238 results about "Device aspects" patented technology

Aspects of the invention can provide a thin-film transistor having good transistor characteristics and operable with a low driving voltage, a method of producing such a thin-film transistor, a high-reliability electronic circuit, a display, and an electronic device. In an exemplary thin-film transistor according to the invention, a gate electrode can be formed on a substrate via an underlying layer, and a gate insulating layer can be formed on the substrate such that the gate electrode is covered with the gate insulating layer. A source electrode and a drain electrode are formed on the gate insulating layer such that they are separated from each other by a gap formed just above the gate electrode. An organic semiconductor layer can be formed thereon such that the electrodes are covered with the organic semiconductor layer. A region between the electrodes of the organic semiconductor layer functions as a channel region. A protective layer can be arranged on the organic semiconductor layer. This thin-film transistor is characterized in that the organic semiconductor layer is formed after the gate insulating layer is formed, and the gate insulating layer has the capability of causing the organic semiconductor layer to be aligned.

Aspects of a method and system for transmit power control techniques to reduce mutual interference between coexistent wireless networks are provided. A coexistence terminal comprising a WLAN radio and a Bluetooth radio operating as a master device may transmit signals to one or more remote controllers comprising a slave Bluetooth radio to increase transmission power when the isolation between the coexistence terminal's WLAN and Bluetooth radios is below a threshold. Link manager protocol (LMP) signals may be utilized for changing the transmission power. When the isolation increases above the threshold, signals may be generated to reduce the remote controllers' transmission power. In some instances, in addition to increasing the transmission power of remote controllers, the transmission power of the Bluetooth radio or the WLAN radio may be reduced. The reduced Bluetooth or WLAN radio transmission power may be increased when the radio isolation in the coexistence terminal increases.

Aspects of the present invention involve an exercise device configurable to allow a user to perform various exercises. The exercise devices include an adjustable bench assembly connected with a frame supporting adjustable arm and cable-pulley assemblies providing a user interface with a resistance system. In some embodiments of the invention, the adjustable bench assembly includes a bench seat and a pivotal back support supported on an adjustable bench frame. The exercise devices also utilize various configurations of adjustable arm assemblies that are selectively positionable for numerous exercises and to suit a user's particular body size and shape. Other embodiments of the exercise devices include a resistance system with a transmission supporting a plurality of resistance packs. The transmission allows a user to conveniently engage any number of resistance packs to change the resistance level for a particular exercise.

Aspects of the present disclosure include an attachable power and control system to supply energy to electrodes of a wiping electrode coagulation system of a surgical device. A surgical device includes electrodes at an end of effector to aide in sealing during various surgical procedures. During the procedure, the surgeon may wipe the surgical site with the end effector, causing the electrodes to touch the fractured area. Electrosurgical energy may be applied to the electrodes during the wiping, causing coagulation of smaller vessels. The attachable power and control system may be configured to slide over the shaft of the surgical device. The power and control system also may be configured to supply power to the electrodes and to control when energy is applied to the electrodes, based in part, for example, on measuring a distance or angle of the opening of the jaws at the end effector.

Aspects of the invention can relate to an image layout device and an image layout method. The image layout device of the invention can be a device that automatically arranges a plurality of images within a particular area, and can include a layout angle determining device that determines the layout angle for each of the images based on an angle that is an integer multiple of a golden angle, and a layout position determining device that determines the layout position for each of the images depending on the overlap between each of the images due to the angle determined by the layout angle determining device.

Aspects of a method and system for controlling data distribution via cellular communications with an integrated femtocell and set-top-box (IFSTB) device are provided. In this regard, a cellular enabled communication device may detect when it is within cellular communication range of a femtocell. Upon detection of the femtocell, the cellular enabled communication device may communicate instructions to a content source instructing the content source to deliver multimedia content to the femtocell. In instances that multimedia content is already being delivered to the cellular enabled communication device prior to the detection, the instructions from the cellular enabled communication device may instruct the content source to redirect the multimedia content to the femtocell. In this regard, the multimedia content may be delivered from the content source to the cellular enabled communication device via the femtocell. The femtocell may deliver at least a portion of the multimedia content to other communication devices.

The invention discloses a method and a system for track traffic failure recognition based on improved Bayesian algorithm. The method comprises the following steps of: 1) determining various failure modes and corresponding monitoring values of each traffic device according to circuit structure of the traffic device, and building a failure model aiming at each failure mode and corresponding monitoring value; 2) recognizing a parent child relation among the monitoring data according to the failure model, thus obtaining a standard failure sample data; 3) training with the standard failure sample data through a Bayesian algorithm to obtain a failure recognition model, wherein weight of a parent node in the failure recognition model of each failure mode is greater than that of a child node; 4) monitoring and acquiring various monitoring values of the traffic device in real time, and recording time sequence of the monitoring values; 5) recognizing data through the failure recognition model, and determining corresponding failure. By the method and the system, accuracy of failure recognition is improved, failure repair time is reduced, the device can perform failure self-diagnosis, and traffic safety is guaranteed in the operation and maintenance aspect and the device aspect.

