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9,401,459 | 1. A phosphor, comprising: a silicate phosphor (A) having a peak wavelength at least 525 nm but not higher than 535 nm and fluorescence intensity at least 250% but not higher than 270%; an oxynitride phosphor (B) having a peak wavelength at least 540 nm but not higher than 545 nm and fluorescence intensity at least 260% but not higher than 280%; and a nitride phosphor (C) having a peak wavelength at least 615 nm but not higher than 625 nm, wherein, the ratio of the silicate phosphor (A) is at least 20% but not higher than 35% by mass; the ratio of the oxynitride phosphor (B) is at least 50% but not higher than 70% by mass; and the ratio of the nitride phosphor (C) is at least 10% but not higher than 20% by mass. | 29,728 |
8,878,112 | 1. A solar power generation apparatus comprising: a solar panel that houses a solar cell; a rotational angle processing unit that processes a rotation angle to rotate the solar panel to maintain a constant angle to the sun depending on the elevation of the sun and its azimuth; a differential angle processing unit that processes a differential angle between the installation direction of the solar panel and true north; a control angle processing unit that processes a control angle based on the rotational angle; a drive unit that rotates the solar panel according to the control angle; and a control angle processing unit that determines whether the solar panel is creating shade to another solar panel and performs a shade avoiding process when it determines that shade is occurring based on the result of the decision. | 16,237 |
9,274,527 | 1. A parking control apparatus comprising: a first unit including a first sensor, the first unit configured to set an initial parking space by receiving an input of information for at least one obstacle positioned around a moving vehicle from the first sensor to search a parking space, configured to calculate a first parking route using information for the initial parking space, and configured to control the vehicle to move along the first parking route; and a second unit including a second sensor, the second unit configured to determine whether to correct the initial parking space based on a parking space searching speed of the vehicle, configured to correct the initial parking space based on the information for the at least one obstacle recognized in a space recognition correction section to set a final parking space when it is determined that the vehicle exists in the space recognition correction section and the parking space searching speed exceeds a reference speed, and configured to control the vehicle to change a position thereof and to calculate a final parking route on information for the final parking space and information for the changed position of the vehicle, a route correction control section being set to extend by a predetermined distance from an end point of the space recognition correction section when it is determined that the vehicle enters the route correction control section, wherein the space recognition correction section is a section where, among obstacles positioned on opposite sides of the initial parking space, an obstacle positioned closer to the vehicle is recognized through the second sensor while the vehicle moves along the first parking route. | 9,247 |
8,611,459 | 1. A linearized transmitter comprising: a communication-signal source configured to produce a communication signal; a look-up table having an address input coupled to said communication-signal source and having an output, said look-up table storing unadaptable data; a gain-adjusting section having an input coupled to said output of said look-up table and configured to generate a predistorted communication signal; an amplifier which applies a nonlinear amplifier transform to a signal formed from said predistorted communication signal and applied at an input of said amplifier; a supply voltage source; a network of components coupled to said amplifier and said supply voltage source, wherein an amplifier biasing signal is provided from said supply voltage source, through said network of components, to said amplifier; and a digitizer having an input coupled to said supply voltage source and an output coupled to said look-up table; wherein said unadaptable data stored in said look-up table is configured to compensate at least in part for said nonlinear amplifier transform. | 20,807 |
8,449,891 | 1. A recombinant flagellin protein FliCΔ220-320 represented by SEQ ID NO. 20. | 25,366 |
9,780,177 | 1. A thin film transistor array panel comprising: a substrate; a gate line elongated in a first direction and comprising a first gate electrode and a second gate electrode and disposed on the substrate; a gate insulating layer on the first gate electrode and the second gate electrode; a semiconductor on the gate insulating layer; and a source electrode and a drain electrode disposed on the semiconductor, the drain electrode comprising a first drain electrode and a second drain electrode connected to each other, wherein with reference to a predetermined width in the first direction and a length taken in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, | 21,972 |
9,667,295 | 1. A holder for a smartphone, the holder comprising: a receptacle for the smartphone; a first locking mechanism configured for locking the smartphone in the receptacle; a second locking mechanism configured for locking the holder with said receptacle to a shopping trolley; and a releaser for unlocking said second locking mechanism for releasing the holder from the shopping trolley; wherein, when the smartphone is being held in said receptacle, said releaser is concealed by the smartphone. | 21,823 |
8,628,044 | 1. A satellite for stabilizing unstable space debris, comprising (a) routine systems and subsystems for operation of the satellite, and (b) at least a first and second nozzle configured to (i) generate a plurality of gas plume pulses from a gas, wherein the plurality of gas plume pulses have sufficient force to dampen rotational momentum about one or more axes of rotation of unstable space debris, and (ii) specifically target the plurality of gas plume pulses to at least a first target point and a second target point located on or near mutually orthogonal axes centered at center of mass of the unstable space debris. | 13,066 |
8,473,423 | 1. A method for determining a potential of a candidate for employment, the method comprising: receiving, by a contact center server, a contact from a person, wherein the contact is a phone call that is not about employment; queuing, by the contact center server, the contact in a real-time contact center waiting queue; while the person is waiting in the real-time contact center waiting queue, evaluating, by a processor, the person for potential employment; determining if the person is to be hired based on the evaluation; if the person is to be hired, offering employment to the person while the contact is still enqueued in the real-time contact center waiting queue; and if the person is not to be hired, responding by not offering employment to the person while the contact is still enqueued in the real-time contact center waiting queue. | 37,038 |
9,080,618 | 1. A line pressure control apparatus for a vehicle, comprising: a mechanical oil pump pump-actuated by a drive through a traveling drive source; an electrically driven oil pump disposed in parallel to the mechanical oil pump on a hydraulic pressure circuit and pump-actuated by the drive through an electrically operated motor; and a line pressure controller configured to: | 42,661 |
9,339,633 | 1. A balloon catheter system for draining and/or supplying fluid from/into hollow organs, body cavities or cysts, comprising: a conduit catheter having an elongated body having an outer surface, said elongated body having an open proximal end and terminating in an open distal end configured to drain fluids from hollow organs, body cavities or cysts and/or for supplying medication, said proximal end containing a portion which traverses between a linear configuration in a first orientation and a non-linear configuration having at least one looped portion in a second orientation, said elongated body having a hollow needle guide duct separated from an interior lumen of said conduit catheter, said hollow needle guide duct having an opening that extends through said outer surface of said conduit catheter body and which is surrounded by an interior of an inflatable balloon; a removable hollow needle having a body sized and shaped to extend within and slidably enage said hollow needle guide duct, said hollow needle body having an opening which when inserted within said hollow needle guide duct rests at or near said hollow needle guide duct opening; said inflatable balloon affixed to a portion of the conduit catheter; a valve configured to prevent deflation of said balloon, said valve located in the neck of the balloon or the hollow needle guide duct of the conduit catheter, and a guide catheter having an elongated body of sufficient length to extend within and be positioned within the lumen of the conduit catheter thereby forming a coaxial alignment; characterised in that the conduit catheter with the removable hollow needle in the hollow needle guide duct can be inserted from outside into the hollow organ, the body cavity or cyst via the guide catheter provided in the conduit catheter, the balloon can be filled with filling medium via the removable hollow needle through said opening formed in the hollow needle guide duct and provided in the lumen of the balloon, wherein the balloon can be fixed in the hollow organ, body cavity or cyst and the hollow needle can be removed from the hollow needle guide duct of the conduit catheter after filling of the balloon, whereas the balloon and the conduit catheter remain in the hollow organ, body cavity or cyst. | 44,004 |
9,281,109 | 1. A multi-state magnetic unit attachable to an interior surface of a housing of an electronic device and operable to magnetically attach an object having a triggering magnetic element to an exterior surface of the housing at a predetermined location and orientation, the multi-state magnetic unit comprising: a magnetic assembly capable of providing a magnetic field at the exterior surface of the housing that in an absence of the triggering magnetic element is unable to form a magnetic circuit through the housing; and a magnetic shield disposed between the magnetic assembly and an interior surface of the housing and having a first side attached to the magnetic assembly and a second side opposite the first side attached to the interior surface of the housing, wherein a triggering magnetic field provided by the triggering magnetic element when located at or near the exterior surface of the housing enables the magnetic assembly to form the magnetic circuit through the housing. | 6,781 |
8,425,919 | 1. A fusion polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence set forth as SEQ ID NO:33, or a sequence having at least 90% identity to SEQ ID NO:33. | 49,147 |
9,148,213 | 1. A method for relaying frames, the method comprising: receiving, by a repeater from a first station, a first frame, wherein the first frame has a first header having a first forward indicator bit; determining whether the first frame will be relayed in accordance with the first forward indicator bit, comprising transmitting, by the repeater to an access point, the first frame when the first frame is determined to be relayed. | 439 |
