Coded data generation or conversion inventions 09/08

20080231477 - Inputting information using a scroll key: A method and apparatus for inputting data using a mobile terminal having a scroll key as a user interface. The method includes entering a mode configured to receive a data code created using at least the scroll key, detecting the data code that comprises at least one movement of the... Agent: Lee, Hong, Degerman, Kang & Schmadeka

20080231476 - Riser, ridge based touch keypad for portable electronic device: A riser, ridge based touch keypad for a portable electronic device (e.g., mobile phone or flex pointer) is disclosed such that either in a dark environment a person with good eyesight or a person with decreased visual acuity may feel the riser(s) and the ridges representing a unique pattern with... Agent: G. Link Co., Ltd.

20080231478 - Solid oxide fuel cell with sealed structure: This tactile interface includes a layer (5) of pins (4) that the user can touch with the fleshy part of one of his fingers. The pins (4) are free to rotate and their spacing can be adjusted using an appropriate system. They can be provided with edges to assist in... Agent: Anderson, Kill & Olick, P.C.

20080231479 - Arrangements for encoding and decoding digital data: A method for encoding data is disclosed. The method can include receiving a first bit segment (K−1 bits) from a bit stream, storing the first bit segment, initializing an encoder with the first bit segment, start encoding and transmitting from the Kth bit to the end of the appended data... Agent: Schubert, Osterrieder & Nickelson, PLLC C/o Intellevate, LLC

20080231480 - Distributed on-demand media transcoding system and method: A method for delivering media content over a network includes transcoding the media content to generate multiple copies of the media content, each of the multiple copies having a different destination type or a different source type or both, storing the multiple copies in a cache, receiving requests for the... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20080231482 - Methods and apparatus for processing variable length coded data: An apparatus for processing variable length coded data includes a coefficient buffer unit and several lookup tables. The coefficient buffer unit includes a coefficient memory and an index register for storing an indication of a non-zero nature of coefficients stored in the coefficient memory. Advantageously, the lookup tables may be... Agent: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. C/o Vedder Price P.C.

20080231481 - Variable length decoding device and method for improving variable length decoding performance: A method for improving variable length decoding performance is provided. A variable length decoding module decodes a coded data to obtain a decoded data and a subsequent module receives the decoded data to perform further processing. A buffering module is coupled between the variable length decoding module and the subsequent... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080231483 - Binarizing method and device thereof: A binary coding and decoding method and apparatus for MVD (Motion Vector Difference) absolute values, includes: dividing symbols for MVD absolute values to be coded into a plurality of subsets according to probability distribution properties; assigning a binary codeword for each subset; assigning a binary codeword for each symbol in... Agent: Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd (for Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd)

20080231484 - Variable sized aperture window of an analog-to-digital converter: An improvement in sampling a high frequency input analog signal and converting it to a digital output signal is disclosed. This is accomplished by using a multitude of analog-to-digital converters in conjunction with a distributed sampling system. This combination of multiple converters and a distributed sampling system allows use of... Agent: Henneman & Associates, PLC

20080231486 - Method and system for increasing resolution and accuracy of an analog to digital converter: According to one embodiment, a method for increasing resolution and accuracy of an analog to digital converter receiving an input voltage includes dithering a number of digital output values from the analog to digital converter to generate a number of dithered values. The analog to digital converter can be an... Agent: Farjami & Farjami LLP

20080231485 - Systems and methods for improving data converters: Systems and methods for improving efficiency of a data converter. An example method generates a noise signal, alters the spectrum of the noise signal based on operation of an associated data converter, and supplies the altered spectrum noise signal to the associated data converter. The data converter is a digital-to-analog... Agent: Honeywell International Inc. Patent Services Ab-2b

20080231487 - Digital-to-analog converter and method of digital-to-analog conversion: A digital-to-analog convertor, and a methods of digital-to-analog conversion employ first and second PWM generators providing first and second PWM signals, said first PWM generator being controlled by a most significant word of the digital signal, and said second PWM generator being controlled by a least significant word of the... Agent: Norman M. Cameron

