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8,792,290 | 1. A voltage generator, comprising: a high voltage generator configured to include a plurality of pump circuits for generating various levels of a high voltage in response to clock signals, wherein the plurality of pump circuits are configured to receive enable signals corresponding to a level of voltage to be generated where the enable signals are generated in response to internal operation signals; and a clock transfer circuit configured to generate a clock enable signal by comparing the high voltage and a reference voltage and to selectively provide the clock signals to each of the pump circuits in response to the clock enable signal and each of the enable signals, wherein the clock transfer circuit comprises: a comparator configured to generate the clock enable signal by comparing the reference voltage and the high voltage of the high voltage generator; and a plurality of clock drivers operated in response to the clock enable signal and respective enable signals and configured to provide the clock signals to each of the pump circuits. | 19,100 |
9,271,236 | 1. An envelope tracking transceiver comprising: a power amplifier to receive an input signal and generate an amplified output signal, the power amplifier receiving a supply voltage providing power to the power amplifier; a lookup circuit to generate a power supply control signal based on an estimated amplitude of the input signal and a feedback signal indicating a compression level for operating the power amplifier; a power supply to provide the supply voltage to the power amplifier based on the power supply control signal; a receiver to receive a receive signal and to generate a noise margin signal representative of a noise margin of the receive signal; and a configuration circuit to generate the feedback signal based on the noise margin signal and generate a filter control signal to increase filtering of the power supply control signal responsive to the noise margin signal indicating a decrease in the noise margin and to decrease filtering of the power supply control signal responsive to the noise margin signal indicating an increase in the noise margin. | 41,681 |
8,797,928 | 1. A method for using a power savings mode in a wireless device, comprising: operating in accordance with a scheduling service that includes an Extended Real Time Polling Service; receiving a first amount of allocated bandwidth at a first time period; establishing a connection for a voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) call; monitoring VoIP traffic to detect silence; automatically entering a power savings mode, in response to at least the detected silence; sending a request, prior to entering the power savings mode, to reduce the first amount of allocated bandwidth scheduled to be allocated at a second time period while in the power savings mode and while maintaining the established connection for the VoIP call; and sending a request, after exiting the power savings mode, to resume allocating the first amount of bandwidth. | 44,340 |
8,580,360 | 1. A thermal transfer sheet comprising: a protective layer and an adhesive layer that are laminated on a sheet base material in that order, the protective layer including a binder resin containing fine particles, wherein, | 10,873 |
9,758,585 | 1. A method of treating lupus in a mammal, the method comprising administering to the mammal an antibody which binds an interleukin 3 receptor α (IL-3Rα) chain and which kills a plasmacytoid dendritic cell (pDC) or basophil to which it binds to thereby treat lupus in the mammal, wherein the antibody comprises the variable regions of antibody 7G3 or is a humanized form of antibody 7G3, and wherein the antibody is not conjugated to a toxic compound that kills a cell to which the antibody binds, and wherein the antibody is capable of inducing an enhanced level of effector function, and wherein the effector function is antibody-dependent cell cytotoxicity (ADCC) and/or antibody-dependent cell mediated phagocytosis (ADCP). | 20,276 |
8,631,369 | 1. A variation aware static timing analysis tool for integrated circuit (IC) design, the tool comprising: one or more parser software modules to receive an integrated circuit netlist, a circuit cell library, and interconnect parasitics associated with the integrated circuit netlist, the circuit cell library including circuit cell sensitivities to one or more semiconductor process variations, the interconnect parasitics including parasitic sensitivities to the one or more semiconductor process variations; a data modeler software module in communication with the one or more parser software modules to receive the integrated circuit netlist, the data modeler software module to add circuit cell netlists of the circuit cell library with their sensitivities into the integrated circuit netlist to generate a data model of the overall integrated circuit design for analysis; a delay calculator software module to receive circuit cell delays with their respective process variation sensitivities and the interconnect parasitics with its respective process variation sensitivities associated with the interconnections, the delay calculator software module to perform a delay calculation for each stage of the data model of the overall integrated circuit design in response thereto; and a path tracing software module in communication with the delay calculator to receive the delay calculation for each stage of the data model of the overall integrated circuit design and the data modeler to receive the data model of the overall integrated circuit design, the path tracing software module to add up the delays of each stage in at least one path of the integrated circuit netlist in response to the data model and the delay calculation for each stage of the data model. | 11,984 |
9,130,911 | 1. A device comprising: an ingress node comprising: wherein the tunnel circuit comprises a random route path through a plurality of randomly selected public-private transit nodes. | 26,850 |
9,686,142 | 1. A computer program product, comprising: a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, where the computer readable program code when executed on a computer causes the computer to: | 8,949 |
9,283,653 | 1. A computer program product, tangibly embodied in a machine readable storage device, comprising instructions for causing a processor to: receive an identification of a selected spectral feature, a wavelength range having a width, and a characteristic of the selected spectral feature to monitor during polishing; receive a sequence of spectra of light from a substrate while the substrate is being polished; generate a sequence of values of the characteristic of the selected spectral feature from the sequence of spectra, wherein the instructions to generate the sequence of values include instructions to, for at least some spectra from the sequence of spectra, generate a modified wavelength range based on a position of the spectral feature within a previous wavelength range used for a previous spectrum in the sequence of spectra, search the modified wavelength range for the selected spectral feature, and determine a value of the characteristic of the selected spectral feature; and determine at least one of a polishing endpoint or an adjustment for a polishing rate based on the sequence of values. | 35,185 |
9,624,848 | 1. A control device that controls a vehicle drive device in which a first engagement device, a rotary electric machine, and a second engagement device are arranged in this order from an internal combustion engine on a power transmission path that connects the internal combustion engine to wheels, wherein, when the control device determines an operation stop of the internal combustion engine in a state in which torque is transmitted from the internal combustion engine to the wheels, the control device executes rotational speed control that controls output torque of the rotary electric machine such that a rotational speed of the rotary electric machine approaches a target rotational speed and executes torque-down control that causes output torque of the internal combustion engine to decrease. | 23,524 |
9,759,438 | 1. A split air conditioner system including an indoor mounted unit, said indoor unit comprising: a cabinet comprising cabinet sidewalk; an evaporator positioned within said cabinet; a fan positioned in said cabinet for moving air through said evaporator; an air inlet for admitting untreated air into said cabinet to allow said fan to move air from said air inlet through said evaporator; an outlet for discharging air from said cabinet; and a filter movably mounted to an outside surface of said cabinet in a flow path between said air inlet and said outlet for filtering air, said filter movable to be selectively positioned in the airflow path. | 45,222 |
9,617,604 | 1. A method, comprising: (a) assaying by sequencing, array hybridization or nucleic acid amplification the expression level of one or more transcripts in a fine needle aspirate test sample from a thyroid nodule of a subject, wherein said one or more transcripts includes at least one transcript corresponding to at least one sequence selected from SEQ ID No. 1-12, 261, 283-306, 657, 658, and 659; and (b) in a programmed computer, comparing said expression level of each of said one or more transcripts with reference expression levels of transcripts corresponding to sequences as set forth in SEQ ID No. 1-12, 261, 283-306, 657, 658, and 659, to classify said thyroid nodule as malignant or benign. | 7,270 |
8,603,302 | 1. A photocatalytic material having visible light activity, wherein a divalent copper salt is supported on a surface of a metal ion-doped titanium oxide obtained by doping titanium oxide with metal ions to give a metal ion-doped titanium oxide with a valence band potential of 3 V or more vs. SHE, pH=0, and a bandgap of 3 V or less between the valence band and an energy level of electrons excited from the valence band including conduction band minimum potential and isolated potential, wherein anions of the divalent copper salt are hydroxide ions. | 20,898 |
9,157,470 | 1. A draw-pull bar comprising at least one adapter ( 4 ) having a metallic tubular end and an inner and outer tubular body respectively made of carbon-fibre-reinforced plastic (CFRP), wherein the outer CFRP tubular body ( 1 ) conically wraps the metal end of the adapter ( 4 ) from the outside in a form-fit manner and the inner CFRP tubular body ( 2 ) is connected to the metal end of the adapter ( 4 ) from the inside in a form-fit manner, characterised in that the inner CFRP tubular body ( 2 ) is cladded, in a contact area with the outer CFRP tubular body ( 1 ), with an elastomeric layer ( 3 ) on the outside, which is thus located between the inner CFRP tubular body ( 2 ) and the inside of the outer CFRP body ( 1 ), separating them and providing thereby protection and insulation. | 3,892 |
8,634,368 | 1. A resource allocation method for an LTE system, comprising: generating modulation symbols streams by performing channel coding and modulation on transport blocks corresponding to first and second data to be transmitted to respective users; multiplexing the modulation symbols streams alternately in unit of two continuous modulation symbols; and transmitting the multiplexed modulation symbol streams as mapped to corresponding resource. | 4,511 |
