input device | 20080316172 | 20081225 |
| A manual input device configured for translating a planar movement of the manual input device into an electrical signal, comprising a site for accommodating at least one finger tip top down, the site being configured such that the manual input device can be moved in any planar direction by means of at least one finger tip of a hand, the wrist thereby resting planar.
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| Moving buttons | 20080316181 | 20081225 |
| A device is provided with a housing that has a substantial portion covered by a touch sensitive surface. The touch sensitive service is capable of detecting multiple simultaneous points of touch. The handheld device determines to which finger or fingertip of the user the points of touch correspond and the handheld device associates an input or control function with of the fingers of the user.
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| Touch panel device and method for manufacturing touch panel devices | 20080316187 | 20081225 |
| Each of transducers of a touch panel device includes a piezoelectric thin film, a plate electrode disposed at one surface of the piezoelectric thin film and a comb-like electrode disposed at the other surface of the piezoelectric thin film. The comb-like electrode has a plurality of comb-like electrode fingers and a linear bus electrode to which one end of each of the plural comb-like electrode fingers is connected. A plurality of wiring electrodes is provided at the outer side of any of the transducers in parallel with the bus electrode of the transducer and is connected to the bus electrode and the plate electrode of any of the transducers. Each of the wiring electrodes includes an electrode base portion formed by printing silver paste containing fine... |
| Image processing apparatus and image processing method, computer program and storage medium | 20080316510 | 20081225 |
| The present invention provides an image processing apparatus, an image processing method, computer-program, and storage medium capable of acquiring a paper fingerprint efficiently and improving convenience for users. An image processing apparatus according to the present invention includes an image sensor acquiring RGB signals. The G signal is separated from the acquired RGB signals, and the RGB signals are input into a gain adjustment 1+A/D-converting 1 section and the separated G signal is input into a gain adjustment 2+A/D-converting 2 section. The gain adjustment 2+A/D-converting 2 section performs gain adjustment on the input G signal on a different basis from the gain adjustment 1+A/D-converting 1 section. The gain-adjusted G signal is input into a paper fingerprint extracting section via a shading correcting section. The paper fingerprint... |
| Mems device with an angular vertical comb actuator | 20080316577 | 20081225 |
| A vertical comb electro-static actuator for rotating a micro-electro-mechanical micro-mirror device about a tilt axis or rotation. The rotor comb fingers of the comb drive extend from a sub-frame of the micro-mirror, which includes a prestressed layer for bending the rotor comb fingers at an angle to the substrate and mirrored platform, enabling the platform, the hinges, the rotor comb fingers and the stator comb fingers to be formed in the same layer, i.e. the same etching step.
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| Electronic device chassis and canister | 20080316682 | 20081225 |
| In the invention, a finger board is bent like a “letter V”, and a thickness adjustment plate is provided between the finger boards of modules to be able to move, thereby being able to adjust the height of a finger. Such a configuration enables to increase the contact pressure of the finger by increasing the height of the finger when the finger is inserted, and when the finger is detached, reduce the contact pressure by reducing the height of the finger. This accordingly provides a shield chassis of suppressing any possible noise with no loss of insertability/removability.
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| Method for computing a fingerprint of a video sequence | 20080317278 | 20081225 |
| The invention concerns a method for computing a fingerprint of a video sequence. The method comprises the steps of—Computation of a visual digest for each frame of the video, —Computation of the distance between the visual digest of each frame of the video in order to detect shots, —Detection, for each detected shot of the video, of a frame, called stable frame, having the smallest content variation of the shot, —Calculation of a local fingerprint for said stable frame.
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| Fingerprint image forming apparatus, finger movement amount calculation method, and fingerprint image forming method | 20080317290 | 20081225 |
| A disclosed apparatus for forming a fingerprint image includes a partial sensor configured to obtain partial images of a fingerprint of a finger moving over the partial sensor; a reference image storing unit configured to store a reference partial image; and an image difference calculating unit configured to calculate a reference image difference between the reference partial image and a first partial image, to calculate a current image difference between the reference partial image and a second partial image, to calculate an amount of movement and/or a position of the finger based on a ratio of the current image difference to the reference image difference, and to store the second partial image and/or the first partial image as parts of the fingerprint image to be formed... |
| Finger vein authentication apparatus and information processing apparatus | 20080317293 | 20081225 |
| Provided is a finger vein authentication apparatus including a light source for emitting light toward a finger, an image sensor for taking an image of the transmitted light from the finger, a lens apparatus for imaging the transmitted light to the image sensor, and an image processor for processing the taken image. The lens apparatus includes a lens unit, and the image processor extracts a vein pattern of the finger upon correcting the strain of the taken image.
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| Image processing apparatus and control method thereof | 20080317299 | 20081225 |
| Even when multiple document-data images are imposed on a sheet, a paper fingerprint registration can be performed securely with single processing and collation processing can be performed also after cutting of the sheet. An image forming apparatus according to the present invention, the image forming apparatus including: a imposition information acquisition unit acquiring imposition information specified for a sheet to perform acquisition of paper fingerprint; a paper fingerprint acquisition region calculation unit that calculates a region for the paper fingerprint acquisition according to the imposition information acquired by the imposition information acquisition unit; and a paper fingerprint information acquisition unit that acquiring region of paper fingerprint according to the region calculated by the paper fingerprint acquisition region calculation unit.
