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8,775,136 | 1. An optimal power flow (OPF) method of operating a power system, comprising the steps of: a) determining power flows for a base case operation and at least one contingency case operation of the power system, defined as an original discrete OPF problem; b) modifying the original discrete OPF problem to eliminate binary variables and introduce continuous relaxation of the original discrete OPF problem; c) introducing slack variables to transform inequalities present in the original discrete OPF problem, forming an “equality constrained” problem; d) applying an interior point method to produce a solution to the continuous relaxation; e) creating a reduced Newton system of equations defining the solution to the continuous relaxation; f) applying a chain rule process to the reduced Newton system of equations to create an irreducible set of linear equations defining the original discrete OPF problem; g) solving the irreducible set of linear equations and generating a solution to the original discrete OPF problem; and h) operating the power system according to the solution to the original discrete OPF problem; wherein in performing step a), the original discrete OPF problem is defined as follows: where x stores bus-dependent variables; a subscript x indicates a bus-dependent variable at position x; t stores branch-dependent variables; u stores bus and branch control variables; Q represents reactive power constraints, c represents other constraints; the constraint x−At =0 represents flow balance for the power system; the constraint t−B 0 u 0 −B * u * −B ** u ** −H 0 z 0 =0 represents a discretized voltage law defined for each bus; the constraints N z* z * =1, N z** z ** −M z z * =0 and N u u ** −M u u * =0 model special order set-type 1 constraints; D stores upper bounds for x, t and u; D stores lower bounds for x, t and u; z * and z ** are used to test local variables within D and D ; and d x and d t are bounds for x and t, respectively. | 45,356 |
8,741,537 | 1. A positive resist composition, which comprises a resin having a structure showing a basicity and capable of increasing the solubility in an alkali developer by the action of an acid, and wherein the resin has the structure showing a basicity at a side chain, the resin has a lactone group, and the resin comprises a repeating unit having a partial structure containing an alicyclic hydrocarbon represented by formula (pI) or (pII): wherein Z represents an atomic group necessary to form an alicyclic hydrocarbon group with a carbon atom; R wherein the resin comprises a repeating unit represented by formula (AI) as the repeating unit having the lactone group: wherein R wherein R | 36,023 |
9,501,537 | 1. A system comprising: at least one processor configured to execute queries for a computer application having a back end business logic layer separate from a front end display logic layer, each of the queries being a query received by the computer application and being directed from the back end business logic layer of the computer application to business information warehouses or databases; a user interface including a plurality of query display elements, each query display element configured to display data results of a respective query; a memory configured to individually store, query-by-query, data results of multiple queries directed from the back end business logic layer of the computer application to the business information warehouses or databases; and a parallel feeder component installed in the front end display logic layer of the computer application, wherein the parallel feeder component is configured with logic to retrieve, query-by-query, the individually stored data results of the multiple queries from the shared memory asynchronously or in parallel, and to supply the retrieved individually stored data results of the multiple queries concurrently in parallel to a corresponding multiplicity of query display elements in the user interface for display, and wherein the parallel feeder component is implemented as a custom feeder class in contrast to a standard feeder basis class that always reads data serially or sequentially and can populate multiple display entities only serially or sequentially. | 49,940 |
8,917,952 | 1. A method of image processing, the method comprising: receiving camera data representative of an object; implementing, with a processor, a convolution operation on the camera data to generate filtered data representative of the object, the convolution operation being configured with singular value decomposition (SVD) kernel data; and storing the filtered data in a memory; wherein implementing the convolution operation comprises applying the SVD kernel data in parallel to a plurality of subsets of the camera data, wherein the object comprises a collimator; and storing the filtered data comprises configuring an imaging system in accordance with the filtered data, the imaging system comprising the collimator. | 4,632 |
9,260,025 | 1. A method of operating an electric vehicle charging station, the charging station including a console housing components configured to receive current from an electric grid and convert the current to a form adapted to be received by the electric vehicle, comprising: transferring heat from the components in the console to air flowing through the console to form heated air; directing the heated air from the console into a duct fluidly coupled to the console; and exhausting the heated air from the duct to a location remote from the console. | 44,780 |
9,501,689 | 1. An image processing apparatus comprising: a memory that stores an image of a face; a central processing unit (CPU) that: detects a position of a target part of the face in the image; determines a rough area for processing based on the position of the target part; generates a grayscale image for the rough area; detects edge portions in the grayscale image for the rough area; generates an edge image indicating the edge portions in the grayscale image for the rough area; generates an edge-enhanced image including pixel values, the pixel values being differences between pixel values included in the grayscale image and pixel values included in the edge image; generates a binary image including a first area in which the pixel values in the edge-enhanced image are lower than a threshold and a second area in which the pixel values in the edge-enhanced image are equal to or higher than the threshold; identifies the first area as an eyelash area; and removes the eyelash area from the rough area to provide a skin analysis area. | 15,743 |
8,847,150 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a housing having a window; an illumination source within the housing for providing illumination light directed toward a target object; an imaging sensor having an array of photosensitive elements for capturing an image from the target object; a light emitting diode within the housing operative to emit mostly invisible light within an invisible bandwidth; a reflector within the housing; a scattering surface located within the housing and configured to scatter a first portion of the invisible light from the light emitting diode out of the window, wherein the scattering surface is also partially transparent to allow a second portion of the invisible light from the light emitting diode to pass through the scattering surface and strike the reflector that is configured to reflect at least some of the second portion of the invisible light towards the window; a photodetector configured to detect returned invisible light from the target object to generate an electrical signal; and a controller configured to activate the illumination source for providing the illumination light directed toward the target object for image capturing when the electrical signal generated by the photodetector indicates that the returned invisible light from the target object is detected. | 15,769 |
9,404,000 | 1. A printing process using a radiation curable ink comprising: applying to a substrate a radiation curable ink comprising a non-reactive polymer and a combination of materials selected from the group consisting of monomers, oligomers, diluents, colorants, additives, and photo-initiators, wherein the ink is in a liquid state with a measurable viscosity ranging from about 100 cps to about 4000 cps; and causing the ink to gel, wherein the gel has a hardness measurable according to ASTM D2240-05. | 6,931 |
9,157,836 | 1. A device ( 1 ) for removing a sample ( 24 ) from a coil ( 2 ), comprising first and second bottom roll units ( 30 , 32 ) for supporting the coil ( 2 ) during removal of the sample; first and second contact units ( 40 , 42 ) associated, respectively, with the first and second bottom units ( 30 , 32 ) and pressable against an outer surface of the coil ( 2 ); and a binding device for binding the coil ( 2 ) supported on the first and second bottom units, wherein the first and second bottom roll units ( 30 , 32 ) are circumferentially offset relative to each other by 90° with respect to center of the coil, and the first and second contact units ( 40 , 42 ) are circumferentially offset, with respect to the center of the coil, respectively, relative to the first and second bottom units ( 30 , 32 ) also by 90°. | 19,149 |
9,458,446 | 1. A method of producing a polypeptide having endopeptidase activity, comprising: (a) providing a recombinant host cell comprising a polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide having endopeptidase activity operably linked to one or more heterologous control sequences that direct expression of the polypeptide, wherein the polypeptide comprises an amino acid sequence that has at least 90% sequence identity to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2; (b) cultivating the recombinant host cell in a culture medium under conditions conducive for production of the polypeptide; and (c) recovering the polypeptide from the culture medium. | 7,344 |
9,422,583 | 1. A method of reducing a carbonyl substrate, comprising contacting the substrate with a purified polypeptide having carbonyl reductase activity, the sequence of which comprises an amino acid sequence that has at least 80% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO:4, at least 95% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO:3 or at least 90% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO:2, in conditions suitable to catalyze the reduction of the carbonyl substrate. | 26,937 |
9,639,102 | 1. A method, comprising: configuring a current source to generate a current; initializing an estimate of the current; summing the estimate of the current with a first parameter while a first signal couples the current source to an electric power supply; maintaining the estimate of the current while the first signal decouples the current source from the electric power supply; summing a second parameter with the estimate of the current while a second signal couples the current source to a load; and summing a third parameter with the estimate of the current to update the estimate of the current while the second signal decouples the current source from the load. | 11,946 |
8,717,991 | 1. A multi channel operation apparatus for communication of a vehicle or a road side base station in a vehicle communication system, the multi channel operation apparatus comprising: a channel synchronization unit that performs communication by setting synchronization of a sync interval in synchronism with a reference signal and repeatedly setting the sync interval; and a data transmitting/receiving unit that determines whether a frame can be transmitted by checking a current channel interval and that differentially transmits the frame according to a user priority order value of the frame, wherein the sync interval comprises a first guard interval, a control channel interval, a second guard interval, and a service channel interval. | 18,270 |
9,382,138 | 1. A water sanitization system, comprising: a manifold loop configured to be connected to a water supply line to supply a flow of water to be sanitized from a body of water, and configured to be connected to a water return line to return a flow of sanitized water to the body of water; a copper/silver ionization cell, in fluid communication with the manifold loop, the copper/silver ionization cell configured to: a chlorine generator, including a chlorine generation cell, configured to produce a flow of chlorine; a chlorinator, in fluid communication with the manifold loop, the chlorinator configured to: mix the flow of ionized water with the flow of chlorine to produce a flow of sanitized water having copper ions, silver ions, and chlorine, and supply the flow of sanitized water to the body of water via the manifold loop and the water return line; and a power supply electrically connected to the chlorine generation cell and to the copper/silver ionization cell, the power supply configured to selectively control a ratio of copper ions and silver ions to chlorine to be supplied to the flow of water to be sanitized. | 402 |
