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8,461,544 | 1. A radiation image capturing device comprising: a radiation image capturing section that is adapted to capture, in an operation mode selected from among a plurality of operation modes that are determined in advance, a radiation image expressed by radiation that has passed through a subject of image capturing; an image processing section that carries out predetermined image processing on image information obtained by image capturing by the radiation image capturing section; a power supply section that supplies electric power for driving to the radiation image capturing section; a connection portion that electrically connects to a power supply device, that is adapted to supply electric power for driving to the radiation image capturing section, an image processing device, that carries out a same type of image processing as the image processing section, or any combination thereof; and a control section that effects control such that, in a case in which an operation mode that generates a predetermined generated heat amount or more has been selected as the operation mode and the power supply device is connected to the connection portion, the power supply device is used instead of the power supply section, and, in a case in which an operation mode that generates a predetermined generated heat amount or more has been selected as the operation mode and the image processing device is connected to the connection portion, the image processing device is used instead of the image processing section. | 27,166 |
9,079,812 | 1. A process for dehydration of an ethanol feedstock, comprising ethanol of between 2 and 55% by weight, into ethylene comprising: a) vaporizing dilute ethanol feedstock in an exchanger, said exchanger exchanging heat with effluent that is obtained from a last adiabatic reactor, said dilute ethanol feedstock being introduced into said exchanger at a pressure that is lower than that of the effluent that is obtained from the last reactor, b) compressing vaporized dilute ethanol feedstock in a compressor, c) introducing vaporized and compressed feedstock, at an entrance temperature of between 350 and 550° C. and at an entrance pressure of between 0.3 and 1.8 MPa, in at least one adiabatic reactor that contains at least one dehydration catalyst and in which the dehydration reaction takes place, d) separating effluent that is obtained from a last adiabatic reactor of c) into an effluent that comprises ethylene at a pressure that is lower than 1.6 MPa and an effluent that comprises water, e) purifying at least a portion of the effluent that comprises water that is obtained from d) and separating at least one stream of unconverted ethanol, with no recycling upstream from a) of purified water that is obtained from e). | 17,973 |
9,306,912 | 1. A system for managing tunneled endpoints, comprising: a processor; and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory comprising a module for managing tunneled endpoints that, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to: | 9,510 |
9,751,117 | 1. A work machine comprising: a suction apparatus said suction apparatus configured to take in the harmful fumes generated by work operations, the work machine having at least a cutting unit to carry out work operations, a suction channel, provided with at least a longitudinal aperture, a cover element to cover said longitudinal aperture, a suction pipe and a lifting element solid with said cutting unit, interposed between said suction pipe and said suction channel and defining a compartment, wherein said lifting element comprises at least a lifting roller suitable to selectively lift said cover element and to define a passage in correspondence to the position of said lifting element, so that at least part of said compartment is closed by said cover element and the only part connected to said suction pipe is the one corresponding to the raised part of said cover element. | 21,820 |
9,801,708 | 1. A method for placing an ACL graft in a patient, comprising: forming a tibial tunnel in a tibia and a femoral tunnel in a femur in a patient; coupling an ACL graft to a first adjustable loop and a second adjustable loop of an adjustable suture construct, the adjustable suture construct including a first suture with a first free end and a second free end, the first free end of the first suture passing through a fixation member and through a first longitudinal passage in the first suture to form the first adjustable loop, the second free end of the first suture passing through the fixation member and through a second longitudinal passage in the first suture to form the second adjustable loop, the first longitudinal passage being separate from the second longitudinal passage in the first suture; locating the adjustable suture construct in the femoral tunnel with the fixation member positioned outside the femur proximate a first opening in an outer surface of the femur and with the ACL graft extending from the first adjustable loop and from the second adjustable loop back through the femoral tunnel, through a second opening in the outer surface of the femur, and into the tibial tunnel; and pulling on the first free end and the second free end of the first suture outside the femoral tunnel so as to: force the fixation member against surfaces around the first opening in the outer surface of the femur, reduce the size of the first adjustable loop and the size of the second adjustable loop, and pull the ACL graft through the femoral tunnel toward the fixation member. | 36,995 |
9,527,225 | 1. A process for manufacturing a plastic hollow body by molding two sheets of molten plastic in a mold including two cavities, the process comprising: a) manufacturing two molten plastic sheets by extrusion of at least one stream of molten plastic, the molten plastic sheets being extruded continuously; b) introducing the two sheets between the mold cavities; c) closing the mold, transverse cutting the two sheets of molten plastic while the mold is closed and manufacturing the hollow body by conforming the two sheets to the mold cavities, the transverse cutting of each sheet being carried out by two blades that move toward each other; d) removing the hollow body thus obtained from the mold; and e) repeating all of operations a) to d) to manufacture another hollow body from two new sheets, wherein before, during, or after the transverse cutting operation, a lower portion of the two new sheets is cooled using a specific cooling device that makes possible a local cooling of the sheets in the lower portion, and wherein the transverse cutting operation is carried out using blades that have a cutting surface that finishes in a substantially horizontal tip, use being made of two blades per sheet, which have a width substantially equal to that of the sheets and a size, position, and movement such that tips of their cutting surfaces substantially meet at a center of the stream of molten plastic. | 35,393 |
8,489,537 | 1. In a computing environment, a method comprising: segmenting sequential data into one or more units, including identifying one or more sub-sequences in the sequential data that traverse a tree structure and have a tree-like microstructure, wherein a unit is a sub-sequence that traverses the tree structure following directions to lead to a target item; grouping the one or more units into unit aggregates, wherein each unit aggregate includes a set of one or more sub-sequences that lead to a same target item, and wherein the set of one or more sub-sequences of the each unit aggregate has similar tree-like microstructures; and providing the unit aggregates to a pattern extraction mechanism that extracts patterns based upon the one or more units. | 326 |
9,380,452 | 1. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising a set of instructions which, if executed by a processor, cause a system to: detect a change in location for a mobile platform having a plurality of radios, wherein each of the plurality of radios supports a different wireless technology, and the change in location is based on information received from one or more active radios of the plurality of radios on the mobile platform including a connection loss; and deactivate at least one of the plurality of radios in response to the change in location, wherein a first profile is associated with a first location and a second profile is associated with a second location, and the first profile and the second profile each include location entry criteria, location exit criteria, and radio settings including activation and deactivation information for the plurality of radios. | 46,483 |
9,619,010 | 1. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having instructions that, when executed by a processing device of a mobile device, cause the processing device to perform operations comprising: logging, by the processing device of the mobile device, activity information for a first hardware component of the mobile device, the activity information comprising at least one of an interrupt count over a time period or an amount of data processed by the first hardware component over the time period; determining, by the processing device of the mobile device, an activity level for the first hardware component based on the activity information, the activity level being a measure of how much the first hardware component is used; determining, by the processing device of the mobile device, for the first hardware component, a first score by calculating a ratio between the activity level of the first hardware component and an amount of power used by the first hardware component, wherein the first score is related to the amount of power used by the first hardware component; and powering off, by the processing device of the mobile device, the first hardware component after determining the first score is higher than a second score of a second hardware component. | 10,949 |
9,055,591 | 1. A scheduling method of a wireless communication system, comprising: calculating average interference and instantaneous interference of at least two terminals for a sub-carrier; determining whether an interference for the sub-carrier is partial interference; and allocating, if the interference for the subcarrier is determined as the partial interference, the sub-carrier to a terminal having a higher ratio of the average interference to the instantaneous interference for the subcarrier than other terminals. | 32,525 |
8,870,539 | 1. A wind turbine assembly comprising a turbine having turbine blades, said turbine being arranged to generate a rotational energy as the turbine blades are engaged by a wind, characterized in that said wind turbine assembly further comprises an emergency brake that is operationally connected to the turbine blades for pitching the turbine blades towards a rest position by the rotational energy of the turbine, when the emergency brake is activated, wherein the emergency brake includes at least two cooperating threaded parts, a first of the cooperating threaded parts rotating with the turbine and being operatively connected to the turbine blades for varying the pitch of the turbine blades by moving along its axial extension, and a second of the cooperating threaded parts being axially stationary, so that the pitch angle of the turbine blades is varied by the relative screwing displacement of the threaded parts in relation to each other, and the emergency brake is effectuated by rotationally braking the second of the cooperating threaded parts, so that if the turbine blades are rotated the first of the cooperating threaded parts is axially moved by screwing interaction with the second of the cooperating threaded parts, thereby altering the pitch angle of the turbine blades. | 38,091 |
8,366,907 | 1. A method, comprising: providing a catalyst comprising a) Pt and MO exposing a composition comprising fatty acids to the catalyst; and deoxygenating at least 10% of the fatty acids with the catalyst to produce hydrocarbons. | 17,226 |
9,695,740 | 1. A method for a boosted piston engine, comprising: bypassing a second compressor and providing a flow of compressed air to the piston engine via a first compressor, wherein the first compressor is staged downstream of the second compressor along an air intake passage; and in response to a shaft speed of the first compressor being at or above a threshold, accelerating the second compressor. | 11,630 |
