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9,318,156 | 1. A multi-chip packaged flash memory and support application specific integrated circuit (ASIC) part to mount to a printed circuit board of a flash memory dual inline memory module (DIMM), the multi-chip packaged flash memory and support ASIC part comprising: an integrated circuit package to mount to the printed circuit board including | 9,137 |
9,680,408 | 1. A fastener for a roof installation support, the fastener comprising: a baseplate section; and a U-shaped profile section projecting upward from the baseplate section, the “U” being open toward the baseplate section and configured to surround and positively fix a profile section of the roof installation support without additional fastening means, wherein an E-modulus of a material of the profile section is greater than an E-modulus of a material of the baseplate section. | 10,500 |
8,381,434 | 1. A greenhouse windbreak mechanism comprising: a windbreak fence which surrounds one or more cultivation greenhouses and is placed to be erected with a larger height than that of the cultivation greenhouses; a ventilation portion which is formed, at an upper portion of the windbreak fence, to have a predetermined longitudinal width from the upper end of the windbreak fence and includes a plurality of through holes which are dispersedly placed; and a plurality of baffle plates erected internally of said windbreak fence and laterally adjacent said ventilation portion; the plurality of baffle plates which form a plurality of through holes in its entire surface or partially for passing strong winds there through when they are laterally placed above the cultivation greenhouses; wherein the ventilation portion is provided in the direction of the center axis of the through hole of a baffle plate; and wherein the ventilation portion and the baffle plates alleviate strong winds intruding into the inside of the mechanism by getting around the upper end of the windbreak fence, when the strong winds impinge on the windbreak fence. | 20,437 |
8,838,311 | 1. A self-propelled vehicle comprising: a pair of electric motors for causing right and left traveling devices to be driven independently of each other so as to effect a straight travel state and a turning travel state of the vehicle; a manually operated maneuvering unit for commanding a travel speed and a turning condition of the vehicle; a rotation detection sensor for detecting a rotational speed of each one of the electric motors; a control unit for controlling the operation of each electric motor based on information from said maneuvering unit and said rotation detection sensor; said control unit executes a target speed calculation process, a speed/torque calculation process, a correction process and a motor drive process; said target speed calculation process obtains a target speed for each one of the electric motors based on the information from the maneuvering unit; said speed/torque calculation process obtains a control command speed for commanding each electric motor and a control command drive torque required for obtaining the control command speed, based on the target speed obtained for each electric motor by the target speed calculation process and a rotational speed of each motor detected by said rotation detection sensor; when the control command speed and the control command drive torque obtained by the speed/torque calculation process are in an output restricted range in which the electric motor is restricted against being driven continuously and which exceeds a rated range wherein the electric motor can be driven continuously, said correction process corrects said control command speed and said control command drive torque so that a speed difference between the control command speeds of the respective motors maintain within a speed difference corresponding to a turning condition of the vehicle commanded by said maneuvering unit; and also that said control command speed and said control drive torque returns to said rated range; and said motor drive process controls the operations of the respective electric motors so as to output at said control command speed after the correction thereof by the correction process and the control command drive torque after the correction thereof. | 24,024 |
9,244,718 | 1. An information processing device comprising: a processor; a connection time determination unit, executing on said processor, which calculates, for each first virtual machine, a time slot coverage rate that is a fraction of a time covered by a high-load time slot of said first virtual machine among a connection time slot of said each first virtual machine obtained from a connection history between each of a plurality of said first virtual machines and a client, determines whether said calculated time slot coverage rate exceeds a minimum coverage rate determined as a lower limit of said time slot coverage rate, and determines said first virtual machine having said time slot coverage rate corresponding to said first virtual machine determined to exceed said minimum coverage rate as a second virtual machine; and a disposition plan generating unit which calculates a number of physical servers necessary to hold said second virtual machines in each of said high-load time slot and a low-load time slot that is a time slot other than said high-load time slot based on resource use amount data chronologically indicating amounts of resource use of said second virtual machines, and outputs said calculated number and said second virtual machines by associating said number to said virtual machines. | 5,435 |
8,770,260 | 1. A method for manufacturing two or more cast parts, comprising: (i) using a rapid prototyping process to print a three-dimensional tree of a sacrificial material, the tree comprising runners and/or sprues as well as two or more individual male patterns of the parts to be cast, the runners and/or sprues as well as the two or more individual male patterns being printed together as a single structure, wherein the individual male patterns are joined by the runners and/or sprues to form the tree of sacrificial material, (ii) forming a mold around the tree of sacrificial material, wherein the finished mold comprises a solid shell defining the negative pattern of the tree, and a reinforcing structure reinforcing said shell, the reinforcing structure defined by at least 50% voids, (iii) removing the sacrificial material from the mold, (iv) casting metal into the mold, (v) separating the mold from the casting, and (vi) separating the cast parts. | 32,845 |
9,134,745 | 1. A circuit arrangement for use in connection with a load having a reactive characteristic on an AC power supply, comprising: at least one power factor correction capacitor arranged parallel to the load; and a circuit element with a reactive characteristic, the circuit element comprising an inductor having a primary coil on a magnetic core and a secondary coil, in reverse orientation to the primary coil, on the magnetic core, wherein the primary coil is arranged in parallel to the power factor correction capacitor and the load, and the secondary coil is arranged to receive a control current; wherein the control current is proportional to a load current and derived from a load current, the control current being coupled to the circuit element to counteract a change in a reactive component of the load. | 28,028 |
9,802,471 | 1. A transmission, comprising a transmission input shaft; a transmission output shaft; a plurality of shift elements; a main gear set comprising a first planetary gear set a second planetary gear set, the first and second planetary gear sets of the main gear set collectively comprising four shafts designated in order of rotational speeds as a first shaft, a second shaft, a third shaft and a fourth shaft, at least one power path formable between the transmission input shaft and the main gear set, the at least one power path connectable through at least one shift element of the plurality of shift elements to at least one of the four shafts, the third shaft of the four shafts connected to the transmission output shaft; an auxiliary gear set comprising a planetary gear set, the planetary gear set of the auxiliary gear set comprising three shafts; and an electric motor with a rotor and a stator, a first shaft of the three shafts constantly connected to the rotor, wherein a second shaft of the three shafts is connectable through a first auxiliary shift element to the first shaft of the four shafts or the second shaft of the four shafts, wherein the second shaft of the three shafts is connectable through a second auxiliary shift element to the fourth shaft of the four shafts, wherein a third shaft of the three shafts is constantly connected to the third shaft of the four shafts, and wherein either the first auxiliary shift element or the second auxiliary shift element is locked during operation of the transmission. | 9,343 |
9,854,284 | 1. A method comprising: receiving, by a first device and via a first communications channel, content; determining, by the first device, a first audio fingerprint based on the content; receiving, by the first device and from a second device via a second communications channel that is different from the first communications channel, a second audio fingerprint; in response to a determination that the first audio fingerprint and the second audio fingerprint are unaligned, adjusting at least one of the first audio fingerprint or the second audio fingerprint relative to the other; in response to the adjusting, determining that the first audio fingerprint and the second audio fingerprint are aligned satisfying a threshold; in response to the determining that the first audio fingerprint and the second audio fingerprint are aligned, determining, by the first device and based on an amount of the adjusting, delay information; and transmitting, by the first device and to the second device via the second communications channel, the delay information to cause synchronization of a first output of the content by the first device with a second output of the content by the second device. | 30,042 |
8,385,227 | 1. A computer-implemented method of determining a base round trip time (RTT) of a data packet traveling between nodes in a network, comprising: measuring a RTT along a network path between a source node and a destination node in the network; obtaining a sample set comprising a plurality of fitting parameters derived from historical RTT measurements of other network paths in the network, each fitting parameter derived from historical RTT measurements from a single other network path, the obtaining comprising: generating a distribution of queue delays for the network path, each queue delay generated based on a randomized queue delay distribution created using a randomly selected fitting parameter from the sample set derived from the other network paths; and determining a base RTT for the network path using the measured RTT and the distribution of queue delays. | 345 |
9,698,673 | 1. A method of analyzing an electronic circuit enabling to determine optimal operating configurations of the electronic circuit according to a given performance criterion, each operating configuration of the electronic circuit being defined by values taken by first, second, and third operating parameters, the first parameter being capable of taking first discrete values, the second and third parameters being capable of continuously or discretely varying, the second parameter being capable of varying between a minimum value and a maximum value, each pair of a first value of the first parameter and of a second value of the second parameter having an associated third limiting value of the third parameter beyond which the circuit may no longer operate, the method comprising the steps of: a) determining, for each value of the first parameter, a limiting variation range of the third parameter by varying the second parameter between the minimum and maximum values of this second parameter and by searching the third corresponding limiting values of the third parameter; and b) determining, for each value of the first parameter, an optimal variation range of the third parameter corresponding to all or part of said limiting variation range of the third parameter previously determined for the value of the first considered parameter, so that the optimal variation ranges selected for the different values of the first parameter are all different. | 29,402 |