20080231489 - Analog-to-digital converter system with increased sampling frequency: The present invention is an improvement in sampling a high frequency input analog signal and converting it to a digital output signal. This is accomplished by using a multitude of analog-to-digital converters in conjunction with a distributed sampling system. This combination of multiple converters and a distributed sampling system allows... Agent: Henneman & Associates, PLC

20080231488 - Bandwidth multiplication for a test and measurement instrument using non-periodic functions for mixing: An acquisition apparatus for a test and measurement instrument including a splitter configured to split an input signal into a plurality of split signals, a plurality of oscillators, each oscillator configured to generate a periodic signal, a plurality of combiners, each combiner configured to combine an associated plurality of the... Agent: Thomas F. Lenihan Tektronix, Inc.

20080231490 - Fault detection apparatus for detecting failure of a/d converter due to loss of externally supplied clock signal: An A/D converter performs successive A/D conversion operations that are synchronized with respective periods of an externally supplied clock signal. A set of output digital data produced from the A/D converter, following each A/D conversion, is acquired a plurality of times in succession within an interval that extends to the... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080231491 - Analog-to-digital conversion method, analog-to-digital converter, semiconductor device for detecting distribution of physical quantity, and electronic apparatus: In an analog-to-digital conversion method for converting a difference signal component representing a difference between a reference component and a signal component in an analog signal to be processed into digital data, in a first process, a signal corresponding to one of the reference component and the signal component is... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20080231492 - System and method for application dependent universal remote control: A remote control device includes one or more mode buttons which, when manipulated, cause plural controlled devices to assume preset configurations.... Agent: Rogitz & Associates

20080224897 - Computer keypad for improved input efficiency: A numeric key pad is provided for efficiently entering numbers and symbols into a computer. The numeric key pad includes a number region having digits 1-9 arranged in a 3×3 grid, the 3×3 grid having N, S, E, W, NE, SE, NW, SW, and Central positions. The numeric keypad also... Agent: Russ Weinzimmer

20080224898 - Mobile communication terminal having qwerty keys and method for outputting dual tone multi-frequency signal thereof: A mobile communication terminal having QWERTY keys and a method for outputting Dual Tone Multi-Frequency (DTMF) signals thereof are disclosed. The user inputs information including alphabetic characters that is requested by a directory system, while viewing the alphabetic characters marked on the QWERTY keys. The mobile communication terminal outputs DTMF... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080224899 - Ramped-key keyboard for a handheld mobile communication device: Wireless handheld mobile communication device and keyboard therefore having a keyfield including a plurality of depressible keys arranged in rows that are distributed about a vertical centerline (Vc) of the keyboard. Each of the depressible keys has a top engagement surface of which an upper inboard portion is raised relative... Agent: Novak Druce + Quigg LLP (rim)

20080224900 - Capacitive switch: An input key and a detection circuit are not directly connected but are connected via a first capacitor. This prevents electrostatic noise obtained by the input key from directly entering the detection circuit, thereby protecting the detection circuit. Further, a first coupling line adapted to establish a connection between the... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080224901 - Method and apparatus for signal processing and encoding and decoding method, and apparatus therefor: An apparatus for processing a signal and method thereof are disclosed. Data coding and entropy coding are performed with interconnection, and grouping is used to enhance coding efficiency. The present invention includes the steps of hierarchically extracting identification information indicating at least three or more data coding schemes. The identification... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080224903 - Systems and methods for sharing compression histories between multiple devices: Systems and methods of storing previously transmitted data and using it to reduce bandwidth usage and accelerate future communications are described. By using algorithms to identify long compression history matches, a network device may improve compression efficiently and speed. A network device may also use application specific parsing to improve... Agent: Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP

20080224902 - Systems and methods of using application and protocol specific parsing for compression: Systems and methods of storing previously transmitted data and using it to reduce bandwidth usage and accelerate future communications are described. By using algorithms to identify long compression history matches, a network device may improve compression efficiently and speed. A network device may also use application specific parsing to improve... Agent: Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP

20080224904 - Gray code counter and display device therewith: There is offered a Gray code counter with which a delay time of a critical path is reduced and a fast operation is made possible. A first Gray code bit Q0 is obtained by outputting an output signal Q0o of an RDFF 2 through an RDFF 31 to synchronize with... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20080224905 - Data compression using variable-to-fixed length codes: This disclosure is directed to techniques for memory efficient variable to fixed length (VF) coding techniques for a variety of applications, such as media coding. For example, such techniques may be applied to code digital video, image, audio, or speech data. The techniques described in this disclosure may utilize algebraic... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20080224906 - Systems and methods for identifying long matches of data in a compression history: Systems and methods of storing previously transmitted data and using it to reduce bandwidth usage and accelerate future communications are described. By using algorithms to identify long compression history matches, a network device may improve compression efficiently and speed. A network device may also use application specific parsing to improve... Agent: Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP

20080224907 - Circuit for programming sampling time in a multichannel analog-to-digital converter: The sampling time in a multichannel analog-to-digital converter is programmed with a circuit comprising a memory register with memory locations, which can be respectively coupled to the channels of the converter. The memory locations of the register are able to store a signal identifying a sampling-time value selected for each... Agent: Hogan & Hartson LLP

20080224909 - D/a converter: A digital-analog converter including a first selection circuit of switch elements, which are coupled to each other and to a high potential power supply, and a second selection circuit of switch elements, which are coupled to each other and to a low potential power supply. First and second voltage dividing... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080224910 - Low jitter phase rotator: A phase rotator generates an output signal having plurality of possible output phases with reduced phase jitter. The low jitter phase rotator includes a plurality of differential amplifiers configured to receive a plurality of input differential signals having different phases, and configured to generate a plurality of weighted signals responsive... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20080224908 - Mixer/dac chip and method: An electronic chip has a data input for receiving an input digital data signal with a data frequency, a plurality of switches, and a logic circuit operatively coupled with both the plurality of switches and the data input. The logic circuit controls the switches to be in one of a... Agent: Bromberg & Sunstein LLP

20080224911 - Digital/analog converter: Provided is a digital/analog converter including a voltage dividing unit that includes a plurality of voltage dividing elements and divides a reference voltage by voltage division; a first decoder that selects a plurality of voltages among the voltages divided by the voltage dividing unit; a first voltage output unit that... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20080224913 - Data processing method, data processing device, solid-state imaging device, imaging apparatus, and electronic device: A data processing device includes a comparing unit that compares a reference signal and respective processing object signals, a count-period control unit that determines a count period to perform count processing, a count unit that performs the count processing in the count period designated by the count-period control unit, stores... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20080224912 - Median and mean coherent filter and method for eliminating noise in touch screen controller: A touch screen system includes a touch screen assembly (30,31) and a touch screen controller (1A) coupled to terminals (24,25,26,27) of the touch screen assembly (30,31), the touch screen controller (1A) including a controller (41) and an analog to digital converter (22) for generating multiple digital data numbers representing multiple... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20080224914 - Integrated circuit for analog-to-digital conversion: An integrated circuit for analog-to-digital conversion for performing digital conversion of the amount of current of an input current and outputting a digital signal, comprises: a resistor connection terminal to be connected to a resistor; a conversion section configured to convert the amount of current of the input current or... Agent: SocalIPLaw Group LLP

20080224915 - System and method for effectively implementing a universal remote control device: A system and method for effectively implementing a universal remote control device comprises a configurable control assembly that includes an LCD panel for selectively displaying appropriate sets of control symbols that represent control commands for controlling a plurality of different electronic devices. Device control information for the various different electronic... Agent: Gregory J. Koerner Redwood Patent Law

20080218388 - Encoding method, encoding apparatus, decoding method, and decoding apparatus: An encoding method is disclosed for use with an encoding apparatus for carrying out variable-length conversion encoding involving a look-ahead operation of at least either one information word or one code word upon encoding. The encoding method includes the step of performing conversion encoding in such a manner as to... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, LLP

