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8,815,188 | 1. A method for monitoring a reducing agent solution composition in an exhaust gas system of an internal combustion engine with metered injection of the reducing agent solution upstream of an SCR catalytic converter, comprising: metering injection of the reducing agent solution into the exhaust gas stream; determining a change in water content in the exhaust gas stream in response to the injected reducing agent solution; and determining at least one indicator value of a composition of the reducing agent solution at least based on the change in water content. | 38,556 |
9,709,973 | 1. A handheld field maintenance tool comprising: a wired process communication module configured to interact with a field device, wherein the wired process communication module is configured to be physically coupled to the field device to interact with the field device; a wireless communication protocol module configured to communicatively couple the handheld field maintenance tool to a remote source; a controller coupled to the wired process communication module and the wireless communication protocol module, the controller being configured to support a workflow mode, in which the controller is configured to: | 30,863 |
8,392,098 | 1. An abnormality diagnosis device of an internal combustion engine having a PCV passage as a branch passage connected to an intake system of the internal combustion engine for recirculating a blow-by gas to the intake system and a flow sensor provided upstream of a connection between the PCV passage and the intake system in the intake system for sensing an intake air flow rate, the abnormality diagnosis device comprising: a pulsation width sensing means for sensing pulsation width of the intake air flow rate sensed with the flow sensor; and an abnormality diagnosing means for diagnosing a clogging abnormality of the PCV passage based on the sensed pulsation width. | 43,208 |
8,999,750 | 1. A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device comprising the steps of: forming an oxide semiconductor film over a substrate; forming a silicon nitride film over the oxide semiconductor film; forming a silicon oxide film over the silicon nitride film; removing part of the silicon oxide film; forming a conductive film having a light-transmitting property over the silicon oxide film; forming a resist mask using a multi-tone mask over the oxide semiconductor film, and ashing the resist mask to reduce the resist mask in size. | 10,578 |
8,424,040 | 1. A method used in a user equipment device having a first tuner for receiving a first plurality of television programs transmitted from a first source device using a first transmission scheme and a second tuner for receiving a second plurality of television programs transmitted from a second source device using a second transmission scheme which is different from the first transmission scheme, the method comprising: receiving a plurality of program listings including a first program listing corresponding to one of the first plurality of television programs and a second program listing corresponding to one of the second plurality of television programs; displaying a guide having the plurality of program listings; in response to receiving a user selection selecting one of the plurality of program listings, selecting one of the first tuner and the second tuner, wherein | 17,314 |
9,428,100 | 1. A solar power device, comprising: a. a portable base, wherein the portable base is part of a trailer; b. a plurality of solar panels coupled to the portable base for converting solar energy into electricity; and c. a light coupled to the portable base for illuminating an area using the electricity from the plurality of solar panels, wherein the plurality of solar panels fold out over fenders of the trailer, wherein at least one solar panel of the plurality of solar panels is rotatable from a horizontal position to a substantially vertical position, wherein the substantially vertical position faces inward toward the trailer. | 42,274 |
9,348,125 | 1. A zoom lens system having a plurality of lens units, each lens unit comprising at least one lens element, the zoom lens system, in order from an object side to an image side, comprising: a first lens unit having negative optical power, and including at least one lens element having positive optical power; a second lens unit having positive optical power, and including at least one lens element having negative optical power; and subsequent lens units including an aperture diaphragm, wherein the subsequent lens units include a most image side lens unit provided closest to the image side, the most image side lens unit being fixed with respect to an image surface in focusing from an infinity in-focus condition to a close-object in-focus condition, a first focusing lens unit that moves along an optical axis in the focusing is provided between the aperture diaphragm and the most image side lens unit, and the following conditions (1) and (2) are satisfied: where L f ω L f where R2 | 38,707 |
8,993,530 | 1. A genetic construct capable of modifying expression of one or more genes, the genetic construct comprising an RNAi expression cassette comprising a promoter and two or more stem-loop structures separated by one or more spacer regions, the stem-loop structures being RNAi agents when transcribed from the promoter, and wherein at least one of the stem-loop structures targets a sequence as set forth in SEQ ID No: 8. | 15,518 |
9,557,453 | 1. Solar panel mirror unit being shaped and having a sandwich structure, said sandwich structure comprising the following structural layers: a first structural layer in the form of an outermost front reflecting layer, intended as the sun reflecting layer and therefore having a reflective coating, said outermost front reflecting layer consisting of a first material having a first thermal expansion coefficient; a second structural layer in the form of an intermediate layer having a structure composed of a honeycomb geometry and being the core of the sandwich structure, wherein the honeycomb geometry of the intermediate layer is composed of a non-plastic material and the thickness of the structure composed of a honeycomb geometry does not exceed 50 mm; and a third structural layer in the form of an innermost rear layer consisting of a second material having a second thermal expansion coefficient; wherein the solar panel mirror exhibits a symmetrical cross section in relation to layer materials on both sides of the intermediate layer, wherein said first and second thermal expansion coefficients are equal or substantially equal, and wherein the average solar reflectivity is at least 90%; wherein the front reflective layer on a rear side thereof is adhered in face-to-face contact with the intermediate layer; and wherein the intermediate layer is adhered to the rear layer so as to form the shaped solar panel mirror unit having only three structural layers in total. | 2,652 |
9,839,955 | 1. A fastener for joining work pieces, said fastener comprising: a pin including a head portion which bears against an outside face of a first work piece, and a shank portion which passes through apertures in the work pieces, where the shank portion includes locking geometric features on an outer surface thereof; and a retaining collar composed of an amorphous metal alloy which transitions to a thermoplastic material region at a temperature of less than 220° C., where the work pieces are undamaged by contact with the retaining collar at 220° C., said collar including a cylindrical inner wall, where the collar is adapted to be heated into a thermoplastic material region, disposed about the shank portion of the pin, pressed against an outside face of a second work piece while the pin is pulled to apply compression to the work pieces, and radially compressed such that the cylindrical inner wall plastically deforms to engage with the locking geometric features on the shank portion of the pin. | 26,924 |
9,022,750 | 1. A multichamber pressure-increasing device, for producing ultra-high pressures within a defined volume through an iterative process, the multichamber device comprising: a plurality of chambers disposed in series one inside the other, from a first, outermost chamber to a last, innermost chamber wherein the innermost chamber is configured in such a way that objects or samples are placed therein to subject them to said ultra-high pressures, wherein the outermost chamber is connected to an external hydraulic pump designed to pump a fluid into the outermost chamber, wherein the chambers are so interconnected therebetween that pressurized fluid can pass from a preceding chamber to a succeeding chamber within the preceding chamber, and vice versa; and a plurality of elemental hydraulic motor pump systems mounted in a corresponding one of the plurality of chambers, each elemental hydraulic motor pump system consisting of two cylinder-piston assemblies that form a motor part and a pumping part of the elemental hydraulic motor pump system, wherein the motor part consists of a motor cylinder and a motor piston, and the pumping part consists of a pumping cylinder and a pumping piston; wherein the two cylinder-piston assemblies are operatively joined together in such a way that the pumping piston extends or retracts within the pumping cylinder simultaneously with the motor piston extending or retracting within the motor cylinder, whereby the motor part actuates the pumping part in such a way as to: a) let in pressurized fluid from within said any chamber to the pumping part and fill the pumping cylinder with said fluid at the same time that pressurized fluid at the same pressure flows into the motor part cylinder; and b) subsequently enable said fluid in the pumping part cylinder to be compressed therein and impelled at a higher pressure into the succeeding chamber at the same time that the fluid in the motor part cylinder is discharged to the preceding chamber or, if said any chamber is the outermost chamber, to the environment at nil pressure outside of the device. | 11,389 |
9,780,644 | 1. An apparatus, comprising: a voltage regulator configured to output a voltage responsive to a first logic state of a power enable signal; a power managed domain coupled to the voltage regulator and including a clock generator configured to output a clock signal in response to a clock enable signal; an always on domain including a finite state machine coupled to receive the clock signal from the power managed domain, the always on domain coupled to receive a shutdown request signal and an asynchronous wake signal and configured to operate asynchronously when the clock signal is inactive; and circuitry in the always on domain configured to produce the first logic state of the power enable signal to enable power to the power managed domain, responsive to the asynchronous wake signal. | 20,975 |
8,364,378 | 1. A method of operation of an electric turbocompounding system, the system comprising a turbocharger arranged in fluid communication with a reciprocating engine and a turbogenerator arranged in fluid communication with a turbine of the turbocharger, the method comprising the steps of: retrieving from the engine ECU data pertaining to engine condition; retrieving from a set of turbine efficiency data an optimum turbogenerator speed at the engine condition; measuring an output voltage of the turbogenerator, comparing the output voltage with a pre-determined voltage range and where the output voltage falls outside of the pre-determined voltage range, adjusting the turbogenerator set speed to reduce or increase the output voltage to within the pre-determined voltage range. | 12,690 |
