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20130201356 | TABLET CONTROLLED CAMERA SYSTEM - A camera system having: a camera head; a camera control unit coupleable to the camera head; a monitor coupleable to the camera control unit for displaying images from the camera head and information from the camera control unit; and a tablet computer coupleable to the camera control unit for control of the camera control unit and the camera head, the tablet computer further comprising an application that is authenticated by the camera control unit for pairing the tablet computer to the camera control unit. | 08-08-2013 |
20130205936 | ARTHROSCOPE ROTATION MECHANISMS AND METHODS OF ENDOSCOPIC ROTATION - A rotation mechanism (rotating device) that can be easily accessed by the surgeon's finger to rotate an endoscope or similar instrument. The rotation mechanism is a device/component with a “starfish” configuration, which can be attached to the endoscope/arthroscope just distal to the eyepiece (or to an alternate attachment to a camera). The starfish component has a plurality of projections that extend radially from the endoscope axis, and beyond the diameter of the mechanism on the camera head that grasps the arthroscope eyecup. The projections can be easily accessed by the surgeon's finger to rotate the endoscope. | 08-15-2013 |
20140052004 | ENDOSCOPIC CAMERA ILLUMINATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - An endoscopic camera system having an imaging device for taking images during an exposure period at a predetermined number of frames per second; an illumination system for providing light for the imaging device; and an illumination controller that supplies a drive current to the illumination system, the illumination controller altering the drive current to the illumination system so light is only provided for a portion of each image frame corresponding to the exposure period and for a second portion of each frame outside of the exposure period. | 02-20-2014 |
20140206951 | Arthroscope Sheath System With Sensors - An arthroscopic surgery sheath system having: a body for insertion of an instrument; an insertion portion coupled to the body; a valve coupled to the insertion portion; a tube coupled to the valve; and a microelectromechanical sensor positioned inside the valve or the tube for measurement of at least one characteristic of a fluid inside of the tube; wherein the sensor is configured to transmit measurement information. | 07-24-2014 |
20140267658 | Surgical Imaging System And Method For Processing Surgical Images - An imaging system having at least two surgical systems, each surgical system having a camera control unit with a network port; a camera head coupled to the camera control unit; and a monitor coupled to the camera control unit; a network is coupled to the network port of each camera control unit; and a server is coupled to the network, the server having a storage device with a user database and a case database; and wherein the server is configured as a web server to provide data, video and images from the camera control units to users connected to the network. | 09-18-2014 |
20140267812 | Endoscopic Imaging System And Method For Adapting To Remote Stimulus - A camera system having a camera head with at least one button; a camera control unit coupleable to the camera head, the camera unit having a network port for receiving requests or information from a remote user; a monitor coupleable to the camera control unit for displaying images from the camera head and information from the camera control unit; the at least one camera head button being configurable by the camera control unit to have a first function and reconfigurable by the camera control unit to have a second function upon receipt of a request or information from a remote user. | 09-18-2014 |
20150227501 | GRAPHICAL OPERATIVE NOTES - A system for graphically generating operative notes, the system having a processor; an input device coupled to the processor; a display device coupled to the processor; and a memory system coupled to the processor, the memory system having graphical representations of at least one of the group consisting of anatomical structures, diagnoses, and medical procedures; text descriptions corresponding to the graphical representations; and instructions executable on the processor for: displaying the graphical representations on the display device for a user to select; receiving selected graphical representations from the user; using text corresponding to the selected graphical representations to generate text for operative notes; and allowing the user to edit the generated text using the input device. | 08-13-2015 |
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20090048771 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRAVEL ROUTE PLANNING USING SAFETY METRICS - Systems and methods are described to receive a safety preference; calculate a temporary route; analyze a portion of the temporary route to determine whether the portion is sufficiently safe based on the safety preference; modify the portion of the temporary route when the portion is not sufficiently safe; and present the temporary route. Other systems and methods are described. | 02-19-2009 |