8,741,148 | 1. A water treatment system comprising : a) a reverse osmosis module having an input for source water to be treated, a permeate output and a concentrate output; b) a reverse osmosis control valve for controlling the communication of the source water with said reverse osmosis module input; c) a feedwater biased storage tank for storing permeate produced by said reverse osmosis module; d) a feedwater control valve for controlling the communication of said source of water to be treated with a feedwater chamber located in said storage tank and formed at least partially by an elastomeric member; e) a tank pressurization control valve for controlling the opening and closing of said feedwater control valve; f) a flow control for restricting the flow of a signal pressure to a signal pressure chamber in said feedwater control valve, said restrictor for reducing the rate at which a fluid generated force is applied to a valve operating member forming part of said feedwater control valve and, g) a check valve configured to be in a parallel relationship with said restrictor which allows a fluid generated force on said valve operating member to be released substantially immediately when said signal pressure is terminated. | 13,710 |
9,735,361 | 1. A method of making a stack of a type comprising a first electrode, an active layer, and a second electrode, for use in an electronic device, in particular of the organic photodetector type or the organic solar cell type, the method comprising the following steps: a) depositing a first layer ( b) depositing an active layer ( c) locally eliminating the first conductive layer ( d) depositing a second layer ( wherein step c) is performed by means of an etching solution diluted in a solvent that is not capable of attacking or dissolving the active layer. | 28,487 |
9,352,799 | 1. A motorcycle comprising: a vehicle body frame including a head pipe, a pair of right and left main frames extending rearward from the head pipe, and a pair of right and left pivot frames which extend continuously from rear portions of the main frames, respectively, and to which a front end portion of a swing arm is mounted such that the swing arm is pivotable; a brake control unit; and a reservoir tank including a container body which stores therein a cooling medium supplied to a radiator and has a cooling medium port, and a cap which closes the cooling medium port of the container body, wherein the brake control unit and the reservoir tank are disposed inward relative to the pivot frames, and mounted to the vehicle body frame via a common bracket of a plate shape, and wherein the reservoir tank and the brake control unit are fastened to the common bracket in a state in which the reservoir tank is placed on one of a plurality of surfaces of the common bracket, and the brake control unit is placed on another surface of the plurality of surfaces of the common bracket. | 18,208 |
9,658,208 | 1. A method of high throughput screening for G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR) ligands, the method comprising: providing a cell derived from a mammal, the cell comprising a GPCR of interest, a Gα administering to the cell a candidate GPCR ligand; and detecting expression of the cAMP-dependent reporter gene, wherein an increase in the expression of the cAMP-dependent reporter gene is indicative that the candidate GPCR ligand is a GPCR ligand. | 15,429 |
8,715,660 | 1. A method for treating a cancer in a subject in need thereof, comprising administering to the subject an agent that binds to IGFBP2 and inhibits IGFBP2 from binding to IGF1, wherein the agent is an antibody or antigen-binding portion thereof. | 40,577 |
9,807,362 | 1. A system, comprising: a depth control module configured to determine a depth setting for use in displaying autostereoscopic video (AV), the depth setting being based on at least one of user parameters or device parameters; and an AV processing module configured to display the AV on a display, the displaying of the AV being based on the depth setting; an image capture module configured to capture an image; and a user parameter module configured to detect a face within the captured image, determine features based on the detected face, and determine whether a user profile of a particular user corresponding to the features exists, the user profile comprising depth preference information, said depth preference information comprising a user specified amount of depth for displaying said AV: wherein when said user profile exists, said user parameters are based on said depth preference information, wherein the depth setting is based on device parameters only if a user profile corresponding to the features of a particular user is determined not to exist. | 42,832 |
9,660,118 | 1. A laminate, comprising: an outermost resin layer, and a second resin layer that comprises 30%-99.9% by mass of an ethylene-based polymer and 0.01%-3.0% by mass of a nucleating agent, each based on the mass of the second resin layer, wherein the outermost resin layer comprises: wherein a crystal melting peak temperature of the ethylene-based polymer of the second resin layer, as measured at a heating rate of 10° C./min in differential scanning calorimetry, is from 100 to 145° C., and a heat of crystal fusion of the ethylene-based polymer of the second resin layer is from 120 to 190 J/g, and wherein a ratio of thickness of the second resin layer to a total thickness of the laminate is 0.2 to 0.6. | 12,517 |
9,203,500 | 1. A communication device, comprising: an antenna; a transceiver coupled with the antenna; a matching network including variable reactance elements, wherein the matching network is coupled with the antenna and the transceiver; an iterative matching network tuner coupled with the matching network to set the variable reactance elements according to a preset sequential tuning algorithm; and a calibrating system coupled with the iterative matching network tuner, wherein the calibrating system performs operations comprising: | 29,376 |
8,374,944 | 1. A computer implemented method for enabling collaboration between advisors and primary users, the method being implemented in a computer system comprising one or more processors configured to execute computer program modules, the method comprising: receiving requests to define a collaboration team that includes secondary users associated with a primary user, wherein the requests further define different scopes of authorization for the secondary users to access documents including private information associated with the primary user; hosting, over a network, an electronic collaboration forum that enables collaboration between the secondary users and the primary user and, responsive to receipt of the selections, selectively provides the secondary users access to stored documents associated with the primary user in accordance with the scopes of authorization for the secondary users defined in the requests; providing a first secondary user access to a first document associated with the primary user through the electronic collaboration forum, responsive to reception of a request for the first document from the first secondary user and to the scope of authorization for the first secondary user permitting access to the first document; receiving a modification to the first document from the first secondary user via the electronic collaboration forum; modifying, by the one or more processors, the first document accessible through the electronic collaboration forum in accordance with the received modification; and providing access to the modified first document via the electronic collaboration forum for (i) the primary user and (ii) the secondary users associated with scopes of authorization that permit access to the first document. | 37,979 |
9,023,870 | 1. A method of treating a subject suffering from schizophrenia comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of a compound according to formula [I] wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are H; R6 is selected from methyl and hydroxymethyl; A7 is C-R7, A8 is N and A9 is C-R9; R7, 10 and R11 are H; and R9 is OR12, wherein R12 represents a monocyclic saturated ring moiety having 4-6 ring atoms wherein one of said ring atoms is O and the rest is C; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. | 46,022 |
8,585,106 | 1. An energy absorption system for installation between bumper and transverse beam of a motor vehicle comprising: a front soft part that faces the bumper and acts as a soft component; and a rear hard part that faces the transverse beam and acts as a hard component, wherein the soft part and the hard part each extend over the entire width of the vehicle, and the soft part and the hard part are interlocked, wherein the hard part consists of a support part, wherein on the hard part's side facing the soft part, a multiplicity of individual segments are arranged which are spaced apart from each other at a distance (b) and project from the support part, and each segment extends vertically over the entire height of the energy absorption system, and wherein the segments are triangular in cross-section, wherein a first transverse limb is arranged on the support part or is identical therewith in a partial area, and starting from this transverse limb, two distribution limbs extend toward the soft part. | 41,071 |
9,784,887 | 1. An apparatus for air-drop deployment of a payload comprising instrumentation or equipment, the apparatus comprising: an elongate body member having a first end and a second end; a mounting ring disposed on and at least partially surrounding a portion of the body member at the first end; a fin assembly comprising a plurality of fins attached to the mounting ring; a weighted tip at the second end of the body member; and a connector at the first end configured to engage the payload; wherein the mounting ring comprises a release mechanism and is slidably mounted to the body member, and wherein the release mechanism is configured to maintain the mounting ring at the first end during flight and to release the mounting ring upon impact of the apparatus with a deployment surface, allowing the mounting ring to move from the first end toward the second end upon impact. | 20,857 |
9,603,907 | 1. An inhalable dry powder formulation comprising a human DNase I protein and particles of a physiologically acceptable pharmacologically-inert solid carrier, wherein said human DNase I protein is a plant expressed recombinant human DNase I protein comprising an N-terminal Glycine residue at position 1 of said human DNase I protein. | 3,307 |
9,238,391 | 1. A suspension system for a vehicle, the system comprising: a wheel knuckle; a control arm coupled to the wheel knuckle, with the control arm including a proximal end having a first arm segment and a second arm segment each extending outwardly from the proximal end away from each other to respective first and second distal ends to define a space between the first and second arm segments; a biasing device at least partially disposed in the space between the first and second arm segments, with the biasing device coupled to at least one of the first and second distal ends of the first and second arm segments respectively such that actuation of the biasing device provides a first reaction force that counteracts a downward load acting on the control arm, with the first reaction force being substantially proportional to the downward load to substantially maintain a position of the wheel knuckle. | 40,638 |
8,377,374 | 1. A hydrogen-absorbing alloy for hybrid electric vehicles which is an AB 5 -type alloy having a CaCu 5 -type crystal structure, characterized by having the general formula RNi a Co b Al c Mn d (R: mixture of rare earth metals), wherein 4.15≦a≦4.4, 0.15≦b≦0.35, 1≦c/d≦1.7, 5.25≦a+b+c+d≦5.45. | 24,248 |
