Aspects of resolving conflicting configuration parameters during wireless communication include triggering reselection to a new cell from a current cell and determining that a user equipment (UE) is configured in a forward access channel (FACH) state and is waiting for a Layer 2 Acknowledgement (L2 ACK) message from a network entity when reselection to the new cell is triggered. Further, the aspects include performing a collision resolution procedure in response to the determination that the UE is configured in the FACH state and is waiting for the L2 ACK message. In some aspects, the collision resolution procedure establishes which one of a plurality of information elements (IEs) to choose for a reconfiguration procedure.

Aspects of the present disclosure relate generally to wireless communication systems, and particularly to resolving conflicting configuration parameters during wireless communication.
Wireless communication networks are widely deployed to provide various communication services such as telephony, video, data, messaging, broadcasts, and so on. Such networks, which are usually multiple access networks, support communications for multiple users by sharing the available network resources. One example of such a network is the UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network (UTRAN). The UTRAN is the radio access network (RAN) defined as a part of the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS), a third generation (3G) mobile phone technology supported by the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP). The UMTS, which is the successor to Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) technologies, currently supports various air interface standards, such as Wideband-Code Division Multiple Access (W-CDMA), Time Division—Code Division Multiple Access (TD-CDMA), and Time Division—Synchronous Code Division Multiple Access (TD-SCDMA). The UMTS also supports enhanced 3G data communications protocols, such as High Speed Packet Access (HSPA), which provides higher data transfer speeds and capacity to associated UMTS networks.
A user equipment (UE) may be connected to a network through a current cell (e.g., a geographical area covered by a cellular telephone transceiver of a wireless network access point, such as a base station). Naturally, the UE may be required to change cells from the current cell due to any one or more of a number of reasons, including, but not limited to, cell load balancing, diminishing cell signal quality, physically moving out of range of the cell coverage area, etc. As a result, the network may signal to the UE to reconfigure to a new cell from the current cell. However, as part of the regular signaling procedure, the UE may also have a reselection procedure triggered, and as a result, there may be conflicting configuration parameters between the cell update and reconfiguration procedures. For example, the 3GPP Specification TS 25.331 does not specify which configuration parameters (e.g., information elements (IEs)) to configure if there are common configuration parameters which may cause the UE to become out of synchronization with the network.
Therefore, enhancements to resolving conflicting configuration parameters during wireless communication are desired.

Resolving conflicting configuration parameters between cell reconfiguration and cell reselection procedures


A program method, applied in a flash memory, includes the following steps. Firstly, a first memory sector and a second memory sector are selected, wherein the first and the second memory sectors respectively correspond to a first word line and a second word line. Next, a first operation phase and a second operation phase are determined. Then, the first word line is biased with a first setup voltage, and the second word line is driven in one of a program operation and a program-verification operation, in the first operation phase. After that, the second word line is biased with a second setup voltage, and the first word line is driven in the other one of the program operation and the program-verification operation in the second operation phase.

1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates in general to a program method and a flash memory using the same, and more particularly to a program method and a flash memory with improved access performance.
2. Description of the Related Art
In the present age, non-volatile memory devices have become more popular for use in various electronic devices. For example, flash memory is one of the most popular non-volatile semiconductor memories applied in the present age. In detail, flash memory includes flash memory cells with programmable threshold voltages, so that each of the flash memory cells can be programmed to indicate at least one bit of data.
Since there are always demands for flash memories with higher operation speed, how to provide a program method capable of achieving higher operation speeds is still a prominent object for the industries.

Program method and flash memory using the same


A radiation generator comprising a radiation source, a high voltage tank assembly to energize the radiation source and a power circuit configured to supply alternating current (AC) power to the high voltage tank assembly is provided. The high voltage tank assembly comprises a voltage multiplier assembly configured to include a printed circuit board comprising multiple slots, plurality of electrical components configured to be mounted on the printed circuit board and at least one insulating cover with multiple projections configured to be placed on one of the first surface and the second surface of the printed circuit board. Further, the projections of the insulating cover are configured to fit into the slots of the printed circuit board. The projections when fitted into the slots provide insulation barrier to the electrical components mounted on the printed circuit board.

The subject matter described herein generally relates to a radiation generator and more particularly to a high voltage tank assembly used in a radiation generator.
An imaging system typically comprises a radiation generator and a radiation detector. Generally, the radiation generators are bulky and possess a heavy weight. In some imaging systems, the radiation generator may be balanced with counter weights at the radiation detector to maintain the center of gravity. Alternatively, the radiation generator may be configured to rotate around an object at a speed of several revolutions per second. Therefore, it is desirable to realize a compact radiation generator, in order to avoid adding counterweights and to increase the speed of rotation of the radiation generator. The radiation generator generally comprises a radiation source, a high voltage tank assembly configured to energize the radiation source and a power circuit. As the high voltage tank assembly is responsible for generating the high voltage required for operation of the radiation source and represents a substantial part of the overall size of the radiation generator, it is desirable to provide a compact high voltage tank assembly.
The high voltage tank assembly generally houses a voltage multiplier assembly and a transformer assembly. The voltage potential needed to generate radiation within the radiation source is provided with the help of the voltage multiplier assembly. An alternating current (AC) voltage from the power circuit is fed to the voltage multiplier assembly as an input. The voltage multiplier assembly generally comprises multiple multiplier stages configured to rectify and multiply the applied AC voltage depending on the number of the multiplier stages present.
Each multiplier stage comprises multiple diodes and multiple capacitors. It is desirable to use less number of diodes and capacitors used to form the multiplier stage. Each diode is characterized by a peak inverse voltage (PIV) value. The number of components used in each multiplier stage and the number of multiplier stages used to generate the required high voltage is dependent on the PIV of each diode used in the multiplier stage. A diode with a high value of PIV reduces the number of components and the number of stages required to obtain the desired high voltage. Typically, each multiplier stage uses diodes of PIV value in order of tens of kV. However, using such diodes may not be the cost effective design.
Another known method of manufacturing the voltage multiplier assembly uses diodes with a PIV rating of 1 kV. Multiple diodes with the PIV rating of 1 kV can be connected in series to effectively produce the require PIV for the multiplier stage. The number of diodes used in the voltage multiplier assembly increases multiple folds with the substitution. A drawback of using the diodes with a PIV rating of 1 kV is the difficulty in packing a large number of diodes in a limited space to provide a high voltage supply for the radiation source.
Another drawback of using diodes connected in series is, an existence of unequal distribution of voltage across each diode during transient conditions such as a single shot power turn ON and a high voltage arcing. The voltage distribution under transient conditions is generally influenced by stray capacitances in the voltage multiplier assembly and can lead to unequal distribution of the voltage across the diode arranged in series and thereby results in violation of the PIV rating of the diode.
Generally, the high voltage generated in the radiation source is usually measured with a high voltage component such as, a high voltage resistor divider. The high voltage resistor divider usually has a substantially long structure to ensure sufficient insulation on the surface. The high voltage resistor divider typically comprises a long structure with a high electrical potential at one end and a near ground electrical potential at the other end, thereby creating a non-uniform electric field distribution along the length of the high voltage resistor divider. The non-uniform distribution of electrical potential along the length of the high voltage resistor divider affects the divider ratio during transient conditions and thereby the response and accuracy of measurement.
Further, multiple shields at definite electrical potentials are provided around the high voltage resistor divider to regulate the stray capacitance. The length of the high voltage resistor divider and the shields provided around the high voltage resistor divider make the high voltage resistor divider bulky and voluminous.
Hence, there exists a need to provide a compact and efficient design for assembling various components of a high voltage tank assembly used in the radiation generator.

High voltage tank assembly for radiation generator


Firewall rules and policies are automatically managed in accordance with relevancy to network traffic on a wireless network. A specific firewall rule is applied to the network packet being examined based on the identified application based on a ranking of a relevancy score. Responsive to the specific firewall rule application, the relevancy score associated with the specific firewall rule are increased, and relevancy scores for other firewall rules of the predetermined firewall rule category that are not applied to the network packet decreased. Firewall rules of the category, for order of application, are ranked based on the relevancy scores. Firewall rules having relevancy scores below a predetermined relevancy threshold are disabled and the administrator is notified.

Firewalls often contain networking hardware which is slower than the internet pipes they are connected to. Adding a firewall to the data center architecture can cause significant bottlenecks when bursts of traffic occur. In theory, faster hardware can help to solve this, but because firewalls must buffer the traffic and filter packets, so there will always be additional latency when using additional hardware
One of the reasons for slowness comes from the fact that a chain of rules and policies which needs to be applied. However, because of the lack of integration between firewalls and application. Some rules or policies are not relevant or efficiently applied, but are in use until a network administrator becomes aware. In some cases, applications are removed from stations or rarely used while associated rules continue to be executed.
Therefore, what is needed is a robust technique for automatically managing firewall rules and policies in accordance with application changes of a wireless network.