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| Fingerprint sensing circuit | 20080317300 | 20081225 |
| A fingerprint sensing circuit for detecting a fingerprint of a user, including a signal source, at least a sensing unit, a resistor, an electrode, and a detecting circuit. The signal source provides a reference signal. The electrode is coupled to a reference level. The sensing unit generates a sensed value according to the electrode and the fingerprint of the user. The resistor is coupled between the signal source and the output node. The detecting circuit is coupled to the output node. The resistor, the sensing unit, and the electrode constitute a filter circuit to the signal source. At least a first signal is generated to the output node according to the reference signal and the sensed value, and the detecting circuit detects the first signal to... |
| Low power fingerprint capture system, apparatus, and method | 20080317301 | 20081225 |
| The present invention provides a large format fingerprint capture apparatus, system and method that is low power, compact, and lightweight and has a platen area greater than 3.0 square inches. The present system is typically powered, controlled, and exchanges data over a single data/control/power connection to a host PC, e.g., a desk top computer, PDA, or laptop computer although the system can also be used in a wireless fashion with a power subsystem so no physical connections are required. In a preferred embodiment the large format fingerprint device is directly connected to a completely disconnected portable PC, such as a laptop having only a battery power source. The primary system components of the present invention combine to minimize power, size and weight and, thus, enhance portability... |
| Man-machine interface for controlling access to electronic devices | 20080317302 | 20081225 |
| The invention disclosed herein describes a man-machine interface device for controlling access to electronic devices. The man-machine interface device comprises an electronic display unit including a transparent finger touch sensor region that is seated above the display apparatus, which is responsible for determining the presence and absence of a finger and for generating fingerprint images when a finger is detected. The man-machine interface device also includes a controller unit that is coupled to the display apparatus, the finger touch sensor region, and at least one electronic device. The method of the invention describes a process for authenticating individuals and verifying their security privileges to access sensitive data, based on a finger-touch selection of an icon presented on the display apparatus of the man-machine interface device.
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| Sauna with infrared emitter | 20070294819 | 20071227 |
| A sauna comprises a radiant heating element for supplying heat to the interior of a sauna cabinet. A cover is disposed between the radiant heating element and the interior, and has multiple openings sized to prevent the insertion of a finger.
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| Apparatus and methods for evaluating plant stalk strength | 20070294994 | 20071227 |
| An apparatus for measuring stalk strength and/or root strength of a plant is provided. In accordance with various embodiments, the apparatus includes a conveyer operably connected to a motor for circulatorily driving the conveyer around at least one guide device. At least one pulling finger is coupled to the conveyer. Each pulling finger is structured such that, when the apparatus is positioned adjacent the plant stalk and the conveyor is driven around the guide device, each pulling finger will contact and pull a plant stalk as each pulling finger travels around the guide device. The apparatus additionally includes a force sensor for measuring resistive force encountered by the motor as each pulling finger pulls the plant stalk.
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| Theft deterrent device | 20070295039 | 20071227 |
| A theft deterrent device includes first and second jaws pivotally connected to one another and pivotally movable between open and closed positions. The jaws form in the closed position an interior chamber and a through passage for receiving therethrough a portion of an article of merchandise. A lock slide is slidable within the interior chamber between locked and unlocked positions and lockable by a lock in the locked position to secure the first and second jaws together in the closed position. The lock slide includes lock hooks which lockably engage lock hooks of the second jaw. The lock slide includes locking and unlocking ledges which a resilient, magnetically attractable lock finger of the lock respectively engages in the locked and unlocked positions. An externally accessible thumb... |
| Anastomosis apparatus and methods of deployment and manufacture | 20070295049 | 20071227 |
| A method and apparatus for making an anastomosis between a tubular duct and a vessel has an annulus having a longitudinal axis, a first set of fingers and a second set of fingers. The first set of fingers extend axially from the annulus in one direction and the second set of fingers extending axially from the annulus in another direction generally opposite the direction of the first set of fingers. The first and second sets of fingers are movable to penetrate the tubular duct and the vessel, respectively, as they move from a biased configuration to an unbiased configuration.
