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8,466,665 | 1. An adaptive digital pulse width modulation (ADPWM) generator for a buck converter, comprising: a. first and second upper power transistors each uniquely controlled to enable greater than 100% duty cycle for the buck converter; b. a lower power transistor coupled to the plurality of upper power transistors; c. an inductor having one end coupled to the lower power transistor and the upper power transistors; and d. a load coupled to the inductor, e. wherein the first upper power transistor is coupled to a body diode and a first voltage and wherein the second upper power transistor is coupled to a second voltage without a body diode to prevent the first voltage from sourcing current to the second voltage. | 41,097 |
9,384,041 | 1. An information processing system, comprising: processing circuitry configured to detect an end of a second application program that cooperates with a first application program operated by a user, report the end of the second application program to the first application program, end the first application program, and request a third application program to display information relevant to the end of the second application program, wherein the first application program includes a common part that is commonly implemented in a plurality of first application programs, the processing circuitry identifies the first application among the plurality of first application programs, based on identification information of the second application program, and sends a report indicating the end of the second application program to the common part of the first application program, and the common part causes the processing circuitry to execute the ending of the first application program, in response to receiving the report. | 15,455 |
9,358,111 | 1. A method of anchoring tissue with a first anchor assembly comprised of a plurality of discrete, flat flexible first anchor elements, each first anchor element being completely separate from and discontinuous relative to the other first anchor elements to allow for the independent movement of one first anchor element with respect to the other first anchor elements in a longitudinal direction along a first flexible tensile member that is slidingly coupled to the plurality of discrete, flat flexible first anchor elements, the method comprising: inserting at least one of the plurality of discrete, flat flexible first anchor elements through the tissue such that the at least one of the plurality of discrete, flat flexible first anchor elements is disposed on a first side of the tissue and the first flexible tensile member passes through a first opening in the tissue, wherein the tissue comprises the mitral valve annulus, positioning at least another one of the plurality of discrete, flat flexible first anchor elements on a second side of the tissue that is opposite the first side, and pulling the first flexible tensile member to draw the plurality of discrete, flat flexible first anchor elements toward each other to cause the at least one of the plurality of discrete, flat flexible first anchor elements to seat against the first side of the tissue and the at least another one of the plurality of discrete, flat flexible first anchor elements to seat against the second side of the tissue with the first flexible tensile member passing through the first opening in the tissue, wherein at least two of the discrete, flat first anchor elements are in direct contact with one another and disposed along the first side of the tissue in stacked relationship and at least two other discrete, flat first anchor elements are in direct contact with one another and disposed along the second side of the tissue in stacked relationship. | 8,140 |
9,242,572 | 1. Vehicle having adaptive power and telematics comprising: a vehicle with a traction motor; a fuel cell providing a source of energy for the traction motor; and a telematic system; wherein an electronic controller employs adaptive control of electrical power from the fuel cell to the vehicle or the telematic system using one or more sensor in the vehicle to predict or measure electrical operation or need therein, wherein said adaptive control comprises increasing the fuel cell output to the traction motor during periods of acceleration; wherein the electronic controller by using said one or more sensor is configured to redistribute electrical power adaptively according to a determined load ratio or power usage proportion; wherein the electronic controller couples the fuel cell and traction motor or telematic system as network-accessible nodes via media-oriented systems transport and intelligent transportation system data bus programmably to an integrated vehicle network gateway comprising a programmable signal interconnect and router that routes according to local interconnect network protocol electrical loading data of such network nodes to enable the electronic controller adaptively to control electrical loading configuration of such network nodes, such that the electronic controller controls the electrical loading configuration programmably by using software-automated sensor data adaptively to redistribute electrical power provided through the gateway and predicts or extrapolates proactively according to a predicted function, thereby automatically enabling network-accessible electrical power control service by the electronic controller adaptively using the software-automated sensor data to redistribute electrical power proactively according to the predicted function, and the software-automated sensor data, whereby the electronic controller proactively redistributes electrical loading by predicting or extrapolating electrical loading ratio or power usage proportion in the vehicle adaptively according to the predicted function via predictive extrapolation of the redistributed electrical loading, thereby proactively satisfying alternative electric load demand due to dynamic variation in vehicle configuration by redistributing electrical loading by predicting an extrapolated electrical loading ratio or power usage proportion in the vehicle, whereby the electronic controller further enables network-accessible electrical power control service as well as web-based wireless telematic service by transmitting and receiving structured or unstructured tagged or untagged data and/or control document, instructions or signals with one or more telematic appliances as coordinated programmably by the electronic controller with one or more remote network nodes in a user-personalized process such that said one or more telematic appliances and fuel cell are correspondingly monitored, sensed, controlled or serviced adaptively locally or remotely. | 34,680 |
9,653,505 | 1. A method for fabricating a photo detector, comprising: providing a first substrate; forming a sensor element array on the first substrate; providing a second substrate; forming a photo conversion element on the second substrate, wherein the photo conversion element comprises a photo conversion material layer and a doped photo conversion material column structure layer, and a method of forming the photo conversion element comprises: disposing a photo conversion material evaporation source and a dopant material evaporation source in an evaporation chamber; installing at least one substrate in the evaporation chamber; using the photo conversion material evaporation source to perform an evaporation step on the substrate, so as to form the photo conversion material layer on the substrate; and using the photo conversion material evaporation source and the dopant material evaporation source to perform a co-evaporation step on the substrate, so as to form the doped photo conversion material column structure layer on the photo conversion material layer, wherein during a process of performing the evaporation step and the co-evaporation step, a temperature of the substrate is 100-200 degrees Celsius, a temperature of the photo conversion material evaporation source is 620-680 degrees Celsius, an evaporation rate of the dopant material evaporation source is 1-20 Å/sec, and a pressure in the evaporation chamber is 1E-2-1E-4 torr; forming, a reflective layer between the second substrate and the photo conversion element, wherein the photo conversion material layer is located between the reflective layer and the doped photo conversion material column structure layer; and assembling the first substrate and the second substrate, so that the doped photo conversion material column structure layer is located between the photo conversion material layer and the sensor element array. | 20,762 |
9,499,228 | 1. A self-balancing vehicle frame adapted to be mounted with at least two wheels and two self-balancing electrical systems for automatically controlling rotation of the wheels to maintain the wheels in a balanced state, said self-balancing vehicle frame comprising: two side frame units, each of said side frame units being adapted to be mounted with a respective one of the wheels and a respective one of the self-balancing electrical systems and being operable to tilt forwardly and rearwardly for driving synchronously forward and rearward tilt of the respective one of the self-balancing electrical systems to turn the respective one of the wheels; and a bearing unit, before being assembled into a complete self balancing vehicle and while being in a subassembly condition, interconnecting said side frame units such that each of said side frame units can tilt independently against the other of said side frame units; and after said bearing unit is assembled into a complete self balancing vehicle and in working status, the rotating axis of said bearing unit being set around the rotating axis of wheels with an eccentricity. | 33,627 |
9,329,698 | 1. An apparatus for controlling a key input of a portable terminal, comprising: a touch screen; a plurality of hardware keys; and a controller, configured to: detect whether or not an input of a touch event generated on the touch screen corresponds to a predetermined gesture; identify an area among a plurality of areas of the touch screen where the input of the touch event corresponding to the predetermined gesture is generated; and recognize a hardware key among the plurality of hardware keys corresponding to the area of the touch screen, and perform an operation corresponding to an input of the recognized hardware key, wherein the plurality of areas of the touch screen correspond to each of the plurality of hardware keys, respectively. | 3,866 |
9,085,361 | 1. Aircraft landing gear having a first longitudinal bearing skid and a second longitudinal bearing skid extending in a longitudinal direction, together with a front cross-member and a rear cross-member, each cross-member interconnecting the first and second skids, each cross-member having a first downward branch secured to the first skid and a second downward branch secured to the second skid, and a central portion secured to the first and second downward branches, wherein the landing gear includes a stiffener arranged on the front cross-member or rear cross-member, the stiffener having a connecting rod extending generally in a transverse direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction and a limiter means for limiting roll deformation of the central portion, the limiter means being secured to the central portion of the respective cross-member, the stiffener comprising a main hinge for hinging the connecting rod to the limiter means and a secondary hinge for hinging the connecting rod to an outside point that is outside the central portion in order to limit the deformation of the central portion as a result of a roll movement of the aircraft. | 20,337 |
8,551,229 | 1. Apparatus for use in purifying hydrogen by removal of impurities from a hydrogen feed gas, said apparatus comprising a flow path for said feed gas containing a first adsorbent in a first adsorbent vessel for adsorbing hydrogen sulfide, said flow path having a feed direction, a second adsorbent in a second adsorbent vessel for adsorbing at least carbon dioxide in said flow path downstream in said feed direction from said first adsorbent vessel, a source of at least one regeneration gas, a regeneration controller for at first intervals directing a regeneration gas from said source of regeneration gas to regenerate said first adsorbent, and for at second intervals directing a regeneration gas from said source of regeneration gas to regenerate said second adsorbent, wherein said first adsorbing is silica gel, titania, or a cross-linked resin having no ionic groups and no hydrogen sulfide reactive functional groups. | 32,395 |
