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9,788,384 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a power terminal configured to produce a power flow through a wire in either a first direction or a second direction opposing the first direction, the power terminal including an A/B switch configured to switch the power flow between the first direction and the second direction; and a light-emitting diode connected to the power terminal via the wire, the light-emitting diode including: | 34,593 |
9,671,624 | 1. An electronic lens processing system to facilitate the manufacture of lenses at a laboratory, comprising: a display; at least one memory component storing a software program and data structure, at least one input/output device; a processor coupled among the display, the at least one memory component, and the input/output device, | 13,382 |
9,800,623 | 1. A relay device comprising: circuitry configured to: | 9,659 |
8,517,689 | 1. A wind turbine blade, comprising: a first blade segment and a second blade segment, each of said blade segments having a pressure side shell member, a suction side shell member, and internal support structure; said first and second blade segments comprising respective adjacent ends having complimentary joint sections that are joinable at a chord-wise joint; each of said joint sections comprising a span-wise offset joint profile that extends in a single span-wise direction from said pressure side shell member to said suction side shell member such that said respective joint profiles overlie each other in a span-wise direction without axial insertion of one of said blade segments into the other said blade segment; wherein each said joint profile is staggered from said pressure side shell member to said suction side shell member and includes at least one joint line that is generally parallel to said pressure side shell member or said suction side shell member in a span-wise direction; and wherein each said joint profile comprises a plurality of said parallel joint lines, said internal support structure within each said blade segment comprising spar caps along said pressure and suction side shell members, a first one of said parallel joint lines within each said blade segment including an exposed section of one of said spar caps that extends span-wise beyond its respective pressure or suction side shell member, and a second one of said parallel joint lines in the same said blade segment including a section of the opposite said suction or pressure side shell member that extends span-wise beyond the opposite respective said spar cap. | 45,143 |
8,844,214 | 1. A support system for a solar panel comprising: a triangular truss with connection areas for mounting at least one photovoltaic module thereon; a first linkage connected to a first arm of a cradle structure, the first linkage providing a force on the cradle structure that causes the cradle structure to move about an axis; and the cradle structure adapted to be supported on a first foundation and supporting the triangular truss, said cradle structure connected to at least two side supports of the triangular truss, the cradle structure configured to rotate about the axis, wherein the cradle structure comprises: | 6,967 |
9,393,326 | 1. A composition for imaging of a biological tissue, the composition comprising: a) two or more separate and unlinked signal modifying agents selected from a signal modifying agent specific for computed tomography (CT) and a signal modifying agent specific for positron emission tomography (PET), each of the signal modifying agents being present at a different concentration that is sufficient to acquire in vivo imaging data from an imaging modality for which the signal modifying agent is specific; and b) a liposome carrier comprising the two or more signal modifying agents wherein the carrier retains a sufficient amount of the agents for a time sufficient to acquire in vivo imaging data from each of the two or more signal modifying agents using the composition, the liposome comprising at least one lipid, cholesterol (CHOL), and at least one pegylated lipid (PEG lipid), wherein the signal modifying agent specific for PET comprises 64Cu and the signal modifying agent specific for CT comprises iohexol, wherein the signal modifying agent specific for PET comprises a positron emitting radioisotope and the signal modifying agent specific for CT agent comprises iohexol. | 6,003 |
9,712,675 | 1. A system providing a graphical user interface (“GUI”) to a user to configure parameters for streaming a first call and a second call from a call handler in a contact center to a speech analytics system (“SAS”), comprising: a microprocessor configured to: | 38,651 |
9,822,059 | 1. A process for separating a mixture comprising at least one vinyl carboxylate ester of general formula R′—C(O)O—CH═CH 2 and at least one carboxylic acid of general formula R′—COOH, wherein in each case R′ may be an aliphatic radical having 12 to 22 carbon atoms or a cycloaliphatic radical having 12 to 22 carbon atoms or an aromatic radical having 12 to 22 carbon atoms and R′ may be identical or different, said process comprising the steps of converting the carboxylic acid into its anhydride R′—C(O)—O—C(O)—R′ and subsequently removing the vinyl carboxylate ester. | 23,355 |
9,010,997 | 1. A method for manufacturing an electronic timepiece having a rotor; a stator; a lubricating apparatus that has a substantially cylindrical shape and is disposed as a bearing of the rotor and for holding lubricant; and a stator guide that has a substantially cylindrical shape and is for maintaining a position of the stator, the method comprising: fitting and fixing the lubricating apparatus and the stator guide such that respective central axes are aligned to an opening that has a substantially cylindrical shape and is disposed in a bottom plate that is a primary member of the electronic timepiece, wherein prior to the lubricating apparatus and the stator guide being fitted into the opening, an outer diameter at a joint of the lubricating apparatus and an outer diameter at a joint of the stator guide differ. | 6,075 |
8,643,303 | 1. A light-emitting diode (LED) lamp controller, comprising: a dimmer control unit configured to determine a characteristic of an input voltage and identity a type of dimmer switch providing the input voltage based on the determined characteristic of the input voltage, determine a detected dimming amount of the input voltage for the identified type of dimmer switch, and generate one or more control signals to control regulated current through one or more LEDs such that an output light intensity of the one or more LEDs corresponds to the detected dimming amount, wherein the dimmer control unit comprises: a power converter configured to receive the control signals and provide regulated current to the one or more LEDs, the power converter configured to adjust the regulated current to the one or more LEDs as indicated by the one or more control signals to achieve the output light intensity. | 13,831 |
9,738,539 | 1. A method for separating fluids, comprising: exposing an input fluid stream comprising a first fluid component and a second fluid component to an adsorbent comprising zeolite ITQ-55 to form a rejection product fluid stream, a molar ratio of the first fluid component to the second fluid component in the rejection product fluid stream being less than a molar ratio of the first fluid component to the second fluid component in the input fluid stream; collecting the rejection product fluid stream; forming an adsorbed product fluid stream, a molar ratio of the first fluid component to the second fluid component in the adsorbed product stream being greater than the molar ratio of the first fluid component to the second fluid component in the input fluid stream; and collecting the adsorbed product stream, wherein the zeolite ITQ-55 has a framework of tetrahedral (T) atoms connected by bridging atoms, wherein the tetrahedral atom is defined by connecting the nearest T atoms in the manner described in the following Table: | 21,316 |
9,703,354 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a plurality of processors; a power control circuit coupled to the plurality of processors, wherein: | 39,413 |
9,694,248 | 1. A system for measuring the air pressure of a prior art conventional American-style football in real time wherein the football is comprised of a bladder and a cover-liner; and wherein said system is comprised of: a pressure transducer device carried inside the football, and deployed in a space between said cover-liner and said bladder configured for sensing the football's pressure, and wherein said pressure transducer device is a low mass battery-less smooth thin sheet of finite thickness conforming to corresponding surfaces of said cover-liner and said bladder, and wherein a moment of inertia of said pressure transducer device is balanced symmetrically inside the football in order to preserve the football's playability, and a pressure readout device deployed outside said cover-liner of the football from said pressure transducer device, and wherein said pressure readout device is configured for wirelessly electrically stimulating said pressure transducer device to sense the football's pressure, and wherein said pressure readout device is configured for wirelessly receiving an electrical signal from said pressure transducer device, and wherein said electrical signal is a function of the football's pressure, and wherein said pressure readout device is configured for using said electrical signal to calculate the value of the football's pressure, and a test stand comprised of a rigid material and configured for rigidly aligning and holding the football and said pressure readout device to stably facilitate the measurement of the football's pressure. | 45,767 |
9,053,735 | 1. A method for fabricating magnetic transducer having air-bearing surface (ABS) location and an intermediate layer having a trench therein, the trench having a shape and location corresponding to a main pole, the method comprising: depositing at least one main pole layer, a portion of the at least one main pole layer residing in the trench; providing a refill layer on the at least one main pole layer; planarizing at least the refill layer; and performing a full-film metal planarization for at least one of the refill layer and the at least one main pole layer. | 48,781 |
9,046,608 | 1. A passive system for detecting sea surface wind, the system comprising: an observation sensor unit that processes radiance temperature of sea water or sea level temperature information using data from a sensor mounted on a satellite; a reflectivity measurement operation unit that determines polarized light-specific reflectivity as a function of processing the radiance temperature or the sea level temperature transmitted from the observation sensor unit; a sea level roughness determination unit that determines the sea level roughness, using the polarized light-specific reflectivity produced by the reflectivity measurement operation unit; and a sea surface wind information production unit that uses a regression relation between the determined sea level roughness and the magnitude of the sea surface wind and produces the sea surface wind information. | 41,232 |
8,930,704 | 1. A digital signature method involving a signer having a weak security parameter, the method comprising: retrieving, by the signer that includes a processor, a cryptographic element from each of a plurality of computing entities, each of said cryptographic elements being a function of a commitment supplied by the signer and a private key of a respective one of the computing entities, said commitment comprising a cryptographic function of the weak security parameter provided by the signer, wherein said cryptographic function is a one-way function of at least the weak security parameter and a random variable; generating, by the signer, a strong cryptographic security parameter using a plurality of said cryptographic elements; and signing, by the signer, a message according to a digital signature scheme using the strong cryptographic security parameter to generate a digital signature. | 25,115 |
