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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in California (June 6)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in California. *** Nvidia Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- Nvidia, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,457,838) developed by Andrew C. Fear, Campbell, Calif., and William Samuel Herz, Hayward, Calif., for a "system and method for safe operation of a vehicle based electronic device while the vehicle is in motion." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Embodiments of the present invention include a computer-controlled method for safely operating a vehicle based electronic system. The method includes receiving a first signal from a first sensor, wherein the first sensor is for identifying the presence of a passenger located in a passenger seat of the vehicle. This may be the configuration of a seat belt associated with the passenger seat. The method further includes receiving a second signal from a second sensor, wherein the second sensor is for determining a weight of the passenger in the passenger seat. Provided the passenger is located in the passenger seat and the weight of the passenger in the passenger seat is above or equal to a threshold value, the method further includes allowing programming functionality of the electronic system while the vehicle is in motion. In one embodiment, the electronic system is a vehicle based navigation system." The patent application was filed on Nov. 14, 2005 (11/273,986). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,457,838.PN.&OS=PN/8,457,838&RS=PN/8,457,838 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** CareFusion 303 Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- CareFusion 303, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,457,784) developed by Michael Rahilly, Encinitas, Calif., and Frank Dean Weber, San Diego, for a "memory wire terminator with spring contacts." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A container for use in a dispensing system is disclosed. The container comprises a body, a linkage element movably attached to the body, a control module, and an actuator comprising a memory wire having a length and a terminator that is attached to the memory wire. The linkage element has a first position and a second position, and the actuator is mechanically coupled to the linkage element. The control module is attached to the body and comprises a contact element. The terminator is attached to the body and electrically coupled to the contact element, wherein the electrical coupling between the memory wire and the contact element is mechanically compliant such that the position of the terminator relative to the body is invariant when the position of the control module relative to the body varies." The patent application was filed on Jan. 24, 2011 (13/012,721). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,457,784.PN.&OS=PN/8,457,784&RS=PN/8,457,784 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Covidien Assigned Patent for Estimation of a Physiological Parameter Using a Neural Network ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- Covidien, Mansfield, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,457,706) developed by Clark R. Baker Jr., Newman, Calif., for an "estimation of a physiological parameter using a neural network." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A neural network is used to combine one or more estimates of a physiologic parameter with one or more associated signal quality metrics, creating a more accurate estimate of said physiologic parameter, as well as a second estimate of the accuracy of said physiologic parameter estimate." The patent application was filed on May 15, 2009 (12/467,013). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,457,706.PN.&OS=PN/8,457,706&RS=PN/8,457,706 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** U.S. Navy Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- The U.S. Navy has been assigned a patent (8,457,795) developed by Stuart Rubin, San Diego, for an "energy-saving refrigeration through sensor-based prediction to hedge thermal and electromechanical inertia." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In one embodiment, the present invention is a retrofit to rapidly transition to existing consumer refrigerator-freezer product lines in order to greatly eliminate wasted energy. This occurs because spurious opening of the system doors allows heat to enter with the deleterious side effect of causing the compressor to cycle on and off. This, in turn, consumes more power than if such duty cycles could be predicted, which would allow for their smoothing. The invention takes advantage of existing sensor technologies and develops a computational framework for their fusion for the prediction of a dependency, which controls operation of the compressor. Instances of a predictive schema are evolved and this approach allows for greater accuracy in less time than would be possible using competing neural network or support vector machine technologies. A novel evolutionary algorithm is included, which is so defined as to allow its execution on a lower-end computer." The patent application was filed on Oct. 28, 2010 (12/913,810). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,457,795.PN.&OS=PN/8,457,795&RS=PN/8,457,795 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Palo Alto Research Center Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- Palo Alto Research Center, Palo Alto, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,457,829) developed by Qingfeng Huang, San Jose, Calif., and Ying Zhang, Cupertino, Calif., for a "system and method for determining characteristics of a physical environment with simple motion patterns." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system and method for determining characteristics of a physical environment with simple motion patterns are provided. A plurality of raw orientation readings are received from a simple motion pattern. A distribution of possible wall orientations upon each raw reading is determined. Wall direction is determined as the mean value of the distribution." The patent application was filed on Feb. 19, 2010 (12/709,413). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,457,829.PN.&OS=PN/8,457,829&RS=PN/8,457,829 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Cisco Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,457,821) developed by Shmuel Shaffer, Palo Alto, Calif., for a "system and method for managing electric vehicle travel." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An apparatus is provided in one example embodiment and includes a power management module configured to receive data associated with travel being proposed by an end user of an electric vehicle. The power management module is configured to suggest a starting time for the travel based on time of use (ToU) rates for electricity consumption and a current level of power in the electric vehicle. In more specific embodiments, the data associated with the travel includes a starting location, an ending location, and a proposed drive time. In other embodiments, the power management module is further configured to interface with a mapping tool in suggesting the starting time for the end user. The power management module can be configured to obtain the ToU rates from a utility, and the ToU rates are provided as a function of time." The patent application was filed on April 7, 2009 (12/419,983). