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9,035,900 | 1. A touch detector comprising: a plurality of drive electrodes arranged side by side to extend in one direction; a detection electrode extending in a direction orthogonal to a direction where the drive electrodes extend, and arranged to form a capacitance at each of intersections with the drive electrodes; a scanning drive section sequentially selecting a predetermined plural number of target electrodes from the plurality of drive electrodes in a time-divisional manner, and applying a touch detection drive signal with a plurality of pulse waveforms for detecting an external adjacent object to the selected target electrodes to perform a scanning drive; and a touch detection section sampling a detection signal of the detection electrode at timings according to transitions of the plurality of pulse waveforms of the touch detection drive signal to detect an external adjacent object, wherein a scanning pitch in the scanning drive is smaller than the total width of the plural number of selected target electrodes in a drive area, the scanning drive section sequentially selects the target electrodes by shifting the drive area by the scanning pitch so that the shifted drive area includes a part of the most recently selected target electrodes, when the scanning drive section drives the target electrodes, the touch detection section completes detection of an external adjacent object in a region corresponding to the driven target electrodes, the plurality of drive electrodes includes two kinds of drive electrodes with different widths, the two kinds of drive electrodes are alternately arranged side by side, and in the scanning drive, while the touch detection drive signal is simultaneously applied to three adjacent target electrodes selected from the two kinds of drive electrodes which are alternately arranged side by side, scanning is performed to shift the target electrodes by two electrodes at a time. | 25,975 |
9,309,700 | 1. A glove compartment device comprising a lock body that is fixed to a lid that can open and close an opening of a compartment main body, a pivoting latch that is pivotably supported on the lock body so as to be engageable with a striker on the compartment main body, an engagement member that is supported on the lock body so as to be movable between a position of engagement with the pivoting latch that is in a state engaged with the striker and a position where the engagement is released, and responds to an operation from an exterior of the lid, a latch urging spring that is provided between the pivoting latch and the lock body while exhibiting a spring force that urges the pivoting latch to a position in which the engagement with the striker is released, and a plate spring that is mounted on the lock body so as to abut against the striker when the striker is engaged with the pivoting latch and urge the striker to disengage from the pivoting latch, wherein the plate spring has a first side abutting against a reverse face of the lock body and a first end engaged with the lock body, and the latch urging spring, which is a torsion spring, has one end engaged with the lock body and in direct contact with a second side of the plate spring at a second end such that the latch urging spring prevents disengagement of the first end of the plate spring from the lock body. | 8,772 |
9,456,482 | 1. A lighting fixture associated with a first group of lighting fixtures, which is located in the same environment as a second group of lighting fixtures, the lighting fixture comprising: a light source configured to emit light; an ambient light sensor; and circuitry configured to: | 14,743 |
8,473,175 | 1. A system comprising: multiple marine vessels, wherein each of the marine vessels includes a controller for automatically adjusting a speed of the corresponding marine vessel, wherein the speed of each of the marine vessels is automatically adjusted according to factors that affect the speed of the marine vessel, and wherein the controller of a first of the marine vessels is to further adjust the speed of the first marine vessel based on the speed of at least a second of the marine vessels. | 49,058 |
8,817,205 | 1. A light emitting device comprising: a light guide member having a first surface and a second surface that is opposite the first surface; a light source having at least one LED; a light adjusting member positioned between the light source and a first portion of the first surface of the light guide member; a first reflective plate formed on a second portion of the first surface of the light guide member; and a second reflective plate formed on the second surface of the light guide member, wherein the light adjusting member includes a surface portion and a plurality of columnar projections on the surface portion, each of the plurality of columnar projections having a distal end surface and first and second side surfaces, the distal end surfaces of the projections are in contact with the first portion of the first surface of the light guide member, the light source, the light adjusting member, the light guide member, and the second reflective plate are arranged in this order in a direction perpendicular to a flat surface of the first reflective plate, the light adjusting member and the light source are positioned on the first portion of the first surface of the light guide member, in plan view, the light source, the adjusting member, the light guide member, and the second reflective plate are overlapped in each other, in plan view, the first reflective plate does not overlap the light source, in plan view, a large portion of the first reflective plate does not overlap a large portion of the second reflective plate, and a first plane area of the first reflective plate is larger than a second plane area of the second reflective plate. | 30,359 |
8,934,488 | 1. A method comprising: in a processor, using a classifier table having a plurality of rules, the plurality of rules having at least one field, building a decision tree structure including a plurality of nodes, each node representing a subset of the plurality of rules; grouping rules, by the processor, based on whether or not rules overlap; assigning, by the processor, priority values to the plurality of rules including assigning unique priority values within each group of overlapping rules and enabling non-overlapping rules to have a same priority value; and storing, by the processor, the decision tree structure, including storing the plurality of rules and the priority value assigned, in a memory. | 29,960 |
8,717,137 | 1. An apparatus, comprising: a metal layer; a first passivation layer formed on the metal layer, the first passivation layer having a channel therethrough running to the metal layer; a redistribution layer formed on the first passivation layer and formed in the channel, such that the redistribution layer contacts the metal layer and is configured to route signals; a second passivation layer formed on the first passivation layer and the redistribution layer; and a passive electrical element at least partially formed in the redistribution layer; wherein a thickness of the redistribution layer is based on a desired Q factor; and wherein the redistribution layer is the furthest metal layer from a substrate layer. | 12,884 |
9,299,765 | 1. A metal-insulator-metal (MIM) capacitor comprising: a first electrode; a second electrode disposed proximate the first electrode; an insulator layer between the first and second electrodes; and a reactive layer positioned proximate the insulator layer between the first and second electrodes and configured to allow altering of the reactive layer to change a capacitive value of the MIM capacitor, the reactive layer including a reactive conductor wherein the reactive layer includes silicon dioxide (SiO | 29,392 |
9,382,595 | 1. A process for the conversion of a non-metallic aluminum dross residue containing variable level of aluminum (Al) and aluminum nitride (AlN) contaminated by at least one of: an alkali or alkaline earth halide salt, a sulfur product and/or a heavy metal oxide, into a pre-melted substantially purified calcium aluminate product, the process comprising the steps of: a) mixing said dross residue with a calcium carbonate compound to produce a mixture; b) heating said mixture in a furnace, under oxidizing conditions above a melting temperature of calcium aluminate, and maintaining said mixture in liquid state long enough to achieve the following: c) discharging said enriched liquid calcium aluminate outside said furnace; and d) letting said liquid calcium aluminate solidify to achieve a pre-melted substantially purified calcium aluminate product, essentially free from alkali halide salt and/or sulfur product and/or heavy metal oxide; wherein said pre-melted substantially purified calcium aluminate product is stable and suitable for use in purification and treatment of liquid iron and steel. | 6,863 |
8,707,655 | 1. A roof mount, comprising: a bracket adapted for attachment to a roof surface, said bracket further including a first threaded attachment element; a sheet member having a top surface and a bottom surface for disposition facing the roof surface, said sheet member further including: a body having an end with a second threaded attachment element configured to engage said first threaded attachment element, wherein at least a portion of said bottom surface of said raised section of said sheet member is compressed against a top surface of said bracket when said first and second threaded attachment elements are threadably engaged. | 40,236 |
8,406,116 | 1. A method of initiating a data exchange session among mobile devices, the method comprising: receiving, at a server, a request from an initiating mobile device to allocate a session identifier to use in a data exchange session with a participating mobile device, wherein the session identifier comprises a network port number of the server; transmitting, from the server, the session identifier to the initiating mobile device, wherein the initiating mobile device uses a page-mode messaging service to assist in communicating the session identifier to the participating mobile device and wherein the page-mode messaging service utilizes a unique identifier to locate the participating mobile device; establishing, at the server, connections with the initiating mobile device and the participating mobile device based on the session identifier; and facilitating, at the server, the data exchange session between the initiating mobile device and the participating mobile device. | 32,894 |
8,661,629 | 1. A roller-loaded zipper slide used in a zip fastener, comprising a top slide body block, a bottom slide body block, a center block connected between said top slide body block and said bottom slide body block, an internal chamber defined in between said top slide body block and said bottom slide body block, and a crown located on a top side of said top slide body block and holding a pull tab; wherein the roller-loaded zipper slide further comprises wherein said to slide body block comprises two coupling grooves horizontally disposed therein at two opposite sides in a parallel manner; said roller bracket comprises two opposite rails respectively inserted into said coupling grooves, and a plurality of locating notches symmetrically located at said rails and affixed to said top slide body block with fastening members. | 41,611 |
9,307,960 | 1. A tissue sampling device, configured to obtain a tissue sample in the shape of a long core, the device comprising: an elongate sheath having a flexibility to advance through tortuous airway anatomy; a shaft extending in the sheath, where the shaft and sheath are moveable relative to one another, the shaft comprising a proximal section and a distal section; a coring tip located at the distal section of the shaft, the coring tip having a tissue cutting distal end, and a cavity therein adapted such that the tissue cutting distal end is configured to cut and simultaneously capture the long core of the tissue sample upon axial advancement of the coring tip from the shaft through a target tissue; and a handle comprising a single-handed actuation assembly operative to advance the coring tip a pre-determined distance in an axial direction from the sheath at a velocity and force which penetrates the target tissue surface and simultaneously captures the long tissue sample core. | 22,283 |
