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U.S. Patents Awarded to Inventors in California (June 10)(Targeted News Service Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Targeted News Service Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- The following federal patents were awarded to inventors in California. *** Qualcomm Assigned Patent for Systems, Methods, and Apparatus for Generation of Reinforcement Pattern and Systems, Methods, and Apparatus for Artifact Evaluation ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,456,545) developed by Victor H. Chan, San Diego, and Narayana S. Ravirala, San Diego, for "systems, methods, and apparatus for generation of reinforcement pattern and systems, methods, and apparatus for artifact evaluation." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Descriptions are provided of various implementations of an automated tuning process configured to optimize a procedure for post-processing images captured by a camera sensor." The patent application was filed on May 6, 2010 (12/775,269). 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=8,456,545.PN.&OS=PN/8,456,545&RS=PN/8,456,545 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** KLA-Tencor Assigned Patent for Measurement of Critical Dimension ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- KLA-Tencor, Milpitas, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,456,639) developed by Shankar Krishnan, Santa Clara, Calif., and Haiming Wang, Fremont, Calif., for a "measurement of critical dimension." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A spectroscopic instrument for conducting multi-wavelength, multi-azimuth, multi-angle-of-incidence readings on a substrate, the instrument having a broadband light source for producing an illumination beam, an objective for directing the illumination onto the substrate at multiple azimuth angles and multiple angels-of-incidence simultaneously, thereby producing a reflection beam, an aperture plate having an illumination aperture and a plurality of collection apertures formed therein for selectively passing portions of the reflection beam having desired discreet combinations of azimuth angle and angle-of-incident, a detector for receiving the discreet combinations of azimuth angle and angle-of-incident and producing readings, and a processor for interpreting the readings." The patent application was filed on July 1, 2011 (13/174,815). 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=8,456,639.PN.&OS=PN/8,456,639&RS=PN/8,456,639 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Sony Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Sony, Tokyo, and Sony Electronics, Park Ridge, N.J., have been assigned a patent (8,456,579) developed by Hiromichi Sano, Narashino, Japan, William Bennett, Vista, Calif., and Liviu Burciu, Loma Linda, Calif., for a "dynamic RF AGC switch/mixer for optimal NTSC video detection." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "This disclosure presents an apparatus and method for automatic gain control correction for a television signal in which the Radio Frequency (RF) and Intermediate Frequency (IF) power signal levels are collected for a band of channels, identifying a channel having a strong RF power signal level and an IF gain signal level that is lower than a nominal IF gain signal level, comparing the identified channel RF gain signal level with the RF gain signal level of adjacent channels to identify the relative power signal levels of the channel and associated adjacent channels, and applying correction to the channel wherein there is an imbalance in the RF and IF power signal levels of the identified channel. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract." The patent application was filed on Feb. 11, 2008 (12/069,453). 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=8,456,579.PN.&OS=PN/8,456,579&RS=PN/8,456,579 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** DigitalOptics Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- DigitalOptics Corp., San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,456,560) developed by Harpuneet Singh, Dublin, Calif., for a "wafer level camera module and method of manufacture." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method includes forming optical lenses on an ICD at the wafer level, rather than attaching a separate lens assembly. The lenses may be formed as an array of individual lenses or as multiple, e.g., two, arrays of individual lenses. The array of lenses may be coupled to an array of ICDs. The ICDs and individual lenses in the array assembly may be singulated to form individual digital camera modules. Additionally or alternatively, the ICDs and individual lenses may be singulated in separate steps." The patent application was filed on Jan. 26, 2007 (11/698,776). 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=8,456,560.PN.&OS=PN/8,456,560&RS=PN/8,456,560 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** University of California, Olympus Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- The University of California, Oakland, Calif., and Olympus, Tokyo, have been assigned a patent (8,456,629) developed by four co-inventors for an "apparatus and method for multiple-pulse impulsive stimulated raman spectroscopy." The co-inventors are Bahram Jalali, Los Angeles, Keisuke Goda, Los Angeles, Akira Sato, Tokyo, and Kenji Taira, Tokyo. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Spectroscopic measurements are described based on light-molecule interaction in response to a resonant rate optical pulse train so that a Raman spectrum is reflected containing at least two types of vibrational mode information (e.g., vibrational frequency, and vibrational phase relaxation) on the molecules comprising the object. A pump optical pulse train generation means is configured for generating an optical pulse train having an arbitrary repetition rate which is directed through irradiation means to the sample object. Light from the sample object is collected and vibrational coherence is detected for the sample object. The sample is tested across a plurality of different repetition frequencies. The detected information can be compared with data from other known samples from within a database when analyzing the information collected." The patent application was filed on Nov. 12, 2010 (12/945,030). 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=8,456,629.PN.&OS=PN/8,456,629&RS=PN/8,456,629 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Incase Designs Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Incase Designs, Chino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,457,701) developed by Markus Diebel, San Francisco, for a "case for portable electronic device." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A case for an electronic device protects the electronic device. The case has a lower case portion and an upper case portion, which assemble together to protect the electronic device. A back of the case can include a back opening to expose a camera lens and flash of the electronic device or first and second back openings. The first back opening exposes the camera lens. The second back opening exposes the flash." The patent application was filed on July 30, 2010 (12/847,887). 