Communications: electrical inventions 12/06

20060290464 - Network communication and message protocol for a medical perfusion system: A network communication and messaging protocol for use in a medical perfusion system, provides the rules which govern how, among other things, information and data is conveyed between the various devices which are connect to the network. The rules define the different types of messages that are used in conveying... Agent: Terumo Cardiovascular Systerms Corporation Attn: Gael Diane Tisack

20060290465 - Remot control system for home appliance and method the same: A remote control system for home appliance includes: at least one home appliance installed at a place remote from a user's life space; a monitoring device connected to the home appliance wirelessly or via a cable to transmit/receive data to/from the home appliance; and a remote controller connected to the... Agent: Mckenna Long & Aldridge LLP

20060290466 - Electronic key system: An electronic key system which checks, using two-way communication, a key code stored in an electronic key against a key code stored in a lock device that locks an entrance to a predetermined space, and allows an unlocking operation of the lock device if the key code stored in the... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20060290468 - Vehicle anti-theft system incorporated with internal antennas: In a vehicle anti-theft system including an immobilizer system and a keyless entry system provided adjacent to a key cylinder, an immobilizer system antenna (5) is insert molded in an annular member (3) surrounding a key opening (2) of the key cylinder and a keyless entry system antenna (9) is... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20060290469 - Wireless communication device interconnectivity: A wireless communication device that is attached or included in an electronic object, such as a portable computer, having its own separate communication system. The separate communication system has an antenna for receiving and transmitting wireless communications, and is powered by a power supply included in the object. Since the... Agent: Christensen O'connor Johnson Kindness PLLC

20060290467 - System and method for using operator as a repeater: A moveable barrier operator that is used as a repeater includes a receiver device having an input, a transmitter device having an output, an apparatus responsive to predetermined signals received by the receiver for controlling the position of a barrier; and a controller. The controller is coupled to the receiver... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20060290470 - Enhanced valet function for automobiles: Methods and apparatus are provided for determining access to private stored in an automobile. The apparatus comprises a means for identifying user classification. The apparatus further comprises a means for selecting an information access state based on the user classification. The apparatus further comprises a means for restricting access to... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20060290472 - Adjusting data tag readers with feed-forward data: Adjusting a configurable parameter of a data tag reader responsive to data about a moving article to improve reading of a data tag on the article. A controller adjusts the data tag reader as a function of a value related to the data tag, data tag reader, or article. Adjusting... Agent: Senniger Powers (kcc)

20060290471 - System, article and method for tracking an inventory: The present invention pertains to a storage facility containing consumable items that updates an inventory when items are stored, removed and consumed. A product scanner and a computer installed in the facility use RFID technology to determine if an item has been consumed or removed from a locale. Items in... Agent: Plevy & Howard, P.C.

20060290473 - Id tags with frequency diversity: A system tracks assets using RFID tags. A plurality of RFID readers use different frequencies to read RFID tags. A plurality of assets each have a RFID tag coupled to them. The RFID tag changes a response frequency as a function of a next RFID reader scheduled to track the... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth, P.A.

20060290474 - Wireless communication device interconnectivity: A wireless communication device that is attached or included in an electronic object, such as a portable computer, having its own separate communication system. The separate communication system has an antenna for receiving and transmitting wireless communications, and is powered by a power supply included in the object. Since the... Agent: Christensen O'connor Johnson Kindness PLLC

20060290475 - Electronic devices and systems: A device having a switched impedance that can be switched between a first state and a second state wherein, in the first state, the device acts as a voltage multiplier and, in the second state, the device acts as a rectifier.... Agent: Jenkens & Gilchrist, A Professional Corporation

20060290476 - Improved coupling of communications signals to a power line: In one embodiment, a system for coupling communications signals onto a medium-voltage power line includes a metal oxide varistor, a disconnect device and a capacitor. The metal oxide varistor is electrically coupled to the medium voltage power line. The disconnect device includes a resistor in parallel with an air gap... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20060290477 - Point of sale display for doorbell: A doorbell having interchangeable chimes and interchangeable decorative covers is displayed for sale to the retail public such that a customer may easily choose a specific chime sound and combine it with a specific decorative cover enabling the customer to buy a doorbell meeting the customer's aesthetic requirement. The interchangeable... Agent: Botkin & Hall, LLP

20060290479 - Driver-assistance vehicle: Disclosed is a driver-assistance vehicle including one or more lighting members which are placed within peripheral vision of a driver and which are arranged on respective sides of the vehicle. Furthermore, the driver-assistance vehicle includes a vehicle behavior sensing unit for predicting or sensing a state of the vehicle, and... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP

20060290478 - Method and computer program product for monitoring integrity of railroad train: A method and computer program product are provided for monitoring integrity of a railroad train and determining passage of the train relative to a plurality of virtual blocks defined by wireless transmissions along a section of track over which the train travels. The virtual blocks provide safeguards for the travel... Agent: Beusse Wolter Sanks Mora & Maire, P. A.

20060290480 - Method and system for a mobile security network: A mobile security network includes a plurality of primary mobile nodes and at least one secondary mobile node dynamically assigned to be monitored by one of the plurality of primary mobile nodes. The plurality of primary mobile nodes communicate with each other to hand off responsibility for monitoring the at... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20060290481 - Speaker: A speaker may include a voice coil bobbin and a center pole. The voice coil bobbin may include a nonmetallic pipe body as a base of the voice coil bobbin, a first nonmagnetic and electric conductor film which is formed on an inner peripheral face of the pipe body, and... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20060290482 - Blind-spot detection system for vehicle: Disclosed is a BSD system for vehicle provided with a blind spot detection module which includes obstacle in blind spot detection means for detecting an obstacle existing in a blind spot around the rear side of a self vehicle and an obstacle indicator disposed on a side mirror of the... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20060290483 - Leonard lightup lockin: A highly reflective device that integrates with automobile seatbelt safety systems. The advantages are that it shows that the driver and passenger(s) are wearing their seatbelts. However, it also makes wearing the seatbelt fashionable without altering the effectiveness of the seatbelt's safety.... Agent: Roy L. Leonard Jr.

