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The selective rejection of touch contacts in an edge region of a touch sensor panel is disclosed. In addition, by providing certain exceptions to the rejection of edge contacts, the functionality of the touch sensor panel can be maximized. Contacts in edge bands around the perimeter of a touch sensor panel can be ignored. However, if a contact in the edge band moves beyond a threshold distance or speed, it can be recognized as part of a gesture. To accommodate different finger sizes, the size of the edge band can be modified based on the identification of the finger or thumb. Furthermore, if contacts in the center region of a touch sensor panel track the movement of contacts in the edge band, the contacts in the edge band can be recognized as part of a gesture.

The present invention provides an expandable intervertebral implant that is selectively disposed in the intervertebral space and deployed, thereby in-situ distracting, realigning, and/or stabilizing or fusing a portion of the spine of a patient in the treatment of injury, disease, and/or degenerative condition. The expandable intervertebral implant includes a superior member and an inferior member, each of which has a partially or substantially wedge or prismatic shape and a partially or substantially convex or other-shaped surface that is suitable for engaging the substantially concave surfaces of the associated bony superior and inferior intervertebral endplates. Once disposed in the intervertebral space, the expandable intervertebral implant is actuated and deployed, with the superior member and the inferior member moving apart from one another, seating against the associated intervertebral endplates, and distracting, realigning, and/or stabilizing them to a desired degree. The external surface of each of the superior member and the inferior member is provided with a plurality of ridges or other friction structures, providing purchase with the associated intervertebral endplates.

The invention provides a passive fluidics circuit for directing different fluids to a common volume, such as a reaction chamber or flow cell, without intermixing or cross contamination. The direction and rate of flow through junctions, nodes and passages of the fluidics circuit are controlled by the states of upstream valves (e.g. opened or closed), differential fluid pressures at circuit inlets or upstream reservoirs, flow path resistances, and the like. Free diffusion or leakage of fluids from unselected inlets into the common outlet or other inlets at junctions or nodes is prevented by the flow of the selected inlet fluid, a portion of which sweeps by the inlets of unselected fluids and exits the fluidics circuit by waste ports, thereby creating a barrier against undesired intermixing with the outlet flow through leakage or diffusion. The invention is particularly advantageous in apparatus for performing sensitive multistep reactions, such as pH-based DNA sequencing reactions.

This invention combines the precision spray process with in-flight laser treatment in order to produce direct write electronic components. In addition to these components, the process can lay down lines of conductive, inductive, and resistive materials. This development has the potential to change the approach to electronics packaging. This process is revolutionary in that components can be directly produced on small structures, thus removing the need for printed circuit boards.

The present invention provides an expandable intervertebral implant, including: a superior member configured to engage a superior intervertebral body; an inferior member configured to engage an inferior intervertebral body; and an expansion mechanism disposed between the superior member and the inferior member configured to selectively adjust a separation of the superior member from the inferior member; wherein the expansion mechanism includes a proximal wedge structure and a distal wedge structure that are relatively translated between the superior member and the inferior member, wherein the proximal wedge structure and the distal wedge structure are each coupled to the superior member and the inferior member by a plurality of aligned and/or staggered (i.e. nested) track structures and rail structures.

Light emitted in side surface directions from side-emitting red, green, and blue LEDs which are arranged on an LED array substrate is introduced into a light guide from side surfaces of a groove-shaped recessed portion, and propagates in the light guide. Thus, the three colors are mixed. The light further propagates in the light guide while being reflected at both side end surfaces of the light guide by the function of a reflective sheet and the like. Thus, color mixing progresses. Further, the light is reflected upward by diffuse reflective means provided on the lower surface of the light guide, and emitted as backlight light to the outside through a diffuse sheet.

The arithmetic processing apparatus of the present invention is an arithmetic processing apparatus that can be reconfigured in accordance with a processing mode and has a plurality of arranged unit arithmetic circuits. Each unit arithmetic circuit includes at least one input terminal, at least one output terminal, a first register which holds data, an adder which calculates a sum of two pieces of data, a second register which holds data, a bit shifter which shifts data left or right, a subtractor which calculates a difference between two pieces of data, an absolute value calculating unit which calculates an absolute value of data, and a path setting unit which sets a path according to the processing mode connecting among these circuit elements.

In a semiconductor device, via holes are formed around a chip buried in a package, and conductor layers are respectively formed to be connected to one end and another end of the conductor filled in the individual via hole. Portions (pad portions) of the conductor layers which correspond to the conductors are exposed from protective films, or external connection terminals are bonded to the pad portions. The chip is mounted with flip-chip technology so that at least some of electrode terminals thereof are electrically connected to the conductor layers.

A device for sampling and/or analyzing blood or other body fluid of a subject. A housing contains a plurality of lancets and optionally includes test elements to take up a sample of blood, an evaluation system and a display. A complete system that can be handled as a single device, for example in the form of a wristwatch, includes a multiplicity of test elements and lancets, which can be brought successively to a working position to perform multiple measurements. A cassette or carrier includes multiple lancets and/or test elements, for insertion into the device.

