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9,800,328 | 1. An oxygen sensing system, comprising: an oxygen sensor comprising: a housing defining an internal volume, at least one opening defined on the sidewalls of the housing, the opening configured to allow the sample to infiltrate the housing therethrough; a plurality of fouling-resistant particles positioned within the internal volume of the housing, the plurality of fouling-resistant particles including an anti-fouling agent, wherein at least a portion of the oxygen sensor including the oxygen sensing layer is positioned within the internal volume defined by the housing, the portion of the oxygen sensor surrounded by the plurality of fouling-resistant particles so as to protect at least the portion of the oxygen sensor from fouling; and a controller optically coupled to the substrate, the controller structured to generate the first optical signal and communicate the first optical signal to the oxygen sensing layer via the substrate, the controller further configured to receive the second optical signal via the substrate and analyze the optical parameter of the second optical signal to determine a concentration of the oxygen in the sample. | 32,260 |
9,490,694 | 1. An AC-DC converter comprising: a first AC voltage source input node connectable to a first AC input line; a second AC voltage source input node connectable to a second AC input line; an input inductor electrically coupled between the first AC voltage source input node and a central node; a first switch electrically coupled between the central node and a first rail node, the first switch having a body diode oriented to pass current from the first rail node to the central node; a second switch electrically coupled between the central node and a second rail node, the second switch having a body diode oriented to pass current from the central node to the second rail node; a first input device electrically coupled between the first rail node and the second AC voltage source input node and oriented to pass current from the first rail node to the second AC voltage source input node, the first input device selected from the group consisting of a diode and a switch; a second input device electrically coupled between the second rail node and the second AC voltage source input node and oriented to pass current from the second AC voltage source input node to the second rail node, the second input device selected from the group consisting of a diode and a switch; an output circuit electrically coupled between the second rail node and the first rail node, the output circuit comprising a resonant circuit electrically connectable to a load; and a controller communicatively coupled to provide control signals to operate the first and the second switches at a first switching frequency. | 28,133 |
8,405,544 | 1. A signal processing device, comprising: an echo signal input module for being inputted with echo signals caused by electromagnetic waves emitted from an antenna being reflected on one or more target objects; an echo signal level detecting module for detecting a level of each of the echo signals in association with a distance and an azimuth direction from the antenna; a level change detecting module for detecting a level change between the echo signals from locations which are close to each other where the distances from the antenna are substantially the same but the azimuth directions from the antenna are different; a pattern output module for comparing the level change with a reference pattern determined in advance to output a level change pattern; and an interference determining module for determining interference based on at least two of the level change patterns. | 6,842 |
9,238,208 | 1. A CO shift reaction apparatus comprising: a plurality of reactors, each having CO shift catalyst layers filled with a CO shift catalyst which reforms CO in gas containing CO; at least one gas supply line which supplies the gas to each of the reactors; at least one first gas flow rate control unit which is provided in the gas supply line and adjusts a gas supply amount of the gas supplied to each of the reactors; a gas discharge line which discharges processing gas in which CO in the gas is at least partially reformed, from the reactors; at least one gas separation line which connects the gas supply line to the gas discharge line and extracts a part of the processing gas in the gas discharge line; and at least one second gas flow rate control unit which is provided in the gas discharge line and adjusts a gas supply amount of the processing gas supplied to the gas discharge line and the gas separation line. | 5,539 |
9,602,489 | 1. A method implemented in a computer infrastructure having computer executable code tangibly embodied on a computer readable storage medium having programming instructions operable to: request, by a computer device, a login screen for an application; prompt, by the computer device, preconditions requesting permission to download and execute a security application; receive, by the computer device, approval of the preconditions; download and execute, by the computer device, the security application, the executing comprising collecting computer configuration information and determining whether a modem is configured on the computer device, and, if a modem is configured, dialing a predetermined number so that any received caller-ID information associated with a telephone line used by the modem can be determined by an application server for the application; transfer, by the computer device, the collected computer configuration information to the application server for the application; and provide, by the computer device, the login screen for the application. | 8,640 |
8,830,114 | 1. A mobile object detecting apparatus, comprising: first radiation detecting means for radiating an electromagnetic wave and detecting a standing wave which is generated due to reflection of the radiated electromagnetic wave at an object; second radiation detecting means for radiating an electromagnetic wave having the same frequency as the electromagnetic wave radiated by the first radiation detecting means such that the radiated electromagnetic wave passes near a point in the first radiation detecting means from which the electromagnetic wave is radiated, and detecting a standing wave which is generated due to reflection of the radiated electromagnetic wave at an object; wherein the mobile object detecting apparatus is configured to detect a movement of an object or the presence or absence of a mobile object based on the standing wave detected by the first radiation detecting means and/or the standing wave detected by the second radiation detecting means, the second radiation detecting means radiates the electromagnetic wave in a direction opposite to a direction in which the first radiation detecting means radiates the electromagnetic wave, and reflects the radiated electromagnetic wave at a reflective member with an elliptical cross section to be directed to the point in the first radiation detecting means from which the electromagnetic wave is radiated, the elliptical shape of the reflective member has two focal points at points in the first and second radiation detecting means from which the electromagnetic waves are radiated, and a distance, over which the electromagnetic wave radiated by the first radiation detecting means travels until it reaches near the point in the first radiation detecting means from which the electromagnetic wave is radiated, corresponds to a distance of an integral multiple of a wave length of a half cycle of the electromagnetic waves radiated by the first and second radiation detecting means plus a wave length of a predetermined period which is smaller than the half cycle. | 41,627 |
9,494,076 | 1. An engine system, comprising: a first intake line connected to an intake manifold and configured to supply external air to the intake manifold mounted in a cylinder block of an engine; an intake bypass valve disposed on the first intake line; a second intake line configured to bypass the intake bypass valve; a first exhaust line connected to the exhaust manifold, wherein through the first exhaust line exhaust gas discharged from the exhaust manifold mounted in the cylinder block flows; an exhaust bypass valve disposed on the first exhaust line; a second exhaust line connected to the exhaust manifold and configured to bypass the exhaust bypass valve; a turbo charger disposed on the second exhaust line, operated by exhaust gas passing through the second exhaust line, and configured to pump intake air flowing in the second intake line; a controller configured to control the intake bypass valve and the exhaust bypass valve; and a turbine housing configured to surround a turbine of the turbo charger, wherein the turbine housing is made of a material the same as that of a cylinder head of the engine, and wherein the turbine housing is integrally or monolithically formed with the cylinder head. | 14,218 |
8,458,281 | 1. A file sharing system, comprising: a first information processing apparatus including a file storage part configured to store a plurality of files; and a second information processing apparatus connected to the first information processing apparatus via a network and configured to access each of the files in the file storage part, wherein the second information processing apparatus comprises: | 13,025 |
9,698,938 | 1. A communication method of a user terminal, the method comprising: receiving, from a serving base station, a cell identifier of a neighbor cell of a neighbor base station, a number of CRS antenna ports of the neighbor cell, multicast/broadcast over single frequency network (MBSFN) subframe information on the neighbor cell, and information related to a ratio of a data resource element (RE) energy per resource element (EPRE) to a reference signal (RS) EPRE of the neighbor cell; receiving, from the serving base station, data; and decoding the received data based on the cell identifier of the neighbor cell, the number of CRS antenna ports of the neighbor cell, the MBSFN subframe information on the neighbor cell, and the information related to the ratio of the data EPRE to the RS EPRE of the neighbor cell. | 48,668 |
9,285,258 | 1. A housing arrangement for a flow meter, comprising: at least one housing for flow metering electronics of the meter and at least one display device which is located on the housing for displaying values produced by the flow metering electronics, wherein at least one photovoltaic cell is mounted to the housing in at least a position in a manner configured and arranged surrounding the at least one display device, wherein at least the photovoltaic cell is mounted to be able to swivel around at least one axis relative to the display device and wherein the display device can be viewed through the photovoltaic cell in swiveled positions thereof. | 36,087 |
9,402,291 | 1. A lighting control console for controlling a lighting system, comprising: a lighting control console, capable of generating digital adjusting commands; data links, capable of transmitting commands to lighting devices of the lighting system; and wherein the lighting control console includes wherein the housing of the lighting control console includes, | 46,871 |
9,023,625 | 1. A process for producing algae derived omega-3 comprising: a. growing heterotrophic algae in media comprising heat-sterilized waste water containing sugar for a sufficient time to create an algae culture; b. harvesting the algae; c. dewatering the algae to produce an algae biomass that is substantially dried using a vacuum filtration unit comprising: d. extracting total lipid from the dried biomass without the use of hexane, said extracting step comprising: e. purifying omega-3 from the total lipid fraction. | 31,378 |
