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9,389,943 | 1. An apparatus for determining a number of unique incidents in a plurality of incidents for incident processing in a distributed processing system, the apparatus comprising a computer processor and a computer memory operatively coupled to the computer processor, the computer memory having disposed within it computer program instructions that when executed by the computer processor cause the apparatus to carry out the steps of: identifying within the plurality of incidents, by an incident analyzer, attribute combination entries of location identifications and incident types, wherein each attribute combination entry has one location identification and a set of unique incident types corresponding to the location identification; analyzing each location identification in each attribute combination entry according to a sequence of the attribute combination entries including for each location identification of each attribute combination entry: counting the attribute pairs; wherein the number of attribute pairs is the number of unique incidents in the plurality of incidents. | 49,179 |
8,378,664 | 1. An arrangement comprising a magnetic-field-dependent angle sensor which is effectively connected to a magnetic transmitter which is arranged such that it can rotate with respect to the angle sensor, characterized in that the angle sensor consists of at least one magnetoelectric converter, the electrical properties of which are dependent on the magnetic field strength but independent of the polarity of the magnetic field acting on the at least one converter, and in that the magnetic field strength is selected such that the at least one converter is controlled in saturation, wherein the rotation direction of the magnetic transmitter is in parallel with the angle sensor. | 13,735 |
8,460,598 | 1. A method for recycling blowing air from a blow moulding apparatus for blow moulding plastic material containers, said apparatus including: moulds provided with blowing cavities, first blowing means for blowing primary air in the cavities of said moulds, comprising a primary air tank, second blowing means for blowing secondary air in the cavities of said moulds, comprising a secondary air tank, first recycling means for recycling the blowing air exiting from said cavities, in a first step of discharging the air from the containers, wherein said first recycling means are configured so as either to allow an input of primary air into a first blowing stage within the cavities of said moulds or to allow an input of a part of secondary air into a second blowing stage, said method comprising the following stages: a) at a predetermined starting time t b) blowing the air into the containers contained in the cavities of the moulds at a second predetermined pressure P c) discharging the air from the containers contained in the cavities until a third pressure P c′) discharging and recycling the air from the containers contained in the cavities until a fourth pressure P d) discharging the remaining air contained in the containers contained in the cavities at atmospheric pressure. | 16,006 |
9,549,640 | 1. A dry food dispensing device for controlling the flow of dry food when dispensed, said device comprising: a storage receptacle for containing dry food, wherein said receptacle is seated over a base providing a housing for a dispensing mechanism, said dispensing mechanism comprising; a turnable free flow valve having wings, said valve wings normally level and blocking free flow of said stored dry food from said storage receptacle, said valve being rotatable to a valve opening angle allowing free flow of said stored dry food, means for limiting said valve rotation to a predetermined position of said wings at said valve opening angle offset from said normal position; and a depressible handle for controlling said free flow valve angle rotation via said limiting means comprising a fixed handle position stop enclosing a rotatable handle position stop, wherein said fixed handle position stop comprises a first ring having an internal truncated rim forming an inner edge, and said rotatable handle position stop comprises a second ring rotatable within said first ring and having a circumferential shoulder of a predetermined length, such that when said shoulder hits said inner edge during rotation, a fixed valve opening angle is determined at said predetermined position, wherein when said handle is depressed and said valve is rotated to said predetermined position at said valve opening angle, said dispensing mechanism releases a portion of said stored dry food, said portion being determined by a user as a function of time said turnable free flow valve is held at said valve opening angle. | 39,853 |
9,322,289 | 1. A method for an engine including a turbocharger having a compressor driven by a turbine, comprising: generating vacuum via compressor bypass flow through an ejector; and applying vacuum from the ejector to a wastegate actuator; wherein the vacuum from the ejector to the wastegate actuator is supplied via a conduit fluidically coupling the ejector to the wastegate actuator, and wherein a vent line fluidically couples the conduit to an intake passage upstream of the compressor. | 49,308 |
8,702,361 | 1. A terminal block comprising: an electrically insulating plate made of synthetic resin and having at least one nut accommodating recess including a bottom plate and at least one surrounding wall extending from the bottom plate and surrounding the nut accommodating recess, at least one pressing portion formed on an end of the surrounding wall opposite the bottom plate; at least one nut accommodated in the nut accommodating recess and having a fastening surface in surface contact with the bottom plate of the nut accommodating recess, the nut further having an outer periphery surrounded by the surrounding wall; a heat sink engaging a surface of the bottom plate opposite the nut; and a molded resin part surrounding parts of the insulating plate, the heat sink and the nut and holding the insulating plate sandwiched between the nut and the heat sink. | 45,834 |
9,436,573 | 1. A multifunctional I/O apparatus, comprising: one connection terminal with two connections; and an electronic circuit, which with the assistance of a plurality of settable operating states detects an active input signal or passive input signal applied on said two connections of said connection terminal or controls/switches an externally driven load, wherein: said electronic circuit comprises: at least one switch element, which is so operable by a first control signal of a logic unit that it short circuits or isolates said two connections of said connection terminal; a signal generator, which is so operable by a second control signal of said logic unit that in the presence of the active input signal or passive input signal on said two connections of said connection terminal it generates a status signal and forwards such to said logic unit; an energy source, which is so operable by a third control signal of said logic unit that in the presence of the passive input signal on said two connections of said connection terminal, it provides energy required for operation of the signal generator, a protective apparatus, which is connected between the signal generator and the energy source; and said logic unit, which dependent on the respectively set operating state of said electronic circuit distinguishes between a first operating state, a second operating state and a third operating state and, with the assistance of the first control signal, the second control signal and the third control signal, activates said switch element, the signal generator and the energy source in accordance with the set operating state. | 17,609 |
8,838,394 | 1. An assay that is capable of unambiguously detecting the presence or absence of each of at least seven (7) analytes, in any combination of presence or absence, in a single sample volume without immobilization of said analytes, separation of said analytes, mass spectrometry, or melting curve analysis, wherein each of said analytes is encoded as a value of one component of a signal and wherein each of said analytes is encoded as at least one first value in a first component of said signal and at least one second value in a second component of said signal, and wherein said assay is capable of unambiguously detecting the presence or absence of M analytes, in any combination of presence or absence, where M=C*log 2 (F+1), where C is the number of said second values used to encode said analytes and F is the maximum cumulative value of said first component of said signal, for any second value, when all of said analytes are present and wherein M, C, and F are each positive integers. | 43,613 |
8,593,749 | 1. A hard-disk drive, comprising: a head-slider configured to fly in proximity with a recording surface of a magnetic-recording disk, said head-slider comprising: a fly-height variation compensator configured to generate a signal for compensating variation in fly height of said write element, and configured to add said signal to a control signal for output to said fly-height-adjustment heating element, wherein said fly-height variation compensator is configured to generate a signal for compensating said variation in fly height based on said control signal for output to said position-adjustment heating element; a fly-height variation detector configured to detect said variation in fly height, and configured to output a detection signal; and a second fly-height variation compensator configured to generate a second signal for compensating said variation in fly height based on said detection signal, and configured to add said second signal to said control signal for output to said fly-height-adjustment heating element. | 3,565 |
8,903,001 | 1. An apparatus, comprising: a receiver configured to receive a signal transmitted through an effective channel, wherein the signal comprises i) pilot data that is known to the receiver and ii) non-pilot data that is not known to the receiver; a channel estimation logic, comprising: an equalizer configured to process the signal based, at least in part, on the estimated channel to produce an equalized signal; a decision logic configured to decode the equalized signal to produce output data; and an interpolation logic configured to adapt the interpolation technique based, at least in part, on the output data such that the interpolation technique is adapted to better fit the output data. | 21,663 |
8,663,701 | 1. A pharmaceutical composition for human or veterinary use, containing a therapeutically effective amount of palmitoylethanolamide in the ultra-micronized form, wherein more than 90% by weight of palmitoylethanolamide has particle sizes lower than 6 microns, together with pharmaceutically acceptable excipients and wherein said palmitoylethanolamide has an MDSC spectrum with exothermal transition at temperatures ranging between 101° C. and 103° C. and a spectrum XRD as reported in the following table: | 2,020 |
8,751,949 | 1. A computer-implemented process for selectable variable speed for controlled object movement, the computer-implemented process comprising: receiving, using a processor of a computer, a selection of a point on an object being moved, using a selector, to form a selected point; calculating a displacement of the selected point from a center of the object being moved to form a displacement value; calculating a sensitivity value using the displacement value; calculating a movement speed using the sensitivity value wherein a ratio of movement speed to displacement is configurable as a ratio that is inversely proportional to the distance from the center of the object being moved; and providing movement speed information for object movement. | 38,990 |
9,576,171 | 1. A portable scanning device comprising: a first outer shell defining a receiving space therein; a second outer shell configured to couple with the first outer shell to cover the receiving space; a connecting band coupled to the first outer shell and configured to be secured to a body part of a user; and an electronic assembly comprising a plurality of electronic components, the plurality of electronic components comprising: a battery configured to provide power for the portable scanning device; a printed circuit board; a scanner configured to scan a plurality of codes; a speaker configured to broadcast an audio while scanning the plurality of codes; a connection port configured to couple the battery to an external power source to charge the battery; a plurality of buttons for operating the portable scanning device; and a plurality of indication lights configured to indicate statuses of the portable scanning device, wherein the first outer shell comprises: a bottom wall; a first sidewall and a second sidewall connected to opposite edge portions of the bottom wall and facing each other; a back wall connected to an end portion of the bottom wall and connected between the first sidewall and the second sidewall; a first connecting portion protruding from the first sidewall and configured to connect a first end portion of the connecting band to the first outer shell; and a second connecting portion protruding from the second sidewall and configured to connect a second end portion of the connecting band to the first outer shell; wherein the first outer shell further comprises a plurality of ribs located inside the receiving space and protruding from the bottom wall; the ribs are arranged parallel to each other; the battery and the scanner are supported on top of the ribs; the battery is arranged adjacent to the back wall; each of the ribs supporting the scanner comprises a pair of rib plates, the scanner is located between the plurality of rib plates; a lens of the scanner is positioned at an end junction of the first outer shell and the second outer shell to face out of the scanning device to scan the codes; and the printed circuit board is located on top of the battery and the scanner. | 19,831 |