20060290484 - Method and system for locating tires using rfid: A method and system for locating tires is disclosed. According to the invention, an RFID reader antenna is positioned at a predetermined location such that the distances between the reader antenna and the tires are different. Each tire embeds at least one RFID tag. The distance between the reader antenna... Agent: Ibm Corporation

20060290485 - Tire pressure monitoring system with reliable wireless communication between wheel-based transceivers and vehicle body-based transceiver: According to the present invention, there is provided a tire pressure monitoring system that includes a first transceiver provided on a body of a vehicle and a second transceiver provided on a wheel of the vehicle. The first transceiver transmits a request signal conveying first information. The second transceiver receives... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20060290486 - Vehicular display device: A center panel is closer to a viewer in the viewing direction than a speedometer A is and overlapped with the speedometer. The center panel includes an attachment portion extending from a rear side of the center panel towards a dial plate of the speedometer. The center panel is fixed... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20060290487 - Environmental equipment alarm circuit verification system and method: A system is provided for verifying operation of a plurality of alarm systems in a plurality of environmental equipment systems that comprises a plurality of first communication nodes and a plurality of second communication nodes. Each second communication node is typically mounted within a yard to about six hundred yards... Agent: C. James Bushman

20060290488 - Coding module and sensing meter and system therefor: A coding module, a sensing meter and a sensing system are provided in the present application. The coding module is used to define a code for ciphering a parameter value employed in controlling an operation of the sensing meter. The code is exhibited by an electrical component having a determined... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20060290489 - System and method for securely operating a barrier actuating device: A barrier actuating device is placed in close proximity to an authorization device. Electromagnetic enabling information that has been automatically sent from the authorization device is detected. Responsive to the detecting of the electromagnetic enabling information, an operation of the barrier actuating device is enabled so that the actuating device... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20060290490 - System and method of providing emergency response to a user carrying a user device: The subject invention provides a system and method of providing emergency response to a user carrying a user device (32). The method establishes a monitoring database (34) including identifications for a plurality of user devices (32) and user information associated with each of the user devices (32). An internet protocol... Agent: Howard & Howard Attorneys, P.C.

20060290491 - Intelligent container: A system for remotely identifying, tracking, and monitoring transported goods includes a sensing and communications device (14) embedded in a shipping container (2). The sensing and communications device (14) includes onboard sensors (58,60,62) and wirelessly communicates with external sensors (24,26) to receive environmental and structural condition data. The device (14)... Agent: Hovey Williams LLP

20060290492 - Gun case with alarm: An arrangement and method for storing a hand gun or rifle in which a hand gun receiving gun case is attached to a fixed structure and an audio alarm is activated whenever a lid for the gun case is opened. A concealed shut off lever allows the alarm to be... Agent: John R. Benefiel

20060290493 - Article management device, article management system, article management method, and rfid-tag producing apparatus: An article management device for management of a plurality of articles handled as a set consisting of a main article and accessory article, by using a first RFID tag attached to the main article and second RFID tag attached to the at least one accessory article, the article management device... Agent: Baker Botts LLP C/o Intellectual Property Department

20060290494 - System and method for detecting an object on a cart: A system and method for detecting an object on a cart, including a support structure, a cart detector and an object detector provided to the support structure and an alert device. The cart detector including a first sensor and a second sensor that are positioned to detect predetermined cart portions... Agent: Bereskin And Parr

20060290495 - Method for registration of security coding: A process for registration of a good having a unique code capable of identifying that good by providing a point of purchase registration system consisting of: checking the unique code with a manufacture to verify that it is correct; registering the unique code with a national security agency on a... Agent: Hammer & Hanf, PC

20060290501 - Apparatus and method to electromagnetically shield portable consumer devices: An apparatus and method is provided to shield contactless portable electronic consumer devices such as radio frequency identification devices (RFID), tokens, mini-cards, key fobs, cellular phones, smartcards, etc. from wireless interrogation. In one embodiment, a contactless portable consumer device which includes a first antenna is shielded from unauthorized wireless interrogation... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20060290503 - Communication apparatus for vehicle: A communication apparatus for a vehicle can achieve an inexpensive technique for determining whether a portable unit exists inside or outside the vehicle without depending upon LF band radio waves through contactless communication using high frequency band radio waves by separating a reader function of a reader/writer into the portable... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20060290496 - Diagnostic radio frequency identification sensors and applications thereof: An integrated passive wireless chip diagnostic sensor system is described that can be interrogated remotely with a wireless device such as a modified cell phone incorporating multi-protocol RFID reader capabilities (such as the emerging Gen-2 standard) or Bluetooth, providing universal easy to use, low cost and immediate quantitative analyses, geolocation... Agent: Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20060290497 - Fastener and securement subject having the fastener secured thereto: A fastener tape 4 is woven or knitted by using weaving yarns or knitting yarns having an electrically conductive fiber material 12, and the electrically conductive fiber material 12 is formed on the fastener tape 4 as a signal line 23 or an antenna line 21. When a fixing device... Agent: Everest Intellectual Property Law Group

20060290498 - Incorporation of rfid devices into labels: A label of the type bearing an RFID device, and removably attached to a backing liner. A cavity is formed in the label, the liner, or both. The RFID device is positioned in the cavity. If the RFID device were not placed into the cavity, but merely laminated between the... Agent: Douglas S. Foote Ncr Corporation

20060290507 - Linear motion device with an rfid tag: A linear motion device has a rod, a traveler which is movably supported with at least one roller body circuit, the traveler including an electrically conductive carrier body; roller bodies braced on the electrically conductive carrier body in a load-transmitting fashion; and at least one electrically non conductive guidance component... Agent: Striker, Striker & Stenby

20060290499 - Position indicating system: A position indicating system includes: a position indicating device, a first reference device, and a second reference device. The position indicating device includes: a first position indicating module for outputting a first signal; a second position indicating module for outputting a second signal; and a selecting module coupled to the... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20060290508 - Reader, tags, radio frequency identification (rfid) system, and method thereof: A reader, tags, an RFID system, and a method of simultaneously identifying a plurality of tags having colliding reply signals and reducing the reading time. In the RFID system including a reader and plural tags assigned unique IDs, the reader stores a comparison code which identifies ID codes generated based... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20060290506 - Real-time system for monitoring theft protection: A system comprising at least one theft security system (2) comprising at least one transceiver device (4, 6), set up adjacent at least one passage, for detecting antitheft labels that pass the passage (8, 10), characterized in that each theft security system (2) and/or each transceiver device (4, 6) is... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20060290504 - Rf tags affixed in manufactured elements: A system for tracking elements employing fixed tags that are permanently attached to elements. The tags include radio-frequency (RF) communication units that are adapted for wireless communication with RF communicators. The RF tags are permanently affixed to elements as part of the manufacturing of products such as cell phones, PDA's,... Agent: David E. Lovejoy, Reg. No. 22,748

20060290505 - Rfid tire label: A smart RFID tire label in which the RFID antenna base film is the label face sheet. The antenna pattern, chip and pressure sensitive adhesive are on one side of the base film. This side is applied against the tire surface. The antenna base film acts as the durable label... Agent: Orum & Roth LLC Ste 1616

20060290502 - Selective de-activation of rfids: An approach to disabling an RFID. The operative range of an RFID is determined in part by the matching between the wavelength of the radiation used to communicate, and the length of the antenna used. Under the invention, the length of the antenna is changed, to reduce the operative range.... Agent: Douglas S. Foote Ncr Corporation

