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20120012795 | STABILIZED COMPOSITIONS OF CONDUCTIVE POLYMERS AND PARTIALLY FLUORINATED ACID POLYMERS - There is provided an electrically conductive polymer composition. The composition includes an electrically conductive polymer and a partially-fluorinated acid polymer. At least 50% of acid protons on the partially-fluorinated acid polymer are replaced with cations. The cations can be inorganic cations, organic cations, and combinations thereof. | 01-19-2012 |
20120077042 | TRANSPARENT COMPOSITE CONDUCTORS HAVING HIGH WORK FUNCTION - There is provided a transparent composite conductor. The composite conductor has a first layer that includes a transparent conductive material and a second layer that includes a fluorinated acid polymer. | 03-29-2012 |
20120077043 | TRANSPARENT COMPOSITE CONDUCTORS HAVING HIGH WORK FUNCTION - There is provided a transparent composite conductor. The composite conductor has a first layer that includes a transparent conductive material and a second layer that includes a fluorinated acid polymer. | 03-29-2012 |
20120145966 | ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE POLYMER COMPOSITIONS AND FILMS MADE THEREFROM - The present disclosure relates to electrically conductive polymer compositions, and their use in electronic devices. The compositions are an aqueous dispersion including: (i) at least one electrically conductive polymer doped with a non-fluorinated polymeric acid; (ii) at least one highly-fluorinated acid polymer; and (iii) electrically insulative oxide nanoparticles. | 06-14-2012 |
20120161120 | COMPOSITIONS OF ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTING POLYMERS MADE WITH ULTRA-PURE FULLY-FLUORINATED ACID POLYMERS - There is provided an electrically conductive polymer composition. The composition contains an electrically conductive polymer made with an ultra-pure fully-fluorinated acid polymer. | 06-28-2012 |
20120181485 | ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE POLYMER COMPOSITIONS AND FILMS MADE THEREFROM - The present invention relates to electrically conductive polymer compositions, and their use in electronic devices. The compositions are an aqueous dispersion including: (i) at least one electrically conductive polymer doped with a non-fluorinated polymeric acid; (ii) at least one highly-fluorinated acid polymer; (iii) at least one water-compatible high-boiling organic solvent; and (iv) electrically insulative inorganic oxide nanoparticles. | 07-19-2012 |
20120193585 | ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE POLYMER COMPOSITIONS - The present invention relates to electrically conductive polymer compositions, and their use in organic electronic devices. The electrically conductive polymer compositions include (i) an intrinsically conductive polymer having at least one monomer unit which is a pyridine-fused heteroaromatic and (ii) a fluorinated acid polymer. | 08-02-2012 |
20120273772 | CHARGE TRANSPORT LAYERS AND ORGANIC ELECTRON DEVICES COMPRISING SAME - Provided are organic n-doped electron transport layers comprising at least one electron transport material and at least one electron rich dopant material and organic p-doped hole transport layers comprising at least one hole transport material and at least one electron deficient dopant material. | 11-01-2012 |
20130126790 | WATER DISPERSIBLE POLYPYRROLES MADE WITH POLYMERIC ACID COLLOIDS FOR ELECTRONICS APPLICATIONS - Compositions are provided comprising aqueous dispersions of at least one polypyrrole and at least one colloid-forming polymeric acid. The colloid-forming polymeric acid may be fluorinated. The new compositions are useful in electronic devices including organic electronic devices such as organic light emitting diode displays, memory storage, electromagnetic shielding, electrochromic displays, and thin film transistors, field effect resistance devices. | 05-23-2013 |
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20120137016 | DISTORTION-AWARE MULTIHOMED SCALABLE VIDEO STREAMING TO MULTIPLE CLIENTS - The described system and method provide joint rate control and scalable stream adaptation for multiple clients concurrently competing for the same access networks. For each such client, an optimization problem is constructed and solved to determine the streaming rate over each access network, the video packets to be transmitted, and the access network over which each video packet is sent. The rate control and stream adaptation problem is constructed as an integer program in an embodiment of the invention, with an objective to minimize a cost function of the expected video distortion. Randomized packet scheduling is accounted for in an embodiment of the invention by relaxing the integer program into real-valued optimization programs and deriving convex programming approximations. | 05-31-2012 |
20120202515 | SMARTPHONE-BASED ASSET MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A method of tracking an inventory of objects via a mobile communications device includes acquiring an image of one or more of the objects via the mobile communications device, which also collects a location of the mobile communications device while acquiring the image of the one or more of the objects. The location and image are transferred from the mobile communications device to a remote server via a wireless network, such that the one or more of the objects are identified at the server based on the image, and the location and identity of the one or more objects are stored on a database associated with the server. | 08-09-2012 |
20130219446 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MULTIPLEXING OF VARIABLE BIT-RATE VIDEO STREAMS IN MOBILE VIDEO SYSTEMS - A method of transmitting a live video stream and a pre-recorded video stream over a wireless network to a mobile device, the method including: receiving the live video stream and the pre-recorded video stream for a current scheduling window; dividing the live video stream and the pre-recorded video stream into segments in the current scheduling window, each segment including an aggregate data amount, a transmission start time and a transmission end time; determining a transmission schedule for the current scheduling window, said transmission schedule including the segments; locating slack time slots, the slack time slots being time slots for which no segment is allocated; and scheduling bursts associated with the pre-recorded video stream in the slack time slots. | 08-22-2013 |
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20110140078 | LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - This disclosure discloses a light-emitting device. The light-emitting device comprises a light-emitting diode chip comprising a plurality of light-emitting diode units and at least one electrical connecting layer. The light-emitting diode units are electrically connected with each other through the electrical connecting layer. Each of the light-emitting diode units comprises a first semiconductor layer, a second semiconductor layer, and an active layer. The light-emitting device further comprises a bonding layer; and a carrier bonded to the light-emitting diode chip by the bonding layer. The electrical connecting layer is formed between the light-emitting diode units and the bonding layer. | 06-16-2011 |
20120235189 | LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE - This disclosure discloses a light-emitting device. The light-emitting device comprises: a substrate; an intermediate layer formed on the substrate; a transparent bonding layer; a first semiconductor window layer bonded to the semiconductor layer through the transparent bonding layer; and a light-emitting stack formed on the first semiconductor window layer. The intermediate layer has a refractive index between the refractive index of the substrate and the refractive index of the first semiconductor window layer. | 09-20-2012 |
20120261695 | LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE - A light-emitting device includes a first electrode; a light-emitting stacked layer on the first electrode; a first contact layer on the light-emitting stacked layer, wherein the first contact layer includes a first contact link and a plurality of first contact lines connected to the first contact link; a first conductive post in the light-emitting stacked layer and electrically connecting the first electrode and the first contact layer; and a passivation layer between the first conductive post and the light-emitting stacked layer. | 10-18-2012 |
