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9,308,467 | 1. A fluid vapor distillation apparatus comprising: a source fluid input; an evaporator condenser whereby the source fluid input is fluidly connected to the evaporator condenser and the evaporator condenser transforms source fluid into steam and transforms compressed steam into product fluid; a heat exchanger fluidly connected to the source fluid input and a product fluid output, the heat exchanger comprising: a regenerative blower fluidly connected to the evaporator condenser, whereby the regenerative blower compresses steam, and whereby the compressed steam flows to the evaporative condenser where compressed steam is transformed into product fluid; and a control system for controlling the fluid vapor distillation apparatus. | 33,747 |
8,758,712 | 1. A method of cleaning a process gas containing sulphur dioxide by a wet scrubber, said method comprising: bringing the process gas into contact with an absorption liquid in an absorption vessel to absorb sulphur dioxide from the process gas, mixing the absorption liquid with a carbon dioxide containing gas comprising at least 20% by volume carbon dioxide, adding an absorbent material to at least a portion of the absorption liquid, and returning at least a portion of the absorption liquid to the absorption vessel to absorb more sulphur dioxide from the process gas; and mixing the absorption liquid with an oxygen containing gas containing at least 3% by volume oxygen (O | 11,990 |
9,684,632 | 1. A system comprising: a memory device comprising: | 34,390 |
9,661,657 | 1. An apparatus to be included in a user equipment (“UE”), the apparatus comprising: Transmission Control Protocol (“TCP”) layer circuitry to generate a plurality of TCP packets intended for transmission to a remote host; an agent circuitry, coupled with the TCP layer circuitry, to intercept the plurality of TCP packets, to encapsulate data from the plurality of TCP packets into a plurality of data packets according to another protocol, and to provide acknowledgment data to the TCP layer circuitry based on Automatic Repeat Request (“ARQ”) data that is based on transmission of the plurality of data packets; and link layer circuitry, coupled with the agent circuitry, to determine the ARQ data based on the transmission of the plurality of data packets over a network. | 31,218 |
8,342,039 | 1. A method of measuring bearing preload in a differential gear assembly's angular contact ball bearing set, the bearing set supporting a pinion shaft within a housing having at least one cylindrical opening formed in an exterior surface of the housing, said method comprising the steps of: providing a multi-axis load cell measuring force in three orthogonal directions, the load cell having a spherical load button; positioning said spherical load button within one of said cylindrical openings; rotating said pinion shaft relative to said housing so that said rotating pinion shaft imparts a torque to said housing through said bearing set, wherein said housing rotates and an inner surface of said cylindrical opening abuts said load button; and measuring a force applied by said housing against said load button. | 6,452 |
8,509,577 | 1. A fiberoptic device comprising: an optical fiber having a fiber core and an end through which a light beam emits from the fiber core; a beam expander having a first end coupled to the end of the optical fiber and having a second end, the beam expander permitting the light beam emitting from the fiber core to pass from the first end to the second end and to expand from the first end to a larger size at the second end; and a gradient-index fiber lens coupled to the second end of the beam expander to receive the light beam from the beam expander and focus the light beam; wherein the gradient-index fiber lens has a core with a diameter D wherein the beam expander has a length between the first end and the second end, L where D 1 is a beam diameter of the light beam at the second end of the beam expander and is approximately equal to the diameter D grin of the gradient-index fiber lens, the optical fiber has a cladding and the fiber core has a core diameter of D core , and θ BE is a divergent angle of the light beam exiting the optical fiber; wherein where n BE is a refractive index of the beam expander, and NA is a numerical aperture of the optical fiber, NA=√{square root over (n 1 2 −n 2 2 )}, n 1 is a refractive index of the fiber core of the optical fiber, and n 2 is a refractive index of the cladding of the optical fiber; and wherein the second end of the beam expander has a larger size than the core diameter of the fiber core of the optical fiber to allow the light beam from the fiber core to expand within the beam expander from the first end to the second end. | 7,963 |
9,493,418 | 1. A method for producing a purified amine compound represented by the formula (1): wherein R R comprising: step (A): reacting a crude amine compound represented by the formula (1) with a hydrogen halide in the presence of water and an organic solvent insoluble in water; step (B): separating a phase in which a hydrogen halide salt of the amine compound represented by the formula (1) produced in step (A) is dissolved from the other phase(es); step (C): precipitating the hydrogen halide salt of the amine compound represented by the formula (1) from the phase obtained in step (B) in which the hydrogen halide salt of the amine compound represented by the formula (1) is dissolved; and step (D): isolating the hydrogen halide salt of the amine compound represented by the formula (1) precipitated in step (C), and reacting the salt with a base. | 49,840 |
9,160,214 | 1. A cooling structure for an electric vehicle including an electric motor for traveling and a power supply circuit for supplying electric power to the electric motor, the cooling structure comprising: a coolant supplier that supplies a non-conducting coolant such that the non-conducting coolant comes into direct contact with at least one of an electromagnetic coil of the electric motor and a substrate of a power supply circuit; a heat exchanger that is disposed outside cases of the electric motor and the power supply circuit, and is disposed so as to allow a traveling wind to pass through the heat exchanger; and a circulation fluid path which circulates the coolant between the case of at least one of the electric motor and the power supply circuit, and the heat exchanger. | 20,333 |
9,220,153 | 1. An illuminating apparatus comprising: a lamp; an optical sensor generating a detection signal according to an ambient brightness; and a control module electrically connected to the lamp and the optical sensor and storing an objective brightness and an objective current value, wherein the control module receives the detection signal to acquire the ambient brightness, compares the objective brightness with the ambient brightness to acquire a comparison result, calculates a ratio of the comparison result to the objective brightness, calculates a driving current value according to a product of multiplying the ratio and the objective current value, and generates a driving current based on the driving current value to activate the lamp. | 16,459 |
9,152,215 | 1. A power control circuit for controlling power of an electronic device, the power control circuit comprising: an on-off control circuit comprising: | 504 |
9,643,512 | 1. A vehicle comprising: a battery; and a controller programmed to, in response to receiving a request to prepare for power generation at a destination prior to arriving at the destination, operate the battery according to a target state of charge (SOC) range defined by upper and lower SOC limits during a drive cycle to the destination, and increase the lower SOC limit at a rate to converge with the upper SOC limit at the destination. | 44,502 |
8,446,519 | 1. A focus control apparatus comprising: a first signal generator for generating a first signal that corresponds to a predetermined frequency component in an image signal obtained by photoelectrically converting an image of a subject formed by an image-taking optical system; a detector for detecting a second signal as a phase-difference signal different from the first signal; a controller for providing the image-taking optical system with contrast AF control based on the first signal and phase-difference AF control based on the second signal; and a second signal generator for generating a third signal that corresponds to a ratio between plural different frequency components in the image signal, wherein said controller selects one of the contrast AF control and the phase-difference AF control based on the third signal. | 18,911 |
8,788,081 | 1. An application operation simulation device for performing a simulation of an application operation that uses a robot equipped with a spray device provided with at least one nozzle to move said spray device based on a working program and apply an injected material from said nozzle to an applied member while indicating a three-dimensional model of said robot and a three-dimensional model of said applied member at a same time on screen, the application operation simulation device comprising: a specification section that specifies positions of said nozzle with respect to said spray device and injection shapes of the injected materials injected from said nozzle; an interference point calculation section that performs the working program of said robot including instructions for outputting and stopping said injected material to operate the three-dimensional model of said robot by simulation and to calculate interference points between the three-dimensional model of said injection shapes and the three-dimensional model of said applied member every predetermined time period; an interference number calculation section that calculates a number of interference every said predetermined time period at each of said interference points calculated by said interference point calculation section on a surface of the three-dimensional model of said applied member; an application time calculation section that calculates an application time of the injected material at each of the interference points by multiplying said predetermined time period with the number of interference calculated by said interference number calculation section; and a display section that displays a color-coded surface of the three-dimensional model of said applied member according to the application time calculated by said application time calculation section, so that application operation simulation device is capable of improving a teaching of the robot and shortening a teaching time of the robot. | 8,052 |
8,344,706 | 1. A power factor correction (PFC) system, comprising: a direct current (DC) module that determines an average current value based on a plurality of current values over at least one cycle of an input alternating current (AC) line signal of the PFC system; an error control module that generates an error signal based on the average current value; an offset module that offsets a desired instantaneous current based on the error signal; and a duty cycle control module that controls at least one duty cycle of switches of the PFC system based on the offset desired instantaneous current. | 9,751 |
8,395,863 | 1. A transducer head comprising: a reader; and a contact pad, wherein the contact pad extends beyond the reader at an air bearing surface of the transducer head and comprises an overcoat in contact with a common edge of the first layer and the second layer at the air bearing surface of the transducer head. | 45,585 |
9,662,950 | 1. An energy storing suspension component in combination with a bushing comprising: an energy storing suspension component comprising: an axle seat portion, an end configured to include an eye, and a limb extending between the axle seat portion and the end, wherein the limb comprises a first taper wherein the limb decreases in width as the limb extends toward the end, a second taper wherein the limb decreases in thickness as the limb extends toward the end, wherein along the limb there is at least a portion where both the first taper and second taper are present, and a third taper that is further from the axle seat portion than the first taper and wherein the limb increases in width as the limb extends toward the end, wherein the energy storing suspension component has a lower lateral spring rate than vertical spring rate; a bushing having a high radial to axial rate ratio; the bushing further comprising a central body and at least one rate ring portion having two or more pieces, and a continuous cylindrical outer can, with at least one first elastomeric member disposed between the central body and the at least one rate ring portion, and at least one second elastomeric member disposed between the at least one rate ring portion and the outer can; and wherein the central body, at least one first elastomeric member, at least one rate ring portion and at least one second elastomeric member have been pre-compressed and received by the continuous cylindrical outer can prior to the bushing being received by the eye of the energy storing suspension component. | 40,764 |
