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8,965,664 | 1. A control device for a plant, comprising: a first estimated value calculating means for calculating an estimated value of a first physical quantity, which is at least one of a plurality of physical quantities indicating a state of the plant, by way of a predetermined algorithm based on a plurality of inputs; a second estimated value calculating means for calculating an estimated value of a second physical quantity, which correlates with the first physical quantity, by way of a predetermined algorithm based on a plurality of inputs; a detection means for detecting the second physical quantity; and an adaptive input calculating means for calculating an adaptive input to be mutually inputted to the first estimated value calculating means and the second estimated value calculating means, so that deviation between a detected value of the second physical quantity detected by way of the detection means and the estimated value of the second physical quantity calculated by way of the second estimated value calculating means becomes a minimum, wherein a predetermined control variable of the plant is controlled based on the estimated value of the first physical quantity. | 42,806 |
9,364,132 | 1. A balanced hinge device having a brake comprising: a first connector adapted to be fixed to a structure or frame and connected at least by kinematic element to a second connector adapted to be fixed to a door or a shutter; a friction part; an elastic element balancing a weight of the door or the shutter connected to the kinematic element for transmitting to the first and second connectors a mutual approaching elastic force generated by said elastic element; the friction part being fixed to a member of the kinematic element; a first side portion of the friction part slidable onto at least one among the first connector, the second connector or an element fixed to one of the first and second connectors; a second side portion of the friction part, at least in correspondence to at least one predetermined rotation arc of the hinge device being slidable onto a contact member; wherein the kinematic element includes a rack elastically actuated by the elastic element, a pinion constrained to axially rotate around a respective first pin connected to the second connector; wherein said rack and pinion are reciprocally engaged and the pinion has a seat for receiving the friction part whose first side portion contacts the first connector or an element fixed to the first connector, a second side portion, located opposite to the first side portion being slidable, in correspondence of the at least one predetermined arc, onto the contact member fixed to the first connector, the seat being a shaped slot obtained in the pinion and the friction part being a body that is approximately flat and having a shape complementary to a shape of the seat; the kinematic element having a second pin forming a mutual revolving connection of the first connector and the second connector; an arm having ends connected by a third pin and a fourth pin to the pinion and to the second connector, respectively. | 38,016 |
8,728,909 | 1. A method of forming a semiconductor cell, comprising: forming device isolation line patterns in a semiconductor substrate; forming a first trench defining an active region in the semiconductor substrate, wherein the active region protrudes from the device isolation line patterns; forming a second trench in the semiconductor substrate to be in parallel to the first trench, the second trench defining an isolation region along with the device isolation line patterns; performing an ion implantation process on the first trench; and forming a first oxide layer over the first trench and a second oxide layer over the second trench, wherein the second oxide layer is thicker than the first oxide layer. | 5,011 |
9,835,338 | 1. An exhaust enhancement apparatus for an exhaust hood, the exhaust hood having a plurality of edges which define a perimeter with a recess therein for capturing contaminated air from a cooking appliance, the exhaust enhancement apparatus comprising: a plenum, with a distribution channel, configured to be attached to and extend entirely along at least a front edge of the exhaust hood edges, the plenum having an inlet and a plurality of apertures extending along a length thereof; and an ambient air supply configured to supply the plenum inlet with a pressurized supply of ambient air, said exhaust enhancement apparatus producing at least one curtain jet by flowing the pressurized air through said distribution channel and out through the plurality of apertures, wherein the ambient air supply includes a fan module, containing a blower and an air inlet grill in a housing thereof, attached to the plenum, the exhaust enhancement apparatus is a self-contained unit constructed for retro-fit attachment as a unit to an exterior surface of the exhaust hood, the plenum being separate from the hood and attached external to the exhaust hood opposite the recess and extending along the front edge of the exhaust hood in a horizontal direction along a longitudinal dimension thereof as well as horizontally away from the recess in a direction perpendicular to said longitudinal dimension, the at least one curtain jet emanates from the plurality of apertures at a location spaced from the exhaust hood front edge, wherein the ambient air supply has a low profile and lies against an outer surface of the exhaust hood with the air inlet grill on an outwardly facing side thereof. | 6,375 |
9,205,466 | 1. A cleaning system comprising a tank having a wash area arranged to receive an article for cleaning; an inlet assembly mounted to a first end of the tank, through which a cleaning medium flows into the wash area; an outlet assembly having a flow control plate mounted to a second end of the tank; said flow control plate having a plurality of apertures and arranged such that the cleaning medium flows from the wash area through said apertures; said flow control plate arranged such that a total outlet area of said tank is equal to a sum of areas of the apertures; the proportion of the total outlet area about the flow control plate is inversely proportional to a depth of said tank, wherein the outlet assembly includes an outlet box for collecting the cleaning medium on flowing through the flow control plate, said outlet box positioned lower than the tank, said outlet assembly including an air gap between the outlet box and flow control plate to ensure gravity flow of said cleaning medium. | 26,892 |
9,077,245 | 1. A system including a logic circuit powered using an alternating current (AC) power source, the system comprising: at least one supply transistor connected to receive voltages of opposite phases from an AC power source such that the at least one supply transistor is strongly on during a first phase of the voltage of the AC power source and is strongly off during a second phase opposite the first phase of the voltage of the AC power source; and a first logic circuit connected to be powered by the AC power source through the at least one supply transistor and producing an output at an output terminal responsive to an input received at an input terminal. | 3,281 |
8,508,195 | 1. A PFC converter comprising: a rectifier circuit that rectifies an AC voltage supplied from an AC input power supply; a series circuit that includes an inductor and a switching device, the series circuit being connected in a subsequent stage of the rectifier circuit; a rectifying-and-smoothing circuit connected in parallel to the switching device; an input voltage detector that detects an input voltage supplied from the rectifier circuit; an inductor current detector that detects a current flowing through the inductor; an output voltage detector that detects an output voltage of the rectifying-and-smoothing circuit; and a switching controller arranged and programmed to control the switching device so that an average value of the inductor current defines a shape similar to that of the input voltage; wherein the switching device is turned off when the inductor current reaches a first threshold value, and turned on when the inductor current reaches a second threshold value; the switching controller sets a reference value of the inductor current using results from the input voltage detector and the output voltage detector; the first threshold value is produced by adding a predetermined value to the reference value, and the second threshold value is produced by subtracting the predetermined value from the reference value; and the predetermined value varies in synchronization with a phase of the input voltage. | 18,486 |
9,683,276 | 1. Method for the agglomeration of iron oxide-containing residual substances by means of which paper sludge is comminuted and, optionally, the residual substances are comminuted, and a mixture of residual substances, either having a residual substance water content of less than 5% by weight or dried to a water content less than 5% by weight, and dry paper sludge dried to a water content of less than 5% by weight, is briquetted at a temperature ranging between 70 and 350° C., wherein the mixture contains 15 to 35% by weight of dry paper sludge and wherein material selected from the group consisting of steel shavings, cast-material swarf, metal-containing steel mill residual material and metal-containing composite packing material are added to the mixture. | 32,440 |
8,685,567 | 1. A rechargeable lithium battery comprising: a negative electrode comprising a lithium-vanadium-based oxide as a negative active material; a positive electrode comprising a positive active material capable of intercalating and deintercalating lithium ions; and an electrolyte comprising a non-aqueous organic solvent, 0.7 to 1.2M of a first lithium salt comprising LiPF | 29,052 |
9,095,074 | 1. A structure comprising: a substrate having first and second oppositely facing surfaces and a plurality of electrically conductive elements at the first surface; wire bonds having bases joined to respective ones of the conductive elements at a first portion of the first surface and end surfaces remote from the substrate and the bases, each of the wire bonds extending from the base to the end surface thereof; and a dielectric encapsulation element overlying and extending from the first portion of the first surface of the substrate and separating the wire bonds from one another, the encapsulation element having a third surface facing away from the first surface of the substrate and having an edge surface extending from the third surface towards the first surface, wherein unencapsulated portions of the wire bonds are defined by at least portions of the end surfaces of the wire bonds that are uncovered by the encapsulation element at the third surface; wherein the encapsulation element at least partially defines a second portion of the first surface, the second portion being other than the first portion of the first surface and having an area sized to accommodate a microelectronic element, and at least some of the conductive elements at the first surface are at the second portion and configured for connection with the microelectronic element. | 41,778 |
9,439,809 | 1. A method of sterilizing an article comprising: providing an article wherein the article comprises: applying an aqueous solution to the polymer layer to at least partially swell the hydrophilic microparticles; and subsequently applying electron beam radiation to the article to effect sterilization without degrading or crosslinking the hydrophilic polymeric microparticles. | 44,909 |
9,055,333 | 1. A method of managing recorded video content, comprising: receiving a first recorded video content item; storing the first received recorded video content item in an electronic storage medium; associating an identification for a first viewer with the first recorded video content item; associating an identification for a second viewer with the first recorded video content item; receiving from each of the first and second viewers a viewing status for the first recorded video content item, the viewing status including whether the first and second viewers desire to view the first recorded video content in the future; presenting a listing of one or more recorded video content items in a computer-generated user interface, the listing including the first recorded video content item and the viewing status for the first video content item from each of the first and second viewers; and in response to the first viewer indicating the first recorded video content item is to be deleted, notifying the second viewer by automatically providing the user interface to the second viewer listing the first recorded content item and that includes the viewing status for the first viewer indicating the first recorded video content item is scheduled to be deleted, in response to the second viewer receiving the user interface, the second viewer submitting a response by changing the viewing status of the second viewer that prevents deletion of the first recorded video content item, and in response to the second viewer receiving the user interface and not submitting a response by changing the viewing status of the second viewer within a specified period of time from the first user indicating the first content item is to be deleted, deleting the first recorded content item after the specified period of time. | 5,111 |
