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A method of accessing in a mobile communication device (4) an application (5, 14, 26), the application (5, 14, 26) being issued by a Service Provider (2), from a trusted application, also known as wallet (12), in which mobile device (4) a secure element (7) such as a SmartMX device is comprised that comprises a service manager (8) that manages the application (5, 14, 26), comprising managing by the service manager (8) a link between the application (5, 14, 26) and an application-codec (6, 15) also being issued by the Service Provider (2), wherein the application-codec (6, 15) is designed for interfacing between the service manager (8) and the application (5, 14, 26) and for processing an access request requesting access to the application (5, 14, 26) received from the service manager (8) and triggered by the wallet (12), and, triggered by the wallet (12), accessing the application (5, 14, 26) via the service manager (8) by means of utilization of the link between the application (5, 14, 26) and the application-codec (6, 15), such that the application-codec (6, 15) linked with the respective application (5, 14, 26) performs accessing (23) the application (5, 14, 26) under control of the service manager (8).

A method for deriving an image identifier comprises deriving a scale-space representation of an image, and processing the scale-space representation to detect a plurality of feature points having values that are maxima or minima. A representation is derived for a scale-dependent image region associated with one or more of the detected plurality of feature points. In an embodiment, the size of the image region is dependent on the scale associated with the corresponding feature point. An image identifier is derived using the representations derived for the scale-dependent image regions. The image identifiers may be used in a method for comparing images.

A magnetic tunnel transistor (MTT) having a pinned layer that has no antiferromagnetic material in an active area of the sensor. The MTT can include a layer of antiferromagnetic material that is exchange coupled with the pinned layer in an area outside of the active area of me sensor, such as outside the track-width, beyond the stripe height, or both outside the track-width and beyond the stripe height. The pinned layer can also be pinned without any exchange coupling at all. In that case, pinning can be assisted by shape enhanced magnetic anisotropy, by extending the pinned layer beyond the stripe height.

A magnetic tunnel transistor (MTT) having a pinned layer that is extended in a stripe height direction and is exchange coupled with an antiferromagnetic (AFM) layer in the extended portion outside of the active area of the sensor. Exchange coupling only the extended portion of the pinned layer with the AFM results in strong, robust pinning of the pinned layer while eliminating the AFM layer from the active portion of the sensor. The presence of an AFM layer within the active area of the sensor would result in an extreme loss of hot electrons resulting in a prohibitively large loss of performance. Therefore, eliminating the AFM layer from the active area provides a very large performance enhancement while maintaining robust pinning.

A perforated large-size easy opening pouch is formed from a single sheet containing at least one layer of a film material, and the sheet forms a volume. The pouch also contains a seal containing a perforation. The perforation is completely surrounded by the seal. When a tear is initiated along the perforation, the tear propagates to a non-sealed portion of the pouch. A sealing jaw and a method for forming such a pouch is also described.

The present invention provides an economically feasible robust spatial heterodyne spectroscopy (SHS) interferometer. A first type prior art monolithic SHS interferometer is exceedingly expensive, whereas a second type of prior art SHS interferometer is extremely large and has many components, which need to be tuned. The present invention is much less expensive than the first type of prior art SHS interferometer and is much smaller that the second type of prior art SHS interferometer.

Techniques are provided to support orthogonal multiple carriers frequency-time division multiplex based on orthogonal frequency division multiplex and single carrier with frequency domain equalization in prior art. At a transmitter end, Serial to Parallel Transform and Inverse Fast Fourier Transform are performed for the input serial data stream, then data blocks after IFFT are multiplexed to be a OFTDM symbol data part in temporal sequence; and then a circulation prefix is added in its front-part to form a final OFTDM symbol. At a receiver end, the CP in the front-part of the OFTDM symbol down-converted to a baseband is removed, and after the operations of data de-multiplex, FFT and P / S corresponding to the transmitter end are performed, the original serial data stream is recovered. Except for including the advantage of said prior art, this disclosure can overcome their disadvantage, and a preferable tradeoff between the general performance and complexity of the system can be acquired.

Described are methods and systems for determining modal patterns from an overall trend, minor trend or significant trend for various periods during a time of the day modal report which can be utilized to provide insights to the person with diabetes.

