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9,121,910 | 1. A method to determine a state of health of a battery, wherein the battery includes at least two terminals, the method comprising: applying a signal to the terminals of the battery, wherein the signal includes at least one pulse; measuring a terminal voltage of the battery which is a voltage between the terminals of the battery, wherein measuring the terminal voltage of the battery includes measuring a first terminal voltage of the battery at a first predetermined time relative to applying the signal to the terminals of the battery; monitoring the terminal voltage of the battery after applying the at least one pulse to the terminals of the battery to determine a second terminal voltage, wherein the second terminal voltage of the battery is a voltage which correlates to an equilibrium voltage of the battery; and calculating data which is representative of the overpotential of the battery using the first terminal voltage of the battery and the second terminal voltage of the battery; determining data which is representative of the state of health, or a change therein, of the battery using the data which is representative of the overpotential of the battery. | 29,591 |
9,713,638 | 1. A method for inducing an immune response in a subject against three or more dengue virus serotypes, the method comprising: administering a first immunogenic composition of three or more live, attenuated dengue viruses, the composition comprising at least one non-chimeric live, attenuated dengue-2 virus and at least one dengue-dengue chimera having a live, attenuated dengue-2 virus backbone; and administering a second immunogenic composition of three or more live, attenuated dengue viruses, the composition comprising at least one of a non-chimeric live, attenuated dengue-2 virus and a dengue-dengue chimera having a live, attenuated dengue-2 virus backbone; wherein the first immunogenic composition and the second immunogenic composition are administered subcutaneously at two or more anatomical locations consecutively on the same day to the subject; and inducing an immune response in the subject against the three or more dengue virus serotypes. | 12,029 |
8,907,015 | 1. A copolymer comprising one or more units of pyrene and one or more units of pyrrole, wherein at least one of the one or more units of pyrene and at least one of the one or more units of pyrrole are bonded together via linkages in the copolymer. | 41,887 |
8,527,623 | 1. A method for detecting and responding to user vacillation, comprising: obtaining, by a processor, information associated with on-line behavior of a user; automatically detecting, by the processor, a vacillation pattern relating to at least one object based on the obtained information; constructing, by the processor, a vacillation event data structure based on the obtained information in response to detecting the vacillation pattern, the vacillation event data structure comprises information associated with the user, the at least one object, and a degree of vacillation demonstrated by the user with respect to the at least one object; and providing, by the processor, information relating to the at least one object associated with the vacillation pattern to the user in response to detecting the vacillation pattern. | 17,195 |
9,182,388 | 1. A method for use with a bodily sample, comprising: providing a system, said system comprising a fluidic device, said fluidic device comprising a sample collection unit and an assay assembly, wherein said sample collection unit allows the bodily sample to react with reactants contained within said assay assembly, and a reader assembly for detecting the presence of said analyte; using at least one reader assembly shipping condition sensor and at least one assay assembly shipping condition sensor to determine a change during shipping of the reader assembly or the assay assembly that impact operation parameters under which the system normally operates, wherein the assay assembly shipping condition sensor is operable to detect change even when not operably coupled to the reader assembly; coupling said fluidic device with the reader assembly to perform the assay; using a detector on the reader assembly to obtain shipping condition data from said shipping condition sensor located on the fluidic device when the fluidic device is coupled to the reader assembly; using a communication assembly on the reader assembly to send said shipping condition data and raw assay data to a computer server external to the reader assembly; evaluating both the reader assembly and the assay assembly to provide an analyte measurement based on shipping condition data and raw assay data sent to the server. | 21,815 |
9,532,053 | 1. In a video processor, a method of analysing an array of pixel-to-pixel dissimilarity values to identify a pixel which has a low pixel-to-pixel dissimilarity value and which has neighbouring pixels which have a low pixel-to-pixel dissimilarity value; the method comprising the steps of: receiving an array of pixel-to-pixel dissimilarity values, each pixel-to-pixel dissimilarity value representing a difference between the value of a pixel in a first spatial pixel array representing a first image and the value of a corresponding pixel in a second spatial pixel array representing a second image; providing a filter having a filter aperture which defines those pixel-to-pixel dissimilarity values on which the filter operates and which is decomposed into two or more filter windows which define respective subsets of those pixel-to-pixel dissimilarity values on which the filter operates, wherein said filter comprises a plurality of partial filters applied respectively to the windows of the filter aperture; filtering the pixel-to-pixel dissimilarity values in each filter window with the respective partial filter to provide an output for each partial filter; and combining the respective outputs of said partial filters by a non-linear operation, in which the non-linear combination process includes taking minimum values of partial-filter outputs from pairs of filter windows that are diametrically opposite each other in the filter aperture. | 31,750 |
8,462,905 | 1. A receiver circuit, comprising: an equalization circuit equalizing an input signal; a first data decision circuit making a decision on an output signal of the equalization circuit in synchronization with a first data decision clock signal, and a second data decision circuit making a decision on the output signal of the equalization circuit in synchronization with a second data decision clock signal, the first data decision clock signal and the second data decision clock signal each having different phase and being able to adjust a phase independently of each other; a first boundary decision circuit making a decision on the output signal of the equalization circuit based on a first boundary decision clock signal, and a second boundary decision circuit making a decision on the output signal of the equalization circuit based on a second boundary decision clock signal, the first boundary decision clock signal and the second boundary decision clock signal each having different phase and being able to adjust a phase independently of each other; a selection circuit dynamically switching between a selection side and a non-selection side with respect to the first and second boundary decision circuits; a phase adjustment circuit adjusting phases of the first and second data decision clock signals and the selection side of the first and second boundary decision clock signals according to a phase adjustment amount based on output signals of the first and second data decision circuits and the selection side of output signals of the first and second boundary decision circuits, and adjusting a phase of the non-selection side of the first and second boundary decision clock signals according to a result of adding the phase adjustment amount and a phase adjustment amount offset; and an adaptive equalization control circuit adjusting an equalization coefficient of the equalization circuit according to a data width of the output signal of the equalization circuit based on a logical comparison result between the output signals of the first and second data decision circuits and the non-selection side of the output signals of the first and second boundary decision circuits when the phase adjustment amount offset is changed. | 33,307 |
8,739,077 | 1. A method for modifying the physical design of an electrical circuit used in the manufacture of a semiconductor device, the method comprising: providing a circuit design layout having a plurality of element patterns; providing a first library of problematic sections that include a problematic element pattern, wherein the first library is stored in a storage medium; determining that an initial circuit section including an element pattern within the circuit design layout matches a problematic section in the first library using a computer processor in communication with the storage medium, wherein the initial circuit section includes a peripheral boundary; determining that another circuit section including another element pattern within the circuit design layout matches another problematic section in the first library using the computer processor in communication with the storage medium, wherein the other circuit section includes a peripheral boundary overlapping the peripheral boundary of the initial circuit section; providing a second library of replacement sections stored in the storage medium, wherein the replacement sections include a replacement element pattern and correspond to the problematic sections; replacing only the circuit sections that match the problematic sections with a replacement section that corresponds to the respective problematic sections using the computer processor to form the final circuit layout including the replacement sections and original sections of the circuit design layout. | 39,988 |
8,938,168 | 1. An office-side line concentration device that accommodates a plurality of passive optical networks, the office-side line concentration device comprising: a plurality of receiving means connected to each of the plurality of passive optical networks; and interface means connected to an uplink, wherein the interface means comprises means for determining a required time and a start time to send a burst signal of the plurality of passive optical networks, and wherein the means for determining the start time to send a burst signal comprises means for selecting the time obtained by at least adding a required time to send user data frame(s) in the burst signal to be next allocated of a second passive optical network at a transfer rate of the uplink, to the start time of a laser-off period in the last allocated burst signal of a first passive optical network, and by subtracting the required time to send a burst signal and burst overhead time determined for the second passive optical network, as a start time to send a burst signal of the second passive optical network, so that a laser-on period, the laser-off period, and at least one of the synchronization period, report frame sending period, and management-use frame sending period overlap in the burst signal. | 39,045 |
9,310,847 | 1. A component extractor for extracting a component from a housing, the component having a first surface and a second surface that meet at a non-zero angle at an edge of the component, the component extractor comprising: a compressible securing portion that secures the first surface of the component to an interior surface of the housing; and an extracting portion coupled to the compressible securing portion and positioned adjacent the second surface, the extracting portion arranged to receive and transfer an extracting force to the compressible securing portion thereby reducing a thickness of the compressible securing portion and causing detachment of the component from the interior surface of the housing, wherein the component extractor slides across a polymer material positioned over a surface of the edge of the component, wherein the polymer material has a lower coefficient of friction than the surface of the edge. | 43,047 |
