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8,936,853 | 1. Plastisol based on a halogen-free polymer including polymers which contain isocyanate groups which have been blocked by protective groups and bonded to the polymers wherein the isocyanate groups are anchored via (meth)acrylate groups in a backbone of the polymer, and wherein the polymer is produced by polymerizing monomers selected from the group consisting of monomers of the general formula wherein R R R monomers of the general formula wherein R R R monomers of the general formula wherein R R R R | 7,566 |
8,464,153 | 1. A computer-implemented method for copying an object in an animation creation application, the method comprising: receiving a first input to the animation creation application, the animation creation application having a user interface that shows a virtual-space area for one or more first objects used in animations, and a timeline area for one or more second objects representing events in the animations, the first input generated by a user pressing and holding an input control of an input device while a cursor controlled by the input device is over one of the first or second objects; in response to the first input, determining whether the input control is held for at least a predefined duration; and if so, assigning a copy of the object to the cursor, and subsequently pasting the copy at another location in the user interface upon the input control ceasing to be held after the cursor is moved to the other location, wherein for copies of the first objects the other location is in the virtual-space area, and wherein for copies of the second objects the other location is in the timeline area; wherein if the input control does not remain held for at least the predefined duration the copy of the object is not assigned to the cursor. | 30,497 |
8,923,317 | 1. A method of operating a first wireless terminal in a peer-to-peer network, comprising: receiving a first signal from a signal source wherein the signal source is at least one of a base station, an access node, or a GPS satellite; determining time positions of a first sequence of peer discovery intervals based upon the received first signal; and wherein an amount of time that separates two successive peer discovery intervals in the first sequence of peer discovery intervals is at least 100 times larger than a duration of time of either of the two successive peer discovery intervals. | 12,894 |
8,372,532 | 1. A composite article for dissipating thermal energy from a secondary battery cell, the composite article comprising: a first graphite layer; a second graphite layer spaced away from and arranged parallel to said first graphite layer; and a metal layer sandwiched between and disposed in contact with each of said first graphite layer and said second graphite layer; wherein the composite article has a thermal conductivity of greater than or equal to about 1,200 W/mK and an electrical conductivity of greater than or equal to about 10,000 S/cm; wherein each of said first graphite layer and said second graphite layer has a thickness of from about 0.04 mm to about 0.06 mm; wherein said metal layer has a thickness of from about 0.1 mm to about 0.3 mm; and wherein the composite article has a thickness of from about 0.5 mm to about 1.5 mm. | 47,168 |
9,414,598 | 1. A method for protecting wood; said method comprising treating the wood with a silicate, boric acid, and a complexing agent; wherein c. the complexing agent comprises chromotropic acid (4,5-dihydroxy-2,7-naphthalenedisulfonic acid). | 31,209 |
9,554,168 | 1. A system, comprising: a processor; and a storage device storing instructions executable by the processor to: | 5,956 |
9,563,951 | 1. A camera calibration system of a vehicle, said camera calibration system comprising: a camera disposed at a vehicle and having a field of view exterior of the vehicle; wherein said camera comprises a two dimensional array having a plurality of photosensing elements; wherein said camera is operable to capture image data; an image processor operable to process image data captured by said camera; wherein said camera calibration system is operable to generate camera calibration parameters utilizing a bundle adjustment algorithm; wherein said bundle adjustment algorithm uses a kinematic model of vehicle motion derived from image processing by said image processor of multiple frames of captured image data; wherein said bundle adjustment algorithm generates calibration parameters utilizing the equation: where X wherein, responsive to image processing by said image processor of multiple frames of captured image data, said camera calibration system extracts and matches features determined in multiple frames of captured image data; wherein, responsive to image processing by said image processor of captured image data during movement of the vehicle along an arbitrary path, and responsive to generation of camera calibration parameters utilizing said bundle adjustment algorithm, said camera calibration system is operable to calibrate said camera; and wherein said camera calibration system calibrates said camera as the vehicle navigates the arbitrary path, and wherein calibration of said camera includes correction for misalignment in yaw, pitch and roll angles of said camera. | 19,647 |
9,443,995 | 1. A solar battery cell comprising: a plurality of linear finger electrodes arranged on a light receiving surface on a substrate in parallel, the finger electrodes including a plurality of straight first finger electrodes and a plurality of straight second finger electrodes extending from opposite sides to reach a TAB area which crosses the finger electrodes and which has TAB wires connected thereto, wherein the first finger electrodes and the second finger electrodes overlap in the extending direction of the TAB area, wherein the first finger electrodes and the second finger electrodes are alternately provided in an extending direction of the TAB area in the TAB area, and wherein a portion of the first finger electrode that overlaps a portion of the second finger electrodes is physically separated from the portion of the second finger electrode. | 47,601 |
9,060,094 | 1. A computer-implemented method for conducting a videoconference between at least three participants, the method comprising: receiving, at a client of a third participant, a first audio stream from a first participant, the first audio stream having a first gain; determining a number of clipping events in an interval with which the first audio stream overflows; responsive to the number of clipping events in an interval exceeding a threshold level, automatically decreasing the first gain by a first modified multiplier, the first modified multiplier chosen to prevent the first audio stream from overflowing with a number of clipping events in an interval exceeding the threshold level; receiving, at the client of the third participant, a second audio stream from a second participant, the second audio stream having a second gain adjusted by a second modified multiplier so that the second gain does not exceed an upper gain limit that is less than the first gain; the third participant adjusting, at the client, the first gain independent of the second gain; and the third participant playing the received first and second audio streams, the first audio stream played at the independently adjusted first gain, and the second audio stream played at the second gain. | 16,587 |
8,934,723 | 1. A method, comprising: receiving a plurality of images and a plurality of similarity rules for image categorization; comparing each image in the plurality of images with each remaining image from the plurality of images by: using the numeric representation as a reference for clustering the plurality of images into clusters of similar images; and storing the each image from the plurality of images with a marker denoting a cluster to which the each image has been assigned. | 43,048 |
8,431,502 | 1. A silicate glass, the silicate glass having a seed concentration of less than about 1 seed/cm 3 , wherein the silicate glass comprises: 60-72 mol % SiO 2 ; 6-14 mol % Al 2 O 3 ; 0-3 mol % B 2 O 3 ; 0-1 mol % Li 2 O; 0-20 mol % Na 2 O; 0-10 mol % K 2 O; 0-2.5 mol % CaO; 0-5 mol % ZrO 2 ; 0-1 mol % SnO 2 ; and 0-1 mol % CeO 2 , wherein 12 mol %≦Li 2 O+Na 2 O+K 2 O≦20 mol %, and wherein the silicate glass comprises less than 50 ppm As 2 O 3 and less than 50 ppm Sb 2 O 3 . | 41,541 |
8,748,731 | 1. A system comprising: means for establishing an at least partially enclosed interior region comprising a selectively protected environment relative to an exterior region; means for transmittance of solar radiation from a sun to the interior region; within the interior region, means for solar energy receiving at each of a plurality of interior region focal points; and within the interior region, means for point-focus concentrating a fraction of the solar radiation transmitted on the interior region focal points while concurrently tracking relative motion of the sun and maintaining the interior region focal points stationary. | 1,951 |
9,533,227 | 1. A method in support of providing customized gamification for accomplishing goals, performed by a server, the server being connected to a network and having a memory, a processor, and one or more code sets stored in the memory and executable in the processor, the method comprising: receiving, at the processor, a request to generate a game framework, wherein the request specifies a goal to be accomplished by one or more of a plurality of participants at least in part through interaction with the game framework; determining, using code executing in the processor, a first set of one or more game parameters to be applied to the game framework for at least a first participant of the plurality of participants; generating, using code executing in the processor, the game framework comprising the first set of one or more game parameters; applying, using code executing in the processor, the game framework comprising the first set of one or more game parameters to a first profile relating to the first participant of the plurality of participants; providing, using code executing in the processor, the game framework to an electronic computing device of the first participant over the network; classifying one or more game frameworks for accomplishing a particular goal as being part of a particular league framework; storing the one or more classified game frameworks and the particular league framework in a database of the server; enabling the electronic computing device of the first participant to access the database, wherein the first participant can browse the particular league framework and select one or more classified game frameworks to be provided to the electronic computing device of the first participant; and providing a selected one or more classified game frameworks to the electronic computing device of the first participant. | 40,574 |
9,052,378 | 1. A method of characterizing a wireless local area network (WLAN) access point, comprising: receiving a plurality of positions at which signals transmitted by the WLAN access point have been detected; estimating a signal coverage area of the WLAN access point based on the plurality of positions at which the signals were detected; dividing the estimated signal coverage area of the WLAN access point into at least one section; determining radio propagation characteristics of the WLAN access point for each section of the signal coverage area of the WLAN access point based on at least a radius of the estimated signal coverage area or signal strength at the plurality of positions at which the signals were detected; and storing the radio propagations characteristics in a reference database of a computing device. | 43,543 |
8,460,725 | 1. A sugar production method comprising: fermenting a sucrose- and invert sugar-containing juice derived from a plant by using a microorganism in the presence of a sucrase inhibitor; and producing sugar from the fermented juice. | 9,204 |
