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Detector Controlled Illuminating System
ActiveUS20120206050A1Correctly illuminateReduce electricity costsMechanical apparatusLight source combinationsUser needsCost effectiveness
An illuminating device coupled with sensors or an image acquisition device and a logical controller allows illumination intensity and spectrum to be varied according to changing user needs. The system provides illumination to areas according to the principles of correct lighting practice for the optimal performance of visual tasks in the most efficient, cost effective manner. Aspects of the invention include: lighting fixtures which adapt to ambient lighting, movement, visual tasks being performed, and environmental and personal conditions affecting illumination requirements at any given instant. Lighting fixtures having spatial distribution of spectrum and intensity, providing both “background” room lighting, and “task” lighting.
Owner:YECHEZKAL EVAN SPERO
Blood glucose tracking apparatus and methods
ActiveUS20050239156A1Easy and precise applicationEfficient use ofBioreactor/fermenter combinationsBiological substance pretreatmentsHand heldComputer module
A measurement module for glucose testing includes a glucose testing measurement module housing, a test strip receptacle formed in the housing, and a connector portion formed in the housing and shaped to permit mechanical removable attachment of the housing to a hand-held computer. Electronics determine the amount of glucose present in a sample of body fluid, when the test strip is positioned in the receptacle and the body fluid is placed on a test strip, and communicate the glucose amount to the hand-held computer via the connector portion.
Owner:ABBOTT DIABETES CARE INC
System and method for establishing eletronic business systems for supporting communications servuces commerce
ActiveUS20060059107A1Easy to addEasy to liftPayment protocolsBilling/invoicingEnterprise application integrationSupporting system
Owner:NETCRACKER TECH SOLUTIONS
Transistor device and method of manufacturing such a transistor device
ActiveUS20100025766A1Suitable for high-scale integrationImprove device performanceSolid-state devicesSemiconductor/solid-state device manufacturingGate insulatorEngineering
A transistor device (10), the transistor device (10) comprising a substrate (11, 14), a fin (3, 3A) aligned along a horizontal direction on the substrate (11, 14), a first source / drain region (4) of a first type of conductivity in the fin (3, 3A), a second source / drain region (5) of a second type of conductivity in the fin (3, 3A), wherein the first type of conductivity differs from the second type of conductivity, a channel region (33) in the fin (3, 3A) between the first source / drain region (4) and the second source / drain region (5), a gate insulator (6) on the channel region (33), and a gate structure (7, 8) on the gate insulator (6), wherein the sequence of the first source / drain region (4), the channel region (33) and the second source / drain region (5) is aligned along the horizontal direction.
Owner:UNITED MICROELECTRONICS CORP
Blood glucose tracking apparatus and methods
ActiveUS20050277164A1Easy and precise applicationEfficient use ofBioreactor/fermenter combinationsBiological substance pretreatmentsHand heldComputer module
Owner:ABBOTT DIABETES CARE INC
Modular personal network systems and methods
ActiveUS7670263B2Low costOptimizationPhysical therapies and activitiesMechanical/radiation/invasive therapiesGeneral purposeUser input
We have disclosed a modular personal network (MPN) that includes multiple devices that may be worn, carried, or used in close proximity to a user. The devices communicate wirelessly. Functions of the MPN may be modified by adding or removing components. The MPN may communicate with a personal computer. General purpose devices may include a control unit, a display, a user input, and an audio output. The MPN may provide a variety of functions, including time, communication, entertainment, organization, guidance, athletic, medical, travel, outdoors, identity, security, and military.
Owner:ADIDAS
Mask pattern forming method, fine pattern forming method, and film deposition apparatus
ActiveUS20100081094A1Low costOptimizationElectric discharge tubesSemiconductor/solid-state device manufacturingResistEngineering
In a mask pattern forming method, a resist film is formed over a thin film, the resist film is processed into resist patterns having a predetermined pitch by photolithography, slimming of the resist patterns is performed, and an oxide film is formed on the thin film and the resist patterns after an end of the slimming step in a film deposition apparatus by supplying a source gas and an oxygen radical or an oxygen-containing gas. In the mask pattern forming method, the slimming and the oxide film forming are continuously performed in the film deposition apparatus.