The present invention includes a card memory device (20) comprising a microprocessor (2), a plurality of memory units (5-12) for storage of digital data, the memory units (5-12) being embedded in the card memory device (20). A selecting device (3, 4) is provided for selecting one of the memory units (5-12) and for routing address information and data to the selected memory unit (5-12), both the microprocessor (2) and the selecting device (3, 4) being embedded in the card memory device (20). The card memory device integrates components into a thin flexible memory card with surface contacts (1) so that the components can cooperate as a compact unit providing environmental sealing and secure access to several Mbytes of digital data. A specially designed set (1) of contacts (21-25) are also described which reduce the risk of electrostatic discharge. The card memory device (20) may be used for secure control of a personal computer.

A control system for an actuator arm assembly of a hard disk drive reduces the Non-Repeatable Run-out (NRRO) caused from external sources exciting higher-frequency actuator arm assembly modes. The actuator arm assembly includes a primary actuator and a secondary actuator. The control system includes a primary control loop controlling the primary actuator and a secondary control loop controlling the secondary actuator. The secondary control loop includes at least one peak filter at a frequency corresponding to at least one frequency that is greater in frequency than the primary mode of the actuator arm assembly. The primary actuator can be any type of primary actuator. Similarly, the secondary actuator can be any type of actuator that is located between the primary actuator and a read / write head.

The present invention provides an economically feasible robust spatial heterodyne spectroscopy (SHS) interferometer. A first type prior art monolithic SHS interferometer is exceedingly expensive, whereas a second type of prior art SHS interferometer is extremely large and has many components, which need to be tuned. The present invention is much less expensive than the first type of prior art SHS interferometer and is much smaller that the second type of prior art SHS interferometer.

A system and method for object inspection includes an object modeler; an iterative object segmentor in signal communication with the object modeler for receiving an input image and model parameters and producing a segmented image; a moment transformer in signal communication with the iterative object segmentor for receiving an input image, model parameters and a segmented image and producing estimates of object translation, rotation and scaling; an edge detector and interpolator in signal communication with the moment transformer for receiving an input image, model parameters and estimates and producing a set of line edges; and an iterative optimizer in signal communication with the edge detector and interpolator for receiving an input image, model parameters, estimates and line edges and producing refined estimates of object translation, rotation and scaling.

Bandwidth usage in a radio communication device is readjusted to eliminate overlapping communication system bandwidth. The readjustment is made in consideration of communication channel quality and other activity in the spectrum in which the radio communications are desired. Using this information, a communication link is set up to avoid overlapping with other radio communications already present in the band. Frequencies at which significant degradation in the communication occurs are also avoided. In addition, for frequency hopping devices, hop sequence is readjusted in accordance with the newly assigned channels.

Provided is a remote sensing apparatus comprising: (a) an electromagnetic field detector and (b) an acoustic resonator comprising an electromagnetic field generator and a sensing material in wireless communication with the generator; wherein the sensing material is in wireless communication with the detector, and an acoustic property of the sensing material is responsive to a change in state of an environment to which the sensing material is exposed, and wherein the sensing material is in the form of one or more particles and / or fragments.

Symbol level multi-cycle error correction and detection coding systems are developed and deployed in computer memory architectures resulting in an increase in robustness in terms of single bus line failures having no effect on the robustness of the coding technique and capabilities. The multi-cycle symbol level error correction techniques of the present invention also provide a mechanism for reducing the pin-out requirements for memory chips and dual in-line memory modules. The resulting ECC circuitry is thus simpler and consumes less real estate.

A communication device including a supporting plate and an antenna system is provided. The supporting plate includes a conductive plate and a non-conductive plate. The conductive plate has a first edge and a second edge. The antenna system includes at least two antennas, which are both disposed at the first edge of the conductive plate and operate in at least a first band. A distance between the first edge and the second edge of the conductive plate is about 0.25 wavelength of the lowest frequency in the first band, and the distance is smaller than a length of the first edge.

A vegetation cutter includes a frame rod assuming a pole and having a front end and a rear end; a cutter head mounted on the front end of the frame rod and including a rotary cutter and a drive motor connected to the rotary cutter; controller head mounted on the rear end of the frame rod and including a control circuit for controlling the drive motor; and a handle fixed to the frame rod to be held by hands of a user. The cutter head includes a cutter frame for enclosing the drive motor therein, rotatably supports the rotary cutter below the cutter frame and is connected to the frame rod. The cutter frame is comprised of a wall member formed with a plurality of ridgelike ribs projecting inward from a platelike member, each rib having a height between 0.5 mm and 10 mm.

