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9,787,503 | 1. A method of utilizing proxy Internet protocol (IP) addressing in a gateway for communicating with a plurality of different service providers, comprising: receiving, at the gateway, a first IP address prefix from an alternative service provider in communication with the gateway over a first wide area network (WAN) interface of the gateway via a first WAN, the first IP address prefix comprising a first range of logical IP addresses provided by an internet protocol (IP) video provider; assigning, within the gateway, a proxy IP address from the first IP address prefix for at least one computing device in communication with the gateway; receiving, at the gateway, a second IP address prefix from a master service provider in communication with the gateway over a second WAN interface of the gateway via a second WAN, the second IP address prefix comprising a second range of actual IP addresses provided by a public internet service provider; assigning, within the gateway, an actual IP address from the second IP address prefix for the at least one computing device in communication with the gateway, wherein the at least one computing device is provisioned with the actual IP address assigned from the second IP address prefix; creating a mapping table and a route forwarding table at the gateway, the mapping table comprising a mapping of the proxy IP address and the actual IP address, the route forwarding table comprising information to compare with a destination IP address in an upstream data traffic and to determine, based on the comparison, whether to direct the upstream data traffic to the alternative service provider, wherein creating the mapping table comprises creating a one to one mapping of the proxy address and the actual IP address for each of the at least one computing device; receiving, at the gateway, downstream data traffic; determining a destination address for the downstream data traffic; determining that the destination address is the proxy IP address; performing, in response to the determination that the destination address is the proxy IP address, a lookup operation in the mapping table to determine the actual IP address corresponding to the proxy IP address; and updating the destination address of the downstream data traffic, wherein updating the downstream data traffic comprises replacing the proxy IP address in the destination address with the actual IP address determined by the lookup operation. | 4,176 |
8,841,020 | 1. A battery comprising: a battery case forming a substantially sealed enclosure; an electrode stack within the enclosure, the electrode stack including a first set of plate electrodes and a second set of plate electrodes, the plate electrodes in the second set alternating with the plate electrodes in the first set within the electrode stack and one or more separators positioned between each pair of adjacent plate electrodes in the first and second set of plate electrodes, wherein the first set of plate electrodes combine with the second set of plate electrodes to form at least one voltaic cell, the first set of plate electrodes forming a cathode of the voltaic cell and the second set of plate electrodes forming an anode of the voltaic cell, wherein the plate electrodes in the first and second sets of plate electrodes each includes a conductive substrate serving as a current collector, and an electrode material disposed over the current collector, wherein the conductive substrate includes a conductive tab that does have the electrode material coating, wherein the electrode stack includes a first set of one or more spacers are positioned between each adjacent tab of the conductive tabs in the first set of plate electrodes, wherein the electrode stack further includes a second set of one or more spacers are positioned between each adjacent tab of the in the first set of plate electrodes; wherein the conductive tabs in the first set of plate electrodes and the first set of spacers are aligned to form a first coincident aperture that extends through the first set of plate electrodes and the first set of spacers, wherein the conductive tabs in the second set of plate electrodes and the second set of spacers are aligned to form a second coincident aperture that extends through the second set of plate electrodes and the second set of spacers, wherein the conductive tabs in the first set of plate electrodes and the first set of spacers are further aligned to form a third coincident aperture that extends through the first set of plate electrodes and the first set of spacers, wherein the conductive tabs in the second set of plate electrodes and the second set of spacers are further aligned to form a fourth coincident aperture that extends through the second set of plate electrodes and the second set of spacers; and a first feedthrough including a first feedthrough pin extending through the battery case and through the first coincident aperture, wherein the first feedthrough pin serves as a positive terminal for the battery; and a second feedthrough including a second feedthrough pin extending through the battery case and through the second coincident aperture, wherein the second feedthrough pin serves as a negative terminal for the battery, wherein the first coincident aperture and the third coincident aperture combine to facilitate alignment of the conductive tabs in the first set of plate electrodes and the spacers in the first set of spacers during assembly of the electrode stack, wherein the second coincident aperture and the fourth coincident aperture combine to facilitate alignment of the conductive tabs in the second set of plate electrodes and the spacers in the second set of spacers during assembly of the electrode stack, wherein the third coincident aperture and the first coincident aperture are orientated differently in the plate electrodes of the first set of plate electrodes than the fourth coincident aperture and the second coincident aperture in the plate electrodes of the second set of plate electrodes to prevent interchanging plate electrodes of the first set of plate electrodes with plate electrodes of the second set of plate electrodes within the electrode stack during assembly of the electrode stack, wherein the spacers in the first set of spacers are interchangeable with the spacers in the second set of spacers for assembly of the electrode stack. | 27,771 |
9,460,248 | 1. A method for predicting a degree of contamination of molten steel during ladle exchange, the method comprising the steps of: providing a first ladle conveying a quantity of molten steel; providing a second ladle conveying a quantity of molten steel; the first ladle and second ladle each performing an operation to supply the respective quantity of molten steel to a tundish in turn; a contamination prediction system, (1) determining a casting quantity (Q), the amount of molten steel transferred from the tundish to a mold at the end of an operation of the first ladle, and determining a residual quantity (Qrm), an amount of molten steel existing in the tundish at the start of the operation of the second ladle; (2) calculating, a first casting amount (Qplug), the casting amount of the molten steel contained in the tundish, when a concentration of contaminants is substantially 0.1, Qplug being determined as a function of Qrm and a first proportional coefficient (g), where g is determined as Qplug/Qrm and has a value between 0.1 and 0.3, and calculating a second casting amount (Qpeak), which is the casting amount of the molten steel contained in the tundish, when a concentration of contaminants is substantially 1, Qpeak being determined as a function of Qrm and a second proportional coefficient (h), where h is determined as Qpeak/Qrm and has a value between 0.2 and 0.4; (3) determining a first preliminary degree of contamination as a linear function of the casting quantity Q, the first casting amount Qplug, and the second casting amount Qpeak, and determining a second preliminary degree of contamination as an exponential function of the casting quantity Q, the first casting amount Qplug, and the second casting amount Qpeak; and (4) obtaining a first degree of contamination at the end of the operation of the first ladle and obtaining a second degree of contamination at the start of the operation of the second ladle by selecting the a smaller of the first preliminary degree of contamination and the second preliminary degree of contamination. | 42,265 |
9,551,771 | 1. A method of obtaining a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) image by an MRI apparatus comprising a processor, the method comprising: repeatedly performing a sequence of obtaining a navigator image that tracks breathing of a subject and obtaining MRI data of a subject region, multiple times, during a predetermined time period; extracting MRI data obtained at a point of time at which a heartbeat and the tracked breathing of the subject are paused, based on the obtained navigator images; and generating an MRI image of the subject region by transforming the extracted MRI data through fat suppression, in response to the extraction of the MRI data being completed, wherein the performing of the sequence comprises | 32,424 |
9,397,316 | 1. An OLEO display panel arranged with an organic light-emitting element configured to emit light in response to a signal supplied from a terminal electrode, the panel comprising: a substrate; a metal film formed above the substrate; an insulation film formed above the metal film; a drive circuit layer including a circuit formed above the insulation film for driving the organic light-emitting element based on the signal; a metal contact configured to pass through the insulation film and the drive circuit layer and having one end contacting with the metal film; and a heat dissipation pattern of a metal film formed above the drive circuit layer to contact with the other end of the metal contact. | 33,544 |
9,476,348 | 1. A pre-combustion chamber comprising: a prechamber comprising an external surface and an internal surface enclosing a prechamber volume; and one or more holes communicating between the external surface and the internal surface for introducing a fuel-air mixture into the prechamber volume, each of the one or more holes comprising a hole axis that defines an index angle and a rotational offset for creating a spiral flow pattern of the fuel-air mixture in the prechamber volume; wherein the prechamber is configured for removably receiving a spark plug comprising a primary electrode and one or more ground electrodes disposed within the prechamber volume and offset from the primary electrode to form one or more electrode gaps, such that the one or more electrode gaps are disposed within the prechamber volume. | 31,701 |
8,925,502 | 1. An internal combustion engine comprising: a crankcase; a crankshaft disposed in the crankcase; a cylinder block connected to the crankcase; first and second cylinders disposed in the cylinder block, the first cylinder having a first exhaust port, the second cylinder having a second exhaust port; a first piston movably disposed within the first cylinder and a second piston movably disposed within the second cylinder, the first and second pistons being operatively connected to the crankshaft; a valve assembly connected to the cylinder block, the valve assembly comprising: at least one fluid pump supplying hydraulic fluid to the first and second fluid lines. | 37,402 |
9,648,713 | 1. Apparatus for producing X-rays, the apparatus comprising: at least one source of optical radiation configured to emit pulses of optical radiation; focusing optics configured to bring two counter-propagating pulses of the optical radiation to a common line focus; an electron source configured to provide an electron beam aligned with the line focus; wherein the focusing optics include one or more dispersive optical elements configured to introduce a tilt angle between phase fronts of the counter-propagating pulses and pulse fronts of the counter-propagating pulses; wherein the tilt angle is selected to substantially match a velocity of pulse front propagation along the line focus with an electron velocity of the electron beam along the line focus; and wherein a standing wave pattern formed by the counter-propagating pulses at the line focus acts as an undulator for emission of X-rays by electrons in the electron beam. | 46,288 |