9,015,751 | 1. A method for operating an image display device, the method comprising: replaying content; storing at least one portion of the replayed content when a storage command on the replayed content exists; displaying the replayed content with a content object indicating the stored at least one portion of the content, the content object including an object indicating an amount of the at least one portion of the content stored from a start of the content storage command to an end of the content storage command or a current point; displaying the replayed content and the content object with an object indicating other users or other electronic devices of an accessed network or other networks linked to the accessed network; and transmitting the stored at least one portion of the content to a selected user or a selected electronic device corresponding to a specific object when the content object is dragged and dropped to the specific object selected from among a plurality of objects indicating the other users or the other electronic devices. | 39,253 |
8,999,065 | 1. A method, comprising: size reducing a starting lignocellulosic biomass to form a lignocellulosic biomass having a particle size less than about 500 μm; forming a mixture comprising: contacting water at a temperature of at least about 374° C. and a pressure of at least about 221 bar with said mixture for a duration sufficient to produce at least one C wherein said mixture is substantially free of exogenous acid. | 18,667 |
9,704,256 | 1. A method for calculating a clinical measurement of a target anatomical object of a patient, comprising: generating a surface model of a target anatomical object from medical imaging data of a patient; determining a probability that each of a plurality of points along a surface normal for each of a plurality of vertices of the surface model accurately identifies an image boundary; estimating uncertainty at each respective vertex of the plurality of vertices of the surface model based on the probabilities determined for the plurality of points along the surface normal for the respective vertex; visualizing the uncertainty estimated at each of the plurality of vertices on the surface model; and calculating a clinical measurement of the target anatomical object based on the surface model and the uncertainty. | 28,177 |
9,227,989 | 1. A method comprising reacting an alkyl-tin stabilizer composition having a first level of carboxylate content with a calcium compound, filtering treated stabilizer composition and collecting filtered stabilizer composition with a second level of carboxylate content that is lower than the first level of carboxylate content. | 44,294 |
9,317,369 | 1. A method, comprising: obtaining, by a computing device, one or more usage statistics associated with one or more resources installed on the computing device; backing up, by the computing device, the one or more resources to a plurality of backup storage devices, wherein the one or more resources comprise a first resource that is backed up to a first backup storage device of the plurality of storage devices and a second resource that is backed up to a second backup storage device of the plurality of storage devices; determining, by the computing device, a current location of the computing device; determining, by the computing device, an order for restoring the one or more resources, wherein the order is determined based on: restoring, by the computing device, the one or more resources from the plurality of backup storage devices according to the order. | 41,809 |
8,765,953 | 1. A compound having Formula (II): wherein: R | 47,883 |
8,495,960 | 1. A rail vehicle comprising a vehicle body defining a vehicle interior, an internal combustion engine, and an exhaust gas system in communication with said internal combustion engine for evacuating said exhaust gases of said internal combustion engine, wherein said exhaust gas system comprises an additive supply unit designed to supply an additive for pollutant reduction to said exhaust gas stream of said internal combustion engine, and said additive supply unit comprises a reservoir for said additive and a supply section connected thereto for supplying said additive to said exhaust gas stream, wherein said reservoir and/or said supply section and/or a catalyst for pollutant reduction is arranged in at least one body chamber of said vehicle body, and wherein said at least one body chamber is provided with sound insulation and/or thermal insulation at least in said areas adjacent to said vehicle interior and/or the environment of said vehicle, which are frequented by passengers, wherein said reservoir is disposed in a first body chamber, and wherein said first body chamber forms an engine compartment for said internal combustion engine. | 49,258 |
8,970,471 | 1. A handheld electronic device, comprising: a light source; a light sensor; a light controller configured to process light information associated with the light sensor and the light source; a housing that encloses the light source, the light sensor, and the light controller, wherein the housing includes a plurality of openings and wherein the light sensor is configured to receive light through the plurality of openings; and an output device that conveys signals to a user through the plurality of openings. | 17,444 |
9,065,065 | 1. A method of manufacturing an organic optoelectronic device, comprising: providing a chip comprising a substrate, an anode, a cathode, and an active region including an organic material; providing a housing; substantially enclosing an edge of the chip with the housing; and sealing the chip with the housing using a first barrier material, thereby forming an encapsulation that isolates the active region from an ambient environment, further comprising: providing a hermetically sealed electrical path through the housing, wherein the housing is electrically conductive, wherein the electrical path is electrically isolated from the housing, and wherein the method further comprises electrically coupling one of the anode and the cathode to the housing. | 32,232 |
8,969,890 | 1. A method for manufacturing a solid state light emitting device having a plurality of light sources, the method comprising the steps of: providing a substrate having a growth surface; providing a mask layer on said growth surface, said mask layer having a plurality of openings through which said growth surface is exposed, wherein a largest lateral dimension of each of said openings is less than 0.3 μm and wherein said mask layer comprises a first mask layer portion and a second mask layer portion, each comprising a plurality of openings exposing said growth surface, wherein said first mask layer portion exhibits a first ratio between an exposed area of said growth surface and an unexposed area of said growth surface, and wherein said second mask layer portion exhibits a second ratio between an exposed area of said growth surface and an unexposed area of said growth surface, said second ratio being different from said first ratio; growing a base structure on said growth surface in each of said openings of said mask layer; and growing at least one light-generating quantum well layer on the surface of each of said base structures. | 33,961 |
9,166,206 | 1. A battery casing having a recessed portion on a major surface of the casing, the recessed portion being planar and bordering a remainder of the major surface at ridge portions on only three sides of the recessed portion and having a fourth side bordering the remainder, wherein the ratio of a) the percent surface area of the recessed portion relative to the total surface area of a generally planar surface: b) the depth of the recessed portion relative to the width of the battery casing, is in a range of between about 5:1 and about 45:1, whereby the recessed portion, the ridge portions, and the remainder of the major surface configured to cooperate under an increase of gauge pressure to cause a plane defined by a boundary between the ridge portions and the remainder of the major surface to move. | 2,689 |
8,526,116 | 1. A zoom lens with a bent optical path comprising, in order from the object side to the image side, a first lens unit having a positive refractive power; a second lens unit having a negative refractive power; and a rear lens unit group having a positive refractive power as a whole, wherein the first lens unit comprises a reflecting member having a reflecting surface that reflects rays, the rear lens unit group comprises, in order from the object side to the image side, a third lens unit having a positive refractive power, a fourth lens unit having a negative refractive power, and a fifth lens unit having a positive refractive power, the total number of lens units in the rear lens unit group is three, the distances between the lens units change during zooming from the wide angle end to the telephoto end, and the following conditional expressions (1A), (2A), (3A), and (4A) are satisfied: where f 1G is the focal length of the first lens unit, f 2G is the focal length of the second lens unit, f T is the focal length of the entire zoom lens system at the telephoto end in the state in which the zoom lens is focused at the longest distance, β 2T is the lateral magnification of the second lens unit in the state in which the zoom lens is focused at the longest distance at the telephoto end, β 2W is the lateral magnification of the second lens unit in the state in which the zoom lens is focused at the longest distance at the wide angle end, β RT is the lateral magnification of the rear lens unit group in the state in which the zoom lens is focused at the longest distance at the telephoto end, and β RW is the lateral magnification of the rear lens unit group in the state in which the zoom lens is focused at the longest distance at the wide angle end. | 16,733 |
9,247,900 | 1. An applicator system configured to insert a transcutaneous analyte sensor into a host, the applicator system comprising: a housing configured for placement against a skin of the host; a sensor configured for transcutaneous placement through the skin of a host; and an applicator comprising applicator components, a trigger, a needle and a spring-loaded mechanism configured to insert the needle and the sensor into the host and subsequently retract the needle from the host, wherein the applicator components rotatingly engage one another with a continuous torque to insert the sensor into the host and subsequently retract the needle from the host, wherein the sensor is inserted automatically into the host to a predetermined depth responsive to actuation of the trigger. | 38,510 |
8,584,409 | 1. A stairway barricade assembly for barricading a stairway having a pair of stairway handrails, comprising: a pair of barricade panels; a pair of barricade hinges carried by the pair of barricade panels, respectively, pivotally attaching the pair of barricade panels, respectively, to the stairway; each of the barricade panels including: the barricade panels selectively pivotal between a closed position whereby the inside panel portions block the stairway and an open position whereby the inside panel portions unblock the stairway. | 29,206 |
9,803,651 | 1. A turbocharger comprising: a turbine; a compressor connected to the turbine; the compressor having a turbocharger compressor housing having a discharge outlet; the discharge outlet comprising a tubular portion extending tangentially from a peripheral portion of the turbocharger compressor housing and having an externally threaded section threadingly engaged to a flanged internally threaded fitting adjacent an end of the discharge outlet or engaged with a hose such that the external threads of the discharge outlet bite into the inside surface of the hose. | 10,404 |
9,202,453 | 1. An apparatus, comprising: an active noise reduction system, comprising: | 27,852 |
9,806,358 | 1. A power generation power generation system comprising: a gas turbine having a compressor and a combustor; a first compressed air supply line supplying compressed air compressed by the compressor to the combustor; a fuel cell having an air electrode and a fuel electrode; a second compressed air supply line supplying a portion of the compressed air compressed by the compressor to the air electrode; a booster provided in the second compressed air supply line, the booster boosting pressure of the compressed air; a booster circulation line connected to an upstream side and to a downstream side of the booster in the second compressed air supply line; a first control valve provided in the booster circulation line; a second control valve provided between the booster circulation line and the fuel cell, in the second compressed air supply line; and a controller, during starting of the fuel cell, closing the second control valve while opening the first control valve and activating the booster. | 28,009 |