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=8,457,701.PN.&OS=PN/8,457,701&RS=PN/8,457,701 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Nvidia Assigned Patent for Using a Graphics Processing Unit to Correct Video and Audio Data ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Nvidia, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,456,548) developed by Matthias M. Wloka, San Jose, Calif., for "using a graphics processing unit to correct video and audio data." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Described is a device (e.g., a cell phone incorporating a digital camera) that incorporates a graphics processing unit (GPU) to process image data in order to increase the quality of a rendered image. The processing power provided by a GPU means that, for example, an unacceptable pixel value (e.g., a pixel value associated with a malfunctioning or dead detector element) can be identified and replaced with a new value that is determined by averaging other pixel values. Also, for example, the device can be calibrated against benchmark data to generate correction factors for each detector element. The correction factors can be applied to the image data on a per-pixel basis. If the device is also adapted to record and/or play digital audio files, the audio performance of the device can be calibrated to determine correction factors for a range of audio frequencies." The patent application was filed on Dec. 31, 2009 (12/651,366). 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=8,456,548.PN.&OS=PN/8,456,548&RS=PN/8,456,548 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Nvidia Assigned Patent for Block Linear Memory Ordering of Texture Data Techniques ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Nvidia, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,456,481) developed by four co-inventors for a "block linear memory ordering of texture data techniques." The co-inventors are Walter E. Donovan, Saratoga, Calif., Emmett M. Kilgariff, San Jose, Calif., Karim M. Abdalla, Menlo Park, Calif., and Joel J. McCormack, Boulder, Colo. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of organizing memory for storage of texture data, in accordance with one embodiment of the invention, includes accessing a size of a mipmap level of a texture map. A block dimension may be determined based on the size of the mipmap level. A memory space (e.g., computer-readable medium) may be logically divided into a plurality of whole number of blocks of variable dimension. The dimension of the blocks is measured in units of gobs and each gob is of a fixed dimension of bytes. A mipmap level of a texture map may be stored in the memory space. A texel coordinate of said mipmap level may be converted into a byte address of the memory space by determining a gob address of a gob in which the texel coordinate resides and determining a byte address within the particular gob." The patent application was filed on March 16, 2012 (13/422,498). 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=8,456,481.PN.&OS=PN/8,456,481&RS=PN/8,456,481 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Sony Assigned Patent for Recovery of Service Mode Data Corruption ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Sony, Tokyo, and Sony Electronics, Park Ridge, N.J., have been assigned a patent (8,456,574) developed by William Clay, San Diego, for a "recovery of service mode data corruption." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Service mode data is stored in a television chassis or set by duplicating all the data that is accessible by service mode, i.e. by storing the same data twice, in two separate areas of a single memory device or two separate memory devices. A "working memory" is always accessible by the chassis. A "reserved memory" is normally not accessible by the chassis. At the factory, the same service mode data is input to both the working memory and the reserved memory. The chassis microprocessor would normally only access the working memory. If any data in the working memory is changed (intentionally or not), the original factory data can be recovered from the reserved memory and copied to the working memory by executing a specific access operation." The patent application was filed on March 7, 2008 (12/044,294). 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=8,456,574.PN.&OS=PN/8,456,574&RS=PN/8,456,574 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** ShoreTel Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- ShoreTel, Sunnyvale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,456,507) developed by Prasannakumar Mallappa, Union City, Calif., Thomas E. Miller, Mountain View, Calif., and Pascal R. Crausaz, San Jose, Calif., for an "individual participant control of conference data." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A conference call system with a plurality of endpoints, a participant control server, a conference bridge and a switch is described. A first endpoint transmits conference data to the participant control server. The participant control server transmits the conference data to the other endpoints. In response to requests from the endpoint, the participant control server transmits recorded conference data for video, audio and web sessions that are individually controllable to pause, fast-forward and rewind the conference data. The participant control server establishes secondary connections for the endpoints including a ghost hold and a sidebar." The patent application was filed on March 31, 2010 (12/751,597). 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=8,456,507.PN.&OS=PN/8,456,507&RS=PN/8,456,507 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** SiPix Imaging Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- SiPix Imaging, Fremont, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,456,589) developed by five co-inventors for a display device assembly. The co-inventors are Robert A. Sprague, Saratoga, Calif., Bryan Hans Chan, San Francisco, Craig Lin, San Jose, Calif., Tin Pham, San Jose, Calif., and Manasa Peri, Milpitas, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention is directed to a display device which comprises a display device, a mechanical light and optionally a luminance enhancement structure. This type of display device assembly is particularly useful for e-books comprising a luminance enhancement structure designed to direct a significant amount of light towards the reader of the e-books." The patent application was filed on July 26, 2010 (12/843,396). 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=8,456,589.PN.