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9,277,763 | 1. A method of controlling the growth of pathogenic microorganisms in a low acid content food product, comprising providing a low acid content food product having a pH greater than 4.5; inoculating said food product with a population of the microorganism processing said inoculated food product using high pressure processing (HPP) to generate a stable food product, wherein at least a portion of said microorganisms remain viable after said HPP, wherein said stable food product is susceptible to a period of temperature abuse comprising elevation of the temperature of said stable food product to temperatures greater than 40° F., wherein the pH of the stable food product remains substantially unchanged if the stable food product is not exposed to said temperature abuse, wherein, if exposed to said temperature abuse, in response to said temperature abuse, said viable inoculated microorganisms grow and produce acid, wherein the acid produced reduces the pH of said stable food product to less than 4.5, and wherein said reduction in pH inhibits the viability and/or metabolic activity of pathogenic microorganisms, thereby controlling the growth of pathogenic microorganisms. | 23,818 |
8,656,347 | 1. A method of generating a parallelized program, comprising: generating a program dependence graph from a sequential program, the program dependence graph having vertices representing statements constituting the sequential program and edges between the vertices representing relations between the statements; merging the vertices of the program dependence graph to generate a degenerate program dependence graph in which a number of vertices is reduced; calculating an execution order of vertices of the degenerate program dependence graph; generating basic blocks each of which is made by consolidating vertices including neither branching nor merging and to be executed in sequence among the vertices for which the execution order has been calculated; generating procedures each corresponding to a respective one of the vertices of the degenerate program dependence graph; and generating a procedure control program by arranging an instruction to execute a first one of the procedures after an instruction to wait for output data transfer from a second one of the procedures for the first and second ones of the procedures that have a dependence relation crossing a border between the basic blocks, generating an instruction to register dependence of a third one of the procedures on output data transfer from a fourth one of the procedures for the third and fourth ones of the procedures that have a dependence relation within one of the basic blocks, and generating an instruction to perform a given data transfer directly from procedure to procedure and an instruction to register dependence of the given data transfer on a preceding procedure for each of a data transfer within one of the basic blocks and a data transfer crossing a border between the basic blocks, wherein the generated procedure control program is to control execution of the procedures. | 5,669 |
8,899,915 | 1. A gas turbine engine comprising: a fan shaft driving a fan; a frame which supports said fan shaft; a plurality of gears to drive said fan shaft; a flexible support which at least partially supports said plurality of gears, said flexible support having a different stiffness than said frame; a first turbine section providing a drive input into said plurality of gears; and a second turbine section, wherein said first turbine section has a first exit area at a first exit point and rotates at a first speed, wherein said second turbine section has a second exit area at a second exit point and rotates at a second speed, which is faster than the first speed, wherein a first performance quantity is defined as the product of the first speed squared and the first area, wherein a second performance quantity is defined as the product of the second speed squared and the second area, and wherein a ratio of the first performance quantity to the second performance quantity is between about 0.5 and about 1.5. | 37,712 |
8,749,787 | 1. A fluorescence detecting apparatus that employs an analysis chip comprising a test region, for capturing a detection target substance included in a sample solution, within a flow channel through which the sample solution is caused to flow, irradiates an excitation light beam onto the test region, and detects fluorescence generated at the test region, to analyze the detection targets substance, comprising: light irradiating means, for emitting the excitation light beam onto the test region; fluorescence detecting means, for detecting the fluorescence generated at the test region due to the irradiation of the excitation light beam; irradiation position adjusting means, for adjusting the irradiation position of the excitation light beam with respect to the test region; and irradiation position control means, for determining the irradiation position of the excitation light beam with respect to the test region during analysis of the detection target substance, based on a plurality of adjustment fluorescence signals detected by the fluorescence detecting means when the irradiation position adjusting means is driven to irradiate the excitation light beam onto the test region while shifting the irradiation position of the excitation light beam. | 19,147 |
9,106,304 | 1. A correction network comprising: an in-phase input port configured to receive an in-phase portion of a signal; a quadrature input port configured to receive a quadrature portion of the signal; an in-phase output port configured to provide an in-phase portion of a corrected version of the signal; a quadrature output port configured to provide a quadrature portion of the corrected version of the signal; digital filters comprising: at least one correction controller configured to adjust filter tap coefficients of the first, second, third and fourth digital filters according to at least an alignment of the signal with a down-converted signal generated based on the corrected version of the signal to reduce at least one difference between a transmission characteristic of an in-phase signal path configured to transmit the in-phase portion of the signal, and a quadrature signal path configured to transmit the quadrature portion of the signal. | 40,673 |
8,841,162 | 1. A method for forming a photodetector device, the method comprising: forming a Ge layer on a substrate, wherein holes define a majority carrier of the Ge layer; forming a first insulator layer on the Ge layer; implanting n-type ions in the Ge layer; activating the n-type ions in the Ge layer to form a single crystalline n-type Ge layer patterning the first insulator layer to expose portions of the single crystalline n-type Ge layer; forming germanide regions in the exposed portions; and forming electrodes electrically connected to the germanide regions. | 46,596 |
8,442,631 | 1. An implantable medical device for monitoring an implantable biological cardiac pacemaker implanted in a heart, the device comprising: a first sensing system for detecting a first cardiac signal at a first location in the heart wherein the first cardiac signal is a near-field signal; a second sensing system for detecting a second cardiac signal at a second location in the heart wherein the second cardiac signal is a far-field signal; and a processor unit configured to compare information derived from the first cardiac signal and the second cardiac signal with at least one template cardiac signal indicative of a specific location of the implantable biological pacemaker within a heart and to determine if a cardiac depolarization from one location originated in a location of the implantable biological cardiac pacemaker or in a second location near the implantable biological cardiac pacemaker based on the information derived from the first cardiac signal and the second cardiac signal, the second location selected from the group consisting of a pacing lead site, a native pacemaker site, and an ectopic site. | 8,468 |
8,677,670 | 1. A rifle barrel device for a gas-operated automatic or semi-automatic rifle, the device comprising: a) a metallic liner with a longitudinal bore and a transverse gas port through the liner to the bore intermediate along a length of the liner; b) a thermally conductive sleeve circumscribing the liner substantially along the length of the liner; c) the sleeve being continuous along the length of the liner and including a gas port aligned with the gas port of the liner; d) a composite wrap circumscribing the sleeve substantially along a length of the sleeve; e) the wrap being longitudinally discontinuous along the length of the liner and including a gap corresponding to the gas ports of the liner and the sleeve f) the composite wrap being separated from the gas port; g) the thermally conductive sleeve and the composite wrap being different materials; and h) the composite wrap comprising fiber in a resin matrix; and i) the thermally conductive sleeve comprising carbon foam. | 45,590 |
9,230,720 | 1. A circuit, comprising: a circuit part; first and second connection pads; and a trimmable resistor trimmable by Joule effect, the trimmable resistor having: | 14,260 |
9,074,863 | 1. A height measuring device, for measuring and indicating height inspection data for at least one workpiece positioned in a jig, comprising: a platform; a mounting base mounted on the platform; at least one measuring mechanism, the at least one measuring mechanism comprising a driving member, a measuring member, and a sensor; and a controller electrically connected to the sensor for receiving the moving distance of the measuring member form the sensor, wherein the driving member is mounted on the mounting base, the sensor is fixed to the driving member for sensing a moving distance of the measuring member, the measuring member is movably positioned on and driven by the driving member for a range of motion until contacting the at least one workpiece, and a prestored data of a moving distance range is stored and compared by the controller for judging whether a height of the at least one workpiece is of an acceptable height relative to the jig via comparing the moving distance data with the prestored data of the moving distance range. | 32,946 |
9,078,373 | 1. A method comprising: forming an aperture in an integrated circuit (IC) structure, the IC structure including: wherein the aperture is physically separated from the IC chip and is aligned with an axis perpendicular to the upper surface of the substrate layer and offset from the minor axis of the IC chip; and positioning a capacitor structure in the aperture such that at least a portion of the capacitor structure is located below the upper surface of the substrate layer and the capacitor structure is physically isolated from the IC chip. | 34,238 |
8,857,529 | 1. A method of seeding, comprising: opening a valley in a field with a hoe opener while the hoe opener is in a ground engaging position; controlling a depth of the valley via a packer wheel assembly having a packer wheel mounted to a bracket, wherein the packer wheel is positioned directly behind the hoe opener in a first position while the hoe opener is in the ground engaging position, and the bracket is coupled to a packer wheel arm extending between the bracket and a linkage assembly; shifting the packer wheel in a rearward direction relative to the packer wheel arm to a second position, via a linkage member extending between the packer wheel assembly and a shank coupled to the hoe opener, when the hoe opener encounters an obstruction and moves in the rearward direction toward a disengaged position; shifting the packer wheel in a forward direction relative to the packer wheel arm to the first position, via the linkage member, as the hoe opener transitions to the ground engaging position after the obstruction has been passed by the hoe opener; and maintaining contact between the packer wheel and a soil surface as the packer wheel is shifted in the rearward and forward directions. | 6,830 |
9,737,801 | 1. A system for providing a software application controller, the system comprising: a software application controller module, comprising computer-executable code stored in non-volatile memory, a controller output module, comprising computer-executable code stored in non-volatile memory a processor, one or more input means, and one or more output means, wherein said input means are selected from the group comprising touchscreen interfaces, accelerometers, gyroscope, motion sensors, cameras, microphone, and 3D imaging devices, wherein said software application controller module, said controller output module, said processor, said one or more input means and said one or more output means are operably connected and are configured to: receive a console connection request; connect to said console via data provided by said console connection request; receive input from one or more of said one or more input means; transmit input data to said console based on said received input from said one or more input means; receive output data from said console; process output data from said console; and generate human perceptible output data usable by one or more of said one or more output means in order to provide output content, and transmit a switch signal to said console wherein said switch signal provides for the swapping of control of said console from a first software application controller to a second software application controller thereby providing a hot-seat controller switch such that said console is agnostic with regard to which software application controller controls said console. | 1,526 |
