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8,885,479 | 1. A method, comprising: receiving a plurality of downlink resource grants related to a plurality of carriers for data transmission; obtaining a downlink assignment index (DAI) related to each of the plurality of downlink resource grants; and determining one or more lost downlink resource grants based at least in part on the DAI related to each of the plurality of downlink resource grants, wherein the determining one or more lost downlink resource grants includes: determining a total number of resource grants transmitted by an access point from the DAI; and performing one or more comparison operations based on a total number of the plurality of downlink resource grants and the total number of resource grants transmitted by the access point; and wherein the total number of resource grants refers to the total number of resource grants across the plurality of carriers in a given subframe or the total number of resource grants across the plurality of carriers and a plurality of subframes. | 36,892 |
9,112,061 | 1. A semiconductor device comprising; an insulating substrate having an opening which passes entirely through the insulating substrate; an insulating layer on a first surface of the insulating substrate, the insulating layer covering the opening so that an entire exposed surface of the insulating layer in the opening is substantially coplanar with the first surface of the insulating substrate; a semiconductor chip disposed in the opening; an adhesive layer provided between the insulating layer and the semiconductor chip without covering a side surface of the semiconductor chip by the adhesive layer; a sealing layer on a second surface of the insulating substrate, the sealing layer sealing the semiconductor chip and the opening, the side surface of the semiconductor chip being covered with the sealing layer; a second wiring layer disposed on the second surface of the insulating substrate; an electrode pad disposed on a second surface of the semiconductor chip opposite to a first surface of the semiconductor chip; and a wire connecting the electrode pad to the second wiring layer. | 8,936 |
8,914,161 | 1. A power supply control device comprising a power supply and a switching control system; wherein: | 5,123 |
9,276,268 | 1. An electrode for a fuel cell, which comprises an electron-conducting current collector that is coated with the following sequence of layers: (a) a layer of an intrinsically electron-conducting adhesive on a surface of said current collector; (b) a layer of an electrocatalyst wherein dry particles consisting only of an electrocatalyst are directly bonded to the current collector by said electron-conducting adhesive, wherein said electrocatalyst does not comprise carbon microfibers; and (c) an ionomer layer in contact to said electrocatalyst, wherein said electrode is a cathode and wherein said intrinsically electron-conducting adhesive is a pressure sensitive adhesive and wherein said intrinsically electron-conducting adhesive layer has an electrical through-plane area resistance of less than 2.2 Ohm·cm | 21,129 |
8,647,914 | 1. A method of fabricating a solar cell, the method comprising: preparing a substrate of a first conductive type; forming an emitter layer of a second conductive type opposite to the first conductive type, on a front surface, and on a back surface opposite the front surface of the substrate; forming an anti-reflection layer on the front surface of the substrate; partially removing the anti-reflection layer and the emitter layer on the front surface of the substrate, which forms an isolation groove dividing the emitter layer into a plurality of regions; removing a portion of the emitter layer formed on the back surface of the substrate; and forming a passivation layer in the isolation groove and covering the back surface of the substrate. | 4,748 |
9,523,051 | 1. An engineered fuel feed stock, comprising at least one component derived from a processed MSW waste stream, the engineered fuel feed stock comprising: a HHV of between about 3,000 BTU/lb and about 8,000 BTU/lb; a carbon content of between about 30 wt. % and about 80 wt. %; an O/C ratio of between 0.6 (w/w) and 1.0 (w/w); and a hydrogen content of between about 3 wt. % and about 10 wt. %, wherein the engineered fuel feed stock contains substantially no glass, metals, grit, and noncombustible waste. | 6,570 |
9,778,931 | 1. A method comprising: obtaining at least one development velocity metric indicative of a velocity attribute associated with development of an application program from a development tool used to develop the application program; obtaining at least one deployment velocity metric indicative of a velocity attribute associated with deployment of the application program from a deployment tool used to deploy the application program in the application run-time environment from the deployment tool; storing the at least one development velocity metric and the at least one deployment velocity metric in an application run-time environment in association with the application program and one or more data sets output by the application program; computing one or more valuations for the one or more data sets output by the application program based on one or more of the at least one development velocity metric and the at least one deployment velocity metric, wherein one or more valuations comprise one or more computations of values of the one or more data sets; and utilizing the one or more valuations to control at least one of subsequent development of the application program and subsequent deployment of the application program; wherein the obtaining, storing, and computing steps are performed by one or more processing devices each comprising a processor and memory. | 10,669 |
9,010,993 | 1. A dental impression material mixing vessel comprising: a disposable vacuum-formed receptacle comprising: a rigid rim inset in the groove; and a mixing assembly comprising: | 5,484 |
9,226,238 | 1. A power save method, comprising: setting a power save indication of a current data frame, wherein the power save indication indicates that a station (STA) receiving the current data frame is capable of being allowed to enter a power save state; and sending the current data frame in a current transmit opportunity (TXOP), so that the STA receiving the current data frame determines whether to enter a Doze state according to a judgment result for a doze condition; wherein: a power save indication is included in at least one data frame that is sent before the current data frame and is sent in the current TXOP, the STA is an STA device having a function of entering the Doze state, and power save indications in all data frames before the current data frame that are sent in the current TXOP indicate that an STA is forbidden to enter the power save state, and power save indications in all subsequent data frames of the current data frame that are sent in the current TXOP indicate that an STA is capable of being allowed to enter the power save state. | 10,857 |
9,586,190 | 1. An apparatus, comprising: a first reaction zone operating at a first temperature; a second reaction zone operating at a second temperature; a particle transport component capable of moving particles from the first reaction zone to the second reaction zone; wherein the first reaction zone comprises a window capable of receiving sunlight from a sunlight source and a high temperature zone heated by the received sunlight; and wherein the first reaction zone further comprises a first auger within a casing, and wherein the first auger comprises a flight that transports particles from a particle collection zone to the high temperature zone when the casing is rotated. | 2,582 |
9,162,676 | 1. A control device of a vehicle comprising: an electric motor connected to a drive force transmission path through a first connecting/disconnecting device connecting/interrupting power transmission; and an engine connected to the electric motor through a second connecting/disconnecting device connecting/interrupting power transmission, the control device of a vehicle disconnecting either the first connecting/disconnecting device or the second connecting/disconnecting device during running to perform coasting with the engine separated, when performing coasting, a determination whether a vehicle speed is equal to or lower than a predetermined determination vehicle speed being implemented, the engine being separated by disconnecting the second connecting/disconnecting device with the first connecting/disconnecting device kept connected at a low vehicle speed in which the vehicle speed is equal to or lower than the predetermined determination vehicle speed, and the engine being separated by disconnecting the first connecting/disconnecting device at a high vehicle speed in which the vehicle speed is higher than the predetermined determination vehicle speed. | 12,390 |
8,771,549 | 1. A chemical looping combustion method for at least one hydrocarbon feed in at least one distinct fluidized bed reduction reaction zone (i) and at least one distinct fluidized bed oxidation reaction zone (i+1), wherein the circulation of the solid particles of active mass between each or part of the reaction zones is controlled by means of one or more non-mechanical valves consisting each of a substantially vertical line portion, a substantially horizontal line portion and an elbow connecting the two portions, by transporting the solid particles between two successive reaction zones by: introducing solid particles coming from reaction zone (i) or (i+1) through the upper end of the substantially vertical line portion of said valve, injecting a control gas with a given aeration flow rate upstream from the elbow of said valve, controlling the differential pressure conditions at the terminals of the non-mechanical valve(s) so as to adjust the flow rate of the solid particles in the substantially horizontal line portion of said valve, according to the aeration flow rate, feeding into the successive reaction zones (i+1) or (i) of the loop the solid particles leaving the non-mechanical valve(s). | 41,780 |
9,519,037 | 1. A radio frequency (RF) coil for use with a magnetic resonance system, comprising: an insulating layer extending from a top surface to a bottom surface to define a thickness of the insulating layer; a first conductor element alternating between the top surface of the insulating layer and the bottom surface of the insulating layer; a second conductor element that is electrically independent from the first conductor element and alternating between the top surface of the insulating layer and the bottom surface of the insulating layer; a plurality of vias, each of the plurality of vias extending through the insulating layer from the top surface to the bottom surface; and wherein the first conductor element alternates between the top surface of the insulating layer and the bottom surface of the insulating layer while the second conductor element respectively alternates between the bottom surface and the top surface of the insulating layer at each of the plurality of vias such that the first conductor element and the second conductor element share a substantially similar field-of-view. | 1,555 |
8,927,464 | 1. A method of localized formation of a material, comprising: contacting a superhydrophobic substrate comprising raised surface structures with a non-wetting aqueous fluid comprising a material to be locally formed on the raised surface structure or a precursor of the material to be locally formed, said superhydrophobic substrate and said fluid selected such that the non-wetting aqueous fluid wets only an upper portion of the raised surface structure; and allowing the material to form on the upper portion of the raised surface structure. | 29,818 |
