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9,522,673 | 1. A transmission control method for a belt type mild hybrid vehicle, comprising: collecting, by an integrated control unit, shifting information; wherein the collecting of the shifting information includes receiving target shifting stage number information and current stage number information from a transmission control unit; setting, by the integrated control unit, a target torque of a motor generator in accordance with the shifting information; determining whether shifting of the vehicle is being performed, based on the shifting information; and controlling, by a motor control unit, the motor generator, wherein the controlling of the motor generator comprises: | 30,260 |
9,076,863 | 1. A semiconductor structure comprising: a substrate having a first conductivity type and a top surface; an epitaxial layer having the first conductivity type, a bottom surface that touches the top surface of the substrate, and a top surface; a buried region having a second conductivity type, the buried region touching and lying below a portion of the epitaxial layer; a shallow trench isolation structure formed in the top surface of the epitaxial layer to extend down into the epitaxial layer; an inner deep trench isolation structure formed in the top surface of the epitaxial layer to extend down into the epitaxial layer, the inner deep trench isolation structure laterally surrounding the shallow trench isolation structure; an outer deep trench isolation structure formed in the top surface of the epitaxial layer to extend down into the epitaxial layer, the outer deep trench isolation structure laterally surrounding the inner deep trench isolation structure; and a doped region formed in the top surface of the epitaxial layer to extend down into the epitaxial layer and below the inner and outer deep trench isolation structures to touch the buried region, the doped region having the second conductivity type, touching the inner and outer deep trench isolation structures, and laterally surrounding the portion of the epitaxial layer. | 23,698 |
8,462,936 | 1. An acoustic echo cancellation system comprising: a buffer that writes remote side signals to one or more storage areas; a delay controller that filters and delays the remote side signals to correlate the remote side signals to local side signals; an acoustic echo cancellation core that pulls the remote side signals from the buffer through the delay controller; and a delay estimator that continuously generates an estimate of a delay between the stored remote side signals and the local side signals and is arranged to render a confidence level corresponding to the continuously generated estimate that indicates a degree of stability of the estimate, where the delay estimator continuously generates the estimate and renders the corresponding confidence level until the rendered confidence level exceeds redetermined value; where, when the confidence level exceeds a predetermined value, the acoustic echo cancellation core substantially cancels a portion of an echo or reverberation within the local side signals based on the estimate of the delay corresponding to the rendered confidence level that exceeds the predetermined level. | 5,304 |
8,405,944 | 1. A device for providing distributed bus differential protection to an electrical power system, comprising: a communication module communicatively coupled to a plurality of intelligent electronic devices (IEDs) to receive current and dynamic topology measurements therefrom; a topology processor communicatively coupled to the communication module and configured to determine a current topology of the electrical power system using the dynamic topology measurements, wherein the current topology comprises a plurality of bus differential protection zones where each of the bus differential protection zones includes one or more merged buses and branches connected thereto; and a current differential element communicatively coupled to the communication module and the topology processor and configured to use current measurements from the branches of each bus differential protection zone of the determined current topology to provide differential protection for each of the plurality of bus differential protection zones. | 18,721 |
8,715,876 | 1. A fuel cell vehicle comprising: a fuel cell for performing power generation by inducing, by catalyst, reaction of a first gas containing oxygen and a second gas containing hydrogen supplied to the fuel cell; a gas supply unit for supplying at least one of the first gas and the second gas to the fuel cell; a voltage regulator for regulating output voltage of the fuel cell; a drive motor as a load driven by electric power outputted from the fuel cell; an energy storage device for storing electric power regenerated by the drive motor; and a control unit for controlling the fuel cell, the gas supply unit, the voltage regulator, the drive motor, and the energy storage device, wherein at the time of regeneration of electric power by the drive motor, the control unit operates the voltage regulator as a direct connection type converter, and stores electric power in the energy storage device while decreasing oxygen concentration or hydrogen concentration by the gas supply unit to decrease electric power outputted from the fuel cell. | 20,192 |
9,028,789 | 1. A process for obtaining lithium carbonate comprising reacting minerals selected from the group consisting of spodumene, petalite or lepidolite, with water and carbon dioxide at a pressure of 10 to 200 bar and a temperature of 100 to 200 C; Separating after the reacting a solid portion from a liquid portion; Evaporating the liquid portion; and Obtaining as the residue of the evaporating lithium carbonate; Wherein the minerals have been previously crushed to a particle size of less than 50 microns and the reacting is performed in the absence of sulfuric acid or sodium hydroxide. | 37,500 |
8,754,325 | 1. A thin film type solar cell comprising: a substrate; front electrodes arranged at fixed intervals on the substrate by separating parts for dividing the solar cell into a plurality of unit cells, wherein each separating part is interposed between the front electrodes; semiconductor layer patterns arranged at fixed intervals on the front electrodes by the interposed separating parts; rear electrodes arranged at fixed intervals on the semiconductor layer patterns by the interposed separating parts; and auxiliary electrodes to electrically connect the front electrodes with the rear electrodes, wherein the auxiliary electrodes are directly connected with a lower surface or an upper surface of the front electrodes, the auxiliary electrodes being connected with the rear electrodes through a connection line, and wherein the auxiliary electrodes are comprised of a first auxiliary electrode connected only with one end of the front electrodes, and a second auxiliary electrode connected with another end of the front electrodes. | 29,109 |
8,463,389 | 1. A device for delivering dynamic electrical impulses based on a pre-recorded audio input signal, the device comprising: an audio input terminal coupled to receive the audio input signal from an audio input source; a first circuit branch coupled on a first end to the audio input terminal and effective to provide an audio output signal responsive to the audio input signal; a second circuit branch coupled on a first end to the audio input terminal and further comprising | 32,142 |
9,258,859 | 1. An LED illuminating device comprising: a first output node and a second output node coupled with a light emitting diode; a rectifying circuit which rectifies AC power and supplies the rectified AC power to a rectified output node; an N-channel type MOSFET having a gate terminal, a drain terminal and a source terminal, the drain terminal being coupled with the rectified output node; a current detection resistor coupled with the source terminal and a ground node, the ground node being coupled with a ground voltage; an inductor coupled with the ground node and the first output node; a diode whose anode and cathode are coupled with the second output node and the source terminal of the N-channel type MOSFET, respectively; an output capacitor coupled with the first output node and the second output node; and a control circuit coupled with the gate terminal and the source terminal of the N-channel type MOSFET, wherein a detection voltage of the source terminal is input to the control circuit, wherein the control circuit provides a PWM signal to the gate terminal to control the N-channel type MOSFET, and wherein the control circuit includes: | 27,790 |
9,209,322 | 1. A method for forming a photovoltaic element, comprising: disposing a dielectric layer over a back side of a polymer substrate; after the step of disposing the dielectric layer, disposing a metal structure on a device side of the polymer substrate, the device side being opposite of the back side; and disposing a CIGS photovoltaic structure on the metal structure, the step of disposing the metal structure including: | 22,852 |
9,051,864 | 1. A system for storing an additive solution and injecting it into the exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine, said system comprising: at least one tank for storing the additive, one pump equipped with an inlet and an outlet and that generates a direct flow in an injection mode or a reverse flow in a drawing off mode, at least two additive solution suction points, and an injector, a first suction point is connected to the pump inlet that is only active when the pump operates in the injection mode, a second suction point is connected to the outlet of the pump that is only active when the pump operates in the drawing off mode, the second suction point being connected to the outlet of the pump via a calibrated orifice that is contained within the at least one tank, a main pocket that contains the first suction point, a secondary pocket that contains the second suction point, and a return line that discharges into said main pocket in said injection mode when said additive is injected from said injector. | 29,143 |
9,332,528 | 1. A method for feeding back a Precoding Matrix Indicator (PMI) at a User Equipment (UE) in a Coordinated Multi-Point (CoMP) environment, the method comprising: calculating a first interpolated PMI by interpolating PMIs included in a first PMI window, and calculating a second interpolated PMI by interpolating PMIs included in a second PMI window, wherein the PMIs included in the first PMI window and the second PMI window include a PMI in a current subframe and PMIs which have previously been fed back to a base station (BS) and wherein a size of the first PMI window and a size of the second PMI window are proportional to a number of feedback PMIs during a transmission period of a Channel State Information-Reference Signal (CSI-RS); selecting a desired PMI by comparing the first interpolated PMI and the second interpolated PMI with a channel state of a current channel; and feeding back the desired PMI and a window set indicator for indicating a PMI window used for the desired PMI among the first PMI window and the second PMI window to the BS, wherein, when the first PMI window is full, all of the PMIs included in the first PMI window are eliminated and a new first PMI window is reset starting from a current subframe, and wherein, when the second PMI window is full, a new second PMI window reuses a part of the PMIs included in the second PMI window. | 9,871 |
8,901,231 | 1. A process for preparing a poly(meth)acrylate-graft-polylactone polymer, the process comprising ring-opening polymerizing a lactone onto a poly(meth)acrylate comprising a nucleophilic group at temperatures ≧160° C. and pressures ≦10 mbar, in the presence of a catalyst. | 26,329 |