9,483,305 | 1. A method comprising: receiving, by a computing device, a data packet, wherein the computing device is operating a plurality of kernel-space software modules that are in a suspended state, and wherein the computing device is also operating a plurality of user-space software modules that are in the suspended state; determining that the data packet is of a particular packet type, wherein data packets of the particular packet type are to be consumed by any of a particular subset of the kernel-space software modules; and while the user-space software modules remain in the suspended state, (i) transitioning at least some kernel-space software modules to a non-suspended state, (ii) consuming, by a particular one of the non-suspended kernel-space software modules, the data packet, and (iii) transitioning the non-suspended kernel-space software modules to the suspended state, wherein a plurality of callback functions have been pre-registered with the computing device by one or more of the non-suspended kernel-space software modules, and wherein transitioning the non-suspended kernel-space software modules to the suspended state comprises calling each of the plurality of callback functions and determining, by way of the calls to the plurality of callback functions, that the associated non-suspended kernel-space software modules can be transitioned to the suspended state. | 46,123 |
8,378,327 | 1. A radiography device for use with a fixed imaging plate and an imaging plate cassette, the device comprising: A frame assembly having a plurality of elongated frame members spaced apart along a parallel axis; A modular scanning assembly having a housing removeably coupled between the spaced apart elongated frame members, said scanning assembly further comprising an optical assembly and a light collecting assembly and adapted for scanning a focused laser beam across and measuring light energy received from the imaging plate; A cassette carriage assembly moveably coupled to at least one of the elongated frame members and adapted for receiving and ejecting an imaging plate cassette and for sensing the existence of a cassette; and A drive assembly coupled to the cassette carriage assembly and to at least one elongated frame member, said drive assembly adapted to move the cassette carriage relative to the scanning assembly so that an imaging plate within the cassette carriage may be scanned by the scanning assembly; A first imaging plate moveably coupled to the frame assembly between a first position adjacent the scanning assembly wherein it can be scanned by the scanning assembly a second position a greater distance from the scanning assembly wherein an imaging plate cassette may be loaded into the cassette carriage and scanned by the scanning assembly; and A plurality of covers coupled to at least one of the elongated frame members so as to enclose a substantial portion of the computed radiography device; Wherein the device may be converted to a cassette scanning computed radiography device whenever a cassette is sensed within the cassette carriage and the fixed imaging plate is moved to the second position away from the scanning assembly. | 12,676 |
8,425,377 | 1. A hybrid electric vehicle powertrain with split power delivery characteristics comprising an engine, a generator, a motor, a battery and gearing for delivering engine power in a mechanical power delivery path and in an electro-mechanical power delivery path; a multiple-ratio gear system; and a plurality of clutches selectively connecting a torque output element of the gearing and the motor to the gear system whereby duration of operation in a negative split mode is reduced. | 44,037 |
9,131,100 | 1. A solid-state imaging device comprising: a pixel that has a photoelectric conversion section which converts incident light into an electric signal; | 7,620 |
9,291,345 | 1. A method for operating a once-through heat-recovery steam generator comprising a plurality of evaporator heating surfaces and a plurality of preheater heating surfaces connected upstream on a flow medium side, the method comprising: connecting the plurality of preheater heating surfaces upstream of the plurality of evaporator heating surfaces of the once-through heat-recovery steam generator; providing a device for adjusting a feedwater mass flow; generating a setpoint value for the feedwater mass flow, wherein a correction value for a time derivative of a density of a flow medium at an input and an output of one or more of the preheater heating surfaces, and for a time derivative of an enthalpy at an input of one or more of the evaporator heating surfaces is incorporated in the generating of the setpoint value such that the correction value is linearly composed of the time derivative of the density of the flow medium at the input of a first preheater heating surface, the time derivative of the density of the flow medium at the output of the first preheater hating surface, and the time derivative of the enthalpy of the flow medium at the input of a first evaporator heating surface; and supplying the setpoint value for the feedwater mass flow to the device for adjusting the feedwater mass flow. | 4,458 |
9,561,839 | 1. A floating structure comprising: a main body including leg wells; legs penetrating the leg wells and having cords and racks; at least one lacking unit generating a lifting force to move the legs and the main body in the vertical direction; and a unit installation means coupled with the main body to position the at least one jacking unit in the main body, wherein the unit installation means comprises: wherein the jack case is positioned in the case installation unit to prevent protrusion of the jack case above a main deck of the main body. | 21,743 |
9,605,624 | 1. A blow-by gas treatment device for internal combustion engine which device is equipped with a fresh air introduction passage leading from the upstream side of a throttle valve of an intake air passage to an interior of a crankcase and a blow-by gas passage leading from the interior of the crankcase to the downstream side of the throttle valve of the intake air passage, wherein a resonator is connected between the throttle valve of the intake air passage and an air flow meter disposed on the upstream side therefrom while one end of the fresh air introduction passage is connected to the resonator, the resonator is provided to have a connector part to which a pipe serving as the fresh air introduction passage is connected, and an orifice is formed at the connector part, the resonator is formed with the connector part at its lower position in a vehicle-mounted posture so that oil separated from blow-by gas is brought back toward the crankcase through the fresh air introduction passage. | 47,587 |
9,108,151 | 1. A process for converting carbon dioxide into solid material, which process comprises the steps of: direct thermal activation of magnesium silicate hydroxide mineral feedstock by combustion of fuel to produce an activated feedstock; separation from the activated feedstock of metal oxides at least substantially excluding magnesium oxide and magnesium silicate to produce a residual activated feedstock; before said separation step, suspension of the activated feedstock in a solvent to form a slurry of activated feedstock or, after said separation step, suspension of the residual activated feedstock in a solvent to form a slurry of residual activated feedstock; and contacting the slurry of residual activated feedstock with carbon dioxide to convert the carbon dioxide into magnesium carbonate. | 32,840 |
9,726,118 | 1. An exhaust gas recirculation apparatus for an engine, the exhaust gas recirculation apparatus comprising: an exhaust gas recirculation passage that allows part of an exhaust gas discharged from a combustion chamber of the engine to an exhaust passage to flow in an intake passage to recirculate back to the combustion chamber; an exhaust gas recirculation valve provided in the exhaust gas recirculation passage to regulate a flow rate of the exhaust gas in the exhaust gas recirculation passage; an accelerator pedal that operates the engine; an accelerator opening degree detector that detects an accelerator opening degree as an operation amount of the accelerator pedal; a rotation speed detector that detects a rotation speed of the engine; a load detector that detects a load of the engine; and an electronic control unit having control logic configured to cause the electronic control unit to control the exhaust gas recirculation valve based on an operating condition of the engine, wherein the electronic control unit is further configured to: | 4,940 |
9,657,658 | 1. A method for reducing noise and vibration associated with a throttle valve in a diesel hybrid vehicle, comprising: detecting, by a controller, whether a diesel engine is stopped and a vehicle speed is less than a predetermined speed; operating, by the controller, the throttle valve to be closed when the diesel engine is stopped and the vehicle speed is less than the predetermined speed; closing and then opening again, by the controller, the throttle valve for a predetermined time; detecting, by the controller whether a starting device is off after the throttle valve is closed and then opened again; operating, by the controller, the throttle valve to be closed when the starting device is off; and closing and then opening again, by the controller, the throttle valve for the predetermined time. | 12,641 |
9,337,485 | 1. An alkaline battery, comprising: a negative electrode including zinc; a positive electrode including manganese dioxide; and an alkaline electrolyte, wherein: the manganese dioxide contains iron, the positive electrode includes graphite particles each having a basal surface and an edge surface, and anatase titanium dioxide particles, a height of the edge surface of each graphite particle is in a range from 0.025 to 1 μm, each graphite particle has, at the basal surface, a particle size in the range from 6 to 40 μm, a mean particle size of the anatase titanium dioxide particles is larger than the height of the edge surface of each graphite particle, and the mean particle size of the anatase titanium dioxide particles is in a range from 0.05 to 0.8 μm. | 18,805 |
9,445,538 | 1. An apparatus for simultaneous application of herbicide or fertilizer, soil preparation, and seeding of a cover crop in a standing crop in a no-till field, the plants of the standing crop defining a plurality of generally parallel row lines, a standing crop row area being defined around each row line so as to contain the row line of plants and extending between generally parallel edges to each side of the row line, an inter-row area being defined between each pair of adjacent standing crop row areas and extending between the closest edges of the adjacent standing crop row areas, the apparatus comprising: at least one inter-row assembly configured to pass along one of the inter-row areas between adjacent row lines of standing crop plants, the at least one assembly including: wherein the apparatus: | 22,832 |
9,051,237 | 1. A biogas to liquid fuel converter, comprising: a gas cleaning system having a condensate separation vessel configured to remove moisture from a gas, and a polypropylene filter to remove particles; a syngas production system configured to receive the gas from the gas cleansing system, the syngas production system having a catalyst configured to produce hydrogen and carbon monoxide, and a flash tank to condense methanol from the gas; and a methanol synthesis system having a methanol synthesis reactor having catalysts configured to react with the gas at a temperature and a pressure to produce methanol. | 45,095 |
9,401,184 | 1. A method for power management, the method comprising: maintaining a variable credit value that indicates an amount of energy currently available for memory operations in a memory system; selecting one of a plurality of variable credit value configurations, wherein each variable credit value configuration specifies a maximum variable credit value and a credit value fill rate; and increasing the variable credit value at the credit value fill rate specified by the selected one of the plurality of variable credit value configurations. | 38,394 |
8,835,073 | 1. A polymer membrane for a battery comprising a porous support comprising: a fiber comprising a core comprising a high melting-point polymer; and a sheath comprising a low melting-point polymer surrounding the core; and a proton conductive polymer impregnated in the porous support, wherein the proton conductive polymer is filled inside micropores of the porous support; wherein the melting point difference between the high melting-point polymer and the low melting-point polymer ranges from 20° C. to 160° C. | 15,289 |
