Coded data generation or conversion inventions 10/08

20080258940 - Apparatus and method for preventing password theft: An apparatus for protecting a password includes a keypad, a generator, and a processor. The keypad includes numeric keys for inputting a numeral and a display unit for displaying a random digit. The generator is coupled to the display unit for generating the random digit. The processor is configured for... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080258941 - Letter input structure using morse code and input method of the same: A letter input structure of a two-click keyboard adapting a Morse code and an input method of the same, and a recording medium of the method are disclosed. A certain letter is created in selective combination with two keypads among seven keypads consisting of a dot(•) group keypad of a... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20080258943 - 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 obtaining data corresponding to a plurality of data coding schemes and deciding an entropy table... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080258942 - Sigma-delta multiplier, phase-locked loop with extended tuning range and methods for generating rf signals: Embodiments of sigma-delta multiplier, phase-locked loop with extended tuning range and methods for generating an RF signal are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. In some embodiments, a sigma-delta modulator generates an output bit stream based on an input word, multiply logic multiplies values of the... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner / Infineon

20080258944 - Digital data modulator-demodulator: A digital data demodulator which can reduce a loss of decodable digital data, and increase capability of reproducing digital data inputted through a transmission line even when an error occurs in the transmission line. In the digital data demodulator, a specific pattern detector (113) detects a specific pattern to be... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson LLP

20080258945 - Techniques for 9b10b and 7b8b coding and decoding: A technique for encoding 9-binary symbol (9B) source vectors into 10-binary symbol (10B) encoded vectors include the steps of obtaining a plurality of 9B source vectors, and encoding the 9B source vectors into a plurality of 10B encoded vectors according to an encoding scheme. A fraction of the 10B encoded... Agent: Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP

20080258946 - Pattern matching apparatus: This invention relates to a pattern recognition correlator implemented entirely in the electronic domain. The correlator has a serial to parallel conversion means to convert input serial binary data into at least one input parallel binary electrical signal and a comparator to compare the or each input parallel data signal... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080258947 - Programmable compute system for executing an h.264 binary decode symbol instruction: A compute system for executing an h.264 binary decode symbol instruction including a first compute unit having a range normalization circuit and an rLPS update circuit, and operating in a first mode responsive to current rLPS, range, value and current context to generate the next normalized range and next rLPS... Agent: Joseph S. Iandiorio Iandiorio & Teska

20080258948 - Simplified programmable compute system for executing an h.264 binary decode symbol instruction: An improved programmable compute system and method for executing an H.264 binary decode symbol using only a single instruction and two compute units is achieved by providing not just one rLPS value but all four next possible rLPS values of the current context next state so that there is no... Agent: Joseph S. Iandiorio Iandiorio & Teska

20080258949 - Digital background correction of nonlinear error adc's: The invention provides circuits and methods for estimating and correcting nonlinear error in analog to digital converters that is introduced by nonlinear circuit elements, for example one or more residue amplifiers in a pipelined analog to digital converter integrated circuit. In a preferred method of the invention, pseudo random calibration... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20080258950 - Switching circuitry and switching system: Switching circuitry comprising a bank of actuatable switches connected in parallel between a supply terminal and a decoding terminal, each switch being connected in series with a component which, when the switch is actuated, applies to the second terminal an analog signal having a value unique to that switch.... Agent: Docket Clerk

20080258952 - Delta sigma modulator and delta sigma analog-digital converter: A ΔΣ modulator comprises an oscillating apparatus that changes a frequency thereof according to an input signal, a quantizing means for quantizing a frequency modulation signal output from the oscillating apparatus, and an operation means for applying an operation to a digital signal output from the quantizing means. The oscillating... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080258951 - Hybrid delta-sigma/sar analog to digital converter and methods for using such: Various systems and methods for capturing data are disclosed. For example, some embodiments of the present invention provide methods for performing a first analog to digital conversion using a delta-sigma based analog to digital converter, and performing a second analog to digital conversion using a SAR based analog to digital... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20080258953 - Digitizing an analog signal, and reconstituting an analog signal from a digitized version of the analog signal: An embodiment of an audio-signal digitizer includes a modulator and a converter. The modulator is operable to receive an analog audio signal, and is operable to angle modulate a carrier signal with the analog audio signal to generate a modulated analog signal having an average amplitude. The converter is operable... Agent: Graybeal, Jackson, Haley LLP