8,791,586 | 1. A fluid driven electrical power generating system, comprising: a tubular housing having an inner surface, outer surface, a first end and a second end, the first end including a cowling adapted to capture fluid and directing it into the tubular housing, and the second end forming an exhaust for fluid to exit the tubular housing; at least one fixed helical vane formed in a spiral on the inner surface of the tubular housing; an alternator further comprising a slotless winding portion including windings encompassing a core comprising magnetic flux conducting material; a fan rotor portion having a rim formed on the outer diameter of integrated fan blades, and a plurality of magnetic elements attached to the rim, wherein the rim comprises a magnetic flux conducting material and wherein the slotless winding portion is fixed to the tubular housing and the fan rotor portion is rotatably moveable relative to the slotless winding portion as a fluid passes through the tubular housing and said fan rotor; and a generator cone mounted at a front surface of the fan rotor portion facing fluid as the fluid passes through the tubular housing; wherein the cowling captures fluid and directs it into a tubular housing, the at least one fixed helical vane further directs the captured fluid into a spiraled air flow that passes over the generator cone and is compression between the generator cone and housing resulting in increased pressure and velocity of the spiraled fluid flow onto the fan rotor thereby increasing rotational speed of the fan blades as compressed fluid passes through the fan rotor and exits the tubular housing. | 20,709 |
9,250,004 | 1. An apparatus for operating a refrigerated appliance comprising: a cabinet having at least three temperature zones, wherein at least one of the temperature zones is associated with an ice compartment positioned remote from a freezer compartment; a first temperature sensor configured to measure from in the ice compartment; a second temperature sensor configured to measure temperature in one of the at least three temperature zones other than the ice compartment; a controller operatively connected to the first temperature sensor and the second temperature sensor and programmed to read the first temperature sensor and the second temperature sensor; and wherein a cooling interval is substantially synchronized in at least two of the at least three temperature zones by the controller based on temperatures in the at least two of the at least three temperature zones from the readings of both the first temperature sensor and the second temperature sensor. | 24,920 |
9,550,417 | 1. A saddle-riding vehicle comprising: a power unit including an internal combustion engine and a transmission coupled to the internal combustion engine; a vehicle body frame supporting said power unit with a crankshaft oriented in longitudinal direction of the vehicle; a front fork steerably supported on said vehicle body frame; a front wheel rotatably supported on said front fork; a transmission compartment defined in said power unit and housing said transmission therein; a shift motor for supplying rotational power; a speed reducer gear mechanism for reducing the speed of the rotational power from said shift motor having a first end connected to the shift motor; and a master arm having a first end connected to a second end of the speed reducer gear mechanism and a second end connected to a shift drum of the transmission, wherein angular movement of the speed reducer gear mechanism creates angular movement of the shift drum by being transmitted through the master arm, wherein a main motor body of said shift motor is disposed in overlapping relation to said transmission compartment as viewed in a side elevation of the vehicle, wherein said speed reducer gear mechanism includes a speed reducer cover covering said speed reducer gear mechanism, and wherein said shift motor has a portion covered with said speed reducer cover as seen in a front view of the vehicle. | 14,597 |
8,630,217 | 1. A wireless communications terminal comprising: an RF wake-up detection unit detecting a first RF signal including an RF ID for waking up; and a wireless communications unit waking up when the RF ID included in the first RF signal detected by the RF wake-up detection unit matches a pre-set reference ID in a sleep mode, wherein the wireless communications unit comprises: wherein after the sleep logic unit recognizes the level of the first RF signal as a wake-up interrupt signal, the sleep logic unit determines the level of the first RF signal as one of a high level and a low level at a pre-set clock period with respect to each of the plurality of unit time intervals, and when the levels of the first RF signal within the respective unit time intervals are all high levels, the sleep logic unit recognizes them as level 1, or otherwise, as level 0. | 25,338 |
8,884,311 | 1. An optoelectronic semiconductor chip comprising: a semiconductor layer stack and a radiation exit or entrance face, wherein the semiconductor layer stack comprises an active layer that generates or receives electromagnetic radiation, and a plurality of nanostructures arranged in the semiconductor layer stack and/or on the radiation exit or entrance face, at least some of said nanostructures comprising at least one substructure, wherein 1) the nanostructures are of pyramidal construction and hexagonal in shape when seen in top view, 2) in a region of a center of each pyramid, and, hence, in the region of an apex, the substructure is formed as a recess, and 3) the nanostructures extend laterally by at most 5 μm. | 1,776 |
8,476,578 | 1. A rotary encoder including a detection unit, and a scale that is rotatable relative to the detection unit, the scale having a pattern for detecting a rotation angle, wherein the detection unit includes two first detection units and a second detection unit, the two first detection units being disposed at positions that are symmetrical about a center of the rotation, each of the first detection units outputting an incremental signal having a plurality of periods for one rotation of the scale, and the second detection unit outputting an absolute signal corresponding to a rotation angle of the scale within one rotation of the scale, and wherein the rotary encoder detects a relative rotation angle of the scale based on phases of the two incremental signals and a value of the absolute signal, the phases of the two incremental signals being detected by the two first detection units, the rotary encoder comprising: a storage unit that stores a plurality of formulas for correcting errors of the incremental signals, the formulas being different from each other in accordance with the value of the absolute signal, and the errors being generated due to deviation of the center of the rotation from a center of the pattern; a calculation unit that calculates a corrected phase by performing an operation on the phases of the two incremental signals by using one of the formulas corresponding to the value of the absolute signal that is output from the second detection unit; and a generation unit that generates the rotation angle of the scale based on the corrected phase and the value of the absolute signal. | 44,486 |
9,708,228 | 1. A composition consisting essentially of a compound having a formula I-1: wherein: X is each Y is independently R R with the provisos that: the hydrogen atoms of R when all the hydrogen atoms of R | 48,867 |
8,524,118 | 1. A nitride phosphor represented by Formula 1: wherein M M M a is equal to or greater than about 1.8 and equal to or less than about 2.2, b is equal to or greater than about 3.8 and equal to or less than about 4.2, c is equal to or greater than about 6.7 and equal to or less than about 7.3, x is equal to or greater than about 0.7 and less than about 3, y is equal to or greater than 0 and less than about 3, and z is greater than 0 and less than about 1. | 11,826 |
9,218,368 | 1. A computer-implemented method of uploading files from a client device to a content management server using at least one processor, comprising: receiving by a processor, from the client device, a plurality of files, each file having respective associated data including a file name; determining by a processor, a creation time for each file based on the respective associated data; creating by a processor, a standardized name for each file based on the determined creation time; associating by a processor, the standardized name with the corresponding file for each of the files; determining by a processor, that more than one of the received plurality of files have duplicate standardized names; and adding by a processor, a modifier to each standardized name for the duplicate standardized names, wherein each modifier is based on the associated data of the file for which it modifies. | 45,715 |
8,769,187 | 1. A mobile device comprising: a first control module configured to control the mobile device, wherein the first control module comprises a first processor configured to execute an application related to the control of the mobile device; a second control module configured to control a solid-state disk associated with the mobile device, wherein the second control module comprises a second processor configured to execute an application related to the control of the solid-state disk; and a third control module configured to store, in a single random access memory, wherein (i) the data associated with the application related to the control of the mobile device and (ii) the data associated with the application related to the control of the solid-state disk, as stored in the single random access memory, is respectively tagged by the first processor and the second processor to respectively associate (i) the data associated with the application related to the control of the mobile device and (ii) the data associated with the application related to the control of the solid-state disk with (a) the first processor and (b) the second processor. | 32,323 |
8,508,985 | 1. A magnetic memory cell comprising: a magnetoresistive effect element in which a fixed layer comprised of a ferromagnetic material, a nonmagnetic layer, a recording layer comprised of a ferromagnetic material, a nonmagnetic layer, and a magnetization rotation assist layer comprised of a ferromagnetic material are stacked one on top of another, characterized in that: magnetizations of the fixed layer, the recording layer, and the magnetization rotation assist layer are all oriented in in-plane directions thereof, the magnetization direction of the magnetization rotation assist layer is substantially orthogonal to the magnetization direction of the fixed layer, and information is recorded by making the magnetization direction of the recording layer substantially parallel or substantially antiparallel to the magnetization direction of the fixed layer, characterized in that a diode is connected to the magnetoresistive effect element, the diode being capable of passing a current in a direction from the fixed layer to the recording layer, characterized in that the current is caused to flow in the direction from the fixed layer to the recording layer in both cases where the magnetization direction of the recording layer is rewritten from a direction parallel to the magnetization direction of the fixed layer to a direction antiparallel thereto and where the magnetization direction of the recording layer is rewritten from the antiparallel direction to the parallel direction, and characterized in that, given T denotes a cycle of a precession of the magnetization of the recording layer, the current for the rewrite is caused to flow from start of rewrite till T/4, and is thereafter reduced to zero. | 43,650 |
8,412,617 | 1. A method comprising: (a) receiving electronic data describing an executed trading order in a market traded security and related trade execution data; (b) calculating, by an automated programmed computer, one or more components of execution costs associated with execution of said executed trading order, said one or more components comprising at least one of alpha loss and alpha capture; and (c) transmitting data sufficient to describe said one or more components of execution costs associated with execution of said executed trading order; wherein said computer comprises one or more processors. | 13,734 |
8,997,176 | 1. A computer-implemented method of establishing an identifier of an operating environment of a computing device, comprising: identifying a choice pool of candidate event logs in the operating environment of the computing device; receiving an ID generation request to generate the identifier of the operating environment for binding with a policy-related record associated with an externally controlled policy enforced through an agent application; in response to receiving the ID generation request, generating an events profile and a profile ID associated with the events profile, wherein generating the events profile includes selecting a first event log from the choice pool and selecting a first event property from the first event log; generating an event-based device ID based at least partly on the selected first event property extracted from the first event log according to the events profile, the event-based device ID including a reference to the profile ID of the events profile, wherein the event-based device ID serves as the identifier of the operating environment; wherein generating the event-based device ID includes hashing event properties into a hash value to be part of the event-based device ID; and storing the policy-related record that is bound to the event-based device ID. | 35,208 |
8,612,103 | 1. A system for correcting an angle of an implement coupled to a loader, the system comprising a controller configured to: calculate a first angle correction signal based at least upon an engine speed signal and an operator interface actuation signal, the operator interface actuation signal commanding movement of a lift arm on a loader; calculate a second angle correction signal based at east upon a coupler angle signal; transmit the first and second angle correction signals to change the angle of a coupler configured to couple an implement to the lift arm; and temporarily disable transmission of the second angle correction signal. | 7,529 |
