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9,644,142 | 1. A red phosphor material comprising: an essential component represented by a formula of A an excess component that is at least one selected from Li where A represents at least one selected from Ca and Sr; R represents at least one selected from Li, Na, and K; Ln represents at least one selected from La, Gd, and Y; M represents at least one selected from W and Mo; and x, y, and z are numerical values that satisfy 0.2≦x≦0.7, 0.2≦y+z≦0.6, 0.005≦z≦0.04, and x−y−z≧0, wherein a content of the excess component relative to an entirety of the red phosphor material is 0.05% to 2.0% by weight. | 34,311 |
9,403,709 | 1. A method for shaping hollow glass articles from droplets of molten glass in a glass shaping machine, comprising: producing a blank in a blank-molding process; transferring said blank to a finish-molding process; producing a finished product from said blank in the finish-molding process; transferring said finished product to a dead plate; cooling said finished product on the dead plate in a cooling process; transferring said finished product from said dead plate into an annealing furnace via a conveyor belt for an annealing process, wherein all process parameters of the blank-molding process, the finish-molding process, the cooling process and the annealing process are adjustable; providing at least one camera arranged stationary; providing a storage medium that comprises a mechanical model, said mechanical model describing a functional correlation between values of the process parameters and shape-related changes of the produced hollow glass article; controlling the process parameters of said method, wherein said controlling comprises measuring a shape and mass distribution of a produced hollow glass article online via said at least one camera immediately after shaping of said produced hollow glass article, wherein said hollow glass article stands on a conveyor belt during said measurement, wherein deviations from a reference shape are detected, wherein said deviations include geometric distortions and drunkenness errors, wherein said controlling the process parameters is based on said deviations that are detected and based on the mechanical model depending on the type of deformation detected; performing an intervention in adjustments of all process parameters according to the type of deformation detected. | 41,945 |
9,772,563 | 1. A stocker for storing semiconductor fabrication reticles, comprising: a stocker housing; at least one receptacle within the stocker housing for storing at least one reticle; a supply conduit for delivering a first gas into the stocker housing and to the at least one receptacle; a control valve provided between the supply conduit and the stocker housing for controlling the flow of the first gas; a sealable enclosure within the stocker housing for receiving at least one reticle pod having an additional reticle therein; a pipe for delivering a second gas to the enclosure, wherein the sealable enclosure is a purge nest comprising: at least one robot for delivering a reticle to the at least one receptacle and for delivering the reticle pod to the enclosure, and for retrieving the reticle from the at least one receptacle and the reticle pod from the enclosure; and at least one controller for controlling operation of the at least one robot and for controlling the supply conduit for delivering the first gas and the pipe for delivering the second gas. | 22,769 |
8,975,127 | 1. A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising steps of: (a) forming a gate insulation film over a semiconductor substrate; (b) forming a gate electrode over the gate insulation film; (c) forming a source region and a drain region in the semiconductor substrate so as to align with the gate electrode; (d) forming a first insulation film over the gate electrode, the source region and the drain region; (e) forming a first plug and a second plug in the first insulating film, wherein the first plug is electrically connected to the source region and the second plug is electrically connected to the drain region; (f) forming a first wire and a second wire over the first insulation film, wherein the first wire is electrically connected to the first plug and the second wire is electrically connected to the second plug; (g) forming a second insulation film over the first insulating film, the first wire and the second wire; (h) forming a third plug and a fourth plug in the second insulation film, wherein the third plug is electrically connected to the first wire and the fourth plug is electrically connected to the second wire; and (i) forming a third wire and a fourth wire over the second insulation film, wherein the third wire is electrically connected to the third plug and the third fourth is electrically connected to the fourth plug, wherein the gate electrode and the first wire are arranged so as to not be overlapped with each other in a planar view, wherein the gate electrode and the second wire are arranged not to be overlapped with each other in a planar view, wherein the gate electrode and an edge of the third wire are arranged to be overlapped with each other in a planar view, and wherein the gate electrode and an edge of the fourth wire are arranged to be overlapped with each other in a planar view. | 6,480 |
9,689,688 | 1. An image display system, comprising: a position information obtaining device obtaining position information of a ship, an information storage device storing an electronic marine chart including seafloor shapes and a tide table, an image display device, an image providing device providing an image to the image display device, and a direction obtaining device obtaining the direction of the ship, wherein the image providing device is configured to: wherein the image display device is configured to display the virtual space image of the seafloor shape by combining with a view from the image display device. | 6,449 |
9,060,703 | 1. A sensor assembly comprising; a sensor probe assembly providing a plurality of conductive pins; a compressible electrically conductive member in electrical communication with the sensor probe assembly; a signal processing circuit in electrical communication with the compressible electrically conductive member; and a housing confining said sensor probe assembly, and the compressible electrically conductive member, wherein the electrically conductive member is formed from a polymer filled with conductive particles, said signal processing circuit is confined by said housing, and in which said sensor probe assembly further provides a pin securement member cooperating in retention contact with the plurality of conductive pins. | 35,818 |
9,121,385 | 1. A wind turbine, comprising: at least one wind turbine blade assembly, the at least one blade assembly comprising: wherein the connection part operates as a lever gear comprising an annular ring and two or more discrete, circumferentially-spaced extension members each extending from the rotational axis to the annular ring, the first point of attack of each of the hydraulic pitch cylinders being fixed towards a respective extension member; and wherein the two or more hydraulic pitch cylinders are arranged to expand in the same angular direction around the rotational axis of the pitch bearing. | 12,194 |
8,726,420 | 1. A visor configuration inserted within a brim of a baseball cap that provides a cushioning mechanism to the wearer's head due to pressure being exerted to the baseball cap wearer's head, the visor configuration comprising: a visor consisting of a single, continuous piece of material that has a back half and front half; each of said back half and front half comprises a left side and a right side together forming left and right side edges of said visor, the left and right side edges of said visor running perpendicularly to a front and back edge of said visor; a T-shaped cut out space located within a substantial middle portion of said visor with a stem portion of said T-shaped cut out space extending into an interior middle portion of said visor and separating said back edge into a left and right side of said back edge of said visor; a head portion of said T-shaped cut out space extending outwardly from said stem portion towards said left and right side edges of said visor; two arched shaped cut out spaces extending into an interior of said visor, one each from said left and right side edges, respectively, of said back half of said visor substantially parallel to said back edge of said visor towards said interior middle portion of said visor; remaining sections of said back half of said visor in combination with said T-shaped cut out space and said two arched shaped cut out spaces allow said back half of said visor to flexibly move in a direction away from the wearer's head creating the cushioning mechanism; and wherein said visor is defined as a layer of material placed in between a top fabric piece and a bottom fabric piece of the brim of the baseball cap. | 15,487 |
8,837,726 | 1. A method comprising: receiving at an encryption device from a control device an encryption request comprising a content protection key (CPK) to be encrypted and an identifier for a decryption device, wherein the control device is controlled by a security provider that provides secure content to the decryption device using the CPK encrypted with a device key that is securely embedded in the decryption device and also stored on the encryption device, wherein the encryption device is provided by a key provider and the device key is not divulged to the security provider in order to prevent a compromise of the device key, and wherein the secure content is secured by encrypting content using a control word that itself is encrypted by the CPK; retrieving at the encryption device the device key based on the decryption device identifier; encrypting the CPK with the device key using a predetermined algorithm; and sending the encrypted CPK to the control device. | 34,047 |
8,933,888 | 1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium with a computer program stored thereon, wherein said computer program instructs a microprocessor to perform a set of instructions for: presenting an on-screen pointer in a graphical user interface (GUI) comprising an adjustable magnified region; moving said on-screen pointer across the GUI to follow a user touch while magnifying a region of the GUI that falls within the adjustable magnified region of the on-screen pointer as the on-screen pointer traverses the GUI, wherein the user touch is applied to at least one touch sensitive input device; increasing magnification of the adjustable magnified region of the on-screen pointer to enlarge a view of the region of the GUI that falls within the adjustable magnified region based on a first expansion gesture that is performed by increasing a distance separating two touches on the touch sensitive input device; and decreasing magnification of the adjustable magnified region of the on-screen pointer to reduce a view of the region of the GUI that falls within the adjustable magnified region based on a second contraction gesture that is performed by reducing a distance separating two touches on the touch sensitive input device. | 45,994 |
