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Scannable Cloud

Disclosed herein is a method presenting to a user a tag cloud; wherein the tag cloud keywords' are highlighted based on its correlated records through a passive selection (mouse-over or touchscreen swipe); as well as highlighting its related records list(s) capable of representing the records' relationships within the tag cloud; and this method presents to a user a tag cloud; wherein an active selection (click of a mouse or a touchscreen tap) of a tag or a listed record further filters the list(s) of related records; whereas the tag cloud uncorrelated tags to an active selection remain visible and available for a selection.
Owner:DARWIN ECOSYST

System for determination of a location in three dimensional space

An optical improvement for angular position sensors, which may be used to determine the spatial coordinates of a small source of light (or other energy) in a 3-dimensional volume. Such sensors normally include a linear photosensitive image detector such as a photodiode array or a charge-coupled device (CCD). An irregular pattern of parallel slits is described which increases the amount of light gathered while avoiding the undesirable characteristics of lens optics for this application. One optimal type of irregular pattern is the uniformly redundant array. A mathematical correlation function together with a polynomial interpolation function can determine the displacement of the image on the detector and thereby the location of the source relative to one angular dimension. Given the locations and orientations of several sensors in a 3-dimensional coordinate system and given the angles measured by each, the location of the point source can be computed.
Owner:IMAGE GUIDED TECH

Method for dynamically adjusting the operating parameters of a tof camera according to vehicle speed

A method for adjusting the modulating frequency and the intensity of the IR illumination of a Time of Flight measurement system proportionally to the speed of movement and the ambient light level of the TOF system, thus adjusting the range of vision of the system dependent on speed. In an alternate embodiment the modulating frequency of a TOF measurement system is periodically adjusted to cover a larger range of vision of the TOF.
Owner:TEXAS INSTR INC

Endoscope assembly useful with a scope-sensing light cable

An endoscope assembly consisting of an endoscope 622, a light source, 626 and a camera 552 with display 558. The endoscope contains a memory 670 with data that describes the endoscope and its operating characteristics. When the light source is connected to the endoscope with a fiber optic cable 628, the data in the memory are read into a control processor 538a internal to the light source. The control processor, based on the endoscope data configures the light source so that it emits an appropriate amount of light for that endoscope. The light source also sends a control unit 556 of the camera data indicating the type of endoscope to which the camera is attached. Based on this endoscope type data, the control unit processes the image signals generated by the camera head in an appropriate form for the attached endoscope so as to produce appropriate signals for presenting an image on the display.
Owner:STRYKER CORP

Gesture recognition apparatus and method thereof

A gesture recognition apparatus including a detector, a controller and a gesture recognizer, and is able to detect a portion to be detected using an image captured at a first resolution without reducing the number of images to be entered per unit of time to an object detector by detecting an auxiliary portion instead when the portion to be detected is not detected at a second resolution, estimating the position of the auxiliary portion based on the position of the auxiliary portion, and extracting the periphery thereof from the image captured at the first resolution.
Owner:TOSHIBA DIGITAL SOLUTIONS CORP

Ion manipulation device

An ion manipulation method and device is disclosed. The device includes a pair of substantially parallel surfaces. An array of inner electrodes is contained within, and extends substantially along the length of, each parallel surface. The device includes a first outer array of electrodes and a second outer array of electrodes. Each outer array of electrodes is positioned on either side of the inner electrodes, and is contained within and extends substantially along the length of each parallel surface. A DC voltage is applied to the first and second outer array of electrodes. A RF voltage, with a superimposed electric field, is applied to the inner electrodes by applying the DC voltages to each electrode. Ions either move between the parallel surfaces within an ion confinement area or along paths in the direction of the electric field, or can be trapped in the ion confinement area.
Owner:BATTELLE MEMORIAL INST

Method for processing non-feature regional images in face detection

The invention provides a method for processing non-feature regional images in face detection, belonging to the technical field of image processing. The method comprises the following four steps: firstly carrying out face detection and location, adjusting facial rectangular frame queues, and selecting one facial rectangular frame queue for image processing; extracting a facial contour, extracting a facial contour line by means of a geometric active contour model on the basis of face location, and then determining a facial region; separating out facial features in the facial region such as eyes, a nose, a mouth and the like by using a binarization image processing method, and then locating the facial features; and processing the non-feature facial regional images on the basis of location of the facial features to remove spots, wrinkle and flaws on facial skin in the non-feature facial region. The method can help rapidly detect and locate a plurality of facial positions in digital images or video, and completely preserve details of the facial images to achieve the effect of automatic facial beautification.
Owner:XIAN LINGJING SCI & TECH

