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9,512,825 | 1. A power-generating device in the shape of a dome, the power-generating device comprising: a. a support structure; b. a first layer forming an interior; c. a second layer forming an exterior; and d. a hot-air powered turbine used to generate electricity, the hot-air powered turbine located atop the support structure, the hot-air powered turbine comprising: e. a wind turbine including: f. wherein the rotatable hub of the wind turbine directly mechanically connects to the hub of the hot-air powered turbine, allowing rotation of the wind turbine to generate electricity using the one or more magnetic tips of the hot-air powered turbine. | 47,552 |
8,723,529 | 1. A semiconductor device comprising: a first pad that receives an external voltage during a test; a second pad coupled to an external impedance during the test; a voltage-current converter coupled to the first pad and the second pad and configured to generate a bias current substantially in response to only the external voltage and the external impedance; and an internal circuit responsive to a test current during the test, wherein a level of the test current is defined by a level of the bias current, wherein the voltage-current converter comprises: a driving transistor coupled between a first voltage and the second pad and configured to generate the bias current in response to a bias voltage; and a comparator having inputs respectively coupled to the first pad and the second pad, having an output coupled to the gate of the driving transistor, and configured to generate the bias voltage at the output by comparing the external voltage with a reference voltage apparent at the second pad. | 19,356 |
8,910,366 | 1. A press-fitting method comprising: holding a lower end portion of a rod member to be press-fitted with a holding jig; and while holding a link member including an insertion hole with a pressing jig, moving the pressing jig downward to sequentially push the link member to a determined position of the rod member, wherein the pressing jig includes: wherein the rod member includes a chamfered part at an end thereof, wherein the link member is attracted and held by the pressing jig, wherein the moving the pressing jig is performed after the insertion hole of the link member has been aligned with the chamfered part of the rod member, wherein, in a process of the moving the pressing jig downward, the lower end portion of the guide pin is brought into contact with an upper end face of the rod member and then, the guide pin is pushed into the guide pin containing part by the upper end face of the rod member, and, when only a chamfered part of the guide pin and the chamfered part of the rod member are entered into the insertion hole of the link member, the link member can move in the direction perpendicular to the axis of the guide pin, and wherein the holding the link member further includes holding the link member on, and in a direct contact with, a magnetized surface. | 29,505 |
8,980,061 | 1. A profile bar screen for draining treatment liquor from a suspension of comminuted cellulose material and treatment liquor in an essentially cylindrical digester vessel, said profile bar screen being arranged inside the outer wall of the digester vessel forming a withdrawal chamber between the wall of the digester vessel and the profile bar screen, the profile bar screen comprising: vertical profile bar elements facing the suspension of comminuted cellulose material, said vertical profile bars arranged in parallel to each other and forming a withdrawal slot for treatment liquor between neighboring profile bars; several horizontal support arches having vertical mounting slots for holding a profile bar element in said mounting slots, the horizontal support arches having integrated support shoulders resting against the inside of the outer wall of the cylindrical digester vessel; said horizontal support arches being equipped with additional expansion slots having an open end facing towards the interior of the digester vessel and a closed end in the area of a support shoulder, allowing a flexibility of the horizontal support arches such that support shoulders rest against the wall of the digester vessel despite any local deviations from a perfect cylindrical shape of the digester vessel wall; and the expansion slots having a depth (X) through the horizontal support arches exceeding a depth (Y) of the horizontal support arches where no support shoulder is located radially outside of the support arches. | 6,710 |
8,554,730 | 1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: receiving a request to add a table to a replication domain, such that the table is replicated from a first database server to at least a second database server, wherein the table includes at least a first record; responsive to the request, generating a key value for the first record on the first database server, wherein the key value for the first record is generated by concatenating a table identifier for the table, a row identifier of the first record, and a node identifier of the first database server; subsequent to receiving the request, receiving a second record to be inserted into the table on the first database server; and by operation of one or more computer processors, generating a key value for the second record on the first database server, wherein the key value for the second record is generated by concatenating a first counter maintained by the first database server, a second counter maintained by the first database server, and the node identifier; wherein each generated key value is unique across the replication domain, wherein a column is added to the table to store the generated key values, and wherein the column is added without requiring exclusive access to the table. | 8,690 |
8,588,599 | 1. An apparatus comprising: an imaging unit configured to convert an image of an object; a detection unit configured to perform focus detection in a contrast system based on high frequency components in an image signal obtained from the imaging unit; a display unit configured to display the image in live view display; a setting member configured to set a contrast AF calibration mode; an obtaining unit configured to obtain a difference amount between a focus position selected by a photographer and an in-focus position by the focus detection unit as a contrast AF calibration amount when the focus position is selected in the contrast AF calibration mode; a storage unit configured to store the contrast AF calibration amount; and a control unit configured to perform in-focus control by adding the contrast AF calibration amount to the in-focus position at a time of shooting, wherein, in the contrast AF calibration mode, the display unit displays first image and second image, wherein the first image is the image related to the in-focus position by the focus detection unit, and the second image is the image related to the focus position surroundings the in-focus position by the focus detection unit. | 41,899 |
8,731,866 | 1. A computer-implemented method for a street light monitoring system providing automated position estimation capabilities for all street lights being present in the street light system and thereby enabling efficient management of street lamps, the method comprising: providing each street lamp of a network of numerous street lamps with a node controller and a ballast controller, the node controllers of the street lamps communicating to each other using wireless devices to build up a mesh network; providing a number of cluster controllers, the cluster controllers controlling a subset of the street lamps in the network and being equipped with a transceiver, the transceiver communicating to the mesh network; providing a cluster head, the cluster head controlling the network of street light and being coupled to the number of cluster controllers based on an external network; providing a small fraction of the street lamps in the network and less than 30% of the street lamps in the network as anchor street lamps with their absolute and relative coordinates; determining the average hop length in any minimum length path between two anchor street lamps; determining for each street lamp in the network not being provided with their absolute and relative coordinates as blind street lamps the distance of the blind street lamp to the nearest anchor street lamps based on path loss evaluating received signal strength indication, RSSI, between the street lamps in the path to the nearest anchor street lamps, assigning the measured path loss values to pre-determined distance categories, assigning the distance categories to hop link values and multiplying the hop link values with the average hop length in the respective path; inferring for each blind street lamp in the network a coarse position using multi-lateration based on the determined distances to the nearest anchor street lamps for that blind street lamp; and adjusting the coarse position by selecting for each blind street lamp coarse position the closest possible real position and if no closest possible real position is present classify the blind street lamp as not positioned. | 31,737 |
8,836,468 | 1. A keypad, the keypad comprising: a communication unit transmitting data to a plurality of inverters and receiving data from the plurality of inverters; and a controller determining whether type of a first inverter received from the communication unit is same as that of a second inverter, and performing a parameter copy if the type of the first inverter received from the communication unit is same as that of the second inverter, wherein the controller reads out a parameter of the first inverter to convert the parameter of the first inverter to a parameter corresponding to the type of the second inverter and to perform a parameter copy relative to the second inverter, if it is determined that the type of the first inverter received from the communication unit is not the same as that of the second inverter. | 38,623 |
9,553,544 | 1. A supporting rack for a solar panel comprising: a framework adapted for mounting on a support surface, said framework including two elongate runners that are spaced-apart and parallel to each other, and an elongate cross-member extending between and connecting the two runners; and means for detachably and adjustably mounting said solar panel on top of said framework so that said solar panel in use extends at an acute angle to a plane defined by the two runners and with a direction of inclination generally parallel to the runners, said mounting means including two front clamp assemblies each mountable on a respective one of said runners and clamped to a front edge of the solar panel, each front clamp assembly including a clamping mechanism for clamping said front edge in a detachable manner and a pivot pin connection for pivotally connecting said clamping mechanism to a respective one of said runners, wherein, after installation of the supporting rack on said support surface, said solar panel can be pivoted from said acute angle to the plane of the runners, which can be an operating position for generating electrical power from sun radiation, to a greater angle to said plane for facilitating maintenance, repair or inspection of one or more of said solar panel, said support racking and said support surface, wherein said clamping mechanism includes an outer clamping member, a separate base clamping member pivotally mounted on its respective pivot pin connection, and a threaded fastener device for detachably connecting the outer and base clamping members, wherein each clamping mechanism can be clamped to said front edge of the solar panel by tightening the threaded fastener device and thereby pulling the outer clamping member towards the base clamping member, and wherein said base clamping member has a hollow round portion that extends around its respective pivot pin connection, and a locking tab formed in said hollow round portion and extending into an exterior recess formed on said pivot pin connection, whereby engagement between said locking tab and either of two sides of said exterior recess prevents over rotation of the respective clamping mechanism. | 16,912 |
8,985,086 | 1. A method for controlling a spark-ignition direct injection engine, comprising: setting an effective compression ratio to be 10:1 or above, when an operating state of an engine body having a cylinder in which a geometric compression ratio is set to 12:1 or above is within a particular operating range where an engine speed is comparatively low and a load is high; retarding a spark ignition timing for a gas mixture inside the cylinder by a predetermined amount with respect to an MBT within the particular operating range, and setting a retarding amount of the spark ignition timing within a first engine speed range of the particular operating range, where the engine speed is relatively low, to be larger than a retarding amount of the spark ignition timing within a second engine speed range, where the engine speed is higher than the first engine speed range; setting an injection mode of a fuel injection valve for directly injecting fuel into the cylinder to divided injections in which the injection is performed at least twice in a period from an intake stroke to an earlier-half stage of a compression stroke within the particular operating range; performing a final injection of the divided injections in the earlier-half stage of the compression stroke, when the engine speed is within the first engine speed range of the particular operating range; and performing a final injection of the divided injections in a late stage of the intake stroke and at least one injection other than the final injection in a middle stage of the intake stroke, when the engine speed is within the second engine speed range of the particular operating range, wherein the middle stage of the intake stroke is a period within which an intake air flow velocity is the fastest, and is bordered by an early stage and a late stage of the intake stroke. | 45,651 |
