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Sequential dilator system

The present invention is directed to a sequential dilator for use in surgery and a method for using the sequential dilator. The sequential dilator may have a bullet-shaped dilator and a plurality of dilator tubes with a removable handle. The method may include inserting a guide wire through an incision into a patient's vertebra and subsequently inserting the bullet-shaped dilator and dilator tubes with tapered ends and of increasing size into the incision to increase the size of the incision. A kit including the components necessary for the method is also disclosed.
Owner:SYNTHES USA

Systems and methods for the visually impared

Embodiments herein provide / acquire a document in electronic form (e.g., by receiving, copying, retrieving from storage, scanning combined with optical character recognition, etc.) and receive user input regarding visual impairment. In response to one or more levels of user visual impairment, embodiments herein automatically change (for example, immediately after scanning text) an appearance of the document, without requiring any user input, other than the visual impairment input. More specifically, when changing the appearance of the document, embodiments herein can increase the size of characters in the document, change the contrast or coloring of the text and / or background, and provide text-to-speech conversion of the document, thereby (in one embodiment) producing audio output of the text-to-speech conversion in coordination with a corresponding portion of the document being displayed. When changing the appearance of the document, embodiments herein also reformat the document (e.g., around graphic elements) to accommodate the increased size of the characters.
Owner:XEROX CORP

Expandable osteoimplant

An osteoimplant comprising an expandable, biocompatible material. The expandable material may be demineralized bone particles such as demineralized cancelous chips or demineralized cortical fibers or may be another material such as a polymer. The osteoimplant has a first state and a second expanded state. The osteoimplant may be used with another device or on its own. The osteoimplant may be inserted into a device such as an intervertebral body fusion device in the compressed state. The osteoimplant may be rehydrated to expand to an increased size, for example as far as permitted by the confines of the intervertebral body fusion device and spinal endplates, thereby aiding in greater vertebral endplate contact and conformity in spinal surgery.
Owner:WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC INC

Method and system for dynamically partitioning very large database indices on write-once tables

Methods and systems for partitioning and dynamically merging a database index are described. A database index includes a single first-level index partition stored in a data cache. As the first-level index partition in the data cache reaches a predetermined size, it is copied to secondary storage and a new index partition is generated in the data cache. When the number of index partitions in secondary storage reaches some predetermined number, the index partitions are merged to create a single index partition of a higher level in a hierarchy of index partitions having an exponentially increasing size with each increase in level within the hierarchy.
Owner:SAP AG

Method and apparatus for information exchange over a web based environment

With the ever increasing size and the explorative growth of digital document and content, the traditional electronic information exchanging tool such as email and instant message, web-meeting etc. can not fully satisfy massive user's needs. With the development of central controlled distributed scalable virtual machine (CCDSVM) and the web-based computer user working (operating) environment (WCUWE), the problems mentioned above can be easily solved by introduce a common “dynamic work space” technology of this invention within frame work of CCDSVM and WCUWE. With “dynamic work space” technology, user can use conventional browser to instantly post or un-post messages, digital documents or contents or said resources without install specialized software, without size limitation, with security, and further to obtain capability of anywhere and anytime peer-to-peer exchanging information within organized user-group or in one-to-one fashion. In addition, WCUWE of CCDSVM provides each user a private work space and each group a common work space under the dynamic work space umbrella, therefore, WCUWE provide users of CCDSVM a safe secure infrastructure hierarchy for users or group of users to efficiently manage, sharing, and access the right information in time anywhere on the network.
Owner:STT WEBOS

Three dimensional projection systems based on switchable holographic optics

Switchable holographic optical elements (HOEs) can used in systems and methods for projecting three-dimensional images, or for projecting two-dimensional tiled images with increased size and / or resolution. One of the methods may include sequentially displaying first, second, and third color components of a first two-dimensional image at an object plane. The first two dimensional image represents a first slice of a three-dimensional image. As the first, second, and third color components are displayed, first, second and third HOEs may be activated so that the activated first switchable HOE focuses the first color component of the first two-dimensional image onto a first image plane, the activated second switchable HOE focuses the second color component of the first two-dimensional image onto the first image plane, and the wherein the activated third switchable HOE focuses the third color component of the first two-dimensional image onto the first image plane. It is noted that the first, second, and third HOEs may be activated concurrently or sequentially with the display of the first, second, or third color components of the first two-dimensional image. After the first, second, and third color components are displayed, the first, second and third switchable HOEs are deactivated. Then, first, second, and third color components of a second two-dimensional image are sequentially displayed. The second two-dimensional image represents a second slice of the three-dimensional image. A fourth switchable HOE may be activated to focus the first color component of the second two-dimensional image onto a second image plane. The second image plane is adjacent to the first image plane.
Owner:INTEL CORP +1