Automatic management of firewall rules and policies in accordance with relevancy to network traffic of a wireless network


A method of manufacturing a film with a coating layer includes a preparing step of preparing a coating liquid containing one or more photopolymerization initiator, a solvent, an actinic-ray curable monomer, and an actinic-ray curable resin, an applying step of applying the coating liquid onto a support to form a coating layer; and a irradiation step of irradiating the coating layer with an actinic ray, wherein in the irradiation step, the coating layer is irradiated with the actinic ray in a state where the coating layer contains the solvent of 10 wt % or more.

1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a film with a coating layer and, in particular, to a method of manufacturing a film with a coating layer which is formed by applying a coating liquid containing a solvent onto a support.
2. Description of the Related Art
Conventionally, to prevent surface reflection of a lens, a plastic film, or others, an anti-reflection film is provided on a surface thereof. In recent years, the anti-reflection film is provided on a surface of a liquid-crystal display or a plasma display on a viewing side.
This anti-reflection film may be peeled off or damaged when dust, oil, or the like is wiped off from the surface. To address this problem, a hard coat layer having a thickness of several to several tens of micrometers is provided between the anti-reflection film and a surface base material (hereinafter also simply referred to as a base material) on a viewing side of the display.
It has been known that an anti-abrasion property is improved by providing the hard coat layer under the anti-reflection film.
However, it has also been known that interference fringe (grease-stain-like rainbow-colored unevenness) occurs when the hard coat layer is provided between the base material and the anti-reflection film, disadvantageously resulting in deterioration in visibility of the display. This interference fringe has been known to occur due to interference between light reflected from the surface of the hard coat layer and light reflected from an interface between the hard coat layer and the base material.
To solve this problem of interference fringe, in an optical film manufacturing method described in Japanese Patent No. 4135364, a solvent having a property to dissolve the base material therein and make it swell is used to form discontinuous minute convexo-concave on the interface between the base material and the hard coat layer, thereby making it possible to suppress interference fringe.

Method of manufacturing film with a coating layer


The present disclosure relates to a docking station including a triangular prism shaped body, and a cradle proximal to a top section of the triangular prism shaped body for detachably receiving a mobile device, wherein the cradle may include a plurality of different connection interfaces to provide a selectable connection with a complementary connection interface of the mobile device.

Owners of mobile devices typically like the versatility mobile devices bring since they need not be confined to a particular location. For example, a laptop owner may carry along with him/her the laptop to work at any location whereas a desktop owner is more likely to be restricted to where the desktop is located.
However, a laptop may not handle many devices or peripherals at once. A laptop docking station may ease this issue to a certain extent. Docking stations may allow multiple input/output (I/O) ports, for example. Docking stations are manufactured by different manufacturers and are designed for their specific laptop designs. Thus, if a laptop owner changes to another laptop made by a different manufacturer, the docking station made by the previous manufacturer may then become useless. This may also be true even if a laptop owner purchases a newer laptop model from the same manufacturer, due to hardware design changes made to the newer laptop model.
Furthermore, mobile device owners generally own more than one type of mobile device. For example, an owner may have a laptop for work purposes, another laptop for personal use, a tablet for leisure purposes, and/or a mobile phone for social purposes. These mobile devices may or may not originate from the same manufacturer. Even if they do, as mentioned above, a docking station for one type of mobile device may not be suitable for another type of mobile device.

Elevated docking station for different mobile devices


A recliner lever assembly for a front seat of a vehicle has a recliner lever integrally assembled with a seat-height adjusting lever for the front seat with an identical hinge shaft, thereby preventing a passenger seated in the seat from being injured by an interference of a seat belt.

1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a recliner lever assembly for a front seat of a vehicle, and more particularly to a recliner lever assembly for a front seat of a vehicle, which has a recliner lever integrally assembled with a seat-height adjusting lever with an identical hinge shaft, thereby preventing a passenger seated in the seat from being injured by an interference of a seat belt.
2. Description of the Related Art
Generally, seats for a vehicle have been installed in the vehicle to elastically support a driver's or a passenger's body, to reduce a fatigue of the driver or the passenger resulting from an operation of the vehicle, and to provide a comfortable driving condition.
The seats for the vehicle include front-seats for a driver and a passenger, and a rear seat positioned behind the front-seats.
Each front-seat includes a seat cushion coupled to a floor panel so as to move in forward and backward directions, a seatback coupled to a rear portion of the seat cushion so as to be adjusted to the desired tilt angle, and a headrest mounted on an upper portion of the seatback.
The rear-seat is a bench type rear seat, which includes a rear-seat cushion coupled to the floor panel of the vehicle and a seatback joined with a rear portion of the rear-seat cushion.
The position of the seat for the vehicle can be changed to a certain extent to accommodate the passenger's or driver's figure including height, weight, arm length and the like, so as to prevent the driver or the passenger from fatiguing during the operation of the vehicle.
The seats respectively have at least one seatbelt to restrain the driver's figure or the passenger's figure in the event of the car crashing or turning over, in order to secure the driver's safety or the passenger's safety. The seatbelt is associated with a buckle so as to restrain the driver's figure or the passenger's figure.
On the other hand, when the driver or the passenger intends to use the seatbelt, the driver or the passenger sits in the front-seat and pulls a webbing of the seatbelt, so that the webbing of the seatbelt is drawn out of a retractor (not shown) while covering or winding about the recliner lever.
As described above, in the event of the car crashing, if this occurs during the operation of the vehicle in the state that the webbing of the seatbelt covers the recliner lever, the passenger can be instantly and forwardly moved by the impact caused by the car crashing, so as to lose balance.
In the circumstance as described above, when the seatbelt normally operates, the seatbelt restraining the driver's or passenger's body extends by a distance proportional to the movement of the driver's or passenger's body, so as to hold back the driver's or passenger's body into the front-seat to the original restrained position. However, since the webbing of the seatbelt covers or is wound around the recliner lever, the webbing of the seatbelt may tighten the driver's or passenger's body.
In addition, the webbing of the seatbelt may pull up the recliner lever so as to release restriction of the seatback. Thus, the seatback of the front-seat may rotate in one direction. Specially, in the event of the car crash, such a rotation in one direction may increase the risk of an injury to the driver or the passenger.

Recliner lever assembly for a front seat of a vehicle


A bowl-type waterslide assembly includes a sliding lane, an inlet having a first radial form and allowing a rider to access the bowl-type waterslide assembly, an outlet having a greater slope than the inlet and having a second radial form, a path allowing the rider to slide, and having a curved form and configured to provide a non-stop travel between the inlet and the outlet, a wall element in an omega form is configured for partitioning the path into a plurality of separate sections. A water distribution part is configured to provide water to the bowl-type waterslide assembly, the water distribution part is provided above the omega form of the wall element and extends through the wall element in a groove form.

Typical waterslide design technology utilizes a bowl structure as an element of the waterslide assembly. Such waterslides usually cause a rider's entry into the bowl with a tangential trajectory by means of a flume and travel around a helical path inside the bowl before leaving a hole below the bowl.
The rider cannot track a fixed path due to the lack of any guides with the commonly used bowl-type waterslides. Inconsistent performance leads the rider to slide a couple of to and from movement at a sliding surface. Capacity of the waterslide is delimited to the maximum elapsed time for the rider's travel. The change of the rider's travel time decreases user capacity of the waterslide. Such a design is anticipated by the United States patent document US2002077187.
Another application from prior art disclosed by United States design patent document numbered U.S. Pat. No. 5,673,225 shows a bowl type waterslide comprising an inlet and an outlet which are in the radial form and a path having curved form and elongating between the inlet and outlet to allow a user to slide continuously throughout the path.
Another application from prior art disclosed by United States patent document US 2009/0239671 wherein a waterslide bowl has a fixed rider path from entrance to exit and made of a plurality of sets of trough sections allowing homogeneous sliding experience. The waterslide is similar to the bowl-type from a top view and it is seen from side view that formed by a number of flumes spirally mounted to each other. There is an elevation difference between each one of the outer set and the inner set.
Bowl-type waterslides commonly utilized does not contain a lane. This lead rider's elapsed time of travel inside o waterslide is different from each other and decrease user capacity of the waterslide. Lack of water effect requires rider's own effort to reach the exit. This may cause safety losses. Additionally, due to the lack of lanes only one rider can use the waterslide at a time. Competition and race features of the products which are relevant for amusement are removed by only one rider's presence at one bowl. A straight path from entry to exit provides a better user experience and provides homogeneous travel time.
Obtaining a bowl-type effect by providing a spiral connection between multiple flume require high number of molds to be used for production and increases total cost of the product. Elevation difference between spiral steps are present in the waterslides having a bowl-type effect due to the lack of a bowl and such a solution result the feeling of riding a normal waterslide.

POLIN SU PARKLARI VE HAVUZ SISTEMLERI ANONIM SIRKETI


A system for discovering neighbors during wireless network joining comprises a first wireless network node and a second wireless network node. The first wireless network node listens for a message from a third wireless network node based at least in part on information received in a communication form the second wireless network node.