9,246,528 | 1. A method for wireless communication comprising: receiving, at a base station, a wireless signal from a wireless communication station capable of motion via a first antenna, the first antenna communicatively coupled to the base station; determining an angle of the received wireless signal, the angle based at least in part on a potential rate of motion of the wireless communication station relative to a position of the first antenna and a position of the base station; determining if the angle is substantially outside a predetermined angle; and utilizing a second antenna, if it is determined that the angle is substantially outside the predetermined angle, the second antenna having a location capable of receiving the wireless signal substantially within the predetermined angle, the location of the second antenna based at least in part on the potential rate of motion of the wireless communication station and the determined angle. | 20,307 |
8,551,176 | 1. An interbody spinal implant, comprising: a body having a top surface, a bottom surface, opposing lateral sides, opposing anterior and posterior portions, a substantially hollow center, and a single vertical aperture extending from the top surface to the bottom surface; wherein the single vertical aperture has a size and shape for both maximizing the surface area of the top surface and the bottom surface available for contacting vertebral endplate bone and maximizing the contact of a bone graft material disposed in the substantially hollow center and in the aperture with vertebral endplate bone, defines a transverse rim on the top surface and on the bottom surface, the transverse rim comprising an anterior portion width, a posterior portion width, a first lateral side width, and a second lateral side width, and has a maximum width at its center ranging from about 40% to about 80% of the distance between the opposing lateral sides and tapering inwardly from the center to each of its ends, one end proximate the anterior portion and the other end proximate the posterior portion, wherein the anterior portion width is different from the posterior portion width or the first lateral side width is different from the second lateral side width; the body having a roughened bioactive surface topography, without teeth, on at least a portion of the top surface, the bottom surface, or both the top and bottom surfaces adapted to grip bone and inhibit migration of the implant; the body having generally rounded and blunt intersections defined along the entire lengths between the top surface and the lateral sides, the bottom surface and the lateral sides, and either the top surface and the posterior portion and the bottom surface and the posterior portion, or the top surface and the anterior portion and the bottom surface and the anterior portion; and the body having at least one sharp edge between the top and bottom surfaces and the anterior portion or the top and bottom surfaces and the posterior portion. | 39,162 |
9,539,790 | 1. A method of transferring discrete droplets of an adhesive to a corrugated sheet material comprising: applying said adhesive to a roller at an ambient temperature of 5° C. to 30° C., and transferring said adhesive to said corrugated sheet material, wherein the roller comprises a contoured outer surface having a series of grooves and ridges alternately positioned there along and encircling the outer surface of the roller; wherein a depth of the grooves is substantially 0.5 mm and a width of the grooves is substantially 1 mm, wherein an axis of the grooves intersects an axis of the corrugations of the sheet material such that discrete pear shaped or round shaped droplets of adhesive having a predetermined size are applied to crests on the corrugated sheet material, via troughs of the roller, upon contact being made there between, and wherein the discrete droplets applied to the crests on the corrugated sheet material are spaced with gaps between the droplets, such that compression of the droplets between the corrugated sheet material and a planar sheet results in the compressed droplets just meeting each other. | 33,450 |
9,582,416 | 1. A data erasing method is provided for a rewritable non-volatile memory module, wherein the rewritable non-volatile memory module comprises a plurality of physical erasing units, and each of the physical erasing units comprises a plurality of physical programming units, the data erasing method comprising: grouping the plurality of physical erasing units into at least a data area and a spare area; configuring a plurality of logical units, wherein the plurality of logical units comprise a plurality of logical sub-units; receiving a write command and first data corresponding to the write command from a host system, wherein the write command indicates writing the first data into a first logical sub-unit of the plurality of logical sub-units; selecting a first physical erasing unit from the plurality of physical erasing units of the spare area, programming the first data into a first physical programming unit of the first physical erasing unit according to the write command, and mapping the first logical sub-unit to the first physical programming unit; receiving a predetermined command for performing on the first logical sub-unit from the host system; marking the first physical programming unit mapped to the first logical sub-unit as being in the invalid status according to the predetermined command and recording the first physical erasing unit that the first physical programming unit belongs to in a garbage collection table in response to the predetermined command; and after recording the first physical erasing unit in the garbage collection table, identifying the first physical erasing unit corresponding to the first physical programming unit mapped to the first logical sub-unit from physical erasing units recorded in the garbage collection table, copying valid data of the first physical erasing unit to a second physical erasing unit selected from the plurality of physical erasing units of the spare area, and performing a physical erasing operation to the first physical erasing unit. | 27,519 |
8,916,230 | 1. A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising: forming a conductive layer; forming an insulating layer over the conductive layer; forming an opening in the conductive layer and the insulating layer by selectively irradiating the conductive layer and the insulating layer with a laser beam; and forming a conductive film in the opening so as to be in contact with the conductive layer, wherein, in the step of the formation of the opening, an irradiated region of the conductive layer is evaporated by the laser beam, and a part of the insulating layer is subsequently removed by the evaporation of the irradiated region of the conductive layer. | 42,504 |
9,409,822 | 1. A dielectric porcelain material comprising: about 5% to about 6% K about 0.2% to about 0.5% Na about 50% to about 55% Al about 40% to about 42% SiO wherein the material comprises less than about 1% by volume of individual crystals or closed pores greater than 22 microns in diameter and the material has zero apparent porosity. | 46,949 |
9,533,525 | 1. An image forming apparatus comprising: an image forming section configured to form an image on a sheet with decolorable color material; a heating section configured to heat the sheet; a first transporting section configured to transport the sheet from the image forming section to the heating section; a second transporting section configured to transport the sheet from the heating section to the first transporting section; and a control section configured to control the image forming section to form a diagnosis image having a predefined pattern on a diagnosis sheet, control the first transporting section to transport the diagnosis sheet to the heating section, and control the heating section to set a temperature thereof to a fixing temperature to fix the diagnosis image formed of the decolorable color material on the diagnosis sheet, and thereafter to control the second transporting section to transport the diagnosis sheet on which the diagnosis image is fixed by the heating section to the first transporting section, and control the heating section to set the temperature thereof to a decoloring temperature for the decolorable color material to decolor the diagnosis image fixed on the diagnosis sheet. | 34,474 |
9,586,483 | 1. An electrical power system for an electrically-propelled vehicle with at least one electrical power distribution arm articulated on a post, with such posts being positioned at intervals along a road on which the vehicle is traveling; the said arm is electrically connected to an electrical power supply, and is equipped with an electrical contact component used as a shoegear on a longitudinal conductor rail carried by the vehicle, characterized in that the following is provided for the arm associated with the longitudinal conductor rail carried by the vehicle: a part of the arm that assists with optimal making of electrical contact between the electrical contact component of the arm and the conductor rail carried by the vehicle and incorporates a temporary contact and pressure component; a travel lane present on at least a part of a front upper section of the vehicle, and mounted to a roof of the vehicle adjacent to the conductor rail and extending over at least a portion of the length of the conductor rail, with the said temporary contact and pressure component bearing and moving on the said travel lane at the commencement of passing of the vehicle under the arm, before the electrical contact component bears on the said conductor rail. | 2,304 |
9,607,597 | 1. A particulate sound absorption board, comprising: an organic binding agent, sound absorption particles, and sound absorption pores formed between the sound absorption particles, wherein the sound absorption particles comprise skeleton particles and filling particles, and an angularity coefficient of the sound adsorption particles is less than 1.5, wherein the organic binding agent is epoxy resin, phenolic resin, urea resin, or furfuryl alcohol resin, wherein the organic binding agent forms a coating over an external surface of the sound absorption particles, and wherein the coating of the organic binding agent—has an average thickness of 0.1-0.2 mm. | 12,272 |
9,540,359 | 1. A compound of formula (I): wherein X is —C(R L is —C(═O)NH—, ring A is substituted or unsubstituted aromatic carbocycle, ring B is represented by following formula (II), R R R R or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. | 24,193 |
9,650,254 | 1. A production method of producing activated carbon from wet organic materials comprising a pyrolysis unit, high temperature separating unit, reforming unit, heat transfer drying unit, purification unit, gas storage unit and high temperature regenerative combustion unit, comprising of the following the steps: Step 1: drying the wet organic materials in heat transfer drying unit to produce a dried organic material; Step 2: placing the dried organic materials into the pyrolysis unit for thermal decomposition to produce a combustible gas, tars and chars; Step 3: passing the combustible gas and tar through a high temperature separating unit followed by a high temperature dust removal unit, and passing the output from the high temperature dust removal unit for partial combustion and reforming by contact with a catalyst to produce a partially combusted combustible gas wherein the tar is cracked; Step 4: drying and cooling via heat transfer drying unit the partially combusted combustible gas to produce a cooled combustible gas and recycling remaining heat; Step 5: purifying the cooled combustible gas and passing it into a gas storage unit, wherein the cooled combustible gas is divided into two parts, wherein one part is combusted with air in a high temperature regenerative combustion unit to produce a combusted tail gas which is discharged after heat exchange in air preheating unit and at the same time air is preheated for combustion process and the other part of the cooled combustible gas is heated by combusting the above part of cooled combustible gas in the regenerative combustion unit to produce a high temperature combustible gas; and Step 6: passing the high temperature combustible gas into the pyrolysis unit of step 2 to provide heat for pyrolysis reaction and simultaneously activate the chars to produce an activated carbon. | 41,771 |