8,587,145 | 1. A vertical axis wind turbine comprising: a vertical rotary shaft; a plurality of wind turbine blades, mechanically coupled to said vertical rotary shaft; a hydraulic energy storage apparatus coupled to said vertical rotary shaft; and a free turning magnetically levitated powered magnetic stack stator. | 40,132 |
9,119,753 | 1. A hospital bed comprising: a frame; a deck operably supported by the frame, the deck having a head deck, an intermediate deck and a foot deck, the head deck located adjacent a head end of the bed, the foot deck located adjacent a foot end of the bed, and the intermediate deck being between the head deck and the foot deck; a longitudinal gap in the deck provided between the intermediate deck and the foot deck when the intermediate deck and the foot deck are in a generally horizontal position, the longitudinal gap having a gap length defined from an edge of the intermediate deck to an edge of the foot deck greater than 20% of a length of the foot deck, wherein the foot deck translates longitudinally and rotationally to transition from the generally horizontal position to a generally vertical position; and, a mattress having a seat mattress portion and a foot mattress portion, wherein the foot mattress portion covers the longitudinal gap. | 49,240 |
8,701,265 | 1. A method for attaching a device proximate a component incorporating a slotted surface, said method comprising: inserting one of a base shell and a clasp shell of a connector assembly into one slot of the slotted surface, the base shell and the clasp shell hingedly attached to one another by a hinge pin that engages a retainer, the hinge pin formed on one of a first end of the base shell and a first end of the clasp shell, and the retainer formed on the other of the base shell first end and the clasp shell first end; engaging a latch section formed on one of a second end of the clasp shell and a second end of the base shell with a clasp opening formed on the other of the clasp shell second end and the base shell second end to engage the connector assembly with the slotted surface; and engaging a threaded insert attached to one of the base shell and the clasp shell with a threaded fastener configured for engagement with the device, wherein the threaded insert is positioned between the hinge pin and the latch section. | 16,422 |
9,746,257 | 1. A method for making a heat exchanger assembly, comprising generating a digital model of the heat exchanger assembly that comprises a heat exchanger core within a housing, said heat exchanger core comprising fluid flow paths; inputting the digital model into an additive manufacturing apparatus or system comprising an energy source; and forming the heat exchanger assembly by repeatedly applying energy from the energy source to fuse successively applied incremental quantities of a metal powder corresponding to the digital model of the heat exchanger core and the housing, removing the metal powder from the fluid flow paths, and enclosing the metal powder unfused or partially fused in a first region between the heat exchanger core and the housing. | 3,092 |
9,381,957 | 1. A vehicle comprising: a vehicle body having a first vehicle body end configured to face oncoming ambient airflow when the vehicle is in motion relative to a road surface; and a spoiler assembly mounted to the vehicle body and having: a mechanism configured to selectively alter a shape of each of the first and second fluid bladders via respectively supplying a fluid thereto and removing the fluid therefrom. | 5,320 |
9,515,599 | 1. A rail for a photovoltaic panel racking system, the rail comprising: a substantially flat elongate bottom wall comprising first and second sides, first and second ends, a top surface and a bottom surface; a mounting support extending upwardly from the top surface to a top wall and extending between the first and second ends; an outer sidewall extending upwardly from the top surface to a distal edge and extending between the first and second ends of the bottom wall, wherein the outer sidewall is spaced apart from the mounting support and defines a service channel between the outer sidewall and the mounting support; and one or more electronic components located within the service channel, wherein the rail is adapted for attachment of a photovoltaic panel to the top wall of the mounting support, and wherein the photovoltaic panel has one or more electronic devices that is/are connected to the one or more electronic components. | 48,490 |
8,692,683 | 1. An electronic device comprising: an illuminable indicator to indicate information to a user of the electronic device by one or more of being illuminated and not being illuminated; a presence detector to detect presence of the user in proximity to the electronic device regardless of whether the user is moving or is stationary, where absence of the user is to be inferred upon the presence detector not detecting the presence of the user; a controller to enable the illuminable indicator based at least on the presence of the user as detected by the presence detector and to disable the illuminable indictor based at least on the absence of the user, wherein enablement of the illuminable indicator does not mean that the illuminable indicator is necessarily illuminated, and wherein disablement of the illuminable indicator means that the illuminable indicator is never illuminated while disabled, regardless of whether the information should otherwise result in the illuminable indicator being illuminated. | 39,852 |
9,598,055 | 1. A windshield wiper system comprising: an elongated blade having an interior section and an exterior section, the interior section having a generally rectilinear configuration with laterally facing recesses, the interior section adapted to be releasably coupled to a wiper arm, the wiper arm having an upper end with a hook, the exterior section having a W-shaped configuration with outer walls and curved inner walls, two parallel edges formed by the outer walls and the inner walls, the parallel edges positioned in sliding contact with an exterior surface of a windshield during operation and use; and a coupling assembly releasably coupling the elongated blade to the wiper arm, the elongated blade adapted to oscillate with respect to the wiper arm in response to a reversing of directions by the wiper arm and the elongated blade; the coupling assembly having a clasp ( the bracket ( | 48,333 |
9,289,604 | 1. A medical system, comprising: a stimulator for generating electrical stimulation therapy; and a lead coupled to the stimulator, the lead comprising: | 41,761 |
9,190,179 | 1. A method of manufacturing a sintered nuclear fuel pellet having a large grain size, the method comprising: mixing an additive powder and a uranium oxide powder to prepare an additive mixed uranium oxide powder; forming an additive mixed uranium oxide green pellet by using the mixed powder; heating the green pellet to an isothermal sintering temperature in an atmosphere control gas having an oxygen partial pressure corresponding to a minimum oxygen partial pressure of isothermal sintering or less; and changing a sintering gas atmosphere to perform the isothermal sintering such that an oxygen partial pressure is stepwise increased three times at the isothermal sintering temperature. | 26,342 |
8,515,123 | 1. A method of imperceptibly embedding information in a compressed video bitstream, comprising: analyzing the compressed bitstream using a pre-processor to identify locations that can be imperceptibly modified, where the imperceptible modification includes replacing original content using replacement content derived from elsewhere in the compressed bitstream to remove at least a portion of the original content; generating at least one piece of replacement data for each identified location using the pre-processor, where overwriting a portion of the compressed bitstream with any of the pieces of replacement data prevents a decoder from decoding original content and causes a decoder to decode replacement content derived from elsewhere in the compressed bitstream; selecting pieces of replacement data using an embedding device, wherein overwriting portions of the compressed bitstream using the selected pieces of replacement data encodes payload information in accordance with a predetermined coding scheme; and embedding the payload information in the compressed bitstream by using the embedding device to overwrite at least a portion of the compressed bitstream with the selected replacement data. | 23,067 |
9,095,737 | 1. A method for forming a spray applied foam comprising: (a) providing in a sprayable form a foamable composition comprising a blowing agent comprising at least one compound according to Formula I where X is a C (b) spray applying the foamable composition. | 22,086 |
9,728,735 | 1. A transparent photovoltaic cell, comprising: a transparent substrate; a first transparent active material overlying the transparent substrate, the first transparent active material having an absorption peak at a wavelength greater than about 650 nanometers, the first transparent active material's absorption peak being greater than the first transparent active material's absorption at any wavelength between about 450 and 650 nanometers; a second transparent active material overlying the transparent substrate, the second transparent active material having an absorption peak at a wavelength between 300 and 450 nanometers or between 650 and 2500 nanometers, the second transparent active material's absorption peak being greater than the second transparent active material's absorption at any wavelength between about 450 and 650 nanometers; a transparent cathode; and a transparent anode; the transparent photovoltaic cell having at least one absorption peak at a wavelength greater than about 650 nanometers that is greater than the transparent photovoltaic cell's absorption at any wavelength between about 450 and 650 nanometers, wherein the transparent photovoltaic cell is operable to transmit visible light with wavelengths between 450 and 650 nanometers. | 18,842 |
9,829,967 | 1. A subsystem configured to regulate power to a processor, the subsystem comprising: a voltage regulator configured to output a first voltage, wherein the first voltage has a maximum power capability; a power detector configured to generate a first signal that represents an amount of power being used by the processor; and a controller configured to: | 40,407 |
8,761,495 | 1. A method for mapping, comprising: projecting a pattern onto an object via an astigmatic optical element having different, respective focal lengths in different meridional planes of the element; capturing an image of the pattern on the object; and processing the image so as to derive a three-dimensional (3D) map of the object based on features of the image that vary responsively to the different focal lengths. | 32,722 |