8,429,691 | 1. A method, comprising: distributing identifiers of ranked programs to television client devices; receiving a viewing vector as a binary digit string from each of the television client devices, the viewing vectors indicating which of the ranked programs have been displayed for viewing at different ones of the television client devices; measuring variances between the viewing vectors to identify one or more of the binary digit strings that represent a subset of the television client devices with similar viewing vectors, the variances between the viewing vectors being measured by at least counting a number of binary digit flips that would change one binary digit string to match another binary digit string; creating a client devices group that includes the subset of the television client devices based on the viewing vectors that are received from respective ones of the television client devices; determining a ranked program that has not been displayed for viewing by some of the television client devices in the client devices group; and communicating a recommendation of the ranked program to the television client devices in the client devices group that have not had the ranked program displayed for viewing. | 3,384 |
9,833,777 | 1. A method of oxidizing water to oxygen, comprising mixing water with a photosensitizer, and a polyoxometalate water oxidation catalyst, under conditions such that oxygen is formed, wherein the catalyst is [Co 4 (H 2 O) 2 (PW 9 O 34 ) 2 ] 10 [A] 10 wherein A is a cation or combination of cations. | 2,506 |
9,127,050 | 1. An immunogenic composition comprising an effective amount of a first polypeptide encoded by a nucleic acid set forth as SEQ ID NO:1 and an effective amount of a second polypeptide encoded by a nucleic acid set forth as SEQ ID NO:7. | 12,418 |
8,697,636 | 1. An isolated peptide with antimicrobial activity, characterized in that it comprises a peptide chosen from the group consisting of SEQ ID No. 4, 5, and 6. | 39,643 |
8,731,386 | 1. An electric heating device for heating fluids, comprising: at least one heating rod, which has at least one heating element; a housing, enclosing the heating rod and having an inlet opening and an outlet opening; a winding flow channel interconnecting the inlet opening and the outlet opening by a winding flow channel, wherein the flow channel forms a helix that has a longitudinal axis, wherein the heating rod is disposed off-center and next to the longitudinal axis of the helix and extends through a helically winding wall of the flow channel at a plurality of off-center points. | 15,899 |
9,345,108 | 1. A self-adaptive brightness sensor light, comprising: a lamp body; and a control circuit mounted inside the lamp body and having: | 36,854 |
9,526,457 | 1. A computer-implemented method to predict intervertebral disc degeneration, the method comprising: receiving image data comprising one or more images of the human spine; segmenting, using a processor, disc regions of said one or more images; generating, using the processor, individual biomarkers based on texture features of said segmented disc regions; generating, using the processor, a prognostic marker from said individual biomarkers; wherein generating the prognostic marker comprises utilizing a weighted sum of individual texture biomarkers and linear discriminant analysis; and facilitating prediction of intervertebral disc loss based on the prognostic marker. | 14,125 |
8,622,716 | 1. An oil-cooled air compressor comprising a heat exchanger for a lubricant and a compressor body compressing air, wherein a flow rate of a cooling medium supplied to the heat exchanger is adjusted continuously to make a temperature of the lubricant not less than a control temperature T 0 , the compressor further comprises a lubricant flow rate adjustor for measuring the temperature of the lubricant and decreasing the flow rate of the lubricant supplied to the heat exchanger in response to a decrease in the temperature of the lubricant to less than the control temperature T 0 after a decrease in a rotational speed of a cooling fan for supplying the cooling medium to the heat exchanger so that the lubricant temperature is made not less than T 1 , and T 0 >T 1 ≧TD when TD is a condensed water occurrence critical temperature at which a condensed water occurs in the compressor body, further comprising an exhaust port and a ventilation fan, the ventilation fan being configured to convey the cooling medium through the exhaust port and out of the oil-cooled air compressor. | 42,383 |
8,453,232 | 1. A method of providing a cryptographic service on a computer having a processor, the method comprising: deploying an executable cryptographic agent set on the computer, each executable cryptographic agent from the executable cryptographic agent set being a set of instructions executed on the processor and being provided by a virtual smart card stored in the computer; activating an executable cryptographic agent on the computer, each executable cryptographic agent being constructed and arranged to generate cryptographic codes which change over time in response to activation of the agent; and providing, to an application running on the computer, access to the executable cryptographic agent through a Personal Computer/Smart Card (PC/SC) interface of the computer. | 31,081 |
9,443,961 | 1. An integrated circuit device comprising: a semiconductor substrate; a semiconductor strip extending into the semiconductor substrate; a first and a second dielectric region on opposite sides of, and in contact with, the semiconductor strip, wherein each of the first dielectric region and the second dielectric region comprises: an air gap underlying and overlapped by the semiconductor strip, wherein the air gap is enclosed by dielectric materials. | 3,448 |
9,065,395 | 1. A speaker control system comprising: a speaker; an audio amplifier electrically connected to the speaker and used for driving the speaker, the audio amplifier having a shutdown pin and a reference voltage input pin; a switch circuit, a first end of the switch circuit being electrically connected to the shutdown pin and a second end of the switch circuit being connected to the reference voltage input pin; and a processor electrically connected to the shutdown pin and the first end, when the processor outputs a first voltage signal to the shutdown pin and the first end, the audio amplifier being enabled and the reference voltage input pin being kept at a reference voltage, when the processor outputs a second voltage signal to the shutdown pin and the first end, the audio amplifier being disabled and the switch circuit switching the reference voltage input pin from the reference voltage to a low voltage level. | 26,053 |
9,680,698 | 1. A method for communicating a module to a first datapath node, comprising: receiving, by a controller node, connection information identifying a first datapath node in communication with a network; obtaining, by the controller node, operations, administration, and management, OAM, information including an OAM action set that identifies one or more OAM actions the first datapath node is capable of implementing at the first datapath node; determining a first OAM tool module that is operative to perform at least one of the one or more OAM actions identified in the OAM action set to implement a first OAM tool function, the first OAM tool module comprising executable instructions that, when executed on the first datapath node, implement the first OAM tool function on the first datapath node; and communicating the first OAM tool module to the first datapath node. | 49,272 |
8,784,073 | 1. A liquid pressure generating apparatus comprising: a pump having a pump case and a pump drive shaft, and two one-way clutches arranged coaxially with the pump drive shaft in a line in the axial direction on the side of a first axial direction, which is one side of the pump drive shaft, with respect to the pump case, in the axial direction wherein the pump case includes a projecting portion projecting from the corresponding pump case in the first axial direction, and radially supporting the pump drive shaft from radially outside the corresponding pump drive shaft so as to be capable of rotating relatively with respect to each other, inner races of the respective two one-way clutches are integrated with each other and form a common inner race, outer races of the respective two one-way clutches are formed independently from each other and are driven respectively by pump driving members different from each other, and directions of restricted relative rotation with respect to the common inner race are identical to each other, the common inner race includes a coupling portion to be coupled to the pump driving shaft on the side of the first axial direction with respect to the projecting portion and a body portion extending from the coupling portion in a second axial direction opposite from the first axial direction and having a portion arranged on the radially outside the projecting portion and located at the same axial position as the corresponding projecting portion. | 19,177 |
9,080,311 | 1. A construction machine, comprising: an engine being a prime mover; an exhaust gas purifying device disposed at an exhaust side of said engine and having a filter for purifying exhaust gas; a pressure detector disposed in said exhaust gas purifying device to detect a differential pressure between front and rear sides of said filter; a variable displacement type hydraulic pump driven by said engine and having a displacement variable portion; a displacement regulator configured to variably control a delivery displacement of a pressurized oil by said hydraulic pump; a hydraulic actuator driven by said pressurized oil delivered from said hydraulic pump; a directional control valve configured to control a flow rate of said pressurized oil supplied from said hydraulic pump to said hydraulic actuator; a pressure control valve configured to output a load sensing control pressure (PLS) to said displacement regulator such that a delivery pressure of said hydraulic pump becomes higher than a maximum load pressure of said hydraulic actuator by a target differential pressure; a controller configured not only to control rotation of said engine but also to perform a filter regeneration process in said exhaust gas purifying device; and a control pressure switching valve configured to be switched by a control signal from said controller to either a control position, in which said load sensing control pressure is permitted to be outputted without any change from said pressure control valve to said displacement regulator, or a control release position, in which said load sensing control pressure to be outputted to said displacement regulator is reduced to a prescribed low pressure value, is disposed between said displacement regulator and said pressure control valve, wherein, when the regeneration of said filter is determined to be necessary based on said differential pressure between the front and rear sides of said filter detected by said pressure detector, said controller outputs said control signal, thereby switching said control pressure switching valve from said control position to said control release position, and wherein, when said load sensing control pressure is reduced to said low pressure value with said control pressure switching valve switched from said control position to said control release position, said displacement regulator increases said delivery displacement of said hydraulic pump so as to raise a temperature of said exhaust gas of said engine to a temperature required for the regeneration of said filter, thereby increasing rotational load of said engine. | 11,175 |