Wireless networks are composed of a set of devices called wireless network nodes (or simply "nodes") that locally generate data and report this information wirelessly (e.g., with radio transmission) to their peers or a centralized management application. In some wireless network systems, communication among synchronized nodes is organized as a set of links, scheduled in time into a periodic communications superframe. This type of organized communication scheme can save power by minimizing the total time each node needs to have its transmitter and receiver powered on while still ensuring reliable data transfer and hopping over different communication channels. Overlaying superframes can be designed for different communication needs (e.g., system startup, normal operation, node diagnostics, emergency alarm propagation), and nodes can individually switch various superframes on and off as necessary. One application of a superframe is to schedule advertising packet transmissions from all nodes in the networks to give new nodes an opportunity to discover potential neighbors in the network. After discovering one or more neighbors, a new node can join the network.
A new node typically turns on its receiver to a random channel and listens for advertisement packets that may be transmitted in its vicinity. Once it has successfully received an advertisement packet, it can synchronize itself to the network it is trying to join. In a slotted wireless communication system, after this synchronization, the joining node can listen more efficiently as its receiver need be active only during the times that packets could potentially be sent. However, the receiver must still listen on a random channel, and in an arbitrary situation, there is no upper bound on the amount of time that it takes the joining node to hear all of its potential neighbors transmit an advertisement packet. This is true even when joined nodes are transmitting at a bounded, periodic, rate. There is hence no guarantee that a joining node will know all of its neighbors after a joining timeout has elapsed.
In a centrally controlled wireless network, the centralized management application determines which neighbor relationships will serve as communication links as nodes report their potential neighbors during joining. The more elements reported by the joining node, and the more information is available on the quality of these neighbor paths, the better the decisions on communication links that can be made by the management application. Better initial decisions result in better network performance (e.g., lower latency of data packets generated by the nodes, lower average energy consumption of nodes, and shorter join times for new nodes).

Discovery of neighbors during wireless network joining


A method and apparatus for video conferencing in a mobile terminal are disclosed. The method includes receiving audio-visual signals comprising a video signal and a voice signal from participating users, selecting one of the audio-visual signals associated with a currently talking user based on properties of the audio-visual signals, decoding all frames of a video signal from the selected audio-visual signal and selectively decoding frames of video signals of the remaining audio-visual signals, and reproducing the decoded frames of the video signals.

1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a mobile terminal. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method and apparatus for video conferencing in a mobile terminal wherein signal reproduction is carried out with priority given to a currently talking user.
2. Description of the Related Art
Video-enabled terminals are generally used to perform audio and visual communication by transmitting and receiving images and voices through video and audio channels. Video telephony enables users of camera-equipped video terminals to see each other during phone conversations. Video telephony services may be provided through circuit-switching based on exchangers or through packet-switching over All-Internet Protocol (IP) networks. A video telephony service on a mobile communication network must be implemented according to the H.323, H.324 or H.324M recommendation from the International Telecommunications Union (ITU). H.323 is a system protocol for providing a video telephony service on a packet data network such as an IP-based network. H.324 is a system protocol for voice, video and data transmission over a public network and H.324M (Mobile) is a version of H.324 adapted for mobile communication.
When a video conference is performed using video-enabled mobile terminals, each mobile terminal receives a voice signal and an image signal from multiple conference participants.
Since a mobile terminal is a terminal to be carried by the user, a size limitation exists for the mobile terminal. As a result, the size limitation of the mobile terminal places a limit on resources equipped in the mobile terminal, including a central processing unit and memory. Hence, reproducing the voice signal and image signal from the multiple conference participants may impose a heavy burden on resource usage of the mobile terminal.
Therefore, a need exists for a system and method for limiting resource usage of a mobile terminal during video conferencing.

Method and apparatus for video conferencing in mobile terminal


An engine mount system includes multiple liquid-filled engine mounts switchable to provide different mount characteristics by selectively introducing negative pressure or atmospheric pressure. On one of pipelines connected to the respective engine mounts for introducing the negative or atmospheric pressure into the respective engine mounts, a check valve and an orifice portion are provided in parallel. The orifice portion restricts an amount of air flowing therethrough, so that the mount characteristic of the engine mount connected to the one pipeline equipped with the check valve and the orifice portion does not undergo an abrupt change when the pressure introduced in the engine mount is switched from the negative pressure to the atmospheric pressure.

Engine mount systems using vacuum-driven switchable liquid-filled engine mounts are in practical use. The liquid-filled engine mounts are switchable to provide different vibration damping characteristics by selectively introducing negative pressure from the intake manifold of an engine or atmospheric pressure. By thus switching the pressure introduced therein, the engine mount can appropriately absorb the engine vibrations.
An engine mount system including such switchable liquid-filled engine mounts is disclosed in, for example, JP-A-2003-49892 wherein damping characteristics of the engine mounts are varied when the engine speed changes from an idle speed range to a high speed range or vice versa. Such disclosed engine mount system will be explained with reference to FIG. 12 hereof.
The engine mount system (designated at 300) shown in FIG. 12 includes vacuum-driven switchable liquid-filled engine mounts 302 (only one shown) attached to a vehicle body 303 for supporting an engine 301, and a solenoid valve (an electromagnetically switching valve) 304 connected to pressure introducing pipes of the engine mounts 302. The solenoid valve 304 communicates with the surrounding atmosphere and is connected to an intake manifold 305 of the engine 301 as a negative pressure source.
The solenoid valve 304 switches pressure to be introduced into the liquid-filled engine mounts 302 to vary the degree of firmness with which the engine mounts 302 support the engine 301. The degree of firmness will be referred to as "mount characteristic" or "vibration damping characteristic". For example, when the engine 301 runs in an idle speed range, negative pressure is introduced into the engine mounts 302 to set the mount characteristics soft. When the engine 302 runs in a high speed range, atmospheric pressure is introduced into the engine mounts 302 to set the mount characteristics hard.
Plural (for example, four) vacuum-driven switchable liquid-filled engine mounts are used for the purpose of supporting an engine on a sub-frame (not shown). However, the engine mount system 300 is less suitable for this purpose because all the mount characteristics of the plural engine mounts 302 are changed or switched simultaneously. With this simultaneous switching, the mount characteristics of the engine mount system 300 vary abruptly. Due to this abrupt change, the mount characteristics can not correspond to the speed of the engine 301. As a result, efficient suppression of vibrations from the engine 301 can not be achieved. To address this problem, a technique is needed which prevents an abrupt change in the mount characteristics of the engine mounts when the pressure introduced in the engine mounts is switched, so as to efficiently absorb engine vibrations.
In the engine mount system 300, the one solenoid valve 304 switches the pressure in all the plural engine mounts 302 to the negative or atmospheric pressure. Thus, the vibration damping characteristics of the plural engine mounts 302 can assume only two states, that is, the vibration damping characteristics are all soft or all hard. As a result, inappropriate mount characteristics not corresponding to the speed of the engine would be inevitably used. Therefore, it is desirable to set a mount characteristic suitable for a speed range other than the idle speed range and the high speed range. Namely, an engine mount system is required which is capable of setting a mount characteristic of a vacuum-driven switchable liquid-filled engine mount in correspondence to a vehicular state.


An air outlet louver assembly (10) includes a housing (12), primary vanes (14,36), secondary vanes (48,49), and a damper door (86). A control handle (58) independently controls the primary and secondary vanes (14,36,48,49), and a wheel (100) controls the damper door (86). Ridges (74) on a secondary vane (48) engage a control fork (66) on the control handle (58) to provide ratcheting control of the primary vanes (14,36) by the control handle (58). A nub (82) on a secondary vane (48) contacts depressions (80) in the housing (12) to provide ratcheting control of the secondary vanes (48,49). Frictional contact between a nub (106) on the wheel (100) and depressions (108) in the housing (12) provide ratcheting control of the damper door (86).

Air outlet louver assemblies are commonly used in automobile ventilation systems to permit a user to adjust the direction and volume of airflow into a passenger compartment of an automobile. Louver assemblies generally include one or two sets of directional vanes that are pivotally disposed within a housing and at least one control handle to adjust the position of the vanes within the housing. In addition, many louver assemblies include a damper door that pivots within the housing to adjust the volume of airflow through the housing.
To improve the ease with which a user can adjust the vanes, many louver assemblies include a positioning device to provide intermittent frictional resistance to movement of the vanes and create spaced rest locations for the vanes. In other words, two-way ratcheting control is provided to improve the "feel" of a control handle during adjustment of the vanes. The ratchet device thus makes it easier for a user to adjust the vanes in discrete increments and also maintains the vanes in their selected position in spite of any bumps or jarring motion received by the automobile.
For example, U.S. Pat. No. 3,861,281 to Godwin illustrates an outlet louver of this type. The louver includes a plurality of directional vanes pivotally disposed within a first housing for adjusting the horizontal direction of airflow when moved. In addition, the first housing pivots within a second housing to adjust the vertical direction of airflow. The first housing includes a plurality of ridges along an outer surface thereof in sliding frictional contact with an arm extending from the second housing. In this manner, ratcheting control is provided for the pivotal movement of the first housing within the second housing.
However, in Godwin U.S. Pat. No. 3,861,281 the first housing extends outwardly from the second housing upon pivotal movement with respect to the second housing. In addition to providing a potential hazard to passengers, extension of the first housing outside of the second housing disrupts the aesthetic contour of the dashboard. To avoid these problems, modern outlet louver assemblies utilize a single housing including two sets of directional vanes disposed for pivotal movement within the housing. This eliminates the need for pivotal motion of the first housing because the two sets of directional vanes provide complete directional control of the airflow. However, ratcheting contact between a first and second housing is precluded with only one housing.
To solve this problem, ratcheting systems for single-housing outlet louvers have been designed. U.S. Pat. No. 3,735,691 to Gofton et al. illustrates an outlet louver of this type. The louver includes a housing 12 and a plurality of vanes 36 pivotally disposed therein. A gang bar 48 is attached to each of the vanes 36 for joining the vanes in coupled pivotal motion within the housing 12. Ratchet teeth 52 on the gang bar 48 interact with grooves 26 on the housing to provide ratcheting control of the vanes 36. However, the Gofton U.S. Pat. No. 3,735,691 ratchet system will not work in systems without a gang bar 48, such as those with only one directional vane. In addition, the gang bar 48 must be located immediately adjacent the housing 12, reducing design options for the outlet louver.


