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8,488,389 | 1. A NAND flash memory device having a memory cell comprising a floating gate, a control gate connected to a wordline and receiving a control voltage therefrom to induce a programming charge on the floating gate, a bitline adapted to apply an erase voltage to deplete the floating gate of the programming charge and thereby restore the floating gate to a nominal erased stated thereof, and means for modulating the erase voltage according to the level of the programming charge on the floating gate, the modulating means avoiding deep depletion or over-erasing of the floating gate by only subjecting the memory cell to a pulse at a level of the erase voltage needed to restore the nominal erased state. | 18,951 |
9,336,037 | 1. A method of operating an expert integrated system comprising: providing an expert operating system including a plurality of deployments and an analytics platform, in which: collect, by the analytics platform, analytics input data from the set of management nodes of each deployment of the plurality of deployments; performing, by the analytics platform, analytics processing on the analytics input data to provide analytics output data that relates to operational performance of each deployment; providing a unified subnet that is at least substantially limited to providing communication between the analytics platform and the sets of management nodes of the deployments of the plurality of deployments, with the unified subnet taking one of the following forms: a subset portion of a larger network, or an independent and free-standing network; performing analytics, under a pipe analytics model, on the analytics input data to provide analytics output data that relates to operational performance of each pattern within a deployment wherein the pipe analytic model, which is based on hypertext transfer protocol, provides an architecture that defines and executes a pipe with a sequential search, modification/cleansing of searched data, and visualization of the data using a single thread request/response paradigm; and presenting at least a portion of the analytics output data in human understandable form and format. | 6,244 |
8,590,329 | 1. A system comprising: a compressor, a condenser and an evaporator in fluid communication; the compressor, condenser and evaporator being mounted as a structure; a motor connected to the compressor to drive the compressor, the motor being mounted on the structure, the motor being powered by a voltage greater than 600 volts; and an enclosure comprising all components used in starting and operating the motor at variable speeds, the enclosure and components being configured for operation at voltages greater than 600 volts, the enclosure being mounted on the structure near the motor to permit electrical connections between the enclosure and the motor. | 19,336 |
9,836,596 | 1. A method comprising: receiving, by at least one processor of a computing device, data indicative of responses to a first permission request for an application running on the computing device to access a particular resource on the computing device, wherein the particular resource is one or more of a hardware resource and a data resource, wherein the first permission request includes selectable options other than a selectable option to prevent the application requesting permission to access the particular resource, the selectable options including a selectable option to allow access to the particular resource and a selectable option to deny access to the particular resource; the at least one processor making a determination of whether a number of the responses to the first permission request that indicate to deny access exceeds a predefined threshold; and based on the determination being that the number of the responses to the first permission request that indicate to deny access exceeds the predefined threshold, the at least one processor providing, at a run-time of the application subsequent to presentation of the first permission request and based on the application attempting to access the particular resource, a modified permission request for the application running on the computing device to access the particular resource, the modified permission request including, in addition to the selectable option to allow access to the particular resource and the selectable option to deny access to the particular resource, the selectable option to prevent the application requesting permission to access the particular resource, wherein the application is one of a plurality of applications that are installed in a memory of the computing device accessible by the at least one processor, wherein the plurality of applications are arranged to operate on an operating system that is installed in the memory, wherein the at least one processor is configured to maintain, in the memory of the computing device, for each respective application of the plurality of applications, (i) a first counter indicating a number of responses to a permission request for the respective application to access the particular resource that indicate to deny access to the particular resource and (ii) a second counter indicating a number of responses to a permission request for the respective application to access the particular resource that indicate to allow access to the particular resource, and wherein the method is performed by the operating system, using the at least one processor, with respect to respective applications of the plurality of applications. | 37,619 |
8,652,426 | 1. A method for selective catalytic reduction of nitrogen oxide in exhaust gas of a motor vehicle, comprising contacting said exhaust gas to a solution of aqueous guanidinium formate under conditions favoring formation of ammonia from said aqueous guanidinium formate without formation of solid decomposition products, said ammonia acting to reduce said nitrogen oxide. | 44,454 |
8,693,239 | 1. A memory element, comprising: a memory layer that has a magnetization perpendicular to a film face and a magnetization direction thereof varies corresponding to information; a magnetization-fixed layer that has a magnetization that is perpendicular to the film face and becomes a reference for the information stored in the memory layer; and an insulating layer that is provided between the memory layer and the magnetization-fixed layer and is formed of a non-magnetic material, wherein the memory layer has a lamination structure of a Co—Fe—B layer and an element belonging to any one of 1A group, 2A group, 3A group, 5A group, or 6A group, and with respect to the Co—Fe—B layer of 1 nm, the element is inserted as a thin film of 0.05 nm to 0.3 nm, a composition of the Co—Fe—B is (Co an electron that is spin-polarized is injected in a lamination direction of a layered structure having the memory layer, the insulating layer, and the magnetization-fixed layer, and thereby the magnetization direction of the memory layer varies and a recording of information is performed with respect to the memory layer, and a magnitude of an effective diamagnetic field which the memory layer receives is smaller than a saturated magnetization amount of the memory layer. | 14,411 |
9,181,862 | 1. An exhaust-gas recirculation system comprising: a turbocharger; an exhaust-gas lambda sensor arranged downstream of the turbocharger; a turbocharger speed sensor for measuring a speed of the turbocharger; and a non-transitory controller configured to: | 32,831 |
8,457,549 | 1. A system, comprising: a relay configured to receive data streams including a first data stream and a second data stream from a base station via a first channel, decode and process the data streams to yield a signal, transmit the signal via the first channel to the base station and transmit the signal via a second channel to a first device and via a third channel to a second device; wherein the relay is further configured to direct the first data stream and the second data stream respectively to the first device and the second device; wherein the relay is further configured to receive a third data stream from the first device and direct the third data stream to the base station; and wherein the relay is further configured to receive a fourth data stream from the second device and direct the fourth data stream to the base station, wherein the relay is further configured to receive the first data stream from the base station and the third data stream from the first device during a first time slot of a Time Division Duplex (TDD) frame, and receive the second data stream from the base station and the fourth data stream from the second device during a second time slot of the TDD frame. | 18,203 |
9,187,495 | 1. A compound represented by the following structural formula: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. | 16,830 |
9,335,706 | 1. A contact member supported in contact with an inside of a rotating cylindrical body, and provided in a substantially arc shape along an inner side surface of the cylindrical body to have both end portions opposed to each other in a state in which the contact member is supported by the cylindrical body, when viewed from an axial direction of the cylindrical body, the contact member having a gate mark serving as an injection port for a resin material at a position recessed from an outer peripheral surface of the contact member, the gate mark extending radially outwardly from within a recessed flat portion along the outer peripheral surface of the contact member such that a gap is formed between a radially outer end of the gate mark and an inner peripheral surface of the rotating cylindrical body. | 18,127 |
9,148,133 | 1. A trimming circuit, installed in a semiconductor integrated circuit that has multiple different target values, the trimming circuit to adjust circuit characteristics of the semiconductor integrated circuit to make output values of the semiconductor integrated circuit correspond to multiple desired target values, the trimming circuit comprising: a setting-value table memory to store multiple setting value groups, each of the setting value groups containing multiple setting values associated with the multiple target values, the setting value groups having different combinations of the multiple setting values respectively; a trimming cell circuit to store first selection information indicating one group of the multiple setting-value groups stored in the setting-value table memory; and a selector configured to receive the first selection information from the trimming cell circuit to select one group from the multiple setting-value groups stored in the setting-value table memory based on the first selection information, and receive external second selection information to select one setting value from the multiple setting values in the selected setting-value group based on the second selection information and causes the trimming circuit to output the selected one setting value. | 2,231 |
8,527,689 | 1. An apparatus comprising: an internal memory; and a direct memory access controller configured to (i) read first information from an external memory, (ii) generate second information by processing said first information, (iii) write said first information to a first location in said internal memory during a direct memory access transfer and (iv) write said second information across said internal bus to a second location in said internal memory during said direct memory access transfer, wherein (i) said second location is different from said first location, (ii) said second information is a modified version of said first information and (iii) said processing includes filtering said first information. | 4,492 |
9,575,103 | 1. An integrated circuit comprising: an output circuit having a first terminal adapted to couple to an external power supply, a second terminal adapted to couple to a reference potential, and a third, control terminal, wherein the first and second terminals provide output terminals of the integrated circuit; and an impedance measurement circuit responsive to the external power supply to generate a control signal for coupling to the control terminal of the output circuit and to monitor an output signal of the integrated circuit for an oscillation, wherein the control signal controls a current level associated with the output circuit, and wherein the oscillation of the output signal is indicative of an external impedance associated with the integrated circuit. | 41,652 |
8,543,227 | 1. A method implemented by a host computing device comprising: calculating multiple raw spatial positions for the host computing device independently using at least two different types of sensors of the host computing device; processing the multiple raw spatial positions to obtain a combined spatial position for the host computing device; ascertaining a spatial position for an accessory device connected to the host computing device using one or more sensors of the accessory device; and computing an orientation of the accessory device relative to the host computing device based on the combined spatial position for the host computing device and the ascertained spatial position for the accessory device. | 36,290 |