9,400,860 | 1. A method of designing a prototype comprising several programmable chips for modelling a logic design comprising a hierarchy of logic modules communicating with one another, the method comprising: creating a new hierarchy of logic modules on the basis of the hierarchy of the logic modules of the logic design by flattening the modules that cannot be preserved according to design constraints; partitioning the new hierarchy of logic modules into regions each comprising one or more programmable chips while minimizing: establishing a routing of the signals between programmable chips by using the physical resources available. | 27,287 |
9,087,956 | 1. A solar cell, comprising: a semiconductor substrate including at least one penetration groove that penetrates through the semiconductor substrate; an emitter layer that is formed on a front surface and a side surface of the semiconductor substrate; at least one passivation layer that is formed on a rear surface of the semiconductor substrate; a rear electrode that is formed on the passivation layer and locally contacts the semiconductor substrate; and a metal electrode including, a finger part that is formed on the front surface of the semiconductor substrate, a bus bar that is formed on the passivation layer that is formed on the rear surface of the semiconductor substrate, and a penetration part that connects the finger part and the bus bar, and formed in the penetration groove, wherein the finger part, the bus bar and the penetration part are electrically connected to the emitter, the bus bar of the metal electrode and the rear electrode are separately located on the rear surface of the semiconductor substrate, the emitter layer is a selective emitter layer that includes a first region doped with a first concentration of a semiconductor dopant and a second region doped with a second concentration of the semiconductor dopant that is less than the first concentration of the first region, the first region is adjacent to the finger part on the front surface of the semiconductor substrate, and the at least one penetration groove further penetrates through the first region. | 47,229 |
8,435,198 | 1. Support shell assembly for supporting and splinting legs comprising a left and a right leg shell and a sole element that is fastened to the leg shells, wherein the leg shells and the sole element have fastening means for receiving a tensioning element, characterised in that arranged within the support shell assembly ( 5 ) is at least one layer of a 3D textile ( 1 ) comprising at least two layers of a textile material which are held at a defined and pressure-resilient distance from one another by flexible threads, that the support shell assembly ( 5 ) further comprises a shin shell ( 13 ) and/or a calf shell ( 14 ), which are each connected via the tensioning element to the leg shells ( 6 , 7 ) and the sole element ( 8 ), and that the support shell assembly further comprises a front foot shell, which may be connected to the shin shell, and/or a heel shell. | 46,068 |
8,927,399 | 1. A method comprising: providing a semiconductor substrate including an active semiconductor region and a non-active semiconductor region; depositing a first gate layer on the active semiconductor region and the non-active semiconductor region of the semiconductor substrate; implanting a stress-inducing material into the first gate layer; after said implanting a stress-inducing material, removing the first gate layer over the non-active region of the semiconductor substrate, the first gate layer implanted with the stress-inducing material remaining on the active semiconductor region of the semiconductor substrate; after said removing the first gate layer over the non-active region, depositing a second gate layer on the first gate layer implanted with the stress inducing material; and after depositing the second gate layer on the first gate layer implanted with the stress inducing material, annealing the semiconductor substrate to create stress in the active semiconductor region; and then increasing stress in the active semiconductor region of the semiconductor substrate after the annealing by: | 36,549 |
8,976,887 | 1. A communication device comprising: a first receiver configured to down-convert a first received signal using a first local oscillator signal to provide a first down-converted signal; a second receiver configured to down-convert a second received signal using a second local oscillator signal to provide a second down-converted signal; and a phase noise estimator configured to estimate a difference in phase noise between the first and second local oscillator signals based on the first and second down-converted signals and an estimate of a receive channel over which the first and second received signals are received, wherein the communication device is configured to use the estimated difference in phase noise to compensate for a phase offset between signals to be transmitted from the communication device. | 26,286 |
9,464,333 | 1. An intein modified protein comprising an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOS: 2374, 2376-2378, 2383, 2385-2386, 2410, 2412-2413, 2420, 2422-2425, 2428, 2430-2431, 2436, 2442-2444, 2451, 2454-2458, 2460-2461, 2465-2468, 2471-2474, 2477-2480, 2482-2483, 2493-2494, 2500-2501, 2504, 2507-2513, 2517-2519, 2530-2531, 2533-2537, 2539-2543, 2545, 2548-2549, 2555-2557, 2559, 2565, 2569-2571, 2573-2575, 2579-2582, 2584-2597, 2600, 2602-2605, 2607-2621, 2624-2626, 2629-2634, 2636-2639, 2643, 2645-2648, 2650, 2652, 2656-2658, 2661, 2664, 2666-2672, 2674, 2677-2683, 2685, and 3315-3322. | 28,206 |
9,516,596 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a communication unit configured to execute a wireless communication with a device, by establishing a first session as a target with the device for receiving electromagnetic wave generated by the device or by establishing a second session as an initiator with the device for generating electromagnetic wave; a first communication control unit configured to cause the communication unit to establish the first session and acquire a request for executing a predetermined process from the device by receiving electromagnetic wave which is generated in the established first session by the device; and a second communication control unit configured to, in a case where the communication unit acquires the request by the first communication control unit, cause the communication unit to establish the second session and to execute a communication, corresponding to processing information for executing the predetermined process, with the device by generating electromagnetic wave for the communication in the second session, wherein the communication unit receives, from the device, device specifying information required to specify the device, which sent the request, together with the request, and establishes the second session with the device specified based on the received device specifying information. | 49,250 |
9,241,707 | 1. A device for closing an opening in tissue, comprising: an elongate member having a proximal end, a distal end, a central passage and a plurality of needle lumens extending from the proximal end toward the distal end; a plurality of needles disposed within and advancable from the plurality of needle lumens; a foot housing disposed at the distal end of the elongate member, the foot housing having an outside surface, the foot housing having a first opening and a second opening formed therein; and a foot disposed entirely within the foot housing and being remote from the outside surface thereof, the foot having a first end that has at least two cuffs removably mounted therein and a second, opposing end that has at least two cuffs removably mounted therein, a length of suture being connected between each cuff in the first end of the foot and each cuff in the second end of the foot, the foot being slidably mounted within the foot housing so as to be slidable relative to the foot housing between a delivery position and a deployed position, the cuffs in the first end of the foot being positioned below and accessible through the second opening in the foot housing when the foot is in the deployed position, and the cuffs in the second end of the foot being positioned outside the foot housing when the foot is in the deployed position. | 15,932 |
9,180,781 | 1. An electric automobile for converting electric power supplied from an electric energy storage device mounted or the electric automobile and/or power lines through power line contact terminals on the electric automobile, by an inverter mounted on the electric automobile, and supplying the converted electric power to a motor for propelling the electric automobile, comprising: a first DC/DC converter connected between terminals of the electric energy storage device and the power line contact terminals; a second DC/DC converter connected between the power line contact terminals and terminals of the inverter; and a control device for controlling the first DC/DC converter and the second DC/DC converter; wherein when the electric power is supplied from the power lines through the power line contact terminals, the control device controls the second DC/DC converter to make a voltage applied to the inverter able to deal with electric power required by the motor; and when no electric power is supplied from the power lines with the power line contact terminals being spaced from the power lines, the control device controls the first DC/DC converter to be in a directly connected state and controls the second DC/DC converter to make the voltage applied to the inverter able to deal with the electric power required by the motor if a voltage across the electric energy storage device is equal to or higher than a predetermined voltage, and controls the first DC/DC converter to make the voltage applied to the inverter able to deal with the electric power required by the motor and controls the second DC/DC converter no be in a directly connected state if the voltage across the electric energy storage device is smaller than the predetermined voltage. | 20,854 |
9,726,615 | 1. An apparatus for simultaneous dark field and differential interference contrast inspection comprising: one or more illumination sources; a sample stage configured to secure a sample; a first sensor; a second sensor; and an optical sub-system comprising: | 41,340 |
9,306,907 | 1. A method comprising: configuring a load balancing function in a switching device within a network based on information received from a network administrator indicative of (i) a number of bits to be used as an input to the load balancing function and (ii) bit positions of the number of bits within one or more of a type of service, a protocol, a source port, a destination port, a source address and a destination address of packets to be load balanced, wherein the number of bits may be fewer than that of the source address or the destination address and wherein the bit positions are not limited to being contiguous; causing, by a switching device, a plurality of firewall security devices within the network and operating as part of a cluster to enter into a load balancing mode by sending one or more control messages to the plurality of firewall security devices; responsive to receiving, by the switching device, a heartbeat signal on a port of a plurality of ports of the switching device from a firewall security device of the plurality of firewall security devices, including information regarding the firewall security device and the port into a load balancing table maintained by the switching device that maps a plurality of hash values or emulated hash values output by the load balancing function to the plurality of ports; receiving, by the switching device, a packet from a client device associated with the network; and forwarding, by the switching device, the packet to a firewall security device of the cluster by: | 46,964 |
8,876,922 | 1. A process for treating biofuel comprising: (a) contacting a fluid comprising the biofuel with a first adsorbent that removes at least one of water and impurities from the fluid, the first adsorbent comprising at least two different metal oxides in the form of a first fixed bed within a first adsorbent vessel; and (b) regenerating the first adsorbent with a solvent while positioned within the first adsorbent vessel. | 49,212 |
9,070,932 | 1. A self-supporting carbon electrode comprising nanostructured carbon, wherein the nanostructured carbon has a length greater than 100 μm and less than 1,000 μm, wherein the self-supporting carbon positive electrode consists essentially of nanostructured carbon and the nanostructured carbon is oxygen-functionalized nanostructured carbon; and the self-supporting carbon positive electrode has a thickness of 10 μm or greater. | 22,554 |
9,380,437 | 1. A method for managing, by mobile communications user equipment, a packet service (PS) communication, the method comprising: receiving a request for a PS communication from a background task running in the mobile communications user equipment; determining that a circuit service (CS) call is in progress; in response to the determining, evaluating a plurality of air interface parameters relating to the in progress CS call and accessing a stored history of PS communication blocks by the mobile communications user equipment; and deciding whether to block the PS communication based at least in part on the evaluation and the stored history. | 47,303 |