A control system for an actuator arm assembly of a hard disk drive reduces the Non-Repeatable Run-out (NRRO) caused from external sources exciting higher-frequency actuator arm assembly modes. The actuator arm assembly includes a primary actuator and a secondary actuator. The control system includes a primary control loop controlling the primary actuator and a secondary control loop controlling the secondary actuator. The secondary control loop includes at least one peak filter at a frequency corresponding to at least one frequency that is greater in frequency than the primary mode of the actuator arm assembly. The primary actuator can be any type of primary actuator. Similarly, the secondary actuator can be any type of actuator that is located between the primary actuator and a read / write head.

The present invention is directed to a method of sensing pressure in which applied pressure causes a change in the magnetization vector of a magnetoresistive layer within the device and a corresponding change in resistance. The method includes providing a sensing device with a sensor including plurality of layers, the plurality of layers comprising a non magnetic conducting layer disposed between a magnetoresistive layer with non-zero magnetostriction and a ferromagnetic biasing layer. Once provided, the method then includes sensing a resistance in the plurality of layers upon application of pressure to the sensing device, the applied pressure causing the magnetization vector of the magnetoresistive layer to change and thereby result in a change in resistance.

The invention provides an apparatus for sensing pressure that comprises a substrate and a sensor formed on the substrate. The sensor is adapted to sense pressure applied thereto and includes a support structure smaller than the substrate to result in a cavity above a portion of the substrate and a magnetoresistive sensor formed over the support structure.

A digital isolator module for high level common mode transient immunity is provided, comprising a transmitter circuit (TX), a receiver circuit (RX) and an isolation barrier which is connected there in between, wherein the transmitter circuit is electrically connected to a first ground voltage level and the receiver circuit is electrically connected to a second ground voltage level. The receiver circuit further comprises a resistance set, a high speed detector and a demodulator. By employing the proposed circuit diagram of the invention, interferences occurring at the common mode are suppressed and an RX output signal is synchronized with its input signal without having propagation delay.

High voltage tolerant electrical overstress protection with low leakage current and low capacitance is provided. In one embodiment, a semiconductor die includes a signal pad, an internal circuit electrically connected to the signal pad, a power clamp electrically connected to an isolated node, and one or more isolation blocking voltage devices electrically connected between the signal pad and the isolated node. The one or more isolation blocking voltage devices are operable to isolate the signal pad from a capacitance of the power clamp. In another embodiment, a semiconductor die includes a signal pad, a ground pad, a high voltage / high speed internal circuit electrically connected to the signal pad, and a first thyristor and a second thyristor between the signal pad and the ground pad.

A threaded bolt includes a head (11), a load cation section (12) having a bar-shaped core region (17), an attachment section (13), with the head (11), the core region (17), and the attachment section (13) being formed as a one-piece part formed of metal, and a thread (15)-carrying threaded sleeve (16) formed of a plastic material and secured radially outwardly on the core region (17), with the thread (15) of the threaded sleeve (16) forming the outer thread of the load-application section (12).

We disclose herewith a heterostructure-based sensor comprising a substrate comprising an etched portion and a substrate portion; a device region located on the etched portion and the substrate portion; the device region comprising at least one membrane region which is an area over the etched portion of the substrate. At least one heterostructure-based element is located at least partially within or on the at least one membrane region, the heterostructure-based element comprising at least one two dimensional (2D) carrier gas.

A magnetic tunnel transistor (MTT) having a pinned layer that is extended in a stripe height direction and is exchange coupled with an antiferromagnetic (AFM) layer in the extended portion outside of the active area of the sensor. Exchange coupling only the extended portion of the pinned layer with the AFM results in strong, robust pinning of the pinned layer while eliminating the AFM layer from the active portion of the sensor. The presence of an AFM layer within the active area of the sensor would result in an extreme loss of hot electrons resulting in a prohibitively large loss of performance. Therefore, eliminating the AFM layer from the active area provides a very large performance enhancement while maintaining robust pinning.