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8,473,499 | 1. A method of managing a question and answer forum, comprising: under control of one or more processors configured with executable instructions: updating the labels, wherein the updating is based in part on the identified experts and based in part on poor answerers; training a model based on the updated labels; and applying the trained model to unlabeled QA threads to obtain next-iteration labels. | 18,649 |
9,067,361 | 1. A device for producing at least one three-dimensional object from a solidifiable material, comprising: a source of solidification energy, wherein the source of solidification energy selectively provides solidification energy through a transparent plate to a building plane in a pattern corresponding to the three-dimensional object; an object carrier movable relative to the building plane; a source of the solidifiable material, wherein the source of solidifiable material provides solidifiable material to the building plane, and the building plane is between the object carrier and the source of solidification energy; a controller operative to adjust a relative tilt angle between the transparent plate and the building plane, and a sensor arranged to sense or measure a condition selected from the group consisting of (i) a force between the object carrier and the building plane, and (ii) a pressure between the object carrier and the building plane, wherein the controller is operatively connected to the sensor and is operative to adjust the relative tilt angle between the transparent plate and the building plane based on the sensed or measured condition. | 11,586 |
9,361,271 | 1. A computer-implemented method for enabling eco-driving, comprising: identifying, using at least one sensor, a driver of a vehicle; associating, using at least one processor, a driver profile with the driver, wherein the driver profile include at least one of: driver identifiers, driving history, driving pattern, accidents involving the driver, insurance claims, traffic violations, vehicles driven, and greenhouse as emissions produced; determining, using the at least one processor, one or more vehicle condition parameters of the vehicle, wherein the one or more vehicle condition parameters include at least one of: total mileage, tire condition, fuel quality, emission level, brake system condition, clutch system condition, engine system condition, gear system condition, and exhaust system condition; determining, using the at least one processor, one or more driving condition parameters, wherein the one or more driving condition parameters include at least one of: one or more terrain parameters, one or more weather parameters, and one or more traffic parameters; determining, using the at least one processor, one or more driving pattern parameters based on the driver's driving pattern, wherein the one or more driving pattern parameters include at least one of: accelerator operation, break operation, gear operation, clutch operation, engine idling, frequency of start-stop, air drag, window control, HVAC usage, tire pressure, vehicle loading, and driving mode selection; calculating, using the at least one processor, an EcoIndex measuring the real-time environmental impact of the vehicle's operation based on the one or more vehicle condition parameters, the one or more driving condition parameters, and the one or more driving pattern parameters; comparing the EcoIndex to a predetermined threshold; and providing, via a user interface, analytical information for controlling vehicle greenhouse gas emissions including at least one alternative route that is calculated, based on the comparison of the EcoIndex to the predetermined threshold and the driver profile associated with the driver, to produce lower emissions. | 47,594 |
9,410,821 | 1. A metering data transmitter device, comprising: an enclosure; an electronic circuit located at least partially within the enclosure; an input portion of the electronic circuit that functions as means for receiving an electronic input signal from a utility meter that is indicative of metering data; a transmitter subcircuit portion of the electronic circuit that functions as means for transmitting a radio frequency output signal that is indicative of said metering data; and a display subcircuit portion of the electronic circuit that functions as means for displaying a visually discernible indication of the metering data; wherein the enclosure is a structure separate from the utility meter: wherein the input portion of the electronic circuit is configured to receive the electronic input signal indicative of metering data from the utility meter via electrical wiring; and wherein the display subcircuit portion includes a digital display. | 39,286 |
9,471,860 | 1. An image processing apparatus connected to an image forming apparatus that forms an image on a sheet based on image data, the image processing apparatus being configured to generate the image data based on a print job and to transmit the image data to the image forming apparatus via a network, the image processing apparatus comprising: a power control unit configured to shift the image processing apparatus from a first power state in which the image processing apparatus is able to generate image data to a second power state in which the image processing apparatus is not able to generate image data; a receiving unit configured to receive a print job to which a reserved time at which the image forming apparatus is to form an image is specified; a generation unit configured to generate image data based on the print job received by the receiving unit prior to the reserved time; and a transmission unit configured to transmit the image data generated by the generation unit to the image forming apparatus prior to the reserved time and to make a reservation so as to enable the image forming apparatus to form the image based on the image data at the reserved time, wherein the image forming apparatus keeps the transmitted image data stored in a storage unit prior to the reserved time and forms, at the reserved time, the image on the sheet based on the stored image data. | 43,789 |
8,776,146 | 1. An aircraft in-flight entertainment (IFE) system comprising: an antenna for receiving digital satellite radio audio program signals organized into different audio program entertainment categories; a video entertainment source for providing video channels; a headend unit comprising an intermediate frequency (IF) down converter connected to said antenna for down converting the digital satellite radio audio program signals, and a combiner having a first input for receiving as input the digital satellite radio audio program signals and a second input for receiving the video channels, said combiner having a plurality of outputs corresponding to a plurality of different passenger seating zones, with each output providing for a respective passenger seating zone a combined output including the digital satellite radio audio program signals and the video channels and with each combined output being provided without switching and regardless of passenger needs; cabling connected to said plurality of outputs at said combiner and extending throughout the aircraft; a plurality of seat electronic boxes (SEBs) spaced throughout the aircraft and connected to said cabling, each SEB comprising a plurality of passenger control units (PCUs) connected to said plurality of SEBs, each PCU including a category select function input for permitting selection of one of the different entertainment categories, and a display for displaying data corresponding to the different entertainment categories. | 18,877 |
9,722,287 | 1. A frame for a secondary battery, comprising: a cooling plate made of a thermally conductive material with a plate shape; and a main frame having a plurality of unit frames spaced apart from each other in a horizontal direction, the main frame being configured to surround a perimeter of the cooling plate and made of a material different from the cooling plate, wherein at least one edge of the cooling plate is configured to have three or more unit frames. | 31,470 |
8,655,485 | 1. A refrigerated vending system for installation in a taxicab, the taxicab having a driver area, a trunk area, and a rear passenger salon having a rear passenger seat, the vending system comprising: a refrigerated vending machine disposed in the trunk area, the vending machine being capable of vending items stored within the vending machine; an elevator in communication with the refrigerated vending machine and in communication with the rear passenger salon, wherein the elevator receives a vended item from the vending machine at a first position in the trunk area and is capable of moving a vended item to a second position that is accessible from the rear passenger salon; wherein the taxicab includes a rear deck extending behind the rear passenger seat and separating the trunk area and the rear passenger salon, the elevator having a duct that has one end in communication with the vending machine and the duct extends through an access defined by the rear deck into the passenger salon at a location behind the rear passenger seat so that the other end of the duct is in communication with the rear passenger salon; a user interface accessible from the rear passenger salon, the user interface having a display for displaying information and selection controls corresponding to the information displayed on the display; a processor; a memory; at least one module comprising code stored in the memory and executable in the processor so as to: | 45,223 |
8,560,856 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a network node configured to implement a lightweight secure neighbor discovery (LSEND) protocol for securing neighbor discovery protocols (NDP) for energy-aware devices, wherein the network node is configured to wirelessly communicate with a host node, wherein the network node is configured to exchange LSEND protocol messages with the host node, wherein implementing the LSEND protocol comprises: wherein the RA message, the NS message, or both comprise a cryptographically generated address (CGA) parameters and digital signature option that comprises: | 6,674 |
8,928,720 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a two-dimensional array of light sources, each light source in the two-dimensional array producing at least three exposure levels; a scanning device arranged to scan light emitted from the light sources onto a medium to generate a plurality of scan lines on the medium; each scan line produced by scanning a plurality of light spots generated by the plurality of light sources onto the medium; the light sources and scanning device being arranged such that a composite exposure level for each pixel in a first scan line is a sum of exposure levels from each of a plurality of the light sources, each of the plurality of the light sources being driven by a separate data signal to allow selection of different composite exposure levels for different pixels in the first scan line. | 9,063 |
9,283,517 | 1. A method for cool drying gas comprising the steps: leading a gas through a secondary part of a heat exchanger comprising an evaporator of a cooling circuit which includes a compressor that is driven by a motor, a condenser, and an expansion device between an outlet of the condenser and an inlet of the evaporator; measuring a temperature or a dew point of the gas in an environment of a place where, when cool drying the gas, the temperature of the gas is the lowest; determining a change in a lowest measured gas temperature or the dew point of the gas as a function of time when the cooling circuit is started; and switching off the cooling circuit when the change in the lowest measured gas temperature or the dew point over a predetermined period of time is less than a preset value, wherein said predetermined period of time is a fixed period of time; and wherein the fixed period of time is defined as at least three successive periods of time. | 34,289 |
9,583,426 | 1. A method comprising fabricating one or more first multi-layer substrates for respective one or more members each of which is operable to function at least as an interconnection substrate for providing interconnections between circuit modules, each member comprising a plurality of contact pads for connection to the circuit modules, wherein said fabricating comprises: forming a stack of first layers to provide a multi-layer structure, the multi-layer structure comprising circuitry comprising a transistor; separating the multi-layer structure into a plurality of multi-layer pieces at least one of which is a first multi-layer substrate which comprises a part of each first layer and comprises the transistor, the first layers' parts extending to a first side of the first multi-layer substrate, the multi-layer substrate comprising at least part of the circuitry which is accessible from the first side of the first multi-layer substrate. | 31,420 |
9,271,579 | 1. A foam-air mattress, comprising: a mattress housing, comprising a top layer and a bottom layer; a plurality of air chambers, disposed between the top layer and the bottom layer, wherein the plurality of air chambers are configured to be connected to a pumping system via a tubing assembly; and a plurality of compartments formed by the mattress housing and the plurality of air chambers, configured to accept foam inserts, wherein the plurality of air chambers are sidewalls of the plurality of compartments, the sidewalk being disposed between the top layer and the bottom layer; wherein the plurality of air chambers, when inflated by the pumping system, are configured to compress foam inserts disposed within the plurality of compartments so as to increase the density of the foam inserts. | 21,871 |
9,727,509 | 1. A conversion device for increasing a location and mobility of devices connected in a bus-based network, comprising: a GPIB module configured to transmit and receive data in a GPIB format; a ZigBee module configured to transmit and receive data in a ZigBee format; a controller unit configured to convert data in the GPIB format into data in the ZigBee format and convert data in the ZigBee format into data in the GPIB format; and a configuration interface module for coupling to a host computer and configured to receive ZigBee network information and an operating mode of the conversion device from the host computer, wherein the controller unit converts the data between the GPIB and ZigBee formats using a frame comprising a header field, a transmission frame type field, a single-wire interface information field, a GPIB data field, a system status information field, and a checksum field. | 43,840 |
