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9,057,278 | 1. A turbine bucket, comprising: a blade section having an inner radial end and an outer radial end; an integral cover section connected to the outer radial end of the blade section; and a base section for engaging a rotor body, the base section connected to the inner radial end, wherein the base section includes: | 36,148 |
9,657,382 | 1. A high-strength hot rolled steel sheet with a yield strength of not less than 530 MPa, the steel sheet having a chemical composition including, by mass %: C: more than 0.010% and not more than 0.06%, Si: not more than 0.3%, Mn: not more than 0.48%, P: not more than 0.03%, S: not more than 0.02%, Al: not more than 0.1%, N: not more than 0.01% and Ti: 0.05 to 0.10%, the balance comprising Fe and inevitable impurities, the steel sheet comprising a metal microstructure including a ferrite phase with an area ratio of not less than 95%, the ferrite crystal grains having an average grain size of not less than 1 μm, the ferrite crystal grains containing TiC precipitate particles dispersed in the crystal grains, the TiC precipitate particles having an average particle size of not more than 7 nm, and the steel sheet having a ΔYS of 20 MPa or less. | 12,070 |
8,504,280 | 1. A diagnostic system for an engine, comprising: a fuel control module that supplies a quantity of fuel directly to an exhaust system of said engine based on a fuel correction value; a fuel correction module that selectively adjusts said fuel correction value based on a difference between an amount of heat produced by combusting said quantity of fuel and an estimated heat production of said quantity of fuel; an error detection module that selectively detects a fuel control error based on a change in said fuel correction value; and a diagnostic module that determines that a cause of said fuel control error is faulty operation of a fuel injection system when a period since a last refueling event is greater than a predetermined period and that, when said period is less than said predetermined period, determines that said cause of said fuel control error is one of faulty operation of said fuel injection system and variation in a heating value of said fuel. | 40,011 |
9,190,604 | 1. A manufacturing method for a thin board-shaped fired piezoelectric body, the method comprising: a step of manufacturing, using a piezoelectric material, a green sheet having a ratio T/L of 0.000002 to 0.2, where T is the thickness and L is the maximum length within a surface of the green sheet after firing; and a step of obtaining the thin board-shaped fired piezoelectric body with reinforcing members for firing by the firing of the green sheet with the reinforcing members for firing on at least one surface of the green sheet after disposing the individual reinforcing members for firing by scattering on the at least one surface of the green sheet so as to exclude the areas to be the thin board-shaped fired piezoelectric body later. | 747 |
8,592,614 | 1. A mixture comprising at least one matrix material A which comprises at least one compound of the formula (2): where the symbols and indices are defined as follows: X is the same or different at each instance and is O, S, Se or N—R L is the same or different at each instance and is P, As, Sb or Bi; R R R at least one emission material B comprising at least one compound of the formula (49) to (52) where the symbols used are: DCy is the same or different at each instance and is a cyclic group which contains at least one nitrogen or phosphorus atom via which the cyclic group DCy is bonded to the metal and, further wherein the group DCy is optionally substituted with one or more substituents R CCy is the same or different at each instance and is a cyclic group which contains a carbon atom via which the cyclic group CCy is bonded to the metal and, further wherein the groups CCy is optionally substituted with one or more substituents R R A is the same or different at each instance and is a bidentate chelating ligand; R | 7,734 |
9,399,971 | 1. A gasoline engine controller that controls a gasoline engine including an electric heating device that heats fuel in a portion of a fuel supply line located at an upstream side of an injection hole of a fuel injection valve, wherein the controller heats the fuel with the heating device when the engine is cold, and when the engine is cold and idling, the amount of fuel injected from the fuel injection valve is controlled so that the engine speed when the fuel injected from the fuel injection valve is heated by the heating device is less than the engine speed when the fuel injected from the fuel injection valve is not heated by the heating device. | 23,132 |
9,424,858 | 1. A system for receiving communications signals coded at transmission in a frequency hopping signal wherein the frequency hopping signal represents a predetermined message, the system providing a decoded message, comprising: a sensor configured to receive acoustic data including plurality of individual sequential signals and environmental noise; a codebook capable of being programmed in a computer processor having a plurality of combinations of symbols, each corresponding to one of a plurality of predetermined messages; a detector joined to said sensor for developing a background noise estimate from the environmental noise, and determining when one of the plurality of communications signals has been received, said detector further comprising: a filter joined to receive acoustic data and to provide a filtered signal having undesirable frequencies removed and conditioned for processing; a transformer joined to receive the filtered signal and capable of transforming the filtered signal into a frequency domain signal; a power spectrum analyzer joined to said transformer for calculating power levels of frequencies in the frequency domain signal; frequency normalization logic joined to the power spectrum analyzer capable of calculating a frequency normalized background estimate; time normalization logic joined to the power spectrum analyzer and frequency normalization logic, said time normalization logic being capable of calculating a normalized background estimate from frequency normalized estimates provided over time by said frequency normalization logic; a bank of normalized time integrators joined to the time normalization logic, each normalized time integrator providing an integrator output indicating the variation of the power level of a group of frequencies from the normalized background noise estimate; a peak picker joined to said bank of normalized time integrators capable of providing the largest variation of the group of frequency power levels; and threshold comparison logic joined the peak picker to receive the largest variation of the group of frequency power levels, said threshold comparison logic capable of indicating a detection when the largest variation exceeds a preset number of standard deviations from the normalized background noise estimate; signal termination logic joined to said detector for receiving detected signals, adjusting the background noise estimate, and determining when said detected signal terminates; a cluster processor joined to said signal termination logic for grouping the detected signals into clusters based on transmission time, duration, and frequency; a message processor joined to said cluster processor for receiving clusters and being capable of processing clusters into a combination of symbols, said message processor having said codebook programmed therein and being capable of processing the combination of symbols into the predetermined message; and an output means joined to the message processor for providing the predetermined message as the decoded message. | 12,129 |
8,457,067 | 1. A method performed by a communications device for storing overhead messages in a communications network, comprising: determining whether the communications device is performing idle handoff or is not performing idle handoff; starting a first timer or a second timer based on the determination, wherein each timer has a different duration; storing overhead information in a cache selected from at least two caches, including selecting a first cache if idle handoff is performed or a second cache if idle handoff is not performed, wherein the first cache is associated with the first timer and the second cache is associated with the second timer; and discarding at least a subset of the overhead information retained in the selected cache upon expiration of the first timer or the second timer. | 48,732 |
8,396,672 | 1. A device, comprising: a utensil for portioning a foodstuff into a first portion and a second portion; a detector coupled to the utensil for detecting a first portion size for the first portion and detecting a second portion size for the second portion; a processor coupled to the detector for determining a cumulative amount of portioned foodstuff based upon the first portion size and the second portion size; and a sensor coupled to the utensil for directly contacting the portioned foodstuff and for sensing at least one ingredient of the portioned foodstuff. | 12,010 |
8,951,162 | 1. A transmission system comprising: a housing; a rotor supported by said housing and rotably mounted in said housing, said rotor carrying a hub, said rotor being supported in said housing by an outer tapered roller bearing toward said rotor hub and an inner tapered roller bearing away from said rotor hub, said rotor having a larger diameter at said outer bearing that at said inner tapered bearing; a single first stage compound differential planetary including an input sun gear driven by said rotor and a plurality of free planets, said single first stage compound differential planetary including an inner annular input gear fixed to said rotor shaft, the compound differential planetary gear meshing said plurality of free planets with said fixed annular gears on one end and with output internal ring gears on the opposite end with two integral stiff rings. | 18,692 |
9,292,010 | 1. A control system, comprising: a model-less controller configured to control operation of a plant or process by determining a variable input to the plant or process using parameters of the model-less controller, wherein the model-less controller comprises a proportional-integral-derivative (PID) controller and the parameters of the model-less controller comprise a proportional matrix coefficient, an integral matrix coefficient, and a derivative matrix coefficient; and an automation controller operatively configured to: | 42,555 |
8,623,072 | 1. A radially deformable tubular prosthesis comprising: a tubular body deformable between a retracted state of small diameter and an expanded state of larger diameter; at least two hooks forming a clamp for engaging an outer tissue, said at least two hooks being carried by said tubular body and moveable between a spaced-apart position in which said clamp is open and a closer-together position in which said clamp is closed, said at least two hooks comprising a guiding hook and a guided hook; and a guiding member formed on said guiding hook for guiding movement of said guided hook during movement of said at least two hooks between the spaced-apart position and the closer-together position, said guiding member being twisted around and engaging said guided hook so as to include at least two points of contact with said guided hook to guide translation of said guided hook along an axis of said guided hook; wherein said at least two hooks and said guiding member are configured such that, when said at least two hooks draw closer, said guided hook slides in said guiding member, and wherein each of said at least two hooks includes an end piece and an arm extending said end piece, and said guiding member is disposed at a predetermined distance from said end piece of said guiding hook. | 14,596 |
8,675,543 | 1. A system comprising: one or more satellite hub servers to connect to a satellite network; and a satellite gateway router connected to a terrestrial network and to the one or more satellite hub servers, the satellite gateway router to: forward, to the one or more satellite hub servers, a route advertised pursuant to border gateway protocol (BGP) and received from the terrestrial network, the forwarding being performed when the route corresponds to a predetermined network; block, when the route does not correspond to the predetermined network, the forwarding of the route to the one or more satellite hub servers, and set, in a routing table of the satellite gateway router, the route as a default route of the satellite gateway router when the route corresponds to the predetermined network; wherein the satellite hub servers actively route traffic in the outbound direction, from the terrestrial network to the satellite network, by making routing decisions on routes learned from the satellite gateway router and that affect a content of one or more routing tables contained in the satellite hub servers, and pass routes learned from the satellite network to the satellite gateway router, regardless of the content of the one or more routing tables contained in the satellite hub servers; wherein the satellite hub servers pass routing decisions on inbound traffic, from the satellite network to the terrestrial network, to the satellite gateway router. | 48,899 |
