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20100090617 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR COMPOSING A LIGHTING ATMOSPHERE FROM AN ABSTRACT DESCRIPTION AND LIGHTING ATMOSPHERE COMPOSITION SYSTEM - The invention relates to composing a lighting atmosphere from an abstract description for example a lighting atmosphere specified in XML, wherein the lighting atmosphere is generated by several lighting devices, by automatically rendering the desired lighting atmosphere from the abstract description. The abstract description describes the type of light with certain lighting parameters desired at certain semantic locations at certain semantic times. This abstract atmosphere description is automatically transferred to a specific instance of a lighting system ( | 04-15-2010 |
20100213876 | LIGHTING CONTROL - The invention relates to a data tag ( | 08-26-2010 |
20110029778 | METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTED IDENTIFICATION, A STATION IN A NETWORK - The present invention relates to a method for identifying and/or, authenticating, and/or authorizing a first radio station in a radio network, comprising the steps of (a) at the first radio station, transmitting to a second radio station a first radio station identifier computed from a set of identity parameters based on the identity of the first radio station, comprising at least one identity parameter, (b) at the first radio station, transmitting at least one identity parameter from the set of identity parameters, (c) at the second radio station, comparing an authentication identifier computed on the basis of the transmitted identity parameter to the first radio station identifier for enabling a subsequent communication between the first and second radio stations. | 02-03-2011 |
20110033054 | METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTING ENCRYPTION MEANS - The present invention relates to method for operating a trust centre for distributing key material to at least one radio station, comprising the steps of at the trust centre, dividing an identifier of the radio station, said identifier being a code word consisting a first number of bits, into a plurality of subidentifiers, and generating for each subidentifier, an keying material function selected out of a set of keying material functions on the basis of the considered subidentifier at the trust centre, transmitting to the radio station the identifier and the key material comprising the generated encryption functions. | 02-10-2011 |
20110197064 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A NETWORK, A SYSTEM MANAGEMENT DEVICE, A NETWORK AND A COMPUTER PROGRAM THEREFOR - The present invention relates to a method for operating a network comprising communicating devices representing nodes of the network. More precisely, the invention relates to a method for operating a network ( | 08-11-2011 |
20110206201 | METHOD OF GENERATING A CRYPTOGRAPHIC KEY, NETWORK AND COMPUTER PROGRAM THEREFOR - The present invention relates to security systems for communication networks. More precisely, the invention relates to a method for generating a shared key between a first node (D | 08-25-2011 |
20110294431 | METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING IN A NETWORK COMPRISING A BATTERYLESS ZIGBEE DEVICE, NETWORK AND DEVICE THEREFOR - The present invention relates to method for wireless communicating in a network comprising a resource-constrained end device, and a first router device, wherein the method comprises the following steps:—the end device (ZBLD) sending a trigger for proxy search procedure,—the first router (R | 12-01-2011 |
20110299451 | METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING IN A NETWORK COMPRISING A BATTERYLESS ZIGBEE DEVICE, NETWORK AND DEVICE THEREFOR - The present invention relates to a method for wireless communication in a network comprising a resource-restricted end device (ZBLD), and at least one router device (R | 12-08-2011 |
20110304219 | SYSTEM, DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONFIGURING AND POWERING A BATTERYLESS DEVICE - System for configuring and powering a wireless batteryless device, the system comprising: a wireless batteryless device (A) comprising: a built-in harvester ( | 12-15-2011 |
20110317838 | METHOD FOR SECURE COMMUNICATION IN A NETWORK, A COMMUNICATION DEVICE, A NETWORK AND A COMPUTER PROGRAM THEREFOR - A method for securing communications between a first node (N | 12-29-2011 |
20120047361 | METHOD FOR SECURING COMMUNICATIONS IN A WIRELESS NETWORK, AND RESOURCE-RESTRICTED DEVICE THEREFOR - The present invention relates to a method for securing communications between a resource-restricted device ( | 02-23-2012 |
