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A system for determining a memory read latency includes a memory, a memory read circuit, and a latency detector. An identifiable pattern of data is written to at least one location in the memory, and a read request and the address of the identified pattern are sent to the memory. The latency detector determines a read latency period based on detecting the identifiable pattern of data.

A light guide unit and a backlight unit and display device using the light guide unit are provided. The light guide unit includes a light guide body that is formed of a transparent material and has at least one concave portion with a concavely depressed bottom surface to accommodate a light source. The light guide body includes a first incidence surface forming a top surface of the concave portion, the first incidence surface patterned such that upwardly incident light is refracted at an oblique angle in a lateral direction; a second incidence surface forming a lateral surface of the concave portion, the second incidence surface to which lateral light is incident; a reflection surface disposed on a bottom surface of the light guide body, which extends from the concave portion; and a refraction surface forming a top surface of the light guide body, the refraction surface through which incident light is refracted and transmitted. The use of the above-described light guide unit leads to a rise in optical efficiency. Also, the backlight unit using the light guide unit can effectively collimate light on a large area and increase a contrast ratio.

The present disclosure provides a method for blocking crank calls by using cloud computing and a system thereof. In the method, a client(s) uploads a blacklist to a server; the server makes statistic according to blacklist data uploaded by the client(s) and determines a particular phone number be a crank phone number, generates an anti-crank policy and updates the generated anti-crank policy to the client(s); when receiving a call or a message from the crank phone number, the client executes the anti-crank policy.

A heat exchanger for vehicles comprises firstly a heat-exchanger assembly consisting of flat liquid-conveying tubes and surface-enlarging means, secondly an inlet tank, and thirdly an outlet tank. The inlet tank and the outlet tank have a connection plate with a number of connection holes for the tubes. At each hole, the plate has a projecting connecting sleeve element. Each tube has at its ends a widened main portion which is accommodated on said connecting sleeve element. A rounded transitional area is formed between the connection plate and each connecting sleeve element, and the main portion is inserted in the conecting sleeve element and is applied with its outside against the inside of the connecting sleeve element. Each tube has at its ends an end portion which is widened in relation to the main portion, merges with the main portion and is applied against the transitional area. In a method of producing such a heat exchanger, the widened end area of the tubes are inserted in the connecting sleeve elements and are widened further in such a manner that each tube end is applied against the transitional area between the plate and the respective connecting sleeve element.

The present invention is to provide a banknote storing and feeding unit 19 capable of increasing the maximum storage quantity of banknote 45 and stably storing and feeding banknote 45. A first tape 36 and a second tape 37 are pressed by a tape pressing body 87 between first and second winding reels 38 and 39 and a winding drum 40 so as to come into contact with each other. Even the banknote 45 having a short length in a transporting direction is held between the first tape 36 and second tape 37 at a position of the tape pressing body 87 for transportation. An outer diameter of the winding drum 40 is detected by an outer diameter detecting unit 85, and the tape pressing body 87 is moved by a moving unit 92 in accordance with the detected outer diameter of the winding drum 40, and the tape pressing body 87 is moved to an appropriate position following a change in the outer diameter of the winding drum 40. Thus, the maximum storage quantity of the banknote 45 can be increased and the banknote 45 can be stably stored and fed.

An optical image capturing system includes, along the optical axis in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, and a seventh lens. At least one lens among the first to the sixth lenses has positive refractive force. The seventh lens can have negative refractive force, wherein both surfaces thereof are aspheric, and at least one surface thereof has an inflection point. The lenses in the optical image capturing system which have refractive power include the first to the seventh lenses. The optical image capturing system can increase aperture value and improve the imagining quality for use in compact cameras.

A small-size trampoline includes a frame assembly to support a jumping bed at a required height. The frame assembly includes front and rear frames, two side frames, and front and rear transverse bars connected to and between the two side frames. The front and rear frames and the side frames are so shaped that they could be vertically connected together. Each of the front and rear frames and the side frames includes a horizontal main section of a predetermined length, on which two vertical leg sections are formed. When the front and rear frames and the side frames are vertically connected to one another at the leg sections, they together provide an overall height equal to the height required by the jumping bed, and therefore allow the fully disassembled trampoline to have a largely reduced volume for economical packing.