9,784,450 | 1. A combustion pressure sensor-equipped glow plug comprising: a substantially tubular housing extending in an axial direction; a rod-shaped heater unit having a rear end disposed within the housing and a front end protruding from a front end of the housing, the heater unit being movable in the axial direction; a connecting member which connects the heater unit to the housing within the housing and allows the heater unit to move in the axial direction; and a pressure sensor which is disposed in the housing and detects combustion pressure according to an amount of movement of the heater unit in the axial direction, the combustion pressure sensor-equipped glow plug being characterized in that the heater unit has a large-diameter portion formed at the rear end thereof and a small-diameter portion formed frontward of the large-diameter portion and having a diameter smaller than a diameter of the large-diameter portion, and the connecting member connects the small-diameter portion of the heater unit to the housing within the housing, a rear end of the small-diameter portion of the heater unit along the axial direction is located within a range occupied by the connecting member along the axial direction, the connecting member has a thin-film flat portion disposed at a front end and extended in the radial direction, and a cylindrical portion extended from the flat portion toward a rear end side of the connecting member, the flat portion of the connecting member is located within a range occupied by the small-diameter portion of the heater along the axial direction, the cylindrical portion is spaced from the large-diameter portion of the heater in the radial direction, the heater unit has a step portion which is disposed between the large-diameter portion and the smaller-diameter portion, and at least a part of the cylindrical portion of the connecting member is located within a range occupied by the step portion of the heater along the axial direction, the step portion directly connects a front end of the large-diameter portion to the rear end of the small-diameter portion, and the front end of the large-diameter portion is located within a range occupied by the housing along the axial direction. | 34,008 |
9,399,666 | 1. A peptide of formula I: wherein each n is independently 1 or 2; m is zero or any positive integer; R or R wherein A R R (i) A (ii) A wherein the peptide modulates the interaction between HIF-1α C-TAD and the p300/CBP CH1 domain, with the proviso that the peptide sequence does not consist of the sequence Thr-Ala-Ala-Asp-Cys-Glu-Tyr-Asn-Ala-Arg-NH 2 (SEQ ID NO: 123). | 40,616 |
9,697,286 | 1. A computer readable storage medium predicting an adjustment of search engine optimization (SEO) of a shared URL due to changing a shared URL contents comprising a plurality of instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising: receiving a shared URL with a shared URL contents answering a question from an unsuccessful search effort by a user to find the shared URL contents; retrieving at least one keyword from the unsuccessful search effort; associating at least one keyword from the keywords with the shared URL contents; characterizing the at least one keyword to form an at least one keyword shared URL contents characterization; utilizing the at least one keyword shared URL contents characterization to predict a confidence level of adjusting of the SEO of the shared URL based on changing the at least one keyword in the shared URL contents; and performing an action based on the confidence level. | 427 |
8,950,533 | 1. A cooling arrangement for an extended range electric vehicle having an auxiliary power module, a first duct, and an auxiliary power module blower configured to deliver air through the first duct to the auxiliary power module when the auxiliary power module blower is operated, the cooling arrangement comprising: the auxiliary power module blower; an onboard charging module; a charging port coupled to the onboard charging module, the charging port being accessible from a position external to the extended range electric vehicle; and a second duct having a first end positioned proximate the charging port and a second end in fluid communication with the first duct, the second end being directly fluidly coupled with the first duct at a location upstream of the auxiliary power module blower, and the second duct configured to deliver ambient air from outside of the extended range electric vehicle to the onboard charging module when the auxiliary power module blower is operated while the extended range electric vehicle is off, wherein the auxiliary power module blower is configured to operate while the extended range electric vehicle is off and while the charging port is accessed, whereby the auxiliary power module blower delivers air from outside the extended range electric vehicle to the onboard charging module, wherein the auxiliary power module blower unilaterally cools both the auxiliary power module and the onboard charging module, and wherein the auxiliary power module blower, the onboard charging module, the charging port, and the second duct are mounted to the extended range electric vehicle. | 4,833 |
8,539,769 | 1. A method of supplying a mass of air to an internal combustion engine comprising: generating a continuous mass of air flow with a supercharger, expelling a first portion of the mass of air flow without compression with the supercharger above atmospheric pressure to an air passage, compressing a second portion of the mass of air flow with the supercharger, directing a second portion of the compressed mass of air flow from the supercharger to the internal combustion engine, and controlling the first portion of the mass of air flow without compression expelled to the air passage to selectively regulate the flow of the second portion of the mass of compressed mass of air flow directed to the internal combustion engine to regulate power of the internal combustion engine. | 13,299 |
8,720,983 | 1. A front vehicle body structure, comprising: a front pillar extending in a longitudinal direction of a vehicle body; an upper frame extending from the front pillar toward a front of the vehicle body; a front side frame disposed laterally interior of the upper frame, the front side frame including an outer face facing laterally outward, an inner face facing laterally inward so as to be opposite the outer face, and an upper face connecting the inner face to the outer face; and a connection member upwardly extending from the upper face of the front side frame to the upper frame interconnecting the front side frame and the upper frame, the connection member including a front wall facing the front of the vehicle body and a rear wall opposite the front wall, the connection member also including a lower inner wall flange extending along and being attached to the inner face of the front side frame so as to connect the connection member to the front side frame, wherein a longitudinal distance between the front wall and the rear wall of the connection member is greater near a junction of the connection member and the front side frame than a longitudinal distance between the front wall and the rear wall of the connection member near a junction of the connection member and the upper frame. | 14,605 |
9,377,846 | 1. A serial advanced technology attachment (SATA) interface circuit comprising: a receiver configured to receive first differential signals from an external device through signal lines; and at least one power segment configured to receive power from the external device, the at least one power segment configured to receive a deep sleep signal from the external drive through a power segment line of the power segment, the power segment line being different than the signal lines, wherein the SATA interface circuit is configured to enter one of a first sleep mode and a second sleep mode based on the first differential signals, the SATA interface circuit is configured to detect an activation of the deep sleep signal and enter a third sleep mode in response to the activation of the deep sleep signal, the SATA interface circuit is configured to consume less power in the third sleep mode than in the second sleep mode, the SATA interface circuit is configured to consume less power in the second sleep mode than in the first sleep mode, and the SATA interface circuit is configured to enter the third sleep mode from the first sleep mode in response to the activation of the deep sleep signal. | 42,708 |
8,764,793 | 1. An occluder system for occluding a left atrial appendage comprising: a first occluder device sized to cover the left atrial appendage to assist in preventing leaks in order to occlude the left atrial appendage and restrict blood flow out of the left atrial appendage comprising: and a second occluder device configured to be delivered through the valve, the second occlude device comprising a means for simultaneously obliterating the left atrial appendage, by expanding the left atrial appendage or by filling the left atrial appendage, with the valve of the first occluder device shut as the first occluder device occludes and covers the left atrial appendage assisting in preventing leaks and restricting blood flow out of the left atrial appendage. | 3,698 |
8,654,038 | 1. A head mounted display comprising: an image presentation portion that is configured to sequentially present each of content images indicated by content data to a user's eye, the image presentation portion presenting the content images that are indicated by a plurality of pages that differ from each other; an imaging portion that images an object when the content images are presented by the image presentation portion; an event acquisition portion that acquires an event occurring outside the head mounted display; a storage control unit that stores imaging data including the object imaged by the imaging portion and imaging time position information regarding an imaging time in an imaging data storage portion; an event determination unit that determines whether the event acquired by the event acquisition portion has a specific feature; a first specification unit that specifies first time position information regarding a timing when the event determined to have the specific feature by the event determination unit is occurred; and a first association registration unit, which, when the event determination unit determines that the event has the specific feature, associates presentation identification information for identifying the content images presented by the image presentation portion with the first time position information, and which registers the presentation identification information and the first time position information in a first association storage unit, the first association registration unit associating a number of the page of the content image as the presentation identification information with the first time position information. | 15,155 |
8,856,657 | 1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium whose contents enable a computing device to display on a display device a user interface for operations to be performed by remote end user electronic gaming devices, comprising: generating a display of the user interface that includes: | 69 |
8,955,139 | 1. An apparatus, comprising: one or more memories comprising computer-readable program code; and one or more processors, the one or more processors in response to execution of the computer-readable program code causing the apparatus to perform the following: | 47,541 |
9,726,082 | 1. A system comprising: a turbine; a bypass path fluidly connected to the turbine selectively operable to divert steam away from the turbine; a pebble bed comprising pebbles positioned in the bypass path, the pebble bed operable to absorb heat from the diverted steam; and a gas cooler fluidly connected to the pebble bed via the bypass path, the gas cooler operable to receive the diverted steam following temperature reduction of the diverted steam in the pebble bed and to further cool the diverted steam, wherein the gas cooler is external to the pebble bed. | 2,026 |
8,395,068 | 1. A welding angle control device adapted to be located between final fin pass rolls and squeeze rolls which are adapted to be used to manufacture a welded pipe, the welding angle control device comprising: intermediate stands, adapted to be located between a first stand supporting the final fin pass rolls and a second stand supporting the squeeze rolls, the intermediate stands comprising a pair of upper slots and a pair of lower slots, and a pair of upper slide chocks and a pair of lower slide chocks which are provided in each of said pair of upper slots and pair of lower slots respectfully; a pair of upper arms, each of the upper arms having a first end pivotably supported by the upper slide chocks; a pair of lower arms, each of the lower arms having a first end pivotably supported by the lower slide chocks and a second end respectively coupled to the upper arms to constitute a link mechanism; and a fin roll rotatably supported at a coupling point of the pair of upper arms and the pair of lower arms, and adapted to be inserted between opposing edges of a band material, wherein the intermediate stands are attached to the first stand, and the upper slide chocks and the lower slide chocks are slidable only in a vertical direction, so that a position of the fin roll is adjustable in both the vertical direction and the pipe manufacturing line direction, by adjusting positions of the upper slide chocks and the lower slide chocks in the vertical direction. | 1,559 |
9,378,593 | 1. A system comprising: memory configured to access, from a database, a first three-dimensional garment model of a garment, the first three-dimensional garment model including garment points that represent a surface of the garment; and a processor having a plurality of cores and configured by a garment simulation module to: | 25,397 |