8,999,521 | 1. A compound of formula (1) wherein Ar is, identically or differently on each occurrence, phenyl, 1-naphthyl, 2-naphthyl, 2-anthryl, 9-anthryl, 2-phenanthrenyl, 3-phenanthrenyl or 9-phenanthrenyl each optionally substituted by one or more radicals R′; R is, identically on each occurrence, F, Si(R R Ar R n is 0; p is 0; with the proviso that if R | 43,537 |
8,513,050 | 1. An electronic device comprising: a. a p-type semiconductor comprising Bi and Se doped with Cu; b. said Cu in said p-type semiconductor having a molar ratio greater than 20 percent; c. said p-type semiconductor having the electrical properties of a p-type semiconductor; d. an n-type semiconductor; e. a transparent electrically conductive material positioned juxtapose to said n-type semiconductor; f. a second electrically conductive material positioned juxtapose to said p-type semiconductor a n-type semiconductor; and g. said p-type semiconductor and said n-type semiconductor positioned between said transparent electrically conductive material and said second electrically conductive material. | 28,161 |
8,516,980 | 1. A method for operating an engine, comprising: operating a fuel reformer and producing a gaseous fuel; increasing reformer production of gaseous fuel in response to spark timing being retarded from a threshold timing; and limiting a rate of gaseous fuel injection to an engine cylinder and retarding spark timing in response to a stored gaseous fuel amount in a storage tank being less than a threshold amount when said storage tank is not empty. | 40,419 |
9,139,809 | 1. A modified bacterium comprising: a bacterial cell and a glycosylceramide or analog thereof that is heterologous to said bacterial cell, wherein said glycosylceramide or analog thereof is incorporated into the cell wall of said bacterial cell, and wherein said glycosylceramide or analog thereof stimulates natural killer T (NKT) cells. | 7,103 |
8,911,486 | 1. A method of applying thermal therapy to tissue, comprising: forming a tissue opening in a patient to access a target site within the patient; passing a thermal device through the tissue opening; placing the thermal device at the target site; closing the tissue opening with the thermal device at the target site; after closing the tissue opening, applying or continuing to apply thermal therapy to the target site through the thermal device; and after closing the tissue opening, pulling a tether attached to the thermal device to remove the thermal device from the patient without reopening the tissue opening; wherein the thermal device comprises a malleable pad. | 24,815 |
9,826,609 | 1. A stroboscopic lamp apparatus comprising: a main control module and a plurality of LED modules, wherein, the main control module comprises a main CPU and a battery module; the battery module is configured to supply power to the stroboscopic lamp apparatus; an output terminal of the main CPU connects to two power bus lines; each of the LED modules comprises a slave module and a plurality of LED wafers; the slave module comprises a slave CPU, and the slave CPU comprises two bus connection pins, a plurality of address pins, and a plurality of output pins; the two bus connection pins are connected to the two power bus lines respectively; the plurality of the address pins is connected to different voltages in order to configure different communication addresses; and the plurality of the output pins are connected to the plurality of the LED wafers. | 5,673 |
8,403,991 | 1. An interbody spinal implant for anterior lumbar interbody fusion including a body, the body comprising: a top surface; a bottom surface; opposing lateral sides; and opposing anterior and posterior portions; wherein the opposing anterior and posterior portions and opposing lateral sides define an outer perimeter of the body, the outer perimeter defining a footprint with area (FP), the top surface and bottom surface having a contact surface with area (A) and defining a substantially hollow center and a single vertical aperture, the hollow center having an opening surface area (O), wherein a ratio of O to FP, expressed as O/FP, has a minimum of 31.5% and a maximum of 44% and a ratio of A to FP, expressed as A/FP, has a minimum of 36.5% and a maximum of 43.8%, when each of O, A, and FP is expressed in mm | 27,168 |
8,747,264 | 1. A belt for a heat engine comprising: a strip of material including a plurality of discrete sections disposed in spaced relationship to one another and extending longitudinally and presenting a first side and a second side, opposing the first side; wherein the strip of material forms a continuous loop; at least one wire extending longitudinally between the discrete sections such that the at least one wire is exposed; wherein the at least one wire is further defined as extending circumferentially about the continuous loop of the strip of material to form a coil; wherein the at least one wire includes a shape memory alloy material; wherein a localized region of the at least one wire is configured to change crystallographic phase from martensite to austenite and thereby contract longitudinally in response to exposure to a first temperature such that the strip of material corresponding to the localized region of the at least one wire also contracts; and wherein the localized region of the wire is also configured to change crystallographic phase from austenite to martensite and thereby expand longitudinally in response to exposure to a second temperature such that the strip of material corresponding to the localized region of the at least one wire also expands. | 48,726 |
9,854,051 | 1. A local server configured to communicate with a plurality of computing devices, the local server comprising: memory for storing instructions; a processor configured to execute the instructions to: | 49,411 |
9,198,574 | 1. An eye examination aid, comprising: an aligner/illuminator including a first body having therein a visible light laser and an illumination source emitting non-coherent light, the visible light laser having an aligner/illuminator laser axis along which visible laser light is emitted; a mount including a second body having a receiving portion into which the aligner/illuminator is removably receivable in a fixed orientation, the mount presenting a first generally planar side oriented substantially parallel to the laser axis and a second generally planar side oriented substantially perpendicular to the laser axis; and at least one of the first generally planar side and the second generally planar side being structured to receive an adhesive whereby the mount is adapted to be secured to an external surface of a refractor instrument such that an ultimate laser axis is directed substantially parallel to an optical axis of the refractor instrument or such that the ultimate laser axis intersects the optical axis of the refractor instrument at a preselected distance from the refractor instrument. | 29,272 |
9,353,142 | 1. A compound comprising a protecting group on a 1-nitrogen atom of an optionally-substituted indole group, thereby comprising a sulfonylethyl carbamate group, wherein the protecting group is of Formula (I) and is capable of being removed from the 1-nitrogen atom of the indole group in an aprotic solvent: and wherein R is an alkyl group, a substituted alkyl group, a phenyl group, or a substituted phenyl group. | 40,029 |
8,612,116 | 1. A throttle control system for a throttle-by-wire (TBW) system, the throttle control system comprising: a target throttle opening degree change amount calculating unit configured to calculate a change amount of a target throttle opening degree, | 35,909 |
9,553,069 | 1. A bonding apparatus comprising: an upper stage; a lower stage facing the upper stage and dedicated to support a stack of electronic components to be bonded; and an elevating mechanism that raises and lowers the lower stage relative to the upper stage to produce pressure for compressing a stack of components supported by the lower stage, wherein the upper stage comprises: a body having a bottom surface facing towards the lower stage; an elastic section at the bottom surface of the body; and an array of blocks supported by the elastic section and exposed at the bottom of the upper stage, whereby the blocks can contact and compress an array of components supported by the lower stage as the upper and lower stages are brought towards each other by the elevating mechanism, and wherein the elevating mechanism comprises: a joint connected to the lower stage; an actuator operatively connected to the lower stage and operable to raise and lower the lower stage; and a load sensor interposed between the actuator and the joint to detect a load applied to the lower stage in the vertical direction. | 44,155 |
8,865,922 | 1. A method of treating tall oil pitch, which comprises sterol esters of fatty acids and possibly free wood alcohols, according to which method decomposing at least part of the fatty acid esters of tall oil pitch, recovering the fatty acid residues from the pitch forming esters from the sterols of the fatty acid esters and from any free wood alcohols with lower alkanoic acids in order to release the fatty acids from their esters, and recovering the free fatty acids and, optionally, the sterol esters. | 2,770 |
9,028,300 | 1. A grinding tool for being installed on a grinder, the grinding tool comprising: a first disk having an installation hole in a center portion thereof for enabling installation of the grinding tool on the grinder; a second disk forming a discharge passage with partitions on a bottom surface of the first disk, wherein air intaken from a central lower portion of the grinding tool is discharged to an outside thereof through the discharge passage; and a ring-shaped shank disposed under the second disk and comprising grinding tips to grind a target. | 24,712 |
8,742,734 | 1. An active filter device for a power supply comprising a source having a source current i S and a voltage V E , a power converter presenting an input inductor L, a power switch T controlled by a chopper signal and delivering an output voltage V S , and a load, wherein said active filter device includes an active filter converter ( 10 ) for generating at its output a compensation current at least of the harmonics of the source current due to the chopping, said active filter converter having switches which are controlled by a control signal, synchronous with said chopping signal; and wherein the active filter converter presents at least one filter module presenting in series from a first terminal (A) of the filter converter: an inductor L′; first and second capacitors (C 0 and C 1 ); and first and second switches (T F1 and T F2 ) that are controlled in opposition, which switches are connected respectively between first and second terminals (F and G) of the second capacitor, and a second terminal (B) of the filter converter; and also a DC-DC converter module (AL 1 , AL 2 ) controlled at a chopper frequency to maintain the voltages (U 0 , U 1 ) at the terminals of the first and second capacitors (C 0 and C 1 ) at their reference values. | 45,528 |
