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| 20100211567 | Word Association Method and Apparatus - A method for creating and using a cross-idea association database that includes a method for associating words and word strings in a language by analyzing word formations around a word or word string to identify other words or word strings that are equivalents or near equivalents semantically. One method for associating words and word strings includes querying a collection of documents with a user-supplied word or word string, determining a user-defined amount of words or word strings to the left and right of the query string, determining the frequency of occurrence of words or word strings located on the left and right of the query string, and ranking the located words. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20110202332 | Knowledge System Method and Apparatus - A method and apparatus for automating the acquisition, reconstruction, and generation of knowledgebases of associated ideas and using such knowledgebases in many application including machine translation of human languages, search and retrieval of unstructured text, or other data, based on concept search, voice recognition, data compression, and artificial intelligence systems. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110202333 | Knowledge System Method and Apparatus - A method and apparatus for automating the acquisition, reconstruction, and generation of knowledgebases of associated ideas and using such knowledgebases in many application including machine translation of human languages, search and retrieval of unstructured text, or other data, based on concept search, voice recognition, data compression, and artificial intelligence systems. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20110202334 | Knowledge System Method and Apparatus - A method and apparatus for automating the acquisition, reconstruction, and generation of knowledgebases of associated ideas and using such knowledgebases in many application including machine translation of human languages, search and retrieval of unstructured text, or other data, based on concept search, voice recognition, data compression, and artificial intelligence systems. | 08-18-2011 |
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| 20080303720 | CERAMIC DIELECTRIC FORMULATION FOR BROAD BAND UHF ANTENNA - A dielectric ceramic composition has a dielectric constant, K, of at least 200 and a dielectric loss, DF, of 0.0006 or less at 1 MHz. The dielectric ceramic composition may be formed by sintering by firing in air without a controlled atmosphere. The dielectric ceramic composition may have a major component of 92.49 to 97.5 wt. % containing 60.15 to 68.2 wt. % strontium titanate, 11.02 to 23.59 wt. % calcium titanate and 7.11 to 21.32 wt. % barium titanate; and a minor component of 2.50 to 7.51 wt. % containing 1.18 to 3.55 wt. % calcium zirconate, 0.50 to 1.54 wt. % bismuth trioxide, 0.2 to 0.59 wt. % zirconia, 0.02 to 0.07 wt. % manganese dioxide, 0.12 to 0.35 wt. % zinc oxide, 0.12 to 0.35 wt. % lead-free glass frit, 0.24 to 0.71 wt. % kaolin clay and 0.12 to 0.35 wt. % cerium oxide. UHF antennas and monolithic ceramic components may use the dielectric ceramic composition. | 12-11-2008 |
| 20100073846 | BULK CAPACITOR AND METHOD - A bulk capacitor includes a first electrode formed of a metal foil and a semi-conductive porous ceramic body formed on the metal foil. A dielectric layer is formed on the porous ceramic body for example by oxidation. A conductive medium is deposited on the porous ceramic body filling the pores of the porous ceramic body and forming a second electrode. The capacitor can then be encapsulated with various layers and can include conventional electrical terminations. A method of manufacturing a bulk capacitor includes forming a conductive porous ceramic body on a first electrode formed of a metal foil, oxidizing to form a dielectric layer and filling the porous body with a conductive medium to form a second electrode. A thin semi-conductive ceramic layer can also be disposed between the metal foil and the porous ceramic body. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20120300363 | BULK CAPACITOR AND METHOD - A bulk capacitor includes a first electrode formed of a metal foil and a semi-conductive porous ceramic body formed on the metal foil. A dielectric layer is formed on the porous ceramic body for example by oxidation. A conductive medium is deposited on the porous ceramic body filling the pores of the porous ceramic body and forming a second electrode. The capacitor can then be encapsulated with various layers and can include conventional electrical terminations. A method of manufacturing a bulk capacitor includes forming a conductive porous ceramic body on a first electrode formed of a metal foil, oxidizing to form a dielectric layer and filling the porous body with a conductive medium to form a second electrode. A thin semi-conductive ceramic layer can also be disposed between the metal foil and the porous ceramic body. | 11-29-2012 |
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| 20080230702 | Radioimaging - Radioimaging methods, devices and radiopharmaceuticals therefor. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080230705 | Radioimaging - Radioimaging methods, devices and radiopharmaceuticals therefor. | 09-25-2008 |
| 20080260228 | Methods of View Selection for Radioactive Emission Measurements - A method is described for identifying an optimal, or preferred set of views for radioactive-emission measurements of a body structure, based on modeling the body structure, in terms of its geometry and radioactive emission distribution, obtaining different sets of views of the model, and scoring the different sets of views, with a scoring function, using information theoretic measures, for example, for uniformity, reliability and separability in reconstruction. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20090078875 | Radioimaging - Radioimaging methods, devices and radiopharmaceuticals therefor. | 03-26-2009 |
| 20090190807 | Reconstruction Stabilizer and Active Vision - A method for stabilizing the reconstruction of an imaged volume is presented. The method includes the steps of performing an analysis of the reliability of reconstruction of a radioactive-emission density distribution of the volume from radiation detected over a specified set of views, and defining modifications to the reconstruction process and/or data collection process to improve the reliability of reconstruction, in accordance with the analysis. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090201291 | Gating With Anatomically Varying Durations - A method for reconstructing a radioactive emission image of an overall volume having first and second volumetric regions, each volumetric region having respectively independent dynamic characteristics. The method comprises the following steps: a) obtaining radioactive emissions from the overall volume, including the volumetric regions, b) reconstructing an initial radioactive emission image of the volumetric region according to the radioactive emissions, c) segmenting the initial radioactive emission image to delineate the first and second volumetric regions, and d) separately reconstructing the first and the second volumetric regions according to the respectively independent dynamic characteristics. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20120106820 | RECONSTRUCTION STABILIZER AND ACTIVE VISION - A method for stabilizing the reconstruction of an imaged volume is presented. The method includes the steps of performing an analysis of the reliability of reconstruction of a radioactive-emission density distribution of the volume from radiation detected over a specified set of views, and defining modifications to the reconstruction process and/or data collection process to improve the reliability of reconstruction, in accordance with the analysis. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120172699 | RADIOACTIVE-EMISSION-MEASUREMENT OPTIMIZATION TO SPECIFIC BODY STRUCTURES - A method for predefining a set of radioactive-emission measurement views, for radioactive-emission imaging after an administration of a radiopharmaceutical, the method being tailored to a specific body structure and optimized with respect to the information gained about the body structure and based on modeling body-structure, based on its geometry and anatomical constraints, which limit accessibility to the body structure. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20140163368 | RADIOIMAGING USING LOW DOSE ISOTOPE - Radioimaging methods, devices and radiopharmaceuticals therefor. | 06-12-2014 |