&OS=PN/8,456,589&RS=PN/8,456,589 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Sportvision Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Sportvision, Chicago, has been assigned a patent (8,456,527) developed by five co-inventors for "detecting an object in an image using templates indexed to location or camera sensors." The co-inventors are Vidya Elangovan, Sunnyvale, Calif., Richard H. Cavallaro, Mountain View, Calif., Timothy P. Heidmann, Los Altos, 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: "An object is detected in images of a live event by storing and indexing templates based on representations of the object from previous images. For example, the object may be a vehicle which repeatedly traverses a course. A first set of images of the live event is captured when the object is at different locations in the live event. A representation of the object in each image is obtained, such as by image recognition techniques, and a corresponding template is stored. When the object again traverses the course, for each location, the stored template which is indexed to the location can be retrieved for use in detecting the object in a current image. The object's current location may be obtained from GPS data from the object, for instance, or from camera sensor data, e.g., pan, tilt and zoom, which indicates a direction in which the camera is pointed." The patent application was filed on Dec. 19, 2007 (11/960,577). 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=8,456,527.PN.&OS=PN/8,456,527&RS=PN/8,456,527 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Aperio Technologies Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Aperio Technologies, Vista, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,456,522) developed by Allen Olson, San Diego, Greg Crandall, Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., and Dirk G. Soenksen, Carlsbad, Calif., for "achieving focus in a digital pathology system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and apparatus are provided for computing focus information prior to scanning digital microscope slide data with a line scan camera. The methods include a point-focus procedure that works by moving the slide to the desired measurement location, moving the objective lens through a predefined set of height values, acquiring imagery data at each height, and determining the height of maximum contrast. The methods also include a ribbon-focus procedure whereby imagery data are acquired continuously, while the slide and objective lens are in motion. Both methods may be applied with either a static or a dynamic implementation." The patent application was filed on Feb. 22, 2011 (13/031,994). 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=8,456,522.PN.&OS=PN/8,456,522&RS=PN/8,456,522 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** James Cameron & Vincent Pace Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- James Cameron & Vincent Pace, Burbank, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,456,518) developed by Vincent Pace, Shadow Hills, Calif., and Patrick Campbell, Stevenson Ranch, Calif., for a "stereoscopic camera with automatic obstruction removal." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "There is disclosed a stereographic camera system, a computing device and a method of operating a stereographic camera system. The stereoscopic camera system may a left camera and a right camera and an obstruction detector to determine whether or not a field of view of one of the left camera and the right camera is at least partially obstructed. A controller may cause the camera system to automatically output only non-obstructed image data, in response to a determination by the obstruction detector that a field of view of one of the left camera and the right camera is at least partially obstructed." The patent application was filed on March 31, 2010 (12/752,100). 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=8,456,518.PN.&OS=PN/8,456,518&RS=PN/8,456,518 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Cisco Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Cisco Technology, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,456,537) developed by John Furlan, Belmont, Calif., Ariel Braunstein, San Francisco, and Jonathan Kaplan, San Francisco, for a "video camera with multifunction connection ports." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A digital device including a processor that includes a first unit configured to receive signals in accordance with a first communications protocol and a second unit configured to receive signals in accordance with a second communications protocol. The digital device further includes a data connector coupled to the processor and operable in accordance with the first communications protocol, a switch coupled to the data connector and configured to further couple the data connector to either the first unit or the second unit, and a sensor coupled to the switch, where upon activation of the sensor, a switching signal is transmitted from the sensor to the switch that causes the switch to uncouple the data connector from the first unit and couple the data connector to the second unit to make the data connector operable in accordance with the second communications protocol." The patent application was filed on April 13, 2010 (12/759,591). 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=8,456,537.PN.&OS=PN/8,456,537&RS=PN/8,456,537 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Qualcomm Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,457,657) developed by four co-inventors for a "method and apparatus for peer-assisted localization." The co-inventors are Alok Aggarwal, Foster City, Calif., Ayman Fawzy Naguib, Santa Clara, Calif., Saumitra Mohan Das, San Jose, Calif., and Vinay Sridhara, Santa Clara, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The subject matter disclosed herein relates to a system and method for receiving, by a first mobile station, a signal transmitted from a second mobile station and addressed to a communication device (e.g., a communication device having a known location). The signal comprises a location estimate for the second mobile station. A range from the first mobile station to the second mobile station is estimated based at least in part on a measured signal strength of the received signal." The patent application was filed on Jan. 22, 2010 (12/692,390). 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=8,457,657.PN.&OS=PN/8,457,657&RS=PN/8,457,657 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** PolarOnyx Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- PolarOnyx, San Jose, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,456,630) developed by Shuang Bai, Sunnyvale, Calif., for a "fiber based SERS sensor." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and systems for enhanced SERS sensing are disclosed, including generating electromagnetic radiation from a fiber laser; coupling the radiation to a SERS sensor comprising: a fiber comprising a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is coupled to the fiber laser and the second end is deposited with one or more metal nanoparticles; an in-line fiber grating integrated into the fiber between the first and the second end; a spectrometer configured to measure a spectrum produced by the in-line fiber grating; and a micro-processor configured to control the fiber laser and the spectrometer; exciting one or more molecules adsorbed on the surface of the one or more metal nanoparticles to generate a Raman signal; coupling the signal into the fiber; separating the signal into its wavelength components with the in-line fiber grating; and measuring the wavelength components with the spectrometer. Other embodiments are described and claimed." The patent application was filed on May 6, 2011 (13/103,030). 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=8,456,630.PN.