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8,750,210 | 1. A radio for wireless communication, the radio comprising: a plurality of radio output ports; a plurality of power amplifiers; power pooling circuitry, the power pooling circuitry: a plurality of digital direct up-converters, each of the plurality of digital direct up-converters in communication with a corresponding power amplifier, each of the plurality of digital direct up-converters processing the adjusted carrier signals, the processing including up-sampling the adjusted carrier signals; and the plurality of power amplifiers amplifying the adjusted up-sampled carrier signals and outputting the amplified adjusted up-sampled carrier signals for transmission using the selected N radio output ports. | 44,664 |
9,011,738 | 1. A process for producing monomer beads, wherein i. mixing one or more aromatic tetraamino compounds with one or more aromatic carboxylic acids comprising at least two acid groups per carboxylic acid monomer in an extruder and melted at 190° C.-270° C.; ii. the melt is dropletized at 190° C.-270° C. by means of a die located at the extruder outlet; iii. collecting, cooling and allowing the liquid droplets to solidify and wherein the average residence time of the mixture of tetraamino compounds and carboxylic acids in the extruder is less than 10 minutes. | 27,399 |
8,915,096 | 1. A method for producing a silica container comprising at least a substrate comprised of a silica as its main component and having a rotational symmetry, an intermediate layer formed on an inner wall of the substrate, and an inner layer formed on an inner wall of the intermediate layer, wherein the method comprises: a step of preparing a first powdered raw material comprising silica particles, for forming the substrate, a step of adding, as an additive, at least any one of an aluminum compound and a powdered compound capable of becoming a crystal nucleating agent for crystallization of a silica glass, into a second powdered raw material comprising silica particles, for forming the intermediate layer, a step of forming a preliminarily molded substrate, wherein the first powdered raw material is fed to an inner wall of an outer frame having a rotational symmetry and aspiration holes arranged in the inner wall while rotating the outer frame thereby preliminarily molding to an intended shape in accordance with the inner wall of the outer frame, a step of forming a preliminarily molded intermediate layer, wherein the second powdered raw material added with the additive is fed to an inner wall of the preliminarily molded substrate thereby preliminarily molding to an intended shape in accordance with the inner wall of the preliminarily molded substrate, a step of forming the substrate and the intermediate layer, wherein the preliminarily molded substrate and the preliminarily molded intermediate layer are degassed by aspiration from an outer side of the preliminarily molded substrate through the aspiration holes formed in the outer frame and at the same time heated from inside the preliminarily molded substrate and the preliminarily molded intermediate layer by a discharge-heat melting method thereby forming an outer part of the preliminarily molded substrate into a sintered body constituting an outer portion of the substrate while forming an inner part of the preliminarily molded substrate into a fused glass body constituting an inner portion of the substrate, and forming the preliminarily molded intermediate layer into a fused glass body constituting the intermediate layer, and a step of forming the inner layer on an inner surface of the intermediate layer, wherein a third powdered raw material comprised of a crystalline silica and having a higher silica purity than the first powdered raw material is spread from inside the substrate on which the intermediate layer was formed and at the same time heated from the inside by a discharge-heat melting method. | 27,786 |
8,941,226 | 1. A semiconductor device comprising: a semiconductor chip having a principal surface, a rear surface on the opposite side of the principal surface, a plurality of side surfaces arranged between the principal surface and the rear surface and an electrode pad formed over the principal surface; an adhesive patch having a first principal surface, a second principal surface on the opposite side of the first principal surface and a plurality of side surfaces between the first principal surface and the second principal surface; an electrode having a first surface and a second surface on the opposite side of the first surface; a sealing body resin-sealing the semiconductor chip, the adhesive patch and the electrode; the second principal surface of the adhesive patch and the second surface of the electrode exposed on the sealing body; the semiconductor chip mounted on the adhesive patch with the rear surface of the semiconductor chip facing the first principal surface of the adhesive patch; the electrode located outside of the semiconductor chip; and the first surface of the electrode connected to the electrode pad with a bonding wire; wherein: the first principal surface of the adhesive patch is larger than the second principal surface of the adhesive patch; and the side surfaces of the adhesive patch are inwardly sloped from the side surfaces of the semiconductor chip. | 35,751 |
9,431,263 | 1. A plasma processing method of carrying out plasma processing within a processing chamber on a substrate which is held by a transfer carrier constituted of an annular frame and a holding sheet, the method comprising: a first step of mounting the transfer carrier holding the substrate on a stage which is cooled and provided within the processing chamber; a second step of changing a distance between the stage and a cover provided above the stage to cover the holding sheet and the frame of the transfer carrier by the cover in a state of exposing the substrate from a window part formed at the cover; a third step of carrying out plasma processing on the substrate held by the transfer carrier; a fourth step of cooling the cover; and a fifth step of unloading the transfer carrier holding the substrate from the processing chamber, wherein in the fourth step, heat transfer gas is introduced to the processing chamber to cool the cover while the heat transfer gas is exhausted by a pressure reducing mechanism. | 28,717 |
9,631,259 | 1. A method for producing an aqueous solution of perrhenic acid, comprising: 1) performing a first roasting of rhenium sulfide under an oxygen-containing gas to generate rhenium oxide and sulfur oxide, the sulfur oxide being gasified for discharge and the rhenium oxide being obtained as a roasted residue; 2) performing a second roasting of the roasted residue under an oxygen-containing gas to collect gasified rhenium oxide; 3) cooling and solidifying the gasified rhenium oxide; and 4) dissolving the solidified rhenium oxide into water, or heating and gasifying the solidified rhenium oxide and then dissolving the gasified rhenium oxide into water, to obtain the aqueous solution of perrhenic acid. | 43,141 |
9,048,510 | 1. A method of manufacturing an electrode assembly, the method comprising: preparing an electrode laminate including at least one negative electrode, at least one positive electrode, and at least one separation film; generating a separation film assembly by bonding remaining portions of the separation film positioned in regions not corresponding to shapes of the negative electrode and the positive electrode; and cutting the separation film assembly inwardly of a bonding line generated due to the bonding so as to correspond to the shapes of the negative electrode and the positive electrode. | 21,145 |
8,862,416 | 1. A method for lengthening the battery life of a mobile computing device, comprising the steps of: running a first application in a mobile computing device in synchronous communication with an application server, running a second application in a mobile computing device in synchronous communication with a second application server, detecting energy expenditure in real time, while synchronizing the first application, and synchronizing a second application based on the detected energy expenditure, by: continuing to communicate if the detected energy expenditure is below a threshold, and discontinuing communication if the detected energy expenditure is above a threshold, wherein at least one of the first and the second application in the mobile computing device has an assigned communication priority which is based on at least a time elapsed since a previous communication for the second application. | 41,846 |
9,698,361 | 1. An organic EL panel translucent substrate satisfying at least one of the following conditions (B) to (E): (B) with respect to light having a wavelength of 550 nm incident from a direction at an angle of 45° to the in-plane direction of the organic EL panel translucent substrate, a numerical value (Rth/Rip) obtained by dividing the Rth represented by equation (II) by the Rip represented by equation (I) is 5.0 or less, where where nx, ny, and nz respectively represent refractive indices in an X-axis direction, a Y-axis direction, and a Z-axis direction in the organic EL panel translucent substrate, the X-axis direction is an axial direction in which an in-plane refractive index is largest, the Y-axis direction is an axial direction that is perpendicular to the X-axis direction in the plane, and the Z-axis direction is a thickness direction that is perpendicular to the X axis and the Y axis, d represents a thickness (nm) of the organic EL panel translucent substrate; (C) with respect to light incident from a direction perpendicular to the in-plane direction of the organic EL panel translucent substrate, the in-plane retardation Rip represented by equation (I) in a wavelength range from 380 to 780 nm to the Rip at a wavelength of 550 nm is in a range from 95 to 110%, and the thickness direction retardation Rth represented by equation (II) in a wavelength range from 380 to 780 nm to the Rth at a wavelength of 550 nm is in a range from 90 to 115%; (D) at a measurement wavelength, a luminance at an angle in a range from 2 to 90° to the in-plane direction of the organic EL panel translucent substrate to a luminance at an angle of 90° to the in-plane direction of the organic EL panel translucent substrate is in a range from 85 to 110%, and a chromaticity change Δu′v′ at an angle in a range from 2 to 90° to the in-plane direction of the organic EL panel translucent substrate is in a range from 0 to 0.02, provided that the measurement wavelength is in a range from 380 to 780 nm; (E) at an angle in a range from 2 to 90° to the in-plane direction of the organic EL panel translucent substrate, in a case where the angle to the in-plane direction of the organic EL panel translucent substrate is the same, the Rip and the Rth in a wavelength range from 380 to 780 nm to the Rip and the Rth at a wavelength of 550 nm are respectively in a range from 90 to 120%. | 33,160 |
9,611,941 | 1. A piston comprising: a main body extending between a first end and a second end along a center axis of the piston, wherein the main body further comprises: a cap, wherein the cap is coaxial with the main body and wherein a portion of the cap extends into the opening of the chamber of the main body; wherein at least one of the main body and the cap comprises a radially extending lip, and wherein the other of the main body and the cap comprises a groove; a retaining ring both disposed partially in the groove and in contact with the radially extending lip so as to connect the cap to the main body; a seal disposed between the cap and the main body, wherein the seal is configured to be compressed between the cap and the main body such that the seal exerts a load against the cap and the main body; and wherein the retaining ring is on one side of the radially extending lip and the seal is separated from the retaining ring on the other side of the lip. | 3,931 |
9,186,549 | 1. A data collecting device that is selectively attachable to a tread base of a treadmill, the data collecting device capable of converting the treadmill that lacks certain data collecting and communicating features into a treadmill that is capable of tracking and transmitting data to an external computing device, the data collecting device comprising: a foot fall sensing mechanism that collects foot fall data from the tread base; an inclination sensing mechanism that collects inclination data regarding the inclination of the tread base relative to horizontal; and a communication mechanism that selectively transmits the foot fall data and the inclination data to an external computing device; wherein the foot fall sensing mechanism, the inclination sensing mechanism, and the communication mechanism are portable, hand-held electronic mechanisms that are selectively attachable to the treadmill, wherein the data collecting device is a cellular telephone. | 43,077 |