20120056728 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING TRANSMISSIONS FROM A RESOURCE-RESTRICTED DEVICE, AND BATTERYLESS DEVICE - The present invention relates to a method for controlling transmissions of a batteryless device ( | 03-08-2012 |
20120066369 | METHOD FOR ASSIGNING A NETWORK ADDRESS FOR COMMUNICATING IN A SEGMENTED NETWORK - The present invention relates to a method for assigning a network address to a first node in a network comprising a plurality of second nodes, the method comprising the steps of: (a) assigning a stochastic address to the first node, (b) the first node transmitting an announcement message to a first control device, (c) the first control device checking whether the assigned network address is available, and (d) upon detecting that the assigned address is not available, the first control device transmitting a message requesting the change of the assigned address | 03-15-2012 |
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20110130670 | Monitoring Physiological Condition and Detecting Abnormalities - A system for monitoring an individual's physiological condition and detecting abnormalities therein, comprising concurrently receiving at least a first signal and a second signal. The first and second signals are conditioned to minimize background extraneous noise after which, each signal is concurrently processed and analyzed to detect repeating cyclical patterns and further characterized to identify individual components of the repeating cycles. At least one individual component in one signal is selected as a reference marker for a selected component in the other signal. The two signals are then synchronized, outputs produced therefrom and stored in a database. The system is provided with a plurality of devices for acquiring, transmitting and conditioning at least two physiological signals, a software program cooperable with a microprocessor configured for receiving said transmitted signals and conditioned signals, and processing said signals to characterize and synchronize said signals and provide signal outputs derived therefrom, a database for storing said transmitted signals, conditioned signals, synchronized signals, and output signals derived therefrom. The output signals are useful for reporting and optionally for retransmission to the individual's body and providing physiologically stimulatory signals thereto. | 06-02-2011 |
20110130671 | Monitoring Physiological Condition and Detecting Abnormalities - A system for monitoring an individual's physiological condition and detecting abnormalities therein, comprising concurrently receiving at least first signal and a second signal. The first and second signals are conditioned to minimize background extraneous noise after which, each signal is concurrently processed and analyzed to detect repeating cyclical patterns and further characterized to identify individual components of the repeating cycles. At least one individual component in one signal is selected as a reference marker for a selected component in the other signal. The two signals are then synchronized, outputs produced therefrom and stored in a database. The system is provided with a plurality of devices for acquiring, transmitting and conditioning at least two physiological signals, a software program cooperable with a microprocessor configured for receiving said transmitted signals and conditioned signals, and processing said signals to characterize and synchronize said signals and provide signal outputs derived therefrom, a database for storing said transmitted signals, conditioned signals, synchronized signals, and output signals derived therefrom. The output signals are useful for reporting and optionally for retransmission to the individual's body and providing physiologically stimulatory signals thereto. | 06-02-2011 |
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20090054742 | Apparatus for signal detection, processing and communication - An apparatus for monitoring one or more than one biological parameter is provided. The apparatus comprises two or more than two layers, each layer comprising a flexible substrate, the two or more than two layers comprising two or more than two sensors for sensing the one or more than one biological parameter; a signal conditioning module in communication with one or more than one of the two or more than two sensors; a signal processor in communication with the signal conditioning module and producing a processed signal; a communication module in communication with the signal processor and transmitting the processed signal to a storage module, a display device, a host processing system, or a combination thereof; and a power module to provide power to the two or more than two sensors, the signal conditioning module, the signal processor, and the communication module. | 02-26-2009 |