9,575,125 | 1. A method comprising: causing, by a test system releasably coupled to a memory device, the memory device to perform, on a memory space corresponding to an address: receiving, at the test system from the memory device, the multi-dimensional array and the second set of data bits; performing, by the test system, a first comparison of the multi-dimensional array to an expected result to identify the location and the number of errors within the first set of data bits and the first set of parity bits, the location and the number of errors within the first set of data bits and the first set of parity bits representative of errors that occurred with an error correction unit of the memory device disabled; performing, by the test system, a second comparison including comparing the second set of data bits to expected data to identify a location and a number of errors within the second set of data bits, the location and the number of errors within the second set of data bits representative of errors that occurred with the error correction unit of the memory device enabled; and binning, by the test system, the memory device as usable or unusable based at least in part on the number of errors within the first set of data bits and the first set of parity bits and the number of errors within the second set of data bits. | 9,283 |
9,278,100 | 1. A method for treating a solid tumor in an individual comprising administering to the individual in need thereof: (a) an anti-cancer agent; and (b) an irreversible covalent inhibitor of Bruton's tyrosine kinase (Btk) having the structure: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein the solid tumor is non-small cell lung cancer. | 32,300 |
8,370,793 | 1. A system for specifying, deploying and updating work flows in a computing environment, comprising: means for receiving a request from a user of a system comprising a plurality of components, said plurality of components including a computing system and one or more representatives, said computing system including one or more computing applications, said one or more representatives being human, and said plurality of components facilitating a routing of said request and a servicing of said request; means for specifying a work flow, said work flow being an ordered set of steps for performing said routing and said servicing, said set of steps comprising one or more automatic steps and one or more manual steps, said one or more automatic steps performed by said one or more computing applications and said one or more manual steps performed by said one or more representatives; means for uniformly defining said one or more automatic steps and said one or more manual steps in a single general-purpose markup language; means for deploying said work flow to a data repository at which said work flow is available for a retrieval that facilitates an execution of said set of steps; and means for updating one or more steps of said set of steps in response to said deploying. | 10,695 |
9,221,352 | 1. A charging control apparatus for controlling a plurality of charging apparatuses, each of the charging apparatuses being configured to be capable of supplying electric power to a vehicle through a predetermined power supplying path, wherein the charging control apparatus is configured to perform pairing between the vehicle and one of the plurality of charging apparatuses based on a signal outputted from the vehicle which detects a first electric power having predetermined power pattern, the first electric power is supplied from the one of the plurality of charging apparatuses to the vehicle via the predetermined power supplying path, the charging control apparatus controls at least one charging apparatus such that at least one charging apparatus supplies the first electric power to the vehicle in response to a request from the vehicle. | 16,031 |
8,765,438 | 1. An isolated polypeptide having xylanase activity and comprising an amino acid sequence, said amino acid sequence having at least 85% identity with the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1, and which polypeptide has i) one or two amino acid substitutions in a position selected from the group consisting of: 12 and 13; and ii) one or more further amino acid substitutions in a position selected from the group consisting of: 15, 34, 54, 77, 81, 82, 99, 104, 110, 113, 114, 118, 122, 141, 154, 159, 162, 164, 166, 175, and 179, wherein said positions are determined as the position corresponding to the position of wherein the amino acid modification in position 12 is an amino acid substitution to any one different amino acid residue selected from the group consisting of: isoleucine, alanine, leucine, asparagine, lysine, aspartic acid, methionine, cysteine, glutamic acid, threonine, glutamine, tryptophan, valine, proline, serine, tyrosine, arginine, and histidine; and wherein the amino acid substitution in position 13 is an amino acid substitution to any one different amino acid residue selected from the group consisting of: alanine, leucine, asparagine, lysine, aspartic acid, methionine, cysteine, glutamic acid, threonine, glutamine, tryptophan, valine, proline, serine, tyrosine, arginine, and histidine. | 26,013 |
8,373,064 | 1. A nano polycrystalline bio thin film photovoltaic cell with layer structure in a sequence from top to bottom as the followings: (1) a top plate insulated and sealed layer; (2) a conductive layer; (3) a nano semiconductor layer; (4) a chromophoric molecular layer; (5) an electrolyte polymer layer; (6) a conductive catalyst layer; (7) a conductive layer of the bottom plate sealed layer; (8) a bottom plate insulated and sealed layer; | 47,677 |
8,374,204 | 1. An apparatus, comprising: a frame dimension unit; and a SONET framer coupled to the frame dimension unit and included on a networking card having a plurality of SONET processors, the SONET framer configured to convert a data stream to and/or from a frame format, wherein the frame format includes a variable frame size provided by a programmable plane counter, row counter, and column counter included in the frame dimension unit, the SONET framer further configured to support a first data rate by converting a data stream to and/or from the frame format based at least in part on a first frame dimension programmed into the programmable plane counter, row counter, and column counter wherein the SONET framer is reprogrammable to support a second data rate based at least in part on a second frame dimension programmed into the programmable plane counter, row counter, and column counter. | 47,106 |
8,936,196 | 1. An image processing system on a chip device, the system on a chip device comprising: a central processing unit (CPU); a plurality of interconnected parallel processing units configured to receive individualized instructions from the CPU for execution; a memory interface communicatively coupled to an external memory and at least one of the parallel processing units, the memory interface being configured to facilitate communication between the at least one of the parallel processing units and the memory; an image sensor interface communicatively coupled to an external image sensor and the parallel processing units, the image sensor interface being configured to facilitate communication between the parallel processing units and the image sensor; and wherein the image sensor interface receives image data and the parallel processing units perform image processing on the image data in accordance with instructions the parallel processing units received from the CPU. | 21,879 |
8,950,526 | 1. An AC drive system for a vehicle, the AC drive system comprising: an engine; a gearbox driven by the engine, wherein the gearbox has two or more gear ratios; an AC alternator driven by the gearbox at variable speeds to generate an AC electric output that varies in both frequency and voltage as the speed of the alternator varies; and one or more AC traction motors powered directly by the AC electric output from the AC alternator. | 43,603 |
8,587,196 | 1. A photomultiplier tube comprising: a housing which includes a first substrate and a second substrate which are arranged so as to oppose each other, with the respective opposing surfaces made with an insulating material; an electron multiplying part which has a plurality of stages of dynodes arrayed so as to be spaced away sequentially along one direction from a first end side to a second end side on the opposing surface of the first substrate; a photocathode which is installed at the first end side inside the housing so as to be spaced away from the electron multiplying part, thereby converting incident light from outside to photoelectrons to emit the photoelectrons; and an anode part which is installed at the second end side inside the housing so as to be spaced away from the electron multiplying part to take out electrons multiplied by the electron multiplying part as a signal; wherein a power supplying part for supplying power to the electron multiplying part is installed on the opposing surface of the second substrate, the electron multiplying part is provided with supporting bases, each of which is electrically connected to the end part of each of the plurality of stages of dynodes on the side of the first substrate and installed so as to be astride electron multiplying channels formed with the plurality of stages of dynodes and a power supplying member which is formed so as to extend from one end part of both end parts of each of the supporting bases in a direction along the opposing surface of the first substrate to the second substrate and electrically connected to the power supplying part, the supporting bases are constituted in such a manner that surfaces of the both end parts on the side of the opposing surface of the first substrate are joined to the opposing surface, and also whole surfaces of central parts held between the both end parts are spaced away from the opposing surface of the first substrate in a continuous region astride the plurality of stages of dynodes, a cross sectional area along the opposing surface at the one end part of the both end parts on the side of the power supplying member is made greater than a cross sectional area at another end part of the both end parts, and a width in the one direction at the one end part of the side of the power supplying member is made greater than a width at another end part. | 31,846 |
9,629,877 | 1. An engineered cell comprising: (a) a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR); and (b) a fusion protein comprising IL-15 and IL-15Rα. | 4,933 |
8,960,298 | 1. A safety valve comprising: a) a body, b) a flow sleeve positioned within the body and axially movable, c) a valve element pivotably mounted within the body between an open and closed position, d) a recockable actuator within the body for moving the flow sleeve in an axial direction, and disengaging from the flow sleeve when the valve is in the open position, e) a latching mechanism for locking and unlocking the flow sleeve in a given position; and f) wherein the latching mechanism comprises an annular groove on an outside surface of the flow sleeve and a split ring formed of a shape memory alloy that contracts partially into the groove when activated. | 17,869 |
9,405,425 | 1. A method comprising: receiving a request for third party content to be presented along with content of a web page; identifying an advertisement responsive to the request, the advertisement including a link to a landing page and an indicator for designating the advertisement as a swappable advertisement, wherein a swappable advertisement enables navigation away from the web page to the landing page associated with the advertisement by causing a browser on a client device to: providing the advertisement including the indicator responsive to the request. | 43,486 |
