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A word pattern recognition system based on a virtual keyboard layout combines handwriting recognition with a virtual, graphical, or on-screen keyboard to provide a text input method with relative ease of use. The system allows the user to input text quickly with little or no visual attention from the user. The system supports a very large vocabulary of gesture templates in a lexicon, including practically all words needed for a particular user. In addition, the system utilizes various techniques and methods to achieve reliable recognition of a very large gesture vocabulary. Further, the system provides feedback and display methods to help the user effectively use and learn shorthand gestures for words. Word patterns are recognized independent of gesture scale and location. The present system uses language rules to recognize and connect suffixes with a preceding word, allowing users to break complex words into easily remembered segments.

Sustained release dosage forms for twice daily oral dosing to a human patient for providing relief from pain are provided. The sustained release dosage form comprises an immediate release component and a sustained release component, wherein the immediate release component and the sustained release component collectively contain a therapeutically effective amount of an opioid analgesic and a therapeutically effective amount of nonopioid analgesic. In a preferred embodiment, the nonopioid analgesic is acetaminophen and the opioid analgesic is hydrocodone and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and in preferred embodiments, the pharmaceutically acceptable salt is bitartrate. The dosage forms produce plasma profiles in a patient characterized by a Cmax for hydrocodone of between about 0.6 ng / mL / mg to about 1.4 ng / mL / mg and an AUC for hydrocodone of between about 9.1 ng*hr / mL / mg to about 19.9 ng*hr / mL / mg (per mg hydrocodone bitartrate administered) and a Cmax for acetaminophen of between about 2.8 ng / mL / mg and 7.9 ng / mL / mg and an AUC for acetaminophen of between about 28.6 ng*hr / mL / mg and about 59.1 ng*hr / mL / mg (per mg acetaminophen administered) after a single dose.

An apparatus for preserving privacy of a determined location(s) of a device may include a processor and memory storing executable computer code causing the apparatus to at least perform operations including receiving a request for determining a location of a device based on received fingerprint data corresponding to a summary of radio information identifying a physical place, location, area, or region. The summary based on information received from radio frequency (RF) devices. The computer program code may further cause the apparatus to determine whether fingerprint data associated with a geographical location of the RF devices is stored locally for determining whether to request a network device to determine the location of the device based on providing the network device with fingerprint data and false fingerprint data relating to a location(s) that does not correspond to a current location of the device. Corresponding methods and computer program products are also provided.

The present invention relates to methods to protect a MEMS or microsensor device through one or more release or activation steps in a “package first, release later” manufacturing scheme: This method of fabrication permits wirebonds, other interconnects, packaging materials, lines, bond pads, and other structures on the die to be protected from physical, chemical, or electrical damage during the release etch(es) or other packaging steps. Metallic structures (e.g., gold, aluminum, copper) on the device are also protected from galvanic attack because they are protected from contact with HF or HCL-bearing solutions.

A word pattern recognition system based on a virtual keyboard layout combines handwriting recognition with a virtual, graphical, or on-screen keyboard to provide a text input method with relative ease of use. The system allows the user to input text quickly with little or no visual attention from the user. The system supports a very large vocabulary of gesture templates in a lexicon, including practically all words needed for a particular user. In addition, the system utilizes various techniques and methods to achieve reliable recognition of a very large gesture vocabulary. Further, the system provides feedback and display methods to help the user effectively use and learn shorthand gestures for words. Word patterns are recognized independent of gesture scale and location. The present system uses language rules to recognize and connect suffixes with a preceding word, allowing users to break complex words into easily remembered segments.

A personal information infringement protection system, includes: a portable terminal having an application installed therein to photograph a QR code and recognize biometrics; a service server for storing the encrypted personal information, and generating an ID of a user and transmitting the ID to the portable terminal to be stored therein or informing the portable terminal of login completion when the ID received from the portable terminal is a valid ID; and a key server for generating a key value for encryption and decryption of the personal information, classifying and storing the key value by user, and providing the key value to the service server.

Sustained release dosage forms for twice daily oral dosing to a human patient for providing relief from pain are provided. The sustained release dosage form comprises an immediate release component and a sustained release component, wherein the immediate release component and the sustained release component collectively contain a therapeutically effective amount of an opioid analgesic and a therapeutically effective amount of nonopioid analgesic. In a preferred embodiment, the nonopioid analgesic is acetaminophen and the opioid analgesic is hydrocodone and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and in preferred embodiments, the pharmaceutically acceptable salt is bitartrate. The dosage forms produce plasma profiles in a patient characterized by a Cmax for hydrocodone of between about 0.6 ng / mL / mg to about 1.4 ng / mL / mg and an AUC for hydrocodone of between about 9.1 ng*hr / mL / mg to about 19.9 ng*hr / mL / mg (per mg hydrocodone bitartrate administered) and a Cmax for acetaminophen of between about 2.8 ng / mL / mg and 7.9 ng / mL / mg and an AUC for acetaminophen of between about 28.6 ng*hr / mL / mg and about 59.1 ng*hr / mL / mg (per mg acetaminophen administered) after a single dose.