20100270924 | FLEXIBLE LIGHT EMITTING/CHARGE STORAGE DEVICE AND SYSTEM - A light emitting/charge storage device is disclosed. The light emitting/charge storage device includes an organic light emitting diode (OLED) portion and at least one charge storage portion electrically and physically connected therewith. The OLED portion includes a first anode layer, a first cathode layer, and an electroluminescent layer disposed at least partially between the first anode layer and the first cathode layer. The at least one charge storage portion includes a second anode layer, a second cathode layer, and an ionic polymer dielectric layer disposed at least partially between the second anode layer and the second cathode layer, and/or a thin film battery layer. A light emitting/charge storage system is also disclosed. Certain embodiments of the device and system of the invention may provide integrated illumination and charge storage in a unitary stacked layered structure with flexible mechanical characteristics. | 10-28-2010 |
20100271174 | Security document with electroactive polymer power source and nano-optical display - A security document is disclosed which includes an electrical circuit embedded in a document substrate, where the electrical circuit includes a power source with at least one electroactive polymer power generator, and an optical display including at least one electroluminescent display element and at least one nanohole array which forms a layer of the electroluminescent display element. A method of authenticating a security document is also disclosed, the method including illuminating an encoded nanohole array in the security document with a focused light beam or laser light source emitting at least one defined wavelength of incident light, detecting a transmitted portion of the incident light transmitted through the nanohole array with an optoelectronic sensor, analyzing at least one wavelength of the transmitted portion of light to produce a detected signal, and comparing the detected signal with an authentication signal to authenticate the security document. | 10-28-2010 |
20100271755 | IONIC POLYMER METAL COMPOSITE CAPACITOR - An ionic polymer metal composite (IPMC) capacitor is disclosed which includes a thin single layer non-hydrated ionic polymer substrate with conductive film electrodes applied to at least a portion of each side of the non-hydrated ionic polymer substrate. The disclosed capacitor is suited for providing thin capacitance structures made to substantially any desired dimensions and shape and may be particularly suited for short term power storage in low power electronics, sensors, micro-electronics, MEMs and high temperature applications. A method of manufacturing an IPMC capacitor is also disclosed including providing a thin single layer non-hydrated ionic polymer substrate, applying a conductive film electrode to both sides of the substrate, and attaching electrical connections to the electrodes. The disclosed method of manufacture may optionally also include heat curing the capacitor and coating the capacitor with at least one moisture-resistant protective coating layer. | 10-28-2010 |
20110127508 | ORGANIC ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE - An organic electronic device (e.g. OLED, OPV, OES, OTFT) is disclosed. The organic electronic device includes a carrier substrate, a first electrode layer disposed on the carrier substrate, an organic active electronic region disposed on the first electrode layer, and an indium second electrode layer disposed and formed on the organic active electronic region by applying heat on an indium solid at a temperature between the melting temperature of indium and a threshold operating temperature of the organic layers to melt the indium solid on the organic active electronic region. The organic active electronic region includes one or more organic layers. A method of manufacturing an organic electronic device is also disclosed. | 06-02-2011 |
20120036198 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELF-CALIBRATING, SELF-ORGANIZING AND LOCALIZING SENSORS IN WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS - A method of self-organizing sensor nodes in a wireless sensor network (WSN); a method of localizing mobile nodes in a WSN; and a method of self-calibrating a WSN are disclosed. The method of self-organizing sensor nodes in a WSN includes configuring sensor nodes to in turn broadcast consecutive messages at a plurality of pre-defined and incrementally increasing power levels; detecting receipt of the broadcasted messages at each of the sensor nodes and notifying a master node as to the identity of each sensor node receiving the broadcasted message and the power level at which it was received to define a detected neighbourhood for each sensor node; determining relative locations of sensor nodes with the detected neighbourhoods; and mapping relative locations of the sensor nodes by the master node based on results of the neighborhood detection and known locations of two anchor nodes. | 02-09-2012 |