8,782,376 | 1. A processor comprising: a decode unit arranged to receive a sequence of instructions; a first and at least a second data processing channel each coupled to the decode unit, the second data processing channel comprising enable logic configured to selectively enable the second data processing channel; variable offset addressing logic coupled to the decode unit, configured to generate first and second storage addresses having a variable offset therebetween based on a same one or more address operands of a same storage access instruction; and storage access circuitry coupled to the variable offset addressing logic and to the first and second data processing channels, configured to transfer data between the first storage address and a register of the first data processing channel and to transfer data between the second storage address and a corresponding register of the second data processing channel based on a same one or more register specifier operands of the storage access instruction; wherein the decode unit is configured to supply a same opcode and a same one or more operands of a same data processing instruction to both the first and second data processing channels, such that the first data processing channel performs an operation specified by that opcode on data in one or more registers of the first data processing channel, and on condition of being enabled the second data processing channel performs the same operation on data in a corresponding one or more registers of the second data processing channel based on the same one or more operands of the data processing instruction; wherein each of said data processing channels is a vector processing channel, such that the data transferred to or from each of said first and second storage addresses is a respective vector comprising a plurality of data elements, and the operation performed within each of the first and second data processing channels comprises a vector processing operation performed on each of said plurality of data elements in response to said same opcode. | 4,178 |
8,367,025 | 1. A method of removing carbon dioxide from an effluent stream comprising carbon dioxide, the method comprising: reducing an amount of carbon dioxide in the effluent stream by contacting the effluent stream with a scrubbing material comprising: (i) a first component comprising a source of calcium oxide and a source of alkali metal ions and (ii) a second component comprising one or more reactive silicate compounds, wherein the first component is distinct from the second component, wherein the contacting occurs in the presence of water and the alkali metal ions of the first component contribute to increasing a pH of the scrubbing material to about 9 or higher to increase the rate of reaction of the carbon dioxide with the scrubbing material, wherein the contacting reduces a total amount of the carbon dioxide to less than or equal to about 50% of an initial amount of the carbon dioxide prior to the contacting. | 20,311 |
9,302,957 | 1. A process for the isomerization of isoparaffins to normal paraffins, the process comprising: separating a portion of C6 cyclic hydrocarbons from a naphtha stream comprising C5+hydrocarbons to provide a C6 cyclic hydrocarbons lean stream; separating iC5 paraffinic hydrocarbons and iC6 paraffinic hydrocarbons from the C6 cyclic hydrocarbons lean stream; and, passing a feed stream comprising at least one stream being rich in iC5 paraffinic hydrocarbons, iC6 paraffinic hydrocarbons, or both to an isomerization zone containing a chlorided alumina catalyst to isomerize isoparaffins to normal paraffins, disproportionate at least some isoparaffins, and ring open some cyclopentane; and, controlling an amount of C6 cyclic hydrocarbons passed into the isomerization zone to from about 0.1 to about 5 wt. % of the feed stream by at least one of the following: selectively adding a stream of C6 cyclic hydrocarbons to the isomerization zone; and, controlling an operating parameter of a separation zone used to separate the C6 cyclic hydrocarbons from the naphtha stream. | 29,695 |
8,565,537 | 1. A method comprising: receiving an example image for use in querying a collection of digital images; using, by a processing system, a local feature descriptor representing a portion of the contents of a digital image and a global feature descriptor representing substantially all of the contents of the digital image to perform a content-based image comparison of the collection of digital images with the example image, to automatically rank the collection of digital images with respect to similarity to the example image, wherein the global feature descriptor is content based; using a final classifier and multiple different intermediate classifiers to perform the automatic ranking, comprising: after generating the final relevance metric, receiving input identifying a second example image for use in querying the collection of digital images; automatically determining at least one new intermediate classifier, based at least in part on the example images; automatically determining a new final classifier, based at least in part on the example images; and using the new intermediate classifier and the new final classifier to automatically re-rank the digital images in the collection with respect to similarity to the example images. | 17,169 |
9,488,438 | 1. A capsule for vehicle encapsulation, said capsule comprising: a cylinder extending from a closed forward end to a closed aft end, said cylinder including a plurality of flow ports penetrating a periphery and proximate to the closed aft end of said cylinder; a circular alignment plate interior to said cylinder with a first face of said plate parallel and proximate to the closed forward end of said cylinder, said alignment plate including a central aperture and four apertures between the central aperture and a perimeter of said alignment plate; a hollow cylinder with a closed first end and a closed second end, said hollow cylinder in alignment with the central aperture and affixed at the first end to said alignment plate at a perimeter of the central aperture; a canister foot plate affixed to the second end of said hollow cylinder, said foot plate including a central aperture aligned with the central aperture of said circular alignment plate, four apertures between the central aperture and the perimeter of said foot plate with the four apertures of said foot plate aligned with the four apertures of said alignment plate; four containment canisters, each canister suitable for encapsulating the vehicle and in alignment with each of the four apertures of said forward circular alignment plate and with each of the four apertures of said foot plate with said canisters capable of movement thru the apertures, each of said containment canisters including a nose extending thru the forward end of said cylinder, a ring positioned aft of said nose at an interior circumference of each said canister with said ring conformable to an aft section of the vehicle and with each of said containment canisters including an open aft section; four actuator casings, with each of said casings affixed to the open aft section of each of said containment canisters, and including plurality of flow ports penetrating a periphery of each of said actuator casings; four linear actuators, each actuator positioned within each of said actuator casings aft of the flow ports of said actuator casings, each of said actuators including an arm with a plug extendable in a direction of said containment canisters; and four sealing rings, each ring positioned within each of said actuator casings aft of said containment canister and forward of said plug; wherein each said actuator arm is capable of extending to seat said plug against said sealing ring; wherein each said actuator arm is capable of retracting to move said plug aft of said flow ports of said actuator casing such that said containment canister is flooded by a water impulse thru the flow ports to expel the vehicle out of said containment canister and said capsule. | 11,038 |
9,489,199 | 1. A processor comprising: an instruction execution pipeline having a functional unit to execute an instruction that compares vector elements of a vector against an input value, each of the vector elements and the input value having a first respective section to store a location of a byte sequence within data and a second respective section to store the byte sequence of the data, the functional unit having: comparison circuitry to compare respective byte sequences of the vector elements against the input value's byte sequence to identify a number of matching bytes for each comparison from the second respective sections; and difference circuitry to determine respective distances between said vector elements' byte sequences and said input value's byte sequence within said data from the first respective sections. | 23,971 |
9,697,124 | 1. A method for providing dynamic cache extension in a multi-cluster heterogeneous processor architecture in a portable computing device, the method comprising: receiving a processor workload input representing a measure of processor workload and a cache workload input representing a measure of cache workload for a first processor cluster and an associated first cache in a multi-cluster heterogeneous processor architecture comprising the first processor cluster and a second processor cluster having an associated second cache; based on the cache workload input, determining whether a current task associated with the first processor cluster is limited by a size threshold of the first cache, based on the processor workload input and the cache workload input, determining whether the current task associated with the first processor cluster is limited by a performance threshold of the first processor cluster and not limited by the size threshold of the first cache; in response to a determination that the current task is limited by the size threshold of the first cache, using at least a portion of the second cache associated with the second processor cluster as an extension of the first cache; and in response to a determination that the current task is limited by the performance threshold of the first processor cluster and not limited by the size threshold of the first cache, migrating the current task from the first processor cluster to the second processor cluster. | 43,308 |
9,350,562 | 1. An energy management control system based on cloud computing, comprising: a field controller including a user parameter defining unit for defining user defined parameters, the field controller being used for field controlling each energy consumption device according to the user defined parameters and sending the user defined parameters to a cloud computing management control platform; an energy consumption parameter collector for collecting parameters related to energy consumption of each energy consumption device and sending the collected parameters to the cloud computing management control platform; and the cloud computing management control platform for adjusting a field control mode of the field controller for each energy consumption device according to the collected parameters related to energy consumption of each energy consumption device and the user defined parameters, the cloud computing management control platform comprising: | 23,724 |
9,641,095 | 1. A power supply configured for mounting within a housing having a cooling airstream, the power supply comprising: a transformer core coupled to a printed circuit board via pins associated with first and second secondary windings; first and second bus bars positioned to be disposed within the cooling airstream and arranged to extend about at least three sides of the transformer core; a ground terminal coupled to the first bus bar and a positive output terminal coupled to the second bus bar; first and second switching devices coupled to the first bus bar and to a first common node at the first secondary winding; third and fourth switching devices coupled to the first bus bar and to a second common node at the second secondary winding; a first filtering capacitor coupled between the first and second bus bars and mounted on the printed circuit board proximate one or more of the switching devices; and a second filtering capacitor coupled between the first and second bus bars and mounted on the printed circuit board proximate one or more of the switching devices. | 37,054 |