9,317,584 | 1. A computer implemented web-based system for personalized search using keyword index pruning, comprising: a computer implemented web-based service system, including a memory component and a processor component, for searching, collecting relevancy feedback, and acquiring content by keywords; wherein profiles of subjects, including search users, are stored in a subject profile database and profiles of objects, including keyword and target content items, are stored in an object catalog databases; said subject and keyword profiles are matched against target profiles and ranked to be optimal to keywords; wherein optimal subject and object profiles are derived from said subject's relevancy ratings of search result objects against inputted keywords; and further wherein said web-based service system processes, identifies and eliminates ineffective keywords by performing a token score check by operation of a behavioral engine wherein the input to the token score check is a set of behavioral scores corresponding to target objects and the behavioral scores are quantized into a discrete set of score bins x where p(x | 38,757 |
9,543,566 | 1. A method of making an electrode assembly for an electrochemical cell comprising the steps of: providing a feedthrough assembly comprising a cover having an outside surface and an inside surface, a feedthrough attached to and extending through the cover and a unitary feedthrough pin extending through and hermetically sealed within the feedthrough; attaching a current collector to a distal portion of the feedthrough pin at an attachment point; and forming a solid electrode electrically coupled to the current collector and the feedthrough pin by compressing an electrode material with synchronized bidirectional pressing forces, the solid electrode encapsulating the current collector and the distal portion of the feedthrough pin and including the attachment point, the unitary feedthrough pin extending from a distal end within the solid electrode to a proximate end opposite the first end and extending outward from the outside surface of the cover. | 47,275 |
9,184,475 | 1. A method for open-loop or closed-loop control of at least one operating parameter of an electric energy accumulator that influences an aging state of the electric energy accumulator, the method comprising the acts of: determining an actual aging stage of the electric energy accumulator, wherein the electric energy accumulator has a predefined target service life; comparing the determined actual aging stage with a target aging state, the target aging state being predefined, as a function of the predefined target service life, for a momentary age of the electric energy accumulator; and restricting an operating parameter range permitted for the at least one operating parameter if the actual aging state is worse than the target aging state. | 28,333 |
9,287,555 | 1. A mixed metal oxidized hydroxide precursor material represented by the chemical formula: 0<z<0.1; A=a, B=b+b′, C=c+c′+c″, A+B+C=1 and 0<A<1, 0<B<1, 0<C<1; D=d, E=e+e′, F=f+f′+f″ D+E+F=1 and 0<D<1, 0<E<1, 0<F<1; and A<D, B>E, C>F. the precursor material comprises spherical and non-spherical particles having a surface and an interior, and the particles have a gradient structure wherein a molar ratio of Ni, in comparison to Co and Mn, is in the majority at the surface, and a composition with a metal molar ratio that varies from the surface towards the interior of the particles, and the surface of the particles has a Ni:Co:Mn ratio of about 8:1:1. | 531 |
8,695,325 | 1. An exhaust purification system of an internal combustion engine in which a hydrocarbon feed valve for feeding hydrocarbons is arranged inside of an engine exhaust passage, an exhaust purification catalyst for reacting NO x contained in exhaust gas and hydrocarbons injected from the hydrogen feed valve and partially oxidized is arranged inside of the engine exhaust passage downstream of the hydrocarbon feed valve, a precious metal catalyst is carried on an exhaust gas flow surface of the exhaust purification catalyst and a basic exhaust gas flow surface part is formed around the precious metal catalyst, hydrogen generating means is provided for making air-fuel ratio of an exhaust gas flowing into the exhaust purification catalyst rich and generating hydrogen in the exhaust gas, the exhaust purification catalyst has a property of reducing NO x contained in exhaust gas if hydrocarbons are injected by a predetermined feed period from the hydrocarbon feed valve in a state where the air-fuel ratio of the exhaust gas flowing into the exhaust purification catalyst is maintained lean and has a property of being increased in storage amount of NO x contained in exhaust gas if lengthening the feed period of the hydrocarbons from said predetermined feed period, the exhaust purification catalyst also has a property of generating ammonia if hydrogen is fed in a state where the air-fuel ratio of the exhaust gas flowing into the exhaust purification catalyst is rich, an NO X selective reduction catalyst which adsorbs and holds the ammonia generated at the exhaust purification catalyst is arranged inside of the engine exhaust passage, at the time of engine operation, hydrocarbons are injected from the hydrocarbon feed valve by said predetermined feed interval while maintaining the air-fuel ratio of the exhaust gas flowing into the exhaust purification catalyst lean, the air-fuel ratio of the exhaust gas flowing into the exhaust purification catalyst is temporarily rich and hydrogen is generated in the exhaust gas by intervals longer than said predetermined feed interval by said hydrogen generating means, and thereby NO X which is contained in the exhaust gas is reduced at the exhaust purification catalyst and NO X which could not be reduced at the exhaust purification catalyst is reduced by the ammonia which is adsorbed at the NO X selective reduction catalyst. | 6,200 |
9,147,131 | 1. A method of extracting an optimal subset of facial photographs, comprising: obtaining an initial set of facial photographs; removing from the initial set of photographs any photographs that are of unacceptable quality; grouping a remaining set of photographs according to lateral view angle of facial images on the photographs; removing from the remaining set of photographs any photographs having an undesirable facial expression to provide a limited set of representative facial photographs; and selecting, from the limited set of facial photographs, an optimal subset of facial photographs. | 33,725 |
9,414,366 | 1. An apparatus comprising: at least one processor and at least one memory including a computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to: allocate at least one specific uplink resource for uplink shared channel data to at least one device operable at decreased transmission power and/or bit rate, wherein the at least one specific uplink resource is at least one frequency resource and/or at least one time resource, and wherein the at least one specific uplink resource comprises a plurality of reference symbols, if a plurality of devices are allocated, separate the devices on the at least one specific uplink resource by multiplexing, wherein the multiplexing comprises code division multiplexing, and extend spreading of a transmission over multiple sub-frames by repeating subframes and applying an additional overlay cover code between repeated subframes. | 45,885 |
8,816,549 | 1. A vehicle AC generator including a case composed of a front bracket and a rear bracket, and a rotor and a stator which are arranged in said case, said vehicle AC generator comprising: a battery terminal arranged on an outer circumferential portion of said rear bracket; an engaging body provided on said battery terminal; and a plurality of fitting portions of which said engaging body is fitted into only one of the plurality of fitting portions, wherein the engaging body has an outer circumference and the one of the plurality of fitting portions receives the outer circumference of the engaging body. | 386 |
8,729,370 | 1. A seed of hybrid corn variety CH558436, produced by crossing a first plant of variety CV683228 with a second plant of variety CV597869, wherein representative seed of said varieties CV683228 and CV597869 have been deposited under ATCC Accession numbers PTA-120303 and PTA-10885, respectively. | 26,022 |
9,810,084 | 1. An airfoil for a gas turbine engine comprising: pressure and suction side walls joined to one another at leading and trailing edges, the pressure and suction side walls surround an airfoil cavity and provide an exterior airfoil surface; a baffle arranged in the airfoil cavity, the baffle includes a supply hole; ribs extend from the pressure and suction side walls into the airfoil cavity and engage the baffle, the ribs configured to provide a serpentine cooling passage between the baffle and at least one of the pressure and suction side walls, the serpentine cooling passage has first and second passes joined by a bend, the ribs form a film cooling cavity between the first and second passes, and the supply hole fluidly connects the baffle to the film cooling cavity; and film cooling holes extend through the at least one of the pressure and suction side walls, the film cooling holes in fluid communication with the film cooling cavity. | 981 |
9,640,820 | 1. A power generation system comprising: a fuel cell unit including: the first exhaust gas contains a flue gas discharged from the combustor, and the program, when executed by the processing portion, causes the controller to perform, | 7,801 |
9,730,484 | 1. An article of footwear comprising an upper including a flat-knitted element formed from at least one yarn mechanically manipulated in a flat-knitting process, the flat-knitted element including a first layer having: a central portion having a domed, three-dimensional structure configured for extending over the top of a foot; a first side portion being formed of unitary construction with the central portion and extending from a first side of the central portion; and a second side portion being formed of unitary construction with the central portion and extending from a second side opposite the first side of the central portion, the domed, three-dimensional structure shaped to extend above the plane of the first side portion and the second side portion when the flat-knitted element is in a flattened configuration. | 29,899 |
8,906,526 | 1. A solid polymer fuel cell comprising a solid electrolyte membrane, wherein said solid electrolyte membrane is made from an electrolyte composition comprising an organic solvent and a perfluorocyclobutane-containing polymer comprising a structural unit represented by formula (1), (in formula (1), Ar 1 is a structural unit represented by formula (2) or (3)), (in formulae (2) and (3), Z's are, independent from each other, F or CF 3 ; m's are, independent from each other, an integer of not less than 0 on each benzene ring; and n's are, independent from each other, an integer of not less than 1); and said solid electrolyte membrane is formed by a method comprising applying the electrolyte composition onto a substrate, and then, removing the solvent. | 40,010 |