9,347,060 | 1. A biologically inactive molecule that is convertible to a biologically active molecule by a target cell in order to inhibit gene expression of the target cell, the biologically inactive molecule comprising a siRNA bonded to at least one peptide by at least one covalent bond, the at least one peptide including one or more amino acid sequences selected for one or more enzymes specific to the target cell and providing a site specific for cleavage by the one or more enzymes specific to the target cell, whereby after transfection of a plurality of biologically inactive molecules to cells of an organism that has target cells and non-target cells, the one or more enzymes specific to the target cells break within the cells the covalent bond to convert the biologically inactive molecules into biologically active molecules, the at least one covalent bond only broken to convert the biologically inactive molecules into biologically active molecules by the one or more enzymes specific to the target cells, whereby the biologically active molecules inhibit gene expression of the target cells by binding to mRNA of the target cells and inducing RNA interference, and the biologically inactive molecules remain inactive in non-target cells that do not produce one or more enzymes that can break the covalent bond to effect biological activation of the biologically inactive molecules. | 2,237 |
8,660,593 | 1. A method for filtration of unwanted wireless telecommunications comprising the steps of: monitoring traffic associated with roaming subscribers, said traffic carried via inter-network links; intercepting a request for routing information from an originating node within said traffic; sending a response to said request directing said originating node to send a short message service (SMS) message or Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) message associated with said request to a spam-filter; receiving said SMS message or MMS message at said spam-filter; determining, at said spam-filter, whether said SMS message or MMS message constitutes an unwanted message; and invoking an action for managing said SMS message or MMS message based on results of said determining step. | 38,566 |
8,775,832 | 1. A method for managing the power consumption of an information handling system including a processor and an associated cooling system, the method comprising: providing power to the cooling system based on a performance/power balance setting, the performance/power balance setting correlating to a performance state for the processor and a power state for the cooling system; accepting a user input to adjust the performance/power balance setting; and and adjusting the power provided to the cooling system based on both the sensed temperature associated with the processor and the different performance/power balance setting. | 34,070 |
8,575,477 | 1. A polymer comprising a structure represented by: wherein R Ar Ar a and b are independently an integer from about 1 to about 4; c and d are independently an integer from about 0 to about 2; R n represents a number from about 2 to about 5,000. | 33,264 |
9,153,835 | 1. A button cell comprising: a housing cup and a housing top separated from one another by an electrically insulating seal and which form a housing with a flat bottom area and a flat top area parallel to it, an electrode-separator assembly within the housing comprising at least one positive and at least one negative electrode in the form of flat layers and connected to one another by at least one flat separator, and an insulating means, wherein the electrode layers are aligned essentially at right angles to the flat bottom area and the flat top area and the button cell is closed without being beaded over, and the electrode-separator assembly is in the form of a spiral winding having end faces defining side surfaces of the spiral winding face facing in an axial direction relative to the flat bottom area and the flat top area, and wherein the insulating means is arranged between the end faces of the spiral winding and the housing cup and the housing top. | 743 |
8,695,119 | 1. A disposable glove, comprising: an elastomeric substrate, wherein the elastomeric substrate has an inner surface and an outer surface; and a compound on the inner surface of the elastomeric substrate comprising silicone, allantoin and collagen, wherein the compound is from residual components from a solution or solutions comprising aqueous silicone, allantoin and collagen. | 36,253 |
9,593,684 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a pressurized water reactor (PWR) including: a vertically oriented cylindrical pressure vessel comprising upper and lower vessel sections that are secured together and having a cylinder axis of the cylindrical pressure vessel oriented vertically, a nuclear reactor core disposed in the lower vessel section, a hollow cylindrical central riser disposed concentrically with and inside the cylindrical pressure vessel wherein a downcomer annulus is defined between the hollow cylindrical central riser and the cylindrical pressure vessel, the downcomer annulus including (i) an upper portion with a relatively smaller inner diameter located in the upper vessel section, (ii) a lower portion with a relatively larger inner diameter located in the lower vessel section, and (iii) a transition region disposed between the upper portion and the lower portion, the inner diameter of the downcomer annulus transitioning in the transition region from the relatively smaller inner diameter of the upper portion to the relatively larger inner diameter of the lower portion, and a reactor coolant pump secured to the lower vessel section, the reactor coolant pump including (i) an impeller disposed above the nuclear reactor core and inside the pressure vessel in the transition region of the downcomer annulus to impel primary coolant downward through the downcomer annulus, (ii) a pump motor disposed outside of the pressure vessel, and (iii) a horizontally oriented drive shaft operatively connecting the pump motor with the impeller. | 14,790 |
9,181,667 | 1. A waste collection device comprising: a first jaw; a second jaw; a jaw hinge pivotally connecting the first and second jaws; a first blade; a first blade hinge pivotally connecting the first blade to the first jaw; a second blade; a second blade hinge pivotally connecting the second blade to the second jaw; and a jaw biasing member; wherein the first and second jaws pivot from a closed position to an open position about the jaw hinge; and wherein the first and second blades pivot from a stowed position to an open position; and wherein the jaw biasing member biases the first and second jaws toward the closed position; wherein the jaw biasing member biases the first and second jaws together when the first and second blades are in their stowed position. | 28,468 |
9,416,769 | 1. A method to control the operation of a wind turbine, comprising: detecting a sound of a bat in an area of the wind turbine; analyzing the sound detected to identify a species of the bat by comparing the detected sound with a database of sounds in order to identify the species of the bat; and in response to the identified species, automatically setting a parameter from a control system of the wind turbine for operation of the wind turbine according to the identified species of the bat in the area of the wind turbine; wherein the parameter is a control-parameter, which is used to control the rotational speed of the rotor of the wind turbine. | 31,388 |
9,347,332 | 1. A dynamo installable in a flow field of a fluid, the dynamo comprising: a support axis being parallel to the flow direction of the fluid; a first columnar oscillator configured to oscillate about the support axis due to a self-excited oscillation, the support axis supporting at one end of the columnar oscillator in the flow field of the fluid, the first columnar oscillator including a first travel mechanism that allows the first columnar oscillator to travel along the support axis; a second columnar oscillator configured to oscillate about the support axis due to a self-excited oscillation, the support axis supporting at one end of the second columnar oscillator in the flow field of the fluid, the second columnar oscillator including a second travel mechanism that allows the second columnar oscillator to travel along the support axis; an electricity generator configured to generate electric energy corresponding to an oscillation of the first columnar oscillator and the second columnar oscillator; a velocimeter configured to measure a flow velocity of the fluid; and a controller configured to cause at least one of a position of the first columnar oscillator and a position of the second columnar oscillator to move so as to adjust a horizontal distance between the first columnar oscillator and the second columnar oscillator in response to the flow velocity of the fluid. | 25,270 |
9,403,919 | 1. A method for preparing a functionalized polymer, the method comprising the steps of: (i) polymerizing monomer with an anionic initiator to form a reactive polymer; and (ii) reacting the reactive polymer with a carboxylic or thiocarboxylic ester containing a silylated amino group, where the carboxylic or thiocarboxylic ester containing a silylated amino group is selected from the group consisting of alkenecarboxylic esters, alkynecarboxylic esters, a cycloalkenecarboxylic esters, cycloalkynecarboxylic esters, heterocyclic carboxylic esters, alkenethiocarboxylic esters, alkynethiocarboxylic esters, cycloalkenethiocarboxylic esters, cycloalkynethiocarboxylic esters, and heterocyclic thiocarboxylic esters. | 33,325 |
9,004,575 | 1. A system that facilitates aerodynamics comprising: a skirt panel configured for installation upon a trailer; and a brace that provides structural support to the skirt panel, wherein the brace resists wind deflection, wherein the brace comprises a vertical portion with a height at least half of a height of the skirt panel, the skirt panel is a resilient skirt panel that bends under force and regains an original shape upon alleviation of the force, the brace is a resilient brace that bends under the force and regains an original shape upon alleviation of the force, and wherein the brace is one of a ‘v-brace’ or ‘v-wing’ that is wholly positioned within an interior portion of the skirt panel. | 26,411 |
8,542,249 | 1. A medical image display apparatus comprising: a display controller for displaying a medical image and appendant information about said medical image overlapped with each other on a display screen, said appendant information consisting of a plurality of items; a storage device for storing respective grades of importance attached to said appendant information items; and a display style deciding device for deciding how to display said appendant information in an appendant information display area that is provided outside a main subject display area of said medical image, wherein said display style deciding device decides priority in arranging said appendant information items in the order of most important first, wherein said display style deciding device compares the size of a necessary area for displaying said appendant information items in a regular style with the size of said appendant information display area, to discriminate between those appendant information items which fit in said appendant information display area and those which do not fit in said appendant information display area. | 23,722 |
9,593,026 | 1. A method for destroying organic contaminants, the method comprising: adding at least one oxidant to a contaminated fluid, thereby forming a mixture, wherein the at least one oxidant comprises a chlorine-based oxidant; irradiating the mixture with ultraviolet radiation; photolyzing the at least one oxidant; measuring an amount of quality indicator remaining in the fluid; and adjusting the pH of the mixture prior to the irradiating step, thereby adjusting the ultraviolet absorption profile of the mixture, to subsequently reduce the amount of organic contaminant remaining in the fluid to at or below a desired level. | 16,972 |