20120313249 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE STRUCTURES AND THE SEPARATING METHODS THEREOF - A method of separating semiconductor device structures comprises steps of providing a substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface; forming a plurality of semiconductor epitaxial stacks on the first surface; forming a patterned resist layer covering the semiconductor epitaxial stacks and exposing part of the first surface, or covering the second surface corresponding to the semiconductor epitaxial stacks; performing a physical etching process to directly server the substrate apart from an area of the first surface or the second surface not covered by the patterned resist layer; and separating the semiconductor epitaxial stacks to form a plurality of semiconductor device structures. | 12-13-2012 |
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20110095117 | Methods, Systems, And Products Involving Sheet Products - A method for forming a tubular sheet product roll includes providing a sheet product roll having a first configuration and a void, centering a rotational axis of the sheet product roll on a longitudinal axis of a first tool, and inserting the first tool into the void of the sheet product roll to define an inner diameter of the void and to form the sheet product roll having a second configuration different from the first configuration. | 04-28-2011 |
20130225381 | METHODS, SYSTEMS AND PRODUCTS INVOLVING SHEET PRODUCTS - A method for forming a tubular sheet product roll includes providing a sheet product roll having a first configuration and a void, centering a rotational axis of the sheet product roll on a longitudinal axis of a first tool, and inserting the first tool into the void of the sheet product roll to define an inner diameter of the void and to form the sheet product roll having a second configuration different from the first configuration. | 08-29-2013 |
20130225382 | METHODS, SYSTEMS AND PRODUCTS INVOLVING SHEET PRODUCTS - A method for forming a tubular sheet product roll includes providing a sheet product roll having a first configuration and a void, centering a rotational axis of the sheet product roll on a longitudinal axis of a first tool, and inserting the first tool into the void of the sheet product roll to define an inner diameter of the void and to form the sheet product roll having a second configuration different from the first configuration. | 08-29-2013 |
20130225385 | METHODS, SYSTEMS AND PRODUCTS INVOLVING SHEET PRODUCTS - A method for forming a tubular sheet product roll includes providing a sheet product roll having a first configuration and a void, centering a rotational axis of the sheet product roll on a longitudinal axis of a first tool, and inserting the first tool into the void of the sheet product roll to define an inner diameter of the void and to form the sheet product roll having a second configuration different from the first configuration. | 08-29-2013 |
20130225386 | METHODS, SYSTEMS AND PRODUCTS INVOLVING SHEET PRODUCTS - A method for forming a tubular sheet product roll includes providing a sheet product roll having a first configuration and a void, centering a rotational axis of the sheet product roll on a longitudinal axis of a first tool, and inserting the first tool into the void of the sheet product roll to define an inner diameter of the void and to form the sheet product roll having a second configuration different from the first configuration. | 08-29-2013 |
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20090264958 | Method For Suppressing And Reversing Epileptogenesis - A method for identifying, suppressing, and reversing epileptogenesis, which is considered to be a learned response due to brain plasticity. The method includes identifying three epileptogenic conditions, neuronal hyperexcitability, spatial overconnectivity, and temporal overconnectivity. A treatment that accounts for each of these conditions is then be administered to the subject to reverse, or “unlearn,” epilepsy. | 10-22-2009 |
20120089004 | METHOD FOR DATA OSCILLATOR DETECTION USING FRICTIONALLY DAMPED HARMONIC OSCILLATORS - A system and method for time-frequency analysis in which acquired signals are modeled as frictionally damped harmonic oscillators having a friction factor that is not a free parameter are provided. The friction factor is selected as a function of the frequency value of the associated oscillator, such that an increase in both temporal and spectral resolution are provided over existing time-frequency analysis methods. The friction factor is also selected to define a spectral band, within which the given oscillator can detect data oscillations. The properly selected friction factor thereby provides the analysis over a broad spectral range that can span many orders of magnitude. | 04-12-2012 |
20120226215 | Systems and Methods for Controlling Cerebrospinal Fluid in a Subject's Ventricular System - A system for draining excess cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) from the head of a subject includes a drainage shunt and a valve assembly that selectively permits the shunt to drain CSF. The valve assembly also compensates for multiple factors that can affect the subject's intracranial pressure (ICP) and compliance, and could otherwise lead to CSF over-drainage or other undesirable conditions. | 09-06-2012 |
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20120078667 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR COMPUTER AIDED EVENT AND VENUE SETUP AND MODELING AND INTERACTIVE MAPS - Described are systems and methods for designing certain aspects of an event venue and for communicating information regarding the event and the event venue to others. Certain embodiments provide a dynamic seat map via which an operator can assign certain characteristics to specific seats and/or seating sections. Certain embodiments generate interactive maps for users, via which information from a plurality of sources may be integrated and visually displayed. The user may specify certain criteria, and the interactive map may identify to the user seats and/or sections that match such criteria. Certain embodiments provide an interactive seat map via which users can select seats and share information. | 03-29-2012 |
20130144665 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR COMPUTER AIDED EVENT AND VENUE SETUP AND MODELING AND INTERACTIVE MAPS - Described are systems and methods for designing certain aspects of an event venue and for communicating information regarding the event and the event venue to others. Certain embodiments provide a dynamic seat map via which an operator can assign certain characteristics to specific seats and/or seating sections. Certain embodiments generate interactive maps for users, via which information from a plurality of sources may be integrated and visually displayed. The user may specify certain criteria, and the interactive map may identify to the user seats and/or sections that match such criteria. Certain embodiments provide an interactive seat map via which users can select seats and share information. | 06-06-2013 |
20130144666 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR COMPUTER AIDED EVENT AND VENUE SETUP AND MODELING AND INTERACTIVE MAPS - Described are systems and methods for designing certain aspects of an event venue and for communicating information regarding the event and the event venue to others. Certain embodiments provide a dynamic seat map via which an operator can assign certain characteristics to specific seats and/or seating sections. Certain embodiments generate interactive maps for users, via which information from a plurality of sources may be integrated and visually displayed. The user may specify certain criteria, and the interactive map may identify to the user seats and/or sections that match such criteria. Certain embodiments provide an interactive seat map via which users can select seats and share information. | 06-06-2013 |
20130151294 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR COMPUTER AIDED EVENT AND VENUE SETUP AND MODELING AND INTERACTIVE MAPS - Described are systems and methods for designing certain aspects of an event venue and for communicating information regarding the event and the event venue to others. Certain embodiments provide a dynamic seat map via which an operator can assign certain characteristics to specific seats and/or seating sections. Certain embodiments generate interactive maps for users, via which information from a plurality of sources may be integrated and visually displayed. The user may specify certain criteria, and the interactive map may identify to the user seats and/or sections that match such criteria. Certain embodiments provide an interactive seat map via which users can select seats and share information. | 06-13-2013 |