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| Acoustic guitar control unit | 20070295196 | 20071227 |
| An electromechanical control unit (12) for a musical instrument having keypad and/or touch pad areas (102) for controlling a signal processing unit, wherein the control unit (12) includes a surface element (101), whereby settings and values of said signal processing unit that can be changed by the user are controlled by touching of the surface element, which surface element has keypad and/or touch areas (102) provided with fixed and/or alternating symbols whereby changeable parameter values of the signal processing unit are controlled by touching and/or by gliding on said symbol with finger(s) or some other means, and wherein in order to adjust the parameter values that can be changed by the user the control unit consists of a thin and elastic layered structure whereby touching it... |
| Fuel injector retention clip | 20070295309 | 20071227 |
| A fuel delivery system in accordance with the present invention comprises a fuel rail having an outlet opening and an outlet cup that is insertable into the outlet opening. The cup includes a flange. The flange includes at least one tab extending therefrom. The cup further defines a vertical axis extending therethrough. The system further includes a fuel injector with an inlet insertable within the cup. The system still further includes a retention clip. The clip includes an inner peripheral surface, at least a portion of which is configured for engagement with the injector when the clip and injector are assembled together. The clip further includes at least one arm, the arm further including a finger configured for spring engagement with the tab of the cup.... |
| Illuminated artificial fingernails | 20070295349 | 20071227 |
| an illuminated artificial nail for human fingernails and toenails includes a base substrate having a top view footprint of a shape and size to fit onto at least a portion of a human nail, and having sufficient flexibility to form into, or having a general curvature of, a human nail, and attachable to a human fingernail. There is a lamp atop the base substrate and a power source connected to the lamp to illuminate it. There is also a top member having a single planar smooth top surface, the top member being selected from the group consisting of a top portion of the lamp, and a cover on top of the lamp. The top member has at least a portion thereof light transmittable, i.e., translucent or... |
| Solar cell module and photovoltaic power generator using this | 20070295381 | 20071227 |
| A surface electrode (5) is installed on the light receiving surface of a solar cell element, the surface electrode (5) comprises three bus bar electrodes (5a) for extracting light-produced at the solar cell element to the outside and collecting finger electrodes (5b) connected to these bus bar electrodes (5a), and the bus bar electrodes (5a) are not less than 0.5 mm and not more than 2 mm in width and the finger electrodes (5b) are not less than 0.05 mm and not more than 0.1 mm in width. A high-efficient solar cell module can be obtained with substantially lowered resistance by increasing the number of bus bar electrode (5a) and thereby decreasing the lengths of the finger electrodes (5b).
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| Cord management device | 20070295529 | 20071227 |
| A cord management device (100) includes: a receptacle (110) defining an interior space (120) and including: (a) a stationary portion (111); and (c) a cord management feature (113) coupled to the stationary portion, the cord management feature includes: (1) a first finger (171); and (2) a second finger (172), the stationary portion and the cord management feature define a first space (173) there between; and (b) a cover (115) hingedly coupled to the stationary portion. The cover is configured to move between a first position, in which the cover substantially encloses the interior space, and a second position, in which the interior space is exposed. The first space between the first finger and the second finger allows a cord to enter the receptacle when the cover... |
| Disc brake pad cushions | 20070295567 | 20071227 |
| Cushions for disc brake pads are disposed between the brake pads and their caliper pistons or caliper fingers. The cushions possess such characteristics of resilience that, during braking action, brake pads follow irregularities and ride over high spots on rotor faces. This action significantly reduces uneven frictional drag, which lowers braking temperature increasing braking efficiency and brake system longevity. Each cushion comprises a resilient body which is further comprised of either a material, such as an elastomeric pad, or a structure such as a compressible spring or other apparatus.
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| Clothes hanger with pants holding device | 20070295770 | 20071227 |
| A clothes hanger having a pants holding device for holding one or more pairs of pants, the hanger having a hook and an upper member of inverted V shape extending across the width of the hanger and having its center attached to the bottom of the hook. A bottom member extends substantially horizontally for the width of the hanger and spaced below the upper member with its ends attached to the ends of the upper member. A vertical member extends between each end of the upper member and an adjacent end of the bottom member. At least one pair of horizontal fingers, has each finger attached to and extending inwardly from one of the vertical members, the fingers of each pair being in axial alignment with... |
| Machine for checking all your bank transactions and process them into handheld electronic device | 20070295804 | 20071227 |
| Imagine a machine that allows you to view all bank transactions in addition to giving you the ability to check your balance, make payments, and transfer money into different accounts, in the palm of your hand. All these options are accessible through the said device. The disclosed electronic device has an embodied display screen for viewing account activity as well as merchant information, and any deposits made. It also has primary acquisition alert, in addition to having pin code or finger print recognition.
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| Biometric and geographic location system and method of use | 20070295807 | 20071227 |
| Described is a hand-held device having a biometric reader and optional GPS functionality. The device acts as identification of the user. The device transmits the user's biometric data (e.g., fingerprint) to a central database of biometric information for verification of the user. The transmission may be wireless or via a wired or connected configuration. Upon verification, the central database transmits the verification to a participating business requiring the same to complete an immediate user transaction. If the transaction is a purchase, the central database also transmits bank account or credit card information of the user. The GPS functionality allows a user's location to also be verified for transaction requiring such information (e.g., online gaming).