8,683,991 | 1. A cooking top, in particular a cooking top suitable for household use, comprising: an upward facing top cover; a first gas burner in turn including a first flame divider means that puts the first gas burner in operative communication with the outside of the top cover, said first flame divider means including first flame outlets in turn including outlet sections, the outlet sections of the first flame outlets having an upward orientation and together defining a first crown that defines and at least partly surrounds a first portion of the cooking top, wherein the first flame divider means resides on a slope of a relief portion rising above the top cover; a second gas burner in turn comprising a second flame divider means that puts the second gas burner in operative communication with the outside of the top cover, said second flame divider means including second flame outlets in turn including outlet sections having the upward orientation, the second flame divider means being formed in the first portion of the cooking top, wherein the second flame divider means resides on a top portion of the relief portion, and wherein operation of the first gas burner and second gas burner are controlled independently of each other; a first sheet of the first flame divider means including first flame holes that coincide with the first flame outlets; a second sheet of the second flame dividers means including second flame holes that coincide with the second flame outlets; a first conduit for feeding a mixture of primary air and fuel gas to the first flame divider means; and a second conduit for feeding the mixture of primary air and fuel gas to the second flame divider means, wherein the first conduit being separate and independent of the second conduit. | 162 |
8,634,570 | 1. An electronic sound monitor for use as a stethoscope, comprising: at least one transducer configured to transform vibrations to electrical signals, a directly radiating loud speaker configured to receive the electrical signals and transform the electrical signals into audible sounds and directly radiate the audible sounds to ambient air, a filter configured to filter the electrical signals, A/D- and D/A-converter configured to convert the electrical signals, an amplifier configured to amplify the electrical signals, a processor configured to alter the electrical signals to lift the pitch of the sounds and alter frequencies of the vibrations without altering a timing of the vibrations when the electrical signals are transformed into audible sounds, a sound chamber in which the directly radiating loudspeaker is arranged, the sound chamber comprising an opening directly to ambient air, and a sound channel leading to and opening into said sound chamber, said sound channel adapted to forward sound from the sound chamber through an opening connecting the sound channel with the ambient air, the sound channel comprising a throat, wherein the throat of the sound channel and the sound channel are arranged to reinforce low frequencies. | 40,973 |
8,490,807 | 1. A fuel container comprising: a first shell; a second shell; a first column body with a first end on an inner surface of the first shell and a second end, the first column body including: a second column body with a first end on the inner surface of the second shell and a second end configured to permit a first interconnection with the second end of the first column body, the second column body including: | 38,298 |
8,603,603 | 1. A corrosion inhibition system, including: an elongate metal structural member, a cover disposed in surrounding relation to the structural member and cooperating with the structural member to define an interior volume between the structural member and the cover, and an aerosol occupying substantially the entire interior volume; wherein the aerosol includes a carrier gas; and a volatile corrosion inhibiting agent suspended in the carrier gas, said volatile corrosion inhibiting agent having an affinity for metal surfaces. | 30,568 |
8,428,637 | 1. A method, comprising: communicating with a first network using a communication device; determining information related to a second network from the first network; searching for the second network at a search rate, wherein the search rate corresponds to a time interval between two or more successive searches for the second network; determining whether information detected at the communication device indicates movement of the communication device; when the information detected at the communication device indicates movement of the communication device, performing a second search for the second network at the search rate; and when the information detected at the communication device does not indicate movement of the communication device, implementing a back-off scheme at the communication device to determine an adjusted search rate. | 17,763 |
9,701,849 | 1. A method of manufacturing a transparent conductive film comprising: coating a substrate with a coating liquid containing an organometallic compound selected from an acetylacetonate of indium, tin, or zinc and a dopant organometallic compound thereby forming a coating film; drying the coating film to form a dried coating film; and then mineralizing the dried coating film by irradiating the dried coating film with ultraviolet light while heating the dried coating film to a temperature of 100° C. to 200° C. under an air atmosphere having a dew point temperature equal to or lower than −10° C. thereby forming an inorganic film that includes a metal oxide and a dopant; and then flowing a reducing atmosphere over the inorganic film at a temperature of 150° C. to 600° C. thereby reducing the inorganic film and forming the transparent conductive film; wherein the reducing atmosphere includes hydrogen gas, wherein the hydrogen gas has an amount of 0.1 to 7 vol. %; | 47,500 |
9,178,383 | 1. An electrical system for an automotive vehicle, comprising: a plurality of electrical generating machines with each electrical generating machine including field windings energized by pulse width modulated drive signals generated by an external electronic voltage regulator, the pulse width modulated drive signals having a duty cycle determined by the electronic voltage regulator, the electronic voltage regulator varying the duty cycle of the pulse width modulated drive signals to control output voltages of the electrical generating machines; a controller, the controller selecting one of electrical generating machines to evaluate for failure and evaluating that electrical generating machine for failure by causing the PWM drive signal for the field windings of that electrical generating machine to be disabled and then determining that this electrical generating machine has failed if the duty cycle for the PWM drive signals has then not been increased by the electronic voltage regulator by a pre-determined amount after the PWM drive signal for the field windings of that electrical generating machine has been disabled. | 38,349 |
9,031,314 | 1. A measurement system comprising: a projector for illuminating a pattern on respective surfaces of instances of an object, the instances of the object sharing a specification; at least two imaging devices for obtaining images of a respective portion of each instance of the object, wherein at least some of the images include representations of one or more illuminated reference markers; an instrument for identifying a predetermined feature at least a portion of which is common to each instance of the object; and at least one processor configured for: determining, for each instance of the object, respective first position information associated with at least one of the illuminated reference markers represented in the images, determining second position information associated with the instrument, and assigning, for each instance of the object, a common predetermined object coordinate system, the assigning based on the determined first position information for that instance of the object and the determined second position information, predetermined object coordinate system having i) an origin defined by a predetermined position shared among the instances of the object and ii) a coordinate system orientation defined with respect to an orientation of each respective instance of the object, at least one instance of the object having an orientation relative to the projector that is different from the orientation relative to the projector of at least one other instance of the object, and the origin and coordinate system orientation of the predetermined object coordinate system being consistent among the instances of the object with respect to the respective instances of the object. | 34,325 |
8,642,225 | 1. A high-pressure fluid supply apparatus, comprising: piping that supplies a fluid from a high-pressure fluid supply source to a fluid utilizing device via a first valve device and a second valve device; a seal member that is arranged at a pipe part between the first and second valve devices in order to maintain sealing property of the pipe part, the seal member being made of an elastic material; and a control unit programmed to control closing and opening of the first and second valve devices by alternating the closing and the opening of the first and second valve devices to adjust a pressure variation rate of the fluid in the pipe part in accordance with a temperature of the seal member until a desired pressure of the fluid in the pipe part is achieved. | 9,271 |
8,851,144 | 1. A system of modular panels for protecting a structure, comprising: at least one preformed or bent frame; at least one covering into which the frame is receivable, where the covering is made from shade fabric and is stretchy and pocket-shaped, such that the covering has at least one first layer, at least one second layer, a plurality of closed sides adjoining the first layer and the second layer, and at least one open side, such that the covering may be pulled onto the frame via the open side to form a self-tensioning modular panel; and at least one connecting plate assembly, each connecting plate assembly comprising two connecting plates and a plurality of fasteners, such that a connecting plate assembly may be used to join two or more modular panels into a larger unit by sandwiching one corner of each of the two or more modular panels between two connecting dates and joining the connecting plates together with the fasteners. | 27,939 |
8,529,372 | 1. A golf ball consisting of the following three layers: a dual layer core having a diameter of from 1.52 inches to 1.66 inches and consisting of an inner core layer and an outer core layer, the inner core layer having a compression of 40 or less, a Shore C hardness of less than 80, and a specific gravity of 1.11 or greater; and the outer core layer having a Shore D hardness of from 55 to 80 and a specific gravity less than or equal to the specific gravity of the inner core layer; and a cover layer having a Shore D hardness of from 55 to 80; wherein the hardness of the inner core layer is less than the hardness of the outer core layer. | 14,199 |
8,998,513 | 1. A unipod rotating apparatus, comprising a main rod, an adapting platform for fixing a photographic equipment, and a rotating device connecting the adapting platform to said main rod in a rotatable manner, wherein | 47,962 |
9,021,021 | 1. A method of providing a report to a mobile network operator by distributed aggregation of data, the method, comprising: tracking, by a client-side proxy on a mobile device, optimization efficiency for traffic at the mobile device; determining, by the client-side proxy on the mobile device, battery consumption data of the mobile device; wherein, the client-side proxy further performs functions related to battery consumption reduction at the mobile device also effectuating in traffic alleviation measured by the optimization efficiency, wherein the distributed aggregation of the data further includes data aggregated by a server-side proxy remote from the client-side proxy, wherein the server-side proxy and the client-side proxy are components of a distributed proxy and/or cache system; wherein, each individually or in conjunction performs traffic management and optimization functions. | 22,876 |
