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9,422,878 | 1. An engine method, comprising: responsive to an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) valve closing, determining an oxygen content downstream of an engine exhaust and upstream of the EGR valve in an EGR system; and when the oxygen content is below a threshold, fluidly coupling an engine intake with the exhaust via the EGR system by opening the EGR valve, during operating conditions when it would otherwise be closed, to purge the EGR system into the intake. | 29,073 |
9,838,439 | 1. A method of call routing for Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) calls, comprising: utilizing a network service computing device comprising at least one memory for storing instructions that are executed by at least one processor to perform the operations of: | 20,672 |
8,755,615 | 1. A method of decoding an image encoded into a scalable bitstream, the method comprising acts of: receiving a possibly truncated scalable bitstream comprising iteratively scanned block bitstreams representing blocks of a divided image, each of the blocks being encoded in accordance with one of a plurality of different encoding modes and comprising one or more types of data representative of said one encoding mode and including flags indicating the types of data; reconstructing the block bitstreams in accordance with the one or more types of data indicated by the flags included in the block bitstreams; and decoding each of the reconstructed blocks in accordance with one of a plurality of different encoding modes. | 21,622 |
9,630,520 | 1. A vehicle comprising: a capacitor connected between a voltage bus and a chassis of the vehicle; and at least one controller programmed to, in response to activating a switching element to couple a resistive network in parallel with the capacitor for a predetermined time, output a diagnostic according to a leakage resistance estimate that is based on a time associated with a predetermined change in a voltage across the capacitor. | 14,462 |
8,757,882 | 1. A fluid dynamic bearing device, comprising: a housing which is open in both axial ends thereof; an integrally formed article formed integrally by injection molding by resin, the integrally formed article comprising: a bracket having a mounting portion for a stator coil; and a lid member that closes one end-side opening portion of the housing; a shaft member having a shaft portion and a flange portion, the shaft member being housed in an inner periphery of the housing; and a radial bearing gap formed in between the shaft member and the housing, and thrust bearing gaps which are individually formed in between one end surface of the flange portion and a surface facing to the one end surface of the flange portion in an axial direction, and between another end surface of the flange portion and an end surface of the lid member, wherein the housing is fixed to an inner peripheral surface of the integrally formed article such that the housing does not abut the integrally formed article in the axial direction. | 16,215 |
9,791,297 | 1. An apparatus, comprising: at least one processor; at least one memory including computer program code, the memory and the computer program code configured to, working with the processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following: determination that the apparatus is placed at a charge surface position on a charger apparatus, the charge surface position being a position of the apparatus on a charge surface of the charger apparatus, and the apparatus being configured to receive a charge signal from the charger apparatus based, at least in part, on placement of the apparatus at the charge surface position; determination that the charge surface position is associated with control of at least one separate apparatus; determination of one of predefined spatial regions each having an identification, wherein the separate apparatus is located in the one of the predefined spatial regions; determination of at least one operational directive associated with control of the separate apparatus based, at least in part, on the determination that the charge surface position is associated with control of the separate apparatus; causation of sending of the operational directive to the separate apparatus and of display of the identification of the one of the predefined spatial regions; and in response to a movement of the apparatus towards a second charge surface position, causation of sending of a second operational directive to a second separate apparatus and of shifting the display of the identification of the one of the predefined spatial regions to a display of a second identification of another one of the predefined spatial regions in which the second separate apparatus is located. | 3,400 |
8,868,261 | 1. An actuation system of an aircraft, comprising a guiding device for an adjustable flap with a load sensor and a monitoring device with a function for monitoring the guiding device, wherein an interface to the load sensor and an interface to a driving device for adjusting the regulating flap are integrated into the monitoring device, wherein the monitoring device is realized in such a way that it determines or receives in-flight information that actively signals a predefined flight attitude and/or a predefined operational state of the aircraft; wherein the monitoring device comprises a comparing function for carrying out a comparison between a load value that corresponds to a sensor value acquired by the load sensor and a limiting value that corresponds to a minimum operational load for the predefined flight attitude and/or the predefined operational state of the aircraft; and wherein the monitoring function is realized in such a way that it assigns a fault mode to the regulating flap if it is determined that the predefined flight attitude and/or the predefined operational state of the aircraft exists as a result of the comparison showing that the limiting value corresponding to the minimum operational load is not reached. | 42,014 |
9,616,755 | 1. A regenerative brake control system comprising: an electric motor; a detecting device for detecting a vehicle state; and a control unit configured to set a regenerative torque of the electric motor; wherein the control unit is configured to set a target regenerative torque based on the vehicle state detected by the detecting device when a predetermined regeneration condition is satisfied, wherein when a predetermined asymptotic control condition is satisfied, the control unit is configured to perform an asymptotic control process in which a regenerative torque command provided to the electric motor approaches the target regenerative torque over time, and wherein when the predetermined asymptotic control condition is not satisfied, the control unit is configured to immediately provide the target regenerative torque as the regenerative torque command to the electric motor; wherein the target regenerative torque is a negative torque value, and wherein the control unit is configured to: | 11,541 |
9,334,819 | 1. A method for diagnosing an exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) system, comprising: a first measuring step of measuring a pressure in an intake manifold; a second measuring step of measuring a pressure and a temperature between an EGR cooler and an EGR valve; a determining step of calculating and determining, by a controller, an opening area of the EGR valve for satisfying a target flow of EGR using a function of the target flow of EGR, the pressure in the intake manifold, and the temperature and the pressure between the EGR cooler and the EGR valve; and a diagnosing step of diagnosing, by the controller, whether the EGR cooler is abnormal by comparing the temperature measured between the EGR cooler and the EGR valve and a reference temperature with each other at the time of exhausting EGR gas at the determined opening area of the EGR valve, wherein the diagnosing step includes: wherein the normality diagnosing step includes: wherein the controller controls a fuel injection amount of the engine depending on the mass flow value of the fresh air. | 4,134 |
8,442,682 | 1. A method of charging a robotic device using a charging station, the method comprising: signaling a controller of the charging station configured to control actuation a moveable barrier of the charging station from a closed configuration to an open configuration, the charging station being recessed into a wall, ceiling and/or floor; and actuating the moveable barrier from the closed configuration to the open configuration thereby exposing an electrical contact of the charging station configured to engage a charging contact of the robotic device for a charging operation; and detecting a presence of an obstacle using an obstacle sensor, the obstacle sensor providing an indication to the controller of the charging station if an obstacle is detected. | 36,190 |
9,479,631 | 1. A mobile system, comprising: a Near-Field-Communication (NFC) reader configured to communicate with an electronic device within a predetermined range; a sensor separate from the NFC reader obtaining data related to external conditions of the mobile system indicative of operation of the mobile system in an environment, the data comprising proximity data including a distance of the NFC reader to an object; a memory arrangement storing a mode application executed by a processor and configured to determine when a mode of the NFC reader is to be changed as a function of the data between an activation mode, a deactivation mode, and a change in a setting mode, wherein the change in the setting mode includes an increase in operating signal strength of the NFC reader as a function of the proximity data received from the sensor when the NFC reader has a surface of the object in a scanning range; and the processor configured to: execute the mode application; and change the mode when the external conditions change beyond a respective predetermined threshold. | 14,769 |
9,014,891 | 1. A control device for a hybrid vehicle, said hybrid vehicle including an internal combustion engine generating vehicle driving force, a power storage device capable of being charged and discharged, and an electric motor receiving electric power from said power storage device for generating vehicle driving force, said internal combustion engine controlled so as to operate at load operation in which torque is output or at no-load operation in which torque is not substantially output, said control device comprising: a running mode control device programmed to control switching of a running mode including; a discharge allowable power control device programmed to set a discharge allowable power indicating electric power that can be discharged by said power storage device: a determination device programmed to determine whether said internal combustion engine is to be set at said load or said no-load operation, when said internal combustion engine is operating at said no-load operation, said determination device is programmed to determine whether to set said internal combustion engine at said load operation or not based on said first value, even if said running mode is at said charge depleting mode. | 16,566 |
9,014,008 | 1. A method for a node in a wireless network to forward a packet using a routing protocol, the method comprising: receiving the packet from another node; and operating in a forward progress mode of the routing protocol, comprising: | 10,996 |
9,854,623 | 1. An apparatus of a user equipment (UE), the apparatus comprising: a memory; and processing circuitry in communication with the memory and arranged to: wherein the modification period is a modification period coefficient times a default paging cycle that indicates a number of radio frames over which a paging cycle comprising the POs occurs. | 1,261 |