9,724,475 | 1. A drug delivery pen for confirming a dosage delivery protocol, the pen comprising: a pen housing that extends from a first end to a second end along a longitudinal axis, the housing being coupled to a drug cartridge disposed proximate the first end, the drug cartridge including a volume of one or more drugs disposed therein; a microprocessor disposed in the housing and operatively connected to a power source and a memory; and an inertial sensor connected to the housing and in electronic communication with the microprocessor, wherein the microprocessor confirms the dosage delivery protocol from output signals of the inertial sensor by: | 27,080 |
9,150,110 | 1. A method for distributing energy in an electric vehicle having, as energy sources, at least one electrical energy store and at least one conditioning module with which electrical energy can be generated from fuel, the method comprises: before or at the start of a journey with the electric vehicle, recording information regarding the journey or regarding a state of the electric vehicle; during the journey: | 3,972 |
9,649,593 | 1. A solid electrolyte comprising: an epitaxial thin film crystal made of an electrolyte containing at least lithium, wherein a surface of the epitaxial thin film crystal includes terraces that are arranged in a stepped configuration, wherein the electrolyte is at least one electrolyte selected from the group consisting of La wherein the epitaxial thin film crystal is epitaxially grown on a single crystal substrate that includes terraces that are atomically flat and that are arranged in a stepped configuration, and wherein the single crystal substrate is at least one substrate selected from the group consisting of an oxide having a perovskite-type crystal structure represented by a general formula ABO | 42,940 |
8,555,198 | 1. A computer-implemented method comprising: receiving user input to navigate to a page of an electronic document; and responsive to navigation to the page: determining both a first file position of a first object on the page and a second file position of a second object on the page; searching for one or more annotations associated with a file position that is on the page and between the first file position and the second file position, the file position having a relative location that is determined with reference to the first file position; and responsive to an annotation being located that is associated with the file position that is on the page and between the first file position and second file position, causing a window to be displayed that includes the annotation, the window being configured to close responsive to receiving a user input to a portion of the page of the electronic document that is outside of the window, and the window being further configured to be navigated to display an additional annotation that is associated with the electronic document being displayed and which is one of a next annotation or a previous annotation relative to a list of annotations associated with the electronic document. | 36,827 |
8,599,993 | 1. A cylindrical nuclear fuel compact having an upper end, a lower end and a peripheral surface comprising an integral mold of a plurality of coated fuel particles which have an overcoat layer provided thereon, wherein a chamfer is formed in a corner of both of the upper end and the lower end of said nuclear fuel compact, said chamfer having a straight or curved vertical cross-section and said chamfer is formed by cutting or compression so as to intersect the overcoat layer, but so as not to damage said coated fuel particles. | 13,982 |
9,645,638 | 1. A display device comprising: at least one first direction-dependent sensor for detecting the presence of at least one person in a presence zone in front of the display device, the at least one first sensor being mounted on a housing part, wherein the first sensor has a detection zone comprising at least part of the presence zone in which the at least one person in front of the display device is present and a zone outside of the presence zone, and the display device is pivotable about at least one axis so that orientation of the at least one first sensor is altered; at least one second sensor adapted to detect the orientation of the display device, and a control unit adapted to generate a control signal in accordance with the orientation of the display device detected by the second sensor, said control signal indicating when the first sensor is oriented toward the zone outside of the presence zone and detection of a person in the presence zone by the first sensor cannot be ensured. | 37,743 |
9,575,133 | 1. A voltage detection device, comprising: first to nth voltage detectors (where n is an integer equal to or greater than 2) which are connected to a battery pack composed of a plurality of unit batteries connected together, the battery pack being divided into n blocks, the first to nth voltage detectors detecting terminal voltages of the individual unit batteries on a block-by-block basis; a controller which receives voltage detection result signals indicating results of detection of the terminal voltages from the first to nth voltage detectors respectively after ID setting operation whereby the first to nth voltage detectors are assigned mutually different unique IDs; and a communication line which connects together the controller, the first voltage detector, the second voltage detector, . . . and the nth voltage detector in series in this order, wherein the communication line includes a synchronizing clock line for transfer of a synchronizing clock signal for achieving synchronization between the controller and the voltage detectors, and in the ID setting operation, the controller outputs a synchronizing clock signal with a predetermined clock count to the synchronizing clock line between the controller and the first voltage detector, the ith voltage detector outputs a synchronizing clock signal based on a received synchronizing clock signal to the synchronizing clock line between the ith voltage detector and (i+1)th voltage detector such that a clock count in a synchronizing clock signal received by each voltage detector differs among the first to n-th voltage detectors (where i is a natural number equal to or less than (n−1)), and each voltage detector takes as its own unique ID a unique ID according to the clock count in the received synchronizing clock signal. | 43,354 |
8,621,508 | 1. A method comprising: receiving, by a distribution facility interface, a multiplexed digital data stream, from a distribution facility multiplexer, the multiplexed digital data stream including television program content having a digitized video data stream, a digitized audio data stream, and switching control information; receiving, by the distribution facility interface, a video content and an audio content; generating, via the distribution facility interface, a television programming data stream including the multiplexed digital data stream, the video content, the audio content and the switching control information, wherein the generated television programming data stream is transmitted via a satellite from a distribution facility to a head end; wherein a carrier lost detection switch is configured to automatically switch to a full screen digitized video and audio data stream in response to sensing loss of at least one of the video content or the audio content: wherein the switching control information is used to select at least one of the digitized video data stream, the digitized audio data stream, the video content or the audio content, wherein the television programming data stream includes data configured to render a multi-window screen display including content directed to a national geographic area and a window containing at least one of the video content or the audio content, and wherein the switching control information controls assembly of content of a window in the multi-window screen display to include the digitized video data stream and the video content. | 44,406 |
8,359,037 | 1. A method comprising: accessing a value of a physical characteristic of a mobile station operating in a wireless communication network; determining a sleep area of the wireless communication network, the determining including identifying, based on the accessed value for the physical characteristic of the mobile station, information which is based on a derivative of a function with respect to a sleep area radius, the function representing an estimate of resources used in a single sleep state, wherein the estimate of resources used varies with the physical characteristic; and storing data describing the determined sleep area of the wireless communication network. | 4,043 |
9,147,788 | 1. A photovoltaic cell assembly comprising: a plurality of photovoltaic cells each comprising: | 47,573 |
9,328,881 | 1. A rapidly deployable portable lighting system comprising: a low voltage rechargeable power source; a plurality of lights, each including: a wiring harness having a first end portion configured for being communicably coupled to the power source, and a second end portion having a plurality of second quick-release connector portions disposed in spaced relation thereon, the second quick-release connector portions configured for quick-release engagement with the first quick-release connector portions to supply power from the power source to the lights; a controller configured to communicate with the lights via the communication modules and to control status of the lights by selectively switching individual ones of the LEDs on and off, independently of one another, to control illumination within the field of illumination, and by selectively varying power consumption and level of illumination to optimize charge status of the power source; and a smart case having the power source and controller integrally disposed therein, the smart case being further configured to receive the lights and wiring harness therein for storage and transport, and to selectively permit the lights and wiring harness to be removed from the case for deployment, wherein the first end portion is communicably coupled to the power source and the second end portion is extended to the lights disposed in spaced relation within a tent or other area to be illuminated; wherein the power source further includes local rechargeable power sources disposed within, and in communication with the LEDs and the communication modules of, each of the lights; and wherein the controller is configured to communicate information on said status during said storage and transport, as well as when the lights are deployed, said information including the charge status for the power sources. | 3,911 |
9,640,767 | 1. An electronic device comprising: a phosphine oxide functionalized triazine represented by Chemical Formula 1 below as an interface material: in Chemical Formula 1, Ar L is (C6-C20)arylene substituted with at least one fluorine; Ar the heteroaryl includes at least one heteroatom selected from N, O, and S, wherein the electronic device is at least one selected from an organic solar cell, a perovskite solar cell, an organic field-effect transistor, and an organic thin film transistor. | 10,401 |
