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8,683,926 | 1. An apparatus for transporting shipments along a track having two rails and a paved area, comprising: a first source of magnetic flux; and a coupling attached to the first source of magnetic flux and configured to couple with a trailer configured to transport shipments, wherein at least one wheel of the trailer rolls along the paved area of the track at least when the coupling is coupled with the trailer and when the coupling moves along the track, wherein the first source of magnetic flux is positioned so as to be driven by a second source of magnetic flux positioned along the track, wherein the second source of magnetic flux is a source of varying magnetic flux. | 30,100 |
9,349,893 | 1. A collapsible photovoltaic module mounting assembly framework comprising: at least two substantially parallel supporting beams; and at least two substantially parallel photovoltaic module rails each configured to secure a portion of a photovoltaic module, each photovoltaic module rail having: wherein the at least two module rails are pivotally connected to the at least two supporting beams; wherein the supporting beams can be moved to a relative position adjacent to each other by moving the module rails from a first orientation substantially perpendicular to the supporting beams to a second orientation substantially oblique to the supporting beams. | 44,901 |
9,318,642 | 1. A method of treating a cadmium telluride layer, the method comprising: forming a cadmium chloride vapor from powdered cadmium chloride in a vaporization unit; moving a substrate containing a cadmium telluride layer through a controlled ambient deposition oven; continuously depositing the cadmium chloride vapor from the vaporization unit on the cadmium telluride layer in the controlled ambient oven as the substrate moves through the oven; and heat treating the cadmium telluride layer at a temperature to heat treat and crystallize the cadmium telluride layer, wherein the steps of depositing the cadmium chloride vapor and heat treating the cadmium telluride layer occur simultaneously to provide a continuous single step of cadmium chloride deposition and heat treatment of the cadmium telluride layer, the continuous single step deposition of the cadmium chloride and heat treating the cadmium telluride layer occurring in the oven; and forming a back contact metal on the single step cadmium chloride deposited and heat treated cadmium telluride layer. | 3,606 |
9,144,895 | 1. A motorized casket/coffin key/crank comprising: a motor; a shaft, rotatable by the motor, fitting into an outer casket shaft port and extending to an inner casket female receiver crank port; a bit at an end of the shaft, the bit fitting into the inner casket female receiver crank port; a battery powering the motor; and an activation switch electrically connecting the battery with the motor. | 32,995 |
9,199,552 | 1. A method for monitoring torque provided by a motor vehicle engine, or an electric engine, comprising: comparing an estimated or measured value of torque provided by the engine with a low limit value or high limit value, to detect excessive braking or acceleration and/or insufficient braking or acceleration; calculating the low or high limit value, the calculation comprising: | 40,363 |
8,400,135 | 1. A self-oscillating switch circuit for use in a switching DC-DC converter, the self-oscillating switch circuit comprising: an input terminal for receiving power from a power supply; an output terminal for supplying power to a load; a power switch semi-conductor device having a control terminal, the power switch semi-conductor device being configured for controlling a load current between the input terminal and the output terminal; a control semi-conductor device coupled to the power switch semi-conductor device for supplying a control signal to the control terminal of the power switch semi-conductor device for controlling switching of the power switch semi-conductor device; a gain semi-conductor device coupled between the power switch semi-conductor device and the control semi-conductor device for amplifying the control signal. | 28,197 |
9,435,551 | 1. An apparatus configured to receive an incoming air stream having a first temperature from within an enclosure and to exhaust an outgoing air stream into the enclosure, the incoming and outgoing air streams flowing in a flow direction, the apparatus comprising: a first evaporator through which the incoming air stream flows so that a second air stream exiting the first evaporator has a second temperature that is lower than the first temperature; a compressor; a condenser being within the enclosure; and a heat exchanger having a heat extraction portion and a heat depositing portion, wherein: | 9,994 |
8,342,258 | 1. A seeding implement, comprising: a ground engaging tool; a packer arm pivotally coupled to a packer support structure; a packer wheel rotatably coupled to the packer arm, and configured to rotate across a soil surface to limit a penetration depth of the ground engaging tool into the soil; and a depth adjustment assembly including a slot in the packer support structure, a corresponding slot in the packer arm, and a fastener disposed through the slots, wherein the slots are angled relative to an axis of rotation of the packer arm, and wherein the penetration depth of the ground engaging tool is varied by adjusting a position of the fastener within the slots. | 18,381 |
9,590,525 | 1. A system comprising: an AC input port configured to be coupled to an AC power source; a first AC/DC converter circuit having a first port coupled to the AC input port; a first resonant circuit coupled to the first port of the first AC/DC converter circuit on an AC side of the first AC/DC converter circuit; a second resonant circuit inductively coupled to the first resonant circuit; a second AC/DC converter circuit coupled to the second resonant circuit; and a control circuit configured to control the first AC/DC converter circuit responsive to an output of the second AC/DC converter circuit. | 36,765 |
9,117,653 | 1. A method for in-situ dry cleaning of a Ge containing semiconductor surface other than SiGe, comprising: in a vacuum chamber, exposing the Ge containing semiconductor surface to H in the vacuum chamber, annealing the Ge containing semiconductor surface at a temperature below that which would induce dopant diffusion. | 11,823 |
9,744,232 | 1. A method for treating or limiting development of diabetes, comprising administering to a subject in need thereof an effective amount of an inhibitor of a protein kinase A and an inhibitor of Src kinase to treat or limit development of diabetes. | 20,777 |
8,359,734 | 1. A jig for aligning and supporting an electronic component on a printed circuit board (PCB) during assembly, comprising: a frame defining an opening of a size and shape corresponding to at least one part of the electronic component; guide members, extending from each corner of the frame, configured to guide the electronic component into the opening defined by the frame, the guide members including mounting pins that are configured to engage with a corresponding set of holes in the printed circuit board to interlock, the jig to the printed circuit board; and at least one holding member for supporting a top surface of the electronic component. | 38,899 |
8,751,833 | 1. An apparatus for processing data comprising: first processing circuitry configured to operate in a first power domain; second processing circuitry configured to operate in a second power domain different from said first power domain; shared processing circuitry configured to operate in a shared power domain such that said first processing circuitry and said shared processing circuitry are configurable to operate together to form a first hybrid processing unit having access to an external memory and said second processing circuitry and said shared processing circuitry are configurable to operate together to form a second hybrid processing unit having access to said external memory, wherein said first hybrid processing unit and said second hybrid processing unit together comprise a uni-processing environment for executing a single instruction stream; execution flow transfer circuitry configured to transfer execution of said single instruction stream between said first hybrid processing unit and said second hybrid processing unit at a transfer execution point, wherein said execution flow transfer comprises transfer of at least one bit of processing-state restoration information from a source one of said first hybrid processing unit and said second hybrid processing unit to a destination one of said first hybrid processing unit and said second hybrid processing unit, said processing-state restoration information being information enabling said destination hybrid processing unit to successfully resume execution of said single instruction stream from said transfer execution point; transmission circuitry configured to provide a transmission pathway from said source hybrid processing unit to said destination hybrid processing unit for said at least one bit of processing-state restoration information and wherein said transmission pathway bypasses said external memory, wherein the at least one bit of processing-state restoration information comprises at least one of: branch predictor history information, TLB contents, micro-TLB contents and data prefetcher pattern information; and power control circuitry configured to control said shared processing circuitry to operate at a first level of power consumption when said first hybrid processing unit has control of execution of said single instruction stream and to operate at a second different level of power consumption when said second hybrid processing unit has control of execution of said single instruction stream. | 49,228 |
9,065,134 | 1. An electrochemical lithium accumulator, comprising bipolar architecture comprising at least one first electrochemical cell and at least one second electrochemical cell separated from each other by a current collector substrate, which current collector substrate supports on a first face, an electrode of said first electrochemical cell and on a second face opposite to said first face, an electrode of opposite sign of said second electrochemical cell, each cell comprising a positive electrode and a negative electrode separated by an electrolyte wherein the positive electrode comprises a lithiated compound selected from polyanionic lithiated transition metal compounds, lithiated transition metal oxides and mixtures thereof and the negative electrode comprises elemental sulfur. | 23,715 |
9,213,401 | 1. A processor, comprising: power management logic configured to: receive a control signal requesting the processor to transition into a power saving mode that reduces power to the processor while retaining a current state of the processor; store, in response to the control signal, a current state of components of the processor in a non-volatile memory; adjust power to the processor to a zero power mode to place the processor into the power saving mode, wherein during the zero power mode the processor is receiving no power, wherein the power management logic is configured to control a volatile memory to initiate a self-refresh mode prior to adjusting the power in order to maintain data stored in the volatile memory while the processor is in the power saving mode; and restore the processor to an on mode if in the power saving mode by adjusting the stored current state of the components in the non-volatile memory to, generate an updated state which is different from the stored current state, and updating one or more resisters in the processor with the updated state. | 25,050 |