Methods, systems, and computer readable media for detecting a compromised computing host are disclosed. According to one method, the method includes receiving one or more domain name system (DNS) non-existent domain (NX) messages associated with a computing host. The method also includes determining, using a host score associated with one or more unique DNS zones or domain names included in the one or more DNS NX messages, whether the computing host is compromised. The method further includes performing, in response to determining that the computing host is compromised, a mitigation action.

Compromised hosts are a cause for concern for many end users and network operators. For example, after being infected by botnet programs or other malicious software, a compromised host may be controlled remotely and/or instructed to perform malicious activities. Exemplary malicious activities may include flooding a network or node with numerous packets, intercepting or redirecting traffic, wasting network resources, or other unwanted activities.
Some compromised hosts may attempt to communicate with a command server for receiving instructions for performing malicious activities. Network operators try to identify compromised hosts and their command servers to thwart malicious effects associated with the compromised hosts. However, since current malicious software has made significant strides in camouflaging or obfuscating compromised hosts and/or command servers, many network operators are incapable of quickly and efficiently detecting compromised hosts and/or mitigating their malicious activities.
Accordingly, there exists a need for improved methods, systems, and computer readable media for detecting a compromised computing host.

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill


A safety cabinet can adapt to variations in body height of a worker or user. The safety cabinet prevents various bacteria from proceeding from the outside of the safety cabinet into a working space of the safety cabinet and prevents bacteria or viruses from proceeding from the working space to the outside of the safety cabinet irrespective of a change in opening area of a front opening. A flow velocity of clean air supplied into the working space and a flow velocity of the air flowing through the front opening are set in accordance with a size of the front opening to maintain physical isolation and prevent contamination. The size of the front opening of the safety cabinet is adjustable.

The present invention relates to a safety cabinet for biohazard, that is, a clean worktable enabling a hazard to be prevented from being caused by a treatment of microorganism or causal organism for genetic manipulation in medical or pharmaceutical field or an investigation of the causal organism for an investigation of infection disease.
In the prior art, a safety cabinet is used as a primary barrier for physically isolating a human body or an environment from the microorganism or causal organism to be treated. In a prior art safety cabinet, an opening area of a front opening is fixed as disclosed by JP-A-62-132550, and a flow rate through the front opening is measured by a flow rate sensor so that a blower is controlled to keep the flow rate within a predetermined range even when HEPA filter as a cleaner is in clogging to cause a change in pressure loss thereof.
In the prior art safety cabinet, the opening area of the front opening is fixed at a predetermined value such as 200 mm to keep the flow rate through the front opening at a constant degree as disclosed by Japanese Industrial Standards K3800:2000. A worker extends his arm through the front opening into a working space to treat the microorganism or causal organism. Further, he looks into the working space through a front shutter above the front opening.

This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.

Hitachi Industrial Equipment Systems Co., Ltd.


Improved fuel cell systems comprise a fuel delivery system having a fluidization apparatus and a fluidization pump for creating an electrolyte flow suitable for fluidizing at least a portion of the fuel particles located within the fluidization apparatus. Due to the presence of the fluidization pump and the fuel delivery pump, the degree of fluidization of the fuel particles can be controlled independently of the overall electrolyte flow rate provided to the cell stacks. In other words, the mass flow rate of fuel particles through the fuel cell can be varied independently from the total flow rate through the fuel cell system. The fluidization of fuel particles can facilitate suitable mixing of fuel particles and electrolyte and can prevent fuel particle agglomeration, which can clog the fuel cell piping system. In some embodiments, a splitter element can be positioned within the container to divide the fuel and electrolyte flow exiting the container into multiple flows, which prevents the blockage of one pathway from completely starving the cell stacks of fuel and electrolyte.

In general, a fuel cell is an electrochemical device that can convert chemical energy stored in fuels such as hydrogen, methane, zinc, aluminum and the like, into useful energy. A fuel cell generally comprises a negative electrode, a positive electrode, and a separator within an appropriate container. Fuel cells operate by utilizing chemical reactions that occur at each electrode. In general, electrons are generated at the anode and current flows through an external circuit to the cathode where a reduction reaction takes place. The electrochemical potential difference between the two electrodes can be used to drive useful work in the external circuit. For example, in one embodiment of a fuel cell employing metal, such as zinc, iron, lithium and/or aluminum, as a fuel and potassium hydroxide as the electrolyte, the oxidation of the metal to form an oxide or a hydroxide takes place at the anode. In commercial embodiments, several fuel cells are usually arranged in series, or stacked, in order to create larger voltages. For commercially viable fuel cells, it is desirable to have electrodes that can function within desirable parameters for extended periods of time on the order of 1000 hours or greater.
A fuel cell is similar to a battery in that both generally have a positive electrode, a negative electrode and electrolytes. However, a fuel cell is different from a battery in the sense that the fuel in a fuel cell can be replaced without disassembling the cell to keep the cell operating. In some embodiments, a fuel cell can be coupled to, or contain, a fuel regeneration unit which can provide the fuel cell with regenerated fuels. In some fuel cells, the fuel can be stored in a container that is connected to the electrochemical cell stacks.
Fuel cells are a particularly attractive power supply because they can be efficient, environmentally safe and completely renewable. Metal/air fuel cells can be used for both stationary and mobile applications, such as all types of electric vehicles. Fuel cells offer advantages over internal combustion engines, such as zero emissions, lower maintenance costs and higher specific energies. Higher specific energies associated with selected fuels can result in weight reductions. In addition, fuel cells can give vehicle designers additional flexibility to distribute weight for optimizing vehicle dynamics.

Methods and devices for controlling flow and particle fluidization in a fuel cell


A gasoline engine powered hand held cutting tool is disclosed, which includes a gasoline engine incorporated into the body, or frame, of the circular saw cutting tool. The engine is preferably a two-stroke engine, though, it should be emphasized, other gasoline powered engines of various shapes and sizes may be employed, as practical. The hand held circular saw cutting tool of the present invention further, preferably, includes a throttle trigger to control the engine speed, for increased efficiency, with the saw blade of the tool being connected to an engine crank shaft, preferably through a centrifugal clutch. The power tool of the present invention, in its preferred embodiment also preferably includes a plate for resting the tool of the invention on a piece of lumber intended for cutting.

1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates, generally, to a gasoline engine powered, hand-held circular saw. More particularly, the present invention relates to a gasoline powered circular saw which provides a means for making a precise, smooth cut in lumber without the need of an electrical power source and without need of a separate gasoline generating facility.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Prior to the present invention, the art has generally consisted of rotary blade cutting tools which either relied upon external electrical power sources or separate, or external, gasoline generating facilities.
Prior art known to the inventor, which generally concerns the relevant technical art of the present invention includes: Breer et. al., U.S. Pat. No. 3,135,304, issued Jun. 2, 1964; Ehlen, U.S. Pat. No. 3,468,351, issued Sept. 23, 1969; Townsend et. al., U.S. Pat. No. 3,513,888, issued May 26, 1970; Nagashima et al., U.S. Pat. No. 4,809,438, Mar. 7, 1989; and, Clark et. al., U.S. Pat. No. 4,848,001, issued Jul. 18, 1989.
Conventional rotary cutting saws known to the art all lack the convenience and efficiency attainable by the present invention. For example, as alluded to above, gasoline powered saws require a separate generating unit for powering. The user of such a tool must either transport such a separate generating unit with him from place to place, in order to obtain full use of such a gasoline powered rotary cutting tool, or alternatively, be certain that the intended working place has access to such a generating facility.
With respect to electrically powered rotary cutting tools presently known to the art, such tools have generally required either a separate power source, such as an electrical outlet, or have otherwise been battery powered.
In the former case of a separate electrical power source, as with the gasoline generated rotary cutting tool, the user of such a tool must be certain of an available power source. This may be of particular difficulty if the user intends use of such an electrical power tool in an outside location, particularly if such location might be geographically remote, e.g., work related to the forestry industry.
In the latter instance, wherein the user of the electrical power tool is able to rely upon battery power, such a user must be certain that the battery of the tool is sufficient charged. In addition, if the tool is to be used at a point in time which is substantially later than the time when the electrical power tool was charged, the previously charged battery would necessarily begin to lose its charge and, therefore, not be as powerful, when in use, for as long a period of time as such tool might otherwise be.
In addition, it is generally well known that battery powered tools are particularly sensitive to weather conditions. For example, moisture and, particularly, cold weather can seriously diminish the life span of a particular charge therefore raising doubt as to whether a particular job, once begun in earnest, can be properly completed. Moreover, even a battery which may be charged and recharged many times will, over time, steady lose its efficiency and will eventually no longer be able to be recharged in an efficient, economical manner.
The prior art, to date, has not included the benefits of a gasoline engine powered rotary cutting tool over an electrical tool, without the need of a separate generating facility.
The present invention, as will be discussed in greater detail hereinafter, is concerned with providing users of such tools with the benefits attainable via a gasoline power tool, without the attendant drawbacks which gasoline powered tools presently include resulting from the requirement of a separate generating facility.