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| Tape dispenser | 20070295854 | 20071227 |
| A tape dispenser in which means for securing the dispenser to a tape roll comprises an arc of sufficient length to fit within the hollow core of the roll and follow a section of the hollow core's circumference to support the dispenser on the roll whilst allowing the roll to rotate relative to the dispenser as the tape unrolls in use; means for holding the unrolled portion of the tape away from the roll; and means for cutting the tape from the unrolled portion; characterised by the features that the means for holding the unrolled portion of tape away from the roll consists of respective first and second spars on the dispenser spanning or substantially spanning the tape width and the space between the first and... |
| Base apparatus of a light emitting diode and method for manufacturing the light emitting diode | 20070295970 | 20071227 |
| A base apparatus includes a base and two finger devices. The base has a first surface and two opposite sides. The finger devices are respectively mounted on the sides of the base, are made of conductive material, and each of the finger devices has multiple fingers. The fingers are extended on the first surface of the base, wherein the fingers of a first finger device are arranged respectively corresponding to the fingers of a second finger device whereby each pair of corresponding fingers supports an illuminating device. The base has a height, each of the fingers has a width and the width is smaller than the height. When the LED is mounted onto a substrate, the LED can be mounted on the substrate by its side... |
| Non-contacting seal for rotating surfaces | 20070296158 | 20071227 |
| A non-contacting seal for sealing in high temperature applications includes at least one segment having an inner pad with a hydrodynamic/hydrostatic lift-off geometry enabling the seal to run in a non-contact mode, and at least one finger spring supported on the pad that aids in making the seal radially compliant while also being axially stiff, compared to the radial direction. In one embodiment, multiple segments are supported on a support member spaced from the pad to form a gap (g) therebetween. The pad preferably includes a wear resistant layer on its inner diameter (ID) which prevents excessive wear of the pad. In one embodiment, the hydrodynamic/hydrostatic lift-off geometry is in the form of a groove formed on the inner pad. A cover may also be provided... |
| Test structure for measuring electrical and dimensional characteristics | 20070296444 | 20071227 |
| A test structure includes first and second combs, at least a first pair of base nodes, and a second pair of finger nodes. The first comb includes a first base and a first plurality of fingers extending from the first base. The second comb includes a second base and a second plurality of fingers extending from the second base. At least a portion of the first and second pluralities of fingers are interleaved. The first pair of base nodes extend from the first base. The second pair of finger nodes extend from a first finger of the first plurality of fingers.
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| Elastic wave device | 20070296528 | 20071227 |
| An elastic wave device includes at least one IDT electrode provided on a piezoelectric substrate. The at least one IDT electrode includes first and second electrode fingers arranged next to each other in a propagation direction of elastic wave. The side edges of at least the electrode finger of the first and second electrode fingers are provided with projections. The position of the projections in the longitudinal direction of the electrode fingers substantially corresponds with the position of a gap in the longitudinal direction of the electrode fingers, the gap being provided at the tip end of the electrode finger of the first and second electrode fingers.
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| Keypad touch user interface method and mobile terminal using the same | 20070296707 | 20071227 |
| A keypad touch user interface method and a mobile terminal using the same are disclosed. If a touch is generated by a finger operation on a keypad installed with a touch sensor, the touch sensor detects the touch and a control unit identifies the type of the touch. According to the type of the touch, the control unit controls the display of a pointer on a display unit or displays an option window on the display unit. According to the result of identifying the type of the touch, if a new touch is generated by a finger in the state that another finger is touching a position on the keypad, the option window is displayed as with a right-click function of a mouse in a personal... |
| Apparatus and method for bending a slider to create rounded corners on its trailing edge in a hard disk drive | 20070297080 | 20071227 |
| A method of rounding corners of a slider's trailing edge by applying at least a first voltage to terminals of a bending device coupled to the slider. The slider including terminals, possibly bending device and/or vertical micro-actuator. The flexure finger, head gimbal assembly, with trace path(s) to the terminals. The head stack assembly, embedded circuit, and hard disk drive applying at least first voltage when loading/unloading the head stack assembly from ramp. Manufacturing the slider, the flexure finger, the head gimbal assembly, the head stack assembly, the embedded circuit, and the hard disk drive, as well as these items as products of the invention's manufacturing processes.
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| Method and apparatus for improved starting and/or stopping in a contact start-stop (css) hard disk drive | 20070297084 | 20071227 |
| CSS hard disk drive providing improved take-off and/or touchdown by asserting pitch actuation control signal stimulating a pitch actuator to flex a flexure finger, altering the pitch angle of slider coupling through flexure finger to pitch actuator. Method implemented by embedded circuit and/or embedded processor. Manufacturing embedded processor, embedded circuit, CSS hard disk drive, and these process products.
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| Efficient maximal ratio combiner for cdma systems | 20070297493 | 20071227 |
| A receiver comprises a number of fingers, each finger providing symbols associated with a path of a received multipath signal, and a maximal ratio combiner (MRC) that activates to combine the symbols when the symbols are available. In an illustrative embodiment a receiver is a CDMA receiver and comprises a number of fingers, an interface, and an MRC. Each finger provides symbols asociated with a path of a received multipath signal for the various channels conveyed therein, the interface provides an indiction when symbols from the fingers are ready for processing to the MRC, which then activates to combine those symbols from the fingers that are asociated with the same channel. Illustratively, the interface includes a priority encoder for selecting different channels for processing by the... |
| Comb sense microphone | 20070297631 | 20071227 |
| There is provided a rigid hinged substrate, which forms a diaphragm for miniature microphones. A series of fingers disposed radially around the perimeter of the diaphragm interacts with mating fingers disposed adjacent the diaphragm with a small gap in between. The fingers are interdigitated. The movement of the diaphragm fingers relative to the fixed fingers varies the capacitance, thereby allowing creation of an electrical signal responsive to varying sound pressure at the diaphragm. Because the fingers may be formed with great stiffness, the classic problem in typical capacitive microphones of attraction of the diaphragm to the back plate is effectively overcome. The multiple fingers allow the creation of a microphone having a high output voltage relative to conventional microphones. This yields a very low noise microphone.... |
| Fingerprint representation using localized texture features | 20070297653 | 20071227 |
| A system and method for processing fingerprints includes representing each minutiae in a fingerprint by determining quantized Gabor coefficients to represent texture content of the minutiae. A distance is computed between represented minutiae and stored minutiae. The minutiae matches are ranked based on the distance to identify the fingerprint.