9,050,581 | 1. An aggregate zeolitic adsorbent comprising: zeolite X powder exchanged to at least 90% by barium ions alone or by barium ions and potassium ions, the exchangeable sites representing up to ⅓ of the exchangeable sites occupied by the barium plus potassium ions, remaining sites being occupied by alkali or alkaline-earth ions other than barium and potassium, zeolite LSX powder exchanged to at least 90% by barium ions alone or by barium ions and potassium ions, the exchangeable sites representing up to ⅓ of the exchangeable sites occupied by the barium plus potassium ions, remaining sites being occupied by alkali or alkaline-earth ions other than barium and potassium, wherein the molar ratio of the zeolite LSX concentration to the zeolite X concentration is between 0.1 and 10; and a binder in a proportion lower than or equal to 20% by weight of the total weight of the aggregate zeolitic adsorbent. | 10,015 |
9,378,112 | 1. A method, in a data processing system, for determining threshold conditions for performing operations within a performance monitoring tool, comprising: collecting, by the data processing system, performance metric data for a plurality of performance metrics from a computing system environment, wherein the performance metric data regards resource utilization and is derived from a plurality of time series raw historical performance metric data and raw current performance metric data obtained from hardware and software components of the computing system environment; initiating, by the data processing system, a performance monitoring rule generation engine in response to a number of errors exceeding a predetermined threshold in the computing system environment; retrieving, by the data processing system, the collected performance metric data in response to the number of errors exceeding the predetermined threshold; performing, by the data processing system, clustering analysis on the retrieved performance metric data to generate a plurality of clusters of performance metric data, wherein the performing the clustering analysis comprises performing, by the data processing system, a parameter reduction operation on the retrieved performance metric data to reduce a number of parameters within the retrieved performance metric data on which the clustering analysis performed, wherein the parameter reduction operation comprises a principle components analysis (PCA); selecting, by the data processing system, a plurality of candidate clusters in the plurality of clusters that are candidate clusters for dynamically generating threshold conditions for performance monitoring, wherein selecting the plurality of candidate clusters further comprises classifying, by the data processing system, each cluster in the plurality of clusters into a classification according to the plurality of cluster definition rules, wherein the plurality of cluster definition rules are fully automatically defined by an automated mechanism automatically defining the plurality of cluster definition rules based on analysis of the retrieved performance metric data; determining, by the data processing system, a plurality of cluster definition rules associated with the selected plurality of candidate clusters, the plurality of cluster definition rules being rules defining metric data values that cause each member of the selected plurality of candidate clusters to be in the respective cluster, wherein the cluster definition rules are not known prior to the clustering analysis being performed and thus, is a result of the clustering analysis operation providing insight into the collected performance metric data; generating, by the data processing system, the threshold conditions for performance monitoring based on the plurality of cluster definition rules that define the members of each of the selected plurality of candidate clusters, wherein the generating of the threshold conditions further comprises searching, by the data processing system, existing threshold conditions for similar threshold conditions to the generated threshold conditions and modifying the similar threshold conditions based on the generated threshold conditions; and applying, by the data processing system, the threshold conditions to future performance metric data to determine whether to perform an operation in response to the future performance metric data meeting or not meeting the at least one threshold conditions, wherein the operation is initiating an operation to reduce processor utilization by offloading processes onto another processor, generating a log report, and output an alert message. | 11,639 |
9,429,151 | 1. A heat sink assembly for cooling a power electronics module comprising: a housing defining an interior chamber for enclosing the power electronics module and defining a flow channel exterior to said interior chamber; and a heat sink structure disposed in conductive heat transfer relationship with said interior chamber and having a heat transfer surface positioned within the exterior flow channel; wherein the heat transfer surface comprises a plurality of external heat transfer fins extending outwardly from said housing into the flow channel of the housing; wherein the plurality of external heat transfer fins have an arcuate contour in longitudinal expanse. | 7,465 |
8,633,968 | 1. A method for creating an output stream that simulates a three dimensional image when displayed on a display, comprising: capturing a first series of frames having a first depth of field corresponding to a first focal point; capturing a second series of frames having a second depth of field different than the first depth of field; capturing at least a third series of frames having a third depth of field different than the first and second depth of field; and forming an output stream by interleaving the first, second, and third series of frames such that, when reproduced on the display, the displayed frames vary between the first, second, and third series of frames to create the illusion of a three-dimensional image, and a number of frames of the second series of frames being selected based upon an amount of motion between frames of the first and third series of frames. | 49,234 |
9,529,862 | 1. A system comprising: a processor-implemented segmentation module configured to: receive data from a client machine, the data comprising a product title and a product description; identify a first token in the product title; receive a token probability value associated with the first token; assign a value to the first token, the value indicating that, one of: the first token also occurs in the product description, a lexical association exists between the first token and a second token in the product description, and the lexical association does not exist and the first token is absent from the product description; compute a relevance value of a segmented group of tokens that occur in the product description and include the first token with the assigned value without requiring previously defined data tagging of the data beforehand of an unstructured text, the relevance value of the segmented group computed based on the value assigned to the first token; and determine and store in memory an indication that the segmented group of tokens is a most relevant segmented group of tokens in the product description; wherein the assigning of the value to the first token includes: initially assigning and storing a default value that indicates the lexical association does not exist and the first token is absent from the product description; and overwriting the stored initially assigned default value based on the first token occurring in the product description. | 27,577 |
9,424,591 | 1. A method comprising: providing a media stream via a network, the media stream comprising one or more advertisement content segments; identifying aggregate information associated with a viewer; assigning the one or more advertisement content segments to one or more categories and an advertising category score associated with the one or more categories, wherein the advertising category score represents an indication of relevancy of the one or more advertisement content segments to the one or more categories; filtering the one or more advertisement content segments based at least in part on at least one of the one or more categories, the advertising category score associated with the one or more categories and the aggregate information associated with the viewer; outputting an advertisement content segment from the filtered one or more advertisement content segments to the viewer; receiving a rating value from the viewer, and as specified by the viewer, for the advertisement content segment output to the viewer, wherein the rating value is received based on the viewer's selection of a rating in a graphical user interface associated with the advertisement content segment; and updating the aggregate information associated with the viewer based on the rating value. | 48,686 |
8,575,423 | 1. A method of modifying morphology in a plant comprising: introducing into a plant at least one chimaeric gene comprising a promoter sequence operably associated with a nucleic acid sequence, | 29,854 |
8,478,466 | 1. A control system for controlling operating modes of a hybrid vehicle, the vehicle comprising: an internal combustion engine; a first electric motor-generator; an electric traction motor; a battery pack; a clutch physically disposed between the engine and the first electric motor-generator and configured to selectively engage and disengage the engine from the traction motor; and a user-selectable switch configured to permit an operator to select an electric-only power mode and override a hybrid driving mode; and the control system comprising: | 5,396 |
9,717,390 | 1. A steam cleaning apparatus comprising: a main body having a boiler and a pump; a main power switch; a cleaning head coupled to the main body through a joint; a yoke in the main body or the cleaning head, the yoke having an arm contacting a position sensitive switch so that when the main body is in a non-use position, the position sensitive switch prevents the main switch from supplying power, and when the main body is in an in-use position, the position sensitive switch allows the main switch to provide power. | 12,193 |
8,429,225 | 1. A system comprising: one or more processors; memory coupled to the one or more processors; an inference data acquisition module configured to acquire inference data including at least a first inference data that indicates an inferred mental state of a first authoring user in connection with a particular item of an electronic document and a second inference data that indicates an inferred mental state of a second authoring user in connection with the particular item of the electronic document; a comparison module configured to compare the first inference data with the second inference data; and a presentation module configured to present congruence data indicative of an extent of congruity between the inferred mental state of the first authoring user in connection with one or more first actions, that were performed at least in part by the first authoring user in connection with the particular item, and the inferred mental state of the second authoring user in connection with one or more second actions, that were performed at least in part by the second authoring user in connection with the particular item, based, at least in part, on the comparison of the first inference data with the second inference data. | 35,298 |
8,425,800 | 1. A polymerizable-compound-containing liquid crystal composition comprising: as a first component, at least one polymerizable compound represented by general formula (I): wherein Z S R however, at least one of Z M L M m11 and m12 each independently represent 1, 2, or 3, and when m11 and/or m12 represents 2 or 3, Z n11 and n12 each independently represent 0, 1, or 2, but n11+n12 is 2 or less, and when n11 or n12 represents 2, M as a second component, at least one compound represented by general formula (II): wherein R M (a) a trans-1,4-cyclohexylene group where one methylene group or two or more non-adjacent methylene groups in the trans-1,4-cyclohexylene group may each be substituted with —O— or —S—, (b) a 1,4-phenylene group (where one —CH═ or two or more non-adjacent —CH═ in the 1,4-phenylene group may each be substituted with a nitrogen atom), a 2-fluoro-1,4-phenylene group, a 3-fluoro-1,4-phenylene group, and a 3,5-difluoro-1,4-phenylene group, and (c) a 1,4-cyclohexenylene group, a 1,4-bicyclo[2.2.2]octylene group, a piperidine-2,5-diyl group, a naphthalene-2,6-diyl group, a decahydronaphthalene-2,6-diyl group, and a 1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalene-2,6-diyl group, o represents 0, 1, or 2, L as a third component, at least one compound selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by general formulae (IIIa), (IIIb), and (IIIc): wherein R M (d) a trans-1,4-cyclohexylene group (where one methylene group or two or more non-adjacent methylene groups in the trans-1,4-cyclohexylene group may each be substituted with —O— or —S—, (e) a 1,4-phenylene group (where one —CH═ or two or more non-adjacent —CH═ in the 1,4-phenylene group may each be substituted with —N═), a 3-fluoro-1,4-phenylene group, and a 3,5-difluoro-1,4-phenylene group, and (f) a 1,4-cyclohexenylene group, a 1,4-bicyclo[2.2.2]octylene group, a piperidine-2,5-diyl group, a naphthalene-2,6-diyl group, a 1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalene-2,6-diyl group, and a decahydronaphthalene-2,6-diyl group, a hydrogen atom contained in any of the groups (d), (e), and (f) may be substituted with a cyano group, a fluorine atom, a trifluoromethyl group, a trifluoromethoxy group, or a chlorine atom, L X Y p, q, r, s, and t each independently represent 0, 1, or 2, but q+r and s+t are each 2 or less, or at least one compound selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by general formulae (IVa), (IVb), and (IVc): wherein R M (g) a trans-1,4-cyclohexylene group where one methylene group or two or more non-adjacent methylene groups in the trans-1,4-cyclohexylene group may each be substituted with —O— or —S—, (h) a 1,4-phenylene group where one —CH═ or two or more non-adjacent —CH═ in the 1,4-phenylene group may each be substituted with a nitrogen atom, and (i) a 1,4-cyclohexenylene group, a 1,4-bicyclo[2.2.2]octylene group, a piperidine-2,5-diyl group, a naphthalene-2,6-diyl group, a 1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthalene-2,6-diyl group, and a decahydronaphthalene-2,6-diyl group, a hydrogen atom contained in any of the groups (g), (h), and (i) may be substituted with a cyano group, a fluorine atom, a trifluoromethyl group, a trifluoromethoxy group, or a chlorine atom, L X G represents a methylene group or —O—, and u, v, w, x, y, and z each independently represent 0, 1, or 2, but u+v, w+x, and y+z are each 2 or less. | 15,712 |