20130151295 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR COMPUTER AIDED EVENT AND VENUE SETUP AND MODELING AND INTERACTIVE MAPS - Described are systems and methods for designing certain aspects of an event venue and for communicating information regarding the event and the event venue to others. Certain embodiments provide a dynamic seat map via which an operator can assign certain characteristics to specific seats and/or seating sections. Certain embodiments generate interactive maps for users, via which information from a plurality of sources may be integrated and visually displayed. The user may specify certain criteria, and the interactive map may identify to the user seats and/or sections that match such criteria. Certain embodiments provide an interactive seat map via which users can select seats and share information. | 06-13-2013 |
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20080237134 | METHODS AND APPARATUS TO CAPTURE AND RELEASE MICROBE PARTICLES USING AMINO-FUNCTIONALIZED SILICA - Methods and apparatus to capture and release microbe particles using amino-functionalized silica substrates are described. An example apparatus adapted to capture a microbe particle includes a silica substrate and a positively charged material to at least partially coat the silica substrate. The positive charged material includes an aminopropyl functional group. | 10-02-2008 |
20100291539 | METHODOLOGY FOR DETECTION, ENUMERATION, PROPAGATION AND MANIPULATION OF BACTERIOPHAGES - A method to propagate, enumerate and quantify bacteriophage(s) in a water sample or other aqueous sample was designed which contains ingredients to stimulate the growth of select bacterial species which are susceptible to infection by specific bacteriophage(s), in which interfering background organisms are either inhibited or inconsequential. Important features of the medium include oxidation-reduction compounds producing colored and/or fluorescent products, chromogenic and/or fluorogenic enzyme substrates, and temperature-independent gelling agent(s). A preferred combination is the growth medium containing 2,3,5-triphenyl tetrazolium chloride, 5-bromo-4-chloro-3-indolyl-B-D-galactoside, and appropriate gelling agents, which (when properly used) produces a dark red bacterial lawn containing teal blue-green, irregularly circular spots representing individual phage plaque, all discernible to the eye in visible light. The procedure can also be readily applied towards automatic counting systems under artificial illumination. The procedure can be employed with water samples and with elution buffers that can retain bacteriophages in suspension following contact by the buffer with foods, soils, hard surfaces and other solids that may be contaminated by bacteriophages. | 11-18-2010 |
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20120221021 | COUPLING SYSTEM, APPLICATOR TOOL, ATTACHMENT RING AND METHOD FOR CONNECTING A CONDUIT TO BIOLOGICAL TISSUE - A coupling system includes an applicator tool and an attachment ring mounted on the applicator tool. Clips are contained within the applicator tool and are deployed through the attachment ring in order to anchor the attachment ring to biological tissue. When deployed, tips of the clips follow a curved trajectory through an annular cuff of the attachment ring and through the underlying tissue. The tips loop back out of the tissue and to a location where they are later trapped or clamped by the attachment ring. While the tips are trapped or clamped, the applicator tool cinches the clips by pulling rear segments of the clips. Thereafter, the applicator tool disconnects from the attachment ring which remains anchored to the tissue and serves as a coupling for a cannula. The cannula can have movable lock members that secure it to the attachment ring. | 08-30-2012 |
20130282026 | ENGAGEMENT DEVICE AND METHOD FOR DEPLOYMENT OF ANASTOMOTIC CLIPS - A coupling system includes an applicator tool, an anastomotic prosthesis mounted on the applicator tool, and an engagement device. The applicator tool deploys a securement through the prosthesis and tissue which leaves the prosthesis attached to the tissue. The engagement device selectively engages the applicator tool onto the tissue, with the use of suction, in order to facilitate accurate placement of the prosthesis on the tissue and facilitate deployment of the securement into the tissue. The applicator tool and the tissue are able to move together while the engagement device prevents or inhibits relative movement between the applicator tool and the tissue. A method for securing an anastomotic prosthesis to tissue includes applying of suction to engage an applicator tool to the tissue while a securement is deployed out of the applicator tool and into the prosthesis and the tissue. | 10-24-2013 |
20140276986 | ANASTOMOTIC DEVICE AND METHOD - An anastomotic system including a plurality of needles loaded with sutures and a delivery tool. The sutures include a suture core and crimp or fastener member at a proximal end of the core. An anchoring sleeve is optionally provided at a distal end. The anchoring sleeve is configured to collapse and prevent retraction of the suture after insertion through the tissue wall. A method of deploying the needles using the delivery tool is also disclosed. | 09-18-2014 |
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20120206350 | Device Control of Display Content of a Display - Methods, apparatuses and systems of providing control of display content on a display with a device are disclosed. One method includes establishing a fixed reference on the display. A user input is received indicating that the device is at a user selected position corresponding to the fixed reference and capturing a position of the device in order to establish a corresponding reference position. The display content on the display is determined based on measured displacement of the device relative to the established reference position. | 08-16-2012 |
20130009636 | Magnetic Sensor Characterization - Apparatuses, methods and systems of a magnetic sensor self-characterizing its magnetic properties are disclosed. One embodiment of the magnetic sensor apparatus includes a magnetic sensor and a current source for applying a current to the magnetic sensor. The magnetic sensor apparatus further includes control circuitry configured to control the current source, and characterize a magnetic property of the magnetic sensor based on the applied current. One method of a magnetic sensor self-characterizing its magnetic properties includes applying, by the magnetic sensor, an electrical signal, and characterizing a magnetic property of the magnetic sensor based on the applied electrical signal. | 01-10-2013 |
20140162777 | CONTROL OF TRANSLATIONAL MOVEMENT AND FIELD OF VIEW OF A CHARACTER WITHIN A VIRTUAL WORLD AS RENDERED ON A DISPLAY - Apparatuses, methods and systems for controlling a view of a virtual world character on a display are disclosed. One apparatus includes a controller, wherein the controller is operative to control translational movement and field of view of a character within a virtual world as rendered on a display based upon a first input and second input. The first input controls the translational movement of the character within the virtual world, and the second input controls the field of view as seen by the character within the virtual world. The video game apparatus further includes a sensor for sensing a spatial position of a user, wherein the sensor provides the first input based on the sensed spatial position of the user. | 06-12-2014 |
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20120278496 | Startup Bitrate In Adaptive Bitrate Streaming - Streaming media at an adaptive bitrate streaming media player. Tracking a bitrate history of the player. Determining a startup bitrate from the bitrate history. Streaming at the determined bitrate. Tracking a bitrate history of the player can include storing tracked bitrates in a cookie accessible by the player; and determining a startup bitrate can include determining a startup bitrate from the cookie. Determining a startup bitrate can include determining an average tracked bitrate over the last N tracked bitrates. The average tracked bitrate can be weighted toward more recent tracked bitrates. Determining a startup bitrate can include determining a maximum startup bitrate. The bitrate history can include the maximum bitrate of the player over the last X sessions; and the maximum startup bitrate can be the lowest maximum bitrate over the last X sessions. The maximum startup bitrate can be the mode among maximum bitrates over the last X sessions. | 11-01-2012 |