8,980,499 | 1. A proton-conductive polymer electrolyte membrane comprising, as a main component, a polyimide resin formed by polycondensation of a tetracarboxylic dianhydride, a first aromatic diamine having a proton-conductive group, and a second aromatic diamine having no proton-conductive group, wherein the polyimide resin includes a structural unit represented by the following formula (1) formed by the polycondensation of the tetracarboxylic dianhydride and the first aromatic diamine, and a structural unit represented by the following formula (2) formed by the polycondensation of the tetracarboxylic dianhydride and the second aromatic diamine, the second aromatic diamine has a fused ring skeleton composed of three or more rings and has a structure in which two amino groups are bonded directly to the fused ring skeleton, wherein R R R | 34,114 |
9,739,824 | 1. A method for optimizing reliability of integrated circuits, the method comprising: a computer integrating a per-chip equivalent oxide thickness (EOT) circuit sensor into an integrated circuit, the computer utilizing the per-chip EOT circuit sensor to determine electrical characteristics of the integrated circuit; the computer determining physical attributes of the integrated circuit as a function of the determined electrical characteristics; the computer modeling a predicted integrated circuit failure rate using the determined physical attributes of the integrated circuit; the computer defines circuits, tests and pass/fail criteria required to meet qualification objectives of a technology and/or product, wherein the qualification objectives includes a plan comprising a list of required hardware along with defined tests that the hardware is to be subjected, and pass/fail criteria; and the computer accessing EOT sensor circuit data stored in a database and using the EOT sensor circuit data to calculate an oxide thickness value for subsequent reliability modeling of the integrated circuit. | 3,802 |
8,580,702 | 1. A catalyst for toluene shape selective disproportionation, consisting essentially of: a) 45 to 95 wt % of ZSM-5 molecular sieve having an average particle size of from 0.3 to 6 μm and a molar ratio of SiO b) 0.1 to 30 wt % of at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Group IIB metals, Group IIIB metals, rare earth elements, iron and cobalt or oxide(s) thereof; c) 0 to 20 wt % of at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Group VA metals, Group VIB metals and alkaline earth metals, or oxide(s) thereof; d) 1 to 25 wt % of a silica inert surface coating derived from an organopolysiloxane; and e) 1 to 50 wt % of a binder. | 46,592 |
8,559,651 | 1. A mono headset comprising: an accelerometer configured to detect movement of the mono headset; a single speaker; and a processor communicatively coupled to the single speaker and the accelerometer, the processor configured to mix an output audio signal comprising a left channel signal and a fight channel signal and to provide the output audio signal to the single speaker, the output audio signal comprising a combination of the left channel signal and fight channel signal based at least in part on detected movement of the mono headset wherein the processor provides the output audio signal to the single speaker with the output audio signal comprising substantially equal balance of the left channel signal and right channel signal in the event the accelerometer detects a sustained state of no movement. | 49,622 |
9,512,744 | 1. A rocker arm assembly comprising: a rocker arm including a first end portion with an abutment portion for a valve stem, a medial portion for a cam contact surface, and a second end portion including a socket portion on a top surface, a groove formed on the socket portion, a dome-shaped recess formed on a bottom surface of the second end portion, and a protrusion on an axial end of the second end portion; and a clip having a generally C-shaped cross-section, including a first leg with an opening that defines an inner edge that at least partially engages the groove on the socket portion of the rocker arm, an intermediate leg including an opening through which the protrusion on the axial end of the rocker arm extends, and a second leg including first and second leg portions that engage the bottom surface of the rocker arm. | 33,197 |
9,509,019 | 1. An electroactive composition for use as a positive electrode material in an electrochemical cell comprising a high voltage indicator and a low voltage indicator, said composition comprising an olivine lithium metal phosphate material having the formula Li x M′ y M″ z M′″ w PO 4 , wherein M′ is one or more of Mn and Fe; M″ is one or more of Mn, Co and Ni, wherein M″ is a high voltage indicator with a high voltage plateau, where the high voltage plateau is between 0.5 and 2.0 V higher than a working voltage of the cell; M′″ is one or more of Ti, Zr and Mg, wherein M′″ is a low voltage indicator with a low voltage plateau, where the low voltage plateau is between 0.1 and 0.7 V lower than a working voltage of the cell; M′ is not the same as M″; M″ is not the same as M′″; 0≦x≦0.1.2; 0.5≦y≦0.95; 0.05≦z≦0.2; 0.025≦w≦0.25; 0.8≦y+z+w≦1.2; and where the high voltage plateau of the high voltage indicator and the low voltage plateau of the low voltage indicator are different than the working voltage of the cell. | 17,955 |
9,820,617 | 1. A device for hanging a storage bag having a re-sealable mechanical seal, the device comprising: a. a clip having a generally elongate shape further comprising: b. a rack further comprising: c. wherein the storage bag engaged in the clip may be positioned for sliding entry and exit into and from an opening between the legs of the first retainer, an inner opening into the center portion first end, an inner opening from the center portion second end and an opening between the legs of the second retainer wherein the clip arms rest on the first retainer outer opposing rails, the opposing rails of the center portion and the second retainer outer opposing rails during use of the rack with the storage bag. | 26,781 |
9,851,421 | 1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer executable instructions that when executed by a computer control the computer to perform a method for predicting biochemical recurrence (BcR) in a region of tissue demonstrating prostate cancer (PCa) pathology, the method comprising: accessing a set of magnetic resonance (MR) images acquired from a population of patients, where the population includes a set of subpopulations, where a member of the set of MR images includes a prostate capsule shape attribute, a prostate capsule volume attribute, a central gland (CG) shape attribute, or a CG volume attribute; constructing a statistical shape atlas from the set of MR images; accessing an MR image of a region of prostate tissue in a patient demonstrating cancerous pathology, where the MR image of the region of prostate tissue has a prostate capsule shape attribute, a prostate capsule volume attribute, a CG shape attribute, or a CG volume attribute; producing a quantification of differences between the MR image of the region of prostate and the statistical shape atlas based, at least in part, on a comparison of the prostate capsule shape attribute of the MR image of the region of prostate tissue demonstrating cancerous pathology, the prostate capsule volume attribute of the MR image of the region of prostate tissue demonstrating cancerous pathology, the CG shape attribute of the MR image of the region of prostate tissue demonstrating cancerous pathology, or the CG volume attribute of the MR image of the region of prostate tissue demonstrating cancerous pathology, with the statistical shape atlas; computing a BcR probability score based, at least in part, on the quantification of differences, and controlling a computer aided diagnosis (CADx) system to generate a classification of the region of tissue in the image based, at least in part, on the BcR probability score or the quantification of differences. | 32,812 |
9,366,679 | 1. A method for the diagnosis, treatment and optional/therapeutic monitoring of systemic sclerosis in a patient in need thereof, said method comprising the steps of: (a) detecting and measuring the concentration of soluble CD90 in a body fluid sample obtained from said patient, wherein said body fluid sample is selected from the group consisting of serum, plasma and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid; (b) comparing the concentration of soluble CD90 measured in step (a) to a reference level of soluble CD90 associated with a healthy subject or a subject with idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis; (c) diagnosing the patient with pulmonary fibrosis and/or pulmonary arterial hypertension when the comparison of step (b) reveals that the concentration of soluble CD90 in said body fluid sample is elevated relative to said reference level; (d) administering a treatment specific for pulmonary arterial hypertension to the patient diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis and/or pulmonary arterial hypertension in step (c), wherein said treatment specific for pulmonary arterial hypertension comprises the administration of one or more Endothelin-1 receptor blockers; and (e) optionally monitoring the progress of the treatment of step (d) by repeating steps (a) and (b) at predetermined time intervals, wherein a decrease over time in the concentration of soluble CD90 in subsequent body fluid sample(s) is indicative of successful therapy. | 37,106 |
9,203,111 | 1. A secondary battery, comprising a positive electrode that can absorb and desorb lithium and an electrolyte liquid; wherein the positive electrode comprises a positive electrode active material that operates at a potential of 4.5 V or higher with respect to the standard electrode potential of lithium; and wherein the electrolyte liquid comprises a fluorinated ether represented by following formula (5) and a cyclic-type sulfonate represented by following formula (2): wherein, in formula (5), n is 1 to 8 and X wherein, in formula (2), A and B each independently denote an alkylene group or a fluorinated alkylene group, and X denotes single bond or —OSO | 44,242 |
9,812,315 | 1. An aqueous treating solution for electronic parts comprising: 1) one or more of anionic surface active agents having the following formulae (1), (2) and (3): wherein R wherein, R wherein R 2) a cyclic compound having an occupied area smaller than a naphthalene ring, wherein said cyclic compound is represented by the following formulae (7): wherein d wherein said aqueous solution has a pH value of 2 to 6; which contains hydrofluoric acid in an amount of 0.001 to 50 mass %. | 10,098 |
8,403,520 | 1. A fire nozzle quick-assembly light, adapted for connected to a fire nozzle and a fire hose, comprising: a frame, configured with a via hole, a first end and a second end in a manner that the first and the second ends are disposed on the frame at positions opposite to each other for connecting respectively to the first nozzle and the first hose, while allowing the via hole to be formed boring through the frame from the first end to the second end; a luminous device, disposed on the frame; and a hollow-shaft generator, disposed on the frame and for providing power to the luminous device; wherein the hollow-shaft generator has an electricity storage device configured therein; wherein the hollow shaft generator, having a blade element disposed inside the frame at position for allowing a fluid flowing inside the frame to flow therethrough so as to drive the blade element to rotate and thus cause the generator to produce electricity accordingly. | 39,582 |
8,942,875 | 1. A computer-based method for determining a number of lights to illuminate for a state of charge (SOC) of a vehicle, the method comprising: determining, using a processor configured to analyze a signal received from a sensor coupled to a battery of the vehicle, an SOC of the vehicle; determining, using the processor, a display SOC based on the SOC of the vehicle; providing, by a display, at least a low-SOC light and a high-SOC light, each light having an on state and an off state and is illuminated or de-illuminated based on the display SOC; assigning, using a charging state data sequence stored in a controller coupled to the display and the processor, a charging state power number to each light such that the charging state power number assigned to the low-SOC light is greater than the difference between the charging state power number assigned to the high-SOC light and the charging state power number assigned to the low-SOC light; and illuminating, using the controller, the low-SOC light when the display SOC increases to a number greater than or equal to the charging state power number assigned to the low-SOC light, and the high-SOC light when the display SOC increases to a number greater than or equal to the charging state power number assigned to the high-SOC light. | 39,730 |