9,219,650 | 1. A network management apparatus in a network of a multipath configured for communication between servers, between storage apparatuses, or between a server and a storage apparatus, the network management apparatus provided for controlling a packet transfer path when transferring a packet to a virtual machine operating in the server or a logical volume operating in the storage apparatus by using the multipath, wherein the network management apparatus comprises: wherein when reassigning the existing address, the controller extracts a link with the largest link cost from among links comprising the network based on the network configuration information and identifies a flow routed though the extracted link based on the statistic information; when receiving a path change request and a via link request to request a via link with respect to the specified flow from an external terminal, the controller selects either one of addresses of an address pair of the specified flow as a change target address; and when changing the selected change target address, the controller changes the change target address to a candidate address to be assigned by selecting an address, which is routed through a link included in the via link request and has not been assigned, as the candidate address to be assigned. | 39,797 |
9,040,451 | 1. A process for producing a supported tin-comprising catalyst, wherein a solution (S) comprising tin nitrate and at least one complexing agent is applied to the support, where the solution (S) does not comprise any solid or comprises a solids content of not more than 0.5% by weight based on the total amount of dissolved components. | 24,143 |
8,444,536 | 1. A weightlifting system for doing arm curls, comprising: a seat for supporting a person using the system, an arm rest having an upwardly and rearwardly inclined panel positioned in front of the seat for engagement by the upper arms of a person on the seat, a pair of weight stands positioned in front and to the sides of the arm rest, a bar extending between the weight stands in position to be grasped in the hands of a person sitting on the seat with the backs of the upper arms of the person resting against the arm rest panel, and a plurality of weight plates disposed on each of the stands for selective attachment to the bar without removing the plates from the stands. | 7,514 |
8,607,829 | 1. A method for automating column packing comprising: determining a slurry concentration for a slurry of a chromatography medium; determining a column volume in a chromatography column; determining a compression factor for the chromatography medium in the chromatography column; calculating a volume of the slurry needed for packing the column with the determined compression factor, said calculation being based on the determined column volume, the determined compression factor and the determined slurry concentration; configuring the calculated volume of the slurry in a slurry tank; positioning the chromatography column for delivery and packing of the calculated volume of the slurry to the chromatography column; monitoring the delivery of the calculated volume of the slurry to the chromatography column; and automatically terminating the packing of the column by terminating the delivery of the slurry to the chromatography column when the volume of the slurry is equivalent to the calculated volume of slurry. | 47,744 |
9,077,742 | 1. A method of correlating different end-to-end data sessions, said method comprising: creating a globally unique correlation identifier during establishment of a first end-to-end data session between a first party and a second party, wherein the first party sends a first portion of the correlation identifier including a Call-ID and a From-Tag to the second party in a Same-Session header of a SIP INVITE message, and the second party adds a second, completing portion of the correlation identifier to the first portion and sends the completed correlation identifier to the first party in a SIP 200 OK message responsive to the SIP INVITE message, wherein the second portion includes a To-Tag which uniquely identifies the second party; locally storing the correlation identifier by the first and second parties, wherein each party stores the correlation identifier in a local mapping unit that maps correlation identifiers to session identifiers, said mapping unit being selected from a group consisting of a correlation table, a hash function, and a mapping function; and utilizing the correlation identifier by the first or second party to correlate with the first end-to-end data session, a second, independent end-to-end data session subsequently established by the first or second party. | 36,659 |
9,614,152 | 1. A phase change material layer, comprising: germanium (Ge), antimony (Sb), tellurium (Te) and at least one impurity element, wherein an atomic concentration of the at least one impurity element ranges from about 0<a≦about 0.25, an atomic concentration of antimony (Sb) ranges from about 0.03<c≦ about 0.15; and a crystallization rate of the phase change material within a crystallization temperature range of the phase change material is larger than crystallization rates of GeTe and Ge | 6,522 |
8,919,325 | 1. A method of operating a fuel system configured to deliver a gaseous fuel to an engine, comprising: during selected conditions, | 45,193 |
9,411,659 | 1. A data processing method comprising: calculating a conversion number of cores corresponding to a number of processing blocks included in a graphics processing unit (GPU) of a node of a distributed system; adding a number of cores included in a central processing unit (CPU) of the node, and the conversion number of cores, to provide an adding-up number of cores; splitting job data, allocated to the node into a number, of job units of data, equal to the adding-up number of cores; allocating to the CPU of the node a number of job units of data equal to the number of cores included in the CPU; and allocating to the GPU of the node a number of job units of data equal to the conversion number of cores. | 3,015 |
9,066,456 | 1. A method for making an optical assembly, comprising: providing a frame made of a plastic material on a surface of a printed circuit board (PCB), the frame having a generally planar shape, an interior region, and a continuous perimeter with a flat surface extending in a plane around the interior region; mounting at least one opto-electronic device on the surface of the PCB within the interior region of the frame using one or more optically detected points of reference on the PCB; placing a lens device on the frame by moving the lens device into alignment with the opto-electronic device using the one or more optically detected points of reference on the PCB, a flat base portion of the lens device contacting the flat surface of the frame, contact between the flat base portion of the lens and the flat surface of the frame not restricting planar movement of the lens device with respect to the frame during alignment, the lens device having at least one optical element for optically coupling an optical fiber to the opto-electronic device; and laser-welding the lens device to the frame after the lens device has been moved into alignment with the opto-electronic device. | 12,063 |
8,555,050 | 1. An apparatus configured to enable booting from a NAND flash memory, the apparatus comprising: a NAND flash controller configured to be connected to the NAND flash memory, wherein the NAND flash memory is configured to include at least a starter section including a predefined number of blocks to store copies of a boot code; and a fetch emulator configured to identify a valid block, from among the predefined number of blocks, based on values of spare bytes on pages of the predefined number of blocks. | 35,405 |
9,350,053 | 1. An energy storage device for generating an n-phase supply voltage for an electric machine, wherein n ≧1, the energy storage device comprising: n energy supply branches, which are connected in parallel and can be connected in each case to one of n phase conductors, wherein each of the energy supply branches has a multiplicity of energy storage modules, which are connected in series, each of the energy storage modules including a heating device, which is connected to the heating elements and is designed to control the heating elements in order to heat the at least one energy storage cell of the energy storage cell modules of each energy supply branch, and wherein the coupling devices of each of the plurality of energy storage modules are configured to switch the at least one energy storage module having the one heating element into its respective energy supply branch and to bypass the energy storage modules that do not include a heating element in response to a condition being detected. | 19,251 |
8,391,897 | 1. A method comprising: (a) at a mobile station that is operating in a radio access network, determining a location of the mobile station in relation to a zone of last registration, wherein the mobile station last registered with the radio access network in the zone of last registration; (b) the mobile station using the location of the mobile station in relation to the zone of last registration as a basis for determining a scan period to wait between scans of a paging channel for a page from the radio access network; and (c) the mobile station periodically scanning the paging channel according to the determined scan period; wherein the radio access network is configured to: (a) initially page the mobile station in the zone of last registration, (b) then if unsuccessful, page the mobile station in both the zone of last registration and a first expanded paging area, and (c) then if again unsuccessful, page the mobile station in the zone of last registration, the first expanded paging area, and a second expanded paging area; wherein determining the location of the mobile station in relation to the zone of last registration comprises determining whether the mobile station is located in either: (a) the zone of last registration, (b) the first expanded paging area, or (c) the second expanded paging area; and wherein using the location of the mobile station in relation to the zone of last registration as a basis for determining the scan period comprises: | 22,202 |
8,558,521 | 1. A multi-phase buck converter with operating phase number dependent compensation, comprising: an error amplifier connected to an output of the multi-phase buck converter for detecting an output voltage of the multi-phase buck converter to generate an analog error signal; an analog-to-digital converter connected to the error amplifier for converting the analog error signal into a digital error signal; a digital compensator connected to the analog-to-digital converter for compensating the digital error signal according to a phase-number signal representative of a number of operating phases of the multi-phase buck converter; a DPWM circuit connected to the digital compensator for providing a plurality of PWM signals according to the compensated digital error signal; and a plurality of phase circuits connected in parallel between the output of the multi-phase buck converter and DPWM circuit for converting an input voltage to the output voltage, each of the plurality of phase circuits being selected by the DPWM circuit to be driven by a respective one of the plurality of PWM signals. | 9,133 |
9,406,462 | 1. An interconnect for use in an integrated truss system, the interconnect comprising: a compression component having a length, a first orientation and a second orientation; a plurality of signal contacts having a first positional state and a second positional state, the plurality of signal contacts being disposed adjacent to a portion of an outer surface of the interconnect and along at least a portion of the length; and a plurality of non-electrical pads having the first positional state and the second positional state, the plurality of non-electrical pads being interspersed between at least a portion of the plurality of signal contacts for mechanical securement, wherein when the compression component is in the first orientation, at least a portion of the plurality of signal contacts and at least a portion of the plurality of nonelectrical pads are in the first positional state, and wherein when the compression component is in the second orientation, the at least a portion of the plurality of signal contacts and the at least a portion of the plurality of non-electrical pads are in the second positional state. | 37,302 |
8,593,953 | 1. A method for controlling transmission of data on a wireless device in a wireless network, the wireless device and another wireless device in the wireless network using a shared communication channel, the method comprising: the wireless device monitoring if the shared communication channel is in a locked state, the locked state identified by the wireless device having fewer than a predetermined number of opportunities to initiate a data packet transmission within a predetermined time period; when the wireless device detects the locked state, by at least one of monitoring the shared communication channel and by receiving an unlocking signal from the other wireless device, the wireless device unlocking the shared communication channel by stopping transmission of data along the shared communication channel; and the wireless device attempting to re-start data transmission approximately when the wireless devices using the shared communication channel detect that the shared communication channel is locked. | 10,191 |