9,387,756 | 1. A vehicle hybrid drive arrangement comprising: a primary power source; a primary power transmitting shaft; a transmission driven by the primary power source; a differential having a differential case and two differential output shafts; two independent, articulated axle shafts, each shaft configured to deliver power to a drive wheel; two secondary power sources comprising electric traction motor/generators, each disposed between one of the differential output shafts and one of the articulated axle shafts, each secondary power source comprising a constant velocity joint coupling device disposed within a central axis of the secondary power source and configured to couple the secondary power source to the corresponding differential output shaft and to drive the corresponding articulated axle shaft; a battery system connected to the electric traction motors/generators; and a vehicle sensing and control system configured to provide instructions to one or more motor/generator controllers configured to control the electric traction motors/generators. | 28,954 |
8,637,202 | 1. A device for minimizing a buoyancy driven convective flow inside a manifold of a fuel cell stack having a dry end unit, the fuel cell stack having a plurality of fuel cells disposed in a stack, comprising: a plurality of spaced apart baffle walls disposed inside the manifold of the fuel cell stack and substantially parallel to an elongate axis of the manifold, the spaced apart baffle walls disposed adjacent the dry end unit of the fuel cell stack in direct fluid communication with the fuel cells but not in physical contact with the fuel cells and having a surface area sufficient to increase a viscous resistance to the buoyancy driven convective flow of gases. | 20,918 |
9,110,460 | 1. A management system for operation items used in manufacturing on a production line, the management system comprising: a processing unit; a module configured for storing a plurality of group lists, each one of the plurality of group lists including a header formed by a respective one of a plurality of production based operation items being production processes to be executed in a manufacturing sub-system, said module configured for storing a plurality of non-production based operation items for each of the plurality of production based operation items as a content of a corresponding one of the plurality of group lists, said module providing a hierarchical subdivision of the plurality of production based operation items and the non-production based operation items in the plurality of group lists to input the plurality of group lists into said processing unit in a standard form; a production line including at least one manufacturing sub-system with a command interface configured to execute processes in accordance with the plurality of production based operation items; and a control unit connected to said command interface of said manufacturing sub-system; wherein the plurality of non-production based operation items for each of the plurality of production based operation items includes at least a machine setup and a machine cleaning. | 2,387 |
8,903,828 | 1. A method for configuring a multi-path index, the method comprising: receiving, by an indexing engine in a database management system configured to store a structured document in its native format, a multi-path index definition associated with a data model corresponding to the structured document; and storing, by the indexing engine, the multi-path index definition in a data structure associated with a multi-path index configured to store indexed data from a structured document conforming to the data model, the multi-path index definition including a first sub-path definition that covers a first plurality of descendant elements of a root element of the data model and a second sub-path definition that covers a second plurality of descendant elements of the root element of the data model, the multi-path index definition further including at least two index properties, wherein each of a plurality of descendant elements covered by the sub-path definitions is automatically indexed according to the at least two index properties that specify types of searches to be performed for the content of each of the descendant elements covered by the sub-path definitions, and wherein the at least two index properties are selected from a set of index properties including at least a full-text search, a value comparison, an element type definition, an enumerate repeating elements, and a start end marker. | 47,591 |
9,255,319 | 1. A Cr-containing austenitic alloy tube exhibiting corrosion resistance and enhanced strength, wherein the Cr-containing austenitic alloy tube consists of, by mass percent, C: 0.01 to 0.15%, Si: 1.00% or less, Mn: 2.0% or less, P: 0.030% or less, S: 0.030% or less, Cr: 10.0 to 40.0%, Ni: 8.0 to 80.0%, Ti: 0.5% or less, Cu: 0.6% or less, Al: 0.5% or less, and N: 0.01 to 0.20%, a balance being Fe and impurities, and wherein a chromium oxide film with a thickness of 0.05 to 1.5 μm having a relationship defined by Formula (i) is formed on an inner surface of the tube, wherein an average concentration of C in a depth range of 5 to 10 μm from the inner surface is lower than a concentration of C in a wall thickness central portion of the tube; wherein δ1 and δ2 are thicknesses (μm) of the chromium oxide film at both ends of tube, respectively. | 41,055 |
9,018,113 | 1. A glass ceramic suitable for use as a cooktop for induction heating having improved colored display capability and heat shielding, comprising: a transparent, dyed glass ceramic plate having high-quartz mixed crystals as a predominant crystal phase, wherein the glass ceramic plate contains none of the chemical refining agents arsenic oxide or antimony oxide, apart from inevitable traces; transmittance values of the glass ceramic plate of: a light transmittance in a visible spectrum of less than 2.5%. | 47,308 |
8,845,118 | 1. An illumination system comprising: an outer housing including a central housing and at least one inlet and at least one outlet; an inner housing being coupled to the outer housing, the inner housing including a first fluid aperture and a second fluid aperture and defining a chamber; an evaporator system being disposed within the chamber so that the evaporator system is not visible from a position outside of the outer housing; and a plurality of illumination devices distributed substantially around the evaporator system and being coupled to the outer housing between the inner housing and the central housing to emit illumination outside of the inner housing. | 13,087 |
8,650,450 | 1. A method of interleaving Low Density Parity Check (LDPC) codes over mobile satellite channels, comprising: segmenting a large LDPC code block into smaller codewords, each codeword having multiple code segments, the size of a code segment being less than 3% of the codeword; randomly shuffling the code segments within each codeword; convolutionally interleaving the shuffled code segments such that code segments from various codewords are mutually interleaved; and transmitting the interleaved codewords over a satellite channel to a mobile receiver. | 47,900 |
9,229,872 | 1. A semiconductor die, comprising: a cache having cache entries; replacement cache entries for invalid ones of said cache entries; replacement circuitry to configure replacement of said invalid ones of said cache entries with respective ones of said replacement cache entries; and a controller to perform built-in self test (BIST) operations on said cache entries during runtime and record in a log a timestamp, a temperature, and a supply voltage for each BIST operation. | 46,442 |
8,742,976 | 1. A method in which a device performs operations comprising: determining, for a device comprising a combination of a radar unit and a wireless node, at least one predefined power sequence for a plurality of components of said device such that said components are fully functional at a proper time for providing a particular function of said device; and executing a particular one of said at least one predefined power sequence, wherein execution of said at least one predefined power sequence is performed such that a respective component is fully functional when needed to perform said function, and wherein said component is disabled otherwise such that a minimum amount of power is used by said device. | 47,349 |
9,346,689 | 1. A method of water discharge management in a water processing system comprising: providing a supply of a first solution; providing a supply of a second solution; selectively supplying the first solution to a water processing system and the second solution to the water processing system; discharging a discharge water from the water processing system; and implementing a reclamation protocol comprising: controllably and selectively directing the discharge water from the water processing system directly through a first multi-way valve to a waste outlet during a period in which the discharge water satisfies a first selected criteria, and to a second multi-way valve during a period in which the discharge water satisfies a second selected criteria; controllably and selectively directing the discharge water received from the first multi-way valve through the second multi-way valve to a first tube during a period in which the discharge water does not satisfy a third criteria, or to a second tube fluidly coupled to a regenerant solution storage container during a period in which the discharge water satisfies the third selected criteria; and controllably and selectively directing the discharge water from the waste outlet through an external drain line, wherein the discharge water in the external drain line comprises non-recaptured turbid liquid waste; wherein the first multi-way valve and the second multi-way valve are controlled by the water processing system which also controls and implements a regeneration cycle of the water processing system and the reclamation protocol; wherein the second selected criteria and the third selected criteria are each selected from the group consisting of a concentration of soft water ions, a concentration of hard water ions, a ratio of soft water ions to hard water ions, turbidity of the discharged water, and clarity of the discharged water; and wherein the second selected criteria and the third selected criteria are different selected criteria from the group. | 11,108 |
9,793,851 | 1. A frame assembly for a solar tracker comprising: a support frame; a panel assembly rotatably mounted to said support frame configured to support one or more solar panels, said panel assembly including: an actuator assembly for rotating the panel assembly to track the movement of the sun. | 36,462 |
9,395,804 | 1. A circuit arrangement, comprising: a processing unit including a plurality of functional units; branch prediction logic coupled to the processing unit and configured to maintain historical information associated with a plurality of branch instructions, wherein the historical information for a first branch instruction among the plurality of branch instructions includes branch history information for use in predicting whether the first branch instruction is likely to be taken and power usage prediction information associated with a first functional unit among the plurality of functional units and separate from the branch history information, and wherein the branch prediction logic is configured to predict whether the first branch instruction is likely to be taken in association with execution of the first branch instruction using the branch history information; and control logic coupled to the branch prediction logic and configured to selectively reduce power consumption of the first functional unit in association with execution of the first branch instruction based upon the power usage prediction information maintained by the branch prediction logic; wherein the power usage prediction information for the first branch instruction predicts whether the first functional unit is expected to be idle subsequent to execution of the first branch instruction; wherein the power usage prediction information for the first branch instruction includes a state indicator, wherein a first state of the state indicator indicates that the first functional unit is expected to be idle subsequent to execution of the first branch instruction and a second state of the state indicator indicates that the first functional unit is not expected to be idle subsequent to execution of the first branch instruction, wherein the first and second states are associated with weak predictions, wherein a third state of the state indicator indicates that the first functional unit is strongly expected to be idle subsequent to execution of the first branch instruction and a fourth state of the state indicator strongly indicates that the first functional unit is not expected to be idle subsequent to execution of the first branch instruction; wherein the control logic is configured to: | 32,186 |