20120038463 | SECURITY DOCUMENT WITH ELECTROACTIVE POLYMER POWER SOURCE AND NANO-OPTICAL DISPLAY - A security document is disclosed which includes an electrical circuit embedded in a document substrate, where the electrical circuit includes a power source with at least one electroactive polymer power generator, and an optical display including at least one electroluminescent display element and at least one nanohole array which forms a layer of the electroluminescent display element. Security features comprising nanohole arrays are also provided. A method of authenticating a security document is disclosed, including illuminating an encoded nanohole array in the security document with a focused light beam or laser light source emitting at least one defined wavelength of incident light, detecting a transmitted portion of the incident light transmitted through the nanohole array with an optoelectronic sensor, analyzing at least one wavelength of the transmitted portion of light to produce a detected signal, and comparing the detected signal with an authentication signal to authenticate the security document. | 02-16-2012 |
20130141794 | THREE DIMENSIONAL SUB-WAVELENGTH STRUCTURE WITH SURFACE PLASMON ENERGY MATCHING PROPERTIES - An apparatus including a three dimensional sub-wavelength structure for electromagnetic applications including a surface layer formed of a metal or semiconductor film, one or more additional layers stacked to the surface layer, one or more sub-wavelength apertures in the surface layer, and one or more cavities nearby the one or more sub-wavelength apertures. The size of each aperture is smaller than the wavelength of the electromagnetic field incident upon the three dimensional sub-wavelength structure. The one or more cavities provide accessibility for a dielectric material within and below each aperture. Each cavity may also contain at least one metal or semiconductor sub-wavelength particle. A method of fabricating a three dimensional sub-wavelength structure is also provided. | 06-06-2013 |
20130153861 | ORGANIC OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES WITH SURFACE PLASMON STRUCTURES AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE - An organic optoelectronic device is disclosed. The organic optoelectronic device includes a carrier substrate, an anode electrode layer disposed at least partially on the carrier substrate, an organic electronic active region including one or more organic layers and disposed at least partially on the anode electrode layer, and a cathode electrode layer disposed at least partially on the organic photoactive layer. The anode electrode layer has a periodic array of sub-wavelength nanostructures. Methods of manufacturing an organic optoelectronic device are also disclosed. | 06-20-2013 |
20140093688 | METHOD FOR FABRICATION OF NANO-STRUCTURES - Methods of fabricating nano-structures on a substrate surface are provided including the use of small initial pilot nano-structures patterned in a writing layer which are enlarged upon transfer to a pattern transfer layer among process layers applied to the substrate material, before removal of the writing layer to reveal the enlarged nano-structures. Enlarged nano-structures are transferred to the substrate by etch techniques to produce desired final enlarged nano-structures in the substrate surface. Raised out of plane and etched-in-plane nano-structures may be produced. Multiple geometries, configurations and spacings of 2D (such as in-plane nano-structures) and/or 3D (such as out of plane nano-structures) nano-structures and/or grids or arrays thereof may be fabricated on a surface of a substrate according to a single fabrication process. | 04-03-2014 |
20150042702 | NANO-MEDIA INFORMATION CARRIER BASED ON PIXELATED NANO-STRUCTURES COMBINED WITH AN INTENSITY CONTROL LAYER - A display media including a pixel layer containing subpixels for different optical bands composed of nano-scale structures and an intensity control layer that can pattern the luminance of the subpixels. The display media includes a substrate layer, a sub-wavelength substrate supported by the substrate layer and including subpixels, each subpixel defined by at least one sub-wavelength structure having at least one specific optical property including a specific optical band, at least two of the subpixels having a different specific optical property, and an intensity control layer to individually control an amount of luminance of each individual subpixel in a pattern. Some of the subpixels may have colors that define a color space, while some other subpixels may have an invisible radiation spectrum band. For example, the display media can allow both overt information (color images) and covert information to be embedded together with high density. | 02-12-2015 |
