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20140219790 | Axial Turbine With Sector-Divided Turbine Housing - A statorless or nozzleless axial turbine for a turbocharger has an axial turbine wheel that receives a swirling flow of exhaust gas substantially in an axial direction. The turbine includes a sector-divided turbine housing defining a plurality of separate exhaust gas inlets each for receiving a separate exhaust gas stream from an internal combustion engine, the sector-divided turbine housing further defining a plurality of separate angular sector passageways each of which occupies a fractional part of a circumference surrounding the turbine wheel, each angular sector passageway being supplied with exhaust gas by a respective one of the plurality of exhaust gas inlets. The turbine housing assembly defines a separate sector outlet for each angular sector passageway. The turbine housing assembly can include a separately formed heat shroud, and the sector outlets can be formed at least in part by the heat shroud. | 08-07-2014 |
20140219836 | Axial Turbine With Meridionally Divided Turbine Housing - A statorless axial turbine for a turbocharger has a turbine housing assembly defining a meridionally divided scroll extending circumferentially and surrounding the turbine wheel, the meridionally divided scroll defining a first scroll extending substantially fully about the turbine wheel and a separate second scroll extending substantially fully about the turbine wheel. The turbine housing assembly defines a separate inlet for each of the first and second scrolls through which a separate exhaust gas stream is received, and separate first and second outlets for each of the first and second scrolls, respectively, through which the respective exhaust gas streams are fed into an inlet side of the turbine wheel generally in an axial direction of the turbine wheel. | 08-07-2014 |
20140308110 | ADJUSTABLE COMPRESSOR TRIM - An assembly can include a compressor housing, an adjustable wall disposed within the compressor housing that defines an air inlet to an inducer portion of a compressor wheel, and an adjustment mechanism to adjust the wall and thereby adjust at least a diameter of the air inlet. Various other examples of devices, assemblies, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed. | 10-16-2014 |
20150063980 | FUNCTIONALLY ASYMMETRIC TWO-SIDED TURBOCHARGER WHEEL AND DIFFUSER - A two-sided turbocharger compressor wheel and a housing forming a diffuser for the compressor. A first side and a second side of the compressor wheel are characterized by different values of a trim and of an annulus area. A first side of the diffuser surrounds the first side of the compressor wheel, and a second side of the diffuser surrounds the second side of the compressor wheel. The first and second sides of the diffuser are characterized by different annulus area ratios. The blades of the first and second sides of the compressor wheel are angularly offset from one another. The compressor wheel is configured for greater flow through the side of the compressor wheel that faces away from a related turbine wheel. | 03-05-2015 |
20150064002 | STRUCTURALLY ASYMMETRIC TWO-SIDED TURBOCHARGER WHEEL - A two-sided turbocharger compressor wheel and a housing forming a diffuser for the compressor. A first side and a second side of the compressor wheel are characterized by different values of a trim and of an annulus area. A first side of the diffuser surrounds the first side of the compressor wheel, and a second side of the diffuser surrounds the second side of the compressor wheel. The first and second sides of the diffuser are characterized by different annulus area ratios. The blades of the first and second sides of the compressor wheel are angularly offset from one another. The compressor wheel is configured for greater flow through the side of the compressor wheel that faces away from a related turbine wheel. | 03-05-2015 |
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20100160404 | NEW CRYSTALLINE FORMS OF PERINDOPRIL ERBUMINE - Disclosed are two new crystalline forms, δ and ε, of perindopril erbumine. Those forms are suitable as therapeutic active substances for medicaments for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases, especially high blood pressure and heart failure. The ε crystalline form is obtained in the crystallisation of perindopril erbumine at from 30 to 45° C., preferably from 34 to 45° C., from MTBE containing from 1.5 to 2.5% (v/v) water; the crystallisation is advantageously carried out with stirring. If the water is then removed, advantageously by azeotropic distillation, preferably at from 35 to 37° C., and stirring is then continued for at least 15 h at from 30 to 45° C., preferably from 35 to 37° C., the ε crystalline form is converted to the δ crystalline form. The δ crystalline form can also be obtained by stirring the α or β crystalline form at from 33 to 38° C. in tert.-butyl methyl ether containing from 0.9 to 1.4% (v/v) water with seeding with the δ crystalline form. The ε crystalline form can also be obtained by stirring the α or β crystalline form at from 28 to 35° C. in tert.-butyl methyl ether containing from 0.9 to 1.4% (v/v) water with seeding with the ε crystalline form; or by stirring the α or β crystalline form at from 35 to 38° C. in tert.-butyl methyl ether containing from 1.5 to 2.0% (v/v) water. | 06-24-2010 |