9,437,381 | 1. A smart plug for coupling an electric vehicle to a power supply, said smart plug comprising: a relay including contacts, the relay configured to operate in a closed state to enable power to be supplied to the electric vehicle and an open state to prohibit power from being supplied to the electric vehicle, the contacts being in a closed position when the relay is in the closed state and in an open position when the relay is in the open state, wherein the relay includes a coil that is configured to move the contacts between the closed and open positions and a current mirror having first and second paths, the first path having a first current that controls a second current of the second path, the second current flowing through the coil at a designated ratio of the first current, wherein the first path includes a first switch that controls a level of the first current through the first path and the second path includes a second switch that controls a flow of the second current through the second path; a microcontroller (MCU) coupled to the relay, the MCU outputting a relay control signal to the relay to move the contacts; and a zero crossing detector (ZCD) coupled to the relay, the ZCD outputting a close signal when a voltage of the power is substantially zero and outputting an open signal when a current of the power is substantially zero, wherein the first and second switches are configured to receive a common switch control signal that controls operation of the first and second switches, respectively, the common switch control signal being based on the relay control signal, wherein: | 45,729 |
8,951,992 | 1. A method of inhibiting growth of Mycobacterium comprising: exposing | 17,205 |
8,932,378 | 1. A method of forming a high temperature bonded abrasive component, comprising: combining an alpha alumina seed material, an alpha alumina precursor and a pinning agent in form of a gelled aqueous slurry, wherein the pinning agent comprises an oxide of boron, titanium, zirconium, a rare earth element, or a combination thereof and has an average particulate size not greater than 5 microns; forming fine crystalline microstructure alpha alumina abrasive grits, by heat treating the combined alpha-alumina precursor, the alpha alumina seed material, and the pinning agent at a temperature not less than 1350° C. wherein the alumina abrasive grits have an average crystalline domain size not greater than 300 nm after heat treating and the pinning agent forms a dispersed phase in the alpha alumina abrasive grits; forming a shaped body containing the alpha alumina grits with a vitreous bond matrix material; and heat treating the shaped body at a cure temperature, not less than 1000° C. and above a melting point of the vitreous bond matrix material, the vitreous bond matrix material bonding individual alumina abrasive grits to each other. | 886 |
8,552,591 | 1. An energy storage system comprising: an inverter electrically connected to a grid, the inverter inverting an alternating current (AC) voltage to a direct current (DC) voltage or inverting a DC voltage to an AC voltage; a converter connected to a solar cell, the converter converting a DC voltage to another DC voltage; a plurality of unit bidirectional converters coupled to the inverter and the converter; a plurality of unit battery packs, each of the unit battery packs electrically connected to a different corresponding one of the unit bidirectional converters; and a controller connected to the inverter, the converter, and the plurality of unit bidirectional converters, the controller applying drive signals to the unit bidirectional converters to sequentially drive the unit bidirectional converters. | 29,611 |
9,192,005 | 1. An illumination system, comprising: a master power supply including an AC inverter and an amplitude modulator, said master power supply being constructed and arranged to generate high-frequency current provided to a primary wire forming a current-carrying loop; said amplitude modulator being constructed to amplitude modulate said current at at least two modulation frequencies; and at least two illumination modules each including several light emitting diodes receiving power by inductive coupling from said current-carrying loop, each said illumination module including a frequency discriminator, responsive to one of said modulation frequencies, constructed to enable control of a DC current to said light emitting diodes and thereby control emission of light from said light emitting diodes. | 14,980 |
8,982,535 | 1. A coiled electrode set for an electrochemical double layer capacitor comprising: a first electrode that includes a first current collector having opposing major surfaces, and an activated carbon layer formed over each of the opposing major surfaces of the first current collector; a second electrode that includes a second current collector having opposing major surfaces, and an activated carbon layer formed over each of the opposing major surfaces of the second current collector; and a porous separator positioned between the first and second electrodes, wherein the electrode set has an aspect ratio in a range of 5.5 to 8. | 21,518 |
9,283,725 | 1. A manufacturing line for manufacturing wind turbine blades having a composite shell structure comprising a matrix material and a fibre reinforcement material by use of a resin transfer moulding process, wherein a manufactured wind turbine blade has a length of at least 40 meters, characterised in that the manufacturing line comprises a plurality of moulds for forming wind turbine blades, each of the number of moulds comprising at least one mould part comprising a mould cavity, and that the manufacturing line further comprises a gantry means movable along the manufacturing line, the gantry means being adapted to arranging fibre reinforcement material in the mould cavity. | 39,560 |
8,788,988 | 1. A method, comprising: a computer system storing, in a database, first and second values for a design parameter that specifies a physical layout property of an integrated circuit, wherein the first and second values are respectively based on first and second parameter settings for first and second different electronic circuit design tools; receiving a request to the database for the design parameter, wherein the database includes a plurality of sections, each of which specifies a type of physical layout data, and wherein the plurality of sections include first and second sections that respectively store the first and second values for the design parameter; the computer system generating a response to the request based on a combination of the first and second values for the design parameter, wherein the generating includes calculating a total confidence value for the design parameter that is based on first and second confidence values that respectively correspond to the first and second values for the design parameter; and the computer system returning the response to the request, wherein the response indicates, based on whether the total confidence value exceeds a confidence threshold value, whether an error condition exists for the design parameter. | 6,909 |
9,849,922 | 1. A method to control a high performance road vehicle equipped with a rear spoiler that has at least one adjustable aerodynamic profile, the method comprising: detecting a trajectory of the road vehicle corresponding to oversteering or understeering when cornering with a control unit; adjusting a setting of the adjustable aerodynamic profile of the rear spoiler with the control unit to a higher angle of incidence in order to increase a downforce generated by the rear spoiler when oversteering is detected when cornering; and adjusting the setting of the adjustable aerodynamic profile of the rear spoiler with the control unit to a lower angle of incidence in order to reduce the downforce created by the rear spoiler when understeering is detected when cornering. | 2,222 |
8,938,356 | 1. A system for validating tactical flight data employed in a multi-channel topological architecture, such system comprising: at least one source of navigation data; a first communications channel comprised of at least a second communications channel comprised of at least | 9,872 |
8,531,502 | 1. A method for presenting a virtual conference site of a video conference, wherein the method comprises: receiving preset virtual conference site attributes, and determining one virtual conference site attribute therefrom, wherein the virtual conference site attribute comprises an identity of a virtual conference site and an identity of a bound terminal in the virtual conference site, and the virtual conference site comprises at least two conference terminals; determining a virtual conference site control mode; and according to the determined virtual conference site attribute and the virtual conference site control mode, acquiring one virtual conference site presentation mode in preset virtual conference site presentation modes, and presenting a virtual conference site in the acquired virtual conference site presentation mode. | 4,908 |
8,513,805 | 1. A semiconductor device comprising: a laminated structure including: a first copper wiring layer, a first barrier layer on the first copper wiring layer, a silicon oxide series porous insulating layer on the first barrier layer, a second barrier layer on the silicon oxide series porous insulating layer and, a second copper wiring layer on the second barrier layer, wherein at least one of the first barrier layer and the second barrier layer consists of an amorphous carbon film and a silicon series insulating layer wherein at least one of the silicon series insulating layer of the first barrier layer and the silicon series insulating layer of the second barrier layer is formed such that the silicon series insulating layer of the first barrier layer is in direct contact with the amorphous carbon film of the first barrier layer and the first copper wiring layer or the silicon series insulating layer of the second barrier layer is in direct contact with the amorphous carbon film of the second barrier layer and the second copper wiring layer, at least one of the silicon series insulating layer of the first barrier layer and the silicon series insulating layer of the second barrier layer includes Hydrogen and any of SiO, SiC, SiOC, SiN, SiON and SiOCN, and at least one of the first barrier layer and the second barrier layer is formed such that the first barrier layer is consistently formed of both the amorphous carbon film of the first barrier layer and the silicon series insulating layer of the first barrier layer that is between an entirety of the first copper wiring layer and the silicon oxide series porous insulating layer and the second barrier layer is consistently formed of both the amorphous carbon film of the second barrier layer and the silicon series insulating layer of the second barrier layer that is between an entirety of the second copper wiring layer and the silicon oxide series porous insulating layer. | 19,723 |
9,005,837 | 1. A gasket for a manifold seal for a fuel cell system, the gasket comprising: a first layer of fibrous ceramic material having a first compressibility; a second layer of fibrous ceramic material having a second compressibility; a third layer of fibrous ceramic material, the entire third layer of fibrous ceramic material having a third compressibility, the third layer of fibrous ceramic material being positioned between and engaged with the first layer of fibrous ceramic material and the second layer of fibrous ceramic material; and the third compressibility being less than the first compressibility and less than the second compressibility. | 40,820 |
9,347,895 | 1. An X-ray diffraction apparatus with a shutter which irradiates a sample with an X-ray and performs frame photographing in each rotation angle range, comprising: a control section controlling the frame photographing in each rotation angle range by scanning without closing the shutter of the x-ray diffraction apparatus; a data acquisition section acquiring detection data of each frame which has been detected by a semiconductor pixel detector in the frame photographing; a frame integration section integrating the detection data acquired in each the scanning for the same frame; and a determination section determining whether the integrated detection data has a sufficient intensity or not, wherein the control section controls so as to finish measurement when the integrated detection data has a sufficient intensity and so as to perform scanning again when the integrated detection data does not have a sufficient intensity. | 2,818 |
9,347,108 | 1. Method for producing ferro-chrome alloys comprising a stoichiometric charge and a stoichiometric slag calculation step, a step of making a plant and a crucible furnace to operate, steps of casting of metal and slag, a step of collecting molten metal in modular molds made from spheroidal graphite cast iron, a step of removing ingots contained in modular molds using pincer means, a step of collecting the slag in non-refractory bells or ladles, wherein metal-slag separation takes place directly inside said furnace and wherein said castings of metal and slag take place in successive steps so as to allow tapping in an amount formed between one casting and the next; and wherein said slag is made up of: Cr SiO Al MgO in a concentration of between 34.0-36.0% of slag volume, CaO in a concentration of between 1.0-2.0% of slag volume, FeO in a concentration of between 0.6-0.8% of slag volume. | 40,788 |