Gasoline engine powered hand-held circular saw


A selective call receiver (100) for transmitting information to an external electronic device (208), such as a personal computer, includes a memory (125) for storing a predetermined status menu including at least one status category associated with internal status information of the selective call receiver (108). When the selective call receiver (100) is interactively coupled to the external electronic device (208) and receives a user-initiated status command therefrom, the predetermined status menu is retrieved from the memory (125) and transmitted to the external electronic device (208).

Selective call receivers, such as pagers, receive radio frequency (RF) signals. Conventionally, the selective call receiver decodes message data contained in a received RF signal and alerts a user that a message has been received, subsequent to which the message may be stored in a memory. The selective call receiver may present the message to a user either automatically or manually, upon selection by the user. The message may, for example, be presented visibly by a display device, such as a liquid crystal display (LCD), or audibly by an audio speaker.
Additionally, the selective call receiver may present the user with internal status information. Because of the space constraints existing in conventional selective call receivers, however, the size of the LCD incorporated by the selective call receiver is usually kept to a minimum. Therefore, the status information to which the user has access is typically limited to an amount of information that can be easily displayed on a small LCD. Such status information may be displayed to inform the user when battery voltage is low, when the selective call receiver is out of range, when a received message duplicates a previously received message, etc. This status information is frequently presented to the user in the form of iconic indicators or alphanumeric abbreviations displayed on the LCD. Although, in this manner, the user may be informed of many different internal status parameters, such displays of status information are often difficult to decipher without consulting a product operation manual that describes the different icons and abbreviations.
If the selective call receiver uses an audio speaker as a presentation device, the status information to which the user has access is even more limited. In this case, the status information presented to the user may consist only of critical status information relevant to the operation of the selective call receiver. For example, the user may be informed by a tone emitted by the speaker if the voltage of a battery providing primary power to the selective call receiver drops below a predetermined threshold. If the selective call receiver is capable of presenting information about more than one internal operational parameter to the user, the user might be forced to remember the meanings of several different tones used to announce the status of the corresponding operational parameters. In either case, internal status information presented by the selective call receiver may not be easily understood by the user.
Thus, what is needed is a method and apparatus for transmitting status information from a selective call receiver to an external electronic device capable of coherently presenting large amounts of information to a user.

Method and apparatus for transmitting status information from a selective call receiver to an external electronic device


A maintenance method is provided for a wind turbine generator including a tower and a nacelle. The maintenance method includes: attaching a pedestal to the tower; attaching a jack to the pedestal; and lifting the nacelle by using the jack to detach the nacelle from the tower, from a state where the nacelle is rotatably connected to the tower.

1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a maintenance method of a wind turbine generator, and especially relates to a method for carrying out a maintenance work which involves detaching the nacelle from the tower.
2. Description of the Related Art
Some maintenance works of a wind turbine generator involves detaching the nacelle from the tower. Such maintenance works include replacement of the yaw rotation bearing or a bearing seal, adjustment of a shim attached to the tower-top flange, painting of the outer ring of the yaw rotation bearing, and repair of the lower part of the nacelle cover.
In a case where a maintenance work is carried out after detaching the nacelle from the tower, the nacelle is detached from the tower and is landed on the ground by using a large size crane, and then the intended maintenance work is carried out. However, in the procedure of such maintenance work, there are two problems. Firstly, in order to land the nacelle by using the large size crane, a lot of machinery and much manpower are required, and legal preparation (for example, a road-use permission and so on) is required. This means that the maintenance work requires great costs and a long period for the maintenance. Secondary, a large site is required to place the nacelle and the wind turbine rotor. The area of the site required for the maintenance may reach several dozen meters square. This restricts flexibility of the maintenance. If the maintenance which involves detaching of the nacelle from the tower can be carried out without using a large crane, a large merit would be obtained in reduction of the cost due to simplification of the maintenance and in improvement of the flexibility of the maintenance work.
As a related prior technique, Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2006-22675A discloses a technique for constructing a tower of a wind turbine generator without using a large size crane. In the technique described in this publication, a mast is inserted into the tower and the nacelle is mounted on the tower and a pushing-up member capable of moving upward and downward relatively to the mast is additionally attached to the mast. In the construction of the tower, the mast is lifted up by applying a reaction force to an already constructed part of the tower via the pushing-up member, and subsequently the pushing-up member is lifted up. After that, the expansion part of the tower is constructed between the already-constructed part of the tower and the pushing-up member. The tower is completed in the same manner, by repeating: the lifting of the mast and the construction of the expansion part of the tower. After the completion of the tower, the mast is removed, and the nacelle is fixed to the tower.
In addition, Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2002-248560A discloses a technique for replacing a rotation bearing after lifting up a heavy swivel. In this technique, the swivel is lifted up from a pedestal by a lifting jack provided on a placement table placed on a floor surface, and after that, the rotation bearing is replaced. After the replacement of the rotation bearing, the swivel is returned to the pedestal.

Maintenance method of wind turbine generator


The present invention relates to catalytic conversion of ketoacids, including methods for increasing the molecular weight of ketoacids. The method can include providing in a reactor a raw material having at least one ketoacid. The raw material is then subjected to one or more C—C-coupling reaction(s) in the presence of an ion exchange resin catalyst to produce at least one ketocid dimer. The method can include providing in a reactor a feedstock having the at least one ketoacid dimer and subjecting the feedstock to one or more C—C-coupling reaction(s) at a temperature of at least 200° C.

Production of hydrocarbons used as fuel or base oil components and chemicals from biomass are of increasing interests since they are produced from a sustainable source of organic compounds.
The ketoacid Levulinic Acid (LA, 4-oxopentanoic acid) is one of many platform molecules that may be derived from biomass. It may be produced from both pentoses and hexoses of lignocellulosic material (see FIG. 1) at relatively low cost. Some of the advantages and drawbacks of using levulinic acid as a platform molecule relates to the fact that it is considered to be a reactive molecule due to both its keto and acid functionality.
Esters of levulinic acid have been suggested as fuel components as well as cold flow additives in diesel fuels, and in particular the methyl and ethyl esters have been used as additives in diesel fuel. Gamma-valerolactone (GVL), which may be obtained by reduction of levulinic acid, has been used as a fuel additive in gasoline. Further reduction of GVL to 2-methyltetrahydrofuran (MTHF) provides a product that may be blended with gasoline of up to 60%. Alkyl valerates produced from levulinic acid have also been suggested as biofuels.
Levulinic acid has also been used for the production of liquid hydrocarbon fuels by a number of catalytic routes, including a method of producing a distribution of alkenes, the distribution centered around C12, involving converting aqueous GVL in a first reactor system to butenes followed by oligomerization in a second reactor over an acidic catalyst (e.g. Amberlyst® 70).
Serrano-Ruiz et al. (Appl. Catal., B, 2010, 100, 184) produced a C9-ketone (5-nonanone) by reducing levulinic acid to GVL over a Ru/C catalyst in one reactor followed by reacting 40 wt % GVL in water and 0.02 M H2SO4 in a Pd/Nb2O5+ceria-zirconia double bed arrangement at 325-425° C., 14 bar, WHSV=0.8-0.5 h−1 in another reactor.
US 2006/0135793 A1 (to Blessing and Petrus) disclose dimerization of levulinic acid to a C10 unit in the presence of hydrogen, with a strong acidic heterogenous catalyst, e.g. ion exchange resin catalyst.

Method for catalytic conversion of ketoacids via ketoacid dimer intermediate and hydrotreatment to hydrocarbons


A vibration testing apparatus comprises a first mooring bar coupled to the base; a second mooring bar coupled to the base such that the second mooring bar is disposed away from and faces the first mooring bar to define a space between the first and second mooring bars; a first strap comprising a first end secured to the first mooring bar, and a second strap comprising a first end secured to the first mooring bar. A second end of each of the first and second straps may be secured to the second mooring bar such that the first and second straps span the space between the first and second mooring bars and such that a tension on at least one of the first and second strap is controllable.