9,352,807 | 1. A floating platform comprising at least three floating or semi-submersible peripheral units arranged connected to a floating or semi-submersible central unit by at least one, in a substantially radial direction arranged, rigid and elongated radial connection member, wherein the floating or semi-submersible peripheral units are connected to the adjacent peripheral units by a coupling arrangement which is an elongated object variable in length arranged to allow each floating peripheral unit to move in relation to the adjacent peripheral units at least in a direction substantially parallel to the elongation direction of the coupling arrangement, wherein the length of at least one of the coupling arrangements is arranged to be adjusted by a length adjusting arrangement adapted to shorten the coupling arrangement and to pull two adjacent floating peripheral units towards each other. | 26,620 |
8,510,933 | 1. A method of manufacturing a field pole magnet in which a plurality of magnet pieces formed by breaking and dividing a single permanent magnet are arranged side by side, the method comprising: a holding step comprising holding the single permanent magnet by at least one magnet-piece holding member; a breaking and dividing step comprising a breaking and dividing process including breaking and dividing the single permanent magnet into the plurality of magnet pieces held by the at least one magnet-piece holding member; and a forming step comprising forming one field pole magnet so the plurality of magnet pieces obtained by the breaking and dividing process are united, while held by the at least one magnet-piece holding member, to have broken surfaces of the plurality of magnet pieces in abutting contact with each other. | 28,789 |
9,589,381 | 1. A machine-implemented method for replicating an animation effect from one object to another in a presentation file, the machine-implemented method comprising: receiving a selection, from a user, of a source object included in a presentation slide of the presentation file, the source object having an associated animation effect; receiving an indication of a desired operation for copying only the animation effect associated with the source object to one or more other objects in the presentation file; and in response to receiving the indication of the desired operation for copying only the animation effect associated with the source object, | 5,096 |
9,586,178 | 1. A nitrogen oxide (NOx) abatement system, comprising: a power generation device for generating power from a hydrogen-element containing fuel; an exhaust conduit in flow communication with an exhaust stream containing NOx, which comes from the power generation device; a plasma reactor for reforming a portion of the hydrogen-element containing fuel with nitrogen to produce ammonia; a NOx abatement reactor containing ammonia selective catalytic reduction (NH3-SCR) catalyst, for receiving the exhaust stream and the ammonia and reducing NOx in the exhaust stream by causing the NOx to react with the ammonia to form nitrogen; a fuel supply conduit for supplying a hydrogen-element containing fuel to the power generation device; and a fuel branch conduit branched off of the fuel supply conduit for diverting a portion of the hydrogen-element containing fuel into the plasma reactor. | 33,176 |
8,405,811 | 1. A method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display (LCD), the method comprising: forming a gate line and a gate electrode on a substrate; forming a gate insulating layer on the gate line; forming a semiconductor pattern including a channel region and located on the gate insulating layer; forming a data line, a source electrode, and a drain electrode on the gate insulating layer; forming a first passivation layer on the data line, wherein the forming the first passivation layer includes removing a passivation layer portion that overlaps the channel region; forming a pixel electrode contacting the drain electrode, and contacting the first passivation layer; forming a second passivation layer on the pixel electrode; and forming a common electrode on the second passivation layer. | 7,485 |
9,368,910 | 1. A electrical connector comprising: a lever moveably coupled to the electrical connector and moveable from a first position to a second position; and a slider slideably coupled to the electrical connector and coupled to the lever such that rotational movement of the lever from the first position to the second position moves the slider laterally, wherein the slider defines a slot having a ramp having a non-constant radius between a slot opening portion and a slot end portion, said ramp configured to engage a post of a mating connector in a manner effective to urge the electrical connector and the mating connector together when the lever is moved from the first position to the second position, wherein the ramp is curved such that a slope of the ramp is not constant along a length of the ramp and wherein the slope of the ramp is configured to reduce a peak value of an applied force to advance the lever from the first position to the second position when connecting the electrical connector to the mating connector. | 7,988 |
9,517,295 | 1. A dialysis unit including: a dialysate flow circuit including a dialyzer and an ultra-filtration pump; and a field programmable gate array that monitors an amount of ultrafiltration fluid withdrawn from a patient during a dialysis treatment by the dialysis unit by setting a given register to a first value and increasing the value of the register by a first incremental value for every pump stroke of the ultra-filtration pump and decreasing the value of the register by a second incremental value for each pre-determined increment of time, wherein the field programmable gate array enters a fail-safe state if the value of the register exceeds a pre-determined maximum value. | 36,869 |
9,678,869 | 1. A method of processing I/O operations comprising: receiving, from a requester, a read operation to read first data from a first location; determining whether the read operation is a read miss and whether non-location metadata for the first location is stored in cache; and responsive to determining that the read operation is a read miss and that the non-location metadata for the first location is not stored in cache, performing first processing including: | 44,130 |
9,633,768 | 1. A chip resistor comprising: an insulating substrate; a resistor embedded in the substrate; a first electrode electrically connected to the resistor; and a second electrode electrically connected to the resistor; wherein the first electrode is spaced apart from the second electrode in a first direction perpendicular to a thickness direction of the substrate, the substrate includes a substrate reverse surface and a substrate obverse surface directed in opposite directions to each other in the thickness direction of the substrate, the resistor being recessed into the substrate with respect to the substrate obverse surface in a direction from the substrate obverse surface toward the substrate reverse surface, and the substrate includes a resin portion and a glass fiber portion in the resin portion, the resistor being in direct contact with the glass fiber portion. | 23,080 |
9,045,047 | 1. A storage battery comprising: a discharging terminal through which electric power of the storage battery is discharged; a charging terminal through which electric power is charged into the storage battery; a plurality of battery banks which are selectively and electrically connected to either the discharging terminal or the charging terminal in order to charge the battery bank with electric power supplied through the charging terminal and to discharge of the battery bank through the discharging terminal; switching units configured to connect each of the battery banks with one of the discharge terminal and the charging terminal, and to disconnect each of the battery banks from the discharge terminal and the charging terminal; a monitor unit configured to monitor at least a state of charge and an open circuit voltage of each of the battery banks, and detect whether or not the open circuit voltage of the battery hank which is currently discharging is within around of an average voltage value and the state of charge of the battery bank which is current discharged is not more than a predetermined state of charge of the battery bank; and a control unit configured to control discharging and charging of each of the battery banks, instruct the switching units during discharging so that at least one of the battery banks is discharging and instruct the switching units during charging so that at least one of the battery banks is charging; and wherein when the detection result of the monitor unit indicates that the open circuit voltage of the battery banks which is currently discharging is within around of the average voltage value and the state of charge of the battery bank is not more than the predetermined state of charge, the control unit instructs the switching units so that one or more the battery banks which are not currently discharging are electrically connected parallel to the discharging terminal in addition to the battery bank which is currently discharging through the discharging terminal, and these battery banks which are not currently discharging in addition to the battery bank which is currently discharging are discharging simultaneously. | 13,189 |
9,342,458 | 1. A method for operating a solid state memory containing a memory space, the method comprising the steps of: using a first portion of said memory space as a cache for a computerized system, wherein said memory space includes a set of blocks, and wherein said size of said first portion of said memory space is reduced by returning invalid or unused blocks from said first portion to a free block pool, and in particular by returning a continuum of logical addresses of invalid or unused blocks from said first portion to said free block pool, wherein a number of invalid or unused blocks to be returned to the free block pool and/or a number of free blocks from the free block pool to be populated is determined dependent on an average read and/or write latency, and in particular dependent on a difference between said average read and/or write latency and a utilization of said first portion; performing garbage collection in said solid state memory and using a second portion of said memory space for garbage collected data; and changing a size of at least one of said first portion and said second portion of said memory space during operation of said solid state memory. | 22,081 |
8,501,555 | 1. A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device comprising the steps of: forming a gate electrode over an insulating surface; forming a gate insulating layer over the gate electrode; forming a source region, a drain region, a first metal layer over the source region and a second metal layer over the drain region; subjecting a top surface of the gate insulating layer which is exposed, a top surface of the first metal layer, and a top surface of the second metal layer, to a plasma treatment; and forming a non-single-crystal oxide semiconductor layer over the gate insulating layer without exposure to air after the subjecting the gate insulating layer to the plasma treatment, wherein the non-single-crystal oxide semiconductor layer overlaps with the gate electrode, and wherein an oxygen concentration in the source region and the drain region is lower than an oxygen concentration in the non-single-crystal oxide semiconductor layer. | 27,394 |
9,704,061 | 1. A system executed by a computer to determine a recognition target pattern present in a target image, the system comprising: a processing unit operatively coupled to memory; dictionary image data including a recognition target pattern, a plurality of feature points of the recognition target pattern including a size (Rm) and direction (θm) of a feature vector, and an offset (Ox, Oy) from coordinates at a center of an image to coordinates of a feature point; sizes (Rt) and directions (θt) of feature vectors for coordinates (Tx, Ty) of a plurality of feature points in the target image; the processing unit to calculate coordinates (Fx, Fy) of a virtual center point in the target image derived from Tx, Ty, Ox, Oy, Rm, Rt, θm, and θt; the processing unit to count additional virtual center points within a radius (r) of the coordinates (Fx, Fy) of the virtual center point; and data storage to store the coordinates (Fx, Fy) of the virtual center point and the number of counted virtual center points as candidates, wherein each feature point in the plurality of feature points in the target image is a matching feature point of at least one feature point in the target image and at least one feature point in the recognition target pattern. | 19,740 |