20080218387 - Variable length decoder utilizing reordered index decoding look-up-table (lut) and method of using the same: A variable length decoder and its decoding method utilizing a reordered index decoding look-up-table, and that is utilized to incorporate a plurality of decoding LUT's into a single reordered index decoding LUT for use in decoding by making use of the output correlation rule obtained through integrating a plurality of... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080218389 - Serial-to-parallel converter circuit and liquid crystal display driving circuit: A serial-to-parallel converter circuit comprising: an m-bit serial data holding unit to be input with serial data whose input bit number is set to m or n (<m) bits within a transfer period and a serial clock synchronized therewith, and to shift and hold the serial data by one bit... Agent: Socal Ip Law Group LLP

20080218390 - Entropy encoding and decoding apparatus and method based on tree structure: Encoding and decoding of an audio signal or a video signal. By performing entropy encoding and decoding based on a tree structure, coding efficiency is increased, complexity is reduced, and additional information can be reduced.... Agent: Stanzione & Kim, LLP

20080218391 - Tracking loop type digital angle converter and angle/digital converting apparatus: A tracking loop type digital angle converter that operates so that a deviation between input and output angles always becomes zero by feeding back the output angle to the input angle, wherein in order to eliminate a case where a control deviation decreases an angle error between the input and... Agent: Gallagher & Lathrop, A Professional Corporation

20080218393 - A-d converter and a-d convert method: There is provided an A/D converter that outputs a digital output signal obtained by digitalizing an analog input signal. The A/D converter includes a bit selecting section that selects a conversion object bit from a high-order bit to a low-order bit of the digital output signal in order, a threshold-value... Agent: Jianq Chyun Intellectual Property Office

20080218392 - Signal receiver and mobile communication device: A signal receiver processing circuit is for isolating a desired signal from analog input signal that is susceptible to variations in signal power, e.g. from a radio front end (12). The device has a variable gain amplifier (13) and an analog to digital converter (14) for providing a digital signal... Agent: Nxp, B.v. Nxp Intellectual Property Department

20080218394 - Logical current division multiplexing for encoding multiple digital signals: A method and a system are disclosed for transmitting an N-bit digital signal at a source. The N-bit digital signal representing a binary value is used to modulate an electrical current by using N discrete voltages representing each bit. The N discrete voltages are coupled to N corresponding switches to... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, Pllc

20080218395 - Analog-digital converting apparatus and radio communication terminal: An analog-digital converting apparatus includes: an analog-digital converting unit that performs a conversion from an analog input signal into a digital output signal; a buffer unit that temporary stores the digital output signal for a plurality of samples and outputs the samples in time-series; a clipping detecting unit that detects... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080218396 - Charge-domain pipelined charge-redistribution analog-to-digital converter: A single-ended charge-domain pipeline of at least two stages is provided. Each stage comprises a charge-storage node, a charge-transfer circuit for conveying charge from said charge-storage node out of said stage, a charge-control capacitor connected to said charge-storage node and driven by a periodic clock voltage, a comparator which compares... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.c.

20080218398 - Remote control integration device for controlling electronic devices: A remote control integration device for controlling electronic devices, comprises a remote controller having a memory unit for storing an instruction set having a plurality of instructions; a key set having a plurality of keys; a first transceiver and a first processor for generating instruction signals according to operation of... Agent: Po-wen Jeng

20080218397 - Slide action remote control with display: A hand held apparatus for remotely controlling consumer electronics appliances comprises an upper housing having top and bottom surfaces and a lower housing having top and bottom surfaces, with the bottom surface of the upper housing and the top surface of the lower housing being slidably engaged to permit the... Agent: Thomas G. Scavone Niro, Scavone, Haller & Niro

20080211694 - Rotation-angle detecting apparatus: A rotation-angle detecting apparatus detects a rotation angle of a rotating disc having radial markings, includes a plurality of detectors arranged at opposite sides of the axis of rotation of the disc and facing the markings, each of the detectors operable to detect a light beam from the markings, and... Agent: Canon U.s.a. Inc. Intellectual Property Division