9,207,831 | 1. A computer-implemented method of managing data in a webpage, the computer-implemented method comprising: configuring a specific processor with computer-executable instructions, that when executed, perform the steps of: receiving an input of entered data from a text entry box on a first webpage that is on a first network; attempting to determine whether there is a match between a subject topic of the entered data and a first interest window on the first webpage, wherein the first interest window is reserved for data entries that are described by the subject topic; and in response to the specific processor being unable to determine the subject topic of the entered data in the text entry box, the specific processor creating a new interest window in the first webpage. | 10,234 |
8,375,394 | 1. A method implemented in a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium and processed by one or more processors configured to perform the method, comprising: detecting a first process and a second process executing on a multicore processor machine based on resources being used by the first process and the second process; gathering metrics for the first process and the second process based on the resources, wherein gathering further includes collecting the metrics for: a first percentage reflecting a percentage of shared resources between the first process and the second process, and a second percentage reflecting a percentage of the shared system resources used between the first process and the second process, wherein collecting further includes computing a third percentage reflecting an average percentage of shared resources between every process on the multicore processor machine; comparing the metrics against one or more threshold values that exclude those resources that are shared system resources shared between the first process and the second process, wherein comparing further includes computing a first result as the third percentage subtracted from the first percentage and computing a second result as the second percentage subtracted from the first percentage; and determining to group the first process and the second process together within an operating system of the multicore process machine when the metrics are above or equal to the one or more threshold values, wherein determining further includes grouping the first process and the second process together when the first result is greater than or equal to a first threshold value and the second result is greater than or equal to a second threshold value. | 15,351 |
9,236,561 | 1. A method for providing a magnetic device including a plurality of memory cells, each of the plurality of memory cells capable of storing a plurality of bits, the plurality of bits corresponding to a plurality of data storage layers, the method comprising: determining at least one desired spacing and at least one desired junction angle for the plurality of data storage layers in each of the plurality of memory cells, the at least one desired junction angle and the at least one desired spacing corresponding to the plurality data storage layers having a plurality of spin transfer switching currents; depositing a magnetoresistive stack including plurality of layers for each of the plurality of memory cells, the plurality of memory cells including the plurality of data storage layers, a data storage layer of plurality of data storage layers being spaced apart from a nearest data storage layer of plurality of data storage layers by a distance corresponding to the at least one desired spacing; providing a mask on the plurality of layers, the mask corresponding to the plurality of memory cells; and defining the plurality of memory cells such that each of the plurality of memory cells has the at least one desired junction angle and the at least one desired spacing and such that the plurality of data storage layers for each of the plurality of memory cells is self-aligned, wherein the step of defining the plurality of magnetic memory cells further includes | 36,324 |
9,294,932 | 1. A method for controlling antenna down tilt in a mixed coordinated/non-coordinated network including at least one base station that mixes transmissions of coordinated signals that are synchronized with one or more adjacent base stations and transmissions of non-coordinated signals that are not synchronized with the one or more adjacent base stations, the method comprising: receiving by the at least one base station, one or more input signals defining a waveform to be transmitted via an antenna of the at least one base station; determining a type of the waveform defined by the one or more input signals, comprising determining whether one of the one or more input signals is a single-cell unicast waveform, a multi-cell single frequency network (SFN) unicast waveform, or a broadcast SFN waveform; determining a tilt angle state to be applied to the antenna based on the type of the waveform in response to receiving tilt control information from a network control entity, wherein the tilt control information comprises a timing and a down tilt state received or derived from at least one of a multimedia broadcast multicast service coordination entity or a mobility management entity; and transmitting a tilt control signal to adjust the down tilt of the angle if the determined tilt angle state differs from a current tilt angle state associated with the antenna. | 5,089 |
8,833,075 | 1. An engine system, comprising: a first exhaust conduit extending from a first exhaust port of a cylinder; a second exhaust conduit extending from a second exhaust port of the cylinder, the second exhaust port isolated from the first exhaust port by a heat recovery valve and a turbine; a heat exchanger located in a first branch of the first exhaust conduit, an outlet of the heat exchanger directed to an intake manifold and the second exhaust conduit; a turbocharger located in a second branch of the first exhaust conduit; a first catalyst and a second catalyst located along the second exhaust conduit; and a controller, the controller including instructions for adjusting a position of the heat recovery valve in response to a boost amount during a condition of degradation of a waste-gate of the turbocharger. | 14,631 |
8,556,541 | 1. A piling driver that can be assembled on site to drive an underpinning pile into a ground within a space under a limited head room, comprising: a pair of vertical holding frame members being supported in between a pair of horizontal parallel beams that have a gap therebetween by a pair of upper and lower locking pins; a clamping block being inserted through the vertical holding frame members and disposed above the horizontal parallel beams, having a pair of horizontal hydraulic clamps, and a vertical opening for the underpinning pile to be inserted through the vertical opening and the gap in between the horizontal parallel beams; and a thrust block frame structure being inserted through the vertical holding frame members and positioned above the clamping block, having a substantially C-shaped horizontal beam supported by a pair of vertical hydraulic jacks with corresponding rams connected to the clamping block for driving the clamping block along the vertical holding frame members; wherein the C-shaped horizontal beam has a side opening in the form of a groove that has dimensions that are sufficient for the underpinning pile to be inserted either laterally into the side opening and aligned vertically into the clamping block, or vertically into the side opening and the clamping block, such that the piling driver can drive a high capacity and maximum continuous length of the underpinning pile or at least equal to a clear floor height of a building, and the clamping block can slide smoothly along the two vertical holding frame members to at or below the foundation sub-structure whilst securely clamping the underpinning pile when being push down or pulled up by the rams against the thrust block frame structure. | 28,943 |
9,226,239 | 1. A device comprising: a cellular module that is pre-configured to receive a wake-up call; one or more processors that links the cellular module to a memory; the memory configured to the one or more processors that comprises: | 26,891 |
9,109,093 | 1. An electronic device, comprising: an external enclosure, comprising: a first conductive metal component; and a separate second conductive metal component, wherein at least one of the first conductive metal component and the second conductive metal component functions as a wireless antenna to provide radio-frequency communication for the electronic device; wherein the first conductive metal component and the second conductive metal component are part of an external frame or an internal frame for the electronic device; a non-conductive interface component molded between adjacent edges of the first and second conductive metal components and that rigidly joins the first and second conductive metal components to form a least a portion of the enclosure, the non-conductive interface component providing radio frequency isolation between the first conductive metal component and the second conductive metal component and wherein the non-conductive interface component is formed from a composite material comprising: a non-conductive thermoplastic material; and a non-conductive ceramic fiber filler material within the thermoplastic material; and a processor received within the external enclosure and operatively connected to the wireless antenna. | 18,578 |
9,626,995 | 1. A disk apparatus comprising: a disk medium having a data area and a servo area, on the disk medium, a signal of three levels can be recorded onto the data area on a track including first and second sub-tracks in a form of combinations of information recorded on the first sub-track and information recorded on the second sub-track adjacent to the first sub-track, the three levels including a first level, a second level, and a third level between the first level and the second level; and a controller that obtains a likelihood ratio of likelihood of the third level to likelihood of the first level and of the second level based on a signal read from the data area by a head, obtains offset amount of the head from a target position along an cross-track direction and a direction of the offset according to the obtained likelihood ratio, and performs first control to cause the head to approach the target position based on the offset amount and the direction. | 8,833 |
8,581,700 | 1. A wearable device comprising: a same conversation group detection unit operable to request that each of a plurality of other wearable devices transmit a response including first audio information acquired by the other wearable devices; a communication unit operable to receive the responses from the plurality of other wearable devices; and an overlap rate calculation unit operable to calculate an overlap rate between (i) an utterance interval in second audio information acquired by said wearable device at the same time and location the first audio information is acquired by the other wearable devices and (ii) an utterance interval in the first audio information acquired by each of the other wearable devices and received by said communication unit, wherein said same conversation group detection unit is further operable to detect, from among the plurality of other wearable devices, a group-participant wearable device of the plurality of other wearable devices that belongs to a same conversation group as said wearable device, by using at least the calculated overlap rates. | 42,743 |
9,786,902 | 1. An electrode for a non-aqueous electrolytic battery, comprising: a current collector; and an electrode mixture containing a binder and an active material particle selected from at least one of a carbonaceous material, a metal particle and a metal oxide particle on the current collector, wherein, when cutting strength of an interface between the current collector and the electrode mixture is represented by “a” and cutting strength in a horizontal direction within the electrode mixture is represented by “b”, the “a” and “b” satisfy a relation of a/b<1, the metal particle includes silicon phase, the metal oxide particle includes silicon oxide phase, and a value that standard deviation/average size of the silicon oxide phase is not larger than 1.0 in the standard deviation with a size distribution defined by (d84%−d16%)/2. | 19,900 |
9,534,240 | 1. A recombinant microorganism producing quinolinic acid, which expresses a fusion protein of L-aspartate oxidase and quinolinate synthase linked via a linker. | 15,087 |
9,130,427 | 1. An arrangement comprising, a star connection of a stator windings of an electromotor, first crimp sleeves being slid onto stator winding-wire end regions and joined thereto; wherein the first crimp sleeves are joined to second crimp sleeves by a respective welded connection, the second crimp sleeves being slid onto an electrical line and joined thereto. | 13,138 |