8,636,886 | 1. A gas sensor element being used to measure the concentration of a specific gas component in a gas to be measured, and including: a base member comprising a plurality of laminated solid electrolyte layers, and having a space that communicates with the outside of the gas sensor element and allows introduction of the gas to be measured into the gas sensor element; and three diffusion control sections positioned inside a space between a gas inlet and a porous measurement electrode, wherein the porous measurement electrode is formed on a surface of the space inside the base member, and is covered with a porous measurement electrode protective layer that acts as a fourth diffusion control section, wherein an average pore size A of the measurement electrode and an average pore size B of the measurement electrode protective layer satisfy the relationship “0.05≦B/A≦0.9”; the measurement electrode has an average pore size of 0.5 to 15 μm; and the measurement electrode protective layer has an average pore size of 0.05 to 9 μm, a porosity of 5 to 50%, and a thickness of 10 to 200 μm. | 38,898 |
9,599,629 | 1. A liquid dispensing device comprising: a wash buffer reservoir and at least one reagent reservoir, each reservoir comprising a reservoir control valve, wherein each reservoir control valve is in electrical communication with an electronic control board; a reaction vessel in fluid communication with the wash buffer reservoir and the at least one reagent reservoir, the reaction vessel comprises one or more baffles; a waste tray in fluid communication with the reaction vessel; a motorized, off-set asymmetric cam in physical connection with the reaction vessel configured to cause a tilting motion; a cylinder disposed inside the reaction vessel and not physically attached to any other components of the device in order to move inside the reaction vessel along with the tilting motion of the cam; and a central pump in electronic communication with the electronic control board and in fluid communication with the wash buffer reservoir and the at least one reagent reservoir; wherein each of the wash buffer reservoirs and at least one reagent reservoir comprise a port which is in fluid communication with a first port in the reaction vessel; wherein each of the port of the wash buffer reservoir and the port of the at least one reagent reservoir are in fluid communication by tubing with the first port of the reaction vessel; and wherein the tubing from the wash buffer reservoir and the tubing from the at least one reagent reservoir are in fluid communication with a multi-way connector and the central pump. | 39,435 |
9,069,714 | 1. A device comprising: a memory controller; a memory bus coupled to the memory controller; an internal memory directly connected to the memory controller through the memory bus; and an external memory connection unit configured to connect an external memory directly to the memory controller through a portion of signal lines in the memory bus, and configured to generate a flag signal indicating whether the external memory is connected to the external memory connection unit. | 15,586 |
8,466,615 | 1. An EL functional film used for an EL element, said EL element comprising plural electrode layers and a light-emitting layer provided between said electrode layers, the light-emitting layer comprising a parent material comprising MgGa 2 O 4 , the parent material being doped with an emission center, wherein: said EL functional film being provided in contact with at least one side of said light-emitting layer, and containing Ga | 20,853 |
9,758,048 | 1. A vehicle power-supplying system that wirelessly supplies power to a vehicle including a power-receiving coil, the vehicle power-supplying system comprising: a power-supplying coil installed at a location at which the vehicle is able to stop; at least two positioning marks with unique patterns whose positional relationship with the power-supplying coil is fixed; a position-identifying means installed in the vehicle and configured to identify a positional relationship of the power-supplying coil with the vehicle by detecting the positioning mark; and a control device configured to support positioning the vehicle to the power-supplying coil based on the positional relationship of the power-supplying coil identified by the position-identifying means, wherein the location at which the vehicle is able to stop is a rectangular location, a first position mark of the at least two positioning marks is installed in the vicinity of the other short side of a vehicle entrance set to one of a pair of short sides of the rectangular location and a second position mark of the at least two positioning marks is installed at one of a pair of long sides of the rectangular location, the position-identifying means includes: a first camera or a first laser sensor installed at a rear or front section of the vehicle; and a second camera or a second laser sensor installed at a left and/or right section of the vehicle, the control device includes a central processing unit (CPU) and controls a touch panel and a speaker to support the positioning of the vehicle to the power-supplying coil by images and sounds, and when the power-supplying coil and the power-receiving coil face each other, the first camera or the first laser sensor, and the second camera or the second laser sensor detect the first and second positioning marks. | 7,517 |
8,606,337 | 1. A method for managing a sleep mode in a terminal, the method comprising: negotiating a parameter of the sleep mode with a base station; operating in a sleep window; receiving a control signal that indicates whether data corresponding to a group identifier (ID) to which the terminal belongs exists during a listening window after the sleep window; entering into the sleep window when the control signal indicates that no data corresponding to the group ID exists, wherein the control signal includes a bitmap having a plurality of bits for designating a plurality of group identifiers (IDs), wherein the parameter includes the group ID to which the terminal belongs among the group IDs and a frame number in which data are to be listened, and wherein the control signal indicates whether the data exists or not by setting a value of a bit corresponding to the group ID among the plurality of bits; when the data corresponding to the group ID to which the terminal belongs exists, awaking at a frame corresponding to the frame number and determining whether the frame includes data being transmitted to the terminal; and when the frame includes the data to be transmitted to the terminal, determining whether to enter a sleep window or to terminate the sleep mode and change to an awake mode based on the data to be transmitted to the terminal. | 36,417 |
9,058,234 | 1. A non-transitory, computer-readable medium storing instructions configured to cause a control system to: receive a proposed update to a grid system; upon receipt of the proposed update, create a patch based on the proposed update to amend infrastructure information relating to the grid system; implement the patch by storing the amended infrastructure information in memory; and send an updated patch related to the patch to a master application; receive a formal update from the master application that incorporates the amended infrastructure information as formally updated infrastructure information; and after receiving the formal update from the master application, replace the patch with the formal update. | 766 |
9,198,729 | 1. A surgical device comprising: a sheath; a first flexible tendon extending through the sheath, wherein a first friction exists between the sheath and the first flexible tendon; and a second flexible tendon engaged with a drive mechanism such that a second friction exists between the second flexible tendon and a surface of the drive mechanism, wherein the second friction is greater than the first friction, and wherein a first end of the second flexible tendon is operatively coupled to a first end of the first flexible tendon along a common lengthwise axis defined through the first and second flexible tendons. | 43,289 |
9,643,490 | 1. An electric drive assembly for a multi-axle driven motor vehicle that comprises a first driveline with an internal combustion engine, a multi-step transmission and a rear propeller shaft for driving a rear axle, and a second driveline with a front propeller shaft for driving an optionally drivable front axle, said electric drive assembly comprising: an electric machine for driving the front axle; a reduction gearing drivingly connected to the electric machine; a driveshaft that is drivingly connected to the reduction gearing and that is connectable to the front propeller shaft for driving the front axle; and a housing in which the electric machine and the reduction gearing are arranged, wherein the housing comprises at least one connection element arranged to connect the housing to the multi-step transmission, wherein the electric drive assembly further comprises a through-driveshaft to transmit torque through the housing, the through-driveshaft being supported in the housing so as to be rotatable around an axis of rotation (A) and comprising an input part for being drivingly connected to an output shaft of the multi-step transmission as well as an output part for being drivingly connected to the rear propeller shaft such that, with the electric drive assembly mounted at the multi-step transmission, the rear propeller shaft is connectable at least indirectly to the output shaft of the multi-step transmission so as to be drivable by the internal combustion engine for driving the rear axle, and wherein the electric machine, the reduction gearing and the driveshaft of the electric drive assembly form part of the second driveline and are configured to be mechanically separate from the first driveline, so that, of the front axle and the rear axle, the front axle is drivable by the electric machine, and the rear axle is drivable by the internal combustion engine. | 621 |
9,339,169 | 1. A micro-patterned tread for a robotic capsule endoscope, the micro-patterned tread comprising: a first side and a second side of the micro-patterned treat tread, the first side and the second side in opposition to one another; a micro-patterned surface disposed on the first side in a direction extending outwardly from the second side; a roller engaging surface disposed on the second side in a direction extending outwardly from the first side; a first layer having the first side with the micro-patterned surface thereon, the first layer including a molded surface and a non-molded surface in opposition to one another, the molded surface including PDMS molded to form the micro-pattern surface, wherein the first layer is formed in a first mold; a second layer having the second side with the roller engaging surface thereon, the second layer including a molded surface and a non-molded surface in opposition to one another, the molded surface including PDMS molded to form the roller engaging surface, wherein the second layer is formed within a second mold; and an adhesive configured to join the first layer and the second layer together with the non-molded surface of the first layer and the non-molded surface of the second layer joined together so as to dispose the first side and the second side in opposition to one another. | 34,163 |
9,567,681 | 1. An electrochemical device comprising: a metal component comprising a metal substrate, said metal substrate having first and second surfaces; a plurality of first precious metal islands deposited on a native surface oxide layer of the first surface of the metal substrate and being adapted to be in contact with hydrogen, said first precious metal islands comprising a first precious metal; a plurality of second precious metal islands deposited on a native surface oxide layer of the second surface of the metal substrate, said second precious metal islands comprising a second precious metal that is different from said first precious metal; and a grown oxide layer on the first surface in areas that are not covered by said first precious metal, said grown oxide layer being grown on top of an original surface oxide scale of the metal component after the first precious metal islands are deposited on the first surface of the metal substrate, wherein a surface coverage of said first precious metal islands is less than 50% of the first surface of the metal surface, and the first precious metal and grown oxide layer provide a resistance to hydrogen embrittlement for the metal component. | 40,833 |