9,515,652 | 1. A relay module device comprising: a circuit substrate including a plurality of switching elements, a plurality of first wiring patterns, a plurality of second wiring patterns, a plurality of output terminals, and a signal converting section, the switching elements controlling a plurality of load currents supplied from a power source to a plurality of loads, the first wiring patterns transmitting driving signals from the signal converting section to the switching elements, the second wiring patterns transmitting the load currents from the switching elements to the output terminals, the output terminals connected with the second wiring patterns, the signal converting section transmitting the driving signals when receiving input signals from an external device and setting a relationship between the input signals and the driving signals, the relationship including a first mode in which the signal converting section transmits the driving signals to separately control one of the switching elements with respect to one of the input signals, and a second mode in which the signal converting section transmits the driving signals to concurrently control two or more of the switching elements with respect to one of the input signals; a plurality of connector terminals each having an end connected with one of the output terminals of the circuit substrate and another end for external connection; and a connector housing having a plurality of through holes into which the connecter terminals are fitted, wherein the output terminals include a first terminal, a second terminal, and a common terminal, a part of the second wiring patterns is branched in the circuit substrate so as to be connected with the first terminal and the second terminal, the first terminal and the common terminal are separately connected with the connector terminals in the first mode, and the second terminal and the common terminal are connected with one of the connector terminals in common in the second mode. | 49,050 |
9,112,004 | 1. A method comprising: etching a dielectric layer to form an opening; depositing a glue layer to a bottom and sidewalls of the opening, wherein the glue layer comprises a metal alloy; depositing a seed layer over the glue layer; after the depositing the seed layer, filling the opening with a metallic material; and performing a thermal treatment to cause a metal in the seed layer to diffuse through the glue layer, wherein the metal reacts with the dielectric layer to form a barrier layer. | 4,392 |
8,805,578 | 1. A system for filling a prescription order for a patient comprising: a tray including a unique identifier and the unique identifier is configured to be associated with a prescription order of the patient; a filling workstation including a display screen; and a reader associated with the filling workstation configured to read the unique identifier of each tray when each tray is located at the filling workstation; wherein the filling workstation is configured to display information related to an unfilled individual prescription item of the prescription order to be filled at the filling workstation on the display screen in response to the reader reading the unique identifier. | 16,078 |
9,255,936 | 1. A system for holding sample tube storage racks and sample storage plates within a horizontal freezer operating at a temperature of −50° C. or below and for robotically transporting held storage racks and plates into and from the horizontal freezer, the system comprising: a horizontal freezer operating at a temperature of −50° C. or less and containing a plurality of cassette storage nesting tubes, each nesting tube comprising a vertically oriented rectangular tube to guide a storage cassette over substantially its entire length into the horizontal freezer compartment; an automated robot for lifting storage cassettes from and lowering storage cassettes into the horizontal freezer; multiple storage cassettes, each cassette including: a plurality of generally vertically spaced shelves, each for holding a sample storage rack or plate, the shelves being oriented generally vertical to one another; separate sidewall partitions made of thermally insulating rigid material located in between the shelves to form a plurality of compartments generally vertical to one another, each compartment containing at least one opening to allow storage racks or plates to be placed in the compartment on the respective shelf and removed from the compartment; shelf partition plates on which the respective shelves are located; a top plate and a bottom plate; a flexible wire for connecting the shelf partition plates and the vertically adjacent sidewall partitions to the top and bottom plates and allowing the storage cassette to bend sufficiently along its vertical axis in order to physically adjust and accommodate dimensional obstructions to avoid jams when being placed into or removed from one of said nesting tubes in the horizontal freezer by the automated robot; and a cap that is located above the compartments and has a retrieval catch adapted to be engaged by the automated robot for lifting and lowering the storage cassette. | 7,967 |
8,734,769 | 1. A method for evaluating the likelihood that a subject will benefit from treatment with an agent for reducing the risk of a cardiovascular condition and treating the subject, the method comprising: (a) performing an assay to determine a level of soluble ST2 in a sample from a subject having or suspected of having a cardiovascular condition; (b) comparing the level of soluble ST2 in the sample to a predetermined value; (c) identifying a subject having an elevated level of soluble ST2 compared to the predetermined value as having an increased likelihood of benefiting from treatment with an agent for reducing the risk of a cardiovascular condition; and (d) administering an agent for reducing the risk of a cardiovascular condition to the subject identified in (c). | 23,476 |
9,308,054 | 1. An illuminated medical device comprising: a non-fiber optic optical waveguide having a first index of refraction; an optical cladding disposed on at least a portion of the non-fiber optic optical waveguide, the optical cladding having a second index of refraction lower than the first to preserve total internal reflection of light passing through the non-fiber optic optical waveguide; a medical or surgical instrument coupled to the waveguide; a cradle having a channel sized to engage with the medical or surgical instrument; a portion of the waveguide forms a saddle having a concave inner surface that is shaped to match the outer surface of the surgical instrument. | 15,512 |
9,696,626 | 1. A composition comprising: a calixarene-based compound represented by formula (3); and an organic solvent, wherein in the formula (3), R represents a hydrogen atom or a monovalent organic group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, and at least one R is the monovalent organic group; m is an integer of 4 to 12; Y represents a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms; q is an integer of 0 to 7; p is an integer of 1 to 3, wherein a sum of p and q is no less than 1 and no greater than 8; and k is 0 or 1; X represents a substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbon group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms or a hydrogen atom, wherein a plurality of Rs are identical or different, a plurality of Xs are identical or different, a plurality of “k”s are identical or different, a plurality of “p”s are identical or different, and a plurality of “q”s are identical or different, and wherein in a case where Y is present in a plurality of number, a plurality of Ys are identical or different, wherein, in a case where p is 2, X is a phenyl group substituted with —OR; or the monovalent organic group represented by R is at least one group selected from the group consisting of a benzyl group, a cyclopentyl group, a group comprising a polymerizable carbon-carbon triple bond, a group comprising an epoxy group, a group comprising an alkoxymethyl group, a group comprising a formyl group, a group comprising an acetyl group, a group comprising a dialkylaminomethyl group, a group comprising a dimethylolaminomethyl group, a group represented by formula (a), a group represented by formula (b), and group represented by formula (c): wherein R wherein at least one monovalent organic group represented by R is the group represented by the formula (b). | 45,575 |
9,410,967 | 1. A method for diagnosing, monitoring the progress of, and/or providing a prognosis of multiple myeloma (MM) or monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) in a person or animal, said method comprising (a) isolating immunoglobulin proteins from a biological sample from the person or animal; (b) fragmenting the immunoglobulin proteins to create peptide fragments thereof; (c) subjecting the peptide fragments of the immunoglobulin proteins to quantitative mass spectrometry to simultaneously quantify the amount of IgG, IgA, IgM, IgD, and IgE heavy chains, and optionally the amount of kappa light chains and lambda light chains, in the biological sample; and (d) using the quantity of IgG, IgA, IgM, IgD, and IgE heavy chains, and optionally the amount of kappa light chains and lambda light chains, in the biological sample to diagnose, monitor the progress of, and/or provide the prognosis of the MM or MGUS in the person or animal. | 18,897 |
8,584,871 | 1. A process comprising: providing a solution of a self-assembling material and a solvent; feeding the solution into an electrospinning device; and applying a voltage to the device such that the solution of the self-assembling material and the solvent is drawn and a jet is formed from which the solvent dissipates to provide fibers of the self-assembling material, wherein the self-assembling material of the fibers comprises oligomers or polymers comprising a supramolecular structure, the oligomers and polymers having repeat units that contain functional groups having directional interactions that are (a) electrostatic interactions (ion-ion, ion-dipole or dipole-dipole) or coordinative bonding (metal-ligand), (b) hydrogen bonding, (c) π-π stacking interactions, or (d) van der Waals forces, or a combination thereof, the supramolecular structure being formed upon a triggering event; and the number average molecular weight (M wherein: and wherein R at each occurrence is independently a C R′ and R″ at each occurrence are independently a covalent bond, an aliphatic group having 2-6 carbon atoms, C R Ra is an alkylene group of 2-6 carbon atoms, C x represents the number of ester units and y represents the number of amide units in the copolymer, provided that neither x nor y is zero. | 23,223 |
8,389,540 | 1. A crystalline form of naltrexone ethanolate selected from the group consisting of: a form characterized by the X-ray powder diffraction pattern of the DSC thermogram of the IR-ATR spectrum of a form characterized by the X-ray powder diffraction pattern of the DSC thermogram of the IR-ATR spectrum of | 17,369 |
9,545,978 | 1. A system for providing an air lubricating layer between a substantially flat bottom of a hull of a displacement vessel and water flowing under a bottom as the vessel is moving through the water, comprising: sidewalls and a top wall defining a cavity with an opening situated in an interface plane that is transversal to the sidewalls, at a level of the substantially flat bottom, the opening having a front end and a rear end seen in a length direction of the cavity, an air inlet spaced from the opening and configured for introducing air into the cavity, a length of the opening of the cavity is between 2 and 10 m, and a distance of the top wall from the interface plane is between 0.2 m and 0.5 m, wherein the cavity has a width of between 0.5 m and 1.5 m, at least a portion of the rear end of the cavity sloping from the top wall to the interface plane in a rearward direction, the sloping portion extending to the position of a substantially horizontal bottom plane to intersect a bottom plane. | 46,280 |
8,472,212 | 1. A method for controlling operation of a resonant converter, the method to be implemented by a control module that generates a drive signal for controlling a power switch of the resonant converter to thereby control an output voltage and an output current provided by the resonant converter to a load, said method comprising: (A) configuring the control module to determine if the load is operating in a first mode or a second mode; (B) configuring the control module to generate the drive signal according to the output voltage when the control module determines that the load is operating in the first mode; and (C) configuring the control module to generate the drive signal according to the output current when the control module determines that the load is operating in the second mode; wherein step (A) includes: configuring the control module to generate a voltage-frequency signal according to a difference between the output voltage and a predetermined reference voltage; configuring the control module to generate a current-frequency signal according to a difference between the output current and a predetermined reference current; and configuring the control module to determine that the load is operating in the first mode if magnitude of the voltage-frequency signal is smaller than that of the current-frequency signal, and to determine that the load is operating in the second mode if the magnitude of the voltage-frequency signal is greater than that of the current-frequency signal. | 23,043 |
9,287,033 | 1. A magnetic material containing multiple metal grains constituted by soft magnetic alloy and oxide film formed on a surface of the metal grains, wherein the soft magnetic alloy and the oxide film include Fe and a metal element that oxidizes more easily than Fe, wherein the magnetic material forms a grain compact having first bonding parts where adjacent metal grains are contacted and directly bonded together by alloy-to-alloy bonding in areas where no oxide film exists, second bonding parts where adjacent metal grains are bonded together by the oxide film formed around the entire surface of said adjacent metal grains other than the first bonding parts, and voids formed in an area other than the first and second bonding parts and surrounded by the oxide film, said alloy-to-alloy bonding including metal bonds where regularity of atomic arrangement is satisfied. | 30,632 |