8,559,704 | 1. A three-dimensional vision sensor comprising a stereo camera; a parameter calculation unit which extracts a plurality of characteristic points in a calibration pattern which is designed to enable extracting, therefrom, a plurality of characteristic points having certain positional relationship relationships thereamong, from a stereo image created through an image pickup on the calibration pattern by the stereo camera, and further calculates a parameter for three-dimensional measurement using the extracted characteristic points; a parameter storage unit in which the parameter for three-dimensional measurement is registered; a model creation unit which performs three-dimensional measurement processing using the parameter registered in the parameter storage unit on a stereo image created through an image pickup on a predetermined recognition-target object by the stereo camera for creating a three-dimensional model for the recognition-target object using a result of the measurement; a three-dimensional-model storage unit in which the created three-dimensional model is registered; and a three-dimensional recognition unit which performs three-dimensional measurement processing using the parameter registered in the parameter storage unit on a stereo image created by an image pickup for the recognition-target object by the stereo camera and, further, compares the result of the measurement with the three-dimensional model registered in the three-dimensional-model storage unit for recognizing a position and an attitude of the recognition-target object, the three-dimensional vision sensor further comprising: a coordinate acquisition unit which, in response to an image pickup performed on a plane provided with predetermined characteristic patterns by the stereo camera, performs three-dimensional measurement processing for at least three representative points in the predetermined characteristic patterns, using a stereo image created by the image pickup performed on the plane and the parameter calculated by the parameter calculation unit, for acquiring three-dimensional coordinates of respective of the representative points, and a determination unit Which, based on the three-dimensional coordinates of respective of the representative points which have been acquired by the coordinate acquisition unit, specifies a calculation equation expressing a plane including the acquired three-dimensional coordinates and determines a positional relationship between the plane expressed by the calculation equation and a plane recognized as having a height of zero through three-dimensional measurement processing using the parameter calculated by the parameter calculation unit, and wherein the model creation unit corrects the parameter registered in the parameter storage unit based on the positional relationship determined by the determination unit, further performs three-dimensional measurement processing using the corrected parameter, and creates the three-dimensional model using the three-dimensional coordinates each indicating a height of 0 or more, out of the three-dimensional coordinates obtained from the three-dimensional measurement processing using the corrected parameter. | 10,498 |
9,178,408 | 1. A method comprising: driving a gate of a high-side transistor of a switching regulator using a high-side driver circuit, the high-side driver circuit including a positive voltage terminal electrically coupled to a first power rail; driving a gate of a low-side transistor of the switching regulator using a low-side driver circuit, the low-side driver circuit including a positive voltage terminal electrically coupled to a second power rail; powering the second power rail via a voltage source electrically coupled to the second power rail, irrespective of whether a transistor electrically coupled between the second power rail and the first power rail is operating in a conductive state; measuring an output current passing through an output terminal of the switching regulator; and in response to an increase in the measured output current: | 26,801 |
9,299,364 | 1. A method for robust fingerprinting of audio signals in a processor, the method comprising: structuring a received one dimensional (1D) audio signal into overlapping audio frames; applying a constant Q-factor transform (CQT) to the overlapping audio frames to generate a two dimensional (2D) CQT data structure representation of the audio frames; processing octaves of the 2D CQT data structure to determine regions of interest within the 2D CQT data structure and peak interest points within selected interest regions; generating multidimensional descriptors in windows around the peak interest points; applying a quantizer threshold to the multidimensional descriptors to generate audio signatures representing the received 1D audio signal; and applying a compacting discrete cosine transform (DCT) on a set of regularly spaced regions generated across one or more octaves in 2D CQT array frequency axes directions, wherein the multidimensional descriptors are generated with a length based on a PxQ descriptor box and on generated DCT coefficients. | 25,330 |
8,988,124 | 1. A semiconductor integrated circuit comprising: a D-FF circuit; and a switch control circuit, wherein the D-FF circuit includes wherein the input buffer does not receive the second control clock, wherein none of the master flip-flop, the master-slave switch, and the slave flip-flop receive the first control clock, and wherein the switch control circuit includes: | 42,122 |
9,467,043 | 1. A buck switching regulator being configured to receiving an input voltage and to generate a regulated output voltage, the buck switching regulator controlling a high-side switch and a low-side switch based on a feedback control scheme to drive a switch output node between the high-side switch and the low-side switch for generating a switching output voltage, the switch output node being coupled to an LC filter to generate the regulated output voltage having a substantially constant magnitude on an output node, the buck switching regulator comprising: a controller circuit configured to generate a high-side turn-on signal and a low-side turn-on signal, the high-side turn-on signal being asserted to turn on the high-side switch and the low-side turn-on signal being asserted to turn on the low-side switch, the high-side turn-on signal and the low-side turn-on signal being asserted alternately to turn on the high-side switch and the low-side switch alternately to generate the switching output voltage at the switching output node between the high-side switch and the low-side switch, the switching output voltage having a switching frequency defined by the on-time and the off-time of the high-side switch; a voltage control loop configured to cause the controller circuit to assert the high-side turn-on signal to turn on the high-side switch in response to a feedback signal being equal to or less than a reference signal, the feedback signal being indicative of the regulated output voltage; and a frequency control loop configured to cause the controller circuit to deassert the high-side turn-on signal to turn off the high-side switch in response to a frequency correction signal related to a phase difference between an input frequency and a reference frequency, the frequency control loop being configured to receive the switching output voltage from the switch output node as an input clock signal, the input clock signal being derived from the switching output voltage and the input frequency of the input clock signal being the switching frequency or being a divided down frequency of the switching frequency, wherein the voltage control loop is configured to adjust a duty cycle of the high-side switch to maintain the regulated output voltage at a desired voltage level while the frequency control loop is configured to adjust the on-time of the high-side switch to maintain the switching frequency to within a frequency range of the reference frequency. | 14,813 |
9,693,994 | 1. A method of inhibiting a bacterial toxin that increases or stimulates production of cAMP in a subject comprising administering an effective dose of a class Ila Histone deacetylase (HDAC) inhibitor to the subject, wherein the class IIa HDAC inhibitor is valproic acid (sodium 2-propylpentanoate), Trichostatin A ((2E,4E,6R)-7-(4-(Dimethylamino)phenyl)-N-hydroxy-4,6-dimethyl-7-oxo-2,4-heptadienamide), LMK235 (N-[[6-(Hydroxyamino)-6-oxohexyl]oxy]-3,5-dimethylbenzamide), MC1568 (3-[5-(3-(3-Fluorophenyl)-3-oxopropen-1-yl)-1-methyl-1H-pyrrol-2-yl]-N-hydroxy-2-propenamide) or SAHA (N-Hydroxy-N′-phenyloctanediamide); and wherein the inhibitor inhibits HDAC4. | 21,388 |
9,020,082 | 1. A method comprising: by a detector: receiving from a low frequency equalizer a first data signal and a first error signal, the first data signal including data points with one of at least two possible values; matching a tail portion of the first data signal to a tail pattern of a first extended filter-pattern, the tail pattern of the first extended filter-pattern including: based upon the first error signal at a given location within the first data signal, upon matching the tail portion to the tail pattern, and upon the imbalance, producing a first output signal indicating whether a long-term residual intersymbol interference of the first data signal on the first error signal has a positive sign or a negative sign for use in determining an equalizer coefficient. | 1,214 |
9,241,429 | 1. A power module comprising: a plurality of semiconductor devices constituting upper/lower arms of an inverter circuit; a plurality of conductive plates arranged to face electrode surfaces of the semiconductor devices; and a module case configured to accommodate the semiconductor devices and the conductive plates, wherein the module case includes, a heat radiation member made of plate-like metal and facing a surface of the conductive plate, and a metallic frame body having an opening portion that is closed by the heat radiation member, wherein a heat radiation fin unit having a plurality of heat radiation fins vertically arranged thereon is provided at a center of the heat radiation member, and a joint portion with the frame body is provided at an external peripheral edge of the heat radiation member, and the heat radiation member has a thermal conductivity higher than that of the frame body, and the frame body is of a higher rigidity than that of the heat radiation member. | 36,193 |
9,627,555 | 1. A power inverter docking system for a photovoltaic module, the power inverter docking system comprising: a docking member adapted to be removably coupled to the photovoltaic module, wherein the docking member comprises a base surface having a first access opening defined therein; and a junction box adapted to be secured to the docking member, wherein the junction box comprises: | 43,331 |
9,223,025 | 1. A method comprising: directing at least one laser beam pulse from a laser that is mounted on a moving underwater vehicle toward an underwater structure while the vehicle is at a first location relative to the underwater structure; detecting light that is reflected from the underwater structure using a light detector mounted on the underwater vehicle; generating at least one data point cloud from the detected light autonomously in real time, each data point cloud being suitable for generating a scanned three-dimensional virtual model of the underwater structure; aligning data points in at least one of the data point clouds to a pre-existing three dimensional virtual model of the underwater structure autonomously in real time; and while aligning the data points in at least one of the data point clouds to a pre-existing three dimensional virtual model of the underwater structure autonomously in real time, moving the underwater vehicle from the first location to a second location relative to the underwater structure. | 27,274 |
8,849,816 | 1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: receiving a request for a personalized media chart that lists media assets as recommendations in a relevant order for a user, the media assets initially ordered in the personalized media chart according to a chart rank for each media asset; determining relevance factors for a media asset, the relevance factors for the media asset indicating a relevance of the media asset to the user and including a relevance factor based at least in part on a user history and preferences; calculating a personal chart rank adjustment for the media asset based at least in part on the relevance factor of the media asset that is based at least in part on the user history and preferences; reordering the media asset in the personalized media chart according to the personal chart rank adjustment for the media asset; after said reordering the media asset according to the personal chart rank adjustment, calculating a social chart rank adjustment for the media asset based at least in part on a social context of the media asset to social contacts that are associated with the user; and after said reordering the media asset according to the personal chart rank adjustment, reordering the media asset in the personalized media chart according to the social chart rank adjustment for the media asset. | 17,228 |
9,446,956 | 1. Nanodiamond powder comprising sp 3 carbon, wherein a content of sp a content of S (sulfur), Fe (iron), Al (aluminum) and Si (silicon) is each less than 0.01 wt %, wherein the nanodiamond powder comprises clusters of a nanodiamond particle, and an average diameter of the cluster is less than 102 nm. | 43,422 |
9,394,224 | 1. A process for producing (meth)acrylate monomers, the process comprising: a) forming a mixture by admixing: a1) reactant alkyl (meth)acrylate; a2) from 10 to 10,000 parts per million by weight, based on the weight of the reactant alkyl (meth)acrylate, of a free radical polymerization inhibitor; and a3) optionally, a reactant alcohol and/or a catalyst: b) if the mixture contains more than 1.1 weight percent water, then dehydrating the mixture so that it contains from 1.0 to 1.1 weight percent water, based on the weight of the mixture; c) adding reactant alcohol and/or catalyst to the mixture, as needed, such that the molar ratio of reactant alcohol to reactant alkyl (meth)acrylate is from 1:1 to 1:20, and such that the catalyst is present in a catalytic amount; d) reacting the reactant alcohol with the reactant alkyl (meth)acrylate in a reaction zone at a temperature of from 70 to 125° C. and a pressure of from 100 mm Hg (13.3 kPa) to 900 mm Hg (120.0 kPa), with the proviso that the water content in the reaction zone at the start of this step is from 1.0 to 1.1 weight percent, based on the weight of the materials in the reaction zone; e) creating a crude product by removing a mixture of alkyl (meth)acrylate and alcohol; f) optionally adding water to enable recycling of the catalyst; g) optionally recycling the reactant alkyl (meth)acrylate; and h) optionally distilling the crude product; wherein the catalyst is selected from the group consisting of dibutyl tin oxide, lithium carbonate, and lithium hydroxide. | 29,931 |
