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9,634,178 | 1. A method of fabricating a solar cell, the method comprising: forming a plurality of semiconductor regions in or above a substrate; forming a metal-containing thermal and diffusion barrier layer above the plurality of semiconductor regions; forming a metal seed layer on the metal-containing thermal and diffusion barrier layer; forming a metal conductor layer on the metal seed layer; and laser welding the metal conductor layer to the metal seed layer, wherein the metal-containing thermal and diffusion barrier layer protects the plurality of semiconductor regions during the laser welding, wherein forming the metal-containing thermal and diffusion barrier layer comprises forming a layer of material selected from the group consisting of a layer of titanium nitride (TiN), a layer of titanium tungsten (TiW), and a layer of tantalum nitride (TaN). | 46,668 |
8,924,696 | 1. An image processing device comprising: an operating unit comprising: a plurality of control units each comprising a processing unit and being configured to control the operating unit to form the image on the sheet, the plurality of control units comprising at least a first control unit and a second control unit; and a selecting unit configured to select one of a first mode and a second mode, wherein: | 17,651 |
8,644,527 | 1. A piezoelectric acoustic transducer for producing sounds by using a piezoelectric material which deforms depending on an applied voltage, the piezoelectric acoustic transducer comprising: a first piezoelectric material; a first electrode material fixed and attached on an upper surface of the first piezoelectric material, the first electrode material continuously extending to a part of a lower surface of the first piezoelectric material; a second electrode material fixed and attached at least on the lower surface of the first piezoelectric material; a diaphragm; a third electrode material fixed and attached on an upper surface of the diaphragm; and a fourth electrode material fixed and attached on the upper surface of the diaphragm, wherein one of the third electrode material and the fourth electrode material has a portion that is an electrical resistance, the first electrode material and the third electrode material are in contact with each other, the second electrode material and the fourth electrode material are in contact with each other, the first electrode material and the second electrode material have a function as a capacitor by a voltage being applied therebetween, and the electrical resistance and the capacitor form a series-RC circuit. | 37,235 |
9,104,912 | 1. A terahertz electromagnetic wave measuring apparatus for measuring a measured terahertz electromagnetic wave, comprising: a generating unit configured to generate a reference terahertz electromagnetic wave; a waveform obtaining unit configured to obtain a first reference time waveform from the reference terahertz electromagnetic wave received in dependence of plural delay times; a forming unit configured to perform a wavelet transform on the first reference time waveform to obtain reference expansion coefficients based on a mother wavelet, wherein the reference expansion coefficients include at least one expansion coefficient whose absolute value is greater than a threshold, and to perform an inverse wavelet transform by using only the at least one expansion coefficient so as to form a second reference time waveform in dependence of the delay times, wherein the forming unit is configured to calculate respective ratios of the second reference time waveform and the first reference time waveform for each of the delay times; the generating unit is configured to generate the measured terahertz electromagnetic wave, wherein, for each of the plural delay times, the measured terahertz electromagnetic wave corresponds to the reference terahertz electromagnetic wave multiplied by the respective ratio; the waveform obtaining unit is configured to obtain a first measured time waveform of the measured electromagnetic wave in dependence of the delay times; the forming unit is configured to perform the wavelet transform on the first measured time waveform to obtain measured expansion coefficients based on the mother wavelet, to perform an inverse wavelet transform by using only those of the measured expansion coefficients corresponding to the at least one expansion coefficient so as to form a second measured time waveform in dependence of the delay times. | 30,035 |
9,758,622 | 1. A photoalignment layer, comprising: a polyimide; and a capping terminal connected to a main chain terminal of the polyimide, wherein the capping terminal is a stereo compound expressed as (Z—SiO wherein A1 and A2 are, independently, a C4 to C20 aromatic compound or a C4 to C20 aliphatic cyclic compound, and B1 and B2 are, independently, a flexible group comprising the alkylene group, —C | 37,088 |
9,050,021 | 1. A method for psychophysical measurement of dark adaptation in a subject, said method comprising the steps of: a. providing said subject; b. bleaching a test eye of said subject; c. presenting a target stimulus to said test eye of said subject; and d. determining a response of said subject to said target stimulus by obtaining at least one threshold measurement or a partial threshold curve, wherein said at least one threshold measurement or said partial threshold curve is predominately obtained in the second component of the rod mediated recovery. | 41,923 |
8,586,860 | 1. A see-through type solar battery module for generating electricity with a plurality of rod type solar cells each of which comprises a p type or n type rod shaped semiconductor, a pn junction formed at a partially cylindrical surface layer portion of the rod shaped semiconductor, and a pair of ribbon shaped first and second electrodes that are formed on opposite sides of an axis in a direction parallel to the pn junction of the rod shaped semiconductor and are electrically connected to both sides of the pn junction, comprising: an optically transparent first substrate; the plurality of rod type solar cells, wherein said rod type solar cells have a same configuration in which their axes, respectively, are parallel to the first substrate with their conductive directions orthogonal to the first substrate and grouped into a plurality of clusters having a same pattern of arrangement, with the plurality of clusters being arranged in a matrix form having a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns; a plurality of conductive layers formed on an inner surface of the first Substrate, each one conductive layer of the plurality of conductive layers corresponding to one cluster of the plurality of clusters, wherein for each said one cluster the first electrodes of each one solar cell of the plurality of solar cells of said one cluster are connected electrically in parallel to said one conductive layer, respectively; a plurality of conductive members corresponding said plurality of clusters, each one conductive member of the plurality of conductive member corresponding to said one cluster of the plurality of clusters, wherein for each said one cluster the second electrodes of said each one solar cell of the plurality of solar cells of said one cluster are connected electrically in parallel wherein the plurality of conductive layers further comprise a first conductive paste in direct physical contact with said plurality of conductive layers; wherein the plurality of conductive members further comprise a second conductive paste in direct physical contact with said plurality of conductive members; a plurality of bypass diodes corresponding to the plurality of clusters, each one bypass diode of the plurality of bypass diodes corresponding to said one cluster of the plurality of clusters, wherein for each said one cluster said each one bypass diode of the plurality of bypass diodes is electrically connected to and in direct physical contact with the first conductive paste of said one conductive layer and is electrically connected to and in direct physical contact with the second conductive paste of said one conductive member so that said one bypass diode is connected in inverse parallel to said each one solar cell of the plurality of solar cells of said one cluster; a plurality of conductive connection members each of which electrically connect the conductive layer of said each one, cluster to the conductive member of an adjacent cluster in a predetermined direction; a second optically transparent substrate disposed parallel to the first substrate with the plurality of solar cells sandwiched between them; and conductive member so that said one bypass diode is connected in inverse parallel to said each one solar cell of the plurality of solar cells of said one cluster; an optically transparent synthetic resin molding material that is charged between the first and second substrates and embeds the plurality of solar cells, the plurality of conductive members, and the plurality of conductive connection members therein; and wherein a proportion occupied in an entire area by a light transmission region in which sunlight is not intercepted by the conductive layers is greater than or equal to 50 percent. | 11,065 |
8,816,534 | 1. A method of charging and utilizing battery power, said method comprising the steps of: providing a plurality of rechargeable battery packs; providing a vehicle having a vehicle battery rack that selectively receives and electrically interconnects with said rechargeable battery packs, wherein said vehicle recharges said rechargeable battery packs when said rechargeable battery packs are received by said vehicle battery rack and said vehicle is in operation; providing an auxiliary battery rack at a building that is separate and remote from said vehicle, wherein said auxiliary battery rack selectively receives and electrically interconnects with said rechargeable battery packs when said rechargeable battery packs are placed into said auxiliary battery rack; providing a power inverter at said building that is electrically coupled to said auxiliary battery rack, wherein said inverter converts direct current from said rechargeable battery packs to alternating current at 60 Hz to provide electrical power to said building; charging said rechargeable battery packs on said vehicle battery rack; and moving at least one of said rechargeable battery packs from said vehicle battery rack to said auxiliary battery rack, wherein said power inverter converts power from said at least one of said rechargeable battery packs into said alternating current. | 4,091 |
9,608,863 | 1. A method comprising: generating, by a network device, a Bloom filter bit vector based on applying Bloom filter parameters to a candidate address autoconfigured by the network device; and selectively repeating, by the network device, the autoconfiguring of the candidate address until the corresponding Bloom filter bit vector includes a bit set at a reserved bit vector position that is reserved for the network device, the reserved bit vector position providing uniqueness of the candidate address within a link layer domain. | 30,353 |
8,401,708 | 1. An electric power system in which a plurality of electric power suppliers and demanders is mutually connected, the electric power supplier and demander being provided with one or a plurality of power generation devices, one or a plurality of electrical storage devices and one or a plurality of electric power consumption devices, and an electric power supply and demand control device, wherein each of said electric power supply and demand control devices judges whether or not electric power shortage is occurred or whether or not electric power surplus is occurred in each of said electric power suppliers and demanders provided with the electric power supply and demand control device, receives electric power from other electric power supplier and demander provided with said power generation device and/or said electrical storage device in the case where electric power shortage is occurred in the electric power supplier and demander, and controls to deliver electric power to other electric power supplier and demander in the case where electric power surplus is occurred in said electric power supplier and demander; and controls the plurality of said power generation devices in respective electric power suppliers and demanders in the delivery and receipt of electric power among respective electric power suppliers and demanders, the control being automatically or manually performed based on that a pattern classification model for a neural network is formed in a computer, total production of electricity, maximum electric power demand, and total electric power demand of the following day are predicted based on at least past actual performance data, weather forecast and calendar information of the following day, and theoretical amount of solar radiation at fine weather of the day, actual performance data of the forecast items and weather, calendar information, and theoretical amount of solar radiation of a past fixed period including at least the day are collected for neural network relearning, the relearning is performed by an error back propagation algorithm based on the prediction data and actual performance data of the day, and the total production of electricity, the amount of maximum electric power demanded, and the amount of total electric power demanded of the following day are predicted by an updated neural network. | 9,628 |