20100088131 | CONSERVATION APPARATUS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS - Apparatus, systems, and methods may operate to receive resource consumption data from a plurality of consuming entities. The entities may comprise members of a defined community, such as an online community. Further activities may include publishing an online comparison of at least some of the resource consumption data and/or information derived from the resource consumption data to compare consumption by some number of the consuming entities. Publication, perhaps in the form of a ranked list display, is expected to foster competition between the consuming entities, leading to reduced resource consumption. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed. | 04-08-2010 |
20100180223 | PATENT ANALYTICS SYSTEM - In an example embodiment, there is a method of maintaining a database of patent claim entries. The patent claim entries are associated with one or more patent documents as well as one or more parameters characterizing a patent claim. The database may be accessed to retrieve a selection of one or more patent claim entries. This may be accomplished by retrieving the one or more parameters associated with the selection of the one or more patent claim entries. Additionally, one or more of the parameters characterizing a patent claims may be selected. A report chart is presented on a display device. The report chart depicts relationships between the selected parameters and the one or more patent claim entries retrieved from the database. The relationships are depicted as a plurality of data points. Also a visualization option may be selected and the report chart may be modified based on the selection. The visualization options may include highlighting related data points, presenting claim language associated with a data point, and presenting more parameters associated with the data point. | 07-15-2010 |
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20110264563 | CONSERVATION APPARATUS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS - Apparatus, systems, and methods may operate to receive real or virtual resource consumption data from a plurality of consuming entities. The entities may comprise members of a defined community, such as an online community. Further activities may include publishing an online comparison of at least some of the resource consumption data and/or information derived from the resource consumption data to compare consumption by some number of the consuming entities. Publication, perhaps in the form of a ranked list display, is expected to foster competition between the consuming entities, leading to reduced resource consumption. Additional apparatus, systems, and methods are disclosed. | 10-27-2011 |
20120259787 | PATENT CLAIM MATRIX AND NON-LITERAL INFRINGEMENT - Various embodiments include methods and systems for a patent claim matrix and non-literal infringement analysis. A patent claim can be determined that a target technology does not literally infringe. A prior version of the patent claim can be determined that the target technology does literally infringe. A user interface can then be presented to show a user that the target technology does not infringe the claim based on the doctrine of equivalents. | 10-11-2012 |
20130080055 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRAVEL ROUTE PLANNING USING SAFETY METRICS - Systems and methods are described to receive a safety preference; calculate a temporary route; analyze a portion of the temporary route to determine whether the portion is sufficiently safe based on the safety preference; modify the portion of the temporary route when the portion is not sufficiently safe; and present the temporary route. Other systems and methods are described. | 03-28-2013 |
20140365100 | VEHICLE CONTROL BASED ON SENSED ENVIORNMENTAL CONDITION - A system may include a sensor configured to detect an environmental condition within a vehicle and a controller, operatively coupled to the sensor, configured to control an operation of the vehicle based, at least in part, on the environmental condition as detected by the sensor and an operation state of the vehicle. The operation state of the vehicle may be related, at least in part, to a source of the environmental condition | 12-11-2014 |
20140379825 | SENDER-SPECIFIC EMAIL REMINDER SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system optionally includes an email server processor and a reminder processor. The email server processor is communicatively coupled to an email client and is configured to process email sent from a sender to an email address associated with the email client, wherein the email client is configured to display emails as processed by the email server processor and facilitate user interaction with the emails as presented. The reminder processor is communicatively coupled to the email server processor and is configured to provide, on the email client, a reminder related to an email, from the sender, that has been displayed on the email client but with which the email client has not interacted within a predetermined time period following display of the email | 12-25-2014 |