To qualify electronic devices, extensive testing is carried out to ensure that the devices do not fail in the hands of consumers. Such testing often involves subjecting the electronic device to shocks and vibrations to determine not only whether the devices survive the testing but are able to continue operating nominally while subjected to such shock and vibrations.
Shaker tables are often used for this purpose. The electronic device under test is secured to a shaker table, which then subjects the electronic device under test to vibrations having predetermined peak amplitudes and frequencies. Problems arise in the manner in which the electronic device is secured to the table. Conventionally, to secure the electronic device to the shaker table, a large mass is used to clamp the electronic device to the shaker table, which adds unwanted dynamic inertial force to the system, skewing results. Alternatively, other conventional methods use foam to secure the electronic device to the shaker table, which adds little dynamic inertial force to the system, but does not immobilize the electronic device with respect to the shaker table, causing the electronic device to undesirably jump and knock against the shaker table when the shaker table is turned on, thereby subjecting the electronic device under test to greater stresses than are intended.

Devices and methods for system-level disk drive vibration and shock testing


A dosing device for liquid fuels, in particular for input into a chemical reformer in order to recover hydrogen or into a post-combustion device in order to generate heat, includes at least one metering device for metering fuel into a metering conduit and a nozzle body, adjoining the metering conduit, includes at least one spray discharge opening which opens into a metering chamber, including a nozzle body having a perforated spray insert in which at least one spray discharge opening is disposed.

In fuel-cell-assisted transport systems, so-called chemical reformers may be used to recover the necessary hydrogen from hydrocarbon-containing fuels such as, for example, gasoline, ethanol, or methanol. Secondary combustion devices are used for heat generation, in particular in cold-start phases.
All the substances required by the reformer for execution of the reaction, for example air, water, and fuel, are conveyed to the reaction region ideally in a gaseous or at least atomized state. But because water and the fuels, for example methanol or gasoline, may preferably be present in liquid form on board the transport system, they must first be prepared shortly before they arrive at the reaction region of the reformer or the secondary combustion device. This may necessitate, for example, a dosing device that is capable of making the corresponding quantities of fuel or other substances available in finely atomized form.
Apparatuses for dosing fuels into reformers are discussed, for example, in U.S. Pat. No. 3,971,847. Here the fuel is fed in, by metering devices relatively remote from the reformer, through long delivery conduits and a single nozzle into a temperature-controlled material stream. The fuel first strikes impact panels that are disposed after the outlet opening of the nozzle and are intended to cause turbulence in and distribution of the fuel, and then travels into the reaction region of the reformer through a relatively long evaporation section that is necessary for the evaporation process. The long delivery conduit allows the metering device to be insulated from thermal influences of the reformer.
Particular disadvantages of the apparatuses discussed in the aforementioned document are the fact that below the operating temperature of the reformer, for example in a cold-start phase, atomization of the fuel occurs only insufficiently; and that the dosing device is configured in very complex and bulky fashion. Because of the relatively small reaction surface between fuel and oxidizer resulting in this context, combustion or chemical reaction occurs only slowly, and usually also incompletely.
The result is a distinct decrease in efficiency and a disadvantageous increase in pollutant emissions. Incomplete combustion or an incomplete chemical reaction usually results in the formation of aggressive chemical compounds that can damage the chemical reformer or secondary combustion device and cause deposits that can degrade functionality. The complex and bulky design in the nozzle region, where atomization is accomplished, results in high manufacturing and operating costs, especially because of poorer ease of assembly and greater susceptibility to error.


A contactless transponder includes an antenna made from a conductive material that is disposed on a surface of a substrate. An integrated circuit chip having electrical contacts is mounted on a surface of the antenna that is remote from the substrate. The contacts of the chip are embedded in the material of the antenna, and at least a portion of the chip protrudes above the surface of the plane defined by the remote surface of the antenna.

The present invention relates to the manufacture of smart cards, and more particularly cards capable of functioning without contact by means of an antenna integrated into the card.
Such cards are intended for performing various operations such as, for example, banking operations, telephone communications, identification operations, operations of debiting or recharging units of account, and all kinds of operations which can be performed remotely by high-frequency electromagnetic coupling between a transmission/reception terminal and a card placed in the area of action of this terminal.
One of the main problems which it is necessary to resolve in the manufacture of such cards is the connection of the antenna to the integrated-circuit chip which provides the electronic functioning of the card. Another problem which it is necessary to resolve is the reduction of the thickness of the card as far as possible. The conventional constraints of mechanical strength, reliability and manufacturing cost must obviously be taken into account in this manufacture.
A known solution from the prior art, described in the document PCT WO 96/07985, for effecting the connection between the antenna and the integrated-circuit chip, consists of forming metallic protrusions on two contact pads on the chip, and then connecting these protrusions to the ends of an antenna wire. In this case, the antenna wire is a copper wire formed on a substrate and the protrusions are applied to this antenna wire by hot compression.
However, the interconnection unit thus obtained has problems of mechanical strength and tensile fragility of the connection. This is because, when the chip is subjected to mechanical stresses, the protrusions suffer damage affecting the quality of the electrical connection. The mechanical stresses can even go as far as causing the rupture of the protrusions and consequently the pulling away of the chip. The contactless smart cards produced according to this prior method therefore have a relatively short service life.
In another known solution from the prior art, the connection between the antenna and the chip is effected by means of conductive glue applied between the antenna and metallic protrusions formed on two contact pads on the chip. In this case, however, a significant excess thickness appears because of the presence of the glue and the protrusions. In addition, the manufacture of the card requires an additional step of dispensing the dots of glue.
The protrusions, and where applicable the dots of conductive glue, have a not insignificant thickness which is added to that of the antenna and that of the chip, which increases the bulk of the interconnection unit obtained. However, it is sought to obtain an interconnection unit of very small size in order to produce an ultraflat contactless smart card, that is to say with a thickness less than the standard ISO thickness.


A magnetic head according to one embodiment includes a nonmagnetic gap layer in a trench; a pole seed layer above the nonmagnetic gap layer; and a pole layer of a magnetic material above the pole seed layer, wherein at least one of the nonmagnetic gap layer, the pole seed layer and the pole layer has nitrogen therein. A magnetic head according to another embodiment includes a nonmagnetic gap layer in a trench; a pole seed layer above the nonmagnetic gap layer, the pole seed layer being comprised primarily of a material selected from a group consisting of NiCr, Ta/Ru, Ta/Rh, NiCr/Ru, NiCr/Rh, NiCr, CoOx, Ru, Rh, Cu, Au/MgO, Ta/Cu; and a pole layer comprised primarily of CoFe above the pole seed layer, wherein at least one of the nonmagnetic gap layer, the pole seed layer and the pole layer has nitrogen therein.

The heart of a computer is a magnetic hard disk drive (HDD) which typically includes a rotating magnetic disk, a slider that has read and write heads, a suspension arm above the rotating disk and an actuator arm that swings the suspension arm to place the read and/or write heads over selected circular tracks on the rotating disk. The suspension arm biases the slider into contact with the surface of the disk when the disk is not rotating but, when the disk rotates, air is swirled by the rotating disk adjacent an air bearing surface (ABS) of the slider causing the slider to ride on an air bearing a slight distance from the surface of the rotating disk. When the slider rides on the air bearing the write and read heads are employed for writing magnetic impressions to and reading magnetic signal fields from the rotating disk. The read and write heads are connected to processing circuitry that operates according to a computer program to implement the writing and reading functions.
The volume of information processing in the information age is increasing rapidly. In particular, HDDs have been desired to store more information in its limited area and volume. A technical approach to this desire is to increase the capacity by increasing the recording density of the HDD. To achieve higher recording density, further miniaturization of recording bits is effective, which in turn typically requires the design of smaller and smaller components.
The further miniaturization of the various components, however, presents its own set of challenges and obstacles.
The Damascene design process is used in forming write poles. It is usually preferred that the Damascene design process includes a nonmagnetic metal layer, which is usually deposited conformally across the wafer and into the Damascene trench. Such metal layer will functionally be part of the gap separating the main pole and the surrounding shield.
However, due to the extremely small dimensions of the Damascene trench and various processing constraints such as process temperature requirements, there are very few process choices for creating such a metallic layer, one option including Atomic Layer CVD Ru deposition (ALCVD Ru). It is critically important that this Ru layer provides, correct material interfacial microstructure to promote CoFe growth with high permeability for high data rate. Much work has been put into "seed" process, either for CoFe growth (such as the use of NiCr as seed) or seeding for Ru (such as Ta or NiCr). There may be limitations with the seed approach, which usually relies on vacuum deposition techniques.
Moreover, a favorable seed for CoFe growth depends on many factors such as deposition parameters, substrate type and condition. For cases where film growth is inside a constrained volume such as a Damascene trench, film growth conditions may be completely different from those out on an open surface, because these techniques not only rely on chemical potential differences but also on vectorial momenta of the reactive species. For at least the forgoing reasons, improvements in the development of write pole formation would be very beneficial.