8,629,094 | 1. A composition for treating odors embedded in or adsorbed onto soft surfaces, the composition comprising: at least one active ingredient selected from the group consisting of triethylene glycol, dipropylene glycol, propylene glycol, triethanolamine, and mixtures thereof, wherein the at least one active ingredient reduces the partial pressure of malodorants; 0.5-1.5 wt % nonionic surfactant comprising a mixture of a hydrogenated castor oil surfactant and a polyglycol ether; 0.1-1 wt % quaternary ammonium salt; 1-10 wt % co-solvent selected from the group consisting of short chain monohydric alcohol; and water, wherein the composition is free of any cyclodextrin compounds or film-forming polymers. | 29,847 |
8,650,170 | 1. A computer-implemented method for identifying objects of diverse types that match a pattern, the method comprising: receiving a pattern input text comprising at least one rule, the at least one rule comprising a plurality of conditions and a match statement, the match statement comprising a Boolean expression comprising at least one Boolean operator and the plurality of conditions; receiving a collection of objects of diverse types, each object of the collection of objects comprising one or more attributes and one or more attribute values, each attribute value associated with an attribute of the one or more attributes; determining, by a processor, that the match statement is satisfied for a matched object in the collection of objects based on an application of the plurality of conditions to the one or more attributes and the one or more attribute values for each object; and generating, by the processor, an output comprising an indication of the matched object from the collection of objects and the rule. | 40,089 |
9,209,283 | 1. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device comprising the steps of: forming an oxide semiconductor film over an insulating layer by a vacuum evaporation method, a pulsed laser deposition method, an ion plating method, or a metal organic chemical vapor deposition method; forming a first conductive layer after forming the oxide semiconductor film; forming a second conductive layer after forming the first conductive layer by a vacuum evaporation method, a pulsed laser deposition method, an ion plating method, or a metal organic chemical vapor deposition method; forming a source electrode layer and a drain electrode layer by processing the second conductive layer; forming a metal oxide layer between the source electrode layer and the drain electrode layer; and performing a heat treatment after forming the metal oxide layer, whereby a first region having a lower oxygen concentration than the oxide semiconductor film is formed between the source electrode layer and the oxide semiconductor film and a second region having a lower oxygen concentration than the oxide semiconductor film is formed between the drain electrode layer and the oxide semiconductor film. | 44,470 |
8,954,983 | 1. A method for managing availability of a plurality of shared processor resources in a portable computing device (“PCD”), comprising: maintaining in a memory device a first resource state set corresponding to a first processor state of the PCD, a second resource state set corresponding to a second processor the PCD and a trigger set comprising one or more triggers associated with transitioning the PCD from the first processor state to the second processor state, wherein: operating the PCD in accordance with the first processor state; recognizing, by a controller implemented in hardware, a trigger from the trigger set to transition the PCD from the first processor state to the second processor state; and transitioning, by the controller, the PCD from the first processor state to the second processor state, wherein transitioning the PCD from the first processor state to the second processor state comprises: | 8,223 |
8,584,344 | 1. A method of forming a functional razor cartridge for repeated shaving, said method comprising the steps of: a) rapid prototyping a housing of said razor cartridge, wherein said housing comprises a front wall, a rear wall and opposing side walls disposed transverse to and between said front and rear walls; b) rapid prototyping a metal insert, the metal insert comprising a front wall, a rear wall, opposing side walls disposed transverse to and between said front and rear walls and a strut ( c) wire eroding said opposing side walls and said strut to form slots for receiving therein said one or more elongate blade assemblies; d) loading the metal insert with one or more elongate blade assemblies; and e) disposing said metal insert in the housing such that said one or more blade assemblies extend between said opposing side walls. | 33,895 |
8,856,152 | 1. An apparatus for visualizing data, comprising: a single-data collecting unit to collect plural single-data having a first format and having a second format; a first multi-data generating unit to generate first multi-data from a first source using plural first single-data, wherein the plural first single-data is obtained from the collected plural single-data having the first format; a second multi-data generating unit to generate second multi-data from a second source using at least one of the plural first single-data, plural second single-data, and the generated plural first multi-data, wherein the plural second single-data has a second format different from the first format; and a data visualizer to visualize at least one of the collected plural single-data, the first multi-data generated from the first source, and the second multi-data generated from the second source, wherein the first multi-data generating unit comprises: a first data extracting unit to extract only plural single-data having any one format from among the collected plural single-data; a first data relationship prescribing unit to prescribe a relationship between the extracted plural single-data by sorting the extracted plural single-data based on a predetermined criterion comprising a selected predetermined attribute or field, or comprising only an extracted field including only a predetermined word; and a first data normalizing unit to generate the first multi-data by normalizing the relation-prescribed plural single-data. | 12,775 |
9,482,196 | 1. A method for operating an injection valve that includes a valve body with a cavity comprising a fluid outlet portion, a valve needle movable in the cavity and preventing a fluid flow through the fluid outlet portion in a closing position and releasing the fluid flow through the fluid outlet portion in further positions, and an actuator unit with a coil and an armature, the armature being movable in the cavity and configured to actuate the valve needle, the method comprising: actuating the actuator unit by applying a predetermined voltage signal starting at a given starting time, recording a time-dependent profile of a current through the actuator unit, based on the recorded profile of the current and starting from the starting time detecting a first gradient alteration time at which a gradient of the recorded profile of the current changes more than a first given threshold, wherein the gradient between the starting time and the first gradient alteration time represents an energization of the coil, based on the recorded profile of the current and starting from the first gradient alteration time, detecting a second gradient alteration time at which a gradient of the recorded profile of the current changes more than a second given threshold, wherein the gradient between the first gradient alteration time and the second gradient alteration time representat a movement of the armature alone, based on the recorded profile of the current and starting from the second gradient alteration time, detecting a third gradient alteration time at which a gradient of the recorded profile of the current changes more than a third given threshold, wherein the gradient between the second gradient alteration time and the third gradient alteration time represents a common movement of the armature and the valve needle, and calculating a diagnostic value based on (a) at least one of the first gradient alteration time and the second gradient alteration time, and (b) the third gradient alteration time, and compensating a long-term drift of the injection valve based on the calculated diagnostic value. | 42,093 |
9,477,220 | 1. A conveyor jam detection system comprising: a distance detector located on one side of a conveyor oriented to measure the distance from the detector to parcels on the conveyor; a controller responsive to the distance detector and configured: | 31,495 |
9,312,544 | 1. A liquid electrolyte fuel cell with means to define an electrolyte chamber, and comprising two electrodes, one electrode on either side of the electrolyte chamber, each electrode comprising: a sheet of metal through which are defined a multiplicity of through-holes, and a fluid-permeable coherent layer of fibrous and particulate electrically-conductive material comprising carbon and a hydrophobic polymer binder, the layer defining a first surface and a second surface at opposite faces of the layer, the first surface of the layer being bonded to the sheet of metal, in electrical contact with the sheet of metal, and with a coating that comprises catalytic material on the second surface of the fluid-permeable layer, the coating being at least partly hydrophilic. | 24,453 |
8,564,110 | 1. A power device with bottom source electrode comprising: a lead frame unit comprising a first base and a second base separated from each other, a third base and a fourth base located at two opposite sides of the first base; a primary packaging structure attached to the first base and the second base, the primary packaging structure comprising a front surface and a plurality of solder bumps formed thereon, said solder bumps being further attached respectively to the first base and the second base; a bridge-shaped metal clip attached atop the primary packaging structure, the bridge-shaped metal clip comprises a top metal portion and side metal portions that are: such that a first predetermined members of the side metal portions are positioned and trapped into a groove formed on the top surface of the third base and a second predetermined members of the side metal portions are aligned and positioned and trapped into a groove formed on the top surface of the fourth base; a bottom metal layer formed at a back surface of the primary packaging structure and connected to a bottom surface of the top metal portion through a conductive material; and a plastic packaging body encapsulating the lead frame unit, the primary packaging structure and the bridge-shaped metal clip, wherein the bottom surfaces of the first base, the third base and the fourth base are all exposed through the bottom surface of the plastic packaging body. | 9,202 |
8,604,738 | 1. A method of controlling an oil temperature increase for an electric vehicle which employs an oil commonly used as a lubricating oil for gears and a coolant for a motor and which is propelled by transmitting a rotational torque of the motor to wheels through the gears, the method comprising the steps of: determining whether the motor is in a state prior to being started or not; and if it is judged that the motor is in the state prior to being started, energizing coils of the motor alternately with a first current supplied to the motor at an advanced angle for no torque to generate a magnetic flux, and a second current supplied to the motor at another advanced angle for no torque to generate a magnetic flux in a direction which is different from the magnetic flux generated by the first current, wherein a timer is further provided for setting a start time to start the electric vehicle, and if the timer sets a next start time to start the electric vehicle, the coils are energized so as to equalize the temperature of the oil to a proper temperature at the set next start time, and wherein the electric vehicle is connected to an external charging unit before the electric vehicle is started to operate, and the first current and the second current are supplied from the external charging unit to the motor. | 3,249 |
9,813,712 | 1. An apparatus for generating a residual block, comprising: an entropy decoding unit configured to decode residual signals to generate quantized coefficient components; an inverse scanning unit configured to determine an inverse scan pattern and generate a quantized block using the inverse scan pattern; an inverse quantization unit configured to derive a quantization parameter and inversely quantize the quantized block using the quantization parameter to generate a transformed block; and an inverse transform unit configured to inversely transform the transformed block to generate a residual block, wherein when the quantization parameter is a chroma quantization parameter, the chroma quantization parameter is generated using a luma quantization parameter and an offset parameter indicating a relationship between the luma quantization parameter and the chroma quantization parameter, the luma quantization parameter is derived using a differential quantization parameter and a quantization parameter predictor, the differential quantization parameter is generated by entropy decoding, if two or more quantization parameters are available among a left quantization parameter, an above quantization parameter and a previous quantization parameter of a current coding unit, the quantization parameter predictor is generated using two available quantization parameters determined according a predetermined order, and if only one quantization parameter is available, the available quantization parameter is set as the quantization parameter predictor. | 25,768 |