20080258954 - Method of controlling digital-to-analog conversion: An analog-to-digital converter comprising a minimal amount of circuitry for conversion of an input analog signal to a series of digital bits. A differential comparator is provided for generating digital values to which the digital bits correspond. A pair of digital-to-analog converters are provided for generating, via successive approximation, a... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080258955 - Signal processing device and method, signal processing program, and recording medium where the program is recorded: A signal processing device which outputs a discrete signal composed of a string of the sampling values and parameters m signal. The signal processing device includes a sampling circuit which samples an input signal and outputs a discrete signal, multiple function generators which generate multiple sampling functions with parameters m... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20080258956 - Apparatus for analog/digital conversion of a measurement voltage: apparatus for the analog/digital conversion of a measurement voltage with an analog/digital converter, which has an integrating component with an operational amplifier, a resistor and a capacitor in a feedback loop, wherein a reference voltage is applied to the inverting input of the operational amplifier and wherein the measurement voltage... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080258957 - High bandwidth oscilloscope: A method for improving bandwidth of an oscilloscope involves, in preferred embodiments, the use of frequency up-conversion and down-conversion techniques. In an illustrative embodiment the technique involves separating an input signal into a high frequency content and a low frequency content, down-converting the high frequency content in the analog domain... Agent: Lecroy Corporation

20080258958 - Signal processing device and method, signal processing program, and recording medium where the program is recorded: A signal processing device which outputs a discrete signal composed of a string of the sampling values and parameters m signal. The signal processing device includes a sampling circuit which samples an input signal and outputs a discrete signal, multiple function generators which generate multiple sampling functions with parameters m... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20080258959 - Integrating/sar adc and method with low integrator swing and low complexity: A reconfigurable circuit (10) includes an integrator (30) having switches (SW1-6) for selectively coupling input capacitors (C0,1,2,3,6,7) and integrating capacitors (C4,5) to terminals of the integrator (30) for operation of a hybrid delta-sigma/SAR ADC (400) so as to create a reference voltage value (Vref) equal to the sum of a... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20080258940 - Apparatus and method for preventing password theft: An apparatus for protecting a password includes a keypad, a generator, and a processor. The keypad includes numeric keys for inputting a numeral and a display unit for displaying a random digit. The generator is coupled to the display unit for generating the random digit. The processor is configured for... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080258941 - Letter input structure using morse code and input method of the same: A letter input structure of a two-click keyboard adapting a Morse code and an input method of the same, and a recording medium of the method are disclosed. A certain letter is created in selective combination with two keypads among seven keypads consisting of a dot(•) group keypad of a... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20080258943 - 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 obtaining data corresponding to a plurality of data coding schemes and deciding an entropy table... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080258942 - Sigma-delta multiplier, phase-locked loop with extended tuning range and methods for generating rf signals: Embodiments of sigma-delta multiplier, phase-locked loop with extended tuning range and methods for generating an RF signal are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. In some embodiments, a sigma-delta modulator generates an output bit stream based on an input word, multiply logic multiplies values of the... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner / Infineon

20080258944 - Digital data modulator-demodulator: A digital data demodulator which can reduce a loss of decodable digital data, and increase capability of reproducing digital data inputted through a transmission line even when an error occurs in the transmission line. In the digital data demodulator, a specific pattern detector (113) detects a specific pattern to be... Agent: Steptoe & Johnson LLP

20080258945 - Techniques for 9b10b and 7b8b coding and decoding: A technique for encoding 9-binary symbol (9B) source vectors into 10-binary symbol (10B) encoded vectors include the steps of obtaining a plurality of 9B source vectors, and encoding the 9B source vectors into a plurality of 10B encoded vectors according to an encoding scheme. A fraction of the 10B encoded... Agent: Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP

20080258946 - Pattern matching apparatus: This invention relates to a pattern recognition correlator implemented entirely in the electronic domain. The correlator has a serial to parallel conversion means to convert input serial binary data into at least one input parallel binary electrical signal and a comparator to compare the or each input parallel data signal... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080258947 - Programmable compute system for executing an h.264 binary decode symbol instruction: A compute system for executing an h.264 binary decode symbol instruction including a first compute unit having a range normalization circuit and an rLPS update circuit, and operating in a first mode responsive to current rLPS, range, value and current context to generate the next normalized range and next rLPS... Agent: Joseph S. Iandiorio Iandiorio & Teska