9,031,321 | 1. A content adaptive edge and detail enhancement for image processing apparatus comprising: a first input receiving chroma signals of an input image; a second input receiving luminance signals of the input image; a combined LTI/CTS (Luminance Transient Improvement/Chrominance Transient Improvement) module connected to said first input and said second input, said combined LTI/CTS module applying LTI and CTS to the image and generating a output signal Y_ti; a peaking module connected to said first input and said second input, said peaking module amplifying spatial high frequencies in the image and generating an output signal Y_pk; an image analysis module connected to said second input, said image analysis module analyzing the image to determine strength of edge transitions present in the image and generating an output blending factor a, ranging from 0 to 1, corresponding to the determined strength of edge transitions; and a blending module receiving Y_ti from said LTI/CTS module, Y_pk from said peaking module and blending factor a from said image analysis module and generating a blended output Y, where | 37,885 |
9,359,867 | 1. A method of cooling a component of a downhole tool, comprising: disposing a desiccant directly on the downhole tool, the desiccant being in a shape of an annular cylinder having an inner surface and an outer surface, wherein the inner surface includes a porous inlet; adsorbing a refrigerant gas through the porous inlet at the inner surface of the desiccant, the refrigerant gas carrying heat from the component of the downhole tool; measuring an impedance of the desiccant using at least one electrode pair embedded in the desiccant to determine a saturation level of the desiccant, wherein the at least one electrode pair includes an electrode at the inner surface and an electrode at the outer surface; activating the at least one electrode pair to transmit electromagnetic energy into the desiccant to enable desorption of the refrigerant gas from the desiccant while downhole when the saturation level is at or above a selected saturation criterion; condensing the desorbed refrigerant gas into a liquid phase; and storing the condensed refrigerant gas at a storage tank of the downhole tool. | 18,870 |
9,318,143 | 1. An apparatus, comprising: a processing component; and a device manager component operative on the processing component to: | 48,993 |
9,549,056 | 1. A method for operating a mobile computing device including a display, a ringer switch, a power button, and one or more processors, the method performed by the one or more processors of the mobile computing device and comprising: receiving an incoming call; generating an audible ring indicative of the incoming call based on the ringer switch being in a first state; generating a vibration indicative of the incoming call based on the ringer switch being in a second state; and stopping the vibration, without powering off the mobile computing device, based on a user pressing the power button. | 18,511 |
9,278,601 | 1. A method for decreasing air pressure in an air spring, comprising: providing a trailer, the trailer comprising: a first axle and a second axle, providing a strain gauge operatively connected to the trailer, wherein the strain gauge is configured to identify a lateral bending strain in the trailer; identifying the presence of the lateral bending strain in the trailer, communicating the presence of the lateral bending strain in the trailer to a control unit operatively connected to the at least one air spring; and decreasing the air pressure in the at least one air spring. | 18,411 |
9,104,770 | 1. A method for processing queries of spatial objects, the method comprising: receiving a query requesting a description of a spatial relationship between a query polygon and a test object; obtaining the query polygon formed from a plurality of line segments, wherein the query polygon has a boundary, an interior, and an exterior; obtaining a minimum bounding box (MBR) containing the test object, the test object having one or more features including one or more of a boundary, an exterior, or an interior; obtaining an In-Memory R-tree (IMR-tree) for accessing one or more bounding boxes of the query polygon, wherein each bounding box contains a particular group of the line segments of the query polygon; determining a first spatial relationship between the MBR of the test object and the query polygon by searching the IMR-tree with the MBR of the test object; adjusting values in a 9-intersection matrix to describe the first spatial relationship, wherein the values of the matrix describe intersections of any features of the test object with the boundary, the interior, or the exterior of the query polygon; if the first spatial relationship does not specify the requested description: returning the adjusted 9-intersection matrix as an answer to the query; wherein the method is performed by one or more computing devices. | 3,943 |
8,544,840 | 1. A sheet feeding apparatus, comprising: a supply tray for holding media sheets; an output tray; a pickup unit configured to pull a media sheet from the supply tray and feed the media sheet to a scanning region in a media path; opposing de-skew rollers positioned at a beginning of the media path and configured to de-skew the media sheet when the media sheet enters the media path; opposing pre-scan rollers positioned along said media path upstream from the scanning region; opposing post-scan rollers positioned along said media path downstream from the scanning region; opposing output rollers positioned at an end of the media path; and a switch-back path extending from the output rollers to the de-skew rollers and configured to guide the media sheet back into the media path, wherein the pickup unit, the de-skew rollers, the pre-scan rollers, the post-scan rollers, and the output rollers cooperate to provide, separately, a high throughput mode, a delay mode, and a duplex mode of the sheet feeding apparatus, wherein, in the high throughput mode, the pre-scan rollers contact a trailing end of a previous media sheet as the de-skew rollers contact a leading end of a subsequent media sheet. | 24,275 |
8,536,074 | 1. A macroscopically three-dimensional cleaning sheet comprising: a nonwoven substrate, said substrate having a first outward surface and a second outward surface, wherein at least one of said outward surfaces has a macroscopic three dimensional pattern, said macroscopic three dimensional pattern being defined by peaks and valleys such that said patterned outward surface has an Average Peak to Peak Distance of at least 1 mm, an Average Height Differential of at least 1 mm, wherein said nonwoven substrate is made of fibers; and an additive disposed on at least one of said outward surfaces, said additive comprising at least one of a wax and/or an oil, wherein said additive comprises mineral oil and microcrystalline wax mixed in a weight ratio of about 1:99 to 3:7. | 21,043 |
8,802,479 | 1. A method for interconnecting thin film solar cells, comprising: (a) attaching a first surface of a thin flat metallic mesh to a first thin film solar cell material to form a current collection grid on the first thin film solar cell material, wherein a metal foil comprises a slit region forming the thin flat metallic mesh and a tab region that is contiguously formed with the slit region, wherein the first thin film solar cell material and the metal foil are provided in rolls; (b) unrolling the roll of first thin film solar cell material and the roll of metal foil; (c) heating a pair of rollers, wherein one of the rollers is dispersed adjacent to the unrolled first surface of the thin flat metallic mesh and the other roller is disposed adjacent to the unrolled first thin film solar cell material; (d) connecting a second surface of the tab region directly to a backside of a second thin film solar cell material having a flat metallic mesh to form a serial electrical connection between the first and the second thin film solar cell materials, wherein the first surface of the thin flat metallic mesh and the second surface of the tab region are on opposing sides of the metal foil, wherein the second thin film solar cell material is provided in a roll; (e) connecting successive thin film solar cell material to the first and second thin film solar cell material with the attached flat metallic meshes to form an electrically integrated roll of interconnected thin film solar cell material; and (f) cutting the electrically integrated roll of interconnected thin film solar cell material into an electrically integrated string of interconnected thin film solar cells; (g) integrating the string of interconnected thin film solar cells into a solar cell module. | 43,055 |
9,697,161 | 1. A method to operate a system arranged to pass data to and from a plurality of clients, comprising: providing an interface component; providing an IP block; providing a plurality of virtual channels, the plurality of virtual channels provided as a first set of virtual channels in said interface component cooperating with a second set of virtual channels in said IP block; providing first client/virtual channel mappings to said first set of virtual channels in said interface component; providing second client/virtual channel mappings to said second set of virtual channels in said IP block, wherein said first client/virtual channel mappings and said second client/virtual channel mappings are decoupled from one another and separately programmable; mapping at least one client onto a first one of the plurality of virtual channels, said mapping according to at least one of the first and second client/virtual channel maps; providing a virtualization unit as part of the interface component, the virtualization unit having a set of quality of service logic blocks and a plurality of service mapper logic units, wherein at least one quality of service logic block is associated with each virtual channel of the first set of virtual channels in said interface component, wherein individual clients of the plurality of clients are associated with individual ones of the service mapper logic units, and wherein the set of quality of service logic blocks are arranged to provide selection information that prioritizes one of the plurality of clients; configuring the IP block to serve the at least one client via the mapped first one of the plurality of virtual channels; and generating transactions over the IP block. | 38,690 |
8,944,536 | 1. An appliance comprising: a cabinet defining a chamber, said cabinet also defining an opening, the chamber of said cabinet being accessible through the opening of said cabinet; a first door rotatably mounted proximate the opening of said cabinet at a first side portion of said cabinet: a second door rotatably mounted proximate the opening of said cabinet at a second side portion of said cabinet, said first and second doors rotatable between an open position and a closed position in order to permit selective access to the chamber of said cabinet through the opening of said cabinet; a pair of said handles, each handle of the pair of handles mouuted to a respective one of said first and second doors; and a linkage assembly coupling said first door and said second door such that said first and second doors rotate between the open position and the closed position simultaneously, said linkage assembly comprising: | 18,020 |
9,808,458 | 1. A method of treating malaria in an animal comprising administering an effective amount of a compound of formula (I) to the animal: wherein: Q is a dioxo heterocyclyl ring fused to an aryl group, is optionally substituted with one or more substituents selected from the group consisting of halo, hydroxy, mercapto, alkoxy, alkylthio, nitro, cyano, amino, alkyl, aryl, hydroxyalkyl, haloalkyl, cyanoalkyl, aminoalkyl, alkylamino, dialkylamino, carboxy, carboxyalkyl, alkylcarbonyl, alkoxycarbonyl, aminocarbonyl, ureido, and formyl; Y is SO R R or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. | 42,101 |