8,907,576 | 1. A method of manufacturing an electrical circuit for driving a light emitting diode (LED) based lamp comprising: providing a first LED string including one or more LEDs; electrically coupling a first current control transistor to the first LED string in series with the first LED string, the first current control transistor capable of operating in a linear mode for current to flow through the first LED string and the first current control transistor; electrically coupling a second LED string to the first LED string at an anode terminal of both the first LED string and the second LED string, the second LED string including one or more color strings, each of the one or more color strings including at least one LED, the one or more color strings coupled in series; electrically coupling a second current control transistor in series with the second LED string, the second current control transistor capable of operating in a linear mode for current to flow through the second LED string and the second current control transistor; electrically coupling a color bypass transistor in parallel to a particular color string of the one or more color strings, the color bypass transistor capable of operating in a linear mode for the color bypass transistor to bypass at least a portion of current through the particular color string; and electrically coupling a control device to the first current control transistor and the second current control transistor, the control device capable of switching a voltage ratio between control terminals of the first current control transistor and the second current control transistor, wherein the control device includes a potentiometer or a mechanical switch coupled to a voltage divider. | 44,741 |
8,887,602 | 1. A method for handling portions of products by means of an apparatus having a product conveyor, at least one sensor, and an automatic weight compensation unit including a robot, the method comprising: cutting the product with a cutting apparatus to form portions having a predetermined weight; conveying the portions sequentially along a conveying direction by way of the product conveyor; determining the weight of the conveyed portions with the at least one sensor; transporting the conveyed portions, with the robot of the automatic weight compensation unit, if the conveyed portions are not below the predetermined weight, to a placement area where no further product is added to the portions; and automatically adding at least one single product to the conveyed portions with the robot of the automatic weight compensation unit if the conveyed portions are below the predetermined weight, based on the weight determined by the at least one sensor. | 7,907 |
8,674,659 | 1. A charge control device that controls charging and discharging of a storage battery in which a plurality of storage blocks, each including a plurality of storage elements, are connected in series, the charge control device comprising a first voltage sensor and a second voltage sensor that detect a voltage value of a first storage block and a voltage value of a second storage block, respectively, the first and second storage blocks included in the plurality of storage blocks, wherein when performing a charge and discharge process in which a charge mode, in which the storage battery is charged, and a discharge mode, in which the storage battery is discharged, are alternately selected, one of the charge mode and the discharge mode is switched to the other mode based on an amount of difference between the voltage values detected by the first and second voltage sensors, and wherein in response to a temperature of the storage battery being less than or equal to a predetermined temperature, the charge and discharge process is performed to raise the temperature of the storage battery and the charge and discharge process is performed until the temperature of the storage battery is greater than the predetermined temperature. | 37,737 |
8,791,613 | 1. A flywheel levitation apparatus for a flywheel driven power storage system, the apparatus comprising: a rotor formed of a magnetic material and having a rotor face, that faces upward in a vertical direction, wherein the rotor further comprises an axis of rotation that is substantially parallel to the vertical direction, wherein the rotor is supported for rotation around the axis of rotation and is configured to allow vertical movement of the rotor along the along the axis of rotation; a stator assembly comprising: wherein the rotor face comprises a cutaway section such that the projecting section is at least partially receivable in the cutaway section, and the magnetic lifting force varies based on an amount of the vertical movement, such that the magnetic lifting force decreases in response to a downward vertical movement and increases responsive to an upward vertical movement, and the variation in the magnetic lifting force per unit of vertical movement is smaller as compared to the variation in the magnetic lifting force per unit of vertical movement that would be exhibited in an absence of the cutaway section, wherein the projecting section of the pole piece includes a lower surface that faces downward toward the rotor, and the cutaway section has a floor that faces upward in a confronting relationship with the lower surface to define a gap, having a gap size, between the rotor and the pole piece, such that the gap size changes in response to the vertical movement of the rotor along the axis of rotation such that the rotor is operable in one of a large gap configuration and a small gap configuration, wherein the large gap configuration corresponds to a first gap size and wherein the small gap configuration corresponds to a second gap size, and, wherein, in the small gap configuration, the magnetic lifting force is smaller as compared to a magnetic lifting force that would be exhibited in a flywheel levitation apparatus having the same gap size in the absence of the cutaway section, and wherein, in the large gap configuration, the magnetic lifting force is larger as compared to a magnetic lifting force that would be exhibited in a flywheel levitation apparatus having the same gap size in the absence of the cutaway section. | 37,729 |
8,836,180 | 1. A generator motor cooling structure for cooling a generator motor, which includes a housing storing an input/output shaft to which a rotor is attached and a stator disposed at an outer periphery portion of the rotor, by a cooling medium, comprising: a protrusion portion that protrudes toward a rotor core disposed at an outer periphery portion of the rotor from a surface at a side of the housing of an end side member disposed at one end portion of the housing in a direction of a central rotation axis of the input/output shaft; an annular-shaped blade that is provided at an end portion of the rotor in the direction of the central rotation axis; a cooling medium holding portion that is provided at an outer periphery portion of the blade, is opened to an inner side of the blade in the radial direction, and holds the cooling medium cooling the generator motor; and a cooling medium outflow hole that is provided at the blade and passes the cooling medium held by the cooling medium holding portion to an outer side in the radial direction, wherein the protrusion portion is provided on an inner side of a coil of the stator in a radial direction, on an outer side of a bearing attached to the input/output shaft in the radial direction, in at least a partial region on a periphery of the central rotation axis, in at least a region lower than the central rotation axis, and protrudes toward the rotor core than a surface at a side of the central rotation axis of the surface at the side of the housing of the end side member, and is disposed at an inner side in the radial direction than the opening of the cooling medium holding portion. | 32,833 |
9,665,658 | 1. An eviction system for dynamically-sized caching, comprising: at least one processor; and a non-transitory processor-readable memory device storing instructions that when executed by the at least one processor causes the at least one processor to perform operations including: | 17,136 |
9,252,132 | 1. A semiconductor device comprising: a semiconductor substrate including a major surface in which a first region and a second region are provided; an analog integrated circuit provided in the first region of the major surface; a digital integrated circuit provided in the second region of the major surface; and a ground layer facing the first region and the second region; wherein the analog integrated circuit and the digital integrated circuit include an analog ground terminal and a digital ground terminal, respectively; the ground layer is divided into an analog ground layer facing the first region and a digital ground layer facing the second region; the analog ground terminal and the digital ground terminal are connected to the analog ground layer and the digital ground layer, respectively; the analog ground terminal includes only a single terminal; the analog ground layer includes only a single layer; the digital ground terminal is divided into a plurality of ground terminals; the digital ground layer is divided into a plurality of ground layers to which the plurality of ground terminals are connected, respectively; the analog integrated circuit includes at least a portion of an analog-side conversion circuit which performs processing on an analog side in analog-digital conversion processing; the digital integrated circuit includes at least a portion of a digital-side conversion circuit which performs processing on a digital side in the analog-digital conversion processing; the analog ground terminal is connected to the analog-side conversion circuit; and one of the plurality of ground terminals is connected to the digital-side conversion circuit. | 44,551 |
9,307,641 | 1. A wiring substrate, comprising: a first multi-layer wiring layer including an insulating layer formed of a non-photosensitive resin; a plurality of external connection pads formed on an upper face side of the first multi-layer wiring layer; and a second multi-layer wiring layer formed on the first multi-layer wiring layer, the second multi-layer wiring layer including an insulating layer formed of a photosensitive resin, the second multi-layer wiring layer having a wiring pitch narrower than a wiring pitch of the first multi-layer wiring layer, wherein the insulating layer of the second multi-layer wiring layer is formed to be opened such that the plurality of external connection pads are exposed. | 24,041 |
9,148,964 | 1. An electrical junction box comprising: a fuse module with a terminal holding block and a plurality of fuse attachment portions that open into a first side face of a box body, the fuse attachment portions being arranged side by side in a plurality of tiers that are placed one above another; and at least first and second connector attachment portions that open into a second side face of the box body that is perpendicular to the first side face, and first and second input terminals of the fuse module respectively projecting at least partly into the first and second connector attachment portions, the connector attachment portions being shifted from one another in a direction in which the tiers of the plurality of fuse attachment portions are placed one above another. | 33,508 |
9,489,534 | 1. A multi-level security system, the system comprising: a storage medium, the storage medium partitionable into a plurality of partitions; a file system coupleable to the plurality of partitions; a plurality of enclaves each assigned a security classification level, wherein each one of the plurality of enclaves resides in a different storage partition of the storage medium; wherein data stored on the storage medium is cryptographically separated at rest on a per-enclave basis, and wherein cryptographic separation occurs at the disk block level thereby allowing individual blocks to be read and decrypted; wherein every disk block is encrypted using a unique key for each security classification level; and a reference monitor that enforces a system security policy that governs access to information between the plurality of enclaves, wherein the reference monitor allows an enclave of the plurality of enclaves having a first classification level to securely read-down to another enclave of the plurality of enclaves having a second classification level lower than the first classification level and to write to another enclave of the plurality of enclaves having the first classification level. | 19,053 |