20080258948 - Simplified programmable compute system for executing an h.264 binary decode symbol instruction: An improved programmable compute system and method for executing an H.264 binary decode symbol using only a single instruction and two compute units is achieved by providing not just one rLPS value but all four next possible rLPS values of the current context next state so that there is no... Agent: Joseph S. Iandiorio Iandiorio & Teska

20080258949 - Digital background correction of nonlinear error adc's: The invention provides circuits and methods for estimating and correcting nonlinear error in analog to digital converters that is introduced by nonlinear circuit elements, for example one or more residue amplifiers in a pipelined analog to digital converter integrated circuit. In a preferred method of the invention, pseudo random calibration... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20080258950 - Switching circuitry and switching system: Switching circuitry comprising a bank of actuatable switches connected in parallel between a supply terminal and a decoding terminal, each switch being connected in series with a component which, when the switch is actuated, applies to the second terminal an analog signal having a value unique to that switch.... Agent: Docket Clerk

20080258952 - Delta sigma modulator and delta sigma analog-digital converter: A ΔΣ modulator comprises an oscillating apparatus that changes a frequency thereof according to an input signal, a quantizing means for quantizing a frequency modulation signal output from the oscillating apparatus, and an operation means for applying an operation to a digital signal output from the quantizing means. The oscillating... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080258951 - Hybrid delta-sigma/sar analog to digital converter and methods for using such: Various systems and methods for capturing data are disclosed. For example, some embodiments of the present invention provide methods for performing a first analog to digital conversion using a delta-sigma based analog to digital converter, and performing a second analog to digital conversion using a SAR based analog to digital... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20080258953 - Digitizing an analog signal, and reconstituting an analog signal from a digitized version of the analog signal: An embodiment of an audio-signal digitizer includes a modulator and a converter. The modulator is operable to receive an analog audio signal, and is operable to angle modulate a carrier signal with the analog audio signal to generate a modulated analog signal having an average amplitude. The converter is operable... Agent: Graybeal, Jackson, Haley LLP

20080258954 - Method of controlling digital-to-analog conversion: An analog-to-digital converter comprising a minimal amount of circuitry for conversion of an input analog signal to a series of digital bits. A differential comparator is provided for generating digital values to which the digital bits correspond. A pair of digital-to-analog converters are provided for generating, via successive approximation, a... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080258955 - Signal processing device and method, signal processing program, and recording medium where the program is recorded: A signal processing device which outputs a discrete signal composed of a string of the sampling values and parameters m signal. The signal processing device includes a sampling circuit which samples an input signal and outputs a discrete signal, multiple function generators which generate multiple sampling functions with parameters m... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20080258956 - Apparatus for analog/digital conversion of a measurement voltage: apparatus for the analog/digital conversion of a measurement voltage with an analog/digital converter, which has an integrating component with an operational amplifier, a resistor and a capacitor in a feedback loop, wherein a reference voltage is applied to the inverting input of the operational amplifier and wherein the measurement voltage... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20080258957 - High bandwidth oscilloscope: A method for improving bandwidth of an oscilloscope involves, in preferred embodiments, the use of frequency up-conversion and down-conversion techniques. In an illustrative embodiment the technique involves separating an input signal into a high frequency content and a low frequency content, down-converting the high frequency content in the analog domain... Agent: Lecroy Corporation

20080258958 - Signal processing device and method, signal processing program, and recording medium where the program is recorded: A signal processing device which outputs a discrete signal composed of a string of the sampling values and parameters m signal. The signal processing device includes a sampling circuit which samples an input signal and outputs a discrete signal, multiple function generators which generate multiple sampling functions with parameters m... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20080258959 - Integrating/sar adc and method with low integrator swing and low complexity: A reconfigurable circuit (10) includes an integrator (30) having switches (SW1-6) for selectively coupling input capacitors (C0,1,2,3,6,7) and integrating capacitors (C4,5) to terminals of the integrator (30) for operation of a hybrid delta-sigma/SAR ADC (400) so as to create a reference voltage value (Vref) equal to the sum of a... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20080252490 - Merging a codec with a digital media file and playing a digital media file on a playback device: Merging a codec with a digital media file, including receiving, by a digital media provider from a playback device through a data communications network, a request for the digital media file, the digital media file comprising digital media content encoded by a codec, identifying, by the digital media provider, the... Agent: Ibm (rps-blf) C/o Biggers & Ohanian, LLP