9,788,958 | 1. A device for repairing Hallux Valgus (HV) comprising: a. a first arm adapted to be longitudinally disposed in the first metatarsus (1MT) of a human foot; b. a second arm adapted to be longitudinally disposed in the second metatarsus (2MT) of a human foot; and c. a spring mechanism interconnecting said first arm and said second arm, operable to draw said 1MT and 2MT together; wherein at least one of said arms further comprises fixing means adapted for fixation of said first and/or second arm inside the canal of the respective first and/or second metatarsus; and wherein said spring mechanism comprises first and second extending portions that provide a first spring force between said first and said second arms about a pivot point in a first plane being the plane common to said 1MT and 2MT and a second spring force, less than the first spring force, between said 1MT and 2MT in a second plane not coincident with said first plane. | 44,952 |
8,449,464 | 1. A system configured to measure at least one analyte in a host, the system comprising: a fluid coupler having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is configured to releasably mate with a connecting end of a catheter that is configured for insertion into a host, and wherein the second end is configured to releasably mate with a tubing assembly; at least one analyte sensor, wherein at least a portion of the at least one analyte sensor is located in the fluid coupler, wherein the at least one analyte sensor is configured to be exposed to a biological sample, whereby a signal waveform is formed; a processor operatively connected to the at least one analyte sensor and configured to process sensor data from the at least one analyte sensor, wherein the processor is configured to detect a fluidics malfunction based on a comparison of the signal waveform with an expected waveform. | 24,481 |
8,341,964 | 1. A power generation system comprising: a first compressor configured to compress air to a first pressure via a first rotational power; a second compressor configured to compress air to a second pressure via a second rotational power, wherein the second pressure is greater than the first pressure; a combustor configured to receive the compressed air from the second compressor and combust a flammable fluid therewith to produce an exhaust stream; a first turbine configured to: a power turbine configured to: a coupling device configured to couple the first compressor to a second turbine and to decouple the first compressor from the second turbine; an electrical generator coupled to an output of the power turbine and configured to output a first electrical power from the third rotational power; and a controller configured to: | 23,336 |
8,482,145 | 1. A wave energy device, comprising: a piling; a float that moves vertically on the piling and is capable of generating an amount of potential energy; at least one drive structure that transfers a movement of the float to at least one generator that is capable of generating energy based on the vertical movement of the float; and the float further comprises a mass that stores potential energy during an upstroke of the float and generates kinetic energy during the downstroke of the float that is transferred to the at least one drive structure and one or more buoyant elements that allow the float with the mass to float on a wave crest. | 29,810 |
9,080,797 | 1. A cooling system comprising: a drive motor connected to a proximal drive shaft the proximal drive shaft connected to a continuous variable transmission (CVT), the CVT is connected to an output drive shaft that is connected to a rotor disposed within a compressor, the compressor is connected to an evaporator, which is connected to a condenser which is connected to the compressor thereby forming a vapor-compression refrigerant cycle; and a controller is linked to the CVT and a sensor for detecting a leaving chilled water temperature in the evaporator and the condenser, the controller increases the output speed of the CVT to the output drive shaft when the leaving chilled water temperature is above a set point, the controller decreases the output speed of the CVT to the output drive shaft when the leaving chilled water temperature is below the set point, wherein the CVT comprises a hydraulic pump that is connected to the proximal drive shaft and a planetary gear set, the planetary gear set is linked to the output drive shaft, the hydraulic pump is in fluid communication with a hydraulic motor, the hydraulic motor is linked to the output drive shaft, the controller is linked to both the hydraulic pump and the hydraulic motor, and the controller is programmed to decrease the output speed of the hydraulic motor to the output drive shaft and increase the output of the drive motor to the output shaft when the leaving refrigerant temperature is above a set point, the controller is programmed to increase the output speed of the hydraulic motor and decrease the output of the drive motor to the output drive shaft when the leaving chilled water temperature is below the set point. | 38,858 |
8,621,591 | 1. A computer-implemented method for using a computer system of a certificate authority to digitally sign software, the method comprising: receiving a request from a software developer to digitally sign software included in the request; accessing a security policy associated with the software developer, the security policy describing criteria for valid requests by the software developer; determining whether the request is valid based at least in part on whether one or more of the criteria for valid requests is met; using the computer system to digitally sign the software responsive to the determination indicating that the request is valid; embedding reputation information associated with the digitally-signed software in a digital certificate, the reputation information indicative of which of the one or more criteria for valid requests that were met in the determination of whether the request is valid, the one or more criteria for valid requests comprising geo-locations from which valid requests are issued by the software developer; and providing the digitally-signed software and the digital certificate to the software developer. | 12,456 |
9,725,568 | 1. A process for producing an ion exchange precursor resin membrane comprising: co-extruding an ion exchange precursor resin with an incompatible polymer to form a multilayer film having a layer of the ion exchange precursor resin supported on a layer of the incompatible polymer; and, removing the layer of incompatible polymer from the layer of ion exchange precursor resin to provide the ion exchange precursor resin membrane. | 21,915 |
9,128,205 | 1. A process comprising: obtaining seismic data by deploying a seismic energy source and seismic receivers, actuating the source, and detecting seismic energy reflected from a plurality of subsurface positions resulting therefrom at the receivers; forming a plurality of traces by digitally sampling the seismic energy detected at the receivers and indexing the seismic energy with respect to time; sorting the traces to form a plurality of shot gathers; applying a depth migration technique to the shot gathers to generate two images according to the cross-correlation imaging condition (I converting the images to reflector dip angle domain; computing a reflection angle (θ) at each subsurface position, wherein the reflection angle at at least one subsurface position corresponding to an image point {right arrow over (x)} defines a local reflection angle (θ({right arrow over (x)})) computed using the following formula: mapping the images according to the corresponding reflection angle to form common image gathers; transforming the images to space domain; applying amplitude correction to common image gathers; and storing the images and common image gathers on non-transitory computer-readable media. | 10,489 |
9,197,565 | 1. A method of controlling the transmission of real time transport packets over a network, comprising: monitoring incoming packets received over the network from a transmitter; performing a statistical analysis of the received packets to determine network congestion; and sending a message to the transmitter to control a transmission parameter in accordance with the determined network congestion. | 32,368 |
8,761,905 | 1. A cardiac pacemaker comprising: a first cardiac chamber lead branch to sense electrical activity in a first cardiac chamber of a heart and to deliver electrical stimulation to the first cardiac chamber; a second cardiac chamber lead branch to sense electrical activity in a second cardiac chamber of the heart and to deliver electrical stimulation to the second cardiac chamber; a controller to manage delivery of electrical pulses to at least one of the first cardiac chamber and the second cardiac chamber based on the electrical activity sensed by at least one of the first cardiac chamber lead branch and the second cardiac chamber lead branch; a signal generator, responsive to the controller, to generate the electrical pulses; a distributor circuit to distribute, responsive to a control signal from the controller, the electrical pulses from the signal generator to the first and second cardiac chambers via the first and second cardiac chamber lead branches; a first clamping circuit connected to the first cardiac chamber lead branch to reduce, under control of the controller, a voltage level of electrical pulses delivered through the first clamping circuit and the first cardiac chamber lead branch; and a second clamping circuit connected to the second cardiac chamber lead branch to reduce, under control of the controller, a voltage level of electrical pulses delivered through the second clamping circuit and the second cardiac chamber lead branch. | 27,473 |
9,816,262 | 1. A precast modular concrete wall panel, comprising: a rectangular body, having a first face and a second face, an upper end and a lower end, and a first side and a second side, wherein an upper slot is formed along the upper end, and a first and second side slots are respectively formed along the first and second sides, and the body has a concrete structure with a plurality of steel bars therein for reinforcement, wherein the upper slot runs through the entire length of the upper end, the side slots run through the entire length of the sides, respectively, such that the upper slot is connected to each of the side slots; a sandwich layer, embedded in the concrete structure between the first face and the second face; a plurality of longitudinal dovetail groves being formed in two faces of the sandwich layer; and the sandwich layer being formed of lightweight materials; an insulating layer attached on the second face; and a decorative layer attached on the insulating layer; wherein in two sides of the insulating layer are formed two side grooves, which have a cross-section shape of semicircular, rectangular, trapezoidal or triangular. | 40,383 |
9,560,716 | 1. A device for protecting a low voltage LED direct driver comprising: a rectifying stage rectifying an AC input voltage to a pulsating DC voltage; a major string, a top end of the major string being connected to the rectifying stage; a minor string being connected to the low voltage LED direct driver and a current source integrated inside the low voltage LED direct driver; a high voltage NFET, a drain of the high voltage NFET being connected to a bottom end of the major string, and a source of the high voltage NFET being connected to a top of the minor string; a pull-up resistor connected between a gate of the high voltage NFET; and an avalanche unit, a first end of the avalanche unit being connected to the gate of the high voltage NFET and the pull-up resistor, and a second end of the avalanche unit being connected to the current source of the low voltage LED direct driver, wherein the avalanche unit is connected to a fixed current source and the current source, wherein the avalanche unit comprises: a comparator; a resistor divider is connected to the top of the minor string and a positive input of the comparator, and is configured for sensing the voltage at the top of the minor string; a reference voltage connected to a negative input of the comparator; an output transistor connected to the high voltage NFET; a passing transistor connected to the output transistor; and a current mirror is connected between the passing transistor and the fixed current source, the current mirror comprises a first mirror transistor, is connected to the passing transistor; and a second mirror transistor is connected to the fixed current source. | 2,017 |