9,769,314 | 1. A method for retrieving information from an information source, the information source being periodically updated with current information, over a network, by speech commands received from a particular user of a plurality of users provided by the particular user via an electronic-communication device, and wherein each of the plurality of users has a respective electronic-communication device, said method comprising: (a) receiving a speech command from each of the plurality of users provided via the respective electronic-communication device, by a speech-recognition engine coupled to a media server, the media server configured to identify and access the information source via the network, the speech-recognition engine adapted to select speech-recognition grammar established to correspond to the speech commands received from the plurality of users and assigned to a desired search; (b) selecting, by the media server, at least one information-source-retrieval instruction corresponding to the speech-recognition grammar established for a particular speech command, the at least one information-source-retrieval instruction stored in a database associated with the media server and adapted to retrieve information; (c) accessing, by a web-browsing server, a portion of the information source to retrieve information of interest requested by the particular user, by using a processor of the web-browsing server, which processor (i) performs an instruction that requests information from an identified webpage, and (ii) utilizes a content extractor within the web-browsing server to separate a portion of the information from other information, the information derived from only a portion of the webpage containing information of interest to the particular user, wherein the content extractor uses a content-descriptor file containing a description of the portion of information and wherein the content-descriptor file indicates a location of the portion of the information within the information source; (d) selecting by the web-browsing server the information of interest from the information source and retrieving only the portion of the information of interest requested by the particular user according to the at least one information-source-retrieval instruction; (e) converting the information retrieved from the information source into an audio message by a speech-synthesis engine, the speech-synthesis engine coupled to the media server; and (f) transmitting the audio message to the electronic-communication device of the particular user requesting information of interest to the particular user. | 7,045 |
8,636,935 | 1. Process for the production of a stiffener made of composite material that comprises a central part ( 12 ) with wings ( 14 ) on both sides such that when the wings are resting against an element to be reinforced, said central part is separated from said element to be reinforced, with said process consisting in producing a flat strip ( 16 ) that comprises at least one layer ( 18 ) of fibers, in placing it on a mold ( 26 ) that comprises at least one hollow shape that corresponds to the central part ( 12 ) of the stiffener that is to be produced, in heating said strip ( 16 ), and in deforming it in such a way as to make it assume the shapes of said mold ( 26 ), wherein the method includes exerting a transverse traction on the strip ( 16 ) during the deformation of said strip, the deformation is done step by step in plural passes, on each of the passes the strip is further deformed, and the deformation is performed using a pad whose length is less than that of the stiffener. | 35,447 |
8,966,901 | 1. A heat engine system, comprising: a working fluid circuit having a high pressure side and a low pressure side and containing a working fluid, wherein the working fluid comprises carbon dioxide and at least a portion of the working fluid is in a supercritical state; a heat exchanger in the working fluid circuit and in thermal communication with a heat source, wherein the heat exchanger is configured to transfer thermal energy from the heat source to the working fluid in the working fluid circuit; an expander in the working fluid circuit and disposed between the high pressure side and the low pressure side of the working fluid circuit and configured to convert a pressure drop in the working fluid to mechanical energy; a shaft coupled to the expander and configured to drive a device with the mechanical energy; a recuperator in the working fluid circuit operative to transfer thermal energy between the high pressure side and the low pressure side of the working fluid circuit; a cooler in thermal communication with the working fluid in the low pressure side of the working fluid circuit and configured to remove thermal energy from the working fluid in the low pressure side of the working fluid circuit; a pump fluidly coupled to the working fluid circuit between the low pressure side and the high pressure side of the working fluid circuit and configured to circulate the working fluid through the working fluid circuit; a mass management system fluidly connected to the working fluid circuit; and a working fluid supply tank fluidly connected to the mass management system by a working fluid supply line, wherein the working fluid supply tank is configured to store a working fluid supply and distribute the working fluid supply to the mass management system. | 16,366 |
9,604,623 | 1. A drive control system for an electric motor, comprising: an electronic control unit programmed to: | 42,137 |
8,717,998 | 1. Apparatus for use in a wireless communications network, the apparatus comprising: a non-transitory memory storing a set of instructions; and a processor executing the set of instructions to perform operations comprising: | 46,687 |
9,221,677 | 1. A method for manufacturing a micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) switch, comprising: providing a substrate; providing an actuator plate and a contact pad over the substrate; providing a first sacrificial layer over the contact pad; providing a second sacrificial layer over the actuator plate, the contact pad, and the first sacrificial layer, creating a recess in the second sacrificial layer to expose an area of the first sacrificial layer, wherein the area of the first sacrificial layer exposed by the recess is over the contact pad; forming an actuation member over the second sacrificial layer and within the recess on the area of the first sacrificial layer exposed by the recess; and removing the first and second sacrificial layers, wherein removing the first sacrificial layer comprises creating a contact gap between the actuation member and the contact pad. | 18,280 |
8,582,105 | 1. A method for detecting a leak in a reaction chamber during a selenization process comprising: positioning a light source adjacent to a first transparent wall of the reaction chamber, wherein light from the light source is incident on the first transparent wall; positioning a detector adjacent to a second transparent wall of the reaction chamber, wherein light from the light source is incident on the detector after having passed through the first transparent wall and the second transparent wall reaction chamber; flowing H monitoring the intensity of the light incident on the detector, wherein a decrease in light intensity indicates a leak in the seals of the reaction chamber. | 43,712 |
9,061,276 | 1. A method for recovering lanthanoid catalyst from the preparation of aspartic acid diethoxy succinate comprising contacting a carbonate source with a solution containing lanthanoid ions derived from said preparation and a chelating agent different from aspartic acid diethoxy succinate to precipitate lanthanoid carbonate followed by separating the precipitated lanthanoid carbonate from the solution, wherein said chelating agent is imino disuccinic acid or ethylene diamine disuccinic acid. | 42,041 |
9,179,580 | 1. A cooling apparatus, comprising: an outlet that supplies a chilled liquid to a data center; an inlet that receives return chilled liquid from the data center; a heat exchanger arranged downstream of the inlet that provides first cooling to the return chilled liquid; a chiller unit with an evaporator and a condenser, the evaporator arranged downstream of the heat exchanger with respect to the chilled liquid flow, the chiller unit configured to further cool the return chilled liquid to a predetermined temperature; a pressure difference sensor that measures a pressure difference between the chilled liquid supplied at the outlet and the return chilled liquid received at the inlet; a pump coupled between the heat exchanger and the evaporator that is configured to maintain a predetermined pressure difference between the chilled liquid supplied at the outlet and the return chilled liquid received at the inlet; a bypass line that connects the outlet of the evaporator to the inlet of the pump; control logic that is configured to control the chiller unit such that the return chilled liquid exiting the chiller unit is maintained at the predetermined temperature; and a liquid cooling loop that circulates a coolant; said cooling loop connecting the heat exchanger, the condenser, and a dry cooling tower in series; said cooling loop further comprising a bypass line arranged in parallel to the condenser. | 3,273 |
9,152,210 | 1. An integrated circuit comprising: a plurality of functional blocks each having a local block manager circuit; and a management unit coupled to each of the plurality of functional blocks, wherein the management unit is configured to determine an operational state of the integrated circuit based on determining respective operating states of each of the plurality of functional blocks; wherein the local block manager circuit for each of the plurality of functional blocks is configured to select one or more tunable parameters based on the operational state determined by the management unit. | 21,771 |
8,569,060 | 1. An in vitro or ex vivo method of producing a population of lineage committed haematopoietic progenitor or mature haematopoietic cells other than cells of the neutrophil lineage, which method comprises the steps of: (a) providing a population of cells comprising haematopoietic progenitor cells; and (b) culturing the population of cells in an animal cell culture medium comprising one or more cytokines that differentiate said progenitor cells into lineage committed haematopoietic progenitor and/or mature haematopoietic cells, under static conditions until the cells are at a cell density at which oxygen transfer via the surface of the culture medium is insufficient for growth of the progenitor cells and progeny thereof under static conditions, and then agitating the culture medium thereafter, to produce a population of lineage committed haematopoietic progenitor or mature haematopoietic cells other than cells of the neutrophil lineage. | 1,679 |
9,303,748 | 1. A collapsing differential mechanism configured to fit within a differential housing, the collapsing differential mechanism comprising: side hubs for transferring torque to axle half shafts, the side hubs being aligned along an axis of rotation, the side hubs having inboard ends and outboard ends; clutch members aligned along the axis of rotation; clutch packs for transferring toque between the clutch members and the side hubs when the clutch packs are actuated, wherein the clutch members move axially along the axis of rotation to cause actuation of the clutch packs; and the side hubs being movable along the axis of rotation relative to the clutch packs and the clutch members between a collapsed state and an extended state, wherein the inboard ends of side hubs axially overlap one another when the side hubs are in the collapsed state, and wherein the inboard ends are axially spaced-apart when the side hubs are in the extended state. | 9,169 |
9,853,305 | 1. A method of humidifying a fuel cell having a polymer electrolyte membrane, an anode, a cathode, a fuel electrode gas feed and an air electrode gas feed, said method comprising the step of providing in at least one of said fuel electrode gas feed and said air electrode gas feed a moisture adjustment module comprising a composite membrane wherein a moisture-permeable resin layer is interposed between porous membranes of expanded polytetrafluoroethylene having pores with mean pore diameter of 0.05 μm or greater and maximum pore diameter of 15 μm or less that constitute a pair and are structurally and materially identical, wherein pores of the porous membranes are not imbedded with said resin layer; and the mean thickness of the moisture-permeable resin layer is between 0.1 and 5 μm. | 9,497 |