8,637,090 | 1. A method for treating an infection comprising administering a pharmaceutical formulation to a subject having the infection, wherein the pharmaceutical formulation comprises a solution, or a dry powder derived from said solution, of an anti-microbially effective concentration of gallium (III) and citrate, wherein the molar ratio of citrate to gallium is 2:1. | 13,791 |
9,770,674 | 1. A purification method for recovering n-hexane using a purification device, wherein the purification device comprises a first distillation section comprising a first distillation column that has a first raw material feed port into which a raw material is introduced and that distills the introduced raw material, a first condenser that condenses a top stream discharged from a top section of the first distillation column and flows a part of the top stream back to the first distillation column, and a first discharge route that delivers a material discharged from a lower section of the first distillation column; a second distillation section comprising a second distillation column that has a second raw material feed port into which a raw material is introduced and that distills the introduced raw material, a second condenser that condenses a top stream discharged from a top section of the second distillation column and flows a part of the top stream back to the second distillation column, a second reboiler that heats a bottom stream discharged from a bottom section of the second distillation column and flows at least a part of the bottom stream back to the second distillation column, and a second discharge route that delivers a material discharged from a lower section of the second distillation column; a heat exchanger that exchanges heat between the top stream discharged from the top section of the second distillation column and a first bottom stream discharged from a bottom section of the first distillation column before the top stream discharged from the top section of the second distillation column is introduced into the second condenser, and a first reboiler that heats a second bottom stream of the first distillation column other than the first bottom stream which flows through the heat exchanger, wherein the first reboiler flows at least a part of the second bottom stream back to the first distillation column, and wherein the purification method comprises: a process of introducing a first raw material comprising the n-hexane into the first distillation column through the first raw material feed port; a process of introducing a second raw material comprising the n-hexane into the second distillation column through the second raw material feed port; a process of separating each of the introduced first and second raw materials into the top and bottom streams in each of the first and second distillation columns; and a process of exchanging heat between the top stream discharged from the top section of the second distillation column and the first bottom stream discharged from the bottom section of the first distillation column in the heat exchanger, wherein a temperature difference generated between the top stream of the second distillation column and the first bottom stream of the first distillation column ranges from 5° C. to 25° C., and wherein a ratio (T1/T2) of a temperature (T1) of the bottom stream of the first distillation column to a temperature (T2) of the top stream of the second distillation column ranges from 0.5 to 0.96. | 30,241 |
9,277,502 | 1. A method comprising: by an instant messaging (IM) server running on a server computing device, receiving an instruction to put an IM client-side application of an IM user into an IM hibernation mode, wherein the IM client-side application is installed on a mobile computing device of the user, wherein the IM user has an active IM status on the IM server, and wherein a communication-protocol session has been established between the IM server and the IM client-side application; by the IM server, in response to the instruction, terminating the communication-protocol session to put the IM client-side application into the IM hibernation mode, wherein the mobile computing device remains active, and wherein the IM server maintains an active IM status for the IM user; by the IM server, while the IM client-side application is in the IM hibernation mode: by the IM server, when a timeout period associated with the IM hibernation mode is exceeded, terminating the active IM status of the IM user on the IM server. | 32,301 |
9,197,569 | 1. A hierarchical control system configured to provide network management for a software-defined network (SDN) comprising: a regional controller configured to control a respective set of network devices and maintain a regional network map thereof, wherein said SDN comprises a plurality of regions, wherein a respective region comprises said regional controller and said respective set of network devices; and one or more root controllers, wherein a respective root controller is configured to: wherein said respective root controller controls a group of regional controllers that includes said regional controller, and wherein said regional controller comprises a hierarchy of controllers, wherein an upper level controller in said hierarchy is configured to: wherein said respective root controller is configured to synchronize global network map with said regional controller based on time-to-live information (TTL), wherein said regional controller is configured to program a flow table based on synchronized global network map, and wherein further said regional controller is configured to communicate with another regional controller of said group with respect to performance information related to said set of network devices and program flow tables based on said performance information. | 47,543 |
8,361,629 | 1. A method for fabricating a half mirror, the method comprising the steps of: (a) forming an organic film by applying onto a transparent substrate or transparent film a primer composition containing an addition-polymerizable compound having three or more reactive groups, an addition-polymerizable compound having an acidic group, and an addition-polymerizable compound having a hydrophilic functional group, and by then polymerizing the primer composition; (b) turning the acidic group into a metal (M1) salt by treating the organic film with an aqueous solution containing metal (M1) ions; (c) turning the metal (M1) salt into a metal (M2) salt by further treating the organic film with a metal (M2) ion aqueous solution containing metal (M2) ions that are lower in ionization tendency than the metal (M1) ions; and (d) reducing the metal (M2) ions to form a metal film on a surface of the organic film, wherein the organic film is given raised and depressed parts by applying the primer composition onto the transparent substrate or transparent film by printing or imprinting. | 26,188 |
9,768,328 | 1. A transparent electro-conductive laminate comprising: a substrate film made of a polyimide; and a thin film made of an electro-conductive material and stacked on the substrate film, wherein the polyimide is a polyimide comprising: wherein in the formula (1), R | 35,421 |
9,080,502 | 1. An engine comprising: a variable valve mechanism capable of switching a valve characteristic to a first valve characteristic according to which at least one of an operation of pre-opening an intake valve during an exhaust stroke prior to a valve opening time in an intake stroke and an operation of re-opening an exhaust valve during the intake stroke subsequently to the opening/closing thereof during the exhaust stroke is performed, and to a second valve characteristic according to which neither the pre-opening of the intake valve nor the re-opening of the exhaust valve is performed; an exhaust turbo-supercharger having a compressor disposed in an intake passage of the engine and a turbine disposed in the exhaust passage; an exhaust bypass passage bypassing the turbine of the exhaust turbo-supercharger; an exhaust bypass valve disposed in the exhaust bypass passage; an exhaust-bypass-valve control unit for controlling an opening degree of the exhaust bypass valve; a switch request detecting unit for detecting, when the valve characteristic provided by the variable valve mechanism is the first valve characteristic, the presence or absence of a request for switching to the second valve characteristic resulting from an increase in engine load; a fuel amount increasing unit for increasing, when the presence of the switch request is detected by the switch request detecting unit, an amount of fuel supplied to the engine to an amount larger than when the first valve characteristic is selected; and a valve characteristic switching unit for switching, when the presence of the switch request is detected by the switch request detecting unit, the valve characteristic provided by the variable valve mechanism from the first valve characteristic to the second valve characteristic, wherein the exhaust-bypass-valve control unit controls, when the presence of the switch request is detected by the switch request detecting unit, the opening degree of the exhaust bypass valve to an opening degree larger than when the first valve characteristic is selected, and then decreases the opening degree of the exhaust bypass valve before the switching from the first valve characteristic to the second valve characteristic by the variable valve mechanism is completed. | 13,804 |
9,819,760 | 1. A system for accelerating on-premise delivery of content items based on a unified content delivery network system, the system comprising: a content component configured for: a local off-net cache component configured for: a content delivery network platform component configured for: | 32,275 |
9,275,135 | 1. An article of manufacture comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable instructions tangibly embodied thereon which, when implemented, cause a computer to carry out a plurality of method steps comprising: determining which documents in a document corpus of multiple documents mention an entity of interest; clustering the documents that mention an entity of interest according to similarities across a temporal signal, a structural signal and a content signal, thereby forming multiple clusters of documents; annotating each document in the multiple clusters of documents with an annotation by marking each occurrence of the entity in each document; calculating a confidence measure for each occurrence of the entity in each document in each of the multiple clusters, wherein said confidence measure comprises the sum of (i) a measure of similarity between the given occurrence of the entity and the entity of interest, and (ii) a measure of similarity between the documents within the cluster of the given document via wherein x(i, j) indicates mention i being assigned to entity j, sim(i, j) indicates a similarity of mention i to entity j, sim(i, k) indicates a document similarity of mention i and mention k, and NA represents a non-applicable designation; creating a graph for each of the multiple clusters, wherein each of multiple nodes of each graph represents a mention of the entity of interest, and wherein said creating comprises placing an edge between each respective pair of nodes that share a mention, wherein an edge weight attributed to each edge is equal to the similarity between the shared mention; removing said annotation from one or more documents in the multiple clusters of documents by removing said marking for each occurrence of the entity in each document that corresponds to a confidence measure below a given value; and outputting (i) each annotated document and (ii) each created graph. | 28,838 |