20120029189 | PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF HISTAMINE H3 RECEPTOR MODULATORS - The present invention is directed to novel processes for the preparation of histamine H3 receptor modulators, in the treatment of for example, cognitive disorders, sleep disorders and/or psychiatric disorders. | 02-02-2012 |
20140343279 | PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF HISTAMINE H3 RECEPTOR MODULATORS - The present invention is directed to novel processes for the preparation of histamine H3 receptor modulators, in the treatment of for example, cognitive disorders, sleep disorders and/or psychiatric disorders. | 11-20-2014 |
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20120169879 | DETECTING RETAIL SHRINKAGE USING BEHAVIORAL ANALYTICS - Methods, devices, and systems for detecting retail shrinkage using behavior analytics are described herein. The retail shrinkage may be due to, for example, sweethearting, although embodiments of the present disclosure are not so limited and can be used to detect other forms of retail shrinkage as well. One or more device embodiments include a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to execute executable instructions stored in the memory to receive data associated with behavior of an individual and use the data associated with the behavior of the individual to determine whether the behavior of the individual is irregular to detect retail shrinkage. | 07-05-2012 |
20120330611 | MONITORING ACCESS TO A LOCATION - Devices, methods, and systems for monitoring access to a location are described herein. One or more method embodiments include determining data associated with an access event associated with a location, determining whether the access event is an anomalous access event using the data associated with the access event and a statistical model of data associated with a number of non-anomalous access events associated with the location, and assessing, if the access event is determined to be an anomalous access event, the anomalous access event. In various embodiments, assessing the anomalous access event includes at least one of determining an anomaly type associated with the anomalous access event, determining an anomaly classification confidence associated with the anomalous access event, determining an anomaly severity associated with the anomalous access event, and determining a reliability associated with the statistical model. | 12-27-2012 |
20130144914 | ACQUIRING STATISTICAL ACCESS MODELS - The present disclosure provides methods, devices, and computer-readable media for acquiring statistical access models. One or more embodiments include collecting data associated with a first access profile, collecting data associated with a second access profile, determining whether the data associated with the first access profile has a particular number of characteristics in common with the data associated with the second access profile, assigning a statistical access model associated with the second access profile to the first access profile based on the particular number of characteristics that the data associated with first access profile has in common with the data associated with the second access profile, and detecting an anomalous access event based on the statistical access model. | 06-06-2013 |
20130207775 | BOOTSTRAPPING ACCESS MODELS IN THE ABSENCE OF TRAINING DATA - A plurality of access models comprise patterns of accesses to resources protected by an Access Control System (ACS). The access models are used to classify the accesses to the resources as either normal or anomalous. The system stores attributes for the individuals for whom the access models are available, receives attributes of an individual not associated with an access model, and compares the attributes of the individual not associated with an access model to the attributes of the individuals for whom access models are available. The system further selects an access model for the individual not associated with an access model based on the comparison, and uses the selected access model for the individual not associated with an access model to classify access to the one or more resources protected by the ACS by the individual not associated with an access model as either normal or anomalous. | 08-15-2013 |
20130329944 | TRACKING AIRCRAFT IN A TAXI AREA - Tracking aircraft in a taxi area is described herein. One method includes receiving a video image of an aircraft while the aircraft is taxiing, determining a portion of the video image associated with the aircraft, determining a geographical track associated with the aircraft based, at least in part, on the portion of the video image, and mapping the determined geographical track to a coordinate system display while the aircraft is taxiing. | 12-12-2013 |
20130335571 | VISION BASED TARGET TRACKING FOR CONSTRAINED ENVIRONMENTS - A system and method includes obtaining and storing video frames from a series of video frames on a computer readable storage device, calculating probability estimates for target locations in each frame for targets in a constrained environment, and determining candidate target locations in each frame. | 12-19-2013 |