9,588,530 | 1. A voltage regulator circuit arranged to receive a voltage supply signal, and to output a regulated voltage signal; the voltage regulator circuit comprising: a switched mode power supply component selectively configurable to perform regulation of the voltage supply signal; a linear voltage regulator component selectively configurable to perform regulation of the voltage supply signal, the linear voltage regulator comprising a switching device, and a diode coupled between a bulk connection of the switching device and an input of the voltage regulator; a controller component arranged to receive an indication of a voltage level of the voltage supply signal, to configure the bulk connection of the switching device, and to selectively configure the linear voltage regulator component to perform regulation of the voltage supply signal during a quiescent operating mode of the voltage regulator circuit, if the indicated voltage level of the voltage supply signal is greater than the threshold voltage level, wherein while the quiescent operating mode the linear voltage regulator component to maintain an particular output voltage level without a load current being driven by the linear voltage regulator component, the diode to cause a current flow from an output of the voltage regulator circuit to the input of the voltage regulator circuit through the bulk connection of the switching device to be resisted, if the indicated voltage level of the voltage supply signal is less than a threshold voltage level. | 32,113 |
8,981,788 | 1. A capacitor power supply, comprising: a plurality of terminals including a first terminal and a second terminal that are on respective ends of said plurality of terminals, the plurality of terminals being configured to connect a plurality of capacitors in series when the capacitors are inserted between respective terminals; a bypass circuit having bypass switches connected in parallel between the respective terminals that constitute the plurality of terminals; a voltage detecting unit that can detect a voltage of at least terminals among the plurality of terminals other than the second terminal; a storage unit that stores calibration information that is determined based on a voltage detected by the voltage detecting unit when a prescribed voltage is inputted between the first terminal and the second terminal while the plurality of capacitors are not respectively connected to the plurality of terminals and while one or more of the bypass switches that are consecutive from a side of the first terminal are closed; and a calibration unit that calibrates voltages detected by the voltage detecting unit based on the calibration information when the plurality of capacitors are respectively connected to the plurality of terminals. | 760 |
9,614,904 | 1. A method comprising: communicating via a wide area network with a plurality of cloud processing devices aggregated at one or more vehicle aggregation locations each having a corresponding type, wherein the plurality of cloud processing devices aggregated at the one or more vehicle aggregation locations include a plurality of synthesis devices in a plurality of vehicles aggregated at the one or more vehicle aggregation locations; receiving requests for cloud tasks via the wide area network from client devices, each request indicating an object or article to be synthesized; allocating each request to the plurality of cloud processing devices aggregated at the one or more vehicle aggregation locations, wherein the plurality of cloud processing devices aggregated at the one or more vehicle aggregation locations synthesizes the object or article via at least one of the plurality of synthesis devices in at least one of the plurality of vehicles aggregated at the one or more vehicle aggregation locations, wherein each of the plurality of synthesis devices includes a biosynthesis device, bio-sequencing device, bioinformatics device or three-dimensional printer that produces the object or article in a corresponding one of the plurality of vehicles, wherein each cloud task is allocated to the plurality of cloud processing devices aggregated at the one or more vehicle aggregation locations based on an estimated time that at least one of the plurality of vehicles will be parked at the one or more vehicle aggregation locations in conjunction with a time constraint associated with the cloud task that indicates a length of time to fulfill the cloud task, and wherein the estimated time that at least one of the plurality of vehicles will be parked at the one or more vehicle aggregation locations is generated based on a model corresponding to the type of the one or more vehicle aggregation locations, wherein the plurality of cloud processing devices aggregated at the one or more vehicle aggregation locations fulfill the cloud task by synthesizing the object or article; and receiving cloud task results data via the wide area network from the plurality of cloud processing devices aggregated at the one or more vehicle aggregation locations indicating when the cloud tasks are fulfilled. | 36,339 |
8,907,817 | 1. A method of displaying areas of turbulent weather, comprising: processing data representative of weather; displaying weather conditions on a display; detecting turbulence; providing at least one first graphical element upon the display, wherein the first graphical element has a first size and a first location representing a size and a location of the turbulence at a first level, the first level being below a threshold; and providing at least one second graphical element upon the display, wherein the second graphical element has a second size and second location representing a size and a location of the turbulence at a second level, the second level being above the threshold, wherein the second size is determined using an inflation factor, wherein the inflation factor is related to a peak turbulence within a given radius, a filtered peak turbulence within a given radius, a density of turbulence at the second level, or a number of turbulence detections which exceed the threshold within a given radius. | 41,473 |
8,402,984 | 1. A system for controlling access of water to a plumbing system comprising: a water control system comprising, in a single integrated unit, an actuator, water flow valve and pressure dump valve in functional combination, such that operation of the water flow valve controls water flow therethrough from a source of water into said plumbing system, said pressure dump valve controls release of pressure in the plumbing system, and the actuator controls operation of said water control system via a rotational motion of an inner element, said actuator having functionally associated therewith apparatus for receiving electromagnetic signals; and at least one water sensing means locally or distally located from said water control system comprising a communication apparatus for transmitting an electromagnetic signal to the apparatus for receiving electromagnetic signals associated with the actuator when said at least one locally or distally located water sensing means senses the presence of water at its location; such that in use the water control system is located between the source of water and the plumbing system, and the at least one locally or distally located water sensing means is positioned at a location at which it is desired to prevent the presence of unintended and undesired water, such that if water is sensed by said at least one locally or distally located water sensing means, an electromagnetic signal is caused to be sent to the apparatus for receiving an electromagnetic signal functionally associated with said actuator, to the end that, via a rotational motion of said inner element, the water flow valve is caused to operate to prevent the flow of water therethrough, and thereafter, via a rotational motion of said inner element, said pressure dump valve is caused to open and release pressure in said plumbing system. | 23,143 |
9,702,296 | 1. A turbocharged engine, comprising; an engine body including at least one cylinder; an intake passage for introducing air into the cylinder; an exhaust passage for discharging exhaust gas generated in the cylinder; a turbocharger including a turbine driven by energy of the exhaust gas passing through the exhaust passage and a compressor driven by the turbine to apply pressure to air in the intake passage; an EGR passage connecting the exhaust passage on an upstream side of the turbine and the intake passage on a downstream side of the compressor; an openable/closable EGR valve provided in the EGR passage; a bypass passage provided in the exhaust passage so as to bypass the turbine; an openable/closable waste gate valve provided in the bypass passage; and a controller for controlling the EGR valve and the waste gate valve so as to prevent boost pressure generated by the compressor from exceeding a predetermined limit pressure in a specific operation area set in at least part of a speed range in which an engine speed becomes equal to or higher than a predetermined first rotational speed, wherein the controller implements, when the boost pressure is increased to the limit pressure, a first boost pressure control of opening the EGR valve and closing the waste gate valve, and implements, after the first boost pressure control is started and when the engine speed is increased to a second rotational speed higher than the first rotational speed, a second boost pressure control of opening the waste gate valve in addition to the EGR valve. | 6,201 |
9,472,812 | 1. An improved energy cell for generating electrical voltage through the ionization of a gas, comprising: a housing having a sealed interior volume; an ionizing material located within said interior volume for absorbing the gas and separating ions and electrons from the gas; an electron collector located within said interior volume and proximate to said ionizing material for receiving electrons from said ionizing material; an ion collector located within said interior volume for receiving and collecting ions from said ionizing material; an insulator material located within said interior volume positioned between said ionizing material and said ion collector; and a sealable housing inlet openable for one-time only introduction of the gas into said housing, after which said inlet is resealable, introduction of the gas producing electrical voltage between said electron collector and said ion collector. | 41,571 |
8,508,031 | 1. An electronic device, comprising: a wiring board; a semiconductor device arranged at an upper side of the wiring board with an electrically conductive member being arranged therebetween; a covering member arranged at an upper side of the semiconductor device; and a supporting member arranged at a lower side of the wiring board, the supporting member having a convex portion facing the wiring board, the supporting member being connected to the covering member and supporting the wiring board at the convex portion; wherein the supporting member includes a first supporting section and a second supporting section, the first supporting section having the convex portion, the first supporting section being provided at the second supporting section so as to be capable of being raised and lowered. | 37,091 |
8,719,914 | 1. A system, comprising: physical resources for data processing, for data storage and for network communications to couple the physical resources for data processing and data storage, the physical resources including one or more servers, each server from the one or more servers configured to run virtual machines and a storage manager arranged to handle access requests from the virtual machines at that server to shared virtual storage and, depending on a mapping of the shared virtual storage, to pass the access request to a storage manager at another server from the one or more servers; two or more virtual overlay infrastructures mapped onto the physical resources, each virtual overlay infrastructure comprising one or more virtual entities for data processing, one or more virtual data storage entities and one or more virtual network entities arranged to couple others of the virtual entities of that virtual overlay infrastructure, the overlay infrastructures being isolated from each other; and an inter-infrastructure interface for providing a controlled interaction between different ones of the isolated virtual overlay infrastructures. | 5,075 |