9,045,354 | 1. A method of enhancing remediation of contaminated matrices comprising the steps of: providing a water environment having at least one contaminant and at least one microbial population; providing a bioelectrochemical electron transfer circuitry having at least one non-floating anode, at least one three dimensional, floating cathode and at least one transmission line connecting said at least one non-floating anode and said at least one three dimensional, floating cathode; installing said bioelectrochemical electron transfer circuitry in said water environment having said at least one contaminant; floating said at least one three dimensional, floating cathode near a surface of a water environment; contacting most of said three dimensional, floating cathode with either air or water of said water environment; generating rapid transfer of electrons from said environment to said at least one non-floating anode of said bioelectrochemical electron transfer circuitry and to said at least one three dimensional, floating cathode of said bioelectrochemical electron transfer circuitry through said at least one transmission line of said bioelectrochemical electron transfer circuitry; utilizing no load or a limited load with said bioelectrochemical electron transfer circuitry; wherein said limited load comprises up to about 10 ohms; stimulating said at least one microbial population with said rapid transfer of electrons from said water environment to said at least one non-floating anode of said bioelectrochemical electron transfer circuitry and to said at least one three dimensional, floating cathode of said bioelectrochemical electron transfer circuitry through said at least one transmission line of said bioelectrochemical electron transfer circuitry to provide at least one stimulated microbial population; and substantially ameliorating microbial biodegradation of said at least one contaminant in said water environment with said at least one stimulated microbial population. | 22,797 |
9,703,827 | 1. A method comprising: receiving, at a first compute device, streaming data associated with locations of a plurality of objects and received from a plurality of streaming data sources, at least a portion of the streaming data not being stored in persistent storage; receiving, from a client device, a signal associated with a first query against the plurality of streaming data sources, the first query associated with a user interacting with a graphical user interface and with objects from the plurality of objects within a distance of each other; defining a first rule based on the first query; applying the first rule to the streaming data, a subset of streaming data from the plurality of streaming data sources satisfying the first rule; defining a stream of derivative data identifying objects from the plurality of objects within the distance of each other based on the subset of streaming data; receiving, from the client device, a signal associated with a second query against the stream of derivative data; defining a second rule based on the second query, a subset of the stream of derivative data satisfying the second rule; storing, in persistent storage, a plurality of alerts, the plurality of alerts associated with the subset of the stream of derivative data; and sending a signal associated with the plurality of alerts to a second compute device. | 17,962 |
9,228,537 | 1. A passageway block, comprising: a first passage and a second passage, each of the first passage and the second passage including respective inlets and outlets to the passageway block positioned at an exterior of the passageway block, none of the inlets and outlets being concentric with one another; within the passageway block, for at least a portion, a third passage at least partially concentrically surrounds the second passage, where a central axis of the second passage is a common axis to the second passage and third passage along the portion; wherein each of the respective inlets and outlets are unique to each of the first and second passage and further comprising a first set of opposite faces, the first set of opposite faces including a front face and a back face, a second set of opposite faces, the second set of opposite faces including a top face and a bottom face, and a third set of opposite faces, the third set of opposite faces including a first side face and a second side face; and wherein a central axis of the first passage is positioned closer to the exterior of the passageway block than the central axis of the second passage, the first passage extending across a width of the top face of the passageway block, and wherein the first passage is an exterior passage of the passageway block. | 22,134 |
8,507,753 | 1. A method for enhancing nitrogen use efficiency in a plant relative to a control plant, comprising: (i) introducing and expressing in a plant a nucleic acid encoding a Nitrite Reductase (NITR) polypeptide, wherein said NITR polypeptide comprises the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2 or an amino acid sequence having at least 95% sequence identity to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2; (ii) growing said plant under conditions of nitrogen deficiency to give said enhanced nitrogen use efficiency relative to a control plant; and (iii) selecting a plant having enhanced nitrogen use efficiency. | 48,324 |
8,973,235 | 1. A pulling head work station comprising: a base having a work surface; a plurality of cable receiving jigs mounted to the work surface of the base, each cable receiving jig having a first end portion and a second end portion; a first cable clamp mounted at the first end portion of each cable receiving jig; a second cable clamp mounted at the second end portion of each cable receiving jig; and said second ends of the plurality of cable receiving jigs having a staggered configuration. | 34,408 |
9,067,047 | 1. A method of delivering at least one material to an animal, comprising: percutaneously injecting at least one material delivery device into an in vivo environment of the animal using a percutaneous injection mechanism, the percutaneous injection mechanism having a hollow body enclosing the at least one material delivery device, the at least one material delivery device including at least one collapsible reservoir having a biologically inert collapsible outer surface, the collapsible reservoir configured to receive, retain and controllably dispense the at least one material, a processor configured to cause emission of an electromagnetic control signal, and at least one controllable output mechanism coupled to the at least one collapsible reservoir, wherein the at least one controllable output mechanism defines or is located within at least one outlet through which the at least one material may be released; delivering a quantity of the at least one material into the at least one collapsible reservoir having a biologically inert collapsible outer surface; wherein the at least one controllable output mechanism includes a thermally-responsive material that absorbs an electromagnetic control signal and changes its shape to dispense the at least one material in response to at least one electromagnetic control signal; and delivering at least a portion of the quantity of the at least one material to the animal through the at least outlet responsive to the thermally-responsive material absorbing the electromagnetic control signal. | 13,871 |
9,318,719 | 1. A method for producing an organic photoelectric conversion device, comprising forming an anode, forming an active layer on the anode, forming an oxide layer comprising a zinc oxide doped with at least one metal selected from the group consisting of gallium, aluminum, indium and boron on the active layer, and forming a cathode on the oxide layer by a vacuum film formation method. | 30,132 |
9,338,295 | 1. A method of dynamically adjusting a script for an interactive communication during the interactive communication, comprising: monitoring, using a computer with a processor and memory, an interactive communication over a communication network for input during the interactive communication; detecting, for the interactive communication, input incompatible with an original script for the interactive communication; categorizing a type of the incompatible input, and dynamically modifying the original script during the interactive communication into a dynamically updated script different from the original script in accordance with the categorizing and providing, over the communication network, information to an initiator of the interactive communication in accordance with the dynamically updated script, wherein a remainder of the interactive communication is conducted in accordance with the dynamically updated script. | 42,181 |
9,687,447 | 1. A method of preparing a liposome-based construct comprising a peptide modified through hydrophobic moieties reconstituted in a liposome, comprising the steps of (i) preparing liposomes in a solution; (ii) preparing a modified peptide by adding to the N- and/or C-terminus of the peptide molecule at least one hydrophobic moiety; (iii) solubilizing the modified peptide in the presence of a surfactant such that the modified peptide is in a micellar form; (iv) loading the prepared liposomes of step (i) by adding the solubilized modified peptide to the prepared liposomes and diluting the solubilized modified peptide below a critical micellar concentration of the surfactant such that the micellar form of the modified peptide is disrupted thereby driving integration of the hydrophobic moieties of the modified peptide into an external layer of the preformed liposomes such that at least 72%, 80%, 90%, or 100% of said peptide is present on the outer surface of the liposome. | 8,186 |
9,755,534 | 1. A power converter comprising: a switch network coupled to an input voltage port; a power transformer having a primary winding and a secondary winding, wherein the primary winding is coupled to the switch network, and the secondary winding is coupled to a rectifier, and wherein the rectifier is coupled to an output voltage port; a primary resonant tank having a first resonant capacitor and a first resonant frequency, and coupled to the primary winding of the power transformer and the switch network; and a regulation circuit configured to control an output voltage across two terminals of the output voltage port of the power converter to be substantially proportional to an input voltage applied to the input voltage port and the switch network to operate at a frequency substantially close to the first resonant frequency, wherein the regulation circuit has an input connected to a third winding on a primary side of the power transformer, and wherein a voltage across two terminals of the third winding is proportional to the output voltage across two terminals of the output voltage port of the power converter in the steady-state operation. | 30,050 |
9,448,878 | 1. A method for serial interface clock domain crossing, the method comprising: identifying a data communication command received over a serial interface; decoding an address to determine whether the address falls within a direct latch address range of a register bank; communicating data over the serial interface; and generating a multiplexed output clock using a system clock and a Power Management Unit (PMU) clock, for writing to and reading from the register bank, based on at least one of a current system operating state and a refresh control signal from a host processor. | 6,127 |
8,827,631 | 1. A turbine engine ( 52 ; 55 ) comprising: at least first, second, third, and fourth lift-type cross-flow water turbines ( a device ( a control device ( | 6,976 |
9,214,668 | 1. A composition of matter comprising: an active electrode material selected from the group comprising silicon, or tin; a conductive binder; and, a stabilized lithium metal powder, wherein the conductive binder comprises a polymeric composition having repeating units of the formula: wherein 0<x, x′, y and z<1, x+x′+y+z=1, R 1 and R 2 is (CH 2 ) n CH 3 where n=0-8, R 3 and R 4 is (CH 2 ) n COOH where n=0-8, and R 5 and R 6 is any combination of H, COOH and COOCH 3 . | 10,119 |
9,848,857 | 1. A system for controlling the operation of a surgical device comprising: a first wireless transceiver configured to receive a connect signal while in a low power mode and, in response to the connect signal, to transmit low power wireless sync signals, and further configured to receive a wireless sync acknowledgement signal and to place the apparatus into a synced state, a pedal configured to be operated by a foot of a user and to provide a pedal signal, the first wireless transceiver further configured to generate, when the apparatus is in a synced state, a higher power mode wireless signal in response to the pedal signal, wherein the wireless signal controls the operation of the surgical device; and a wireless footswitch adapter with a second wireless transceiver; wherein syncing between the first and second transceivers is possible when the first transceiver is not in close proximity to second transceiver. | 42,978 |