9,481,604 | 1. A cementitious additive containing electric-arc furnace dust (EAFD) and a precursor as a replacement for up to 30 wgt. % of the cement in concrete, said cementitious additive comprising about 50 wgt. % EAFD and about 50 wgt. % of precursor and wherein said precursor contains about 55 wgt. % silica, at least about 10 to 20 wgt. % lime, about 2 to 5 wgt. % soda, about 5 to 15 wgt. % potash, about 2 to 6 wgt. % alumina and about 1 to 3 wgt. % magnesia; and wherein a homogenized mix of said EAFD and precursor is fed into an electric kiln at about 1000° C. and maintained therein for 25 to 35 minutes for re-crystallization to thereby form a new insoluble phase of zinc and other heavy elements that are chemically bonded. | 20,363 |
8,603,793 | 1. An isolated polypeptide having cellobiohydrolase I activity, which has at least 80% identity with amino acids 1 to 457 of SEQ ID NO: 8. | 48,834 |
9,274,319 | 1. An imaging lens substantially consisting of five lenses, including: a first lens having a positive refractive power and a convex surface toward the object side; a second lens having a negative refractive power and a concave surface toward the object side; a third lens having a positive refractive power and is of a meniscus shape with a convex surface toward the object side; a fourth lens having a positive refractive power and is of a meniscus shape with a concave surface toward the object side; and a fifth lens having a negative refractive power and a concave surface toward the image side, the surface thereof toward the image side being of an aspherical shape having at least one inflection point within a range from an intersection of a principal light ray at a maximum angle of view with the surface toward the image side inwardly toward the optical axis in the radial direction, provided in this order from the object side; the imaging lens satisfying the following conditional formulae: wherein f is the focal length of the entire system, f | 11,259 |
8,489,858 | 1. A hardware system providing array conditional execution comprising: a sequence processor (SP) controller coupled to an array of two or more processing elements (PEs), wherein the SP controller is configured to distribute a first instruction and then a conditional execute instruction to each PE of the array of two or more PEs; a program settable set condition code (SetCC) register in each PE comprising SetCC bits that are configured to specify a condition as a combination of internal PE flags that are locally set resulting from execution on a functional unit in each PE; a condition generation unit (CGU) in each PE configured to set the condition in a conditional execute flag in response to execution of the first instruction on the functional unit in each PE; and conditional execution control logic in each PE configured to control the functional unit in each PE to execute the conditional execute instruction based on a determination that a state of the conditional execute flag matches a specified state encoded in the conditional execute instruction. | 30,077 |
8,800,614 | 1. A head cover comprising: a body comprising: a pull strap connected to the head portion of the body, the pull strap defining a first strap portion, a second strap portion, and a third strap portion each having respective ends connected to three respective different parts of the head portion, wherein the body and the pull strap define at least one channel configured to engage a portion of an individual's hand, wherein the at least one channel may be accessed by the individual's hand through three different openings defined between the head portion and the first strap portion, the second strap portion, and the third strap portion of the pull strap. | 19,841 |
9,018,627 | 1. An apparatus for inspecting a substrate, comprising: a supply unit that supplies, from two opposing directions, towards an inner circumferential section of the substrate, a medium cleaner than an atmosphere surrounding the substrate; a rotating unit that rotates the substrate; and a moving unit that moves the substrate rectilinearly, wherein | 31,677 |
9,347,113 | 1. A method comprising processing steps: contacting a stream comprising at least one of palladium, rhodium, and platinum and being substantially free of copper, iron, nickel, lead, cobalt, aluminum, calcium, bismuth zinc, sulfur, selenium, tellurium, arsenic, ruthenium, silver and gold, with a substituted quaternary amine and alkali metal chloride to form a solids-containing stream and a liquid stream; recovering at least one of the palladium, rhodium and platinum; recovering the substituted quaternary amine and alkali metal chloride from the solids-containing and liquid streams; recycling the recovered substituted quaternary amine and the alkali metal chloride to the contacting step. | 12,464 |
9,162,665 | 1. A kick-down shift control device for an electric vehicle, the electric vehicle being capable of travelling by motor torque inputted from an electric motor through an automatic transmission in compliance with an amount of depression of an accelerator pedal, the kick-down shift control device comprising: a controller that restricts an upper limit value of the motor torque increasing in compliance with depression of the accelerator pedal upon carrying out kick-down shift toward a low-side gear ratio of the automatic transmission in association with depression of the accelerator pedal by determining a rotation speed of the electric motor at a time at which an inertia phase, in which a ratio of input rotation speed of the automatic transmission and output rotation speed thereof is changed toward the low-side gear ratio, is ended and restricting the upper limit value of the motor torque to a level based on the determined rotation speed of the electric motor at a time at which the inertia phase is ended. | 12,543 |
8,712,134 | 1. A method of iterative image reconstruction in computed tomography, comprising the steps of: a) expanding measured data by adding additional data along a predetermined axis that is parallel to an axis of rotation according to the measured data to generate expanded data; b) generating a validity weight based upon a predetermined function for weighting the expanded data at each of projection bins; and c) iteratively reconstructing an image volume with full axial coverage using the expanded data and the validity weight according to a predetermined iterative reconstruction technique. | 44,984 |
8,626,405 | 1. A monitoring device for at least one auxiliary assembly, wherein the auxiliary assembly affects an exhaust-gas quality of an internal combustion engine and consumes a resource in order to attain a desired quality of exhaust gas, the monitoring device comprising at least one sensor measuring a variable related to the resource, a crop flow sensor for sensing a crop flow in an agricultural vehicle in which the mounting device may be installed, and an arithmetic unit for estimating a current quantity of the resource on a basis of the variable measured by the at least one sensor, wherein the arithmetic unit furthermore calculates and indicates an operating capacity of the internal combustion engine that remains before the resource is depleted and, based on sensed crop flow and reference to a mean of past measured crop flows, converts a remaining run time to a remaining crop quantity that may be harvested before the resource consumed by the auxiliary unit is depleted. | 6,036 |
9,233,740 | 1. A system for controlling a marine vessel, the system comprising: a first trim deflector comprising: a first actuator coupled to the first trim deflector; a second actuator coupled to the first trim deflector; a second trim deflector comprising: a third actuator coupled to the second trim deflector; a fourth actuator coupled to the second trim deflector; and a processor configured to: | 39,317 |
9,710,467 | 1. A computer-implemented system for providing annotated electronic documents, the annotations which are applied to the documents being stored in a first data storage, the documents being stored in a second data storage, the first data storage and the second data storage being at least one of physically separate and logically separate, said system comprising: a processor which is hardware; an annotation component configured to determine, responsive to at least one user, at least one annotation to apply to at least one document, the annotation component including (i) selection resource to select at least a portion of the at least one document and associate the at least one annotation with the at least one portion which is selected, and (ii) a mark-up resource to at least one of add and edit the at least one annotation, wherein the at least one annotation is permitted to be different from every other annotation, a reference component, responsive to the at least one user, configured to at least one of establish, traverse, indicate, and remove, at least one reference between (i) the at least one portion which is selected and (ii) at least one of an other portion of the at least one document, an other document, and at least one other portion of the other document; a merge component, responsive to a request from the at least one user for the at least one document, configured to: wherein the annotation data indicates both (i) a predetermined section of plural variable-length sections within the document as stored in the second data storage into which the annotation is embedded as indicated by a document-image-independent data schema, and (ii) a content-portion of the predetermined section with which the annotation is associated, and a split component, responsive to a request from the at least one user to store the combined annotation data and document data, configured to: extract the annotation data and the document data from the single logical document, update the at least one annotation in the first data storage from the extracted annotation data, and update the at least one document in the second data storage from the extracted document data. | 35,544 |
9,100,510 | 1. An image reading apparatus comprising: a light source; an image sensor configured to output an image signal of an object illuminated by the light source; a first calculating unit configured to calculate a third light amount based on a difference between a first image signal output from the image sensor when the light source illuminates a reference member as the object at a first light quantity and a second image signal output from the image sensor when the light source illuminates the reference member at a second light quantity and a difference between the first light quantity and the second light quantity; and a light quantity setting unit configured to set a light quantity at which the light source illuminates a document as the object to the third light quantity, wherein the first calculating unit calculates the third light quantity based on a difference between a peak value of the first image signal and a peak value of the second image signal and the difference between the first light quantity and the second light quantity, and wherein the first calculating unit divides the difference between the peak value of the first image signal and the peak value of the second image signal by the difference between the first light quantity and the second light quantity to obtain a variation in an image signal per unit of light quantity variation, divides a difference between the peak value of the first image signal or the peak value of the second image signal and a predetermined target value by the variation in the image signal per unit of light quantity variation to obtain a necessary light quantity variation such that the peak value of the first image signal or the peak value of the second image signal becomes the target value, and adds the light quantity variation thus obtained to the first light quantity or the second light quantity to calculate the third light quantity. | 47,579 |
9,513,992 | 1. A method comprising: receiving a read request to read contents of a memory array; suspending calculation of an error correction code (ECC) m response to receiving the read request; writing to the memory array while calculation of the ECC is suspended; while writing to the memory array, determining contents of a portion of the memory array based on stored ECC; and subsequently resuming calculation of the ECC. | 44,255 |