9,209,683 | 1. A semiconductor circuit for receiving a source voltage and producing an output voltage, the circuit comprising: a switch controller; a switched device communicatively coupled to the switch controller and having a source and drain, the switch controller controlling a duty cycle of the switched device; a diode coupled between the source and the drain of the switched device; and an inductor coupled to at least one of the source of the switched device or the drain of the switched device; wherein the inductor is directly electrically coupled to a body of the switched device; wherein the switched device is characterized by a drain-to-source breakdown voltage greater than or substantially equal to a greater of the source voltage and the output voltage; and wherein the switched device is further characterized by a hot-carrier injection rating less than a greater of the source voltage and the output voltage. | 5,676 |
9,607,476 | 1. A gaming system primarily dedicated to playing a casino wagering game, comprising: a gaming cabinet for housing components associated with the casino wagering game; an electronic display device disposed on the gaming cabinet; an electronic input device disposed on the gaming cabinet, the electronic input device configured to receive a physical input from a player to initiate the casino wagering game and transform the input into an electronic data signal; a random element generator configured to generate one or more random elements; and one or more controllers configured to: | 25,416 |
9,339,408 | 1. A clasp configured to permanently secure a flexible band, comprising: first and second interlocking members, each interlocking member comprising: wherein, when interlocked, the first and second interlocking members define a path from one side of the clasp to an opposite side of the clasp through which the flexible band passes such that the flexible band extends through a first opening in the one side of the clasp and a second opening in the opposite side of the clasp. | 38,661 |
9,223,765 | 1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions stored thereon that, when executed by at least one processor, are configured to cause a computing system to at least: determine, for each of a plurality of current symbols in a data block, frequencies of succeeding symbols within the data block; generate a plurality of clusters, each of the plurality of clusters including a subset of the plurality of current symbols; generate, for each of the clusters, a code, the code including variable length codewords for each of the succeeding symbols of the current symbols included in the respective cluster; and encode each of the succeeding symbols in the data block based on the code for the cluster that includes the succeeding symbol's respective current symbol. | 10,502 |
9,698,286 | 1. A quantum well infrared photodetector (QWIP) comprising: a plurality of epi-layers formed into multiple periods of quantum wells, each of the quantum wells being separated by a barrier, an emitter contact layer formed above the quantum wells, and a collector contact layer formed below the quantum wells, the quantum wells, barriers, emitter contact layer, and collector contact layer being formed of II-VI semiconductor materials comprising zinc, cadmium, and selenium. | 27,747 |
9,142,700 | 1. An assembly for securing a solar panel and providing a grounding path between the solar panel and the assembly comprising: a. a support member further comprising a pair of vertical components wherein one of the vertical components is longer than the other; b. a ballast holder transversely coupled to the support member; and c. a mounting member pivotally coupled to at least one of the vertical components of the support member wherein the mounting member comprises; d. a clamp further comprising: | 24,980 |
8,540,384 | 1. A keyboard for a portable computer comprising: one or more illuminated components, wherein the illuminated components comprise one or more key cap components, the key cap components comprising an optically transmissive material; a luminescent sheet underlying the one or more illuminated components to provide an intensity of illumination to the illuminated components that is visible to a user of the apparatus; and wherein one or more key caps are tinted with one or more different colors to provide illuminated key caps that emit light of one or more different color tints. | 11,299 |
9,643,492 | 1. A motor vehicle comprising: a fuel cell; an air compressor configured to provide intake air under pressure to the fuel cell; and an electric drive motor configured to drive the motor vehicle, wherein the electric drive motor is supplied with electric current by the fuel cell, and wherein the air compressor is driven by the electric drive motor, wherein the drive motor is connected to the air compressor by way of a torque-transmitting coupling. | 6,779 |
9,579,970 | 1. A tank neck unit for a vehicle having a pressure accumulator system, comprising: a tank neck configured for a predetermined maximum pressure which is greater than a permissible operating pressure of the pressure accumulator system; a throughflow path; a nonreturn valve; and a shut-off valve arranged in the throughflow path between the tank neck and an outlet region, the shut-off valve being configured to prevent an increase in pressure of the pressure accumulator system beyond the permissible operating pressure, wherein the shut-off valve is purely mechanical, and is to close off a passage opening when a pressure of at least one pressure accumulator vessel of the pressure accumulator system exceeds a predetermined value, and which does not open due to either a further increase in pressure at the intake region, or a further decrease in pressure at the intake region. | 18,321 |
8,678,563 | 1. A liquid ejecting head comprising: a piezoelectric element which is provided with a piezoelectric layer and an electrode provided on the piezoelectric layer, wherein the piezoelectric layer is provided above a lanthanum nickelate film, and is formed of a complex oxide having a perovskite structure which contains at least Pb, Ti, and Zr, and a half-width (θ) of a peak derived from a (100) plane and/or a peak derived from a (001) plane measured using an X-ray rocking curve method is 6.0 degrees or less. | 45,099 |
9,019,408 | 1. An X-ray system comprising: an X-ray generator configured to irradiate an object with an X-ray; a sensor portion configured to sense light; and a computer configured to process a signal which is generated in response to the light sensed by the sensor portion, wherein the sensor portion comprises a circuit including a transistor and a photoelectric conversion element; wherein a channel forming region of the transistor is overlapped by the photoelectric conversion element. | 15,508 |
8,481,535 | 1. A process for preparing a compound of Formula (I): or a salt form thereof, wherein: comprising reacting a compound of Formula (II): with a compound of Formula (III): in the presence of a trisubstituted phosphine and a compound having the Formula (A): wherein: to form said compound of Formula (I). | 2,576 |
9,573,483 | 1. A driving control method for a hybrid vehicle having state of charge (SOC) ranges and a plurality of power distribution strategies, the driving control method comprising: controlling, by a controller which controls power distribution of the hybrid vehicle and charge and discharge of a battery, the hybrid vehicle using a power distribution strategy corresponding to an SOC range to which a current SOC of the battery belongs, wherein the SOC ranges include a high SOC range, an intermediate SOC range, a low SOC range, each of which includes an upper limit and a lower limit, and the plurality of power distribution strategies correspond to the respective SOC ranges, wherein when a speed of the hybrid vehicle is outside a reference speed threshold, the upper and lower limits of the intermediate SOC range and the low SOC range are increased, and wherein a plurality of driving modes are provided, and upper and lower limits of each of the high SOC range, the intermediate SOC range, and the low SOC range are set in each of the driving modes. | 28,684 |
8,865,502 | 1. A method of fabricating a solar cell comprising: providing a semiconductor substrate of a first thickness and comprising a single semiconductor material layer including a p-type semiconductor portion and an overlying n-type semiconductor portion, wherein an exposed surface of the p-type semiconductor portion defines a back side surface of the semiconductor substrate and wherein an exposed surface of the n-type semiconductor portion defines a front side surface; forming a p-type dopant layer directly on and in direct physical contact with said back side surface of said p-type semiconductor portion of said semiconductor substrate, wherein said p-type dopant layer is formed by electroplating at least one p-type dopant atom selected from the group consisting of boron, gallium and indium from an electroplating bath; and thermal annealing said semiconductor substrate and said p-type dopant layer to convert a portion of the p-type semiconductor portion of the semiconductor substrate into a P++ doped semiconductor back side surface field layer, wherein during said thermally annealing said p-type dopant layer is completely consumed and said semiconductor substrate has a second thickness that is greater than the first thickness. | 41,869 |
9,437,857 | 1. A battery assembly comprising: a first unit cell and a second unit cell arranged adjacent to each other; and a spacer arranged between the first and second unit cells for providing a plurality of cooling passages for a cooling medium to flow through, wherein the spacer comprises: wherein the corrugated portion comprises a slit and the straight portion is formed in the slit. | 32,522 |
8,932,758 | 1. An electrode active material comprising a layered composition including: organic backbone layers containing an aromatic compound that is a dicarboxylic acid anion having two or more aromatic ring structures; and alkali metal element layers containing an alkali metal element coordinated to oxygen contained in the carboxylic acid anion to form a backbone, wherein the aromatic compound contained in the organic backbone layers has a naphthalene backbone, and wherein the layered composition has an interplanar spacing between (002) planes of 0.42400 to 0.42800 nm, an interplanar spacing between (102) planes of 0.37000 to 0.37600 nm, an interplanar spacing between (211) planes of 0.32250 to 0.32650 nm, and an interplanar spacing between (112) planes of 0.30400 to 0.30700 nm, as measured by X-ray diffraction. | 10,232 |
8,617,746 | 1. An anode active material comprising an Si/C composite, the Si/C composite including silicon (Si) particles having pores, and carbon embedded within the pores of Si particles and/or coated with the Si particles. | 15,801 |
8,751,345 | 1. A method for distributing retirement assets, the method comprising: providing a processor; receiving a cash flow target value for a period for an individual; receiving income values for the period for the individual; receiving retirement asset portfolio data including a plurality of retirement money sources for the individual; classifying the plurality of retirement money sources into a plurality of money classes; calculating, via the processor, a funds distribution schedule for funding the cash flow target value for the period using the cash flow target value, the income values, and the retirement asset portfolio data, wherein the funds distribution schedule maximizes a projected total retirement asset portfolio value of the plurality of money classes over a retirement time horizon, the funds distribution schedule including a recommended sum to withdraw from each of the plurality of money classes for the period; and providing the funds distribution schedule. | 25,055 |
9,084,893 | 1. A method for processing sound signals for use in a hearing prosthesis, comprising: converting said sound signal into an electrical signal; processing said electrical signal into a plurality of frequency channel signals, each frequency channel signal having an amplitude envelope to define at least one set of channel outputs, wherein processing the electrical signal into a plurality of frequency channel signals includes: obtaining information relating to a fundamental frequency of the electrical signal; obtaining information relating to a harmonic nature of the electrical signal; modulating the at least one set of channel outputs in accordance with the information relating to the fundamental frequency and the harmonic nature of the electrical signal so as to generate at least one modified set of channel outputs; and selecting one or more channels from the at least one modified set of channel outputs to define at least one or more channels for electrical stimulation by a corresponding electrode of the hearing prosthesis, as well as the magnitude of said electrical stimulation. | 8,153 |