20080252491 - Advanced control device for home entertainment utilizing three dimensional motion technology: A hand held device fur generating commands and transferring data between the hand-held device and a base device (including consumer electronic equipment). The hand-held device detects the motion of the device itself, interpreting the motion as a command, and executing or transferring the command. The motion of the device can... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20080252492 - Keypad assembly and portable electronic device using same: A keypad assembly used in a portable electronic device (100) includes at least one key button (40) and at least one fixing member (30). Each key button is slidingly received in a receiving hole (26) defined in a cover (20) of the portable electronic device. The at least one fixing... Agent: PCe Industry, Inc. Att. Cheng-ju Chiang

20080252494 - Keypad for an electronic equipment and method for operating a keypad for an electronic equipment: The present invention relates to a keypad for an electronic equipment comprising a plurality of keys (9), whereby a first value (11) is assigned to each of the keys (9) and a graphical design printed on the keys (9) for graphically marking a plurality of groups (10) of keys (9),... Agent: Warren A. Sklar (soer) Renner, Otto, Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080252493 - Method of setting specific scan codes for manual input device: A method of setting specific scan codes for a manual input device includes the steps of establishing a transmission channel between the manual input device and a scan code register of a computing device, receiving at least one scan code, which corresponds to at least one input key of the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080252495 - System and program for using a reentry data set to decode compressed data: Provided are a method, system, and program for decoding compressed data. Compressed data is received and decoded. An error is detected while decoding a first location in the compressed data. A reentry data set is accessed having a pointer to a second location in the compressed data following the first... Agent: Konrad Raynes & Victor, LLP. Attn: Ibm37

20080252496 - High-rate random bitstream generation: A method for accelerating a pseudo-random input bit flow (PRBS(T1)), generated at a first relatively low dock frequency (f1), into an identical output bit flow (PRBS(T0)) at a second relatively high dock frequency (f0), comprising: collecting the output bit flow, delaying the collected flow by a predetermined value (τ); and... Agent: HowardIPLaw Group

20080252497 - Techniques for 9b10b and 7b8b coding and decoding: A technique for encoding 9-binary symbol (9B) source vectors into 10-binary symbol (10B) encoded vectors include the steps of obtaining a plurality of 9B source vectors, and encoding the 9B source vectors into a plurality of 10B encoded vectors according to an encoding scheme. A fraction of the 10B encoded... Agent: Ryan, Mason & Lewis, LLP,

20080252498 - Coding data using different coding alphabets: Coding unsigned integer data of a sequence. A plurality of segments of the sequence are identified, wherein a segment of the plurality of segments comprises at least one unsigned integer of the unsigned integer data, and wherein the plurality of segments are based in part on context within the sequence.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080252499 - Method and system for the compression of probability tables: The present invention relates to a method, computer program product and system for the compression of a probability table and the reconstruction of one or more probability elements using the compressed data and method. After determining a probability table that is to be compressed, the probability table is compressed using... Agent: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.

20080252502 - Delta-sigma ad converter apparatus using delta-sigma modulator circuit provided with reset circuit resetting integrator: In a delta-sigma modulator circuit, an integrator integrates an input signal, and a quantization circuit quantizes the integrated signal with a predetermined quantization number, and outputs a quantization result signal. A DA converter circuit outputs an analog signal indicating a DA conversion result based on the quantization result signal. An... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack L.L.P.

20080252501 - Integrated circuit arrangement comprising at least one digital-analogue converter: The invention relates to an integrated circuit arrangement (10) comprising at least one digital-analogue converter (12) with a multitude of current-source transistors (N1-N8) arranged parallel to each other for providing current components (I1-I8) that in each case are predetermined in a fixed manner and are used to form an analogue... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20080252500 - Systems and methods for high precision feedback control in closed loop sensors: Improved methods and systems for feedback signals in a sensor system. An example method demodulates a sense signal using an analog demodulator and also demodulates the sinse signal using a digital demodulator. The difference between the result of the analog demodulator and the digital demodulator is determined and then integrated.... Agent: Honeywell International Inc. Patent Services Ab-2b