20140266680 | System and Method of Anomaly Detection with Categorical Attributes - A method and apparatus where the method includes detecting a plurality of events related to the activities of users within a security system wherein the events are defined by a plurality of attributes, wherein at least one attribute is categorical and wherein a data distance between events is a function of event attributes, evaluating the detected events using a density based anomaly detection method f(r), where r is a size of a neighborhood around a data point, comparing a value of the evaluated expression with a margin threshold value (msg(r)) and setting an alarm upon detecting that the value exceeds the threshold value. | 09-18-2014 |
20140266683 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ANOMALY DETECTION - A method and apparatus wherein the method includes detecting a plurality of events within a security system, evaluating the events using one of a first expression defined by Σ | 09-18-2014 |
20150066903 | SECURITY SYSTEM OPERATOR EFFICIENCY - Systems and methods for increasing an efficiency of an operator of a security system are discussed generally herein. A system can include a memory including ontology data saved thereon, the ontology data can define interrelationships between a scanner associated with access to a room of an area under surveillance, a camera with a field of view at least partially overlapping a footprint of the room, an identifier configured to be scanned by the scanner and associated with a person, and a security policy including one or more predefined conditions, which when satisfied, indicate when a security threat exists, the security policy includes a response an operator can perform if the conditions are satisfied, and the system can include a query module configured to receive a query and search the ontology data and temporal and spatial data associated with the area under surveillance in response to receiving the query. | 03-05-2015 |
20150066963 | STRUCTURED EVENT LOG DATA ENTRY FROM OPERATOR REVIEWED PROPOSED TEXT PATTERNS - A method of structured event log data entry. A structured event log data entry algorithm is provided including a text parser which utilizes stored information including a vocabulary for a human operated process defining classes representing structured information including structured events and structured devices, linguistic patterns for plain text analysis, and relationships between the classes. A pattern proposer utilizes stored linking relations establishing links between the classes and the linguistic patterns. An operator in the system records a plain text event log entry describing an event that occurred in the system into a memory accessible by a processor implementing the algorithm. The text parser implements automatic pattern evaluating the log entry for a matching of any portion of any of the linguistic patterns. The pattern proposer presents a proposed structured event log entry including a structured event and/or structured device for the operator to review whenever the matching is successful. | 03-05-2015 |
20150206361 | DETERMINING A DEPLOYMENT OF AN ACCESS CONTROL SYSTEM - Methods, devices, and computer-readable media for determining a deployment of an access control system are described herein. One method includes extracting a plurality of two-dimensional spaces from a building information model of a facility, determining a plurality of connections between the plurality of spaces, defining a zone of the facility, wherein the zone includes a subset of the plurality of spaces and a subset of the plurality of connections between the spaces, and associating an access reader with a particular connection of the subset of the plurality of connections located on a boundary of the zone. | 07-23-2015 |
20150208040 | OPERATING A SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM - Methods, systems and Devices for operating a surveillance system are described herein. One method includes determining a plurality of parameters of a video camera installed at a particular location in a facility based on a projection of an image captured by the video camera onto a virtual image captured by a virtual video camera placed at a virtual location in a building information model of the facility corresponding to the particular location, determining a two-dimensional geometry of the facility based on the building information model, wherein the geometry includes a plurality of spaces, determining a coverage of the video camera based on a portion of the plurality of parameters and the geometry, determining which spaces of the plurality of spaces are included in the coverage, and associating each space included in the coverage with a respective portion of the image. | 07-23-2015 |
20150356371 | DETECTING CAMERA CONDITIONS TO INITIATE CAMERA MAINTENANCE - Generally discussed herein are techniques, software, apparatuses, and systems configured for detecting an anomaly in a camera. In one or more embodiments a method can include: (1) determining a first property of a reference image, (2) determining a second property of a second image captured after the first image, wherein the second property is the same property as the first property, (3) comparing the first property to the second property, (4) determining a lens condition, a protective cover condition, an image sensor condition, a focus, or a field of view of the camera has changed since the first time in response to determining the first property is substantially different from the second property, or (5) sending an alert indicating that the lens condition, the protective cover condition, the image sensor condition, the focus, or the field of view of the camera has changed. | 12-10-2015 |
