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9,210,183 | 1. A method for detecting anomalous activity in an online service, comprising: accessing a baseline profile comprising past event information related to a plurality of past events, wherein each past event in the plurality of past events originates from at least one account of the online service; calculating a first past event frequency for a first past event, wherein the first past event frequency is determined in relation to the other past events in the plurality of past events; calculating a second past event frequency for a second past event, wherein the second past event frequency is determined in relation to the other past events in the plurality of past events; accessing a recent profile comprising recent event information related to recent events that originate from accounts of the online service; calculating a first recent event frequency for a first recent event in the recent events, wherein the first recent event frequency is determined in relation to the other recent events; calculating a second recent event frequency for a second recent, wherein the second recent event frequency is determined in relation to other recent events determining that the first past event occurs at a higher frequency than the first recent event; determining that the second past event occurs at a lower frequency than the second recent event; and generating a report, wherein the report includes information related to the first past event occurring at the higher frequency than the first recent event and the second past event occurring at the lower frequency than the second recent event. | 6,332 |
8,591,890 | 1. A method of treating a cancer in a subject in need thereof comprising: administering to the subject a purified heat shock protein preparation comprising a heat shock protein-peptide complex comprising a heat shock protein covalently or noncovalently attached to an antigenic peptide, wherein the antigenic peptide displays antigenicity of an antigen of the cancer, and wherein the subject has been administered Bevacizumab to treat the cancer. | 11,852 |
9,023,589 | 1. A photosensitive resin composition comprising: an alkali-soluble resin; an o-naphthoquinonediazidesulfonic acid ester; a urethane(meth)acrylate compound having at least six (meth)acryloyl groups in a molecule; and a solvent. | 32,124 |
9,428,802 | 1. A self-competitive primer for preferentially amplifying a sample nucleic acid based on whether the sample nucleic acid has or lacks a nucleotide variation in a selected region thereof, in comparison with a selected region of a reference nucleic acid, comprising, a 5′-competing domain comprising a sequence that is complementary to a first region of the reference nucleic acid, wherein the first region comprises the selected region and at least one nucleotide residue immediately downstream of the selected region of the reference nucleic acid; and a 3′-elongating domain comprising a sequence that is complementary to a second region of the reference nucleic acid, wherein the second region is located downstream of the selected region of the reference nucleic acid and does not comprise the selected region of the reference nucleic acid, and the first region and the second region overlap by at least one nucleotide, and wherein the 3′-elongating domain serves as a forward primer for a polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based amplification of the sample nucleic acid whereby the sample nucleic acid having the nucleotide variation is preferentially amplified over the sample nucleic acid lacking the nucleotide variation. | 9,761 |
9,685,580 | 1. A method for generating a photovoltaic cell, comprising: depositing an intermediate substrate layer on a first semiconductor layer, the first semiconductor layer comprising an n-type semiconductor material; etching a plurality of nano-windows into the intermediate substrate layer to form a nan-patterned intermediate substrate layer, the plurality of nano-windows extending through an entirety of the intermediate substrate layer thereby exposing the first semiconductor material by way of the plurality of nano-windows; and forming a second semiconductor layer over the nano-patterned intermediate substrate layer, wherein the second semiconductor layer comprises a p-type semiconductor material, wherein depositing the second semiconductor layer over the nano-patterned intermediate substrate layer comprises accumulating the second semiconductor material in the plurality of nano-windows to form a respective plurality of heterojunctions, wherein the p-type semiconductor layer has a pseudomorphic crystal structure. | 12,098 |
9,017,866 | 1. A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery having a negative electrode that is capable of intercalating and deintercalating lithium ions, a positive electrode containing a lithium-containing compound as a positive electrode active material, and a non-aqueous electrolyte in which a lithium salt is dissolved in an organic solvent, wherein the lithium-containing compound is a lithium-containing metal oxide that contains manganese, and the non-aqueous electrolyte contains a fluorosilane compound represented by the following general formula (1): wherein R 1 to R 3 each independently represent an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon(s), an alkenyl group having 2 to 8 carbons or a fluorine atom, and R 4 represents an alkylene group having 1 to 8 carbon(s) or an alkylene group having 4 to 8 carbons having an ether group. | 9,466 |
9,114,471 | 1. A welding power source comprising: a power conversion circuit configured to convert an input current to an output current; a controller; a polarity switching bridge circuit operatively connected to the power conversion circuit and configured to switch a direction of the output current through a welding output circuit path operatively connected to a welding output of the welding power source at a command of the controller to provide positive polarity or negative polarity through an electrode and a workpiece; and a parallel low current arc regulation circuit operatively connected to the bridge circuit and configured to prevent extinguishing of an arc between the electrode and the workpiece by providing a regulated constant current. | 27,801 |
8,459,945 | 1. An underwater structure comprising: a support structure; a power generating apparatus; and a coupling for coupling the power generating apparatus with the support structure, the coupling having a first configuration in which the power generating apparatus is removable from the support structure, and a second configuration in which the power generating apparatus is not removable from the support structure, wherein, in the second configuration, the coupling is arranged to allow the power generating apparatus to rotate with respect to the support structure about a substantially vertical axis thereof, and to transfer all other mechanical loads from the power generating apparatus to the support structure. | 10,281 |
9,497,900 | 1. A planter unit for planting seeds as it traverses a field in a direction of travel, the planter unit comprising: a seed delivery tube; a furrow opener configured to open a furrow in the soil for receiving seeds dropped through the delivery tube; a gauge wheel assembly configured to control the depth of penetration of the furrow opener; a furrow closing tool that closes the furrow, the furrow closing tool positioned after the delivery tube in the direction of travel; and a row cleaning and depth control tool positioned after the furrow closing tool, the row cleaning and depth control tool comprising first and second row whippers that remove excess soil from above where seeds were dropped in the furrow, wherein the first and second row whippers are rotatably mounted on the planter unit in a forwardly converging manner so as to push soil outwardly to adjust a vertical position of the depth of the seeds relative a surface of the field as the planter unit traverses the field in the direction of travel. | 46,628 |
9,706,493 | 1. An apparatus of a BLE device for decreasing energy usage by increasing host sleep time, the apparatus comprising circuitry configured to: identify BLE GATT data to be routed to a sideband channel separate from the host; send the BLE GATT data to the sideband channel; process the BLE GATT data along the sideband channel apart from the host; monitor processed BLE GATT data for an event of interest; and send a notification of a detection of the event of interest to the host. | 22,323 |
8,981,685 | 1. A system for a machine having an electric drive configuration, comprising: an electric motor associated with at least one wheel and adapted to provide retarding torque to the wheel; and a controller configured to: | 39,181 |
9,056,218 | 1. A method of improving the throwing strength and motion of a user comprising the steps of: providing a resistance assembly consisting of a harness that is wearable on the exterior of a foot or footwear of a user, at least one elastic resistance cord having a first end attachable to the harness, and a handle attached to a second end of the at least one resistance cord; attaching the harness to the foot or footwear of the user; releasably attaching the first end of the at least one elastic resistance cord to the harness, such that the connection of the at least one elastic resistance cord to the harness is positioned at a heel of the user; anchoring the second end of the at least one elastic resistance cord at a distance from the user such that extension of the at least one elastic resistance cord provides resistance; and performing at least one throwing exercise using an upper limb of the user through the resistance of the at least one elastic resistance cord, such that the upper limb moves through a resistance-less motion during the at least one throwing exercise. | 34,980 |
8,756,029 | 1. An intelligent electronic device operable to monitor electrical energy, the intelligent electronic device comprising: an enclosure; an analog-to-digital converter located within the enclosure and coupled with at least one sensor, the at least one sensor being operable to sense electrical energy in one or more conductors and output a corresponding electrical signal indicative thereof, the analog-to-digital converter being operative to convert the electrical signal output by the at least one sensor to at least one corresponding digital signal; a waveform generator located within the enclosure and operative to generate a waveform, the analog-to-digital converter being further coupled with the waveform generator to receive input therefrom; and a processor located within the enclosure and coupled with the analog-to-digital converter and operative to cause the analog-to-digital converter to convert the waveform to at least one corresponding digital signal, the processor being further operative to analyze the at least one digital calibration signal to identify at least one non-linear characteristic therein, and, based thereon, generate compensation data operable to cause the processor to compensate for the identified non-linear characteristic in the conversion of the electrical signal from the at least one sensor to the at least one corresponding digital signal. | 13,590 |
9,708,409 | 1. A cell culture producing monoclonal antibodies having on the Fcγ glycosylation site (Asn 297, EU numbering) bi-antennary glycan structures, wherein said glycan structures of the monoclonal antibodies have a fucose content less than 30%, and wherein said monoclonal antibodies are IgG antibodies directed against an antigen and activate effector cells expressing Fcγ type III receptors. | 22,325 |
9,482,137 | 1. A system, comprising: an internal combustion engine providing exhaust gases to an exhaust conduit; an aftertreatment system disposed in the exhaust conduit, the aftertreatment system comprising a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) catalyst component; a first NH a second NH a electronic controller operationally coupled to and configured to interpret a first signal from the first NH | 36,259 |
9,184,283 | 1. A device comprising: a substrate having a device region, wherein the device region comprises a source region, a gate and a drain region defined thereon; a drift well disposed in the substrate between the gate and drain region, wherein the drift well encompasses the drain region and underlaps a portion of the gate and creates a gate overlap region O a source and a drain in the source region and drain region, wherein the drain is separated from the gate on a second side of the gate and the source is adjacent to a first side of the gate. | 3,277 |