9,251,295 | 1. A computer-implemented method to customize display of data, comprising: classifying a plurality of data objects into one or more of a plurality of classes including a first class and further including a second class that is a sub-class of the first class, wherein each of the plurality of data objects is classified based on a file extension associated with the respective data object and based further on at least one of: (i) content within the respective data object; (ii) a structure of the content within the respective data object; and (iii) a predefined template; wherein at least one data object is classified into the second class; wherein at least one data object is classified into multiple classes; monitoring a plurality of interactions between a user and one or more classes of the plurality of data objects to maintain historical interaction data of the user; providing, based on the historical interaction data, a set of filter icons to include in a graphical user interface, of which a first filter icon is associated with the first class, and of which a second filter icon is associated with the second class; outputting the graphical user interface including the plurality of data objects and the plurality of filter icons; responsive to a selection of the first and second filter icons, updating the graphical user interface by operation of one or more computer processors and to include a listing of only data objects that correspond to the selected filter icons, wherein the historical interaction data is updated based on user interactions with the data objects that correspond to the selected filter icons; and responsive to a request from the user, generating an archive of at least the data objects that correspond to the selected filter icons, despite the user having security permissions precluding the user from reading and modifying at least the data objects that correspond to the selected filter icons. | 34,916 |
9,773,561 | 1. A data storage device comprising: a nonvolatile memory device; and a controller suitable for providing a normal erase command or a fine erase command to the nonvolatile memory device; wherein the nonvolatile memory device is suitable for performing a first normal erase loop according to the normal erase command, wherein the first normal erase loop comprises applying a first normal erase voltage and an erase verify voltage to a first erase target memory cell, wherein, when it is determined that the first erase target memory cell is not erased by the first normal erase loop, the nonvolatile memory device performs a second normal erase loop in which a second normal erase voltage increased by a first increment from the first normal erase voltage and the erase verify voltage are applied to the first erase target memory cell, wherein the nonvolatile memory device is suitable for performing a first fine erase loop according to the fine erase command, wherein the first fine erase loop comprises applying a fine normal erase voltage and the erase verify voltage to a second erase target memory cell, wherein, when it is determined that the second target memory cell is not erased by the first fine erase loop, the nonvolatile memory device performs a second fine erase loop in which a second fine erase voltage increased by a second increment from the first fine erase voltage and the erase verify voltage to the second erase target memory cell, and wherein a magnitude of the first increment between the normal erase loops is larger than a magnitude of the second increment between the fine erase loops. | 20,404 |
8,663,557 | 1. A detection apparatus comprising: an input unit configured for receiving assay information relating to assays of a sample; an assay unit configured for assaying the sample comprising a nucleic acid in accordance with the assay information, the assay unit comprising: a display; and a controller programmed to | 5,039 |
8,668,902 | 1. A method of reducing malodor in breath from an oral cavity needing treatment, the method comprises administering a solid, abrasive and molded comestible composition having an abrasive surface to the oral cavity needing treatment, the molded comestible composition consisting essentially of: 50 to 99 wt % hardened carbohydrate consisting essentially of sucrose and corn syrup, in which about 0.01 to about 4 wt % of a carbon malodor absorbent with a diameter of less than 150 microns and about 0.001 to about 45% of a chlorophyll compound with activity against malodors or anti-microbial activity is dispersed; and abrading the oral cavity. | 5,495 |
8,862,295 | 1. A method of controlling a supercapacitor energy storage unit ( 12 ) in a motor vehicle having a heat engine and a micro-hybrid system comprising an electrical rotating machine configured to operate in an alternator mode, a starter mode allowing an automatic stop-restart function of the vehicle heat engine, a regenerative braking mode and a torque assistance mode, said energy storage unit ( 12 ) comprising a plurality of supercapacitor elementary cells connected in series and delivering information on an internal status thereof, said energy storage unit ( 12 ) electrically connected to said electrical rotating machine and including a most charged elementary cell and a least charged elementary cell, said information delivered by said energy storage unit ( 12 ) including a maximum elementary voltage (Vmax) from said most charged elementary cell and a temperature (Temp) of said energy storage unit ( 12 ), the method comprises the steps of: obtaining said maximum elementary voltage (Vmax) of said most charged elementary cell of said energy storage unit ( comparing said maximum elementary voltage (Vmax) with a first voltage threshold (Vmax obtaining said temperature (Temp) of said energy storage unit ( comparing said temperature (Temp) with at least one temperature threshold; and prohibiting at least one of said modes of operation of said electrical rotating machine at least when said maximum elementary voltage (Vmax) information reaches said first voltage threshold (Vmax | 3,377 |
9,210,938 | 1. A method for modulating transpiration in an organism that is capable of photosynthesis, wherein the method comprises contacting the organism with a composition comprising an effective amount of an oxygen antagonist, wherein the oxygen antagonist comprises a hydrogen sulfide prodrug or salt thereof, wherein the prodrug is a hydrogen sulfide releasing polymer of Formula II: wherein R R R n is from 1 to 1,000. | 29,389 |
8,627,960 | 1. An apparatus for separating a mixture comprising at least two solid materials, comprising: a separation chamber in which the solid materials are separated from each other, the separation chamber comprising an air intake and an air exit, wherein air flows through the separation chamber from the air intake to the air exit; a passageway in which air flows from the air exit of the separation chamber to the air intake of the separation chamber; a material intake and a material exit, wherein the mixture enters the separation chamber by way of the material intake, wherein a first one of the solid materials exits the separation chamber by way of the material exit, and wherein the air flowing through the separation chamber transports a second one of the solid materials through the air exit of the separation chamber and into the passageway; and an expansion chamber disposed in the passageway, the expansion chamber comprising an entrance coupled to the passageway, a material exit, a redirecting plate disposed within the expansion chamber, and an air exit coupled to the passageway, wherein the air transporting the second one of the solid materials through the air exit of the separation chamber and into the passageway enters the expansion chamber by way of the entrance in the expansion chamber, wherein at least a portion of the second one of the solid materials exits the expansion chamber via the material exit in the expansion chamber, and wherein the air exits the expansion chamber and into the passageway by way of the air exit in the expansion chamber. | 25,226 |
8,490,465 | 1. A method for at least one of on-vehicle functional diagnosis of a soot sensor and detecting further components in exhaust of an internal combustion engine, the soot sensor comprising: a substrate; a heating element configured to heat the substrate of the soot sensor; a temperature sensor configured to detect a temperature of the soot sensor; a structure arranged on the substrate comprising measurement electrodes configured as a comb-type electrode structure; and an evaluation circuit electrically coupled to the soot sensor, the method comprising: measuring a temperature coefficient of the soot sensor; and detecting, based on the temperature coefficient, at least one of: | 10,463 |
8,982,521 | 1. An overvoltage protection method for a backlight driver, comprising following steps: Step Step Step | 12,164 |
9,828,077 | 1. An underwater base for handling plural underwater vehicles equipped with seismic sensors for recording seismic signals during a marine seismic survey, the underwater base comprising: a storing part configured to store the plural underwater vehicles; an inlet part located above the storing part and configured to control access of the plural underwater vehicles to the storing part; a control part configured to acoustically guide the plural underwater vehicles to the inlet part; and a support part configured to support the control part, the storing part and the inlet part, wherein the storing part receives the plural underwater vehicles as the plural underwater vehicles fall unassisted from the inlet part into the storing part. | 49,995 |
9,132,061 | 1. A drug vial spiking assembly, comprising: a drug vial spike device comprising a spike extending from a base, the spike having a tip opposite the base; and a cover secured to the drug vial spike device, the cover being movable toward the base from a first position in which the cover at least partially covers the tip of the spike to a second position in which the tip of the spike is fully exposed, wherein a plurality of circumferentially spaced projections extend from a surface of the cover, and the circumferentially spaced projections and one or more portions of a cap of a drug vial are configured to dent a rubber seal of the drug vial when the drug vial is pressed against the cover with sufficient force to cause the cover to move from the first position to the second position. | 17,197 |
9,489,002 | 1. A method comprising: a controller of apparatus comprising: a first connection to a battery; a second connection to an external subscriber identity module card; a first path between the first and second connections including a non-upconverting voltage regulator and being absent of any voltage upconverter; and a second path between the first and second connections including a voltage upconverter, performing a method comprising: determining a battery voltage of the battery connected at the first connection; sending a request for information, where the request for information is about the subscriber identity module card, and where the request for information is sent to the subscriber identity module card via the second connection; determining from information received from the subscriber identity module card a minimum operating voltage of the subscriber identity module card; determining whether the battery voltage meets a predetermined relationship with respect to the minimum operating voltage of the subscriber identity module card; on a positive determination, enabling the first path and disabling the second path, and on a negative determination, disabling the first path and enabling the second path; wherein determining a minimum operating voltage of the subscriber identity module card comprises determining a type of the subscriber identity module card, and the method further comprises responding to determining that the subscriber identity module card is a 1.8V type subscriber identity module card by causing the connection from the battery to the subscriber identity module card via the non-upconverting voltage regulator and without a voltage upconverter. | 39,175 |