20150278349 | PATENT CLAIM REFERENCE GENERATION - In one embodiment, a method is illustrated as including receiving a search query, the search query relating to a patent, retrieving data relating to a term contained in a claim limitation in the patent, the data including at least one of intrinsic or extrinsic evidence associated with the term by a hyperlink, and displaying the claim limitation and the hyperlink. Further, a computer system is illustrated as including a receiver to receive a search query, the search query relating to a patent, a retriever to retrieve data relating to a term contained in a claim limitation in the patent, the data including at least one of intrinsic or extrinsic evidence associated with the term by a hyperlink, and a display to display the claim limitation and the hyperlink. | 10-01-2015 |
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20120155078 | HYBRID ILLUMINATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - In accordance with certain embodiments, interior spaces are illuminated with a combination of harvested sunlight and artificial light emitted by one or more light-emitting elements. | 06-21-2012 |
20130016494 | PACKAGE FOR LIGHT EMITTING AND RECEIVING DEVICES - In various embodiments, packages include one or more lighting devices having electrical contact points, a flexible substrate for supporting the lighting devices, a plurality of electrically conductive traces defined on the substrate and electrically connected to the contact points of the lighting devices, and an adhesive layer mounting each of the lighting devices on the substrate. | 01-17-2013 |
20140078725 | HYBRID ILLUMINATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS - In accordance with certain embodiments, interior spaces are illuminated with a combination of harvested sunlight and artificial light emitted by one or more light-emitting elements. | 03-20-2014 |
20150014708 | PACKAGE FOR LIGHT EMITTING AND RECEIVING DEVICES - In various embodiments, packages include one or more lighting devices having electrical contact points, a flexible substrate for supporting the lighting devices, a plurality of electrically conductive traces defined on the substrate and electrically connected to the contact points of the lighting devices, and an adhesive layer mounting each of the lighting devices on the substrate. | 01-15-2015 |
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20120035396 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING MDA VIA THE STAGE OF THE AMINAL - The invention relates to a process for preparing methylenediphenyldiamine (MDA), comprising the following steps a) to c):
| 02-09-2012 |
20120101299 | PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ISOCYANATES, PREFERABLY DIISOCYANATES AND POLYISOCYANATES WITH SOLVENT RECIRCULATION - The present invention relates to a process for the production of isocyanates, preferably diisocyanates and polyisocyanates of the diphenylmethane series (MDI), by reacting an amine with phosgene in the liquid phase or in the gas phase to form the corresponding isocyanates, subsequent removal of the solvent in at least two steps to obtain at least two solvent streams, individual treatment of the at least two solvent streams, and re-circulation of at least a portion of the solvent streams. | 04-26-2012 |
20120108843 | PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF LIGHT-COLORED IOCYANATES OF A DIPHENYLMETHANEDIISOCYANATE SERIES - The present invention accordingly provides a process for preparing light-coloured polyphenylene-polymethylene polyisocyanates comprising the steps (a) providing an amount of chlorine, (b) separating the chlorine provided in the step (a) to obtain a first chlorine fraction having a content of free and bound bromine and iodine of <50 ppm and a second chlorine fraction having an increased content of free and bound bromine and iodine that depends on the original amount of bromine and iodine in the chlorine provided in step (a) and the separation split, (c) reacting carbon monoxide with at least a portion of the first chlorine fraction to form a first phosgene fraction, (d) reacting carbon monoxide with at least a part of the second chlorine fraction to form a second phosgene fraction, (e) reacting at least a portion of a first phosgene fraction with at least one amine of the diphenylmethane diamine series (MDA) to form the corresponding polyphenylene-polymethylene polyisocyanate (PMDI), and (f) reacting at least a portion of the second phosgene fraction with at least one primary amine with the exception of mono- and polyphenylene-polymethylene polyamines to form an at least one isocyanate-containing reaction solution. | 05-03-2012 |
20120108844 | METHOD OF MEASURING ENTRY OF WATER INTO PHOSGENE-CONDUCTING PLANTS - The invention relates to a method of measuring entry of water and resulting corrosion in plants for producing isocyanates by reacting phosgene with one or more primary amines in a solvent. The invention further relates to an apparatus for producing such isocyanates, in the work-up section of which probes for monitoring corrosion are arranged in defined places. | 05-03-2012 |