9,149,284 | 1. A cannulated milling assembly for cutting an aperture in a bone, the assembly comprising: a milling tool member having a cutting head portion and a shank portion, the cutting head portion having a cutting surface disposed at a first end of the shank portion, the shank portion having a cavity with an opening, the cavity extending along a length of the shank portion, the opening being in fluid communication with the cutting head portion and the cutting surface, and the shank portion having a coupling surface at a second end of the shank portion; and a guide rod having a first portion and a second portion, the first portion being configured to be inserted into the bone so that a part of the second portion extends outwardly from the bone, the second portion being configured to be rotatably inserted within the cavity of the milling tool member, wherein the milling tool member is configured to be rotatable relative to the guide rod so as to be movable into the bone along a longitudinal axis of both the first portion and the second portion of the guide rod to cut the aperture, wherein the longitudinal axis of the guide rod passing through the first portion and the second portion of the guide rod is substantially straight, and wherein the first portion and the second portion of the guide rod are configured to selectively couple to and decouple from each other. | 36,628 |
8,941,169 | 1. A floating gate device, comprising: a tunnel oxide layer formed over a channel; a floating gate formed over the tunnel oxide layer; a high-k dielectric layer formed over the floating gate; and a control gate formed over the high-k dielectric layer, the control gate comprising an oxygen scavenging element; the oxygen scavenging element being configured to decrease an oxygen density at, at least one of, a first interface between the control gate and the high-k dielectric layer and at a second interface between the high-k dielectric layer and the floating gate; wherein forming the floating gate device causes a first native oxide layer at the first interface between the control gate and the high-k dielectric layer and causes a second native oxide layer at the second interface between the high-k dielectric layer and the floating gate; wherein annealing the floating gate device, after the floating gate device is formed, decreases by the oxygen scavenging element an oxygen density, at least one of, at the first native oxide layer in the first interface between the control gate and the high-k dielectric layer and at the second native oxide layer in the second interface between the high-k dielectric layer and the floating gate; wherein the oxygen scavenging element comprises oxygen impurities that are materialized after forming the floating gate device and as a result of the annealing the floating gate device. | 20,447 |
9,091,215 | 1. A system, comprising: a gas turbine enclosure; a gas turbine engine disposed in the gas turbine enclosure, wherein the gas turbine engine is configured to output an exhaust flow; and a ventilation system coupled to the gas turbine enclosure, wherein the ventilation system comprises: | 30,425 |
9,486,743 | 1. An apparatus ( 8 ) for clarifying liquid containing finely divided solids, said apparatus ( 8 ) having a circular cylindrical shape and comprising: at least one feed inlet ( an outer mantle ( a filter element ( at least one outlet ( an outlet for draining filtrate out of the apparatus ( a circular cylindrical shaped cross-flow tube ( wherein said apertures ( | 26,220 |
9,680,301 | 1. A photovoltaic power plant comprising: a plurality of slave plant controllers configured to receive a global setpoint from a master plant controller, each slave plant controller in the plurality of slave plant controllers being configured to reduce or increase the global setpoint to adjust an individual setpoint of each of a plurality of photovoltaic inverters controlled by the slave plant controller, the individual setpoint setting an output of a corresponding photovoltaic inverter in the plurality of photovoltaic inverters provided to a point of interconnection (POI) of the photovoltaic power plant to a utility power grid, each of the plurality of photovoltaic inverters being configured to convert direct current generated by a plurality of solar cells to alternating current; and the master plant controller controlling operation of the plurality of slave plant controllers, the master plant controller being configured to detect an output of the photovoltaic power plant at the POI to the utility power grid, and to control operation of the plurality of slave plant controllers to adjust individual setpoints of corresponding photovoltaic inverters based on the detected output of the photovoltaic power plant at the POI to the utility power grid by providing the global setpoint to the plurality of slave plant controllers. | 43,610 |
8,903,555 | 1. A wind farm comprising: a plurality of wind power generators; and a control system of at least one of the plurality of wind power generators, interconnected to a power system to generate power and configured to generate power through a rotation of a rotor, said control system comprising: a control unit configured to control the wind power generator to operate at a reduced power generation output when a decrease in a frequency of the power system is not detected, a first deriving unit configured to derive a required restricted amount without considering a latent power generation output that the power generation output is increasable with, the required restricted amount being used for deriving the reduced power generation output; and a second deriving unit configured to derive a corrected restricted amount by subtracting an amount corresponding to the latent power generation output from the required restricted amount derived by the first deriving unit; wherein the control unit is configured to determine the reduced power generation output by reducing the corrected restricted amount derived by the second deriving unit from the maximum power output corresponding to the wind condition, and wherein the control unit is configured to set the reduced power generation output so that the corrected restricted amount derived by the second deriving unit is preferentially assigned to one of the plurality of wind power generators which does not reach a rated rotation speed. | 38,544 |
9,064,835 | 1. A thin-film transistor (TFT) array substrate comprising: a first insulation layer over a semiconductor layer; a second insulation layer over a plurality of first gate wires formed over the first insulation layer; a third insulation layer over a plurality of second gate wires formed over the second insulation layer; a cover metal formed over the third insulation layer and contacting the semiconductor layer through a contact hole that passes through the first, second and third insulation layers; a fourth insulation layer over the cover metal; a protection layer formed over the fourth insulation layer; an anode electrode formed over the protection layer and contacting the cover metal through a via hole that passes through the protection layer, the fourth insulation layer, and the contact hole; and a capacitor comprising: a plurality of second signal wires disposed over the fourth insulation layer and overlapping with the second electrode of the capacitor. | 6,154 |
8,529,399 | 1. A method for controlling a hybrid drive of a vehicle, which includes at least one internal combustion engine and at least one electric machine, having a first clutch situated between the electric machine and a drive train of the vehicle, and a second clutch situated between the electric machine and the internal combustion engine, the method comprising: controlling performance parameters of the hybrid drive as a function of a driver's intent, wherein the driver's intent is divided into classes, the classes differing from one another by a torque request associated with the driver's intent, wherein the driver's intent is derived from a position of an accelerator pedal, wherein a position of the accelerator pedal of up to 30% of a maximum position corresponds to class 1, a position of the accelerator pedal between 30% and 60% corresponds to class 2, and a position of the accelerator pedal of more than 60% of the maximum position corresponds to class 3, wherein the second clutch is a proportional clutch, and for class 1, when the internal combustion engine is started, a slip torque is set as low as necessary, and for class 3, the slip torque is set substantially higher for achieving a shortest possible start time, such that the slip torque is set as a function of the selected class. | 6,568 |
9,071,995 | 1. A method for performing long term evolution (LTE) uplink data processing, the method comprising: at an LTE multi-UE simulator: receiving at least one transport data block containing uplink data to be transmitted to a device under test, wherein the at least one transport data block includes multiple transport data blocks associated with user devices simulated by the LTE multi-UE simulator; and dynamically assigning, for a transmission time interval and using processing information associated with the at least one transport data block, two or more assignable uplink data processing resources from a plurality of dynamically assignable uplink data processing resources for processing the at least one transport block, wherein each of the two or more assignable uplink data processing resources is configured to process a different code block of code blocks associated with the at least one transport data block. | 14,502 |
8,501,958 | 1. A solar battery comprising a compound for absorbing sunlight and converting the sunlight into electrical energy, wherein the compound is a fullerene coupled to at least one triarylamine, and wherein the compound is selected from the group consisting of wherein each R is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, an aliphatic hydrocarbon and an aromatic hydrocarbon, the fullerene selected from among fullerene derivatives having carbon numbers C 60 , C 70 , C 78 , C 82 and C 84 . | 23,081 |
9,410,439 | 1. A blade root shim comprising a base extending longitudinally between a leading shim end and trailing shim end; a suction side shim wall extending along the base, the suction side shim wall corresponding to a suction side blade root bearing surface; a pressure side shim wall spaced circumferentially apart from the suction shim wall, the pressure side shim wall corresponding to a pressure side blade bearing surface; and a contact relief region formed into an upper wall portion of either the suction side shim wall or the pressure side shim wall; wherein at least one of the pressure side shim wall and the suction side shim wall includes a lower wall portion curved upwardly and outwardly from the base, and the upper wall portion is curved upwardly and inwardly from the lower wall portion; and wherein the contact relief region is formed into the upper wall portion of the at least one of the leading shim end and the trailing shim end. | 38,197 |
8,553,130 | 1. A display control apparatus having first and second display modes, comprising: an operation unit configured to receive a user operation that instructs image feeding in a state where a plurality of images are displayed on a display unit at the same time; and a control unit configured to control the image feeding, wherein in a case where image feeding is performed in a second display mode, the control unit controls the image feeding so as (i) to continue to be performed in the second display mode after completion of the user operation, and (ii) subsequently to be performed in a first display mode, with the second display mode switched to the first display mode, and wherein the images displayed in the second display mode are larger in number and smaller in size than the images displayed in the first display mode. | 1,666 |
9,597,555 | 1. A racket comprising: a grip; an annular frame that is provided with a plurality of through holes that penetrate from an inner circumferential face to an outer circumferential face; and a shaft that connects the grip and the frame in a shaft axis direction, the frame having: two rear end side weight variable component attachment parts, disposed on the outer circumferential face of the frame and on a side closer to the shaft in the shaft axis direction, where there are respectively mounted at different positions on the outer circumferential face two rear end side weight variable component attachments through which a tensioned string is routed, and where the two rear end side weight variable component attachments are made of a material different from the frame, and two tip end side weight variable component attachment parts, disposed on the outer circumferential face of the frame and one a side opposite the side closer to the shaft in the shaft axis direction, where there are respectively mounted at different positions on the outer circumferential face two tip end side weight variable components through which a tensioned string is routed, and where the two tip end side weight variable components are made of a material different from the frame, wherein a shortest distance to each of the rear end side weight variable component attachment parts from a center line of the racket being shorter than a shortest distance to each of the tip end side weight variable component attachment parts from the center line, the center line extending along the shaft axis direction. | 19,416 |