8,806,140 | 1. A method for using a system-on-chip (SoC) memory manager to optimize off-chip memory modules, comprising: receiving a request for a first data block at a memory controller, subsequent to shutting a first memory module down; determining that the first data block is stored in the first memory module; translating a first data block address in the first memory module to a second data block address in a second memory module via a memory map; if the first data block is present in a cache, supplying the first data block on a SoC data bus from the cache; and loading the cache with a plurality of data blocks from a corresponding plurality of addresses in the second memory module, associated with the first data block address, wherein the loading the cache further comprises | 14,175 |
8,419,495 | 1. A method for manufacturing a switchable particle-based display having a plurality of cells spatially arranged in a matrix form, comprising: filling a plurality of first-type particles and a plurality of second-type particles into each cell, wherein the plurality of first-type particles carries charges of a first charge polarity; and filling a solution into each cell, wherein the solution comprises a charge controlling agent having a second charge polarity opposite to the first charge polarity, and wherein the charge controlling agent has a substantially selective wettability, absorbability or adsorbability on the plurality of second-type particles, so that at least part of the plurality of second-type particles is charged to the second charge polarity in each cell. | 19,549 |
9,128,707 | 1. A power-supply control device comprising: a power-supply-state transition control section that shifts a state of an operation target section from one state to another state among a plurality of power-supply states and a non-power supply-state, the operation target section being a section which operates by receiving supply of power from a mains power source section, each of the plurality of power-supply states being a state having a power consumption which is a corresponding one of power consumptions that are different from one another, the non-power-supply state being a state in which supply of power is not received from the mains power source section or a state in which supply of power that is lower than power determined in advance and that is necessary for control of determining whether or not power is to be supplied is received from the mains power source section; a plurality of body-detection sections that detect a body in a region which is set in advance, each of the plurality of body detection sections having a corresponding one of detection conditions different from one another, the body including a user who intends to use the operation target section, one of the plurality of body-detection sections continuously receiving supply of power as a section used for determination control in the non-power-supply state, another one of the plurality of body-detection sections receiving supply of power as the section used for determination control in response to when the body is detected by the body-detection section that continuously receives supply of power in the non-power-supply state; and an instruction section that provides, on the basis of a detection state, an instruction for shifting the state of the operating target section from one state to another state which the power-supply-state transition control section the detection section that receives supply of power in response to when the body is detected by the body-detection section that continuously receives supply of power in the non-power-supply state, wherein when a body is not detected but a job of an operating target section is still executing determining a type of job being performed and placing one or more unused operating target section, based on the type of job being performed, in a non-power-supply state, and when a predetermined amount of time has passed since old jobs have finished executing placing all operating target sections of the multi-functional printer into a non-power-supply state. | 26,344 |
8,439,435 | 1. A passenger seat comprising: (a) a seat pan assembly comprising a reclining mechanism and a tilting mechanism; (b) a seat back pivotally coupled to an aft end of the seat pan assembly; (c) a lumbar mechanism coupled to the seat back and the seat pan assembly; and (d) a seat frame comprising at least one track comprising a reclining path and a sleeper path, wherein at least one pivot bar is coupled to the aft end of the seat pan assembly and is configured to slidingly couple to the at least one track, wherein a diverter is coupled to the at least one track and configured to rotate between a position substantially blocking an opening to the reclining path and a position substantially blocking an opening to the sleeper path. | 35,809 |
9,685,719 | 1. A press-fit terminal made of a wire material of a predetermined length, the press-fit terminal comprising: a distal section formed at one end of the wire material to be inserted into a substrate; a connecting section formed at the other end of the wire material to be connected to a complementary terminal; and a press-fit section formed at the distal section side of the wire material to be press-fitted into a through-hole formed in the substrate; wherein the press-fit section is formed at the central part thereof a hole vertically elongated along an axis direction of the wire material; the hole is formed with an extending section extendedly formed toward the inside of the hole along the inner circumferential surface of the hole; and the extending section is formed at the end thereof with an erected section in an intersecting direction about the axis direction of the wire material, the erected section being formed so as to protrude and encircle the hole with a predetermined height. | 19,377 |
8,773,110 | 1. A method, comprising: receiving a first signal generated based on a second signal that is predictive, the first signal including a portion that substantially corresponds to the second signal; detecting attributes of the portion of the first signal that substantially corresponds to the second signal; determining attributes of the second signal based on the attributes of the portion of the first signal; and generating control signals to regulate the second signal based upon the determined attributes of the second signal. | 32,631 |
9,382,480 | 1. A dichromatic dye composition, comprising: one or more compounds forming the dichromatic dye composition, wherein, based on a total weight of the dichromatic dye composition, the dichromatic dye composition comprises: (1) 0%-50% by weight of one or more compounds of formula (I) (2) 5%-85% by weight of one or more compounds of formula (II) (3) 0%-95% by weight of one or more compounds of formula (III) wherein: R R R R is C Z L L in which H of the hydroxyl and the amino can be each, independently, substituted by and one or more H of the C 1-15 alkyl and the C 1-15 alkoxy can be independently substituted by F or Cl; R n is selected from the group consisting of C 1-15 alkyl or alkoxy and C 2-14 alkenyl or alkynyl, in which one or more H of the C 1-15 alkyl or alkoxy and the C 2-14 alkenyl can be each, independently, substituted by F or Cl; are the same or different, and each, independently, are selected from the group consisting of in which one or more nonadjacent —CH 2 — of the can be independently replaced by O, one or more H of the can be independently substituted by halogen or C 1-10 alkyl; and a and b each are 0, 1 or 2; an absorbance curve of a guest-host liquid crystal composition containing the dichromatic dye composition within a wavelength range of 420-680 nm having the following characteristics: wherein: T T ΔT is a difference between the maximum transmittance and the minimum transmittance on the transmittance curve within the wavelength range of 420-680 nm. | 25,616 |
9,777,611 | 1. A construction machine comprising: an automotive vehicle body; an engine mounted on said automotive vehicle body in a laterally placed state extending in a left and right direction of said automotive vehicle body; a hydraulic pump provided on one side of said engine which is one side in a left and right direction of said automotive vehicle body; an exhaust pipe connected to an exhaust port of said engine; a first exhaust gas purifying device provided on an outlet side of said exhaust pipe; a connecting pipe connected to an outlet port of said first exhaust gas purifying device; and a second exhaust gas purifying device provided on an outlet side of said connecting pipe, wherein | 3,918 |
8,865,346 | 1. A cathode electrode of a lithium ion battery comprising: a cathode current collector comprising a surface; and a cathode material layer located on the surface of the cathode current collector; wherein the cathode material layer comprises a cathode active material, the cathode active material comprises sulfur grafted poly(pyridinopyridine), the sulfur grafted poly(pyridinopyridine) comprises a poly(pyridinopyridine) matrix and sulfur dispersed in the poly(pyridinopyridine) matrix, and the cathode current collector comprises a polymer substrate and a graphene layer located on a surface of the polymer substrate adjacent to the cathode material layer, wherein the sulfur is a poly-sulfur group consisting of one or more sulfur elements represented by a formula of S wherein n, n1, and n2 are an integer larger than 1, and m and y are both an integer larger than 0. | 26,076 |
9,206,751 | 1. A uniflow-scavenged, opposed-piston engine equipped with an air handling system, comprising: at feast one cylinder with a bore, axially-spaced exhaust and intake ports, and a pair of pistons disposed in opposition in the bore and operative to open and close the exhaust and intake ports during operation of the opposed-piston engine; a charge air channel to provide charge air to the intake port; an exhaust channel to receive exhaust gas from the exhaust port; a supercharger operable to pump charge air in the charge air channel; and, a control mechanization operable to determine a trapped lambda value of a mass of charge air trapped in the cylinder by the last port of the cylinder to close, in response to an engine operating state, and to adjust, based on the determined trapped lambda value, charge air flow in the charge air channel. | 3,679 |
9,014,623 | 1. A near field communications (NFC) enabled device, comprising: a sense signal controller configured to cause an initiating coupler, coupled to the sense signal controller, to generate a sense signal; a sensor unit, coupled to the initiating coupler, configured to sense a change in an impedance of the initiating coupler and configured to determine when a target RF communicator is in a near field range based on the change in the impedance sensed by the sensor unit; an activation signal controller, coupled to the initiating coupler, configured to cause the initiating coupler to send an activation signal to a target coupler, located on the target RF communicator, upon determination by the sensor unit that the target RF communicator is in the near field range, a control module, coupled to the sensor unit, the sense signal controller, and the activation signal controller, configured to switch the NFC enabled device between a power saving sense mode and a communication mode, | 347 |