9,486,941 | 1. A production apparatus comprising: an elongated first mould, an elongated second mould extending in parallel to said first mould, a mould drive mechanism coupled at least to said second mould and configured to move said second mould in relation to said first mould, from a first mould position to a second mould position so as to form a mould assembly, and a transport system comprising | 45,159 |
9,013,969 | 1. An independent, stand-alone apparatus for simultaneously playing first and second offerings, the apparatus comprising: a. a central processor having operating instructions, said instructions operate at least one device in the apparatus and play the first and second offerings; b. a storage device communicating with at least said central processor and stores both the first and second offerings; c. a simultaneous performance device communicating with at least said central processor and said data storage device wherein said performance device plays both the first and second offerings simultaneously; and d. a rights management control device comprising a unique identifier wherein said rights management control device communicates with the performance device and wherein the rights management device is verifies license status of presentations by said performance device and of software used on the said central processor device by comparing the rights management control device unique identifier with copy control information found in the first offering and the second offering wherein the copy control unique identifier comprises identity of the location at which apparatus is operating and wherein apparatus software ensures that it is licensed to operate at that particular location and that content to be played back is fully licensed for public performance at its current location; and wherein the first offering and the second offering each comprise audiovisual materials. | 11,468 |
9,840,935 | 1. A method for monitoring rotating component comprising: an electronic control unit (ECU) receiving a sensor signal from a sensor apparatus, wherein the sensor signal comprises a continuous waveform representative of a sensor output; retaining the continuous waveform in a memory of the ECU; and isolating at least one of at least one characteristic and at least one period of the waveform and analyzing the at least one of at least one characteristic and at least one period and thereby determining an occurrence of a blade strike event using the ECU by determining a similarity measure between a reference period and an isolated period of the continuous waveform, and determining if the similarity measure exceeds a threshold, the similarity measure including at least one of a vector-time domain distance, a spectral distance, and a correlation distance. | 48,447 |
8,939,970 | 1. A catheter system for remodeling of a target tissue adjacent a blood vessel of a patient, the catheter system comprising: an elongate flexible catheter body having a proximal end and a distal end with an axis therebetween; a radially expandable structure coupled to the catheter body; a plurality of flex circuits, each of the flex circuits including a polymer substrate attached to an outer surface of the radially expandable structure; one or more pairs of bipolar electrodes coupled to each of the flex circuits and being engageable with a vessel wall of the blood vessel; a power source electrically coupled to the one or more pairs of bipolar electrodes, the power source configured to energize the one or more pairs of bipolar electrodes with a controlled electrical remodeling energy that heats the target tissue so as to remodel the target tissue without thermally damaging a collateral tissue; and a processor configured to determine the controlled electrical remodeling energy by monitoring a characteristic of a circuit comprising the one or more pairs of bipolar electrodes engaged against the vessel wall, the target tissue, and the collateral tissue, wherein the controlled electrical remodeling energy is such that energizing the circuit heats the target tissue to a target tissue treatment temperature so as to remodel the target tissue and heats the collateral tissue to a collateral tissue temperature that is lower than the target tissue treatment temperature. | 17,956 |
9,634,905 | 1. A computer-implemented method operable on a device comprising hardware including memory and at least one processor, the method comprising: (A) receiving, at a service running on said hardware, invalidation information, the invalidation information comprising one or more invalidation commands, wherein at least one of said one or more invalidation commands comprises at least one group invalidation command that specifies a group of resources, wherein said at least one group invalidation command may relate, at least in part, to resources not currently stored on said service; (B) determining whether said invalidation information relates to information not currently stored on said service, and, based on said determining, (C) said service using said maintained invalidation information to prevent subsequent use of a version of information not currently stored on said service. | 48,684 |
9,836,014 | 1. A waste toner storing container comprising: a container main body including a plurality of reception ports that receive waste toner discharged from a plurality of image carrying members provided in an image forming apparatus, and configured to store the waste toner carried in from the reception ports; a first conveyance portion rotatably provided in the container main body and configured to, by being rotated when an image forming operation is performed by the image forming apparatus, convey the waste toner toward one side in a rotation axis line direction; a second conveyance portion rotatably provided below and parallel to the first conveyance portion in the container main body and configured to, by being rotated when the image forming operation is performed, convey the waste toner toward another side that is opposite to the one side; a partition wall portion disposed in the container main body at a position closer to a center than to an end of the container main body in the rotation axis line direction, and extending upward from a bottom of the container main body in such a way as to form an inner space that is separated from a waste toner storage space in the container main body in which the waste toner is stored; a detection portion configured to detect that the waster toner stored in the waste toner storage space has entered the inner space formed by the partition wall portion, from an opening provided in an upper part of the partition wall portion; and a third conveyance portion provided adjacent to a part of the first conveyance portion that is located on the one side in the rotation axis line direction, and configured to convey the waste toner toward the other side that is opposite to the one side, wherein the plurality of reception ports are arranged in alignment in the rotation axis line direction, the first conveyance portion conveys the waste toner toward the one side toward the partition wall portion, the third conveyance portion conveys the waste toner toward the other side toward the partition wall portion, and the second conveyance portion has helical blades around a rotation shaft, with no blade provided around the rotation shaft in a part of the second conveyance portion in a vicinity of a side-end reception port among the plurality of reception ports that is located closest to the one side in the rotation axis line direction, such that the second conveyance portion does not have a conveyance force with regard to waste toner stored in a side-end storage portion in the container main body, the side-end storage portion corresponding to the side-end reception port, and a blade of a part of the second conveyance portion in a vicinity of the partition wall portion is larger in relative size and relative inclination angle with respect to the rotation shaft than a blade of a part of the second conveyance portion that is closer to the other side than the partition wall portion, such that a conveyance force of the part of the second conveyance portion in the vicinity of the partition wall portion is larger than a conveyance force of the part of the second conveyance portion that is closer to the other side than the partition wall portion. | 43,267 |
9,828,903 | 1. An air-governing device for governing an air flow into a vehicle, comprising: a main body with at least one installation section for fastening the main body to a body of the vehicle; an air opening formed through the main body, at least one slat mounted on the main body and being movable between a closed position where the at least one slat closes the air opening and an open position where the at least one slat opens the air opening; a drive device fastened to the main body for generating a moving force for the at least one slat; and a lever mechanism forming an operative connection between the drive device and the at least one slat, the lever mechanism having at least one drive lever that is operatively connected in a torque-transmitting manner to the drive device and is fastened in an end position of a keyhole opening in the main body. | 35,861 |
9,275,255 | 1. A method for protecting information on a user interface of a device, the method including: identifying, by the device, a viewing position of a person other than a user with respect to information on the user interface of the device; determining, by the device, an information viewability threshold for the person based at least in part on the information on the user interface, wherein the information viewability threshold is variable based at least in part on a type of the user interface, wherein the type of the user interface includes a type of display of the user interface, wherein determining an information viewability threshold for the person includes determining sensitivity of the information on the user interface and adjusting the viewability threshold based at least in part on the sensitivity of the information; and performing, by the device, an action associated with the user interface based at least in art on the identified viewing position and a relationship of the identified viewing position to the determined information viewability threshold. | 25,999 |
8,617,250 | 1. A tibial prosthesis assembly comprising: a tibial tray having an inferior bone engaging surface, a superior surface and a first retaining feature; and a tibial insert having an inferior tray engaging surface, a superior bearing surface and a second retaining feature; wherein the first and second retaining features cooperate to inhibit substantial lift-off of the tibial insert away from the superior surface of the tibial tray while permitting a predetermined amount of rotation of the tibial insert around the superior surface in an assembled position; wherein the first retaining feature comprises at least one post extending from the superior surface on an anterior portion of the tibial tray; and wherein the first retaining feature further comprises a posterior projection extending from the superior surface on a posterior portion of the tibial tray, the posterior projection having an overhang that cooperates with the superior surface of the tibial tray to define a horizontal groove thereat. | 18,724 |
9,456,567 | 1. A hybrid maize variety X08D363 seed, wherein representative seed of said variety X08D363 is produced by crossing a first plant of variety PH12K5 with a second plant of variety PH1VKK, and wherein representative seed of said varieties PH12K5 and PH1VKK have been deposited under ATCC Accession Number PTA-11977 and PTA-122232, respectively. | 9,065 |
9,102,569 | 1. A method of making a synthetic ceramic, comprising heating a green ceramic material to a plastically deformable state at a temperature range within 900-1400° C., transferring the heated green ceramic material to a press, pressing the plastically deformable heated green ceramic material in a die at 1,000 to 10,000 psi, and transferring the heated, pressed green ceramic material to a furnace to form the synthetic ceramic; wherein the synthetic ceramic is plastically deformable when reheated to the temperature range wherein the synthetic ceramic comprises a crystalline phase, a clast, and a glass phase. | 8,545 |