8,846,666 | 1. A compound of the formula I in which A is CH, N; L is R1, —CH(R10)(R11); R10, R11 are each independently H, F, Cl, Br, I, OH, CF R6 is H, OH, CF R1 is (C R2 is H, F, (C R3, R4, R5, R13 are each independently (C 4 to 12-membered heterocycle, —(C or R4 and R5 together form a —CH═CH—CH═CH—chain; R7, R8 are each independently H, mono- or poly-fluorine-substituted (C R9 is H, OH, OCH and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. | 16,098 |
9,604,406 | 1. A computer-implemented method of printing a three-dimensional (3D) article from a 3D design file describing a 3D design, the method comprising: receiving, at a computer processor, the 3D design file in encrypted format, the 3D design file comprising a unique design file identifier and a unique 3D printer identifier identifying a 3D printer capable of printing a three-dimensional article in accordance with the 3D design file; constructing, using the computer processor, an authentication request for authenticating use of the design file with the 3D printer specified by the 3D printer identifier, the request including the unique design file identifier and the unique 3D printer identifier; transmitting the authentication request from the computer processor to an authentication server; receiving, at the computer processor, an authentication response from the authentication server, the response enabling printing of the article from the 3D design file on the specified 3D printer, the response comprising a decryption key arranged to decrypt the encrypted 3D design file; using the decryption key, at the computer processor, to decrypt the received encrypted 3D design file, comprising decrypting two-dimensional (2D) contour data included in the 3D design file, and sending the decrypted 3D design file to the 3D printer associated with the unique 3D printer identifier; and printing the article in accordance with the decrypted 2D contour data at the 3D printer. | 43,036 |
8,389,454 | 1. A cleansing material for a thin film transistor array panel, comprising: ultrapure water (H | 38,988 |
9,153,950 | 1. A wire lead-in device for leading a wire into a building from above a roofing material laid on a roof structural member, comprising: a main body having a transversely long plate-like base part that is mounted on the roofing material, an insertion hole that penetrates through the base part and through which the wire is capable of being inserted, a peripheral wall that surrounds the wire passing through the insertion hole and extending to an eaves side on the roofing material from right, left, and ridge sides, extends upward from an upper surface of the base part, and extends to the eaves side relative to an eaves-side edge of the base part, and of which lower ends of portions extending to the eaves side relative to the eaves-side edge are inclined upward toward the eaves side, and a plate-like inclined bottom wall that couples the inclined lower ends of the peripheral wall and extends from the eaves-side edge of the base part to the eaves side, and a lid member that is detachably mounted on the main body and is capable of closing an upper opening of the peripheral wall, wherein the main body further includes a cylindrical bank part that extends upward from a peripheral edge of the insertion hole above an upper surface of the base part so as to be lower than the peripheral wall. | 22,287 |
9,782,463 | 1. A method for stimulating a host immune response against a tumor comprising: selecting cells from a normal donor of which at least a portion are T-cells; activating and formulating said donor cells ex vivo in media suitable for infusion into a host cancer patient, wherein said cells are activated by CD3 and CD28 surface antigen cross-linking; and administering said activated donor cells to the host who has a 50% or less tissue match to said normal donor. | 30,815 |
9,023,753 | 1. A bifunctional isomerization-metathesis catalyst for the concurrent isomerization and metatheses of a mixed butene feed, comprising: a catalyst compound comprising at least one element selected from tungsten, tantalum, niobium, molybdenum, nickel, palladium, osmium, iridium, rhodium, vanadium, ruthenium, and rhenium for providing metathesis activity on a support comprising a magnesia-alumina hydrotalcite; wherein an exposed surface area of the support provides both | 8,812 |
9,009,508 | 1. A method of operating a processor comprising: detecting an interrupt having a first core of the processor as a destination core; and handling the interrupt by a second core of the processor in response to the first core being in a low-power state, wherein handling the interrupt by the second core comprises: increasing the power state of the first core to a target power state; and transferring instruction execution from the second core to the first core in response to the first core reaching the target power state, wherein transferring execution comprises: | 13,113 |
9,213,742 | 1. A method comprises: receiving a first coded matrix that includes a first plurality of pairs of coded values corresponding to first data segments of a first data stream and a second data stream, wherein a pair of coded values of the first plurality of pairs of coded values includes a first coded value corresponding to the first data segment of the first data stream and a second coded value corresponding to the first data segment of the second data stream; receiving a second coded matrix that includes a second plurality of pairs of coded values corresponding to first data segments of a third data stream and a fourth data stream, wherein a pair of coded values of the second plurality of pairs of coded values includes a third coded value corresponding to the first data segment of the third data stream and a fourth coded value corresponding to the first data segment of the fourth data stream, wherein the first data segments of the first, second, third, and fourth data streams are time aligned; generating a new coded matrix to include a plurality of groups of selected coded values, wherein one of the plurality of groups of selected coded values includes at least two of the first, second, third, and fourth coded values; and outputting the plurality of groups of selected coded values to a requesting entity in a manner to maintain the time alignment of the first data segments of the first, second, third, and fourth data streams. | 21,074 |
8,590,224 | 1. Photovoltaic module arranged in layers from top or sky face (a) to bottom or roof face (e) comprising: (a) a transparent front sheet, (b) a transparent adhesive layer, (c) a plastic or metallic film/foil which carries an active layer, (d) a back layer comprising an adhesive layer, and (e) a lower metal foil or rigid plastic sheet, | 30,008 |
8,612,505 | 1. A method comprising: during a first stage of a Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) operation: reading a plurality of first input values from a plurality of first memory banks of a first memory based on the reading of the plurality of first input values occurring during the first stage of the FFT operation, performing, using the plurality of first input values, a first calculation of the FFT operation to obtain a plurality of first output values, writing the plurality of first output values to a plurality of second memory banks of a second memory based on the writing of the plurality of first output values occurring during the first stage of the FFT operation, | 39,433 |
8,904,260 | 1. A memory system comprising: a first data source having N bits; a first parity generator connected to said first data source generating parity bits corresponding to said N bits; a second data source having 2N bits; a second parity generator connected to an upper half of bits of said second data source generating parity bits corresponding to N upper half bits; a third parity generator connected to a lower half of bits of said second data source generating parity bits corresponding to N lower half bits; a first multiplexer having a first input connected to said first parity generator receiving both said N bits and corresponding parity bits, a second input connected to said second parity generator receiving both said N upper half bits and corresponding parity bits and an output; a second multiplexer having a first input connected to said first parity generator receiving both said N bits and corresponding parity bits, a second input connected to said third parity generator receiving both said N lower half bits and corresponding parity bits and an output; a memory including wherein the memory system controls said first and second multiplexers to perform one of | 35,430 |
8,562,989 | 1. An isolated monoclonal antibody or antigen-binding fragment thereof that immunospecifically binds to an epitope of a 161P2F10B protein comprising residue 122 of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 17. | 31,654 |
9,132,776 | 1. A side mirror control system for vehicle comprising: a first mirror module and driving unit for driving a first side mirror on one side of the vehicle; a second mirror module and driving unit for driving a second side mirror on the other side of the vehicle; and a driver door module controlling the first mirror module and driving unit and the second mirror module driving unit so that folding finish points of time of the first side mirror and the second side mirror are coincident with each other, wherein, when the driver door modules receives an instructor for driving one of the first and second side mirrors, the driver door module computes the folding finish times of the first and second side mirrors, respectively, when folding each of the first and second mirrors from its current position at a same speed, and then compares the computed folding finish times and when the folding finish times of the first side mirror and the second side mirror are different from each other, the driver door module adjust a folding speed of one of the first side mirror and the second side mirror in response to a difference between the folding finish times of the first and second side mirrors. | 26,657 |
9,407,255 | 1. A circuit for charging and discharging a node with a limited current, comprising: an output node of the circuit configured to be charged or discharged as rapidly as possible subject to a predefined maximum current; a first potential varying stage, which is designed to couple the output node of the circuit to a supply potential in reaction to an input signal, wherein a first current flows, wherein the first current is below the predefined maximum current, dependent on a potential of the output node of the circuit, between the output node of the circuit and the supply potential through the first potential varying stage; a second potential varying stage, which is designed to couple the output node of the circuit to the supply potential after the difference between the potential of the output node of the circuit and the supply potential drops below a predefined threshold value via the first current, the second potential varying stage comprising a second output node, the second output node configured to provide a second logical control signal, wherein a second current flows, dependent on the potential of the output node of the circuit and the logical control signal, between the output node of the circuit and the supply potential through the second potential varying stage; a third potential varying stage comprising a third output node, the third output node configured to provide a third logical control signal, the third potential varying stage designed to couple the output node of the circuit to the supply potential via the third logical control signal when the difference between the potential of the output node of the circuit and the supply potential lies below a further predefined threshold value; wherein when the first potential varying stage and the second potential varying stage are coupled to the output node of the circuit, the sum of the first current and the second current are below the predefined maximum current. | 35,289 |