9,727,382 | 1. A parallelization method comprising: obtaining, by an electronic device, profiling information for each job step of a job to be executed on the electronic device by performing profiling of the job; determining, by the electronic device, at least one job step of the job to be parallelized on a central processing unit (CPU) and at least one heterogeneous unit of the electronic device among a plurality of job steps of the job based on the profiling information; determining, by the electronic device, at least parts of units to process each unit data among the CPU and the at least one heterogeneous unit of the electronic device based on the profiling information in the determined at least one job step of the job; and determining, by the electronic device, at least parts of units to process each task among the CPU and the at least one heterogeneous unit of the electronic device based on the profiling information, with respect to the at least one job step of the job including a plurality of separately executable tasks in the determined at least one job step of the job, wherein the determining of the at least one job step of the job to be parallelized comprises determining, by the electronic device, a job step of the job whose ratio that an execution time of a corresponding job step of the job occupies in a total execution time of the job is more or less than a specified ratio, as the at least one job step of the job to be parallelized. | 3,302 |
8,555,729 | 1. A method of measuring a property of a multiphase fluid, the multiphase fluid including a gas phase and a liquid phase and the liquid phase comprising at least one of oil and water, travelling through a conduit, comprising: generating a swirling flow of the multiphase mixture in the conduit, wherein the swirling of the multiphase mixture in the conduit separate the gas and liquid phases and produces a flow of the liquid phase along an inside-wall of the conduit; sampling a portion of the liquid phase from the inside-wall of the conduit through a bypass flow line; measuring at least one of a permittivity and a conductivity of the portion of the liquid phase in the bypass flow line; and using at least one of the measured permittivity and the measured conductivity and an oil/water dielectric mixing model to calculate a water-to-liquid ratio of the liquid phase. | 36,882 |
8,565,958 | 1. A method for generating a 3D map of a roadway, the method comprising: receiving sensor data collected by a sensor of a vehicle, the sensor data including a plurality of data points, each data point representing a location and elevation of a particular location along the roadway; generating, by a processor, a 2D grid of the roadway, the 2D grid including a plurality of cells, each cell representing an area of the roadway and having particular dimensions, wherein the processor generates the particular dimensions for each cell of the plurality of cells based on an absolute geographic location of the vehicle defined at least by the geographic latitude of the vehicle when the sensor data was collected; generating a first set of data points for each cell of the plurality of cells based on the locations of the data points; for each particular cell of the plurality of cells, identifying a data point of the first set associated with a lowest relative elevation; generating a second set of data points for each cell of the plurality of cells based on the lowest relative elevation; and generating the 3D map of the roadway based on the second set. | 19,338 |
9,819,030 | 1. A production method of catalyst ink for fuel cell, comprising steps of: (i) preparing a catalyst dispersion by mixing an electrode catalyst, water and an alcohol; (ii) preparing a gelated ionomer solution by mixing an ionomer and a solvent; and (iii) producing catalyst ink by mixing the catalyst dispersion and the gelated ionomer solution, wherein the gelated ionomer solution in the step (ii) includes a solid content and a solvent content; and the step (ii) comprises concentration a step of concentrating the gelated ionomer solution, wherein the concentration step comprises a step of regulating a solubility parameter (SP value) of the solvent content to be not higher than 12.3. | 19,428 |
9,042,804 | 1. An image forming apparatus which comprises a main body, the image forming apparatus comprising: an image forming unit to form an image on a printing medium; a plate disposed in a side of the main body to load the printing medium in an opening state; a pickup unit which picks up the printing medium disposed on the plate by using a driven gear disposed on a rotation shaft of the pickup unit, the driven gear rotating in forward and backward directions; a single driving motor which drives the image forming unit and the driven gear; a driving force regulating unit which intermittently transmits a driving force of the single driving motor to the pickup unit; and a control unit which controls the driven gear to rotate in the backward direction such that the driving force of the single driving motor is prevented from being transmitted to the driven gear when the printing medium on the plate is completely picked up. | 7,671 |
9,088,055 | 1. A method, comprising: receiving a plug of a vehicle cover assembly having a plurality of photovoltaic cells and an inverter, the plug including an identification tag, the vehicle cover assembly being configured to be supported on a vehicle and to cover two or more of top, side, front, and back portions of the vehicle; reading, from the identification tag, identification data associated with a customer of a power company providing a power distribution system; contacting an account server associated with the power company; providing the identification data to the account server; receiving the alternating current from the inverter of the vehicle cover assembly, the inverter receiving power from the plurality of photovoltaic cells while power is generated by the photovoltaic cells; and directing the alternating current from the inverter though the plug to the power distribution system. | 21,142 |
9,015,459 | 1. A method of initializing operation of a memory system, comprising: receiving an initialization signal from a host; executing boot code stored in a starting memory of a controller in response to the receiving of the initialization signal; loading initialization data stored in a non-volatile memory device onto a working memory of the controller in response to the execution of the boot code; executing the initialization data loaded onto the working memory; re-executing the boot code when an operation standby signal is not enabled by the execution of the initialization data; and erasing the initialization data stored in the non-volatile memory device after the boot code is re-executed; wherein erasing the initialization data includes initializing the non-volatile memory device; wherein initializing the non-volatile memory device includes inquiring of the host whether to initialize the non-volatile memory device, and initializing the non-volatile memory device by command from the host; and wherein initializing the non-volatile memory device includes informing that the boot code is re-executed prior to inquiring of the host whether to initialize the non-volatile memory device. | 22,866 |
8,800,258 | 1. An air intake structure mounted upstream of a mid-structure of a nacelle for an aircraft engine, said air intake structure comprising: an external wall incorporating a lip and mounted movably with respect to said mid-structure between a rear position and a front position; a partition defining a deicing component in said lip; at least one deicing manifold extending in said compartment; and at least one duct for supplying hot air to said manifold, said duct connected in a fixed manner to said mid-structure, wherein said partition is fixed in a sealed manner to said lip, and said duct is connected to said manifold by disconnectable sealed means that is non-rotatable about a longitudinal axis of said duct, wherein said disconnectable sealed means are situated in an immediate vicinity of said partition, and wherein said deicing manifold is fixedly attached to said partition. | 17,539 |
9,134,569 | 1. A method for manufacturing a liquid crystal lens capable of changing a state of alignment of liquid crystal molecules in a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between a pair of transparent substrates by application of an electric field to the liquid crystal layer, the liquid crystal layer being divided into a plurality of cells by a thin sheet glass disposed substantially in parallel with the transparent substrates, in which a mother liquid crystal lens having a plurality of liquid crystal lens units arrayed in a longitudinal direction thereof is cut for each of the liquid crystal lens units to separate out the liquid crystal lens units and thus manufacture respective liquid crystal lenses, the method comprising the steps of: preparing a pair of mother transparent substrates which provide the transparent substrates of the liquid crystal lens after being cut; forming electrode layers for application of the electric field on regions of the mother transparent substrates corresponding to the liquid crystal lens units and forming alignment films for aligning the liquid crystal molecules on regions of the mother transparent substrates neighboring the liquid crystal layer; preparing a glass ribbon which provides the thin sheet glasses of the liquid crystal lenses after being cut and has a pair of opposed principal surfaces and a pair of opposed side surfaces all of which extend along the longitudinal direction; forming alignment films for aligning the liquid crystal molecules on regions of the principal surfaces of the glass ribbon neighboring the liquid crystal layer; forming sealing portions for formation of walls of the cells of the liquid crystal layer around regions of the mother transparent substrates corresponding the liquid crystal layer and/or around regions of the principal surfaces of the glass ribbon corresponding to the liquid crystal layer; producing the mother liquid crystal lens by bonding the pair of mother transparent substrates and the pair of principal surfaces of the glass ribbon together to bring a state in which the glass ribbon is disposed between the pair of mother transparent substrates, then filling the cells of the liquid crystal layer with liquid crystals, and then sealing the cells of the liquid crystal layer; and cutting the mother liquid crystal lens for each of the liquid crystal lens units to separate out the liquid crystal lens units and thus manufacture the respective liquid crystal lenses, wherein the side surfaces of the glass ribbon extending along the longitudinal direction have an outwardly bulging curved shape in a cross section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction, and wherein the plurality of liquid crystal lens units are arrayed in only the longitudinal direction of the mother liquid crystal lens, and wherein an aspect ratio of a length of the principal surfaces of the glass ribbon taken perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction thereof to a thickness of the glass ribbon (principal surface length to thickness) is 25 to 2000. | 27,647 |
9,097,208 | 1. A system for converting liquid fuel into gaseous fuel, comprising: a supply of cryogenic liquid fuel; a combustor, the combustor including a cryogenic liquid fuel combustion chamber configured for combusting a fuel/air mixture derived from the liquid fuel without having to first gasify the liquid fuel; one or more pumps in fluid communication with the supply and configured to pump the liquid fuel from the supply into the combustor in liquid form; a compressor in fluid communication with an inlet of the combustor; a turbine in fluid communication with an outlet of the combustor to receive heated exhaust flow from the combustor and connected to drive the compressor and the one or more pumps; and a heat exchanger in fluid communication with an outlet of the turbine to receive the heated exhaust flow from the turbine, and in fluid communication with an outlet of the one or more pumps and an outlet of the heat exchanger in fluid communication with an inlet of the combustor to supply the heated exhaust flow into the liquid fuel upstream of the combustor. | 44,419 |
9,543,590 | 1. A catalyst layer composition for a fuel cell, comprising an ionomer cluster; a catalyst adsorbed on the surface of the ionomer cluster; the ionomer cluster has a three-dimensional reticular structure and a maximized interface with the catalyst and has an average size ranging from about 150 nm to about 250 nm; and the catalyst is comprised in an amount ranging from about 125 parts to about 250 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the ionomer cluster. | 14,777 |
9,675,971 | 1. A catalyst system for the conversion of methanol into light olefins, comprising: zeolite nanoparticles having a silica to alumina molar ratio of 260-5000 in the form of crystals having an average particle diameter of 10-50 nm; and a honeycomb monolith support with 500-1200 cells per square inch coated with the zeolite nanoparticles on the edges and inside the channels of the honeycomb monolith support; wherein the zeolite nanoparticles are not modified with a promoter metal; wherein the catalyst system comprises 7-12 wt % of the zeolite nanoparticles relative to the total weight of the catalyst system; and wherein the catalyst is capable of converting methanol to propylene with a selectivity towards propylene of at least 40% relative to a total mass of light olefin products and a selectivity towards propylene that is greater than a selectivity towards ethylene relative to a total mass of light olefin products and that is greater than a selectivity towards butylene relative to a total mass of light olefin products. | 10,547 |