| 20140187927 | RADIOACTIVE-EMISSION-MEASUREMENT OPTIMIZATION TO SPECIFIC BODY STRUCTURES - A method for predefining a set of radioactive-emission measurement views, for radioactive-emission imaging after an administration of a radiopharmaceutical, the method being tailored to a specific body structure and optimized with respect to the information gained about the body structure and based on modeling body-structure, based on its geometry and anatomical constraints, which limit accessibility to the body structure. | 07-03-2014 |
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| 20100067908 | Enhanced Passive Optical Network (PON) Processor - A method for processing data flows of a plurality of passive optical network (PON) operating modes, the method is performed by an optical network unit (ONU). The method comprises processing upstream data flows of said plurality of PON operating modes; and processing downstream data flows of the plurality of PON operating modes. The plurality of PON operating modes include at least a Gigabit PON (GPON) mode, a broadband PON (BPON) mode, and an Ethernet PON (EPON). | 03-18-2010 |
| 20100166419 | TECHNIQUES FOR PROTECTING PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWORKS - A method for performing a protection in passive optical networks. The method comprises forming a protection maintenance link between an active optical line terminal (OLT) and a standby OLT; forming a synchronization link between the active OLT and the standby OLT; computing a base differential distance value; continuously measuring round trip time (RTT) values by the active OLT using the protection maintenance link; periodically sending at least RTT values calculated by the active OLT to the standby OLT over the synchronization link; and computing, by the standby OLT, a new RTT value based on at least a RTT value measured by the active OLT and a standby differential distance value, when a switch-over action is triggered, thereby allowing the standby OLT to serve optical network units (ONUs) in the PON without performing a ranging process. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20110280568 | TECHNIQUES FOR DETECTING OPTICAL FAULTS IN PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWORKS - A method for detecting faults and their locations in an optical path between an optical line terminal (OLT) of and optical network units (ONUs) of a passive optical network (PON). The method comprises forming a maintenance optical link through the PON between the OLT and a collocated ONU, the OLT and its collocated ONU are each connected to an optical splitter; sending a ranging request from the OLT to the collocated ONU; in response to the ranging request, receiving, over the maintenance optical line, a ranging burst signal including at least a fault analysis detection pattern (FADP); and analyzing the FADP in the received signal by auto-correlating the FADP signal with an expected FADP signal, an uncorrelated event measured through the auto-correlation is indicative of a fault in the optical path of the PON and occurrence times of such events are indicative of the fault's location in the optical path. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20130156420 | ADAPTIVE FORWARD ERROR CORRECTION IN PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWORKS - A method for an adaptive forward error correction (FEC) in a passive optical network. The method comprises selecting an initial downstream FEC code to be applied on downstream data transmitted from an optical line terminal (OLT) to a plurality of optical network units (ONUs) of the PON; communicating the selected downstream FEC code to the plurality of ONUs; receiving at least one downstream bit error ratio (BER) value from at least one ONU of the plurality of ONUs, wherein the downstream BER value is measured respective to downstream data received at the at least one ONU; changing the selected downstream FEC code to a new downstream FEC code based on a plurality of downstream BER values measured by the at least one ONU; and communicating the new downstream FEC code to the plurality of ONUs. | 06-20-2013 |
| 20140119396 | Efficient Power Control for an Automatic Laser Driver - Systems and methods are provided to efficiently manage power in a laser a driver of an optical network unit (ONU) of a passive optical network (PON). Using information from an allocation map, the expected next allocated schedule for a transmission can be determined. The driver can be efficiently powered down and powered up based on the time remaining between the end of the current burst and the beginning of the next expected burst so that power is not wasted while the laser has no data to transmit. | 05-01-2014 |
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| 20090075299 | Diagnostic Methods - The present invention relates to methods of diagnosing cancerous conditions in a patient, as well as methods of monitoring the progression of a cancerous condition and/or methods of monitoring a treatment protocol of a therapeutic agent or a chemotherapeutic regimen. The invention also relates to assay methods used in connection with the diagnostic methods described herein. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20110059870 | Assay Plates, Reader Systems and Methods for Luminescence Test Measurements - Luminescence test measurements are conducted using an assay module having integrated electrodes with a reader apparatus adapted to receive assay modules, induce luminescence, preferably electrode induced luminescence, in the wells or assay regions of the assay modules and measure the induced luminescence. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110203924 | Assay Plates, Reader Systems and Methods for Luminescence Test Measurements - Luminescence test measurements are conducted using an assay module having integrated electrodes with a reader apparatus adapted to receive assay modules, induce luminescence, preferably electrode induced luminescence, in the wells or assay regions of the assay modules and measure the induced luminescence. | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110269642 | MODULAR ASSAY PLATES, READER SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TEST MEASUREMENTS - Luminescence test measurements are conducted using an assay module having integrated electrodes with a reader apparatus adapted to receive assay modules, induce luminescence, preferably electrode induced luminescence, in the wells or assay regions of the assay modules and measure the induced luminescence. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20120190590 | Assay Plates, Reader Systems and Methods for Luminescence Test Measurements - Luminescence test measurements are conducted using an assay module having integrated electrodes with a reader apparatus adapted to receive assay modules, induce luminescence, preferably electrode induced luminescence, in the wells or assay regions of the assay modules and measure the induced luminescence. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120190591 | Assay Plates, Reader Systems and Methods for Luminescence Test Measurements - Luminescence test measurements are conducted using an assay module having integrated electrodes with a reader apparatus adapted to receive assay modules, induce luminescence, preferably electrode induced luminescence, in the wells or assay regions of the assay modules and measure the induced luminescence. | 07-26-2012 |