Tuning-Fork-Type Scanning Apparatus with a Counterweight

A scanning method and apparatus, the apparatus comprising a fork with first and second forwardly extending tines and a rearwardly extending counterweight member, a mount for supporting the fork at a point between the tines and the counterweight member, and a drive for effecting relative vibration between the tines to provide a fast scan and for driving the fork to provide a slow scan transverse to the fast scan.
Owner:OPTISCAN +1

Limiting scans of loosely ordered and/or grouped relations using nearly ordered maps

A large information space is divided into many smaller information extents. These extents are annotated with statistics about the information they contain. When a search for information includes a restriction based on value, the desired value ranges can be compared to the value ranges of each extent. If the desired value range lies outside the range of the extent, then the extent cannot hold the desired value and does not need to be included in the search.
Owner:HUAWEI TECH CO LTD

Nickel-cobalt-manganese complex hydroxide particles and method for producing same, positive electrode active material for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery and method for producing same, and nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery

An object of the present invention is to provide nickel cobalt manganese composite hydroxide particles having a small particle diameter and a uniform particle size distribution, and a method for producing the same.[Solution]A method for producing a nickel cobalt manganese composite hydroxide by a crystallization reaction is provided. The method includes: a nucleation step of performing nucleation by controlling a pH of an aqueous solution for nucleation including metal compounds containing nickel, cobalt and manganese, and an ammonium ion donor to 12.0 to 14.0 in terms of the pH as measured at a liquid temperature of 25° C. as a standard; and a particle growth step of growing nuclei by controlling a pH of an aqueous solution for particle growth containing nuclei formed in the nucleation step to 10.5 to 12.0 in terms of the pH as measured at a liquid temperature of 25° C. as a standard.
Owner:SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO LTD +1

Decellularized grafts from umbilical cord vessels and process for preparing and using same

A tissue graft is disclosed that includes a decellularized umbilical vessel having a luminal surface and an ablumenal surface, wherein the decellularized umbilical vessel is prepared by an automated dissection process. The decellularized umbilical vessel has not been substantially cross-linked. In one method of use, the decellularized umbilical vessel is capable of having at least one cell type seeded at least a portion of at least one of the luminal and ablumenal surfaces thereof. A process of preparing the tissue graft, methods of using the tissue graft, and kits which contain the tissue graft are also disclosed.
Owner:THE BOARD OF RGT UNIV OF OKLAHOMA

Oscillation circuit and a communication semiconductor integrated circuit

A voltage controlled LC resonance oscillation circuit has a plurality of capacitive elements connected to an output node. These capacitive elements are applied with voltages at opposing terminals for selecting an oscillating frequency band, so that the oscillating frequency band can be changed step by step in accordance with the selection voltage. The capacitive elements include at least one variable capacitive element such as a MOS capacitor, the capacitance of which is varied in accordance with a voltage applied thereto. The MOS capacitor is similar in structure to a MOS transistor. The variable capacitive element can be supplied at a terminal opposite to the output node with a voltage from a variable voltage source, for example, in place of the selection voltage. The voltage controlled LC resonance oscillation circuit can measure the output amplitude and oscillating frequency without affecting the characteristics thereof, and reduce the parasitic capacitance.
Owner:EPOCH MICROELECTRONICS +1

Nickel complex hydroxide particles and nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery

Disclosed are: nickel complex hydroxide particles that have small and uniform particle diameters; and a method by which the nickel complex hydroxide particles can be produced. Specifically disclosed is a method for producing a nickel complex hydroxide by a crystallization reaction, which comprises: a nucleation step in which nucleation is carried out, while controlling an aqueous solution for nucleation containing an ammonium ion supplying material and a metal compound that contains nickel to have a pH of 12.0-13.4 at a liquid temperature of 25° C.; and a particle growth step in which nuclei are grown, while controlling an aqueous solution for particle growth containing the nuclei, which have been formed in the nucleation step, to have a pH of 10.5-12.0 at a liquid temperature of 25° C. In this connection, the pH in the particle growth step is controlled to be less than the pH in the nucleation step.
Owner:SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO LTD

