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8,679,428 | 1. A method of preparing lithium carbonate, comprising: removing magnesium ions Mg adding an adsorbent to the brine, from which the magnesium ions Mg enriching the strong acid solution containing the desorbed lithium ions; and obtaining lithium carbonate Li | 5,934 |
8,907,566 | 1. An electrical connection device for the connection between an electronic control unit (M) and an automotive vehicle headlamp, the electronic control unit (M) comprising at least one control output (Mc) and a power supply output (Mp), the automotive vehicle headlamp comprising at least one first module comprising a first control circuit having at least one power input ( 1 p ), the first module being able to generate a first light function, and a second module comprising a second control circuit having at least one power input ( 2 p ) and a control input ( 2 c ), the second module being able to selectively generate at least one second light function, the first and second control circuits being intended to be controlled by the electronic control unit (M), wherein the electrical connection device comprises at least: B-one power supply line (Lp) intended to connect the power supply output (Mp) of the electronic control unit (M) to the power input ( a first control line (Lc) intended to connect the control output (Mc) of the electronic control unit (M) to the control input ( | 12,392 |
9,338,960 | 1. A seed of soybean variety WN1117512, wherein a representative sample of seed of said soybean variety WN1117512 has been deposited under ATCC Accession Number PTA-120984. | 8,421 |
8,573,303 | 1. A method of hydrocarbon recovery, the method comprising: treating a volume of water that has suspended hydrocarbon product by exposing the volume of water to ozone and/or a hydro-peroxide to produce the volume of water having the ORP, with the ORP being in a range of about 150 mv to 1000 mv, with the volume of water that is treated being frac-water that is recovered from fracture operations in a formation having hydrocarbons; and introducing a volume of the volume of water into a formation with the water having the oxidation/reduction potential (ORP). | 11,483 |
8,385,436 | 1. A method comprising: obtaining data to be transmitted wirelessly; detecting if any transmitting devices having a higher priority are currently using at least one of multiple wireless channels; when no transmitting devices having the higher priority are detected, transmitting the data wirelessly in a first specified manner over the multiple wireless channels; and when at least one transmitting device having the higher priority is detected, transmitting at least a portion of the data wirelessly in a second specified manner over the multiple wireless channels including the at least one wireless channel currently used by the at least one transmitting device having the higher priority; wherein a first part of the data is transmitted in a same way in both the first and second manners over any wireless channel not currently used by the at least one transmitting device having the higher priority; and wherein a second part of the data is transmitted differently or not at all in the second manner over any wireless channel currently used by the at least one transmitting device having the higher priority. | 14,167 |
9,096,667 | 1. An isolated IL-23p19 antibody, comprising a light chain variable region and a heavy chain variable region, said light chain variable region comprising: a complementarity determining region light chain 1 (CDRL1) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:19; a CDRL2 amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:20; and a CDRL3 amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:21, and said heavy chain variable region comprising: a complementarity determining region heavy chain 1 (CDRH1) amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:14; a CDRH2 amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:15; and a CDRH3 amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:16. | 7,833 |
8,893,863 | 1. A braking system for reducing particulate emissions resulting from stopping or slowing a vehicle, comprising: a rotating braking element that comprises a bulk structural material and a friction surface, the friction surface comprising a coating that comprises a corrosion and wear-resistant material, the coating comprising a first layer comprising a crystalline material and a second layer overlaying and contacting the first layer and comprising an amorphous material, the rotating braking element further comprising a coarse surface geometry with jagged peaks and valleys under the coating, the friction surface comprising a plurality of raised island formations separated by channels or gaps that permit air flow to cool the rotating braking element during active engagement with the movable brake member; and a movable brake member that comprises a friction material having a friction material composition, the movable brake member being disposed with the friction material disposed opposite the friction surface of the rotating braking element so that the friction material reversibly engages with the coating of the corrosion and wear-resistant material when the braking system is operated to stop or slow the vehicle. | 22,110 |
9,541,988 | 1. A method for operating a data storage device to control power usage of the data storage device, the method comprising: identifying a power threshold for the data storage device; determining power consumption characteristics for the data storage device by at least: entering into a power controlled mode for the data storage device; and responsively adjusting at least a storage transaction queue depth in the data storage device to establish the power consumption characteristics as below the power threshold for the data storage device. | 37,927 |
8,911,890 | 1. A system for controlling cooling or heating of a battery, comprising: a battery having a hermetic sealing structure to prevent passage of air f between an interior region of the battery and an exterior region; a pressure sensor provided on the battery and configured to measure an internal pressure of the battery; a climate control system configured to cool and heat the battery; a controller configured to determine whether to cool or heat the battery depending on whether the internal pressure of the battery is a positive pressure or a negative pressure based on a measured result of the pressure sensor, the controller controlling a cooling or a heating strength depending of the measured positive pressure or negative pressure, a communicating passageway connected to an interior of the battery to an exterior of the battery; and an on-off valve provided within the communicating passageway to perform a selective on-off operation, wherein the controller opens the on-off valve when the positive pressure or negative pressure of the battery is exceeds a maximum value and closes the on-off valve when internal pressure and atmospheric pressure of the battery equal. | 8,935 |
8,915,185 | 1. An assembly for axially aligning a print die, the assembly comprising: (a) an axle; (b) first and second expandable force rings, said rings receiving the axle; (c) a roll having a circumferential outer surface and a hollow bore, said bore receiving the axle and the first and second expandable force rings; (d) loading means connected operatively to the axle, the loading means being adapted for outwardly compressing the first and second expandable force rings against the roll's hollow bore for resisting movement of the roll with respect to the axle, and alternatively for inwardly decompressing the first and second expandable force rings from the roll's hollow bore for permitting such movement, the loading means comprising a plurality of drive sleeves mounted over the axle, the drive sleeves being arranged therealong in an alternating series with the expandable force rings; and (e) print die mounting means fixedly attached to the roll's outer circumferential surface, the print die mounting means being adapted for attaching the print die to the roll's outer circumferential surface, wherein the drive sleeves have axial and oppositely axial ends, said ends having beveled outer surfaces for wedge actuating engagements with the expandable force rings' beveled inner surfaces. | 37,720 |
9,212,619 | 1. A method for preventing misdiagnosis of an oil level sensor, the method comprising: (a) determining whether a driving status of a vehicle satisfies a first diagnosis condition, a second diagnosis condition or both; when the driving status of the vehicle satisfies the first diagnosis condition: when the driving status of the vehicle satisfies the second diagnosis condition: (h) warning an excess of oil when the first, the second or both first and second averages of the measured oil levels are higher than the predetermined reference oil level, wherein the first diagnosis condition in step (a) is satisfied, when an oil temperature is measured and the measured oil temperature is over a predetermined first oil temperature and under a predetermined second oil temperature, and when a number of revolutions of an engine are measured and the measured number of revolutions is over a predetermined first number of revolutions and under a predetermined second number of revolutions, wherein the second diagnosis condition in step (a) is satisfied, when an oil temperature is measured and the measured oil temperature is over a predetermined third oil temperature and under a predetermined fourth oil temperature, and when a number of revolutions of an engine are measured and the measured number of revolutions is over a predetermined third number of revolutions and under a predetermined fourth number of revolutions, wherein the predetermined second number of revolutions is substantially the same as the predetermined fourth number of revolutions. | 7,322 |
9,376,030 | 1. A charging system comprising: an external apparatus including: a charger including: the controller waits for a signal to be inputted from the external apparatus via the interface, based on a first signal inputted from the external apparatus via the interface, the controller selects any one of a first mode in which the charger follows the first signal from the external apparatus and a second mode in which the charger operates on a stand-alone basis, and the controller starts to control the charging of the battery in the first mode under the condition that a second signal is inputted from the external apparatus via the interface and that the charging starter is manipulated. | 19,318 |
9,697,273 | 1. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory machine-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by at least one programmable processor, cause the at least one programmable processor to perform operations comprising: applying an estimation algorithm by the at least one programmable processor, the estimation algorithm accessing a dictionary of at least one data partition of a plurality of data partitions containing data of a column of a database table to generate a uniqueness metric representative of the data in the column; assigning, by the at least one programmable processor, a first estimation factor to a column of a database table when the uniqueness metric is above a threshold value and assigning a second estimation factor to the column when the uniqueness metric is not above the threshold value, the second estimation factor being larger than the first estimation factor; calculating, by the at least one programmable processor, a cost estimate for system resources required to perform a database operation on the database table, the cost estimate comprising an estimated total number of distinct values in the column across all of the plurality of data partitions determined using the assigned first estimation factor or second estimation factor and a number of rows in the table as inputs to an estimation function; and performing, by the at least one programmable processor, the database operation involving at least one of the column and other columns of the database table in an optimal order, the performing comprising applying an operation plan developed using the cost estimate. | 404 |
9,368,350 | 1. A method for directed self-assembly (DSA) fin patterning, the method comprising: forming a block copolymer layer over a lithographic stack, the block copolymer layer having a first block and a second block, the lithographic stack disposed over a hard mask and a substrate, and the hard mask comprising a first dielectric layer and a second dielectric layer; removing the first block from the block copolymer to define a fin pattern in the block copolymer layer with the second block; etching the fin pattern into the first dielectric layer of the hard mask; filling the fin pattern within the first dielectric layer of the hard mask with a tone inversion material; etching back the tone inversion material that overfills the fin pattern and remains on top of the first dielectric layer; removing the first dielectric layer selectively to define an inverted fin pattern from the tone inversion material; etching the inverted fin pattern into the second dielectric layer of the hard mask; removing the tone inversion material; and transferring the inverted fin pattern of the second dielectric layer into the substrate to define fins. | 7,507 |