9,150,433 | 1. An ultraviolet (UV) water purification system, comprising: a dynamo operatively connected to a rotatable crank to provide an electrical current to lamp drive circuitry in the UV water purification system, when the rotatable crank is actuated by a user around an axis of the rotatable crank; a UV lamp operatively interconnected to the lamp drive circuitry, the lamp drive circuitry providing drive current to the UV lamp in response to the electrical current produced by the dynamo, and the UV lamp producing UV light to purify water surrounding the UV lamp in response to the driving current; and a microcontroller operatively employed within the lamp drive circuitry between the dynamo and the UV lamp, the microcontroller configured to: (1) track both an on time and an intensity of the UV lamp to ensure an adequate dose of UV light is administered to the water surrounding the UV lamp, where the on time tracked by the microcontroller is an amount of time that the UV lamp is supplied the electric current above a predetermined minimum threshold required to produce a minimum intensity from the UV lamp, (2) increase a counter in response the electrical current being above the predetermined minimum threshold required to output the minimum intensity from the UV lamp, (3) pause the counter at a last count value when the electrical current drops below the predetermined minimum threshold required to output the minimum intensity from the UV lamp, (4) resume increasing the counter from the last count value when the electrical current is again above the predetermined minimum threshold required to output the minimum intensity from the UV lamp, where the counter is increased until a predetermined value has been reached, and (5) turn off the UV lamp in response to the counter reaching the predetermined value. | 44,748 |
8,423,966 | 1. A method for ensuring consistency of data and preventing data races, the method comprising: receiving and examining a computer program written in an object-oriented language; receiving sequences of accesses that form logical operations on a set of memory locations used by the computer program; receiving definitions of atomic sets of data from the memory locations, wherein said atomic sets are sets of data that indicate an existence of a consistency property without requiring the consistency property itself; inferring which code blocks of the computer program must be synchronized in order to prevent one or more data races in the computer program, wherein synchronization is inferred by determining by: providing a message indicating where synchronization is required. | 49,092 |
9,422,694 | 1. A manually operated valve for a shower installation system including piping between a shower head and a water distribution system, the valve comprising: a body; a first bore in the body defining and inlet and being connectable to the piping; a second bore in the body defining an outlet and being connectable to the piping; a hole in the body defining first and second openings in the body and yielding a fluid passage between the first and second bores; a plug secured to the body in the hole at the first opening for closing the first opening; a compression spring mounted to the plug and extending within the hole towards the second opening; a piston reciprocally mounted in the hole to the compression spring and being biased by the spring towards a first position wherein the piston obstructs the fluid passage; and a trigger mounted to the piston to allow a person manually applying a triggering force onto the piston which is sufficient to compress the compression spring and to move the piston towards a second position wherein the piston frees the fluid passage. | 26,112 |
9,189,005 | 1. A transmission power control circuit comprising: a frequency conversion unit that converts an input signal to a high frequency signal; a first power control unit that controls power of the input signal before frequency conversion by the frequency conversion unit, in a low frequency band; a second power control unit that controls power of the input signal after frequency conversion by the frequency conversion unit, in a high frequency band; and a controller that controls power using only the first power control unit in a case where a set value of output power is lower than a minimum value of output power at which power control is possible in the second power control unit, the controller controlling the power using the first power control unit and the second power control unit in a case where the set value of the output power is higher than the minimum value of the output power, wherein: the first power control unit includes a first wave detector, the first wave detector detects part of the input signal, and outputs a first wave detection voltage to the controller, the second power control unit includes a second wave detector, the second wave detector detects part of the input signal, and outputs a second wave detection voltage to the controller, and the controller controls power in each of the first power control unit and the second power control unit such that the second wave detection voltage becomes a wave detection voltage target value corresponding to the set value of the output power. | 16,678 |
8,545,558 | 1. A method for fixing a graft ligament into a bone tunnel, the method comprising the steps of: a) forming a graft construct by draping the graft ligament over a loop depending from a fixation buckle, the buckle having a length along a longitudinal axis which is at least twice a maximum lateral dimension, the tunnel having an exit where it exits the bone and the length also being larger than a maximum width of exit; b) pulling the graft construct up through the bone tunnel with the buckle traveling lengthwise through the tunnel with the loop depending from the buckle from a first position located below a midpoint of the length of the buckle; c) pulling the buckle out of the tunnel through the exit and rotating it so that its longitudinal axis is sufficiently out of alignment with the tunnel to prevent the buckle from passing back into the tunnel; d) moving the loop from the first position to a second position along the buckle, the second position being at about the midpoint of the buckle; and e) engaging the buckle against the bone at the exit with the loop depending into the tunnel from the second position on the buckle; wherein the loop slides along a surface of the buckle between the first position and the second position and wherein the surface slopes downwardly as it approaches the midnight of the buckle; wherein aster step e) the loop depends into the tunnel by a first length and during step c) the loop depends into the tunnel by a second length that is less than the first length and during the performance of step c) the second length is never less than the first length by more than 3.5. | 31,257 |
9,505,800 | 1. A compound according to formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, tautomer, or ester thereof, wherein: Y is a linker selected from the group consisting of a covalent bond, C X is a linker selected from the group consisting of a covalent bond, C m is an integer from one to six; n is an integer from zero to five; q is one or two; R R R wherein m wherein Y R R R R R R R R R R R R R wherein any hydrido of Y, R R with the proviso that when q is 1 then R with the proviso that when q is 2 and the bond between carbons 12 and 13 is unsaturated then R with the proviso that when q is 2 and either the bond between carbons 18 and 19 is unsaturated or the bond between carbons 12 and 13 is unsaturated; then R with the proviso that when there is an unsaturation between carbons 18 and 19 then R | 13,522 |
9,112,210 | 1. A rechargeable lithium cell comprising: (a) An anode comprising an anode active material, wherein said anode active material is a prelithiated lithium storage material or a combination of a lithium storage material and a lithium ion source selected from lithium metal, lithium alloy, or lithium-containing compound; (b) A cathode comprising a hybrid cathode active material composed of a graphene material and a phthalocyanine compound, wherein said phthalocyanine compound is selected from copper phthalocyanine, zinc phthalocyanine, tin phthalocyanine, iron phthalocyanine, lead phthalocyanine, nickel phthalocyanine, vanadyl phthalocyanine, fluorochromium phthalocyanine, magnesium phthalocyanine, manganous phthalocyanine, dilithium phthalocyanine, aluminum phthalocyanine chloride, cadmium phthalocyanine, chlorogallium phthalocyanine, silver phthalocyanine, a metal-free phthalocyanine, or a combination thereof, wherein said graphene material is in an amount of from 0.1% to 99% by weight based on the total weight of the graphene material and the phthalocyanine compound combined; and (c) A porous separator disposed between said anode and said cathode and electrolyte in ionic contact with said anode and said cathode. | 32,704 |
9,046,646 | 1. An opto-electric hybrid board, comprising: an electric circuit board including an insulative layer having front and back surfaces, and electrical interconnect lines formed on the front surface of the insulative layer; an optical waveguide including a cladding layer and cores, the optical waveguide being formed on the back surface of the insulative layer of the electric circuit board; and a metal layer formed between the cladding layer of the optical waveguide and the back surface of the insulative layer of the electric circuit board, wherein part of the opto-electric hybrid board is formed as a to-be-bent portion, wherein the metal layer is partially removed in a position corresponding to the to-be-bent portion, and wherein the cladding layer of the optical waveguide fills a site where the metal layer is removed. | 27,594 |
9,073,235 | 1. A method for cutting a workpiece with a wire saw, the method comprising: running at least one saw wire in a lateral direction; supplying an abrasive grain slurry to the at least one saw wire on two points that are separated by a predetermined distance in a lateral direction; starting cutting of the workpiece by moving at least one of the workpiece and the at least one saw wire relative to the other and bringing the workpiece into contact with the at least one saw wire from above at a location between the two points on the at least one saw wire where the abrasive grain slurry is supplied creating an initial point of workpiece contact, an engaged meshing length where the at least one saw wire meshes with the workpiece, and an endpoint of workpiece contact, where the initial point of workpiece contact and the endpoint of workpiece contact are ends of the engaged meshing length; and performing cutting of the workpiece by immersing the workpiece into a tank filled with the abrasive grain slurry, wherein, a part of the at least one saw wire within the engaged meshing length is maintained submerged below a top surface of the abrasive grain slurry and the at least one saw wire at both the initial point of workpiece contact and the endpoint of workpiece contact is maintained above the top surface of the abrasive grain slurry. | 31,598 |
8,676,849 | 1. A method for delivering a cloud service to a client, comprising: receiving data from the client to be used in connection with the cloud service that is delivered to the client, the data from the client having an initial representational format, wherein said data has not been previously subjected to a compression technique causing data loss; applying a predetermined lossless transform to the data received from the client, to form at least one alternate rendition of the data received from the client, the least one alternate rendition having a predetermined representational format different from the initial representational format; storing the at least one alternate rendition of the data; receiving a user request to retrieve the data in a specified rendition; accessing the at least one alternate rendition; generating the specified rendition based on the at least one alternate rendition; and forwarding the specified rendition of the data to the client. | 33,287 |
9,487,087 | 1. An acceleration control method for a motor vehicle comprising at least one of an internal-combustion engine and an electric motor, and a transmission unit and an accelerator element operable by the driver for accelerating the motor vehicle, the method comprising the acts of: providing an accelerator element operable with an inflection point at which an increased restoring force occurs; providing an acceleration control by which the motor vehicle is operable in at least two different operating modes, including an energy-optimized acceleration mode during which adaptation of a parameterization of at least one of a characteristic engine diagram, a generator control, and characteristic shifting curves for the motor vehicle reduces an amount of fuel consumption that occurs during an acceleration of the motor vehicle as compared to an amount of fuel consumption that would have occurred during the acceleration without said adaptation; and during operation of the accelerator element, changing the acceleration control into the energy-optimized acceleration mode upon reaching the inflection point. | 43,625 |