20080252503 - Digital to analog converter with high driving capability: A digital-to-analog converter with high driving capability includes a voltage generator for generating voltages, a voltage division circuit coupled to the voltage generator for outputting a plurality of reference voltages according to voltages generated by the voltage generator, a decode unit for decoding a digital signal, a switch circuit coupled... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080252504 - Method of compensating channel offset voltage for column driver and column driver for lcd implemented thereof: A technique for removing vertical stripe artifacts generated in a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) panel, more particularly a technique for compensating for and removing an inter-channel offset voltage of a column driver, which causes the vertical stripe artifacts, is disclosed. An offset voltage generated in each channel for driving each... Agent: Jagtiani + Guttag

20080252505 - Read and write interface communications protocol for digital-to-analog signal converter with non-volatile memory: A mixed signal device, e.g., digital-to-analog converter (DAC) device has a serial interface communication protocol that accesses volatile and/or nonvolatile memory and allows a preprogrammed output voltage whenever the mixed signal device is powered-up. However, unlike conventional DAC devices, DAC devices with non-volatile memory may need special interface communication protocols... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P. Attention Of: Paul N. Katz

20080252507 - Integrating analog to digital converter: An integrating analog to digital converter (ADC) is disclosed that comprises a Delay Locked Loop (DLL) (2, 50) which is synchronized to a reference clock signal (12). A rising edge of a clock signal therefore propagates through the DLL once each clock cycle. In use, the integrating ADC converts an... Agent: Nxp, B.v. Nxp Intellectual Property Department

20080252506 - Power-to-digital converter: A power-to-digital converter (PDC) converting a signal power to digital code. The PDC comprises a power detector, an analog-to-digital converter (ADC), and a timing and logic control circuit. The power detector receives the signal power and generates a DC output and a first determined number of bits. The ADC is... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20080252508 - Data readout system having non-uniform adc resolution and method thereof: A data readout system with non-uniform resolution has a pick up head for reading data stored in an optical disc and generating an analog signal, a reference voltage unit for producing a plurality of reference voltage levels, wherein voltage differences between two adjacent reference voltage levels are not all the... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20080252509 - Remote control signal generation device and remote control system: A remote control signal generation device for converting a primary remote control signal compliant to one code system according to a predetermined remote controller into a secondary remote control signal compliant to another code system and outputting the secondary remote control signal, includes an exterior member having shape and size... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080252510 - Method and apparatus for encoding/decoding multi-channel audio signal: Methods of encoding and decoding a multi-channel audio signal and apparatuses for encoding and decoding a multi-channel audio signal are provided. The apparatus for decoding a multi-channel audio signal includes an unpacking extracting which extracts a pilot and data regarding a quantized CLD between a pair of channels of the... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20080246634 - Key press registration in an electronic device with moveable housings: A method for key press registration in an electronic device uses a first key press debounce limit (233) if a first housing of the electronic device has not moved relative to a second housing of the electronic device and a second key press debounce limit (236) if the first housing... Agent: Motorola Inc

20080246635 - Handheld electronic device and keypad having tactile features: An improved handheld electronic device and keypad include tactile features that help a user to identify certain keys of the keypad In the present exemplary embodiment, the keypad includes keys in a predetermined region that can be employed during a telephone operation. The keypad additionally includes other keys outside the... Agent: Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott

20080246637 - Cabac decoding method: A decoding method of CABAC is proposed. A CABAC decoder comprises an arithmetic engine performing two arithmetic decodings for a coefficient or reading contexts at the same time in a clock cycle. The arithmetic decoding for a coefficient comprises the steps of: (1) providing a residual block comprising Significant_flags, Last_significant_flags,... Agent: Wpat, PC Intellectual Property Attorneys

20080246636 - Optimized decompression using annotated back buffer: A system and method for decompression optimization employing a data input and a dedicated back buffer and data parser. The system and method also relate to accelerating the parsing process during decompression of a block of data by taking advantage of those naturally occurring redundancies within the block of data... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20080246638 - Apparatus and method to encode binary data into trinary data: An apparatus and method are disclosed to encode binary data into trinary data. Applicants' method provides binary data, and encodes that binary data into trinary data. By “binary data,” Applicants mean a plurality of bits, wherein each of those bits comprises a value selected from the group consisting of a... Agent: Dale F. Regelman Quarles & Brady, LLP