8,632,456 | 1. A pump with a one-touch release for an inflatable penile prosthesis, the inflatable penile prosthesis comprising a fluid reservoir, a pump bulb, and an inflatable penile cylinder, said pump with a one-touch release comprising: a pump body coupled to said pump bulb and connected between said fluid reservoir and said inflatable penile cylinder with tubing; an inlet valve within said pump body; an exhaust valve within said pump body and in fluid communication with said inlet valve; and a deflate valve disposed within said pump body, the deflate valve including a valve stem extending between an end surface and a base surface, with the valve stem disposed within said pump body between said inlet valve and said exhaust valve; wherein said deflate valve allows one-touch release by (i) providing a user-activated fluid bypass so that fluid from said inflatable penile cylinder is adapted to return to said fluid reservoir through said tubing without sustained activation of said deflate valve by the user, and (ii) the deflate valve is adapted to close upon subsequent inflation of said inflatable penile cylinder when such inflation is initiated by squeezing said pump bulb; wherein the valve stem is operable such that: a) the base surface is movable away from said exhaust valve toward said inlet valve to inflate said inflatable penile cylinder; and b) the base surface is movable away from said inlet valve toward said exhaust valve to allow the fluid from said inflatable penile cylinder to return to said fluid reservoir through said tubing. | 47,469 |
9,074,791 | 1. A condensate collector box comprising: a furnace mounting plate including a first edge portion, a second edge portion extending from the first edge portion, a third edge portion extending from the first edge portion opposite the second edge portion, a first vent drain channel extending along the first edge portion from the second edge portion to the third edge portion and a second vent drain channel extending along the second edge portion, and a heat exchanger condensate collection area defined inwardly of the first and second vent drain channels; and an inducer fan mounting member having a first surface and opposing second surface arranged upon the furnace mounting plate to form a condensate collection zone, and a first inducer fan drain passage formed on the inducer fan mounting member fluidically connected to the first vent drain channel and a second inducer fan drain passage formed on the inducer fan mounting member and fluidically connected with the second vent drain channel, wherein the inducer fan mounting member includes a first condensate trap mounting element including a condensate trap drain fluidly connected to the first vent drain channel, and a second condensate trap mounting element including a condensate trap drain fluidly connected to the second vent drain channel. | 44,050 |
9,268,350 | 1. A power management apparatus, comprising: a switching device that provides a resistance between a power source terminal and an output terminal, said power source terminal having an input voltage, and said output terminal having an output voltage; and a voltage feedback loop coupled to said switching device and said output terminal, said voltage feedback loop configured to monitor said output voltage and selectively control said switching device based on said output voltage to increase said resistance for a predetermined time duration, wherein said voltage feedback loop is configured to selectively generate a digital pulse of said predetermined time duration based on said output voltage, and wherein said resistance increases in response to said digital pulse. | 42,107 |
9,756,432 | 1. A container for storing hearing aids comprising: a first storage tube and a second storage tube, each storage tube having an open and threaded first and a closed off second end, and a hollow interior configured for holding a hearing aid, said first end of each of said first and second storage tubes having a threaded portion for threaded connection to each other at said first ends; at least a first o-ring positioned adjacent to said threaded portion in an o-ring groove in one of said storage tubes, for engaging a connected storage tube and sealing the hollow interior of said tubes from outside contamination; and a battery holder, for storing hearing aid batteries. | 27,897 |
9,417,093 | 1. Apparatus for use in transmitting radio messages in an automatic meter reading network, the apparatus comprising: a processing circuit for converting meter reading signals into messages, including a first message having utility consumption data and a meter diagnostic status message indicating the presence of alarm data in a second message generated after the first message, the second message having meter reverse flow data and meter diagnostic data including the alarm data providing additional information related to the alarm data in the first message; and transmitter circuitry configured for receiving said first message and said second message from the processing circuit, the transmitter circuitry converting said first message and said second message into radio frequency signals and transmitting said radio frequency signals to an external receiver. | 2,480 |
8,711,206 | 1. A method of real time camera relocalization comprising: receiving a sequence of depth map frames from a moving mobile depth camera each depth map frame comprising a plurality of image elements each having a depth value being related to a distance from the mobile depth camera to a surface in the scene captured by the mobile depth camera; tracking the position and orientation of the mobile depth camera using the depth map frames and simultaneously forming a 3D model of the environment in which the mobile depth camera is moving using the depth map frames; detecting a loop closure error; modifying the 3D model in response to detecting the loop closure error; detecting a failure in the tracking of the position and orientation of the mobile depth camera; and relocalizing the mobile depth camera by recomputing its position and orientation using a current depth map captured by the mobile depth camera, | 9,661 |
9,719,421 | 1. An aircraft gas-turbine engine comprising: a core engine including a core engine casing, an engine cowling spaced radially outwardly of the core engine casing and surrounding the core engine casing in a tubular manner forming a bypass duct, the engine cowling including an outer portion, an inner portion and an inflow-side part, a fan connected to the core engine, a bypass fan casing surrounding the fan and forming a portion of the bypass duct, wherein the inflow-side part is tubular, extends around an entire circumference of the engine cowling, and is telescopically movable in a direction against the flow direction between a closed position and an open position, wherein the inflow-side part includes a portion of the outer portion up to a thrust-reversing element of the gas-turbine engine and a portion of the inner portion positioned adjacent to the bypass fan casing when in the closed position, wherein the portion of the inner portion is spaced apart from the bypass fan casing in the direction against the flow direction when in the open position. | 30,048 |
8,733,865 | 1. A drawer slide system comprising: a frame comprising a top portion, the top portion having an inside facing surface and an outside facing surface; a drawer comprising a top portion and a back portion coupled to and extending from the top portion, the top portion having an inside facing surface and an outside facing surface, the inside facing surface of the top portion of the frame being adjacent to the outside facing surface of the top portion of the drawer; a longitudinally extendable top drawer slide comprising a fixed portion and a movable portion, the movable portion of the top drawer slide coupled to the inside facing surface of the top portion of the drawer; and a bracket coupled to the fixed portion of the top drawer slide and to the outside facing surface of the frame, wherein the back portion of the drawer comprises an opening that the top drawer slide extends at least partially through. | 18,714 |
9,801,137 | 1. A method, comprising: alternating between operating, by a first device comprising a processor, in a one-way communication mode, performing a two-way communication event, and operating using a conditional two-way communication mode: controlling the alternating based on schedule information that defines when the first device is to operate in the one-way communication mode, when the first device is to perform the two-way communication event, and when the first device is to operate in the conditional two-way mode. | 26,814 |
9,408,590 | 1. 3-dimensional (3D) ultrasound system comprising: an extractor configured to scan a 3D ultrasound data of a fetus and to extract a side image of the fetus from the 3D ultrasound data, the side image including an NT (nuchal translucency) region of the fetus; a processor configured to detect a first edge and a second edge of the NT region included in the side image; and a controller configured to measure the thickness of the NT region based on a distance between the first edge and the second edge, wherein the processor detects the first edge of which brightness intensity is changed from a large value to a small value in the side image, and detects the second edge of which brightness intensity is changed from a small value to a large value in the side image. | 27,049 |
9,391,319 | 1. A discharged cathode for a sodium ion electrochemical cell comprising a layer of hollow γ-Fe 2 O 3 nanoparticles disposed between two layers of carbon nanotubes; wherein the hollow γ-Fe 2 O 3 nanoparticles comprise a crystalline shell of γ-Fe 2 O 3 including iron cation vacancies within the crystal structure thereof and defining a cavity within the nanoparticles; and sodium ions are intercalated within at least some of the cation vacancies of the hollow γ-Fe 2 O 3 nanoparticles. | 27,777 |
8,580,306 | 1. A method of making a composition for inhalation comprising reducing in size particles of additive material to produce particles with an MMAD of not more than 2 μm; and mixing the additive particles with active particles, wherein the additive material is suitable for promoting dispersal of active particles upon aerosolisation of a dry powder in a dry powder inhaler; wherein said additive material is soft, having an indentation hardness of not more than 100 MPa; and wherein the step of reducing in size particles of additive material is performed dry; wherein the method further comprises the step of fusing the particles of additive material to the surfaces of the active particles by compressing the mixture of active and additive particles using a milling process selected from ball milling, mechano-fusion, a cyclomix method, a hybridiser method, agitator bead milling, jet milling, pin milling, hammer milling, knife milling, and ultracentrifugal milling. | 10,717 |
9,575,528 | 1. A power supply voltage control system comprising: a semiconductor integrated circuit; and a power supply unit configured to supply a power supply voltage to the semiconductor integrated circuit, the semiconductor integrated circuit including: wherein the power supply unit supplies a voltage to the data processing unit based on the initial voltage value and the clock supply unit supplies the clock signal having the first frequency to the data processing unit at startup of the semiconductor integrated circuit, wherein the interface unit outputs, to the power supply unit, the information of the corrected voltage value stored in the storage unit in accordance with the voltage supplied to the data processing unit having reached the initial voltage value, wherein the power supply unit supplies a voltage to the data processing unit based on the information of the corrected voltage value output from the interface unit, wherein the clock supply unit switches a clock signal to be supplied to the data processing unit from the clock signal having the first frequency to the clock signal having the second frequency based on the initial voltage value and the corrected voltage value, and wherein the clock supply unit controls a timing at which the clock to be supplied to the data processing unit is switched from the clock signal having the first frequency to the clock signal having the second frequency based on the calculated time. | 48,176 |