9,517,760 | 1. A hybrid vehicle comprising: an internal combustion engine including: an in-cylinder fuel injection valve to allow direct fuel injection in a combustion chamber, and a crank ventilation system; a motor; a power transmission mechanism connecting a drive shaft of the vehicle and the engine to allow torque transmission therebetween and connecting the drive shaft and the motor to allow torque transmission therebetween; and a control device having a configuration: to control output torque of the engine and output torque of the motor so as to exert an equal torque to a user requiring torque on the drive shaft, the user requiring torque being a torque required on the drive shaft and determined depending on an acceleration control amount by the user, and to stop the engine upon a predetermined engine stop condition being satisfied and start the engine upon a predetermined engine start condition being satisfied, the engine stop condition including a condition of a coolant water temperature of the engine being equal to or higher than a intermittency allowance temperature, the control device further having a configuration: to estimate a mixed fuel amount, the mixed fuel amount being an amount of fuel mixed in lubrication oil of the engine, to set the intermittency allowance temperature to rise with increasing amount of the estimated mixed fuel amount, to calculate an increased amount of fuel in such a manner that the increased amount is increased as temperature of the coolant water decreases, and increase an amount of fuel injected from the in-cylinder fuel injection valve as the increased amount increases, and wherein the control device calculates the estimated mixed fuel amount in such a manner that the estimated mixed fuel amount is increased when the engine is being driven, the coolant water temperature is lower than a first threshold coolant water temperature, and the increased amount of fuel is equal to or larger than a predetermined threshold increased amount. | 24,425 |
9,293,925 | 1. A charging and power supplying circuit, comprising: a power supplying tributary and a charging tributary, wherein an end of the power supplying tributary is connected to a power supply, and another end is connected to a system; an end of the charging tributary is connected to the power supply, and another end is connected to a battery; a first transistor is connected to the power supplying tributary, and a source and a drain of the first transistor are connected to the power supplying tributary, and a gate of the first transistor is connected to a line selection end of a logical switch; a second transistor is connected to the charging tributary, and a source and a drain of the second transistor are connected to the charging tributary, and a gate of the second transistor is connected to an output end of a charging controller; a source and a drain of a third transistor are connected to the battery and the system respectively, and a gate of the third transistor is connected to a first control module; two signal input ends of the logical switch are connected to an output end of a first comparator and an output end of a second comparator respectively, a first line selection end of the logical switch is connected to an output end of a first amplifier, and a second line selection end is connected to a switch-on control end; three input ends of the charging controller are connected to an output end of a second amplifier, an output end of a third amplifier and an output end of a fourth amplifier respectively; the charging and power supplying circuit further comprises an adder; a voltage of the power supplying tributary is input to a first input end of the adder, a voltage of the charging tributary is input to a second input end, and an output of the adder is a sum of the voltage of the power supplying tributary and the voltage of the charging tributary; a first preset level is input to an anode of an input end of the first amplifier, and a cathode of the input end of the first amplifier is connected to the output end of the adder and the sum of the voltage of the power supplying tributary and the voltage of the charging tributary is input to the cathode; a second preset level is input to an anode of an input end of the second amplifier, and a cathode of the input end of the second amplifier is connected to the output end of the adder and the sum of the voltage of the power supplying tributary and the voltage of the charging tributary is input to the cathode; the voltage of the charging tributary is input to a cathode of an input end of the third amplifier, and a third preset level is input to an anode of the input end of the third amplifier; a component voltage of the battery is input to a cathode of an input end of the fourth amplifier, and a fourth preset level is input to an anode of the input end of the fourth amplifier; an anode of an input end of the first comparator is connected to the output end of the adder and the sum of the voltage of the power supplying tributary and the voltage of the charging tributary is input to the anode, and a fifth preset level is input to a cathode of the input end of the first comparator; and a sixth preset level is input to an anode of an input end of the second comparator, and a cathode of the input end of the second comparator is connected to the second input end of the adder and the voltage of the charging tributary is input to the cathode. | 31,231 |
9,505,309 | 1. An electric vehicle control device comprising: an inverter to drive a motor; a calculation unit to calculate a regenerative-brake-torque load factor when a braking command is detected, wherein the reqenerative-brake-torque load factor is a ratio of a regenerative brake torque with respect to a total brake torque; and an element-temperature detection unit to detect a temperature of a switching element included in the inverter, wherein the calculation unit includes a brake-torque load-factor determination unit to determine the regenerative-brake-torque load factor according to vehicle speed information as a detection value of a vehicle speed, and a brake-torque load-factor correction unit to correct a regenerative-brake-torque load factor determined by the brake-torque load-factor determination unit using element temperature information detected by the element-temperature detection unit. | 8,217 |
8,637,360 | 1. A method of manufacturing an active device comprising: providing a substrate comprising an epitaxial layer disposed on an underlying layer; forming an active region of an active device over the substrate; forming a first trench and a second trench each through the active region and on the substrate; forming a first doped region in the epitaxial layer of the substrate, the first doped region coupled to the first trench; forming a second doped region in the epitaxial layer of the substrate, the second doped region coupled to the second trench; filling the first trench with a conductive material to form a first trench electrode; filling the second trench with a conductive material to form a second trench electrode; forming a source electrode of the active device electrically, the source electrode coupled to the first trench electrode; and forming a drain electrode of the active device electrically, the drain electrode coupled to the second trench electrode. | 42,752 |
9,672,073 | 1. A method of distributing work in a distributed computing environment that comprises a leader node, a leader aggregator at the leader node, a first worker node, a worker aggregator at the first worker node, a second worker node, and a worker aggregator at the second worker node, the method comprising: receiving a work assignment at the leader node; dividing, by the leader node, the work assignment into a plurality of work units; receiving a message from the first worker node indicating that the first worker node is capable of accepting a work unit; distributing, by the leader node, a first work unit of the plurality of work units to the first worker node in response to the received message; receiving, by the worker aggregator at the first worker node, first results upon completely processing the first work unit; requesting, by the first worker node, a second work unit of the plurality of work units, without sending the first results to the leader aggregator; receiving, by the worker aggregator at the first worker node, second results representing a processed portion of the second work unit, as the first worker node processes the second work unit; re-distributing, by the leader node, an unprocessed portion of the second work unit to the second worker node for processing in response to receiving the second message; receiving, by the worker aggregator at the second worker node, third results upon completely processing the unfinished portion of the second work unit; and receiving, by the leader aggregator, the first, second, and third results. | 11,907 |
8,701,618 | 1. A piston/piston ring arrangement for an internal combustion engine, comprising: a piston; at least one ring groove accommodating exactly one piston ring having a ring gap; and a spring element disposed between a groove root of the ring groove and the piston ring, said spring element forming an elevation that fills the ring gap of the piston ring; wherein an outer surface of the elevation and a mantle surface of the piston ring are disposed flush with one another, wherein the elevation has converging slants connected with a crosspiece, and wherein the piston ring has slanted surfaces corresponding to the slants. | 49,765 |
9,347,946 | 1. A detectable reagent comprising: a binding moiety conjugated to a dextran component, wherein the dextran component has a total of about 4 to about 8 dextrans per binding moiety and the binding moiety is not a dextran or a target entity in a sample, and wherein a detectable entity is conjugated to the dextran component. | 41,197 |
8,892,279 | 1. A control apparatus for a motor-assisted bicycle for detecting a pedaling torque applied to a crankshaft with a pedaling force sensor, detecting a vehicle speed information value representing a vehicle speed of the motor-assisted bicycle by a vehicle speed information detector, controlling a motor unit of the motor-assisted bicycle in a regenerative control process to charge a battery, and controlling the motor unit in an assistive control process, wherein said control apparatus switches from the assistive control process to the regenerative control process at a crankshaft angular position in which said torque value detected by the pedaling force sensor is equal to or smaller than a predetermined level and if the vehicle speed information value that is detected is equal to or smaller than a predetermined speed value, and switches from the regenerative control process to the assistive control process at least at a crankshaft angular position in which said torque value detected by the pedaling force sensor is greater than said predetermined level. | 42,870 |
9,345,658 | 1. A method for colouring hair comprising the steps of: i) mixing a first dye composition with a first developer composition to obtain a first hair colouring composition, wherein the first dye composition comprises one or more oxidative dye precursors and one or more alkalizing agents and the first developer composition comprises one or more oxidizing agents; ii) applying a portion or all of the first hair colouring composition to the hair roots and to one or more portions of the hair lengths and tips extending from the hair roots; iii) mixing a second dye composition with a second developer composition to obtain a second hair colouring composition, wherein the second dye composition comprises one or more oxidative dye precursors and one or more alkalizing agents and the second developer composition comprises one or more oxidizing agents, wherein the individual concentrations of the oxidative dye precursors, the alkalizing agents, and the oxidizing agents comprised in the second hair colouring composition are lower than the individual concentrations of the oxidative dye precursors, the alkalizing agents, and the oxidizing agents comprised in the first hair colouring composition; iv) applying a portion or all of the second hair colouring composition to the hair. | 44,231 |
8,564,220 | 1. An electrical power source and lighting apparatus having one or more inputs and at least a first and second output, the electrical power source and lighting apparatus comprising: one or more light sources; an input sensor coupled to the one or more inputs and configured to sense the voltage and current of at least a first power input; an adaptive buck converter configured to receive the first power input and condition the first power input to generate a conditioned power output; a controller coupled to the input sensor and the adaptive buck converter and configured to receive sensed voltage and current values from the input sensor and provide instructions to the adaptive buck converter to condition the first power input to within a predetermined acceptable input threshold; an internal power source coupled to the adaptive buck converter and configured to receive and store the conditioned power output from the adaptive buck converter, wherein the internal power source is also configured to generate a stored output; an output sensor coupled to the first output and configured to sense the probable voltage and current requirements of a device coupled to the first output; and a boost output mechanism configured to receive the stored output from the internal power source, the boost output mechanism further configured to boost the stored output consistent with the requirements sensed at the output sensor. | 11,841 |
9,627,114 | 1. An apparatus comprising: a magnetic substrate at least partially covered by a first negative-permittivity layer comprising a first plasmonic outer surface; a plasmonic nanoparticle having a magnetic element at least partially covered by a second negative-permittivity layer comprising a second plasmonic outer surface; and a dielectric-filled gap between the first plasmonic outer surface and the second plasmonic outer surface, the dielectric-filled gap being a distinct physical layer and extending beyond the plasmonic nanoparticle in at least one dimension; wherein the first plasmonic outer surface, the dielectric-filled gap, and the second plasmonic outer surface are configured to support-bonding surface plasmons; and wherein the plasmonic nanoparticle is retained on the first plasmonic outer surface by a magnetic attraction between the magnetic substrate and the magnetic element of the plasmonic nanoparticle. | 13,211 |
9,582,336 | 1. A method for resource segmentation, comprising: determining a set of partitioning schemes that comprises every possible partitioning of a plurality of time slots over a time horizon into a fixed number of partitions; for each partitioning scheme in the set of partitioning schemes, determining a cost using a processor based on a duration of each partition and a resource usage metric; and selecting a partitioning scheme that has a lowest cost. | 35,457 |