9,422,102 | 1. An apparatus for dispensing material through a refillable cartridge, comprising: a container having a receptacle for receiving a refill cartridge, the container having a lid cooperating with the container to enclose the refill cartridge, the container further comprising an exit port and a channel for communicating material from the refill cartridge to the exit port, and a button for controlling the flow of material out of the refill cartridge; a reusable, refill cartridge sized to be received in the receptacle, the refill cartridge including compressed gas and material separated by a bi-conical force transfer device, the refill cartridge further comprising a first end having a material inlet and a flow control valve, and a second end having a compressed gas inlet; and a treatment applied to an inner wall of the reusable, refill cartridge and bi-conical force transfer device to change a friction of a moving fluid at the inner wall. | 5,264 |
8,547,133 | 1. A semiconductor device comprising: a transmitter configured to transmit information; a receiver configured to receive information; a selector configured to receive a first control signal and a second control signal, and to select and output the first control signal for adjusting an impedance of the transmitter, and select and output the second control signal for adjusting an impedance of the receiver; a reference voltage generator configured to generate a first reference voltage based on the first control signal and a second reference voltage based on the second control signal; and an impedance adjuster configured to adjust the impedance of the transmitter based on the first reference voltage and the impedance of the receiver based on the second reference voltage, separately from each other. | 31,044 |
9,576,332 | 1. A computing system comprising: a first networking device connected to a network and configured to host a virtual machine, the first networking device comprising an intercept driver program configured to intercept a graphics processing unit (GPU) call from the virtual machine; and a second networking device connected to the network, the second networking device comprising at least one GPU and an intercept driver target program, the intercept driver target program configured to receive a communication from the intercept driver program on the network, wherein the communication from the intercept driver program comprises a representation of the GPU call from the virtual machine and wherein the second networking device load balances the GPU call among a plurality of GPUs and executes the GPU call on the plurality of GPUs to provide GPU services to the virtual machine over the network; and wherein the second networking device releases the virtual machine from the plurality of GPUs at a first time and provides the GPU services to the virtual machine over the network at a second time later than the first time by reconnecting the virtual machine to the plurality of GPUs, the execution of the GPU call on the plurality of GPUs occurring between the first time and the second time. | 23,775 |
8,453,430 | 1. A configuration for purifying an exhaust-gas flow of an internal combustion engine, the configuration comprising: a) an ionization device for electrically charging particles in the exhaust-gas flow; b) an agglomeration device for at least partially agglomerating the electrically charged particles; c) a duct including at least a peripheral surface through which fluid can flow, a first end side with an inlet and a second end side with an outlet; d) a radial honeycomb body having an inner peripheral surface, an outer peripheral surface and flow channels extending from said inner peripheral surface to said outer peripheral surface, said inner peripheral surface being disposed on said peripheral surface of said duct; and e) a particle separator configured for at least temporarily retaining the particles from the exhaust-gas flow; said ionization device and said agglomeration device being disposed upstream of said inlet or in said duct and said particle separator being disposed downstream of said outlet or in said duct. | 8,657 |
9,797,262 | 1. A vane cluster, comprising: a portion of a split damped outer shroud comprising a plurality of shroud segments and a plurality of split cuts, wherein each laterally adjacent pair of said shroud segments is separated by a respective one of said split cuts; an unsegmented inner shroud portion spaced from the portion of said split damped outer shroud; a multiple of stator vane airfoils that extend between the portion of said split damped outer shroud and said unsegmented inner shroud portion; and a plurality of spacer keys, each of said spacer keys arranged with at least one of said split cuts, wherein a first of said spacer keys extends laterally between and laterally contacts a radially extending first surface of a first of said shroud segments and a radially extending second surface of a second of said shroud segments, and said first surface is substantially parallel with said second surface. | 26,993 |
9,358,757 | 1. A method of diagnosing internal damage of a target object containing a smart multi-layer composite comprising: a plurality of layers stacked in sequence; and a graphene layer interposed between the plurality of layers, the method comprising: monitoring a change in resistance of a smart multi-layer composite contained in the target object; and if the change in resistance of the smart multi-layer composite is detected, recognizing internal damage of the target object and identifying a position where the change in resistance occurs, after the recognizing internal damage of the target object and the identifying a position where the change in resistance occurs, detecting a deformation rate of the position by using the change in resistance. | 25,709 |
9,121,609 | 1. A combustor comprising: a baffle plate including at least one through baffle hole; a cover ring disposed upstream of the baffle plate and defining a diluent plenum therewith, the cover ring including one or more orifices to guide a flow of diluent into the diluent plenum; at least one fuel nozzle extending through the at least one through baffle hole; at least one shroud secured to the baffle plate, the at least one shroud and the at least one fuel nozzle defining a flow channel therebetween extending from the diluent plenum through the baffle plate, the at least one shroud including at least one piston ring disposed at the at least one shroud, the at least one piston ring configured to control the flow of diluent from the diluent plenum and through the flow channel between the at least one shroud and the at least one fuel nozzle; and a plurality of air flow holes disposed in the at least one fuel nozzle, at least a portion of the flow of diluent flowing through a piston ring gap between the at least one fuel nozzle and the at least one piston ring and into the plurality of air flow holes for mixing with a flow of air and a flow of fuel in the at least one fuel nozzle. | 30,313 |
8,912,109 | 1. An alkylation catalyst, comprising: a zeolite catalyst component comprising faujasite, mordenite, chabazite, offretite, clinoptilolite, erionite, or sihealite; and a binder component providing mechanical support for the catalyst component; wherein the binder component comprises an ion-modified binder comprising metal ions; wherein the metal ions are selected from the group consisting of Mn, K, Cs, Ga, Rb, Ag, Na, Cu, Mg, and combinations thereof; and wherein the metal ions reduce the number of acid sites on the catalyst component. | 39,137 |
8,869,769 | 1. An internal combustion engine comprising: a cylinder block defining a cylinder having a cylinder axis; a crankshaft defining a crankpin, wherein the crankshaft is rotatably received by the cylinder block and rotates about a longitudinal axis; a piston configured to reciprocate within the cylinder; a connecting rod operably coupled to the piston and the crankpin, wherein the connecting rod comprises: a surface associated with the cylinder block, wherein the surface and the second rod element are configured to affect a pivoting motion of the first rod element relative to the second rod element. | 13,950 |
8,542,109 | 1. A method of sensing an intruder in a protected area, the protected area defined by an array of field disturbance units, the method comprising: using a field disturbance unit to transmit a radio frequency signal, wherein the transmitted radio frequency signal is encoded with data; receiving the transmitted radio frequency signal at a different field disturbance unit, wherein the received radio frequency signal has a received signal strength; and analyzing the received radio frequency signal at the different field disturbance unit to determine the presence of an intruder within the protected area defined by the array of field disturbance units, wherein the step of analyzing includes converting the received radio frequency signal into a digital signal having an amplitude that is proportional to the received signal strength of the received radio frequency signal and wherein the step of analyzing further includes (a) determining the average amplitude of received signals, wherein the step of determining the average amplitude of received signals includes: subtracting a detection zone average amplitude memory value from the digital signal thereby creating a first output value, dividing the first output value by a first constant thereby creating a first quotient value, and adding the first quotient value with the detection zone average amplitude memory value thereby creating a second output value, storing the second output value in the detection zone average amplitude memory thereby replacing a previous detection zone average amplitude memory value; (b) determining the average variation of received signals, wherein the step of determining the average variation of received signals includes: taking the absolute value of the first output value thereby creating a positive value equivalent to the magnitude of the first output value; subtracting a detection zone average variation memory value from the absolute value of the first output value thereby creating a third output value, dividing the third output value by a second constant thereby creating a second quotient value, adding the second quotient value with the detection zone average variation memory value thereby creating a fourth output value, storing the fourth output value in the detection zone average variation memory thereby replacing a pervious detection zone average variation memory value; and (c) determining the presence of an intruder, the step including: multiplying the detection zone average variation memory value with a third constant thereby creating a first product, summing the first product with a minimum threshold value, thereby creating a fifth output value, comparing the fifth output value to the absolute value of the first output value to determine the presence of an intruder by presenting the fifth output value to the negative terminal of a comparator and presenting the absolute value of the first output value to the positive terminal of the comparator, wherein the comparator producing a positive value indicates the presence of an intruder. | 39,022 |
9,363,167 | 1. A packet forwarding system, comprising: a physical port that is associated with a plurality of link aggregation groups (LAGs); a packet processor coupled to the physical port; and a memory coupled to the packet processor and including instructions that, when executed by the packet processor, cause the packet processor to: | 2,792 |
9,050,471 | 1. A method comprising: receiving, by a processor, a detected posture state indicating a posture state currently occupied by a medical patient; presenting, by a user interface of a medical device programmer, a posture state indication representative of the detected posture state currently occupied by the medical patient; presenting an automatic posture response icon with at least one of a therapy program or a group of therapy programs, wherein the automatic posture response icon indicates therapy is delivered automatically according to the posture state of the medical patient; and controlling delivery of therapy to the medical patient. | 49,282 |