9,790,275 | 1. A method of enhancing in vivo efficacy of a therapeutic antibody to induce cancer cell destruction by antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) in a human subject receiving anti-cancer treatment with a therapeutic antibody comprising a human or non-human primate IgG Fc portion, wherein the therapeutic antibody induces ADCC, said method comprising administering to said subject prior to, simultaneously, or after the administration of the therapeutic antibody, an agent capable of reducing or preventing inhibitory signal transduction initiated via SIRPα, wherein the agent is in an amount sufficient to increase ADCC such that the in vivo efficacy of the therapeutic antibody to induce cancer cell destruction by ADCC is enhanced, and wherein said agent is an anti-SIRPα antibody or a Fab fragment thereof, a F(ab′)2 fragment thereof, or a ScFv fragment thereof. | 41,828 |
9,847,837 | 1. An optical line termination that is coupled to a plurality of optical network units coupled to base stations via a passive optical network (PON), and is coupled to a control apparatus that communicates with the base stations via the PON, the optical line termination comprising: a detection circuit configured to detect a sleep request from the control apparatus to base stations; a determination circuit configured to determine, when the detection circuit detects the sleep request, whether processing of turning the base stations of requestees by the sleep request into a sleep state in accordance with the sleep request is approvable or not, based on a shortage bandwidth within the PON in a different one of the base stations having a predetermined relationship with the requested base station; and a control circuit configured to discard the sleep request when the determination circuit determines that the processing is not approvable, or transfer the sleep request to the base station of the different requestee when the determination circuit determines that the processing is approval. | 37,781 |
8,668,104 | 1. A protective case for surfboards, musical instruments, or other large objects, the case comprising: a housing having a rigid, impact-resistant outer surface, the housing being formed from a first section and a second section, the first section having a multiplicity of adjoining subsections that are selectively configurable between an expanded transport position and a collapsed storage position; and a carrying handle attached to a side of the case, the handle also functioning as a releasable attaching latch for connecting the first and second sections. | 5,835 |
9,657,494 | 1. A method for producing a tower construction from reinforced concrete having at least one cavity that extends in the longitudinal direction within the tower construction, the method comprising: arranging, along a periphery of the tower construction, a plurality of prefabricated and planar load-bearing double-wall elements, each comprising an external plate disposed parallel to an internal plate in a vertical or inclined position, forming vertical external joints in-between adjacent external plates as well as vertical internal joints in-between internal plates, securing the double-wall elements against toppling over in position arranged next to each other by means of temporary supports, installing a reinforcement in an area of the vertical external joints as well as the vertical internal joints between the external plates and the internal plates, which crosses the vertical external joints and the vertical internal joints, installing a reinforcement in an area of horizontal external joints as well as horizontal internal joints between the external plates and the internal plates, which crosses the horizontal external joints and the horizontal internal joints, closing the vertical external joints and the vertical internal joints in-between the double-wall elements using filling concrete, grouting mortar, silicone, or a sealing strip, lifting a working platform, arranged along the periphery of the tower construction, by one construction section height, filling the double-wall elements with filling concrete, and repeating, one or more times, the steps for producing a construction section having a construction section height, which substantially corresponds to a height of the double-wall elements. | 27,749 |
9,255,021 | 1. A system for the metabolization of organic substances, comprising at least one housing with an elongated space, wherein the housing has at least one inlet opening at the top end portion for the introduction of liquids with organic substances therein and at least one outlet opening for liquids at the bottom end portion, wherein the inlet opening and the outlet opening are in communication with the elongated space, and wherein the elongated space extends from the top end portion to the bottom end portion of the housing, with at least one planting opening provided on the housing between the inlet opening at the top end portion and the outlet opening at the bottom end portion, a support element for plants is accommodated in the at least one planting opening, the planting opening being in communication with the elongated space, wherein each support element is configured to permit one or more plant roots to penetrate the support element and extend into the elongated space and with a porous filler material provided in the elongated space, wherein the housing is arranged with the bottom end portion in a liquid basin, the outlet opening into the liquid basin, wherein at least one inlet opening is in communication with the liquid basin, it being possible to arrange the liquid with organic substances therein in the liquid basin wherein a circulation of the liquids with organic substances is formed. | 10,594 |
9,768,326 | 1. A method of manufacturing a solar cell comprising: providing a semiconductor growth substrate; depositing on said growth substrate a sequence of layers of semiconductor material forming a solar cell, wherein said step of depositing the sequence of layers of semiconductor material includes forming a first solar subcell on said substrate having a first band gap; forming a second solar subcell over said first subcell having a second band gap smaller than said first band gap; forming a grading interlayer over said second solar subcell having a third band gap larger than said second band gap; and forming a third solar subcell having a fourth band gap smaller than said second band gap such that said third subcell is lattice mismatched with respect to said second subcell; applying a metal contact layer over said sequence of layers; and affixing the surface of a permanent supporting substrate composed of a carbon fiber reinforced polymer utilizing a conductive polyimide binding resin directly over said metal contact layer and permanently bonding it thereto by a thermocompressive technique. | 11,810 |
8,998,570 | 1. A system for moving one or more shafts in a gearbox of a wind turbine nacelle, comprising: a gearbox for a wind turbine nacelle having one or more shafts movable with respect to the gearbox, said one or more shafts including at least a low speed shaft at one end of the gearbox and a high speed shaft at another end of the gearbox; a generator adjacent to the high speed shaft of the gearbox, the generator including a generator shaft for connection to the high speed shaft of the gearbox; an auxiliary device in a fixed position in relation to the gearbox; a connector connecting the auxiliary device to the generator shaft and separately connecting the auxiliary device to the high speed shaft of the gearbox in order to directly transfer force from the auxiliary device to move both of the high speed shaft and the generator shaft; and an activator for activating the auxiliary device; wherein when activated the auxiliary device transfers energy to move the one or more shafts; and the movement of the one or more shafts reduces detrimental effects to the gearbox during transportation or standstill. | 26,747 |
9,412,159 | 1. A method for inspecting a flat panel, the method comprising: arranging a camera at a measurement location of the flat panel by horizontally moving at least one of the flat panel and the camera; automatically focusing the camera by using an automatic focusing module having a repeatability distance range on a target to be measured of the flat panel at the measurement location; acquiring a plurality of images of the target to be measured by vertically moving the focused camera upward or downward within a set movement distance range, wherein each of the plurality of images is taken by the camera within a photographing distance range; selecting an image with the highest definition among the plurality of acquired images to process the selected image; and determining whether the target to be measured is defective or not, wherein the set movement distance range for acquiring the plurality of images is greater than the repeatability distance range of the automatic focusing module, and the photographing distance range is smaller than the repeatability distance range of the automatic focusing module. | 21,272 |
9,252,454 | 1. A secondary battery, comprising: a jelly-roll having a cathode/separator/anode structure mounted in a cylindrical battery case; a plate-shaped insulator mounted on a top of the jelly-roll, the plate-shaped insulator comprising a multi-layer structure having a woven fabric or a knit fabric made of fibers, wherein each layer has a woven fabric or a knit fabric made of fibers, wherein the plate-shaped insulator has fine pores having a nonuniform diameter in a longitudinal direction, and wherein a distance between fine pores is in the range of 10 μm to 100 μm and the distance is uniform. | 21,157 |
8,734,893 | 1. A process comprising the steps of: (i) providing an elongated porous web, said elongated porous web comprising two outermost surfaces; (ii) transporting said elongated porous web downwards between two impregnating heads comprising two slots each with upper and lower slot faces, said faces having a vertical orientation or an orientation which deviates from vertical by no more than 10°, parallel to said elongated porous web providing simultaneously to both surfaces of said elongated porous web metered quantities of a dope, said quantities on both surfaces being identical or deviating from identical by no more than 5%, comprising at least one membrane polymer and at least one solvent therefor; (iii) impregnating said elongated porous web completely with said dope and providing dope layers on each surface of said outermost surfaces of said elongated porous web with an equal thickness or a thickness which may deviate from equal by no more than 5%, said thickness being independent of the gap between one of said lower slot faces and the surface of said elongated porous web nearest thereto; (iv) subjecting said dope associated with said elongated porous web to phase inversion with at least one non-solvent, wherein said phase inversion of said dope layer is symmetrical on each surface of said web, thereby forming a membrane; and (v) removing residues of said at least one solvent for said at least one membrane polymer from said membrane thereby producing an ion-permeable web-reinforced separator, wherein said dope at the impregnation temperature has a ratio of viscosity at a shear of 1 s wherein step (iii) is performed in an impregnating apparatus and step (iv) in a phase inversion station and wherein there is an air gap between said impregnating apparatus and said phase inversion station. | 932 |