8,361,000 | 1. An automated infant massager system comprising: at least one automated infant massager configured to massage an infant, an infant support, a plurality of movable massage elements structured to underlie at least a portion of the infant being massaged, a processor for receiving, and/or measuring, infant information directly or indirectly from said infant massager, said infant information including information relating to at least one of the physical, behavioral, and physiological responses of the massaged infant, and said processor configured to alter the massage, while the massager is performing a massage, based upon said infant information if it departs from predetermined limits. | 18,815 |
8,658,124 | 1. A process for manufacturing ferric sulfate comprising: introducing water into an interior of a pressure vessel; introducing an iron material into said interior of said pressure vessel; mixing said iron material and said water within said interior of said pressure vessel; adding sulfuric acid to the mixed iron material and water; agitating said iron material and said sulfuric acid and said water for a period of time so as to increase a temperature of a reaction thereof and a pressure of the reaction within said interior of said pressure vessel so as to produce ferric sulfate; and discharging ferric sulfate from said interior of said pressure vessel. | 44,699 |
9,373,968 | 1. A charging control device, comprising: a plurality of current detecting means that is configured to detect respective current supplied to a plurality of vehicles individually via a plurality of charging paths; a determining means that is configured to determine individually whether each charging path and a corresponding vehicle are in a connected state or non-connected state based on a current value detected by a corresponding current detecting means; and a control means that is configured to control opening/closing of each charging path individually according to a corresponding determination result by the determining means, wherein each of the plurality of charging paths comprises a breaker or a switch, for opening and closing a corresponding charging path, and the plurality of current detecting means are configured to be connected to the plurality of vehicles via the plurality of charging paths, respectively. | 6,373 |
9,238,545 | 1. A cartridge for a medication dispensing apparatus having a roll-rotating drum, the cartridge comprising: a cartridge case having an open outlet formed on a bottom thereof so as to dispense medication; a drum installed inside of the cartridge case so as to selectively open and/or close the outlet; and a cartridge base having the cartridge case installed thereto, wherein in the cartridge case encloses an inner space configured to contain the medication to be dispensed, wherein, projections projected downward and grooves recessed upward are formed alternatively on a bottom of the drum in a circumferential direction, and a concave-convex part having protruding portion protruding upward are formed in a circumferential direction on a bottom surface of the cartridge case at intervals, and wherein a rotation of the drum results in a upward and downward movement of the drum relative to the concave-convex part as the projections and grooves of the drum traverse over the protruding portion of the concave-convex part in a circumferential direction. | 27,241 |
9,568,220 | 1. An ejector ( 200 ; 300 ; 400 ; 600 ) comprising: a primary inlet ( a secondary inlet ( an outlet ( a primary flowpath from the primary inlet to the outlet; a secondary flowpath from the secondary inlet to the outlet; a mixer having a convergent section ( a diffuser downstream of the mixer; and a motive nozzle ( wherein: the mixer comprises a downstream divergent section ( the diffuser has a divergence half angle of greater than 2.0° over a second span of at least 3.0 times the minimum diameter of the mixer. | 15,400 |
8,430,636 | 1. A rotor assembly configured to be rotated by a fluid moving therepast, said assembly comprising: a shaft member defining a primary axis mounted for rotation around said axis; at least one blade having longitudinally spaced proximal and distal ends; said blade proximal end being mounted to said shaft member with said blade extending therefrom at an angle causing said distal end to be radially and axially spaced from said proximal end; said blade being comprised of multiple regions including a first region located proximate to said proximal end, at least one second region located radially outwardly from said first region, and a third region located between said second region and said distal end; said first, second, and third regions respectively characterized by progressively diminishing stiffness; and wherein said blade defines a first bend channel at the transition between said first and second regions and a second bend channel at the transition between said second and third regions. | 16,537 |
9,481,863 | 1. A method for implanting an embryo in a female undergoing in vitro fertilization, comprising the steps of: a) obtaining an oocyte with its cumulus cells from said female; b) measuring in one of said cumulus cells an expression level of: c) comparing: wherein overexpression of the at least five genes selected from Table A compared to the control expression levels of said at least five genes is indicative that said cumulus cell is a mature cumulus cell, and overexpression of the at least seven genes selected from Table B compared to the control expression levels of said at least seven genes is indicative that said cumulus cell is an immature cumulus cell; d) fertilizing the oocyte obtained in step a) in vitro to generate an embryo when said cumulus cell is assessed as mature in step c) or when said cumulus cell is not assessed as immature in step c); and e) implanting said embryo in said female. | 21,924 |
9,394,559 | 1. A method of producing sophorolipids or producing at least 50% lactonic sophorolipids of total sophorolipid production, the method comprising: utilizing a host cell transformed with an exogenous polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NO:2, and a polypeptide having at least 98% sequence identity with SEQ ID NO:2 having lactonase active or a host cell that over-expresses an endogenous polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide having 98% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 2 having lactonase activity, to produce sophorolipids or to produce at least 50% lactonic sophorolipids of the total sophorolipid production. | 30,051 |
8,342,446 | 1. An aircraft that has a fuselage with a shape elongated along a longitudinal direction X of an aircraft frame of reference, with a vertical fin fastened to the fuselage in a rear section of the fuselage relative to the direction of motion of the aircraft in flight and above the fuselage, substantially in a vertical plane of symmetry of the aircraft, wherein the vertical fin has at least two stable positions, an extended position and a returned position, such that a surface of the vertical fin, subjected to an aerodynamic flow when the aircraft is in flight, is modified in at least one of position and surface area between the returned position and the extended position, so that the aerodynamic drag of the vertical fin under given flight conditions is reduced in the returned position relative to the extended position, and wherein the vertical fin comprises a first and second trailing edge rudder. | 3,766 |
9,831,787 | 1. A power converter comprising: a generator configured to generate a sequence of output voltage waveforms; a first switching transistor and a second switching transistor connected to the generator and configured to control a duty cycle of the output voltage waveforms; an input voltage line connected to the first switching transistor; a resonant tank connected to the generator comprising at least one capacitor and at least one inductor; a transformer including a primary side connected in series with the at least one inductor, wherein the primary side is configured to use at least one primary winding tap and a secondary side for connecting to a rectifying circuit for providing a rectified DC voltage to an output load circuit; and a first switch and a second switch on the primary side connected to the at least one primary winding tap, wherein the at least one primary winding tap is selected by the first switch or the second switch to select a reflected output voltage by closing the first switch or the second switch; and a plurality of clamping diodes connected between the first switch and the second switch and the input line and configured to limit voltage across the first switch or the second switch. | 5,036 |
8,793,025 | 1. An irrigation control device comprising: decoder circuitry located within a first housing and having an electrical connection configured to couple the decoder circuitry to a control wire path of a decoder-based irrigation control system; a coil located within a second housing; a first wire electrically coupling the decoder circuitry to a first connection of the coil; and a second wire electrically coupling the decoder circuitry to a second connection of the coil; wherein the coil is configured to develop an electromagnetic flux sufficient to cause actuation of a device controlling irrigation equipment in response to signaling from the decoder circuitry; and wherein the first housing, the second housing, the first wire and the second wire are non-separably and functionally connected together. | 16,370 |
8,740,022 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a substantially cylindrical receptacle defining a cavity and including an inlet end having an inlet aperture and an outlet end having an outlet aperture; and a slug sized to fit within the cavity in a first position at the inlet end of the receptacle and sized to create a first known volume within the cavity equivalent to a desired amount of a liquid product to be dispensed, the slug further sized to move within the cavity from the first position to a second position at the outlet end of the receptacle upon application of a vacuum to the outlet aperture, wherein a second known volume of the liquid product substantially equivalent to the first known volume of the liquid product is drawn into the cavity via the inlet aperture as the first known volume of the liquid product is dispensed and the slug moves toward the outlet end of the receptacle; the slug further including at least one product bypass sized to permit the second known volume of the liquid product to flow toward the outlet end of the receptacle such that the slug moves from the second position through the second known volume of the liquid product and returns to the first position at the inlet end of the receptacle when application of the vacuum to the outlet aperture is removed. | 20,083 |
8,388,833 | 1. A wastewater treatment device, comprising: a tank shaped to hold wastewater to be treated, the tank being subdivided by internal walls into separate compartments, one of the compartments defining a sump cavity shaped to receive wastewater therein; at least one filtration subsystem disposed in the sump cavity and comprising: a monitoring subsystem comprising monitors operable to measure wastewater process parameters of the tank selected from at least one of the group consisting of process flow, water level, water temperature, pH, nutrient concentration, total suspended solids, actual weather condition at the tank, and effects of local weather condition on the tank. | 29,461 |
9,153,097 | 1. A method of limiting game play at a wagering gaming device comprising: monitoring information regarding player monetary transactions at a kiosk; issuing a ticket from said kiosk in response to a new player monetary transaction, said ticket bearing at least one feature limiting indicia; accepting said ticket at a media reader of said wagering gaming device; and limiting forms of game play, wager amounts and/or rate of game play at said wagering gaming device in response to the presence of said at least one feature limiting indicia on said ticket. | 39,992 |