9,834,242 | 1. A smart dolly, comprising: (a) a running mechanism comprising (b) a body comprising | 25,986 |
8,696,603 | 1. A system for measuring space width of joint, comprising: a joint image input unit which inputs an image of a joint; a contour detection unit which detects contours of a pair of bones constituting the joint; a measurement range setting unit which sets a measurement range of a space of the joint based on the contours detected by the contour detection unit; a space width calculation unit which calculates a plurality of space widths each of which is indicated by a distance value between the pair of bones in the measurement range set by the measurement range setting unit as a distance value between two points at which a plurality of predetermined straight lines arranged in a predetermined rule each intersects with the contours of the pair of bones in the measurement range as a space width at each position; and a display unit which displays at least one of an average value, a median value, a minimum value, and a graph display of space widths based on the plurality of space widths calculated by the space width calculation unit. | 31,187 |
9,512,728 | 1. A propeller balancing device, comprising: at least one stationary outer disc; a drive wheel arranged adjacent to the at least one stationary outer disc, the drive wheel including magnets arranged at a periphery of the drive wheel; a balancing weight arranged in a groove formed in one of the at least one stationary outer disc and the drive wheel, such that the balancing weight moves through the groove with rotation of the drive wheel including movement in a radial direction with respect to the drive wheel; and an outer ring arranged around the at least one stationary outer disc, and electrical coils arranged at a periphery of the outer ring. | 38,378 |
8,854,713 | 1. A power selective optical filter device, comprising: an input polarizer having a transmission axis, the input polarizer configured to selectively transmit at least a portion of an input signal therethrough, wherein the at least a portion of the input signal exhibits a polarization state and a power; a wave-plate structure positioned to receive the at least a portion of the input signal, the wave-plate structure including: an output polarizer positioned to receive the polarization-state-altered signal output from the wave-plate structure, the output polarizer configured to selectively transmit at least a portion of the polarization-state-altered signal based on the polarization state thereof. | 36,667 |
9,208,482 | 1. A method for operating a device associated with a first party to identify a second party participating in a transaction with the first party, the method comprising: obtaining a token for use in said transaction, said token including information usable to identify a communication path to one of a plurality of token issuers and a value of said token; and providing said token to a second device associated with said second party; wherein said second device transmits said value of said token to said one of said plurality of token issuers with information usable to identify said second party. | 43,669 |
9,312,078 | 1. A method comprising the steps of: (a) selecting a graphite oxide membrane, wherein the graphite oxide membrane is a freestanding graphite oxide membrane; (b) forming a pattern on the graphite oxide membrane to form a patterned graphite oxide membrane, wherein the pattern is formed by reducing a portion of the graphite-oxide membrane to conducting reduced graphite oxide; and (c) forming a device that comprises the patterned graphite oxide membrane, wherein the step of forming the device comprises: | 37,868 |
9,445,237 | 1. A method of estimating an angle of arrival of a wireless signal received at a device, the received wireless signal including a plurality of signal components associated with a number of different arrival paths, the method comprising: generating a plurality of weighted signal components by multiplying the plurality of signal components of the received wireless signal with a set of weighting values; identifying one or more of the weighted signal components associated with a first arrival path to the device; determining phase information of the one or more identified weighted signal components; and determining the angle of arrival of the received wireless signal based, at least in part, on the determined phase information by: | 1,175 |
9,395,517 | 1. A lens assembly comprising: a lens unit; and a spacer at an upper portion or a lower portion of the lens unit, wherein the spacer includes polymer having a glass transition temperature of about 140° C. to about 500° C., wherein the spacer comprises a frame part and a polymer part, wherein the frame part comprises a plurality of inorganic fibers and forms a frame of the spacer and the polymer part fills voids among the plurality of inorganic fibers, the polymer part having a heat resistance lower than that of the inorganic fibers; wherein the lens unit comprises a first lens unit and a second lens unit on the first lens unit, wherein the first lens unit comprises a first concave surface on a top surface of the first lens unit, and wherein the second lens unit comprises a second concave surface on a bottom surface of the second lens unit. | 45,685 |
8,745,876 | 1. A safety razor assembly, the assembly comprising: a blade head assembly having a head body elongated along a longitudinal axis; a first blade set mounted to an exterior of the head body and extending generally parallel to the longitudinal axis; a head channel disposed within an interior of the head body along the longitudinal axis, wherein the head channel having an open proximate end and a closed distal end; a handle assembly having a central shaft, wherein a first end of the central shaft is configured to slide into the open proximate end of the head channel and releasably secure the head body to the handle assembly along the longitudinal axis in line with the handle assembly; the head body is configured to axially pivot about the shaft assembly when the head body is secured to the central shaft; and the handle assembly having a coil spring, a first end of the coil spring secured to a slot disposed in a second end of the central shaft and a second end of the coil spring fixedly secured to another portion of the handle assembly, wherein the coil spring is configured to twist in a first direction and store energy in the coil spring when an external force rotates the central shaft to a resisting position, and to release the energy stored in the coil spring and rotate in an opposing second direction to a neutral position when the external force is removed. | 36,430 |
9,278,759 | 1. A cross-support bracket for a cabin air compressor assembly, the cross-support bracket comprising: a mating portion comprising a first group of apertures at a first end and a second group of apertures at a second end, wherein a reference line is defined between a lowermost primary aperture of the first group of apertures and a lowermost primary aperture of the second group of apertures; a stiffener portion formed along a lower edge of the mating portion; and a curved region formed in the mating portion between a first and second upper edge of the mating portion, the curved region comprising a first curved portion, a substantially straight portion, and a second curved portion, wherein a ratio of a radius of the first and second curved portions of the curved region to a length from the substantially straight portion to the reference line is between 9.06 and 10.19, wherein the first group of apertures comprises a first primary aperture being the lowermost primary aperture of the first group, a second primary aperture proximate a first outer edge and the first upper edge of the first end, and a third primary aperture proximate the first curved portion of the curved region and the first upper edge of the first end, and further wherein a ratio of a first length from the first primary aperture to the second primary aperture relative to a second length from the first primary aperture to the first outer edge is between 0.51 and 0.62, and a ratio of a third length from first primary aperture to the third primary aperture relative to the second length is between 0.51 and 0.62. | 49,113 |
9,508,949 | 1. An organic light emitting device comprising: a first electrode; a second electrode; and two or more organic material layers provided between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the first electrode is either an anode or a cathode and wherein when the first electrode is the anode, the second electrode is the cathode, wherein the organic material layer includes a light emitting layer; and a mixed layer including one or more hole transfer materials and one or more electron transfer materials, wherein the mixed layer is provided between the light emitting layer and the cathode, and the mixed layer is in direct contact with the cathode wherein the mixed layer includes a charge transfer complex of the hole transfer material and the electron transfer material, wherein the hole transfer material of the mixed layer includes one or more types selected from the group consisting of NPB (4,4′-bis[N-(1-naphthyl)-N-phenyl-amino]-biphenyl) and PBP (4-phenylbenzophenone); m-MTDATA (4,4′4″-tris[3-methylphenyl(phenyl)amino]triphenyl amine); and TCTA (4,4′,4″-tri(N-carbazolyl)triphenylamine), and wherein the electron transfer material of the mixed layer includes one or more types selected from the group consisting of PBP (4-phenylbenzophenone); t-Bu-PBD (2-(biphenyl-4-yl)-5-(4-tert-butylphenyl)-1,3,4-oxadiazole); 3TPYMB (tris-[3-(3-pyridyl)mesityl]borane); and B3PYMPM (bis-4,6-(3,5-di-3-pyridylphenyl)-2-methylpyrimi-dine). | 12,365 |
8,370,073 | 1. An integrated biosensor and systems-biology platform apparatus for sensing and simulation to automate personalized diagnosis and therapy comprising: a biosensor platform coupled to sense a person, the biosensor platform comprising a multifunctional array of sensors configurable to sense one or more DNA, RNA, peptides, proteins, antibodies, antigens, tissue factors, vectors, virus vectors, lipids, fatty acids, steroids, neurotransmitters, inorganic ions, electrochemicals, pH, free radicals, carbohydrates, neural action, chemicals, small molecules, exons, metabolites, intermediates, chromosomes, or cells; and a systems-biology platform coupled to the biosensor platform, the systems-biology platform comprising a controller executing software configurable to simulate one or more genomics model, proteomics model, computational chemistry model, pharmacogenomics model, computational biology model, computational biophysics model, computational cell behavior model, pharmacokinetics model, metabolomics model, transcriptomics model, or bioinformatics model; whereby the controller integrates the biosensor platform and the systems-biology platform by reconfiguring the one or more sensor in the biosensor platform according to the one or more model in the systems-biology platform simulated by the controller automatically to generate a personalized diagnosis and therapy report. | 37,786 |