8,596,114 | 1. A method for monitoring exhaust gas recirculation in a dual EGR system, comprising: (a) measuring a state of an engine including information on rpm of the engine and a fuel quantity; (b) judging an applied EGR system and an unapplied EGR system between a high-pressure EGR system and a low-pressure EGR system according to the measured state of the engine; (c) measuring a position of an EGR valve of the unapplied EGR system when the applied EGR is judged; and (d) judging whether the system is erroneous by comparing a measured position of the EGR valve with a predetermined reference position. | 24,657 |
9,289,437 | 1. A controlled release system which is a three-dimensionally cross-linked intertwined polymer network comprising active ingredient molecules covalently coupled through a biodegradable linker to, and entrapped in, said three-dimensionally cross-linked polymer network, wherein said intertwined network results from crosslinking polymer chains containing polymerisable moieties and polymerisable moieties linked to said active ingredient in a free radical-initiated reaction, wherein the active ingredient is a therapeutic agent, an imaging agent, or combinations thereof. | 19,223 |
9,008,033 | 1. A network apparatus that is associated with a first wireless network and is configured to prioritize tasks to be performed by a client device when the client device is connected to the first wireless network and a second wireless network, the network apparatus comprising: one or more network interfaces configured to communicate with the client device via the first wireless network; one or more processors coupled to the one or more network interfaces; and a storage device coupled to the one or more processors, and storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the network apparatus to: | 407 |
9,828,665 | 1. A method of manufacturing a metal plate to be used for manufacturing a deposition mask by forming a plurality of through-holes in the metal plate, the method comprising: a rolling step of rolling a base metal to obtain the metal plate; and an annealing step of annealing the metal plate obtained by the rolling step; wherein: the through-holes of the deposition mask are formed by etching the metal plate, when a plurality of samples are taken out from the metal plate, a distance between two measurement points on each sample, which is measured before a heat treatment, is referred to as L1, a distance therebetween which is measured after the heat treatment is referred to as L2, and a thermal recovery rate F of each sample is defined by the following expression: F={(L1−L2)/L1}×10 the samples are obtained by cutting at least one sample metal plate, which is obtained by cutting the metal plate along a width direction of the metal plate, into two or more along a longitudinal direction of the metal plate; the two measurement points on the sample are aligned along the longitudinal direction of the metal plate; the heat treatment includes a first step of increasing a temperature of each sample from 25° C. to 300° C. for 30 minutes, a second step of keeping the temperature of each sample at 300° C. for 5 minutes, and a third step of decreasing the temperature of each sample from 300° C. to 25° C. for 60 minutes; and the dispersion of the thermal recovery rates is a value obtained by multiplying 3 to a standard deviation of the thermal recovery rates of the respective samples. | 4,050 |
8,380,559 | 1. An article of manufacture including a non-transitory, tangible computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by a computer-based system for analyzing consumers, cause the computer-based system to perform operations comprising: receiving, by the computer-based system, a merchant's record of charge (ROC) data from a financial transaction; ranking, by the computer-based system, a merchant based on the merchant's ROC data to generate a merchant's ROC ranking; ranking, by the computer-based system, the merchant based on a merchant's percentage of high-wallet customers; determining, by the computer-based system, that the merchant is a luxury merchant in response to the merchant's ROC ranking exceeding a first threshold and the merchant's percentage of high-wallet customers transacting with the merchant ranking exceeding a second threshold; receiving, by the computer-based system, a consumer transaction history; identifying, by the computer-based system, a consumer who spends a percentage of a consumer's wallet at one or more of the determined luxury merchants; ranking, by the computer-based system, the consumer according to the percentage of the consumer's wallet spent at the one or more of the determined luxury merchants; determining, by the computer-based system, that the consumer is a luxury consumer in response to the percentage of the consumer's wallet spent at the one or more of the determined luxury merchants exceeding a third threshold; and determining, by the computer-based system, a confidence level in the determining that the consumer is the luxury consumer and a classification of the consumer comprising: i) classifying, with a first level of confidence, the consumer as a majority share luxury active consumer in response to: ii) classifying, with a second level of confidence, the consumer as a minority share luxury active consumer in response to: | 18,193 |
8,404,895 | 1. A method for inhibiting formation of hydrocarbon hydrates comprising contacting a fluid including a mixture comprising water and hydrate-forming guest molecules at gas hydrate forming conditions with an amount of a tertiary amine salt effective to inhibit formation of hydrocarbon hydrates at the conditions, where the tertiary amine salt is selected from the group consisting of organic tertiary amine salts comprising formula (I): where R 1 and R 2 are independently C 1 -C 6 straight, branched or cyclic alkyl; R and a bridged group with another N R R R R n is 1 to 10 and is the same as the number of N where X is selected from the group consisting of H 2 PO 4 − , HPO 4 ═ , PO 4 ≡ , ClO 4 − , NO 3 − , and combinations thereof, and n is as above; and combinations thereof. | 26,208 |
8,835,481 | 1. A compound of formula (I) wherein: A is —X Y is OH R R R R wherein when A is an unsubstituted methylene group or a methylene group substituted with one or more alkyl groups having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, at least one of R or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, an ester thereof or a prodrug thereof. | 23,246 |
8,482,582 | 1. A method for placing labels on a map utilizing a computer system, the computer system programmed to perform steps of the method, comprising: retrieving an association of each of the labels with a respective target feature on the map without regard to other of the labels or features of the map, retrieving properties of the features of the map, retrieving properties of the labels, pulling the labels within boundaries of the map, ordering the labels in rank of descending priority, selecting halting criteria parameters including iteration count, slow change count, and oscillation count, iterating the following steps, (a) to (f): adjusting the properties of the labels, and then placing onto the map remaining labels in respective computed locations. | 5,507 |
9,047,645 | 1. A contact management interface application for managing and sharing electronic contacts of users of a group, comprising a processor and a computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon, that when executed by the processor cause the processor to generate: electronic contacts received from one or more sources of a first user shared with all the users of the entire group or with selected users of subgroups within the group wherein all the users of the group have a preexisting connection between each other; a interface configured display the first user's electronic contacts linked to the first user; a sharing interface configured to share a selected set of the electronic contacts of the first user with all the users of the group or among the selected users of the subgroups and place the selected set of the electronic contacts of the first user into a common pool of shared contacts of other users of the group; a searching interface configured to search for specific contacts from the common pool of contacts based on search criteria entered by the first user and configured to serve as a management interface to permit the first user to manage his specific contacts; and an access interface configured to identify and display connectivity information between the electronic contacts and the users, to all the users of the group and display the source from which the electronic contact has been received from, in order to facilitate a communication between a user viewing the access interface and the electronic contact through an introduction from the user connected to the contact. | 6,641 |
9,066,669 | 1. An apparatus, comprising: a rotatable gantry; a connection point mounted on the rotatable gantry; an attachment for attachment to the connection point; a patient support for supporting a patient, comprising an engagement mechanism for engagement with the attachment; and a control apparatus for controlling at least the patient support and the rotatable gantry, the control apparatus arranged to: | 13,929 |
8,686,688 | 1. A charging system, the system comprising: an external charging device with a Universal Serial Bus (USB) interface, for supplying electric power to charge a battery; a portable charging apparatus comprising a first interface connected to the external charging device, a second interface connected to a mobile communication terminal, and a switch for connecting or for disconnecting the data lines according to whether the portable charging apparatus is connected to the external charging device, wherein the switch is disposed between data lines for USB communication; and a mobile communication terminal, connected to the second interface, for charging the battery via at least one of the external charging device and the portable charging apparatus. | 15,391 |
8,919,532 | 1. A modular delivery system including a guide rail with which is associated at least one delivery station for delivering an object to an end position, and a trolley which is movable along the guide rail for transporting an object, a delivery position of the trolley being determined by each associated delivery station, and the trolley being repeatedly deliverable to at least one of the delivery positions, wherein the trolley has a delivery table which is horizontally placeable on and removable from the trolley, the delivery table is transferable from each delivery position to the associated end position and from each end position to the associated delivery position, the trolley has a locking element for locking the delivery table to the trolley, the locking element being a Maltese cross which is rotatable around its center axis and having four opposed arms and four opposed slots, two opposed arms being formed so as to extend beyond the other opposed arms by a projecting length in radial direction, and the delivery station has at least two switching elements for switching the Maltese cross, a first switching element being formed as a pin which is arranged so as to engage in one of the four opposed slots of the Maltese cross in each instance, and a second switching element being formed as an element against which one of the projecting lengths can move during a traveling movement of the trolley so as to cause a rotation of the Maltese cross by one quarter of a revolution. | 43,751 |