8,614,560 | 1. An apparatus, comprising: a processor; memory including computer program code, the memory and the computer program code configured to, working with the processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following: operate in a first interaction mode; receive, from a charger, charger attribute information indicative of at least one of a nightstand interaction mode or a car interaction mode; determine that the apparatus is in a first orientation; determine a second interaction mode based, at least in part on the charger attribute information and the first orientation, the second interaction mode differing from the first interaction mode; terminate operation of the first interaction mode; operate in the second interaction mode; determine that the apparatus is in a second orientation; determine a third interaction mode based, at least in part on the charger attribute information and the second orientation, the third interaction mode differing from the second interaction mode, at least, by way of content of information provided to a user; terminate operation of the second interaction mode; and operate in the third interaction mode. | 8,381 |
9,461,544 | 1. An enhanced phase control circuit for a multiphase power converter having a plurality of phase circuits, each of which is configured to operably provide a phase current when active, a plurality of current sensors, each of which is configured to operably sense a respective one of each said phase current to generate a current sense signal, a summing circuit configured to operably combine each said current sense signal to generate a summed signal, and an error amplifier configured to operably compare a reference voltage to a feedback voltage related to an output voltage of the multiphase power converter to generate an error signal for regulating the output voltage, the enhanced phase control circuit comprising: a state machine configured to operate to switch the multiphase power converter between a plurality of power zones for changing a number of active phases in the multiphase power converter; a current quick response power zone up circuit coupled to the state machine, wherein when the multiphase power converter is in single-phase operation, the current quick response power zone up circuit is configured to operably monitor the summed signal and trigger a first signal for the state machine to switch the multiphase power converter to one of the plurality of power zones to increase the number of active phases if the summed signal is greater than a first threshold; and a dynamic reference voltage phase up circuit coupled to the state machine, configured to operably monitor the feedback voltage for triggering a second signal for the state machine to switch the multiphase power converter to enable all of the plurality of phase circuits responsive to increasing of the feedback voltage with an increased variation exceeding a second threshold. | 27,601 |
9,545,410 | 1. A method of killing and/or inhibiting the growth of the blood stream form of a kinetoplastid protozoan of the species Trypanosoma brucei in a subject, the method comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of a tyrosine kinase inhibitor; wherein the tyrosine kinase inhibitor is a 4-anilinoquinazoline selected from the group consisting of AG1478, erlotinib, and lapatinib. | 32,638 |
8,889,385 | 1. A method comprising: (a) determining the acetohydroxy acid isomeroreductase (KARI) activity of a cell free extract prepared from a host cell expressing a heterologous KARI enzyme; and (b) expressing a heterologous DNA molecule encoding the KARI enzyme in a recombinant microorganism expressing an engineered isobutanol biosynthetic pathway, wherein the cell free extract comprises higher KARI activity than a control cell free extract prepared from a host cell not expressing the heterologous KARI enzyme, and wherein the recombinant microorganism is capable of bioproducing isobutanol suitable for use in fuel cells or vehicles. | 39,550 |
8,942,899 | 1. Computer-implemented method for operating a powertrain system including an internal combustion engine rotatably coupled via an input member to a transmission, said transmission comprising a hydraulic circuit including a hydraulic fluid pump directly mechanically coupled to the input member, the method comprising: in response to a command to execute an engine autostop maneuver: | 4,881 |
9,404,324 | 1. A method for making up a threaded connection between an upper tubular and a lower tubular using an oilfield tubular spinner and a torque wrench, the method comprising: holding the lower tubular with the torque wrench; frictionally engaging the upper tubular with the tubular spinner; operating a motor of the tubular spinner to spin-in and shoulder-up a tubular connection between the upper tubular and the lower tubular; establishing a threshold hydraulic system pressure that indicates a shouldered-up condition; monitoring, with a detection system, a hydraulic system pressure of the motor during spin-in and shoulder-up; detecting that the threshold hydraulic system pressure is reached; and operating the motor of the tubular spinner for a period of time at high torque after the threshold hydraulic pressure is reached. | 41,268 |
9,323,267 | 1. A method of eliminating random pulses during power up of a device, the method comprises: a. configuring each of one or more digital pulse width modulators within a switching mode power supply to operate in an independent operation mode and a complementary operation mode; b. at power up of the switching mode power supply, operating each digital pulse width modulator in the independent operation mode and continuing to operate each digital pulse width modulator in the independent operation mode for a predetermined period of time; c. changing the operation of each digital pulse width modulator from the independent operation mode to the complementary operation mode after the predetermined period of time expires, wherein changing the operation occurs during an initialization stage; and d. during a normal operation following the initialization stage, operating each digital pulse width modulator in the complementary operation mode. | 34,005 |
8,433,993 | 1. A method for rendering context aware multimedia content, comprising: identifying a plurality of multimedia content uploaded for rendering; examining the uploaded multimedia content to determine metadata associated with each of the plurality of multimedia content; identifying contextual information associated with the multimedia content from the metadata; performing a grouping of the multimedia content into a plurality of groups based on the contextual information; and integrating the one or more groups into one or more photo stories, wherein the one or more photo stories are defined as content rich documents for rendering the groups of multimedia content, wherein the integrating further includes identifying and integrating a theme for rendering each of the photo stories based on the contextual information of the multimedia content in the respective group, and integrating one or more of a timeline map, a minimap, one or more of other photo stories and other contextual map, the timeline map, minimap, other photo stories and contextual map configured to be rendered alongside the one or more photo stories and are interactive so as to provide additional information related to temporal, geographical, contextual and social aspect related to the one or more events captured within the multimedia content or the one or more photo stories. | 39,129 |
9,051,950 | 1. A clamp configured to clamp a first structure to a framing member, comprising: a top portion having a mounting hole configured to receive a mounting bolt, and wherein the top portion further includes a clamping surface configured to contact the first structure; a lower portion having a semicircular opening through which the mounting bolt passes; and a middle portion connected to the top portion and the lower portion, wherein the clamping surface includes a plurality of teeth and wherein at least some of the teeth have different angular profiles, and wherein the top portion, lower portion and middle portion are formed as a single body or structure. | 9,378 |
9,193,727 | 1. An organic compound of the general structural formula I: where Cor Cor B is a bridging group providing a bond of the polycyclic core Cor R the groups R m is 1, 2, 3 or 4; n is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4; X p is 0, 1, or 2; and q is 0, 1, or 2; wherein the organic compound is configured to absorb electromagnetic radiation in at least one predetermined spectral subrange within a wavelength range from 400 to 3000 nm with excitation of electron-hole pairs and dissociation of excited electron-hole pairs; and wherein the polycyclic core Cor | 3,614 |
9,657,687 | 1. A hanger comprising: a fastener component including: a bracket that defines an aperture with an ingress/egress port and a slot, wherein the slot and the ingress/egress port are connected; wherein the neck portion of the slider is configured to slidably engage the slot such that the slider cannot rotate about the axis with respect to the bracket. | 2,281 |
9,730,206 | 1. A method for reporting channel state information (CSI) at a user equipment (UE), the method comprising: receiving an instruction information to report the CSI on a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH); measuring a reference signal based on the instruction information; reporting the CSI generated based on the measured reference signal on a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) or a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), wherein if the CSI is reported using a PUCCH format 3, the reporting the CSI comprises: determining whether a bit sum of the CSI, the HARQ-ACK feedback information, and a scheduling request (SR) information is greater than a threshold when simultaneous transmission of the CSI, the SR information, and an a hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) feedback information of a block received from a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) is required; if the bit sum is greater than the threshold, discarding the CSI, and simultaneously transmitting the HARQ-ACK feedback information and the SR information. | 45,561 |
9,161,391 | 1. An electrical heating device comprising: a housing which encloses a circulation chamber through which a medium can flow, into which heating ribs extend essentially parallel to one another, each of the ribs having a fixed end, a free end, and a U-shaped recess which opens into a uniform connecting chamber, which is separated from the circulation chamber by a partition wall provided in the region of the open ends of the U-shaped recesses, and which accommodates at least one PTC heating element that abuts oppositely situated inner sides of the U-shaped recess in heat-conducting contact, wherein successive heating ribs protrude inwards from oppositely situated inner sides of the housing, wherein a flow passage of a meander-type flow channel is formed in the housing between the free ends of the successive heating ribs and the adjacent inner wall of the housing, and wherein the flow passage is closed off by a covering element on the side oppositely situated to the partition wall. | 5,599 |