8,895,287 | 1. An isolated or non-naturally occurring micro-organism, wherein the micro-organism has an engineered operative metabolic pathway producing resveratrol, or an oligomeric or glycosidically-bound derivative thereof, wherein the engineered operative metabolic pathway produces: a) 4-coumaric acid from L-phenylalanine catalysed by a phenylalanine ammonia lyase and a cinnamate 4-hydroxylase expressed in the micro-organism or from tyrosine catalysed by a phenylalanine ammonia lyase or a tyrosine ammonia lyase expressed in said micro-organism; and b) 4-coumaroyl-CoA from 4-coumaric acid catalysed by a 4-coumarate-CoA ligase expressed in said micro-organism; wherein the micro-organism is cultured in a media with a carbon substrate and does not require an external source of phenylalanine, tyrosine, cinnamic acid or coumaric acid, and resveratrol is produced from the 4-coumaroyl-CoA by a resveratrol synthase expressed in the micro-organism. | 35,213 |
9,018,289 | 1. A rubber composition for a tread, comprising: a rubber component; an aromatic vinyl polymer; silica; and a mercapto group-containing silane coupling agent, wherein the aromatic vinyl polymer is a copolymer of α-methylstyrene and styrene, and the mercapto group-containing silane coupling agent is a copolymer comprising units A represented by formula (1) and units B represented by formula (2), and the proportion of the units B is 1 to 70 mol % of the total molar amount of the units A and the units B: wherein x and y each are an integer of one or more, R R R the amount of the aromatic vinyl polymer is 3 to 25 parts by mass, and the amount of the silica is 15 to 150 parts by mass, based on 100 parts by mass of the rubber component. | 422 |
9,624,083 | 1. A device configured to provide a source of hands-free hydration, the device comprising: the chilled fluid tank to hold the chilled fluid delivered to the user; a fluid supply tube connected to the interior of the chilled fluid tank via the supply tube connector; a fluid return tube connected to the interior of the chilled fluid tank via the return tube connector; a recirculation pump operatively connected with the fluid supply tube, the recirculation pump configured to pump fluid through the supply tube away from the chilled fluid tank and into the fluid supply tube; a drinking valve; a “Y” connector configured to connect the fluid supply tube and the fluid return tube to the drinking valve; a check valve positioned between the “Y” connector and the drinking valve: the drinking valve configured to automatically deliver cooled fluid to a user when the drinking valve is depressed with the mouth of the user; a tube sleeve encasing both the fluid supply tube and the fluid return tube, the tube sleeve being semi-rigid and adjustable to any position relative to the user; the fluid supply tube connected to the interior of the chilled fluid tank via the supply tube connector and the fluid return tube connected to the interior of the chilled fluid tank via the return tube connector are characterized in that the fluid is automatically circulated to and from the chilled fluid tank, keeping the fluid continuously cooled. | 16,074 |
9,605,293 | 1. A method for detecting an indication of a possible plasmodium infection in a patient blood sample, the method comprising the steps of: a) obtaining a blood sample from a patient suspected of having a possible b) performing a differential analysis of polymorphonuclear neutrophil granulocytes in the sample and determining a distribution of cell volume and cell density by scattered light measurement using a hematology system; c) coloring the neutrophil granulocytes and determining the volume distribution of the colored neutrophil granulocytes; d) determining a number of thrombocytes in the sample by scattered light measurement using a hematology system; e) determining a distribution of cell density of the thrombocytes in the sample by scattered light measurement using a hematology system; f) obtaining sample parameters from the values determined in steps b)-d), wherein the sample parameters include the number of thrombocytes in the blood sample (PLT), the distribution of cell density of the thrombocytes in the blood sample (MPC), and the distribution of cell density of polymorphonuclear neutrophil granulocytes in the blood sample (PMNx); g) evaluating the parameters in relation to a prespecified criterion, wherein, if the criterion is fulfilled, presuming a possible h) diagnosing a patient as being possibly infected with | 19,226 |
8,580,204 | 1. A fluidized bed reactor comprising: a reaction pipe comprising silicon particles provided therein; a flowing-gas supply unit configured to supply flowing gas comprising silicon elements to the silicon particles provided in the reaction pipe; and a heater unit configured to supply heat to an internal space of the reaction pipe, with a heater channel in which inert gas flows serially, wherein the heater unit is disposed in the reaction pipe. | 37,722 |
9,147,588 | 1. A substrate processing apparatus comprising: (a) a substrate processing pallet including: (b) a load-lock module including a charging system configured to charge the substrate pallet; and (c) a processing chamber coupled to the load-lock module, the processing chamber including at least one transport finger configured to supply gas to the substrate processing pallet, wherein the at least one transport finger is in communication with the gas transport mechanism of the substrate processing pallet. | 18,821 |
8,908,255 | 1. A method of forming an optical deflection device, the method comprising: providing a semiconductor substrate comprising an upper surface and one or more patterned structures on the upper surface, wherein at least one open region is formed between the upper surface and the patterned structures; forming a planarized material layer overlying the patterned structures and filling the at least one open region; and forming a mirror plate comprising a silicon material on the planarized material layer at a temperature of less than 300° C. | 35,228 |
9,277,937 | 1. An external fixation clamp for receiving a fixation element, comprising: an inner jaw comprising a clamping portion and a rear portion opposite the clamping portion; an outer jaw comprising a clamping portion and a rear portion opposite the clamping portion, the clamping portions of the inner and outer jaws being cooperatively arranged to capture a fixation element, the inner and outer jaws being movable between an open position that permits the fixation element to be placed between the inner and outer jaws and a closed position that restricts removal of the fixation element from between the inner and outer jaws; a latch assembly cooperating with the inner and outer jaws to secure the jaws in the closed position, the latch assembly comprising a latch and a latch biasing member, the latch comprising first and second sides connected by a bar, the bar being disposed between the rear portions of the inner and outer jaws, the first side mating with a first side of each of the inner and outer jaws, the second side mating with a second side of each of the inner and outer jaws, the latch being configured to translate linearly relative to one of the inner and outer jaws, the latch biasing member having a first higher level of stored energy when the inner and outer jaws are in the open position and a second lower level of stored energy when the inner and outer jaws are in the closed position; and a jaw biasing member biasing the outer jaw away from the inner jaw, wherein the jaw biasing member is disposed between the inner and outer jaws and is a wire spring. | 48,637 |
9,825,337 | 1. A non-aqueous electrolyte battery comprising: a positive electrode having a positive electrode active material layer including a positive electrode active material provided on a positive electrode collector; a negative electrode having a negative electrode active material layer including a negative electrode active material provided on a negative electrode collector; a separator provided between the positive electrode and the negative electrode; an electrolyte including an electrolyte salt and an electrolyte solvent; and a polyacid or a polyacid compound providing an amorphous material on the negative electrode in an amount greater than 0.005 wt % to 5.0 wt %, wherein a polyacid ion of the polyacid or the polyacid compound has a Preyssler structure represented by HxAy [B A is at least one element selected from the group consisting of lithium (Li), sodium (Na), potassium (K), rubidium (Rb), cesium (Cs), magnesium (Mg), calcium (Ca), aluminum (Al), ammonium (NH B is at least one element selected from the group consisting of phosphorous (P), silicon (Si), arsenic (As), and germanium (Ge), D is at least one element selected from the group consisting of titanium (Ti), vanadium (V), chromium (Cr), manganese (Mn), iron (Fe), cobalt (Co), nickel (Ni), copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), gallium (Ga), zirconium (Zr), niobium (Nb), molybdenum (Mo), technetium (Tc), rhodium (Rh), cadmium (Cd), indium (In), tin (Sn), tantalum (Ta), tungsten (W), rhenium (Re), and thallium (Tl), x, y, and z are values in ranges of 0≦x≦15, 0≦y≦15, and 0≦z≦50, respectively, and at least one of x and y is not 0. | 4,281 |
9,753,176 | 1. A method, comprising: placing an NMR system downhole; obtaining nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) data for a subsurface geological formation; correcting at least a portion of the NMR data to produce corrected NMR data; determining a NMR-based estimate of formation porosity using the corrected NMR data; obtaining dielectric permittivity data for the subsurface geological formation; determining a dielectric permittivity-based estimate of the formation water-filled porosity using the dielectric permittivity data; using the determined estimates for a more efficient drilling or production operation; in one or more processors, determining a gas volume using the determined NMR-based estimate of the formation porosity and the determined dielectric permittivity-based estimate of the formation water-filled porosity; and using the determined estimates for a more efficient drilling or production operation; wherein the formation water-filled porosity indicates a percentage of pore volume of the subsurface geological formation filled with water. | 17,307 |
9,143,036 | 1. A power supply, comprising: a first stage having an input connected to a voltage from a photovoltaic panel and an output providing a first voltage different from the voltage from the photovoltaic panel; a capacitor coupled to the output of the first stage; a second stage connected to receive power from the output of the first stage and from the capacitor, the second stage supplying power at a second voltage to a micro-controller; and a circuit configured to prevent the second stage from being turned on to supply the power at the second voltage to the micro-controller, until the output of the first stage has charged the capacitor to a predetermined level sufficient to power the second stage to operate the micro-controller for a predetermined period of time even without the output of the first stage. | 10,188 |
8,739,517 | 1. A method, comprising: directing engine exhaust to a urea-based selective catalyst reduction (SCR) catalyst and then to a particulate filter; regenerating the particulate filter; and adjusting operating parameters to regenerate the SCR catalyst, including varying each of a SCR regeneration duration (longer/shorter) and a SCR regeneration temperature (lower/higher) based on an accumulated urea deposit amount on the SCR catalyst prior to its regeneration. | 37,355 |
