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1. A system for exchanging a removable depleted battery from a battery-powered electric vehicle and replacing the depleted battery with a charged battery, the system comprising: a horizontal circular rotating carousel disposed around a circular central platform, the carousel supporting a plurality of radial rectangular...
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1. A computer-implemented method for resource management of a data processing system, the method comprising: receiving, via a programming interface, a request from a program to modify a resource budget assigned to the program, the resource budget specifying an amount of resources of the data processing system the progr...
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1. A ball pitching machine for propelling a ball, said ball pitching machine comprising: a frame; at least one wheel rotatably coupled to said frame for rotatably contacting the ball to propel the ball; a ball feeder tube having a first end spaced from said wheel for receiving the ball and defining a bore extending fro...
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1. A process for preparing glucaric acid or derivative thereof, the process comprising: reacting glucose with oxygen in the presence of a heterogeneous oxidation catalyst comprising a metal selected from the group consisting of Pd, Pt, and a combination thereof to convert at least a portion of the glucose to glucaric a...
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1. A photovoltaic (PV) system comprising: (a) a fiber optical waveguide including (b) one or more solar cells disposed at the exit port of the waveguide; (c) wherein the waveguide is configured to guide light to the one or more solar cells; and (d) wherein a cross-sectional area of the active core of the fiber optical ...
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1. A method of determining an angular position of a vehicle, comprising: detecting a first angular rate of rotation of the vehicle about a first axis of rotation using a first angular rate sensor mounted to the vehicle; detecting a second angular rate of rotation of the vehicle about a second axis of rotation using a s...
31,130
8,540,191
1. A device for holding an insulating blanket and for fastening systems in an aircraft, comprising: a base having two ends from each of which there extends an arm, one arm is a jointed arm that is jointed onto the base to be pivotable relative to the base, and at least one support configured to accommodate a system, wh...
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8,966,937
1. A process for the generation and separation of syngas comprising: a) generating a syngas from a first portion of methane-rich feedstock gas in a syngas generation unit, the syngas comprising hydrogen, carbon monoxide, and less than 2.3% methane; b) purifying the syngas by at least one treatment process to produce a ...
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1. A plasma display panel (PDP) display apparatus using glasses comprising a left-eye shutter and a right-eye shutter which alternately open and close in synchronization with a left-eye image and a right-eye image of a stereoscopic image, the PDP display apparatus comprising: a video processor which divides and outputs...
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1. A biosignal measurement device for measurement of a biosignal in a head, comprising: a support configured to attach to the head; a plurality of depressions in a surface of the support at first intervals; a plurality of electrodes in the plurality of depressions; a plurality of grooves at second intervals in a length...
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1. A snow guard for a photovoltaic array, comprising: (a) a main body, the main body having a support surface that sits on top of a photovoltaic module, an upwardly facing snow retaining projection, and a grasping portion that is receivable into a side groove in the photovoltaic module; (b) a clamp that slides against ...
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8,702,558
1. A planetary gear transmission unit ( 10 ) comprising: a ring gear ( the planet shafts being flexpin shafts ( each flexpin shaft ( each planet gear ( wherein the planet gears (
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1. A percutaneous suture management system for a suture disposed inside a body cavity having a portion of skin overlying the body cavity, comprising: an elongate tissue-penetrating member including a proximal end and a distal end opposing said proximal end, said distal end having a skin-piercing element configured to p...
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9,799,469
1. A light switch cover for converting a standard rocker light switch into a remote-controlled light switch, comprising: a wiper for engagement with a surface of the standard rocker switch and for causing actuation of the standard rocker switch as the wiper is moved across the surface of the standard rocker switch; a g...
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8,849,741
1. A system for determining an efficient solution to a constraint satisfaction problem (CSP), comprising: a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing executable computer program instructions comprising instructions for: a processor for executing the computer program instructions.
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1. A ceramic board having a first face and a second face, wherein the first face and the second face are substantially parallel opposed, the first face having integral fins, webs, grooves, ridges, channels corrugations or an integral regular or irregular arrangement of indentations or protrusions extending over at leas...
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9,135,872
1. A display device which displays images towards two or more different directions by supplying image signals to two or more pixels connected respectively to two or more scanning lines and two or more data lines, the device comprising: two or more pixel units each including neighboring pixels for displaying images resp...