9,417,642 | 1. A bootstrap DC-DC converter, comprising: a lower gate driver, for generating a lower gate control signal according to a control signal; a lower gate switch, for turning on and off according to the lower gate control signal; a bootstrap voltage maintaining circuit, for generating the control signal, such that the lower gate switch turns on for at least a minimum off time in each duty cycle of the lower gate control signal; an upper gate driver, driven by a bootstrap voltage, for generating an upper gate control signal according to the control signal; an upper gate switch, coupled to the lower gate switch, for turning on and off according to the upper gate control signal; a bootstrap capacitor, comprising a terminal coupled between the upper gate switch and the lower gate switch, and generating the bootstrap voltage; and a switch, for conducting and cutting off connection between a system voltage and another terminal of the bootstrap capacitor according to the lower gate control signal; wherein the switch conducts the connection between the system voltage and the another terminal of the bootstrap capacitor to charge the bootstrap capacitor when the lower gate switch is turned on for at least a minimum off time in each duty cycle of the lower gate control signal, such that an input voltage coupled to the upper gate switch is converted to an output voltage and a switching frequency of the bootstrap DC-DC converter is reduced at a high duty cycle; wherein the bootstrap voltage maintain circuit further comprises: | 17,797 |
9,379,669 | 1. A method of reducing gain step error and improving linearity of a plurality of power amplifiers, the method comprising: identifying which one or more of the plurality of power amplifiers are active during an operational phase of the plurality of power amplifiers; selecting a bias control word corresponding to each identified active power amplifier from a bias table, the bias table comprising a bias control word for each power amplifier; averaging the selected bias control words to determine an input bias control word; and biasing an input stage of each active power amplifier according to the input bias control word; wherein an operational point of each power amplifier during the operational phase is set such that an average amplifier current increases with increasing amplitude of an RF signal applied to the input stage of the power amplifier. | 46,486 |
9,373,062 | 1. A printing apparatus configured to print a receipt, comprising: a receiver configured to receive data including print data from a host computer; a print head configured to print on receipt paper; a processor and memory configured to set and delete one or more line units of the print data; wherein the processor sets a desired number of line units of the received print data to be counted for deletion based on one of the detected leading edge of the receipt and detection of a specific character string in the received print data; the print had prints remaining print data on the receipt paper as one or more line unit, after the one or more line units are deleted, and one line unit is one of (i) a line of print data plus a carriage return command or a line feed command, (ii) print data equal to the maximum number of characters that can be printed by the print head on one line, and (iii) a barcode, two-dimensional symbol, or image data containing a barcode or two-dimensional symbol. | 21,614 |
9,109,693 | 1. A method of controlling shifting of gears in a hybrid vehicle having a controller, the method comprising: an entry condition judgment stage of determining both whether a power-on upshift demand has been generated while the vehicle is being used in an electric vehicle (EV) driving mode, being in a state where an actual shifting of the vehicle is able to be initiated, and whether an engine-on demand has been generated; a time judgment stage of, when an engine and a motor have a synchronized rpm, determining whether a current point is prior to a predetermined reference point within a shift-preparation period; a release compensation stage of, when the current point has been determined in the time judgment stage to be prior to the reference point, applying hydraulic pressure for engagement of an engine clutch and at a same time, compensating release-hydraulic pressure of a gearshift element, with a first compensating value obtained from a first data map predefined according to at least the applied hydraulic pressure of the engine clutch; an actual shifting judgment stage of, when the current point has been determined in the time judgment stage to follow the reference point, determining whether the actual shifting has been initiated; and an apply compensation stage of, when the actual shifting has been determined in the actual shifting judgment stage to be initiated, applying hydraulic pressure for engagement of the engine clutch, and compensating applied-hydraulic pressure of the gearshift element, with a second compensating value obtained from a second data map predefined according to at least the applied hydraulic pressure of the engine clutch. | 9,607 |
9,092,218 | 1. A processor comprising: a plurality of cores including a first core and a second core, and a turbo mode logic to increase an operating frequency of the second core if the first core is in an idle state, wherein increasing the operating frequency of the second core is to use available power capacity of the first core resulting from the first core being in the idle state; performance computing logic to calculate performance losses associated with selecting among the plurality of cores for handling an event, wherein calculating a performance loss of said performance losses comprises dividing a processing time for servicing the event by a total runtime to complete a workload being executed by the second core; a first cache coupled to the first core, and coupled to a second cache coupled to the second core, and coupled to a cache coherent bus interconnect; a memory interface logic coupled to the first and second cores; and a bus interface logic coupled to the first and second cores. | 27,181 |
8,892,714 | 1. A computer-implemented method to manage component vital product data (VPD) using a plurality of local management controllers operatively connected, via a network, to a global management controller that is configured to manage a plurality of components, each local management controller configured to manage a respective subset of the plurality of components, each component having associated VPD, the computer-implemented method comprising: receiving, from a first local management controller of the plurality of local management controllers: (i) respective VPD of a first and second components in the subset managed by the first local management controller; (ii) respective component checksums generated based on the VPDs of the first and second components; and (iii) a composite checksum specific to the first local management controller and generated based on the component checksums; storing the VPDs, component checksums, and composite checksum by the global management controller; receiving, from the first local management controller and subsequent to a restart of the global management controller, a current composite checksum specific to the first local management controller; only upon determining, by operation of one or more computer processors, that the stored composite checksum is non-current, retrieving current component checksums of the first and second components, respectively; comparing the retrieved current component checksums to the respective stored component checksum in order to identify at least one non-current stored component checksum; and then only for the at least one identified non-current stored component checksum, retrieving a current VPD of the respective component in order to update the stored VPD of the respective component, thereby reducing an amount of network traffic transmitted over the network subsequent to the restart. | 33,162 |
9,339,764 | 1. A resin-wafer electrodeionization (RW-EDI) apparatus for removing carbon dioxide from a gas stream, the apparatus comprising: a cathode; and an anode that is separated from the cathode by a plurality of porous solid ion exchange resin wafers arranged in a stack between the cathode and the anode, and comprising pairs of alternating basic and acidic wafers with a basic wafer and an acidic wafer in each pair, and a cation exchange membrane between the basic and acidic wafers of each pair; the cathode being adjacent to a basic wafer with a bipolar membrane therebetween, the anode being adjacent to an acidic wafer with a bipolar ion exchange membrane therebetween, each pair of wafers being separated from an any adjacent pair by a bipolar ion exchange membrane; and each basic wafer contacting a primary porous gas distributor across an inlet end of the basic wafer; wherein: each basic wafer comprises a porous basic ion exchange medium and each acidic wafer comprises a porous acidic ion exchange medium; each primary porous gas distributor is adapted and configured to introduce a CO the basic ion exchange medium within each basic wafer is adapted and configured to convert CO each acidic wafer is adapted to vent CO each wafer has a thickness in the range of about 1 mm to about 20 mm; an intermediate porous as distributor is positioned between the inlet end and an outlet end of each basic wafer, dividing the basic wafer into two portions, and when in use, bicarbonate-containing fluid flows from the basic ion exchange medium into the acidic ion exchange medium in fluid communication therewith to convert bicarbonate ion into CO | 18,309 |
8,761,982 | 1. A vehicle comprising: a first drive device to drive a first driving wheel which is one of a front wheel and a rear wheel; and a second drive device to drive a second driving wheel which is another of the front wheel and the rear wheel, the first drive device being mechanically independent from the second drive device, wherein the first drive device includes a connection-disconnection device provided on a power transmission path between the motor and the first driving wheel, the connection-disconnection device being configured to establish a connected state or a disconnected state between the motor and the first driving wheel by releasing or coupling the connection-disconnection device, and a connection-disconnection device controller configured to control the connection-disconnection device, wherein when the vehicle is driven in a state where a driving force of the first drive device is substantially zero, or the vehicle is driven only by a driving force of the second drive device, the connection-disconnection device controller couples the connection-disconnection device to establish the connected state of the connection-disconnection device, and wherein the motor control device is configured to perform loss reduction control on the motor to reduce at least one of a first loss in the motor and a second loss in the power transmission path, the at least one of the first loss and the second loss being transmitted to the first driving wheel by establishing the connected state of the connection-disconnection device. | 42,075 |
9,235,527 | 1. A method for providing parallel computing of a computing application on a computing device having a plurality of caches, the computing application having a plurality of threads to be executed, the method comprising: executing a first set of the plurality of threads on data in a first set of the plurality of caches, the first set of caches containing a first number of the plurality of caches less than all of the plurality of caches, and the first set of threads containing a number of the plurality of threads that can be executed in a first cache of the first set of caches, the first set of threads being executed in parallel on the data in each cache of the first set of caches; and executing, in parallel on data in the one or more caches that are not in the first set of caches, each thread of the plurality of threads that is not in the first set of threads. | 13,847 |
9,687,545 | 1. A nonspecific immunostimulant composition free of boron, the nonspecific immunostimulant composition comprising, based on 100 parts by weight of potassium carbonate: 150 to 300 parts by weight of sodium silicate; 2 to 8 parts by weight of sodium thiosulfate; 0.5 to 2 parts by weight of sodium carbonate; 0.5 to 2 parts by weight of potassium chloride; 200 to 400 parts by weight of white sugar; 300 to 400 parts by weight of water 0.1 to 0.3 parts by weight of magnesium sulfate; and 1×10 | 49,453 |
8,638,983 | 1. A digital image processing apparatus for searching for a target image that is most similar to a reference image, in a current frame image in which each pixel has luminance data and chromaticity data, the reference image being smaller than the current frame image, the apparatus comprising: a similarity calculation unit for calculating a degree of similarity between the reference image and each of a plurality of matching images that have a same size as the reference image and are portions of the current frame image; and a target image determination unit for determining one of the plurality of matching images as the target image by using the degree of similarity that is obtained by the similarity calculation unit, wherein the similarity calculation unit calculates the degree of similarity by applying a greater weight to the chromaticity data than to the luminance data by multiplying the chromaticity data by a first coefficient that has a greater magnitude than a corresponding second coefficient that is multiplied by the luminance data. | 28,662 |