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a system that manages reuse of mobile subscriber identity information. Further aspects may include mobile subscriber identity information used in a device having multiple device profiles indexed, directly or indirectly, by multiple k_i (e.g. shared secret keys). Other embodiments are disclosed.

Aspects of the present invention provide a more universal, easy, natural, and vendor-agnostic interface to configure, manage, and/or monitor devices in networks. In embodiments, a user-friendly natural language interface voice interface may be used to “live chat” with one or more devices. In embodiments, a natural language input from a user intended for a target device is received and converted into one or more properly formed commands that are target-specific for the target device and may be executed by the target device. In embodiments, results from the execution of the one or more commands may be appropriately formatted for presentation to the user.

Aspects of a method and system for authorizing transactions based on relative location of devices are provided. In this regard, data relating to a location of a first communication device and data relating to a location of a second communication device may be received, a distance between the first communication device and the second communication device may be determined based on the received data, and whether to approve a transaction may be determined based on the determined distance. The transaction may have been initiated from one of the first communication device and the second communication device, and may comprise a need to access an account. The transaction may be approved in instances that the first communication device and the second communication device are within a predetermined distance of each other. The received data may comprise distance information determined via communications between the first communication device and the second communication device.

Aspects of a method and system for duty cycling a network device based on aggregate throughput of the device are provided. In this regard, a limit on aggregate ingress and egress data of a network device during a time interval may be determined. Processing of data by the network device may be duty cycled based on the determination. The device may process data at a first rate during a first portion of the time interval and process data at a second rate during a remaining portion of the time interval. In this regard, portions of the device may be slowed or powered down during the first portion of the time interval. Power consumed by the device during the first portion of the time interval may be less than power consumed by the device during the remaining portion of the time interval.

Aspects of the invention provide a method of manufacturing a luminescence device including forming the first electrode on a substrate, forming a function layer including a luminescence layer on the first electrode, forming a second electrode on the function layer, and forming a sealing layer that covers a luminescence portion, formed of the first electrode, the function layer, and the second electrode, and the sealing layer is formed by an ink-jet method. Accordingly, the deterioration of a luminescence device that is sealed with the sealing layer can be prevented for a long period of time by an inexpensive method.

Aspects disclosed include reducing or avoiding metal deposition from etching magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) devices. In one example, a width of a bottom electrode of an MTJ device is provided to be less than a width of the MTJ stack of the MTJ device. In this manner, etching of the bottom electrode may be reduced or avoided to reduce or avoid metal redeposition as a result of over-etching the MTJ device to avoid horizontal shorts between an adjacent device(s). In another example, a seed layer is embedded in a bottom electrode of the MTJ device. In this manner, the MTJ stack is reduced in height to reduce or avoid metal redeposition as a result of over-etching the MTJ device. In another example, an MTJ device includes an embedded seed layer in a bottom electrode which also has a width less than a width of the MTJ stack.

Aspects of the present disclosure include a method of managing scent in an environment, which includes disposing at least one scent diffusion device within an environment, wherein the at least one scent diffusion device comprises a communications facility that enables transmitting signals to and receiving signals from a remote computer, receiving at least one target value of a scent parameter for the environment at the remote computer, and controlling, via the remote computer, diffusion of a liquid from a source of the liquid in fluid communication with the at least one scent diffusion device to achieve the target value of the scent parameter. Controlling a diffusion rate of the liquid includes altering at least one of a voltage and a duty cycle applied to at least one component of the diffusion device.

Aspects of the invention can provide an electrostatic capacitance detection device having M number of row lines and N number of column lines arranged in a matrix of M rows and N columns, and an electrostatic capacitance detection element formed at the intersection thereof. The electrostatic capacitance detection element can include a signal detection element, a signal amplifying element and a column selection element and a row selection element. The signal detection element can include a capacitance detecting electrode, a capacitance detecting dielectric layer, and a reference capacitor. One of a pair of electrodes in the reference capacitor is coupled to the row line. Accordingly, the invention can achieve a superior electrostatic capacitance detection device.

Aspects of the invention are directed to a three-level power converter that has, as one phase, a bidirectional switching element connected to the series connection point of a series circuit of a first insulated gate bi-polar transistor (“IGBT”) and second IGBT and an intermediate electrode of a direct current power supply. Also included is a fuse connected between the bidirectional switching element and the intermediate electrode of the direct current power supply, and an overcurrent shutdown unit provided in each gate drive circuit of the first and second IGBTs, are provided as protection from a power supply short circuit phenomenon occurring in the event of a short circuit failure of any of the IGBTs or diodes.