9,248,053 | 1. A method of manufacturing a composite body of a sheet-shaped member of an absorbent article, the method comprising: receiving a first sheet-shaped member on a holding surface of a holding section at a receiving position; holding the first sheet-shaped member on the holding surface of the holding section; and delivering and attaching the first sheet-shaped member from the holding surface to a second sheet-shaped member at a transport roller located at a delivery position, wherein the first sheet-shaped member has a section that is to be delivered first and a section that is to be delivered subsequently during delivery to the second sheet-shaped member, the first sheet-shaped member is held on the holding surface with suction force from a plurality of holes formed on the holding surface, the holding section having at least first and second suction chambers, wherein the first sheet-shaped member is delivered to the second sheet-shaped member in a state in which the first suction chamber and the second suction chamber have been partitioned so as not to allow air to pass through to each other, at the delivery position, at the receiving position, wherein the holding section is supported by a rotating drum and turnable about a turning axis of the holding section, the turning axis of the holding section passes through a center of the holding surface along a radius direction of the rotating drum, the holding surface has end sections and a central section between the end sections in a longitudinal direction of the holding surface, the holding surface has a convex shape where the central section bulges outward in the radius direction more than the end sections, wherein the transport roller has a central section having a concave external shape in correspondence with the convex shape of the holding surface, wherein a negative pressure chamber drum has a cylindrical body arranged co-axially with the rotating drum and rotates at a same speed as the rotating drum, the cylindrical body has a doughnut-shaped internal space divided, in a circumferential direction of the negative pressure chamber drum and by a partition wall, into the negative pressure zone is set corresponding to an angular range from the receiving position to the delivery position, the non-negative pressure zone is set corresponding to another angular range from the delivery position to the receiving position, and wherein a middle chamber member arranged between the negative pressure chamber drum and the holding section in the radius direction is in communication with the internal space of the negative pressure chamber drum via the first suction pipe and the second suction pipe. | 2,451 |
8,711,997 | 1. A reactor core immersed in a liquid metal coolant in a core barrel of a liquid metal cooled reactor, the reactor core comprising: a plurality of fuel assemblies contained in the core barrel; a neutron absorber that absorbs a neutron in the reactor core; and a neutron moderator that moderates a neutron therein so as to control a reactivity of the reactor core, the neutron absorber and the neutron moderator constituting a mixture contained in reactivity control assemblies of the reactor core in the liquid metal coolant prior to immersion of the reactor core, and the neutron moderator being composed of zirconium hydride. | 33,404 |
9,670,508 | 1. A system for optimizing production of biogas from a feedstock, which system comprises: a first reactor for treating nitrogen rich feedstock to carry out ammonification to generate an ammonia digestate; a system for nitrogen removal to generate an ammonia-reduced digestate from ammonia digestate; a second reactor for producing biogas from the ammonia-reduced digestate and/or from a nitrogen rich feedstock and/or from a carbon rich feedstock; means for storing each type of feedstock; a feedstock sorting system including a control system for directing flow of each type of feedstock to the system; means for delivering at least the nitrogen rich feedstock to the first reactor; means for delivering the ammonia digestate from the first reactor to the system for nitrogen removal; means for delivering the ammonia-reduced digestate from the system for nitrogen removal to the second reactor, and means for delivering the carbon rich feedstock and/or the nitrogen rich feedstock directly from the storing means and/or ammonia nitrogen from the system for nitrogen removal to the second reactor. | 9,077 |
9,421,409 | 1. A mobile frame assembly for obstacle course systems comprising: a trailer assembly having a trailer body, a draw assembly coupled to the trailer body and wheels operably associated with the trailer body; a base assembly securably mounted to the trailer assembly, the base assembly having at least two base assembly primary rails; an intermediate assembly having at least two intermediate assembly primary rails; an upper assembly having at least two upper assembly primary rails; a plurality of lower support risers coupled to the base assembly primary rails and extending at least to the intermediate assembly primary rails forming a lower frame assembly; a plurality of upper support risers coupled to the intermediate assembly primary rails and extending at least to the upper assembly primary rails; a platform assembly including a launch platform, a landing platform and a safety pit positioned therebetween, the platform assembly disposed at least partially within the lower frame assembly; and at least one obstacle assembly disposed generally within the mobile frame assembly over the safety pit; wherein at least some of the upper support risers further comprise telescoping members operable to expand the distance between the at least one obstacle and the safety pit. | 40,025 |
8,707,236 | 1. A semiconductor device, comprising: a semiconductor layer having a surface and a delay chain integrated in the semiconductor layer, the delay chain including a plurality of delay cells that include a first delay cell having an input terminal and an output terminal, and a last delay cell having an input terminal and an output terminal, each delay cell having a directional axis and placed in the same semiconductor layer and electrically connected to each other so as to form the delay chain; first and second metal lines coupled to a supply voltage line; a third metal line located between the first and second lines and coupled to a reference voltage line, the first, second, and third metal lines placed in a longitudinal direction on the same surface of the semiconductor layer; the plurality of delay cells having odd numbered delay cells electrically coupled to the first and third metal lines and even numbered delay cells coupled to the second and third metal lines, wherein delay cell of the delay chain is placed with its directional axis in a transversal direction with respect to the respective first and third metal lines; and a first metal path and a second metal path from the first delay cell to the last delay cell of the delay chain, the first metal path coupled to the input terminal on the first delay cell and to the output terminal on the last delay cell of the delay chain, and the second metal path coupled to the input terminal on the last delay cell and to the output terminal on the first delay cell of the delay chain, the first and second metal paths having portions in each delay cell that are of substantially equal length. | 18,169 |
9,130,932 | 1. A device for a hybrid-model network, comprising: a networked computing device including a hardware processor with a memory configured to connect with a communications network; and a hybrid-model network application configured to be executed by said hardware processor, said hybrid-model network application including a native component of said networked computing device configured to provide user-level access to features of said networked computing device and a web client component configured to provide access to web services of a server in selective communication with said networked computing device over said communications network, said hybrid-model network application configured to cause said networked computing device to perform operations comprising: receiving network content from said server, said network content including user interface content to be rendered according to a user interface flow of said web client component; accessing code content, as part of said native component, associated with said user interface content in response to said web client component making a call to said native component to use a native function executed by said hardware processor of said networked computing device without said native function implementing the user interface flow of said web client component; automatically authenticating, by way of said web client component, said hybrid-model network application by at least one of forwarding authentication credentials to said server in a login request and providing private device information to said server; displaying said network content in a user interface by way of said web client component of said hybrid-model network application; receiving a request from a user interacting with said user interface, said request associated with said code content and using said native function of said networked computing device; and handling said request for use of said native function of said networked computing device by way of said native component of said hybrid-model network application. | 11,735 |
9,217,495 | 1. An automatic transmission device that changes a speed of power input to an input member to output the power to an output member, characterized by comprising: a first planetary gear mechanism including first to third rotary elements that form a sequence of the first rotary element, the second rotary element, and the third rotary element when arranged in an order at intervals corresponding to gear ratios; a second planetary gear mechanism including fourth to sixth rotary elements that form a sequence of the fourth rotary element, the fifth rotary element, and the sixth rotary element when arranged in an order at intervals corresponding to gear ratios; a third planetary gear mechanism including seventh to ninth rotary elements that form a sequence of the seventh rotary element, the eighth rotary element, and the ninth rotary element when arranged in an order at intervals corresponding to gear ratios; a fourth planetary gear mechanism including tenth to twelfth rotary elements that form a sequence of the tenth rotary element, the eleventh rotary element, and the twelfth rotary element when arranged in an order at intervals corresponding to gear ratios; a first coupling element that couples the first rotary element and the seventh rotary element to each other; a second coupling element that couples the third rotary element and the eleventh rotary element to each other; a third coupling element that couples the fifth rotary element, the ninth rotary element, and the tenth rotary element to each other; a first clutch that engages and disengages the second rotary element and the third coupling element with and from each other; a second clutch that engages and disengages the eighth rotary element and the input member with and from each other; a third clutch that engages and disengages the fourth rotary element and the twelfth rotary element with and from each other; a first brake that is configured to selectively hold the first coupling element stationary with respect to an automatic transmission device case; a second brake that is configured to selectively hold the eighth rotary element stationary with respect to the automatic transmission device case; and a third brake that is configured to selectively hold the twelfth rotary element stationary with respect to the automatic transmission device case, wherein: the input member is connected to the sixth rotary element; and the output member is connected to the second rotary element. | 40,495 |