&OS=PN/8,456,630&RS=PN/8,456,630 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Mogreet Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Mogreet, Venice, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,457,661) developed by Anthony Rossano, Seattle, James Citron, Santa Monica, Calif., and Norman Schifman, Pacific Palisades, Calif., for "methods and systems for transmitting video messages to mobile communication devices." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and systems for managing messaging are described. An illustrative messaging system includes a processor and a content database storing video content and/or other content, and a user database that stores an identifier corresponding to a telecommunications carrier associated with a user mobile phone, and an indicator indicating the messaging capability of the mobile phone of the user. Code is stored in memory that is configured to provide for display on a terminal a form via which a user can view a plurality of videos from the content database, select a video to be sent as a message, and specify a recipient for the video message. The system is optionally configured to initiate the transmission of an approval request message to a terminal, such as a mobile phone associated with the user, wherein the user can approve the sending of the video message to the recipient by taking an action in response to the approval request." The patent application was filed on Dec. 12, 2008 (12/334,245). 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=8,457,661.PN.&OS=PN/8,457,661&RS=PN/8,457,661 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Palo Alto Research Center Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Palo Alto Research Center, Palo Alto, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,456,706) developed by Juan Liu, Milpitas, Calif., for a "method and apparatus for characterizing printer streaking." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and systems are presented for characterizing printer streaking using a basis selection algorithm to determine parameters set for a streak template that best approximate a density profile derived from a scanned printed test image, with wavelet decomposition used to expedite the searching for position and width parameters." The patent application was filed on Aug. 4, 2010 (12/849,863). 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=8,456,706.PN.&OS=PN/8,456,706&RS=PN/8,456,706 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** California Institute of Technology Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,456,645) developed by Morteza Gharib, Altadena, Calif., Emilio Graff, Altadena, Calif., and Francisco Pereira, Rome, for a "method and system for fast three-dimensional imaging using defocusing and feature recognition." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Described is a method and system for fast three-dimensional imaging using defocusing and feature recognition is disclosed. The method comprises acts of capturing a plurality of defocused images of an object on a sensor, identifying segments of interest in each of the plurality of images using a feature recognition algorithm, and matching the segments with three-dimensional coordinates according to the positions of the images of the segments on the sensor to produce a three-dimensional position of each segment of interest. The disclosed imaging method is "aware" in that it uses a priori knowledge of a small number of object features to reduce computation time as compared with "dumb" methods known in the art which exhaustively calculate positions of a large number of marker points." The patent application was filed on Dec. 1, 2011 (13/309,482). 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=8,456,645.PN.&OS=PN/8,456,645&RS=PN/8,456,645 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Nvidia Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Nvidia, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,456,549) developed by Matthias M. Wloka, San Jose, Calif., for "using a graphics processing unit to correct video and audio data." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Described is a device (e.g., a cell phone incorporating a digital camera) that incorporates a graphics processing unit (GPU) to process image data in order to increase the quality of a rendered image. The processing power provided by a GPU means that, for example, an unacceptable pixel value (e.g., a pixel value associated with a malfunctioning or dead detector element) can be identified and replaced with a new value that is determined by averaging other pixel values. Also, for example, the device can be calibrated against benchmark data to generate correction factors for each detector element. The correction factors can be applied to the image data on a per-pixel basis. If the device is also adapted to record and/or play digital audio files, the audio performance of the device can be calibrated to determine correction factors for a range of audio frequencies." The patent application was filed on Dec. 31, 2009 (12/651,372). 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=8,456,549.PN.&OS=PN/8,456,549&RS=PN/8,456,549 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Sony Assigned Patent for Digital Camera with Automatic Functions ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Sony, Tokyo, and Sony Electronics, Park Ridge, N.J., have been assigned a patent (8,456,538) developed by four co-inventors for a "digital camera with automatic functions." The co-inventors are Rajiv Rainier, Escondido, Calif., Milton Massey Frazier, San Marcos, Calif., Christopher Daniel Russo, San Diego, and Christopher Peter Wieck, San Diego. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A digital camera can employ logic to delay capturing a still image after a person has operated the control button until such time as predetermined subject criteria are met, e.g., the subject is smiling with eyes open, three or more players are in the field of view to ensure a good action shot, etc." The patent application was filed on Oct. 12, 2010 (12/902,627). 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=8,456,538.PN.&OS=PN/8,456,538&RS=PN/8,456,538 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Sportvision Assigned Patent for Video Effect Using Movement within an Image ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Sportvision, Chicago, has been assigned a patent (8,456,526) developed by five co-inventors for a "video effect using movement within an image." The co-inventors are James R. Gloudemans, San Mateo, Calif., Walter Hsiao, Mountain View, Calif., John LaCroix, Oakland, Calif., Richard H. Cavallaro, Mountain View, Calif., and Marvin S. White, San Carlos, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A video effect is created that provides an experience to a viewer of freezing time during an event that is the subject of a video presentation, investigating the event during that frozen moment in time, and (optionally) resuming the action of the event. During that frozen moment in time, the video can move around the scene of the event and/or zoom in (or out) to better highlight an aspect of the event. In one embodiment, there will be a transition from video captured by a broadcast camera (or another camera) to a high resolution still image, movement around the high resolution still image, and a transition from the high resolution still image back to video from the broadcast camera (or another camera)." The patent application was filed on Aug. 25, 2006 (11/467,467). 