8,924,760 | 1. A method of managing power for a semiconductor system using a scheduler, the method comprising: accessing workload data of said scheduler, said workload data describing a plurality of tasks to be executed on a plurality of processing blocks of said semiconductor system; determining a power management policy based on analyzing said workload data, wherein said analyzing said workload data includes analyzing said data packet content types of said workload data to distinguish said data packet content types based on severity of packet loss; adjusting a power configuration of said semiconductor system according to said power management policy, wherein said adjusting said power configuration comprises reducing an operating frequency of said one processing block of said plurality of processing blocks in response to said analyzing of said data packet content types of said workload data to distinguish said data packet content types based on severity of packet loss; and operating said one processing block of said plurality of processing blocks at said reduced operating frequency in response to said analyzing of said data packet content types of said workload data. | 41,460 |
9,738,648 | 1. A compound of formula I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein: X is N; X X each R each R is independently hydrogen, C two R groups on the same atom are taken together with the atom to which they are attached to form a C L is a divalent group selected from C Y is O, S, SO R | 1,364 |
9,482,756 | 1. A tracker unit for a measuring instrument including at least one rotatably arranged instrument body, the tracker unit comprising: a photosensor module comprising a plurality of photosensors, each photosensor being adapted to generate a signal corresponding to intensity of optical radiation impinging on the photosensor, which optical radiation has been generated by reflection of optical radiation at a reflective target, the photosensor module comprising an optical system adapted to project the reflected optical radiation from the target onto the plurality of photosensors, wherein the photosensor module is arranged such that a tracker pointing axis of the photosensor module is coaxial with respect to an instrument sighting axis of the measuring instrument; a first and at least a second optical radiation source arranged at different positions and each of which is noncoaxially arranged with respect to the tracker pointing axis and adapted to emit optical radiation towards the reflective target when activated, wherein the first and the at least a second optical radiation source are arranged at such positions so that the tracker pointing axis and the position of the first optical radiation source define a first plane and the tracker pointing axis and the position of the at least a second optical radiation source define a second plane and such that the first optical radiation source is coaxial with respect to the tracker pointing axis in a plane perpendicular to the first plane and the at least a second optical radiation source is coaxial with respect to the tracker pointing axis in a plane perpendicular to the second plane; a control module adapted to: a signal processing module adapted to extract information regarding an angle between a target axis and the instrument sighting axis in the plane perpendicular to the first plane and in the plane perpendicular to the second plane, respectively, on basis of the at least one first set of signals and the at least one second set of signals, respectively; wherein the control module is adapted to, on a condition that the instrument sighting axis and the the target axis are not aligned, cause rotation of the at least one instrument body on basis of the information regarding the angle between the target axis and the instrument sighting axis in the plane perpendicular to the first plane and in the plane perpendicular to the second plane, respectively, such that the instrument sighting axis becomes aligned with, or becomes closer to being aligned with, the target axis. | 15,841 |
8,540,150 | 1. A transaction card comprising: a transaction card identifier; and no visible marking that identifies a consumer, wherein the transaction card is used by the consumer, and wherein, in response to the consumer using the transaction card to conduct a transaction, a transaction authorization system: receives an authorization request for the transaction, the authorization request comprising the transaction card identifier and a transaction amount, determines that the transaction card identifier is associated with sufficient available funds for the transaction amount, and transmits an authorization approval. | 44,200 |
9,357,787 | 1. A baking device, comprising: a housing enclosing a baking compartment and an air handling compartment, the air handling compartment and the baking compartment separated by a pressure panel that defines a rear wall of the baking compartment, the pressure panel including an aperture allowing fluid communication between the baking and air handling compartments; a blower wheel mounted in conjunction with the aperture, such that rotation of the blower wheel urges air movement from the baking compartment and into the air handling compartment; a secondary blower arranged in fluid communication with the air handling compartment, wherein operation of the secondary blower urges ambient air into the air handling compartment, and further comprising a flapper disposed in fluid communication with a discharge of the secondary blower into the air handling compartment, such that the flapper prevents backflow of air into the secondary blower from the air handling compartment when in a closed position, but allows the flow of air from the secondary blower into the air handling compartment. | 28,342 |
9,500,053 | 1. A drilling system including: a riser, a pressure vessel; a source of pressurised gas; a main flow line which extends from the riser to the pressure vessel, the pressure vessel having a liquid inlet port connected to the main flow line; a gas inlet port connected to the source of pressurised gas; a liquid outlet port located in a lowermost portion of the pressure vessel; a gas outlet port located in an uppermost portion of the pressure vessel; a liquid pressure control valve which is operable to control the flow of liquid out of the pressure vessel via the liquid outlet port; a mud gas separator which has a liquid inlet port to which the liquid outlet port of the pressure vessel is connected by means of a liquid flow line, the liquid pressure control valve being provided in the liquid flow line; and a gas pressure control valve which is operable to control the flow of gas out of the pressure vessel via the gas outlet port, wherein, the mud gas separator has a gas inlet port to which the gas outlet port of the pressure vessel is connected by means of a vent line, and the gas pressure control valve is provided in the vent line. | 44,921 |
9,783,077 | 1. A system for progressively increasing voltage at terminals of an input capacitor, comprising: a battery including a plurality of battery modules arranged in series, each said battery module including a switch, a diode, and a plurality of battery cells, the switch and the diode being arranged in series and connected in parallel to the plurality of battery cells, wherein each said battery module includes: the input capacitor connected directly by an electrical connection to the positive and negative terminals of the battery; a load connected in parallel to the input capacitor; means for controlling the switch of each of the battery modules using a pulse width modulation signal having a duty cycle that varies between 0% and 100%; and logic means for commanding the means for controlling the switch of each said battery module sequentially so that the switch of each said battery module is progressively closed one after the other. | 45,965 |
9,217,088 | 1. A method of producing capped silver nanoparticles in a single phase solution, the method comprising: mixing silver or a silver salt with a capping agent in a single phase solution comprising ethylene glycol, ethanol and toluene; adding a hydrazine reducing agent to the single phase solution; and isolating the capped silver nanoparticles from the single phase solution. | 7,151 |
9,778,649 | 1. A method of milling a pocket region of a workpiece, the method comprising: computing a blend arc radius, wherein the blend arc radius is based on a maximal variation of a Tool Engagement Angle (TEA); smoothing at least one offset of a toolpath, wherein the smoothing is based on at least one of: the computed blend arc radius and a prior computed blend arc radius with a step over; limiting the TEA via limiting a maximal curvature at a previously smoothed at least one offset, wherein the TEA is based on the stepover and a tool radius; determining a center area of the pocket region of a workpiece, wherein the center area surrounds a center of a local sub-region, and wherein the center area comprises a size determined based on the stepover and the tool radius; recreating a set of different tool movements inside the determined center area formed by a closed smooth profile, wherein the TEA of the recreated set of tool movements inside the center area is kept within a specified range; determining a milling tool path in the pocket region of a workpiece based on maintaining a Material Removal Rate (MRR) at each point of the toolpath, wherein the MRR does not exceed a specified value during milling; wherein the milling tool path is further based on keeping feedrate change and TEA change within acceptable ranges; and milling the pocket region of the workpiece based on the milling tool path. | 41,025 |
8,896,794 | 1. A liquid crystal display device comprising: gate lines disposed on a substrate; data lines formed on the substrate and crossing the gate lines to define pixel regions; common lines disposed substantially in parallel to the gate lines; thin film transistors (TFTs) formed at intersections between the gate lines and the data lines, each of the TFTs including a gate electrode extending from the corresponding gate line, a gate insulation layer, an active layer, an ohmic contact layer, a source electrode extending from the corresponding data line and a drain electrode spaced apart from the source electrode; passivation layers, each of the passivation layers formed on the TFT and having a contact hole for exposing a part of the corresponding drain electrode; and pixel electrodes, each of the pixel electrodes having a dual layer structure composed of a metal conductive layer and a metal insulation layer formed on the corresponding passivation layer and electrically connected to the corresponding drain electrode via the corresponding contact hole, wherein the metal conductive layer of each pixel electrode is made of molybdenum titanium (MoTi), and the metal insulation layer of each pixel electrode is made of one selected from copper nitride (CuN) and molybdenum titanium nitride (MoTiN). | 24,124 |
9,165,028 | 1. A computer implemented method, comprising: receiving a current query including a plurality of current query terms; determining, based on one or more of the current query terms, that the current query is indicative of an intent of a user to refine a query; determining a previous query associated with the current query, the previous query including a plurality of previous query terms and issued prior to the current query by at least one of a computing device and the user that issued the current query; determining a modification n-gram based on one or more of the current query terms; generating modifications of the previous query that each include the modification n-gram substituted for one or more of the previous query terms; identifying, for each modification of multiple of the modifications: determining a ranking for each of the multiple of the modifications, wherein the ranking of the modification is based on the popularity measure for the modification and the related concept measure of the modification; and selecting one modification of the modifications when the ranking of the one modification is more prominent than at least the rankings of the other modifications, wherein the one modification includes the modification n-gram and includes at least one of the previous query terms; and submitting the selected one modification to a query system as a submission query for the current query of the user. | 2,721 |