8,764,125 | 1. A hydraulic pump, comprising: a containment body having a cylindrical cavity inside thereof, said containment body being provided with a conduit communicating with a hydraulic actuator and capable of holding a fluid; a piston having a stem, said stem being axially movable in the cylindrical cavity; a reservoir for compensation of the fluid which is in fluid communication with the cylindrical cavity; an actuation means connected to the piston to move the piston within the cylindrical cavity and to operate the hydraulic actuator; a closing means for closing or opening the communication between the reservoir and the cylindrical cavity in response to movement of said piston in said cylindrical cavity, wherein the reservoir is axially in line with said cylindrical cavity, said reservoir being disposed axially adjacent to said cylindrical cavity, said reservoir and said cavity communicating through a port arranged between said reservoir and said cylindrical cavity; and a deformable wall delimiting said reservoir to compensate for a variation of volume of said reservoir deriving from the sliding of the stem of said piston within said reservoir and from wear of one or more pads associated with said hydraulic actuator, said stem having a stem end portion, said actuation means moving said piston such that said stem end portion moves between a first position and a second position, at least a portion of said stem end portion being located at a spaced location from said reservoir in said first position, wherein said portion of said stem end portion is located outside of said reservoir in said first position, said portion of said stem end portion being located within said reservoir in said second position. | 13,115 |
8,544,713 | 1. An apparatus for coating flux on a projection of a part mounted on a printed circuit board, the projection passing through the printed circuit board and projecting from the printed circuit board, the apparatus comprising: a printed-circuit-board-holding member that holds the printed circuit board; a nozzle having an opening through which the projection is inserted into the nozzle and is withdrawn from the nozzle, such that the flux is coated on at least the projection by dipping the projection in the flux contained in the nozzle through the opening; a nozzle-moving member that moves the nozzle to a predetermined position; and a flux-supplying member that supplies the flux to the nozzle, wherein the flux-supplying member includes: a flux-storage portion that stores the flux; a cylinder having a flux-accumulating part which accumulates the flux temporarily and is connectable to the flux-storage portion and to the nozzle; a piston located in the cylinder; and a driving portion coupled to the piston for driving the piston, and wherein the cylinder has a port for supplying flux to and from the flux-accumulating part of the cylinder and the flux-supplying member includes a valve mechanism having a first port connected to the port of the cylinder, a second port connected to the nozzle and a third port connected to the flux-storage portion, the valve mechanism being operative to connect the first port either to the second port or to the third port. | 44,496 |
8,707,947 | 1. A solar collector comprising: a heat regulating medium defining a cavity therein and having an aperture communicating with the cavity for allowing solar energy incident on the aperture to enter the cavity through the aperture, said heat regulating medium being disposed within a housing; a gas that does not substantially react with the heat regulating medium at the maximum operating temperature of the medium and/or a low pressure atmosphere within the housing; an energy collection device disposed in the cavity and in thermal contact with the heat regulating medium to collect solar energy entering the cavity; and a heat exchanger in thermal contact with the heat regulating medium; wherein the heat regulating medium comprises graphite, graphite particles embedded in a thermally conductive matrix, pure carbon or a mixture of any two or more of these, wherein the heat regulating medium is formed from a plurality of adjoining heat regulator slabs, at least some of which having grooves therein, and wherein heat exchanger tubing is disposed within the grooves. | 48,904 |
9,373,830 | 1. A lithium ion secondary battery comprising an electrode body including a positive electrode sheet and a negative electrode sheet laminated by interposing a separator therebetween, and a non-aqueous electrolytic solution impregnated in the electrode body, the positive electrode sheet having active material containing lithium complex oxide, and the non-aqueous electrolytic solution containing lithium ions, wherein the separator has a heat-resistant layer containing inorganic oxide particles and a binder on at least one surface, and the inorganic oxide particles have a component containing gallium in a range of 5 to 200 weight ppm in aluminum oxide. | 30,881 |
8,686,693 | 1. A method, comprising: providing independent current measurements of a plurality of energy storage cells electrically connected to a plurality of respective converter circuits from a plurality of respective control circuits, wherein the respective converter circuits transform respective input voltages from the plurality of respective energy storage cells to respective desired output bus contribution voltages, wherein a summation of the respective desired output bus contribution voltages equals a total desired bus voltage, and wherein the plurality of energy storage cells are part of a multi-cell storage pack; providing independent voltage measurements of the plurality of energy storage cells; and receiving first control signals for a first energy storage cell of the plurality of energy storage cells, wherein the first control signals are determined according to a load policy, wherein the load policy is based on estimation of cell lifetime of the first energy storage cell relative to estimation of cell lifetimes of other energy storage cells of the plurality of energy storage cells, and wherein a first converter circuit from a first control circuit transforms a first input voltage from the first energy storage cell to a desired first output bus contribution voltage according to the first control signals. | 45,500 |
9,740,198 | 1. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium, comprising: computer code disposed on the computer readable storage medium, wherein the code comprises instructions to: | 49,950 |
8,520,249 | 1. An image processing apparatus comprising: a non-volatile storage unit constructed to store job information indicating a job which is suspended, wherein the job information is stored in the non-volatile storage unit even when a power supply of the image processing apparatus is shut off; a determination unit constructed to determine, based on the job information stored in the non-volatile storage unit, a software module, which is related to the suspended job, preferentially activated when the image processing apparatus is powered on; a control unit constructed to load, based on the determination of the determination unit, the determined software module required for executing the suspended job before loading of another software module required for executing another job being different from a type of the suspended job, which is not suspended in a case where the power is supplied to the image processing apparatus, and to execute the suspended job based on the loaded software module required for executing for executing the suspended job. | 7,604 |
8,494,595 | 1. A communication control apparatus for performing control over a plurality of base stations that provide service to mobile terminals, comprising: a receiver that receives communication conditions between each of the base stations and a mobile terminal within a serving area; and a controller that performs control over energy consumption of each of the base stations, and turns on or off power supplies of wireless communication modules of a part of a plurality of wireless communication modules in each of the base stations based on the communication conditions; wherein: based on each time band of each of the base stations, the communication control apparatus previously determines a number of the wireless communication modules necessary for turning on a power supply in advance, and sets the number of the wireless communication modules necessary for turning on a power supply in advance to more than that of service demands at a peak time in each time band of each of the base stations; and the number of the wireless communication modules of the service demands at a peak time in each time band of each of the base stations is obtained by collecting past data blocks. | 12,440 |
8,507,517 | 1. A method of producing rifaximin polymorph Form Mu comprising fast evaporation of rifaximin from a 1:1 (v/v) ethanol/heptane solution at room temperature, wherein the rifaximin polymorph Form Mu comprises an X-ray powder diffraction comprising peaks, in terms of 2θ, at two or more of about 4.72, about 4.79, about 7.84, about 8.11, about 8.36, about 8.55, about 8.70, about 9.60, and about 12.54; or two or more of about 4.72, about 4.79, about 6.29, about 6.94, about 7.44, about 7.84, about 8.11, about 8.36, about 8.55, about 8.70, about 8.88, about 9.60, about 10.15, about 10.32, about 10.88, about 11.02, about 11.20, about 12.09, about 12.54, about 12.79, about 12.96, about 13.42, about 13.63, about 13.86, about 14.54, about 14.90, about 15.25, about 15.50, about 16.00, about 16.30, about 16.62, about 16.78, about 16.97, about 17.27, about 17.47, about 17.57, about 17.84, about 18.20, about 18.57, about 18.97, about 19.42, about 19.88, about 20.78, about 21.76, about 22.18, about 22.52, about 22.83, about 23.27, about 23.70, about 24.17, about 24.47, about 24.67, about 25.26, about 25.81, about 26.53, about 26.98, about 27.55, about 28.23, about 28.50, about 28.87, and about 29.15. | 34,708 |
9,388,783 | 1. A fastening arrangement, comprising an internal combustion engine, a fuel supply device, at least one fuel distribution element extending in a longitudinal direction and having at least two connection openings for connecting a respective fuel injection device, a receiving element comprising a seat receiving at least a portion of the at least one fuel distribution element and completely surrounding at least an outer peripheral area of the at least one fuel distribution element, and at least one connecting element configured to be fastened to the at least one fuel distribution element by way of the receiving element and extending downwardly from the receiving element, wherein the at least one connecting element has at least one supporting surface provided at its downward end which is opposite from the receiving element and supporting a fastening element for fastening the at least one connecting element on the internal combustion engine, wherein a location of the fuel distribution element disposed in an elongation of the at least one connecting element in an extension direction thereof is located on a straight line connecting the at least two connection openings, wherein the at least one connecting element extends downwardly from the receiving element in a longitudinal direction enclosing an acute angle with a surface normal of the supporting surface so that the supporting surface with respect to the receiving part is arranged partially with overlap and also partially without overlap in a horizontal direction to make a head of the fastening element accessible for installation. | 39,272 |
9,429,135 | 1. A wave energy conversion device for use in a body of water, comprising: a first pontoon configured to respond to an incident wave by operating in at least a first mode of motion; a second pontoon movably attached to the first pontoon by an attachment arrangement and configured to respond to an incident wave by operating in at least one second mode of motion different from the first mode of motion; wherein a relative motion of the first pontoon to the second pontoon in response to an incident wave is converted into a desired form of energy; wherein the first pontoon and the second pontoon each comprise an elongate body, wherein the second pontoon is attached to the first pontoon at a midpoint of an elongate axis of the first pontoon, and an elongate axis of the second pontoon is traverse to the elongate axis of the first pontoon; and wherein the second pontoon has a surface area greater than a surface area of the first pontoon, and a dimension of the second pontoon along its elongate axis which is located transverse to the elongate axis of the first pontoon is greater than a dimension of the first pontoon in a direction transverse to its elongate axis. | 16,842 |
9,669,837 | 1. A hybrid vehicle comprising: an engine; a first rotational shaft having one end connected to an output shaft of the engine via a first clutch; a torque converter including a lock-up clutch and having an output shaft connected to driving wheels via a transmission; a second rotational shaft connecting the other end of the first rotational shaft and an input shaft of the torque converter; a driving electric motor connected to the second rotational shaft via a second clutch; and a control device configured to control operation of the first clutch, the second clutch, and the lock-up clutch, the control device releasing either of the first clutch and the second clutch when resonance occurs in the first rotational shaft, and releasing the lock-up clutch when resonance occurs in the second rotational shaft. | 47,007 |