9,065,132 | 1. A process for the production of solid discrete carbon nanotubes used in lithium ion batteries, comprising the steps of: a) selecting discrete carbon nanotubes of aspect ratio 10 to 500 and oxidation level 1% to 15% percent by weight to give selected carbon nanotubes; b) mixing the selected carbon nanotubes with a liquid to give a carbon nanotubes/liquid mixture; c) adding reagents to the carbon nanotubes/liquid mixture in correct balance for synthesis of a lithium salt in a new mixture; d) reacting the new mixture at a temperature to form the lithium salt while sonicating the new mixture; e) separating solid discrete carbon nanotubes, having the lithium salt attached thereon from the liquid; and f) drying the solid discrete carbon nanotubes having the lithium salt attached thereon under an inert atmosphere at sufficient temperature to obtain the solid discrete carbon nanotubes used in lithium ion batteries. | 10,230 |
9,526,498 | 1. A surgical device comprising: a handle assembly including a fixed handle and a moveable handle, the moveable handle including an internal end defining an opening, the opening including a toothed rack, the moveable handle having an initial position, wherein the moveable handle is spaced-apart from the fixed handle, and a full-squeezed position, wherein the moveable handle is approximated toward the fixed handle; an elongated member extending from the handle assembly and defining a longitudinal axis; an end effector positioned at a distal end of the elongated member; a drive assembly disposed within the handle assembly and engaged by the toothed rack of the moveable handle to transmit a rotative force to manipulate the end effector; and a lockout mechanism disposed within the handle assembly and engaged with the moveable handle to prevent movement of the moveable handle towards the initial position before the moveable handle reaches the full-squeezed position, the lockout mechanism including a wheel and a clutch, wherein the wheel rotates in a first direction as the moveable handle is moved towards the full-squeezed position, and wherein the clutch engages the wheel and permits the wheel to rotate in the first direction and the clutch inhibits the wheel from rotating in a second direction opposite the first direction. | 29,390 |
9,778,228 | 1. A multi-modal monitor system to obtain quantitative, coordinated measurement of emissions from a turbine having at least one of a blade and a rotor, comprising: a first sensor for measuring at least one type of emission generated by the turbine during movement of the at least one of the blade and the rotor and generating a first emission signal; a second sensor for measuring a different type of emission generated by the turbine and generating a second emission signal; a third sensor for measuring a different type of emission than that measured by the first and second sensors; a data storage unit capable of storing emission signals over time; and a housing containing at least the first, second and third sensors and capable of being placed operationally at a distance from the turbine in an outdoor location to be monitored; wherein each of the first, second, and third sensors measures one type of emission selected from mechanical wave, optical radiation, electrical, vibration, audible sound, and infrasound. | 29,778 |
8,817,795 | 1. A method comprising: pushing information corresponding to information/service type from a provider node on a network, the provider node configured to provide information/service type to consumer nodes on the network, the pushing being responsive to at least one of (a) the provider node or new information/service corresponding to the provider node coming on-line, (b) changes in capability parameters of the provider node, (c) lack of availability of an information/service from the provider node due to the provider node going off-line or shutting down the information/service, or (d) an automatic periodic push requirement; pulling information corresponding to information/services available on the network by consumer nodes, the pulling comprising: updating an information routing table with information received in the query response ants and information ants propagating through the network; selectively forwarding information ants, query ants, and query response ants throughout the network, the forwarding based in part on the information routing table, and popularity measures in a routing table; and updating the information routing table of intermediate and consumer nodes by the information in a reply message sent by a provider node after receiving a service request from a consumer node. | 26,735 |
9,180,177 | 1. A method of making a composition comprising isolated mycobacterial RNA associated with mycobacterial cell wall fragments, comprising the sequential steps of: A) disrupting a mycobacterial cell biomass to generate mycobacterial cell wall fragments, mycobacterial cell wall fragments and associated RNA, disrupted mycobacterial cells, intact mycobacterial cells, and mycobacterial RNA; B) optionally separating intact mycobacterial cells from the generated mycobacterial cell wall fragments and associated RNA; and, C) separating the soluble, cytosolic contents of a portion of the disrupted mycobacterial cells from the generated mycobacterial cell wall fragments and associated mycobacterial RNA to obtain a composition comprising mycobacterial cell wall fragments and associated RNA, wherein the composition comprising the isolated mycobacterial RNA associated with the mycobacterial cell wall fragments does not contain phenol or | 47,087 |
9,344,947 | 1. A method, comprising: identifying, by a user equipment (UE), a first set of quality of service (QoS) parameters associated with a first radio access technology (RAT) and a second set of QoS parameters associated with a second RAT; obtaining, by the UE, information relating to a utilized network communication application; obtaining, by the UE, information relating to at least one QoS parameter in the first set of QoS parameters associated with the utilized network communication application; determining, by the UE, whether at least one of the first set of QoS parameters or the second set of QoS parameters is obtained from the utilized network communication application; and mapping, by the UE in response to determining that the at least one of the first set of QoS parameters or the second set of QoS parameters is not obtained from the utilized network communication application, the at least one QoS parameter in the first set of QoS parameters associated with the utilized network communication application to at least one QoS parameter in the second set of QoS parameters independently of the utilized network communication application. | 10,247 |
9,706,248 | 1. A video playback device for use in conjunction with a wireless telephone, the video playback device comprising: a user interface for interaction with a user; a network interface for wireless communication with a video server coupled to an internet, wherein the video server stores a first plurality of video programs, and that downloads a selected one of the first plurality of video programs via the wireless communication; and a video player responding to the user interface for generating a video search request, and selection data for selecting the selected one of the first plurality of video programs and generates destination data that selects one of a plurality of destinations for display of the video program, wherein at least one of the plurality of destinations includes a location within the user's residence; wherein the video player responds to the user interface to selectively pause and stop the selected one of the first plurality of video programs and skip to a different portion of the selected one of the first plurality of video programs; wherein the video player is configured to display, via the user interface, a list of at least a portion of the first plurality of video programs, and the list of at least a portion of the first plurality of video programs includes at least a lower display quality and higher display quality available for at least one of the first plurality of video programs; and wherein the video player is configured to display, via the user interface, an indication of a plurality of previously downloaded video programs of the first plurality of video programs along with an indication that an additional episode is available for at least one of the plurality of video programs; wherein the video player is configured to display, via the user interface, an indication that download of the selected one of the first plurality of video programs is in progress and further to generate data to suspend the download of the selected one of the first plurality of video programs while in progress. | 28,340 |
9,628,749 | 1. A computer-implemented method comprising: capturing, by a camera, a reference image via a shutter mechanism; locking the camera responsive to capturing the reference image, including disabling the shutter mechanism of the camera prior to capture of a preferred photograph; preventing adjustment of one or more features of the camera prior to capture of the preferred photograph by locking the one or more features; comparing the reference image to a current image displayed within a viewing field of the camera; providing one or more alignment guides to move the camera in a particular direction to aid in aligning the reference image and the current image including: configuring the camera to provide a vibration when the reference image and the current image are aligned; when the reference image and the current image are approximately aligned, automatically triggering an autofocus feature and a zoom feature of the camera to more accurately align the reference image and the current image; if it is determined that the reference image and the current image are aligned, enabling the shutter mechanism of the camera for enabling the capture of the preferred photograph; capturing a plurality of images prior to discarding the reference image; and triggering a flash device if it is determined that the reference image was captured after the flash device was triggered; wherein the reference image and the current image are aligned when the reference image and the current image are completely overlapping, and wherein the one or more alignment guides displayed in the view field include guidelines, wherein the guidelines denote the boundaries of the reference image. | 4,823 |
9,335,530 | 1. A solar concentrator, comprising: a substantially planar light insertion layer, the light insertion layer being made of light-transmissive material and including: a substantially planar light guide layer, the light guide layer being made of light-transmissive material and including: an array of optical apertures optically interconnecting the light insertion layer and the light guide layer formed by interfaces between at least one of the light insertion layer and the light guide layer and at least one deformed optical coupling, element. | 34,094 |
8,454,620 | 1. A system comprising an elongated shaft sized and configured to establish an access path to bone having an interior volume occupied, at least in part, by cancellous bone, the elongated shaft including a distal end portion configured to engage an interior surface of cortical bone and a side opening positioned towards a fracture, a first tool sized and configured to be selectively inserted into the shaft and selectively removed from the shaft, the first tool including an outer catheter body with a distal end section, an inner elongated body extending at least partially within the outer catheter body and beyond the distal end section, and an expandable body configured to receive radio opaque fluid coupled to both the outer catheter body and the inner elongated body, wherein the expandable body is capable of being selectively aligned with and advanced through the side opening to project outside the side opening and contact cancellous bone, when the first tool is selectively inserted into the shaft, the first tool further comprises at least one radiopaque marker and wherein the selective alignment of the expandable body with the side opening is determinable by the location of the radiopaque marker relative to the side opening, and a second tool sized and configured, upon removal of the first tool from the shaft, to introduce into the shaft a bone filling material for discharge through the side opening into the cancellous bone. | 48,278 |
8,528,332 | 1. A method for providing air to a cylinder of an engine including a compressor and a boost tank, comprising: varying a relative amount of engine exhaust in air pressurized in the boost tank based on operating conditions, including admitting a compressor effluent to the boost tank when a waste gate of a turbine is closed; discharging the air pressurized in the boost tank to an intake manifold; and direct injecting fuel into the cylinder. | 21,741 |
9,664,176 | 1. A method of automatically calculating power curve limits for power curve monitoring of a wind turbine, comprising: a first operation of classifying input data of wind power generation through variable speed bins by an input data classification unit; a second operation of calculating a first mean value and a standard deviation of power for each bin for the classified input data by a power calculation unit; a third operation of estimating a power curve for the first mean value of power for each bin by a power curve estimation unit; a fourth operation of searching for accurate power curve limits while shifting the estimated power curve by a limit search unit; and a fifth operation of setting the input data between the accurate power curve limits as new input data by a data extraction unit. | 43,268 |
9,255,293 | 1. A method of preparing a target nucleic acid, comprising contacting a target nucleic acid with a capture probe and an immobilized probe, the capture probe comprising a first segment that hybridizes to the target nucleic acid and a second segment that hybridizes to the immobilized probe, wherein the target nucleic acid hybridizes to the first segment of the capture probe, and the second segment of the capture probe hybridizes to the immobilized probe, thereby forming a capture hybrid capturing the target nucleic acid; and performing a PCR amplification of the captured target nucleic acid without a step of dissociating the capture hybrid before initiating thermocycling in the PCR amplification; wherein the PCR amplification is performed in the same vessel as the contacting step and wherein the amplified target nucleic acid comprises at least one mutation that is present in less than 10% of molecules of the target nucleic acid. | 35,106 |