8,954,499 | 1. A method for automatically managing workflow, the method comprising: receiving, at a first computing device, a request for a digital job, the request having included therein a job record comprising a plurality of job steps, the plurality of job steps to be performed in connection with the digital job; receiving, at the first computing device, an intercept request, while one of the plurality of job steps is being performed, that includes a request to add at least one new job step to the plurality of job steps; determining, by the first computing device, whether the job record can be changed in accordance with the intercept request, wherein determining whether the job record can be changed in accordance with the intercept request comprises determining, by the first computing device, whether the intercept request was received during the time between an electronic file, which corresponds to the digital job, being created and the electronic file being uploaded to a second computing device; in response to determining that the job record can be changed in accordance with the intercept request, adding, by the first computing device, at least one new job step to the plurality of job steps, the at least one new job step including the step of proofing the electronic file; determining, by the first computing device, whether performing the step of proofing the electronic file will make the digital job late for delivery; uploading, by the first computing device, the electronic file to the second computing device, which is configured for proofing the electronic file, when it is determined that performing the step of proofing the electronic file will not make the digital job late for delivery; and when it is determined that performing the step of proofing the electronic file will make the digital job late for delivery, sending a message to an originator of the intercept request indicating that the digital job will be late for delivery and uploading, by the first computing device, the electronic file to the second computing device without the step of proofing the electronic file. | 1,691 |
8,962,534 | 1. A method of treating a fluid used for hydraulic fracturing, comprising: obtaining chlorine dioxide; adding an amount of the obtained chlorine dioxide to a continuously supplied fluid which is to be used for hydraulic fracturing such that the chlorine dioxide acts as a biocide, wherein a prescribed amount of the chlorine dioxide is added per unit volume of the continuously supplied fluid; periodically testing the continuously supplied fluid after the chlorine dioxide has been added and after at least some of the chlorine dioxide has been consumed in reactions with bacteria and/or biological contaminants that were originally present in the fluid to determine a concentration of the chlorine dioxide in the supplied fluid; and selectively adjusting the prescribed amount of chlorine dioxide that is added per unit volume of the continuously supplied fluid based on the result of the testing step such that a residual concentration of chlorine dioxide remaining in the fluid after the chlorine dioxide has had an opportunity to react with bacteria and/or biological contaminants is in the range of 0.1 to 0.8 parts per million. | 40,428 |
9,773,259 | 1. A system for selecting an image to accompany text from a user in connection with a social media post, comprising a processor and a tangible storage medium, said tangible storage medium comprising code executable by the processor for performing steps comprising: a) receiving text from the user; b) identifying one or more search terms based on the text; c) identifying a set of candidate images from images in one or more image databases using the search terms, where the set of candidate images comprises a sponsored image; d) eliminating an image from the set of candidate images based on an elimination factor; e) presenting at least a subset of the set of candidate images to the user, where the sponsored image is presented preferentially compared to other candidate images; f) receiving from the user a selected image from the set of candidate images; g) generating the social media post wherein the social media post is of a similar size and of a similar shape as the selected image, and wherein the social media post comprises the text displayed superimposed on the selected image; and h) transmitting the social media post for display. | 49,961 |
9,616,256 | 1. An auxiliary breathing flow channel apparatus for an oxygen mask for pilots and crew of an airplane, the oxygen mask having an oronasal face seal defining an oronasal cavity, and an oxygen supply regulator, the auxiliary breathing flow channel apparatus comprising: an auxiliary ambient air flow channel defined in a flow channel member through a portion of the oxygen mask, said auxiliary ambient air flow channel being connected to ambient air and configured to deliver ambient air through said auxiliary ambient air flow channel to the oxygen mask; a flow regulator for regulating flow through the flow channel member, the flow regulator having a main housing and an aneroid housing assembly including a lower aneroid housing movable within the flow regulator main housing between at least one closed position in which flow through the auxiliary ambient air flow channel is blocked and an open position in which flow through the auxiliary ambient air flow channel is enabled, the flow regulator including an aneroid capsule that changes in length in response to changes in cabin pressure operative to move said lower aneroid housing in said flow regulator main housing between said at least one closed position and said open position; and a push/pull button for manually moving said lower aneroid housing in said flow regulator main housing to said at least one closed position, said push/pull button having a tubular lower portion and an upper plate connected to the tubular lower portion, said tubular lower portion being movably mounted between an upper aneroid housing and said lower aneroid housing. | 26,782 |
8,861,240 | 1. A power converter for use with a power supply, comprising: a pair of semiconductor switching elements that are connected in series to form a half-bridge and are ON/OFF-driven in a predetermined relationship with each other to switch a DC voltage provided by the power supply; free-wheeling diodes that are connected anti-parallel with the respective switching elements; and a bidirectional switch that is interposed between the power supply and a middle point of the half-bridge to clamp one of the semiconductor switching elements to a middle potential point of the DC voltage, wherein an induced electromotive force, generated during a forward recovery process of the bidirectional switch upon turning said one of the semiconductor switching elements OFF, is controlled to be below a difference between a gate voltage of said one of the semiconductor switching elements at a moment that the forward recovery process of the bidirectional switch starts and a gate threshold voltage of said one of the semiconductor switching elements that allows a maximum forward recovery current of the bidirectional switch to flow. | 49,515 |
9,379,538 | 1. An output over-voltage protection circuit for power factor correction, comprising: an off-chip compensation network, an off-chip resistive divider network, a static over-voltage detection circuit, a dynamic over-voltage detection circuit, and a comparator circuit; wherein the off-chip compensation network is coupled between the off-chip resistive divider network and the dynamic over-voltage detection circuit, the off-chip compensation network is configured to convert a dynamic over-voltage signal to a dynamic current signal and transmit the dynamic current signal to the dynamic over-voltage detection circuit, the dynamic over-voltage detection circuit is configured to detect the dynamic current signal and generate a dynamic over-voltage signal DYOVP; the dynamic over-voltage signal DYOVP is inputted into the comparator circuit; the comparator circuit is configured to convert the dynamic over-voltage signal DYOVP to a voltage and compare the voltage with a reference voltage and output an over-voltage control signal OVP so as to perform a dynamic over-voltage protection function, wherein the dynamic over-voltage detection circuit comprises an AB push-pull output stage circuit and a dynamic current mirror circuit; an input terminal of the AB push-pull output stage circuit is connected to an output terminal of an intermediate amplifier circuit; the other end of the AB push-pull output stage circuit is connected to a bias circuit; the bias circuit is configured to provide a constant bias for the AB push-pull output stage circuit; an output terminal of the AB push-pull output stage circuit is connected to an input terminal of the dynamic current mirror circuit, the other output terminal is a COMP, the output terminal is connected to an output terminal of the off-chip compensation network, thus the COMP terminal is also an input terminal of the dynamic over-voltage detection circuit. | 39,971 |
8,476,839 | 1. A starting circuit for an arc lamp, the starting circuit comprising: a series coupled L-C resonant circuit, a first end of said series coupled L-C resonant circuit connected between a first lamp electrode and a chassis ground; and a source of a high voltage impulse, coupled to said first lamp electrode and said first end of said series L-C resonant circuit, wherein the high voltage impulse is configured to energize the L-C resonant circuit, thereby causing the L-C resonant circuit to extend a tail of said high voltage impulse with a series of high frequency oscillations, wherein the tail is configured to cause a plasma streamer to remain in an ionized state for period of time which is greater than a period of time said plasma streamer would remain in an ionized state without said series L-C resonant circuit, at least until a current ramp up occurs. | 1,145 |
9,210,401 | 1. A method of guiding physical movement of a human subject, the method comprising: observing, via one or more cameras, a physical environment; identifying, with a computing device configured to process image data from the camera, a current three-dimensional position of a body portion of a human subject within the physical environment; obtaining, with the computing device, a model path of future travel for the body portion of the human subject; and projecting, via an image projector, a visual cue onto the human subject at the current three-dimensional position of the body portion, the visual cue indicating the model path of future travel for the body portion of the human subject. | 42,679 |
9,317,562 | 1. A method for determining a relative importance by a server, comprising: receiving a query from a user device; determining a first and second ordered list by a first and second search engine, respectively, in response to the query; ranking the first and second ordered list according to internal search criteria; and receiving a determined consensus ordered list, the determined consensus ordered list based at least in part upon an analysis of the first and second ranked ordered list and an optimization of an importance vector via an optimization tool, the first and second ranked ordered list including one or more importance factors. | 48,419 |
9,295,769 | 1. A dialysis device adapted to be implanted at least partially into the body of a patient and configured for intracorporal treatment, comprising: a blood chamber, through which the patient's blood can flow; a dialysis chamber for receiving a dialysate; and a hydraulic pump device configured to compress the two chambers alternately by means of a hydraulic fluid, wherein both chambers are each equipped with two valves for controlling the inflow and outflow of blood and dialysate, respectively, and wherein both chambers are connected to each other in an area designed as a membrane. | 6,871 |
9,139,803 | 1. A method of purifying feedstock-to-ethanol fermentation products, comprising: a. exposing a first mixture chosen from fermentation beer and mixtures derived therefrom to a solvent under a first set of conditions in which the solvent is in a supercritical fluid or liquid gas form thereby generating a second mixture comprising a subset of components of the first mixture and the solvent; b. separating the second mixture from remaining components of the first mixture; and, c. removing the solvent from the second mixture. | 314 |