9,611,420 | 1. A method of treating a treatment zone in a well, the method comprising: introducing into the treatment zone a treatment fluid consisting of: allowing the crosslinker to crosslink the chitosan-based compound to form a crosslinked-treatment fluid; and allowing the crosslinked-treatment fluid to reduce the permeability of the treatment zone, | 43,242 |
9,245,186 | 1. A method comprising: producing a plurality of versions of an image of an object derived from a video input, wherein each version has a different resolution of said image of said object; computing an appearance score at each of a plurality of regions on the lowest resolution version of said plurality of versions of said image for at least one attribute for said object, wherein said appearance score denotes a probability of the at least one attribute appearing in the region; determining a configuration of the at least one attribute in the lowest resolution version based on at least the appearance score in each of the plurality of regions in the lowest resolution version; and displaying said configuration. | 28,940 |
9,655,919 | 1. A method of preparing a subject for a colonoscopy, the method comprising providing to a subject in need thereof a plurality of food items to be ingested by the subject between 24 hours and 14 hours immediately prior to the colonoscopy, wherein said food items comprise low fiber solid and liquid foods having incorporated therein an amount of a laxative agent comprising polyethylene glycol sufficient to induce in the subject the production of watery yellow stools with a light yellow effluent, wherein said food items are prepared by mixing at least one food ingredient with polyethylene glycol, and wherein said food items comprise a shelf stable mixture of said at least one food ingredient and said polyethylene glycol. | 21,969 |
9,090,254 | 1. A method for the operation of a hydraulic hybrid drive system ( 1 ), comprising an internal combustion engine ( 8 ), a first displacement machine ( 11 ), a second displacement machine ( 12 ), a pressure reservoir ( 20 ) and a decoupling valve device ( 30 ), characterized in that for a specified load point (P Rad ) an overall efficiency of the hybrid drive system ( 1 ) for all possible operating modes is read out from corresponding overall efficiency characteristic fields, wherein, for each mode of operation, a freely selectable variable associated with maximum efficiency is written into a dedicated characteristic field, and where the variables are compared with each other and the hybrid drive system ( 1 ) is operated in the operating mode having the best overall efficiency. | 555 |
8,629,186 | 1. An anthracycline loaded micelle comprising a multiblock copolymer, wherein said micelle has a drug-loaded inner core, a crosslinked outer core, and a hydrophilic shell, wherein the multiblock copolymer is of formula XII: wherein: each n is independently 110 to 450; each m is independently 1 or 2; each w is independently 0-20; each x is independently 1-20; each y is independently 5 to 50; each z is independently 5 to 50; M is Zn, Fe, Co, or Ni; and each R | 32,399 |
8,868,469 | 1. A method of identifying phrases in an electronic document comprising: identifying one or more phrase candidates in the electronic document; selecting one of the phrase candidates; numerically representing features of the selected phrase candidates to obtain a numeric feature representation associated with that phrase candidate by: inputting the numeric feature representation into a machine learning classifier, the machine learning classifier being configured to determine, based on each numeric feature representation, that the phrase candidate associated with that numeric feature representation is a phrase, wherein identifying phrase candidates in the electronic document comprises identifying word level n-grams in the document; and associating the electronic document with a label identifying the subject matter of the electronic document, wherein the label is based on the phrase. | 46,553 |
8,702,380 | 1. A clamping assembly comprising a bearing support member, the bearing support member being clampable to a shaft by virtue of a clamping member adaptable to tighten the bearing support member to the shaft, wherein at least a portion of the bearing support member is disposable between a first abutment surface provided on the clamping member and a second abutment surface provided on the shaft; and wherein the portion of the bearing support member comprises one or more protrusions and one or more depressions provided on an end face of the portion of the bearing support member, the protrusions and depressions being arranged to interface with one or more corresponding depressions and protrusions provided on one of the first abutment surface of the clamping member and the second abutment surface of the shaft, the respective protrusions and depressions being disposed such that rotation of the bearing support member with respect to the shaft in a first direction results in the bearing support member being axially displaced with respect to the shaft and so as to resist relative rotation in a second direction between the shaft and the bearing support member. | 19,554 |
9,145,529 | 1. A process for producing energy-dense biomass and fermentable sugars from cellulosic biomass, said process comprising: (a) providing a feedstock comprising cellulosic biomass; (b) extracting said feedstock with steam and/or hot water under effective extraction conditions to produce an extract liquor containing each of hemicellulosic oligomers, lignin, and cellulose-rich solids, wherein said extracting is conducted with no added acid or with one or more added acids selected from the group consisting of sulfuric acid, sulfurous acid, sulfur dioxide, acetic acid, formic acid, or oxalic acid, and combinations thereof; (c) washing said cellulose-rich solids using an aqueous wash solution, to produce washed cellulose-rich solids and a hydrolysate; (d) separating said cellulose-rich solids from said hydrolysate; (e) mildly hydrolyzing said washed cellulose-rich solids with enzymes, thereby removing a portion of cellulose contained in said washed cellulose-rich solids, to generate intermediate solids; (f) drying said intermediate solids to produce energy-dense biomass; and (g) recovering fermentable sugars from said hydrolysate. | 42,268 |
9,576,405 | 1. A failure determination device of a hybrid vehicle, comprising: an engine; a motor arranged in series with the engine; a clutch arranged between the motor and a driving wheel; a pressure adjusting mechanism that adjusts hydraulic pressure supplied to the clutch, and that performs wet start clutch control for adjusting the hydraulic pressure, supplied to the clutch at least upon starting, to the hydraulic pressure causing the clutch to slip; and a controller configured to: | 48,325 |
8,505,469 | 1. A collapsible, reusable and repairable pallet comprising: a plurality of adjoining plates connected together to form the pallet; each plate of the plurality of adjoining plates comprising concave or convex structures wherein a plate of the plurality of adjoining plates with convex structures is coupled to a plate of the plurality of adjoining plates with concave structures by inserting the convex structures into the concave structures; each plate of the plurality of adjoining plates with at least two penetrative holes, the penetrative holes formed on perpendicular sides of the plate, wherein the penetrative holes of adjoining plates align; at least two rotatable legs, each leg having a convex upper portion with a penetrative hole, and a bottom portion having support shoulders; at least two joint shafts having two threaded ends; wherein a first joint shaft of the at least two joint shafts passes through the aligning penetrative holes of adjacent plates to fasten the adjacent plates together while passing through the penetrative hole of a leg of the at least two rotatable legs such that the leg rotates about the joint shaft from a first position stored within a first groove formed within a plate of the plurality of adjoining plates to a second extended position wherein the leg supports the plate on the support shoulders such that the plate is elevated from the ground; and | 36,196 |
9,745,892 | 1. A method of distributing a fuel-oxidizer mixture in a pre-combustion chamber, comprising providing a pre-combustion chamber comprising: directing a fuel-oxidizer mixture into the pre-combustion chamber via the at least one induction port towards the electrode gap to increase said fuel-oxidizer mixture ratio in said electrode gap, and towards a flame kernel to generate flow field forces within said electrode gap sufficient to move said flame kernel away from said internal surface of said pre-combustion chamber. | 7,171 |
8,516,674 | 1. A method for bonding gas turbine engine airfoil sections to form an airfoil, the method comprising: placing a stub airfoil section having stub airfoil pressure and suction sides between pressure and suction side stub electrodes respectively, placing an upper airfoil section having upper airfoil pressure and suction sides between pressure and suction side upper airfoil electrodes respectively, aligning the upper airfoil section with the stub airfoil section, the aligning including aligning upper and stub airfoil cross sections spaced at upper and stub airfoil distal ends of the upper and stub airfoil sections respectively, the stub and upper airfoil cross sections being spaced apart from the stub and upper electrodes respectively, pressing together the upper and stub airfoil cross sections, and solid state resistance welding the upper and stub airfoil sections together along the upper and stub airfoil cross sections by passing electrical current across the upper and stub airfoil cross sections while the upper and stub airfoil cross sections are being pressed together, wherein the solid state resistance welding includes applying the electrical current to the electrodes during the solid state resistance welding. | 9,480 |
9,811,138 | 1. A control system for providing electrical power to an electronic flight bag device on an aircraft, the control system comprising a power switching component coupled to a plurality of power source and at least one electronic flight bag device, wherein the control system is coupled to the at least on electronic flight bag device by a primary feed, wherein the primary feed is coupled only to a primary power source; wherein the control system is coupled to the at least one electronic flight bag device by an auxiliary feed, wherein the auxiliary feed is coupled only to a secondary power source; and wherein the power switching component is operative and configured to selectively apply electrical power from at least one of the plurality of power sources base upon a condition of the aircraft. | 5,930 |
9,170,964 | 1. A method for sending an interrupt signal comprising: detecting sensor data in a sensor controller, the sensor controller collecting the sensor data during a period of time in which a port between the sensor controller and an operating system is powered down; sending the interrupt signal from the sensor controller to the operating system through a second controller, wherein the second controller forwards the interrupt signal to the operating system; detecting the operating system has provided power to the powered down port; and sending the sensor data from the sensor controller to the operating system. | 28,132 |