9,554,444 | 1. A device configured to allow a constant current system power source to supply power to a constant voltage load, the device comprising: a primary coil configured to be connected to a constant current type power source circuit; a secondary coil configured to be connected to the constant voltage load; and wherein the coils are wound on a split C-core comprising a first core gap and a second core gap; wherein the primary coil is wound on a first side of the core across the first core gap and the secondary coil is wound on a second side of the core across the second core gap; and wherein the secondary coil has a higher number of windings than the primary coil. | 21,555 |
9,464,584 | 1. A method of matching the ignitability of the charge provided to combustion cylinders of an internal combustion engine to the current state of the engine's ignition system, the engine having an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) loop such that at least one of the combustion cylinders is an EGR cylinder that generates an EGR stream carried only by the EGR loop, comprising: receiving current combustion charge data representing at least air, fuel and EGR components of the combustion charge; estimating the ignitability of the combustion charge based on the combustion charge data; determining whether the current ignition energy of the ignition system is sufficient to ignite the charge based on at least data representing whether the engine is in cold start mode and further based on the results of the estimating step; and if the current energy of the ignition system is not sufficient to ignite the charge, increasing the amount of hydrogen in the EGR stream; wherein the step of increasing the amount of hydrogen in the EGR stream is performed in at least one of the following ways: providing a more rich air-fuel ratio to one or more of the EGR cylinder(s), by providing post-combustion fuel injection to one or more of the EGR cylinder(s) for one or more engine cycles, by injecting hydrogen into the EGR stream, or by injecting fuel into the EGR stream and using a reformer catalyst to generate hydrogen from this injected fuel. | 36,832 |
9,632,304 | 1. A direct view optical sight having an integrated laser rangefinder and comprising: an eyepiece; an objective providing an optical aperture and configured to direct electromagnetic radiation from a viewed scene to the eyepiece; an erector tube assembly coupled between the eyepiece and the objective; the laser rangefinder configured to transmit and receive laser radiation; a beam combiner assembly mounted to the erector tube assembly and positioned between the erector tube assembly and the objective, the beam combiner assembly configured to combine the laser radiation and the electromagnetic radiation to allow the laser rangefinder to transmit and receive the laser radiation via the optical aperture of the objective, and to maintain optical alignment of the laser rangefinder and the viewed scene during movement of the erector tube assembly, wherein the beam combiner assembly includes a first reflective surface configured to reflect the laser radiation and to transmit the electromagnetic radiation from the viewed scene to the erector tube assembly, and a second reflective surface configured to reflect the laser radiation to and from the first reflective surface; a display mounted to the beam combiner assembly and configured to receive and display at least one of infrared imagery and video imagery, wherein the beam combiner assembly includes a third reflective surface configured to couple the display into an optical path to the eyepiece and to reflect light from the display via the erector tube assembly to the eyepiece; and a blocking filter selectively movable into an out of the optical path to the eyepiece, the blocking filter configured to block visible electromagnetic radiation from the viewed scene from reaching the eyepiece when positioned in the optical path, the blocking filter further configured to be substantially transparent to the laser radiation. | 42,598 |
8,938,418 | 1. A method of replicating data for a distributed database between a plurality of instances, each instance comprising one or more server computers with memory and one or more processors, the method comprising: tracking changes to the distributed database at a first instance by storing deltas, wherein each delta includes: identifying a set of deltas to send to a second instance based, at least in part, on a second egress map at the first instance, wherein the second egress map specifies which combinations of row identifier and sequence identifier have been acknowledged as received at the second instance; transmitting the identified set of deltas to the second instance; receiving acknowledgement that the deltas in the identified set of deltas have been incorporated into the second instance; and updating the second egress map to indicate the acknowledged deltas. | 47,132 |
9,514,386 | 1. One or more computer-readable media having computer-useable instructions embodied thereon for performing a method of utilizing high-resolution remotely sensed imagery (“imagery”) to identify terrestrial objects that have changed in a certain manner, the method comprising: receiving a query that includes one or more inputs, which are related to 1) a first terrestrial object (“first object”) and 2) source change-detection information that describes change associated with the first object; applying the query to a dataset that includes indexed information that describes the imagery; based on the one or more inputs, determining a query result by: presenting on a presentation device indications of the query result comprising at least a portion of the identified set of regions. | 48,980 |
9,673,451 | 1. A material comprising single crystal particles of a lithium-containing composite oxide, wherein the lithium-containing composite oxide is expressed by LiMPO wherein each of the single crystal particles is a flat single crystal particle, wherein in each of the single crystal particles, a length in a b-axis direction is shorter than each of lengths in an a-axis direction and a c-axis direction, and a b-plane has a square shape or a substantially square shape, wherein a ratio of lengths of the single crystal particles in the a-axis direction and the c-axis direction is greater than or equal to 0.8 and less than or equal to 1.2. | 40,507 |
8,680,305 | 1. A method of obtaining a polyunsaturated fatty acid derivative comprising the steps of: contacting a mixture of fatty acid derivatives including a polyunsaturated fatty acid derivative with a silver salt aqueous solution to obtain the polyunsaturated fatty acid derivative; collecting a separated silver salt aqueous solution therefrom, and adjusting a free fatty acid content in the collected silver salt aqueous solution to 0.2 meq or less per gram of silver to obtain a collected and adjusted silver salt aqueous solution; and re-using the collected and adjusted silver salt aqueous solution. | 686 |
8,907,147 | 1. In a method for producing 1,1,2,3-tetrachloropropene (HCC-1230xa), which includes the following steps: (1) preparing 1,1,1,3-tetrachloropropane by reacting ethylene with carbon tetrachloride in the presence of both a source of metallic iron that is effective as an activator for the reaction, and a promoter for the reaction, said promoter being selected from phosphorus (V) compounds containing a phosphoryl group; (2) dehydrochlorinating the 1,1,1,3-tetrachloropropane to produce a mixture of 1,1,3- and 3,3,3-trichloropropenes; (3) chlorinating at least one of the trichloropropenes obtained by the dehydrochlorination step to produce 1,1,1,2,3-pentachloropropane; (4) dehydrochlorinating the 1,1,1,2,3-pentachloropropane to produce a mixture of 1,1,2,3- and 2,3,3,3-tetrachloropropenes; and (5) contacting the mixture of tetrachloropropenes with anhydrous ferric chloride acting as an allylic rearrangement catalyst, thereby converting the 2,3,3,3-tetrachloropropene to 1,1,2,3-tetrachloropropene; the improvement comprising; using a first reactive distillation column for HCC-250fb dehydrochlorination, and a second reactive distillation column for HCC-240db dehydrochlorination/HCC-1230xf isomerization. | 46,943 |
8,490,223 | 1. A toilet comprising: a bowl configured with a receptacle to receive waste, with a secondary chamber, and with an opening formed in the receptacle to allow the waste to pass from the receptacle to the secondary chamber; a rinse pump configured to turn on to add a small amount of rinsing water for cleaning the bowl; a flexible self cleaning gasket configured around the opening formed in the receptacle; a bowl valve configured with a sealing part having a substantially rounded shape, configured to rotate to a closed position that creates a sealed effect between the sealing part and the flexible self cleaning gasket trapping the waste and rinsing water in the receptacle of the bowl and sealing odors in the secondary chamber, and configured to rotate to an open position that sweeps the sealing part to be swept across the flexible self cleaning gasket and allowing the waste to pass from the receptacle to the secondary chamber; and a solenoid configured to rotate the bowl valve from the closed position to the open position, and vice versa. | 22,369 |
9,107,123 | 1. A method in a mobile device for limiting search and measurements for cell reselection and handover, the method comprising: determining a state of the mobile device from one of a plurality of states, wherein the states comprises an idle state, a static-idle state, a connected state, and a static-connected state; and selecting a time interval to wait between successive neighbor cell search and measurements for cell reselection and handover according to the state of the mobile device, wherein the time interval corresponding to one of the states is less than the time interval corresponding to another of the states. | 2,384 |
9,240,928 | 1. A method for forwarding frames received by a network interconnect node of an internal network comprising the network interconnect node, one or more internal network nodes and one or more other internal network interconnect nodes, the network interconnect node comprising a network interconnect interface configured to communicate with an external network interconnect node of an external network and a network interface configured to communicate with one or more of the other internal network interconnect nodes and with one or more of the internal network nodes, wherein the frames are related to a service provided by at least one of the external network and the internal network and the method comprises at least one of: (1) receiving, from the external network interconnect node, frames at the network interconnect interface and forwarding according to a Virtual Local Area Network (VLAN) tagging forwarding process, by the network interconnect node, the frames by considering whether the network interconnect node is active for the service associated with the frames, wherein the frames received at the network interconnect interface are forwarded to one or more first forwarding destinations regardless of whether or not the network interconnect node is active for the service, wherein the one or more first forwarding destinations are determined based on whether or not the network interconnect node is active for the service, and wherein the one or more first forwarding destinations comprise (2) receiving, from one or more of the other internal network interconnect nodes or from one or more of the internal network nodes, frames at the network interface and forwarding according to the VLAN tagging forwarding process, by the network interconnect node, the frames based on at least one of wherein the frames received at the network interface are forwarded to one or more second forwarding destinations regardless of whether or not the frames are encapsulated, and regardless whether or not the network interconnect node is active for the service, and wherein the one or more second forwarding destinations are determined based on at least one of whether or not the frames are encapsulated, and whether or not the network interconnect node is active for the service, and wherein the one or more second forwarding destinations comprise if the frames are received from the external network interconnect node by the network interconnect interface, determining whether the network interconnect node is active for the service associated with the frames; if the network interconnect node is active for the service, forwarding, by the network interconnect node, the frames to one or more of the internal network nodes or to one or more of the other internal network interconnect nodes on a network link via the network interface according to the VLAN tagging forwarding process; and if the network interconnect node is not active for the service, encapsulating, by the network interconnect node, the frames and forwarding, by the network interconnect node, the encapsulated frames to one or more of the other internal network interconnect nodes on a network link via the network interface according to the VLAN tagging forwarding process. | 28,258 |