8,539,200 | 1. A method comprising: generating a capsule file from within an operating system (OS) in a computing device in response to detecting a virus; passing the capsule file to a firmware interface, the capsule file being tailored to include repair information associated with the detected virus; executing the contents of the capsule file via the firmware interface to perform a repair based on the repair information in response to exiting the OS; and booting the OS after receiving a virus repair status from the firmware interface. | 6,271 |
8,929,382 | 1. A method for determining states in a flow of transmitted packets, comprising: receiving the flow of transmitted packets, where each transmitted packet has a monotonically increasing integer sequence number; wherein a next expected sequence number is equal to a largest previous sequence number of a previous packet received incremented by 1 and the next expected sequence number is in a monotonically increasing series with non-reversing values; for a predefined number of consecutively received packets, when a difference between a sequence number of an arriving packet and the next expected sequence number is equal to zero and when a time to live number of the arriving packet is equal to a time to live number of the previous packet, determining that there is a stable state for the predefined number of consecutively received packets; for each received packet, when it is determined that the sequence number of the arriving packet is greater than a calculated next expected sequence number by more than 1, determining that a not stable state exists; and determining a number of holes by a computer, wherein each of the holes is a time between an end of one stable state and a start of a next stable state. | 29,115 |
9,809,674 | 1. An aromatic polyester polyol, suitable as the sole polyol in the production of polyurethane foams that have an E-84 tunnel fire test class one rating, said aromatic polyester polyol having a functionality range from 2.8 to 3.2 and a moderate viscosity ranging from 4,000-10,000 cps @ 25° C. inclusive, wherein said polyol is prepared by the transesterification or esterification of a mixture comprising: 46.9-66% w/w of a glycol, 24-34% w/w of a terephthalate source, 5.02-17% w/w glycerin, 0-14% w/w pentaerythritol, 0-5% w/w methyl glucoside, 0-10% w/w sorbitol, 0-15% w/w of a natural vegetable oil, modified natural vegetable oil or fatty acid derivative of vegetable oil. | 25,611 |
8,378,167 | 1. A wetness sensing system comprising; a first wetness sensing article; a first signaling device producing a first signal upon sensing wetness in the first wetness sensing article, wherein the first signaling device is compatible with the first wetness sensing article, and wherein the first signaling device is adapted to be attachable to a wetness sensing article by a consumer; and a second signaling device producing a second signal upon sensing wetness in the first wetness sensing article, wherein the second signaling device is compatible with the first wetness sensing article, wherein the second signaling device is adapted to be attachable to a wetness sensing article by a consumer, and wherein the second signal is not identical to the first signal. | 46,105 |
9,339,929 | 1. A robot device, comprising: a manipulator including a control unit which performs wherein the control unit executes and wherein, in the first setting processing, setting is performed at the time of the non-antagonistic driving when switching from the non-antagonistic driving to the antagonistic driving, such that the first restricting coefficient gradually nears 1. | 13,496 |
9,783,060 | 1. A leakage detection system for a battery pack of a vehicle comprising: detection circuitry having a first side connecting a positive terminal of the pack to ground and a second side connecting a negative terminal of the pack to ground, and including no more than one switch among the sides; measurement circuitry configured to measure a voltage at a resistor of one of the sides when the switch is open and closed; and a controller programmed to control the switch to open and close according to at least one trigger event, and to output a leakage associated with the battery pack based on the voltage at the resistor when the switch is open and closed according to the trigger event, wherein the switch and measurement circuitry are disposed on opposite ones of the sides of the detection circuitry. | 44,730 |
9,411,923 | 1. A system comprising: a layout design subsystem having a first central processing unit and first nonvolatile storage memory and including a layout design interface subsystem including a display, the layout design interface subsystem being operative in response to graphical input of a user having minimal experience in layperson for generating design instructions for a circuit board, the layout design subsystem comprising: a module library of pre-verified module data representing board-mountable electronic components or subsystems, the board mountable components or subsystems each having associated therewith a unique identifier for use by the computer aided design subsystem and the administrative subsystem, said board mountable components or subsystems each further corresponding to a displayable schematic representation described as a set of rules defining allowable inter-relationships between discrete functional electronic modules, said modules being defined by a combination of both (a) electrical connectivity rules linked to a schematic, and (b) mechanical placement rules linked to a layout, in order to form library elements of said module library, and the electrical connectivity rules comprising buses that are a collection of signals, and a label characterizing information carried on said signals, said information specifying the functional definition of the modules, thereby allowing for automated connection among the modules; a computer aided design subsystem having a second central processing unit and second nonvolatile memory coupled to receive said design instructions from said functional layout design subsystem and responsive thereto for generating a manufacturing instruction set; and an administrative subsystem having at least a third central processing unit and third nonvolatile storage memory, said administrative subsystem being coupled to receive as input, outputs of the functional layout design subsystem and of the computer aided design subsystem, the administrative subsystem being operative to generate gerbers and manufacturing instructions to direct component vendors, board assemblers and shippers to manufacture and deliver according to specifications provided by an intended user a functional circuit board with minimal human intervention in accordance with said manufacturing instructions and without further intervention from the intended user; said system for integrating design, building and delivery of custom application printed circuit boards. | 33,384 |
9,453,643 | 1. A system for energy production, comprising: at least one shredder configured to generate a reduced material comprising a carpet waste composition that comprises an inorganic filler component and a first organic component such that at least a portion of the first organic component of the carpet waste composition is separated from the carpet waste composition; at least one vibratory separator positioned downstream of the at least one shredder and in communication with the reduced material that is configured to vibrate the reduced material and to produce a first combustible stream comprising the at least a portion of the first organic component of the carpet waste composition and a first waste stream comprising a reclaimed inorganic filler composition; a boiler positioned downstream of the at least one shredder and in selective communication with the first combustible stream, wherein the boiler is configured to directly combust the first combustible stream within the boiler to generate at least one useable energy product. | 37,947 |
8,627,413 | 1. A method for virtual device provisioning comprising: receiving, within an electronic system, a notification of an emulated device configured to be provisioned, wherein said emulated device comprises an abstraction of a hardware resource; updating an authorization record of an authorization record datastore, wherein said updating of said authorization record comprises updating routing information related to communication of said emulated device and a virtual device; receiving a request for reconnection of said emulated device with said virtual device; determining whether said emulated device and said virtual device are allowed to communicate based on said authorization record datastore; and sending a response to said request for reconnection. | 26,247 |
9,484,045 | 1. A computer server system for automatically determining suitability of at least a portion of a speech signal, comprising voice data, for statistical modeling, the system comprising: a memory storing computer code instructions thereon; and a processor, the memory, with the computer code instructions, and the processor being configured to cause the computer server system to implement: a modelability estimator configured to: a decision maker configured to determine a preferred speaker selection for use by the speech synthesis system in building a statistical text-to-speech system based on the statistical modelability score determined for speech provided by each of a plurality of speakers. | 6,135 |
8,848,571 | 1. A method for optimizing an advanced metering system mesh network, comprising: establishing a network including a central facility root node and a plurality of node devices, and at least some of the node devices comprise metrology devices; configuring the network for bi-directional communications between the central facility root node and each of the plurality of node devices; computing total propagation delay along each path to the central facility root node; selecting at each node device the lowest value of total propagation delay to define its own global propagation delay value; sharing the global propagation delay valve for each node device with every other node device accessible within its range; calculating a global propagation delay to the central facility root node for each respective node device using only local propagation delay for each respective node device and shared values from its immediate neighbors; and conducting communications using the path corresponding to the selected value, whereby communications among nodes within the network is optimized. | 1,837 |
9,118,037 | 1. A method of manufacturing a display device, comprising: forming a sacrificial layer on a support substrate; forming a flexible substrate on the sacrificial layer; forming pixels on the flexible substrate; heating the sacrificial layer using microwave energy to generate a gas from the sacrificial layer, and thereby weakening a bonding between the flexible substrate and the sacrificial layer; and separating the flexible substrate from the support substrate using the gas. | 809 |
9,777,127 | 1. A carbon fiber bundle for resin reinforcement purposes, comprising a carbon fiber bundle adhered with a polymer (AB), the polymer (AB) being formed by bonding an acid-modified polyolefin (A) having a polyolefin structure (a1) and an acidic group (a2) in the molecular structure, to a hydrophilic polymer (B) having a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of 450 or more, wherein the mass ratio between the polyolefin structure (a1) and the acidic group (a2), (a1):(a2), in the acid-modified polyolefin (A) is 100:0.1 to 100:10; the mass ratio between the acid-modified polyolefin (A) and the hydrophilic polymer (B), (A):(B), is 100:1 to 100:100; and the content of the polymer (AB) in the carbon fiber bundle for resin reinforcement purposes is from 0.1% by mass to 8.0% by mass, wherein the acidic group (a2) in the polymer (AB) is neutralized with a basic substance CC), or the acidic group (a2) is caused to react with the basic substance (C), and the pH at a temperature of 25° C. of an aqueous resin dispersion obtained by dispersing the polymer (AB) that has been neutralized by the basic substance (C), or the polymer (AB) that has reacted with the basic substance (C), in water at a solid content concentration of 30% by mass is from 6.0 to 10.0, and wherein the basic substance (C) is a basic substance having a molecular weight of 100 or less. | 12,305 |