Methods for treating fibrotic conditions

The present invention is directed to methods for treating fibrosis conditions, such as liver, kidney and lung fibrosis, as well as fibrosis conditions of other tissues of the body. The methods of the invention comprise administering to a patient in need of such treatment a therapeutically effective amount of a B-cell antagonist. Exemplary B-cell antagonists that can be used in the practice of the methods of the invention include antibodies against B-cell surface antigens (e.g., antibodies against CD20), and BAFF antagonists.
Owner:BIOGEN INC

Switching power supply circuit

A switching power supply circuit includes a primary side series resonant circuit forming a current resonant converter, and a secondary side series resonant circuit formed by at least a secondary winding and a secondary side series resonant capacitor, whereby a coupling type resonant circuit is formed by magnetic coupling of an isolated converter transformer. In order to obtain a unimodal characteristic for this coupling type resonant circuit, the total coupling coefficient of the isolated converter transformer is set to 0.65 or lower. For power factor improvement, a power factor improving circuit of a power regeneration system or a voltage feedback system is provided.
Owner:SONY CORP

Light source device and image display device

A light source device includes at least two light emitting parts which emit light; and a polarization separating part which transmits polarized light in a first vibrating direction of the lights from the light emitting part, and reflects polarized light in a second vibrating direction nearly orthogonal to the first vibrating direction, thereby to separate the lights from the light emitting part into the polarized light in the first vibrating direction and the polarized light in the second vibrating direction. Herein, the light emitting part includes a reflection part which reflects light that travels toward the light emitting part from the polarization separating part, in the direction of the polarization separating part. The polarization separating part synthesizes the polarized light in the first vibrating direction that has passed through the polarization separating part, and the polarized light in the second vibrating direction that has reflected on the polarization separating part, thereby to cause the synthesized light to travel in a predetermined direction.
Owner:COLUMBIA PEAK VENTURES LLC

Light-emitting diode package

ActiveUS20100006877A1Narrow downRange of the light emitting angle of the light from the second surface of the lens is reducedSolid-state devicesCondensersEngineeringLight-emitting diode
An LED package including a carrier, a LED chip, and a lens is provided. The LED chip is disposed on the carrier. The lens is disposed on the carrier and above the LED chip. A gap is formed between the LED chip and the lens. The lens has a first surface, a second surface, a protrusion, and at least one protruding ring. The first surface faces the LED chip. The second surface is opposite to the first surface. The protrusion is located at the first surface. The protruding ring is located at the first surface and surrounds the protrusion.
Owner:HIMAX DISPLAY INC

Method and apparatus for encoding and decoding key data

An apparatus and a method for encoding and decoding key data are provided. An apparatus for encoding DPCMed differential data of key data includes a DND operator which performs on input differential data a predetermined number of times a DND operation, in which a divide operation is performed on the input differential data so as to divide differential data belonging to a positive number region into halves and so as to convert one half of the differential data belonging to an upper range than the other half into negative values, and either a divide-up operation or a divide-down operation is selectively performed on the results of the divide operation depending on the range of the results of the divide operation so as to reduce the range of differential data belonging to a negative number region or the positive number region, respectively, a shift-up operator which performs a shift-up operation on the results of the DND operation so as to transfer the differential data having been through the DND operation to either the positive or negative number region, a differential data selector which selectively outputs either the differential data having been through the DND operation or the differential data having been through the shift-up operation, and an entropy encoder which entropy-encodes the differential data selected by the differential data selector.
Owner:SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD

Stack Light with Modular Power Converter

A power converter is introduced into a stack light in the form of a compatible modular element that fits between the base and a light module. By converting multiple input voltages to a common core voltage in a module distinct from the base and light modules, proliferation of different varieties of base modules and light modules may be reduced without impact on customer selection.
Owner:ROCKWELL AUTOMATION TECH

Backlight unit

An edge light type backlight unit having an improved light-reception portion. The backlight unit includes one or more light sources that emit light, a light guide panel that guides the propagation of light incident on one side edge thereof, one or more light-reception portions having a first entrance face slanted opposite the side edge of the light guide panel on which the light is incident at a predetermined angle, and one or more reflecting elements that are disposed between each of the light-reception portions and each of the light sources and guides the light emitted by the light source so that it is incident on the first entrance face.
Owner:SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO LTD