9,400,064 | 1. A device for providing ammonia to a consumption unit comprising at least two metal ammine complex salt ammonia storage materials capable of ab- or adsorbing and desorbing ammonia; a first storage container with a first ammonia storage material of said at least two metal ammine complex salt ammonia storage materials; a second storage container smaller than said first storage container with a second ammonia storage material of said at least two metal ammine complex salt ammonia storage materials; said first and second ammonia storage materials being the same materials; first heating means for heating the first ammonia storage material to release ammonia from the first storage container; second heating means for heating the second ammonia storage material to release ammonia from the second storage container; first means for delivering gaseous ammonia to the consumption unit; second means for connecting the first storage container and delivering gaseous ammonia to the second storage container, said second means comprising a valve; and a controller configured to control the valve and the heating of the first and second ammonia storage materials such that the valve is closed during heating the second ammonia storage material in said second container by said second heating means so as to prevent ammonia to be absorbed by the first ammonia storage material in said first storage container, wherein ammonia is delivered to the consumption unit by said heating of the second ammonia storage material by said second heating means, and the valve is opened so as to establish a fluid communication between said first and said second storage containers, when the second ammonia storage material is depleted of ammonia by consumption and the heating of the second ammonia storage material by said second heating means is stopped and the heating of said first ammonia storage material by said first heating means is initiated, whereby the first ammonia storage material due to its desorption of ammonia through the heating thereof by said first heating means serves as an ammonia source for re-saturating the second ammonia storage material. | 43,524 |
8,493,301 | 1. A liquid crystal display device, comprising: a display panel including a pixel matrix in which pixels each including at least a switching element and a pixel electrode are arranged in matrix near intersection points of data lines and gate lines arranged longitudinally and laterally, and a counter electrode that is arranged to oppose the pixel matrix with a liquid crystal layer interposed therebetween; and a control part for dividing a period for displaying a color image of one frame into a plurality of sub-frame periods, and lighting up light sources of different colors for each of the sub-frame periods to display images according to the colors of the light sources on the display panel, wherein a shield electrode layer separated by an insulating film is disposed between the pixel electrode and the data lines, the shield electrode layer reduces a coupling of capacitances of the pixel electrode and the data line through shielding, and the control part applies a voltage to the shield electrode layer by changing a waveform for each of the sub-frame periods. | 44,220 |
9,324,897 | 1. A high energy photon energy converter for converting high energy photon emissions into electrical energy comprising a first layer of material that absorbs high energy photons and emits electrons ejected from an atom in the first layer of material by a high energy photon absorbed in the first layer of material, the first layer having a thickness less than the length of the mean free path of the ejected electrons in the first layer of material, and a second layer of material that collects electrons emitted from the first layer of material and is electrically coupled to the first layer of material, the second layer of material having a thickness greater than the length of the mean free path in the second layer of material of the electrons emitted from the first layer of material, wherein the first layer of material is configured as a cylindrical core and the second layer of material is configured as a cylindrical shell disposed about the cylindrical core, wherein the radius of the cylindrical core is less than 1/2 the length of the mean free path of the ejected electrons in the first material. | 22,831 |
9,207,212 | 1. A method for operating a resonance measurement system having at least one electrical actuating apparatus, at least one electromagnetic drive as a vibration generator and at least one vibrating element which interacts with a medium, comprising the steps of: causing the electrical actuating apparatus to provide an electrical excitation signal u exciting the vibrating element to vibration in at least one natural form with the electromagnetic drive, producing a driving terminal current i producing a driving terminal voltage u detecting the driving terminal current i determining a driving power S when at least one of a given maximum driving terminal current i | 6,254 |
9,564,757 | 1. An apparatus for optimizing a hybrid power system with respect to long-term characteristics of said hybrid power system, said apparatus comprising: a real-time controller of said hybrid power system; and a processor cooperating with said real-time controller, said processor being structured to input current measurements of information from said hybrid power system and hybrid dynamics information including continuous dynamics and discrete time dynamics that model said hybrid power system, provide online optimization of said hybrid power system based upon said input, and output a power flow reference and a number of switch controls to said real-time controller based upon said online optimization, wherein said processor is further structured to provide at least one of: real-time forecasts or real-time prediction of future information operatively associated with said hybrid power system as part of said input, and real-time processing of said online optimization. | 4,071 |
9,208,211 | 1. A method comprising: receiving a first client request by a processing device comprising a node of a data grid, the first client request being a request to store an object in a database, wherein the first client request is formatted for interaction with a relational database using a database protocol, and wherein the data grid comprises a data store that spans a plurality of processing devices arranged in a distributed cluster to distribute data across the plurality of processing devices as a distributed cache to imitate the operation of the database to the client, the processing device being one of the plurality of processing devices, wherein the node executes within a virtual machine of a cloud computing system providing the data grid, the node communicating via a peer-to-peer protocol with other nodes executing on the plurality of processing devices in order to form the data grid; identifying a format of the object and the first client request; upon determining that the format of the object and the first client request does not comply with a protocol compatible with the data grid, translating the first client request and object into a format that complies with the protocol compatible with the data grid; generating, by the processing device, a primary key value pair for the object and a plurality of additional key value pairs for fields of the object, the primary key value pair and the plurality of additional key value pairs comprising distinct data structures; assigning, to a key portion of the primary key value pair, a unique identifier usable to retrieve the object from the data grid; adding, to a value portion of the primary key value pair, references to the plurality of additional key value pairs; storing the primary key value pair and the plurality of additional key value pairs in the data store of the data grid; receiving a second client request for the object from a client, the second client request comprising the unique identifier; using the unique identifier to retrieve the primary key value pair from the data grid; retrieving the plurality of additional key value pairs in view of the references; reconstructing the object from the plurality of additional key value pairs; and returning the object to the client. | 19,243 |
9,514,702 | 1. A source driver IC, connected to a display panel, the display panel comprising a plurality of pixel units, each of which comprises a first subpixel, a second subpixel, a third subpixel and a fourth subpixel arranged sequentially in a horizontal direction; wherein the source driver circuit comprises: a first sub-driver circuit connected to pixel electrodes corresponding to pixel units at odd-numbered positions in each pixel row and configured to, within a time period, transmit voltage signals at corresponding potentials to the pixel electrodes corresponding to the pixel units at the odd-numbered positions, so as to control, within the time period, polarities of driving voltages for the first subpixels and the third subpixels in the pixel units at the odd-numbered positions to be reverse to polarities of driving voltages for the second subpixels and the fourth subpixels in the pixel units at the odd-numbered positions; and a second sub-driver circuit connected to pixel electrodes corresponding to pixel units at even-numbered positions in each pixel row and configured to, within the time period, transmit voltage signals at corresponding potentials to the pixel electrodes corresponding to the pixel units at the even-numbered positions, so as to control polarities of driving voltages for the first subpixels and the third subpixels in the pixel units at the even-numbered positions to be identical to the polarities of the driving voltages for the second subpixels and the fourth subpixels in the pixel units at the odd-numbered positions, and control, within the time period, polarities of driving voltages for the second subpixels and the fourth subpixels in the pixel units at the even-numbered positions to be identical to the polarities of the driving voltages for the first subpixels and the third subpixels in the pixel units at the odd-numbered positions; wherein the first sub-driver circuit comprises: a first control module configured to generate a first voltage signal at a first potential greater than a potential of a common electrode in the display panel based on a logic digital signal, and connected to a logic digital signal generation unit, a first analog voltage input end and a second analog voltage input end; a second control module configured to generate a second voltage signal at a second potential less than the potential of the common electrode based on the logic digital signal, and connected to the logic digital signal generation unit, the second analog voltage input end and a third analog, voltage input end; a first output end configured to transmit the first voltage signal or the second voltage signal to the pixel electrodes corresponding to the first subpixels and the third subpixels in the pixel units at the odd-numbered positions, and connected to the pixel electrodes corresponding to the first subpixels and the third subpixels in the pixel units at the odd-numbered positions; a second output end configured to transmit the second voltage signal or the first voltage signal to the pixel electrodes corresponding to the second subpixels and the fourth subpixels in the pixel units at the odd-numbered positions, and connected to the pixel electrodes corresponding to the second subpixels and the fourth subpixels in the pixel units at the odd-numbered positions; and a first selection switch configured to, based on a control logic, connect the first output end to the first control module and connect the second output end to the second control module within a first display duration of the time period so that the first output end outputs the first voltage signal and the second output end outputs the second voltage signal, and connect the first output end to the second control module and connect the second output end to the first control module within a second display duration of the time period so that the first output end outputs the second voltage signal and the second output end outputs the first voltage signal, the first selection switch being connected to the first control module, the second control module, the first output end and the second output end, and the first display duration and the second display duration alternating within the time period. | 25,638 |