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,457,821.PN.&OS=PN/8,457,821&RS=PN/8,457,821 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Cameron Health Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- Cameron Health, San Clemente, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,457,737) developed by five co-inventors for an "apparatus and method for identifying atrial arrhythmia by far-field sensing." The co-inventors are Gust H. Bardy, Seattle, William J. Rissmann, Coto de Caza, Calif., Alan H. Ostroff, San Clemente, Calif., Paul J. Erlinger, San Clemente, Calif., and Venugopal Allavatam, San Clemente, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "In a subcutaneous implantable cardioverter/defibrillator, cardiac arrhythmias are detected to determine necessary therapeutic action. Cardiac signal information is sensed from far field electrodes implanted in a patient. The sensed cardiac signal information is then amplified and filtered. Parameters such as rate, QRS pulse width, cardiac QRS slew rate, amplitude and stability measures of these parameters from the filtered cardiac signal information are measured, processed and integrated to determine if the cardioverter/defibrillator needs to initiate therapeutic action." The patent application was filed on Sept. 13, 2011 (13/231,613). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,457,737.PN.&OS=PN/8,457,737&RS=PN/8,457,737 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** DexCom Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- DexCom, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,457,708) developed by seven co-inventors for a "transcutaneous analyte sensor." The co-inventors are Mark Brister, Encinitas, Calif., Paul V. Neale, San Diego, James Patrick Thrower, Oakland, N.J., Daniel S. Kline, Encinitas, Calif., Daniel Shawn Codd, San Diego, Sean Saint, San Diego, and Steve Masterson, Encinitas, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention relates generally to systems and methods for measuring an analyte in a host. More particularly, the present invention relates to systems and methods for transcutaneous measurement of glucose in a host." The patent application was filed on Dec. 5, 2008 (12/329,496). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,457,708.PN.&OS=PN/8,457,708&RS=PN/8,457,708 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Nevro Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- Nevro, Menlo Park, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,457,759) developed by Jon Parker, San Jose, Calif., Andre B. Walker, Monte Sereno, Calif., and Udai Singh, San Francisco, for "systems and methods for adjusting electrical therapy based on impedance changes." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "System and methods for adjusting electrical therapy based on impedance changes are disclosed herein. A method in accordance with a particular embodiment includes applying a therapeutic electrical signal to a patient via an implanted portion of a patient stimulation system that includes a signal delivery device in electrical communication with a target neural population of the patient. The electrical signal is delivered in accordance with a signal delivery parameter having a first value. Using the implanted portion of the patient stimulation system, a change in an impedance of an electrical circuit that includes the signal delivery device is detected. Based at least in part on the detected impedance change, the method can further include automatically adjusting the value of the signal delivery parameter from the first value to a second value different from the first, without human intervention." The patent application was filed on Sept. 14, 2012 (13/620,519). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,457,759.PN.&OS=PN/8,457,759&RS=PN/8,457,759 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Second Sight Medical Products Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- Second Sight Medical Products, Sylmar, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,457,752) developed by Robert J. Greenberg, Los Angeles, and Matthew J. McMahon, Los Angeles, for a "neural stimulation for increased contrast." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention is a method of improving the contrast of electrical neural stimulation and expanding the dynamic range for brightness, and specifically a method of improving the contrast of an image supplied to the retina, or visual cortex, through a visual prosthesis. The background brightness for a blind subject is often not perfectly black, but a dark gray or brown. When stimulating visual neurons in the retina, low current stimulation tends to create a dark percept, the perception of a phosphene darker than the background brightness level perceived in the un-stimulated state. The human retina contains neurons that signal light increments ("on" cells) and neurons that signal light decrements ("off" cells). In a healthy retina, the on cells tend to fire in response to an increase in light above the background level, while the off cells tend to fire in response to a decrease in light below the background level." The patent application was filed on Sept. 15, 2006 (11/521,681). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,457,752.PN.&OS=PN/8,457,752&RS=PN/8,457,752 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Masimo Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- Masimo, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,457,707) developed by Massi E. Kiani, Laguna Niguel, Calif., for a "congenital heart disease monitor." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A congenital heart disease monitor utilizes a sensor capable of emitting multiple wavelengths of optical radiation into a tissue site and detecting the optical radiation after attenuation by pulsatile blood flowing within the tissue site. A patient monitor is capable of receiving a sensor signal corresponding to the detected optical radiation and calculating at least one physiological parameter in response. The physiological parameter is measured at a baseline site and a comparison site and a difference in these measurements is calculated. A potential congenital heart disease condition in indicated according to the measured physiological parameter at each of the sites or the calculated difference in the measured physiological parameter between the sites or both." The patent application was filed on Sept. 19, 2007 (11/858,053). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,457,707.PN.&OS=PN/8,457,707&RS=PN/8,457,707 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Second Sight Medical Products Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- Second Sight Medical Products, Sylmar, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,457,753) developed by Robert J. Greenberg, Los Angeles, and Matthew J. McMahon, Los Angeles, for a "neural stimulation for increased contrast." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention is a method of improving the contrast of electrical neural stimulation and expanding the dynamic range for brightness, and specifically a method of improving the contrast of an image supplied to the retina, or visual cortex, through a visual prosthesis. The background brightness for a blind subject is often not perfectly black, but a dark gray or brown. When stimulating visual neurons in the retina, low current stimulation tends to create a dark percept, the perception of a phosphene darker than the background brightness level perceived in the un-stimulated state. The human retina contains neurons that signal light increments ("on" cells) and neurons that signal light decrements ("off" cells). In a healthy retina, the on cells tend to fire in response to an increase in light above the background level, while the off cells tend to fire in response to a decrease in light below the background level." The patent application was filed on Oct. 25, 2007 (11/923,820). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,457,753.PN.&OS=PN/8,457,753&RS=PN/8,457,753 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Greatbatch Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 - Greatbatch, Clarence, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,457,760) developed by 10 co-inventors for a "switched diverter circuits for minimizing heating of an implanted lead and/or providing EMI protection in a high power electromagnetic field environment." The co-inventors are Robert Shawn Johnson, North Tonawanda, N.Y., Warren S. Dabney, Orchard Park, N.Y., Robert A. Stevenson, Canyon Country, Calif., Christopher Michael Williams, Lancaster, N.Y., Holly Noelle Moschiano, Lancaster, N.Y., Scott Brainard, Columbia Heights, Minn., Daniel Robert Kaiser, Plymouth, Minn., Henry R. Halperin, Pikesville, Md., Albert C. Lardo, Baltimore, and Scott W. Kelley, Woodland Hills, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An energy management system that facilitates the transfer of high frequency energy induced on an implanted lead or a leadwire includes an energy dissipating surface associated with the implanted lead or the leadwire, a diversion or diverter circuit associated with the energy dissipating surface, and at least one non-linear circuit element switch for diverting energy in the implanted lead or the leadwire through the diversion circuit to the energy dissipating surface. In alternate configurations, the switch may be disposed between the implanted lead or the leadwire and the diversion circuit, or disposed so that it electrically opens the implanted lead or the leadwire when diverting energy through the diversion circuit to the energy dissipating surface. The non-linear circuit element switch is typically a PIN diode. The diversion circuit may be either a high pass filter or a low pass filter." The patent application was filed on Feb. 17, 2010 (12/707,568). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,457,760.PN.&OS=PN/8,457,760&RS=PN/8,457,760 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Pacesetter Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- Pacesetter, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,457,727) developed by Fujian Qu, Sunnyvale, Calif., for a "monitoring variation patterns in physiological parameters associated with myocardial instability." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of analyzing myocardial instability includes obtaining a physiological parameter representative of myocardial behavior over a set of cardiac cycles and determining reversal points in the physiological parameter over the set of cardiac cycles. The method also includes identifying myocardial instability based on the reversal points in the physiological parameter. A reversal point may correspond to a value of the physiological parameter, during a current cardiac cycle, that exceeds or is less than the values of the physiological parameter during prior and subsequent cardiac cycles. Optionally, the method includes calculating differences between values of the physiological parameter for consecutive cardiac cycles and detecting the reversal points when a current difference exceeds or is less than differences for prior and subsequent cardiac cycles." The patent application was filed on Dec. 19, 2008 (12/340,352). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,457,727.PN.&OS=PN/8,457,727&RS=PN/8,457,727 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Google Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- Google, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,457,827) developed by David I. Ferguson, San Francisco, and Dmitri A. Dolgov, Mountain View, Calif., for a "modifying behavior of autonomous vehicle based on predicted behavior of other vehicles." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A vehicle configured to operate in an autonomous mode could determine a current state of the vehicle and the current state of the environment of the vehicle. The environment of the vehicle includes at least one other vehicle. A predicted behavior of the at least one other vehicle could be determined based on the current state of the vehicle and the current state of the environment of the vehicle. A confidence level could also be determined based on the predicted behavior, the current state of the vehicle, and the current state of the environment of the vehicle. In some embodiments, the confidence level may be related to the likelihood of the at least one other vehicle to perform the predicted behavior. The vehicle in the autonomous mode could be controlled based on the predicted behavior, the confidence level, and the current state of the vehicle and its environment." The patent application was filed on March 15, 2012 (13/420,820). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,457,827.PN.&OS=PN/8,457,827&RS=PN/8,457,827 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Invention Science Fund I Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- Invention Science Fund I, Bellevue, Wash., has been assigned a patent (8,457,873) developed by eight co-inventors for a "promotional incentives based on hybrid vehicle qualification." The co-inventors are Roderick A. Hyde, Redmond, Wash., Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Livermore, Calif., Jordin T. Kare, Seattle, Thomas J. Nugent Jr., Bellevue, Wash., Clarence T. Tegreene, Bellevue, Wash., Charles Whitmer, North Bend, Wash., Lowell L. Wood Jr., Bellevue, Wash., and Victoria Y.H. Wood, Livermore, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Exemplary methods, systems and components enable selective control of an operational mode for a vehicle that may be subject to an administrative standard. In some instances a qualified person or entity may attain a possible consequential result related to a user-selected vehicle operation mode that may involve a vehicle operation paradigm and/or a vehicle travel route and/or a vehicle travel destination. In some embodiments, implementation of the selected vehicle operation mode may modify a conformity status of the vehicle relative to the administrative standard. Various accessible records may be maintained regarding certification of preferable consequential results available to qualified recipients based on a correlated vehicle operational mode. A further aspect may provide correlation between a selective operation mode of an electric/combustion hybrid vehicle during an applicable travel period and a preferred consequential result available to a qualified recipient associated with the hybrid vehicle." The patent application was filed on Dec. 16, 2009 (12/653,770). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,457,873.PN.&OS=PN/8,457,873&RS=PN/8,457,873 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** AeroVironment Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- AeroVironment, Monrovia, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,457,860) developed by four co-inventors for an aircraft power management. The co-inventors are Thaddeus Benjamin Matuszeski, Sherman Oaks, Calif., Rolland Mitchell Koch, Simi Valley, Calif., Scott Garret Berman, Los Angeles, and Mujahid Abdulrahim, Canoga Park, Pa. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An electric power management system of a vehicle may interconnect a power plant, a propeller drive unit, and a battery via a bus. A command limiting controller may direct the operation of the power plant and the propeller drive unit in fast and slow modes of operation, the fast mode of operation operating at a higher bus voltage than at a slow mode of operation. The command limiting controller may generate a bus current to drive the propeller drive unit according to a command limiting, voltage-versus-current curve that adjusts the bus current depending on an amount of voltage on the power bus; where the command limiting curve includes a minimum voltage portion, a maximum voltage portion and a control range therebetween having upper and lower voltage limits and upper and lower current limits for enhanced reliability and stable control of the propeller drive unit." The patent application was filed on Oct. 22, 2012 (13/657,515). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,457,860.PN.&OS=PN/8,457,860&RS=PN/8,457,860 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Boeing Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- Boeing, Chicago, has been assigned a patent (8,457,810) developed by Fawwad M. Batla, Yorba Linda, Calif., and Yiu-Hung M. Ho, Palos Verdes Estates, Calif., for a "compound steering law for efficient low thrust transfer orbit trajectory." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system for application of a compound steering law for efficient low thrust transfer orbit trajectory for a spacecraft are disclosed. The method involves calculating, with at least one processor, a desired orbit for the spacecraft. The method further involves calculating a velocity change required to achieve an orbit eccentricity and a velocity change required to achieve a semi-major axis, both of which correspond to the desired orbit for the spacecraft. Also, the method involves calculating the direction of the vector sum of the velocity change required to achieve the orbit eccentricity and the velocity change required to achieve the semi-major axis. Further, the method involves firing at least one thruster of the spacecraft in the direction of the vector sum in order to change the current orbit of the spacecraft to the desired orbit for the spacecraft, thereby changing the orbit eccentricity and the semi-major axis simultaneously." The patent application was filed on April 14, 2011 (13/087,280). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,457,810.PN.&OS=PN/8,457,810&RS=PN/8,457,810 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Axelgaard Manufacturing Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- Axelgaard Manufacturing, Fallbrook, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,457,735) developed by Walter A. Hackler, Newport Beach, Calif., for a field controlling electrode. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A therapeutic device for application to a user's body in order to effect transcutaneous nerve and/or muscle stimulation, includes a conductive flexible member having a top side and a bottom side, a first electrode disposed in the member and connectable with external electrical apparatus for establishing a current distribution through the member and into the user's body, a second electrode disposed in the member and connectable with external electrical apparatus for establishing an electric field within the member in order control the current distribution through the member and into the user's body; and a conductive adhesive disposed on the conductive member bottom side for adhering the device to a the user's body." The patent application was filed on Aug. 2, 2011 (13/196,094). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,457,735.PN.&OS=PN/8,457,735&RS=PN/8,457,735 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Covidien Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- Covidien, Mansfield, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,457,722) developed by Joseph M. Schmitt, Andover, Mass., and Martin Debreczeny, Danville, Calif., for a "device and method for monitoring body fluid and electrolyte disorders." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Devices and methods for measuring body fluid-related metric using spectrophotometry that may be used to facilitate diagnosis and therapeutic interventions aimed at restoring body fluid balance. In one embodiment, the present invention provides a device for measuring a body-tissue water content metric as a fraction of the fat-free tissue content of a patient using optical spectrophotometry. The device includes a probe housing configured to be placed near a tissue location which is being monitored; light emission optics connected to the housing and configured to direct radiation at the tissue location; light detection optics connected to the housing and configured to receive radiation from the tissue location; and a processing device configured to process radiation from the light emission optics and the light detection optics to compute the metric where the metric includes a ratio of the water content of a portion of patient's tissue in relation to the lean or fat-free content of a portion of patient's tissue." The patent application was filed on Sept. 30, 2005 (11/239,815). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,457,722.PN.&OS=PN/8,457,722&RS=PN/8,457,722 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Enlighted Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- Enlighted, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,457,793) developed by Jonathan Golding, Los Altos, Calif., and Ajit Sanzgiri, Los Gatos, Calif., for an "intelligent lighting management and building control system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of controlling and managing a plurality of system managers, a plurality of lights and devices, including human interfaces and building automation devices is disclosed. The method includes a system manager collecting data from the plurality of lights and devices. The system manager uses the collected data to determine an adjacency of lights and devices. The system manager dynamically places the plurality of lights and devices into zones and binding human interface devices to the zones, and a dynamically configures the devices to control the zones. The devices perform self-calibration and self-commissioning. The system manager and devices perform ongoing calibration and commissioning. The system manager and devices operate resiliently in case of failure of the system manager, other devices, or software or hardware failures in the devices. The system manager and the devices operate on the collected data to determine usage patterns, and to efficiently manage the plurality of lights and devices." The patent application was filed on Sept. 5, 2009 (12/584,444). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,457,793.PN.&OS=PN/8,457,793&RS=PN/8,457,793 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Boston Scientific Neuromodulation Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- Boston Scientific Neuromodulation, Valencia, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,457,756) developed by Md. Mizanur Rahman, Stevenson Ranch, Calif., for "using the case of an implantable medical device to broaden communication bandwidth." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An improved implantable pulse generator (IPG) containing improved telemetry circuitry is disclosed. The IPG includes a telemetry coil within the conductive IPG case, not in the non-conductive header as is typical, which simplifies IPG design. The improved resonant circuit of which the coil is a part does not include a discrete tuning resistor with the coil, which tuning resistor was traditionally used to increase communication bandwidth of the coil to render it suitable for FSK telemetry. In lieu of the tuning resistor, the coil is intentionally inductively coupled to the case by positioning the coil a certain distance away from the case. Such coupling decreases the effective inductance and increases the effective series resistance in the improved resonant circuit, both of which increase the communication bandwidth. As such, suitable FSK telemetry can be achieved, even though the improved resonant circuit without the case would not on its own have suitable bandwidth." The patent application was filed on March 3, 2010 (12/716,812). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,457,756.PN.&OS=PN/8,457,756&RS=PN/8,457,756 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Crane Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- Crane, Stamford, Conn., has been assigned a patent (8,457,846) developed by four co-inventors for a "modular seat actuation control system and communication method." The co-inventors are Brian Fischer, Pasadena, Calif., Ary Geuvdjelian, Tarzana, Calif., Pan Kwok, West Hills, Calif., and Nicholas Flores, Pico Rivera, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A seat actuation control system includes at least one seat having a plurality of seat devices and a plurality of control modules interconnected over a communication bus. Each module is associated with a corresponding seat control device and is configured to control its corresponding seat device. Each module includes a processor and a memory coupled to the processor and storing program instructions therein which include receiving a status packet from each of the other control modules over the communication bus, processing the status packet for updating the overall system status, and actuating the seat device based on the overall system status. The program instructions further include determining status of the corresponding seat device, generating a status packet including the status information, and broadcasting the status packet to the other modules over the communication bus." The patent application was filed on May 14, 2010 (12/780,810). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,457,846.PN.&OS=PN/8,457,846&RS=PN/8,457,846 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Second Sight Medical Products Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- Second Sight Medical Products, Sylmar, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,457,754) developed by seven co-inventors for an "apparatus and method for electrical stimulation of human neurons." The co-inventors are Alan Matthew Horsager, Los Angeles, Scott H. Greenwald, Seattle, Mark S. Humayun, Glendale, Calif., Matthew J. McMahon, Los Angeles, Ione Fine, Seattle, Robert J. Greenberg, Los Angeles, and Geoffrey M. Boynton, Seattle. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An apparatus and method for retinal stimulation are shown. The method comprises varied parameters, including frequency, pulse width, and pattern of pulse trains to determine a stimulation pattern and neural perception threshold, and creating a model based on the neural perception thresholds to optimize patterns of neural stimulation." The patent application was filed on Dec. 6, 2007 (11/952,051). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,457,754.PN.&OS=PN/8,457,754&RS=PN/8,457,754 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** CathEffects Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- CathEffects, Roseville, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,457,721) developed by Jawahar M. Desai, Roseville, Calif., for an "apparatus and method for cardiac ablation." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Cardiac mapping and ablation include a multi-electrode catheter introduced percutaneously into a subject's heart and deployable adjacent to various endocardial sites. The electrodes are connectable to a mapping unit, an ablation power unit a pacing unit, all of which are under computer control. Intracardiac electrogram signals emanated from a tachycardia site of origin are detectable by the electrodes. Their arrival times are processed to generate various visual maps to provide real-time guidance for steering the catheter to the tachycardia site of origin. In another aspect, the system also includes a physical imaging system which is capable of providing different imaged physical views of the catheter and the heart. These physical views are incorporated into the various visual maps to provide a more physical representation. Once the electrodes are on top of the tachycardia site of origin, electrical energy is supplied by the ablation power unit to effect ablation." The patent application was filed on Oct. 31, 2011 (13/286,003). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,457,721.PN.&OS=PN/8,457,721&RS=PN/8,457,721 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Magnetecs Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- Magnetecs, Inglewood, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,457,714) developed by six co-inventors for a "system and method for a catheter impedance seeking device." The co-inventors are Yehoshua Shachar, Santa Monica, Calif., Bruce Marx, Ojai, Calif., Leslie Farkas, Ojai, Calif., Laszlo Farkas, Ojai, Calif., David Johnson, West Hollywood, Calif., and Eli Gang, Los Angeles. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A tissue-contact seeking method and apparatus is described that enhances catheter position detection and control systems in making and maintaining continuous tissue contact in a highly dynamic frame, such as under the rigors of cardiac motion. Tissue-seeking logical routines use a tissue contact sensing system to advance a catheter to relatively continuous tissue contact, or detect obstacles, in cooperation with the catheter position detection and control systems. Additional logical routines are capable of optimizing the contact direction of the catheter tip by controlling the rotation angle and chamber position of the introducer." The patent application was filed on Nov. 25, 2008 (12/323,231). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,457,714.PN.