20160056380 | ORGANIC ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE - An organic electronic device (e.g. OLED, OPV, OES, OTFT) is disclosed. The organic electronic device includes a carrier substrate, a first electrode layer disposed on the carrier substrate, an organic active electronic region disposed on the first electrode layer, and an indium second electrode layer disposed and formed on the organic active electronic region by applying heat on an indium solid at a temperature between the melting temperature of indium and a threshold operating temperature of the organic layers to melt the indium solid on the organic active electronic region. The organic active electronic region includes one or more organic layers. A method of manufacturing an organic electronic device is also disclosed. | 02-25-2016 |
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20110213050 | Process for Manufacturing a Self-Sealing Composition - Process for manufacturing a self-sealing elastomer composition, wherein the process comprises the following steps: firstly a masterbatch comprising at least one diene elastomer and a thermoplastic plasticizing hydrocarbon resin with a content greater than 30 phr is manufactured by compounding these various components in a mixer at a temperature or up to a temperature called the “hot compounding temperature” which is above the softening point of the hydrocarbon resin; and then at least one crosslinking system is incorporated into the masterbatch thus prepared, by compounding everything, in the same mixer or in a different mixer, at a temperature or up to a maximum temperature which is kept below 100° C., in order to obtain said self-sealing composition, and wherein at least one liquid plasticizer having a glass transition temperature (T | 09-01-2011 |
20130196085 | Elastomeric Composition for a Tire Object having a Self-Sealing Property - Elastomer composition having a self-sealing property which can be used in particular as puncture-resistant layer in an inflatable article, based on at least (phr meaning parts by weight per 100 parts of solid elastomer): a solid unsaturated diene elastomer; between 30 and 90 phr of a hydrocarbon resin; from 0 to less than 30 phr of filler; between 0.5 and 15 phr of thiuram polysulphide. Inflatable article, such as a tire, provided with a puncture-resistant layer comprising a composition according to the invention; the puncture-resistant layer is advantageously used in combination with an airtight layer, for example based on butyl rubber or TPS elastomer, in order to form, in the inflatable article, an airtight and puncture-resistant laminate. | 08-01-2013 |
20130202829 | Elastomer Composition for a Tire Object having a Self-Sealing Property - Elastomer composition having a self-sealing property which can be used in particular as puncture-resistant layer in an inflatable article, based on at least (phr meaning parts by weight per 100 parts of solid elastomer): a blend of at least two solid elastomers, a polybutadiene or butadiene copolymer elastomer, referred to as “elastomer A”, and a natural rubber or synthetic polyisoprene elastomer, referred to as “elastomer B”, the elastomer A:elastomer B ratio by weight being within a range from 10:90 to 90:10; between 30 and 90 phr of a hydrocarbon resin; from 0 to less than 30 phr of filler. Inflatable article, such as a tire, provided with a puncture-resistant layer comprising a composition according to the invention; the puncture-resistant layer is advantageously used in combination with an airtight layer, for example based on butyl rubber or TPS elastomer, in order to form, in the inflatable article, an airtight and puncture-resistant laminate. | 08-08-2013 |
20130203913 | Method for Manufacturing an Elastomeric Composition having a Self-Sealing Property - Process for the manufacture of an elastomer composition having a self-sealing property which is based on at least (phr meaning parts by weight per 100 parts of solid elastomer): a blend of at least two solid elastomers, a polybutadiene or butadiene copolymer elastomer, referred to as “elastomer A”, and a natural rubber or synthetic polyisoprene elastomer, referred to as “elastomer B”, the elastomer A:elastomer B ratio by weight being within a range from 10:90 to 90:10; between 30 and 90 phr of a hydrocarbon resin; from 0 to less than 30 phr of filler, in which, during a first stage or stage (a), a masterbatch comprising at least the elastomers A and B and between 30 and 90 phr of a hydrocarbon resin is prepared by mixing these various components in a mixer at a “hot compounding” temperature or up to a “hot compounding” temperature which is greater than the softening temperature of the hydrocarbon resin. | 08-08-2013 |