8,702,155 | 1. A cowl louver structure that is configured to be disposed between a cowl louver and a hood of a vehicle, the vehicle having a longitudinal axis, the cowl louver having a pair of lateral end portions, the cowl louver structure comprising: a pair of plate-shaped members configured to engage each of an inner surface of the hood and the cowl louver; wherein each of the members includes an upper peripheral surface; wherein the members are directly attached to the cowl louver; wherein the members are each positioned proximate one of the lateral end portions of the cowl louver; and wherein the members are each positioned such that each extends substantially along the longitudinal axis of the vehicle and the upper peripheral surface is configured to contact the inner surface of the hood. | 364 |
8,372,682 | 1. A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising: forming a trench in an outer peripheral portion of a chip region on a bonding surface of a support substrate; bonding a semiconductor substrate including a chip ring in the outer peripheral portions of the chip regions on an inside of a dicing line respectively and the support substrate to position the trench from above the chip ring to the inside of the dicing line; and dicing the semiconductor substrate and the support substrate which are bonded to each other along the dicing line. | 6,624 |
8,720,370 | 1. A deposition system for coating a substrate, comprising: a heating mechanism to heat the substrate; one or more coating rollers, each coating roller comprising a porous layer for accepting and retaining a liquid to transfer to the substrate by rollingly contact; a temperature controlling device coupled to the liquid to control the liquid temperature to be below room temperature, a liquid reservoir to provide the liquid to the one or more coating rollers, wherein the one or more coating rollers contact the liquid in the liquid reservoir for accepting the liquid, wherein the temperature controlling device is coupled to the liquid within the liquid reservoir, a physical barrier surrounding the one or more coating rollers, the physical barrier comprising restrictive fluid communication between two portions of the liquid in the liquid reservoir isolated by the physical barrier, a temperature controlling device coupled to the physical barrier to establish a temperature gradient between the two portions of the liquid in the liquid reservoir. | 43,608 |
9,423,120 | 1. An LED candle lamp having a humidifying and flavoring function, comprising a shell, a light emitting device mounted on the shell, a control system and a power supply unit, characterized in that: the shell is provided inside with a humidifying device that further includes a water storage tank, a sealing cover, an atomizing sheet and water absorbent cotton, the water storage tank and the sealing cover forming a seated water storage space by being screwed together, the sealing cover being provided with a metal contact block and an accommodating chamber, the metal contact block being provided with an elastic contact spring, the accommodating chamber being provided inside with the atomizing sheet, the sealing cover being provided with a mist outlet exposed to the shell, the water storage tank being fixedly provided inside with the water absorbent cotton, wherein the control system is a PCB control panel provided with a conductive wire; the light emitting device comprises a flame head and one or more LED lamps being disposed inside or outside the shell; the mist outlet is disposed coaxially with the flame head, which is provided with a mist outlet slot. | 49,079 |
8,564,151 | 1. A system for generating electricity, the system comprising: a barge; a frame mounted on the barge, wherein the frame defines a first portion of the frame and a second portion of the frame, the first and second portions being hingedly connected together such that the first portion may swing upwardly relative to the barge; a paddlewheel rotationally mounted on the first portion of the frame; an electric generator mounted on the second portion of the frame; means for coupling the paddlewheel to the generator for driving the generator for generating electricity; an upright support mounted on each of the first and second portions of the frame; a guy wire coupling together the upright supports; and a winch configured for reeling in or extending the length of guy wire between the upright supports, such that the first portion of the frame swings upwardly relative to the barge when the guy wire is reeled in by the winch. | 44,133 |
8,672,300 | 1. A fuel evaporator comprising: a heat jacket; a fuel evaporation chamber disposed in the heat jacket; a heat input tube adapted to deliver heat into the heat jacket; a carburetor attachment port adapted to receive a fuel air mixture from a carburetor; and a reservoir-agitator adapted to provide additional fuel to the fuel evaporation chamber when needed. | 28,410 |
8,807,625 | 1. A tonneau cover apparatus for a vehicle comprising: a mount; a pickup truck bed cover overlaying the mount and being coupled to the mount; a handle rotatably coupled to the mount such that the handle rotates about a substantially horizontal axis and is movable between an open position and a closed position, wherein the handle is substantially vertical when in the open position, wherein the handle is substantially horizontal when in the closed position, and wherein the handle is above a substantially horizontal plane extending across a pickup truck bed when in the closed position; a clamp being pivotly connected to the handle such that when the handle is closed the clamp is fixed to the pickup truck bed; and a locator attached to the mount to locate the tonneau cover apparatus to predetermined locations on the pickup truck bed. | 38,199 |
9,381,024 | 1. A surgical apparatus, the apparatus comprising: (a) a cutting tool comprising an axial member with a proximal end and a distal end, the axial member characterized by at least two adjacent axial sections which do not form a part of a cutting tip of said tool, wherein differences between each of the sections are visually discernible when viewed in a projection x-ray image, wherein said visually discernible difference results from an outer radial section of reduced radio-opacity; and (b) a hollow tube adapted for parallel alignment with the cutting tool and selectively axially positionable to be adjacent at least a selective one of said axial sections and block x-ray radiation from at least one of passing through or passing adjacent said selected section so that said projection image indicates a relative axial position of said hollow tube and said cutting tool. | 14,562 |
9,140,094 | 1. A packer for subterranean use in a borehole extending from a surface location and defined by a borehole wall, comprising: a tubular housing defining a housing wall surrounding a passage therethrough, said housing wall having an outer surface and an inside surface in contact with fluids flowing between the subterranean location and the surface; a sealing element surrounding said outer surface; at least one sealing boost force device on said outer surface of said housing wall and further comprising at least one cantilevered member supported, for a time, only at one end thereof when acting on said sealing element between said sealing element and said outer surface of said housing wall by relative radial movement of a free end thereof that, for a time, is not supported, said relative radial movement occurring with respect to a radial movement of said outer surface as said passage is expanded to urge said sealing element toward the borehole wall which, for a time, separates said free end from support from said outer surface of said housing wall. | 48,260 |
9,212,296 | 1. An optical film comprising: at least one dried solid optical retardation layer, wherein the solid optical retardation layer comprises at least one organic compound of structural formula II or its salt wherein, wherein the dried solid optical retardation layer is an uniaxial positive A-type layer and is substantially transparent to electromagnetic radiation in the visible spectral range. | 9,580 |
8,831,133 | 1. A digital pre-distortion method, comprising: applying a signal to a recursive system to generate a state vector; providing said state vector as a feedback value to said recursive system; and applying said state vector to a second function to generate an output signal, wherein at least one of said recursive system and said second function comprise a non-linear function. | 46,349 |
9,029,890 | 1. A light-emitting device, comprising: a patterned substrate having a plurality of cones, wherein each of the plurality of cones comprises a top having a top width, a bottom having a bottom width, a sidewall between the top and the bottom, and a height H, wherein an area ratio of the top and the bottom of the cone is less than 0.0064 and H>1.5 μm; and a light-emitting stack formed on the cones, wherein the light-emitting stack comprises a first conductivity-type semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second conductivity-type semiconductor layer. | 43,517 |
8,775,782 | 1. A network boot system comprising: a plurality of client terminals and the network boot system comprises a plurality of storage units separated into a system area and a user area in storage devices for each user; at least one storage device including a plurality of storage units, which includes a master storage unit; and a network to connect the plurality of client terminals, and the storage device to each other, wherein the storage device creates a plurality of replica storage units by copying the master storage unit, and the plurality of client terminals load data required for operation from the same one or different ones of the plurality of replica storage units: said system area storage unit includes the master storage unit and at least one of the replica storage units wherein when the master storage unit is updated and stored in the at least one storage device, the storage device copies the updated master storage unit to update the replica storage units, and the plurality of client terminals do not load the data required for operation from the master storage unit after the master storage unit is updated and stored in the at least one storage device so as to reduce a maintenance cost for storage units in a storage device by performing maintenance only to the master storage unit. | 47,326 |
8,664,797 | 1. A photovoltaic assembly comprising a plurality of sub-assemblies arranged as a hierarchical tree structure, each sub-assembly comprising | 31,963 |
9,565,514 | 1. A method for wireless communication by a Bluetooth device, comprising: determining a paired device configuration for Bluetooth communication, wherein determining the paired device configuration comprises determining a paired device connection history, wherein Bluetooth page scans are disabled at a specific time of day based on the paired device connection history for that time of day; and disabling Bluetooth page scans based on the paired device configuration when the Bluetooth device is in a connectable state for Bluetooth communication. | 29,180 |
9,853,309 | 1. A method of manufacturing a fuel cell, comprising: a preparation step of preparing a fuel cell comprising a stack of a plurality of unit cells each including polymer electrolyte and a catalyst layer; and a removal step of removing organic matter from the fuel cell, wherein the removal step comprises: a first step of maintaining a voltage of the fuel cell at 0 V in a state in which hydrogen is sealed on an anode side while nitrogen or hydrogen is sealed on a cathode side in the fuel cell so as to desorb organic matter from the catalyst layer; a second step of raising a temperature inside the fuel cell while the anode and the cathode are in the sealed state so as to evaporate the desorbed organic matter; and a third step of exhausting the evaporated organic matter from the fuel cell. | 29,997 |