43,469
8,840,569
1. A method of evaluating muscular physiological parameters of an athlete using a test, comprising: fastening a removable and electrically autonomous measurement device to a weight of known mass, said measurement device comprising a three-axis accelerometer; having said athlete move said measurement device and the weig...
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8,679,805
1. A method of preparing paraffins for transportation fuel or lubricating base oil using biomass, the method comprising the steps of: A) preparing C2-C7 volatile fatty acids or their salts by fermentation of biomass; B) producing a mixture of C3-C13 ketones from the volatile fatty acids or their salts of step A); and C...
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1. A gas purification apparatus configured to purify gas including COS, H 2 O, CO2, and H 2 S, the apparatus comprising: a COS treatment device comprising a COS conversion catalyst and configured to degrade COS in the gas by hydrolyzing; H a coal drying device configured to dry coal by removing moisture from the coal; ...
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9,739,036
1. A system for automatically controlling construction equipment, to which a joystick is applied, based on a joystick control, comprising: a hydraulic pump configured to discharge working fluid within a hydraulic tank and supply the working fluid to an actuator; the actuator configured to drive a construction work appa...
2,008
9,806,647
1. A control system for a linear electric motor comprising a stator having a plurality of stator coils and a rotor movable along the stator, wherein the control system is designed to control current sources of an energization device of a drive comprising the linear electric motor such that a current signal driving the ...
5,182
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1. A buck converter for converting an input voltage into an output voltage, the buck converter comprising: a first switch; a low-pass filter circuit comprising a controller for controlling the buck converter; wherein the controller is configured to: a third switch coupling an upper node of the second capacitor to an in...
856
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1. A safety system for a nuclear plant, the safety system comprising: a plurality of catalytic recombiner elements each for triggering a recombination reaction with oxygen upon hydrogen being entrained in onflowing gas flows of a gas medium; said recombiner elements being configured to act as ignition elements and to c...
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1. An array of vertically stacked tiers of non-volatile cross point memory cells, comprising: a plurality of horizontally oriented word lines within individual tiers of memory cells; a plurality of global bit lines having local bit line extensions extending through multiple of the tiers of memory cells; individual of t...
7,813
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1. A hot water supply system adapted to generate hot water to be supplied to a hot water destination, said hot water supply system comprising: a solar heater that absorbs solar heat and heats a heating medium with the absorbed solar heat; a cogeneration unit that has an internal combustion engine and a generator driven...
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1. A gasification-based multi-generation apparatus, comprising one or more of the following: an acid gas removal system configured to remove acidic contaminants from a raw syngas feed to thereby provide a treated syngas feed; and a gasification system configured to generate the raw syngas feed from a carbon-based feeds...
25,410
9,452,958
1. A process for producing a fluoroolefin of the following formula (6): CF 3 (CF 2 ) n CA=CHB, wherein one of A and B is F and the other is H, n is an integer of 0 to 2, with the proviso that n is 0 when a chlorine-containing alkene of the formula (5) is used as a starting material, the method comprising reacting, in a...
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8,419,074
1. A joint structure comprising a polygonal cylindrical tube member joined by butt welding to a flange surface of a flange having a through-hole of a substantially identical shape to the tube member, wherein at an end portion of the joined tube member, within substantially linear portions that constitute sides of the t...
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1. A method for discontinuous reception ‘DRX’, comprising: receiving a medium access control ‘MAC’ control element; responsive to receiving the MAC control element, determining whether a short DRX cycle is configured; and responsive to the determination, starting a short DRX timer associated with the short DRX cycle if...
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8,538,528
1. A method including: connecting at least one portion of a far-field radio-frequency (RF) first telemetry circuit in an implantable medical device to an energy source through a power connection module; detecting information included in a first predetermined wireless signal using a second circuit separate from the RF f...
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1. A combustion apparatus comprising: a heat-resistant container having an opening in its upper part; an air-holed saucer for fuel provided on the opening; a casting grating fitted onto the opening; a fire-extinguishing lid for opening or closing the opening; a joint integrated with the casting grating; a hinge for joi...