20120278497 | Reduced Video Player Start-Up Latency In HTTP Live Streaming And Similar Protocols - Technology for processing an ordered sequence of frames of a media program intended for play in an HTTP Live Streaming (HLS) player. Processing a first ordered subset of frames of the sequence. Processing a second ordered subset of frames of the sequence separate from the first subset. The second subset following on the first forms a third ordered subset of frames of the media program. Processing the second subset includes creating a manifest file of the subset. The playing time of processed frames of the first subset is at least equal to the processing time of the second subset. Processing the first subset can include creating a manifest file of the subset. The media program can include ads (at least a pre-roll ad) and content. The first ordered subset can be the pre-roll ad. The second ordered subset can be the content and remaining ads (e.g., mid-roll and post roll). | 11-01-2012 |
20130219178 | Media Player Security for Full Length Episodes - A streaming video player and authentication server work in conjunction to provide secure streaming media. Player authentication is used to ensure that only users using an authorized media player authorized users can access and stream the media content. An encryption process protects unauthorized users from playing media streams that are intercepted between the content server and an authorized user. Additionally, timed tokens are used to ensure that a user authorized to access a stream during a specified time period cannot access the same stream at a later time when the user is no longer authorized. | 08-22-2013 |
20140156363 | MODIFYING FUNCTIONALITY AND ADVERTISEMENT CONTENT ON MEDIA PLAYERS - Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for modifying media player functionality and controlling advertisements included with media content played on media players. Chromeless media players may be created by content providers but modified by third party clients that wish to adapt the players to their purposes. These chromeless players may have defined modified functionality, such as removing the ability to fast forward, rewind, and skip chapters, according to a given circumstance. In an embodiment, the third party client may also define in a profile the specific advertisement sets to include with media content played on its chromeless player. In other embodiments, other types of additional media may be defined by the third party client. A proxy server, or intermediary server, detects these factors prior to retrieving media content. The proxy server then determines, based on established rules and profiles, what content or functions the media player has access to and communicates compliant media content to the media player. An administrator can create, modify, or remove these rules and profiles through a portal or other interface with the proxy server. | 06-05-2014 |
20140195358 | Managing Media Playback - Technology for managing playback of streaming media and ads associated therewith, is disclosed. Receiving a list indicating the location of ad pods in the stream and, optionally, indicating a list update time. Receiving instruction to play the stream forward from a seek point. Determining unplayed stream ads associated with locations from the list between the start and the seek point. Playing at least one determined ad. Optionally, playing at least one determined ad only upon determining that the list update time is greater than or equal to the seek point, otherwise, denying the seek point. Optionally after playing at least one determined ad, playing the stream from the seek point after playing the at least one determined ads. The list can be a list of cue points. Playing at least one determined ad can include playing the ad pod at the start of the stream section containing the seek point. | 07-10-2014 |
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20100238890 | TIME SYNCHRONIZATION FOR DISTRIBUTED MOBILE AD HOC NETWORKS - Time synchronization among nodes in a wireless mobile ad hoc network (MANET) is obtained using a cross layer approach. Each node maintains a routing table that contains entries corresponding to other nodes of the network that are one or more hops away from the node, and topology messages are exchanged periodically among the nodes in order to update their routing tables. A network master node is selected, and remaining nodes that are one or more hops away from the master node are defined as slave nodes. The master node includes master timing information the topology messages that it transmits. The timing information is concatenated to include a first time (T | 09-23-2010 |
20100260131 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSIGNING TIME SLOTS FOR TRANSMISSION OF PACKETS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORK UTILIZING KNOWLEDGE OF A DATA PATH - A node in a wireless communication network comprises a processor that receives information regarding a first plurality of packets to be transmitted in an epoch, a first path of nodes for the first plurality of packets, and a first flow rate. The processor receives information regarding a second plurality of packets to be transmitted in the epoch, a second path of nodes for the second plurality of packets, and a second flow rate. The processor determines weights for the paths based on the flow rates. The processor assigns pipelines for the paths and creates groups of pipelines based on the weights. The groups may be assigned to a schedule. | 10-14-2010 |
20100284274 | System and method for determining a transmission order for packets at a node in a wireless communication network - A wireless communications network comprising a plurality of nodes and effective to provide quality of service requirements for packets being transmitted. An ingress node calculates variables based on quality of service requirements and places those variables in a header of a packet to be transmitted. The packet is then transmitted to a core node. The core node reads the variables in the packet and calculates a holding time for the packet based on the variables and the quality of service requirements. | 11-11-2010 |
20110211472 | TOPOLOGY AWARE MANET FOR MOBILE NETWORKS - Systems and methods provide adaptability in a mobile ad hoc network (MANET), based on an existing protocol, such as adaptive hybrid domain routing (AHDR). The systems and methods are especially suited for fast changing topologies that may change after a reactive route discovery has been completed. | 09-01-2011 |
20140029470 | Topology Aware MANET For Mobile Networks - Systems and methods provide adaptability in a mobile ad hoc network (MANET), based on an existing protocol, such as adaptive hybrid domain routing (AHDR). The systems and methods are especially suited for fast changing topologies that may change after a reactive route discovery has been completed. | 01-30-2014 |
20140376407 | Topology Aware MANET For Mobile Networks - Systems and methods provide adaptability in a mobile ad hoc network (MANET), based on an existing protocol, such as adaptive hybrid domain routing (AHDR). The systems and methods are especially suited for fast changing topologies that may change after a reactive route discovery has been completed. | 12-25-2014 |
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20090146511 | PERMANENT-MAGNET-LESS SYNCHRONOUS RELUCTANCE SYSTEM - A permanent magnet-less synchronous system includes a stator that generates a magnetic revolving field when sourced by an alternating current. An uncluttered rotor is disposed within the magnetic revolving field and spaced apart from the stator to form an air gap relative to an axis of rotation. The rotor includes a plurality of rotor pole stacks having an inner periphery biased by single polarity of a north-pole field and a south-pole field, respectively. The outer periphery of each of the rotor pole stacks are biased by an alternating polarity. | 06-11-2009 |