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| Self-centering clamp block | 20070297852 | 20071227 |
| A clamp member for a suspension system of a vehicle includes a base having a length, a width and a depth. The base also has an inside surface and an outside surface, and a front surface and a back surface. A semi-cylindrical receiving portion is disposed on the inside surface of the base and extends through the depth of the base. A first joint portion is disposed on the base and has a first finger extending from the inside surface in the width direction. The first finger is offset in the depth direction from the back surface. A second joint portion is disposed on the base on the opposite side of the semi-cylindrical receiving portion from the first joint portion. The second joint portion has a... |
| Pilot drill with pilot drill and coupon retainers and hot tapping machine using the same | 20070297867 | 20071227 |
| Pilot drill with coupon retainer and hot tapping machine using the same that positively retains a coupon cut out by a hole saw. The pilot drill bit has a shank having a driving end for attachment to a drill driver and a cutting end having a cutting edge thereon, the cutting edge being sized to drill a hole of selected diameter through a workpiece, and a movable retaining finger mounted on the shank adjacent the cutting edge, the movable retaining finger having a first position fitting within the cutting diameter of the cutting edge and a second, extended position where a portion thereof lies outside the cutting diameter to retain on the drill shank a workpiece through which the drill bit may have drilled.
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| Mechanism for conveying an article | 20070297874 | 20071227 |
| A pusher mechanism for pushing bottles formed in an I. S. machine from a dead plate to a conveyor. The pusher mechanism includes a pusher finger assembly which is supported by a housing and is movable about an axis of support and about the parallel axis of rotation of the housing. A pair of servo motors effect the desired rotation of the two axes through cam profiles each of which has at least one Bezier curve segment with a parameter of one curve linked to a parameter of the other curve.
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| Coating composition, hard coat film, and optical recording medium | 20070298248 | 20071227 |
| A coating composition containing reactive particles (A) in which an organic compound having at least one polymerizable unsaturated group in a molecule thereof is chemically bonded to inorganic oxide particles, an organic compound monomer or oligomer (B) having a polyethylene oxide chain (content in molecule: not less than 50% and less than 100%) and at least two polymerizable unsaturated groups in a molecule thereof and not having an aromatic ring and an alkyl chain having seven or more carbon atoms, an organic compound monomer or oligomer (C) having at least two polymerizable unsaturated groups in a molecule thereof, being an organic compound monomer or oligomer other than the organic compound monomer or oligomer (B), and a siloxane compound (D) having a dialkyl siloxane backbone is applied... |
| Tripod grip training device | 20070298388 | 20071227 |
| This invention provides a crayon of special external configuration arranged to facilitate the training and development of a tripod grip in the use of pencils, pens and the like. The crayon has a body which has convexly curved end portions and at least first, second and third surfaces which are defined intermediate the body end portions in such manner as to impart to the body a generally triangular transverse cross-sectional shape of a location substantially centrally between the body and portions. Those surfaces converge toward one of the body end portions. The intersections of at least two of the surfaces with each and with the body end portions are smoothly convexly curved. The body is sized in proportion to the size of a hand of an... |
| Detection and management of rogue wireless network connections | 20070298720 | 20071227 |
| A method of detecting rogue devices that are coupled to a wired network without generating false negative or false positive alerts is provided. When a wireless monitor detects an observed SSID and/or BSSID, various tests are run to determine whether the observed device is actually coupled to the wired network. To guard against the suspect device spoofing an authorized SSID and/or BSSID, location information is gathered so that the network administrator can pinpoint the location of the rogue device. If the device is not recognized, various other tests are run to determine whether the unrecognized device is actually connected to the wired network. These tests include an association test, a MAC address test, an ARP test, a packet replay test, a correlation test, and/or a DHCP... |
| Nail clipper retainer | 20060288580 | 20061228 |
| A pair of compressible, high-friction bodies in fingernail, toenail or other clippers near the sharp edges thereof, to grip and retain the nail being cut during and after cutting. By compressing the bodies, the nail is not projected from the blades during or after cutting, but is instead retained until the clippers are released.
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| Tank cap of fuel tank | 20060288748 | 20061228 |
| Disclosed is a tank cap of a fuel tank which can easily open a cover covering a key hole. A tank cap for closing a fuel supply port of a fuel tank is provided on an upper surface of the tank cap with a key hole and a cover covering the key hole. The cover opens and closes the key hole by making the cover swing via a support shaft. Finger catch concave portions are formed at least on both sides of the cover in an axial direction of the support shaft, and each of the finger catch concave portions is structured such that it is possible to insert a finger thereinto and to pinch both side edges in the axial direction of the cover by... |
| Pressuretight contact connection for fuze electronics | 20060288852 | 20061228 |
| A pressuretight contact connection for the programming and power supply for fuze electronics is described, which is provided in a housing (10) from which a contact pin (34) projects in an electrically insulated and pressuretight manner in order to make contact with a connecting element (12). The connecting element (12) has a contact surface element (16), which is provided in an insulating housing (14) and has contact fingers (24) in the area of a through-hole (18) which is formed in the insulating housing (14), which contact fingers (24) clasp the contact pin (34) in an interlocking manner when the connecting element (12) and the housing (10) of the fuze electronics are in the mated contact state.