9,498,930 | 1. A laminate for forming a package having one or more windows for viewing the contents of said package, said laminate comprising: a layer of a first material having formed therein a hole for and defining each of said one or more windows; a layer of a second heat-sealable plastic material spaced from the layer of the first material; and a layer of extruded thermoplastic between the layer of the first material and the layer of the second heat-sealable plastic material such that the one or more windows are hermetically sealed by plastic; wherein the layer of extruded thermoplastic extends on top of the layer of the second heat-sealable plastic material to: (i) continuously connect the first and second layers, (ii) span across the entire area of each window, and (iii) define a hermetic seal between the boundary of each window and the layer of the second heat-sealable plastic material; wherein the layer of extruded thermoplastic and the layer of heat-sealable plastic material permit the contents of a package produced from the laminate to be viewed; and wherein the second heat-sealable plastic material is a multi-layer heat-sealable plastic material including a barrier film and a sealant film. | 32,537 |
9,796,325 | 1. An exterior vehicle lighting system comprising: light-producing assemblies, each coupled to at least one of a front, side, and rear body panel portion of a vehicle; at least one light-sensing device for sensing ambient light levels; and a controller configured to interpolate sensed ambient light levels toward a front and rear of the vehicle to determine ambient light levels toward a side of the vehicle and selectively activate each of the light-producing assemblies at a variable intensity as a function of sensed ambient light levels and/or a determined direction of ambient light. | 11,055 |
9,568,671 | 1. A photonic component comprising: at least one linear optical waveguide made of silicon or silicon nitride an integrated portion of which, called an active portion, is surrounded over all or part of its periphery by a group of one or more essentially semiconducting deposited nanotubes which interact electrically, in so-called active zone extending on either side of said active portion of the optical waveguide, with at least two electrodes arranged on either side of said active portion, thus inducing an electro-optical coupling from an electrical signal applied between said electrodes, and toward producing an optical signal emitted or modified in said active portion of the optical waveguide towards the remainder of said optical waveguide. | 15,172 |
9,670,676 | 1. A truss for incorporation into a building structure comprising: a framework of truss members, a plurality of the truss members having a length and a rectilinear cross-section defined by major dimensions including a width and a depth; a plurality of flat connector plates, each of the connector plates joining at least two of the plurality of the truss members by spanning the at least two of the plurality of the truss members; a portion of the plurality of the truss members stacked together in an abutting relationship along their respective lengths to form stacked truss members; and of the stacked truss members each having a necked-down portion that reduces one major dimension to the width or depth of an adjacent one of the plurality of the truss members to define a necked-down dimension; wherein the necked-down portions of the stacked truss members are aligned with each other and abutted with the adjacent one of the plurality of the truss members; and wherein a common connector plate connects the stacked truss members at least one other of the plurality of the truss members. | 17,404 |
9,222,614 | 1. A tilt roll table for use in tilting and rolling a UF6 cylindrical container, said apparatus comprising: (a) a base; (b) a frame carried by said base and adapted to hold a cylindrical container, said frame having a first end and a spaced-apart, opposing second end, said frame being pivotally secured to said base so that said frame can be pivoted between a first-end-higher position and a second-end-higher position, said frame pivoting about a pivotal axis, said frame carrying plural rollers oriented to rotate about an axis perpendicular to said pivotal axis; (c) a pinion gear operatively connected to said frame for pivoting said frame about said pivotal axis; (d) a drive roller operatively connected to said frame for rotating at least one roller of said plural rollers when said cylindrical container is on said frame, said drive roller rotating said cylindrical container about an axis perpendicular to said pivotal axis; (e) a first bracket carried by said first end of said frame and an opposing second bracket carried by said second end of said frame, wherein said first bracket is movably attached to said frame so that said first bracket is movable toward and away from said second bracket, said first bracket carrying a first spindle and said second bracket carrying a second spindle; (f) a motor; and (g) an output shaft driven by said motor, with said first bracket being carried by said output shaft toward said second bracket; wherein, when said cylindrical container is on said frame with a first end of said cylindrical container oriented towards said first spindle and a second end of said cylindrical container oriented toward said second spindle, said first and second spindles engage said first and second ends, respectively, to support said cylinder when said cylinder is rotated by said drive roller and tilted by said pinion gear. | 40,036 |
9,367,898 | 1. A computing device for computing, including orienting a display image, comprising: one or more computing processors; physical memory coupled with the one or more computing processors; a display to render the display image; and a display orientation module to be loaded into the physical memory and executed by the one or more processors, and coupled with the display to: wherein to determine a position of the user relative to the display, the display orientation module is to: determine when the position of the user is in an ambiguous zone with respect to the display; and on determination that the position of the user is in an ambiguous zone with respect to the display, initiate an ambiguous position timer, wherein the ambiguous position timer is to execute for a predetermined period of time. | 18,997 |
8,767,867 | 1. A method comprising: controlling a switching frequency of a switched-mode power supply unit (PSU) to operate at a first frequency in a non-communication mode; and modulating the switching frequency of the switched-mode PSU between a plurality of spread frequencies to transmit data on a power line coupled to the switched-mode PSU in a data-transmitting mode, wherein the modulating comprises: | 31,915 |
9,531,005 | 1. A rare-earth, nickel based hydrogen storage alloy comprising a primary phase having an AB 5 structure and wherein A is one or more rare earth elements, the alloy further including a secondary phase comprising Mn that enhances the electrochemical properties of the alloy by improving at least one of: capacity or high-rate discharge, and wherein the molar ratio of the Mn to the rare earth in the overall alloy composition is 0.26 to 0.29. | 1,882 |
9,824,368 | 1. A system comprising: a plurality of self-service devices configured to provide services in a travel environment, the self-service devices sharing information with each other regarding load usage; each self-service device including one or more processors, and instructions for a executing a processor-implemented method of operating self-service device, the instructions programmed in a non-transitory processor-readable medium and configured to be executed as the method on the one or more processors, wherein each self-service device is configured to provide services including: evaluating, by the self-service device, load usage factors at the self-service device, the evaluating of load usage factors including evaluating the rate of usage of other self-service devices that are associated with a network of the self-service device; managing throughput of transactions on the self-service device by configuring a throughput mode of operation for the self-service device, the mode of operation selected using the load usage factors, wherein more services are available in a low throughput mode of operation than in a high throughput mode of operation, the low throughput mode corresponding to longer transaction times than the high throughput mode; receiving information from a customer and determining a current schedule of the customer; adjusting, by the self-service device, the throughput mode of operation based at least in part on the current schedule of the customer, the throughput mode being adjustable to increase throughput to reduce a particular transaction time for the customer while at the self-service device, and the throughput mode of operation not being adjustable to reduce throughput below the mode of operation selected using the load usage factors; and interacting, by the self-service device, with the customer in the adjusted throughput mode of operation. | 14,213 |
9,305,658 | 1. A method, comprising: performing a read of solid state storage, using a first iteration of a read threshold voltage that is set to a default voltage, in order to obtain a first characteristic associated with the first iteration of the read threshold voltage; using a processor to generate a second iteration of the read threshold voltage based at least in part on the default voltage and an offset; performing a read of the solid state storage, using the second iteration of the read threshold voltage, in order to obtain a second characteristic associated with the second iteration of the read threshold voltage; using the processor to generate a third iteration of the read threshold voltage based at least in part on the first characteristic and the second characteristic; performing a read of the solid state storage, using the third iteration of the read threshold voltage, in order to obtain a third characteristic associated with the third iteration of the read threshold voltage; selecting, from (1) the first characteristic, (2) the second characteristic, and (3) the third characteristic, the two characteristics that are closest to a stored characteristic, determining if the third characteristic is one of the two characteristics that are closest to the stored characteristic; and in the event it is determined that the third characteristic is one of the two characteristics that are closest to the stored characteristic, using the processor to generate a fourth iteration of the read threshold voltage based at least in part on the two characteristics that are closest to the stored characteristic. | 154 |
9,619,501 | 1. An index scan device comprising: a memory storing instructions; and a processor that, when executing the instructions, is configured to: | 20,139 |
8,738,001 | 1. A method for performing a handover procedure, comprising: estimating a location of a mobile station at a first base station in a wireless coordinated multipoint (CoMP) transmission network based on a comparison of channel quality information from the mobile station, the channel quality information indicating quality of connections between the mobile station and a first group of base stations and/or quality of connections between the mobile station and a second group of base stations, wherein the first base station coordinates the first group of base stations, the first base station being a member of the first group, wherein the second base station coordinates the second group of base stations, the second base station being a member of the second group, wherein a network component is configured to selectively transmit data to the mobile station via the first base station and the first group of base stations or via the second base station and the second group of base stations, wherein the wireless CoMP transmission network includes the network component, the first group of base stations, and the second group of base stations; sending a first signal from the first base station to the second base station based on the comparison of the channel quality information and the estimate of the location of the mobile station indicating conditions exist for a handover of the mobile station from the first group of base stations to the second group of base stations, the first signal being indicative of requesting a handover procedure; and sending a second signal from the second base station to the network component to initiate the handover of the mobile station from the first group of base stations to the second group of base stations, the second signal being indicative of initiating the handover procedure; wherein, after completion of the handover procedure, data flow between the network component and the mobile station is switched from flowing through the first group of base stations to flowing through the second group of base stations. | 9,409 |