20080246639 - Decoding apparatus and communications apparatus: A decoding apparatus includes a row processing unit 5 and a column processing unit 6 for performing a calculation and an update of probability information with row processing and column processing according to a Min-Sum algorithm on a received signal which is low-density parity-check coded in batches of 1 bit... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080246640 - Hardware-efficient reconstruction for periodic non-uniformly sampled signals: Method and apparatus for signal reconstruction enabling the sharing of analog-to-digital converter resources among signals. Embodiments include a signal reconstruction method that allows reconstruction of multiple non-uniformly sampled signals while avoiding unwanted side effects such as aliasing.... Agent: Courtney Staniford & Gregory LLP

20080246642 - Digital-to-analog signal converter, and digital-to-analog signal converting method: A digital-to-analog signal converter includes a digital-to-analog signal converting unit adapted for converting a digital video signal into a pair of analog differential current signals by current steering, and a driving unit coupled to the digital-to-analog signal converting unit for converting the analog differential current signals into a driving voltage... Agent: Gallagher & Lathrop, A Professional Corporation

20080246641 - Waveform generator and test apparatus: In the waveform generator 10, the clock generator 106 generates a clock signal 140. The frequency divider 112 divides the frequency of the clock signal 140 and generates the frequency-divided clock signal 144. The reader 118 provides an address signal at the period of frequency-divided clock signal 144 for the... Agent: Martine Penilla & Gencarella, LLP

20080246645 - Folding circuit: A switchable folding circuit for an analog-to-digital converter is provided. The switchable folding circuit comprises a plurality of circuit stages wherein each of the circuit stages comprises a differential pair, a current source and a switching unit. The differential pair is connected to the current source via the switching unit... Agent: Nxp, B.v. Nxp Intellectual Property Department

20080246644 - System having a signal converter: A system having a signal converter device, and a method for operating a system having a signal converter device is disclosed. One embodiment provides loading a capacitive device to a preparation voltage in a first operating phase, and loading the capacitive device to a measuring voltage in a second operating... Agent: Dicke, Billig & Czaja

20080246643 - Technique for efficient video re-sampling: Efficient re-sampling within a memory occurs by first generating an address request that contains a first portion that identifies a selected data string of interest, and a second portion that identifies a particular group of data values within the selected string. The first portion of the address request is applied... Agent: Joseph J. Laks Thomson Licensing LLC

20080246646 - Charge-domain pipelined analog-to-digital converter: An ADC implementation of a bucket brigade type charge transfer pipeline using Metal Oxide Semiconductor (MOS) Bucket Brigade Devices (BBDs) that can be used in Analog-to-Digital (A/D) converters and other applications. In one embodiment a control circuit provides independent control of charge storage and charge transfer timing. Other arrangements provide... Agent: Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.

20080238726 - Compressed standardized keyboard: A keyboard of reduced size is provided in which multiple characters are assigned to each of the primary keys. The selection of the characters to be assigned to each specific primary key is based on the touch typing rules associated with a specific standardized keyboard, preferably allowing at least three... Agent: VistaIPLaw Group LLP

20080238725 - Optical keypad for electronic device: Disclosed in a wearable electronic device including an optical keypad supported by a keypad housing. The optical keypad may include a plurality of keys disposed along the keypad housing, and a plurality of illumination sources and optical receivers with a corresponding illumination source and optical receiver for each of the... Agent: Motorola Inc

20080238727 - Electronic apparatus and key operation control method: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a key operation unit including a first region in which a first key group is arranged and a second region in which a second key group is arranged, a switch, and a key operation control unit which outputs, when a given key... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080238728 - Electronic apparatus and key pressing determination method: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a plurality of keys, a monitoring unit which repeatedly monitors states of the plurality of keys at a predetermined period, a setting unit which sets, as a reference value for determining presence/absence of pressing of each of the plurality of keys, the... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080238729 - Key operation device and mobile terminal device: Disclosed is a key operation device for detecting an open/close state of key switches using row and column signal lines. The key switches include: 1st to 4th key switches each corresponding to a key for inputting a direction; and ten-key switches correspond one-to-one to keys of a ten-key pad. The... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080238730 - Method and apparatus for generating low rate turbo codes: An approach is provided for encoding information bits to output a coded signal using turbo code encoding with a low code rate.... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