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20110174421 | Self-Sealing Composition for an Inflatable Article - Self-sealing elastomer composition that can be used especially as a puncture-resistant layer in an inflatable article, comprising: as predominant elastomer, an unsaturated diene elastomer; between 30 and 90 phr of a hydrocarbon resin; and 0 to less than 30 phr of a filler. Also disclosed is an article such as a tire provided with a puncture-resistant layer comprising the self-sealing elastomer composition. The puncture-resistant layer is advantageously combined with an airtight layer, for example based on butyl rubber, so as to form, in the inflatable article, a puncture-resistant airtight laminate. | 07-21-2011 |
20110198009 | Pneumatic Article Provided with a Self-Sealing Composition - Inflatable article such as a pneumatic tire provided with a puncture-resistant layer comprising, by way of a self-sealing composition, an elastomer composition comprising at least, as predominant elastomer, a thermoplastic stirene (TPS) elastomer, more than 200 phr of an extender oil and more than 20 phr of a hydrocarbon resin, the glass transition temperature of which is greater than 0° C. The puncture-resistant layer is advantageously combined with an airtight layer, for example based on butyl rubber, so as to form, in the pneumatic article, an airtight puncture-resistant laminate. | 08-18-2011 |
20110198010 | Self-Sealing Composition for Pneumatic Object - A self-sealing elastomer composition that can be used especially as a puncture-resistant layer in an inflatable article, comprising: as predominant elastomer, an unsaturated diene elastomer; a thermoplastic hydrocarbon plasticizer resin with a weight content of between 30 and 90 phr; a liquid plasticizer, the T | 08-18-2011 |
20120115984 | Method for Making a Self-Sealing Composition - A process for manufacturing a self-sealing elastomer composition, said process comprising the following steps: a masterbatch, comprising at least one diene elastomer and more than 30 phr of a hydrocarbon resin, is firstly manufactured by compounding these various components in a mixer at a temperature or up to a temperature called the “hot compounding” temperature which is above the softening point of the hydrocarbon resin; and then at least one crosslinking system is incorporated into the masterbatch thus prepared, by compounding everything in the same mixer or in a different mixer, at a temperature or up to a temperature which is kept below 100° C., in order to obtain said self-sealing composition. | 05-10-2012 |
20120273109 | TYRE HAVING A BUILT-IN SELF-SEALING LAYER - Tyre with inbuilt self-sealing layer comprising an external rubber tread, a carcass reinforcer, a gastight layer arranged on the inside relative to the carcass reinforcer, an anti-tack layer arranged furthest towards the inside and a self-sealing layer adjacent to the anti-tack layer and arranged on the inside relative to the gastight layer, characterized in that the said anti-tack layer is comprised of particles with a shape factor (F=L/E) higher than 5, L representing the length or longest dimension and E the shortest dimension normal to the length. | 11-01-2012 |
20140174639 | TYRE HAVING A BUILT-IN SELF-SEALING LAYER - A method for protecting a tyre against punctures includes: providing a self-sealing layer; providing an anti-tack layer that includes particles having a shape factor higher than 5; forming a tyre such that the self-sealing layer is built into the tyre during manufacture of the tyre; and applying the anti-tack layer a radially internal surface of the self-sealing layer. | 06-26-2014 |
20160032215 | Elastomer Composition for a Tire Object having a Self-Sealing Property - Elastomer composition having a self-sealing property which can be used in particular as puncture-resistant layer in an inflatable article, based on at least (phr meaning parts by weight per 100 parts of solid elastomer): a blend of at least two solid elastomers, a polybutadiene or butadiene copolymer elastomer, referred to as “elastomer A”, and a natural rubber or synthetic polyisoprene elastomer, referred to as “elastomer B”, the elastomer A: elastomer B ratio by weight being within a range from 10:90 to 90:10; between 30 and 90 phr of a hydrocarbon resin; from 0 to less than 30 phr of filler. Inflatable article, such as a tire, provided with a puncture-resistant layer comprising this elastomer composition; the puncture-resistant layer is advantageously used in combination with an airtight layer, for example based on butyl rubber or TPS elastomer, in order to form, in the inflatable article, an airtight and puncture-resistant laminate. | 02-04-2016 |