20060290500 - System and method for managing data on an rfid tag associated with a product: The invention relates to a method and system for tracking repairs or servicing of various products/devices at a service center using Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags that are attached to the product upon receipt at the service center and that remain on the product for use in subsequent repairs and... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20060290509 - Rfid security device for optical disc: An optical disc has a security feature in the form of an RFID tag that communicates with a voltage controlled optical modifier layer in the optical disc. In the presence of an interrogation signal, the RFID tag allows the optical disc to be used normally by outputting a voltage to... Agent: Christensen O'connor Johnson Kindness PLLC

20060290510 - Rfid security device for optical disc: An optical disc has a security feature in the form of an RFID tag that communicates with a voltage controlled optical modifier layer in the optical disc. In the presence of an interrogation signal, the RFID tag allows the optical disc to be used normally by outputting a voltage to... Agent: Christensen O'connor Johnson Kindness PLLC

20060290514 - Method for manufacturing radio frequency ic tag and antenna: A wireless IC tag includes an IC chip with a response circuit for receiving a signal sent from an interrogator and transmitting a response signal in response to the received signal, a rectangular antenna connected to the response circuit, a first protective material hard in nature for covering the IC... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20060290512 - Methods and apparatus for rfid transponder fabrication: Methods and apparatus for fabricating radio-frequency identification (RFID) transponders are provided. The apparatus radio-frequency identification (RFID) transponder includes a container substrate, an interposer that includes an interposer substrate, at least one electrically conductive lead coupled to the interposer substrate, and a radio frequency identification circuit electrically coupled to the at... Agent: Patrick W. Rasche Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20060290511 - Methods and systems for in-line rfid transponder assembly: Methods and apparatus for manufacturing corrugated paperboard are provided. The apparatus includes a linerboard feed device configured to supply a quantity of linerboard including a plurality of antennae coupled to a first planar surface of the linerboard, an optical sensor configured to locate a connection area of the plurality of... Agent: Patrick W. Rasche Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20060290513 - Methods and systems for in-line rfid transponder assembly: Methods and apparatus for manufacturing a radio frequency identification (RFID) enabled corrugated paperboard are provided. The apparatus includes a corrugated paperboard feed device configured to supply a quantity of corrugated paperboard, an antenna attach device configured to couple an antenna to the corrugated paperboard, a curing device configured to provide... Agent: Patrick W. Rasche Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20060290515 - Fastening means for a patient monitor: A fastening means for a patient monitor, comprising a clamp member to be fastened to a supporting structure, a base member for supporting the patient monitor, the clamp member comprising two legs with free ends and a slot between the two legs, and a tightening means between the two legs... Agent: General Electric Co. Global Patent Operation

20060290517 - Disposable absorbent article system employing sensor for detecting non-nutritive sucking events: Disclosed is a system, method, and device for detecting non-nutritive sucking events produced by an infant; patterns comprising such events (i.e., rhythmic sucking patterns, or RSPs); and relating said events and/or RSPs to performance of a disposable absorbent article worn by the infant. The frequency and/or amplitude and/or other characteristics... Agent: Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc.

20060290516 - Distress signaling system, a body area network for anabling a distress signaling, method for signaling a condition of a distress and a vehicle arranged witha distress signaling system: The invention relates to a distress signaling system, a body area network for enabling a distress signaling, a method for signaling a condition of a distress and a vehicle arranged with the distress signaling system. The distress signaling system 10 according to the invention comprises monitoring means 11 arranged in... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20060290518 - Safety system for a compartment of a vehicle: A safety system for a compartment of a vehicle includes an occupant sensor for sensing an occupant within the compartment of the vehicle, a vehicle-based control, and a wireless transmitter of the vehicle. The control is responsive to the occupant sensor. The control controls transmission by the wireless transmitter. The... Agent: Van Dyke, Gardner, Linn And Burkhart, LLP

20060290519 - Two-way wireless monitoring system and method: A two-way wireless monitoring system tracks the location of badged users or objects within a facility, and accordingly provides a variety of services relevant to the badge location and ID. The system comprises a plurality of beacons bearing beacon IDs distributed throughout the facility, a portable badge having a badge... Agent: Teitelbaum & Maclean

20060290520 - System for mitigating drive distraction and/or drowsiness: A system for mitigating driver distraction and/or drowsiness for a vehicle having a steering wheel and windshield comprises an arm that is adapted for attachment to the vehicle so that the arm is juxtaposed an exterior surface of the windshield and so that it sweeps a portion of the exterior... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20060290521 - Device and method for detecting the environment change of windshield: A device and method for detecting environmental change of automobile windshield, the device comprises a plane capacitor which is disposed on the inner surface of the windshield, the two electrodes of said plane capacitor are disposed on the same plane, the total area of said two electrodes is less than... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20060290522 - Fire alarm device and method: A fire alarm device and method capable of informing people with visual and hearing difficulties of occurrence of fire. A fire detection means (1) detecting the occurrence of fire is connected to an emission control means (4). A smell emitting means (9) activated by the emission control means 4 is... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20060290523 - System and device for object detection and identification using gamma, x-ray and/or neutron radiation: The invention belongs to systems of identification of remote objects by detecting gamma, X-ray and neutron radiations, particularly, to systems allowing to identify objects that are concealed or forbidden to transfer, for example, at customs, checkpoints etc. The task of the present invention is to create mobile and simultaneously high... Agent: Francis C Hand Carella Byrne Bain Gilfillan Cecchi Stewart & Olst

20060290524 - Device for establishing and/or monitoring a predetermined fill level in a container: A device for establishing and/or monitoring a predetermined fill level in a container is provided, to indicate the fill level in a container and exhibiting a best possible, optimum fit for an application, which device includes: a mechanical oscillatory structure placed at the height of the predetermined fill level, which... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20060290525 - Gas alert for medical gas system: A gas sensor module is coupled to a medical gas system in a healthcare facility to monitor gas type and/or gas flow. In some embodiments, the gas sensor module is coupled to a gas pipe of the medical gas system behind a wall, ceiling, floor, access panel, or the like... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20060290526 - Programmable wearable no-power display: A tag is provided for attachment to a garment. The tag includes a housing, image retaining material disposed within the housing, the image retaining material capable of displaying a first static image in the absence of an electric field and transforming the first static image to a second static image... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20060290527 - Chair mounted system for control based on use of chair: A chair based interface comprising a lower portion attachable to the base of a two part chair and an upper portion attachable to the shaft of a two part chair. A rocker arm connects the two portions and depresses an internal switch when pressure is placed on the chair. A... Agent: David H. Siegel

20060290528 - Bidirectional telemetry apparatus and methods for wellbore operations: A system and method for communicating data between a downhole tool and a surface controller is provided that comprises a rotating drill string extending in a borehole and having a downhole telemetry module disposed proximate a bottom end thereof and transmitting a first signal across a telemetry channel. A surface... Agent: Madan, Mossman & Sriram, P.C.