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| 20090125755 | System and method for detection and recovery of malfunction in mobile devices - A method for recovering malfunction of at least one resource of a mobile device in response to a malware attack and a mobile device thereof. The method comprises diagnosing at least one malfunction of at lest on resource of the mobile device without identifying a reason of the attack, and, in response to said diagnosing, recovering at least one resource of the mobile device. The mobile device comprises one or more resources operatively coupled to at least one sensor directly or indirectly coupled to a recovery block, wherein said sensor is configured to monitor at least one of said resources for information, possibly indicative of at least one affected resource, and to report, directly or indirectly this information and/or derivative thereof to the recovery block; and said recovery block is configured to initiate at least one recovery-related action in respect of at least one of said resources in case the received information and/or derivative thereof meets a certain criterion. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090204845 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND A METHOD OF SELF-HEALING THEREOF - Provided a communication device and a method of self-healing thereof. The communication device is characterized by one or more operational functions and comprising one or more resources operatively coupled to at least one sensor, said sensor directly or indirectly coupled to a recovery block, wherein the device is configured to held an emergency configuration related to at least one of said operational functions and/or at least one of said resources; the sensor is configured to monitor at least one of said resources for information, indicative of at least one possibly malfunctioned resource, and to report, directly or indirectly, this information and/or derivative thereof to the recovery block; and the recovery block is configured to initiate at least one remedial action in respect of at least one of said resources in case the received information and/or derivative thereof meets a certain criterion, wherein said remedial action to be provided in accordance with the emergency configuration. | 08-13-2009 |
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| 20080205640 | Digital content delivery system and method - A system and a method for flexible, yet secure distribution of digital content items, optionally with an automatic payment mechanism for purchasing such content. The present invention supports the distribution of content to end user devices from a central distribution point, as in client-server models and variations thereof, and/or peer-to-peer distribution, for example between end user devices. In addition, the present invention also supports distribution models within either of these mechanisms for unitary distribution, to a specified end user device, or broadcast/multicast distribution, to a plurality of end user devices. In any case, in order for the distributed content to be operative, for example to be “played back” or otherwise displayed, the recipient end user device must be in communication with a network control center. The network control center then enables the recipient end user device to play back or otherwise display the received content, for example by sending a code to the recipient end user device. Optionally, the network control center may require payment to be received before enabling the content for the recipient end user device. Thus, the present invention supports flexible distribution of content according to a number of different distribution models, while still preventing unauthorized play back or other display throughout the lifecycle of the digital content item, and optionally enabling assured payments. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20120102575 | DIGITAL CONTENT DELIVERY SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method and system for securing digital content for transmission to an end user device. In a preferred embodiment, the invention provides for: a control center for controlling access to the digital content by the end user device; transmitting scrambled digital content to the end user device, such that the end user device cannot play back the said scrambled digital content; contacting the control center to request a PECM (personal ECM), the PECM being specific to the end user device; transmitting the PECM to the end user device by the control center; and unscrambling the scrambled digital content by the end user device according to the PECM. | 04-26-2012 |
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| 20090164819 | TRI-LAYERED POWER SCHEME FOR ARCHITECTURES WHICH CONTAIN A MICRO-CONTROLLER - Various embodiments are directed to a tri-layered power scheme for architectures which contain a microcontroller. In one embodiment, a power management system may comprise a microcontroller in a chipset, a low consumption power well to control a power supply to the microcontroller, and a power controller to control a power supply to the low consumption power well. The power management system may be arranged to switch among multiple power consumption states. In a maximum power consumption state, the microcontroller is on, the power controller is on, and the low consumption power well is on. In an intermediate power consumption state, the microcontroller is off, the power controller is on, and the low consumption power well is required to be on. In a minimum power consumption state, the microcontroller is off, the power controller is on, and the low consumption power well is optionally on or off at the discretion of the power controller. Other embodiments are described and claimed. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20120084854 | HARDWARE-BASED HUMAN PRESENCE DETECTION - A method, system, and computer program product containing instructions to provide hardware-based human presence detection. Rather than rely upon software to display a CAPTCHA image, hardware in the form of a sprite engine of a graphics device is used to write a random text string directly to the display device, overlaying the user interface provided by software. Because the sprite engine is isolated from a host operating system for the system, the random text string cannot be captured and processed by software robots running under the host operating system. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20140201030 | DYNAMIC PAYMENT SERVICE - Systems and methods may provide for implementing a dynamic payment service. In one example, the method may generate a request communication including purchase detail information relating to an item to request credit from a vendor to conduct a transaction relating to the item, determine a scope of credit to be issued to conduct the transaction relating to the item based on the purchase detail information, and generate a payment communication including the transaction information to complete the transaction relating to the item. | 07-17-2014 |