9,021,339 | 1. A data storage system, comprising: a non-volatile memory array comprising a plurality of data pages; and a controller configured to: | 28,186 |
9,557,852 | 1. A method for updating touch information for a touch panel, the method comprising the steps of: receiving first sensing frame information including multiple first touching sensing points at a first time, and identifying a touching reference point from the first sensing frame information by a palm area identifying procedure, wherein the palm area identifying procedure further comprises the steps of: checking whether an outline of any one of other first touching sensing points overlaps the searching range; if so, marking the presently selected first touching sensing point ,and selecting another one of the first touching sensing points to return to the step of extending the distance; if not, selecting another one of the first touching sensing points to return to the step of extending the distance; and receiving second sensing frame information at a second time; predicting a position of a touching sensing point of the second sensing frame information by a dynamic position prediction procedure based on a position of the touching reference point of the first sensing frame information; and updating the touching reference point with a second touching sensing point if the second touching sensing point of the second sensing frame information is at the predicted position. | 4,318 |
9,755,379 | 1. A method of reducing corrosion in a connector junction between a first electrical connector and a second electrical connector, the method comprising: providing a first capacitively coupled communications path between a first conductor of the first connector and a first conductor of the second connector; and providing a second galvanically coupled communications path between the first conductor of the first connector and the first conductor of the second connector, wherein the second galvanically coupled communications path is electrically parallel to the first capacitively coupled communications path and is configured to maintain the first conductor of the first connector and the first conductor of the second connector at the same electrical potential. | 41,736 |
9,550,428 | 1. A charging station for an electric vehicle having a charging blade, comprising: a charge head configured to electrically connect with a charging blade of a vehicle to charge the vehicle, the charge head extending from a front end to a rear end along a longitudinal axis that extends along a direction of travel of the vehicle, the charge head including: | 32,632 |
9,770,104 | 1. A pedestal having components that are horizontally-slidably adjustable to form multiple pedestal configurations, the pedestal comprising: at least two pedestal layers stacked generally vertically and secured to each other only by gravitational force, wherein at least one of said at least two layers is horizontally slidable relative to another of said layers of the pedestal to adjust the pedestal into said multiple pedestal configurations; and wherein at least two layers comprise at least one vertical component and at least two layers comprise horizontally-elongated support members having first ends, second ends, and midsections between the first and second ends, wherein said first ends are supported by said vertical component and the support members extend horizontally away from said vertical component, so that upper surfaces of said midsections lie on a horizontal plane for receiving display objects such as tableware, foodstuffs for consumption, and other objects displayed for commercial or aesthetic purposes; and wherein the at least two pedestal layers comprise: a first, bottom layer that is a platform that has a horizontal width w, a horizontal dimension l transverse to said width w, and a height h, wherein w is at least 10 times h, and l is at least 10 times h; a second layer, on top of said platform, comprising at least one of said vertical components that horizontally-slidably engages the platform; and a third layer, on top of the second layer, comprising a plurality of said horizontally-elongated support members, and a fourth layer, on top of the third layer, comprising at least one of said vertical components that horizontally-slidably engages the third layer; and a fifth layer, on top of the fourth layer, comprises a plurality of said horizontally-elongated support members; and wherein the second and fourth layer are interchangeable and the third and fifth layer are interchangeable. | 44,032 |
9,407,136 | 1. A passive coupled-inductor soft-switching circuit of a power factor corrector, comprising: a power input terminal; a first inductor having a first terminal and a second terminal, wherein the first terminal of the first inductor is electrically coupled with the power input terminal; a first diode having a positive terminal and a negative terminal, wherein the positive terminal of the first diode is electrically coupled with the second terminal of the first inductor; a power output terminal electrically coupled with the negative terminal of the first diode; a power switch; and a buffer circuit electrically coupled with the power switch, the buffer circuit comprising: | 20,664 |
9,485,272 | 1. A computer-implemented method for estimating confidence scores of unverified signatures, at least a portion of the method being performed by a computing device comprising at least one processor, the method comprising: detecting a potentially malicious event that triggers a malware signature designed to detect malware, the malware signature having a confidence score that: detecting another event that triggers another signature designed to detect malware, the other signature having a confidence score that: determining that the potentially malicious event and the other event occurred within a certain time period of one another; and assigning, to the other signature, a confidence score based at least in part on the potentially malicious event and the other event occurring within the certain time period of one another. | 43,575 |
9,362,894 | 1. A clock generator circuit, comprising: an amplifier circuit that receives an oscillating signal and generates an amplified signal; a shaping circuit that receives and shapes the amplified signal, and generates the clock signal; a resistor-ladder network having a first input terminal connected to a first supply voltage and a second input terminal connected to a second supply voltage, wherein the resistor-ladder network includes first, second, third, and fourth voltage taps for outputting first, second, third, and fourth voltage signals, respectively; a first multiplexer connected to the first and second voltage taps for receiving the first and second voltage signals, respectively, a select terminal for receiving a control signal, and an output terminal for outputting a first intermediate signal; a second multiplexer connected to the fourth and third voltage taps for receiving the fourth and third voltage signals, respectively, a select terminal for receiving the control signal, and an output terminal for outputting a second intermediate signal; a first comparator that receives and compares the first intermediate signal and a first signal, and generates a first comparison signal, wherein the first signal is indicative of at least one of a direct current (DC) value of the clock signal and an average value of an amplitude of the clock signal; a second comparator that receives and compares the first signal and the second intermediate signal, and generates a second comparison signal; a logic gate having that receives the first and second comparison signals, and generates the control signal; and a counter having an enable terminal for receiving the control signal, a clock terminal for receiving the clock signal, and an output terminal for generating a clock ready signal based on the control signal, whereby the clock ready signal is indicative of stability and quality of the clock signal. | 48,671 |
9,680,394 | 1. A control method for an energy voltage regulator, comprising: detecting an AC output signal within a current cycle to generate a reference current command signal; comparing the reference current command signal with a reference upper current signal; and generating a first current command signal according to the reference current command signal to perform discontinuous conduction control and to operate the energy voltage regulator under a discontinuous conduction state if the reference current command signal is lower than the reference upper current signal; wherein a width of an action period, a number of the action periods within a half cycle and a width of a non-action period of the energy voltage regulator are determined based on comparison of the reference current command signal and the reference upper current signal; a second current command signal is generated according to the reference current command signal to perform continuous conduction control and to operate the energy voltage regulator under a continuous conduction state if the reference current command signal is higher than the reference upper current signal; the second current command signal includes an action period parameter, a non-action period parameter and a number of conduction times parameter; the action period parameter represents the width of the action period of a plurality of internal switches of the energy voltage regulator; the non-action period parameter represents the width of the non-action period of the internal switches of the energy voltage regulator; and the number of conduction times parameter represents a number of conduction times within a half cycle of the AC output signal. | 34,605 |
9,677,895 | 1. A method for operating a navigation system in a vehicle, in which navigation data from the navigation system are transmitted to at least one of a plurality of control apparatuses of the vehicle, the method comprising the acts of: transmitting the data via at least one data bus to which the control apparatuses are connected; prioritizing the navigation data, wherein the transmission of the navigation data via the data bus is controlled on the basis of the prioritization, wherein data relating to a current geographical position and relating to a current speed are given a higher priority than maneuver data and geographical data relating to a route. | 41,219 |
8,847,013 | 1. A plant cell having stably incorporated into its genome a heterologous polynucleotide comprising a silencing element, wherein said silencing element comprises a fragment of at least 20 consecutive nucleotides fully complementary to a target sequence of SEQ ID NO: 16, wherein said silencing element, when ingested by a pest from the Lepidoptera order, reduces the level of the target sequence in said pest and thereby controls the pest from the Lepidoptera order. | 49,112 |
9,061,203 | 1. A method comprising: facilitating, by a computing device, a round of a game using a set of game elements by: facilitating, by the computing device, at least one additional round by subsequent steps (a)-(d) using the set of game elements until an automatic restoration event, in which facilitating the at least one additional round includes: | 36,141 |
9,087,166 | 1. A method for design simulation, comprising: partitioning a verification task of a design into a first plurality of atomic Processing Elements (PEs) having execution dependencies, each execution dependency specifying that a respective first PE is to be executed before a respective second PE; computing an order for executing the PEs on a multiprocessor device, which comprises a second plurality of processors operating in parallel and schedules the PEs for execution by the processors according to a built-in scheduling policy of the microprocessor device, such that the order induces concurrent execution of the PEs by different ones of the processors without violating the execution dependencies irrespective of the scheduling policy of the multiprocessor device; executing the PEs on the processors in accordance with the computed order and the scheduling policy, to produce a simulation result; and verifying a performance of the design responsively to the simulation result, wherein executing the PEs comprises evaluating simulation state values at respective time intervals, and storing the simulation state values in at least one operational mode selected from a group of modes consisting of a continuous mode in which the simulation state values are stored continuously, and a snapshot mode in which only selected snapshots of the simulation state values are stored. | 6,497 |