9,320,101 | 1. An LED lighting device, comprising: at least one LED light source assembly configured to provide lighting; at least one LED power supply unit configured to drive the at least one LED light source assembly and to provide power to the LED lighting device; at least one controller unit; at least one microphone module connected to the at least one controller unit; and at least one wireless communication module connected to the at least one controller unit, wherein: the at least one microphone module is configured to capture an audio signal and to send to the at least one controller unit for processing, such that the at least one controller unit provides control data, the at least one wireless communication module is configured to receive the control data from the at least one controller unit and to send the control data to at least one of a smart terminal and a cloud server to control an operation of a smart home appliance, and the at least one LED light source assembly is further configured to receive the control data from the at least one controller unit and to adjust the lighting according to the control data. | 27,537 |
8,544,826 | 1. An ultrasonic humidifier comprising; a chamber; a mist generator positioned at the bottom of the chamber; a tube having a passage in fluid communication with the chamber; a duct having an inlet and an outlet, the duct being in fluid communication with the passage by way of a passage outlet; a fan positioned in the duct and disposed between the duct inlet and the passage outlet; wherein the tube is arranged to extend at an angle to the direction of air flow through the duct, and having the passage outlet formed along the wall of the duct, the angle being acute when measured from the bottom of the chamber to the fan; and wherein the fan is configured to propel air through the duct and over the passage outlet such that vapors in the chamber may be drawn into the air flow from the duct. | 22,453 |
9,162,134 | 1. A lacrosse training and competitive game installation comprising: an elongated enclosed space having a pair of side walls and containing a goal area adjacent one end of said space and a player area at an opposite end thereof; said goal area having a rear wall and at least one respective baffle region projecting forward from said rear wall of said goal area; said at least one projecting baffle region having at least one throwing aperture through which lacrosse balls are hurled into said enclosed space in sequence; at least one movably pivotable ball projector assembly mounted behind said at least one baffle region adjacent said at least one throwing apertures for hurling said lacrosse balls at multiple selected trajectory angles and arcs into said enclosed space simulating passed balls between players; a simulated goal for simulating throwing and shooting of balls toward said simulated goal; a system for collecting balls from said goal area and delivering said balls to said at least one ball projector assembly; said system for delivering said balls incorporating a ball elevator associated and adjacent to said at least one ball projector assembly, which said ball elevator lifts said lacrosse balls from a return canal below, to baffles above said at least one ball projector; and, said at least one ball projector assembly further hurling said lacrosse balls sequentially and alternately from opposite throwing apertures into said player area, changing direction and height of said lacrosse balls, and simultaneously rotating said simulated goal to train players to receive passes from other players and throw each lacrosse ball received at said simulated target at a variety of angles. | 1,267 |
8,877,397 | 1. A method for increasing the temperature of a cooling fluid flowing through a fuel cell stack and coolant loop external to the fuel cell stack at fuel cell system start-up, said method comprising: starting the fuel cell stack so that it generates power and waste heat; determining whether the cooling fluid is frozen or nearly frozen; deactivating predetermined sources that draw power from the fuel cell stack if the cooling fluid is frozen or nearly frozen; activating a cooling fluid heater to heat the cooling fluid in the coolant loop if the cooling fluid is frozen or nearly frozen; determining whether the temperature of the stack is greater than a predetermined freeze point or a cooling fluid flow is detected through the coolant loop; and proceeding to a normal start-up procedure if the temperature of the stack is above the predetermined freeze point or the cooling fluid flow is detected. | 39,785 |
9,034,417 | 1. A method for forming an electrical conductor in an electrical circuit, comprising: A) providing a substrate; B) providing a polymer thick film conductor composition, C) applying said polymer thick film conductor composition onto said substrate; and D) subjecting said polymer thick film conductor composition to photonic sintering to form said electrical conductor. | 20,312 |
9,648,753 | 1. A method for manufacturing a flexible printed circuit board, comprising: screen printing a circuit pattern with conductive paste on one side of a flat polyamide film; and sintering the circuit pattern at 290° C.˜420° C.; wherein the conductive paste is a silver paste comprising a silver powder in an amount of from 73 wt % to 88 wt %, a polymer resin in an amount of from 5.9 wt % to 9.5 wt %, and a solvent in an amount of from 5.7 wt % to 18.0 wt %; the silver powder ranges in mean size from 0.5 to 1.2 μm, and the circuit pattern after the sintering has a specific resistivity in a range of from 4.0 μΩ·cm to 6.5 μΩ·cm. | 24,433 |
8,964,104 | 1. An image pickup apparatus, comprising: an optical imaging system for forming an object image; a single image pickup device including a plurality of pixels that photoelectrically convert the object image, the plurality of pixels including pixels for photographing and pixels for focus detection; a defocus quantity calculation section for calculating a defocus quantity based on a phase difference between a plurality of signals for focus detection obtained from a plurality of pixels for focus detection that respectively receive a light flux that passes through a different pupil region of the optical imaging system; a high-frequency component quantity detection section for detecting a quantity of a high-frequency component contained in pixel signals outputted from the pixels for photographing and not from the pixels for focus detection; a region determination section for determining in accordance with which of the defocus quantity and the high-frequency component quantity the optical imaging system is to be driven, according to a detection result of detecting in which of a plurality of divided blocks of the image pickup device a region including an object of interest in the object image is present, wherein a position of the object of interest in the object image is detected, and wherein the region determination section uses the detected position to select between the defocus quantity and the high-frequency component quantity; and a focusing section for driving the optical imaging system in accordance with a determination result of the region determination section so as to achieve an in-focus state. | 46,463 |
9,642,858 | 1. A method for treating infection by bacteria in a subject, comprising administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a compound selected from resazurin, resorufin, a compound of formula II, or a compound of formula IV, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof, and wherein the bacteria is selected from at least one of Francisella sp. or Neisseria sp., and the compound of formula II has a structure of: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof; where R A is OR Z is O; X is oxygen; and R the compound of formula IV has a structure of: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof; where R A is OR Z is O; X is oxygen; and R | 37,436 |
8,845,877 | 1. A method for heterocycle catalyzed electrochemical reduction of a carboxylic acid, comprising the steps of: (A) introducing said carboxylic acid into a nonaqueous solution of an electrolyte, a nonaqueous solvent and an aromatic heterocyclic amine catalyst in a divided electrochemical cell, wherein said divided electrochemical cell comprises an anode in a first cell compartment and a cathode in a second cell compartment; (B) applying an electrical potential between the anode and the cathode of the divided electrochemical cell sufficient to reduce said carboxylic acid to at least one aldehyde compound; and (C) separating said at least one aldehyde compound from said nonaqueous solution. | 46,536 |
9,142,789 | 1. An organic photodiode, comprising: a first electrode forming an anode; a second electrode forming a cathode; an active layer provided between the first electrode and the second electrode; at least one third electrode, the third electrode being provided in the active layer between the first electrode and the second electrode and being in contact neither with the first electrode nor with the second electrode, the third electrode forming with the first electrode or with the second electrode or with a fourth electrode distinct from the first and the second electrodes, plates of a capacitance to trap at least part of dark current or leakage current of the photodiode; and means including tracks and/or pads enabling the third electrode and/or the fourth electrode to be powered using a voltage supply means, to apply a voltage across the capacitance, as a function of the dark current or the leakage current. | 29,445 |
9,325,647 | 1. A method performed by a server for handling secure message attachments for a mobile device, the method comprising: receiving a secure message that includes an attachment, the secure message having a secure layer that indicates that the secure message is digitally signed, wherein the attachment is also secured within the secure message, and wherein the secure message is structured according to a security scheme such that the secure message is handled as an attachment by the server; storing the secure message with the first attachment comprised therein at the server; generating a version of the secure message to send to the mobile device, the generating comprising providing the generated version of the secure message, as an attachment, over a secure connection to the mobile device; receiving a request to access the attachment from the mobile device; retrieving the attachment based on the encoded secure message in response to receiving the request; and after the attachment has been retrieved, providing the attachment to the mobile device over the secure connection. | 27,692 |
9,105,558 | 1. A silicon carbide semiconductor device comprising: a semiconductor substrate made of silicon carbide single crystal and having a principal surface and a backside; and an ohmic electrode contacting one of the principal surface and the backside of the semiconductor substrate in an ohmic manner, wherein carbon atoms in one of the principal surface and the backside of the silicon carbide semiconductor substrate are terminated by the carbon atoms coupling with fluorine atoms, the fluorine atoms having a Pauling electronegativity larger than silicon and a binding energy with silicon larger than a binding energy of Si—H. | 43,611 |
9,293,424 | 1. A semiconductor structure for electrostatic discharge protection, arranged on an integrated circuit, the integrated circuit comprising a seal ring arranged at outer periphery of the integrated circuit, a metal ring arranged at an inner side of the seal ring, and a power bus arranged at a side of the metal ring, the semiconductor structure comprising: a first P type electrode area formed at a position on a P well corresponding to the seal ring, and coupled to the seal ring; a second P type electrode area formed at a position on the P well corresponding to the metal ring, and coupled to the metal ring; and a first N type electrode area formed at a position corresponding to the power bus, and coupled to the power bus; wherein the seal ring and the metal ring are coupled to ground, and the power bus is coupled to a voltage source. | 6,081 |