20060290529 - Apparatus and method for providing communication between a probe and a sensor: A wireless data communication system for a down hole environment. The system includes a housing containing a sensor, positioned within a tubular, for collecting information and processing the information, a modulator for modulating the information from the sensor into an analog signal, and a sensor antenna electrically connected to the... Agent: Perret Doise A Professional Law Corporation

20060290530 - Control unit with variable visual indicator: A system for controlling an apparatus (11, 21, 31), which system comprises a control unit (13, 23, 33) adapted to transfer control signals to the apparatus dependent on the control data. Said control unit comprises data input means (14, 24, 34, 44) to input said control data, and said apparatus... Agent: Boyle Fredrickson Newholm Stein & Gratz, S.c.

20060290531 - Aircraft terrain warning systems and methods: Methods and systems are disclosed for preventing aircraft collisions with forward looking terrain avoidance (FLTA) functionality based on a terrain avoidance profile used to evaluate potential terrain threats based on the projected flight path of an aircraft in flight, and a clear terrain profile to determine whether the terrain threat... Agent: Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P. Two Renaissance Squire

20060290532 - A method and a calculating unit for calculation of a recovery flight path: The invention relates to a method for calculating a flight path avoiding a collision with the ground when an aircraft dives towards the ground. The method comprises receiving signals comprising information of a dive angle of the aircraft in relation to the imaginary ground plane, and a present roll angle... Agent: Albihns Stockholm Ab

20060290533 - Response systems and methods for notification systems for modifying future notifications: Response systems and methods are disclosed for communications in connection with a computer-based notification system and a personal communications device (e.g., telephone, pager, computer, PDA, etc.) associated with a party. One such representative response method, among others, can be summarized by the following steps: initiating a notification communication to a... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20060284724 - Device for receiving signals for controlling a function in a vehicle: The invention relates to a device (1) for receiving signals for controlling a function in a vehicle, particularly for actuating the central locking of the vehicle, comprising an antenna (2), which receives the signals, and comprising an evaluation unit (5), which is connected down therefrom and which evaluates the received... Agent: The Firm Of Karl F Ross

20060284725 - Antenna array calibration for wireless communication systems: Calibration for a transmit chain of a device transmitting information to multiple devices over wireless links and receive chains of the multiple devices receiving information over one of the wireless links utilizing a plurality of forward link channel estimates received from at least some of the plurality of devices and... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20060284726 - System comprising a plurality of devices that can be addressed by radiofrequency, and method for addressing by activation of a transparent mode: Each device (1a, 1b, 1c) comprises a processing circuit connected to a first antenna (4), designed to be coupled to an external antenna (3, 5), and a second antenna (5) designed to be coupled to an antenna (4) of a higher-ranking device (1). The system comprises a reading unit and... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20060284727 - Method and system with functionality for finding range between an electronic tag reader and tag: In an embodiment there is an electronic tag having an encoded bit data pattern in a portion of a data field from the tag resulting in a modulated backscatter signal from the tag when the tag responds to a read command from an interrogator. In an embodiment there is a... Agent: Psc Scanning, Inc. - Stoel Rives LLP C/o Stoel Rives LLP

20060284728 - Pulse width modulation data transfer over commercial and residential power lines method, transmitter and receiver apparatus: A method and apparatus for data transfer over existing or newly installed residential or commercial power lines is comprised of a transmitter and receiver unidirectionally communicating by phase cutting a portion of the received carrier voltage supply so as to receive a digital signal of low bandwidth. The resulting communication... Agent: Mcnichols Randick O'dea & Tooliatos, LLP

20060284729 - Pro monitoring: I Derwand Shorter declare that I'm the inventor of the very first security system for trucks and trailers, (18-wheeler.) I'm a truck driver of 8 years, and my father is a driver of 30 years, therefore, due to our experience with 18-wheelers, neither of us has ever seen or head... Agent: Derwand Shorter

20060284730 - Medical device: A medical device includes a medical instrument with a transponder detachably fixed to the medical device. The transponder serves as a data medium about specific information of the medical instrument. The medical device further includes a data exchange mechanism for exchanging data with the transponder. When a medical treatment is... Agent: Mccormick, Paulding & Huber LLP

20060284731 - Passenger detection system: A passenger detection system has an antenna electrode and a guard electrode mounted to a seat bottom of a seat of a vehicle. The passenger detection system further has a power source means for detecting a presence of a passenger on the seat. The power source means applies electric power... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20060284732 - Heart monitor with remote alarm capability: A mobile phone (108) is configured as an adjunct to a medical monitoring device (100) to make an emergency phone call (228) to a predetermined, trusted care-giver or -overseer (120) when an abnormal medical condition is detected by the device (204). The phone and the device preferably communicate wirelessly with... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20060284733 - Initiation of differential link retraining upon temperature excursion: A method includes detecting a change in temperature in an integrated circuit that is coupled to a differential communication link, and responding to the detected change in temperature by initiating a retraining process for the differential communication link.... Agent: Buckley, Maschoff, Talwalkar LLC

20060284734 - Remote control lighting control system: A two-way radio frequency lighting control system comprises a master control including a plurality of manual actuators, and a plurality of dimmers, in which the number of dimmers does not exceed the number of manual actuators. After the lighting control system is installed in an intended end user location, and... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20060284735 - Data presentation systems and methods: A remote control comprises a receiver operable to receive a data set, a presentation device coupled to the receiver and operable to present information derived from the data set, and a transmitter coupled to the presentation device and operable to transmit a signal operable to control an electronic device.... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20060284736 - Light-emitting diode assembly for use in heads-up display systems of propeller-driven aircraft: Described is a heads-up display system for an aircraft having a rotating propeller assembly. The heads-up display system includes an electrical interconnection sheet and a plurality of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) electrically connected to the electrical interconnection sheet. The heads-up display also includes means for securing the electrical interconnection sheet onto... Agent: Guerin & Rodriguez, LLP

20060284737 - Device to determine the position of an immobile object: A device to determine the position of a mobile object with respect to an immobile object, wherein it comprises means to emit a beam of infrared light fixed on the mobile object to illuminate at least partially the immobile object, means to receive the reflected beam fixed onto the mobile... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20060284739 - Apparatus and method for automatically detecting movement paths: A method of generating maps, which includes generating a first map corresponding to a first code, and generating a second map including a starting point and an ending point including a plurality of second codes representing links from the starting point to the ending point. Further, when one of the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20060284738 - Information updating device, its method, its program and storing medium storing the program: A processor (150) of a map information generating device (100) acquires annotation data for displaying a location adjusting annotation about, for instance, a feature that is newly built and set a locatable position of a location-adjusting-annotation character string of the location adjusting annotation at a position substantially corresponding to a... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20060279398 - Can controller system: A Controller Area Network (CAN) controller for a plurality of electronic devices electrically connected to form a control circuit in a CAN system, includes a controller and a circuit configuring device. The controller is electrically connected with the electronic devices to form two circuit terminals of the control circuit. The... Agent: Raymond Y. Chan