20120172620 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING LIGHT-COLOURED ISOCYANATES OF THE DIPHENYLMETHANE SERIES - The present invention relates to a process for preparing light-coloured polyphenylene-polymethylene-polyisocyanate (PMDI), comprising the steps (a) providing carbon monoxide and chlorine, (b) reacting carbon monoxide with chlorine to form phosgene, (c) reacting the phosgene from step (b) with at least one primary amine with the exception of mono- and polyphenylene-polymethylene polyamines with an excess of phosgene to form an at least one isocyanate containing reaction solution, and hydrogen chloride, (d) separating excess phosgene from the isocyanate-containing reaction solution obtained in step (c), (e) providing at least one polyphenylene-polymethylene polyamine, and (f) reacting at least a portion of the phosgene separated in step (d) with the at least one polyphenylene-polymethylene polyamine to form the light-coloured polyphenylene-polymethylene polyisocyanate. | 07-05-2012 |
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20150301884 | CACHE MEMORY ERROR DETECTION CIRCUITS FOR DETECTING BIT FLIPS IN VALID INDICATORS IN CACHE MEMORY FOLLOWING INVALIDATE OPERATIONS, AND RELATED METHODS AND PROCESSOR-BASED SYSTEMS - Aspects disclosed herein include cache memory error detection circuits for detecting bit flips in valid indicators (e.g., valid bits) in cache memory following invalidate operations. Related methods and processor-based systems are also disclosed. If a cache hit results from access to a cache entry following an invalidate operation, a bit flip(s) has occurred in a valid indicator of the cache entry. This is because the valid indicator should indicate an invalid state following the invalidate operation of the cache entry, as opposed to a valid state. Thus, a cache memory error detection circuit is configured to determine if an invalidate operation was performed on the cache entry. The cache memory error detection circuit can cause a cache miss or an error for the accessed cache entry to be generated as a result, even though the valid indicator for the cache entry indicates a valid state due to the bit flip(s). | 10-22-2015 |
20160077991 | BRIDGING STRONGLY ORDERED WRITE TRANSACTIONS TO DEVICES IN WEAKLY ORDERED DOMAINS, AND RELATED APPARATUSES, METHODS, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIA - Bridging strongly ordered write transactions to devices in weakly ordered domains, and related apparatuses, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed. In one aspect, a host bridge device is configured to receive strongly ordered write transactions from one or more strongly ordered producer devices. The host bridge device issues the strongly ordered write transactions to one or more consumer devices within a weakly ordered domain. The host bridge device detects a first write transaction that is not accepted by a first consumer device of the one or more consumer devices. For each of one or more write transactions issued subsequent to the first write transaction and accepted by a respective consumer device, the host bridge device sends a cancellation message to the respective consumer device. The host bridge device replays the first write transaction and the one or more write transactions that were issued subsequent to the first write transaction. | 03-17-2016 |
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20100306470 | Methods and Apparatus for Issuing Memory Barrier Commands in a Weakly Ordered Storage System - Efficient techniques are described for enforcing order of memory accesses. A memory access request is received from a device which is not configured to generate memory barrier commands. A surrogate barrier is generated in response to the memory access request. A memory access request may be a read request. In the case of a memory write request, the surrogate barrier is generated before the write request is processed. The surrogate barrier may also be generated in response to a memory read request conditional on a preceding write request to the same address as the read request. Coherency is enforced within a hierarchical memory system as if a memory barrier command was received from the device which does not produce memory barrier commands. | 12-02-2010 |
20110202727 | Apparatus and Methods to Reduce Duplicate Line Fills in a Victim Cache - Techniques and methods are used to reduce allocations to a higher level cache of cache lines displaced from a lower level cache. The allocations of the displaced cache lines are prevented for displaced cache lines that are determined to be redundant in the next level cache, whereby castouts are reduced. To such ends, a line is selected to be displaced in a lower level cache. Information associated with the selected line is identified which indicates that the selected line is present in a higher level cache or the selected line is a write-through line. An allocation of the selected line in the higher level cache is prevented based on the identified information. Preventing an allocation of the selected line saves power that would be associated with the allocation. | 08-18-2011 |