9,023,549 | 1. A method of preparing a gas diffusion electrode comprising a porous diffusion layer and a porous reaction layer attached to each other, wherein the porous diffusion layer is prepared by i) admixing a) sacrificial material, b) fluoropolymer and c) a metal-based material, wherein the sacrificial material has a release temperature below 275° C. and is added in an amount from 1 to 25 wt % based on the total weight of a)-c) admixed; ii) forming a diffusion layer from the admixture of step i); and iii) heating the forming diffusion layer to a temperature lower than 275° C. so as to release at least a part of said sacrificial material from the diffusion layer, such that the diffusion layer after release of the sacrificial material has a porosity ranging from 60 to 95%. | 24,126 |
9,120,065 | 1. An integrated aeration device configured to aerate a liquid in a bottle, the device comprising: an aerator including a body having a wall, an outer port and an inner port, the inner port being inserted into the bottle after filling for providing a fluid flow path through the aerator body such that the liquid can pass downward through the aerator body, the aerator body having a fluid flow path configured to have a plurality of extended gas intake channels aligned in parallel relationship to the aerator body wall and extending lengthwise through the aerator body wall, a fluid-receiving portion configured to be open to and in fluid communication with the atmosphere to receive the liquid as the liquid is dispensed, the fluid-receiving portion defining at least a first cross-sectional area, a reduced-area portion disposed downstream from and in fluid communication with the fluid-receiving portion, the reduced-area portion defining a second cross-sectional area that is smaller than the first cross-sectional area of the fluid-receiving portion, a first air inlet extending between the fluid flow path and a side of the body, fluidly coupling the atmosphere with the fluid flow path, where the aerator body is placed into the bottle neck so that the air inlet is exposed above the bottle neck; an increased-area portion disposed downstream of the reduced-area portion and in fluid communication with the fluid-receiving portion, the increased-area portion defining a third cross-sectional area that is greater than the second cross-sectional area; and a cap attached to cover the top of the aerator body including the air inlet and bottle top. | 19,607 |
9,213,144 | 1. A rotary coupler, comprising: opposing first and second ends; a stator portion including a stationary RF conductor portion of a center RF transmission line that extends between the opposing first and second ends of the rotary coupler; and a rotor portion including a rotatable RF conductor portion of the center RF transmission line, the rotor portion being configured to rotate about a rotational axis relative to the stator portion; where the stationary RF conductor portion and the rotatable RF conductor portion of the center RF transmission line are disposed in adjacent rotatable relationship to form a first part of a center RF signal channel that extends across a rotational RF signal interface defined between the stationary RF conductor portion and the rotatable RF conductor portion of the center RF transmission line, the stationary RF conductor portion extending from a stationary coaxial signal connection at the first end of the rotary coupler to the rotational RF signal interface and the rotatable RF conductor portion extending from a rotatable coaxial signal connection at the second end of the rotary coupler to the rotational RF signal interface; where the stator portion further comprises a stationary RF conductor portion of a first concentric RF transmission line that is concentrically disposed around the center RF transmission line; where the rotor portion further comprises a rotatable RF conductor portion of a first concentric RF transmission line that is concentrically disposed around the center RF transmission line; where the stationary RF conductor portion and the rotatable RF conductor portion of the first concentric RF transmission line are disposed in adjacent rotatable relationship to form a second part of the center RF signal channel that extends across a first concentric rotational RF signal interface defined between the stationary RF conductor portion and the rotatable RF conductor portion of the first concentric RF transmission line, the stationary RF conductor portion of the first concentric RF transmission line extending from the stationary coaxial signal connection at the first end of the rotary coupler to the first concentric rotational RF signal interface and the rotatable RF conductor portion of the first concentric RF transmission line extending from the rotatable coaxial signal connection at the second end of the rotary coupler to the first concentric rotational RF signal interface; where the stator portion further comprises a stationary optical conductor portion of an optical transmission line, and where the rotor portion further comprises a rotatable optical conductor portion of the optical transmission line; where the stationary optical conductor portion and the rotatable optical conductor portion are disposed in adjacent rotatable relationship to form an on-axis optical signal channel coincident with the rotational axis of the rotor portion and extending across a rotational optical signal interface defined between the stationary optical conductor portion and the rotatable optical conductor portion; and where the rotational optical signal interface is disposed within the center RF transmission line. | 7,495 |
8,601,691 | 1. A method of fabricating a component, the method comprising: forming one or more grooves in an outer surface of a substrate having at least one hollow interior space , wherein each of the one or more grooves has a continuous geometry defined by a base and a plurality of sidewalls, wherein each sidewall extends continuously from the base to an uppermost surface of the substrate and wherein each of the one or more grooves extends at least partially along the outer surface of the substrate; forming one or more access holes through the base of a respective one of the one or more grooves to connect the respective groove in fluid communication with the respective hollow interior space; disposing a sacrificial filler within the one or more grooves, the sacrificial filler in contact with the base and the plurality of sidewalls of each of the one or more grooves; disposing a permanent filler on an uppermost surface of the sacrificial filler, wherein the permanent filler is comprised of a structural material and in contact with only the uppermost surface of the sacrificial filler and the plurality of sidewalls of the one or more grooves and wherein the permanent filler is not in contact with the base of each of the one or more grooves; disposing a coating over at least a portion of the substrate and over the permanent filler; and removing the sacrificial filler from the one or more grooves, to define one or more channels for cooling the component. | 8,537 |
8,721,209 | 1. A multi-function printer, comprising: a body; a door, assembled to the body and being opened or closed relative to the body; a feeding module, disposed in the body, and the feeding module including a driving gear; a transmission module, disposed in the body, and the transmission module including a first swim arm, an end of the first swim arm being connected to the driving gear; and a cam assembly, movably disposed in the body, and being configured between the transmission module and the door, wherein the cam assembly is in a moving range of the first swim arm, and the door is in a moving range of the cam assembly, when the driving gear rotates in a first direction, the other end of the first swim arm is engaged to the cam assembly, and drives the cam assembly to push the door open. | 27,304 |
8,768,196 | 1. An image forming apparatus comprising: a forming section forms an image on a recording medium; and a first sensor and a second sensor are configured to detect a human in a first detection range and a second detection range, respectively, in front of the forming section, wherein the first sensor and the second sensor are configured to exclude detection of a non-detection range between the first detection range and the second detection range in a vertical direction, wherein the first sensor is a pyroelectric sensor that detects infrared rays by utilizing a pyroelectric effect, and wherein the second sensor is a reflecting sensor having a light-emitting section that emits light and a light-receiving section that receives the light. | 12,210 |
9,204,509 | 1. A light system comprising: a plurality of light emitting diode (LED) groups arranged in a light bar, each group of the plurality of LED groups comprising at least two LED's wherein: a first LED of an LED group from the plurality of LED groups is configured to emit a first color upon application of a voltage to a first anode on the first LED wherein; a plurality of first LEDs from the plurality of LED groups are configured together to form a first string circuit, wherein the first string circuit is independently coupled to at least one electrical bus; a second LED in a same LED group as the first LED from the plurality of LED groups is configured to emit a second color upon application of a voltage to a second anode on the second LED wherein; a plurality of second LEDs from the plurality of LED groups are configured together to form a second string circuit, wherein the second string circuit is independently coupled to the at least one electrical bus; and the at least one electrical bus is electrically coupled to the plurality of LED groups and configured to turn on or off one of the first color of the first LED and the second color of the second LED when the electrical bus electrically coupled to at least the first and second anodes is electrically coupled to at least one switch, the switch including at least three settings, comprising: | 10,994 |
9,796,833 | 1. An edible film comprising: a water-soluble mixture of an edible carboxymethyl cellulose film-forming resin; an edible plasticizer; an edible surfactant; and, an edible tackifier, wherein the edible carboxymethyl cellulose film-forming resin comprises a low molecular weight component and a high molecular weight component, the low molecular weight component having a molecular weight less than that of the high molecular weight component; and wherein the low molecular weight component is characterized by a 2%-aqueous solution viscosity in a range of about 10 cP to about 100 cP at 25° C. and the high molecular weight component is characterized by a 2%-aqueous solution viscosity in a range of about 100 cP to about 1000 cP at 25° C. | 21,846 |
8,902,813 | 1. A method for controlling discontinuous reception (DRX) of user equipment in a mobile communication system, the method comprising: interrupting the DRX operation when a radio resource control (RRC) connection reestablishment procedure is initiated; transmitting, by the user equipment, an RRC connection reestablishment request message to an evolved node B (ENB); receiving, by the user equipment, an RRC connection reestablishment message from the ENB; determining, by the user equipment, whether the RRC connection reestablishment message received from the ENB includes new DRX setting information; and resuming, when the received RRC connection reestablishment message contains new DRX setting information, the interrupted DRX operation according to the new DRX setting information, wherein the DRX setting information comprises at least one of a period of the DRX and a time length of a timer used for the DRX. | 41,088 |
9,545,620 | 1. A catalyst composition comprising cobalt; manganese; hydrophilic silica; and at least one element selected from the group consisting of lanthanum, phosphorus, Fe, Zr, and Zn, wherein the relative molar ratios of the elements comprised in the composition are of the formula wherein: M is one or more elements selected from the group consisting of alkali metal, alkaline earth metal, and transition metal; a is about 0.8-1.2; b is 0.1 to 1; each c is from greater than 0 to about 0.005, wherein the total c is from greater than 0 to about 0.005; d is 0 to about 0.005; X is at least one element selected from the group consisting of lanthanum, phosphorus, Fe, Zr, and Zn; y is a number determined by the valence of the other elements present; wherein the catalyst composition further comprises a binder selected from the group consisting of magnesia, alumina, silica, zirconia, titania, activated carbon, non-activated carbon, and zeolites, and Si is in the form of a hydrophilic silica. | 38,614 |
9,631,252 | 1. An induction heat treatment workstation for hardening a gear, the gear having an inner surface bearing a plurality of groups of splines, the groups of splines being separated by webs, the workstation comprising: an inductor coil including a plurality of heating loops and a plurality of non-heating loops, wherein the heating loops are adjacent to and alternate with the non-heating loops around a circumference of the gear, the inductor coil being energizable by an alternating current power source, the inductor coil being operable to create an alternating magnetic field when energized to a predetermined frequency, the alternating magnetic field being configured to induce an eddy current in the plurality of groups of splines of the gear to induction harden the gear at the plurality of groups of splines, wherein the non-heating loops comprise first and second portions that are parallel to each other, wherein the first and second portions of the non-heating loops are disposed parallel to an axis of rotation of the rotational mechanism, wherein each of the first and second portions of the non-heating loops creates a portion of the alternating magnetic field, wherein the portion of the alternating magnetic field created by the first portion cancels the portion of the alternating magnetic field created by the second portion; and a rotational mechanism operable to rotate the gear about an axis of rotation, the rotational mechanism operable to rotate the gear relative to the inductor coil. | 7,908 |