9,749,546 | 1. An image processing apparatus that combines a plurality of pieces of image data of different exposure amounts to generate combined image data, comprising: an image information calculation section configured to divide each of two or more pieces of image data among the plurality of pieces of image data of different exposure amounts into a plurality of regions, and calculate image information including a luminance equivalent value for each region into which the two or more pieces of image data are divided; an image data selecting section configured to select, for each of the regions, one or more pieces of image data for use in white balance adjustment from among the two or more pieces of image data, in accordance with a result of comparing the luminance equivalent value to a predetermined threshold value; a white balance gain calculating section configured to calculate a white balance coefficient that is applied to the combined image data, using image data that is selected for each of the regions by the image data selecting section; and a white balance correction section configured to correct a white balance of the combined image data using the white balance coefficient that is calculated by the white balance gain calculating section. | 41,096 |
8,991,158 | 1. A device for providing a reducing agent for an exhaust gas system, the device comprising: a housing; a system heating unit configured to heat the reducing agent; at least one heat pipe being a sealed hollow body having a fluid provided therein, said fluid being partially in a gaseous phase and partially in a liquid phase, said at least one heat pipe being configured to transfer heat from said system heating unit to at least one of the following components: a tank, a delivery line, a filter, a pump, a valve, or a sensor; a delivery module disposed in said housing and including at least said filter, said pump, said valve and said delivery line, said delivery module being configured for removing the reducing agent from the tank, transferring the reducing agent onward and dispensing the reducing agent; said system heating unit being integrated into said delivery module and forming a sole active heating system; and said at least one heat pipe connecting said system heating unit in a heat-conducting manner at least to one of said filter, said pump, said valve or said delivery line. | 19,955 |
8,562,101 | 1. An inkjet printer comprising: a media transport configured to move a media web through a print zone in a process direction; a printhead positioned in the print zone and having a plurality of inkjets configured to eject ink drops onto the media web; a plurality of optical detectors configured in a cross-process direction across the image receiving member, each optical detector in the plurality of optical detectors being configured to detect light reflected from the image receiving member; and a controller operatively connected to the printhead and the plurality of optical detectors, the controller being configured to: | 41,411 |
8,766,302 | 1. A light emitting device comprising: a light emitting structure comprising a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer, and an active layer between the first and second semiconductor layers; a first electrode electrically connected to the first semiconductor layer; and a second electrode disposed over the second semiconductor layer, wherein the second electrode comprises: wherein the reflective electrode layer comprises: | 43,257 |
8,901,964 | 1. A level shifter transferring a first voltage signal to a second voltage signal, comprising: a comparison circuit for comparing the first voltage signal with a reverse-phase signal of the first voltage signal to generate a first signal; a delay circuit for generating a second signal according to the first voltage signal; and a selection circuit electrically connected to the comparison circuit and the delay circuit, for receiving the first signal and the second signal, and choosing the higher voltage from the first signal and the second signal to be the second voltage signal. | 44,120 |
9,690,303 | 1. A water management system for regulating flow and managing leaks in a structure, said system comprising first and second electronic valves, a manifold having a front defining a plurality of apertures, a rear, a pair of opposing longitudinal side walls, a pair of opposing lateral side walls, said front and said rear attached at opposing ends of each of said side longitudinal and lateral walls, said front defining a first front port and a second front port, one of said longitudinal side walls defining a first side port, said first electronic valve positioned within said first front port, said second electronic valve positioned within said second front port, one of said lateral side walls defining a first top side port, each of said ports in fluid communication with one another, a supply line attached to said manifold at said first top side port, a purge line, said purge line affixed to said second electronic valve at first side port, a connection line, said connection line attached to said manifold, an activating member, a requesting member, said activating member affixed to said requesting member, said requesting member connected to said connection line, a transmitter, said transmitter positioned proximate said activating member, wherein engaging said activating member causes said transmitter to communicate with said first electronic valve, permitting water to flow from said supply line to said requesting member. | 47,719 |
9,128,908 | 1. A computer implemented method for conversion of reports, the method comprising: receiving a first report in a markup data schema; creating a second report in a banded report schema, wherein the second report is created as a blank report and the banded report schema comprises one or more bands; converting first report formatting settings of the first report into second report formatting settings of the second report, wherein the first report formatting settings comprise a first page setup and a first report structure, wherein the second report formatting settings comprise a second page setup and a second report structure, wherein the second page setup corresponds to the first page setup and the second report structure corresponds to the first report structure, and wherein converting the first report formatting settings of the first report into the second report formatting settings of the second report comprises: converting report content and report content layout from the first report into the second report, wherein the report content comprises information presented in the first report and the report content layout comprises a report content positioning and display properties of the report content. | 27,328 |
8,847,814 | 1. An FMCW radar sensor for a motor vehicle, comprising: a high frequency part for generating, transmitting and receiving radar signals; a modulation device for controlling the modulation of the transmitted radar signal; at least one analog preprocessing stage for an intermediate frequency signal formed from the received radar signal; at least one analog/digital transducer stage; and a processor for controlling the modulation device and for further processing the digital signals of the analog/digital transducer stage; and a clock pulse signal generator; wherein: | 5,905 |
9,515,575 | 1. A power conversion apparatus comprising: a chopper that includes a first switching element, an inductor, a diode, and a capacitor, and configured to store power supplied from a direct-current (DC) power supply in the capacitor sequentially through the inductor and the diode by turning on and off the first switching element; an inverter connected to an output of the chopper; a second switching element connected to the diode in reverse parallel; and a controller configured to control the chopper and the inverter to generate an alternating-current (AC) voltage including first and second parts of an AC voltage waveform and to cause the inverter to output the AC voltage, the chopper generating the first part having an absolute value higher than a voltage of the DC power supply and the inverter generating the second part having an absolute value lower than the voltage of the DC power supply, wherein the controller is configured to alternately turn on the first switching element and the second switching element in a period during which the controller controls the chopper to generate the first part of the AC voltage waveform, and wherein the controller is configured to turn on the second switching element when causing the inverter to stop outputting the AC voltage. | 10,660 |
9,037,882 | 1. A method for managing thermal energy generation in a portable computing device (“PCD”), the method comprising: defining temperature thresholds associated with one or more components in the PCD; monitoring one or more temperature sensors in the PCD, wherein each temperature sensor is associated with one of the one or more components and generates signals that represent an instantaneous temperature; tracking an instantaneous thermal resistance value associated with each of the one or more components, wherein the instantaneous thermal resistance value of a component is calculated from the instantaneous temperature of the component, an active power supply to the component and an ambient temperature of the PCD; determining that a temperature threshold associated with at least one of the one or more components has been exceeded; calculating an adjusted power supply for the at least one of the one or more components, wherein the adjusted power supply is calculated from a target temperature of the at least one of the one or more components, the ambient temperature of the PCD and the instantaneous thermal resistance value associated with the at least one of the one or more components; and applying the adjusted power supply to the at least one of the one or more components. | 6,121 |
8,581,047 | 1. A method for protecting a corn plant from Lepidopteran insect infestation, the method comprising providing in the diet of a target Lepidopteran insect pest an insecticidally effective amount of one or more transgenic corn plant cells comprising in its genome event MON89034 and a sequence encoding at least one protein selected from the group consisting of PS149B1, Cry3Bb, VIP3A, Cry1Ab, and Cry1Fa. | 8,628 |
9,294,581 | 1. A method of transmitting content from a server to a client executing an application, comprising receiving a request from a client for a file that includes content related to executing an application, wherein the file is generated by a publisher of the application; responding to the request by transmitting a modified file that includes initial portions of the file that are sufficient to permit initial functioning of the application, wherein the modified file is formatted with at least one placeholder for remaining portions of the file, wherein the modified file is generated by the server based on the file generated by the publisher of the application, and wherein the initial portions of the file comprise likely to be used portions of the file, and wherein the likely to be used portions of the file are determined based on a state of the application; and wherein the application can begin to access the initial portions of the file by accessing the modified file, and wherein the application can access the remaining portions of the file by accessing the at least one placeholder. | 43,503 |
9,660,454 | 1. An apparatus for managing and conditioning PV power generation systems in which photovoltaic (PV) modules are wired in series to form at least one string of PV modules and in which, in case the system comprises several strings, the strings are connected in parallel to a DC power bus connected to at least one inverter operable to convert DC current to AC current, wherein in a string of PV modules a first PV module is wired to a first electronic unit and a second PV module is wired to a second electronic unit, wherein the first and second electronic units are wired in series and connected to the inverter, each electronic unit, comprising: a DC to DC converter acting upon the voltage or current at the output of the respective PV module; a measuring system for measuring the voltage or current at the output of the respective PV module; a second measuring system for measuring the voltage or current at the output of the DC to DC converter; a driving system for operating the DC to DC converter; and at least one microprocessor operable to control the driving system of the DC to DC converter for running a maximum power point tracking (MPPT) algorithm depending on the voltage or current at the output of the first and second PV modules and on the voltage or current at the output of the DC to DC converters of the first and second electronic units; wherein one string of PV modules of the PV power generation system comprises: | 35,321 |