8,893,638 | 1. A floating support for an offshore structure, comprising: a support mast ( 16 ), an upper part of which is associated with the structure and a lower part of which is associated with a float ( 18 ) and with a ballast-former ( 17 ), wherein the float ( 18 ) comprises at least three elongate floats ( 19 , 20 , 21 ) regularly positioned around the mast ( 16 ) and inclined relative to the mast ( 16 ) by an angle between 15° and 45°, the float ( 18 ) having an overall cone's frustum shape which widens out from the lower part of the mast ( 16 ), allowing two stable positions of the support to be defined, one of the positions being a lying-down position and the other a position standing up on the float ( 18 ), wherein lower ends of the elongate floats are connected to the ballast-former ( 17 ) at a lower end of the mast ( 16 ), wherein upper ends of the elongate floats are connected to one another and to the mast by a connector ( 22 ) and the cone's frustum defines a large base and a small base, the large base being closer to the structure than the small base. | 41,794 |
8,475,184 | 1. An electrical connector to be connected to a mating connector in a connecting direction, comprising: a housing; and a plurality of terminals disposed in the housing and arranged in a first direction perpendicular to the connecting direction, each of said terminals including a contact section for contacting with a mating terminal of the mating connector and a connecting section to be connected to a circuit board, said contact section being formed of a single flat member having two opposite surfaces, said contact section including a contact surface extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and a latching section formed adjacent to the contact surface, said contact surface being arranged to contact with the mating terminal of the mating connector, said latching section being formed in a step shape so that the latching section engages with the mating terminal when the mating terminal reaches to a specific contact position, wherein said contact surface is formed on both of the two opposite surfaces of the single flat member. | 24,382 |
9,487,421 | 1. A modular water filtration system for treating a volume of water along a flow path, comprising: a portable, constructed filter container with a first constructed wall containing a first volume and with a first opening through which the first volume communicates externally of the first container and also with a first water permeable section; a portable, constructed cartridge comprising a second constructed wall containing a second volume and with a second opening and a second water permeable section; a filtration media soil housed within the second volume of the cartridge; a plant that is planted with roots in the filtration media soil and extending through the second opening from the cartridge; wherein the cartridge is contained at least in part within the first volume of the filter container in an orientation with the plant extending through the first and second openings, and with the first and second water permeable sections substantially aligned with fluid communication therebetween, and such that the cartridge and planted filtration media soil is removable from the filter container through the first opening; a cistern container with a third wall containing a third volume and with a third water permeable section; wherein the filter container and cartridge contained therein is secured in a stacked position adjacent to the cistern container in relative orientation together comprising a stacked container pair with the first, second, and third water permeable sections substantially aligned with fluid communication therebetween; and wherein the filter container is positioned relative to the flow path such that the volume of water flows into the first opening, through the rooted filtration media soil, across the interfacing first, second, and third permeable sections, respectively, and is captured within the third volume of the cistern container, such that the stacked filter and cistern container pair together comprise a water filtration and capture module. | 19,440 |
8,778,927 | 1. A method for treating a brain cancer or tumor selected from medulloblastoma, glioblastoma or glioma in a patient in need thereof comprising administering to the patient a Smoothened inhibitor and a PI3 kinase inhibitor, wherein the Smoothened inhibitor is 2-methyl-4′-trifluoromethoxy -bipheny-3-carboxylic acid [6-(cis-2,6-dimethyl-morpholin-4-yl)-pyridin-3-yl]-amide or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof and the PI3 kinase inhibitor is 5-(2,6-di-morpholin-4-yl-pyrimidin-4-yl)-4-trifluoromethyl-pyridin-2-vlamine, 2-methyl-2-[4-3-methyl-2-oxo-8-quinolin-3-yl-2,3-dihydro-imidazo[4,5-c]quinolin-1-yl) -phenyl]-propionitrile, or 8-(6-methoxy-pyridin-3-yl)-3-methyl-1-(4-piperazin-1-yl-3-trifluoromethyl -phenyl)-1,3-dihydro-imidazol[4,5-c]quinolin-2-one, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. | 25,393 |
8,901,093 | 1. A method for inducing an immunological response against malignant pancreatic cells in an individual, wherein the method comprises: (a) selecting an individual having malignant pancreatic cells, (b) administering to the individual a first poxvirus vector comprising SEQ ID NO: 1 and SEQ ID NO: 3 and DNA sequences encoding ICAM-1, LFA-3, and B7.1, and (c) at regular intervals thereafter administering at least a second poxvirus vector comprising SEQ ID NO: 1 and SEQ ID NO: 3 and DNA sequences encoding ICAM-1, LFA-3, and B7.1, such that an immunological response against the malignant pancreatic cells is induced in the individual. | 31,497 |
9,804,287 | 1. A transmitter as part of a cable locating system for use in a region which contains at least first and second in-ground cables, each of which cables includes an electrically conductive component such that, when the first cable is driven at a locating signal frequency to emit a locating signal in an electromagnetic form, the locating signal is coupled to the second cable in a way which causes the second cable to generate a false locating signal in electromagnetic form, said transmitter comprising: an apparatus for generating said locating signal frequency for coupling onto the first cable and for transmitting a reference signal, which includes said locating signal frequency modulated thereon such that the reference signal includes a modulation envelope for comparison of the modulation envelope to the locating signal and to the false locating signal at a receiving location to distinguish the locating signal from the false locating signal. | 20,018 |
9,401,007 | 1. An image providing system comprising: a terminal comprising a service device configured to receive, via the network, the image request, the resolution value or the screen density information, the service device comprising wherein the second processor of the service device is configured to | 7,115 |
9,088,045 | 1. A silicon-based negative active material, comprising: a core comprising silicon oxide represented by SiO a coating layer comprising metal oxide, wherein: the metal of the metal oxide comprises at least one selected from aluminum (Al), titanium (Ti), cobalt (Co), magnesium (Mg), calcium (Ca), potassium (K), sodium (Na), boron (B), strontium (Sr), barium (Ba), manganese (Mn), nickel (Ni), vanadium (V), iron (Fe), copper (Cu), phosphorus (P), scandium (Sc), zirconium (Zr), niobium (Nb), chromium (Cr), and molybdenum (Mo), the core has a concentration gradient where an atom % concentration of a silicon (Si) element decreases according to increase of a depth from a surface contacting the coating layer to the center of the core, and an atom % concentration of an oxygen (O) element increases according to increase of the depth from the surface contacting the coating layer to the center of the core, and the depth from the surface contacting the coating layer where a concentration of the silicon (Si) element is about 55 atom % corresponds to about 2% to about 20% of a diameter of the core. | 41,818 |
8,733,102 | 1. A method for operating an exhaust-gas recirculation (EGR) system comprising: during an engine warm-up: actuating the VNT to decrease exhaust gas flow through the turbine. | 11,679 |
9,061,683 | 1. A traveling mode switching controller, including a processing unit, of a hybrid electric vehicle, comprising: a state-of-charge detection unit that detects a state of charge of a drive battery; a driver request output detection unit that determines, by the processing unit, a driver request output from an operation amount of an accelerator pedal of a vehicle; a correction unit that calculates, by the processing unit, a vehicle request output by making a correction to the driver request output; and a switching control unit that, when the vehicle request output exceeds an output threshold value based on the state of charge of the drive battery, controls, by the processing unit, a switching from a first traveling mode in which an engine is deactivated and a drive motor is activated by means of an electric power supplied from the drive battery to actuate drive wheels to a second traveling mode in which the engine is actuated and the drive wheels are actuated by means of driving power of the engine or in which a generator connected to the engine is actuated and the drive motor is actuated to actuate the drive wheels, wherein the switching control unit sets, by the processing unit, the output threshold value low as the state of charge decreases, thereby changing conditions for switching the first traveling mode to the second traveling mode, the correction unit performs a damping process for decreasing an amount of change in the driver request output to thus calculate the vehicle request output, and the correction unit sets low a time constant, which is a rate of decrease of the amount of change in the driver request output to be employed in the damping processing, as the state of charge decreases. | 21,758 |
9,121,319 | 1. A device comprising: (a) an upstream inlet receiving exhaust gas flow; (b) a downstream outlet discharging exhaust gas flow; (c) a cylindrical body disposed between the upstream inlet and downstream outlet; and (d) a particle trap having an opening for collecting particulate matter in the exhaust gas flow, the particle trap disposed downstream of the cylindrical body on a wall of the device; wherein the cylindrical body comprises an annular channel permitting axial flow of gas therethrough from an upstream end of the annular channel through a downstream end of the annular channel, and flow deflecting devices positioned at the end of the annular channel, the flow deflecting devices comprising openings for discharging exhaust gas flow such that the particulate matter is forced radially outward via centrifugal force towards the wall of the device where the particulate matter is collected in the particle trap; wherein the openings in the flow deflecting devices are louvered openings formed by (i) an inner cylindrical or frustoconical frame; (ii) an outer cylindrical or frustoconical frame; and (i) louvers transversing the inner cylindrical or frustoconical frame and the outer cylindrical or frustoconical frame; and wherein the inner frame comprises axial teeth having peaks and valleys, the outer frame comprise axial teeth baying peaks and valleys, and the louvers transverse alternate planes defined by a peak and valley of an axial tooth of the inner frame and a peak and valley of an axial tooth of the outer frame in order to provide alternate louvered openings at non-transversed planes. | 21,886 |
8,944,013 | 1. A pipe connecting structure of a water heater including: a tap water inlet pipe connected to a heat exchanger at a tap water inlet, a hot water supply pipe connected to a hot water outlet at the heat exchanger, a flow rate sensor measuring flow rate of tap water introduced into the tap water inlet, a flow rate control valve controlling flow rate of hot water discharged at the hot water outlet, an integral pipe body connecting the tap water inlet, the tap water inlet pipe, the hot water supply pipe, and the hot water outlet, a bypass flow path connected between the tap water inlet pipe and the hot water supply pipe, and a mixing valve controlling the flow rate of the tap water conveyed through the bypass flow path, wherein a mixing valve insertion part and a flow rate control valve insertion part located at the pipe body, wherein | 10,572 |