Owner:TOKYO ELECTRON LTD
Metabolically activated recombinant viral vectors and methods for their preparation and use
Recombinant viral vectors, especially parvovirus vectors such as adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors, capable of enhanced expression of heterologous sequences, and methods for their construction and use, are provided. The vectors have a structure, or are capable of rapidly adopting a structure, which involves intrastrand base pairing of at least one region in a heterologous sequence.
Owner:GENZYME CORP
Architecture for supporting service level agreements in an IP network
InactiveUS6459682B1Effective controlOptimizationError preventionFrequency-division multiplex detailsLoss rateTraffic capacity
A method of controlling packet traffic in an IP network of originating, receiving and intermediate nodes to meet performance objectives established by service level agreements. Traffic statistics and performance data such as delay and loss rates relating to traffic flows are collected at intermediate nodes. A control server processes the collected data to determines data flow rates for different priorities of traffic. A static directory node is used to look up inter-node connections and determine initial traffic classes corresponding to those connections. The rates are combined with the initial traffic classes to define codes for encoding the headers of packets to determine their network priority.
Owner:IBM CORP
System and method for multi-channel RF energy delivery with coagulum reduction
InactiveUS7252664B2Risk minimizationImprove efficiencySurgical instruments for heatingElectricityCoupling
Owner:SICHUAN JINJIANG ELECTRONIC MEDICAL DEVICE TECH CO LTD
Prosthetic hip joint having a polycrystalline diamond articulation surface and a plurality of substrate layers
InactiveUS6793681B1Less disruptiveLimit stressJoint implantsFemoral headsPolycrystalline diamondProsthesis
Prosthetic joints, components for prosthetic joints, superhard bearing and articulation surfaces, diamond bearing and articulation surfaces, substrate surface topographical features, materials for making joints, bearing and articulation surfaces, and methods for manufacturing and finishing the same, and related information are disclosed, including a prosthetic hip joint having a polycrystalline diamond articulation surface and a plurality of substrate layers.
Owner:DIAMICRON
Prosthetic hip joint having sintered polycrystalline diamond compact articulation surfaces
InactiveUS6290726B1Improve wear resistanceReduce coefficient of frictionFinger jointsWrist jointsArticular surfacesProsthesis
Prosthetic joints, components for prosthetic joints, superhard bearing and articulation surfaces, diamond bearing and articulation surfaces, substrate surface topographical features, materials for making joints, bearing and articulation surfaces, and methods for manufacturing and finishing the same, and related information are disclosed, including a prosthetic hip joint having sintered polycrystalline diamond articulation.
Owner:DIAMICRON
Cassette-based dialysis medical fluid therapy systems, apparatuses and methods
InactiveUS20050209563A1Improvement for dialysisImprove accuracyMedical devicesPeritoneal dialysisAccuracy improvementDialysis
Improved cassette-based medical fluid therapy systems, apparatuses and methods are provided. In one aspect, various peristaltic pump tubing materials are provided. Cassette and membrane materials, configurations and manufacturing improvements are provided. Various aspects of the invention include: a head height sensing and compensating method and apparatus; an admixing method and apparatus; a pH measuring method and apparatus; an air detecting and removal methods and apparatuses; an active priming apparatus and method; and a volumetric accuracy improvement apparatus and method.
Owner:BAXTER INT INC +1
Communication-status notification apparatus for communication system, communication-status display apparatus, communication-status notification method, medium in which communication-status notification program is recorded and communication apparatus
InactiveUS6967958B2Easily via a subscriber terminalEasy to observeInterconnection arrangementsMultiple keys/algorithms usageControl communicationsSpeech sound
Owner:FUJITSU LTD
Sharing memory pages and page tables among computer processes
InactiveUS6085296AOptimizationReduce fragmentationMemory adressing/allocation/relocationMicro-instruction address formationPage tableComputer memory
A method of managing computer memory pages. The sharing of a program-accessible page between two processes is managed by a predefined mechanism of a memory manager. The sharing of a page table page between the processes is managed by the same predefined mechanism. The data structures used by the mechanism are equally applicable to sharing program-accessible pages or page table pages.