8,909,781 | 1. A system for providing virtual access to at least one service, the system comprising: a virtual storage layer arranged on at least one server computing device in a network computing environment, the virtual storage layer comprising at least one virtual container associated with at least one virtual service and identifiable via a universal resource identifier; at least one reference object stored in the at least one virtual container and configured to reference the at least one service associated with the at least one virtual service; and at least one resource interface configured to provide access to the at least one virtual service to at least one client of the network computing environment, wherein the system initiates the at least one virtual service responsive to receiving initiation input from the at least one client via the at least one reference object, the at least one virtual service being configured to invoke the at least one service to operate in a native computing environment of the at least one service, thereby providing the at least one client with access to the at least one service without requiring additional computational components for the at least one service being installed on the at least one server computing device. | 40,081 |
9,484,480 | 1. A photovoltaic converter comprising: a photovoltaic cell comprising GaInP having a bandgap greater than about 1.9 eV, wherein the photovoltaic cell has a junction and is lattice-mismatched to a parent substrate; and a graded layer positioned between the parent substrate and the photovoltaic cell, wherein: the parent substrate comprises GaAs, the graded layer has a lattice constant that changes from a first lattice constant in a first portion closest to the parent substrate to a second lattice constant in a second portion closest to the photovoltaic cell, such that the second lattice constant matches a relaxed lattice constant of the photovoltaic cell, the photovoltaic cell includes an emitter on a front side of the junction and a base on a back side of the junction, and the photovoltaic converter further comprises: (i) a double heterostructure comprising a back surface confinement layer on the base and a passivation/window layer on the emitter; (ii) a front contact layer comprising doped GaAsP between a metal grid and the passivation/window layer; (iii) an anti-reflection coating on the passivation/window layer between contacts of the front contact layer; and (iv) a back contact layer comprising doped GaAsP on the back surface confinement layer. | 45,359 |
8,848,030 | 1. A method comprising: receiving acoustic signals originating from an acoustic source at a first pair of microphone elements, arranged symmetrically about a detection point; calculating, with a processor device, a cross correlation of signals provided by the first pair of microphone elements, resulting in a first cross correlation signal; receiving the acoustic signals originating from the acoustic source at a second pair of microphone elements, arranged symmetrically about the detection point; calculating, with the processor device, a cross correlation of signals provided by the second pair of microphone elements, resulting in a second cross correlation signal; and calculating, with the processor device, a direction between the detection point and the acoustic source based on a convolution of the first cross correlation signal by the second cross correlation signal. | 35,630 |
9,814,611 | 1. A surgical implant, comprising: a self-expanding stent of a shape-memory material set to a given shape, the self-expanding stent having a wall with at least one first portion having a first wall thickness and at least one second portion having a second wall thickness greater than the first wall thickness, the at least one second portion defining a plurality of key-hole shaped longitudinal drive orifices, wherein the key-hole shaped longitudinal drive orifices have openings facing radially outwards or radially inwards; and a selectively adjustable assembly at the self-expanding stent, having adjustable elements, and being operable to force a configuration change in at least a portion of the self-expanding stent, the adjustable elements each having a part rotatably disposed within a respective key-hole shaped longitudinal drive orifice. | 27,959 |
9,390,686 | 1. A display device which comprises a display section including pixel formation portions, and performs an intermission driving of alternately repeating a drive period for refreshing a screen of the display section by writing data voltages which are based on externally received image data to the pixel formation portions; and an intermission period for stopping writing of the data voltages to the pixel formation portions, the display device further comprising a driving section configured to write the data voltages to the pixel formation portions; and a display controller configured to provide the drive period at a predetermined timing, and control the driving section so that, when an image represented by the externally received image data is updated during the intermission period, the intermission period is aborted and the drive period is performed coercively, wherein the display controller includes: a polarity instruction section configured to control the driving section so that the data voltages in the coercively provided drive period have a same polarity as of the data voltages in an immediately preceding drive period; and a gradation correction section configured to: receive at least part of the image data; correct pixel gradation values for those pixels which constitute the image which is updated during the intermission period but do not have their gradation values changed due to the image update, so that data voltages to be written to their pixel formation portions in the coercively provided drive period have values closer to a baseline common voltage than do data voltages written to said pixel formation portions in an immediately preceding drive period; and output at least part of corrected image data, and wherein the driving section writes to the pixel formation portions data voltages which are based on at least part of said corrected image data that have undergone the gradation value correction made by the gradation correction section, in the coercively provided drive period. | 26,956 |
9,233,686 | 1. A method of setting a learning period of an engine clutch that controls connection of power between an engine and a motor of a hybrid vehicle, the method comprising the steps of: detecting and accumulating a launch slip time of the engine clutch; detecting and accumulating a launch slip entry number of times of the engine clutch; detecting and accumulating a time in which a temperature of the engine clutch exceeds a setting temperature; detecting and accumulating a number of times in which the temperature of the engine clutch exceeds the setting temperature; and setting a learning period of the engine clutch based on at least one of: the launch slip accumulation time, the launch slip entry accumulation number of times, the setting temperature exceeding accumulation time, and the setting temperature exceeding accumulation number of times, wherein the setting of the learning period of the engine clutch further comprises the steps of: | 9,398 |
8,346,126 | 1. An image forming apparatus comprising: an apparatus body; a tandem photosensitive drum unit which holds a plurality of photosensitive drums to be in parallel with each other, and is movably mounted in the apparatus body along an array direction of the photosensitive drums; a developing cartridge which is provided for each of the photosensitive drums, supports a developing roller for supplying developer to the corresponding photosensitive drum, and is configured to be detachably mounted in the tandem photosensitive drum unit; a translation member which is provided in the apparatus body to be movable linearly in the array direction; a supporting shaft which is provided on each of the developing cartridges; and a movable member which is rotatably supported by the supporting shaft, and provided at a position where the translation member abuts along a linear movement thereof, wherein the movable member includes: | 39,896 |
9,781,374 | 1. A photoelectric conversion apparatus comprising: a photoelectric conversion unit; a signal line; a reset unit having an input node, and an output node connected to a floating diffusion node; a driving unit connected to the floating diffusion node; an amplification unit having an input node, and an output node connected to the signal line; and an output control unit, wherein the photoelectric conversion unit includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a photoelectric conversion layer that is arranged between the first electrode and the second electrode and accumulates signal carriers, and an insulating layer arranged between the photoelectric conversion layer and the second electrode, a magnitude relationship between a potential applied to the first electrode and a first potential applied to the second electrode by the driving unit is a first relationship in a first period, in the first period, the input node is supplied with a potential corresponding to the first potential, and the amplification unit outputs a signal corresponding to the potential of the input node, to the signal line, in a second period, the magnitude relationship is in a second relationship that is opposite of the first relationship by changing a potential applied to the second electrode by the driving unit from the first potential to a second potential, in a third period, during which the amplification unit outputs a signal corresponding to a potential of the input node, the potential of the input node corresponds to the signal carriers accumulated by the photoelectric conversion layer during the third period, the magnitude relationship is in the first relationship, the second period is a period between the first period and the third period, and the output control unit sets a potential range of the output node in the second period to be smaller than each of a potential range of the output node in the first period and a potential range of the output node in the third period, or the output control unit puts the amplification unit into a non-operating state in at least a part of the second period. | 2,714 |
8,685,452 | 1. A pharmaceutical composition comprising a first unit which is a tablet core that comprises 1 to 40% 2-[4-[[4-methyl-6-(1-methylbenzoimidazol-2-yl)-2-propyl-benzoimidazol-1-yl]methyl]phenyl] benzoic acid or a salt thereof; 1 to 40% binder, 1 to 50% soluble diluent, and 1 to 10% alkalizing agent by weight relative to the weight of the composition; and a coating that comprises 10 to 40% 6-chloro-3,4-dihydro-2H-1,2,4-benzothiadiazine-7-sulfonamide-1,1-dioxide and 10 to 40% colloidal silicon dioxide, 20 to 60% polyvinylpyrrolidone, 5 to 50% plasticizer and optionally up to 10% acidifying agent by weight relative to the weight of coating and the coating constitutes from about 3 to about 25% by weight of the finished composition. | 28,309 |
9,192,278 | 1. A self-cleaning substrate system, comprising: a substrate; a cleaner coupled to the substrate, wherein the cleaner includes a coronal wind generator; a circuit configured to determine a characteristic of the substrate; a power source; a controller operatively coupled to the cleaner, the circuit, and the power source; wherein the circuit provides a feedback signal indicative of the detected characteristic to the controller, and wherein the controller is coupled to the cleaner such that the cleaner can be controlled by the controller. | 43,757 |
8,929,415 | 1. An optically-pumped photonic crystal laser comprising: a pump laser; and a photonic crystal cavity comprising: wherein, in an operative condition, the pump laser emits light onto the defect region of the photonic crystal cavity to create carriers confined in the gain medium to generate light, the light being emitted in a non-parallel direction with respect to a plane corresponding to a planar interface between the metal cladding and the photonic crystal slab, and wherein the metal cladding comprises a metal that is over 98% reflective to a wavelength of the emitted light. | 36,395 |
