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8,481,897 | 1. A printed circuit board or card comprising an electric circuit and, in addition to and separate from the electric circuit, at least one electrically conductive heating wire that is arranged on or in the printed circuit board or card, the heating wire: (i) being connectible to a voltage source, (ii) comprising a wire-printed heating wire, and (iii) having electrical insulation thereon. | 12,224 |
9,713,222 | 1. A method of controlling a plurality of light fixtures, the method comprising: driving light sources in each of the plurality of light fixtures at a first set of light source output values; determining first light outputs for each of the plurality of light fixtures, each of the first light outputs having a first output spectrum; determining a first spectrum of light reflected off of a surface, the light reflected off of the surface corresponding to light from the plurality of light fixtures; determining a first difference between the first light outputs and desired light outputs for each of the plurality of light fixtures; determining a second difference between the first spectrum of light reflected off of the surface and a desired spectrum of light reflected off of the surface; calculating an updated output spectrum for the plurality of light fixtures based at least in part on the first difference and the second difference; determining a second set of light source output values based at least in part on the updated output spectrum; and driving the light sources in each of the plurality of light fixtures at the second set of light source output values. | 9,956 |
8,653,763 | 1. A ventilator comprising: a base; a drive device disposed on the base; an impeller coupled to the drive device and driven by the drive device; a cover assembled with the base to define a closed area between the cover and the base for receiving a first circuit board therein, wherein when an AC power source is input to the first circuit board to be converted, a DC power source is output to drive the drive device; a housing for receiving the impeller therein, wherein the base is disposed in the housing, and risen toward an inside of the housing to form an accommodation space; an axial tube having an end passing through the base and extended into the accommodation space, wherein at least one bearing is disposed in the axial tube; and a second circuit board telescoped onto the end of the axial tube and disposed in the accommodation space, wherein the first circuit board comprises an AC/DC converter, and the AC/DC converter comprises a voltage-drop module for outputting the DC power source to the drive device, and a rectification module coupled to the voltage-drop module for receiving the AC power source. | 33,532 |
8,898,969 | 1. A curtain wall for an energy efficient building comprising: a support frame; a grid assembly system attached to said support frame; and a multiplicity of panels and cassettes attached to said grid assembly system, said multiplicity of panels and cassettes each comprising a prefabricated unit attached to a frame; wherein said grid assembly system is configured for ease of attachment of said frames carrying said prefabricated units; and wherein said grid assembly system comprises vertical metal struts with steel pins, each of said steel pins comprising a cylindrical end and a spring-loaded plunger, said vertical metal struts with steel pins being configured to engage with said frames of said panels and cassettes, said cylindrical end being captured in a locking slot of said frame and said spring-loaded plunger being captured by a circular aperture in said frame. | 29,846 |
9,547,472 | 1. A method of performing operations in a communications protocol, the method comprising: selecting a bit string to indicate whether all data packets for a requested data stream have been received, wherein the bit string is selected to differ from a bit sequence contained in each of the data packets of the requested data stream; storing the selected bit string into a plurality of portions of a memory buffer so as to mark the portions of the memory buffer with the selected bit string; receiving, into the memory buffer, at least a portion of the data packets of the requested data stream; for each data packet that is received into one of the plurality of portions of the memory buffer, overwriting the selected bit string with the bit sequence contained in the received data packet; polling data content of the plurality of portions of the memory buffer for the selected bit string; determining that portions of the requested data stream have not yet been received when the data content of any of the plurality of portions of the memory buffer contains the selected bit string; and determining that all the data packets for the requested data stream has been received successfully when the data content of the plurality of portions of the memory buffer does not contain the selected bit string. | 41,310 |
8,837,802 | 1. An image analysis system for determining cancerous cells comprising: an acquisition module including: a carrier unit loading a sample of suspected cancerous cells; an illuminating unit illuminating the sample of the suspected cancerous cells on the carrier unit as a lighting source; and an enlarging unit disposed on the carrier unit, with the enlarging unit enlarging an image of the sample of the suspected cancerous cells to be recognized; an image capturing module located at an output path of the acquisition module and including: a multi-spectral image reproduction module utilizing a spectral analysis, a color gain and an image reproduction to retreat the sharpened enlarged image of the suspected cancerous cells captured from the capturing unit, contouring the suspected cancerous cells in the sharpened enlarged image to recognize locations of the suspected cancerous cells, analyzing the contoured suspected cancerous cells in the sharpened enlarged image to obtain an average penetration spectrum of the contoured suspected cancerous cells, classifying the sharpened enlarged image of the suspected cancerous cells to four cancerous stages based on a descending trend of the average penetration spectrum, raising color differences of the suspected cancerous cells of the four cancerous stages, and obtaining representations of the contoured suspected cancerous cells to determine one of the four cancerous stages to which the suspected cancerous cells pertains based on a spectral database of cancerous cells. | 38,706 |
8,690,506 | 1. A quick assembly apparatus, comprising: a fastening unit, comprising a head section at one end thereof and a fastening section at another end thereof, a through channel connecting the head section and the fastening section, and a notch at the fastening section to form a plurality of elastic fastening elements; a control unit, movably inserted in the through channel of the fastening unit, comprising a supporting section corresponding to and supporting in the elastic fastening elements, a control shaft connected to the supporting section and extending out from the fastening section, and an extension shaft connected to the supporting section, extending towards the head section and having an end blocked outside the head section; and an elasticity unit, fitted around the extension shaft of the control unit, having one end thereof pushed against the control unit and another end thereof pushed against the fastening unit. | 15,357 |
9,171,483 | 1. A system for providing learning information for visually impaired people based on a haptic electronic board, the system comprising: a first information output device which is a PC for people with low vision for accessing to a learning information server in conjunction with a lecturing and authoring program to receive learning information for people with low vision, wherein said first information output device includes a LAN or WLAN communication unit and having a viewer program for people with low vision installed therein and provides functions of information enlarging, reducing and shifting, color adjusting and brightness adjusting; and a second information output device which is a haptic electronic board for blind people for accessing to the learning information server through a local wireless network using a unique device ID assigned thereto, receiving learning information for blind people from the learning information server, converting the learning information for blind people into haptic information, controlling probes of a plurality of Tiny Ultrasonic Linear Actuators disposed in a multi-arrangement, outputting the haptic information to a graphic output module, and transferring the haptic information to visually impaired people, wherein the lecturing and authoring program and the learning information server are installed in a learning information server PC equipped with a network connection unit using LAN or WLAN and a wireless communication interface unit using the local wireless network, and the learning information server converts learning information into learning information for people with low vision including character, equation, symbol, figure, graph, and image information produced, or learning information for blind people, which may be transferred in a form of haptic information by using an automatic haptic information conversion technology, and transmits the learning information for people with low vision or the learning information for blind people, which can be transferred as haptic information, to one or more information output devices through LAN or WLAN or a local wireless network in a 1:N or a 1:1 transmission mode, or synchronize with a learning page by transmitting information of a current page from the learning information server in accordance with the lecturing and authoring program, wherein said second information output device includes a communication unit for receiving the learning information for blind people from the learning information server through the local wireless communication; a master board for receiving the learning information for blind people from the communication unit to provide a control command, and including an MCU; at least one slave board for receiving the control command from the master board, and controlling ultrasonic actuators arranged in a multi-arrangement, and being connected with the master board through an SPI bus; a plurality of Tiny Ultrasonic Linear Actuators disposed in a multi-arrangement; and a step down DC-DC converter for being supplied with a power supply, converting a DC-DC voltage, and providing the converted DC-DC voltage to the master board and the slave board, wherein a distance between probes of the TULA of the graphic output module of said second information output device is set to a value lower than 2.7 mm, and wherein a module of an array type piezoelectric actuator is manufactured such that it has a multi-structure of TULA and is configured in a multi-arrangement of actuators of TULAs wherein said second information output device includes a graphic information function or a brail scroll function by using user input buttons including top, bottom, left, right, front and rear buttons and is configured so that its screen can be moved to a next screen or a previous screen. | 23,566 |
8,399,215 | 1. A cell which comprises a nucleotide sequence encoding a xylose isomerase, wherein the amino acid sequence of the xylose isomerase has at least about 94% sequence identity to the amino acid sequence set out in SEQ ID NO:3 and wherein the nucleotide sequence is heterologous to the host. | 1,477 |
9,822,020 | 1. A process comprising steps of, a) separating a solids portion and liquid portion from an anaerobic digester digestate; b) stripping ammonia from the liquid portion to produce an ammonia stripped liquid; and, returning 80% or more of the ammonia stripped liquid to the anaerobic digester. | 17,739 |
9,382,881 | 1. A mounting structure for mounting a PCV valve, comprising: a first blow-by gas passage formed in a cylinder head and a second blow-by gas passage formed in an intake manifold, the cylinder head and the intake manifold being joined to each other at respective joint surfaces; wherein: the first blow-by gas passage includes a first axial passage portion extending in an axial direction along a first axis; the second blow-by gas passage includes a second axial passage portion extending in an axial direction along a second axis; the first axial passage portion and the second axial passage portion communicate with each other at the joint surfaces and coaxially extend along a mount axis when the cylinder head and the intake manifold are joined together at the joint surfaces; the PCV valve includes a valve case and a valve member axially movably disposed within the valve case; the valve case includes a first case portion and a second case portion; the first case portion is configured to be fitted into the first axial passage portion in the axial direction along the first axis, and the second case portion is configured to be fitted into the second axial passage portion in the axial direction along the second axis, a length of the first axial passage portion in the axial direction along the first axis is not smaller than a length of the first case portion in the axial direction; a length of the second axial passage portion in the axial direction along the second axis is not smaller than a length of the second case portion in the axial direction; and when the cylinder head and the intake manifold are joined together at the joint surfaces, the valve case extends along the mount axis across the joint surfaces, an outer circumferential surface of the first case portion contacts an inner circumferential surface of the first axial passage portion along a first length in the axial direction, and an outer circumferential surface of the second case portion contacts an inner circumferential surface of the second axial passage portion along a second length in the axial direction. | 11,279 |