8,888,697 | 1. A computer-implemented method for generating a diagnosis based on identified symptoms associated with a patient, said method comprising: in a computer system, receiving a list of symptoms associated with the patient specified in terms selected from a first language set; in the computer system, translating the list of symptoms that are specified in terms selected from the first language set into a translated list of symptoms specified in terms selected from a second language set; based on the translated list of symptoms, in the computer system, generating possible medical conditions, said possible medical conditions described in terms of the second language set; in the computer system, translating the possible medical conditions into descriptions that are specified in terms selected from the first language set, wherein the first and second language sets are both natural language sets, and wherein natural language sets are sets of words used for human communication; assigning a probability weight coefficient to each of the possible medical conditions based on a presence of one or more symptoms that exclude a possible condition and at least one of (i) clustering or pattern recognition of symptoms to possible conditions, and (ii) whether the patient is associated with a geographical location that is also associated with at least one of the possible medical conditions; and generating an ordered list of possible medical conditions associated with the patient based on the assigned weight coefficients. | 6,623 |
9,042,967 | 1. A portable, handheld device for outputting a representation of a wound in tissue, the device comprising: a housing configured to receive and secure a digital image detector device therein; at least one light source configured to emit a homogeneous field of excitation light, the at least one light source being coupled to the housing and positionable to directly illuminate a target surface with the homogeneous field of excitation light, the light source being movable with respect to the housing to vary an illumination angle of the excitation light on the target surface, the target surface including at least a portion of a wound and an area around the wound; a power supply contained in the housing and configured to provide power to the at least one light source; and a digital image detector device configured to be removably secured in the housing and comprising: | 5,444 |
9,036,762 | 1. An apparatus configured to receive an input clock signal and a reference clock signal, the apparatus comprising: a rate estimation unit; a phase-locked loop (PLL) unit configured to generate, using a control signal from the rate estimation unit and the input clock signal, a PLL output clock signal; and a frequency adjustment unit configured to generate a comparison clock signal based on the PLL output clock signal, wherein the comparison clock signal has a different frequency than the PLL output clock signal; wherein the rate estimation unit is configured to adjust the control signal, based on the comparison clock signal and the reference clock signal, such that the PLL output clock signal and the reference clock signal are compatible. | 24,231 |
9,359,652 | 1. A thermal treatment method for a micromechanical horological component derived from the LIGA method and exhibiting very low thermal inertia, said method including: locally heating an area of the micromechanical horological component to increase the hardness of the component by local phase modification, wherein the local heating is performed for a time sufficient to only affect the locally heated area and the phase of the untreated portions of the component remain unchanged, wherein the micromechanical horological part derived from the LIGA method is made of nickel, a nickel and phosphorus alloy, a nickel and tungsten alloy, or a nickel and iron alloy, and wherein the hardness of the component that is locally heated increases by a factor of about 2. | 39,660 |
9,351,376 | 1. An illumination control system for controlling an illumination apparatus, comprising: a signal detector configured to detect a signal changed depending on an eye state of a person in a space where the illumination apparatus is installed, wherein a determination is made of an opening/closing state of an eye of the person based on the signal detected by the signal detector; a sight line detector configured to detect a person's sight line direction with respect to the illumination apparatus based on the signal detected by the signal detector; and a controller structured to control the illumination apparatus to reduce an illuminance when a determination is made that the eye of the person is in a closed eye state, and to control the illumination apparatus to change an illuminance and a light color based on the sight line direction detected by the sight line detector when a determination is made that the eye of the person is in an open eye state. | 23,184 |
9,647,326 | 1. A high-efficiency broadband antenna comprising: a D-plate comprising: a horizontal conductor raised above and insulated from a ground plane; and a D-plate feed conductor; an E-cylinder comprising: a transmitter input feed, connected to a source of modulated alternating current; an antenna tuning circuit configured to receive the transmitter input feed; a first antenna feed network, with adjustable impedance, configured to feed power from the antenna tuning circuit to the E-cylinder; and a second antenna feed network, with adjustable impedance, configured to feed power from the antenna tuning circuit to the D-plate; wherein the antenna tuning circuit is adjusted to provide a resistive input as compared to a reactive impedance of the E-cylinder and the D-plate once the adjustable impedance on the first antenna feed network and the adjustable impedance on the second antenna feed network are set; and wherein half the power from the transmitter input feed is provided to each of the E-cylinder and the D-plate. | 25,334 |
9,757,923 | 1. A display device, comprising: a display panel comprising a pixel area arranged in a matrix, the display panel comprising an upper substrate and a lower substrate facing each other; a cover window disposed on a first side of the display panel; a first adhesive layer directly disposed on a second side which is opposite to the first side of the display panel; a polymer layer directly disposed on the first adhesive layer; a second adhesive layer directly disposed on the polymer layer; and a heat sink layer directly disposed on the second adhesive layer, wherein the at least one of the first adhesive layer and the second adhesive layer comprises a color changing ink. | 19,715 |
9,706,911 | 1. A computer implemented method of testing astigmatism of a subject, said method comprising: displaying on a display device a graphical user interface including a plurality of differently coloured parallel bars in an initial position against a contrasting background; controlling movement of the bars from the initial position to cause at least one of a separation of the bars and joining of the bars; detecting an indication of the subject of separation and joining of the bars respectively; and recording a measure of movement of the bars from the initial position to the detected indication. | 19,216 |
9,051,451 | 1. A breaker topping rubber composition, comprising: a rubber component; silica; sulfur; N-tert-butyl-2-benzothiazolylsulfenimide; sodium 1,6-hexamethylene dithiosulfate dihydrate; stearic acid; 0.5 to 4 parts by mass of modified resorcinol resins for each 100 parts by mass of the rubber component; and cobalt boron neodecanoate, wherein a mass ratio of [an amount of the sulfur]/[an amount of N-tert-butyl-2-benzothiazolylsulfenimide] is 2.1 to 6.0, an amount of a natural rubber is 100% by mass, based on 100% by mass of the rubber component, an amount of the stearic acid is 0.5 to 1 part by mass, an amount of the silica is 5 to 60 parts by mass, an amount of the sulfur is 4.5 to 6 parts by mass, an amount of sodium 1,6-hexamethylene dithiosulfate dihydrate is 0.2 to 5 parts by mass, an amount of N-tert-butyl-2-benzothiazolylsulfenimide is 0.75 to 2.86 parts by mass, and a cobalt content is 0.05 to 0.15 parts by mass, for each 100 parts by mass of the rubber component. | 14,588 |
9,283,826 | 1. A device for cooling a heat source of a motor vehicle, comprising a cooling body ( 7 ) which is in thermal contact with the heat source, a first fluid stream for the discharge of heat being capable of flowing to the cooling body ( 7 ), wherein at least one second fluid stream for the discharge of heat can flow selectably to the cooling body ( 7 ), wherein the heat source is an electrical energy accumulator, the first fluid stream being driven by a compressor ( 1 ) of a refrigerating circuit and the second fluid stream being driven by a circulating pump ( 6 ), wherein the device is operable in a first mode wherein the compressor ( 1 ) is off and the at least one second fluid stream flows along a flow path defined by the circulating pump ( 6 ), a condenser ( 2 ) and the cooling body ( 7 ) so that the at least one second fluid stream receives heat from the heat source, and a second mode wherein the compressor ( 1 ) is on and the first fluid stream flows along a flow path defined by the compressor ( 1 ), an evaporator ( 5 ), the cooling body ( 7 ), and the condenser ( 2 ) so that the first fluid stream receives heat from the heat source. | 31,088 |
9,321,221 | 1. A continuous preform device for a composite stringer, the device being adapted to continuously preform a stringer made of laminated composite prepreg of a predetermined length and comprising: a dispenser device adapted to supply a prepreg laminate to a next process by sandwiching upper and lower faces of the prepreg laminate with carrier films; a section preform device adapted to form the prepreg laminate into a desired cross-sectional shape together with the carrier films; a press/puller device adapted to apply a pressing process to the prepreg laminate sandwiched between the carrier films while intermittently feeding the composite subjected to the pressing process downstream; and a curing mold forming device equipped with a forming die member and a guide roller adapted to form the incoming prepreg laminate sandwiched between the carrier films into a shape appropriate to a process preceding a curing process, wherein the curing mold forming device comprises: a heater; a table adapted to go up and down by supporting the curing mold; a plurality of molding guide rollers adapted to press the prepreg laminate via a compression spring, the prepreg laminate being sandwiched between the carrier films and put on the curing mold. | 22,635 |
9,278,248 | 1. An exercise machine, comprising: a power supply configured to convert an alternating current to a high voltage direct current, wherein the power supply comprises power factor correction circuitry; a motor controller configured to generate a pulse-width modulated direct current signal based on the high voltage direct current; and a direct current motor, wherein the pulse-width modulated direct current signal drives the direct current motor. | 48,811 |
8,923,896 | 1. An apparatus comprising: at least one processor configured to mask information with a paging identifier (ID) to obtain masked information, and to send the masked information to convey the information and to implicitly convey a paging indicator; and a memory coupled to the at least one processor. | 35,991 |