9,000,261 | 1. A nucleic acid molecule comprising a codon optimized sequence that has been designed for expression in a plant selected from the group consisting of: (a) a nucleic acid molecule which encodes a polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ 10 NO: 2; and (b) a nucleotide sequence encoding a protein comprising an amino acid sequence having at least 95% sequence identity to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2. | 48,745 |
8,989,053 | 1. A method for association management within a wireless node network having at least a plurality of nodes and a server, the method comprising: identifying, by a second of the nodes in the wireless node network, a first of the nodes in the wireless node network as a potential for associating with the second node, the identifying being based upon a message broadcast by the first node and received by the second node; transmitting an association request by the second node to the server; receiving, by the second node, a permissive response from the server related to the association request; and associating, by the second node, the first node and the second node. | 724 |
8,877,948 | 1. Process for synthesizing polyol carbonate which comprises: (a) reacting polyol with urea in the presence of a catalyst selected from the group consisting of ZnO, MnSO 4 , ZnSO 4 , MgSO 4 , FeSO 4 , α and γ-Zr-phosphate, and γ-Ti-phosphate, wherein the reaction of step (a) is heterogeneous and the catalyst is a solid at the operating conditions, and (b) extracting NH 3 and extracting polyol carbonate from the reaction medium in step (a) and/or step (b) with a selective solvent for polyol carbonate. | 7,339 |
9,399,592 | 1. A method for utilizing phosphorus-containing alternative fuels in cement clinker production, comprising thermolyzing the phosphorus-containing alternative fuels using waste heat from a cement clinker production process in a thermolysis reactor different from a rotary kiln of a cement clinker production process, supplying the energy thereby released from the thermolyzing to the cement clinker production process, mixing thermolysis residues of the phosphorus-containing alternative fuels in the thermolysis reactor with cement kiln by-pass products as halogen carriers and drawing off the heavy-metal halides produced, wherein said chlorine-containing cement kiln by-pass products comprise cement kiln bypass dust, and discharging thermolysis residues of the phosphorus-containing alternative fuels from the thermolysis reactor. | 13,044 |
8,974,700 | 1. A method for producing synthesis gas, the method comprising: 1) feeding a biomass raw material to a drying system and drying the biomass raw material to obtain a dried biomass raw material; 2) delivering the dried biomass raw material into a carbonization furnace, carbonizing the dried biomass raw material at a temperature of between 200 and 400° C. to obtain a coarse pyrolysis gas and charcoal, cooling the charcoal at an outlet of the carbonization furnace to a temperature of 60-280° C., and conveying the charcoal to a charcoal storage bin; 3) passing the coarse pyrolysis gas through a gas-solid separator to obtain a pyrolysis gas and a charcoal powder; 4) delivering part of the pyrolysis gas to a combustion bed; conducting a combustion reaction between the part of the pyrolysis gas and air introduced into the combustion bed to produce a flue gas; heating the remaining part of the pyrolysis gas with the flue gas by utilizing a heat exchanger; delivering the remaining part of the pyrolysis gas to the carbonization furnace in 2) as a heat source for carbonizing the dried biomass raw material; delivering the flue gas to the drying system in 1) for drying the biomass raw material; and conveying the charcoal powder to the charcoal storage bin; 5) milling the charcoal and the charcoal powder to prepare a charcoal slurry; and 6) introducing the charcoal slurry to a gasification furnace for gasification using a high-pressure charcoal slurry pump. | 48,989 |
8,590,875 | 1. A machine comprising: a frame structure comprising at least one actuator and at least one air bearing, a head moveably arranged on said frame structure via said air bearing, said actuator being configured to move the head, a compressed air feed connected to the air bearing for providing a compressed air flow for the air bearing, a restrictor configured to define the compressed air flow to the air bearing, a control and evaluation unit configured to selectively control the restrictor in order to define a first compressed air flow in a first operating state and to define a second compressed air flow in a second operating state, with the second compressed air flow being substantially lower than the first compressed air flow, and a closed-loop position controller designed to control a position of the head by driving the actuator, wherein the control and evaluation unit is further configured to secure the actuator against actuation in the second operating state, thereby preventing the actuator from being driven by the closed-loop position controller, and wherein the closed-loop position controller is in full operation both in the first operating state and in the second operating state as well. | 24,843 |
9,236,634 | 1. A battery comprising: an anode; a cathode; and an electrolyte solution comprising a lithium salt, a non-aqueous solvent, and a polymer additive having at least one functional group selected from the group consisting of carbazoles, sulfones, fluorinated ethers, phosphazenes, maleic anhydrides and combinations thereof, wherein the polymer additive is present in the electrolyte solution prior to battery cycling and soluble in the non-aqueous solvent; wherein the polymer additive comprises a polymer selected from the group consisting of poly(9-vinylcarbazole), poly(methyl vinyl ether-alt-maleic anhydride), poly(oxy-1,4-phenylenesulfonyl-1,4-phenylene), poly(1-hexadecene-sulfone), and poly(bis(4-(ethoxycarbonyl)phenoxy)phosphazene). | 30,946 |
9,080,771 | 1. A combustion chamber of a gas turbine engine comprising: a wall; a well secured to the wall, the well forming a recess for a spark plug leading into the combustion chamber; a spark-plug guide mounted on the well, the spark-plug guide is transversely mobile relative to an axis of symmetry of the well, the spark-plug guide including a cylindrical guide wall portion for guiding the spark plug, a seal ring mounted to bear slidably on a bearing surface of the well, a cylindrical cooling surface portion disposed between the guide wall portion and the seal ring, and a radial surface portion connecting the guide wall portion and the cooling surface portion, wherein the spark-plug guide includes a cooling chamber delimited by the cooling surface portion and the radial surface portion, the cooling chamber including openings provided on the cooling surface portion for supplying cooling air to the cooling chamber, the cooling chamber providing cooling by impact on an exterior impact surface of the spark plug housed in the spark-plug guide, wherein an inner diameter of the cooling surface portion is greater than an inner diameter of the guide wall portion, and wherein a first end of the cooling surface portion is connected to the radial surface portion and a second end of the cooling surface portion is connected to the seal ring. | 43,583 |
8,364,998 | 1. A computer-implemented method for optimizing energy consumption for an active computing event, comprising: measuring a workload processing rate for a range of central processing unit (CPU) frequencies; and repeating the following steps until the event is no longer active: | 49,825 |
9,522,695 | 1. A steering control device, comprising: an actuator for applying a steering assist torque to a steering system of a vehicle; a steering state determination section for determining a steering state of a driver; a steering assist torque calculation section for calculating the steering assist torque; a steering assist torque correction section for correcting the steering assist torque depending on a result of the steering state determination section; and an actuator control section for controlling the actuator depending on the corrected steering assist torque, wherein the steering assist torque calculation section calculates at least a first steering assist torque, which is to be applied to the actuator in order to improve return characteristics of the steering system, and a second steering assist torque that is smaller than the first steering assist torque, wherein the steering assist torque correction section comprises: wherein the filtering section corrects a change amount of filtering, which is a change amount of a filter output, depending on a change amount of the selected steering assist torque, and wherein the actuator control section drives the actuator depending on the steering assist torque corrected by the steering assist torque correction section. | 324 |
8,961,524 | 1. A minimally invasive surgical system, comprising: at least a pair of anchors positionable within a bony structure of a patient; at least a pair of yokes movably connectable to a corresponding one of the pair of anchors, each of the pair of yokes having a passageway therethrough and arms extending upwardly on opposite sides of the passageway, the arms each including internal threads configured to mate with external threads of a setscrew; and a first anchor extension mounted to at least one of the pair of anchors at the corresponding yoke and a second anchor extension mounted to another of the at least one pair of anchors at the corresponding yoke before the pair of anchors are positioned in the bony structure of the patient so that the at least one of the pair of anchors movably connected thereto are manipulatable in the patient by the anchor extension to align the respective passageways. | 27,417 |
9,595,738 | 1. An electrolyte for lithium secondary batteries comprising a lithium salt and a non-aqueous solvent, in which a silane based material is comprised in an amount of 0.1 to 20 wt % based on a total weight of the electrolyte, wherein the silane based material is trimethoxysilylpropyl aniline (TMSPA) or a mixture of the TMSPA and at least one selected from the group consisting of tetramethylorthosilicate, tetraethylorthosilicate, tetrapropylorthosilicate and tetrabutylorthosilicate. | 40,388 |
8,632,654 | 1. A hardener composition for hardening a reactive resin of a two component curable composition, comprising a thioether compound, wherein the thioether compound is a first educt comprising at least two thiol groups; a second educt comprising at least one α,β-unsaturated amide group as well as at least one tertiary amine group; or a mixture of the first educt and the second educt. | 18,660 |
9,505,892 | 1. A manufactured article comprising at least one layer comprising an ethylene interpolymer product comprising: (i) a first ethylene interpolymer; (ii) a second ethylene interpolymer, and; (iii) optionally a third ethylene interpolymer; wherein said ethylene interpolymer product has a Dilution Index, Y d , greater than 0. | 19,153 |
9,753,346 | 1. A display device, comprising: a common electrode formed on a first substrate; signal lines formed on a second substrate bonded to the first substrate; a thin film transistor connected to the signal lines; a pixel electrode connected to the thin film transistor and formed in a sub-pixel region; fanout lines receiving driving signals from a plurality of driving chips and supplying the received driving signals to the signal lines; common voltage supply lines separated from each other and respectively crossing the fanout lines connected to the plurality of driving chips to supply a common voltage to the common electrode; and a conductive spacer electrically connecting each of the common voltage supply lines to the common electrode. | 16,306 |