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9,388,432
1. A method of processing lignocellulosic biomass to lignin and to acetic acid or a salt of acetic acid, the method comprising: treating the lignocellulosic biomass to reduce its recalcitrance, producing treated biomass; saccharifying a first portion of the treated biomass with an enzyme or with acid, producing sacchar...
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1. A method for operating a micro-LED, comprising: individually controlling electric potential of a plurality of electrodes of the micro-LED, wherein the micro-LED comprises: wherein the electric potential of at least one of the electrodes is controlled to be V
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1. A kit for detecting dual gene expression of a Cypridina luciferase gene and a copepod luciferase gene incorporated into a mammalian cell, comprising: a a coelenterazine solution containing coelenterazine and at least one antioxidant, wherein the antioxidant is selected from the group consisting of ascorbic acid, an ...
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9,284,484
1. A process of synthesizing nanocrystals, the process comprising: preparing a mixture comprising a metal precursor, a non-metal precursor, a ligand compound, and an ionic liquid, in an organic solvent; and heating the mixture to trigger a reaction between the metal precursor and the non-metal precursor, thereby formin...
48,457
8,471,075
1. A process for producing ethanol, comprising: hydrogenating acetic acid in the presence of a catalyst comprising: wherein:
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1. A method of maintaining signal reception at a wireless mobile station receiver in a wireless broadcast network, the method comprising: the wireless mobile station receiver receiving an orthogonal frequency division multiplex (OFDM) signal from a first transmitter of a plurality of transmitters in the wireless broadc...
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9,590,555
1. A structure ( 10 ) of light display for vehicle traffic lane(s) of the type including at least one vertical support post ( 7 ), a substantially horizontal crossbar ( 3 ) fixed high to said at least one support post ( 7 ) and a variable-message light display panel ( 2 ) fixed to said crossbar, said display panel ( 2 ...
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1. A sound transducer comprising: a substrate having a first surface and a second surface, the first surface defining a first plane, the substrate having a cavity with an interior peripheral edge, the cavity extending from the first surface; a body having an exterior peripheral edge, the body being parallel to the firs...
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8,664,292
1. An article comprising a porous support material and a composition disposed therein, the composition comprising a cured polymeric matrix and an active liquid, wherein said active liquid is immobilized throughout the cured polymeric matrix and the cured polymeric matrix is the reaction product of a compound having at ...
2,798
8,900,840
1. A method for continuously producing hydrogen gas from organic waste, comprising: a) seeding a completely mixed bioreactor with anaerobically digested sludge containing a mixture of microorganisms, the mixture of microorganisms including hydrogen producing microorganisms; b) continuously flowing organic waste into th...
3,326
8,647,409
1. A multistage air compression system for an air separation plant comprising: a series of compression stages to compress air; the compression stages having compressors, interstage cooling between the compressors to cool the air and remove water vapor; a temperature swing adsorption unit to adsorb water vapor and carbo...
20,402
9,276,843
1. A method for providing virtual link aggregation (vLAG) in a transparent interconnection of lots of links (TRILL)-enabled network, the method comprising: creating a virtual routing bridge logically connected to a first physical routing bridge and a second physical routing bridge to form a vLAG group at an edge of the...
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1. A method of treating an inflammatory condition selected from chronic joint disease, chronic active gastritis, chronic mucosal inflammation, and sepsis in an individual in need thereof, comprising administering to said individual a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of Formula I: or a pharmaceutically acc...
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9,085,238
1. A system for providing power to a vehicle power network, comprising: an energy storage device connected to the power network; a sensor connected to the energy storage device for measuring a state of the energy storage device during a rest period, wherein the rest period corresponds to a time span during which a curr...
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9,662,074
1. A biological information monitoring system for detecting a respiratory disease, comprising: measuring circuitry which, in operation, acquires information on a potential difference between two first electrodes that are configured to be placed on a first area of a thorax of a user, wherein the first area is in a symme...
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1. A photodiode array having a front side and a back side separated by a layer of silicon and a top edge, a bottom edge, a right edge, and a left edge, comprising: a plurality of metallic cathode pads extending from a surface of said front side of the photodiode array, wherein each of said metallic cathode pads is in p...
9,554
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1. An aeration element for gasification or aeration of liquids, comprising: a rigid support element having flattened, oppositely disposed, corrugated outer surfaces and an oval cross-section, wherein said oppositely disposed corrugated outer surfaces define at least one chamber therebetween and have at least two ridges...