9,831,818 | 1. A coupling for interconnecting four photovoltaic modules comprising: (a) a base portion with a first side and a substantially opposite facing second side, the first side and the second side each adapted to receive two photovoltaic modules; (b) a clamping portion connected to the base portion, wherein the clamping portion is movable with respect to the base portion; (c) one or more rotatable fasteners that pass through the clamping portion into the base portion, wherein the one or more rotatable fasteners are rotatable to move the clamping portion toward the base portion to secure four photovoltaic modules between the base portion and the clamping portion; wherein the base portion is connected to a height adjustable leveling foot adapted to adjust a height of the base portion with respect to a support surface; and wherein the second side comprises a pivoting portion, wherein the pivoting portion comprises a sloped surface and is configured to: | 25,759 |
9,382,084 | 1. A transporting system comprising: a first roller and a second roller arranged apart from each other along a transporting path of a sheet to transport the sheet; a first driving device configured to drive the first roller to rotate; a second driving device configured to drive the second roller to rotate; a first measuring device configured to measure a state quantity Z1 concerning a rotary motion of the first roller; a second measuring device configured to measure a state quantity Z2 concerning a rotary motion of the second roller; and a controller configured to control an operation of transporting the sheet with rotations of the first roller and the second roller, by controlling the first driving device and the second driving device, the controller being configured to perform: estimating a value R1 related to a reaction force which acts on the first roller in a case that the first roller is driven to rotate by the first driving device; estimating a value R2 related to a reaction force which acts on the second roller in a case that the second roller is driven to rotate by the second driving device; calculating a control input U1 in accordance with a deviation between a target state quantity, and a state quantity of the sheet (Z1+Z2)/2 corresponding to a sum (Z1+Z2) of the state quantity Z1 measured by the first measuring device and the state quantity Z2 measured by the second measuring device; calculating a control input U2 in accordance with a deviation between a target value, and a value (R1−R2)/2 corresponding to a difference (R1−R2) between the value R1 and the value R2; inputting, to the first driving device, a control signal in accordance with a sum (U1+U2) of the control input U1 and the control input U2; and inputting, to the second driving device, a control signal in accordance with a difference (U1−U2) between the control input U1 and the control input U2. | 40,992 |
8,355,535 | 1. A computer-implemented method for recording an event in a virtual world, comprising the steps of: acquiring camera view regions of avatars joining in the event; identifying at least one key target based on information about the targets in the camera view regions of the avatars, the information about the targets in the camera view regions comprising at least one of frequencies, times and lengths of durations that the targets appear in the camera view regions; and setting at least one recorder for the identified at least one key target for recording the event such that the at least one key target is located in the camera view regions of the at least one recorder. | 29,469 |
9,254,739 | 1. A vehicle comprising: an internal combustion engine; a first rotating electrical machine; a second rotating electrical machine; a power split device including first to third rotating elements respectively coupled to an output shaft of said internal combustion engine and rotation shafts of said first rotating electrical machine and said second rotating electrical machine; a drive shaft; a transmission provided between said second rotating electrical machine and said drive shaft; and an electronic control unit that controls said transmission, wherein when said first rotating electrical machine has a malfunction, said electronic control unit restricts gear shift performed by said transmission, as compared with a case where said second rotating electrical machine has a malfunction. | 16,095 |
9,584,311 | 1. An apparatus for decrypting data, the apparatus comprising: a plurality of devices that are secured by at least one security device and comprise a receiver and a decrypting device, the receiver being configured to receive calculation data encrypted by a homomorphic encryption function, and the decrypting device being configured to decrypt the encrypted calculation data by carrying out an inverse of the homomorphic encryption function on the encrypted calculation data using a private key assigned to the homomorphic encryption function, wherein the plurality of devices secured using the at least one security device comprise a storage device configured to store a program for calculating the inverse of the homomorphic encryption function and to provide the decrypting device with the program. | 30,109 |
8,590,619 | 1. A method for extracting methane from methane hydrates, comprising the following steps: feeding carbon dioxide to methane hydrate deposits; allowing the carbon dioxide to take effect on the methane hydrate while releasing methane and storing the carbon dioxide as carbon dioxide hydrate; removing the released methane, characterised in that the fed carbon dioxide is supercritical carbon dioxide. | 29,723 |
8,696,314 | 1. A gear set comprising: a bearing comprising an inner race and an outer race, one of the inner race and the outer race being a ring gear comprising a plurality of first teeth having a first hardness; and a pinion meshable with the ring gear, and comprising a plurality of second teeth having a second hardness, wherein the second hardness is no greater than the first hardness. | 19,560 |
9,320,302 | 1. A collar stay device, comprising: a stay body having a solid middle having a first width, a first end portion having a second width and defining a first slot, and a second end portion having the second width and defining a second slot, wherein the solid middle connects the first end portion to the second end portion, and the first width is smaller than the second width; a first component includes a solid end portion having a third width smaller than the second width; a first fastener connected to the stay body and adapted to retain the first component adjacent the stay body; a second fastener connected to the first component and adapted to retain the stay body adjacent the first component, wherein the first fastener and the second fastener enable the stay body to slide substantially parallel relative to the first component; a second component includes a solid end portion having the third width smaller than the second width; a third fastener connected to the stay body and adapted to retain the second component adjacent the stay body; a fourth fastener connected to the second component and adapted to retain the stay body adjacent the second component, wherein the third fastener and the fourth fastener enable the stay body to slide substantially parallel relative to the second component; a first collar stay insert pivotally attached to the solid end portion of the first component and having a length longer than the solid end portion of the first component; and a second collar stay insert pivotally attached to the solid end portion of the second component and having a length longer than the solid first end portion of the second component. | 4,734 |
9,242,544 | 1. A vehicle comprising: a rear transaxle which includes a casing incorporating a drive train and supporting a rear axle and includes an electric motor mounted on the casing to drive the rear axle via the drive train; a front axle: a battery for supplying electric power to the electric motor; a seat; and a load carrying bed rotatable upward at an end thereof, wherein the rear transaxle and the battery are disposed below the load carrying bed and behind the front axle, and wherein the vehicle is configured so that the rear transaxle and the battery can be accessed when the load carrying bed is rotated upward. | 12,325 |
9,824,036 | 1. A system comprising: a controller to communicate data of a full data width; first and second memory modules including first and second sets of memory devices, respectively; a set of data lines coupled to the controller to communicate the data of the full data width, the set of data lines having a first subset of data lines connecting the controller to only one of the first and second memory modules and a second subset of data lines connecting the controller to only the other one of the first and second memory modules, the first subset of data lines non-overlapping with the second subset of data lines; and a set of control lines that extends from the controller to both of the first memory module and the second memory module. | 30,128 |
9,206,719 | 1. An exhaust treatment system to treat exhaust gas of an internal combustion engine, the exhaust treatment system comprising: a particulate filter configured to trap soot contained in the exhaust gas flowing therethrough; a pressure sensor that outputs a pressure signal indicative of a pressure differential between an inlet of the particulate filter and an outlet of the particulate filter; a soot mass module including a microprocessor and electronic memory storing non-transitory computer readable instructions that when executed by the microprocessor, determines a soot mass indicative of an amount of soot stored in the particulate filter based on the pressure differential and a soot model stored in a memory device; a continuously regenerating trap (CRT) compensation module including a microprocessor and electronic memory storing non-transitory computer readable instructions that when executed by the microprocessor, generates a variable CRT threshold based on the soot mass and to selectively output a CRT compensation value that modifies the soot model based on a comparison between a NOx flow rate and the variable CRT threshold; and a particulate filer regeneration system configured to perform a regeneration operation that heats the particulate filter to combust the soot based on the modified soot model. | 42,381 |
9,016,185 | 1. A method for clearing underwater mines or munitions that have been sunk in waterways, underwater, by using a weapon clearance appliance having a mass that corresponds to a mass of water displaced by the weapon clearance appliance under water such that the weapon clearance appliance has neutral buoyancy, the weapon clearance appliance comprising: at least one of a clearance charge and a spoof device structured and operable to simulate characteristics of at least one of marine vessels or submarines, and a retaining device structured and operable to fix the weapon clearance appliance to a weapon, said method comprising: selecting and providing the weapon clearance appliance to have a volume such that the buoyancy force acting on the weapon clearance appliance under water compensates for the force of gravity acting on the weapon clearance appliance such that the weapon clearance appliance has a neutral buoyancy; releasably connecting the weapon clearance appliance to an unmanned underwater vehicle via a means for releasable connection of the weapon clearance appliance; positioning, via the unmanned underwater vehicle, the weapon clearance appliance in at least one of in contact with the weapon and in close proximity to the weapon; substantially simultaneously activating the retaining device and actuating the means for releasable connection in order to substantially simultaneously fix the weapon clearance appliance to a weapon and release the connection between the weapon clearance appliance and the unmanned underwater vehicle; moving the unmanned underwater vehicle away from the weapon to a distance that is greater than or equal to a predetermined safety distance; and | 22,685 |
9,533,752 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a data bus system in an aircraft; actuator control modules connected to the data bus system; an actuator control module, in the actuator control modules, configured to control a position of a flight control device, configured to control movement of the aircraft, based upon commands on the data bus system directed to the actuator control module; and flight control modules connected to the data bus system and configured to: | 26,103 |