9,025,154 | 1. An optical device for selecting specific matter, the device comprising: a light source for emitting light having at least 3 wavelengths and for generating a combined beam of light having the at least 3 wavelengths; an optical element for receiving the combined beam of light and directing a plurality of component light beams towards matter including the specific matter, the optical element having first surface portions through which the component light beams are respectively directed to matter including the specific matter, the first surface portions having respective optical properties selected so that light transmissivity of the surface portions progressively increases and light intensity differences between the component light beams are thereby reduced; and a detector for detecting reflected component light beams. | 8,584 |
8,915,070 | 1. An engine method, comprising: selectively routing exhaust gases through a hydrocarbon trap to store exhaust hydrocarbons; initiating purging stored hydrocarbons from the hydrocarbon trap, through a purge canister, and then to an engine intake responsive to an alcohol content of injected fuel; and varying termination of the selective routing responsive to the alcohol content of the injected fuel by delaying the termination as the alcohol content increases. | 13,949 |
8,758,362 | 1. Monocanaliculonasal and/or monocanalicular intubation assembly intended for lacrimonasal imperforation comprising: a probe made of a first material and having a distal portion in the form of a hollow tube extending in a longitudinal direction, and a proximal portion in the form of a solid block from which a locking cap projects in a direction transversal to said longitudinal direction, and insertion means for inserting said probe into a lacrimal canal or canaliculus, said insertion means comprising: an insertion tube made of a second material, said second material being more rigid than said first material, said insertion tube having a distal end opening, and a mandrel for pushing said probe so as to expel it from said distal end opening of said tube, said mandrel having a distal end, wherein said probe and said mandrel are received in said insertion tube, said distal end of said mandrel being in contact with a rear side of said block-shaped proximal portion. | 11,001 |
9,419,903 | 1. A hardware switch comprising: a first multiplexer having a plurality of input ports and an output port; an ingress processor having an input port coupled to the output port of the first multiplexer; a common data buffer having a first input port coupled to the output port of the first multiplexer, a second input and an output port; a first packet pointer having an input port coupled to the output port of the first multiplexer and an output port; a plurality of queues having input ports coupled to the output port of the first packet pointer and an output port; a second packet pointer having an input port coupled to the output port of the plurality of queues and an output coupled to the second input of the common data buffer; an egress processor having an input port coupled to the output port of the common data buffer and an output port; a second multiplexer having an input coupled to the output port of the egress processor and a plurality of output ports; a memory wherein an egress Openflow table and an ALL group bucket table are stored in the memory; Openflow ALL groups wherein the Openflow ALL groups comprise: ALL group buckets; wherein ALL group buckets are represented in ingress as a list of output ports with associated queue ID's and associated copy-counts; | 20,387 |
8,531,031 | 1. An integrated circuit package, comprising: a semiconductor die having a bond pad region surface; a zinc-containing layer over and directly against the bond pad region surface; an electrically conductive inner layer over and directly against the zinc-containing layer, the inner layer comprising one or more of B, Co, Cr, Ni, P, Pt, Ta, Ti, V and W; an electrically conductive outer layer over and directly against the inner layer; a gold-containing structure directly bonded to the electrically conductive outer layer; an interposer having an electrically conductive bump material directly bonded to gold-containing structure utilizing thermosonic bonding with a vibrational energy having a frequency of at least about one kilohertz; and wherein the electrically conductive outer layer comprises a surface; wherein the gold-containing structure comprises a surface that directly contacts a portion of the electrically conductive outer layer surface and that leaves a gap between another portion of the electrically conductive outer layer surface and the surface of the gold-containing structure; and further comprising a z-axis conductive material in the gap between the surface of the gold-containing structure and the surface of the electrically conductive outer layer; some of the z-axis conductive material being compressed between the surfaces of the gold-containing structure and the electrically conductive layer and being in a conductive form, while some of the z-axis material is not sufficiently compressed to be in a conductive form; the conductive form of the z-axis conductive material being directly adjacent the gold-containing balls. | 30,870 |
8,413,571 | 1. A rifle barrel system for a gas operated weapon system having a gas port and gas redirection tube comprising: a sleeve arranged around a rifle barrel defining a void between the rifle barrel and said sleeve surrounding the rifle barrel; and, filler material carried in said void defined between said rifle barrel and said sleeve wherein said gas redirection tube is disposed within said filler material between said sleeve and said rifle barrel and said filler material surrounds said rifle barrel and said gas redirection tube; and, said filler material includes material taken from the group consisting of: hydraulic cement, at least 50% by weight of calcium sulfate, 48% or less by weight of Portland cement, epoxy, resin and metal particles. | 21,582 |
8,641,872 | 1. A method for producing ammonia, the method comprising: introducing N | 34,418 |
9,693,153 | 1. A hearing aid for use by a listener, comprising: a microphone; a processing circuit configured to receive an input signal from the microphone, filter the input signal, rectify the filtered input signal, generate an envelope of the rectified input signal, accumulate a difference between the rectified input signal and the envelope, determine an applied gain based on the accumulated difference, and produce an output signal by applying the applied gain to the input signal in frequency domain; and a speaker configured to receive the output signal from the processing circuit and produce output sounds based on the output signal, wherein the hearing aid is configured to be worn by the listener to compensate for hearing loss of the listener. | 9,648 |
8,354,267 | 1. A transgenic Pseudomonas aeruginosa cell stably transformed with an isolated nucleic acid molecule that disrupts an endogenous nucleotide sequence of interest selected from the group comprising pilT (SEQ ID NO:1), pilA (SEQ ID NO:2), nirS (SEQ ID NO:3), bdlA (SEQ ID NO:4), lasI (SEQ ID NO:5), lasR (SEQ ID NO:6), ftsZ (SEQ ID NO:7), and fliC (SEQ ID NO:8) wherein said microbial cell exhibits decreased expression of said endogenous nucleotide sequence of interest and said cell exhibits an altered electrogenic efficacy. | 13,435 |
8,471,089 | 1. A process for the transformation of dangerous wastes containing chromium six into non dangerous wastes, characterized by the following steps: a) a first milling step wherein the dangerous waste is passed through a jaw crusher to reduce the largest pieces formed during the storage of the wastes into particles with a diameter no larger than 2.54 cm (one inch); b) a second milling step wherein the particles from step (a) are passed through a ball mill to obtain a powder c) a first step of washing the powder from step (b) with water to extract the chromium six in liquid phase and its soluble salts; d) adding gradually to the washed powder from step (c) the residual sulfuric acid coming from liquid vaseline manufacturing to form a solution while maintaining the temperature of the solution at a level not above 80° C. and controlling the pH of the solution to be at a value of 2.5 +/−0.5; and e) stirring the solution from step (d) for approximately half an hour and then injecting a gas stream of reducing agent through the solution, under constant stifling, thereby transforming dangerous wastes containing chromium six into non dangerous wastes. | 24,663 |
8,398,948 | 1. A method for preparing carbon nanotube from a liquid phased-carbon source, wherein the method uses a liquid phased-hydrocarbon based material in the amount of from 80 to 99.999 wt % as carbon source; and comprises the steps of heating and pressurizing said carbon source to the range of critical temperature and critical pressure, and reacting and cooling said carbon source in the presence of a reducing agent selected from the group of an alkali metal, alkali earth metal or a complex metal thereof and an autogenous seed catalyst which is a metal-containing acid salt wherein the acid is selected from the group of acetic acid, hydrochloric acid, sulfuric acid and nitric acid to induce the growth of carbon nanotube, wherein the heating rate is regulated within the range of from 1 to 30° C./min and the cooling rate is regulated within the range of from 1 to 10° C./min. | 10,363 |
9,278,213 | 1. An auditory prosthesis system comprising: a stimulator adapted to be implantable, the stimulator including a plurality of electrodes forming a multi-channel electrode array, the electrodes of the multi-channel electrode array spatially divided; and a processor configured to: | 42,655 |
8,630,742 | 1. A thermostat, comprising: a housing; memory; and a processing system disposed within the housing, the processing system being in operative communication with one or more temperature sensors to determine an ambient temperature, and in operative communication with a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system to control the ambient temperature according to an HVAC schedule stored in said memory, the HVAC schedule including a first setpoint characterized by a first setpoint temperature and a first setpoint time, the HVAC schedule including a second setpoint characterized by a second setpoint temperature and a second setpoint time, the first setpoint time and second setpoint time defining a first time interval therebetween, said processing system being configured to control the HVAC system to precondition the enclosure during at least a part of said first time interval such that the ambient temperature reaches substantially said second setpoint temperature by said second setpoint time, the processing system including a first processor characterized by at least a relatively high electrical power-consuming first mode of operation and a relatively low electrical power-consuming second mode of operation, wherein the processing system controls the HVAC system to preconditioning the enclosure by: | 21,522 |
8,698,710 | 1. A display device including pixels arranged in rows and columns, the display device comprising: a first signal line and a second signal line that are disposed in each of the columns, for supplying the pixels in the corresponding column with a signal voltage that determines luminance of the pixels; a first power source line and a second power source line; a scanning line disposed in each of the rows; and a control line disposed in each of the rows, wherein the pixels compose at least two drive blocks, each of the drive blocks including plural pixel rows, each of the pixels includes: each of the pixels in a k-th drive block of the drive blocks further includes a second switching transistor that includes a gate connected to the scanning line, one of a source and a drain connected to the gate of the drive transistor, and the other of the source and the drain connected to the first signal line, k being a positive integer, each of the pixels in a (k+1)-th drive block of the drive blocks further includes a third switching transistor that includes a gate connected to the scanning line, one of a source and a drain connected to the gate of the drive transistor, and the other of the source and the drain connected to the second signal line, each of the control lines is connected to all of the pixels in a same one of the drive blocks and not connected to the pixels in different ones of the drive blocks, the signal voltage includes a luminance signal voltage for causing the luminescence element to generate photons and a reference voltage for causing a voltage corresponding to a threshold voltage of the drive transistor to be stored in the capacitor element, the display device further comprises: the timing control circuit (i) causes the signal line drive circuit to output the reference voltage to the second signal line when the signal line drive circuit is outputting the luminance signal voltage to the first signal line, and (ii) causes the signal line drive circuit to output the reference voltage to the first signal line when the signal line drive circuit is outputting the luminance signal voltage to the second signal line, and a threshold voltage correction period, in which the reference voltage is applied to the (k+1)-th drive block for threshold voltage correction, is provided in a signal voltage storing period in which the signal voltage is sampled in the k-th drive block. | 31,202 |
