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8,400,063 | 1. A plasma source comprising: a plasma generator that generates plasma and includes a plasma generation chamber containing a region in which plasma created by the plasma source is initiated; a containment chamber communicating with the plasma generation chamber and having chamber walls delimiting a volume of space located in the plasma source downstream of the region in which plasma is initiated in the plasma source such that the containment chamber contains the plasma; and at least one body located in the volume of space and configured to create local losses in the power of the plasma and thereby reduce local plasma density and establish the gradient of the plasma density across the volume, wherein the plasma generator further comprises an antenna surrounding the plasma generation chamber, whereby the at least one body is located in the plasma source downstream of the region surrounded by the antenna. | 8,744 |
9,024,849 | 1. A display apparatus comprising: light-emitting devices and driving circuits for supplying current to the light-emitting devices configured to be arranged in a row direction and a column direction; data lines and feedback lines configured to be provided for columns of the driving circuits; a row control circuit configured to control the driving circuits row by row; and a column control circuit configured to supply voltage to the data lines, wherein each of the driving circuits includes a transistor that supplies current to each of the light-emitting devices, a first switch that connects a gate of the transistor and one of the data lines, a second switch that connects a drain or a source of the transistor and one of the feedback lines, and a third switch that connects the drain or the source of the transistor and each of the light-emitting devices, the first, second and third switches being controlled by the row control circuit, and wherein the column control circuit includes a data generation circuit, a non-inverting voltage amplifier whose input terminal is connected to the data generation circuit through a capacitor and output terminal is connected to one of the data lines, and whose voltage at the output terminal is determined by a voltage at the input terminal, and a fourth switch that connects the input terminal of the voltage amplifier and one of the feedback lines. | 3,450 |
8,716,354 | 1. A method of administering a propofol formulation comprising an oil-in-water emulsion of propofol, wherein the composition comprises about 1% (w/v) propofol, about 10% (w/v) lipid, and, optionally, a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, wherein a buffering agent is added to the pharmaceutical composition such that the composition can maintain a pH of about 6.5 to 8.5 for at least 6 months and wherein said buffering agent is bicarbonate. | 45,170 |
8,758,374 | 1. A method for repairing an at least partially transected nerve, the method comprising providing a donor nerve and a recipient nerve, wherein the recipient nerve is at least partially transected at a proximal site; creating a first epineurial window in a side of the donor nerve and a second epineurial window in a side of the recipient nerve at a site distal from the proximal site; arranging the donor nerve and the recipient nerve in a side-by-side fashion with the first and second epineurial windows proximate to one another; positioning between the first and second epineurial windows a bridging element having first and second ends and defining a conduit; and connecting the first end of the bridging element to the first epineurial window and the second end of the bridging element to the second epineurial window such that the first and second epineurial windows are in fluid communication with each other via the conduit to permit transmission of signals from the donor nerve to the recipient nerve. | 19,902 |
9,381,726 | 1. A method for packaging secondary optical element, packaging a secondary element above an optoelectric device fixed on a substrate and covered by hardened first optical glue, and comprising steps of: positioning said secondary optical element using a fixture, a bottom surface of said secondary optical element facing up, and the bottom surface covered by hardened second optical glue; flipping said substrate vertically to turn said optoelectric device facing down and enable said first optical glue to contact said second optical glue; flipping said substrate and said fixture vertically to lower said secondary optical element towards the direction of said optoelectric device; and hardening said second optical glue. | 13,179 |
8,600,597 | 1. An electric vehicle comprising: a synchronous electric motor that outputs torque to a first driving wheel; an induction electric motor that outputs torque to a second driving wheel; a first inverter that converts first direct current power to alternating current power for driving the synchronous electric motor; a second inverter that converts second direct current power to alternating current power for driving the induction electric motor; a vehicle speed sensor that detects a vehicle speed; and a control portion that controls the torque output from the synchronous electric motor and the torque output from the induction electric motor, wherein the control portion includes an output torque changing portion that makes the torque output from the synchronous electric motor smaller than the torque output from the induction electric motor when torque is output to the first driving wheel or the second driving wheel and the vehicle speed is close to zero, and that makes the torque output from the synchronous electric motor larger than the torque output from the induction electric motor when torque is output to the first driving wheel or the second driving wheel and the vehicle is moving at or greater than a predetermined speed in a direction opposite a direction in which the vehicle is being operated to move, by the torque output to the first driving wheel and the second driving wheel. | 3,044 |
9,144,871 | 1. A lance unit for fitting into a spindle of a machine tool, the lance unit comprising: a de-spun base portion, in which a lubricant connection is provided; and, a liquid pipe which communicates with the lubricant connection and extends away from the de-spun base portion and includes a free end which discharges liquid in low doses the liquid pipe is carried in a rotationally fixed manner by the de-spun base portion and, wherein at least one pipe portion spaced apart from the de-spun base portion cooperates with a pivot bearing, wherein gas may flow axially through the pivot bearing, and wherein the liquid pipe cooperates with a plurality of axially spaced-apart pivot bearings, wherein at least one of the pivot bearings comprises an elastically deformable retaining part, and wherein the retaining part comprises a plurality of resilient lamellae that are distributed in a peripheral direction. | 12,609 |
9,099,925 | 1. A switching power supply comprising: an inductor connected to a rectifier circuit that rectifies an input AC voltage; a switching element forming a current path from the rectifier circuit through the inductor in an ON state of the switching element; a diode forming a current path from the inductor to an output capacitor in an OFF state of the switching element to obtain a specified output DC voltage on the output capacitor; and a control circuit that controls current through the inductor by ON/OFF controlling the switching element, the control circuit comprising | 16,053 |
8,686,227 | 1. A method of increasing abiotic stress tolerance, nitrogen use efficiency, biomass, growth rate, and/or yield of a transformed plant as compared to a wild type plant of the same species which is grown under the same growth conditions, the method comprising: (a) expressing within the plant an exogenous polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence at least 96% homologous to the amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:219, and (b) selecting a plant having an increased abiotic stress tolerance, nitrogen use efficiency, biomass, growth rate, and/or yield, wherein said abiotic stress is selected from the group consisting of salinity stress and nutrient deficiency, thereby increasing the abiotic stress tolerance, nitrogen use efficiency, biomass, growth rate, and/or yield of the transformed plant as compared to the wild type plant of the same species which is grown under the same growth conditions. | 8,996 |
8,712,677 | 1. A navigation device for a host vehicle that communicates with a travel information storage unit that stores travel sequences, stored data for each past travel sequence including: at least one position along the travel sequence, operation information that specifies a vehicle operation at each stored position, and vehicle condition information that specifies a vehicle condition at each stored position, the vehicle condition being at least one of a state of charge of a vehicle battery and a number of occupants, the navigation device comprising: a controller that: | 43,769 |
8,387,331 | 1. A wind turbine tower comprising: a plurality of sections, two adjacent and overlapping sections connected by a bolted joint which comprises a bearing type bolt and a slip resistant at serviceability type bolt. | 31,840 |
9,262,715 | 1. A processor implemented method for personalized investigation or cooperative sharing of integrated understanding according to experienced approaches, said method comprising: processor implemented activities comprising: evaluation of at least one request for at least one archetype based snapshot; identification of at least one snapshot related to said snapshot request; said identified snapshot comprising a snapshot of at least one stage of development of at least one model about an arbitrary problem or inquiry based project; said model comprising at least one topic statement structure, at least one conclusion structure, and at least one knowledge specification structure; said knowledge specification identifiable by a user and about at least a subset of said topic structure or conclusion structure or both; said at least one snapshot generated as the result of processor implemented tracking or evaluating, or both, of progressive development of at least one said model, user interaction with the at least one said model, or both; said user interaction further comprising the processor based utilization of a processor implemented exemplary archetype process or exemplary archetype structure for exemplary facilitating and documenting user thinking about the subject of said model, or both; said tracking or evaluating, or both, conducted relative to a processor implemented exemplary archetype process or exemplary archetype structure for exemplary facilitating and documenting user thinking about the arbitrary problem or inquiry based project, or relative to both a said exemplary archetype process and a said exemplary archetype structure; provisioning of at least one archetype based snapshot related to said received request; said snapshot comprising at least a subset of results at a stage of development of said tracked or evaluated model development, user interaction history, or both, and at least one additional tracked or evaluated or related contextual item; said provisioning of said at least one snapshot further comprising display, output, interactive form, or storage, or a combination thereof. | 40,403 |
9,849,775 | 1. A filler neck for a liquid reservoir for a motor vehicle comprising: a neck housing including a mouth hole stub having a mouth hole for a filler nozzle and a filling channel leading into the reservoir, wherein a receiving structure for a filler nozzle is provided within the neck housing, wherein at least one venting path is provided within the neck housing, wherein the venting path allows a venting flow parallel and counter to the refilling volume to flow through the neck housing and through the mouth hole during refilling to atmosphere when the filler nozzle occupies the mouth hole, wherein the mouth hole of the mouth hole stub is defined by a mouth hole wall which is profiled such that the mouth hole wall defines at least one gas outlet channel to the atmosphere when the filler nozzle is inserted in the mouth hole of the mouth hole stub, wherein the mouth hole wall defines at least one groove profile extending in a filling direction from a first terminal end of the mouth hole stub to a second terminal end of the mouth hole stub such that the at least one groove extends along an entire length of the mouth hole from the first terminal end to the second terminal end of the mouth hole stub, and wherein the first terminal end of the mouth hole stub including the at least one groove profile defines an entrance into the filler neck at a terminal end of the filler neck. | 8,602 |