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| 20110187826 | FAST GATING PHOTOSURFACE - An embodiment of the invention provides a camera comprising a photosurface that is electronically turned on and off to respectively initiate and terminate an exposure period of the camera at a frequency sufficiently high so that the camera can be used to determine distances to a scene that it images without use of an external fast shutter. In an embodiment, the photosurface comprises pixels formed on a substrate and the photosurface is turned on and turned off by controlling voltage to the substrate. In an embodiment, the substrate pixels comprise light sensitive pixels, also referred to as “photopixels”, in which light incident on the photosurface generates photocharge, and storage pixels that are insensitive to light that generates photocharge in the photopixels. In an embodiment, the photosurface is controlled so that the storage pixels accumulate and store photocharge substantially upon its generation during an exposure period of the photosurface. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20120140484 | LIGHT SOURCE MODULE - An embodiment of the invention provides apparatus for providing light pulses comprising a light source electrically connected to a low inductance configuration of electrodes for electrically connecting the light source to a power supply. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120287242 | ADAPTIVE HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE CAMERA - An embodiment of the invention provides a time of flight 3D camera comprising a photosensor having a plurality of pixels that generate and accumulate photoelectrons responsive to incident light, which photosensor is tiled into a plurality of super pixels, each partitioned into a plurality of pixel groups and a controller that provides a measure of an amount of light incident on a super pixel responsive to quantities of photoelectrons from pixel groups in the super pixel that do not saturate a readout pixel comprised in the photosensor. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20130188022 | 3D ZOOM IMAGER - A 3D imager comprising two cameras having fixed wide-angle and narrow angle FOVs respectively that overlap to provide an active space for the imager and a controller that determines distances to features in the active space responsive to distances provided by the cameras and a division of the active space into near, intermediate, and far zones. | 07-25-2013 |
| 20140125766 | ACCUMULATING CHARGE FROM MULTIPLE IMAGING EXPOSURE PERIODS - Embodiments related to accumulating charge during multiple exposure periods in a time-of-flight depth camera are disclosed. For example, one embodiment provides a method including accumulating a first charge on a photodetector during a first exposure period for a first light pulse, transferring the first charge to a charge storage mechanism, accumulating a second charge during a second exposure period for the first light pulse, and transferring the second charge to the charge storage mechanism. The method further includes accumulating an additional first charge during a first exposure period for a second light pulse, adding the additional first charge to the first charge to form an updated first charge, accumulating an additional second charge on the photodetector for a second exposure period for the second light pulse, and adding the additional second charge to the second charge to form an updated second charge. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140240462 | FAST GATING PHOTOSURFACE - An embodiment of the invention provides a camera comprising a photosurface having a substrate comprising photopixels and associated storage pixels and a controller that controls the photosurface to image a scene by maintaining a bias between the photopixels and their respective storage pixels at all times during an exposure period of the photosurface so that photocharge, substantially upon its generation in a photopixel by light from the scene incident on the photopixel moves towards the photopixel's storage pixel. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140267613 | PHOTOSENSOR HAVING ENHANCED SENSITIVITY - A method of controlling a photosensor having adjacent light sensitive pixels in which photocharge is generated in depletion zones of the pixels by light incident on the photosensor, comprising applying voltage to gate electrodes of the photopixels so that the depletion zone of one of the pixels extends into and lies under a portion of the depletion region of the other pixel. | 09-18-2014 |
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| 20100037100 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ISOLATING SOFTWARE COMPONENTS - A software testing system operative to test a software application comprising a plurality of software components, at least some of which are highly coupled hence unable to support a dependency injection, each software component operative to perform a function, the system comprising apparatus for at least partially isolating, from within the software application, at least one highly coupled software component which performs a given function, and apparatus for testing at least the at least partially isolated highly coupled software component. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20120222018 | METHODS, CIRCUITS, APPARATUS, SYSTEMS AND ASSOCIATED SOFTWARE MODULES FOR EVALUATING CODE BEHAVIOR - Disclosed are methods, circuits, apparatus, systems and associated software modules for dynamically evaluating code behavior in runtime. There is provided a code testing platform and/or framework which may include: (1) a code execution environment instancing module (CEEIM), (2) code execution resources, (3) executed code isolation logic, and (4) code call response logic. The CEEIM may instance, on a computing platform, a code execution environment (CEE) which is at least partially isolated from external resources functionally associated with the computing platform. The CEE may include code execution resources adapted to execute code whose behavior is to be evaluated, wherein a resource call generated from code execution may be analyzed by the code isolation logic and may under certain conditions be routed to the code call response logic. | 08-30-2012 |
| 20130097587 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ISOLATING SOFTWARE COMPONENTS - A software testing system operative to test a software application comprising a plurality of software components, at least some of which are highly coupled hence unable to support a dependency injection, each software component operative to perform a function, the system comprising apparatus for at least partially isolating, from within the software application, at least one highly coupled software component which performs a given function, and apparatus for testing at least the at least partially isolated highly coupled software component. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20140289708 | Methods, Circuits, Devices, Systems and Associated Computer Executable Code for Testing Software Code - Disclosed are methods, circuits, apparatuses, systems and associated computer executable code for generating a unit test. According to some embodiments, there is provided computerized system including test generation software, which software may include code analyzing logic to identify within a code under test or within an associated Code Statement Segment (CSS): (1) one or more dependencies, and (2) one or more fields read by the CUT or Associated CSS. The may also be include a code statement provider to provide: (1) at least one CSS constructed to resolve at least one identified dependency, and (2) at least one CSS constructed to modify at least one identified field. | 09-25-2014 |