8,529,042 | 1. A clear ink composition comprising at least a slightly water-soluble alkanediol having a solubility in water of less than 1.0 g/100 g of water, a water-soluble alcohol as a dissolution aid for the slightly water-soluble alkanediol having a solubility in water of 10.0 g/100 g or more, water, and polymer fine particles, but not comprising a colorant, wherein a 10-Hz dynamic surface tension of the ink composition is 26 mN/m or less, wherein the slightly water-soluble alkanediol is at least one selected from the group consisting of 1,2-heptanediol, 1,2-octanediol, 5-methyl-1,2-hexanediol, 4-methyl-1,2-hexanediol, and 4,4-dimethyl-1,2-pentanediol, and wherein the content ratio between the slightly water-soluble alkanediol and the water-soluble alcohol is 5:3 to 1:5. | 822 |
8,343,891 | 1. A method for reducing caking tendency, dust formation, and foaming tendencies when in aqueous media, of urea granules, where the method consists of adding an additive to the surface of the urea granules, wherein the additive consists of a carboxylic acid compound with the general formula XY—(Z)—COOH, in which Z is a saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon with 1-25 carbon atoms, and X and Y are selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom or a polar organic functional group, and wherein the additive is added as a solution in a polar solvent to the urea granulates, which are subsequently dried; wherein the solution consist of the additive and the polar solvent. | 10,336 |
8,932,180 | 1. A clutch controller comprising: a claw clutch including a first rotor having an engagement tooth and a second rotor disposed coaxially with the first rotor and having the engagement tooth, the claw clutch being configured to be switched between an engaged state where the engagement teeth are engaged with each other and a disengaged state where the engagement between the engagement teeth is released; an actuator to move either one of the first rotor and the second rotor in an axial direction to switch the claw clutch between the engaged state and the disengaged state; a synchronization controlling unit to control an electric motor coupled to the second rotor to control a rotation speed of the second rotor such that the rotation speed of the second rotor approaches a rotation speed of the first rotor when the claw clutch is switched to the engaged state; and an engagement controlling unit to control the actuator to move the either one of the first rotor and the second rotor toward the other when the claw clutch is switched to the engaged state, wherein the engagement controlling unit moves the either one of first rotor and the second rotor to a position where the engagement teeth are engaged with each other in the axial direction before a difference in the rotation speed between the first rotor and the second rotor falls within a predetermined range and the rotation speed of the second rotor reaches the rotation speed of the first rotor. | 25,539 |
9,005,078 | 1. A drive control device for a hybrid vehicle provided with: a first differential mechanism having a first rotary element connected to a first electric motor, a second rotary element connected to an engine, and a third rotary element connected to an output rotary member; a second differential mechanism having a first rotary element connected to a second electric motor, a second rotary element, and a third rotary element, one of the second rotary element and the third rotary element being connected to the third rotary element of said first differential mechanism; a clutch configured to selectively couple the second rotary element of said first differential mechanism, and the other of the second and third rotary elements of said second differential mechanism which is not connected to the third rotary element of said first differential mechanism, to each other; and a brake configured to selectively couple said other of the second and third rotary elements of said second differential mechanism which is not connected to the third rotary element of said first differential mechanism, to a stationary member, the drive control device comprising: a torque capacity control portion configured to increase torque capacities of both of said clutch and said brake upon lowering of an operating speed of said engine when a control to stop said engine is implemented while the hybrid vehicle is placed in a neutral state. | 19,070 |
9,576,271 | 1. A system for sharing digital resources of a publisher through a web service, the system comprising: one or more processors; and one or more memories operatively coupled to at least one of the one or more processors and having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by at least one of the one or more processors, cause at least one of the one or more processors to: receive a selection from a publishing user of a digital resource to share, wherein the digital resource is associated with a plurality of views; receive a selection from the publishing user of a group of subscribing users, the selection indicating that the digital resource is to be shared with the group of subscribing users according to one of the plurality of views; receive a selection of a sharing relationship from the publishing user, the sharing relationship specifying allowable interactions with the selected digital resource by the group of subscribing users; and in accordance with the selection of the sharing relationship, control interactions of the selected group of subscribing users with the one of the plurality of views of the selected digital resource, including at least: | 7,831 |
9,736,216 | 1. A method comprising: obtaining, at a server computing device from a user computing device, a history of media consumed at the user computing device, wherein the history of media consumed at the user computing device is collected at least in part via a sequence of instructions comprising a browser helper object executed at the user computing device at least in part in connection with a network browsing application, wherein the history of media consumed at the user computing device identifies media content consumed at the user computing device via the network browsing application and via one or more media players of the user computing device, wherein the browser helper object comprises one or more of a network browsing application toolbar, a network browsing application plug-in, and/or a stand-alone application to interface with the network browsing application; storing the history of media consumed at the user computing device in a database at the server computing device; and identifying one or more media items to recommend to a user based, at least in part, on the history of media consumed at the user computing device. | 14,363 |
8,637,196 | 1. An alkaline membrane fuel cell comprising: an anode electrode; a polymer membrane electrolyte configured to conduct hydroxyl (OH—) ions, the membrane being in physical contact with the anode electrode on a first side of the membrane; a cathode electrode in physical contact with a second opposite side of the membrane; a cathode chamber having a cathode exhaust stream and a cathode inlet stream; wherein the fuel cell is configured and designed to transfer water effectively from the anode electrode through the membrane to the cathode electrode; and, wherein the fuel cell so configured does not require an external source of water for cell operation; the alkaline membrane fuel cell further comprising a water exchanger operatively connected with the fuel cell and disposed to transfer water from the cathode exhaust stream to the cathode inlet stream; and wherein the water exchanger includes a membrane, the membrane being of high water permeability and low gas permeability to enable transport of water from the high relative humidity, warm cathode exhaust stream to the inlet stream of lower temperature and lower water content. | 22,601 |
9,028,425 | 1. An extravascular system comprising: a body having a proximal end, a distal end, and an inner lumen extending therethrough; a septum disposed within the inner lumen and dividing the inner lumen into a distal chamber and a proximal chamber; a septum activator disposed within the proximal chamber of the inner lumen proximal the septum, the septum activator having an inner passage extending therethrough; and a blood sampling device separate and apart from the septum activator, and having a distal portion that couples to the proximal end of the body when the blood sampling device is inserted into the body, the blood sampling device having a tube extending outwardly from the distal portion and comprising a tip that passes through the septum activator and the septum and remains is positioned within the distal chamber when the blood sampling device is inserted into the body such that the tube passes through the septum without causing the septum activator to pass through the septum, the tube having an interior in fluid communication with the tip and a reservoir of the blood sampling device, the blood sampling device further comprising a vent in fluid communication with the reservoir and being capable of passing air but not blood therethrough. | 26,221 |
8,614,551 | 1. A silicon-controlled rectifier (SCR) dimming circuit, comprising: a) an SCR rectifying circuit having an SCR element configured to receive an AC power supply, and to generate a lack-phase AC voltage; b) a rectifier bridge coupled to said SCR rectifying circuit, wherein said rectifier bridge is configured to convert said lack-phase AC voltage to a lack-phase DC voltage, wherein said lack-phase DC voltage is configured to be filtered through a filter capacitor to generate a smooth DC voltage; c) a conduction phase angle signal generator coupled to said rectifier bridge, wherein said conduction phase angle signal generator is configured to receive said lack-phase DC voltage, and to generate a controlling signal that indicates a conduction phase angle range of said SCR element; and d) a dimming signal generator coupled to said conduction phase angle signal generator and being configured to compare said controlling signal and a slope reference signal to output a dimming signal, said dimming signal generator having a dimming phase angle range from a predetermined start-up phase angle to a cut-off phase angle, wherein said cut-off phase angle is determined by said filter capacitor and said AC power supply, e) wherein said slope reference signal is configured to indicate an average value at each phase angle of said AC power supply in a half cycle having a first reference corresponding to said start-up phase angle and a second reference corresponding to said cut-off phase angle, f) wherein when said controlling signal is equal to said first reference, a light-emitting diode (LED) load is configured to be controlled by said dimming signal to operate in a maximum luminance, g) wherein when said controlling signal is equal to said second reference, said LED load is configured to be controlled by said dimming signal to operate in a minimum luminance, and h) wherein when said controlling signal is between said first reference and said second reference, said LED load is configured to be controlled by said dimming signal to change linearly between said maximum luminance and said minimum luminance. | 47,671 |
8,512,767 | 1. A metered valve pump spray device consisting essentially of a liquid cannabis extract, in carriers consisting essentially of propylene glycol, and ethanol, wherein said metered valve pump spray device is adapted to spray a dose towards a patient's sublingual mucosa from the orifice of the device, and is adapted to dispense particles of a particular size, thereby optimizing the sublingual uptake in the patient. | 16,676 |
9,409,840 | 1. Method for preparing a catalyst composition comprising cobalt (Co) and molybdenum (Mo) on an activated carbon support comprising the steps: (a) dissolving a soluble cobalt-comprising compound and a soluble molybdenum-compound in one or more organic solvents that are miscible with water to form a cobalt- and molybdenum-comprising solution; (b) admixing an aqueous alkaline solution to the cobalt- and molybdenum-comprising solution in the presence of activated carbon support to precipitate an insoluble cobalt- and molybdenum-comprising compound on the activated carbon support to form a solid catalyst precursor; and (c) separating the solid catalyst precursor from the liquids, washing and drying the solid catalyst precursor and calcining the solid catalyst precursor in an inert atmosphere. | 21,873 |