20060279399 - Remote control automatic appliance activation: A programmable remote control automatically learns characteristics necessary to generate an appliance activation signal. A sensor is positioned proximate to the appliance. A sequence of different activation signals is transmitted. A determination as to which signal activated the appliance is made based on a received sensor signal. Data representing the... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C. / Lear Corporation

20060279400 - Depository system: An automated depository system having a sobriety detection mechanism and a storage unit for storing a deposited article in which the storage unit selectively releases the stored article based on measurements taken by the sobriety detection mechanism. In one arrangement, the sobriety detection mechanism can produce a blood alcohol content... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20060279401 - Smart entry system for vehicle: Even if there is the ID verification confirmation of the ID signal that is transmitted in response to the request signal of the vehicle-inside transmitting antenna at the lock of the doors, the disablement of the ID code of the transmitter located inside the vehicle that has been registered at... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20060279402 - Smart entry system for vehicle: In a lock-out prevention control, in which when a portable device is locked out in a trunk room, an alarm is conducted and a latch of a trunk latch mechanism is controlled to its unlatch state without ID verification with a portable device, in the case where an operation of... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20060279403 - Anti-theft securing method for hands-free vehicle access systems: An anti-theft securing method for a hands-free motor vehicle (V) access system including a central processing unit (4) installed in the vehicle and an associated remote control unit (B), the remote control unit including manually operated remote locking/unlocking devices (7, 8) and the central processing unit and the control unit... Agent: Young & Thompson

20060279404 - Distribution system and implement for subscribed and voiced publications: A method and system of distributing massive voiced publications to individual subscribers is described; The distribution system is constructed by: a transmission system including encoders, amplifiers, FM transmitters and other necessary equipments; some receiver devices; each receiver device has a unique identification number, a decoder and a saving unit that... Agent: Yi Wu

20060279405 - Wireless system for alerting hearing-impaired person: A wireless annunciator system useful in attracting the attention of a hearing deprived person within a dwelling, such as a person wearing headphones, includes a sending unit advantageously located on a ground floor living area of the dwelling and a receiving unit advantageously located in a room occupied by the... Agent: The Law Office Of Randall T. Erickson, P.C.

20060279407 - Phase shifters, interrogators, methods of shifting a phase angle of a signal, and methods of operating an interrogator: The present invention includes phase shifters, interrogators, methods of shifting a phase angle of a signal, and methods of operating an interrogator. One aspect of the present invention provides a phase shifter including a first power divider configured to receive a signal and provide plural quadrature components of the signal;... Agent: Wells St. John P.s.

20060279406 - Synchronization and adaptive timing method for multiple rfid reader system: In a system comprising multiple electronic (radio frequency) identification interrogator devices, which are used to activate and to receive identification code information from one or more passive transponder devices, activation signals are synchronized and adaptively timed by a master interrogator. The master interrogator generates a synchronization signal containing frequency, phase,... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20060279409 - Channel selection method for reading tag information, tag selection apparatus of radio frequency identification (rfid) reader, and rfid reader: A channel selection method for reading tag information, a channel selection apparatus of an RFID reader applying the same, and an RFID reader. A channel selection apparatus of a radio frequency identification (RFID) reader equipped within a wireless communication portable terminal, includes a channel selection unit which selects a channel... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20060279408 - Enhanced identification system: A method and an identification system used for communicating between a reader and a plurality of transponders are disclosed. The reader has a transmitter for transmitting a signal and each transponder includes a receiver for receiving the reader signal and a transmitter for generating a transponder signal. When the reader... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20060279411 - Signal recognition for combined receiver for remote keyless entry and tire pressure monitoring systems: A receiver is utilized to receive signals from various systems within a vehicle such as tire pressure monitoring system (TPM) and a remote keyless entry system (RKE). During the on time, the receiver sequentially is open to receive a first signal with a first baud rate. If the signal of... Agent: Siemens Corporation Intellectual Property Department

20060279413 - Radio frequency identification device: An RFID device comprises an RFID module operable to communicate with an RFID tag, and an interface circuitry coupled to the RFID module operable to enable data communications between the RFID module and a mobile device.... Agent: Haynes And Boone, LLP

20060279412 - System for using rfid tags as data storage devices: The invention provides systems and methods for using radio frequency (RF) transponders interrogators for storing and retrieving data files. In one embodiment, the RF interrogator comprises a microcontroller module that retrieves a data file from a buffer memory space and breaks up the data file into multiple data packets, each... Agent: Brian M Berliner, Esq O'melveny & Myers, LLP

20060279410 - Method for information display, mobile information apparatus, and contactless communication device: A mobile information apparatus 10 acquires the display information which is stored in the display area 72, which is secured for using at the time of displaying on the display section by the mobile information apparatus 10, in the storage section 34 of the contactless communication device 30. In this... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20060279414 - Comparing counter contents for timing critical applications: An electrical circuit and method to compare contents of counter circuits. The electrical circuit comprises a first counter circuit and a second counter circuit electrically connected to a flip-flop circuit through a logic circuit. The first counter circuit is for receiving a first enable signal INC_A and generating a first... Agent: Schmeiser, Olsen & Watts

20060279415 - Wait staff signaling apparatus: A wait staff signaling apparatus and method used to summon wait staff to a restaurant table includes a housing having a plurality of signaling indicators wherein the indicators illuminate by means of a light source driven by a battery and function module when activated by a patron at the table... Agent: Gary Hoenig Hoenig & Associates

20060279416 - Tire air pressure receiving apparatus and tire air pressure monitoring system using the same: A tire air pressure monitoring system is provided with a tire air pressure receiving apparatus, which has an ID reader attached to a rear portion of a tractor head of a vehicle. The ID reader requires by radio a transponder of the tire air pressure monitoring system to send wheel... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20060279417 - Safety device: A safety device includes a safety module (11), a data bus (12) and one or several transmitters (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20). The safety module transmits a pulse train (one dynamic signal) over the bus (12) constituting a loop, whereby the pulse train is connected to each of the... Agent: Young & Thompson

20060279418 - Enhanced alarm monitoring using a sound monitoring screen saver: Alarm monitors comprising conventional personal computers respond automatically to an identified alarm sound by sending a notification signal via the Internet only when a special sound monitoring program is active.... Agent: Barbara Krebs Yuill

20060279419 - Sound monitoring screen savers for enhanced fire, safety, security and health monitoring: Method, system and device useful with conventional personal computers respond automatically to an identified alarm sound by sending a notification signal via the Internet only when a special sound monitoring program is active.... Agent: Barbara Krebs Yuill