9,212,653 | 1. A power generating apparatus adapted for utilizing fluid flow comprising: a. an airfoil having a rounded leading edge and a sharp trailing edge pivotally connected to a rigid vertical support at a point between the rounded leading edge and the sharp trailing edge and biased in a rest position that is substantially horizontal relative level ground when no wind is present such that upon intermittent winds contacting the airfoil, the leading edge of the airfoil pivots upward, from the rest position and in the absence of wind returns to the rest position; b. a base pivotally connected to the vertical support; c. a power generator carried by the base and adapted to actuate when the airfoil moves from the rest position in response to the gusty wind such that power is generated for use by a power consuming, a power storing, or a power transmitting device; and d. a second smaller inverted airfoil attached to the airfoil and extending on the underside of the airfoil in an opposite orientation. | 33,886 |
9,605,554 | 1. A turbomachine, wherein the turbomachine comprises a rotor and a stator and wherein, in at least one radial gap between the rotor and the stator, there is arranged a seal for reducing the radial gap, which seal has two opposite coatings, a first coating on a stator section delimiting the at least one radial gap radially to an outside and a second coating on a rotor section delimiting the at least one radial gap radially to an inside, the first and second coatings being built up from a ceramic powder having a particle size smaller than 1.0 μm. | 17,854 |
8,798,588 | 1. A terminal comprising: a memory; a wireless communication unit; a display; and a controller configured to: | 49,520 |
8,991,362 | 1. A method of injecting flammable gas into a diesel fuel engine for combustion with diesel fuel therein, the method comprising: measuring engine revolutions per minute of the engine (REVS measuring the load of the engine (Load measuring a flammable gas flow rate of flammable gas that is injected into an airstream of an engine air intake so as to maintain the percentage of flammable gas mixed in the air intake to be in the range of 0.2% to 0.6% such that a minimum gas injection rate (GAS | 13,729 |
8,837,408 | 1. A method of processing data in a wireless network transmitting a number of orthogonal frequency division multiple (OFDM) symbols, the method comprising: establishing, by a user equipment (UE), a first packet data network connection with the wireless network; receiving, by the UE, a session management back-off time value from a mobility management entity (MME) when a request of bearer resource modification or bearer resource allocation for the established first packet data network connection is rejected by the MME; starting, by the UE, a session management back-off timer according to the session management back-off time value, the session management back-off timer being associated with the established first packet data network connection; receiving, by the UE, a deactivate bearer context request message, from the MME, including a cause code indicating that reactivation is requested and stopping the session management back-off timer if the session management back-off timer is running; and establishing, by the UE, a second packet data network connection with the wireless network after stopping the session management back-off timer. | 7,553 |
9,051,255 | 1. A compound represented by formula (I) or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof: wherein A represents a phenylene group (the phenylene group may be optionally substituted with 1 to 3 groups selected from a C1-C3 alkyl group, a C1-C3 alkoxy group, and a halogen atom); B represents a phenyl group optionally substituted with 1 to 5 groups selected from substituent group α, or a pyridyl group optionally substituted with 1 to 5 groups selected from substituent group α; R and substituent group α consists of a halogen atom, a C1-C6 alkyl group {the alkyl group may be optionally substituted with 1 to 3 groups selected from a C1-C6 aliphatic acyl group, a carboxyl group, a C1-C6 alkoxycarbonyl group, an aminocarbonyl group (the aminocarbonyl group may be optionally substituted with 1 or 2 groups selected from a C1-C6 alkyl group, a C1-C6 haloalkyl group, and a C1-C6 alkoxy C1-C6 alkyl group), a carbamido group optionally substituted with one or three C1-C6 alkyl groups, a C1-C6 aliphatic acylamino group which may be optionally substituted with a C1-C6 alkoxy group, a C1-C6 aliphatic acyl C1-C6 alkylamino group, a C1-C6 alkylsulfonyl group, a 4- to 10-membered heterocyclic group containing 1 to 4 heteroatoms which may be the same or different and are selected from nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur, and a 4- to 10-membered heterocyclic carbonyl group containing 1 to 4 heteroatoms which may be the same or different and are selected from nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur}, a C3-C10 cycloalkyl group (the cycloalkyl group may be optionally substituted with 1 to 3 groups selected from a carboxyl group, a C1-C6 alkoxycarbonyl group, and a 4- to 10-membered heterocyclic group containing 1 to 4 heteroatoms which may be the same or different and are selected from nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur), a C1-C6 haloalkyl group (the haloalkyl group may be optionally substituted with 1 to 3 groups selected from a carboxyl group, a C1-C6 alkoxycarbonyl group, and a 4- to 10-membered heterocyclic group containing 1 to 4 heteroatoms which may be the same or different and are selected from nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur), a C1-C6 hydroxyalkyl group (the hydroxyalkyl group may be optionally substituted with 1 to 3 groups selected from a carboxyl group, a C1-C6 alkoxycarbonyl group, and a 4- to 10-membered heterocyclic group containing 1 to 4 heteroatoms which may be the same or different and are selected from nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur), a C1-C6 alkoxy C1-C6 alkyl group (the alkoxyalkyl group may be optionally substituted with 1 to 3 groups selected from a hydroxy group, a C1-C6 alkoxy group, a C1-C6 hydroxyalkyl group, an aminocarbonyl group which may be optionally substituted with C1-C6 alkyl, a carboxyl group, a C1-C6 alkoxycarbonyl group, and a 4- to 10-membered heterocyclic group containing 1 to 4 heteroatoms which may be the same or different and are selected from nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur), a 4- to 10-membered heterocyclic group containing 1 to 4 heteroatoms which may be the same or different and are selected from nitrogen, oxygen, and sulfur, a C1-C6 aminoalkyl group, a C1-C6 alkoxy group, a C1-C6 haloalkoxy group, a C1-C6 hydroxyalkoxy group, a C | 31,491 |
8,510,582 | 1. A microprocessor comprising: at least a first computation unit (CU) and a second CU, each assigned a respective initial number of power credits; and a power manager; wherein each of the first CU and the second CU is configured to alternate between at least two discrete power-performance states (P-states) to maintain a virtual P-state corresponding to an average power, wherein the average power is a power target based upon a respective current number of power credits; and wherein in response to detecting an amount of current drawn by the first CU exceeds a given current limit, the power manager is configured to reduce a number of power credits currently allocated to the first CU. | 36,045 |
8,589,096 | 1. A method for estimating a remaining capacity of a battery, the method comprising: measuring, by a processor, a current value, a voltage value and temperature of the battery in real time; correcting, by the processor, the measured current value based on the measured voltage value by obtaining a change in current due to a change in voltage from a battery characteristic table that has been data processed, and correcting the measured current value using a correction amount determined from the change in current; calculating, by the processor, a current integration value by integrating the corrected current value and calculating a current integration capacity from the calculated current integration value by reflecting a charge/discharge efficiency; determining, by the processor, a battery forward voltage capacity from a battery forward voltage calculated from the measured current value, voltage value and temperature, and determining whether it is necessary to correct the current integration capacity based on the forward voltage capacity, wherein the battery forward voltage is a value obtained by eliminating from a terminal voltage of the battery a voltage drop component associated with an internal resistance, and a first and second transient voltage component, and the voltage drop component by the internal resistance is eliminated by obtaining an average value of the terminal voltage for a predetermined period of time; converting, by the processor, the current integration capacity into a remaining capacity, if it is determined that it is not necessary to correct; and in response to determining that it is necessary to correct the current integration capacity, correcting, by the processor, the current integration capacity by: wherein the calculated current integration capacity from which a current sensor error is eliminated by a voltage, and the battery forward voltage capacity from which an error rate is eliminated by the calculated battery forward voltage are compared to determine whether to perform the correction, and the correction of the current integration capacity is selectively performed based on the determination result to calculate the final remaining capacity of a battery, wherein determining whether it is necessary to correct the current integration capacity includes: | 46,854 |
8,695,314 | 1. A two-step cable control assembly for a power machine, comprising: a base member pivotably movable on power machine, the base member being movable between a disengaged position and an engaged position to actuate a machine component; a hand lever pivotably movable on the power machine between a first angular position and a second angular position, the hand lever comprising a first end connected to the power machine at a pivot point and a second end opposite the first end that is configured to be gripped by an operator; and a latch pivotably attached to the hand lever at a latch pivot positioned on the hand lever between the pivot point and the second end, wherein the latch is positioned between the base member and the second end of the hand lever; wherein, when the hand lever is in the first angular position, the latch is selectively movable relative to the hand lever by the operator into interlocking engagement with a portion of the base member; and wherein the base member is movable by the hand lever when the latch is interlocked with the base member and the hand lever is moved toward the second angular position. | 20,308 |
9,134,968 | 1. A method of interacting with a code in an integrated design environment comprising: displaying at least a portion of the code in a user interface; opening an inline view in the code; displaying at least a portion of a first document in the inline view; indicating in the at least a portion of the first document at least one identifier; receiving an indication that a user has selected the at least one identifier; presenting a set of relationships associated with the selected at least one identifier on the user interface; receiving a selection of at least one relationship in the set of relationships; retrieving a second document associated with the selected relationship; and displaying at least a portion of the second document in the inline view. | 15,835 |
8,648,015 | 1. A method for identifying at least two positions in a parent serine protease protein that can be altered to improve at least one property of interest relative to the parent serine protease comprising the steps of: a) providing a parent serine protease protein comprising an amino acid sequence according to SEQ ID NO: 2 and a site evaluation library of protein variants of said parent serine protease protein, wherein the site evaluation library comprises variants of the parent protein modified at one position of interest; b) testing said library of protein variants for at least two properties of interest in a test of interest, wherein the properties of interest are selected from the group consisting of charge, wash performance, hard surface cleaning performance, thermal stability, storage stability, detergent stability, substrate binding, enzyme inhibition, expression level, reaction rate, and substrate degradation; c) determining a performance index for said at least two properties of interest by dividing a value obtained for the protein variants and a value obtained for said parent protein in the test of interest to provide an apparent ΔΔG d) selecting protein variants having a performance index greater than 1.1 for at least one property of said at least two properties of interest; e) determining a predicted performance index value for protein variants that combine mutations at at least two positions of interest from said protein variants selected in step (d), wherein the predicted performance index value for the variants that combine at least two mutations are obtained by adding the ΔΔG f) identifying from the predicted performance index value obtained in step (e), the protein variants that combine at least two mutations and which possess a first property that is improved relative to the parent protein and a second property that is at least 90% of that of the parent protein, thereby providing a library of protein variants that have at least two properties of interest, wherein said parent protein and said protein variant are each a component of a detergent composition. | 23,343 |