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| Automated laterally offset retractable food dislodgement or guiding mechanisms and associated methods and systems | 20060288879 | 20061228 |
| Commercial production transport systems, mechanisms, and guides for food processing are configured so as to automate food handling and/or transport. The systems employ fingers that can be inserted to gap spaces in a carrier surface so as to dislodge, guide and/or route food to travel over predetermined travel lanes. Associated methods can angularly translate food being transported in an automated food processing system in a longitudinally offset direction.
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| Dispensing tip | 20060288930 | 20061228 |
| A dispensing tip for extruding a thin flat ribbon of transparent setting material onto a fingerprint. The application tip includes a tubular portion that may be friction fitted to the end of a static mixer and a flared output portion with a cross-sectional area smaller than the cross-sectional area of the tubular input portion. The difference in cross-sectional areas causes the setting material to be extruded into a thin ribbon with a wide, flat cross-sectional shape.
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| Dispensing wash mitt with refillable shampoo cartridges | 20060288954 | 20061228 |
| A dispensing wash mitt for pets or humans includes a hand receiving mitt having a top side and a mitt palm side providing a finger receiving cavity. A mitt scrubbing member is attached to the mitt palm side, said mitt scrubbing member having a plurality of holes disposed from one side of the mitt scrubbing member to the other side. The mitt scrubbing member, when attached to said mitt palm side, defines a pocket which receives a replaceable cartridge that is selectively insertable into the pocket for dispensing shampoo or other material through the holes in the scrubbing member for application to the pet or human.
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| Artificial fingernail appliance and method for its use | 20060289029 | 20061228 |
| The present invention is generally comprised of an appliance that may be of assistance in the coloration of an artificial fingernail. In some embodiments, the appliance is generally comprised of a trimming portion having a trimming edge that is used to form an interior edge of a hard exterior layer (such as acrylic) disposed on the top surface of the artificial fingernail and a support portion that may be used to manipulate the trimming portion during operation of the appliance. In other embodiments, the appliance is generally comprised of a nail coating trimmer, a handle, and handle attachment means to removably or permanently attach the nail trimmer to the handle. In these embodiments, the nail coating trimmer also has a trimming edge that is used to... |
| Disc brake pad cushions | 20060289255 | 20061228 |
| Cushions (12 & 20) for disc brake pads (32 & 38), cushions being disposed between said brake pads and their corresponding caliper pistons (46) or caliper fingers (48). Cushions possess such characteristics of resilience that, during braking action, brake pads are allowed to “follow” the irregularities (ride over the high spots) on their corresponding rotor faces (44). This action significantly reduces frictional drag, which lowers braking temperature. Lower braking temperature translates directly into increased braking efficiency and brake system longevity. Each cushion comprises a resilient body—either a material, such as an elastomeric pad; or, a structure, such as a compressible spring; or, a device, such as a hydraulic or pneumatic damper—and a means for securing the cushion in place, such as spot welds, clips of various... |
| Screening finger tine assembly | 20060289686 | 20061228 |
| A screening finger assembly having a holder (19) and a set of generally parallel finger tines (16) spaced apart in a row and each mounted in cantilever manner in a respective mounting (20, 22) in the holder (19). Each tine (16) has an outboard end (17), and an inboard end (18) which is firmly clamped in the respective mounting (20, 22). The inboard end (18) of each tine (16) includes a tapered portion. Each mounting includes a mounting bush (20) which is securely mounted in position in the holder (19), and an intermediate load-absorbing sleeve (22) arranged internally of the bush (20) and having an internal surface corresponding in shape to the tapered portion (18) of the tine (16) which it receives. A fastening means (23,... |
| Multi-level interconnections for an integrated circuit chip | 20060289994 | 20061228 |
| Multilevel metallization layouts for an integrated circuit chip including transistors having first, second and third elements to which metallization layouts connect. The layouts minimize current limiting mechanism including electromigration by positioning the connection for the second contact vertically from the chip, overlapping the planes and fingers of the metallization layouts to the first and second elements and forming a pyramid or staircase of multilevel metallization layers to smooth diagonal current flow.
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| Clamping device | 20060290041 | 20061228 |
| An improved bar clamp in which the first jaw assembly consists of a handle assembly or setting unit, on a slide bar inside of an independently mounted first jaw. A finger lever is pivotably attached to the setting unit and at its upper end pivotably attached to the first jaw. A braking lever is included in the first jaw, and a driving lever in the setting unit. Upon first movement of the finger lever a spring forces the driving lever into firm contact with the slide bar, preventing movement of the first jaw away from the second jaw. The finger lever has no further contact with the driving lever, but upon further movement, acts indirectly on the driving lever via the handle assembly to draw the... |
| Latch-spring assembly for enclosures | 20060290146 | 20061228 |
| A latch-spring assembly has a handle with prongs extending from a finger-grip portion. One prong has a circumferential groove. A leaf spring has an anchor portion for attachment to a subassembly wall and a spring portion flexibly coupled to the anchor portion. The spring portion has a latching tab extending from one side and cylindrical portions. The prongs pass through openings in the subassembly wall to enter the cylindrical portions. One cylindrical portion has a compressible region, which is compressed within the groove of the one prong to secure the handle to the leaf spring. The latching tab extends through an opening in the sidewall when the leaf spring is attached to a subassembly sidewall. When the subassembly enters an enclosure, the latching tab engages a... |
| Input device including a scroll wheel assembly | 20060290671 | 20061228 |
| An input device including a scroll wheel assembly for moving an image in multiple directions on a display screen. The scroll wheel assembly may include a finger-engagable control member that may be endlessly rotated about a rotation axis and a tilt sensor containing a tilt contact member coplanar with the finger-engagable control member and oriented in a substantially vertical, downward orientation such that pivoting of the finger-engagable control member may move the tilt contact member laterally to contact laterally disposed contact switches. In another example, the finger-engagable control member contains a flexible blade at an underside for biasing the scroll wheel assembly to an upright position.