9,636,126 | 1. A method comprising: removing from a lumen in an ureteral access sheath a calculus retrieving device used to retrieve calculus in a living body, the living body including a ureter extending between a bladder in the living body and a kidney in the living body, at least a portion of the ureteral access sheath being located in the ureter, the calculus retrieving device being removed from the lumen of the ureteral access sheath while the ureteral access sheath is positioned in the living body, with calculus being located in the lumen in the ureteral access sheath following removal of the calculus retrieving device from the ureteral access sheath, the ureteral access sheath possessing a proximal end; introducing a raking member into the lumen in the ureteral access sheath; moving the raking member along the lumen in the ureteral access sheath in a forward direction toward the kidney so that the raking member approaches and moves beyond the calculus to position the raking member between the kidney and the calculus; outwardly expanding the raking member when the raking member is positioned between the kidney and the calculus; moving the expanded raking member along the lumen in the ureteral access sheath in a rearward direction toward the proximal end of the ureteral access sheath so that the expanded raking member captures the calculus and moves the captured calculus toward the proximal end of the ureteral access sheath; and removing the raking member as well as the calculus from the lumen of the ureteral access sheath. | 1,001 |
9,486,952 | 1. Method for expanding preforms into containers ( 20 ) within a blow mould ( 1 ) by means of a pressurised pneumatic medium (M G ), wherein during an expansion process for expanding the container ( during a relaxation process that follows the expansion process, the pneumatic medium (M wherein a piston element ( | 4,954 |
8,456,026 | 1. A power generator, comprising: a housing; a flywheel disposed within the housing and rotatable about an axle extending along a first axis; a precessional rotation assembly disposed within the housing to enable rotation of the flywheel and axle about a precessional axis of the flywheel; means to apply an alternating torque to the housing along an axis perpendicular to the first axis to induce precessional rotation of the flywheel and axle about the precessional axis; and a precessional generator to generate electrical energy from the precessional rotation of the flywheel and axle about the precessional axis within the housing. | 33,732 |
9,348,033 | 1. A positron computed tomography (CT) apparatus for detecting gamma rays released from a patient, comprising: a first detecting device for detecting gamma rays around a first site of interest of the patient; a second detecting device for detecting gamma rays, which is disposed separately across part of the first site of interest and a second site of interest spaced from an imaging area of the first detecting device; a first image processing device for producing an Radio Isotope (RI) distribution image from coincidence data obtained from the first detecting device; a second image processing device for producing a real planar image corresponding to gamma rays released in a predetermined projecting direction, based on coincidence data obtained from the second detecting device; a calculated planar image calculating device for calculating, based on the RI distribution image produced, a calculated planar image of a time when the imaging area of the first detecting device is projected in the same direction as the projecting direction; and a correcting device for subtracting the calculated planar image from the real planar image. | 30,850 |
8,381,747 | 1. An automated cleaning system for an aircraft fuselage interior, the system comprising: a movable assembly designed to fit within an aircraft fuselage interior to be cleaned, the movable assembly comprising: | 35,409 |
8,906,334 | 1. A process for endothermic chemical synthesis of HCN comprising: (a) providing a reactor having an interior and a preheat zone for elevating the temperature of a feed gas to a first temperature, wherein said feed gas comprises at least one reactant, and wherein said preheat zone comprises a first heat pipe coated to inhibit the decomposition of said feed gas; (b) providing a reaction zone containing a second heat pipe partially disposed in said reactor interior and coated with a first catalyst; (c) flowing the preheated feed gas of step (a) to said reaction zone of step (b) and heating said preheated feed gas by contacting said preheated feed gas with the second heat pipe coated with the first catalyst; (d) endothermically reacting the at least one reactant in said reaction zone to form at least one product at a temperature above about 1000° C.; (e) withdrawing the at least one product comprising HCN from said reaction zone; and (f) flowing said withdrawn product to a quench zone comprising a third heat pipe for cooling said at least one product, wherein said third heat pipe comprises a coating for inhibiting decomposition of said at least one product; wherein the reactor pressure is at least 80 psia. | 22,996 |
9,471,080 | 1. A method of changing power consumption of a portfolio of energy loads connected to an energy distribution grid that each has a power consumption, said method comprising: receiving, at a central computer, a portfolio response function indicating a desired power response of said portfolio of energy loads to a signal able to be measured on said distribution grid at each of said energy loads; determining, at said central computer, a local response function for each of said energy loads indicating a power change amount in response to variations in said signal; dispatching said local response functions to their respective energy loads from said central computer; after said dispatching, detecting by each of said energy loads that said signal has changed at said each energy load; and in response to said detecting, each energy load independently and automatically changing its power consumption by said power change amount according to said each local response function, wherein said desired power response is realized by the combination of said power change amounts. | 37,301 |
8,506,915 | 1. A cyclic method for capturing the CO 2 contained in a gas stream, said method comprising reacting the gas stream with a mixture containing at least solid CaO and a second solid or the oxidised form of the second solid, wherein the oxidised form of the second solid undergoes an exothermic reduction reaction with a fuel gas so that the heat released during the reaction is used for the decomposition of CaCO 3 . | 6,311 |
9,080,731 | 1. An LED lighting fixture comprising: an elongate fixture housing comprising: | 11,469 |
9,235,050 | 1. A display device comprising: a light source; a light guide plate configured to receive light emitted from the light source, and emit the light from a light emitting surface; a prism sheet configured to reflect light at a predetermined angle among the light emitted from the light emitting surface, allow the reflected light to enter the light guide plate again, and transmit light at another angle; a 1/4 wavelength plate configured to receive the light that has transmitted through the prism sheet; a reflection-type liquid crystal display element that is provided at an inclination with respect to the light emitting surface, and configured to modulate and emit received illumination light; a polarization control element that is provided between the 1/4 wavelength plate and the reflection-type liquid crystal display element so as to be parallel to the light emitting surface, configured to split the light emitted from the 1/4 wavelength plate into first polarized light and second polarized light, and reflect the light modulated and emitted by the reflection-type liquid crystal display element toward an imaging lens; and a combiner configured to present the light as a virtual image reflected by the polarization control element and emitted from the imaging lens, wherein the first polarized light is light allowed to enter, as the illumination light, the reflection-type liquid crystal display element, the light being emitted from the 1/4 wavelength plate, and the second polarized light is light reflected so as to be allowed to enter the 1/4 wavelength plate again, the light being emitted from the 1/4 wavelength plate. | 24,403 |
8,475,914 | 1. A thick, compressible, multilayer label media of greater than 300 microns in thickness that is printable in a thermal transfer (THT) printer designed to process label media no thicker than 300 microns, each label of the label media comprising: A. A printable, polymeric film having first and second opposing facial surfaces and a thickness of at least about 100 microns; B. A first adhesive having first and second opposing facial surfaces and having a thickness of between about 10 and about 100 microns, the first facial surface of the adhesive in intimate contact with the second facial surface of the film; and C. Foam having first and second opposing facial surfaces and a thickness greater than the thickness of either the film or first adhesive layer, the first facial surface of the foam in intimate contact with the second facial surface of the first adhesive; the label media comprising a plurality of labels arranged on a carrier strip with a space between adjacent labels such that 1) the label media can be continuously fed through and printed in the thermal transfer (THT) printer comprising a print head, transfer ribbon and platen roller forming a printing station within the THT printer at which an image is transferred to a label with a printing surface from the transfer ribbon and print head, by compression of the label by the platen roller against the transfer ribbon and the print head; and the platen roller does not lose positive frictional engagement with the carrier strip and the print head does not lose contact with the printing surface of at least one of said adjacent labels as one label leaves the printing station and another label enters the printing station. | 36,167 |
9,832,785 | 1. A method of wireless communication, comprising: altering, at a user equipment (UE), a first channel measurement report by reducing a value of a channel quality indicator (CQI), the first channel measurement report being altered to create a communication gap in a first radio access technology (RAT), and the first channel measurement report transmitted before an OFF interval of the first RAT; communicating, at the UE, using a second RAT during the created communication gap; and transmitting, from the UE before an ON interval of the first RAT, a second channel measurement report indicating a correct value of the CQI. | 29,821 |
9,485,826 | 1. A lighting device comprising: a first group of light emitting diodes (LEDs); a second group of LEDs; and a color controller configured to: | 2,548 |
9,272,679 | 1. A vehicle comprising: a side support extending in a vehicle longitudinal direction; a bumper assembly coupled to the side support and extending in a vehicle lateral direction that is transverse to the vehicle longitudinal direction; and a repositionable joint assembly extending between and pivotally coupled to the side support and the bumper assembly, the repositionable joint assembly comprising: | 17,270 |
9,457,792 | 1. A method of retrofitting a vehicle having a drive train and an internal combustion engine coupled to a manual transmission of the drive train suitable for propelling the vehicle, and the vehicle having a radiator suitable for cooling the internal combustion engine, the method comprising: installing a battery; installing auxiliary devices suitable for operating auxiliary systems of the vehicle, the auxiliary devices including an air-conditioning coolant compressor and a fan for the radiator; installing electric drivers for the auxiliary devices, wherein the electric drivers are configured for being energized by the battery; installing an electric generator; installing a battery charger wherein the battery is suitable for being energized by the generator via the battery charger; and coupling the electric generator to the internal combustion engine via an external connection of the internal combustion engine or to the manual transmission via an external connection of the manual transmission suitable for driving the generator; wherein the vehicle has a clutch in the drive train configured for disengaging the internal combustion engine from the manual transmission responsive to a clutch pedal being depressed, the method further comprising: connecting a control device suitable to receive a clutch pedal position sensor signal and a vehicle speed sensor signal; and configuring the control device to automatically shut off the internal combustion engine in response to detecting an idling condition, wherein the idling condition includes a first condition wherein the control device receives a signal from the vehicle speed sensor indicating the vehicle is in a stationary state and a second condition wherein the control device receives a signal from the clutch pedal position sensor indicating the clutch pedal is in a released state; further comprising configuring the control device to automatically generate a notification to a driver responsive to detecting a condition wherein the vehicle has been in a stationary state for a predetermined time interval and wherein the clutch pedal been has not been released during the predetermined time interval. | 967 |