Substrate nitrogen plasma treatment for softer CoFe main pole writer formation


An invisible sliding door link structure includes a door bracket disposed at an inner surface of a door sliding part of a vehicle body to open or close, a body bracket provided in an invisible slider to slide the door, a main arm with one end connected to one side of the door bracket and the other end connected to one side of the body bracket, a first link having one end rotatably connected to the other side of the body bracket, a second link having one end rotatably connected to the other end of the first link and the other end connected to the other side of the door bracket, and a third link having one end rotatably connected to one side of the main arm and the other end connected to a hinge point at which the first and second links are connected to each other.

Generally, a vehicle provided with a sliding door has a structure in which the door is slid to be as close as possible to a vehicle body when opening to improve convenience in getting on and getting off the vehicle in a narrow space.
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a sliding door of a vehicle according to the prior art includes a vehicle body 100 provided with a door opening part 200 to be opened or closed by sliding of a door 400 to allow a passenger to get on or get off the vehicle therethrough; a rail 300 provided in the vehicle body 100 in order to slide the door 400; a roller 500 inserted into the rail 300 provided in the vehicle body 100; and an arm 600 with one side fixed to the door 400 and the other side supporting the roller 500. The rail 300 includes an upper rail 301 provided in the vehicle body 100 adjacent to an upper side of the door opening part 200, a lower rail 303 provided in the vehicle body 100 adjacent to a lower side of the door opening part 200, and a center rail 302 disposed at the rear of the vehicle body 100 and extended in a length direction of the vehicle on an outer surface of the vehicle body 100. An operation of the sliding door is regulated according to a layout of the rail 300 described above.
However, the sliding door according to the prior art as described above has problems in that a structure of the door opening part 200 of the vehicle body 100 becomes complicated by the rail 300, the center rail 302 is provided on the outer surface of the vehicle body 100, such that an appearance of the vehicle is deteriorated, and many design restrictions are present in the vehicle due to the rail.


An approach of a circuit configuration is provided for operating a display panel and a liquid crystal display with high aperture ratio, transmittance and visibility, the circuit configuration includes: a gate line; a data line intersecting the gate line; a first transistor connected to the gate line and the data line; a second transistor connected to the gate line and the data line; a storage electrode line separated from the gate line; a third transistor connected to the storage electrode line and the second transistor; a first pixel electrode connected to the first transistor; and a second pixel electrode connected to the second transistor and the third transistor. The third transistor being separated from an additional gate line is connected to the storage electrode line such that the aperture ratio can be increased, and visibility and transmittance can be enhanced.

1. Field of the Invention
Exemplary embodiments of the present invention relate to a method and an apparatus for providing a circuit structure capable of driving a display panel, and more particularly, exemplary embodiments of the present invention relate to a method and an apparatus for providing an optimal circuit configuration to achieve a high aperture ratio, transmittance and visibility for a display panel that may be variously applied to a display applications, for example, liquid crystal display devices.
2. Description of the Related Art
As one of the most widely used flat panel displays (FPD), a liquid crystal display (LCD) may include two display panels in which field generating electrodes such as pixel electrodes and a common electrode may be disposed, and a liquid crystal layer may be interposed between the two display panels. Voltages can be applied to the field generating electrodes so as to generate an electric field over the liquid crystal layer, and the alignment of liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal layer is determined by applied electric field. Accordingly, the polarization of incident light can be controlled, thereby performing image display.
The LCD may also include switching elements connected to the respective pixel electrodes, and a plurality of signal lines such as gate lines and data lines may be disposed for controlling the switching elements and applying voltages to operate the pixel electrodes.
However, manufacturers of display devices are challenged to continually increasing complexity of a circuit configuration of the display devices (e.g., LCD) such as increasing a number of gate lines and the complicated configuration of the signal lines of the liquid crystal display, thereby the aperture ratio may be decreased and visibility and transmittance may be deteriorated.
The above information disclosed in this Background section is only to set up Applicant's recognition of problems within the existing art and merely for enhancement of understanding of the background of the invention based on the identified source of problems, and therefore the above information, which is the Applicant's own statement, cannot be used as prior art in determining obviousness into the present invention.

Display panel and display panel device including the transistor connected to storage capacitor


One or both of epilepsy seizure detection and prediction at least by performing the following: running multiple input signals from sensors for epilepsy seizure detection through multiple classification models, and applying weights to outputs of each of the classification models to create a final classification output. The weights are adjusted to tune relative output contribution from each classifier model in order that accuracy of the final classification output is improved, while power consumption of all the classification models is reduced. One or both of epilepsy seizure detection and prediction are performed with the adjusted weights. Another method uses streams from sensors for epilepsy seizure detection to train and create the classification models, with fixed weights once trained. Information defining the classification models with fixed weights is communicated to wearable computer platforms for epilepsy seizure detection and prediction. The streams may be from multiple people and applied to an individual person.

This invention relates generally to detection of seizures and, more specifically, relates to epilepsy seizure detection and prediction using techniques such as deep learning methods.
This section is intended to provide a background or context to the invention disclosed below. The description herein may include concepts that could be pursued, but are not necessarily ones that have been previously conceived, implemented or described. Therefore, unless otherwise explicitly indicated herein, what is described in this section is not prior art to the description in this application and is not admitted to be prior art by inclusion in this section. Abbreviations that may be found in the specification and/or the drawing figures are defined below, after the main part of the detailed description section.
Epilepsy is a neurological disorder marked by sudden recurrent episodes of sensory disturbance, loss of consciousness, or convulsions. These are commonly referred to as seizures. Although the symptoms of a seizure may affect any part of the body, the electrical events that produce the symptoms occur in the brain. The location of that event, how it spreads, how much of the brain is affected, and how long it lasts all have profound effects. These factors determine the character of a seizure and its impact on the individual.
Epilepsy is a disease that is characterized by a diverse range of neurological activity signals. These signals can be analyzed using sensors such as electroencephalography (EEG) sensors. More specifically, electroencephalograms (EEGs) have been employed to record electrical signals as waveforms generated by different parts of the brain. These EEGs can be analyzed and can be used to determine if a person is having a seizure or even predict an oncoming seizure.
Initially, EEGs were only performed and their waveforms analyzed by trained personnel, mainly doctors. Since computing performance and prediction techniques have improved dramatically, computers have been used to perform and analyze these waveforms. For instance, neural networks and particularly convolutional neural networks (CNNs) have been applied to this field, and the models based on CNNs have proved successful in analysis and prediction of epileptic seizures. Furthermore, improvement in miniaturization of electronic devices and reduction in power of those devices even while computing performance is maintained or improved has led to the use of mobile computing platforms that are able to perform these analyses. Those mobile computing platforms are now being applied to areas such as analysis and prediction of epileptic seizures and can be miniaturized to the extent the platforms can be wearable or used on other battery-powered devices such as portable platforms used in hospitals. While these provide benefits, they could be improved, particularly for analysis and prediction of epileptic seizures.

Epilepsy seizure detection and prediction using techniques such as deep learning methods

International Business Machines COrporation


A dosimeter for use in mixed radiation fields is disclosed. The dosimeter consisting of a single element may be used in a photon-neutron field if the energies of the photons and neutrons are known. In a mixed photon-neutron-beta radiation field of unknown energies, a detector having four elements is sufficient to provide an estimate of the exposure. The dosimeter makes use of the high temperature readout from a 6Li doped LiF thermoluminescent detector to provide an estimate of both the neutron and photon exposures.

It is common place for workers whose occupations require the worker to be exposed to radiation to wear a dosimeter for monitoring the extent of the worker's exposure. The dosimeters are constructed from materials that record the passage of energetic particles through the material. The response of these materials depends both on the type of radiation passing there through and the energy of the radiation. Early radiation dosimeters were constructed from photographic film. After the film was exposed to the radiation field, the film was developed and the degree of "fogging" of the film determined by measuring the opacity of the developed film. While this type of device is relatively cheap, it has low sensitivity to neutron radiation and requires a significant amount of processing to read-out the amount of radiation to which the worker was exposed.
More recent dosimeter designs utilize TL (thermoluminescent) phosphor elements to detect radiation in the dosimeters. These TL elements generate a light signal when heated. The light signal depends on the degree of exposure of the element to various types of radiation prior to the heating operation. These elements have higher sensitivities to neutron radiation and require less processing than photographic film based elements; hence, these elements have become widely used in dosimeters.
If the worker is exposed to a single type of radiation at a single energy, a single dosimetric element constructed from one of these TL materials could be used to measure the worker's exposure. However, such exposures are rare. In general, a worker is exposed to a mixed radiation field including two or more types of radiation. Mixed field dosimeters are typically constructed from a plurality of dosimetric elements having differing responses to the components of the mixed radiation field. A typical dosimetric element includes a TL element and a filter element. The filter element preferentially removes incident radiation of a particular type. For example, a filter element constructed from Cd preferentially removes thermal neutrons. By combining the measurements made with the various dosimetric elements, the radiation exposure of the worker arising from the mixed radiation field can be calculated. Radiation monitors for measuring the exposure of a worker in a photon-beta field typically require four such dosimetric elements. Similarly, the exposure of a worker to a neutron-photon field may be obtained with the aid of a four element detector.
A worker exposed to a mixed neutron-photon-beta field typically wears two four-element detectors to adequately measure the workers exposure. It would be desirable to reduce the number of dosimetric elements that must be processed to provide the exposure data for each worker in such mixed fields.
Attempts to construct a single four element monitoring device with satisfactory response in a mixed neutron-photon-beta field have been unsatisfactory. While four element detectors may be used in some mixed fields, unsatisfactory error rates are found to occur if the mixed field includes significant quantities of thermal neutrons.
Broadly, it is the object of the present invention to provide an improved radiation dosimeter that may be used in mixed neutron-photon-beta fields.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a dosimeter that requires only four dosimetric elements in most practical fields.
These and other objects of the present invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art from the following detailed description of the invention and the accompanying drawings.