Passive matrix OLED display having increased size

A passive matrix OLED display free of line dropout defects in the image region and providing full-frame brightness of at least 50 nits is disclosed. In one embodiment of the invention, the display may have a diagonal surface dimension in excess of 10 inches and may have more than 150 row lines. In a specific embodiment, a passive matrix OLED display is described comprising an array of individually addressable OLED pixels arranged in column and row lines in an imaging area of the display, wherein at least one pixel comprises at least one current-limiting component connected in series with an electroluminescent diode, and wherein the electroluminescent diode comprises a plurality of electroluminescent units connected in series between an anode and a cathode.
Owner:EASTMAN KODAK CO

Electric vacuum cleaner

 Provided is an electric vacuum cleaner in which quietness can be improved without increasing size while air-intake balance is guaranteed. The electric vacuum cleaner has an electric air blower (25). The electric vacuum cleaner has a separating section (39) for separating dust drawn in by the electric air blower (25). The separating section (39) is provided with a first centrifugal separating section (32) for centrifugally separating dust drawn in by the electric air blower (25). The separating section (39) is provided with a plurality of second centrifugal separating sections (36) for centrifugally separating dust that is smaller than the dust separated in the first centrifugal separating section (32). The second centrifugal separating sections (36) are in communication with the downstream side of the first centrifugal separating section (32), and are respectively arranged in positions on opposite sides of the electric air blower (25).
Owner:TOSHIBA LIFESTYLE PROD & SERVICES CORP

Image sensor with SOI substrate

An imager pixel utilizing a silicon-on-insulator substrate, a photodiode in said substrate below the buried oxide, and a dual contact to said photodiode and methods of forming said imager pixel. The photodiode has an increased fill factor due to its increased size relative to the pixel.
Owner:APTINA IMAGING CORP

Compound thin-film solar cell and process for producing the same

A method of fabricating a thin-film compound solar cell having an n-type buffer layer formed therein for providing a heterojunction with a p-type compound semiconductor light absorbing layer formed on a back electrode by applying a chemical bath deposition (CBD) process using an aqueous solution for dipping the light absorbing layer to deposit particles on the surface thereof. In this process, the temperature of the solution is controlled from low to high to increase sizes of the particles to be deposited on the light absorbing layer so as to form the buffer layer which possesses a high optical transmittance, tight adherence to the light absorbing layer and conformity with the transparent electrode formed thereon even if it would be made of InS material generally possessing a small bandgap and hard to pass light of short wavelengths.
Owner:HONDA MOTOR CO LTD

High throughput nucleic acid sequencing by spacing

Nucleic acid sequencing methods and related devices, products and kits are disclosed. Methods for sequencing a target nucleic acid comprise providing a daughter strand produced by a template-directed synthesis, the daughter strand comprising a plurality of subunits coupled in a sequence corresponding to a contiguous nucleotide sequence of all or a portion of the target nucleic acid, wherein the individual subunits comprise a probe and a reporter construct. The subunit encodes sequence information in its reporter construct that is less than sequence information in the corresponding portion of the target nucleic acid. The reduced information allows for reduced resolution requirements on the detection system and for increased size of resolvable reporter groups.
Owner:STRATOS GENOMICS

Method and apparatus for production of uniformly sized nanoparticles

An apparatus and process for creating uniformly sized, spherical nanoparticles from a solid target. The solid target surface is ablated to create an ejecta event containing nanoparticles moving away from the surface. Ablation may be caused by laser or electrostatic discharge. At least one electromagnetic field is placed in front of the solid target surface being ablated. The electromagnetic field manipulates at least a portion of the nanoparticles as they move away from the target surface through the electromagnetic field to increase size and spherical shape uniformity of the nanoparticles. The manipulated nanoparticles are collected.
Owner:EVOQ NANO INC