9,682,767 | 1. A rotary aircraft, comprising: a rotor blade; a nacelle; and a flight control system, having: | 13,144 |
9,674,769 | 1. A method comprising: transmitting beacon parameters to a user equipment (UE), wherein the beacon parameters comprise power control information for a random access channel (RACH) preamble associated with a small cell device; entering, by the small cell device, a low power mode after the beacon parameters have been transmitted to the UE; receiving, from the UE, while the small cell device is in the low power mode, a beacon comprising the RACH preamble generated according to the beacon parameters; entering a high power mode in response to receiving the beacon; and associating with the UE while in the high power mode. | 11,274 |
9,618,557 | 1. A diagnostic circuit arranged to diagnose a fault in a voltage suppression circuit in a drive circuit of a fluid injector; said drive circuit adapted to energize a coil of said fluid injector, and wherein a voltage suppression circuit is arranged electrically in parallel with said coil, comprising means to detect the current through, or the voltage at, a point between the low side end of the coil/voltage suppression circuit parallel pair and ground, and means to compare, subsequent to the transition from an “on” to an “off” phase of the drive circuit, characteristics of said detected current or voltage with expected characteristics, and means to determine if there is a fault in said voltage suppression circuit from said comparison means based on said characteristics of said detected current or voltage differing from said expected characteristics by a predetermined extent. | 3,295 |
9,668,992 | 1. A colonic composition, consisting of: a core consisting of at least one short chain fatty acid selected from the group consisting of butyrate, acetate and propionate, and combinations thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof; wherein at least one of acetate or propionate is present in said core; and at least one digestion-resistant layer covering said core, said digestion-resistant layer disintegrating in the colon. | 22,102 |
9,361,090 | 1. A vehicle computer system (VCS) configured to communicate with a mobile device, comprising: a wireless transceiver configured to communicate with a mobile device located in the vehicle; a VCS software stack configured to interact with a mobile device Bluetooth profile; a processor configured to: receive a message from the mobile device located in the vehicle indicating a version of the mobile device Bluetooth profile; determine memory space availability to download and install an update to the VCS software stack including an update to a vehicle Bluetooth profile; determine if the VCS needs an update to the VCS software stack based at least upon the version of the mobile device Bluetooth profile; download an update to the VCS software stack from an off- board server; update the VCS to include the updated software stack including at least an update to the vehicle Bluetooth profile; communicate with the mobile device utilizing at least the updated vehicle Bluetooth profile. | 46,856 |
8,770,091 | 1. A piston pump comprising a cylinder with an inner cylinder wall and at least one working space, which piston pump further comprises a piston including a piston head which is provided with a lateral surface facing the cylinder wall and a front surface facing the working space, the piston head's lateral surface being provided with a first projection and a second projection extending round the entire circumference of the lateral surface and abutting the cylinder wall, thereby forming an annulus between the piston head and the cylinder wall which is delimited by the projections in the axial direction; and that the first projection is designed such that a pressurised fluid in the annulus flows past the first projection and out into the working space while the second projection is designed so that the pressurised fluid is prevented from flowing past the second projection and out of the annulus, wherein the piston head and the projections are provided as a single integrated unit in that the projections are not formed with separate packings mounted on the piston head, and in an elastic material, and that the piston head is provided with at least one piston head channel for delivery of the pressurized fluid to the annulus. | 49,301 |
8,727,041 | 1. An expandable apparatus for use in a subterranean borehole, comprising: a tubular body having a longitudinal bore and at least one opening in a wall of the tubular body; at least one member positioned within the at least one opening in the wall of the tubular body, the at least one member configured to move between a retracted position and an extended position; and a sleeve member disposed in the tubular body and having a longitudinal bore forming a fluid passageway through the sleeve member to allow fluid to flow therethrough, the sleeve member comprising a constricted portion of the longitudinal bore having a cross-sectional area less than a cross-sectional area of an adjacent portion of the longitudinal bore, the constricted portion constricting the fluid passageway through the sleeve member to enable displacement of the sleeve member in a downhole direction responsive to a selected flow rate to a displaced position, wherein: the sleeve member further comprises a guide portion configured to travel along a shoulder formed within the longitudinal bore of the tubular body when the sleeve member is moved between the initial position and the displaced portion. | 31,009 |
9,371,541 | 1. A transgenic soybean plant generated from a host soybean plant, said transgenic soybean plant comprising a construct comprising a nucleic acid encoding SEQ ID NO:166 operably linked to a heterologous promoter, wherein said transgenic soybean plant has an increased expression level of said protein compared to the host soybean plant and is more resistant to nematode infection when compared to the host soybean plant. | 24,761 |
9,854,343 | 1. An earbud comprising: a housing having an ear interfacing portion integrally formed with a stem portion, the ear interfacing portion including an acoustic port; a speaker disposed in the ear interfacing portion and aligned to emit sound from the acoustic port; a rechargeable battery positioned within the stem portion; a plurality of electrical contacts disposed at an end of the stem portion; battery charging circuitry coupled to the rechargeable battery and at least one contact in the plurality of electrical contacts, the battery charging circuitry positioned within the stem portion and configured to receive electrical power from the at least one contact charge the rechargeable battery. | 47,142 |
9,605,357 | 1. A preparation method for a magnesium oxide thin film which is a method for depositing a magnesium oxide thin film on a substrate by a laser abrasion method using a sintered body or single crystal of magnesium oxide as a target, wherein a flat processed film made of magnesium oxide having a (111) plane as its front surface is prepared, using a substrate made of strontium titanate having a (111) plane as its principal surface or yttria-stabilized zirconia having a (111) plane as its principal surface, by directly depositing a film on the principal surface of the substrate and epitaxially growing the film, an amount of laser energy in the laser abrasion method is 50 mJ or more, and the processed film is a film having a film thickness not exceeding 50 nm, and is a film having a root mean square roughness R | 21,231 |
9,114,804 | 1. A vehicle drive comprising: a first gear set and a second gear set, wherein each gear set comprises a sun gear, a ring gear, and planetary gears, the planetary gears coupling the sun gear to the ring gear, wherein the planetary gears are rotatably supported by a planetary gear carrier; a first motor/generator coupled to the sun gear of the first gear set; a second motor/generator selectively coupled to at least one of (a) the planetary gear carrier of the first gear set and (b) the ring gear of the first gear set, wherein the second motor/generator is electrically coupled to the first motor/generator by an electrical power transmission system, wherein the first motor/generator and the second motor/generator are electrically coupled without an energy storage device configured to at least one of (a) provide electrical energy to the first motor/generator or the second motor/generator to power the first motor/generator or the second motor/generator and (b) be charged by electrical energy from the first motor/generator or the second motor/generator; an engine coupled to the ring gear of the first gear set and selectively coupled to the second motor/generator; a first clutch configured to selectively engage the second motor/generator to the planetary gear carrier of the first gear set; and a second clutch configured to selectively engage the second motor/generator to the engine. | 613 |
9,234,186 | 1. A luciferase having an amino acid sequence comprising SEQ ID NO: 15. | 15,839 |
8,565,912 | 1. A method in a pick and place system, the system comprising at least one input conveyor, at least one output conveyor, at least one pick and place robot and control circuitry, said control circuitry having a processing unit, the method comprising: determining, in said processing unit, available picking positions on the at least one input conveyor at which a respective item is or will be within a working area of the at least one pick and place robot and can be picked by the robot, determining, in said processing unit, available placing positions on the at least one output conveyor at which a respective item is or will be within a working area of the at least one pick and place robot and can be placed by the robot, identifying, in said processing unit, groups of placing positions on the at least one output conveyor, each group having a respective number of placing positions, and wherein the determination of available placing positions includes, calculating, in said processing unit, for the available picking positions and the available placing positions, a respective picking time by calculating a prediction of an instant in time when picking is to take place and a respective placing time by calculating a prediction of an instant in time when placing is to take place, and instructing, via said processing unit, the at least one pick and place robot to pick items at the picking positions and place the items at the placing positions in an order determined by the respective picking times and placing times. | 23,463 |
8,480,274 | 1. A lighting apparatus for use with a skateboard having front and rear ends with upper and lower surfaces extending between the front and rear ends, said lighting apparatus comprising: a light housing having an opposed top and bottom walls with at least one side wall extending between peripheral edges of said top and bottom walls, said top, bottom, and side walls defining an interior space; means for fastening an upper surface of said light housing top wall to a lower surface of the skateboard; a plurality of lights positioned in said light housing and visible through said at least one side wall when energized; a battery positioned in said interior space of said light housing and electrically connected to said plurality of lights; an extension member having a proximal end attached to said light housing and a distal end extending away from said light housing, said extension member being generally parallel to an imaginary longitudinal axis of the skateboard; and an entertainment member connected to said distal end of said extension member. | 23,850 |
9,582,985 | 1. An emergency call failure mitigation method, comprising: receiving an emergency service call from a calling party pertaining to an emergency situation; determining that no voice trunking path is available to a local public safety answering point (PSAP) to service the emergency service call via any network including a cellular telephony network, a landline telephony network or a VOIP network; responsive to the determining that no voice trunking path is available to service the emergency service call via any of the networks, routing the calling party to a messaging system operative to prompt the calling party to provide one or more responses relating to the emergency situation; generating by the messaging system a messaging object including at least one of the calling party's location, identity of a call receiving device associated with the calling party, type of the calling party and priority of the emergency service call determined based on one or more responses provided by the calling party; and forwarding the messaging object to a governmental entity operative to reach the calling party; wherein the calling party is prompted by the messaging system in an interactive manner using questions similar to those normally provided by a human operator at a PSAP according to an emergency responder operating procedure. | 36,746 |