8,999,590 | 1. A fuel cell system comprising: a fuel cell including an anode and a cathode, said anode being adapted to receive fuel and said cathode being adapted to receive oxidant gas; a controller for controlling one or more components of said fuel cell system; a monitoring assembly for detecting sulfur-containing compounds in said fuel after said fuel is passed through a desulfurizer assembly, wherein said monitoring assembly comprises an indicator assembly for passing said fuel therethrough, said indicator assembly including a housing and a bed of indicator material in powder or bead form disposed in the housing, wherein the bed of indicator material has a predetermined length and the housing is situated on-line in one of a main path receiving substantially all the fuel and a bypass path receiving only a portion of the fuel in the fuel cell system such that the monitoring assembly continuously detects changes in the sulfur concentration in the fuel as the fuel is conveyed through the indicator assembly, and the indicator material is such that at least one physical property of the indicator material changes when the indicator material is exposed to sulfur-containing compounds in the fuel of the fuel cell system, and the indicator assembly being additionally adapted to allow detection of the change in the physical property of the indicator material; wherein: | 10,721 |
8,700,598 | 1. A method for searching a manual in an image display device including a display unit, a key input unit and a control unit, comprising: displaying, by the display unit, a plurality of menu items for setting functions of the image display device; receiving, by the display unit, a user input for selecting one of the plurality of displayed menu items; determining, by the control unit, whether an information key for the selected menu item is input from the user; performing, by the control unit, a function corresponding to the selected menu item, when the information key is not input; and displaying, by the display unit, at least one manual page corresponding to the selected menu item, when the information key is input, wherein, if only one manual page corresponds to the selected menu item, the displaying of the manual page comprises displaying the manual page corresponding to the selected menu item on a specific region of a screen, and wherein, if a plurality of manual pages corresponds to the selected menu item, the displaying of the manual page comprises: | 2,952 |
9,777,790 | 1. A shock absorber comprising: a cylinder having a hydraulic fluid sealed therein; a piston slidably fitted in the cylinder; a piston rod connected to the piston and extended to an outside of the cylinder; and a damping force generating mechanism generating a damping force by controlling a flow of hydraulic fluid induced by sliding movement of the piston in the cylinder; the damping force generating mechanism comprising: a valve body having a passage through which the hydraulic fluid flows; a clamp portion which projects from a position on inner peripheral side of an opening of the passage in the valve body and a seat portion which projects from a positions on an outer peripheral side of the opening of the passage in the valve body; a main valve including a stack of a plurality of disks whose inner peripheral portion is clamped by the clamp portion and whose outer peripheral portion is seated on the seat portion to close the passage and deflected and lifted to open the passage upon receiving a pressure of hydraulic fluid in the passage; a sub-passage having an opening in the disks seated on the seat portion; and a sub-valve including a sub-disk smaller in diameter than the disks and clamped at an inner peripheral portion thereof by the disks and the clamp portion, the sub-disk being seated on the disks to close the sub-passage and deflected and lifted to open the sub-passage upon receiving a pressure of hydraulic fluid in the sub-passage; wherein the valve body is provided with a restricting portion that abuts against the sub-disk when the sub-valve is opened to limit a degree of opening of the sub-valve, and the sub-disk is provided with a communicating hole radially inward of a position at which the sub-disk abuts against the restricting portion, the restricting portion being provided so as to project between the clamp portion and the seat portion. | 5,600 |
8,833,134 | 1. A method of calibrating a hydraulically powered power tong, comprising: arranging a load cell to receive an external load from the power tong, the external load corresponding to a torque generated by the power tong, wherein arranging the load cell comprises: driving the power tong to apply torque to the torque arm; monitoring an output of the load cell until a first load corresponding to a first predetermined torque value is registered at the load cell; determining a first hydraulic pressure supplied to the power tong when the first load corresponding to the first predetermined torque value is registered at the load cell; adjusting driving of the power tong to increase the torque applied by the power tong to the torque arm; monitoring an output of the load cell until a second load corresponding to a second predetermined torque value is registered at the load cell; and determining a second hydraulic pressure supplied to the power tong when the second load corresponding to the second predetermined torque value is registered at the load cell. | 30,872 |
9,703,055 | 1. A structure including: a first anodized aluminum oxide (AAO) layer; a second AAO layer located on the first AAO layer; and an optoelectronic device coupled to a side of at least one of: the first AAO layer or the second AAO layer, wherein the optoelectronic device is positioned at a target angle with respect to light propagating through the at least one of: the first AAO layer or the second AAO layer, wherein the first and second AAO layers have distinct optical properties. | 39,923 |
9,483,670 | 1. An RFID tag writing system comprising: a conveying unit configured to convey a plurality of RFID tags; an antenna configured to transmit a first write signal towards the RFID tags and receive return signals generated by the RFID tags in response to the first write signal; and a controller configured to determine an intensity of a second write signal to be transmitted by the antenna based on intensities of the return signals, determine optimum positions of the RFID tags toward which the second write signal is to be transmitted based on the intensities of the return signals, and control the conveying unit to convey the RFID tags to the optimum positions and the antenna to transmit the second write signal of the determined intensity to the RFID tags at the optimum positions; wherein if a difference between a largest of the intensities of the return signals and a second largest of the intensities of the return signals is more than a predetermined value, the controller determines the intensity of the second write signal to be different from the intensity of the first write signal. | 5,773 |
9,465,425 | 1. A Power Sourcing Equipment (PSE) device, comprising: a Power over Ethernet (PoE) interface; a processing system coupled to the PoE interface; and a memory system coupled to the processing system and including instruction that, when executed by the processing system, cause the processing system to: | 28,577 |
9,698,186 | 1. A near-infrared-absorbing composition, comprising: a copper compound; and a compound having a partial structure represented by Formula (1) described below, wherein: the compound having the partial structure represented by Formula (1) has a structure represented by any one of Formulae (1-2) to (1-5) described below, the content of the copper compound is in a range of 3×10 wherein in Formula (1), R wherein in Formula (1-2), R wherein in Formula (1-3), L wherein in Formula (1-4), each of L wherein in Formula (1-5), L the copper compound is a copper complex selected from the group consisting of a sulfonic acid copper complex, a carboxylic acid copper complex, and a copper complex represented by Formula (A), wherein in Formula (A), L represents a ligand that coordinates copper, X is not present or represents a halogen atom, H each of n1 and n2 independently represents an integer from 1 to 4. | 18,696 |
8,671,636 | 1. A row of stud frames with a top side, a bottom side, an outer side, an inner side, a first side and a second side for walls of a building with a roof and a foundation, the row of stud frames comprising: a plurality of stud frames; the stud frames disposed vertically into at least one row; each of the stud frames comprising: a front stud, a back stud, a top plate and a bottom plate; at least one support member coupled with the front stud and the back stud, such that the front stud, the back stud, the to plate, the bottom plate, and the at least one support member form an open interior; the front stud and the back stud substantially equal in length and width; an outer side and an inner side of the front stud and the back stud wider than a first side and a second side of the front stud and the back stud; the outer side and the inner side of the front stud parallel with the outer side and the inner side of the back stud; the top plate and the bottom plate disposed horizontally; a top side and a bottom side of the top plate and the bottom plate wider than a first side and a second side of the top plate and the bottom plate; the top side and the bottom side of the top plate parallel with the top side and the bottom side of the bottom plate; the bottom side of the top plate attached on top of the front stud and the back stud; the bottom plate coupled between the front stud and the back stud; and the bottom side of the bottom plate flush with a bottom side of the front stud and a bottom side of the back stud. | 22,825 |
9,046,051 | 1. Method for operating a spark-ignition, direct-injection internal combustion engine coupled to an exhaust aftertreatment system including a three-way catalytic converter upstream of an NH3-SCR catalyst, comprising: upon detecting an engine load that permits operation in a fuel cutoff mode, operating the engine in the fuel cutoff mode and coincidently executing a second fuel injection control scheme; wherein detecting the engine load that permits operation in the fuel cutoff mode comprises detecting an operator torque request indicating a deceleration event. | 20,057 |
9,133,152 | 1. A process for the preparation of 10-deacetylbaccatine III with a purity higher than 99% and free from 2-debenzoyl-2-pentenoylbaccatine III by submitting 7,10-bis-trichloroacetyl-10-deacetylbaccatine III to alkaline treatment followed by crystallization wherein the crystallization of 10-deacetylbaccatine III is carried out with a solvent selected from acetonitrile, acetone or methanol; and wherein the 7,10-bis-trichloroacetyl-10-deacetylbaccatine III is prepared by the process of: treatment of crude 10-deacetylbaccatine III with a trichloroacetic acid activated derivative; and silica gel chromatography and elution of 7,10-bis-trichloroacetyl-10-deacetylbaccatine III with dichloromethane or a dichloromethane-ethylacetate mixture. | 28,035 |
9,790,178 | 1. A compound of Formula I: or stereoisomers, tautomers, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates or prodrugs thereof, wherein: Ring B and the NH—C(═X)—NH moiety are in the trans configuration; R X is O; R R Ring B is Ar Ar Ring C is selected from formulas C-2, C-3 and C-9 R R | 15,447 |