The Board of Trustees of Leland Stanford, Junior University


A method of digital image combination for multiple channels with multiple sets and a bus interface which includes an image-processing unit for m-channel sub-images, an image-processing unit for n-set combining images, n-set video data buses, address and control buses and a pixel data access control and bus switching logic module. A bus strobe signal controls m-channel sub-images pixel data outputting to one set of the n video data buses at a specific moment. The n sets of image-processing units for combining images combine the sub-images pixel data on the video data buses of n sets to form n integral image data. The method can be used in the multimedia image communication system and image editing system for raising the multiple image-processing capabilities.

In a videoconference or image editing service, usually it is necessary to combine moving image (sub-image) signals of multiple channels to a single channel signal (one channel or one set of channels) in real time. The combined digital video image signal should include contents of original signals of multiple channels, and is same format and physical interface as a single digital image channel signal. Controlling the moving image of multiple channels, switching the data of the moving image of multiple channels and updating flexibly combination mode of the moving image of multiple channels need to be implemented through software in one hardware device. For example, images of multiple channels can be flexibly divided into sets and every set is combined in different modes.
The present conventional image divider (such as the product of US AD company) satisfies the requirement mentioned above, but only has a single fixed combination mode or several limited combination modes.
There are mainly two disadvantages of multiple channels images combination equipment at present:
1. Modes switching is mainly done by hardware, so the combination modes of multiple channels video images cannot be flexible;
2. Limited by performance and modality of the hardware interface, when a combination mode is more complex, the frame rate of combined original sub-images cannot be kept, so quality of the combined image is not good, and frame rate of combined image is low.

Method of realizing combination of multi-sets of multiple digital images and bus interface technique


instructions to: (1) process first data by encrypting based on a first key and re-arranging based on a first mapping to obtain second data, where a first element included in the first data is associated with a first index corresponding to a location in a first memory; (2) request to store the second data in a second memory at locations determined based on the first mapping; (3) in response to determining that the first element is not stored in the first memory, request a second element from the second memory; and (4) in response to determining that the first element is stored in the first memory: (a) retrieve the first element from the first memory; and (b) request a third element from the second memory that has not been previously requested, without requesting the second element from the second memory.

Computer users, including individuals as well as organizations, often require the capability to backup their confidential and/or proprietary data. There are many business needs for these backup capabilities. For example, backups are needed to ensure that data is not lost even if computers that hold data were to become infected with a computer virus or a worm that destroys data, or if hard drives that hold data were to fail, or if computers that hold data were to be destroyed or stolen. Thus, there is a significant need for computer users to perform frequent backups of important, confidential data. Some examples of important, confidential data include medical case histories, information associated with legal representations, and financial information.
In recent years, backup services have been offered to clients by storage providers over the Internet. These services are typically based on the following model: encryption of data locally on the client's computer, then transfer of the encrypted data over the Internet to the provider for backup. The provider may have a large server farm to take advantage of economies of scale that may result from reduced cost of storage on a large scale, and from amortized operational costs (such as costs of security, electricity, rent, and maintenance). The provider may therefore be able to offer backup services to clients at a significant savings compared to the cost that would be incurred by clients were they to perform their own data backup.
To attain these cost savings, clients provide their confidential data to third-party providers, which raises the issue of the safety of the client data while in the provider's possession. Providers may claim that due to their internal policies and procedures, client data uploaded to their server farms cannot be accessed by other clients and cannot be used by provider employees for any illegitimate purpose. Providers may also point to the encryption of client data (such as filenames and file contents), where the provider does not know the decryption key, as making the client data undecipherable to the provider, and to the use of approaches such as message authentication codes as protecting against tampering with the client data.
However, even if client filenames and file contents are encrypted, important information can still be revealed to any party with access to a provider's servers in the form of statistics associated with a client's data access pattern. For example, an employee of the provider could observe variations in the number of encrypted data blocks (such as files or database records) retrieved by a client per time interval (such as per day or per hour). The employee of the provider could also observe the frequency with which any individual encrypted data block is accessed by the client, and learn over time how different frequencies of use correlate with this client's externally observable behavior. The employee of the provider could provide this information to another party that could use this information to predict real-world actions to be taken by the client in the future. For example, the data access pattern of a small company could signal whether a product under development is nearing final release, and the data access pattern of a small law firm could signal when documents in a case are being reviewed just prior to filing.
It is against this background that a need arose to develop the apparatus, system, and method described herein.

Apparatus, system, and method to efficiently search and modify information stored on remote servers, while hiding access patterns


A method and apparatus for providing a user interface in which user interfaces related to child elements are displayed on neighboring zones of a user interface related to a parent element. In the method, a first user interface related to a parent element that is associated with a plurality of child elements is displayed on a display screen. A plurality of second user interfaces related to the plurality of child elements are then displayed on neighboring zones of the first user interface.

1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for providing a user interface on which a user desired service is easily accessible.
2. Description of the Related Art
As the performance of mobile devices improves, services provided to a user of a mobile device are diversifying. In order to use different services on a generally smaller screen of a mobile device, a user interface capable of easily and rapidly accessing a service is important.

Method and apparatus for providing a user interface


A rotary cutter for a mower for mowing grass and the like with a cord of a desired length extending in a radial direction of a cutting head from the cutting head driven for rotation through a drive shaft is described. The rotary cutter includes at least one fastening element for fixing one end of the cord to a cutting head main body. An inner end portion of the cord inserted from a sidewall of the head main body is fastened by the fastening element. The cord is removed and replaced with a new cord when the cord is worn out. The cord fastening element is disposed near a drive shaft coupling shaft tube portion in the cutting head main body. A cord outlet for removing the cord is provided to the drive shaft coupling shaft tube portion side. The inner end portion of the cord extends outside from the cord outlet and along a sidewall of the drive shaft coupling shaft tube portion of the cutting head main body.

As this type of rotary cutter, there is conventionally proposed one including a cutting head formed of a disk-shaped base plate having at its center a drive shaft coupling portion and provided at its outer periphery with a sidewall and a substantially cylindrical protecting cover detachably mounted to the sidewall to face the base plate. Inside the cutting head, fastening means for fastening a cord of a desired length and for mowing grass, lawn, and the like by rotation is provided to the disk-shaped base plate. The fastening means presses and fixes the cord onto a pressing wall provided to the sidewall of the base plate by an elastic member such as a coil spring and a torsion spring and a fastening member in a shape of a cam, a cylindrical rod, or the like (see Patent Document 1).
There is also a known rotary cutter, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, including a disk-shaped cutting head main body 10 formed of a case 10-1 having a drive shaft coupling shaft tube portion 10-1a at its central portion and a cover 10-2 having a through hole 10-2a for the drive shaft coupling shaft tube portion 10-1a at its central portion and paring up with the case 10-1. At an outer peripheral end portion of the cutting head main body 10, fastening means 11 for fastening cords 12 of desired length are provided. When the cord 12 of the desired length inserted into the cutting head main body 10 is worn out, the cord is removed from the cutting head main body 10 and replaced with a new cord. Each of the cord fastening means 11 of the rotary cutter is disposed in a cord guide 11-1 provided in an opening formed in a sidewall of the cutting head main body 10 and is formed of a pair of ratchets 11-2, each of the ratchets being constantly applied with a rotational force in a certain direction by a spring 11-3 pivoted for turning on and mounted from outside to a support shaft 10-3 protruding from the cover 10-2 of the cutting head main body 10 to fasten the cover 10-2 and the case 10-1 together by using a fastening screw 12. In other words, in the cord fastening means 11, one end of the cord 12 of the desired length inserted into the cutting head main body 10 from a cord lead-out outlet (cord guide) 11-1 is clamped and fastened by the pair of ratchets 11-2. Therefore, in the case of this rotary cutter, a space 10-4 for holding the code 15 to remove and replace it is provided between the ratchets 11-2 and the drive shaft coupling shaft tube portion 10-1a at the central portion of the cutting head main body.
A drive shaft 13 of the cutting head main body 1 is mounted by a coupling bolt 15 through a lid body 14 covering a bottom portion of the cutting head main body 11 as shown in FIG. 3.
Patent Document 1: Japanese Patent Application Laid-open No. 10-98931