20060279420 - Token with an electronic identifier: A token includes a flat body made of a plastic material. The flat body has at least two parallel faces and a cavity which opens to at least one of the at least two parallel faces. The cavity receives an electronic identification device. At least one plug made of a... Agent: Hershkovitz & Associates

20060279421 - Tracking system and method: A tracking system for monitoring cleaning frequency has a home unit mounted where a broom or other cleaning device is stored, at least one track recording device mounted on any normal cleaning or sweeping device, a series of beacons which comprise infra red or radio frequency emitters located throughout an... Agent: Nydegger & Associates

20060279422 - Method and system for airport security: A method and system for airport or other building security where passengers or persons entering a building approach a check-in point or check-in counter and must undergo a positive identification (ID) by fingerprint scan, retinal or iris scan, face feature scan, or an other means of positive identification. A digital... Agent: Clifford Kraft

20060279423 - Stand alone surveillance system: A surveillance system provides a plurality of monitoring units placed in remote locations without access to electrical power. Each monitoring unit includes a self-powering source including at least one of batteries, solar cells, a hydroelectric generator, a wind generator and a hydrogen fuel cell. The power source provides power to... Agent: Duane Morris, LLPIPDepartment

20060279424 - Transport refrigeration door status sensing device: A door status sensing device for a transport container including a door. The door status sensing device includes an emitter attached to the container that transmits a first wireless signal in a first direction toward the door. A reflector attaches to the door and is aligned with the emitter to... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich, LLP

20060279425 - Wave antenna wireless communication device and method: A wireless communication device coupled to a wave antenna that provides greater increased durability and impedance matching. The wave antenna is a conductor that is curved in alternating sections. The wireless communication device is coupled to the wave antenna to provide wireless communication. The wireless communication device and wave antenna... Agent: Christensen O'connor Johnson Kindness PLLC

20060279426 - Procedure and system for detecting a person's fall: A person under supervision wears a sensor consisting of at least one accelerometer (31) and a magnetometer (41), oriented in his vertical direction. A fall event is picked up when a significant and rapid oscillation of the acceleration signal coincides with a shift in the ambient magnetic field between two... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20060279427 - Location detection system for a patient handling device: Location detection systems are provided for determining the location of patient handling devices in a healthcare facility. In one embodiment, the location detection system comprises a locator fixed in each zone of each room in the facility. The locator includes at least one infrared transmitter for transmitting a unique location... Agent: Howard & Howard Attorneys, P.C.

20060279428 - Condition-analyzing device: A condition analysis apparatus capable of grasping the condition of an object easily and accurately is provided. The condition analysis apparatus 1 includes a three-dimensional sensor 10 for measuring sampling-point-moves in the height direction of an object 2 existing in a target area at a plurality of sampling points, and... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20060279429 - System using electronic device and commercial exhibition support method: The present invention is relative to an electronic apparatus system including one or more electronic apparatus and an inputting device. A preset sequence of operations, pertaining to the mode of commercial demonstration, is carried out on the electronic apparatus (20), in response only to a preset command transmitted by the... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20060279430 - Remote controller and remote control method: A remote controller with a plurality of keys arranged, which remotely controls, upon manipulations of the keys, control-target equipment by transmitting a remote control signal allocated to each of the keys. The remote controller includes a storing section which stores information of a plurality pieces of control-target equipment; an equipment... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20060279431 - Data collection system and interface: A data collection system is formed from an analyte detection meter and a base station. The meter and the base station are operatively connected to one another to transfer data from the meter. The base station is able to communicate transferred data to a data receiving server, and the transfer... Agent: Marina Larson & Associates, LLC

20060279432 - Information generating device, information generating method, information generating program and storing medium storing the program: The processor 150 of the map information generating device 100 sets the final locatable position of the annotation character string of the road number in the scales 1, 2, 3 and 4 at a position so as to be aligned with the commonly-numbered link recognized to have a common road... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20060273879 - Method and device for securing a vehicle against theft: The invention relates to a method and a device for securing a vehicle against theft. According to the invention, at least one essential operating element (2) of the vehicle can be switched between three operating states A, B and C. An external authorisation device (3) switches the operating element into... Agent: Notaro And Michalos

20060273878 - System, method and device for providing communication between a vehicle and a plurality of wireless devices having different communication standards: A system for providing communication between a vehicle having a plurality of applications (204, 206, 208; 304, 306, 308) and a plurality of wireless devices operating via a plurality of communication standards includes a receiver (218; 318) and a wireless data transfer module (202; 302). The receiver is configured to... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20060273880 - Biological authentication system: Herein disclosed is a biometric identity verification apparatus, comprising: imaging means (10) for taking an image indicative of a person sitting on a specific seat of an automotive vehicle; biometric identity information obtaining means (11) for obtaining biometric identity information of the person sitting on the specific seat from the... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20060273881 - Identification anti-collision method and radio frequency identification system using the same: An anti-collision method is provided for a radio frequency identification (RFID) system including a reader, and two or more tags each having an ID. The anti-collision method includes transmitting an ID request value from the reader to the respective tags, the ID request value containing one or more of the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20060273882 - Rfid tag with separate transmit and receive clocks and related method: An RFID tag includes separate transmit and receive clocks. In at least one embodiment, the transmit clock frequency is adjusted based on an amount of power available to transmit a response signal to a reader.... Agent: The Law Offices Of John C. Scott, LLC C/o Intellevele

20060273883 - System and method of reading from and/or writing to an rf transponder: At least one identification (ID) number is used to effectuate communication between a radio frequency (RF) number and a radio frequency identification (RFID) base station. In accordance with a first embodiment of the present invention, at least a `first ID number and a second ID number are stored on an... Agent: Brian M Berliner, Esq O'melveny & Myers, LLP

20060273884 - Method and system for deploying disaster alerts in a mobile vehicle communication system: One aspect of the invention provides a method of deploying disaster alerts to a mobile vehicle. The method includes determining disaster area coordinates of a disaster area and calculating buffer coordinates of a buffer region based on the disaster area coordinates. The method further describes a vehicle circle based on... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20060273885 - Security authorisation system: An authorisation system (30), for permitting apparatus such as a vehicle (10) or computer to function normally in the presence of a suitably authorised user (12) comprises complementary parts of wireless communication means (32), namely an apparatus-carried part 34 and a user-carried part 36. The parts communicate within a spatial... Agent: Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20060273886 - Electronic key apparatus for vehicle: An electronic key apparatus for vehicle includes a vehicle mounted device, and a portable device. The vehicle mounted device operates a controller upon authenticating an ID code of the portable device by communication with the portable device, and includes a first sending/receiving unit, a first memory that stores ID codes... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20060273887 - Radio communication system and radio communication device: A first radio communication device transmits a first radio signal; a second radio communication device receives the first radio signal; the second radio communication device measures the signal strength of the first radio signal; the second radio communication device transmits the second radio signal containing the signal strength measurement measured... Agent: Gregory A. Walters Fish & Richardson P.C.