9,844,643 | 1. A neuromodulation catheter, comprising: an elongate shaft including— a neuromodulation element at a distal end portion of the shaft, wherein a difference between a helix angle of a given one of the first windings and a helix angle of a given one of the second windings nearest to the given one of the first windings decreases at successively more distal portions of the shaft. | 8,044 |
9,410,625 | 1. A combined oil control ring comprising two upper and lower side rails, and a spacer expander sandwiched thereby, said spacer expander having seating tabs on the inner side for pushing inner surfaces of said side rails; a side-rail-pushing surface of each of said seating tabs having a plurality of substantially longitudinal projections and recesses, the projections and recesses alternately arranged in a circumferential direction; the width m of a bottom surface being larger than the circumferential length m′ of a top surface in each projection; and a surface connecting said top surface of each projection to said recess surface having a bulging shape. | 11,440 |
8,852,527 | 1. A microfluidic device comprising: at least first and second microfluidic channels; a barrier channel interposed between at least a portion of said first microfluidic channel and a portion of said second microfluidic channel; and a material within said barrier channel that is of lower refractive index than a material forming said microfluidic channels, and wherein said barrier channel is configured to reduce transfer of at least one of heat and light between said microfluidic channels at the portions of said microfluidic channels between which said barrier channel is interposed. | 31,284 |
8,463,556 | 1. A method for analyzing spectral data produced by a detector that interrogates a substantially contained space for presence of one or more radioactive materials of interest, comprising: grouping materials that could be in a detection path of the detector into one of a plurality of material groups by evaluating energy versus photon cross section and/or energy versus neutron cross section of the materials and such that the plurality of material groups are representative of all materials that could be in the detection path of the detector, and wherein a cross section of a material is a likelihood of interaction between radiation and particles of the material; selecting data describing a representative energy versus cross section curve for each material group from cross sections of individual materials in the respective material group; at a computing device, computing interactions of each radioactive material of interest with the material groups using the representative energy versus cross section curve for each material group to produce spectral data for the radioactive material of interest; at a computing device, generating a library of spectral data comprising the spectral data computed for each radioactive material of interest; storing the library of spectral data in a data storage device; detecting radiation from the space with the detector and producing spectral data with the detector; and at a computing device, analyzing the spectral data produced by the detector against the library of spectral data to determine presence of a radioactive material of interest in the space. | 5,323 |
9,765,703 | 1. An engine control system for a vehicle, comprising: a torque requesting module that generates a first torque request for a spark ignition engine based on driver input; a torque conversion module that converts the first torque request into a second torque request; a setpoint control module that generates air and exhaust setpoints for the spark ignition engine based on the second torque request, the air and exhaust setpoints including an intake manifold pressure setpoint, a mass of air per cylinder (APC) setpoint, a setpoint for external dilution, a setpoint for residual dilution, and a compression ratio setpoint; a model predictive control (MPC) module that identifies sets of possible target values based on the air and exhaust setpoints, that generates predicted parameters based on a model of the spark ignition engine and the sets of possible target values, respectively, that selects one of the sets of possible target values based on the predicted parameters, and that sets target values based on the possible target values of the selected one of the sets; and a throttle actuator module that controls opening of a throttle valve based on a first one of the target values. | 13,779 |
8,519,434 | 1. An electrostatic discharge (ESD) protected device comprising: a substrate; an N-type well region disposed corresponding to a first portion of the substrate and having two N+ segments disposed at a surface thereof, the two N+ segments being spaced apart from each other and each being associated with an anode of the device; and a P-type well region disposed proximate to a second portion of the substrate and having a P+ segment and an N+ segment, the N+ segment being associated with a cathode of the device, wherein a contact is positioned in a space between the two N+ segments and connected to the P+ segment, the contact forming a parasitic capacitance that, in connection with a parasitic resistance formed in association with the N+ segment associated with the cathode, provides self detection for high voltage ESD protection. | 7,143 |
9,515,328 | 1. A fuel cell comprising: an anode flow field; a cathode flow field; a membrane electrode assembly interposed between the anode flow field and the cathode flow field; a first diffusion medium interposed between the anode flow field and the membrane electrode assembly; and a second diffusion medium interposed between the anode flow field and the membrane electrode assembly, the first and second diffusion medium each independently including: | 14,982 |
8,858,033 | 1. A composite lighting component system comprising: a first component comprising one or more light modules, each of the one or more light modules disposed on a common optical axis, and at least one of the one or more light modules including each of the following subcomponents: at least one LED to provide a flux of radiant illumination; a first heat transfer element onto which the LED is mounted to remove heat generated from said LED, said first heat transfer element including a first mechanical element configured to provide a secure and removable attachment and having a thermal interface to transfer heat onto a second component which is a heat sink assembly; the second component heat sink assembly including at least one second heat transfer element that contains a second mechanical element configured to provide a secure and removable attachment and a thermal interface with the first heat transfer element of the first component lighting module, the removable attachment and thermal interface between the light module(s) and the light modules respective heat sinks allowing for the replacement of the light module independent of the heat sink assembly; and the composite lighting component system including a third component which is an electrical continuity system that supplies electrical current and continuity to said LED(s), the third component including electrically conductive subcomponents, at least one of the sub components is so configured and disposed as not to obstruct light emanating from the light module. | 49,467 |
9,077,018 | 1. A battery unit comprising: a main accommodation casing that includes a power output terminal; a plurality of sub-modules accommodated in the main accommodation casing, wherein each sub-module includes a plurality of battery blocks, and each battery block includes a plurality of unit batteries connected to each other, a battery holder, a negative electrode terminal, and a positive electrode terminal, the positive electrode terminal including a metallic sheet with a plurality of connection points to a positive electrode terminal of each of the plurality of unit batteries disposed on the battery holder, wherein the battery holder includes a notch formed in a surface of the battery holder that contacts the metallic sheet of the positive electrode terminal and wherein the battery holder further comprises, below a concave portion, a locking having a hole, the locking sheet provided in a location adjacent to the notch; an upper insulation casing configured to cover the plurality of battery blocks accommodated within each sub-module from an upside thereof so as to cover the entire portion exposed to the upside from a lower insulation casing into which the battery blocks are respectively inserted, wherein the positive and negative electrode terminals of each battery block are covered by the upper and lower insulation casings such that each sub-module is electrically isolated from each other; and a control unit that is accommodated in the main accommodation casing and controls at least one of charging and discharging of each of the plurality of battery blocks including the plurality of unit batteries, wherein the battery blocks are electrically connected to each other in series through an electric connection member that is fixed to the lower insulation casing. | 15,641 |
9,814,359 | 1. A system for dispensing paper product, comprising: a point-of-sale device for entering details of a particular food sale transaction, said point-of-sale device being located in a food-selling establishment and configured to output a slip containing specific indicia associated with the particular food sale transaction; and a dispenser of paper product configured to obtain information from the specific indicia on the slip and to dispense a predetermined quantity of napkins, paper towels, or moist towelettes in response to the obtained information, said dispenser being located in the food-selling establishment remotely from said point-of-sale device. | 23,291 |
9,004,312 | 1. A roller shutter storage container comprising: a container body having an opening; a roller shutter accommodating portion arranged along a first direction so as to be adjacent to the container body; a pair of guide grooves formed in the opening of the container body and the roller shutter accommodating portion at both sides in the widthwise direction, which is a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, each of the guide grooves forming a straight shape in the opening, at least a portion of each guide groove being curved in the roller shutter accommodating portion, the guide grooves extending along the first direction; and a roller shutter guided by the two guide grooves, wherein the roller shutter includes a plurality of slats arranged along the first direction and connected together in a bendable manner, each of the slats having two ends in the second direction and shafts at the ends, as the shafts of each of the slats slide in the corresponding guide grooves, the roller shutter slides between an open position and a close position, in the open position the roller shutter is accommodated in the roller shutter accommodating portion to open the opening, and in the close position the roller shutter extends out from the roller shutter accommodating portion to close the opening, each of the guide grooves has a vertical wall surface extending in a direction substantially perpendicular to the second direction, and each one of the shafts is spaced from the corresponding one of the vertical wall surfaces, the shafts of at least some of the slats having projections formed of soft material and projecting outward along the second direction, each of the projections being held in contact with the corresponding vertical w all surface in an elastically deformed state, the roller shutter has an ornamental surface with respect to the thickness direction of the roller shutter, each adjacent pair of the slats is connected together through a hinge located at a position proximal to the ornamental surface, each of the shafts is located at a position separated by a predetermined distance from the hinge in the thickness direction of the roller shutter, and a rib plate formed of soft material is arranged between each one of the slats and at least one of the two adjacent slats, the rib plate extending from and being connected to a bottom surface of the slats opposite the ornamental surface the rib plate extending across the hinge and between axes of the shafts of the one of the two adjacent slats, the rib plate restricting movement of the shafts of the corresponding slats relative to the corresponding guide, and the rib preventing rotational movement of the corresponding slats about the hinge as a fulcrum. | 444 |