20090218895 | PERMANENT-MAGNET-LESS MACHINE HAVING AN ENCLOSED AIR GAP - A permanent magnet-less, brushless synchronous system includes a stator that generates a magnetic rotating field when sourced by an alternating current. An uncluttered rotor disposed within the magnetic rotating field is spaced apart from the stator to form an air gap relative to an axis of rotation. A stationary excitation core spaced apart from the uncluttered rotor by an axial air gap and a radial air gap substantially encloses the stationary excitation core. Some permanent magnet-less, brushless synchronous systems include stator core gaps to reduce axial flux flow. Some permanent magnet-less, brushless synchronous systems include an uncluttered rotor coupled to outer laminations. The quadrature-axis inductance may be increased in some synchronous systems. Some synchronous systems convert energy such as mechanical energy into electrical energy (e.g., a generator); other synchronous systems may convert any form of energy into mechanical energy (e.g., a motor). | 09-03-2009 |
20090236924 | BRUSHLESS MACHINE WITH TAPERED POLES - A method and apparatus in which a rotor ( | 09-24-2009 |
20100123364 | SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL FLUX UNCLUTTERED ROTOR MACHINES - A permanent magnet-less and brushless synchronous system includes a stator that generates a magnetic rotating field when sourced by polyphase alternating currents. An uncluttered rotor is positioned within the magnetic rotating field and is spaced apart from the stator. An excitation core is spaced apart from the stator and the uncluttered rotor and magnetically couples the uncluttered rotor. The brushless excitation source generates a magnet torque by inducing magnetic poles near an outer peripheral surface of the uncluttered rotor, and the stator currents also generate a reluctance torque by a reaction of the difference between the direct and quadrature magnetic paths of the uncluttered rotor. The system can be used either as a motor or a generator | 05-20-2010 |
20110043154 | FLUX CONTROL AND ONE-HUNDRED AND EIGHTY DEGREE CORE SYSTEMS - A two-phase or four-phase electric machine includes a first stator part and a second stator part disposed about ninety electrical degrees apart. Stator pole parts are positioned near the first stator part and the second stator part. An injector injects a third-harmonic frequency current that is separate from and not produced by the fundamental current driving the first stator part and the second stator part. The electric angular speed of the third-harmonic rotating field comprises | 02-24-2011 |
20110204741 | BRUSHLESS MACHINE HAVING FERROMAGNETIC SIDE PLATES AND SIDE MAGNETS - An apparatus is provided having a cylindrical stator and a rotor that is spaced from a stator to define an annular primary air gap air gap that receives AC flux from the stator. The rotor has a plurality of longitudinal pole portions disposed parallel to the axis of rotation and alternating in polarity around a circumference of the rotor. each longitudinal pole portion includes portions of permanent magnet (PM) material and at least one of the longitudinal pole portions has a first end and an opposing second end and a side magnet is disposed adjacent the first end and a side pole is disposed adjacent the second end. | 08-25-2011 |
20110234139 | Electronically commutated serial-parallel switching for motor windings - A method and a circuit for controlling an ac machine comprises controlling a full bridge network of commutation switches which are connected between a multiphase voltage source and the phase windings to switch the phase windings between a parallel connection and a series connection while providing commutation discharge paths for electrical current resulting from inductance in the phase windings. This provides extra torque for starting a vehicle from lower battery current. | 09-29-2011 |
20120126655 | PERMANENT-MAGNET-LESS MACHINE HAVING AN ENCLOSED AIR GAP - A permanent magnet-less, brushless synchronous system includes a stator that generates a magnetic rotating field when sourced by an alternating current. An uncluttered rotor disposed within the magnetic rotating field is spaced apart from the stator to form an air gap relative to an axis of rotation. A stationary excitation core spaced apart from the uncluttered rotor by an axial air gap and a radial air gap substantially encloses the stationary excitation core. Some permanent magnet-less, brushless synchronous systems include stator core gaps to reduce axial flux flow. Some permanent magnet-less, brushless synchronous systems include an uncluttered rotor coupled to outer laminations. The quadrature-axis inductance may be increased in some synchronous systems. Some synchronous systems convert energy such as mechanical energy into electrical energy (e.g., a generator); other synchronous systems may convert any form of energy into mechanical energy (e.g., a motor). | 05-24-2012 |
20120133320 | Electric Machine and Current Source Inverter Drive System - A drive system includes an electric machine and a current source inverter (CSI). This integration of an electric machine and an inverter uses the machine's field excitation coil for not only flux generation in the machine but also for the CSI inductor. This integration of the two technologies, namely the U machine motor and the CSI, opens a new chapter for the component function integration instead of the traditional integration by simply placing separate machine and inverter components in the same housing. Elimination of the CSI inductor adds to the CSI volumetric reduction of capacitors and the elimination of PMs for the motor further improve the drive system cost, weight, and volume. | 05-31-2012 |
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20080245187 | Man made gold and platinum - A man made method, utilizing particles bombardment technique, is used to produce Gold and Platinum. The particles bombardment technique uses particle accelerator to accelerate Lithium particles to high speed. These high speed Lithium particles contain high energy. These high energy Lithium particles are used to bombard Osmium element. Then elements Lithium and Osmium undergo cold fusion process that they are combined to produce element Gold. | 10-09-2008 |
20080304611 | Electricity generation from nuclear fusion - A method, using the reaction between Lithium and neutron to produce Tritium, is used to sustain Deuterium-Tritium nuclear fusion long enough to produce electrical power. | 12-11-2008 |
20090262880 | MAN MADE PLATINUM GROUP METAL AS PALLADIUM - A man made method, utilizing particles bombardment technique, is used to produce Palladium. The particles bombardment technique uses particle accelerator to accelerate Beryllium particles to high speed. These high speed Beryllium particles contain high energy. These high energy Beryllium particles are used to bombard Molybdenum elements. Then elements Beryllium and Molybdenum undergo cold fusion process that they are combined to produce Palladium. | 10-22-2009 |
20110235765 | Man made silver - A man made method, utilizing particles bombardment technique, is used to produce Silver. The particles bombardment technique uses particle accelerator to accelerate Boron particles to high speed. These high speed Boron particles contain high energy. These high energy Boron particles are used to bombard Molybdenum elements. Then elements Boron and Molybdenum undergo cold fusion process that they are combined to produce Silver. | 09-29-2011 |
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20090077664 | Methods for combating malicious software - A method for combating malware monitors all attempts by any software executing on a computer to write data to the computer's digital storage medium and records details of the attempts in a system database having a causal tree structure. The method also intercepts unauthorized attempts by executing objects to modify the memory allocated to other executing objects or to modify a selected set of protected objects stored on the digital storage medium, and may also intercept write attempts by executing objects that have a buffer overflow or that are executing in a data segment of memory. The method may include a procedure for switching the computer into a quasi-safe mode that disables all non-essential processes. Preferably, the database is automatically organized into software packages classified by malware threat level. Entire or packages or portions thereof may be easily selected and neutralized by a local or remote user. | 03-19-2009 |
20090199000 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCRYPTED COMMUNICATIONS TO A SECURE SERVER - An embodiment of the invention includes a secure server. A user at a terminal, communicatively coupled to the secure server by a secure link, can obtain web pages from web sites in a network, in encrypted form, via the secure link. Addresses associated with the web pages are altered to make it appear as if the web pages come from the secure server rather than from the web sites. Spoofing units may be used as alternative access points to the secure server, with the secure server sending the requested web pages directly to the terminal. In general, address rewriting and other manipulation can be performed on the requested web pages, such that the true sources of the web pages are disguised and such that subsequent communications from the terminal are directed to the secure server and/or spoofing unit, rather than to the true source of the web pages. Components of the user's privacy may be sold, or advertisements may be provided, in exchange for protection of the user's identity. | 08-06-2009 |