8,917,994 | 1. A wavelength path multiplexing and demultiplexing optical transmission apparatus comprising: a sending apparatus; and a receiving apparatus, wherein the sending apparatus includes: and the wavelength path multiplexing part comprises: and the sending wavelength path selection part comprises: and the receiving apparatus comprises: and the wavelength path demultiplexing part comprises: and the receiving wavelength path selection part comprises: and the sending apparatus control part stores: and the sending selection wavelength control part is configured to multiplexing the set combination of the plurality of optical signals among a plurality of optical signals inputted to each of the plurality of sending input port by controlling an optical path of each of a plurality of wavelength multiplexing and demultiplexing elements included in the sending wavelength path selection part and arranged in array based on stored information, and the sending optical wavelength set part is configured to set a wavelength of an optical signal outputted by each of the plurality of optical sending part of the optical sending apparatus, and the receiving apparatus control part stores: and the receiving selection wavelength control part is configured to demultiplex a multiplexed optical signal inputted from the plurality of receiving wavelength path demultiplexing port by controlling an optical path of each of a plurality of wavelength demultiplexing elements included in the receiving wavelength path selection part and arranged in array based on stored information. | 6,313 |
9,239,324 | 1. A composition consisting of one or more therapeutic drugs covalently bound to an antibody-binding agent, wherein said antibody-binding agent does not directly bind to cancer or stem cells and wherein said antibody-binding agent is protein A, protein G, protein A/G or protein L. | 26,964 |
8,945,639 | 1. A method for treating Inflammatory Bowel Disease in a subject with inflammatory bowel disease, comprising: providing a composition comprising a substantially starch free soluble fiber derived from a fruit of the administering a therapeutically effective amount of the composition to the subject with Inflammatory Bowel Disease, whereby the Inflammatory Bowel Disease is treated. | 3,682 |
9,500,383 | 1. A method for controlling a ventilation system for the ventilation of an enclosure, the system comprising two or more ventilation units which each selectively and repeatedly can be controlled to establish an air flow to and from the enclosure, said method comprising the steps of: determining information regarding operational conditions of one or more of said two or more ventilation units by at least measuring the air flow through said ventilation units or the pressure differential across said ventilation units, generating operation control data for one or more of the ventilation units, using information regarding operational conditions determined at at least one other of said two or more ventilation units, and controlling the operation of one or more of said two or more ventilation units by applying said generated operation control data. | 29,618 |
8,609,880 | 1. A process for preparing an energetic nitrate ester comprising: reacting a mixture of a suitable dioxane compound and a sodium hydroxide solution with sodium persulfate to form an intermediate; admixing the intermediate with methanol and injecting the admixture with hydrochloric acid gas; maintaining the admixture for time sufficient to form a tetraol compound; and, nitrating the tetraol compound to form the energetic nitrate ester. | 27,495 |
8,681,745 | 1. A method of controlling a cellular wireless telecommunication system, in which data is transmitted in frames, and wherein, for a first cell of the system, there is at least semi-statically defined at a same time position in a plurality of consecutive time intervals a low interference time period for transmissions in the first cell, each of the time intervals comprising an equal number of frames, and the low interference time period being a time period during which neighbouring cells are configured to minimize interference in the first cell; the method comprising, for at least one user equipment served by the first cell: receiving signal strength measurements from the at least one user equipment; and based on the signal strength measurements, determining whether the at least one user equipment should be scheduled for the low interference time period, wherein the system is an unsynchronized system, and the method further comprises: receiving neighbouring cell time difference measurements from the at least one user equipment within the first cell; based on the neighbouring cell time difference measurements, determining a timing of transmissions from at least one neighbouring cell, relative to a timing of transmissions from the first cell, defining the low interference time period based on determined timing of transmissions from the at least one neighbouring cell; determining based on the signal strength measurements whether the user equipment is an interior user equipment, located in an interior region of the first cell, or an exterior user equipment, located in an exterior region of the first cell; and making a determination as to whether the user equipment should be scheduled for the low interference time period based on whether the user equipment is an interior user equipment or an exterior user equipment. | 15,083 |
9,337,496 | 1. A stainless steel separator for fuel cells, the separator comprising: a stainless steel sheet having a matrix structure; a Cr-rich passive film directly formed on a surface of the stainless steel sheet, and containing 20˜75 wt % chromium; and a coating layer disposed directly on the Cr-rich passive film, wherein the coating layer is a metal boride layer (MB wherein the stainless steel separator is heat treated at 100˜300° C. under vacuum, in air or in an inert gas atmosphere. | 47,783 |
8,960,991 | 1. A device for production of poly(methyl methacrylate) bone-cement pastes from a powder-like cement component A and a liquid monomer component B, the device comprising: a tubular hollow body ( at least one rotatably-mounted shaft ( thread turns ( at least one stirring blade ( rigid mixing elements ( | 41,135 |
9,232,566 | 1. A network device, comprising: a first and a second wireless network circuit, each of the network circuits operating in a same radio frequency band, wherein the second network circuit is assigned a higher priority than the first network circuit; and a coexistence controller coupled to the network circuits via a communication bus and configured to selectively suppress transmitting operations of the first network circuit during receiving operations of the second network circuit, wherein the coexistence controller is further configured to: receive a power status from each of a plurality of wireless sensors; assign a priority level to said each of the plurality of wireless sensors based on the received power status; and prioritize communication among the plurality of wireless sensors, to which the second network circuit is configured to couple, based on a comparison of the respective power supply status and the priority assigned of each wireless sensor. | 3,701 |
9,505,913 | 1. A polylactic acid resin molded article obtained by injection-molding a polylactic acid resin composition, wherein the polylactic acid resin molded article has a transparent surface layer and a lamellar texture under the transparent layer, the polylactic acid resin composition comprising a polylactic acid resin, glass fibers having an average aspect ratio (average fiber length/average fiber diameter) of 5 or more, and a metallic pigment, wherein said glass fibers are contained in an amount of from 2 to 35 parts by mass, and said metallic pigment is contained in an amount of from 0.1 to 8 parts by mass, based on 100 parts by mass of the polylactic acid resin. | 16,646 |
9,519,748 | 1. A design assistance device for a steering device, the design assistance device assisting a design of an intermediate shaft module including a tube yoke and a shaft yoke connected to the tube yoke, the design assistance device for the steering device comprising: a storage unit which stores at least a candidate component extraction unit which extracts a candidate tube yoke having a length less than the joint length and extracts a candidate shaft yoke having a length less than the joint length, based on the joint length information, the shaft yoke information, and the tube yoke information; a calculation unit which calculates, according to a calculation instruction, the fitting length of a candidate combination of the candidate tube yoke and the candidate shaft yoke that are disposed between the first connection reference point and the second connection reference point; and a display unit, wherein, when the fitting length of the candidate combination including the candidate tube yoke and the candidate shaft yoke that fits inside of the candidate tube yoke satisfies the fitting length specification, the candidate combination is stored in the storage unit, and the display unit displays an index, the candidate tube yoke includes: | 29,468 |
8,826,058 | 1. An integrated circuit, comprising: a source wrapper configured to provide an asynchronous sending interface for a sending system on the integrated circuit, with the asynchronous sending interface configured to produce a write clock output signal and one or more data output signals, and configured to receive and react to flow control information; a destination wrapper configured to provide an asynchronous receiving interface for a receiving system on the integrated circuit and to produce said flow control information allowing a plurality of data words in flight between the source wrapper and the destination wrapper without an overflow loss in the destination wrapper, with the asynchronous receiving interface configured to receive a write clock input signal and one or more data input signals, wherein the destination wrapper includes an asynchronous first-in, first-out queue (aFIFO) providing an intermediate storage of information received on said data input signals from a first clock domain corresponding to the write clock input signal and provided to the receiving system in a different clock domain corresponding to a read clock received from the receiving system; and signal paths on the integrated circuit configured to communicatively couple the write clock output signal with the write clock input signal and said data output signals with said data input signals, and to provide a flow control signal path communicating said flow control information from the destination wrapper to the source wrapper, with said signal paths providing the write clock input signal and said data input signals with relative timing constraints applied between the write clock input signal and said data input signals. | 30,161 |
8,751,131 | 1. A control method for a wheeled vehicle travelling on a surface, the vehicle having a vehicle powertrain for generating and delivering power to the vehicle wheels, the method comprising: measuring at least one parameter associated with motion of the vehicle; determining a relationship between the at least one measured parameter and a predetermined threshold that is indicative of a level at which wheel slip of the vehicle may occur; and controlling a rate at which torque applied by the powertrain to at least one of the vehicle wheels may be changed based on the determined relationship to reduce a rate at which wheel slip may develop. | 17,471 |
8,603,375 | 1. A method for building a storage tank for cryogenic liquids comprising : erecting a freestanding inner steel liner; and pouring an outer concrete wall against the liner without adding temporary stiffening to the interior surface of lower portions of the liner. | 45,794 |
8,545,293 | 1. Stick feeding unit in a suspension device for sausage-type packaging units suspended on sticks, wherein the unit is provided to simultaneously move a plurality of sticks vertically and to separate sticks in a horizontal direction in the suspension position, characterized in that the stick feeding unit comprises an actuated lifting means for moving the sticks upwards and actuated transport means which are movable horizontally and which are adapted to take over the sticks for the horizontal movement from a topmost lift position of a smoke stick in the lifting means. | 2,105 |