8,800,897 | 1. A process for producing whole grain flour from cereal, comprising the following steps: removing an outer layer of at least one grain, wherein said grain includes an outer bran layer and an endosperm, said removing step including removing said outer bran layer and a portion of said endosperm, leaving a residual portion of the grain, wherein 5% to 40% by weight of the grain is removed, and wherein the removed outer bran layer and endosperm portion is comminuted during the removal of the outer bran layer and endosperm portion; conveying the comminuted removed outer bran layer and endosperm portion and the residual portion of the grain into a milling device; milling a mixture of the comminuted outer bran layer, endosperm portion, and the residual portion of the grain in the milling device to form whole grain flour. | 22,002 |
8,546,672 | 1. An apparatus, comprising: a carriage assembly configured to attach to a stringed instrument, the stringed instrument comprising a surface that faces a plurality of strings, the carriage assembly comprising a plurality of picks configured to sound the strings; wherein at least one of the picks is configured to: | 6,001 |
8,341,947 | 1. A system for processing particulate matter of a gasoline engine having an exhaust system, comprising: a device including at least a first three-way catalyst and a particulate filter, said device being an aftertreatment device located farthest upstream in said exhaust system as compared to all other aftertreatment devices in said exhaust system; a second three-way catalyst disposed in said exhaust system downstream of said device; and a controller, said controller substantially depleting an amount of oxygen in said first three-way catalyst before increasing a rate of oxidation of soot held by said particulate filter, said amount of oxygen depleted in response to an amount of soot held by said particulate filter exceeding a threshold. | 47,729 |
9,266,610 | 1. A method, performed by a computing system of an unmanned aerial vehicle, for ensuring that the unmanned aerial vehicle complies with specified export control requirements throughout the operation of the unmanned aerial vehicle, the method comprising: storing an indication of an initial specification of the unmanned aerial vehicle, the initial specification of the unmanned aerial vehicle specifying initial configuration information and an identification for each of a plurality of tamper-resistant trusted components of the unmanned aerial vehicle, wherein the initial configuration of the unmanned aerial vehicle is in compliance with the specified export control requirements and wherein at least one of the trusted components is configured to ensure that the range of the unmanned aerial vehicle does not exceed a predetermined distance; receiving a request to operate the unmanned aerial vehicle; in response to receiving the request to operate the unmanned aerial vehicle, for each of the plurality of trusted components of the unmanned aerial vehicle, receiving an indication that the unmanned aerial vehicle is at least a predetermined distance from a launch location or that communication between the unmanned aerial vehicle and a control station has been lost; and in response to receiving the indication that the unmanned aerial vehicle is at least the predetermined distance from the launch location or that communication between the unmanned aerial vehicle and the control station has been lost, modifying a path of the unmanned aerial vehicle. | 660 |
9,107,335 | 1. An integrated circuit, the integrated circuit comprising: an electronic circuit, which is arranged at least one of over and in a carrier; at least one metallization layer structure configured to electrically connect the electronic circuit; a solid state electrolyte battery, which is at least partially formed in the at least one metallization layer structure, wherein the solid state electrolyte battery is electrically connected to the electronic circuit; and a patterned electrically insulating base layer at least partially formed over a part of the at least one metallization layer structure, wherein the patterned electrically insulating base layer comprises a plurality of electrically insulating base layer structure elements, wherein at least one electrically conductive portion of the at least one metallization layer structure is exposed between at least two adjacent electrically insulating base layer structure elements of the plurality of electrically insulating base layer structure elements. | 28,538 |
9,199,345 | 1. A method for producing a metal reinforcement for a leading edge or a trailing edge of a turbine engine blade, comprising a reinforcement foot and a reinforcement head, said method comprising: producing a plurality of V-shaped tapered elements that form different sectors of said metal reinforcement, so that said metal reinforcement is divided into a plurality of sectors distributed between said foot and said head; combining said sectors by positioning said sectors on a molding tool that is shaped like said leading edge or said trailing edge of said turbine engine blade; and rigidly connecting the different sectors positioned on the tool so as to form a complete profile of said metal reinforcement by recombining the different sectors. | 25,082 |
9,034,694 | 1. A method of assembling a semiconductor package, the method comprising: attaching a first main surface of a semiconductor die to a frame having one of a strip or panel form, the semiconductor die having a second main surface opposite to the first main surface and at least one stud bump formed on the second main surface; molding the semiconductor die and the at least one stud bump in a first encapsulation material; exposing at least a portion of the at least one stud bump through the first encapsulation material; forming at least one die conductive member on the first encapsulation material and electrically coupled to the at least one stud bump; molding the at least one die conductive member in a second encapsulation material; exposing at least a portion of the at least one die conductive member through the second encapsulation material; forming at least one grid array conductive member on the second encapsulation material, wherein the grid array conductive member is electrically coupled to the at least one die conductive member; and attaching at least one solder ball to the at least one grid array conductive member. | 41,743 |
8,981,501 | 1. A method of forming a semiconductor device, comprising: providing a substrate, having at least one MOS device, at least one metal interconnection and at least one MOS device formed on a first surface thereof; performing a first anisotropic etching process to remove a portion of the substrate from a second surface of the substrate and thereby form a plurality of vias in the substrate, wherein the second surface is opposite to the first surface; performing a second anisotropic etching process to remove another portion of the substrate from the second surface of the substrate and thereby form a cavity in the substrate, wherein the remaining vias are located below the cavity; and performing an isotropic etching process to the cavity and the remaining vias, so that the cavity has a middle portion greater than a bottom thereof or a top thereof, and the middle portion of the cavity is closer to the top thereof than the bottom thereof. | 5,707 |
9,822,038 | 1. A concrete composition, comprising based on dry weight: about 50% to about 95% by weight pulverized recycled glass particles; and about 3% to about 40% by weight colloidal silica particles; wherein the concrete composition is free of organic carriers and substantially free of Group I and Group II metal oxides exclusive of the glass particles, and the colloidal silica particles are provided as a colloidal silica dispersion that includes about 30-60% by weight colloidal silica particles having a median particle diameter of about 1-100 nanometers and about 40-70% by weight water. | 1,215 |
8,721,288 | 1. A flow affecting tip member that for being attached to a downstream part of a crown of a wheel of a hydraulic machine so as to be centrally positioned relative to blades that extend from curved wet surfaces of the crown to wet surfaces of a band, the member comprising a skirt, one surface of the skirt extending downward and inward as a continuation of the wet surface of the crown, at least one fin provided radially inside the skirt and extending axially in a downward direction when the member is attached to the crown, the skirt having a free lower edge that defines an opening allowing water to circulate relative to an internal space of the skirt, and a portion of the at least one fin projects in a downward direction through the opening defined by the free edge of the skirt by a distance (h) to affect water flow in a vicinity of an axis of rotation of the wheel and below the opening when the member is mounted to the crown. | 7,824 |
9,668,727 | 1. A method for retrieving suture, comprising: inserting a guide in a slender configuration into a body cavity; inhibiting the guide from exiting the body cavity by moving the guide to a laterally expanded configuration; deploying within the body cavity a first self-supporting snare loop that extends from a distal portion of the guide and defines a first unencumbered opening: deploying within the body cavity an opposing second self-supporting snare loop that extends from the distal portion of the guide and defines a second unencumbered opening: directing a suture engaging device with a first section of suture into the body cavity within a first channel in the guide; releasing the first section of suture loosely disposed within the first unencumbered opening of the first self-supporting snare loop such that the first section of suture is not fixed to the guide until the first self-supporting snare loop is retracted: retracting the suture engaging device after releasing the first section of suture; directing the suture engaging device with a second section of suture into the body cavity within a second channel in the guide; releasing the second section of suture loosely disposed within the second unencumbered opening of the opposing second self-supporting snare loop such that the second section of suture is not fixed to the guide until the opposing second self-supporting snare loop is retracted; retracting the suture engaging device after releasing the second section of suture; actuating the first self-supporting snare loop to capture the first section of suture; and actuating the opposing second self-supporting snare loop to capture the second section of suture. | 868 |
9,327,940 | 1. An elevator system, comprising: an elevator control unit for controlling the movement of an elevator car in an elevator hoistway, wherein the elevator control unit is configured to receive data from a control circuit external to the elevator system, and the elevator control unit is arranged to start a new run sequence for cancelling an idle state of the elevator by transferring the elevator car from its current location during the idle state to that entrance at which it is assumed, on the basis of the information received from the control circuit external to the elevator system, that a passenger will arrive, wherein the elevator is controlled into an energy-saving mode during the idle state, wherein the elevator car is driven to a predefined point in the elevator hoistway during the idle state of the elevator, and wherein the electricity supply of one or more devices of the elevator system is arranged to be disconnected for the duration of the energy-saving mode. | 32,671 |
8,500,598 | 1. Apparatus for controlling a powertrain comprising an electro-mechanical transmission mechanically-operatively coupled to an internal combustion engine and first and second electric machines adapted to selectively transmit mechanical power to an output member, said apparatus comprising: said first and second electric machines; a first electric machine cooling circuit directing a cooling hydraulic flow to said first electric machine comprising a second electric machine cooling circuit directing a cooling hydraulic flow to said second electric machine comprising a hydraulic control system receiving a hydraulic flow and selectively channeling said hydraulic flow to said first and second electric machine cooling circuits; and an active electric machine cooling control system monitoring temperatures of said first and second electric machines, monitoring operation of said hydraulic control system, and selectively controlling said hydraulic control system. | 11,396 |