20130151799 | Auto-Ordering of Strongly Ordered, Device, and Exclusive Transactions Across Multiple Memory Regions - Efficient techniques are described for controlling ordered accesses in a weakly ordered storage system. A stream of memory requests is split into two or more streams of memory requests and a memory access counter is incremented for each memory request. A memory request requiring ordered memory accesses is identified in one of the two or more streams of memory requests. The memory request requiring ordered memory accesses is stalled upon determining a previous memory request from a different stream of memory requests is pending. The memory access counter is decremented for each memory request guaranteed to complete. A count value in the memory access counter that is different from an initialized state of the memory access counter indicates there are pending memory requests. The memory request requiring ordered memory accesses is processed upon determining there are no further pending memory requests. | 06-13-2013 |
20130185473 | Method for Filtering Traffic to a Physically-Tagged Data Cache - Embodiments of a data cache are disclosed that substantially decrease a number of accesses to a physically-tagged tag array of the data cache are provided. In general, the data cache includes a data array that stores data elements, a physically-tagged tag array, and a virtually-tagged tag array. In one embodiment, the virtually-tagged tag array receives a virtual address. If there is a match for the virtual address in the virtually-tagged tag array, the virtually-tagged tag array outputs, to the data array, a way stored in the virtually-tagged tag array for the virtual address. In addition, in one embodiment, the virtually-tagged tag array disables the physically-tagged tag array. Using the way output by the virtually-tagged tag array, a desired data element in the data array is addressed. | 07-18-2013 |
20130185520 | Determining Cache Hit/Miss of Aliased Addresses in Virtually-Tagged Cache(s), and Related Systems and Methods - Apparatuses and related systems and methods for determining cache hit/miss of aliased addresses in virtually-tagged cache(s) are disclosed. In one embodiment, virtual aliasing cache hit/miss detector for a VIVT cache is provided. The detector comprises a TLB configured to receive a first virtual address and a second virtual address from the VIVT cache resulting from an indexed read into the VIVT cache based on the first virtual address. The TLB is further configured to generate first and second physical addresses translated from the first and second virtual addresses, respectively, The detector further comprises a comparator configured to receive the first and second physical addresses and effectuate a generation of an aliased cache hit/miss indicator based on a comparison of the first and second physical addresses. In this manner, the virtual aliasing cache hit/miss detector correctly generates cache hits and cache misses, even in the presence of aliased addressing. | 07-18-2013 |
20130191559 | PREVENTING THE DISPLACEMENT OF HIGH TEMPORAL LOCALITY OF REFERENCE DATA FILL BUFFERS - The disclosure relates to accessing memory content with a high temporal locality of reference. An embodiment of the disclosure stores the content in a data buffer, determines that the content of the data buffer has a high temporal locality of reference, and accesses the data buffer for each operation targeting the content instead of a cache storing the content. | 07-25-2013 |
20140281405 | OPTIMIZING PERFORMANCE FOR CONTEXT-DEPENDENT INSTRUCTIONS - A processor includes a queue for storing instructions processed within the context of a current value of a register field, where for some embodiments the instruction is undefined or defined, depending upon the register field at time of processing. After a write instruction (an instruction that writes to the register field) executes, the queue is searched for any entries that contain instructions that depend upon the executed write instruction. Each such entry stores the value of the register field at the time the instruction in the entry was processed. If such an entry is found in the queue and its stored value of the register field does not match the value that the write instruction wrote to the register field, then the processor flushes the pipeline and restarts at a state so as to correctly execute the instruction. | 09-18-2014 |
20140310468 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVING PERFORMANCE OF SEMAPHORE MANAGEMENT SEQUENCES ACROSS A COHERENT BUS - Techniques are described for a multi-processor having two or more processors that increases the opportunity for a load-exclusive command to take a cache line in an Exclusive state, which results in increased performance when a store-exclusive is executed. A new bus operation read prefer exclusive is used as a hint to other caches that a requesting master is likely to store to the cache line, and, if possible, the other cache should give the line up. In most cases, this will result in the other master giving the line up and the requesting master taking the line Exclusive. In most cases, two or more processors are not performing a semaphore management sequence to the same address at the same time. Thus, a requesting master's load-exclusive is able to take a cache line in the Exclusive state an increased number of times. | 10-16-2014 |
20150074357 | DIRECT SNOOP INTERVENTION - A low latency cache intervention mechanism implements a snoop filter to dynamically select an intervener cache for a cache “hit” in a multiprocessor architecture of a computer system. The selection of the intervener is based on variables such as latency, topology, frequency, utilization, load, wear balance, and/or power state of the computer system. | 03-12-2015 |