9,185,209 | 1. A call-details recording device comprising: a storage device to store voice data; a detecting unit that detects a connection or disconnection of a call of a recording target telephone terminal connected to a packet communication network; a recording unit that records, when the detecting unit detects the call connection, details of the call by acquiring the voice data transmitted and received by the telephone terminal from the network and storing the voice data of the call-details of the telephone terminal in the storage device; and a reproduction enabling unit that stores, when the detecting unit detects the call disconnection, data including the voice data converted into a reproducible format in the storage device, wherein the detecting unit further detects execution of an interrupting operation while keeping a call-connected status, the reproduction enabling unit stores, when the detecting unit detects the interrupting operation, data including the voice data recorded by the recording unit to a point of time when executing the interrupting operation from a point of time when connecting the call after converting into reproducible format in the storage device, and the reproduction enabling unit updates the data, which is stored in the reproducible format in the storage device, that includes the voice data recorded to the point of time when executing the interrupting operation from the point of time when connecting the call, with the voice data recorded by the recording unit to a point of time when disconnecting the call from the point of time when connecting the call, when the detecting unit detects the call disconnection and the data including the voice data recorded to the point of time when executing the interrupting operation from the point of time when connecting the call is stored in the reproducible format in the storage device by the reproduction enabling unit. | 49,653 |
9,506,474 | 1. A method for operating an engine including a compressor, comprising: detecting a surge event of the compressor based on a frequency content of a signal from a throttle inlet pressure sensor located downstream of the compressor; and adapting a surge line of a compressor map stored in a memory of a controller of the engine based on an operating point of the compressor during the surge event; | 26,189 |
9,368,540 | 1. A device comprising: a photo diode comprising: a silicon germanium layer of the second conductivity type underlying the first semiconductor layer; a gate dielectric over the second semiconductor layer; a gate electrode over the gate dielectric; and a source/drain region of the first conductivity type, wherein the source/drain region, the gate dielectric, and the gate electrode form portions of a transistor, and the transistor is configured to turn on and turn off an electrical connection between the photo diode and the source/drain region. | 279 |
8,929,207 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a lower-layer network device comprising a plurality of ports, wherein, | 8,668 |
9,098,119 | 1. An apparatus, comprising: an input device having a bezel surface with a substantially flat plane and one or more keys; and a controller receiving input from the one or more keys; one or more of the one or more keys having a recessed surface relative to the bezel surface of the input device; the recessed surface responding to user input in the absence of mechanical displacement; wherein a peripheral edge of at least one key having a recessed surface additionally has a lip defined between the bezel surface and the peripheral edge of the at least one key; and wherein said at least one key is not mechanically displaceable. | 16,287 |
9,849,430 | 1. An apparatus for mixing a fluid within a container comprising: a container; a shaft; a blade attached to the shaft, wherein the blade includes a variable pitch angle, the variable pitch angle is configured to create axial fluid flow, and radial fluid flow within the container, wherein the variable pitch angle is about 60 degrees proximate to the shaft, the variable pitch angle is about 40 degrees at a location between the shaft and an end of the blade, and the variable pitch angle is about 20 degrees near the end of the blade, such that the change in pitch angle from proximate the shaft to near the end of the blade is about 40 degrees; a hub located at a proximal end of the shaft; and a first rib having a convex shape in relationship with a leading side of the blade and a second rib having a concave shape in relationship to the leading side of the blade; and wherein said shaft, blade, and hub are located entirely within the container. | 15,791 |
9,132,188 | 1. The compounds shown below, wherein each n is independently an integer from 0 to 20. | 15,553 |
9,551,876 | 1. A head up display device for a vehicle, comprising: an information display unit; a light sensor; and an information acquisition unit coupled to the information display unit and to the light sensor, the information acquisition unit configured to: | 5,824 |
9,345,624 | 1. An absorbent article comprising an absorbent core, the absorbent article being divided into three portions: a front portion, a back portion and a crotch portion disposed between the front portion and the back portion, the absorbent core having a dry thickness at a crotch point of the article of from 0.2 to 5 mm; wherein the absorbent core comprises superabsorbent polymer particles; wherein the superabsorbent polymer particles comprised by the absorbent core in the front portion or the crotch portion of the absorbent article or by the whole absorbent core require a time to reach an uptake of 20 g/g (T20) of less than 240 s as measured according to the K(t) Test Method; wherein the superabsorbent polymer particles have a CRC value of from 20 to 40 g/g; and wherein the superabsorbent polymer particles have a UPM value of from 40 to 150 (10 | 37,289 |
9,302,498 | 1. A method of enhancing an image quality on a media, comprising: providing an ink-based halftone image on a media, wherein the halftone image comprises an amount of noise due to non-uniform properties of the media; depositing a transparent overcoat layer at least over the halftone image, wherein the transparent overcoat layer comprises a major amount of cross-linkable resin and a minor amount of a photoinitiator; embossing the transparent overcoat layer to form an embossed micro-structured overcoat layer; and curing the embossed micro-structured overcoat layer to form the micro-structured overcoat, wherein the micro-structured overcoat layer comprises an array of microlenses, each microlens having a diameter in the range of about 5 μm to about 50 μm; configuring the microstructured overcoat layer to reduce the amount of noise due to optical diffusion surrounding halftone dots in the inked-based halftone image and to improve a perceived uniformity of the halftone image compared to a perceived uniformity of the halftone image without the overcoat layer, wherein configuring the micro-structured overcoat layer comprises: arranging each of the microlenses in the microarray to correspond to a single halftone dot of the halftone image, capturing incident illumination with each of the microlenses; focusing the incident illumination captured by each of the microlenses onto the corresponding halftone dot, thereby reducing the amount of noise due to optical diffusion surrounding halftone dots. | 27,592 |
8,600,207 | 1. A spliceable optical fiber for transmission of light in its longitudinal direction, the optical fiber having a cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, said optical fiber comprising in the cross section: (a) a core region for guiding said light; and (b) a microstructured cladding region, said cladding region surrounding said core region and comprising: (b1) an inner cladding region with inner cladding features arranged in an inner cladding background material with a refractive index nl, said inner cladding features comprising thermally collapsible holes or voids extending in the longitudinal direction of the fiber over substantially an entirety of the fiber, wherein the inner cladding features substantially confine the guided light within the core; and b2) an outer cladding region surrounding said inner cladding region and having an outer cladding background material with a refractive index n said spliceable optical fiber having a collapsed optical fiber end wherein said inner thermally collapsible holes or voids are collapsed via heating of said end so that an expanded core is provided at said collapsed optical fiber end where a guided mode at the at least one fiber end is substantially confined by the difference between n | 48,055 |
9,346,457 | 1. A method for controlling gear shifting of an automatic transmission from a N gear stage to a N′ gear stage, the gear shifting being embodied by engaging and releasing friction elements, the method comprising: selecting at least two among a rpm of a turbine, a rpm of a first motor generator (MG1), a rpm of a second motor generator (MG2) and a rpm of a planetary gear set as control factors; controlling engagement and release of the friction elements using the control factors; setting a first synchronous speed and a second synchronous speed for controlling the engagement and release of the friction elements using the two control factors selected from among the rpm of the turbine, the rpm of the first motor generator (MG1), the rpm of the second motor generator (MG2) and the rpm of the planetary gear set, the first and second synchronous speeds being different from each other; wherein when a signal of shifting gears from the N gear stage embodied by engagement of a first friction element and a second friction element to the N′ gear stage embodied by engagement of a third friction element and a fourth friction element is input, the release of the first friction element and the engagement of the third friction element begin at the same time, and the release of the second friction element and the engagement of the fourth friction element begin at the same time; and wherein when the signal of shifting gears from the N gear stage embodied by engagement of the first friction element and the second friction element to the N′ gear stage embodied by engagement of the third friction element and the fourth friction element is input, controlling the release of the first friction element and the engagement of the third friction element and controlling the release of the second friction element and the engagement of the fourth friction element are conducted at the same time. | 21,596 |
9,413,904 | 1. An image-reading apparatus, comprising: a reading device configured to convey a document along a conveying path and to read the conveyed document while conveying the document; a document feed tray configured to hold one or more unfinished read documents; a detector configured to detect the document feed tray is in a used position where a document holding surface is exposed or in an unused position where the document holding surface is not exposed, wherein the conveying path includes the document feed tray while the document feed tray is in the used position; a power supply device configured to supply power to the reading device; and a power supply control device configured to: | 6,284 |
8,691,002 | 1. A process for preparing a black colorant comprising: reacting a compound of the formula with a compound of the formula in a molar ratio of 1:2 in the presence of a catalyst which in water at 25° C. has a pK≦4.5, wherein R R R or R R and each R or two vicinal R form —O—CO—O—, —O—CS—O—, —CO—N—CO—, —N—CO—N—, —N═S═N—, —N—C═C—, —O—C═C—, —S——C═C—, —O—C═N—, —S—C═N—, —N—N═N—, —N═C—C═C—, —C═N—C═C—, —N═C—C═N—, —C═N—N═C— or —C═N—C═N— or —C═C—C═C—, in which each —C═ and —N—, independently of all other —C═ and —N—, is substituted by H or R or two geminal or vicinal R each R or two vicinal R form —O—CO—O—, —O—CS—O—, —CO—N—CO—, —N—CO—N—, —N═S═N—, —N—C═C—, —O—C═C—, —S——C═C—, —O—C═N—, —S—C═N—, —N—N═N—, —N═C—C═C—, —C═N—C═C—, —N═C—C═N—, —C═N—N═C— or —C═N—C═N— or —C═C—C═C—, in which each —C═ and —N— independently of all other —C═ and —N— is substituted by H, F, oxo, thioxo, C or two geminal or vicinal R | 10,294 |
8,574,411 | 1. A Plasma Vapor Deposition apparatus for depositing a layer on a substrate, comprising: a vacuum chamber; a substrate support positioned in the vacuum chamber; and a plurality of gas introduction tubes extending across an internal volume of the vacuum chamber, the gas introduction tubes comprising: a first inner tube having a plurality of first openings extending along a first center axis, the first openings occupying a first plurality of different angular positions on a circumference of the first inner tube, wherein the first plurality of different angular positions are defined with respect to the first center axis that extends along a flow direction of the first inner tube; an outer tube surrounding the first inner tube and having a plurality of second openings extending along the first center axis which do not align with the first openings, the second openings occupying a second plurality of different angular positions on a circumference of the outer tube, wherein the second plurality of different angular positions are defined with respect to the first center axis; and a second inner tube having a plurality of third openings extending along the first center axis which do not align with the first openings, the first inner tube surrounding the second inner tube. | 4,846 |
9,849,806 | 1. A vehicle powertrain comprising: a DC-DC converter coupled between a traction battery and an inverter for an electric machine; and a controller configured to, in response to a rotational speed of the electric machine dropping below a back EMF threshold speed, transition to a current control based six step inverter mode and operate the DC-DC converter to output a voltage less than an open circuit voltage of the traction battery. | 1,911 |
9,276,260 | 1. An anode active material for a lithium secondary battery, comprising a composite of SiO x -carboxylmethyl cellulose (CMC)-carbon nanotube (CNT) in which CNT is bonded to SiO x (0<x≦1) through CMC; and a carbon-based material. | 42,779 |