8,385,589 | 1. A method for web-based image content type detection using a browser plug-in, the method comprising: receiving an image via a capture device associated with a client; analyzing at the browser plug-in the image for detection of a content type; computing a gradient of adjacent pixels in the image; detecting the content type by performing edge detection based on the gradient; indicating how much of the content type is identified from the image, the indicating visually depicting an amount of the content type detected in the image ranging from none to all of the content type; and in response to the analyzing and detecting the content type within the image, transmitting the image to a server. | 26,492 |
9,772,302 | 1. A system for thermal and temporal stress quality assurance of a quantitative electrochemical physiological sample test system, comprising: a plurality of electrochemical sensors, a calibration circuit in communication with the subset of electrochemical sensors, and wherein the calibration parameter comprises; | 43,214 |
8,691,947 | 1. A composition of matter comprising an amino acid compound consisting of the sequence STNCV EGTAR GIVVY TGD [SEQ ID NO: 1]. | 5,820 |
9,263,894 | 1. A method, comprising: receiving an indication that at least two microgrids represented as computer-implemented models are coupled by way of an electric transmission line to create a collective microgrid model, the electric transmission line operative to couple respective buses of the at least two microgrids, wherein each computer-implemented model of a microgrid comprises representations of the following: responsive to receiving the indication, outputting a control algorithm that comprises at least one parameter of at least one electric power storage device that is to be placed in the collective microgrid, the at least one parameter customized for the collective microgrid, and wherein the at least one parameter conforms to a stability constraint defined for the collective microgrid; wherein the at least one parameter of the at least one storage device is one of electric power storage capacity, charge rate, or discharge rate; and implementing the control algorithm in an electric power storage device in a collective microgrid represented by the collective microgrid model. | 39,499 |
8,551,101 | 1. An apparatus for modifying a patient's femur for receiving a patellofemoral prosthesis, comprising: a guide operating to engage a distal end of the femur, the guide including: (i) a mounting element disposed at a first end of the guide, having an engagement surface defining an anterior resection plane, and operating to rigidly couple the guide to an anterior resection surface of the femur, (ii) a distal slot extending through the guide, toward a patellar groove of the femur in a distal-proximal direction when the guide is coupled to the anterior resection surface of the femur, and (iii) an anterior slot extending through the guide, transverse to the anterior resection plane, toward the patellar groove of the femur in an anterior-posterior direction when the guide is coupled to the anterior resection surface of the femur; a distal punch having a cutting edge and being sized and shaped to slidingly pass through the distal slot such that the cutting edge of the distal punch penetrates into the patellar groove of the femur, in the distal-proximal direction, producing a distal cut; an anterior punch having a cutting edge and being sized and shaped to slidingly pass through the anterior slot such that the cutting edge of the anterior punch penetrates into the patellar groove of the femur, in the anterior-posterior direction, producing an anterior cut, wherein the respective cutting edges of the distal punch and the anterior punch are sized and shaped, and wherein the respective distal and anterior slots are oriented, such that the anterior cut meets the distal cut and a portion of the patient's femur is removed to receive a portion of the patellofemoral prosthesis; and a trochlear punch having a cutting edge and being sized and shaped to slidingly pass through a transverse slot extending through the guide such that the cutting edge of the trochlear punch penetrates through the anterior resection surface and through the anterior cut, thereby forming a trochlear cut in both anterior and distal portions of the femur. | 7,698 |
8,760,116 | 1. A charger comprising; a charger main body; a charging cable having a first end portion and a second end portion opposite to the first end portion, the first end portion being connected to the charger main body; a charging connector attached to the second end portion of the charging cable, the charging connector being able to be connected to a receiving port of a vehicle body to charge a vehicle-mounted battery through the charging connector; a heater configured to heat the charging connector using electric power supplied through the charging cable, the heater being able to be switched into a post-charge heating state in which the heater heats the charging connector after completion of charging of the vehicle-mounted battery; a state determining device configured to detect a charge state of the vehicle-mounted battery and to determine whether a heating condition to heat the charging connector is met; and a heating controller configured to control heating performed by the heater based on a determination made by the state determining device, the heating controller switching the heater into the post-charge heating state and controlling heating performed by the heater when the state determining device detects that charging of the vehicle-mounted battery is completed and determines that a heating condition is met. | 12,351 |
9,040,119 | 1. A method for producing a transparent conductive film, comprising the steps of: (a) coating a heat-resistant substrate with a coating liquid to form a transparent conductive coating film containing an organic metal compound as a main component; (b) drying the transparent conductive coating film to form a dried coating film; (c) baking the dried coating film obtained in step (b) to form an inorganic film containing an inorganic component comprising a metal oxide as a main component by heating to at least a baking temperature at which at least the inorganic component is crystallized in an oxygen-containing atmosphere having a dewpoint of −10° C. or lower, whereby an organic component contained in the dried coating film is removed therefrom by heat decomposition, combustion or a combination thereof, to thereby form a conductive oxide microparticle layer densely filled with conductive oxide microparticles containing the metal oxide as a main component; wherein the organic metal compound comprises at least one compound selected from the group consisting of organic indium compounds, organic tin compounds and organic zinc compounds, and wherein the metal oxide consists of at least one oxide selected from the group consisting of indium oxide, tin oxide and zinc oxide, and (d) subsequent to step (c) baking at a temperature of 300° C. or higher under an oxygen-containing atmosphere having a dewpoint of 0° C. or higher. | 21,464 |
9,787,374 | 1. A method of optimizing a Multiple-Input Multiple-Output signal processing transmitter and a Multiple-Input Multiple-Output signal processing receiver in a high rate radio frequency (RF) link system, comprising: determining, by a processor, communicatively coupled to a receiver, during spatial processing, at least three metrics based on spatially processing a channel stream obtained by the receiver to obtain antenna pointing and tracking information and channel measurements, wherein the channel stream comprises a plurality of streams, the at least three metrics comprising: applying a policy comprising at least one objective of the RF link system, wherein the objective of the policy is one of high data rate or high energy efficiency for the RF link system; and based on at least one of the at least three metrics and based on the policy, applying at least one adaptation to at least one of: the receiver or, the transmitter. | 27,224 |
9,755,025 | 1. A transparent compound semiconductor fabricated by reacting a Ba compound, an La compound, and an Sn compound, the transparent compound semiconductor comprising: a composition of Ba wherein | 26,337 |
9,021,506 | 1. A method to eject a device in a multiprocessor computer system comprising at least a first partition having a first operating system and a second partition having a second operating system, comprising: generating, in a first operating system, a request to remove a device from the first partition; in response to the request to remove the device, invoking an ACPI interface eject method for the device; determining whether the device has a resource allocated to it by firmware in the computer system; and rejecting the ACPI interface eject method when the device has a resource allocated to it by firmware in the computer system. | 2,423 |
8,623,838 | 1. A composition comprising an RNAi agent to HSF1 comprising a first strand and a second strand, wherein the sequence of the first strand comprises the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 781, 782, 783, or 784, and wherein the first and/or second strand are modified or unmodified, and wherein the first and/or second strand are about 30 or fewer nucleotides in length. | 14,702 |
9,845,978 | 1. A heat pump water heater comprising: a water storage tank comprising a sidewall and a bottom wall; and a condenser comprising a side portion that is wrapped around the sidewall, the condenser being positioned in a heat exchange relationship with the water storage tank to heat contents of the water storage tank and having an inlet and an outlet, wherein the inlet of the condenser is positioned proximate the bottom wall of the water storage tank so that refrigerant flow through the condenser can be initiated through the side portion of the condenser that is proximate the bottom wall of the water storage tank. | 36,165 |
9,807,546 | 1. A magnetic controlled Bluetooth device, comprising: a magnetic unit; a magnetic sensor configured to sense a magnetic force to generate a triggering signal; a control unit electronically connected to said magnetic sensor, said control unit including a Bluetooth chip, wherein said control unit is configured to turn on said Bluetooth chip to execute a Bluetooth pairing process, as said control unit receives said triggering signal from said magnetic sensor, wherein said magnetic sensor comprises an output end, said control unit comprises a sensing end, and said output end of said magnetic sensor is connected to said sensing end of said control unit; and at least one power supply unit connected to said control unit and said magnetic sensor, wherein said power supply unit is electronically connected to said output end of said magnetic sensor and said sensing end of said control unit via at least one impedance unit connected in series from said power supply unit to said magnetic sensor and said control unit; and electrically connected to said control unit and said magnetic sensor to supply a voltage power to said magnetic sensor and said control unit. | 15,853 |