9,705,830 | 1. A method, comprising: receiving, by a multimedia messaging service server comprising a processor, a first plurality of profiles from a plurality of content sources, wherein each of the first plurality of profiles describe conditions for broadcasting of content provided by the plurality of content sources to the multimedia messaging service server, and wherein the conditions for broadcasting content comprise a time of day for broadcasting of content; receiving, by the multimedia messaging service server, a second plurality of profiles from a plurality of communication devices, wherein each of the second plurality of profiles indicates a type of content and a content format desired by users of the plurality of communication devices, wherein the content format comprises a still image extracted from first content supplied by the plurality of content sources, a video clip extracted from the first content supplied by the plurality of content sources, or any combination thereof; receiving, by the multimedia messaging service server, the first content from the plurality of content sources; identifying user preferences from the second plurality of profiles; selecting portions of the first content according to the user preferences using image processing techniques resulting in selected portions of the content; extracting, by the multimedia messaging service server, the selected portions of the first content according to the second plurality of profiles supplied by the plurality of communication devices resulting in extracted portions of the content; detecting, by the multimedia messaging service server, the extracted portions of the first content that are not compliant with a multimedia messaging service protocol utilized by the multimedia messaging service server to identify non-compliant extracted portions; transcoding, by the multimedia messaging service server, the non-compliant extracted portions to generate transcoded portions of the first content that comply with the multimedia messaging service protocol utilized by the multimedia messaging service server; determining, by the multimedia messaging service server, whether the first content received from the plurality of content sources fulfills the conditions for broadcasting of content according to the first plurality of profiles from the plurality of content sources, wherein the conditions for broadcasting of content identify first users of the plurality of communication devices authorized to receive the broadcasting of the content; and broadcasting, by the multimedia messaging service server, to first communication devices associated with the first users of the plurality of communication devices authorized to receive the broadcasting of content the transcoded portions of the first content according to the first plurality of profiles supplied by the plurality of content sources. | 46,514 |
9,325,662 | 1. A method for reducing network traffic used for DNS queries in a wireless network, the method, comprising: querying cached DNS entries in a local cache on a mobile device for a host name associated with an outgoing DNS query from the mobile device, wherein each cached DNS entry stores an association between a domain name and a network address; and providing a matching cached DNS entry as a response to the outgoing DNS query without accessing the wireless network; wherein the matching cached DNS entry is invalidated in the local cache when a proxy remote from the mobile device detects a response for the outgoing DNS query and notifies the mobile device to invalidate the matching locally cached DNS entry; and wherein the matching cached DNS entry is also invalidated in the local cache when a proxy remote from the mobile device originates a DNS query, detects a changed DNS response to the proxy-originated DNS query, and, in response to detecting the changed DNS response for the proxy-originated DNS query, notifies the mobile device to invalidate the matching locally cached DNS entry, wherein the proxy-originated DNS query is performed in response to sending, by the mobile device, a polling task to the proxy that instructs the proxy to poll a name server to monitor for changes in responses to the proxy-originated DNS query, wherein the polling task includes timing data such that the proxy-originated DNS query occurs before the mobile device performs a corresponding query to its local cache, wherein the timing data is determined based on the freshness of mobile content. | 11,201 |
9,371,135 | 1. A quick release toilet system for securing and releasing a toilet to and from a stationary structural interface, comprising (a) a toilet body having a toilet body base; (b) a first clamp feature for securing the toilet body base to the structural interface, the first clamp feature comprising first and second arms joined at first ends by a hinge and joined at second ends by a locking feature, wherein one of the first clamp feature arms comprises a vacuum interface structure; (c) the toilet body further comprising a vacuum interface clamp feature; wherein the vacuum interface clamp feature secures the toilet body to the vacuum interface structure of the first clamp, wherein vacuum interface clamp comprises first and second arms joined at first ends by a hinge and joined at second ends by a locking feature, wherein one of the vacuum interface clamp arms is secured to the toilet body, wherein in use, the first and second arms of the first clamp feature secure the toilet body base to the structural interface, and the first and second arms of the vacuum interface clamp are secured around the vacuum interface structure of the first clamp. | 49,208 |
9,720,928 | 1. A computer implemented method for removing one or more stale fingerprints from a fingerprint database the method comprising: sorting a list of stale fingerprints stored in a stale fingerprint data structure into an inode number order; performing an attributes intersect range calculation on the sorted list that computes a non-overlapping and latest consistency point (CP) range, wherein the attributes intersect range calculation comprises determining a tuple that defines the non-overlapping and latest CP range, wherein the tuple includes a starting value, an ending value, and a CP count associated with a given inode; and comparing the non-overlapping and latest CP range with the fingerprint database wherein the comparing includes: | 40,958 |
9,235,699 | 1. A computer system comprising: a first communication unit to communicate with an authentication module storing preset first authentication information; a second communication unit to be connected with a server through a network, the server storing preset second authentication information; a main board unit which implements a reset first operation of a computer; and a controller to receive the first authentication information from the authentication module through the first communication unit, to receive the second authentication information corresponding to the first authentication information from the server through a second communication unit, and to control the main board unit to block implementation of the first operation when at least one of the first authentication information and the second authentication information is not received, wherein the authentication module further comprises settings information referred to when the main board unit operated, and the controller updates the settings information based on an operation of the main board unit when the controller accesses the authentication module. | 25,856 |
8,883,020 | 1. A method comprising: providing a conductive structure for an electronic circuit, the providing comprising: | 22,820 |
9,709,718 | 1. An enhanced contrast viewing device for viewing images comprising narrow bandwidth colors, the device comprising: a plurality of filters including: | 6,716 |
9,425,618 | 1. A power supply device comprising: an input determination section configured to determine which one of a commercial power supply and a power generator is an input power supply, and generate a determination signal, wherein the input determination section is configured to receive, as an input voltage, an output voltage of a full-wave rectifier circuit and generate the determination signal based on variation with time in the received output voltage, wherein the input determination section is configured to determine the input power supply to be the commercial power supply, in case of a time period T a conversion section of a switching type configured to convert the input voltage into an output voltage; and a drive-signal generation section configured to be supplied with determination output from the input determination section, and generate a switching drive signal for the conversion section, the drive-signal generation section configured to serve as a power-factor correction control section and generate the switching drive signal in an event that the determination signal indicates that the commercial power supply is the input power supply, and the drive-signal generation section configured to serve as a maximum power point tracking control section and generate the switching drive signal in an event that the determination signal indicates that the power generator is the input power supply. | 10,867 |
9,280,866 | 1. A method for providing predictive analysis for a casino floor which includes a plurality of gaming devices each generating historical performance data connected to a host processor and a data structure storing the historical performance data over a period of time, the method comprising: providing the plurality of gaming devices each comprising: providing the historical performance data to a host processor; configuring the host processor to receive the historical performance data as input into a predictive analysis software engine, wherein the engine selects multiple predictive analysis algorithms and blends the algorithms together to provide the predictive analysis; determining, based upon the historical performance data, a median value for absent data points in the historical performance data when the absent data points in the historical performance data are missing or corrupted data points; and predicting candidate gaming devices from the plurality of gaming devices to remove and suggesting alternative gaming devices to the candidate gaming devices, based upon the historical performance data. | 36,839 |
8,592,514 | 1. A urethane (meth)acrylate resin composition comprising: a urethane (meth)acrylate resin (A), a polymerizable unsaturated monomer (B), a paraffin wax (C), and an ethylene-α-olefin co-oligomer (D), wherein a mass ratio of the paraffin wax (C) to the ethylene-α-olefin co-oligomer (D) is 0.05 to 50, wherein an amount of the paraffin wax (C) added is 500 to 10,000 ppm relative to 100 parts by mass in total of the urethane (meth)acrylate resin (A) and the polymerizable unsaturated monomer (B), wherein an amount of the ethylene-α-olefin co-oligomer (D) is 0.01 to 2 parts by mass relative to 100 parts by mass in total of the urethane (meth)acrylate resin (A) and the polymerizable unsaturated monomer (B), and wherein a mixing ratio (mass %) of the urethane (meth)acrylate resin (A) and the polymerizable unsaturated monomer (B) is (A)/(B)=30/70 to 70/30, wherein a number-average molecular weight of the ethylene-α-olefin co-oligomer (D) is 500 to 2,500. | 27,631 |
9,132,418 | 1. A catalyst material comprising a catalyst support material comprising ZrO a catalyst metal disposed on the catalyst support material. | 37,331 |
8,459,939 | 1. A compressor stator blade comprising a radial outer end that is fixed and a radial inner end that is located closer to an outer surface of a rotary body, wherein the compressor stator blade comprises: (a) a seal mechanism configured to hermetically seal a first part between the radial inner end of the compressor stator blade on an upstream side and the outer surface of the rotary body, wherein the seal mechanism is a variable blade spindle mechanism; and (b) a remainder part on a downstream side of the seal mechanism, wherein the remainder part includes a hub clearance between the outer surface of the rotary body and the remainder part. | 35,179 |
8,471,851 | 1. A method for reading values from and/or writing values to a depth buffer comprising depth values for display blocks of a display, whereby the display is partitioned into a plurality of display regions, at least one of the display regions including a plurality of display subregions each including a plurality of said display blocks, the method comprising: determining at least one of a minimum region depth value and a maximum region depth value for the display blocks of at least one display region; and determining at least one of a minimum subregion depth value and a maximum subregion depth value for the display blocks of at least one display subregion, wherein at least one of the minimum subregion depth value and the maximum subregion depth value are determined relative to at least one of the minimum region depth value and the maximum region depth value. | 26,951 |
