According to a data packet framing method of one embodiment, a data packet (100) may include a combination control character (102) that may convey framing information FLAG (102-0) and a code information CODE (102-1). Framing information FLAG (102-0) can indicate a start of a packet, and a code information CODE (102-1) can indicate another feature of a packet, such as size. A combination control character (102) may preferably be no larger than a data character of a data packet.

Data transmission approaches may include those that include lines that always transmit certain values, and those that can transmit data in "packet" form. A data packet may include a number of data values that can include a series of characters (e.g., byte values, or the like). Such data characters may be transmitted "as is" or may be encoded.
Conventionally, a data packet may have a start and/or an end that can be indicated by one or more control characters. Thus, a data packet may be "framed" to indicate a start and/or an end of packet, to thereby separate one data packet from another. Conventional approaches may demarcate packets by inserting one or more "control" characters. Control characters can be data characters having values predetermined to provide control information, and not a particular data value.
Conventional data packet-framing schemes may take various forms. Examples of conventional data packet framing schemes will be now described in more detail with reference to FIGS. 14-17.
Referring now to FIG. 14, a first example of a conventional data packet framing is set forth and designated by the general reference character 1400. The example of FIG. 14 shows two data packets 1402 and 1404. A first data packet 1402 may be preceded by a control character CTRL 1406-0 and include a number of data characters (1408-0 to 1408-n). In a similar fashion, a second data packet 1404 may be preceded by a control character CTRL 1406-1, and include a number of data characters (a first of which is shown 1410-0).
Also shown in FIG. 14 are control characters 1406-2. Control characters 1406-2 show how control characters may serve as a separation mechanism between an end of a previous data packet 1402 and a start of a following data packet 1404.
Thus, FIG. 14 shows a conventional data packet framing scheme 1400 in which a start of a packet (e.g., 1402) may be indicated by a control code (e.g., 1406-0) followed by a data character (e.g., 1408-0), and an end of a packet may be indicated by a control code (e.g., 1402-2) following a final data character (e.g., 1408-n) of a packet (e.g., 1402).
In the approach of FIG. 14, data packets must be separated by at least one control code. Accordingly, "back-to-back" packet transmission, that is transmission of one packet immediately followed by another, may not be possible, as a control code may have to be inserted between such packets.
FIG. 14 shows an example of "unaligned" packet transmission. However, in some cases it may be desirable to transmit packet data in an aligned fashion. Such an approach is shown in FIG. 15.
Referring now to FIG. 15, a second example of a conventional packet framing is set forth and designated by the general reference number 1500. The example of FIG. 15 shows two packets 1502 and 1504 that may be transmitted in an "aligned" fashion. In particular, data may be conceptualized as being arranged into predetermined, uniform portions. In the particular case of FIG. 15, packet data may be arranged with a four byte alignment. Thus, unlike a first example of a conventional packet framing 1400, a second example of a packet framing 1500 may show a four data characters alignment.
As but one example, an arrangement such as that shown in FIG. 15 may transmit four characters (or codes) in parallel. Such character (or codes) may be encoded for transmission.
Like the approach of FIG. 14, in FIG. 15 a packet start and end may be delineated by a predetermined control code. However, due to the indicated character alignment, packet separation may be achieved by inserting control codes according to data alignment. Accordingly, a data packet 1502 may be preceded by four aligned control characters CTRL (collectively shown as 1506). Similarly, separation between data packet 1502 and subsequent data packet 1504 may be accomplished by inserting at least four aligned control characters CTRL (collectively shown as 1508).
In this way, according to FIG. 15, a packet transmitted according to "m" aligned characters, may be separated by j*m control codes, where j is at least one.
A drawback to a conventional packet framing like that of FIG. 15 can be that in order to align a data packet with more than one data characters, a same number of control characters is included to separate data packets. This can consume transmission bandwidth that might otherwise be used to transmit data.
Referring now FIG. 16, a third example of a conventional packet framing is set forth and designated by the general reference number 1600. The example of FIG. 16 shows two data packets (1602 and 1604). Unlike the examples of FIGS. 14 and 15, data packets (1602 and 1604) may include a start control character STRT in addition to a number of data characters. Thus, a data packet 1602 may begin with a start character STRT 1606-0 and be followed by a number of aligned data characters (one of which is shown as 1608), while data packet 1604 may include a start control character STRT 1606-1 and be followed by a number of aligned data characters (one of which is shown as 1610).
A receiving circuit may be capable of recognizing a start control character STRT, thus determining a start of a data packet.
The particular example of FIG. 16 also shows how control characters CTRL (collectively shown as 1612) may be transmitted when packets are not transmitted (i.e., during idle time periods). Such control characters may be the same "idle" value.
Referring now to FIG. 17, a fourth conventional example of packet framing is set forth and designated by the general reference 1700. The example of FIG. 17 shows two data packets 1702 and 1704. In the approach of FIG. 17, each data packet may begin with a size control character SIZE. Thus, a data packet 1702 may begin with a size control character SIZE 1706-0 and be followed by a number of aligned data characters DATA (one of which is shown as 1708). Similarly, a data packet 1704 may include a size control character SIZE 1706-1 and be followed by a number of aligned data characters DATA (one of which is shown as 1710).
A size control character SIZE (1706-0 or 1706-1) may indicate a size of a data packet. Accordingly, a receiving circuit may determine when a packet starts or when a packet ends from such a size control character SIZE (1706-0 or 1706-1).
A drawback to the conventional approach shown in FIG. 17 can be complexity that can arise in the event of data corruption. In particular, a receiving circuit may rely on a size control character to synchronize a start of a next packet. However, if size data for one packet is corrupted, a start of subsequent packet may be missed, and a system may have to "re-synchronize" communication to re-establish a start location for transmitted packets.
While the above examples have illustrated various approaches to transmitting packet data, it remains a desirable goal to arrive at further ways of increasing the efficiency in the manner in which packet data is transmitted, as more efficient methods may lead to improved overall data packet transmission rates.