9,304,813 | 1. A computing device, comprising: a central processing unit (CPU) configured to execute an application; graphics hardware comprising graphics engines configured to process graphics tasks received from the application executing on the CPU; a graphics scheduler to select one of the graphics engines to execute each of a plurality of workloads, the graphics scheduler comprising a graphics microcontroller and a shim layer and configured to operate independently of the CPU and the graphics hardware, the graphics scheduler to: receive interrupts from the graphics hardware and the CPU; receive work queues comprising the graphics tasks from the application; and schedule the processing of the graphics tasks by the selected graphics engine in response to the interrupts by writing to a runlist port register of the graphics hardware; the shim layer to intercept interrupts from the graphics hardware and the CPU and forward the interrupts to the graphics microcontroller. | 5,603 |
8,382,468 | 1. A method for combusting a solid phase fuel, where the fuel is fed to an inlet opening ( 11 a ) of a burner device ( 10 ) by way of a non-pneumatic feeding means ( 11 ), comprising: flowing oxidant through a first inlet ( wherein the first inlet ( wherein the inlet opening ( wherein an amount of oxidant per time unit flowed out through the first inlet ( wherein the oxidant comprises at least 80 percentages by weight oxygen. | 10,376 |
9,366,138 | 1. A rotor of a rotary internal combustion engine, the rotor comprising: a body having two axially spaced apart end faces and a peripheral face extending between the end faces, the peripheral face defining three circumferentially spaced apex portions, the body having a central bore defined therethrough for receiving an eccentric portion of a shaft therein, the central bore having a central axis; a phasing gear received in a complementary annular gear groove defined in one of the end faces around and in proximity of the central bore, the phasing gear having: a plurality of circumferentially spaced fasteners connecting the phasing gear to the rotor body, the fasteners engaging the rotor body radially inwardly of the teeth such that the fasteners are radially located between the central axis and the teeth; and the one of the end faces including an annular seal groove defined therein outwardly of and adjacent to the gear groove, the rotor further including at least one annular oil seal received in the groove around and in contact with a radially outer surface of the meshing section. | 3,577 |
8,391,207 | 1. A method for transmitting data in a multi-hop system having a plurality of nodes and performing bidirectional data transmission between the nodes, said method comprising the steps of: receiving, by a first node of a plurality of nodes, data from an upper node at a first frame and, at the same time, receiving, by a second node of the plurality of nodes at the first frame, data from a lower node, wherein the first node and the second node are positioned within a transmission range of both the upper node and the lower node; and transmitting, by the first node, data to the upper node at a second frame and, at the same time, transmitting, by the second node, data to the lower node and wherein the first node and second node are adjacently located to each other and within respective single ranges of transmission of the upper node and the lower node, without being located in an overlapping reception region. | 40,969 |
8,444,546 | 1. A plug for placement into an anal canal between a rectum having a rectal neck bottom and an external anal surface, the plug comprising: a stem having a distal end configured with a nose cone; a cupped or flat soft disc carried on said distal end of said stem proximal to said nose cone; and a biasing cap at a proximal end of the stem; wherein said stem elastically stretches to bias said disc downward against the rectal neck bottom when the biasing cap engages the external anal surface. | 41,185 |
9,246,177 | 1. A method of preparing a bimetallic alloy having enhanced electrocatalytic properties, comprising: synthesizing a PtNi nanoparticle; depleting a surface of the PtNi nanoparticle of nickel to create a platinum skeleton; and smoothing a surface of the platinum skeleton by annealing and creating the PtNi nanoparticle with multilayered platinum skin surfaces. | 15,030 |
9,037,464 | 1. A system comprising: a classifier implemented in one or more computers, comprising: instructions to process each word in a vocabulary of words using the embedding function layer to obtain a respective numeric representation of each word in the vocabulary in the high-dimensional space and to associate each word in the vocabulary with the respective numeric representation of the word in the high-dimensional space. | 4,716 |
8,357,994 | 1. An antifuse, comprising: an electrically-insulating region consisting of a single layer of non-hydrogenated silicon-rich silicon nitride (SiN electrodes above and below the electrically-insulating region, with each electrode being in physical contact with the electrically-insulating region to provide the electrical breakdown voltage to program the antifuse without heat being transferred from the electrodes to the electrically-insulating region prior to breakdown of the electrically-insulating region. | 22,780 |
8,799,967 | 1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: determining a playing length of a media content item; separating the media content item into a first segment and a second segment in response to determining that the playing length is greater than a first threshold; receiving demand information for the first segment; receiving demand information for the second segment; assigning the first segment to a first set of distribution nodes of a media content distribution system based at least partially on the demand information for the first segment and based at least partially on a first cost function, wherein the media content distribution system provides media content on demand to a plurality of endpoints, wherein the media content distribution system includes a plurality of distribution nodes with each of the distribution nodes coupled to a subset of the endpoints, and wherein the first cost function accounts for a first plurality of constraints; and assigning the second segment to a second set of distribution nodes of the media content distribution system based at least partially on the demand information for the second segment and based at least partially on a second cost function, wherein the second set of distribution nodes includes a different number of distribution nodes than the first set of distribution nodes, wherein the first cost function is distinct from the second cost function, wherein the second cost function accounts for a second plurality of constrains, and wherein at least one constraint of the second plurality of constraints is distinct from the first plurality of constraints. | 21,092 |
8,428,772 | 1. A method of processing mailpieces to which Customer Applied Identifier (CAI) codes have been assigned by a sender of the mailpieces to each mailpiece, and for which first fingerprint V_Id and address information Ad are known by the sender and compiled by the sender in correspondence with a CAI code and recorded by the sender in a file F, CAI codes being used for remotely tracking the mailpieces while the mailpieces are passing through a postal operator's postal sorting system, comprising the steps of: a) receiving, in parallel with a batch of mailpieces provided by the sender, CAI codes respectively assigned to said mailpieces by the sender and the file F, said CAI codes being not printed on the mailpieces, b) recording said CAI codes in memory in the sorting system in correspondence with first digital fingerprints or image signatures of the surfaces of the mailpieces prior to a first pass of the mailpieces through the postal sorting system, c) feeding the mailpieces into the postal sorting system in a first sorting pass, and further performing during said first sorting pass the steps of: d) forming, for each current mailpiece passing through the postal sorting system, an image of the surface of the current mailpiece that bears a postal address block, e) deriving a current fingerprint from the respective image, f) searching in the memory for a match between said current fingerprint and a recorded first fingerprint, g) upon detection of a match, retrieving from the memory the CAI code and address information Ad corresponding to the current mailpiece using the mailpiece first fingerprint V_id provided by the sender in file F in correspondence with said CAI codes prior to the first sorting pass, and h) recording in the memory location information corresponding to the retrieved CAI code, the location information including postal sorting machine identification data and a time at which the current mailpiece passed through the postal sorting machine. | 29,873 |
9,445,962 | 1. A wheelchair platform comprising: a tilting platform for a wheelchair, said tilting platform being pivotably mounted between a pair of side supports and a pair of actuators, provided at or in each of the side supports, being operable to tilt the tilting platform when supporting a wheelchair in use, said tilting platform including a platform base and a back wall, wherein at least a forward portion of the platform base which supports a wheelchair in use is hinged so as to allow the tilting platform to be folded when not in use with the forward portion of the platform base folded over into the area between the side supports. | 31,603 |
9,331,226 | 1. A photovoltaic device comprising: a crystalline semiconductor substrate of a first conductive type; a first amorphous semiconductor layer which is intrinsic and formed over a first surface of the semiconductor substrate; a second amorphous semiconductor layer of a second conductive type opposite to the first conductive type and formed over the first amorphous semiconductor layer; a third amorphous semiconductor layer which is intrinsic and formed over a second surface, opposite to the first surface, of the semiconductor substrate; and a fourth amorphous semiconductor layer of the first conductive type and formed over the third amorphous semiconductor layer, wherein an oxygen concentration in a high-oxygen-concentration region within 5 nm near the interface between the crystalline semiconductor substrate and each of the first amorphous semiconductor layer and the third amorphous semiconductor layer is greater than or equal to 1×10 wherein a profile of the oxygen concentration in each of the high-oxygen concentration regions is reduced in a step shape near an interface with the semiconductor substrate along a thickness direction, and a slope of each of the profiles has at least two peaks, and the oxygen concentration in the high-oxygen concentration region of the first amorphous semiconductor layer is higher than an oxygen concentration in the high-oxygen concentration region of the third amorphous semiconductor layer, and wherein an oxygen concentration in regions in the first amorphous semiconductor layer other than the high-oxygen-concentration region is less than 1×10 | 18,795 |
8,857,013 | 1. Vacuum cleaning device, comprising a unit for aerodynamically affecting dust particles and/or a surface to be cleaned in order for the particles to become dislodged from the surface and to become airborne, wherein the unit comprises a housing having an internal space enclosed by a housing wall in which at least one opening is arranged, a movable surface which is integrated in the housing wall, and means for actuating the movable surface, which are adapted to realize an oscillating movement of the surface that causes air to alternately be drawn into the housing through the opening from various directions at the opening, and expelled from the housing through the opening in the form of a directed jet. | 2,786 |
9,605,820 | 1. A lighting device comprising: a first housing having a lamp unit provided on a lower surface so that the lamp emits is configured to emit light downward; a second housing configured to be connected and fixed to a pole, the second housing having a power supply unit provided on an upper surface; and a hinge member that allows the first housing to be separated from the second housing by rotating around an axis of a shaft member, wherein when the first housing is not separated from the second housing, the lamp unit provided in the first housing is located farther from the pole than the power supply unit provided on the upper surface of the second housing. | 26,643 |