9,278,714 | 1. A vehicle body front section structure comprising: a suspension tower that houses a front suspension; an apron upper member that extends in a vehicle front-rear direction with a downwardly facing open cross-section along a top wall portion of the suspension tower; a pair of frames that are disposed at a vehicle front side and a vehicle rear side of the suspension tower, that extend from the apron upper member towards a vehicle lower side and vehicle width direction inner side, and that are integrally formed with a cast-formed suspension tower structural body together with the suspension tower and the apron upper member; a cross rib that is formed at the apron upper member and that extends in the vehicle front-rear direction and a vehicle vertical direction along the apron upper member; and a pair of vertical ribs that are respectively formed at the pair of frames, that extend along each of the pair of frames, and that are connected to the cross rib. | 47,370 |
9,674,593 | 1. A loudspeaker controller for controlling a loudspeaker driven by an input signal, the loudspeaker controller comprising: an amplifier to amplify the input signal; a measurement signal generator configured to generate a measurement signal; a mixer arranged prior to the amplifier to introduce the measurement signal into the input signal, the loudspeaker controller configured to determine time-varying impedance information of the loudspeaker based on the loudspeaker voltage, voicecoil inductance of the loudspeaker, and a measure of the loudspeaker current and provide for control of the loudspeaker in accordance with said time-varying impedance information, wherein the impedance of the loudspeaker varies with instantaneous displacement, wherein the controller compares the time-varying impedance information with predetermined bounds to determine the loudspeaker's relation to an excursion limit, and wherein the loudspeaker controller controls the input signal as a function of the time-varying impedance information. | 38,911 |
8,349,070 | 1. A method for producing an aggregate, comprising: mixing incinerator bottom ash (“IBA”) from a municipal solid waste incinerator and a second, non-coal ash silicoaluminous waste material having less calcium than the IBA; agglomerating the mixture to form an agglomerate; and pyroprocessing the agglomerate to form an aggregate. | 48,824 |
8,874,249 | 1. A method for performing a real-time control of a semiconductor product manufacturing process, the method comprising: measuring attributes of a spatial feature being patterned over an area of a semiconductor product being manufactured by one or more semiconductor manufacturing tools, the measured attributes including: a non-linear spatial variation of the feature of the semiconductor product; generating one or more orthogonal and normalized mesh functions which model the non-linear spatial variation of the feature on the semiconductor product being manufactured; determining coefficients of the one or more generated orthogonal and normalized mesh functions in real-time for particular non-spatial variations; mapping the determined coefficients to actual process parameters that govern the semiconductor product manufacturing process; adjusting, based on the determined coefficients, the one or more semiconductor manufacturing tools during manufacturing the semiconductor product; and correcting, by the semiconductor manufacturing tool adjustment, the non-linear spatial variation on the feature of the semiconductor product being manufactured, wherein a processor coupled to a memory device is configured to perform: the measuring, the generating, the determining, the adjusting, the mapping and the correcting. | 3,719 |
9,285,182 | 1. A crossbow, comprising: a main beam that: extends longitudinally; has first and second sides with a width W first and second limbs supported to the main beam that extend outwardly from proximal ends to distal ends on opposite sides of the main beam; a bowstring that is: strung between the distal ends of the first and second limbs; and, adjustable from an uncocked position to a cocked position; a trigger mechanism supported to the main beam and operable to hold the bowstring in the cocked position and operable to release the bowstring to fire the associated projectile; a crossbow rope reception surface that is longitudinally spaced from the bowstring when the bowstring is in the uncocked position; a manually assisted bowstring drawing mechanism comprising: wherein the manually assisted bowstring drawing mechanism is manually operable into: | 6,025 |
8,950,353 | 1. A cargo ship comprising: an outside hull having a first recess; and a gangway for going on to and leaving the ship, the gangway being reciprocatable between a loading position and a stored position, the gangway including a floor having a lower surface, wherein in the stored position the gangway is configured to be located within the first recess in the outside hull, the lower surface of the floor of the gangway aligning with a surface of the outside hull, wherein the lower surface of the gangway is a closed surface and is configured to completely close the first recess when the gangway is in the stored position, so that the air can flow substantially laminarly and without additional eddy formation past the recess. | 30,520 |
9,810,955 | 1. An array substrate, comprising a plurality of sub-pixel unit pairs, each sub-pixel unit pair comprising two adjacent sub-pixel units located in a same row, wherein two sub-pixel units in a same sub-pixel unit pair are mirror-symmetrical with respect to each other in structure, and a first common electrode forming an opaque region is arranged between said two sub-pixel units, wherein each sub-pixel unit comprises a pixel electrode, and both pixel electrodes of two sub-pixel units in a same sub-pixel unit pair partially overlap the first common electrode, wherein each sub-pixel unit further comprises a second common electrode that is parallel to the first common electrode, and located on an other side of the pixel electrode, the second common electrode partially overlapping the pixel electrode. | 24,141 |
9,308,829 | 1. A straddle electric vehicle which rotates a drive wheel by driving power generated in an electric motor, comprising: a battery unit which is an electric power supply for the electric motor; and a battery case for storing the battery unit; wherein the battery case includes a pair of case members including a first case member and a second case member which are joined together such that the first case member and the second case member are separable from each other, and a parting line of the first case member and the second case member extends on a bottom wall of the battery case; wherein the bottom wall of the battery case includes a bottom wall of the first case member and a bottom wall of the second case member such that the parting line is a boundary between the bottom wall of the first case member and the bottom wall of the second case member; and wherein the first case member and the second case member include a first flange section and a second flange section, respectively, which define the parting line, and protrude outward of the battery case, the first case member and the second case member being separably joined to each other in a state in which the first flange section and the second flange section are engaged with each other. | 29,094 |
8,670,855 | 1. A method for controlling a paced production line with at least one workstation having at least one processing machine for processing airplane structural components, the method comprising the steps of: performing a predetermined number of mechanical operations on each structural component section and conveying the structural components in succession through a working area of the workstation in a paced manner; occupying the working area of the workstation by structural component sections of different structural components depending on a production step; determining a processing sequence in the workstation for the production step by determining an occupation of the working area selected from the group consisting of an expected occupation and an actual occupation by structural component sections of different structural components for the production step; on a basis of the occupation, determining all of forthcoming mechanical operations to be performed in the workstation in the production step; optimizing the processing sequence of the forthcoming mechanical operations to obtain an optimized processing sequence; and storing the optimized processing sequence in order to be implemented mechanically. | 29,678 |
9,773,668 | 1. An apparatus for forming a transition metal chalcogenide thin-film, the apparatus comprising: a reactor connected to an external gas supplying apparatus; a heating member configured to heat the reactor; a thin-film forming unit disposed inside the reactor; and a controller that controls at least one of the reactor, the external gas supplying apparatus, the heating member, and the thin-film forming unit, wherein the thin-film forming unit comprises: | 34,937 |
8,420,539 | 1. A method of adjusting a polishing composition comprising: adding to a polishing composition that has been used at least once for polishing a silicon wafer, an additive that comprises two or more amine compounds, and the two or more amine compounds comprise a quaternary ammonium salt and one or more amine compounds selected from among soluble or water dispersible primary amine compounds, secondary amine compounds, tertiary amine compounds and polymers having amino groups in a main or side chain thereof and an alcohol, and further wherein the at least once used polishing composition is provided from a collection tank. | 21,202 |
9,648,774 | 1. A frequency converter, comprising: a housing; a circuit board arranged in the housing; a coupling arrangement arranged externally on the housing, the coupling arrangement being configured to galvanically couple the circuit board to an adjacently arranged second frequency converter; and a spring element connected to the circuit board by a soldered connection, wherein | 32,276 |
9,450,249 | 1. A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprising an electrode body and a non-aqueous electrolyte, wherein the electrode body is obtained by laminating a positive electrode having a positive electrode active material layer and a negative electrode having a negative electrode active material layer, with a separator interposed therebetween, the negative electrode active material layer comprises a coating film which is derived substantially from an oxalate complex compound and which contains boron atoms and/or phosphorus atoms, and in at least a part of the negative electrode active material layer, the standard deviation (σ) of resistance values, which are measured at a plurality of measurement points at equal intervals on a line extending linearly from one edge towards the other edge in the direction of impregnating the negative electrode active material layer with the non-aqueous electrolyte, is 3.0Ω to 7.2Ω. | 33,064 |
8,860,653 | 1. An electronic device, comprising: a display including a first backlight; a keyboard illuminated by a second backlight; and an ambient light sensor configured to detect ambient light levels and to operate in accordance with a spectral response function that varies based on the detected ambient light levels such that the spectral response function comprises a first peak response of the ambient light sensor that occurs at a first wavelength for a first ambient light level and a second peak response that occurs at a second wavelength different from the first wavelength for a second ambient light level lower than the first ambient light level; wherein the brightness of the first and second backlights is controlled based on output from the ambient light sensor and on the variation of the spectral response function of the ambient light sensor. | 3,011 |