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| 20110016520 | AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM AND METHODS - A system and methods authenticate sensitive information such as passwords. Password characters are transformed into distorted characters and distorted character groups are generated such that each distorted password character is part of a group. An image is created containing the groups and the password or other sensitive information is authenticated when groups are identified within the image that contain the password characters in an expected sequence. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110185234 | SYSTEM EVENT LOGS - An automated method of processing computer system event logs comprises receiving event messages associated with one or more system event logs, each event message including event text, determining a set of message clusters, each comprising a template text, representative of the event messages across the one or more event logs, and assigning each event message to a message cluster of the set, according to a measure of similarity between the respective event text of the event message and the template text of the message cluster. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20120011113 | Determining Reliability of Electronic Documents Associated with Events - A method of determining reliability of electronic documents associated with an event occurring in connection with a computing device may comprise, with a processor, composing a number of search queries based on text included in an event message, searching for a number of electronic documents via a network, said searching performed based on the composed search queries, and ranking the electronic documents identified by said searching based upon an indication of reliability in addressing the event associated with the event message, in which, ranking the electronic documents comprises applying a content source ranking criteria. | 01-12-2012 |
| 20120310949 | MATCHING A USER TO A CONVERSATION - A method for matching a user to a conversation includes, for each of a plurality of documents, mapping the document to one or more of a plurality of topics. The document is associated with a user. For each user, the user is mapped to each of the plurality of topics that are mapped to documents with which the user is associated. One of the users is matched to a conversation according to the mappings of the users to those of the plurality of topics that are also mapped to the conversation. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20130080472 | TRANSLATING NATURAL LANGUAGE QUERIES - A system and related method to process natural queries is provided. In one aspect, it is determined whether any portion of the natural language query matches one of a plurality of semantic keywords. In another aspect, the natural language query is translated into at least one database query. In a further aspect, the database query may be executed in a database arranged in accordance with the database model. | 03-28-2013 |
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| 20090216685 | Method and platform for facilitating competitive virtual securities trading - A method for providing a trading platform over the Internet or other network that allows users to participate in competitive virtual trading of securities and/or derivatives, wherein the monetary returns of the participants are based on their relative performances. All of the participants must register and deposit monies in an account with the trading platform provider. The platform provider will control the crediting and debiting of each account based on the results of each competition. In a competition, the securities and/or derivatives are traded at market prices, including but not limited to over-the-counter spot prices on different assets such as currencies, indices, commodities, stocks and exchange-traded funds (ETFs), but instead of calculating the returns of the participants according to their absolute results (which means the summation of gains and losses for all the transactions that the participant executed within a period of time), the returns of a participant will be based on the difference between his and his rival's absolute results. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20100050078 | PERSONALIZED INTERNET INTERACTION - A method of a user interacting with an Internet, comprising: tracking interactions of the user with an Internet; analyzing said tracked interactions to determine at least one aspect of a user's interaction with the Internet; and modifying future interactions of said user with said Internet, responsive to said determined aspect, wherein said modified interactions comprise site-content related interactions with a plurality of unrelated sites. Preferably, the aspect is adapted in real-time to reflect changes in the tracked interactions. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100130945 | TREATMENT OF TISSUE VIA APPLICATION OF MAGNETIC FIELD - A method of preconditioning a potentially ischemic myocardium or treating a myocardium under an ischemic distress event is disclosed. The method comprises exposing the myocardium to an alternating magnetic field at a frequency of from 15.5N Hz to about 16.5N Hz or from 7.8 Hz to 8.2 Hz and duration selected so as to activate potassium ATP channels in the myocardium, wherein N is a positive integer. | 05-27-2010 |
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| 20100230352 | CONTINUOUS PROCESS BATCH-OPERATED REVERSE OSMOSIS SYSTEM WITH IN-TANK MEMBRANES AND CIRCULATION - A reverse osmosis system and method for operating the same includes a pressure tank having a first end and a second end, the pressure tank has a first volume adjacent to the first end and a second volume adjacent to the second end and a third volume between the first volume and the second volume and a fluid passage fluidically coupling the second volume to the first volume. The reverse osmosis system also includes a plurality of membranes disposed within the third volume generating permeate and a permeate manifold receiving permeate from the membranes and fluidically communicating permeate out of the pressure tank. A feed line couples feed fluid into the pressure tank. A first pump pressurizes the feed line. A second pump is disposed within the tank and circulates brine fluid from the second volume through the fluid passage. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20110133487 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OSMOTIC POWER GENERATION - An osmotic power generation system and method for generating osmotic power includes a membrane chamber having a semi-permeable membrane therein defining a first portion and a second portion therein. The system also includes a first pump communicating a first fluid to the first portion and a second pump communicating a second fluid to the second portion. The second fluid has higher total dissolved solids than the first fluid. A second portion energy recovery device is in fluid communication with the second portion. A power generator is in communication with the second portion energy recovery device generating electrical power in response to the second portion energy recovery device and the pressure in the second portion. | 06-09-2011 |
| 20110198290 | CONTROL SCHEME FOR A REVERSE OSMOSIS SYSTEM USING A HYDRAULIC ENERGY MANAGEMENT INTEGRATION SYSTEM - A reverse osmosis system and method of operating the same includes a first pump receiving feed fluid at a first pressure and increasingly pressurizing the feed fluid to a second pressure higher than the first pressure. A membrane housing having an inlet, a membrane, a permeate outlet and a brine outlet. The inlet receiving feed fluid. A hydraulic energy management integration system (HEMI) having a turbine portion, a pump portion and a motor. The brine outlet fluid is in fluid communication with the turbine portion. The reverse osmosis system also includes a second pump and a controller controlling the motor to retard rotation of the HEMI while the first pump increasingly pressurizes the feed fluid to the second pressure. The controller also controls the motor to increase a HEMI speed so that feed fluid pressure increases above the second pressure after the second pressure is reached, and, when a feed fluid reaches the second pressure at the fluid inlet, controls the second pump to increase the feed fluid pressure to a third pressure. The controller controls the motor to reduce the HEMI speed after the third pressure and controls the motor to change the HEMI speed based on a membrane pressure. | 08-18-2011 |