A light emitting device includes a nitride semiconductor substrate with a resistivity of 0.5 Ω·cm or less, an n-type nitride semiconductor layer and a p-type nitride semiconductor layer placed more distantly from the nitride semiconductor substrate than the n-type nitride semiconductor layer at a first main surface side of the nitride semiconductor substrate, and a light emitting layer placed between the n-type nitride semiconductor layer and the p-type nitride semiconductor layer, wherein one of the nitride semiconductor substrate and the p-type nitride semiconductor layer is mounted at the top side which emits light and the other is placed at the down side, and a single electrode is placed at the top side. Therefore, there is provided a light emitting device which has a simple configuration thereby making it easy to fabricate, can provide a high light emission efficiency for a long time period, and can be easily miniaturized.

Apparatus and method of communicating data employing current pulses transmitted by an implanted device through living biological tissue to an external device. The method also contemplates transmission of current pulses from the external device through living biological tissue to an implanted device. Uniquely configured antenna electrodes are preferably employed in the implanted device. Increase in signal-to-noise ratio is achieved through synchronization. The method may be employed in diagnostic, therapeutic and general monitoring activities in connection with human beings.

The invention provides a pressure sensor, and further provides electronic skin, touch screen equipment and safety alarm equipment correspondingly, wherein the electronic skin, the touch screen equipment and the safety alarm equipment are based on the pressure sensor. The pressure sensor comprises a substrate. The substrate is provided with a plurality of sensing units arranged in an array mode; a static nano generator with two friction layers is adopted in the sensing units, when external force is applied to the sensor, the distance between two friction layers of each sensing unit feeling the external force is changed, and electrical signals output outwards by two corresponding electrode layers are also changed; electrode layers of all sensing units are led out of the sensor through wires, so that functions like pressure (stress) positioning and pressure field mapping can be achieved. The electronic skin, the touch screen equipment and the safety alarm equipment do not need to be powered by power supplies and can conduct pressure induction in a self-driven mode.

A multiple mode feed horn is provided for transmitting and receiving signals. The feed horn includes a transverse electric throat section, a transverse electric profile section, and a transverse electric aperture section. The transverse electric profile section propagates a first transverse electric (TE) mode. The transverse electric aperture section propagates a second TE mode. The multiple mode feed horn prevents propagation of traverse magnetic modes from said throat section to said aperture section.

The voltage swing of a data signal, which is supplied to a data line, is maintained to be small, thereby reducing the power consumption. When a scanning signal supplied to a scanning line is set to an on-voltage, a data signal with a voltage, depending on the density and depending on the writing polarity, is applied to a data line. In this case, a TFT is turned on. Thus, a liquid crystal capacitor and storage capacitor store the charge corresponding to the voltage of the data signal. Then, the scanning signal is set to an off-voltage to turn the TFT off, and the voltage of the other terminal of the storage capacitor is raised from the low-level of capacitor voltage to the high-level, and the charge corresponding to the raised voltage amount is redistributed to the liquid crystal capacitor. Thus, the effective voltage value applied to the liquid crystal capacitor can correspond to the voltage swing of the data signal or more.

The invention relates to a wrist gesture control system and a wrist gesture control method, particularly relates to a wrist watch type gesture identifying system for controlling electronic products such as mobile phones and computers, and the system can further be used for the remote control and the virtual control of various electromechanical devices such as household appliances, vehicles, industrial machines, game and entertainment devices, teaching and scientific research devices, medical apparatus and instruments, and voice control devices. Each set of the system comprises a left hand system and a right hand system or a system only used by one hand, the wrist gesture control system comprises a wrist watch part 1 which cooperatively works with an upper computer part 2 to control an upper computer as well as a selectively-worn ring part 3, wherein the wrist watch part 1 comprises a control main module 4, a gesture photographing part 5, a backlight LED (Light Emitting Diode) lamp module 6, a power supply module 7 and a waistband feedback module 8; and the upper computer part 2 comprises the upper computer 9 and a first wireless communication module 10; the ring part 3 comprises a ring feedback module 11; the control main module 4 further comprises a control board clamp 12, a second wireless communication module 13, a three-shaft acceleration module 14, a dip angle module 15 and a control button 16.

Provided are an apparatus and method for charging an internal battery in a wireless sensor network. A method for a slave sensor node to charge an internal battery in a sensor network includes estimating an hourly chargeable electric energy rate in a scan phase with a master sensor node, transmitting the estimated hourly chargeable electric energy rate using an association request message requesting association with the master sensor node after recognizing the master sensor node, requesting charging from the master sensor node and performing wireless charging when a power level of an internal battery requires charging, reporting the power level of the internal battery varied by the wireless charging to the master sensor node by predetermined time periods during the wireless charging, and stopping the wireless charging when the power level reported to the master sensor node reaches a predetermined power level.