8,994,250 | 1. A piezoelectric/electrostrictive element comprising a piezoelectric/electrostrictive body made of a piezoelectric/electrostrictive ceramic composition containing Pb(Ni 1/3 Nb 2/3 )O 3 —PbTiO 3 —PbZrO 3 ternary solid solution system composition as a main component, and an electrode disposed on the piezoelectric/electrostrictive body, wherein the ternary solid solution system composition is represented by the following composition formula: (where 0.005≦x≦0.03, 0.45≦y≦0.54, 0.58≦a≦0.91, 0.07≦b≦0.36, 0.02≦c≦0.08, 0.97≦α≦1.03, 0.97≦β≦1.03, 0.97≦γ≦1.03, and (a+b+c=1.000)). | 9,513 |
9,144,766 | 1. A method of capturing and sequestering a gas species from a fossil fuel-fired power plant flue gas, comprising the steps of: (a) providing an apparatus having: (b) flowing a flue gas through a lumen-side of the vessel; (c) pressurizing the lumen-side to promote flow of the gas through the hollow fiber membrane; (d) subjecting the hollow fiber membrane to the flow of flue gas; (e) removing one or more gas species from the flue gas with the hollow fiber membrane; (f) collecting non-adsorbing gas species of the flue gas in a shell-side of the vessel; (g) de-pressurizing the lumen-side of the vessel to promote backflow of the non-adsorbing gas species from the shell-side and into the hollow fiber membrane to regenerate the sorbent; and (h) regenerating the sorbent contained in the hollow fiber membrane. | 24,500 |
9,166,317 | 1. A receptacle connector comprising: a housing having a socket configured to receive a plug connector, the housing having a bottom configured to be mounted to a circuit board, the housing having a cavity open at the bottom and open to the socket, the housing having datum surfaces in the cavity; a contact assembly received in the cavity and located in a fixed location relative to the datum surfaces, the contact assembly having a plurality of contacts arranged in two rows configured to mate with opposite sides of the plug connector received in the socket, each contact having a main body, a mating beam extending from the main body and a tail extending from the main body opposite the mating beam, the mating beams for terminating to the plug connector, the tails for terminating to the circuit board, the contact assembly having a dielectric base holding the main bodies of the contacts, the dielectric base having datum surfaces; wherein at least one of the housing or the dielectric base comprising crush ribs forcing the datum surfaces of the dielectric base to engage corresponding datum surfaces of the housing. | 22,651 |
9,572,304 | 1. A solar cell powered lighting fixture combined with a planter, the lighting fixture comprising: a body with an upper side, a bottom side and a centered, single opening at a center of the body for accommodating hanging hardware of a planter; solar cells on the upper side for generating electrical power from ambient light; at least one rechargeable battery and a charging circuit for charging the battery; a plurality of LED lights provided at the bottom side and connected to the battery via a switching circuit; a control circuit for operatively connecting LED lights to the at least a battery during nighttime hours to illuminate the planter having growing plants planted therein; and a securing mechanism configured to enable the lighting fixture to receive hanging hardware of the planter through its opening and to be secured to the planter, wherein the planter includes wires as its hanging hardware and the lighting fixture centered opening enables accommodating the planter wires to pass through said centered, single opening, further including at least one tightening bolt that allows the lighting fixture to be tightened and be held to the planter's hanging hardware. | 16,643 |
9,662,738 | 1. A method of forming a resistance spot weld joint in a workpiece including a first steel substrate disposed in contact with a second steel substrate to define a faying interface therebetween, the method comprising: disposing the workpiece between a first welding electrode and a second welding electrode, wherein each of the first welding electrode and the second welding electrode includes; contacting the workpiece with the welding surface of each of the first welding electrode and the second welding electrode so as to define a first welding interface between the first steel substrate and the first welding electrode, and a second welding interface between the second steel substrate and the second welding electrode; inducing each of a first quantity of resistance heat over a first area of the first welding interface, a second quantity of resistance heat over a second area of the second welding interface, a third quantity of resistance heat over a third area of the faying interface, a fourth quantity of resistance heat within the first steel substrate, and a fifth quantity of resistance heat within the second steel substrate; wherein each of the third quantity of resistance heat, the fourth quantity of resistance heat, and the fifth quantity of resistance heat is less than either of the first quantity of resistance heat and the second quantity of resistance heat; and maximizing each of a first ratio of the first area to the third area, and a second ratio of the second area to the third area to thereby form the resistance spot weld joint in the workpiece. | 10,283 |
9,492,101 | 1. A method of determining a set of parameter estimates for an incoherent motion model from diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance data of a portion of a biological body, the method comprising: (A) determining, based at least in part on the diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance data, a first set of parameter estimates for a plurality of voxels associated with one or more images to be generated, the first set of parameter estimates comprising, for each of the plurality of voxels, estimates for a slow diffusion parameter, a fast diffusion parameter, and a fractional diffusion parameter indicating a fraction of slow diffusion to fast diffusion in a respective voxel; (B) determining a second set of parameter estimates by stochastically perturbing the first set of parameter estimates; (C) determining a third set of parameter estimates based, at least in part, on fusing the first set of parameter estimates and the second set of parameter estimates using a binary cut graph technique; (D) determining whether at least one criterion associated with the third set of parameter estimates is satisfied; (E) performing acts (B)-(C) using the third set of parameter estimates as the first set of parameter estimates if the at least one criterion is not satisfied; and (F) generating the one or more images based, at least in part, on the third set of parameter estimates if the at least one criterion has been satisfied. | 29,199 |
8,440,872 | 1. A process for preparing poly alpha olefins from a Fisher-Tropsch liquid, the process comprising the steps of: (a) contacting an unpurified C wherein said conditions include a temperature between 0° C. and 250° C. for a time sufficient to produce the oligomerized product; wherein the oligomerization catalyst comprises promoted aluminum trichloride, wherein the oligomerization step olefin conversion is at least 80% and the selectivity to C (b) fractionating the oligomerized product to obtain a fractionated product having an average carbon number greater than 24, and wherein the C (c) heating a Fisher-Tropsch liquid and flashing off or distilling off light material at a pressure greater than one atmosphere and recovering a bottoms stream; (d) vacuum fractionating the bottoms stream to form a C with the proviso that the C | 42,609 |
8,416,797 | 1. A method of operating a Reliable Transmission Protocol switch node to provide an IPTV multicast, the method comprising: receiving encrypted IP packets transporting an encrypted media stream from an IPTV Head-end, the encrypted media stream containing complete image frames; receiving unencrypted identifiers identifying encrypted packets containing complete image frame data; storing the received encrypted packets in a buffer; on receipt of a request from a media renderer to provide the IPTV multicast, sending the encrypted packet(s) containing the last complete image frame in the encrypted media stream and all subsequent encrypted packets to the media renderer; wherein encrypted packets containing complete image frames are accorded a different Class of Service value to packets not containing complete image frames, the Class of Service value included in the packet header and identifying which packets relate to complete image frames. | 8,989 |
9,306,852 | 1. A method comprising: encoding, at a first node via a processor, a source stream of data packets into a first stream using a first protocol having a first encoded data rate; transmitting, at a first time, the first stream from the first node to a second node over a first network path between the first node and the second node; in response to a decrease in a quality-of-service associated with the first network path at a second time later than the first time, encoding, at the first node, the source stream of data packets into a first sub-stream and a second sub-stream using a second encoding protocol having a second encoded data rate lower than the first encoded data rate; identifying an intermediate node whose inclusion in a network path provides a known quality of service, wherein the intermediate node is located between the first node and the second node and the first network path does not traverse the intermediate node; transmitting, from the first node to the second node, the first sub-stream over the first network path and the second sub-stream over a second network path that connects the first node and the second node via the intermediate node, wherein the second sub-stream is combined with a third sub-stream to improve a quality of a content of the second sub-stream, and wherein the third sub-stream is encoded from the source stream; in response to a further decrease in the quality-of-service associated with the first network path at a third time later than the second time, encoding, at the first node, the source stream of data packets into a second stream using the first protocol having the first encoded data rate; and transmitting the second data stream from the first node to the second node over the second network path. | 33,808 |
9,072,141 | 1. A driving circuit of a light emitting diode (LED) lighting apparatus, comprising: a bridge diode rectifier configured to full-wave rectify an AC power and supply a pulsating-current driving power to an LED array including two or more LEDs connected in series; a driving data memory device in which central section driving data for driving the LEDs of the LED array are divided and stored for a plurality of sections within one cycle of the driving power and charging driving data for charging a charging capacitor in an outer section within one cycle of the driving power and outer section driving data for driving the LEDs of the LED array in the outer section are divided and stored for the respective sections; a drive controller configured to read the central section driving data, the charging driving data, and the outer section driving data from the driving data memory device and output the read data; a first D/A converter configured to convert the digital central section driving data and the outer section driving data, which are outputted from the drive controller, into an analog signal; a second D/A converter configured to convert the charging driving data into an analog signal; a constant current driving device unit comprising a plurality of constant current driving devices connected to taps of the LEDs of the LED array so as to selectively drive the LEDs in the central section and the outer section within one cycle of the driving power, according to an output signal of the first D/A converter; and a charging constant current driving device configured to charge the charging capacitor according to an output signal of the second D/A converter. | 15,230 |