9,402,690 | 1. A medical system comprising: an image capture device for capturing stereo images of a work site, each stereo image including a first two-dimensional image and a second two-dimensional image, wherein corresponding points in the first and second two-dimensional images depict a common point in the work site and exhibit a disparity between the corresponding points so as to indicate a depth of the common point relative to the image capture device; a stereo display displaying the first and second two-dimensional images so as to provide a three-dimensional viewing experience; and a processor that is programmed to: receive information of a first telestration indicative of user selected points of interest of the first two-dimensional image; selectively match the selected points of interest of the first two-dimensional image to corresponding points of the second two-dimensional image to determine matched points of interest of the second two-dimensional image by computing a plurality of image offsets wherein each of the plurality of image offsets is computed using a different image matching method than all others of the plurality of image offsets, and by using one of the computed plurality of image offsets which is selected according at least partially to one or more confidence scores of the plurality of image offsets, wherein the matched points of interest correspond to a second telestration mark; and cause the first and second telestration marks to be displayed respectively over the first and second two-dimensional images on the stereo display such that the first telestration mark and the second telestration mark appear as a single three-dimensional telestration mark on the stereo display. | 42,848 |
8,972,091 | 1. A vehicle comprising: a battery pack including cells grouped into a plurality of subsets; and a controller programmed to charge and discharge the battery pack according to a state of charge of the battery pack derived from an initial state of charge of each of the cells at vehicle activation and an electric charge accumulated or spent by each of less than all of the cells of each of the subsets since vehicle activation. | 22,527 |
9,365,776 | 1. Process for the hydrotreatment of a vegetal biomass comprising: a) subjecting said vegetal biomass to a hydrotreatment in a first reactor, said hydrotreatment comprises contacting said vegetal biomass in an aqueous medium and a metal oxide, a mixed metal oxide, or a metal-metalloid oxide catalyst comprising at least 35% by weight of metal oxide, mixed metal oxide, or metal-metalloid oxide relative to the total weight of the catalyst, with hydrogen at a pressure in the range of 10 to 400 bar and at a temperature in the range of 50° C. to 300° C. until a predetermined level of the hydrotreatment of said biomass is obtained and wherein the metal oxide, a mixed metal oxide, or a metal-metalloid oxide catalyst comprises nickel; b) subjecting the mixture of step a) to a second hydrotreatment in a second reactor and contacting the hydrotreated vegetal biomass in an aqueous medium, and the catalyst of step a), or a different catalyst, with hydrogen at the pressure range of step a) and at a temperature equal to, or higher than the temperature of step a) and in the range of 50° C. to 450° C., until a predetermined level of second hydrotreatment of said biomass is obtained; and c) subjecting the mixture of step b) to a third hydrotreatment in a third reactor and contacting the hydrotreated vegetal biomass in an aqueous medium, and the catalyst of step a), or a different catalyst, with hydrogen at the pressure range of step a) and/or step b) and at a temperature equal to, or higher than the temperature of step b) and in the range of 50° C. to 450° C., until a predetermined level of third hydrotreatment of said biomass is obtained. | 33,988 |
8,381,939 | 1. An insulated storage tank, comprising: a plurality of insulating panels disposed in a circumferential pattern, the insulating panels each in contact with two other panels forming a cylindrical wall, individual ones of the insulating panels each including a leading edge contact surface forming a leading edge apex and a trailing edge offset, and an oppositely located trailing edge contact surface, wherein the leading edge contact surface of one of the insulating panels is placed in direct contact with the trailing edge contact surface of a next successive one of the insulating panels; an inner liner disposed within the cylindrical wall to be filled with a hot or cold liquid and conforming in shape to the insulating panels; an outer support jacket surrounding an exterior arcuate surface of the cylindrical wall of insulating panels. | 5,547 |
8,553,640 | 1. A communications system for exchange of information between a base station and a terminal by a multicarrier transmission mode using a plurality frequency bands, the communication system comprising: a transmission data generator configured to generate frequency band set information indicating which frequency band is to be used for transmission of dedicated user data information between said base station and said terminal, wherein the frequency band set is made variable; a transmitter configured to transmit the frequency band set information by using a specific frequency band which is set from among a plurality of frequency band assigned to the communications system, and to transmit dedicated user data information by using the frequency band set and the specific frequency band at a time; and a receiver configured to receive the frequency band set information by using the specific frequency band, wherein the frequency band set as at least one frequency band set from among said plurality of frequency bands without the specific frequency band. | 40,533 |
8,627,661 | 1. A method comprising: extending a first portion of a post-turbocharger (PT) exhaust pipe connected to a turbocharger of an internal combustion engine away from the turbocharger in generally a rearward direction relative to the internal combustion engine and over at least one pipe of a set of header pipes connecting a head of an internal combustion engine with the turbocharger; and, extending at least a second portion of the PT exhaust pipe in generally the rearward direction away from the turbocharger and under at least one other pipe of the set of header pipes effective that the PT exhaust pipe passes between the at least one pipe of the set of header pipes and the at least one other pipe of the set of header pipes. | 45,713 |
8,423,799 | 1. A computer program product for managing accelerators of a computing environment, the computer program product comprising: a storage medium readable by a processing circuit and storing instructions for execution by the processing circuit for performing a method comprising: | 46,816 |
9,245,919 | 1. A back-illuminated solid-state image pickup apparatus comprising: a semiconductor substrate including a plurality of pixels, each pixel including a photo detector and a readout portion; a wire disposed on a first main surface of the semiconductor substrate; and a microlens disposed on a second main surface of the semiconductor substrate opposite to the first main surface and configured to focus light, wherein light enters the photo detector from the second main surface of the semiconductor substrate, wherein the photo detector includes a first photo detector unit and a second photo detector unit disposed deeper than the first photo detector unit with respect to the second main surface, wherein the first photo detector unit includes a first-conductive-type first semiconductor region in which carriers generated through photo-electric conversion are collected as signal carriers, wherein the readout portion includes a first-conductive-type second semiconductor region extending in a depth direction of the semiconductor substrate such that the carriers collected at the first semiconductor region are read out to the first main surface, and wherein the microlens is disposed such that a projection of an edge of the microlens in the depth direction intersects the second semiconductor region. | 2,290 |
8,713,968 | 1. A method of making a three-dimensional (3D) glass article, comprising: (a) forming by machining at least one notch on an edge of a two-dimensional (2D) glass piece; (a1) providing a mold having at least one alignment pin thereon at a select position to contact the at least one notch on the edge of the 2D glass piece and thereby align the 2D glass piece on the mold; (a2) aligning the 2D glass piece on the mold by contacting the at least one alignment pin on the mold with the at least one notch on the edge of the 2D glass piece; (b) after the aligning of step (a2) thermally reforming the 2D glass piece with the at least one notch on an edge thereof into a 3D glass article, wherein the at least one notch formed on the edge of the 2D glass piece is carried over to an edge of the 3D glass article; (c) aligning the 3D glass article on a support by contacting the at least one notch carried over to the edge of the 3D glass article with an alignment pin on the support; (d) finishing the edge of the 3D glass article to a final shape and dimension; and (e) between the aligning of step (c) and the finishing of step (d), securing the 3D glass article to the support and then removing the alignment pin from the at least one notch carried over to the edge of the 3D glass article. | 435 |
9,668,297 | 1. A BLE (Bluetooth low energy) network comprising: a first piconet including a first master/scanner and a first group of slave/advertisers for transmitting wireless advertisements and for establishing wireless connections, respectively, with the first master/scanner; wherein each slave/advertiser in the first group of slave/advertisers for transmitting wireless advertisements can only establish a wireless connection with the first master/scanner; circuitry in the first master/scanner for circuitry in the first slave/advertiser for circuitry in the first master/scanner for transmitting an advertisement containing aggregated data received from the first slave/advertiser to a second master/scanner; a second piconet including the second master scanner and a second group of low-power slave/advertisers for transmitting wireless advertisements and establishing wireless connections, respectively, with the second master/scanner, the second piconet also including wherein the first master/scanner operates to cull a connection with another master/scanner based on RSSI levels of advertisements received from the other master/scanner and the number of hops between master/scanners along a particular route required for aggregated data from the first slave/advertiser of the first group to reach a destination of the aggregated data; wherein when both the first master/scanner and the second master/scanner are transmitting the same particular set of aggregated data to a third master/scanner and data loading of the second master/scanner is greater than data loading of the first master/scanner, then the culling includes operating the third master/scanner to cause the second master/scanner to stop sending the particular set of aggregated data to the third master/scanner. | 34,507 |