9,166,563 | 1. A sample rate converter for converting an input signal sampled at an input sample rate to an output signal sampled at an output sample rate different from the input sample rate, the sample rate converter comprising: a clock source for generating and/or accepting a clock signal; a counter configured to generate a count-disparity signal from the clock signal and the input signal; a first sigma delta loop configured to calculate a temporal correction value from the count-disparity signal; a resampled clock generator configured to generate one or more resampled clock signals from the temporal correction value; and a second sigma delta loop configured to generate the output signal from one or more of the resampled clock signals and the input signal, wherein the second sigma delta loop generates an incremental output signal on every cycle of a resampled output signal, and wherein the incremental output signal is added to the output signal to generate the output signal at the output sample rate. | 19,004 |
9,019,462 | 1. A method for manufacturing an array substrate, comprising: depositing a first transparent electrode layer on a base substrate, coating a first photoresist on the first transparent electrode layer, and performing exposure and development on the first photoresist to retain the first photoresist at a location where a first transparent electrode is to be formed, so that a first photoresist pattern is formed; etching the first transparent electrode layer with the first photoresist pattern so as to form the first transparent electrode; depositing a second transparent electrode layer on the base substrate after the etching, and then performing a photoresist lifting-off process on the first photoresist pattern to remove a part of the second transparent electrode layer on the first photoresist pattern so that a second transparent electrode is formed; and after the second transparent electrode is formed, coating again a second photoresist on the base substrate, performing exposure and development on the second photoresist to form a second photoresist pattern, and then etching with the second photoresist pattern so as to remove the second transparent electrode layer in a peripheral area outside a pixel area. | 1,418 |
9,236,796 | 1. A method of having a negative output voltage at a negative output terminal of a charge pump tracking a positive output voltage at a positive output terminal of the charge pump, wherein the charge pump comprises a first switch, a second switch, a third switch, a fourth switch, an inductor, a first output capacitor, a flying capacitor and a second output capacitor, wherein: the inductor having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is coupled to an input terminal; the first switch having a first end, a second end and a control end, wherein the first end of the first switch is coupled to the second end of the inductor, and the second end of the first switch is coupled to a reference ground; the second switch having a first end, a second end and a control end, wherein the first end of the second switch is coupled to the second end of the inductor, and the second end of the second switch is coupled to the positive output terminal; the first output capacitor having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end of the first output capacitor is coupled to the second end of the second switch, and the second end of the first output capacitor is coupled to the reference ground; the flying capacitor having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end of the flying capacitor is coupled to the second end of the inductor; the third switch having a first end, a second end and a control end, wherein the first end of the third switch is coupled to the second end of the flying capacitor and the second end of the third switch is coupled to the negative output terminal; the second output capacitor having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end of the second output capacitor is coupled to the second end of the third switch, and the second end of the second output capacitor is coupled to the reference ground; and the fourth switch having a first end, a second end and a control end, wherein the first end of the fourth switch is coupled to the second end of the flying capacitor and the second end of the fourth switch is coupled to the reference ground; the method comprising selecting a serial resistance for the second switch in its ON state to be at least twice higher than the serial resistance for each of the first switch, the third switch and the fourth switch in their ON states. | 41,332 |
9,849,976 | 1. A tracking wedge, comprising: a wedge-shaped body configured for attachment to an aerodynamic surface; a leading edge; a trailing edge; a plurality of first acoustic management mechanisms disposed proximate to the trailing edge of the tracking wedge, each first acoustic management mechanism of the plurality of first acoustic management mechanisms having a first surface abutting a second surface to create a leading junction, the second surface abutting the first surface of an adjacent first acoustic management mechanism of the plurality of first acoustic management mechanisms to create a trailing junction, and the plurality of first acoustic management mechanisms having a variable trailing edge configured to modify a flow of air moving over a surface of the tracking wedge; and a second acoustic management mechanism configured to shape the flow of air moving across the surface of the tracking wedge prior to the air coming in contact with the plurality of first acoustic management mechanisms. | 46,435 |
8,792,531 | 1. An optical transmitter comprising: a laser array comprising a plurality of lasers spatially offset from one another and each having a laser output having a unique wavelength; a first prism positioned to impart a first angular shift to the laser outputs to produce first angularly shifted outputs propagating in a first direction; a second prism positioned to impart a second angular shift to the first angularly shifted outputs propagating in the first direction to produce second angularly shifted outputs propagating in a second direction, wherein the second angular shift is in a direction opposite the first angular shift, wherein the second prism includes an input face and an output face different than the input face, the input face positioned to receive the first angularly shifted outputs from the first prism; a lens positioned to receive, from the output face of the second prism, a first output of the second angularly shifted outputs incident on the lens, wherein the lens is configured to focus the second angularly shifted outputs received from the output face of the second prism for output to an optical fiber; an index modulating element coupled to one of the first and second prisms; a controller electrically coupled to the index modulating element, the controller programmed to selectively power the index modulating element an amount effective to alter one of the first and second angular shifts sufficiently to cause a second output of the second angularly shifted outputs to be incident on the lens; and an optical spectrum reshaper positioned between the second prism and the optical fiber, the optical spectrum reshaper having at least one transmission edge aligned with the wavelength of at least one of the lasers. | 35,277 |
8,709,300 | 1. A process for producing a nickel oxide-stabilized zirconia composite oxide comprising: mixing a nickel hydroxide and/or nickel carbonate with a stabilized zirconium hydroxide with grinding or wet-mixing; and sintering the mixture. | 4,470 |
8,921,889 | 1. A semiconductor device including a semiconductor substrate, comprising: an IGBT region that includes a first conductive type emitter region formed in an area facing a front surface of the semiconductor substrate, a second conductive type body region formed on a lower side of the emitter region, a first conductive type IGBT drift region formed on a lower side of the body region, a gate insulating film that covers an inside wall of a gate trench extending from the front surface of the semiconductor substrate to the IGBT drift region, and contacts the emitter region, and a trench gate electrode arranged inside the gate insulating film; and a diode region that includes a first conductive type specific semiconductor region that is formed in a portion of an area facing the front surface of the semiconductor substrate and is electrically connected to the trench gate electrode, a second conductive type anode region that is formed in another portion of the area facing the front surface of the semiconductor substrate and is formed along a lower side of the specific semiconductor region, and a first conductive type diode drift region that is formed on a lower side of the anode region and is separated from the specific semiconductor region by the anode region. | 18,019 |
9,075,217 | 1. A fiber optic apparatus, comprising: an attachment housing comprising a top, a bottom, and at least one side defining an attachment interior chamber configured to support at least a portion of fiber optic equipment, wherein the attachment housing is tool-lessly, and by other than external fasteners, configured to removably attach to a fiber optic housing comprising a top, a bottom, and at least one side defining a housing interior chamber configured to support fiber optic equipment to couple the attachment interior chamber and the housing interior chamber, and thereby expand an effective depth of the fiber optic housing by combining a depth of the attachment housing with a depth of the fiber optic housing; and wherein upon attaching the attachment housing to the fiber optic housing, the attachment interior chamber and the housing interior chamber are configured to form a continuous combined chamber bounded along top, bottom, and side portions thereof by the top, the bottom, and the at least one side of each of the attachment housing and the fiber optic housing. | 13,570 |
8,448,370 | 1. A comprising: a shaft; at least one cleaning attachment; at least one universal coupling fixedly attached to the shaft or at least one cleaning attachment, each coupling to include an engagement recess comprising a radial opening and a longitudinal slot extending between the radial opening and an end of the universal coupling, the longitudinal slot comprising a first outer portion and a second inner portion; and at least one universal tip fixedly attached to the other of the shaft or the at least one cleaning attachment, each of said universal cleaning tip to include a stem connector, the stem connector comprising a first engaging portion and a second portion projecting from one end of each universal cleaning tip to the first engaging portion, wherein the second portion is smaller than the first portion, and further wherein the first outer portion of the longitudinal slot is sized to pass the second portion and the second inner portion of the longitudinal slot is sized to hold the first engaging portion, the universal tip further comprising an attachment urging member extending from the one end of the universal tip and positioned near an outer circumference thereof and rotatable within the engagement recess about a longitudinal axis extending through the first and second engaging portions of the universal tip. | 24,996 |