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=8,456,526.PN.&OS=PN/8,456,526&RS=PN/8,456,526 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Apple Assigned Patent for Audio Processing in a Multi-participant Conference ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,456,508) developed by Hyeonkuk Jeong, San Jose, Calif., and Ryan Salsbury, Cupertino, Calif., for an "audio processing in a multi-participant conference." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Some embodiments provide an architecture for establishing multi-participant audio conferences over a computer network. This architecture has a central distributor that receives audio signals from one or more participants. The central distributor mixes the received signals and transmits them back to participants. In some embodiments, the central distributor eliminates echo by removing each participant's audio signal from the mixed signal that the central distributor sends to the particular participant." The patent application was filed on Nov. 29, 2010 (12/955,902). 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=8,456,508.PN.&OS=PN/8,456,508&RS=PN/8,456,508 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Qualcomm Assigned Patent for Device Movement User Interface Gestures for File Sharing Functionality ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,457,651) developed by Babak Forutanpour, Carlsbad, Calif., Ted Gooding, San Diego, and David Bednar, San Diego, for a "device movement user interface gestures for file sharing functionality." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods and devices provide a gesture activated file sharing functionality enabling users to share files with other nearby computing devices. The file sharing functionality may include establishing wireless links with nearby devices and determine their relative locations. The computing device may detect a file sharing motion of the computing device from accelerometers and transmit files to or request files from a nearby device in response. Base on motion parameters, e.g., direction, speed and/or shape, the computing device may identify a targeted device to which a file may be transmitted or from which a file may be requested. The computing device may request user verification of the identified device and send a request to transmit files to the targeted device. The computing devices may transmit files using networks and addresses provided over the device-to-device communication links." The patent application was filed on Oct. 14, 2009 (12/578,905). 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=8,457,651.PN.&OS=PN/8,457,651&RS=PN/8,457,651 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Awarepoint Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Awarepoint, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,457,656) developed by Matthew R. Perkins, San Diego, and Wei Geng, San Diego, for a "wireless tracking system and method utilizing multiple location algorithms." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "The present invention provides a solution to mistaken location calculations based on multipath effects. The present invention determines a real-time location of an object in a facility using a combination of location algorithms, with a signal characteristic for a wireless signal from a communication device attached to the object received at a sensor of a mesh network. The location algorithms preferably include at least two of a proximity algorithm, a radial basis function algorithm, a maximum likelihood algorithm, a genetic algorithm, a minimum mean squared error algorithm, a radiofrequency fingerprinting algorithm, a multilateration algorithm, a time difference of arrival algorithm, a signal strength algorithm, a time of arrival algorithm, an angle of arrival algorithm, a spatial diversity algorithm, and a nearest neighbor algorithm." The patent application was filed on Sept. 23, 2011 (13/244,257). 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=8,457,656.PN.&OS=PN/8,457,656&RS=PN/8,457,656 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Masimo Assigned Patent for Low Power Pulse Oximeter ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Masimo, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,457,703) developed by Ammar Al-Ali, Tustin, Calif., for a "low power pulse oximeter." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A pulse oximeter may reduce power consumption in the absence of overriding conditions. Various sampling mechanisms may be used individually or in combination. Various parameters may be monitored to trigger or override a reduced power consumption state. In this manner, a pulse oximeter can lower power consumption without sacrificing performance during, for example, high noise conditions or oxygen desaturations." The patent application was filed on Nov. 13, 2007 (11/939,519). 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=8,457,703.PN.&OS=PN/8,457,703&RS=PN/8,457,703 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Google Assigned Patent for Directional Feedback ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Google, Mountain View, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,457,654) developed by James Roskind, Redwood City, Calif., for a directional feedback. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "This disclosure is directed to providing directional feedback to a user. For example, this disclosure describes techniques for determining at least one characteristic of a device in space. For example, a device may be configured to determine, using one or more sensors, one or more characteristics of the device in space. For example, the device may be configured to determine one or more of a direction, and/or geographical position of the device as pointed by a user in space. The device may compare one or more of the determined one or more characteristics of the device in space to a desired destination or path specified by the user, and provide the user with directional feedback if the determined one or more characteristics of the device in space are consistent with the desired destination or path." The patent application was filed on March 31, 2011 (13/077,268). 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=8,457,654.PN.&OS=PN/8,457,654&RS=PN/8,457,654 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Xerox Assigned Patent for Imposition Enhancements for Automatic Document Printing ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Xerox, Norwalk, Conn., has been assigned a patent (8,456,690) developed by Javier A. Morales, Irondequoit, N.Y., Roman Liccini, Los Angeles, and Nishan Hossepian, Torrance, Calif., for an "imposition enhancements for automatic document printing." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of automatically placing N-up images for imposition on media sheet for printing in which, for a user selected value of N, the co-ordinates of the sheet cells are determined and stored; and, the co-ordinates of the media, trim and bleed boxes of each of the images is determined and stored. The user selects, from a menu, a desired set of alignment rules and the system then compares the location of the appropriate bleed, trim or media box with the sheet cell boundaries and shifts the images and automatically locates the selected box on the sheet cell for the desired placement. The method is particularly useful for eliminating the template making in large print jobs for roll fed presses." The patent application was filed on Dec. 21, 2006 (11/643,439). 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=8,456,690.PN.&OS=PN/8,456,690&RS=PN/8,456,690 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Intel Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Intel, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,457,674) developed by Sumeet Sandhu, Santa Clara, Calif., and Ozgur Oyman, Palo Alto, Calif., for an "architecture, protocols and frame formats for wireless multi-hop relay networks." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Methods, protocols and systems for communicating in a multi-hop wireless mesh network may include explicitly providing information relating to backhaul wireless link qualities in multi-hop wireless mesh network to next generation subscriber stations in a first mode. In a second mode, embodiments are configured to implicitly provide indicia of multi-hop wireless link qualities to legacy subscriber stations by adjusting a transmit power of frames sent to the legacy subscriber stations. Other embodiments and variations are described in the detailed description." The patent application was filed on Sept. 29, 2006 (11/529,982). 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=8,457,674.PN.&OS=PN/8,457,674&RS=PN/8,457,674 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Qualcomm Innovation Center Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Qualcomm Innovation Center, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,457,652) developed by Bojin Liu, Davis, Calif., Behrooz Khorashadi, Mountain View, Calif., and Saumitra M. Das, San Jose, Calif., for a "device, method, and system for receiving content on a mobile computing device." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A mobile computing device, comprising processing components, memory components, a wireless receiver/transmitter, and an agent stored in the memory components. The agent is adapted to determine a pattern in data received and requested by the mobile computing device, determine a pattern in a location of the mobile computing device, and request to receive data based on (i) the pattern in the data received and requested by the mobile computing device, and (ii) the pattern in the location of the mobile computing device." The patent application was filed on Feb. 18, 2011 (13/030,238). 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=8,457,652.PN.&OS=PN/8,457,652&RS=PN/8,457,652 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent for System and Method for Proofing a Page for Color Discriminability Problems Based on Color Names ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,456,694) developed by Giordano Bruno Beretta, Palo Alto, Calif., for a "system and method for proofing a page for color discriminability problems based on color names." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An automated method for proofing a page for color discriminability problems includes converting a first color of a first object appearing on the page and a second color of a second object appearing on the page to coordinates of a color naming system. The method includes identifying a first color name of the first color and a second color name of the second color based on the coordinates. The method includes identifying whether the first color and the second color are discriminable based on the first color name and the second color name." The patent application was filed on May 6, 2005 (11/123,560). 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=8,456,694.PN.&OS=PN/8,456,694&RS=PN/8,456,694 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Next Level Security Systems Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Next Level Security Systems, Carlsbad, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,456,532) developed by four co-inventors for an "internet protocol camera transcode avoidance." The co-inventors are Daniel T. Petkevich, Solana Beach, Calif., Rand D. Anderson, Cardiff, Calif., Brett J. Going, San Diego, and Peter A. Jankowski, Rancho Santa Fe, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and a system for transcode avoidance of a data stream from a camera at a client device are described. A camera generates data streams with each data stream having a corresponding data configuration. A web server discovered by the camera dynamically determines data configuration for each data stream, the configuration of the client device, and the network conditions at the client device. The web server dynamically identifies a data stream for the client device based on the data configuration of each data stream from the camera, the configurations of the client device, and the network conditions at the client device so that the client device or an intermediary device do not need to transcode the identified data stream. The web server refers the client device to receive the identified data stream from the camera." The patent application was filed on April 25, 2011 (13/093,727). 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=8,456,532.PN.&OS=PN/8,456,532&RS=PN/8,456,532 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** KLA-Tencor Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- KLA-Tencor, Milpitas, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,456,641) developed by Vladimir Levinski, Nazareth, Israel, Noah Bareket, Saratoga, Calif., and Michael E. Adel, Zichron, Israel, for a optical system. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An optical system including a light source, optics for directing illumination, thereby producing reflected light, optics for receiving the reflected light, a splitter disposed at a pupil plane for receiving the reflected light and splitting it into a first and second portion, first imaging optics for receiving the first portion and directing it to a first sensor to produce a first image portion, the first sensor delivering the first image portion to a processor, second imaging optics for receiving the second portion and directing it to a second sensor to produce a second image portion, the second sensor delivering the second image portion to the processor, and the processor for combining the first image portion and the second image portion into a single image of the sample." The patent application was filed on Nov. 23, 2011 (13/303,296). 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=8,456,641.PN.&OS=PN/8,456,641&RS=PN/8,456,641 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** I-Interactive Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- I-Interactive, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,456,534) developed by David L. Henty, Newport Beach, Calif., for a "multi-directional remote control system and method." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A multi-directional remote control system and method is adapted for use with an entertainment system of a type including a display such as a monitor or TV and having display functions employing a mouse type control. The remote controller may be conveniently held in one hand of a user and still provides full mouse type functionality. The remote control system and method images the screen of the TV or other display to detect relative motion between the controller and screen. This position information is transmitted to the entertainment system for control of a cursor or other GUI interface." The patent application was filed on Oct. 21, 2005 (11/255,647). 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=8,456,534.PN.&OS=PN/8,456,534&RS=PN/8,456,534 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Apple Assigned Patent for Displaying Digital Images Using Groups, Stacks, and Version Sets ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,456,488) developed by six co-inventors for "displaying digital images using groups, stacks, and version sets." The co-inventors are Randy Ubillos, Los Altos, Calif., Laurent Perrodin, Menlo Park, Calif., Dan Waylonis, Mountain View, Calif., Stan Jirman, Santa Clara, Calif., Sarah Brody, San Jose, Calif., and Mike Mages, Oakland, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and apparatus for managing digital images is provided. A collection of digital images may be managed using a digital image system that displays images using groups, stacks, and versions. A group is a set of unordered digital images that may be visually represented, in a first state, using a representative image, and in a second state, by each digital image in the group. Stacks are similar to groups, except that each digital image in a stack has a rank, and each digital image in the stack is depicted in order of its rank. Versions are similar to groups, except that one or more images in the group are derived from another image in the group." The patent application was filed on Oct. 6, 2004 (10/960,888). 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=8,456,488.PN.&OS=PN/8,456,488&RS=PN/8,456,488 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** International Business Machines Assigned Patent for Method of Pressure Detection for Selective Scanning of a Document ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- International Business Machines, Armonk, N.Y., has been assigned a patent (8,456,717) developed by Lydia M. Do, Research Triangle Park, N.C., Lisa M. Seacat, San Francisco, and Pamela A. Nesbitt, Tampa, Fla., for a "method of pressure detection for selective scanning of a document." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method of scanning comprises detecting a document on a scanning device scanning surface, wherein the document lies directly on the scanning device scanning surface; detecting pressure on the scanning device scanning surface to scan a region of the document; detecting a first point pressure of a first point and a second point pressure of a second point; connecting the first point and the second point, the connecting the first point and the second point forming a boundary between a first document region and a second document region; and receiving a scan instruction to scan at least one of the first region of the document and the second region of the document." The patent application was filed on July 23, 2008 (12/178,294 ). 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=8,456,717.PN.&OS=PN/8,456,717&RS=PN/8,456,717 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Qualcomm Assigned Patent for Hybrid Time of Arrival Based Positioning System ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,457,655) developed by Xiaoxin Zhang, Sunnyvale, Calif., and Ning Zhang, Saratoga, Calif., for a "hybrid time of arrival based positioning system." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A hybrid TOA positioning system can be implemented to improve location estimation of a wireless network device. An initial location of the wireless network device can be calculated based on locations of a plurality of reference network devices. A first intermediate location of the wireless network device and an intermediate distance calibration constant can be determined based, at least in part, on the initial location of the wireless network device and distance between the wireless network device and each of the reference network devices. A second intermediate location of the wireless network device and a target distance calibration constant can be calculated based on the locations of the reference network devices, the first intermediate location, and/or the intermediate distance calibration constant. The location of the wireless network device can be iteratively estimated based, at least in part, on the second intermediate location and the target distance calibration constant." The patent application was filed on Sept. 19, 2011 (13/236,232). 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=8,457,655.PN.&OS=PN/8,457,655&RS=PN/8,457,655 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Empire Technology Development Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Empire Technology Development, Wilmington, Del., has been assigned a patent (8,456,620) developed by Ezekiel Kruglick, Poway, Calif., for "enabling spectrometry on IR sensors using metamaterials." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Various implementations of enabling spectroscopy on infrared (IR) sensors are disclosed. The disclosed implementations may include an array of resonant absorbers that may facilitate spectroscopy, such as, for example, IR related spectrometry." The patent application was filed on July 24, 2009 (12/509,087). 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=8,456,620.PN.&OS=PN/8,456,620&RS=PN/8,456,620 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Qualcomm Assigned Patent for Stereo Image and Video Directional Mapping of Offset ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Qualcomm, San Diego, has been assigned a patent (8,456,515) developed by four co-inventors for a "stereo image and video directional mapping of offset." The co-inventors are Hsiang-Tsun Li, San Diego, Behnam Katibian, Irvine, Calif., Haohong Wang, San Jose, Calif., and Sharath Manjunath, San Diego. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and apparatus for generating stereoscopic images of a scene is described. The apparatus may have a first image sensor, a second image sensor spaced apart from the first image sensor, a diversity combine module to combine image data from the first and second image sensors, and an image processing module configured to process combined image data from the diversity combine module may be used to generate stereoscopic images of a scene." The patent application was filed on July 25, 2006 (11/493,434). 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=8,456,515.PN.&OS=PN/8,456,515&RS=PN/8,456,515 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Western Digital (Fremont) Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Western Digital (Fremont), Fremont, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,456,643) developed by five co-inventors for a "method and system for mapping the shape of a head under operating conditions." The co-inventors are Vijay Prabhakaran, Fremont, Calif., Wuxing Gan, Fremont, Calif., Ladislav R. Pust, Pleasanton, Calif., David E. Fowler, San Jose, Calif., and Lanshi Zheng, San Ramon, Calif. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A method and system for determining a shape of a portion of an air-bearing surface (ABS) of a head residing on a slider are described. The ABS is configured to fly at a fly height from and with a velocity with respect to a disk during normal operating conditions. The method and system include driving at least one heater residing in the head while the slider is substantially at the normal operating conditions with respect to the disk and the fly height. The shape of the portion of the ABS changes in response to the heater(s) being driven. The method and system also include performing Doppler measurements on the slider while the heater is driven. The shape may then be determined based on the Doppler measurements." The patent application was filed on Sept. 20, 2010 (12/886,408). 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=8,456,643.PN.&OS=PN/8,456,643&RS=PN/8,456,643 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Apple Assigned Patent for Portable Computer Display Structures ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Apple, Cupertino, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,456,586) developed by seven co-inventors for a "portable computer display structures." The co-inventors are Dinesh C. Mathew, Fremont, Calif., Thomas W. Wilson Jr., Saratoga, Calif., Victor H. Yin, Cupertino, Calif., Bryan W. Posner, La Selva Beach, Calif., Chris Ligtenberg, San Carlos, Calif., Brett W. Degner, Menlo Park, Calif., and Peteris K. Augenbergs, San Francisco. The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An electronic device housing may have upper and lower portions that are attached with a hinge. At least one portion of the housing may have a rear planar surface and peripheral sidewalls having edges. A display module may be mounted in the housing. The display module may have glass layers such as a color filter glass layer and a thin-film transistor substrate. The color filter glass layer may serve as the outermost glass layer in the display module. The edges of the display module may be aligned with the edges of the peripheral housing sidewalls to create the appearance of a borderless display for the electronic device. The display module may be provided with an opening that allows a camera or other electronic components to receive light. Traces may be provided on the underside of the thin-film transistor substrate to serve as signal paths for the electrical components." The patent application was filed on June 11, 2009 (12/483,206). 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=8,456,586.PN.&OS=PN/8,456,586&RS=PN/8,456,586 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Applied Minds Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Applied Minds, Glendale, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,456,506) developed by Bran Ferren, Beverly Hills, Calif., and W. Daniel Hillis, Encino, Calif., for "systems and methods for enhancing teleconferencing collaboration." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An advanced video teleconferencing system facilitates an engaging and realistic video conferencing experience. Key design elements and video, audio, and control capabilities are provided for a video conferencing experience that cannot be attained with conventional methods, which elements and capabilities include careful design of the table and room at each site, supplementary displays showing imagery in a mirrored manner, networked environmental control, an AutoDirector with keyword and gesture recognition, and audio reflection from a display or beam splitter." The patent application was filed on Feb. 22, 2008 (12/036,134). 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=8,456,506.PN.&OS=PN/8,456,506&RS=PN/8,456,506 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Nvidia Assigned Patent for Using a Graphics Processing Unit to Correct Video and Audio Data ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Nvidia, Santa Clara, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,456,547) developed by Matthias M. Wloka, San Jose, Calif., for "using a graphics processing unit to correct video and audio data." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Described is a device (e.g., a cell phone incorporating a digital camera) that incorporates a graphics processing unit (GPU) to process image data in order to increase the quality of a rendered image. The processing power provided by a GPU means that, for example, an unacceptable pixel value (e.g., a pixel value associated with a malfunctioning or dead detector element) can be identified and replaced with a new value that is determined by averaging other pixel values. Also, for example, the device can be calibrated against benchmark data to generate correction factors for each detector element. The correction factors can be applied to the image data on a per-pixel basis. If the device is also adapted to record and/or play digital audio files, the audio performance of the device can be calibrated to determine correction factors for a range of audio frequencies." The patent application was filed on Dec. 31, 2009 (12/651,364). 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=8,456,547.PN.&OS=PN/8,456,547&RS=PN/8,456,547 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Hewlett-Packard Development Assigned Patent for User Interface for Mobile Computing Device ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Hewlett-Packard Development, Houston, has been assigned a patent (8,456,428) developed by Francis J. Canova Jr., Fremont, Calif., for a "user interface for mobile computing device." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A mobile computing device includes a housing, a touch screen display coupled to the housing, a processor coupled to the touch screen display, and a user input device responsive to a sliding manipulation by a user. The processor may be configured to activate a keyboard entry area on the touch screen display responsive to the sliding manipulation. The mobile computing device may include a cellular phone." The patent application was filed on May 15, 2009 (12/467,067). 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=8,456,428.PN.&OS=PN/8,456,428&RS=PN/8,456,428 Written by Kusum Sangma; edited by Anand Kumar. *** Broadcom Assigned Patent ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- Broadcom, Irvine, Calif., has been assigned a patent (8,456,439) developed by Ahmadreza (Reza) Rofougaran, Newport Coast, Calif., for a "graphical authentication for a portable device and methods for use therewith." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "A portable device includes a touch screen that includes a display screen and that generates touch screen data in response to a user's interaction with the touch screen. A processor executes a security application for authenticating the user to the portable device that provides first display data to the touch screen for displaying a security prompt on the display screen. Touch screen data is received from the touch screen in response to the user's interaction with the touch screen and is processed to determine when an authenticatio 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. -1127790 (c) 2013 Targeted News Service |