9,007,178 | 1. A radio frequency identification system comprising a load transporter having a load receiving space for receiving a radio frequency identification tagged item with a true tag, moved from an external region external to the load receiving space to the load receiving space of the load transporter; a radio frequency identification reader system for taking tag readings during movement of the true tag along a path from the external region to the load receiving space of the load transporter; and a processing system having true tag motional information as to predetermined or measured movement of the true tag along said path from the external region to the load receiving space, and comparing tag motional data based on the tag readings with the true tag motional information to establish whether the tag readings represent a true tag moving along said path to the load receiving space or represent an extraneous tag. | 8,333 |
8,773,838 | 1. An ion generating device comprising: a cylindrical dielectric; a first electrode provided along an inner surface of the dielectric; a second electrode provided along an outer surface of the dielectric; a stopping member for stopping an opening in the dielectric; and an alternating-current voltage application circuit for applying an alternating-current voltage between the first and second electrodes to generate positive and negative ions. | 11,340 |
8,384,250 | 1. A system comprising: a connector-panel; a first plurality of cable-connector-receptacles formed in-said panel as an array, each receptacle having a controllable locking arm; a second plurality of cable-connectors, said second plurality being less than, or equal to, in number, said first plurality, each one of said cable-connectors being lockable into a different one of said cable-connector-receptacles by a respective said controllable locking arm; a control unit associated with said panel for controlling each said locking arm to be in a locked or unlocked position; and a computer system through which a user, gated by an authorized confirming user, can command operation of said control unit to place said each said locking arm in said locked or said unlocked position, said user commanding said operation by interaction with a first GUI display included in said system, said commanding being gated by said authorized confirming user repeating said interaction on a second GUI display included in said system, said gated commanding by said authorized confirming user being required prior to occurrence of any connector action and before said user can command said operation of said control unit to place said each said locking arm in said locked or said unlocked position, wherein said computer system also provides a predetermined time interval measured from said interaction with said first GUI display, and wherein said repeating said interaction on said second GUI display must occur within said predetermined time interval to permit said occurrence of said any connector action and to permit said user to command or control said operation of said each said locking arm into said locked or said unlocked position. | 1,278 |
9,290,272 | 1. A linear actuator system for an aircraft seat comprising: a linear actuator; an actuator trolley coupled to the linear actuator; a first link coupled to the actuator trolley; a second link located at least partially within the second link; a locking ball located within an aperture in the first link and an aperture in the second link; and a decoupling rod located within the second link, wherein the decoupling rod comprises a cylindrical body and a tapered shoulder. | 19,400 |
8,404,328 | 1. A honeycomb structure comprising: a periphery-ground article obtained by grinding an outer peripheral portion of a cell structure where a plurality of honeycomb segments are bonded by means of a bonding layer at an outer wall of each of them, and an outer peripheral coat layer disposed on an outer peripheral face of the periphery-ground article; wherein at least one of the bonding layer and the outer peripheral coat layer is formed by the use of honeycomb-forming slurry containing: | 5,524 |
8,389,573 | 1. A compound selected from a compound of Formula (I): wherein R R R one of X and Y is C═O while the other is CH and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates thereof, and mixtures thereof in any ratio, with the proviso that R | 49,794 |
8,795,868 | 1. A rechargeable molten nitrate salt electrolyte battery, comprising: a) an electrolyte comprising lithium nitrate which electrolyte is capable upon being heated above its melting point of becoming an ionically conductive liquid containing lithium ions and nitrate ions, the lithium nitrate being present at a level sufficient to provide stability for a protective solid electrolyte interface formed on lithium metal on contact with the electrolyte, b) an anode comprising lithium immersed in the electrolyte, the anode and the electrolyte being compatible with each other for introducing lithium ions into the electrolyte and having a stable layer of lithium oxide serving as the solid electrolyte interface formed on the surface of the lithium in contact with the electrolyte, c) a cathode electrode immersed in the electrolyte comprising an electrically conductive surface that is compatible with the electrolyte and capable of transferring electrical charge to or from chemical compounds, namely nitrate ions and oxygen, present within the electrolyte, d) oxygen atoms present within the electrolyte in the form of nitrate ions to serve as an internal source of oxygen within the electrolyte for providing oxygen atoms to be delivered, when the electrolyte is at a temperature above its melting point, through the electrolyte to the cathode electrode for reaction at the cathode whereby during battery discharge one or more lithium oxides are formed, e) electrical connections respectively present on the anode and cathode and electrically connected to the lithium in the anode and the electrically conductive surface of the cathode electrode for connecting the battery to an external circuit which will allow current to flow through the battery in conjunction with electrochemical reactions occurring at the anode and cathode electrode, f) a diffuser of external oxygen positioned within the electrolyte to introduce into the electrolyte oxygen gas from an external oxygen source to provide the direct reduction of the oxygen at the cathode as well as the reduction of the oxygen by a homogeneous chemical reaction with nitrite ions present in the electrolyte to form nitrate ions, and g) surfaces within the cell electrolyte for collecting lithium oxide formed during battery discharge, said surfaces being electrically connected to the cathode electrode for the lithium oxide to be dissociated into lithium ions and oxygen during battery recharging, wherein, when operated as a battery, the anode and cathode reactions are reversible in accordance with the polarity of the current flowing through the battery thereby providing a molten salt electrolyte battery which is rechargeable. | 17,860 |
8,445,709 | 1. A method of producing a refined fatty acid alkyl ester composition comprising: contacting a lipid feedstock and an alcohol with a first metal oxide catalyst at a temperature of greater than 200 degrees Celsius and a pressure of greater than 500 psi to form an unrefined fatty acid alkyl ester composition including free fatty acids; combining the unrefined fatty acid alkyl ester composition including free fatty acids with dimethyl carbonate to form a refining mixture; and contacting the refining mixture with a second metal oxide catalyst at a temperature of greater than 100 degrees Celsius to form a refined fatty acid alkyl ester composition. | 49,579 |
9,699,924 | 1. A mount for a flat panel electronic display device, the mount comprising: a support bracket adapted to attach to a wall of a structure, the support bracket comprising a planar mounting portion and a cleat portion extending outwardly therefrom, the mounting portion defining a first pair of opposing slots angled relative to a vertical direction at a first angle, each slot of the first pair of slots disposed equidistant from a center of the mounting portion, the mounting portion defining a second pair of opposing slots angled relative to the vertical direction at a second angle different from the first angle, each slot of the second pair of slots disposed equidistant from a center of the mounting portion, the slots of the first pair of slots and the slots of the second pair of slots oriented such that when fasteners are received through the slots of the first pair of slots or the slots of the second pair of slots to mount the support bracket to the wall, the support bracket is shiftable to enable leveling of the support bracket by sliding of the fasteners in the slots; and a display bracket adapted to attach to the flat panel electronic display device, the display bracket comprising a planar display interface portion and a cleat portion extending therefrom, wherein the cleat portion of the display bracket is selectively engageable with the cleat portion of the support bracket to hang the flat panel electronic display device on the wall. | 26,975 |
8,520,720 | 1. A spread spectrum communication system, comprising: a first antenna, arranged for receiving a first radio frequency signal; a second antenna, arranged for receiving a second radio frequency signal; a first radio frequency demodulator, coupled to the first antenna, for converting the first radio frequency signal into a first analog baseband signal; a second radio frequency demodulator, coupled to the second antenna, for converting the second radio frequency signal into a second analog baseband signal; a first analog-to-digital converter (ADC), coupled to the first radio frequency demodulator, for converting the first analog baseband signal into a first digital signal; a second ADC, coupled to the second radio frequency demodulator, for converting the second analog baseband signal into a second digital signal; a first filter, coupled to the first ADC, for filtering the first digital signal to generate a first filtered signal; a second filter, coupled to the second ADC, for filtering the second digital signal to generate a second filtered signal; a clear channel assessment (CCA) device, coupled to the first filter and the second filter, for generating a channel assessment signal and a path selection signal according to signal characteristics of the first filtered signal and the second filtered signal; and a selection device, coupled to the first filter, the second filter and the CCA device, for referring to at least one of the channel assessment signal and the path selection signal to selectively output the first filtered signal, output the second filtered signal, or generate no signal output. | 44,209 |
9,003,338 | 1. A method for incorporating a common template into an electronic article design, comprising: receiving a first set of polygon positions from a first party; receiving a second set of polygon positions from a second party; generating a common template mask set based on the first set of polygon positions and the second set of polygon positions; generating a first under bump metallization (UBM) mask for the first party or a second UBM mask for the second party based on the first set of polygon positions or the second set of polygon positions; and generating a set of design rules based on the common template mask set, a first design rule of the set of design rules defining a position associated with an input-output (I/O) connection for an electronic article, at least some of the generating are performed by a processing unit. | 38,518 |
9,152,725 | 1. A method of processing a personal preference indication submitted by a user for a feed item of a social network feed established through an associated database system having at least one server, the method comprising: receiving, at a server of the database system from a computing device associated with the user, a personal preference indication submitted by the user to apply to a first feed item of the social network feed, the personal preference indication indicating that the user feels positive or negative about information indicated by the first feed item, the social network feed being displayable on computing devices of one or more users of the social network; identifying, using a server of the database system, a characteristic of the first feed item; identifying, using a server of the database system, one or more further feed items of the social network feed as being related to the first feed item based on the feed item characteristic, the one or more further feed items not being a count of personal preference indications; determining, using a server of the database system, one or more computing actions operative to modify data contained in or attached to the one or more further feed items of the social network feed based on the first feed item characteristic and on the received personal preference indication; and causing performance of, using a server of the database system, the one or more computing actions to modify the data contained in or attached to the one or more further feed items of the social network feed. | 32,853 |