8,816,265 | 1. A solid-state image pickup device comprising: a plurality of effective pixels each including a photoelectric conversion element; and an OB pixel that is provided outside of an area where the effective pixels are formed, and obtains the same output with a dark output of the effective pixel, wherein the photoelectric conversion element includes a pair of electrodes provided at an upper side of a semiconductor substrate, and a light receiving layer provided between the pair of electrodes, the light receiving layer is common to all of the effective pixels, each of the effective pixels includes a first signal read-out circuit to read a signal according to an electric charge generated at the photoelectric conversion element, the first signal read-out circuit being formed on the semiconductor substrate and includes a MOS transistor, the OB pixel includes a second signal read-out circuit formed on the semiconductor substrate, and a capacitor connected to an input node of the second signal read-out circuit, the second signal read-out circuit has the same configuration as the first signal read-out circuit, the capacitor is provided closer to the semiconductor substrate side than the photoelectric conversion element, the first signal read-out circuit, the second signal read-out circuit, and the capacitor are blocked from light by a lightproof layer formed closer to the semiconductor substrate side than the photoelectric conversion element, the input node of the first signal read-out circuit is electrically connected to one of the pair of electrodes of the photoelectric conversion element, and a capacitance value of the capacitor is a value that renders the capacitance value at the input node of the first signal read-out circuit and the capacitance value at the input node of the second signal read-out circuit to be substantially equal to each other. | 39,964 |
9,081,044 | 1. Control circuitry configured for determining an electrical property of a sample in a detection cell volume of a detection cell, in order to detect and characterize a compound in the sample, the control circuitry comprising: a power supply configured for providing at least one of a voltage and a current to the detection cell; a power evaluation unit configured for determining an actual power dissipation in the detection cell volume based on a product of a current passing through the detection cell volume and one of the voltage provided by the power supply or a control voltage, wherein the detection cell volume is part of a detection flow path, with a fluid sample passing through the detection cell volume; a control unit configured for comparing the actual power dissipation with a desired power dissipation, and for regulating at least one of the voltage and the current provided by the power supply to drive the actual power dissipation towards the desired power dissipation; and a divider unit configured for determining a quotient of the current passing through the detection cell volume and one of the voltage provided by the power supply or the control voltage, for deriving the electrical property of the sample. | 34,823 |
9,590,133 | 1. A method of manufacturing a thin film solar cell comprising: providing a flexible substrate having a top surface and a bottom surface; depositing a semiconductor thin film solar cell device structure at least partially on the top surface of the flexible substrate thereby leaving a predetermined top region of the semiconductor thin film device structure exposed; and coating the semiconductor thin film solar cell with a first optical coating comprising 65 nm of TCO having an index of refraction of approximately 2.19; coating the first optical coating with a second optical coating of 90 nm of porous TCO having an index of refraction of approximately 1.88; coating the second optical coating with a third optical coating of 125 nm of porous TCO having an index of refraction of approximately 1.6; coating the third optical coating with a fourth optical coating of 260 nm of porous TCO having an index of refraction of approximately 1.41; and coating the fourth optical coating with an encapsulant. | 18,995 |
9,453,750 | 1. A fluid instrument information providing device comprising: a flow measuring section for measuring a flow of a fluid flowing in a fluid passage; an instrument determiner section for determining kinds of a plurality of instruments which use the fluid concurrently and are connected to the fluid passage in positions which are downstream of the flow measuring section, based on a change in the flow of the fluid which is measured by the flow measuring section as a sum of fluid flows in the plurality of instruments, which change occurs with time; a fluid usage amount integrating section for integrating a usage amount of the fluid for each of the kinds of the plurality of instruments which is determined by the instrument determiner section, based on the change in the flow of the fluid which is measured by the flow measuring section; an instrument information generating section for generating a plurality of instrument information including charge information relating to the instrument corresponding to the integrated usage amount for each kind of the instrument which is integrated by the fluid usage amount integrating section, based on the integrated usage amount; a selecting section operated by a user to select instrument information from among the plurality of instrument information generated by the instrument information generating section; and an output section for outputting the instrument information selected by the selecting section. | 21,637 |
8,622,862 | 1. A power transmitting device for a hybrid vehicle having an internal combustion engine and an electric motor, the power transmitting device comprising: a first main input shaft, which is disposed parallel to an internal combustion engine output shaft, to which motive power is input from the internal combustion engine, and which is connected to the internal combustion engine output shaft by placing a first make-and-break device in a connected state; a second main input shaft, which is disposed coaxially with the first main input shaft and connected to the internal combustion engine output shaft by placing second make-and-break device in a connected state; an intermediate input shaft disposed parallel to the first main input shaft; a sub input shaft disposed parallel to the intermediate input shaft; an output shaft, which is disposed parallel to the first main input shaft and outputs motive power to a driven unit via a counter shaft; a first gear group, which is disposed on the first main input shaft and is composed of a plurality of gears selectively connected to the output shaft via a first synchronizer; a second gear group, which is disposed on the sub input shaft and is composed of a plurality of gears selectively connecting the sub input shaft to the output shaft via a second synchronizer; a third gear group, which is fixed to the output shaft and is composed of a plurality of gears engaged with the gears of the first gear group and the gears of the second gear group in common; and a differential rotation mechanism composed of a first rotating element, a second rotating element, and a third rotating element so as to be rotatable differentially with respect to one another, wherein: the first rotating element is connected to the first main input shaft and the electric motor; the second rotating element is connected to the first gear group; the third rotating element is connected to a fixing mechanism capable of placing the third rotating element in a fixed state; and the second rotating element decelerates the motive power transmitted from the first rotating element by using a reaction force from the third rotating element, which is placed in the fixed state by the fixing mechanism. | 45,925 |
9,575,743 | 1. An apparatus for updating software of a vehicle terminal, comprising: a software information storage unit receiving latest version software information transmitted from a software providing server; an update controller receiving a software update request of the vehicle terminal transmitted from the software providing server and performing a software download and update; a battery charging determiner checking a state of charge of a battery installed in a vehicle and comparing the state of charge of the battery with an estimated battery consumption among the latest version software information; a fuel level checker checking a fuel level of the vehicle and comparing the checked fuel level with an estimated fuel consumption among the latest version software information when the state of charge of the battery is less than the estimated battery consumption; and an engine driver driving an engine of the vehicle when the state of charge of the battery is less than the estimated battery consumption and the fuel level is greater than or equal to the estimated fuel consumption and, after driving the engine for a period of time, ending the driving of the engine when the state of charge of the battery is greater than or equal to the estimated battery consumption, wherein the update controller performs the software download and update when the state of charge of the battery is greater than or equal to the estimated battery consumption. | 14,011 |
8,431,068 | 1. A process for producing a thermoplastic container, the process comprising the steps of: extruding a thermoplastic tube along a longitudinal axis of a mold and between movable main and bottom mold parts thereof while the main and bottom mold parts are in open positions thereof and are laterally spaced relative to the longitudinal axis, said bottom mold parts being axial extensions of the main mold parts; moving the main mold parts and the bottom mold parts laterally and translationally toward one another relative to the longitudinal axis and into closed positions thereof while the tube is positioned therebetween, the closed bottom mold parts welding a bottom end of the tube closed; forming a container from the tube by exerting a pressure gradient on the tube to expand the tube against wall surfaces of the closed main and bottom mold parts, the bottom mold parts thus forming a container bottom end having a cup-shaped bottom container part extending axially from a main part of the container formed by the main mold parts; while retaining the main mold parts in their closed positions, moving the bottom mold parts laterally and translationally apart relative to the longitudinal axis and independently of the main mold parts to provide a space therebetween; and axially inserting a plunger into the space created by independent movement of the bottom mold parts, upwardly from a location below the bottom mold parts, to deform a portion of the bottom container part into the main part of the container while the main part of the container remains retained by the closed main mold parts. | 14,889 |
8,365,034 | 1. A Forward Error Correction (FEC) encoding method of a variable length-packet using a three-dimensional (3D) storage apparatus, the FEC encoding method comprising: receiving an input data packet to be transmitted when the input data packet exists; connecting the input data packet with the 3D storage apparatus and arranging the connected data packet to enable a storage width of the 3D storage apparatus to be a storage length, and to enable a data area height of the 3D storage apparatus to be a storage height; and calculating each of parity packets applied in a vertical direction or a depth direction with respect to the arranged data packet by performing an FEC encoding. | 39,718 |