9,438,766 | 1. An information processing apparatus comprising: a photographing portion; an authentication processing portion configured to determine, based on a photographed image obtained from the photographing portion, whether or not a face image of a person is included in the photographed image, and upon determining that a face image of a person is included in the photographed image, perform an authentication process of the person based on the face image of the person; and a layout processing portion configured to, when the authentication processing portion has successfully authenticated the person, determine whether or not a layout specification image specifying a page layout is included in the photographed image, and upon determining that a layout specification image is included in the photographed image, create a composite image by laying out one or more material images in accordance with the page layout specified by the layout specification image. | 30,085 |
9,160,039 | 1. A battery cell comprising: a battery case; an electrode assembly of a cathode/separator/anode structure mounted in the battery case, the electrode assembly formed of a laminate sheet including a resin layer and a metal layer; electrode terminals connected to the electrode assembly, the electrode terminals extruding out of the battery case; a first sealing part where the electrode terminals are located; and a second sealing part where the electrode terminals are not located; wherein the battery cell has a structure to accelerate heat dissipation by the heat conduction through the second sealing part, wherein the structure to accelerate heat dissipation comprises a thermally conductive member coupled to the second sealing part, and wherein the thermally conductive member is a plate-shaped member having a width greater than the width of the second sealing part, and at least some of the thermally conductive member is thermally welded to the laminate sheet while being interposed between upper and lower parts of the laminate sheet. | 48,530 |
9,686,303 | 1. A Web page vulnerability detection method, comprising: receiving a vulnerability detection task for performing vulnerability detection on a target Web page to be detected, the vulnerability detection task being at least used to indicate a vulnerability that needs to be detected; acquiring a configuration file corresponding to the vulnerability according to the vulnerability detection task, the configuration file comprising a matching condition used to match the target Web page to be detected in Web pages to be detected and indication information of a test sample used to perform vulnerability detection on the target Web page to be detected, wherein the indication information of the test sample comprises at least: an address of the test sample, an input manner of the test sample, and the regular expression indicated by the test sample; detecting whether the vulnerability indicated by the configuration file exists on the target Web page to be detected by using the configuration file. | 39,480 |
8,741,301 | 1. An isolated HA polypeptide fragment comprising the sequence PSIQPIGLFGA (SEQ ID NO: 7). | 11,559 |
9,668,852 | 1. An implantable medical graft, comprising: a. A generally seamless continuous tubular body member comprising a film selected from the group consisting of metallic and pseudometallic materials and having a luminal wall surface, an abluminal wall surface, and a wall thickness intermediate the luminal wall surface and the abluminal wall surface; and b. At least a portion of the body member having a plurality of circumferential corrugations defined by a radially undulating pattern of longitudinally alternating radially extending peaks and valleys in the abluminal wall surface of the body member and a radially undulating longitudinally alternating pattern of radially extending peaks and valleys in the luminal wall surface of the body member, wherein each peak in the luminal surface is longitudinally coincident with each peak in the abluminal surface and each valley in the luminal surface is longitudinally coincident with each valley in the abluminal surface, wherein a plurality of microperforations is disposed through the wall thicknesses composing the coincident peaks and the wall thicknesses composing the coincident valleys and wherein the plurality of microperforations provide fluid migration between the luminal and abluminal wall surfaces. | 39,071 |
9,516,592 | 1. An apparatus for controlling a transmission schedule of buffered data in a wireless local area network (WLAN), the apparatus comprising: a grouping unit to group terminals based on at least one of a service characteristic and a traffic characteristic of each of the terminals; a group information assigner to assign group information to each of the grouped groups to wake up in a different time; and a transmitter to transmit at least one of group delivery traffic indication map (DTIM) information and the buffered data based on the assigned group information, wherein the transmitter inserts, into a beacon, a group DTIM descriptor element, and transmits the beacon, and wherein the group DTIM descriptor element comprises a count value of a group counter decreasing per transmission interval of a group DTIM and an offset value of an offset counter increasing per transmission interval of the beacon when the count value becomes a preset value. | 37,479 |
8,990,317 | 1. A method, comprising: receiving, at a group presence server that includes a processor, permission to establish a group presence session between a first device associated with a first network and a second device associated with a second network, wherein the group presence session provides a media content item to the first device and to the second device, provides first presence information to the second device, and provides second presence information to the first device, wherein the first presence information includes first video from a first camera associated with the first device, and wherein the second presence information includes second video from a second camera associated with the second device; determining, at the group presence server, a first device media rendering capability of the first device and a second device media rendering capability of the second device, wherein the first device media rendering capability indicates that the first device does not support picture-in-picture; forming, at the group presence server based on the first device media rendering capability, the second device media rendering capability, information associated with the first network, and information associated with the second network, a first content stream and a second content stream, wherein the first content stream includes a modified version of the media content item with the second presence information merged with media content of the media content item to accommodate the first device not supporting picture-in-picture, wherein the second content stream is a composite stream of the media content item and the first presence information when the second device media rendering capability indicates the second device supports picture-in-picture, and wherein the first content stream and the second content stream are synchronized to provide a particular portion of the media content item to the first device and the second device at substantially the same time during the group presence session; and transmitting, from the group presence server, the first content stream to the first device via the first network and the second content stream to the second device via the second network; wherein the group presence server is configured to adjust the first content stream and the second content stream to maintain synchronization of the first content stream and the second content stream during the group presence session. | 31,383 |
8,461,448 | 1. A solar cell module comprising at least one photovoltaic element encapsulated between a front layer on its light receiving surface side and a back layer, said front layer comprising at least one layer comprising a tetrafluoroethylene (TFE) polymer [polymer (F)], said polymer (F) consisting of: recurring units derived from TFE; and from 15 to 25% wt of recurring units derived from at least one perfluoromonomer selected from the group consisting of: (i) perfluoroalkylvinylethers complying with formula CF (ii) perfluoro-oxyalkylvinylethers complying with formula CF (iii) mixtures thereof. | 8,353 |
9,848,173 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a camera sensor configured to generate a video signal based on a targeted view in a vehicle; and a processor configured to (A) receive one or more status signals from one or more sensors located on said vehicle, (B) receive said video signal from said camera sensor and (C) detect a type of obstruction of a window of said vehicle visible in said video signal based on (i) a classification of information in said video signal and (ii) one or more of said status signals, wherein said processor (a) determines a confidence level for said type of obstruction, (b) activates one or more corrective measures when said confidence level is above a pre-defined threshold and (c) adjusts said confidence level based on a response of said obstruction to said corrective measures. | 18,606 |
9,327,710 | 1. A method for operating an engine, comprising: combusting an air-fuel mixture in an engine; stopping vehicle motion in response to a driver applying a brake pedal; applying vehicle brakes without applying the brake pedal in response to the driver at least partially releasing the brake pedal; and determining a sum of engine creep torque and gravitation torque based vehicle mass and road grade; stopping engine rotation of the combusting engine in response to an indication that applied braking force is greater than the sum torque; wherein the vehicle brakes are hydraulically actuated, and wherein if the applied barking force is not greater than the sum torque, activating a hydraulic pump and then stopping the engine after increasing the applied braking force. | 21,608 |
8,823,963 | 1. An apparatus for outputting an image, the apparatus comprising: a printer; a storage configured to store, therein, screen data on a screen in which a plurality of visible objects are provided and on which settings regarding a process for printing an image onto an ordinary sheet with the printer are made; an obtaining portion configured to obtain image data for a target image that is an image to be outputted; an editing device for determining which of the visible objects are not related to outputting electronic paper; a display device configured to display, if a medium to which the target image is outputted is electronic paper, the screen based on the screen data in such a manner that any unrelated ones of the visible objects are hidden or not placed on the screen; and an output portion configured to output the image data to the electronic paper based on conditions designated on the screen displayed in such a manner that the unrelated object is hidden or not placed. | 41,876 |
9,632,008 | 1. A method for detecting failure of a charge air cooler placed in an air supply circuit of an engine, the circuit including an air filter and a compressor, the method being carried out continuously, by successive iterations, and comprising: determining temperature Tair of air between the filter and the compressor, temperature of air Tapc between the compressor and the cooler, and temperature of air Tsras between the cooler and the engine; calculating a ratio (Tapc−Tsras)/(Tapc−Tair), which is a parameter representative of efficiency of the cooler; comparing the parameter with a predetermined threshold efficiency value; and establishing a diagnosis of correct or incorrect operation of the cooler, based on comparing, wherein the threshold efficiency value is set as a function of an engine operating point, and therefore depends on a speed of a vehicle. | 17,003 |