9,612,038 | 1. A method for manufacturing an all-glass solar collector tube without an exhaust tail tube, comprising the steps of: rounding a bottom of one end of an inner glass tube plated with a selective absorption coating, and sealing a first outer glass tube on the other end thereof, wherein a length of the first outer glass tube is not larger than a length of the inner glass tube; rounding a bottom of end of a second outer glass tube, and flaring the other end thereof; inserting the inner glass tube sealed with the first outer glass tube into the second outer glass tube; abutting joint, sealing and vacuumizing an exhaust groove of an exhaust platform and a flaring site of the second outer glass tube, to form a gap between the first outer glass tube and the second outer glass tube to serve as an exhaust passage; after vacuumizing and exhausting, propelling the first outer glass tube using a mechanical device in the exhaust groove to insert the first outer glass tube into a flared opening of the second outer glass tube, wherein the first outer glass tube is in contact with the second outer glass tube; heating a contact point of the first outer glass tube and the second outer glass tube to achieve a frit seal and butt joint of the first outer glass tube and the second outer glass tube. | 11,667 |
8,592,434 | 1. A method for treating orofacial herpes comprising administering to a patient suffering from orofacial herpes only a single dose of a prolonged release mucoadhesive buccal tablet comprising: 50 to 200 mg of acyclovir, 1 to 75% by weight of a diluent, 1 to 10% by weight of an alkali metal alkylsulfate, 0.1 to 5% by weight of a binding agent, 5 to 80% by weight of natural milk proteins, and 5% to 80% by weight of at least one hydrophilic polymer that provides a sustained release of acyclovir. | 13,533 |
9,659,548 | 1. A method for automatically installing a video wall, comprising: (a) an image output controller outputting each of a plurality of identifiable images to a corresponding one of a plurality of video devices that form the video wall; (b) an imaging device capturing the plurality of identifiable images displayed on the video wall; (c) based on the plurality of identifiable images, a first processor determining position data for the video devices and spacings between adjacent video devices and frame data of the video devices, wherein the first processor obtains a size of an image of the video wall, calculates a ratio between the size and an actual size of the video wall, recognizes image frames of the video devices and distances between the image frames using image recognition, and calculates physical distances, including horizontal spacing and vertical spacing, between the video devices based on the ratio and the recognized distances between the image frames; and (d) based on the position data for the video devices, a second processor automatically setting up image display of the video wall, the second processor being same as or different from the first processor. | 11,034 |
9,611,863 | 1. A turbine engine casing comprising: a cylindrical wall extending along a longitudinal axis; and a single-piece annular panel for acoustic insulation mounted radially inside the wall and extending along a longitudinal axis so as to be coaxial relative to the wall, the panel including a radially outer annular surface fitted with upstream and downstream first projecting members respectively arranged in upstream and downstream portions of the radially outer annular surface of the panel, the wall including a radially inner annular surface fitted with upstream and downstream second projecting members that are releasably fastened respectively to the upstream and downstream first projecting members, wherein each of the upstream or downstream first projecting members, or the upstream or downstream second projecting members comprises a first portion fastened to the panel or to the wall, respectively, and a second portion fastened to the corresponding opposite projecting member, the first portion being slidable relative to the second portion along the longitudinal axis of the panel and the longitudinal axis of the wall when fastened. | 4,762 |
9,590,132 | 1. An apparatus, comprising: a first cell-lifting mechanism operable to lift a first strip from a first platform; a second cell-lifting mechanism operable to lift, from the first platform, a second strip that follows the first strip on the first platform; and a control mechanism operable to control the first cell-lifting mechanism and the second cell-lifting mechanism to place a leading edge of the second strip to overlap a trailing edge of the first strip. | 31,106 |
8,497,397 | 1. A compound having Formula (I′) or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof: wherein, R R R | 5,374 |
8,585,809 | 1. A cartridge for an air dryer comprising: a cartridge housing; a desiccant volume within the cartridge housing containing a desiccant for removing at least one of moisture and contaminants from a stream of air; an intake port in fluid communication with the desiccant volume; a delivery port in fluid communication with the intake port via the desiccant volume; a flow control device which controls flow between the desiccant volume and the delivery port; and a selectively openable bypass passage which bypasses flow around the flow control device; wherein the bypass passage is not blocked when the cartridge is installed on a first type of air dryer thereby bypassing flow around the flow control device, and wherein the bypass passage is blocked when the cartridge is installed on a second type of air dryer thereby directing substantially all flow between the desiccant volume and the delivery port through the flow control device. | 3,990 |
8,385,561 | 1. A powered speaker unit employing a class D amplifier for reproducing sound, comprising: a digital power link in port for receiving a single cable carrying a digital audio signal and electrical power; a digital power amplifier powered by said electrical power received in said digital power link in port, said digital power amplifier using pulse-width-modulated digital signals to switch an output power amplifier device, thereby generating an analog audio signal; and, at least one speaker driver for reproducing sound based upon the analog audio signal; wherein the digital power link in port, the digital power amplifier, and the at least one speaker driver are integrated into a powered speaker unit. | 7,167 |
8,572,297 | 1. A connection hub, comprising: one or more master processing elements; multiple different separately accessible busses; a bus connection circuit configured to enable the master processing elements to access any of the different busses simultaneously; multiple independently operating bus interface circuits each associated with a different one of the multiple busses, wherein the bus interface circuits are configured to reduce power consumption by the busses that are not being accessed by one of the master processing elements by powering down the busses that are not being accessed based on a first signal identifying the at least one of the busses and a second signal indicating whether the at least one of the busses is active, wherein the first signal and the second signal are generated by one of the master processing elements, and wherein the bus interface circuits are further configured to power up the at least one of the busses in response to determining that the at least one of the busses is being accessed by one of the master processing elements; and a configuration memory configured to store configuration values for the bus connection circuit and the multiple independently operating bus interface circuits. | 28,746 |
9,261,940 | 1. A memory system comprising a plurality of memory devices and a controller, each of the memory devices comprising: an internal clock generator that generates an internal clock in synchronization with a processor clock received from the controller, in response to the processor clock; and a memory that performs a peak current generation operation within a peak current generation period in synchronization with the internal clock, wherein two or more of the memory devices generate their respective internal clocks at different times, and wherein the controller monitors a peak signal transmitted from the plurality of memory devices and activates the processor clock differently in response to the peak signal. | 22,339 |
9,640,031 | 1. A gaming machine with a reservation feature comprising: a housing; at least one video display; at least one player input device; a media issuing device; a media reader; a main game controller configured to output a video signal comprising game information to be displayed via said at least one video display regarding a wagering game presented at said gaming machine; and a secondary controller that is (i) interposed between the at least one player input device and the main game controller, (ii) interposed between the at least one video display and the main game controller, (iii) configured to monitor and/or override instructions or data provided by the at least one player input device to the main game controller, (iv) configured to monitor and/or override instructions or data provided by the main game controller to the at least on video display and the at least on player input device, and (v) configured to receive reservation information identifying a reservation of said casino gaming machine made by a reserving player which limits play of said gaming machine except by said reserving player at a designated time, and (vi) configured to cause said media issuing device to issue a media having information associated therewith which, when read by said media reader, causes said secondary controller to allow said reserving player to play said gaming machine at said designated time. | 32,421 |
9,562,509 | 1. A method for regulating an ignition time for combustion processes of an internal combustion engine, the method comprising: determining an ignition angle for a combustion process as a function of selected operating parameter of the internal combustion engine, based on a characteristic diagram and as a function of a knocking limit offset, wherein the knocking limit offset depends on the selected operating parameter of the internal combustion engine, and wherein the knocking limit offset for an operating point of the internal combustion engine is adapted using a learning method, wherein the knocking limit offset is changed during the learning method until the knocking limit is reached, and wherein a most recent value of the knocking limit offset, before the knocking limit for the operating point is reached, is stored as the knocking limit offset in the characteristic diagram. | 25,351 |
9,118,083 | 1. A method for producing a fuel cell electrode catalyst, comprising: a step (1) of mixing at least a metal compound (1), a nitrogen-containing organic compound (2), a compound (3) containing fluorine and at least one element A selected from the group consisting of boron, phosphorus, and sulfur, and a solvent to obtain a catalyst precursor solution, a step (2) of removing the solvent from the catalyst precursor solution, and a step (3) of heat-treating a solid residue, obtained in the step (2), at a temperature of 500 to 1100° C. to obtain an electrode catalyst; a portion or the entirety of the metal compound (1) being a compound containing, as a metal element, at least one transition metal element M1 selected from the elements of group 4 and group 5 of the periodic table; and at least one of the metal compound (1), the nitrogen-containing organic compound (2), and the compound (3) having an oxygen atom. | 25,011 |
9,315,381 | 1. A catalyst for dehydrogenation of formic acid, comprising: a multinuclear metal complex represented by the following Formula (1), a tautomer or stereoisomer thereof, or a salt thereof, wherein M Q R L Y m denotes a positive integer, 0, or a negative integer. | 43,168 |