9,610,456 | 1. A device, comprising: at least one photovoltaic cell and at least one nanowire configured to electrically stimulate a biological material in response to radiation, wherein the radiation is solar radiation or UV, visible or IR radiation from a lamp or laser; a hydrophobic seal located around a first portion of the nanowire, the hydrophobic seal exposing a protruding second portion of the nanowire configured as an intracellular electrode; and a first insulating shell located around the nanowire; wherein: the hydrophobic seal comprises an edge seal comprising a hydrophobic material shell located between the nanowire and the first insulating shell; the edge seal comprises an edge surface that extends substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the nanowire and that is exposed by the first insulating shell, for contacting the inside of a biological cell membrane. | 49,958 |
9,368,249 | 1. A method of manufacturing an electrode for an energy storage device, comprising: forming a positive electrode by: forming a layer of Zn or a Zn alloy on a positive electrode containing Al by plating; forming a layer of Ni on the layer of Zn or Zn alloy by plating; and forming a layer of Sn or Sn alloy on the Ni layer by plating; providing a negative electrode containing Cu; and connecting the positive electrode to the negative electrode by soldering. | 9,505 |
8,656,906 | 1. A thermal solar panel comprising: at least one heat collector to receive solar rays; a housing for the heat collector, the housing being delimited by walls surrounding the heat collector, at least one of the walls including at least one slit for passage of the solar rays; at least one reflective area arranged facing the heat collector, the reflective area being suited to reflect thermal radiation emitted by the heat collector; at least one reflective strip, arranged outside of the housing, each of the at least one reflective strip being arranged facing one respective slit so as to focus radiation received towards the respective slit; and a plurality of elongated reflective elements, each elongated reflective element including a flat base and two concave surfaces so as to define a perceptively triangular cross section, the elongated reflective elements being arranged side by side such that the flat bases are coplanar and, together, define the wall of the housing including the at least one slit, each slit being formed by a space between two adjacent elongated reflective elements, and each concave surface being arranged facing a respective reflective strip so that radiation reflected by a concave surface is focused towards the corresponding reflective strip. | 39,913 |
9,680,155 | 1. A cable-type secondary battery extending longitudinally, comprising: an inner electrode comprising a wire-type inner current collector having a first metal tab extending at one end of the inner current collector, and an inner electrode active material layer formed on a surface of the inner current collector; a separation layer formed on an outer surface of the inner electrode active material layer; and an outer electrode formed on an outer surface of the separation layer, and comprising an outer electrode active material layer and an outer current collector having a second metal tab extending at one end of the outer current collector, wherein the outer current collector is a helically wound wire-type current collector or a helically wound sheet-type current collector. | 47,075 |
8,497,419 | 1. A solar cell module which includes a solar cell and a wiring member connected to a main surface of the solar cell by an adhesive, wherein the adhesive includes: a plurality of first adhesive portions each formed from the main surface to a side surface of the wiring member; and a second adhesive portion continuous with the first adhesive portion and provided between the solar cell and the wiring member, wherein the plurality of first adhesive portions are distributed along a longitudinal direction of the wiring member, the solar cell includes, adjacent the wiring member on the main surface, a plurality of pooling portions corresponding to a collection region for collecting each of the plurality of first adhesive portions, each of the plurality of pooling portions is bordered on one side by the wiring member and bordered on an opposite side by at least one edge of an electrode with respect to an orthogonal direction of the main surface of the solar cell, and the electrode is a cross electrode that forms a zigzag pattern along the longitudinal direction of the wiring member. | 3,890 |
8,936,882 | 1. An electrolyte composition for a lithium or lithium-ion battery comprising about 1.2 M LiPF 6 in a liquid carrier comprising: (a) ethylene carbonate and ethyl methyl carbonate in a respective weight ratio of about 3:7; and (b) about 0.1 to about 10 percent by weight of the compound of Formula (I), based on the total weight of the liquid carrier: wherein X is selected from O, O(CO)O, S, N, P, P(═O), B, and Si; n is 1 when X is O, O(CO)O, or S; n is 2 when X is N, P, P(═O), or B; n is 3 when X is Si; and each R independently is selected from the group consisting of alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, acyl, heteroaryl, a 5-member ring heterocyclic group, a 5-member ring heterocycle-substituted methyl group, and trialkylsilyl, wherein the alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, acyl, heteroaryl, 5-member ring heterocyclic group, 5-member ring heterocycle-substituted methyl group, and trialkylsilyl optionally is substituted with one or more fluoro substituents; and R is acyl only when X is O, S, or N, and R is not alkyl when X is O(CO)O. | 30,442 |
8,737,361 | 1. A method of transmitting a common signal in a first base station, the common signal being the same as a signal transmitted by a second base station, the method comprising: setting a weight according to a first weight pattern determined by a transmission time of the common signal and a pattern number allocated to the first base station; generating a transmission signal by multiplying the common signal by the weight; and transmitting the transmission signal, wherein the first weight pattern is different from a second weight pattern of a weight multiplied to the common signal that is transmitted by a second base station. | 6,432 |
9,590,961 | 1. A method for performing a security provisioning protocol between a first communication device and a second communication device over at least one wide area communication network, the method at the first communication device comprising steps of: the first communication device automatically using access information not previously provisioned in the wide area communication network to gain access to the wide area communication network for an initial purpose of communicating with the second communication device; and the first communication device, upon gaining access to the wide area communication network, automatically performing an authenticated key exchange operation with the second communication device over the wide area communication network and establishing a secure communication key as a result of the authenticated key exchange operation for subsequent use by the first communication device for secure communications; wherein the wide area communication network is operated by a first entity and the second communication device is operated by a different second entity; wherein the first entity is a cellular communication network operator and the second entity is a machine-to-machine (M2M) operator. | 2,685 |
8,386,936 | 1. A processing apparatus configured to perform a process in accordance with a processing instruction, and be connected to a network in a communicable manner, the processing apparatus comprising: an address information storage unit configured to store address information of summarized content information that includes at least titles of content; a display unit configured to display information; an instruction input unit configured to allow a user to input an instruction; an image forming unit; one or more processors; and a memory that stores a computer program including instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to function as: wherein the image forming unit is configured to create, in a case where the second processing instruction is input to the instruction input unit, image data representing an image in accordance with the second processing instruction. | 26,272 |
9,702,937 | 1. A contactor control system, comprising: a primary microprocessor and a secondary microprocessor adapted to operably communicate with one another; a high side contactor control circuit having a primary pull-in circuit and a secondary pull-in circuit; the primary pull-in circuit operably coupled to the primary microprocessor and a vehicle battery; the secondary pull-in circuit operably coupled to both the primary pull-in circuit and the secondary microprocessor; the secondary pull-in circuit further operably coupled to a first logical OR circuit, the first logical OR circuit further operably coupled to a first end of a first contactor coil of a first contact; a low side contactor control circuit having a primary grounding circuit and a secondary grounding circuit, the primary grounding circuit operably coupled to the primary microprocessor and a second logical OR circuit; the secondary grounding circuit operably coupled to the secondary microprocessor and the second logical OR circuit; the primary microprocessor programmed to send a first command signal to the secondary microprocessor; the secondary microprocessor programmed to send a second command signal to the secondary grounding circuit to induce the secondary grounding circuit to output a ground level voltage to the first logical OR circuit to induce the first logical OR circuit to output the ground level voltage to a second end of the first contactor coil, in response to the first command signal; the primary microprocessor further programmed to send a third command signal to the primary grounding circuit to induce the primary grounding circuit to output the ground level voltage to the first logical OR circuit to induce the first logical OR circuit to output the ground level voltage to the second end of the first contactor coil, in response to the third command signal; the primary microprocessor further programmed to send a fourth command signal to the secondary microprocessor; the secondary microprocessor further programmed to send a fifth command signal to the secondary pull-in circuit to activate the secondary pull-in circuit in response to receiving the fourth command signal; and the primary microprocessor further programmed to send a sixth command signal to the primary pull-in circuit to induce the primary pull-in circuit to output a first pull-in voltage to the secondary pull-in circuit, the secondary pull-in circuit adapted to output a second pull-in voltage to the first logical OR circuit in response to receiving the first pull-in voltage; the first logical OR circuit adapted to output the second pull-in voltage to the first end of the first contactor coil in response to receiving the second pull-in voltage, such that the first contactor coil is energized to close a first contact in the first contactor. | 48,863 |