8,384,918 | 1. A method for enforcing a user specified minimum font size (USMFS) in a hardcopy document (HD), comprising: receiving a request to print an electronic document (ED) according to a magnification ratio; identifying, by a processor and within the ED, a first character having a first font size smaller than a quotient of the USMFS divided by the magnification ratio, a second character having a second font size exceeding the quotient, and a third character having a third font size; calculating, by the processor, a scale factor by dividing the quotient by the first font size; scaling, by the processor, the third font size by the scale factor; and increasing, by the processor, the first font size to match the quotient, wherein the HD is generated by scaling the ED by the magnification ratio after increasing the first font size and scaling the third font size, and wherein the HD comprises the first character in the USMFS and the second character in the second font size scaled by the magnification ratio. | 8,487 |
8,884,317 | 1. A semiconductor light-emitting device comprising: a semiconductor light-emitting chip having a growth surface that is a nonpolar or semipolar plane, and emitting polarized light; and a reflection member having a reflective surface off which the polarized light is reflected, wherein the reflective surface reflects at least a part of light in a plane L the reflective surface of the reflection member includes a plurality of reflective surfaces; the plurality of reflective surfaces are arranged such that a shape formed by the reflective surfaces when viewed in plan is square; an angle θ2 is not less than 17° and not more than 73°, where the angle θ2 is an angle between the direction of polarization of the polarized light and a side of the shape formed by the reflective surfaces; the semiconductor light-emitting chip includes at least four semiconductor light-emitting chips; the at least four semiconductor light-emitting chips are arranged in a matrix such that directions of polarization of light from the at least four semiconductor light-emitting chips are identical; and D | 30,817 |
8,567,829 | 1. A safety device used together with a push-push latch device which latches a movable body to a main body at a fixed position of the main body by a push operation against an urging force of urging means and which allows a latching to be released by a next push operation, the safety device comprising: a circulation cam groove adapted to be provided in either the main body or the movable body and having a reciprocation groove portion, a latching guide groove portion, a returning guide groove portion, a return groove, and a latch groove portion; a responding member adapted to be provided in the other of the main body or the movable body and having a pin provided at one side thereof to trace the circulation cam groove and a balancer at the other side thereof; and an urging member disposed on the responding member to urge the responding member in a pull-in direction; wherein when the responding member receives a load, the responding member slides against an urging force of the urging member and the pin irreversibly moves from the reciprocation groove portion to the latch groove portion through the latching guide groove portion, so that even if the latching of the latch device is released due to the load, the movable body is retained in the fixed position. | 41,904 |
8,411,093 | 1. A discrete graphics system comprising: a GPU for executing 3D graphics instructions; a system chassis configured to house the GPU, wherein the system chassis comprises a power supply for powering the GPU independent of an external computer system; and a serial bus connector coupled to the GPU and the system chassis, wherein the serial bus connector is configured to removably connect the GPU to the external computer system housed in an external computer system chassis, and wherein the GPU accesses the external computer system via the serial bus connector to execute the 3D graphics instructions for the external computer system and results of execution of the 3D graphics instructions are sent back to the external computer system, and wherein the GPU is operable to drive a display coupled to the external computer system independent of a computer system GPU. | 33,984 |
9,003,964 | 1. An apparatus for forming bundles composed of printed products, comprising: a turntable presenting a support element defining a lower limit of a holding area that accommodates successively supplied printed products; at least one pressing element movable between an active position and an inactive position and defining an upper limit of the holding area when the at least one pressing element is in the active position; at least two side walls arranged at a distance to each other to delimit sides of the holding area; a lift including at least one lift element to move essentially vertically up and down inside the holding area between a lower position and an upper position, the printed products being deposited on the at least one lift element when the at least one lift element is in the upper position, the lift operating to initially move the deposited printed products downward into the holding area so that the printed products are in a position to subsequently be compressed into a bundle by pressing the printed products with an upward movement against the at least one pressing element in the active position, the lift further operating to transport the compressed bundle in the holding area to the lower position where the at least one lift element is moveable essentially horizontally at the lower position out of the holding area to a position in which the bundle is released to drop onto the support element, wherein the at least one lift element thereafter is moveable from the lower position to the upper position for the depositing of additional printed products; and at least one ejection element to convey the compressed bundle out of the holding area. | 22,040 |
9,710,273 | 1. An apparatus, comprising: a plurality of cores, each core including at least one respective core memory location, wherein the plurality of cores is configured to process a plurality of instructions while running in a normal operating mode in which access to the respective core memory locations of other cores of the plurality of cores is prevented; an inter-processor bus coupled to the plurality of cores; and circuitry coupled to the plurality of cores, wherein the circuitry is configured to: wherein the second core is configured to: wherein the third core is configured to resume processing the subset of the plurality of instructions dependent upon the data. | 27,320 |
8,441,197 | 1. A method of striking a gas discharge lamp comprising the steps of: generating a high-frequency square-wave voltage having an operating frequency; generating a sinusoidal voltage from the high-frequency square-wave voltage; coupling the sinusoidal voltage to the lamp; controlling the amplitude of the sinusoidal voltage to a low-end amplitude; and periodically increasing the amplitude of the sinusoidal voltage above the low-end amplitude during successive pulse times and then decreasing the amplitude of the sinusoidal voltage towards the low-end amplitude at the end of each of the successive pulse times, the length of each of the successive pulse times being greater than the length of the previous pulse time, until the lamp has struck. | 35,135 |
9,236,635 | 1. A nonaqueous electrolytic solution of an electrolyte salt dissolved in a nonaqueous solvent, which comprises from 0.001 to 10% by mass of a compound of formula (I): wherein Y is a group —C(═O)— or a group —S(═O) R R is —C(R R L is a divalent linking group having from 1 to 6 carbon atoms and optionally substituted with a halogen atom. | 31,479 |
9,719,856 | 1. A spectral imaging system, comprising: an optical element configured to receive electromagnetic energy of a two-dimensional scene; a filter configured to provide a plurality of spectral filter profiles, and to transmit multiple spectral wavebands of the electromagnetic energy substantially simultaneously through at least one of the plurality of spectral profiles; a detector configured to measure intensities of the multiple spectral wavebands transmitted through the at least one spectral profile; and a processor configured to generate a spectral image of the scene based on the measured intensities, wherein the processor is configured to reduce errors in the spectral image based on a ratio between two or more of the measured intensities, and to obtain the ratio based on spatial correlations in the spectral image. | 12,982 |
8,709,669 | 1. A method for controlling a fuel cell system for vehicles which comprises a stack comprising a plurality of unit cells for generating electrical energy by electrochemical reaction of a fuel and an oxidizing agent, a blower for recirculating a gas exhausted from the stack so as to supply the gas back to the stack, and an ejector for recirculating the gas exhausted from the stack, receiving hydrogen so as to mix the hydrogen to the recirculated gas, and supplying a mixture to the stack, the method comprising: detecting a driving condition of the vehicle; calculating a recirculated hydrogen amount by using the driving condition of the vehicle and a performance map of the blower and a performance map of the ejector; calculating a stoichiometric ratio (SR) of the hydrogen in the stack; comparing the SR of the hydrogen in the stack with a value; and increasing the recirculated hydrogen amount if the SR of the hydrogen in the stack is smaller than the value, wherein the performance map of the blower stores a first recirculated hydrogen amount based on a pressure difference between an inlet and an outlet of the stack and a blower RPM, and the performance map of the ejector stores a second recirculated hydrogen amount based on the pressure difference between the inlet and the outlet of the stack and a hydrogen amount supplied to the ejector. | 23,277 |
9,114,805 | 1. An engine startup system that is applied to a hybrid vehicle in which an engine is linked via a clutch to a power transmission path that outputs drive force for propulsion and in which also an electric motor is linked to the power transmission path comprising an electronic control unit configured to start up the engine by employing the torque of the electric motor when a startup request for the engine is issued during a propulsion mode in which the engine is stopped, engage the clutch so that torque after starting of the engine is transmitted to the power transmission path, perform semi-engagement operation of engaging the clutch while slipping it in order to crank the engine and disengagement operation of disengaging the clutch after cranking of the engine has started, and change the start timing of the disengagement operation according to required drive force. | 1,032 |
8,532,387 | 1. A method, comprising: obtaining one or more strokes indicating intended directions of flow for an instance of a directional texture element, the directional texture element comprising a texture that has a directional flow characteristic; generating one or more orientation maps from the intended directions of flow indicated by the one or more strokes; synthesizing a low-frequency component for the directional texture element instance according to the one or more orientation maps by mapping one or more orientation angles indicated by the one or more orientation maps to a lighting response function modified according to a geometric shape; synthesizing a high-frequency component for the directional texture element instance according to the one or more orientation maps; and combining the low-frequency component and the high-frequency component to generate the directional texture element instance. | 32,786 |
9,461,026 | 1. A method of fabricating a composite semiconductor structure, the method comprising: providing a first substrate having a device surface and one or more semiconductor devices thereon; providing a second substrate having epitaxial compound semiconductor materials; dicing the second substrate to provide a plurality of compound semiconductor seed dies; bonding at least one of the plurality of compound semiconductor seed dies to the first substrate to form the composite semiconductor structure; and growing epitaxial compound semiconductor layers on the at least one of the plurality of compound semiconductor seed dies. | 5,006 |