9,253,331 | 1. A user device comprising: a network interface for connecting to a network; an audio output component for outputting audio signals to a loudspeaker of the user device; a processor configured to execute a communication client, said client operable to: | 41,243 |
9,639,811 | 1. An event ticket distribution system comprising: a receiver configured to receive a plurality of logins, each of the logins intended for an event ticket purchase; a processor configured to retrieve social media account history or other data source information associated with each of the plurality of logins, wherein each of the social media account history, or other data source information, comprises at least one time-stamped indication of affinity for a performing entity associated with the event, said at least one time-stamped indication of affinity comprising a time-stamp prior to the receipt of the login associated with the social media account history or other data source information; wherein the processor is further configured to calculate an index value associated with the login, said index value being based, at least in part, on at least one of the retrieved account history, the data source information and a reaction time in response to information provided by the processor; and when the index value associated with a login is above a pre-determined threshold value, the processor is further configured to assign a priority flag to the login, wherein said priority flag enables a ticket event purchase in a first time window, when the index value is below the first threshold value but above a second threshold value, the processor is further configured to assign a non-priority flag, said non-priority flag that enables the login to make an event ticket purchase in a second time window, and when the index value is associated with a value under the second threshold value, the processor restricts ticket purchasing rights associated with the login. | 46,560 |
8,470,172 | 1. A system for enhancing an activated sludge process comprising: at least one biological reactor connected to a source of wastewater; a weighting agent impregnation subsystem connected to an inlet and an outlet of the biological reactor and comprising a source of a weighting agent; and a weighting agent recovery subsystem connected to an outlet of the at least one biological reactor and an inlet of the weighting agent impregnation subsystem, the weighting agent recovery subsystem comprising a separator subsystem selected from the group consisting of a shear mill, an ultrasonic separator, a shear mill and a wet drum magnetic separator, a shear mill and a centrifugal separator, an ultrasonic separator and a wet drum magnetic separator, and an ultrasonic separator and a centrifugal separator. | 46,579 |
9,753,789 | 1. A method of operating a distributed system, said method comprising: receiving action sequence data representing one or more recommended sequences of actions for a managed entity in said distributed system, wherein said managed entity runs on a computer; operating a first processor located on a first server to respond to an occurrence of an event in said distributed system by sending one or more action requests to said managed entity, each of said one or more action requests representing a request for said managed entity to carry out an action; operating a second processor located on a second server remote from the first server to respond to said occurrence of said event in said distributed system by sending one or more other action requests to said managed entity, each of said one or more other action requests representing a request for said managed entity to carry out an action; collecting a plurality of said action requests from said first and second processors, the plurality of action requests being such that the end-state of said managed entity depends upon the order in which the one or more action requests from the first processor are carried out relative to the one or more action requests from the second processor; generating, from said collection of action requests, a schedule of actions in accordance with said action sequence data; and operating said managed entity to perform actions in accordance with said schedule. | 5,724 |
9,809,463 | 1. A desalination system comprising: a water tank; a water-repellent particle layer that is located below the water tank and contains a plurality of water-repellent particles; a plurality of particles forming a liquefying layer that is located below the water-repellent particle layer and liquefies water vapor that has passed through the water-repellent particle layer, to obtain fresh water; an introduction channel that supplies a liquid to the water tank; a liquid speed reduction part that is located on the introduction channel, and includes a wall surface crossing a flow direction of the liquid in the introduction channel, for reducing a flow speed of the liquid; and a pool tank located in the introduction channel between the water tank and the liquid speed reduction part, the pool tank having an opening that spans a channel width of the introduction channel, and a space in which the liquid introduced via the opening is accumulated and from which an overflow of the liquid is discharged to the introduction channel. | 34,989 |
8,814,558 | 1. A mould part, comprising: a surface with a mould opening; a first arm with a connecting means for connecting a first pulley, the first arm being pivotably attached to a first attachment point of the mould part; and a second arm with a connecting means for connecting a second pulley, the second arm being pivotably attached to a second attachment point of the mould part, wherein the second arm is arranged to be locked in at least two different turning positions. | 26,001 |
8,486,853 | 1. An exhaust gas purifying catalyst, comprising: a catalyst unit which contains: noble metal particles; and a first compound supporting the noble metal particles; and a promoter unit which contains a second compound disposed not in contact with the noble metal particles and having an oxygen storage capacity, a third compound which encloses both the catalyst unit and the promoter unit, and separates the noble metal particles and the first compound in the catalyst unit from the second compound in the promoter unit, wherein the third compound has a plurality of fine pores, and an average fine pore diameter of the fine pores is smaller than an average particle diameter of the first compound and an average particle diameter of the second compound, and wherein an average distance between a central point of the catalyst unit and a central point of the promoter unit is between 5 nm and 300 nm. | 35,916 |
8,467,091 | 1. A print label editing apparatus comprising: an operation device that enables an operator to edit print contents to be printed by a printing device on a printable area of a print-receiving tape for producing print labels; a display device that displays a print image to be printed by said printing device on said print-receiving tape; a reference position setting portion that automatically sets a scaling reference position on the basis of a correlation of a specific portion of an object area with respect to a specific portion of said printable area, the scaling reference position becoming a standard for the scaling of the said object area when a scaling operation that enlarges or reduces a print object in said object area preset in said printable area has been performed by said operation device; and an object resetting portion that scales and resets said object area by using said scaling reference position as a standard in a case where a scaling operation that enlarges or reduces said print object has been performed by said operation device, wherein said reference position setting portion automatically sets a corner of said object area as said scaling reference position in a case where a position of the corner of said object area overlaps a position of a specific corner of said printable area, and said object resetting portion enlarges or reduces said object area while not moving said corner of said object area. | 32,847 |
9,689,933 | 1. A magnetic field sensor, comprising a suspending mass block, a group of Y direction displacement detection electrodes, a group of Z direction displacement detection electrodes and a power supply module; wherein the Y direction represents one of two orthogonal directions of a plane where the mass block is arranged and the Z direction represents a direction perpendicular to the plane, wherein: the mass block has a longitudinal direction parallel to the Y direction and comprises a plurality of metal layers and a plurality of dielectric layers, with the dielectric layers and metal layers being stacked with each other; the Y direction displacement detection electrodes and the Z direction displacement detection electrodes respectively comprise a plurality of metal layers and a dielectric layer between any two metal layers; in the mass block, a portion corresponding to the Y direction displacement detection electrodes comprises at least two metal layers connected by a via and a portion corresponding to the Z direction displacement detection electrodes comprise at least two metal layers connected by a via; and the Y direction displacement detection electrodes comprise two sub-groups of electrodes, each comprising at least two metal layers connected by a via, and the Z direction displacement detection electrodes also comprise two sub-groups of electrodes, each comprising at least two metal layers connected by a via; and the power supply module provides a current flowing through the mass block selectively in the X or Y direction. | 34,462 |
9,012,018 | 1. A security film including a support and a laser markable layer, wherein the laser markable layer includes: i) a laser additive; ii) a polymer selected from the group consisting of polystyrene polycarbonate and styrene acrylonitrile; iii) a initiator; and iv) at least 15 wt % of radiation curable compound based on the total dry weight of the laser markable layer, wherein the radiation curable compound has a viscosity of less than 100 mPa·s at 25° C. and at a shear rate of 100 s wherein the laser additive is carbon black present in amount of less than 0.08 wt % based on the total weight of laser markable polymer(s). | 49,627 |
9,503,988 | 1. A method comprising: when a mobility state of a mobile device is at or above a first predetermined threshold, enabling a first short-range radio and establishing a first short-range radio connection; when the first short-range radio connection is disconnected, disabling the first short-range radio after a first predetermined time period during which: the mobility state is below the first predetermined threshold; and, the first short-range radio connection is not re-established; when the mobility state is at or above a second predetermined threshold, enabling a second short-range radio after a second predetermined time period that follows the first short-range radio being disabled; and, when no second short-range radio connection is established during a third predetermined time period, disabling the second short-range radio. | 35,755 |
8,472,043 | 1. An information processing apparatus for managing distributed processing by a plurality of devices which are connected to a computer network and have a power saving mode, comprising: a retrieve section, configured to retrieve device information and an operation state of each device; and a selection section, configured to select target devices of the distributed processing, wherein, in a case where the device information retrieved from a device indicates that power consumption of the device in a normal operation of the device is equal to or less than a predetermined threshold, the selection section selects the device as the target device without determining the operation state of the device regarding the power-saving mode, wherein, in a case where the device information retrieved from a device indicates that power consumption of the device in a normal operation of the device is greater than the predetermined threshold, and the operation state retrieved from the device indicates that the device is in the power-saving mode, the selection section does not select the device as the target device; and wherein said retrieve section and said selection section are implemented at least in part by hardware components of the information processing apparatus. | 49,986 |