9,669,882 | 1. A panel sealing apparatus comprising: a panel defining an aperture; a sealing assembly including: | 6,829 |
8,725,408 | 1. A method for prediction of journey situations, comprising the following steps: defining a plurality of standard journey situations, each standard journey situation based on a plurality of driving state parameters, wherein the plurality of driving state parameters are chosen from a group of variables comprising a mean overall speed, a mean cruise speed, a maximum speed, a stop frequency, an amount of idling operation, an amount of relative deceleration operation, an amount of relative travel operation, an amount of relative acceleration operation, and a mean positive acceleration, said step of defining the plurality of standard journey situations includes obtaining values of the driving state parameters and combining the values to form individual clusters by means of a grouping procedure whereby each cluster identifies a standard journey situation, with each standard journey situation having a unique identifier assigned thereto, the standard journey situations constituting a discrete number of categories; defining a plurality of route state parameters describing the state of a journey route; determining at least one association rule which associates a set of route state parameter values with one of the standard journey situations; recording an intended journey route; determining values of the route state parameters for the intended journey route; and associating the intended journey route with one of the standard journey situations on the basis of the association rule, such that the unique identifier of the standard journey situation is associated with the intended journey route whereby monitoring the unique identifier provides information regarding the driving state parameters along the intended journey route. | 22,388 |
8,500,969 | 1. A system for producing electric energy and hydrogen based on renewable energy sources, the system being connectable to renewable energy sources and an electric grid, wherein the system comprises: a power electronics device, a hybrid electrolyzer device and at least one control device connected to the hybrid electrolyzer device; such that the hybrid electrolyzer device comprises a combination of at least two electrolyzers of different electrolysis technologies and being at least one electrolyzer of a rapid dynamics electrolysis technology type and, at least the second one of a substantially slower dynamics electrolysis technology type; and such that the control device, based on at least requirements established by the electric grid and the dynamic electrolysis technology type of said at least two types of electrolyzers, manages the power electronics device so that an electric energy consumption and a production of hydrogen of each one of said electrolyzers of the hybrid electrolyzer device is regulated for absorbing power fluctuations of a generated electric energy from renewable energy sources. | 37,920 |
9,214,286 | 1. A dye-sensitized solar cell, comprising: a first electrode including a light-absorbing layer formed on a transparent conductive substrate; a second electrode facing the first electrode; and an electrolyte provided between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the light-absorbing layer includes a semiconductor layer, and a dye represented by the following Chemical Formula 1: wherein in Chemical Formula 1, 0<x<1, further comprising a recombination preventing layer provided between the dye and the electrolyte. | 6,177 |
9,610,295 | 1. A method of treating erectile dysfunction in a male human patient, comprising orally administering to said patient 5 to 10 milligrams prednisone one to two hours prior to orally administering to said patient 10 milligrams tadalafil. | 31,375 |
8,440,449 | 1. A recombinant xylose utilizing Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast comprising heterologous polynucleotide sequences coding for xylulokinase and xylose isomerase, wherein said xylulokinase comprises Yersinia pestis xylulokinase. | 32,896 |
8,528,613 | 1. A pneumatic tire comprising: at least two cross belts that have codes forming an angle of 5 degrees or greater and 30 degrees or less with respect to a tire circumferential direction; a circumferential reinforcing layer that has a width smaller than smallest width of the cross belts, and that has codes forming an angle of 0 degrees or greater and 5 degrees or less with respect to the tire circumferential direction; a carcass located inside, in a tire diameter direction, relative to a cross belt being inside among the cross belts in the tire diameter direction; and a high-angle belt which is provided on an outer side of the carcass in the tire diameter direction, wherein outer edges of the high-angle belt extend further outwardly than outer edges of the circumferential reinforcing layer but further inwardly than outer edges of the cross belts in the width direction of the tire, and such that the outer edges of the high-angle belt are disposed offset in the width direction of the tire with respect to outer edges of the cross belts, at 100% internal inflation pressure, a distance X at 5% internal inflation pressure, a distance Y between the equatorial plane and a separation section of the carcass and a belt outwardly adjoining the carcass in the tire diameter direction is not less than 95% and not more than 105% of a distance X | 6,625 |
9,264,511 | 1. A method for realizing content sharing among mobile terminals, comprising the steps of: receiving an index of access content sent by a requesting mobile terminal; looking up a shareable content index table for the index of the access content; and for each mobile terminals having the index of the access content found, receiving a wireless device status of the mobile terminals in the cell having the index of the access content, said received wireless device status comprising a position information of the mobile terminals having said index; judging, based on received position information of the mobile terminal, whether a distance between the mobile terminal having the index of the access content and the mobile terminal requesting to access content satisfies the distance requirement for wireless communication if the index of the access content is found; and sending identification information of the mobile terminal having the index of the access content to the requesting mobile terminal if the index of the access content is found and if the wireless device distance status of the mobile terminals having the index satisfies the distance requirement for wireless communication of the requested access content to the requesting mobile terminal, so that the requesting mobile terminal obtains the requested access content from the mobile terminal having the index of the access content via wireless communication. | 15,126 |
9,161,259 | 1. A method, comprising: receiving a current bandwidth characteristic for a microwave link in a wireless network, wherein the current bandwidth characteristic is determined under fading conditions associated with signal propagation on the link, wherein the current bandwidth characteristic under the fading conditions decreases in discrete steps according to a microwave modulation scheme; calculating a new cost for the link that is different from a nominal cost associated with a nominal bandwidth of the link without the fading conditions; and routing at least a portion of a plurality of flows that are to traverse the link away from the link based, at least in part, on the new cost such that bandwidth per flow for flows traversing the faded microwave link is maintained within a tolerance level independent of the fading conditions. | 29,335 |
8,457,500 | 1. An all-optical OR device comprising: a first optical signal processing block, the first optical signal processing block receiving a first optical input signal and a periodic optical signal; a second optical signal processing block, the second optical signal processing block receiving a second optical input signal and the periodic optical signal, wherein an output signal of the first optical signal processing block and an output signal of the second optical signal processing block are coherent; a phase shifter, the phase shifter introducing a phase offset between the output signals of the first and second optical signal processing blocks, the phase offset being substantially equal to 2π/3 radians; and a combiner, the combiner combining the phase-offset output signals of the first and second optical signal processing blocks, whereby the combiner provides an optical output signal representing an OR combination of the first and second optical input signals, wherein at least one of the first and second optical signal processing blocks includes: | 5,178 |
8,758,108 | 1. A method comprising: providing, by a computing device, a representation of a market indicator and a possible future value of the market indicator associated with a future time, wherein a distance between the market indicator and the possible future value decreases as a future time becomes closer to a current time; causing, by the computing device, a user interface to display a plurality of wager propositions, wherein each wager proposition is associated with respective odds, and is associated with a respective possible future value of a plurality of possible future values, wherein the possible future value is one of the plurality of possible future values; wherein the possible future value includes at least one of a first high line and a first low line; providing, by the computing device, a representation of a second possible future value associated with the future time, the second possible future value comprising at least one of a second low line and a second high line; determining, by the computing device, the respective odds of each wager based at least in part on a distance of the future time from a current time and at least in part on a market trend associated with the market indicator; adjusting, by the computing device, at least one of the respective odds and the respective possible future value based on a market condition; receiving, by the computing device, a wager placed on the market indicator, the wager indicating that the market indicator will be one of higher and lower than the possible future value of the market indicator at the future time, wherein one of the wager propositions is the wager, wherein the wager identifies whether the actual value of the market indicator will be higher than or lower than the future value at the future time and the possible future value; purchasing, by the computing device, a financial instrument to hedge against a player winning the wager; preventing, by the computing device, a player making the wager from engaging in a financial transaction related to the market indicator; before the future time occurs, allowing, by the computing device, a user to play a slot machine game that includes at least one reel, wherein, for each play of the slot machine game, the at least one reel displays at least one digit, and wherein an outcome of play of the slot machine game is determined based at least in part on a comparison between the at least one digit and the possible future value, wherein the future value includes a plurality of digits, wherein the at least one reel includes a plurality of reels; causing, by the computing device, the user interface to display the plurality of slot reels, wherein each slot reel corresponds to a respective one of the plurality of digits; and receiving, by the computing device, a stop command from a submitter of the wager; determining, by the computing device, an outcome of the wager based on the possible future value and an actual value of the financial indicator at the future time; wherein if the wager identifies that the market indicator will be greater than the possible future value at the future time, then the slot machine game outcome is a winning bet if a second value corresponding the second plurality of digits is greater than the possible future value, and if the wager identifies that the market indicator will be less than the possible future value at the future time, then the slot machine game outcome is a winning bet if the second value is less than the possible future value; wherein the second value includes a sum of the second plurality of digits; wherein the market indicator is associated with at least one of: the Dow Jones Industrial Average, the Financial Times Stock Exchange, and the S&P 500; and in which a bonus outcome of the slot machine game is determined based on the at least one digit comprising at least one of a straight and a number of identical digits. | 30,784 |
8,394,896 | 1. A compound comprising a liquid ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer and a vulcanizing agent, wherein the ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer has a weight average molecular weight of 250,000 to 350,000 daltons and wherein the liquid ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer is solventless, wherein the ethylene vinyl acetate has a MFI (ISO 1133) of between about 15 to 35 g/10 min and a Mooney viscosity (ML 1+4@100° C.) of from 5 to 15 MU and wherein the composition does not include an additional solid rubber. | 28,956 |