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20110024789 | LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE HAVING A ROUGHENED SURFACE WITH DIFFERENT TOPOGRAPHIES - This invention provides an optoelectronic semiconductor device having a rough surface and the manufacturing method thereof. The optoelectronic semiconductor device comprises a semiconductor stack having a rough surface and an electrode layer overlaying the semiconductor stack. The rough surface comprises a first region having a first topography and a second region having a second topography. The method comprises the steps of forming a semiconductor stack on a substrate, forming an electrode layer on the semiconductor stack, thermal treating the semiconductor stack, and wet etching the surface of the semiconductor stack to form a rough surface. | 02-03-2011 |
20110175126 | LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE STRUCTURE - A light emitting diode device is provided, which comprises a substrate comprising a first growth surface and a bottom surface opposite to the first growth surface; a dielectric layer with a plurality of openings therein formed on the first growth surface; a plurality of semiconductor nano-scaled structures formed on the substrate protruding through the openings; a layer formed on the plurality of semiconductor nano-scaled structures with a second growth surface substantially parallel with the bottom surface; a light emitting diode structure formed on the second growth surface; wherein the diameters of the openings are smaller than 250 nm, and wherein the diameters of the plurality semiconductor nano-scaled structures are larger than the diameters of the corresponding openings. | 07-21-2011 |
20120322185 | LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE HAVING A ROUGHENED SURFACE WITH DIFFERENT TOPOGRAPHIES - This invention provides an optoelectronic semiconductor device having a rough surface and the manufacturing method thereof. The optoelectronic semiconductor device comprises a semiconductor stack having a rough surface and an electrode layer overlaying the semiconductor stack. The rough surface comprises a first region having a first topography and a second region having a second topography. The method comprises the steps of forming a semiconductor stack on a substrate, forming an electrode layer on the semiconductor stack, thermal treating the semiconductor stack, and wet etching the surface of the semiconductor stack to form a rough surface. | 12-20-2012 |
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20090117356 | High temperature substrate protective structure - Substrate protective structures, including high performance polymers and polymer coatings from 1 to over 2500 mils thick, are disclosed. The structures protect metal and other surfaces with heat resistant, abrasion resistant, and chemical inert polymers. The structures are applied to the substrate in a manner that provides easy processing of curved and bent surfaces, increased adhesion of metal to polymer, greater resistance to mechanical and thermal stresses that cause cracking and de-lamination, and increased environmental resistance. | 05-07-2009 |
20100113688 | High temperature melt processable semi-crystalline poly (aryl ether ketone) containing a (4-hydroxyphenyl) phthalazin-1 (2H)-one comonomer unit - Compositions and methods for a melt processable semicrystalline poly(aryl ether ketone) incorporating phthalazinone and 4,4′-biphenol as comonomer units are described herein. The polymers are resistant to and insoluble in common organic solvents and liquids as well as in aggressive organic solvents such as chloroform and chlorinated liquids. The polymers are melt processable via techniques such as extrusion, injection molding, and compression molding. The semicrystalline poly(aryl ether ketone) containing phthalazinone comonomer units have properties which make them suitable for manufacturing high temperature resistant molded systems and other articles. | 05-06-2010 |
20100305277 | POLYBENZIMIDAZOLE-POLYETHERKETONEKETONE BLENDS AND MISCIBLE BLENDS - A process for producing a solution blend of a polybenzimidazole (PBI) and a polyetherketoneketone (PEKK). The PBI is mixed with sulfuric acid at a temperature between 40° C. and 80° C. for 30 minutes to 2 hours to produce a PBI solution then cooled to room temperature to form a cooled PBI solution. Then PEKK is added to the cooled PBI solution to form a mixture and that mixture is stirred from 30 minutes to 2 hours at room temperature to form a stirred mixture. The stirred mixture is poured into an excess of water being stirred swiftly to form an aqueous mixture. The aqueous mixture is filtered to produce a blend. The blend is washed with water and dried. The resulting blend can yield a blend in all proportion from 1/99 PBI/PEKK to 99/1 PBI/PEKK. | 12-02-2010 |
20110104417 | HIGH TEMPERATURE POLYMER BLENDS OF POLY(ARYL ETHER KETONE PHTHALAZINONE) - The present invention provides high temperature compositions comprising blends of a first polymer, poly(aryl ether ketone phthalazinone)s, and a second polymer, selected from poly(aryl ether ketone)s, poly(aryl ketone)s, poly(ether ether ketone)s, poly(ether ketone ketone)s, or polybenzimidazoles, thermoplastic polyimides, polyetherimides, poly(aryl ether sulfone)s, poly(phenylene sulfide)s, and mixtures thereof. The compositions have improved high temperature characteristics, e.g., improved high temperature load capability and improved high temperature melt processibility. | 05-05-2011 |
20110206880 | HIGH TEMPERATURE MELT PROCESSABLE SEMI-CRYSTALLINE POLY(ARYL ETHER KETONE) CONTAINING A (4-HYDROXYPHENYL)PHTHALAZIN-1(2H)-ONE COMONOMER UNIT - Compositions and methods for a melt processable semicrystalline poly(aryl ether ketone) incorporating phthalazinone and 4,4′-biphenol as comonomer units are described herein. The polymers are resistant to and insoluble in common organic solvents and liquids as well as in aggressive organic solvents such as chloroform and chlorinated liquids. The polymers are melt processable via techniques such as extrusion, injection molding, and compression molding. The semicrystalline poly(aryl ether ketone) containing phthalazinone comonomer units have properties which make them suitable for manufacturing high temperature resistant molded systems and other articles. | 08-25-2011 |
20130035454 | POLYBENZIMIDAZOLE-POLYETHERKETONEKETONE BLENDS AND MISCIBLE BLENDS - A process for producing a solution blend of a polybenzimidazole (PBI) and a polyetherketoneketone (PEKK). The PBI is mixed with sulfuric acid at a temperature between 40° C. and 80° C. for 30 minutes to 2 hours to produce a PBI solution then cooled to room temperature to form a cooled PBI solution. Then PEKK is added to the cooled PBI solution to form a mixture and that mixture is stirred from 30 minutes to 2 hours at room temperature to form a stirred mixture. The stirred mixture is poured into an excess of water being stirred swiftly to form an aqueous mixture. The aqueous mixture is filtered to produce a blend. The blend is washed with water and dried. The resulting blend can yield a blend in all proportion from 1/99 PBI/PEKK to 99/1 PBI/PEKK. | 02-07-2013 |
20140309377 | POLYBENZIMIDAZOLE-POLYETHERKETONEKETONE BLENDS AND MISCIBLE BLENDS - A process for producing a solution blend of a polybenzimidazole (PBI) and a polyetherketoneketone (PEKK). The PBI is mixed with sulfuric acid at a temperature between 40° C. and 80° C. for 30 minutes to 2 hours to produce a PBI solution then cooled to room temperature to form a cooled PBI solution. Then PEKK is added to the cooled PBI solution to form a mixture and that mixture is stirred from 30 minutes to 2 hours at room temperature to form a stirred mixture. The stirred mixture is poured into an excess of water being stirred swiftly to form an aqueous mixture. The aqueous mixture is filtered to produce a blend. The blend is washed with water and dried. The resulting blend can yield a blend in all proportion from 1/99 PBI/PEKK to 99/1 PBI/PEKK. | 10-16-2014 |