9,227,722 | 1. A flap support structure for an aircraft wing having a trailing edge flap, the flap support structure comprising: a flap support beam including an aerodynamic fairing; and a drive unit including a universal support bracket having a bearing which rotatably receives a drive shaft connected to a drive arm for moving the trailing edge flap, wherein the universal support bracket also forms part of the flap support beam and directly supports the aerodynamic fairing. | 46,287 |
9,745,966 | 1. An Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) system comprising: a turbine with an upstream side and a downstream side, the turbine being mechanically coupled to a power generator, a converter connected to the turbine upstream side, the converter having a warm water inlet and a source of a partial vacuum, a condenser coupled to the downstream side of the turbine, the condenser having an outlet and a source of a cooling liquid, a floating solar collector coupled to the warm water inlet of the converter wherein the floating solar collector comprises at least two layers of a plastic material seamed together to form a buoyant support, and a pipe supported by the buoyant support, the pipe connected to the warm water inlet of the converter and wherein a lower layer of the plastic material of the buoyant support has an upwardly directed curved reflective surface maintained in a trough-like configuration; and a dispensary of potable water coupled to the outlet of the condenser; and a hot water storage tank having an inlet coupled to an outlet of the solar collector and an outlet coupled to the warm water inlet of the converter, the inlet of the hot water storage tank configured to receive a portion of water supplied by the floating solar collector and the outlet of the hot water storage tank configured to selectively deliver water to the warm water inlet of the converter. | 36,383 |
9,489,832 | 1. A mobile device, comprising: a memory that stores computer-executable components; a processor, operatively coupled to the memory, that executes the computer-executable components, the computer-executable components comprising: | 49,951 |
9,458,762 | 1. A method for generating electrical energy in a combined system that comprises a power plant ( 18 ) and a cryogenic air separation unit ( 7 ), said method comprising: In the cryogenic air separation unit ( introducing a first oxygen-enriched product stream ( wherein in a first operating mode: and wherein in a second operating mode: | 41,990 |
9,555,738 | 1. A control system for a vehicle having a warning function, the control system comprising: a control device configured to: wherein the amplifier is configured to transmit amplifier installation information to the control device and output an alarm sound received from the control device, and wherein the cluster speaker is configured to output the alarm sound received from the control device. | 3,776 |
8,861,108 | 1. A magnetic disk drive comprising: a head comprising a read element and a head disk interference sensor, the head disk interference sensor being configured to electrically detect interference acting between a disk and the head; a first defect detector configured to execute a first scan test, the first scan test comprising detecting a defect on the disk using the head disk interference sensor by scanning the disk using the head, and identifying a range of cylinders indicated by servo data read by the read element when the defect is detected, as a first detected location of the detected defect; and a compensator configured to correct the first detected location of the detected defect to a second detected location based on a position difference indicative of a distance between the read element and the head disk interference sensor, the second detected location corresponding to a position of the head disk interference sensor at a time of detection of the defect. | 34,658 |
9,803,346 | 1. A passive system to regulate fluid flow, said system consisting of: a solenoid operated valve placed in fluid communication with a fluid line wherein said fluid line leads to a single water fixture in a room and wherein said solenoid operated valve is placed upstream of the single water fixture; a transformer in electrical communication with a light switch a household alternating current source wherein said light switch controls a light source in the same room as the single fixture, wherein said transformer changes the household alternating current source to a low voltage current; and a low voltage line connecting said solenoid operated valve and said transformer such that while the transformer is energized, the solenoid operated valve is open and wherein said transformer is energized only when the light switch is on in said room and the light source is on. | 322 |
9,040,824 | 1. A cable ribbon comprising: a first twinaxial cable including: a second twinaxial cable including: an outer layer surrounding the first and second twinaxial cables; and a drain wire extending along the entire or substantially the entire longitudinal axis and located at a first end of the cable ribbon in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal axis such that the drain wire is directly adjacent to only one twinaxial cable and such that the drain wire directly physically contacts only one conductive shield; wherein the first and second conductive shields are in direct physical contact with each other. | 35,231 |
9,707,621 | 1. A metal powder atomisation system, comprising a refractory lined melting furnace ( an atomisation chamber ( a nozzle ( removal means for removing the stopping member, which removal means is controllable from the bottom region of the furnace ( the removal means and the stopping member are configured such that the stopping member is removable independently of the temperature of the liquid metal bath ( the stopping member is a plug ( | 35,475 |
9,628,242 | 1. A method for transmitting signals by a base station (BS) in a wireless communication system, comprising: generating an Acknowledgement/Negative Acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) response in response to uplink (UL) data received from a user equipment (UE); and mapping the ACK/NACK response to downlink (DL) resources, and transmitting the mapped ACK/NACK response, wherein a time domain location of the DL resources is in a data region, which is a resource region, other than a control region indicated by a physical control format indicator channel (PCFICH), and wherein a frequency domain location of the DL resources is determined in consideration of at least one UL resource block (RB) used for receiving the UL data wherein a frequency domain location of the DL resources is represented by an index of a DL resource block (RB), and the index of the DL RB is determined by the following equation: wherein n is an index value, n PRB e-PHICH is the index of the DL RB, n PRB PUSCH is an index of a UL RB having a lowest RB index value among at least one UL RB, and m is an integer representing a number of DL RBs. | 31,259 |
9,499,247 | 1. A marine outboard engine for a watercraft comprising: a stern bracket for mounting the marine outboard engine to the watercraft; a swivel bracket pivotally connected to the stern bracket about a generally horizontal tilt/trim axis; a drive unit pivotally connected to the swivel bracket about a steering axis, the steering axis being generally perpendicular to the tilt/trim axis, the drive unit being disposed on a first side of the swivel bracket; a hydraulic actuator operatively connected to the drive unit and the swivel bracket for pivoting the drive unit relative to the swivel bracket about the steering axis; and a pump mounted to the swivel bracket, the pump being pivotable about the tilt/trim axis together with the swivel bracket, the pump being fluidly connected to the hydraulic actuator to supply hydraulic fluid to the hydraulic actuator, the stern bracket and the pump being disposed on a second side of the swivel bracket, the second side being opposite the first side. | 4,322 |
8,972,073 | 1. An operation planning method performed in a system including a power generation device which is a photovoltaic device, a first electric load which operates using power generated by the power generation device, and a second electric load which generates heat using power generated by the power generation device, said operation planning method designing an operation plan for the second electric load, and comprising: predicting, for individual unit time periods, an amount of power to be generated by the power generation device and an amount of power to be consumed by the first electric load; and designing the operation plan for the second electric load to cause the second electric load to operate and generate heat by consuming reverse power during an operation period which includes, among the time periods, a time period in which an amount of the reverse power is the largest, the reverse power being calculated by subtracting the amount of power to be consumed from the amount of power to be generated, wherein the second electric load includes a heat generator which generates heat using power generated by the power generation device, heat storage which stores heat generated by the heat generator, and a radiator which radiates heat stored in the heat storage, wherein the predicting includes predicting an amount of heat to be radiated in reverse flow standby by the radiator during a reverse flow standby time period, the reverse flow standby time period being a time period in which the amount of power to be consumed exceeds the amount of power to be generated, and wherein said designing includes designing the operation plan for the operation period, the operation period being determined by selecting one or more of the time periods in descending order of the amount of reverse power until a total amount of time of the one or more selected time periods exceeds an amount of time required for the heat generator to generate the amount of heat corresponding to the amount of heat to be radiated in reverse flow standby as predicted in said predicting, the operation plan being designed such that the amount of heat corresponding to the amount of heat to be radiated in reverse flow standby is stored in the heat storage. | 5,865 |
9,674,899 | 1. A method for forming a shim, the method comprising: applying a liquid shim material with a magnetically permeable material in a location for the shim between a plurality of composite parts, wherein the magnetically permeable material has a shape selected from at least one of a wire, a strip, a plate, or a sheet; applying a magnetic field to the magnetically permeable material in the location, wherein the magnetic field is configured to heat the liquid shim material to a temperature to cause the liquid shim material to become solid and form the shim; and removing the magnetically permeable material after heating the liquid shim material to form the shim. | 17,966 |
8,853,076 | 1. A method, comprising: forming a metal gate structure having a sidewall structure; recessing the metal gate structure; forming a masking material within the recess; and forming a borderless contact adjacent to the metal gate structure, overlapping the masking material and the sidewall structure, wherein the metal gate structure comprises aluminum and a workfunction metal liner formed from one of TiN and TaN, and the recessing comprises: | 10,271 |
8,624,170 | 1. An inverter controller for controlling an inverter which converts direct current into alternating current of a predetermined frequency, and includes a resonance circuit for fluctuating output of a predetermined object to be controlled, the inverter controller comprising: an output fluctuating unit which fluctuates output of the inverter in response to an output value of a temperature detection section which detects a temperature of a switching element of the inverter; and an output increase suppressing unit which suppresses an increase in the output of the inverter for a predetermined time after decrease control in the output of the inverter performed by the output fluctuating unit, wherein the output increase suppressing unit also performs stationary transition control at the time of making a transition from start of the expect to be controlled to a stationary state. | 9,386 |