9,465,846 | 1. A method comprising: receiving a data stream of continuous data; setting up an event pipe in which is stored a sliding window of events from the data stream using a sliding window function having a parameter, wherein each event of the sliding window of events is stored within the event pipe as a tuple that maps attributes to values, and wherein old events within the event pipe are moved out of the event pipe as new events arrive, the sliding window function buffering and continuously maintaining events within the sliding window of events from the data stream; in response to the parameter of the sliding window function being set to a first value, responding, by the sliding window function, to an information request by returning the sliding window of events stored in the event pipe; emptying the event pipe whenever the sliding window of events stored in the pipeline has been utilized; and in response to the parameter of the sliding window function being set to a second value, returning, by the sliding window function, a null value, while the sliding window function still buffers and continuously maintains events within the sliding window of events from the data stream, the null value being returned even though new events are being received from the data stream. | 39,875 |
9,115,018 | 1. A drawing method for producing a cylindrical component from quartz glass, said method comprising: drawing a quartz-glass strand continuously off vertically downwards in drawing direction from a softened quartz-glass mass; separating a section with a weight G from a free strand end at a time t producing the cylindrical component from the section; wherein at a time t wherein, in a time interval between t | 47,050 |
9,581,894 | 1. A photolithographic mask comprising: a substrate; and an absorbance layer over the substrate, wherein the absorbance layer has an intensity profile less than about 0.66. | 12,432 |
9,212,081 | 1. A method of cutting a laminate strengthened glass substrate, the method comprising: providing a laminate strengthened glass substrate comprising: forming an edge defect at an edge of the laminate strengthened glass substrate; heating a first region of the laminate strengthened glass substrate on the at least one glass cladding layer, wherein the first region is offset from a first side of a desired line of separation; heating a second region of the laminate strengthened glass substrate on the at least one glass cladding layer, wherein the second region is offset from a second side of the desired line of separation, and the second region is simultaneously heated with the first region; and propagating a crack along the desired line of separation between the first and second regions of the laminate strengthened glass substrate, wherein the crack is initiated at the edge defect. | 4,824 |
8,806,936 | 1. A protection cover structure of a slide detection apparatus for a vehicle seat, the slide detection apparatus being configured to detect a slide state of the vehicle seat with a magnetic detector which is provided to one of a fixed rail and a movable rail configuring a slide rail mechanism of the vehicle seat, and a detectable member provided to the other one of the fixed rail and the movable rail, the protection cover structure comprising: a protection cover provided to one of the fixed rail and the movable rail, the protection cover being configured to cover and protect the magnetic detector such that an inner surface of the protection cover faces the magnetic detector, wherein the protection cover includes: | 48,694 |
9,593,495 | 1. A method of creating a vertical mortar joint between adjacent bricks, comprising: filling a mortar channel of a mortar tool with mortar, the mortar tool having a first sidewall and a second sidewall that define the mortar channel in which the mortar is filled, the first sidewall and a second sidewall being initially positioned at a first angle relative to each other; placing the mortar channel with the mortar directly adjacent to a vertical gap having a width between the adjacent bricks; while the mortar is in the mortar channel, applying a manual force to the first sidewall and the second sidewall to adjust the first angle to a second angle between the first sidewall and the second sidewall to better to match the width of the vertical gap between the adjacent bricks; and using a tool shaped to fit within the mortar channel to discharge the mortar from the mortar tool and into the vertical gap, the discharged mortar defining the vertical mortar joint. | 42,537 |
8,789,472 | 1. A system of energy storage and electrical motorization for a towed car of a convoy, the convoy being towed by a towing car, the system comprising: an energy storage module, on the towed car, having the capacity to receive energy, to accumulate the energy over time and to restore the energy upon request in electrical form; a motor/generator, on the towed car, transforming electrical energy into mechanical energy and vice versa; an acceleration detector, on the towed car, configured to generate a first signal, the first signal indicating an acceleration undergone by the towed car; an inclinometer configured to generate a second signal, the second signal indicating an inclination of the car; and a controller, on the towed car, for establishing commands and providing control signals to different system components according to the first signal, the energy storage module accumulating energy from or restoring energy to the motor/generator, the motor/generator transforming energy received into mechanical energy and the controller automatically determining a motorization mode required by a movement of the convoy, including traction, braking or idle modes, based on the first signal and controlling the transfer of energy between the energy storage module, and motor/generator, the controller being configured to cause the motor/generator to progressively apply a tractive force in response to the first signal indicating a positive acceleration and the second signal indicating a null or positive slope, the tractive force thereby assisting the towing car. | 2,617 |
9,367,739 | 1. A method, comprising: sensing, while a first user views a display screen of a device, a proximity of a second user, the first user being a registered user of the device; determining, after the proximity of the second user is sensed, whether the second user is a registered user of the device based on an iris of the second user; displaying, when the second user is determined to be a non-registered user of the device, a user selection window indicating that the first user has an option to select whether to change a currently displayed image; and changing the currently displayed image to a lock screen if the first user selects to change the currently displayed screen when the user selection window is displayed. | 18,101 |
8,425,487 | 1. A drug vial spiking device, comprising: a cup-shaped member having a base and a sidewall, the base and the sidewall at least partially forming a recess configured to receive at least a portion of a drug vial; a spike extending from a central region of the base, the spike defining a channel extending therethrough; and a plurality of springs extending from the base of the cup-shaped member into the recess, the springs configured to apply a force to the drug vial in a direction away from the base of the cup-shaped member when at least a portion of the drug vial is positioned in the recess such that a seal of the drug vial bulges away from the drug vial and forms a concave shape. | 11,528 |
8,863,931 | 1. A rotary valve device, comprising: an inlet and a plurality of tapering outlets; a curved, arcuate discharge chute disposed between the inlet and the plurality of outlets; a funnel trough above the plurality of tapering outlets, the funnel trough configured to direct material flowing out of the discharge chute into one or more outlets of the plurality of tapering outlets; and a main shaft coupled to the discharge chute and a gear box, the main shaft extending through a bearing located proximate the top of the shaft and the gear box located proximate the bottom of the shaft. | 43,425 |
8,931,255 | 1. A method, comprising: operating an internal combustion engine above idle speed, said engine including a plurality of cylinders and an exhaust pathway, and said operating including: | 24,617 |
9,835,515 | 1. A pressure sensor for positioning within a structure, the pressure sensor comprising: a pressure sensor integrated circuit (IC) comprising a pressure sensor circuit responsive to bending, and a transceiver circuit coupled to the pressure sensor circuit; and a support body having a recess therein coupled to the pressure sensor IC so that the pressure sensor IC is configured to bend into the recess when the pressure sensor IC is subjected to external pressure. | 48,939 |
9,276,299 | 1. A vehicle having a battery mounted thereon, the battery comprising: a cell group having a plurality of cells, each of the cells including an electrolytic solution and a power-generating element within a case of cylindrical shape; and a heat dissipation plate allowing heat exchange between the cells and holding each of the cells in a diameter direction of the cell, wherein the cell group is placed in an area inside an edge of the heat dissipation plate when viewed from a height direction of the vehicle, the plurality of cells pass through the heat dissipation plate, respectively, and a plurality of positive electrodes of the plurality of cells are located above the heat dissipation plate and a plurality of negative electrodes of the plurality of cells are located at a lower level in the height direction of the vehicle. | 30,341 |
8,769,769 | 1. A floor cleaning assembly comprising: a housing having a top wall and a perimeter wall being attached to and extending downwardly from said top wall, said perimeter wall including a front wall, a rear wall, a first lateral wall and a second lateral wall; a plurality of wheels being rotatably coupled to said housing, each of said first and second lateral walls having two of said wheels positioned thereon; a brush being mounted to said housing beneath said top wall; a debris catch being mounted in said first lateral wall, said first lateral wall extending laterally outwardly from said housing to accommodate said debris catch, said debris catch catching debris moved by said brush, said brush being configured to direct debris toward said debris catch; and a handle being attached to and extending upwardly from said housing wherein said brush includes: | 39,475 |
8,619,341 | 1. A method of implementing legacy scanners within a Distributed Scan Management (DSM) environment, the method comprising: intercepting, at a proxy scan service, information transmitted between a DSM service and a legacy scanner, wherein the DSM service recognizes a first format message for the information comprising one of a Distributed Scan Processing (DSP) format message of the DSM environment and a Distributed Scan Device (DSD) format message of the DSM environment, and wherein the legacy scanner recognizes a second format message for the information that is non-compliant with at least one of the DSP format message of the DSM environment and the DSD format message of the DSM environment; converting, at the proxy scan service, the information between the first format message of the DSM environment and the second format message of the legacy scanner; and completing, at the proxy scan service, the transmission between the DSM service and the legacy scanner using the converted information. | 22,390 |
9,435,666 | 1. A method for determining a position of a stopper of a cartridge configured to be inserted in a pen medical apparatus along a travel distance, wherein the stopper comprises a front edge and a rear edge, the method comprising the steps of: generating light by a light source on a first side of the cartridge, wherein the cartridge comprises a pierceable seal; fixing the stopper movably along the travel distance towards the pierceable seal of the cartridge, the stopper movable along the travel distance by being functionally connected to a plunger stem; providing a photosensitive sensor surface on a second side of the cartridge opposite the first side; generating a silhouette of the stopper on the sensor surface by irradiating the stopper with light from the light source; and converting the data relating to the silhouette by a data processing unit into the position of the stopper along the travel distance, wherein converting the data relating to the silhouette into the position of the stopper along the travel distance comprises: | 41,539 |