| 20120138536 | REVERSE OSMOSIS SYSTEM WITH CONTROL BASED ON FLOW RATES IN THE PERMEATE AND BRINE STREAMS - A reverse osmosis system includes a membrane chamber having a feed line. The chamber generates a permeate stream and a brine stream from the feed line. A feed pump pressurizes the feed line. A first flow meter generates a first flow signal corresponding to a flow of fluid in the permeate stream. A booster device has a turbine in fluid communication with the brine stream and a pump in fluid communication with the feed line. A motor is coupled to the turbine device and a variable frequency drive is attached to the turbine device operating in response to the first flow signal. A second flow meter generates a second flow signal corresponding to a flow of fluid in the brine stream and a variable size nozzle operates an opening in response to the second flow meter. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120279923 | CONTINUOUS PROCESS BATCH-OPERATED REVERSE OSMOSIS SYSTEM WITH IN-TANK MEMBRANES AND CIRCULATION - A reverse osmosis system and method for operating the same includes a pressure tank having a first end and a second end, the pressure tank has a first volume adjacent to the first end and a second volume adjacent to the second end and a third volume between the first volume and the second volume and a fluid passage fluidically coupling the second volume to the first volume. The reverse osmosis system also includes a plurality of membranes disposed within the third volume generating permeate and a permeate manifold receiving permeate from the membranes and fluidically communicating permeate out of the pressure tank. A feed line couples feed fluid into the pressure tank. A first pump pressurizes the feed line. A second pump is disposed within the tank and circulates brine fluid from the second volume through the fluid passage. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20130306568 | LIQUID FILTRATION SYSTEM WITH ENERGY RECOVERY DEVICES - A system and method of operating the same includes an absorption tank having a compressor communicating gas thereto, a suspended solid filtration tank having a primary inlet, a secondary inlet, a primary outlet and a secondary outlet and a pump comprising a pump inlet coupled to the secondary outlet and a pump outlet communicating fluid to the absorption tank. The absorption tank forms a solution from the fluid and gas. A turbine mechanically couples the pump with a common shaft extending to the pump. The turbine has a turbine inlet coupled to the absorption tank and a turbine outlet coupled to the secondary inlet. The turbine depressurizes the solution. The system may also use a centrifugal pump in place of a turbine and absorption tank. | 11-21-2013 |
| 20140008299 | CENTRAL PUMPING AND ENERGY RECOVERY IN A REVERSE OSMOSIS SYSTEM - A reverse osmosis system includes a plurality of feed pumps each having a feed pump input and a feed pump output, an input manifold in fluid communication with the feed pump inputs and a membrane feed manifold in fluid communication with the feed pump output. The system also includes a plurality of membrane chambers each in fluid communication with the membrane feed manifold and generating a permeate output and a brine output, each brine output in fluid communication with a brine manifold. The system further includes a plurality of booster devices each having a turbine portion with a turbine input in fluid communication with the brine manifold and a pump portion having a booster device pump input and a booster device pump output, each booster device pump output in fluid communication with the membrane feed manifold. The system includes a pump input manifold in fluid communication with the booster device pump input. The system also includes a medium pressure pump in fluid communication with the input manifold and the pump input manifold. | 01-09-2014 |
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| 20090173690 | BATCH-OPERATED REVERSE OSMOSIS SYSTEM - A reverse osmosis system in fluid communication with a fluid reservoir and a method of operating the same includes a pressure vessel having a membrane therein, a high pressure fluid input, a low pressure fluid input, a permeate output and a brine output. The system further includes a high pressure valve, a low pressure valve and a high pressure pump in fluid communication with the high pressure input through the high pressure valve. The system also includes a low pressure pump in fluid communication with the low pressure input through the low pressure valve. The high pressure pump and the low pressure pump are in fluid communication with the fluid reservoir. The low pressure pump initially fills the pressure vessel and the high pressure pump operates during permeate production. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090173691 | BATCH-OPERATED REVERSE OSMOSIS SYSTEM WITH MULTIPLE MEMBRANES IN A PRESSURE VESSEL - A reverse osmosis system and method for operating the same includes a fluid reservoir, a valve and a brine feed tank in fluid communication with the fluid reservoir through an input. The brine feed tank has brine feed fluid therein. The system also includes a high pressure pump and a pressure vessel in fluid communication with the fluid reservoir through the high pressure pump. The pressure vessel comprises a permeate outlet. The brine feed tank is in fluid communication with the pressure vessel. During a permeate production cycle, the high pressure pump pumps additional fluid under high pressure from the fluid reservoir into the pressure vessel using a high pressure pump. The pressure vessel communicates brine fluid into the brine feed tank. The high pressure pump raises a pressure in the pressure vessel until an amount of permeate is produced from a permeate output of the pressure vessel. | 07-09-2009 |
| 20090188865 | BATCH-OPERATED REVERSE OSMOSIS SYSTEM WITH MANUAL ENERGIZATION - A batch reverse osmosis system in fluid communication with a fluid reservoir and a method for operating the same includes a first housing having an inlet valve in fluid communication with the fluid reservoir. The system also includes a pressure vessel having an elongated liner with a first end and a second end, a membrane disposed within the second end having a membrane inlet, a membrane outlet disposed at the second end and a permeate outlet. The system also includes a recirculation recirculation device disposed within the first end of the elongated liner. The recirculation recirculation device defines a fluid volume between the recirculation recirculation device and the membrane adjacent to the membrane inlet. The system includes a plunger disposed within the housing and an actuator. The housing and the plunger define a chamber. The plunger is coupled to the actuator. The system further includes a hollow pipe coupled to the actuator, whereby the plunger, the hollow pipe and the recirculation device move in response to the actuator. The hollow pipe has a port. The hollow pipe communicates fluid between the chamber within the housing and the fluid volume within the pressure vessel. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20100202870 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LUBRICATING A THRUST BEARING FOR A ROTATING MACHINE USING PUMPAGE - A fluid machine and method of operating the same includes a pump portion having a pump impeller chamber, a pump inlet and a pump outlet and a turbine portion having a turbine impeller chamber, a turbine inlet and a turbine outlet. A shaft extends between the pump impeller chamber and the turbine impeller chamber. The shaft has a shaft passage therethrough. A turbine impeller is coupled to the impeller end of the shaft disposed within the impeller chamber. The turbine impeller has vanes at least one of which comprises a vane passage therethrough. A thrust bearing is in fluid communication with said vane passage. | 08-12-2010 |