9,451,676 | 1. A lighting control device, configured to control each of lighting fixtures for giving respective light to an illuminated space, the lighting control device comprising: an acquisition unit configured to acquire, from an image sensor for capturing an image of the illuminated space, the captured image; a detector configured to detect first information which represents sensing presence or absence of a person in the illuminated space and represents a location of the person in the illuminated space when sensing the presence, and second information representing brightness of the illuminated space; a controller configured to control each of the lighting fixtures; a judgment unit configured to judge whether or not external light enters the illuminated space, the external light being light except for respective light from the lighting fixtures; and a switch configured to switch an operation mode of the controller so that it becomes a first mode when it is judged by the judgment unit that the external light enters and so that it becomes a second mode when it is judged that no external light enters, wherein the controller is configured: in the first mode, to receive both detected results of the first information and the second information from the detector and to control the lighting fixtures in unison so that the second information becomes a prescribed target value when the person is present in the illuminated space; and in the second mode, to receive a detected result of the first information from the detector and to individually control respective lighting fixtures in accordance with the first information regardless of the second information when the person is present in the illuminated space. | 40,267 |
9,557,176 | 1. A method for synthetic three-dimensional representation of a terrain, said method being used in a piloting and navigation assistance system of an aircraft, said assistance system comprising at least a navigation system, a meteorological database comprising at least altitudes of a bottom and of a top of a cloud layer, a cartographic database, an electronic calculator, and a display system allowing superimposition of synthetic images on terrain perceptible through the display system, wherein said method comprises: calculation, for a determined position of the aircraft, of the terrain perceptible through the display system; selection of a hidden part of the perceptible terrain situated between the bottom and the top of the cloud layer; calculation of a three-dimensional cartographic representation of the selected part of the terrain; and display of the said cartographic representation by the display system. | 29,397 |
8,595,470 | 1. A digital signal processor, comprising: an instruction analysis unit which receives an instruction and determines a number M of bits of binary code(s) from the instruction; a DSP core electrically connected to the instruction analysis unit which performs an M-bit data process based on the number M of bits of binary code(s) of the instruction analysis unit; a memory unit electrically connected to the instruction analysis unit which stores multiple data including the M-bit data accessed by the DSP core to access; and a data exchange unit electrically connected to the DSP core, the instruction analysis unit, and the memory unit, the data exchange unit configured to truncate a first data stored in the memory to M-bits when the first data stored in the memory has more than M-bits and to extend a second data stored in the memory to M-bits when the second data stored in the memory has fewer than M-bits. | 31,434 |
8,616,126 | 1. A contact printing system comprising: a gravure roll comprising: wherein each of said plurality of discrete cells are in fluidic communication with a respective one of said fluid delivery channels, wherein said gravure roll, including each of said fluid delivery channels and said plurality of discrete cells, is formed such that said gravure roll has a unibody construction, wherein there are no moving parts interior to said gravure roll, and wherein said plurality of discrete cells provide a halftoning of greater than about 20 dpi print resolution. | 39,758 |
9,062,685 | 1. A fan assembly for generating an air flow within a room, the fan assembly comprising: an impeller and a motor for driving the impeller to draw an air flew into the fan assembly, and a casing comprising a continuous interior passage having a tangential air inlet through which substantially all of the air drawn into the fan assembly by the impeller enters the interior passage, and at least one air outlet for emitting at least a portion of the air flow; the casing defining a bore about which the interior passage extends and through which air from outside the fan assembly is drawn by the air emitted from said at least one air outlet, wherein a rotational axis of the impeller is substantially tangential with respect to the bore about which the interior passage extends. | 10,900 |
8,391,929 | 1. An electronic device comprising: a display; a housing enclosing the display and defining an exterior surface region adjacent to the display, the exterior surface region having a plurality of surface zones, the surface zones being capable of being selected by a user; a memory; wherein a first mode in the device performs a function in respect of a subject entity; the display displays an indicator associated with at least one of the zones at a time proximate to performing the function in respect of the subject entity; and in response to selection by the user to indicate one of the zones the device stores the entity in the memory in association with that zone; the device having a second mode in which in response to selection of a zone the device performs a function in respect of an entity stored in association with the selected zone. | 42,166 |
8,492,030 | 1. A method for producing a lithium molybdenum composite transition metal oxide comprising the steps of at least one of: mixing a transition metal precursor selected from the group of a Ni precursor, a Co precursor and a Mn precursor which comprises (Ni mixing a lithium transition metal oxide, a molybdenum source, and a sintering agent; and thermally treating the mixture to obtain a lithium molybdenum composite transition metal oxide. | 43,995 |
9,786,804 | 1. A thin-film solar cell comprising: a substrate; a first electrode layer arranged on the substrate; a p-type light absorption layer formed by a Group I-III-VI an n-type second electrode layer arranged on the p-type light absorption layer, wherein the p-type light absorption layer has a first surface facing the first electrode layer and a second surface facing the n-type second electrode layer and opposite from the first surface, the p-type light absorption layer comprises Cu as a Group I element and Ga and In as Group III elements, an atomic ratio of Cu included in the entire p-type light absorption layer over the Group III elements included in the entire p-type light absorption layer is lower than 1.0, an atomic ratio of Ga present at the second surface of the p-type light absorption layer over the Group III elements present at the second surface of the p-type light absorption layer is 0.13 or lower, and an atomic ratio of Cu present at the second surface of the p-type light absorption layer over the Group III elements present at the second surface of the p-type light absorption layer is 1.0 or higher. | 791 |
9,162,027 | 1. A wearable infusion pump assembly comprising: a reservoir for receiving an infusible fluid; an external infusion set configured to deliver the infusible fluid to a user; and a fluid delivery system configured to deliver the infusible fluid from the reservoir to the external infusion set, wherein the fluid delivery system includes: | 6,546 |
9,632,088 | 1. A method of assaying the activity of γ-secretase comprising: providing a composition suspected of containing γ-secretase activity; contacting the composition with a polypeptide substrate for γ-secretase comprising a Notch substrate, wherein the Notch substrate comprises a fragment of a Notch protein, wherein the fragment comprises an amino acid sequence consisting of SEQ ID NO:6, SEQ ID NO:7, SEQ ID NO:9, SEQ ID NO: 10, or SEQ ID NO: 13, wherein the fragment comprises an S3 cleavage site and an amino acid sequence VLLSRKRRR (SEQ ID NO:2) adjacent to the S3 cleavage site and wherein the fragment comprises an amino acid sequence bound to a biotin label located on the C-terminal side of the S3 site, and wherein γ-secretase cleaves the Notch substrate at the S3 cleavage site to provide a detectably labeled product comprising an amino acid sequence having the biotin at the C-terminal side and the sequence VLLSRKRRR (SEQ ID NO: 2) at the N-terminal side that is specifically recognized by a second antibody; contacting the detectably labeled product with a first ligand comprising a first tag wherein the first ligand specifically binds the biotin label of the detectably labeled product, and the second antibody comprising a second tag wherein the second antibody specifically binds the VLLSRKRRR (SEQ ID NO: 2) epitope at the N-terminal side of the detectably labeled product, wherein the second antibody is raised against the polypeptide sequence VLLSRKRRR (SEQ ID NO:2) and the second antibody binds the γ-secretase cleaved detectably labeled product but not the uncleaved notch substrate; and determining the presence, the amount, or the combination thereof of the detectably labeled product bound to the first ligand and to the second antibody. | 44,801 |
9,693,440 | 1. A method for controlling a dose of extreme ultraviolet (EUV) radiation generated by a laser produced plasma (LPP) EUV light source, the LPP EUV light source creating EUV energy by firing source laser pulses capable of hitting droplets of target material with a laser pulse, comprising: firing a pulse from the source laser to hit a droplet; measuring by a sensor the EUV energy created by the laser pulse hitting the droplet; adding, by a controller, the measured EUV energy to a running total of the EUV dose generated by laser pulses that have been fired; incrementing, by the controller, a count of laser pulses that have been fired; comparing, by the controller, the count of laser pulses to a predetermined number; and if the count of laser pulses exceeds the predetermined number: | 4,717 |
9,722,188 | 1. A compound that is represented by the following Formula 1: wherein in Formula 1, R at least one of the following groups: R X is -(A) A is a substituted or unsubstituted heteroarylene group that comprises one or more of N, O and S atoms, B is a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms, L1 and L2 are the same as or different from each other, and are each independently an arylene group having 6 to 12 carbon atoms; an alkenylene group; a fluorenylene group; a carbazolylene group; or a heteroarylene group including one or more of N, O, and S atoms, Y1 is a substituted or unsubstituted carbazole group or a substituted or unsubstituted benzocarbazole group, Y2 is hydrogen, and in the case where two or more of A, B, L1, L2, Y1, or Y2 are provided, they are the same as or different from each other. | 30,097 |
9,657,348 | 1. A method of screening for a candidate compound for the treatment of diabetes in a mammal, said method comprising: bringing a compound into contact with cells that express an adrenergic receptor and that further express G protein coupled receptor kinase 2 (GRK2); determining whether the contacting causes a response of GRK2 in the cells brought into contact with the compound; determining whether the contacting causes a response of cAMP in the cells brought into contact with the compound; and selecting the compound as a candidate compound, if the compound causes an increase of GRK2 activity but does not cause a response of cAMP in the cells, and testing the candidate compound in pharmacological, clinical and/or toxicological tests. | 33,322 |
8,668,761 | 1. A process for processing metallurgical residues that comes from electric steelworks dust (ESD) essentially containing iron and zinc in the form of zinc oxide and zinc ferrites, and metallurgical residue that is obtained from blast-furnace slags (BFS) essentially containing iron and zinc in the form of zinc oxide, comprising: (a) a Stage A comprising the steps of: adding an acid solution to a first quantity of the ESD to dissolve iron and zinc oxides and breaking ferrites, filtering said first quantity of ESD to which said acid solution has been added to obtain a filtrate containing zinc, iron and metals from ESD other than zinc and iron and an ESD cake containing metals from ESD other than zinc and iron, adding to the filtrate a second quantity of ESD for partially neutralizing and dissolving zinc oxides and breaking ferrites of the second quantity of ESD, cementing the filtrate to remove metals from the ESD cake, precipitating iron by raising the pH of the cemented filtrate to obtain a cake containing iron in a zinc acid solution, and separating the cake containing iron from the zinc acid solution; (b) a Stage B comprising the steps of: desalinating the BFS by washing with water to remove salts and obtain a cake containing zinc, iron and metals from BFS other than zinc and iron, adding a basic medium to the cake containing zinc, iron and metals from BFS other than zinc and iron to obtain a basic solution containing zinc and metals from BFS other than zinc and iron and a cake containing iron, cementing the basic solution containing zinc and metals from BFS other than zinc and iron to obtain a BFS cake containing metals from BFS other than zinc and iron and a solution containing zinc, and electrolyzing the solution containing zinc from the cementing step to obtain zinc in a powder form; (c) a Stage C comprising the steps of: introducing the zinc acid solution obtained in Stage A into the BFS before the step of adding the basic medium in Stage B, combining the precipitated iron from Stage A and the cake containing iron from Stage B, and combining the ESD cake of Stage A with the BFS cake of Stage B. | 35,272 |