8,584,917 | 1. A carrier system for use on a human torso, comprising: a back part which is located, and releasably supported on, a back of a human torso, and wherein the back part has a receptacle in the form of an elongated continuous tube having opposite ends, and which has a longitudinally extending and continuous slot formed therein, and which extends between the opposite ends of the elongated continuous tube; a hip belt which is affixed to the back part, and which is further oriented on and about a pair of hips of the human torso, and wherein the hip belt further has opposite ends which are releasably coupled together to secure the hip belt about a waist of the human torso; a fastening belt having a pair of flank portions, and wherein each flank portion has a first end which is releasably coupled to the back part, and a second end which extends around the human torso and is located in close proximity to the second end of other flank portion, and wherein the first end of each flank portion includes a flexible loop, and which is inserted through the longitudinally extending and continuous slot, and is received, at least in part, within the elongated continuous tube, and wherein the fastening belt is located elevationally, above the hip belt, and the second end of each of the flank portions of the fastening belt are releasably fastened together at a location which is between the waist of the human torso, and a pair of shoulders of the human torso, and wherein the fastening belt is operable to stabilize the back part as the human torso moves; and an elongated fixing element which is dimensioned to be received within the elongated continuous tube and which further extends through the portion of the flexible loop which is inserted through the continuous longitudinally extending slot, and received within the elongated continuous tube, and wherein the elongated fixing element, once received within the flexible loop, prohibits the flexible loop from being removed from the elongated continuous tube and releasably secures the respective flank portions of the fastening belt to the back part. | 27,277 |
9,639,383 | 1. A computer implemented method for moving replication of a virtual volume from being replicated to a first virtual consistency group to a virtual second consistency group, the computer implemented method comprising: notifying a splitter running in a hypervisor that replication of the virtual volume managed by the hypervisor is being removed from being replicated to the first virtual consistency group and the virtual volume is being added to a second virtual consistency group to be replicated by the second virtual consistency group; wherein a virtual consistency group contains a replication set; wherein the replication set is an association between a set of source volumes and a set of replica volumes; wherein before the virtual volume is removed the splitter intercepts IO written to the virtual volume and sends a copy of the IO to the first virtual consistency group managed by a first virtual data protection appliance; wherein each virtual consistency group contains one or more replica volumes corresponding to one or more virtual volumes; wherein the one or more virtual volumes are being replicated to the one or more replica volumes of the virtual consistency group; flushing IO for the first virtual consistency group; creating a snapshot of the virtual volume at a replica site; wherein the first virtual consistency group is located at the replica site, once all the IO is flushed to a replica of the virtual volume in the first virtual consistency group; creating a bookmark; wherein the bookmark indicates that the virtual volume was removed from the first virtual consistency group; wherein the bookmark represents a consistent point in time for the virtual volume removed from the first virtual consistency group; and moving replication of the virtual volume from the first virtual consistency group to the second virtual consistency group; wherein moving the virtual volume from the first virtual consistency group to the second virtual consistency group causes the copy of the IO split from the virtual volume to be sent to the second virtual consistency group by reconfiguring the splitter to send IO from the virtual volume to the second virtual consistency group. | 15,313 |
8,912,767 | 1. A reactive energy compensator capable of being electrically connected to an AC electrical network having M phase(s) and having a network frequency, M being greater than or equal to 1, the compensator comprising M phase(s) and including: at least one input direct voltage bus capable of supplying reactive energy; at least one voltage inverter connected to the direct voltage bus and capable of converting a direct input current into an alternating output current, the or each inverter comprising two input terminals, M output terminal(s) and M switching branches, each output terminal corresponding to a phase, each switching branch including controllable electronic switches, the or each inverter also comprising a first capacitor having a first voltage at its terminals and a second capacitor having a second voltage at its terminals, the two capacitors being connected serially between the two input terminals of the inverter; and control means for the electronic switches of the or each inverter, comprising computation means capable of generating a target control current from a current to be compensated, means for combining the target control current and the output current from the inverter to supply a differential current, means for transmitting a control signal capable of driving the switches from the differential current to shape the output current, and correction means, from the first and second voltages, for the control signals of the switches, the correction means being capable of reducing the difference between the value of the first voltage and that of the second voltage, wherein the correction means are able to add a balancing current to the target control current, the balancing current being able to correct the target control current so as to reduce the difference between the values of the first and second voltages, the target control current being increased for an even harmonic of the network frequency. | 46,423 |
9,590,244 | 1. A lithium transition metal composite oxide powder, comprising a plurality of biwedge octahedron particles represented by a general formula: Li a Ni b Mn c Co d M e O f , wherein 0.5≦a≦2, b+c+d+e=1, 0<b<1, 0<c<1, 0≦d<1, 0≦e<0.15, 2≦f≦3, and M is at least one of Mg, Sr, Ba, Cd, Zn, Al, Ga, B, Zr, Ti, Ca, Ce, Y, Nb, Cr, Fe and V. | 10,086 |
9,036,935 | 1. An apparatus for coding an image, comprising: a first coding section configured to encode a target block by a first coding mode to generate first coded data, the target block being included in a segment into which an input image is divided; a second coding section configured to encode the target block by a second coding mode to generate second coded data, an amount of the second coded data being predetermined; a decision section configured to decide whether to encode by the first coding mode or the second coding mode; and a selection section configured to select one of the first coded data and the second coded data, based on a decision result of the decision section; wherein the decision section decides to encode by the second coding mode if a total amount of coded data of the segment in the input image is over a target amount of coded data, and the total amount of coded data being a sum of an accumulated amount of coded data obtained by encoding blocks in the segment prior to the target block, an amount of the first coded data of the target block, and an amount of coded data to be obtained by encoding remained blocks in the segment by the second coding mode. | 29,735 |
8,653,149 | 1. A process for generating a gaseous raw product stream from a liquid heavy hydrocarbon material, the process comprising the steps of: (a) dispersing the liquid heavy hydrocarbon material in a gaseous carrier to produce a dispersed heavy hydrocarbon feed; (b) introducing a superheated gas feed stream comprising heat energy and steam, and optionally carbon monoxide and hydrogen, into a reactor containing a bed of an alkali metal-impregnated carbonaceous carrier; (c) optionally introducing an oxygen-rich stream into the reactor to generate heat energy and, optionally, carbon monoxide and hydrogen in situ; (d) contacting the dispersed heavy hydrocarbon feed with steam, carbon monoxide and hydrogen in the presence of the bed of the alkali metal-impregnated carbonaceous carrier, at an elevated pressure and at a temperature of from about 1100° F. to about 1400° F., to generate a raw gaseous mixture comprising methane, one or both of ethylene and propylene, and one or both of ethane and propane; and (e) withdrawing a stream of the raw gaseous mixture from the reactor as the gaseous raw product stream, wherein the reaction in step (d) has a syngas demand, and the syngas demand is at least substantially satisfied by carbon monoxide and hydrogen that may be present in the superheated gas feed stream, and by carbon monoxide and hydrogen that may be generated in step (c). | 39,389 |
9,783,957 | 1. A hydraulic excavator, comprising: a revolving unit revolvably mounted on a traveling unit; a counterweight disposed on a rear end part of the revolving unit; an engine compartment disposed in front of the counterweight on the revolving unit; a cab disposed in front of the engine compartment on the revolving unit; an equipment compartment disposed between the engine compartment and the cab on the revolving unit, an upper surface of the equipment compartment having a substantially flat area; a first Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) antenna supporting part configured to support a first GNSS antenna, the first GNSS antenna being disposed over the substantially flat area; and a second GNSS antenna supporting part configured to support a second GNSS antenna located on the right side of a front-rear center line of the hydraulic excavator; the first GNSS antenna supporting part being located on the left side of the front-rear center line of the hydraulic excavator. | 43,646 |
8,786,406 | 1. An interactive method for recording and playing data to be implemented using an interactive system including a recording and playing unit, a processing unit, an RFID (radio frequency identification) reader, and a memory, the interactive method comprising: a) receiving by the processing unit a record/stop request signal; b) after step a), determining by the processing unit whether to activate the RFID reader in response to receipt of the record/stop request signal; c) activating by the processing unit the RFID reader for RFID tag reading when the processing unit determines to activate the RFID reader in step b); d) after step c), reading by the RFID reader a first RFID tag and sending a first identification code corresponding to the first RFID tag to the processing unit; e) after step d), controlling by the processing unit the recording and playing unit to record data so as to generate recorded data corresponding to the first identification code; and f) after step e), storing by the processing unit the recorded data in the memory using the first identification code as an index when the record/stop request signal is again received by the processing unit when the recording and playing unit is recording data. | 11,008 |
9,570,914 | 1. An electric power retail management apparatus comprising: a selection information storage unit configured to store therein selection information including information corresponding to a type of a power generation source selected by each of a plurality of electric power consumers; a power generation amount information acquisition unit configured to acquire, as information about a power generation amount, information about an amount of electric power supplied from a plurality of power generation sources to a power transmission and distribution network; a power consumption amount information acquisition unit configured to acquire, as information about a power consumption amount, information about an amount of electric power supplied from the power transmission and distribution network to the electric power consumers; and a power generation source selection unit configured to select, as a power generation source for supplying electric power corresponding to the power consumption amount, one or more power generation sources of which the type corresponds to the selection information from among the power generation sources for each of the electric power consumers on the basis of the power generation amount. | 22,726 |
9,807,122 | 1. An apparatus, comprising: at least one storage device for storing program instructions; and at least one processor for processing the program instructions to: receive user entry of an electronic communication that designates a receiving communication device; determine a topic of the electronic communication; determine a media type of the electronic communication; assign one or more security requirements to the electronic communication based on the determined topic and the determined media type; identify a security state of the receiving communication device for receiving the electronic communication via the determined media type; and transmit the electronic communication to the receiving communication device over a communication network only in response to the security state of the receiving communication device satisfying the one or more security requirements assigned to the electronic communication. | 28,519 |