8,734,283 | 1. A speed reduction mechanism, comprising: a rotary shaft that rotates around a first axis, and that has an eccentric portion of which a central axis is a second axis that is offset from the first axis; an input member that is arranged radially outward of the rotary shaft, and that is formed of an external gear mechanism having a center hole of which a central axis is a third axis and a plurality of through-holes arranged at equal intervals around the third axis and having a pitch circle of which a central axis coincides with the third axis, and provided with a bearing interposed between an inner periphery of the input member, which defines the center hole, and an outer periphery of the eccentric portion; a cylindrical housing that has a rotation force applying member formed of an internal gear mechanism that is arranged so as to be fitted to the input member in a radial direction of the input member, that is in mesh with the input member, that has teeth the number of which is larger than the number of teeth of the external gear mechanism, and that has a pitch circle of which a central axis is a fourth axis; and output members that receive rotation force applied to the input member by the rotation force applying member of the housing and output the rotation force, and that are passed through the respective through-holes, wherein when the bearing includes an outer ring and an inner ring and the outer ring is fitted to the inner periphery of the input member, which defines the center hole, with a clearance in a radial direction of the rotary shaft and the inner ring is fitted to the eccentric portion with a clearance in the radial direction of the rotary shaft, a size between the second axis and the third axis is set to a size that is smaller than or equal to half of a size obtained by adding a diameter difference between an outside diameter of the bearing and an inside diameter of the input member, which defines the center hole, a diameter difference between an inside diameter of the bearing and an outside diameter of the eccentric portion and an operating clearance of a radial internal clearance of the bearing in a state where the input member has been moved to contact the housing on a line perpendicular to the second axis and the fourth axis. | 6,621 |
9,211,100 | 1. A portable, dual-energy radiographic x-ray imaging and bone density measuring system, comprising: a power source selected from the group consisting of: an internal battery, an external battery, an internal AC power source, an external AC power source, an internal DC power source, and an external DC power source; an X-ray source configured to emit an X-ray beam through a filter positioning mechanism, wherein the X-ray beam comprising a first voltage and a second voltage, the first voltage being higher than the second voltage, wherein the filter positioning mechanism comprising a high energy filter, a low energy filter, and a shutter configured to block transmission of the X-ray beam; an X-ray imaging detector; a housing positioning the X-ray source at a distance from the X-ray beam imaging detector, wherein the housing is configured for positioning a bone between the X-ray source and the X-ray imaging beam detector; a system configured to activate the X-ray source and to control the position of the filter positioning mechanism and imaging data acquisition. | 7,601 |
8,662,381 | 1. A dose counter for counting doses of medicament dispensed by or remaining in a metered-dose inhaler, the dose counter comprising: a rotatably mounted gear wheel having a circular arrangement of ratchet teeth; a display coupled to the gear wheel, the display having a visible array of dose counting indicia indexable in response to rotary motion of the gear wheel; and an actuator mechanism having a driver for rotatably driving the gear wheel in response to the dispensation of a medicament dose, the driver being arranged to engage the ratchet teeth of the gear wheel, wherein the actuator mechanism comprises a pivotally mounted lever having an input portion, the lever being arranged to amplify a linear stroke at the input portion such that a linear stroke of the driver exceeds the linear input stroke, wherein the input portion is arranged at an end of the lever and the pivotal mounting is arranged between the input portion and an output portion of the lever. | 13,120 |
8,412,145 | 1. A method for operating a mobile battery management system having a client comprising: providing a battery management parameter from a server for receiving at the client based on a traffic condition; using a battery control mode with the battery management parameter; and operating a display of the client based on the battery control mode; wherein using the battery control mode includes using a predetermined mode for controlling an audio operation of the client. | 24,566 |
8,998,340 | 1. A passenger restraint, comprising: a buckle, the buckle having a top surface, front surface and a button integral with the front surface, wherein the button is capable of being depressed; a locking arm, the locking arm having first and second extensions, each extension extending outwardly therefrom, and first and second prongs, each prong extending downwardly from the first and second extensions, respectively, wherein the top surface of the buckle includes an opening operatively arranged to receive the first and second prongs; a power supply; a bracket, wherein the bracket is secured to the locking arm; a mount, the mount having first and second mount sides and first and second mount side fastening means, wherein the power supply is secured to the mount and the bracket is secured to and pivotable about the mount via first and second mount side fastening means; a rod, wherein the bracket further includes first and second rod fastening means and the rod is secured to the bracket via first and second rod fastening means, wherein the rod is secured to the power supply and the locking arm is in an open position until an electrical signal from the power supply is applied, such that when an electrical signal is applied, the rod is operatively arranged to extend outwardly from the power supply, such that when the rod extends outwardly, the bracket pivots about the first and second mount side fastening means, forcing the locking arm downwardly into the opening of the buckle and into a closed position. | 17,299 |
9,331,335 | 1. A solid solution lithium-containing transition metal oxide comprising a compound represented by chemical formula (1): where a, b, c and d satisfy relationships: 0<a≦0.75, 0≦b≦0.5, 0≦c≦1.0, 0.05≦d≦0.25, and a+b+c+d=1.5, wherein the compound is electrochemically treated such that a dQ/dV curve obtained in such a manner as to differentiate an open circuit voltage curve on a discharge side obtained by charging and discharging a lithium ion secondary battery using the compound as a positive electrode active material, fulfills equation (2): where A represents a dQ/dV value at peak A located in a range from 3.0 V to 3.5 V in the dQ/dV curve, and B represents a dQ/dV value at peak B located in a range from 3.5 V to 4.0 V in the dQ/dV curve. | 21,192 |
8,392,821 | 1. A method for displaying a video with an overlay, comprising: using an application that runs through a browser on a client to send a request from the client to a server over a computer network; in response to the request, sending at least the following from the server to the client: at least a first uniform resource locator (URL) corresponding to a location on the network where the video is stored, at least a second URL corresponding to a location on the network where the overlay is stored, and play list data that includes at least sequence information for playing each segment of the video, timing information indicating when to display the overlay during playing of the video, and location information indicating a coordinate within the video for displaying the overlay; wherein the first and second URLs are associated with different servers on the computer network; using at least the first and second URLs at the client to retrieve the video and the overlay; using the play list data at the client to build a play list and merging the video and the overlay into an integrated media sequence at the client in real-time, and playing the integrated media sequence to a user via the application that runs through the browser in accordance with the play list; and automatically linking the user to content associated with the overlay during the playing of the media sequence when the user clicks on a representation of the overlay displayed on the browser, wherein the overlay comprises a video overlay, an audio overlay or a text overlay. | 32,749 |
8,825,320 | 1. Method for controlling a powertrain comprising an electro-mechanical transmission mechanically-operatively coupled to an internal combustion engine and an electric machine, said transmission configured to transmit mechanical power to an output member in one of a plurality of fixed gear and continuously variable operating range states, the method comprising: monitoring an output speed and an operator torque request; for each of a plurality of potential destination operating range states: executing in a control module one of said respective synchronous transmission shifts to the corresponding one of said plurality of potential destination operating range states based upon said respective penalty costs. | 47,938 |
8,662,668 | 1. A fundus oculi observing device, comprising: an optical system configured to split a light from a light source into a signal light and a reference light and make the signal light propagated through a fundus oculi of an eye and the reference light propagated through a reference object interfere with each other to generate an interference light; a detector configured to detect the generated interference light and generate detection signals; a scanner configured to perform a scan of a target position with the signal light on the fundus oculi; an image forming part configured to form a tomographic image of the fundus oculi based on the detection signals generated during the scan; a specifying part configured to specify a characteristic site of the fundus oculi depicted in the formed tomographic image; and a controller having a determination part configured to determine a positional relation between the characteristic site of the tomographic image specified by the specifying part and a predetermined position within a frame of the tomographic image, the controller being configured to, based on the determination result, control the scanner to change the target position of the signal light so that the characteristic site is depicted within a standard region from the predetermined position within the frame and to perform another scan of the changed target position with the signal light on the fundus oculi, wherein the controller is configured to, when it is determined that the characteristic site is depicted within the standard region, control the optical system and the scanner to scan the target position of the signal light and generate a new interference light, and control the image forming part to form a new tomographic image based on the new interference light; the controller is configured to, when it is determined that the characteristic site is not depicted within the standard region, control the optical system and the scanner to scan the target position with the signal light again and generate a new interference light, control the image forming part to form a new tomographic image based on the new interference light, control the specifying part to specify the characteristic site depicted in the new tomographic image and, based on a position of the specified characteristic site within a frame of the new tomographic image, change the target position of the signal light so that the characteristic site is depicted in a predetermined position within the frame; and the determining part is configured to obtain a displacement of the position of the characteristic site from the predetermined position, determine that the characteristic site is depicted within the standard region when the obtain displacement is less than a predetermined threshold, and determine that the characteristic site is not depicted within the standard region when the displacement is equal to or more than the predetermined threshold. | 18,359 |