9,260,325 | 1. An electrical deionization apparatus comprising: a cathode compartment comprising: a cathode compartment comprising a cathode, an anode compartment comprising an anode, at least one deionization compartment, at least two concentration compartments, a first cation-exchange membrane positioned between the anode compartment and the first concentration compartment, a first anion-exchange membrane positioned between the first concentration compartment and the at least one deionization compartment, a second cation-exchange membrane positioned between the at least one deionization compartment and a second concentration compartment, and a second anion-exchange membrane positioned between the second concentration compartment and the cathode compartment, wherein each compartment has a water inlet and a water outlet at the opposite sides of the each compartment such that water to be treated flows through the each compartment from the water inlet to the water outlet, the water flowing into the concentration compartments is RO (Reverse Osmosis Membrane) treated water and the RO treated water flows into one concentration compartment through the cathode compartment and into an other concentration compartment from the anode compartment, respectively, the at least one deionization compartment comprises at least two sheets of anion-exchange fibrous material, and at least two sheets of cation-exchange fibrous material, wherein the sheet of cation-exchange fibrous material and a sheet of the anion-exchange fibrous material are alternately and tightly stacked in a manner that a longitudinal surface of the sheet is perpendicular to water flow through the at least one deionization compartment from the water inlet to the water outlet, and both ends of the sheets are in close contact with each of the first anion-exchange membrane and the second cation-exchange membrane thereby forming successfully arranged water dissociation fields between the sheet of anion-exchange fibrous material and a sheet of the cation-exchange fibrous material, as well as the contacted ends of the cation-exchange fibrous material, the anion-exchange fibrous material, the cation-exchange membrane and the first anion-exchange membrane, the anion-exchange fibrous material and the cation-exchange fibrous material, are obtained by introducing ion-exchange groups onto a substrate using radiation-induced graft polymerization. | 21,587 |
9,509,556 | 1. A method supporting a distributed resilient network interconnect (DRNI) in a link aggregation group at a network device, wherein the network device and a neighbor network device are included in a first portal of the link aggregation group, and wherein the network device is communicatively coupled to the neighbor network device via an intra-portal port (IPP) using an intra-portal link (IPL), the method comprising: initializing the network device for operating distributed resilient control protocol (DRCP) on the IPP coupled to the neighbor network device using the IPL, wherein the initialization includes setting default parameter values for the neighbor network device on the IPP to be operational parameters of the neighbor network device provided by an administrator of the first portal; checking that DRCP is enabled at the IPP, wherein the checking includes determining a variable indicating that the IPP is operating DRCP; entering an expired state at the network device, wherein the network device performs: upon receiving a DRCPDU before expiration of the timer, wherein the DRCPDU includes neighbor network device's state information, | 4,652 |
9,001,871 | 1. A high-frequency signal processor provided with a first operation mode and a second operation mode, the high-frequency signal processor comprising: a test signal generating circuit that generates a test signal having a first frequency component and a second frequency component; a first switch that transmits a signal received as a first signal at an antenna in the first operation mode and transmits the test signal as the first signal in the second operation mode; a mixer circuit that includes a differential circuit capable of correcting a differential balance within a specified variable range and down-converts the first signal to a second signal having a frequency band lower than the first signal; a phase detection portion that extracts a third signal from the second signal in the second operation mode, the third signal having a frequency component equivalent to a difference between the first frequency component and the second frequency component, and detects a phase for the third signal; a control portion that changes the differential balance for the mixer circuit according to a detection result from the phase detection portion, wherein the mixer circuit operates in the first operation mode while the differential balance is set to a first correction value within a variable range, and wherein the control portion, in the second operation mode, varies the differential balance and concurrently searches for a transition point allowing a phase for the third signal to transition by approximately 180° before and after varying the differential balance within a minimum fluctuation range and supplies the mixer circuit with the first correction value, namely, the differential balance corresponding to the transition point; an analog-digital converter circuit provided after the mixer circuit; a baseband circuit that performs a specified baseband process: and a second switch that selects one out of transmitting an output from the analog-digital converter circuit to the baseband circuit and transmitting the output from the analog-digital converter circuit to the phase detection portion, wherein the phase detection portion receives the second signal as a digital signal via the second switch, wherein the test signal generating circuit includes: a test local signal generating circuit that generates a test local signal having a specified frequency; a test baseband signal generating circuit that generates a test baseband signal having a frequency equivalent to a difference between the first frequency component and the second frequency component; a divider circuit that divides the test baseband signal into two; and a test mixer circuit that up-coverts an output signal from the divider circuit using the test local signal, and wherein the phase detection portion includes: | 36,458 |
9,240,693 | 1. A battery discharge device, comprising: a sensor configured to sense a parameter of a high voltage source; a controller in communication with said sensor; and a discharge circuit that discharges energy stored on said high voltage source in response to a command signal from said controller, wherein said discharge circuit includes a plurality of resistors connected in parallel to one another. | 31,298 |
9,717,047 | 1. A method comprising: generating first data at a first station of a wireless network in response to expiration of a particular time period that begins at a time of receipt of an incoming message at the first station, wherein the first data indicates a first set of stations within a particular range of the first station; transmitting a first message including the first data to a second station of the wireless network; and transmitting a second message including second data to the second station in response to expiration of a second particular time period that begins at a time of receipt of a second incoming message, wherein the particular time period and the second particular time period have different durations. | 28,384 |
9,816,729 | 1. A solar collector, comprising: a solar collector body defining a housing with at least one window to permit solar radiation to enter the solar collector body; a heat transfer component positioned within the solar collector body and comprising: at least one ingress conduit disposed between the heat transfer core and the heat transfer component housing; | 44,643 |
9,796,696 | 1. A compound of Formula I or II: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein: R R | 24,280 |
8,500,813 | 1. A spinal stabilization device, comprising: a first member including a body extending along a longitudinal axis between a leading end and a trailing end, said body further including an outer surface and an opposite inner surface extending between said leading and trailing ends, said body further including a side connecting said outer and inner surfaces that defines a first perimeter; a second member including a body extending along the longitudinal axis between a leading end and a trailing end, said body further including an outer surface and an opposite inner surface extending between said leading and trailing ends, said body further including a side connecting said outer and inner surfaces that defines a second perimeter; and a spacer member extending between said first and second members, said spacer member including a collapsed configuration wherein said spacer member is substantially located within at least one of said first and second perimeters of said first and second members and an expanded configuration wherein said spacer member includes a first portion that expands outwardly from said first and second perimeters in a first direction and a second portion that expands outwardly from said first and second perimeters in a second direction opposite the first direction, wherein at least one of said first and second members includes a keel projecting from said outer surface along said axis configured for disposal in a channel formed in tissue, the keel including a first end defining a first portion having a uniform height and a second portion that is tapered between the first portion and a second end of the keel. | 35,563 |
8,621,337 | 1. A method performed by a network device, the method comprising: configuring, by a processor of the network device, a memory block as a fenced slab that includes multiple data buffers and multiple guard buffers; assigning, by the processor, a read-only protection to the fenced slab; identifying, by the processor, an attempted write access operation, based on a program code instruction, to one of the multiple data buffers or multiple guard buffers; recording, by the processor and in a control register, a faulting address for the attempted write access operation; invoking, by the processor and based on the identifying the attempted write access operation, a page fault operation; retrieving, by the processor and from the control register, the faulting address; determining, by the processor, whether the faulting address is associated with the fenced slab; determining, by the processor and when the faulting address is associated with the fenced slab, whether the faulting address is an address for one of the multiple data buffers; performing, by the processor and when the faulting address is not an address for one of the multiple data buffers, a panic routine; removing, by the processor and when the faulting address is an address for one of the multiple data buffers, the read-only protection for the fenced slab; and performing, by the processor and when the faulting address is the address for one of the multiple data buffers, a single step processing routine for the program code instruction. | 29,790 |
9,436,612 | 1. A storage controller device, the storage controller device comprising: a volatile memory; a non-volatile storage; an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC); transfer logic residing on the ASIC, the transfer logic configured to copy, upon a power loss, contents of a write cache in the volatile memory to the non-volatile storage; an instruction memory; and a processor, communicatively coupled to said instruction memory, the storage controller configured to perform a method comprising: | 33,164 |
9,799,840 | 1. An organic electronic component comprising: a substrate; a first electrode overlying the substrate; an organic functional layer overlying the first electrode, the organic functional layer comprising a matrix material into which a p-dopant has been introduced, wherein the p-dopant comprises a copper complex having at least one ligand containing an aryloxy group and an iminium group; and a second electrode overlying the organic functional layer, wherein the copper complex has one of the general formulae I and II: where R wherein R | 38,262 |
9,066,301 | 1. A method of managing a reverse link transmission power level setpoint during periods of data inactivity on a reverse link traffic channel in a wireless communications system, comprising: determining, at an access terminal that is actively monitoring downlink transmissions associated with a communication session, that no reverse link data transmissions from the access terminal to an access network have occurred on the reverse link traffic channel in more than a threshold period of time, the threshold period of time established at least in part based on one or more criteria associated with expected drift of a transmission power level setpoint of the access terminal during periods of reverse link data transmission inactivity; generating a message based on the determining; and transmitting, while the access terminal continues to monitor downlink transmissions associated with the communication session, the message on the reverse link traffic channel to the access network at a first transmission power level based on a current transmission power level setpoint of the access terminal, the transmitted message sufficient for the access network to measure transmission statistics from which the access network can determine whether to adjust the current transmission power level setpoint of the access terminal. | 36,286 |