9,717,421 | 1. A kit for intravascular implantation of an implantable medical device within a patient, the kit comprising: an elongated outer sheath forming an inner lumen with a distal opening, the outer sheath sized to traverse a vasculature of the patient, wherein the outer sheath is configured to receive the implantable medical device within the inner lumen; and an elongated inner sheath with an enlarged distal portion, wherein the enlarged distal portion includes an inflatable member that is configured to substantially fill the inner lumen and close-off the distal opening of the outer sheath when inflated, wherein the enlarged distal portion is slidable relative to the outer sheath, wherein the inner sheath further includes a tether with a helical element that is remotely controllable from a proximal end of the inner sheath to release the implantable medical device from a distal portion of the outer sheath, wherein the inner sheath further includes a stopper proximally located relative to the inflatable member, wherein the inflatable member is remotely controllable from a proximal end of the inner sheath to retract in a proximal direction towards the stopper while the stopper is stationary, wherein the kit is configured such that the inflatable member can be retracted in the proximal direction and towards the stopper while the stopper is stationary and past the implantable medical device positioned within the distal portion of the outer sheath, and wherein the implantable medical device includes at least one of a stimulation electrode, a sensing electrode, a battery, or a sensor. | 27,793 |
8,842,324 | 1. A method of estimating power consumption at a printing device, the method comprising: polling, by a processing a device, the printing device at a plurality of intervals over a first period of time; receiving, at the processing device, a polling response from the printing device for at each of the plurality of intervals; determining, by the processing device, a page count difference between each poll for each of the plurality of intervals; determining, by the processing device, a timer count between each poll for each of the plurality of intervals; determining, by the processing device, an estimated energy consumption of the printing device for each of the plurality of intervals based upon the page count difference for each of the plurality of intervals and the timer count for each of the plurality of intervals; and determining, by the processing device, a total estimated energy consumption of the printing device for the first period of time based upon the estimated energy consumption of the printing device for each of the plurality of intervals. | 49,436 |
9,463,272 | 1. A method for dispensing insulin from a portable infusion pump device, the method comprising: receiving input via a user interface that is positioned on a portable pump housing that defines a space containing insulin, the user interface comprising a display device for showing data related to insulin treatment; providing a drive force from a spring device to a ratchet mechanism that engages a gear arranged in the portable pump housing, the ratchet mechanism comprising a ratchet body that is adjustable from a non-activating position to an activating position when the drive force is provided by the spring device, wherein the ratchet body maintains physical contact with the gear when moving between the non-activating position and the activating position; and advancing a piston rod under mechanical power from the spring device from a first position to a second position so as to dispense the insulin from the portable pump housing, the piston rod being linearly moved in an axial direction in the portable pump housing and being urged to the second position when the spring device provides the drive force to adjust the ratchet body from the non-activating position to the activating position. | 2,266 |
8,621,232 | 1. A method for producing, allocating and checking authorization approvals that are required in order to fulfill tasks specified by an action plan through performance, by a service technician, of actions on a device or component of a distributed structure, comprising: generating at least one authorization approval having a limited period of validity that is bound to an identity certificate of the service technician which is stored on a storage medium carried or able to be carried by the service technician and that is required for fulfilling at least one task specified by the action plan; signing the authorization approval with a non-public key; wherein the non-public key comprises a non-public key associated with a service center producing the action plan; storing the signed authorization approval on a storage medium carried or able to be carried by the service technician; making at least the identity certificate and the signed authorization approval available to the device or component by the service technician; checking the period of validity of the identity certificate by the device or component; checking the signature of the signed authorization approval by the device or component with the aid of a public key associated with the non-public key used for generating the signature as well as a main certificate of a certification authority that issued the public key; wherein both the public key and the main certificate of the certification authority are available or are made available to the device or component; checking the authorization approval by the device or component, including checking the period of validity of the authorization approval; and if the result of all the checks confirms the identity of the service technician and allows the tasks to be fulfilled, granting of the permission to the service technician by the device or component to carry out the actions requiring to be performed in order to fulfill the tasks set or specified by the action plan. | 15 |
8,785,052 | 1. A nonaqueous electrolyte battery comprising: a positive electrode; a negative electrode containing a lithium compound and a negative electrode current collector, supporting the lithium compound; and a nonaqueous electrolyte, wherein a log differential intrusion curve obtained when a pore size diameter of the negative electrode is measured by mercury porosimetry has a peak in a pore size diameter range of 0.03 to 0.2 μm and attenuates with a decrease in pore size diameter from an apex of the peak, a specific surface area (excluding a weight of the negative electrode current collector) of pores of the negative electrode found by mercury porosimetry is 6 to 100 m a ratio of a volume of pores having a pore size diameter of 0.05 μm or less to a total pore volume is 20% or more. | 370 |
8,606,418 | 1. A control system, comprising: at least one weather radar unit positioned proximate to at least one wind turbine and configured to generate weather data; and an electronic processor configured to: | 21,237 |
8,941,653 | 1. A method for rendering primitives in parallel, the method comprising: receiving primitives in a first order; distributing the primitives for parallel processing by one or more processing entities to produce multiple streams, each stream including processed primitive descriptors that represent individual primitives; routing the multiple streams of processed primitive descriptors to produce a first stream of processed primitive descriptors representing primitives that intersect a first portion of a screen and a second stream of processed primitive descriptors representing primitives that intersect a second portion of the screen; reordering the processed primitive descriptors in the first stream to match the first order; reordering the processed primitive descriptors in the second stream to match the first order; and rasterizing the primitives that intersect the first portion of the screen and the primitives that intersect the second portion of the screen in parallel to produce rasterized pixels of an image. | 44,594 |
8,445,470 | 1. A method of treating a condition selected from asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, or rhinitis, comprising: administering to a subject that has said condition an effective amount of a compound of Formula I: wherein R R R R R R R R X and Y are independently hydrogen or halogen, and wherein the administering comprises inhalation from a mist produced by a nebulizer, inhalation from a pressurized metered dose inhaler, or inhalation from a dry powder inhaler. | 48,226 |
8,761,510 | 1. A method for classifying an image, comprising: inferring location information of an object of interest in an input representation of the image; determining foreground object features and background object features from the input representation of the image; pooling the foreground object features separately from the background object features using the location information to form a new representation of the image, the new representation being different than the input representation of the image; classifying the image based on the new representation of the image; performing an outer iterative loop, the outer iterative loop comprising: performing an inner iterative loop that cooperates with the outer iterative loop, the inner iterative loop comprising: | 49,315 |
9,341,485 | 1. A method for representing intersections with a road database comprising: storing in the road database intersection object data entities that represent physical road intersections, wherein each intersection object data entity includes a maneuver list that contains entries that identify all permissible traversals of the intersection to all lanes from which the intersection can be legally exited from each one of all the lanes by which the intersection can be entered, wherein each entry in the maneuver list indicates a lane into the intersection; a lane out of the intersection; and a geometry indicating a vehicle path connecting the lane into the intersection and the lane out of the intersection, and wherein at least some of the physical road intersections represented in the road database have a configuration in which multiple lanes exiting an intersection are legally accessible from a single lane entering the intersection and for such intersections the maneuver list identifies the permissible traversals to said multiple lanes from said single lane. | 33,348 |
9,120,189 | 1. A method of making a piece of metal reinforcement, the method comprising: shaping two metal sheets so as to approximate a final shape of the piece of reinforcement that is to be made; positioning the two metal sheets on either side of a core reproducing an inside shape of a suction side and of a pressure side of the piece of reinforcement; assembling the two sheets together around the core under a vacuum and in a leaktight manner; shaping the sheets on the core by hot isostatic compression; and cutting the sheets to separate the piece of reinforcement along at least one line of cut, and to release the core; wherein the method comprises forming projecting sacrificial zones on the core, the sheets being shaped to match the sacrificial zones during the hot isostatic compression, and the sheets being cut along the sacrificial zones without degrading a remainder of the core. | 25,179 |
9,804,809 | 1. A printing device comprising: a communication control unit configured to establish an asynchronous duplex communication channel with a print control device, and to receive print data pushed by the print control device through the asynchronous duplex communication channel without receiving a request from the printing device; and a print mechanism configured to print on print media based on the received print data; wherein the asynchronous duplex communication channel is established by a message from the printing device to the print control device. | 24,544 |