9,574,050 | 1. A silicone resin reflective substrate comprising: a reflective layer containing the reflective layer being bonded to a support body as a film-like shape, 3-dimensional-like shape or plate-like shape; and the silicone resin reflective substrate maintaining reflectance of a level of 85% or more at a region of 450 to 1000 nm and a level of 90% or more at a region of 450 nm by the reflective layer. | 31,389 |
9,353,670 | 1. An exhaust gas recirculation system comprising: an exhaust gas recirculation conduit; first and second exhaust gas coolers located in series in the exhaust gas recirculation conduit, each of the first and second exhaust gas coolers including a coolant inlet and a coolant outlet for a coolant fluidly connected to a first and a second coolant circuit, respectively, wherein the second coolant circuit includes a radiator having a coolant inlet in fluid communication with the coolant outlet of the second exhaust gas cooler, and wherein the first coolant circuit is an engine coolant circuit; a pump having a pump coolant inlet in fluid communication with a coolant radiator outlet of the radiator and a pump coolant outlet in fluid communication with the coolant inlet of the second exhaust gas cooler; an additional conduit fluidly connecting the coolant outlet of the second exhaust cooler with the pump coolant inlet bypassing the radiator; and a valve configured to close the communication between the radiator coolant outlet and the pump coolant inlet as long as a coolant temperature value is below a threshold value thereof. | 9,023 |
8,987,937 | 1. A semiconductor device comprising: a first internal voltage generating circuit that includes a capacitor including a first electrode and a second electrode, and the first internal voltage generating circuit to generate an internal voltage by repeating: a charge operation for charging the capacitor to a first voltage; and a discharge operation for applying a second voltage to the first electrode of the capacitor to generate a third voltage that is greater than the first and the second voltages on the second electrode in absolute value; and a control circuit to perform a control by applying a fourth voltage that is less than the first voltage to the capacitor when the first internal voltage generating circuit is in a standby state. | 36,689 |
9,284,880 | 1. A method for a boosted engine, comprising: during a deceleration event while engine cylinder fuel injection is deactivated, while the engine is spinning, and while cylinder valves are still active, selectively downshifting an automatic transmission having a clutch from a first, higher gear to a second, lower gear to increase engine speed and increase engine airflow in response to a condensate level in a charge air cooler. | 14,745 |
9,294,034 | 1. A measurement device of a texture size, comprising: a light source that emits an infrared ray in a predetermined wave number range; a holder that holds a substrate for a solar cell over which a texture is formed such that the infrared ray is incident over a primary surface of the substrate; and a detector that detects an intensity of the infrared ray transmitted through the substrate. | 15,135 |
8,603,642 | 1. An electronic device comprising an anode and a cathode, between which there are at least two organic phototransducing units where the units are separated by an intermediate connecting region which comprises: a) an organic p-type layer; b) an intermediate layer in direct contact with the organic p-type layer consisting essentially of a single compound that has a LUMO more negative than −3.0 eV and is different from an organic compound in the organic p-type layer; and c) an organic n-type doped layer in direct contact with the intermediate layer and including an electron transport material as a host and an organic n-dopant with an effective HOMO less negative than −4.5 eV. | 948 |
9,597,664 | 1. A catalyst system for an exhaust gas treatment system, comprising: a LNT-catalyst including a mixed metal oxide having proton conducting properties and a combination of at least two platinum group metals (PGM) on a support, wherein the mixed metal oxide is a lanthanum-cerium-oxide, in which up to 40 mol-% of lanthanum is replaced by calcium and/or strontium, wherein at least some lanthanum is replaced by calcium and/or strontium; and a SCR-catalyst, wherein the SCR-catalyst is positioned downstream of the LNT-catalyst; wherein the catalyst system has no external ammonia source. | 22,965 |
9,285,189 | 1. An electronic sight comprising a lens assembly, an image sensor, a processor, a memory, and a touch screen; said lens assembly being connected to said processor via said image sensor; said processor being connected to said touch screen and said memory; said processor being further connected to an information acquisition device, a night vision device, a laser ranging device and a Global Positioning System, wherein said night vision device is rotatably engaged to bottom side of the front end of said lens assembly; wherein said night vision device comprises an infrared receiving unit, an infrared emitting unit, a photoresistor and a printed circuit board, said printed circuit board being connected to said processor; wherein said infrared emitting unit, said infrared receiving unit, and said photoresistor is mounted on said printed circuit board, said printed circuit board being fixed on a holder of said night vision device, said holder of said night vision device being fixed on said lens assembly, and wherein said photoresistor detects light intensity value with a night threshold value of 0.3 lux, informing said processor of night mode when light intensity value being lower than 0.3 lux. | 31,640 |
9,217,395 | 1. A valve for controlling an exhaust gas recirculation system of an internal combustion engine equipped with a turbine installed in an exhaust circuit of the internal combustion engine, said valve comprising: a body allowing a circulation of a first flow of exhaust gas extracted upstream of the turbine and a circulation of a second flow of exhaust gas extracted downstream of the turbine, said valve being configured to control the circulation of the first and second flows of exhaust gas through said body; a first piston valve able to control the circulation of the first flow of exhaust gas; a second flap able to control the circulation of the second flow of exhaust gas, the first piston valve being separate from the second flap; a first drive device for driving the first piston valve in rotation, the latter imposing at least one translational movement on a first sealing element of a first duct arranged in the body, wherein the first piston valve comprises a first guide case linked in rotation to a lifting bar which is rotationally integral with a shaft fixed to the first sealing element, the shaft comprising two ends engaged in at least one helicoidal groove arranged on the body, wherein the first guide case moves along a first angular sector during which it controls a closure of the first sealing element, and along a second angular sector during which the first sealing element is held closed, and wherein the first guide case comprises a skirt on which an undercut is arranged, a first segment of the skirt which delimits the undercut acts on the lifting bar to open the first sealing element, a second segment of the skirt which delimits the undercut acts on the shaft to close the first sealing element, said undercut comprising a clearance zone from the lifting bar; and wherein said clearance zone authorizes rotation of the first guide case without driving the lifting bar in rotation. | 2,955 |
9,685,251 | 1. A method for producing an image of a target using radiation, comprising directing a beam of radiation to the target to produce a modified beam through interaction with the target, directing the modified beam to an diffraction grating to produce an interference pattern, detecting the interference pattern using a detector, and forming an image of the target using the interference pattern measured, further comprising modifying the diffraction grating in the plane of the grating during the imaging so that at least two interference patterns are detected using the detector different configurations of the diffraction grating, and forming the image of the target using the at least two interference patterns measured wherein modifying the diffraction grating comprises modifying the period of the grating by moving at least some lines of the grating with respect to at least some other lines of the grating such that the grating lines maintain their original shape during moving; and wherein the grating lines are coplanar. | 21,100 |
9,606,916 | 1. A system on chip (SoC) comprising: a high-bandwidth memory device having a plurality of access channels; a first low-bandwidth memory device having one or more access channels, the high-bandwidth memory device having a higher operation bandwidth than the first low-bandwidth memory device; and an interleaving unit configured to perform a memory interleave operation among the plurality of access channels of the high-bandwidth memory device and at least one of the one or more access channels of the first low-bandwidth memory device, wherein the interleaving unit comprises: | 31,773 |
9,304,377 | 1. A camera module comprising: a housing comprising a faceplate with an aperture; a camera comprising an optical path, the camera comprised within the housing, oriented such that the optical path at least partially coincides with the aperture; one or more ports coupled to the housing, configured so as to direct a cleaning fluid towards the aperture; and a mixer in fluid communication with one or more of the ports, the mixer configured to mix a first fluid with a second fluid to form the cleaning fluid. | 13,490 |
9,729,060 | 1. A power conversion apparatus comprising: a positive input port and a negative input port that are configured to be connected with a DC power source; a positive output port and a negative output port that are configured to be connected with an electric load; a capacitor connected between the positive output port and the negative output port; and a plurality of DC-DC converters connected in parallel with each other with respect to the positive input port, the negative input port, the positive output port, and the negative output port, wherein each of the plurality of DC-DC converters comprises: an inductor, one end of the inductor being connected with the positive input port; a high-side diode having an anode and a cathode, the anode being connected with another end of the inductor and the cathode being connected with the positive output port; a low-side switching element having a gate electrode, one end of the low-side switching element being connected with the other end of the inductor and another end of low-side switching element being connected with the negative input port and the negative output port; at least one low-side gate resistor; and a low-side gate driver configured to connect, via the low-side gate resistor, the gate electrode selectively with one of an off-potential point so as to turn-off the low-side switching element and an on-potential point so as to turn-on the low-side switching element, the low-side gate drivers of the plurality of DC-DC converters are each configured to operate in response to a first driving signal, the plurality of DC-DC converters at least includes a first DC-DC converter and a second DC-DC converter, the low-side gate resistor of the second DC-DC converter has a higher resistance than the low-side gate resistor of the first DC-DC converter, the at least one low-side gate resistor includes a first low-side gate resistor and a second low-side gate resistor that are connected in parallel with each other with respect to the gate electrode, and the low-side gate driver is configured to connect the gate electrode with the off-potential point via the first low-side gate resistor and connect the gate electrode with the on-potential point via the second low-side gate resistor. | 36,728 |
8,392,127 | 1. A method for identifying a subject harboring a tumor who is predicted to respond to an agent that modulates a PI3K growth factor signaling pathway, said method comprising: (a) isolating a tumor cell sample from a subject; (b) calculating a signature score which represents the regulation status of PI3K growth factor pathway signaling of the tumor by a method comprising: (c) classifying said tumor as having a deregulated growth factor signaling pathway if said obtained signature score is above a predetermined threshold, and ii) if said signature score is statistically significant; wherein a subject harboring a tumor classified as having a deregulated growth factor signaling pathway is identified as a subject who is predicted to respond to an agent that modulates a PI3K growth factor signaling pathway, and wherein steps (b) and (c) are displayed or outputted to a user interface device, a computer readable storage medium, or a local or remote computer system. | 14,688 |