9,279,542 | 1. A fill control system comprising: a fuel storage vessel; a fuel inlet in fluid communication with the fuel storage vessel to provide fluid communication between a fuel source and the fuel storage vessel; and a fill control valve disposed between and in fluid communication with the fuel inlet and the fuel storage vessel, an actuation of the fill control valve causing a pressure level upstream thereof which emulates a full condition of the fuel storage vessel, wherein the pressure level upstream is accomplished without a fluid-tight shut off or seal of the fill control valve. | 14,536 |
8,540,064 | 1. A drive for a hybrid vehicle, comprising: a housing having: an electric machine that is situated in the housing and having a clutch, which includes a release mechanism that is supported on the clutch; wherein the release mechanism is connected to a housing-mounted component formed as an end shield of the electric machine, the component being locked against rotation, via at least one damping element; wherein the release mechanism is connected to the housing-mounted component in a form-locking manner via at least one projection; and wherein stops are screwed on the housing-mounted component, between which the projection engages. | 5,994 |
9,072,050 | 1. A method performed by a device of a wireless communications network, comprising: communicating with an access point of the wireless communications network during awake intervals in which the device is in an awake mode; determining a running average of at least one channel congestion metric of at least one channel of the wireless network during a first awake interval of the awake intervals; determining, for at least one awake interval of the awake intervals, an inactivity time interval for remaining in the device awake mode after at least one uplink or downlink transmission of the at least one awake interval based at least in part on the determined running average of the at least one channel congestion metric; and adjusting the inactivity time interval for the device for at least one from the group consisting of: the first awake interval, and a subsequent awake interval. | 1,239 |
9,346,354 | 1. A driveline component comprising: an input member; a differential case member configured for rotation relative to the input member; a pair of differential outputs; a differential gearset housed in the differential case member, the differential gearset being configured to receive rotary power from the differential case member and output differential rotary power to the differential outputs; a first clutch operable for selectively transmitting rotary power directly between the input member and the differential case member through the first clutch; and a second clutch operable for selectively transmitting rotary power directly between the input member and the differential case member through the second clutch; wherein the first clutch has a first engagement time and wherein the second clutch has a second engagement time that is greater than the first engagement time. | 17,285 |
9,707,953 | 1. A method for operating a driveline, comprising: in response to a reduction in transmission torque output being greater than a threshold, | 33,788 |
9,170,306 | 1. An islanding detection method, comprising: acquiring a voltage signal at a grid-connected node of a power generation system, and extracting phase information of the voltage signal; constructing a slip-mode frequency shift (SMS) islanding detection curve in the form of a quadratic function based on the phase information; and generating a disturbance signal based on the SMS islanding detection curve, and sending the disturbance signal to an inverter of the power generation system. | 39,373 |
9,610,308 | 1. A method for achieving sustained improvement of one or more autistic symptoms in an autistic subject in need thereof, which method comprises orally administering to said subject an effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition comprising a viable non-pathogenic Clostridium , a viable non-pathogenic Bacteroides , and a viable non-pathogenic Escherichia coli , wherein said method does not require the removal of a portion of said subject's existing enteric microflora via orthostatic lavage prior to said oral administration of said pharmaceutical composition. | 17,877 |
8,615,941 | 1. A photovoltaic module kit for non-penetrating installation on a substantially flat installation surface, the kit comprising: a plurality of photovoltaic modules each including: a plurality of connectors including: wherein the kit is configured to provide a mounted array state having a first junction at which the mounting regions of at least two of the photovoltaic modules are aligned and interconnected by engagement of the male connector with the female connector, the first junction being substantially electrically insulated, wherein the male and female fasteners are metal, wherein the first junction includes the metal fasteners substantially encompassed within plastic, and wherein the male fastener is a bolt having a shaft defining a length, and further wherein the first junction includes contiguously arranged plastic components forming a passageway, a length of the passageway combined with a thickness of the head of the female connector being greater than the length of the bolt. | 32,366 |
9,685,815 | 1. A method for performing wireless charging control, the method being applied to a wireless charging transmitter, the method comprising the steps of: performing current detection and voltage detection to monitor a driving current and a driving voltage within the wireless charging transmitter, respectively, wherein the driving current and the driving voltage are utilized for driving a power output coil of the wireless charging transmitter; generating a set of indexes at least according to the driving current and the driving voltage, wherein the set of indexes comprises a power loss index indicating power loss of a wireless charging operation performed by the wireless charging transmitter, and further comprises an admittance-related index corresponding to any of a ratio of the driving current to the driving voltage or a reciprocal of the ratio of the driving current to the driving voltage; and performing wireless charging foreign object detection (FOD) according to the set of indexes. | 24,993 |
8,798,842 | 1. An alignment system for a trailer hitch mounted to a vehicle, wherein the trailer hitch includes a movable tow bar having a free end configured to be coupled to a tongue of a trailer, wherein the tow bar is extendable and pivotable relative to the vehicle, the alignment system comprising: an energy emitter secured to the vehicle that emits energy in the direction of the trailer tongue; at least two sensors secured to the vehicle in spaced-apart relationship, each sensor configured to generate signals in response to detecting a reflection of the energy from the trailer tongue; and a processor in communication with the sensors that processes the signals generated by the sensors to provide directional data representative of a location of the trailer tongue relative to a target zone that represents an area within which the free end of the tow bar can be positioned. | 43,262 |
9,254,075 | 1. A medical apparatus, comprising: a lithotripsic device comprising a laser configured to break a stone into one or more fragments in a body lumen; an endoscope configured to obtain a captured image in the body lumen; and an image processor configured: | 35,313 |
9,086,353 | 1. An optical instrument comprising: a housing having a drop-supporting surface for receiving a droplet of liquid; a cover having outer and inner surfaces, the cover being mounted on the housing such that the inner surface faces the drop-supporting surface of the housing; a connector provided on the cover for receiving a light source and providing communication between the light source and the inner surface of the cover; the cover having a loading aperture extending therethrough, the aperture being spaced apart from said connector; a mounting provided between said cover and said housing permitting relative rotational movement between the cover and the housing about an axis between measurement and loading positions, wherein when in said measurement position the connector is positioned relative to the drop-supporting surface such that a light source received in said connector is positioned to illuminate the drop-supporting surface, and when in said loading position the loading aperture is positioned to provide access to the drop-supporting surface; a positioning mechanism provided between said cover and said housing to engage said cover when it reaches said measurement position and thereby ensure that the light source and drop-supporting surface are maintained in fixed spaced-apart relationship. | 18,662 |
9,419,297 | 1. A fuel cell module, comprising: a fuel cell stack formed by stacking a plurality of fuel cells for generating electricity by electrochemical reactions of a fuel gas and an oxygen-containing gas; a reformer for reforming a mixed gas of water vapor and a raw fuel chiefly containing hydrocarbon to produce the fuel gas supplied to the fuel cell stack; an evaporator for evaporating water, and supplying the water vapor to the reformer; a heat exchanger for raising a temperature of the oxygen-containing gas by heat exchange with a combustion gas, and supplying the oxygen-containing gas to the fuel cell stack; an exhaust gas combustor for combusting the fuel gas discharged from the fuel cell stack as a fuel exhaust gas and the oxygen-containing gas discharged from the fuel cell stack as an oxygen-containing exhaust gas to produce the combustion gas; and a start-up combustor for combusting the raw fuel and the oxygen-containing gas to produce the combustion gas, wherein the fuel cell module includes: a first area where the exhaust gas combustor and the start-up combustor are provided; an annular second area around the first area where one of the reformer and the heat exchanger is provided; an annular third area around the second area where another of the reformer and the heat exchanger is provided; an annular fourth area around the third area where the evaporator is provided; and a partition member provided between the first area and the second area, the partition member having a combustion gas hole for allowing the combustion gas to flow from the first area to the second area, and wherein the exhaust gas combustor and the start-up combustor are provided coaxially inside the partition member, and a combustion gas flow limiting member is provided between the exhaust gas combustor and the start-up combustor for limiting flow of the combustion gas from the exhaust gas combustor to the start-up combustor or flow of the combustion gas from the start-up combustor to the exhaust gas combustor. | 33,521 |
8,454,001 | 1. An emissions purifying system, comprising: a vertical conical section having a body with a wider conical base and tapering into a narrower conical top, a plurality of diffuser discs fitted in spaced relation around an external surface of the vertical conical section, the diffuser discs supporting cooling piping for transferring heat from combustion gases thereto a horizontal conical section connected to the vertical conical section, the horizontal conical section having a body with a first wider conical end and a narrower second conical end, the horizontal conical section including a chimney, an elevated tank supplied with water and supported by a base within the vertical conical section, a burner situated under the elevated tank, wherein combustion gases ascending over the vertical conical section to be driven up to the horizontal conical section pass over the elevated tank and release heat to the tank, the retrieved heat utilized to generate steam in the elevated tank to be transformed into work, the diffuser discs serving as a support for the cooling piping to diminish the temperature of the combustion gases, and a narrowest end of the horizontal conical section being situated in a lower position with respect to the rest of the body and including piping for water collection in a lowest end of the horizontal conical section, the chimney oriented upwards near the narrowest end through which cleansed combustion gases are expelled. | 4,317 |