8,853,286 | 1. A block copolymer comprising a first and second block, said first block comprising an acrylate or methacrylate derivative; said second block comprising (a) polymerized ionic liquid, said polymerized ionic liquid comprising a tethered ionic liquid cation and a mobile anion, and (b) a lithium ion salt of said mobile anion, wherein said block copolymer exhibits at least one region of nanophase separation having at least one region of a periodic nanostructured lamellar morphology with connected ion-conducting domains. | 20,897 |
8,984,879 | 1. A turbocharger for an internal combustion engine comprising: a turbine housing ( a turbine wheel ( a volute for directing exhaust gases from said inlet onto said turbine wheel, said volute including a radially outer wall, said radially outer wall constituted by a control device configured to control movement of the pivotable radially outer wall downstream end from said retracted position to the extended position, wherein the pivotable radially outer wall includes a reinforcing rib that protrudes from a radially outward-facing side of the pivotable radially outer wall, is elongated in a direction corresponding to a direction of exhaust gas flow through the turbine housing, and together with the pivotable radially outer wall is movable relative to the fixed radially outer wall segment. | 36,874 |
9,124,096 | 1. A field device for use in an industrial process control system, comprising: a power source having a power source output; low power field device circuitry powered by the power source, the field device circuitry including wireless communication circuitry configured to communicate a sensed process variable of an industrial process; a protection circuit to protect the field device circuitry, comprising: | 36,436 |
8,580,131 | 1. A method for selectively etching a silicon nitride layer in comparison with a silicon oxide layer, wherein the silicon nitride layer is etched using a mixed gas comprising a fluorocarbon gas, a gas including oxygen and a SiF 4 gas. | 10,980 |
8,561,677 | 1. A cooling/heating panel, comprising: a planar radiation panel; a metallic holding member arranged partially on a backside of the radiation panel; and a resin heat exchange pipe held on the holding member, wherein: the holding member has a flat soaking plate and a holding portion formed thereon, wherein the soaking plate is superimposed on the radiation panel, and the holding portion is erected on the soaking plate and latches the heat exchange pipe; an outside diameter of the heat exchange pipe is larger than an inside diameter of the holding portion before the pipe is attached to the holding portion; the holding portion repulsively holds a side face of the heat exchange pipe from both sides in a state in which the heat exchange pipe is attached to the holding portion; the radiation panel is perforated in a thickness direction to form a plurality of acoustic absorption holes; the holding member is an elongated member mounted along a straight portion of the heat exchange pipe; with respect to a cross-sectional shape of the holding member, the soaking plate has a semicircular curved portion of the holding portion formed integrally thereon, wherein the soaking plate serves as a plate body superimposed on the radiation panel, and the semicircular curved portion is erected from the soaking plate and opens upward; a backside of the soaking plate of the holding member is black-coated; and the radiation panel comprises a noninflammable sheet which includes (i) a first portion that is inserted into a cutout portion formed on a backside of a bilateral rim part of the soaking plate of the holding member so that the noninflammable sheet is held by the soaking plate, and (ii) a second portion not covered by the bilateral rim part of the soaking plate and laid out at a portion other than a site at which the soaking plate is provided. | 42,287 |
9,813,753 | 1. An audio/video control system comprising: a plurality of audio/video devices that include a core device and a first device different from the core device, the core device and the first device being interconnected by a digital audio/video interface, both of the core device and the first device being connected to a network without using the digital audio/video interface, the digital audio/video interface and the network being different from each other; and a portable terminal device that is connected to the network, wherein the core device includes a first processor for executing stored instructions to: collect interface-connected device information of at least the first device from at least the first device via the digital audio/video interface, the interface-connected device information including at least unique identification information; generate a connection device table using the collected interface-connected device information; and transfer the connection device table to the portable terminal device; and the portable terminal device includes a second processor for executing stored instructions to: search the network and acquires network-compatible device information including network addresses and unique identification information of devices on the network; generate a network compatible device table using the acquired network compatible device information; directly communicate with the core device via the network without using the first device to acquire, from the core device, the interface-connected device information of at least the first device; compare and associate the network-compatible device information included in the network compatible device table and the interface-connected device information included in the connection device table to resolve a network address of at least the first device; display an optional screen that accepts an operation by a user on the portable terminal device; and directly transmit, to the first device, a control command for controlling the first device via the network using the resolved network address of the first device without the control command passing through the core device. | 11,747 |
9,166,490 | 1. A full-bridge converting circuit, adapted to provide a DC output voltage, the full-bridge converting circuit comprising: a resonant unit having a primary side and a secondary side; a first transistor switch coupled to an input power source and a first terminal of the primary side; a second transistor switch coupled to the first terminal of the primary side and a common potential; a third transistor switch coupled to the input power source and a second terminal of the primary side; a fourth transistor switch coupled to the second terminal of the primary side and the common potential; a rectification unit coupled to the secondary side of the resonant unit for rectifying power of the resonant unit to output the DC output voltage; and a full-bridge driving controller adapted to switch the first transistor switch, the second transistor switch, the third transistor switch and the fourth transistor switch at an operating frequency, thereby enabling the first transistor switch and the second transistor switch to be turned on at different time periods and the third transistor switch and the fourth transistor switch to be turned on at different time periods, wherein the operating frequency is higher than a resonant frequency of the resonant unit, wherein the full-bridge driving controller turns off one of the second transistor switch and the third transistor switch when a current flowing through the second transistor switch and the third transistor switch which are turned on is detected to be smaller than a preset current value. | 31,919 |
8,848,228 | 1. A method of performing an image forming operation in an image forming apparatus supporting peer to peer (P2P) connection, the method comprising: P2P connecting the image forming apparatus to an external wireless device while the image forming apparatus is wirelessly connected to an access point (AP) of an infrastructured network; receiving a discovery packet from the wireless device via a P2P interface; transmitting to the wireless device a response packet comprising an Internet protocol (IP) address of the P2P interface; receiving from the wireless device an image forming operation performing request having the IP address of the P2P interface as a destination; and performing the requested image forming operation. | 8,759 |
8,791,605 | 1. An ATX compatible power supply unit for use with a computer, the ATX compatible power supply unit comprising: a chassis; at least one DC power outlet mounted on a power supply unit that is non-compliant with ATX standards but is compatible with the ATX standards, the at least one DC power outlet comprising at least two contacts; and at least one DC power cable comprising at least two individual conductors that connect to the at least one DC power outlet, wherein the at least one DC power outlet is configured to support nominal contact resistances of less than 2.5 milliohms per contact, or the at least one DC power cable is configured to support series resistances of less than 4 milliohms per linear foot of individual conductor. | 10,108 |
8,374,768 | 1. A controller of an internal combustion engine operable by an alcohol-containing fuel, the controller comprising: an alcohol concentration detecting unit that detects an alcohol concentration of the alcohol-containing fuel; an operation region setting unit configured to set a stoichiometric operation region, in which a target air-fuel ratio is stoichiometric, to be larger as the alcohol concentration, detected by the alcohol concentration detecting unit, becomes higher than a predetermined value; and a feedback controller that feedback controls the air-fuel ratio of the internal combustion engine in accordance with the operation region set by the operation region setting unit, and wherein the operation region setting unit is configured to set, in the operation region in which the feedback controller operates, a timer region, as a part of the enlarged stoichiometric operation region, the timer region in which operation by the feedback control is continued for a predetermined time during which a catalyst provided in an exhaust passage of the internal combustion engine does not overheat and in which, the feedback control is executed so that in a rich operation region, in which the target air-fuel ratio is a rich air-fuel ratio, the exhaust air-fuel ratio of the internal combustion engine becomes stoichiometric. | 37,579 |
9,290,548 | 1. A nucleic acid encoding a chimeric protein, the chimeric protein comprising: (i) at least one amino acid sequence having at least 50% sequence identity with any of the amino acid sequences selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOS: 1-5; and (ii) at least one amino acid sequence having at least 80% sequence identity with any of the amino acid sequences selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOS: 6-8, wherein the chimeric protein comprises at least one amino acid sequence of (i) and at least one amino acid sequence of (ii) that are from different | 41,214 |
8,847,534 | 1. A converter for converting three-phase AC to DC comprising: three AC reactors connected to a power source for supplying the three-phase AC; a three-phase diode bridge; a plurality of smoothing capacitors connected in series between the DC output side of said three-phase diode bridge and a DC load; two flywheel diodes connected to positive and negative terminals on the DC side of said three-phase diode bridge, respectively; a reactor inserted between the midpoint of said two flywheel diodes and the midpoint of said smoothing capacitors; three both-way energizing switches arranged between the AC side of said three-phase diode bridge and the midpoint of said two flywheel diodes; and a controller for controlling said three both-way energizing switches, whereby said three both-way energizing switches are controlled. | 4,003 |
9,171,439 | 1. A merchandise display stand, comprising: a display stand surface; a pedestal assembly mounted to the display stand surface; an alarm unit configured to attach to a merchandise item, wherein the alarm unit is further configured to communicate with the pedestal assembly; a power supply coupled with the alarm unit, the power supply including a primary power supply having a primary charge and a secondary power supply having a secondary charge, wherein the alarm unit is configured to transfer the power supply from the primary power supply to the secondary power supply prior to the primary charge being insufficient to power the alarm unit; an enclosure having an access door, the primary power supply positioned within the enclosure; and a door sensor for detecting movement of the access door from a closed position, wherein an alarm unit is configured to generate the alarm when the door sensor detects the movement of the access door. | 38,634 |
8,898,112 | 1. A method, comprising: generating a write signature command, the write signature command having parameters used in execution comprising an offset, a number of blocks of data and a signature, the write signature command configured to: executing the write signature command to synchronize data between a second site and a first site, executing the write signature command comprising: | 49,736 |