9,076,910 | 1. A solar cell module comprising: a plurality of solar cell elements and wiring material, each of said plurality of solar cell elements comprising: a semiconductor substrate comprising a first surface for receiving solar light and a second surface on a back side of said first surface; a first electrode comprising a first connection part arranged on said second surface of said semiconductor substrate; and a second electrode comprising a second connection part arranged on said second surface of said semiconductor substrate, and a power collecting part electrically connected to said second connection part, and the first connection part comprising a plurality of first divided portions separated from each other and arrayed along an arraying direction of the solar elements, and each of the first divided portion is entirely surrounded by the second electrode and apart from the second electrode and connected to each other by the wiring material, wherein said first connection part has a partially linear form in plan view, and said wiring material is configured for connecting the plurality of solar cell elements arrayed, wherein said wiring material is positioned parallel to the arraying direction of the solar cell elements such that said first electrode and said second electrode are sandwiched between said wiring material and said semiconductor substrate, and where two adjacent solar cell elements of said plurality of solar cell elements are a first solar cell element and a second solar element, and wherein said wiring material is directly connected to said first connection part of said first solar cell element and directly connected to said second connection part of said second cell element. | 19,244 |
9,690,105 | 1. A method calibrating a beam shaping module including a first and a second optical modules sequentially interacting with a light beam; the method comprising carrying out the following steps: i. measuring a first intensity distribution of said light beam after its interaction with said first optical module, at a certain optical distance downstream from said first optical module, and utilizing said first intensity distribution to determine a lateral misalignment of said first optical module, thereby enabling calibration of a lateral position of the first optical module; and ii. when said first optical module is in said lateral aligned position, measuring a second intensity distribution of said light beam at a certain location downstream from said second optical module, and utilizing said second intensity distribution to determine a lateral misalignment of said second optical module, thereby enabling calibration of a lateral position of the second optical module. | 27,820 |
9,732,150 | 1. A humanized antibody or humanized antibody fragment that specifically binds hepatocyte growth factor (“HGF”) and said antibody or antibody fragment inhibits or neutralizes at least one HGF associated biological activity, wherein said humanized antibody or humanized antibody fragment comprises a variable heavy chain comprising CDR1, CDR2 and CDR3 polypeptides respectively having the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NO: 4; SEQ ID NO: 6; and SEQ ID NO: 8 and a variable light chain comprising CDR1, CDR2 and CDR3 polypeptides respectively having the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NO: 24; SEQ ID NO: 26; and SEQ ID NO: 28. | 9,723 |
9,115,502 | 1. A frame for fixation and calibration of a pedestal, preferably a heliostat comprising: a quadrangular structure articulated in at least one of its corners and adapted to surround the pedestal and constituting a formwork element in the pedestal's foundation, for being filled with concrete; four horizontal profiles, provided in the quadrangular structure: calibration bolts for pressing and adjusting the pedestal in a vertical position; vertical bodies linked to the profiles; nuts connected to the vertical bodies for inserting the calibration bolts; plates linked to the profiles; holes located in the plates; and picks for being inserted through the holes, and for being nailed to the ground for fixation and stability of the frame. | 39,914 |
8,495,825 | 1. A device that is installable in a forefoot portion of a shoe, the device comprising: a first plate; a second plate; a filler material positioned between the first plate and the second plate; and a spring positioned between the first plate and the second plate; and a pin; wherein the first plate and the second plate are hinged together by the pin; and wherein the filler material is completely outside of the spring and at least a portion of the filler material is located between the pin and the spring. | 47,611 |
8,770,150 | 1. A device for restraining and controlling both humans and animals comprising: an elongate pole having a release and a trigger; a cuff having least one electrode, and secured at the lower end of the pole, and which is released from the pole by operation of the release; an electrical circuit for providing a shock to subdue a detainee coupled to the electrode and activated by the trigger. | 42,950 |
8,532,381 | 1. A method of a processor for improving stability of histogram correlation, comprising: computing a histogram for target signal and reference signal for generating a target histogram and a reference histogram; shifting the target histogram towards upper left, upper right, lower left and lower right in a neighborhood to generate a shifted target histogram; performing correlation between the reference histogram and the target histogram and between the shifted target histogram and the referenced histogram ; and combining related correlation scores for improving stability of histogram correlation. | 42,201 |
8,738,500 | 1. A method for soliciting a customer using an interactive computer-readable medium, the method comprising: sending a computer-readable medium to the customer, the computer-readable medium including information about a financial institution; activating the computer-readable medium by accessing the information on the computer-readable medium, wherein activating the computer-readable medium includes stopping paper mailing to the customer; offering a financial incentive to encourage the customer to: receiving a notification that the customer is purchasing the service or the product offered by the financial institution using the computer-readable medium; delivering a number of electronic regulatory mailings to the customer, wherein regulatory mailings are mailings required by a financial institution regulator; and knowledge base authenticating the customer to validate the customer identity and that the customer has received the number of electronic regulatory mailings. | 21,235 |
9,362,180 | 1. An integrated circuit comprising: a substrate structure; a first plurality of field effect transistors formed in the substrate structure, a second plurality of field effect transistors formed in the substrate structure, a third plurality of field effect transistors formed in the substrate structure, and a fourth plurality of field effect transistors formed in the substrate structure; wherein field effect transistors of the first plurality of field effect transistors each have a first channel polarity and a first gate stack comprising a dielectric layer, a first conductive cap layer overlying the dielectric layer, a second conductive cap layer overlying the first cap layer, a first work function layer overlying the second conductive cap layer, and a metal layer overlying the first work function layer; wherein field effect transistors of the second plurality of field effect transistors each have a second gate stack that comprises the layers of the first gate stack and the first channel polarity, the first conductive cap layer including a first thickness at the first gate stack and a second thickness at the second gate stack, wherein the second thickness is different from the first thickness; wherein field effect transistors of the third plurality of field effect transistors each have a third gate stack and a channel polarity opposite the first channel polarity, the third gate stack comprising the layers of the first and second gate stacks and a second work function layer positioned between the second conductive cap layer and the first work function layer; wherein field effect transistors of the fourth plurality of field effect transistors each have a fourth gate stack that comprises the layers of the third gate stack and a channel polarity opposite the first channel polarity, the first conductive cap layer including the first thickness at the fourth gate stack and the second thickness at the third gate stack; wherein the second gate stack has a gate material sequence in common with the first gate stack, wherein the fourth gate stack has a gate material sequence in common with the third gate stack, and wherein the third gate stack has a gate material sequence that is different from a gate material sequence of the first gate stack; wherein field effect transistors of the first plurality of field effect transistors each have a first Vt, and wherein field effect transistors of the second plurality of field effect transistors each have a second Vt, the second Vt being different from the first Vt. | 48,327 |
9,704,094 | 1. A method, comprising: defining a first software abstraction representing a neural network of neurons, synapses, and axons, wherein the first software abstraction comprises an imperative program for an algorithm; compiling the first software abstraction into a second software abstraction for mapping onto a neurosynaptic hardware, wherein the second software abstraction is compatible with one or more conditions related to the neurosynaptic hardware, the conditions comprises at least one of a hardware-specific constraint related to the neurosynaptic hardware and a performance constraint, and the second software abstraction comprises a hardware-specific program for the algorithm; and mapping the second software abstraction onto the neurosynaptic hardware, such that the neurosynaptic hardware simulates the neural network based on the algorithm. | 48,581 |
9,154,179 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a non-bypass signal path coupled to a receiver, the non-bypass signal path comprising a filter; a bypass signal path coupled to the receiver, the bypass signal path configure to bypass the filter; a processor configured to output a control signal that indicates predetermined time intervals when signals are transmitted by a related local transmitter with a signal power that exceeds a selected threshold, the control signal output prior to the signal being received; and a switch configured to receive the control signal, and in response, to couple an antenna to the non-bypass signal path during the predetermined time intervals and to couple the antenna to the bypass signal path during other time intervals. | 24,053 |
8,709,713 | 1. An isolated polypeptide comprising a hemagglutinin (H) polypeptide amino acid sequence that aligns with the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:1, wherein said H amino acid sequence comprises a serine at the position aligning with position 497 of said amino acid sequence and an alanine at the position aligning with position 543 of said amino acid sequence. | 8,338 |
9,464,947 | 1. A method for producing a cryogenic temperature measuring resistor element, comprising the steps of: preparing a temperature measuring resistor wire and a housing for accommodating the temperature measuring resistor wire; preparing a mixture of polycrystalline inorganic electric insulating powder and glass powder of an amorphous electric insulating material with each other, the glass powder having a lower softening point than respective melting temperatures of the inorganic electric insulating powder, the temperature measuring resistor wire, and the housing; filling the mixture between the housing and the temperature measuring resistor wire; heating the mixture at a temperature higher than the softening point of the glass powder and lower than the respective melting temperatures of the temperature measuring resistor wire, the housing, and the inorganic electric insulating powder so as to melt only the glass powder; and cooling the mixture so as to solidify the melted glass to connect particles of the inorganic electric insulating powder with one another. | 912 |
9,157,454 | 1. A flow straightener device for a turbomachine comprising: an inner shell ring and an outer shell ring surrounding said inner shell ring, said inner shell ring and said outer shell ring forming a stream, at least one of said inner shell ring or outer shell ring having first orifices; at least two straightener blades each comprising at at least one first end an attachment platform having second orifices positioned facing said first orifices; said at least two blades being assembled at at least one of said inner shell ring or outer shell ring by at least one first attachment device introduced in said first orifices and said second orifices; the flow straightener comprising a covering platform covering said at least one first attachment device, said covering platform comprising an upper surface forming a covering plane at the level of which air circulates; said covering plane having a shape suited to follow a profile of said stream, wherein said covering platform comprises a lower surface forming an attachment plane, said attachment plane comprising at least one slot suited to cooperate with said at least one first attachment device to ensure retention of said covering platform. | 33,598 |