8,588,691 | 1. An information processing apparatus comprising: a first communication unit configured to receive management data including at least identification information of content data from a different device by using a first communication method; an output unit configured to output a first display based on the management information received by the first communication unit; a selection acceptation unit configured to accept a selection of the content data according to a selection operation on the first display; a second communication unit configured to send a request for the content data of which the selection acceptation unit accepts the selection to the different device and receive the content data corresponding to the request by using a second communication method whose communication range is wider than that of the first communication method. | 44,176 |
8,681,231 | 1. A camera comprising: an image sensor; an A/D converter that converts analog image-pixel signals read from said image sensor to digital image-pixel signals; an image stabilizer that comprises a coil and a movable member configured to move in a predetermined direction while supporting said image sensor; an image stabilization controller that controls a position of said movable member at predetermined time intervals by sending pulse drive signals through said coil; and a timing adjustment processor that shifts at least one of a rise timing and fall timing of the pulse drive signals from a signal-processing interval, the signal processing interval associated with an A/D conversion process for one line of image-pixel signals, an output time interval of the pulse drive signals is shorter than an output time interval of a horizontal synchronization signal. | 40,170 |
9,021,166 | 1. A system for server direct attached storage (DAS) shared through physical Server Attached Small Computer System Interface (SAS) expanders, comprising: a plurality of servers, said plurality of servers organized into a cascaded DAS cluster, said cascaded DAS cluster comprising at least two of said plurality of servers; at least two host bus adapters (HBA) operably associated internally with each one of said plurality of servers, said at least two host bus adapters having: wherein each of said plurality of drives of said first one of said plurality of servers communicates bi-directionally with said subsequent one of said plurality of servers; wherein said at least two host bus adapters' peripheral component interconnect (PCI) processors having PCI logic embodied therein operably connect said at least two host bus adapters across each of said plurality of servers. | 34,559 |
8,577,141 | 1. A method of enhancing contrast of an image by using a Bezier curve, the method comprising: reading an image; calculating distribution of luminance values of the image; calculating pixel counts according to low, middle, high luminance durations of the luminance values; determining a type of the image based on the pixel counts according to the low, middle, high luminance durations; determining movement directions of control points based on the type of the image; calculating movement distances of the control points based on the distribution of the luminance values of the image; moving the control points based on the movement directions and the movement distances of the control points and creating a 3-D Bezier curve based on the moved control points; and performing contrast enhancement by using the 3-D Bezier curve. | 22,542 |
9,398,194 | 1. An image processing apparatus capable of performing density adjustment on a plurality of density ranges, comprising: an input unit configured to input an adjustment level of a density range independently on a plurality of density ranges based on a user's instruction; a determination unit configured to determine, in accordance with a combination of density ranges whose adjustment level have been input by the input unit, points to be used for an interpolation out of points dividing the density ranges whose adjustment level have been input by the input unit; an adjustment unit configured to adjust an output density level at an intermediate points in density characteristics used for the density adjustment based on the adjustment level input by the input unit; a generation unit configured to generate the density characteristics by interpolating between the points determined by the determining unit and the intermediate points whose output density level have been adjusted by the adjustment unit. | 30,508 |
8,444,384 | 1. A rotor blade assembly, comprising: a rotor blade having surfaces defining a pressure side, a suction side, a leading edge, and a trailing edge extending between a tip and a root, the rotor blade further defining a span and a chord; and, a spoiler assembly operable to alter a flow past a surface of the rotor blade, the spoiler assembly comprising a spoiler and a plurality of actuators connected to the spoiler, the spoiler incrementally deployable from the surface along one of a length or a width of the spoiler assembly. | 46,566 |
9,215,864 | 1. A method for producing earthworm castings, the method comprising the steps of: grinding solid fuel ash; washing shells and crab shells to remove salt, and then removing 80% or more of water therefrom; grinding the washed shells and crab shells; mixing 60-70 wt % of yellow earth, 20-30 wt % of the solid fuel ash and 10-20 wt % of the ground shells and crab shells; fermenting and maturing the mixture; and feeding the matured mixture to earthworms to allow the earthworms to produce earthworm castings. | 5,860 |
9,014,011 | 1. An information handling system comprising: a first network switch, the first network switch including: a computer processor in communication with a plurality of ports for receiving and sending frames, the computer processor configured to read frames, each frame having a header; a memory coupled to the computer processor and including a media access control (MAC) address table; and wherein the computer processor is configured to associate a MAC address and a virtual local access network (VLAN) identifier with a parent link aggregation group (LAG) except while a downstream link failure is detected, the computer processor being configured to associate the MAC address and the VLAN identifier with a sub-LAG while a downstream link failure is detected. | 15,684 |
9,016,872 | 1. A projector that modulates light emitted from a light source and projects the modulated image light on a projection surface, the projector comprising: an object detection unit for determining a position of an object that blocks projection of the image light; a distance detection unit for determining a distance to the object; a projection control unit for determining an avoidance area where the object prevents the image light from reaching the projection surface based on the position of the object determined by the object detection unit and the distance to the object determined by the distance detection unit and projecting the image light in an area other than the avoidance area; and a modulation unit for forming an image to be projected and modulating the light emitted from the light source based on the formed image, wherein the projection control unit deforms the entire image formed by the modulation unit in such a way that the deformed image avoids the avoidance area, and the projection control unit projects the image light in an area other than the avoidance area. | 21,945 |
9,281,300 | 1. A semiconductor device, comprising: a ball grid array (BGA) substrate including integrated metal layers; a plurality of first interconnects connected to the integrated metal layers of the BGA substrate; a known good chip scale module package (CSMP) electrically coupled to the first interconnects, wherein the CSMP includes: a third semiconductor die mounted over the CSMP; a plurality of fourth interconnects electrically coupled between the third semiconductor die and the second substrate; and a plurality of fifth interconnects electrically coupled between the third semiconductor die and the BGA substrate. | 31,238 |
9,646,828 | 1. A method of fabricating a thin-film semiconductor device, comprising: providing a homogeneous compound semiconductor material having a uniform composition and a uniform molecular structure and bonding; forming fine-compound semiconductor particles less than 1 micrometer in dimension from the homogeneous compound semiconductor material; depositing the fine compound semiconductor particles, or a dispersion thereof, onto a substrate to form a deposited thin-film; and thermally processing the deposited thin-film to form a thermally processed thin-film having a composition substantially the same as a composition of the homogeneous compound semiconductor material. | 28,416 |
9,059,252 | 1. A method comprising: forming a first set of trenches in a precursor structure having: wherein the first set of trenches each expose the silicon substrate and internal sidewalls of the first oxide; undercut etching the silicon substrate in a direction perpendicular to the crystal direction of the silicon substrate to form a cavity corresponding with each of the first set of trenches; and at least partially filling each cavity with a dielectric, leaving an air gap within each cavity connected with an air gap in an adjacent cavity. | 39,402 |
9,658,526 | 1. An apparatus in semiconductor manufacturing, comprising: a mask; a pellicle frame having a bottom side and a top side, wherein the bottom side is attached to the mask; and a pellicle membrane covering the top side of the pellicle frame, wherein the mask, the pellicle frame, and the pellicle membrane form a mask assembly, and wherein the pellicle frame includes a coating on its inner surface and the coating is configured to monitor a change of environment inside the mask assembly. | 42,767 |
9,054,553 | 1. A parallel uninterruptible power supply (UPS) system comprising: a plurality of inverter feed paths to supply double-conversion power to a load; and a plurality of UPS controllers communicatively coupled to one another via at least two redundant data busses, wherein each of the plurality of UPS controllers is configured to operate in conjunction with one another to control the plurality of feed paths by communicating with one another via the redundant data busses using respective communication circuitry of each of the plurality of UPS controllers, wherein the communication circuitry comprises a hardware programmable logic device or an application-specific integrated circuit, or both, configured to use an arbitration scheme based on Carrier Sense Multiple Access Bit Arbitration (CSMA-BA) over a communication scheme based on time division multiple access (TDMA) to select a first master controller from among the plurality of UPS controllers, wherein the first master controller is configured to control the other of the plurality of UPS controllers, and wherein, when the selected first master controller loses communication with the other of the plurality of UPS controllers, the communication circuitry of the other of the plurality of UPS controllers is configured to use the arbitration scheme to select a second master controller from among the other of the plurality of UPS controllers, wherein the second master controller is configured to control remaining controllers of the other of the plurality of UPS controllers. | 20,070 |
9,719,325 | 1. A downhole tester valve comprising: a housing defining a central passage, an annular chamber, and first and second ports extending from the annular chamber to an exterior of the housing; a valve member positioned within the central passage of the housing and selectively positionable in an open position or a closed position to allow or prevent fluid communication through the central passage of the housing; a liquid chamber extending within the annular chamber axially between the first and second ports, the liquid chamber having a liquid with a selectively-adjustable viscosity, the liquid being capable of directly or indirectly exerting a force on the valve member to move the valve member to at least one of the open position or the closed position; an orifice associated with the liquid chamber to allow the liquid to enter or exit the liquid chamber; and a viscosity-altering member capable of being activated to change the viscosity of the liquid and thus a rate at which the liquid is able to enter or exit the liquid chamber via the orifice, thereby controlling the direct or indirect exertion of the force by the liquid on the valve member; wherein the liquid is adapted to directly or indirectly exert the force on the valve member in response to a fluid pressure being communicated, via each of the first and second ports, between the exterior of the housing and the annular chamber. | 11,307 |