8,402,059 | 1. An improved Internet Directory System, comprising: at least one upper-level Directory Provider (DP), providing an upper-level directory of lower-level directories, the upper-level directory organized by at least upper-level fields and/or super-categories and categories (together, upper-level categories) and referencing hundreds of independently owned (from each other and from the Directory Provider) for-profit lower-level directories Category Directory Websites (CDWs) related to the upper-level categories, the CDWs organized by lower-level categories and subcategories; the hundreds of CDWs each providing a lower level directory comprehensively referencing viable websites (WSs) relating to a category; the CDWs being identified as participating in the System by the display by each CDW of a common licensed service mark, the common licensed service mark being displayed by the hundreds of CDWs to indicate participation in a unique source of an internet directory system; and a business model imposed on the CDWs by the DP or System, including standards of operation of uniform organization, comprehensiveness of reference and up-to-dateness with respect to the provision of lower level directories. | 49,848 |
8,688,350 | 1. A method for controlling a hybrid powertrain having a combustion engine, an electric machine arrangement and a gearbox operable to receive motive power from at least one of the combustion engine and the electric machine arrangement for providing corresponding motive power to a load, comprising the following steps starting from a powertrain operational state where the load is powered by the electric machine arrangement: reducing an output rotational torque of the electric machine arrangement to the gearbox, controlling the gearbox by changing from one gear ratio to another after reducing the output rotational torque of the electric machine arrangement to the gearbox, after reducing the output rotational torque of the electric machine arrangement to the gearbox and after changing from one near ratio to another, cranking the combustion engine by engaging a clutch between the combustion engine and the electric machine arrangement and supplying torque from the electric machine to the combustion engine while an input shaft of the gearbox is engaged to the load, and while cranking the combustion engine, adding an additional torque to the electric machine arrangement by producing, under control of a central control unit, more torque with the electric machine arrangement in order to compensate for the torque needed to crank the combustion engine. | 39,201 |
9,522,042 | 1. An ablation system, comprising: a probe having a proximal portion and a distal portion, the distal portion having a radiating portion configured to deliver energy to tissue; and a fluid circuit module including | 47,930 |
8,645,766 | 1. A system for error injection into a function under test, said system comprising multiple software modules including a function under test that has an error recovery routine to handle unforeseen errors; a test process that invokes the function under test; and an error-injection process that injects an error into the function under test; said system further comprising a hardware processing element that concurrently runs the test and error-injection processes to synchronize the injection of the error into the function under test through a serialization resource, said test process invoking the function under test immediately after relinquishing exclusive control of the serialization resource, said error-injection process injecting the error after gaining exclusive control of the serialization resource from the test process. | 28,264 |
8,451,949 | 1. A clock-data recovery (CDR) circuit comprising: a variable-gain amplifier (VGA) to amplify an input signal with a gain factor controlled by a gain setting to generate an amplified signal; an analog-digital converter to convert the amplified signal into a converter output in accordance with a timing provided by a recovered clock, wherein the converter output has N levels; a timing detection circuit to generate a timing error signal based on the converter output, and in accordance with a logical relationship between sliced data, and a delay of the sliced data; a filter to filter the timing error signal to generate a control signal; a controllable oscillator to generate the recovered clock under a control of the control signal; an automatic gain control (AGC) to set the gain setting to control the gain factor of the VGA based on the converter output; and a data recovery circuit for generate a recovered data based on the converter output. | 27,518 |
9,236,576 | 1. A photoelectric element comprising: a first electrode; an electron transport layer supporting a photosensitizer; a hole transport layer; a second electrode; and an electrolyte solution, wherein the first electrode, the electron transport layer, the hole transport layer, and the second electrode are stacked in order, the electron transport layer is formed of an organic compound produced by electrolytic polymerization of a precursor having, within one molecule thereof, two or more moieties each having a structure represented by the following structural formula (1), the organic compound is a polymer, the photosensitizer is bonded to the polymer end of the organic compound, and the organic compound and the electrolyte solution infiltrated into the organic compound constitute a gel layer: (in the structural formula (1), M is a cyano group, a fluoro group, a chloro group, or a bromo group, and A − is a counter-anion). | 920 |
8,642,658 | 1. A method for treating spinal cord injury in a subject, said method comprising administering to said subject an effective amount of (i) fenretinide; (ii) a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt of fenretinide; or (iii) any combination of (i) and (ii). | 49,925 |
8,950,806 | 1. A flexible cushion for removably attaching to a surface and resting a human seat thereon, said cushion comprising: a housing having a top and bottom surface, a flexible gel layer in said housing and a flexible layer of adhesive permanently applied to the bottom surface of said housing for removably attaching said flexible cushion to the surface without marking or leaving a residue on that surface after said flexible cushion is removed therefrom for subsequent reuse, said flexible adhesive layer contacting directly with the surface on which the human seat will be resting. | 19,142 |
8,484,968 | 1. A method of operating a compression-ignition engine, comprising: adjusting timing of fuel injection if a sensed parameter indicative of a maximum pressure associated with a top dead center within a combustion chamber varies relative to a preselected pressure and if a fuel injection timing is greater than a preselected timing; wherein the maximum pressure associated with the top dead center within the combustion chamber is controlled by adjusting timing of fuel injection. | 31,584 |
8,936,488 | 1. An apparatus, comprising: an elongate conductive bus bar; and a plurality of conductive branches, wherein each conductive branch is in electronic communication with the elongate conductive bus bar through a resistor, wherein each conductive branch has a distal end disposed for contacting a signal pin within a memory module socket installed on a printed circuit board. | 5,166 |
9,079,424 | 1. A light emitting part comprising: a plurality of light emitting thyristors that each have an anode and a cathode and that are lit in the on state; a light-on signal line that is connected with the cathodes or the anodes of the plurality of light emitting thyristors and that supplies current, the current which causes the plurality of light emitting thyristors to be lit; and a diversion thyristor that has an anode and a cathode, the anode or the cathode which is connected with the light-on signal line, and that diverts current, the current which flows to a light emitting thyristor to be lit among the plurality of light emitting thyristors in the on state, wherein a potential of the light-on signal line may be set so that the diversion thyristor and at least one light emitting thyristor among the plurality of light emitting thyristors become the on state in parallel. | 9,080 |
8,998,410 | 1. A corneal endothelial cell photographing apparatus comprising: an apparatus main unit including an illumination optical system for irradiating illumination light from an illumination light source to a cornea of an examinee's eye from an oblique direction and an imaging optical system for obtaining a corneal endothelial cell image by receiving reflection light from the cornea including corneal endothelial cells by a first imaging sensor; an anterior segment observation optical system including a second imaging sensor different from the first imaging sensor, the anterior segment observation optical system being adapted to pick up an anterior segment image of eye by the second imaging sensor to observe the anterior segment image from front; a controller adapted to turn on the illumination light source and obtain a plurality of picked-up images output from the first imaging sensor; an alignment detecting unit adapted to detect an alignment state of the main unit with respect to the examinee's eye based on a picked-up image output from the second imaging sensor during obtaining of the picked-up images by the controller; and a drive part for relatively moving the main unit with respect to the examinee's eye, wherein | 43,487 |
9,206,343 | 1. A method of using a carbohydrate-based compound as a setting accelerator in a pumpable geopolymeric suspension, in particular, for oil or gas industry applications or both, said suspension further comprising an aluminosilicate source, a carrier fluid and an activator, the method comprising: (i) preparing the suspension; and (ii) placing the suspension in a subterranean well and allowing the suspension to set under downhole conditions; wherein the suspension sets by forming a poly(sialate), a poly(sialate-siloxo) or a poly(sialate-disiloxo) network. | 25,995 |
8,475,464 | 1. A cannula comprising: a central axis, a front end, a rear end and a channel coaxial or parallel to said central axis that defines a peripheral wall of said cannula; at least two perforations penetrating said peripheral wall; and a referencing means at said rear end for bringing said at least two perforations of said cannula in a desired angular position relative to a cavity in a bone; wherein said at least two perforations are arranged within an arcuate portion of said peripheral wall that subtends a central angle α<270° having a vertex on said central axis, wherein said referencing means comprises a marking on the peripheral surface indicating the angular position of said at least two perforations, and wherein the sum of cross sectional areas of the entirety of said at least two perforations is smaller than or equal to the cross sectional area of said channel. | 11,472 |
9,417,782 | 1. A portable terminal comprising: a first input device configured to receive a first input thereon, and comprising a plurality of regions thereon; a plurality of second input devices, wherein each of the plurality of second input devices is configured to receive a second input thereon, and wherein each of the plurality of second input devices corresponds to one of the plurality of regions of the first input device on a one-to-one basis; and a processor configured to, upon receiving the first input, | 41,870 |
8,349,820 | 1. A method for maintaining or increasing feminine libido comprising orally administering to a woman one oral dosage unit comprising 3 mg of estradiol valerate daily for 2 days, then one oral dosage unit comprising 2 mg of estradiol valerate and 2 mg of dienogest daily for 5 days, then one oral dosage unit comprising 2 mg of estradiol valerate and 3 mg of dienogest daily for 17 days, then one oral dosage unit comprising 1 mg of estradiol valerate daily for 2 days, and then one oral dosage unit comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable placebo daily for 2 days, wherein the woman's libido is maintained or increased. | 2,767 |
9,666,742 | 1. A solar cell structure comprising: a doped III-V absorber layer; an epitaxial, intrinsic semiconductor layer adjoining a top surface of the absorber layer and comprising Si an amorphous, intrinsic semiconductor layer adjoining a top surface of the epitaxial, intrinsic semiconductor laver, the amorphous, intrinsic semiconductor layer comprising Si an emitter layer above the epitaxial, intrinsic semiconductor layer, and a transparent conductive layer above the emitter layer. | 40,205 |
