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Examples of a rail-mounted robotic inventory system are provided. The system includes a rail-mounted robot having an electronic tag reader configured to receive electronic tag data from electronic tags associated with inventory items. The system can include a navigation module configured to direct the rail-mounted robot along a rail through an inventory area, detect obstacles, and determine a position of the rail-mounted robot within the inventory area. The system can include an inventory identification module configured to receive the electronic tag data from the rail-mounted robot and identify and / or locate the inventory items in the inventory area based at least partly on the electronic tag data.

Watch case comprising an unfolding clasp for a flexible strap, with the unfolding clasp comprising: a middle connected to a first end of the strap, a base connected to the second end of the strap, an extension, connected in articulated fashion to the middle and to the base. The articulations between the middle and the extension and between the base and the extension are arranged in such a manner as to allow the middle, the extension and the base to superimpose in folded position, and to be juxtaposed in an unfolded position. The watch case further comprising a regulating cam for holding by compression and / or friction the strap against the base, the cam being capable of being swung to increase or reduce in a reversible manner the length of the strap in folded position.

A detector includes a smoke detecting section that includes a light-receiving unit at a position at which the light-receiving unit does not directly receive light emitted by a light-emitting unit in a chamber in which a labyrinth for preventing light from directly entering from the outside and an insect net covering the rim of the labyrinth are provided, the light-receiving unit receiving light scattered by smoke flowing into the chamber. An opening hole is formed open in the surface of the cover receiving hot air current, of the detector. In the cover behind the opening hole, an electrochemical gas sensor is placed to bring gas generated by a fire through the opening hole into contact with an electrolyte solution to detect the gas by an electrode.

There is provided an image processing device including a superimposition display position determining unit which determines a position of an object having a predetermined flat surface or curved surface out of an object imaged in an input image based on an environment map, a superimposition display image generating unit which generates a superimposition display image by setting superimposition display data at the position of the object determined by the superimposition display position determining unit, an image superimposing unit which superimposes the superimposition display image on a visual field of a user, an operating object recognizing unit which recognizes an operating object imaged in the input image, and a process executing unit which executes a process corresponding to an item selected based on a position of the operating object recognized by the operating object recognizing unit.

A networked data processor maintains a database of information concerning potential evidence from litigants in legal proceedings supporting stipulated discovery agreements, and requiring meet-and-confer sessions prior to seeking court supervision. Individual or adverse parties can participate. Sources include data custodians, file repositories, electronic data, witnesses, etc. Managers and employees are polled to populate a database defining the litigant's organization and evidence. The evidence may be sequestered, copied and processed, e.g., filtered for confidentiality or privilege, analyzed as to format, and queried to assess the volume of data that would be responsive under alternative discovery specifications. Cost and time are assessed under alternative specifications and reports are provided for use in negotiating a discovery plan. A stipulated discovery plan may result, or if not, a meet-and-confer session is electronically managed in a multi-user teleconference. A report of stipulated and disputed points and associated arguments can be presented to the court.

An in-wheel suspension including a tire / wheel assembly-side member that includes a tire / wheel assembly support member fixed to a tire / wheel assembly, a vehicle body-side member that supports the tire / wheel assembly support member such that the tire / wheel assembly support member can slide along a sliding axis X extending in the substantially vertical direction and rotate on the sliding axis X, and at least one of a spring element and an attenuation element that acts in accordance with sliding of the tire / wheel assembly support member. The in-wheel suspension further includes a coupling member that couples the tire / wheel assembly-side member with the vehicle body-side member, and that rotates the tire / wheel assembly support member in accordance with the sliding of the tire / wheel assembly support member.

A gaming method operates to provide expert card-counting information to some or all participants, in exchange for a premium. The premium may be a cash payment, a reduction in the prize amounts or betting odds, some combination of the foregoing, or any other useful remuneration. The house retains its edge via the premium. The method may be implemented for play at a physical or virtual card table.