9,168,410 | 1. A device for agitating a plurality of cushioning articles, the device comprising: an inflatable bladder, wherein the inflatable bladder, when deflated, is positioned along at least one of a bottom of an enclosure or a side of the enclosure, and the enclosure is open along at least one side; one or more inflatable extensions operably coupled to the inflatable bladder; and a blower connection operably coupled to at least one of the inflatable bladder or the one or more inflatable extensions, wherein the blower connection is configured to apply air to the interior of the inflatable bladder and the one or more inflatable extensions such that the inflatable bladder and inflatable extensions increase in volume and the exterior of at least one of the inflatable bladder or the one or more inflatable extensions contacts a plurality of cushioning articles resulting in an increase in spacing between at least two of the plurality of cushioning articles and in decompression of the at least two cushioning articles. | 20,882 |
8,475,748 | 1. A reagent composition comprising a mixture of at least two oximes, a first oxime having a structure represented by: wherein R 5 is a C 1-22 linear or branched alkyl or a C 1-3 linear or branched alkoxy group; R 1 is a C 1-22 linear or branched alkyl or alkenyl group, a C 6 aryl group or a C 7-22 aralkyl group; R 2 -R 4 are independently hydrogen, halogen, a linear or branched C 6-12 alkyl group, OR 6 wherein R 6 is a C 1-22 linear or branched alkyl group, a C 2-22 linear or branched alkenyl group, a C 6 aryl group, or a C 7-22 aralkyl group; and a second oxime having a structure represented by: wherein R 5 is a C 1-22 linear or branched alkyl or a C 1-3 linear or branched alkoxy group; R 1 is hydrogen; R 2 -R 4 are each independently hydrogen, halogen, a linear or branched C 6-12 alkyl group, OR 6 wherein R 6 is a C 1-22 linear or branched alkyl group, a C 2-22 linear or branched alkenyl group, a C 6 aryl group, or a C 7-22 aralkyl group. | 37,264 |
8,826,984 | 1. An apparatus for use in a wellbore, comprising: a housing of a downhole tool having an interior for receiving at least one self-heating component; and a non-circulating thermally conductive flowable material at least partially filling the interior of the housing, the flowable material being in direct thermal communication with the at least one self-heating component, wherein the flowable material surrounds the at least one self-heating component and conducts thermal energy from the at least one self-heating component to a heat sink, wherein the thermally conductive flowable material includes at least helium. | 16,357 |
9,212,096 | 1. A building brick with cellular structure comprising a secondary material, said secondary material being obtained by a process comprising the following successive steps: a) synthesizing quicklime, by calcination at a temperature greater than or equal to 800° C. of limestone blocks of average size between 1 mm and 15 mm having a purity of at least 90 wt % and an open porosity above 0% to less than or equal to 25%, to obtain particles of quicklime; b) mixing said quicklime obtained in step a) with water and silica, in a CaO/SiO c) introducing a nucleating agent into the cream prepared in step b); d) heating said cream obtained from step c) at a saturated water vapor pressure between 2.10 e) drying said ceramic mass obtained in step d) at a temperature between 100° C. and 400° C. for a time between 5 and 24 hours, wherein the production process comprises a step c1) in the course of which some or all of the cells of at least one building brick with cellular structure are partially or completely filled with said cream prepared in step c), and in that said building brick with cellular structure, after undergoing said step c1), is then submitted to steps d) and e). | 10,865 |
8,793,160 | 1. A method, comprising: establishing, by at least one computer processor, an account, identified with an account holder, comprising a plurality of defined purses, wherein a value chaining logic is definable for both the account and each purse and the value chaining logic comprises a hierarchy for application of value contained in each of the plurality of defined purses to a transaction amount wherein further the hierarchy defines the application of value from one or more of the plurality of defined purses to fulfill a transaction; receiving, by the at least one computer processor, transaction information comprising a transaction request with an amount, from a merchant, and further comprising a code pertaining to one or more qualifying products which form at least a portion of a transaction initiated by the account holder at a point of sale; applying, by the at least one computer processor, the value chaining logic to the amount associated with the transaction request, wherein the value chaining logic is applied until the amount is fulfilled with value from the one or more of the plurality of defined purses as specified by the value chaining logic; performing, by the at least one computer processor, a comparison of the code from the transaction information against previously received codes; storing, electronically, the code in a database wherein the code becomes a previously received code upon storage; generating a credit to the account based each new candidate code, wherein the credit comprises a particular type non-zero value, wherein the non-zero value comprises one of electronic cash, micro-payments, loyalty points, or electronic coupons; storing the credit in one of the plurality of defined purses that is configured to store the particular type of non-zero value of which the credit is comprised; and notifying, electronically, the account holder of the credit. | 19,201 |
8,972,247 | 1. A method for communication, comprising: receiving modulated signals, which convey encoded speech that is encoded using a first speech encoding scheme; estimating a measure of information entropy, which quantifies an amount of information content in the encoded speech that is missed by not having a prior knowledge of transmitted values of the received signals; selecting a second speech encoding scheme, different from the first speech encoding scheme, responsively to the estimated measure of the information entropy; and sending a request to a transmitter to encode subsequent speech using the selected second speech encoding scheme. | 38,895 |
9,784,241 | 1. A computer-implemented method for controlling a wind turbine, the wind turbine including a rotor, a plurality of rotor blades coupled to the rotor, and a blade pitch control system coupled to each rotor blade of the plurality of rotor blades, said method comprising: determining at least one pitch position for at least one first rotor blade of the plurality of rotor blades; determining whether there is a malfunction of a portion of the blade pitch control system associated with the at least one first rotor blade; predicting a rotor imbalance using a model of at least a portion of the wind turbine, wherein the rotor imbalance comprises a non-zero resultant moment of the plurality of rotor blades; comparing the predicted rotor imbalance with a predetermined threshold value; and one of: | 11,139 |
9,320,002 | 1. A Low Duty Cycle (LDC) controller for use in a communications network, comprising: a processor programmed to: formulate synchronization information to maintain synchronization between the LDC controller and a plurality of terminals in the communications network, wherein the synchronization information is maintained separately and does not rely on protocols and timing associated with the communications network; and, a transmitter configured to transmit the synchronization information on a half-duplex forward link channel of the communications network to at least one of the plurality of terminals. | 40,079 |
9,424,456 | 1. A method of generating a three-dimensional representation of a fingerprint using ultrasound, the method comprising: scanning, by a device, a first region of a fingertip with a first directed series of ultrasonic pulses to determine a first location in a first dimension and a second dimension of a first ridge of a plurality of ridges, the ultrasonic pulses of the first directed series having a first ultrasonic frequency; scanning, by the device, a second region of the fingertip with second directed series of ultrasonic pulses to determine a second location in the first dimension and the second dimension of a second ridge of the plurality of ridges, the ultrasonic pulses of the second directed series having a second ultrasonic frequency that is different from the first ultrasonic frequency, wherein the scanning of the first region overlaps in time with the scanning of the second region; emitting, by the device, diffuse ultrasound at a third ultrasonic frequency having a first wavelength toward the fingertip; determining, by the device, a third location in the first dimension and the second dimension where a first peak magnitude of first reflections occurs at a fourth ultrasonic frequency corresponding to a second wavelength, wherein the second wavelength is equal to the first wavelength or a harmonic of the first wavelength; determining that a first depth in a third dimension of a first valley at the third location is equal to the second wavelength; emitting, by the device, diffuse ultrasound at a fifth ultrasonic frequency having a third wavelength toward the fingertip; determining, by the device, a fourth location in the first dimension and the second dimension where a second peak magnitude of second reflections occurs at a sixth ultrasonic frequency corresponding to a fourth wavelength, wherein the fourth wavelength is equal to the third wavelength or a harmonic of the third wavelength; and determining that a second depth in the third dimension of a second valley at the fourth location is equal to the fourth wavelength; combining the first location of the first ridge and the second location of the second ridge to generate a two-dimensional representation of locations of the plurality of ridges of the fingerprint; and overlaying the two-dimensional representation of the locations of the plurality of ridges on the first depth of the first valley at the third location and the second depth of the second valley at the fourth location to generate the three-dimensional representation of the fingerprint. | 21,762 |
8,440,129 | 1. A method for producing a free-standing solid state layer comprising: providing a solid state material having a characteristic thermal expansion coefficient and having at least one surface available for layer formation thereon; forming a layer of polymer on the available surface such that adhesion is maintained between the solid state material and the layer of polymer for an entire predetermined temperature range ΔT between a first temperature and a second temperature, wherein the layer of polymer has a characteristic thermal expansion coefficient that is different from the thermal expansion coefficient of the solid state material; and exposing the solid state material and the adhered polymer layer to a change in local temperature from the first temperature that is no greater than about 300° C. to the second temperature, below about room temperature, thereby inducing mechanical stress in the solid state material due to the difference between the thermal expansion coefficient of the solid state material and the thermal expansion coefficient of the polymer layer, to cause the solid state material to fracture along an internal plane at a depth in the solid state material, wherein the polymer layer is characterized by a glass transition temperature that is below the first temperature and above the second temperature, and that is sufficiently low to prohibit shattering or fracturing of the polymer at the second temperature, to produce at least one free-standing solid state layer from the solid state material. | 39,741 |
9,135,737 | 1. A computer-implemented method in a roof estimate report system including at least one processor and a memory coupled to the at least one processor, the method comprising: displaying, by the at least one processor of the roof estimate report system, a plurality of aerial images of a roof at the same time, each of the aerial images providing a different view, taken from a different angle of the same roof; displaying, by the at least one processor of the roof estimate report system, respective line drawings representing features of the roof, the respective line drawings overlying a first and a second aerial image of the plurality of aerial images of the roof, the line drawing overlying the first aerial image of the roof having features in common with the line drawing overlying the second aerial image of the roof; in response to user input, changing, by the at least one processor of the roof estimate report system, the line drawing representing a feature of the roof that overlies the first aerial image of the roof; in response to the changing, making corresponding changes, by the at least one processor of the roof estimate report system, to the line drawing overlying the second aerial image; and generating and outputting a roof estimate report using a report generation engine, wherein the roof estimate report includes numerical values for corresponding slope, area, or lengths of edges of at least some of a plurality of planar roof sections of the roof, wherein the generated roof estimate report is provided for repair and/or constructing the roof structure of the building. | 44,823 |