9,182,181 | 1. A condensation drain trap in combination with an air conditioner, wherein: said air conditioner comprises a drain outlet to permit condensate waste water, comprising water or a mixture of water and contaminants, to drain from said air conditioner; said drain trap is connected to said drain outlet to receive the condensate waste water from said drain outlet; said drain trap comprises a vertical pipe portion and a valve disposed therein; said valve comprises a substantially flat diaphragm divided by cuts into a plurality of sections to permit said diaphragm to deform, upon said air conditioner being first turned on and a negative pressure being generated inside said air conditioner, to allow passage of air, in a controlled fashion, into said vertical pipe portion and then into said air conditioner; and said diaphragm is sufficiently rigid to retain a predetermined column of the condensate waste water in said vertical pipe portion of a volume sufficient to balance the negative pressure inside said air conditioner, and is sufficiently flexible and comprises a sufficient number of said cuts to also simultaneously permit an excess amount of the condensate waste water, in excess of the volume sufficient to balance the negative pressure inside said air conditioner, to drain out of said vertical pipe portion, to thereby maintain the predetermined column of the condensate waste water during operation of said air conditioner. | 21,359 |
8,602,317 | 1. A support for a system for fastening a rail on a substrate, the support comprising: an angle bracket having a base section with a contact surface adapted for contacting the substrate; a supporting section extending from the base section and having a bearing surface at a free front side which bearing surface is adapted for laterally supporting the system for fastening the rail on the substrate in a direction transverse to a longitudinal extent of the rail; a through hole formed in the base section for inserting a fastening element for fixing the angle bracket to the substrate, wherein the through hole at least in a direction aligned parallel to the contact surface is larger in relation to the circumference of a section of the fastening element that, in the assembled condition, passes through the through hole wherein a locking piece, cooperating with the fastening element, is provided for fixing the angle bracket in a particular relative position with respect to the fastening element, obtained by relative movement of fastening element and the angle bracket. | 25,307 |
9,074,507 | 1. An exhaust gas treatment system included with an internal combustion engine, comprising: a particulate filter to collect particulate matter from exhaust gas flowing therethrough; a regeneration control module in electrical communication with a fuel injector/igniter device to perform a regeneration operation that regenerates the particular filter, the regeneration operation including an exothermic event that heats the particulate filter above a target temperature that burns the particulate matter; at least one temperature sensor disposed adjacent the particular filter to determine at least one temperature of the exhaust gas, the at least one temperature sensor including a first temperature sensor disposed at an inlet of the particulate filter to determine an inlet temperature and a second temperature sensor disposed at an outlet of the particulate filter to determine an outlet temperature; and a temperature diagnostic module in electrical communication with the at least one temperature sensor to determine a temperature profile of the particulate filter based on the temperature of the exhaust gas, the temperature profile including a temperature differential based on the outlet temperature and the inlet temperature, to determine a temperature deviation of the particulate filter based on a comparison between the temperature profile and a target temperature and determines the temperature deviation in response to the temperature differential being at least one of above the target temperature or below the target temperature, and to generate a diagnostic signal that diagnoses the regeneration operation based on a plurality of temperature deviations and a selected time period, wherein the temperature diagnostic module integrates the plurality of temperature deviations over the selected time period to determine an integrated temperature deviation, and determines a faulty exothermic event in response to the at least one temperature deviation exceeding a target temperature threshold. | 22,496 |
9,221,016 | 1. An exhaust aftertreatment system for a diesel-powered genset, comprising: a support; a diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) injection section, including: a selective catalyst reduction (SCR) section, including: | 32,012 |
9,775,109 | 1. A method of controlling a receiver of a communication device, the method comprising: determining, based on an evaluation of a mode setting criterion, whether the receiver should enter a regular micro sleep mode or an extended micro sleep mode; receiving, by the receiver component, a first sub-frame portion; and as a result of determining that the receiver should enter the extended micro sleep mode, performing the following steps: switching off the receiver component immediately after the first sub-frame portion has been received and before any determination is made as to whether the second sub-frame portion includes data intended to be received and decoded by the communication device; and switching on the receiver component at a later point in time at which the receiving component is not operable to receive and decode data included in the second sub-frame portion of the first sub-frame but is operable to decode a first sub-frame portion of a second sub-frame that immediately follows the first sub-frame, wherein the regular micro sleep mode is a micro sleep mode in which the receiver component is switched off in response to a determination that a result of a decoding of a first sub-frame portion of a first sub-frame indicates that a second sub-frame portion of the first sub-frame does not need to be decoded. | 10,456 |
8,422,249 | 1. Apparatus for a microinverter which converts direct current (DC) input power into alternating current (AC) power for supply to an AC power grid, the apparatus comprising: a DC-to-current converter, connected to a DC power source and responsive to an error control signal, for producing a full-wave rectified output synchronized to an AC grid voltage then appearing on the power grid, the error control signal being responsive to a difference between a current command and an actual amount of AC output current then being supplied by the microinverter to the power grid; a commutator for converting the full-wave rectified output to the AC output current synchronized and phase-locked to the grid voltage, the commutator having switching components which are switched to a substantially on or off state substantially co-incident with zero crossings in the grid voltage, the commutator having a zero-crossing detector for detecting the zero crossings in the grid voltage so as to yield a zero crossing signal; and a controller, responsive to the zero crossing signal, for generating the current command and for synchronizing and phase-locking the operation of the commutator to the grid voltage. | 47,882 |
8,591,774 | 1. A process comprising: dissolving a first transition metal compound in a solvent to form a first transition metal solution and dissolving a second transition metal compound in a solvent to form a second transition metal solution; flowing the first transition metal solution into the second transition metal solution to form a transition metal source solution; contacting the transition metal source solution with a precipitating agent to form a precursor solution; and precipitating from the precursor solution a precipitated particle, the precipitated particle having a radius and a transition metal oxide core; wherein: | 20,948 |
9,212,317 | 1. A method for converting organic material into a hydrocarbon based fuel, the organic material being during conversion contained in a feed mixture of at least the organic material and a first fluid comprising water, the method comprising: pre-treating the organic material at least by adding to the mixture at least one homogeneous catalyst comprising a compound of at least one element of group 1A of the periodic table; converting the organic material by: separating at least a residual fraction and a fraction comprising hydrocarbon based fuel from said mixture, further comprising recovering substances from the residual fraction, wherein the step of recovering substances is performed by an evaporation and/or distillation technique, wherein the step of recovering substances comprises recovering a part containing water soluble organic compounds, wherein said evaporation and/or distillation technique comprises a mechanical vapor recompression and/or a thermal vapor recompression technique, and further comprising introducing, the recovered water soluble organic compounds to the pre-treating step in such a manner that the organic compounds are mixed with the feed mixture. | 33,617 |
8,877,122 | 1. A Ni-based single crystal superalloy which has the following composition: Co: 0.0 wt % or more to 15.0 wt % or less, Cr: 4.1 to 8.0 wt %, Mo: 2.1 to 4.5 wt %, W: 0.0 to 3.9 wt %, Ta: 4.0 to 10.0 wt %, Al: 4.5 to 6.5 wt %, Ti: 0.0 to 1.0 wt %, Hf: 0.00 to 0.5 wt %, Nb: 0.0 to 3.0 wt %, Re: 9.1 to 9.9 wt % and Ru: 0.5 to 6.5 wt % with the remainder including Ni and unavoidable impurities. | 37,363 |
8,342,448 | 1. A floor module of a cargo deck in a hull of an aircraft having a longitudinal axis, a transverse axis and a vertical axis, comprising: a plurality of support devices, for carrying functional elements, attachable to the hull directly of by way of intermediate elements; and one or more end support devices having a reduced thinness as compared to the support devices, such that only together with the end support devices of a floor module installed adjacently in the hull do the end support devices ensure a loading capacity that corresponds to at least the loading capacity of a support device, each end support device including a complementary end surface that is joinable to a complementary end surface of an end support device of an adjacent floor module with edge regions or profiles of the complementary end surfaces of the adjacent end support devices that are flush, the complementary end surface, from edge region to edge region, of the end support device being adapted to lie flat against the complimentary end surface, from edge region to edge region, of the end support device of the adjacent floor module. | 16,371 |
8,518,336 | 1. A cascading planar baffle reactor comprising: a rectilinear vessel defining a reaction chamber, the rectilinear vessel having a top and a base defining a reaction chamber; a plurality of alternating planar baffles aligned vertically within the reaction chamber; a plurality of planer baffles with an offset and opposing orientation affixed to the interior sides of the reaction chamber, wherein feedstock to be processed enter the reaction chamber from the top and move downward by gravity and the rate of movement is controlled by the internal configuration of said plurality of planar baffles; a gas chamber located at the base of the rectilinear vessel, the gas chamber having means for receiving inert gas, wherein the inert gas is heated within the gas chamber; and means for providing the heated inert gas from the gas chamber to the reaction chamber. | 8,892 |