9,024,892 | 1. A mobile device, comprising: a display panel, configured to display images; a touch panel, configured to detect a gesture and receive a sensing signal corresponding to the gesture, wherein the touch panel is further configured to calculate at least one contact point produced by the gesture according to the sensing signal, and produce at least one trigger signal according to the contact point, wherein the touch panel is further configured to detect the gesture at a first frequency in a normal operating mode; and a processing unit, configured to operate at a first operating frequency when the mobile device is in the normal operating mode, and operate at a second operating frequency lower than the first operating frequency when the mobile device is in a hibernate mode, the touch panel continues to detect the gesture at a second frequency in the hibernate mode, and the second frequency is lower than the first frequency; a determination unit configured to determine whether the sensing signal produces a predetermined number of the trigger signals and whether the trigger signals last for a predetermined period, when the mobile device is in the hibernate mode, determine whether the at least one contact point corresponding to the gesture constitute a natural gesture meeting ergonomic standards according to positions of the at least one contact point represented by the trigger signals when the sensing signal produces the predetermined number of the trigger signals and the trigger signals last for the predetermined period, wherein the predetermined number is four or five, calculate a barycenter of the trigger signals according to the positions of the at least one contact point represented by the trigger signals, and determine whether the at least one contact point corresponding to the gesture constitute the natural gesture according to the barycenter; calculate a plurality of distances between the trigger signals and the barycenter; and compare the longest distance of the calculated distances with the other distances of which to determine whether the contact points corresponding to the gesture constitute the natural gesture. | 37,929 |
9,487,635 | 1. A devolatilisation apparatus comprising at least one extruder, the extruder comprising: a barrel and n barrel holes B one or more screws W at least one feed zone, one or more devolatilisation zones comprising in each case at least one devolatilisation opening which is suitable for discharge of volatile constituents from a polymer-containing medium from the extruder, at least one discharge zone, and wherein the treatment elements comprise screw elements having a pitch t, and the screw element are configured so that each of the following three conditions are met: | 8,072 |
9,165,957 | 1. A detecting device, comprising: a detecting device including wherein the pixel electrode, impurity semiconductor portion, and semiconductor portion are formed upon the substrate in that order from the substrate side; wherein the impurity semiconductor portion includes and wherein a concentration of a dopant in the second region is higher than a concentration of a dopant in the first region. | 24,546 |
9,438,072 | 1. A server, comprising: a power module, configured to supply a standby voltage under a standby mode and supply a working voltage under a working mode; a detection circuit, coupled to the power module and configured to a working mode signal specifying whether the server is under the standby mode or the working mode, and output a control signal according to a potential of the working mode signal; a switching circuit, coupled to the detection circuit and the power module and configured to be supplied with the working voltage, the standby voltage and a converted control signal generated by converting the control signal, and according to the converted control signal, supply either the working voltage or the standby voltage; at least one first electric component, coupled to the switching circuit and configured to work under the working mode only; and at least one second electric component, coupled to the switching circuit and configured to work under both of the standby mode and the working mode, wherein when the server is under the standby mode, the switching circuit supplies the standby voltage to the second electric component according to the converted control signal, and when the server is under the working mode, the switching circuit supplies the working voltage to the first electric component and the second electric component according to the converted control signal. | 18,092 |
8,732,917 | 1. A solar panel clamp, comprising: first and second opposing clamp portions; the first clamp portion comprising a first end and a second end, the first end including a first projection and the second end including a first recess; the second clamp portion comprising a first end and a second end, the first end including a second recess and the second end including a second projection; a fastener engageable with the first and second clamp portions; the clamp having a loosened configuration in which the first projection is received within the second recess and the second projection is spaced apart from the first recess by a first distance, and the clamp further has a tightened configuration in which the first projection is received within the second recess and the second projection is receivable within the first recess; one of the first and second clamp portions further includes a receiving section disposed substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the solar panel clamp, the receiving section having at least one fastener hole to facilitate connecting said clamp to a solar panel grid. | 12,948 |
9,097,627 | 1. A punching device for processing dried samples applied to a sample card comprising at least one punching head having a punch and a lower die, wherein the punch is movable between a rest position in which the punch is away from the lower die and a punching position in which the punch is close to the lower die, and wherein the punching head has a receiving opening into which a sample card is introducible by a movable gripper unit of the punching device and the moveable gripper unit is positionable relative to the punching head, and a punching drive which is couplable or coupled to the punch of the punching head and is configured to drive the movement of the punch between the rest position and the punching position, wherein the punching head is set up such that a sample piece punched out of the sample card can be dispensed at an outlet opening of the lower die into a receiving recess in a receiving container arranged beneath the punching head, wherein the punching device has a receiving plate which forms a cover of a housing, sealed toward the outside, for a drive unit by way of which a transport frame resting on the receiving plate and coupled in a contactless manner is moved in a plate plane relative to the punching head. | 3,207 |
9,023,181 | 1. A pyrolyzer system comprising: a bowl; a heater jacketing the bowl and heating the bowl to pyrolysis temperatures; a first screen positioned at or near a top of the bowl; a second screen positioned at or near a bottom of the bowl; a catalyst material positioned between the first and second screens, the first screen, the bowl, the heater, the catalyst, and the second screen comprising a cracking pipe, the cracking pipe further comprising a stem adjacent the bottom of the bowl; the stem being connected to a modulating means and a vacuum source; and, a feedstock and a means for pyrolyzing the feedstock, the feedstock being positioned on the first screen; wherein the pyrolyzer system is structured so that, as the feedstock is pyrolyzed, gas generated by pyrolysis is drawn through the first screen, through the catalyst material, and then through the second screen in series, and into the stem. | 32,790 |
9,707,964 | 1. A device for recognizing a water passage or a high water level for a vehicle having an internal combustion engine and an exhaust system, the device comprising: at least one exhaust sensor monitoring functionality of an emission control system, and having thermal shock susceptibility; at least one distance sensor; and a control and evaluation unit electrically connected to the at least one distance sensor and configured to | 42,277 |
9,257,539 | 1. A method for manufacturing a transistor device, comprising: providing a plurality of parallel nanowires on a substrate, each nanowire having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end and the second end of each nanowire are connected to each other by a connection portion, wherein the plurality of nanowires and the connection portions comprise a same material; providing a dummy gate structure over a central portion of the parallel nanowires, thereby covering the central portion of the parallel nanowires; epitaxially growing extension portions selectively on the parallel nanowires and the connection portions, outside of the central portion of the parallel nanowires, wherein the extension portions comprise a second material; providing a filler layer around and on top of the dummy gate structure and the extension portions; flattening the filler layer, whereby an upper surface of the dummy gate structure is exposed; removing the dummy gate structure, whereby a gate trench is created and whereby the central portion of the parallel nanowires is exposed; providing spacer structures on sidewalls of the gate trench, whereby a final gate trench is defined; thereafter, thinning the parallel nanowires, whereby free space in between the nanowires and the spacer structures is created, resulting in an extended exposed portion of the parallel nanowires; and selectively growing a quantum well layer on or around the parallel nanowires, at least partially filling the free space, whereby a connection between the quantum well layer and respective extension portions is provided. | 16,781 |
9,417,908 | 1. A system for managing delivery of content to a computing device, said system comprising: a memory area associated with a first computing device, said memory area storing state data relating to a battery of the first computing device, said state data including a location of the first computing device; and a processor programmed to: | 47,042 |
9,564,103 | 1. An image processing circuit, suitable for an electronic device and comprising: a light sensor, configured to sense an intensity of ambient light and output an intensity signal; an image control unit, coupled to the light sensor and receiving an image signal, wherein the image control unit determines an image luminance value corresponding to a first image data of the image signal according to the intensity signal; a Gamma curve look-up table, coupled to the image control unit and controlled by the image control unit to output a luminance value signal corresponding to the image luminance value; a backlight control unit, coupled to the image control unit and controlled by the image control unit to output a backlight luminance signal corresponding to the image luminance value; and an image processing unit, coupled to the Gamma curve look-up table and the backlight control unit to output a second image data corresponding to the first image data according to the luminance value signal and the backlight luminance signal, wherein when the intensity of ambient light source is greater than or equal to a first threshold value and the electronic device is operated according to a battery power, the image control unit determines the image luminance value corresponding to the first image data of the image signal according to the intensity signal and the second image data is different from the first image data; when the intensity of ambient light source is less than the first threshold value and the electronic device is operated according to the battery power, the image control unit determines the image luminance value corresponding to the first image data of the image signal according to the intensity signal and the second image data is the same as the first image data. | 32,181 |