8,748,739 | 1. An electronic, optical or optoelectronic device comprising: a first electrode, a second electrode, and a semiconductor component disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, the semiconductor component comprising a random copolymer having the formula: wherein M is an optionally substituted 2,1,3-benzothiadiazole-4,7-diyl group; each of R 1 and R 2 is a branched C 6-20 alkyl group, a branched C 6-20 alkoxy group, or an organic group comprising a cyclic moiety; R 7 is a linear C 6-20 alkyl group; and x and y are real numbers representing mole fractions, wherein 0.1≦x≦0.9, 0.1≦y≦0.9, and the sum of x and y is about 1. | 406 |
9,233,864 | 1. A method of controlling a nitrification reaction in a biological nitrogen removal reactor to favor partial nitrification of ammonia to nitrite instead of complete oxidation of ammonia to nitrate, said method comprising: promoting growth of ammonia oxidizing bacteria; limiting said ammonia oxidizing bacteria from completing nitrification; selecting an operational solids retention time within a range suitable for maintaining increasing concentrations of said ammonia oxidizing bacteria in said reactor while reducing concentrations of nitrite oxidizing bacteria in said reactor; and increasing a concentration of free ammonia in said reactor thereby inhibiting growth of said nitrite oxidizing bacteria in said reactor. | 17,070 |
8,651,534 | 1. A device for locking at least one leaf of a leaf installation, the device comprising: a first locking element comprising a first latching element at an end of the first locking element; and a second locking element adapted to be stationarily disposed relative to the leaf installation and comprising a second latching element at an end of the second locking element facing the first latching element, the second latching element being configured to be brought into a latching and operative engagement with the first latching element; wherein the first locking element is adapted to move correspondingly to a movement of the at least one leaf, whereby the first locking element is moved translationally into one of a locking position towards the second locking element and an unlocking position away from the second locking element; and wherein one of the first and second locking elements comprises an activating element, which is operable between a blocking position to allow the latching and operative engagement of the first and second latching elements and a release position to prevent the latching and operative engagement, wherein one of the first and second latching elements has a latching projection, and wherein the other of the first and second latching elements has a latching part corresponding to the latching projection, wherein the latching part comprises a first reach-through part, which has a first latching opening extending end-to-end in the first reach-through part and is movable at one of an acute and right angles with regard to a translational path of movement of the latching projection; wherein, in the release position, the first latching opening is positioned to allow the latching projection to freely move through the first latching opening along the translational path of movement of the latching projection; and wherein, in the blocking position and as long as the latching projection passes through the first latching opening in the locking position, the first latching opening is positioned to, at least to a predetermined degree, prevent the latching projection from moving away from the first latching opening into a direction of the first locking element, so that the latching projection is in the latching and operative engagement with the first latching opening while latching the latching projection from behind. | 10,950 |
8,507,097 | 1. A transparent multilayer film comprising: A. a first film layer comprising a fluorinated copolymer resin composition wherein i) the fluorinated copolymer comprises copolymerized units of tetrafluoroethylene and copolymerized units of comonomers selected from the group consisting of ethylene, perfluorinated comonomer, and combinations thereof, and ii) at least one surface of the first film layer has been modified by a surface treatment; and B. a second film layer consisting essentially of a blend composition, said blend composition comprising about 10 to about 90 wt % of an Ethylene Copolymer 1 and about 90 to about 10 wt % of an Ethylene Copolymer 2, based on the total weight of the blend composition, and said blend composition consisting essentially of an Ethylene Copolymer 1 and an Ethylene Copolymer 2; said Ethylene Copolymer 1 consists essentially of copolymerized units of ethylene, optionally about 5 to about 40 wt % of copolymerized units of a first olefin having a formula of CH wherein the blend composition, being held at 120° C. for up to about 15 minutes, does not cross-link to the extent that the blend composition becomes intractable for further processing; and with the proviso that none of said first, second or third olefins is a dicarboxylic acid or a di-ester, mono-ester or anhydride of the dicarboxylic acid; and wherein a surface of the second film layer is adhered to the modified surface of the first film layer. | 32,851 |
8,613,293 | 1. A rotation mixing faucet insertion piece developed as a control unit with ceramic insertion and operated by single-grip turning, the control unit having a base on one side, and on another side being connected to an operating arm, the control unit comprising: a fixed stationary inlet disc, the inlet disc including at least one inlet port for hot water, at least one inlet port for cold water, a first outlet port, and a second outlet port adjacent the first outlet port; and a rotatable control disc that is rotatably connected to the inlet disc so that the control disc can rotate relative to the inlet disc, one face of each of the discs being arranged one above another to form a plane seal, an opposite face of the inlet disc being connected to the base and an opposite face of the control disc being connected to the operating arm such that rotation of the operating arm rotates the control disc relative to the inlet disc, the rotatable control disc including a first mixing space for supplying fluid to a bath tub, and a second mixing space for supplying fluid to a shower; wherein the operating arm rotates about a longitudinal axis and is incapable of moving in other degrees of freedom, to adjust and independently control the relationship between the first and second outlet ports of the fixed stationary inlet disc and the first and second mixing spaces of the rotatable control disc, to adjust water temperature and to switch operation between the first and second outlet ports, without controlling the quantity of water flow, except when initially opening and closing the first and second outlet ports and switching operation between the first and second outlet ports, by rotating the control disc relative to the inlet disc in a single degree of freedom only, so that water can only flow out of one of the outlet openings at a time depending on the position of the operating arm. | 708 |
8,967,716 | 1. An infant care apparatus, comprising: a base, having a concave surface; a sliding mount, having a convex surface matching with the concave surface and disposed opposite to the concave surface, the convex surface being disposed apart from the concave surface by a distance, the sliding mount sliding above the concave surface by the convex surface; a seat frame, fixed on the sliding mount to be moved together with the sliding mount; and a bearing mechanism, disposed between the base and the sliding mount, so that the sliding mount slides above the concave surface by the convex surface in a friction-reducing way, the bearing mechanism comprising a plurality of fluid outlets formed through the concave surface and a fluid pressurization device for pressurizing a fluid through the fluid outlets to form a fluid film between the concave surface and the convex surface, the sliding mount floating on the fluid film. | 27,778 |
9,303,578 | 1. A fuel injection system ( 100 ) comprising: a throttle body assembly ( a fuel injector ( an idle air control passage ( an idle air control valve ( | 18,828 |
8,737,577 | 1. A method for providing voicemail notification comprising: storing a set of voicemail notification preferences on an internet protocol telephone; recording a voicemail message at the internet protocol telephone; generating a prompt at the internet protocol telephone for a caller to select a characteristic of the message from a list of characteristics comprising urgent, private, immediate delivery, and delayed delivery; receiving input from the caller comprising a selection of the characteristic of the message from the list of characteristics comprising urgent, private, immediate delivery, and delayed delivery; and preparing a notification on the internet protocol telephone that the message has been received, the notification comprising a size of the message, a time the message was received, an identification of a source of the message, and the characteristic of the message; and transmitting the notification based on the voicemail notification preferences. | 19,566 |
8,809,380 | 1. A compound of formula (I): wherein: R (1) hydrogen, (2) halogen, (3) hydroxy, (4) —O p —C 1-6 alkyl, where the alkyl is unsubstituted or substituted with one or more substituents selected from R 5 , (5) —O p —C 3-8 cycloalkyl, where the cycloalkyl is unsubstituted or substituted with one or more substituents selected from R 5 , (6) C 2-4 alkenyl, where the alkenyl is unsubstituted or substituted with one or more substituents selected from R 5 , (7) —(C═O)—NR 6 R 7 , (8) —NR 6 R 7 , (9) —S(O) 2 —NR 6 R 7 , (10) —NR 6 —S(O) 2 R 7 , (11) —S(O) r —R 8 , where r is 0, 1 or 2 and where R 8 is selected from the definitions of R 6 and R 7 , (12) —CO 2 H, and (13) —CN; where p is 0 or 1 (wherein if p is 0, a chemical bond is present in the place of O p ); n is 1, 2, or 3; when n is two or more than two, R R (1) hydrogen, (2) C 1-6 alkyl, which is unsubstituted or substituted with one or more substituents selected from R 5 , (3) C 3-8 cycloalkyl which is unsubstituted or substituted with one or more substituents selected from R 5 , (4) phenyl, which is unsubstituted or substituted with one or more substituents selected from R 5 , and (5) heterocycle, which is unsubstituted or substituted with one or more substituents selected from R 5 ; R (1) —C 0-3 alkyl-O p —C 0-3 alkyl-cycloalkyl which is unsubstituted or substituted with one or more substituents selected from R 5 , (2) —C 0-3 alkyl-O p —C 0-3 alkyl-phenyl, which is unsubstituted or substituted with one or more substituents selected from R 5 , and (3) —C 0-3 alkyl-O p —C 0-3 alkyl-heterocycle, which is unsubstituted or substituted with one or more substituents selected from R 5 ; where p is 0 or 1, (wherein if p is 0, a chemical bond is present in the place of O p ); R (1) hydrogen, (2) C 1-6 alkyl, and (3) hydroxy; m is 1, 2, or 3; when m is two or more than two, R k is 0; Y is a carbon atom; R (1) halogen, (2) hydroxy, (3) —(C═O) q —O r —C 1-6 alkyl, where the alkyl is unsubstituted or substituted with one or more substituents selected from R 9 , (4) —O p —(C 1-3 )perfluoroalkyl, (5) —(C═O) q —O r —C 3-8 cycloalkyl, where the cycloalkyl is unsubstituted or substituted with one or more substituents selected from R 9 , (6) —(C═O) q —O r —C 2-4 alkenyl, where the alkenyl is unsubstituted or substituted with one or more substituents selected from R 9 , (7) —(C═O) q —O r -phenyl or —(C═O) q —O r -napthyl, where the phenyl or napthyl is unsubstituted or substituted with one or more substituents selected from R 9 , (8) —(C═O) q —O r -heterocycle, where the heterocycle is unsubstituted or substituted with one or more substituents selected from R 9 , (9) —(C═O)—NR 6 R 7 , (10) —NR 6 R 7 , (11) —S(O) 2 —NR 6 R 7 , (12) —S(O) t —R 8 , where t is 0, 1 or 2, (13) —CO 2 H, (14) —CN, and (15) —NO 2 ; where p is 0 or 1, (wherein if p is 0, a chemical bond is present in the place of O p ) and where q is 0 or 1 and r is 0 or 1 (wherein if q is 0 or r is 0, a bond is present in the place of (C═O) q or O r , and wherein if q is 0 and r is 0, a single bond is present in the place of (C═O) q —O r ); R (1) hydrogen, (2) C 1-6 alkyl, which is unsubstituted or substituted with R 5 , (3) C 3-6 alkenyl, which is unsubstituted or substituted with R 5 , (4) C 3-8 cycloalkyl which is unsubstituted or substituted with R 5 , (5) phenyl, which is unsubstituted or substituted with R 5 , and (6) heterocycle, which is unsubstituted or substituted with R 5 , or R 6 and R 7 taken together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached form a 3 to 8 membered ring, where the ring may contain one to four heteroatom independently selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur; where the ring may be saturated or partially saturated or unsaturated; which is unsubstituted or substituted with one or more substituents selected from R 5 ; R R (1) hydroxy, (2) halogen, (3) C 1-6 alkyl, (4) —C 3-8 cycloalkyl, (5) —O—C 1-6 alkyl, (6) —O(C═O)—C 1-6 alkyl, (7) —NH—C 1-6 alkyl, (8) phenyl, (9) heterocycle, (10) —CO 2 H, and (11) —CN; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. | 14,993 |