8,867,709 | 1. A method for identifying a mode of a telephony device in a network, the method comprising: receiving, from a mode-identifying telephony device, a call initiation signal associated with a call between the mode-identifying telephony device and a mode-selecting telephony device; in response to receiving the call initiation signal, sending a request signal to the mode-selecting telephony device for information about an answering mode associated with the call that is selected by the mode-selecting telephony device; receiving, from the mode-selecting telephony device, an answer mode signal that includes one or more of a first bit indicating activation or deactivation of answering mode detection at the mode-selecting telephony device, a second bit indicating whether answering mode detection is supported by the mode-selecting telephony device, or additional data bits indicating type of the answering mode selected by the mode-selecting telephony device; processing the answer mode signal for compatibility with a protocol used by the mode-identifying telephony device; and sending the processed answer mode signal to the mode-identifying telephony device, wherein the answering mode selected by the mode-selecting telephony device is indicated at the mode-identifying telephony device based on information included in the processed answer mode signal. | 6,884 |
9,774,394 | 1. A method of characterizing a receiver, the method comprising: assessing at least one signal quality measure of a communication signal received by the receiver; causing application of digital noise to the communication signal at the receiver via processing performed by a digital signal processor to create the digital noise, wherein the digital signal processor is configured to perform detection of the communication signal in conjunction with an optical front end; and assessing a change in the at least one signal quality measure caused by the application of the digital noise. | 26,791 |
9,499,174 | 1. Method for monitoring communications among a plurality of controllers signally linked to a communication bus of a controller area network, comprising: monitoring bus communications including determining bus error counts for a plurality of execution cycles; when a bus error count associated with message transmission from one of the controllers exceeds a predetermined threshold, prohibiting said one of the controllers from communicating on the communications bus for a predetermined period of time and including said one of the controllers in a subset of candidate fault-active controllers; removing from the subset of candidate fault-active controllers any of the plurality of controllers included within the subset of candidate fault-active controllers that successfully transmits a message; and isolating a fault-active controller based upon the subset of candidate fault-active controllers and the bus error counts. | 22,588 |
8,501,604 | 1. A method of forming a doped region in a semiconductor layer of a substrate by alloying with doping elements, the method comprising: applying a highly pure doping element layer to the semiconductor layer; after the doping element layer is applied, screen printing a paste layer of doping element paste to the doping element layer; and firing the screen printed paste layer of doping element paste. | 33,745 |
8,747,596 | 1. A method for manufacturing an elongate finishing profile, said finishing profile at least comprising a flange-shaped portion and an attachment portion, the flange-shaped portion extending on first and second opposed sides of the attachment portion to first and second edges, respectively, the flange-shaped portion having an upper side with an outer surface extending between the first and second edges, the outer surface sloping downwardly to at least one of the first and second edges and continuing over a laterally directed side of said finishing profile oriented substantially perpendicular to said upper side, said method comprising at least a step in which said finishing profile, either in completely finished form, or as a semi-finished product, is displaced relative to and along a unit that applies a hardening substance including ink and in the form of a pattern on at least substantially the entirety of said outer surface, including said downwardly sloping edge and said laterally directed side after which the substance is left to harden, such that a printed surface is retained after the hardening substance hardens and defines a wood pattern generally directed in a longitudinal direction of said finishing profile; wherein at least one of said finishing profile and said portion are formed from a basic material chosen from the list consisting of wood-based products, MDF, HDF and plywood; wherein said unit comprises an inkjet printer having an elongate printer head with a longitudinal dimension extending essentially parallel to said longitudinal direction of said finishing profile; wherein said step in which said finishing profile is displaced, includes performing a mutual displacement of the finishing profile and said unit in a transverse direction of said finishing profile, the mutual displacement being carried out during the printing operation and the unit concurrently printing over said longitudinal dimension while continuously moving in the transverse direction during the printing operation to cover the entire outer surface to be printed with said unit. | 17,297 |
9,326,237 | 1. A mobile device comprising: a computer-readable medium that stores computer program instructions; a data processor coupled with the computer-readable medium to execute the instructions; communication circuitry configured for local area wireless connectivity with neighboring mobile devices and for wireless connectivity to a remote server from which at least a portion of a data set is downloaded; where execution of the computer program instructions by the data processor result in performance of operations that comprise, estimating a cost to perform a computation task on the data set; if the estimated cost is greater than a threshold cost, operating the communication circuitry to form an ad-hoc wireless network with at least one other mobile device; downloading via the communication circuitry the portion of the data set to the mobile device, the downloaded portion of the data set differing from a portion of the data set downloaded by the at least one other mobile device; performing a computation task on the portion of the data set that is downloaded to the mobile device; and wirelessly transferring via the communication circuitry a result of the computation task from the mobile device to the at least one other mobile device of the ad-hoc wireless network; where the operation of downloading the portion of the data set redundantly downs the portion of the data set to another mobile device of the ad-hoc wireless network to form a redundant pair of mobile devices of the ad-hoc wireless network, where each mobile device of the redundant pair of mobile devices performs the computation task on the downloaded portion of the data set, and where the result of the computation task is available to be transferred from one of the redundant pair of mobile devices to other devices of the ad-hoc wireless network in an event that one mobile device of the redundant pair of mobile devices is unable to complete the computation task, and where for a mobile device of the ad-hoc wireless network that receives via the communication circuitry a set of results data from each mobile device of the redundant pair of mobile devices, the receiving mobile device compares one set of received results data to another set of received results data to ensure that the two sets of result data are consistent before deleting one of the received sets of results data. | 33,127 |
9,763,195 | 1. An electronic device, comprising: a transmitter comprising: | 23,608 |
9,078,377 | 1. An air volume control device, comprising: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor is programmed to | 5,065 |
8,822,072 | 1. A nonaqueous electrolyte comprising: a solvent; at least one heteropolyacid salt compound; and an electrolyte salt other than the heteropolyacid salt compound, wherein at least one of said heteropolyacid salt compounds is represented by the following formulae (I) and (II) wherein A represents lithium (Li), sodium (Na), potassium (K), rubidium (Rb), cesium (Cs), magnesium (Mg), calcium (Ca), aluminum (Al), ammonium (NH wherein A represents lithium (Li), sodium (Na), potassium (K), rubidium (Rb), cesium (Cs), magnesium (Mg), calcium (Ca), aluminum (Al), ammonium (NH wherein an amount of acid component in the nonaqueous electrolyte solution is not more than 100 ppm. | 17,177 |
9,382,799 | 1. A system comprising: a chamber in selective fluid communication with a gas storage unit, the chamber having disposed therein a member moveable in response to gas from the gas storage unit expanding within the chamber; a pump in selective liquid communication with the gas storage unit; and a linkage between the member and the pump, wherein gas expanding within the chamber drives the pump to stabilize a pressure within the gas storage unit. | 1,473 |
8,961,211 | 1. A card edge connector, comprising: an insulative housing defining a base portion, a pair of latching arms integrally extending forwardly from opposite ends of the base portion and a mounting portion below each latching arm, the base portion defining a central slot extending perpendicular to the latching arms; a plurality of conductive terminals received in the insulative housing with contacting portions exposing to the central slot; a pair of metal members attached to the insulative housing, each metal member including a first metal member closely attached to the latching arm and a second metal member movably received in the mounting slot at one end of the second metal member; wherein the first metal member defines a stopping portion extending to the second metal member, the second metal member defines a second main portion, a solder portion and a stopped portion, the stopped portion of the second metal member is located behind the stopping portion of the first metal member in a front-to-rear direction, thereby the second metal member is prevent from forwardly departing from the mounting slot by the stopping portion of the first metal member. | 39,139 |
9,345,207 | 1. An aeroponic farming system comprising: a plurality of aeroponic chambers, a matrix of support rails having integral water/nutrient conduits, said aeroponic chambers supported on the support rails and interconnected to the water/nutrient conduits; at least one drain line connected to the plurality of aeroponic chambers to receive water/nutrient runoff; each aeroponic chamber comprising: a molded tub having at least one support tray supported on the molded tub and having a plurality of apertures to receive mesh seed pouches, said support tray having an arcuate top surface. | 12,212 |
8,464,311 | 1. A method for processing data for a privacy policy within a data processing system, the method comprising: intercepting, at a proxy a first message from a server to a client; and in response to a determination at the proxy that the first message initiates collection of personally identifiable information from the client by the server, sending a second message from the proxy to the client, wherein the second message requests consent from a user of the client to a privacy policy that concerns management of the personally identifiable information. | 33,290 |
8,600,418 | 1. A relay customer premises equipment (RCPE) for cell information exchange between base stations (BSs), the RCPE comprising: a first transceiver which receives cell information from a first BS located in a first cell, by using a first antenna directed to the first BS; and a second transceiver which transmits the cell information to a second BS located in a second cell by using a second antenna directed to a neighboring RCPE in communication with the second BS, and wherein the first cell does not overlap with the second cell. | 32,320 |
9,828,319 | 1. A process for the acid-catalysed dehydration of ethanol, the process comprising the steps of: (a) distilling an ethanol feedstock comprising acetonitrile contaminant to form an overhead stream comprising acetonitrile and a bottom stream comprising ethanol, wherein the distillation has a reflux ratio of at least 100:1; and (b) reacting the bottom stream in the presence of an acid catalyst to form a product stream comprising ethylene and/or diethyl ether, thereby dehydrating the ethanol. | 11,194 |
8,862,304 | 1. A vehicle diagnostic data storage system, comprising: at least one controller; and at least one memory device configured to be coupled to the at least one controller, wherein the at least one memory device is attached to an electrical energy storage device configured to provide power to a vehicle, and wherein the controller is configured to: receive diagnostic data regarding the vehicle; store at least some of the diagnostic data in the memory device; and enable the at least some diagnostic data stored on the at least one memory device to be provided to an external device, wherein the external device is a portable electrical energy storage device collection, charging and distribution machine and wherein the diagnostic data regarding the vehicle at least includes data regarding condition or status of a vehicle system other than the electrical energy storage device. | 49,098 |