8,420,872 | 1. A process for preparing a fluorine-containing propene represented by the chemical formula CF 3 CF═CX 1 X 2 , wherein X 1 is a hydrogen atom or a chlorine atom, and X 2 is a fluorine atom, a chlorine atom, or a hydrogen atom; the process comprising the step of reacting at least one halogenated propene selected from the group consisting of CF wherein the fluorine-containing propene obtained by the process is CF the fluorine-containing propene obtained by the process is CF | 12,726 |
8,881,722 | 1. A handheld sedation system comprising: a handheld first gas container including a therapeutic amount of anesthetic gas; a handheld second gas container including oxygen; a handheld, self-contained, scavenging third gas container, including a negative pressure, to couple to a mask; and a fourth container that includes the first, second, and third gas containers; wherein the handheld system is configured to (i) deliver the oxygen and the anesthetic gas to a patient; and (ii) scavenge waste gas from the patient by recovering, via the negative pressure, the waste gas into the third gas container. | 22,913 |
9,502,598 | 1. A monolithic multiple solar cell comprising essentially of elements of the 3rd and 5th main groups of the periodic table, wherein the multiple solar cell comprises at least three partial cells, wherein one of the partial cells of the multiple solar cell is from the GaInNAs group, and a semiconductor mirror is arranged between two partial cells, the semiconductor mirror being integrated below the GaInNAs partial cell, wherein the semiconductor mirror has multiple layers with different refraction indices and/or material compositions and/or thicknesses, wherein the thickness of the layers of the semiconductor mirror is 10 nm≦d≦150 nm, wherein the semiconductor mirror comprises n layers with 10≦n≦50, a half-width value of the semiconductor mirror being 50 nm≦HWB≦300 nm, and wherein the semiconductor mirror has a higher reflection degree in one part of a spectral absorption range of the partial cell or partial cells arranged above the semiconductor mirror and has a higher transmission degree in the spectral absorption range of the partial cell or partial cells arranged below the semiconductor mirror. | 19,945 |
9,675,958 | 1. A metal-organic framework composite comprising a host metal-organic framework and nano metal-organic frameworks embedded in the host metal-organic framework, the host metal-organic framework and the nano metal-organic frameworks being represented by Formulae 1 and 2, respectively: wherein M1 and M2 are different from each other and are each independently selected from Cu, Fe, Cr, Zn, Al, Mg, Nis Eu, Gd, and Tb, L1G1 and L1G2 are different from each other and are each independently selected from BDC, BTC, BTB, BBC, BTE, BHEHPI, TATB, TPBTM, BTP, BTEI, BTTI, TTEI, BTETCA, BNETPI, BHEI, DOT, ATC, DCDPBN, ImDC, DPBPyDC, PPy, THBTS, ADB, and BPP34C10DA, x1 is an integer from 1 to 6, x2 is an integer from 1 to 6, z1 is an integer from 1 to 4, z2 is an integer from 0 to 4, y1 is an integer from 1 to 6, and y2 is an integer from 1 to 6. | 49,889 |
9,619,003 | 1. A communication system comprising: a plurality of communication buses; a plurality of communication devices connected to any one of the plurality of communication buses, and one communication device of the plurality of communication devices transmitting/receiving an information group of one or more pieces of information to/from one communication bus of the plurality of communication buses; a relay device that relays information between different communication buses, the relay device including: a power supply control device performing power supply control of one or a plurality of devices being connected, wherein: the communication control part transmits information created by the creating part from a specified communication part among the plurality of communication parts, and the power supply control device is connected to the specified communication part of the relay device for performing power supply control based on information transmitted from the relay device. | 3,126 |
9,318,641 | 1. A method of forming an etch mask, comprising: depositing a solder film comprising at least one of tin, lead and antimony on a substrate layer; and annealing an entirety of the solder film to form islands of microscale width being greater than 1 micron from the solder film, wherein the annealing includes controlling a density of the islands in accordance with a temperature and duration of the annealing, the annealing being performed at temperatures less than 200 degrees Celsius. | 26,433 |
8,716,495 | 1. A process for preparing a compound according to formula (1), or tautomer, or salt thereof, wherein R1 is hydrogen or a nitrogen protecting group comprising the following steps: a) providing a compound according to formula (4), or tautomer, or salt thereof, wherein R1 is hydrogen or a nitrogen protecting group and R4 is a CO-activating group, b) reacting the compound according to formula (4), or salt thereof, or tautomer, with a biphenylic compound to obtain a compound according to formula (5), or tautomer, or salt thereof, wherein R1 is hydrogen or a nitrogen protecting group and c) reducing a compound according to formula (5), or tautomer, or salt thereof, to obtain a compound according to formula (1), or tautomer, or salt thereof. | 18,502 |
8,351,523 | 1. A radio communication device for receiving a single-carrier signal transmitted in a partial spectrum of Nyquist frequency band, comprising: an interference eliminator for eliminating interference from a received signal by spectrum reproduction of non-transmitted spectra using a symbol replica, to output an interference eliminated signal, wherein the interference includes intersymbol interference which is caused by symbols which are more than a predetermined distance away from a decision symbol point; a symbol sequence estimator for estimating a transmission symbol sequence by separating nearby intersymbol interference within the predetermined distance of the decision symbol point based on the interference eliminated signal, to output a decision signal; and a replica generator for generating the symbol replica from decoding result of the decision signal, wherein the symbol replica is fed back to the frequency-domain interference eliminator. | 14,998 |
8,432,711 | 1. A power converter, comprising: an energy-transfer reactance comprising at least one inductor, and operating at a primary AC magnetic field frequency which is less than half of the reactance's resonant frequency; a link switch, connected across said reactance in a crowbar configuration which includes a resistance element which is connected to dissipate energy stored in said reactance when said link switch is on; an input switch array configured to drive AC current through said reactance; and an output network switch array connected to extract energy from said reactance; wherein said input switch array performs at least two drive operations, in the same direction but from different sources, during a single half-cycle of said reactance; wherein said energy-transfer reactance comprises an inductor paralleled with a capacitor; and wherein, when said link switch is on, said switch arrays are connected to totally disconnect said reactance from a power input and a power output of the converter. | 29,905 |
9,663,263 | 1. An emptying device for storage containers of granular materials provided with an access opening, the emptying device comprising: at least one support body configured to house a storage container; at least one suction head configured to move from a rest position to an operative position in which the at least one suction head is arranged at least near a granular material to be sucked from the storage container; two or more lifting groups coupled to said support body and configured to grasp and lift an access opening of the storage container; moving elements of said lifting groups configured to move at least one first of said lifting groups with independent movements with respect to at least one second of said lifting groups; and at least one control device of said moving elements to automate said movements of said lifting groups according to predetermined sequences so as to move independently distinct portions of the storage container and convey the granular material towards said suction head. | 37,068 |
8,763,682 | 1. A heat exchanger comprising: a source of circulation cooling fluid; a water condensing element in contact with the source of circulation cooling fluid, the water condensing element having a water condensing surface; a hydrophilic antimicrobial coating on the water condensing surface, the hydrophilic antimicrobial coating comprising: a first layer of silver formed on the water condensing surface; a second layer of crosslinked, silicon-based macromolecular structure of a thickness of about 10 nm which does not prevent the antimicrobial activity of the layer of silver, formed on the first layer and bonded directly to the silver forming the first layer; and a hydroxide-terminated surface formed on the second layer and providing a hydrophilic surface with an equilibrium water contact angle of less than 10°. | 8,018 |
8,853,382 | 1. An expression cassette comprising at least one polynucleotide sequence wherein said polynucleotide sequence is selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:23, SEQ ID NO:24, SEQ ID NO:25, SEQ ID NO:26, and SEQ ID NO:27. | 24,534 |
9,415,181 | 1. A face mask, comprising: a deformable rim for engaging and forming a seal between the rim and a patient's face when the rim is pressed against the patients face in position over the mouth and nose; and a dome connected to the rim and forming an enclosed air space when the rim is pressed against the patient's face, the dome having a connection port and a contoured outer surface adjacent the connection port, the contoured outer surface having a pair of crossed composite recesses that intersect each other along a central axis (A | 18,228 |
9,492,445 | 1. A composition comprising a compound of formula III wherein A wherein at least 99.6% of the compound of formula III is in the R configuration; wherein the compound of formula III is contained within a package that is substantially free of tungsten; wherein the composition is substantially free of tungsten; and wherein the composition comprises less than 190 ppm of a compound of formula II wherein X − is an anion of a Brønsted acid. | 34,992 |
9,450,513 | 1. A control, circuit for controlling an inverter circuit that is included in one of a plurality of inverter devices that are connected in parallel in an electric power system and are not in a master-slave relationship, the control circuit comprising: a target parameter control unit for generating a compensation value for controlling a predetermined target parameter to be a target value; a cooperative correction value generation unit for generating a correction value for cooperating with another of the plurality of inverter devices; a PWM signal generation unit for generating a PWM signal based at least on a correction compensation value obtained by adding the correction value to the compensation value; a weighting unit for weighting the correction compensation value; and a communication unit for communicating with a predetermined number of other inverter devices, wherein the communication unit transmits the weighted correction compensation value to the predetermined number of other inverter devices, and the cooperative correction value generation unit generates the correction value, using an operation result that is based on the weighted correction compensation value and a reception compensation value that is received by the communication unit from each of the predetermined number of other inverter devices. | 8,283 |
9,663,390 | 1. A method of reducing the odor released by a wastewater treatment system while preserving the vitality of wastewater-treating and waste-consuming microorganisms within the system, the method comprising the steps of: continuously adding to a process flow of water a composition in an amount such that it is in excess of the SRP PAA demand but is below the aerobic PAA demand, detecting a sudden surge in nutrient content in the process flow of water, in response to the detected surge adding an effective amount of Fenton's Reagent to the flow, wherein the composition comprises at least one peroxy acid. | 42,730 |
8,881,537 | 1. A heat generator ( 1 , 10 ) comprising: at least one thermal module ( a common distribution chamber ( a magnetic arrangement of the heat generator ( circulation of the heat transfer fluid through the magnetocaloric elements ( wherein the circulation means ( | 44,962 |