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20120158079 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ASSESSING THE SPHERICITY AND DIMENSIONAL EXTENT OF HEART CHAMBERS FOR USE WITH AN IMPLANTABLE MEDICAL DEVICE - Techniques are provided for use with an implantable medical device for assessing left ventricular (LV) sphericity and atrial dimensional extent based on impedance measurements for the purposes of detecting and tracking heart failure and related conditions such as volume overload or mitral regurgitation. In some examples described herein, various short-axis and long-axis impedance vectors are exploited that pass through portions of the LV for the purposes of assessing LV sphericity. In other examples, impedance measurements taken along a vector between a right atrial (RA) ring electrode and an LV electrode implanted near the atrioventricular (AV) groove are exploited to assess LA extent, biatrial extent or mitral annular diameter. The assessment techniques can be employed alone or in conjunction with other heart failure detection techniques, such as those based on left atrial pressure (LAP.) | 06-21-2012 |
20120165884 | FLUID ACCUMULATION MONITORING DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Provided herein are implantable systems, and methods for use therewith, for monitoring a patient's fluid accumulation level. A thoracic impedance signal for the patient is obtained. Based on the thoracic impedance signal, a duration metric indicative of a duration of drop of the thoracic impedance signal, a magnitude metric indicative of a magnitude of drop of the thoracic impedance signal, and a rate metric indicative of a rate of drop of the thoracic impedance signal is determined. The patient's fluid accumulation level is monitored based on the duration metric, the magnitude metric and the rate metric. | 06-28-2012 |
20120190957 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING CARDIAC DISEASE - A method of monitoring progression of cardiac disease includes applying stimulus pulses to the heart and sensing electrophysiological responses of the heart at a plurality of different monitoring locations of the heart. The method also includes comparing a previously and subsequently sensed electrophysiological responses that are sensed near a first location of the monitoring locations and comparing previously and subsequently sensed electrophysiological responses that are sensed near a second location of the monitoring locations. The method further includes identifying a change in progression of cardiac disease of the heart based on a difference between the previously and subsequently sensed electrophysiological responses at the first location and based on a difference between the previously and subsequently sensed electrophysiological responses at the second location. | 07-26-2012 |
20120221066 | Systems and Methods for Activating and Controlling Impedance-Based Detection Systems of Implantable Medical Devices - Techniques are provided for use with implantable medical devices for addressing encapsulation effects, particularly in the detection of cardiac decompensation events such as heart failure (HF) or cardiogenic pulmonary edema (PE.) In one example, during an acute interval following device implant, cardiac decompensation is detected using heart rate variability (HRV), ventricular evoked response (ER) or various other non-impedance-based parameters that are insensitive to component encapsulation effects. During the subsequent chronic interval, decompensation is detected using intracardiac or transthoracic impedance signals. In another example, the degree of maturation of encapsulation of implanted components is assessed using impedance frequency-response measurements or based on the frequency bandwidth of heart sounds or other physiological signals. In this manner, impedance-based HF/PE detection systems can be activated as soon as component encapsulation has matured, without necessarily waiting until completion of a preset post-implant maturation interval, often set to forty-five days or more. | 08-30-2012 |
20120221069 | Systems and Methods for Activating and Controlling Impedance-Based Detection Systems of Implantable Medical Devices - Techniques are provided for use with implantable medical devices for addressing encapsulation effects, particularly in the detection of cardiac decompensation events such as heart failure (HF) or cardiogenic pulmonary edema (PE.) In one example, during an acute interval following device implant, cardiac decompensation is detected using heart rate variability (HRV), ventricular evoked response (ER) or various other non-impedance-based parameters that are insensitive to component encapsulation effects. During the subsequent chronic interval, decompensation is detected using intracardiac or transthoracic impedance signals. In another example, the degree of maturation of encapsulation of implanted components is assessed using impedance frequency-response measurements or based on the frequency bandwidth of heart sounds or other physiological signals. In this manner, impedance-based HF/PE detection systems can be activated as soon as component encapsulation has matured, without necessarily waiting until completion of a preset post-implant maturation interval, often set to forty-five days or more. | 08-30-2012 |
20120239104 | METHOD AND SYSTEM TO CORRECT CONTRACTILITY BASED ON NON-HEART FAILURE FACTORS - A method is provided for trending heart failure based on heart contractility information comprises measuring cardiogenic impedance (CI) measurements along at least a first vector through a heart over a period of time. The method determines contractility estimates from the CI measurements, the contractility estimates relating to contractility of the heart. The method further obtains physiologic and/or surrogate signals representing estimates for or direct measurements of at least one of cardiac volume and pressure of the heart when the CI measurements were obtained. The method identifies correction factors based on the physiologic and/or surrogate signals and applies the correction factors to the contractility estimates to produce contractility trend values over the period of time. A system is provided for trending heart failure based on heart contractility information which comprises inputs to receive cardiogenic impedance (CI) measurements taken along at least a first vector through a heart over a period of time. The system includes a contractility module to determine contractility estimates from the CI measurements, the contractility estimates relating to contractility of the heart and a collection module to receive physiologic and/or surrogate signals representing estimates for or direct measurements of at least one of cardiac volume and pressure of the heart when the CI measurements were obtained. A factor module is also provided to identify correction factors based on the physiologic and/or surrogate signals and a correction module to apply the correction factors to the contractility estimates to produce contractility trend values over the period of time. | 09-20-2012 |
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20080234770 | Cardiac rhythm template generation system and method - A method and system provides for generating a snapshot representative of one beat of a patient's normal cardiac rhythm. Cardiac rate channel signals and shock channel signals are sensed. A fiducial point is determined for a predefined number of the cardiac rate channel signals. A predefined number of the shock channel signals are aligned using the fiducial point. A template is generated using the aligned shock channel signals, whereby the template is representative of one of the patient's normal supra-ventricular conducted cardiac beats. The template is updated on a periodic basis. | 09-25-2008 |
20090312811 | CLASSIFICATION OF SUPRAVENTRICULAR AND VENTRICULAR CARDIAC RHYTHMS USING CROSS CHANNEL TIMING ALGORITHM - A system and method for classifying cardiac complexes sensed during a tachycardia episode. A first cardiac signal and a second cardiac signal are sensed, where the first cardiac signal has a voltage. A first cardiac complex and a second cardiac complex of a cardiac cycle are detected in the first and second cardiac signal, respectively. A predetermined alignment feature is identified in the second cardiac complex. A datum is defined, or positioned, at a specified interval from the predetermined alignment feature of the second cardiac complex. Voltage values are then measured from the first cardiac complex at each of two or more measurement intervals from the datum. The voltage values are then compared voltage values measured from NSR cardiac complexes to classify the first cardiac complex is either a ventricular tachycardia complex or a supraventricular tachycardiac complex. | 12-17-2009 |