8,761,623 | 1. A method for actively correcting banding frequency components below 50 Hz in xerographic marking engines that include a charge retentive substrate and semi-conductive magnetic brush development of images placed on said charge retentive substrate, comprising: (a) providing a developer housing that includes developer therein; (b) providing at least one magnetic roll in communication with and adapted to receive semi-conductive developer thereon from said developer housing; (c) providing a developer power supply to apply a DC bias to said at least one magnetic roll; (d) providing an AC voltage to said at least one magnetic roll; (e) measuring the magnitude and filtering said at least one magnetic roll AC current; (f) amplifying said filtered AC roll current signal; (g) generating a time varying correction voltage; and (h) adding said correction voltage to said DC roll bias on said developer power supply. | 10,589 |
8,606,645 | 1. A method of facilitating an augmented reality presentation of retail products, the method being implemented on a device that includes one or more processors executing one or more computer program modules corresponding to an augmented reality application which, when executed, perform the method, the method comprising: receiving, by the augmented reality application from an image capture unit of the device, an image of a retail item; detecting, by the augmented reality application, a triggering feature in the image, wherein the triggering feature includes a depiction of a retail product, a unique identifier corresponding to the retail product, or text describing the retail product; determining, by the augmented reality application, the retail product based on the triggering feature; simultaneously presenting, by the augmented reality application on a display of the device, the image and a three-dimensional multimedia demonstration overlaid on the image and relating to the retail product based on the determination of the retail product; receiving, by the augmented reality application, a touch input during the presentation of the multimedia demonstration; presenting information about the retail product based on the touch input; determining, by the augmented reality application, that a user account associated with viewing of the presentation of the information satisfies a threshold number of views of presentations of retail products associated with a retailer; and presenting, by the augmented reality application, a promotion associated with the retailer based on the determination that the user account satisfies the threshold number. | 12,888 |
9,183,990 | 1. An electroconductive polymer composition, consisting of an electroconductive polymer in which a dopant is doped, a water-soluble polymer resin, and a solvent which comprises water and an organic solvent whose dielectric constant is higher than that of water, wherein the water-soluble polymer resin is at least one selected from the group consisting of polyacrylic resins, polystyrene resins, polyester resins, polyether resins, polyamide resins, phenol resins and vinyl resins, wherein the water-soluble polymer resin comprises a hydrophilic sulfonic acid group, and wherein the water-soluble polymer resin does not function as a dopant of the electroconductive polymer. | 16,062 |
8,388,970 | 1. A method of reducing Killer IgG-like Receptor (KIR)-mediated inhibition of natural killer (NK) cell cytotoxicity comprising contacting an NK cell with an effective amount of a composition comprising an isolated monoclonal antibody or antigen binding fragment thereof that binds to an extracellular portion of an inhibitory human Killer IgG-like Receptor 2DL polypeptide KIR2DL1, KIR2DL2, and/or KIR2DL3, wherein the isolated antibody or antigen binding fragment thereof (i) reduces KIR2DL1, KIR2DL2 and/or KIR2DL3-mediated inhibition of NK cell cytotoxicity and (ii) does not detectably reduce binding between KIR2DL1, KIR2DL2 and/or KIR2DL3 and an HLA class I-ligand of KIR2DL1, KIR2DL2 and/or KIR2DL3. | 7,722 |
9,030,298 | 1. A semiconductor device comprising: a first integrated circuit on a surface of a substrate, the first integrated circuit comprising a first semiconductor layer; a first antenna on the surface, the first antenna electrically connected to the first integrated circuit; a second integrated circuit on the surface, the second integrated circuit comprising a second semiconductor layer; a second antenna on the surface, the second antenna electrically connected to the second integrated circuit; and a third antenna on the surface, the third antenna electrically connected to the second integrated circuit, wherein the second antenna is arranged inside the first antenna, wherein the third antenna is arranged inside the first antenna, wherein the second antenna comprises a first region expanded to a first direction parallel to an edge of the substrate, a second region expanded to a second direction intersecting with the first direction, a third region expanded to the first direction, a fourth region expanded to the second direction, a fifth region expanded to the first direction, a sixth region expanded to the second direction, and a seventh region expanded to the first direction, wherein the third antenna comprises an eighth region expanded to a third direction parallel to an edge of the substrate, a ninth region expanded to a fourth direction intersecting with the third direction, a tenth region expanded to the third direction, an eleventh region expanded to the fourth direction, a twelfth region expanded to the third direction, a thirteenth region expanded to the fourth direction, and a fourteenth region expanded to the third direction, wherein one end of the first region is electrically connected to a first terminal of the second integrated circuit, wherein one end of the seventh region is electrically connected to a second terminal of the second integrated circuit, wherein the first terminal is electrically connected to the second terminal through the first region, the second region, the third region, the fourth region, the fifth region, the sixth region, and the seventh region in this order, wherein one end of the eighth region is electrically connected to a third terminal of the second integrated circuit, wherein one end of the fourteenth region is electrically connected to a fourth terminal of the second integrated circuit, wherein the third terminal is electrically connected to the fourth terminal through the eighth region, the ninth region, the tenth region, the eleventh region, the twelfth region, the thirteenth region, and the fourteenth region in this order, wherein a length of each of the first region, the third region, the fifth region, and the seventh region is longer than sum of lengths of the second region, and wherein a length of each of the eighth region, the tenth region, the twelfth region, and the fourteenth region is longer than sum of lengths of the ninth region, the eleventh region, and the thirteenth region. | 31,983 |
9,425,924 | 1. A method in a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) communications system, for retransmitting data, the method comprising: identifying that a portion of data is to be retransmitted based on a feedback information indicating that the portion of data received a negative acknowledgement (NACK) during a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) on a previous transmission of the portion of data; determining an error allowance of an application type associated with the portion of data; selecting a retransmission mode for retransmitting the portion of data based on the error allowance of the application type associated with the portion of data, including: retransmitting the portion of data using the selected mode of retransmission. | 17,111 |
9,338,542 | 1. A wireless headset having ear hook, comprising: a device body; a speaker coupled to the device body; an electrical charger arranged in and exposed from the device body; a charger cover coupled to the device body and selectively covering the electrical charger; and an ear hook integrally formed with the charger cover. | 42,164 |
9,475,377 | 1. A hybrid electric rotary engine comprising: a pair of rotors separated by a divider, each of the pair of the rotors comprising: wherein, said each rotor of the pair of the rotors is configured for a direction of rotation around an axle and opposite to one another; a timing gear engaged between the inner face of the first rotor and the inner face of the second rotor; at least one pair of slanted rotor openings, where each of the slanted rotor openings is in the rim of each of the respective rotor and opposite each of the other slanted rotor opening, the at least one pair of the slanted rotor openings corresponding to at least one pair of the slanted divider openings within the divider, said each of the slanted rotor openings configured to align with at least one of the slanted divider openings per rotor revolution, the alignment of at least one of the pair of the slanted rotor openings with the corresponding pair of the slanted divider openings forming a combustion chamber; at least one pair of exhaust chambers within said each of the pair of the rotors, said each of the at least one pair of the exhaust chambers is in communication with one of the slanted rotor openings, said each of the at least one pair of the exhaust chambers extending from the corresponding one of the slanted rotor opening toward the axle and providing for venting of exhaust through an inset in the outer face of the respective rotor to provide additional thrust; whereby fuel and air, or a mixture thereof, is injected into said each of the combustion chambers during alignment, and whereby an ignition of the fuel and air, or a mixture thereof, in said each of the combustion chambers, aids to provide rotational thrust to said each of the pair of the rotors and to be exhausted through said at least one pair of the exhaust chamber, respectively. | 14,135 |
8,747,315 | 1. A method for estimating an analyte value from a continuous analyte sensor, the method comprising: receiving a data stream from the continuous analyte sensor for a first time period, the data stream indicative of a measured analyte concentration of the host over the first time period; estimating, using a processor module, at least one analyte value for a second time period based on the data stream, wherein the step of estimating at least one analyte value comprises selecting an algorithm from a plurality of algorithms based at least in part on an analysis of a rate of change of the measured analyte concentration; and providing output based on the estimated at least one analyte value. | 42,368 |
8,566,992 | 1. An extendable and retractable work platform comprising: (a) a first longitudinally extending support frame, said first support frame having at least a pair of longitudinally extending support beams, said support beams mounted to a deck of a vessel; (b) a deck surface mounted to said first support frame; (c) a second longitudinally extending support frame, whereby said second longitudinally extended support frame is cantilevered from said first longitudinally extending support frame, said second support frame having at least a pair of longitudinally extending support beams, said first and second support frames being configured so as to allow said second frame to be slidably received within said first support frame; (d) a deck surface mounted to said second support frame; (e) clamps for holding said second support frame in position with respect to said first support frame; (f) means for extending said second longitudinal support frame from said first longitudinal support frame and for retracting said second longitudinal support frame into said first longitudinal support frame; (g) a plurality of variously configured attachable and detachable deck sections, said attachable and detachable deck sections being selectively mountable to said second longitudinal support frame; (h) a plurality of variously configured attachable and detachable hand rail sections, said attachable and detachable hand rail sections being selectively mountable around the periphery of said first and said second longitudinal support frames, walkway deck surfaces, and main work deck area; and (i) wherein said deck of said second support frame is provided with said attachable and detachable deck sections which can be removed to create an opening in said secondary support deck of a desired configuration. | 14,311 |