9,308,753 | 1. An inkjet recording method comprising, in order, as step a an application step of providing an undercoat layer by applying an undercoat composition onto a recording medium, as step b an image formation step of forming an image by discharging an ink composition onto the undercoat layer, as step c a curing step of irradiating the undercoat layer and the ink composition with actinic radiation so as to carry out curing, the undercoat composition comprising an isocyanate group-containing compound, a radically polymerizable monomer, and a radical polymerization initiator, and the ink composition comprising a radically polymerizable monomer, a radical polymerization initiator, and a colorant. | 22,727 |
8,949,004 | 1. A control system for an internal combustion engine that includes an EGR passage connected to an intake passage and an exhaust passage, and is provided with an EGR device for recirculating part of exhaust gases which are exhausted to the exhaust passage, as EGR gas, via the EGR passage to the intake passage, comprising: a throttle valve provided on a downstream side of a connecting portion of the intake passage to the EGR passage, for controlling an amount of intake air flowing through the intake passage; a bypass passage connected to an upstream side of the connecting portion of the intake passage to the EGR passage, and to a downstream side of the throttle valve in the intake passage; an auxiliary intake air amount control valve provided in the bypass passage, for controlling an auxiliary intake air amount which is an amount of fresh air supplied to a combustion chamber of the engine via the bypass passage; operation state-detecting means for detecting an operation state of the engine; target auxiliary intake air amount-calculating means for calculating a target auxiliary intake air amount which is necessary for avoiding misfiring of the engine, by supplying only the auxiliary intake air amount to the combustion chamber, according to the detected operation state of the engine; target intake air amount-calculating means for calculating a target intake air amount which is a target value of an amount of intake air supplied to the combustion chamber, according to the operation state of the engine; misfire determination means for determining whether or not the engine misfires; and control means for executing, when the engine is in the decelerating operation state and it is determined that the engine misfires, misfire avoidance control for controlling the auxiliary intake air amount control valve to be more opened such that the auxiliary intake air amount becomes the calculated target auxiliary intake air amount, and controlling the throttle valve to be more closed such that the amount of intake air supplied to the combustion chamber becomes the calculated target intake air amount. | 1,183 |
9,038,383 | 1. A method of operating a turbocharger disposed in a turbocharger housing, comprising: directing exhaust flow from an engine through a turbine, thereby to rotate the turbine; mechanically coupling a compressor to the turbine so that the compressor rotates with the turbine and forms the turbocharger, the compressor being disposed in an air intake and configured to receive air from atmosphere and provide compressed air to the engine; providing a rotatable flywheel in a flywheel housing that is separate and spaced from the turbocharger housing; determining an actual turbocharger speed; determining an actual flywheel speed; and selectively mechanically coupling the flywheel to the turbocharger based on the actual turbocharger speed and the actual flywheel speed based on: | 4,891 |
9,208,396 | 1. An image processing device for generating combined image data using multi-viewpoint image data including image data acquired with different focal lengths, the image processing device comprising: a resolution converting unit configured to perform resolution conversion for at least part of image data in multi-viewpoint image data in accordance with a focal length to be output; and an image combining unit configured to generate combined image data with the focal length to be output using the resolution-converted image data, wherein at least part of image data is image data acquired with a focal length shorter than the focal length to be output, and wherein the resolution converting unit performs resolution conversion accompanied by enlargement for the image data acquired with the shorter focal length. | 39,781 |
9,841,150 | 1. A wavelength conversion sheet comprising, a lamination of: a barrier film that comprises a barrier layer on one surface of a polyethylene terephthalate film, the polyethylene terephthalate film having an acid number smaller than about 25 inclusive; and, a phosphor layer that comprises quantum dots, wherein a plastic film is further adhered onto the barrier film by means of an acrylic resin tackifier. | 42,921 |
9,362,681 | 1. A receptacle connector comprising: an insulating housing having a mating cavity, the mating cavity having a first mating cavity and a second mating cavity communicating with each other, the insulating housing having a first mating tongue extending into the first mating cavity and a second mating tongue extending into the second mating cavity, the first and second mating tongues being parallel with each other, the insulating housing having a base portion located behind the mating tongue, the base portion having a lower wall, two side walls disposed at two sides of the mating cavity, a rear wall located in a rear side and connecting the two side walls and an accommodating room recessed forwardly from the rear wall, the base portion having a supporting wall located in a front of the accommodating room and being parallel to the rear wall and a plurality of terminal limiting slots recessed forwardly from the supporting wall; a plurality of conductive terminals, the conductive terminals having a plurality of first terminals secured in the first mating tongue and a plurality of second terminals secured in the second mating tongue, each the first and second terminals both having a connecting section extending along a vertical direction; a shielding shell surrounding the insulating housing; and a metallic plate fixed in the supporting wall, the connecting sections of the first terminals and the connecting sections of the second terminals entirely separated by the metallic plate, the side walls of the insulating housing defining abdicating slots recessed forwardly from rear sides thereof, the metallic plate formed with hooked shrapnels fixed in the abdicating slots and partly protruding out of the side walls and elastically contacting with the shielding shell, wherein the insulating housing has a first body portion received in the first mating cavity from which the first mating tongue extends forwardly into a front of the mating cavity, the metallic plate has a top portion located below the first body portion, wherein the conductive terminals have five first terminals and four second terminals, the connecting sections of the first terminals are arranged in one row, the connecting sections of the second terminals are averaged in two rows parallel with each other along a front-to-back direction. | 21,201 |
9,615,584 | 1. A microbial formulation comprising a bacterial mixture of Ensifer meliloti FD, Rhizobium trifolii FD, Azorhizobium caulinodans KN, Rhizobium RLG1 , Azorhizobium sp. RLG2 , Azorhizobium sp. RLG3 , Rhizobium sp. RLG4 , Rhizobium sp. RLG5 , Rhizobium sp. RLG6 , Azorhizobium RLG7 , Rhizobium sp. RLG8 , Azorhizobium sp. RLG9 , Rhizobium sp. RLG10, and Rhizobium sp. RLG11 having N.R.R.L accession number B-50215 and a carrier. | 20,529 |
9,387,866 | 1. A method for controlling of a movement of a train to a stop at a stopping position between a first position and a second position, comprising: determining constraints of a velocity of the train with respect to a position of the train forming a feasible area for a state of the train during the movement, such that an upper curve bounding the feasible area has a zero velocity only at the second position, and a lower curve bounding the feasible region has a zero velocity only at the first position; determining a control invariant subset of the feasible region, wherein for each state within the control invariant subset there is at least one control action maintaining the state of the train within the control invariant subset; and controlling the movement of the train subject to the constraints by selecting a control action maintaining the state of the train within the control invariant subset of the feasible region, wherein the steps of the method are performed by a processor. | 25,043 |
9,541,666 | 1. An electromagnetic logging while drilling tool comprising: first and second logging while drilling subs, the first sub including a first transmitter and a first receiver axially spaced apart from one another; the second sub including a second transmitter and a second receiver axially spaced apart from one another; each of the first and second transmitters and first and second receivers including an axial antenna and collocated first and second transverse antennas; and the first and second transverse antennas in the first receiver being rotationally offset by a predefined angle from the first and second transverse antennas in the first transmitter wherein the first and second subs are rotationally offset from one another by an arbitrary angle such that the first and second transverse antennas in the second transmitter are rotationally offset from the first and second transverse antennas in the first transmitter. | 16,263 |
9,135,998 | 1. A method for reading a memory device having a plurality of pages of memory cells, the method comprising: reading a first page of memory cells and flag data from a set of flag memory cells, wherein the flag data indicates whether an adjacent page of memory cells to the first page is programmed; and determining from the flag data whether to re-read the first page of memory cells with an adjusted read voltage; wherein the memory cells of the set of flag memory cells that store the flag data that indicates whether the adjacent page of memory cells to the first page is programmed are different than the memory cells of the adjacent page of memory cells and are coupled to a different data line than the memory cells of the adjacent page of memory cells. | 38,239 |
9,172,944 | 1. An image processing device comprising: a phase difference detection section detecting, on each of a plurality of parallax images obtained through shooting from a plurality of respective view point directions different from one another, a phase difference between the parallax images as a measured parallax magnitude, the measured parallax magnitude being a function of a focal length of an image-pickup lens and a subject distance; and a parallax control processing section performing an image processing for modifying the previously measured parallax magnitude, a parallax magnitude adjustment factor being based on the focal length of the image-pickup lens and the subject distance, wherein the parallax magnitude adjustment factor is set such that any changes in the measured parallax magnitude that are due to either a change in the focal length of the image-pickup lens or a change in the subject distance are eliminated. | 26,167 |
8,414,335 | 1. A USB port plugged into a USB Series A female socket of a computer and comprising: a support pad with a first surface and a second surface wherein the first surface and the second surface are provided with a plurality of metal contacts and a plurality of metal contacts respectively; the metal contacts and the metal contacts sink into the first surface and the second surface respectively; and the metal contacts installed on the first surface correspond to the metal contacts; wherein the support pad is a folding structure having a first folding section and a second folding section, and the metal contacts are distributed on a first surface of the first folding section and on a first surface of the second folding section; and wherein the metal contacts are distributed on a second surface of the first folding section and on a second surface of the second folding section. | 6,972 |