9,220,154 | 1. Lighting system, comprising: a plurality of ambient light sources for providing an ambient lighting, a plurality of task light sources, each task light source being provided to illuminate a predetermined area with variable intensity, and a plurality of occupancy sensors for detecting occupancy in a number of occupancy zones and for controlling said ambient light sources and task light sources, each occupancy sensor being provided to communicate wirelessly with other occupancy sensors, wherein on the detection of occupancy of at least one zone, the occupancy sensors detecting the occupancy activate at least one ambient light source and send a control signal to other occupancy sensors to activate other ambient light sources, and the intensity of a group of task light sources illuminating the occupied zone is set to a level higher than the intensity of the remaining task light sources. | 2,278 |
9,249,745 | 1. A method of injecting natural gas into a diesel fuel engine for combustion with diesel fuel therein, the method comprising: injecting natural gas into the engine for combustion with the diesel fuel; measuring the percentage of natural gas injected; varying the rate of injection of natural gas into the engine in response to the measured percentage of natural gas therein and injecting the natural gas at a pre-determined rate so as to maintain a natural gas concentration in the engine for combustion is between 0.6% to 3.0% by volume of natural gas. | 23,756 |
9,783,206 | 1. A method in a vehicle for controlling an autonomous drive related operation of the vehicle, the method comprising: detecting a pre-determined foot arrangement of an occupant in a front seat of the vehicle; and controlling a state of the autonomous drive related operation, based on the detected pre-determined foot arrangement, wherein controlling comprises configuring an interior of the vehicle by controlling movement of the front seat. | 11,248 |
8,896,409 | 1. A non-linear resistive element, comprising: a varistor layer in a sheet form having a surface and a rear face that are parallel to each other; and conductive electrode layers joined to the each of the surface and the rear face of the varistor layer, wherein the varistor layer includes: a plurality of small varistor pieces that are made of a ceramic sintered body and are spaced from one another for alignment, each small varistor piece having a surface and a rear face coinciding with the surface and the rear face of the varistor layer, respectively; and insulating junctions that join the adjacent small varistor pieces. | 48,992 |
9,803,891 | 1. An improved solar selective coating having high thermal, stability comprising tandem stack of layers consisting of an interlayer of titanium (Ti)/Chrome followed by wherein said second absorber layer being deposited on the first absorber layer and said third antireflection layer being deposited on the second absorber layer at substrate temperature in the range 100-350° C. using a four-cathode reactive pulsed direct current unbalanced magnetron sputtering technique; and wherein the first absorber layer contains Aluminium in the range of 25-55%, Titanium in the range of 10-25% and Nitrogen in the range of 30-50%, the second absorber layer contains Aluminium in the range of 15-30%, Titanium in the range of 10-15%, Nitrogen in the range of 10-20% and Oxygen in the range of 50-60%, and the third anti-reflection layer contains Aluminium in the range of 15-30%, Titanium in the range of 5-15% and O in the range of 40-80%. | 25,245 |
8,872,946 | 1. An image signal processing system comprising: data conversion logic configured to convert unsigned input image data deriving from a digital sensor into signed input image data to preserve negative noise from the sensor; and a raw image processing pipeline configured to process the signed input image data into processed signed image data; wherein: | 10,570 |
9,502,728 | 1. A high efficiency fuel cell system adapted to receive flue gas from a flue gas generating device and to capture carbon dioxide from the flue gas, the high efficiency fuel cell system comprising: a topping fuel cell assembly comprising two or more topping fuel cell modules, each topping fuel cell module comprising a topping cathode portion and a topping anode portion; a bottoming fuel cell assembly comprising a bottoming cathode portion and a bottoming anode portion, wherein the bottoming anode portion receives anode exhaust output from the topping anode portion; and a separation assembly configured to receive carbon dioxide-containing exhaust and to separate carbon dioxide from the carbon dioxide-containing exhaust, wherein the carbon dioxide-containing exhaust is one of anode exhaust output from the bottoming anode portion and a gas derived from the anode exhaust output from the bottoming anode portion, wherein at least one of the topping cathode portion and the bottoming cathode portion receives at least a portion of the flue gas output from the flue gas generating device, wherein the topping fuel cell assembly has a greater number of fuel cells than the bottoming fuel cell assembly so that the topping fuel cell assembly utilizes more fuel than the bottoming fuel cell assembly, and wherein the system is configured such that anode exhaust from each of the topping anode portions of the topping fuel cell modules is combined after exiting the respective topping anode portions, and the combined anode exhaust is received by the bottoming anode portion. | 8,068 |
9,484,119 | 1. A drop system for cooling a nuclear reactor, the drop system comprising: a. a heat exchanger having a first side and a second side, wherein the heat exchanger is within a nuclear reactor, the heat exchanger comprising: b. one or more fusible links attached to the outer pipe, wherein the fusible links are collapsible, wherein the one or more fusible links are heat activated; c. at least one locking mechanism having a counter weight, wherein the at least one locking mechanism is in communication with the outer pipe, wherein the locking mechanism raises and lowers the outer pipe, and wherein liquid nitrogen absorbs heat as it flows through the heat exchanger, and wherein the liquid nitrogen flows through the heat exchanger after the one or more burst discs rupture. | 23,663 |
9,316,808 | 1. An optical assembly for a point action camera having a wide field of view, comprising multiple lens elements, including an aspheric surface with an approximately 30 microns or less sag and an approximately 25 microns/millimeter or less aspheric sag slope, configured to provide a field of view in excess of 150 degrees, and wherein said aspheric surface includes a point of inflection of maximum sag at a radial distance from a center of said aspheric surface that is less than approximately 0.85× a center to edge radius of said aspheric surface. | 9,179 |
9,525,600 | 1. A method of displaying data in a locale-specific format, the method comprising: performing operations as follows on at least one processor: receiving, at a client of a computing platform, an output of a server of the computing platform based on definition of a mock object that specifies a data type, wherein the output of the server is indicative of first format information for the data type that is inaccessible to the client via the computing platform, and wherein the first format information is associated with a first locale; generating, at the client, a template comprising the first format information by extracting the first format information from the output of the server; receiving data for display in a user interface of the computing platform, wherein the data is of the data type; retrieving second format information for the data type wherein the second format information is associated with a second locale corresponding to a geographic location of the client that is different from a geographic location corresponding to the first locale; populating the template at the client based on the data, wherein, responsive to the populating, the template includes the first format information and the second format information for the data type; and providing the template including the first and second format information for display in the user interface of the computing platform. | 23,472 |
9,457,663 | 1. A display device for a vehicle, comprising: a vehicle speed acquisition unit that acquires speed information indicating a vehicle speed; an output acquisition unit that acquires output information indicating an output of a drive unit that drives the vehicle; an output rate derivation unit that derives an output rate indicating a ratio of the output to a rated output of the vehicle at a current vehicle speed, on the basis of the speed information and the output information; a waste derivation unit that derives waste information indicating a degree of waste of energy consumed by the vehicle according to the speed information and the output rate; and a display unit that displays a waste status of the energy on the basis of the waste information, wherein when the vehicle speed is within a predetermined speed range and the output rate is within a preset first output range, the waste derivation unit derives the waste information based on a predetermined maintained torque for maintaining the current vehicle speed, the predetermined maintained torque being based on a predetermined boundary indicating a boundary between a power range and an eco range, the waste information indicating that the waste of energy when the vehicle speed is high is less than when the vehicle speed is low, even when the output rate is the same. | 21,900 |
8,498,763 | 1. A computer implemented method of managing user preferences associated with charging transactions for electric vehicles, the computer implemented method comprising: receiving a request for a set of preferences associated with a charging transaction for an electric vehicle from an energy transaction planner, wherein the request is received by a vehicle preference service included within the electric vehicle; responsive to a vehicle preference service receiving a request for a set of preferences associated with a charging transaction for an electric vehicle from an energy transaction planner, identifying a set of principals associated with the charging transaction for the electric vehicle, wherein a principal in the set of principals is an entity having an interest in the charging transaction for the electric vehicle, and wherein the charging transaction is a transaction associated with at least one of charging the electric vehicle, storing electric power in an electric storage mechanism associated with the electric vehicle, and de-charging the electric vehicle; responsive to identifying the set of principals associated with the charging transaction for the electric vehicle, retrieving the set of preferences from a plurality of preferences, by the vehicle preference service, wherein the set of preferences comprises a subset of preferences of the plurality of preferences for each principal in the set of principals, wherein a preference in the set of preferences specifies a parameter of the charging transaction that is to be minimized, maximized, or optimized, wherein the plurality of preferences comprises a maximum price per kilowatt hour to be paid by a party for electricity, a location where charging may occur, a location where charging may not occur, a rate of charging the electric vehicle, a minimum amount of charge, wherein each preference in the plurality of preferences is associated with a weighting value and wherein retrieving the set of preferences further comprises retrieving the weighting value associated with each preference in the set of preferences; and sending the weighting value associated with the each preference in the set of preferences to the energy transaction planner, wherein the weighting value indicates a priority of each preference relative to other preferences in the set of preferences; and sending the set of preferences to the energy transaction planner, by the vehicle transaction planner. | 43,455 |