9,649,820 | 1. A method for eliminating use of extensive positional tooling during construction of a fuselage section, the method comprising steps: (a) forming a first frame, a second frame, and a third frame by partially curing a composite material to between about 80 to about 90 percent of fully cured strength, each of the first, second and third frames having a plurality of locking features molded therein; (b) forming a first stringer, a second stringer, and a third stringer by partially curing the composite material to between about 80 to about 90 percent of fully cured strength, each of the first, second, and third stringers having angled surfaces corresponding to the locking features; (c) providing a solitary skeleton assembly tool having a curved bonding surface; (d) locating each of the first, second and third frames on the bonding surface in a parallel configuration; (e) forming a support system by securing using adhesive the first, second, and third frames to each of the first, second, and third stringers such that the angled surfaces of each of the first, second, and third stringers are in contact with one locking feature of each of the first, second, and third frames; (f) removing the support system from the bonding surface; (g) providing a skin for the fuselage section, the skin comprising composite material; (h) locating the skin and the support system together such that an outer surface of the support system is in contact with an inner surface of the skin; and (i) curing fully the skin and the support system together; wherein: a shape of the bonding surface corresponds to a shape of the inner surface of the skin, and the step (f) for removing the support system from the bonding surface occurs prior to steps (g-i) for providing a skin for the fuselage section, locating the skin and the support system together, and curing fully the skin and the support system together. | 7,993 |
8,871,454 | 1. A method of determining the presence of fatty liver disease (FLD) in a patient, comprising: providing a sample from a patient; measuring the level of coenzyme Q (CoQ) in the sample; and comparing the CoQ value from the patient with a threshold value, wherein if the CoQ value meets the threshold value the patient is determined to be at risk for fatty liver disease. | 2,943 |
9,005,334 | 1. A water-proof air-permeable filter for ensuring ventilation and also preventing entry of water, the water-proof air-permeable filter comprising: a non-porous resin film having formed therein a plurality of through pores extending through the resin film in a thickness direction; and a treated layer having hydrophobicity and oil repellency, and formed on at least one of both surfaces in the thickness direction of the resin film such that the treated layer has openings at positions corresponding to the plurality of through pores, wherein the plurality of the through pores each have a size larger than or equal to 0.01 μm and smaller than or equal to 10 μm, and the plurality of the through pores are uniformly distributed such that a density of the plurality of the through pores falls within a range from 10 to 1×10 the treated layer coats an inner surface of the through pores so as to form an inner part of the treated layer located inside the through pores, and a material forming the treated layer is different from a material forming the resin film. | 22,954 |
8,581,363 | 1. A vertically-stacked capacitor structure comprising: a first capacitor including a first upper conductive layer, a first lower conductive layer and a first dielectric layer disposed between the first lower conductive layer and a lower surface of the first upper conductive layer; and a second capacitor including a plurality of unit capacitors formed on an upper surface of the first upper conductive layer and defined by two neighboring insulation capacitor layers formed on the upper surface of the first upper conductive layer, each of the plurality of unit capacitors including a second lower conductive layer formed on both the upper surface of the first upper conductive layer and inner sidewalls of the two neighboring insulation capacitor layers, a second upper conductive layer and a second dielectric layer disposed between the second lower conductive layer and the second upper conductive layer; and a contact plug connecting the second upper conductive layer and the first lower conductive layer. | 12,530 |
9,806,346 | 1. A direct reforming catalyst for molten carbonate fuel cells being a homogeneous catalyst having a single phase of Perovskite oxide, wherein at least one doping element is substituted at site A, site B or sites A and B in ABO3 Perovskite oxide, wherein the direct reforming catalyst is a single-phase of Perovskite oxide represented by the following Chemical Formula 3: wherein x is larger than 0 and smaller than 1, and y is larger than 0 and smaller than 1; A and B are elements different from each other and form site A and site B, respectively, in ABO3 Perovskite oxide, wherein A is Sr and B is Ti; C and D are doping elements different from each other and have reforming characteristics to hydrocarbon fuel; the A wherein each of C and D in Chemical Formula 3 is any one selected from the group consisting of Ru, Rd, Au, Ag, Pd, Cu, Ni and Pt. | 41,269 |
9,737,907 | 1. A mixer for a vehicle exhaust system comprising: a mixer body having an inlet configured to receive engine exhaust gases and an outlet to direct swirling engine exhaust gas to a downstream exhaust component, the mixer body having a plurality of internal surfaces that come into contact with the engine exhaust gases, and wherein at least one of the internal surfaces has a coating comprised of a low-coefficient of friction material; wherein the mixer has an upstream end configured to be fixed to an upstream exhaust component and a downstream end configured to be fixed to the downstream exhaust component, and further including an upstream baffle and a downstream baffle that are surrounded by an outer peripheral surface to define an area between the upstream and downstream baffles, and wherein both the upstream and downstream baffles have internal baffle surfaces facing the area that are in contact with hot engine exhaust gases and that are covered by the coating. | 11,575 |
8,528,486 | 1. A dynamic magnetic suspension propeller, comprising: an separate body electromotor and an external force to reversely rotate said separate body electromotor, wherein said separate body electromotor comprises a stator and a rotor mounted separately, wherein said stator comprises a single layer plane magnetic path having magnetism, said rotor comprises a cantilever electromagnet having a first pole provided at an end portion of said cantilever and a second pole provided at a rotating shaft close to said cantilever, wherein said electromagnet is reversely rotated by said external force around said rotating shaft with respect to said stator, so as to produce a countertorque with respect to an magnetic force of said stator, wherein said countertorque comprises a magnetic suspension force and a magnetic propelling force, wherein said rotor comprises a magnetic force transferred rotor, wherein said magnetic force transferred rotor consists of a rotating canister and a magnet mounting on a frame, wherein said magnet is positioned on an inner side of said rotating canister, and magnetic lines of force thereof pass through an air gap into said rotating canister and then return to another pole of said magnet to form an integrated magnetic loop. | 6,932 |
8,512,665 | 1. A process for the production of nanoparticles which comprises producing in a first step a), at least two miniemulsions and/or minisuspoemulsions, which in each case comprise at least one reactant in the disperse phase and at least one emulsifier, and, in a second step b), the miniemulsions and/or minisuspoemulsions produced in this way are mixed in a high-pressure homogenizer under an emulsifying pressure in the range from 100 to 1000 bar, wherein the disperse phase of the at least two miniemulsions and/or minisuspoemulsions have an average droplet diameter of <10 μM, wherein in step b) a targeted coalescence of the miniemulsion droplets or minisuspoemulsion droplets is effected. | 38,694 |
8,714,288 | 1. An automobile comprising: a plurality of wheels having a first set and a second set; an electric motor coupled to the second set of the plurality of wheels and configured to apply a mechanical force or torque to the second set of the plurality of wheels to drive the second set of plurality of the wheels; an engine configured to apply a mechanical force or torque to the first set of the plurality of wheels to drive the first set of plurality of wheels based on an amount of the mechanical force or torque applied by the electric motor; an engine control unit coupled to the engine and the electric motor and configured to: increase the amount of the mechanical force or torque applied by the engine when an amount of the mechanical force or torque applied by the electric motor decreases at any acceleration value of an acceleration profile of the automobile that is based on a driver's acceleration demand such that the amount of the mechanical force or torque applied by the electric motor is insufficient without the increased amount of the mechanical force or torque applied by the engine to maintain the acceleration profile of the automobile, and decrease the amount of the mechanical force or torque applied by the engine when the amount of the mechanical force or torque applied by the electric motor increases at any acceleration value of the acceleration profile of the automobile to maintain the acceleration profile of the automobile; a capacitor configured to power the electric motor; and an energy generation unit configured to charge the capacitor. | 22,835 |
9,522,380 | 1. A precision volumetric liquid dispensing instrument comprising: two pressure sensors; a fluid passageway for receiving and distributing liquid having a defined volume portion positioned in fluid connection with said two sensors; one of said pressure sensors being positioned to measure pressure at one portion of said defined volume portion of said fluid passageway and the other of said pressure sensors being positioned to measure gas pressure at a different portion of said defined volume portion of said fluid passageway; at least one valve in communication with said passageway for moving fluids into or out of said defined volume portion of said fluid passageway; a processor for carrying out a step selected from the group consisting of (i) calculating the volume of a liquid added to said defined volume portion based upon the measured pressure and (ii) metering a liquid into said defined volume portion of said fluid passageway until the measured pressure indicates that a desired volume of fluid is in said fluid passageway; a microwave source; a microwave cavity in communication with said source; and a reaction vessel in said microwave cavity and in fluid communication with said fluid passageway at a position other than said defined volume portion. | 6,633 |
8,536,333 | 1. A charge-neutral organometallic dendrimer of formula (II): in which M represents a metal cation, x represents an integer of 2 or more, y represents an integer of 2 or more, each X which may be the same or different represents a bi-dentate coordinating group, z represents 0 or an integer of 1 or more, and each Y which may be the same or different represents a coordinating group, the total of (2.x)+(c.z) being equal to the number of coordination sites on M, wherein c is the number of coordination sites on Y; each DENDRITE which may be the same or different represents a dendritic molecular structure bonded to a group X, wherein each X terminates in the first single bond which is connected to a branching group or branching atom of DENDRITE; a represents 0 or an integer of 1 or more; and each Q which may be the same or different represents a surface group; wherein: the metal cation is iridium or platinum; x represents an integer of 2 or 3; each X, which may be the same or different, represents a bidentate coordinating group of the following formula: wherein * represents a bond to M and Z Z Z each Y, which may be the same or different, represents a coordinating group selected from: a ligand of formula (IV) in which Z each DENDRITE, which may be the same or different, represents an at least partially conjugated dendritic molecular structure bonded to a group X, which dendritic molecular structure comprises aryl and/or heteroaryl groups or nitrogen and, optionally, vinyl or acetylenyl groups, connected via sp each Q which may be the same or different represents a surface group selected from a further-reactable alkene; a (meth)acrylate group; a sulphur-containing group, a silicon-containing group; a sulphonyl group; a polyether group; a C | 7,557 |