8,861,147 | 1. A method for protecting a power system, comprising: tripping a generator in response to identifying a current on the generator that is greater than a first current threshold for a first time delay; tripping the generator in response to identifying the current on the generator that is greater than a second current threshold for a second time delay, wherein the first current threshold is larger than the second current threshold and the first time delay is shorter than the second time delay; selecting a shorter time delay for the first time delay in response to identifying a manual reset of a fault in the power system; and otherwise selecting a longer time delay for the first time delay, wherein the longer time delay is longer than the shorter time delay. | 12,321 |
9,059,687 | 1. A circuit comprising: a first transmission gate having a first terminal coupled to a first node and a second terminal coupled to a second node; a first inverting element having an input coupled to a third node and an output coupled to a fourth node; a second transmission gate having a first terminal coupled to the second node and a second terminal coupled to the fourth node; and a logic circuit having a first input coupled to the second node, a second input coupled to the fourth node, complementary clocked inputs coupled to receive a first pair of complementary clock signals for selecting one of the first and second inputs, and an output coupled to the third node, wherein the selected input is inverted and provided on the output to the third node, wherein: | 9,418 |
9,062,332 | 1. A recombinant microorganism selected from the group consisting of wherein the recombinant microorganism secretes or produces L-methionine, and wherein the recombinant microorganism overexpresses a gene coding for a polypeptide with the activity of a thiosulphate sulphurtransferase comprising the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 2 or an amino acid sequence containing a deletion, substitution, insertion, addition, or combinations thereof, of from 1 to 45 amino acid residues with respect to the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 2, and wherein the recombinant microorganism has an increased thiosulfate sulfurtransferase activity compared with the starting strain. | 33,794 |
9,832,933 | 1. A method of aerating an organic particulate material stored within a hollow interior of a storage bin, the storage bin having a hopper bottom wall spanning a bottom side of the hollow interior, an upright wall extending upwardly from the hopper bottom wall about a perimeter of the hollow interior, and a top wall at a top end of the upright wall enclosing a top end of the hollow interior in which the hopper bottom wall tapers downwardly and inwardly from the upright wall to a central discharge gate adapted to selectively discharge the particulate material from the hollow interior therethrough, the method comprising: directing an aerating flow into the organic particulate material in the hollow interior of the storage bin adjacent a perimeter of the storage bin at one or more locations spaced upwardly from a bottom end of the storage bin; providing a primary exhaust duct at a central location within the hollow interior of the storage bin so as to receive the aerating flow therein from the organic particulate material; and exhausting said aerating flow from the primary exhaust duct of the storage bin externally of the storage bin through the hopper bottom wall at the bottom end of the storage bin at a location offset laterally outwardly from the central discharge gate such that the aerating flow is directed downwardly through the primary exhaust duct. | 19,780 |
8,808,427 | 1. A process for the treatment of a carbon dioxide-containing gas stream from a large-scale combustion plant, in particular of a power station, said process comprising: separating said carbon dioxide-containing gas stream in a carbon dioxide purification stage (R) into a gas substream having an increased carbon dioxide content and a gas substream having a reduced carbon dioxide content, passing the gas substream having an increased carbon dioxide content from said carbon dioxide purification stage (R) to further use and/or storage, feeding the gas substream having a reduced carbon dioxide content to a pressure swing adsorption stage (PSA) in which a fraction ( recirculating the fraction ( wherein the gas stream is a carbon dioxide-containing offgas stream produced from a large-scale combustion plant in which fossil fuels are burnt by a combustion gas which is produced in an air fractionation plant (LZA) and which has an oxygen content higher than that of air, and wherein the fraction ( | 30,501 |
8,508,331 | 1. An electronic device comprising: a communication unit; an output unit; and a controller configured to output at least one of a first user interface and a second user interface through the output unit, in a case of entering a high rate time slot determined based on electricity rate information received through the communication unit while outputting contents through the output unit, wherein the first user interface queries whether to continuously output the contents through the output unit and wherein the second user interface is to receive a selection associated with a replacement electronic device for outputting the contents. | 38,655 |
8,425,335 | 1. A torque transmission device comprising: a shaft that has a male spline on a part of an outer periphery thereof; a sleeve that has a female spline fitted to the male spline on a part of an inner periphery thereof and that is incapable of relative rotation about the shaft and capable of relative movement in an axial direction; a first cover that has a cylindrical shape and that is attached to the shaft and covers an outer periphery of the sleeve; a second cover that has a cylindrical shape and that is attached to the sleeve and covers an outer periphery of the first cover; a seal that fills an annular space between the first cover and the sleeve; and a ring that is installed in a circumferentially continuous groove formed in one of an outer peripheral surface of the first cover and an inner peripheral surface of the second cover, and that is slidable on the other one of the outer peripheral surface of the first cover and the inner peripheral surface of the second cover, wherein a labyrinth seal is constructed between the ring and the groove. | 25,809 |
9,020,792 | 1. A system for coupling architectural and implementation/behavioral models of a computer-based system, the system comprising: a processor; and a computer readable storage medium coupled to the processor, wherein the computer readable storage medium stores program instructions, and wherein the processor executes the computer program instructions to perform operations of: creating a first bridge element to bridge between an architectural model of a computer-based system and an implementation/behavioral model of the computer-based system, wherein the first bridge element is associated with a first activation and access table describing, for each of one or more first active elements, first data to which that first active element has access and a first activation policy associated with that first active element; creating a second bridge element to bridge between the architectural model of a computer-based system and the implementation/behavioral model of the computer-based system, wherein the second bridge element is associated with a second activation and access table describing, for each of one or more second active elements, second data to which that second active element has access and an activation policy associated with that second active element; to couple the architectural model and the implementation/behavioral model in a first manner, generating first code using the first bridge element, the one or more first active elements associated with the first bridge element, the first data to which each of the one or more first active elements have access, and the first activation policy associated with each of the one or more first active elements; and to couple the architectural model and the implementation/behavioral model in a second manner, generating second code using the second bridge element, the one or more second active elements associated with the second bridge element, the second data to which each of the one or more second active elements have access, and the second activation policy associated with each of the one or more second active elements. | 24,400 |
8,685,449 | 1. Pharmaceutical composition with anti-obesity activity that acts peripherally, characterized in that it comprises a low adhesion premixture made up of: orlistat in the form of pure, non-pelletized, active ingredient, where the orlistat content in the premixture is less than 20% of the total weight of the mass; a diluent substance selected from the group consisting of microcrystalline cellulose, powder cellulose, modified celluose, reticulated carboxymethyl cellulose, calcium carboxymethyl cellulose, crospovidone, hydroxymethyl cellulose, hydroxypropyl cellulose and coprocessed microcrystalline cellulose; a substance for improving the flow of the powder mixture selected from the group consisting of lactose, lactose monohydrate, and coprocessed lactose; a surfactant substance selected from the group consisting of sodium lauryl sulphate and docusate sodium; a substance for promoting the mixture of the components of the premixture selected from the group consisting of colloidal anhydrous silica and hydrophobic colloidal silica; a lubricating substance selected from the group consisting of sodium stearyl fumarate, magnesium stearate, calcium stearate, zinc stearate and stearic acid; a substance to facilitate the breakdown and dispersion of the components of the final pharmaceutical composition in the presence of water selected from the group consisting of carboxymethyl starch, starch and modified starch. | 46,319 |
9,540,581 | 1. A composition comprising: (a) a medium comprising a solvent, a functional fluid, an additive concentrate or combinations thereof; and (b) a friction modifier component comprising a derivative of a hydroxy-carboxylic acid, which comprises an imide, di-ester, di-amide, or ester-amide derivative of tartaric acid, citric acid, or mixtures thereof, in an amount of more than 0.5 and up to about 3 weight percent such that it is not fully soluble in the medium; and (c) a stabilizing component that is soluble in (a) and that interacts with (b) such that (b)'s solubility in (a) is improved, said stabilizing component comprising: wherein components (b) and (c), or (b) alone, are present in component (a) in the form of dispersed particles having an average diameter of less than 10 microns. | 16,468 |
8,863,617 | 1. A motor vehicle transmission comprising: a transmission input shaft ( several shift elements, the shift elements comprising at least first and second clutches ( a drive gear ( the drive gear ( | 5,020 |
9,527,590 | 1. A cradle device to which a terminal device is attached, the cradle device comprising: a tray having a mounting face on which the terminal device is mounted; a main body disposed on an attachment face, and supporting the tray from a side opposite to the mounting face; a pop-up mechanism disposed on the main body, and being configured to move the tray from a stowing position, at which the terminal device is stowed within the attachment face, to a taking-out position at which the terminal device is lifted with respect to the attachment face; and an attraction member disposed in the main body at a side opposite to the mounting face of the tray, wherein, in a case of taking out the terminal device, the attraction member attracts the terminal device toward the tray from the stowing position to the taking-out position and moves to a predetermined retracting position when the terminal device is taken out of the tray, and, in a case of returning the terminal device to the tray, the attraction member moves from the retracting position to an attracting position at which the terminal device is attracted toward the tray when the terminal device is pushed into the stowing position. | 31,159 |
9,313,230 | 1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: under the control of one or more computer systems each having one or more hardware processors configured with executable instructions including, | 5,615 |
9,294,033 | 1. A modular wall system, comprising: a plurality of thermally isolated glass tubes, the thermally isolated glass tubes comprising: | 11,711 |