8,838,608 | 1. A method, comprising: assigning, via a processor, hash values to virtual blocks of data that links to rows of spatial data included within a database, the database includes an existing hash-based index using an existing file system, the hash values are not computed based on the data and are assigned by an R-Tree Mapper to the virtual blocks; organizing, via the processor, the rows of spatial data into collections, each collection include a same hash value and representing a single virtual block and the same hash value providing a back-pointer to a parent block, and reserving, for each row represented within a particular virtual block a predefined amount of storage for: a level within the R-Tree for that particular virtual block when the R-Tree is formed; a unique identifier for that row; and the assigned hash value designated for that virtual block, and creating a header block for each virtual block; forming, via the processor, an R-Tree from the collections of the virtual blocks, the R-Tree representing an overlay spatial index of the existing hash-based index on the existing file system; and parsing, via the processor, spatial operations and operands from a query and processing against the R-Tree and simultaneously parsing, via the processor, non-spatial operations and operands from the query and processing against the existing hash-based index. | 44,195 |
8,740,138 | 1. An aircraft pylon support system mounting and supporting aircraft propulsion systems to a fuselage section of an aircraft which comprises: an internal, central support box adapted to be disposed within and extend across and through the center of the aircraft fuselage section, and external support boxes adapted to extend laterally into pylons disposed at both sides of the aircraft fuselage section and adapted to support the propulsion system, each of said internal and external support boxes being made of a composite material and structured as multi-spar boxes containing lateral spars and at least one central spar, wherein the internal central support box and lateral support boxes are connected together to provide a continuous interface therebetween with a full transfer of loads therebetween and between interrupted, intermediate frame members. | 9,811 |
9,040,208 | 1. A catalyst layer for a fuel cell membrane electrode assembly, the catalyst layer comprising: a plurality of agglomerates, adjacent ones of the plurality of agglomerates contacting with each other with pores provided between said adjacent ones of the plurality of agglomerates, wherein each of the plurality of agglomerates having a plurality of catalysts packed together, each of the plurality of catalysts consisting of noble metal fine particles supported on a fiber-like support material, wherein the catalysts packed in the agglomerates are positioned in a network manner, wherein adjacent ones of the plurality of catalysts being in contact with each other with pores provided between said adjacent ones of the plurality of catalysts, and wherein any given one of the catalysts of the plurality of catalysts contacts one or more other catalysts of the plurality of catalysts. | 23,814 |
9,739,841 | 1. A method for testing operability of a power converter with an existing power conversion assembly of a renewable energy system, the power converter having a bridge circuit and a power filter, the method comprising: transferring, by the existing power conversion assembly, a first pulse of energy from the existing power conversion assembly to the power filter through one or more first cells within the bridge circuit, wherein the first cells of the bridge circuit comprise a first switching element and a first diode, and wherein the first pulse of energy is transferred to an inductive element of the power filter through the first switching element of the bridge circuit; determining, by a converter controller, a first current-voltage feedback associated with the first pulse of energy; transferring, by the existing power conversion assembly, a second pulse of energy from the power filter to the existing power conversion assembly through one or more second cells within the bridge circuit such that at least a portion of the first pulse of energy within the power filter is included in the second pulse of energy, wherein the second cells of the bridge circuit comprise a second switching element and a second diode; determining, by the converter controller, a second current-voltage feedback associated with the second pulse of energy; and, comparing, by the converter controller, the first and second current-voltage feedbacks with tolerances of the power converter to ensure that the power converter is operating properly. | 41,606 |
9,138,998 | 1. A liquid drop ejecting head comprising: a nozzle plate that forms nozzles; a liquid chamber substrate that includes a first surface bonded to the nozzle plate and forms liquid chambers provided for the nozzles and communicating with the nozzles respectively; a diaphragm that is bonded to a second surface of the liquid chamber substrate opposite to the first surface to form apart of each of the liquid chambers; a pressure generating unit that gives pressure oscillation to the diaphragm in accordance with a liquid drop eject signal from a host device to exert pressure on a liquid in each of the liquid chambers through the diaphragm; and a fluorocarbon protection film provided as a wall that constitutes an inner side wall of each of the liquid chambers, wherein the fluorocarbon protection film is formed on a wall of the liquid chamber substrate which is a silicon substrate, wherein for each liquid chamber amongst the liquid chambers of the liquid drop ejecting head, a transition metal oxide film is formed on the fluorocarbon protection film constituting the inner side wall of the liquid chamber. | 46,302 |
8,595,996 | 1. A photovoltaic framed module array apparatus, comprising: a first framed photovoltaic (PV) module; a second framed PV module; and a first rail, comprising: an insert slot for accommodating an insert edge of the first framed PV module, wherein the insert slot is configured in a “C” shape to receive the insert edge and to restrict movement of the insert edge in a vertically upwards direction and a vertically downwards direction; and a capture slot for accommodating a capture edge of the second framed PV module, the capture slot positioned substantively parallel to the insert slot, the capture slot comprises a horizontal projection out of the first rail to provide a resting platform for the capture edge, and wherein the capture slot is configured in a “┘” shape to restrict movement of the capture edge in a vertically downwards direction and to allow the movement of the capture edge in a vertically upwards direction. | 33,488 |
9,584,002 | 1. A generator, comprising: a sliding member having a cylindrical shape and made of a biomass-containing material; a first power generation element configured to slide across an interior surface of the sliding member; a second power generation element configured to generate electrical power in accordance with a variation of a relative position of the second power generation element with respect to the first power generation element, wherein at least a portion of the sliding member is located within the second power generation element; a casing made of a biomass-containing material, wherein the casing is configured to accommodate the sliding member, the first power generation element and the second power generation element; a fixing member made of an elastic material, wherein the fixing member contacts an inner surface of the casing and is configured to fix the second power generation element to the sliding member and to fix the sliding member to the casing via the elasticity of the fixing member; and a circuit board electrically coupled to the second power generation element. | 31,686 |
8,500,136 | 1. A speed control system, comprising: an actuator; an interconnection mechanism; a speed control pad hinge coupled with an axle assembly, with the interconnection mechanism coupling the actuator with the speed control pad hinge; the speed control pad hinge includes a first hinge yoke that couples with the interconnection mechanism, and projections that have a first end that pivotally engage with axle projections of the axle assembly, and have a second end that engage a speed control pad; and the speed control pad coupled with the speed control pad hinge, with the speed control pad moving in sync with variations in orientation and position of wheels coupled with the axle assembly. | 22,466 |
9,463,646 | 1. A tilting touch screen for a printer, comprising: a touch screen housing; a touch screen arranged in the touch screen housing, the touch screen comprising at least a touch screen overlay and an LCD; means for pivotally connecting the touch screen housing directly to a printer housing, the printer housing defining an opening closable by the touch screen housing; and a controller for controlling the printer in communication with the touch screen, the LCD, and print mechanisms of the printer; wherein: the touch screen housing is a cover for the opening of the printer housing; the touch screen is accessible when the cover is closed; a layout of the touch screen overlay is configurable; and a partially translucent overlay is provided between the touch screen overlay and the LCD, permanent buttons being provided for controlling main printer functions on an area of the partially translucent overlay which extends outside of an area of overlap of the LCD. | 13,493 |
8,450,922 | 1. A lighting system, comprising: a light source; and at least one luminophore placed in front of it for at least partial conversion of the light source's radiation into longer-wave radiation, wherein the light source is configured to emit primary radiation with a peak wavelength in the range of from 300 to 420 nm; and wherein a luminophore used for the conversion is a mixture of an aluminate of the BAM host lattice type and a low Ba-aluminate, the mixture having the stoichiometry M 0.2≦x≦0.48; 0≦y≦0.3; 0≦d≦0.1; 0.1≦f≦1.0; and wherein M is at least one of the group consisting of Ba, Sr and Ca. | 6,092 |
9,777,705 | 1. A method for re-indexing a pitch bearing configured with a rotor blade of a wind turbine, the pitch bearing operably coupled between a hub and the rotor blade, the pitch bearing having a fixed outer race and a rotatable inner race, the rotor blade having a root flange bolted onto the inner race, the method comprising: anchoring a hoisting system within the hub, the hoisting system having a plurality of support elements connected to a drive system; connecting the support elements to the root flange of the rotor blade; rotating the hub so that the rotor blade is in a vertical six o'clock position; disconnecting the root flange from the inner race such that the rotor blade is fully supported by the hoisting system; with the hoisting system, lowering the rotor blade a predetermined distance from the hub; re-indexing the pitch bearing to a position so as to engage a new set of pitch bearing teeth with a pitch drive that engages the pitch bearing; and wherein the hoisting system is a cable or chain hoisting system, with the plurality of support elements being a plurality of respective cable or chain support elements, and the method further comprises fixing the cable or chain support elements to the root flange prior to disconnecting the root flange from the inner race. | 19,660 |