8,466,383 | 1. A keyboard structure, comprising: a reflecting sheet; a light guide plate, disposed on the reflecting sheet; a plurality of scattering and reflection points, disposed between the reflecting sheet and the light guide plate; a circuit board, disposed on the light guide plate and having a plurality of sensors electrically disposed thereon; a key sheet, disposed on the circuit board and having a one-piece formed body and a plurality of pressing portions, wherein the pressing portions protrude from one side of the body away from the circuit board, the body contacts the circuit board, the pressing portions are normally suspended above the sensors, and each of the pressing portions further has a light transmissive area, the pressing portions are actuated to shift and trigger the corresponding sensor; at least one light-emitting element, adjacent to the light guide plate, wherein the light-emitting element emits a light ray to the light guide plate, the light ray passes through the light guide plate to the scattering and reflection points and the reflecting sheet, is reflected by the reflecting sheet and the scattering and reflection points to the key sheet, and then comes out of the key sheet through the light transmissive areas; at least one fixing member penetrating the reflecting sheet, the light guide plate, the circuit board, and the key sheet sequentially, so as to bind the reflecting sheet, the light guide plate, the circuit board, and the key sheet as a whole; and a frame laminated on the key sheet, wherein the frame corresponds to the fixing member, and the fixing member is locked on the frame. | 30,656 |
9,502,022 | 1. A communication terminal for generating injection to a target zone, comprising: an injection element configured to radiate a first signal to said target zone; a transmission (Tx) beam forming network arranged upstream of said injection element; a reception (Rx) beam forming network arranged upstream of said transmission (Tx) beam forming network; an optimization processor configured to update a first weight vector for said reception (Rx) beam forming network and a second weight vector for said transmission (Tx) beam forming network. | 18,567 |
8,361,355 | 1. A method of preparing an antimicrobial lens comprising a metal salt, wherein said method comprises the steps of (a) treating a cured lens, with a solution comprising salt precursor and a swelling agent, (b) treating the lens of step (a) after removing it from the solution of step (a) with a solution comprising a swelling agent for an appropriate period of time of about 10 to about 30 seconds, and (c) treating the lens of step (b) after removing it from the solution of step (b) with a solution comprising a metal agent and a swelling agent wherein the swelling agents used in each step can be the same or different from the swelling agent used in each other step. | 44,745 |
8,772,961 | 1. A communication device communicating with a vehicle, comprising: a signal generating unit for generating a signal including a signal potential that is based on a reference potential; a first terminal for performing two-way communication with said vehicle; a first resistance circuit connected between an output of said signal generating unit and said first terminal and having a resistance value varying according to a first input signal; and a detecting unit detecting a signal at a signal extraction node on a path connecting said first terminal and said first resistance circuit to each other. | 31,407 |
8,683,136 | 1. A method for performing history-based prefetch in a processor comprising: determining, via a prefetcher of the processor and by checking a stream record table, if a previous access signature exists in memory for a memory page associated with a current stream, wherein the stream record table includes a plurality of stream records, each record having a previous access signature and a current access signature identifying cache lines previously and currently accessed within a memory page, respectively; if the previous access signature exists, via the prefetcher of the processor, reading the previous access signature from memory; and issuing prefetch operations using the previous access signature. | 26,109 |
9,330,794 | 1. An apparatus, comprising: a plurality of word lines; a plurality of bit lines; a cell plate; a plurality of cells, wherein each of the plurality of cells includes a switch and a capacitor coupled in series between an associated one of the bit lines and the cell plate, and wherein the switch is controlled by an associated one of the word lines; and a control circuit configured to provide the cell plate with a first voltage and further configured to change the cell plate from the first voltage to a second voltage before one of the word lines is activated. | 49,727 |
9,380,528 | 1. A communication control method in a mobile communication system that includes a base station that is provided with a battery and that is capable of being driven by power supplied from the battery, comprising: a transmission control step of controlling, by the base station, transmission of remaining power amount information from the base station to another base station, wherein the remaining power amount information indicates a remaining power amount of the battery, and the transmission control step controls the transmission of the remaining power amount information from the base station to the other base station in accordance with the remaining power amount of the battery, wherein the transmission control step comprises: a step of controlling so as to transmit the remaining power amount information to the other base station when the remaining power amount of the battery is equal to or more than a first threshold value or when the remaining power amount of the battery is less than a second threshold value; and a step of controlling so as not to transmit the remaining power amount information to the other base station when the remaining power amount of the battery is less than the first threshold value or when the remaining power amount of the battery is equal to or more than the second threshold value. | 47,733 |
8,547,769 | 1. An apparatus, comprising: a first die of a first process type coupled to a second die of a second process type coupled to a third die of a third process type, the second die providing a non-volatile memory, and the third die providing a volatile memory; a global voltage regulator to provide power to a global high supply rail disposed through the first, second, and third dies to provide a voltage supply to at least one local voltage regulator in each of the first, second, and third dies; and a power management unit to control power states wherein for at least one state, data from the third die is transferred to the second die and at least a portion of the third die is powered down. | 17,434 |
9,731,763 | 1. A parking assist device for assisting parking of a vehicle, comprising: a detecting unit that, on the basis of a taken image of the surrounding area of the vehicle, detects a plurality of parking areas, detects the presence of obstacles within the detected plurality of parking areas, and detects available parking areas for the vehicle among the detected plurality of parking areas, wherein the available parking areas are those detected parking areas detected to have no obstacles; and a selecting unit that selects an available parking area from the detected available parking areas where the vehicle may be parked with low risk of contact with any detected obstacle. | 20,105 |
9,669,149 | 1. A multi-lumen catheter device for hemodialysis, comprising: an elongate catheter body with at least a blood extraction lumen and a blood return lumen extending longitudinally therethrough, having a proximal end adapted for coupling to a hemodialysis apparatus, and having a distal end terminating in separable distal tip portions adapted for insertion in a blood vessel, the distal end further comprising: | 5,308 |
8,429,905 | 1. A vehicle engine exhaust gas treatment system, comprising: storage means for storing urea; injector means for injecting urea into a catalytic converter located in an exhaust of an engine; an air duct via which air is drawn into the engine; and cooling means for cooling the urea on its passage from the storage means to the injector means, the cooling means comprising a heat exchanger which includes an inner pipe through which the urea flows on its way to the injector means, the inner pipe extending within the air duct to cool the urea. | 989 |
8,615,767 | 1. A method of dispatching instructions in a data processing system having a memory for storing instructions and a plurality of central processing units (CPUs), the method comprising the steps of: measuring IR drop of each of the plurality of CPUs from a plurality of IR drop measuring circuits, each IR drop measuring circuit having at least two ring oscillators located in close proximity to each other and providing frequency difference information as IR drop data from a phase difference detection circuit connected to each of the two ring oscillators, and each IR drop measuring circuit located adjacent to a unique one of the CPUs, selecting a CPU according to the received IR drop measurement data, and dispatching instructions from said memory to the selected CPU. | 20,061 |
9,481,405 | 1. A detachable surface flow enhancement device, comprising: a structure configured to deflect a moving fluid incident upon the structure, the structure having a front end, trailing end and a footprint, the structure having a surface area, wherein the front end is wider than the trailing end, and wherein the surface area is about twice an area of the footprint; and an attaching element configured to attached the structure to a submerged portion of a hull of a vessel and to detach the structure from the hull of the vessel without altering the surface of the vehicle. | 15,110 |
9,400,065 | 1. Apparatus for taking up a lay flat hose including a plurality of joints of lay flat hose, the lay flat hose containing at least some fluid, comprising: (a) a mobile chassis having a power unit that enables the chassis to travel over a selected terrain, the chassis having first and second opposed working end portions; (b) a deck on the chassis that is sized and shaped to selectively hold at least one of a plurality of hose reels, each hose reel having a supportive reel base, wherein each reel is rotatable upon a reel base; (c) the first working end portion having one or more lifting arms that are each pivotally attached to the chassis, the lifting arms being configured to lift a selected reel from the plurality of reels from a position on the deck of the chassis to a position off of the deck of the chassis, and also from a position off of the chassis to a position on the deck; (d) a selected reel from the plurality of hose reels being supported on the deck; and (e) a tensioning system rotationally connected to the selected reel when the reel is on the deck, the tensioning system comprising at least one roller which is located at the second opposed working end portion of the chassis, the tensioning system selectively activated to pull portions of the lay flat hose across the at least one roller winding such pulled hose portions onto the selected reel when the mobile chassis is moving generally in the direction of the second opposed working end portion of the chassis. | 7,047 |
9,763,010 | 1. A vibration unit for an acoustic module, comprising: an encircling frame defining a vibration cavity therewithin and a centerline; a vibration member disposed in said vibration cavity of said encircling frame; and a suspension comprising an elastic diaphragm having an inner edge extended from said vibration member and an outer edge extended to said encircling frame, wherein along a circumferential direction, said outer edge of said diaphragm is formed in periodically sinusoid configuration and is defined a plurality of outer edge upper peaks located above said centerline of said encircling frame and a plurality of outer edge lower peaks located below said centerline of said encircling frame, wherein along a radial direction, said diaphragm is extended in a waveless manner, such that said vibration member is ensured to be reciprocatingly moved in a linear direction for sound reproduction. | 5,228 |