8,475,346 | 1. A method of using an exerciser, the exerciser having a frame assembly including a base structure and an upright structure fixed to said base structure and extending upwardly therefrom, said base structure having downwardly facing surfaces for engaging a horizontal surface in supported relation thereon and being structured and arranged such that said exerciser is freestanding on the horizontal surface; an exercising mechanism carried by said frame assembly; upper user interconnecting structures coupled to said exercising mechanism and being selectively extensible by an exercise of a user from an operative position at an upper end portion of said upright structure; lower user interconnecting structures coupled to said exercising mechanism and being selectively extensible by an exercise of a user from an operative position at a lower portion of said upright structure, said exercising mechanism being structured and arranged to resiliently resist the movement of the upper and lower user interconnecting structures away from said exercising mechanism; and a bench assembly being removably coupled to said frame assembly such that said bench assembly may be removed from said frame assembly and be securely attached to said frame assembly, said bench assembly being selectively pivoted to said frame assembly at a pivot end of said bench assembly so that said bench assembly may be moved between (i) an operable position wherein the pivot between the bench assembly and the frame is selectively rotationally fixed at a position such that the user may utilize said bench assembly for support and a base of the bench assembly engages the horizontal surface such that resistance of the frame to tipping during use is increased by the rotationally fixed engagement between the bench assembly and the frame and the engagement between the base of the bench assembly and the horizontal surface, and (ii) a stored, upright position wherein the pivot between the bench assembly and the frame is selectively rotationally fixed at a rotational position such that a free end of said bench assembly that is opposite to said pivot end is adjacent to said upright structure, the method comprising: removing the bench assembly from the frame assembly; and | 8,394 |
9,139,108 | 1. A control device for an electric powered vehicle equipped with a motor producing vehicle driving force for reverse running, comprising: a reverse running control unit, when a predetermined shift range in which said reverse running is instructed has been selected, configured to calculate, based on a vehicular state at least including an accelerator opening, vehicle driving force for reverse running a motor control unit for controlling said motor to output torque in accordance with the vehicle driving force set by said reverse running control unit. | 41,199 |
8,877,389 | 1. A lithium secondary cell comprising a negative electrode, a non-aqueous electrolytic solution and a positive electrode, wherein an active material for the negative electrode comprises lithium titanate, the non-aqueous electrolytic solution comprises an electrolyte salt and a solvent for dissolving the electrolyte salt and said solvent for dissolving the electrolyte salt comprises at least one fluorine-containing solvent (I) and other carbonate (II), the at least one fluorine-containing solvent (I) is selected from the group consisting of a fluorine-containing ether, a fluorine-containing ester, a fluorine-containing chain carbonate and a fluorine-containing cyclic carbonate, and the fluorine-containing chain carbonate is represented by the formula (IC): wherein Rf | 11,009 |
8,467,170 | 1. An electrode comprising a binder and an activated carbon cryogel, the activated carbon cryogel comprising: a surface area ranging from 500 m a pore structure comprising a pore volume ranging from 0.10 cc/g to 0.42 cc/g for pores having a diameter ranging from 0.6 nm to 1.5 nm as determined from N wherein the specific capacitance of the electrode ranges from 20 F/g to 50 F/g when the specific capacitance is measured in an electric double layer capacitor device comprising an electrolyte comprising equal volumes of propylene carbonate and dimethylcarbonate and further comprising about 1.0 M tetraethylammonium tetrafluoroborate. | 45,201 |
9,314,141 | 1. A robot cleaner comprising: a body to form an external appearance of the robot cleaner; and a side brush assembly installed at the body, wherein the side brush assembly comprises: wherein the plurality of side brushes interoperate with each other by the variable member such that respective intervals between the plurality of side brushes are increased or decreased according to a rotation direction of the plurality of side brushes. | 49,448 |
9,629,229 | 1. A decorative light string comprising: a first light strand including a plurality of parallel connected light modules, each light module including a light emitting element and an integrated circuit (IC), the first light strand further including a data channel connecting to each IC and configured to transmit a data signal between the ICs; a converter configured to convert alternating current (AC) line power to direct current (DC) voltage to power the first light strand; a controller operatively coupled to the first light strand and the converter, the controller including a DC voltage output and an AC voltage output for powering a second light string, the controller being configured to control each of the plurality of light emitting elements; an electrical connector coupled to the first light strand, the electrical connector being configured to connect the second light string to the decorative light string; and a data lead coupled to the data channel and configured to provide the data signal to an IC of the second light string. | 19,028 |
8,971,419 | 1. A method of deblocking filtering, the method comprising: deriving prediction samples in a current picture based on an inter prediction or an intra prediction; reconstructing the current picture based on addition of the prediction samples and residual samples; deriving a boundary strength (bS) of a target boundary by a bS setting unit boundary in the reconstructed picture blocks; determining whether deblocking filtering is to be applied on the target boundary in the reconstructed picture by a deblocking filtering unit boundary based on the bS of the target boundary being larger than 0; determining whether strong filtering is to be applied or weak filtering is to be applied for the target boundary based on determining that the deblocking filtering is to be applied to the target boundary; applying the strong filtering to the target boundary based on determining that the strong filtering is to be applied to the target boundary; and applying the weak filtering to the target boundary based on determining that the weak filtering is to be applied to the target boundary, wherein, in the operation of deriving the bS of the target boundary, the bS value is set for the target boundary, the target boundary being a boundary that overlaps both the deblocking filtering unit boundary and the bS setting unit boundary, and wherein the deblocking filtering unit boundary is a boundary of an 8×8 pixel block and the bS setting unit boundary is a boundary of a 4×4 pixel block. | 21,941 |
8,864,882 | 1. An inline water trap, including a panel connector of a respiratory gas monitor, the inline water trap comprising: a filter component defining a bore, the filter component including a filter body including a filter inlet and a filter outlet in fluid communication through the bore, the filter component further including a panel connector engagement portion; and a filter element disposed within a first portion of the bore, the filter element configured to allow gas to pass through the bore while preventing at least one of water and contaminants from passing through the bore. | 13,080 |
9,705,110 | 1. A cell comprising: a cell element including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, an electrolyte and a laminate film including an exterior layer, a metal layer, an interior layer, and a welded layer formed of the interior layer; wherein a thickness of the welded layer is larger than 5 μm in a flat portion of the interior layer, wherein the welded layer increases in thickness from the flat portion to an end portion of the welded layer, and wherein when a thickness of the laminate film is t, a thickness of the interior layer is p and a thickness of the laminate film in the welded layer is t1, a following equation is satisfied: | 2,638 |
8,341,944 | 1. A method for metering an ammonia-releasing reducing agent into an exhaust gas stream of an internal combustion engine in an exhaust gas post-treatment system operated with excess air, comprising at least one SCR catalyst installed in the exhaust gas stream downstream of a metering device, the method comprising: metering the reducing agent into the exhaust gas stream by the metering device that is controlled by a control unit of the exhaust gas post-treatment system; determining a metered quantity of the reducing agent added under controlled conditions by the control unit based at least in part on a model that includes a plurality of operating points of at least one of the internal combustion engine and the exhaust gas post-treatment system as a function of at least one operating parameter of at least one of the internal combustion engine and the exhaust gas post-treatment system, the at least one operating parameter being evaluated by the control unit, wherein an instantaneous value of the at least one operating parameter determines the associated operating point of the at least one of the internal combustion engine and the exhaust gas post-treatment system; varying the metered quantity during operating phases of the at least one of the internal combustion engine and the exhaust gas post-treatment system; measuring a value of NO determining a magnitude of variation of the measured value of NO comparing the measured value of NO determining a presence of at least one of NO varying the metered quantity until at least one of: determining at least one correction value based at least in part on the metered quantity of the reducing agent prior to the variation of the metered quantity of the reducing agent and from the metered quantity of the reducing agent upon achievement of the at least one of the nominal NO storing the determined correction value in a memory of the control unit; adjusting the metered quantity of the reducing agent by the determined correction value for subsequent metering processes; determining the value of the at least one operating parameter for the determination of the correction value; storing the determined value of the at least one operating parameter with the determined correction value in the memory of the control unit; and adjusting the metered quantity of the reducing agent based at least in part on the determined value of the at least one operating parameter. | 24,995 |
9,221,049 | 1. A device ( 1 ) for removing a supernatant of a liquid sample ( 2 ), comprising: a holding chamber ( a retaining region ( an outlet ( a valve device ( wherein the retaining region ( | 13,202 |
9,253,787 | 1. A method for mitigating inter-cell interference by a base station in a cellular communication system, the method comprising: detecting cells to which same frequency resources are allocated; determining a starting time slot, at which resource allocation to each of the cells starts, as a different time slot for each of the cells based on a number of the detected cells and time slots constituting time resources of a related cell; in response to receiving a call setup request from a terminal, selecting a time slot based on the starting time slot and interference information of each of the time slots; and allocating a resource based on the selected time slot to the terminal. | 17,809 |
8,642,573 | 1. A method of maintaining remission of hepatic encephalopathy (HE) in a subject in need thereof comprising administering between about 1000 mg to about 1200 mg rifaximin daily to the subject for a period of 12 months or longer, thereby maintaining remission of HE. | 44,766 |
9,644,586 | 1. A solenoid valve for metering a fluid into an intake tract ( 1 ) of an engine, said solenoid valve comprising a solenoid assembly ( 2 ), an armature ( 3 ) interacting with the solenoid assembly ( 2 ) and a stroke-movable valve disc ( 4 ) connected to the armature ( 3 ) for opening and closing at least one through-flow aperture ( 6 ) formed in a valve plate ( 5 ), characterized in that the through-flow aperture ( 6 ) opens into a recess ( 7 ) of an end face ( 8 ) of the valve plate ( 5 ), which end face is oriented towards the valve disc ( 4 ), and in that a sealing face ( 9 ) of the valve disc ( 4 ) for sealing off the recess ( 7 ) from a valve chamber ( 10 ) lies opposite the recess ( 7 ), wherein the armature ( 3 ) and the valve disc ( 4 ) are substantially pressure compensated in a closed position, and further wherein the armature ( 3 ) and the valve disc ( 4 ) have faces ( 12 , 13 ) which lie opposite one another at the valve chamber ( 10 ) and are substantially equal in size in order to achieve a pressure balance in the closed position. | 1,260 |
8,781,176 | 1. A method for detecting a document, the method comprising: moving the document in a first direction; capturing a first plurality of line scans of at least a portion of the document at a first wavelength of electromagnetic radiation; capturing a second plurality of line scans of at least a portion of the document at a second wavelength of electromagnetic radiation; assembling the first and second pluralities of line scans to form one or more images of at least portion of the document; and wherein at least a portion of the first plurality of line scans are captured substantially perpendicular to the direction of travel of the document. | 26,966 |