9,115,025 | 1. A composition comprising: a) an aerogel component; b) a surfactant; c) a binder selected from the group consisting of cement, gypsum, lime, acrylate and any combination thereof; and d) an ingredient selected from the group consisting of glass fibers, stone fibers, slag fibers, biosoluble ceramic fibers, and any combination thereof, wherein the composition has a thermal conductivity no greater than 50 mW/(m-k), measured according to ASTM C518. | 36,410 |
9,566,084 | 1. An energy treatment device comprising: a longitudinal probe that transmits an ultrasonic vibration; a distal end portion that is provided on a distal end side of the probe and treats a treatment object by the ultrasonic vibration; a sheath that has a hollow portion and a distal end and the distal end portion projects from the distal end in a state where the probe is inserted into the hollow portion; a fixed handle that is provided in a proximal end portion of the sheath and on which an operator places a first finger; a movable handle that has, on a proximal side, a finger placing portion on which the operator places a second finger, and that has, on a distal side, a jaw which grasps the treatment object together with the distal end portion; a jaw side through hole portion that is provided in the movable handle and formed between the finger placing portion and the jaw; a sheath side through hole portion that is provided in the sheath and provided at a position at which the sheath side through hole portion does not overlap with the hollow portion; and an opening/closing axis member that is inserted in the jaw side through hole portion and the sheath side through hole portion to openably and closably attach the movable handle to the fixed handle. | 15,569 |
8,868,434 | 1. A method for sorting a plurality of drugs for waste disposal, the method comprising: inputting identification information regarding a drug; electronically accessing a computerized database comprising drug classification information; obtaining waste category information for said drug; generating a label configured to be affixed to said drug or a container containing said drug; wherein said label comprises waste sorting information based on, at least in part, a first parameter of the drug and a first condition related to the drug; wherein said first parameter comprises information regarding a composition of the drug; wherein the first condition comprises at least one of whether the drug is a sharps and whether the drug or a container containing such drug is empty after said drug is administered to a patient; affixing said label to said drug or a container containing said drug so that the waste sorting information is visible to an individual discarding said drug; wherein said waste sorting information comprises instructions for depositing the drug into one of a plurality of waste containers based on said first condition; wherein the label includes a unique identifier associated with each waste container into which the drug may be deposited; and providing a plurality of waste containers, wherein each of the waste containers is associated with at least one of a plurality of medical waste categories, thereby facilitating disposal of the drug in the appropriate waste container. | 12,327 |
9,409,849 | 1. A process comprising: (a) producing a residue stream from manufacture of an aromatic polycarboxylic acid; (b) separating the residue stream into a solid aromatic dicarboxylic acid rich stream, an aqueous stream rich in catalyst metal, acetic acid and aromatic tricarboxylic acid, and an organic stream rich in an aromatic monocarboxylic acid using a solvent extraction and (c) separating at least one aromatic polycarboxylic acid from the dicarboxylic acid rich stream wherein the separation process in step (b) comprises simultaneous extraction of the residue stream with two liquid phases, followed by filtration, wherein the simultaneous extraction of residue comprises the use of water and an organic solvent comprising at least one member selected from the group consisting of toluene, benzene, cylcohexane, petroleum ether, methanol and mixtures thereof. | 3,957 |
8,838,651 | 1. A method of generating test data for a first database, comprising: for each of a plurality of database objects associated with the first database, determining one or more elements by parsing a database query language representation of the database object, the database query language representation comprising one or more SQL statements which, when executed, create the corresponding database object in the first database; analyzing a second database to determine one or more correlations between elements in the second database, wherein the second database is provided as a model for the first database; constructing one or more data generation rules for the determined one or more elements wherein the one or more data generation rules are configured for use in generating correlated test data corresponding to the one or more elements; receiving a user-defined database object specifying at least one of the elements for one of the plurality of database objects; and generating, by operation of one or more computer processors, a set of test data for the first database and corresponding to the at least one element specified in the user-defined database object, wherein the set of test data comprises a plurality of correlated data entries, and wherein the set of test data is generated using the one or more data generation rules and is further based on the determined one or more correlations between elements in the second database. | 28,917 |
9,464,585 | 1. A turbocharged internal combustion engine having an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) control system, comprising: an exhaust turbocharger having a turbine disposed in an exhaust passage of the engine and a compressor disposed in an intake passage; a low-pressure EGR passage connecting a part of the exhaust passage downstream of the turbine to a part of the intake passage upstream of the compressor; a low-pressure EGR valve disposed in the low-pressure EGR passage and for changing a cross-sectional area of the low-pressure EGR passage; an exhaust shutter valve disposed downstream of the connected part of the exhaust passage to the low-pressure EGR passage, and for changing a cross-sectional area of the exhaust passage; a valve controller operatively coupled to the low-pressure EGR valve and the exhaust shutter valve, the valve controller for controlling openings of the low-pressure EGR valve and the exhaust shutter valve so that an amount of exhaust gas of the engine recirculated by the low-pressure EGR passage becomes a low-pressure EGR target recirculation amount that is set in advance according to an operating state of the engine; and a gear range detector for detecting a gear range of a transmission of a vehicle in which the engine is installed, the transmission being operable in a plurality of gear ranges including a predetermined low-speed gear range, wherein when the gear range detected by the gear range detector is gear range other than the predetermined low-speed gear range among the plurality of gear ranges, and when the low-pressure EGR target recirculation amount is smaller than a predetermined amount, the valve controller fixes the exhaust shutter valve fully open and sets the opening of the low-pressure EGR valve to an opening that allows the recirculation amount of exhaust gas to be the low-pressure EGR target recirculation amount, and when the low-pressure EGR target recirculation amount is larger than the predetermined amount, the valve controller fixes the low-pressure EGR valve fully open and sets the opening of the exhaust shutter valve to an opening that allows the recirculation amount of exhaust gas to be the low-pressure EGR target recirculation amount, and wherein when the gear range detected by the gear range detector is the predetermined low-speed gear range, the valve controller sets the opening of the exhaust shutter valve to a predetermined opening that is larger than fully closed but smaller than fully open according to the low-pressure EGR target recirculation amount, and sets the opening of the low-pressure EGR valve to an opening that allows the recirculation amount of the exhaust gas to be the low-pressure EGR target recirculation amount. | 37,336 |
8,922,047 | 1. A horizontal-axis wind turbine comprising: a rotor having a hub and blades rotatable by wind; a nacelle assembly for rotatably supporting the rotor through a main shaft, the main shaft being connected to the rotor; a tower for rotatably supporting the nacelle assembly; a dynamo placed near to a location at which the tower is built up; a rotatable vertical shaft placed inside the tower and orthogonally disposed to the main shaft for transferring a rotating force of the main shaft to the dynamo; and a repulsive toque-balancing mechanism for transferring a rotating force of the nacelle assembly, the rotating force of the nacelle assembly being derived from repulsive torque due to a load of the dynamo, to the vertical shaft in a direction in which the repulsive toque is balanced, which comprises: | 47,214 |
8,776,078 | 1. A method of dynamically freeing computer resources by a user in a multitasking and windowing environment, said method comprising: receiving, by a computer, input from said user to activate a Graphical User Interface (GUI) widget comprising an inactive window of an open application program in main memory, to initiate pausing of said open application program; pausing, by said computer, Central Processing Unit (CPU) processing of program code of said open application program in said main memory; maintaining at said pausing, by said computer, a Document Object Model (DOM) implemented by said program code and associated with said open application program in said main memory without closing said open application program; storing in mass storage at said pausing, by said computer, first state information associated with said program code of said open application program residing in said main memory; storing in said mass storage at said pausing, by said computer, second state information associated with a process of said open application program and received from a software module that monitors running applications and processes; and removing at said pausing, by said computer, said program code, other than that implementing said DOM, of said open application program, from said main memory, and storing said program code, other than that implementing said DOM, of said open application program in said mass storage, while maintaining said DOM implemented by said program code of said open application in said main memory, to dynamically free computer resources for said user when another open application program running in said multitasking and windowing environment requires additional main memory. | 31,216 |
9,091,199 | 1. An internal combustion engine comprising: an engine assembly defining a bore extending along a central bore axis; a piston disposed within the bore and moveable in a reciprocating motion within the bore along the central bore axis; wherein the piston and the engine assembly cooperate to define a combustion chamber; a direct injection fuel system having a fuel injector for injecting a fuel spray into the combustion chamber along a path; wherein the combustion chamber includes a contoured surface defining a plurality of deflection foils; wherein the contoured surface receives and re-distributes the fuel spray into a plurality of portions, with each portion of the fuel spray directed toward a respective one of the plurality of deflection foils, and with each of the plurality of deflection foils re-directing their respective portion of the fuel spray into a combined radial path swirling about a center of the combustion chamber, wherein each of the deflection foils defines a flow path for its respective one portion of the fuel spray, and a foil axis extending radially outward from the center of the combustion chamber through a center of each deflection foil; wherein the flow path of each deflection foil includes an entrance segment forming an entrance angle with the respective foil axis of the deflection foil, and an exit segment forming an exit angle with the respective foil axis of the deflection foil; and wherein the entrance segment of the flow path of each deflection foil is directed radially away from the center of the combustion chamber and toward a radial edge of the piston, and wherein the exit segment of the flow path of each deflection foil is directed radially inward relative to the center of the combustion chamber and away from the radial edge of the piston, and tangential relative to the combined radial path of the re-directed portions of the fuel spray. | 22,990 |