9,270,691 | 1. A method for detecting if a user's terminal having a browser is infected by web page-modifying malware, comprising the steps of: a) providing a web server which hosts a plurality of original and uninfected web pages having a functional code being suitable to trigger said malware, and wherein said functional code is also configured to provide information to a malware scanning engine; b) serving to said browser, by said web server, at least one of said original web pages hosted by said web server and having said functional code for triggering said malware; c) following said browser displaying said at least one of said original webpages received from said web server, triggering, by said functional code, said malware to perform web page modification on said at least one of said original webpages to create a modified web page; d) sending said modified web page displayed by said browser to a remote server comprising said malware scanning engine; e) determining whether a modification exists in said at least one of said original webpages received by said browser from said web server, by detecting with said malware scanning engine a presence of changes in at least portions of said at least one of said original webpages received by said browser from said web server and after being displayed by said browser; and f) if a modification is found in said at least one of said original webpages received by said browser from said web server, determining that said malware is present in said user's terminal. | 18,982 |
9,202,944 | 1. A polarized light detection system comprising: a detection apparatus for analyzing polarization information of an incident light; a power source; and a photoresistor electrically connected with the detection apparatus and the power source to form a galvanic circle; wherein the photoresistor comprises a photosensitive material layer comprising a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other; a first electrode layer located on the first surface; and a second electrode layer located on the second surface, wherein the first electrode layer consists of a plurality of carbon nanotubes substantially aligned along a single preferred direction. | 41,642 |
9,005,822 | 1. A functional electrolyte solvent comprising a compound of formula wherein: R R | 46,784 |
8,828,581 | 1. A battery comprising: one or more encapsulated anodes comprising a liquid anode material surrounded by an anodic membrane; one or more encapsulated cathodes comprising a liquid cathode material surrounded by a cathodic membrane; and an electrolyte, wherein the cathodic membrane additionally encapsulates one or more of the encapsulated anodes or the anodic membrane additionally encapsulates one or more of the encapsulated cathodes, and wherein the one or more encapsulated anodes, the one or more encapsulated cathodes, and the electrolyte are configured to generate an electrical current upon a breach of the anodic membrane and the cathodic membrane. | 12,156 |
8,972,061 | 1. A method of operating mobile floor cleaning robot, the method comprising: receiving, at a controller, a sequence of images of a floor surface from an imaging sensor in communication with the controller, each image having an array of pixels; for each image, segmenting the image into color blobs, using the controller, by: color quantizing pixels of the image; determining a spatial distribution of each color of the image based on corresponding pixel locations; and for each image color, identifying areas of the image having a threshold spatial distribution for that color; tracking, using the controller, a location of each color blob with respect to the imaging sensor across the sequence of images; identifying, using the controller, a location of an object on a floor surface away from the robot; issuing a first drive command from the controller to a drive system of the robot to drive the robot across the floor surface to clean the floor surface at the identified location of the object; determining, using the controller, whether the object persists on the floor surface; and when the object persists, issuing a second drive command from the controller to the drive system to drive the robot across the floor surface to re-clean the floor surface at the identified location of the object. | 20,885 |
8,544,273 | 1. A solar thermal power plant, comprising: a steam-electric power plant associated with a steam generation system operationally connected thereto for providing heat to drive operation of the steam-electric power plant; a solar collection system designed to heat thermal fluid and is in communication with the steam-electric power plant to provide heat thereto for driving the operation of the steam-electric power plant; and a non-solar power plant comprising a power generation unit and a waste heat recovery unit; and a controller configured to selectively operationally connect the solar collection system and the waste heat recovery unit to the steam-electric power plant to provide heat thereto, wherein the steam-electric power plant is configured to selectively at least partially divert working fluid from a steam division junction, to the waste heat recovery unit for heating, and reintroduced at a corresponding steam union junction, wherein the steam-electric power plant including a working fluid circuit is designed for carrying the working fluid sequentially through the steam generation system, a first turbine, a second turbine operating at a lower pressure than the first turbine, and returning to the steam generation system, wherein a first steam division junction is located downstream of the second turbine and upstream of the steam generation system, and wherein a first steam union junction, corresponding to the first steam division junction, is located downstream of the steam generation system and upstream of the first turbine, wherein the first steam division junction and the first steam union junction is defined by a three way valve whereby the first steam division junction is configured to selectively divert working fluid in one of two directions and the first steam union junction is configured to reintroduce working fluid which had been diverted by the first steam union junction, wherein the solar thermal power plant is configured to selectively operate in at least one of a direct solar mode or a direct non-solar mode, wherein in the direct solar mode the first steam division junction operates to allow working fluid flow between the second turbine and the steam generation system, and the first steam union junction operates to allow working fluid flow between the steam generation system and the first turbine, and wherein in the direct non-solar mode, the first steam division junction operates to allow working fluid flow between the second turbine and the waste heat recovery unit, and the first steam union junction operates to allow working fluid flow between the waste heat recovery unit and the first turbine. | 18,638 |
8,550,725 | 1. A pluggable optical transceiver mounted on a host system, comprising: an optical receptacle for receiving an external connector; a screw latch for fastening said optical transceiver with said host system; and a housing for installing said optical receptacle, wherein said optical receptacle is prevented to receive said external connector when said optical transceiver is free from said host system. | 2,014 |
9,356,755 | 1. A radio communication apparatus comprising an integrated circuit configured: to spread transmission signals using a plurality of sequences that can be separated from each other because of different cyclic shift values; to use received power at a receiver as a basis for allocating transmission signals to a first signal group or to a second signal group, the first signal group comprising at least a transmission signal which is spread using a first sequence of the plurality of sequences and the second signal group comprising transmission signals which are spread using other sequences of the plurality of sequences, the first signal group and the second signal group having different received power at the receiver; and to invert a constellation of the second signal group with respect to a constellation of the first signal group for transmission to the receiver. | 30,163 |
9,144,015 | 1. A method for a user equipment (UE), comprising: detecting a traffic history by the UE in a mobile communication network; determining a traffic indicator based on the detected traffic history; and transmitting the traffic indicator to a base station, wherein the traffic indicator indicates a time pattern of the traffic history, and wherein the traffic indicator comprises a history of time-periods when the UE was in RRC_IDLE mode or in RRC_CONNECTED mode. | 5,833 |
8,929,481 | 1. A method of transmitting a broadcast signal, the method comprising: building a signal frame based on service data; modulating the signal frame according to an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) scheme; inserting a symbol into a beginning part of the modulated signal frame; and transmitting the broadcast signal including the signal frame and the inserted symbol, wherein the symbol comprises an effective portion, a cyclic prefix obtained by frequency-shifting a first portion of the effective portion, and a cyclic suffix obtained by frequency-shifting a second portion of the effective portion, wherein the first portion is a foremost part of the effective portion and the second portion is a backmost part of the effective portion. | 41,257 |
9,238,600 | 1. A process for improving the yield of ethylene and propylene from a light naphtha feedstock, comprising: obtaining light naphtha feedstock from a primary cracking zone comprising a cracking catalyst; contacting the light naphtha feedstock with an olefin catalyst in an olefin producing zone to produce an ethylene- and propylene-rich stream; separating the olefin catalyst from the ethylene- and propylene-rich stream in a separator zone; regenerating at least a portion of the olefin catalyst by combusting coke deposited on a surface of the olefin catalyst in an oxygen-containing environment; directly heating at least a portion of the olefin catalyst by direct heat exchange outside of a reactor of the olefin producing zone with a stream of hot combustion gas, wherein at least a portion of the hot combustion gas is flue gas from a catalyst regenerator for the cracking catalyst; and returning the olefin catalyst to the olefin producing zone. | 8,095 |
8,350,259 | 1. An electronic circuit having opposite sides comprising: a carrier substrate; at least two organic components interconnected by conductor tracks and located on the carrier substrate, the at least two organic components and the conductor tracks being formed from layer portions including an uppermost layer portion remote from the carrier substrate, which uppermost layer portion has a patterned configuration comprising an electrically conducting material and having a side remote from the carrier substrate; the patterned uppermost layer portion side remote from the carrier substrate having at least one protective layer in congruent relationship with the uppermost layer portion; the at least two organic components including at least one first component of a first component type and at least one second component of a second component type different from the first type; wherein components of the same component type are respectively protected by a protective layer of the same composition and/or the same structure; and the at least one protective layer for covering the full surface of a side of the circuit and/or at least one film for covering the full surface area of a side of the circuit arranged on the side of the circuit that is remote from the carrier substrate. | 19,586 |
9,447,769 | 1. A motion device power generating system comprising a power generating assembly including: a housing having an inlet, an outlet, and a crank mount; a rotor assembly located within said housing; a fluid filling said housing; a drive gear assembly located within said housing; a crank being supported by said crank mount, wherein said drive gear assembly is suitably positioned adjacent and beneath said housing; a vertical columnar member supporting said housing; and a support stand supporting said vertical columnar member; wherein said drive gear assembly is mechanically connected between said vertical columnar member and said crank; wherein said rotor assembly further comprises a plurality of turbines mounted within confines of said housing; and wherein said turbines rotated as said crank is turned such that said fluid is displaced causing fluid flow, said fluid able to ingress through said inlet and able to egress out of said outlet, said fluid exiting said outlet having kinetic energy. | 48,616 |