9,026,284 | 1. A control system comprising: a controller configured to be communicatively coupled with a throttle control device having multiple throttle settings and disposed onboard a vehicle, the controller also configured to determine a selected throttle setting of the multiple throttle settings of the throttle control device, the controller further configured to operate in plural operating modes that include at least two of a power mode, a speed mode, or a distance mode, wherein, when the controller is operating in the power mode, the controller is configured to transmit control signals to a propulsion system of the vehicle that direct the propulsion system to generate an amount of at least one of tractive power or tractive effort that corresponds to the selected throttle setting, wherein, when the controller is operating in the speed mode, the controller is configured to transmit control signals to the propulsion system that direct the propulsion system to move the vehicle at a designated speed that corresponds to the selected throttle setting, and wherein, when the controller is operating in the distance mode, the controller is configured to transmit control signals to the propulsion system that direct the propulsion system to move the vehicle a designated distance that corresponds to at least one of the selected throttle setting or to another operator input, and to stop the vehicle at the designated distance. | 47,896 |
8,803,473 | 1. A pulse modulation charging method for charging a rechargeable battery device, comprising: setting a first voltage threshold value; providing a current pulse according to a first charge-discharge cycle, wherein the first charge-discharge cycle comprises a first charge current pulse width and a first discharge current pulse width for charging and discharging the rechargeable battery device, and the first charge current pulse width is greater than the first discharge current pulse width; repeatedly charging and discharging the rechargeable battery device according to the first charge-discharge cycle; adjusting the current pulse to a second charge-discharge cycle when the terminal voltage of the rechargeable battery device greater than the first voltage threshold value, wherein the second charge-discharge cycle comprises a second charge current pulse width and a second discharge current pulse width, and the second charge current pulse width is shorter than the first charge current pulse width; and repeatedly charging and discharging the rechargeable battery device according to the second charge-discharge cycle. | 34,454 |
9,526,342 | 1. A resin furniture assembly comprising: a box structure, said box structure formed by a first end structure said first end structure including a first side panel, said first side panel including an inner wall, an outer wall, and a plurality of edge walls integrally connected to each other to create an enclosed hollow panel, a second end structure, said second end structure including a first side panel, said first side panel including an inner wall, an outer wall, and a plurality of edge walls to create an enclosed hollow panel, said first end structure and said second end structure each including at least one tack off, said at least one tack off including an inwardly extending cavity, said inwardly extending cavity connecting said inner wall to said outer wall of each of said first end structure and said second end structure, a front panel, a rear panel, a base panel and a seat panel to include a hollow interior portion, said box structure including a plurality of legs for supporting a bottom surface of said base panel in a spaced apart relationship above a ground surface so that an air gap is maintained between said bottom surface of said base panel and a ground surface, a back panel, said back panel secured to said box structure to form a seat back, said seat panel secured to said box structure for enclosing the top potion of said box structure, at least one of said first end structure, said second end structure, said front panel, said rear panel, or said seat panel being pivotally secured to said box structure for movement between a closed position enclosing said box structure and an open position providing access to an inner portion of said box structure, said inner portion of said box structure providing an enclosed storage area. | 22,812 |
8,495,019 | 1. A system to provide assured recovery and replication, the system comprising: a replication server in communication with a master data source configured to store application data and a replica data source configured to replicate the application data stored in the master data source, wherein the replication server comprises a processor comprising hardware, the processor configured to: | 16,787 |
8,444,951 | 1. A process of reforming a liquid fuel comprising: (a) providing a supply of a liquid fuel selected from the group consisting of diesel, kerosene, dodecane, light oil, JP-8, JP-5, and Jet A fuels; (b) providing a supply of an oxidant; (c) providing a supply of liquid water; (d) atomizing the liquid fuel through a nozzle into a mixer such that the fuel entering the nozzle and before exiting the nozzle is maintained at a temperature below the coking temperature of the fuel; (e) feeding the oxidant into the mixer and mixing the atomized fuel with the oxidant; (f) catalytically reacting the fuel-oxidant mixture in the presence of steam in a catalytic reactor thereby producing gaseous reformate; wherein the catalytic reactor comprises an ultra-short-channel-length metal substrate in a coiled configuration having an inner diameter and an outer diameter and a radial flow path, and having supported thereon one or more noble metals; wherein the catalytically reacting employs a ratio (O/C) of moles of oxygen in the oxidant to moles of carbon in the liquid fuel ranging from 0.8/1 to 1.4/1 and a ratio (S/C) of moles of steam to moles of carbon in the liquid fuel ranging from 0.8/1 to 2.0/1; (g) initiating the catalytic reaction of step (f) with an ignition source located proximate to the catalytic reactor but at a distance from the nozzle sufficient to maintain the temperature requirement of step (d); (h) contacting the gaseous reformate with a heat exchanger positioned downstream of and in fluid communication with the catalytic reactor, such that a hot side of the heat exchanger contacts the gaseous reformate and a cold side of the heat exchanger contacts the supply of water; and further such that the heat exchanger is displaced radially with respect to a center axis of the catalytic reactor and wherein the gaseous reformate exits through the radial flow path of the catalytic reactor and contacts the heat exchanger in a crossflow direction; (i) transferring heat from the gaseous reformate via the heat exchanger to the liquid water to produce steam; and (j) providing the steam to the fuel-oxidant mixture in the catalytic reaction of step (f). | 35,944 |
9,568,223 | 1. A cryogenic magnetocaloric refrigeration system, comprising: a cryogenic fluid; and a magnetocaloric material comprising a single ion anisotropy and magnetic interactions of at most two dimensions at the boiling temperature of the cryogenic fluid; wherein the cryogenic fluid is in communication with the magnetocaloric material, such that, when a magnetic field having a strength of at least a predetermined threshold is applied, the magnetocaloric material at least partially liquefies the cryogenic fluid; wherein the magnetocaloric material comprises LiFeBO3, LiMnBO3, LiCoBO3, or a combination thereof. | 25,897 |
9,734,161 | 1. A system comprising: a geographical information system (GIS) server accessing a geographic information source for static or dynamic geographic information and providing a visual representation of a trajectory of a relevant object; a computer system in conjunction with the GIS server and comprising a display; at least one first sensor within a first geographic region; at least one second sensor capturing information; a database storing historical information; and one or more non-transitory machine readable media having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a computing device of the computer system, direct the computer system to perform a method comprising: in response to receiving a real-time information request, getting information from the at least one second sensor capturing information related to an object indicated by the real-time information request; in response to receiving a historical trajectory request, getting historical information pertaining to an object indicated by the historical trajectory request from the database; in response to receiving a search window trajectory request, getting information about one or more moving objects within a search window from the at least one first sensor within the first geographic region associated with the search window, from information associated with the search window that is stored in the database, or from both the at least first one sensor within the first geographic region associated with the search window and the information associated with the search window that is stored in the database, and providing to the display a visual representation of a trajectory of the object indicated by the historical trajectory request, thereby displaying on the display a geographical visualization of the trajectory of the object to a user of the one or more non-transitory machine readable media; and performing time and speed-based predictions of at least one object's collision with a geographical region represented by a viewable window of the display for a client and using real-time sensor data, historical information, or both, to determine a rate of updating and which of the objects to update for the client receiving periodic updates of object trajectories in the viewable window, the system being configured such that: the visual representation of the trajectory of the object provided to the display comprises trajectory paths; an invisible buffer is placed around the trajectory paths such that, when an input from the user indicating a selection is received on the invisible buffer, it is interpreted by the system to be a selection of the trajectory paths; the real-time information request, the historical trajectory request, and the search window trajectory request comprise a query pattern that comprises information retrieval and database selection constraints; the object indicated by the real-time information request is the same as the object indicated by the historical trajectory request; objects determined by the system to be moving at a slower speed in the viewable window are checked for updates less often than objects determined to be moving at a faster speed in the viewable window; objects determined to not be on a collision course with the viewable window are excluded from polling data and computation of content of the viewing window; the at least one second sensor capturing information related to the object indicated by the real-time information request comprises a second sensor located on the object indicated by the real-time information request; and the at least one first sensor within the first geographic region associated with the search window comprises a first sensor located on at least one of the one or more moving objects. | 29,161 |
9,349,895 | 1. A solar cell module comprising: a transparent surface protective member; a back surface protective member; a solar cell element; and an encapsulating layer for encapsulating said solar cell element between said transparent surface protective member and said back surface protective member to be formed by crosslinking an encapsulating material for solar cell, wherein the encapsulating layer is in direct contact with at least one side of the solar cell element, and the encapsulating material for solar cell comprises an ethylene/α-olefin copolymer satisfying the following requirements (a1) to (a4) and (a11): (a1) the content ratio of structural units derived from ethylene is from 80 to 90 mol % and the content ratio of structural units derived from α-olefin having 3 to 20 carbon atoms is from 10 to 20 mol %; (a2) MFR is equal to or more than 2 g/10 minutes and less than 10 g/10 minutes as measured under the conditions of a temperature of 190 degrees centigrade and a load of 2.16 kg in accordance with ASTM D1238; (a3) the density is from 0.865 to 0.884 g/cm (a4) the shore A hardness is from 60 to 85 as measured in accordance with ASTM D2240; and (a11) the extracted amount of said ethylene/α-olefin copolymer in methyl acetate is equal to or less than 5.0 weight %. | 2,340 |
9,044,256 | 1. A medical device comprising: a platform; an arm having a hub that is pivotally coupled to the platform such that the arm is rotatable at least 90 degrees around a rotational axis between a collapsed position and an expanded position; a threaded member rotatably coupled to the platform; a shuttle coupled to the threaded member; and a shuttle arm having a first end coupled to the shuttle and a second end coupled to the hub of the arm; where the medical device is configured such that: | 31,327 |