&OS=PN/8,457,714&RS=PN/8,457,714 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent for Managing an Infrastructure having a 3D Package and Cooling Resource Actuators ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,457,806) developed by Amip J. Shah, Santa Clara, Calif., Chandrakant Patel, Fremont, Calif., and Ratnesh Kumar Sharma, Fremont, Calif., for "managing an infrastructure having a 3D package and cooling resource actuators." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An apparatus for managing an infrastructure having one or more three-dimensional (3D) packages and a plurality of cooling resource actuators, each of the 3D packages including a plurality of heat sources, includes a heat source manager configured to determine heat load profiles of the heat sources. The apparatus also includes a cooling resource manager configured to determine capabilities of the plurality of cooling resource actuators to meet heat load demands of the plurality of heat sources based on the heat load profiles of the plurality of heat sources and an integrated thermal manager configured to match the capabilities of the plurality of cooling resource actuators to the heat load profiles of the plurality of heat sources." The patent application was filed on May 28, 2010 (12/790,436). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,457,806.PN.&OS=PN/8,457,806&RS=PN/8,457,806 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Quantum Applied Science & Research Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- Quantum Applied Science & Research, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,457,709) developed by Robert Matthews, San Diego, and Neil John McDonald, San Diego, for a sensor mounting system. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A sensor mounting system includes a rigid main body portion defining a housing within which is mounted a compression element. In use, the compression element provides a predetermined biasing force to force a sensor against the skin of a subject. A secondary support structure provides an adjustable biasing force to retain the main body portion against the subject. Alternatively, the main body portion may be mounted to a rigid pod with one or more secondary compression elements, with the pod itself retained against the subject. An interface layer extending from the main body portion provides a cushion to improve the comfort of the subject. The interface layer and sensor interface elements may be in the form of fingers to increase contact of the sensor with a selected portion of the subject." The patent application was filed on May 22, 2008 (12/153,659). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,457,709.PN.&OS=PN/8,457,709&RS=PN/8,457,709 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Raytheon Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- Raytheon, Waltham, Mass., has been assigned a patent (8,457,418) developed by Dmitri Jerdev, Santa Barbara, Calif., for a "local area contrast enhancement." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method includes receiving image data, generating a low-pass image and a high-pass image from the image data, applying dynamic range compression to the low-pass image and not the high-pass image, and adding the high-pass image to the low-pass image after dynamic range compression to create an output image." The patent application was filed on Aug. 2, 2011 (13/196,681). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,457,418.PN.&OS=PN/8,457,418&RS=PN/8,457,418 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Accuray Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- Accuray, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,457,372) developed by Dongshan Fu, Santa Clara, Calif., Gopinath Kuduvalli, San Jose, Calif., and Hui Zhang, Sunnyvale, Calif., for a "subtraction of a segmented anatomical feature from an acquired image." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A system, method and apparatus for subtracting a synthetically-generated image, including a segmented anatomical feature, from an acquired image." The patent application was filed on Sept. 30, 2008 (12/242,609). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,457,372.PN.&OS=PN/8,457,372&RS=PN/8,457,372 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Adeptence Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- Adeptence, Los Angeles, has been assigned a patent (8,457,180) developed by Ismail Lakkis, San Diego, and Hock Law, San Diego, for "systems and methods for indoor positioning." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A positioning system comprises a plurality of controllers, each controller comprising a wideband receiver and a narrow band transmitter, the each controller configured to receive a wideband positioning frame using the wideband receiver from one or more devices and to transmit acknowledgement frames using the narrow band transmitter that include timing and control data for use by the devices to establish timing for transmission of the positioning frame; and at least one device comprising a wideband transmitter and a narrow band receiver, the device configured to transmit a positioning frame to the plurality of controllers using the wideband transmitter and to receive an acknowledgement frame from one or more controllers using the narrow band receiver, extract timing and control information from the frame, and adjust the timing and synchronization of the wideband transmitter using the timing and control information." The patent application was filed on June 1, 2011 (13/151,246). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,457,180.PN.&OS=PN/8,457,180&RS=PN/8,457,180 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Nant Holdings IP Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- Nant Holdings IP, Culver City, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,457,395) developed by Wayne C. Boncyk, Evergreen, Colo., and Ronald H. Cohen, Pasadena, Calif., for an "image capture and identification system and process." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A digital image of the object is captured and the object is recognized from plurality of objects in a database. An information address corresponding to the object is then used to access information and initiate communication pertinent to the object." The patent application was filed on June 11, 2012 (13/493,953). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,457,395.PN.&OS=PN/8,457,395&RS=PN/8,457,395 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Accuray Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- Accuray, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,457,279) developed by six co-inventors for a patient positioning assembly. The co-inventors are Michael Saracen, Oakland, Calif., James Wang, Palo Alto, Calif., Euan Thomson, Los Gatos, Calif., Eric Earnst, Saratoga, Calif., Chris Raanes, Portola Valley, Calif., and Mohan Bodduluri, Palo Alto, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A patient positioning assembly is described. The patient positioning assembly including a plate member rotatably mounted on a base member, and an arm extending between a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is rotatably attached to the plate member. The patient positioning assembly further including a support device rotatably attached to the second end of the arm to support a patient thereon, with the support device is configured to move the patient in at least five degrees of freedom." The patent application was filed on June 3, 2010 (12/793,453). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,457,279.PN.&OS=PN/8,457,279&RS=PN/8,457,279 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Intel Assigned Patent for Adaptive Filtering for Bit-depth Scalable Video Codec ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,457,197) developed by Yi-Jen Chiu, San Jose, Calif., and Lidong Xu, Beijing, for "adaptive filtering for bit-depth scalable video codec." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Adaptive filtering may be used to increase the quality of tone mapped, baseline layer encoded information. As a result, scalable video codecs may be implemented with improved picture quality in some embodiments." The patent application was filed on May 8, 2012 (13/466,256). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,457,197.PN.&OS=PN/8,457,197&RS=PN/8,457,197 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Google Assigned Patent for Tunable Multi-wavelength Semiconductor Laser Array for Optical Communications Based on Wavelength Division Multiplexing ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- Google, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,457,165) developed by Hong Liu, Palo Alto, Calif., and Cedric F. Lam, San Jose, Calif., for a "tunable multi-wavelength semiconductor laser array for optical communications based on wavelength division multiplexing." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Techniques, devices and systems for optical communications based on wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) that use tunable multi-wavelength laser transmitter modules." The patent application was filed on May 26, 2010 (12/788,121). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,457,165.PN.&OS=PN/8,457,165&RS=PN/8,457,165 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Disney Enterprises Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- Disney Enterprises, Burbank, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,457,387) developed by five co-inventors for a "system and method for interactive environments presented by video playback devices." The co-inventors are Kyle Presetenback, Burbank, Calif., James J. Madden IV, Simi Valley, Calif., Aaron Daly, Valley Village, Calif., John Bernstein, Los Angeles, and David Jessen, Los Angeles. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "There is provided a video playback device for providing an interactive environment on a display in response to a user input. The video playback device comprises (1) a memory to store a plurality of images forming a plurality of viewpoints of the interactive environment; a plurality of transition sequences, wherein each of the plurality of transition sequences provides a video transition from one image to another image; and a linking structure linking the plurality of images with the plurality of transition sequences; (2) a processor to determine a direction of movement based on the user input; select a next one of the plurality of transition sequences and a next one of the plurality of images based on the direction of movement and the linking structure; and display the next one of the plurality of transition sequences and the next one of the plurality of images on the display." The patent application was filed on March 13, 2009 (12/381,556). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,457,387.PN.&OS=PN/8,457,387&RS=PN/8,457,387 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Oraya Therapeutics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- Oraya Therapeutics, Newark, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,457,277) developed by Michael Gertner, Menlo Park, Calif., and Steven D. Hansen, Concord, Calif., for an orthovoltage radiosurgery. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A radiosurgery system is configured to deliver a therapeutic dose of radiation to a target structure in a patient. The target tissues are placed in a global coordinate system based on ocular imaging. The target tissues inside the global coordinate system lead to direction of an automated positioning system that is directed based on the target tissues within the coordinate system. A treatment plan is utilized in which beam energy and direction and duration of time for treatment is determined for a specific disease to be treated and/or structures to be avoided. A fiducial marker is used to identify the location of the target tissues. The device automatically turns off with excessive movement outside of alignment along an axis of the eye. Radiodynamic therapy is described in which radiosurgery is used in combination with other treatments and can be delivered concomitant with, prior to, or following other treatments." The patent application was filed on April 6, 2010 (12/755,378). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,457,277.PN.&OS=PN/8,457,277&RS=PN/8,457,277 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Anritsu Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- Anritsu, Morgan Hill, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,457,187) developed by Ramzi Aboujaoude, San Jose, Calif., and Kyle Brian Stickle, San Jose, Calif., for an "integrated compact eye pattern analyzer for next generation networks." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A portable hand-held battery powered eye pattern analyzer is provided that can analyze signal quality of a high speed digital communication network. The system is 10 times smaller in volume and 4 times lighter than the bench-top equivalent instruments. The system includes a housing containing a display, keypad, power supply, battery pack, and RF sampler board along with connections for electrical inputs, optical inputs, clock signal inputs, and clock recovery signal inputs. The sampler circuit board can support connections, such as a USB plug for attachment to a personal computer. The RF sampler board contains the following elements: (1) A dual sampler for two-channel electrical inputs. (2) An Optical-to-Electrical O/E conversion module. (3) A clock recovery unit (CRU) module to recover the clock from the electrical or optical pulse pattern signal. (4) A trigger circuit that accepts an input clock and uses that clock to trigger the sampling of the data signal. (5) A PRBS generator that could be used as stimulus for testing high speed devices, and (6) A controller such as an FPGA that processes the sampled signals and provides statistical analysis along with eye patterns to a display as controlled using the keyboard." The patent application was filed on June 6, 2011 (13/154,216). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,457,187.PN.&OS=PN/8,457,187&RS=PN/8,457,187 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Adobe Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- Adobe Systems, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,457,405) developed by Radomir Mech, Mountain View, Calif., Takashi Ijiri, Kawasaki, Japan, and Gavin S. P. Miller, Los Altos, Calif., for an "example-based procedural synthesis of element arrangements." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Method and apparatus for synthesizing element arrangements from an example. Embodiments may synthesize element arrangement patterns from an example arrangement. Embodiments may combine a texture synthesis technique based on local neighborhood comparison of an example and a target with procedural modeling based on local growth. Given an example, connectivity of elements may be constructed to get neighborhoods information of each element. A synthesis process may start with a single seed and expand the synthesized pattern by placing new elements at seed locations one by one. A reference element may be selected from the example that has neighborhood features that are most similar to neighborhood features of the target seed in the synthesized pattern. A non-rotation mode, a rotation mode, and a flow field mode may be provided. A painting tool, a flow field tool, and a boundary tool may be provided." The patent application was filed on Feb. 28, 2008 (12/039,164). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,457,405.PN.&OS=PN/8,457,405&RS=PN/8,457,405 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Qualcomm Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,457,399) developed by Yingyong Qi, San Diego, for a "histogram-modeling based algorithm for contrast enhancement." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A histogram modeling based technique for image contrast enhancement. In some implementations, a histogram of an image is created and then transformed. Using the physics of sound or heat propagation, the technique may develop a spreaded histogram model that may be transformed. A nonlinear mapping may be created to remap an image for contrast enhancement. The technique may be performed without threshold tuning and may be implemented on a variety of display hardware." The patent application was filed on July 8, 2008 (12/169,439). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,457,399.PN.&OS=PN/8,457,399&RS=PN/8,457,399 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** InSound Medical Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- InSound Medical, Newark, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,457,336) developed by six co-inventors for "contamination resistant ports for hearing devices." The co-inventors are Igal Ladabaum, San Carlos, Calif., Stuart Wenzel, San Carlos, Calif., Ganapati Mauze, Sunnyvale, Calif., Ian Michael Day, Fremont, Calif., Leland Stock, San Francisco, and Paul Wagner, San Carlos, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An in-canal hearing device includes a receiver, battery, and microphone assembly with a housing. The housing has an air and sound opening which is covered with a structure to inhibit the entry of cerumen and moisture. The structure may be in the form of an end cap having passages with walls which are both hydrophobic and oleophobic to prevent the entry of water, cerumen and other liquids. The structure may also include a flexible tube or a rigid perforated shell surrounding the passages that inhibit the deposition of solid cerumen and other debris onto the passages." The patent application was filed on June 18, 2010 (12/819,066). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,457,336.PN.&OS=PN/8,457,336&RS=PN/8,457,336 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Sony Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- Sony, Tokyo, and Sony Electronics, Park Ridge, N.J., have been assigned a patent (8,457,175) developed by Robert Hardacker, Escondido, Calif., James R. Milne, Ramona, Calif., and Bob Unger, El Cajon, Calif., for "systems and methods for securing a digital communications link." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The frequency of a digital data signal, such as a digital video signal, is intentionally varied or hopped before being sent over a network. This frequency hopping may be performed in accordance with a frequency hopping pattern shared with only intended receivers. The digital data signal may be further intentionally pre-distorted in accordance with a pre-distortion pattern which is also shared with only intended receivers. The frequency hopping and/or the pre-distortion patterns may be used to vary the frequency and modulation, respectively, on a periodic basis, such as a symbol-by-symbol or packet-by-packet basis." The patent application was filed on Sept. 10, 2009 (12/556,819). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,457,175.PN.&OS=PN/8,457,175&RS=PN/8,457,175 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Telemaze Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- Telemaze, Los Altos, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,457,113) developed by Samuel F. Wood, Los Altos, Calif., Jerry A. Klein, Los Altos, Calif., and Margaret Susan Asprey, Los Altos, Calif., for "branch calling and caller ID based call routing telephone features." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A caller ID based call routing feature is described for blocked and non-blocked caller ID's. A processing system in the public switched telephone network (PSTN) receives first identifying information for identify the source of a telephone call and associates additional information stored in a memory with the first identifying information. The additional information may be information about the calling party initially downloaded to the memory by a subscriber. Once retrieved from the memory by the processing system, the additional information may then be transmitted to the subscriber via the Internet for display on a monitor or to the subscriber's telephone for display on a telephone display. Another feature described is a branch calling feature where the subscriber may program a processing system within the PSTN to forward an incoming call to two or more end units (e.g., telephones) simultaneously. If the call at an end unit is answered, answer supervision signaling is transmitted back to the processing system which then terminates all other calls. The processing system then connects the calling party to the subscriber. The branch calling may be made for any combination of local, long distance, and cellular telephone numbers." The patent application was filed on June 22, 2010 (12/821,119). The full-text of the patent can be found at http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=8,457,113.PN.&OS=PN/8,457,113&RS=PN/8,457,113 Written by Amal Ahmed; edited by Jaya Anand. *** Sportvision Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- Sportvision, Chicago, has been assigned a patent (8,457,392) developed by four co-inventors for "identifying an object in an image using color profiles." The co-inventors are Richard H. Cavallaro, Mountain View, Calif., Vidya Elangovan, Sunnyvale, Calif., Marvin S. White, San Carlos, Calif., and Kenneth A. Milnes, Fremont, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A representation of an object in an image of a live event is obtained by determining a color profile of the object. The color profile may be determined from the image in real time and compared to stored color profiles to determine a best match. For example, the color profile of the representation of the object can be obtained by classifying color data of the representation of the object into different bins of a color space, in a histogram of color data. The stored color profiles may be indexed to object identif For more information about Targeted News Service products and services, please contact: Myron Struck, editor, Targeted News Service LLC, Springfield, Va., 703/304-1897; [email protected]; http://targetednews.com. -1127393 (c) 2013 Targeted News Service |