8,590,868 | 1. A liquid-sealed antivibration device comprising: a first mounting member; a second mounting member having a cylindrical shape; a vibration-isolating base body which connects the first mounting member and the second mounting member and is made of a elastic material; a diaphragm which is mounted on the second mounting member so as to form a liquid sealed chamber between the diaphragm and the vibration-isolating base body and is formed of a elastic film; a partition element which partitions the liquid sealed chamber into a first liquid chamber on a vibration-isolating base body side and a second liquid chamber on a diaphragm side; and an orifice flow passage which allows the first liquid chamber and the second liquid chamber to be communicated with each other, wherein the partition element comprises: the elastic wall includes a through hole which is formed in an elastic wall portion thereof sandwiched between the pair of partition plates in such a manner that the through hole penetrates the elastic wall portion in the axial direction, gaps which are connected with the through hole are respectively formed between wall surfaces of the elastic wall and plate surfaces of the pair of partition plates which face the surfaces in an opposed manner, the first liquid chamber and the second liquid chamber are connected with each other by way of the through hole and the gaps in a state where a liquid is allowed to flow between the first liquid chamber and the second liquid chamber when the pair of partition plates is at a neutral position, and the through hole is configured to be blocked by the partition plates due to the displacement of the pair of partition plates in the axial direction and wherein the elastic wall includes clamped portions which are clamped in a compressed state in the axial direction by the pair of partition plates, and a plurality of through holes are formed in the elastic wall in a circumferential direction alternately with the clamped portions. | 16,011 |
9,591,661 | 1. A method to reduce scheduling requests sent to a wireless network by a wireless communication device when configured by the wireless network to use dynamically scheduled resources for a logical channel, the method comprising: by the wireless communication device: sending data to the wireless network over the logical channel using uplink radio resources assigned in grants provided by the wireless network without sending scheduling requests to the wireless network for the logical channel, when transmission of scheduling requests for the logical channel by the wireless communication device to the wireless network is disabled by the wireless network; receiving from the wireless network a first signaling message that enables transmission of scheduling requests for the logical channel, wherein the first signaling message is different than a resource message containing information that specifies a resource grant to the wireless communication device; sending to the wireless network at least one scheduling request that requests uplink radio resources for sending additional data to the wireless network, after receiving the first signaling message; receiving from the wireless network a second signaling message that disables transmission of scheduling requests for the logical channel; and resuming sending data to the wireless network over the logical channel using uplink radio resources assigned in grants provided by the wireless network without sending to the wireless network scheduling requests for the logical channel, while transmission of scheduling requests for the logical channel is disabled. | 42,341 |
8,704,495 | 1. An on-board charging control apparatus being suitable for charging an on-board secondary battery using an on-board charger, wherein the charger, the charging control apparatus, and the secondary battery are mounted on a vehicle having a motor driven by electric power of the secondary battery, comprising: a present time outputting unit configured to output a time signal indicating a present time; a charging start signal receiving unit configured to receive a charging start signal outputted from the charger when off-board electricity is supplied to the charger and then charging of the secondary batter b the charger starts; an operation signal receiving unit configured to receive an operation signal indicating that an operation state setting switch for supplying of the secondary battery's power to each of running system ECUs and ignition system ECUs has been turned ON; a charging end target time setting unit configured to receive the time signal from the present time outputting unit in response to the reception of the operation signal in the operation signal receiving unit, and set a charging end target time based on the present time of the received time signal; and a charging control unit configured to receive the time signal from the present time outputting unit in response to the reception of the charging start signal in the charging start signal receiving unit, set a charging schedule, based on the charging end target time and the present time being indicated by the time signal received in response to the reception of the charging start signal, such that the secondary battery can be charged by the charger according to the charging schedule until the charging end target time, produce a charging control signal according to the charging schedule, and output the charging control signal to the charger such that the charger performs charging of the secondary battery according to the charging schedule. | 10,104 |
9,464,516 | 1. A system comprising: a well drilled into an underground formation comprising hydrocarbons; a production facility at a topside of the well; a water production facility connected to the production facility; wherein the water production facility produces water by passing the water through a first and a second nanofiltration module, and then injects the water into the well wherein the underground formation is beneath a body of water and the production facility is floating on a body of water, and wherein the first nanofiltration module comprises a less selective nanofiltration membrane and the second nanofiltration module comprises a more selective nanofiltration membrane. | 44,430 |
9,166,848 | 1. A frequency-shift keying (FSK) receiver comprising: an injection-locking oscillating circuit disposed to receive a FSK input signal, and configured to output a locked signal having a phase that tracks a phase of the FSK input signal, a difference between the phases of the FSK input signal and the locked signal being associated with a difference between a frequency of the FSK input signal and a free-running frequency of said injection-locking oscillating circuit; a phase detecting circuit disposed to receive the FSK input signal, coupled to said injection-locking oscillating circuit for receiving the locked signal, and configured to output a baseband logic signal according to the difference between the phases of the FSK input signal and the locked signal; and a phase shifting circuit disposed to receive a first FSK input signal, and configured to shift a phase of the first FSK input signal by 180 degrees for outputting a second FSK input signal, the FSK input signal received by said injection-locking oscillating circuit including the first FSK input signal and the second FSK input signal; the locked signal outputted by said injection-locking oscillating circuit including a first locked signal and a second locked signal that have a phase difference of 180 degrees therebetween; wherein said injection-locking oscillating circuit includes: a first coupling transistor having a first terminal, a grounded second terminal and a control terminal; a second coupling transistor having a first terminal coupled to said control terminal of said first coupling transistor, a grounded second terminal, and a control terminal coupled to said first terminal of said first coupling transistor; a first input transistor having a first terminal coupled to said first terminal of said first coupling transistor and outputting the first locked signal, a second terminal, and a control terminal receiving the first FSK input signal; a second input transistor having a first terminal coupled to said first terminal of said second coupling transistor and outputting the second locked signal, a second terminal coupled to said second terminal of said first input transistor, and a control terminal receiving the second FSK input signal; two capacitors coupled in series between said first terminals of said first input transistor and said second input transistor; a resistor coupled between said first terminals of said first input transistor and said second input transistor; and a pair of inductors, each of which has a first terminal to be coupled to a voltage source, and a second terminal coupled to a respective one of said first terminals of said first input transistor and said second input transistor. | 39,270 |
9,642,072 | 1. A mobile electronic device, comprising: an acceleration sensor configured to a communicator configured to perform wireless communication with a base station; a detector configured to detect electric field intensity of radio waves received from the base station; a calculator configured to calculate a distance moved by the mobile electronic device, based on the accelerative signal, and a controller configured to wherein the communicator is configured to perform the wireless communication with the base station by a wireless LAN communication, when the detected electric field intensity is no more than a threshold while the moving status is the moving state, the controller is configured to disconnect the wireless LAN communication with the base station, when the calculated distance is at least a certain value, the controller is configured to raise the threshold, and the calculated distance is calculated during a time interval after the moving status changes from the stopped state to the moving state. | 15,929 |
8,734,559 | 1. A method of moderating an environment in an area where animal wastes are collected in a fluid containing compartment comprising: a) collecting animal waste in a fluid containing compartment, the animal waste generating or providing in or above the fluid containing compartment at least one waste selected from the group consisting of carbon dioxide, hydrogen sulfide, ammonia, methane, mercaptans and organic acids; b) providing in the fluid containing compartment a combination of i) a polymer capable of absorbing at least ten times its weight in water and ii) a combination of salts that react to liberate I 2 ; and c) flocculating an at least one waste collected in a) with liberated I 2 to form a flocculent with the polymer, iodine and the at least one waste. | 31,860 |
9,163,868 | 1. A method to store or increase the energy content of a reaction mixture by heating a reaction mixture comprising an inorganic oxoacid compound and/or its salt and water to cause an endothermic condensation reaction using heat from a heat source distinct from said reaction mixture. | 4,581 |
8,916,742 | 1. In an engineered designed article for pressure support that is anatomically configured to fit, support and protect a body part, the improvement comprising: portions of at least three integrated, combined elements shaped as portions of circles to form positive or negative pressure-concentrating means on at least one predetermined area of said body part, said portions of at least three integrated, combined elements shaped as portions of circles providing enhanced 360° quadrant to support at least one location; and a plurality of caps or holes extending through a central portion of said pressure-concentrating means for permitting intravenous tubing, medicaments and release of exudates therethrough. | 17 |