Owner:HEWLETT-PACKARD ENTERPRISE DEV LP +1
Device for supplying respiratory gas
An apparatus for supplying a respiratory gas includes a blowing device for delivering the respiratory gas, a housing device having a bottom region, a top surface region and a side region extending upwardly between the top surface region and the cover region, as well as a connecting device for connecting a humidifying apparatus. The connecting device is arranged in the side region of the apparatus in such a way that the humidifying apparatus can be laterally coupled thereto. The humidifying apparatus may include a partial amount discharge device for passing a partial amount of the liquid pre-stored in a liquid storage space into a humidifying region. A respiration tube includes a connecting plug structure which has both a respiratory gas connecting portion and a pressure measuring tube connecting portion.
Owner:RESMED HUMIDIFICATION TECH
Diamond-surfaced cup for use in a prosthetic joint
InactiveUS6488715B1Improve wear resistanceReduce coefficient of frictionFinger jointsWrist jointsArticular surfacesSacroiliac joint
Prosthetic joints, components for prosthetic joints, superhard bearing and articulation surfaces, diamond bearing and articulation surfaces, substrate surface topographical features, materials for making joints, bearing and articulation surfaces, and methods for manufacturing and finishing the same, and related information are disclosed, including a diamond-surfaced cup for use in a prosthetic joint.
Owner:DIAMICRON
Job management system for a fleet of autonomous mobile robots
ActiveUS20140365258A1Favorable statusEasy to configureRobotResourcesOrder processingManagement system
The Job Management System (JMS) of the present invention processes job requests in an automated physical environment, such as a factory, hospital, order processing facility or office building, wherein the job requests are handled by a fleet of autonomously-navigating mobile robots. The JMS includes a map defining a floor plan, a set of virtual job locations and a set of one or more virtual job operations associated with virtual job locations. The JMS automatically determines the actual locations and actual job operations for the job requests, and intelligently selects a suitable mobile robot to handle each job request based on the current status and / or the current configuration for the selected mobile robot. The JMS also sends commands to the selected mobile robot to cause the mobile robot to automatically drive the actual job location, to automatically perform the actual job operations, or both.
Owner:ORMON CORP
System and method for automatically recovering video tools in a vision system
ActiveUS7454053B2Reduce detectionReduce failureImage enhancementImage analysisMachine visionRelevant feature
Methods and systems for automatically recovering a failed video inspection tool in a precision machine vision inspection system are described. A set of recovery instructions may be associated or merged with a video tool to allow the tool to automatically recover and proceed to provide an inspection result after an initial failure. The recovery instructions include operations that evaluate and modify feature inspection parameters that govern acquiring an image of a workpiece feature and inspecting the feature. The set of instructions may include an initial phase of recovery that adjusts image acquisition parameters. If adjusting image acquisition parameters does not result in proper tool operation, additional feature inspection parameters, such as the tool position, may be adjusted. The order in which the multiple feature inspection parameters and their related characteristics are considered may be predefined so as to most efficiently complete the automatic tool recovery process.
Owner:MITUTOYO CORP
Axial intramedullary screw for the osteosynthesis of long bones
InactiveUS6517541B1Maintain stabilityOptimizationInternal osteosythesisJoint implantsBone CortexEngineering
An axial intramedullary screw having a straight cylindrical outer surface for the operative treatment of long bones, the screw having two tips and a screw thread extending between the tips. At each of the tips there is a connection portion for screwdriver. The screw thread is used for cutting into the cortical bone of the medullary canal and due to the screwdriver connection at both ends it can be driven from either end through the cortical bone. This allows a method to be used in which the screw is threaded into one portion of a bone fragment and then after connecting a further bone fragment at the fracture site, screwed in a different direction into that further fragment. The screw also includes a transverse screw hole at one or both ends for the passage of an interlocking transverse screw therethrough.