9,578,203 | 1. A document production system comprising: a scanner that is equipped with a motor which rotates a medium to be scanned around an axis; a printer; and a computing device, including a processor, configured to perform the functions of: causing the scanner to scan a soft copy template corresponding to the pre-printed media, determining, based on the soft copy template, a page margin of the pre-printed media, the page margin comprising a side margin, a header or a footer, wherein the determining comprises: (a) identifying a first variation in the intensity of light detected by a scan head of the scanner; (b) identifying an angle that the motor has rotated the pre-printed media when the first variation is detected and calculating a linear distance therefrom; and (c) providing a first offset of the linear distance from the top of the pre-printed media and marking the first offset as unprintable, determining, based on the page margin, a printable area of the pre-printed media, re-scaling content of the document such that the content is configured to fit into the printable area of the pre-printed media, and causing the printer to print the re-scaled content of the document in the printable area of the pre-printed media. | 39,940 |
9,828,912 | 1. A method for operating a combined cycle power plant having a gas turbine and a heat recovery steam generator with a flue gas recirculation system, the method comprising: controlling a combustion inhomogeneity ratio for operational burners receiving fuel to combust the fuel as a function of flue gas recirculation rate of flue gases recirculated into a compressor inlet gas of the gas turbine by the flue gas recirculation system, the combustion inhomogeneity ratio being one of: controlling the combustion inhomogeneity ratio as a function of at least one of hot gas temperature of the combustor and a compressor pressure that is proportional to combustion pressure via a control band, the control band defining a maximum flue gas recirculation ratio and a minimum flue gas recirculation ratio to only allow adjustment of flue gas recirculation to the compressor inlet via the flue gas recirculation system such that a rate of flue gas recirculation is set so that the flue gas recirculation ratio is within the control band to impose an allowable inhomogeneity ratio as a function of at least one of the combustion pressure and the hot gas temperature of the combustor, the flue gas recirculation ratio being a ratio between flue gas mass flow from the gas turbine that is recirculated to the compressor inlet and total flue gas mass flow of the gas turbine. | 28,441 |
9,594,743 | 1. A process for identifying, accurate selecting and storing scientific data in textual formats, the process comprising: providing a computer having an electronic control unit with a processor, memory, an algorithm for identifying key words and phrases that are present in a textual format and a user interface; identifying a plurality of natural language Part of Speech (POS)-tagged blocks in a plurality of text documents containing scientific data using the processor and a natural language program (NLP) algorithm; providing a plurality of possible annotations for each of the natural language POS-tagged blocks from an annotation database using the processor, each of the possible annotations for a given natural language POS-tagged block being a possible description of the natural language POS-tagged block; scoring and ranking each of the possible annotations for a given natural language POS-tagged block using the processor such that each of the possible annotations for a given natural language POS-tagged block has a score and is ranked relative to the other provided possible annotations; displaying each of the natural language POS-tagged blocks and ranked possible annotations to a user using the processor; the user selecting which of the ranked possible annotations for each natural language POS-tagged block is an accurate description using the user interface, selection of the annotation for each natural language POS-tagged block creating a plurality of natural language POS-tagged block-annotation pairs; and storing the plurality of natural language POS-tagged block-annotation pairs in the computer memory using the processor, wherein the processor scores each of the possible annotations for each natural language POS-tagged block using the expression: where n is the natural language POS-tagged block, A n is the number of documents containing the annotation and the tagged block, T n is the total number of documents with the tagged block, and P is the fraction of documents containing the annotation. | 14,937 |
8,753,240 | 1. A power transmitting device, comprising: a planetary gear device having a first element to which power is input from an input shaft connected to an engine, a second element to which power of a motor is input, and a third element meshing with the first element and the second element and transmitting power to a gearbox, a first shaft connected to any of the three elements and to the gearbox, a second shaft connected to the motor and one of the other elements excluding any of the three elements to which the first shaft is connected, and a first clutch transmitting power from the second shaft to the first shaft or the input shaft in an interruptible manner, while blocking transmission of power from the first shaft or the input shaft to the second shaft. | 19,020 |
9,613,496 | 1. A gaming system comprising: a housing; at least one display device supported by the housing; at least one input device supported by the housing; an acceptor supported by the housing and configured to receive a physical item associated with a monetary value; and a controller configured to operate with the at least one display device, the at least one input device, and the acceptor to: (a) establish a credit balance based at least in part on the monetary value associated with the physical item responsive to receipt of the physical item by the acceptor; (b) place a wager on a play of a trajectory-based game of chance responsive to an actuation of a wager button, the credit balance decreasable by the wager; (c) initiate the play of the trajectory-based game of chance and display an associated gaming environment; (d) generate a trajectory of a game object for the displayed gaming environment for the play of the trajectory-based game of chance; (e) introduce the game object into the displayed gaming environment and display the game object moving along the trajectory in the displayed gaming environment; (f) if a collision between the game object and a second object displayed in the displayed gaming environment is detected: (g) display the game object exiting the displayed gaming environment through one of a plurality of different exits of the displayed gaming environment. | 48,736 |
9,231,478 | 1. An M-channel synchronous rectification type step-down direct-current to direct-current converter, M being an integer of at least two, comprising: an input line supplied with a direct-current input voltage; an output line connected with a load; an output capacitor connected to the output line; M switching circuits associated with M channels, the M switching circuits each including a switching transistor and a synchronous rectifier transistor provided in series with each other between the input line and a ground line; M inductors associated with the M channels, the M inductors each being provided between a switching node of the switching circuit of the corresponding channel and the output line; a power supply circuit generating an amplitude control voltage having a voltage level in accordance with an amplitude control signal; M drivers associated with the M channels, the M drivers each generating a gate driving voltage for a high side and a gate driving voltage for a low side, the gate driving voltage for the high side and the gate driving voltage for the low side having a duty ratio in accordance with a pulse signal of the corresponding channel and having an amplitude in accordance with the amplitude control voltage, applying the gate driving voltage for the high side to a gate of the switching transistor of the corresponding switching circuit, and applying the gate driving voltage for the low side to a gate of the synchronous rectifier transistor of the corresponding switching circuit; and a controller (i) calculating a load current on a basis of currents flowing through the M inductors, (ii) dynamically changing a number K of driving phases, K being an integer of up to M, on a basis of the calculated load current, (iii) generating the pulse signal adjusted in duty ratio such that an output voltage of the output line coincides with a predetermined reference voltage, (iv) selecting K drivers among the M drivers, and distributing the pulse signal with a phase difference of (360/K) degrees to each of the selected K drivers, and (v) monotonically increasing the amplitude control signal with respect to the calculated load current in a range determined in advance for at least one of the number K of driving phases. | 6,352 |
8,555,568 | 1. A drain inlet vault comprising a plurality of pre-cast concrete vault sections vertically stacked one upon the other to form the vault, each said vault section having essentially the same cross-sectional configuration and at least one mating edge that upon stacking the vault sections one on top of the other the mating edges of adjacent vault sections engage, a sealant along the mating edges, and at least one centrally open structure support element for water treatment equipment, said support element being supported between assembled adjacent vault sections and including a thin planar outer edge portion positioned between the mating edges of the assembled adjacent vault sections that avoids interfering with the function of the sealant along the mating edges and at least a portion of an inner edge extending inward into an interior of the vault, said portion of an inner edge being sufficiently rigid to provide support for water treatment equipment, or components thereof, said open structure support element being a frame that has essentially the same cross-sectional configuration as the vault sections and an outside perimeter that is greater than the cross-sectional dimensions of the interior of the vault. | 41,447 |
9,675,962 | 1. A method for preparing a perovskite-type strontium titanate, comprising: providing a solution comprising strontium nitrate, yttrium nitrate hexahydrate, and nickel (II) nitrate hexahydrate; adding titanium bis(ammonium lactate) dihydroxide and at least two complexing agents to the solution; heating the solution to form precursors of the perovskite-type strontium titanate; and calcining the precursors to obtain the perovskite-type strontium titanate. | 875 |
9,173,166 | 1. A method for optimizing activation of Idle State Signalling Reduction, ISR, comprising: receiving, by a first network entity, a Context Request message transmitted from a second network entity and deciding to activate ISR in an area update procedure of the UE, wherein the first network entity belongs to a first network and the second network entity belongs to a second network; transmitting, by the first network entity, a decision result to the second network entity, and the second network entity instructing the UE to activate ISR in response to the received decision result; and restarting, by the first network entity, an implicit detach timer corresponding to the UE when an ISR activation acknowledge is returned from the second network entity. | 38,274 |