9,149,733 | 1. A toy brick comprising: a body part with one or more sidewalls extending around the outer periphery of said toy brick, said one or more sidewalls at least partially define an interior of said toy brick and said side-walls extend from a bottom face to a top portion of said body part, an elongated rib arranged interiorly in said body part, said elongated rib extending essentially between said bottom face towards said top portion of said body part, a width of said elongated rib, in an end portion near said top portion and parallel to a portion of a face accommodating said elongated rib, which width near said top portion is greater than or equal to the width of said elongated rib near its end, facing said bottom face, characterised in that the width of said elongated rib, in a central portion in-between said bottom face and said top portion and parallel to the portion of the face accommodating said elongated rib, is greater than the width of said elongated rib, in the end portion near said top portion, parallel to a face whereon said elongated rib is disposed. | 11,584 |
8,739,810 | 1. In a hydrant assembly, the combination comprising a) an outer tubular member having a first flow port, b) an inner tubular member having closure means thereon to close said port in relatively axially advanced position of said closure means, and to open said port in relatively axially retracted position of said closure means that allows fluid flow through said port to an outlet from said outer tubular member, c) control means to control relative movement of the inner and outer members, and d) said closure means comprising an annular first seal extending about an axis defined by said closure means, there being an axially elongated primary bore carried by said outer member, and into which said first seal has sliding sealing fit as the closure means is advanced, and wherein the closure means remains slidable in said primary bore in spacially advanced positions of the first seal relative to said primary bore, e) there being a stem projecting from said closure means for slidable reception into the forward end of said inner tubular member, f) there being an annular cup seal carried by the closure means to have peripheral sliding engagement with a secondary bore defined by the outer tubular member as the stem slides in said inner tubular member and as the first seal slides in said primary bore, which is stepped inwardly relative to the secondary bore, there being an elongated body between said first seal and said cup seal. | 16,304 |
9,191,659 | 1. A system comprising: a processor; an image generator configured to provide a stream of stereoscopic images comprising left eye images and right eye images; a projector comprising at least one image modulator configured to receive the stream of stereoscopic images from the image generator and form light into the stereoscopic images; a viewing apparatus configured to filter the light into the left eye images and the right eye images respectively thereby providing a three dimensional rendering of the stereoscopic images when viewed through the viewing apparatus; collimation apparatus configured to receive and collimate the light from the at least one image modulator, such that rays of light are substantially parallel when the stereoscopic images are received at the viewing apparatus; and, a curved surface, the stereoscopic images projected onto the curved surface for viewing and the processor is configured to adjust the stereoscopic images based on: a geometry of the curved surface and motion parallax cues based on a position of a viewer, the collimation apparatus comprising a collimating mirror configured to reflect the light from the curved surface such that reflected light is collimated and both accommodation and vergence cues in the stereoscopic images are generally in sync, the motion parallax cues taking the place of the vergence cues when head movement of the viewer is detected, so that objects in the stereoscopic images are pushed further away by the collimating mirror and infinity in the stereoscopic images looks like a real infinity out a window using the viewing apparatus, with eyes of the viewer relaxed both in vergence and focus. | 39,379 |
8,931,517 | 1. A solenoid valve for controlling flow amount of fluid, comprising: a body inside of which is formed into a valve space chamber penetrating in an axial direction, the valve space chamber being divided in sequence into a first pressure-sensing chamber, a first valve chamber, a second valve chamber and a second pressure-sensing chamber by a first partition portion, a second partition portion and a third partition portion; a supply port penetrating said first valve chamber and flowing fluid in and out; an output port penetrating said second valve chamber and flowing fluid in and out; a discharging port penetrating one or both of said first pressure-sensing chamber and said second pressure-sensing chamber respectively and flowing fluid in and out; a first valve member movably arranged in the axial direction inside said first pressure-sensing chamber, said first valve chamber and said second valve chamber, the first valve member having a first communication passage therein for penetrating the first valve member in the axial direction and communicating a first pressure-sensing chamber side and a second valve chamber side; a second valve member movably arranged in the axial direction inside said second valve chamber and said second pressure-sensing chamber, the second valve member having a second communication passage therein for penetrating the second valve member in the axial direction and communicating a second valve chamber side and a second pressure-sensing chamber side; a first poppet valve having any one of a valve body and a valve seating body formed on said second partition portion dividing said first valve chamber and said second valve chamber, and the other one of the valve body and valve seating body formed on said first valve member, the first poppet valve being opened and closed between said first valve chamber and said second valve chamber; a second poppet valve having any one of a valve body and a valve seating body formed on an end portion at a second valve chamber side of said first valve member, and the other one of the valve body and valve seating body formed on an end portion at a second valve chamber side of said second valve member, the second poppet valve for communicating said first communication passage and said second communication passage with said second valve chamber when opening the valve and communicating said first communication passage with said second communication passage when closing the valve; a first pressure sensing portion integrally formed with said first valve member, and slidably arranged on an inner circumference of said first partition portion dividing said first pressure-sensing chamber and said first valve chamber; a second pressure sensing portion integrally formed with said second valve member, and slidably arranged on an inner circumference of said third partition portion dividing said second valve chamber and said second pressure-sensing chamber; a solenoid portion generating magnetic force in predetermined direction depending on applied electric current and making the magnetic force act on said second valve member via a solenoid rod connected to said second valve member; a first spring making elastic force in second valve member direction act on said first valve member; and a second spring making elastic force in opposite direction to the magnetic force, acted by said solenoid portion, act on the second valve member; wherein a first pressure receiving area which is a seating area of said first poppet valve, a second pressure receiving area which is a seating area of said second poppet valve, a third pressure receiving area which is a pressure receiving area of said first pressure sensing portion and a fourth pressure receiving area which is a pressure receiving area of said second pressure sensing portion are approximately equally made. | 34,643 |
9,508,105 | 1. A method to configure a home energy management system (HEMS) in a home area network (HAN), the method comprising: performing customer authorization in a server of a power provider based on HEMS device information and customer authorization information inputted through the HEMS; registering the HEMS device information and customer authorization information with a smart meter; and managing each of one or more energy profiles of at least one HAN device including the smart meter connected to the HAN, wherein managing each of the one or more energy profiles of the at least one HAN device comprises: requesting, by the at least one HAN device, a beacon message to the smart meter, and transmitting, by the smart meter, the beacon message including energy profile information to the at least one HAN device. | 20,874 |
8,946,116 | 1. A TiO 2 -containing composite nano-powder catalyst obtained by: impregnating a powder comprising a titanium-based metal ceramic compound with a mixing solution that contains a compound comprising a platinum group metal and/or a non-noble metal, thereby creating a mixture, wherein the titanium-based metal ceramic compound has a particle size of between 1 nanometer and 100 nanometers; drying the mixture; and then performing an oxidative thermal decomposition. | 9,812 |
9,469,338 | 1. A method for machine cutting several parts out of a piece of material comprising: using a beam cutting technology, said method providing a set of controlling rules and variables for cutting two dimensional shapes or patterns, where one rule or a combination of several rules are used for the cutting operation depending on the shape or pattern to be cut, said shape or pattern forming said parts out of said piece of material, wherein said set of controlling rules comprises rules for the forming of a cluster of parts with free form shapes, said parts being separated by one cut from the cutting beam and positioned so close to each other so that only a thickness of said one cut from a single pass of the cutting beam is found between adjacent parts whenever the shape of said parts allows it, wherein said set of controlling rules comprises a rule for cutting angles, said rule stating that an angle is cut in two cuts, wherein both cuts lead into the tip of the angle, or one cut leads into the angle and one cut leads away from the angle, and wherein the at least one cut leading into the angle does not lead all the way to the tip of the angle, thus leaving a micro joint in the tip of the angle, or wherein one or both of the cuts leads past the tip of the angle. | 34,216 |
8,783,505 | 1. A plastic container, comprising: a sidewall defining a bottom portion, a main body portion and an upper rim, the main body portion of the sidewall having at least one groove defined therein having a circumferential component; and reinforcement structure provided on the portion of the sidewall that defines the groove for limiting vertical expansion and contraction of the main body portion in response to force that is applied to the sidewall. | 45,739 |
9,337,378 | 1. A method for conditioning a photovoltaic device having external electrical contacts during manufacture comprising: controlling the temperature of the photovoltaic device according to a temperature profile; and applying an electrical bias from a power source to the electrical contacts of the photovoltaic device having the controlled temperature; wherein the step of controlling the temperature according to a temperature profile further comprises: | 22,198 |
8,513,475 | 1. A method of producing hydrocarbons using lipids derived from biological organisms and hydrotalcite, comprising the step of: pretreating hydrotalcite by heating the hydrotalcite to a temperature of 100-600° C. while blowing argon, nitrogen, oxygen or air to the hydrotalcite to remove moisture from the hydrotalcite, wherein the pretreated hydrotalcite is a double layered hydroxide including 50˜80 wt % of magnesium oxide and a residue of aluminum oxide, excluding moisture and anions, bringing a raw material into contact with the pretreated hydrotalcite as a catalyst to remove oxygen from the raw material by a decarboxylation or decarbonylation reaction, wherein the step of bringing the raw material into contact with the catalyst is carried out at a temperature of 200˜450° C. and a pressure of 0.1˜15 MPa, wherein the raw material is one or more selected from triglycerides, fatty acids, and fatty acid derivatives, which are obtained from renewable raw material sources derived from biological organisms, and wherein the product produced by the method comprises hydrocarbons. | 9,463 |
9,625,577 | 1. A method, comprising: determining a first threat level associated with a threat posed to an aircraft by a weather characteristic based on radar return data; detecting a weather threat to the aircraft; determining a second threat level posed to the aircraft by the weather threat; and causing a pattern to be overlaid on an image of the weather characteristic displayed on an aviation display, wherein the pattern is overlaid on a location of the aviation display corresponding to the location of the weather characteristic in response to determining that the second threat level is greater than the first threat level. | 1,545 |
8,753,596 | 1. A catalyst for removal of nitrogen oxides from an exhaust gas of a diesel engine, comprising a support body of length L, and a catalytically active coating having one or more material zones, the catalytically active coating comprising: | 20,436 |