Owner:SESIC NENAD
Multiple light-source illuminating system
InactiveUS8100552B2OptimizationAvoid narrow scopeMechanical apparatusLight source combinationsUser needsEngineering
A method and apparatus is provided for a multiple light-source illuminating device, the design and construction of which is derived from the lighting requirements of a specific lighting application. The resulting illuminating device (16) provides illumination according to the principles of lighting practice for the optimal performance of visual tasks. Coupling with sensors (21) and logical control (20) allows illumination intensity and spectrum to be varied according to changing user needs. The illuminating device includes multiple discrete light emitting components of different spatial intensity distribution and color spectrum mounted in specific orientations such that the application oriented combined lighting effect is created. The control is provided via a differentiated power supply (19) capable of affecting the current, voltage and duty cycle determining the relative contribution of each light source effecting a different spatial intensity distribution and color spectrum.
Owner:SPERO YECHEZKAL EVAN
Virtual image display device and manufacturing method of virtual image display device
ActiveUS8711487B2Remove stainsOptimizationTelevision system detailsMirrorsOptical propertyLight guide
In fabrication of a light guiding unit, a half mirror layer as a reflection film for folding light is covered by a light transmission main body part as a coating member, i.e., a light transmission member, and a hard coating layer is deposited thereon. Therefore, even when the surfaces of a light guide main body part and the light transmission main body part forming the light guiding unit are cleansed as pre-processing of the deposition of the hard coating layer, the situations such that the half mirror layer is separated thereby may be avoided and optical properties of the half mirror layer may not be lost.
Owner:SEIKO EPSON CORP
System and Method for Providing Application-Specific On-Line Charging in a Communications Environment
ActiveUS20080189760A1Optimal application configurationAccurate chargesDigital data processing detailsUser identity/authority verificationComputer networkApplication specific
An architecture for A method for providing on-line charging in a network environment is provided that includes interacting with an application that is selected by an end user, and with a policy enforcement point to install corresponding policies that are inclusive of charging rules. The method also includes performing, via a policy server, on-line charging interactions on behalf of the selected application itself such that application-specific on-line charging for the application is enabled. In more particular embodiments, the policy server understands which application is interacting with it by use of application tokens, source, or service identifiers. Also, the application element can query the policy server indirectly to grant network resources and the policy server examines an end user's policy profile or a network-wide profile (or both) and recognizes that on-line charging applies to the selected application.
Owner:CISCO TECH INC
Methods and apparatus for control configuration using live data
InactiveUS20060206866A1OptimizationOptimize system configurationData processing applicationsComputer controlGraphicsReal-time data
Methods and apparatus for configuring process, environmental, industrial and other control systems generate and / or utilize models representing configurations of control systems and / or the systems controlled by them. Records of changes to the models or the configurations represented by them are maintained, thereby, for example, providing bases for determining current states, prior states and histories of changes. Objects in the model have characteristics, such as an object type characteristic and an area characteristic. Users can have corresponding permissions. A security mechanism apparatus controls access by users to the objects. Composite objects are defined by definition objects and are displayed in encapsulated or expanded formats. Objects can include an edit control type identifier that determines how they are presented for editing. Functionality responds to user commands by transferring characteristics of a first object depicted by the graphical user interface to a second object. Configuration-time formulas contained objects are evaluated to constants prior to downloading to the control system.
Owner:INVENSYS SYST INC
Apparatus, system, and method for managing quality-of-service-assured e-business service systems
InactiveUS6857020B1Guaranteed service qualityQuality improvementMultiprogramming arrangementsMultiple digital computer combinationsManagement objectMonitoring system
One or more SLA-specified service-level monitors and / or one or more provider-owned service-level management monitors are used by the invention to monitor one or more quality measures of one or more QoS-assured service systems and to generate one or more service-level monitoring events when the monitored system does not conform to the respective quality measures. The invention includes a cross-SLA event manager that receives the monitoring events and determines which one or more SLA contracts are affected by the events. Then one or more SLA management objects (SMOs) track the SLA-specific events generated by the event manager according to each of the respective SLA contracts. The SMOs also determine how to allocate / deallocate / configure SLA management resources and / or to determine the effect of these changes on the service system operation to assure the contracted quality of service. A cross-SLA resource manager handles the SMOs' resource allocation requests and optimizes the allocation of available resources per the service provider's SLA management objectives. Finally, a SMO manager manages the execution of SMOs and facilitates the integration and management of service system testing-time and production-time activities.