9,399,923 | 1. A turbine ( 10 ) for an exhaust gas turbocharger comprising a turbine housing ( 12 ) with a first spiral channel ( 16 ) and a second spiral channel ( 18 ), the second spiral channel ( 18 ) extending over a wrap angle range (φ S ) of less than 360 degrees in a peripheral direction ( 30 ) of a turbine wheel ( 24 ) of the turbine ( 10 ), and the first spiral channel ( 16 ) having a wrap angle range (φ GS ) larger than the wrap angle range (φ S ) of the second spiral channel ( 18 ), and the first spiral channel ( 16 ) and the second spiral channel ( 18 ) being arranged adjacent to each other in an axial direction ( 22 ) of the turbine wheel ( 24 ) in at least a first angular range ( 36 ) which includes the wrap angle ranges (φ S , φ GS ), whereby exhaust gas flowing through the spiral channels ( 16 , 18 ) impinges on a the turbine wheel ( 24 ) accommodated in the turbine housing ( 12 ) via a nozzle ( 20 ) which is delimited in the axial direction ( 22 ) by walls ( 70 , 72 ) of the turbine housing ( 12 ) and which extends peripherally in a direction ( 30 ) around the turbine wheel ( 32 ) and has an overall nozzle width (b HD ), and to which exhaust gas is supplied, at least in the first angular range ( 36 ), over a respective partial nozzle width (b λ , b AGR ) of the spiral channels ( 16 , 18 ), the partial nozzle width (b λ ) of the first spiral channel ( 16 ) being greater than the partial nozzle width (b 80 ) of the first spiral channel ( 16 ) in the first angular range ( 36 ), at least in a further angular range ( 40 , 42 ) of the wrap angle range (φ GS ) which is different from the first angular range ( 36 ). | 24,768 |
9,806,303 | 1. An electrochemical cell packaging material for housing an electrochemical cell body, the electrochemical cell body including a positive electrode comprising a positive-electrode active material and a positive-electrode collector, a negative electrode comprising a negative-electrode active material and a negative-electrode collector, and an electrolyte filled between said positive electrode and said negative electrode; and sealing said electrochemical cell body by heat-sealing of a peripheral edge part of the electrochemical cell packaging material; said electrochemical cell packaging material characterized in that the electrochemical cell packaging material is a multilayer film having a structure formed by laminating at least a base layer, an adhesive layer, a metal foil layer, and a heat-sealable layer in this order from the outside, said heat-sealable layer arranged as an innermost layer; said adhesive layer contains a pigment; and a resin containing inorganic material-based particles stacked on an outside surface of said base layer such that said base layer has a matte-finished surface. | 38,570 |
8,833,738 | 1. A desalination system, comprising: an evaporator unit, the evaporator unit including an evaporator vessel, an ambient air supply tube extending into the evaporator vessel, the ambient air supply tube including an open end within the vessel, a saltwater inlet port for supplying saltwater into the evaporator vessel, a condensed saltwater outlet port for releasing condensed saltwater from the evaporator vessel, a gas exit port that directs gas out of the evaporator vessel, and a weir disposed within the evaporator vessel adjacent the ambient air supply tube, a space between the weir and the ambient air supply tube defining a first confined volume; a level sensor disposed within the evaporator vessel for sensing a level of saltwater within the evaporator vessel and a control system operatively connected to the level sensor, the control system controlling fluid flow through the saltwater inlet port and through the saltwater outlet port to maintain an operating level of saltwater within the evaporator vessel at or above the open end of the ambient air supply tube; and a condensing unit, the condensing unit including a condensing vessel having an inlet and an outlet for supplying a cooling liquid to an interior of the condensing vessel, a vapor pipe passing through the condensing vessel and located at least partially within the condensing vessel at an elevation below a normal operating surface level of the cooling liquid, the vapor pipe being fluidly connected to the gas exit port, and a condensed water removal valve for removing condensed water from the vapor pipe, wherein the weir includes a first weir end and a second weir end, a first circulation gap being defined between the first weir end and a first wall of the evaporator vessel and a second circulation gap being defined between the second weir end and a second wall of the evaporator vessel, dispersal of ambient air through the open end of the ambient air supply tube causing a continuous flow pattern of combined ambient air and saltwater upward through the first confined volume, outward through the first circulation gap, where ambient air separates from the saltwater, down through a second confined volume between the weir and the evaporator vessel, and through the second circulation gap back into the first confined volume. | 47,694 |
9,405,903 | 1. A system for sinkholing bad network domains by registering the bad network domains on the Internet, comprising: a processor configured to: a memory coupled to the processor and configured to provide the processor with instructions. | 10,998 |
9,521,708 | 1. An oven range appliance defining a vertical direction, a lateral direction and a transverse direction, the vertical, lateral and transverse directions being mutually perpendicular, the oven range appliance comprising: a cabinet that defines a cooking chamber, the cabinet extending between a first side and a second side along the lateral direction, the cabinet also extending between a front and a back along the transverse direction, the cabinet having a continuous frame positioned above the cooking chamber along the vertical direction, the continuous frame having a first leg, a second leg and a third leg, the first leg of the continuous frame positioned above the first side of the cabinet along the vertical direction and extending from the front of the cabinet towards the back of the cabinet along the transverse direction, the second leg of the continuous frame positioned above the second side of the cabinet along the vertical direction and extending from the front of the cabinet towards the back of the cabinet along the transverse direction, the third leg of the continuous frame positioned above the front of the cabinet along the vertical direction and extending between the first and second legs of the continuous frame along the lateral direction; a ceramic panel mounted to the continuous frame such that the ceramic panel is positioned completely above the continuous frame along the vertical direction, the ceramic panel extending between a first side edge and a second side edge along the lateral direction, the first side edge of the ceramic panel positioned above the first leg of the continuous frame along the vertical direction and inset from an outer surface of the first leg along the lateral direction, the second side edge of the ceramic panel positioned above the second leg of the continuous frame along the vertical direction and inset from an outer surface of the second leg along the lateral direction, the ceramic panel also extending between a front edge and a back edge along the transverse direction, the front edge of the ceramic panel positioned above the third leg of the continuous frame along the vertical direction and inset from an outer surface of the third leg along the transverse direction, wherein the first and second side edges of the ceramic panel and the front edge of the ceramic panel are exposed such that the first and second side edges of the ceramic panel and the front edge of the ceramic panel are visible. | 40,956 |
8,511,326 | 1. A tank system for dropping water onto a passing vehicle, comprising: a tank having a fluid exit; a support system connected with the tank for elevating the tank above a ground surface to allow a vehicle to pass beneath the tank; a fluid supply inlet fluidly connected with the tank for receiving a fluid flow from an external fluid source and introducing fluid into the tank, which thereafter fails from the tank; and a light system attached with the tank, the light system having a light element to direct light toward a fluid as it falls from the tank, whereby after receiving fluid, the fluid falls from the tank onto a passing vehicle, such that upon falling from the tank, the fluid is illuminated by the light system. | 19,942 |
9,812,316 | 1. A mixed material for vapor deposition of lithium, the mixed material comprising: lithium oxide in an amount of 90% or more; at least one material selected from oxides, sulfides, chlorides, and fluorides of alkali metals and having a melting point lower than a melting point of the lithium oxide; and at least one material selected from oxides and sulfides of alkaline-earth metals and having a melting point higher than the melting point of the lithium oxide. | 48,995 |
9,559,145 | 1. An electronic device comprising a semiconductor memory which comprises: a first region in which a first variable resistance element structured to exhibit different resistance states for storing data is disposed; and a second region in which a reference resistance element for sensing data stored in the first variable resistance element is disposed, and wherein the reference resistance element includes: a plurality of second variable resistance elements formed of the same material at the same level as the first variable resistance element, wherein the second variable resistance elements are coupled to provide a reference in resistance, without exhibiting different resistance states, in sensing a resistance of the first variable resistance element to determined stored data in the first variable resistance element; a plurality of contacts coupled to each of the second variable resistance elements; and a first pad to couple two adjacent second variable resistance elements with each other so that the first pad is coupled to a part of the contacts which are coupled to one of the two adjacent second variable resistance elements and a part of the contacts which are coupled to the other of the two adjacent second variable resistance elements. | 14,354 |
9,784,326 | 1. An aircraft landing gear, including: a wheel rotatable about an axle; a motor; and a bi-directional clutch operable to connect the wheel with the motor, the bi-directional clutch comprising a ring-shaped overrunning track connected to the wheel, a ring-shaped drive track connected to the motor and concentrically aligned with the overrunning track, and a plurality of movable elements, each individually movable, retained between the overrunning track and the drive track, the movable elements being movable between: a driven configuration in which the movable elements prevent relative rotation between the drive track and the overrunning track to thereby permit the wheel to be driven by the motor; and an overrunning configuration in which the movable elements permit relative rotation between the drive track and the overrunning track to thereby disconnect the wheel from the motor; wherein the overrunning track is connected to the wheel by a plurality of drive keys. | 30,261 |
9,079,611 | 1. A steering apparatus comprising: a steering shaft; a tilt hinge shaft fixed to a vehicle body; a steering column that rotationally supports the steering shaft; and an elastically deformable conductive member, wherein | 7,137 |
9,240,722 | 1. A system, comprising: at least one integrated power stage (IPstage) comprising an IPstage processing device, power-consuming circuitry, and a power output; where the power output of the IPstage is configured to be coupled to a bootstrap capacitor; where the IPstage is configured to be coupled to receive signals from a separate processing device configured as a voltage regulator (VR) controller that command the IPstage to selectively provide or not provide power to the power output of the IPstage; and where the IPstage processing device is configured to: | 7,791 |