9,532,377 | 1. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) comprising: a receiver configured to receive physical random access channel (PRACH) system information from an eNodeB, wherein the PRACH system information comprises a random access channel (RACH) response window size and a PRACH frequency position information; the receiver configured to receive a RACH preamble and signature information; a processor configured to generate a preamble sequence based on the received RACH preamble and signature information; a transmitter configured to transmit the preamble sequence to the eNodeB, wherein the preamble sequence is transmitted on a resource, wherein the resource is determined based on the received PRACH frequency position information; and the receiver configured to receive a random access response from the eNodeB, wherein the random access response is received within a number of subframes, wherein the number of subframes is based on the RACH response window size. | 47,114 |
9,188,085 | 1. A fuel system for an engine comprising: a plurality of air intake ports circumferentially spaced around a cylinder and fluidly connecting an air box with a combustion chamber, the plurality of air intake ports including at least a first air intake port, a second air intake port, and a third air intake port; and a plurality of gaseous fuel injectors each configured to inject gaseous fuel in the combustion chamber, the plurality of gaseous fuel injectors including: wherein the first, second, and third air intake ports are each configured to be opened and closed by movement of a piston inside the cylinder. | 2,349 |
8,507,712 | 1. A catalyst composition for preparing diphenyl carbonate which comprises an ionic liquid, wherein the ionic liquid is 1-butyl-3-methylpyrrolidinium trifluoroacetate, 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium hexafluorophosphate or a mixture thereof and wherein the catalyst composition further comprises a palladium salt, a manganese salt and a base. | 11,045 |
9,649,386 | 1. A personal care product, comprising: (a) a composition that is applied to the body; (b) a plurality of spray dried particles associated with the composition, the plurality of spray dried particles comprising a cyclodextrin complexing material and a first fragrance material, wherein the percent of the first fragrance material that is complexed with the cyclodextrin is greater than about 75%, so that the perceptibility of the first fragrance is minimized prior to its release; wherein the plurality of particles are coated with a coating material prior to association with the composition; and wherein the particle cannot be perceived by a consumer. | 3,518 |
9,529,250 | 1. A photolithography mask, comprising: a substrate that contains a low thermal expansion material (LTEM); a reflective structure disposed over the substrate; a capping layer disposed over the reflective structure; and an absorber layer disposed over the capping layer, wherein the absorber layer contains an indium tin oxide (ITO) material, and wherein the ITO material has a SnO | 11,110 |
9,784,489 | 1. An air conditioning and water producing system comprising: a heat pumping unit including a condenser and an evaporator; a membrane contactor in thermal communication with the heat pumping unit configured such that a first brine flow is cooled by the evaporator of the heat pumping unit and diluted at the membrane contactor via absorption of moisture from a flow of process air; a distiller in thermal communication with the heat pumping unit and the membrane contactor such that a second brine flow is flowed a first time through the distiller, heated by the condenser of the heat pumping unit and conveyed a second time through the distiller, thermal interaction between the second brine flow conveyed a second time through the distiller and the first time through the distiller extracts water from the second brine flow; and a brine sump to which both the first brine flow and the second brine flow are conveyed. | 16,423 |
8,741,001 | 1. A blended fuel comprising: (a) about 5% to about 90%, by volume, of a petroleum fuel; and (b) about 95% to about 10% by volume of a low carbon fuel produced using a thermochemical or biochemical conversion process, wherein the low carbon fuel has a well-to-wheels greenhouse gas content which is at least about 50% lower than a wells-to-wheels greenhouse gas content of a petroleum fuel, and the low carbon fuel has at least two performance characteristic values measurable by ASTM tests which are about 30% improved than corresponding performance characteristic values of the petroleum fuel; and wherein the blended fuel has a well-to-wheels greenhouse gas content which is at least 5% lower than the well-to-wheels greenhouse gas content of the petroleum fuel, and the blended fuel has at least two performance characteristic values measurable by ASTM tests which are at least about 5% improved than corresponding performance characteristic values of the petroleum fuel. | 23,974 |
9,149,960 | 1. A method for molding a plastic element, said method comprising the following steps: providing a molding device, said molding device comprising two mold parts that can move relative to one another between an injection position, in which the two molds part are pressed against one another and define an injection cavity between them, and a stripping position, in which the two mold parts are away from one another, at least one of the mold parts having a wall defining a receiving surface, said wall comprising at least one slit extending between portions of the receiving surface; positioning a support element in the slit, said support element defining a support surface which extends substantially in the extension of the receiving surface, and further defining, with a wall of the slit, a passage; installing an insert in the injection cavity, against the receiving surface and the support surface; injecting molding material into the injection cavity, the molding material filling the cavity and penetrating the slit and the passage, the insert being pressed against the receiving surface and against the support surface under the effect of the pressure of the molding material in the injection cavity; and solidifying the molding material, the molding material contained in the injection cavity forming a body of the plastic element and the molding material contained in the slit forming a rib of the plastic element, the body and the rib being formed together integrally as a single piece, the insert extending between the body and the rib. | 10,326 |
8,884,155 | 1. An article comprising two photovoltaic cells and an interconnect component, wherein, a first of said two photovoltaic cells comprises cell structure including multiple cell layers, a first cell layer comprising semiconductor material and said first cell layer has length and width dimensions defining the cell boundaries of said first photovoltaic cell, said first photovoltaic cell further comprises a second cell layer forming an upward facing top light incident surface of said first photovoltaic cell, said second cell layer forming said upward facing top light incident surface extends over an area which is completely encompassed by said photovoltaic cell boundaries of said first photovoltaic cell, said interconnect component does not include any of said cell structure, said interconnect component has an overall sheetlike form having a length, width and thickness and wherein said length and width are much greater than said thickness, said sheetlike form of said interconnect component has a downward facing bottom side and an upward facing top side, said interconnect component further comprises a collection region and an interconnection structure, said interconnect component comprises both electrically conductive material and electrically non-conductive material, said collection region of said interconnect component comprises a sheetlike substrate, said sheetlike substrate within said collection region is transparent or translucent and has a length, width and thickness and wherein said length and width are much greater than said thickness, said sheetlike substrate within said collection region comprises one or more layers, and further has a downward facing surface and an upward facing surface, said downward facing surface of said sheetlike substrate within said collection region is formed by a seamless material layer comprising polymer, said collection region further comprises an electrically conductive arrangement comprising a first portion of said electrically conductive material, said electrically conductive arrangement has an electrically conductive surface, said electrically conductive arrangement is positioned on said downward facing surface of said sheetlike substrate, such that said downward facing bottom side of said interconnect component within said collection region is formed by portions of said electrically conductive arrangement along with portions of said downward facing surface of said sheetlike substrate which remain uncovered by said electrically conductive arrangement, said first photovoltaic cell and said interconnect component are positioned such that the downward facing surface of said sheetlike substrate within said collection region overlays a preponderance of said upward facing top light incident surface of said first photovoltaic cell so that portions of said electrically conductive surface of said electrically conductive arrangement and portions of said downward facing surface of said sheetlike substrate remaining uncovered by said electrically conductive arrangement both directly contact said upward facing top light incident surface of said first photovoltaic cell, a second of said two photovoltaic cells has a bottom downward facing surface, said material forming said downward facing surface of said sheetlike substrate within said collection region does not extend seamlessly to overlay said second of said two photovoltaic cells, said interconnection structure comprises a second portion of said electrically conductive material extending through said sheetlike form of said interconnect component to ohmically join said first portion of said electrically conductive material of said electrically conductive arrangement to electrically conductive material located at the upward facing top side of the overall sheetlike form of said interconnect component, said electrically conductive material located at the upward facing top side of the overall sheetlike form of said interconnect component is positioned beneath and in direct contact with said bottom downward facing surface of said second of said photovoltaic cells. | 14,276 |
8,484,501 | 1. A computer system, comprising: a processor; an input device, operably connected to the processor, allowing data to be entered into the computer system; an output device, operably to the processor, allowing data to be output from the computer system; and a system memory operably connected to the processor through a system bus, the system memory comprising a plurality of DRAM devices having a plurality of rows of DRAM memory cells, the DRAM memory cells receiving, storing, and outputting data, at least one of the DRAM devices comprising: an input/output system operably connecting the plurality of DRAM devices the computer system; a refresh system for refreshing contents of the DRAM memory cells; control logic, the covered logic being operably interconnected with the input/output system and responsive to command from the external system; a delay locked loop subsystem synchronizing data communications between the input/output system and the computer system; and a delay locked loop control comprising: a device inactive circuit configured to selectively provide a device inactive signal; a delay lock coupled to the device inactive circuit, the device inactive circuit being configured to lock the delay interval of the delay locked loop on receiving the device inactive signal; and a stabilization circuit coupled to the delay lock, the stabilization circuit being configured to provide a stabilization signal to the delay lock when the delay locked loop is locked, and wherein the delay lock is further configured to suppress locking the delay interval until the stabilization signal has been received by the delay lock. | 49,709 |
9,265,982 | 1. A method of substantially preventing a person from raising a foot from a person's first leg from the ground, the method comprising: providing at least one resistance device, the resistance device comprising an anchor, a first fastener, a first tether extending between the anchor and the first fastener, a second fastener, and a second tether extending between the anchor and the second fastener; affixing the anchor to a stationary object; securing the first fastener adjacent an upper portion of a first leg of the person; and securing the second fastener adjacent a lower portion of the first leg of the person. | 15,785 |