8,952,629 | 1. A circuit ( 10 ) for causing a light source ( 30 ) to flash in correspondence with the peak amplitudes of a received sound signal ( 12 ), wherein the circuit comprises an audio transducer ( 14 ) for receiving the sound signal, a peak detector section ( 18 ) which is connected to the output of the audio transducer, and a monostable circuit ( 24 ) which is AC coupled to the output of the peak detector section, the output of the monostable circuit being arranged to actuate the light source, and wherein the monostable circuit ( | 13,116 |
9,059,263 | 1. A method, comprising: etching a via opening through a low-K value dielectric interconnect layer; depositing a protective layer in the via opening and on the low-K value dielectric interconnect layer; etching at least a portion of the protective layer from the bottom of the via opening and from a horizontal surface of the low-K value dielectric interconnect layer, the etching leaving the protective layer as a protective sidewall spacer on a sidewall of the via opening; re-flowing the protective layer so that an organic protective layer covers sidewalls of the through substrate via; etching a through substrate via through the bottom of the via opening and through the semiconductor substrate; and filling the through substrate via. | 34,785 |
9,021,171 | 1. A bus system comprising: a first master device; a second master device; at least one slave device; and an interconnector coupled to the first master device, the second master device, and the at least one slave device, the interconnector including: wherein the first control unit is configured to estimate a first time required to transfer the first subset of the one or more first write data from the first master device to the interconnector, wherein the first control unit is configured to estimate a second time required to transfer the second subset of the one or more first write data from the interconnector to the at least one slave device, wherein the first control unit is configured to determine whether the second time is equal to or longer than the first time, wherein the second control unit is configured to estimate a third time required to transfer the first subset of the one or more second write data from the second master device to the interconnector, wherein the second control unit is configured to estimate a fourth time required to transfer the second subset of the one or more second write data from the interconnector to the at least one slave device, wherein the second control unit is configured to determine whether the fourth time is equal to or longer than the third time, wherein the interconnector is configured to determine whether the second subset of the one or more first write data is to be transferred to the at least one slave device based on the determination whether the second time is equal to or longer than the first time, wherein the interconnector is configured to determine whether the second subset of the one or more second write data is to be transferred to the at least one slave device based on the determination whether the fourth time is equal to or longer than the third time, and wherein, if both the second subset of the one or more first write data and the second subset of the one or more second write data are determined to be transferred, the interconnector is configured to transfer to the at least one slave device either the second subset of the one or more first write data or the second subset of the one or more second write data, based on a priority of the first write request and the second write request. | 4,764 |
9,730,951 | 1. A method of treating at least one disease state or condition selected from the group consisting of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and liver fibrosis in a human patient in need, comprising orally administering to said patient an effective amount of an ileal brake hormone releasing composition in oral dosage form comprising at least one ileal brake hormone releasing compound and at least one HMG-Co-A reductase inhibitor wherein at least 50% by weight of the ileal brake hormone releasing compound administered to said patient is released in the ileum of the patient and wherein said HMG Co-A reductase inhibitor is formulated in said composition in immediate or controlled release form. | 24,557 |
8,722,941 | 1. A process for preparing an alkyl hydroperoxide, the process comprising placing a liquid hydrocarbon in a reactor at a high temperature in contact with oxygen, wherein a surface of the reactor in contact with a medium comprising the hydroperoxide comprises a protective coat made of a perfluoroalkoxy (PFA) polymer. | 7,542 |
9,772,174 | 1. A capacitor based angle sensor having an x-y-z coordinate system, the sensor comprising: a semicircular electrically conducting rotating plate having an axle along the z-axis at the center of the semicircle, wherein the rotating plate can rotate freely in x-y plane around the z-axis; a first fixed electrically conducting plate having one first straight edge along the x-axis where the first plate is in the x-y plane and the z-axis passes through the first center of first straight edge; a second fixed electrically conducting plate having one second straight edge where the second plate is in the x-y plane and the z-axis passes through the second center of second straight edge; wherein an offset angle between the first straight edge and the second straight edge is neither 0 nor 180 degrees; a common lead electrically connected to the rotating plate; a first lead electrically connected to the first fixed plate; and a second lead electrically connected to the second fixed plate; an acquisition circuit, electrically connected to the common lead, the first lead and the second lead, the acquisition circuit comprising; a microprocessor electrically connected to the acquisition circuit; | 26,280 |
9,786,941 | 1. A membrane electrode assembly of a fuel cell, the membrane electrode assembly comprising: a proton conducting membrane having a first side and a second side, the proton conducting membrane including: a first polymer having cyclic polyether groups bonded thereto, the first polymer being a linear polymer has the following formula: where CPG is a cyclic polyether group, wherein one or more atoms in the cyclic polyether group is substituted by a nitrogen atom; and a second polymer having sulfonic acid groups; an anode catalyst layer disposed over the first side of the proton conducting layer; and a cathode catalyst layer disposed over the second side of the proton conducting layer, the membrane electrode assembly adapted to be positioned in the fuel cell. | 14,724 |
9,655,805 | 1. A control method of a walking assist robot including a controller having a processor and a memory, the memory containing computer readable code that, when executed by the processor, configures the controller to perform the control method comprising: detecting an initial location of a wearer of the walking assist robot based on information from an external device; searching the memory for a map related to the initial location of the wearer, the map including walking environment information; setting the initial location of the wearer on the searched map; reading, from the memory, kinematic information associated with the walking assist robot; estimating a current location of the wearer on the searched map by applying the kinematic information associated with the walking assist robot into an algorithm; updating the estimated current location of the wearer based on data measured by a plurality of sensors; determining a walking environment in a direction in which the wearer moves based on the map on which the initial location of the wearer is set and the updated current location of the wearer; and selecting one of a plurality of control modes of the walking assistance robot according to the walking environment. | 12,773 |
8,947,447 | 1. A system for ray traversal comprising: a first memory configured to receive ray data for a plurality of rays, each ray intersecting a given level 1 cell in a scene that is partitioned into a plurality of level 1 cells, each level 1 cell in the scene being partitioned into a plurality of level 2 cells, each level 2 cell of the scene being partitioned into a plurality of level 3 cells; a first array of counters; first control circuitry that updates one or more of the first counters each time the 8 first memory receives ray data for a ray, the one or more first counters being updated in accordance with a level 3 cell address that the ray is associated with; a second memory; a second array of counters; second control circuitry that stores ray data, from the first memory, into the second memory at locations determined using the first counters, wherein the second control circuitry further updates one or more of the second counters each time the second memory receives ray data for a ray from the first memory, the one or more second counters being updated in accordance with a level 2 cell address that the given ray is associated with; a third memory; and third control circuitry that stores ray data, from the second memory, into the third memory at locations determined using the second counters. | 34,389 |
9,279,981 | 1. A light deflector, comprising: a fixing portion; and a movable portion including a mirror portion for deflecting light by swinging about a predetermined swing axis, first and second torsion bars fixedly supported on the fixing portion and having an axis serving as the swing axis, and a supporting body configured to support the mirror portion and fixed to the torsion bars; wherein: the supporting body includes a contact surface to be held in contact with the mirror portion and a non-contact surface opposite to the contact surface, the supporting body further includes a first supporting member extending in a direction intersecting with the first torsion bar, a second supporting member arranged to face the first supporting member and extending in a direction intersecting with the second torsion bar, a third supporting member connecting the first and second supporting members, a fourth supporting member arranged symmetrically to the third supporting member with respect to the torsion bar and connecting the first and second supporting members, and a space defined by the first, second, third and fourth supporting members, the first torsion bar being fixed to the first supporting member in a center of the first supporting member and the second torsion bar being fixed to the second supporting member in a center of the second supporting member; and the light deflector further comprises a reinforcing member provided only on the non-contact surface out of the contact surface and the non-contact surface of the supporting body and configured to reinforce the supporting body and adjust a center of gravity of the movable portion so that the center of gravity of the movable portion is located on the axis, the reinforcing member including a first rib extending in a direction intersecting with the first torsion bar and projecting from the non-contact surface side of the first supporting member and a second rib extending in a direction intersecting with the second torsion bar and projecting from the non-contact surface side of the second supporting member. | 5,693 |
8,688,152 | 1. A method of operating a first mobile station, the method comprising the first mobile station: receiving a first message from a second mobile station; determining an implied availability based on messaging activity with contacts in a contact list detected by the first mobile station; and sending a second message to the second mobile station indicative of the implied availability of the first mobile station. | 11,936 |
9,327,828 | 1. A configuration for an amphibious aircraft so as to be spin resistant, said amphibious aircraft comprising a fuselage including sponsons coupled to a lower portion of the fuselage comprising a hull, a T-tail configuration, and a high wing having a leading edge coupled to an upper portion of the fuselage wherein the high wing includes a first region adjacent to the fuselage and a second region adjacent to a wing tip, the first region being contiguous with the second region, and wherein at high angles of attack a stall cell and associated separated airflow is constrained using a discontinuity in the leading edge of the wing to remain within the first region and flow below the T-tail so as to remain apart from flight controls located within the second region and flight controls associated with the T-tail. | 11,344 |
9,029,638 | 1. A method for altering plant growth, comprising introducing and expressing in a plant a nucleic acid encoding a plant UBiquitin-Specific Protease 15 (UBP15) polypeptide comprising the following motifs: (i) a Cysteine box (Cys box); (ii) a Histidine box (His box); and (iii) a ZnMYND zinc finger domain, wherein said nucleic acid is selected from the group consisting of: (a) a nucleic acid comprising the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1; (b) a nucleic acid encoding a polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2; and (c) a nucleic acid encoding a polypeptide having at least 95% sequence identity to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2, wherein said polypeptide has de-ubiquitination activity in vitro, and wherein said plant has one or more of the following: increased number of rosette leaves, increased flowering time, increased fresh weight of rosette leaves, increased silique length, increased root length, increased primary stem length, and/or increased primary stem diameter relative to a control plant. | 48,374 |
9,049,060 | 1. A co-channel dual polarized microwave device, comprising: a synchronization synthesis unit; a first equalization unit; and a second equalization unit; wherein the first equalization unit is configured to receive a first receive signal that is a receive signal processed by cross polarization interference cancellation, to perform frame synchronization on the first receive signal to acquire a first frame synchronization state signal and the first receive signal processed by frame synchronization, to perform phase noise immunization on the first receive signal processed by frame synchronization, to perform quality evaluation on the first receive signal processed by phase noise immunization to acquire a first signal quality signal, and to send the first frame synchronization state signal, the first signal quality signal, and the first receive signal processed by phase noise immunization to the synchronization synthesis unit; and wherein the second equalization unit is configured to receive a second receive signal that is a receive signal not processed by cross polarization interference cancellation, to perform frame synchronization on the second receive signal to acquire a second frame synchronization state signal and the second receive signal processed by frame synchronization, to perform phase noise immunization on the second receive signal processed by frame synchronization, to perform quality evaluation on the second receive signal processed by phase noise immunization to acquire a second signal quality signal, and to send the second frame synchronization state signal, the second signal quality signal, and the second receive signal processed by phase noise immunization to the synchronization synthesis unit; and wherein the synchronization synthesis unit is configured to selectively receive, according to the first frame synchronization state signal, the first signal quality signal, the second frame synchronization state signal, and the second signal quality signal, the first receive signal processed by phase noise immunization and the second receive signal processed by phase noise immunization, and to perform delay alignment on a selectively received signal according to the first frame synchronization state signal and the second frame synchronization state signal to implement lossless switching in a selective receiving process. | 23,803 |
9,595,508 | 1. A multichip system comprising a plurality of dies stacked vertically and electrically coupled together; each of the plurality of dies comprising one or more cores, each of the plurality of dies further comprising: at least one voltage violation sensing unit, the at least one voltage violation sensing unit being connected with the one or more cores of each die, the at least one voltage violation sensing unit being configured to independently sense voltage violation in each core of each die; and at least one frequency tuning unit, the at least one frequency tuning unit being configured to tune the frequency of each core of each die to avoid a timing error when sensing there is a voltage violation in each core, the at least one frequency tuning unit being connected with the at least one voltage violation sensing unit, wherein a voltage margin is allocated for the plurality of dies according to a common-case voltage droop. | 42,959 |
8,430,961 | 1. An apparatus, comprising: a chamber body having a slit valve opening through a first sidewall; one or more flow guiders mounted to one or more sidewalls of the chamber body, the one or more of the flow guiders having an opening therethrough that substantially aligns with the slit valve opening; one or more flow blockers mounted to and extending from the first sidewall above the slit valve opening, wherein the one or more flow guiders are mounted to the one or more flow blockers; and a door movable between a position covering the slit valve opening and a second position. | 15,111 |
8,753,808 | 1. A platelet aggregation measuring method comprising: preparing a measurement sample by dispensing into a container a sample and a reagent which includes a platelet activator; mixing the measurement sample in the container by rotating a mixing element in the container for a predetermined time needed to substantially uniformly mix the sample and the reagent at a first speed which essentially does not produce platelet aggregation; mixing the measurement sample in the container by rotating the mixing element in the container at a second speed which promotes platelet aggregation and is greater than the first speed after mixing the sample at the first speed; obtaining optical information from the measurement sample by irradiating the measurement sample in the container and receiving light over time from the measurement sample while mixing the measurement sample at the second speed; and analyzing aggregation of platelets in the sample based on the optical information. | 49,039 |
9,822,842 | 1. A friction drive belt comprising a belt body made of a rubber composition, and wrapped around pulleys to transmit power, wherein a pulley contact-side surface of the belt body is covered with a fabric layer which is integrated with the pulley contact-side surface by way of the rubber composition of the belt body having soaked partially into the fabric layer, and the fabric layer retains powder embedded between fibers of the fabric layer without an additional rubber composition or adhesive. | 10,107 |
8,756,448 | 1. A computer system having a normal mode and a standby mode to decrease power consumption, the computer system comprising: at least one wake-up unit to sense if a wake-up event occurs in the standby mode; a power supplying unit to supply power to the at least one wake-up unit; a controlling unit to control the power supplying unit; and a user inputting unit operable to receive a user input to set whether the at least one wake-up unit is to be in an operable state in the standby mode, wherein, when the computer system transitions from the normal mode to the standby mode, the controlling unit is configured to control the power supplying unit to cut off power to the at least one wake-up unit if the at least one wake-up unit is set not to be in the operable state in the standby mode, wherein, if the at least one wake-up unit is set to be in the operable state in the standby mode, the power from the power supplying unit is supplied to the at least one wake-up unit to enable detection of whether the wake-up event occurs in the standby mode. | 38,243 |
9,044,175 | 1. An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus comprising: an ultrasonic probe which transmits ultrasonic waves to an object to be examined and receives reflected echo signals from the object; and an ultrasonic diagnostic system comprising circuitry, memory and a display, which operate to: provide electrical signals to the ultrasonic probe that transmits the ultrasonic waves to the object; amplify the reflected echo signals received by the ultrasonic probe at a predetermined gain and generate radio-frequency (RF) signals; obtain RF signal frame data from the generated RF signals; store the obtained RF signal frame data; slide on a scan plane of the ultrasonic probe by motor control; construct a two-dimensional tomographic image based on the stored RF signal frame data; measure displacement from plural sets of the stored RF signal frame data; generate tomographic volume data by performing three-dimensional coordinate conversion based on a position of the constructed two-dimensional tomographic image; collect the plural sets of elastic volume data obtained by sliding on the scan plane of the ultrasonic wave to be transmitted to the object in the direction which intersects with the scan plane so as to generate elastic volume data; generate elastic frame data by calculating elastic information indicating the hardness or softness based on the reflected echo signal measured by the ultrasonic probe and generate elastic volume data based on plural sets of elastic frame data; display at least one of elastic slice images of a plurality of cross sections and an elastic rendering image generated based on the elastic volume data; set a plurality of three-dimensional regions of interest through at least one of the displayed elastic slice images of the plurality of cross sections and the displayed elastic rendering image; and calculate a three-dimensional elastic ratio between the elastic information in a set first three-dimensional region of interest and the elastic information in a set second three-dimensional region of interest, the calculated three-dimensional elastic ratio being displayed on the display; calculate a two-dimensional elastic ratio between elastic information of a region corresponding to the first three-dimensional region of interest and elastic information of a region corresponding to the second three-dimensional region of interest in each of the plural sets of elastic frame data of the elastic rendering image; and calculate the three-dimensional elastic ratio based on the two-dimensional elastic ratio in each of the plural sets of the elastic frame data. | 49,708 |
9,511,633 | 1. A method for managing soil compaction on a worksite, comprising steps of: generating a first map of soil compaction susceptibility of at least a portion of the worksite; generating a path within the worksite based on the first map which minimizes the soil compaction while carrying out a mission at the worksite; guiding at least one vehicle along the path while recording virtual foot parameters of the vehicle, wherein at least one virtual foot parameter of the virtual foot parameters is associated with a virtual foot of the vehicle comprising at least one of a wheel, a track, a track wheel, an inflatable tire, a tire with shape adjustment using magneto-rheological materials, a tire with shape adjustment using electro-rheological materials and a wheel which change footprint. | 36,106 |
8,591,696 | 1. Method for manufacturing a surface element, comprising: providing a wear layer comprising a paper layer and a plurality of hard particles, wherein the paper layer is manufactured and thereafter the plurality of hard particles are applied to a surface of the paper layer; applying a decorative pattern onto the wear layer, wherein the decorative pattern is applied to the surface of the paper layer to which the hard particles were applied, wherein the decorative pattern is applied by flexographic printing, digital printing or transfer printing; impregnating the paper layer with resin; providing a supporting core; and applying the wear layer to the supporting core, wherein wear layer is applied to the supporting core such that the surface of the paper layer to which the hard particles and decorative pattern were applied faces the supporting core. | 47,819 |
8,568,189 | 1. A method of interacting with a user, wherein a toy responds to the user as the user reads a book, the method comprising: receiving, by a processor of the toy, a first plurality of audible sounds from the user, wherein the first plurality of audible sounds correspond to text read aloud from the book that contains at least one triggering phrase and at least one non-triggering phrase, the at least one triggering phrase and the at least one non-triggering phrase combine to form a narrative in the book that describe a sequence of fictional or non-fictional events; using at least the processor to perform a step of analyzing the first plurality of audible sounds to detect the at least one triggering phrase and the at least one non-triggering phase; and upon detecting the at least one triggering phrase and the at least one non-triggering phrase, using at least the processor to perform a step of activating a first responsive program, wherein the responsive program is associated with the combination of the at least one triggering phrase and the at least one non-triggering phrase and supplements the narrative in the book. | 45,921 |
9,052,729 | 1. A circuit to control current through a biasing stage of an electronic system, comprising: a MOSFET biasing device, biasing a MOSFET output device, in case a supply voltage is less than or equal to the desired analog output voltage, wherein the MOSFET biasing device and the MOSFET output device are of a same transistor type, either both PMOS or both NMOS, wherein both gates of the MOSFET biasing device and of the MOSFET output device are connected to each other, and wherein a drain of the biasing device is connected to a controller and a drain of the output device is connected to an output port of the circuit outputting the output voltage; and wherein the controller is configured to detect if the supply voltage is not higher than or close to the output voltage by a voltage difference and, if this is the case, to control the biasing device; wherein a drain-source voltage across the MOSFET biasing device is the same as the drain-source voltage across the MOSFET output device when the supply voltage driving the output device is less than or equal to the desired output voltage. | 25,178 |
9,300,779 | 1. A method, comprising: a mobile device providing, to an in-vehicle information system, access to a navigation application executing on the mobile device, the in-vehicle information system providing user interface access to the navigation application on a display screen of the in-vehicle information system while the navigation application is executing on the mobile device, the user interface access comprising presentation of navigation information for navigating to a defined destination using a first transport mode; determining, by the mobile device, that a link with the in-vehicle information system has been terminated such that communication between the mobile device and the in-vehicle information system is terminated, and, in response: | 15,159 |
9,403,741 | 1. A process for the production of 1,1,1,2,2-pentachloropropane from 1,1,2-trichloropropane, the process comprising dehydrochlorinating the trichlorinated alkane and subjecting the product stream of the dehydrochlorination to sequential chlorination and/or further dehydrochlorination steps. | 18,854 |
8,488,145 | 1. An image processing apparatus that communicates with a Web server, comprising: a registering unit constructed to register a URL of an update file written in RSS format or Atom format; an update file acquisition unit constructed to acquire, at a predetermined time, the update file identified by the URL registered by said registering unit; a determination unit constructed to determine, on the basis of the updated file acquired by said update file acquisition unit, whether or not the Web server has a Web resource generated later than a date when said update file acquisition unit had acquired the update file a previous time; a resource acquisition unit constructed to, in response that said determination unit determines that the Web Server has a Web resource generated later than a date when said update file acquisition unit had acquired the update file the previous time, acquire the Web resource from the Web Server; a storage unit constructed to associate and store i) a character sequence of the Web resource generated later than the date when said update file acquisition unit had acquired the update file the previous time and ii) the Web resource acquired by said resource acquisition unit; a first print control unit constructed to cause a print unit to print the character sequence; a displaying unit constructed to display the character sequence stored in said storage unit; and a second print control unit constructed to, when a user selects the character sequence displayed by said displaying unit, cause the print unit to print the Web resource stored in association with the character sequence selected by the user, wherein said determination unit determines whether or not the Web server has a Web resource generated later than the date when said update file acquisition unit had acquired the update file the previous time, before the resource acquisition unit acquires the Web resource. | 22,506 |
8,469,861 | 1. An exercise apparatus configured to be pushed along a surface by a user, the apparatus comprising: a frame having an upper portion and a lower portion; a handle at the upper portion of the frame; a wheel shaft rotatably supported by the frame; a first wheel, a second wheel, and a third wheel, with the first and second wheels fixedly attached to the wheel shaft, wherein the first and second wheels are positioned rearward of the third wheel; a generator braking system having a motor driven by rotation of the wheel shaft and having variable electrical resistance such that an amount of torque required to rotate the first and second wheels is dependent on the amount of electrical resistance provided to the motor; and uni-directional clutch bearings configured for coupling the wheel shaft with the generator braking system such that the motor is driven only when the first and second wheels are rotated forward and disengaged from the generator braking system when the first and second wheels rotate backwards. | 4,456 |
9,502,874 | 1. A bracket comprising: a body having a uniformly planar front surface configured to be flush with an internal surface of a wall substrate, the bracket mountable directly to the wall interior; an opening in the body forming an inner perimeter; and a flange extending contiguously along the inner perimeter of the body in a direction opposite the front surface to a distal edge, the flange configured as a template guide for cutting an opening in the wall substrate, the wall substrate opening having a boundary that is coincident with the inner perimeter of the body; wherein the inner perimeter comprises indentations in the flange at opposite sides thereof; and further comprising: a recessed surface joined to the distal extent of the flange at each perimeter indentation; and a boss extending from each recessed surface toward an end proximal the front surface of the bracket. | 7,207 |
9,421,529 | 1. A method of reactivating a spent catalyst comprising a metal and a catalyst support, the method comprising: (a) recovering the spent catalyst from a reactor; (b) redispersing the metal in the spent catalyst to produce a redispersed spent catalyst by contacting the spent catalyst with a redispersing composition comprising O (c) contacting the redispersed spent catalyst with a reactivating composition to produce a redispersed, reactivated spent catalyst; and (d) thermally treating the redispersed, reactivated spent catalyst to produce a reactivated catalyst. | 5,548 |
9,719,918 | 1. A system comprising: a plurality of apparatuses, each comprising: a sensor element and a measuring electronics, which form a measuring unit; at least one calculating unit arranged removed from said measuring unit; an input/output unit arranged removed from said measuring unit and said calculating unit; and a database, wherein: said calculating unit and said input/output unit are connected with said measuring unit via a first interface, and a second interface; said measuring electronics operates said sensor element and forwards the measurement signals via said interfaces to said calculating unit as unprocessed raw data, said, calculating unit arranged removed from said measuring unit determines, improves monitors the process variable based on the raw data, and makes such available via said input/output unit; and the process variable is at least one gas composition or gas concentration; a plurality of measuring units are connected with said calculating unit via corresponding communication connections; and said calculating unit, using corresponding evaluating hardware or evaluating software, further processes raw data, delivered from the different measuring units and determines, improves monitors the corresponding process variable, and a plurality of data sets with the raw data of different measuring units with further processed raw data of the different measuring units are stored in said database, said data sets reflect the raw data or further processed raw data, which have been ascertained as a function of different process and device conditions in different applications directly or by simulation, and associated with each data set with the raw data or further processed raw data is a parameter set, which provides an optimized adjusting of said corresponding measuring unit said calculating unit as a function of defined process and device conditions. | 704 |
9,669,834 | 1. A regenerative control device for a hybrid vehicle comprising: a power generation motor generator that is driven by an engine to perform power generation and functions as a motor for driving the engine; a traveling motor generator that drives a driving wheel of the vehicle and performs regenerative power generation; a battery that is connected to the power generation motor generator and the traveling motor generator and performs transfer of power; an operation unit operated by a user to adjust a regeneration level indicative of a strength of a regenerative braking power of the vehicle; a battery state detection unit that detects a state of the battery; and one or more memory device having recorded thereon an instruction for executing by one or more processor to: the operation unit is a first operation unit having a plurality of steps of settings in the regenerative braking power increasing direction and in the regenerative braking power decreasing direction, and wherein the one or more memory device stores instructions that further causes the one or more processor to: for the first regenerative braking, execute a plurality of steps of settings according to setting by the first operation unit, and, for the second regenerative braking, execute two steps of settings of execution and stopping. | 15,717 |
8,786,588 | 1. A method for driving a display device comprising a driver circuit portion and a pixel portion comprising n (n is a natural number) pixels, the driver circuit portion comprising a first driver circuit and a second driver circuit, wherein each of the n pixels comprises a transistor, and wherein a channel formation region of the transistor comprises an oxide semiconductor layer, comprising the step of: performing operation N (N is a natural number) times in a still image display mode for displaying a still image in the pixel portion, the operation comprising: wherein in the case where N is greater than or equal to 2, a K-th (K is a natural number greater than or equal to 2 and less than or equal to N) period of stopping supply of the second driving signal and the second power supply voltage to the second driver circuit is set longer than a (K−1)-th period of stopping supply of the second driving signal and the second power supply voltage to the second driver circuit. | 2,564 |
9,426,964 | 1. A lawn seed mixture that produces grasses which wildlife are more likely to avoid, said mixture consisting essentially of: (a) one third by weight Hard Fescue; (b) one third by weight Creeping Red Fescue; and (c) one third by weight Chewing Fescue, said lawn seed mixture, when planted at a rate greater than about 220 lb. per acre, produces grasses with a deep and large root system which wildlife are more likely to avoid. | 47,325 |
9,556,853 | 1. A method of operating a wind turbine plant comprising at least one transmission branch comprising a plurality of wind turbine generators, the transmission branch coupled to an electrical grid at a point of common coupling through at least one circuit breaker comprising a breaking capacity, the method comprising: monitoring the wind turbine plant for a low voltage fault event; and if a low voltage fault event is detected: | 45,063 |
8,779,619 | 1. A wind power installation comprising a machine frame and a rotor shaft adapted for rotation around a rotation axis and extending between a rotor bearing housing in a front end of the machine frame and a transmission in a rear end of the machine frame, the machine frame comprising a base carrying the rotor shaft, and a stiffening element which increases the rigidity of the machine frame, the stiffening element extending over the rotor shaft between two attachment points where it is attached to the base without contacting the rotor shaft and therefore without hindering rotation of the rotor shaft whereby the stiffening element can stiffen the base during operation of the wind power installation. | 28,429 |
8,433,436 | 1. A substrate placing position adjusting method which acquires data on a substrate placing position where a substrate carrying means is required to place a substrate on a substrate holding device capable of rotating about a vertical axis and included in a processing unit for processing a substrate substantially horizontally held by the substrate holding device, said substrate placing position adjusting method comprising the steps of: transferring a jig from the substrate carrying means to the substrate holding device; measuring centrifugal acceleration imparted to a measuring position in the jig when the substrate holding device holding the jig is rotated at a fixed angular velocity; calculating an eccentricity of the measuring position from a rotation center of the substrate holding device on the basis of a centrifugal acceleration measured by measuring means; changing the position of the jig on the substrate holding device, repeating the measuring and calculating steps, changing the position of the jig on the substrate holding device again, repeating the measuring and calculating steps, and determining a position of the rotation center of the substrate holding device on the basis of eccentricities of two different jig placing positions and one of centrifugal acceleration imparted to a jig placing position other than the two jig placing positions and the eccentricity of the jig placing position other than the two jig placing positions; and storing data on a position which coincides with the center of a substrate and the rotation center of the substrate holding device, wherein the step of determining the position of the rotation center of the substrate holding device places the jig on the substrate holding device at each of two different positions with its measuring position coincided with each of the two different positions, determines eccentricities of the two positions, draws two circles having radii equal to the eccentricities, respectively, and centers respectively at the two positions, places the jig at one of two intersection points of the two circles, and determines that the position of the intersection point is the rotation center of the substrate holding device if a measured centrifugal acceleration imparted to the measuring position of the jig placed at the intersection point is zero or lower than a predetermined value or that the other intersection point is the rotation center of the substrate holding device if the measured centrifugal acceleration is not zero or above the predetermined value. | 21,048 |
9,256,408 | 1. A method of compiling high-level software instructions to generate low-level software instructions, the method comprising: identifying, with a computing device, a set of high-level (HL) control flow (CF) instructions having one or more associated texture load instructions, wherein execution of the one or more texture load instructions causes a texture to be loaded to memory and, wherein the set of HL CF instructions comprises one or more branches; determining whether the one or more associated texture load instructions are symmetric or approximately symmetric with respect to the number of texture load instructions associated with the one or more branches; based on the one or more texture load instructions being symmetric or approximately symmetric, converting, with the computing device, the identified set of HL CF instructions to low-level (LL) instructions having a predicate structure, wherein the LL instructions having the predicate structure are executable without branching; based on the texture load instructions not being symmetric or approximately symmetric, refraining from converting the identified set of HL CF instructions such that the HL CF instructions are unconverted; and outputting the converted LL instructions having the predicate structure or the unconverted set of HL CF instructions. | 48,274 |
8,683,853 | 1. An apparatus for detecting abnormality for a fuel property detecting apparatus, comprising: the fuel property detecting apparatus that has a sensor part provided on a fuel channel that feeds a fuel to an internal combustion engine, and detects a property of the fuel passing through the fuel channel; temperature detecting means for detecting a temperature of the fuel in a vicinity of the sensor part; a heater capable of raising the temperature of the fuel in the vicinity of the sensor part; and abnormality determining means for determining whether or not there is an abnormality in the fuel property detecting apparatus based on the temperature detected by the temperature detecting means when the heater is activated, wherein the abnormality determining means comprises failure determining means for determining whether or not there is a failure of the fuel property detecting apparatus itself, the sensor part detects a value that has a temperature dependency, the fuel property detecting apparatus comprises temperature correcting means for calculating a fuel property value by performing a correction processing for a value detected by the sensor part based on the temperature of the fuel detected by the temperature detecting means, and the failure determining means obtains fuel property values subjected to the correction processing at a plurality of different points of fuel temperature when the heater is activated, and determines whether or not there is a failure of the fuel property detecting apparatus based on the difference between the fuel property values at the different points. | 44,860 |
9,739,884 | 1. A sonar system comprising: a housing mountable to a watercraft capable of traversing a body of water; a transmit transducer element positioned within the housing and configured to transmit sonar pulses into the water; at least one sidescan transducer array positioned within the housing and aimed downwardly and outwardly from a side of the watercraft, a sonar signal processor configured to: | 47,527 |
9,057,865 | 1. An optical imaging lens set, from an object side toward an image side in order along an optical axis comprising: a first lens element, having a first image-side surface facing toward said image side, and said first image-side surface having a concave part in a vicinity of a circular periphery of said first lens element; a second lens element, having a second object-side surface facing toward said object side, and said second object-side surface having a convex part in a vicinity of a circular periphery of said second lens element; a third lens element, having a third image-side surface facing toward said image side, and said third image-side surface having a convex part in a vicinity of a circular periphery of said third lens element; an aperture stop; a fourth lens element with positive refractive power; a fifth lens element, having a fifth object-side surface facing toward said object side, and said fifth object-side surface having a concave part in a vicinity of circular periphery of said fifth lens element; and a sixth lens element, having a sixth image-side surface facing toward said image side, and said sixth image-side surface having a convex part in a vicinity of a circular periphery of said sixth lens element; wherein the optical imaging lens set not including any lens element with refractive power other than said first lens element, the second lens element, the third lens element, the fourth lens element, the fifth lens element and the sixth lens element. | 22,090 |
9,744,466 | 1. A computer-based method of creating and using a portable and widgetized avatar, comprising the steps: providing a networked server; wherein said server is comprised of an environment and an upsell engine; wherein said environment is comprised of one or more virtual storefronts; providing at least one computer networked to said networked server; wherein said computer has a display; gathering a plurality of personal information from a user; creating an avatar on said computer, such that said avatar comprises a virtual likeness of a user based on said plurality of personal information; wherein said user accesses said avatar through said at least one computer; wherein said avatar is portable and widgetized, such that said avatar may reside as non-static content to at least two unique at least partially static web pages; wherein said avatar moves virtually through said environment and said one or more virtual storefronts; browsing by said avatar a plurality of items for sale in said one or more virtual storefronts; wherein said plurality of items for sale in said one or more virtual storefronts are related to said plurality of personal information of said user; purchasing by said user at least one of said plurality of items; determining, by said upsell engine, whether the at least one item purchased by the user is a real world item or a virtual item for the avatar; and providing, by said upsell engine, an option to purchase one or more additional items related to said at least one item purchased by said user, wherein the one or more additional items are one or more virtual items for the avatar when the at least one item purchased by the user is determined to be a real world item, and wherein the one or more additional items are one or more real world items when the at least one item purchased by the user is determined to be a virtual item for the avatar. | 28,641 |
9,202,959 | 1. A photovoltaic device, comprising: a crystalline substrate; an emitter contact portion formed in contact with the substrate; and a back-surface-field junction including: a homogeneous junction layer in contact with the crystalline substrate having a same conductivity type and a higher active doping density than that of the substrate, wherein the homogeneous junction layer includes a thickness less than a diffusion length of minority carriers in the homogeneous junction layer, wherein the thickness of the homogeneous junction layer ranges from 1 nm to 100 nm, and the diffusion length of the minority carriers ranges from 50 nm to 2 microns; wherein the homogeneous junction layer includes hydrogenated single-crystalline material; and a passivation layer formed in contact with the homogeneous junction layer opposite the substrate, which is either doped or undoped. | 3,685 |
9,492,721 | 1. A golf club head comprising: a body comprising: | 41,526 |
8,344,325 | 1. A method for detecting a specified pattern of movement of an external object relative to an electronic device, the method comprising: providing as part of the electronic device a sensing assembly including: generating a first measured signal indicative of an amount of the first infrared light that was reflected by the external object prior to being received by the photoreceiver during the first time period; emitting second infrared light from the second phototransmitter during a second time period; generating a second measured signal indicative of an amount of the second infrared light that was reflected by the external object prior to being received by the photoreceiver during the second time period; emitting third infrared light from the third phototransmitter during a third time period; generating a third measured signal indicative of an amount of the third infrared light that was reflected by the external object prior to being received by the photoreceiver during the third time period, wherein the first, second, and third time periods occur sequentially; and evaluating the first measured signal, the second measured signal, and the third measured signal to detect the specified pattern of movement. | 16,866 |
9,462,965 | 1. A method comprising: receiving, by a first process executing on a mobile device, events generated by one or more client processes, each event including data associated with one of a plurality of attributes, where each of the attributes is associated with a budget and each of the events has a corresponding cost; receiving, from particular client process, a definition of a particular budget for a particular attribute; distributing, by the first process, the particular budget across a plurality of time periods according to historical usage information for the particular budget; reducing the particular budget for the particular attribute during a first time period based on the cost of events associated with the particular attribute received by the mobile device during the first time period; storing the event data in an event data store on the mobile device; receiving, by the first process, a request from a client process to initiate an event associated with the particular attribute during a current time period; comparing the cost of the event to the budget remaining for the particular attribute during the current time period; and determining, by the first process, to allow the event associated with the particular attribute based on the comparison. | 34,117 |
9,212,591 | 1. A method comprising: differentially measuring a voltage drop across an electronic-catalyst heater of an exhaust gas after-treatment component; measuring an amount of electrical current passing through the electronic-catalyst heater; generating a voltage equivalent heater resistance signal, by determining a division equivalent of dividing the differentially measured voltage drop across the electronic-catalyst heater by the measured amount of electrical current passing through the electronic-catalyst heater; comparing the voltage equivalent heater resistance signal to a resistance reference value signal to generate an equivalent temperature rise signal; integrating the equivalent temperature rise signal over time; comparing the equivalent temperature rise signal integrated over time to a temperature reference value to generate a temperature control signal, which is configured to turn off the electronic-catalyst heater when the comparison of the equivalent temperature rise signal integrated over time to the temperature reference value indicates that the electronic-catalyst heater is hotter than a threshold temperature. | 4,212 |