8,602,095 | 1. An apparatus for producing driver gas used in the removal of oil from an oil well, comprising: a reaction chamber containing an autothermal reforming reaction and wherein a reformer fuel, an oxidizing agent, and water are combined, the reaction chamber having at least one fuel pipe for delivery of the reformer fuel and water, at least one gas pipe for delivery of the oxidizing agent, and at least one outlet port for injecting driver gas into at least one of an oil well and ground; and a heating element for heating the reaction chamber to a predetermined temperature required to perform the autothermal reforming reaction between the reformer fuel, oxidizing agent, and water to produce the driver gas; wherein the fuel pipe and outlet port are coupled to form a counter-flow heat exchanger to transfer heat from the driver gas to the incoming reformer fuel and water prior to injecting the driver gas into at least one of the oil well and the ground. | 11,263 |
9,783,371 | 1. An article alignment apparatus, comprising: a conveyor which includes a placement portion on which an article is placed, and a detector for detecting a movement amount of the placement portion; a robot which includes a tool capable of holding an article and is configured to successively place an article or a group of articles having a predetermined positional relationship relative to each other, in alignment on the placement portion along a movement direction of the conveyor; an interval setting unit configured to set a distance between articles or a distance between groups of articles to be placed in alignment along the movement direction of the conveyor; a movement amount acquisition unit configured to acquire a movement amount of the placement portion from the detector; a virtual target generation unit configured to successively generate, before the robot executes a placement operation of an article or a group of articles, virtual targets which serve as a reference in positioning the article on the placement portion directly on the conveyor, the virtual targets each having a plurality of placement positions within a predefined area and being separated from each other by a distance which is determined according to the distance between the articles or the distance between the groups of articles specified by the interval setting unit, each of the plurality of placement positions set at any position within the predefined area of the virtual target; and a placement operation execution unit configured to place the article or the group of articles directly on the conveyor at least one of the placement locations selected within the predefined area of the virtual target by tracking the virtual target moving together with the placement portion based on information detected by the detector. | 8,787 |
9,481,474 | 1. An auxiliary power unit for an aircraft comprising: a metallic housing having mounts for attaching the housing to an external structure, at least one temperature sensor suitable for detecting temperature under fire conditions, wherein said temperature sensor is coupled with a portion of the housing extending one third of the longer dimension of the housing from each mount for sensing temperature at the housing. | 11,813 |
8,515,689 | 1. A method for determining a location of underground cables and pipes, comprising: measuring a set of complex electromagnetic field magnitudes and phases at a plurality of positions while traversing a target line in a substantially parallel direction using a plurality of 3-dimensional electromagnetic coil sensors, the plurality of 3-dimensional electromagnetic coil sensors being mounted on opposite sides of a cart frame within wheel wells of a cart-based location receiver such that there is a horizontal separation between the plurality of 3-dimensional electromagnetic coil sensors, and such that the plurality of 3-dimensional electromagnetic coil sensors are oriented substantially orthogonal to the target line; modeling a set of expected complex electromagnetic field magnitudes of a single underground conductor at each of the plurality of positions to form a set of hypothesized values corresponding to a set of individual models for the target line, the modeling including using an estimation of a current attenuation at two nearest side tones to update a fit factor, the side tones defined by a carrier frequency and a modulation frequency; determining which of the set of individuals models is a best model; determining confidence information at each of the plurality of positions based on a comparison between the measured set of complex electromagnetic magnitudes and phases and the best model; and determining parameters at each of the plurality of positions related to the target line from the best model. | 37,617 |
9,619,284 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a first core to execute instructions; a second core to execute instructions, the second core asymmetric with respect to the first core and having a higher power consumption level than the first core; and a microcontroller coupled to the first and second cores, the microcontroller comprising a policy manager to receive operating system scheduling information, performance prediction information for at least one future quantum, and current processor utilization information, and to determine a performance prediction for a future quantum and whether to cause a switch between the first core and the second core in the future quantum based at least in part on the performance prediction and responsive to a determination to cause the switch, store an identification of the switch in a core switch queue to later be accessed when a thread quanta is to execute in the future quantum, wherein the policy manager is to access the identification in the core switch queue in proximity to the future quantum, issue a call to cause an operating system (OS) to enter into a critical section and to enable the apparatus to switch execution of the OS to the second core, wherein the first core is to save a state of the first core to a shared memory, lock a mutual exclusion location comprising a lock in the shared memory and activate a timer prior to the OS execution switch, and the second core is to acquire the lock of the mutual exclusion location in the shared memory and access the state of the first core from the shared memory. | 35,995 |
9,332,551 | 1. A method, comprising: broadcasting a resource share identity message, the resource share identity message to include an indication of a request for resource configuration information; receiving by a transceiver a set of resource configuration information from multiple devices, each of the sets of resource configuration information including one or more operational parameters; identifying, by a processor circuit, a set of homogeneous device resources implemented by the multiple devices based in part on the sets of resource configuration information received by the transceiver; selecting a shared homogeneous device resource of a first one of the multiple devices to share between the multiple devices based in part on filtering the set of homogeneous device resources based on the one or more operational parameters; sending a first control signal to the first one of the multiple devices, the first control signal to include an indication to turn on the shared homogenous device resource of the first one of the multiple devices and to enable sharing of the shared homogenous device resource with other ones of the multiple devices; and sending a second control signal to at least a second one of the multiple device, the second control signal to include an indication to turn off the shared homogenous device resource of the second one of the multiple devices and to enable sharing of the shared homogeneous device resource of the first one of the multiple devices. | 18,992 |
9,561,560 | 1. A drill and detection system, comprising: a laser drill directed in a first direction; a thermal detector spaced apart from the laser drill and directed in a second direction opposite to the first direction, and wherein a material to be operated on is placeable between the thermal detector and the laser drill; a processor in electronic communication with the laser drill and the thermal detector; and an alerting device in electronic communication with the processor, wherein the processor transmits a signal to the alerting device when the thermal detector has detected that the laser drill has first contacted a surface proximate to the thermal detector, and wherein the processor alters operation of the laser drill in response to the signal. | 4,951 |
9,284,146 | 1. A revolver-type winding machine for web material which comprises: two parallel first and second winding shafts each of which is provided with an independent rotary drive device connected directly to a first end of a corresponding one of the first or second winding shafts; a disc-shaped support plate bearing said rotary drive means and first and second winding shafts, the first and second winding shafts being arranged perpendicular to said disc-shaped support plate, the disc-shaped support plate being rotationally supported with respect to a circular opening of a first vertical wall of a framing; rotary drive means for causing said disc-shaped support plate to rotate about a horizontal axis centrally arranged with respect to the disc-shaped support plate to alternately arrange the first and second winding shafts in a loading position next to a web material supply source; guiding means and drive means for moving said rotary drive devices and first and second winding shafts linearly along said disc-shaped support plate in a plane perpendicular thereto and passing through its a center of the disc-shaped support plate; and support structures for supporting a second end of each of said first and second winding shafts during at least part of the linear movement thereof along the disc-shaped support plate and during the formation of a reel on each of them, said support structures being supported on a second vertical wall of said framing, opposite said first vertical wall; wherein: said support structures comprise first and second carriages that can move linearly along parallel first and second pairs of guides fixed on said second vertical wall, said first and second carriages bearing selectively releasable first and second clamp means which keep said second ends of the first and second winding shafts held in a horizontal plane coplanar with said plane perpendicular to said disc-shaped support plate at all times during the formation of a reel on any one of said first and second winding shafts; said first and second pairs of guides and first and second carriages are located on an inner face of said second vertical wall of the framing, directly facing the second ends of the first and second winding shafts; the first carriage is arranged above the first winding shaft and has a first carriage coupling section coupled with the first pair of guides and a first carriage end section bearing said first clamp means, said first carriage end section being inclined downwards and projecting towards an outer side edge of the second vertical wall with respect to said first carriage coupling section; and the second carriage is arranged below the second winding shaft and has a second carriage coupling section coupled with the second pair of guides and a second carriage end section bearing the second clamp means, said second carriage end section being inclined upwards and projecting towards said outer side edge of the second vertical wall with respect to said second carriage coupling section. | 48,326 |
9,744,349 | 1. A medical electrical lead comprising: a. an elongate lead body with a lead body diameter; and b. a frustoconical tip extending from the elongate lead body and positioned at a distal end of the lead; c. wherein the lead body and the frustoconical tip define a lumen therein, the lumen having a first portion having a primary lumen diameter, a second portion having a smaller secondary lumen diameter proximate the distal end of the lead, and an intermediate portion that connects the first portion and the second portion, the intermediate portion comprising a tapered lumen surface that gradually decreases from the primary lumen diameter to the secondary lumen diameter; d. wherein an outside diameter of the frustoconical tip tapers from the lead body diameter to about the secondary lumen diameter at the distal end; e. wherein the intermediate portion and the second portion of the lumen are positioned inside the frustoconical tip; and f. wherein the intermediate portion extends for a length greater than a difference between the primary lumen diameter and the lead body diameter. | 17,016 |
8,708,267 | 1. A device for packaging a sheet of material, the device configured to allow for dispensing of the sheet material, the device comprising: a flexible tubular cylinder, having an internal channel and an external curved surface, the internal channel having an elongate length disposed between a first end and a second end; and a flexible sheet, the flexible sheet wrapped about the external curved surface of the flexible tubular cylinder; the flexible tubular cylinder and flexible sheet being folded such that a first portion of the flexible tubular cylinder is bent over a second portion of the flexible tubular cylinder such that the first portion covers at least part of the second portion. | 20,928 |