9,065,297 | 1. A method comprising: charging a battery with a first charging current by a charging unit; detecting an output state of a solar cell which varies according to intensity of light or temperature; identifying an amount of a second charging current corresponding to the detected output state of the solar cell from at least one of current data stored in an electronic device as a look up table; and charging the battery with a charging current determined without a Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) algorithm, wherein the charging current comprises a substantially continuous current having the identified amount of the second charging current. | 31,341 |
9,776,519 | 1. A system comprising: a high-voltage battery in a vehicle adapted to provide electric power to propel the vehicle and to receive electric power at a first charging level from an external power source having a maximum power level; an auxiliary battery adapted to provide low-voltage electric power and to receive electric power at a second charging level from the external power source; and a controller in the vehicle configured to distribute the electric power from the external power source to one or more predetermined components in the vehicle based on an available power level based on the difference between the maximum power level and a sum of the first charging level and the second charging level. | 15,212 |
9,800,395 | 1. One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media having instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, are to cause a user equipment (UE) to: identify a scaling factor in a scaling factor (measScaleFactor) information element (IE) of a radio resource control (RRC) message; generate measurements for carriers belonging to a first performance group that has a first measurement delay that is greater than a second measurement delay of a second performance group, wherein the carriers belonging to the first performance group are to be monitored according to a first carrier monitoring capability that is increased relative to a second carrier monitoring capability; and apply the scaling factor to the measurements. | 5,986 |
8,520,210 | 1. A method for identifying particles of different density in a sample of particles using a light microscope, the method comprising: providing a sample of particles having particles of at least two different densities; spreading the sample of particles on a film of liquid; creating an image of the sample of particles with the light microscope; and identifying imaged particles floating on the film of liquid, the imaged particles floating on the film of liquid having a lower density than particles not floating on the film of liquid. | 21,455 |
8,853,466 | 1. A process for forming ethanol, comprising the steps of: (a) carbonylating methanol in the presence of a carbonylation catalyst in a carbonylation reactor to form acetic acid and a tail gas stream, wherein the tail gas stream comprises carbon monoxide and hydrogen; (b) separating hydrogen from the tail gas stream; and (c) hydrogenating the acetic acid with the separated hydrogen in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst in a hydrogenation reactor to form a crude ethanol stream. | 3,368 |
9,115,088 | 1. A compound of formula I wherein R wherein X is —O— or —SO or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, hydrate, solvate, or polymorph thereof. | 13,882 |
8,519,641 | 1. An apparatus for driving a light emitting device comprising: a direct current/direct current (DC/DC) converter part amplifying a preset driving voltage and supplying the amplified driving voltage to a light emitting part including a plurality of light emitting devices; a constant current circuit part controlling a current flowing through the light emitting part; a converter controlling part controlling the DC/DC converter part and the constant current circuit part; a current sensing part sensing a current flowing to an anode of the light emitting part and converting the sensed current into a voltage; a feedback controlling part controlling a feedback current flowing from a standby terminal to a ground according to a magnitude of the voltage from the current sensing part; an optical coupling part performing optical coupling with respect to the feedback current determined by the feedback controlling part to transmit the feedback current as a feedback voltage; and a main controlling part determining whether an over-current is occurring according to a magnitude of the feedback voltage transmitted by the optical coupling part and stopping an operation of the converter controlling part when the over-current is occurring. | 27,297 |
9,453,422 | 1. A system for preventing air leakage within a turbine, comprising: a turbine disk including a plurality of disk posts extending radially therefrom and a plurality of disk slots between adjacent disk posts, said turbine disk being of a first material having a first coefficient of thermal expansion; a plurality of turbine blades, one of said turbine blades being received in each said disk slot, said turbine blades being of a second material having a second coefficient of thermal expansion; and a plurality of seal plates, wherein one of said seal plates is positioned in each disk slot radially inward of the turbine blade, said seal plates being of a material having a coefficient of thermal expansion substantially similar to that of either said disk posts or said turbine blade such that said seal plates thermally expand or contract an amount similar to a thermal expansion or contraction of at least one of the plurality of disk posts or the plurality of turbine blades; and a sealing member coupled with at least a portion of said assembly and configured to seal said disk slots, wherein a first end of said sealing member couples with said turbine blades, a second end of said sealing member couples with said turbine disk, and a middle portion between said first and second ends of said sealing member couples with said seal plates and one of the plurality of turbine blades or plurality of disk posts. | 36,524 |
9,709,636 | 1. An emergency power management system (EPMS) for managing one or more pre-existing emergency power supply systems (EPSS's) at a site, comprising: a plurality of items of data acquisition equipment operatively connected to one or more items of EPSS equipment at the site for collecting EPSS operational data from the one or more items of EPSS equipment at the site, wherein the one or more items of EPSS equipment are manufactured by one or more manufacturers; a database for storing EPSS inventory information resulting from input of information relating to the items of data acquisition equipment and the items of EPSS equipment at the site, at least some of the EPSS inventory information stored as a configuration file representing properties of the items of data acquisition equipment and properties of the items of EPSS equipment at the site; one or more interface modules operatively connected to the plurality of items of data acquisition equipment for receiving the collected EPSS operational data from the plurality of items of data acquisition equipment and operative for transmitting information between the EPPS's and the EPMS, wherein the one or more interface modules also normalize the EPSS operational data for subsequent processing; an interactive display of information derived from each of the items of EPSS equipment at the site; and an EPMS computer system coupled to the interactive display and operatively connected to the one or more interface modules for receiving the normalized EPSS operational information from the one or more interface modules and storing the normalized EPSS operational information in one or more databases, wherein the EPMS management computer system includes automatically configurable management software comprising a configuration loader/sequencer responsive to access the configuration file stored in the database for determining appropriate handling and display of EPSS operational data from each of the items of EPSS equipment at the site and for processing the normalized EPSS operational data into a predetermined format for display to a user on the interactive display and presenting the interactive display to the user via a user interface; the EPSS management computer system further operative, based on information in the configuration file, to configure the one or more interface modules to operatively connect each specific item of EPSS equipment to the EPMS computer system, wherein the one or more interface modules are thereby configured to receive EPSS operational data from the one or more items of EPSS equipment, normalize the EPSS operational data into the predetermined format, and communicate the normalized EPSS operational data to the EPMS computer system, whereby the user utilizes the interactive display of the normalized EPSS operational data to manage the one or more items of EPSS equipment at the site, the EPSS management computer system further operative, after collecting EPSS operational data as informational data during a test process, to generate a test report, the test report including a general informational field with basic information regarding the test process, the system operator, site, and test ID, and wherein for a test process conducted for a power generator, the test report further comprises: a Pre-Test Checklist field detailing that certain items were checked before the test, the certain items including at least one of whether an EPSS main circuit breaker was closed and whether protective equipment was utilized; a generator information field that lists at least one of a location of the generator, manufacturer, model, rated power, and a percentage rated power corresponding to a predetermined load rule; and the generator field further including various time measurements for the generator during the given test, including at least one of engine crank time, engine cool down time, total run time, beginning engine hours, ending engine hours. | 46,062 |
9,828,156 | 1. A packaging comprising: an overwrap with a line of weakness defining a tear strip, the line of weakness broken to obtain access to within said packaging, the overwrap including a varnish or lacquer coating applied to extend across the line of weakness at spaced regions along the length of the tear strip, and a container wrapped in said overwrap layer, said line of weakness being formed in said overwrap layer. | 17,794 |
9,191,341 | 1. A network switch, comprising: a plurality of ports configured to: a routing module coupled to the plurality of ports and configured to: | 4,143 |
9,174,859 | 1. A combinatory means for waste water treatments comprising: an electrocoagulation reactor (EC), comprising at least one first anode, at least one first cathode, an EC vessel for containing the at least one first anode and first cathode, and at least one first power supply, wherein the at least one first power supply comprises a first positive pole connected to the at least one first anode, a first negative pole connected to the at least one first cathode, and at least one first supercapacitor; an electrolytic ozone (EO at least one vacuum pump, connecting the EC vessel and the EO3 vessel for transferring ozone gas from the EO3 vessel to the EC vessel. | 7,402 |
9,444,058 | 1. A compound of the formula (1) or (2) wherein X is O or NR wherein R R R R or R R R R together with the C-atoms, to which they are attached, form a C wherein C C C wherein C R n is 1 to 15 and wherein the heterocyclic system A is monocyclic or polycyclic and the heterocyclic system B is monocyclic or polycyclic. | 1,782 |