20080211695 - Device for selection of symbols, such as characters, icons and/or multiple choices: A compact electric device for coding and selecting characters, symbols and/or multiple choices, includes a matrix carrying a plurality of contact or proximity sensors (1,2,3,4,5,5,7,8), an activation member (10) of sensors and a single selection key (22). This key is operated by the user for bringing in turn the activation... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080211697 - Handheld electronic device and keypad providing enhanced usability and reduced size, and associated method: An improved handheld electronic device, keypad, and method in accordance with the invention meet these and other needs. An improved handheld electronic device having an improved keypad provides enhanced usability and reduced size by organizing its keys in pairs, with a pair of keys being disposed on a support. Each... Agent: Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott

20080211696 - Key system for an electronic device: A key activation system for use in an electronic device is provided. The system comprises an activation mechanism associated with a key in the system, a first feedback system and a second feedback system. The activation mechanism is associated with the key activation system and provides a first feedback sense... Agent: Mccarthy Tetrault LLP

20080211699 - Control method of alterable key and portable electronic device having alterable key: A control method of an alterable key is applied in a portable electronic device including switch a plurality of function modes. The portable electronic device has an opaque key portion, a pattern template layer, and a plurality of light emitting portions. A pattern template layer has many groups of operating... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080211698 - Keyboard with variable markings and layouts: Currently, there are several types of information input devices into a computer, PDA, cell phone or any appliance requiring data input. One of the most commonly used is the keyboard. The current keyboards (except the virtual keyboards) are limited in the number of language/sign characters marked on the keys as... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20080211700 - Method and apparatus for inputting character in a terminal: A method and apparatus for inputting a character in a terminal are provided, in which a key input portion has at least one multi-key for use in inputting a plurality of characters, and when an other key is pressed while one of the at least one multi-key is pressed, a... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20080211701 - Process and devices for transmitting digital signals over buses and computer program product therefore: Digital signals are transmitted on a bus at given instants selectively in a non-encoded format and an encoded format. The decision whether to transmit the signals in non-encoded format or in encoded format is taken in part, based on a comparison of the signal to be transmitted on the bus... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20080211702 - Comparator chain offset reduction: Comparator chain total offset, static and dynamic, is reduced by injecting a compensation quantity in at least one point in the chain of comparator components. The compensation quantity is determined by providing the comparator chain with calibration signals having equal values and evaluating the output states of the comparator chain.... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080211703 - Digital-to-analog converter circuit, data driver, and display device using the digital-to-analog converter circuit: Disclosed is a data driver including a reference voltage generation circuit that generates and outputs a plurality of reference voltages, a decoder circuit that selects from among the reference voltages n (where n is an integer greater than or equal to two) reference voltages inclusive of reference voltages that may... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20080211704 - Distributed sigma-delta sensor network: The sensor network described herein uses a distributed sigma-delta converter, where each of a plurality of sensor nodes includes a sigma-delta modulator communicatively coupled to a remotely located sigma-delta processor in a control hub. Each sensor node generates a serial bit stream representative of a sensor output signal. The control... Agent: Coats & Bennett, PLLC

20080211705 - Electronic network circuit with dissymmetrical differential pairs: The invention relates to integrated circuits comprising a set of identical differential pairs of two transistors each (T1, T2; T3, T4) one receiving a variable voltage (Vinp, Vinn) at its base and the other receiving a fixed reference voltage (Vrefp, Vrefn). In order to reduce the dispersion of the offset... Agent: Lowe Hauptman & Berner, LLP

20080211706 - Capacitive digital to analog and analog to digital converters: A pipelined analog-to-digital converter (ADC) comprises a first stage that receives an input voltage signal and that comprises an analog-to-digital converter (ADC). The ADC includes an amplifier having an input and an output. N capacitances are connected in parallel and include first ends that selectively communicate with the input and... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce P.L.C

20080211707 - Slider-activated remote controller for a vehicle: A slider-activated vehicle remote controller incorporates a sliding mechanism to enable locking and/or unlocking of a vehicle. Either a straight-path slide movement or an axis-based slide movement can be used as the sliding mechanism for the slider-activated vehicle remote controller, wherein a direction of the sliding movement or a particular... Agent: Invent Capture, LLC