8,749,199 | 1. A charging station for an electric vehicle, said charging station comprising: a streetlight; a power source protected by a fuse, said fuse having a current rating, a first circuit connecting said streetlight to said power source, said streetlight drawing a first current through said first circuit, said first current not greater than said current rating when said streetlight is lit; a second circuit having an outlet for connecting a vehicle to said power source, said vehicle drawing a second current through said second circuit when said vehicle is charging; a first relay having a first contact in series with said first circuit, said first relay operable to energize the first circuit with said first contact to enable the streetlight to light, said first relay further operable to break the first circuit with the first contact to disable the streetlight; a second relay having a second contact in series with said second circuit, said second relay operable to energize said second circuit with said second contact to allow charging the vehicle, said second relay further operable to break said second circuit with said second contact to disable charging the vehicle; a signal source to provide a first indication when the streetlight should be lit and a second indication when the streetlight should not be lit; a third circuit having control of the first and second relays, the third circuit having communication with and being responsive to the signal source, wherein, the third circuit operates the second relay to break the second circuit and operates the first relay to complete the first circuit when the first indication is provided; the third circuit operates the first relay to break the first circuit when the second indication is provided; the third circuit further operates the second relay to complete the second circuit when at least the second indication is provided; whereby said outlet is available for charging the vehicle when said streetlight is not lit. | 6,137 |
8,356,139 | 1. A storage system, comprising: a plurality of storages for storing data; and a controller connected to a host computer via a network and which identifies access from the host computer, specifies a storage to be subject to the access among the plurality of storages, sends and receives data to and from the specified storage, and controls a plurality of operation modes of the plurality of storages; wherein the controller controls the operation modes of either an idle operation mode which causes the storages to enter an idle status, or a plurality of power saving operation modes which cause the storages to enter a power saving status that saves more power than the idle operation mode; wherein the plurality of power saving operation modes include a low-speed rotation operation mode for causing the storages to enter a rotation status that is slower than the idle operation mode, and a standby operation mode for causing the storages to enter a rotation stop status; wherein the controller includes a local memory for storing respective upper limit values of a plurality of control cycle counts of the storages showing an execution count of a plurality of control cycles in which the idle operation mode and each of the power saving operation modes makes a circuit; wherein the local memory stores as a plurality of upper limit values: a first upper limit value, of the upper limit values, of a first power saving control cycle count showing an execution count of a first power saving control cycle in which the idle operation mode and the standby operation mode make a circuit; and a second upper limit value, of the upper limit values, of a second power saving control cycle count showing an execution count of a second power saving control cycle in which the idle operation mode and either the low-speed rotation operation mode or the standby operation mode make a circuit; and wherein, during the course of controlling the operation modes of the storages, the controller: measures the first power saving control cycle count and the second power saving control cycle count, and calculates a first wear-out rate which is the ratio of a measured value of the first power saving control cycle count and the first upper limit value stored in the local memory, and a second wear-out rate which is the ratio of a measured value of the second power saving control cycle count and the second upper limit value stored in the local memory; compares the first wear-out rate to the second wear-out rate; and for each of the storages in the idle operation mode: selects the low-speed rotation operation mode if the first wear-out rate is greater than the second wear-out rate; and selects the standby operation mode if the first wear-out rate is less than the second wear-out rate. | 30,673 |
9,045,057 | 1. An efficiency map generating apparatus that generates an efficiency map of a plurality of motors connected to drive wheels of a mobile body, the efficiency map generating apparatus comprising: a power consumption detecting device including an ammeter and a voltmeter, the power consumption detecting device detecting power consumption of the motors; a rotation count detector that detects rotation counts of the motors; and a processor configured to: detect an instructed torque input for the motors, based on a manipulation amount of an accelerator pedal of the mobile body, distribute the instructed torque in a plurality of combinations to each of the motors, based on the instructed torque by selecting at least one or all of a plurality of drive wheels connected to the motor, generate the efficiency map based on the torque in the combinations, the power consumption, and the rotation counts, change the torque distribution of the motors when the mobile body is caused to run under a condition that the instructed torque is constant with zero yaw moment around a gravity center of the mobile body, generate the efficiency map under the condition, and reiteratively perform processing to generate the efficiency map for each speed of a plurality of speeds of the mobile body. | 47,381 |
8,949,008 | 1. A control module for use in a vehicle having a vehicle network including an on-board computer with programming adapted to control vehicle operating characteristics and collect vehicle operating information, the control module comprising: a vehicle network connector adapted to communicatively connect the control module to the vehicle network, the vehicle network connector being adapted to be coupled to an On-Board Diagnostic (OBD) II port in communication with an OBD system; a controller in communicative arrangement with the vehicle network connector and adapted to receive at least one input information signal from the vehicle network, the input information signal containing information about at least one vehicle operating parameter, and the controller further adapted to generate at least one output operating signal based upon the at least one input information signal received from the OBD system through the vehicle network and to transmit said output operating signal to the on-board computer through the vehicle network, the output operating signal adapted to modify at least one operating characteristic of the vehicle to reduce fuel consumption without overwriting the programming of the on-board computer of the vehicle. | 23,375 |
9,246,190 | 1. A battery comprising: a positive electrode including a positive electrode active material; a negative electrode including a negative electrode active material; wherein at least a portion of the polymer layer is provided between the separator and at least one of the positive electrode active material and the negative electrode active material; wherein the fluidic electrolyte is provided in at least a void portion of at least one of the positive electrode and the negative electrode; and wherein the polymeric material is equal to or less than 0.3% by volume and greater than 0% by volume with respect to a total void volume of at least one of the positive electrode, the negative electrode and the separator. | 28,696 |
8,376,707 | 1. An apparatus for inducing motion of a fluid relative to the apparatus, the apparatus comprising: a unitary impeller body, including: the impeller body having a deployed configuration and a stored configuration, the distal end of the blade in the deployed configuration of the impeller body extending away from the hub, and the blade in the stored configuration of the impeller body being compressed against the hub. | 37,626 |
8,525,429 | 1. A method for controlling gas discharge lamps ( 6 ) using a direct current/alternating current inverter (DC/AC inverter) (3) that is operated at a predetermined frequency and that generates an AC output voltage U for operating the gas discharge lamps from a DC input voltage which has a residual ripple, comprising operating the DC/AC inverter ( and compensating for fluctuations in the lamp current I | 42,642 |
9,396,819 | 1. A system for compressing a fuel source, the system comprising: a first component configured to segregate a first plurality of ions based upon their corresponding isotopes into a first plurality of microbunches, each microbunch comprising a grouping of said ions, each group associated with a same species; a second component configured to: a third component configured to reduce the distance between a center of mass of the first plurality of ions and a center of mass of a second plurality of ions; and a fuel chamber comprising at least one layer surrounding at least a portion of a fuel source, the at least one layer configured to receive the first plurality of ions and the second plurality of ions such that compression of the one or more layers is maximized relative to one or more Bragg peaks associated with the first plurality of ions and the second plurality of ions. | 2,683 |
9,736,514 | 1. A method, comprising: authenticating, by at least one server over a computer network, a user account identifier for a user account from a client device; registering, by the at least one server, a telephone number for at least one wireless mobile device in a registry identified with the user account based on the authenticating, as a pre-authorized identifier for accessing digital content licensed for use with the client device; maintaining, by the at least one server, a library of digital content identified with the user account for access by the at least one wireless mobile device, available for streaming over the computer network; initiating streaming of the digital video content by the at least one server to the at least one wireless mobile device via the computer network without requiring user authentication from the at least one wireless mobile device, based on the registering of the telephone number as the pre-authorized identifier; and tracking progress of the streaming of the digital content from the at least one server to the at least one wireless mobile device, by the at least one server, to enable play of the digital content to resume at the client device at a point where the streaming is terminated to the at least one wireless mobile device. | 17,596 |
8,757,979 | 1. An axial flow rotor element, comprising: a rotor element body having mechanical frequencies including a first set of mechanical natural frequencies that interact; and at least one irregularity on the rotor element body, the irregularity being positioned to alter the first set of mechanical natural frequencies so as to disturb interaction between the first set of mechanical natural frequencies and prevent aeroelastic instability caused by interaction between the first set of mechanical frequencies through their dynamical connection with a passing gas flow. | 33,555 |
8,524,419 | 1. A solid oxide fuel cell comprising: a structure having an electrode support, a fuel electrode, an electrolyte and an oxygen electrode arranged in this order, wherein said electrode support comprises a porous material having a Ni phase of Ni or NiO and an inorganic skeletal material phase, and wherein Fe is solidly dissolved in said Ni phase or is biasedly distributed on the grain boundaries between the Ni phase and the inorganic skeletal material phase, and the amount of Fe is in a range of 0.04 to 3 mol % per total moles of Ni and Fe. | 44,671 |
8,762,887 | 1. A computer-implemented method comprising: in response to a request from a client application, a background process requesting icon data of an icon from a plug-in, the icon representing a file, the icon is associated with a creator application and the plug-in is separate from the client application; the background process receiving the icon data from the plug-in, the icon data including one or more decorations of the icon and image metadata indicative of whether a preview of content of the file is available, wherein the background process receives the icon data from the plug-in without launching the creator application; and forwarding the icon data to the client application, wherein the file is one of a plurality of data files created by different types of application programs and the client application comprises a search application capable of searching a metadata database comprising metadata corresponding to the data files created by the different types of application programs using a single search request. | 8,489 |