8,989,189 | 1. A method for IPv4 scaling comprising: associating each of a plurality of vlans with a respective subnet; receiving a packet on a first non-local Top-Of-Rack switch (ToR), wherein the packet is directed to a server in a first vlan; selecting one of a candidate set of ToRs that have local members in the first vlan, wherein candidate selection comprises employing a hash function that ensures that a candidate ToR is selected to avoid packet out-of-sequence issues; sending the packet to the selected candidate ToR; performing a lookup for a destination server at the selected candidate ToR; generating an ARP request seeking a MAC address associated with a destination IP address associated with the packet and sending the ARP request out on all ports associated with a first VLAN; determining whether an ARP entry for the destination server has been resolved; and installing the /32 address entry for the destination server in a Forwarding Information Base (FIB) table if the ARP entry has been resolved. | 17,127 |
8,748,200 | 1. A method for making an LED package, comprising: providing a substrate with an electrode formed thereon; forming at least one barrier portion on the electrode; forming a reflective cup on the substrate, the reflective cup covering the at least one barrier portion, a bonding force between the reflective cup and the electrode being smaller than that between the at least one barrier portion and the electrode; providing an LED die in the reflective cup and electrically connecting the LED die to the electrode; and forming an encapsulation in the reflective cup, the encapsulation covering the LED die; wherein a distance is remained between an edge of the electrode and a first side of the substrate, and an insulation area is defined by the substrate between the edge of the electrode and the first side, the barrier portion spanning across the electrode and contacting the insulation area. | 37,961 |
9,132,272 | 1. A method for use by an implanted system including an implantable neurostimulator (INS) to which is connected one or more leads each having one or more electrodes, the method for efficiently treating targeted pain in a patient by selectively delivering electrical stimulation to a target dorsal root ganglion (DRG), wherein the target DRG is connected between adjacent distal sensory nerve fibers and adjacent proximal sensory nerve fibers, the method comprising: (a) using at least one of the one or more electrodes of the one or more leads to obtain both (b) comparing the output signal to the input signal; and (c) selectively turning on and off delivery of the electrical stimulation to the target DRG based on results of the comparing at step (b). | 21,916 |
8,917,054 | 1. A safety guardian operable with a vehicle charger system, the vehicle charger system including a charger power plant operable to invert AC energy received from a mains output of an Electronic Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSE) system to DC energy sufficient for charging a high voltage (HV) vehicle battery, the EVSE system delivering the AC energy when a first reference voltage is received and preventing delivery of the AC energy when a second reference voltage is received, the vehicle charger system including a vehicle interface operable using a control pilot output of the EVSE system to generate the first reference voltage when the charger power plant is ready to charge the HV vehicle battery and to output the second reference voltage when the charger power plant is not ready to charge the HV vehicle battery, the vehicle interface including a first switch operable between an open position and a closed position and a second switch operable between an open position and a closed position, the vehicle interface generating the first reference voltage when the first and second switches are both in the closed position and the second reference voltage when either one of the first and second switches are in the open position, the vehicle charger system including a controller operable to output a first signal to control the first switch between the open and closed positions and a second signal to control the second switch between the open and closed positions according to whether the charger power plant is ready to charge the HV vehicle battery, the safety guardian comprising: a device operable to intercept the first signal output from the controller and to output a third signal to the first switch, the third signal being based on the first signal and operable to control the first switch between the open position and the closed position according to whether the charger power plant is ready to charge the HV vehicle battery, the device being operable in the absence of the first signal to automatically generate the third signal such that the first switch is controlled to the open position. | 35,849 |
8,841,261 | 1. A functional powdery product, which is prepared by allowing a carrier to adsorb a vitamin glycoside by dissolving said vitamin glycoside in water containing said carrier in a suspended form, whereby said vitamin glycoside is homogeneously supported on the surface of said carrier, wherein said carrier is a member selected from the group consisting of crystalline cellulose, cellulose powder, chitosan, silk powder, and mixtures thereof; and said vitamin glycoside is a member selected from the group consisting of glycosyl rutin, glycosyl hesperidin, glycosyl naringin, L-ascorbic acid 2-glucoside, and mixtures thereof; wherein the amount of said vitamin glycoside supported on the surface of the carrier is 0.01 to 30% w/w based on the amount of said functional powdery product, and wherein the average particle size of said functional powdery product is 0.01 to 30 μm. | 44,047 |
9,404,264 | 1. A support foot for supporting a free standing structure on a flat roof, said support foot comprising: a base part formed in one piece of a plastic material, said base part including a base plate and a guiding structure, the base plate having a top side and a bottom side opposite the top side, and said base plate having cup shaped positioning members, a skid part, said skid part including a profiled section holder to hold a profiled section of said free standing structure in an upstanding fashion, said profiled section holder comprising a socket, and said skid part being slidably mounted on the guiding structure of the base part so as to position the profiled section holder in a desired angular position allowing to compensate for a possible slope of the flat roof; a securing element for securing the skid part in said desired angular position on the base part; one or more ballast blocks arranged on the top side of the base plate, said ballast blocks having female positioning holes mating with said cup shaped positioning members extending upwardly from the top side of the base plate; and a rubber anti-slip and/or anti-vibration mat which is positioned on an underside of said base part, wherein said anti-slip and/or anti-vibration mat is provided with upwardly extending male positioning members mated with the open second end of the cup shaped positioning members at the bottom side of the base part. | 42,379 |
9,255,899 | 1. A method of non-destructive inspection of a subject body including an element, comprising the steps of: irradiating the subject body with a neutron ray through a first measurement point, the first measurement point being a point distinct from a position of a source of the neutron ray; measuring an elapsed time from a first time point when a resonant neutron specific to the element passes through the first measurement point to a second time point when a prompt gamma ray emitted by the resonant neutron from the subject body is detected at a second measurement point distinct from the first measurement point; and determining a location of the element in the subject body by the first measurement point, the second measurement point, a relative position toward a surface of the subject body, and the elapsed time. | 42,044 |
8,527,405 | 1. A computerized credit card early payment rewards system for reducing funding burden incurred by credit issuers by rewarding early payment for participating card holders, the system comprising: at least one computer memory storing data and instructions; at least one computer processor accessing the computer memory and executing: the stored instructions to perform steps including: accessing an eligibility rules module for determining eligibility of each participating card holder to participate in the early payment rewards system, wherein determining includes: creating models for eligibility for early rewards using an early payment rewards modeling engine by determining whether card issuer profitability increases if early payment rewards are granted based on card holder balance and providing the models to the eligibility rules module; offering the early payment rewards program to the selected card holders, wherein upon enrollment in the early payment rewards program the selected card holders receive rewards for early payment behavior; receiving payment data from a card payment server through a card payment server exchange module; applying early payment rewards rules from an early payment rewards rules engine to receive payment data from participating card holders; calculating, using an early payment rewards calculator, a reward amount based on application of the rules from the early payment rewards rules engine; and depositing the calculated rewards in a participating card holder account. | 26,485 |
9,007,975 | 1. An access point comprising: a beacon module configured to a detection module configured to detect, in response to the access point operating in the normal mode during the first portion of the beacon interval, whether a communication is received from a client station; and a control module configured to | 4,311 |
9,454,615 | 1. A method for predicting user behaviors based on term taxonomies, comprising: generating phrases respective of user generated content, wherein each phrase is a sentiment phrase or a non-sentiment phrase, each sentiment phrase including at least one word describing a sentiment; identifying at least one connection between at least two of the generated phrases, wherein each connection is a direct connection or a hidden connection; generating at least one term taxonomy based on the identified at least one connection, wherein each term taxonomy is an association between a non-sentiment phrase and at least one of a plurality of sentiment phrases; periodically analyzing the at least one term taxonomy to determine at least one trend of each non-sentiment phrase respective of the associated plurality of sentiment phrases; and generating a prediction of future behavior of the at least one trend with respect to the at least one term taxonomy. | 45,270 |
9,571,672 | 1. A computing device comprising: one or more processors; one or more memories; a scan service, implemented by the one or more processors, and being configured to scan a document; a configuration service, implemented by the one or more processors, and being configured to: the remote image receiver service, implemented by the one or more processors, and being configured to: a distributed scan management support service that implements a distributed scan device protocol and a distributed scan processing protocol; wherein the distributed scan management support service is implemented by the one or more processors, and is configured to: send the image data and the particular set of post scan processing instructions to a scan server. | 37,347 |
8,935,923 | 1. A gas turbine engine comprising: a combustor section; a low spool along an engine axis with a fan section including a low pressure compressor section; a high spool along said engine axis with a high pressure compressor section and a high pressure turbine section, said high pressure compressor section forward of said combustor section to receive a core flow along a core flow path; an intercooling turbine section rotatable about said engine axis and situated in flow communication with, and situated axially between, said low pressure compressor section and said high pressure compressor section; and an intercooling turbine section bypass to selectively bypass at least a portion of said core flow through an intercooling turbine section bypass path around said intercooling turbine section. | 27,602 |