9,697,914 | 1. A nuclear power plant, comprising: a core; a reactor pressure vessel that houses the core; a dry well that houses the reactor pressure vessel; a wet well whose lower portion houses a suppression pool that is connected to the dry well via a LOCA vent pipe, and whose upper portion includes a wet well gas phase; a vacuum breaker that allows gas inside the wet well gas phase to flow back into the dry well; a containment vessel that includes the dry well, the LOCA vent pipe, the wet well, and the vacuum breaker; a cooling water pool that is placed outside the containment vessel and stores cooling water; a heat exchanger that includes an inlet plenum, an outlet plenum, and a plurality of heat exchanger tubes connecting the inlet plenum and the outlet plenum and being at least partially submerged in the cooling water; a gas supply pipe whose one end is connected to the inlet plenum of the heat exchanger, and whose other end is connected to the dry well so that gas in the dry well is led to the heat exchanger; a condensate return pipe whose one end is connected to the outlet plenum of the heat exchanger, and whose other end is connected to the containment vessel so that condensate inside the heat exchanger is led to the containment vessel; an outer well that is provided outside the dry well and the wet well; a water seal pool that is provided inside the outer well and in which water is stored; and a gas vent pipe whose one end is connected to the outlet plenum of the heat exchanger, and whose other end is placed so that non-condensable gas inside the heat exchanger is released into the outer well outside the wet well, wherein the gas vent pipe is not connected to the wet well. | 25,974 |
8,674,280 | 1. An optimization system for at least one mirror of at least one CSP system, the system comprising: a screen for displaying light patterns for reflection by the at least one mirror; a camera for receiving a reflection of the light patterns from the at least one mirror; a solar characterization tool comprising a characterizing unit for determining at least one mirror parameter of the at least one mirror based on an initial position of the camera and the screen, and a refinement unit for refining the determined at least one mirror parameter had on an analytically adjusted position of the camera and screen whereby the at least one mirror is characterized; and a pivot, the screen having a plurality of sides positionable via the pivot. | 3,982 |
9,344,091 | 1. A system comprising: at least one processing device; and a die-stacked memory device coupled to the at least one processing device via an inter-device interconnect, the die-stacked memory device comprising: | 3,660 |
9,473,036 | 1. A direct current voltage conversion device adapted to receive a direct current input voltage and to output a direct current output voltage, the direct current voltage conversion device comprising: a buck converter adapted to receive the direct current input voltage and a first control signal related to the direct current output voltage, and to output a direct current first voltage according to the first control signal; a series resonant converter that is electrically coupled with the buck converter and that receives the direct current first voltage from the buck converter, the series resonant converter further receiving a second control signal and a third control signal, and outputting an alternating current second voltage according to the second control signal and the third control signal; a transformer that is electrically coupled with the series resonant converter, that receives the alternating current second voltage, and that includes a first winding on a primary side of the transformer, and a second winding and a third winding on a secondary side of the transformer, each of the first winding, the second winding and the third winding having a first terminal and a second terminal, the first terminal being a dotted terminal, the first terminal and the second terminal of the first winding being electrically coupled with the series resonant converter, the first terminal of the third winding being electrically connected with the second terminal of the second winding; a rectifier that is electrically coupled with the first terminal of the second winding and the second terminal of the third winding and that receives a fourth control signal and a fifth control signal; an output capacitor having a first terminal electrically coupled with the second terminal of the second winding, and a second terminal electrically coupled with the rectifier; the rectifier rectifying a voltage across the first terminal of the second winding and the second terminal of the third winding so as to generate the direct current output voltage according to the fourth control signal and the fifth control signal, the direct current output voltage being outputted across the first terminal and the second terminal of the output capacitor; a feedback circuit that is electrically coupled with the first terminal and the second terminal of the output capacitor for input of the direct current output voltage, the feedback circuit having an input for receiving a reference voltage and producing an intermediate signal according to magnitudes of the reference voltage and the direct current output voltage; and a pulse width modulation circuit electrically coupled to the feedback circuit and the buck converter, the pulse width modulation circuit receiving the intermediate signal and producing the first control signal responsive to the intermediate signal; the feedback circuit and the pulse width modulation circuit being configured to adjust the first control signal to increase the direct current first voltage responsive to a decrease in the direct current output voltage. | 38,448 |
8,482,998 | 1. A storage device comprising: a printed circuit board; a semiconductor memory package mounted on the printed circuit board via solder joints, the semiconductor memory package incorporating semiconductor memories; a sensor configured to measure a physical quantity relating to a state of the storage device; a database including a damage estimation model base to be used for estimating damage of the solder joints from the physical quantity measured by the sensor; a damage estimating module configured to calculate a damage estimation value of the solder joints from the physical quantity using the damage estimation model base; and a controller configured to control writing, reading, and erasure of electronic data to or from the semiconductor memories based on the damage estimation value calculated by the damage estimating module. | 20,470 |
9,313,649 | 1. A method of operating intermittently a remote apparatus comprising a data system for capturing data, displaying data and/or actuating based on data, a wireless modem for communication with a mobile telecommunications network and a controller, the remote apparatus being able to communicate with a server through the mobile telecommunications network, the method comprising: (a) leaving the wireless modem switched off; and when data has been captured by the data system and is ready to send to the server and/or at intervals carrying out steps (b) to (d): (b) automatically, in the controller, switching on the wireless modem; (c) sending a signal from the remote apparatus to the server via the wireless modem and the mobile telecommunications network using a signaling channel message, wherein the signaling channel message is an unstructured supplementary services data, USSD, message including the data that is ready to send if the amount of data that is ready to send is less than the capacity of the signaling channel message; and (d) automatically in the controller switching off the wireless modem to release network resources and conserve power. | 9,947 |
8,591,114 | 1. A spindle for a wind turbine, comprising: a spindle body having a first end, a second end, and a horizontal channel extending from the first end to the second end; a first end cover and a second end cover, the first end cover and the second end cover being releasably securable to the first end and the second end, respectively, for defining a sealed space within the channel; the channel being configured for receiving a plurality of ball bearing assemblies, a horizontal drive shaft locked at a first end to a rotor assembly for generating electricity, and locked at a second end, opposite the first end, to a wind turbine blade assembly, and a fluid; the spindle body defining an opening through a side thereof allowing communication between the channel and an exterior of the spindle body, for accepting the fluid into the channel, such that the plurality of bearing assemblies, a portion of the drive shaft, and the fluid are contained within the sealed space when the first and second end covers are secured to the first and second ends. | 8,574 |
9,165,498 | 1. A display device comprising: a display unit including pixels each comprising an organic light emitting diode (OLED); and a power supply unit configured to generate a first power source voltage based on an input voltage, the power supply unit comprising: wherein the first power source voltage and the second power source voltage are voltages driving the pixels, wherein the bias circuit is configured to supply the second power source voltage to the pixels and is referenced to a ground voltage, wherein a current flowing to the pixels flows to the reference terminal, and wherein the bias circuit is configured such that the current flowing to the pixels does not flow through the bias circuit. | 19,886 |
9,446,775 | 1. A bogie frame for railway vehicles, comprising: a pair of left and right side beams disposed along a direction of rails; a cross beam that connects the side beams to each other; and a mounting bracket for mounting a functional part, the mounting bracket being joined to the cross beam, wherein the cross beam has a rectangular cross section and includes a top plate section, a bottom plate section, and a pair of side plate sections; the top plate section has a cutout opening extending to one of the side plate sections; the mounting bracket is inserted in the cutout opening; and the mounting bracket and the top plate section are joined together by butt welding. | 43,639 |
9,440,935 | 1. Process for producing 2-phenyl-1,3-benzoxazoles of formula (I), wherein R R said process comprising the steps of (i) reacting 2-aminophenol (II) with a benzoyl chloride of formula (III) to the amide of formula (IV) (ii) cyclisation of the amide (IV) to 2-phenyl-1,3-benzoxazol of formula (I), wherein step (i) is carried out in an inert organic solvent in the presence of at least 0.75 mole-equivalent of sodium hydrogen carbonate or potassium hydrogen carbonate based on the benzoyl chloride of formula (III). | 28,475 |
8,799,127 | 1. A data processing system having a processor coupled to a computer readable storage medium for reporting loan payoff information, comprising: payoff calculation logic comprising the processor that is in communication with the computer readable storage medium that stores a program that when executed by the processor causes the processor to accept loan information and generate a payoff quote for a plurality of loans, at least one of the plurality of loans having different prepayment terms than another one of the plurality of loans, the payoff quotes including: wherein the payoff processor is configured to determine the prepayment premium based on a reason the total payoff amount was requested. | 18,065 |
9,395,170 | 1. An adjustable radius gauge comprising a flat spring. | 45,849 |
8,742,611 | 1. A hydropower generating system comprising: a pump; a container data center comprising a plurality of cooling pipes, each of the cooling pipes comprising a water intake and a water outlet, the water intake being connected to the pump which pumps water from sources to the cooling pipes, water flowing through the cooling pipes to dissipate the heat in the container data center; a hydropower generating module comprising a turbine and a generator, the turbine being arranged under the container data center, wherein the hydropower generating module is electrically connected to the pump, the water flows out from the water outlets is able to turn the turbine, causing the turbine to drive the generator to generate electrical power, the generated electrical power is supplied to the pump; a metering module to measure the electrical power generated by the hydropower generating module and determine whether the generated electrical power is sufficient to power the pump; an electrical power storage module; a voltage converting module connected to the pump; and a switching module arranged between the electrical power storage module and the voltage converting module, wherein the switching module connects the metering module to the voltage converting module when the generated electrical power is sufficient to power the pump, and connects the metering module to the electrical power storage module when the generated electrical power is insufficient to power the pump. | 14,561 |