9,556,453 | 1. A transgenic plant comprising DNA encoding a Cry1Be insecticidal protein and DNA encoding a Cry1Fa insecticidal protein, wherein said Cry1Fa insecticidal protein is at least 95% identical with SEQ ID NO:1, and said Cry1Be insecticidal protein is at least 95% identical with SEQ ID NO:2, wherein said transgenic plant expresses an effective amount of said Cry1Fa insecticidal protein and said Cry1Be insecticidal protein to prevent development of Cry-resistant lepidopteran pests, and wherein said Cry1Fa insecticidal protein and said Cry1Be insecticidal protein do not share a receptor binding site in European corn borer (ECB) gut and do not share a receptor binding site in fall armyworm (FAW) gut. | 41,290 |
9,833,437 | 1. A synthetic small molecule that inhibits myeloid differentiation primary response protein 88 (MyD88) comprising: C 44 H 64 N 4 O 4 , wherein said synthetic small molecule has the following chemical structure: | 706 |
9,392,928 | 1. A dishwasher appliance configured to receive a cleaning agent dispenser, the dishwasher appliance comprising: a tub that defines a wash chamber for receipt of articles for washing, the tub comprising a plurality of sidewalls; a rack assembly arranged in the wash chamber; a sump for collecting fluid from the wash chamber; a door movable between a closed position and an open position, the door comprising an inner wail further defining the wash chamber when the door is in the closed position; and a dispenser mounting assembly disposed within the wash chamber, the dispenser mounting assembly including wherein the dispenser mounting assembly is configured to receive the cleaning agent dispenser. | 10,201 |
9,784,207 | 1. A control apparatus for an internal combustion engine comprising: a fuel injection valve capable of injecting gasoline as fuel into a combustion chamber of said internal combustion engine; an ignition plug whose position relative to the fuel injection valve is set in such a way that fuel spray injected through said fuel injection valve passes through an ignition-capable region and the ignition plug can spark-ignite the fuel spray directly; and a controller comprising at least one processor configured to perform pre-injection through said fuel injection valve at a predetermined pre-injection time during a compression stroke and main injection at such a predetermined injection start time before the top dead center of the compression stroke that enables combustion to be started by flame generated by combustion of pre-injected fuel after pre-spray formed by the pre-injected fuel is spark-ignited by said ignition plug, thereby causing a predetermined way of combustion in which self-ignition occurs and at least a portion of the main-injected fuel is burned by diffusion combustion, wherein when the quantity of said pre-injected fuel is increased, said controller advances said pre-injection time responsive to the increase in the quantity of said pre-injected fuel, thereby increases an injection interval between said pre-injection time and said predetermined injection start time of said main injection. | 23,910 |
8,569,199 | 1. A vanadium-free catalyst for selective catalytic reduction of nitrogen oxides with ammonia or a compound that decomposes to ammonia as reducing agent, comprising a catalytically active coating on an inert support, the catalytically active coating comprises a completely or partially homogeneous cerium-zirconium mixed oxide, which contains 10 to 90 wt. % of cerium oxide based on the total weight of the homogeneous cerium-zirconium mixed oxide and which is activated for the SCR reaction by the introduction of a transition metal selected from the group consisting of chromium, molybdenum, tungsten and mixtures thereof, and whereby the vanadium-free catalyst is made by the process of impregnating the homogeneous cerium-zirconium mixed oxide with an amount of an aqueous solution of a compound of chromium, molybdenum, tungsten, or a mixture thereof, the amount of the aqueous solution being selected such that the homogeneous cerium-zirconium mixed oxide is moistened so that its pores are filled, without loss of its free-flowing properties. | 5,706 |
8,691,961 | 1. An isolated nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleic acid molecule that comprises a sequence that is at least 95% identical to a sequence comprising SEQ ID NO: 1 or SEQ ID NO: 3. | 20,499 |
8,631,629 | 1. A mounting system for a roof-mounted structure, comprising: a roof having a surface; a shaft having a first end opposing a second end, and including a roof fastening portion at the first end and secured within the roof, an anchor portion for securing the roof-mounted structure at the second end, a drive part and a radially projecting shoulder surface oriented toward the roof fastening portion; and a washer positioned on the surface of the roof and disposed on the shaft such that the shoulder surface urges the washer into watertight sealing contact with the surface of the roof. | 49,742 |
8,694,290 | 1. A method of determining whether or not a circuit will achieve a target value of a yield at a predetermined confidence level, the method comprising: setting a target yield as the target value of the yield, a specification of an evaluation item, and a confidence level; instructing a Monte Carlo simulation executing unit to execute a Monte Carlo simulation to obtain a value of the evaluation item of the circuit; after an end of the Monte Carlo simulation, calculating a confidence interval of a yield as an available range of the yield of the circuit at the confidence level, based on one or more values of the evaluation item obtained in Monte Carlo simulations, the specification of the evaluation item, and the confidence level; determining, in a first determination process, whether or not the target yield is within the confidence interval of the yield; when the target yield is within the confidence interval of the yield, instructing the Monte Carlo simulation executing unit to execute a subsequent Monte Carlo simulation; and when the target yield is not within the confidence interval of the yield: wherein the method is at least partly performed by one or more processors. | 24,383 |
9,644,525 | 1. A radiator cooling device configured to be mounted at a front of a motor vehicle between a radiator and a bumper skin, comprising: an air inlet; an air guide fixed to structural parts of the vehicle, from the air inlet as far as the radiator, the air guide comprising at least one front part and a rear part; a shut-off flaps device including mobile flaps for shutting off air arriving at the radiator as required and housed in the air guide; and means for fixing the shut-off flaps device in the rear part, wherein the bumper skin is in front of and separate from an impact beam, wherein the front part of the air guide presses against an inner surface of the bumper skin, wherein the rear part is fixed to the impact beam and comprises an accepting zone configured to accept the shut-off flaps device, wherein the front part and rear part are separate, the front part is fixed to the rear part and the front part secures the shut-off flaps device into the rear part, wherein the front part, the shut-off flaps device within the rear part, and the rear part are pressed against one another in an airtight manner, and wherein the rear part of the air guide which houses the shut-off flaps device comprises, at a front portion of the rear part, a first bearing zone for a rear portion of the front part, which is substantially aligned with a front face of the shut-off flaps device so that if the shut-off flaps device is not present, a position in which the front part is assembled with the rear part is substantially the same as when the shut-off flaps device is present. | 40,825 |
9,630,344 | 1. An electrode paste production device comprising: a hollow exterior component having a generally tubular configuration while maintaining the same interior cross section throughout its length, and including in said interior, in an axial direction, an injection zone, a rough mixing zone and a kneading zone, the rough mixing zone being located between the injection zone and the kneading zone; two rotary shafts, the rotation speed of which is controlled by a controller, said shafts located in said interior in an axial direction and extending through the injection zone, rough mixing zone and kneading zone of the exterior component in a state where the rotary shafts are located parallel to each other at a predetermined interval in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction; the injection zone including a transfer portion in the form of a feed screw configured to transfer separately injected powder and solvent to a downstream side in a transfer direction by rotation of the two rotary shafts; the rough mixing zone including a rough mixing portion configured to produce a mixture by mixing the powder and the solvent by rotation of the two rotary shafts without applying a shearing force, which is higher than or equal to a predetermined shearing force, to the powder; and the kneading zone including a kneading portion configured to produce electrode paste by kneading the mixture through application of a shearing force, which is higher than the shearing force that is applied in the rough mixing zone, to the mixture by rotation of the two rotary shafts, wherein each rotary shaft in the rough mixing portion includes an impeller having a shaft portion and blade portions provided on the outer periphery of the shaft portion radially outward of the rotary shaft, and configured to apply a shearing force to the mixture of the powder and the solvent, and each rotary shaft in the kneading portion includes a paddle configured to apply a higher shearing force to the mixture than the shearing force applied by the impellers of the rough mixing portion, and wherein a clearance between an outer periphery of a rotational trajectory of the impellers of the rough mixing portion and an inner wall of the housing is larger than a clearance between an outer periphery of a rotational trajectory of the paddles of the kneading portion and the inner wall of the housing. | 33,166 |
8,442,363 | 1. An apparatus for converting a shape of an optical input to a differently shaped optical output, comprising: at least two stacked slab waveguides wherein a location light is input along a portion of one side of each of the waveguides is distinct from a location light is output from one side of each of the waveguides; wherein the volume of any of the stacked slab waveguides is the volume traversed by translating a quadrilateral in a direction perpendicular to the plane of the quadrilateral; wherein there is a geometrical difference between each waveguide such that the location light is output from each of the waveguides is displaced in at least two directions with respect to each other, or the location light is input to each of the waveguides is displaced in at least two directions with respect to each other; wherein an aggregate area of the locations light is input to the waveguides corresponds approximately to the shape of the optical input; and wherein an aggregate area of the locations light is output from the waveguides corresponds approximately to a desired shape of optical output, wherein the desired shape of the optical output is different from the shape of the optical input. | 42,580 |
8,786,663 | 1. A method for achieving concurrency of voice and data, comprising: A, a network side receiving a voice call request, and when determining by detecting that a called mobile terminal of the voice call request is carrying out a data service connection, executing step B; and B, the network side notifying a calling mobile terminal sending the voice call request out of a situation that the called mobile terminal is carrying out the data service connection, and prompting the calling mobile terminal to re-initiate a call in a manner of a video call; wherein, the step A comprises: A1, the network side determining whether the called mobile terminal is carrying out the data service connection by detecting that a frequency point where the called mobile terminal of the voice call request is located is different, if the called mobile terminal is carrying out the data service connection, then executing step A2, otherwise, directly initiating a voice call to the called mobile terminal; and A2, detecting whether the called mobile terminal has opened a voice and data concurrency function, if the called mobile terminal has opened the voice and data concurrency function, then executing the step B, otherwise, cutting off the data service connection which is being carried out by the called mobile terminal and initiating the voice call to the called mobile terminal. | 47,925 |