9,704,155 | 1. A method, comprising: receiving, by a service provider server computer, order information and a request to create an account record from a merchant computer over a first network communication channel, the order information associated with a transaction between a user computer and the merchant computer, the account record storing user information at the service provider server computer; rendering, by the service provider server computer, a hosted page on behalf of the merchant computer, the hosted page presenting at least a portion of the order information and at least an input field into which the user information may be input via the user computer; providing, by the service provider server computer, the rendered hosted page to the user computer, wherein the rendered hosted page is displayed on the user computer for the user to input the user information; receiving, by the service provider server computer, the user information from the user computer over a second network communication channel via the rendered hosted page; processing, by the service provider server computer, the transaction between the user computer and the merchant computer using the user information; creating, by the service provider server computer, an account record for the user if the user does not already have an account record, wherein the account record includes entries for one or more accounts of the user; tokenizing, by the service provider server computer, the user information, the tokenizing including: sending, by the service provider server computer, a copy of the token to the merchant computer, wherein the sending causes the merchant computer to submit the token in a future transaction between the merchant computer and the user computer without requiring the user to provide the user information; during the future transaction: | 40,294 |
9,796,183 | 1. An electrohydrodynamic inkjet printing device, comprising: (1) a support part; (2) a jet printing module, the jet printing module being disposed on the support part and comprising a nozzle assembly for ejecting printing fluid onto a substrate for pattern printing; (3) a substrate bearing and moving module, the substrate bearing and moving module being disposed on the support part, and operating to fixedly bear a rigid substrate as the substrate for pattern printing, and to drive the rigid substrate to move with respect to the jet printing module thereby enabling pattern printing on the rigid substrate; and (4) a roll-to-roll thin film conveying module, the roll-to-roll thin film conveying module being disposed on the support part, and operating to transfer a flexible film as the substrate for pattern printing, and to drive the flexible film to move with respect to the jet printing module thereby enabling pattern printing on the flexible film; wherein: the roll-to-roll thin film conveying module comprises an unwinding part adapted to release the flexible film, and a winding part; the unwinding part comprises an unwinding plate, and an unwinding roller and a nip roller are disposed on the unwinding plate; the unwinding roller is adapted to release the flexible film, and the nip roller is adapted to receive and output the flexible film released by the unwinding roller; the winding part comprises a winding plate, and an adsorption roller, a dance roller and a winding roller disposed on the winding plate; the adsorption roller is adapted to adsorb and press the flexible film transferred from the unwinding part, the winding roller is adapted for film collecting, and the dance roller is disposed between the adsorption roller and the winding roller and is adapted to stretch the flexible film; the unwinding roller comprises a magnetic particle brake connection plate, a magnetic particle brake, a coupling, a bearing support, an inflatable shaft, and a material roll; the magnetic particle brake connection plate is fixed on the unwinding plate, one side thereof is fixedly connected to an end of the magnetic particle brake connection plate, the magnetic particle brake is received in a connecting hole of the coupling; an optical axis of the inflatable shaft passes through a bearing hole in the bearing support fixed on the unwinding plate, and is connected to one end of the coupling; the material roll in a tension state is wound on an expansion end of the inflatable shaft, and is adapted to output the flexible film in synchronous rotation with the inflatable shaft under the drive thereof; the winding roller comprises a winding roller motor supported by a roller motor support part disposed on the winding plate; a motor shaft of the winding roller motor is connected to an end of a clutch; an optical axis of the inflatable shaft passes through the bearing hole in the bearing support fixed on the winding plate, and is received in one hole on the other end of the coupling; the winding roller is fit on the inflatable shaft, and is adapted to collect the flexible film under the drive of the winding roller motor; the winding roller further comprises: the nozzle assembly is movable with respect to the substrate for pattern printing in three orthogonal directions; the nozzle assembly comprises a plurality of nozzles for ejecting the printing fluid; and each of the plurality of nozzles comprises an electrode such that a high-voltage electrostatic field is applicable between the nozzle assembly and the substrate for pattern printing. | 7,862 |
9,121,955 | 1. A single photon counting detector system, comprising: a) a layer of photosensitive material; b) an N×M array of photo-detector diodes arranged in said layer of photosensitive material, each of said photo-detector diodes having a bias potential interface and a diode output interface, said bias potential interface of each of each of said photo-detector diode being connected to a bias potential; c) an N×M array of high gain, low noise readout unit cells, one of said readout unit cells for each one of said photo-detector diodes; d) each readout unit cell having: e) a multiplexer device connected to said digital counters to allow access to said readout cell unit either on a per pixel basis or for a plurality of pixels in parallel to read out data from said digital counters to a data processor. | 26,163 |
8,698,258 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a three-dimensional (3D) integrated chip assembly, the chip assembly comprising: a substrate, wherein the three-dimensional (3D) integrated chip assembly is flip chip bonded to the substrate, a plurality of electrically and thermally conductive paths having a lower thermal resistance than the MEMs relay, wherein the plurality of electrically and thermally conductive paths extend through the three-dimensional (3D) integrated chip assembly to dissipate heat generated therein and provide electrical connections to the MEMS relay. | 17,316 |
9,221,155 | 1. A lag driver, comprising: (a) a drive shank having a longitudinal axis; and (b) a drive body assembly extending from the drive shank, the drive body assembly having a fastener-receiving body with first and second drive pillars extending axially along a portion of the drive body assembly, the first drive pillar having a first drive surface and a first load surface, the second drive pillar having a second drive surface and a second load surface, wherein the first and second drive surfaces are in a spaced substantially parallel relationship to one another to define a first predetermined gap between the first and second drive surfaces, the first predetermined gap having a gap width, wherein the first and second load surfaces are in a spaced substantially parallel relationship to one another to define a second predetermined gap between the first and second load surfaces, the first drive surface positioned in a fixed, substantially transverse relationship to the first load surface and the second drive surface positioned in a fixed, substantially transverse relationship to the second load surface, wherein a fastener is disposable in the second predetermined gap such that it is engageable with the first load surface of the first drive pillar and the second load surface of the second drive pillar in a loading position, and wherein in the loading position the fastener is positionable in substantial coaxial alignment with the lag driver, and wherein the fastener is rotatable into the first predetermined gap in a locked position, the first and second drive surfaces engageable with a portion of the fastener in the locked position when the drive shank is moved about its longitudinal axis in a first direction for applying torque to the fastener, and further comprising a first slot formed in the fastener-receiving body opposite the drive shank, the first slot in substantial alignment with the first predetermined gap and having a slot width that is substantially equal to the gap width of the first predetermined gap, the first slot configured to removably receive the portion of the fastener and position the portion of the fastener in substantial coaxial alignment with the lag driver. | 48,446 |
9,084,308 | 1. A method to dynamically capture a new setpoint for a daylighting-control zone, the method performed by a daylighting controller, said daylighting controller having at least one daylighting-control object, and comprising the steps of: listening for a light-level-adjustment command being transmitted to one or more lighting-load-control objects controlling light sources in said daylighting-control object's control zone; categorizing said light-level-adjustment command as On, Off, Raise/Lower, or Ignored; when an applicable On or Raise/Lower command is detected, starting a setpoint-capture cycle; suspending the daylighting operation of said daylighting-control zone until said setpoint-capture process has completed; waiting for the current light-level-adjustment cycle to complete or be cancelled; and when the current light-level-adjustment cycle has completed, reading and then writing the currently sensed light level of said daylighting-control object's control zone as the new setpoint of said daylighting-control object; wherein: | 35,092 |
8,524,017 | 1. A process for manufacturing a high temperature component made from an alloy consisting essentially of 60-65% Co, 26-30% Cr and 5-7% Mo, comprising the steps of: a) additively sintering powders of the alloy to obtain a sintered component containing Cr and Mo carbides dispersed in a Co-based molten matrix; b) forming a solubilized intermediate by heat treating the sintered component at a temperature of between 1100 and 1300° C. for a treatment time of at least 2 hours; c) cooling the solubilized intermediate in still air to form a cooled intermediate; and d) heat treating the cooled intermediate at a temperature of between 700 and 1000° C. | 15,231 |
8,407,970 | 1. A method for packaging a load having a projection comprising: providing a load having projections, the projections having a first surface and a second surface; interlacing an inverted inner U-board with an outer U-board, the inner U-board being separate and distinct from the outer U-board, wherein the inner U-board has a first surface, an inner wall, and an outer wall, wherein the outer U-board has a first surface, an inner wall, and an outer wall, the first surface of the inner U-board being substantially parallel to the first surface of the outer U-board, the inner and outer U-boards being substantially parallel to one another, each of the inner and outer U-boards having a height, the height of the outer U-board being sufficiently greater than the height of the inner U-board to accommodate the projection therebetween, wherein a space is defined between the inner wall of the inner U-board and the inner wall of the outer U-board and wherein the first surface of the inner U-board is configured to support the load projection and the inner wall of the inner U-board is configured to protect the projection by supporting the first surface of the projection. | 20,910 |
8,934,572 | 1. A wireless communication device comprising: a communication interface; and a processor configured to: select a phase rotation vector from a plurality of phase rotation vectors and a plurality of integer multiples of a cyclic shift delay (CSD) that, when applied to a preamble, cooperatively reduce peak to average power ratio (PAPR) between at least two fields within the preamble; apply a plurality of elements of the phase rotation vector respectively to a plurality of sub-band components of the preamble to generate a first modified preamble, wherein each of the plurality of elements of the phase rotation vector is applied to a respective one of the plurality of sub-band components of the preamble; apply the plurality of integer multiples of the CSD respectively to at least some of the plurality of sub-band components of the first modified preamble to generate a second modified preamble, wherein each of the plurality of integer multiples of the CSD is applied to a respective one of the plurality of sub-band components of the first modified preamble, wherein each of the plurality of sub-band components of the preamble includes a common, uniform bandwidth, and wherein the phase rotation vector and the plurality of integer multiples of the CSD cooperatively reduce PAPR between a legacy short training field (L-STF) and at least one additional field within the second modified preamble; and transmit, via the communication interface, a signal that includes the second modified preamble to another wireless communication device. | 34,294 |
9,644,277 | 1. An electrolyzer assembly for generating hydrogen and oxygen from water, said electrolyzer assembly comprising: a first unit cell wherein said first unit cell comprises: wherein the depth of said anode channel is substantially constant, and the width of said anode channel decreases along at least a portion of said channel length in a direction of reactant flow according to a natural exponential function. | 14,372 |
8,890,829 | 1. A digitizer, comprising: a driving coil supplied with current to induce a magnetic line of force; a sensing coil disposed so as to intersect the driving coil to flow induced current in one direction by the magnetic line of force; and a control unit sensing variation of voltage induced to the sensing coil to calculate coordinates of an input unit when the voltage is changed due to an approach of the input unit, wherein: | 4,489 |
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