9,021,989 | 1. An ultrasonic stimulating pet toy having a prerecorded sound chip that emits a squeak-like sound that replicates a vocalization of a mouse and having an initial waveform produced by said squeak at a frequency of greater than approximately 6 kHz and less than approximately 12 kHz, wherein said pet toy comprises a motion sensor therein, said sound chip emits said squeak upon a detection by said motion sensor. | 13,011 |
9,817,115 | 1. A weather radar system comprising a rotating base around a vertical axis, on which at least one array of antennas is mounted, the azimuth radiation of said antenna arrays being synthesized by the ROSAR technique producing an equivalent resolution between 0.5 and 2 degrees wherein the antennas comprise waveguides whose radiating apertures are shaped as narrow vertical rectangular apertures, wherein said waveguides are radially arranged around said axis, wherein a variation of the radiation angle in elevation between 0 and 90° is provided by a support device comprising three horizontal platforms, of which at least one is vertically displaceable. | 46,688 |
9,068,240 | 1. A method for thermally processing α-spodumene by which treatment it is transformed into ρ-spodumene; wherein concentrate or ore with a grain size of 20-1,000 μm is processed in a fluidized bed reactor, at a temperature within a range of 800-1,000° C., by using an oxygenous gas as the fluidizing gas, wherein the temperature within the range 800-1,000° C. is chosen to limit formation of molten phases to less than 15% in the fluidized bed; and wherein such method outputs β-spodumene, discharged gas, and dust, followed by using the thermal energy of the discharged gas to preheat air to be fed into the fluidized bed reactor, wherein at least part of the dust is recovered by a cyclone and a fiber filter and returned to the fluidized bed reactor and wherein the dust obtained from a fluidized bed cooler is combined with the discharged gas. | 17,583 |
9,312,515 | 1. An organic electroluminescent device having a plurality of pixels each having a light-emitting region therein, comprising: a substrate; an insulating layer formed on the substrate; a plurality of lower electrodes formed over the insulating layer, respectively in the plurality of light-emitting regions; light-emitting layers formed respectively on the lower electrodes in the plurality of light-emitting regions; and an upper electrode formed on the light-emitting layers, wherein a void is formed between the insulating layer and the lower electrodes thereover, and wherein in plan view, an opening in the upper electrode is in a region between adjacent pixels, the opening being a through hole communicating with said void. | 22,266 |
8,889,781 | 1. A thermoplastic composition comprising a) 20 to 80 weight percent of a recycled thermoplastic composition comprising polyamide resin, polypropylene and mineral filler, wherein said recycled thermoplastic composition comprises at least 60 weight percent content of recycled polyamide selected from the group consisting of polyamide 66, polyamide 6, blends of polyamide 66 and polyamide 6, and copolymers having repeat units of polyamide 66 and polyamide 6; and at least 1 weight percent content of polypropylene, and wherein said recycled polyamide content is equal to the percent nitrogen content as compared to the nitrogen content of a pure polyamide 66 standard, said nitrogen content being determined by a Nitrogen Combustion Analysis Determination Method; and said polypropylene content is as determined by subtraction of the polyamide content and mineral filler content, as determined from Nitrogen combustion analysis and Ash Analysis, respectively, from the total weight of recycled thermoplastic; b) 5 to 20 weight percent of polymer toughener, wherein said polymer toughener consists essentially of at least 50 to 85 weight percent non-functionalized rubber and 15 to 50 weight percent of a functionalized rubber; c) 10 to 50 weight percent reinforcing agent having a minimum aspect ratio of 3; d) 0 to 40 weight percent of virgin polyamide 66 and/or post industrial polyamide 66 comprising greater than 98 weight percent polyamide 66; and e) 0 to 10 weight percent of additives selected from the group consisting of mold release, flow enhancers, thermal stabilizers, antistatic agents, blowing agents, lubricants, plasticizers, and colorant and pigments; wherein the weight percents of a), b), c), d) and e) are based on the total weight of the thermoplastic resin composition. | 45,819 |
8,565,310 | 1. A method for performing motion compensated prediction for video images, comprising the steps of: performing a data reduction operation on a decoded image to produce a set of reduced image data; storing non-reduced image data and the set of reduced image data; receiving a motion vector; comparing a measure of a size of the motion vector to a predetermined threshold; conditionally selecting between the stored non-reduced image data and the stored set of reduced image data based on the result of the comparison; and performing motion compensated prediction using the motion vector and the selected image data. | 23,418 |
9,633,118 | 1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: hosting a website providing web-accessible content; aggregating data from tracking web behavior of a plurality of users that access various types of content on a plurality of websites into categories, the categories based on a type of content; generating a plurality of user types based on the categories, a user type describing a group of users who access a similar category of web content and who do not access content associated with other user types; associating a first user type for a first user from the plurality of user types; determining a contrasting type for the first user, the contrasting type is divergent to the first user type; receiving a request for web-accessible content by the first user; obtaining content associated with the contrasting type; and providing web-accessible content to the first user, the web-accessible content including the requested content and the content associated with the contrasting type, wherein by providing the content associated with the contrasting type a user is engaged to spend more time at the website or to take additional actions based on the web-accessible content. | 47,257 |
8,978,467 | 1. A method for controlling sensors utilized in a transportation refrigeration unit including a container and having a refrigeration unit controller and a GENSET to power said transportation refrigeration unit, comprising: coupling the transportation refrigeration unit to a transportation refrigeration unit data acquisition and control module via an RS-485 control bus for controlling the transportation refrigeration unit, wherein the transportation refrigeration unit data acquisition and control module is wirelessly connected to one or more dynamic data centers for remote bi-directional communication; coupling the GENSET to a GENSET data acquisition and control module via the RS-485 control bus, wherein the GENSET is controlled through an input from the one or more dynamic data centers wirelessly transmitted to the GENSET data acquisition and control module; coupling the refrigeration unit controller to the GENSET via the RS-485 bus; providing the same RS-485 control bus to couple refrigeration unit sensors, GENSET sensors, and container sensors to the refrigeration unit controller, wherein the RS-485 bus is directly connected to the sensors, the RS-485 bus provides bi-directional communication with the sensors to be able to set sensor parameters and to be able to monitor sensor outputs; monitoring the refrigeration unit sensors, GENSET sensors, and container sensors utilizing the RS-485 bus; and controlling the refrigeration unit sensors, GENSET, GENSET sensors, and container sensors with wireless signals communicated to the transportation refrigeration unit data acquisition and control module and the GENSET data acquisition and control module from the one or more dynamic data centers. | 43,248 |
8,638,655 | 1. A remote unit using frequency guard bands in a multipoint-to-point communication system in which orthogonal frequency division multiplexed carriers are used for carrying upstream and downstream communications, and in which more than one remote unit, after receiving allocations of orthogonal frequency division multiplexed carriers for upstream communications, may transmit upstream communications that are received at a host at the same time, the remote unit comprising: a radio frequency receiver communicatively coupled with the host unit, the radio frequency receiver receiving downstream communications carried on orthogonal carriers; a radio frequency transmitter communicatively coupled with the host unit in a multipoint-to-point configuration, the radio frequency transmitter configured to transmit upstream payload communications using orthogonal carriers allocated by the host; the radio frequency transmitter including at least one converter that generates an analog signal based on a stream of time domain in-phase and quadrature phase data, wherein the radio frequency transmitter transmits the analog signal using orthogonal carriers; a multi-carrier modulator coupled to the radio frequency transmitter and configured to modulate upstream payload data onto orthogonal carriers; wherein the multi-carrier modulator is synchronized with the host unit such that when orthogonal carriers from the remote unit are received at the host at the same time as orthogonal carriers from at least one other remote unit, the orthogonal carriers from the remotes are substantially orthogonal to each other when received at the host unit; wherein the multi-carrier modulator further includes: wherein the remote transmits a non-payload signal separated from payload bearing carriers of another remote unit by a frequency guard band. | 47,265 |
9,333,041 | 1. A surgical manipulator comprising: i) a serially jointed surgical manipulator arm, comprising; ii) a robotic wrist mounted on a last of said three or more consecutively coupled right-angle drive mechanisms so that when said last of said three or more consecutively coupled right-angle drive mechanisms output pulley is rotated, said robotic wrist rotates about said last mechanisms output axis, said robotic wrist including a wrist output shaft and a wrist-roll axis; and iii) an end-effector mounted to said wrist output shaft, said end-effector including gripping means for releasibly gripping a surgical tool wherein said end-effector is rotatable about said wrist-roll axis; wherein said end-effector includes a) an assembly including an interface configured to be attached to said serially jointed surgical manipulator arm, a tool-yaw motor, a tool-actuation motor; b) a magnetic tool holder mounted to said assembly and being detachable therefrom, said magnetic tool holder being configured to automatically engage and release a surgical tool; c) a tool-actuation mechanism mounted to said assembly and being detachable therefrom, said tool-actuation mechanism being configured to automatically engage and release a piston on the surgical tool, said tool-actuation mechanism being coupled to said tool-actuation motor; and d) a tool-yaw drive mechanism mounted to said assembly and being detachable therefrom, said tool-yaw drive mechanism being coupled to said tool-yaw motor, wherein upon activation of said tool-yaw drive mechanism the surgical tool engaged by said magnetic tool holder rotates about a tool-yaw axis and wherein upon activation of said tool-actuation mechanism the piston of the engaged surgical tool is linearly retracted or linearly extended with respect to said end-effector thereby activating a tool portion of the surgical tool. | 44,320 |