8,844,471 | 1. An apparatus for heating water comprising: a first section having an annular hot water storage tank encircling a first portion of a vertically oriented combustion chamber and having a tank top and a tank bottom, said vertically oriented combustion chamber in direct heat exchange communication with said annular hot water storage tank and having a combustibles inlet and a flue gas outlet, said flue gas outlet disposed below said tank bottom; a burner adapted to fire downward from said combustibles inlet into said combustion chamber; a second section disposed vertically below said hot water storage tank and encircling a second portion of the combustion chamber, having a flue gas inlet in a lower half of the second section corresponding to said fluid gas outlet of said combustion chamber and having a second section flue gas outlet; a third section vertically disposed below said second section having an ambient air inlet, a humidified air outlet in fluid communication with said combustion end of said combustion chamber, and a condensate outlet in fluid communication with said second section; and a passive condensate flow control device disposed between said second section and said third section having a condensate inlet side oriented toward said second section and a condensate outlet side oriented toward said third section. | 32,880 |
9,749,959 | 1. A method for managing operational power of a wireless network access point device, the method comprising: determining a number of users associated with a wireless network access point device associated with a coverage area, the number of users being associated with an area of a network having an overlap in RF network access coverage; detecting a change in the number of users associated with the wireless network access point device; and in response to the detecting, managing the coverage area of the wireless network access point device by powering up or down all or a portion of the wireless network access point device based on the changed number of users. | 10,358 |
9,723,727 | 1. A modular electronic instrumentation platform chassis for use with a plurality of instrumentation modules and comprising: a frame defining a module area and a non-module area, the module area comprising a plurality of slots open to a front of the frame and configured to receive instrumentation modules therein; a front panel carried by the frame on the front of the frame adjacent the plurality of slots; a chassis power unit carried by the frame in the non-module area and configured to provide power to the plurality of instrumentation modules received in the slots; and a reference clock unit carried by the frame in the non-module area and configured to provide a low phase-noise reference clock for the plurality of instrumentation modules received in the slots, the reference clock unit comprising: vibration dampening mounts that mount the reference clock unit to the frame, a power supply circuitry enabling electrical isolation of the reference clock unit from the chassis power unit, a reference clock circuitry, a shield to isolate the power supply circuitry from the reference clock circuitry, and a plurality of reference clock outputs mounted in the front panel and coupled to the reference clock circuitry. | 45,893 |
9,064,948 | 1. A method, comprising: forming a sacrificial gate structure above a semiconducting substrate; forming at least one sacrificial sidewall spacer adjacent said sacrificial gate structure; removing at least a portion of said sacrificial gate structure to thereby define a gate cavity that is laterally defined by said at least one sacrificial sidewall spacer; forming a replacement gate structure, comprising a gate insulation layer comprising a substantially horizontal portion and two substantially vertical portions that have a vertical height, wherein the two substantially vertical portions are formed so as to be positioned on the at least one sacrificial sidewall spacer in said gate cavity; after forming said replacement gate structure, forming a gate cap layer above said replacement gate structure and between said at least one sacrificial sidewall spacer; after forming said gate cap layer, removing said at least one sacrificial sidewall spacer to thereby define a spacer cavity adjacent said two substantially vertical portions of said gate insulation layer of said replacement gate structure; and forming a low-k spacer in said spacer cavity by performing a deposition process to forms a low-k material in said spacer cavity and performing a chemical mechanical polishing process to remove excess amounts of said low-k material positioned outside of said spacer cavity such that said low-k spacer in said spacer cavity is positioned horizontally adjacent to and against substantially the entire vertical height of the substantially vertical portions of the gate insulation layer of the replacement gate structure and such that an upper surface of said low-k spacer is substantially planar with an upper surface of said gate cap layer. | 35,539 |
8,863,548 | 1. A cabin air compressor assembly comprising: a cabin air compressor disposed at a compressor inlet; a cabin air compressor motor operably connected to the cabin air compressor; at least one cooling flow inlet disposed at a first axial end of the cabin air compressor motor, the cabin air compressor disposed at a second axial end, the at least one cooling flow inlet configured to direct a cooling flow across the cabin air compressor motor; a cooling flow pathway extending from a cabin air compressor rotor inlet to the cooling flow inlet to divert the cooling flow from the cabin air compressor rotor inlet and inject the cooling flow through the at least one cooling flow inlet into the first end; and a blower operably disposed axially between the cabin air compressor motor and a cabin air compressor rotor, the blower configured to urge a cooling flow from across the cabin air compressor motor toward a cooling flow outlet, thereby increasing the cooling flow across the cabin air compressor motor. | 14,240 |
8,723,496 | 1. A switching power supply with quick transient response, comprising: a power stage ( wherein, the switching power supply further comprises a delay controller ( | 6,017 |
9,145,058 | 1. An electric vehicle comprising: an electric motor configured to propel the vehicle; an electric storage device configured to supply electric power to the electric motor; an electric motor controller configured to control the electric motor by use of the electric power supplied from the electric storage device to the electric motor; and a peripheral component or a vehicle component of the vehicle which is disposed around the electric motor controller; and a plate-shape member disposed along a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, the plate-shape member being more rigid than the peripheral component or the vehicle component, the plate-shape member having a first principal surface and a second principal surface opposite to the first principal surface, wherein the electric motor controller is disposed on at least one of the first principal surface and the second principal surface; the electric storage device is disposed more closely to a passenger compartment of the vehicle than the plate-shape member in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, and connected to the electric motor controller by electric wires; the electric motor controller includes a low-voltage circuit section to which a relatively low prescribed voltage is applied and a high-voltage circuit section to which a voltage higher than the voltage applied to the low-voltage circuit section is applied; and the high-voltage circuit section is disposed more closely to the passenger compartment than the low-voltage circuit section in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, wherein the plate-shape member extends along the longitudinal direction of the vehicle and the first principal surface extends along the longitudinal direction of the vehicle. | 17,355 |
8,516,106 | 1. A computer implemented method for displaying components assigned to events produced by resources, the resources being executed within a computing environment, the method comprising: registering a new resource by generating a label to which is associated a system specific device identifier used by the new resource within the computing environment; storing in a mapping table the generated label identifying the registered new resource together with the new resource's associated system specific device identifier; updating the mapping table by associating to the generated label any other system specific device identifier used by the new resource within the computing environment; receiving events produced by resources when being executed within the computing environment, each event being associated with a list of labels for the resources relevant for the generation of that event; and maintaining a tag cloud comprising different tags, the different tags comprising labels for the resources associated with the received events to be displayed as components, wherein the registering the new resource by generating the label to which is associated the system specific device identifier used by the new resource within the computing environment comprises: determining if all resources on which the new resource depends are already registered with an appropriate label; and in response to determining that not all resources on which the new resource depends are already registered: | 15,302 |
9,284,222 | 1. An additive blend comprising cellulose ether and psyllium wherein the psyllium is present in a concentration of 0.5 weight-percent or more and 45 weight-percent or less based on the combined weight of cellulose ether and psyllium. | 12,750 |
9,039,204 | 1. A projector comprising: a box-shaped housing, the housing having guide protrusions at a front surface of the housing; a lightening part mounted at the front surface of the housing; a projection lens part mounted at the front surface of the housing; a cover part slidingly mounted at the front surface of the housing to open and close the projection lens part selectively; a speaker part installed at the front surface of the housing, the speaker part being exposable; guide grooves provided at a rear surface of the cover part, the guide protrusions at the front surface of the housing to be inserted into the guide grooves; and locking levers provided at both lower ends of the cover part, the locking levers to close or open holes, the locking levers to prevent the cover part from moving upward when the holes are closed by the locking levers, and the locking levers to enable the cover part to move upward for being separable from the guide protrusions of the housing when the holes are opened by the locking levers, wherein the cover part selectively opens or closes the projection lens part, when the cover part is sliding in a downward direction or an upward direction, and wherein the cover part opens the projection lens part when the cover part slides in a downward direction according to one of an audio signal, a video signal or an on-signal of the projector, and the cover part closes the projection lens part when the cover part slides in an upward direction according to one of an audio signal, a video signal or an off-signal of the projector. | 46,749 |