A method and apparatus for forming a beverage involves the use of a filter aid, e.g., that is provided in a beverage cartridge with a beverage medium in a dry state. In one embodiment, a cartridge including a dried fruit material may also include a filter aid, such as perlite, diatomaceous earth or cellulose, that is mixed together with the fruit material. The filter aid may assist in flow through the beverage medium or through a filter, e.g., by helping prevent the clogging of pores of a filter used to remove particulate from a beverage formed by interaction of the beverage medium with water introduced into the cartridge. Thus, the filter aid may permit the use of some beverage media that would otherwise clog a filter and / or prevent proper dissolution of materials in the beverage media without the filter aid.

The present disclosure relates to a device and method for determining and automatically transmitting a geographic location of a wireless smoke alarm during a potential fire emergency. The wireless smoke alarm includes a smoke alarm interfaced with a wireless transceiver, which operates over an existing wireless telecommunications network. The wireless transceiver can be a cellular processor with an integrated memory for storing emergency identification data. In one mode of operation, upon sensing the presence of smoke, the wireless transceiver automatically transmits stored emergency identification data signals to a dispatch center.

Preferred embodiment systems of the invention use a scalable number of cameras that can image a volume of interest from plurality of angles. The volume can be large and illuminated with general non-coherent illumination. Synchronized cameras process data in real time to addresses particle overlap issues while also increasing observable volumes. Systems of the invention also use higher frame rate cameras to increase the amount of particle travel in each frame. Approaches of the invention alleviate the concerns with additional data accumulation by conducting image processing and segmentation at the time of acquisition prior to transfer from a camera to eliminate a data transfer bottleneck between camera and computer and eliminate a data storage problem. A heterogeneous CPU / GPU processor cluster processes data sent from the plurality of programmable, synchronized cameras and conducting multi-camera correspondence, 3D reconstruction, tracking and result visualization in real time by spreading processing over multiple CPUs and GPUs. Systems of the invention be scaled to hundreds of cameras and fully characterize fluid flows extending to room size and larger.

An approach for managing addition or deletion of nodes in a multicast or broadcast group, which avoids introducing a single point of failure at a group controller, certificate authority, or key distribution center, is disclosed. A central group controller utilizes a binary tree structure to generate and distribute session keys for the establishment of a secure multicast group among multiple user nodes. The central group controller is replicated in a plurality of other group controllers, interconnected in a network having a secure communication channel and connected to a load balancer. The secure communication channel is established using a public key exchange protocol. The load balancer distributes incoming join / leave requests to a master group controller. The master group controller processes the join or leave, generates a new group session key, and distributes the new group session key to all other group controller replicas. Each group controller is successively designated as master group controller in real time when a former master group controller crashes or relinquishes its master authority.

The present invention relates to a method and composition for generating an artificial intron and its components capable of producing microRNA (miRNA) molecules and thus inducing specific gene silencing effects through intracellular RNA interference (RNAi) mechanisms, and the relative utilization thereof. The miRNA-producing intron so generated is not only useful for delivering desired miRNA function into the intron-mediated transgenic organisms or cells but also useful for suppressing unwanted gene function in the transgenic organisms or cells thereof. Furthermore, the derivative products of this novel man-made miRNA-producing intron have utilities in probing gene functions, validating drug targets, generating transgenic animals and gene-modified plants, developing anti-viral vaccines and treating as well preventing gene-related diseases (gene therapy).

With the intention of issuing an alert responsive to judgment of dozing at wheel or deviation from the lane, there is provided an alert system installed in a vehicle including driving state detecting means for detecting driving state of the vehicle; a mobile telephone including a camera; holding means for detachably holding the mobile telephone in an interior of the vehicle such that the camera is able to acquire an image ahead of the vehicle; and alert issuing means for issuing an alert from the mobile telephone based on the image ahead of the vehicle obtained by the camera and the driving state detected by the driving state detecting means.