8,806,182 | 1. A system comprising: a first execution core for executing program instructions of a first instruction set architecture in a first operating mode, wherein the first execution core is incompatible with a second instruction set architecture; a second execution core for executing program instructions of the second instruction set architecture in a second operating mode; a control circuit coupled to the first execution core and the second execution core for exclusively selecting between the first operating mode and the second operating mode, wherein the second execution core is disabled in the first operating mode and the first execution core is disabled in the second operating mode; and a package for containing the first execution core, the second execution core and the control circuit and providing electrical terminals for interfacing the system to external devices, the program instructions of the first instruction set architecture are associated with a first virtual machine, the first virtual machine provides a first operating system environment, the program instructions of the second instruction set architecture are associated with a second virtual machine different from the first virtual machine, the second virtual machine provides a second operating system environment different from the first operating system environment. | 17,994 |
8,950,281 | 1. A worm-gear assembly, comprising: a worm screw having at least one groove; a wheel having a plurality of rotatable pins along its periphery for engaging the worm screw, the pins being able to rotate in a direction other than a direction of wheel rotation; and two raceways positioned at opposite sides of the worm wheel and being operable to respectively engage opposing sides of a number of the pins that are not engaged with the worm screw during operation of the assembly, each raceway not engaging any pin that is engaged with the worm screw. | 24,175 |
8,825,337 | 1. A method of operating a drive-train of a motor vehicle with a drive aggregate comprising at the least an electric machine and an internal combustion engine, an automated variable-speed transmission being connected between the internal combustion engine and a drive output, the electric machine being coupled, via a friction clutch, to a shaft of the automated transmission, and gearshifts being carried out, in the automated transmission, with interruption of drive torque delivered by the drive aggregate to the drive output in such manner that the drive torque provided at the drive output is reduced to zero, then after the drive torque being thus reduced, an actual gearshift being carried out and, thereafter, after the actual gearshift being carried out, the drive torque at the drive output again being built up so that, to carry out the actual gearshift after a currently engaged gear of the gearshift concerned has been disengaged and before a target gear of the gearshift is engaged, the shaft of the automated transmission to which the electric machine is coupled via the friction clutch being synchronized by utilizing an inertial mass of the electric machine, the method comprising the steps of: reducing the drive torque provided at the output by the electric machine to zero while adapting the drive torque provided by the internal combustion engine at the output; bringing the speed of the electric machine to a preparatory speed, when the friction clutch, which couples the electric machine to the shaft of the automated transmission that is to be synchronized, is disengaged; and reducing the drive torque provided at the output by the internal combustion engine to zero. | 42,676 |
9,103,385 | 1. A wet friction material comprising: ring-shaped metal core; and a plurality of segment pieces made by cutting a friction material substrate, wherein the plurality of segment pieces is joined on both surfaces along an entire circumference or on one surface along an entire circumference of the ring-shaped metal core with an adhesive at intervals, side by side so as to form oil grooves therebetween, wherein the plurality of segment pieces includes first segment pieces and second segment pieces, the first segment piece having a drag torque reducing groove disposed on atop surface thereof in a direction crossing the oil groove, and the second segment piece having no drag torque reducing groove disposed on atop surface thereof, wherein the first segment pieces and the second segment pieces are arranged in a line along the entire circumference of a ring shape of the ring-shaped metal core, and wherein the first segment pieces and the second segment pieces are arranged such that the drag torque reducing groove is provided on two or more adjacent segment pieces of the plurality of segment pieces to define a series of the drag torque reducing grooves along the circumference of the ring shape and such that the series of the drag torque reducing grooves are provided at a plurality places on the entire circumference of the ring shape. | 18,155 |
9,788,162 | 1. A method comprising: by an RF transceiver of a wireless communications device associated with a first user of an online system, receiving an RF reference signal from each antenna of a plurality of antennas coupled to the RF transceiver; by a processor of the wireless communications device, determining, for each antenna of the plurality of antennas, at least one characteristic of the RF reference signal; by the processor of the wireless communications device, characterizing, based on the at least one determined characteristic, at least one aspect of an environment around the wireless communications device to determine that an object is approaching the device; and by the processor of the wireless communications device, retrieving from the online system, based on determining that the object is approaching the wireless communications device, information associated with a social graph maintained by the online system, wherein: the first user is represented by a first user node in the social graph. | 47,823 |
8,475,084 | 1. A structure that is deployed on a seabed for use in a tidal flow energy generation system that includes three tidal flow turbine nacelles, the structure comprising: three node modules each including a pair of limbs; and elongate members extending to interconnect with the limbs of the three node modules; wherein the pair of limbs of a respective node module extend at an acute angle relative to one another such that the three node modules are arranged in a triangular footprint with the three node modules positioned at respective vertices of the triangular footprint, and wherein the three node modules and the interconnecting members of the structure are configured to rest on or closely adjacent the seabed; wherein the three node modules each include a respective mounting structure and a shaft, wherein the shaft is received by the mounting structure and extends upward above the mounting structure, the shaft for supporting a corresponding one of the three tidal flow turbine nacelles above the level of the node modules and interconnecting members such that the three tidal flow turbine nacelles are operably disposed above the level of the node modules and interconnecting members, wherein the shaft extends along a first axial direction that intersects the corresponding tidal flow turbine nacelle; and wherein the three node modules each include a respective ground engaging element for transferring vertical loading to the seabed, the respective ground engaging element extending downward along a second axial direction to a tapered distal end for contacting the seabed. | 30,663 |
9,759,836 | 1. A method of measuring at least one parameter in a region of interest, comprising: launching an optical pulse into an optical fiber deployed in a wellbore formed in the region of interest, the optical fiber having a plurality of first fiber optic sensors and a plurality of second fiber optic sensors disposed along its length, wherein each of the first fiber optic sensors generates a first spectral response to the optical pulse in a first optical spectrum window, and wherein each of the second fiber optic sensors generates a second spectral response to the optical pulse in a second optical spectrum window different than the first optical spectrum window; measuring the first spectral responses in a first optical spectrum channel having a first optical bandwidth sufficient for the first optical spectrum window; measuring the second spectral responses in a second optical spectrum channel having a second optical bandwidth sufficient for the second optical spectrum window, the measured first and second spectral responses providing indications of at least one parameter in the region of interest, and the first optical bandwidth being narrower than the second optical bandwidth; and processing the measured first spectral responses and second spectral responses to derive the indications of the at least one parameter in the region of interest, wherein the measured first spectral responses are processed to derive indications of temperature in the region of interest, and the measured second spectral responses are processed to derive indications of pressure in the region of interest. | 41,042 |
8,669,722 | 1. A lamp comprising: a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) including white LEDs and at least one red or amber LED; an internal switch configured to couple the white LEDs and the at least one red or amber LED, the internal switch operable to bypass the at least one red or amber LED; a floating voltage supply to which the plurality of LEDs is coupled; a photo sensor disposed to receive light generated by the lamp; a lamp casing including a user switch; and, a controller to receive a signal from the photo sensor and the user switch and to operate the internal switch in one of: | 15,884 |
9,389,165 | 1. A system for measuring and analyzing a structural component property, comprising: a) a detector, the detector further comprising: b) a system server operatively in communication with the detector, the system server further comprising: | 41,235 |
9,600,477 | 1. A method for managing hardware components in a cloud computing environment, the method comprising: capturing an image of a bar code placed on a rack containing a plurality of computer hardware components of said cloud computing environment, wherein said image of said bar code is associated with an identifier that references an information resource of a management software configured to manage said computer hardware on said rack; accessing said information resource of said management software using said identifier; downloading photographs of said plurality of computer hardware components of said rack from said management software; capturing a photograph of a computer hardware component in said rack; matching said photograph of said computer hardware component with one of said downloaded photographs of said plurality of computer hardware components of said rack to identify a matching downloaded photograph; identifying a component serial number for the matching downloaded photograph from a table of serial numbers respectively corresponding to said downloaded photographs of said plurality of computer hardware components; transmitting a request for information regarding said component serial number to said management software, wherein said requested information comprises current users of said computer hardware component, unresolved error codes of said computer hardware component, and utilization data of said computer hardware component; receiving information as requested for said computer hardware component; and displaying, by a processor, said received information for said computer hardware component and said component serial number that overlays a displayed downloaded photograph of said computer hardware component. | 18,057 |
9,126,154 | 1. A process for separating at least one gas from a mixture of gases comprising a. providing a chemically cross-linked aromatic polyimide membrane comprising a formula (I) b. contacting the mixture of gases to one side of the chemically cross-linked aromatic polyimide membrane to cause at least one gas to permeate said membrane; and c. removing from an opposite side of said chemically cross-linked aromatic polyimide membrane a permeate gas composition comprising a portion of said at least one gas that permeated said membrane. | 23,891 |