9,685,059 | 1. A method, comprising: at a computing system comprising one or more processors and memory coupled to the one or more processors: | 44,358 |
9,608,703 | 1. A method operable with at least one client device in a closed loop operation of a wireless system, comprising: receiving, at the at least one client device, a payload, including channel estimation information from a closed loop base station; inserting, at the at least one client device, into a subset of tiles of a slot, one or more bits of the payload; and providing, at the at least one client device, the slot to said closed loop base station, including the subset of the tiles carrying the one or more bits of the payload, wherein said slot is used as feedback enabling said closed loop base station to configure a precoder in said channel estimation information. | 33,546 |
8,460,900 | 1. A method to degrade sludge from pulp and/or paper manufacturing, wherein said method comprises: a) applying to said sludge b) de-watering said sludge. | 24,978 |
8,750,118 | 1. A method for communicating within a power network, comprising: identifying a plurality of isolated distribution devices wherein identifying the plurality of isolated distribution devices comprises computing a graph Laplacian matrix of the distribution devices; restoring the plurality of isolated distribution devices in the power network by automatically activating a tie-switch in the power network; computing reliability indicators for each of the distribution devices in the power network; identifying critical distribution devices in the power network based on the computed reliability indicators; establishing a scale free communications network within the power network based on the identified critical distribution devices, wherein establishing the scale free communication network comprises forming a communication network with a degree distribution based on a power law; and identifying the plurality of restored distribution devices further comprises examining the eigenvalues of the graph representation of the restored distribution devices. | 36,845 |
9,623,089 | 1. A method for accelerating the healing of tendon and ligament injuries or disorders in a patient in need thereof comprising administering to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of Physiologic Cytokine Solution (PCS), wherein the PCS consists of VEGF, Angiogenin, PDGF-BB, TGFβ2, TIMP-1 and TIMP-2 in a carrier. | 18,069 |
9,358,279 | 1. A process for making an immunogenic composition, said immunogenic composition comprising: a an whole cell pertussis; and hepatitis B surface antigen; the method comprising; mixing the Hib saccharide conjugate with at least one | 15,270 |
8,380,563 | 1. A method comprising: receiving at a search server a current search query from a user; receiving a referrer associated with the received current search query, the referrer including information identifying a previous search query from the user; determining, using the search server, whether a topic of the previous search query is related to a topic of the current search query, wherein the previous search query is not the same as the current search query, and upon determining that a topic of the previous search query is determined to be related to a topic of the current search query: (a) determining a level of relevance of the previous search query to the current search query; and (b) identifying at least one advertising keyword based on different terms of at least the current search query and the previous search query and selecting at least one advertisement using the at least one advertising keyword; identifying results to be provided in response to the current search query; and delivering the at least one advertisement to the user with the results of the current search query. | 14,723 |
9,574,037 | 1. A fluoropolymer [polymer (F)] comprising: recurring units derived from at least one ethylenically unsaturated fluorinated monomer [monomer (FM)]; from 5% to 60% by moles, with respect to the total moles of recurring units of polymer (F), of recurring units derived at least one ethylenically unsaturated fluorinated monomer containing at least one —SO from 0.01% to 10% by moles, with respect to the total moles of recurring units of polymer (F), of recurring units derived from at least one monomer comprising an azide group [monomer (Az)], wherein monomer (Az) does not comprise a (per)fluorovinyl ether end group of formula CF | 42,190 |
9,749,957 | 1. A method for providing preferred power information by a base station in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: generating information that indicates to provide preferred power information of a terminal; transmitting, to the terminal, the information via radio resource control (RRC) signaling; and receiving, from the terminal, a message including current preferred power information if the current preferred power information is different from previous preferred power information and a timer is not running, wherein the timer starts or restarts if the message is received. | 41,779 |
9,270,224 | 1. A photovoltaic roofing system disposed on a roof deck having a top end and a bottom end, the photovoltaic roofing system comprising: a plurality of photovoltaic roofing elements each comprising the photovoltaic roofing elements being contiguously disposed on the roof deck, the contiguously-disposed photovoltaic elements together having a top edge facing the top end of the roof deck, a bottom edge facing the bottom end of the roof deck, and two side edges, the photovoltaic roofing elements including sidelap portions that interlock to provide water drainage channels; a plurality of roofing elements disposed adjacent the contiguously-disposed photovoltaic roofing elements, along their side edges; and side flashing elements disposed along the side edges of the contiguously-disposed photovoltaic roofing elements, the side flashing elements having a cross-sectional shape comprising a vertically-extending feature and a flange extending away from a lateral side at the downward end of the vertically-extending feature, with the flange facing away from the contiguously-disposed photovoltaic roofing elements and being at least partially disposed between a roofing element and the roof deck, the vertically-extending feature including a matched interlocking geometry that interlocks with a sidelap portion of an adjacent photovoltaic roofing element. | 44,813 |
9,208,587 | 1. A method of compressed sensing for multi-shell magnetic resonance imaging, the method comprising: providing a magnetic resonance imaging system including a control processor, gradient amplifiers, a radio frequency amplifier, and a pulse generator, wherein the control processor is in communication with the gradient amplifiers, the radio frequency amplifier, and the pulse generator, and wherein the control processor executes computer-readable instructions that cause the control processor to perform the steps of: constructing a symmetric shell for each respective sampled shell to create a combined set of data; | 820 |
8,808,705 | 1. An isolated protein comprising an amino acid sequence having at least 95% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO:263. | 29,310 |
9,581,042 | 1. A composite article comprising: a substrate; and a metal-containing layer on the substrate, the metal of the metal-containing layer being oxidizable to a plurality of different oxide phases, the metal-containing layer including a plurality of phase-specific seed particles promoting formation of a selected one of the plurality of different oxide phases, wherein the plurality of phase-specific seed particles are dispersed through an interior of the metal-containing layer. | 30,530 |
8,467,030 | 1. A transistor array substrate, comprising: a substrate; a pixel array, disposed on the substrate, and comprising: a plurality of resistors, disposed on the substrate, wherein each resistor is electrically connected to one of the scan lines; and a plurality of semiconductor transistors, disposed on the substrate and located outside the pixel array, wherein each semiconductor transistor controls whether to output the first voltage or the second voltage by electrically connecting to one of the scan lines and one of the resistors. | 27,145 |
8,355,412 | 1. A method of transmitting data from a second device to a first device in a communication system including at least the two devices, the first and second devices each entering a sleep mode in which a device cannot receive messages and a wake-up mode in an alternating manner, comprising: broadcasting from the first device a message containing state change information to devices adjacent to the first device of which a state is changed from the sleep mode to the wake-up mode; transmitting from the second device to the first device a message advising of data to be transmitted by the second device upon receipt by the second device of the message containing the state change information of the first device from a sleep mode in which the first device cannot receive messages to a wake-up mode; transmitting from the first device to the second device a message permitting transfer of the data to be transmitted upon receipt by the first device of the message of data to be transmitted; and transmitting the data from the second device to the first device upon receipt by the second device of the message permitting transfer of the data to be transmitted, wherein if there is no data to be transmitted by the second device then the second device enters the sleep mode in which the second device cannot receive messages. | 16,406 |
8,403,064 | 1. A completion assembly for subterranean use, comprising: an outer assembly comprising at least one packer supporting at least one screen assembly disposed in at least producing one zone to be completed; an inner assembly movably mounted within said outer assembly for selectively directing fluid to said zone; at least one disconnect between said packer and said screen selectively enabled by movement of said inner assembly before a completion operation in said zone to allow selective removal of said packer and any portion of said inner assembly supported by said packer. | 10,937 |