9,660,123 | 1. A solar energy concentrator for a spacecraft comprising: an optical element comprising a lens assembly further comprising a thin film having microscopic prisms molded with said thin film to form a line-focus Fresnel lens for collecting and refracting sunlight into a linear focus of concentrated sunlight along a longitudinal axis, the at least one optical element having an optical axis corresponding to a zero degree lateral (α) angular direction; a receiver element mechanically coupled with said optical element and further comprising an articulating mechanism for moving said receiver element in relation to said optical element, said receiver element for accepting the linear focus of concentrated sunlight passing through said optical element, the receiver element spaced apart from said optical element refracts to said receiver element substantially all sunlight passing through said optical element, said concentrator configured for only single-axis sun-tracking for focusing sunlight for energy capture and conversion in the presence of longitudinal incidence angles (β) up to approximately 51 degrees, wherein the single-axis sun tracking components corresponds to a lateral (α) angular direction; said optical element and said receiver element are connected such that said microscopic prisms produce the linear focus of concentrated sunlight onto the receiver element under sun angle conditions comprising longitudinal (β) solar ray incidence angles in the full range from zero degrees to plus or minus 50 degrees; said optical element and said receiver element actuating said articulating mechanism for translating relative to one another only in a first direction, parallel to the optical axis, and a second direction, parallel to the longitudinal axis, for maintaining the linear focus of concentrated sunlight onto the receiving element through changes in incidence angles of the sunlight, wherein said optical element and said receiver element cooperate for achieving a focus on said receiver element such that, when β ranges from zero degrees to plus or minus 50 degrees, said optical element refracts essentially all received optical energy onto said receiver element; wherein said optical element and said receiver element are connected such that an outer surface slope angle (θ) relative to said optical axis and the prism angle (γ) of the outermost prism in the lens are determined by performing parametric ray trace analyses over the full range of β angles (zero to +/−50 degrees) and over the full range of α angle errors, while recording and comparing the maximum (φ and further wherein a pair of θ and γ angles are selected for maximizing the achievable geometric concentration ratio of at least 4 for said articulating receiver element, and further wherein said geometric concentration ratio (GCR) behaves according to the following equation: and further wherein the lens shape of said optical element enables the outermost prism to match the selected θ angle. | 7,558 |
8,426,882 | 1. A white light emitting lamp for illumination, comprising: a semiconductor light emitting element which emits ultraviolet or violet light having a peak wavelength in a range of not less than 300 nm nor more than 430 nm; a transparent resin layer disposed to cover at least a light emitting surface of the semiconductor light emitting element; and a phosphor layer, disposed on the transparent resin layer, emitting white light by being excited by the ultraviolet or violet light emitted from the semiconductor light emitting element, wherein the transparent resin layer is provided between the semiconductor light emitting element and the phosphor layer, and has a thickness from the light emitting surface of the semiconductor light emitting element to the phosphor layer in a range of not less than 0.4 mm nor more than 10 mm, wherein the phosphor layer includes a green phosphor emitting green light by absorbing the ultraviolet or violet light, a blue phosphor emitting blue light by absorbing the ultraviolet or violet light, and a red phosphor emitting red light by absorbing the ultraviolet or violet light, and the transparent resin layer does not include the green, blue, and red phosphors, and wherein the green phosphor comprises a rare earth borate phosphor activated by trivalent cerium and terbium having a composition represented by a general formula: where, R represents at least one element selected from Sc, Y, La, Gd and Lu, and x and y are numbers satisfying 0.03<x<0.3 and 0.03<y<0.3. | 2,611 |
9,204,507 | 1. An LED lighting device comprising: an LED circuit that comprises at least one LED; a bypassing circuit that is inserted in parallel to the LED circuit; and an LED driving circuit that supplies a current to each of the LED circuit and the bypassing circuit, wherein when a predetermined current is caused to flow in the LED circuit, the LED driving circuit supplies a current acquired by adding the current to flow in the bypassing circuit to the predetermined current, and wherein | 30,041 |
9,482,321 | 1. A powertrain for a hybrid vehicle, comprising: a first input shaft connected to a motor generator and coupled to a dog clutch apparatus; a second input shaft connected to an engine and coupled to a planetary gear set, an output shaft having a driving gear engaged and rotated with the first rotary gear. | 3,723 |
9,745,858 | 1. A turbine seal plate for an air cycle machine, the turbine seal plate comprising: an inner rim comprising a labyrinth seal land that defines a central bore having a labyrinth seal diameter; a housing coupling ring arranged radially outward of the inner rim; a housing pilot extending axially from the housing coupling ring and substantially parallel to the labyrinth seal land with respect to a radially inner portion of the housing pilot, wherein the housing pilot comprises a turbine housing pilot defined by a first radially outer portion of the housing pilot having a turbine housing pilot diameter, and the housing pilot further comprises a compressor housing pilot defined by a second radially outer portion of the housing pilot having a compressor housing pilot diameter, wherein the housing pilot has a housing pilot thickness, a ratio of the housing pilot thickness to the labyrinth seal diameter is between 0.08 and 0.14, a ratio of the housing pilot thickness to the turbine housing pilot diameter is between 0.0101 and 0.0177, and a ratio of the housing pilot thickness to the compressor housing pilot diameter is between 0.0102 and 0.0178; and a frusto-conical body extending between the radially inner portion of the housing pilot and the inner rim. | 30,173 |
9,181,462 | 1. A method for applying a label with an activatable adhesive to an item, the method comprising: providing the label, wherein the label has a first surface that is coated with an activatable, polymerized adhesive that includes: providing the item having a second surface; providing a source of energy that is configured to output radiant energy; exposing the first surface of the label to the radiant energy that is output from the source of energy thereby melting the plasticizer and lowering the glass transition temperature Tg of the base polymer so the first surface of the label becomes tacky; and contacting the first surface of the label with the second surface of the item. | 25,024 |
9,522,379 | 1. A chemical processing method, comprising: extracting energy from an airstream passing a moving transport platform; providing the energy to a thermochemical reactor carried by the transport platform; and at the thermochemical reactor: | 21,104 |
8,989,265 | 1. A method for decoding a video signal performed by a decoding apparatus, comprising: receiving the video signal, the video signal including a bitstream of an enhanced layer and a bitstream of a base layer; parsing, from the bitstream of the enhanced layer, coding information of a current block in the enhanced layer, the coding information of the current block indicating whether prediction information of the base layer is used to decode the current block in the enhanced layer, the prediction information including a prediction mode, partition information and motion information; and decoding the video signal based on the coding information of the current block, wherein the parsing comprises: parsing, from the bitstream of the enhanced layer, coding information of a neighboring block in the enhanced layer, the coding information of the neighboring block indicating whether the prediction information of the base layer is used to decode the neighboring block in the enhanced layer, the neighboring block including at least one of an upper block and a left block adjacent to the current block; deriving flag information of the neighboring block based on the coding information of the neighboring block, the flag information indicating a value determined based on an availability of the neighboring block and the coding information of the neighboring block; deriving a first index variable using the flag information of the neighboring block, the first index variable being derived by adding the flag information of the upper block to the flag information of the left block; deriving a second index variable using a context index offset for the coding information of the current block and the first index variable; determining an initial value of a function for probability coding based on the second index variable; and modeling the coding information of the current block using the initial value. | 20,725 |
8,580,395 | 1. An organic electronic device having one or more active layers, wherein at least one of these active layers comprises one or more polymers wherein the polymer consists of 0.01 to 50 mol % of one or more structural units of formula (I) or (II), where the symbols and indices used have the following meanings: R R is on each occurrence, identically or differently, H, halogen, a straight-chain, branched or cyclic alkyl chain having 1 to 22 C atoms, in which, in addition, one or more non-adjacent C atoms is optionally replaced by —O—, —S—, —CO—, —CO—O—, —O—CO— or —O—CO—O—, where, in addition, one or more H atoms is optionally replaced by fluorine, an aryl, aryloxy, heteroaryl or heteroaryloxy group having 5 to 40 C atoms, which is optionally substituted by one or more non-aromatic radicals R X is S or O, and structural units, which have hole-injection and/or hole-transport properties, and structural elements, which are used as backbone; wherein the structural units, which have hole-injection and/or hole-transport properties are triarylamine and wherein the structural elements, which are used as backbone are 4,5-dihydropyrene, 4,5,9,10-tetrahydropyrene, fluorene, 9,9′-spirobifluorene, phenanthrene, 9,10-dihydrophenanthrene, 5,7-dihydrodibenzoxepine or cis- and trans-indenofluorene. | 1,905 |
9,091,248 | 1. A wind turbine comprising a nacelle, the nacelle having a substantially longitudinal extension, a height extension and a width extension, comprising a front end, a rear end, a bottom part, a top part and side parts, and being adapted to house a number of wind turbine components, which wind turbine components are supported by an internal support structure, the support structure comprising: a main foundation positioned at the front end of the nacelle and comprising a first foundation connection area positioned adjacent the bottom part of the nacelle and a second foundation connection area also positioned adjacent the bottom part of the nacelle and spaced from the first foundation connection, and a rear frame connected to the main foundation and comprising a first longitudinal frame element connected to the first connection area and extending from the main foundation towards the rear end of the nacelle and a second longitudinal frame element connected to the second connection area and extending from the main foundation towards the rear end of the nacelle, wherein each of the first and second foundation connection areas comprises at least a first face and a second face, the second face being displaced in a longitudinal direction, a height direction and/or a width direction of the nacelle in relation to a position of the first face on the main foundation, and wherein each of the first and second longitudinal frame elements being connected to the main foundation via connections at least via the first face and the second face of the respective foundation connection area. | 3,936 |
8,888,547 | 1. A method of manufacturing an organic light-emitting display apparatus, the method comprising the following steps in order: forming a first electrode on a substrate, the first electrode having top and side surfaces; forming an intermediate layer comprising an organic emissive layer directly on the first electrode such that the intermediate layer covers the top and side surfaces of the first electrode; forming an insulating member on the intermediate layer, so as to expose at least a portion of the intermediate layer and to cover an edge of the first electrode; and forming a second electrode on the intermediate layer and the insulating member, wherein the insulating member is disposed between the intermediate layer and the second electrode, and wherein the second electrode has a slanted portion contacting a slanted portion of the insulation member and located over the edge of the first electrode, the slanted portion of the insulating member overlapping the edge of the first electrode in a direction perpendicular to the substrate. | 9,211 |