9,033,968 | 1. A method of interrupting energy delivery during an atrial fibrillation ablation procedures, comprises the steps of: providing an esophageal temperature sensing means for a patient, providing a computer comprising a processor and software configured and programmed for detecting at least one predetermined event(s) based on said esophageal temperature and capable of activating an energy delivery interrupt means, wherein the software is incorporated in an electrophysiology monitoring/recording system which may be one of GE's CardioLab® system, St Jude's EP Workmate® systems, CR Bard's LabSystem™ PRO or any FDA approved cardiac monitoring/recording system, defining limits of said at least one predetermined event(s), wherein said at least one predetermined event(s) comprises the operator selected predetermined esophageal temperature level(s), detecting said at least one predetermined event(s) by said software, and initiating automatically said energy delivery interrupt means whereby energy delivery is interrupted during a cardiac ablation procedure. | 28,185 |
9,663,604 | 1. A polymer having two different sets of repeat units consisting essentially of: wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 are independently selected from the group consisting of alkyl group, alkoxy group, aryl groups and combinations thereof and where if R1=R2 then R2≠R4 and if R2=R4 then R1≠R2; and n and o are greater than 1. | 2,947 |
9,514,506 | 1. An image processing method of a graphic processing unit (GPU) including a plurality of fragment processors, the method comprising: reading geometrically processed tile data from an external memory disposed outside of the GPU, and connected to the GPU via a system bus; determining a sequence of a plurality of tiles to be processed by at least one of the plurality of fragment processors, based on a locality of each tile among the plurality of tiles; selecting a tile to be processed, based on the determined sequence; checking a plurality of fragment processors inside the GPU, in response to determining any fragment processor being in an idle state, wherein the checking continues in response to a fragment processor being determined not to be in an idle state, and wherein the checking is delayed for a predetermined time before being performed again in response to the fragment processor being determined to be in the idle state; allocating the tile to be processed to an idle fragment processor among the plurality of fragment processors, based on the determined sequence; and rendering, by the fragment processor to which the tile is allocated, the allocated tile, wherein each of the plurality of fragment processors is configured to perform rendering of a tile by using a respective internal cache, and wherein each of the plurality of fragment processors is configured to access, by using a shared cache, data for performing rendering with respect to allocated tiles. | 27,859 |
8,846,266 | 1. A method of operating a fuel cell, the method comprising: providing an anode; providing a cathode; and contacting the anode and the cathode with an alkaline solution, the alkaline solution comprising one or more carbohydrates and a mediator dye selected from the group consisting of azides and carmines; wherein the operating temperature of the fuel cell is maintained between about 20° C. and about 35° C., wherein the fuel cell does not comprise a membrane, and wherein the carbohydrate is selected from the group consisting of glucose, arabinose, sorbose, and fructose. | 22,020 |
9,327,244 | 1. A method for forming an ionic polymer membrane, comprising: step (i) polymerising a mixture of first monomers to form an ionic polymer membrane; step (ii) soaking the polymer membrane formed in step (i) in a mixture of second monomers, for a sufficient length of time to allow the mixture of second monomers to penetrate through the entire polymer membrane and form a monomer-penetrated polymer, wherein at least one of the mixture of first monomers and the mixture of second monomers comprises an ionic component; and step (iii) polymerising the monomers of the monomer-penetrated polymer of step (ii) to form an essentially homogenous ionic polymer, wherein a catalyst is deposited onto the monomer-coated polymer in between steps (ii) and (iii). | 6,485 |
9,172,360 | 1. An emphasis signal generating circuit comprising: a branch and delay unit configured to branch an input signal into a first input signal and a second input signal, delay the second input signal, and output the first input signal and a first delayed signal; a high-frequency extraction unit configured to extract at least one of high-frequency components of the first input signal and the first delayed signal by using a high-pass filter function to output a high-frequency signal; and an addition and subtraction unit configured to add or subtract the first input signal, the first delayed signal, and the high-frequency signal based on a connection mode between an input part which receives the first input signal, the first delayed signal, and the high-frequency signal, and a load part. | 35,169 |
8,924,616 | 1. A method for communication, the method comprising: performing by one or more processors or circuits in a connector: | 33,926 |
9,634,490 | 1. A voltage detection system, for correcting a voltage sag on a power transmission line, comprising: data acquisition logic configured to acquire a reference voltage signal generated from a reference voltage produced from the power line; correction logic configured to (i) determine, based on the reference voltage signal, a correction voltage, (ii) generate, based on the correction voltage, a correction voltage signal, and (iii) communicate to the power line the correction voltage signal such that the correction voltage corrects the voltage sag on the power transmission line; a shunt transformer comprising a first shunt primary winding, a second shunt primary winding, a third shunt primary winding, a first shunt secondary winding, a second shunt secondary winding, and a third shunt secondary winding, each of the shunt primary windings being in electrical connection with the power transmission line and in electrical connection, at two locations, with remaining shunt primary windings of the first, second, and third shunt primary windings, each of the shunt primary windings receiving the reference voltage, and each of the shunt secondary windings being grounded; a series transformer comprising a first series primary winding, a second series primary winding, a third series primary winding, a first series secondary winding, a second series secondary winding, and a third series secondary winding, wherein the first series primary winding is in electrical connection with the first shunt secondary winding and ground, the second series primary winding is in electrical connection with the second shunt secondary winding and ground, the third series primary winding is in electrical connection with the third shunt secondary winding and ground, and each of the series secondary windings is in electrical connection with the power transmission line, and each of the secondary windings communicates the correction voltage to the power transmission line; and a feedback loop between the correction logic and the data acquisition logic, the data acquisition logic being configured to prevent the voltage system from applying the correction voltage on the power line when the voltage sag has recovered. | 37,551 |
8,649,265 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a transmission engine, hosted by a mobile terminal of a wireless network, wherein the transmission engine comprises: a data classifier configured to: receive, from a first application operating on the mobile terminal, a first plurality of packets generated and provided by the first application, and receive, from the first application, information related to a quality of service (QoS) parameter of the first application; a data interceptor configured to intercept a second plurality of packets generated by a second application operating on the mobile terminal, wherein the second application is other than the first application, and wherein the second application is not configured to provide the second plurality of packets nor to provide information related to a QoS parameter of the second application to the transmission engine; and a traffic shaper coupled to the data classifier and the data interceptor, and configured to: wherein the mobile terminal has a body dimensioned to enable portable usage of the mobile terminal as a client device. | 6,499 |
9,276,397 | 1. A drive control method based on detected dielectric breakdown, the method comprising steps of: determining whether dielectric breakdown of a high voltage system of a vehicle occurs by measuring entire dielectric resistance of the vehicle; individually determining whether dielectric breakdown of high voltage components, which include a high voltage battery, for the high voltage system occurs according to whether or not a switch for electrically connecting the high voltage battery with the remaining high voltage components other than the high voltage battery among the high voltage components is opened and a condition of each of the high voltage components when the dielectric breakdown of the high voltage system occurs; and stopping an operation of the high voltage components, the dielectric breakdown of which occurs, when the dielectric breakdown of high voltage components, which do not affect vehicle driving among the high voltage components, occurs, according to an individual determination result, wherein the step of individually determining includes determining that dielectric breakdown of the high voltage battery occurs when the vehicle is in an on state and the switch is in an off state, and wherein the step of individually determining includes determining whether dielectric breakdown of the remaining high voltage components occurs when the switch is in an on state. | 930 |
9,663,796 | 1. A plant comprising a polynucleotide comprising a nucleotide sequence operably linked to a heterologous regulatory sequence, wherein the nucleotide sequence encodes an amino acid sequence that is at least 95% identical to SEQ ID NO: 6, and wherein said amino acid sequence has cytokinin synthesis activity. | 47,717 |
9,557,897 | 1. An apparatus for inputting a processing shape using an interactive program in a computer numerical control machine tool, comprising: an input unit having a key which is configured to provide for inputting a shape and a parameter of the inputted shape; a display unit which is configured to: provide for registering a shape processed by a user as a user registration shape; and provide a user interface environment configured to edit the registered user registration shape; a memory unit which is configured to store a plurality of user registration shapes; an interactive program controller which is configured to: display the plurality of user registration shapes stored in the memory unit through the display unit when the user requests the user registration shape; and output shape information after the user selects a representative shape from the plurality of user registration shapes and inputs a parameter of the representative shape; and a programmable machine controller (PMC) which is configured to drive the machine tool on the basis of the shape information outputted from the interactive program controller, wherein the user interface environment includes a shape registration screen, a user registration shape output part, and a variable definition part, wherein the variable definition part is configured to: provide a variable list of the selected shape element; and receive variables including a length for each position, a position coordinate, an element start point, and an angle between elements of the shape which is selected by the user through the variable list, wherein the display unit is configured to provide a shape input screen displaying a process in which a shape is inputted, wherein the shape input screen includes a shape graphic output part, a shape information list, and a shape element selection part, wherein the shape graphic output part is configured to display a grid shape on the shape input screen in accordance with a size of a work piece, and wherein, the display unit is further configured to provide a shape registration screen displaying a process in which a shape is registered, a shape selection screen displaying a process in which the user registration shape is selected, and a parameter input screen displaying a process in which a parameter of the user registration shape is inputted. | 32,286 |
8,402,936 | 1. A vehicle control device for a vehicle system configured to automatically stop an internal combustion engine of a vehicle when a predetermined stop condition is satisfied and automatically start the automatically stopped internal combustion engine when a predetermined start condition is satisfied, the vehicle control device comprising: a stop point detection unit configured to detect a stop point, at which the vehicle has a high probability to stop while the vehicle travels, the stop point being included in map information stored in a map information storage unit; a traveling information control unit configured to learn and to store traveling information, which includes a state of the vehicle on determination that the vehicle stops at the stop point and on determination that the vehicle passes by the stop point, in a traveling information storage unit; and a stop determination unit configured to determine whether to stop the internal combustion engine when the vehicle stops at the stop point based on the traveling information of the stop point stored in the traveling information storage unit. | 36,445 |