9,133,597 | 1. A foundation structure for locating an object mounted on the foundation structure on a sea bed or a river bed, the foundation structure comprising: a plurality of integral buoyancy devices, the plurality of integral buoyancy devices including first and second static ballast tanks, and a third movable ballast tank having a rigid control surface and pivotably mounted on the first static ballast tank and above the second static ballast tank, each of the plurality of integral buoyancy devices having variable buoyancy, the third movable integral ballast tank being movable relative to the first and second static ballast tanks to vary the position of the rigid control surface and control the position of a center of buoyancy relative to the position of a center of gravity, wherein the foundation structure is movable between a fully surfaced condition, wherein the foundation structure floats on a surface of a body of water, and wherein the center of buoyancy of the foundation structure is positioned below the center of gravity of the foundation structure, and a fully submerged condition, wherein the first and second static ballast tanks of the foundation structure are adjacent to one another and each of the first and second static ballast tanks are directly in contact with a bed of the body of water and wherein the center of buoyancy of the foundation structure is positioned above the center of gravity of the foundation structure. | 10,303 |
9,547,314 | 1. A system comprising: an acceleration delta module that: a remedial action module that, based on the average value of the acceleration delta and independent of a torque command generated to accelerate the vehicle, selectively takes a remedial action by adjusting operation of at least one of an engine and an electric motor. | 41,792 |
9,736,755 | 1. An open communication method between at least two sub-networks, where each of the at least two sub-networks has a different routable network addressing scheme, the method comprising: receiving by a receiving node, a packet for a specific application, the packet including an application identifier, where a generating node that generated the packet is configured to communicate using a first of said at least two sub-networks; determining by the receiving node, that the packet is to be relayed to another of the at least two sub-networks based upon the application identifier; determining by the receiving node, whether the receiving node is a broker node configured to communicate using at least two of the at least two sub-networks via corresponding routable network addressing schemes for each of the sub-networks; when the receiving node is not a broker node, relaying the packet from the receiving node to a broker node; and when the receiving node is a broker node: | 44,091 |
9,339,880 | 1. A face hobbing cutter system for face hobbing spiral bevel gears, comprising: a cutter disc rotatable about a central axis and having a rotationally symmetrical basic shape, the cutter disc including a top surface, a bottom surface and a side surface extending between the top surface and the bottom surface; a plurality of pockets formed in the cutter disc for receiving a plurality of cartridge assemblies and extending inwards from the top surface into the cutter disc; and at least one set of detachable cartridge assemblies, each set of cartridge assemblies including a plurality of cartridge assemblies, each of the respective cartridge assemblies being spaced apart along a rotational direction, each of the cartridge assemblies being fixed in place in a respective pocket of the cutter disc by a clamping device, each of the cartridge assemblies including a plurality of cartridges and a plurality of indexable milling inserts, each of the plurality of indexable milling inserts being retained on its respective cartridge by a retaining device, wherein some of the plurality of indexable milling inserts in each set of cartridge assemblies are tangential-mounted inserts for milling flanks of spiral bevel gear teeth, while the other inserts of the plurality of milling inserts in each set of cartridge assemblies are grooving inserts, the tangential-mounted inserts each having at least two cutting edges, the grooving inserts being arranged transversely to the tangential-mounted inserts for milling roots of the spiral bevel gear teeth, the grooving inserts and the tangential-mounted inserts being arranged so that the grooving inserts have a respective most distanced point from the top surface of the disc at a larger distance than a corresponding distance of the tangential-mounted inserts, said tangential-mounted inserts of each set of cartridge assemblies being provided in pairs, one tangential-mounted insert of the pair being provided with its front facing the central axis, and the other being provided with its front facing away the central axis, so as to form respectively milling concave curved flanks and convex curved flanks of the spiral bevel gear teeth, the tangential-mounted inserts being arranged to only cut the flanks and the grooving inserts being arranged to only cut the roots of the spiral gear teeth, wherein the plurality of indexable milling inserts in each set of cartridge assemblies are alternately provided in the following order: a grooving insert, a first tangential-mounted insert, a grooving insert, a second tangential-mounted insert, and wherein the second tangential-mounted insert is tangentially mounted in an opposite direction as the first tangential-mounted insert. | 14,563 |
9,344,402 | 1. A method for automatically selecting an Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) address transmission mode, comprising: a Gateway General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) Support Node (GGSN) device adding a currently adopted address allocation mode through configuration, and informing the allocation mode to a mobile terminal device; the mobile terminal device obtaining IPv6 address identifier information issued by the GGSN device after completing Packet Data Protocol (PDP) context activation; the mobile terminal device sending a standard router solicitation (RS) message to the GGSN device; the GGSN device attaching the currently adopted address allocation mode when responding with allocated IPv6 address prefix information to the mobile terminal device; and the mobile terminal device analyzing the current address allocation mode sent by the GGSN device, and determining whether the current address allocation mode is to allocate a unique identifier or a unique prefix, and then executing corresponding processing; wherein when determining that the current address allocation mode is to allocate a unique identifier; the mobile terminal device configuring a local address of a site for a local area network port, and meanwhile informing prefix information of the local address of the site to an access user terminal of the local area network port; after obtaining the prefix information, the access user terminal device constructing a local address of an IPv6 site, and performing an IPv6 communication; and the mobile terminal device converting the local address of the site into a global unicast address allocated by the GGSN by means of NAT66 and forwarding a message to a wireless wide area port, to realize a normal communication of a local message and an extranet message; or when determining that the current address allocation mode is to allocate a unique prefix; the mobile terminal device informing the prefix information of an IPv6 global unicast address obtained from the GGSN device to an access user terminal device of a local area network port, and meanwhile setting corresponding IPv6 unicast addresses for the local area network port and the wireless wide area network port by means of prefix division; after obtaining the prefix information, the access user terminal device constructing the IPv6 global unicast address and performing the IPv6 communication; and the mobile terminal device routing and forwarding the IPv6 message of the local area network port to the wireless wide area network port by means of routing forwarding, to realize the normal communication of the local message and the extranet message. | 48,930 |
9,422,900 | 1. A method, comprising: emptying a fuel tank by solely supplying a gaseous fuel to an engine when a gaseous fuel tank pressure is high, and supplying the gaseous fuel and a liquid fuel when the gaseous fuel tank pressure is low; and overriding the emptying by closing a gaseous fuel tank valve in response to a low pressure downstream of the gaseous fuel tank valve and a high tank pressure. | 4,090 |
9,281,760 | 1. A three-level power converter, comprising a first pair including an outer-side switching element on a highest potential side and a neutral clamp diode on a higher potential side, a second pair including an outer-side switching element on a lowest potential side and a neutral clamp diode on a lower potential side, and a third pair including an inner-side switching element on a higher potential side and an inner-side switching element on a lower potential side, wherein all of the first pair, the second pair and the third pair are each configured from a two-element-inclusive power module having at least one pair of a diode and switching element, in each of which the diode and the switching element are connected in anti-parallel with each other, a power conversion circuit portion is configured from the first pair, the second pair, and the third pair, a first switching state is such that the outer-side switching element on the highest potential side and the inner-side switching element on the higher potential side are on and the inner-side switching element on the lower potential side and the outer-side switching element on the lowest potential side are off, a second switching state is such that the inner-side switching element on the higher potential side and the inner-side switching element on the lower potential side are on and the outer-side switching element on the highest potential side and the outer-side switching element on the lowest potential side are off, a third switching state is such that the inner-side switching element on the lower potential side and the outer-side switching element on the lowest potential side are on and the outer-side switching element on the highest potential side and the inner-side switching element on the higher potential side are off, switching is performed between the first switching state and the second switching state or between the second switching state and the third switching state, the switching element in the two-element-inclusive power module is formed of a wide bandgap semiconductor, and each of the first pair, the second pair and the third pair are housed in a separate package. | 12,944 |
9,607,523 | 1. A weather data collection system, the system comprising: at least one transceiver configured to communicate with aircraft via one or more datalinks; a Weather Data Processing System coupled to the at least one transceiver, the Weather Data Processing System comprising a processor coupled to a memory that stores weather information compiled from aircraft collected weather data; wherein the Weather Data Processing System further comprises a Weather Information Collection Manager coupled to the at least one transceiver and the memory; wherein the Weather Information Collection Manager is configured to process a new weather data disclosure message received from a first aircraft via the at least one transceiver to determine when the first aircraft has a first set of aircraft collected weather data available for transfer that is either cumulative or noncumulative with respect to weather information previously stored in the memory; wherein the Weather Information Collection Manager is further configured to process the new weather data disclosure message received from the first aircraft to determine whether a first datalink of the one or more datalinks is suitable for transferring the first set of aircraft collected weather data; and wherein when the first set of aircraft collected weather data is noncumulative and when the first datalink of the one or more datalinks is suitable for transferring the first set of aircraft collected weather data, the Weather Information Collection Manager is configured to cause the Weather Data Processing System to transmit a weather data request to the first aircraft in response to the new weather data disclosure. | 9,304 |
8,558,406 | 1. An electrical system for a fuel cell hybrid vehicle, said system comprising: a high voltage bus; a fuel cell stack electrically coupled to the high voltage bus; a high voltage battery electrically coupled to the high voltage bus; a bi-directional DC/DC power converter electrically coupled to the high voltage bus between the fuel cell stack and the high voltage battery; an electric traction system power inverter module electrically coupled to the high voltage bus, said power inverter module converting high voltage DC power signals from the high voltage bus to system AC power signals; and an electric power take out circuit including the bi-directional DC/DC power converter and the electric traction system power inverter module, said bi-directional power converter providing an external voltage signal and said power inverter module providing an external AC power signal when the electrical system is in an electric power take out mode. | 38,840 |