9,413,017 | 1. A method of operating a fuel cell system, comprising: providing a fuel cell stack; heating an air inlet stream using heat from a fuel cell stack cathode exhaust stream; heating the air inlet stream using heat from an uncombusted fuel cell stack anode exhaust stream; and heating an anode feed stream using heat from the uncombusted fuel cell stack anode exhaust stream. | 15,730 |
8,906,136 | 1. A water vapour transport membrane comprising a water-vapour-permeable layer disposed on a porous support layer, wherein the water-vapour-permeable layer comprises a layer of nanofibres substantially filled with a water-vapour-permeable polymer, the polymer is in contact with a surface of the porous support layer and binds the layer of nanofibres to the surface of the porous support layer, and the membrane is substantially impermeable to air wherein the water-vapour-permeable layer has a thickness less than a thickness of the support layer. | 2,625 |
8,810,147 | 1. A circuit for supplying a pulsed current to one or more than one light-emitting diodes, said circuit comprising: an inductance means; a switching unit comprising a plurality of switches and coupled to the inductance means for switching a current flowing from a direct current (DC) voltage to the inductance means for charging the inductance means, for switching the pulsed current flowing from said light-emitting diodes to the inductance means for discharging the inductance means to said light-emitting diodes, and for switching a current flowing from the inductance means to the direct current (DC) voltage for discharging the inductance means to the direct current (DC) voltage; a switching control unit coupled to the switching unit to control said switches to regulate the pulsed current supplied to said light-emitting diodes. | 6,363 |
8,903,812 | 1. A method comprising: determining a correlation between respective watch times of a plurality of first videos with respective user ratings of the plurality of first videos; deriving a prediction function for the correlation wherein the prediction function models the correlation; deriving a variance function for the prediction function wherein the variance function models variance of the prediction function; deriving a quality signal function based on, at least, the prediction function and the variance function; determining a respective quality signal for each video in a plurality of second videos using the quality signal function; providing the respective quality signals to a ranking process for the second videos for use when ranking the second videos in response to a received query; and wherein deriving, determining and providing are performed by one or more data processing apparatuses. | 14,658 |
8,857,157 | 1. A system for a vehicle, comprising: a first electronic circuit that generates a steady-state (SS) temperature of a downstream-most catalyst of an exhaust system; a second electronic circuit that indicates when a tip-in event occurs; a third electronic circuit that indicates when a tip-out event occurs, wherein the first electronic circuit selectively maintains the SS temperature after one of the tip-in event and the tip-out event begins; a fourth electronic circuit that determines a mass coefficient as a function of an exhaust flow rate into the downstream-most catalyst, wherein the fourth electronic circuit selectively maintains the mass coefficient after the one of the tip-in event and the tip-out event begins; and a fifth electronic circuit that generates an instantaneous temperature of the downstream-most catalyst as a function of the SS temperature, a previous value of the instantaneous temperature, and the mass coefficient. | 20,786 |
9,458,773 | 1. A method for an engine, comprising: adjusting an ignition coil dwell time for a cylinder spark event based on fuel received in the cylinder via port injection relative to direct injection. | 1,474 |
8,842,434 | 1. A server rack heat dissipation system for a server rack including an electronic component, the server rack heat dissipation system comprising: a first heat dissipation assembly, comprising: a second heat dissipation assembly including a second heat exchanger, a water cooling tower, a second pipeline and a pump, the second heat exchanger being disposed inside the server rack and being in thermal contact with the first pipeline, a portion of the second pipeline being in thermal contact with the second heat exchanger, and another portion of the second pipeline being disposed inside the water cooling tower, a second coolant being inside the second pipeline, and the pump being connected with the second pipeline for driving the second coolant to cycle inside the second pipeline; wherein when the heat dissipation system is in operation, the first coolant inside the first pipeline exchanges heat with the first heat exchanger, and then the first coolant inside the first pipeline exchanges heat with the second heat exchanger; and wherein when the heat dissipation system is in operation, the second coolant inside the second pipeline exchanges heat with the second heat exchanger, then the second coolant inside the second pipeline exchanges heat with the water cooling tower. | 46,236 |
8,413,751 | 1. A vehicle equipped with fuel cells that are fastened to multiple side frames arranged in parallel to each other and along a moving direction of the vehicle, the vehicle comprising: a support assembly arranged to span between the multiple side frames; a first fixation unit arranged to fasten the support assembly to the multiple side frames; and a second fixation unit arranged to fix the fuel cells on the support assembly, wherein the support assembly includes multiple first members located in parallel to each other and multiple second members located in parallel to each other, the multiple first members and the multiple second members are arranged to intersect and overlap with each other, the first fixation unit fastens the multiple first members to the multiple side frames, the multiple first members are arranged to cross the respective side frames, and the multiple second members are arranged to be away from the respective side frames in a vehicle width direction, the multiple first members are extended straightly between the respective side frames, and the multiple second members are extended straightly between the multiple first members, and the second fixation unit fixes the fuel cells on the support assembly while penetrating the first members and the second members at the intersection of the first members and the second members. | 20,288 |
9,728,788 | 1. A method for forming a catalytic material comprising: providing transition metal, nitrogen, and carbon (M-N—C) precursors; ball milling the precursors under suitable conditions to initiate polymerization of the precursors, thereby producing a polymer; and heat treating the polymer under sufficient conditions to produce metal active sites in the polymer, thereby producing a catalytic material. | 40,161 |
8,736,237 | 1. A controller for use in a power supply, the controller comprising: a switching signal generator configured to generate a switching signal to control a switch to regulate an output of the power supply; a zero crossing detection (ZCD) circuit coupled to generate a ZCD signal that pulses each zero-crossing of an ac input voltage of the power supply; a first logic gate coupled to generate a first output each time the ZCD signal pulses while a first threshold signal indicates that the output of the power supply is below a threshold reference; a second logic gate coupled to generate a second output each time the ZCD signal pulses while a second threshold signal indicates that the output of the power supply is above the threshold reference; and an interval generator coupled to the first and second logic gates such that the interval generator is enabled in response to the first output of the first logic gate and disabled in response to the second output of the second logic gate, wherein the interval generator is further coupled to receive the switching signal and to allow the switching signal to pass through the interval generator to the switch when enabled, and to not allow the switching signal to pass through the interval generator when disabled. | 7,281 |
8,831,979 | 1. A method for anonymous processing of a purchasing request comprising: receiving, from a mobile phone, a first text message comprising the purchasing request; generating a current authorization code comprising a random number; sending the current authorization code, via a second text message, to the mobile phone; receiving, from a merchant, a communication including a pending authorization code; validating the purchasing request by determining that the pending authorization code is identical to the current authorization code. | 45,399 |
9,278,607 | 1. A vehicle air vent, comprising: a housing having a flange that forms an air flow opening; a plurality of air control vanes mounted within said housing, wherein each of said plurality of air control vanes may be pivoted about a corresponding axis, and wherein an orientation of said plurality of air control vanes determines a direction of air flow exiting said vehicle air vent; a shut-off door mounted within said housing, wherein said shut-off door is separate from said plurality of air control vanes, wherein said shut-off door has at least a first position and a second position, wherein said shut-off door in said first position allows air flow through said vehicle air vent, and wherein said shut-off door in said second position blocks air flow through said vehicle air vent; a control tab mechanically coupled to said plurality of air control vanes, wherein the control tab is positioned in the air flow opening within the flange; and a linkage assembly mechanically coupling said control tab to said shut-off door, wherein said shut-off door remains within said first position when said control tab is adjusted within a first range of positions, wherein adjustment of said control tab within said first range of positions alters said orientation of said plurality of air control vanes, and wherein said shut-off door moves between said first and second positions when said control tab is adjusted within a second range of positions. | 31,944 |
8,787,644 | 1. A method for calculating voxels defining a tube-of-response (TOR) within a reconstruction space of a Positron Emission Tomography (PET) apparatus having a plurality of crystals, the voxels within the reconstruction space having a predetermined size, the method comprising: selecting a center on each of two crystals defining a line of response; determining intersected voxels within the reconstruction space that intersect a straight line connecting the centers of the two crystals; calculating neighboring voxels for each intersected voxel of the intersected voxels, based on an expansion direction and an expansion distance, the expansion distance being determined for each intersected voxel based on a position of the intersected voxel along the straight line, when lines connecting endpoints of the two crystals are not parallel to each other; merging the intersected voxels and the neighboring voxels to form a merged set of voxels; and deleting duplicate voxels in the merged set of voxels to generate the voxels defining the TOR. | 24,413 |