9,832,735 | 1. A user equipment (UE) comprising: a receiver configured to receive downlink data from a base station; a transmitter configured to transmit, in a time interval using an uplink control channel, an uplink signal, wherein the uplink signal includes hybrid automatic repeat request (H-ARQ) control information related to the received downlink data and wherein the uplink signal includes, on a condition that information indicating a coding and modulation is to be transmitted at a same time interval as the H-ARQ control information, information that indicates the coding and modulation; and wherein a transmission power level of the uplink signal is based on a pathloss and information that indicates a power margin, wherein the information that indicates the power margin is received from the base station. | 33,157 |
9,572,337 | 1. A mite propagation inhibiting sheet comprising, in this order, a sheet layer, an adhesive layer, a first unwoven fabric layer having a first surface attached to the adhesive layer and a second unwoven fabric layer provided at a second surface of the first unwoven fabric layer which is opposite to the first surface, wherein mites enter the mite propagation inhibiting sheet through the second unwoven fabric layer and are trapped by an adhesive in the adhesive layer. | 31,733 |
9,138,520 | 1. A dialysis system comprising: a water purification machine producing an at least partially purified water sample; a dialysis machine for providing dialysis therapy to a patient, the dialysis machine receiving purified water from the water purification machine; and a chlorine detection component for determining a level of total chlorine in the at least partially purified water sample, wherein the chlorine detection component includes: | 47,228 |
9,413,505 | 1. A method for a terminal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving a sounding reference signal (SRS) configuration index; identifying an SRS periodicity and at least one offset based on the SRS configuration index; transmitting SRSs four times within a radio frame based on the at least one offset, if the SRS periodicity is 2 ms and an uplink-downlink (UL-DL) subframe configuration 0, 1, 2, or 6 is applied; and transmitting the SRSs twice within the radio frame based on the at least one offset, if the SRS periodicity is 2 ms and the UL-DL subframe configuration 3, 4 , or 5 is applied. | 37,061 |
9,627,704 | 1. A method of operating a flow battery comprising a stack of flow cells where each flow cell in the stack comprises a fluid permeable electrode, a fluid impermeable electrode, and a reaction zone between the permeable and impermeable electrodes, the method comprising: (a) in charge mode, plating a metal layer on the impermeable electrode of each cell in the reaction zone by: (b) in discharge mode, de-plating the metal layer on the impermeable electrode of each cell in the reaction zone by: | 9,833 |
9,638,332 | 1. A valve for an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine, the valve comprising: a housing which contains a passage for conducting exhaust gases; in the passage is arranged a closing body, with which the passage can be closed; the closing body is fastened in a rotationally fixed manner to a shaft, which is mounted rotatably in the housing, where the closing body can be pivoted together with the shaft about the rotation axis of the shaft; wherein the closing body has a partition which runs perpendicularly to the rotation axis of the shaft and has a circular outer contour, wherein the partition is sealed off from the housing and divides the passage into a first duct and a second duct separate from the first duct; wherein the closing body has a closed position, in which both ducts are closed. | 42,340 |
8,837,513 | 1. A method in a wireless client device of self-scheduling access to a wireless medium, the method comprising: determining that an uplink packet is ready for transmission; using a carrier sense multiple access with collision avoidance (CSMA/CA) mechanism in an attempt to gain access to said wireless medium to transmit said uplink packet; as a result of said attempt, gaining access to said wireless medium at a time T after a transmission time of a most recent beacon frame from an access point, wherein said wireless client device is associated with said access point; recording T; in response to gaining access to said wireless medium, transmitting said uplink packet in a manner receivable by said access point; self-scheduling first target transmission times for one or more future uplink packets to be transmitted in said manner, wherein each of said first target transmission times is T−RBI after a respective expected transmission time of a beacon frame from said access point, wherein RBI is a non-negative number that is less than or equal to a sum of any random backoff intervals that were used by said wireless client device during said attempt; determining that another uplink packet, which is one of said future uplink packets, is ready for transmission; and for a purpose of transmitting said other uplink packet at a next upcoming one of said first target transmission times in said manner, waiting to initiate a carrier sense (CS) mechanism to sense availability of said wireless medium for said purpose until a predetermined time prior to said next upcoming one of said first target transmission times. | 3,941 |
9,434,035 | 1. A method of determining positions for embellishment placement on an item, the method comprising: determining at least one parameter; setting values for the at least one parameter; setting points on the item; randomizing the points comprising numbering the points and shuffling the numbers of the points; eliminating points based on the at least one parameter; and using remaining points as positions for embellishments. | 24,809 |
9,539,229 | 1. A method for the prophylaxis or treatment of damage in intestinal tract barrier function or a disease caused by the damage in a mammal, comprising administering an effective amount of a hydroxlyated fatty acid having 18 carbon atoms and having a hydroxyl group at the 10-position to the mammal, thereby treating or preventing damage in intestinal tract barrier function or a disease caused by the damage. | 48,394 |
8,625,471 | 1. An energy efficient Ethernet method in a first physical layer device that is coupled to a second physical layer device via a transmission medium, comprising: awakening said first physical layer device from a low power consumption mode into a higher power consumption mode; asserting, by said first physical layer device, a carrier deferral signal from said awakened first physical layer device to a media access control layer device, said media access control layer device being directly coupled to said first physical layer device via an interface and being configured to recognize said carrier deferral signal as an indication that transmission of data by said media access control layer device is to be deferred due to an unavailability of said transmission medium used by said awakened first physical layer device; and deasserting, by said first physical layer device, said carrier deferral signal after it is determined that a set of bits used for synchronization of said first and second physical layer device has been passed from said first physical layer device to said second physical layer device. | 3,477 |
9,450,220 | 1. An electric energy storage and supply system comprising: a plurality of battery units where each battery unit comprises an electric energy reservoir having positive and negative voltage supply terminals, three or more electric contact pads on an outer surface of the battery unit, and a dynamically configurable connection unit for electrically connecting each of said positive and negative voltage supply terminals to any one or more of said electric contact pads, wherein electric energy can be drawn from the electric energy reservoir via selectively different combinations of electric contact pads; a tank capable of accommodating the plurality of battery units; at least two inwardly facing tank contact pads provided on the inside of the tank for contacting electric contact pads of neighboring battery units and for delivering electrical energy from the system towards an external load; a tank loader for loading the battery units into the tank such that electrical contact pads of adjacent battery units are or have a high probability of being in contact and the orientation and location of individual battery units within the tank is unknown a priori; and a tank unloader for unloading the battery units from the tank. | 13 |
8,994,328 | 1. An electric vehicle (EV) charging stand, comprising: a plurality of comparators configured to receive a state signal from an electric vehicle (EV), to compare a voltage value of the received state signal with a reference value, and to output a plurality of signals in response to a result of the comparing, wherein each of the plurality of comparators has a different reference value; and a control unit configured to receive the plurality of signals outputted from the plurality of comparators, and to detect a preparation state for charging a battery of the EV. | 30,382 |
9,246,104 | 1. A fullerene derivative represented by the following formula (1): wherein “FLN” represents a fullerene core selected from a group consisting of fullerene C wherein R the aralkyl group being selected from a group consisting of a benzyl group, a 2-phenylethyl group, a 1-phenylethyl group and a 3-phenylpropyl group, wherein R the aromatic group being selected from a group consisting of a phenyl group, an indenyl group, a naphthyl group, an anthracenyl group, a phenanthrenyl group, a fluorenyl group and a pyrenyl group, the aralkyl group being selected from a group consisting of a benzyl group, a 2-phenylethyl group, a 1-phenylethyl group and a 3-phenylpropyl group, | 21,956 |
8,390,208 | 1. A drive circuit for delivering voltages of alternating polarity to a plurality of output terminals, each of which is intended to be connected to a corresponding electro-illuminescent lamp, wherein the circuit comprises: a coil having a first node or terminal for delivering a positive voltage and a second node or terminal for delivering a negative voltage, the first node or terminal and the second node or terminal being connected to each output terminal through a corresponding switch assembly so that for each output terminal there is a corresponding switch assembly, each switch assembly comprising, a positive voltage path with a positive voltage control switch and positive-going unidirectional circuitry allowing the transfer to the corresponding output terminal of a positive voltage but not a negative voltage, and a negative voltage path with a negative voltage control switch and negative-going unidirectional circuitry allowing the transfer to the corresponding output terminal of a negative voltage but not a positive voltage, and control circuitry for controlling the positive-going control switch and the negative-going control switch, whereby the magnitudes of the positive and negative voltages applied to each output terminal are individually controllable and wherein the control circuitry is included in a feedback loop and wherein the positive voltage switch and the negative voltage switch of each switch assembly are controlled by the feedback loop which is operable to receive signals dependent on the voltages generated at the first and second nodes or terminals and/or the voltages at the output terminals. | 18,707 |