8,805,426 | 1. A method in a communication device, the method comprising: providing a prompt for a user selection of a plurality of social networking data stores accessible via a communications network; wherein the prompt is operable to receive selection of two or more data stores from the plurality of social networking data stores; retrieving, via the communications network, contact list information based upon an account for the user at each of the two or more selected social networking data stores; and filtering incoming messages for the user based on the contact list information from the two or more selected social networking data stores; wherein said retrieving the contact list information includes retrieving a plurality of contact lists associated with each of the two or more selected social networking data stores, and wherein said filtering includes filtering the incoming messages based on a comparison of sender identification data for each incoming message to at least a portion of the plurality of contact lists. | 37,083 |
9,447,560 | 1. A parallel linkage-type working apparatus for use with construction equipment, comprising: a base frame which is configured to connect to a front side of a traveling apparatus; a lift arm which has one end configured to rotatably connect to the base frame, and the other end configured to rotatably connect to a bucket; a lift cylinder which has one end configured to rotatably connect to the base frame, and the other end configured to rotatably connect to a central side in a length direction of the lift arm; a parallel link which has one end configured to rotatably connect to the base frame; a parallel lever which has a lower portion configured to rotatably connect to the other end of the parallel link; a bucket cylinder which has one end configured to rotatably connect to an upper portion of the parallel lever; a tilt lever which has an upper portion configured to rotatably connect to the other end of the bucket cylinder, and a lower portion configured to rotatably connect to the bucket through a push link configured to rotatably connect to the bucket; and connecting shaft portions which have end portions configured to rotatably connect to a central side of the parallel lever, and the other end portions are configured to rotatably connect to a central side of the tilt lever; wherein the parallel link and the parallel lever are configured to rotate relatively to each other in a direction in which a first hinge axis between the parallel link and the base frame and a second hinge axis between the parallel lever and the bucket cylinder move toward each other when the lift arm is raised without operating the bucket cylinder. | 23,623 |
9,770,512 | 1. A compound selected from: or an enantiomer, diastereomer, stereoisomer, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein: Y is a bond, (CH X is C(C each R R R R each R each R R m is 0, 1, 2 or 3; n is 0, 1 or 2; the Linker is each W is independently absent, CH Z is absent, CH Q is absent or —CH p1 is selected from 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6; p2 is selected from 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6; p3 is selected from 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5; the Targeting Ligand binds to a targeted protein selected from SMARCA2, and Ras; wherein the Targeting Ligand is selected from: R is the attachment point to the Linker; o is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, or 8; and A is N or CH. | 46,562 |
8,398,334 | 1. A spill containment system for retaining spills in a body of water having a depth between a surface and a floor, said system comprising: a plurality of modules at said surface comprising ballast tubes joined at respective tube ends to form a spill containment enclosure configured to encompass at-risk infrastructure (ARI) and to submerge to a standby depth below said surface upon receiving submerging signals and to rise to said surface upon receiving surfacing signals; said modules further comprising flexible curtains coupled vertically to said ballast tubes to form a containment enclosure below said surface; and a deployment control system in operative communication with said ballast tubes, the deployment control system configured to retract said curtains and send submerging signals to employ the ballast tubes to submerge to a standby depth for extended periods of normal operating conditions, and send surfacing signals to employ the ballast tubes to rise to said surface and extend said curtains upon predetermined deployment conditions. | 18,233 |
9,790,924 | 1. A method for at least one of controlling and monitoring a wind turbine equipped with a LIDAR sensor performing a measurement of the wind at a point located upstream from the wind turbine, comprising: a) acquiring a sensor signal corresponding to the measurement performed by the LIDAR sensor; b) constructing an estimator for estimating wind speed at the rotor of the turbine from processing the sensor signal using a mathematical representation of the wind, a model of the LIDAR sensor and a model of wind propagation which relates the sensor signal to the wind speed at the rotor; c) estimating the wind speed at the rotor of the turbine by applying the sensor signal to the estimator which converts the sensor signal at the point upstream from the rotor into an output signal expressing an estimation of wind speed at a plane of the rotor; and d) at least one of controlling and monitoring the wind turbine in response to the estimation of the wind speed at the plane of the rotor. | 3,393 |
9,023,745 | 1. A photovoltaic cell, comprising: a substrate formed from an aluminosilicate glass having a glass composition including: | 49,146 |
9,662,206 | 1. A system for implanting a heart valve, comprising: a radially self-expandable tubular body having an inflow end, an outflow end, and a preformed groove (a) disposed in an outer surface of the tubular body between the inflow end and the outflow end, (b) extending at least partially around the tubular body, and (c) having a circumferential opening facially radially outward of the tubular body, a valve disposed within and attached to the tubular body; and a trapping member configured to form at least a partial loop in a circumferential direction around the preformed groove when the tubular body is fully expanded, wherein: | 26,055 |
9,803,856 | 1. A rich-lean combustion apparatus comprising: a first plate a third plate a first burner port member a second burner port member wherein, between the first plate wherein a plurality of air through-holes | 26,571 |
8,545,659 | 1. Method for producing a T-stringer, in the aircraft or spacecraft sector, comprising the following steps: providing a first and a second lay-up strip; positioning a first separation film onto an area of the first lay-up strip corresponding to a stringer foot of the T-stringer that is to be formed, wherein the first separation film borders on an edge of the first lay-up strip; positioning a second separation film onto an area of the second lay-up corresponding to the stringer foot, wherein the second separation film borders on an edge of the second lay-up strip; positioning the second lay-up strip onto the first lay-up strip such that an area of the second lay-up strip corresponding to a stringer web of the T-stringer that is to be formed lies against an area of the first lay-up strip corresponding to the stringer web and that the first and second separation films lie against each other; folding the areas of the first and second lay-up strip corresponding to the stringer foot that is to be formed open in opposed directions, wherein the areas of the first and second lay-up strip, which correspond to the stringer web that is to be formed and which lie against each other, are clamped in a clamping device, wherein the areas of the first and second lay-up strip corresponding to the stringer foot project from the clamping device, and, thereafter, a folding-open mandrel is inserted between the first and second separation film for folding the areas of the first and second lay-up strip corresponding to the stringer foot open in opposed directions; and at least partially curing the first and second lay-up strip for producing the T-stringer. | 23,354 |
8,867,031 | 1. An anesthetic vaporizer system comprising: a sump adapted to retain an anesthetic agent; and a level sensor disposed at least partially within the sump, said level sensor comprising a transparent polyphenylsulfone housing, the level sensor configured to generate an optical beam and to estimate the amount of anesthetic agent within the sump based on a measured characteristic of the optical beam. | 21,195 |
9,683,470 | 1. An exhaust gas control apparatus for an internal combustion engine comprising an exhaust gas purification catalyst in an exhaust passage, said exhaust gas control apparatus comprising: a fuel injector configured to supply fuel for warming the exhaust gas purification catalyst; an oxygen supplying device configured to supply oxygen to the exhaust purification catalyst; an air-fuel ratio sensor configured to detect an air-fuel ratio within the exhaust gas purification catalyst; and an electronic control unit in communication with the fuel injector, the oxygen supplying device, and the air-fuel ratio sensor, wherein the electronic control unit is configured to: perform a warm-up operation to warm the exhaust gas purification catalyst by increasing the temperature of exhaust gases passing though the exhaust gas purification catalyst via the fuel injector; detect an air-fuel ratio within the exhaust gas purification catalyst via the air-fuel ratio sensor; stop, intermittently, the internal combustion engine based on the air-fuel ratio being detected as rich; and supply oxygen to the exhaust gas purification catalyst via the oxygen supplying device after completion of the warm-up operation and during the intermittent stop of the internal combustion engine. | 30,191 |
9,161,012 | 1. A method for a computing system, comprising: receiving optical sensor information captured via one or more optical sensors, the optical sensor information imaging a scene including a human subject; processing the optical sensor information to model the human subject with a virtual skeleton; processing the optical sensor information to obtain surface information representing the human subject; transmitting the virtual skeleton to a remote computing device at a first frame rate; and transmitting the surface information to the remote computing device at a second frame rate that is less than the first frame rate. | 20,257 |
8,990,942 | 1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-executable application programming interface (API)-level intrusion detection instructions for: receiving an API call for a service at an API sandbox module; parsing the API call to extract at least one of: an API call name; or one or more API call parameters; generating a copy of the at least one of: the API call name or the one or more API call parameters; providing, to an intrusion detection rules execution engine, the copy of the at least one of: the API call name or the one or more API call parameters; determining, via the intrusion detection rules execution engine, whether the API call is in violation of one or more security rules obtained from a security rules object; and providing an indication of whether the API call is in violation of the one or more security rules; wherein the API sandbox module is co-located at an enterprise software gateway, and is configured for: | 36,921 |
9,518,491 | 1. A construction machine comprising: an engine that is oriented so that an axial direction of a crankshaft is parallel with a front-and-rear direction of a vehicle body; and an exhaust gas aftertreatment device that is provided to an upper portion of the engine in an engine compartment covered by a hood, the exhaust gas aftertreatment device comprising at least one pair of a first aftertreatment unit and a second aftertreatment unit into which exhaust gas from the engine dividedly flows, the first aftertreatment unit and the second aftertreatment unit each comprising: a first exhaust gas emission control system that is provided upstream in a flow direction of the exhaust gas; a second exhaust gas emission control system that is provided downstream of the first exhaust gas emission control system; and a communication pipe through which the first exhaust gas emission control system and the second exhaust gas emission control system are in communication with each other, the first and second exhaust gas emission control systems, while being arranged side by side in a right-and-left direction of the vehicle body, being oriented so that the flow direction of the exhaust gas flowing in the first and second exhaust gas emission control systems is parallel with the front-and-rear direction of the vehicle body, and the communication pipe being provided between the first exhaust gas emission control system and the second exhaust gas emission control system, wherein the first exhaust gas emission control system of the first aftertreatment unit and the first exhaust gas emission control system of the second aftertreatment unit are spaced from each other in the right-and-left direction of the vehicle body, wherein the second exhaust gas emission control system of the first aftertreatment unit and the second exhaust gas emission control system of the second aftertreatment unit are provided between the first exhaust gas emission control system of the first aftertreatment unit and the first exhaust gas emission control system of the second aftertreatment unit, wherein when the exhaust gas aftertreatment device is seen in the front-and-rear direction of the vehicle body, an outer linear envelope that is tangent to the first exhaust gas emission control system and the communication pipe of each of the first aftertreatment unit and the second aftertreatment unit extends upward while tilting toward a right-and-left center of the engine, and wherein a slant surface along the envelope is provided to the hood at a position corresponding to: a portion facing an external portion of an outer circumferential surface of the communication pipe of each of the first aftertreatment unit and the second aftertreatment unit, and a portion facing an external portion of an outer circumferential surface of the first exhaust gas emission control system of each of the first aftertreatment unit and the second after treatment unit. | 310 |