8,711,379 | 1. An information processing apparatus that includes a plurality of print queues each functioning as one of a backup print queue and a basic print queue, and that executes output to a printing apparatus based on print job information registered in a basic print queue with higher priority than backup job information registered in the backup print queue, said information processing apparatus comprising: an output unit configured to output a print job in accordance with a schedule of print job information registered in the plurality of print queues, wherein the output unit outputs, when print job information is registered in a basic print queue, a plurality of print jobs sequentially to the printing apparatus based on the print job information registered in the basic print queue, even if backup job information is registered in a backup print queue, and the output unit outputs, when print job information is not registered in the basic print queue, a plurality of print jobs sequentially to the printing apparatus based on a plurality of backup job information registered in the backup print queue; a registration unit configured to register, in accordance with an interruption of printing of print data based on the print job information registered in the basic print queue, backup job information in backup print queues corresponding to a printing apparatus other than the printing apparatus in which printing was interrupted without removing the print job information registered in the basic print queue corresponding to the printing apparatus in which printing was interrupted, wherein the backup job information includes information for linking to the print job information and does not include a body of print data; and a deleting unit configured to delete, in accordance with a recovery of the interrupted printing, the backup job information registered in the backup print queues by said registration unit, and to delete, in accordance with a schedule up of backup job information, the print job information registered in the basic print queue corresponding to the printing apparatus in which printing was interrupted. | 22,936 |
8,827,665 | 1. A submersible motor ( 2 ) comprising a housing ( 3 ) having a wall ( 4 ) with a watertight cable feed-through ( 5 , 6 ; 5 , 6 ′), the cable feed-through including an inlet ( 5 ) in the wall ( 4 ) for a cable ( 25 ) and a scaling collar ( 6 ; 6 ′) having a feed-through ( 20 ) for the cable, the sealing collar ( 6 , 6 ′) being detachable from the inlet ( 5 ), the sealing collar ( 6 ; 6 ′) including a first seal ( 45 ; 45 ′) arranged on the feed-through and means for the application of force ( 75 , 85 , 90 ) to the first seal ( 45 ; 45 ′) for permanently applying force to the first seal ( 45 ; 45 ′) radially into the feed-through ( 20 ), the cable feed-through ( 5 , 6 ; 5 , 6 ′) comprising means for detachably attaching ( 35 , 40 ) the sealing collar ( 6 ; 6 ′) to the inlet, wherein the first seal ( wherein at least a second seal ( wherein the means for the application of force ( | 19,497 |
8,781,331 | 1. A method of a controllable selective add/drop channel in a fiber-optic communication system provided with 2 N of wavelength-division multiplexing channels, whose optical frequencies at a constant frequency separation Δv between adjacent two channels are retunable, the method comprising: (a) inputting multi-channel optical signal in a N-stage structure, where each stage, at n=1, 2, . . . , N, contains an optical filter having one input or two inputs and two outputs and characterizing by transmission in form periodic function with spectral separation between two adjacent extremums Δv (b) choosing channel that is the subject of add/drop; (c) tuning said optical filter of each stage in such a way that transmission from input to output, that are used in the connection of said optical filters described in (a), had maxima on the frequency of said chosen channel; (d) transmitting the multi-channel optical signal through N-stage structure and dropping chosen channel on output of said optical filter of the last stage, which is a drop port in N-stage structure; and (e) adding of a new channel on the frequency of the drop channel, multiplex new channel and all channels, except the dropped one, and return multiplexed channels to the optical network. | 29,313 |
9,526,112 | 1. A method for reducing power consumption at a user equipment (UE) communicating within a Long Term Evolution (LTE) network, the method comprising: by a network base station: | 3,703 |
8,515,203 | 1. An image processing method, applicable to a pointing device, wherein the pointing device generates a displacement signal by moving relative to a working surface and detecting an image signal of a part of the working surface, and the method comprises: successively obtaining a first original image and a second original image; uniformly dividing the first original image into a plurality of first blocks and dividing the second original image into a plurality of second blocks; adjusting a block brightness value of each of the first blocks and the second blocks; generating a complexity signal representing a plurality of gradient values of each of the first blocks and the second blocks according to the corresponding block brightness value; adjusting each of the first blocks according to the adjusted corresponding block brightness value and the corresponding complexity signal of the first original image, so as to generate a first adjusted image corresponding to the first original image; adjusting each of the second blocks according to the adjusted corresponding block brightness value and the corresponding complexity signal of the second original image, so as to generate a second adjusted image corresponding to the second original image; and executing a motion estimation procedure according to the first adjusted image and the second adjusted image, so as to generate the displacement signal. | 33,576 |
9,780,567 | 1. An energy storage system comprising: an energy storage device; a bidirectional inverter configured to control a flow of power into or out of the energy storage device via a plurality of phases; and a controller configured to control the bidirectional inverter based on a load condition on one or more of the plurality of phases, wherein the controller is configured to control the bidirectional inverter to store power generated by a generator set in the energy storage device and transmit power from the energy storage device to a load driven by the generator set in response to detecting a load imbalance between the plurality of phases, and wherein the controller is further configured to: | 20,409 |
9,669,016 | 1. A method for treating a trypanosomatid infection in a subject, comprising administering to the subject a pharmaceutically effective amount of a compound having the chemical formula of: or | 39,336 |
9,317,430 | 1. A method for controlling a multi-tiered cache, the method comprising: receiving an indication of a change of a workload characteristic of a first workload accessing a first tier of the multi-tiered cache, wherein a second tier of the multi-tiered cache comprises a dynamically instantiated cache; determining that the first workload and a second workload overlap access to at least a portion of cached data in the multi-tiered cache, wherein the second workload accesses the portion of the cached data through the dynamically instantiated cache, and wherein the first workload does not access the portion of the cached data through the dynamically instantiated cache; and modifying at least one of a caching size and policy for the second workload in response to the change of the workload characteristic. | 4,106 |
8,408,965 | 1. A method of in-situ monitoring during processing of a substrate, comprising: processing a conductive film on a substrate in a substrate processing apparatus; generating a signal from an eddy current sensor during processing, the signal including a first portion generated when the eddy current sensor is adjacent the substrate, a second portion generated when the eddy current sensor is adjacent a metal body and not adjacent the substrate, and a third portion generated when the eddy current sensor is adjacent neither the metal body nor the substrate; comparing the second portion of the signal to the third portion of the signal and determining a gain based at least on a result of the comparing; and multiplying the first portion of the signal by the gain to generate an adjusted signal. | 27,808 |
9,028,893 | 1. A composition for inhibiting Mycobacterium tuberculosis glutamine synthetase enzyme and/or for treating tuberculosis comprising an effective amount of an extract obtained from a twig of a Byttneria species, wherein the extract is obtained by extracting the twig of the Byttneria species with a solvent, the Byttneria species being Byttneria herbacea , wherein the solvent includes 1-100% methanol, 80-98% chloroform or a mixture thereof, and wherein the composition comprises at least 3 μg/ml of said extract. | 44,326 |
8,486,925 | 1. A hydroalcoholic gel consisting of: a) 1.62% (w/w) testosterone; b) 1.0% (w/w) isopropyl myristate; c) 73.5% (w/w) ethanol; d) 1.0% (w/w) of a polyacrylic acid; e) 7.0% (w/w) of 0.1 N sodium hydroxide; and f) water. | 42,707 |
9,686,815 | 1. A method of wireless communication operable at an access terminal configured for operation in a wireless communication network, comprising: transmitting on a reverse link traffic channel utilizing a predetermined gating pattern; and determining, based on a performance metric of the wireless communication network, to cease utilizing the predetermined gating pattern, the performance metric comprising a number of quasi-orthogonal function sets being utilized by a base station that is received at the access terminal in a radio configuration parameters message, wherein the determining to cease the utilizing of the predetermined gating pattern comprises determining that greater than a predetermined number of pseudorandom numbers (PNs) in a radio configuration parameters message received at the access terminal have greater than a threshold number of quasi-orthogonal function sets enabled. | 16,736 |
9,271,743 | 1. A system, comprising: a drill guide assembly comprising a drill guide and a pin sleeve, the drill guide comprising a drill guide head having an opening, a shaft configured to receive the pin sleeve, a drill guide tip configured to engage a bone, and a cannula configured to receive an implant configured to form a conduit in a sacroiliac joint with an ilium or a sacral bone to at least partially fuse the sacroiliac joint, the conduit being adapted to receive a material that comprises a demineralized bone matrix, the pin sleeve comprising a pin sleeve head; a first guide pin configured to guide placement of the drill guide; a striker tube configured to be removeably placed over at least a portion of the pin sleeve covering the pin sleeve head, the striker tube including a distal edge having a first segment configured to partially encircle a rounded side of the drill guide head and a second segment configured to rest against a proximal side of the drill guide head, the first segment being disposed on a different plane than the second segment; a cannulated drill bit having a plurality of adjustment ridges and configured to drill a pilot hole in a bone tissue, the pilot hole configured to receive the implant; a stop collar having a stop collar ridge and configured to be placed over the cannulated drill bit, wherein the plurality of adjustment ridges are configured to engage with the stop collar ridge and to determine a placement of the stop collar, and the cannulated drill bit is configured to drill the pilot hole having a depth based on the placement of the stop collar; and a parallel spacer instrument configured to guide placement of a second guide pin at a distance from the implant after the implant is implanted into the bone tissue, the parallel spacer instrument comprising a sliding block coupled to a parallel spacer block, the parallel spacer block comprising a drill guide tube having an inner diameter configured to fit around the first guide pin, the drill guide tube having an outer diameter configured to fit within the cannula of the drill guide while the drill guide tube is disposed around the first guide pin. | 43,634 |
9,053,048 | 1. A method comprising: on an information handling system, providing a biometric framework in a native operating-system environment thereof, the biometric framework comprising a biometric service, a biometric device interface (BDI), and a BDI driver; wherein the native operating-system environment is an operating-system environment in which the biometric framework is designed to operate; wherein the biometric service comprises a biometric unit relative to a biometric sensor; wherein the biometric unit comprises a sensor adapter, an engine adapter, and a storage adapter; on the information handling system, extending the biometric framework to store biometric templates in a secondary database maintained in a secondary location, the extending comprising extending the storage adapter to support storage in the secondary location; and on the information handling system, accessing the secondary database from outside the native operating-system environment of the biometric framework. | 18,955 |
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