9,159,216 | 1. A monitor for augmenting a hand hygiene product dispenser that is mounted to a wall, the monitor comprising: a case that is separate from the hand hygiene product dispenser and configured to be mounted to the wall adjacent to the hand hygiene product dispenser; a sensor that is mounted to the case and that is configured to extend a sensor field from the wall-mounted case to a region adjacent to a product-dispensing nozzle of a hand hygiene product; processing components that receive communications from the sensor and that determine whether the communications from the sensor indicate use of the hand hygiene product dispenser; communication components connected to the processing components, the communication components configured to report determined use of the hand hygiene product dispenser to a monitoring system; and an extension configured to extend from a side of the case and along the wall to which the case and hand hygiene product dispenser are mounted; wherein the extension comprises a leg that extends away from the wall at a location separate from the case such that the product-dispensing nozzle dispenses hand hygiene products at a location between the leg and the side of the case; wherein the sensor comprises an infrared transmitter mounted to the leg and an infrared receiver at the side of the case; wherein the infrared receiver communicates to the processing components when infrared light emitted by the infrared transmitter is reflected to the infrared receiver; and wherein the processing components determine whether an object is present in the sensor field based on receipt of the infrared light by the infrared receiver. | 30,630 |
9,419,314 | 1. A method of determining a peak power capability of a battery system comprising: identifying a peak current of the battery system; determining a regressed ohmic resistance in a battery system model used to model the battery system; scaling the regressed ohmic resistance to calculate a compensated ohmic resistance of the battery system model based on the peak current; determining a peak power capability of the battery system based on the compensated ohmic resistance and the battery system model; and implementing a control action in a vehicle associated with the battery system based on the determined peak power capability. | 49,217 |
9,270,154 | 1. A magnet array for a motor comprising a first array of permanent magnets being arranged such that flux from the permanent magnets substantially cancels on an opposite side of the first array, the array further comprising flux concentrators located at poles on a reinforcing side of the first array, wherein the first array is positioned opposite a second array of permanent magnets with an ironless winding therebetween, the ironless winding being a winding without an iron core associated therewith, the second array comprising flux concentrators located at poles on a reinforcing side of the second array such that the flux from the permanent magnets of the first and second arrays concentrates through respective flux concentrators before extending and mutually reinforcing across the winding, the second array being arranged such that the flux from the permanent magnets of the second array substantially cancels on a side of the second array opposite the winding, wherein each of the flux concentrators on the reinforcing side of the first array and each of the flux concentrators on the reinforcing side of the second array have substantially a same width along their thicknesses as a respective permanent magnet pole therebehind, and wherein the ironless winding comprises conductor bundles comprising a generally rectangular cross-section arranged such that a long side of the generally rectangular cross-section is transverse to a direction of magnetic field lines between the flux concentrators of first and second arrays. | 34,034 |
9,175,446 | 1. A bituminous paving process, which process comprises: a) mixing an asphalt binder, aggregate and lubricating additive at a first temperature greater than 160° C. to form a bituminous mix comprising aggregate coated with asphalt binder and lubricating additive, wherein the lubricating additive comprises a lubricating non-aqueous surfactant, non-surfactant additive, acid, or combinations thereof; b) hauling the bituminous mix to a paving site; and c) compacting the bituminous mix at a second temperature less than 130° C., to provide bituminous pavement having field density values greater than 90% of the maximum theoretical density for the compacted bituminous mix. | 46,464 |
9,563,425 | 1. A processor comprising: a first hardware thread and a second hardware thread; a cache to store cache coherent data in a cache line for a shared memory address accessible by said second hardware thread; a decode stage to decode a first instruction for execution by said first hardware thread, the first instruction specifying a source vector data operand, said shared memory address as a destination operand, and one or more owners of said shared memory address; and one or more execution units, responsive to the decoded first instruction, to: | 6,110 |
9,686,759 | 1. A user equipment (UE) comprising: a processor; and memory in electronic communication with the processor, wherein instructions stored in the memory are executable to: | 37,316 |
9,391,386 | 1. A single element connector, the single element connector comprising: a first cage-like structure configured to receive a wire, wherein the first cage-like structure comprises an insert end; and a single contact tine coupled to a top wall of the first cage-like structure, wherein the single contact tine extends downward from the top wall toward a base of the single element connector, and wherein the single contact tine is configured to direct the wire to the base of the single element connector; wherein the first cage-like structure comprises a plurality of walls bent into a box-like structure having the top wall, a bottom wall, and at least two side walls, wherein the bottom wall is on a same side of the first cage-like structure as the base, and wherein the bottom wall of the first cage-like structure comprises two bent over extensions of each respective side wall of the first cage-like structure. | 21,012 |
9,788,685 | 1. A beverage forming apparatus comprising: a housing having a beverage outlet and carafe receiving area to receive a carafe at which the carafe is associated with the housing to receive a beverage dispensed from the beverage outlet; a drip tray assembly arranged to receive waste liquid at the carafe receiving area, the drip tray assembly including a waste liquid sensor and first and second waste liquid receiving areas each having a corresponding opening, the first waste liquid receiving area arranged to receive waste liquid falling from the beverage outlet, the waste liquid sensor being arranged to detect the presence of waste liquid in response to a first volume of liquid received at the first waste liquid receiving area and to detect the presence of waste liquid in response to a second volume of liquid received at the second waste liquid receiving area, the first and second volumes being different from each other; a beverage forming station supported by the housing and arranged to combine a precursor liquid with a beverage material to form the beverage that is dispensed from the beverage outlet; a precursor liquid supply system supported by the housing for providing the precursor liquid to the beverage forming station; and a control circuit arranged to control the liquid supply system to deliver the precursor liquid to the beverage forming station to dispense a beverage. | 30,882 |
8,814,988 | 1. A process for the recovery of ammonia contained in a gaseous stream, said process comprising the following phases: (a) subjecting the gaseous stream containing ammonia to a washing with an aqueous washing solution having a pH lower than 7.0, with the formation of a purified gaseous stream and an aqueous solution containing an ammonium salt; (b) treating the aqueous solution containing the ammonium salt coming from phase (a) in a vertical falling film heat exchanger at a temperature from 50 to 250° C. and an absolute pressure ranging from 50 KPa to 4 MPa absolute with the formation of a regenerated washing solution and a gaseous stream comprising NH (c) recycling said regenerated washing solution to phase (a), wherein the heat exchanger comprises a plurality of tubes and, during the treating of phase (b), each tube of the falling film heat exchanger is loaded with the aqueous solution containing the ammonium salt in an amount of from 24 to 180 liter/h and the average residence time of the aqueous solution containing the ammonium salt within the tube ranges from 2 to 40 seconds. | 39,359 |
8,664,866 | 1. A solar powered lamp comprising: a solar panel; a light sensor integrally built-in with the solar panel with predetermined dusk to dawn settings; a control circuit comprising a battery charger, a brightness adjust circuit and an ON/OFF circuit; a sunlight-hour switch connected to the brightness adjust circuit and ON/OFF circuit; an LED bulb; and a rechargeable battery connected to the battery charger; wherein the sunlight-hour switch is calibrated with a scale graduated according to the number of hours of sunlight incident on the solar panel to enable a user to adjust the sunlight-hour switch so that the solar powered lamp is operable to replenish charges in the rechargeable battery during the day and to illuminate at an optimum brightness consistently and continuously from dusk to dawn. | 30,698 |
9,401,824 | 1. A channel-estimation method for a multi-user (MU) massive Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) system having a base station (BS) and plural user equipments (UEs), the method comprising: obtaining or generating, by the BS, a plurality of candidate pilots, wherein each of the candidate pilots is assigned with an index for identification; obtaining a spatial correlation matrix for each of the UEs; obtaining, for an individual UE, a dominant spatial correlation matrix from the spatial correlation matrix of the individual UE; computing, for the individual UE, an average received signal strength corresponding to an individual candidate pilot, based on the dominant spatial correlation matrix of the individual UE; selecting, for the individual UE, a subset of the candidate pilots used for channel estimation, wherein the individual candidate pilot is determined to be in the subset if the average received signal strength corresponding to the individual candidate pilot is higher than a threshold; grouping the subsets of the candidate pilots used for channel estimation to form an union set of pilots for the UEs; broadcasting, to the UEs, the indices of the candidate pilots belonging to the union set of the pilots; transmitting the union set of the pilots from the BS to the UEs; and performing channel estimation at the UEs based on the received union set of the pilots transmitted from the BS and the broadcast indices of the candidate pilots. | 2,108 |
9,481,155 | 1. A method for producing a laminate, the method comprising: forming an adhesive composition into a form of a monolayer or a multilayer sheet; primary-curing the monolayer or multilayer sheet by UV-crosslinking to obtain a pre-secondary curing transparent double-sided pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet; layering two image display device-constituting members via the pre-secondary curing transparent double-sided adhesive sheet; and then irradiating ultraviolet light from a side of an image display device-constituting member, thereby UV-crosslinking and secondary-curing the pre-secondary curing transparent double-sided adhesive sheet through the member, wherein an indentation hardness (b) of the transparent double-sided adhesive sheet after the secondary curing is 33≦(b)≦80, and wherein an indentation hardness (a) of the pre-secondary curing transparent double-sided adhesive sheet and the indentation hardness (b) of the transparent double-sided adhesive sheet after secondary curing satisfy a relation (b)−(a)≧2. | 20,506 |
9,388,345 | 1. A process for producing a hydrocarbon product stream comprising: reacting components of a reaction mixture in the presence of a catalyst to form a product mixture in a one step process, the reaction mixture comprising plant, microorganism, or animal based biomass and water, wherein the reaction takes place inside a reaction vessel at a temperature and a pressure, wherein the product mixture comprises at least about 20% aromatics as measured by Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry (GCMS) chromatographic peak area normalization method, wherein the temperature is between 540 degrees Celsius and 600 degrees Celsius and the pressure is above critical pressure of water, and wherein the catalyst comprises a metal oxide. | 22,051 |