9,273,238 | 1. A process for the preparation of a phenol formaldehyde polymer resin comprising the steps of: providing a fungal species selected from the group consisting of providing a lignin; mixing the fungal species and the lignin to produce a lignin/fungal species suspension; incubating the suspension; separating the suspension into a solid comprising the fungal species and a liquid comprising the lignin modified by the fungal species; and treating the liquid to produce a reactive solid for the phenol formaldehyde polymer resin. | 34,253 |
8,624,273 | 1. A circuit structure of a package carrier that carries a plurality of wire bonding light emitting diode (LED) chips, the circuit structure comprising: a plurality of chip pads arranged in an array of M columns and N rows to dispose the LED chips, M and N each being a positive integer greater than 1; for each of the chip pads: a first electrode, a second electrode, and a third electrode: | 42,729 |
8,974,738 | 1. A selective catalytic reduction system for use with a power system, the selective catalytic reduction system comprising: an exhaust system in fluid communication with the power system and directing exhaust gasses from the power system; an hydrocarbon selective catalytic reduction (HC-SCR) catalyst for hydrocarbon selective catalytic reduction disposed in the exhaust system, the HC-SCR catalyst including a catalytic material for reducing a portion of nitrogen oxides present in the exhaust gasses; a nitrogen-based reductant agent storage tank for storing a nitrogen-based reductant agent; and a nitrogen-based agent injector disposed in the exhaust system and in fluid communication with the nitrogen-based reductant agent storage tank to introduce the nitrogen-based reductant agent to the exhaust gasses. | 19,861 |
8,927,147 | 1. A negative electrode base member comprising: a support having a composite film formed from a composite film-forming material comprising an organic component and an inorganic component and formed on a portion of the support; and a metal film formed on the composite film and on another portion of the support; wherein the composite film is a patterned composite film having a predetermined shape formed by pattern exposure. | 46,220 |
9,219,171 | 1. A monolithically integrated solar cell and bypass switch structure, comprising: a semiconductor layer forming a solar cell region and a bypass switch region, said solar cell region and said bypass switch region partitioned by an electrical isolation trench, said semiconductor layer having a light receiving frontside and a backside opposite said frontside; a patterned first-level metal layer (M1) positioned on said semiconductor layer backside providing base and emitter metallization on said solar cell region and metallization on said bypass switch region; an electrically insulating backplane positioned on said patterned first-level metal layer (M1); said electrical isolation trench formed through said semiconductor layer to said electrically insulating backplane and electrically isolating said solar cell region and said bypass switch region; a patterned second-level metal layer (M2) positioned on said electrically insulating backplane; and a plurality of electrically conductive via plugs formed through said electrically insulating backplane connecting select portions of said patterned second-level metal layer (M2) to select portions of said patterned first-level metal layer (M1); said patterned first-level metal layer (M1), said patterned second-level metal layer (M2), and said plurality of electrically conductive via plugs designed to complete the electrical metallization and interconnections of said integrated solar cell and bypass switch structure. | 30,621 |
9,181,419 | 1. A toughened plastic comprising: a brittle plastic or a less brittle plastic; and a rubber mixture, wherein said brittle plastic has a chain entanglement density (Ve) of less than 0.15 mmol/ml and a chain characteristic ratio (C wherein said less brittle plastic is at least one selected from the group consisting of: polyvinyl chloride, polypropylene and polyformaldehyde, wherein said rubber mixture consists of a powdery rubber and at least one selected from the group consisting of: an unvulcanized rubber and a thermoplastic elastomer, wherein said powdery rubber has a cross-linked structure, a homogeneous structure, a gel content of 60% by weight or more, and an average particle size in a range of 0.02 μm to 0.50 μm, wherein a weight ratio of said rubber mixture to said brittle plastic or said less brittle plastic is from 1:99 to 30:70 and a proportion of said powdery rubber being from about 50% to 95% by weight, based on a total weight of said rubber mixture, wherein said powdery rubber is a fully vulcanized powdery rubber which is at least one selected from the group consisting of: fully vulcanized powdery natural rubber, fully vulcanized powdery styrene-butadiene rubber, fully vulcanized powdery carboxylated styrene-butadiene rubber, fully vulcanized powdery acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber, fully vulcanized powdery carboxylated acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber, fully vulcanized powdery polybutadiene rubber, fully vulcanized powdery chloroprene rubber, fully vulcanized powdery silicone rubber and fully vulcanized powdery acrylic rubber, and wherein said brittle plastic or said less brittle plastic is melt blended together with said rubber mixture. | 2,526 |
9,803,625 | 1. A device comprising at least one centrifugal vertical axis pump ( 3 ) and at least one associated centrifugal vertical axis turbine ( 4 ) for transporting, over a level difference, a heat-transfer fluid brought to a high temperature, the pump ( 3 ) ensuring an upward movement of said fluid in a first section of a pipe ( 17 ) from a first cold storage reservoir ( 2 ) and the turbine ( 4 ) being actuated by said fluid during the downward return movement of said fluid in a second section of the pipe ( 17 ) toward a second hot storage reservoir ( 5 ), wherein the device further comprises a mechanical device for coupling the turbine ( 4 ) with the pump ( 3 ), said mechanical coupling device comprising a gearbox ( 21 ) with a gimbal coupling ( 41 ) located on the turbine ( 4 ) side, allowing the mechanical energy produced by the turbine ( 4 ) to be reused to actuate the pump ( 3 ), and wherein the centrifugal turbine ( 4 ) is a device substantially identical to the centrifugal pump ( 3 ) and has a vertical axis parallel to and of the same orientation as the centrifugal pump ( 3 ), but operated for having fluid flowing in the opposite direction. | 265 |
9,381,968 | 1. A scooter, comprising: a footboard having a front portion and a rear portion, the rear portion having a rear wheel attached thereto; a front wheel axle, wherein each end of the front wheel axle is operatively connected to a front wheel support through a front wheel elastic member, wherein each of the front wheel supports holds a front wheel; a holding column that is operatively connected to the front wheel axle, and is pivotable to pivot the front wheel axle about a steering axis; and a front wheel axle biasing device that is separate from the elastic member and that is positioned to bias the front wheel axle towards a position in which the front wheel axle is perpendicular to the footboard, wherein the front wheel axle biasing device is a monolithic member. | 4,806 |
9,321,339 | 1. A vehicle with a hydraulic drive system comprising: a common high-pressure rail with a high-pressure accumulator, a common low-pressure rail with a low-pressure accumulator, an internal combustion engine driving a pump connected to the common high-pressure rail and the common low-pressure rail, at least one motor/pump unit is provided for at least one wheel, and at least one hydraulic transformer with 4-quadrant operation that connects to the common high-pressure rail and to the at least one motor/pump unit via a first motor line and a second motor line; wherein the at least one hydraulic transformer comprises a forward propulsion valve connecting the common low-pressure rail to the first motor line and a reverse propulsion valve connecting the common low-pressure rail to the second motor line, wherein each propulsion valve comprises a spring to hold the valve in a first position, wherein the valve acts as a check valve blocking the flow to the common low-pressure rail, and an actuator that can switch the propulsion valve to a second position, wherein the valve connects the common low-pressure rail to the first or second motor lines. | 38,749 |
8,682,623 | 1. A computer program product for enabling a computer to predict power interruptions, comprising: software instructions for enabling the computer to perform predetermined operations; and a computer readable medium bearing the software instructions; the predetermined operations including: wherein the computer predict power interruptions. | 39,014 |
8,815,071 | 1. A device that facilitates detection of particles, comprising: a particle manipulation component that employs at least one electrokinetic technique to arrange a plurality of particles into a defined spatial pattern; a particle detector component that generates a light beam that is applied to at least a portion of the defined spatial pattern, wherein the defined spatial pattern interacts with the light beam such that the interaction is detectable to facilitate detection of the plurality of particles; at least one fluidic trench that contains the plurality of particles in a buffer solution; and a plurality of electrodes formed on an active silicon layer of an integrated circuit chip, wherein the integrated circuit chip is oriented so that a substrate of the integrated circuit chip is face up and a metal layer is face down, and wherein at least a portion of the substrate is removed to place the plurality of electrodes in close proximity to the at least one fluidic trench, which is positioned over the plurality of electrodes. | 18,787 |
9,119,815 | 1. A combined measles-malaria immunogenic composition comprising a recombinant measles vaccine virus which expresses MSP1 malaria antigens and measles antigens capable of eliciting immune response against measles and malaria wherein the nucleotide sequence of MSP1 malaria antigen is selected from SEQ ID NO:7 and SEQ ID NO:8. | 26,884 |
9,148,700 | 1. A method comprising: associating at least one permission indicator with a particular sequence of instructions, a first of the at least one permission indicators indicative of whether a protected activity is allowed to be performed by a sequence of instructions, the particular sequence of instructions including an instruction, which when executed causes the protected activity to be performed; preparing a feed containing the at least one permission indicator and the particular sequence of instructions; determining whether a remote device is accepting feed permissions via feeds, the feed permissions being specified for the respective feeds via which the feed permissions are communicated; and responsive to a determination that the remote device is accepting the feed permissions via the feeds, communicating the at least one permission indicator and the particular sequence of instructions in the prepared feed to the remote device, which enables the remote device to: | 30,582 |
8,657,297 | 1. An air-riding seal system comprising: (a) a primary seal assembly movable between a seal runner extending from a rotatable shaft and a housing structure, said primary seal assembly including: (b) a secondary seal ring disposed between and contacting said primary seal assembly and said housing structure so as to form a bore seal and a face seal therewith; and (c) a structure along said surface which increases stiffness of a thin film between said surface and said sealing surface, said structure having a plurality of radial dams disposed along said surface in an outward radial arrangement with respect to said circumferential dam. | 26,910 |
9,199,733 | 1. A rotor for use with a motor with a shaft configured to drive the rotor in either of two opposite directions of rotation, comprising: one or more blades, each blade having a longitudinal blade axis; an inversion mechanism configured to rotate each of the one or more blades around the longitudinal blade axis between a first position oriented for efficient thrust in a first direction parallel to the two directions of motor rotation, and a second position oriented for efficient thrust in a second direction parallel to the two directions of rotation of the motor, the first and second directions of thrust being in opposite directions. | 2,574 |
8,897,886 | 1. Apparatus for electrotherapeutic treatment of a human body, which has a unit for producing a therapy current that flows through the body and electrodes that are connected to the unit and that can be laid against the body for conducting the therapy current, wherein the unit comprises two oscillators having frequencies f a mixer device for superimposition of the oscillator signals, wherein for improving the skin tolerance of the treatment and for stimulating regions that lie deep in the body the unit for generating the therapy current comprises at least two further oscillators having frequencies f the mixer device is provided for superimposition of the signals of all the oscillators having the frequencies f | 8,673 |