8,569,541 | 1. An optical material organic compound represented by the following general formula (1): in the formula (1), X and Y represent individually a substituent selected from the following substituents, where a symbol * represents an end bonded to R 1 or R 2 , R 1 and R 2 represent individually a substituent selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having the carbon number of 1 or 2, and a (meth)acryloyl group, Z 1 and Z 2 represent individually a substituent selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, an alkoxy group having the carbon number of 1 or 2, an alkylthio group having the carbon number of 1 or 2, and a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group having the carbon number of 1 or 2, a and b represent individually an integer of 0 to 2, two Z 1 s may be the same or different when a is 2, and two Z 2 s may be the same or different when b is 2. | 20,733 |
8,622,869 | 1. In a wind driven turbine, having a plurality of rotatable blades and a transmission drive, the transmission drive comprising: a rotatable gear drive for supplying power from the wind driven turbine to at least one single generator; and at least two compound differential planetary gears, a first differential planetary gear coupled to a rotor main shaft and operatively engaged with an output gear and a second differential planetary gear mounted concentric with the second differential planetary gear, and operatively engaged with the output gear, the compound differential planetary gears each comprising: | 15,548 |
9,143,842 | 1. A signaling device for transmitting electrical signals between two wind turbine components that in operation undergo rotation relative to one another, the signaling device comprising: first and second members for coupling to respective first and second wind turbine components, the first and second members having at least intermittently opposing surfaces and undergoing relative rotation to one another about an axis of rotation perpendicular to the opposing surfaces; and one or more respective electrical paths mounted on each of the opposing surfaces in positions that, due to the relative rotation of the first and second members, at least partly correspond to each other during the rotation, wherein in operation the electrical paths are energized to create a flux that threads the corresponding electrical paths of the first and second members; wherein the axis of rotation is located outside of the one or more electrical paths, such that the electrical paths of at least one of the first and second members rotate orbitally around the axis of rotation. | 20,340 |
8,772,563 | 1. A process for producing aromatic hydrocarbons which comprises: (a) contacting ethane with a dehydroaromatization catalyst which comprises: (b) collecting the products from (a) and separating and recovering C (c) optionally recovering methane and hydrogen; and (d) optionally recycling C | 25,560 |
8,886,858 | 1. A method of providing electronic trim data for a fuel injection device to an engine system, the method comprising: reading an identifier associated with the fuel injection device, the reading of the identifier comprising scanning a code region on the fuel injection device; reading compressed trim data from the code region; accessing a database containing trim data associated with the identifier; attempting to download trim data for the fuel injection device; using the compressed trim data to error check the downloaded trim data; the method further comprising either uploading the downloaded trim data to the engine system for use in controlling fuel injection device operation in the event the downloading step succeeds or uploading the compressed trim data to the engine system for use in controlling fuel injection device operation in the event the downloading step fails; wherein the identifier read in the reading step is sent to a computer and the accessing step comprises the computer connecting to the database. | 21,126 |
8,426,649 | 1. A compound having the formula: wherein each Ar is a phenyl group; E represents C(R 4 ) 2 ; each R 4 is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, halogen, hydroxy, alkoxy, nitrate, nitrite, sulfate, a C1-C10 organic group, and a linking group; and each R 6 is independently hydrogen, a C1-C10 organic group, and/or a linking group; with the proviso that the compound is attached to a polymer, wherein the polymer comprises a polymer brush. | 37,890 |
8,803,344 | 1. An electricity generation system using wind energy to supply power to an electric grid, the system comprising: a wind turbine energy source which supplies DC electricity to an electrolyzer through a converter to produce hydrogen from water through electrolysis; a hydrogen storage tank, to store the hydrogen produced; a first, second and third fuel cell module that are supplied with hydrogen from the hydrogen storage tank and that have one electrical output each, wherein each of the first, second, and third fuel cell modules comprises at least one fuel cell, one fuel cell bypass diode, and one fuel cell circuit breaker; a DC motor having an armature winding and a field winding, wherein the armature winding is energized by the electrical output of the first fuel cell module and the field winding is user-configurable such that it can be energized either by the electrical output of the second fuel cell module or by rectified electricity from the electric grid; a single phase or a three phase AC generator having a field winding, wherein the generator is mechanically connected to the DC motor through a shaft and wherein the field winding is user-configurable such that it can be energized either by the electrical output of the third fuel cell module or by rectified electricity from the electric grid; a step-up voltage transformer to connect the output of the AC generator to the electric grid; high voltage overhead or underground cables to connect the AC generator to the transformer primary and to connect the transformer secondary to the electric grid; a circuit breaker that closes when the AC generator is ready to be synchronized to the electric grid; and a controller configured to (a) monitor the first, second, and third fuel cell modules and control the current they supply to the DC motor and AC generator by switching the fuel cell circuit breakers based on the desired output power; (b) provide sufficient torque to start up and drive the DC motor and AC generator; (c) limit the destructive starting current drained by the DC motor; (d) synchronize and connect the system to the electric grid; and (e) smooth the loading/unloading rate of the fuel cells. | 8,784 |
9,708,316 | 1. The compound of the formula wherein: R is or a heterocyclic or heterobicyclic group substituted with 0-4 R 2 ; X R R R R R R R R R R R m is 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4; n is 0, 1, 2 or 3; and/or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, tautomer or stereoisomer thereof. | 42,319 |
8,450,574 | 1. A seed of soybean cultivar 13350612, representative seed of said soybean cultivar having been deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-12761. | 13,705 |
9,775,251 | 1. A circuit for controlling a power transistor of a direct current/direct current (DC/DC) converter, the circuit comprising: first and second transistors coupled in series between a first reference voltage and a control terminal of the power transistor, said first and second transistors defining a first junction node therebetween; third and fourth transistors coupled in series between the control terminal and a second reference voltage, said third and fourth transistors defining a second junction node therebetween, wherein a source terminal of the second transistor is coupled with a drain terminal of the third transistor to form an output junction node, the output junction node being configured to drive the control terminal of the power transistor; said first and second transistors having a first conductivity type different from a second conductivity type of said third and fourth transistors; and a capacitive element coupled between the first and second junction nodes. | 35,671 |
8,517,662 | 1. An apparatus for producing electricity, comprising: a tower having first sprinklers capable of adding moisture at a top of the tower to hot-dry air so as to generate a downdraft of wind within an interior of the tower so as to create generated wind at a bottom of the tower; vanes coupled to an exterior of the tower that at least partially define elongated pockets at the exterior of the tower, and flaps located within the pockets configured to redirect incident wind downwards to create captured wind at the bottom of the tower; and at least a first wind tunnel configured to receive at least one of the generated wind or the captured wind, and convert at least one of the generated wind and the captured wind into electricity. | 36,401 |
9,202,190 | 1. A method comprising: inserting a first identification device into a non-discrete good; sending an authentication key to the first identification device in the non-discrete good; receiving an acknowledgement from the first identification device indicating that a sender of the authentication key has been authenticated by the first identification device; sending a data request to the first identification device in response to receiving the acknowledgement; receiving a response to the data request from the first identification device; determining a characteristic of the non-discrete good from the response from the first identification device by a tracking system, the characteristic including location information describing an actual location of the first identification device as well as a property of the non-discrete good; and determining, by a computer with a processor and memory unit, a loss of or addition to the non-discrete good by comparing the actual location for the first identification device and a relative location of the first identification device to any other identification device within the non-discrete good to an expected location for the first identification device and the relative location of the first identification device to the other identification device within the non-discrete good. | 2,648 |
9,224,001 | 1. A method of implementing access restrictions on a mobile device during a remote management session, the method comprising: establishing a remote management session between a console and a mobile device; providing an access control policy to the mobile device; attempting, by the console, to access an application on the mobile device; receiving at the console an access control violation notification on a condition that a violation is detected, wherein a user of the mobile device determines the access control violation; and perceiving a pre-defined image of the mobile device at the console upon disapproval by the user of the mobile device of an access attempt of the application. | 48,252 |
9,163,414 | 1. A floor panel comprising: a substrate; and a top layer glued to the substrate; wherein the substrate is a water resistant synthetic material board; wherein the top layer includes a back layer provided on the substrate, a print provided on a synthetic material film, and a transparent wear layer provided on the print, such that the synthetic material film is located between the back layer and the transparent wear layer, and such that the print is located between the synthetic material film and the transparent wear layer; wherein the synthetic material board is an extruded board including synthetic material and filler; wherein each of the back layer and the transparent wear layer is a vinyl layer; wherein the floor panel is of rectangular shape defined by two pairs of opposite edges and has a thickness between 7 and 10 millimeters; wherein the top layer has a thickness of 0.5 to 3 millimeters; and wherein at least at one pair of opposite edges the floor panel includes mechanical coupling means having profiles formed for at least 70 percent of their circumference in the synthetic material board; wherein the mechanical coupling means is for enabling | 10,760 |
9,733,396 | 1. A touch panel, comprising: a cover lens; a touch-sensing unit; and a first decoration layer separating the cover lens from the touch-sensing unit, wherein: the first decoration layer and the touch-sensing unit have a first adhesive force per unit area therebetween; the first decoration layer and the cover lens have a second adhesive force per unit area therebetween; and the first adhesive force per unit area is greater than the second adhesive force per unit area. | 46,804 |