Owner:IBM CORP
Patient handling device including local status indication, one-touch fowler angle adjustment, and power-on alarm configuration
A patient handling device includes a controller, with a plurality of sensors, control panels, and lamps electrically connected to the controller. The patient handling device records the normal / desired state of the various components when power is applied. When one of the components goes outside the normal / desired state, the controller issues an alarm. This alarm includes illuminating a plurality of amber alert lamps which can normally be viewed by a user at any position around the outside of the patient handling device. The patient handling device also includes a position control. This control restricts movement of an upper (fowler) portion of the patient handling device in a certain range of angular positions, while permitting movement of the upper portion outside the certain range.
Owner:STRYKER CORP
Flows based visualization of packet networks with network performance analysis, troubleshooting, optimization and network history backlog
InactiveUS20060028999A1Improve network securityEasy to highlightError preventionTransmission systemsProcess informationStreamflow
The present invention is a computer system and a method for gathering, processing and analysis of network information resulting in presentation and visualization of packet networks in the form of individual virtual flows, sometimes also called connections or sessions, containing their statistical characteristics in a time-sampled dynamics. The system, deployed as a separate device or co-hosted with other network devices, collects and processes information from all valid packets in network, classifies and maps gathered statistics to the statistics of relevant virtual flows. The statistical information is further processed by the system to provide near-real presentation, as well as stored in a searchable database for future analyses. The invention to be used by network engineers and administrators as a tool for a near real-time control of network traffic, as an analytical tool for solving network bottlenecks, network performance optimization and troubleshooting analyses, cutting costs by optimizing network layout, appropriate organization of traffic and intelligent configuration of QoS, routers and other network devices.
Owner:IAKOBASHVILI ROBERT +1
Impeller housing for percutaneous heart pump
Disclosed herein are heart pumps that include a catheter assembly and that can be applied percutaneously. Some embodiments include a locking device that prevents components of the catheter assembly from being separated when in use. The catheter assembly can include an expandable tip. In some embodiments, the catheter assembly includes a housing having a wall structure, a portion of which can have a bulbuous shape or can be deformable. In other embodiments, the housing can be configured to reduce fluttering or deflection of the housing and / or to maintain a gap between the housing and an impeller blade disposed therein.
Owner:PENN STATE RES FOUND +1
System and method for transferring content via a network
ActiveUS20060015637A1Reduce deliveryStabilize content-transfer rateMultiple digital computer combinationsTransmissionClient-sideClient system
A system for delivering content, such as video content, via a network. In an illustrative embodiment, the system includes a server system that is connected to the network and has access to the content. A client system is adapted to forward a request for the content to the server system via the network. One or more content-delivery routines in communication with the server system are adapted to initiate sending of the content to the client system via multiple streams over the network in response to the request.
Owner:MATRIXSTREAM TECH
Systems and related methods for three dimensional gesture recognition in vehicles
ActiveUS20110286676A1Improve accuracyRobust implementationImage enhancementImage analysisIn vehicleComputer vision
A method and system for performing gesture recognition of a vehicle occupant employing a time of flight (TOF) sensor and a computing system in a vehicle. An embodiment of the method of the invention includes the steps of receiving one or more raw frames from the TOF sensor, performing clustering to locate one or more body part clusters of the vehicle occupant, locating the palm cluster of the vehicle occupant, calculating the location of the tip of the hand of the vehicle occupant, determining whether the hand has performed a dynamic or a static gesture, retrieving a command corresponding to one of the determined static or dynamic gestures, and executing the command.
Owner:MICROSOFT TECH LICENSING LLC
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