8,953,302 | 1. A separator for an electrochemical device having a structure in which a chargeable and dischargeable storage element having a configuration in which the separator is interposed between a positive electrode and a negative electrode and an electrolytic solution are sealed in a container, the separator comprising: a plurality of high porosity portions from one side surface to another side surface in a thickness direction of the separator; and a plurality of low porosity portions from the one side surface to the other side surface in the thickness direction of the separator, wherein the high porosity portions and the low porosity portions are arranged in a region interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, wherein porosity of the high porosity portions is in a range of 90 to 95%, and porosity of the low porosity portions is in a range of 60 to 80%. | 25,653 |
8,908,793 | 1. A transmitter comprising: an information processor configured to generate wherein the first resource index indicates a first resource block and the second resource index indicates a second resource block, which is different from the first resource block; a reference signal generator operatively coupled to the information processor and configured to generate the first antenna and the second antenna which are respectively configured to simultaneously transmit a first signal generated based on the first information sequence and the first reference signal sequence, and a second signal based on the second information sequence, and the second reference signal sequence. | 34,046 |
9,405,340 | 1. A processor comprising: a plurality of cores grouped into a plurality of clusters, wherein the clusters are formed based on proximity of a corresponding measured operating voltage of each core of the cluster at one or more of a plurality of frequencies, wherein each cluster comprises a unique set of cores; and a power control unit (PCU) comprising frequency/voltage control logic to determine an operating voltage for a first core of a first cluster from a first cluster voltage-frequency (V-F) table associated with the first cluster, wherein the first cluster V-F table is to uniquely specify a corresponding operating voltage at each of a plurality of frequencies of operation of the cores of the first cluster, the first cluster V-F table based on a plurality of core V-F pairs for each of the cores of the first cluster, wherein each core V-F pair is to specify a corresponding operating voltage of the core at a given frequency of operation, the core V-F pairs of a given core stored in a non-volatile memory. | 34,903 |
9,453,285 | 1. A process for preparing an aqueous solution of N-ethyl-2-methylpyridinium bromide (2-MEPy), comprising reacting 2-picoline and ethyl bromide in a pressure reactor at a temperature above the melting point of the reaction mixture, combining the reaction product with water, wherein said reaction product consists essentially of 2-MEPy in a liquid form, and recovering an aqueous solution of 2-MEPy, wherein the reaction is free of solvent, and said process does not involve the preparation or isolation of 2-MEPy in a solid form. | 39,166 |
9,575,167 | 1. A radar apparatus capable of emitting a transmission wave relating to a transmitting signal which is frequency-modulated, and receiving a reflection wave coming from a target at which the transmission wave is reflected as a receiving signal, to derive at least position information of the target based on the receiving signal, the radar apparatus comprising: a deriving unit configured to derive a plurality of fluctuation values of a signal level of the receiving signal for a stationary target among the targets; a calculating unit configured to calculate a fluctuation integrated value by integrating the plurality of fluctuation values of the signal level of the receiving signal; and a judging unit configured to judge the stationary target as a target other than a control subject if the fluctuation integrated value is below a predetermined threshold. | 45,213 |
9,708,712 | 1. A method for the production of a transparent conductive deposit on a transparent polymeric substrate, the method comprising: providing a transparent polymeric substrate formed from a first material; depositing a film of a second material on the transparent polymeric substrate; causing the film to crack so as to provide a plurality of fissures in the film; after providing the plurality of fissures, widening the plurality of fissures so as to create a plurality of recesses, wherein widening the plurality of fissures is achieved independently of providing the plurality of fissures, and further wherein the plurality of fissures are widened using a process selected from the group consisting of elastic deformation and plastic deformation; depositing a conductive material in the plurality of recesses; and removing the film from the transparent polymeric substrate so as to yield a transparent conductive deposit on the transparent polymeric substrate, wherein the transparent conductive deposit has an optical transparency of at least 88% in a wavelength range of 400 nm to 700 nm. | 49,514 |
9,267,601 | 1. A method of assembling a solid oxide fuel cell stack comprising a plurality of adjoining fuel cells, wherein the fuel cells are mutually sealed in a gas tight manner with a ceramic high temperature gas seal, the method comprising the steps of: (a) mixing a plurality of ceramic fibers with one or more ceramic powders and an organic binder in a liquid to form a slurry, wherein a substantial proportion of the one or more ceramic powders has a particle size of about 5 μm in diameter, and the ceramic fibers and the one or more ceramic powders are resistant to sintering at an operating temperature of the fuel cells; (b) forming a tape from the slurry by a tape forming process; (c) drying the tape to form a pre-fired seal; (d) installing the tape as the seal between an interconnect of the solid oxide fuel cell stack and a fuel cell or another interconnect of the solid oxide fuel cell stack; and (e) thermally cycling the fuel stack to burn out a substantial portion of the organic binder in the seal so that the seal has a fired porosity of about 35% to 60%, without sintering the ceramic fibers and the one or more ceramic powders. | 19,569 |
9,695,802 | 1. A wind turbine blade assembly comprising: a rotatable hub; a blade secured to the hub, the blade having an aerodynamic centroid; and a pitch system disposed to rotate the blade with respect to the hub about a pitch axis not extending through the aerodynamic centroid, the pitch system comprising: | 42,803 |
8,414,798 | 1. A process for producing syngas comprising hydrogen and carbon monoxide from a gas stream comprising methane, the process comprising the step of: contacting the gas stream with a two-component catalyst system comprising an apatite component and a perovskite component in an atmosphere substantially devoid of a gaseous oxygen source so that the oxygen source for partial oxidation of the methane comes primarily from the perovskite component and at reaction conditions effective to convert the methane to the syngas; and regenerating the two-component catalyst system comprising burning coke off the catalyst system and oxidizing the perovskite component. | 49,226 |
8,629,736 | 1. A directional coupler that is used in a certain frequency band, the directional coupler comprising: a first terminal; a second terminal; a third terminal; a fourth terminal; a main line that is connected between the first terminal and the second terminal; a sub line that is connected between the third terminal and the fourth terminal and that is electromagnetically coupled to the main line; a first low pass filter that includes a first coil which is connected between the first terminal and the main line and that has a characteristic in which attenuation increases with increasing frequency in the certain frequency band; a second low pass filter that includes a second coil which is connected between the second terminal and the main line and that has a characteristic in which attenuation increases with increasing frequency in the certain frequency band; and a high pass filter that is connected, in parallel to the main line, between a point between the first coil and the first terminal and a point between the second coil and the second terminal and that has a characteristic in which attenuation decreases with increasing frequency in the certain frequency band. | 30,612 |
9,396,947 | 1. A wafer structure comprising: a first region from a device wafer having at least one major surface, a thickness, and a conductivity profile of a first conductivity type substantially perpendicular to said at least one major surface; a second region from a separate handle wafer having a thickness, and a second conductivity profile of the first conductivity type of said first region, such second conductivity profile being substantially different than the conductivity profile of said first region, such that said second region is in electrical contact with said first region opposite the major surface of said first region; a bond interface region formed between said first region and said second region; and impurity sites placed in said first region, such impurity sites being substantially electrically inactive over a temperature range, wherein the conductivity profile of said first region transitions abruptly to the conductivity profile of said second region within the interface region, wherein said first region, said second region, and said interface region comprise the same semiconductor material, and wherein said impurity sites are selected from the group of isotopes consisting of germanium, silicon, carbon, fluorine, sulfur, chlorine, nitrogen, or defects selected from the group consisting of lattice vacancies, interstitial defects, Frenkel defect pairs, crystal dislocations, or a combination of said isotopes and defects. | 4,704 |
9,388,928 | 1. A valve assembly, comprising: a male member including a probe having a first fluid passageway having an exit aperture opening through a side face of the probe; and a female member including a socket for receiving the probe, a second fluid passageway having an exit aperture arranged on an internal side face of the socket, a first closing member freely moveable between an open position in which the exit aperture is at least partially unobstructed and a closed position in which the exit aperture is fully obstructed, and a first securing means for releasably securing the first closing member to the probe to restrict relative movement between the first closing member and the probe, the first closing member including two sealing rings such that, when in the closed position, the two sealing rings form a seal on either side of the exit aperture of the female member, and the first securing means configured to lock the probe to the first closing member prior to the first closing member opening the exit aperture of the socket, wherein the probe and the first closing member abut when the probe is received within the socket such that the abutment thereof transitions across the exit aperture of the socket. | 21,531 |
8,492,983 | 1. A system for controlling a plurality of LEDs, comprising one or more serial data busses to convey binary digital information, comprising: a) a Bus Controller, which controls one or more LED Units, which are connected to each other and to the Bus Controller via a serial data bus, and which Bus Controller executes user-defined programs which describe the behavior of the various LED Units in terms of brightness, time, and any other relevant parameters; b) one or more LED Units, each of which has two data ports: port A, which faces the Bus Controller on the serial data bus, and port B, which faces away from the Bus Controller on the serial data bus and each of which LED Units performs the functions of: | 2,603 |
9,136,411 | 1. A method for installing solar panels on a plurality of purlins comprising: forming a plurality of solar panel mounting assemblies comprising: attaching multiple left-handed clamps to a first side of each of a plurality of solar panel mounting frames, wherein the left-handed clamps each comprise: attaching multiple right-handed clamps to a second side each of a plurality of solar panel mounting frames, wherein the right-handed clamps each comprise a right-handed clamp comprising: wherein a second side of the lower structural arm of the right-handed clamp is dimensioned to fit against the second side of the left-handed clamp; disposing a first solar panel mounting assembly on a first purlin and a second purlin, wherein disposing the first solar panel mounting assembly comprises: disposing the first side of the first solar panel mounting assembly having the left-handed clamps on a top surface of the second purlin; and holding the second side of the first solar panel mounting assembly having the right-handed clamps in a position in alignment with the first purlin; drilling holes in the first purlin using through holes in the multiple right-handed clamps as guides and fastening the first solar panel mounting assembly to the first purlin using fasteners, the through holes and the drilled holes; disposing a second solar panel mounting assembly on the second purlin and a third purlin; wherein disposing the second solar panel mounting assembly comprises: disposing the right-handed clamps of the second solar panel mounting assembly on the lip surfaces of the left-handed clamps of the first solar panel mounting assembly; and disposing the left-handed clamps of the second solar panel mounting assembly on a top surface of the third purlin; and wherein disposing the second solar panel mounting assembly on the second purlin and the third purlin further comprises drilling holes in the second purlin by using through holes in the multiple left-handed clamps of the first solar panel mounting assembly and through holes in the multiple right-handed clamps of second solar panel mounting assembly. | 46,283 |