20080238731 - Method and apparatus for debinarization of digital video data during decoding: A debinarizer and a hardware-based method for debinarizing a binary bit stream into symbols comprising predefined binary sequences are disclosed in which predefined binary sequences and their corresponding symbols are represented as tree structures. A binary sequence is debinarized by traversing one of the tree structures to determine a corresponding... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20080238734 - Fast implementation of decoding function for variable length encoding: An embodiment of the present inventions is a method for encoding/decoding data of variable length format and is used to omit unnecessary pieces of data for the purpose of improving processing performance, reducing the size of data on communication paths and efficiently using limited physical memory. As examples of such... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP-ibm Yorktown

20080238735 - Fast implementation of decoding function for variable length encoding: An embodiment of the present inventions is a method for encoding/decoding data of variable length format and is used to omit unnecessary pieces of data for the purpose of improving processing performance, reducing the size of data on communication paths and efficiently using limited physical memory. As examples of such... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP-ibm Yorktown

20080238733 - Image decoding apparatus and decoding method: According to the present invention, there is provided an image decoding apparatus having: a table selection controller configured to output a syntax selection signal which selects one of a prefix level_prefix, a suffix level_suffix, and a TrailingOnes syntax; a variable-length code decoding device configured to receive a bit stream, the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080238732 - Method for changing a target array, a method for analyzing a structure, and an apparatus, a storage medium and a transmission medium therefor: By performing the prev(S) calculation for a character string S, if in the character string S a like variable is present upstream of a second variable, the second variable is changed to a numerical value that indicates the distance to the upstream like variable. But if in the character string... Agent: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.

20080238736 - Binary-to-bcd conversion: Disclosed herein are various embodiments of circuitry and methods to convert from a binary value to a BCD value.... Agent: Intel Corporation C/o Intellevate, LLC

20080238737 - Reference voltage shifting technique for optimizing snr performance in pipeline adcs with respect to input signal: An apparatus comprising a first circuit and a second circuit. The first circuit may be configured to generate a plurality of digital intermediate signals in response to an analog input signal, a first set of threshold and reference voltages and a second set of threshold and reference voltages, where the... Agent: Christopher P Maiorana, PC Lsi Corporation

20080238738 - Output data correction device for analog-to-digital conversion circuit and analog-to-digital converted output data correction method: An output data correction device is provided for an A/D conversion circuit that achieves high precision over input voltage domains. An estimated maximum input ranging from 0 V to 5 V is divided into domains. A comparison circuit decides to which of the domains a voltage Vin input to a... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20080238740 - Methods and systems for calibrating a pipelined analog-to-digital converter: A pipelined analog-to-digital converter includes a plurality of stages, each stage comprising an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) and a digital-to-analog converter (DAC). A method for increasing the accuracy of the pipelined ADC includes calibrating the ADC in each stage of the analog-to-digital converter by adjusting trip points of that ADC. Another... Agent: Steven L. Nichols Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20080238741 - Semiconductor integrated circuit capable of screening conforming digital-analog converters and analog-digital converters to be mounted by auto-correlation arithmetic operation: A semiconductor integrated circuit includes a test signal generating section which generates a test signal at the time of a test, a digital-analog converter which converts the test signal into an analog signal, an analog-digital converter which fetches a signal output from the digital-analog converter and converts the fetched signal... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080238739 - System and method for calibrating digital-to-analog convertors: A system and method for calibrating a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) is disclosed, the method comprises providing a plurality of spare bits to each of a group of DAC bits that are designated for calibration, calibrating a first DAC bit of the group of DAC bits using its corresponding plurality of... Agent: K & L Gates LLP

20080238742 - Removing malicious code in media: A method may include receiving untrusted digital media; converting the untrusted digital media into an analog signal; converting the analog signal into trusted digital media; and storing the trusted digital media.... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group

20080238743 - Dither circuit and analog digital converter having dither circuit: According to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a dither circuit including a dither generating circuit generating a plurality of complementary signal pairs, and a dither input circuit generating a plurality of dither signals from the plurality of complementary signal pairs to add the generated dither signals... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080238744 - Digital-to-analog converter cell: A DAC cell comprising: two or more PMOS core devices coupled in series between a power supply and a steering node; a first core transistor coupled between the steering node and a complementary power supply line and controlled by a control signal; and a second core transistor coupled between the... Agent: K & L Gates LLP

20080238745 - Methods and apparatus for multiplexed signal sources using an analog-to-digital converter: A multiplexing circuit uses parallel-configured pairs of resistors and signal sources in a voltage divider network in such a way that a single analog-to-digital input can be used to specify the state of more than one signal source. One circuit includes a microprocessor having an analog-to-digital (ADC) input; a memory... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C.