9,059,342 | 1. A method for generating an electric power using a solar cell element, the method comprising steps of: (a) preparing a solar cell element comprising: a transparent substrate body; a Na a ZnO layer; a transparent conductive layer; a photoelectric conversion layer including an n-type semiconductor layer and a p-type semiconductor layer; an n-side electrode; and a p-side electrode; wherein the transparent substrate body, the Na the n-side electrode is electrically connected to the n-type semiconductor layer; the p-side electrode is electrically connected to the p-type semiconductor layer; x represents a value of not less than 0.001 and not more than 0.02; the Na the ZnO layer has an arithmetic mean roughness of not less than 20 nanometers and not more than 750 nanometers; the ZnO layer is composed of a plurality of ZnO columnar crystal grains grown on the surface of the Na each ZnO columnar crystal grain has a longitudinal direction along a line normal to the transparent substrate body; each ZnO columnar crystal grain has a width which increases from the Na the width of each ZnO columnar crystal grain is perpendicular to the longitudinal direction; and each ZnO columnar crystal grain has a R2/R1 ratio of not less than 1.1 and not more than 1.6; where R1 represents a width of a first end of the ZnO columnar crystal grain, the first end being in contact with the surface of the Na R2 represents a width of a second end of the ZnO columnar crystal grain, wherein the second end is opposite to the first end; and (b) irradiating the photoelectric conversion layer with light through the transparent substrate body, the Na | 36,304 |
8,878,412 | 1. An alternating current electric induction motor which is configured to be fed by a frequency variator, the motor comprising: a casing which supports a rotor by means of bearings and which supports a stator with a coaxial ring-shaped core made of a magnetic material, wherein the stator is provided with main windings and an auxiliary closed loop toroidal winding insulated from the main windings and the ring-shaped core, wherein the auxiliary closed loop toroidal winding is not fed by an external power supply or connected to an external charge, and wherein the closed loop toroidal winding counteracts generation of current through the bearings, rotor and casing, and precludes the current generated through the bearings, rotor and casing from damaging the bearings. | 3,747 |
9,355,010 | 1. A method of monitoring a data center, comprising: forming a computer analysis model that predicts performance of the data center before the data center is operational; integrating the computer analysis model with a management service of the data center; receiving operational measurements from a plurality of data storage devices each coupled to a data bus within a respective one of a plurality of computing nodes of the data center, the data storage devices comprising a reporting module that collects the operational measurements from at least one other component of the respective computing nodes independently of software facilities of the respective computing nodes; and deriving an operational state of the data center via the computer analysis model responsive to the operational measurements. | 42,519 |
9,259,685 | 1. A membrane obtained from a process comprising the following steps: applying a curable composition to a support; and curing the composition to form a membrane; wherein the curable composition comprises: (i) 2.5 to 50 wt % crosslinker comprising at least two acrylamide groups; (ii) 12 to 65 wt % curable ionic compound comprising an ethylenically unsaturated group and a cationic group; (iii) 10 to 70 wt % solvent; (iv) 0 to 10 wt % of free radical initiator; and (v) non-curable salt comprising a cation and an anion, wherein the anion is not sulfate; wherein the molar ratio of (i):(ii) is greater than and less than 5 0.10. | 12,330 |
9,572,544 | 1. A boom comprising an x-ray head attached to one end thereof, the x-ray head having an x-ray source disposed therein, the x-ray head comprising: a docked position wherein the x-ray source in the x-ray head is disabled and the boom is docked; a deployed position wherein the x-ray source in the x-ray head is energizable and the boom is undocked; and a handle attached to the x-ray head, wherein the handle is movable into at least two different positions with respect to the x-ray head, a first one of the positions disables the x-ray source, a second one of the positions enables activation of the x-ray source, and wherein the handle extends a preselected distance outward from the x-ray source when moved into the second position such that the handle maintains at least the preselected distance between the x-ray source and a subject to be exposed by the x-ray source. | 32,952 |
9,490,969 | 1. A transmission apparatus, comprising: a PLL (Phase Locked Loop) section which generates a first clock on the basis of a clock signal given to the PLL section; a data signal transmitting section which transmits, with use of the first clock generated by the PLL section, a data signal given to the data signal transmitting section together with the clock signal being given to the PLL section; and a control section which measures a frequency of the clock signal with use of a second clock independent of the first clock, the control section (i) changing setting of the transmission apparatus to setting corresponding to the measured frequency and (ii) providing, with setting information indicative of the setting to which the setting of the transmission apparatus has been changed, a reception apparatus to which the data signal is to be transmitted. | 28,883 |
8,641,808 | 1. An apparatus for reducing soot particles in an exhaust gas, the apparatus comprising: a first at least partially electrically conductive structure, said first structure having a first group of electrodes; a second at least partially electrically conductive structure; said first structure and said second structure defining an intermediate space therebetween; a high-voltage source configured to create an electric potential between said first structure and said second structure; and at least one at least partially electrically conductive intermediate structure on which an intermediate potential can be created, said at least one intermediate structure disposed in said intermediate space, said at least one intermediate structure having a second group of electrodes; at least one of said structures being formed as a honeycomb body; said electrodes of each group being shaped and aligned for generating point discharges when a high voltage is applied between said first structure and said intermediate structure or between said intermediate structure and said second structure. | 38,593 |
9,577,523 | 1. A dual mode voltage regulator, comprising: an input voltage port; an output voltage port; a passive regulator circuit; a switching regulator circuit; and a controller circuit to determine parameters of an external select input and selectively couple one of said passive regulator circuit and said switching regulator circuit between said input voltage port and said output voltage port, said selective coupling based on said determining of parameters, wherein said parameters include at least a ratio of a voltage at said output voltage port to a voltage at said input voltage port; wherein said controller circuit is further to couple said switching regulator circuit between said input voltage port and said output voltage port in response to determining that said ratio of said voltage at said output voltage port to said voltage at said input voltage port is below a second pre-determined threshold. | 13,507 |
9,035,977 | 1. A semiconductor device including a display control driver comprising: a control signal producing circuit which produces gray-scale voltage signals corresponding to primary colors, each of said gray-scale voltage signals being comprised of a plurality of primary color voltages, each of said plurality of primary color voltages being outputted in a time-sharing manner; a timing control circuit producing timing signals, each timing signal defining an output period of a corresponding one of said primary color voltages; wherein the output periods corresponding to the primary color voltages are sequentially included in each horizontal period; a plurality of first terminals each of which is used for outputting a corresponding one of said color voltage signals; a plurality of second terminals for outputting said timing signals corresponding to the output periods, respectively; a first register which stores first information determining pulse widths of said timing signals; a second register which stores second information determining start times of said timing signals. | 41,773 |
8,684,717 | 1. A floor construction apparatus, comprising: a flattening unit including a plate, the plate having a lower edge for contacting a material surface of a construction material that has been coated on a surface of a floor; a guide plate, wherein one end of the guide plate is connected to the plate, and other end of the guide plate extends in a substantially perpendicular direction from a major surface of the plate; and a guide unit that guides a transfer of the flattening unit for shaping the material surface, wherein when the guide unit guides the transfer of the flattening unit, the lower edge of the plate shapes the material surface, and the guide plate prevents the construction material from transferring from one side of the plate to an opposing side of the plate during the shaping of the material surface. | 13,676 |
9,799,585 | 1. A method for forming a case for an electronic device, comprising: providing a plastic material; providing a plurality of phase change material (PCM) microcapsules; mixing the plastic material and the plurality of PCM microcapsules so as to form a housing material; and forming a case for an electronic device from the housing material by injection molding, wherein each of the plurality of PCM microcapsules comprises a capsule shell and a capsule core, the capsule core is enclosed by the capsule shell, the material of the capsule shell is a polymer, the material of the capsule core comprises a phase change material, and a melting point of the phase change material is between 20° C. and 75° C., and wherein the melting point of the capsule shell of the plurality of PCM microcapsules is higher than the melting point of the plastic material. | 7,416 |
8,605,789 | 1. A decoding method for decoding coded data of a current block included in a current picture, the decoding method comprising: specifying, when a co-located block has two motion vectors, only one motion vector out of the two motion vectors, the co-located block being located in a motion compensated second picture at the same position that the current block is located in the current picture, the motion compensated second picture being a picture following the current picture in display order; determining a first motion vector of the current block and a second motion vector of the current block, using the specified one motion vector; generating a first predictive image of the current block using the first motion vector of the current block and a second predictive image of the current block using the second motion vector of the current block; generating a predictive image of the current block based on the first predictive image and the second predictive image; decoding the coded data of the current block to obtain a difference image of the current block; and reconstructing the current block by adding the difference image of the current block and the predictive image of the current block, wherein, in the case where (i) the co-located block has two motion vectors, one of the two motion vectors of the co-located block refers to a first reference picture preceding the motion compensated second picture in display order and the other of the two motion vectors of the co-located block refers to a second reference picture preceding the motion compensated second picture in display order, and (ii) the first reference picture and the second reference picture are different pictures, a motion vector among the two motion vectors of the co-located block which appears earlier in a bitstream is specified as the only one motion vector of the co-located block, in said specifying, and wherein the motion compensated second picture is a B-picture. | 31,213 |