8,471,020 | 1. A compound of formula wherein R | 44,517 |
8,640,846 | 1. A clutch assembly adapted to transmit drive torque between first and second rotary components, the clutch assembly comprising: a clutch hub fixed for rotation with the first rotary component and defining a cylindrical inner hub portion; a clutch drum fixed for rotation with the second rotary component and defining a cylindrical outer drum portion aligned to generally surround said inner hub portion of said clutch hub, said outer drum portion having a plurality of drum apertures; a clutch pack including a plurality of outer clutch plates fixed for rotation with and axially sliding movement on said outer drum portion and a plurality of inner clutch plates interleaved with the outer clutch plates and which are fixed for rotation with and axially sliding movement on said inner hub portion; and a piston moveable relative to said clutch pack to control the amount of drive torque transferred between said clutch drum and said clutch hub, wherein said piston is moveable between a retracted position corresponding to a disengaged clutch mode displaced from engagement with said clutch pack and an advanced position corresponding to an engaged clutch mode in engagement with said clutch pack, and wherein said piston includes a cover member configured to restrict a flow of fluid through said drum apertures when said piston is located in its retracted position and to permit the flow of fluid through said drum apertures when said piston is located in its advanced position. | 34,235 |
8,654,901 | 1. A decoding apparatus comprising: a configuring unit receiving a decoder description which comprises an identifier of at least one function unit comprising at least one input port and/or one output port and processing a bit stream in a decoding operation and connection information for connecting the at least one function unit one another, selecting at least one corresponding function unit from a plurality of function units using the identifier of the at least one function unit, and connecting the selected at least one corresponding function unit one another using the connection information to configure a variable decoder, wherein each of the plurality of function units is characterized by at least one token comprising first information about whether at least one signal transmitted to or from the each function unit is an input signal or an output signal of the each function unit and second information about a number of the at least one signal, and wherein the at least one token does not comprise information about the at least one function unit other than the first information and the second information. | 46,576 |
8,698,317 | 1. A package stack structure, comprising: a lower semiconductor chip on a lower package substrate having a plurality of lower via plug lands; a lower package having a lower molding compound surrounding a portion of a top surface of the lower package substrate and side surfaces of the lower semiconductor chip; an upper semiconductor chip on an upper package substrate having a plurality of upper via plug lands, wherein the plurality of lower via plug lands and the plurality of upper via plug lands are vertically aligned with each other, respectively; an upper package having an upper molding compound covering the upper semiconductor chip; via plugs vertically penetrating the lower molding compound, the via plugs to each contact and connect the lower and upper via plug lands, respectively; and a fastening element to contact and connect a top surface of the lower molding compound and a bottom surface of the upper package substrate such that an air space exists between a top surface of the lower molding compound and a bottom surface of the upper package substrate. | 22,001 |
9,606,265 | 1. A polarizing plate, comprising: a polarizer; and a protective film stacked on one or both sides of the polarizer, the protective film being attached directly on the polarizer with an adhesive layer, wherein the adhesive layer is prepared from an adhesive composition for polarizing plates, the adhesive composition including: an epoxy compound, a methacrylic compound or an acrylic compound, and a polyfunctional thiol compound, wherein the adhesive layer has a gel fraction after 24 hours of 89.3% to 97.5%. | 7,052 |
8,828,784 | 1. A back contact crystalline semiconductor solar cell test structure, comprising: a first electrically conductive metallization layer having an interdigitated pattern of emitter electrodes and base electrodes on a backside surface of a crystalline solar cell substrate; an electrically insulating layer attached to said backside surface of said crystalline substrate, said electrically insulating layer electrically isolating said first metallization layer from a second electrically conductive metallization layer; a second electrically conductive metallization layer providing high-conductivity cell interconnections to said first electrically conductive interconnect layer through conductive via holes formed in said electrically insulating layer, said second electrically conductive interconnect layer having an interdigitated pattern of emitter electrodes and base electrodes; and an electrically conductive resistance test structure contacted to said second electrically conductive metallization layer and extracting at least one electrical parametric value component of said solar cell structure. | 21,085 |
8,566,749 | 1. A method, comprising: generating at least one display output using at least one computer from multi-parameter N-dimensional data, wherein data dimensions are indexed by one of (a) three index pseudo-dimensions or (b) two index pseudo-dimensions and one time dimension, the display output depicting volumetric data spaces selected from possible ways to depict multi-parameter data with M-dimensional data spaces, said possible ways comprising at least one of (i) three mutually perpendicular axes comprising a time axis and two index pseudo-dimension axes, or (ii) a time sequence of volumetric data spaces with three index pseudo-dimension axes; generating, in response to user input selecting higher-order volumetric data space, a display output depicting the higher-order volumetric data space having three mutually perpendicular axes comprising three index pseudo-dimension axes or a time axis and two index pseudo-dimension axes; generating, in response to user input selecting lower-order volumetric data space and a data point along one of the mutually perpendicular index pseudo-dimension axes, a display output depicting the lower-order volumetric data space having three mutually perpendicular axes comprising three index pseudo-dimension axes or a time axis and two index pseudo-dimension axes; and generating, in response to user input selecting at least one of a point in time, a point on index pseudo-dimension axis, or a set of data sets, a display output depicting the data spaces for the selected data sets having three mutually perpendicular axes selected from: three index pseudo-dimension axes, or a time axis and two index pseudo-dimension axes. | 2,238 |
8,566,618 | 1. A method for managing operations associated with one or more voltage change requests and one or more frequency change requests in a data processing system having one or more processors, the method comprising: a processor receiving one or more of a voltage change request and a frequency change request; detecting a first sequence associated with one or more voltage change requests and a second sequence associated with one or more frequency change requests; dynamically modifying the first sequence and the second sequence, wherein modifying the first sequence and the second sequence includes shifting the one or more voltage change requests forward relative to one or more corresponding frequency change requests; automatically inserting an indicator voltage change at an end of the first sequence; detecting execution of the indicator voltage change; and determining when an indicator voltage associated with the indicator voltage change is successfully reached, wherein detection of the indicator voltage signifies completion of one or more previous voltage change requests. | 29,845 |
8,841,858 | 1. A lighting system, comprising: a solid-state luminary (SSL) illumination device comprising identifying data; and a fixture device in communication with the SSL illumination device, wherein the (SSL) illumination device is detachably connected to corresponding the fixture device, wherein the fixture device is configured to communicate with the SSL illumination device and wherein the fixture device is further configured to read the identifying data; retrieve a driver parameter regarding the SSL illumination device associated with the identifying data from a database; and supply power to the SSL illumination device according to the driver parameter. | 49,431 |
9,107,079 | 1. An ultra-low power wireless communication apparatus comprising: a sensing unit configured to sense state information of frequency channels in a first frequency band, wherein the state information comprises an amount of interference in each of the frequency channels; and a channel determining unit, comprising a ranking unit configured to determine a rank of available frequency channels among the frequency channels, based on the amount of the interference in each of the frequency channels during a predetermined period, and wherein the channel determining unit is configured to: | 31,292 |
9,360,880 | 1. An integrated circuit comprising: a node setting block connected to a first reference node and suitable for setting a voltage level of the first reference node to a reference voltage level; a plurality of control voltage generation units connected in series to a second reference node and suitable for generating a plurality of control voltages of which voltage levels are variable; and a current sensing circuit suitable for sensing a variation of a current flowing through a signal transmission line by using the plurality of control voltages, the signal transmission line being connected to an internal circuit and a voltage level of the signal transmission line being fixed. | 2,547 |
9,398,647 | 1. A system for operating one or more light emitting devices, comprising: at least one light emitting device; a negative temperature coefficient device in thermal communication with the at least one light emitting device; and an amplifier including a negative feedback loop, the negative temperature coefficient device included in the negative feedback loop, the amplifier having a gain which has a maximum slope at an equilibrium temperature of the one or more light emitting devices. | 47,067 |
9,531,289 | 1. An electro-mechanical kinetic energy storage device comprising: an input port configured to receive a first input electrical energy from a first electrical component to induce at least a first portion of mechanical energy in the electro-mechanical kinetic energy storage device; an output port configured to output a first converted electrical energy to a first load; a tertiary port electrically separate from and magnetically coupled to the input port and the output port, the tertiary port configured to: a flywheel coupled to a shaft of an electrical machine, the flywheel configured to store the mechanical energy; a first electrical winding set coupled to the input port; a second electrical winding set coupled to the output port; and a tertiary electrical winding set coupled to the tertiary port, the tertiary electrical winding set configured to produce time quadrature alternating currents relative to the first and second electrical winding sets; wherein the electro-mechanical kinetic energy storage device is configured to generate the first converted electrical energy and the second converted electrical energy from the induced mechanical energy. | 19,165 |
9,472,032 | 1. An apparatus to provide authorized access for an animal, comprising: an identification module to receive a predetermined digital identification from the animal; an authentication module, coupled to the identification module, to determine an access authorization for the animal based on the digital identification and at least one access rule; and an action module, coupled to the authentication module, to control operating of an entry based on the access authorization; an output module, coupled to the authentication module, to provide an audible instruction or a visual instruction to the animal in response to confirmed reception of the predetermined digital identification; an input module, coupled to the authentication module, to capture an audio or image information of the animal or surrounding of the entry and an audio or visual indicator of the animal in response to providing the audible instruction or the visual instruction; and wherein the authentication module is further to determine the access authorization for the animal based at least in part on the captured audio or image information of the animal or surrounding of the entry, and a comparison between the captured audio or visual indicator of the animal and a known audio or video sample of the animal. | 43,738 |
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