20080238746 - System and method for common mode translation: System and method for common mode translation in continuous-time sigma-delta analog-to-digital converters. An embodiment includes a loop filter having an RC network coupled to a differential signal input, a Gm-C/Quantizer/DAC circuit (GQD) coupled to the loop filter, a common-mode level adjust circuit coupled to signal inputs of the GQD, and... Agent: Texas Instruments Incorporated

20080238747 - Sub-harmonic image mitigation in digital-to-analog conversion systems: A digital-to-analog conversion system comprises a digital input, a digital-to-analog converter and a modified digital signal generator. The digital-to-analog converter has a conversion frequency and is subject to a periodic error having a periodicity equal to that of an N-th sub-harmonic of the conversion frequency, where N is an integer.... Agent: Agilent Technologies Inc.

20080238748 - Cyclic digital to analog converter in pipeline structure: A cyclic digital to analog converter (CDAC) in a pipeline structure includes a first CDAC block and a second CDAC block. The first CDAC block receives a first digital signal and converts the first digital signal to a first analog value. The first CDAC block includes a charging capacitor for... Agent: Volentine & Whitt PLLC

20080238752 - Analog-to-digital (ad) converter and analog-to-digital conversion method: An AD converter that operates at high speed and precision of which is disclosed. The AD converter includes an analog-to-digital (AD) conversion part that samples an analog signal according to a sampling clock and converts it into a digital signal, a jitter measuring circuit that measures the jitter of the... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080238751 - Digital radio system and method of operation: A digital radio system comprises a mixer and an analog-to-digital converter communicative coupled to the mixer. The mixer generates an intermediate frequency signal based at least in part upon a radio frequency signal and a local oscillator signal, wherein the intermediate frequency signal comprises a signal of interest having a... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20080238750 - Intelligent power control peripheral: An intelligent power control peripheral (IPCP) may facilitate communications among individual peripherals independent from a digital processor. The IPCP is a “Meta-Peripheral” that may incorporate a configurable inter-peripheral module communications network with digital pulse width modulation (PWM) generators and timing logic therefore, at least one ADC, analog comparators and at... Agent: Attn: Paul N. Katz Baker Botts L.L.P.

20080238749 - Method of compressing waveform data with differential entropy based compression: Waveforms are digitally sampled and compressed for storage in memory. The compression of the data includes generating a truncated entropy encoding map and using the values within the map to obtain good compression. An encoder further sub-selects values to be encoded and values to remain unencoded to provide an overall... Agent: Medtronic, Inc.

20080238753 - Pipelined analog-to-digital converter having a power optimized programmable data rate: The present invention is related to a pipelined analog-to-digital converter (ADC) utilizing a power distribution scheme selectively delivering both constant and variable reference currents in selected proportions to a plurality of stages and operational transconductive amplifiers (OTAs). This permits the ADC to maintain an optimized speed over power consumption ratio... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner / Atmel

20080238754 - Time continuous pipeline analog-to-digital converter: A Sampled Pipeline Subranging Converter (SPSC) may include at least one stage—e.g. at least the input stage—operating in a time-continuous fashion. In the time continuous input stage, the analog input may be processed in two parallel paths. A lower path may comprise a track-and-hold (T/H) element, an Analog-to-Digital-Converter (ADC) and... Agent: Jeffrey C. Hood Meyertons Hood Kivlin Kowert & Goetzel PC

20080238756 - Radio control transmitter for models: A radio control transmitter for a model is disclosed wherein a control range is limited to not to exceed a maximum control range without using a mechanical means. In accordance with the transmitter, an added control range being a sum of two or more of the control ranges is calculated,... Agent: Edell, Shapiro & Finnan, LLC

20080238755 - Remote control with tv listing display: A device includes a keypad that further includes first keys related to selecting television channels associated with a set top box and a second key related to requesting a television listing. The device further includes an infra-red transceiver that transmits a request for television listing information to a set top... Agent: Verizon Patent Management Group