8,535,951 | 1. A process for detection of an analyte in a sample, said process comprising, a) preparing a suspension of a substrate, coating said substrate with an analyte-counterpart and adding heparin to obtain a reagent, b) contacting said sample with said reagent, c) applying electric field in a direction perpendicular to plane of electrode inserted in said sample thereby concentrating complexes formed by the substrate coated with the analyte counterpart and the analyte and d) detecting formation of the complexes between said substrate coated with said analyte counterpart and said analyte. | 41,633 |
9,704,396 | 1. A mobile phone at a first vehicle, the mobile phone comprising: a location positioning component capable of determining a first location of the first vehicle; an antenna configured to communicate via wireless communication; a display monitor; at least one processor; and memory storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the mobile phone to: receive, at the first vehicle via the antenna, a notification associated with an issue of the first vehicle, wherein the notification comprises a level of severity, wherein the notification originated from a device in a second vehicle at a second location within a predetermined radius of the first location, and wherein the notification, when at the second vehicle, maintains anonymity of a driver of the first vehicle and includes descriptive vehicle information identifying the first vehicle, wherein the descriptive vehicle information comprises a location of the second vehicle, a vehicle make of the first vehicle, a vehicle model of the first vehicle, a vehicle color of the first vehicle, a vehicle style of the first vehicle, and a vehicle condition of the first vehicle, display, on the display monitor in the first vehicle, the issue of the first vehicle provided in the received notification, a number of rewards for acknowledging the notification based on the level of severity, and a predetermined time period within which to acknowledge the notification based on the level of severity; receive, via an interface of the display monitor in the first vehicle, an acknowledgment of the notification within the predetermined time from the driver of the first vehicle; transmit, via the antenna, to a server independent from the device in the second vehicle, the acknowledgement of the notification; and receive, via the antenna, at least one reward for acknowledging the notification based on the level of severity. | 49,294 |
8,756,915 | 1. A method for monitoring an emission device coupled to an engine, comprising: following a deceleration fuel shut-off duration (DFSO), indicating degradation of the emission device based on an amount of rich products required to cause a sensor to become richer than a threshold, the indicating carried out when the DFSO duration is greater than a second threshold, the second threshold based on the sensor being lean at or before an end of the DFSO. | 48,459 |
8,748,827 | 1. A radiation detection apparatus for detecting radiation emanating from a body, comprising a detector arm which comprises: said contact base being sufficiently distant from said collimator to enable at least part of said collimator to move to change direction of aim with respect to said body while said contact base is in stable contact with a surface of said body. | 21,521 |
8,721,308 | 1. A water injected air compressor, comprising: an air end provided with an orbiting member equipped with an orbiting element and a fixed member equipped with a substantial fixed element corresponding to the orbiting element of the orbiting member; a driving unit that generates driving force for making the orbiting member orbit the fixed member; a compressing path from a suction port to a discharge port; a portion to inject water into the compressing path; discharge piping for air discharged from the air end; a tank provided on a path of the discharge piping for storing water separated from compressed air; and a cooler that is provided on the path of the discharge piping between the tank and the air end and that cools the compressed air discharged from the air end to below 100° C.; wherein compressor operation is controlled by switching between a first operation in which water is injected into the compressing path and a second operation in which no water is injected. | 40,582 |
9,120,557 | 1. A piloting device ( 1 ) for piloting a vehicle, in particular an aircraft, having: a frame, a cradle mounted for pivoting movement with respect to the frame on a first pivot axis (R), called the cradle axis, a piloting member, called a stick, mounted for pivoting movement with respect to the cradle on a second axis (T), called the stick axis, orthogonal to and intersecting the cradle axis, first return means for returning the cradle to a predetermined position with respect to the frame, called the neutral position of the cradle, second return means for returning the stick to a predetermined position with respect to the cradle, called the neutral position of the stick, wherein said second return means includes a stick jack arranged between the stick and the frame, wherein the stick jack is connected to the stick by a spherical joint, and wherein the center of said spherical joint is situated substantially on the pivot axis (R) of the cradle when the stick is in the neutral position of the stick. | 40,837 |
8,462,847 | 1. One or more non-transitory computer readable storage media encoded with software comprising computer executable instructions and when the software is executed operable to: store initialization parameters including one or more preamble settings; receive and store a multicast stream in a buffer prior to a channel change request, the stored multicast stream comprising an I frame, a sliding window, the sliding window including a preamble conforming to the initialization parameters; receive a client join request during the channel change; transmit the stored multicast stream responsive to the request; and synchronize transmission of the stored multicast to a corresponding live multicast stream according to the initialization parameters. | 12,490 |
9,560,840 | 1. A fishing line reel providing rapid line payout comprising: a housing supporting: a crank mechanism operable by a user for rotating a crankshaft extending along a first axis and rotating a drive shaft extending along a second axis with respect to the housing substantially perpendicular to the first axis; a line spool rotatable about the drive shaft; a winder attached to rotate with the drive shaft and having a pin movable with respect to the rotatable winder for catching a fishing line so that the fishing line winds about the line spool with rotation of the drive shaft when the pin is in an extended position extending from the winder and for freeing the fishing line so that the fishing line does not wind about the line spool with the rotation of the drive shaft when the pin is in a retracted position retracted into the winder; an operator operable by the user to move the pin from the retracted position to the extended position when the operator moves between a released position and an actuated position; and a bias spring biasing the operator to move the pin to the retracted position wherein the pin extends in a rearward direction parallel to the second axis in the extended position and retracting forwardly parallel to the second axis in the retracted position. | 46,702 |
8,698,967 | 1. An electro-optic device comprising: a substrate; a transistor; a pixel electrode; and a first capacitive wiring that is an electrode of a retention capacitor; the retention capacitor including the first capacitive wiring, a dielectric layer, and the pixel electrode, the first capacitive wiring being embedded in a concave portion of an insulating film that is disposed between the substrate and the pixel electrode, the first capacitive wiring extending along a direction crossing a direction from source to drain of the transistor, the first capacitive wiring being disposed apart from a second capacitive wiring that is disposed next to the first capacitive wiring. | 35,552 |
9,458,933 | 1. A combination oil ring provided with a top and bottom pair of side rails and a spacer expander arranged between the same, said spacer expander having: top pieces and bottom pieces arranged separated in the axial direction and circumferential direction and alternating in the circumferential direction, the top pieces and the bottom pieces having outer circumference side ends and inner circumference side ends with a central portion situated radially between the outer circumference side ends and the inner circumference side ends, connecting pieces connecting the top pieces and the bottom pieces, ear parts formed at the inner circumference side ends of said top pieces and bottom pieces for pushing against inner circumferential surfaces of the top and bottom side rails, wherein the ear parts extend above the central portions of the top pieces and below the central portions of the bottom pieces, side rail support parts formed at the outer circumference side ends of the top pieces and the bottom pieces, wherein the outer circumference side ends extend above the central portions of the top pieces and below the central portions of the bottom pieces so as to form the side rail support parts, first support surfaces defined at least at ends of the side rail support parts in the circumferential direction configured to respectively support the top and bottom side rails thereon, second surfaces defined at least at the ends of the side rail support parts in the circumferential direction opposite the first support surfaces in the axial direction, grooves formed in the central portions extending linearly in the radial direction, the grooves defining through holes at root parts of the ear parts and defining openings at the outer circumference side ends, the grooves having concave groove floors, wherein the second surfaces are spaced apart from the respective first support surfaces by a first distance, and the concave groove floors are spaced apart from the respective first support surfaces by a second distance that is greater than the first distance such that the second surfaces are closer to the respective first support surfaces than the concave groove floors. | 36,171 |
9,802,309 | 1. A method comprising: receiving a query from a first robotic system having one or more sensors, wherein the query comprises sensor data obtained from the one or more sensors, a request for instructions to carry out a task, and information associated with a configuration of the first robotic system; identifying stored data comprising a procedure previously used by a second robotic system to carry out the task or a similar task and information associated with a configuration of the second robotic system; generating, by one or more processors, instructions for the first robotic system to carry out the task based at least in part on the sensor data, the procedure used by the second robotic system to carry out the task or the similar task, the information associated with the configuration of the first robotic system, and the information associated with the configuration of the second robotic system; executing a simulation based on the generated instructions; obtaining results of the simulation and responsively determining a confidence measure, based on the results, related to a measure that the generated instructions allow for successful performance of the task; and generating, by the one or more processors, updated instructions to carry out the task, by the first robotic system, based on the confidence measure being below a threshold. | 40,475 |
8,503,929 | 1. A method for providing wireless communication, the method comprising: in a single chip that comprises a Bluetooth radio and a Frequency Modulation (FM) radio: receiving FM audio data by an FM receiver; communicating said received FM audio data to a buffer via a dedicated link to generate encoded received FM audio data; translating within said single chip, said encoded received FM audio data to a Bluetooth compatible format, said translating being performed by an Audio Processing Unit (APU), said APU being communicatively coupled to said buffer via a common bus; communicating said translated received FM audio data to a Bluetooth core via said common bus; and transmitting said translated received FM audio data to at least one off-chip Bluetooth enabled device via said Bluetooth core. | 2,787 |