8,401,890 | 1. A method for identifying at least one of a business transaction and a business system, comprising: receiving, by a computer system, selections of one or more defined data requirement elements for each of one or more business requirements of a development project for an organization; storing in a physical database, a hierarchy of groups of data comprising a first group of data that includes data that characterizes business systems of the organization, a second group of data that is a subset of the first group of data and includes data that characterizes business transactions of the organization, and a third group of data that is a subset of the second group of data and includes interface attributes; mapping, by a computer system, each of the selected one or more defined data requirement elements to a corresponding one or more interface attributes in the physical database, wherein each of the corresponding one or more interface attributes is a different identification of a data element as used by one or more of a plurality of groups within the organization, and wherein each of the selected one or more defined data requirement elements is a unique identifier of the data element that is associated with each of the different identifications of the data element as used by the plurality of groups throughout the organization; identifying, by a computer system, at least one of one or more of the business transactions and one or more of the business systems in the organization that use the corresponding one or more interface attributes based on the hierarchy of groups of data in the physical database, wherein each of the one or more business transactions comprises an operation on at least one of the corresponding one or more interface attributes, and wherein each of the one or more business systems comprises a system in the organization that has responsibility for at least one of the one or more business transactions. | 36,805 |
8,902,443 | 1. An information processing system including a first information processing apparatus and a second information processing apparatus capable of communicating with the first information processing apparatus, the first information processing apparatus comprising: a receiving unit configured to receive, from an external device via a network, a request for storing a new file into the second information processing apparatus when the second information processing apparatus is in a power saving state; a first storage unit configured to store the file of the request received by the receiving unit, without returning the second information processing apparatus from the power saving state; a transmitting unit configured to transmit a response for the request to the external device; and a transferring unit configured to transfer the file stored in the first storage unit to the second information processing apparatus when the second information processing apparatus is returned from the power saving state after the transmitting unit transmits the response, the second information processing apparatus comprising: a second storage unit; and a control unit configured to control such that the file transferred from the first information processing apparatus is stored in the second storage unit, wherein the power saving state is a state in which power is not supplied to at least the second storage unit. | 38,336 |
9,771,893 | 1. A method of designing a turbofan engine comprising: providing a fan section including a plurality of fan blades, the plurality of fan blades having a design angle of incidence; providing a low pressure turbine driving the plurality of fan blades through a gear train, the low pressure turbine having a pressure ratio greater than 5:1, and the gear train having a gear reduction ratio of greater than 2.5:1; providing a fan nacelle and a core nacelle, the fan nacelle at least partially surrounding the core nacelle; providing a fan bypass flow path defined between the core nacelle and the fan nacelle, and a bypass ratio greater than 10:1; providing a fan variable area nozzle in communication with the fan bypass flow path and defining a fan nozzle exit area between the fan nacelle and the core nacelle; providing a duct defined between the fan nacelle and the core nacelle forward of the fan variable area nozzle, the duct having a duct maximum area, and wherein the duct maximum area is greater than the fan nozzle exit area with the fan variable area nozzle in a fully open position; causing the fan variable area nozzle to vary the fan nozzle exit area to adjust fan bypass air flow in the fan bypass flow path in a plurality of flight conditions such that an angle of incidence on the plurality of fan blades in the plurality of flight conditions is maintained close to the design angle of incidence of the plurality of fan blades; causing the fan variable nozzle to decrease the fan nozzle exit area for a cruise operating condition; and causing the fan variable nozzle to increase the fan nozzle exit area for a landing operation condition. | 24,998 |
9,702,991 | 1. A method of seismic exploration above a region of the subsurface of the earth containing structural or stratigraphic features conducive to the presence, migration, or accumulation of hydrocarbons, the method comprising: (a) selecting a controllable source; (b) selecting a plurality of parameters characteristic of said controllable source; (c) determining limiting curves for each of said selected plurality of parameters as a function of frequency; (d) using said determined limiting curves to obtain a constraint curve for said controllable source; (e) using said constraint curve to obtain a sweep signal for said controllable source; and, (f) using said sweep signal in conjunction with said controllable source to collect seismic data proximate to a region of the subsurface of the earth as part of a sweep profile in which the controllable source operates at or near its maximum acoustic power output to minimize a duration of the sweep or to maximize achievable amplitude for a target frequency profile when the sweep has a predetermined duration. | 14,636 |
8,632,850 | 1. A friction-based coated substrate fabrication method comprising: compressive loading of a coating material against a surface of a substrate using a tool with a shoulder and throat, wherein the shoulder comprises a surface; frictional heating of the coating material on the substrate surface using the tool, which has a throat shaped to exert normal forces on the coating material disposed therein, to rotate the coating material with the tool at an effective speed; translation of the tool relative to the substrate surface; and trapping the coating material in a volume between the substrate surface and the shoulder surface and shearing of the coating material by contact with the shoulder surface to form and deposit a coating on the substrate surface. | 38,879 |
9,371,733 | 1. A moving blade system for a turbomachine, comprising: at least one moving blade; and at least one tuning mass movably situated in at least one cavity of the moving blade system, at least one of the tuning mass and the cavity being adapted so that the tuning mass rests against an inner wall of the cavity in a predefined first operating state of the turbomachine and at least temporarily moves away from the inner wall in a second predefined operating state of the turbomachine, wherein one of the first and second predefined operating states is proximate to a natural frequency of the moving blade system having a tuning mass resting against the inner wall or positioned at a distance therefrom, wherein the proximate operating state is between 0.9 to 0.99 times of the natural frequency of the moving blade. | 46,269 |
9,746,152 | 1. An illuminated rail for attachment to an object, comprising: a hollow translucent tube having a length L and comprising an through passage extending continuously through the hollow translucent tube and continuously along the length of the hollow translucent tube; at least one first series of active lighting elements comprising light emitting diodes located within and extending along the through passage of the hollow translucent tube, wherein the at least one first series of active lighting elements includes at least one first supporting substrate on which each one of the first series of active lighting elements is mounted; and an electrical circuit electrically connected to each one of the series of active lighting elements and located within and extending along the through passage of the hollow translucent tube, wherein the hollow translucent tube is V-shaped to match an external contour of a prow of a boat when the hollow translucent tube is placed in overlying relationship over the prow of the boat, wherein each one of the first series of active lighting elements faces a first radial direction relative to the through passage of the hollow translucent tube, the illuminated rail further comprising at least one second series of active lighting elements located within and extending along the through passage of the hollow translucent tube, and further wherein: the at least one second series of active lighting elements includes at least one second supporting substrate on which each one of the second series of active lighting elements is mounted; the electric circuit is electrically connected to each one of the second series of active lighting elements, and each one of the second series of active lighting elements faces a second radial direction relative to the through passage of the hollow translucent tube, the second radial direction being different from the first radial direction. | 1,167 |
8,679,495 | 1. A pharmaceutical composition comprising: an antibody able to bind 90K protein or 90K-antigen binding region thereof, said antibody or binding region being able to recognize a conformational epitope within a region between residues 107 and 435 of the amino acid sequence of 90K protein, wherein the antibody is the monoclonal antibody SP-2 produced by hybridoma cell line DSM ACC 2116: at least one anti-tumor agent; and at least one pharmaceutically acceptable excipient and/or adjuvant. | 36,918 |
9,161,557 | 1. A dry composition in a granular or powdery form for oral ingestion, comprising a dry mixture comprising spherical adsorbing carbon in a granular or powdery form as an active ingredient, and a gel base in a granular or powdery form in an amount sufficient for gel formation, wherein a gelation or gelatinization of the gel base has not been promoted, said gel base being one or more substances selected from the group consisting of acacia gum, propylene glycol alginate, α starch, carageenan, karaya gum, carboxyvinyl polymers, sodium carboxymethyl starch, xanthan gum, guar gum, cellulose derivatives and salts thereof, tara gum, tragacanth, and locust bean gum; wherein said spherical adsorbing carbon in dry granular or dry powdery form and said gel base in a dry granular or dry powdery form remain as separate ingredients in the mixture. | 34,709 |
9,413,044 | 1. A battery assembly, comprising: a unit cell wiring configured to provide at least one connection; a plurality of unit cells configured to be coupled by the at least one connection provided by the unit cell wiring, wherein each of the plurality of unit cells comprises: a power supply wiring coupled to each heater circuit and configured to supply each heater circuit with the electric power. | 8,588 |
8,999,173 | 1. A method of treating a flow of water or aqueous solution in water treatment applications, said flow having properties, said method comprising the steps of: (a) providing at least one electrochemical cell having at least one plate anode electrode and at least one plate cathode; (b) providing dual-band ultrasound for enhancement of an electro-chemical reaction in-between each pair of anode and cathode plate electrodes of said electrochemical cell operating as single emitters or in sweep mode, a first band of said ultrasound being in a range from about 12 kHz to about 70 kHz for keeping said electrodes clean, said first band of said ultrasound situated such that it is perpendicular to the pair of plate electrodes to allow a majority of the ultrasonic waves pass through the plates and a second band of said ultrasound in as range from about 0.1 MHz to about 1 MHz to generate free radicals said second band of said, ultrasound traveling through the plates and is parallel to a gap between the plates; (c) treating said flow of Water or aqueous solution by passing said flow through at least one electrochemical cell and subjecting said flow to an electrolytic process in said at least one electrochemical cell to create a customized water chemistry in said flow; (d) generating an oxidation and/or reduction and/or precipitation process in said electrochemical cell for treating said flow, said step of generating including operating at least one cathode and at least one anode in said electrochemical cell; (e) providing at least one precursor material that can be selectively injected into said flow; and (f) injecting at least one of said at least one precursor materials into said flow prior to said step of treating to adjust said properties of said flow according to said customized and optimized water chemistry for pH, oxidation reduction potential, total residual oxidants and total organic carbon. | 19,301 |