9,780,693 | 1. A resonant inverter comprising: first and second switches that are alternately turned on and off; and first and second capacitive elements connected in parallel to the first switch and the second switch, respectively; a first coil disposed between the first switch and an input voltage terminal; a second coil disposed between the second switch and the input voltage terminal; and a third coil and a third capacitive element connected in series to each other and connected in parallel to a series circuit of the first and second coils, wherein the first and second capacitive elements and the first and second coils constitute a plurality of first resonant circuits, the third coil and the third capacitive element constitute a single second resonant circuit, and the first coil is directly connected to the third capacitive element. | 46,781 |
9,620,827 | 1. A battery system comprising: a plurality of electrochemical cells provided within a housing; and a thermal management system configured to provide at least one of heating or cooling to the plurality of electrochemical cells only in response to the plurality of electrochemical cells being charged, the thermal management system comprising a solid state coating comprising a first metal and a second metal different from the first metal, wherein the solid state coating is configured to pass a current therethrough to create a temperature differential across a first surface of the solid state coating and a second surface of the solid state coating to provide the at least one of heating or cooling to the cells. | 25,665 |
8,658,806 | 1. A method for preparing an optically active antrocin of formula I, comprising: reacting a compound of formula V with a methylenation reagent to obtain the compound of formula I. | 10,735 |
9,470,208 | 1. A method of locking a rotor of a wind turbine, the method comprising: a) positioning the rotor in a locking position; b) applying a rotor lock so that the rotor lock engages a locking recess of the rotor; c) forcing the rotor to turn in a first direction while the rotor lock still engages the locking recess of the rotor; and, d) applying a rotor brake. | 32,493 |
9,174,583 | 1. A container for a vehicle interior and comprising: a base body in which at least one compartment is formed; a lid for at least partially closing the compartment and movable between a closed position and an open position; an actuator for biasing the lid into the open position or into the closed position; a first brake associated with the actuator and retarding movement of the lid during movement of the lid in at least one direction between the open and closed positions; and a second brake retarding movement of the lid in only at least one limited portion of movement in at least the one direction between the open and closed positions such that movement of the lid is slowed in the limited portion the lid relative to movement outside the limited portion. | 34,342 |
9,295,206 | 1. A method of manipulating the physiological state of algae cultured in a series of connected raceway ponds arranged in stages by altering one or more environmental parameters to simulate algal bloom forming conditions, wherein the alteration of the one or more environmental parameters is timed to coincide with a specific point in the algal cell cycle and to deliberately induce synchronization of cellular division of an algal population, wherein the synchronization is maintained through each stage by alteration of the one or more environmental parameters at regular intervals to retain the physiological state of choice, until a harvesting stage is reached and wherein the alteration of the one or more environmental parameters comprises successively diluting the algae at timed intervals in a controlled manner before or during transfer between stages to maintain a cell density of algae between 1,000 cells/ml and 2,000,000 cells/ml, wherein the dilution is timed to coincide with a particular point in the algal cell cycle and to deliberately induce synchronization of cell division, and wherein the algae remains in exponential growth through each stage. | 11,627 |
8,686,526 | 1. A semiconductor device comprising: a blue-violet laser emitting device emitting laser light having a wavelength between 400 and 415 nm; a semiconductor substrate comprising a device element formed on a front surface thereof, the device element being configured to receive the laser light emitted from the blue-violet laser emitting device and to convert the received laser light into an electric signal; a transparent substrate attached to the front surface of the semiconductor substrate so as to cover the device element; and an adhesive layer comprising a transparent silicone and attaching the transparent substrate to the front surface of the semiconductor substrate, the adhesive layer covering the device element. | 45,914 |
8,873,004 | 1. A two-dimensional/three-dimensional (2D/3D) switchable image display device comprising: a backlight unit configured to emit light; a light modulation panel configured to modulate the light emitted from the backlight unit based on image information and for forming image gradation; an electro-wetting prism array comprising a plurality of electro-wetting prisms that are arranged in correspondence to a plurality of pixels of the image, for providing color to light beams that penetrate the plurality of electro-wetting prisms, and for adjusting the direction of the light beams; a control unit configured to control the backlight unit and the electro-wetting prism array such that the light beams of the plurality of pixels of the image are directed towards at least two different view zones in a 3D mode, and such that the light beams of the plurality of pixels of the image maintain the paths of the light beams in a 2D mode; and a variable diffuser unit that is switchable between a scattering mode for scattering passing light and a transparent mode for transmitting passing light without scattering, wherein the control unit controls the variable diffuser unit to be in a transparent mode during a 3D mode and to be in a scattering mode during a 2D mode. | 39,832 |
8,808,099 | 1. A protective screen for constant-velocity joints, the screen being mounted on an outer cylindrical surface of the constant-velocity joint and facing towards a sealing device of a rolling-contact bearing which is angularly coupled to the constant-velocity joint for protecting the sealing device and the rolling-contact bearing from the action of external agents; the screen comprising: an annular wall, transverse to an axis of rotation of the constant-velocity joint and arranged in axial abutment against a side wall of the constant-velocity joint, a central hole, extending through the annular wall, wherein a shaft of the constant-velocity joint passes through the central hole with play, a plurality of elastic mounting and centering fins, which are distributed uniformly about the central hole and extend unsupported from the annular wall such that they are coupled to the outer cylindrical surface of the constant-velocity joint, wherein the protective screen is mounted to the outer cylindrical surface of the constant-velocity joint such that, when the outer cylindrical surface rotates, the protective screen rotates therewith. | 9 |
9,476,403 | 1. A wind turbine comprising: a tower resting on a base, at least one rotor blade having a blade connector portion, a nacelle housing a shaft to which a hub is attached, the nacelle being mounted atop the tower, said hub comprising a plurality of hub connection flanges, each hub connection flange being adapted to be detachably connected to a blade connector portion of a rotor blade, a blade pulley system including at least one pulley and being detachably connected to the blade connector portion of a rotor blade, and a truss system, said truss system comprising a pulley beam including at least one pulley and two mounting beams, each mounting beam being detachably connected to a hub connection flange, thereby positioning the pulley beam above a further hub connection flange. | 12,655 |
9,354,765 | 1. A text input mode selection method executable by an electronic device, comprising: displaying a first virtual keyboard area, wherein the first virtual keyboard area comprises a plurality of alphabet keys; utilizing the first virtual keyboard area as a base for one or more touch operations detectable by a touch detection function, wherein the first virtual keyboard area is operable to be switched to and retain activation of one of a plurality of character input methods, activation and deactivation of each of the plurality of character input methods is controlled by an input mode switching key separated from the plurality of alphabet keys, each of the plurality of character input methods defines a keyboard layout and a keyboard function such that the plurality of character input methods define a plurality of keyboard layouts and a plurality of keyboard functions, each of the plurality of keyboard layouts defines association which maps each character in an alphabet of a language to one of the plurality of alphabet keys such that each key of the plurality of alphabet keys is operable as a toggle key and is associated with one or more characters for text input, each of the plurality of keyboard functions defines input patterns for each of the plurality of alphabet keys such that each of the plurality of alphabet keys is operable to output one character in response to a key operation conforming to one of the input patterns; receiving activation of the input mode switching key, wherein the input mode switching key is associated with key options, each of key options is associated with one of the plurality of character input methods, and the input mode switching key is operable as a toggle key; selecting a target key option among the key options through switching among the key options from a first key option to a second key option according to a preset arrangement of the key options in response to the activation of the input mode switching key conforming to a first input pattern; displaying the key options associated with the input mode switching key in a graphical user interface (GUI) component in response to the activation of the input mode switching key conforming to a second input pattern, wherein each of the key options is selectable through the graphical user interface component; selecting one of the key options as the target key option in response to a selecting operation based on the graphical user interface component through switching among the key options from the first key option to a user selected key option according to a user selected arrangement of the key options; and allowing activation of the input mode switching key according to the target key option; wherein activation of the input mode switching key according to a currently selected one of the key options activates a switching among the plurality of character input methods from a first character input method to a second character input method, the switching among the plurality of character input methods comprises deactivation of the first character input method and activation of the second character input method, the first character input method of the plurality of character input methods is associated with a previously selected one of the key options and represents a first one of the plurality of keyboard layouts and a first one of the plurality of keyboard functions, and the second character input method of the plurality of character input methods is associated with the currently selected one of the key options and represents a second one of the plurality of keyboard layouts and a second one of the plurality of keyboard functions. | 38,279 |