9,329,036 | 1. A method comprising, at a mobile device: obtaining a signal representing a barometric pressure measurement indicative of an altitude effect and a weather effect; determining, by applying a first filter to said signal, a first parameter corresponding to said altitude effect during a first period of time; determining, by applying a second filter to said signal, a second parameter corresponding to said weather effect during a second period of time; and determining whether said mobile device is transitioning or has transitioned from an initial level to another level of a multiple level structure based, at least in part, on said first parameter and said second parameter. | 41,318 |
9,266,778 | 1. An acoustical system to be applied to a substrate, comprising: a base layer mixture that adheres to the substrate, consisting of a first binder, a first thickener and a plurality of first particles, and optionally acoustically absorbent fibers and water, wherein said first particles consist of porous, lightweight, non-close packing particles having a first mean diameter, wherein said first mean diameter is from about 1000 microns to about 5000 microns, and wherein the amount of said first particles in the base layer mixture is from 8 to 45%, wherein the first particles are selected from the group consisting of expanded perlite, coated expanded perlite, glass microspheres, resin microspheres, blown glass beads, gas-filled resin spheres, polystyrene particles, gas-filled inorganic spheres, hollow or porous inorganic beads, polybutadiene particles, rubber particles, elastomeric particles and combinations thereof; and a finish layer mixture that adheres to said base layer mixture, said finish layer consisting of a powder latex binder, a second thickener and a plurality of second particles, and optionally a hydraulic component, water and a set retarder, wherein said second particles consist of porous, lightweight particles having a second mean diameter, wherein said first mean diameter is larger than said second mean diameter, wherein said second mean diameter is from about 100 microns to about 500 microns and wherein the amount of said second particles in the finish layer mixture is from 50% to 80%, and wherein the second particles are selected from the group consisting of expanded perlite, coated expanded perlite, glass microspheres, resin microspheres, blown glass beads, gas-filled resin spheres, polystyrene particles, gas-filled inorganic spheres, hollow or porous inorganic beads, polybutadiene particles, rubber particles, elastomeric particles and combinations thereof. | 26,678 |
8,822,257 | 1. A method, comprising: epitaxially depositing a sacrificial layer on a silicon substrate; forming a doped silicon layer on the sacrificial layer; forming a silicon film on the doped silicon layer; forming an insulating layer on the silicon film; forming alternating P-type and N-type doped regions in the silicon film, wherein the alternating P-type and N-type doped regions include at least one P-type doped region and at least one N-type doped region; contacting the P-type and N-type doped regions with a metal contact; and removing the sacrificial layer. | 14,407 |
9,067,370 | 1. A method for forming an uncured fiber-reinforced preform comprising the steps of: providing a multi-layered, pre-plied, multi-directional planar laminate comprising an interior and an edge, said laminate comprising at least a first layer of prepreg and a second layer of prepreg wherein each of said prepreg layers comprises an uncured resin matrix and unidirectional fibers and wherein the direction of said unidirectional fibers in said first prepreg layer is different from the direction of said unidirectional fibers in said second prepreg layer and wherein said laminate comprises a first tab portion and a second tab portion, said laminate further comprising a linear slot located between said first tab portion and said second tab portion such that said linear slot defines an edge of said first tab portion and an edge of said second tab portion, said linear slot having an open end and a bottom end, said laminate comprising a collinear fold line that extends from the bottom of said linear slot and a first fold line that extends from the bottom of said linear slot and is transverse to said collinear fold line, said first fold line forming an end of said first tab portion, said laminate further comprising a second fold line that extends from the bottom of said linear slot and is transverse to said collinear fold line, said second fold line forming an end of said second tab portion; folding said multi-layered laminate at said collinear fold line, said first fold line and said second fold line so that the edge of said first tab is aligned with said second fold line and the edge of said second tab is aligned with said first fold line wherein said first and second tab portions overlap each other; and pushing the overlapped tab portions together to form a portion of said preform. | 20,554 |
8,974,261 | 1. An adjustable double bladed water paddle comprising: a first paddle shaft having a paddle blade end and a free end and a second paddle shaft having a blade end and a free end; a first cog collar located on an exterior surface of the first paddle shaft proximal the free end of the first paddle shaft, the first cog collar having a first set of teeth extending radially from a mating end of the first cog collar proximal the free end of the first shaft and accessible to the user's fingers; a second cog collar located on an exterior surface of the second paddle shaft proximal the free end of the second paddle shaft, the second cog collar having a second set of teeth extending radially from a mating end of the second cog collar proximal the free end of the second shaft and accessible to the user's fingers, the second set of teeth mateable with the first set of teeth to prevent rotational movement between the paddle shafts; a ferrule extending from the free end of the second paddle shaft, the ferrule having a free end with the second collar located between the paddle blade and the free end of the ferrule; a snap button-alignment tab assembly having a first unit comprising a snap button bushing, a wavy washer, and a snap button base located within an interior surface of the ferrule and a snap button skirt connected to the free end of the ferrule and the snap button base and a second unit comprising an alignment tab securely fixed within an interior surface of the first paddle shaft downstream of a set of corresponding holes of the first paddle, the first unit and second unit of the of the snap button-alignment tab cooperating to lockingly connect the first paddle shaft with the second paddle shaft to prevent linear movement between the paddle shafts while providing for a dual-button release system. | 22,911 |
8,465,570 | 1. A method for the purification of a feed gas stream, comprising; introducing a feed gas stream comprising CO a) pretreating the feed gas stream, thereby eliminating, at least partially, at least one of the impurities; b) compressing the pretreated gas stream to a pressure of between 10 and 50 bar; reducing the temperature of the compressed, pretreated gas steam to a temperature of <5° C.; c) eliminating at least one impurity present in the compressed gas stream with the aid of exchangers combined with separators, the impurity selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, oxygen, argon and the rare gases; d) recovering a purified gas stream enriched in CO wherein, between steps a) and c), a purification step is carried out enabling water contained in the gas stream to be at least partially eliminated, and at least partially eliminating at least one other impurity chosen from the group consisting of nitrogen, oxygen, argon, the rare gases, SO x , CS 2 , H 2 S, NOx, HCN, HCl, CHCl 3 , HF, volatile organic compounds, the following metals, mercury, arsenic, selenium, cadmium, iron, and nickel, and compounds derived from these metals, wherein between steps a) and c), a purification step is carried out enabling water contained in the gas stream to be at least partially eliminated, and at least partially eliminating at least partially SOx x and wherein the compression step b comprises successive compression phases and in that the purification step is carried out between two successive compression phases of said compression step b). | 16,214 |
8,901,772 | 1. An energy interface system comprising: a control module; a plurality of slave modules electrically connected to the control module and comprising a switching device; a plurality of circuit breakers electrically connected to the plurality of slave modules and configured to provide an electrical junction between the switching device and an electrical system; and a control bus configured to transmit one or more control signals from the control module to at least one of the plurality of slave modules, wherein the control signals enable the switching device of at the least one of the plurality of slave modules to provide energy to the electrical system from an energy source connected to at least one of the plurality of circuit breakers. | 45,491 |
8,679,645 | 1. An organic electronic device comprising a compound of formula (1) wherein Ar X is, identically or differently on each occurrence, a group of formula (2) or (3) Y is, identically or differently on each occurrence, X; an Ar Ar Ar Q is, identically or differently on each occurrence, a linear, branched, or cyclic alkylene or alkylidene group which forms two bonds to Ar R is, identically or differently on each occurrence, H, F, Cl, Br, I, CN, a straight-chain alkyl or alkoxy chain having up to 40 C atoms, or a branched or cyclic alkyl or alkoxy group having 3 to 40 C atoms, wherein said straight-chain alkyl or alkoxy chain or said branched or cyclic alkyl or alkoxy group are optionally substituted by R R m is, on each occurrence, 0 or 1; p is, on each occurrence, 0, 1, or 2; with the proviso that the following compound is excluded as a compound of formula (1): | 34,218 |
9,380,529 | 1. A wireless access point terminal configured to individually connect a plurality of in-coverage terminals to a network using a wireless communication section that is allowed to individually perform wireless communication with the plurality of in-coverage terminals, the wireless access point terminal comprising: an in-coverage terminal managing section that determines whether or not to continue the connection for each of the connected in-coverage terminals; and a connection control section that controls the wireless communication section to discontinue the wireless communication with the connected in-coverage terminal which is determined not to be continuously connected, wherein: the in-coverage terminal managing section acquires, for each of the connected in-coverage terminals, terminal attribute information including an elapsed time since a start of the wireless communication with the connected in-coverage terminal, and gives priority to the connected in-coverage terminal having the longer elapsed time to determine continuation of the connection for the connected in-coverage terminal, the connection control section controls the wireless communication section to reconnect the wireless communication with the in-coverage terminal which is determined not to be continuously connected and with which the wireless communication is discontinued under the condition that it is judged that it is not required to reduce power consumption, and the connection control section controls the wireless communication section to reconnect the wireless communication with the in-coverage terminal under the condition that a request for reconnecting the wireless communication is received from the in-coverage terminal which is determined not to be continuously connected and with which the wireless communication is discontinued. | 26,756 |
9,344,972 | 1. A method of receiving an uplink signal, the method comprising: selecting receiving points in a Coordinated Multi-Point (CoMP) system; transmitting CoMP setting information to User Equipment (UE); and receiving uplink transmission from the UE, wherein uplink transmission power used for the uplink transmission is controlled based on an effective path loss calculated by using at least one of path losses between the UE performing the uplink transmission and points in the CoMP system, wherein the CoMP setting information includes information regarding a number M of the receiving points, and wherein the effective path loss is calculated based on M path losses having a smallest value among path losses for points in the CoMP system. | 32,837 |
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