8,508,622 | 1. A method for operating an image capturing device, the image capturing device including an image sensing device, a processor, and a memory, the method comprising: receiving a proposed image from the image sensing device; determining a plurality of image-based characteristics, using the processor, in response to the proposed image; computing a composition measure for the proposed image and given settings, using the processor, wherein the composition measure depends from at least two of the plurality of image-based characteristics of the proposed image, wherein computing the composition measure includes taking into account external characteristics that are treated as independent of pixel color values of the proposed image, and wherein the external characteristics comprise distillations of factors from a training set of photographs, and wherein at least some plurality of the training set of photographs have associated therewith a rating and one of the external characteristics is an estimated measure of the rating that would be applied to the proposed image given the training set and their ratings; outputting an indication of the composition measure to a user associated with the image capturing device; receiving an image capture signal from the user in response to the indication; receiving a captured image from the image sensing device in response to the image capture signal; and storing the captured image in the memory. | 27,918 |
9,534,493 | 1. A combined filter and pressure measurement cell device for use in an infusion or injection system for the injection of a fluid under pressure, the device comprising: a housing forming an elongated inner bore defining a longitudinal axis, the bore having an inner surface, the housing having an inlet and an outlet; at least one elongate filter unit including at least one pressure transducer connected to the housing, for the detection of the pressure of the fluid; a chamber formed along the longitudinal axis of the housing between the output side of the filter sieve and the inner surface of the bore, the at least one pressure sensor in fluid communication with the chamber and positioned to contact pressurized fluid that has passed through the filter sieve and into the chamber. | 38,541 |
9,359,407 | 1. A method for detecting antibodies specific for E. ewingii (EE), comprising: (a) contacting a test sample with one or more isolated EE polypeptides under conditions that allow polypeptide/antibody complexes to form; and (b) assaying for the formation of a complex between antibodies in the test sample and the one or more EE polypeptides; wherein the formation of said complex is an indication that antibodies specific for wherein at least one of the one or more EE polypeptides comprises an amino acid sequence that comprises: 1) 6 or more consecutive amino acids of one or more amino acid sequences of variable region loops 1-4 of a mature OMP-1-19 protein encoded by nucleotide 21188-21967 of SEQ ID NO:1, or 2) 6 or more consecutive amino acids of the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 43, and wherein an anti- | 12,378 |
8,466,582 | 1. An apparatus for applying an electric field to a photovoltaic element, comprising: at least one photovoltaic (PV) cell having a P-N junction; a voltage supply for (i) converting a first voltage to an e-field voltage, the first voltage resulting from the at least one PV cell, and (ii) coupling the e-field voltage directly to an electrode that is positioned proximate the P-N junction of the at least one PV cell to create an electric field extending across the P-N junction. | 14,117 |
9,834,616 | 1. A composition comprising an isolated recombinant neutralizing binding polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence that is at least 97% identical to an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO: 65, SEQ ID NO: 66, SEQ ID NO: 67, SEQ ID NO: 68, SEQ ID NO: 69, SEQ ID NO: 70, SEQ ID NO: 71, SEQ ID NO: 72, SEQ ID NO: 73, SEQ ID NO: 74, SEQ ID NO: 75, and SEQ ID NO: 76. | 37,449 |
9,752,376 | 1. An insulating glazing unit comprising panes received in a frame, the panes being held apart by a spacer, wherein a barrier film is at least partially applied to the spacer on the side directed towards the frame, wherein the barrier film is a composite film, which has an adhesive or sealing layer as the internal layer on the side directed towards the spacer, wherein the composite film, on the side directed towards the frame, has a barrier layer containing oriented EVOH and a thin adhesive layer of metal or metal oxide located on the outside and directed towards the frame. | 44,425 |
8,443,943 | 1. A method for controlling an industrial vehicle that has normal operating characteristics, said method comprising: reading a battery weight value from an electronic memory attached to a battery; a vehicle controller device comparing the battery weight value to a specified battery weight value specified by a manufacturer of the industrial vehicle for counterbalancing the industrial vehicle; and limiting operation of the industrial vehicle to less than the normal operating characteristics when the battery weight value is less than the specified battery weight value. | 13,841 |
9,156,687 | 1. A hydrogen generation system comprising: a solid reactant fuel material, comprising a stabilized alkali metal; a reactor chamber; a solid reactant fuel material handling device that feeds the solid reactant fuel material from a powder chamber directly into the reactor chamber; a slitted or flapped diaphragm positioned between the powder chamber and the reactor chamber and configured to allow reactant fuel material to enter the reactor chamber while not allowing water vapor to flow from the reactor chamber to the reactant fuel material outside the reactor chamber; a water solution inlet operably connected to the reactor chamber and configured to provide a water solution directly to the reactor chamber to react with the reactant fuel material to generate hydrogen; and a reaction waste product removal device that removes from the reactor chamber a reaction waste product created by the reaction of the solid reactant fuel and the water solution, wherein said hydrogen generation system only contains a single said reactor chamber. | 28,638 |
8,809,297 | 1. A method for inducing premature senescence in tumor cells comprising administering to a mammal in need thereof an effective amount of an inhibitor against a gene selected from the group consisting of WIG1 (wild-type p53 induced gene-1), YPEL5 (yippee-like 5) and a combination thereof, or against a protein encoded by the gene. | 46,073 |
9,634,714 | 1. A HF-band wireless communication device comprising: a wireless IC configured to process a radio signal; a first substrate including a first inductor pattern coupled to the wireless IC; and a second substrate on which the first substrate is mounted; wherein the second substrate includes a coil-shaped second inductor pattern; an inductance value of the first inductor pattern is greater than an inductance value of the second inductor pattern, and the inductance value of the first inductor pattern is dominant in a resonant frequency of a resonance circuit including the first and second inductor patterns; a winding diameter of the second inductor pattern is greater than a winding diameter of the first inductor pattern, and the second inductor pattern defines a main radiating element; and the first inductor pattern and the second inductor pattern are physically and electrically connected in series so as to define a single HF-band resonance circuit. | 46,649 |
9,303,254 | 1. A chimeric polypeptide having at least about 95% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO:11, wherein said chimeric polypeptide has amylase catalytic activity and enhanced thermostability relative to a wild type AmyS amylase. | 44,727 |
9,666,768 | 1. A quantum dot (QD) nanoparticle comprising: a plurality of first dithiocarbamate capping ligands having a formula selected from the group consisting of wherein each R 1 is a functional group; and a plurality of second dithiocarbamate capping ligands having the formula wherein R 2 is an alkyl group and R 3 is a functional group. | 1,271 |
9,720,030 | 1. An integrated circuit comprising: an insulated gate bipolar transistor (“IGBT”); a clamp element coupled to a control gate of the IGBT to allow current flow in a first direction when voltage is applied to the control gate of the IGBT; a blocking element coupled to the control gate of the IGBT and to the clamp element, the blocking element allows current flow in a second direction when voltage is removed from the control gate of the IGBT, the second direction is opposite the first direction; a resistive element having a first terminal and a second terminal, the first terminal is coupled between an anode of the clamping element and an anode of the blocking element and the second terminal is coupled to an output of test circuitry; a collector-emitter voltage (VCE) detection circuit including: | 1,917 |
9,848,026 | 1. A computing device, comprising: an antenna; an interface circuit, coupled to the antenna, which, during operation, communicates with user-interface devices via a link using a communication protocol, wherein, during operation, the interface circuit: | 2,091 |
9,524,117 | 1. A controller configured to control access to a memory bank in a memory array by: receiving a first request to access a first page in the memory bank from a first master component, wherein the memory bank comprises a plurality of pages; in response to the first request, opening the first page in the memory bank; receiving a second request for accessing a second page in the memory bank from a second master component; and in response to the second request, opening the second page such that the first page and the second page are concurrently open. | 21,525 |
8,791,101 | 1. A compound of formulae I(A-E) having the following structure: wherein: the carbon atom designated * is in the R or S configuration; and X is phenyl, optionally substituted from 1 to 4 times with substituents as defined below in R R R R R R R R R R R or an oxide thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. | 30,664 |
9,580,504 | 1. An immunotherapy method of treating non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in a human subject suffering from non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and requiring stem cell transplantation, comprising the steps of: performing a pre-transplant metabolic imaging; classifying the subject as positive by the metabolic imaging; administering following stem cell transplantation to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a pidilizumab monoclonal antibody or a fragment thereof comprising a light chain variable region comprising CDRs having the sequences SEQ. ID NO. 13, SEQ. ID NO. 14 and SEQ. ID NO. 15 and a heavy chain variable region comprising CDRs having the sequences: SEQ. ID NO. 16, SEQ. ID NO. 17 and SEQ. ID NO. 18, so as to thereby treat non-Hodgkin's lymphoma or extend progression-free or overall survival in the subject, wherein said subject is classified as positive by a pre-transplant metabolic imaging; and wherein the first administration of the antibody is within 2-12 weeks after the stem cell transplantation. | 26,218 |
8,775,836 | 1. A method comprising: with an operating system (OS), detecting an opportunity for a transition of a processor executing the OS to a first power state; and in response to detection of the opportunity, the OS initiating the transition, including the OS triggering a task switch by the processor, the task switch to save at least a portion of processor state for the processor to at least a portion of a task switch repository, wherein the task switch includes switching the processor from executing a task in an OS context to executing a power management task in another context, wherein the task switch repository is available to be accessed for another task switch which is not in support of a power state transition by the processor. | 37,492 |