8,471,413 | 1. A control device for a plurality of power supply circuits composed of power storage mechanisms and a plurality of relays, each of said power supply circuits including a circuit that has a first relay controlling electric conduction/non conduction between a load and one electrode of the power storage mechanism and a resistor connected in series to said first relay, a second relay connected in parallel to said circuit, and a third relay controlling electric conduction/non-conduction between the load and another electrode of the power storage mechanism, said control device comprising: a voltage detection unit detecting a voltage value of said load; a voltage detection unit detecting a voltage value of each of said power storage mechanisms; a processing unit performing a precharge process upon power supply startup, the precharge process being performed by causing a conductive state of said first relay and said third relay before causing the conductive state of said second relay and said third relay in each of said power supply circuits; and a detection unit detecting immobility of any of said first relay and said third relay in any of said plurality of power supply circuits, based on a voltage value of the load, detected during said precharge process, and identifying the power supply circuit in which any of said first relay and said third relay is immobile, based on a voltage value of each of the power storage mechanisms detected during said precharge process. | 14,821 |
9,831,359 | 1. A solar cell comprising: a P-type diffusion region and a plurality of N-type diffusion regions, wherein the P-type diffusion region touches at least one of the N-type diffusion regions; a P-type metal contact that is electrically coupled to the P-type diffusion region; an N-type metal contact that is electrically coupled to the N-type diffusion regions and is directly over the P-type diffusion region; a first dielectric layer over the P-type diffusion region and the N-type diffusion regions, the first dielectric layer comprising contact holes that expose the N-type diffusion regions but not the P-type diffusion region, the first dielectric layer being configured to electrically isolate the P-type diffusion region from the N-type metal contact, the N-type metal contact being electrically coupled to the N-type diffusion regions through the contact holes; and a second dielectric layer between the N-type metal contact and the first dielectric layer, the second dielectric layer being disposed between two adjacent contact holes of the first dielectric layer. | 13,697 |
9,162,747 | 1. A method for manufacturing a sound attenuation panel comprising a first cellular core structure and a second cellular core structure joined in a junction area (J), the first and second cellular core structures each comprising at least one cellular core layer, wherein: a) a joining edge of the first cellular core structure having a cellular core is joined to a corresponding joining edge of the second cellular core structure having a cellular core, thereby forming the junction area; b) the first cellular core structure and the second cellular core structure are placed between an inner skin and an outer skin of the panel, wherein the method further comprises: a step prior to step a), in which at least one junction reinforcement is inserted between the joining edge of the first cellular core structure and the corresponding joining edge of the second cellular core structure in the junction area, said junction reinforcement extending in a plane transverse to the first and the second cellular core structures, and a subsequent step in which the first and second cellular core structures and the junction reinforcement are secured together using a connecting means, and wherein the junction reinforcement is indexed and fixed on a mold. | 21,788 |
9,309,007 | 1. A jig for modelling at least one section of an aircraft fuselage comprising: a framework structure including a multiplicity of framework elements extending in a transverse direction of the fuselage; wherein the framework structure includes longitudinal guideways for moving the framework elements in a longitudinal direction of the fuselage; wherein the framework elements are slidably mounted on the longitudinal guideways such that individual spacings between the framework elements can be steplessly adjusted; a first multiplicity of adapters for connection of stiffening elements to the framework structure, which are attached to the framework elements and which can be moved relative to the framework elements; and a second multiplicity of adapters embodied as fuselage frame emulators for simulating a frame profile, which are attached to the framework elements and which are movable relative to the framework elements. | 46,242 |
9,608,920 | 1. A network information extracting system, comprising: a router, receiving a network message packet transmitted from a communication server, the router comprising: a handheld device, connected to the router via a network connector, according to a result of comparison of the comparator, if the company information is included in the company list, the handheld device receives the first message, if the company information is not included in the company list, the handheld device receives the first message and the second message at the same time. | 7,906 |
8,668,431 | 1. A method for controlling turbine blade tip seal clearance on a non-cowled gas turbine engine having a compressor, a turbine and an engine core casing, the turbine having a plurality of turbine blades circumscribed by a turbine shroud supporting a plurality of seals in juxtaposition with the tips of the plurality of turbine blades, the method of controlling turbine blade tip seal clearance comprising the step of: directing a flow of relatively cool, low pressure air in contact with and substantially parallel to an exterior surface of the engine core casing circumscribing the turbine; and directing a flow of relatively hot, pressurized air in contact with and orthogonal to the exterior surface of the engine core casing circumscribing the turbine to displace the flow of relatively cool, low pressure air away from contact with the exterior of the engine core casing. | 39,388 |
9,556,740 | 1. A turbine engine blade comprising an airfoil extending axially between a leading edge and a trailing edge and extending radially between a root and a tip, wherein the leading edge of the airfoil presents a sweep angle that is positive and that increases continuously from the root to a first radial height of the airfoil situated in a range 20% to 40% of a total radial height of the airfoil as measured from the root to the tip, and decreases continuously from this first radial height of the airfoil to the tip, wherein the sweep angle of the leading edge of the airfoil becomes negative as from a second radial height of the airfoil situated in a range 60% to 80% of the total radial height of the airfoil. | 40,865 |
8,728,559 | 1. A pet food composition that provides daily from about 1 mg/kg of pet to about 15 mg/kg of pet of a component selected from the group consisting of 2-deoxy-D-glucose; 5-thio-D-glucose; 3-O-methylglucose; 1,5-anhydro-D-glucitol; 2,5-anhydro-D-mannitol; mannoheptulose; and mixtures thereof. | 40,263 |
8,604,091 | 1. A foamable composition for forming a non-isocyanate foam comprising: a first component including at least one amide-based oligomer containing pendant carboxylic acid groups and no isocyanate groups, wherein said at least one amide-based oligomer has the following formula: a second component including a polyfunctional aziridine cross linking agent that crosslinks with carboxylic acids groups rapidly at or about room temperature, wherein at least one of said first component and said second component contains a blowing agent, and wherein the first and second components are isolated from one another until a foaming reaction is desired. | 38,522 |
9,137,399 | 1. An image processing apparatus capable of communicating with a web server, the apparatus comprising: an operation unit having (i) a hardware start key for instructing operation to start a scanning process and (ii) a display unit; a scanning unit configured to execute the scanning process of an original document in response to a detection of depression of the hardware start key; a display control unit configured, on the basis of data transmitted from the web server, to control the display unit to display a web page containing (i) a scan setting item and (ii) a transmitting item, the scan setting item being an item for inputting a scan setting and the transmitting item being associated with the hardware start key; a transmitting unit configured to transmit scan setting information to the web server when the hardware start key is operated while the web page containing the transmitting item is being displayed on the display unit, as well as when the transmitting item is operated on the web page, the scan setting information indicating the scan setting inputted by a user via the scan setting item; and a reception unit configured to receive an instruction from the web server, the instruction instructing an execution of the scanning process of an original document and being based on the scan setting information transmitted by the transmitting unit, wherein the scanning unit is configured to execute the scanning process in accordance with the instruction received by the reception unit. | 588 |
8,938,700 | 1. A data-driven method of processing a circuit design, comprising: inputting one or more input patterns in a first format to a programmed processor; converting each pattern of the one or more input patterns from the first format into a second format by the programmed processor, wherein each pattern identifies one or more inputs and one or more outputs and specifies each function that generates each of the one or more outputs from the one or more inputs; storing each pattern of the second format in a database; for an input circuit design, searching for circuit design elements in the circuit design that match patterns in the database; and outputting data indicative of each pattern in the database that matches a circuit design element. | 30,898 |