9,780,833 | 1. A method for displaying waveforms expected to be received by a device under test on an arbitrary waveform and function generator, comprising: generating a waveform by a waveform generation section of the arbitrary waveform and function generator; sending, via an output of the arbitrary waveform and function generator, the generated waveform to the device under test through a cable that couples the output of the arbitrary waveform and function generator with the device under test; measuring voltages of the generated waveform for a plurality of loads at the output of the arbitrary waveform and function generator via a waveform monitoring section of the arbitrary waveform and function generator; determining by the waveform monitoring section a transformed waveform expected to be received at the device under test based on the measured voltages; and outputting the transformed waveform to a display of the arbitrary waveform and function generator to enable a user to view the generated waveform as the generated waveform would be received by the device under test via the cable. | 46,159 |
9,242,574 | 1. A method for reducing residual water in a fuel cell before scavenging the residual water, wherein the fuel cell is installed in a fuel-cell electric vehicle to generate electricity with a reactant gas supplied thereto, the method comprising: determining whether the vehicle is running at idle by determining that a throttle of the vehicle is closed or that an accelerator pedal of the vehicle is not depressed; predicting forthcoming stopping of operation of the vehicle running at idle by determining whether the vehicle is in one of a neutral gear and a parking gear; and reducing residual water inside the fuel cell when the forthcoming stopping of the operation of the vehicle is predicted, wherein the reducing residual water starts prior to an ignition switch being turned off and prior to the scavenging the residual water, and stops and shifts to the scavenging the residual water once the ignition switch is turned off. | 4,918 |
8,697,994 | 1. A wiring holding member for holding a plurality of wirings including a linear wiring and a band-shaped wiring having an upper surface and a lower surface comprising: a rear wall and a front wall, the rear wall being connected to the front wall by a bottom wall, the front wall, the rear wall, and the bottom wall are configured to form an opening between the front wall, the rear wall, and the bottom wall, and a holding click that protrudes towards an inside of the opening, from at least one of the front wall and the rear wall, and contacts the upper surface of the band-shaped wiring and a holder fixing portion that contacts the lower surface of the band-shaped wiring, wherein a bending force is applied to the band-shaped wiring such that the band-shaped wiring is zigzagged between the holding click and the holder fixing portion, and wherein the band-shaped wiring is configured to block the opening to prevent the linear wiring from being removed from the wiring holding member. | 47,098 |
9,109,810 | 1. A ventilation system for a gas turbine, comprising: at least one fan opening into an air extraction duct, the at least one fan configured to inject air into the air extraction duct; at least one device for varying a pressure drop in the air extraction duct, the at least one device being placed in a path of both an extraction air flow in the air extraction duct and the air injected by the at least one fan into the air extraction duct, the at least one device comprising a casing directly coupled to the air extraction duct, wherein the at least one fan is coupled directly to the casing; and a means for regulating an air flow rate in the air extraction duct, the at least one device adopting an equilibrium position under combined action of the extracted extraction air flow flowing along the air extraction duct and the air flow delivered by the at least one fan. | 31,212 |
9,388,771 | 1. A turbocharged internal combustion engine, comprising: an exhaust gas recirculation passage extracting a part of exhaust gas discharged from the internal combustion engine to recirculate the part of the exhaust gas to an intake passage side of the internal combustion engine; an exhaust gas recirculation valve arranged at the exhaust gas recirculation passage to control a flow rate of the part of the exhaust gas to be circulated through the exhaust gas recirculation passage; a fuel injection amount sensor detecting an amount of the fuel injected into the internal combustion engine; a turbocharger comprising: a controller including: an actuator controller having executable instructions stored in a non-transitory memory to: | 21,722 |
9,227,504 | 1. A hybrid vehicle driving system comprising: an electric motor; an external combustion engine; and a power transmission section configured to selectively transmit power output by one of the external combustion engine and the electric motor to a wheel, wherein the electric motor is mechanically coupled to the power transmission section via a first gear and the external combustion engine is mechanically coupled to the power transmission section via a second gear; wherein the power transmission section comprises: | 27,688 |
9,126,932 | 1. A method for treating a disorder associated with the S1P1 receptor in an individual comprising administering to said individual in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a compound selected from compounds of Formula (Ia) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates and hydrates thereof: wherein: m is 1; n is 1 or 2; Y is N or CR Z is N or CR R R wherein said disorder associated with the S1P1 receptor is selected from the group consisting of: psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis, acne, psoriatic arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease, Crohn's disease, transplant rejection, multiple sclerosis, biliary cirrhosis, systemic lupus erythematosus, ulcerative colitis, and type I diabetes. | 21,473 |
9,683,473 | 1. An exhaust gas control apparatus comprising: an exhaust passage; a urea water tank configured to store urea water; a urea adding valve in communication with the exhaust passage and configured to add the urea water into exhaust gas flowing through the exhaust passage; a pipe connecting the urea water tank and the urea adding valve to each other; a urea pump configured to send the urea water from the urea water tank through the pipe to the urea adding valve; a selective reduction-type catalyst device disposed in the exhaust passage downstream of the urea adding valve and configured to reduce nitrogen oxide in the exhaust gas by selective catalytic reduction in which ammonia generated from the urea water added by the urea adding valve is used as a reducing agent; and an electronic control unit configured to drive the urea pump to execute a filling control to fill the pipe with the urea water when a condition requiring an execution of urea water addition to the exhaust gas by the urea adding valve is satisfied, the electronic control unit being configured to execute the filling control and open the urea adding valve when an exhaust pressure of the exhaust passage is equal to or less than a specified value, and the electronic control unit being configured to stop executing the filling control and close the urea adding valve when the exhaust pressure of the exhaust passage exceeds the specified value during the execution of the filling control. | 13,652 |
9,681,400 | 1. A method by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving configuration information configuring a power headroom report (PHR) from a base station, the configuration information indicating whether a PHR format for the UE is an extended PHR; identifying whether the PHR format for the UE is the extended PHR based on the configuration information; if the PHR format for the UE is the extended PHR, if the PHR format for the UE is not the extended PHR, | 43,404 |
9,309,912 | 1. Automatic releaser with wireless controls, comprising a housing, rechargeable batteries, wireless controls, an electromagnetic mechanism, and a release mechanism, further comprising: the housing being provided with a cylindrical configuration having an upper cavity and a lower cavity, wherein said upper cavity is connected with the lower cavity through a center hole, wherein a top cover and a bottom cover are disposed at the top and bottom portions of the housing respectively, an upper hanging ring is fixed into the central portion of tile top cover, the rechargeable batteries are arranged within the upper cavity, wherein the upper cavity is coaxial with the lower cavity; the wireless controls including a remote control, a control switch, antennas, and a wireless control module, wherein the control switch and the antennas are arranged in the top cover, and the wireless control module is disposed within the upper cavity; the electromagnetic mechanism including an electromagnet and an iron core, wherein the electromagnet is arranged in the central portion of the cavity, the iron core is disposed within the electromagnet; the release mechanism including a release pin, a movable sleeve, and a release sleeve, each one sequentially encasing the next from inside to outside, wherein the top portion of the release sleeve is connected with the iron core, wherein a lateral wall of the release sleeve includes an upper and lower radial through hole arranged adjacent to the bottom cover, wherein an outer wall of each upper and lower through hole includes an upper and a lower semicircular groove, wherein the upper semicircular groove passes through the upper through hole in a diameter direction of the upper through hole, and the lower semicircular groove passes through the lower through hole in a diameter direction of the lower through hole, and wherein a plurality of rubber rings are embedded within the upper and lower semicircular grooves; the movable sleeve arranged within the release sleeve including a lateral wall on which a pair of conical bores are formed, wherein an external diameter of the conical bore adjacent to the release sleeve is the same as the diameter of the upper and lower through holes, wherein an internal diameter is smaller than the external diameter, and wherein a steel ball is disposed within each conical bore; the release pin inserted into the movable sleeve through a release hole in the bottom cover further including a pair of semicircular grooves on an outer lateral wall, wherein a lower end of the release pin is connected with a lower ring and wherein a radius of the semicircular groove is the same as a radius of the steel balls. | 36,504 |
9,802,709 | 1. A method for emergency ventilating and pressurizing an aircraft cabin, comprising the steps: determining a cabin pressure prevailing within the aircraft cabin, determining an ambient pressure prevailing in an aircraft environment, initiating descent of the aircraft when the cabin pressure falls below a predetermined threshold value, initiating a supply of ambient air from the aircraft environment into the aircraft cabin, when, during descent of the aircraft, a differential pressure between the cabin pressure and the ambient pressure falls below a first calculated threshold value, and feedback controlling the supply of ambient air from the aircraft environment into the aircraft cabin based on a feedback signal indicative of a flow of ambient air from the aircraft environment into the aircraft cabin by adjusting a flow cross-section of an emergency ram inlet or of a valve allowing the supply of ambient air into the aircraft cabin and controlling an operation of an air outflow valve of a cabin pressurization system of the aircraft, such that a flow of ambient air from the aircraft environment into the aircraft cabin corresponds to at least a predetermined minimum value and the differential pressure between the cabin pressure and the ambient pressure does not fall below a second calculated threshold value. | 8,642 |
9,709,279 | 1. A system, comprising: a gas turbine engine comprising: | 41,820 |