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1. A Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) docking station, comprising: a docking port configured to physically dock with a mobile device; a Universal Serial Bus (USB) port configured to be coupled to a hands free device; a system configured to handle a VoIP call; and a processing unit configured to:
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1. A vaporization filter for humidification which comprises a filter substrate, and an anchor layer containing a film-forming polymer and a hydrophilic layer being provided on the substrate in this order, wherein the filter substrate is a non-foamy shape plate made of resin, or a plate made of metal, and in the hydroph...
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1. A fishing bobber comprising: a main body portion having a width that increases going from its outer ends towards its center; a first shaft portion and a second shaft portion, each of the first and second shaft portions having a generally cylindrical shape, the first shaft portion being positioned at one of the outer...
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1. A system for providing interstitial photodynamic and/or photothermal therapy on a region of tissue in a body, said system comprising: at least one light source adapted to deliver a therapeutic light to said region of tissue in said tissue, wherein said light source is devised to be interstitially inserted into said ...
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9,306,088
1. A method for manufacturing back contact solar cells, comprising steps of: (a) providing a silicon substrate doped with phosphorus, the substrate comprising a front, sunward facing, surface and a rear surface; (b) subsequent to the step (a), doping the front surface and the rear surface of the substrate homogeneously...
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1. An oil mist separator separating particles from a particle laden fluid released from a crankcase by ventilation, comprising: at least one first fluid line having an inlet end and an outlet end, the inlet end having a first fluid line nozzle receiving the particle laden fluid; a deflector body device arranged at and ...
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8,611,112
1. A DC power supply apparatus comprising: a rectifying circuit including, a first rectifying portion, a second rectifying portion, a third rectifying portion, and a fourth rectifying portion, wherein the first rectifying portion and the second rectifying portion are connected to a positive electrode terminal of the re...
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1. A mobile device comprising: an enclosure adapted such that the enclosure is readily transported by a user of the mobile device; a speaker associated with the enclosure for generating sound; a capacitive microphone; and a controller within the enclosure, communicatively coupled to the speaker, and configured to:
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1. A wound treatment system, comprising: (a) a flexible sealant structure comprising an upper surface, a lower surface and an adhesive, wherein the sealant structure is adapted and configured to seal around an area of tissue trauma to form a sealed space around the area of tissue trauma and beneath the sealant structur...
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8,482,304
1. A sensing element integrating silicon nanowire gated-diodes, comprising: a silicon nanowire gated-diode arranged for detecting a detecting sample; a passivation layer, covered onto the silicon nanowire gated-diode, and having a decorated surface arranged for contacting a detecting sample without any labeling; and a ...
6,341
9,236,469
1. A high-voltage LDMOS integrated device, interdigitally structured in a plan view, comprising: a first area corresponding to a source fingertip area, wherein a first sectional structure of the first area includes: a second area non-overlapping with the first area, wherein a second sectional structure of the second ar...
6,085
8,718,808
1. A system for propagating a scaling mode in a production process controlled and executed by a manufacturing executing system (MES), the system comprising: an interface within the manufacturing execution system (MES) enabled to provide a production request in terms of an initial quantity of a predetermined product to ...
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9,773,602
1. A method for operating an electromagnetic actuator, comprising a housing with a magnetic coil, an actuating pin, and a magnetic armature, for moving the pin with magnetic force impingement through the energized magnetic coil in an extension direction out from the housing, and a holding element that is arranged betwe...
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1. A wastegate assembly for a turbocharger comprising: a housing enclosing an actuator operatively connected to a wastegate valve, the housing terminating in a crush seal at an end of the housing; and at least one mounting member connectable to a mounting surface of the turbocharger to place the crush seal in sealing e...
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8,724,833
1. A piezoelectric audible signal having an outer casing, a piezoelectric disk mounted within the casing and a printed circuit board spaced from the piezoelectric disk, the piezoelectric disk comprising a metal disk having a piezoelectric crystal disk bonded to the metal disk, the audible signal further comprising: (a)...
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9,214,576
1. A solar cell, comprising: a Si base layer; a passivation layer positioned on a first side of the Si base layer; a p type doped amorphous semiconductor layer positioned on the passivation layer; a first transparent-conducting-oxide layer positioned on and in direct contact with the p-type doped amorphous semiconducto...