An apparatus includes a robot arm, an electrical power cord, a motor-driven cable reel, an end effector, and at least one sensor. The robot arm has a proximal end and a distal end, and is configured to move in response to one or more electrical signals. The electrical power cord extends through the robot arm from the proximal end to the distal end and has an electrical plug at an end thereof. The motor-driven cable reel dispenses and retracts the electrical power cord so as to control a length thereof. The end effector is disposed at the distal end of the robot arm, and is configured to selectively grasp and release the electrical plug. The sensor is disposed at the distal end of the robot arm, and is configured to produce sensor data for controlling the robot arm to dock the electrical plug into an electrical receptacle.

The present invention relates to a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet including: a laminated structure in which a light-shielding layer, a white or silver layer, and a colored layer are laminated in this order; and at least one pressure-sensitive adhesive layer as at least one surface layer, in which at least one surface of the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet has L* of 30 or more and C* of 3 or more, L* representing a luminosity and C* representing a chromaticness, and in which the pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet as a whole has a transmittance of a light having a wavelength of 550 nm of 0.3% or less. The pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet of the invention is excellent in light-shielding property irrespective of the thinness thereof as well as in decorativity due to the surface thereof that is colored with a bright color.

There is provided an image processing device including a superimposition display position determining unit which determines a position of an object having a predetermined flat surface or curved surface out of an object imaged in an input image based on an environment map, a superimposition display image generating unit which generates a superimposition display image by setting superimposition display data at the position of the object determined by the superimposition display position determining unit, an image superimposing unit which superimposes the superimposition display image on a visual field of a user, an operating object recognizing unit which recognizes an operating object imaged in the input image, and a process executing unit which executes a process corresponding to an item selected based on a position of the operating object recognized by the operating object recognizing unit.

Using a morpholino nucleotide wherein 5′-hydroxy group or a hydroxy group present on the substituent of the 5′-hydroxy group is protected by a protecting group having an alkyl group having not less than 10 and not more than 300 carbon atoms and / or an alkenyl group having not less than 10 and not more than 300 carbon atoms as a starting material, a method capable of efficiently producing the morpholino oligonucleotide in a high yield by a liquid phase synthesis can be provided.

An in-wheel suspension including a tire / wheel assembly-side member that includes a tire / wheel assembly support member fixed to a tire / wheel assembly, a vehicle body-side member that supports the tire / wheel assembly support member such that the tire / wheel assembly support member can slide along a sliding axis X extending in the substantially vertical direction and rotate on the sliding axis X, and at least one of a spring element and an attenuation element that acts in accordance with sliding of the tire / wheel assembly support member. The in-wheel suspension further includes a coupling member that couples the tire / wheel assembly-side member with the vehicle body-side member, and that rotates the tire / wheel assembly support member in accordance with the sliding of the tire / wheel assembly support member.

Watch case comprising an unfolding clasp for a flexible strap, said unfolding clasp comprising: a middle (1) connected to a first end of the strap, a base (3) connected to the second end of the strap, an extension (2), connected in articulated fashion to the middle (1) and to the base (3), wherein the articulations (20, 21) between the middle (1) and the extension (2) and between the base (3) and the extension (2) are arranged in such a manner as to allow the middle, the extension and the base to superimpose in folded position, and to be juxtaposed in unfolded position, a regulating cam (34) for holding by compression and / or friction the strap against the base, the cam being capable of being swung to increase or reduce in a reversible manner the length of in folded position of the strap.

A system and method for determining a location. The system employs encoded information devices dispersed through the environment, each having, a non-unique code associated therewith. The codes from the encoded information devices are acquired as a reading device passes nearby, and stored. The codes from a proximate set of information devices are correlated with a map or mapping relation to determine one or more consistent positions within the environment. The information devices are preferably passive acoustic wave transponders and the mapping relation may be a pseudorandom sequence or a defined map.

Bonding pad structures according to the invention will include one or more dielectric layer patterns and / or conductive via patterns provided within the periphery of an associated primary conductive layer pattern. These patterns may be configured so that the patterns on successive levels of the bonding pad metallization sequence are offset in a manner that will tend to increase the resistance of the resulting bonding pad structure to subsequent mechanical and / or thermal stresses. By improving adhesion of the bonding pad structures, reductions may also be achieved in the frequency and severity of separation, delamination or peeling of the various conductive and dielectric layers incorporated into the bonding pad structure.