8,638,993 | 1. A method of identifying a facial and hair portions of a desired image comprising: receiving the desired image; receiving a first plurality of control data points associated with a facial feature of a person from a memory component, wherein the first plurality of control data points is based on a first plurality of training data point sets, wherein each training data point set of the first plurality of training data point sets is associated with a facial feature of a training image of a first plurality of training images; applying the first plurality of control data points to the desired image, wherein the facial portion of the desired image is substantially a match between the first plurality of control data points and the desired image; receiving a second plurality of control data points associated with a hair feature of a person from the memory component, wherein the second plurality of control data points is based on a second plurality of training data point sets, wherein each training data point set of the second plurality of training data point sets is associated with a hair feature of a training image of a second plurality of training images, and wherein the second plurality of control data points is based on averages of training data point sets of the second plurality of training data points; applying the second plurality of control data points to the desired image to determine whether the desired image includes a hair portion; and identifying the hair portion associated with the desired image in response to determining that the desired image includes the hair portion, wherein the identifying is based on a location, width, or forehead associated with the hair portion of the desired image. | 38,728 |
8,769,586 | 1. An apparatus for conditionally processing digital objects addressed to a receiver/decoder in a satellite television system comprising: a satellite signal receiver for receiving a digital object from a satellite; a memory for storing the digital object; and, a control circuit operatively coupled to the receiver and the memory for determining if the digital object is a conditional object, wherein conditional objects are objects which include a rule and an embedded object, the embedded object including content used to construct a program guide at the receiver/decoder, the control circuit logically separating the embedded object from the rule if the digital object is a conditional object, the control circuit executing a machine executable instruction included in the rule of the conditional object to display the digital object in the program guide if the rule evaluates to true and, if the rule evaluates to false, to detect a change in a state of a variable utilized in the rule and, in response to the change, re-evaluate the rule, wherein the machine executable instruction in the rule includes a branching operator and is from at least one of an interpreted programming language or a native machine language. | 10,696 |
8,436,189 | 1. A compound of formula (I) in which X is O or S, Y is O, —CH m is 0 or 1, n is 0 or 1, R is alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl or aryl, each of which is optionally substituted, R A is 2- and 4-Z substituted phenyl, wherein the two Z substituents are identical or different, or is 3- and 4-Z substituted phenyl, wherein the two Z substituents are identical or different, Z is halogen, cyano, nitro, OH, SH, C(alkyl)(═NOalkyl), C and salts thereof. | 20,492 |
8,936,949 | 1. A manufacturing method of a solar cell in which a light receiving side electrode including grid electrodes is provided on one side of a semiconductor substrate, comprising: a first step of forming an impurity diffusion layer on one side of the semiconductor substrate of a first conductivity type, the diffusion layer having a second conductivity-type impurity diffused therein; a second step of measuring a sheet resistance value of the impurity diffusion layer at a plurality of measurement points in a surface of the impurity diffusion layer; and a third step of dividing the surface of the impurity diffusion layer into a plurality of areas corresponding to the measured sheet resistance values of the surface of the impurity diffusion layer, setting a distance between adjacent grid electrodes for each of the areas, and forming the grid electrodes, which are electrically connected to the impurity diffusion layer, on the impurity diffusion layer based on the areas corresponding to the measured sheet resistance values. | 16,698 |
8,408,603 | 1. A coupling device comprising: a first pipe section; and a second pipe section, the first pipe section and the second pipe section being movable relative to each other transverse to a longitudinal axis of the pipe sections; a first flange positioned at an end of the first pipe section, the first flange having an end face transverse to the longitudinal axis; a second flange positioned at an end of the second pipe section, the second flange having an end face transverse to the longitudinal axis and facing the end face of the first flange, an annular groove formed in the end face of the second flange and having a first end and a second end, the second flange further including at least one duct leading to the annular groove and opening into the second end of the annular groove; the at least one duct providing compressed air or an underpressure to the annular groove so as to control a position of a sealing ring; and the sealing ring positioned within the annular groove, the sealing ring being made of an elastic material and having a circular cross section having a diameter, the sealing ring being pressed against the end face of the first flange at a first position when the compressed air is provided to the annular groove by the at least one duct, and the sealing ring being sucked into the annular groove at a second position when the underpressure is provided to the annular groove by the at least one duct; and the annular groove having a depth from the first end to the second end of the annular groove greater than the diameter of the sealing ring so that, after the sealing ring is sucked into the annular groove and comes to rest against the second end of the annular groove at the second position, a distance of a point on a surface of the sealing ring farthest from the second end of the annular groove to the second end of the annular groove is less than the depth of the annular groove, thereby allowing a mutual displacement of the first flange and the second flange in a radial direction without wear to the sealing ring. | 8,453 |
9,520,021 | 1. A method for implementing a contest comprising: downloading game parameters from a server to a player device in response to a player app being launched on the player device; displaying, by the player device, available games that can be played by a player, the games including target game locations from which the games can be played; restricting a frequency at which the player can play each game; allowing a player to select a game to play only when the player is within a predetermined distance of a target game location and when check-ins are still available for the game, including: awarding a daily deal to the player when the player checks in to the target game location and has not yet received the daily deal; awarding a jackpot prize to the player if the player is a winner of a game selected by the player; entering the player in a raffle if the player is not the winner of the game selected by the player; and, conducting the raffle when there are no longer check-ins available for the game. | 7,916 |
9,729,689 | 1. A desktop telephone system comprising: a. two or more sound interface devices each being adapted to provide a sound interface to a user during telephone conversations and b. two or more gateway devices each being adapted to serve as a telephone gateway between a telephone network and each of said two or more sound interface devices during telephone conversations, c. each of said two or more gateway devices further being adapted to provide a call announcement signal in response to detecting an incoming telephone call from a telephone network, and d. each of said two or more sound interface devices further including | 35,936 |
8,864,879 | 1. A method to control liquid accumulation in a carbon capture system, the method comprising: contacting a residual flue gas stream with a lean solution stream in an appendix stripper; where the residual flue gas stream comprises nitrogen, oxygen and moisture; and where the lean solution stream comprises ammonium, ammonium carbonate, ammonium bicarbonate and ammonium sulfate; forming a vapor phase that comprises ammonia vapor, water vapor, carbon dioxide and nitrogen; forming a liquid phase that comprises water, ammonium sulfate and a low concentration of ammonia; reintroducing the vapor phase to the carbon capture system; and discharging the liquid phase to a direct contact cooler for discharge with other ammonium sulfate byproduct streams. | 30,699 |
9,291,396 | 1. A header tank for a heat exchanger for supplying a heat exchange fluid to a core unit in which a plurality of tubes are provided side by side, comprising: an inlet part arranged to introduce the heat exchange fluid into the header tank; and a plurality of pairs of ribs projecting into the header tank, extending from left and right inner walls to an opening of a tube side in directions intersecting with a central axis direction of the inlet part, arranged side by side in the central axis direction and configured to cause the heat exchange fluid to flow into the tubes; wherein the plurality of pairs of ribs project more into the header tank as a distance of the ribs from the inlet part increases. | 28,651 |
8,784,977 | 1. A coated cubic boron nitride sintered body tool which is a coated cubic boron nitride sintered body tool at least whose blade edge comprises a coated cubic boron nitride sintered body where the surface of a cubic boron nitride sintered body substrate is coated with a coating layer, wherein; (1) the coating layer includes a lower layer and an upper layer, the lower layer being closer to the substrate than the upper layer, and an intermediate layer formed between the lower layer and the upper layer; (2) the upper layer has an average thickness of 0.5 to 3.0 μm and comprises a compound represented by a compositional formula Mα, where M represents at least one element selected from Ti, V, Zr, Nb, Mo, Al and Si, and α represents at least one element selected from C, N, B and O; (3) the lower layer has an average layer thickness of 0.5 to 3.0 μm and is an alternately laminated material in which a first thin layer having an average layer thickness of 60 to 200 nm is alternately laminated with a second thin layer having an average layer thickness of 60 to 200 nm, wherein: (a) the first thin layer comprises a compound represented by the compositional formula (Ti (b) the second thin layer comprises a compound represented by the compositional formula (Al (4) the intermediate layer is a metal layer having an average layer thickness of 5 to 100 nm and formed of the same elements found in component M of the upper layer. | 18,729 |
8,562,701 | 1. A method for generating syngas from gasifiable feedstock material comprising feeding a feedstock material into a gasification apparatus, the apparatus comprising a vessel having a feedstock inlet, an inlet for a gaseous gasifying medium, an outlet for exhausted feedstock material and a syngas outlet; a gasifying reactor accommodated in the vessel and in fluid communication with the feedstock inlet, the outlet for exhausted feedstock material and the inlet for the gasifying medium of the vessel; and a filtering unit accommodated in the vessel and having an upstream side and a downstream side, the upstream side of the filtering unit being in fluid communication with the reactor and the downstream side of the filtering unit being in fluid communication with the syngas outlet; wherein the filtering unit is provided with one or more filter elements, each filter element comprising a porous support element, the porous support element comprising a porous outer wall element and a porous inner wall element, the wall elements being spaced apart from each other and defining a free space between the wall elements, wherein the filter elements comprise a particulate catalytically active metal material in bulk accommodated within the free space; the method comprising feeding the feedstock material into the feedstock inlet of the vessel of the apparatus; feeding a gaseous gasifying medium into the apparatus via the gasifying medium inlet; reacting the feedstock material and the gasifying medium in the gasifying reactor accommodated in the apparatus to produce a crude syngas; passing the crude syngas directly through the filtering unit accommodated in the vessel and promoting catalytic reforming of organic compounds contained in the crude syngas by the catalytically active metal material in the filtering unit to provide a purified syngas; and, removing the purified syngas from the vessel through the syngas outlet thereof. | 14,044 |