8,789,018 | 1. In a computing environment a method of creating metadata for dynamic language source code in a descriptive metadata language, the method comprising: obtaining one or more first data structures defining constructs in a body of the dynamic language source code, wherein the one or more first data structures comprise at least one of a syntax tree or an abstract syntax tree; developing a symbol table by extracting identifier information for one or more of the defined constructs from the one or more first data structures; augmenting the symbol table by at least: providing the augmented symbol table, which defines metadata about the body of the dynamic language source code in a specific metadata format, to a user. | 34,318 |
9,458,013 | 1. A process for the production of a H 2 -containing product in a hydrogen production facility comprising a catalytic steam-hydrocarbon reformer and a pressure swing adsorption unit, the catalytic steam-hydrocarbon reformer comprising a plurality of catalyst-containing reformer tubes in a reformer furnace and the pressure swing adsorption unit comprising a plurality of adsorption beds, the process comprising: in a catalytic steam-hydrocarbon reformer production state, introducing a reformer feed gas mixture into the plurality of catalyst-containing reformer tubes, reacting the reformer feed gas mixture in a reforming reaction under reaction conditions effective to form a reformate comprising H in a pressure swing adsorption unit production state, separating a pressure swing adsorption unit feed gas formed from at least a portion of the reformate withdrawn from the plurality of catalyst-containing reformer tubes of the catalytic steam-hydrocarbon reformer undergoing the catalytic steam-hydrocarbon reformer production state in the pressure swing adsorption unit to produce the H in a catalytic steam-hydrocarbon reformer shutdown mode, discontinuing introduction of the reformer feed gas mixture into the plurality of catalyst-containing tubes and discontinuing combustion of the fuel with the oxidant gas, wherein the catalytic steam-hydrocarbon reformer shutdown mode is subsequent to the catalytic steam-hydrocarbon reformer production state; in a pressure swing adsorption unit shutdown mode, discontinuing introduction of the pressure swing adsorption unit feed gas into the plurality of adsorption beds due to the catalytic steam-hydrocarbon reformer entering the catalytic steam-hydrocarbon reformer shutdown mode, and subsequently purging the plurality of adsorption beds with N in a pressure swing adsorption unit maintenance state, halting the repetitive cycle of steps and introducing air into the plurality of adsorption beds wherein at least a portion of the N in a pressure swing adsorption unit startup mode, purging the plurality of adsorption beds with N in a catalytic steam-hydrocarbon reformer startup mode, introducing a startup-mode reformer feed gas mixture into the plurality of catalyst-containing reformer tubes, reacting the startup-mode reformer feed gas mixture under reaction conditions effective to form a startup-quality reformate comprising H wherein at least a portion of the pressure swing adsorption startup mode is concurrent with at least a portion of the catalytic steam-hydrocarbon reformer startup mode. | 6,651 |
9,287,701 | 1. An apparatus, comprising an all-DC energy transfer network including a high energy terminal, a service terminal, a common terminal and at least one instance of an all-DC energy transfer device adapted to contribute to an energy transfer between said high energy terminal and said service terminal of at least one million Joules wherein said all-DC energy transfer device includes an input DC terminal, a said common terminal and an output DC terminal; said all-DC energy transfer device adapted to respond to an input DC Dynamical Electro-State (DES) at said input DC terminal to transfer electrical energy through at least one internal DES to an output DC Dynamical Electrical State (DES) at said output DC terminal; each of said internal DES consist essentially of a DC DES adapted to flow current in only one direction said all-DC energy transfer device including a first capacitive device, a second capacitive device, a switch and an inductive device; wherein said first capacitive device, said second capacitive device, said switch and said inductive device each include a first terminal and a second terminal; wherein said switch further includes a control terminal and said switch is adapted to close a connection between said first terminal and said second terminal of said switch in a closed state and to open said connection in a opened state, wherein said closed state and said opened state are the response to a control DES of said control terminal with respect to said common terminal; said all-DC energy transfer device further includes wherein said all-DC energy transfer device is adapted to meet or exceed each of said input DC DES includes a voltage of at least 36 volts, said output DC DES includes a voltage of at least twelve volts, said first capacitive device includes a capacitance of at least 500 micro Farads with a working voltage of at least 800 volts, said second capacitive device includes a capacitance of at least 1500 micro Farads, and is adapted for an energy transfer between said input DC terminal and said output DC terminal of at least K % efficiency of said energy transfer, wherein K is at least 65. | 36,125 |
8,812,631 | 1. A method for operating a computer cluster distributed over multiple locations using quorum mechanism, wherein said cluster (C) comprises a plurality of interconnected defined system instances running on one of a physical and a virtual hardware, and wherein a cluster configuration (CC) comprises location information about each system instance defined in said cluster (C), the method comprising: distributing said cluster configuration (CC) to each defined system instance; constantly checking connectivity among said system instances defined in said cluster (C) to determine reachable system instances, wherein each healthy system instance determines a subcluster (SCx) comprising itself and all reachable system instances said healthy system instance is connected to, using information of said distributed cluster configuration (CC); calculating a corresponding subcluster configuration (SCC(SCx)) comprising location information about each system instance of said subcluster (SCx); and using said subcluster configuration (SCC(SCx)) information and said cluster configuration (CC) information for computing a new quorum decision for said corresponding subcluster (SCx) said healthy system instance is member of, using a location quorum function (LQF) considering proportions of connected locations containing reachable system instances, and weights of said reachable system instances in said locations, wherein workload placement decisions are made based on a computed new quorum granting permission to place workload to system instances in a specific subcluster (SCx), or refusing said permission, whenever said subcluster (SCx) changes. | 19,184 |
9,523,586 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a translucent portion of a sealing gasket to allow signals to pass therethrough; a sealing wall of the gasket to define a substantially environmentally-isolated zone proximate the translucent portion; a transmitter to transmit a signal across the translucent portion; and a receiver to detect a reflected signal corresponding to the transmitted signal, wherein the detection enables data communications across the translucent portion, and wherein the reflected signal is to be reflected from a surface on an opposite side of the translucent portion from the transmitter and receiver. | 24,654 |
9,793,423 | 1. A light receiving device comprising: a photoelectric conversion layer which absorbs light to generate electric energy; and a transparent electrode which is formed to be in contact with the photoelectric conversion layer to allow external light to transmit into the photoelectric conversion layer, wherein the transparent electrode comprises conducting filaments and a transparent insulating material, wherein the transparent insulating material is formed of a first material and the conducting filaments are formed of the first material, wherein the transparent electrode is formed by applying a threshold voltage or more inherent in the transparent insulating material to the transparent electrode to form a defective structure, so that the conducting filaments are formed in the transparent electrode, and wherein the resistance state of the transparent electrode is to be changed from a high resistance state into a low resistance state by the conducting filaments through which current flow. | 25,495 |
9,277,499 | 1. A wireless communication device comprising: a memory; an analog front end (AFE) configured to generate a first demodulated signal based on a first paging broadcast from a first servicing cell for storage in the memory and a second demodulated signal based on a second paging broadcast from a second servicing cell for storage in the memory; a processor that includes: a controller configured to: | 29,806 |
8,491,155 | 1. A solid state lighting system, comprising: a controller configured to receive an AC power signal, the controller further configured to selectively rectify the AC power signal to select a blackout lighting mode; a plurality of solid state lighting strands coupled to the controller in a daisy-chained arrangement and configured to be mounted in a shelter, each solid state lighting strand including: wherein the power supply is configured to energize the set of white LED's in each solid state light fixture when the AC power signal is not rectified by the controller, and to energize the set of blue LED's in each solid state light fixture when the AC power signal is rectified by the controller. | 7,004 |
8,382,039 | 1. A nacelle for installation at an inlet to an aircraft engine, the nacelle comprising: an inlet lip defining a leading edge of the nacelle; an annular-shaped cavity within the nacelle adjacent and delimited in part by an interior surface of the inlet lip; and an anti-icing system within the cavity, the anti-icing system comprising a manifold with a cross-sectional shape that conforms to the interior surface of the inlet lip comprising a U-shaped first wall that closely conforms and faces the interior surface of the inlet lip and a second wall that closely conforms to the first wall, and means for conducting air within an interior cavity defined by the first wall and the second wall of the manifold to cause heating of the inlet lip via the first wall, wherein the air conducting means does not fill the cavity within the nacelle with the air conducted thereby. | 10,753 |
8,461,428 | 1. Seed of corn inbred line designated SRS10, or a part thereof, representative seed of the line having been deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA9819. | 32,932 |
9,587,574 | 1. An exhaust system for an engine having a throttle, comprising: an exhaust passage connectable to the engine; a particulate filter disposed in the exhaust passage; a sensor configured to generate a signal indicative of a total pressure differential across the particulate filter caused by soot and ash accumulation; a load actuator configured to selectively adjust a load on the engine; and a control module electronically connected to the load actuator and the sensor, wherein the control module is configured to: determine a compensated pressure differential indicative of an amount of the total pressure differential caused by soot accumulation; determine a soot load of the particulate filter based on the compensated pressure differential; cause the load actuator to initiate a first engine load increase based on the soot load; track a time elapsed since initiation of the first engine load increase; and cause the load actuator to initiate a subsequent engine load increase when the time elapsed is greater than an elapsed time limit and the soot load is greater than a target soot load, wherein the control module is configured to determine the compensated pressure differential based on a total exhaust flow rate through the exhaust system, an average load factor since a previous particulate filter replacement, and an amount of time elapsed since a previous particulate filter replacement. | 25,958 |