9,684,817 | 1. A method for automatically optimizing point cloud data quality, comprising the following steps of: a. acquiring initial point cloud data for a target to be reconstructed, to obtain an initial discrete point cloud; b. performing preliminary data cleaning on the obtained initial discrete point cloud to obtain a Locally Optimal Projection operator (LOP) sampling model; c. obtaining a Possion reconstruction point cloud model by using a Possion surface reconstruction method on the obtained initial discrete point cloud; d. performing iterative closest point algorithm registration on the obtained Possion reconstruction point cloud model and the obtained initial discrete point cloud; and e. for each point on a currently registered model, calculating a weight of a surrounding point within a certain radius distance region of a position corresponding to the point for the point on the obtained LOP sampling model, and comparing the weight with a threshold, to determine whether a region where the point is located requires repeated scanning. | 7,820 |
9,291,182 | 1. An attachment system for mounting a trim component to a vehicle body panel having an aperture, the attachment system comprising: a self-locating fastener affixed to the trim component, the fastener comprising: | 995 |
8,514,312 | 1. An image sensor comprising: a charge generating unit deposited within a semiconductor substrate, that generates a charge in response to light, and has a potential well that stores the charge; a first charge storage unit provided directly on the semiconductor substrate next to the charge generating unit, facing a first aspect of the charge generating unit and separated from the charge generating unit by a portion of the semiconductor substrate, the first charge storage unit having a potential well deeper than the potential well of the charge generating unit and storing a charge transferred from the charge generating unit; a first electrode covering an end of the charge generating unit having the first aspect, to which a voltage is applied, to form a gradient of a potential in an area between the charge generating unit and the first charge storage unit so that a charge stored in the charge generating unit is transferred to the first charge storage unit; and a second electrode covering a part of the charge generating unit, and provided away from the first charge storage unit as compared with the first electrode, to which a voltage is applied to form a gradient of a potential in the area provided away from the first charge storage unit, wherein the first electrode and second electrode are disposed on a first insulating layer deposited on the surface of the semiconductor substrate, a second insulating layer is disposed over the first electrode, the second electrode, and the first insulating layer, and a third electrode, to which a voltage is applied to make a part of the potential well of the charge generating unit shallow, the shallow part corresponding to the part of the charge generating unit covered by the third electrode, wherein the third electrode is disposed on the second insulating layer, a portion of the third electrode being disposed above and overlapping a topmost portion of the first electrode and a topmost portion of the second electrode, and covers the middle portion of the charge generating unit between the first electrode and the second electrode, and the second insulating layer having an opening formed therein located beneath a center portion of the third electrode. | 46,631 |
8,675,571 | 1. A method comprising: generating information indicative of at least an allocated number of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing symbols allocated for use in at least one control channel, wherein the at least one control channel comprises a plurality of a first portion of time-frequency resources for a wireless communication link; and transmitting the information indicative of the at least the allocated number via another channel, wherein the another channel comprises a second portion of the time-frequency resources for the wireless communication link. | 17,686 |
9,142,357 | 1. A separator for an electric storage device, comprising an inorganic material-containing separator whose main component is an inorganic fiber, wherein at least a part of hydroxyl group on a surface of the inorganic fiber is modified to a halogen-containing ester group represented by formula (6): wherein, in formula (6), R | 6,954 |
8,971,159 | 1. A method comprising: placing a mode index refractive surface between a solid immersion mirror (SIM) and a channel waveguide, the mode index refractive surface having a part of its surface that allows incident light to pass through without refraction and another part of its surface that refracts incident light. | 18,039 |
9,700,995 | 1. An installation device for installing a lining panel in an aircraft, comprising: a main beam having a first main beam section and a second main beam section; a hinge pivotably connecting a first end of the first main beam section and a first end of the second main beam section with each other such that the first main beam section can be pivoted relative to the second main beam section about an axis aligned perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the first main beam section; a first movable beam provided at a second end of the first main beam section such that it is movable relative to the first main beam section along the longitudinal axis thereof; a second movable beam provided at a second end of the second main beam section such that it is movable relative to the second main beam section along a longitudinal axis thereof; a first longitudinal element connected to an end of the first movable beam facing away from the first main beam section; and a second longitudinal element connected to an end of the second movable beam facing away from the second main beam section. | 13,290 |
9,191,034 | 1. A communication modulator with sample rate conversion, the modulator comprising: a symbol mapping module configured to map an input bitstream to a symbol sequence; a pre-distortion module configured to multiply the symbol sequence by a discrete frequency response to produce a pre-distorted symbol sequence and to invert a baseband frequency response of an interpolation filter; a modulation module configured to modulate the pre-distorted symbol sequence to a time-domain baseband sample sequence; a sample rate conversion module that includes the interpolation filter having the baseband frequency response with the sample rate conversion module configured to convert the sample rate of the baseband sample sequence to a different sample rate to produce a sample-rate-converted baseband sample sequence; and an up-conversion module configured to up-convert the sample-rate-converted baseband sample sequence to an intermediate frequency signal; wherein the discrete frequency response by which the pre-distortion module multiplies the symbol sequence is configured to compensate for passband droop introduced to the sample-rate-converted baseband sample sequence by the sample rate conversion module. | 9,393 |
8,947,066 | 1. A control apparatus communicable with a power measuring apparatus which measures a consumed power value, the control apparatus comprising: a communication unit configured to acquire information from the power measuring apparatus; and a controller configured to control a working state thereof, wherein if the information acquired by the communication unit satisfies a predetermined condition, the controller changes the working state to once reduce a consumed power thereof, and then to gradually increase the consumed power. | 36,867 |
8,968,725 | 1. A genipin cross-linked fibrin gel for repairing defects in a intervertebral disc annulus, the gel having a genipin:fibrin ratio of 0.1:1 to 2:1, where the gel is made with a fibrin solution comprising from 250 mg/ml to 400 mg/ml of fibrin. | 692 |
9,181,969 | 1. An ornamental fastener assembly configured to enhance an appearance of an object, said assembly comprising: a head having an outer edge defining an ornamental shape; and a shaft coupled to said head, said shaft configured to penetrate the object such that said head is coupled to the object; wherein said outer edge of said head having a tool well extending therein; wherein said tool well is configured to receive a tool that is able to rotate said head in order for said shaft to penetrate the object; wherein a bounding surface of said tool well having a plurality of sides being oriented at an acute angle with each other; wherein said bounding surface of said tool well defines a hexagonal shape. | 37,410 |
8,418,093 | 1. A method of reducing a digital circuitry design to build a simplified circuit that preserves assertability, the method comprising: build a simplified netlist from an original netlist of the digital circuitry design; build a composite netlist from the simplified netlist and the original netlist, said composite netlist comprising a plurality of failure targets associated with a respective plurality of implications including an implication, said implication being associated with a failure target among the plurality of failure targets; check each of said plurality of implications of the composite netlist to ensure that for an associated simplified netlist target there is a corresponding original netlist target, wherein an assertion of said failure target indicates a failure of the implication associated with said failure target; verify, using a computer, the simplified netlist by determining whether each of the plurality of failure targets of the composite netlist is assertable or is unassertable; report as being validated any unassertable ones of the plurality of failure targets in response to the verifying the simplified netlist; determine an assertable failure target among the plurality of failure targets of the composite netlist; validate said assertable failure target by considering a failure scenario of the failure target in the simplified netlist and confirming a corresponding failure scenario in the original netlist; and report as being validated said assertable failure target in response to confirming said failure scenario in the simplified netlist and said corresponding failure scenario in the original netlist. | 24,077 |
9,045,130 | 1. A vehicular engine automatic stop control apparatus comprising: a coast stop controller that performs a coast stop control of stopping an engine in response to a situation where driver's brake pedal operation is above a predetermined threshold value while a vehicle is traveling; a road surface gradient sensor that senses a road surface gradient; and a coast stop control cancellation unit that cancels the coast stop control in response to a situation where a first sensed value of the road surface gradient is above a predetermined cancellation threshold value in absolute value, wherein the first sensed value of the road surface gradient is obtained at a first time instant when the vehicle becomes stationary in a situation where the engine has been stopped by the coast stop controller, wherein the coast stop control cancellation unit inhibits the coast stop control from being canceled in response to a situation where a second sensed value of the road surface gradient is above the predetermined cancellation threshold value, and wherein the second sensed value of the road surface gradient is obtained when the vehicle is traveling. | 39,180 |
8,849,469 | 1. A data center system, comprising: a plurality of data centers configured to receive power from a plurality of power sources, at least one power source comprising a renewable power source that provides power to a first data center of the plurality of data centers; a management system configured to manage execution of a plurality of computational tasks, an individual computational task from the plurality of computational tasks having multiple data components associated therewith, wherein the management system is further configured to: a processor configured to execute at least the management system. | 2,536 |