8,409,440 | 1. A method for the biological purification of wastewater employing a reactor comprising a first compartment ( 2 ) and a second compartment ( 4 ) which communicate with each other in the lower part, the wastewater to be treated arriving in the first compartment, the second compartment containing aerobic granular sludge and being at atmospheric pressure, and an injection of oxygen-containing gas being provided in the lower part of the second compartment, wherein: the granular sludge forms a bed ( the reactor is made to operate in sequential batch mode according to a cycle comprising two phases, namely: an anaerobic first phase during which: then the pressure in the first compartment is suddenly brought back to atmospheric pressure in order to rapidly discharge a volume of wastewater to be treated into the second compartment ( the shutter of the sludge-concentrating zone being placed again in the open position; after which another cycle starts. | 38,923 |
9,588,700 | 1. A semiconductor device, comprising: a plurality of memory blocks each including a plurality of memory cells; a circuit group suitable for performing a program operation, a read operation and an erase operation on a selected memory block, among the plurality of memory blocks; and a control circuit suitable for controlling the circuit group to -program the memory cells of the selected memory block in a healing pattern, before a subsequent program operation is performed on the selected memory block, wherein the memory cells of the healing pattern include erased memory cells and programmed memory cells arranged alternately so that the programmed memory cells surround each of the erased memory cells, wherein the memory cells are arranged in a plurality of rows and columns within the memory blocks, and wherein the programmed memory cells are arranged on top, bottom, left and right sides of each of the erased memory cells. | 11,025 |
9,125,277 | 1. A retrofit lamp comprising at least one series circuit comprising a multiplicity of light emitting diodes comprising a circuit arrangement, the circuit arrangement comprising: a first connection with a first connection terminal and a second connection terminal; a second connection with a third connection terminal and a fourth connection terminal; a rectifier, whose input is coupled to the first connection and whose output comprises a first rectifier output connection and a second rectifier output connection; wherein the at least one series circuit comprising a multiplicity of light emitting diodes is coupled between the first rectifier output connection and the second rectifier output connection; wherein a breakdown apparatus is coupled between the third connection terminal and the fourth connection terminal, said breakdown apparatus having the following properties: | 49,057 |
9,663,522 | 1. A compound according to Formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof, wherein: a is a bond or no bond; z is 1, 2 or 3; X is C(O); Y is N; n=0, 1, 2, 3 or 4; A A A A R R R optionally when z is 3, a represents no bond and two R R optionally substituted with one or more of the following: (C R | 48,465 |
8,561,886 | 1. Self-service device, particularly an automated cash machine, having an operating unit comprising an operating panel for entering alphanumeric characters and/or control data and having a cover surface having a plurality of edges bounding a recess, whereby the operating panel is encompassed, characterized in that: at least one first edge of the cover surface is disposed at a distance from a first edge of the operating panel, forming an intermediate space, wherein a functional strip is disposed, and in that the functional strip is mounted on a mounting frame encompassing the operating panel, said frame being connected to the cover surface by mounting elements; wherein the at least one first edge of the cover surface is opposite to and faces the first edge of the operating panel. | 35,328 |
9,664,109 | 1. An apparatus for auto-adding an energy-saving activator comprising: a container having a control unit electrically connected to the heater and having an inner sleeve plugged into the top opening of the main body and having a funnel mounted through the central hole of the inner sleeve in the main body and having a lid covered on the top opening of the main body and the top opening of the funnel, and having a wire passing through the side tube of the inner sleeve, the side passage of the lid and the side opening of the funnel and connected between the control circuit and the heater; wherein when the control circuit receives both a vibration signal from the vibration sensor and a sound signal from the sound sensor in a preset period, the control circuit actuates the heater. | 10,009 |
8,708,649 | 1. A turbine-engine rectifier stage comprising a plurality of fixed vanes connecting an inner ferrule support ( 19 ) to an outer ferrule support ( 14 ), said inner ferrule support and said outer ferrule support defining an aerodynamic vein and comprising a set of contiguously assembled sectors ( 20 , 15 ), respectively, the plurality of fixed vanes comprising so-called structural vanes ( 5 ) surrounding so-called non-structural or aero vanes ( 6 ) so as to form boxes ( 7 ), said structural vanes ( 5 ) being rigidly attached to the ends of the sectors ( 20 ) of the inner ferrule support by means of attachment elements ( 17 ) in order to impart increased stiffness to the boxes ( 7 ); and wherein each sector of the outer ferrule support ( | 16,472 |
8,558,478 | 1. A hybrid lamp apparatus, comprising: a rectifier with an input to receive AC input power; a primary lamp circuit, comprising: an auxiliary lamp circuit, comprising: | 2,373 |
8,533,083 | 1. A computer-implemented method for determining a payment pair used in a purchase of an item, the method comprising: receiving, by a payment offer generator software module installed on a first computing device, a parameter for the item to be purchased, wherein the parameter is representative of a value of the item to be purchased; receiving, by the payment offer generator software module, a first component of the payment pair, the parameter and the first component received from a second computing device; calculating, by the payment offer generator software module, a second component of the payment pair, the second component calculated based on the parameter, the first component, and a currency value, wherein the currency value is received from a loyalty computing device; transmitting, by the payment offer generator software module to the second computing device, the payment pair comprising the first component and the second component for displaying to a user of the second computing device, wherein a combination of the first component and the second component amounts to the value of the item to be purchased; providing, by the payment offer generator software module to the second computing device, an option to reject or accept the payment pair corresponding to a payment for the item to be purchased using the payment pair; responsive to a selection of the option to reject the payment pair at the second computing device, receiving, by the payment offer generator software module from the second computing device, a rejection of the payment pair; responsive to receiving the rejection of the payment pair, receiving, by the payment offer generator software module, a modified first component from the second computing device to generate a modified second payment pair; calculating, by the payment offer generating software module, the modified second component, the modified second component calculated based on the parameter, the modified first component, and the currency value for the second component; and transmitting, by the payment offer generator software module, the modified second component to the second computing device for displaying a modified payment pair to the user of the second computing device, the modified payment pair comprising the modified first component and the modified second component. | 35,926 |
9,389,628 | 1. A digitally controlled regulator, comprising: a DC-DC converter circuit configured to receive an input voltage signal and generate an output voltage signal based on the input voltage signal and switching signals provided thereto; a controller configured to generate a pulse width modulation (PWM) control value in response to a value of the output voltage signal; a quantizer configured to receive the PWM control value and generate a first mapping that maps all the PWM control values that fall between a first threshold value and a second threshold value to a first single mapped PWM value, and generate a second, different mapping that passes the received PWM control values that are less than a third threshold value or greater than a fourth threshold value as mapped PWM values in a one-to-one correspondence fashion, wherein the first threshold value is less than the second threshold value, the third threshold value is less than the first threshold value and the fourth threshold value is greater than the second threshold value; and a digital pulse width modulator configured to generate switching signals based on the mapped PWM value, and provide the generated switching signals to the DC-DC converter circuit. | 38,829 |
9,360,527 | 1. A battery management unit (BMU) system communicatively coupled to a plurality of sensors respectively associated with a plurality of battery cells of a battery pack of an xEV, wherein the BMU system is configured to: receive, from the plurality of sensors, a first plurality of signals and a second plurality of signals, wherein each of the first plurality of signals is indicative of a present temperature of a respective one of the plurality of battery cells and wherein each of the second plurality of signals is indicative of a present state of charge (SOC) of the respective one of the plurality of battery cells; determine a plurality of temperatures based on the first plurality of signals, wherein each of the plurality of temperatures respectively corresponds to a present battery cell temperature of a single battery cell of the plurality of battery cells; determine a plurality of SOC percentages based on the second plurality of signals, wherein each of the plurality of SOC percentages respectively corresponds to a present SOC percentage of a single one of the plurality of battery cells; determine a lowest cell temperature from the plurality of temperatures and a lowest cell SOC percentage from the plurality of SOC percentages; and determine an energy remaining value for the battery pack based on the lowest cell temperature and the lowest cell SOC percentage. | 34,195 |
8,496,972 | 1. A microbicidal disinfecting composition consisting of: water; an anionic surfactant; and an amount of an acidifying agent effective to provide the microbicidal disinfecting composition with a pH value of 7.0 or below, wherein the acidifying agent is selected from the group of an alkali metal bisulfate, ammonium bisulfate, and a combination thereof. | 43,553 |
8,466,300 | 1. A process for making a hydrogenated product comprising: (a) Providing a clarified MAS-containing fermentation broth; (b) distilling the broth under super atmospheric pressure at a temperature of >100° C. to about 300° C. to form an overhead that comprises water and ammonia, and a liquid bottoms that comprises SA, and at least about 20 wt % water; (c) cooling and/or evaporating the bottoms to attain a temperature and composition sufficient to cause the bottoms to separate into a liquid portion and a solid portion that is substantially pure SA; (d) separating the solid portion from the liquid portion; (e) recovering the solid portion; (f) hydrogenating the solid portion in the presence of at least one hydrogenation catalyst to product the hydrogenated product comprising at least one of THF, GBL and BDO; and (g) recovering the hydrogenated product. | 15,837 |
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