8,658,356 | 1. A method of selecting a double stranded nucleic acid possessing increased potency in reducing expression of a target gene in a mammalian expression system, said method comprising: (a) transfecting a first mammalian cell with a first double stranded nucleic acid at a transfecting concentration of 50 nanomolar or less, wherein said first double stranded nucleic acid comprises first and second oligonucleotide strands, each strand comprising ribonucleotides and having a 5′ terminus and a 3′ terminus, wherein said first strand has a length which is at least 25 and at most 30 nucleotides, and wherein said second oligonucleotide strand of said first double stranded nucleic acid has a length which is at least 25 and at most 30 nucleotides and comprises a sequence complementary to a target mRNA of a target gene and said first double stranded nucleic acid reduces target gene expression when introduced into said first mammalian cell; (b) determining the amount of reduction in expression of a target gene in said first mammalian cell relative to a control transfection; (c) transfecting a second mammalian cell with a second double stranded nucleic acid at said transfecting concentration of 50 nanomolar or less, wherein said second double stranded nucleic acid comprises first and second oligonucleotide strands, each strand comprises ribonucleotides, has a 5′ terminus and a 3′ terminus, consists of 21-23 nucleotides, and wherein said second oliqonucleotide strand of said second double stranded nucleic acid comprises said sequence complementary to said target mRNA; (d) determining the amount of reduction in expression of a target gene in said second mammalian cell relative to a control transfection; (e) comparing said reduction in target gene expression of said step (b) to the reduction in said target gene expression of step (d), whereby said comparing of said step (e) identifies at least a 10% greater reduction in said target gene expression by said first double stranded nucleic acid, as determined in step (b), relative to said second double stranded nucleic acid, as determined in step (d), thereby permitting selection of said first double stranded nucleic acid as a double stranded nucleic acid possessing increased potency. | 8,589 |
9,413,483 | 1. A method of communicating using an optical line terminal (OLT), the method comprising: acquiring encapsulated data by a digital subscriber line (DSL) physical media specific transmission convergence (PMS-TC) sublayer from a transmission protocol specific transmission convergence (TPS-TC) sublayer; and framing the encapsulated data into a frame by the PMS-TC sublayer for transmission to a corresponding PMS-TC sublayer in a customer premises equipment (CPE); mapping, by a Gigabit Passive Optical Network (GPON) transmission convergence framing sublayer, the frame from the PMS-TC sublayer to GPON encapsulation method (GEM) frames for transmission over a passive optical network (PON) link; encoding, prior to mapping the frame from the PMS-TC sublayer to GEM frames, the frame using DSL forward error correction to generate an encoded frame; interleaving the encoded frame to generate an interleaved encoded frame; and performing constellation mapping on the interleaved encoded frame to generate a constellation frame. | 23,786 |
9,689,083 | 1. A method of evaluating whether additives in an electroplating bath of interest meet an electroplating specification, the method comprising: performing a first experiment by: performing a second experiment by: determining, based on two or more parameters selected from the group consisting of the first potential trace output, the second potential trace output, the current trace output, and calibration data, whether the additives in the electroplating bath of interest meet the electroplating specification. | 28,586 |
9,231,163 | 1. A semiconductor light emitting apparatus comprising: a first semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type; a light emitting layer formed on the first semiconductor layer; a second semiconductor layer of a second conductivity type opposite to the first conductivity type, the second semiconductor layer being formed on the light emitting layer and having an upper surface; a recess formed from the upper surface of the second semiconductor layer, said recess penetrating through the second semiconductor layer and the light emitting layer and exposing the first semiconductor layer at a bottom of the recess; a first electrode electrically connected to the first semiconductor layer at the bottom of the recess and extending upward to extend above the upper surface of the second semiconductor layer; a second electrode electrically connected to the upper surface of the second semiconductor layer and having an opening which surrounds the recess in plan view and through which the first electrode extends from an inside of the recess to above the upper surface of the second semiconductor layer; and an insulating layer disposed between the first and second electrodes above the upper surface of the second semiconductor layer; wherein the second electrode comprises a reflective electrode that reflects light incident from the light emitting layer side, wherein the first electrode includes a reflective electrode layer formed covering the opening in plan view that reflects light incident from the light emitting layer side, wherein the reflective electrode layer of the first electrode has a peripheral portion overlapping a peripheral portion of the second electrode defining the opening in plan view, wherein the first electrode further includes a light absorbing electrode layer formed on the reflective electrode layer of the first electrode and having a lower reflectance against incident light from the light emitting layer side than the reflective electrode layer of the first electrode, and wherein the light absorbing electrode layer is formed to spread to a more outer area than the peripheral portion of the reflective electrode layer in plan view. | 48,197 |
9,769,903 | 1. A lighting control system, comprising: a router installed with a Zigbee gateway, and at least one set of lighting devices; each of the lighting devices comprises a Zigbee control module, a power supply module connected to the Zigbee control module, and a lamp connected to the power supply module; the Zigbee gateway communicates signals with the Zigbee control module through the Zigbee protocol; the Zigbee gateway converts a wireless signal received by the router for controlling the operation of the lamp into a digital signal of the Zigbee protocol, and transmits the digital signal to the Zigbee control module; and the Zigbee control module converts the digital signal transmitted by the Zigbee gateway into a control signal required to adjust the lamp, and the control signal controls an electric signal output to the lamp by the power supply module to control the operation of the lamp, wherein the system further comprises a terminal; and the terminal transmits the wireless signal for adjusting the operation of the lamp to the router through wireless network, and wherein the terminal comprises a selection module, a light configuration module connected to the selection module, a light effect storage module connected to the light configuration module, an invoking module connected to the selection module and the light effect storage module, and a transmitting module connected to the invoking module; the selection module is used for a user to configure a required scenario mode or invoke a scenario mode stored by the light effect storage module; the light configuration module configures a scenario mode according to the user's input signal and stores the configured scenario mode into the light effect storage module; the invoking module invokes a scenario mode stored by the light effect storage module according to an instruction of the selection module and transmits the invoked scenario mode to the transmitting module; and the transmitting module generates a wireless signal corresponding to the received scenario mode, and transmits the wireless signal to the router. | 12,364 |
9,328,533 | 1. A door lock management control system comprising: a near field communication device including a memory, with a door access APP installed in the near field communication device, with the door access APP obtaining an access identification number, and with the access identification number stored in the memory of the near field communication device; a key tag including a memory, with a first management identification number stored in the memory of the key tag; and a door controller including a reading module and a control module electrically connected to the reading module, with the door controller further including an authorization button and an authorization cancellation button, with the control module including a memory for storing at least one authorized management identification number, with the control module configured to drive the reading module to read the key tag and the near field communication device to obtain the first management identification number of the key tag and the access identification number of the near field communication device, with the door controller configured to grant door lock management authority to the key tag by storing the first management identification number into the memory of the control module, and with the door controller adapted to be electrically connected to a door lock mounted on a door and adapted to be operated to unlock the door lock; wherein when the near field communication device executes the door access APP, the control module is permitted to obtain the access identification number of the near field communication device through the reading module when the near field communication device is within a communication range of the reading module, wherein when the near field communication device does not execute the door access APP, the control module is not permitted to obtain the access identification number through the reading module even if the near field communication device is within the communication range of the reading module, wherein operation of the authorization button and the authorization cancellation button is permitted when the control module identifies that the first management identification number in the key tag is identical to one of the at least one authorized management identification number in the control module, wherein operation of the authorization button and the authorization cancellation button is not permitted when the control module identifies that the first management identification number in the key tag is not identical to any one of the at least one authorized management identification number in the control module, wherein if the authorization button is operated, the control module obtains the access identification number of the near field communication device through the reading module and stores the access identification number of the near field communication device in the memory of the control module when the near field communication device is within the communication range of the reading module, and the control module adds the access identification number into an access list in the control module and sets the access identification number as an authorized access identification number in the access list to grant door access authority to the near field communication device, wherein if the cancellation button is operated, the access identification number of the near field communication device is obtained by the control module when the near field communication device is within the communication range of the reading module, the control module compares the access identification number of the near field communication device with the access list, the control module deletes the access identification number of the near field communication device from the access list or cancelling the door access authority of the access identification number of the near field communication device, such that unlocking of the door lock by the near field communication device is not permitted, and wherein when neither the authorization button nor the authorization cancellation button is operated and when the near field communication device is within the communication range of the reading module, the control module compares the access identification number of the near field communication device with the access list, and the door lock is unlocked if the access identification number of the near field communication device is identified to be identical to one of at least one authorized access identification number in the access list, and the door lock is not unlocked if the access identification number of the near field communication device is identified to be not identical to any one of the at least one authorized access identification number in the access list. | 41,125 |
8,542,504 | 1. A control circuit, comprising; a measurement controller that measures an inter-end voltage of a capacitor; and a circuit controller that performs a control operation from a measurement output of the measurement controller, wherein: the measurement controller includes a differential amplifier circuit that differentially amplifies the inter-end voltage of the capacitor, the circuit controller calibrates an in-phase component in an output of the differential amplifier circuit as an in-phase error, performs the control operation from a calibrated measurement output from the differential amplifier circuit, and performs a calibration by cancelling the in-phase error by an in-phase error correction amount. | 3,634 |