9,024,141 | 1. An isolated polynucleotide selected from the group consisting of: a. a polynucleotide having at least 95% sequence identity, as determined by the GAP algorithm under default parameters, to the full length sequence of SEQ ID NO: 7; wherein a plant transformed with said polynucleotide exhibits an increase in leaf tissue growth; b. a polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide consisting of SEQ ID NO: 8 and c. a polynucleotide consisting of SEQ ID NO: 7; and d. A polynucleotide which is fully complementary to the polynucleotide of (a), (b) or (c) wherein the isolated polynucleotide is operably linked to a heterologous promoter. | 45,750 |
9,547,378 | 1. A device comprising: a housing comprising: an input device on the first surface; a processor disposed in the housing to receive data in response to user interaction with the input device; a first sensor to detect whether the housing is being supported by a supporting surface; a three-dimensional (3-D) sensor being disposed on the first side to acquire data representing an object; a controller to: | 38,128 |
9,555,421 | 1. A sorting apparatus, comprising: a flow channel device that comprises a flow channel through which a fluid that includes particles configured to flow and an operation electrode portion configured to cause a dielectrophoretic force to act on the particles in the flow channel, wherein the flow channel comprises a first flow channel and a second flow channel parallel to each other and are in communication with each other through a narrow channel; a measurement electrode portion, wherein the measurement electrode portion further comprises the narrow channel sandwiched between a first electrode and a second electrode, wherein the first electrode and the second electrode are used for measurement of characteristics of the particles passes through the narrow channel; and a controller configured to detect the characteristics of the particles that flows through the flow channel, generate a voltage signal by a pulse modulation by use of a square pulse based on the detected characteristics of the particles, and output the voltage signal to the operation electrode portion. | 6,183 |
9,703,942 | 1. A computer-implemented method comprising: providing, by a first device having a memory and at least one processor, an initial authentication data to a second device, the second device being different from the first device; obtaining, by the first device, a first response data from the second device subsequent to providing the initial authentication data to the second device; generating, by the first device, a first subsequent authentication data using the first response data, the first subsequent authentication data being different from the initial authentication data, the generating the first subsequent authentication data comprising: providing, by the first device, the first subsequent authentication data to the second device; obtaining, by the first device, a second response data from the second device; generating, by the first device, a second subsequent authentication data using the second response data, the second subsequent authentication data being different from the initial authentication data and the first subsequent authentication data; and providing, by the first device, the second subsequent authentication data to the second device. | 7,124 |
9,707,909 | 1. A method comprising: obtaining inputs, via one or more sensors, for one or more factors having an effect on energy performance for a vehicle; and determining, via a processor, a change in expected range for the vehicle, a change in expected fuel economy for the vehicle, or both, from the one or more factors based on the inputs; wherein the step of determining the change in expected range, the change in expected fuel economy, or both, comprises determining a difference between an actual distance travelled by the vehicle and an expected distance for the vehicle to travel, the difference based on the one or more factors, using the inputs; wherein the difference is determined at least in part by: | 22,950 |
8,923,037 | 1. A memory element comprising: a memory layer to hold the information by the magnetization state of a magnetic substance; a magnetization pinned layer having magnetization serving as a reference of the information stored in the memory layer; an intermediate layer formed from a nonmagnetic substance disposed between the memory layer and the magnetization pinned layer; a magnetic coupling layer disposed adjoining the magnetization pinned layer and opposing to the intermediate layer; and a high coercive force layer disposed adjoining the magnetic coupling layer, wherein the information is stored by reversing magnetization of the memory layer, making use of spin torque magnetization reversal generated along with a current passing in the lamination direction of the layered structure including the memory layer, the intermediate layer, and the magnetization pinned layer, and the magnetic coupling layer has a two-layer laminate structure. | 37,454 |
9,265,076 | 1. A user equipment (UE) operable to connect to a third generation partnership project (3GPP) long term evolution (LTE) cell in a cellular network, having computer circuitry configured to: record, at the UE, logged minimization of drive test (MDT) measurements at a selected rate when the UE is in a radio resource control (RRC) idle mode in a first LTE cell in a cellular network; communicate the Logged MDT measurements to a communications network to enable the communications network to derive spatial information about cell boundaries in the communications network; identify a change in a UE state of the RRC idle mode; stop recording the Logged MDT measurements at the UE when the UE state changes from a camped normally UE state to another UE state of the RRC idle mode; and resume recording of the Logged MDT measurements when the UE state changes to the camped normally UE state of the RRC idle mode. | 22,491 |
9,090,433 | 1. An elevator system which controls an elevator by responding to hall calls of each floor and car calls and performs a standby operation for causing an elevator car to be on standby at a prescribed parking floor under prescribed conditions, comprising: a remote hall call registering device by use of which an elevator passenger performs a hall call registration in a position at a prescribed distance from a hall; a comparison device which, in the case where a floor on which the remote hall call registering device is installed is set as a parking floor, compares the moving time which the elevator car requires for moving from a service floor at which the elevator car has been stopped at the time of the finish of responses to all calls to the floor on which the remote hall call registering device is installed, with the walking time which a passenger requires for moving from the installation position of the remote hall call registering device to the boarding position of the elevator; a standby operation go/no go determination device which determines whether to perform a standby operation on the basis of the result of the comparison of the comparison device; and a standby operation device which, only in the case where a determination was made by the standby operation go/no go determination device to the effect that a standby operation should be performed, causes the elevator car to move from the service floor to the parking floor after responses to all calls have been finished. | 26,139 |
8,773,878 | 1. A three-phase reactor power saving device, used to receive a three-phase AC power supply, and is connected electrically to a load, said three-phase AC power supply carries with it electric energy, comprising: a first capacitor set, connected electrically to said three-phase AC power supply in a delta configuration, to store said electric energy; a reactor set, connected electrically to said first capacitor set, to receive and convert said electric energy into AC self-induced energy; a three-phase transformer having delta connected primary windings connected electrically to said reactor set and wye connected secondary windings to receive and boost said AC self-induced energy into boosted AC self-induced energy; a second capacitor set, connected electrically to said wye connected secondary windings of said three-phase transformer, to store said boosted AC self-induced energy, said second capacitor set being in a wye configuration; a rectifier circuit, connected electrically to said wye connected secondary windings of said three-phase transformer, to rectify a current of said boosted AC self-induced energy into a DC current; a power regulating capacitor, connected electrically to said rectifier circuit, to store power of said DC current; and a first DC reactor and a second DC reactor, connected electrically to said rectifier circuit to receive said DC current, and generate and output first DC self-induced energy and second DC self-induced energy to said load. | 10,829 |
8,538,612 | 1. A device for controlling a hybrid construction machine, including first, second main pumps of a variable displacement type, first, second circuit systems respectively connected to the first, second main pumps and including a plurality of operated valves for controlling actuators, a first travel-motor operated valve provided in the first circuit system and controlling one of travel motors, and a second travel-motor operated valve provided in the second circuit system and controlling the other travel motor, the device for controlling a hybrid construction machine, comprising: mode sensors respectively provided in the first, second travel-motor operated valves and detecting traveling mode or traveling halt operation mode in accordance with a switching operation of the first, second travel-motor operated valves; a sub pump of a variable displacement type; a tilt angle control unit controlling a tilt angle of the sub pump; an electric motor that is a driving source of the sub pump; first, second merging passages connected to the sub pump and communicating with discharge sides of the first, second main pumps; assist control input means for inputting a signal indicating whether or not assist control is required during travel; and a controller controlling a tilt angle of the sub pump and a rotational speed of the electric motor, wherein the controller comprises a function of determining from signals received from the mode sensors provided in the first, second travel-motor operated valves whether the traveling mode or the traveling halt operation mode is selected, and a function of, when receiving a signal representing a need of an assist from the assist control input means during the traveling mode, controlling one of or both a rotational speed of the electric motor and a tilt angle of the sub pump on the basis of a low output setting value relatively lower than that in the traveling halt operation mode. | 41,884 |
9,808,735 | 1. A decorative lawn ornament, comprising: a support member including an upper support member, a lower support member insertable in into the lawn, and a secondary lower support member connected to the lower support member and which is insertable into the lawn; a support sleeve connected to the support member for rotation about an axis defined by the support member; a first decorative member rotatably supported about the support member, the first decorative member including a first carrier having a plurality of first blades extending therefrom, a first photoswitch, a first rechargeable battery electrically connected to the first photoswitch, a first circuit board electrically connected to the first rechargeable battery, at least one first solar panel arranged on the first carrier and electrically connected to the first circuit board, the at least one first solar panel configured to receive and collect sunlight, and a plurality of first light-emitting devices arranged on at least one of the plurality of first blades to emit light from at least one of the plurality of first blades; a second decorative member rotatably supported about the support member, the second decorative member including a second carrier having a plurality of second blades extending therefrom, a second photoswitch, a second rechargeable battery electrically connected to the second photoswitch, a second circuit board electrically connected to the second rechargeable battery, at least one second solar panel arranged on the second carrier and electrically connected to the second circuit board, the at least one second solar panel configured to receive and collect sunlight, and a plurality of second light-emitting devices arranged on at least one of the plurality of second blades to emit light from at least one of the plurality of second blades; and a connecting member extending perpendicularly from the support sleeve and which has a first end thereof which supports the first decorative member via the first carrier for rotation about an axis defined by the connecting member, and a second end thereof which supports the second decorative member via the second carrier for rotation about an axis defined by the connecting member, wherein: | 35,565 |