Memory management method and mobile terminal

The invention discloses a memory management method and a mobile terminal. The memory management method comprises the following steps that: when the usage rate of a system memory of the mobile terminal is greater than or equal to a preset numerical value, an area, where the mobile terminal is currently, is determined; the priorities of various application programs are determined according to the obtained use numbers of the various application programs operated in the background of the mobile terminal; the use numbers are use numbers of the various application programs in the area within a current time slot; at least one application program operated in the background is closed according to the increasing size order of the priorities of the various application programs; the memory resources of the at least one application program operated in the background are released; and thus, the usage rate of the system memory is less than the preset numerical value. According to the invention, the priorities of the application programs are determined according to the use numbers of the various application programs operated in the background in the area, where the mobile terminal is currently, within the current time slot; therefore, the application programs are closed and the memory resources are released according to the priorities; and thus, the use experience is improved.
Owner:GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMM CORP LTD

Three dimensional projection systems based on switchable holographic optics

Switchable holographic optical elements (HOEs) can used in systems and methods for projecting three-dimensional images, or for projecting two-dimensional tiled images with increased size and / or resolution. One of the methods may include sequentially displaying first, second, and third color components of a first two-dimensional image at an object plane. The first two dimensional image represents a first slice of a three-dimensional image. As the first, second, and third color components are displayed, first, second and third HOEs may be activated so that the activated first switchable HOE focuses the first color component of the first two-dimensional image onto a first image plane, the activated second switchable HOE focuses the second color component of the first two-dimensional image onto the first image plane, and the wherein the activated third switchable HOE focuses the third color component of the first two-dimensional image onto the first image plane. It is noted that the first, second, and third HOEs may be activated concurrently or sequentially with the display of the first, second, or third color components of the first two-dimensional image. After the first, second, and third color components are displayed, the first, second and third switchable HOEs are deactivated. Then, first, second, and third color components of a second two-dimensional image are sequentially displayed. The second two-dimensional image represents a second slice of the three-dimensional image. A fourth switchable HOE may be activated to focus the first color component of the second two-dimensional image onto a second image plane. The second image plane is adjacent to the first image plane.
Owner:INTEL CORP +1

Method of compensating missing nozzle and printer using the same

InactiveUS20060125850A1Appropriate image qualityOther printing apparatusImaging qualityIncrease size
A method of compensating a missing nozzle of a printer and a printer using the same. The method includes determining adjacent nozzles corresponding to the missing nozzle, and compensating the missing nozzle by generating dots having an increased size through the adjacent nozzles and generating dots having a normal size through other nozzles when the missing nozzle is generated in the nozzles performing a printing operation. Therefore, it is possible to compensate operations of all color nozzles as well as the black nozzle. As a result, the method of compensating the missing nozzle of the printer compensates operations of the missing nozzle when an image having a composite color is printed as well as when the black image is printed. In addition, it is possible to maintain appropriate image quality by compensating the operation of the missing nozzle through other adjacent nozzles even when a portion of the adjacent nozzles is out of order, since the number of the adjacent nozzles is larger.
Owner:S PRINTING SOLUTION CO LTD

Slider cellphone

InactiveCN102123187ANo increase or decrease in areaTelephone set constructionsIncrease sizeMechanical engineering
This invention relates to a slider cellphone, comprises a soft screen (2), a screen shaft (5) and a shell body (9). The shell body is provided with at least two layers of slideable flexible brackets (8). The soft screen (2) comprises an extending part and a winding part. The extending part of the soft screen (2) is connected with the shell body (9) and can extend along with the sliding direction of the slideable flexible brackets (8). The winding part of the soft screen (2) is connected with the screen shaft (5) and winds along with the screen shaft (5). This invention realizes that the area of the cellphone can not be increased or decreased under the condition of increasing size of the cellphone through the soft screen or the slideable flexible brackets.
Owner:叶尔肯·拜山