8,736,098 | 1. A wind power generation system comprising a Bernoulli tube having left-right symmetry, said Bernoulli tube comprising: an elongated wind tube having opposed symmetric right and left open ends forming an entry and exit opening of the elongated wind tube, each right and left open end having a diameter, and a central section between and connected to the open ends having a central diameter smaller than the diameters of the open ends configured to induce acceleration of wind passing through the central section in accordance with the Bernoulli principle; a rotation shaft extending through the tube between the open ends and rotatably secured to the tube at opposed ends thereof adjacent the open ends by support struts; at least two power generators, each power generator being arranged on respective centric parts in the right and left open ends of the elongated wind tube in a way such that wind resistance is minimized when wind is passed through the elongated wind tube, said at least two power generators drivingly connected to the shaft axle adjacent the opposed open ends in the entry and exit openings and centrally of the support struts so that the rotation shaft rotates simultaneously with the at least two power generators; at least one rotor blade drivingly connected to the rotation shaft and located in axially spaced relationship in the central section in a way such that the at least one rotor blade is arranged to be driven by wind passing through the wind tube to rotate the rotation shaft to generate electric power by simultaneously rotating the at least two power generators, wherein the central section of the elongated wind tube is only provided with the rotation shaft with the rotor blade in a way such that wind flow passing inside the elongated wind tube is not interrupted, and wherein the at least two power generators are configured to generate electric power simultaneously by the rotation of the rotation shaft and, at the same time, the at least two power generators are configured to generate simultaneously with the same efficiency even when a wind direction from a left and right side is changed in opposite directions. | 16,221 |
8,477,448 | 1. A tape cartridge library comprising: a plurality of tape cartridges each possessing a magnetic tape medium; a plurality of tape drives each adapted to form a cooperating relationship with one of said tape cartridges to perform storage operations; at least one environmental sensor adapted to sample an environmental condition within said tape cartridge library; at least one tape cleaning drive incapable of transferring data to and from said magnetic tape media, said tape cleaning drive independent of the plurality of data transfer drives, the tape cleaning drive disposed entirely within the tape cartridge library, wherein the tape cleaning drive automatically receives said tape cartridges and cleans the possessed magnetic tape medium when said sample of said environmental condition exceeds a predetermined threshold. | 35,994 |
8,387,635 | 1. An apparatus for processing a microelectronic workpiece, comprising: a) a processing chamber in which the workpiece is positioned during a treatment; b) a barrier structure including a lower surface that overlies and at least partially covers the workpiece during the treatment; c) an aspirating pathway having at least one fluid inlet proximal to and in fluid communication with the lower surface of the barrier structure, wherein the distance between the lower surface of the barrier structure and the workpiece tapers in a direction towards the outer periphery of the barrier structure so that liquid on the lower surface of the barrier structure can flow and be in fluid communication with the aspirating pathway; and d) a vacuum source in fluid communication with the aspirating pathway, wherein the vacuum source and aspirating pathway are configured such that when the vacuum source is applied to the aspirating pathway, liquid on the lower surface of the barrier structure is aspiratingly withdrawn from the lower surface of the barrier structure due to the applied vacuum. | 29,754 |
8,859,202 | 1. A method of determining whether a human subject has a poor survival prognosis for breast cancer (BC), comprising: extracting a test sample of tissue from a human subject, wherein the extracting is by hypodermic needle, microdissection, or laser capture; measuring by microarray analysis the level of a miRNA/mRNA signature in the test sample of tissue from the human subject, the miRNA/mRNA signature consisting of: i) miRNA gene products consisting of the group of: hsa-miR-103, hsa-miR-1307, hsa-miR-148b, hsa-miR-324, hsa-miR-326, hsa-miR-328, hsa-miR-365, hsa-miR-484, hsa-miR-874a, and hsa-miR-93; and, ii) mRNA gene products consisting of the group of: ADAT1, ANKRD52, BIRC6, C10orf18, C2CD2, CHD9, CHM, CPT1A, DAAM1, DIP2B, DPY19L3, FAM91A1, GMCL1, ME1, NCOA2, OTUD6B, PDSS2, PIK3CA, SMG1, TRIM23, TTC3, UBR5, UBXN7, and ZFC3H1; and, determining the survival prognosis of the subject; wherein an alteration in the levels of the miRNA and mRNA gene products in the test sample, relative to the level of corresponding miRNA and mRNA gene products in a control sample of cancer-free tissue, is indicative of the human subject having a poor survival prognosis for BC. | 7,299 |
9,562,194 | 1. A torrefaction reactor for a particulate biomass material comprising: a preheater section comprising: a torrefaction section arranged to receive the biomass material from the preheater section comprising: | 4,466 |
8,962,920 | 1. A method for producing a transformed plant, the method comprising introducing an isolated nucleic acid or recombinant vector comprising said isolated nucleic acid into a plant cell such that the amount of active cytokinin synthesized from nucleotide cytokinin is increased in the plant cell, and regenerating a plant body from the plant cell, wherein the isolated nucleic acid is: (a) an isolated nucleic acid consisting of SEQ ID NO:1; (b) an isolated nucleic acid consisting of a sequence which hybridizes under stringent conditions to SEQ ID NO:1 and encodes a protein having activity of catalyzing reactions that synthesize active cytokinin from nucleotide cytokinin, wherein the stringent conditions comprise washing in 15 mM to 600 mM sodium salt at 50° C. to 70° C.; (c) an isolated nucleic acid encoding a protein consisting of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:2; or (d) an isolated nucleic acid encoding a protein which consists of an amino acid sequence having 72.2% or higher homology to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:2 and that has activity of catalyzing reactions that synthesize active cytokinin from nucleotide cytokinin. | 41,416 |
8,459,643 | 1. A printing apparatus which performs a printing on a plurality of sheets, comprising: a printing mechanism which performs the printing on the plurality of sheets based on a printing data; a plurality of trays on which a plurality of sheets printed by the printing mechanism are stackable; a discharge mechanism which is configured to discharge the plurality of sheets printed by the printing mechanism on the plurality of trays; a plurality of detection mechanisms each of which detects whether a height, in a stacking direction, of the sheets stacked on one of the trays is not less than a threshold value; and a controller which controls the discharge mechanism and the printing mechanism, wherein in a case that the detection mechanisms detect all heights of the sheets stacked on the plurality of trays to be not less than the threshold value, the controller controls the discharge mechanism to discontinue a discharge of the sheets; and in a case that, after the discharge of the sheets is stopped, the detection mechanisms detect the heights of the sheets stacked on at least two trays of the plurality of trays to be smaller than the threshold value, the controller controls the discharge mechanism to resume the discharge of the sheets on a tray which is other than a tray in which the height of the sheets became smaller than the threshold value last. | 17,060 |
9,301,951 | 1. A pharmaceutical composition comprising: a compound of structure (I): or a stereoisomer or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein: a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, diluent, or excipient. | 23,032 |
9,511,793 | 1. An eccentric push member device for a rack-and-pinion steering system of a motor vehicle, the push member device comprising an arcuate rotating pad which has an outer periphery and an inner periphery which is eccentric relative to the outer periphery, the rotating pad being rotatably mounted in a steering casing about an axis of rotation parallel to the longitudinal axis of the rack, the outer periphery of this pad bearing on an arcuate cradle belonging to a support mounted in the steering casing, whereas its eccentric inner periphery is applied against the back of the rack, so as to push back the latter toward the teeth of a steering pinion, said pad being rotatably positioned and/or biased by a clearance compensation mechanism with spring means, wherein the outer periphery of the rotating pad, on the one hand, and the arcuate cradle on the other hand, bear on each other along two spaced contact lines, parallel to the axis of rotation of the pad. | 6,317 |
9,207,001 | 1. A method for reducing net electrical power consumption of a vapor compression system having a compressor, a condenser and associated condenser fan, and an evaporator motor-driven evaporator blower, comprising operating the compressor and the condenser and the associated condenser fan with the evaporator blower motor initially set to a high speed, recording a baseline evaporator operating temperature with the evaporator blower motor operating at the high speed during the operation of the compressor and condenser, then temporarily operating the evaporator blower motor at a reduced speed while the compressor and the condenser are still operating, detecting if a predetermined acceptable decrease in evaporator temperature from the baseline evaporator operating temperature has not been exceeded, and thereupon keeping the evaporator blower motor at the reduced speed from the initially set high speed as long as the predetermined acceptable decrease has not been exceeded and, if exceeded, returning the evaporator blower motor to the initially set high speed. | 11,595 |
8,845,484 | 1. A vehicle drive device including an input member drivably coupled to a rotary electric machine, an output member drivably coupled to wheels, a first engagement device that selectively drivably couples the input member to an internal combustion engine, and a fluid coupling provided on a power transfer path that connects between the input member and the output member, wherein: the first engagement device includes a first friction member, a first piston that presses the first friction member, and a first oil chamber that houses the first friction member and that is formed to be supplied with a hydraulic pressure and to apply a hydraulic pressure to a side of the first piston opposite to a side on which a hydraulic pressure for operation is applied; the fluid coupling includes a second oil chamber that is provided in a body portion housing chamber that houses a body portion of the fluid coupling and that controls an engagement state of a second engagement device in accordance with a hydraulic pressure, the second engagement device being configured to directly couple a coupling input-side member drivably coupled to an input member side of the vehicle drive device and a coupling output-side member drivably coupled to an output member side of the vehicle drive device; the vehicle drive device comprises a first hydraulic pressure control valve that controls a first oil chamber hydraulic pressure which is a hydraulic pressure to be supplied to the first oil chamber, and a second hydraulic pressure control valve that controls a second oil chamber hydraulic pressure which is a hydraulic pressure to be supplied to the second oil chamber independently of the first oil chamber hydraulic pressure; the first oil chamber is provided with a circulation passage where oil supplied to a supply port from the first hydraulic pressure control valve flows along the first friction member and is discharged from a discharge port that is different from the supply port; and the vehicle drive device further comprises an orifice portion that reduces a flow rate, the orifice portion being provided on a discharge oil passage through which a hydraulic pressure supplied from the first hydraulic pressure control valve to the first oil chamber is discharged from the first oil chamber. | 3,429 |
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