8,501,704 | 1. A composition for suppressing an immune response in a subject, comprising (a) a pharmaceutically effective amount of a morpholino antisense oligonucleotide having between 12 and 40 morpholino subunits and phosphorus-containing intersubunit linkages joining a morpholino nitrogen of one subunit to a 5′-exocyclic carbon of an adjacent subunit and having a targeting sequence that contains at least 12 contiguous bases that are complementary to SEQ ID NO: 22, the region of SEQ ID NO: 1 targeted by the overlapping sequences identified by SEQ ID NOS: 4-6, where the oligonucleotide is capable of forming with pre-processed cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen-4 (CTLA-4) mRNA, a heteroduplex structure characterized by a Tm of dissociation of at least 45° C.; and (b) a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. | 44,381 |
8,947,603 | 1. A roof assembly for a vehicle, comprising: a display device supported at the roof assembly and selectively movable between a use position and a stowed position; a user interface associated with the display device, a light source supported at the roof assembly that is configured to illuminate the user interface; a light switch for activating the light source, wherein the light switch is configured to be triggered by movement of the display device from the stowed position, a panel assembly including a transparent roof panel; a perimeter trim member substantially surrounding the panel assembly; and a console supported at an interior of the perimeter trim member and extending across a transparent region of the transparent roof panel to visually separate the transparent region into at least two transparent portions, | 4,406 |
9,359,078 | 1. A monument for an aircraft, comprising an above work deck subassembly, a below work deck subassembly, and a rear service wall subassembly, wherein the above work deck subassembly and below work deck subassembly are each manufactured and cured as a complete integrated structural subassembly of carbon fiber reinforced composites (CFRC) pre-impregnated panel skins, and wherein localized reinforcement at mating surfaces is established by application of unidirectional carbon fiber plies at a juncture of the mating surfaces over the CFRC pre-impregnated panel skins. | 33,792 |
9,175,851 | 1. A method of recovering heat from bottom ash that is discharged from a combustion process in a furnace, the method comprising: feeding fuel and combustion air into a furnace for combusting the fuel, in order to generate heat energy to produce at least one of steam and hot water in a boiler arrangement, in which flue gases and bottom ash are generated; discharging the bottom ash from the furnace; recovering heat from the flue gases; recovering heat to a bottom ash cooling circuit from the bottom ash discharged from the furnace in order to utilize the recovered heat for preheating the combustion air in a heat exchanger; arranging the heat exchanger in a combustion air heating circuit; and exchanging the heat from the bottom ash cooling circuit to the combustion air heating circuit. | 10,215 |
8,359,124 | 1. A utility management system, comprising: a plurality of customer sites connected to a utility network, wherein each of the customer sites comprises one or more utility devices; a plurality of utility management user interfaces associated with the customer sites, respectively; and a controller coupled to the utility management user interfaces via a private network and configured to communicate customer utility optimization information to the utility management user interfaces, wherein the controller comprises: | 21,993 |
9,639,617 | 1. A method of operation of a navigation system comprising: storing information including to a plurality of search query; identifying similar ones of the plurality of search query by the control unit processing of the search query including comparing two of the plurality of search query to each other; counting each of the plurality of search query stored in the storage unit; ranking each of the plurality of search query based upon an aggregate count of each of the plurality of search query stored; identifying a category label based upon the ranking associated with each of the plurality of search query; and updating a category label list for displaying on a device including concurrently displaying a customer rating for each location, provided from the category label list, a current location, route information, for arriving at a selected location, and an alternative location from the category label list. | 40,228 |
8,600,300 | 1. A system for configuring circuitry, the system comprising: a resistor calibration circuit that enables generation of a plurality of distinct codewords comprising a first codeword and a second codeword based on at least one bias current received from a wireless local area network bandgap reference circuit and a Bluetooth bandgap reference circuit; a wireless local area network bandgap reference circuit that enables generation of at least one wireless local area network bias current signal based on said first of said generated plurality of distinct codewords from said resistor calibration circuit; and a Bluetooth bandgap reference circuit that enables generation of at least one Bluetooth bias current signal based on said second of said generated plurality of distinct codewords from said resistor calibration circuit, wherein said resistor calibration circuit is shared with said wireless local area network bandgap reference circuit, wherein said wireless local area network bandgap reference circuit, said Bluetooth bandgap reference circuit, and said resistor calibration circuit are integrated on a single chip having a wireless local area network and a Bluetooth radio. | 44,418 |
9,665,695 | 1. A computer-implemented method comprising: acquiring, by a computing system, information associated with a set of rules and a set of activities identified by the set of rules as being potentially illegitimate; acquiring, by the computing system, a priority order for a set of properties associated with the set of rules, wherein the set of properties includes at least a first property and a second property, and wherein the priority order prioritizes the first property over the second property; ranking, by the computing system, the set of rules based on the priority order; storing, by the computing system, a highest ranked rule into a record; removing from consideration, by the computing system, the highest ranked rule out of the set of rules; removing from consideration, by the computing system, at least one activity, identified by the highest ranked rule, out of the set of activities; and providing, by the computing system, the record. | 36,612 |
8,560,024 | 1. Inductive power-receiving adapter for use with a portable electrical device to enable the device to receive power wirelessly by electromagnetic induction, the adapter comprising: an inductive power-receiving element adapted to receive power wirelessly by electromagnetic induction from a transmitter of power when the element and transmitter are in proximity with one another; a first adapter connector for electrically connecting the inductive power-receiving element to the portable electrical device to deliver power received by the inductive power-receiving element to the portable electrical device; a second adapter connector for electrically connecting equipment to the inductive power-receiving adapter, said equipment being separate from the portable electrical device; and a pass-through connection for electrically connecting the first adapter connector and the second adapter connector, wherein the pass-through connection enables at least one of: | 36,104 |
8,839,857 | 1. A method of geothermal energy production, the method comprising: injecting water in liquid form into a subterranean formation; and then automatically decreasing resistance to flow through at least one valve in response to the water changing to steam in the formation, wherein the valve selectively permits and prevents flow between the formation and a tubular string disposed in a production wellbore. | 36,274 |
9,490,724 | 1. A method of controlling an electrical inverter including an inverter power train for outputting power to an electrical grid comprising: generating a reference current waveform in response to a request for power, the reference current waveform shaped by a shape of a grid voltage waveform on the electrical grid; comparing an inverter output current waveform with the reference current waveform to generate an error signal; generating a corrective control action signal from the error signal; generating a nominal duty cycle operating point signal with a feed forward function; and adding the nominal duty cycle operating point signal and the corrective control action signal to generate a duty cycle control signal for controlling the duty cycle of the inverter power train and thereby provide an output current waveform with a shape substantially matching the shape of the grid voltage waveform. | 24,649 |
9,588,864 | 1. A method for optimizing data center energy utilization based on an improved assessment of operational characteristics of information technology (IT) infrastructure, the method comprising: querying, by a data center efficiency assessment apparatus, based on a system management protocol, and via a local area network, hardware or an operation system of each of the plurality IT devices to obtain utilization data for the plurality of IT devices, the utilization data corresponding to operation of the plurality of IT devices in the data center; obtaining, by a the data center efficiency assessment apparatus, stored power ratings for the plurality of IT devices, the power ratings stored in a database as associated with the plurality of IT devices; generating, by the data center efficiency assessment apparatus, IT power consumption data for the plurality of IT devices based on the utilization data and the power ratings for the plurality of IT devices; and generating, by the data center efficiency assessment apparatus, efficiency metric data based on the IT power consumption data and generating and outputting one or more recommendations for improving efficiency of the data center based on the efficiency metric data. | 39,960 |
8,534,930 | 1. An apparatus, comprising: a printed circuit board configured to be coupled to an electronic device, the printed circuit board defining a first plurality of lumens therethrough configured to receive a mounting portion of a frame, the frame and a portion of a first surface of the printed circuit board configured to define an internal volume within which at least a portion of the electronic device is disposed and an external volume, the printed circuit board defining a second plurality of lumens positioned to place at least a portion of the external volume in fluid communication with the internal volume. | 24,604 |