8,460,408 | 1. Hydrogen supply equipment comprising: a first hydrogen supply section operable to supply hydrogen produced at the normal temperature or hydrogen stored at the normal temperature; a second hydrogen supply section operable to vaporize liquid hydrogen and supply the vaporized hydrogen; and a hydrogen supply source switching section operable to switch a hydrogen supply source between the first hydrogen supply section and the second hydrogen supply section, wherein the second hydrogen supply section includes: | 16,142 |
8,822,910 | 1. A method for tuning a gamma camera having a plurality of photosensors, a plurality of high voltage Digital-to-Analog converters (DAC HV ), and a plurality of photosensor Digital-to-Analog converters (DAC DET ) associated with each photosensor, comprising: a) exposing the photosensors to scintillation photons corresponding to nuclear radiation of known energy; b) measuring an energy output corresponding to each specific photosensor; c) calculating an average energy output of all photosensors in said camera; d) calculating a difference between the average energy output of all photosensors and a target energy output of all photosensors; e) converting the difference to a corresponding calculated high voltage Dac change value; f) calculating for said DAC g) calculating an energy change between measured energy output of each photosensor and said average energy output; h) calculating, for each of said DAC i) determining photosensor Dac values for each of said DAC j) repeating steps b-i until convergence is achieved between the average energy, measured energy output, and target energy output. | 47,769 |
8,979,986 | 1. An apparatus for measuring ash deposit levels in a particulate filter comprising at least one cell, the apparatus comprising: a radiation source for emitting radiation into the at least one filter cell; one or more indicator components insertable into the at least one filter cell; at least one radiation detection sensor which detects the position of the one or more indicator components on the basis of the emitted radiation; and a processor which calculates an ash deposit level in the at least one filter cell on the basis of the detected position of the indicator components. | 46,164 |
9,714,160 | 1. A lifting device for lifting and lowering vehicles, loads or similar, comprising a support which is movable up and down, a load receiver provided on the support, wherein the load receiver has at least one support or support arm, the support or support arm having a load receiving element, the load receiving element having a bore, a mounting part having a bore, and a pin receivable in the bore in the load receiving element and the bore in the mounting part for forming a jointed connection between the load receiving element and the mounting part, wherein the load receiving element has at least one abutment surface fixed in relation thereto, and the mounting part has a U-shaped receiving section and said mounting part has at least one abutment surface fixed in relation thereto within the receiving section that is configured to interfere with the at least one abutment surface of the load receiving element to preclude rotation of the mounting element relative to the load receiving element at either one of at least two relatively rotated positions when the pin is received in the bore in the load receiving element and the bore in the mounting part to form the jointed connection. | 33,323 |
9,728,339 | 1. A high voltage capacitor, the capacitor comprising: a plurality of capacitor units connected in electrical series in a stacked configuration, the plurality of capacitor units comprising at least two adjacent capacitor units; and only a single insulator element positioned between and separating the two adjacent capacitor units, wherein the insulator element has a first end and a second opposing end, and wherein the first end has a first thickness and the second opposing end has a second smaller thickness. | 19,811 |
8,837,687 | 1. A system for matching agents with callers within a call center environment, comprising: a database of traits for agents within a call center; a call module to receive a call into the call center and to obtain a voice recording from a caller during the call; an analysis module to analyze the voice recording from the caller by measuring voice characteristics of the voice recording and by identifying traits of the caller based on the voice characteristics, comprising: a comparison module to compare the caller traits with the traits for the agents; an identification module to identify one or more of the agents similar to the user based on the trait comparison; and a selection module to select one of the similar agents and transferring the call to the selected agent. | 41,928 |
9,796,019 | 1. A method for processing a powder material, the method comprising: cleaning surfaces of the powder material that has spherical metal particles; coating the cleaned surfaces with an organic bonding agent; mixing the coated particles with a dispersion that contains a carrier and ceramic nanoparticles; drying the mixture to remove the carrier of the dispersion and to deposit the ceramic nanoparticles with a spaced-apart distribution onto the organic bonding agent on the surfaces of the spherical metal particles; and thermally removing the organic bonding agent to attach the ceramic nanoparticles to the surfaces of the spherical metal particles. | 11,856 |
9,364,610 | 1. An injector, comprising: a trigger mechanism including: an energy source associated with the ram for powering the ram to expel the medicament; and a user-operable firing-initiation member operable for causing an axial rotation between the trigger engagement member and the retainer portion from the pre-firing condition to a firing condition in which the trigger engagement member is released from the retainer portion to allow the energy source to fire the ram, wherein a pre-firing color gamut is visible from the exterior of the injector in the pre-firing condition, the injector further comprising: a housing including a window; and an indicator having an indicator color that is absent from the pre-firing color gamut, which color is hidden from view within the housing in the pre-fired condition, wherein in the fired condition, the indicator color is visible through the window from an exterior of the injector for indicating the fired condition. | 7,343 |
9,426,801 | 1. A method for receiving a control signal by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system in which a plurality of cells are aggregated, the method comprising: receiving a signal indicating deactivation of at least one cell among the plurality of the cells; and deactivating the at least one cell, wherein the signal indicating the deactivation commonly indicates the deactivation of the at least one cell to a plurality of UEs configured to aggregate the at least one cell, and wherein the receiving the signal indicating the deactivation includes detecting a PDCCH scrambled with a radio network temporary identifier (RNTI) common to the plurality of UEs and receiving a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) scheduled by the PDCCH, and wherein the signal indicating the deactivation is received via the PDSCH. | 37,527 |
8,783,953 | 1. A method for installing a sealing system for a bearing comprising: providing an inner member defining an outer surface and having a shaft extending therefrom, the shaft defining a groove therein; providing an outer member defining an inner surface adapted to engage the inner member outer surface; providing a flexible seal defining a base adapted to engage a recess defined in the inner surface of the outer member, a head adapted to engage the groove, and a neck having a curvilinear cross-section, the neck being adapted to bias the base toward the recess and the head toward the groove; providing a low-friction liner having a cross-section defining an interior area adapted to engage the flexible seal head; dividing the low-friction liner into at least two liner segments wherein each liner segment defines at least one transverse face; displacing the liner segments away from each other; disposing the low-friction liner on one of the groove or the flexible seal head by engaging the liner segment transverse faces with one another; positioning the flexible seal base adjacent to one end of the outer member extending between the inner member and the outer member; and positioning the flexible seal head in the groove. | 37,411 |
8,361,752 | 1. An artificial scaffolding material for retaining proteins, the artificial scaffolding material comprising: a cell; and first scaffolding proteins attached to the surface of said cell, said first scaffolding proteins comprising a plurality of cohesin domains of a cellulosome capable of non-covalently binding one or more species of proteins with compatible dockerin domains and arranged in tandem to confer aggregation properties to said cell, wherein said first scaffolding proteins are exogenous to said cell. | 41,578 |
8,623,320 | 1. A Mg—Ti—Al composite metal hydroxide represented by Formula 1 below: wherein A wherein A wherein neither A | 22,966 |
9,451,390 | 1. A method for activating a Near Field Communication (NFC) application on a mobile device, the method comprising: providing for the mobile device having a processor and a compass in communication with the processor; storing, in a memory component, a magnetic field threshold change; determining a change in magnetic field using the compass; comparing, by the processor, the change in magnetic field to the magnetic field threshold change; determining, by the processor, that the change in magnetic field is greater than or equal to the magnetic field threshold change; in response to determining that the change in magnetic field is greater than or equal to the magnetic field threshold change, activating, by the processor, the NFC application for a predetermined period of time; and deactivating, by the processor, the NFC application after the predetermined period of time. | 42,997 |
9,594,264 | 1. An electrical device having two electrodes separated from one another, wherein at least one temperature controlled electronic spin-state transition particle is in direct contact with each of the two electrodes, the particle being of an ionic type and having a transition metal bearing a cationic charge, the particle having a conductivity that varies as a function of the intensity of incident light; wherein an electronic spin-state transition in said particle, due to controlled temperature change, causes a variation of conductivity in said particle; and wherein, at least in one electronic spin-state, said particle has a conductivity depending on the intensity of an incident light, and said controlled temperature change modifies the conductivity response to incident light intensity. | 36,094 |
8,707,988 | 1. A water inlet arrangement for use in a fish tank in aquaculture, comprising: a pipe to feed water into the fish tank, the pipe having a first plurality of openings, a water guide assembly surrounding the pipe and spaced therefrom, the water guide assembly being movably positionable at an exterior of and with respect to the pipe and having a sidewall with a second plurality of openings positionable with respect to the first plurality of openings in the fish tank, and a shield surrounding a portion of circumference of the water guide assembly and movable with respect thereto, wherein the shield is arranged to deflect water passing through the second plurality of openings. | 34,187 |
9,471,246 | 1. A computer-implemented method for sharing data, comprising: receiving, by a computer, a write command to modify shared data; determining, by the computer, an amount of shared content between (i) the shared data and (ii) the shared data if the write command were to be implemented; comparing, by the computer, the determined amount of shared content to a predefined threshold; if the determined amount of shared content is above the predefined threshold, creating and storing, by the computer, a delta that describes a difference between (i) the shared data and (ii) the shared data if the write command were to be implemented, wherein the write command is not implemented such that the shared data is not modified; and if the determined amount of shared content is not above the predefined threshold, creating a copy of the shared data, modifying the copy of the shared data as indicated by the write command, and storing the modified copy of the shared data by the computer. | 24,533 |