9,399,516 | 1. A refrigeration unit for an aircraft galley, comprising: a frame defined by a floor, a ceiling, a front surface comprising first and second front doors, a rear wall, a removable first side wall, and an open side window opposed said removable first side wall; a side access compartment received in the open side window of the frame, the side access compartment comprising a dividing wall, top and bottom panels cooperating with the dividing wall to define a side compartment interior space, the dividing wall separating the side compartment interior space from a main chilled compartment; a transverse retaining lip spaced from the dividing wall and extending from the top and bottom panels to mount the side access compartment to a fixed galley wall; and a side door mounted to the side access compartment for gaining access to the side compartment interior space; wherein the first and second front doors provide access to an interior of the main chilled compartment and the side compartment interior space; and wherein the side door provides access only to the side compartment interior space. | 42,847 |
9,091,437 | 1. A method for the environmentally sound disposal of an air/solvent mixture, wherein the air/solvent mixture comprises combustible gaseous, vaporous or liquid waste material, comprising combusting with a combustion unit the air/solvent mixture to form a combusted air/solvent mixture; discharging environmentally compatible exhaust air from the combustion unit and generating waste heat, delivering the combusted air/solvent mixture to a recovery unit and converting the combusted air/solvent mixture into a usable energy form, and delivering the usable energy form to the combustion unit for combustion of more of said air/solvent mixture; wherein the usable energy form is a liquid burnable material. | 32,694 |
9,605,390 | 1. A mat having substantially flat top and bottom surfaces and comprising: first and second side beams having a height, width and length with a top surface, sides, and a bottom surface; a core support structure located between and connected to a side of first and second side beams, with the core support structure having a height that is less than that of the side beams, a width and a length, with the core support structure comprising first and second longitudinal members; a plurality of joining rods that attach the side beams to the core support structure, with the joining rods passing through the sides of the side beams and the sides of the longitudinal members of the core support structure; one or more first elongated members attached to the upper portion of the core support structure, wherein the top surface of the mat is formed by the top surfaces of the first and second side beams and the first elongated member(s); and one or more second elongated members attached to the lower portion of the core support structure, wherein the bottom surface of the mat is formed by the bottom surfaces of the first and second side beams and the second elongated member(s). | 45,856 |
8,779,916 | 1. An operator interface apparatus for a process control system comprising: a display; an operator display module to present an operator application on the display; an alarm presentation interface to be presented on the display via the operator application, wherein the alarm presentation interface includes a timeline to graphically indicate a temporal relationship of a plurality of active alarms of the process control system by displaying an icon associated with each of the active alarms along the timeline, wherein a manual control action is presented in the timeline to indicate a temporal relationships of the manual control action to the active alarms. | 49,454 |
8,485,349 | 1. A system for coating substrates comprising: a plurality of rotatable transporting rolls configured to transport a substrate, wherein the plurality of rotatable transporting rolls define a first plane; at least one collecting container configured to collect excess coating material, wherein the at least one collecting container is provided in a coating zone between a first portion of the plurality of transporting rolls that are provided before the at least one collecting container and a second portion of the plurality of transporting rolls are provided after the at least one collecting container; and at least one bridging roll provided in the coating zone, wherein the at least one bridging roll also defines the first plane. | 21,236 |
9,102,814 | 1. A curable fluoroelastomer composition comprising: A) a polyhydroxy curable fluoroelastomer; B) a polyhydroxy curative; C) a cure accelerator; and D) an unsaturated metal compound process aid comprising a siloxane having at least one vinyl or allyl group bonded to a silicon atom, wherein said unsaturated metal compound process aid is: | 42,020 |
9,151,273 | 1. An apparatus for generating electricity, comprising: a plurality of solar energy collectors for generating electricity from solar energy; a plurality of wind turbines for generating electricity from wind energy; a support structure comprising first arms and second arms extending radially from a vertical shaft, the first and second arms positioned at different vertical locations along the vertical shaft and having decreasing lengths in a direction toward a to of the support structure; each one of the solar energy collectors affixed proximate a terminal end of one of the first arms and shaped and oriented to direct wind streams striking the solar energy collector toward one of the wind turbines; each one of the wind turbines comprising an element affixed proximate a terminal end of one of the second arms and responsive to wind streams for rotating the element and the second arm to generate electricity; and wherein the first arms alternate with the second arms. | 1,781 |
9,844,369 | 1. A surgical end effector, comprising: an elongate channel including a bottom including a proximal end and a distal end, the elongate channel being configured to operably support a staple cartridge therein; a firing element configured to translate between a starting position adjacent the proximal end of the bottom of the elongate channel and an ending position adjacent the distal end of the bottom of the elongate channel; a proximal channel opening through the proximal end of the bottom of the elongate channel to facilitate viewing of the firing element therethrough when the firing element is in the starting position; and a distal channel opening through the distal end of the bottom of the elongate channel to facilitate viewing of the firing element therethrough when the firing element is in the ending position, and wherein a portion of the bottom of the elongate channel extending between the proximal channel opening and the distal channel opening is closed and has no other openings therethrough. | 9,439 |
9,784,058 | 1. A down-hole tool for use inside a well, the down-hole tool comprising: a housing; an anchoring arm rotatably attached to the housing and configured to move between an open position and a closed position; a spring block located inside the housing and having: (i) a central part, (ii) a spring block housing mating with the central part, and (iii) a spring mechanism contained inside the spring block, wherein the central part moves along a longitudinal axis (X) of the housing which results in the movement of the anchoring arm between the open or closed positions; and an actuating mechanism connected to the central part and configured to move the central part along the longitudinal axis relative to the spring block housing, wherein the spring block is detachably attached to the housing so that a first orientation of the spring block, relative to the housing, biases the anchoring arm to the closed position and a second orientation of the spring block, relative to the housing, biases the anchoring arm to the open position, and wherein the second orientation is achieved by detaching the entire spring block from the housing, reversing the first orientation of the spring block relative to the housing, and reattaching the spring block to the housing. | 17,098 |
9,635,616 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a non-transitory memory element storing information; and a processing element coupled to the non-transitory memory element and configured to use at least a portion of the information to cause a wireless communication device to: | 9,534 |
9,339,949 | 1. A method for producing a decorative molding-furnished glass, comprising the steps of: (a) providing a die comprising: (b) placing the metal molding in a predetermined position on the concave surface of the lower die; (c) setting the glass plate at a predetermined position of the lower die; (d) placing the upper die onto the lower die to sandwich the glass plate therebetween so that there is provided a cavity that is between the upper die and the lower die and that receives the peripheral edge portion of the glass plate and the metal molding; (e) fixing the metal molding in the predetermined position by the magnetic force of the magnetic force generation device; and (f) injecting a softened resin into the cavity of the die. | 3,415 |
8,393,313 | 1. A control apparatus for an internal combustion engine, comprising: a fuel tank in which fuel is stored; a vaporized fuel tank that is connected to a midway of an intake passage of the internal combustion engine and in which vaporized fuel that is the fuel that has been vaporized is stored; an in-tank fuel supplying device that supplies fuel in the fuel tank to the vaporized fuel tank; a normally-closed vaporized fuel supply valve that opens and closes a connecting portion between the vaporized fuel tank and the intake passage; a vaporized fuel producing apparatus that produces vaporized fuel in the vaporized fuel tank by driving the in-tank fuel supplying device while the vaporized fuel supply valve is closed, while the internal combustion engine is operating; a vaporized fuel supplying device that supplies vaporized fuel stored in the vaporized fuel tank to the intake passage by opening the vaporized fuel supply valve at startup of the internal combustion engine; a determining apparatus that determines whether an amount of vaporized fuel in the vaporized fuel tank becomes insufficient at next startup in a case where an engine stop command has been issued while the internal combustion engine is operating; a vacuum generating apparatus that generates a vacuum in the vaporized fuel tank by temporarily opening the vaporized fuel supply valve before the engine stops, in a case where it is determined by the determining apparatus that the vaporized fuel becomes insufficient; and a production controlling apparatus that executes the vaporized fuel producing apparatus after the vacuum generating apparatus has been executed. | 5,191 |
8,945,627 | 1. A micelle composition comprising an aqueous solvent system and drug-encapsulating micelles, wherein the micelles comprise a plurality of poloxamer polymers having an average molecular weight of about 1,000 g/mol to about 30,000 g/mol, the polymers form one or more micelles, the one or more micelles encapsulate a drug within their micelle structure, the drug is a gossypol compound that is not covalently bound to the polymer, and the diameter of the micelles is about 15 nm to about 150 nm. | 32,259 |
8,955,236 | 1. A device for removing liquid from a part of a vehicle, the liquid removal device including an intake for receiving matter containing gaseous components and non-gaseous components, a separator for separating the gaseous and nongaseous components of matter entering the inlet, and an outlet for directing a gaseous component of the matter leaving the separator towards the part of the vehicle from which liquid is to be removed, so as to remove liquid therefrom; wherein the separator is a cyclonic separator including a chamber having an inlet for receiving matter from the intake, the chamber having a first outlet configured to allow exiting there though of the non-gaseous components separated from the matter, and a second outlet in fluid communication with the outlet of the liquid removal device. | 14,458 |
9,445,321 | 1. A method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE), comprising: performing an inter-radio access technology (RAT) mobility procedure from a first network to a second network while idle mode signaling reduction (ISR) is active; determining whether the UE has previously registered in a routing or tracking area of the second network; locally deactivating ISR in connection with completion of the inter-RAT mobility procedure and based on determining that the UE has previously registered in the routing or tracking area of the second network; and initiating a location management procedure in the second network. | 34,710 |