9,597,398 | 1. A method of treating cancer or malignant disease in a subject, comprising parenterally administering a volume of about 100 ml or less of a liquid composition comprising: a) from about 0.05 to about 12.5 mg/ml of bendamustine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; b) a solubilizer comprising propylene glycol in an amount of from about 0.03 to about 5% by volume of the liquid composition and polyethylene glycol; c) a parenterally acceptable diluent; and optionally d) an antioxidant; over a period of less than or equal to about 10 minutes to a subject in need thereof. | 11,096 |
9,120,646 | 1. A method for determining functionality of an automatically closing door system, comprising the steps of: monitoring an obstruction signal output by a first sensor configured to detect an obstruction in a pathway of a door of the door system, the obstruction signal corresponding to one of at least three states including a normal state, a first abnormal state and a second abnormal state; closing the door at a first speed if the obstruction signal corresponds to the normal state; closing the door at a second speed if the obstruction signal corresponds to any one of the first and second abnormal states, the second speed being slower than the first speed, the first abnormal state corresponding to a consistently active obstruction signal and the second abnormal state corresponding to a consistently inactive obstruction signal; monitoring a door position signal output by a second sensor configured to detect a current position of the door, the door position signal corresponding to one of at least three states including a closed state, an open state and a blocked state; determining if the first sensor is malfunctioning if the obstruction signal corresponds to the first abnormal state and the door position signal corresponds to the closed state, or if the obstruction signal corresponds to the second abnormal state and the door position signal corresponds to the blocked state; and declaring the door system as malfunctioning if the first sensor is malfunctioning. | 8,533 |
9,463,984 | 1. A cathode active material for a lithium secondary battery with whole particle concentration gradient comprising: a core expressed by the following formula 1; and a surface part expressed by the following formula 2, wherein M4 is selected from the group consisting of Fe, Na, Mg, Ca, Ti, V, Cr, Cu, Zn, Ge, Sr, Ag, Ba, Zr, Nb, Mo, Al, Ga, B and a combination thereof; 0<a1≦1.1, 0<a2≦1.1, 0≦x≦1, 0≦y1≦1, 0≦y2≦1, 0≦z1≦1, 0≦z2≦1, 0≦w≦0.1, 0.0≦δ≦0.02, 0<x+y1+z1≦1, 0<x+y2+z2≦1, and y1≦y2, z2≦z1; | 17,773 |
9,556,852 | 1. A method of controlling power production for a plurality of power-producing units of a wind power plant, the plurality of power-producing units comprising a plurality of wind turbine generators, the method comprising: receiving a requested power to be delivered by the wind power plant, the requested power comprising a requested active power or a requested reactive power; determining a plurality of correction factors, each correction factor of the plurality of correction factors corresponding to a respective power-producing unit of the plurality of power-producing units and relating to condition information of the power-producing unit, wherein the plurality of correction factors comprise a plurality of prioritization factors indicating a relative power production capability of each power-producing unit of the plurality of power-producing units; receiving signals indicating a respective available power from each power-producing unit of the plurality of power-producing units, the available power comprising an available active power or an available reactive power of the power-producing unit; and upon determining that the requested power is less than a combined available power of the plurality of power-producing units: | 16,713 |
8,576,598 | 1. A method for converting direct current (DC) power to alternating current (AC) power, the method comprising: receiving, by a converter, a first DC power signal from at least one DC power source, wherein the converter comprises anti-parallel diodes; transforming the first DC power signal into N of AC power signals; shifting phases of the N AC power signals by about 360/N degrees respectively a predetermined phase amount relative to at least one of the other of the plurality of AC power signals to produce N phase shifted AC power signals; reducing AC ripple current by combining the N phase shifted AC power signals to provide a second DC power signal, wherein the AC ripple current is reduced due to opposing phases of the N phase shifted AC power signals and converting the second DC power signal to an AC power signal. | 5,337 |
9,813,927 | 1. A method for flow identification of a mobile terminal, comprising: obtaining flow data files of the mobile terminal at two or more points of time after the mobile terminal connects to a network using a same first type of network access means, wherein: each flow data file contains data about multiple flow identifiers and multiple flow volumes associated with the multiple flow identifiers, a flow identifier indicating a type of network access means, a flow volume indicating data flow generated by the mobile terminal using the network access means indicated by the associated flow identifier; obtaining the first type of network access means used by the mobile terminal to connect to the network; from the obtained flow data files, comparing flow volumes in the flow data files having a same flow identifier to determine a flow identifier in the flow data file with changing flow volumes, including: identifying that the determined flow identifier in the flow data files with changing flow volumes, among the multiple flow identifiers, has a one-to-one correspondence relationship with the first type of network access means used by the mobile terminal to connect to the network, wherein the method comprises: uploading to a server, by the mobile terminal, the flow data files obtained at two or more points of time and the first type of network access means, together with a terminal model information of the mobile terminal, wherein the server identifies the one-to-one correspondence relationship according to the terminal model information. | 1,356 |
8,429,849 | 1. A compressed coconut coir pith granule produced by a method comprising: a) subjecting a coconut coir pith substrate material to roll compaction; and b) granulating the roll compacted coconut coir pith material to form the compressed coconut coir pith granule, wherein the compressed coconut coir pith granule retains a final moisture content of about 8% to about 17%. | 12,600 |
8,868,289 | 1. A method comprising: monitoring the ignition state of a vehicle via an apparatus having a processor and a memory, a connector to an on board diagnostic (OBD) port of a vehicle, and wireless communications circuitry; upon detecting an ignition off state, reporting at least the state to a network-enabled communications appliance paired for wireless communication with the apparatus; from the wireless communications appliance, uploading the ignition state, time, date, and location information to a network-connected server; at the server, validating and storing the state including associated information; and upon a request received at the server from at least one authorized user, processing the information including vehicle location information and serving it to the at least one authorized user. | 624 |
9,698,393 | 1. A battery unit of an automated guided vehicle, comprising a casing installed in a vehicle body of the automated guided vehicle, a battery that is housed in the casing and has a hole penetrating in a vertical direction, a control panel housed in the casing and included in a monitor to monitor battery condition information, electric components housed in the casing and electrically connected to the battery, a sleeve located between the battery and a bottom of the casing such that the battery is separated from the bottom of the casing, and a bolt used to fix the battery to the casing while the bolt penetrates the hole of the battery and the sleeve, wherein the casing is formed in a box shape by casing walls, the casing being arranged in the automated guided vehicle such that a casing wall facing a charger during a charging operation is exposed to an outside of the vehicle body, a vertical wall is arranged inside the casing to face the casing wall facing the charger, the vertical wall being erected from the bottom of the casing so as to partition an inner area of the casing, the battery is arranged in a back side area of the casing from the vertical wall, the electric components are arranged in a front side area of the casing from the vertical wall, the electric components being arranged in a position separated from the bottom of the casing, a horizontal beam bracket is fixed to an upper side of the vertical wall, a support plate is provided on the horizontal beam bracket and arranged to cover an upper side of the battery, and the control panel is arranged on an upper surface of the support plate. | 43,087 |
9,429,053 | 1. A method for operating an internal combustion engine having an exhaust emission control unit that includes a particle filter, the method comprising: operating, during a cold start or a warm-up of the internal combustion engine, the internal combustion engine using a cold start engine operating process with predefined values for predefined internal combustion engine operating variables; determining a soot loading of the particle filter; and controlling or regulating the cold start or the warm-up of the internal combustion engine as a function of the soot loading of the particle filter, wherein: | 31,177 |
9,415,762 | 1. A method, comprising: propelling a vehicle with an engine and a motor; a first and second charge threshold, the first charge threshold greater than the second charge threshold, and starting the engine if energy stored in an energy storage device is greater than the first charge threshold when a contaminant amount in engine oil is greater than a contaminant threshold amount, wherein the contaminant amount is determined based on a number of counted engine starts where engine temperature is less than a temperature threshold, engine stops where engine temperature is less than the temperature threshold, and engine on time. | 46,129 |
9,764,018 | 1. A composition comprising a bioconjugate, said bioconjugate comprising a carrier protein linked to an oligosaccharide or polysaccharide, wherein said oligosaccharide or polysaccharide comprises N-acetylgalactosamine at the reducing terminus, and wherein said carrier protein comprises the amino acid sequence D/E-X-N-Z-S/T (SEQ ID NO:31), wherein X and Z can be any natural amino acid except proline; and a recombinant prokaryotic host cell that comprises (a) a heterologous nucleic acid encoding an epimerase that synthesizes N-acetylgalactosamine on undecaprenyl pyrophosphate, wherein said epimerase comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO. 2; (b) a heterologous nucleic acid encoding an oligosaccharyl transferase; and (c) a heterologous nucleic acid encoding said carrier protein. | 3,183 |