8,439,522 | 1. An angle-adjusting LED lighting apparatus comprising: an LED light source on which light emitting diodes (LEDs) and a printed circuit board electrically connected to the LEDs are mounted, wherein an angle-adjustment member comprising an uneven surface engaging with the uneven part on one surface; and an engagement fixing member configured to engage with an outer fixing member on which the lighting apparatus is to be mounted using an engaging member penetrating the angle-adjustment member and inserted into the engaging groove. | 26,102 |
8,854,436 | 1. A stereoscopic image display comprising: a display panel configured to display first to nth view images produced by separating cameras from one another by a general distance between both eyes and photographing images of an object, where n is a natural number; a liquid crystal (LC) lens cell configured to move LC molecules existing in an LC layer between a lower substrate and an upper substrate of the display panel based on a voltage difference between a common electrode and each of electrodes, form an LC lens, and refract the first to nth view images into first to nth viewpoints; an LC lens cell controller configured to control a voltage supplied to each of the common electrode and the electrodes; and an LC lens cell driver configured to supply the voltage to each of the common electrode and the electrodes under the control of the LC lens cell controller, wherein the LC lens cell controller receives a user viewing distance information and a user position information, calculates a focal length of the LC lens using the user viewing distance information and the user position information, calculates a shift information of the LC lens using the user position information, and control the voltage supplied to each of the electrodes based on an information of the calculated focal length and the calculated shift information. | 15,286 |
8,925,313 | 1. A wave energy conversion apparatus, comprising: a flotation device adapted to float on the surface of a body of water having a wave base; a venturi device having a venturi channel including an upper mouth, a lower mouth and a constricted region between the upper and lower mouths; a connection assembly connecting the venturi device to the flotation device such that when the apparatus is in position in the body of water, the venturi device is positioned below the flotation device and at a distance below the surface of the body of water near or below the wave base, and water flows downwardly in the venturi channel and through the constricted region when the flotation device moves upwardly by wave action in the body of water and water flows upwardly in the venturi channel and through the constricted region when the flotation device moves downwardly by wave action in the body of water; and a turbine in the venturi channel; the constricted region has a cross-sectional area that is less than one-half of that of one of the upper or lower mouths thereby causing water flowing through the constricted region to have a speed that is more than two times the speed of water entering the one of the upper or lower mouths; a plurality of rods, each of the rods extending between the flotation device and the venturi tube; and at least one of a first extension cuff extending upwardly from the upper mouth and a second extension cuff extending downwardly from the lower mouth. | 8,503 |
8,653,309 | 1. A continuous, integrated manufacturing process for the production of trans-1-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene which comprises: (a) dehydrochlorinating 1,1,1-trifluoro-3,3-dichloropropane (243 fa) to thereby produce a product stream comprising cis-1-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene, trans-1-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene and hydrogen chloride; (b) optionally recovering the hydrogen chloride from the product stream of step (a); (c) isomerizing at least a portion of the cis-1-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene into trans-1-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene; and (d) separating and purifying trans-1-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene product wherein the dehydrochlorination of 243fa is conducted in the vapor phase with a catalyst selected from the group consisting of halogenated metal oxide, metal halides, and supported metal catalysts. | 47,249 |
8,560,154 | 1. A method for optimizing torque control in a vehicle having a control system and a powertrain, wherein the powertrain includes a clutch, an electric traction motor powered via a battery, and a rotating member, and wherein the control system is configured to execute a proportional-integral (PI) control algorithm and a state space observer providing a state space feedback control law, the method comprising: generating a closed-loop total proportional torque command using the state space feedback control law; generating a total integral torque command by executing the PI control algorithm; selectively splitting the total proportional torque command into a high-frequency proportional torque component and a low-frequency proportional torque component, via a frequency splitting routine or a calibrated low-pass filter, when speed control of the rotating member is required; selectively assigning a higher priority to the low-frequency proportional torque component than the high-frequency proportional torque component during a predetermined vehicle constraint, wherein the predetermined vehicle constraint is a power constraint of the battery, a torque constraint of the clutch, or a torque constraint of the electric traction motor; passing a total proportional torque from the controller to the rotating member to provide driveline damping control when the speed control of the rotating member is not required; and passing the high-frequency proportional torque component to the rotating member to provide driveline damping control, and passing the low-frequency torque component and the total integral torque command through a common speed control path to the rotating member when the speed control of the rotating member is required. | 2,458 |
9,435,268 | 1. A method of controlling volatilization of silicon based components in a gas turbine engine, the method comprising: measuring, estimating and/or predicting a variable related to operation of the gas turbine engine; correlating the variable to determine an effective amount of silicon to control volatilization of the silicon based components in the gas turbine engine; comparing the effective amount of silicon to a maximum amount of silicon; and injecting the lesser of the effective amount of silicon and the maximum amount of silicon into the gas turbine engine to control volatilization of the silicon based components. | 45,591 |
9,836,661 | 1. A collision avoidance system comprising: at least one processor and a memory communicatively coupled to the at least one processor via a communications link; a plurality of sensors disposed at a plurality of locations on a taxi vehicle taxiing an aircraft, wherein the plurality of sensors comprises a plurality of image sensors and the taxi vehicle is configured to engage an aircraft for ground operations; a data acquisition module communicatively coupled to the plurality of sensors that receives a plurality of images from the plurality of image sensors; a supervisory control module communicatively coupled to the data acquisition module and configured to: receive environmental data from at least one of a gate, a service vehicle, a taxi vehicle, another aircraft, and a control center; determine a plurality of environmental parameters based on the environmental data and a discretized model, wherein the plurality of environmental parameters are used to perform supervisory control and monitoring operations and wherein the discretized model is based on architecture and specifications of a ground management system, components and layout of an airport, specifications on vehicle dynamics, specifications of vehicle controllers, uncertainty in communications, and safety requirements; and a collision avoidance module configured to determine a signal indicative of a collision condition, wherein the collision avoidance module is communicatively coupled to the data acquisition module and that: wherein at least one of the data acquisition module and the collision avoidance module is stored in the memory and executable by the at least one processor. | 13,112 |
8,968,041 | 1. A device for measuring and displaying a plurality of parameters of a seat slide in a boat on drive and recovery comprising: a seat on which a rower sits slidably mounted on a first rail and a second rail wherein the rails are affixed in a parallel configuration on a bottom portion of the boat and wherein the seat is configured to slide a length in a first direction on drive and in a second direction on recovery; a housing attached to the seat; a sensor assembly, located within the housing, which comprises a first central processing unit which detects, measures, and processes a first set of parameters of the seat slide wherein the parameters include length of the slide on drive and recovery; speed of the slide on drive and recovery, deceleration of the slide, effect the deceleration has on boat performance, stroke rate, and ratio of the parameters on drive to the parameters on recovery; a hub which receives the first set of parameters transmitted by the sensor assembly and which includes a second central processing unit which organizes and transmits the first set of parameters to a personal computing device capable of receiving the first set of parameters and having a display which displays the first set of parameters. | 45,695 |
8,568,702 | 1. A kit for cleaning a surface comprising: a nonwoven substrate comprising negatively charged fibers; and a composition comprising from 0.005% to 0.03%, by weight of said composition, of a water-soluble or water-dispersible copolymer I comprising: (a) at least a monomer compound of general formula i: in which R R m is an integer from 0 to 10; n is an integer from 1 to 6; Z represents a —C(O)O— or —C(O)NH— group or an oxygen atom; A represents a (CH B represents a linear or branched C X, which are identical or different, represent counterions; and (b) at least one hydrophilic monomer carrying a functional acidic group which is copolymerizable with (a) and which is capable of being ionized in the application medium; (c) optionally at least one monomer compound with ethylenic unsaturation with a neutral charge which is copolymerizable with (a) and (b), preferably a hydrophilic monomer compound with ethylenic unsaturation with a neutral charge, carrying one or more hydrophilic groups, which is copolymerizable with (a) and (b). | 12,022 |
9,162,560 | 1. A powertrain for a machine having a ground engaging member, the powertrain comprising: an engine; a transmission having a transmission input shaft operably coupled to the engine and a transmission output shaft; a lower powertrain continuously coupled to the ground engaging member and configured to provide torque output to the ground engaging member, the lower powertrain including a lower powertrain input shaft operably coupled to the transmission output shaft; a bypass shaft operably coupled to the transmission input shaft; a first flywheel including a first flywheel shaft and a first flywheel body coupled to the first flywheel shaft; a bypass clutch configured to selectively couple the bypass shaft to the first flywheel shaft; a flywheel clutch configured to selectively couple the first flywheel shaft to the lower powertrain input shaft independent of the bypass clutch; and a controller operably coupled to the bypass clutch and the flywheel clutch, the controller being configured to: | 22,745 |