9,354,641 | 1. A control system for an electric power grid configured to supply electric power from a supply point to a plurality of consumption locations, the system comprising: a plurality of sensors, wherein each sensor is located at a respective one of a plurality of distribution locations on the distribution grid at or between the supply point and at least one of the plurality of consumption locations, and wherein each sensor is configured to sense a component of the supplied electric power received at the respective distribution location and at least one of the plurality of sensors is configured to generate measurement data based on the sensed component of the power; a controller configured to receive measurement data from the plurality of sensors, and to identify abnormal operation of voltage using a technique that compares the voltage measurement data against patterns identified in a database relating to system reliability, wherein the patterns comprise deviations from a linear regression, the linear regression being based on a change in voltage from an upstream location to a downstream location for a current at the upstream location. | 16,862 |
9,673,653 | 1. A vehicle comprising: a GPS; a battery pack including a plurality of cells; an electric machine configured to transform electrical power from the battery pack to motive power for the vehicle; a receiver configured to receive a wireless signal from a key fob; and at least one controller programmed to inhibit cell balancing for a user-defined time period that is initiated in response to receiving the wireless signal and initiated in response to receiving a location of the vehicle via the GPS. | 48,569 |
9,575,722 | 1. A computer system for performing a data manipulation function, the computer system comprising: an operating system comprising a software library, the software library having an algorithm configured to perform the data manipulation function; a specialized hardware device configured to perform the data manipulation function; and a processor configured to: | 12,339 |
9,217,378 | 1. A controller for an internal combustion engine, comprising: an intake valve driving mechanism that has a first intake cam and a second intake cam selectively used to open/close an intake valve, a valve lift changing mechanism that selectively switches an actively driving intake cam, which is an intake cam actually opening/closing the intake valve, to either the first intake cam or the second intake cam, and a valve phase changing mechanism that changes the phase angles of the first and the second intake cams relative to the phase angle of a crankshaft, the profiles of the first and the second intake cams being set such that, in the case where the intake valve is opened/closed by the first intake cam, the lift amount of the intake valve and the angle width of an open valve period are both larger than those in the case where the intake valve is opened/closed by the second intake cam, the profiles of the first and the second intake cams being set such that an angle width of an open valve period of the intake valve opened by the first intake cam is larger than an angle width between a top dead center and a bottom dead center and the angle width of the open valve period of the intake valve opened by the second intake cam becomes an angle width that is closer to an angle width between the top dead center and the bottom dead center than an angle width of the open valve period of the intake valve opened by the first intake cam, and the profiles of the first and the second intake cams being also set such that, in the case where the intake valve is opened/closed by the first intake cam and in the case where the intake valve is opened/closed by the second intake cam, the amounts of air charged into the combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine during the open valve period of the intake valve by the respective intake cams or the effective compression ratios of the combustion chamber agree with each other in both cases in a specific state in which the phase angle of the first intake cam and the phase angle of the second intake cam are controlled such that a phase angle at a start of opening of the intake valve by the first intake cam and a phase angle at a start of opening of the intake valve by the second intake cam agree with each other at a predetermined lead-angle-side valve opening start phase angle on a lead angle side relative to the phase angle at the top dead center, an intake cam switching control unit, which defines the first intake cam out of the first and the second intake cams as the intake cam for a low-load operation of the internal combustion engine and defines the second intake cam as the intake cam for a high-load operation of the internal combustion engine, and controls the valve lift changing mechanism to switch the actively driving intake cam according to the load on the internal combustion engine; and a cam phase control unit, which controls the valve phase changing mechanism to change the phase angle of the actively driving intake cam according to the load on the internal combustion engine at the time of opening/closing the intake valve by each of the first and the second intake cams, wherein the cam phase control unit controls the valve phase changing mechanism such that, at the time of opening/closing the intake valve by the first intake cam, the phase angle at the start of opening of the intake valve changes in a lead angle direction within a range between the lead-angle-side valve opening start phase angle and a predetermined first lag-angle-side valve opening start phase angle closer to a lag angle end than the lead-angle-side valve opening start phase angle as the load on the internal combustion engine increases, and also controls the valve phase changing mechanism such that, at the time of opening/closing the intake valve by the second intake cam, the phase angle at the start of opening of the intake valve changes in a lag angle direction within a range between the lead-angle-side valve opening start phase angle and a predetermined second lag-angle-side valve opening start phase angle closer to a lag angle end than the lead-angle-side valve opening start phase angle as the load on the internal combustion engine increases, the intake cam switching control unit switches the actively driving intake cam in the specific state, the lead-angle-side valve opening start phase angle and the first lag-angle-side valve opening start phase angle are set beforehand such that, in the case where the intake valve is opened/closed by the first intake cam, the amount of air charged into the combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine during the open valve period of the intake valve or the effective compression ratio of the combustion chamber increases as the phase angle at the opening start of the intake valve changes in the lead-angle direction within the range between the lead-angle-side valve opening start phase angle and the first lag-angle-side valve opening start phase angle, and the lead-angle-side valve opening start phase angle and the second lag-angle-side valve opening start phase angle are set beforehand such that, in the case where the intake valve is opened/closed by the second intake cam, the amount of air charged into the combustion chamber of the internal combustion engine during the open valve period of the intake valve or the effective compression ratio of the combustion chamber increases as the phase angle at the opening start of the intake valve changes in the lag angle direction within the range between the lead-angle-side valve opening start phase angle and the second lag-angle-side valve opening start phase angle. | 32,820 |
9,234,898 | 1. A method for assessing the administration of aprotinin during cardio-pulmonary bypass surgery, the method comprising: a. providing a urine sample obtained from a subject receiving cardio-pulmonary bypass surgery; b. separating the proteins in the sample by molecular weight using proteome analysis; c. identifying the presence of a 6.4 kDa protein; and d. comparing the level of the 6.4 kDa protein to a predetermined level thereof, wherein the comparison directs a caregiver's therapeutic decision regarding the intra-operative administration of aprotinin during cardio-pulmonary bypass surgery. | 905 |
8,945,495 | 1. A system for reducing NO x and particulate matter emissions in an exhaust stream comprising: a catalytic oxidation reactor that oxidizes carbon monoxide, hydrocarbons, and NO wherein said catalytic oxidation reactor comprises a dual zone type catalytic oxidation reactor in which said exhaust stream first passes through a platinum- and palladium-containing front side, which oxidizes hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide to carbon dioxide, and subsequently passes through a platinum-rich containing rear side, which oxidizes nitrous oxide (NO) to nitrous dioxide (NO a hydrocarbon injector located upstream of said catalytic oxidation reactor that introduces a hydrocarbon stream into said exhaust stream to raise the temperature of said exhaust stream; a two-way selective reduction catalyst particulate filter located downstream of said catalytic oxidation reactor, said two-way selective reduction catalyst particulate filter comprising a wall flow filter substrate having internal walls coated with a first selective catalytic reduction catalyst that reduces NO a catalytic reduction reactor having a second selective catalytic reduction catalyst that reduces NO a cooling pipe located between said two-way selective reduction catalyst particulate filter and said catalytic reduction reactor that allows the exhaust stream to cool before the exhaust stream enters the catalytic reduction reactor; and an injector device that injects ammonia or urea into said exhaust stream between said catalytic oxidation reactor and said two-way selective reduction catalyst particulate filter. | 9,949 |
9,267,591 | 1. A torque converter stator structure comprising a pump impeller that is connected to a drive source and rotates around an axis, a turbine runner that is connected to an input of a transmission and rotates around the axis, and a stator that is disposed between the pump impeller and the turbine runner, the stator comprising a first stator that is positioned on the upstream side in the direction of circulation of oil and a second stator that is positioned on the downstream side in the direction of circulation, and the first and second stators being supported on a fixed part via corresponding one-way clutches, wherein, the number of blades of one stator of the first and second stators is larger than the number of blades of the other stator, and the maximum value for blade thickness of the blade of said one stator is smaller than the minimum value for blade thickness of the blade of said other stator. | 30,136 |
9,306,925 | 1. An image processing apparatus comprising: a first interface; a second interface configured to be connected with a server, the server being configured to perform user authentication; an image processing unit configured to execute at least part of a job, including image processing, the job including a first part of the job and a second part of the job; and a control device configured to: execute the rest of the first part of the job, in a case where the execution of the first part of the job has not been completed when it is determined that the user authentication has been successful; and start executing the second part of the job after completing the execution of the first part of the job and when it is determined that the user authentication has been successful. | 15,574 |
9,538,651 | 1. A printed wiring board, comprising: a resin insulating layer; a first conductor layer embedded into a first surface of the resin insulating layer and comprising a plurality of connecting portions positioned to connect an electronic component; a second conductor layer projecting from a second surface of the resin insulating layer on an opposite side of the resin insulating layer with respect to the first surface; a solder resist layer formed on the first surface of the resin insulating layer such that the solder resist layer is covering the first conductor layer and has an opening structure exposing the plurality of connecting portions of the first conductor layer; a barrier metal layer formed on the plurality of connecting portions of the first conductor layer such that the barrier metal layer is projecting from the first surface of the resin insulating layer; and a plurality of metal posts formed on the barrier metal layer such that the plurality of metal posts is positioned on the plurality of connecting portions of the first conductor layer, respectively, wherein the plurality of metal posts is formed such that each of the metal posts has a width which is greater than a width of a respective one of the connecting portions, and the barrier metal layer comprises a metal material which is different from a metal material forming the metal posts and a metal material forming the first conductor layer. | 15,228 |
8,933,329 | 1. A maleimide-based compound represented by the following general formula (1), and a tautomer or a stereoisomer thereof: wherein in the formula (1), R | 26,842 |