8,482,533 | 1. A method of generating a control signal of a computing system including a touch sensitive surface, the method comprising: tracking a path of each contact of a set of one or more contacts, each contact corresponding to a touch object on or near the surface; determining motion information of the set of contacts based on the tracking; determining a liftoff from the touch sensitive surface of one or more contacts of the set based on the tracking; determining a dominant component of motion of the set of contacts based on the motion information prior to the liftoff, the dominant component of motion including one of translation, rotation, and scaling; determining a first motion of the one or more contacts determined to have lifted off based on the motion information prior to the liftoff, including determining a weighted average velocity of the dominant component of motion prior to the liftoff; determining whether the first motion is greater than a predetermined threshold; and generating, based on the determination of whether the first motion is greater than the predetermined threshold, a post-liftoff control signal based on the dominant component of motion. | 48,639 |
8,794,410 | 1. A system adapted for driving or propelling a vehicle powered by one or more batteries or a battery set along a roadway, comprising a plurality of road sections or portions, comprising: a plurality of roadway sections for subdividing the roadway into said roadway sections, wherein said roadway and each one of these road sections or portions comprise one or more elongated canalization, said canalization comprising a groove having at least two electric conductors introduced along said canalization and its groove and being connectable over a switch to one or more vehicle-external electrical power sources, including a vehicle-external electric station, so as thereby to be able to charge said battery set belonging to said vehicle, but primarily driving the vehicle along the roadway and its roadway sections; and one or more driveable or propellable vehicles which may be driven by means of an individual electric motor or motors, with the respective vehicle exhibiting a control circuit controlling necessary power and adapted for creating necessary power control and/or speed control, said vehicle being provided on its underneath side with contact means comprising current collectors which are displaceable up and down and sideways in relation to the conveyance direction of the vehicle, wherein said elongated groove extends along the roadway and the roadway sections and wherein said contact means is coordinated with vehicle-related control equipment for creating adaptation of the contact means for at least offering a mechanical and electrical contact against said track related conductors, wherein coordination between a conductor under voltage, belonging to a roadway section, and the contact means of the vehicle, occurs over coordinated current collectors adapted for mechanical and electrical cooperation with respective ones of the voltage-powered conductors, whereby each roadway section, that supports the vehicle, is, with the at least two electric conductors, subject to a chosen voltage and current from the vehicle external electric power source, said two conductors being adapted to feed, over the contact means, the two adjacently oriented contacts related to said vehicle, the battery set and/or the motor of the vehicle, via a vehicle external switch allotted to said roadway section, whereas an adjacently positioned and a succeeding roadway section, with the at least two electric conductors, is via the vehicle external switch not subject to any voltage or current, and during time sequences or time slots when said succeeding roadway section is not subject to exposed voltage or current, said succeeding roadway section is adapted to be tested and controlled with regard to its intact condition, and, if found in intact condition, is adapted to be provided with a DC or AC supply voltage from the vehicle external electric power source or another external or internal source of power, from the switch allotted to said succeeding roadway section solely during a time sequence or time slot when said vehicle passes said succeeding roadway section, wherein each roadway section, comprising the groove is formed for supporting at least two conductors and is adapted to receive the same two-phase supply voltage via the related switch, wherein at least one electric power supplying conductor is adapted to extend along a groove formed in an electrically insulated canalization and comprising side and bottom surfaces at right angles to each other, said conductor being attached to the inner surface or bottom wall section of said groove, wherein an upper open part of said groove in said canalization is positioned in a plane coordinated with an upper plane of the roadway and the roadway sections, wherein said electric power supplying conductor is attached to a horizontal bottom section of said groove and a further conductor is attached to the upper opening of the groove and connected to ground potential and wherein said opening is adapted to receive said vehicle related contact means and a means for cleansing or cleaning the groove and the horizontally oriented conductor from particles, and wherein the system further comprises a testing and/or supervising circuit adapted firstly to check, by using a remote-controlled radio signal from the vehicle, whether a forwardly lying roadway section with its conductors is in its intact condition, secondly to register an identity allotted to the vehicle and/or its driver and thirdly to activate a coupling means for providing a supply voltage to its conductor. | 4,509 |
8,834,619 | 1. An ink composition comprising at least two kinds of water-soluble long-wavelength dyes whose absorption spectrum in an aqueous solvent has a maximum wavelength of 550 nm to 700 nm, wherein at least one kind of the water-soluble long-wavelength dyes is a first water-soluble long-wavelength dye of an azo compound represented by the following Formula (2-1), at least one kind of the water-soluble long-wavelength dyes is a second water-soluble long-wavelength dye that is different from the first water-soluble long-wavelength dye, and the second water-soluble long-wavelength dye is a compound having two to four azo groups conjugated with each other per molecule: wherein in Formula (2-1), G represents a nitrogen atom or —C(R R A represents a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group or a substituted or unsubstituted nitrogen-containing 5-membered heterocyclic group, and M's each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a monovalent countercation. | 34,860 |
9,416,168 | 1. A protein comprising an amino acid sequence having at least 97% homology to SEQ ID NO:1, wherein said amino acid sequence comprises glycine at position 123 and aspartic acid at position 156 and wherein said protein binds hIL17A. | 12,134 |
9,116,690 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a multi-core processor including a plurality of cores to process multiple threads; and a dynamic thermal manager (DTM) to dynamically migrate one or more threads from one or more hot cores to one or more lower-temperature cores at a thread migration rate corresponding to a temperature difference between at least one of the hot cores and at least one of the lower-temperature cores. | 1,596 |
8,927,392 | 1. A method for forming a semiconductor device, the method comprising: providing a textured polycrystalline metal template; forming a buffer layer over the textured template; forming a substrate layer over the buffer layer; removing the textured template, thereby exposing a surface of the buffer layer; and forming a semiconductor layer over the exposed surface of the buffer layer. | 49,083 |
9,188,517 | 1. A fluid sampling system comprising: a fluid separator including | 24,493 |
9,788,391 | 1. In combination, a solid state lighting panel and a plurality of soft start LED light banks, comprising: an incoming AC line power connection; a plurality of solid state lighting devices within said plurality of soft start LED light banks; soft start circuitry coupled with and configured to gradually increase the luminous intensity of at least one of said plurality of solid state lighting devices upon an initiation; a plurality of electrical relay devices electrically coupled to said incoming AC line power connection, individual ones of said plurality of electrical relay devices operative to selectively couple and uncouple said incoming AC line power line connection to respective individual ones of said plurality of solid state lighting devices; and a programmable logic circuit in electrical communication with said plurality of electrical relay devices and configured to sequentially energize said individual ones of said plurality of electrical relay devices and thereby selectively couple said incoming AC line power line connection to respective individual ones of said plurality of solid state lighting devices in synchronization with a zero crossing point of the sinusoidal input line voltage, to thereby initiate said at least one of said plurality of solid state lighting devices. | 39,496 |
9,359,670 | 1. A method for sputtering a thin film on a substrate, comprising: providing a sputtering device comprising: sputtering to form a first layer in a first facing mode where magnetic flux-lines are formed between the first and second targets, and in the first facing mode the controller controls electrical energy to the non-sputtering electromagnets so that each non-sputtering electromagnet has an opposite pole direction as that of an adjacent other pole element of the respective other pole group while no electrical energy is sent to the first and second electromagnets; sputtering to form a second layer in a second facing mode where magnetic flux-lines are formed between the first and second targets, and in the second facing mode the controller controls sputtering to form a third layer in a mixed mode where magnetic flux-lines are formed between the first and second targets and each of the first and second targets has formed thereupon curved magnet flux-lines that curve back thereupon, the controller controlling | 9,200 |
8,722,954 | 1. A method of reducing the formation of fouling deposits occurring in a caustic scrubber used to remove acid gases comprising: a) providing a caustic scrubber fed with an alkaline aqueous solution comprising essentially one or more of NaOH, KOH or LiOH, b) providing an olefin-containing hydrocarbon stream, contaminated with oxygenated compounds and acid gases, and said oxygenated compounds are capable to make polymeric fouling deposits in the presence of the alkaline aqueous solution of the caustic scrubber, c) sending the above olefin-containing hydrocarbon stream to the caustic scrubber to recover an olefin-containing hydrocarbon stream essentially free of acid gases, wherein, d) an efficient amount of a solvent capable to reduce the formation of fouling deposits is introduced in the caustic scrubber and/or in the alkaline aqueous solution fed to the caustic scrubber, e) a liquid outlet of the caustic scrubber is sent to means to separate the solvent from the alkaline aqueous solution, f) optionally an additive capable to reduce the conversion of the oxygenated compounds to polymeric fouling deposits in the presence of the alkaline aqueous solution of the caustic scrubber is introduced in the caustic scrubber and/or in the alkaline aqueous solution fed to the caustic scrubber; wherein the caustic scrubber has several stages with various caustic concentrations, and wherein solvent injection and removal are located at each stage. | 41,664 |