8,536,825 | 1. A state-of-charge control system, comprising: a rechargeable energy storage system configured to provide propulsion energy for an electric vehicle; a charger, coupled to said rechargeable energy storage system, providing a charging current for said rechargeable energy storage system; a discharger coupled to said rechargeable energy storage system a battery management system coupled to said rechargeable energy storage system , to said charger and to said discharger, said battery management system configured to control said charging current responsive to an adjustable charge profile; a battery data acquisition and monitoring subsystem; and a communication bus coupled to said rechargeable energy storage system and to said battery data acquisition and monitoring subsystem; wherein said battery data acquisition and monitoring subsystem provides a plurality of attributes of said rechargeable energy storage system to said battery management system, at least one attribute including a state-of-charge of said rechargeable energy storage system; wherein said adjustable charge profile is configured from a range required target, a vehicle efficiency, and an optimal state-of-charge range to achieve said range required target responsive to said vehicle efficiency; and wherein said adjustable charge profile is further configured to optimize a cycle life of the rechargeable energy storage system given said optimal state-of charge. | 42,719 |
9,528,422 | 1. An exhaust gas treatment system to treat exhaust gas, comprising: a particulate filter including a filter substrate configured to trap particulate matter contained in the exhaust gas; a first temperature sensor configured to output an outlet temperature signal indicating an outlet temperature at the outlet of the particulate filter, and a second temperature sensor configured to output an inlet temperature signal indicating an inlet temperature at an inlet of the particulate filter; and a control module in electrical communication with the temperature sensor to receive the outlet temperature signal, to determine a maximum substrate temperature of the filter substrate based on the outlet temperature, and to determine whether the particulate filter includes an active washcoat disposed thereon based on the maximum substrate temperature, the maximum substrate temperature being a maximum temperature of the filter substrate integrated over a time period ranging between a first time event and a second time event different from the first time event, wherein the control module calculates a temperature differential between the inlet temperature and the maximum substrate temperature, and detects the active washcoat in response to the temperature differential exceeding a temperature threshold value. | 2,546 |
9,735,074 | 1. A semiconductor device comprising: a semiconductor element; a case that houses the semiconductor element; a base that supports the semiconductor element inside the case, and functions as a heat radiation member that dissipates heat generated in the semiconductor element; an interconnect member that is provided inside the case, and is electrically connected to the semiconductor element; and a sealing layer that is filled in the case so as to embed the semiconductor element and the interconnect member, the sealing layer being configured to have a nanocomposite structure that comprises insulating nanoparticles composed of SiO | 1,203 |
9,618,314 | 1. A tape scale application jig comprising: a frame having a U-shaped cross section; a scale holder that is disposed inside the frame and to which a tape scale is temporarily attached; a handle that is disposed outside the frame and that is connected to the scale holder via a through-hole formed in a web portion of the frame; a spring that is provided so as to separate the handle and the web portion from each other; and a positioning reference disposed on at least one of two flange portions of the frame. | 41,829 |
9,147,560 | 1. A method for mass spectrometry of phosphorylated peptides or sugar chains, the method comprising using, as a liquid matrix, an ionic liquid comprising a 3-aminoquinoline ion and a p-coumaric acid ion. | 4,504 |
9,698,724 | 1. An apparatus for mounting a first photovoltaic (“PV”) module and a second PV module on a structure, the apparatus comprising: a base portion, a stud portion, and a coupling, comprising: | 21,428 |
9,005,402 | 1. A continuous pyrolysis system comprising: a feeder assembly through which a carbonaceous feedstock can be introduced into the continuous pyrolysis system; a reactor assembly configured to receive the carbonaceous feedstock and react the carbonaceous feedstock to produce product gases and product solids, the reactor assembly comprising a fixed inner reactor pipe and a fixed outer reactor pipe, the outer reactor pipe having a first portion that surrounds the inner reactor pipe forming an annulus space and a second portion that extends beyond the inner reactor pipe and forms a turnaround zone, wherein the inside of the fixed inner reactor pipe defines an inner reactor zone that produces partially reacted carbonaceous feedstock and the annulus space defines an outer reactor zone that produces product gases and product solids; a first conveyance means inside the feeder assembly and the fixed inner reactor pipe configured to move the carbonaceous feedstock through the feeder assembly and move the partially reacted carbonaceous feedstock and product solids through the fixed inner reactor pile and deposit the partially reacted carbonaceous feedstock into the turnaround zone; a second conveyance means inside the fixed outer reactor pipe configured to receive the partially reacted carbonaceous feedstock and product solids in the turnaround zone and traverse the same back through the annulus space; a gas off-take assembly fluidly connected to the outer reactor zone of the reactor assembly configured to remove product gases from the continuous pyrolysis system; a solids off-take assembly fluidly connected to the outer reactor zone of the reactor assembly configured to remove product solids from the continuous pyrolysis system; and a junction that fluidly joins the feeder assembly to the reactor assembly, and the outer reactor zone to the gas off-take assembly and the solids off-take assembly. | 19,086 |
8,468,702 | 1. A knife comprising: a pair of housing parts relatively shiftable between an open position and a closed position, the housing parts being engaged with each other in both the open and closed positions; a base on one of the housing parts forming a blade seat; a blade fittable in the seat; a holding arm mounted on the base and movable relative thereto between a blade-holding position retaining the blade in the seat and a blade-change position freeing the blade, whereby in the blade-change position the blade can be switched; and interengaging formations on the other housing part and on the arm for shifting the holding arm between the blade-holding position and the blade-change position as a result of movement of the housing parts between the closed position and the open position. | 26,372 |
9,054,314 | 1. A method of manufacturing an organic light emitting device, the method comprising: providing an acceptor substrate including a first electrode and a pixel defining layer defining a pixel, the first electrode being exposed through an opening of the pixel defining layer; disposing a donor film on an upper portion of the acceptor substrate; disposing a mask on the donor film, the mask having an opening that includes a first opening and a second opening, the second opening being separated from the first opening with a shielding portion of the mask disposed between the first opening and the second opening, the first opening covering the pixel, the shielding portion of the mask disposed between the first opening and the second opening covering a portion of the pixel defining layer formed at an edge of the pixel, the second opening covering another portion of the pixel defining layer formed at the edge of the pixel; and forming an organic layer by applying a laser beam to the mask and transferring a transfer material of the donor film onto the first electrode. | 21,613 |
9,562,490 | 1. Method for controlling a direct-injection internal combustion engine, comprising: monitoring internal combustion engine operational parameters, including a monitored engine speed, and determining a start of injection in response to the engine operational parameters; monitoring an operator torque request and detecting a fast transient from the operator torque request; monitoring an intake air flow into the engine comprising a residual gas component and fresh air flow into an intake manifold of the engine; monitoring an exhaust gas flow into the intake manifold; monitoring a fuel flow into the engine; monitoring a volumetric efficiency of the engine; determining a steady-state in-cylinder residual gas fraction based upon the exhaust gas and fresh air flows into the intake manifold and the fuel flow into the engine; determining a time constant predicated upon the monitored fast transient and corresponding to an intake air flow reaction time based upon the intake air flow, the exhaust gas flow, the fuel flow, the engine speed, and the volumetric efficiency of the engine; calculating an instantaneous in-cylinder residual gas fraction using the steady-state in-cylinder residual gas fraction and the time constant predicated upon the monitored fast transient; modifying the start of injection based upon the calculated instantaneous in-cylinder residual gas fraction; and operating the engine subject to the modified start of injection. | 19,522 |
9,775,200 | 1. A capacitive driving system, comprising: a supply device having a top surface, the supply device comprising at least one set of transmission electrodes located at said top surface, and a power generator having two output terminals coupled to respective ones of the transmission electrodes, wherein the power generator is adapted to generate electrical power having at said output terminals alternating voltage at a certain power frequency; at least one load device having a lower surface, the load device comprising two receiver electrodes at said lower surface and at least one load member coupled to said receiver electrodes; wherein the supply device and the load device have an energy transfer position in which the lower surface of the load device is directed to the top surface of the supply device and in which at least one of said transmission electrodes together with a corresponding one of said receiver electrodes defines a first transfer capacitor; wherein, in the energy transfer position, resonant energy transfer takes place from the supply device to the load member; and wherein, in the energy transfer position, at least said corresponding one receiver electrode has a displacement freedom with respect to the corresponding transmission electrode for enabling amendment of the capacitance value of said first transfer capacitor. | 41,682 |
8,423,920 | 1. A method of forming a photomask, the method comprising: providing a layout of design patterns; setting an optical proximity correction (OPC) with respect to the layout of design patterns; forming a layout of correction patterns with respect to the layout of design patterns with the set OPC; collecting verification data about the layout of correction patterns with a layout of contour patterns based on the layout of correction patterns, wherein collecting the verification data includes measuring widths of the contour patterns, and the measuring of the widths includes measuring a width of one selected contour pattern that is split into a plurality of segments having a predetermined size; verifying whether the layout of design patterns and the layout of correction patterns are substantially identical to each other based on the verification data; and forming a photomask based on the layout of correction patterns. | 32,053 |
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