9,802,502 | 1. A method for creating a collective energy reserve network comprising: receiving, by at least one server, first location data from a first remote device indicating a location at which a user of the first remote device is requesting information regarding creating a collective energy reserve not yet existing; providing, by the at least one server, energy reserve data to the first remote device as a function of the first location data, the energy reserve data including representations of possible locations for creating the collective energy reserve on a graphical user interface displayed on the first remote device; in response to selection of one or more of the possible locations via the graphical user interface by the user, receiving, by the at least one server, interest data from the first remote device to permit creation of the collective energy reserve, the interest data including information regarding participation in creating the collective energy reserve at one or more of the possible locations; and creating the collective energy reserve as a function of the interest data, wherein the creating the collective energy reserve as a function of the interest data includes determining, by the at least one server, a level of participation in creating the collective energy reserve from the interest data and creating the collective energy reserve when the interest data received by the at least one server indicates the level of participation reaches a predetermined threshold, the collective energy reserve being a common bank of emergency backup power and energy from which users hold an ownership interest and defined rights. | 302 |
8,681,925 | 1. A method of operating a nuclear reactor in which a corrosion-resistant oxide coating film having a property of a p-type semiconductor is formed on a surface of a metal component of a reactor structure exposed to high-temperature water, the method comprising: monitoring, during operation of the nuclear reactor, a corrosion potential directly at the surface of the metal component to examine a property of the corrosion-resistant oxide coating film; and controlling a water chemistry in the reactor such that, when the corrosion-resistant oxide coating film loses the property of the p-type semiconductor, the corrosion-resistant oxide coating film is treated under a reducing atmosphere to thereby maintain and restore the corrosion-resistant oxide coating film having the property of the p-type semiconductor. | 3,068 |
8,847,454 | 1. A rotating electric machine, comprising: a stator that includes a stator core and a stator winding wound at the stator core; and a rotor that is rotatably supported so as to rotate freely relative to the stator and includes a rotor core, with a plurality of magnetic poles formed at the rotor core and auxiliary salient poles formed for reluctance torque generation each between two successive magnetic poles set next to each other, wherein: each of the magnetic poles of the rotor comprises a magnet insertion hole formed at the rotor core, a permanent magnet that is inserted in the magnet insertion hole, and a nonmagnetic portion formed between the permanent magnet and an auxiliary salient pole; the permanent magnet is magnetized so as to achieve one polarity of N polarity and S polarity on a stator side thereof and achieve the other polarity on the opposite side wherein a magnetizing direction is reversed at every magnetic pole formed along a circumferential direction of the rotor; at the rotor, a portion of the rotor core present over an area located toward the stator relative to the permanent magnet functions as a magnetic pole piece and a portion of the rotor core present over an area located toward the stator relative to the nonmagnetic portion function as a bridge portion connecting the magnetic pole piece with the auxiliary salient pole; a side of the nonmagnetic portion located toward the stator includes a first side at the bridge portion, extending from a side where the permanent magnet is present toward an auxiliary salient pole along a virtual circular arc centered on a rotational axis of the rotor and passing through the permanent magnet insertion hole at a position closest to the stator, and a side of the nonmagnetic portion located toward the auxiliary salient pole includes a second side extending further away from the stator, with the first side and the second side connected through a curved line; and the first side has a non-projecting circular form concentric to the virtual circular arc centered on the rotational axis of the rotor and passing through a point where a surface of the magnet insertion hole on the outer circumferential side and the first side intersect each other. | 15,335 |
8,730,509 | 1. An image processing apparatus that is capable of accessing a network via a control apparatus, comprising: a receiving unit configured to receive setup information to be set to the image processing apparatus from another image processing apparatus on the network; an obtaining unit configured to obtain setup information to be set to the control apparatus from the setup information received by the receiving unit when the setup information to be set to the control apparatus is included in the setup information received by the receiving unit; a setting unit configured to set the setup information received by the receiving unit to the image processing apparatus; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit to the control apparatus the setup information to be set to the control apparatus obtained by the obtaining unit, so as to set the setup information to the control apparatus. | 9,898 |
9,032,060 | 1. A method of transitioning to a new network on a mobile device, the method comprising: utilizing, at the mobile device, a current network having a current signal strength and a current bandwidth; transmitting, from the mobile device, a request to select another network to a service provider server, wherein the service provider server: selecting, by the mobile device, a new network having a higher actual bandwidth with respect to the current bandwidth and a lower actual signal strength with respect to the current signal strength: wherein the actual bandwidth and the actual signal strength are independent characteristics of the network and are unrelated to each other; and transitioning, within the mobile device, to the new network having the lower actual signal strength and the higher actual bandwidth. | 36,469 |
9,096,799 | 1. A luminescent element, comprising: a luminescent substrate; and a metal layer with a metal microstructure formed on a surface of the luminescent substrate, wherein the luminescent substrate comprises luminescent materials with a chemical composition of Y wherein the luminescent substrate is luminescent glass doped with luminescent materials with a chemical composition of Y wherein the glass has a chemical composition of 20Na | 6,196 |
8,980,946 | 1. A method for treating obesity in a human patient having an initial body mass index at least about 30 kg/m 2 , or at least about 27 kg/m 2 and suffering from weight related co-morbidity, and in need thereof, comprising parenterally administering once or twice weekly to said patient about 20 μg to about 80 μg, per kg of excess adipose tissue of the patient, of 6-O-(4-dimethylaminoethoxy)cinnamoyl fumagillol or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. | 44,570 |
8,530,599 | 1. A method for detecting a hydrophobic mass, comprising: contacting an area comprising a hydrophobic mass with an agent comprising hydrophobic silica particles, wherein the silica particles comprise a dye and/or colored particles; and detecting, based upon the step of contacting an area, that the area contains the hydrophobic mass, the hydrophobic mass comprising a hydrophobic deposit, wherein the silica particles are obtained by a method comprising reacting together in a single step a mixture of silane ether monomers and organically modified silane ether monomers with a hydrolyzing agent. | 31,078 |
9,193,378 | 1. An electric power steering apparatus, comprising: an electric motor supported on an inner peripheral surface of a housing, having a hollow shape, and including a sun gear mounted on an outer peripheral surface of one end; a planetary gear assembly which includes a plurality of first planetary gears internally engaged with a first ring gear fitted in the housing, a plurality of second planetary gears connected to the plurality of first planetary gears by a connection shaft respectively, and internally engaged with a second ring gear, and a carrier to which both ends of the connection shaft are coupled and supported; and a pinion shaft which extends through the motor shaft, and has one end thereof on an outer peripheral surface of which a pinion gear is mounted to be engaged with a rack gear formed on a rack bar, and the other end thereof which is connected to the input shaft by means of the torsion bar, the pinion shaft being connected to the second ring gear. | 41,905 |
8,632,887 | 1. An interlayer film for a laminated glass, comprising a first layer that contains a polyvinyl acetal resin and a plasticizer, and a second layer that contains a polyvinyl acetal resin and a plasticizer and is laminated on one face of the first layer, wherein in the case of measuring viscoelasticity of a resin film formed from the first layer, the resin film, having a glass transition temperature of Tg(° C.), has an elastic modulus of G′(Tg+80) at (Tg+80)° C. and an elastic modulus of G′(Tg+30) at (Tg+30)° C., and provides a ratio (G′(Tg+80)/G′(Tg+30)) of 0.65 or higher, an amount of the plasticizer for each 100 parts by weight of the polyvinyl acetal resin in the first layer is larger than an amount of the plasticizer for each 100 parts by weight of the polyvinyl acetal resin in the second layer, and the hydroxyl content of the polyvinyl acetal resin in the first layer is lower than the hydroxyl content of the polyvinyl acetal resin in the second layer. | 49,343 |
8,807,686 | 1. A printing device, comprising: a medium supporting means for supporting a sheet print medium; a printer head, installed to a guide rail in such a way as to freely reciprocate, for discharging ink from a discharge nozzle so formed as to face downward, the guide rail being provided at a position above the medium supporting means; and a test print setting means for setting a test pattern of each color to be printed by discharging ink from the discharge nozzle, and a pattern print area in the print medium where the test pattern is printed; wherein the printing device prints on the print medium by making a combination of a motion of the printer head reciprocating along the guide rail and an operation of discharging ink from the discharge nozzle toward the print medium supported by the medium supporting means; the printer head includes a plurality of specific-color printer heads individually corresponding to each color; and the test print setting means makes a setting in such a way that, for the pattern print area where the test pattern is printed by discharging ink of a nearly-identical color as a color of the print medium, the test pattern is printed with the ink of the nearly-identical color on a primer print prepared with ink of a color other than the nearly-identical color. | 49,189 |
9,327,823 | 1. A device to reduce structural vibrations of airfoils in an aircraft, the device comprising: at least one force generator arranged in winglets provided on ends of the airfoils, the at least one force generator acting substantially in a direction of movement of the vibrations; wherein fluid from fuel tanks arranged in an area of airfoil tips is moveable in an oscillatory manner as a vibrating mass of the at least one force generator. | 24,602 |
8,533,262 | 1. An information processing apparatus, which communicates with a Web server and includes a Web browser for displaying an operation screen provided by the Web server, comprising: a transmission unit configured to transmit a request to the Web server on the basis of a user operation performed through the operation screen displayed on the Web browser; a processing unit configured to, in a case where it is requested by the Web server to perform a process on the basis of the request transmitted by the transmission unit, perform the requested process; and a control unit configured to, while the processing unit is performing the process requested by the Web server, not invalidate the request transmitted by the transmission unit, and to, while the processing unit is not performing the process requested by the Web server, invalidate the request transmitted by the transmission unit according to that there is no response from the Web server and a predetermined time out period elapses after the transmission unit transmits the request. | 24,897 |