9,196,850 | 1. An organic device comprising in order: a glass substrate; an anode; a hole transportation layer; a light emission layer; a layer including Alq and Liq with a molar ratio of 1:1; a thermally reducible metal layer of aluminum; a hole current-electron current conversion layer including an electron transportation section and a hole transportation section in contact with each other; and a cathode, wherein said hole current-electron current conversion layer functions as a buffer layer against a high energy particle deposition when said cathode is being formed, wherein said hole transportation section consists of NPD and vanadium pentoxide, and wherein said hole transportation section is transparent to light and is in contact with the cathode, and wherein the amount of aluminum in the thermally reducible metal layer is the amount needed to reduce all the lithium ions in the Liq of the Liq/Alq layer to lithium metal, such that the thermally reducible metal layer consists of aluminum ions. | 39,789 |
8,907,275 | 1. An apparatus to separate ions simultaneously in different mixtures of gases and dopants with an enhanced separation capacity and with an improved transmission of ions, said apparatus comprising at least two ion mobility analyzers, each of said ion mobility analyzers having an inlet of ions and an outlet of ions, wherein at least one among said two ion mobility analyzers is a scannable filter of the type: a Field Asymmetric Ion Mobility Spectrometer (FAIMS), a Differential Mobility Analyzer (DMA), or a Variable Electric Field Mobility Analyzer (VEFMA), for which said inlet of ions and said outlet of ions is a orifice or an slit, wherein said ion mobility analyzers are arranged in a linear sequence, having at least a first ion mobility analyzer, which receives a plurality of ions through a first inlet, and a last ion mobility analyzer which outputs a flow of selected ions through a last outlet, wherein said outlet of ions of said ion mobility analyzers, excluding said last ion mobility analyzer, serves at the same time as an inlet for the next ion mobility analyzer, and wherein ions classified in one stage are passed to a next for further classification, wherein a different mixture of gasses and dopants, which produce different shifts in the mobilities of each type of said ions, is introduced in each of said last ion mobility analyzers through a secondary inlet in each analyzer, wherein said plurality of ions is consecutively classified in said sequence of ion mobility analyzers. | 38,315 |
8,601,375 | 1. A method for efficiently deploying and managing configurable virtual server instances in a hosted virtual server service, the method comprising: a. receiving from a user an identification of a policy to be associated with a virtual server configuration selected from a plurality of virtual server configurations and to be used for deciding when to instantiate or destroy virtual server instances corresponding to the configuration; b. invoking, by a virtual server manager, the policy; c. retrieving periodically, by the virtual server manager, a result from the policy; d. transmitting, by the virtual server manager to a virtual hosting service, responsive to the retrieved result, instructions to instantiate a first virtual server instance and a second virtual server instance, both corresponding to the associated virtual server configuration; and e. configuring, by the virtual server manager, the first virtual server instance with information dependent on the second virtual server instance, wherein configuring comprises: | 44,810 |
9,478,515 | 1. A semiconductor package comprising: a main substrate; a sub-substrate spaced apart from the main substrate by a gap; a semiconductor chip disposed on the main substrate; an interconnection member including twisted wires of a plurality of strands and connecting the semiconductor chip to the sub-substrate; a main molding member covering the semiconductor chip and the main substrate; a sub-molding member covering the sub-substrate; and a stress buffer layer disposed between the main molding member and the sub-molding member, filling the gap between the main substrate and the sub-substrate, and surrounding a portion of the interconnection member, wherein a top surface of the stress buffer layer, a top surface of the main molding member and a top surface of the sub-molding member being coplanar. | 9,090 |
9,188,973 | 1. A method for determining a transformation between a robot's coordinate system and a camera system's coordinate system, wherein the robot includes a movable arm having the camera system mounted thereto, the robot's coordinate system defines a position of the movable arm, and the camera system's coordinate system defines a position of a target within a field of view of the camera system, the method comprising: positioning the movable arm about the target to three or more image-capture locations such that the target is within the field of view of the camera system at individual image-capture locations and the movable arm is rotated about and translated relative to the target from one image-capture location to another image-capture location; at the individual image-capture locations, capturing a set of images of the target using the camera system and recording, in the robot's coordinate system, a position of the movable arm; determining, in the camera system's coordinate system, coordinates of a set of two or more calibration features of the target identified in the set of images; and determining, based on the position of the movable arm and the coordinates of the set of two or more calibration features at the individual image-capture locations, the transformation between the robot's coordinate system and the camera system's coordinate system, wherein a position of the target is fixed and the step of determining the transformation between the robot's coordinate system and the camera system's coordinate system comprises iteratively selecting a value for the transformation between the robot's coordinate system and the camera system's coordinate system and comparing (A) a product of the selected value for the transformation, a position of the movable arm, and coordinates of a calibration feature at one image-capture location and (B) a product of the selected value for the transformation, a position of the movable arm, and coordinates of the corresponding calibration feature at another image-capture location to determine a value for the transformation that minimizes a difference between (A) and (B). | 22,813 |
9,545,008 | 1. A circuit board comprising: a substrate having an upper surface and a lower surface, wherein the substrate defines a mounting surface on which opposing conductive members are located, wherein a recessed opening is provided between the conductive members; and a solid electrolytic capacitor comprising a capacitor element that includes an anode, a dielectric layer overlying the anode, and a cathode overlying the dielectric layer; a case that encapsulates the capacitor element, wherein the case includes an upper surface, a lower surface, a front surface, and a rear surface; an anode termination that is electrically connected to the anode, the anode termination containing a first external component that is generally perpendicular to the lower surface of the case and a second external component that is generally parallel to the lower surface of the case and that extends outwardly away from the front surface of the case; and a cathode termination that is electrically connected to the cathode, the cathode termination containing a first external component that is generally perpendicular to the lower surface of the case and a second external component that is generally parallel to the lower surface of the case and that extends outwardly away from the rear surface of the case; wherein the second external component of the anode termination and the second external component of the cathode termination are electrically connected to the conductive members so that at least a portion of the solid electrolytic capacitor is embedded within the recessed opening, further wherein the second external component of the anode termination and the second external component of the cathode termination are generally parallel to and in contact with the mounting surface, wherein the second external component of the anode termination and the second external component of the cathode termination are generally coplanar. | 32,872 |
8,751,717 | 1. An interrupt control apparatus comprising: a priority level setting unit that sets a priority level for each of multiple pieces of interrupt information; and a information output control unit that, when interrupts from two or more overlapping pieces of interrupt information have occurred, carries out control in accordance with the priority levels set by the priority level setting unit for the two or more pieces of interrupt information so that the interrupt information having the higher priority level value is outputted preferentially, wherein the priority level setting unit sets the priority level of at least one of the multiple pieces of interrupt information to be variable so that the value of the priority level linearly increases during a period from when the output of the interrupt information starts to when the output of the interrupt information ends. | 26,565 |
8,822,240 | 1. A temperature detecting apparatus comprising: an insulation rod installed to extend in a vertical direction and including a plurality of through-holes in a vertical direction; a thermocouple wire inserted in one of the through-holes of the insulation rod, the thermocouple wire including a thermocouple junction portion at an upper end thereof and an angled portion at a lower end of the insulation rod; and a buffer area installed below the insulation rod and configured to suppress a restriction of a horizontal portion of the angled portion upon heat expansion, wherein the thermocouple wire includes a supported portion between an upper end surface of the insulation rod and the thermocouple junction portion, the supported portion supported by the upper end surface of the insulation rod. | 37,733 |
9,688,593 | 1. A process of synthesizing methanol, comprising: obtaining a syngas mixture from an integrated carbon dioxide hydrogenation process and a methane steam reforming process, wherein the carbon dioxide hydrogenation process comprises contacting a gaseous feed mixture comprising carbon dioxide and hydrogen with a carbon dioxide hydrogenation catalyst; and the methane steam reforming process comprises contacting a desulphurised gaseous hydrocarbon feedstock and steam with a methane reforming catalyst; and contacting the syngas mixture with a methanol catalyst to obtain a product stream comprising methanol. | 41,277 |
8,379,145 | 1. A method for processing data comprising: receiving one or more video data streams, the one or more video data streams including a first video data stream, the first video data stream having a first color depth and being clocked at a frequency of a link clock signal; converting the first video data stream into a converted video data stream having a modified data format, wherein the modified data format includes transfer of a single pixel of data in one cycle of the link clock signal and the insertion of null data to fill empty cycles of the converted video data stream; generation of a valid data signal to distinguish between valid video data and the null data in the converted video data stream; and processing the converted video data stream according to the frequency of the link clock signal to generate a processed data stream from the converted video data stream, wherein processing includes using the valid data signal to identify valid video data. | 22,868 |
8,928,601 | 1. An organic light emitting display apparatus comprising: a substrate; a display unit formed on the substrate; a sealing substrate covering the display unit; and a touch unit formed on the sealing substrate, wherein the touch unit comprises a pixel region comprising at least one surface, a pad region comprising at least one surface, and first and second insulating layers, wherein the first insulating layer is formed on the surface of the pad region and the second insulating layer is formed only on the entire surface of the pixel region of the touch unit, wherein the insulating layer is formed using an open mask that corresponds to the pixel regions, wherein the open mask corresponds to the pad regions when it is closed; wherein the pad region comprises a connection portion comprising, a first connection layer comprising indium tin oxide (ITO) formed on the sealing substrate, a second connection layer comprising a metal material formed on the first connection layer, and a third connection layer comprising ITO formed on the second connection laver. | 32,832 |
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