8,836,674 | 1. An active stylus, comprising: a tube; a signal emitting module disposed in the tube; a power module disposed in the tube and electrically coupled to the signal emitting module; an electrical energy storage device disposed in the tube and electrically coupled to the power module; a movable element movably disposed in the tube; an energy transformation module disposed in the tube and electrically coupled to the power module, wherein the movable element is configured for directly impacting the energy transformation module, and the energy transformation module is configured for directly transforming kinetic energy generated by the motion of the movable element into electrical energy, the electrical energy is not produced by electromagnetic induction, and the electrical energy transformed by the energy transformation module being stored in the electrical energy storage device by the power module; and a fixed sleeve disposed in the tube, wherein the energy transformation module is fixed in the fixed sleeve, and the movable element is movably disposed in the fixed sleeve. | 33,663 |
9,098,648 | 1. A computer-implemented method for modeling a lineweld connecting two modeled parts, said computer-implemented method comprising: receiving lineweld properties from a user, the properties including a lineweld path; positioning a plurality of fastener definitions at discrete points along a length of the lineweld path; for at least two modeled parts, defining a respective beam element definition for each of the at least two modeled parts, each respective beam element definition being between adjacent fastener definitions along the length of the lineweld path, said adjacent fastener definitions being on the respective modeled parts, wherein defining the respective beam elements includes identifying the fastener definitions that are adjacent and connecting the identified adjacent fastener definitions with the respective beam elements; and analyzing, using a processor, the lineweld based on the fastener definitions and beam element definitions, wherein analyzing the lineweld comprises analyzing bending behavior of the lineweld using the beam element definitions to improve accuracy of the bending behavior. | 44,660 |
9,057,351 | 1. A method for an engine, comprising: during a first engine restart from idle-stop, when a high pressure fuel pump is not degraded, direct injecting fuel as multiple injections into a first cylinder during a compression stroke; and during a second engine restart from idle-stop, when the high pressure fuel pump is degraded, direct injecting fuel as a single injection into the first cylinder during an intake stroke. | 27,874 |
8,785,527 | 1. An automotive interior/exterior material, which is obtained by using a synthetic resin composition comprising, per 100 parts by mass of a synthetic resin, as Component (A) a hindered amine compound represented by the following general formula (I): wherein R represents an alkyl group having 10 to 22 carbon atoms, n represents an integer of 1, R wherein R represents an alkyl group having 10 to 22 carbon atoms, and may be the same as or different from the R in the general formula (I) in an amount of 0.1 to 5 parts by mass; and as Component (B) a sulfur-containing antioxidant represented by the general formula (IV) in an amount of 0.1 to 5 parts by mass, wherein R | 14,279 |
9,204,937 | 1. A method of generating a correction plan for correcting a deformed bone comprising the steps of: displaying on a visual medium a first model of the deformed bone in a first plane, the first model of the deformed bone having a position and orientation on the visual medium; overlaying a model bone having a first configuration on the first model of the deformed bone in the first plane and manipulating a position and orientation of the model bone into a second configuration being substantially similar to the position and orientation of the first model of the deformed bone in the first plane; displaying on the visual medium a second model of the deformed bone in a second plane, the second model of the deformed bone having a position and orientation on the visual medium; after manipulating the model bone into the second configuration, overlaying the model bone in the second configuration on the second model of the deformed bone in the second plane and manipulating the position and orientation of the model bone into a third configuration being substantially similar to the position and orientation of the second model of the deformed bone in the second plane; projecting the model bone in the third configuration onto a three dimensional axis; displaying a model of first and second fixation rings and positional data corresponding to a position and orientation of the models of the first and second fixation rings with respect to the three dimensional axis; and manipulating the positional data corresponding to the models of the first and second fixation rings until the first and second model fixation rings are each in a desired position relative to the model bone in the third configuration, wherein the step of overlaying the model bone having the first configuration on the first model of the deformed bone in the first plane includes displaying the model bone having the first configuration and the first model of the deformed bone on the visual medium so that model bone is at least partially superimposed on the first model of the deformed bone. | 36,297 |
9,551,200 | 1. An apparatus for containing pressure associated with a well, the apparatus comprising: a housing; a ram fluid chamber within the housing; a ram piston within the housing, wherein the ram piston comprises a ram-piston first end engaged with a ram block and a ram-piston second end in communication with the ram fluid chamber, and wherein the ram piston is movable between an open position and a closed position; an intensifier piston within the housing, wherein the intensifier piston comprises an intensifier-piston first end in communication with the ram fluid chamber and an intensifier-piston second end in communication with a primary fluid source, the intensifier-piston first end comprising intensifier-piston-first-end surface area, the intensifier-piston second end comprising an intensifier-piston-second-end surface area, the intensifier-piston-second-end surface area larger than the intensifier piston the intensifier-piston-first-end surface area, the intensifier piston comprising a top side positioned opposite the intensifier-piston second end, the top side laterally offset from the intensifier-piston first end; wherein, at a first pressure, a first fluid from the primary fluid source applies a primary fluid force to the intensifier-piston second end to move the intensifier piston, wherein movement of the intensifier piston applies a second pressure to ram fluid in the ram fluid chamber, wherein the second pressure is greater than the first pressure, and wherein the second pressure applies a ram-piston force to the ram piston to urge the ram piston toward the closed position; the apparatus comprising a clearance space within the housing, the clearance space laterally offset from the intensifier-piston first end to receive the top side for accommodating movement of the intensifier piston; and wherein the intensifier piston is adapted to move in a first direction responsive to the primary-fluid force applied to the intensifier-piston second end by first fluid from the primary fluid source thereby compressing a clearance space fluid in the clearance space, and wherein the intensifier piston is adapted to move in a second direction responsive to a clearance fluid pressure from compressed fluid in the clearance space. | 7,094 |
8,583,967 | 1. A system comprising: a processor configured to output a plurality of program counter (PC) trace records, wherein the plurality of PC trace records provide data indicating the PCs of instructions retired by the processor; and a trace unit coupled to receive the plurality of PC trace records from the processor, wherein the trace unit comprises a trace memory into which the trace unit is configured to store the plurality of PC trace records; and wherein the plurality of PC trace records include control records and data records, and wherein each data record corresponds to one of the control records, and wherein the processor is configured to transmit a given data record prior to a corresponding control record in a first instance, and wherein the processor is configured to transmit the given data record subsequent to the corresponding control record in a second instance. | 23,762 |
9,040,284 | 1. A method for the automated processing of at least one sample on at least one carrier according to a processing protocol, comprising: inserting at least one reagent container to a position within a reagent section where it remains until the at least one reagent container is exchanged; inserting at least one carrier to a position in at least one carrier section where it remains until processing of the sample on the carrier is completed; regulating the temperature of the at least one sample via an active temperature regulation element to a set point and within a tolerance specified by the protocol; dispensing fluid on the at least one carrier via a moveable robotic member according to the processing protocol; monitoring the at least one carrier; controlling the moveable robotic member according to the processing protocol; and exchanging the at least one reagent container and the at least one carrier during the processing protocol without interrupting the fluid dispensing of the robotic member. | 32,187 |
9,478,780 | 1. A method for producing a resin film for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprising the steps of: coating a separator with a resin composition containing a solvent and a vinylidene fluoride copolymer obtained by copolymerizing vinylidene fluoride and a compound represented by formula (1) below (coating step); and drying the separator on which the resin composition has been coated (drying step): wherein R | 28,854 |
9,756,807 | 1. Seed of corn inbred line designated MBD14, or a part thereof, representative seed of the line having been deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-123390. | 1,827 |
8,355,759 | 1. A radio receiver, comprising: an RF front end for receiving an inbound radio frequency (RF) signal and a local oscillation and producing a baseband signal from the inbound RF signal and the local oscillation; a baseband processing module for producing inbound data from the baseband signal; a local oscillator for generating the local oscillation; and a power control module for: identifying a restoration time for at least one element of the one or more elements, wherein the restoration time is a time at which the at least one element should automatically be powered on in order to achieve an operational mode steady state prior to the expiration of the receiver inactivity time. | 12,478 |
9,762,990 | 1. An around-the-ear headset cup comprising: a front cavity; a rear cavity; a driver disposed between the front cavity and the rear cavity, the driver configured to radiate sound pressure levels larger than 120 dB; and a mass port and a resistive port connected to the rear cavity such that corresponding acoustic impedances due to the two ports are in parallel, the mass port having a cross-sectional area larger than 2 mm wherein the mass port comprises a mass port tube that encloses an interior volume that is at least 1/40 the volume of the rear cavity, the volume of the rear cavity excluding the volume occupied by the mass port tube. | 48,960 |
9,432,851 | 1. A method for bearer management signalling in a communication network, the method comprising: forming a Union of Resource (UR) request message in an Evolved Packet Edge (EPE) network, wherein the EPE network comprises an user equipment (UE) and a relay node (RN); transporting the UR request message from the EPE network via donor based station (DeNB) to a managing entity of user equipment (UE) within a evolved packet core (EPC) network, wherein the managing entity of UE is a network node selected from a group consisting of: a mobility management entity serving the user equipment (MME_UE), a serving gate way, a packet gate way, a policy and charging rule function(PCRF), and a home subscriber server(HSS), wherein transporting the UR request message comprises: receiving a union of admission (UA) response from a donor base station (DeNB) for the transported UR request message, wherein the UA response is generated by the managing entity of UE. | 14,434 |
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