Method for forming interlayer connectors to a stack of conductive layers

A method forms interlayer connectors extending to conductive layers of a stack of W conductive layers interleaved with dielectric layers. The stack is etched to expose landing areas at W−1 conductive layers using a set of M etch masks. For each etch mask m, m going from 0 to M−1, there is a first etching step, at least one mask trimming step, and a subsequent etching step following each trimming step. The etch mask may cover Nm+1 of the landing areas and the open etch region may cover Nm of the landing areas. N equals 2 plus the number of trimming steps. The trimming step may be carried out so that the increased size open etch region overlies an additional 1 / N of the landing areas. Part of the stack surface may be shielded during the removing step to create dummy areas without contact openings.
Owner:MACRONIX INT CO LTD

Method and system for data layout and replacement in distributed streaming caches on a network

A system and method for segmenting, distributing and replacing streaming multimedia clips in a network system including at least one origin server connected to a plurality of streaming caches via an interactive distribution network, such as the Internet. The at least one origin server stores a plurality of streaming multimedia clips in an associated memory and segments the clips into a plurality of data segment of exponentially increasing size; the origin server then distributes the plurality of data segments to the plurality of streaming caches where each streaming cache decides whether to store or discard each segment in accordance with a predefined probability. Another aspect of the invention involves replacing stored data segments at each of the plurality of streaming caches as needed. In one embodiment, a hotness rating is computed for each streaming multimedia clip stored in an SC. Clips are replaced as needed based on their hotness rating relative to other clips. In a second embodiment, a potential function is computed for each segment stored in an SC. Segments are replaced as needed based on their potential function value relative to other stored segments.
Owner:SOUND VIEW INNOVATIONS

Method and apparatus for information exchange over a web based environment

ActiveCN101416173ALarge-scale security information exchangeNo size limit exchangeInterprogram communicationMultiple digital computer combinationsComputer usersIncrease size
With the ever increasing size and the explorative growth of digital document and content, the traditional electronic information exchanging tool such as email and instant message, web- meeting etc. can not fully satisfy massive user's needs. With the development of central controlled distributed scalable virtual machine (CCDSVM) and the web-based computer user working (operating) environment (WCUWE), the problems mentioned above can be easily solved by introduce a common 'dynamic work space' technology of this invention within frame work of CCDSVM and WCUWE. With 'dynamic work space' technology, user can use conventional browser to instantly post or un-post messages, digital documents or contents or said resources without install specialized software, without size limitation, with security, and further to obtain capability of anywhere and anytime peer-to-peer exchanging information within organized user-group or in one-to-one fashion. In addition, WCUWE of CCDSVM provides each user a private work space and each group a common work space under the dynamic work space umbrella, therefore, WCUWE provide users of CCDSVM a safe secure infrastructure hierarchy for users or group of users to efficiently manage, sharing, and access the right information in time anywhere on the network.
Owner:STT WEBOS

Liquid crystal display apparatus

InactiveUS6300996B1Reduce loadSuppress pixel-based gradation fluctuationNon-linear opticsIncrease sizeEngineering
A liquid crystal display device can suppress pixel-based gradation fluctuations observed upon change in angle of view with increased size as it meets wide angle of view characteristics required of a large-sized liquid crystal display device. A device in which a liquid crystal material is sealed between a pair of substrates 31, 32, a plurality of pixel electrodes 38 for applying voltage across the liquid crystal material is arranged on the substrate 31, a common electrode 12 for applying a voltage common to the pixel electrodes 38 is arranged on the substrate 32, and in which a gate line 22 and a drain line 23 of a switching element adapted to control the voltage applied across the pixel electrodes 38 are provided for extending substantially at right angles to each other. In the device, orientation of the liquid crystal molecules 18 neighboring to the pixel electrode 38 is perpendicular to that of liquid crystal molecules 19 neighboring to the common electrode 12, while the respective orientations are substantially parallel to the direction of the gate line 22 or that of the drain line 23.
Owner:VISTA PEAK VENTURES LLC

Method and Apparatus for information exchange over a web based environment

With the ever increasing size and the explorative growth of digital document and content, the traditional electronic information exchanging tool such as email and instant message, web-meeting etc. can not fully satisfy massive user's needs. With the development of central controlled distributed scalable virtual machine (CCDSVM) and the web-based computer user working (operating) environment (WCUWE), the problems mentioned above can be easily solved by introduce a common “dynamic work space” technology of this invention within frame work of CCDSVM and WCUWE. With “dynamic work space” technology , user can use conventional browser to instantly post or un-post messages, digital documents or contents or said resources without install specialized software, without size limitation, with security, and further to obtain capability of anywhere and anytime peer-to-peer exchanging information within organized user-group or in one-to-one fashion. In addition, WCUWE of CCDSVM provides each user a private work space and each group a common work space under the dynamic work space umbrella, therefore, WCUWE provide users of CCDSVM a safe secure infrastructure hierarchy for users or group of users to efficiently manage, sharing, and access the right information in time anywhere on the network.
Owner:TSAO SHENG TAI TED