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1. An engine comprising an engine housing that defines a plurality of cylinders; a plurality of pistons, each respectively positioned in one of the cylinders, and being movable between a bottom dead center position and a top dead center position that define a compression ratio greater than 14:1; a plurality of fuel inj...
21,270
9,002,553
1. An engine starting control device for a hybrid vehicle provided with an internal combustion engine and a motor as power sources which engages an engagement device installed between the motor and the internal combustion engine and starts the internal combustion engine with a power force from the electric motor during...
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8,557,891
1. A photocurable resin composition comprising an epoxy resin, an oxetane compound and a photopolymerization initiator, wherein the epoxy resin comprises the following ingredients (A) and (B) in combination, and the oxetane compound comprises the following ingredient (C): (A) an epoxy resin having at least two epoxy gr...
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9,371,813
1. A control system of a direct injection engine, the control system comprising: an injector directly injecting fuel into a combustion chamber; and a control device that is configured to perform an idle stop that temporarily reduces a speed of an engine when the engine and a vehicle equipped with the engine are in a st...
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1. A display panel comprising: a plurality of display elements; image control circuitry coupled to the display elements; power supply circuitry coupled to the display elements, the power supply circuitry including an AC/DC converter; a housing enclosing the display elements and the image control circuitry, the housing ...
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8,714,103
1. A double side coating device having a back up roller supporting a web material, a first coating head that is placed opposite to the back up roller and that applies a coating material onto a first surface of the web material, a suction roller that is provided with a plurality of supporting portions which projects ann...
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8,806,816
1. A frame for a solar module comprising: a plurality of aluminum extruded profiles; at least one corner element comprising a discharge opening physically connected to the hollow chamber of at least one of an adjacent aluminum extruded profile;
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1. A method for manufacturing components of a split blade of a wind turbine that comprises a plurality of longitudinal modules that are manufactured separately and are then joinable to form the wind turbine blade, wherein a first of the plurality of longitudinal modules includes a first longitudinal component comprisin...
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8,596,438
1. An electronically controlled fluid coupling device for a fan comprising: an output member including a center shaft member; an input member bearing mounted around said output member, said input member comprising a body member and a cover member; a stationary housing member bearing mounted to said input member; a roto...
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1. Processing device for structure data representing a physical structure, comprising: a non-transitory tangible computer readable medium comprising:
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1. An apparatus comprising: a first polarized light source having a first light source polarization axis; a second polarized light source having a second light source polarization axis generally perpendicular to the first light source polarization axis; a first polarized light receiver having a first polarized light re...
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9,635,732
1. A method for controlled lighting of an area with a lighting system, the method comprising: providing a lighting system comprising a general lighting unit configured to illuminate the area with white lighting, a colored lighting unit configured to illuminate the area with colored lighting, a sensor configured to obta...
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9,723,098
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: predicting, by a computer system, a time a user of a client application has at least a particular threshold confidence score of accessing a preferred network connection; identifying, by the computer system, based on at least one of user behavior, network access patterns rela...
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9,037,195
1. A mobile terminal, comprising: a display module; a power module operable to supply a power having a predetermined voltage from a battery; a key input module operable to receive an input by a user, the key input module comprising a plurality of keys; a touch panel separate from the key input module, the touch panel o...
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1. A system comprising: an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) comprising an inverter configured to selectively supply power to a load from an energy storage device; a generator configured to be coupled to a power input of the UPS; an engine; a hydraulic motor; a mechanical coupling mechanism configured to selectively c...
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1. An aquaponics, and greenhouse system comprising: a solar greenhouse insulated on north, east and west sides and with glazing on a south side at an angle to maximize winter sunlight, and housing: a fish tank housed within said solar greenhouse; a plurality of grow beds coupled to the fish tank and also housed within ...
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1. A method for covering a load on a unit load device or on a skid, comprising: covering a load on a unit load device or on a skid transported by air, securing the cover in a covered position around the load on or in the unit load device or on the skid, wherein the cover provides thermal protection to the load on or in...
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1. An aquaculture cage, comprising: a buoyant structure configured to float on a water surface and including a platform above the water surface that has a walkway; a net flotation device movably connected to the buoyant structure and having alterable buoyancy independent of the buoyancy of the buoyant structure, said a...