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| Apparatus and methods for sample selection and reuse of rake fingers in spread spectrum systems | 20060291542 | 20061228 |
| An apparatus for reducing storage requirements and for allowing reuse of multiple rake fingers in a spread spectrum system includes a decimation circuit having an associated decimation factor, a memory coupled to the decimation circuit, and an interpolation circuit having an interpolation factor coupled to the memory. The decimation circuit decimates the sampling rate of received data to produce a decimated rate. The received data is stored in the memory at the decimated rate. The decimated rate is later increased by the interpolation circuit by the interpolation factor when the stored data is retrieved from the memory. The memory is a circular buffer or a single port RAM that is accessible by multiple rake fingers substantially simultaneously via selector circuits.
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| Digital fingerprints and watermarks for images | 20060291690 | 20061228 |
| A method of dividing an image into grid regions for the application of a watermark or fingerprint uses a calculation of centroid of the image to centre the grid and uses centroids of portions of the image to set the size of the grid.
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| Apparatus and method for obtaining images using a prism | 20060291704 | 20061228 |
| An improved apparatus and method for obtaining images through a prism are provided. In an embodiment, a thin fingerprint prism wedge, with a geometry designed to minimize foreshortening and maximize contrast, is provided in an optical path between an optical sensor and an object to be imaged. In some embodiments, the apparatus operates on the principle of internal surface reflections instead of total internal reflection (TIR).
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| Resource expander key | 20060291936 | 20061228 |
| Typists press single keys separately to get single pieces of text. For example, the “a” key produces “a” text. Machine stenotypes press more than one key together to get single pieces of text. For example, the “g” produced In stenotype by pressing down the “t”, “k”, “p” and “w” keys all at the same time. Suni's new RESOURCE EXPANDER KEY will enable each finger of the human hand, which can now produce 4 characters on a conventional type-writer keyboard (EXAMPLE: left pinkie: “1, q, a z”) to now produce 9 times that number! It does this within a space similar to that of the conventional typewriter keyboard through the use of silver or spot keys, which can be hit with a center key, but which unlike... |
| Apparatus and method for generating data signals | 20060291937 | 20061228 |
| An ergonomic apparatus for generating data signals that may be indicative of alphanumeric characters for use with an electronic device or system such as a computer or electric typewriter, for example. The apparatus may be configured in accordance with ergonomic principles and use one or two hands to generate the data signals. The apparatus may include a set of domes that are shaped and contoured to conform to the shape of hands in a relaxed state and to distribute pressures across the splayed underside of the user's hand. Each dome may be capable of movement in a plurality of directions extending radially from a home position to generate the data signal or a portion of the data signal. The two-handed implementation disclosed utilizes input movements that... |
| Apparatus and method for generating data signals | 20060291938 | 20061228 |
| An ergonomic apparatus for generating data signals that may be indicative of alphanumeric characters for use with an electronic device or system such as a computer or electric typewriter, for example. The apparatus may be configured in accordance with ergonomic principles and use one or two hands to generate the data signals. The apparatus may include a set of domes that are shaped and contoured to conform to the shape of hands in a relaxed state and to distribute pressures across the splayed underside of the user's hand. Each dome may be capable of movement in a plurality of directions extending radially from a home position to generate the data signal or a portion of the data signal. The two-handed implementation disclosed utilizes input movements that... |
| Apparatus and method for generating data signals | 20060291939 | 20061228 |
| An ergonomic apparatus for generating data signals that may be indicative of alphanumeric characters for use with an electronic device or system such as a computer or electric typewriter, for example. The apparatus may be configured in accordance with ergonomic principles and use one or two hands to generate the data signals. The apparatus may include a set of domes that are shaped and contoured to conform to the shape of hands in a relaxed state and to distribute pressures across the splayed underside of the user's hand. Each dome may be capable of movement in a plurality of directions extending radially from a home position to generate the data signal or a portion of the data signal. The two-handed implementation disclosed utilizes input movements that... |
| Ergonomic apparatus for keyboard | 20060291946 | 20061228 |
| A plurality of embodiments of ergonomic apparatus for keyboards are provided for interfacing with a user's arms, wrists, hands and fingers in a more natural way, i.e., in ways that are optimally suited to human typing. The ergonomic apparatus for a keyboard includes structures that reduce extension of human hands while typing on the keyboard. An attachable frame component may be provided which, when attached to a keyboard near its front (the front being closest to the user), the frame component elevates the front of the keyboard thereby achieving a reverse slope of an upper surface of the keyboard.