9,102,094 | 1. A rail support device installed in a clip chain type sheet stretching apparatus configured to hold an end portion in a transverse direction of a sheet by using clips of clip chains, and to stretch the sheet while conveying the sheet by running the clip chains in a horizontal direction along a rail, the rail support device configured to support the rail and comprising: a first rail support member configured to support a first straight portion of the rail; a second rail support member configured to support a second straight portion of the rail in a direction intersecting the first straight portion; and an arc shaped rail support member configured to support an arc shaped portion of the rail connecting the first and second straight portions to each other, wherein the first rail support member includes a first connecting portion and a first straight rail support portion being a portion other than the first connecting portion, the second rail support member includes a second connecting portion and a second straight rail support portion being a portion other than the second connecting portion, the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion are engaged with each other, the second rail support member is rotatable relative to the first rail support member about a first axis extending in a vertical direction at the first and second connecting portions, the first and second rail support members respectively support the first and second straight portions by the first and second straight rail support portions with longitudinal directions of the first and second rail support members respectively set to coincide with longitudinal directions of the first and second straight portions, the arc shaped rail support member is engaged with at least one of the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion so as to rotate relative to the at least one connection portion about the first axis and to move relative to the at least one connection portion along a first straight line passing through the first axis and extending in the horizontal direction, the arc shaped rail support member is engaged with the first connecting portion so as to rotate relative to the first connecting portion about a second axis extending in the vertical direction at the first connecting portion and to move relative to the first connecting portion along a second straight line passing through the second axis and extending in the horizontal direction, the arc shaped rail support member is engaged with the second connecting portion so as to rotate relative to the second connecting portion about a third axis extending in the vertical direction at the second connecting portion and to move relative to the second connecting portion along a third straight line passing through the third axis and extending in the horizontal direction, the first axis exists in an intersection angle bisecting plane developing in the vertical direction and including an intersection angle bisector being a straight line passing through an intersection point between an extended line of the first straight portion and an extended line of the second straight portion and extending in the horizontal direction while bisecting an intersection angle of the extended lines of the first and second straight portions, the arc shaped rail support member supports the arc shaped portion of the rail in the intersection angle bisecting plane, the first straight line extends in a direction of extension of the intersection angle bisector, the first rail support member and the second rail support member are symmetrical to each other with respect to the intersection angle bisecting plane, the second straight line extends in the horizontal direction intersecting with the intersection angle bisecting plane, and the third straight line and the second straight line are symmetrical to each other with respect to the intersection angle bisecting plane. | 30,960 |
9,537,726 | 1. A method comprising: associating, via a processor, a requestor service level with a requestor, the requestor being separate from a compute environment and the requestor service level being a service level required by the requestor when requesting resources in the compute environment; receiving a request associated with the requestor for access to the compute environment; identifying a second service level, wherein the second service level is a service level offered by the compute environment; upon determining that the second service level can satisfy the requestor service level, allowing the requestor access to the compute environment; and upon determining that the second service level cannot satisfy the requestor service level, denying the requestor access to the compute environment. | 20,861 |
9,382,211 | 1. The compound of Formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein: R is H, C R R L is —(CH L L R R R R R m is 1, 2, 3, or 4; and n, p, and w, are each independently 0, 1, 2, 3, or 4. | 2,682 |
8,358,845 | 1. A method of labeling connected components for an image having a plurality of pixels, wherein each of the plurality of pixels is an object pixel or a background pixel, and the method comprises: scanning the image in row-major order to acquire an object block located on the same row of the image, wherein the object block comprises i object pixels connected to one another, and i is a positive integer; performing a first phase labeling process according to an upper left pixel, an upper pixel, and an upper right pixel of a first object pixel in the object block to set a temporary label of the first object pixel and determine a representative label corresponding to the temporary label; when i is larger than 1, performing a second phase labeling process sequentially for i−1 times according to the upper right pixel of each of a second object pixel to an i repeating the above steps until the image has been scanned completely; and replacing the temporary label of each object pixel in the image with the corresponding representative label according to a relationship between each temporary label and each representative label. | 34,895 |
9,004,751 | 1. A temperature sensor fault diagnosis device comprising: a control unit; at least three temperature sensors connected to the control unit, each of the at least three temperature sensors being configured to detect a temperature of a different measurement entity at various parts of an internal combustion engine or a vehicle in which the internal combustion engine is installed, the at least three temperature sensors including a water temperature sensor that detects a cooling water temperature of the internal combustion engine and an intake air temperature sensor that detects an intake air temperature of the internal combustion engine, and the control unit being configured to execute a fault diagnosis by treating one of the at least three temperature sensors as a subject temperature sensor being subjected to fault diagnosis and executing a fault diagnosis, after the internal combustion engine has been stopped and a deviation of temperatures detected by at least two reference temperature sensors of the at least three temperature sensors but different from the subject temperature sensor being subjected to fault diagnosis is calculated continuously by the control unit, and upon the deviation becoming equal to or smaller than a predetermined value, the control unit determines the subject temperature sensor being subjected to fault diagnosis to be faulty if the deviation between the temperatures detected by the reference temperature sensors and the temperature detected by the subject temperature sensor being subjected to fault diagnosis is equal to or larger than a predetermined value, and if the temperatures detected by the reference temperature sensors have not decreased by an amount equal to or larger than a predetermined temperature during a period from when the internal combustion engine was started until a predetermined amount of time has elapsed. | 19,350 |
8,609,225 | 1. A film for forming a laminate, which is formed from a composition comprising an ethylene-unsaturated ester copolymer and which has emboss only on one surface of the film, wherein a surface opposite to the surface having emboss is provided with a fine asperity, the surface provided with the fine asperity having a surface roughness profile with a mean spacing between peaks (Sm) of 600 to 1600 μm and an arithmetical mean roughness (Ra) of 1.2 to 2.2 μm. | 41,296 |
9,297,256 | 1. A computer-implemented method of generating a data representation of a geographical region as an adjunct to conducting autonomous operations within the region, the method comprising: a) receiving information specifying a hierarchy of localized zones having operation-defined geographical boundaries within the region, the hierarchy determined by respective spatial locations of the localized zones in the region; b) receiving heterogeneous data descriptive of the region from a plurality of sensors, the heterogeneous data including data relating to a mobile equipment unit; and in a processing system configured with a hierarchy of model compilers corresponding to the localized zones, performing the operations of: c) associating the received data with respective localized zones, and associating received data relating to the mobile equipment unit with a localized zone in which the mobile equipment unit is located; d) fusing the received data associated with the respective localized zones into data representations of the plurality of localized zones; e) integrating the data representations of the localized zones into a common data representation of the geographical region, wherein the common data representation is generated as an adjunct to conducting autonomous operations within the region; and f) providing information from the data representations to a control system that controls the autonomous operations within the region. | 11,005 |
8,386,913 | 1. A method for providing hypertext data through a hypertext server on a portable data carrier for a terminal locally connected to the portable data carrier, comprising the following steps in the portable data carrier: receiving a hypertext query of the terminal by the hypertext server on the locally connected portable data carrier; providing hypertext data relating to the hypertext query through the hypertext server; and sending the provided hypertext data as a hypertext response to the terminal; wherein, upon the providing of the hypertext data, at least one hyperlink contained in the hypertext data is checked and the checked hyperlink is contained in the hypertext response, wherein the hyperlink points to a hypertext service on a background server that can be called up by the terminal. | 18,255 |
8,426,748 | 1. A lead pin comprising: a body having a shaft portion and a flange portion, wherein the flange portion has at least one flat portion configured to face a connection pad and a plurality of groove portions positioned to face toward the connection pad and extending from a peripheral portion toward a center portion of the flange portion, the flat portion comprises a plurality of extending portions extending from a center of the flange toward the peripheral portion of the flange and connected at the center of the flange, and the groove portions are tilted to become deeper toward the peripheral portion of the flange. | 10,322 |
8,409,520 | 1. An ozone concentrator, comprising: an ozone generator; a plurality of adsorption/desorption columns in which an ozone adsorbent cooled with a certain-temperature refrigerant for concentrating ozone generated by the ozone generator is packed; cooling means for cooling the refrigerant; discharging means connected to the plurality of adsorption/desorption columns, for concentrating the ozone in the plurality of adsorption/desorption columns by discharging a discharge gas comprising mainly oxygen from the adsorbent adsorbing the ozone; and a plurality of valves connected to the adsorption/desorption columns, for switching passages of gas that is allowed to flow in or flow out with respect to the adsorption/desorption columns, wherein said discharging means comprises a discharge line connecting a first adsorption/desorption column to a second adsorption/desorption column and the discharge line obtains the discharge gas from a top portion of the first adsorption/desorption column and passes the discharge gas to a bottom portion of the second adsorption/desorption column, wherein the discharge line is connected on a first end to a top portion of the first adsorption/desorption column and on a second end to a bottom portion of the second adsorption/desorption column. | 45,136 |
9,824,462 | 1. A method for detecting an object, the method comprising: receiving input information relating to a moving object included in a plurality of images; identifying moving pixels, using a difference between corresponding pixels of two or more images; receiving information about the moving pixels; classifying the information about the moving pixels according to a preset parameter and generating a regression tree; | 24,252 |
8,768,366 | 1. A communication system comprising: one or more end points, wherein each end point is connected to a wireless network; a media network system comprising: a registration server for registering device IDs of the end points in the communication system; a database for storing the device IDs; one or more media servers for routing calls between end points; and a signaling server for selecting one or more media servers to route a call between end points in the communication system based on an algorithm that evaluates one or more predetermined conditions, wherein the predetermined conditions include the following sequential steps: | 14,050 |
9,554,296 | 1. A method for managing device trigger action requests, comprising: receiving, at a network entry point node, a Device-Action Request command from an external services capability server with an action type attribute value pair set to indicate a device trigger action request for performing an action on an old device trigger request; determining, by the network entry point node, a status of the old device trigger request from the external services capability server; and sending, by the network entry point node, a response message to the external services capability server indicating a status of device trigger action request, wherein the sending the response message comprises sending a Device-Action Answer command having a cause value set to report a status of the device trigger action request. | 661 |
9,559,528 | 1. A secondary battery charge/discharge control apparatus, comprising a plurality of secondary batteries electrically connected in series and each configured to be charged and discharged to permit a bidirectional direct current (DC)-to-DC (DC/DC) converter to operate at a high voltage, wherein the plurality of secondary batteries respectively have different internal resistances and different capacities; a relay operatively coupled to the plurality of secondary batteries and being configured to control current flowing to each of the plurality of secondary batteries, to permit the charging and discharging of the plurality of secondary batteries; an active balancing circuit to maintain a same amount of voltage of both ends of each battery of the plurality of secondary batteries by changing a value of a variable resistor installed between the both ends of each battery of the plurality of secondary batteries using a pulse width modulation (PWM) signal; and a controller operatively coupled to the relay and the active balancing circuit and being configured to: generate the PWM signal; charge and discharge the plurality of secondary batteries in a constant current (CC) mode; and simultaneously charge and discharge the plurality of secondary batteries in a constant voltage (CV) mode at a set maximum voltage using the active balancing circuit. | 27,202 |