8,833,033 | 1. An adjustable roof standoff for use in mounting an object to a roof, the standoff comprising: a core body having upper end and a lower end adapted for attachment proximate to a roof surface; said lower end of said core body including a bottom surface having: said upper end of said core body including external threads extending over at least a portion of an outside surface of said core body; a soft annular element disposed in said recess, wherein said soft annular element is at least partially compressed when said ridge is compressed against the planar surface; and a cover having a top end and a bottom end; | 17,617 |
8,685,901 | 1. A method of servicing a wellbore in contact with a subterranean formation, comprising: placing into a wellbore a composition comprising a calcium aluminate cement, flyash, and a set retarder consisting of a polyvalent metal salt, wherein the polyvalent metal salt comprises, a cobalt (II or III) salt, a nickel (II) salt, or combinations thereof, wherein the composition comprises at least 45 weight percent calcium aluminate cement, and wherein the calcium aluminate cement comprises from about 35% to about 80% by weight calcium aluminate; and allowing the composition to set, wherein the composition excludes Portland cement, and wherein the polyvalent metal salt is present in an amount of from about 0.3 wt. % to about 10 wt. % based on the calcium aluminate content of the calcium aluminate cement. | 31,482 |
9,446,773 | 1. A driver assistance system, comprising: a memory configured to store program instructions; and a processor configured to execute the program instructions, the program instructions when executed configured to: receive vehicle traveling information; determine whether coasting is available based on the received information; and output a message that instructs coasting, when coasting is available, wherein the received information includes vehicle position information, vehicle speed information, vehicle weight information, weather information, inter-vehicle distance information, three-dimensional geography information, and traffic information, wherein the three-dimensional geography information includes node information, and the program instructions when executed are configured to calculate a first distance between a present vehicle position and an end node based on the node information and a second distance between the present vehicle position and a preceding vehicle based on the inter-vehicle distance information, and wherein the three-dimensional geography information includes road slope information and road curvature information, and the program instructions when executed are configured to calculate a traveling resistance value based on the vehicle weight information, the weather information, the road slope information, and the road curvature information, wherein the program instructions when executed are further configured to: generate a map table of a coasting distance that corresponds to a vehicle speed based on the traveling resistance value and calculate a third distance in which coasting is available until a present vehicle speed reaches a predetermined target speed based on the map table, wherein the program instructions when executed are further configured to determine whether coasting is available by comparing the first distance between the present vehicle position and the end node, the second distance between the present vehicle position and the preceding vehicle, and the third distance in which coasting is available. | 13,320 |
8,703,830 | 1. A process for the production of lower olefins by the conversion of a feed stream comprising carbon monoxide and hydrogen, using a supported, iron-based catalyst, wherein a catalyst composition is provided that comprises iron-containing particles dispersed onto a support that comprises α-alumina (α-Al 2 O 3 ), said support being loaded with at least 1 wt. % (calculated on the weight of the support) of the iron-containing particles, wherein the majority of the iron-containing particles has a particle size determined by Transmission Electron Microscopy of 30 nm or lower, and wherein the majority of the iron-containing particles is in direct contact with the α-alumina part of the support. | 26,743 |
9,276,462 | 1. A controller for controlling a voltage regulator that supplies a power supply voltage supplied to a load, the controller comprising: a differential amplifier that outputs a measurement voltage corresponding to the power supply voltage supplied to the load; an error amplifier including an non-inverting input terminal and an inverting input terminal that compares a target voltage and the measurement voltage and controls the voltage regulator, the non-inverting input terminal being supplied with the target voltage, and the inverting input terminal being supplied with the measurement voltage; and a digital-to-analog conversion circuit that applies an offset voltage to the inverting input terminal in response to a change in a voltage value of the power supply voltage supplied to the load, wherein the offset voltage is changed according to digital data supplied to the digital-to-analog conversion circuit. | 18,340 |
9,130,304 | 1. A circular connector for industrial applications, comprising: a socket part which has a handle body with a cylindrical contact carrier which is configured so as to be insertable into a sleeve-shaped receiving region which is provided on a mating plug part, a separate sealing element on the contact carrier, which surrounds the contact carrier and which has a sealing surface extending in a direction toward a forward edge of the contact carrier, the sealing surface being divided into a first sealing section and a second sealing section, the first and second sealing sections being contiguous on a single side of the sealing element, the first sealing section having a conical shape so as to produce a predominantly radial sealing action and the second sealing section having a concave shape so as to produce a predominantly axial sealing action to enable the sealing surface to be adaptable to mating plug parts of different inside diameters, wherein the sealing element is spaced from the handle body at an opposite side of the cylindrical contact carrier therefrom. | 19,779 |
8,979,323 | 1. A LED lighting device, comprising a casing, which houses a plurality of power LEDs set on a LED-carrier board; and a plurality of optical elements positioned in front of respective LEDs; the casing comprising a first half-shell having at least one front wall, facing the LEDs which constitutes a light emission plate, made of light permeable material; and a second half-shell, joined to the first half-shell and having at least one rear wall, on which the board is positioned comprising a power supply-transformer, connectable to an external network and adapted to transform the mains voltage into a LED supply voltage; the power supply-transformer being formed by an assembly of a plurality of electric and/or electronic components entirely housed within the casing; wherein at least some each one of the electric and/or electronic components of the power supply/transformer are separately arranged on the board and distributed in the available space on the board, between the LEDs and/or between the optical elements. | 29,465 |
9,266,433 | 1. An electrical circuit for a vehicle, comprising: a rechargeable energy storage system (RESS) configured to couple first and second voltage buses of opposing polarity to provide energy to a primary high voltage propulsion load coupled to said RESS via a first primary contactor (PC) at said first voltage bus and a second PC at said second voltage bus; a charger device configured to couple said RESS to an energy source during an RESS charging process; a DC/DC converter configured to couple said first and second voltage buses, configured to provide energy to a secondary low voltage load, said DC/DC converter configured to releasably couple said first voltage bus or said second voltage bus; and wherein said DC/DC converter is configured for operation during said charging process and during a propulsion mode of said vehicle. | 49,927 |
9,679,823 | 1. A method of controlling polishing, comprising: storing a library having a plurality of reference spectra; polishing a substrate; measuring a sequence of spectra of light from the substrate during polishing; for each measured spectrum of the sequence of spectra, finding a best matching reference spectrum from the plurality of reference spectra to generate a sequence of best matching reference spectra, wherein finding the best matching reference spectrum uses a cell counting technique that includes determining at least one of a polishing endpoint or an adjustment for a polishing rate based on the sequence of best matching reference spectra. | 46,017 |
9,557,927 | 1. A data processing device comprising: a central processor unit; a memory comprising a control unit; a first non-volatile storage unit and a second non-volatile storage unit, wherein a data write speed of the first non-volatile storage unit is higher than a data write speed of the second non-volatile storage unit; and the central processor unit runs an operating system, the operating system comprises a block device subsystem for reading service data from the memory, or writing the service data into the memory; the control unit is configured to (a) when receiving a write request from the block device subsystem, write data corresponding to the write request into the memory and the first non-volatile storage unit and return a write finish response to the block device subsystem after the memory finishes the writing and the first non-volatile storage unit finishes the writing, wherein the data corresponding to the write request is written into the first non-volatile storage unit in a log file form; and (b) initiating data persistency process, the data persistency process comprises: writing the data corresponding to the write request into the second non-volatile storage unit. | 2,681 |
9,257,695 | 1. A battery fabrication method comprising: (a) forming on a substrate, at least a portion of a battery cell comprising a plurality of battery component films that include an underlying film with an overlying metal-containing film; (b) selecting an electromagnetic radiation beam that has a reflection coefficient from the underlying film of at least about 5%; and (c) locally heating a beam incident area on the metal-containing film by directing onto the metal-containing film, the selected electromagnetic radiation beam maintained at a fluence of at least about 800 J/cm | 40,743 |
8,668,992 | 1. A polymer comprising recurring monomeric units of the following formula: wherein at least one of X or Y comprises a fluorinated moiety and the other of X or Y comprises a fluorene derivative. | 23,716 |