8,621,242 | 1. A data processing apparatus comprising: processing circuitry configured to operate in a selectable one of a secure domain and a non-secure domain; a memory coupled to said processing circuitry and configured to store user defined secure image data, said user defined secure image data being accessible to said processing circuitry when operating in said secure domain and being non-accessible to said processing circuitry when operating in said non-secure domain; a user input device coupled to said processing circuitry and configured to receive user input data; a camera and camera driving software, said camera and camera driving software being arranged such that operation of said camera occurs within said secure domain, said user defined secure image data comprising a photo taken by said camera; and a display coupled to said processing circuitry and configured to display an image generated by said processing circuitry; wherein said processing circuitry is configured to operate in said secure domain to read (1) said user defined secure image data from said memory and (2) said user input data from said user input device; said processing circuitry is configured to generate a verification image from both said user defined secure image data and said user input data by applying a secure transformation determined by said user input data to said user defined secure image data; before said processing circuitry operates in said secure domain to generate said verification image, said user input device is configured such that said user input data cannot be read when said processing circuitry is operating in said non-secure domain; and said display is configured to display said verification image to a user to indicate that said processing circuitry is operating in said secure domain. | 25,634 |
9,443,664 | 1. A supercapacitor comprising: an anode comprising metal cyanometallate (MCM) particles overlying a current collector, the MCM particles having a chemical formula A a cathode including carbonaceous cathode materials overlying a current collector; and, an electrolyte including cations capable of insertion/de-insertion with the anode and selected from a second group of materials, and anions capable of adsorption/de-adsorption on a surface of the cathode and selected from a third group of materials. | 3,140 |
9,464,464 | 1. A drive unit for automotive applications with or in combination with a motor vehicle door lock, the drive unit including a housing, a motor with an associated motor shaft, and at least one spring element generating an axial force at one end of the motor shaft, wherein the spring element is located in at least one mount in the housing, and wherein the spring element has essentially a T-shaped design with an end plate and cantilevers on both opposing sides of the end plate, with the end plate acting upon the motor shaft, and at least the cantilevers being arranged in a receptacle, and wherein the end plate defines a U-shaped recess formed by the cantilevers being U-shape limbs on opposing sides of a U-base of the end plate to support the end of the motor shaft. | 23,868 |
9,076,190 | 1. A method to control a quality of one or more of an image, a sequence of images, a video sequence, a 3-dimensional data set and a layer of an image comprising: receiving the one or more of the image, the sequence of images, the video sequence, the 3-dimensional data set and the layer of the image; receiving an indication of a target image quality for a reconstructed version of a to be compressed version of the one or more of the image, the sequence of images, the video sequence, the 3-dimensional data set and the layer of the image; commencing compression of the one or more of the image, the sequence of images, the video sequence, the 3-dimensional data set and the layer of the image, the compression including performing a wavelet transform and wavelet coefficient coding; estimating, using one or more of Laplacian, generalized Gaussian, statistical and empirical modeling, distortion caused by one or more of quantization distortion and truncation distortion, wherein the estimating of distortion is performed without measuring the distortion; estimating, using one or more modeling techniques, a quality of the reconstructed version of the one or more of the image, the sequence of images, the video sequence, the 3-dimensional data set and the layer of the image based on the estimated distortion; automatically comparing, by a processor, the estimated quality to the target image quality; and: | 24,459 |
8,830,083 | 1. A utility meter, comprising: a processor with a predetermined temperature range; a remote disconnect switch in communication with the processor; at least one terminal blade in communication with a utility; a base positioned separately from the processor and adjacent to the at least one terminal blade; and a temperature sensor configured to determine a temperature of the base, the temperature sensor positioned on the base and in communication with the processor; wherein the processor opens the remote disconnect switch when the temperature sensor senses a temperature of the base that exceeds the predetermined temperature range. | 40,557 |
8,900,218 | 1. An at least partly implantable system for injecting a drug into a patient's body, comprising an infusion device adapted for implantation inside the patient's body and at least one reservoir adapted for implantation inside the patient's body in fluid connection with the infusion device to supply to the infusion device a drug to be injected into the patient's body, wherein the reservoir comprises at least one first compartment accommodating or adapted to accommodate an infusion liquid and at least one second compartment accommodating or adapted to accommodate the drug in powder form for mixing with the infusion liquid of the at least one first compartment, the system further comprising a mixing chamber for mixing the infusion liquid from the at least one first compartment with the drug from one or more of the at least one second compartment, wherein the arrangement is such that the drug is releasable from the at least one second compartment into the mixing chamber in powder form so that, when infusion liquid from the at least one first compartment is urged through the mixing chamber towards the infusion device, the infusion liquid will take with it the drug released from the at least one second compartment, wherein the system further comprises at least one of: a plate having two larger opposite sides being a first and second side, wherein the at least one compartment is mounted so as to open towards a first side of a plate and wherein the opening mechanism is adapted to act on the at least one second compartment so as to open to said first of the plate, and a tape wound up on a reel, wherein the at least one second compartment is mounted on the tape wound up on the reel. | 26,441 |
8,610,735 | 1. An image converting device comprising: a downscaling unit which downscales a two-dimensional image to generate at least one downscaling image; a feature map generating unit which extracts feature information from the downscaling image to generate a feature map; a visual attention calculating unit which generates a low-level attention map based on visual attention of the feature map; and an image expansion unit which up-scales the low-level attention map, wherein an increasing gray value is added to image data disposed on an upper portion of the low-level attention map, and 0 or a decreasing gray value is added to image data disposed on a lower portion of the low-level attention map. | 19,346 |
8,783,389 | 1. A cutting element comprising: a substrate; and a preformed thermally stable polycrystalline diamond body bonded to the substrate with at least an infiltrant, wherein the thermally stable polycrystalline diamond body comprises: | 8,664 |
8,852,517 | 1. A method for producing an aliphatic polyester having an increased molecular weight comprising the steps of: (i) quantitatively injecting a diisocyanate into an aliphatic polyester prepolymer which has a number average molecular weight of 5000 or higher and has terminal hydroxyl groups and in which at least one acid component is a succinic acid compound, in a molten state at a temperature not lower than the melting point thereof, wherein the diisocyanate comprises isocyanate groups in the amount equivalent to between one tenth and two times the amount of the hydroxyl groups in the aliphatic polyester prepolymer, (ii) quantitatively and continuously introducing the diisocyanate-containing aliphatic polyester prepolymer obtained at step (i) into a mixing tank, discharging same from the mixing tank under stirring, and supplying same to a coupling reaction tank, and (iii) reacting the aliphatic polyester prepolymer with the diisocyanate in the coupling reaction tank. | 42,471 |
9,805,720 | 1. A method, comprising: receiving a speech input; generating at least two speech recognition candidates from the speech input; observing a scene related to the speech input using one or more non-acoustic sensors; segmenting the observed scene into a plurality of regions, wherein each of the regions corresponds to an object or a surface in the observed scene; computing properties for at least a given region of the plurality of regions, wherein computing the properties for the given region comprises computing one or more characteristics for the given region and computing one or more relationships between the given region and remaining ones of the plurality of regions, and wherein the one or more characteristics of the given region comprise a color, a shape and a textual label; and selecting one of the speech recognition candidates based at least in part on the computed properties of the given region. | 33,625 |
9,204,127 | 1. A method of processing a pair of images including a left eye image and a right eye image, each of said left and right eye images including image values of a first type, the method comprising: generating a first overall disparity value indicating a first overall level of difference between values of said first type in said left eye image and values of said first type in said right eye image; determining if said first overall disparity value is in a first difference range used to control performing of a first difference reduction operation, said first difference reduction operation being an operation on values of said first type included in at least one of said left eye image or said right eye image to reduce the overall difference between values of said first type in said left eye image and values of said first type in said right eye image; and performing said first difference reduction operation to reduce the first overall level of difference between values of said first type in said left eye image and values of said first type in said right eye image when said first overall disparity value is determined to be in said first difference range and skipping performing said first difference reduction operation when said first overall disparity value is above a second threshold which is an upper boundary of said first difference range. | 16,971 |
9,600,580 | 1. A method for providing adaptive visual browsing of digital content comprising: a processor presenting a plurality of items on a display for browsing of digital content by a user of a processing system, each item including an image representing at least one of a title and a provider; receiving a user input selection from a remote control device operated by the user, the user input selection selecting one of the plurality of items to indicate interest by the user in the selected item; identifying a first metatag for the selected item, the first metatag including a content attribute indicating a distinguishable feature of the content; using the content attribute to identify a content attribute in a second metatag associated with different digital content for viewing; changing at least one of the plurality of items presented on the display to the different content in response to identifying the content attribute; and displaying each item to distinguish the item from other items being displayed when each item scrolls over a predetermined position on the display. | 49,982 |
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