9,385,783 | 1. A system comprising: a receiver configured to electrically couple to a node of a conductive infrastructure, the receiver responsive to electromagnetic signals within a predetermined frequency band; and a source of electromagnetic signals configured to wirelessly transmit electromagnetic signals within the predetermined frequency band to an access point of the conductive infrastructure. | 39,777 |
9,652,967 | 1. A machine-implemented method of detecting a presence or an absence of a human being, the machine-implemented method comprising: aggregating a plurality of inputs, at least one of the plurality of inputs being from a human presence sensor for detecting the presence or the absence of the human being within a given proximity of a computing device, at least one input as an indication from a short-range wireless transceiver in the possession oaf the human being; discarding a set of said plurality of inputs having a reliability less than a threshold value; obtaining corresponding estimated probabilities of the presence of the human being from the undiscarded inputs that indicate the presence of the human being; determining that the human being is present when any of the obtained estimated probabilities is greater than a predetermined value; and causing a computing device to behave in a predetermined manner when the determining determines that the human being is present, wherein the machine-implemented method is performed by the computing device. | 13,967 |
8,766,104 | 1. A multi-layer printed circuit board (PCB), comprising: a first layer stack including a first electrically-insulating layer, a second electrically-insulating layer, and a first electrically-conductive layer disposed between the first and second electrically-insulating layers; a second layer stack coupled to the first layer stack, the second layer stack including a third electrically-insulating layer and a second electrically-conductive layer, wherein at least one of the first layer stack or the second layer stack includes a cut-out area defining a void that extends therethrough; a first signal layer disposed in association with one of the first electrically-insulating layer of the first layer stack and the third electrically-insulating layer of the second layer stack; a second signal layer disposed in association with the second electrically-insulating layer of the first layer stack; a device at least partially disposed within the cut-out area and electrically-coupled to at least one of the first signal layer and the second signal layer; and a sheet of electrically-conductive material including a first portion covering the cut-out area and a second portion disposed on at least a portion of one of the first electrically-conductive layer and the second electrically-conductive layer, wherein the sheet of electrically-conductive material is disposed in spaced relation relative to a top surface of the device. | 34,946 |
8,399,616 | 1. A fusion protein comprising: (1) a first region selected from the group consisting of (a) to (d) below: wherein the high stringent conditions are 5×SSC, 5× Denhardt's solution, 0.5% (w/v) SDS, 50% (v/v) formamide and 50° C.; and, (2) a second region consisting of an amino acid sequence for a polypeptide having at least one cysteine residue for binding to other useful compound via its thiol group, wherein the second region is selected from the group consisting of (e) to (h) below: | 22,012 |
8,768,407 | 1. A method in a mobile communication device for communications, the method comprising: performing one or more scanning operations with use of a first transceiver portion in a geographical region; failing to connect with any first wireless networks in the geographical region; performing one or more scanning operations with use of a second transceiver portion for identifying a set of cell identifications corresponding to a plurality of stations of one or more second wireless networks available in the geographical region; storing the set of cell identifications in association with an indication of the failure to connect with any first wireless networks in the geographic region; while operating for communications via a second wireless network with use of the second transceiver portion: | 35,661 |
8,609,184 | 1. A method of manufacturing a magnetic storage medium, the method comprising: depositing a solid protective overcoat over a magnetic layer formed on a substrate; treating the protective overcoat with ultraviolet light in a hydrophobic environment, the hydrophobic environment comprising a hydrophobic chemical, wherein the protective overcoat comprises the hydrophobic chemical and the hydrophobic chemical forms a hydrophobic surface on the protective overcoat after being treated with ultraviolet light in the hydrophobic environment; and subsequently depositing a lubricant material over the protective overcoat comprising the hydrophobic chemical to form a lubricating layer, wherein the lubricant material is deposited after treating the protective overcoat with ultraviolet light for a time period in the hydrophobic environment, and wherein the lubricant material is deposited upon the hydrophobic surface of the protective overcoat to form the lubricating layer. | 22,931 |
9,001,574 | 1. A spin logic device, comprising: an electron confinement layer confining an electron gas in a two-dimensional area (2DEG) subtended by a direction x and a direction y, the latter being perpendicular to the former, the spin logic device being configured for the 2DEG to support a persistent spin helix (PSH) formed therein with a given spin component oscillating with periodicity λ along direction x but not oscillating along direction y; and a logic circuit, comprising: (i) at least one input device, energizable to create respective local spin-polarizations of the 2DEG in respective first regions of the confinement layer, to form respective PSHs; and (ii) an output device configured to detect, in a second region of the confinement layer, an average spin-polarization of the 2DEG resulting from one or more local spin-polarizations created by the one or more input devices and diffused through one or more resulting PSHs wherein a projection of a distance (d) between the second region and any one of the first regions onto said direction x is equal to nλ/a, n integer, a equal to 2 or 4. | 37,481 |
8,637,951 | 1. A semiconductor light receiving element comprising: a substrate; a semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type formed on said substrate; a non-doped semiconductor light absorbing layer formed on said semiconductor layer of said first conductivity type; a semiconductor layer of a second conductivity type formed on said non-doped semiconductor light absorbing layer; and a metal layer formed on said semiconductor layer of said second conductivity type; wherein a plurality of openings, periodically arrayed, are formed in a laminated body composed of said metal layer, said semiconductor layer of said second conductivity type, and said non-doped semiconductor light absorbing layer, widths of said openings are less than or equal to incident light wavelength, said openings pass through said metal layer and said semiconductor layer of said second conductivity type to reach said non-doped semiconductor light absorbing layer, a non-opened region of said metal layer is provided on a non-opened region of said non-doped semiconductor light absorbing layer, and light is incident from a side of said substrate, the semiconductor light receiving element further comprising: a first electrode, formed on said semiconductor layer of said first conductivity type, and also electrically connected to said semiconductor layer of said first conductivity type; and a second electrode, formed on said semiconductor of said second conductivity type, and also electrically connected to said semiconductor layer of said second conductivity type; wherein said metal layer is formed on said semiconductor layer of said second conductivity type via an insulating layer, in a region where said second electrode is not formed; and said metal layer and said second electrode are not electrically connected. | 43,136 |
8,569,318 | 1. A substituted 3-arylsulfonyl-6,7,8,9-tetrahydropyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrido[4,3-e]pyrimidine of the general formula 1 or substituted 3-arylsulfonyl-5,6,7,8-tetrahydropyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrido[4,3-d]pyrimidine of the general formula 2 compound, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein: Ar is an optionally substituted aryl or an optionally substituted heterocyclyl; R R R | 16,434 |
8,682,242 | 1. An apparatus for communicating a wake-up signal, comprising: a detector for rectifying a first wake-up signal and generating a rectified signal; a code generator for outputting a code signal that corresponds to a code of a wireless terminal; and a comparator for generating a second wake-up signal to be transmitted to the wireless terminal that is to be woken up by using the rectified signal and the code signal. | 46,772 |
8,775,554 | 1. A system comprising: a memory area associated with a user computing device, said memory area storing a page application provider; a processor programmed to execute the page application provider on the user computing device to: | 18,034 |
9,694,901 | 1. A method for treating an aircraft landing flap comprising a flap member having an abrasion region in an area configured for exposure to mechanical rubbing contacts with an aircraft spoiler, the method comprising: applying an abrasion-resistant coating to the abrasion region of the flap member arranged so that the mechanical rubbing contacts by the aircraft spoiler are made against the coating, wherein the abrasion-resistant coating comprises: | 21,332 |
8,427,658 | 1. A method for the automatic detection of component-related data of at least one replaceable component of an apparatus for the production of printed products, comprising: providing replaceable printing components including an unwinder unit, a rewinder unit and a printing cylinder, using at least one of the replaceable printing components for a wireless detection of component-related data of the at least one replaceable printing component, providing a first electronic device associated by position with the at least one printing component, wherein the first electronic device comprises the component-relevant data, providing a second electronic device associated by position with a unique location within the apparatus, wherein the first and second electronic devices communicate wirelessly, and wherein, when the at least one printing component with the associated first electronic device is installed within the apparatus, the second electronic device detects the type of the replaceable printing component. | 39,411 |
9,184,192 | 1. A detector comprising an array of pixel elements, the array comprising a column of pixel elements, each pixel element comprising a source follower input transistor, wherein each pixel element is operable to apply a potential to a gate terminal of the source follower input transistor thereof, the potential having a value responsive to a cumulative amount of charge carriers generated by the pixel element responsive to incident radiation, a source of each source follower input transistor being connectable by means of a respective bias line select transistor to a bias current signal line of the column having a bias current portion connected thereto, wherein the source follower input transistor and bias current portion form a source follower arrangement via the bias line select transistor, the source of the source follower input transistor of each pixel element being further connectable by means of a respective output line select transistor to an output signal line of the column separate from the bias current signal line. | 20,109 |