8,636,824 | 1. A method for producing carbonaceous material-comprising metal oxide briquettes, said method consisting essentially of: mixing a fine-particle metal oxide material having an average particle size of 50 μm or less with a carbonaceous material in a mixer to form a dry powdery mixture; compacting said dry powdery mixture without adding water using a pressure-compacting twin roll-type briquette machine to form compacts; classifying said compacts into an oversize fraction and an undersize fraction, using a sieve, and collecting said oversize fraction of carbonaceous material-comprising metal oxide briquettes; and circulating a part of said compacts by returning a part of said compacts to said mixer or said briquette machine, as a recycle material. | 43,637 |
9,487,867 | 1. A method for preparing a film, comprising: forming an AB alloy film subjected to oxidation treatment, wherein the AB alloy film consists of A and B, where A is a first metal and B is a second metal, the second metal is beryllium, and the AB alloy film subjected to oxidation treatment is formed by forming an alloy film of the first metal A and the second metal B in the presence of an oxygen-containing gas, forming a first metal A film, wherein the first metal A film is provided to contact with the AB alloy film subjected to oxidation treatment. | 15,244 |
9,450,450 | 1. A method for efficient fuel consumption, comprising: recharging batteries with an engine through an electrical connection, while monitoring at least one of (i) current in the electrical connection; (ii) voltage of the batteries, and (iii) length of time of the recharging, to determine if the recharging has reached a preselected endpoint; and | 17,971 |
8,543,515 | 1. A system for social recruiting comprising: an employment system server comprising at least one user database; the user database comprising at least one recruiter profile and at least one job seeker profile, wherein a recruiter network for the at least one recruiter profile comprises the at least one recruiter profile associated with the at least one job seeker profile, wherein the employment server is configured to hide the recruiter network from a job seeker profile that does not match a criteria for the recruiter network so that a request cannot be made to associate the job seeker profile with the recruiter profile. | 15,001 |
8,809,608 | 1. A process for producing aromatic hydrocarbons which comprises: (a) contacting one or more lower alkanes with a dehydroaromatization catalyst in a reactor for from about 0.1 seconds to about 1 minute, said catalyst comprising: (b) collecting the products from (a) and separating and recovering C6+ aromatic hydrocarbons, (c) optionally recovering methane and hydrogen; and (d) optionally recycling C | 43,283 |
9,803,878 | 1. A portable air conditioner comprising: a substantially upright housing enclosing | 41,653 |
9,194,787 | 1. A testing apparatus for simulating stratified or dispersed flow dynamics, comprising: an outer housing configured to hold a multi-phase mixture comprising an upper phase and a lower phase, wherein the upper phase and the lower phase are immiscible liquids; a rotor drum connected to a rotor shaft, wherein a bottom surface of the rotor drum is in contact with a top surface of the upper phase; the rotor shaft configured to rotate the rotor drum; an inner drum configured to function as an inner boundary for the multi-phase mixture; and a bottom end cap configured to hold at least one instrument configured to monitor a parameter of the multi-phase mixture. | 12,532 |
9,304,679 | 1. An electronic device comprising: a storage configured to store information representing a plurality of strokes; a screen capable of displaying the plurality of strokes, based on the information; and a hardware processor configured to: input a retrieve key for retrieval of the plurality of strokes; display an enlarged or reduced display area including a stroke part, which is retrieved from the information and corresponds to the retrieve key, and strokes other than the stroke part on the screen; change a first display mode of the stroke part, wherein the first display mode is different from a second display mode of the strokes other than the stroke part; receive a user operation to select the stroke part; and change a style of the stroke part if the stroke part is selected. | 31,142 |
9,757,672 | 1. A coalescing filter element, comprising: a frame separating an unfiltered side from a filtered side, the frame having a coalescing inlet port connecting the unfiltered side and the filtered side and carrying a tubular coalescing filter media arranged to filter fluid flowing through the coalescing inlet port; wherein the tubular coalescing filter media comprises opposed end faces, with a tubular ring extending therebetween to provide a coalescing tube, at least one of the opposed end faces being at least partially exposed to allow fluid flow through at least one of the opposed end faces. | 21,360 |
9,468,950 | 1. A process for continuously or semi-continuously washing biomass to selectively remove at least a portion of detrimental metals and their anions (“detrimental species”) from a detrimental species-containing cellulosic biomass solids for further processing in a hydrothermal digestion unit comprising: a. continuously or semi-continuously providing a detrimental species-containing cellulosic biomass solids into a generally cylindrical vessel comprising a chamber having a height that is greater than its width, the height comprised of height from top to bottom L0, L1 , L2, L3, L4 and L5; the chamber having an opening suitable for solids introduction located within L0, one or more first fluid conduits connected to the chamber within the lower 20% of its height within L1, one or more second fluid conduits connected to the chamber within the upper 20% of its height within L1, said cellulosic biomass solids flow in only one direction within the chamber and countercurrent flow relative to the direction of fluid flow within the chamber, one or more third fluid conduits connected to the chamber within the lower 20% of its height within L2, one or more fourth fluid conduits connected to the chamber within the lower 20% of its height within L3, one or more fifth fluid conduits connected to the chamber within the lower 20% of its height within L4, one or more sixth fluid conduits connected to the chamber within the lower 20% of its height within L5, the chamber having an opening suitable for biomass extraction located within the lower 20% of its height within L5 downstream from the one or more sixth fluid conduits for the cellulosic biomass solids; at least one solvent and/or water detection device within the vessel or in fluid communication with the vessel located within L5, L4, L3, L2, L1 and/or in within or in fluid communication with the one or more second fluid conduits; at least one pH detection device within the vessel or in fluid communication with the vessel located within L2, L1 and/or in within or in fluid communication with the one or more second fluid conduits; a solvent flow control device within the vessel or in flow communication with the vessel to control the flow of the solvent; an aqueous flow control device within the vessel or in flow communication with the vessel to control the flow of the first aqueous solution; b. introducing acid or base to the vessel from the one or more first conduit to contact with the biomass solids; c. introducing aqueous solution to the vessel from the one or more third conduit to contact with the biomass solids; d. introducing base if step b is acid or acid if step b is base to the vessel from the one or more fourth conduit to contact with the biomass solids; e. introducing a second aqueous solution to the vessel from the one or more fifth conduit to contact with the biomass solids; f. introducing solvent to the vessel from the one or more sixth conduit to contact with the biomass solids producing biomass containing solvent; g. removing aqueous solution from the vessel from one or more second fluid conduit; and h. removing the biomass containing solvent from the vessel from biomass extraction opening; wherein the solvent and/or aqueous solution is introduced at a rate such that the concentration of solvent or aqueous solution at the solvent and/or aqueous detection device is within a predetermined level and the first aqueous solution is introduced at a rate such that the pH is within a predetermined level at the pH detection device. | 11,988 |
9,417,278 | 1. A system for locating a fault in a power distribution system, the system comprising: a power distribution system comprising one or more feeders; a plurality of distributed resources located on at least one of the feeders, wherein at least one of the plurality of distributed resources is a solar panel, one or more of the plurality of distributed resources comprising a current injecting circuit configured to inject, in response to a fault located at one of the plurality of distributed resources on the at least one feeder, a current into the power distribution system when the one or more of the plurality of distributed resources is not located at the fault on the at least one feeder; a voltage profile generator configured for measuring, at each of the one or more distributed resources not located at the fault on the at least one feeder, a voltage resulting from the current injected into the power distribution system by each of the one or more distributed resources not located at the fault on the at least one feeder and for generating a voltage profile from the voltage measurements; and an analyzer configured for analyzing the voltage profile to identify the location of the fault in the power distribution system. | 47,542 |
8,868,281 | 1. A method for assessing an understeer of a vehicle having a plurality of front wheels and a plurality of rear wheels, the method comprising the steps of: measuring a plurality of rear wheel speeds, each rear wheel speed comprising a wheel speed for a different one of the plurality of rear wheels during a time period; measuring a plurality of front wheel speeds, each front wheel speed comprising a wheel speed for a different one of the plurality of front wheels during the time period; determining a minimum rear wheel speed value from the plurality of rear wheel speeds, the minimum rear wheel speed value comprising a smallest of the rear wheel speeds during the time period; determining a maximum front wheel speed value from the plurality of front wheel speeds, the maximum front wheel speed value comprising a largest of the front wheel speeds during the time period; and determining, via a processor, whether the understeer is present using a comparison of the maximum front wheel speed value and the minimum rear wheel speed value. | 19,430 |
8,625,978 | 1. A urea tank with an integrated heating element in which said heating element comprises at least one flexible heating part which is a flexible heater comprising at least one resistive track affixed to a flexible film. | 15,233 |
8,422,992 | 1. A mobile terminal capable for being tracked and located, comprising a built-in card and a security system module which are connected with each other, wherein, said security system module is configured to: when receiving an incoming call request or a short message sent from said built-in card, generate a short message used for tracking and locating, wherein the short message used for tracking and locating at least carries an identification of a cellular tower interacting with said built-in card and an information of current signal intensity, and send the short message used for tracking and locating to said built-in card; and said built-in card is configured to: send the received incoming call request or the received short message to said security system module, and periodically send the short message used for tracking and locating and generated by said security system module to a set security number. | 38,234 |
9,346,536 | 1. An apparatus that comprises a structure that comprises: an input port directly connected to an opening through a first planar member; a single output port; and a chamber within the structure, such that the chamber comprises an indentation in the first planar member that aligns with an indentation in a second planar member, the first planar member connected to the second planar member such that the connection forms the chamber and the chamber comprises: | 36,655 |