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| 20090256921 | CAMERA EXPOSURE OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES THAT TAKE CAMERA AND SCENE MOTION INTO ACCOUNT - Quantities of motion regarding an imaging device such as an electronic camera are calculated and used to adjust the exposure time and one or more other exposure parameters used to capture an image to improve the quality of the image. Motion blur caused by movement of the camera or by movement of an object within the scene being photographed is reduced by selecting appropriate exposure parameters. Further, when there is little or no motion detected, the exposure parameters may be selected to improve the depth of field and reduce the noise in the captured image. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20100150540 | Control of Artificial Lighting of a Scene to Reduce Effects of Motion in the Scene on an Image Being Acquired - Motion of an image of a scene being captured by a digital image acquisition device is detected and used to control parameters of illumination of the scene by a flash lamp that is typically built into the device. Parameters that may be controlled include the intensity, duration and timing of light emitted by the flash lamp. Such control of the flash illumination is preferably performed in conjunction with adjusting one or more exposure parameters used to capture an image. Such exposure parameters include duration, aperture and sensor gain. Motion blur caused by movement of the camera or by movement of an object within the scene being photographed is reduced by selecting appropriate exposure parameters and flash light characteristics. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100328496 | ADVERTISING THROUGH RECYCLABLE DIGITAL CAMERAS - Data of updated or new advertising messages are loaded into a non-volatile memory of a digital camera in the course of it being recycled. The user of the camera therefore receives the updated or new advertising messages as a part of recycling the camera. There are a number of ways the advertising message can be displayed on a picture preview screen of the camera and/or reproduced by a loudspeaker on the camera. The advertising message can either be displayed along with a picture acquired by the camera or at separate times. | 12-30-2010 |
| 20120148224 | CONTROL OF ARTIFICIAL LIGHTING OF A SCENE TO REDUCE EFFECTS OF MOTION IN THE SCENE ON AN IMAGE BEING ACQUIRED - Motion of an image of a scene being captured by a digital image acquisition device is detected and used to control parameters of illumination of the scene by a flash lamp that is typically built into the device. Parameters that may be controlled include the intensity, duration and timing of light emitted by the flash lamp. Such control of the flash illumination is preferably performed in conjunction with adjusting one or more exposure parameters used to capture an image. Such exposure parameters include duration, aperture and sensor gain. Motion blur caused by movement of the camera or by movement of an object within the scene being photographed is reduced by selecting appropriate exposure parameters and flash light characteristics. | 06-14-2012 |
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| 20100228745 | SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR SORTING AT LEAST PARTIALLY DYNAMIC DATA - Embodiments of methods, apparatuses, devices and systems associated with sorting candidate values are disclosed. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20100261285 | TAGGED-FRAGMENT MAP ASSEMBLY - A method for determining a sequence of a biomolecule, the method including binding a plurality of uniform probes to a biomolecule fragment, creating a collection of binding signatures for the fragment with each binding signature representing a series of distances between binding sites within the fragment, and grouping the binding signatures into a plurality of signature clusters based at least in part on distances between the binding sites in each binding signature. For each binding signature in a first cluster, a potential successor binding signature is selected from signature clusters other than the first signature cluster, and one of the potential successor binding signatures is identified as a successor binding signature. The last two steps are repeated until the successor signature represents a terminal signature, resulting in a sequence of signatures representing at least a portion of the biomolecule. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20140278137 | DISTANCE MAPS USING MULTIPLE ALIGNMENT CONSENSUS CONSTRUCTION - Techniques for assembly of genetic maps including de novo assembly of distance maps using multiple alignment consensus construction. Multiple map alignment can be performed on a defined bundle of fragment maps corresponding to biomolecule fragments to determine consensus events and corresponding locations. Fragment maps in the bundle can be removed when there is no overhang from the consensus events. When the subset of fragment maps in the bundle is less than a predetermined threshold, one or more additional fragment maps can be added based on fragment signatures, a consensus alignment score, and a pairwise alignment score. Techniques for multiple alignment can include generating a graph with edges and vertices representing each pairwise relation. An ordered set of sets of events best representing a multiple alignment reflecting all pairwise alignments can be generated by repeatedly randomly removing edges and combining vertices to identify a min cut of the graph. | 09-18-2014 |
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| 20080295241 | Hollow shower panel - A device for showering and the like has a body having a front wall, a peripheral wall and an open rear side with an edge configured to abut against a wall, hose means associated with the body for supplying water for taking a shower, a throughgoing receptacle formed in the body, so that the body is formed as an element surrounding the receptacle, which receptacle allows a user through the receptacle to access existing water control means in assembled condition, means for connecting the hose means to a source of water, and to existing water controlled means, the body having at least a portion which is formed as a hollow element having a U-shaped cross-section with a rear edge configured to abut against a wall so as to form hollow channels for the hose means. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20080295243 | Water-acting device for personal hygene - A water acting device for personal hygiene has a housing connectable with a water source, a hollow water issuing element connectable with the housing and having an inner passage for passing of water, and means for sealing the water issuing element relative to the housing, the sealing means forming a water passage communicatable with a source of water, and means for adjusting a water supply through the water issuing element, the adjusting means including at least a part of the sealing element and an adjusting member acting on the part of the sealing element so as to change a cross-section of the passage formed by the sealing element, so that the sealing element simultaneously performs functions of sealing of the water issuing element relative to the housing and adjusting or stopping a flow of water through the sealing element to the water issuing element. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20090124946 | Device for showering and turbo-rotative water treatment - A device for showering, a housing, and a rotatable massaging element arranged rotatably in the housing and forms so that it is rotatable by water and capable of massaging the simultaneous discharge of water, and a rotary unit located in the housing and connected with the massaging element and also acted by water so that rotary unit rotates under an action of water and rotates the massaging element, the rotary unit being composed of at least two rotors which are configured so that in a first mode of operation only one of the rotors rotates and provides rotation of the massaging element and issuance of water for showering, and in a second mode of operation both the rotor elements rotate to provide a turbo rotation of water. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20110277231 | Device for showering and the like - A device for showering and the like has a showerhead supplied with water for showering, and a holder for supporting the showerhead, the holder being hollow and having a first end connectable to a source of water and a second end connected with the showerhead through the holder, so that the hollow holder provides a water flow from the source of water to the showerhead and also a support for the showerhead. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110278405 | Device for supporting a suction element - A device for supporting on a surface a part having a suction element includes a mounting element having a wall mountable on the surface, and a pocket-shaped receptacle for receiving the suction element, such that when the suction element is received in the pocket-shaped receptacle and the wall is attached to the surface, the part is supported on the surface. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20110278406 | Device for supporting an object on a surface - A device for supporting an object on a surface has a body including a first portion attachable to a surface so as to attach the body to the surface and a second part having a receptacle for receiving the object, and an element for simultaneously activating the first portion and the second portion so as to simultaneously attach the first portion of the body to the surface and to fix the object in the receptacle. | 11-17-2011 |
| 20130087667 | Device for Supporting a Part - A device for supporting a part has a mounting element with a pocket-shaped receptacle and a suction element which supports the part and can be received in the pocket-shaped receptacle or removed from it and directly attached to the surface, so that in both cases the part is supported on the surface, either through the suction element and the mounting element or through the suction element only, and a width of at least a portion of the suction element is smaller than a width of the pocket-shaped receptacle of the mounting element, so that when the portion of the suction element is inserted into the pocket-shaped receptacle of the mounting element, it is compressed and thereby tightly retained in it. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130161459 | Device for supporting objects - A device for supporting a bathroom object having a main element with a first end attachable to a bathroom object and a second end attachable to a supporting surface and provided with a through-going opening through which a fastener can pass to engage in the supporting surface, and an additional element having a first side provided with an adhesive layer attachable to the supporting surface and a second opposite side into which a fastening element can be screwed, so that without the additional element the second end of the main element is connected to the supporting surface by the fastener, while with the additional element, the second end is connected by the fastener to the additional element and the additional element is connected to the supporting surface by the adhesive. | 06-27-2013 |
| 20140150895 | Water Conveying Device - A device for conveying water between first and second water supplying elements has a first hollow water conveying member connectable to the first water supplying element and a second hollow water conveying member connectable to the second water supplying element and with the first water conveying members are turnable relative to one another and about a turning axis, and the first water conveying member has a first opening for water entry and the second water conveying member has a second opening for water exit, and the openings extend transversely to the turning axis and are coaxial with each other. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140150909 | Water Conveying System - A system for conveying water between water supplying elements has a first hollow water conveying member connectable to one water supplying element and a second hollow water conveying member connectable to another water supplying element and with the first water conveying members and turnable relative to one another about a turning axis, the first and second water conveying members have openings for water entry and water exit extending transversely to the turning axis and coaxial with each other, and a water conveying pipe is provided whose opposite ends can be connected with the water supplying elements via the water conveying members. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20140250586 | Water Shower System - A water shower system has an overhead shower, a hand-held shower, a water distributing element connected to a source of water and also to the overhead shower and to the hand-held shower and having a valve located between the source of water and the overhead shower and the hand-held shower, and a switch located outside of the water distributing element and spaced from the water distributing element and the valve, operatable by a user and having a first position in which the valve provides a water supply to the hand-held shower so that water issues from the latter, and a second position in which the valve provides a water supply to the overhead shower so that water issues from the latter. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140284437 | Device for Supporting Blinds - A device for supporting blinds has at least two components each having a holding part extending in a longitudinal direction and having a front surface forming a longitudinal receiving channel for receiving a part of a blind, an attaching part connected of one piece with the holding part, extending from the holding part in a transverse direction, and having a rear surface, and an adhesive layer provided on the rear surface of the attaching part and attaching the attaching part and thereby also the holding part to a supporting surface, and in the device the holding part, the attaching part, and the adhesive layer can be transparent. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20140352831 | Shaped Water Supplying Extension Arm - A water supplying extension arm for supplying water from a water source to a showerhead has an elongated hollow extension arm element extending along its longitudinal axis and having a first end connectable to the water source turnably about a horizontal axis and a second end spaced in a direction of the longitudinal axis from the first end and connectable to the showerhead. The hollow elongated extension arm element is arch-shaped and has a cross section with a shape of an ellipse having a shorter upright axis and a longer transverse axis. | 12-04-2014 |