Seamless acoustic liner

The invention relates to a method of manufacturing a composite acoustic panel employed in an inlet passage of a gas turbine engine (1). The acoustic panel comprises a permeable face-layer (8), an impermeable backing sheet (9) and a sound absorbing layer (10) disposed therebetween. The method comprises a double polymerisation process for the face-layer and the remainder of the acoustic panel and finally a perforation step to perforate the face-layer according to a pre-determined perforation distribution (11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 11.4, 11.5).
Owner:GKN AEROSPACE SERVICES LTD

Paging method, system and device

The invention discloses a paging method which is used for solving the problems of the prior art of great network pressure load, unsafe network and wasted network resources owing to a big paging scope. In the method, before a paging order is sent out, the information of a base station controller in a district in which a called mobile station stays ultimately is obtained, and a paging order containing the information of the district in which the called mobile station stays ultimately is sent to the the base station controller. And the base station controller inquires a self-database according to the district information and obtains the neighborhood list of the district in which the called mobile station stays ultimately. Then, the paging order is sent to the district and the receiving and sending platform of the base station of the neighboring districts. According to the proposal proposed by the invention, the paging scope is reduced, the paging load is reduced, and the network security is improved. At the same time, a paging system and a device are also disclosed.
Owner:CHINA MOBILE GRP BEIJING

Selective electrochemical accelerator removal

Methods and apparatus are provided for planar metal plating on a workpiece having a surface with recessed regions and exposed surface regions; comprising the steps of: causing a plating accelerator to become attached to said surface including the recessed and exposed surface regions; selectively removing the plating accelerator from the exposed surface regions without performing substantial metal plating on the surface; and after removal of plating accelerator is at least partially complete, plating metal onto the surface, whereby the plating accelerator remaining attached to the surface increases the rate of metal plating in the recessed regions relative to the rate of metal plating in the exposed surface regions.
Owner:NOVELLUS SYSTEMS

Flap-cover aneurysm stent

A stent may comprise an expandable framework and a plurality of flaps. Adjacent flaps may overlap one another to form a wall region of predetermined shape. The stent may be delivered to an aneurysm site and positioned such that the wall region blocks fluid flow into the aneurysm.
Owner:STRYKER EURO OPERATIONS HLDG LLC +1

Electric miter saw

An electric miter saw includes a base, a cutting table, a cutting member and a link arm. The cutting table is mounted on the base. The upper portion of the link arm is connected to a cutting member with the cutting saw blade driven by a motor. The lower portion of the link arm is connected to the upper portion of a supporting member and secured by a threaded central bolt. The linear ball bearing is mounted in the inner aperture of the supporting member, which is slidably connected to the slide rod by a linear ball bearing. At the outer end of the slide rod is mounted a position limit socket. The inner end of the slide rod is connected and secured beneath the cutting table via a releasable securing configuration mentioned above. A flexible blade guard is also provided.
Owner:NIG BO YANG MING ELECTRIC TOOLS

Protective device for a suture

A disc for holding a medical suture on a patient's skin is modified by providing first and second orthogonal grooves in a domed upper surface. Through openings in one of the grooves permits the suture to be tied within that groove so that the suture has a knot contained within the groove and thus below the domed upper surface. The second groove, preferably orthogonal to the first groove, permits a scalpel to be readily inserted along the second groove to traverse the first groove and cut the suture when the suture is to be removed.
Owner:ANGIODYNAMICS INC

Motor controller and electric power steering apparatus

The micro computer 17 continue an output of a motor control signal to execute a current control to carry to each of two phases a phase current changing like a secant curve or a cosecant curve at making a predetermined rotational angle according to the phase generated the current-carrying failure as an asymptote at the generation of the current-carrying failure. The micro computer 17 provides a rotational angle compensating section 40 compensating an input rotational angle θ to correct a phase offset between a phase current command value Ix* as a current command value and an actual phase current value Ix as an actual current value in the current control.
Owner:JTEKT CORP

Speech recognition system and method for operating same

A speech recognition system and method are provided for the speech-controlled inputting of short messages into a telecommunications terminal, in particular a mobile phone or cordless phone, having a speech recognizer module which operates independently of the speaker, a text / phoneme converter module and / or an auxiliary speech recognition module which operates in a speaker-dependent fashion and has the purpose of converting the text inputs or text transfers into a phonetic script which is adapted to the speech recognition module, and a vocabulary control module for supplementing the vocabulary or for replacing elements of the vocabulary by words or phrases which have been input or transferred.
Owner:SIEMENS AG
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