8,786,534 | 1. A liquid crystal display device comprising: a first substrate including a first gate line and a second gate line which extend in a first direction and are disposed with a first pitch along a second direction crossing the first direction, a storage capacitance line which is located at a substantially middle point between the first gate line and the second gate line and extends in the first direction, a first source line and a second source line which extend in the second direction and are disposed with a second pitch, which is less than the first pitch, along the first direction, a switching element which is electrically connected to the first gate line and the first source line, and a pixel electrode surrounded by the first gate line, the second gate line, the first source line and the second source line, the pixel electrode including a contact portion which is located above the storage capacitance line, is put in contact with the switching element and extends in the first direction, a first main pixel electrode which is continuous with a part of the contact portion, which is located on the first source line side, and extends in the second direction, and a second main pixel electrode which is continuous with a part of the contact portion, which is located on the second source line side, and extends in the second direction; a second substrate including a common electrode including main common electrodes which are located between the first main pixel electrode and the second main pixel electrode, above the first source line, and above the second source line, respectively, and extend in the second direction; and a liquid crystal layer including liquid crystal molecules held between the first substrate and the second substrate. | 31,199 |
9,408,190 | 1. A method for transmitting information, comprising: determining, by a base station, a plurality of preset sets of blind detection candidates, each of which comprises one or more Physical Downlink Control Channel, PDCCH, candidates; and transmitting, by the base station, control information to a user equipment over the PDCCH candidates in at least one of the plurality of sets of blind detection candidates; wherein the plurality of sets of blind detection candidates comprise a first set of blind detection candidates and a second set of blind detection candidates; and the base station transmits Downlink Control Information, DCI, to the user equipment over the PDCCH candidates in the first set of blind detection candidates with a prescribed data modulation scheme; and the base station transmits the DCI to the user equipment over the PDCCH candidates in the second set of blind detection candidates with a data modulation scheme determined by the base station; wherein the first set of blind detection candidates comprises all of PDCCH candidates in a common search space among enhanced PDCCHs; or all of PDCCH candidates in a common search space among enhanced PDCCHs and a part or all of PDCCH candidates in a UE-specific search space among enhanced PDCCHs; or a part or all of PDCCH candidates in a UE-specific search space among enhanced PDCCHs; and the second set of blind detection candidates comprises a part of PDCCH candidates in a UE-specific search space among enhanced PDCCHs. | 225 |
9,072,543 | 1. A vascular access kit comprising: components for accessing a peripheral vein; components for accessing bone marrow at a selected intraosseous site, the components for accessing bone marrow comprising: a cradle configured to secure and releasably engage the powered driver in a downward orientation such that the axis extends through a plane of a base of the cradle, the cradle further comprising a rigid trigger guard configured to obstruct access to an exterior surface of a trigger of the powered driver to prevent accidental activation of the powered driver. | 15,018 |
8,993,644 | 1. A method of making a recycled medical device comprising forming a recycled medical device from a recycled plastic resin produced by shredding and sterilizing in a single pressurized tank a mixture of plastic medical waste containers containing medical waste soaked in superheated water and steam and circulated through a cutter. | 5,442 |
9,577,109 | 1. A transparent conductive film comprising: a compound having a crystalline structure and of Chemical Formula 1: wherein: R is Sc, Fe, Cu, Ga, Y, In, Er, Tm, Yb, or Lu, X is Al, A is Mg, Mn, Co, or Zn, m is 1 to 4, n is 1 to 7, and p and q represent an atom content ratio of greater than 0 to 1 or less independently of each other. | 42,077 |
9,376,022 | 1. A dynamic battery emulator for replacing a battery in a portable electronic device when the device is located in or on a vehicle having an electrical system, the dynamic battery emulator comprising: a power control module capable of varying its output voltage to adapt to the voltage requirements of an attached portable electronic device; a battery replacement module configured to replace a battery in a portable electronic device and including battery replacement circuitry for transferring electrical power from the power control module to the portable electronic device; the battery emulator being configured to provide electrical power from the vehicle's electrical system to the portable electronic device of between 90-110% of one or more of the same voltage, impedance, current, or capacitance as the portable electronic device's battery. | 33,930 |
9,697,057 | 1. A method comprising: generating, by one or more processors, a natural language log describing an interaction between a user and a first application, where the user interacts with the first application utilizing a first interaction mode; analyzing, by one or more processors, the natural language log using natural language processing to determine first user data; training, by one or more processors, a question answering system with the first user data; and utilizing, by one or more processors, the trained question answering system to automatically answer a first set of question(s) on behalf of the user, thereby providing a first set of answer(s) to the first set of question(s), where the first set of question(s) is asked by a second application that interacts with the user utilizing a second interaction mode different from the first interaction mode, and where, as a result of the automatic answering of the first set of question(s), the second application asks a second set of question(s) different from the first set of question(s), and based on the first set of answer(s), for answering by the user utilizing the second interaction mode. | 18,249 |
8,422,222 | 1. A power conversion apparatus comprising a case accommodating electronic components configuring at least part of a power conversion circuit, and a terminal block connecting wires running from the electronic components in the case, wherein the terminal block includes a plurality of terminal connecting parts connecting a plurality of high-voltage cables, through which electric power is received from and provided to the outside of the case, with the wires on the terminal block, and insulating parts of the terminal block provided between the terminal connecting parts and ensuring insulation between the high-voltage cables and between the wires, a plurality of insertion holes, into which the high-voltage cables are inserted, are formed in a projecting wall extending from one side wall of the case, an opening part for performing an operation fixing the high-voltage cables to the terminal connecting parts is formed in a top wall of the case opposed to the terminal connecting parts and the insulating parts, an extending part is formed around in the opening part so as to extend from a circumference of the opening part toward the terminal block side, and wherein the extending part includes a hole-side extending part on a side of the insertion holes and a counter-hole-side extending part on the side opposed to the insertion holes. | 34,147 |
9,512,111 | 1. A compound represented by Formula III: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof; wherein: A is aryl, aralkyl, heteroaryl, cycloalkyl, or heterocycloalkyl; each of which is optionally substituted with 1, 2, or 3 substituents independently selected from the group consisting of halogen, hydroxyl, C X is —O—[C(R R R R R R R R R R each of which is optionally substituted with 1 or 2 substituents independently selected from the group consisting of halogen, C m is 1 or 2; p represents independently for each occurrence 0, 1, or 2; y is 1 or 2; and wherein the stereochemical configuration at a stereocenter in a compound represented by Formula III is R, S, or a mixture thereof. | 19,507 |
9,439,289 | 1. A wiring board, comprising: a substrate having an opening structure extending through the substrate such that the opening structure comprises a plurality of opening portions and at least one boundary portion partitioning the opening portions arrayed and penetrating through the substrate; a through-hole conductor formed in the opening structure such that the through-hole conductor is penetrating through the boundary portion of the opening structure in the substrate; a plurality of electronic devices positioned in the opening structure such that the plurality of electronic devices is accommodated in the plurality of opening portions of the opening structure, respectively; a conductive pattern formed on a surface of the boundary portion; and an insulation layer formed on the substrate such that the insulation layer is covering the conductive pattern on the boundary portion and the plurality of electronic devices in the plurality of opening portions of the opening structure in the substrate, wherein the conductive pattern on the boundary portion has an opening portion formed in the conductive pattern on the boundary portion, and the through-hole conductor is formed in a position corresponding to the opening portion formed in the conductive pattern on the boundary portion such that the through-hole conductor and the conductive pattern on the boundary portion are electrically insulated from each other. | 11,106 |
9,653,955 | 1. A stator arrangement for an electric machine, comprising: a stator having a stator yoke with a plurality of stator slots, with each stator slot accommodating at least one set of stator windings, and at least one cooling device in the shape of a duct-like pipe, wherein the duct-like pipe is divided into a plurality of separate cooling channels, wherein the inlet and outlet of the duct-like pipe is disposed on the same axial face side of the stator yoke. | 48,143 |
9,400,543 | 1. A communication system comprising: a communication bus; a plurality of communication nodes including at least three communication nodes that are a first communication node, a second communication node, and another communication node, a signal line that is different from the communication bus, the signal line connecting between the first communication node and the second communication node to transmit a subject signal from the second communication node to the first communication node, wherein: the second communication node includes a prohibition signal output device outputting a prohibition signal, as the subject signal via the signal line, to the first communication node that is under the sleep mode to prohibit the first communication node from moving from the sleep mode to the usual mode; and the first communication node includes a prohibition device prohibiting the first communication node from moving from the sleep mode to the usual mode upon receiving the prohibition signal from the second communication node via the signal line, by maintaining the first communication mode under the sleep mode even when the activation frame is transmitted in the communication bus. | 7,902 |