9,445,117 | 1. A method of tracing an error in a frame of a video to a subsequent frame of the video, each frame in the video being divided into a plurality of blocks arranged in a number of rows and columns, each frame of the video being encoded by a technique that comprises generating motion vectors for blocks of the frame, the method comprising: (a) receiving an error notification message at an encoder, the error notification message comprising information identifying an erroneous frame of the video and information identifying portions of the erroneous frame detected as having an error during decoding; (b) identifying, at the encoder, the frame immediately following the erroneous frame as a reference frame; (c) obtaining, at the encoder, minimum and maximum horizontal motion vector components for each column of blocks of the reference frame; (d) obtaining, at the encoder, minimum and maximum vertical motion vector components for each row of blocks of the reference frame; and (e) identifying, at the encoder, a rectangular region of blocks of the reference frame that the error is likely to have propagated to from the minimum and maximum horizontal and vertical motion vector components for the reference frame; wherein identifying the rectangular region of the reference frame comprises: identifying, at the encoder, rows of the reference frame that the error is likely to have propagated to from the maximum and minimum vertical motion vector components for the reference frame; and identifying, at the encoder, columns of the reference frame that the error is likely to have propagated to from the maximum and minimum horizontal motion vector components for the reference frame; wherein the rectangular region of the reference frame is defined as the intersection of the identified rows and columns. | 28,461 |
8,695,328 | 1. An exhaust purifying apparatus comprising: a secondary air supply pipe having a first end and a second end, said first end being adapted to be connected to an exhaust passage of an internal combustion engine; a secondary air control valve having an outlet opening being connected to the second end of the secondary air supply pipe for controlling a supply of secondary air to the secondary air supply pipe; an ambient air introduction passage operatively connected to an inlet opening of the secondary air control valve; and an air filter operatively connected to the ambient air introduction passage, wherein the air filter is fastened and mounted within a holding recessed portion formed in a rear part of an upper rear fender member with the outdoor air introduction passage being positioned within a holding groove formed in the upper rear fender member. | 12,278 |
9,375,544 | 1. A mask assembly kit for providing gas to a patient, comprising: (a) a mask body having an opening defined therein for reception of the gas, the mask body comprising: (b) a first elbow connector, the first elbow connector being valveless; and (c) a second elbow connector containing a valve, wherein each of the first elbow connector and the second elbow connector comprises: | 11,432 |
8,887,258 | 1. A method of binding a removable module to an access terminal, comprising: initializing the removable module at the access terminal; prior to receiving a command from the removable module, determining that a secret key is available for acquisition from the removable module; acquiring the secret key from the removable module responsive to the secret key being available from the removable module; storing the secret key in a memory of the access terminal as a terminal key; deactivating the secret key in the removable module such that the secret key is rendered inaccessible; receiving the command from the removable module to perform an authentication operation, wherein the command is a standard message having a command qualifier that represents an authentication challenge; obtaining a random value from the removable module in response to the command; calculating a response based on the random value and the terminal key stored in the memory of the access terminal; and transmitting the response to the removable module. | 13,823 |
9,426,979 | 1. A connection system for connecting components of an organ transport system, the connection system comprising: an organ transport container comprising a top portion and a bottom portion, the top and bottom portions configured to fit together to define an inner volume for containing an organ, the container further comprising a first mechanical connector and a first electrical connector; a transporter comprising: an organ preservation apparatus sized and configured to fit within the organ transport container, the apparatus comprising: wherein when the transporter body is secured in the container by the latch, the transporter body and the container are configured to be oriented such that the first and second electrical and mechanical connectors are aligned; and wherein the third mechanical connector of the lid assembly is configured to connect with a fourth mechanical connector located within the inner volume of the container, thereby aligning the third electrical connector of the lid assembly with a fourth electrical connector located within the inner volume of the container; and wherein when the top portion and bottom portion of the container are fit together, the apparatus is secured in place, thereby securing the alignment of the connectors. | 4,669 |
9,238,217 | 1. A catalyst for the preparation of an α,β-unsaturated carboxylic acid by gas phase oxidation of an α,β-unsaturated aldehyde, comprising a shaped support body with an active composition applied thereto, wherein the active composition coverage q is at most 0.3 mg/mm | 19,778 |
9,825,021 | 1. A semiconductor device comprising: a substrate; a gate positioned on the substrate; a drain region and a source region having a first conductivity type formed at respective two sides of the gate in the substrate; at least a first doped region having a second conductivity type formed in the drain region, the first conductivity type and the second conductivity type are complementary to each other; and at least a first well having the second conductivity type formed in the substrate under the drain region, and the first doped region being formed in the first well. | 45,145 |
8,464,897 | 1. A device that facilitates movement of a receptacle, comprising: a skid pad that is configured to be attachable to a bottom edge portion of the receptacle to facilitate the movement of the receptacle across a surface, wherein the skid pad is configured to span across the bottom edge portion associated with a first side portion of the receptacle that is associated with the bottom edge portion from a second side portion of the receptacle to a third side portion of the receptacle, wherein the second side portion and the third side portion are at respective ends of the first side portion; and one or more attachment facilitator components that are formed on the skid pad to facilitate attachment of the skid pad to the bottom edge portion of the receptacle. | 43,711 |
9,444,874 | 1. A method of establishing an ad-hoc network connection between a first device and a second device, wherein the first device is operable in a beacon mode to transmit beacons and a scanning mode to receive beacons, the method comprising: transmitting beacons, with the first device in the beacon mode, wherein beacon periods extend in between each of two consecutive beacon transmissions; during every Nth beacon period, scanning for beacons with the first device in the scanning mode for a scanning period that covers the beacon period, wherein N is an integer greater than one; while operating in the scanning mode during one of the Nth beacon periods, receiving, with the first device, a beacon from the second device; in response to receiving the beacon, determining, with the first device, whether to be configured as an enrollee to join an ad-hoc network established by the second device; in response to determining to be configured as the enrollee, prompting, with the first device, a user of the first device with an option to join the ad-hoc network established by the second device; in response to receiving a user response indicating to be configured as the enrollee, sending, with the first device, a second beacon that includes an attribute of the second device; and in response to determining not to be configured as the enrollee, discarding, with the first device, results of receiving the beacon without prompting the user with the option to loin the ad-hoc network established by the second device. | 22,711 |
9,006,877 | 1. A package for a micro-electromechanical device (MEMS package), comprising: an inner enclosure having an inner cavity defined therein; a fill port channel communicating with the inner cavity and of sufficient length to allow a quantity of adhesive to enter the fill port channel while preventing the adhesive from entering the inner cavity; and a flow control structure extending at least partially into the inner enclosure, the flow control structure preventing the adhesive from entering the cavity by physically separating the fill port channel from the inner cavity. | 41,024 |
8,455,954 | 1. A wireless device comprising: a first layer having a transistor; a first connection terminal which is formed on a surface of the first layer; a second layer having one or more passive elements selected from an inductor, a capacitor, and a resistor; a second connection terminal formed on a first plane of the second layer; a third connection terminal formed on a second plane which opposes to the first plane; an antenna having a first conductor, a second conductor, and a third conductor electrically connected to the third connection terminal, wherein the first layer and the second layer are electronically connected to each other, wherein the second conductor comprises a first region, a second region and a third region between the first region and the second region, wherein the second conductor is bent so that a surface of the first region is parallel to a surface of the second region, wherein the second conductor is separated by a first gap with the first conductor and by a second gap with the third conductor, and wherein the first conductor has a first surface facing the third conductor and a second surface opposing to the first surface. | 11,380 |
9,491,230 | 1. A method for managing network communications, comprising: receiving, at a ticket management system from a broker system, substantially real-time status information that identifies a status of a ticket for an event, the ticket being one managed by the broker system; updating a ticket data store to associate a ticket identifier for the ticket with the received real-time status information; receiving, at the ticket management system, a request for the ticket from a requester; identifying, using the ticket data store, that the broker system controls the ticket; facilitating transmission of one or more messages between the ticket management system and the broker system, the messages resulting in a request for transfer of the ticket to the requester; determining whether the request for transfer successfully resulted in the transfer of the ticket to the requester; updating, in a broker data store and based on the determination, a transfer-result variable associated with the broker; determining a success rate of the broker, wherein the success rate is the determined based on the transfer-result variable; determining whether the success rate meets a threshold value; and when it is determined that the success rate does not meet the threshold value, inhibiting the broker from participating in a future ticket transaction. | 19,991 |
9,000,945 | 1. A data transmission system for communicating with meters at remote locations through power transmission lines, comprising: a first power network providing power a first voltage level; a second power network connected to the first power network and distributing power at a second voltage level to a remote location, the second voltage level being lower than the first voltage level; a server connected to the first power network, the server communicating with a plurality of meters in communication with the second power network, the server comprising: a gateway connecting the first power network to the second power network, the gateway relaying messages from the first power network to the first set of meters in the second power network and relaying the responses to the broadcast message from the first set of meters to the server, | 46,425 |