8,456,054 | 1. An interphase insulative structure for a motor, the motor including: an annular stator core having a first end and a second end in an axial direction; a plurality of teeth arranged along an inner circumference of the stator core, with slots being formed between adjacent ones of the teeth in the circumferential direction; and first, second, and third phase windings that are extended through the slots and wave wound to the stator core, each of the phase windings having a plurality of coil end conductive portions, which project outward from the slots at each of the first and second ends of the stator core, and a plurality of slot conductive portions, which are arranged in the slots, with the coil end conductive portions and the slot conductive portions being alternately arranged and connected to one another, and the coil end conductive portions for each phase forming a coil end at each of the first and second ends of the stator core; the interphase insulative structure comprising: an annular sheet-shaped first interphase insulator arranged at each of the first end and second end of the stator core between the coil ends of the first phase winding and the coil ends of the second phase winding to insulate the coil ends of the first phase winding and the coil ends of the second phase winding from each other; and an annular sheet-shaped second interphase insulator arranged at each of the first end and second end of the stator core between the coil ends of the second phase winding and the coil ends of the third phase winding to insulate the coil ends of the second phase winding and the coil ends of the third phase winding from each other; wherein the first interphase insulator and the second interphase insulator are coupled to each other between adjacent ones of the coil end conductive portions of the second phase winding at least at the second end of the stator core. | 47,068 |
8,582,477 | 1. A mobile station for transmitting uplink user data, comprising: a transmission rate control section configured to increase a transmission rate of the uplink user data for a target HARQ process in accordance with a relative rate control channel for instructing to increase the transmission rate of the uplink user data, triggered by an affirmative transmission acknowledgement signal received from a radio base station via a transmission acknowledgement signal transmitting channel after the reception of the relative rate control channel, the transmission acknowledgement signal transmitting channel being different from the relative rate control channel, and the target HARQ process being a HARQ process in which an acknowledgment signal and a relative rate control signal are received. | 18,563 |
8,560,134 | 1. A computer-implemented method for load recognition from a monitored signal and application to energy management service, comprising the steps of: extracting, by a feature extraction algorithm processor, features from a set of power data using a feature extraction algorithm to obtain a plurality of events, wherein the set of power data reflects power consumed by one or more loads; initializing, by an initializing processor, a load library repository with initial load instance data, the initial load instance data comprising: initial estimates of state probabilities and state transition probabilities that represent a plurality of loads; performing a load recognition algorithm, by a load recognition algorithm processor, said load recognition algorithm comprising the steps of: for an event x from said plurality of events: assigning, by an assigning processor, said event x and particular subsequent events to a particular load, wherein the assigning is based on said particular load giving a best posterior probability from a best posterior probability algorithm performed on said plurality of events, and wherein said assigning is performed after performing a search and classification algorithm on said plurality of events; and adding, by an adding processor, load instance data associated with said particular load to said load library repository and continuing the adding load instance data for a next available event from said plurality of events; and updating based on said adding of load instance data, by an updating processor, said load library repository with new state probabilities and state transition probabilities, repeating said load recognition algorithm using the updated load library repository until a particular criterion is met; and using, by an energy management service processor, said added load instance data in providing energy consuming feedback and usage analysis to be used for energy management service; wherein said updated load library repository is used in a continuous mode on a continuous stream of power data from the plurality of loads and wherein when said added load instance data is added, combining said added load instance data with said initial load instance data to compute said new state probabilities and state transition probabilities from said combination; said continuous mode further comprising the steps of: extracting in real time, by said feature extraction algorithm, features from a window of said stream of power data for eligible events of said plurality of events in said window, performing a roughly estimated assignment to the particular load based on a state and state transition probability of each eligible event only; if there are not enough subsequent events for each roughly assigned event from said window and past windows of power data, then return to said extracting in real time step, otherwise: performing load recognition, by said load recognition algorithm, to a roughly assigned event with enough subsequent events based on a highest posterior probability search and classification and creating load instance recognition data; marking, by a marking processor, said roughly assigned event with said enough subsequent events as used; adding, by said adding processor, said load instance recognition data to said load library repository; updating based on the added load instance recognition, by said updating processor, state and state transition probability estimates for said particular load data; and with the arrival of a new window of power data, repeating said steps beginning from said step of extracting in real time features from said window of stream of power data; wherein said plurality of loads comprise a plurality of appliances. | 10,969 |
9,574,988 | 1. A sensor for measuring particles in a contaminated media, the sensor comprising: a capillary tube for conducting and measuring a medium; an optically transparent measurement cell having a shaft, through said measurement cell said capillary tube passes, said measurement cell being cylindrically shaped and said capillary tube extending coaxially; an optical lens system having a light source and at least one optical detector, said optical lens system having an optical axis aligned perpendicular to said capillary tube; said measurement cell having a center area defining an inspection space, on said inspection space said optical lens system with said light source and said at least one optical detector is focused; and two differential coils disposed coaxial to said capillary tube and on said shaft of said measurement cell, said two differential coils generating and detecting a coaxial magnetic alternating field form a magnetic detector, said differential coils being actuated such that a magnetic alternating field in said inspection space is canceled. | 14,403 |
8,663,492 | 1. A method of forming an electrolyte solution comprising: combining ammonium tetrafluoroborate and tetraethyl ammonium bromide as reactants to form a suspension in a liquid solvent; reacting the ammonium tetrafluoroborate and the tetraethyl ammonium bromide to form tetraethyl ammonium tetrafluoroborate and ammonium bromide; and removing the ammonium bromide from the solvent to form an electrolyte solution, wherein the amount of at least one of the reactants is greater than that reactant's solubility in the solvent. | 32,866 |
9,531,168 | 1. An electrical enclosure, comprising: a shell configured to house electrical components within one or more interior compartments of the shell, the shell comprising opposing side panels, a rear panel coupled to the opposing side panels, and a top panel coupled to and disposed orthogonal to the opposing side panels and the rear panel, wherein the top panel comprises one or more apertures; at least one door for accessing the interior compartments; a pressure relief plate coupled to the top panel or integral with the top panel and comprising one or more flaps disposed over the one or more apertures and connected to the pressure relief plate by a perforated edge that enables the flaps to open to allow gases to escape from the shell; and a corner baffle disposed inside the shell and coupled to a side panel of the opposing side panels, wherein the corner baffle comprises a first section that extends along the side panel and a second section that extends along the rear panel such that the corner baffle extends across a corner formed by the side panel and the rear panel; and wherein the first and second sections of the corner baffle extend vertically and axially toward the top panel along the corner formed by the side panel and the rear panel. | 7,845 |
8,997,460 | 1. An engine exhaust system mixing device, comprising: a circular disc of fins, each fin having a radial straight edge, a radial curved edge, and a smooth surface with continuous curvature between the edges, the straight edge positioned adjacent to a curved edge of a first neighboring fin at each of two intersecting endpoints, the curved edge positioned adjacent to a straight edge of a second neighboring fin at each of two intersecting endpoints and an intersection of a straight edge and a curved edge of neighboring fins creates a first opening protruding in a flow direction and a second opening protruding in a direction opposite to the flow direction. | 48,231 |
9,634,521 | 1. A power control apparatus for supplying power from an external power source or power from private power supply equipment to a plurality of electrical appliances, the power control apparatus comprising: a power failure detection device for detecting an interruption of power supply from the external power source and for measuring a power supply interruption duration; a storage device for storing power supply information regarding power supply from the private power supply equipment to each electrical appliance of the plurality of electrical appliances; and a power supply control device for controlling the power supply from the private power supply equipment to selected electrical appliances of the plurality of electrical appliances based on the power supply information stored in the storage device for each electrical appliance when the power supply interruption duration measured by the power failure detection device is in excess of a predetermined time period, wherein the selected electrical appliances are dynamically selected based on comparison of a predetermined ratio threshold indicated by the power supply information for each electrical appliance and a measured ratio of power consumption values of the plurality of electrical appliances and an amount of available power supply from the private power supply equipment. | 49,821 |
8,758,481 | 1. A dehumidifier for photovoltaic modules, which maintains a humidity level inside a series of photovoltaic concentration modules below allowable limits, wherein the dehumidifier comprises a common pneumatic circuit that connects all the photovoltaic modules to each other, and which is connected to a drying system through a common inlet; the drying system having a circuit comprising a filter, inside of which is a moisture absorbing material and a self-adjusted resistance, as well as a solenoid valve, a flow switch, a non-return valve, a pressure switch and a timer relay; wherein the dehumidifier also has an auxiliary inlet. | 30,420 |
9,258,131 | 1. A method of controlling operations of a participating controlled device in a network that includes a control device and at least one participating controlled device, the method comprising: receiving operation limiting information from the participating controlled device from among the at least one participating controlled device, the operation limiting information comprising a plurality of combinations of allowed operations from among operations that the participating controlled device is capable of performing, a plurality of amounts of power consumption to perform the plurality of combinations of allowed operations, a plurality of minimum operating times to perform the plurality of combinations of allowed operations, and a plurality of power consumption levels that represent relative amounts of power consumption of the plurality of combinations of allowed operations respectively; setting a power consumption level corresponding to the participating controlled device, from among the plurality of power consumption levels, based on information regarding time-based price and the operation limiting information; and controlling the operations of the participating controlled device based on the set power consumption level. | 9,576 |
9,211,886 | 1. A drive control device for a hybrid vehicle provided with: a differential device which includes a first differential mechanism and a second differential mechanism and which has four rotary elements; and an engine, a first electric motor, a second electric motor and an output rotary member which are respectively connected to said four rotary elements, and wherein one of said four rotary elements is constituted by a rotary component of said first differential mechanism and a rotary component of said second differential mechanism which are selectively connected to each other through a clutch, and one of the rotary components of said first and second differential mechanisms which are selectively connected to each other through said clutch is selectively fixed to a stationary member through a brake, the drive control device comprising: an electric motor operation control portion configured to control said first and second electric motors to generate reaction torques in a drive mode of the hybrid vehicle in which said engine is operated in an engaged state of said clutch and in a released state of said brake; and a torque assignment ratio control portion configured to control a ratio of the reaction torques to be generated by said first and second electric motors, without a change of a drive force for driving the hybrid vehicle. | 24,369 |