9,009,499 | 1. An apparatus for managing energy efficiency and control mechanisms in a network having a virtual machine shared by a plurality of network components, the apparatus comprising: a virtual machine power manager (VMPM) coupled to a virtual machine manager (VMM), and to the plurality of network components, wherein the VMPM is configured to: | 28,835 |
8,503,531 | 1. A tangible, non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a computer-executable program which, when executed by a processor, performs an image processing method comprising: detecting, by block matching, respective block motion vectors of a block including a subject pixel and a plurality of blocks adjacent to the block including the subject pixel; calculating a difference between pixel values of a pixel on a first field and a pixel on a second field, these pixels being used to generate the subject pixel, based on each of the detected block motion vectors; generating first auxiliary information for the pixel on the first field and second auxiliary information for the pixel in the second field, the first auxiliary information comprising a first code representing a direction of an edge for the pixel of the first field, and the second auxiliary information comprising a second code representing a direction of an edge for the pixel of the second field; selecting, as a pixel motion vector of the subject pixel, one of the block motion vectors that minimizes the difference between the first field pixel values and second field pixel values, based on at least the first and second auxiliary information; and generating the subject pixel using the pixel on the first field and the pixel on the second field, based on the selected pixel motion vector, wherein the selecting comprises: | 35,006 |
8,588,597 | 1. An image blurring correction device including a correction member movable in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis of an imaging optical system and two driving units which drive the correction member in different directions, a rotation moment being generated in the correction member driven by the driving units, comprising: a shake detection unit which detects a shake of the image blurring correction device; a correction amount calculation unit which calculates a correction amount based on an output from said shake detection unit; an error calculation unit which calculates a driving error generated by a rotation moment based on the rotation moment applied to the correction member; and a first conversion unit which converts the correction amount to cancel the driving error, wherein the first conversion unit converts the correction amount based on an actual position of the correction member when the correction member is driven without considering the rotation moment, such that the actual position of the correction member matches a target position of the correction member, wherein the driving units drive the correction member based on the correction amount converted by said first conversion unit. | 36,714 |
8,843,885 | 1. A program creation support device, comprising: a microprocessor; a program component including at least one program element, for creating, upon a user setting a content of a reuse parameter corresponding to each program element, a program in accordance with the set content; a program component holding unit holding said program component; and a program editing unit editing the program by reuse of said program component, wherein said program element includes an ANDed program element indicating AND combination of the same program elements and an ORed program element indicating an OR combination of the same program elements, wherein said ANDed program element creates, from the number of parameters that are set in the case of reusing, a program in which the program elements to which those parameters are applied are all ANDed, and said ORed program element creates, from the number of parameters that are set in the case of reusing, a program in which the program elements to which those parameters are applied are all ORed; and said program creation support device further comprising a program component defining unit allowing a user to define a new program component, wherein in a case of defining reuse parameters to be applied to respective elements of said new program component as component variables used for the description of said new program component, by defining in said program component defining unit, said new program component including at least one of said ANDed program element and said ORed program element, said program creation support device allows the component variables to enumerate and set two or more parameters only in a case of defining reuse parameters to be applied to said ANDed program element as component variables used for the description of said new program component, and allows the component variables to enumerate and set two or more parameters only in a case of defining reuse parameters to be applied to said ORed program element as component variables used for the description of said new program component; and said program creation support device, in accordance with the definitions of said component variables, upon parameters being enumerated and set in the reuse parameter of said new program component, maintains a logical structure between program elements constituting the program component, enumerates and applies parameters in reuse parameters of said ANDed program element or said ORed program element included in the program component, and creates via a microprocessor, a program including the same program elements where said parameters which being set to said ANDed program element are all said ANDed or the same program elements where said parameters which being set to said ORed program element are all said ORed. | 23,552 |
9,723,508 | 1. A user equipment UE to be used in a wireless communication network, the UE comprising: receiver circuitry to receive a downlink channel signal from a serving cell and to receive downlink control information for an interfering cell; and processing circuitry to: | 8,624 |
9,069,338 | 1. A controller for a building management system comprising: a processing circuit configured to at least one of receive or calculate an updated performance value for the building management system; wherein the processing circuit is further configured to maintain at least one threshold parameter relative to a history of performance values, to determine an exponentially weighted moving average of the performance values, and to compare the moving average to the at least one threshold parameter, wherein the threshold parameter is maintained by multiplying an estimator of scale of the history by a constant value and at least one of adding or subtracting a result of the multiplication to or from a median of the history; and wherein the processing circuit is further configured to generate an output that indicates a result of the comparison. | 20,836 |
8,735,616 | 1. A process to hydrogenate an oil feedstock, the process comprising the steps of: introducing a mixture of the oil feedstock and hydrogen into at least one high shear device, wherein the at least one high shear device comprises at least two generators, wherein each of the at least two generators comprises a cylindrical, toothed rotor, and a complementarily-shaped stator; and subjecting the mixture to a shear rate of at least 20,000 s | 41,656 |
9,799,246 | 1. A method of extracting a circuit parameter from a pixel circuit including a light emitting device, a drive device to provide a programmable drive current to the light emitting device, a programming input, and a storage device to store a programming signal, the method comprising: turning on the drive device so that the voltage of the light emitting device rises to a level higher than its turn-on voltage, turning off the drive device so that the voltage on the light emitting device is discharged through the light emitting device until the light emitting device turns off, and reading the voltage on the light emitting device while that device is turned off. | 36,497 |
8,833,818 | 1. A multifunctional retrieval tool comprising: a. an elongated body, comprising: b. a plurality of hooks equal to the number of facets, each hook comprising a length of wire with a single angle equal to or less than 90 degrees, the angle dividing each hook into an upper and lower end, wherein the upper end of each hook registers and articulates in a hole in the bottom end, c. a cylindrical chamber disposed coaxially within the elongated body, the chamber having an opening at the bottom end. | 34,563 |
9,719,392 | 1. A method, comprising: cooling a nozzle that is directly connected to an exhaust system that receives exhaust gas from an engine by completing a nozzle cooling cycle of operation of a reductant delivery system that provides reductant to the nozzle for injection into the exhaust system, wherein completing the nozzle cooling cycle includes injecting one or more pulses of the reductant through the nozzle in a first amount that substantially phase transforms the reductant to cool the nozzle to less than a threshold temperature prior to initiating an emissions reduction cycle of operation in which the reductant is injected through the nozzle in a second amount that is greater than the first amount to reduce emissions in the exhaust gas. | 45,978 |
9,037,332 | 1. A vehicle having an obstacle detection device, comprising: an AC motor; an inverter that drives the motor; a detector that detects an obstacle around a vehicle using an electromagnetic wave or a sound wave; a determining device for determining whether noise generated from the inverter is likely to interfere with a detection frequency of the detector; and a controller or intermittently operating the detector when the determining device determines that the noise is likely to interfere with the detection frequency and changing the carrier frequency of the inverter only when the detector is operated. | 41,592 |
9,477,207 | 1. An annular time-to-digital converter, comprising: a pulse shaper; a differential chain comprising at least two differential comparing units coupled in a ring, wherein a first one of the at least two differential comparing units includes an input coupled to an output of the pulse shaper and wherein a last one of the at least two differential comparing units includes an output coupled to the input of the first one of the at least two differential comparing units; a circle counter coupled to the output of the last one of the at least two differential comparing units; a matching enabling logical device that includes an output coupled to comparing enabling ports of each of the at least two differential comparing units; at least two in-loop position encoders, wherein each of the at least two in-loop position encoders is coupled to at least one of the at least two differential comparing units; and at least two result recording registers coupled to outputs of the at least two in-loop position encoders. | 21,005 |
9,434,232 | 1. An LCD (liquid crystal display) cap of an air conditioning control panel for a vehicle, the LCD cap being provided above an LCD panel installed in a knob unit and comprising: a finishing plate made of transparent material and having a dark color so that the finishing plate is visually shown in black, the finishing plate being coupled to a front end of the knob unit; and a coating cover coupled to a front surface of the finishing plate by insert injection molding, the coating cover comprising: a transparent plate having a disk-shape, with a display window formed in a central portion of the transparent plate so that a numeral of the LCD panel is exposed to an outside; and an opaque coating layer formed by applying opaque paint to a portion of a rear surface of the transparent plate other than the display window, wherein when the LCD cap is shown from the outside: the dark color of the finishing plate is shown to the outside through the display window while the LCD panel is not in operation, so that an entirety of the coating cover is shown in black; and number information output from the LCD panel is shown to the outside through the finishing plate and the display window when the LCD panel is operation. | 11,031 |