9,520,599 | 1. A wireless field device for use in an industrial process, comprising: a field device housing configured to contain a process variable sensor and mount proximate a process installation and including an electronics compartment having a conduit entry formed therein; a cable assembly having a first end configured to mount to the conduit entry of the field device; a remote mounted battery pack coupled to a second end of the cable assembly, the remote mounted battery pack having an interior; at least one non-rechargeable battery disposed within the remote mounted battery pack; and intrinsic safety circuitry coupled to the at least one non-rechargeable battery, the intrinsic safety circuitry being coupled to the cable assembly and thereby power the wireless field device with power from the at least one non-rechargeable battery. | 7,023 |
9,032,852 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a base including an arm selectively movable with respect to the base, the arm being selectively rotatable about a first arm axis at a first end of the arm, towards and away from a substantially planar top surface of the base; a base plate engaged with the arm at a second end of the arm; and a circular saw having a saw blade configured to be detachably coupled to the base plate, the circular saw being movable with the base plate when coupled to the base plate, wherein the apparatus includes: | 19,196 |
8,804,693 | 1. A method of increasing reverse link throughput in a wireless communications system, the method comprising: identifying a first carrier bandwidth and a second carrier bandwidth, wherein the second carrier bandwidth at least partially overlaps the first carrier bandwidth, and wherein the first carrier bandwidth is a normal carrier bandwidth and the second carrier bandwidth is a flexible carrier bandwidth; determining an activity level on at least the first carrier bandwidth or the second carrier bandwidth; and transmitting at least a first indicator based on the determined one or more activity levels to coordinate a transmission blanking on a reverse link over the first carrier bandwidth with respect to the second carrier bandwidth, wherein the transmitting comprises coordinating a soft transmission blanking on the reverse link over the first carrier bandwidth based on at least the first transmitted indicator. | 40,708 |
8,717,617 | 1. A handheld device comprising: an input/output (I/O) module configured to print images on a surface adjacent to the handheld device as the handheld device is being moved across the surface; a position module operatively coupled to the I/O module, wherein the position module is configured to estimate a velocity of the handheld device as the handheld device is being moved across the surface; a filter coupled to the I/O module, wherein the filter is configured to in response to comparing the print velocity term with the generated random number or the pseudo-random number, regulate a rate of deposition of the printing substance on the surface adjacent to the handheld device as the I/O module prints images on the surface adjacent to the handheld device. | 38,768 |
8,530,100 | 1. A method of surface treating a separator plate of a fuel cell comprising: reacting the separator plate with a Fenton's Reagent comprising an aqueous solution of hydrogen peroxide and one or more salts of one or more transition metals having variable oxidation states, wherein the separator plate is reacted with the Fenton's Reagent at a temperature between room temperature and 90° C. for a reaction period between 1 hour and 48 hours using a mixture of 15-30% hydrogen peroxide and 10-50 ppm Fe | 46,612 |
9,606,921 | 1. A method comprising: maintaining a particular data object that contains particular data formatted different from column-major format, wherein the particular data includes first data and second data; maintaining a first data object that contains the first data organized in the column-major format; maintaining a second data object that contains the second data organized in the column-major format; in response to changes being committed to the first data in the particular data object, invalidating one or more rows of the first data object; in response to refresh criteria being satisfied relative to the first data object, automatically performing a refresh operation on the first data object independent of any refresh operation on the second data object; in response to changes being committed to the second data in the particular data object, invalidating one or more rows of the second data object; and in response to refresh criteria being satisfied relative to the second data object, automatically performing a refresh operation on the second data object independent of any refresh operation on the first data object. | 32,098 |
9,141,425 | 1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: instantiating a resource consumption optimizer framework (RCOF) for a plurality of discrete sub-processes associated with a process, wherein dependency data stored in a process model defines dependencies between the plurality of the discrete sub-processes, and wherein each of the discrete sub-processes is defined with data including a processing step identification, an overall processing time, an earliest processing start time, and an earliest processing end time; loading the plurality of discrete sub-processes into a memory in accordance with a calculated optimized resource consumption pattern that uses the dependency data stored in the process model to identify a critical path, said critical path defining the dependent discrete sub-processes that must be processed with their earliest possible processing start time in order to avoid a delay in the overall processing end time; associating each discrete sub-process of the plurality of sub-processes with an agent, wherein the agent communicates with the ROCF; executing a particular discrete sub-process of the plurality of discrete sub-processes loaded into the memory, wherein the particular discrete sub-process' execution start is gated by an associated agent based upon at least a determined buffer value specifying either an amount of time the particular discrete sub-process' execution start can be shifted in time without affecting the start time of any later starting sub-process or without shifting an overall processing end time for the process; and notifying the RCOF of the particular discrete sub-process execution completion. | 18,100 |
9,196,921 | 1. A method of producing a lithium ion secondary battery, comprising: fabricating a battery in which an electrode assembly and a nonaqueous electrolyte solution are housed in a battery case, the electrode assembly comprising a positive electrode that contains a positive electrode active material, and the nonaqueous electrolyte solution containing a compound of Formula (1); and activating the battery; wherein: in fabricating the battery, the positive electrode active material is LiNi the battery is fabricated such that, in an xy-coordinate plane that gives a relationship between a specific surface area x [m | 39,855 |
8,703,708 | 1. A method for enhancing tissue repair and regeneration following injury in a kidney or pancreas, the method comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of a composition comprising an agent that enhances canonical Wnt signaling, wherein the agent is selected from the group consisting of human Dikkopf 2 (Dkk2), mouse DKK2, an active fragment of mouse Dkk2 comprising SEQ ID NO: 91, and an active fragment of human Dkk2 comprising SEQ ID NO:90, and wherein the tissue repair and regeneration following injury in a kidney or pancreas is enhanced. | 14,128 |
9,762,697 | 1. A content recommendation server configured to recommend content to a device, the content recommendation server comprising: a transceiver configured to receive, from a first device, position information of the first device; and a controller configured to: wherein the region is allocated to the first device and a size of the region is determined based on a number of times that the registered content is provided to another device, and wherein the size of the region is changeable based on the number of times that the registered content is provided to the other device. | 38,182 |
9,583,816 | 1. A wireless transceiver, comprising: at least one antenna; a substrate; and a mechanical part on which the at least one antenna is disposed, wherein a relative position between the at least one antenna and the substrate is changed when an external force is applied to the mechanical part; a housing for covering the wireless transceiver; wherein the housing is made of flexible materials to be flexible, and when the external force is applied to the housing, the housing is deformed to apply the external force to the mechanical part via the housing. | 27,639 |
8,703,116 | 1. A composition comprising a plurality of macromolecules wherein each of the macromolecules comprises at least one dendritic motif comprising a reactive amine and a carboxyl group, said dendriditc motif having a surface layer and at least one subsurface layer, the macromolecule including at least two terminal groups including: a first terminal group which is a residue of a pharmaceutical agent, and a second terminal group selected to modify the pharmacokinetics of the pharmaceutical agent and/or macromolecule, the first and second terminal groups are attached to the surface layer with a stoichiometry that is not random, such that the abundance of a particular macromolecule with a particular stoichiometry within said plurality of macromolecules is enriched relative to the abundance of said particular macromolecule produced in a randomly surface functionalized plurality of macromolecules wherein terminal group stoichiometry refers to the number and type of terminal groups. | 3,135 |
9,840,859 | 1. A motor vehicle sliding door which can be moved back and forth by a sliding movement between open and closed positions, wherein, in order to lock the sliding door in the open position thereof, a mechanical door stop comprising a locking latch which has a receiving region for a catch element of the sliding door is provided, and wherein the locking latch can be released by a motorized actuation device, whereby the catch element is released, wherein the locking latch has a resiliently loaded overload lever, the overload lever is pivotably coupled to the locking latch and forms a lateral portion of the receiving region of the locking latch and power is not required for the overload lever to retain the catch element to hold the sliding door in the open position, wherein the overload lever pivots outward due to a sliding motion between the catch element relative to the locking latch, said sliding notion of the catch element being caused by a sliding motion of the sliding door while the locking latch is in a locked position and a specific pushing force of the sliding door is exceeded without activating the actuation device. | 6,513 |
9,401,525 | 1. A power storage device comprising: a flexible substrate; a first insulating layer on a first surface of the flexible substrate; a second insulating layer on the first insulating layer; a positive electrode on the second insulating layer, the positive electrode including: a positive-electrode current collecting layer over and in contact with a first region of an upper surface of the second insulating layer; and a positive-electrode active material layer on the positive-electrode current collecting layer; a negative electrode on the second insulating layer, the negative electrode including: a solid electrolyte layer over and in contact with a third region of the upper surface of the second insulating layer, the solid electrolyte layer covering an upper surface and a side surface of the positive electrode and an upper surface and a side surface of the negative electrode; and a sealing layer covering the solid electrolyte layer, wherein the third region is positioned between the first region and the second region of the upper surface of the second insulating layer. | 10,781 |
8,769,390 | 1. A parallel operation processing apparatus, comprising: a parallel operator configured to calculate a path value of source nodes in a current column, and to determine input data and at least one source node in a previous column, the input data corresponding to a path selected using the path value; and a data arrangement unit configured to arrange first input data of the source nodes in the current column, based on an order of second input data of the at least one source node in the previous column, wherein the parallel operator combines the arranged first input data with the second input data, based on a register processing unit, and stores the combined input data in a parallel register unit. | 47,019 |
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