9,095,448 | 1. A method of aligning an alignment guide relative to a reamed acetabulum of a patient, the patient being positioned on an operating table and having a long axis, comprising the steps of: manipulating an alignment guide comprising a shaft having a longitudinal axis, a distal end, a guide arm having a housing, a first portion, a second portion and a third portion, the first portion attached to the housing and extending therefrom along a first axis substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, the second portion extending from the first portion at a first predetermined angle along a second axis, and the third portion extending from the second portion at a second predetermined angle; attaching a cup or trial to the distal end of the shaft; contacting the cup or trial with the reamed acetabulum; while maintaining contact between the cup or trial and the reamed acetabulum, adjusting the position of the alignment guide such that the third portion of the guide arm i) is substantially parallel to the top surface of the operating table, when viewed from the side of the table, and ii) is substantially parallel to the long axis of the patient; and wherein as the position of the alignment guide is rotated to correct for the version angle, the inclination angle is maintained; and wherein the housing includes a base attached to the shaft, and a plate rotatable about the first axis relative to the base, the first portion being attached to the plate and the base has an inner surface, and further comprising a ratchet disposed at least partially within the base, the ratchet configured to act against the inner surface of the base, the ratchet including a first ratchet portion having a first outer surface configured to act against the inner surface of the base, a second ratchet portion having a second outer surface configured to act against the inner surface of the base, and at least one spring disposed between the first ratchet portion and the second ratchet portion and wherein the first ratchet portion has an inner surface and a pin extending from the inner surface configured to be attached to the at least one spring. | 33,476 |
9,025,316 | 1. An electrical component, comprising an inkjet-printed electrode on a flexible substrate, said electrode including a plurality of overlapping dot-like structures which include graphene flakes, at least some of said graphene flakes having oxygen-containing functional groups. | 42,083 |
9,206,817 | 1. A centrifugal blower comprising a multi-blade fan comprised of a plurality of blades arranged in a circumferential direction at fixed intervals to form a fan wheel and an air inlet provided upward in an axial direction of the fan wheel, the plurality of blades having an outlet angle of the multi-blade fan in the range of an angle of 20° to 75° and having a fan wheel diameter in the range of 0.05 to 0.15D when an outside diameter of the multi-blade fan is D, and with a scroll chamber surrounded, around the multi-blade fan, by a spiral shaped casing which has an expansion angle of the spiral of an angular range of 2° to 6° from a spiral start part as a start point, the spiral shaped scroll chamber having a chamber bottom part of the scroll chamber which gradually expands downward in the axial direction together with the expansion of the spiral and having a flow area which gradually increases toward the air outlet from the spiral start part, a backflow prevention rib being arranged in the scroll chamber at a top end of the fan outlet and with an angle formed from the spiral start part to the circumferential direction centered at the axis of the fan wheel of 0° to 45° in range, a maximum width of the backflow prevention rib being made 0.1h the backflow prevention rib being spaced a predetermined distance from the fan outlet; and a radially cut cross-section of the back flow prevention rib having a wider portion toward the to end of the fan outlet in the axial direction; wherein the backflow prevention rib has a triangular cross-section, a first side of the triangular cross-section being parallel to a scroll chamber to part and a second side of the triangular cross-section extending perpendicular to the first side; and the scroll chamber is defined by an inside wall and an outside wall of the spiral shaped casing, the outside wall is spaced from the inside wall in a direction away from the multi-blade fan and the second side of the triangular cross-section directly engages the inside wall. | 24,142 |
9,018,605 | 1. A nuclear fusion reactor first wall component provided with a stack successively comprising: a copper alloy element; an intermediate metal layer formed by niobium; and a beryllium element, directly in contact with the intermediate metal layer; wherein the stack comprises a mechanical stress-reducing layer made from copper and arranged between the intermediate metal layer and the copper alloy element; and wherein the stack comprises an additional intermediate layer formed by a nickel and copper alloy and arranged between the intermediate metal layer and the mechanical stress-reducing layer. | 46,113 |
8,676,181 | 1. A method for using an anonymous number associated with a mobile endpoint device in a communication network, comprising: establishing, by at least one processor in the communication network, a temporary anonymous number service for a vendor; receiving, by the at least one processor, a request from the mobile endpoint device having a mobile number, for a first temporary anonymous number, wherein the request is directed to the temporary anonymous number service, wherein the vendor bears a cost for the temporary anonymous number service; assigning, by the at least one processor, the first temporary anonymous number to the mobile endpoint device, wherein the assigning is in response to the request for the first temporary anonymous number from the mobile endpoint device to the temporary anonymous number service; receiving, by the at least one processor, a request from the vendor for location information for the mobile endpoint device in accordance with the first temporary anonymous number; providing, by the at least one processor, the location information for the mobile endpoint device to the vendor when the first temporary anonymous number has not expired; receiving, by the at least one processor, a call request from the vendor to reach the mobile endpoint device in accordance with the first temporary anonymous number, wherein the vendor is not provided with the mobile number; and forwarding, by the at least one processor, the call request to the mobile endpoint device when the first temporary anonymous number has not expired, wherein the forwarding the call request comprises mapping the first temporary anonymous number to the mobile number in a database. | 32,865 |
9,601,279 | 1. An electrolyte solution comprising: a nitrile compound; and a quaternary ammonium salt, the electrolyte solution having a potassium ion content of less than 10 ppm, a moisture content of 20 ppm or less, a tertiary amine content of 30 ppm or less, a heterocyclic compound content of 30 ppm or less, and an ammonia content of 20 ppm or less. | 27,528 |
9,524,775 | 1. A correlation detector comprising: an input unit configured to receive a plurality of parallel data streams of discrete events; a memory array comprising a plurality of resistive memory elements, wherein at least one of the resistive memory elements is allocated to each of the data streams; a programming array comprising a plurality of programming elements, wherein at least one of the programming elements is allocated to each resistive memory element for applying a programming signal to the respective memory element; a control unit configured to control the programming signals as a function of a co-arrival characteristic of the discrete events; a correlation unit configured to detect correlations between the data streams based on resistance changes of the resistive memory elements. | 41,159 |
8,501,810 | 1. A method for improving feed uptake, increasing growth performance, increasing muscle meat gain, increasing meat quality or increasing reproduction performance in a livestock animal comprising: administering to the livestock animal a sufficient amount of a feed additive to improve the feed uptake, to increase the growth performance, to increase the muscle meat gain, to increase the meat quality or to increase the reproductive performance of the livestock animal as a part of a predominantly vegetarian diet for the livestock animal, wherein the feed additive comprises 0.01 to 100 g of guanidinoacetic acid or a salt thereof per kg of feed. | 44,756 |
9,544,110 | 1. A method for receiving a user equipment (UE) specific reference signal based-downlink data channel at a UE in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving, by the UE, one or more configurations including information on a certain reference signal which is assumed to be quasi co-located with a UE-specific reference signal from a network via an upper layer; detecting, by the UE, scheduling information of the UE-specific reference signal based-downlink data channel from the network; and receiving, by the UE, specific reference signal based-downlink data channel from the network based on the scheduling information, wherein the scheduling information comprises an indicator indicating one of the one or more configurations, and wherein a large scale property for the UE-specific reference signal is obtained based on the certain reference signal which is assumed to be quasi co-located with the UE-specific reference signal. | 7,673 |
9,256,271 | 1. A predicative computer power management method based on user category comprising: creating a plurality of computer usage profiles for a plurality of computer users, based on their daily computer usages in a computer, wherein each of the plurality of computer users has a unique userID, and each of the plurality of computer usage profiles has a unique profileID; storing the plurality of computer usage profiles and the plurality of computer userIDs in a power management module; associating each of the plurality of computer users with at least one computer usage profile; and adjusting the CPU clock rate, CPU voltage, and device states to conserve energy based on a computer user and its associated computer usage profile when the computer user logs into the computer. | 44,913 |
8,395,414 | 1. A reconfigurable integrated circuit comprising: a plurality of zones, each zone of the plurality of zones comprising: a plurality of composite circuit elements, each composite circuit element comprising: a configurable circuit element circuit and an element interface and control circuit, the element interface and control circuit comprising an input queue and an output queue; a plurality of cluster queues, each cluster queue comprising an element interface and control having an input queue and an output queue; and a first full interconnect bus coupling every output queue within the zone to every input queue within the zone; wherein any data operation performed by a composite circuit element, any data word transfer through a cluster queue, and any data word transfer over the first full interconnect bus, is completed within a predetermined unit time delay which is independent of application placement and application data routing. | 34,799 |
9,251,933 | 1. A combination, comprising: a superconducting joint comprising a cup or clamp joining superconducting wires in the cup or clamp, the wires each comprising superconducting filaments electrically joined together and tails of the superconducting wires being parts of the wires leading to the joint; a cooling surface comprising a thermally and electrically conductive material external to and spaced from the superconducting joint cup or clamp; an electrically isolating surface coating provided on the cooling surface; the superconducting joint, the surface coating and the cooling surface being in thermal contact; the superconducting joint being electrically isolated from the cooling surface by the surface coating; the cooling surface being a cryogen pipe; the electrically isolating surface coating being provided on a surface of the cryogen pipe serving as the cooling surface; and the tails being wrapped around the electrically isolating surface coating and thermally cooling the joint by providing a thermal conductive path between the cooling surface and the joint. | 29,519 |