9,775,126 | 1. A method for monitoring an activity of a medical patient using a hierarchical node network having at least an ID node, a master node, and a server, the medical patient being located in a healthcare facility and the ID node being integrated into a healthcare facility identification, the method comprising: associating, by the master node, the master node and the ID node when the master node detects a signal broadcast from the ID node, wherein the ID node is associated with the medical patient and operative to monitor the activity of the person medical patient and to communicate directly with the master node but is unable to directly communicate with the server, and wherein the master node is operative to directly communicate with the server and separately communicate with the ID node; determining, by the server, a location of the ID node; detecting, by the ID node, a movement status as an actionable event related to the activity of the medical patient based upon the location of the ID node; transmitting, by the ID node to the master node, a message reporting the actionable event; notifying the server by the master node about the actionable event; and initiating, by the server, a responsive action based upon the notification by | 42,212 |
8,852,982 | 1. A photoelectric device, comprising: a semiconductor substrate; first and second semiconductor stacks having opposite conductive types, the first and second semiconductor stacks alternately arranged on a first surface of the semiconductor substrate; a gap insulation layer formed between the first and second semiconductor stacks; an undercut formed in the gap insulation layer; and end portions of the first and second semiconductor stacks formed covering a side surface and at least part of an upper surface of the gap insulation layer. | 26,075 |
9,443,326 | 1. In a computing environment, a method performed at least in part on at least one processor, the method comprising: receiving feature data corresponding to location-related information of an individual visit, the location-related information associated with a first computing device, the feature data including user demographics data of a person associated with the first computing device and at least one of arrival day of week, arrival time of day, visit midpoint time of day, departure time of day, duration of visit, season of year, holiday data, and nearby business features; computing an inference of a semantic label for a place represented by the location-related information for the individual visit using a semantic label classifier and the received feature data, the inference of the semantic label based at least in part on the user demographics data, such that the inferred semantic label for the place is customized to the person associated with the user demographics data and the individual visit; and associating the inferred semantic label with the place represented by the location-related information for the individual visit; and automatically performing an action at the first computing device or at another computing device based on the inferred semantic label. | 13,098 |
8,344,233 | 1. A method implemented at least in part by a computing device, the method comprising: providing a music collection of a particular scale; determining a distance parameter for locality sensitive hashing based at least in part on the particular scale of the music collection; constructing an index for the music collection; obtaining a candidate piece of music and extracting acoustic features from the candidate piece of music to form a query; retrieving pieces of music from the index of the music collection as search results in response to the query; and ranking the search results based on at least one of a matching ratio, a temporal order, a term weight, or a matching confidence. | 4,062 |
9,464,430 | 1. A vacuum insulation material comprising: a core material and a gas adsorption agent interposed between a first gas barrier material and a second gas barrier material, wherein the first and the second gas barrier materials sealingly enclose the core material and the gas adsorption agent, wherein at least one of the first and the second gas barrier materials comprises a laminate comprising a copper alloy foil and a polymeric material, and wherein the copper alloy foil is an alloy comprising at least copper, and further comprising at least one of nickel, tin, zinc, and combination thereof. | 37,095 |
9,451,652 | 1. A method for wireless communication on a secondary component carrier of a mobile device in a wireless communication network using carrier aggregation, comprising: monitoring a downlink radio link quality of a secondary cell at the mobile device for an event indicating failure of a communication link over the secondary component carrier with the secondary cell; declaring a failure state of the secondary cell in response to detecting the event, wherein the detecting comprises measuring at least one of a channel quality of a reference signal received from the secondary cell or a demodulation performance at the mobile device, wherein the event includes a link failure detected when at least one of the channel quality or demodulation performance falls below a predetermined threshold for a predetermined time period during which the mobile device adjusts operation related to the secondary component carrier, wherein the failure state is declared by the mobile device for its own use at the mobile device; performing a cell search on the secondary component carrier in response to the failure state, wherein the cell search comprises monitoring one or more synchronization or reference signals from one or more secondary cells assigned for communication over the secondary component carrier; and recovering the communication link over the secondary component carrier using the one or more secondary cells, based on a quality of the monitored one or more synchronization or reference signals, wherein the recovering the communication link comprises establishing a connection with the one or more secondary cells such that the communication link over the secondary component carrier includes communication with the one or more secondary cells, wherein recovering the communication link over the secondary component carrier using the one or more secondary cells is performed without modifying a communication link of the mobile device over a primary component carrier with a primary cell, and wherein the one or more secondary cells does not include the primary cell. | 12,386 |
9,452,354 | 1. A method for sharing three-dimensional gameplay of a video game, that is rendered to a head-mounted display (HMD), to a social network, comprising: recording, by an HMD connected computer, a gameplay portion of a session of a video game to a gameplay storage, wherein at least part of the gameplay is driven by interactive use of the HMD; receiving, by the HMD connected computer, a request to share the recorded gameplay portion to a social network, the recorded gameplay portion defined by three-dimensional recorded video; generating, by the HMD connected computer, a two-dimensional video clip based on the three-dimensional recorded video, wherein generating the two-dimensional video clip includes analyzing gameplay activity occurring during the recorded gameplay portion to determine a focal depth at which to define a frame of the two-dimensional video clip; sharing, by the HMD connected computer, the two-dimensional video clip to the social network. | 38,468 |
9,401,129 | 1. An image projection device, comprising: a drive controller that causes generation of light of a specified color tone by a combination of light to be transmitted by a liquid crystal panel to project image data onto a projection plane; a camera configured to capture an image of the image data projected on the projection plane; an image capturing controller that receives, from the drive controller, a synchronization signal that specifies a period in which the liquid crystal panel does not transmit light, and causes capturing of the image of the image data projected on the projection plane by the camera according to the period specified by the synchronization signal, wherein a drive frequency to drive the liquid crystal panel is equal to a drive frequency to perform exposure with the camera; an illuminated image detector that detects, from the captured image of the image data, an illuminated image that is illuminated by an illuminating device on the projection plane; and an illuminated image generator that generates projection image data obtained by superimposing new image data at a position in which the illuminated image is detected. | 22,115 |
8,570,151 | 1. A semiconductor device comprising: an antenna configured to generate an AC voltage from carrier waves; a rectifier circuit configured to generate and output a DC voltage from the AC voltage; a function portion configured to conduct processing in response to a command included in the carrier waves; and a storage capacitor portion configured to store the DC voltage output from the rectifier circuit, the storage capacitor portion comprising: wherein the plurality of switches are configured to connect the first to n-th capacitor elements in parallel between the first terminal and the second terminal, in a first mode, wherein the plurality of switches are configured to connect the first to m-th capacitor elements in series between the first terminal and the second terminal, in a second mode, wherein n is natural number larger than 1, wherein m is natural number larger than 1 and smaller than or equal to n, wherein a potential of the second terminal is fixed, and wherein a switch is connected between the first terminal and the rectifier circuit. | 39,315 |
8,794,000 | 1. A natural gas compression system, comprising: a natural gas compressor configured to compress, and thereby pump, natural gas through a pipeline; a natural gas burning engine, operatively coupled to the natural gas compressor to drive the natural gas compressor, the engine being supplied with an intake charge of a mixture of air and natural gas by an induction system including: | 41,518 |
9,121,630 | 1. A method of subterranean ground heat exchange comprising the step of flowing a fluid medium through an underground casing such that thermal energy is conducted through a wall of said casing between said fluid medium and an underground environment surrounding said casing, said wall of said casing being a composite wall formed from a thermosetting plastic composition and a reinforcing fiber material, wherein: said reinforcing fiber material is fiberglass, carbon fiber, aramid fiber, or a combination thereof; said thermosetting plastic composition from which said composite wall is formed including an amount of a thermal conductivity enhancing additive of at least 1.5% by weight based upon the total weight of said thermosetting plastic composition; said thermal conductivity enhancing additive is aluminum flake, aluminum powder, aluminum oxide, aluminum nitride, graphite, boron nitride, silicon carbide, Raney nickel, silver-coated nickel, silver-coated copper, or a combination thereof; said composite wall of said casing is a filament wound structure formed by applying said thermosetting plastic composition to said reinforcing fiber material and winding said fiber material around a mandrel; said composite wall has an interior surface, an exterior surface, a thickness from said interior surface to said exterior surface of not more than 0.1 inch, and a collapse pressure of at least 75 psig; and said thermal conductivity enhancing additive is included throughout said thickness of said composite wall from said interior surface to said exterior surface. | 16,822 |