20060273888 - Radio communication system and radio communication device: A radio communication system including a first radio communication device and a second radio communication device. The first radio communication device transmits a first radio signal. The second radio communication device receives the first radio signal. The second radio communication device measures the signal strength of the first radio signal.... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20060273889 - Device for monitoring and wirelessly indicating a pressure or a pressure change in pneumatic tires mounted on vehicles: A device for monitoring and wirelessly signaling a pressure, or a change in pressure, in pneumatic tires on vehicles having a pressure sensor for measuring the pressure or the change in pressure; a transmitter for transmitting a signal derived from the measuring signal of the pressure sensor; a control circuit... Agent: Orum & Roth

20060273890 - Tire pressure monitoring system: A tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS) (100) includes an inverted F-antenna (102), stem (106) and meandering radiator element (104). The TPMS's operating frequency is controlled by the electrical length of the meandering radiator element (104) without the use of matching circuitry.... Agent: Motorola, Inc Intellectual Property Section

20060273891 - Emergency stop signal device for motor vehicle: An emergency stop signaling device for vehicles is disclosed, including a deceleration sensor which produces deceleration values, an integrated circuit control circuit which receives the deceleration values and produces LED activation control signals. An LED array lights in response to the LED activation control signals from the Integrated Circuit control... Agent: Intellectual Property Law Offices

20060273892 - Alarm control apparatus: An alarm control apparatus which collects alarms from a plant and handles the alarms includes: a defining section for defining a conditioning process which is executed when performing a filtering process on the alarms; and a filtering section for performing the filtering process on the collected alarms in accordance with... Agent: Edwards & Angell, LLP

20060273893 - Locality based alert method and apparatus: Information about emergency situations is securely collected and processed by an agency, such as the local police force. When the information is approved for distribution as an emergency alert of a particular type, the alert is transmitted to a server. The server in turn facilitates the distribution of information widely... Agent: Bingham Mccutchen LLP

20060273894 - Emergency rescuer tracking system and method: By incorporating automatic location and identity sensor equipment in an emergency or rescue scenario to facilitate a centralized tracking operation, fire fighters, rescuers, urban combat, etc. operations can be coordinated with greater safety by enabling the tracking of individuals. Passive and active RFID devices incorporated into helmets, badges, or PDA's... Agent: Baker & Hostetler LLP

20060273895 - Portable communication device alerting apparatus: A portable communication device alerting apparatus includes visual and/or audible and/or tactile indicators of the occurrence of remotely located events which are recognized by detectors which transmit a signal to receivers in a communication device base station or directly to a communication device. The receivers recognize the specific detector output... Agent: Young & Basile, P.C.

20060273896 - System and method for variable threshold sensor: A sensor system that provides an adjustable threshold level for the sensed quantity is described. The adjustable threshold allows the sensor to adjust to ambient conditions, aging of components, and other operational variations while still providing a relatively sensitive detection capability for hazardous conditions. The adjustable threshold sensor can operate... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20060273897 - Dynamic software system for a security checkpoint: A method for analyzing an object passing through a security checkpoint. The method can include analyzing a mass distribution the object to create a reading, analyzing a movement the object to create a reading, and analyzing a volume of the object to create a reading. These readings are then compared... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.

20060273898 - Damage detecting apparatus: According to one aspect of this invention, a conductive pattern 50 of predetermined shape is formed by a conductive thin layer on the surface of a glass plate 47 of a window glass 45, and a detector 51 is connected to the split or cut positions of this conductive pattern... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20060273899 - Motion detecting system for alarm device: A motion detecting system is attachable to an object for enabling and disabling an alarm flow of electrical current from a power source for actuating an alarm device. The system has a back plate with a substantially flat surface and a magnet freely pivotally mounted thereupon for generating a pivoting... Agent: Franz Bonsang C/o Protections Equinox Int'l Inc.

20060273903 - Apparatus for identifying objects using radio frequency and apparatus and method for tracking position of object using the same: A radio frequency identification (RFID) tag based object position tracking apparatus and method are provided. The apparatus includes a position recognizer including at least one radio frequency identification unit for reading information data on an object through a sensor; and a path analyzing and processing unit for allocating each unique... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20060273900 - Low cost power amplifier linearization in an rfid radio transmit chain: A power amplification system within an RFID reader uses feedback to linearize a transfer function of the system. ASK modulation is used in the system. An envelope of an output signal of a non-linear power amplifier is fed back to an input where it is combined in an integrator with... Agent: The Law Offices Of John C. Scott, LLC C/o Intellevele

20060273906 - Method and system for setting parameters of a field station in a communications network: The subject of the present invention is a method for setting parameters of a field station (St) equipped with an antenna (An) for exchanging data in a contactless manner through RFID technology with electronic tags (Et1, Et2, EP), equipped with a signalling unit (1) and equipped with electronic circuits including... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20060273901 - Techniques for deactivating electronic article surveillance labels using energy recovery: A deactivator having a deactivation antenna coil and a capacitor to store energy. The deactivator converts the stored energy to an alternating current over a deactivation period to generate a deactivation magnetic field when driven through the deactivation antenna coil during the deactivation period. The alternating current defines a ring... Agent: Ip Legal Department Tyco Fire & Security Services

20060273902 - Techniques for detecting rfid tags in electronic article surveillance systems using frequency mixing: Disclosed are a system and method to detect RFID tags in electronic article surveillance systems using frequency mixing. The system includes an RFID module that includes an energy coupler to receive transmitted energy that includes a first signal at a first frequency and a second signal at a second frequency,... Agent: Ip Legal Department Tyco Fire & Security Services

20060273905 - Three-dimensional radio frequency identification tag and environment condition recognition system and method using tag: A three-dimensional (3D) radio frequency identification (RFID) tag and an environment condition recognition system and method using the 3D RFID tag are provided. The tag, system and method are capable of recognizing the orientation of a mounted object as well as its intrinsic characteristics and position, thus presenting a new... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20060273904 - Wireless response device, image forming apparatus, and equipment: A wireless response device comprises an antenna that receives a question signal, an identification signal generating unit that generates a response signal for a question signal received by the antenna, and that operates passively, and an impedance conversion unit provided between the antenna and the identification signal generating unit, whose... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20060273907 - Rfid-based system and toy: A system that includes a toy that includes a RFID reader capable of interacting with RFID tags and a communication interface for exchanging signals with a computerized entity; and a computer readable medium having stored thereon a set of instructions, the set of instructions, when executed by a processor, cause... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20060273908 - Method and apparatus for association of a radio frequency identification tag with digital data for distribution: A system for storing and retrieving data associated with an identification of a RFID device. The invention receives data and a list of RFIDs associated with data. The system then stores the data in a memory and stores a record of an association by the data and each RFID. When... Agent: Sierra Patent Group, Ltd.