20100113953 | SYSTEM FOR VERIFYING THE INTEGRITY OF CARDIAC COMPLEX TEMPLATES - A method and system for verifying the integrity of normal sinus rhythm (NSR) templates and updating the NSR template after selected time intervals. At selected time intervals after establishing a NSR template, cardiac complexes are sensed and values for one or more cardiac parameters are measured. The values of the cardiac parameters are compared to predetermined value ranges for NSR cardiac complexes. When the values of the cardiac parameters fall within the predetermined value ranges, values for the differences between the values of the cardiac parameters for the cardiac complexes and the values for the cardiac parameters of the NSR cardiac complexes are calculated. When the values of the differences are greater than one or more threshold values, the NSR template is updated as a function of the sensed cardiac complexes. | 05-06-2010 |
20110295135 | SYSTEM FOR VERIFYING THE INTEGRITY OF CARDIAC COMPLEX TEMPLATES - A method and system for verifying the integrity of normal sinus rhythm (NSR) templates and updating the NSR template after selected time intervals. At selected time intervals after establishing a NSR template, cardiac complexes are sensed and values for one or more cardiac parameters are measured. The values of the cardiac parameters are compared to predetermined value ranges for NSR cardiac complexes. When the values of the cardiac parameters fall within the predetermined value ranges, values for the differences between the values of the cardiac parameters for the cardiac complexes and the values for the cardiac parameters of the NSR cardiac complexes are calculated. When the values of the differences are greater than one or more threshold values, the NSR template is updated as a function of the sensed cardiac complexes. | 12-01-2011 |
20120046566 | CLASSIFICATION OF SUPRAVENTRICULAR AND VENTRICULAR CARDIAC RHYTHMS USING CROSS CHANNEL TIMING ALGORITHM - A system and method for classifying cardiac complexes sensed during a tachycardia episode. A first cardiac signal and a second cardiac signal are sensed, where the first cardiac signal has a voltage. A first cardiac complex and a second cardiac complex of a cardiac cycle are detected in the first and second cardiac signal, respectively. A predetermined alignment feature is identified in the second cardiac complex. A datum is defined, or positioned, at a specified interval from the predetermined alignment feature of the second cardiac complex. Voltage values are then measured from the first cardiac complex at each of two or more measurement intervals from the datum. The voltage values are then compared voltage values measured from NSR cardiac complexes to classify the first cardiac complex is either a ventricular tachycardia complex or a supraventricular tachycardiac complex. | 02-23-2012 |
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20080280142 | Preparation of organic additive-treated, pyrogenic silica-encapsulated titanium dioxide particles - One aspect of the invention is to provide a composition comprising a titanium dioxide particle having on the surface of said particle a substantially encapsulating layer comprising a pyrogenically-deposited metal oxide; said substantially encapsulating layer having on its surface at least one organic surface treatment material selected from an organo-silane, an organo-siloxane, a fluoro-silane, an organo-phosphonate, an organo-acid phosphate, an organo-pyrophosphate, an organo-polyphosphate, an organo-metaphosphate, an organo-phosphinate, an organo-sulfonic compound, a hydrocarbon-based carboxylic acid, an associated ester of a hydrocarbon-based carboxylic acid, a derivative of a hydrocarbon-based carboxylic acid, a hydrocarbon-based amide, a low molecular weight hydrocarbon wax, a low molecular weight polyolefin, a co-polymer of a low molecular weight polyolefin, a hydrocarbon-based polyol, a derivative of a hydrocarbon-based polyol, an alkanolamine, a derivative of an alkanolamine, an organic dispersing agent, or a mixture thereof. Another aspect of the invention is to provide processes for producing said composition. | 11-13-2008 |
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20100324186 | PREPARATION OF ORGANIC ADDITIVE-TREATED, PYROGENIC SILICA-ENCAPSULATED TITANIUM DIOXIDE PARTICLES - One aspect of the invention is to provide a composition comprising a titanium dioxide particle having on the surface of said particle a substantially encapsulating layer comprising a pyrogenically-deposited metal oxide; said substantially encapsulating layer having on its surface at least one organic surface treatment material selected from an organo-silane, an organo-siloxane, a fluoro-silane, an organo-phosphonate, an organo-acid phosphate, an organo-pyrophosphate, an organo-polyphosphate, an organo-metaphosphate, an organo-phosphinate, an organo-sulfonic compound, a hydrocarbon-based carboxylic acid, an associated ester of a hydrocarbon-based carboxylic acid, a derivative of a hydrocarbon-based carboxylic acid, a hydrocarbon-based amide, a low molecular weight hydrocarbon wax, a low molecular weight polyolefin, a co-polymer of a low molecular weight polyolefin, a hydrocarbon-based polyol, a derivative of a hydrocarbon-based polyol, an alkanolamine, a derivative of an alkanolamine, an organic dispersing agent, or a mixture thereof. Another aspect of the invention is to provide processes for producing said composition. | 12-23-2010 |
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20100098621 | PROCESS FOR MAKING TITANIUM DIOXIDE - The disclosure relates to a process for making titanium dioxide, comprising: reacting titanium tetrachloride with oxygen by contacting the titanium tetrachloride with the oxygen in a vapor phase reactor under mixing conditions and at an elevated temperature to form a gaseous product stream containing titanium dioxide; separating the titanium dioxide from the gaseous product stream to form a process stream; analyzing the process stream to detect a concentration of titanium tetrachloride in the process stream; comparing the concentration of titanium tetrachloride detected in the process stream to an aim point concentration; and modifying the oxidation conditions to restore or maintain the concentration of titanium tetrachloride in the process stream at the aim point. In one embodiment, the process further comprises contacting the gaseous product stream with silicon tetrachloride under mixing conditions and at an elevated temperature to at least partially encapsulate the titanium dioxide with a silicon-containing compound and separating the at least partially encapsulated titanium dioxide from the gaseous product stream and analyzing the process stream to detect a concentration silicon tetrachloride for comparison to a silicon tetrachloride aim point concentration so that the conditions for silicon tetrachloride contacting can be modified to restore or maintain the concentration of silicon tetrachloride in the process stream. | 04-22-2010 |
20100196253 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING TITANIUM TETRACHLORIDE USING OFF GASES FROM A SILICA AND ZIRCON CARBO-CHLORINATION PROCESS - This disclosure relates to an improved process for preparing titanium tetrachloride comprising reacting ores comprising metal oxides with chlorine and a carbon compound at a temperature of about 900° C. to about 1300° C. to form the corresponding chlorides and off gas comprising carbon monoxide, wherein the metal in the metal oxide is selected from the group consisting of silicon, zircon and mixtures thereof, and wherein the carbon compound is selected from the group consisting of coke, charcoal, silicon carbide and mixtures thereof; and reacting titanium dioxide with a stream comprising off gases formed in the previous step to form titanium tetrachloride and carbon dioxide. | 08-05-2010 |
20140154167 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING TITANIUM TETRACHLORIDE USING OFF GASES FROM A SILICA AND ZIRCON CARBO-CHLORINATION PROCESS - This disclosure relates to an improved process for preparing titanium tetrachloride comprising a first carbo-chlorination reaction comprising reacting ores comprising silica and/or zirconium with chlorine and a carbon compound at a temperature of about 900° C. to about 1300° C. to form an unscrubbed off gas comprising carbon monoxide, and using the unscrubbed off gas in a second carbo-chlorination reaction comprising titanium to form titanium tetrachloride. | 06-05-2014 |