9,028,719 | 1. A β-sialon expressed by the general formula, Si 6-z Al z O z N 8-z :Eu (0<z<4.2), with P2/P1 being not lower than 0.5 and not higher than 1000 (P1 representing a height of an absorption line appearing in a region where g is 2.00±0.02 in a first derivative spectrum obtained by an electron spin resonance technique at 25° C., P2 representing a difference between a maximum value and a minimum value in a spectrum on a lower magnetic field side of P1), wherein the Eu content of the β-sialon is not smaller than 0.1% by mass and not larger than 3% by mass. | 47,998 |
9,071,824 | 1. A method of encoding an image into a scalable bitstream, the method comprising acts of: dividing the image into image blocks; encoding each of the image blocks in accordance with one of a plurality of different encoding modes to obtain corresponding one or more bitstreams comprising one or more encoded image blocks and types of data representative of said encoding mode; and forming the scalable bitstream by iteratively scanning the one or more bitstreams by, for each scan | 12,837 |
8,532,743 | 1. A catheter, comprising: a flexible tubing with a proximal end, a distal end, and at least one shielded area; at least one movable magnet movable with respect to the flexible tubing at least one of: within the flexible tubing, inside the flexible tubing, and outside the flexible tubing; a control mechanism configured to position the at least one movable magnet inside the at least one shielded area to at least partially selectively de-activate the at least one movable magnet and further configured to position the at least one movable magnet outside the at least one shielded area to selectively re-activate the at least one movable magnet relative to an external magnetic field; and wherein the at least one movable magnet is responsive to the external magnetic field to position and guide the distal end of the flexible tubing to a desired location. | 6,551 |
9,563,830 | 1. A system for generating an incremental information object (IIO) with an embedded information region (IIOEIR), comprising: a processor; and a memory, wherein the memory comprises computer readable code configured to direct the processor to: analyze an IIOEIR, wherein the IIOEIR comprises a plurality of tiles, wherein a first region of the plurality of tiles comprises a first code and a second region of the plurality of tiles comprises a second code, wherein the IIOEIR comprises a third code that defines the relationship between the first code and the second code; confirm the first code, and, if the confirmation succeeds: | 15,738 |
8,834,824 | 1. A method of treating a gas stream comprising fluorine (F 2 ) gas, the method comprising the steps of: adding water vapor to the gas stream prior to a reaction chamber; conveying the gas stream with the water vapor to the reaction chamber containing a heated bed of material for reacting with F at least partially evacuating the reaction chamber so that the gas stream is conveyed to and from the reaction chamber at a sub-atmospheric pressure. | 20,953 |
8,844,283 | 1. An exhaust-gas turbocharger, comprising: a turbine having an outlet cross section; an exhaust gas pressure line; a bypass duct; a bypass valve disposed in said bypass duct between said exhaust-gas pressure line and said outlet cross section of said turbine; a valve seat, said bypass valve having a valve head and a valve stem, said bypass valve being axially movably held with said valve stem; said valve head, in a closed state of said bypass valve, being placeable against said valve seat in order to close said bypass duct in a gas-tight and pressure-tight manner; said valve head having a side connected to said valve stem, said side of said valve head connected to said valve stem facing said exhaust-gas pressure line; an actuating device, said bypass valve being connected to said actuating device for controlling a throughput of exhaust-gas through said bypass duct, such that, through said bypass valve, a partial flow of the exhaust-gas is guidable past said turbine on demand; a housing having a recess formed therein; and a pressure plate disposed at said bypass valve, said pressure plate being movable in said recess of said housing. | 3,958 |
8,988,938 | 1. A method comprising: coupling a positive voltage to a first global wordline in a first row of a memory array of memory cells and coupling a negative voltage to a first bitline in a first column of the memory array to apply a bias to a non-volatile memory transistor in a selected memory cell to program the selected memory cell; and coupling a voltage having a magnitude less than the negative voltage to a second global wordline in a second row of the memory array and coupling an inhibit voltage to a second bitline in a second column of the memory array to reduce a bias applied to a non-volatile memory transistor in an un selected memory cell due to the programming of the selected memory cell. | 16,382 |
9,394,880 | 1. A climbing crane system comprising: a) a climbing crane frame movably positioned substantially parallel to a tower back edge; b) controllably moveable attachment modules securing the climbing crane frame to the tower back edge, providing the ability to lift a climbing crane up a tower, hold the climbing crane in a stationary position on the tower, or lower the climbing crane down the tower, and said controllably moveable attachment modules also providing the ability to move the climbing crane frame laterally relative to the tower, and to attach and detach the climbing crane frame from the tower; c) a balanced pivoting boom at an upper tip end of said climbing crane frame, which provides and controls a forward reach of said climbing crane for lifting of tower segments, and of components to be lifted to a tower top once the tower is complete; and d) a ground based winch vehicle with a lifting cable connected to the climbing crane for the lifting of the tower segments, and of said components to be lifted to the tower top once the tower is complete. | 28,252 |
9,105,395 | 1. An envelope tracking system, comprising: an envelope detector operative to extract an envelope from an input RF signal; an analog to digital converter operative to generate a trim command based on said envelope; and a DC-DC converter operative to generate a power amplifier (PA) supply voltage in response to said trim command, said DC-DC converter comprising: | 4,402 |
8,733,738 | 1. A universal platform comprising: a plurality of scissor lifts arranged around an aircraft, wherein: each of the plural scissor lifts comprises a base frame, a support frame located above the base frame, a support table fixedly coupled to an upper portion of the support frame, a plurality of link members axially assembled to be mutually pivoted between the support frame and the base frame, a plurality of hydraulic cylinders coupled to the respective link members and the base frame so as to lift the support frame in upward and downward directions, and a slide member slidably coupled to the support table; and the slide member slides from the support table toward the aircraft so as to allow a worker to work according to height, wherein the support table is pivotably coupled, at one side thereof, with an upper end of a staircase structure. | 13,549 |
9,389,607 | 1. A method for setting substrate-treatment time in a substrate processing apparatus for performing predetermined treatment on substrates of a single lot one by one, the method comprising: a first calculation step of calculating predicted supply time of a second lot to the substrate processing apparatus, the second lot being supplied to the substrate processing apparatus after a first lot including a substrate that is currently subjected to the predetermined treatment in the substrate processing apparatus; a second calculation step of calculating predicted completion time of the predetermined treatment of all of the substrates of the first lot; a third calculation step of calculating predicted standby time after the completion of the predetermined treatment of all the substrates of the first lot in the substrate processing apparatus based on the calculated predicted supply time and the calculated predicted completion time; a determination step of determining whether or not the calculated predicted standby time is longer than a reference standby time required for dummy treatment; and an additional setting step of additionally setting, when the calculated predicted standby time longer than the reference standby time, supplementary standby time between the predetermined treatments of unprocessed substrates of the first lot. | 22,023 |
8,558,104 | 1. A solar cell, comprising: a semiconductor substrate comprising a first portion penetrated by a through-hole and a second portion thicker than the first portion, the semiconductor substrate comprising a common front surface and a rear surface of the second portion which is disposed opposite to the common front surface, the common front surface connecting the rear surface of the second portion with a side surface of the through-hole, a rear surface of the first portion and a side surface of the second portion, with the rear surface of the first portion being closer to the common front surface in comparison with the rear surface of the second portion; the through-hole connecting the common front surface of the semiconductor substrate to the rear surface of the first portion of the semiconductor substrate; an emitter formed on the common front surface of the semiconductor substrate, the side surface of the through-hole, the rear surface of the first portion of the semiconductor substrate and extending along the side surface of the second portion of the semiconductor substrate; a first electrode made of metal filling up the through-hole, the first electrode electrically extending, in contact with the emitter, from a front surface of the emitter, the first electrode ending at a surface area of the emitter disposed on the rear surface of the first portion of the semiconductor substrate via said through-hole without being disposed on a surface area of the emitter disposed on the side and rear surfaces of the second portion of the semiconductor substrate, a front surface of the first electrode being flush with the front surface of the emitter, with the first electrode being different from the emitter; a reflection preventing layer disposed over the front surface of the emitter and the front surface of the first electrode; and a second electrode electrically disposed on an entirety of the rear surface of the second portion of the semiconductor substrate and disconnected from the emitter, the second electrode being physically spaced apart from the emitter. | 10,317 |
9,211,656 | 1. A system for removing beads from tires, the system comprising: a support frame; an elongated hook arm having a forward end portion, a rearward end portion, and a long axis that extends between the forward end portion and rearward end portion; the forward end portion having a hook that bends toward the rearward end portion; the elongated hook arm being operatively coupled with the support frame in a manner that permits selective reciprocal movement of the elongated hook arm along its long axis, between extended and retracted positions; a pair of separate, opposing stripping dies disposed in a common plane, operatively coupled with the support frame; the stripping dies having forward surfaces, rearward surfaces, and a hook slot that penetrates the stripping dies; the hook slot being shaped to allow at least a portion of the elongated hook arm to pass through the stripping dies; at least one of the die opposing plates being selectively, reciprocally movable between a closed position, adjacent the opposing stripping die, and an open position, spaced apart from the opposing stripping die; the hook slot penetrating each of the pair of opposing stripping dies, such that a portion of the hook slot is formed into each of the pair of opposing stripping dies; the portions of hook slot aligning with one another when the opposing stripping dies are in the closed position; at least one of the portions of the hook slot in at least one of the opposing stripping dies including a peripheral edge portion having at least one bead engagement edge that is removably coupled with the forward surface of the at least one of the opposing stripping dies; the at least one bead engagement edge including a corner portion that is shaped and positioned to engage portions of tire beads that pass through the opposing stripping dies and strip tire material from the tire beads; the stripping die positioned generally transverse to the long axis of the elongated hook arm so that at least a portion of the elongated hook arm passes through the hook slot when the elongated hook arm is moved between the extended and retracted positions. | 30,900 |