20060273911 - Radio communication system, antenna device and sheet processing device: A radio communication system includes an antenna device, and transmits and receives data by radio to and from a radio communication medium. The antenna includes two transmission lines provided along the conveyance path, and generates a magnetic field between the transmission lines perpendicularly with respect to the surface of the... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20060273909 - Rfid-based toy and system: A system that includes a wireless transmitter and a RFID antenna array adapted to transmit information representative of RFID tags located within the RFID antenna array reception area. A toy that includes an RFID reader adapted to interact with RFID tags; and an interface for allowing the toy to exchange... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20060273910 - Techniques for radio frequency identification and electronic article surveillance receivers: A system, apparatus, and method to combine radio frequency identification and electronic article surveillance receivers into a single device are described. Other embodiments are described and claimed.... Agent: Ip Legal Department Tyco Fire & Security Services

20060273912 - Ic tag: The present invention provides IC tags which can not easily be broken nor give any hazard to human health, which enables minimization of aborted tags, shortening of time required for deletion of recorded data, minimization of sanitary and environmental problems, and reuse of tags to substantially reduce the cost for... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20060273913 - Device for measuring and monitoring the fractional load of orthopaedic and surgical patents: The invention relates to a device for measuring and motoring the fractional load of orthopaedic and surgical patients, comprising at least one measuring device for the direct and indirect determination of the weight load of a lower extremity, and additionally at least one alarm transmitter (17) which emits an alarm... Agent: Welsh & Katz, Ltd

20060273915 - Hand wash and sanitization monitoring system: A hand wash and sanitization monitoring system and method for tracking hand washing and sanitizing. A person must wash her hands according to predetermined hand wash and sanitization procedures as set forth by visual and audible prompts issued by a base unit in order to advance a wash and sanitization... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20060273914 - Person monitoring: A person monitoring system, such as a baby monitor a monitored unit including a microphone for transducing radiated sound waves and sound waves emanating from the person to a received audio signal and circuitry for removing from the received audio signal a portion of the received audio signal corresponding to... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20060273916 - Jewelry security device: A distress signal system for protecting a person. There is an aesthetic piece; an activation module coupled to the aesthetic piece, wherein the activation module emits an activation signal when exposed to a triggering phenomenon; a notification module in communication with the activation module, wherein the notification module produces an... Agent: Starkweather & Associates

20060273917 - Child occupancy detection system: The invention is directed to a system for detecting the presence of a child in a car, when the driver exits the vehicle. A sensor is connected to the seat belt of the baby's car seat or to the rear seat belts. Once the seat belt is inserted into the... Agent: Reed Smith LLP

20060273918 - System for providing multiple maintenance profiles using wireless communications: A wireless equipment management system is provided which creates multiple maintenance schedules that are independently driven based on monitored equipment information such as equipment usage hours and fault codes. The schedules are particularly useful in arranging maintenance of mobile equipment located in the field.... Agent: Qualcomm Incorporated

20060273919 - Warning indicator with liquid crystal lens: There is provided a warning indicator with a liquid crystal lens, suitable for warning indication in various types of instruments. It uses a liquid crystal lens to display an image in an appropriate scale on an indication panel. The warning indicator with a liquid crystal lens includes a light source... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20060273920 - Method and system for automatic patron queuing using radio frequency identification embedded personal communication devices: A data processing system for automatically queuing a patron. A patron registers for a queue at a merchant's place of business by using a Personal Communication Device (PCD) and is placed in a queue. Subsequent to being placed in the queue, the patron waits for an event to occur. When... Agent: Ibm Corp (ya) C/o Yee & Associates PC

20060273921 - Remote control structure: Improved remote control structure, wherein a memory, which stores encoded data and normal state data transmitted back from a control terminal, is disposed within a remote control. When the remote control transmits a control signal to the control terminal, the microprocessor first accesses the encoded data stored in the memory,... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20060273922 - Method, system, and computer program product for determining and reporting tailgating incidents: A method, system, and computer program product for detecting a tailgate event between two vehicles moving in a forward motion is provided. The two vehicles include a first and second vehicle, one of the two vehicles being an offending vehicle and the other of the two vehicles being an affected... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP-ibm Yorktown

20060273923 - Multimode traffic priority/preemption intersection arrangement: A traffic light control system includes at least one parameter and a signal decoding circuit. The parameter or parameters are useful for assisting in differentiating between multiple communication modes. The signal decoding circuit has a front-end circuit and a back-end circuit. The front-end circuit is adapted to receive respective signals... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20060273926 - Multimode traffic priority/preemption vehicle arrangement: An arrangement for requesting preemption from a vehicle is used in a traffic control system. The arrangement for requesting preemption includes a protocol circuit, a signal control generation circuit, and an optical source. The protocol circuit is adapted to provide a plurality of communication protocols, wherein a plurality of the... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20060273925 - Traffic preemption system communication method: A remotely-controlled traffic-preemption system and method includes an encoder circuit, an optical source, an optical detector, and a decoder circuit. The encoder circuit is adapted to generate a set of signal pulses. At least one bit of a data word is encoded as a function of amplitude modulation of a... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20060273924 - Traffic preemption system signal validation method: A secure optical-communication traffic-preemption system and method is provided that securely communicates an identification code from an optical emitter to a traffic location. The optical emitter transmits light pulses that represent an encrypted code that is an encryption using a time-varying encryption key of at least an identification code. An... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20060273927 - Obstacle detection device for vehicle: An obstacle detection device for a vehicle includes multiple obstacle detection units which are respectively arranged at predetermined positions of the vehicle, a communication line connected with the obstacle detection units, an informing unit connected with the communication line, and a control unit which is connected with one end of... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20060273928 - Flight management process for an aircraft: A process wherein an aircraft starts from a cruising position by flying at a cruising speed to reach a position that intercepts the glide slope. The process can include the steps of decelerating from the begin descent speed and the begin descent altitude of the aircraft during a first descent... Agent: C. Irvin Mcclelland Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20060273929 - Hybrid ground collision avoidance system: A hybrid ground collision avoidance system (HGCAS) is a ground collision avoidance system with extended existing ground avoidance capabilities and incorporated with new hybrid capabilities to perform hybrid ground collision prediction and hybrid ground collision avoidance. This system works in collaboration with two other systems, hybrid air collision avoidance system... Agent: Honeywell International Inc.

20060273930 - Location-based notifications: A method for location-based notifications, the method including receiving a request for a notification from an input device. A current location of the input device is determined in response to the receiving. A reminder location is set responsive to the current location of the input device determined in response to... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff