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9,537,892 | 1. Non-transitory computer-readable media having instructions, that when executed by a processor of a computing device, cause the computing device to: selectively provide a plurality of interfaces at a display device in response to input received at the computing device wherein the plurality of interfaces include identify a first access right as a base access right and a second access right as a conflicting access right for the risk management rule based on the input received at the rule configuration interface; associate one of the attribute values with the exception based on the input received at the exception configuration interface; create the violation review responsive to determining that a user has been provisioned with both the base access right and the conflicting access right; and store, at a data store, the review decision received at the violation review interface. | 37,392 |
9,145,059 | 1. A method for use with a vehicle battery pack having a plurality of battery cells, comprising the steps of: (a) measuring a plurality of battery cell temperatures (T (b) measuring a battery pack voltage (V (c) using the battery pack voltage (V (d) using a first and a second estimate to determine one or more individual battery cell resistance(s) (Ω | 18,002 |
9,503,727 | 1. A method of decoding video data controlled by a processor, the method comprising: determining, by the processor, candidate intra prediction modes including a planar mode, in response to an intra prediction mode of a left block being equal to an intra prediction mode of an upper block and the intra prediction mode of the left block being a DC mode; determining, by the processor, the candidate intra prediction modes including an intra prediction mode corresponding to an index that is less than an index of the intra prediction mode of the left block by 1 or an intra prediction mode corresponding to an index that is greater than the index of the intra prediction mode of the left block by 1, in response to the intra prediction mode of the left block being equal to the intra prediction mode of the upper block and the intra prediction mode of the left block being a directional mode; obtaining, by the processor, a mode index indicating one among the candidate intra prediction modes from a bitstream; determining, by the processor, an intra prediction mode of a current block by using the mode index; and, performing, by the processor, intra prediction on the current block using the intra prediction mode of the current block. | 24,376 |
8,508,834 | 1. A printable photovoltaic electrochromic device, at least comprising: a transparent substrate; at least one thin-film solar cell, disposed on the transparent substrate, wherein the thin-film solar cell at least comprises an anode layer, a cathode layer, and a photoelectric conversion layer between the anode layer and the cathode layer, and a portion of the anode layer or a portion of the cathode layer is exposed from the thin-film solar cell; and at least one single polarity electrochromic thin film, covering and contacting with both the cathode layer and the anode layer, wherein the single polarity electrochromic thin film comprises a single polarity electrochromic material and a polyelectrolyte. | 45,598 |
9,781,070 | 1. A method of associating general data with end users comprising: receiving, from an end user to a DNS resolver system, a request for an IP address associated with a stage of a key association process domain name; providing an association key system comprising a plurality of association key servers, determining, on the DNS resolver system, an appropriate association key system based on the requested domain name and on information about the end user device derived from the request; transmitting, from the DNS resolver system to the end user device, the IP address of an appropriate association key server within the association key system; receiving from the end user to the association key system, a request comprising the domain name of the current stage of the key association process and metadata derived in previous stages regarding the key association process in progress; determining on the association key system, if the key association process is not complete, the domain name associated with the next stage in the key association; concatenating, on the association key system, previously received metadata to include a key fragment of the association key system's presence at the current stage of the key association process; determining, on the association key system when the key association process is complete, a complete association key associated with the end user using the concatenated metadata from prior stages; wherein potential keys are encoded as an M digit number of base N, where M is the number of key association process stages and N is the number of association key servers; and transmitting from the association key system to the end user device a protocol specific redirection to the domain name of the next stage in the key association process information comprising the concatenated metadata or the domain name of the service endpoint including the complete association key associated with the end user device. | 44,069 |
8,504,861 | 1. A data processing system comprising a plurality of computers, a plurality of input power sources, a plurality of power supply modules configured to convert a power supplied from the input power source into a voltage to output to the computers, and a management module connected with the computers and the power supply modules via buses, wherein the power supply module includes a power-source supply line connected electrically with the input power source and the computer, a current measurement unit configured to measure an output-current value supplied to the computer on the power source supply line, and a comparing unit configured to compare the measured output current value with a predetermined threshold value, and wherein by comparing the output current value with the threshold value in the comparing unit, when the output current value is equal to or smaller than the threshold value, the power supply module is configured to continue the comparison, when the output current value is greater than the threshold value, the power supply module is configured to output an output-current excess signal to the plurality of server blades, and the plurality of server blades is configured to control a power consumption of the each server blade to an equal to or smaller than a power consumption value Wp of the server blades on a power source non-redundancy. | 40,157 |
9,063,630 | 1. A method for displaying data, comprising: displaying a first graphical representation of data by a display component of a computing device, wherein the first graphical representation has a first domain and a first range; receiving an indication of a selection at a user interface component of the computing device, the indication of a selection defining a region within the first graphical representation, wherein the region has a second domain and a second range; determining whether to implement either a horizontal single axis zoom or a vertical single axis zoom based on a received indication to implement, wherein the indication to implement comprises one or more of a keystroke, a gesture, or a voice input; indicating that either the horizontal single axis zoom or the vertical single axis zoom is selected by replacing a first graphical representation of a user interface element associated with the defined region by displaying a second graphical representation of the user interface element that indicates which of the horizontal single axis zoom or the vertical single axis zoom is selected; and implementing the horizontal single axis zoom or the vertical single axis zoom on the graphical representation of the data. | 23,628 |
9,082,239 | 1. A method, comprising: maintaining, by a microprocessor executable profile identification module, a persona of a selected vehicle occupant, wherein the persona comprises one or more of bioinformatics, medical information, driving history, personal information, private information, travel information, and Internet browsing history and/or browsed content; determining, by a microprocessor executable vehicle control system, vehicle-related information, wherein vehicle related information comprises one or more of vehicle context, state, external surroundings, location, past, current, and/or intended path of travel, waypoint, and destination; and based on the persona of the selected vehicle occupant and the vehicle-related information, determining, by the microprocessor executable vehicle control system, a type of assistance to provide the selected vehicle occupant, the type of assistance not being based on or in response to a preceding request of the selected vehicle occupant; performing, by the microprocessor executable vehicle control system, an action assisting the selected vehicle occupant, the action being one or more of providing a suggestion or recommendation to the selected vehicle occupant, providing a reminder to the selected vehicle occupant, scheduling an activity involving the selected vehicle occupant, purchasing an item on line for the selected vehicle occupant, adding an entry into the selected vehicle occupant's electronic calendar, providing a notification to the selected vehicle occupant regarding an incoming message, call or action of a person, and/or sending a message to a person at a waypoint or destination of the vehicle regarding an arrival time of the vehicle. | 20,319 |
9,614,225 | 1. A positive active material for a rechargeable lithium battery, comprising: a compound represented by the following Chemical Formula 1, wherein a surface part of a particle of the positive active material has a mole ratio [Me/M] (A) of an element represented by Me to an element represented by M in the following Chemical Formula 1 of 0.05≦A≦0.60; wherein the surface part and an inner part are partitioned by an interface at which the surface part and the inner part contact one another; wherein the surface part is designated as the portion of the particle from the surface of the particle to the interface, and the inner part is designated as the portion of the particle inside of the interface; wherein the interface is positioned at a depth of about 3 nm to about 5 nm from the surface of the particle to the center of the particle; wherein the entire particle has a mole ratio [Me/M] (B) of the element represented, by Me to the element represented by M in the following Chemical Formula 1 of 0.003≦B≦0.012; and wherein the element represented by Me has a concentration difference of between two positions of less than or equal to about 0.02 wt % in the inner part of the particle, wherein, −0.2≦x≦0.2, 0<k≦0.05 M is one selected from Ni, Mn, Co, and a combination thereof, Me is Ti and one selected from Al, Mg, Zr, Ni, Mn, and a combination thereof, and M is not the same element as Me or does not comprise the same element as Me. | 171 |
8,846,455 | 1. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising the steps of: mounting a semiconductor chip over a chip mounting area of a lead frame, the semiconductor chip having a plurality of electrode pads, the lead frame having the chip mounting area and leads; coupling the leads of the lead frame and the electrode pads of the semiconductor chip via a plurality of bonding wires; and sealing the semiconductor chip, the bonding wires and a portion of each of the leads with a resin, wherein the bonding wires include a first bonding wire coupling a first lead of the leads with a first electrode pad of the electrode pads, and a second bonding wire coupling the first lead with a second electrode pad of the electrode pads; a diameter of the second bonding wire is smaller than that of the first bonding wire; and the second bonding wire is coupled with the first lead after the first bonding wire is coupled with the first lead. | 46,746 |
9,684,201 | 1. A liquid crystal display device, comprising: a liquid crystal display panel having a first main surface and a second main surface opposite said first main surface; a first polarizing plate disposed on said first main surface; a second polarizing plate disposed on said second main surface; and a backlight, wherein said first polarizing plate includes: said second polarizing plate includes: said backlight is positioned such that said second polarizing plate is between said liquid crystal display panel and said backlight. | 30,387 |
8,431,790 | 1. A seed of soybean cultivar 19002011, representative seed of said soybean cultivar having been deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-12730. | 31,536 |
9,181,159 | 1. A method for coproducing isobutene and methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) from tert-butanol (TBA) mixture, comprising steps: feeding TBA mixture, wherein the TBA mixture includes TBA and methanol, into a rectification zone of a catalytic distillation column; feeding methanol into a stripping zone of the catalytic distillation column; and catalyzing the TBA mixture and the methanol in a catalytic zone of the catalytic distillation column to make the dehydration of the TBA of the TBA mixture and the etherification of the TBA with methanol occur simultaneously, and isobutene and MTBE are co-produced; wherein the catalytic distillation column is distinguished into the rectification zone, the catalytic zone, and a stripping zone from the top down. | 6,283 |
8,526,909 | 1. A method comprising: receiving, at a mobile device, a broadcasted alert message; responsive to receiving the broadcasted alert message: | 16,808 |
9,661,616 | 1. A method for reporting channel state information from a user equipment to a base station in a communication system, the method comprising: determining a first channel state information value from a first set of channel state values, determining a second channel state information value from a second set of channel state values, the second set being different from the first set, preparing a channel state information message including at least one of the determined first and second channel state information, and transmitting the channel state information message to the base station, wherein, transmission of data is performed within subframes in time domain, the subframes include first subframes in which the base station transmits or has advertised to transmit according to a first configuration, and second subframes in which the base station transmits or has advertised to transmit according to a second configuration, when channel state information reporting is performed for the first subframes, the first channel state information is included in the channel state information message, and when channel state information reporting is performed for the second subframes, the second channel state information is included in the channel state information message. | 37,118 |
9,670,906 | 1. A bearing arrangement for a wind turbine, comprising a first bearing shell, that is prepared to be coupled to a first part of the wind turbine, a second bearing shell, that is prepared to be coupled to a second part of the wind turbine, whereby the first bearing shell and the second bearing shell are arranged in a way that the first bearing shell and the second bearing shell are rotatable with respect to each other, so that the first part of the wind turbine rotates with respect to the second part of the wind turbine, a first isolation ring, that is arranged between the first bearing shell and the first part of the wind turbine, so that the first bearing shell and the first part of the wind turbine are electrically isolated from each other in a certain predetermined voltage range, and wherein an impedance electrical connection is arranged between, and is connected to, the first bearing shell and the first part of the wind turbine to prohibit formation of an electrical potential between the first bearing shell and the first part of the wind turbine. | 13,039 |
9,240,449 | 1. A semiconductor device, comprising: a substrate; and quantum dots formed on the substrate without a quantum well, wherein a peak emission of the quantum dots has a FWHM of less than 20 meV when the semiconductor is measured at a temperature of 4 Kelvin. | 40,821 |
8,715,393 | 1. A method for removing carbon dioxide from a gas, comprising bringing said gas in contact with a CO 2 capture material in a chamber, evacuating gas from the chamber, wetting said CO 2 capture material, collecting water vapor and carbon dioxide from said CO 2 capture material, and separating said carbon dioxide from said water vapor; wherein the CO 2 capture material is wetted by immersion in water. | 34,744 |
8,560,459 | 1. A municipal solid waste management system comprising: a plurality of landfill elements that are selected in response to at least one source input and adapted to generate at least one value output, the plurality of landfill elements located near a landfill mass, which includes municipal solid waste products, wherein the at least one value output includes community objectives; a plurality of landfill liners with a channel for directing the flow and volume of leachate to selected portions of the landfill mass such that the leachate is directed from the surface of the landfill mass to an interior segment of the landfill mass, wherein the leachate has been produced naturally or artificially; a combination of recirculation system and at least one of natural or artificial means for increasing the rate of decomposition of the landfill mass producing a greater volume of gaseous byproducts; gas removal means for removing the gaseous byproducts of the landfill mass; an energy conversion system for converting the gas removed by the gas removal means into reusable energy, wherein the at least one source input is added in accordance with a decrease of the overall volume of the landfill mass by at least one of the gas removal system and the leachate; and an energy distribution system for storing and distributing the reusable energy to the landfill elements. | 18,605 |
9,059,475 | 1. A lithium secondary battery, comprising: a positive electrode having a positive electrode active material for absorbing and releasing a lithium ion; a negative electrode having a current collector and a negative electrode active material provided on the current collector, the negative electrode active material including at least one of silicon oxide and tin oxide; and a non-aqueous electrolyte having lithium ion conductivity and being interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, wherein a completely charged state of the lithium secondary battery is defined by the positive electrode active material and the negative electrode active material charged at a first partially charged level at which the negative electrode active material is in an around 90% charged state, a completely discharged state of the lithium secondary battery is defined by a second partially charged state at which the negative electrode active material is in an around 10% charged state, and the negative electrode active material has lithium vapor-deposited thereon to adjust the second partially charged level, wherein an amount of the lithium vapor-deposited on the negative electrode active material is less, by an amount of an irreversible capacity of the positive electrode active material, than an amount necessary to adjust the second partially charged state of the negative electrode active material to the around 10% charged state if the positive electrode active material did not have the irreversible capacity, and further wherein the negative electrode active material is made mainly of SiO | 43,432 |
9,175,868 | 1. A thermostat, comprising: a frustum-shaped shell body having a circular cross-section and a central axis generally perpendicular to a wall when the thermostat is wall-mounted, the frustum-shaped shell body comprising a sidewall that extends along a length of the central axis between first and second ends of the frustum-shaped shell body, the first end of the frustum-shaped shell body being wall-facing when the thermostat is wall-mounted, the second end of the frustum-shaped shell body being user-facing when the thermostat is wall-mounted, the sidewall comprising inside and outside surfaces, the inside surface defining an interior for housing components of the thermostat; a circular rotatable ring mounted proximate the second end of the frustum-shaped shell body, the circular rotatable ring having an axis of rotation generally perpendicular to the wall when the thermostat is wall-mounted, the circular rotatable ring being user rotatable about the axis of rotation, wherein the circular rotatable ring rotatable slides about a frame of the thermostat, the circular rotatable ring having an inwardly extending lip or edge surface that is parallel to the wall when the thermostat is wall mounted, said inwardly extending lip or edge being positioned within a groove of the frame, and wherein a corresponding bearing surface of the frame is greased or otherwise lubricated to smooth and dampen rotational movement of the circular rotatable ring; a circular cover mounted proximate the second end of the frustum-shaped shell body, the circular cover having a central axis generally perpendicular to the wall when the thermostat is wall-mounted, the circular cover comprising a clear circular center portion surrounded by a colored outer portion; at least one temperature sensor for use in sensing an ambient air temperature; a plurality of HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning) wire terminals configured to receive a plurality of HVAC wires; a dot-matrix color display element mounted at a location between the second end of the frustum-shaped shell body and the circular cover, the dot-matrix color display element and the circular cover not rotating when the circular rotatable ring is rotated and the thermostat is wall-mounted; and a processing system provided in operative communication with the plurality of HVAC wire terminals, the circular rotatable ring, the dot-matrix color display element, and the at least one temperature sensor, the processing system configured to: cause the dot-matrix color display element to display a numerical value representative of a temperature value; determine a user-selected temperature value based on user rotation of the circular rotatable ring; and send a control signal to the HVAC system via at least one of the HVAC wire terminals based at least in part on a comparison of a user-selected temperature value and the sensed ambient temperature; wherein said outside surface of said frustum-shaped shell body sidewall has a metallic appearing finish and wherein said sidewall increases in diameter along the central axis from the first end of the frustum-shaped shell body to the second end of the frustum-shaped shell body such that an acute angle is formed exterior to the thermostat between the outside surface of the sidewall and the wall when the thermostat is wall-mounted, whereby a naturally blending visual appearance of the thermostat with the wall is promoted by virtue of the frustum-shaped shell body, the metallic-appearing finish, and the acute angle when the thermostat is mounted to the wall; and wherein the dot-matrix color display element is non-circular and the clear circular center portion of the circular cover permits a circular portion of the non-circular dot-matrix color display element to be visible through the circular cover, the colored outer portion of the circular cover masking a remaining portion of the non-circular dot-matrix color display element so as to create a circular graphical user interface. | 8,896 |
8,912,269 | 1. A rubber composition comprising: (A) at least one rubber component selected from the group consisting of a synthetic rubber and a natural rubber; (B) a polymer of farnesene having a weight-average molecular weight of from 25,000 to 500,000 and a melt viscosity of from 0.1 to 3,000 Pa·s as measured at 38° C.; and (C) carbon black having an average particle size of from 5 to 100 nm, wherein a content of the polymer (B) in the rubber composition is from 0.1 to 100 parts by mass on the basis of 100 parts by mass of the rubber component (A), and wherein a content of the carbon black (C) in the rubber composition is from 20 to 100 parts by mass on the basis of 100 parts by mass of the rubber component (A). | 35,496 |
8,770,170 | 1. A method of constructing a bedplate assembly for retention of a crankshaft in an internal combustion engine having an engine block, the method comprising: forming a bedplate insert in a first pattern tool, wherein the bedplate insert is defined by an insert height, an insert width, and an insert thickness, the bedplate insert has a shape with a variation in the insert width along the insert height, and wherein the first pattern tool defines the variation in the insert width; arranging the formed bedplate insert in a second pattern tool; and forming in the second pattern tool a bedplate frame around the formed bedplate insert to generate the bedplate assembly, wherein during forming of the bedplate frame the variation in the insert width of the bedplate insert generates an internal rib in the bedplate frame that is configured to fix and retain the bedplate insert inside the bedplate frame and decrease deflection of the bedplate frame under crankshaft loads during operation of the engine. | 23,826 |
9,599,231 | 1. A method of replacing at least one component of a conventional flap-gate valve with at least one component adapted to work in conjunction with a replaceable face, the replaceable face comprising: a flat plate having at least one slot or bore therethrough, the at least one slot or bore having at least one bolt therethrough, for attaching the face to the bottom panel of a seat; a face frame with a wear surface bordering said frame, the frame and the wear surface surrounding an opening in the flat plate, the wear surface comprising air-tight sealing material or abrasion-resistant material; the method comprising the steps of: disengaging any screws or bolts from an existing seat in the flap-gate valve; removing the existing seat from the conventional flap-gate valve; installing a replacement seat comprising four side panels joined together, forming a substantially rectangular wall having an upper edge and a lower edge, and a bottom panel attached to the lower edge of the wall, the bottom panel comprising: bolting said face to the bottom panel of said replacement seat; disconnecting and removing an existing arm and flapper from a shaft in the flap-gate valve; and attaching to the shaft in the flap-gate valve a replacement arm and flapper, the arm being adapted to move the flapper into and out of sealing engagement with the wear surface on the replacement face. | 10,341 |
8,658,823 | 1. A process for producing an acrylate product, the process comprising the steps of: (a) reacting an alkanoic acid comprising acetic acid and an alkylenating agent to form a crude product stream comprising acrylate product comprising from 1 wt % to 75 wt % acrylic acid, alkylenating agent, acetic acid, and propionic acid; (b) separating at least a portion of the crude product stream to form an alkylenating agent stream comprising at least 1 wt % alkylenating agent and an intermediate product stream comprising acrylic acid and acetic acid; and (c) separating the intermediate product stream to form a finished acrylate product stream comprising at least 85 wt % acrylic acid and a first finished acetic acid stream comprising from 50 wt % to 99.9 wt % acetic acid. | 21,200 |
9,272,595 | 1. A method of controlling a compressor for an air suspension of an electric vehicle, the method comprising: determining a state of a reservoir in the electric vehicle, the reservoir coupled to drive air springs of a suspension system; determining whether the electric vehicle is connected to an external source of electric energy for charging an energy storage of the electric vehicle; in response to determining that the electric vehicle is connected to the external source, applying a first value as a threshold for whether to replenish the reservoir by a compressor; and in response to determining that the electric vehicle is not connected to the external source, applying a second value, different from the first value, as the threshold for whether to replenish the reservoir by the compressor, wherein applying the first value as the threshold corresponds to making the threshold less stringent than when the second value is applied as the threshold. | 20,252 |
8,405,176 | 1. A phosphorus paste for diffusion that is applied to a substrate by screen printing for forming a diffusion layer on the substrate, the phosphorus paste for diffusion comprising at least: a doping agent containing phosphorus as a dopant for the diffusion layer; a thixotropic agent containing an organic binder and a solid matter; and an organic solvent; wherein the doping agent is an organic phosphorus compound which is synthesized by a dehydration reaction or ester exchange between acrylic acid or methacrylic acid and a phosphoric acid compound. | 16,813 |
9,415,289 | 1. An elastomeric device for training a swimmer to improve the swimmer's performance, comprising: a shaped member comprised of elastomeric material defining an opening, the shaped member having an interior surface facing the opening and an exterior surface, wherein the shape of the shaped member is selected from the group consisting of substantially oval, substantially circular, and substantially elliptical, wherein the interior surface is planar and the exterior surface is curvilinear, wherein the shaped member has a hollow center filled with air, and wherein the cross-sectional shape of the shaped member is the same around its entire circumference; and one or more slip resistant elements positioned along the interior surface of the shaped member; wherein the shaped member has a preselected circumference equal to or less than 18 inches when not stretched, which closely fits around and positions two body appendages of the swimmer when wearing the elastomeric device, thereby preventing a displacement between the two body appendages, the two body appendages selected from the group consisting of: two hands, two wrists, two lower arms, two elbows, and two upper arms of the swimmer. | 34,844 |
8,530,007 | 1. A liquid crystal display comprising: a first substrate comprising a first insulating substrate including a pixel area, a gate line formed on the first insulating substrate, a data line crossing the gate line, and a thin film transistor connected to the gate line and the data line; a second substrate opposite to the first substrate; and a liquid crystal composition interposed between the first and second substrates, wherein the liquid crystal composition has a nematic-isotropic phase transition temperature (Tni) of 79° C. or above, and comprises: wherein X is an alkyl, alkoxy, or alkenyl group having 2 to 5 carbon atoms and Y is an alkyl or alkenyl group having 2 to 5 carbon atoms. | 48,802 |
9,337,428 | 1. A method of manufacturing an organic light-emitting display apparatus, the method comprising: preparing a first substrate comprising a plurality of pixel electrodes; preparing a second substrate comprising a plurality of pixel electrodes; preparing a donor mask comprising a base substrate, a light to heat conversion layer disposed on the base substrate, a reflection layer disposed between the base substrate and the light to heat conversion layer and comprising a through hole corresponding to a first transfer region, a non-transfer region having a first reflection layer thickness, and a second transfer region having a second reflection layer thickness smaller than the first thickness; depositing a transfer layer on the light to heat conversion layer of the donor mask; aligning the first substrate and the donor mask; transferring a portion of the transfer layer corresponding to the through hole of the reflection layer of the donor mask onto a part of the plurality of pixel electrodes on the first substrate; aligning the second substrate and the donor mask; and transferring a portion of the transfer layer corresponding to the second transfer region of the transfer layer of the donor mask onto a part of the plurality of pixel electrodes on the second substrate. | 12,895 |
8,524,672 | 1. A method for inhibiting the activity of BAFF-R in a cell comprising the step of contacting the cell with: (a) an isolated soluble polypeptide that binds to BAFF and comprises: (b) an isolated antibody, or an antigen binding fragment thereof, that specifically binds to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:5 or SEQ ID NO:10. | 47,203 |
9,371,229 | 1. An ozone generating system, comprising: an ozone generating device including discharge electrodes that are arranged opposite to each other to thereby form a discharge space; a gas supplying device that supplies an oxygen-containing gas as a source gas for generating ozone to the discharge space; a power source device that supplies power for discharging to the discharge electrodes; a temperature adjustment device that adjusts a temperature of the discharge electrodes; a controller that controls the gas supplying device, the power source device and the temperature adjustment device, to thereby control an operation of the ozone generating device; and a detector that detects an ozone generation parameter in the ozone generating device; wherein, the controller is configured to increase the temperature of the discharge electrodes up to a vaporizing temperature of dinitrogen pentoxide by controlling the temperature adjustment device and the gas supplying device or the temperature adjustment device and the power source device in a cooperative manner, based on an ozone generation parameter output from the detector, and switch the operation of the ozone generating device from a normal operation mode to a cleaning operation mode in which surfaces of the discharge electrodes and the discharge space are cleaned up in a state where the ozone generating device continues to generate ozone in the discharge space. | 37,547 |
9,536,735 | 1. A graphene-encapsulated metal nanoparticle prepared by a method including supplying a gas on a metal catalyst, the gas including CO 2 , CH 4 , and H 2 O; and reacting and cooling the resultant, wherein the supplying supplies the gas in a mole ratio of the CH 4 , CO 2 , and H 2 O gases at about 1:0.20-0.50:0.01-1.45. | 14,824 |
8,511,539 | 1. A system for charging electric vehicles comprising: a charger for an electric vehicle; a reader that reads an indicia when said indicia is presented and determines an interval for electric vehicle charging from said indicia, wherein the interval is encoded into the indicia; and a timer that is set to hold the charger enabled for said interval for electric vehicle charging in response to a signal from said reader after said indicia is read. | 21,838 |
8,371,120 | 1. A method of controlling ignition timing of an HCCI engine, the engine having an intake manifold, an exhaust manifold, a high pressure EGR loop and a turbocharger, the turbocharger having a compressor and turbine, comprising: using a constant volume pump to provide an amount of charged fresh air to the compressor; controlling an amount of fresh air delivered into the compressor from the constant volume pump; using the EGR loop to deliver recirculated exhaust downstream the compressor, thereby providing an amount of recirculated exhaust gas to the engine intake manifold; and controlling the amount of recirculated exhaust to the engine intake manifold; wherein the step of controlling the amount of recirculated exhaust to the engine intake manifold is performed at least in part by an EGR valve; and wherein the steps of controlling the amount of fresh air and of controlling the amount of recirculated exhaust are performed such that a high temperature heat release in the engine cylinders occurs at a predetermined time during the cylinder cycle. | 30,012 |
9,805,117 | 1. An information processing apparatus comprising: a storage unit configured to store data; and a processor configured | 48,432 |
9,033,570 | 1. A mixing rotor for use in an internal mixer, the mixing rotor comprising: a rotor shaft portion that includes a cooling passageway formed therein; and a mixing blade portion that is formed in an outer circumferential portion of the rotor shaft portion, wherein the mixing blade portion includes a short blade at a predetermined length in an axis direction of the rotor shaft portion, and at least two long blades at lengths larger than the length of the short blade in the axis direction, each of the long blades including a land portion as an end surface of the long blade facing a radially outside of the mixing rotor, wherein the length of each of the long blades in the axis direction is set to be 0.6 times or more as large as a length of the mixing blade portion in the axis direction, wherein a biting angle of each of the long blades is set to an angle equal to or smaller than 31°, and wherein a center angle with respect to a land width as a width of the land portion in a cross-section of each of the long blades orthogonal to the axis direction is set to an angle equal to or larger than 7°. | 47,763 |
9,166,089 | 1. A thin film solar cell module, at least comprising: a transparent electrode; a first photoelectric conversion unit; an intermediate transparent electrode layer; a second photoelectric conversion unit; a third photoelectric conversion unit; and a metal electrode, in this order from a light incident side, the first to third photoelectric conversion units are electrically connected to form a unit cell, and a plurality of unit cells are integrated by connecting unit cells in series, wherein the first photoelectric conversion unit is an amorphous silicon-based photoelectric conversion unit, and wherein the third photoelectric conversion unit is a compound semiconductor-based photoelectric conversion unit, the second photoelectric conversion unit and the third photoelectric conversion unit being electrically connected in series to form a series-connected component inside each unit cell, the series-connected component being electrically connected in parallel with the first photoelectric conversion unit via the transparent electrode and the intermediate transparent electrode layer, wherein the transparent electrode inside each unit cell and the transparent electrode inside an adjacent unit cell are separated by a transparent electrode separation groove, the intermediate transparent electrode layer inside each unit cell and the metal electrode inside the same unit cell are insulated by an intermediate electrode separation groove, the metal electrode inside each unit cell and the metal electrode inside the adjacent unit cell are separated by a metal electrode separation groove, the transparent electrode inside each unit cell and the metal electrode inside the same unit cell are short-circuited by a second-type connection groove, the transparent electrode inside each unit cell and the intermediate transparent electrode layer inside the adjacent unit cell are short-circuited via a first-type connection groove, and the metal electrode inside each unit cell and the intermediate transparent electrode layer inside the adjacent unit cell are not directly connected, but are electrically connected via the transparent electrode inside the same unit cell, and thereby the photoelectric conversion units inside each unit cell are electrically connected and the plurality of unit cells are integrated. | 14,435 |
8,565,951 | 1. A controller for an AC electric vehicle that is applied to an AC electric vehicle having a pulse-width modulation (PWM) converter that converts an AC voltage inputted from an overhead line through a transformer into a DC voltage, and that comprises a converter control unit controlling an operation of the PWM converter, wherein the converter control unit is divided into plural arithmetic processing units configured by a field programmable gate array (FPGA), and the arithmetic processing units configured by the FPGA include: a first arithmetic processing unit that calculates a DC-voltage correction amount based on a predetermined DC voltage reference and a DC voltage of the PWM converter to output the DC-voltage correction amount; a third arithmetic processing unit that performs processing simultaneously in parallel with the first arithmetic processing unit, and calculates a fundamental sine wave based on an overhead line voltage through a filter to output the fundamental sine wave; a fourth arithmetic processing unit that calculates a first correction amount associated with generation of a converter voltage reference, based on the DC-voltage correction amount, the fundamental sine wave, and an input current of the PWM converter to output the first correction amount; a fifth arithmetic processing unit that performs processing simultaneously in parallel with the fourth arithmetic processing unit, and calculates a second correction amount associated with the generation of the converter voltage reference, based on a filter output of the overhead line voltage and the input current of the PWM converter to output the second correction amount; and a sixth processing unit that calculates the converter voltage reference based on the first and second correction amounts to output the converter voltage reference. | 20,152 |
9,716,236 | 1. A compound represented by Formula 1 below, wherein R R X and Y are each independently S, O, or SiR m and n are each 0 or 1 with the proviso that m+n is an integer equal to or greater than 1 ; L is selected from the group consisting of a single bond; a C Ar is a compound represented by Formula 1a below, wherein X Ar R′ and R″ are each independently a C R | 34,198 |
9,420,421 | 1. A method of detecting a geofence crossing, comprising: a Kalman filter module to filter a plurality of past individual location fixes retrieved for a wireless device and produce a latest Kalman-filtered location of said wireless device; triggering a geofence boundary crossing by said wireless device based on said latest Kalman-filtered location of said wireless device, on a predictive heading and velocity, and on a given geofence having said boundary; and dynamically determining a time interval before a subsequent Kalman-filtered location of said wireless device, said time interval being determined based on a velocity of said wireless device. | 43,723 |
9,549,179 | 1. A method of creating a bitstream, by an encoder, the bitstream including at least one coded picture comprised of picture slices encoded as at least one of reference slices or non-reference slices, said method comprising: for the at least one coded picture, including in the bitstream at least one header element indicating a coded picture type or slice types included in the at least one coded picture; for the at least one coded picture, including in the at least one header element an indicator of whether one or more slices of the at least one coded picture is a reference slice; and including in the at least one header element a value that indicates a level in a hierarchy of data dependency where the picture slices in the at least one coded picture are located, wherein discardable reference slices in the bitstream for rendering one or more trick play operations formatted to be identifiable based on multiple levels for reference slices included in the hierarchy of data dependency. | 8,151 |
9,564,265 | 1. A coil assembly having improved heat resistance for use in a control rod driver, comprising: a covered wire ( a coil coating layer ( an insulating tape layer ( silicon molding ( wherein both ends of the coil wire ( | 4,136 |
8,963,550 | 1. A method comprising: affixing a barcode tag on a storage battery at a battery manufacturing plant, the barcode tag including battery manufacturing information, wherein the battery manufacturing information includes battery identification information and a battery algorithm suitable for use in testing the battery; reading the battery manufacturing information from the barcode tag at an automobile dealership; conducting a battery test at the automobile dealership using the battery manufacturing information; obtaining a battery test result at the automobile dealership; and storing the battery identification information, the battery test result and a corresponding timestamp into a memory that is remote from the battery. | 23,089 |
8,630,518 | 1. A method for using bubble structures to control the extraction of light from a waveguide top surface, the method comprising: determining a maximum angle (α) of light propagation through a waveguide medium relative to a first horizontal direction parallel to a waveguide top surface; providing a plurality of bubble structures having a refractive index less than the waveguide medium, where the bubble structures have a base and sides formed at an acute angle upwards with respect to the base, where the bubble structure bases are separated by gap (W), and have a height (H), and a top separated from a waveguide top surface by a space (h); varying the gap (W), the height (H), and the space (h); and, in response to varying W, H, and h, controlling the intensity of light extraction, having the maximum angle (α) of light propagation, from the waveguide top surface. | 6,925 |
9,594,118 | 1. A method for predicting a usability of at least one of a relay and a contactor, comprising: determining measured values by measuring repeatedly with a first sensor at least one of (i) a current flowing through the at least one of the relay and the contactor, and (ii) a voltage between a first terminal of the at least one of the relay and the contactor and a second terminal of the at least one of the relay and the contactor, the measured values being measured during a switching operation of the at least one of the relay and the contactor; receiving with a monitoring unit the measured values from the first sensor; estimating an increase in a temperature of the at least one of the relay and the contactor during the switching operation based on the measured values and a temperature model; and predicting with the monitoring unit a usability of the at least one of the relay and the contactor based on the estimated increase in the temperature. | 29,844 |
9,455,442 | 1. A carbon-coated active material composite, comprising a particle in which a carbonaceous film is formed on an electrode active material and charge migration of lithium ions occurs at an interface between the carbonaceous film and the electrode active material, wherein an activation energy of an insertion and removal reaction of lithium ions occurring at an interface between the carbon-coated active material composite and an electrolytic solution is in a range of 45 kJ/mol to 85 kJ/mol, a value of a carbon supported amount with respect to a specific surface area of particles of an electrode active material, calculated as [carbon supported amount]/[specific surface area of the particles of the electrode active material], is in a range of 0.01 to 0.5, and the activation energy is a value measured using an electrolyte solution obtained by mixing ethylene carbonate and diethyl carbonate at a 1:1 ratio. | 40,301 |
9,666,897 | 1. An electrolyte for lithium secondary batteries comprising a lithium salt and a non-aqueous solvent, in which the non-aqueous solvent comprises a carbonate based solvent, an ether based solvent and a glyme based solvent, wherein a volumetric ratio of the ether based solvent to the glyme based solvent is 20:80 to 60:40. | 25,269 |
9,566,982 | 1. A computer implemented method of generating and using an electronic horizon for use with an advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) of a vehicle, comprising: obtaining, by a processor, positional data relating to the movements of a device associated with a vehicle with respect to time on a road network; using, by the processor, the positional data to record data indicative of the paths taken by the vehicle through a plurality of decision points of the road network in a memory; using, by the processor, the recorded data for a decision point to generate the electronic horizon, wherein the electronic horizon defines at least a most probable outgoing path from the decision point to be taken by the vehicle when confronted with the decision point; and providing, by the processor, data to the ADAS of the vehicle determined using the electronic horizon to provide assistance to a driver of the vehicle. | 8,272 |
9,794,690 | 1. A wireless speaker system, comprising: at least one main light emitting diode (LED) lighting device including a wireless communication module using radio waves having a waveband in a range from 2.4 GHz to 2.485 GHz and a wireless audio module; at least one auxiliary LED lighting device including a wireless audio module; and a smart terminal configured to send data to the main LED lighting device through the wireless communication module in the main LED lighting device, wherein: | 44,853 |
9,143,040 | 1. A power conversion system comprising: first and second switching elements coupled in series across first and second power input terminals; an LLC resonant circuit coupled between the first and second switching elements and comprising a first inductor, a primary winding of a transformer, and one or more resonant capacitors; an output circuit comprising one or more secondary transformer windings and a bulk capacitor coupled across first and second output terminals; a voltage sensor; a hold-up time enhancement circuit comprising an auxiliary primary winding of the transformer, a second inductor coupled on a first end to the auxiliary primary winding, and a third switching element coupled to a second end of the second inductor; a controller coupled to the voltage sensor and effective to determine a hold-up time condition based on a voltage across the voltage sensor; wherein the controller is further effective in a first operating mode associated with a normal condition to generate switch driver signals to turn OFF the third switching element and disable the hold-up time enhancement circuit; and the controller is further effective in a second operating mode associated with a hold-up time condition to generate switch driver signals to turn ON the third switching element and enable the hold-up time enhancement circuit wherein an output voltage across the first and second output terminals is increased via current supplied from the auxiliary primary winding. | 13,650 |
8,841,807 | 1. A rotary electric machine comprising: an armature comprising: a rotor having at least one pair of magnetic poles and having an outer surface, the rotor being rotatably provided inside the armature with a gap between the outer surface thereof and the inner surface of the armature, the armature and rotor being configured to have: a first magnetic resistance facilitating the reactive magnetic flux to flow through at least one tooth in the plurality of teeth to an adjacent tooth of the at least one tooth as compared with the reactive magnetic flux toward the rotor, and a second magnetic resistance facilitating main magnetic flux based on the at least one pair of magnetic poles to flow toward the yoke as compared with the main magnetic flux toward at least one tooth close to the main magnetic flux, wherein: a projecting end of each of the plurality of teeth is formed with a magnetic-path extension projecting to both circumferential sides thereof, the magnetic-path extensions of the plurality of teeth are circumferentially arranged with no spaces therebetween, and a circumferential length of each of the spaces is equal to or shorter than a radial length of the gap, the rotary electric machine further comprises: multiphase armature windings provided in the plurality of slots for generating the reactive magnetic flux when energized, wherein, when a total number of the magnetic-path extension is represented by g, a number of phase of the multiphase armature windings is represented by m (m is an integer equal or greater than 3), a number of poles of the rotor is represented by 2p (p is a natural number), and a number of teeth per pole and phase in the plurality of teeth is represented by n (n is a number), the total number g of the magnetic-path extension is expressed by the following equation: | 37,425 |
9,600,718 | 1. A method comprising: receiving, by a computing device, an input image of an environment having a plurality of physical notes; processing the input image with the computing device to identify the plurality of physical notes in the input image; generating, by the computing device, a plurality of digital notes corresponding to the plurality of notes identified in the input image, wherein the plurality of digital notes include information represented by the plurality of notes in the input image; identifying, by the computing device, an indication of one or more groups of the plurality of physical notes based on at least one line in the environment; and grouping, by the computing device, the plurality of digital notes according to the indication of the one or more groups. | 30,549 |
9,015,003 | 1. A system for real-time web-based monitoring of water utilities, the system comprising: at least one data detection device configured to: a data management device configured to: | 48,916 |
9,676,290 | 1. A vehicle controller comprising: an electric motor coupled to at least one wheel; a power storage device connected to the electric motor; a charge/discharge controller that controls the rate of charge/discharge of the power storage device; a first traveling controller that controls the electric motor in accordance with a driver's operation; and a second traveling controller that controls the electric motor in accordance with a cruise function that automatically controls vehicle speed, wherein, when the first traveling controller controls the electric motor, the charge/discharge controller controls a rate of charge/discharge power of the power storage device within a first rate of charge/discharge range; and wherein, when the second traveling controller controls the electric motor, the charge/discharge controller controls a rate of charge/discharge power of the power storage device within a second rate of charge/discharge range that is wider than the first rate of charge/discharge range. | 28,207 |
9,302,214 | 1. A method for purifying nitrogen trifluoride (NF 3 ), the method comprising: filling an adsorption column with a first volume of a feed gas consisting essentially of NF whereby the adsorbent material adsorbs a portion of the feed gas having a greater concentration of NF removing a first product gas having a greater concentration of CF after removing the first product gas, removing a second product gas having a lesser concentration of CF | 6,450 |
8,504,227 | 1. A charging control device for independently controlling charging of power storage devices in a plurality of vehicles, respectively, each having said power storage device mounted thereon, from an external power supply, comprising: an electronic control unit having control logic configured to: | 47,248 |
8,845,091 | 1. A printing medium, comprising: base paper; and a coating layer, wherein the coating layer is directly formed on the base paper by a cast coating method with a coating liquid, wherein the coating liquid comprises kaolin and amorphous silica, wherein the amorphous silica is such that a dispersion having 5% by mass of the amorphous silica has a pH of 6 or higher, and wherein the coating liquid comprises the amorphous silica in an amount of 3% by mass to 20% by mass. | 20,412 |
9,735,430 | 1. An electrode comprising: a current collector; an active material; a first film in contact with the active material, the first film containing a first binder and a second binder, and a second film overlapping the active material with the first film interposed therebetween at a first portion of the second film and in contact with the active material at a second portion of the second film, wherein a thickness of the second film at the first portion of the second film is thinner than a thickness of the second film at the second portion of the second film, wherein the first binder is a water-soluble polymer, wherein the second film contains lithium, fluorine, oxygen, and carbon, wherein a specific surface area of the active material is S [m wherein a weight of the active material, a weight of the first binder, and a weight of the second binder are a, b, and c, respectively, and wherein A defined by Mathematical Formula 1 is 0.3 or more. | 45,414 |
9,717,751 | 1. A method for treating cryptosporidiosis comprising administering to humans or animals infected with Cryptosporidium a composition comprising a base agent and an agent for stimulating immunity, wherein the base agent is chosen from chitin or a chitin derivative comprising chitosan, N-acetylglucosamine or glucosamine, and the agent for stimulating immunity is chosen from a yeast cell wall, a yeast extract, selenium, a bacterium of the | 42,470 |
9,130,465 | 1. A system for managing a switching operation of a power converter, the system comprising: an off time control system for managing operation modes of a power converter, wherein the off time control system comprises: | 23,452 |
8,867,255 | 1. A semiconductor device comprising: a fuse array configured to include a plurality of fuse-sets; a counting unit configured to count a column read signal; a decoding unit for decoding an output signal of the counting unit, and outputting the decoding result to the fuse array; and a read controller for controlling a read operation region of the fuse array in response to a read control signal and a second execution signal received from the counting unit. | 25,892 |
9,269,837 | 1. A chip package, comprising: a semiconductor chip having at least an electronic component and at least an electrically conductive pad disposed on an upper surface of the semiconductor chip, the conductive pad arranged abreast to one side of the electronic component and electrically connected to the electronic component; an inner spacer disposed on the upper surface and surrounding the electronic component; a cavity opening on a lower surface of the semiconductor and exposing the conductive pad that is disposed on the upper surface; a conductive portion filling the cavity and electrically connected to the conductive pad; and a solder ball disposed on the lower surface and electrically connected to the conductive portion, wherein a gap is created between one side of the inner spacer and an edge of the semiconductor chip. | 16,174 |
9,268,559 | 1. A method for detecting a subroutine call stack modification, comprising: for each subroutine in a sequence of subroutines nested in an initial subroutine: | 31,898 |
9,080,070 | 1. An inkjet ink composition, comprising: a) a solvent; b) a copolymer of a fluoroolefin monomer and a perfluoro(alkylvinylether) monomer; c) a fluorosurfactant; and d) a colorant. | 7,855 |
9,192,182 | 1. A citrus peel treating process comprising the steps of: providing a quantity of raw citrus peel; removing substantially all of the seeds from the quantity of raw citrus peel; removing substantially all tramp metal from the quantity of raw citrus peel; cutting the quantity of raw citrus peel into pieces thereof; providing a blancher; directing the pieces of raw citrus peel into and through the blancher; and steaming the pieces of raw citrus peel in the blancher with clean steam that is free of chemical water treatment additives; wherein the clean steam is the only water introduced to the process; and wherein steaming the pieces of raw citrus peel in the blancher releases liquid, sugar and oil bound within the pieces of raw citrus peel. | 45,407 |
9,227,523 | 1. A motor drive circuit comprising: a first energy storage device configured to supply electrical energy; a bi-directional DC-to-DC voltage converter coupled to the first energy storage device; a voltage inverter; an input device configured to receive electrical energy from an external energy source; and a switch coupled to the input device, to the bi-directional DC-to-DC voltage converter, and to the voltage inverter, the switch having a first position configured to transfer electrical energy from the input device, through the switch, and to the first energy storage device via the bi-directional DC-to-DC voltage converter, and having a second position configured to transfer electrical energy from the first energy storage device, through the switch, and to the voltage inverter via the bi-directional DC-to-DC voltage converter. | 9,596 |
9,379,589 | 1. A stator comprising: a housing; a plurality of stator pieces, arranged in an annular shape, around which coils are wound; a stator holder fixed to an internal space of the housing, said stator holder comprising a peripheral wall portion configured to support the plurality of stator pieces, wherein the stator holder comprises: a first flange portion is fixed to the housing and continuously protrudes outward in a radial direction thereof from an edge of one end side in an axial line direction thereof; and a reinforcing portion configured to suppress vibration in the radial direction of the stator holder is arranged on an outer peripheral surface of the peripheral wall portion that is opposite the first flange portion, and wherein an arc surface is formed at a corner portion formed by the reinforcing portion and the peripheral wall portion. | 33,679 |
8,874,208 | 1. A ventricular arrhythmia treatment apparatus, comprising: at least one electrode adapted to be implanted proximate a ventricle of a heart of a patient to deliver far field pulses; at least one electrode adapted to implanted proximate the ventricle of the heart of the patient to deliver near field pulses and sense cardiac signals; an implantable therapy generator adapted to be implanted in a patient and operably connected to the electrodes, including: | 18,634 |
8,714,663 | 1. A braking-driving-force control apparatus for a vehicle, comprising: braking-driving force imparting means for imparting braking-driving forces to individual wheels; means for detecting an amount of driving operation by an occupant; means for calculating a target braking-driving force of an entire vehicle and a target yaw moment of the entire vehicle based on at least the amount of the driving operation; and control means for controlling the braking-driving forces of the individual wheels by controlling the braking-driving force imparting means such that a braking-driving force of the entire vehicle and a yaw moment of the entire vehicle approach the target braking-driving force of the entire vehicle and the target yaw moment of the entire vehicle, wherein one of a wheel group including front wheels and a wheel group including rear wheels is defined as a first wheel group, and the other wheel group is defined as a second wheel group, wherein the control means includes wherein at least one of the first and second adjustment means corrects the target braking-driving force or the target yaw moment to a value which is within achievable ranges of the braking-driving force and yaw moment of the vehicle via the braking-driving forces of the wheels, the value being within an ellipse defined in an orthogonal coordinate system having two axes that correspond to the braking-driving force and yaw moment of the vehicle, respectively, a center of the ellipse being located on the axis corresponding to the braking-driving force, and directions of major and minor radii of the ellipse coinciding with the axes of the orthogonal coordinate system, respectively. | 46,031 |
8,398,309 | 1. A flanged bushing comprising: a slide bearing formed by a shell or bushing, at least one axial bearing mounted on the slide bearing and being composed of a slide material, the axial bearing being half-ring shaped with a flange on a side thereof, wherein the slide bearing has recesses which have stops formed thereon and which receive through openings of said recesses at least one rigid protrusion and at least one resilient fixation protrusion, wherein a surface of said at least one resilient fixation protrusion has a cooperating geometry allowing for fixation with said recesses, said resilient fixation protrusions having a strain relieving geometry at their bases and having an adjacent space for accommodating a mounting deformation, and wherein said rigid and fixed protrusions are distributed in a number and position equal to a number and position of said recesses to fix the protrusions within the recesses to thereby fix the flange. | 30,137 |
8,508,759 | 1. A communication apparatus comprising: a first reception unit configured to receive an instruction from a server connected to a network; a second reception unit configured to receive an instruction from a path other than the server; a function executing unit configured to execute a function any of when the first reception unit receives a first execution instruction from the server and when the second reception unit receives a second execution instruction from the path other than the server; a display control unit configured to display a display instruction correspondence screen on a display unit when the first reception unit receives a display instruction from the server, and configured to display an execution correspondence screen on the display unit when the function executing unit executes the function, wherein during a time period while the display instruction correspondence screen is being displayed, the display control unit displays the execution correspondence screen on the display unit when the first reception unit receives the first execution instruction, but does not display the execution correspondence screen on the display unit when the second reception unit receives the second execution instruction; a screen data storage unit configured to store display instruction correspondence screen data which is screen data for displaying the display instruction correspondence screen, and execution correspondence screen data which is screen data for displaying the execution correspondence screen; and a storage control unit configured to control the screen data storage unit to store the screen data in a stack data structure, wherein the display control unit is configured to display a screen based on screen data stacked at a top of the stack data structure of the screen data storage unit, the communication apparatus further comprising: a stackable information storage unit configured to store stackable information representing, on each of the screen data, which screen data is allowed to be stacked; and an instruction unit, wherein when a trigger of attempting display of another screen on the display unit occurs, the instruction unit is configured to instruct the storage control unit to stack screen data for displaying the another screen at the top of the stack data structure or instruct the storage control unit to remove screen data stacked at the top of the stack data structure, wherein the screen data storage unit is configured to further store screen data different from the display instruction correspondence screen data and different from the execution correspondence screen data, wherein when instructed by the instruction unit and when the stackable information represents that the screen data stacked at the top of the stack data structure allows the screen data for displaying the another screen to be stacked thereon, the storage control unit is configured to execute a process of stacking the screen data for displaying the another screen at the top of the stack data structure, wherein when instructed by the instruction unit and when the stackable information does not represent that the screen data stacked at the top of the stack data structure allows the screen data for displaying the another screen to be stacked thereon, the storage control unit is configured not to execute the process of stacking the screen data for displaying the another screen at the top of the stack data structure, wherein the stackable information does not represent that the display instruction correspondence screen data allows the execution correspondence screen data to be stacked thereon, wherein when the first reception unit receives the display instruction from the server, the instruction unit instructs the storage control unit to stack screen data, for which the stackable information represents that the screen data allows the execution correspondence screen data to be stacked thereon, at the top of the stack data structure, and then instructs the storage control unit to stack the display instruction correspondence screen data at the top of the stack data structure, and wherein when the first reception unit receives the first execution instruction from the server, the instruction unit instructs the storage control unit to remove the screen data stacked at the top of the stack data structure. | 31,595 |
9,781,136 | 1. A method, performed in a User Equipment (UE) associated with a Radio Access Network (RAN) using Internet transport, of mitigating impacts from Internet attacks, the method comprising: receiving, from a network node in the RAN, information associated with an Internet attack on a network node in the RAN and using Internet transport to provide services to UEs served by the RAN; obtaining, based on the information, a mitigation action, the mitigation action mitigating the impact of the attack on a RAN service provided by the RAN; and performing the obtained mitigation action to mitigate the impact on a service level for the RAN service. | 38,930 |
9,850,756 | 1. A method for construction of an underground reservoir, the method comprising the steps of: a) drilling a first well and a second well extending from a ground surface to a limestone layer, disposing at least one channel in the limestone layer to connect the first well and the second well, and inserting a first sleeve and a second sleeve in the first well and the second well, respectively; b) introducing carbon dioxide having a gas pressure of at least 1 MPa from a carbon dioxide storage tank into a first carbon dioxide absorption solution in an absorption tower to yield a carbon dioxide solution, injecting the carbon dioxide solution into the first sleeve and allowing the carbon dioxide solution to flow to the limestone layer through the first sleeve and react with limestone to yield a solution of calcium bicarbonate, thereby forming a cavern with the solution of calcium bicarbonate being contained in the cavern, and discharging the solution of calcium bicarbonate out of the second sleeve; c) collecting the solution of calcium bicarbonate; decompressing the solution of calcium bicarbonate; decomposing calcium bicarbonate in the solution of calcium bicarbonate to carbon dioxide, water, calcium carbonate, and a second carbon dioxide absorption solution; separating carbon dioxide from the second carbon dioxide absorption solution by using a vacuum pump; crystallizing, precipitating, and discharging calcium carbonate by using a crystallizer; then transporting the second carbon dioxide absorption solution to the absorption tower; transporting carbon dioxide to the carbon dioxide storage tank; and storing calcium carbonate; and d) repeating steps b) and c) until the cavern reaches a desired size, discharging solutions from the cavern to yield the underground reservoir. | 40,343 |
8,998,015 | 1. An easily openable can end comprising: an end panel, the end panel having a score line formed therein that defines an opening area, the end panel further comprising a moveable portion, the moveable portion having a first state, whereby at least part of the moveable portion is convex, and a second state, whereby at least part of the moveable portion is concave, a tab having a nose and a handle, the tab mounted to the end panel by a rivet disposed on the moveable portion, wherein when the moveable portion moves from the first state to the second state, the handle of the tab moves away from the end panel and defines a gap (Δh) between the handle of the tab and the end panel suitable for finger access by a user. | 2,212 |
8,455,725 | 1. A seed of soybean variety A1023969, wherein a sample of seed of soybean variety A1023969 has been deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-13477. | 48,182 |
8,665,184 | 1. A driving circuit adapted to drive a current-driven device, comprising: a first power supply circuit, for providing a first positive voltage to a first terminal of the current-driven device; and a second power supply circuit, for enabling a current to flow along a first current flow direction in a first period and providing a second terminal of the current-driven device with a second positive voltage, and for enabling a current flowing from the current-driven device in a second period to flow out of the second power supply circuit along a second current flow direction, so that the driving circuit is endowed with functions of voltage stabilization and current sink; wherein the first current flow direction and the second current flow direction are different directions in the same conductive line of the second power supply circuit, wherein the second power supply circuit comprises: a power source, for providing an input voltage; a voltage maintaining module, for enabling the current to flow along the first current flow direction after receiving the input voltage; a first switch, two terminals of the first switch being electrically coupled to the input voltage and the voltage maintaining module, the first switch being turned on in the first period while turned off in the second period; and a second switch, electrically coupled to a connection node between the first switch and the voltage maintaining module, the second switch being turned off in the first period while turned on in the second period. | 28,827 |
9,074,206 | 1. A diagnostic kit of molecular markers for identifying one or more mammalian target cells exhibiting or having a predisposition to develop colorectal cancer, the kit consisting of a plurality of human target cell-derived nucleic acid molecules encoding the following microRNA sequences: hsa-miR-376a, hsa-miR-424, hsa-miR-378, hsa-miR-375, hsa-miR-139-3p, hsa-miR-18b, hsa-miR-18a, hsa-miR-650, hsa-miR-194*, hsa-miR-194, hsa-miR-29c, hsa-miR-139-5p, hsa-miR-497, hsa-miR-378*, hsa-miR-182, hsa-miR-20b, hsa-miR-17*, hsa-miR-376c, and hsa-miR-20a*, and optionally one or more of hsa-miR-429, hsa-miR-451, hsa-miR-99a, hsa-miR-939, hsa-miR-181c, hsa-miR-513c, hsa-miR-572, hsa-miR-130b, hsa-miR-30e, hsa-miR-455-3p, hsa-miR-192*, hsa-miR-301a, hsa-miR-452, hsa-miR-98, hsa-miR-486-5p, hsa-miR-662, hsa-miR-19b, hsa-miR-30e*, hsa-miR-151-3p, hsa-miR-29c*, hsa-miR-623, hsa-miR-550*, hsa-miR-134, hsa-miR-128, hsa-miR-21*, hsa-miR-638, hsa-miR-335*, hsa-miR-342-5p, hsa-miR-34b*, hsa-miR-145* and hsa-miR-552, wherein: (i) each of the plurality of human target cell-derived nucleic acid molecules encodes one of the listed microRNA sequences; (ii) one or more of the human target cell-derived nucleic acid molecules are differentially expressed in the target cells and in one or more control cells; and (iii) the one or more differentially expressed human target cell-derived nucleic acid molecules together represent a nucleic acid expression signature that is indicative of the presence of or a predisposition to development of colorectal cancer in a human subject. | 43,038 |
9,688,192 | 1. A vehicle comprising: a cabin defining a cargo space; a tailgate operable between a substantially open position and a substantially closed position, the tailgate defining a license plate area on an exterior surface thereof; and an illumination system in electrical communication with a proximity sensor positioned within the tailgate such that the illumination system independently illuminates one of the cargo space and the license plate area when the tailgate is in the closed position and illuminates a ground area behind the vehicle when the tailgate is in the open position. | 37,104 |
8,542,015 | 1. A superconducting magnet assembly comprising: a plurality of superconducting magnet coil portions connected in series to form a coil series circuit within a vessel to provide a magnetic field; a power supply coupled to the plurality of superconducting magnet coil portions to supply power to the plurality of superconducting magnet coil portions during a magnet ramp mode of operation; a ramp switch disposed within the vessel and coupled to the plurality of superconducting magnet coil portions, wherein the ramp switch is configured to be open during a magnet ramp mode of operation and closed during a persistent mode of operation; a dump resistor disposed externally to the vessel, wherein the dump resistor is connectable by the ramp switch to the plurality of superconducting magnet coil portions; and a controller coupled to at least one superconducting magnet coil portion and the ramp switch, wherein the controller is configured to detect a quench onset condition based upon a signal detected from the at least one superconducting magnet coil portion and to open the ramp switch upon detection of the quench onset condition in order to dump magnet energy to the dump resistor. | 47,855 |
9,296,367 | 1. A brake apparatus for an electric corner module (ECM), the brake apparatus comprising: a housing a shaft a planet gear a driving unit | 32,079 |
8,500,886 | 1. A carbon dioxide removal system comprising: a total heat exchanger having adsorption and desorption zones, the adsorption zone configured to receive, cool and dehumidify exhaust gas from a fossil-fuel burning furnace and produce a dehumidified exhaust gas; and a carbon dioxide adsorption rotor having adsorption and desorption zones, the system configured such that | 49,510 |
8,706,382 | 1. A control device of a spark-ignition gasoline engine, comprising: an engine body having a cylinder of which a geometric compression ratio is set to 14:1 or above, and for being supplied with fuel containing at least gasoline; a fuel injection valve for injecting the fuel into the cylinder; an ignition plug arranged to be oriented inside the cylinder and for igniting an air-fuel mixture within the cylinder; a fuel pressure variable mechanism for changing a pressure of the fuel that is injected by the fuel injection valve; and a controller for operating the engine body by controlling at least the fuel injection valve, the ignition plug, and the fuel pressure variable mechanism, wherein when an operating state of the engine body is within a low engine speed range, the controller controls the fuel pressure variable mechanism so that the fuel pressure is higher within a high engine load range compared to a low engine load range, the controller operates, within the high engine load range, the fuel injection valve to perform a fuel injection at least at a timing that is more retarded than an injection timing of the fuel within the low engine load range and is within a retard period from a late stage of a compression stroke to an early stage of an expansion stroke, and the controller operates, within the high engine load range, the ignition plug to ignite at a timing within the retard period and after the fuel injection. | 5,815 |
8,686,859 | 1. A method of identifying a medical article by reading a data carrier that is attached to the medical article, the data carrier having a specified operation frequency f 1 in response to which the data carrier provides identification data, the medical article being located within an internal storage area of a metallic enclosure, the metallic enclosure further having electrically conductive walls that completely surround the internal storage area and any medical article with associated data carrier placed therein, the metallic enclosure having a natural frequency of resonance f 2 which is a frequency other than the specified operation frequency f 1 of the data carrier, the method comprising: injecting electromagnetic (“EM”) energy of a frequency f actively matching an impedance associated with injecting the EM energy into the metallic enclosure to more closely match an impedance of the metallic enclosure at frequency f receiving identification data provided by a data carrier located within the internal storage area of the metallic enclosure by means of an antenna disposed within the metallic enclosure. | 40,470 |
9,362,836 | 1. A circuit for driving a synchronous rectifier, the circuit comprising: a voltage level detecting unit configured to detect a voltage level of the synchronous rectifier; an on/off signal generating unit configured to generate an on signal controlling the synchronous rectifier to be turned on when the voltage level detected by the voltage level detecting unit is decreased to a voltage level equal to or less than a preset reference voltage level, and configured to generate an off signal controlling the synchronous rectifier to be turned off when the voltage level detected by the voltage level detecting unit is increased to a voltage level exceeding the reference voltage level; a minimum time determining unit configured to control the synchronous rectifier to be turned on first period during a preset first period, remove at least one off signal received before the first period has elapsed after receiving the on signal from the on/off signal generating unit, and generate a new off signal immediately after the first period has elapsed; and a blanking time determining unit configured to control the synchronous rectifier so as not to be turned on during a preset second period after the synchronous rectifier has been turned off. | 44,317 |
8,636,320 | 1. A variable body support system comprising: a. at least a first body support surface for supporting an occupant, b. two or more spaced apart actuators associated with different parts of the first body support surface, c. an actuator controller associated with the actuators, d. and a computer program which provides a dynamic graphical user interface for controlling the actuators, where the dynamic graphical user interface depicts a dynamic picture of at least a portion of the body support surface defined by a single boundary, and a plurality of adjustment zones corresponding to adjustable parts of the support surface, allowing selection of the actuators by touching or clicking on a corresponding part of said dynamic picture positioned within said single boundary. | 48,354 |
9,201,410 | 1. A method comprising: acquiring prevailing wind information for a wind farm from wind sensors; modeling wake-affected wind conditions based at least in part on the acquired prevailing wind information; calculating power capture values and damage equivalent load values for at least some of a plurality of wind turbines on the wind farm; using the power capture values and the damage equivalent load values for determining an optimization objective of the wind farm and one or more decision variables for optimization, wherein the optimization objective comprises either maximizing farm-level power capture or minimizing farm-level fatigue loads, and wherein the one or more decision variables correspond to the determined optimization objective; optimizing the optimization objective based on the wake-affected wind conditions, the power capture values, and the damage equivalent load values to calculate optimum decision variable values of the wind farm; transmitting the optimum decision variable values to the respective wind turbines; and using the optimum decision variable values at the respective wind turbines to achieve the optimization objective. | 19,478 |
8,640,825 | 1. An acoustic panel for an ejection nozzle comprising: an external skin containing acoustic holes, an internal skin, an acoustic structure comprising alveolar-core cells between the internal skin and the external skin, wherein at least one main component selected from the external skin, the internal skin and the acoustic structure is formed by a composite material and the acoustic structure is held in contact on at least one of the internal and external skins by compression using elastic means selected from the group consisting of a fibrous assembly, dampers and a spiral spring. | 23,403 |
9,118,085 | 1. A lithium secondary battery comprising: a flat wound-type electrode body having a structure in which a positive electrode and a negative electrode are laminated, with a separator interposed therebetween; and a battery case that houses the flat wound-type electrode body together with an electrolyte, wherein a porous insulating layer obtained by filling and molding insulating particles is formed on a surface of at least one of the positive electrode and the negative electrode on a side thereof facing the separator, insulating particles having a tap density of 0.4 g/cm the flat wound-type electrode body faces a pressure in a direction of the lamination, wherein the pressure is in a range of 16 kgf/cm | 18,978 |
8,591,192 | 1. A method of assembly of a rotor for a turbomachine comprising: alternatingly installing platforms of a plurality of platforms onto at least one circumferential dovetail of a disk and installing blades of a plurality of blades into a dovetail slot of a plurality of dovetail slots in the disk until a last platform of the plurality of platforms is installed on the disk; and inserting a last blade of the plurality of blades into a dovetail slot between a first platform and the last platform, thereby locking circumferential positions of the plurality of blades and the plurality of platforms. | 37,365 |
9,494,400 | 1. A linear measuring system for a workpiece, comprising: a rail assembly comprising a pair of elongated tracks, wherein said elongated tracks extend from a first end to a second end and have longitudinal axes substantially parallel to each other; an elongated channel positioned between said pair of elongated tracks, wherein said elongated channel is comprised of a first elongated surface, a second elongated surface, a bottom between said first elongated surface and said second elongated surface, a proximal end, a distal end, and a central longitudinal axis, wherein said first elongated surface and said second elongated surface extend upwardly from said bottom in a diverging relationship to each other to a pair of upper edges and are positioned on opposite sides of said central longitudinal axis and face inwardly towards said central longitudinal axis, wherein said proximal end and said distal end are respectively proximate to said first end and said second end of said elongated tracks, and wherein said central longitudinal axis is substantially parallel to said longitudinal axes of said elongated tracks; a linear guide assembly slidingly mounted to said rail assembly, wherein said linear guide assembly slides from a first position proximate to said distal end of said elongated channel to a second position proximate to said proximal end of said elongated channel, wherein said linear guide assembly comprises a bearing block and a channel anvil, wherein said bearing block is positioned over said upper edges of said elongated channel and slides on said pair of elongated tracks between said first position and said second position, wherein said channel anvil has a mounting end and a cantilevered end, wherein said mounting end is connected to said bearing block above said upper edges of said elongated channel, and wherein said cantilevered end extends downwardly from said mounting end to a location proximate to said bottom of said elongated channel below said upper edges of said elongated channel and between said first elongated surface and said second elongated surface; a fixed anvil aligned with said central longitudinal axis and positioned proximate to said proximal end of said elongated channel; and a linear encoder assembly mounted adjacent to said rail assembly, wherein said linear encoder is comprised of an elongated scale, a reader head, a proximal anchor, and a distal anchor, wherein said proximal anchor and said distal anchor are respectively positioned proximate to said proximal end and said distal end of said elongated channel, wherein said elongated scale extends between said proximal anchor and said distal anchor and is aligned with and offset from said elongated channel, wherein said elongated scale has a longitudinal axis substantially parallel to said central longitudinal axis, and wherein said reader head is secured to said bearing block and slides in reading engagement with said elongated scale. | 11,276 |
8,481,309 | 1. A method of selectively targeting a genomic locus of interest comprising a coding or regulatory sequence susceptible to being affected by an effector domain in an animal cell, comprising contacting the genomic locus with a non-naturally occurring or engineered composition comprising a DNA binding polypeptide comprising: (a) a N-terminal capping region (b) a DNA binding domain comprising at least 5 to 40 Transcription activator-like effector (TALE) monomers and at least one or more half-monomers specifically ordered to target the genomic locus of interest, and (c) a C-terminal capping region wherein (a), (b) and (c) are arranged in a predetermined N-terminus to C-terminus orientation, wherein the polypeptide includes at least one or more effector domains, wherein the polypeptide is encoded by and translated from a codon optimized nucleic acid molecule so that the polypeptide preferentially binds to DNA of the genomic locus, wherein the genomic locus comprises a target DNA sequence 5′-T wherein the target DNA sequence binds to the DNA binding domain, and the DNA binding domain comprises (X wherein X wherein X wherein X wherein z is at least 5 to 40, wherein selectively targeting the genomic locus comprises specific recognition between the target DNA sequence and the polypeptide corresponding to the genomic locus of interest in the animal cell contacted with the polypeptide and an effect on the genomic locus of interest by the effector domain, as compared to a control animal cell in which the genomic locus of interest is contacted with a control polypeptide that does not have at least one or more effector domains. | 603 |
9,293,617 | 1. A solid/solid phase change material comprising: a poly(ethylene-co-glycidyl methacrylate) backbone copolymer; and, a crystallizable side chain of a polyethylene glycol grafted onto the backbone copolymer by the reaction between epoxide of the glycidyl methacrylate and a hydroxyl group of the crystallizable side chain, wherein the solid/solid phase change material experiences a phase change at a temperature in the range of from about 30° C. to about 75° C. | 49,266 |
8,535,590 | 1. A method of fabricating a polymer membrane structure for use as an implantable medical prosthesis, the method comprising: providing a first fluid mixture; the first fluid mixture being a first polymer material dissolved in a first solvent; placing the first fluid mixture in communication with a first spray apparatus; providing a second fluid mixture; the second fluid mixture being one selected from the group of a second polymer material dissolved in the first solvent; the second polymer material dissolved in a second solvent; or the second solvent; placing the second fluid mixture in communication with a second spray apparatus; providing a mandrel having an outer surface and a longitudinal axis; applying the first fluid mixture to at least a portion of the outer surface of the mandrel by spraying said fluid mixture from the first spray apparatus; applying the second fluid mixture to at least a portion of the outer surface of the mandrel by spraying said fluid mixture from the second spray apparatus, such that the second fluid mixture contacts the first fluid mixture; allowing the second fluid mixture to interact with the first fluid mixture on the outer surface of the mandrel until a blended layer is formed; curing the blended layer; wherein during said curing, the blended layer undergoes phase separation to form a polymer membrane structure on the outer surface of the mandrel; and removing the polymer membrane structure from the outer surface of the mandrel; the polymer membrane having a defined thickness and length. | 44,535 |
8,574,744 | 1. A three-dimensional nanobattery, comprising: nanoporous substrates having a plurality of pores through said substrates, said pores having an edge at a surface of said substrates; nanobaskets fabricated from clusters of material deposited on the edge of the pores of the substrates, said nanobaskets having internal cavities; nanowires fabricated from a conductive material into said internal cavities of said nanobaskets and through said substrates; and a layer of electrolyte in contact with said nanobaskets, wherein said layer of electrolyte is intermediate of and in contact with external surfaces of said nanobaskets. | 4,543 |
9,686,143 | 1. A method comprising: receiving a DHCP (Dynamic Host Control Protocol) response message at a first switch in a data center hierarchy, the DHCP response issued from a DHCP server in response to a DHCP request made by a requesting DHCP client comprising one of a lowest manageability controller in a manageability controller hierarchy, a compute node, or a storage node and including a destination address of the requesting DHCP client; a) inserting an IP (Internet Protocol) address corresponding to a manageability controller associated with the current switch in the DHCP response; and b) forwarding the DHCP response to a next downstream switch in a forwarding path toward the destination address of the requesting DHCP client; | 2,895 |
8,866,451 | 1. A power supply apparatus comprising: a first power factor correction circuit that includes a second power factor correction circuit that includes a control circuit that includes | 48,013 |
9,784,250 | 1. A power generation apparatus, comprising: a rocker arm includes a first end and a second end and is mounted pivotally between the first end and the second end, wherein reciprocal movement of the first end between raised and lowered positions urges reciprocal movement of the second end between lowered and raised positions; a pulley apparatus couples the second end of the rocker arm to a drive member, wherein reciprocal movement of the second end of the rocker arm between its lowered and raised positions urges reciprocal rotation of the drive member between first and second positions; a transmission interacts between the drive member and an output shaft, wherein reciprocal rotation of the drive member between its first and second positions urges rotation of the output shaft in one direction; and the rocker arm is spring-loaded to enable the rocker arm to return to the raised position of the first end and the lowered position of the second end from the lowered position of the first end and the raised position of the second end. | 28,748 |
9,434,851 | 1. An ink set for inkjet recording, comprising: a first ink containing a black dye and a polyamine having a mass average molecular weight of no less than 5000 and no greater than 15000; and a second ink containing a black pigment having a coat of an anionic resin, wherein the first ink is an ink that is ejected onto a recording medium, the second ink is an ink that is ejected onto the first ink ejected on the recording medium, the first ink and the second ink are not mixed together before the second ink is ejected onto the first ink ejected on the recording medium, and the first ink and the second ink are mixed together on the recording medium after the second ink is ejected onto the first ink ejected on the recording medium. | 14,181 |
9,059,806 | 1. A transmission apparatus for transmitting an optical signal, comprising: at least one encoder configured to encode at least one data signal, respectively, the encoding having a net coding gain above 5 dB at BER=10 at least one first modulator configured to perform first modulation on the at least one encoded data signal, respectively, and generate at least one first modulated signal; at least one second modulator configured to perform second modulation on the at least one first modulated signal, respectively, and generate at least one second modulated signal; and an up-converter configured to up-convert the at least one second modulated signal to the optical signal to be transmitted, wherein the second modulation is DFT-spread-OFDM modulation. | 48,280 |
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