9,497,350 | 1. An image processing apparatus comprising: a reading unit configured to read a document to generate image data; an outputting unit configured to perform, based on receiving an instruction for performing output processing of the image data, output processing for outputting the image data; an acceptance unit configured to accept, after the reading unit reads the document, a read instruction to read a next document; a control unit configured to, in a case where a predetermined time has elapsed without the read instruction being accepted and the instruction being received, and a function for displaying the image data after receiving the instruction is not set, perform output of the image data, wherein the control unit, in a case where the predetermined time has elapsed without the read instruction being accepted and the instruction being received, and the function is set, does not perform output processing of the image data. | 22,262 |
9,439,989 | 1. A light fixture comprising: at least one first light source that emits at a peak wavelength in a range of approximately 380 nanometers (nm) to approximately 420 nm; at least one second light source that emits at a different peak wavelength, wherein a combined light output of the at least one first light source and the at least one second light source emits a colored light that is perceived as white light; wherein the white light comprises a color rendering index (CRI) value of more than approximately 50; wherein the at least one second light source that emits at a different peak wavelength consists of: an xy coordinate on a International Commission on Illumination (CIE) 1931 xy color space diagram above a black body curve within a bounded area defined by a first line of approximately y=2.23989x−0.382773 and a second line of approximately y=1.1551x−0.195082; and wherein the combined light output has a proportion of spectral energy measured in the approximately 380 nm to approximately 420 nm range of greater than approximately 20%. | 34,645 |
8,402,249 | 1. A system comprising: a memory device comprising a plurality of memory regions, wherein each of the plurality of regions has respective and contiguous physical memory addresses; a mapping register configured to allocate a plurality of memory mapping modes for the plurality of memory regions; and a memory controller configured to control access to and from the plurality of memory regions according to the mapping register, including | 7,534 |
9,833,145 | 1. A method for simultaneously detecting, by a medical imaging device, fluorescence signals and Raman signals for multiple targets in a test structure inside a body of an animal, the method comprising steps of: directly spraying a plurality of marker particles onto the test structure, each marker particle being adapted to simultaneously generate fluorescence signals in a first wavelength range and Raman signals in a second wavelength range and including one or more Raman marker particles, receptors, one or more fluorescence dyes and one or more metallic nanoparticles comprising at least one of silver (Ag), gold (Au) or copper (Cu), the first and second wavelength ranges being separate from one another without mutual interference; emitting a laser light onto the test structure inside the body of the animal so that one or more of the marker particles sprayed onto the test structure emit optical signals comprising the fluorescence signals and the Raman signals; collecting, by an optical fiber bundle of the medical imaging device, the optical signals emitted from the one or more of the marker particles sprayed onto the test structure; separating the optical signals into a first optical path containing the fluorescence signals in the first wavelength range and a second optical path containing the Raman signals in the second wavelength range; and simultaneously detecting the fluorescence signals in the first optical path for constructing a fluorescence image indicative of locations of the multiple targets in the test structure based on the detected fluorescence signals, and the Raman signals in the second optical path for constructing a SERS (Surface Enhanced Raman Scattering) spectrum indicative of types of the multiple targets in the test structure based on the detected Raman signals. | 12,425 |
8,911,889 | 1. A battery comprising a non-recovering safety valve including a valve part configured to be ruptured when the valve opens and a valve surrounding part provided around the valve part, the battery comprising an anti-fragmentation part provided in the valve surrounding part to constitute a part of the safety valve and configured to prevent a broken portion generated by rupture of the valve part from fragmenting from the valve surrounding part when the valve opens, the broken portion being integrally formed with the valve surrounding part, wherein the anti-fragmentation part is configured to allow the broken portion generated when the valve opens to come into contact with the anti-fragmentation part above the valve part to restrict deformation of the broken portion. | 25,606 |
9,547,282 | 1. A wearable device with wireless transmission, comprising: a first exterior member configured to operate at a first frequency band; a second exterior member configured to operate at a second frequency band; and a connecting member configured to electrically insulate the first exterior member from the second exterior member, so the wearable device is able to operate at the first frequency band and the second frequency band simultaneously; wherein a frame structure of the wearable device is formed by stacking the first exterior member, the connecting member and the second exterior member in sequence from top to bottom; and a first feed point is located at a first edge of the first exterior member, a second feed point is located at a second edge of the second exterior member, and a ground point is located at a third edge of the second exterior member opposite to the first edge, wherein the second edge is between the first and third edges. | 6,848 |
9,831,743 | 1. A machine having two co-axial and relatively rotatable rotors and a coaxial stator or housing with respect to which both rotors are rotatable and wherein two bearing arrangements mutually support the two rotors with respect to each other and with respect to the stator or housing wherein one of the bearing arrangements comprises multiple support bearings angularly spaced apart with respect to the axis of rotation of the rotors relative to the stator with the support bearings each having an axle or shaft that is fixed relative to one of the rotors or the stator with each support bearing cooperating with a raceway provided on a concentric adjacent rotor or stator wherein a diameter of the raceway and angular arrangement of the support bearings is greater than the diameter of the other of the bearing arrangements. | 13,279 |
8,815,430 | 1. A sealed battery comprising: a lid which closes a container of said sealed battery and covers an upper part of a center of a bare lid with a cap via a valve body to form a safety valve, an upper current collecting plate with an upper surface, and a lead connecting the upper surface to an inner surface of said lid, wherein a welding point of said lead on the inner surface of said lid is outside of a position corresponding to a periphery of said cap, a length of the lead from said welding point of said lead on the inner surface of said lid to a nearest welding point of said lead on said upper surface of said upper current collecting plate is 1 to 2.1 times as large as a shortest distance from said welding point of said lead on the inner surface of said lid to the upper surface of said upper current collecting plate, and the lead comprises the frame portion extends from the first end part in substantially a first direction along a radial direction of the cylindrical lateral wall part, whereas the plurality of supplementary leads extends from the second end part in substantially a second direction along the radial direction, the second direction being opposite to the first direction. | 16,883 |
9,409,572 | 1. A drive assist system comprising: a movable body in which drive assist is performed by an assist device and which includes a movable body holding unit configured to hold an operation result of the assist device; an external holding unit that is provided in an external device located outside the movable body and that is configured to hold the operation result of the assist device; and a controller configured to determine whether or not an operation position where the assist device operates is related to the operation of the assist device, select the external holding unit as a unit in which the operation result of the assist device is to be held when it is determined that the operation position where the assist device operates is not related to the operation of the assist device, and select the movable body holding unit as the unit in which the operation result of the assist device is to be held when it is determined that the operation position where the assist device operates is related to the operation of the assist device. | 10,818 |
8,975,078 | 1. A method for expressing a mouse olfactory receptor 15 (olfr15) on a cell membrane, the method comprising the steps of: (a) transfecting a cell with a vector encoding the mouse Olfr15 receptor as set forth in SEQ ID NO: 20 and a receptor transporting protein, (b) contacting the transfected cells of step (a) with a culture medium containing chlorpromazine, (c) removing the culture medium containing chlorpromazine, and; (d) incubating the transfected cell from step (c) in a culture medium which does not contain chlorpromazine to express the mouse Olfr15 on the cell membrane. | 18,433 |
9,388,028 | 1. A multi-stage lift, comprising: a carriage for receiving a load; a lift structure comprising a plurality of mast sections that are translatable to lower and raise the carriage; and an adjustable height steering handle comprising: | 1,637 |
9,608,507 | 1. A control device for controlling a supply of power from an AC power source to a load, the power source supplying a line voltage having a plurality of repeating cycles, the control device comprising: a first switch arranged in series electrical connection between the power source and the load, the first switch having a first state in which the first switch conducts electrical current and a second state in which the first switch is not conducting; and a power stealing circuit arranged in parallel electrical connection to the first switch and comprising a charge storage, a second switch connected between a first terminal of the first switch and the charge storage device, and a semiconductor device, the power stealing circuit for: | 19,313 |
9,005,789 | 1. A method of manufacturing a jelly-roll electrode assembly pattern-coated with active materials, manufactured by winding and compressing a separator and an anode and a cathode arranged on both sides of the separator, wherein the anode comprises an anode flat coated portion coated with an anode active material and an anode curved uncoated portion not coated with the anode active material, which are alternately formed, and wherein the cathode comprises a cathode flat coated portion coated with a cathode active material and a cathode curved uncoated portion not coated with the cathode active material, which are alternately formed, wherein the widths of the curved uncoated portion of the cathode and the anode are formed to be smaller than that of the electrode assembly curved portion, and inflection points of the curved portion of the electrode assembly are included in the curved uncoated portion of the cathode and the anode, the method comprising any one of; determining widths of an inner side and an outer side of the anode curved uncoated portion and the cathode curved uncoated portion to which widths of an inner side and an outer side of the anode curved uncoated portion satisfy following equations (1) and (2) respectively, and to which widths of an inner side and outer side of the cathode curved uncoated portion satisfy following equations (3) and (4) respectively, in order that a first radius curvature of the anode curved uncoated portion is smaller than a first radius curvature of the cathode curved uncoated portion; and determining widths of an inner side and an outer side of the cathode curved uncoated portion and the anode curved uncoated portion to which widths of an inner side and an outer side of the cathode curved uncoated portion satisfy following equations (5) and (6) respectively, and to which widths of an inner side and an outer side of the anode curved uncoated portion satisfy following equations (7) and (8) respectively, in order that a first radius curvature of the cathode curved uncoated portion is smaller than a first radius curvature of the anode curved uncoated portion; wherein W(I)n designates a width of an inner side of an nth anode curved uncoated portion, Ts designates a thickness of the separator, Ta designates a thickness of the anode, Tc designates a thickness of the cathode, and n is an integer; wherein W(II)n designates a width of an outer side of an nth anode curved uncoated portion, Ts designates a thickness of the separator, Ta designates a thickness of the anode, Tc designates a thickness of the cathode, and n is an integer; wherein W(III)n designates a width of an inner side of an nth cathode curved uncoated portion, Ts designates a thickness of the separator, Ta designates a thickness of the anode, Tc designates a thickness of the cathode, and n is an integer; wherein W(IV)n designates a width of an outer side of the nth cathode curved uncoated portion, Ts designates the thickness of the separator, Ta designates a thickness of the anode, Tc designates a thickness of the cathode, and n is an integer; wherein W(I)n designates a width of an inner side of an nth cathode curved uncoated portion, Ts designates a thickness of the separator, Ta designates a thickness of the cathode, Tc designates a thickness of the anode, and n is an integer; wherein W(II)n designates a width of an outer side of the nth cathode curved uncoated portion, Ts designates the thickness of the separator, Ta designates a thickness of the cathode, Tc designates a thickness of the anode, and n is an integer; wherein W(III)n designates a width of an inner side of an nth anode curved uncoated portion, Ts designates a thickness of the separator, Ta designates a thickness of the cathode, Tc designates a thickness of the anode, and n is an integer; wherein W(IV)n designates a width of an outer side of the nth anode curved uncoated portion, Ts designates the thickness of the separator, Ta designates a thickness of the cathode, Tc designates a thickness of the anode, and n is an integer. | 27,075 |
9,540,244 | 1. A method of synthesizing carbon nanomaterials, the method comprising: mixing a lignin and/or source thereof and a catalyst to form a mixture, wherein the lignin and/or source thereof is a kraft lignin; heating the mixture at a temperature of at least 600° C. for at least 30 minutes; cooling the heated mixture to form a cooled mixture including graphene nanomaterials; and following the cooling step, purifying the mixture to increase a concentration of carbon nanomaterials in the cooled mixture. | 6,330 |
9,796,993 | 1. A method comprising: contacting a lignin sample with an isolated flavin-dependent monooxygenase and forming at least partially degraded lignin; and contacting the lignin sample with an auxiliary compound that disrupts noncovalent interaction between the at least partially degraded lignin and the flavin-dependent monooxygenase. | 25,310 |
8,903,457 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a vehicle base station configured and arranged to a remote transceiver circuit having a data-receiving circuit configured and arranged to receive the radio frequency signals from the vehicle base station, the remote transceiver circuit being configured and arranged to | 27,004 |
9,331,457 | 1. A semiconductor laser apparatus for overlapping wavelengths of a plurality of beams emitted from a plurality of light emitting points included in a semiconductor laser bar, the semiconductor laser apparatus comprising: a beam divergence angle correction optical system, which is arranged so that a relative position thereof in a beam divergence angle correction direction, which is a direction orthogonal to a direction in which the plurality of light emitting points are arranged, sequentially changes in order of arrangement of the plurality of light emitting points, the beam divergence angle correction optical system being configured to correct a divergence angle of each of the plurality of beams in the beam divergence angle correction direction; a beam rotation optical system for rotating the each of the plurality of beams having the divergence angle corrected by the beam divergence angle correction optical system with respect to an optical axis thereof; a wavelength dispersion optical element arranged at a focused position at which the plurality of beams transmitted through the beam divergence angle correction optical system and the beam rotation optical system are focused in a plane orthogonal to the beam divergence angle correction direction; and a partial reflection mirror arranged on an optical path of the plurality of beams that are diffracted by the wavelength dispersion optical element and overlapped on the same axis. | 20,302 |
8,446,470 | 1. An imaging system suitable for use in a vehicle, said imaging system comprising: an imaging sensor comprising a two-dimensional array of photosensing elements, said two-dimensional array comprising a plurality of sub-arrays, wherein each sub-array of said sub-arrays comprises four photosensing pixels, and wherein a first pixel of said sub-array primarily senses infrared radiation and a second pixel of said sub-array primarily senses red visible light; wherein said imaging sensor is configured to be disposed at a vehicle equipped with said imaging system and wherein, when said imaging sensor is disposed at the equipped vehicle, said imaging sensor has a field of view forwardly of the equipped vehicle through a windshield of the equipped vehicle; an image processor for processing image data captured by said imaging sensor, wherein said image processor processes outputs of said four photosensing pixels of said sub-array, said image processor processing an output of said first pixel of said sub-array to determine an infrared component of the imaged scene and said image processor processing an output of said second pixel of said sub-array to determine a red visible light component of the imaged scene; wherein, responsive at least in part to determination of a red visible light component of the imaged scene via said processing of the output of said second pixel of said sub-array and with said imaging sensor disposed at the equipped vehicle and viewing forwardly through the windshield, said imaging system is operable to detect at least one of (i) a headlight of a vehicle ahead of the equipped vehicle (ii) a taillight of a vehicle ahead of the equipped vehicle and (iii) a traffic sign; wherein a near infrared illumination source is disposed at the equipped vehicle and is operable to emit near infrared illumination to illuminate forward of the equipped vehicle to enhance nighttime viewing by said imaging sensor, and wherein said near infrared illumination source, when activated, illuminates at least a portion of the forward field of view of said imaging sensor with near infrared illumination; and wherein, responsive at least in part to determination of an infrared component of the imaged scene via said processing of the output of said first pixel of said sub-array and with said imaging sensor disposed at the equipped vehicle and viewing forwardly through the windshield, said imaging system is operable to detect reflections by objects located forward of the equipped vehicle of near infrared illumination emitted by said near infrared illumination source of the equipped vehicle. | 20,120 |
8,973,351 | 1. A method of automatically-regenerating a diesel engine for a work vehicle, the work vehicle comprising a diesel engine, a gas emission cleaning device having a filter for trapping particulate matter included in gas emissions emitted from the diesel engine, and a switch outputting a first command for allowing automatic regeneration to be carried out, and outputting a second command for disallowing the allowed automatic regeneration from being carried out, comprising the steps of: performing automatic regeneration to automatically combust and eliminate particulate matter that has accumulated in a gas emission cleaning device when the accumulated amount of the particulate matter has exceeded a predetermined value; outputting an alert signal showing the necessity of carrying out the automatic regeneration when the accumulated amount of particulate matter has exceeded the predetermined value; changing an automatic regeneration flag to a first flag in response to a first command to allow the automatic regeneration; changing the automatic regeneration flag to a second flag in response to a second command to disallow the automatic regeneration; causing the automatic regeneration to be carried out when the automatic regeneration flag is the first flag; and suspending the automatic regeneration when the automatic regeneration flag is the second flag. | 10,179 |
9,375,329 | 1. A stent configured to closely contact tissue in vivo by being deformed when set indwelling in vivo, the stent comprising: a plurality of axially arranged annular members, with axially adjacent annular members being interconnected by at least one link part; and a metallic wavy-linear annular member positioned at each end of the stent; wherein said plurality of axially arranged annular members comprise a plurality of linear components configured to deform and exhibit a force for maintaining dilation when the stent is set indwelling in vivo, the linear components comprising a plurality of metallic linear components and a plurality of biodegradable material-made linear components; wherein the at least one link part is defined by one of the metallic linear components; and wherein, after a predetermined period of time when the stent is left indwelling in vivo and biodegradation of the biodegradable material-made linear components proceeds, the plurality of metallic linear components and the at least one link part remain intact such that a unitary metallic structure is maintained in vivo; and wherein the metallic linear components are zigzag in shape and the biodegradable material-made linear components are zigzag in shape, the metallic linear components comprising a plurality of metallic linear spiral members extending in a spiral manner in relation to an axial direction of the stent, the plurality of metallic linear spiral members being interconnected by the biodegradable material-made linear components. | 45,479 |
9,410,996 | 1. A system for a plurality of different electric load types, the system comprising: a plurality of sensors structured to sense a voltage signal and a current signal for each of the different electric loads; and a processor structured to: | 48,922 |
9,620,027 | 1. A system for delivering audio content to a user during a dream state, the system comprising: a plurality of electrodes positionable on the head of the user, the electrodes configured to detect electrical signals of the user's brain or head indicative of the dream state; logic resources operably coupled to the plurality of electrodes, the logic resources configured to analyze the electrical signals to determine: i) when the dream state occurs; and ii) a period of optimal receptivity to learning (PORL) from an audio signal to the user during the dream state based on a period of stability of at least one of a frequency or voltage of the electrical signals; an audio storage device operably coupled to the logic resources; the storage device configured to store audio content to be delivered to the user; an audio output device operably coupled to at least one of the logic resources or the audio storage device, the audio output device configured to output an audio signal to the user containing the audio content; and wherein the logic resources are configured to control the audio output device so as to synchronize the output of the audio signal to the user with the PORL. | 2,006 |
9,520,766 | 1. A household appliance power supply device, comprising: a switching converter; and a determining device, wherein, the switching converter comprises: | 20,767 |
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