9,469,536 | 1. An engine system using natural gas as a fuel, the system comprising: a combustion system for combusting natural gas to produce energy and exhaust gas; a pre-reforming system to receive unreformed natural gas and at least a portion of the exhaust gas from the combustion system, wherein the pre-reforming system is configured to generate a partial oxidation (PDX) reaction between unreformed natural gas and the exhaust gas to provide PDX reaction products; a reforming system for reforming the PDX reaction products from the pre-reforming system to provide reformed natural gas, the reforming system including a steam reformer, a carbon dioxide reformer, and a first water-gas-shift reformer; a mixing system for mixing reformed natural gas from the reforming system and unreformed natural gas to be delivered to the combustion system; and a reforming control system for controlling the delivery of exhaust gas to the pre-forming system, wherein the at least a portion of the exhaust gas from the combustion system is delivered to the pre-reforming system at a first predetermined ratio with unreformed natural gas based on a first engine operating condition and at a second predetermined ratio with unreformed natural gas based on a second engine operating condition. | 48,028 |
8,665,479 | 1. A system comprising: a three-dimensional printer having a three-dimensional printing mechanism that is configured to form a physical object in three dimensions; and a computing device communicatively coupled to the three-dimensional printer, the computing device including a three-dimensional printing module implemented at least partially in hardware to cause the three-dimensional printer to form the physical object in three dimensions as having functionality configured to communicate with a computing device, the three-dimensional printing module configured to cause the object that is formed by the three-dimensional printer to be associated with a respective item of data that is accessible to the computing device such that a physical arrangement of the object with another said object causes the computing device to form a corresponding logical relationship between the items of data that are associated with the respective said objects. | 128 |
9,564,526 | 1. A semiconductor structure comprising: a substrate containing an nFET device region, a pFET device region and a Group III nitride device region, wherein said nFET device region and said pFET device region comprise a topmost silicon layer of said substrate, and wherein said Group III nitride device region comprises a <111> silicon layer of said substrate, a Group III nitride material base having a first band gap located atop a surface of said <111> silicon layer, and a Group III nitride channel material having a second band gap located on a mesa portion of said Group III nitride base material, wherein said second band gap is different from said first band gap and wherein said Group III nitride material base material has a topmost surface that is coplanar with, or below, a topmost surface of said topmost silicon layer, wherein a Group III nitride growth seed layer is located on a sidewall surface of said Group III nitride base material, and wherein a topmost portion of said Group III nitride growth seed layer extends above a topmost surface of said Group III nitride channel material. | 41,969 |
9,383,371 | 1. A method for identifying a target material in or on a cell, comprising: contacting a dye complex with a sample including the cell and forming a dye-complex-bound cell, wherein the dye complex comprises (a) a material that binds to the target material, (b) a photocleavable compound that is linked to the material that binds to the target material, and (c) a fluorescent dye that is coupled with the photocleavable compound; and measuring a signal from the dye complex-bound target cell, thereby identifying the target material in or on the cell, wherein the photocleavable compound is which is linked to the material that binds to the target material and coupled to the fluorescent dye. | 41,822 |
8,602,254 | 1. A swivel compact container which has an upper casing and a lower casing hinged with each other, wherein an upper side of the lower casing is open or closed by rotation of the upper casing, the swivel compact container comprising: a compact fixture which is installed in an interior of the lower casing, the compact fixture having a rotation protrusion that protrudes from both sides of the compact fixture, respectively, and the compact fixture rotating in an upward direction about the rotation protrusions; and a compact storing casing which is installed at only one cross-section surface of the compact fixture, is rotatable by 360°, and includes a plurality of compact storing grooves at its upper and lower sides for thereby storing stuff therein, respectively. | 18,898 |
9,059,821 | 1. A method, comprising: in a receiver, receiving from a transmitter a request to provide channel feedback relating to a communication channel between the transmitter and the receiver; assessing a maximum latency after which the channel feedback is expected by the transmitter; selecting, based on the assessed maximum latency, a spectral resolution with which to calculate the channel feedback; and calculating the channel feedback with the selected spectral resolution, and sending the calculated channel feedback to the transmitter within the maximum latency. | 38,000 |
8,814,495 | 1. A wind blade device for rotating a wind turbine, the wind turbine generating wind-generated electric power in residential, business, industrial, and electric utility applications, the wind blade device comprising: a drive shaft mountable to the wind turbine; a first wing extending from one side of the drive shaft; and a second wing extending from an opposite side of the drive shaft; wherein at least a portion of the first wing distant from the drive shaft is curved in a first direction; wherein at least a portion of the second wing distant from the drive shaft is curved in a second direction; wherein each wing has a substantially triangular shape with one side of each wing secured to the drive shaft; and wherein the first wing and the second wing maximize surface area to the wind and receive the wind from any direction. | 4,540 |
9,788,509 | 1. A seed of hybrid maize variety X18H541, representative seed produced by crossing a first plant of variety PH2558 with a second plant of variety PH1T92, wherein representative seed of the varieties PH2558 and PH1T92 have been deposited under ATCC Accession Numbers PTA-123180 and PTA-122697, respectively. | 7,471 |
8,943,367 | 1. A method for metric ranking in invariant networks, the method comprising: considering an invariant network and a set of broken invariants in said invariant network; under first process, given a node/metric of said invariant network, determining multiple scores by integrating information from immediate neighboring nodes of said node to decide an anomaly score of said node for metric ranking; and under a second process, given a node/metric of said invariant network, using an iteration to recursively integrate information from immediate neighboring nodes of said at each round to determine an anomaly score of said node for metric ranking, wherein said first and second process facilitate a determination and ranking of said anomaly scores of each monitoring metrics in large scale invariant network systems for enabling following said ranking to investigate a problem in said invariant network, and wherein said first process comprises determining an iScore for every node in the invariant network, said iScore of a node, V | 43,821 |
9,620,883 | 1. A conduction path to be accommodated into a housing, comprising: a wire having opposite first and second ends, a conductor extending from the first end to the second end, an insulation coating surrounding the conductor from a first location spaced from the first end toward the second end, a coating layer made of a photocurable resin surrounding the conductor from the first location to a second location between the first location and the first end, the coating layer being thinner than the insulation coating; and a terminal fitting having a wire barrel surrounding at least part of the conductor between the coating layer and the first end, and an insulation barrel surrounding at least part of the coating layer at a position spaced from the insulation coating; wherein: the portions of the terminal fitting surrounding the wire and the portion of the wire having the coating layer thereon are dimensioned to be accommodated in the housing. | 2,131 |
8,740,755 | 1. An elliptical exercise apparatus, comprising: a body having a base frame and two supporting frames at two opposite sides of the base frame; a pair of swing sleeves each pivotally connected with one of the two supporting frames; a pair of sliding arms each having a top portion slidably inserted through one of the swing sleeves, and a bottom portion extending transversely and coupled with a treadle; a pair of swing arms each having an end pivotally coupled with the base frame; a pair of sliding sleeves each axially slidably sleeved onto one of the swing arms and pivotally connected with the bottom portion of one of the sliding arms through a pivot; a rotational shaft having two ends is transversely and rotationally coupled with the base frame; and two links each having an end vertically coupled with one of the two ends of the rotational shaft, and an opposite end pivotally connected with a lower portion of one of the sliding sleeves; whereby when the treadles are pushed, the swing sleeves and the swing arms respectively swing back and forth, the sliding arms and the sliding sleeves slide vertically along the swing sleeves and the swing arms respectively, and the links synchronously rotate about the rotational shaft, causing the treadles to move along an elliptical exercise track. | 44,504 |
9,697,731 | 1. A method comprising: receiving mobile device data over a period of time from a plurality of mobile devices associated with a length of road comprising a plurality of subsections of road; calculating, by at least one processor, from the mobile device data, a number of mobile device readings per subsection of the length of road and a difference between traffic flow of a first subsection and a second subsection of the length of road; determining whether the number of mobile device readings for the first subsection is above a probe quantity threshold; determining whether the number of mobile device readings for the second subsection is above the probe quantity threshold; determining whether the difference between traffic flow of the first subsection and the second subsection of the length of road is above a variance threshold; in response to the number of mobile device readings for the first subsection being above the probe quantity threshold, the number of mobile device readings for the second subsection being above the probe quantity threshold, and the difference between traffic flow of the first subsection and the second subsection of the length of road being above the variance threshold, indicating a different traffic flow level for the first subsection of the length of road than the second subsection of the length of road; and in response to the number of mobile device readings for the first subsection being above the probe quantity threshold, the number of mobile device readings for the second subsection being above the probe quantity threshold, and the difference between traffic flow of the first subsection and the second subsection of the length of road being above the variance threshold, merging the first subsection and the second subsection into composite section, wherein subsequent traffic determinations are calculated for the composite section rather than the first subsection and the second subsection. | 42,229 |
8,630,170 | 1. For use in a software-defined radio system for processing radio signals on multiple radios, a method for scheduling processing of received radio packets each having an associated processing deadline, the method comprising: (a) assigning a priority value to each received radio packet received wirelessly via radio signals conveyed in the software-defined radio system, the assigned priority value reflective of preset radio preferences and risk of radio packet loss; (b) determining a processing execution order for the received radio packets according to earliest associated processing deadline; (c) for each received radio packet, determining whether there is sufficient time to process the radio packet in the processing execution order ahead of the associated processing deadline; and (d) responsive to determining that there is insufficient time to process at least one of the received radio packets, removing the radio packet having the lowest assigned priority value and repeating steps (b) through (d); and responsive to determining that there is sufficient time to process each of the received radio packets, executing the received radio packets in the processing execution order. | 30,485 |
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