9,371,742 | 1. A set of rotor disks for a turbine engine, or an airplane turboprop or a turbojet, the set comprising: an upstream disk and a downstream disk rigidly connected together by bolts and shaped at outer peripheries thereof with slots for mounting blade roots, each disk including a rim extending radially and free of any axial flanges; and an axially-extending ferrule that is fastened to the rims of the disks and that is fitted with a holder plate for holding blade roots of the downstream disk, wherein the ferrule includes a frustoconical middle portion, an upstream cylindrical margin at an upstream end of the ferrule, and a downstream cylindrical margin at a downstream end of the ferrule, the upstream and downstream cylindrical margins being pressed against the rims of the upstream and downstream disks, respectively, and the downstream end of the ferrule being radially outward of the upstream end of the ferrule, and wherein the ferrule includes cooling openings near the downstream end, the openings opening out into a ventilation space formed upstream from the downstream disk and defined by the ferrule and the holder plate for holding the blade roots. | 15,707 |
9,440,644 | 1. A method, comprising: operating, by a controller, an electric vehicle in an electric mode when a speed of the electric vehicle is at or below a threshold speed; operating, by the controller, the electric vehicle in a hybrid mode when the speed of the electric vehicle is above the threshold speed; using a selector device to adjust the threshold speed, the adjustment of the threshold speed independent from an adjustment to an actual speed of the electric vehicle, and charging a battery of the electric vehicle to a charge level when operating the electric vehicle in a hybrid mode, the charge level calculated based on a desired reserve charge when the electric vehicle stops operating in the hybrid mode. | 20,990 |
8,655,856 | 1. A computer implemented method for policy distribution, comprising: providing a Records Management System (RMS) configured to set up and maintain local record classification and disposition policies; providing, by at least one processor, an Enterprise Retention Management (ERM) application comprising a centralized workflow configured to manage retention policies for an entity; and providing, by the at least one processor, an application layer in the ERM comprising a propagation workflow configured to manage for managing retention policy integration between the ERM and the RMS; wherein the propagation workflow provides automated retention policy propagation from the ERM to the RMS; and wherein the propagation workflow is configured to record a policy change event (PCE) in case of a change in at least one of a retention schedule associated with a manageable data source and a Triggering Event Evaluation Rule (TEER). | 25,208 |
8,796,251 | 1. A method of treating glomerulonephritis comprising administering to an animal in need thereof an effective amount of a compound having the formula: wherein X is CHal | 29,761 |
8,666,770 | 1. A method of evaluating treatment efficacy on a test subject comprising the following steps: 1) identifying a sub-population that includes the test subject; 2) creating a data set by measuring skin firmness at the jowls, skin firmness at the outer canthus, forehead lines, under eye lines, in vivo fluorescence related to glycation, lip lines and skin texture for a set of individuals within the sub-population; 3) using a computer processor to apply factor analysis to the data set to identify those factors that account for at least 50% of the observed skin aging; 4) using a computer processor to apply regression analysis to determine a linear combination of the factors that best fits the data; 5) measuring the test subject's skin firmness at the jowls, skin firmness at the outer canthus, forehead lines, under eye lines, in vivo fluorescence related to glycation, lip lines and skin texture; 6) calculating an objective apparent age score using the linear combination of factors for the test subject; 7) administering to the test subject a course of treatment that affects at least one factor in the linear combination of factors; 8) determining a second apparent age score for the test subject by repeating steps 5 and 6; 9) subtracting the first apparent age score from the second apparent age score; 10) associating a negative difference with an efficacious treatment. | 40,437 |
9,776,492 | 1. An electric vehicle, comprising: a charging circuit, a battery and a driving electric motor, wherein: the charging circuit, the battery and the driving electric motor are connected together in sequence; the electric vehicle further comprises: an air compressor, an air storage tank, a turbine and a generator, wherein the air compressor, the air storage tank, the turbine and the generator are connected together in sequence, and gas discharged from the turbine is guided to the battery to exhaust; air is compressed and stored in the air storage tank when the air compressor starts up; the air storage tank is provided with a switch valve, and the air stored in the air storage tank is fed to the turbine under the control of the switch valve; the turbine converts air energy of introduced air into kinetic energy to drive the generator to generate electrical power; and the generator is connected with the driving electric motor or the battery, for supplying power to the driving electric motor or for charging the battery during power generation. | 27,078 |
8,423,811 | 1. A method, in a logically partitioned data processing system, for transparently consolidating resources of logical partitions, the method comprising: determining, by a virtualization mechanism in the logically partitioned data processing system, whether there is a non-folded resource on an originating resource chip in a set of resource chips, wherein the non-folded resource is associated with a logical partition that has entered a power saving mode in a set of logical partitions; responsive to the existence of the non-folded resource on the originating resource chip, determining, by the virtualization mechanism, whether there is a destination resource chip to either exchange operations of the non-folded resource with a folded resource on the destination chip or migrate operations of the non-folded resource to a non-folded resource on the destination chip; responsive to the existence of the folded resource on the destination resource chip, transparently exchanging, by the virtualization mechanism, the operations of the non-folded resource from the originating resource chip to the folded resource on the destination resource chip, wherein the folded resource remains folded on the originating resource chip after the exchange; determining, by the virtualization mechanism, whether there is another non-folded resource on the originating resource chip; responsive to the absence of another non-folded resource on the originating resource chip, placing, by the virtualization mechanism, the originating resource chip into a deeper power saving mode, wherein the deeper power saving mode saves additional power as compared to the cumulative power savings of all resources in the plurality of resources on the destination resource being in an individual power saving mode, determining, by the virtualization mechanism, whether the logical partition has exited the power saving mode; responsive to the logical partition exiting the power saving mode, identifying, by the virtualization mechanism, resource assignments of the logical partition; waking up, by the virtualization mechanism, one or more resource chips in the set of resource chips associated with the resource assignments; determining, by the virtualization mechanism, whether one or more resources associated with the logical partition has had their operations transparently exchanged with or migrated to another resource chip; and responsive to identifying one or more resources associated with the logical partition that have had their operations transparently exchanged with or migrated to the another resource chip, restoring, by the virtualization mechanism, the operations of each resource to its originating resource chip. | 19,562 |
8,423,008 | 1. An apparatus comprising: at least one memory storing a program of computer instructions; and at least one processor; in which the at least one memory and the computer instructions are configured with the at least one processor to cause the apparatus at least to: send to a user equipment a pattern of subframe measurement restrictions, the pattern generated from an almost blank pattern for the user equipment's own-cell and for the user equipment's neighbor-cell; and send to the user equipment an indication of how to utilize the pattern for measuring subframes, in which the indication of how to utilize the pattern selects from among at least three of: the user equipment's own-cell measurements; the user equipment's neighbor-cell measurements; both the user equipment's own-cell and neighbor-cell measurements; and no measurement restrictions. | 48,436 |
8,567,217 | 1. An optical fiber preform comprising: a center glass rod having a radius of r an outer layer, which is a second portion of the cladding, surrounding the center glass rod and having an outer radius of r wherein the radiuses r where “c” expressed in ppm is a maximum value of hydroxyl group concentration in the vicinity of a boundary between the center glass rod and the outer layer; and wherein a hydroxyl group concentration in the outer layer decreases with distance from the boundary between the center glass rod and the outer layer, and does not increase between the boundary between the center glass rod and the outer layer and the outer radius of the outer layer. | 4,000 |
8,670,749 | 1. A method of enhancing security of a wireless communication protocol servicing a plurality of wireless network devices in a mesh communication network, wherein the mesh communication network operates in a process control environment, the method comprising: defining a communication timeslot of a predetermined duration; generating a network schedule including at least one superframe having repeating superframe cycles, each having a number of communication timeslots; wherein each of the plurality of wireless network devices transmits and receives data according to the network schedule; maintaining an absolute slot number indicative of a number of communication timeslots scheduled since a start time of the mesh communication network; and sending a data packet associated with one of a plurality of layers associated with the wireless communication protocol from one of the plurality of wireless network devices to another one of the plurality of wireless network devices, including: updating a network key at a time based on the absolute slot number (ASN), wherein a respective copy of the ASN is maintained at each wireless network device and the respective copy of the ASN is synchronized with a master ASN maintained at a network manager; and generating a message integrity code for the data packet using the updated network key. | 18,663 |
9,292,933 | 1. A method for segmenting single non-overlapping objects or multiple overlapping/occluded objects in an image scene via a hybrid adaptive active contour model incorporating shape priors, comprises: (a) inputting the image scene via a computing device; (b) collecting a plurality of shapes via the computing device, wherein the shapes correspond to the objects in the image scene; (c) determining a set of alignment parameters via the computing device, by performing a similarity transformation; (d) aligning the plurality of collected shapes in (b) via the computing device to create a plurality of aligned shapes, such that the plurality of aligned shapes have the same pose compared to a reference shape based on the similarity transformation of (b); (e) creating a training set via the computing device, wherein the training set comprises the plurality of aligned shapes in (d), wherein each aligned shape of the plurality of aligned shapes is embedded as a zero level set of a higher dimensional surface; (f) generating a shape prior via the computing device; (g) integrating a shape term via the computing device, wherein each aligned shape of the plurality of aligned shapes is embedded as the zero level set of the higher dimensional surface, and wherein the shape term is a signed distance function (SDF) used to encode the distance of the shape contour of each aligned shape to the nearest point in the shape space of the higher dimensional surface; (h) integrating a boundary-based term via the computing device to direct the hybrid adaptive active contour model to a boundary of at least one object of the objects in the image scene; (i) integrating a region homogeneity term via the computing device, wherein the region homogeneity term drives the shape term towards a homogeneous intensity region using the shape prior; (j) initializing the hybrid adaptive active contour model via the computing device by a watershed transformation method comprising delineating object boundaries of at least one target object in the image scene; (k) performing contour propagation of the delineated shape boundaries via the computing device by evolving the integrated synergistic shape functional by minimizing variational energy; and (l) achieving final segmentation of the image scene via the computing device. | 28,508 |