8,779,706 | 1. A control apparatus for a rotary electric machine equipped with terminals receiving power from a DC power supply having positive and negative output terminals, comprising: a DC-AC converting circuit provided with serially connected circuits each having a high-potential-side switching element and a low-potential-side switching element, the high-potential-side and low-potential-side switching elements selectively connecting the terminals of the rotary electric machine to the positive and negative output terminals of the power supply for controlling a controlled variable of the rotary electric machine; a connecting/disconnecting circuit arranged to be electrically opened and closed between the DC-AC converting circuit and the power supply to electrically connect and disconnect an electric path connecting both the DC-AC converting circuit and the power supply; determining means configured to determine whether or not at least one of the high-potential-side and low-potential-side switching elements have a malfunction which is due to a short-circuit caused in at least one of the turned-on high-potential-side and low-potential-side switching elements; and failsafe performing means configured to, as a failsafe operation, electrically open the connecting/disconnecting circuit and turn on both the high-potential-side and low-potential-side switching elements residing in a part of the serially connected circuits when it is determined by the determining means that the at least one of the high-potential-side and low-potential-side switching elements have the malfunction such that the turned-on high-potential-side and low-potential-side switching elements realize a short-circuit state therein, wherein the determining means is configured to: | 44,471 |
9,683,119 | 1. An ink composition comprising: a pigment material; an uncured resin composition comprising: a solvent composition comprising: | 34,917 |
9,383,756 | 1. A method of using an automatic flight control system for a rotorcraft having an autopilot that generates commands in predefined operating modes, the commands causing a modification to the behavior of the rotorcraft relative to at least one progression axis (P, R, V, Y), the rotorcraft having manual control members to cause a modification to the behavior of the rotorcraft relative to at least one progression axis (P, R, V, Y), the method comprising: performing by the autopilot a path-maintaining function including at least one guide mode (G) of the autopilot for guiding the rotorcraft relative to at least one of the progression axes (P, R, V, Y) of the rotorcraft, in which the path-maintaining function includes receiving an acquisition request for a person to acquire at least one path setpoint defined by at least one flight parameter, each path setpoint relating to said at least one guide mode (G); as a result of the person driving at least one manual control member to cause a modification to the behavior of the rotorcraft relative to at least one progression axis (P, R, V, Y), generating by the autopilot: the path setpoints relating to the other guide modes (G) that have continued to be engaged and that relate to other progression axes (P, R, V, Y) being maintained in their states prior to said at least one manual control member being driven, and the commands generated by the autopilot relating to all of the progression axes that continue to be engaged being adapted by the autopilot depending on the current state of progression of the rotorcraft on the basis of said maintained path setpoints and on the basis of the acquired value of the at least one flight parameter for which said acquisition command was issued. | 49,785 |
8,735,912 | 1. A light-emitting element, comprising: a light-emitting layer provided between a transparent substrate and an electrode; a particle layer provided between the light-emitting layer and the transparent substrate; an adhesive layer provided between the transparent substrate and the particle layer; and a transparent electrode provided between the light-emitting layer and the adhesive layer, wherein the particle layer includes particles having a refraction index that is higher than a refraction index of the transparent electrode, and wherein the particle layer includes a binder formed of at least one organic material. | 22,997 |
9,270,394 | 1. A transmission device comprising: a transmitter configured to transmit connected transmission information indicating that connected transmission of a plurality of transmission channels is being performed, the connected transmission information including a field describing that a segment format of a transmission channel is a 13-segment format, wherein the transmission channel in the 13-segment format is transmitted as at least one of the plurality of transmission channels, and wherein the transmission device modulates a plurality of transport streams corresponding to the plurality of transmission channels by orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) and synchronizes a plurality of OFDM signals corresponding to the plurality of transmission channels in a direction of a time axis. | 38,682 |
9,114,803 | 1. A hybrid electric vehicle control apparatus, for use with a vehicle driven by an output of an engine and an output of an electric motor operable on power supplied by a battery, comprising: an accelerator pedal position sensor detecting a position of an accelerator pedal; a driving speed sensor detecting a vehicle speed; a battery state of charge sensor detecting a state of charge of the battery; and a drive-control controller which controls the engine and the electric motor, wherein the drive-control controller is configured to set a driving power target in response to a detected position of the accelerator pedal and a detected vehicle speed, to set a charge/discharge power target in response to a detected state of charge of the battery, to calculate an engine power target based on the driving power target and the charge/discharge power target, and to calculate an engine speed target based on the engine power target and a stored map, and wherein the engine speed target calculated by the drive-control controller is limited by a predetermined restricting value such that a change in the engine speed target does not exceed the predetermined restricting value, and wherein the drive-control controller is further configured to set an engine torque target based on the stored map and the engine speed target calculated by the drive-control controller and limited by the predetermined restricting value. | 31,215 |
9,146,719 | 1. A method comprising: compiling, by a computer system, a program into an executable file, the compiling comprising: | 4,579 |
8,860,390 | 1. An electronic device comprising: a switching power supply circuit, the switching power supply circuit having: | 2,083 |
9,814,005 | 1. A method for processing a radio frequency (RF) signal, the method comprising: down-converting an RF signal into a converted signal using a down-converter; obtaining a received signal strength indicator (RSSI) value based on an amplitude of the RF signal using an RSSI device; amplifying the converted signal based on the RSSI value using an amplifier; and freezing a gain of the amplifier if data reception is detected. | 29,184 |
9,158,093 | 1. An imaging lens comprising a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element, a fifth lens element, and a sixth lens element arranged in order from an object side to an image side along an optical axis of said imaging lens, each of said first lens element, said second lens element, said third lens element, said fourth lens element, said fifth lens element and said sixth lens element having a refractive power, an object-side surface facing toward the object side, and an image-side surface facing toward the image side, wherein: said object-side surface of said first lens element has a convex portion in a vicinity of the optical axis, and said image-side surface of said first lens element has a concave portion in a vicinity of the optical axis; said object-side surface of said second lens element has a convex portion in a vicinity of the optical axis; said object-side surface of said third lens element has a convex portion in a vicinity of the optical axis; said object-side surface of said fifth lens element has a convex portion in a vicinity of a periphery of said fifth lens element, and said image-side surface of said fifth lens element has a convex portion in a vicinity of the optical axis; said image-side surface of said sixth lens element has a concave portion in a vicinity of the optical axis, and said sixth lens element is made of a plastic material; said imaging lens does not include any lens element with refractive power other than said first lens element, said second lens element, said third lens element, said fourth lens element, said fifth lens element and said sixth lens element; and said imaging lens satisfying 1.0≦ALT/G23≦11.5, where ALT represents a sum of thicknesses of said first lens element, said second lens element, said third lens element, said fourth lens element, said fifth lens element and said sixth lens element at the optical axis; and G23 represents an air gap length between said second lens element and said third lens element at the optical axis. | 12,290 |
8,708,274 | 1. A propulsion engine of an aircraft comprising: a compressor, a combustor and a turbine mounted in flow series about a turbine axis; a shaft coupled to the turbine along the turbine axis; and first and second propulsion fans rotationally coupled to the turbine at opposite ends of the shaft; wherein the first and second propulsion fans rotate about axes that are substantially parallel to one another, and wherein the axes of the first and second propulsion fans are also transverse with respect to the turbine axis; wherein the propulsion engine is mounted transversely in a fuselage of the aircraft. | 7,932 |
9,271,976 | 1. A method for treating Alzheimer's disease, Alzheimer type dementia, age associated memory impairment, schizophrenia, attention deficit disorder (ADD), or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in a patient, comprising: administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of Formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, solvate or hydrate thereof, wherein A is C B is O or NH. | 10,838 |
9,804,280 | 1. An air gun, comprising: a housing having an operating chamber and discharge ports; a firing piston movable within the housing; a firing chamber attached to the housing, the firing chamber having a firing chamber seal adjacent an inner edge of the discharge ports providing zero acceleration distance and the firing chamber having a length that is at least two times greater than the diameter of the firing chamber; and the average rising slope of the primary pressure pulse from firing the air gun is less than 0.4 bar-m/ms. | 7,239 |
8,808,407 | 1. A method of manufacturing a lithium ion secondary battery comprising the steps of: forming a laminate by laminating an electrolyte green sheet and a positive electrode green sheet; and sintering the laminate, wherein a total amount of a first oxide glass powder contained in the electrolyte green sheet and a second oxide glass powder contained in the positive electrode green sheet is in a range of 50 wt % to 75 wt% of a total weight of the electrolyte green sheet and the positive electrode green sheet, wherein the first oxide glass powder and the second oxide glass powder contain: wherein the positive electrode green sheet contains the second oxide glass powder in which a crystalline phase having a lithium ion conducting property is precipitated in the step of sintering at a sintering temperature such that an average particle diameter of the crystalline phase is not exceeding 1 μm. | 44,508 |
8,441,079 | 1. A semiconductor device comprising: a first conductive layer; a first intermediate structure over the first conductive layer, the first intermediate structure comprising a metal silicide layer and a nitrogen containing metal layer; a second intermediate structure over the first intermediate structure, the second intermediate structure including at least a nitrogen containing metal silicide layer; and a second conductive layer over the second intermediate structure. | 38,033 |
9,771,457 | 1. A process for the production of a mercapto-terminated liquid polymer with the formula wherein each R is independently selected from: branched alkanediyl or branched arenediyl groups of the formula —R groups with the structure —(CH and wherein 0-20% of the number or R-groups in the polymer are said branched alkanediyl or branched arenediyl groups and 80-100% of the number or R-groups in the polymer have the structure —(CH wherein t has a value in the range 1-60, y is an average value in the range 1.0-1.5, q is an integer the range 1 to 8, and p and r are integers the range 1-10, said process comprising the following steps: | 43,762 |
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