Traffic control signal with displayed time-elapse
The invention relates to control devices generally used to facilitate the orderly movement of pedestrians and vehicles, most often at points where non-parallel streets intersect. This invention relate... Read More
Inventors: Firestone, Paul A.;, Assignee: |
Loran-C signal phase tracking apparatus
With the above-described problems in mind, it is an object of the present invention to provide a phase tracking apparatus for a Loran-C signal which can track the phase of the received signal with gre... Read More
Inventors: Fukuhara, Hiroshige;, Assignee: Nissan Motor Company, Limited (JP) |
Method and system for locating a mobile telephone within a mobile telephone communication network
In view of the foregoing, it is therefore an object of the present invention to provide an improved method for servicing a wireless communication network. It is another object of the present invention... Read More
Inventors: Tang, Yuqiang;, Assignee: Nortel Networks Limited (St. Laurent, CA) |
Wireless network security
The present invention is secure wireless network. The secure wireless network can include multiple receiver nodes coupled to corresponding high-precision clocks. Each of the receiver nodes can be conf... Read More
Inventors: Day, Christopher W.; Patterson, Joseph M.;, Assignee: Steelcloud, Inc. (Herndon, VA) |
System and method for backup a parallel server data storage system
The present invention is directed towards a backup system 22FIG. 1 to perform backup and restore of parallel server databases in a data storage system 14. A parallel server database configuration can... Read More
Inventors: Taylor, Kenneth J.;, Assignee: EMC Corporation (Hopkinton, MA) |
Distributed process redundancy
A modular software architecture solves some of the more common scenarios seen in existing architectures when software is upgraded or new features are deployed. Software modularity involves functional... Read More
Inventors: Kidder, Joseph D.; Langrind, Nicholas A.; Sullivan, Jr., Daniel J.; Fox, Barbara A.; Whitesel, Richard L.;, Assignee: Equipe Communications Corporation (Acton, MA) |
Data backup and recovery systems
What is claimed is: 1. Apparatus for backing up a network of client computers to a disaster recovery memory and for recovering backed up signals from the disaster recovery memory to the client compute... Read More
Inventors: Gold, Stephen; Bathie, Jon; King, Peter; Crighton, Ian Peter;, Assignee: Hewlett Packard Development Company, L.P. (Houston, TX) |
Method and system for verifying and storing documents during a program failure
The present invention satisfies the above-described needs by providing a method and system for verifying and storing documents during a program failure. A crash handler is provided that verifies and p... Read More
Inventors: Snyder, Eric; Larsson, Jeff; Coffen, Bob; Fischer, Kevin; Slepak, Aleksandr; Niemisto, Juha;, Assignee: Microsoft Corporation (Redmond, WA) |
File system backup in a logical volume management data storage environment
A system and method are disclosed herein for capturing a point-in-time image of a file system utilized within a data storage system employing logical volumes mapped across physical volumes. The point-... Read More
Inventors: Grubbs, Mark Allen; McBrearty, Gerald Francis; Neuman, Grover Herbert;, Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation (Armonk, NY) |
Backup/recovery system and methods regarding the same
The present invention provides a backup/recovery system and method to resolve the foregoing problems faced by the conventional backup/recovery software. The present invention also has the advantage of... Read More
Inventors: Qin, Simon; Bao, Leezy;, Assignee: Farstone Technology Inc. (Taipei, TW) |
Recovery of data using write request copies in delta queue
In accordance with the present invention, a method and system are provided in which data from a primary computer system is mirrored in a secondary backup computer system. This system maintains complet... Read More
Inventors: Ohran, Richard; Price, Dan; Johnson, Randall;, Assignee: EMC Corporation (Hopkinton, MA) |
Response time analysis of network performance
In one aspect of the invention, a method for monitoring network performance is disclosed. The method monitors a flow having one or more frames within a thread by calculating a node's active time. This... Read More
Inventors: Schaffer, Steven J.; Weil, Jacob;, Assignee: Compuware Corporation (Detroit, MI) |
Utility vest with an integrally carried pack
The present invention is a utility vest with a pair of straps running through the shoulder areas of the vest and terminating in loops that extend proximate to the outer surface of the garment. These s... Read More
Inventors: Parker, David M.; Parker, Susan M.;, Assignee: |
Electronic postage meter having an accounting system independent of power failure
OF THE INVENTION A simplified illustration of a mechanism in accordance with the invention is illustrated in FIG. 1, wherein a drive unit, below the dash-dot line, is of the type disclosed in U.S. Pa... Read More
Inventors: McFiggans, Robert B.; Eckert, Jr., Alton B.;, Assignee: Pitney Bowes Inc. (Stamford, CT) |
Variometer
The invention has, therefore, more particularly for its object a variometer whose general principal is similar to thart of the above-mentioned application, but is able to utilize the parameters availa... Read More
Inventors: Sicre, Jean L.;, Assignee: S.F.E.N.A. (Velizy Villacoublay, FR) |
Apparatus for controlling the temperature of rods in a continuous rolling mill
Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide an apparatus for controlling the temperature of a material being rolled at a laying head so as to comform to a target temperature in th... Read More
Inventors: Wakamiya, Yoshinori;, Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha (Tokyo, JP) |
Electronic postage meter with a ring counter
What is claimed is: 1. In an electronic postage meter having at least one volatile register for real time accounting for dispensing of value, means for minimizing the loss of value represented in said... Read More
Inventors: Eckert, Alton B.;, Assignee: Pitney Bowes Inc. (Stamford, CT) |
Mode detection circuit for a dual purpose analog input
Referring to the drawing, a mode detection circuit in accordance with the present invention is indicated generally at 10. The mode detection circuit 10 includes an input terminal 12 for receiving an ... Read More
Inventors: Hafner, Warren G.;, Assignee: Pitney Bowes Inc. (Stamford, CT) |
Circuit for maintaining the state of an output despite changes in the state of input
It is an object of the present invention to provide a low voltage control circuit for maintaining at least one output in a known state regardless of the state of the inputs when a voltage to be monito... Read More
Inventors: Hafner, Warren G.;, Assignee: Pitney Bowes Inc. (Stamford, CT) |
Helicopter, high rotor load speed enhancement
We claim: 1. A control for a helicopter engine having a free turbine for normally driving the helicopter rotors at a rated speed, comprising: means for providing an actual speed signal indicative of t... Read More
Inventors: Walsh, David M.; Greenberg, Charles E.; Lappos, Nicholas D.; Sweet, David H.;, Assignee: United Technologies Corporation (Hartford, CT) |
Mobile receiver
It is an object of the present invention to provide a mobile receiver which allows easy discrimination of the broadcasting station name of a broadcast received during transfer of the receiver. Accordi... Read More
Inventors: Kobayashi, Akikazu; Shiozawa, Hideo;, Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. (Osaka, JP) |
Detent remover for a postage meter
It has been found that the detent mechanism of a postage meter may be prevented from premature wear by disabling the same from the postage meter selector gears immediately prior to the setting of the ... Read More
Inventors: Montagnino, James G.; Staudinger, Frederick J.;, Assignee: Pitney-Bowes, Inc. (Stamford, CT) |
Anti-energy diversion system for electric utility meters
It is, therefore, the primary object of the present invention to provide an anti-theft system for the prevention of energy diversion in electric utility meters which overcomes the disadvantages and sh... Read More
Inventors: Stokes, John H.; Clark, John I.; Maxwell, Charles E.;, Assignee: Energy Optics, Inc. (Las Cruces, NM) |
Carriage for sorting-machines in particular, with independently actioned tiltable plate
I claim: 1. In a carriage for a sorting machine, the sorting machine having at least one track, a carriage-dragging device movable therealong, and at least one electric conducting rod along the track ... Read More
Inventors: Canziani, Francesco;, Assignee: |
Yarn supply device group
The set problem is solved inventively by providing a yarn supply device group in which each supply device has an electronic switching arrangement which contains a writable and readable memory associat... Read More
Inventors: Hellstrom, Jerker; Tholander, Lars H. G.; Jacobsson, Kurt A. G.;, Assignee: Aktiebolaget IRO (Ulricehamn, SE) |
System for cutting artificial nail tips and for decorating the same or existing nails using automated cutting processes
OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT Referring first to FIG. 1, a system 2 comprises a controller 4 having a memory 6, an input device 8 in the form of a keyboard and a mouse 15, an output viewing screen 10, ... Read More
Inventors: Sullivan, Daniel J.; Sadoski, Janine R.;, Assignee: Gerber Scientific Products, Inc. (Manchester, CT) |
Trolling motor with heading lock
The electronic steering system of the present invention controls the direction of a watercraft having a propulsion device that pulls the watercraft, and comprises a direction means for directing the t... Read More
Inventors: Knight, Steven J.;, Assignee: Johnson Fishing Inc. (Mankato, MN) |
Circuit arrangement for clamping black level reference signals contained in a video signal sequence
It is therefore the object of the invention to provide a circuit arrangement for the black level setting of an optical scanning sensor particularly constructed in CCD circuit technology, whereby meeti... Read More
Inventors: Stehle, Richard; Lorenz, Hans-Joachim; Dowe, Dietmar;, Assignee: Computergesellschaft Konstanz (DE) |
Transmitter for encoded data bits
The various features of the invention will now be described with respect to the figures, in which like parts are identified with the same reference characters. FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a transmit... Read More
Inventors: Dent, Paul W.;, Assignee: Ericsson Inc. (Research Triangle Park, NC) |
Link adaptation method for links using modulation schemes that have different symbol rates
Referring to FIG. 1, a communication system 10 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention supports multiple modulation schemes. In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, the sys... Read More
Inventors: Frodigh, Carl Magnus; Hook, Mikael; Muller, Frank; Schramm, Peter; Skold, Johan;, Assignee: Telefonaktoebolaget LM Ericsson (Stockholm, SE) |
Cell Phones 