9,262,972 | 1. A method for controlling an electro-optic device having a display section including a plurality of pixels provided at positions corresponding to intersections between mutually intersecting plural scanning lines and plural data lines, each of the pixels including electro-optic material placed between mutually opposing pixel electrode and counter electrode, and capable of assuming a first limit optical state, a second limit optical state and a plurality of intermediate optical states between the first limit optical state and the second limit optical state, and a drive part that supplies, for displaying an image corresponding to image data at the display section, voltage pulses according to the image data to the pixel electrode of each of the pixels in a plurality of frame periods, the method comprising: switching between a first driving scheme for changing an optical state between a-number of optical states among an optical state group composed of the first limit optical state, the second limit optical state and the plurality of intermediate optical states and a second driving scheme for changing an optical state between b-number of optical states (b>a) among the optical state group, in the first driving scheme, an integrated value W (A→B) that is an integrated value of drive voltage and drive time when changing the pixel from an optical state A included in the a-number of optical states to an optical state B, and an integrated value W (B→A) that is an integrated value of drive voltage and drive time when changing the pixel from the optical state B to the optical state A satisfying a relation of W (A→B)=−W (B→A), and the integrated value W (A→B) and the integrated value W (B→A) for the optical state A and the optical state B in the second driving scheme being equal to the integrated value W (A→B) and the integrated value W (B→A) in the first driving scheme, respectively. | 9,530 |
8,412,657 | 1. A method for classifying digital content uploaded to the user base of a social networking site by users of the social networking site, wherein the digital content includes two or more items, the method comprising: identifying, using a data processor, a grouping of the two or more items in the digital content associated with a primary user of the social networking site; assigning, using the data processor, a raw score to the identified items based on predetermined criteria; deriving, using the data processor, an aggregate score for the digital content, wherein the aggregate score is derived from the raw scores; grouping, using the data processor, other users of the social networking site that frequently communicate with the primary user and with each other into an associated user group; determining, using the data processor, a property of the associated user group; adjusting, using the data processor, the aggregate score according to a determined property of the associated user group to form an adjusted aggregate score; and using the adjusted aggregate score to output a classification of the digital content. | 29,999 |
9,228,132 | 1. A process of converting biomass into a renewable fuel comprising the steps of: providing biomass comprising at least about 10% water; applying sufficient pressure to the biomass to maintain liquidity and form pressurized biomass; heating the pressurized biomass to a first temperature, wherein the first temperature is sufficient to form an aqueous biomass char slurry, carbon dioxide, and free water; depressurizing the biomass char slurry; separating the carbon dioxide from the biomass char slurry; removing at least a portion of the free water from the biomass char slurry to provide a dewatered biomass char product containing a decreased oxygen content; and utilizing the dewatered biomass char product as a fertilizer. | 36,007 |
9,220,238 | 1. A moldable or extrudable cork composite material substantially comprising: a. a solid attractant, wherein said solid attractant is selected from the group consisting of: dried and granulated catnip; any plant containing a terpenoid nepetalactone; other species within the genus b. granulated or agglomerated cork; c. a filler material, wherein said filler material is selected from the group consisting of: granulated cork; agglomerated cork; sawdust; wood chips; wood pellets; wood shavings of cedar; and, sawdust, wood chips, wood pellets, and wood shavings of pine; calcium carbonate; calcite; bentonite; zeolite; and other clays materials; and d. a binding agent; wherein said composite material provides sufficient delivery aromatic olfactory attractant to be effective in having an interactive response with a domestic feline. | 5,187 |
9,472,625 | 1. A power circuit comprising: two or more input terminals that are each directly coupled to a source that is configured to produce power for a load; two or more output terminals that are each directly coupled to the load; a semiconductor body, the semiconductor body comprising: a node electrically coupled to a back side of the common substrate, wherein the node is connected to a constant potential that is equal to or more negative than a lowest potential at the two or more output terminals of the power circuit. | 38,170 |
8,724,687 | 1. A data processing method comprising: receiving a base station signal from a base station; receiving a relay station signal from a relay station; determining a propagation delay between the base station signal and the relay station signal; generating an equalizing signal in which interference generated between the base station signal and the relay station signal is alleviated in consideration of the propagation delay, including determining a weight vector that maximizes a signal to interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR) of the equalizing signal, and multiplying the base station signal and the relay station signal by the weight vector to thereby obtain the equalizing signal; and recovering information bits transmitted by the base station from the equalizing signal, wherein the SINR of the equalizing signal is determined by channel gains between the base station and a mobile station, interference between the base station and the mobile station, and interference between the relay station and the mobile station. | 36,188 |
9,222,803 | 1. A metering and measuring point system for metering and measuring electrical energy consumption or generation, the system comprising: at least one stationary connection device connected to a power grid, the at least one stationary connection device being configured to have electrical energy consumed by a consumption unit drawn off from the at least one stationary connection device or to have the electrical energy generated by a generation unit fed into the at least one stationary connection device, wherein the at least one stationary connection device comprises: at least one identifiable mobile functional unit configured to be electrically connected to the socket, wherein the at least one identifiable mobile functional unit comprises: | 36,647 |
8,599,712 | 1. A method of setting Reverse Link Channel Quality Indicator (CQI) Reporting Modes, comprising: determining a CQI Reporting Mode value; selecting, based on the determined CQI Reporting Mode value, a reverse link CQI reporting mode from a group comprising at least a Single Code Word CQI Reporting Mode and a Multiple Code Word CQI Reporting Mode; and setting the reverse link CQI reporting mode of an access terminal to the selected reverse link CQI reporting mode. | 6,367 |
8,462,503 | 1. An airflow guide member, comprising: an elongated main body comprising an airflow guide wall slantingly extending up, and a plurality of spaced plates connected to the airflow guide wall, wherein an interspace is bounded by every two adjacent plates and extending through the airflow guide wall. | 3,763 |
9,461,581 | 1. A solar cell system with shadowing compensation comprising: a solar cell array comprising multiple solar cell modules connected in series to form two output ends, with the multiple solar cell modules comprising a single first solar cell module and multiple second solar cell modules; and a single shadowing compensation device only connected to the first solar cell module but not the multiple second cell modules comprising: an input port connecting to the two output ends of the solar cell array; an output port only connecting to the single first solar cell module of the solar cell array without connecting to the multiple second solar cell modules of the solar cell array; and an isolated DC-DC power converter, wherein the isolated DC-DC power converter outputs a compensation current to the single first solar cell module connected to the output port; wherein each of the second solar cell modules is not connected to any respective shadowing compensation device wherein the compensation current is equal to a difference between an output current of the multiple second solar cell modules operated at a maximum output power and an output current of the first solar cell module. | 5,843 |
9,023,510 | 1. An electrochemical device having an electric storage element encapsulated in a package, the package comprising: (1) a first terminal plate comprising: a frame section having a through hole formed therein; and a terminal section integrated with the frame section and protruding externally from the frame section; (2) a second terminal plate comprising: a frame section having a through hole formed therein; and a terminal section integrated with the frame section, disposed at a position different from the position of the terminal section of the first terminal plate, and protruding externally from the frame section; (3) a frame plate having a through hole corresponding to the through holes of the first and second terminal plates and disposed between one surface of the frame section of the first terminal plate and one surface of the frame section of the second terminal plate; (4) a first cover plate disposed on the other surface of the frame section of the first terminal plate so as to cover the through hole of the first terminal plate; and (5) a second cover plate disposed on the other surface of the frame section of the first terminal plate so as to cover the through hole of the second terminal plate, wherein the sum thickness of the first and second terminal plates and the frame plate accommodates the electrical storage element, and the electric storage element is encapsulated in an internal space formed of the through holes of the frame sections of the first and second terminal plates and the through hole of the frame plate, between both cover plates, and part of the terminal section of the first terminal plate and part of the terminal section of the second terminal plate are exposed externally from the package. | 8,904 |
9,278,748 | 1. A process for fabricating an integrated fiber-reinforced cured resin-composite panel structure comprising: (a) fabricating a panel preform assembly by: (b) curing the panel preform assembly fabricated according to step (a) to thereby form an integrated fiber-reinforced cured resin-composite panel structure. | 34,828 |
9,148,065 | 1. A bidirectional DC-DC converter having an input stage to convert a DC input voltage into first AC voltage, having a transformer to transform the first AC voltage into a second AC voltage, and having an output stage to convert the second AC voltage into a DC output voltage, whereby, in order to provide the first and/or second AC voltage, at least one of the input stages and/or output stages comprises a branch of a multi-level converter with a first number of active first semiconductor switches, wherein the multi-level converter comprises an additional voltage level to provide another degree of freedom for modulation of the bidirectional DC-DC converter to minimize total losses of the converter for a given load range, and wherein the transformer provides a leakage inductance to control a power flow via the AC voltages to achieve a targeted voltage drop in response to the leakage inductance. | 2,927 |
8,691,167 | 1. A method of reducing carbonyl sulfide waste product in a manufacturing process that produces waste metal halides and carbonyl sulfide as waste products, said method comprising: (a) separating said waste products into a first stream containing said waste metal halides and a second stream containing said carbonyl sulfide; (b) combining said first stream with a liquid such that said waste metal halides are dissolved in said liquid to produce a metal halide solution; (c) hydrolyzing said second stream so that at least a portion of said carbonyl sulfide is converted into hydrogen sulfide and carbon dioxide; and (d) contacting said hydrogen sulfide with a first portion of said metal halide solution under sulfidation conditions to produce a sulfidation stream containing metal sulfide. | 35,619 |
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