8,390,715 | 1. A solid-state imaging device comprising: an imaging area including pixel cells arranged two-dimensionally on a semiconductor substrate, each of said pixel cells having at least (i) a photodiode which accumulates signal charge obtained through photoelectric-conversion performed on incident light, (ii) an amplifying transistor which has a gate to which a voltage is applied according to the signal charge accumulated by said photodiode, and (iii) a reset transistor which resets a potential applied to the gate of said amplifying transistor; a row selecting circuit which simultaneously drives said pixel cells arranged on a same row; a column signal line which connects in a column direction outputs of amplifying transistors, including said amplifying transistor, included in said pixel cells arranged on the same column; a pixel current source circuit which is connected to said column signal line and forms a source follower circuit along with said amplifying transistors in said pixel cells; a row signal line which transfers signals provided to said column signal line in a row direction; and a column selecting circuit which sequentially transfers to said row signal line the signals provided to said column signal line, wherein, when said row selecting circuit simultaneously drives said pixel cells arranged on rows, (i) said source follower circuit having multi-inputs and a single-output includes (a) said amplifying transistors in said pixel cells connected via said column signal line, said connected pixel cells being included in said pixels arranged on the rows, and (b) said pixel current source circuit connected with the outputs of said amplifying transistors in said pixel cells connected via said column signal line, and (ii) said source follower circuit is configured to weighted-average in a voltage area outputs of said pixel cells connected via said column signal line, and to provide the weighted-averaged outputs to said column signal line. | 36,624 |
9,669,356 | 1. An air pollution control system comprising: a boiler that is configured to combust a fuel; an air heater that is configured to recover heat of a flue gas discharged from the boiler; a precipitator that is configured to remove soot and dust contained in the flue gas after heat recovery; a desulfurization apparatus that is configured to remove sulfur oxides contained in the flue gas after dust removal with an absorbent; a solid-liquid separator that is provided downstream of the desulfurization apparatus and is configured to separate gypsum from desulfurized wastewater discharged from the desulfurization apparatus; a concentration apparatus including a heater that is provided downstream of the solid-liquid separator and is configured to heat the resulting filtrate through the solid-liquid separator to make concentrated filtrate with the heater; a flue gas introduction line that is branched from a main flue duct and is configured to branch the flue gas flowing therethrough; a spray drying apparatus provided with a spray unit that is provided downstream of the concentration apparatus and is configured to spray-dry the concentrated filtrate with the flue gas introduced from the flue gas introduction line, the flue gas introduction line being connected to the spray drying apparatus; and a flue gas supply line that is connected between the spray drying apparatus and the main gas duct and is configured to supply the flue gas discharged from the spray drying apparatus to the main flue gas duct. | 17,832 |
9,339,795 | 1. A process, comprising: fitting a cooling jacket; adding a Pd/Ce loading the solution onto a photochemical reactor and stirring continuously; collecting a sample from de-ionized water containing MTBE and designating as an initial concentration of MTBE (C saturating the sample by passing an oxygen gas using an inlet tube through the sample; exposing the sample from the saturating step to UV light; collecting the sample after exposing to UV light at a regular interval of time and estimating a reduction of an amount of MTBE in the sample using a gas chromatography. | 23,931 |
9,821,492 | 1. A process for recycling plastics, the process comprising: (a) at a temperature T (b) at a temperature T (c) at a temperature T (d) at a temperature T (e) at a temperature T (f) at a temperature T wherein processing steps (a)-(f) are implemented consecutively and in chronological order without intermediate steps, and wherein the temperature T | 31,300 |
8,568,828 | 1. A method of producing a tin-cadmium oxide film comprising: introducing a tin precursor in a carrier gas into a low pressure deposition chamber having a chamber temperature of between 500° C. and 550° C.; introducing a cadmium precursor in a carrier gas into the low pressure deposition chamber; introducing oxygen into the low pressure deposition chamber; and depositing a tin-cadmium oxide material onto a substrate wherein the tin-cadmium oxide material comprises an amorphous structure and a ratio of tin atoms to cadmium atoms of between 1:1 and 3:1. | 35,720 |
9,234,396 | 1. A fluid monitoring system comprising: a data acquisition and control interface; a hookload measurement device communicatively coupled to the data acquisition and control interface that is configured to measure a hookload of an apparatus at least partially disposed in a well bore; and one or more fluid measurement devices communicatively coupled to the data acquisition and control interface that are configured to detect volumes of one or more fluids pumped into or exiting the well bore; | 18,653 |
9,592,743 | 1. A mobile discharge device for a battery, comprising: a first electrical connection configured to make contact with a first electrical terminal of the battery; a second electrical connection configured to make contact with a second electrical terminal of the battery; an electrical resistor electrically connected firstly to the first electrical connection and secondly to the second electrical connection; a first fluid connection for connecting a fluid supply line; a second fluid connection for connecting a fluid discharge line; and a fluid channel (i) connected to the first fluid connection and the second fluid connection, and (ii) thermally coupled to the electrical resistor. | 15,200 |
9,272,636 | 1. A work vehicle comprising: a power unit; an electric motor activated by electric power from the power unit; a power control unit for controlling electric power supplied from the power unit to the electric motor; and a propelling transmission system for receiving drive power from the electric motor, wherein the power control unit is arranged in a portion of a rear fender projecting outwardly from a propelling vehicle body to cover above a rear wheel. | 15,491 |
9,190,182 | 1. A radiation imaging apparatus comprising: a radiation detector; a field modulator that modulates the radiation that reaches the detector and is defined by a transmission function; a scanner system for changing the pose of at least the field modulator; and an image reconstruction section that receives a radiation reading from the radiation detector for each of a plurality of angular orientations of the field modulator, and is configured to process the received readings to derive an image representing the amount of radiation originating from each point in an image domain, wherein the transmission function of the field modulator comprises a low transmission region that attenuates radiation incident toward the detector from angular directions defined by that low transmission region, and a high transmission region that transmits to the detector radiation that is incident toward the detector from angular directions defined by that high transmission region, wherein said regions are arranged such that: for each incident angular direction in the high transmission region, there is at least one incident angular direction in the low transmission region that is separated therefrom by less than a first angle, wherein said first angle is at most 10 degrees; and for each incident angular direction in the high transmission region, the majority of other incident angular directions in the high transmission region are separated therefrom by more than a second angle, wherein said second angle is at least 20 degrees, wherein the image reconstruction section is configured to solve matrix equations relating the radiation readings to the points in the image domain and to the poses of the field modulator. | 15,783 |
9,603,498 | 1. A vacuum cleaner comprising a vac motor and a separating assembly for separating out dust particles entrained in an airflow drawn through the separating assembly by the vac motor, the separating assembly being a multi-stage separating assembly comprising a primary separation stage and a secondary, non-cyclonic separation stage which is downstream of the primary separation stage, the non-cyclonic separation stage comprising a flow bend for changing the direction of the airflow thereby to separate out dust particles entrained in the airflow, a primary dust collector being provided for collecting dust particles separated out by the first separation stage, a secondary dust collector being provided for collecting the dust particles separated out by the flow bend, wherein the primary dust collector at least partly surrounds the secondary dust collector. | 33,569 |
8,789,039 | 1. A method comprising: installing a software program on a first computer system by way of a human interacting with the first computer system during installation of the software program, the installing by way of a plurality of operations; while installing the software program on the first computer system, programmatically duplicating, by the first computer system, each operation on a second computer system coupled to the first computer system, the duplicating of each operation on the second computer system in real time concurrently with each corresponding operation on the first computer system; programmatically analyzing a result of each operation on the first computer system against a result of corresponding each operation on the second computer system; and notifying the human, by way of the first computer system, when the result of the operation on the second computer system is unexpected; wherein programmatically duplicating further comprises: | 5,574 |
9,180,790 | 1. A DC feeder voltage control apparatus that controls a substation voltage, which is a voltage at a connection point to an overhead wire, in substations in a predetermined control section in a direct-current electrified section of an electric railway, the apparatus comprising: a model-information storing unit that stores train model information on each of trains running in the control section, substation model information on each of the substations, and feeding network model information in the control section; a fixed-voltage-value storing unit that stores a fixed voltage value of the substation voltage set for each of the substations; a train-operation-state-information acquiring unit that acquires a position of each of the trains running in the control section and operation state information on each of the trains including information concerning whether the trains are in power-running or in regeneration; a first-substation-voltage fixing unit that outputs the fixed voltage value to each of two first substations located at both ends of the control section; and a second-substation-voltage calculating unit that calculates a setting voltage value of the substation voltage in at least one second substation located between the two first substations on a basis of the train model information, the substation model information, the feeding network model information, the operation state information, the substation voltages of the first substations, and substation currents flowing out to an overhead wire from the first substations, and outputs the setting voltage value to the second substation. | 1,939 |
8,399,126 | 1. A non-aqueous electrolyte comprising a non-aqueous solvent and a lithium salt, wherein the non-aqueous solvent contains a fluorinated ether (1) represented by Formula: | 32,923 |
8,582,380 | 1. A charge sharing system, comprising: a first line configured to be driven to a first voltage representative of data to be placed on the first line and then precharged to a first precharge voltage; a second line configured to be driven to a second voltage representative of data to be placed on the second line and then precharged to a second precharge voltage; and a charge sharing device coupled between the first line and the second line and configured to selectively allow charge from the first voltage representative of data to flow from the first line to the second line after the first and second lines are driven to the respective first and second voltages representative of data to be placed on the respective lines. | 8,076 |
9,215,395 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a content tracking module configured to track content displayed at a plurality of locations, the content being displayed on an electronic display; an individual tracking module configured to track one or more individuals in a plurality of video feeds of observing areas at the plurality of locations, the plurality of video feeds comprising a first video feed and a second video feed; a change detection module configured to detect one or more of a change in expression and body movement in at least one of the one or more individuals in the first video feed; and an overlay display module configured to initiate display of an image of the at least one individuals overlaying the content displayed at a location of the second video feed, wherein one or more of a size and an opacity of an image of an individual changes in response to detecting one of the change in expression and body movement of the individual, the image returning to one or more of a default size and a default opacity after a period of time. | 32,646 |
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