A gas-mixture-ignition-time estimation apparatus for an internal combustion engine estimates the temperature of a premixed gas mixture for PCCI combustion (i.e., cylinder interior temperature Tg), while relating it to the angle CA, on the basis of a state quantity of the cylinder interior gas at the time of start of compression (CAin) (heat energy of the cylinder interior gas at the time of start of compression), the amount of a change in the state quantity of the cylinder interior gas attributable to compression in a compression stroke (minute piston work), and the heat generation quantity of a cool flame generated in PCCI combustion prior to autoignition (hot flame) (cool flame heat generation quantity Aqlto). A time when the cylinder interior temperature Tg reaches a predetermined autoignition start temperature Tig is estimated as an autoignition start time (Caig) of the premixed gas mixture related to PCCI combustion. Since the cool flame heat generation quantity Oqlto is taken into consideration, the autoignition start time related to PCCI combustion can be estimated accurately.

A loop thermosyphon cooling device includes an evaporator, a condenser and a communication assembly. The evaporator includes a heat conducting element and evaporation pipes, and the heat conducting element has through holes, and each evaporation pipe is passed and positioned into each respective through hole. The condenser includes a condensation pipe. The communication assembly includes a first barrel and a second barrel, and both ends of each evaporation pipe are communicated with the first and second barrels, and both ends of the condensation pipe are communicated with the first and second barrels, so that the evaporation pipe, condensation pipe, first barrel and second barrel jointly define a loop. A communication assembly is coupled between the evaporation pipe and the condensation pipe, and the quantity of evaporation pipes and condensation pipes can be increased or decreased as needed, and the thermosyphon cooling device is compact and high heat dissipation efficiency.

An optical image capturing system includes, along the optical axis in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, and a fifth lens. At least one lens among the first to the fifth lenses has positive refractive force. The fifth lens can have negative refractive force, wherein both surfaces thereof are aspheric, and at least one surface thereof has an inflection point. The lenses in the optical image capturing system which have refractive power include the first to the fifth lenses. The optical image capturing system can increase aperture value and improve the imagining quality for use in compact cameras.

A facsimile system includes a facsimile machine reading image data from an original, a computer transmitting to and receiving from the facsimile machine data of addressee identification information indicative of at least a name of addressee and a facsimile number corresponding to the name of addressee, a computer-side storage circuit provided at a computer side for storing the data of addressee identification information, a computer-side referring circuit provided at the computer side for referring to the data of addressee identification information stored in the computer-side storage circuit, and an instruction circuit provided in the facsimile machine so as to be instructed at a facsimile machine side to refer via the computer-side referring circuit to the data of addressee identification information stored in the computer-side storage circuit.

An aerosol transfer device for medical aerosol generators comprises an additional shaped element located in a vertical plane constituting an aerosol storage area. The additional element being designed with a first opening allowing movement of air from outside the storage area into the latter and being located on an upper or lower horizontal surface of the element in order to ensure vertical entry of air into the element, a second opening opposite said first opening allowing the escape of aerosol and a third opening for spraying aerosol into the storage area in the vertical plane of the storage area and in axial alignment with the first opening. The additional element has a minimum height of 6 cm and allows dispersion of the sprayed aerosol throughout the storage area without recycling the aerosol deposited on the walls of the storage area. The storage area is located between the aerosol generator source and the patient interface and allows, by means of a transport area, aerosol transport to the patient. The device does not include any valve on the path the aerosol takes from the storage area to the patient.

An optical image capturing system includes, along the optical axis in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, and a seventh lens. At least one lens among the first to the sixth lenses has positive refractive force. The seventh lens can have negative refractive force, and both surfaces thereof are aspheric. At least a surface of the seventh lens has an inflection point. The lenses in the optical image capturing system which have refractive power include the first to the seventh lenses. The optical image capturing system can increase aperture value and improve the imaging quality for use in compact cameras.