Sequential color display device including light shading means

A projection display device includes a condensing unit and a shading unit. The condensing unit condenses light emitted from a light source to form a condensed spot on a color wheel. The shading unit, when a size of the condensed spot on the color wheel has increased due to an increase in light emission of the light source, shades a portion of the light passing through the color wheel corresponding to the increased size.
Owner:PANASONIC CORP

Wide mouth gusseted pouches

A reclosable gusseted bag is disclosed wherein a single web multiple alignment zipper is placed around the interior of the mouth of the bag, downwardly adjacent from the upper edge of the front panel, rear panel and side gussets thereby resulting in an increased size of opening as the mouth of the gusseted bag. The use of a single web multiple alignment zipper allows opposing portions of the web to engage each other within a range of alignments thereby allowing for simplified use by the consumer.
Owner:ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC

Method and apparatus for information exchange over a web based environment

With the ever increasing size and the explorative growth of digital document and content, the traditional electronic information exchanging tool such as email and instant message, web-meeting etc. can not fully satisfy massive user's needs. With the development of central controlled distributed scalable virtual machine (CCDSVM) and the web-based computer user working (operating) environment (WCUWE), the problems mentioned above can be easily solved by introduce a common “dynamic work space” technology of this invention within frame work of CCDSVM and WCUWE. With “dynamic work space” technology, user can use conventional browser to instantly post or un-post messages, digital documents or contents or said resources without install specialized software, without size limitation, with security, and further to obtain capability of anywhere and anytime peer-to-peer exchanging information within organized user-group or in one-to-one fashion. In addition, WCUWE of CCDSVM provides each user a private work space and each group a common work space under the dynamic work space umbrella, therefore, WCUWE provide users of CCDSVM a safe secure infrastructure hierarchy for users or group of users to efficiently manage, sharing, and access the right information in time anywhere on the network.
Owner:STT WEBOS

Displaying information to indicate both the importance and the urgency of the information

InactiveUS20050246658A1Reduce screen spaceFree up screen spaceCathode-ray tube indicatorsMultiple digital computer combinationsIncrease sizeIncreased sizes
Data items contained in personal information are displayed in manner that is indicative of both the importance and the urgency of the data items. A first visual cue is assigned to the data item based on an importance of the data item. The first visual cue may cause more important items to be displayed with increased size and less important items to be displayed with decreased size. A second visual cue is assigned to the data item based on an urgency of the data item. The second visual cue may cause more urgent items to be displayed in a first color and less important items to be displayed in a second color. The data item is displayed using the first and second visual cue as to provide a visual indication as to both the importance and urgency of the data item.
Owner:MICROSOFT TECH LICENSING LLC

Stripping tool for fiber optic cables

A scissors-type fiber optic cable stripping tool includes a pair of operating members pivotally connected intermediate their ends, thereby to define stripping portions and handle portions on opposite sides of a pivot pin. The adjacent surfaces of the stripping portions are provided with a plurality of longitudinally spaced V-shaped recesses that cooperate when the operating members are pivoted to the closed position to define stripping openings that progress in size in the direction away from the pivot pin. Spring means bias the operating members toward an open condition, and locking means serve to lock the operating members in the closed condition for transport of the tool. The stripping openings of progressively increasing size have machined surfaces that define knife edges are adapted to sever the outer concentric insulation layers of various sizes and types of fiber optic cables, including the outer jacket of a 2.0 mm to 2.4 mm optic fiber cable, the outer jacket of a 2.8 to 3.0 mm optic fiber cable, the outer jacket of a 2.0 mm to 3.0 mm loose tube optic fiber cable, the 900 μm buffer layer of a loose buffer optic cable, and the buffer and acrylate layers of 900 / 125 μm and 250 / 125 μm fiber optic cables.
Owner:CONNECTOOL
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