An SRAM device and a method of operating an SRAM device. In one embodiment, the SRAM device includes (1) an SRAM array coupled to row peripheral circuitry by a word line and coupled to column peripheral circuitry by bit lines and (2) a sleep mode voltage controller configured to provide both an array high supply voltage VADD that is lower than a high operating voltage VDD and an array low supply voltage VASS that is higher than a low operating voltage VSS to the SRAM array during a sleep mode.

A system and methods of the present invention advantageously provide efficient mail processing and handling that, as compared to existing procedures, enhances detection within the mail being processed or handled of biological, germ, chemical, or other harmful agents. A system and methods provide additionally a higher level of quality and consistency for processing and handling mail so that concerns over contamination of postal workers and potential mail recipients are reduced. A system and methods further provide enhanced disabling of contaminated mail contents, mail, mail equipment, mail containers, and mail personnel due to exposure or contact with harmful agents associated with mail.

The invention provides a display device (26) including a plurality of discrete display segments (2). Each display segment (2) is provided with a drive circuit for driving the display elements arranged within the display area. The display device may be provided either as a passive, active or direct pixel addressed array. By interconnecting a number of display segments, a large area display can be achieved without the requirement for long electrodes. This reduces the electrical resistance and parasitic capacitance of the addressing electrodes, enabling the display to provide improved luminance in a displayed image and to operate at higher speeds, providing improved resolution. An active matrix addressing scheme can also be implemented using relatively low mobility organic thin film transistors.

Disclosed is a shipping container suitable for use for pharmaceuticals, biological materials, blood or tissues, or food products, having a double-walled multiple-chamber structure, wherein a first phase change material, with a phase change temperature between 2° to 8° C. (and in a preferred embodiment, 5°C.) in a payload chamber, and wherein the container includes one or more first chambers surrounding and sharing a wall with the payload chamber, and housing ice (or ice gel packs). A lid fits over (or is hinged to) the upper edges of the walls to seal the container and the payload.

A fluid dispensing cap and beverage bottle assembly provides a spill-resistant container for use by a small child. The dispensing cap has a perforated baffle that restricts the beverage flow under static pressure conditions and permits beverage flow when a sufficient pressure differential is applied across the baffle. The dispensing cap includes a spout that facilitates beverage consumption. The dispensing cap either screws onto a bottle neck or is a press-fit cap that is inserted into the bottle's open end. A seal is provided that prevents beverage leakage and indicates if the container has been tampered with or compromised.

The present invention is directed to a method of making an inclusion complex comprising an acylated cyclodextrin host molecule and a guest molecule, wherein the method comprises the steps of: a)contacting the acylated cyclodextrin host molecule and the guest molecule to form an inclusion complex; and b) precipitating the inclusion complex in an aqueous medium. The present invention is further directed to an inclusion complex comprising an acylated cyclodextrin host molecule and a guest molecule, wherein the guest molecule comprises from about 2% (wt.) to about 15% (wt.) of the inclusion complex. Moreover, the present invention relates to a composition comprising a polymer and an inclusion complex, wherein the inclusion complex comprises an acylated cyclodextrin host molecule and a guest molecule and medical devices and solid pharmaceutical compositions comprised thereof.

A biometric system (10) for assisting a user in providing a biometric reading is described. The system (10) comprises: a biometric capture unit (12) for capturing biometric data from a user; and feedback means (30) for providing the user with an indication of the extent to which a measurement has been captured. The feedback means (30) may be implemented by a display, a loudspeaker (508), or both. The system may also include anonymizing means (66) for providing the feedback means (30) with an anonymized version of the data measured from the biometric capture unit (12).

A method is provided of directing an internet protocol (IP) packet to a mobile node. The mobile node has a home address in a home network and is temporarily connectable in a foreign network having a foreign agent. The IP packet has a header portion including the destination address to which the IP packet is to be sent. The method comprises the steps of: receiving, in the home network, the IP packet including a destination address corresponding to the home address of the mobile node; modifying the IP packet by removing the home address of the mobile node from the header portion of the IP packet and replacing it with the foreign agent care-of address, and appending a mobile node identifier to the IP packet, and transmitting the modified IP packet.

The present disclosure relates generally to techniques for automatically associating one or more access policies with an account. Specifically, these techniques enable one or more access policies to retroactively be associated with an account that is not associated with at least one access policy. By associating an access policy with an account, managing access to one or more resources provided by the account may be automated based on the associated access policy. An identity management system (IDM) system may manage access policies for determining access to resources of target systems. Accounts that are not associated with an access policies may be associated with the access policies governing access to resources identified by those accounts. Access to the resource(s) associated with those accounts may be updated based on the access granted by the access policies which are associated with those accounts.