8,588,869 | 1. A data collection device (DCD), comprising a motion sensor, a proximity detector, a keypad, a memory, a processor in communications with the memory, and a phone, wherein the DCD is configured to perform a method comprising: placing the DCD in a first low power mode responsive to the DCD being front down for a first predetermined period of time; placing the DCD in the first low power mode in a second low power mode responsive to the DCD being back down for a second predetermined period, wherein the second predetermined period of time is longer than the first predetermined period of time; placing the DCD in the second power mode in a third low power mode responsive to the DCD being in a position that is neither front down nor back down for a third predetermined period of time, wherein the third predetermined period of time is longer than the second predetermined period of time; and placing the DCD in one of the first power mode, the second power mode, or the third power mode in a reduced power state when the proximity detector detects the DCD is close to a user's face, wherein said reduced power states comprises a speakerphone or hands free mode. | 30,052 |
9,465,241 | 1. An apparatus for applying curing voltages to a liquid crystal substrate, comprising: a plurality of probes utilized to apply a plurality of curing voltages to the liquid crystal substrate; a plurality of window comparator circuits electrically coupled to the probes respectively for determining whether each of the curing voltages is within a threshold range; and an alarm unit electrically coupled to the plurality of window comparator circuits and utilized to give an alarm prompt when any of the curing voltages of the probes is not within the threshold range, wherein each window comparator circuit comprises: | 9,897 |
9,782,694 | 1. A method for treating a feed stream comprising hydrocarbons and an aqueous-based liquid, comprising: pre-treating a plurality of media composite pellets with an aqueous liquid to produce a plurality of pre-treated media composite pellets, each media composite pellet comprising a mixture of a cellulose-based material and a polymer; introducing the feed stream comprising hydrocarbons to an inlet of a vessel containing the plurality of pre-treated media composite pellets; and loading an amount of the hydrocarbons from the feed stream on the plurality of pre-treated media composite pellets to remove the amount of the hydrocarbons therefrom and produce a treated stream, the treated stream having a predetermined target concentration of hydrocarbons less than a concentration of hydrocarbons in the feed stream. | 4,368 |
9,030,788 | 1. A power supply system for a vehicle including a power storage device, a driving device generating a vehicle driving force with power received from said power storage device and an auxiliary machine operated with power received from said power storage device, said power supply system comprising: a pair of capacitors connected in series between terminals of said power storage device and having a connection node grounded; a voltage converter lowering an output voltage of said pair of capacitors by a switching operation of a switching element and supplying the voltage to said auxiliary machine; a voltage detector detecting an output voltage of said pair of capacitors; and a controller performing a switching control with respect to said switching element in accordance with a duty set based on a detection value of said voltage detector, said controller performing the switching control with respect to said switching element by limiting said duty when an error caused by earth faulting occurred in said driving device is detected by a detection value of said voltage detector. | 460 |
8,815,308 | 1. A method for treating skin comprising topically applying to skin in need thereof a composition that includes an effective amount of Silybum marianum extract and Momordica grosvenori fruit extract, wherein topical application of the composition treats the skin, wherein the Silybum marianum extract is a hydroalcoholic extract and the Momordica grosvenori fruit extract is a hydroglycolic extract, wherein treating skin comprises retaining skin moisture, treating chapping, flaking, cracking, or dry skin, restoring moisture, controlling skin oil, controlling excess oil production in sebaceous gland, treating wrinkles, treating age spots, reducing skin irritation, reducing erythema, or treating itchiness, and wherein the skin is dry skin and wherein the composition further includes an effective amount of | 22,326 |
9,277,882 | 1. A contactless electrocardiographic sensor, comprising: a carrier for mounting to an object; an electrode attached to the carrier; a pressure sensor disposed to detect pressure between the electrode and the carrier; and a moisture sensor and a temperature sensor mounted to at least one of the carrier and the electrode and adjacent to at least one opening in the electrode. | 45,297 |
9,540,632 | 1. A plankton separating device comprising: a darkened chamber having an outer perimeter surrounding a vertical central axis, and a maximum outer perimeter dimension that extends downwardly to a darkened narrowed section which ends at a port at the bottom, wherein the darkened narrowed section has an inner opening having a size above 13 mm and up to 21.5 mm ±2 mm and an openable closure; and a light permeable collection tube extending along the vertical central axis attached to the port for allowing highly directional ambient light to enter the collection tube and pass upwardly through the darkened narrowed section and inner opening which are configured to produce a narrow defined beam of light upwardly into the darkened chamber along the vertical central axis without inhibiting zooplankton migration therethrough when the closure is open, wherein the collection tube is of sufficient length to reinforce migration of the zooplankton downwardly, by extending downwardly away from the darkened chamber beyond a point that makes about a 20°±2° angle to the vertical central axis while extending to a nearest location of maximum outer perimeter dimension of the darkened chamber, thereby providing a contrast shadow from the darkened chamber relative to the collection tube simulating a predator to zooplankton, and a length in the collection tube for zooplankton to migrate from and move away from the darkened chamber a sufficient distance to minimize zooplankton collected in the collection tube from migrating back into the darkened chamber, thereby separating plankton into its component parts, wherein the closure is configured to be changed from a closed state to an open state. | 49,468 |
9,260,703 | 1. A method of detecting transcription of a DNA molecule, the method comprising contacting a cell with a detector molecule and a chimeric RNA polymerase molecule comprising a detector binding domain that specifically binds to the detector molecule, wherein the detector molecule and the chimeric RNA polymerase molecule localize to the nucleus of the cell; wherein the detector molecule comprises; a) a chimeric RNA polymerase binding domain (CRPBD) capable of binding to the detector binding domain, b) a peptide nucleic acid (PNA) complementary to a portion of an RNA molecule; and c) a signaling moiety, and wherein when the chimeric RNA polymerase transcribes the DNA to produce a nascent RNA molecule, the PNA binds to the nascent RNA molecule and a signal is emitted by the detector molecule, and detecting the signal, thereby detecting transcription of the DNA molecule. | 23,428 |
8,984,370 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a first non-volatile memory component comprising blocks configured to store data; and a second memory component configured to store error correction information related to the blocks storing the data, wherein the first memory component and the second memory component are of different types, wherein the first non-volatile memory component experiences a first rate of degradation and the second memory component experiences a second rate of degradation, wherein the second rate of degradation is less than the first rate of degradation. | 10,819 |
9,118,210 | 1. A system, comprising: a battery for providing electrical power to a starter mechanism and an auxiliary load; an electric double-layer capacitor (“EDLC”) electrically connectable to said battery and the auxiliary load; a separation switch electrically connected between said battery and said EDLC that electrically separates said battery from said EDLC; and a charge regulation switch electrically connected between said separation switch and said EDLC for regulating the charge stored by said EDLC; said charge regulation switch configured to close when (1) the voltage across the battery is less than a predetermined maximum voltage of the EDLC and (2) the absolute value of the difference between the voltage across the EDLC and the voltage across the battery is less than a first predetermined calibration value. | 28,975 |
9,680,509 | 1. An apparatus including a plurality of memory devices, the apparatus comprising: a processor to store a portion of an error correction codeword in each of the plurality of memory devices; and an errors and erasures decoder to decode errors and erasures of the plurality of memory devices, wherein the errors and erasures decoder is operable to: | 1,523 |
9,410,668 | 1. A light string comprising: a plurality of jacketed light emitting diode assemblies electrically connected to one another, at least one of the jacketed light emitting diode assemblies comprising drive wires configured to electrically connect the jacketed light emitting diode assemblies of the light string to a power source. | 17,344 |
8,862,301 | 1. An inverted pendulum type vehicle including at least a first moving operation unit operable to move on said floor surface, a first actuator device for driving the first moving operation unit, a base assembled with the first moving operation unit and the first actuator device, and an occupant boarding member assembled to the base so as to be tiltable with respect to a vertical direction, the first moving operation unit being configured to move in all directions including a forward-rearward direction and a left-right direction of an occupant boarded on the occupant boarding member by a driving force of the first actuator device, the inverted pendulum type vehicle comprising: a second moving operation coupled to one of the first moving operation unit and the base such that an interval is formed between the second moving operation unit and the first moving operation unit in the forward-rearward direction, said second moving operation unit being configured to move on the floor surface in all the directions; a second actuator device for generating a driving force for making at least the second moving operation unit move in the left-right direction; and a control device for performing a turning processing for controlling the first actuator device and the second actuator device such that the second moving operation unit has a different velocity from the first moving operation unit in the left-right direction when the occupant boarded on the occupant boarding member performs a predetermined steering operation of steering the inverted pendulum type vehicle for turning the inverted pendulum type vehicle; wherein: the control unit determines that the predetermined steering operation was performed based on at least one of a turning command output from a joystick or a tilting of the occupant boarding member for turning, and the control device performs the turning processing when the predetermined steering operation is performed, and also when at least an external force application state of an external twisting force for turning the inverted pendulum type vehicle about a substantially vertical yaw axis thereof is applied to the inverted pendulum type vehicle. | 37,465 |
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