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| Fastener nut for hydroformed parts | 20060291975 | 20061228 |
| A fastener nut for hydroformed parts comprises a nut body for receiving a threaded fastener and a locking ring with depending fingers that is received on the nut body. The nut body is adapted to pierce and then form a collar thereabout in a hydroformed part while the part remains in a die cavity under hydroforming pressure. The nut body and the collar formed thereby have a configuration that prevents turning of the locking ring while permitting turning of the nut body relative to the locking ring on full insertion of the nut in the collar, and a cam surface on the nut body that on partial turning of the nut body then forces the locking ring into locking engagement with the collar to thereby attach... |
| Characteristic mass spectral fingerprint setting method and rapid identification method for chinese herbal medicines and prescriptions | 20060292246 | 20061228 |
| A characteristic mass spectral fingerprint setting method and a rapid identification method for Chinese herbal medicines or prescriptions are provided, which comprise directly injecting extracts of Chinese herbal medicines or prescriptions into a mass spectrometer with an electrospray ionization interface via an autosampler of a liquid chromatograph without going through a separation column to make a mass spectrum analysis; performing a series of mass spectrum analyses for various Chinese herbal medicines or prescription extracts; picking out the mass spectrum peaks representing the features of each of the Chinese herbal medicines or prescriptions as respective characteristic mass spectral fingerprints to establish a characteristic mass spectral fingerprint database of the Chinese herbal medicine or prescription; directly injecting an extract of the Chinese herbal medicines or prescription to be... |
| Rapid genotyping analysis and the device thereof | 20060292601 | 20061228 |
| The present invention discloses the use of Allele-Specific-oligonucleotide (ASO) as a detection assay for human HLA classification. Using Reversed-Dot-Blotting format and flow through hybridization process, more efficient, faster and less expensive HLA classification can be achieved. A simplified procedure for HLA genotyping is also described. This invention further provides a Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP)-based DNA fingerprining method for rapid and accurate genotyping, identification as well as DNA analyses of genetic data from human beings and different organisms. In addition this invention also discloses a new device for rapid and sensitive analyses of nucleic acids, proteins and other analysts for diagnosis.
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| Randomized libraries of zinc finger proteins | 20060292621 | 20061228 |
| The present invention relates to methods of using libraries of randomized zinc finger proteins to identify genes associated with selected phenotypes.
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| Elastin peptide fingerprints and analysis methods for mmp12 related to copd | 20060292631 | 20061228 |
| Methods for producing and using protein/peptide fingerprints, allowing identification and investigation of disease-associated proteins/peptides that can be linked to specific drug targets, or to specific drug target combinations. The methods are particularly useful for studies relating to Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), especially for the enzyme MMP12.
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| Device and method for quantifying and extracting sensorimotor circuitry | 20060293615 | 20061228 |
| A sensing device and a system using the same for detecting and analyzing grasping forces in a dynamic manner includes a number of finger pads for measuring fingertip forces and motions. Each finger pad is mounted at one end of a corresponding one of a plurality of arms. The arms are articulated to one another by being joined at their opposite ends through one or more joints that allow motion of the arms relative to each other in one or more directions. The device generates time varying signals which can be used to investigate the temporal relationships and coordination among finger actions. In addition, a mechanism is preferably provided for imposing mechanical actions and/or perturbations to the device or fingers which generate a measurable response by... |
| Method and system for transactional fingerprinting in a database system | 20060294057 | 20061228 |
| Transactions with respect to database operations are fingerprinted by associating transaction identifiers with logged information about those database operations. An SQL query is obtained prior to its evaluation by a database engine. A transaction identifier to be associated with the SQL query is also obtained. The SQL query is then modified to generate a modified SQL query, wherein the modified SQL query includes a WHERE clause that contains an expression that always evaluates to a logical true value, and wherein the expression contains the transaction identifier. The modified SQL query is then sent to the database engine for evaluation within the data processing system. When the processing of the modified SQL query is logged with a copy of the modified SQL query, the logged information contains... |
| fingerprint information acquisition device used in handheld device having built-in camera module | 20060294394 | 20061228 |
| A fingerprint information acquisition device used in a handheld device having a built-in camera module includes a fingerprint information sensor array module, an A/D converter module and an I/O interface module, wherein the fingerprint information acquisition device can receive a command from the handheld device through a fingerprint information acquisition device serial control signal set which is electrically connected to a camera module serial control signal set by a transmission interface compatible to that between the built-in camera module and the handheld device and can transmit at least a fingerprint information to the handheld device through a fingerprint information acquisition device data transmission signal set which is electrically connected to a camera module data transmission signal set, thereby reducing the complexity in integrating the fingerprint information... |
| Touch wake for electronic devices | 20060294523 | 20061228 |
| A system to generate a wakeup signal for a low power device: The system includes a capacitor, the capacitance of which changes when a user touches the device by placing a finger or hand near a certain location on the device. The capacitor is cyclically charged to a pre-established value and then discharged. The time required to charge and discharge the capacitor is a function of the capacitor size and thus, a function of whether or not the operator is touching the device. The number of charge-discharge cycles that occur in a certain period of time is counted. If the number is relatively small, it indicated that a user is touching the device and a wake signal is generated. If the number is relatively large, it... |