A modified barrel and vented blank firing adapter for a failsafe firearm suitable for training exercises and in particular for MILES exercises. A preferred modified barrel includes a plurality of blow out apertures spaced about the barrel's longitudinal axis at a location adjacent to a case of a live ammunition cartridge when loaded in the firearm, the blow out apertures venting from the case a substantial portion of combustion gases produced by firing the live ammunition cartridge; a laterally vented blank firing adapter for producing flash at the muzzle upon firing of a blank ammunition cartridge; and a gas port in the barrel sized for admitting to the firearm's cycling gas tube sufficient combustion gases produced by firing the blank ammunition cartridge for implementing cycling operation of the firearm. The laterally vented blank firing adapter preferably includes a cavity for trapping projectile material when a live ammunition cartridge is fired.

An optical image capturing system includes, along the optical axis in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, and a seventh lens. At least one lens among the first to the sixth lenses has positive refractive force. The seventh lens can have negative refractive force, wherein both surfaces thereof are aspheric, and at least one surface thereof has an inflection point. The lenses in the optical image capturing system which have refractive power include the first to the seventh lenses. The optical image capturing system can increase aperture value and improve the imagining quality for use in compact cameras.

The present invention relates to analyte detection devices and methods of using such devices to detect minute quantities of a target analyte in a sample. In particular, the invention provides an analyte detection device comprising a plurality of composite metallic nanostructures conjugated to analyte binding partners and a surface containing a metallic nanolayer on which a plurality of capture molecules is immobilized. Methods of preparing composite nanostructures are also described.

An optical image capturing system includes, along the optical axis in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, and a fifth lens. At least one lens among the first to the fifth lenses has positive refractive power. The fifth lens can have negative refractive power, wherein both surfaces thereof are aspheric, and at least one surface thereof has an inflection point. The lenses in the optical image capturing system which have refractive power include the first to the fifth lenses. The optical image capturing system can increase aperture value and improve the imaging quality for use in compact cameras.

An optical image capturing system includes, along the optical axis in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens, a fifth lens, a sixth lens, and a seventh lens. At least one lens among the first to the sixth lenses has positive refractive force. The seventh lens has negative refractive force, wherein both surfaces thereof can be aspheric, and at least one surface thereof has an inflection point. The lenses in the optical image capturing system which have refractive power include the first to the seventh lenses. The optical image capturing system can increase aperture value and improve the imaging quality for use in compact cameras.

A five-piece optical lens for capturing image and a five-piece optical module for capturing image, along the optical axis in order from an object side to an image side, include a first lens with positive refractive power having an object-side surface which can be convex; a second lens with refractive power; a third lens with refractive power; a fourth lens with refractive power; and a fifth lens which can have negative refractive power, wherein an image-side surface thereof can be concave, and at least one surface of the fifth lens has an inflection point; both surfaces of each of the five lenses are aspheric. The optical lens can increase aperture value and improve the imagining quality for use in compact cameras.

A biological tissue regenerative agent and method for preparing the same. The agent comprises the compounds that are usually found sequestered within platelets, along with platelet cytosolic components, and serum. The agent is prepared by preparing two quanta of blood. The first is clotted, the cells discarded and the serum retained. The second quantum undergoes concentration and lysis of the platelets therein, followed by recombination of the lysed platelets and platelet internal products with serum to form the agent. In a preferred embodiment, lysis of platelets is accomplished by providing an effective amount of calcium. The agent may be further purified and may be frozen or freeze dried for storage.

The present invention pertains to methods of increasing the efficiency of producing a bioproduct. In some embodiments, the method increases the quantity of a bioproduct produced, or decreases bioproduct production time, in a bioreactor cell culture producing the bioproduct, the method comprising, (a) intermittently or continuously analyzing the concentration of one or more nutrients in the bioreactor cell culture; and (b) adding to the bioreactor cell culture additional nutrient media when the concentration of the one or more nutrients is lower than a target value.

A cooling device for an automobile that includes a front opening opened in a front engine room, a first air blower arranged in the front engine room on a front side of a drive engine, and an introduction passage for guiding, toward the first air blower, air to flow from the front side of the front opening through the front opening is configured to cool the drive engine with the air flow passing from the introduction passage to the drive engine via the first air blower. The cooling device includes a duct having a first opening opened in the introduction passage and a second opening opened to rear of the drive engine in the front engine room, to form an air passage for air to flow between the first opening and the second opening.