9,689,323 | 1. A method for determination of the water content of a mixed alcohol/gasoline fuel in an internal combustion engine of a vehicle, comprising: determining a first value for alcohol content of the fuel using a measurement of combustion richness; determining a second value for alcohol content of the fuel using a measurement recorded by a sensor for measurement of the electrical conductivity of the fuel; comparing said first value and said second value; and upon a determination that said first value is lower than said second value, determining the water content of the fuel by assigning a predetermined value for water content associated with the pair consisting of said first value and of said second value for alcohol content. | 47,771 |
8,787,210 | 1. A method for downloading firmware, comprising: dividing an image of firmware to be downloaded into a plurality of blocks, each block containing a plurality of packets; broadcasting, by at least one transmitting apparatus, the plurality of blocks; appending at least one redundancy packet to the broadcast of each of the plurality of blocks; and computing missing packets within the blocks based on the at least one redundancy packet; wherein the last block of the plurality of blocks is adjusted in length to fit an exact number of packets to be downloaded. | 33,249 |
9,223,421 | 1. An input device comprising: an input-sensing unit that contains a capacitive input sensor, the input-sensing unit sensing position information obtained by touch operation of an operation body to the capacitive input sensor and outputting the position information; a sensitivity-sensing unit that contains a capacitive sensitivity sensor, the sensitivity-sensing unit sensing sensitivity information obtained by the touch operation of the operation body to the capacitive sensitivity sensor and outputting the sensitivity information, wherein the position information is independent from the sensitivity information; a control unit that receives the position information from the input-sensing unit and receives the sensitivity information from the sensitivity-sensing unit, the control unit determining whether or not an amplitude of the output of the position information from the input-sensing unit is adjusted based on the sensitivity information sensed by the sensitivity-sensing unit, and when the control unit determines that the amplitude of the output of the position information is to be adjusted based on the sensitivity information sensed by the sensitivity-sensing unit, the control unit generates adjustment data and transmits the adjustment data to a sensitivity adjusting unit; and the sensitivity-adjusting unit that adjusts the amplitude of the output of the position information from the input-sensing unit based on the adjustment data received from the control unit, wherein the control unit controls the sensitivity-adjusting unit to adjust the amplitude of the output of the position information received from the input-sensing unit, and wherein the control unit generates adjustment information for increasing the amplitude of the output of the position information from the input-sensing unit if the sensitivity information sensed by the sensitivity-sensing unit is compared with a predetermined threshold value when the control unit determines that the sensitivity information is smaller than the predetermined threshold value. | 25,988 |
9,297,001 | 1. A preparation method conducive to enhancing enzymatic activity of cellulase, the preparation method comprising steps of: preparing a first inducer by treating a raw material for cellulose production with a diluted acid; preparing a preculture hyphae by inoculating two preculture media comprising: (c) producing cellulase with (d) feeding a second inducer to the fermentation tank continuously, wherein a main ingredient of the second inducer is lactose; and (e) inoculating the medium in the fermenation tank which comprises | 15,536 |
8,820,979 | 1. A lens comprising at least two curved surfaces to transmit light generated from a light emitting diode (LED), wherein light distribution angles of light passing through the at least two curved surfaces are different; and the at least two curved surfaces are asymmetric and defined by border lines and have different curvatures with reference to the border lines, wherein the border lines comprise: a first border line extending in a width direction of the lens; and a second border line extending in a length direction of the lens, wherein the first border line divides the at least two curved surfaces into a first region and a second region, the second border line divides the at least two curved surfaces into a third region and a fourth region, light passing through the first region advances to one side with respect to the first border line, light passing through the second region advances to the other side with respect to the first border line, the second region having a relatively steeper curve than the first region, and light passing through the third region advances to one side with respect to the second border line, and light passing through the fourth region advances to the other side with respect to the second border line, the fourth region having a relatively steeper curve than the third region. | 7,269 |
8,945,293 | 1. A silicon oxide removal apparatus for removing silicon oxide contained in an inert gas discharged from a silicon single crystal manufacturing apparatus, the silicon oxide removal apparatus comprising: a contact unit configured to bring the inert gas discharged from the silicon single crystal manufacturing apparatus into contact with a strongly alkaline solution, the contact unit being any one of an ejector, a static mixer, and a nash pump, or a combination thereof; and a neutralizing unit configured to neutralize an alkaline material contained in the inert gas brought into contact with the strongly alkaline solution. | 48,370 |
9,432,053 | 1. A method for decoding an error correcting code (ECC) codeword, the method comprising: receiving the ECC codeword at a memory, the received ECC codeword comprising ECC data bits, ECC parity bits, and error detection code bits; soft-decision decoding the received ECC codeword at a soft-decision decoder, to update the ECC codeword according to ECC parity check equations; hard-decision processing the received ECC codeword at a check processor, while the soft-decision decoder performs the soft-decision decoding, to verify the ECC data bits using the error detection code bits; terminating the soft-decision decoding when the ECC data bits are verified, regardless of whether the updated ECC codeword satisfies all of the ECC parity check equations; and, outputting the decoded ECC codeword from the memory after termination of the decoding. | 858 |
9,629,462 | 1. A modular drawer structure, comprising: a bottom board, configured with an outer frame and a positioning frame configured on an inner edge of said outer frame, fixing holes being respectively configured on front and rear edges of said outer frame, and engagement grooves being respectively configured on two sides thereof, said positioning frame being configured with a mesh sheet body constituted by interwoven net threads; a front board, configured with an outer frame and a positioning frame configured on an inner edge of said outer frame, buckling elements being configured on a rear edge of said outer frame, said positioning frame being configured with a mesh sheet body constituted by interwoven net threads, and a bottom edge of said outer frame of said front board being opened with screw holes corresponding to said fixing holes on said front edge of said outer frame of said bottom board; a rear board, configured with an outer frame and a positioning frame configured on an inner edge of said outer frame, buckling elements being configured on a front edge of said outer frame, said positioning frame being configured with a mesh sheet body constituted by interwoven net threads, a bottom edge of said outer frame of said rear board being opened with screw holes corresponding to said fixing holes on said rear edge of said outer frame of said bottom board; two side boards, each thereof being configured with an outer frame and a positioning frame configured on an inner edge of said outer frame, buckling elements being configured on a bottom edge of said outer frame, engagement grooves being respectively configured on front and rear edges thereof, said positioning frame being configured with a mesh sheet body constituted by interwoven net threads, and wall portions being projected out from a top edge of said outer frame; whereby, upon assembly, said front board, rear board and two side boards are allowed to be positioned vertically on a peripheral of said bottom board by means of mutual engagements of said buckling elements and engagement grooves configured on said bottom board, front board, rear board and two side boards with each other, and screws are used to pass through said fixing holes of said bottom board to lock down said front board and rear board in such a way to constitute a box-typed drawer, and thus, said drawer is slid into a cupboard through said wall portions configured on said two side boards for the accommodation of clothes or other various articles, and all said boards are detached from each other and stacked together while not in use so as to facilitate handling and storage. | 39,422 |
9,534,249 | 1. A method comprising: a) obtaining a biological sample from a prostate cancer patient comprising elevated levels of COL10A1 and one or more aggressive prostate cancer biomarkers selected from the group consisting of C20orf102, SSTR1, RRM2, F5, HSPC150, CDC2, TOP2A, CDH10, SERPINI1, TDO2, GRIN3A, COL2A1 and PCDHB10; b) detecting the expression level of COL10A1 and the one or more aggressive prostate cancer biomarkers; and c) administering a treatment to the patient; wherein the treatment is radiation and/or hormonal treatment. | 3,684 |
8,606,591 | 1. A system for determining a hernia repair procedure for a pre-operative hernia patient comprising: a user input device configured to receive a response to a health questionnaire administered to a patient who has previously undergone a hernia repair procedure in which a prosthetic mesh was used to repair the hernia, wherein the health questionnaire includes a plurality of questions and each question relates to the effect of the hernia repair procedure on an aspect of the post-operative hernia patient's quality of life; a memory configured to store data; and a processor in communication with the user input device and the memory, wherein the processor is configured to execute: | 29,259 |
9,803,507 | 1. A power generation system, comprising: a first heating fluid circuit thermally coupled to a first plurality of heat sources from a first plurality of sub-units of a petrochemical refining system, the first plurality of sub-units comprising a continuous catalytic reforming (CCR) and aromatics refining system; a second heating fluid circuit thermally coupled to a second plurality of heat sources of a second plurality of sub-units of the petrochemical refining system, the second plurality of sub-units comprising the CCR and aromatics refining system; a third heating fluid circuit thermally coupled to a third plurality of heat sources from a third plurality of sub-units of the petrochemical refining system, the third plurality of sub-units comprising a hydrocracking-diesel hydrotreating system; a first power generation system that comprises a first organic Rankine cycle (ORC), the first ORC comprising (i) a first working fluid that is thermally coupled to the first and second heating fluid circuits to heat the first working fluid, and (ii) a first expander configured to generate electrical power from the heated first working fluid; a second power generation system that comprises a second ORC, the second ORC comprising (i) a second working fluid that is thermally coupled to the third heating fluid circuit to heat the second working fluid, and (ii) a second expander configured to generate electrical power from the heated second working fluid; and a control system configured to actuate a first set of control valves to selectively thermally couple the first heating fluid circuit to at least a portion of the first plurality of heat sources, the control system also configured to actuate a second set of control valves to selectively thermally couple the second heating fluid circuit to at least a portion of the second plurality of heat sources, the control system also configured to actuate a third set of control valves to selectively thermally couple the third heating fluid circuit to at least a portion of the third plurality of heat sources. | 14,663 |
9,225,409 | 1. A radio transmitter configured to transmit data in an open loop transmission in a wireless multiple antenna radio communications system, wherein the radio transmitter includes a processor that; wherein the radio transmitter further includes a mapper that is configured to: | 20,525 |
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