A circuit board has plated through holes which are laid out with a fine pitch and meets requirements relating to characteristics such as the thermal expansion coefficient of the circuit board. A method of manufacturing a circuit board includes: a step of forming a core portion by thermal compression bonding prepregs which include first fibers that conduct electricity and second fibers that do not conduct electricity, which have the second fibers disposed at positions where plated through holes will pass through, and which are impregnated with resin; a step of forming through holes at positions in the core portion where the second fibers are disposed; and a step of forming a conductive layer on inner surfaces of the through holes to form plated through holes at positions that do not interfere with the first fibers and thereby produce a core substrate.

The invention relates to the field of genetic engineering tools, methods and techniques for gene or genome editing. Specifically, the invention concerns isolated polypeptides having nuclease activity, host cells and expression vectors comprising nucleic acids encoding said polypeptides as well as methods of cleaving and editing target nucleic acids in a sequence-specific manner. The polypeptides, nucleic acids, expression vectors, host cells and methods of the present invention have application in many fields of biotechnology, including, for example, synthetic biology and gene therapy.

There is provided an image processing device including a superimposition display position determining unit which determines a position of an object having a predetermined flat surface or curved surface out of an object imaged in an input image based on an environment map, a superimposition display image generating unit which generates a superimposition display image by setting superimposition display data at the position of the object determined by the superimposition display position determining unit, an image superimposing unit which superimposes the superimposition display image on a visual field of a user, an operating object recognizing unit which recognizes an operating object imaged in the input image, and a process executing unit which executes a process corresponding to an item selected based on a position of the operating object recognized by the operating object recognizing unit.

The invention provides pan musical instruments, or pans, and methods of making same. Particularly, a process for mechanization and mass production of tunable pans with improved consistency, sound quality, and ease of tuning is provided.

Examples of a rail-mounted robotic inventory system are provided. The system includes a rail-mounted robot having an electronic tag reader configured to receive electronic tag data from electronic tags associated with inventory items. The system can include a navigation module configured to direct the rail-mounted robot along a rail through an inventory area, detect obstacles, and determine a position of the rail-mounted robot within the inventory area. The system can include an inventory identification module configured to receive the electronic tag data from the rail-mounted robot and identify and / or locate the inventory items in the inventory area based at least partly on the electronic tag data.

An aluminium alloy for use as a core material in brazing sheet, consisting of, in weight %: Mn 0.7-1.5, Cu 0.6-1.0, Fe not more than 0.4, Si less than 0.1, Mg 0.05-0.8, Ti 0.02-0.3, Cr 0.1-0.25, Zr 0.1-0.2, balance Al and unavoidable impurities, wherein 0.2<=(Cr+Zr)<=0.4, the alloy being capable of obtaining in the post-brazing state 0.2% yield strength of at least 65 MPa and having a corrosion life of more than 11 days in a SWAAT test without perforations in accordance with ASTM G-85.

A decoupling capacitor is disclosed that has an n-type portion and a p-type portion in a semiconductor, said decoupling capacitor comprising an NFET transistor and a PFET transistor, said PFET transistor being substantially formed in said n-type portion and said NFET transistor being substantially formed in said p-type portion, a boundary between said n-type portion and said p-type portion being substantially straight, said transistors being arranged such that a source and drain of said PFET transistor are connected to a high voltage rail and a source and drain of said NFET transistor are connected to a low voltage rail.

A method and apparatus for providing a clock signal to a charge pump is disclosed. In a particular embodiment, the method includes providing a first clock signal to a first charge pump unit of a charge pump. The method further includes providing a second clock signal to a second charge pump unit of the charge pump. A low-to-high transition of the first clock signal occurs substantially concurrently with a high-to-low transition of the second clock signal. Only one clock signal may be at a logic high voltage level at any given time.

A hybrid vehicle propulsion system, comprising of an engine having at least one combustion cylinder configured to selectively operate in one of a plurality of combustion modes, wherein a first combustion mode is a spark ignition mode and a second combustion mode is a homogeneous charge compression ignition mode, an energy storage device configured to store energy, a motor configured to absorb at least a portion of an output produced by the engine and convert said absorbed engine output to energy storable by the energy storage device and wherein the motor is further configured to produce a motor output, a fuel tank vapor purging system coupled to the engine, and a controller configured to vary fuel vapors supplied to the engine during different combustion modes of the engine.

Methods and systems are provided for a parallel arrangement of at least two valved aspirators, with a high pressure source such as an intake throttle inlet coupled to a motive inlet of the arrangement and a low pressure sink such as an intake throttle outlet coupled to a mixed flow outlet of the arrangement. Intake throttle position and respective valves arranged in series with each aspirator of the arrangement are controlled based on intake manifold pressure and / or a desired engine air flow rate, for example such that a combined motive flow rate through the arrangement increases as intake manifold pressure increases. An intake throttle with a fully closed default position may be used in conjunction with the arrangement; during a fault condition where the intake throttle is fully closed, the valves of the arrangement may be controlled to achieve a controllable engine air flow rate during the fault condition.

A microphone has a housing (9) defining an acoustic hole (99) and having inner faces. The microphone includes a MEMS capacitor (1) secured to and electrically connected with a first face (6) of the inner faces of the housing (9), the first face defining the acoustic hole (99), a detecting circuit (7) secured to and electrically connected with a second face (8) of the inner faces of the housing (9), the second face (8) being not adjacent the first face (6), the detecting circuit (7) detecting at least a change in the electrostatic capacity of the MEMS capacitor (1). The microphone further includes a flexible substrate (4) secured to the first face (6) and the second face (8) and disposed under a bent state inside the housing (9). The flexible substrate (4) establishes electrical connection between the MEMS capacitor (1) and the detecting circuit (7) via a wire electrically connecting the first face (6) and the second face (8).

A photographic wide-angle lens system with internal focusing has a front array (II) of negative refractive power that is rigid within itself and fixed on the object-side, a rear array (III) of positive refractive power that is rigid within itself and fixed on the image side of an aperture diaphragm (A), and a focusing array (II) of positive refractive power having an optical single element (5) that is arranged between the front array (I) and the aperture diaphragm A and is axially movable from a maximum axial position on the object side to a maximum axial position on the image side to vary the focus distance from its maximum to its minimum value. The optical single element of the focusing array (II) has at least one aspheric surface (51, 52) and the image-side end lens (9) of the rear array (III) is configured as a positive, aspheric meniscus lens.

A detector includes a smoke detecting section that includes a light-receiving unit at a position at which the light-receiving unit does not directly receive light emitted by a light-emitting unit in a chamber in which a labyrinth for preventing light from directly entering from the outside and an insect net covering the rim of the labyrinth are provided, the light-receiving unit receiving light scattered by smoke flowing into the chamber. An opening hole is formed open in the surface of the cover receiving hot air current, of the detector. In the cover behind the opening hole, an electrochemical gas sensor is placed to bring gas generated by a fire through the opening hole into contact with an electrolyte solution to detect the gas by an electrode.

Provided are compositions and methods for sustainable cultivation of algae for biomass, biofuel and bioproduct production, preferably with minimal addition of exogenous nutrients, comprising co-cultivating at least one algal species with at least one aerobic bacterial species and at least one diazotroph (or, in certain embodiments, cultivation of at least one algal species with at least one diazotroph) under continuous sustainable symbiotic conditions, wherein a significant proportion of the macronutrients derive from endogenous decomposed algal and bacterial cells. Certain aspects provide continuous symbiotic diazotroph-attenuated nitrogen stress co-cultivation, wherein a continuous, balanced attenuated nitrogen-stress response provides for adequate sustained algal growth, while yet preserving advantages of algal nitrogen stress responses for algal bioproduct production. Preferred aspects provide for enhanced algal production of at least one of: lipids; triacylglycerols (TAGs); percentage of lips as TAGs; and percentage of saturated and mono-saturated fatty acids relative to polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) in TAGs.