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1. A power storage apparatus comprising: a plurality of power storage elements aligned in one direction; a supply path configured to supply a heat exchange medium to the power storage elements, and extending in an alignment direction in which the power storage elements are aligned, wherein the power storage elements ar...
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1. A waste heat utilization device for an internal combustion engine, comprising: a cooling water circuit including a circulation path configured to circulate cooling water therethrough via the engine, and an exhaust gas heat exchanger inserted in the circulation path configured to cause heat to transfer from exhaust g...
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1. A battery, comprising a cathode, an anode and an electrolyte, the cathode comprising a cathode active material which is a lithium ion intercalation-deintercalation compound, a sodium ion intercalation-deintercalation compound or a magnesium ion intercalation-deintercalation compound; the anode comprising an anode cu...
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1. A vehicle power source apparatus comprising: a driving battery mounted in a vehicle; an auxiliary apparatus battery that supplies electric power to an auxiliary apparatus of the vehicle; a DC power conversion unit that supplies electric power from the driving battery to the auxiliary apparatus battery; a control uni...
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1. An optical de-multiplexing device, comprising: an arrayed waveguide grating (AWG) unit configured to receive an input optical signal having a plurality of channels, each corresponding to a different wavelength; the AWG unit including a plurality of optical waveguides each having different lengths so as to separate t...
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1. A method of measuring an input power of a power factor converter (PFC), the method comprising: determining an average of a rectified voltage signal from an input of the PFC; determining an average of an inductor current of the PFC; and determining the input power by multiplying the average of the rectified voltage s...
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1. A method of S-laying a pipeline from a vessel in which a stinger extends away from an end of the vessel and the pipeline passes over the stinger as it is laid from the vessel, the inclination of the pipeline to the horizontal increasing as it passes along the stinger and after it leaves the stinger until it reaches ...
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1. An eyewear protection system comprising: an optically transparent protective film, shaped to fit within a frame in which an eyewear lens is mounted, and comprising a sheet material carrying, on an adhesive side, a layer of an optically transparent adhesive, the adhesive being configured to removably adhere to a surf...
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1. An apparatus for constraining movement of a nut within a channel, comprising: (a) a bar having at least one channel extending therealong; (b) a nut dimensioned to be received within the at least one channel and to slide along a length of the channel; (c) an end cap at one end of the bar, the end cap having an apertu...
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1. A computer-implemented method of administering an online conference comprising: receiving by a conference management system an electronic communication from each of a plurality of conference participants; determining a plurality of groups for the conference participants; associating a first conference participant wi...
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8,483,213
1. A control circuit for use in a routing device, the control circuit comprising: an input and output interface; and a processor coupled with the input and output interface; wherein when the processor received a network address resolution packet containing network address resolution information of a network protocol ad...
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8,747,883
1. A solid, non-porous composite comprised of: a) a) a non-biodegradable thermoplastic polymer material melt-processable at a temperature not exceeding 260° C., said polymer material suitable for implantation in a living mammal, a 1.6 mm thick disk of said polymer material having less than about one percent by weight d...
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1. A computer implemented method to manage data comprising: examining a block of stored data on a tape library by a processing unit, the stored data comprising a plurality of data files, each data file comprising at least a header section and a data section, wherein the header section has an unknown format within the b...
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1. A method of increasing an inherent effect of a medicinal material, comprising double boiling a medicinal material using an earthenware pot, wherein the double boiling using an earthenware pot is a boiling process in which the earthenware pot is heated after being immersed in a heating vessel containing water; wherei...
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1. A manikin comprising: a chest area and a head for training of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR); means for simulating gasping movements of a jaw; and means for simulating sound of agonal breathing, operatively arranged to provide agonal breathing sound out from the gasping jaw, which means for simulating sound of ...
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1. A metering system comprising: a meter socket; an information storage device coupled to the meter socket, the information storage device comprising identification information stored thereon that represents a geographical location of the meter socket; a meter configured to couple to the meter socket, the meter compris...
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1. An isolated green sulfur bacterium Chlorobaculum limnaeum strain RK-j-1 deposited at National Institute of Technology and Evaluation Patent Microorganisms Depositary (NPMD) as accession number NITE BP-1202.
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