A waterless hand cleaner formulation includes an organic solvent, a quantity of water and a surfactant present to form a gelatinous emulsion. The gelatinous emulsion is loaded with 0.1 to 25 total weight percent of a natural essential oil having topical antimicrobial activity. Oil of oregano is particularly well suited for this application.

The present invention is a method for treating anxiety or mood disorders in elderly subjects comprising administering to the subject exhibiting an anxiety or mood disorder an effective amount of an agent that modulates Aβ in the subject.

A system and method are provided for promoting vegetation growth on a steeply sloping surface. The system of the present invention includes anchors that are secured to the sloping surface, an inner mesh layer in contact with the slope, a geosynthetic layer placed over the inner mesh layer, and seeded compost material placed in the gap or space between the geosynthetic layer and the inner mesh layer. An outer mesh layer is placed over the geosynthetic layer to help stabilize the geosynthetic layer. The geosynthetic layer and outer mesh layer are also secured to the protruding anchors. Vegetation grows in the compost material and roots of the vegetation penetrate the inner mesh layer into the slope. An established root system stabilizes the slope. The seeded compost material provides an environment that greatly enhances the growth of vegetation on steeply sloping surface which otherwise do not have adequate soil to promote growth. The anchors provide additional structural stabilization for the slope and also provide a means to attach the layers of materials.

With the intention of issuing an alert responsive to judgment of dozing at wheel or deviation from the lane, there is provided an alert system installed in a vehicle including driving state detecting device for detecting driving state of the vehicle; a mobile telephone including a camera; holding device for detachably holding the mobile telephone in an interior of the vehicle such that the camera is able to acquire an image ahead of the vehicle; and alert issuing device for issuing an alert from the mobile telephone based on the image ahead of the vehicle obtained by the camera and the driving state detected by the driving state detecting device.

In some embodiments, a wall-mountable, configurable controller having control keys (e.g., less than eight keys or another small number of keys), a subassembly including circuitry, and a control key insert removably mountable to the subassembly and including at least one of the control keys. The circuitry can include a limit switch that is biased in a default state but moveable into a learning state in response to user-exerted force. In some embodiments, the controller includes an IR emitter and an IR receiver and is operable to clone another device by sending configuring radiation from the emitter to the other device's IR receiver. Preferably, the emitter and receiver are positioned so that a controller's IR emitter aligns with the IR receiver of an identical controller when the controllers are positioned face to face. In some embodiments, the controller provides audible and visual feedback to users when operating in a learning mode.

Improved molecular vaccines comprise nucleic acid vectors that encode a fusion polypeptide that includes polypeptide or peptide physically linked to an antigen. The linked polypeptide is one that (a) promotes processing of the expressed fusion polypeptide via the MHC class I pathway and / or (b) promotes development or activity of antigen presenting cells, primarily dendritic cells. These vaccines employ one of several types of nucleic acid vectors, each with its own relative advantages: naked DNA plasmids, self-replicating RNA replicons and suicidal DNA-based on viral RNA replicons. Administration of such a vaccine results in enhance immune responses, primarily those mediated by CD8+ cytotoxic T lymphocytes, directed against the immunizing antigen part of the fusion polypeptide. Such vaccines are useful against tumor antigens, viral antigens and antigens of other pathogenic microorganisms and can be used in the prevention or treatment of diseases that include cancer and infections.

In a lens driving device of the present invention, each magnet is provide to face an outer circumferential face of a first coil, and face a second coil at a position at which the second coil is provided. A first spring member and a second spring member are configured by a plurality of six springs separated from each other, each coil wire end of the first coil and the two of the second coils being connected to a different spring, respectively, and when moving a lens support (5) in the optical axis direction, electric current is flowed through the first coil, and when moving the lens support in an X-Y direction that is orthogonal to the optical axis, a predetermined electric current is flowed through a predetermined one of the second coils.

A method, system, and apparatus for debugging an application program from a workstation that is remote from a server on which the application program resides includes invoking the application program from the workstation via a network interface; displaying a user frame at the workstation that includes information generated by the application program; providing a debug view option at the workstation for generating a debug frame of the application program; and displaying the debug frame at the workstation when the debug view option is selected. A user can select options to switch between the user frame and the debug frame. The debug frame includes information about one or more components of the application program such as a list of the variables or objects, and the fields, methods, and / or the constructors associated with them. When the debug view option is selected, the information for the user frame is saved, and can be restored to regenerate the information on the user frame when the user view option is selected. The developer can view internal, public, and private code associated with the application program without compromising the security of other application programs on the server. This ability to remotely debug application programs in accordance with the present invention is thus more time and cost efficient than previous methods, and also alleviates concerns about security and unauthorized access to the server.