9,799,908 | 1. A method for preparing an electrode-supported electrochemical half-cell including a single step of sintering, said step consisting of subjecting a green electrode layer on which a precursor gel of an electrolyte or a sol precursor of said gel is deposited to sintering at a temperature of less than or equal to 1350° C., said gel comprising a solid network wherein metallic cations are uniformly distributed in an organic matrix, and said sol precursor of said gel comprising a colloidal or polymer suspension wherein the metallic cations contribute to forming a colloidal or polymer network, and wherein said green electrode layer is obtained from a ceramic ink corresponding to a dispersion (or suspension) of powders of the electrode material in an aqueous or organic solvent. | 21,801 |
8,595,995 | 1. A method of assembling the exterior shell of a building, comprising: attaching a plurality of preassembled, unitized curtain wall modules to structural elements of the building so as to bypass floor structure, each of the preassembled, unitized curtain wall modules including connecting adjacent ones of the plurality of curtain wall modules to form and define the exterior shell of the building, the exterior shell of the building being continuous; and installing an integrated electrical raceway in a first direction on an interior side of the unitized curtain wall modules, such that respective sections of the raceway attach to respective ones of the plurality of curtain wall modules, such that the integrated electrical raceway forms an interior architectural trim piece within the building, the raceway including | 45,396 |
9,168,880 | 1. A panel assembly, comprising: a main panel having an acoustically active region; a primary adhesive layer; and a multi-layer patch having at least two individual patches of different sizes and at least one auxiliary adhesive layer, wherein the primary adhesive layer attaches the multi-layer patch to the main panel at the acoustically active region for sound damping, and the auxiliary adhesive layer attaches a smaller one of the individual patches to a larger one of the individual patches such that only a portion of the larger individual patch is covered by the smaller individual patch, wherein the main panel is thicker than the individual patches of the multi-layer patch and acts as a structural foundation for the panel assembly so that the main panel, the primary adhesive layer, and the multi-layer patch can be formed together into a vehicle part during a metal forming operation. | 49,842 |
8,348,804 | 1. A power train, comprising: a power source for generating a power output; a power storage device for storing and distributing power; and a controller configured to cause the distribution of power from the power storage device for assisting the power source when the rate of fuel entering the power source is above a threshold fuel rate, the threshold fuel rate being a fuel rate at which, assisting the power source increases the efficiency of the power train; wherein the controller is further configured to: 1) determine an amount of power currently stored in the power storage device and an amount of power currently being generated by the power source; and 2) cause the power storage device to distribute power when the fuel rate is above the threshold fuel rate and the amount of power stored in the power storage device is greater than the difference between the amount of power currently being generated by the power source and a desired power output. | 8,585 |
8,354,959 | 1. A control system for controlling the electrical tilt, i.e. the electrically controlled inclination of a radiated beam, of an antenna, e.g. a base station antenna, the antenna being provided with a casing accommodating a number of antenna elements, a feeder cable coupled to said antenna elements for feeding RF energy to and from said antenna elements, a phase shifting device including a tilt adjusting mechanism with a displaceable mechanical element for adjusting an electrical tilt setting of the antenna lobe being radiated from the antenna, said control system comprising an actuating device, including an electrical motor for actuating said displaceable mechanical element, and a position sensor for sensing the position of said displaceable mechanical element, wherein the control system is divided into two parts, namely a first part, including the entire tilt adjusting mechanism, said electrical motor and said position sensor, these elements constituting internal components being arranged inside the antenna casing, and a second part, including the remaining components of the control system, these components constituting external components, including an electrical motor control circuit, and a logic circuit determining the electrical tilt setting, said external components being disposed in at least one separate, external control unit located outside but in the vicinity of said antenna casing, and being adapted for operative coupling, by way of a direct electric wire connection or a capacitive coupling, to said internal components located inside said antenna casing whereby said first part and second part are interconnected with control and feedback lines to achieve closed loop control of movement of the mechanical element by way of signals. | 23,012 |
8,739,347 | 1. A spiral drive mechanism comprising: an upper rod including a tube body, a tube extension extending from a bottom of the tube body and an annular shoulder defined at the junction of the tube body and the tube extension; the tube body having two sets of longitudinal ribs on inner walls thereof at two opposite sides; each set of the ribs defining a dovetail groove; a sleeve axially secured around an upper portion of the tube body of the upper rod; a stopper secured in the sleeve and having a recess defined in a bottom thereof and a flange formed at bottom edge thereof; two thread rolling plates spaced apart and securely fitted in the respective dovetail grooves of the tube body of the upper rod and co-defining a threaded passage therebetween; and wherein the two thread rolling plates are held in between the annular shoulder of the upper rod and the flange of the stopper; a guide block having a helical thread line on a periphery thereof and being placed in the threaded passage of the two thread rolling plates such that the guide block is movable in a spiral direction with respect to the thread rolling plates; a lower rod axially movably inserted in the upper rod; and a follower secured on a top end of the lower rod and being selectively driven by the guide block, and wherein: when the guide block is received in the recess of the stopper, the guide block is kept from driving the follower to rotate; and when the guide block is withdrawn from the recess of the stopper, the guide block is free to drive the follower together with the lower rod to rotate. | 5,366 |
9,206,620 | 1. A cylinder lock ( 1 ) having a first cylinder half ( 21 ), which in use, is mounted on the indoor side and a second cylinder half ( 22 ), which in use, is mounted on the outdoor side of a door, said cylinder lock further comprising, a notch ( a rod ( a volume formed on said first cylinder half ( wherein said first end of the rod ( | 34,949 |
9,692,910 | 1. A telephone switching system comprising a telephone switchboard and a management terminal connected to the telephone switchboard, wherein the telephone switchboard comprises: a detection unit that detects an occurrence of a predetermined event; an e-mail creation unit that creates a notification mail in which a content of the event detected by the detection unit is described; and a transmitting unit that transmits the notification mail to the management terminal, the management terminal comprises: a receiving unit that receives the notification mail; an e-mail creation unit that creates a reply mail corresponding to the notification mail received by the receiving unit; and a transmitting unit that transmits the reply mail to the telephone switchboard, and the telephone switchboard further comprises: a receiving unit that receives the reply mail; and a setting unit that sets an operation condition for a predetermined operation performed by the telephone switchboard based on the reply mail received by the receiving unit, and wherein the reply mail is a blank mail, and wherein the creation and the transmission of the reply mail in the management terminal are automatically carried out based on a preparatory setting without involving an operation by a user. | 20,315 |
9,084,377 | 1. A method for manufacturing an integrated circuit package comprising: providing a substrate having a contact pad; forming a first conductor having a first melting point, a first width, and a first height over the contact pad; forming a second conductor having a second melting point, a second width, and a second height over the first height of the first conductor with the first melting point higher than the second melting point and the second width less than or substantially equal to the first width; mounting a first device over the second conductor; and coupling a second device to a bond pad, in the substrate, adjacent to the contact pad. | 44,258 |
8,717,897 | 1. A system for providing packets of video information, the system comprising: a video processor configured to encapsulate in Internet Protocol (IP) packets a stream of encoded video information which is segmented into a plurality of segments, each segment of the plurality of segments being associated with a respective priority indicator which is included in the encoded video information, by: a video output configured to transmit the IP packet. | 23,790 |
9,524,854 | 1. A remote plasma source system comprising: a first electrode; a second electrode, one of the first or second electrodes at least partially surrounding the other; a chamber enclosed by a chamber wall and configured to be externally coupled to a sub-atmospheric processing chamber, the chamber wall separating the first electrode from the second electrode, and the chamber including: an RF power source input configured to couple to an RF power source and provide RF power from the RF power source to the first electrode, the RF power electrostatically coupling to the second electrode so as to electrostatically sustain a plasma within at least a portion of the chamber; a first dielectric component separating the first electrode from the plasma, DC isolating the first electrode from the plasma, and preventing the plasma from interacting with the first electrode; and a second dielectric component separating the second electrode from the plasma, DC isolating the second electrode from the plasma, and preventing the plasma from interacting with the second electrode; and controllable impedance matching circuitry coupled to the RF power source and the first electrode to enable operation of the remote plasma source across a range of sub-atmospheric pressures. | 19,113 |
9,641,067 | 1. A single-pole switching unit for limiting the energy flow in a series circuit comprising photovoltaic modules by a pulsating control signal present on at least one DC line, the switching unit comprising: a switching element, which is designed to reduce the current flow in the at least one DC line of the photovoltaic modules; a transformer element, which is designed to couple out an electrical control signal present on the DC line and to control the switching element merely with the energy of the coupled-out control signal; and a coupling element, which is arranged in parallel with the switching element and which conducts the control signal through the switching unit when the switching element is nonconducting. | 32,779 |
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