9,658,764 | 1. An information processing apparatus configured to recognize a single-touch operation and a multi-touch operation based on one or more touch points detected on an operation screen, the information processing apparatus comprising: a detection unit configured to detect each of the one or more touched points on the operation screen; an identification unit configured to determine whether a number of touched points being detected by the detection unit has decreased to one point, or whether the number of touched points being detected by the detection unit has increased to one point; and a recognition unit configured to, in a case where the identification unit determines that the number of touched points being detected by the detection unit has increased to one point, recognize a single-touch state based on that the one touched point detected by the detection unit has satisfied a first threshold condition, and in a case where the identification unit determines that the number of touched points being detected by the detection unit has decreased to one point, recognize the single-touch state based on one touched point detected by the detection unit has satisfied a second threshold condition different from the first threshold condition, wherein the recognition unit is further configured to, depending on the single-touch state having been recognized, compare input information about the one touched point with a pre-stored condition for a predetermined single-touch operation, and recognize a single-touch operation corresponding to the pre-stored condition that is satisfied by the input information, as a single-touch operation input to the information processing apparatus, wherein the pre-stored condition is same regardless of whether the single-touch state has been recognized based on that the first threshold condition has been satisfied or the single-touch state has been recognized based on that the second threshold condition has been satisfied, and wherein the recognition unit is configured not to recognize the single-touch state during a period in which the first threshold condition has not been satisfied after the number of touched points has increased to one point, and during a period in which the second threshold condition different from the first threshold condition has not been satisfied after the number of touched points has decreased to one point. | 20,621 |
9,718,799 | 1. A compound having formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof: wherein Ar is phenyl; n is an integer from 1 to 5; each X is independently a halide, or alkoxy, or more than one X on Ar together form a cyclic ether structure; and wherein the compound is substituted on the C-2 position with H, alkyl, cycloalkyl or alkoxy, substituted on the C-5, C-6, and C-7 positions independently with H, hydroxy (OH), alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkoxy, acetyl, ester, acetoxy, substituted on the C-8 position with hydroxy (OH), cycloalkyl, alkoxy, acetyl, ester, acetoxy, CH 2 OY 1 where Y 1 is hydrogen, alkyl, acetyl or the substituents on either C-6 and C-7 or the substituents on C-7 and C-8 together form a substituted or unsubstituted, saturated or unsaturated, cyclic or polycyclic ring structure which includes at least one chalcogen, wherein the alkyl, cycloalkyl, and alkoxy substituents can be substituted with one or more of a hydroxy, ester, acetoxy, alkoxy, or carbonyl. | 44,659 |
9,238,493 | 1. A vehicle instrument panel module installation method for installing, to a front of a passenger compartment of a vehicle, an instrument panel module comprising a combination of a support member extending in a vehicle width direction and a dashboard, the method comprising: an attaching step of attaching a pair of installation jigs, respectively, to right and left opposite lateral portions of the support member, wherein: the support member has right and left mounting brackets provided, respectively, at right and left opposite ends thereof, and right and left positioning holes each formed in a bottom of the support member located inward of a respective one of the right and left mounting brackets in the vehicle width direction; and each of the installation jigs has an upwardly-extending pin adapted to be inserted into a corresponding one of the right and left positioning holes, a receiving seat for the support member, and a clampable surface portion facing in a vehicle front-rear direction; a clamping step of clamping the clampable surface portion of each of the installation jigs by a transfer device having a clamping unit operable to approach the clampable portion in the front-rear direction for clamping; a temporarily mounting step of transferring the instrument panel module to the front of the passenger compartment by the transfer device to temporarily mount each of the right and left mounting brackets to a sidewall of a vehicle body; and a fastening step of, after the temporarily mounting step, detaching the installation jigs from the support member, and fastening each of the right and left mounting brackets to the sidewall of the vehicle body in the vehicle width direction by a fastening bolt. | 28,428 |
9,018,277 | 1. A kit comprising a paste A and a paste B, whereby (a) paste A comprises (b) paste B comprises wherein i) paste B contains less than 0.01% by weight, relative to the total weight of paste B, of a peroxide; ii) at least one of the pastes A and B contains, as component (a3) and/or (b3), at least one filling agent that is insoluble or poorly soluble in (a1) and/or (b1), respectively; iii) at least one of the pastes A and B contains at least one inorganic halide salt as component (a4) and/or (b4), wherein the inorganic halide salt is selected from alkali halides, earth alkali halides, halide salts of zinc and zirconium and halide salts of zirconium oxide or mixtures thereof; iv) the barbituric acid derivative (a2) is soluble in the monomer (a1) for radical polymerisation; v) the barbituric acid derivative (a2) is selected from the group consisting of 1-mono-substituted barbiturates, 5-mono-substituted barbiturates, 1,5-di-substituted barbiturates, 1,3,5-tri-substituted barbiturates, and 1,3,5-tetra-substituted barbiturates; and vi) paste A contains 15 to 85% by weight, relative to the total weight of paste A, of a filling agent (a3) that is insoluble or poorly soluble in (a1) and paste B contains less than 5% by weight, relative to the total weight of paste B, of a filling agent (b3) that is insoluble or poorly soluble in (b1). | 28,270 |
9,065,299 | 1. A power electronic converter for use in high voltage direct current power transmission and reactive power compensation comprising a plurality of switching elements interconnecting in use a DC network and one or more AC networks, the plurality of switching elements being controlled in use to form one or more short circuits within the power electronic converter so as to define one or more primary current flow path including a respective one of the AC networks and the power electronic converter and bypassing the DC network, characterized in that the switching elements are forming at least one phase element including two parallel-connected sets of series-connected switching elements to interconnect in use an AC voltage and a DC voltage, a junction between the series-connected switching elements of each set of series-connected switching elements defining an AC terminal for connection to the AC network, wherein an auxiliary converter is connected in parallel or in series with the or each phase element, the auxiliary converter acting as a waveform synthesizer to modify a DC voltage presented to the DC side of the or each phase element, the auxiliary converter and the phase element thus forming a single phase converter-limb. | 14,855 |
9,200,819 | 1. A method for efficiently operating a geothermal heat pump system, the geothermal heat pump system comprising a geothermal flow loop including an earth loop circulator and a heat pump load flow loop, containing a load loop circulator, the two flow loop systems being interconnected for fluid flow and direct heat exchange at a flow interface; two temperature sensors and a flow sensor at the entrance to and exit from each of the two loops, each of the sensors providing a signal output; a watt transducer operably connected to the circulators and providing a signal output indicating amount of total power usage; and a data receiver/controller operably connected to the sensors and watt transducer to receive the data and provide control to the circulators; the method comprising measuring fluid flow and inlet and outlet temperatures at the flow interface in each of the two flow loop systems, and measuring the total input wattage to the load loop heat pump (Whp), and to the earth loop circulator (Wcirc), calculating the instantaneous rate of heat transfer for the earth flow loop as follows: And calculating the instantaneous rate of heat transfer for the heat pump load flow loop as follows: | 32,096 |
9,646,516 | 1. A method for personalizing an electronic device, comprising: obtaining sensitive data by way of a third-party device composed of a CPU, a memory having coded instructions stored therein for operating the CPU, and a communications bus in communication with the CPU; at the third-party device, masking the obtained sensitive data using a masking method based on a standard cryptographic algorithm defining a ciphering algorithm, and a deciphering algorithm that uses more resources than the ciphering algorithm, said masking including a step of masking the sensitive data by applying the deciphering algorithm to said sensitive data to obtain masked sensitive data; storing the masked sensitive data in the electronic device so as to personalize the electronic device; unmasking the masked sensitive data, by applying the ciphering algorithm to the masked sensitive data to obtain sensitive data in plain form, wherein the unmasking with the ciphering algorithm comprises at least one instance of access to a table stored in a memory, wherein the number of instances of access to the table when unmasking with the ciphering algorithm is less than the number of instances of access to this same table anticipated in the deciphering algorithm, and wherein a plurality of instances of access to masked sensitive data is carried out, each instance of access comprising a step of unmasking by applying the ciphering algorithm to the masked sensitive data to obtain sensitive data in plain form. | 32,456 |
9,273,653 | 1. An intake manifold, comprising: an asymmetrical plenum having a first end including an inlet, a closed terminal end, a top surface and a bottom surface; a flange, and a plurality of runners extending from said bottom surface of said plenum and terminating at said flange; said plenum defining an interior space in flow communication with said runners; wherein said bottom surface of said plenum is wider than said top surface; and wherein said plenum narrows from a first runner adjacent to said first end toward a last runner adjacent to said closed terminal end, such that said last runner is longer than said first runner; wherein, in profile, said top surface is concave, curving inward toward a center of said plenum and said bottom surface is convex, curving away from said center of said plenum; and wherein said intake manifold causes air to exit each of said plurality of runners at substantially the same angle. | 10,084 |
8,420,703 | 1. A method for separating and removing a foreign matter from polyester fiber waste, including throwing polyester fiber waste containing polyalkylene terephthalate as the main component and a foreign matter other than the polyalkylene terephthalate into a depolymerization reaction tank, subjecting a part or all of the polyester fiber to a depolymerization reaction with an alkylene glycol to give a depolymerization reaction liquid containing bis-ω-hydroxyalkyl terephthalate and alkylene glycol, and then feeding continuously or intermittently the depolymerization reaction liquid to a foreign matter-separating and removing apparatus that has characteristics (a) to (f) below: (a) the foreign matter-separating and removing apparatus has a filtering device, the device having a function of renewing the filtering surface in the foreign matter-separating and removing apparatus; (b) the foreign matter-separating and removing apparatus is arranged with a first foreign matter discharge port for discharging a foreign matter at the bottom plane portion thereof, and further has a foreign matter discharge valve and a second foreign matter discharge port in the direction of discharging a foreign matter from the first foreign matter discharge port that is arranged to the bottom plane portion of the foreign matter-separating and removing apparatus to the outside of the foreign matter-separating and removing apparatus; (c) the bore of the second foreign matter discharge port is larger than or equal to the bore of the first foreign matter discharge port; (d) the bore of the foreign matter discharge valve is larger than or equal to the bore of the first foreign matter discharge port; (e) the bore of the second foreign matter discharge port is larger than or equal to the bore of the foreign matter discharge valve; (f) the foreign matter-separating and removing apparatus has a compression apparatus for compressing a foreign matter to squeeze the depolymerization reaction liquid impregnated in the foreign matter, wherein the foreign matter contains nylon, cotton, hemp or other plastic component used for such a purpose as surface modification. | 45,696 |
8,904,214 | 1. A method for conserving electrical power in an external therapeutic medical device including at least one external ECG sensor, the method comprising: instructing a general purpose processor located within the external therapeutic medical device to enter a reduced service state; receiving ECG data from the at least one external ECG sensor, the at least one external ECG sensor being physically connected to the therapeutic medical device; detecting, on a critical purpose digital signal processor located within the external therapeutic medical device, at least one event indicated within the ECG data that requires processing by the general purpose processor; dynamically instructing the general purpose processor to enter an active state; and processing, on the general purpose processor, the at least one event. | 49,634 |
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