9,546,591 | 1. An exhaust system, comprising: an exhaust conduit configured to receive a flow of exhaust gas from an internal combustion engine; a valve assembly disposed in an exhaust bypass conduit and having an inlet port, a first outlet port, and a second outlet port, the inlet port of the valve assembly being in fluid communication with the exhaust conduit via the exhaust bypass conduit; a first turbine having an inlet that is fluidly coupled to the exhaust conduit via a first turbine inlet conduit, the first turbine inlet conduit extending from the exhaust conduit to the inlet of the first turbine; a first compressor operatively coupled to the first turbine via a first shaft; a second turbine having an inlet that is fluidly coupled to the first outlet port of the valve assembly via a first outlet port conduit, and fluidly coupled to an outlet of the first turbine via a first turbine outlet conduit, the first turbine outlet conduit being distinct from the first outlet port conduit; and a controller operatively coupled to the valve assembly, the controller being configured to effect simultaneous fluid communication between the inlet of the second turbine and the outlet of the first turbine via the first turbine outlet conduit, and between the inlet of the second turbine and the first outlet port of the valve assembly via the first outlet port conduit, by actuating the valve assembly to the second configuration. | 9,652 |
9,221,707 | 1. A method of making a vacuum insulating glass (VIG) window unit, the method comprising: providing first and second substantially parallel spaced-apart glass substrates and an edge seal material comprising frit provided at least partially between the first and second glass substrates for sealing an area proximate an edge of the VIG window unit; pre-heating the glass substrates and the frit to at least one temperature below a melting point of the first and second substrates and below a melting point of the frit; providing localized near infrared (IR) inclusive heat proximate to the area proximate the edge to be sealed via a two-dimensional array of heat sources so as to at least partially melt the frit, and wherein the heat sources are individually and selectively activated, in sequence; and cooling the unit and/or allowing the frit to harden in making the vacuum insulating glass (VIG) window unit. | 28,084 |
8,609,911 | 1. A process for producing low oxygen biomass-derived pyrolysis oil comprising contacting a carbonaceous biomass feedstock with a microporous crystalline zeolitic catalyst at pyrolysis conditions to produce pyrolysis gases comprising hydrocarbons, the catalyst catalyzing a deoxygenation reaction converting at least a portion of the oxygenated hydrocarbons into hydrocarbons and removing the oxygen as carbon oxides and water; and condensing a condensable portion of the pyrolysis gases to produce low oxygen biomass-derived pyrolysis oil; wherein the catalyst comprises: a. a microporous crystalline zeolite, UZM-44, having a three-dimensional framework of at least AlO where “n” is the mole ratio of Na to (Al+E) and has a value from approximately 0.05 to 0.5, M represents a metal or metals selected from the group consisting of zinc, Group 1 (IUPAC 1), Group 2 (IUPAC 2), Group 3 (IUPAC 3), the lanthanide series of the periodic table, and any combination thereof, “m” is the mole ratio of M to (Al+E) and has a value from 0 to 0.5, “k” is the average charge of the metal or metals M, T is the organic structure directing agent or agents derived from reactants R and Q where R is an A,Ω-dihalogen substituted alkane having 5 carbon atoms and Q is at least one neutral monoamine having 6 or fewer carbon atoms, “t” is the mole ratio of N from the organic structure directing agent or agents to (Al+E) and has a value of from 0.5 to 1.5, E is an element selected from the group consisting of gallium, iron, boron and combinations thereof, “x” is the mole fraction of E and has a value from 0 to about 1.0, “y” is the mole ratio of Si to (Al+E) and varies from greater than 9 to about 25 and “z” is the mole ratio of O to (Al+E) and has a value determined by the equation: b. and wherein the microporous crystalline zeolite, UZM-44, is further characterized in that it has the x-ray diffraction pattern having at least the d-spacings and intensities set forth in Table A: | 2,487 |
9,394,843 | 1. A system, comprising: an engine with an intake passage; a turbocharger with an intake compressor; an air induction system (AIS) throttle positioned in the intake passage upstream of the intake compressor; a crankcase; and a controller with computer readable instructions stored in non-transitory memory for: during a first condition, | 42,167 |
9,615,566 | 1. A pneumatically powered animal trap including: I. a trap body including a chamber; II. a source of compressed gas; III. a trigger mechanism configured to be actuated by an animal, the trigger mechanism including: IV. a main valve; V. a main valve space between the last trigger valve and the main valve; and VI. a kill mechanism powered by the compressed gas; wherein the trigger valves, trigger valve spaces, main valve and main valve space are arranged such that, in use: a) in a ready state, each of the trigger valve spaces and the main valve space are pressurized by the compressed gas; b) opening of each of the trigger valves vents one of the trigger valve spaces, which in turn causes a further one of the trigger valves to open until all of the trigger valves have been opened; and c) opening of the last trigger valve vents the main valve space, which causes actuation of the main valve to allow the compressed gas to flow to the kill mechanism for killing the animal within the chamber. | 41,499 |
8,779,116 | 1. A mammalian cell comprising a first strand of RNA having a 5′ end and a 3′ end, wherein the first strand is complementary to at least 15 nucleotides of a targeted gene of interest, and a second strand of RNA having a 5′ end and a 3′ end, wherein (i) the first strand is 18 to 30 nucleotides in length and comprises SEQ ID NO: 49 and the second strand is 18 to 30 nucleotides in length and comprises SEQ ID NO: 50; (ii) the first strand is 20 to 30 nucleotides in length and comprises SEQ ID NO: 51 and the second strand is 20 to 30 nucleotides in length and comprises SEQ ID NO: 52; or (iii) the first strand is 23 to 30 nucleotides in length and comprises SEQ ID NO: 53 and the second strand is 23 to 30 nucleotides in length and comprises SEQ ID NO: 54; and wherein at least 12 nucleotides of the first and second strands are complementary to each other and form a small interfering RNA (siRNA) duplex under physiological conditions, and wherein the siRNA silences only one allele of the targeted gene in the cell. | 17,403 |
9,600,022 | 1. A synchronous data transmitting method for an induction type power supply system, comprising: receiving, by a supplying-end module of the induction type power supply system, a plurality of data impulses of a power transmitting signal according to a first operating clock of a microprocessor in the supplying-end module, for generating a plurality of data frames, wherein the plurality of data impulses is transmitted by a receiving-end module according to a second operating clock of a microprocessor in a receiving-end module of the induction type power supply system; calculating time periods between data impulses corresponding to start bits of the plurality of data frames, for acquiring a plurality of data frame periods; comparing the plurality of data frame periods with a data frame time period, for synchronizing the first operating clock and the second operating clock; and turning on a receiving function of the supplying-end module in a plurality of receiving periods and turning off the receiving function in a plurality of closed periods, wherein the plurality of receiving periods corresponds to the plurality of data impulses. | 29,258 |
9,214,489 | 1. A photodiode, comprising: a first-conduction-type region in a semiconductor layer made of silicon; an insulator layer being in contact with the semiconductor layer; and a second-conduction-type region located between the first-conduction-type layer and an interface between the semiconductor layer and the insulator layer, the second-conduction-type region having a polarity opposite to the first-conduction-type region, wherein a thickness of a non-depleted region of the second-conduction-type region is larger than roughness of the interface between the semiconductor layer and the insulator layer in a region having a length of 1 μm in a direction parallel to the interface, and is smaller than a penetration depth of ultraviolet light at which an intensity of the ultraviolet light in a wavelength range of 200-320 nm entering the semiconductor layer is equal to 1/e times the intensity of the same ultraviolet light at an outermost surface of the silicon. | 21,105 |
9,151,679 | 1. An electronic device, comprising: at least one heat generating component; a radio frequency (RF) signal generator to generate at least a first RF signal at one or more frequencies, wherein the RF signal generator is to generate the first RF signal at a first frequency when the temperature sensor senses a first temperature and the RF signal generator is to generate the first RF signal at a second frequency when the temperature sensor senses a second temperature; a thermal management module to manage one or more operations of the at least one heat generating component as a function of the temperature proximate the RF signal generator. | 49,643 |
8,465,006 | 1. A method for increasing the productivity of a combined heat and mass transfer device, the method comprising: directing a flow of a carrier-gas mixture through a fluid flow path in a combined heat and mass transfer device, the device operating at a pressure below atmospheric pressure; and transferring heat and mass from or to the carrier-gas mixture by a direct or indirect interaction with a liquid composition that includes a vaporizable component in a liquid state to substantially change the content of the vaporizable component in the carrier-gas mixture via evaporation of the vaporizable component from the liquid composition or via condensation of the vaporizable component from the carrier-gas mixture, producing a flow of carrier-gas mixture having a concentration of the vaporizable component that differs from the concentration of the vaporizable component in the carrier-gas mixture before the heat and mass transfer process. | 27,566 |
8,374,092 | 1. A node for use with protecting against failure of a network element in a computer network, the node comprising: one or more network interfaces; a processor coupled to the one or more network interfaces and configured to execute software processes; and a memory configured to store at least one Multi-Topology Routing (MTR) database for a first MTR topology and at least one different MTR database for at least a second MTR topology, wherein each MTR topology is an independent network topology among a plurality of network elements of the computer network supported by a single physical network topology of the computer network, where each independent network topology utilizes a different shortest path tree (SPT) within the computer network, the memory further configured to store an Multi-Topology Repair Routing (MTRR) process executable by the processor, the MTRR process configured to: i) determine whether any acceptable repair paths are available within the first MTR topology to reroute traffic around a protected network element of the first MTR topology, ii) if so, establish a repair path within the first MTR topology to reroute traffic around the protected network element, the repair path within the first MTR topology utilizing a subset of the network elements of the first MTR topology, and iii) if not, establish a repair path within the second MTR topology to reroute traffic around the protected network element, the repair path within the second MTR topology utilizing a subset of the network elements of the second MTR topology. | 25,423 |
8,807,854 | 1. A camera system having a predetermined image circle, comprising: an interchangeable lens having a lens mount portion for attachment to a camera body and that is capable of forming an image within that image circle; and a camera body having an image sensor that is disposed within that image circle, and a body mount portion for attaching an interchangeable lens so that it is disposed at a position separated by a predetermined distance from a light reception surface of the image sensor, wherein, when a radius of circular portion at a maximum internal diameter part of an opening portion of the lens mount portion is termed rM, a flange back that is a distance from the lens mount portion to the light reception surface of the image sensor in a state that the interchangeable lens and the camera body are mutually engaged is termed da, and a diameter of the image circle is termed D, a distance upon the optical axis from the lens mount portion to the lens surface closest to the image is termed L (with the lens mount portion taken as a reference, the direction towards the image being considered positive and the direction towards the object to be photographed being considered negative), and the aperture ratio of the optical system of the interchangeable lens capable to be attached to the camera body mount portion is termed F-number, the following conditional expressions are satisfied: | 18,404 |
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