8,940,150 | 1. A reactor for production of a fluid reaction product, comprising: a reaction chamber; a plurality of fluid connections to supply fluid reactants to the reaction chamber; a reception chamber located directly below the reaction chamber; a transfer device providing a fluid connection between the reaction chamber and the reception chamber so that the reception chamber receives a fluid reaction product produced in the reaction chamber wherein the transfer device includes an inner tube and an outer tube arranged co-axially around the inner tube so that both tubes are arranged essentially perpendicularly to a floor of the reaction chamber, the inner tube passing through the reaction chamber floor and opening into the reception chamber, there being a first gap with a gap width between the inner and outer tubes, which width is suitable to allow the fluid reaction product to rise in the gap as a result of lifting forces, and the outer tube having an upper end and a closure included at the upper end; a control unit; and a first device, arranged in the reaction chamber to be in direct contact with the supplied fluids to determine a filling level, the first device comprising at least one switching point which is operatively coupled with the control unit such that the supply of the fluid reactants into the reaction chamber is controlled and carried out sequentially. | 7,868 |
9,359,132 | 1. A liner sump dispensing system for use with a liner having a bottom wall and sidewalls and an intermediate bulk material container having a floor and sidewalls extending upwardly from the floor, said liner sump dispensing system comprising, a tray positioned between the intermediate bulk material container floor and the liner bottom wall, and a powered linear reciprocating arm having a first end coupled to an end of said tray and a second end having an intermediate bulk material container releasable catch adapted to be releasably coupled closely adjacent to a top end of a sidewall of the intermediate bulk material container, whereby the actuation of the powered linear reciprocating arm causes the raising of the one end of the tray so as to tilt the trey and the liner thereon. | 49,435 |
8,858,799 | 1. A method for separating two solutions mixed in dispersion into two solution phases in a liquid-liquid extraction separation cell ( 1 ), in which method the dispersion is fed into the cell at the center of the feed end ( 2 ), wherein the supplied dispersion is divided at the feed end ( the dispersion distributed along the width of the cell ( the dispersion flow proceeding through the clearance gap ( the dispersion that was compressed to a predetermined degree of compression during the rise is divided into a number of adjacent sub-flows, distributed in one or several lines along the cell width and proceeding essentially in the lengthwise direction of the cell, the compressing dispersion rising in the uptake shaft ( vertical component of the sub-flows discharged through the vertical slots ( the solution phase separated from the sub-flows on the bottom ( | 33,431 |
9,507,830 | 1. A method comprising: storing a first table mapping first users to attributes; storing a second table mapping the second users to products associated with a source domain; joining the first table with the second table on user to find attributes and top scoring products for the source domain for each of third users, the third users being common to the first users and the second users; creating a model that is predictive, using an attribute for the source domain, of activities in a target domain, the target domain being separate from the source domain, the model using an estimation of the fraction of third users having the attribute for the source domain also observed to have the activity in the target domain; detecting a behavior from a particular user accessing the target domain; determining an attribute for the source domain for the user; and generating a personalized prediction for the particular user based on the model and the attribute, in response to the detecting the behavior. | 39,233 |
9,407,146 | 1. A power source circuit, comprising: a power source terminal for inputting a power source voltage; a switching regulator including a switching circuit connected to the power source terminal and a smoothing circuit connected to the switching circuit; a series regulator connected to the switching regulator in series; a switching portion; and a control portion, wherein said smoothing circuit includes a capacitor and an inductor so that the smoothing circuit smoothes an output from the switching circuit to output a first voltage, said series regulator is connected to the switching circuit and the smoothing circuit in series, and is configured to receive the first voltage or the power source voltage so that the series regulator outputs a second voltage, said switching portion has a first terminal connected to the power source and a second terminal connected between the switching regulator and the series regulator so that the switching portion supplies the power source voltage to the series regulator, said control portion is configured to output a control signal for controlling an operation state in which the series regulator outputs the second voltage and an idle state in which the switching regulator and the series regulator stop operating, and said control portion is configured to measure the power source voltage during the operation state, and to output a switching signal for controlling the switching portion to turn on or off in the idle state according to a measurement result of the power source voltage. | 48,670 |
8,723,680 | 1. An emergency respondence warning system, comprising: a transmitter mountable to an emergency vehicle, the transmitter comprising a global positioning chip and capable of producing a signal; a receiver mountable near a roadway intersection, the receiver comprising a global positioning chip, wherein the receiver is capable of analyzing the signal from the transmitter as the transmitter approaches the receiver and, when the transmitter reaches a pre-determined distance from the receiver, of activating the warning system; and a warning element comprising a visual light stimulus, the warning element mountable near the roadway intersection and adapted to produce a single light pulse when a single transmitter is approaching the roadway intersection and multiple light pulses when multiple transmitters are approaching the roadway intersection. | 45,203 |
9,272,069 | 1. An adhesive comprising a complex coacervate, wherein the complex coacervate comprises at least one synthetic polycation, at least one synthetic polyanion, and at least one multivalent cation, wherein the synthetic polycation and the synthetic polyanion each comprise at least one crosslinkable group covalently bonded to the synthetic polycation and the synthetic polyanion capable of covalently crosslinking with one another. | 35,752 |
9,291,513 | 1. A strain sensing device comprising: a flexible substrate; a gate electrode formed on the flexible substrate; a gate insulating layer configured to cover the gate electrode, and include a part formed of a flexible material, the gate insulating layer including: an active layer formed of reduced graphene oxide (R-GO) for sensing a strain, on the gate insulating layer; a source and drain electrode formed on the active layer; and a self-assembled monolayer (SAM) formed on the third gate insulating layer. | 46,548 |
8,593,077 | 1. A lighting device for a high-pressure discharge lamp, comprising: a direct current power circuit configured to convert an alternating current voltage supplied from an alternating current power source into a direct current voltage; an output unit configured to convert a direct current obtained from the direct current power circuit into a square wave alternating current whose polarity is inverted at a prescribed frequency and to supply the square wave alternating current to the high-pressure discharge lamp; a controller configured to control the output unit; and an anomaly detector configured to detect an instantaneous drop in voltage of the alternating current power source, wherein the controller is configured in a normal lighting mode to control the output unit so that the output unit supplies the high-pressure discharge lamp with a square wave alternating current, wherein the controller is configured in a lighting maintained mode to control the output unit so that the output unit supplies the high-pressure discharge lamp with a square wave alternating current having a lower frequency than the square wave alternating current in the normal lighting mode, and wherein the controller is configured upon detection of an instantaneous drop in voltage by the anomaly detector in the normal lighting mode to switch from the normal lighting mode to the lighting maintained mode. | 12,084 |
9,335,749 | 1. A semiconductor data processing apparatus comprising a CPU to execute programs and a timer part connected to the CPU, the timer pan including a first counter to make counting operation for each of pulse intervals of a predetermined event pulse train from an initial value, a first count register to which a first reference value is set, a second counter to make counting operation from an initial value so that a count value thereof is equal to plural times of the count value of the first counter for each of pulse intervals of the predetermined event pulse train, a second count register to hold the count value of the first counter for each of pulse intervals of the predetermined event pulse train and a detection circuit which can detect any of a first state in which the count value for each of the pulse intervals by the first counter is equal to or larger than the first reference value set in the first count register and a second state in which the count value for each of the pulse intervals by the second counter is equal to or smaller than the value held in the second count register. | 3,852 |
8,683,609 | 1. A method for controlling access to a restricted item, the method comprising: receiving a request from a requester for access to a restricted item at a computer system associated with a provider, said request originating at a client system; determining an IP address of the client system using the computer system associated with the provider; receiving a telephonic communication from a mobile phone associated with the requester using the computer system associated with the provider, wherein the requester initiates the telephonic communication using the mobile phone; determining a geographical location of the mobile phone based on the requester-initiated telephonic communication using the mobile phone; determining a mobile phone number of the mobile phone associated with the requester using the computer system associated with the provider; transmitting to a third party service provider, distinct from the computer system associated with the provider, the IP address, the mobile phone number, the geographical location of the mobile phone and an acceptable range, wherein the acceptable range includes a predetermined distance between the mobile phone and the client system; and receiving back from the third party service provider a confirmation message indicating whether the IP address and the mobile phone are located within the acceptable range of each other, wherein the third party service provider determines whether the IP address and the mobile phone are located within the acceptable range of each other based on the transmitted IP address, the geographical location of the mobile phone and the mobile phone number. | 10,899 |
8,885,038 | 1. A measuring apparatus comprising: a reference body which is a reference of a heat displacement amount of a heat-displaced object to be measured; an imaging means for imaging the reference body and the object to be measured in a same imaging area; a recording means for recording reference image data at a reference temperature generated by the imaging means; a central processing unit configured to | 17,194 |
8,696,894 | 1. A filter element of a motor vehicle fuel filter, comprising: a filter body for installation into a filter housing, said filter body having a raw unfiltered side and a clean filtered side, said filter body including; wherein said filter element is configured for use in said filter housing. | 12,472 |
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