9,114,711 | 1. An electric vehicle comprising: a motor unit configured to drive a drive wheel; a motor control circuitry configured to control the motor unit in accordance with a motor torque command value that is generated based on commands produced from an acceleration manipulation unit and a deceleration manipulation unit; a slip ratio estimator configured to estimate a slip ratio of the drive wheel on a road surface based on a detection value indicating a travel speed of the vehicle and a rotational frequency of the drive wheel; an applied torque estimator configured to estimate an entire torque applied to the drive wheelbased on (i) the motor torque command value or a motor current value of the motor unit and (ii) the torque estimated by a disturbance observer that is attributable to external force; a coefficient of friction estimator configured to estimate a coefficient of friction between a road surface and a tire of the drive wheel, based on the torque estimated by the applied torque estimator and the slip ratio estimated by the slip ratio estimator; and a motor torque command value limiter configured to limit, based on a determined maximum acceptable torque, the motor torque command value to the motor unit that is generated responsively to the acceleration manipulation unit and the deceleration manipulation unit. | 8,573 |
9,515,529 | 1. A rotor assembly in a permanent magnet electromechanical machine, comprising: a rotor having plural magnet mounting surfaces; a plurality of magnet holders, one at each magnet mounting surface on the rotor, each magnet holder having a top inside surface; a plurality of magnets, one each retained on said magnet mounting surfaces within a magnet holder, each said magnet having a top surface opposite the magnet mounting surface; and at least one void defined between said holder top inside surface and said magnet top surface, said at least one void occupying about 90% to 100% of the space between said surfaces. | 23,093 |
8,729,536 | 1. An organic light-emitting device comprising: a first electrode; a second electrode; and a light-emitting layer positioned between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the light-emitting layer contains a host material, a red-light-emitting dopant and a blue-light-emitting dopant, the red-light-emitting dopant has a first functional group for transferring the dopant toward the first electrode, and the host material has a higher excitation energy than the blue-light-emitting dopant. | 15,258 |
9,760,724 | 1. A method, comprising: performing, by a computing device, image analysis on an image stored by the computing device to determine one or more text elements present in the image and one or more graphical elements present in the image; determining that the image is a work product image based on determining that at least one of the one or more text elements or the one or more graphical elements includes proprietary information; and responsive to determining that the image is a work product image, restricting image security to prevent unauthorized viewing of the image. | 41,079 |
9,342,933 | 1. A preventative vehicle maintenance system comprising: a plurality of vehicles each having an electronic control module (ECM) disposed therein, wherein each ECM is configured to collect data from one or more sensors of the vehicle in which the ECM is disposed; one or more processors configured to: | 10,446 |
9,390,554 | 1. A computer-implemented method for distributing tessellations within an accelerated processing device (APD), comprising: processing, using a hull shader (HS) program, a plurality of patches in a first compute unit; generating a HS output data from the processed plurality of patches; calculating tessellation factors related to the HS output data; storing the HS output data in a first memory having a first access latency when HS tessellation factors of the HS output data exceed a threshold of the HS programs; storing the HS output data in a second memory having a second access latency when HS tessellation factors are less than or equal to the threshold; processing at least a portion of the stored output data from the first memory using at least a second compute unit; and processing at least a portion of the stored output data from the second memory using the first compute unit, wherein a number of domain shader (DS) wavefronts greater than a wavefront threshold is processed by the at least second unit and a remaining number of DS wavefronts is processed by the first compute unit. | 899 |
8,813,089 | 1. A system for managing resources for maintenance tasks, comprising: a controller; and memory coupled to the controller, the memory configured to store a module, wherein, when executing the module, the controller is configured to: | 19,393 |
8,484,977 | 1. A device for regulating the flow rate of fuel taken from a fuel circuit of an aircraft propelled by an engine, the device comprising: a rotary positive displacement pump receiving fuel from a fuel circuit of the aircraft and delivering fuel at a rate that is proportional to its speed of rotation; an electric motor/generator of adjustable speed of rotation; an epicyclic gear train having a predefined transmission ratio, a first inlet mechanically coupled to the engine of the aircraft, a second inlet mechanically coupled to the electric motor/generator, and an outlet mechanically coupled to the rotary positive displacement pump for driving it in rotation, the transmission ratio of the epicyclic gear train being predefined as a function of the speed of rotation of the aircraft engine, of the speed of rotation of the engine motor/generator, and of the speed of rotation of the rotary positive displacement pump; and an electronic control system for regulating the speed of rotation of the electric motor/generator so as to regulate the speed of rotation of the rotary positive displacement pump as a function of a setpoint value for the flow rate of fuel to be injected. | 3,243 |
9,202,724 | 1. A substrate treatment apparatus that treats a surface of a substrate while rotating the substrate, the substrate treatment apparatus comprising: a physical tool unit including a physical tool configured to treat the surface of the substrate; a nozzle unit including a liquid supply nozzle configured to supply a liquid to the surface of the substrate and a gas supply nozzle configured to supply a gas to the surface of the substrate; a physical-tool-unit moving mechanism configured to move the physical tool unit along the surface of the substrate; a nozzle-unit moving mechanism configured to move the nozzle unit along the surface of the substrate; a nozzle head casing in which the physical tool unit, the nozzle unit, the physical-tool-unit moving mechanism, and the nozzle-unit moving mechanism are mounted; a nozzle-head-casing moving unit configured to move the nozzle head device relative to the surface of the substrate; and a controller configured to control | 40,284 |
9,759,143 | 1. An evaporation fuel processing apparatus comprising: a canister holding an evaporation fuel evaporated in a fuel tank; a purge passage communicating with the canister and an intake passage of an engine; a purge pump disposed in the purge passage, the purge pump pressurizing and feeding an air in the canister toward the intake passage and the purge pump being an electric pump including an electric motor and a pump; a bypass passage disposed in the purge passage, the bypass passage bypassing the purge pump; an on-off valve disposed in the purge passage, the on-off valve opening and closing the bypass passage; and an engine control unit for executing engine control; wherein when an intake negative pressure of the intake passage is lower than a determination value that is previously established, the purge pump is activated, and the bypass passage is closed by the on-off valve, when the intake negative pressure of the intake passage is higher than or equal to the determination value, the purge pump is stopped, and the bypass passage is open by the on-off valve; and the purge pump is controlled to be turned on and turned off according to the engine control unit executing engine control; when the engine control unit determines that the intake negative pressure in an area downstream of the throttle valve arranged in the intake passage is in a pump operation area where the intake negative pressure is lower than the determination value, the engine control unit turns on the purge pump; when the engine control unit determines that the intake negative pressure in the area downstream of the throttle valve is in a pump stop area where the intake negative pressure is high than or equal to the determination value, the engine control unit turns off the purge pump; and an operation boundary between the pump operation area and the pump stop area is provided with a hysteresis preventing a hunting of the purge pump. | 34,185 |
9,408,145 | 1. A method for minimizing power consumption in a communication device that includes at least a first modem and a second modem, each supporting a connection to at least one communication network, the method comprising: receiving, via a client server protocol (CSP) executing on the communication device, information that indicates that a second user device in proximity to the communication device is actively running a messaging application that establishes an active communication channel with a communication service responsible for routing incoming voice and data communication intended to be communicated to the first user device via a first communication network; establishing a short range communication between the communication device and the second user device; in response to receiving the information and establishing the short range communication, placing at least the first modem in a sleep state; and in response to at least one subsequent trigger event, awakening the first modem to an active state to enable use of the first modem to complete communication over the first communication network. | 31,832 |
9,705,867 | 1. A method for configuring a zone file of a DNS server to encode data for determining eligibility of a network node to receive requested content, the method comprising: providing a network connection for a node having a defined network address; determining at least one user parameter indicating eligibility to receive content at the network address via the network connection; and encoding the at least one user parameter in a zone file, wherein the at least one user parameter is encoded as text characters in a text field of a pointer record for a user associated with the network address. | 6,998 |
9,609,400 | 1. A method for data transport, comprising: receiving one or more signals into a reconfigurable and flexible rate shared rate multi-transponder network architecture, wherein the network architecture includes one or more transponders with multiple line side interfaces and one or more client side interfaces, the one or more transponders configured to: map one or more signals to multiple parallel Virtual Ethernet Links; remove idle characters from the one or more signals; buffer one or more blocks of characters using an intermediate block buffer; activate and deactivate one or more portions of input/output electrical lanes of an Ethernet module processing one or more incoming Ethernet frame streams arriving at a transponder from client side interfaces and destined for the same output port i with maximum rate L multiplex and demultiplex the one or more signals to and from the input/output electrical lanes to enable sharing of a single optical transceiver by multiple independent signals, the multiple independent signals being multiplexed and demultiplexed in parallel according to actual traffic demands for each of the multiple independent signals; and insert blocks of idle characters into the one or more signals to enable transmission over a lower rate transmission pipe. | 7,561 |
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