A magnet-embedded rotor includes a cylindrical rotor core that rotates together with a rotating shaft; and permanent magnets embedded in the rotor core. The rotor core includes core members, and each core member includes a tubular portion into which the rotating shaft is inserted and projecting portions formed to project in a radial direction of the tubular portion from an outer periphery of the tubular portion and arranged apart from each other in a circumferential direction of the tubular portion. The rotor core is formed by assembling the core members such that the tubular portions are arranged on one straight line and the projecting portion of the core member and the projecting portion of the other core member are adjacent to each other in a circumferential direction of the rotor core. The permanent magnet is embedded in each projecting portion of each core member.

A light receiving / emitting element includes a substrate, a plurality of light emitting elements on or in a first surface of the substrate, and a first light receiving element that is a photodiode at the first surface side of the substrate. The plurality of light emitting elements are arranged in a first direction and constitute a light emitting element array, and the first light receiving element is arranged at the one end side of the light emitting element array. The substrate and the plurality of light emitting elements are formed integrally with each other, and the substrate and the first light receiving element are formed integrally with each other. With those features, a light receiving / emitting element and a sensor device can be realized which are small in size, and which have high sensing performance and high response speed.

A five-piece optical lens for capturing image and a five-piece optical module for capturing image, along the optical axis in order from an object side to an image side, including a first lens with positive refractive power having an object-side surface which can be convex; a second lens with refractive power; a third lens with refractive power; a fourth lens with refractive power; and a fifth lens which can have negative refractive power, wherein an image-side surface thereof can be concave, and at least one surface of the fifth lens has an inflection point; both surfaces of each of the five lenses are aspheric. The optical lens can increase aperture value and improve the imaging quality for use in compact cameras.

A packaging system and associated method for use with a pharmaceutical dispenser provides a turnkey solution for packaging pharmaceutical products such as solid medications and nutritional supplements to be taken orally in health care settings, including but not limited to long term care (LTC) and assisted living settings. An overall pharmacy system and methodology begins with bulk medications and supplements introduced into the work flow, individually packaged and assembled into medpass orders per patient and delivered to the LTC facility or other institution for patient consumption. The process begins by converting bulk medications and supplements to packaged unit doses and ultimately individually packaged medpass bags for each patient on a 24-hour schedule. The design of the overall system and its individual components allows for physical control of each unit dose package from start to finish without any unit dose package “free fall” in the system.

A five-piece optical lens for capturing image and a five-piece optical module for capturing image, along the optical axis in order from an object side to an image side, include a first lens with positive refractive power having an object-side surface which can be convex; a second lens with refractive power; a third lens with refractive power; a fourth lens with refractive power; and a fifth lens which can have negative refractive power, wherein an image-side surface thereof can be concave, and at least one surface of the fifth lens has an inflection point; both surfaces of each of the five lenses are aspheric. The optical lens can increase aperture value and improve the imagining quality for use in compact cameras.

A five-piece optical lens for capturing image and a five-piece optical module for capturing image, along the optical axis in order from an object side to an image side, include a first lens with positive refractive power having a convex object-side surface; a second lens with refractive power; a third lens with refractive power; a fourth lens with refractive power; and a fifth lens with negative refractive power; and at least one of the image-side surface and object-side surface of each of the five lens elements are aspheric. The optical lens can increase aperture value and improve the imagining quality for use in compact cameras.

A five-piece optical lens for capturing image and a five-piece optical module for capturing image, along the optical axis in order from an object side to an image side, include a first lens can with positive refractive power having an object-side surface which can be convex; a second lens with refractive power; a third lens with refractive power; a fourth lens with refractive power; and a fifth lens which can have negative refractive power, wherein an image-side surface thereof can be concave, and at least one surface of the fifth lens has an inflection point; both surfaces of each of the five lenses are aspheric. The optical lens can increase aperture value and improve the imagining quality for use in compact cameras.

A fuel cell system includes a FC, a TRC, an oxygen-containing gas supply apparatus, a battery, and an ECU. The ECU is capable of performing power consumption control which allows the oxygen-containing gas supply apparatus to consume electrical energy during regeneration of the TRC. The ECU is configured to determine a charge margin with respect to a charge limitation value of the battery, in a manner that the charge margin set after the power consumption control starts becomes smaller than the charge margin set before the power consumption control is performed.