8,650,461 | 1. An apparatus, comprising: one or more memory blocks; a host interface configured to receive data from a host processor; a processor coupled to the host interface unit and a memory interface unit, wherein the processor is configured to: select a first over-provisioning ratio; initialize at least one of the one or more memory blocks; and a memory interface unit coupled to each memory block of the one or more memory blocks, wherein the memory interface unit is configured to store a first portion of the received data in at least one of the one or more memory blocks dependent upon the first over-provisioning ratio; wherein the processor is further configured to: wherein the memory interface unit is further configured to store a second portion of the received data in at least one of the one or more memory blocks dependent upon the second over-provisioning ratio; and an Error Correction Code (ECC) unit, wherein the ECC unit is configured to encode the received data with an ECC; wherein to encode the received data with the ECC, the ECC unit is further configured to select an ECC redundancy level. | 6,934 |
8,930,255 | 1. An apparatus comprising: at least one processor; and at least one memory storing instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, direct the at least one processor to perform a method comprising: | 31,852 |
8,844,366 | 1. A testing instrument for mechanical testing at a one or more of nano or micron scale comprising: a transducer body; a coupling shaft; a probe tip coupled with the coupling shaft; and a capacitor housed within the transducer body, the capacitor includes: | 28,894 |
8,806,299 | 1. A storage drive comprising: a non-volatile semiconductor memory; an interface configured to receive a first plurality of data sectors transmitted from a host to the storage drive; a compression module configured to compress the first plurality of data sectors to generate a second plurality of data sectors, wherein lengths of the second plurality of data sectors vary, and wherein the second plurality of data sectors comprise a first data sector and a second data sector; a first sector module configured to generate a third plurality of data sectors by adding nuisance data to (i) the second plurality of data sectors, or (ii) an encrypted version of the second plurality of data sectors, wherein lengths of the third plurality of data sectors do not vary, and wherein the first sector module combines the first data sector and the second data sector of the second plurality of data sectors to generate one of the third plurality of data sectors; and a control module configured to store the third plurality of data sectors in the non-volatile semiconductor memory. | 45,629 |
9,131,648 | 1. A recombinant expression vector, comprising at least one nucleic acid sequence that encodes a polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2, or a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence that is at least 99%, 98%, 97%, 96%, or 95% identical to SEQ ID NO: 2, the at least one nucleic acid sequence in operative association with transcriptional and translational regulatory regions or sequences suitable to provide for expression of the encoded polypeptide in a host cell, wherein the encoded polypeptide comprises a NADH-binding domain having a lysine residue corresponding to amino acid position 133 of SEQ ID NO: 2, and the encoded polypeptide converts p-coumaryl or coniferyl alcohol esters into chavicol, eugenol, or estragole. | 28,065 |
8,753,781 | 1. A fuel provision system, comprising: a hydrogen container for the storage and refill of hydrogen; an oxygen container for the storage and refill of oxygen; a first pressure adjustment device connected to said hydrogen and oxygen containers for adjusting the pressure and flow of output hydrogen and oxygen from said hydrogen and oxygen containers; a second pressure adjustment device connected to said hydrogen and oxygen containers for adjusting the pressure and flow of output hydrogen and oxygen from said hydrogen and oxygen containers; a combustion engine connected to said first pressure adjustment device to receive hydrogen and oxygen, said combustion engine being powered by igniting received hydrogen and oxygen; a generator connected to and driven by said combustion engine to produce electricity; a battery connected to said generator for the storage of electricity produced by said generator; a fuel cell connected to said second pressure adjustment device to receive hydrogen and oxygen, and to produce electricity by chemical reaction; a water tank connected to said combustion engine and said fuel cell for the storage of water produced by said combustion engine and said fuel cell; an electrolytic tank connected to said water tank, said battery, and said fuel cell, said electrolytic tank electrolyzing water from said water tank by electricity from said battery or said fuel cell into hydrogen and oxygen; an exchange membrane connected to said electrolytic tank and said water tank, said exchange membrane purifying and separating hydrogen and oxygen from said electrolytic tank, and recycling water back to said water tank; a first pressurizing device connected to said exchange membrane and said oxygen container so that separated oxygen is pressurized and stored in said oxygen container; and a second pressurizing device connected to said exchange membrane and said hydrogen container so that separated hydrogen is pressurized and stored in said hydrogen container. | 9,357 |
8,437,332 | 1. A method of wireless communication, comprising: receiving a control channel signal including ACK/NACK signaling from a UE on a control channel; matching the control channel signal with a base sequence to generate a matched signal from the control channel signal; translating the matched signal to a time-domain representation; identifying a set of tap locations in the time-domain representation which correspond to a signal associated with the UE; determining unused tap locations based at least in part on the identified set of tap locations; and generating a noise and/or interference estimate based at least in part on determined unused tap locations. | 40,480 |
8,767,397 | 1. A computer system, comprising: a first computer housing, which holds at least one computer component therein; a second part which is separable from said first computer housing; where said second part includes a nonvolatile memory that is read by said at least one computer component in said first computer housing, said nonvolatile memory storing personal style information within the nonvolatile memory defining aspects of a display that are personal to a user, and where said second part can be moved between computers, where the personal style information includes at least information about at least fonts and colors that are stylized according to user parameters, and where information indicative of the personal style information is used by an attached computer to which the second part is attached. | 43,423 |
8,525,371 | 1. A discharge control apparatus included in a power conversion system that comprises a DC power source outputting DC power; power conversion circuit provided with a series-connected switching element including a high-side switching element and a low-side switching element for converting the DC power into a predetermined type of power to be used by an electric device; a capacitor connected between the DC power source and the power conversion circuit; a switching circuit adapted to switch a conduction path between the DC power source and, the power conversion circuit and the capacitor, to be opened or closed; and first monitoring means for monitoring a state of the switching elements and outputting a signal concerning the state of the switching elements while the power conversion circuit is converting the DC power into the predetermined power, the discharge control apparatus comprising: discharge control means for controlling a charging voltage of the capacitor to be less than or equal to a predetermined voltage such that when the conduction path is opened by the switching circuit, both of the high-side switching element and the low-side switching element are operated to be turned on whereby both electrodes of the capacitor are short-circuit to discharge the capacitor; second monitoring means for monitoring the state of the switching elements and outputting the signal concerning the state of the switching elements, while the switching elements are operated in the same way as the discharge control means operates the switching elements; diagnostic means for diagnosing the switching elements and the discharge control means whether or not a fault occurs in the switching elements and the discharge control means based on the signals outputted by the first and second monitoring means; and transmitting means for transmitting the signals outputted from the first monitoring means and the second monitoring means to the diagnostic means, the first and second monitoring means and the diagnostic means being electrically isolated by the transmitting means. | 31,262 |
8,923,852 | 1. A method of selecting an access network by a wireless user equipment for provisioning of communication services, comprising: performing, at a convergence manager in the wireless user equipment, an evaluation of each of: a battery monitor that includes a strength of a battery in the user equipment; connectivity rules provided to the wireless user equipment from a network entity related to one or more of a plurality of access networks; connectivity rules provided to the wireless user equipment by a service provider related to one or more of the plurality of access networks; a user profile that specifies one or more user preference connectivity attributes selected by the user; available applications of the wireless user equipment; a respective link metrics indicator for each of the plurality of access networks; and application support capabilities of the plurality of access networks; and selecting, at the convergence manager in the wireless user equipment, the access network from the access networks based on results of the evaluation, performing a handover of the wireless user equipment to the access network selected at the convergence manager from another access network; wherein selection of the access network is performed by the user equipment for beginning active services with the selected access network or handover active services from another access network to the selected access network; determining that a battery level of the battery is below a predetermined threshold; and in response to determining that the battery is below a predetermined threshold, powering off all radios except those in connection with the access network, and further including shutting down all applications except any on-going cellular voice call. | 34,791 |
9,455,772 | 1. A method for communicating a sounding reference signal (SRS) in a communications system, comprising: receiving, by a transmission point (TP) in a network area of a network, a SRS from a user equipment (UE), wherein the SRS comprises a connection sequence and is transmitted over a channel opportunity associated with a group of UEs to which the UE belongs, a different connection sequence being assigned to each UE in the group of UEs, each of the different connection sequences being independent from the TPs in the network area, wherein the combination of the connection sequence in the SRS and the channel opportunity over which the SRS is received is used to uniquely identify the UE by TPs in the network area, and wherein the connection sequence in the SRS is independent of any of the TPs in the network area; and identifying, by the TP, the UE that transmitted the SRS based on the combination of the connection sequence carried by the SRS and the channel opportunity over which the SRS is transmitted. | 8,641 |
8,556,058 | 1. A device ( 1 ) for actuating a parking lock comprising an emergency release means, the device ( 1 ) for actuating the parking lock comprising: an electric actuator ( the actuator output element ( wherein the actuator output element ( | 26,470 |
9,850,328 | 1. A method for preparing a functionalized polymer, the method comprising the steps of: (i) polymerizing monomer to form a reactive polymer, and (ii) reacting the reactive polymer with an imine compound containing a heterocyclic group and a hydrocarbyloxy-substituted or silyloxy-substituted aryl group; where the imine compound containing a heterocyclic group and a hydrocarbyloxy-substituted or silyloxy-substituted aryl group is defined by the formula I: where Θ is a heterocyclic group, R 1 is a bond or a divalent organic group, R 2 is a hydrogen atom or a monovalent organic group, R 3 is a bond or divalent organic group, each R 4 is independently a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a monovalent organic group, a hydrocarbyloxy group, or a silyloxy group, or where two or more R 4 groups join to form a divalent, trivalent or tetravalent organic group, with the proviso that at least one R 4 is a hydrocarbyloxy or silyloxy group. | 41,336 |
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