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20150121863 | TURBINE WASTEGATE - An assembly for a turbocharger can include a turbine housing that defines an exhaust inflow chamber that includes a wastegate valve seat and that defines an exhaust outflow chamber; and a wastegate valve plug that includes a seal surface where, in a closed state, the seal surface seats against the wastegate valve seat and where, in an open state, the wastegate valve plug extends into the exhaust inflow chamber. Various other examples of devices, assemblies, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed. | 05-07-2015 |
20150247448 | TURBOCHARGER TURBINE WASTEGATE MECHANISM - An assembly can include a turbine housing that includes a bore, a wastegate seat and a wastegate passage that extends to the wastegate seat; a bushing configured for receipt by the bore; a rotatable wastegate shaft configured for receipt by the bushing; a wastegate plug extending from the wastegate shaft; a control arm operatively coupled to the wastegate shaft; and a biasing cam operatively coupled to the control arm wherein the biasing cam comprises a disengaged orientation associated with a closed position of the wastegate plug with respect to the wastegate seat and an engaged orientation associated with an open position of the wastegate plug with respect to the wastegate seat. Various other examples of devices, assemblies, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed. | 09-03-2015 |
20150247450 | TURBOCHARGER TURBINE WASTEGATE MECHANISM - An assembly can include a turbine housing that includes a bore, a wastegate seat and a wastegate passage that extends to the wastegate seat; a bushing configured for receipt by the bore; a rotatable wastegate shaft configured for receipt by the bushing; a wastegate plug extending from the wastegate shaft; a control arm operatively coupled to the wastegate shaft; a control linkage operatively coupled to the control arm where the control linkage includes a control axis; an actuator operatively coupled to the control linkage for translation of the control linkage in a direction of the control axis; and a biasing mechanism operatively coupled to the control linkage where the biasing mechanism applies an off-axis force to the control linkage. Various other examples of devices, assemblies, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed. | 09-03-2015 |
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20140182061 | DISTRIBUTION PAD FOR A TEMPERATURE CONTROL SYSTEM - An air distribution pad comprises an upper layer, a lower layer, and a spacer material located between the upper layer and the lower layer, the spacer material configured to allow air to pass therethrough. An air distributor is configured to distribute air to the spacer material, wherein the air distributor comprises a port configured to receive an air hose, wherein the port is directed laterally sideways from the air distributor. At least one joining structure is coupled to the upper layer and the lower layer, the at least one joining structure providing one or more channels formed through the spacer material in fluid communication with the air distributor. The one or more channels are configured to direct generally laterally flowing air from the port of the air distributor to a generally longitudinal direction along the at least one channel. | 07-03-2014 |
20150182418 | MASSAGE FURNITURE ITEM AND METHOD OF OPERATION - A furniture item includes two massage elements that are each operated to generate a vibration that can be transmitted into the furniture item, where the vibrations create a joint vibrational wave. The frequency of each vibration can be continuously varied within a predetermined frequency range. The shifting frequencies of the massage elements cause the peaks and troughs of the wave of the vibrational wave to move across the furniture element to create the sensation of a moving vibration for a user resting on the furniture item. | 07-02-2015 |
20150366366 | DISTRIBUTION PAD FOR A TEMPERATURE CONTROL SYSTEM - An air distribution pad comprises an upper layer, a lower layer, and a spacer material located between the upper layer and the lower layer, the spacer material configured to allow air to pass therethrough. An air distributor is configured to distribute air to the spacer material, wherein the air distributor comprises a port configured to receive an air hose, wherein the port is directed laterally sideways from the air distributor. At least one joining structure is coupled to the upper layer and the lower layer, the at least one joining structure providing one or more channels formed through the spacer material in fluid communication with the air distributor. The one or more channels are configured to direct generally laterally flowing air from the port of the air distributor to a generally longitudinal direction along the at least one channel. | 12-24-2015 |