9,748,487 | 1. A polymer, comprising a unit of formula (I): wherein Y is a group of formula a is 1, 2, or 3; a′ is 1, 2, or 3; b is 0, 1, 2, or 3; b′ is 0, 1, 2, or 3; c is 0, 1, 2, or 3; c′ is 0, 1, 2, or 3; U U T R a C a C a C a C a C a —CO—C R Ar such as, for example, which optionally is wherein X is —O—, —S—, —NR which optionally is which optionally is wherein X R R R R R R wherein R R R R R R R R R D is —CO—, —COO—, —S—, —O—, or —NR E is C G is E, or C R R R wherein R R R R | 11,918 |
8,851,535 | 1. A security device for securing a double door, the door having a first door and a second door, each door a door handle or knob, the security device comprising: a) a first locking member having b) a second locking member lockably engageable with the first locking member and having c) a prong release button having a top portion and a post extending therefrom, the post terminating in an engaging portion, the post being adapted to slide within the second locking member female portion slot; and d) a locking prong having a base portion adapted to engage the second locking member, a flexible finger portion including a slot defined therein, and a distal end having a tooth-engaging portion, whereby the finger portion slot is sized to accept the engaging portion of the post and at least a portion of the finger portion is adapted to flex from a straight to a curved or bent configuration, wherein the first locking member male portion is adapted to be slidingly received within the second locking member female portion channel, wherein the security device has a locked configuration in which the first locking member male portion is at least partially received within the second locking member female portion channel, whereby the locking prong finger portion can slidingly fit within the channel between the first and second rows of teeth in the male portion and such that the tooth-engaging portion engages the notch between two adjacent teeth, thereby preventing sliding movement of the first locking member with respect to the second locking member and preventing the door knobs or handles from moving away from each other, and, wherein the security device has an unlocked configuration achieved by pressing the prong release button causing the locking prong engaging portion to flex downward and causing the tooth engaging portion to disengage from the notches between the rows of teeth to permit the first locking member male portion to slide in the second locking member channel, thereby permitting disengagement of the security device from either or both door handles or knobs. | 27,478 |
8,881,449 | 1. A span type greenhouse designed to be installed in multi-span runs each covering several thousand square meters uninterrupted, said span type greenhouse comprising a plurality of structural units installed parallel to one another over the entire length of a bay defined under the span; each structural unit including two side vertical posts having a height greater than or equal to 3.5 m, separated by a bay width greater than 9 m and supporting roof-forming arch segments at their top ends, the arch segments meeting at a center of the greenhouse, the structural units being connected together at the top ends of the posts via longitudinal gutters; the surfaces of the greenhouse being adapted to receive a transparent roof covering made up of one or more plastic films; said greenhouse having a ratio of a distance between the top of the greenhouse and the horizontal straight line passing through the top ends of the side vertical posts over the bay width less than 1/5; said greenhouse having central double opening windows hinged along a hinge axis at the top of the greenhouse, the double opening windows being such that each side opening windows has a width between the hinge axis and the end of the opening window equal to 1.4 m, the end of the opening window coming to rest on side lintels on closure; the transverse profile of the greenhouse with its opening windows closed being such that, on either side of the greenhouse, the angle formed between the straight line that is tangential to the arch segment in the transverse plane of the greenhouse at the side lintel and the straight line intersecting the hinge axis and the end of the closed side opening window in the transverse plane of the greenhouse is non-zero in the direction of a concave side of the profile of the greenhouse, this break in slope procuring a slope for the closed opening window that is at least 15°. | 17,509 |
9,852,771 | 1. A method for recording to a storage medium in a personal video recorder (PVR) system, comprising: receiving a transport stream; storing the transport stream into a memory; generating an index table that provides information for locating particular frames recorded in the memory; configuring a video decoder for a timebase management mode in which the video decoder is configured to begin decoding after a video system time clock (STC) has been initialized; generating, by the video decoder configured in the timebase management mode, an interrupt for STC initialization, in response to detecting the first presentation time stamp (PTS) of a sequence of PTSs of the transport stream; initializing, after the interrupt, a video STC with a most recently received PTS of the transport stream, before using the video decoder to begin decoding of the transport stream; and begin decoding of the transport stream, using the video decoder, after the video STC has been initialized with the most recently received PTS. | 43,673 |
8,462,917 | 1. A method comprising: prompting a user, via a prompt, to provide information associated with a field on a form; receiving speech from the user in response to the prompt; converting, via a processor, the speech to a text; filling in the field of the form with the text, to yield a filled form; and receiving a webpage generated based at least in part on the filled form. | 44,621 |
9,242,195 | 1. A water filter comprising: a casing that defines a chamber for receipt of water to be filtered and an opening that provides access to the chamber of said casing, said casing configured for selective mounting to a manifold; a filtering media disposed within the chamber of said casing for filtering a flow of water through the chamber of said casing; a check valve positioned on and mounted to said casing at the opening of said casing, said check valve configured for blocking water flow from the chamber of said casing at the opening of said casing when said casing is not mounted to the manifold. | 12,442 |
9,010,086 | 1. A device for treating exhaust gas containing soot particles, the device comprising: at least one ionizer for ionizing soot particles; at least one separator having at least one surface separator for depositing ionized soot particles; said at least one separator including at least two at least partly electrically conductive neutralization regions for neutralization of ionized soot particles, said at least two neutralization regions being electrically insulated from one another; said at least two neutralization regions each having an electric potential, and said electric potential of at least one of said at least two neutralization regions being different than said electric potential of at least one other of said at least two neutralization regions, for achieving a targeted deposition of soot particles; and controllers each associated with a respective one of said at least two neutralization regions, said controllers having at least one electrical ground, at least one adjustable voltage source or at least one switch element. | 2,891 |
9,582,528 | 1. A method for operating a big-data platform comprising: at a data analysis platform, receiving discrete client data; storing the client data in a network accessible distributed storage system that includes: identifying a merge status for the client data merged into the archive storage system, wherein the merge status indicates a redundancy of client data between the real-time storage system and the archive storage system; receiving a data query through a query interface; and processing the data query by selectively interfacing with the client data from the real-time storage system and archive storage system, according to a data mapping and reduction process, wherein the real-time storage system and the archive storage system are different, wherein processing the data query comprises: wherein merging the client data into a columnar-based distributed archive storage system comprises storing the client data in the archive storage system in a columnar format, and wherein interfacing with the client data from the archive storage system comprises: | 32,370 |
8,715,865 | 1. A secondary battery comprising: a. an anode, b. a cathode, and, c. an electrolytic solution, comprising a non-aqueous electrolytic solvent selected from the group consisting of 4-methylene-1,3-dioxolan-2-one, 4,5-dimethylene-1,3-dioxolan-2-one, and combinations thereof. | 24,792 |
8,632,791 | 1. Silicone microparticles, comprising 100 parts by mass of silicone elastomer spherical microparticles having a volume average particle diameter within a range from 0.1 to 100 μm, and 0.5 to 25 parts by mass of a polyorganosilsesquioxane that coats a surface of the silicone elastomer spherical microparticles, wherein the silicone elastomer is capable of absorbing not less than 30 parts by mass of at least one oily substance selected from the group consisting of sebum, hydrocarbon oils and ester oils per 100 parts by mass of the silicone elastomer, wherein the silicone elastomer is a cured product of a liquid silicone composition comprising: (A) wherein R (B) wherein R (C) a platinum group metal-based catalyst, wherein from 5 to 70 mol% of at least one of R provided that when component (A) is component (A1), component (B) is either component (B2) or a combination of component (B1) and component (B2). | 1,073 |
8,709,710 | 1. A method for modulating interleukin-22 (IL-22) production in T helper cells comprising: contacting T helper cells with notch regulators selected from the group consisting of inducers of signal-active Notch molecules and/or Notch inhibitors, wherein the interleukin-22 production in said T helper cells is modulated and analyzing IL-22 production by said T helper cells. | 1,244 |
9,354,368 | 1. An automotive or architectural solar-control glazing, comprising: a glass substrate; and a solar-control thin-film multilayer comprising, in succession from a surface of the glass substrate: wherein the absorbing film consists of a titanium oxide substituted with a dopant element, X, which is Nb or Ta, wherein an atomic percentage, [X/Ti+X], is between about 4% and about 9%, wherein the glazing acts on solar radiation to protect and/or thermally insulate a passenger compartment of an automotive or a dwelling, and wherein the solar-control thin-film multilayer does not comprise a silver type film. | 8,129 |
9,684,531 | 1. A system, comprising: a computer processor; and a memory containing a program that, when executed on the computer processor, performs an operation, the operation comprising: | 27,992 |
9,278,874 | 1. A method of controlling starch degradation in starch-containing process water from pulp, paper or board production, comprising: treating the process water with zinc ions and a biocide, wherein the zinc ions and the biocide is an oxidizing biocide. | 16,052 |
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