8,487,977 | 1. A telepresence video conference unit comprising: a display device adapted to be placed in front of a near end front wall and configured to display an image of at least a portion of a far end rear wall; and a controller configured to control at least one color light source to illuminate at least a portion of the near end front wall such that a perceived color of the portion of the near end front wall matches a color of the image of the portion of the far end rear wall, wherein the display device is devoid of a frame or bezel. | 74 |
9,187,877 | 1. A machine comprising: a machine room; an engine installed within the machine room; an exhaust gas treatment device provided within the machine room to reduce nitrogen oxides in exhaust gas; and a reducing agent supplier that supplies a liquid reducing agent to the exhaust gas treatment device, wherein the exhaust gas treatment device includes: | 33,947 |
9,785,146 | 1. A system for generating a maneuver, having an expected duration, on a propagated route for an unmanned vehicle, the system comprising: a mission planner configured to generate a series of waypoints, representing a route to be travelled by the unmanned vehicle, and at least one parameter representing constraints on the propagated route of the unmanned vehicle; the control system of the unmanned vehicle configured to execute the provided maneuver at the unmanned vehicle. | 21,858 |
8,404,781 | 1. A semi-continuous integrated process for producing high impact vinyl aromatic (co)polymers, which comprises: a. anionic polymerizing at least one monomer of butadiene in a batch reactor, in the presence of an organolithium compound and a non-polar solvent having a boiling point lower than 130° C.; b1. effecting a chain termination phase of the polymer based on butadiene, at the end of the polymerization, with at least one halogen derivative having the general formula: wherein X represents a halogen, M represents an element of Group IV A, and R is a C wherein R b2. effecting a first coupling phase of the polymer chain with at least one halogen derivative selected from those having the general formula: with X, M and R having the meaning defined above and y being an integer within the range of 2 to 4; and/or b3. effecting a second coupling phase with at least one aromatic derivative selected from those having the general formula: wherein R′ represents a C c. switching in batch the non-polar solvent with a vinyl aromatic monomer to yield a polymer solution based on butadiene; d. storing in tanks the polymer solution based on butadiene in a vinyl aromatic monomer, according to the polymer grade obtained; and e. feeding the polymer solution based on butadiene in the vinyl aromatic monomer, together with conventional polymerization additives and possibly a co-monomer, to a polymerization reactor, to produce a high impact vinyl aromatic(co)polymer by radical polymerization; and f. recovering the high impact vinyl aromatic (co)polymer from the polymerization reactor. | 40,339 |
9,559,601 | 1. A switched mode power supply, comprising: a transformer comprising a primary winding, a transformer core configured to store energy transferred thereto from the primary winding during operation, and a single, non-tapped secondary winding having a first terminal and a second terminal; a primary side circuit arranged to generate voltage pulses and thereby to drive the primary winding of the transformer; and a secondary side circuit comprising a rectification circuit connected to the secondary winding at the first and second terminals, wherein the rectification circuit is semi-synchronous, comprises one or more transistors and one or more diodes, and is arranged such that: wherein the secondary side circuit further comprises a voltage limiter circuit configured to provide signals from the secondary winding to one or more gate terminals of the one or more transistors. | 18,635 |
9,537,412 | 1. A direct current voltage conversion device comprising: a direct current to alternating current (DC-to-AC) converter disposed to receive a direct current input voltage, the DC-to-AC converter being operable to convert the direct current input voltage to a converted voltage that approximates an alternating current waveform; a transformer having a first winding, a second winding and a third winding, the first winding being electrically coupled with the DC-to-AC converter for receiving the converted voltage, each of the second winding and the third winding having a first terminal and a second terminal, the second terminal of the second winding being electrically connected with the first terminal of the third winding; a first converter switch having a first terminal electrically coupled with the second terminal of the third winding, a second terminal, and a third terminal disposed to receive a first control signal that controls the first converter switch to switch between an on state and an off state; a second converter switch having a first terminal electrically coupled with the first terminal of the second winding, a second terminal electrically coupled with the second terminal of the first converter switch, and a third terminal disposed to receive a second control signal that controls the second converter switch to switch between an on state and an off state; a secondary-side inductor having a first terminal electrically coupled with the second terminal of the second winding, and a second terminal adapted to be electrically coupled with a load; a secondary-side capacitor having a first terminal electrically coupled with the second terminal of the secondary-side inductor, and a second terminal electrically coupled with the second terminal of the first converter switch; and a clamping circuit electrically coupled with the first terminal and the second terminal of the second converter switch, the clamping circuit clamping a voltage across the first terminal and the second terminal of the second converter switch to a preset value, and storing energy of a voltage peak across the first terminal and the second terminal of the second converter switch; a clamp capacitor having a first terminal electrically coupled with the first terminal of the second converter switch, and a second terminal; a first diode having an anode electrically coupled with the second terminal of the clamp capacitor, and a cathode electrically coupled with the second terminal of the second converter switch; a clamp inductor having a first terminal, and a second terminal electrically coupled with the second terminal of the second converter switch; a second diode having an anode electrically coupled with the first terminal of the clamp inductor, and a cathode electrically coupled with the second terminal of the secondary-side inductor; and a clamp switch having a first terminal electrically coupled with the first terminal of the clamp inductor, a second terminal electrically coupled with the second terminal of the clamp capacitor, and a third terminal disposed to receive a clamp control signal that controls the clamp switch to switch between an on state and an off state, such that the energy of the voltage peak across the first terminal and the second terminal of the second converter switch is stored in the clamp capacitor before being discharged to the load. | 48,975 |
8,489,087 | 1. A method for controlling a small base station, comprising: determining whether the small base station is in a blank state; transmitting a deactivation request message to a macro base station if the small base station is in the blank state; operating the small base station in an inactive mode if a deactivation response message is received from the macro base station, the inactive mode being a mode of the small base station in which a synchronization channel or a minimal channel is transmitted to enable a terminal in a cell area of the small base station to identify the small base station; and operating the small base station in an active mode if a deactivation rejection message is received from the macro base station, the active mode being a mode of the small base station in which the small base station serves a terminal in the cell area of the small base station. | 14,498 |
9,306,215 | 1. A nickel-metal hydride secondary cell comprising a container, and an electrode group hermetically contained in the container together with an alkaline electrolyte solution, the electrode group including a separator, a negative electrode and a positive electrode, wherein the negative electrode contains a hydrogen absorbing alloy having a composition represented by a general formula: (RE RE is at least one element selected from among Y, Sc and rare-earth elements, T is at least one element selected from among Zr, V and Ca, and subscripts x, y, z and a are values respectively satisfying 0≦x, 0.05≦y≦0.35, 2.8≦z≦3.9, and 0.10≦a≦0.25), the hydrogen absorbing alloy has a crystal structure in which an AB Cr is substituted for part of the Ni, a sum of the elements represented by RE and T and the Mg is 1 mole, and a content of the Cr is 0.01 moles or more and 0.02 moles or less. | 23,344 |
9,252,513 | 1. A socket comprising: a plurality of coupling members that each include a first end portion and a second end portion, the coupling members being made of electrically conductive material, wherein a terminal of an electronic component and a terminal of a board are electrically coupled with the first end portion and the second end portion, respectively, so to electrically connect the terminal of the electronic component and the terminal of the board; a holding member that holds the plurality of coupling members in such a manner that the plurality of coupling members are not in contact with each other, the holding member being made from an electrical insulating material; and a sheet member that is in contact with the electronic component and the board between the plurality of coupling members, the sheet member being made from a material which is electrically insulating and thermally diffusive, wherein each of the plurality of coupling members includes an embedded portion that is embedded in the holding member, and a longitudinal direction of the embedded portion is along a direction of a normal line from one of the first end portion and the second end portion to a surface of the holding member. | 19,536 |
9,327,793 | 1. A bicycle operating device comprising: a fixed member configured to be attached to a bicycle; a movable member movably coupled to the fixed member; a position maintaining arrangement operatively arranged with respect to the movable member and the fixed member such that the position maintaining arrangement selectively maintains the movable member in any one of a plurality of holding positions relative to the fixed member; a moving arrangement operatively coupled to the position maintaining arrangement to selectively move the movable member in a first moving direction such that the movable member moves from a current holding position to another one of the plurality of holding positions; and first operating member movably mounted with respect to the fixed member such that the first operating member moves in a first operating direction from a rest position to a first end position and such that the first operating member moves in a second operating direction from the rest position to a second end position, the first operating member moving the movable member by a first predetermined number of the plurality of holding positions in the first moving direction as the first operating member moves from the rest position to the first end position, the first operating member moving the movable member by a second predetermined number of the plurality of holding positions in the first moving direction as the first operating member moves from the rest position to the second end position, the first predetermined number being different from the second predetermined number. | 39,867 |
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