9,215,602 | 1. A method, implemented using at least one computer including at least one processor configured to execute instructions, for simulating a mobile telephone network with shared-access channels, the method comprising at least the steps of: simulating, using the at least one processor, a first configuration of said mobile telephone network; simulating, using the at least one processor, a second configuration of said mobile telephone network; said first and second configurations of said mobile telephone network being statistically independent one from the other; each one of said steps of simulating comprising at least the steps of: | 43,577 |
9,157,516 | 1. A differential case assembly, comprising: a gear assembly; a differential case having an open end and a side wall with an exterior surface, the open end having an opening configured to receive the gear assembly therethrough, at least a portion of the exterior surface of the side wall forming an outwardly extending lip adjacent the opening, the exterior surface of the side wall having a base spaced apart from the lip; an integral end cap and ring gear assembly disposed over the open end of the differential case and adjacent the exterior surface, the integral end cap and ring gear assembly covering a portion of the opening at the open end of the differential case and cooperating with the differential case to house the gear assembly, a first interior portion of the integral end cap and ring gear assembly abutting the exterior surface of the differential case to define a weld joint interface between the lip and the base, a second interior portion of the integral end cap and ring gear assembly spaced apart from the exterior surface and defining a void therebetween, the void permitting a first welding operation of the differential case to the integral end cap and ring gear assembly at the weld joint interface adjacent the base, wherein a diameter of the weld joint interface decreases from the base towards the lip, the integral end cap and ring gear assembly has a plurality of slots formed therethrough, each slot exposing a respective portion of the lip and the weld joint interface adjacent the lip, each slot permitting access to both the differential case and the integral end cap and ring gear assembly for a second welding operation of the differential case to the integral end cap and ring gear assembly at the weld joint interface adjacent the lip; a first weld formed by the first welding operation at the weld joint interface adjacent the base; a plurality of intermittent second welds formed by the second welding operation at the weld joint interface adjacent the respective portion of the lip exposed by each slot; and a minor void disposed at the weld joint interface between the exterior surface of the side wall of the differential case and the first interior portion of the integral end cap and ring gear assembly, minor void permitting a collection of gases during at least one of the first welding operation and the second welding operation. | 14,726 |
8,860,270 | 1. A transverse flux machine comprising: a winding wound in a rotational direction; a stationary component in which first ferromagnets and second ferromagnets surrounding a part of the winding are arranged in the rotational direction; a rotor capable of rotating around a rotational axis; and a rotary component opposing the stationary component and attached to the rotor, wherein the rotary component includes third ferromagnets opposing the first ferromagnets; fourth ferromagnets opposing the second ferromagnets; first magnetic field generating sections intervened between the third ferromagnets and the fourth ferromagnets; and second magnetic field generating sections intervened between the third ferromagnets and the fourth ferromagnets, the second magnetic field generating sections opposing the first magnetic field generating sections along a direction of the rotational axis, wherein the first magnetic field generating sections and the second magnetic field generating sections generate magnetic fields from an opposing surface of the rotary component toward an opposing surface of the stationary component, and directions of the magnetic fields are opposite of one another. | 42,211 |
8,627,812 | 1. A launching device comprising: a base member; a launch tube extending from one end of the base member; a release mechanism disposed in the launch tube, the release mechanism movable between a closed position and an open position; a spring resiliently maintaining the release mechanism in the closed position; a pull cord connected to the release mechanism; a release mechanism retainer ring disposed on an open end of the launch tube, the release mechanism retainer ring adapted to retain the release mechanism in the launch tube; a pressure gauge adapted to measure air pressure within the container; a launch pipe extending from the launch tube; and a pipe adapted to deliver air into a container disposed on the launch pipe to pressurize air within the container. | 45,304 |
8,589,397 | 1. A data classification apparatus including a computer, the data classification apparatus comprising: a separation surfaces set storage unit configured to store information defining a plurality of separation surfaces which separate a feature space into at least one known class region respectively corresponding to at least one known class and an unknown class region, wherein each of the at least one known class region is separated from outside region by more than one of the plurality of separation surfaces which do not intersect to each other; a classification unit configured to determine a classification of a classification target data whose inner product in the feature space is calculable by calculating to which region of the at least one known class region and the unknown class region determined by the information stored in the separation surface set storage unit the classification target data belongs; and a separation surface set calculation unit configured to calculate the plurality of separation surfaces based on: a plurality of training data respectively classified into any of the at least one known class and whose inner product in the feature space is calculable; and a classification of each of the plurality of training data, to store the information which defines the plurality of separation surfaces in the separation surface set storage unit, wherein the separation surface set calculation unit is configured to calculate the plurality of separation surfaces by setting minimization of a classification error of the plurality of training data, minimization of a complexity of the plurality of separation surfaces, and minimization of an area of each of the at least one known class region as optimization target, and wherein the optimization target is targeted to solve either one of the following optimization problems: where i, j are an index of a training data, w is a weight, b each of ν N is a predetermined integer, φ(x ξ ψ is a basis function of the feature space. | 10,955 |
9,669,929 | 1. A storage assembly for use in a cooling system designed for an operation with a two-phase coolant medium, which comprises: a storage container with a receiving area for receiving a coolant medium, a conveying device for conveying coolant medium from the receiving area of the storage container, the conveying device being formed integral with the storage container of the storage assembly, and a control unit configured to control a drive unit of the conveying device in dependence on a state of aggregation of the coolant medium conveyed by the conveying device, in such a manner that wear of the conveying device is minimized. | 46,419 |
8,716,741 | 1. An LED package mounting structure comprising: an LED package; a first connection terminal portion that is disposed on a side face of the LED package; a second connection terminal portion that is disposed on a bottom face of the LED package; and a circuit board on which the LED package is mounted, wherein: | 42,115 |
8,880,913 | 1. A battery management and protection system in a single integrated circuit chip, the system comprising: non-volatile memory in the chip to store values for at least one of safety or calibration parameters; a FET control module in the chip, the module including dedicated input/output registers and operable to execute automatic battery-related operations; a central processing unit in the chip, the central processing unit being operable to read from, but not write to, the registers, wherein the values for the safety or calibration parameters are stored in the non-volatile memory during chip manufacture or by a user of the system, and wherein the automatic battery protection scans performed by the module during system start-up are performed independently of the central processing unit; and a reset controller in the chip, the reset controller being independent of the central processing unit and operable to load the values automatically from the non-volatile memory to the registers during system start-up, wherein the values for the parameters stored in the registers cannot be changed at run-time by the central processing unit, wherein the values loaded from the non-volatile memory to the registers of the FET control module during system start-up indicate an action to be taken by the FET control module in response to receiving a signal indicative of one or more of the following events: a short-circuit protection event, a discharge over-current protection event, a charge over-current protection event, a cell over-voltage protection event, a cell under-voltage protection event, an internal temperature over-voltage protection event, or an internal temperature under-voltage protection event. | 27,845 |
8,602,124 | 1. An orthopedic impacting tool for striking an object, the tool comprising: a motor; a linear motion converter; an energy storage means; a detent; a control means; an adapter, said adapter capable of holding a broach, chisel or other surgical implement; and a striker, said striker capable of impacting at least two distinct impact surfaces, wherein a first impact surface moves said adapter forward and a second impact surface moves said adapter rearward, wherein said control means directs said motor to store an energy in said energy storage means and said energy storage means thereafter releases the energy onto said striker causing said striker to move from a first position to a second position such that said striker is capable of imparting a force upon said adapter in a direction that is dependent at least in part on which surface said striker impacts. | 44,742 |
8,921,384 | 1. A method for the treatment of a hepatitis C infection in a host in need thereof, comprising administering an effective amount of a spiro[2.4]heptane of the following structure: wherein: R R R R R R or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt; optionally in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. | 39,271 |
9,788,395 | 1. An electronic driver for providing light from visible light bulbs and non-visible light bulbs, including gas-based lighting and solid state lighting, and including ultraviolet light bulbs, x-ray lamps, infrared light bulbs, LED bulbs and fluorescent bulbs, wherein these bulbs are interchangeable, and said driver is programmable and auto-adjustable for different wattages to permit use of different size and intensity lamps therewith, the driver having power factor correction, surge protection, current sensing, and current adjustment, and dimming capabilities, comprising: (a) a housing unit to mount electronic circuitry and related components; (b) electronic circuitry mounted on said housing unit, which includes: | 2,280 |
9,537,673 | 1. A method for minimizing communication interference comprising: determining, by a first network device of a first communication network, an interference level associated with a second network device of a second communication network; determining, in response to determining that the interference level does not exceed an interference threshold, to reduce at least one member selected from the group consisting of: determining to share a communication resource between the first network device and the second network device in response to determining that the interference level exceeds the interference threshold. | 6,784 |
8,816,666 | 1. A semiconductor switching device drive circuit comprising: a drive power supply configured to supply a direct current power to drive a drive-target switching device being voltage-driven; an alternating current generation unit configured to generate an alternating current with the drive power supply; a transformer having a primary winding supplied with the alternating current and a secondary winding configured to form a current path connecting a potential reference output terminal of the drive-target switching device with a control terminal of the drive-target switching device; and first and second switching devices being voltage-driven and inserted oppositely to each other in the current path, wherein the first and second switching devices are respectively connected in parallel with diodes, which are opposite to each other, wherein a control terminal of the first switching device and a control terminal of the second switching device are respectively connected to one end of the secondary winding and the other end of the secondary winding, wherein the first switching device is configured to change in a conduction state as a voltage applied to the control terminal of the first switching device varies over a threshold voltage value while an alternating-current voltage generated at the secondary winding is in one polarity, wherein the second switching device is configured to change in a conduction state as a voltage applied to the control terminal of the second switching device varies over a threshold voltage value while the alternating-current voltage generated at the secondary winding is in the other polarity, and wherein, in response that one of the first and second switching devices turns on to flow a current along the current path to turn on the drive-target switching device, wherein a voltage of the drive power supply and a turn ratio of the transformer are predetermined so that a maximum voltage generated at the secondary winding is a sum of: | 6,854 |