9,318,761 | 1. A cogeneration system comprising: a high-temperature operative fuel cell configured to generate electric power through a power generation reaction by using a fuel supplied to the fuel cell and air supplied to the fuel cell; a combustor configured to combust unconsumed fuel from the high-temperature operative fuel cell and to generate combustion heat; a reformer configured to generate a reformed gas which becomes the fuel, through a reforming reaction between a raw material gas supplied to the reformer and a steam supplied to the reformer, by utilizing power generation reaction heat generated in the high-temperature operative fuel cell and the combustion heat generated by the combustor; a vaporizer configured to generate the steam to be added to the raw material gas supplied to the reformer by utilizing the power generation reaction heat and the combustion heat; a cooling apparatus configured to cool a target by consuming a portion of the power generation reaction heat and a portion of heat of an exhaust gas having the combustion heat which remain after the reformer and the vaporizer have consumed the heat, and cool the exhaust gas by consuming a portion of the heat; and a condensation unit configured to cool the exhaust gas after the cooling apparatus has consumed the portion of the heat owned by the exhaust gas to condense a moisture contained in the exhaust gas to generate condensed water, wherein: the condensation unit includes: the cogeneration system further comprises a water transporting unit configured to transport the condensed water generated from the exhaust gas by the second heat exchanger, to the first heat exchanger, the condensed water transported by the water transporting unit is mixed with the exhaust gas to generate the exhaust gas containing the condensed water as the steam, and the first heat exchanger causes the steam contained in the exhaust gas to be transferred to the raw material gas to heat and humidify the raw material gas. | 7,156 |
9,828,421 | 1. An anti-tau antibody comprising: a) an antibody light chain variable region comprising: b) an antibody heavy chain variable region comprising: | 16,938 |
9,283,515 | 1. A carbon dioxide recovery device configured to: cause a carbon dioxide adsorbing material to adsorb carbon dioxide contained in a treatment target gas, the carbon dioxide adsorbing material being prepared by causing a porous substance to support an adsorbing liquid for adsorbing the carbon dioxide; separate the carbon dioxide adsorbed by the carbon dioxide adsorbing material; and causing the carbon dioxide adsorbing material or the porous substance to support the adsorbing liquid, the carbon dioxide recovery device comprising: a casing including a housing tank provided in the fluid treatment passage and configured to house the carbon dioxide adsorbing material; and an adsorbing liquid supplying portion configured to supply the adsorbing liquid to the housing tank, wherein a passage opening-closing mechanism configured to open or close the fluid treatment passage to discharge or store the adsorbing liquid supplied to the housing tank is provided at a bottom portion of the housing tank or under the housing tank. | 25,219 |
9,351,679 | 1. A cartridge for insertion into a meter, the interior of the meter comprising a boss having a main body and a protrusion extending from the main body, the cartridge comprising: an orientation member provided at one end of the cartridge, the orientation member comprising a recess having a cross-sectional shape corresponding to that of the boss and configured to receive the boss therein, the orientation member further comprising a ramp surrounding a majority portion of the recess corresponding to the main body, a second portion of the recess corresponds to the protrusion and adjoins the lower end of the ramp via a first step and adjoins the higher end of the ramp via a second step that is a greater height than the first step, wherein a second portion of the recess has a base that is defined by a distance between the first step and second step such that the protrusion is received in the second portion when the cartridge is fully inserted into the meter. | 17,137 |
9,765,604 | 1. A multi-fluid geothermal energy production method for extracting geothermal energy from a reservoir formation containing brine for use in geothermal energy production system operably associated with an electrical power grid, the method comprising: using a production well to extract brine from the reservoir formation; injecting at least one of liquid nitrogen (N using a plurality of brine re-injection wells arranged to at least partially circumscribe the supplemental working fluid injection well, each said brine re-injection well being located at one or more distances which are all greater than the first distance, to re-inject the brine recovered from the reservoir formation back into the reservoir formation, the brine being re-injected as needed to at least partially force the injected supplemental working fluid toward the production well, the re-injected brine flowing toward the supplemental working fluid injection well along a path without intervening production of the re-injected brine along the path. | 26,994 |
9,138,437 | 1. A pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound of formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a pharmaceutically acceptable diluent, excipient or carrier. | 45,022 |
8,908,604 | 1. A wireless communication apparatus comprising: a reception unit configured to receive discontinuous reception (DRX) instruction information for the wireless communication apparatus and a monitor process index including a sub-frame index used to monitor a PDCCH for the wireless communication apparatus; and a monitoring process unit configured to monitor the PDCCH for the wireless communication apparatus using only a sub-frame which is set based on the sub-frame index, when receiving an instruction to perform a DRX process by the DRX instruction information. | 24,271 |
9,812,977 | 1. A method comprising: determining an operating mode based upon an input voltage and an output voltage of a resonant converter comprising: configuring the switch network to operate at a buck converter mode by controlling on and off of switches of the switch network; configuring the full-bridge secondary rectifier to operate at a boost converter mode by shorting a secondary side winding of the transformer; configuring the switch network to operate at the buck converter mode in response to a first input voltage from the input dc power source; and configuring the full-bridge secondary rectifier to operate at the boost converter mode in response to a second input voltage from the input dc power source, wherein: | 1,885 |
9,227,869 | 1. A porous glass base material manufacturing burner comprising a combustible gas emission nozzle having one or more rows of small-diameter combustion assisting gas emission nozzles that are arranged in a concentric circle around a central glass raw material gas emission nozzle and that are formed such that small-diameter combustion assisting gas emission nozzles in the same row have identical focal distances, the porous glass base material manufacturing burner blowing and depositing glass fine particles refined in a flame from below onto a starting member arranged along a horizontal direction, wherein when a cross section of the porous glass base material manufacturing burner, which is formed by cleaving the porous glass base material manufacturing burner in a direction perpendicular to a central axis of the porous glass base material manufacturing burner, is divided into four equal regions by two orthogonal straight lines intersecting each other at a center of the cross section, total flow path surface area of the small-diameter combustion assisting gas emission nozzles included in two of the four regions through which passes a straight line running along the starting member and through the center of the cross section is less than the total flow path surface area of the small-diameter combustion assisting gas emission nozzles included in the other two of the four regions. | 9,209 |
9,714,023 | 1. A method for controlling a hybrid vehicle, comprising: setting, by a controller, a driving path of the vehicle based on a destination and a current position input by a driver; predicting, by the controller, a future speed of the vehicle using information regarding the driving path, environmental information, and driving pattern information of a driver; deriving, by the controller, an optimum power distribution map that includes an optimum state of charge (SOC) trajectory and a power distribution ratio of the engine and the motor using the predicted future speed; distributing, by the controller, engine power and motor power using the optimum SOC trajectory and a power distribution ratio of the engine and the motor; after the predicting of the future speed of the vehicle, determining, by the controller, whether an event is generated in a driving path; when the event is generated, recalculating, by the controller, the driving path of the vehicle; and when the event is not generated while the vehicle is driving along the driving path, determining, by the controller, whether an absolute value of a difference between a current SOC and a targeted SOC is greater than a set SOC. | 45,447 |
8,564,183 | 1. A spark plug, comprising: a center electrode extending in an axial direction of the spark plug; a substantially cylindrical insulator disposed around the center electrode and having a small-leg portion at a front end side thereof; and a substantially cylindrical metal shell disposed around the insulator, wherein the spark plug satisfies the following conditions (1) to (5): condition (1): the insulator has a wall thickness T of 0.3 to 1.1 mm at an imaginary plane including a front end face of the metal shell; condition (2): a region of the insulator extending from a front end of the insulator to at least 2 mm rear from the imaginary plane is formed of an alumina-based sintered body containing a Si component, a rare earth element component and components of at least two kinds of Group 2 elements of the periodic table according to IUPAC recommendations 1990 and being substantially free from a B component; condition (3): the mass ratio R condition (4): the mass ratio R condition (5): the alumina-based sintered body includes, in a grain boundary phase thereof, an aluminate crystal containing the rare earth element component. | 41,613 |
9,206,767 | 1. A plate-fin structure exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) cooler with heat-insulation function, comprising shells, two ends of which are equipped with an air inlet flange and a discharge chamber; a water inlet pipe and a water outlet pipe are set on the shells near the air inlet flange and the discharge chamber; a cooling core assembly, an air chamber and a bellow are set in the shells; the cooling core assembly comprises two main boards at its two ends and flat pipe units and water-side fins that are placed alternately, each flat pipe unit is composed of a flat pipe and a heat transfer fin built therein, characterized in that the main board at one end of the cooling core assembly is connected to the shells and the discharge chamber and the main board at another end is connected to one end of the air chamber; the other end of the air chamber is connected to one end of the bellow; the other end of the bellow is connected to the shells and the air inlet flange; a heat-insulating pipe connected to the air inlet flange is set within the bellow. | 23,899 |
8,510,292 | 1. A method for isolating application specific information in XML data, the method comprising the steps of: receiving one or more criteria that identifies nodes within a collection of XML documents to ignore; receiving a query that specifies a path operation based on a path; wherein one or more of said identified nodes is under said path; and based at least on the one or more criteria, computing the path operation as if one or more of said identified nodes is not in the collection of XML documents; wherein the method is performed by one or more computing devices. | 3,971 |
9,812,094 | 1. A display device for a measuring instrument comprising: a display screen; and a processor or circuit coupled to the display screen, the processor or circuit being configured to: | 15,939 |
8,618,735 | 1. A light engine retrofit to retrofit an existing light fixture comprising a lid with an opening, the light engine retrofit comprising: a circuit board comprising: a chassis comprising: | 26,875 |
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