9,405,471 | 1. A method of controlling computing devices in a data storage system, the method comprising: directing with a first storage computing system comprising one or more computing devices comprising computer hardware, a second storage computing system comprising one or more computing devices comprising computer hardware, to perform or initiate a first storage operation in which at least a portion of primary data stored on at least a first storage resource is copied to secondary data stored on at least a second storage resource, wherein the first and second storage computing systems are arranged in a hierarchy, and wherein the second storage computing system identifies the second storage resource with a first identifier; sending from the second storage computing system to the first storage computing system the first identifier associated with the second storage resource; directing a third storage computing system comprising one or more computing device comprising computer hardware to perform or initiate a second storage operation in which at least a portion of primary data stored on at least a third storage resource is copied to secondary data stored on at least the second storage resource, wherein the first and third storage computing systems are arranged in a hierarchy, and wherein the third storage computing system identifies the second storage resource with a second identifier; sending from the third storage computing system to the first storage computing system the second identifier associated with the second storage resource; determining with the first storage computing system that the first identifier and the second identifier are both associated with the second storage resource; and generating, with a computing device comprising computer hardware, display data usable to generate a graphical user interface including graphical information representative of storage operations associated with the second storage computing system and storage operations associated with the third storage computing system, the display data generated based at least in part on completion of the first and second storage operations. | 24,182 |
9,338,700 | 1. A method of reselection in a wireless communications system comprising: receiving, at a user equipment (UE), a system information message from a serving cell over a first radio access technology (RAT) while in a connected mode with the serving cell, wherein the system information message comprises a neighbor list, information indicating coverage by a second RAT, carrier frequency information regarding the second RAT, or information directing the UE to an allowed public land mobile network (PLMN); initiating, at the UE, a transition from the connected mode with the serving cell to an idle mode with the serving cell in response to the received system information message; and performing a reselection from the idle mode with the serving cell to a target cell utilizing the second RAT in response to the received system information message. | 15,220 |
8,557,199 | 1. A self-powered microfluidic device comprising: an arrangement of microfluidic channels wherein one or more reagents are adapted to flow; and a pressure source to pump the reagents through the microfluidic channels, the pressure source comprising: a reservoir containing a substance adapted to generate a pressure-generating reaction product; a trigger, associated with the reservoir, adapted to react with the substance to produce the pressure-generating reaction product; wherein the trigger comprises a pin, and wherein the pin contains a catalyst to generate the reaction product, a buffer chamber in fluid communication with the reservoir, adapted to host the substance upon production of the pressure-generating reaction product, wherein the fluid communication between the buffer chamber and the reservoir is a channel; and a reagent chamber containing the one or more reagents, the chamber connected between the pressure source and the arrangement of microfluidic channels. | 14,455 |
8,611,680 | 1. A method for removing image noise, which is generated when image data compression-encoded in a given format is decoded to reproduce an image, comprising: a) a deduction step for examining a digital frequency response of image data composing an image of a complete image or a frame of an image, and which have been compression-encoded and decoded, to deduce analog frequency characteristics of the image before compression encoding, wherein in the deduction step, a cutoff frequency is calculated from FFT data obtained by performing an FFT on an image for one frame of a moving image, based on an assumption that the analog frequency characteristics of the image before compression encoding are the analog frequency characteristics of a lowpass filter having attenuation characteristics of a given order; b) a parameter setting step for changing a parameter of a sampled-data H c) a processing step for performing a filtering process on the image data after the image data is decoded and before the image data is converted by using the sampled-data H | 20,328 |
9,468,054 | 1. A retrofit LED lamp adapted to work on a ballast comprising: a plurality of input pins at the end of the retrofit lamp for connection to a first and a second lamp connection terminal of a ballast; a bridge rectifier connected to the first and second lamp terminal connection of the ballast, wherein the bridge rectifier converts the alternating current supplied by the AC ballast to the direct current required for an LED array; an LED array connected to the output terminal of the bridge rectifier by a reactive coupling; a deflickerizer circuit connected to the LED array to prevent the appearance of flicker in the retrofit LED lamp when the alternating current frequency is in the range of 0.5 Hz to 60 Hz, wherein the deflickerizer circuit comprises a low dropout regulator, a plurality of op amplifiers, a plurality of resistors and capacitors, a FET. | 21,839 |
9,808,076 | 1. A cosmetic brush, comprising in combination: a) an elongate handle member and a ferrule thereon, said ferrule having a flare shaped opening at its end remote from the handle member, b) bearing means mounting the ferrule for turning on the handle member while restraining the ferrule against axial movement thereon, c) said handle member having a bore and an open end, d) an elevator member in the handle member bore, and cooperable threads in the bore and on the elevator member, for advancing the latter through the open end of the handle member in response to relative turning of the elevator and handle members, e) said ferrule and elevator member having cooperable keying means, restraining relative turning movement between the elevator member and ferrule such that they rotate together, and f) a multi-bristle brush having a plug at one end, said brush plug being mounted to the elevator member and being movable therewith, said brush having at its other end, multiple resilient, flaring bristles whose flare is restricted by their engagement with the inner wall of the flare shaped opening of the ferrule, whereby as the brush is advanced in the ferrule, the flare of the brush increases as enabled by the shape of the ferrule's inner wall, as a consequence of the resilience of the brush bristles. | 17,364 |
9,693,644 | 1. A knife block comprising: a block body; a removable block insert positioned at least partially within the block body, the block insert comprising a first knife slot, a second knife slot, an exterior surface, an interior surface, a first sharpening element holder on the interior surface configured to receive a first sharpening element, and a second sharpening element holder on the interior surface configured to receive a second sharpening element; a first removable cap attached to the first sharpening element holder, the first removable cap having a first cavity configured to receive a third sharpening element, wherein the first knife sharpening element is positioned at least partially between the interior surface and the third sharpening element; and a second removable cap attached to the interior surface, the second removable cap having a second cavity configured to receive a fourth sharpening element, wherein the second knife sharpening element is positioned at least partially between the interior surface and the fourth sharpening element; wherein the first knife sharpening element and the third knife sharpening element form a V-shape when the first removable cap is coupled to the first sharpening element holder and are configured to sharpen a first knife each time the first knife is removed from the first knife slot; wherein the second knife sharpening element and the fourth knife sharpening element form a V-shape when the second removable cap is coupled to the second sharpening element holder and are configured to sharpen a second knife each time the second knife is removed from the second knife slot; and wherein the first knife sharpening element is angled with respect to the third knife sharpening element, and the second knife sharpening element is angled with respect to the fourth discrete knife sharpening element. | 45,385 |
8,862,914 | 1. A method implemented on a computing device, the method comprising: defining an activity period of an activity as an amount of time elapsed between a beginning event of the activity and an ending event of the activity, the activity being performed by multiple virtual machines including at least a first virtual machine and a second virtual machine; tracking usage of hardware resources by the multiple virtual machines that are working on the activity during the activity period, wherein the hardware resources include a processing unit and the tracked usage includes a context switch on the processing unit from the first virtual machine to the second virtual machine; determining virtual machine power consumption measurements for the multiple virtual machines based on the tracked usage, the virtual machine power consumption measurements reflecting power consumption by the multiple virtual machines while working on the activity during the activity period; using the virtual machine power consumption measurements to obtain an activity power consumption reflecting power consumption by the activity, the virtual machine power consumption measurements including a first virtual machine power consumption measurement for the first virtual machine and a second virtual machine power consumption measurement for the second virtual machine; and outputting the activity power consumption. | 40,358 |
8,836,495 | 1. A wheel position identifying device for a vehicle, comprising: a plurality of transmitters associated with wheels of the vehicle, respectively, each of the transmitters including: a receiver mounted on a body of the vehicle, the receiver including: the first control unit determines whether the wheel associated with the transmitter is a front wheel or a rear wheel based on an acceleration state of the wheel whether the wheel is in an accelerating state or in a decelerating state and an effective radius of a tire of the wheel obtained from the tangential-direction acceleration, and the first control unit establishes a position of the wheel as front right, front left, rear right, or rear left based on the determination result indicating whether the wheel is the right wheel or the left wheel and a determination result indicating whether the wheel is the front wheel or the rear wheel, and the first control unit stores an established position of the wheel in the frame as the wheel position determination data. | 29,562 |
9,514,722 | 1. A method of detecting dense ornamentation in digital music, the method comprising: receiving, by a computer processor, input data representing a piece of digitally encoded music in a time domain; converting, by the computer processor, the input data into a spectrogram representing a two-dimensional matrix of time-frequency coefficients in a frequency domain, the spectrogram including a plurality of column vectors of the time-frequency coefficients that correspond to a plurality of time periods spanning different portions of the piece of music; calculating, by the computer processor, a one-dimensional onset detection array based on at least one of the column vectors in the spectrogram; generating, by the computer processor, data representing a two-dimensional self-similarity matrix based on pair-wise comparisons of elements in the onset detection array; applying, by the computer processor, a median filter to the self-similarity matrix to produce data representing a beat pattern for the piece of digital music; calculating, by the computer processor, an irregular pattern score based on a difference between the beat pattern data and the self-similarity matrix data, wherein the irregular pattern score represents a presence of dense ornamentation in the piece of music; and causing, by the computer processor, a change in a multimedia playback based on the calculated irregular pattern score. | 43,926 |
9,017,986 | 1. A fully intact eubacterial minicell derived from a eubacterial parent cell, wherein the minicell comprises a biologically active compound and displays an antibody or antibody derivative, wherein the biologically active compound is selected from the group consisting of a polypeptide, a small molecule, and a nucleic acid, and wherein the biologically active compound and the antibody or antibody derivative are exogenous to the parent cell and distinct from each other. | 35,687 |
9,804,686 | 1. A Head Mount Display (HIVID) comprising: a processor configured to control an operation of the HIVID; a display unit; a communication unit configured to communicate with an external device; and a sensor unit configured to capture an image of the external device and provide the image to the processor, wherein the processor is further configured to: | 49,576 |
8,905,100 | 1. A tire comprising a pair of side sections and an outer peripheral section connecting together radial direction outside edges of the pair of side sections, wherein: at least the side sections are formed from a resin material; and a plurality of curved portions each having at least curvature in the tire circumferential direction are formed to the side sections along the tire circumferential direction, wherein a thickness of the plurality of curved portions is constant along the tire circumferential direction, wherein the plurality of curved portions comprise: wherein the first curved portion and the second curved portion are alternately disposed and each of the first and second radii has a different radius from each other. | 38,862 |
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