9,742,648 | 1. A method comprising: receiving, by a Software Defined Networking (SDN) application running on an SDN controller, one or more user-defined parameters for configuring fault detection on a path between first and second network devices, the one or more user-defined parameters including a first parameter indicating how often probe packets should be sent out along the path and a second parameter indicating a threshold for determining when the path has become nonoperational; transmitting, by the SDN application, a first message to the first network device, the first message instructing the first network device to begin sending probe packets to the second network device at a rate determined by the first parameter; and transmitting, by the SDN application, a second message to the second network device, the second message instructing the second network device to monitor for the probe packets sent by the first network device and to notify the SDN application when the threshold indicated in the second parameter is exceeded. | 2,190 |
9,777,866 | 1. A non-contact flow control system having a totally sealed cavity, comprising a housing, a flow control unit, and an operation unit; wherein the housing comprises a fluid inlet, a fluid outlet, and a fluid channel extending between the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet; the flow control unit is set in the fluid channel and the operation unit is set on an outer side of the housing, wherein the operation unit comprises an operation element and an outer magnet fixed on the operation element; the flow control unit comprises a flow control element and an inner magnet fixed on the flow control element; when the operation element moves relative to the housing, the flow control element moves under the action of a magnetic force between the outer magnet and the inner magnet, thereby changing the flow of the system, wherein the section of the fluid channel is circular; the flow control element comprises a disc-shaped movable valve plate and a disc-shaped fixed valve plate; the movable valve plate coaxially stacks on the fixed valve plate under the action of fluid pressure; the inner magnet is fixed on the movable valve plate; a first fluid through hole and a second fluid through hole matched with each other are formed in the movable valve plate and the fixed valve plate, respectively; when the operation element moves relative to the housing, the movable valve plate rotates around a central axis thereof under the action of the magnetic force between the outer magnet and the inner magnet, thereby changing an overlapping area of the first fluid through hole and the second fluid through hole, wherein elastic elements are set in the housing and configured to elastically bias the movable valve plate on the fixed valve plate, wherein the housing comprises an inflow flange; the fluid inlet is formed in the inflow flange; an annular raceway is set on the inflow flange to surround the fluid inlet; a plurality of blind holes arranged at intervals in a circumferential direction of the movable valve plate are formed in the upstream end face of the movable valve plate; the elastic elements are springs arranged in the blind holes; one end of each spring props against the bottom of the corresponding blind hole, while the other end of the spring is configured to elastically bias a ball in the annular raceway. | 9,280 |
8,506,191 | 1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a main body having a first opening on a side surface thereof; a main cover supported by the main body, having a second opening and rotatable between a first closed position and a first opening position, the main cover covering the first opening at the first closed position and uncovering the first opening at the first opening position; a feeder cover supported by the main cover and rotatable between a second closed position and a second opening position, the feeder cover covering the second opening at the second closed position and uncovering the second opening at the second opening position; and a link arm jointed to the main body at a first joint, jointed to the main cover at a second joint and stopping the rotation of the main cover at the first opening position while the main cover rotates, the first joint movable relative to the main body, and the link arm rotating the feeder cover from the second opening position toward the second closed position when the main cover rotates from the first closed position with the feeder cover at the second opening position. | 39,091 |
8,429,210 | 1. A computer-implemented method for storing files in a file vault through an official file server, the method comprising: receiving, by the official file server, a first file with a first file type associated with the first file and a second file with the first file type associated with the second file, where the first file is different from the second file; determining, at the official file server, that first property information necessary to route the first file to a location in the file vault for the first file type is missing; holding the first file in a holding zone at the official file server, wherein the holding zone is different from the location in the file vault; requesting, by the official file server, the first property information associated with the first file; receiving, at the official file server, the first property information; determining a first mapping based on the first property information and the first file type, wherein the first mapping associates the first file type with a specific location in the file vault; based on the first mapping, determining the specific location; determining, at the official file server, that second property information necessary to route the second file to the location in the file vault for the first file type is not missing; determining a second mapping based on the second property information and the first file type, wherein the second mapping associates the first file type with the specific location in the file vault; based on the second mapping, determining the specific location; storing the first file and the second file in the file vault in the determined specific location. | 21,805 |
9,333,215 | 1. An aqueous solution of a medicinal composition comprising a 20(R)-ginsenoside Rg3, wherein the solution consists of 20(R)-ginsenoside Rg3, arginine, and water, wherein the content of the ginsenoside Rg3 in the solution is 0.5˜10 mg/ml, and the weight ratio of the 20(R)-ginsenoside Rg3 to the arginine is 1:1˜300. | 41,861 |
9,718,455 | 1. A method of controlling a vehicle comprising: operating an engine and an electric machine to cause, during vehicle motion having a period of battery power demand in which frequency component amplitudes of battery power demand falling within a predetermined frequency range are less than a predetermined magnitude, at least one of the frequency component amplitudes to exceed the predetermined magnitude to excite a traction battery for estimating parameters without affecting vehicle acceleration. | 43,970 |
8,678,975 | 1. A vehicle braking system comprising: an electric motor to drive a driving wheel via a reduction ratio setting device to change a reduction ratio between the electric motor and the driving wheel; an operating amount detector configured to detect an amount of operation of a brake operating member; a brake assist controller to boost a braking power based on a target braking power that is set depending on the amount of operation detected by the operating amount detector, when an initiation condition for a brake assist control is met; a first braking device to make the electric motor generate a first braking power under regenerative control; and a second braking device to generate a second braking power by actuating an actuator with an operating fluid to be pressurized through a hydraulic pressure source, wherein, when the initiation condition for the brake assist control is met, the reduction ratio setting device sets the reduction ratio so as to reduce the first braking power and then suspends a change in the reduction ratio, the first braking device generates the first braking power as well as the second braking device generates the second braking power to produce the target braking power. | 29,213 |
8,762,594 | 1. A method for managing a change in the attachment state between a first device and a second device which are connected via an interface, said first device comprising a control unit and a high frequency clock and being adapted to communicate with said second device via said interface, said first device being in a sleep state in which the high frequency clock is deactivated, wherein said method comprises the following steps at the first device: (a) periodically triggering, on the basis of a low frequency clock, a detection of a change in the attachment state of the second device to the first device at said interface, a change in the attachment state of the second device corresponding to a capacitance change at the interface; and (b) upon detection of a change in the attachment state, notifying, in an electrical manner, the control unit of said change and waking the first device from the sleep state by activating the high frequency clock. | 44,283 |
8,941,216 | 1. A semiconductor device comprising: a substrate having an active surface and a non-active surface on a side of the substrate that is opposite to the active surface; a via-hole penetrating the substrate; a first via-insulating layer extending along an inner sidewall of the via-hole from the active surface to the non-active surface; a through-via disposed in the via-hole and surrounded by the first via-insulating layer, a bottom end of the through-via not reaching the non-active surface; a lower insulating layer on the non-active surface of the substrate; and a terminal disposed on the lower insulating layer and connected to the bottom end of the through-via, wherein the terminal includes a protrusion extending toward the bottom end of the through-via and connected to the bottom end of the through-via, and wherein the first via-insulating layer electrically insulates the protrusion from the substrate. | 488 |
9,699,650 | 1. A communication system comprising: a first communications device operable by way of a first mobile phone network; a second communications device operable by way of the first mobile phone network and at least one additional mobile phone network, the first mobile phone network and each additional mobile phone network issuing a unique MS-ISDN to the second communications device to enable such operation; and a communications facilitator associated with the first mobile phone network; where, when a communication from the first communications device to the second communications device is received by the communications facilitator, the communications facilitator determines the present location of the second communications device by interrogating a home location register associated with each of the MS-ISDNs allocated to the second communications device to identify a communication link and relays the communication to the second communications device by way of the at least one additional mobile phone network that allocated the MS-ISDN identified as the communication link. | 6,409 |
9,449,864 | 1. A system, comprising: a wafer retaining device configured to retain a semiconductor wafer; a light source configured to emit light toward a first wafer portion within an edge exclusion area of the semiconductor wafer, wherein the first wafer portion comprises a first subsurface part embedded within the semiconductor wafer and a second part including an entire surface of the semiconductor wafer; and a lens configured to direct and focus light emitted from the light source at the first subsurface part to alter a crystalline structure of the first subsurface part, maintain a crystalline structure of the second part unchanged, and form a subsurface reference mark that is detectable to orient the semiconductor wafer relative the subsurface reference mark using light of a predetermined wavelength within the non-visible spectrum, a predetermined transmittance through the edge exclusion area of the semiconductor wafer, and at a predetermined reflectance angle relative to an axis of rotation of the semiconductor wafer and based on the predetermined wavelength. | 19,849 |
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