9,802,506 | 1. A fuel cell system mounted on a vehicle, comprising: a tank that stores a reactive gas which is to be supplied to a fuel cell; a filling port that fills the reactive gas into the tank and is connected with a supply tube that supplies the reactive gas; a lid that closes the filling port; an open-close sensor that detects open/closed position of the lid; a recorder unit that records a travel history which indicates the fact that the vehicle moves; and a controller unit that controls the vehicle, wherein upon satisfaction of conditions that the vehicle is in a drivable state, that the recorder has no travel history since activation of the fuel cell system and that the open/closed position of the cover portion detected by the open-close sensor indicates an open position, the controller sets the vehicle to a non-drivable state. | 20,615 |
8,586,642 | 1. An aerogel composition for preparing an aerogel, the aerogel composition comprising: a first monomer selected from a second monomer including a benzene substituted with at least two hydroxyl groups; a third monomer of an aldehyde compound; and a solvent, wherein the solvent comprises an organic solvent. | 39,224 |
8,614,533 | 1. An electric motor ( 1 ) that comprises a stator ( 2 ) that creates a magnetic field and formed of ferromagnetic laminations (L 1 ) stacked on top of each other, and a rotor core ( 3 ) disposed inside the stator ( 2 ) and formed of ferromagnetic laminations (L 2 ) stacked on top of each other, having more than one winding slot ( 4 ) arranged along the circumference thereof, wherein the windings are placed, and characterized by a rotor sleeve ( 5 ) secured press-fittingly on the cylindrical outer circumference of the rotor core ( 3 ), covering the winding slots ( 4 ) and the windings, formed of ring shaped ferromagnetic laminations (L 3 ) stacked together on top of each other without discontinuity. | 45,913 |
9,431,569 | 1. A method for forming cadmium-manganese-telluride (CMT), the method comprising: positioning a substrate in a processing chamber of a physical vapor deposition (PVD) tool, wherein the PVD tool further comprises at least one target in the processing chamber, the at least one target including material comprising cadmium, manganese, tellurium, or a combination thereof; introducing dimethyl cadmium gas into the processing chamber; and causing said material to be ejected from the at least one target, the material forming CMT above the substrate. | 4,587 |
8,344,329 | 1. A radiation sensor comprising: a phosphor layer that converts incident radiation into converted light which contains a first light component having a first wavelength region that includes a maximum peak wavelength that is different from a maximum peak wavelength of the radiation, and a second light component having a second wavelength region of 400 nm to 460 nm, which is different from that of the radiation and different from the first wavelength region; an organic photoelectric conversion layer that photoelectrically converts the first light component to electricity; and an insulating substrate that is provided with a charge detection layer to read charges generated at the organic photoelectric conversion layer, and that includes a storage capacitor and a thin film transistor having an oxide semiconductor active layer, wherein the first and second light components each pass through the organic photoelectric conversion layer and arrive at the oxide semiconductor active layer, and wherein an intensity of the second light component that passes through the organic photoelectric conversion layer and arrives at the oxide semiconductor active layer, is lower than an intensity of the first light component that passes through the organic photoelectric conversion layer and arrives at the oxide semiconductor active layer. | 42,844 |
9,478,398 | 1. A plasma block comprising an external connection path and an internal connection path, which are formed as two sub-blocks connected to each other, comprising: a first sub-block and a second sub-block, each comprising a body having a first side wall on one end, a second side wall on the other end, a top wall and a bottom wall, the first side wall having an opening which extends to a location within the body to form the external connection path having a substantially cylindrical shape, wherein the internal connection path comprises a substantially cylindrical shape and includes a first end and a second end, the internal connection path being extended in length by the juxtaposition of the first sub-block to the second sub-block such that at least one internal connection path of the first sub-block is aligned with and matable to at least one internal connection path of the second sub-block, the internal connection path comprising a linear extending portion that extends in a straight line along a length direction of the internal connection path, and a curve extending portion that extends in a curve to form a curved surface at a location where the internal connection path and the external connection path contact each other, wherein the curve extending portion has a spherical surface or a complex spherical surface. | 20,421 |
8,765,688 | 1. A method for treatment of dandruff, comprising topical application to a person in need of treatment of dandruff of a composition comprising a cosmetic carrier and a Malassezia furfur -inhibiting amount of at least one peptide with a sequence or a repetitive sequence motif according to SEQ ID NO: 2: in which X X X X X X X X X X X where the repetitive sequence motifs are identical or different; or peptide derivatives thereof selected from the group consisting of aliphatic esters, amides, N-acyl peptides, O-acyl peptides, and peptides wherein between 1 to 5 arbitrary amino acid residues are N- and/or C-terminally added or deleted. | 15,008 |
8,682,894 | 1. A method for managing web information on a computer, the method comprising: adding, by a user of the computer through a user interface, a plurality of information portals within at least one information category, wherein each information portal corresponds to at least one website; generating an information location identifier template for each of the plurality of information portals such that each of the plurality of information portals recognizes the corresponding location identifier template for effecting a search on each of the plurality of information portals; displaying, through the user interface, to the user at least one data entry field for entering a query term by the user; receiving the query term entered into the displayed at least one data entry field; creating a separate corresponding query string for each of the plurality of information portals based on the corresponding information location identifier template; communicating with each of the plurality of information portals to send the corresponding query string and to retrieve search results associated with the received query term; and displaying the search results generated by the at least one information portal in the format specific to the at least one information portal. | 45,610 |
9,422,814 | 1. A method for repairing an area of damaged aluminide coating on a component of a turbine module in a gas turbine engine, the component formed of a base material having a diffusion aluminide coating applied to the base material, the method comprising the steps of: blending the area of damaged aluminide coating with an area of undamaged aluminide coating surrounding the area of damaged aluminide coating by grit blasting; applying an aluminide touch-up coating material to the blended area; and curing the aluminide touch-up coating applied to the blended area by heating the aluminide touch-up coating to a first temperature with a hot gas plasma stream generated by a portable microplasma spray coating apparatus. | 3,876 |
8,478,006 | 1. An image processing apparatus comprising: a storage unit configured to store a volume data set containing a tubular structure in a predetermined coordinate system; an extraction unit configured to extract a centerline of the tubular structure from the volume data set; an image generation unit configured to generate data for a first curved multi-planar reconstruction (CPR) digital image for a first curved plane along the centerline and a second CPR digital image for a second curved plane along the centerline based on the volume data set; an image specification unit configured to select one of the first CPR digital image and the second CPR digital image that has an image length that is longer than the other one; and a display unit configured to display the selected one of the first CPR digital image and the second CPR digital image, wherein the image generation unit generates the first curved plane and the second curved plane based upon a plurality of cutting lines passing through points along the centerline respectively at a first predetermined angle and a second predetermined angle, wherein the image specification unit determines a first image length based upon the image length of the first CPR digital image along an axis that is perpendicular to a direction of the cutting lines at the first predetermined angle and a second image length based upon the image length of the second CPR digital image along an axis that is perpendicular to a direction of the cutting lines at the second predetermined angle, the image specification unit selecting a longer one of the first image length and the second image length. | 8,165 |
9,600,978 | 1. A method of operating a gaming device comprising: (a) displaying an entertainment game on a touch-screen display, the game including a plurality of different symbol images on the display, some of which are identical to one another; (b) receiving credit from a player via credit input device of the claming device; (c) displaying the credit on a credit meter associated with the gaming device; (d) receiving a first input from the player; (e) initiating play of an instance of the entertainment game responsive to the input; permitting the player to move the symbol images responsive to touching one of the symbol images and dragging it to a new location; (f) automatically triggering a gambling game during play of the instance of the entertainment game responsive to a player dragging a symbol image into a position where it is immediately adjacent at least one other identical symbol image; awarding player points in the entertainment game for so dragging the symbol image; (g) automatically deducting a wager from the credit displayed on the credit meter for so dragging the symbol image and prior to running the gambling game; (h) thereafter running the gambling game including: selecting a random outcome for the gambling game, replacing each adjacent identical symbol image with a video image of a spinning reel, and stopping reel spinning at positions determined by the random outcome; (i) concluding the gambling game including: displaying a stopped image of each of the reels, displaying at least one slot symbol image on each of the stopped reel images, if the slot symbol images appearing on the stopped reel images correspond to an award in the gambling game, crediting the player with an award, and replacing each reel image with a symbol image; (j) returning to play of the same instance of the entertainment game after the conclusion of the gambling game; and (k) repeating (e) through (j) for the same instance of the entertainment game responsive to additional inputs from the player. | 28,211 |
8,933,678 | 1. A buck voltage converting apparatus, comprising: a first transistor, having a first terminal, a second terminal, and a control terminal, wherein the first terminal of the first transistor receives an input voltage, and the control terminal of the first transistor receives a first control signal; a second transistor, having a first terminal, a second terminal, and a control terminal, wherein the second terminal of the first transistor is coupled to the first terminal of the second transistor, the second terminal of the second transistor is coupled to a reference ground voltage, and the control terminal of the second transistor receives a second control signal; an inductor, wherein a first terminal of the inductor is coupled to the second terminal of the first transistor and a second terminal of the inductor is coupled to an output terminal of the buck voltage converting apparatus to generate an output voltage; a controller, receiving the output voltage, detecting a value of the output voltage to generate a detection voltage; and a switch, connected in series between the second terminal of the first transistor and the control terminal of the second transistor, wherein the switch is turned on or off based on the detection voltage. | 2,938 |
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