9,487,716 | 1. A controlled method for producing biofuel and lipids from algae, said method comprising: (i) providing upwelled water in a body of water by using an open-cycle ocean thermal energy conversion (OTEC) system; (ii) culturing algae in the upwelled water; (iii) feeding the algae to adult planktivorous fish, wherein the algae are suitable as food for the adult planktivorous fish; (iv) extracting lipids from the adult planktivorous fish; and (v) polishing the lipids to make biofuel or other useful products; and wherein the open cycle OTEC system comprises a cold water pipe that is varied by depth and horizontal position to access a particular nutrient profile comprising a plurality of nutrients for the algae. | 3,090 |
8,729,880 | 1. A regulator circuit comprising: an input for receiving an input voltage; an output stage, configured to switch between said input voltage and a reference voltage to generate an output voltage, in dependence on a modulated signal; a controller, configured to receive an error signal on a control input and to provide said modulated signal to said output stage; and an error amplifier, for providing said error signal to said controller in dependence on said output voltage; characterised by: presetting circuitry, configured to, when said error amplifier is inactive, estimate said error signal in dependence on at least said input voltage, and to preset said control input with said estimated error signal wherein said presetting circuitry is configured to estimate said error signal independently of any on-chip resistance associated with said presetting circuitry. | 12,426 |
8,556,226 | 1. A valve provided with a cylindrical device for enhancing the capability of a closure member of the valve and related seat ring for resisting erosion by the fluid with solid particles of grains, powders, crystals, polymers or liquid drops when it is used in applications for on-off or regulation, comprising: a. a body housing, said body housing having an upstream passageway and a downstream passageway which have respectively flanges on their external ends for connecting with pipelines, and an inner chamber therebetween adapted to dispose a valve closure member, an opening passing through said body housing and being perpendicular to an axis of said upstream and downstream passageways for receiving a valve stem, a pair of annular recesses composed of a radial shoulder and an interior circumferential surface surrounding said passageways adjacent to the inner chamber for accommodating two seat rings respectively; b. a closure member, said closure member being disposed in said inner chamber, and rotating about or reciprocating along an axis of said stem relative to said body housing for shutting off or throttling the said fluid flowing through said passageways; c. a pair of seat rings, said seat rings positioned within said annular recesses in the passageways of said body housing, and clamped by said body housing and said closure member respectively, each of said seat rings having one radial end face engaged with the exterior surface of said closure member for shutting off said fluid flowing in said body housing together with said closure member when the valve is closed, and the opposite radial end face abutted on the shoulder in said annular recesses; and the bore of said seat rings surrounding the passageways respectively; d. wherein the exterior surface of said cylindrical device is held in an interior circumferential surface of the upstream passageway of said valve housing; and e. wherein said cylindrical device comprises of at least one baffle plate arranged respectively in one or more planes formed from either said axis, or straight lines parallel to said axis, of said upstream passageway and a straight line simultaneously perpendicular to said axis of said upstream passageway, or at least one straight line parallel to said axis of said upstream passageway and a straight line in a moving direction of said closure member; wherein the at least one baffle plate in said cylindrical device divides the upstream passageway of said valve into two or more channels whose cross sections form up into at least one single file in a moving direction of said closure member to permit said fluid to flow through, so that the fluid flowing into said upstream passageway towards said closure member is split into two or more streams flowing in said channels, and the upstream surface of said closure member respectively opens or closes each channel in every single file in sequence while it is rotating or reciprocating in said valve; wherein two opposing sides of said at least one baffle plate are parallel to said axis of said upstream passageway, and each comprise cylindrical surface contours that are firmly attached to opposite faces of the circumferential surface of said upstream passageway. | 5,684 |
9,100,910 | 1. A method, comprising: detecting an incoming frame at a receive unit operating in a receive frame state; determining that the incoming frame is not intended for the receive unit; calculating expected power savings for entering an ignore state based, at least in part, on a switching time and frame duration of the incoming frame; and determining to remain in the receive frame state rather than the ignore frame state when the expected power savings for entering the ignore state is insufficient, wherein in the receive frame state the incoming frame is received by the receive unit, and wherein when the receive unit is in the ignore frame state the incoming frame is (i) not received or (ii) not decoded by the receive unit. | 9,197 |
8,636,834 | 1. A hydrogen storage tank, comprising a hydrogen inlet and a hydrogen outlet in fluid communication with at least one solid body capable of the exothermic absorption and endothermic desorption of hydrogen, characterized in that said at least one solid body is formed from a compacted material comprising light metal hydride and a heat conducting matrix, and in that said at least one solid body is in a heat transfer relation with at least one heat recovery material, free of any salt or molten salt compound, and capable of absorbing the heat generated by the absorption of the hydrogen, and of restoring said absorbed heat to supply heat for the desorption of the hydrogen. | 44,923 |
9,249,624 | 1. A battery-powered motorized window treatment configured to be mounted to a surface for covering at least a portion of a window, the motorized window treatment comprising: a headrail arranged to be disposed near the top of the opening; a covering material arranged to extend from the headrail; at least one mounting bracket configured to couple the headrail to the surface; and a motor drive unit configured to control the covering material between a fully-opened position and a fully-closed position when the head rail is in a first position; wherein the headrail includes a compartment for receiving at least one battery for powering the motor drive unit, the mounting bracket configured such that the headrail is adjustable with respect to the mounting bracket from the first position into a second position in which unobstructed access is provided to the at least one battery, the mounting bracket configured to remain coupled to the surface and the headrail configured to remain coupled to the mounting bracket when the headrail is in the second position, the mounting bracket configured such that the headrail rests in the second position after the headrail is adjusted from the first position to the second position. | 44,429 |
9,110,230 | 1. An article comprising: an inorganic oxide substrate having opposing major surfaces; and an optical film structure disposed on a first major surface of the inorganic oxide substrate, wherein the optical film structure exhibits a scratch resistance, and wherein the article exhibits an average transmittance of 85% or more, over the visible spectrum, wherein optical film structure comprises a hardness of about 16 GPa or greater as measured by a diamond Berkovitch indenter test, wherein the article exhibits one or more of: a color transmittance in the (L, a*, b*) colorimetry system having transmittance color coordinates when viewed at normal incidence, such that the distance between the transmittance color coordinates and a reference point is less than about 2, and a color reflectance in the (L, a*, b*) colorimetry system having reflectance color coordinates when viewed at normal incidence, such that the distance between the reflectance color coordinates and a reference point is less than about 2, and wherein the reference point comprises at least one of the color coordinates (a*=0, b*=0) and the color coordinates of the substrate, and wherein, when the reference point is the color coordinates of the substrate, the distance equals √((a* wherein, when the reference point is the color coordinates (a*=0, b*=0), the distance equals √((a* | 35,028 |
9,104,216 | 1. A mixed mode compensation circuit for a power converter, comprising: a digital signal generator generating a digital signal according to a reference value and a feedback signal which is related to an output voltage of the power converter; a digital-to-analog converter connected to the digital signal generator, converting the digital signal into a first analog signal; an offset injector connected to the digital-to-analog converter, providing a variable offset value determined by a difference between the feedback signal and the reference value to offset the first analog signal to generate a second analog signal; and a low-pass filter connected to the offset injector, configured to filter out high-frequency components of the second analog signal to generate a third analog signal for the power converter to stabilize the output voltage. | 8,655 |
9,554,993 | 1. An inhaleable powder composition comprising a plurality of particulate microstructures, the particulate microstructures comprising: (a) a structural matrix comprising phospholipid, wherein the particulate microstructures comprise greater than 10% phospholipid; (b) an active agent, wherein the particulate microstructures comprise greater than 50% active agent and wherein the active agent comprises an antibiotic; (c) residual amounts of a blowing agent, wherein the blowing agent comprises a fluorinated compound having a boiling point greater than 80° C., and wherein the residual amounts are 5% w/w or less; and (d) a mean aerodynamic diameter of less than 5 microns and a mean geometric diameter of less than 5 microns. | 19,014 |
9,212,759 | 1. A valve comprising: a housing that has a first media opening and encloses a pressure space, and a valve element actuated by at least one wire-shaped SMA element arranged in the pressure space that in a first position closes the first media opening and in a second position opens the first media opening, wherein the valve housing is formed by a housing shell open on one side and a circuit board closing it to which the SMA element is electrically connected, a second media opening controlled by the valve element being present in the circuit board, wherein the valve element when in the first position closes the first media opening and releases the second media opening, and when in the second position releases the first media opening and closes the second media opening. | 13,914 |
9,210,896 | 1. A plant of soybean cultivar 39162602, representative seed of said soybean cultivar having been deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-121299. | 25,080 |
9,169,186 | 1. A system for continuously producing polyoxymethylene dimethyl ethers, comprising: a polymerization reaction unit, comprising a polymerization reactor, an extraction column, and a rectification column, wherein a polymerization reaction takes place in the presence of a first acid ionic liquid as a catalyst by using formaldehyde as a reaction material in the polymerization reactor, a gas generated in the polymerization reactor enters the extraction column after condensation, followed by extraction by an extractant, and trioxymethylene is obtained through the rectification in the rectification column; an acetalation unit, comprising a single or multi-stage reactor and a gas phase condenser, wherein in the single or multi-stage reactor, the trioxymethylene obtained in the polymerization reaction unit is subjected to an acetalation reaction with methanol in the presence of a second acid ionic liquid catalyst resulting in crude polyoxymethylene dimethyl ethers (DMM a product separation unit, comprising an extraction column and a single or multi-stage rectification column connected to each other in series; wherein the crude DMM a catalyst regeneration unit, comprising a film separator, wherein the catalyst regeneration unit receives the heavy phase separated from the product separation unit, and the second acid ionic liquid catalyst in the heavy phase is recycled to the acetalation reaction unit after dehydration in the catalyst regeneration unit. | 39,242 |