8,930,298 | 1. A method comprising: parameterizing, by an object cache framework client, properties of a plurality of rules engines in accordance with a specification of an object cache framework to generate parameterized properties of the plurality of rules engines wherein the properties of the plurality of rules engines were published to the object cache framework client; parameterizing, by the object cache framework client, a rule-set received by the object cache framework client in accordance with the specification and generating a rule-set object that comprises the parameterized rule-set and the rule-set, wherein the rule-set indicates a set of one or more criteria for matching the rule-set to a rules engine; evaluating, by the object cache framework client, the set of one or more criteria of the rule-set against the parameterized properties of each of the plurality of rules engines; determining, by the object cache framework client, that the parameterized properties of a first of the plurality of rules engines satisfy the set of one or more criteria of the rule-set more than others of the plurality of rules engines; after determining that the parameterized properties of a first of the plurality of rules engines satisfy the set of one or more criteria of the rule-set more than others of the plurality of rules engines, the object cache framework client indicating that the first of the plurality of rules engines is busy; subscribing, by the first of the plurality of rules engines, to receive a data object for the rule-set from object storage associated with the object cache framework; and supplying the rule-set object to the first of the plurality of rules engines for execution of the rule-set by the first of the plurality of rules engines with the data object. | 25,938 |
9,045,915 | 1. A key for operating a lock and comprising: a blade configured to be inserted into a keyway of a lock and including contour features comprising at least one of a groove and a ridge formed on an outer surface of the blade that mate with corresponding contour features of the keyway; and at least one movable element disposed within an associated recess formed in the blade and including a contour surface exposed to the exterior of the key blade, the contour surface including external contour features comprising at least one of a groove and a ridge that correspond in shape to at least a portion of the contour features of the blade, wherein each movable element is movable within its associated recess between: (a) a first position in which the external contour features of the contour surface of the movable element are aligned with the contour features of the key blade, such that the contour features of the blade and movable element mate with the corresponding contour features of the keyway and (b) a second position in which the external contour features of the contour surface of the movable element are misaligned with respect to the contour features of the key blade, such that the contour features of the movable element do not mate with the corresponding contour features of the keyway. | 15,176 |
9,795,774 | 1. A microneedle assembly formulation for use in prevention or treatment of one or more target symptoms selected from the group consisting of skin aging, UV-damaged skin, hypertrophic scar, atrophic scar, keloids, acne scar, hair loss, suture wound, burn wound, ulcer, bedsore, diabetic ulcer or a disease requiring angiogenesis comprising a platform and a plurality of conical or pyramidal microneedles formed on the platform, wherein each of the microneedles contains a base composed of a bio-soluble and thread-forming polymer substance and an objective substance retained in the base; wherein each of the microneedles has a first layer forming a tip part containing the objective substance and a second layer forming a bottom part not containing the objective substance; wherein the objective substance is present in an amount from 0.11 to 56 μg/cm wherein the objective substance is basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF), acidic fibroblast growth factor (aFGF), or a nucleic acid and a plasmid encoding the gene thereof; wherein the first layer has a length such that the tip part containing the objective substance is configured to deliver the objective substance to a dermal layer of skin but not to an epidermal layer of skin, and wherein the microneedle assembly formulation is configured to prevent or treat the one or more target symptoms without causing pigmentation in the skin to occur. | 42,559 |
9,196,927 | 1. A battery comprising: a cathode; an anode; and an electrolytic solution, wherein: the anode contains a silicon anode active material consisting of silicon, the electrolytic solution consists of a solvent, an electrolyte salt, and a sulfone compound shown in Chemical formula 1: where X represents an alkylene group with the carbon number in a range from 2 to 4 or an alkenylene group with the carbon number in a range from 2 to 4, and the solvent includes at least one of 4-fluoro-1,3-dioxolane-2-one and 4,5-difluoro-1,3-dioxolane-2-one. | 38,929 |
9,261,832 | 1. An image heating apparatus comprising: a heat rotatable member configured to heat a toner image on a sheet at a nip portion; a plurality of heating elements arranged substantially along a longitudinal direction of the heat rotatable member and configured to heat the heat rotatable member; a controller configured to selectively actuate at least one of the heating elements based on a width of the sheet; wherein in a case where an image heating operation is performed on a predetermined sheet having a width which is smaller than a maximum width of the sheet usable in the apparatus, the controller actuates at least one of the heating elements which are not in a positional relationship overlapped with the predetermined sheet so that a detection temperature of the second sensor becomes a temperature lower than a detection temperature of the first sensor. | 1,186 |
8,424,304 | 1. A turbine assembly of a turbocharger for use with an internal combustion engine, the turbine assembly comprising: a turbine housing configured for receiving engine exhaust gas, the turbine housing defining a bore for conducting a flow of exhaust gas out of the turbine housing in an axial direction, and a twin volute surrounding the bore, the twin volute comprising a first volute and a second volute that is divided and separated from the first volute; a turbine wheel rotatably mounted in the bore, the turbine wheel having turbine blades and defining a B-width portion having an axial length, wherein the B-width portion is the largest-diameter portion of the wheel formed by leading edges of the turbine blades and is linear over the axial length of the B-width portion as viewed in a radial-axial projection of the wheel, the B-width portion being followed in the axial direction by a contour portion that is concave in a radially outward direction as viewed in radial-axial projection, the contour portion being followed in the axial direction by a final portion, the turbine wheel further defining a throat located in the final portion; the first volute having an outlet aligned with the B-width portion of the turbine wheel so as to direct exhaust gas to enter into the B-width portion of the turbine wheel; the second volute having an outlet aligned with the final portion of the turbine wheel so as to direct exhaust gas to enter into the final portion of the turbine wheel at a location upstream of the throat; wherein, of the first and second volutes, only the first volute feeds exhaust gas into the B-width portion of the turbine wheel; and a valve arranged to receive engine exhaust gas and regulate flow of the exhaust gas into the first and second volutes. | 27,469 |
9,825,443 | 1. A power transfer unit, comprising: a tubular assembly, comprising: first and second housings, each of the first and second housings comprising an aperture for passing wiring, wherein the first elbow hinge is attached to the first housing at the first housing's aperture, and wherein the second elbow hinge is attached to the second housing at the second housing's aperture. | 35,526 |
8,729,936 | 1. A power switch module for an electronic device, comprising: a flip-flop circuit; a first current path, for coupling a voltage source to the flip-flop circuit; and a second current path, for coupling the voltage source to the flip-flop circuit; wherein, in response to a user power-on event, an output of the flip-flop circuit is at a first logic state for normally powering on the electronic device; in response to a user power-off event, the output of the flip-flop circuit is at a second logic state for normally powering off the electronic state; when the voltage source is suddenly interrupted, the output of the flip-flop circuit is kept at the first logic state but the electronic device is abnormally powered off; and when the voltage source is resumed, the output of the flip-flop circuit kept at the first logic state reboots the electronic device. | 17,067 |
8,544,576 | 1. A hybrid construction machine, comprising: an internal combustion engine; a hydraulic pump connected to the internal combustion engine; a motor generator connected to the hydraulic pump; a working element driven by the hydraulic pump; a rotation mechanism rotationally driven by a rotation electric motor; and a charge storage part connected to an inverter of the motor generator and an inverter of the rotation electric motor, wherein the charge storage part includes | 20,189 |
8,895,534 | 1. A compound having a structure according to the formula: wherein R* is H; R R wherein or a salt thereof. | 19,816 |
9,546,607 | 1. A variable valve device for an internal combustion engine, the variable valve device comprising: a variable valve mechanism that can change a working angle of an intake valve while holding a maximum lift amount of the intake valve constant, and the variable valve device is configured to retard a timing for closing the intake valve as a load of the internal combustion engine rises and enlarge the working angle, while holding a timing for opening the intake valve constant, wherein the internal combustion engine includes a tangential port and a helical port through which intake air is supplied to a cylinder of the internal combustion engine, a maximum lift amount of a first intake valve that is provided in the tangential port is smaller than a maximum lift amount of a second intake valve that is provided in the helical port, and the variable valve device changes a timing for closing the first intake valve such that a crank angle at which a lift amount of the first intake valve is maximized becomes smaller than a crank angle at which a speed of a piston is maximized, when the load of the internal combustion engine is low. | 17,960 |
9,326,234 | 1. A method of operating a communication network which comprises an access point (AP) and in communication with a plurality of stations (STAs) each having an Association Identifier (AID) and which uses frame-based communications, the method comprising: organizing the STAs into groups so that each group has a distinct awaken time; organizing each group to have its own awaken beacon interval to receive a traffic information map; matching the traffic information map of a group with an Wakeup Target Beacon Transmit Time (TBTT) of the group; transmitting within a beacon frame an Extended traffic indication map comprising a 3-octet Bitmap Control field having a Count Field indicating a remaining number of beacon intervals until the AP transmits a next beacon frame and a Period field indicating the length in beacon intervals of a traffic indication map period; and wherein the STAs are organized so that the AIDs of the STAs within a group form a sequence and are geographically positioned so that STAs within a group detect each other's transmissions and the STAs in a group have power save requirements that are defined by a STA type as sensor or off-loading. | 42,925 |
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