9,769,912 | 1. A method of acquiring image data with an imaging system, comprising: positioning a movable single x-ray source tube in a housing, wherein the housing is connected to a mobile cart operable to move the housing from a first operating room to a second operating room; powering the single x-ray source tube with a first power source having a first power characteristic to emit x-rays at a first selected position relative to the patient; powering the single x-ray source tube with a second power source having a second power characteristic different from the first power characteristic to emit x-rays relative to the first selected position relative to the patient; gating the powering of the single x-ray source tube with the first power source and the second power source to acquire a plurality of two-dimensional projection image data of the first selected position at both the first power characteristic and the second power characteristic during a first image data acquisition phase at a first time period, wherein gating includes powering the single x-ray source tube to emit x-rays and not powering the single x-ray source tube to not emit x-rays; indexing the plurality of two-dimensional projection image data to determine a time when each two-dimensional projection image data was acquired; and operating a processor to execute instructions to reconstruct a first three-dimensional model of a first portion of the patient and a second three-dimensional model of a second portion of the patient based on the acquired plurality of two-dimensional projection image data acquired during the first image data acquisition phase at the first time; wherein at least one of the first or the second three-dimensional model includes dynamic contrast reconstruction based upon a x-ray attenuation difference in a first tissue and a second tissue based on the two-dimensional image data that is acquired at the first selected position by powering the single x-ray source tube at both the first power characteristic and the second power characteristic; wherein the first image data acquisition phase at a first time period is configured to generate sufficient image data for operating the processor to execute instructions to reconstruct the first three-dimensional model of the first portion of the patient and the second three-dimensional model of the second portion of the patient; wherein operating the processor to execute instructions further includes altering a theoretical formed model of the patient, wherein the theoretical model is associated with theoretical two-dimensional image data projections that are used to construct the theoretical model based on a priori knowledge of at least one of a configuration of (i) the first portion of the patient and a second portion of the patient, wherein the first portion includes an arterial portion and the second portion includes a venous portion; wherein the first power characteristic is selected to be at least one of a first voltage of about 40 kV to about 180 kV and a first amperage of about 10 mA to about 500 mA; wherein the second power characteristic is selected to be at least one of a second voltage that is about 40 kV to about 60 kV different than the first voltage and a second amperage that is about 20 mA to about 150 mA different than the first amperage. | 49,391 |
8,682,167 | 1. An optical apparatus, comprising: a first optical amplifier subjected to automatic level control for adjusting an output value of an optical signal to a constant level; an optical signal processor receiving an optical signal from the first optical amplifier and configured to process the optical signal; a second optical amplifier receiving an optical signal from the optical signal processor and subjected to automatic gain control for adjusting a gain constant; and a controller configured to detect a level of the optical signal at an output of the second optical amplifier, wherein the controller is configured to adjust a level of an output value of the first optical amplifier such that the level of the optical signal at the output of the second optical amplifier is held at an optimum value if the detected level of the optical signal differs from the optimum value, and thereby compensate for a loss caused in the optical signal processor and maintain the level of the optical signal at the output of the second optical amplifier at the optimum value, wherein the optical signal is a WDM light signal, the optical signal processor comprises a wavelength selection switch for causing an optical signal to pass through, to be dropped, or to be added per wavelength, a difference between a level of the optical signal added by the wavelength selection switch and the level of the optical signal having passed through the wavelength selection switch is detected and fed back to the first optical amplifier, and the controller adjusts the level of the optical signal having passed through the wavelength selection switch based on the difference such that a level of the optical signal added by the wavelength selection switch is set equal to the level of the optical signal having passed through the wavelength selection switch using the automatic level control. | 21,932 |
8,968,148 | 1. A planetary gear reducer comprising: a sun gear fixed concentrically to a power input shaft; a ring gear provided along an outer periphery of the sun gear; a plurality of planet gears meshing with the sun gear and the ring gear; a plurality of planet shafts, each of which is a rotational axis of a corresponding one of the plurality of planet gears; a planet carrier configured to support the plurality of planet shafts, and to output revolution of the plurality of planet gears around the input shaft as first power; and a cylindrical support including, at its one part along a direction of a central axis of the input shaft, a flexible structure which is curved radially inward and has a V-shaped longitudinal section, the cylindrical support being connected to the ring gear such that the cylindrical support is non-rotatable relative to the ring gear, the cylindrical support being configured to output rotation of the ring gear as second power. | 48,458 |
9,255,116 | 1. A dual-modality probe having a formula selected from the group consisting of: wherein BP is a bisphosphonate; L IRDye is a near infrared dye with wavelength in the range of 700-900 nm; wherein said near infrared dye is selected from the group consisting of IRDye 78, IRDye 700DX, VivoTag-S 750, VivoTag-S 800, VivoTag-S 680, DY-750, DY-682, DY-675, Cypate, Cy7, Alexa Fluor 750, and Alexa Fluor 680; wherein said near infrared dye and said linkers are connected by amide bonds; and is a metal chelate independently selected from: | 14,410 |
8,681,504 | 1. A display apparatus comprising: a substrate; a sealing member disposed to face the substrate; a display unit disposed between the substrate and the sealing member; a driving chip disposed on the substrate and configured to transmit an electric signal to the display unit; and a circuit board comprising i) a signal line that is electrically connected to the driving chip, and ii) a conductive cover layer disposed to cover the driving chip, wherein the circuit board comprises a heat dissipating unit configured to dissipate heat generated by the driving chip. | 28,447 |
9,131,271 | 1. A computer-implemented method for switching between multimedia streams, the method comprising: monitoring a first multimedia stream; determining whether an attribute of the first multimedia stream satisfies a predefined threshold, wherein the attribute comprises a historical rate of data loss over a predetermined period of time; upon determining that the attribute of the first multimedia stream satisfied the predefined threshold, requesting a switch from the first multimedia stream to a second multimedia stream; upon receiving a data packet from the second multimedia stream, terminating transmission of the first multimedia stream, wherein the data packet from the second multimedia stream is marked as a splicing point; and upon determining a value of a timestamp of the data packet from the second multimedia stream in relation to a value of a timestamp of a data packet received from the first multimedia stream, initiating transmission of the second multimedia stream. | 28,560 |
9,525,597 | 1. A network controller comprising: one or more ports configured to couple the network controller to one or more network switching devices of a network; the network controller being configured to: wherein the heuristic rules include one or more sets of rules selected from a group consisting of virtual link trunking (VLT) heuristic rules, spanning tree heuristic rules, multiple spanning tree heuristic rules, stacking heuristic rules, shortest path bridging MAC heuristic rules, transparent interconnection of lots of links heuristic rules, and link aggregation group (LAG) heuristic rules. | 14,744 |
8,343,764 | 1. A plant cell nucleus with stably integrated, recombinant DNA wherein said recombinant DNA comprises a promoter that is functional in said plant cell nucleus and that is operably linked to a protein coding DNA encoding a glutamine synthetase protein having at least 90% identity to SEQ ID NO:478, and wherein said plant cell nucleus is selected by screening a population of transgenic plants that have said recombinant DNA and an enhanced trait as compared to control plants that do not have said recombinant DNA in their nuclei; and wherein said enhanced trait is selected from group of enhanced traits consisting of enhanced water use efficiency, enhanced cold tolerance, enhanced heat tolerance, enhanced resistance to salt exposure, enhanced shade tolerance, increased yield, enhanced nitrogen use efficiency, enhanced seed protein and enhanced seed oil. | 16,707 |
9,284,231 | 1. A method for stabilizing a refractory carbide hot gas path component comprising: combusting a fuel in a combustor to form a gas stream comprising post-combustion gases; and delivering a high carbon activity gas to at least a portion of a hot gas path component thermally coupled to a hot gas path, wherein the component comprises a plurality of film holes disposed to cover at least a portion of the component with a layer of gas, and wherein delivering the high carbon activity gas comprises introducing the high carbon activity gas via the plurality of film holes; wherein at least a portion of the hot gas path component comprises refractory carbide. | 36,936 |
8,387,800 | 1. A system to identify and extract metallic items from impacted soil to isolate ordnance-related items from the impacted soil including metallic items and other material for inspection by an ordnance technician, the system comprising: a feeder to feed impacted soil onto a first conveyor belt that conveys the impacted soil in a first direction; a screener to separate metal particles from the impacted soil received from the first conveyor belt, wherein if the particles are smaller than an ordnance-related size of concern, the particles pass through the screener and are deposited into a clean pile, whereas if the particles are larger than the ordnance-related size of concern, the larger particles are passed onto a second conveyor belt, the second conveyor belt to convey the larger particles of impacted soil in a second direction; a electromagnetic belt magnet positioned above the second conveyor belt, the electromagnetic belt magnet to pull metallic items away from the impacted soil for inspection to determine if a metallic item is ordnance related; a pick-line including a conveyor belt, wherein the electromagnetic belt magnet deposits metallic items onto the conveyor belt such that the ordnance technician is capable of inspecting metallic items to determine if a metallic item is ordnance-related, wherein the impacted soil is cycled back to the screener; and a plate barrier straddling the pick-line to protect the ordnance technician from ordnance detonation at the electromagnetic belt magnet. | 17,874 |
9,579,354 | 1. A method of treating a Clostridium difficile infection in a subject in need thereof, said method comprising administering to the subject a composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of sandalwood oil. | 32,717 |
9,332,610 | 1. A light fixture comprising: a light emitting module for radiating and illuminating a preset illumination area with a fixed illuminance, said light emitting module including a module casing, a driving unit installed in or out of said module casing, a modulator disposed in said module casing and electrically connected to said driving unit for modulating illuminance of said preset illumination area, at least one light emitting element disposed in said module casing and electrically connected to said driving unit, and a converter circuit interface disposed in said module casing and connected electrically with said driving unit; and a light sensor unit mounted on and in electrical communication with said light emitting module, said light sensor unit including a light guiding pipe having a first end for guiding a reflection light beam from said preset illumination area into the light guiding pipe and a light sensor component mounted on a second end of the light guiding pipe for measuring an illuminance intensity of the reflection light beam guided into said light guiding pipe in order to modulate said light emitting module based on said measured illuminance in such a manner that said light emitting module is capable of actively automatically controlling and maintaining said preset illumination area with said fixed illuminance; wherein said converter circuit interface converts said illuminance intensity measured by said light sensor component into a change signal based on change relative to said fixed illuminance and transmits said change signal to said driving unit for said modulator to modulate said driving unit according to said change signal. | 35,489 |
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