Method and apparatus for framing a data packet


The present application relates to nutritional compositions comprising lactic acid-producing bacteria.

The gastrointestinal microflora plays a number of vital roles in maintaining gastrointestinal tract function and overall physiological health. The growth and metabolism of the many individual bacterial species inhabiting the gastrointestinal tract depend upon the substrates available to them, most of which are derived from the diet.
Probiotic organisms are non-pathogenic, non-toxigenic microorganisms that are beneficial to the host organism. Since probiotics do not generally permanently colonize the host, they are typically ingested regularly for health promoting properties to persist.


A telescoping slide support assembly includes a telescoping slide assembly, a vertical rack for use in an equipment cabinet, and a quick-mount support coupled to a stationary slide included in the telescoping slide assembly. The quick-mount support includes a movable retainer and a linkage for moving the movable retainer about a pivot axis to facilitate coupling and uncoupling of the quick-mount support and the vertical rack.

The present disclosure relates to telescoping slide assemblies, and particularly to telescoping slide assemblies mounted on racks to support a piece of equipment for movement relative to the rack. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to bracket systems for mounting telescoping slide assemblies on racks included in an equipment cabinet.
A telescoping slide assembly support system comprises a telescoping slide assembly, a vertical rack for use in an equipment cabinet, and a quick-mount support coupled to a stationary slide included in the telescoping slide assembly. The quick-mount support is configured to be coupled quickly and easily to the vertical rack to facilitate mounting the stationary slide included in the telescoping slide assembly in a fixed position relative to the vertical rack. A load-carrying slide also included in the telescoping slide can be coupled to a piece of equipment to support that equipment for movement relative to the vertical rack first into and out of the equipment cabinet.
In an illustrative embodiment, the quick-mount support includes a fixed retainer adapted to extend into a first retainer aperture formed in the vertical rack and a movable retainer adapted to extend into a second retainer aperture formed in the vertical rack. The quick-mount support further includes a linkage configured to move the movable retainer toward and away from the fixed retainer, at the option of a user gripping and manipulating the linkage, while a retainer lug portion of that movable retainer extends through the second retainer aperture formed in the vertical rack to mate and unmate the retainer lug portion and the vertical rack. The stationary slide can be separated from the vertical rack when the retainer lug portion of the movable retainer and the vertical rack are unmated. The stationary slide cannot be separated from the vertical rack when the retainer lug portion of the movable retainer and the vertical rack are mated.
Features of the present disclosure will become apparent to those skilled in the art upon consideration of the following detailed description of illustrative embodiments exemplifying the best mode of carrying out the disclosure as presently perceived.

Quick-mount support system for telescoping slide


An information processing apparatus includes a data processing unit which executes a copy process for recording data recorded on a first medium onto a second medium, and the data processing unit executes a questionable data discrimination process for discriminating questionable data which is highly likely to be not normally reproduced in a reproduction process in which a reproduction program different from a dedicated reproduction program to the data recorded on the first medium is applied, and executes at least any of processes, which include a questionable data deletion process for deleting the questionable data from a copy target or a warning notification process for notifying a user of a possibility that copied data will not be normally reproduced, according to the discrimination result in the questionable data discrimination process.

The present technology relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program. Specifically, the disclosure further relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program for performing copying data recorded on a medium (information recording medium) of a disc or the like under predetermined management.
Recently, DVDs (Digital Versatile Discs), BDs (Blu-ray Discs (registered trademark)), and the like are frequently used as information recording media (media) of various forms of content including movies, music, and the like. Producers, distributors, or the like of most content including music data, image data, and the like recorded on these information recording media own the copyright or the distribution rights to the content. Therefore, even if a user purchases a disc, he or she is restricted to a certain degree in the use of the content recorded on the disc. For example, unlimited copying of the content recorded on the disc to another disc, or the like is not permitted.
As a configuration of managing copying content stored in a media as above, a management configuration is known in which copying is permitted under a condition that copy permission information is obtained from a management server (MC: Managed Copy). The specific sequence of the managed copy (MC) is as follows.
A medium such as a content storing disc, or the like is loaded into a user device including a PC, a recording and reproducing device, or the like, and the user device is connected to the management server via a network.
After that, the user device transmits pre-defined information including a disc identifier (ID), or the like to the server.
The server verifies the authenticity of the received information, and then transmits copy permission information to the user device.
The user device starts a copy process with the condition that the copy permission information has been received from the server.
The copy process of the disc storing content to another medium is permitted as the sequence.
This copying management configuration is referred to as Managed Copy (MC), and detailed description thereof is disclosed in, for example, Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 2008-98765.
On the other hand, there is the AACS (Advanced Access Content System) standard as a standard relating to a technology of protecting the copyright of content. Most content recorded on discs including BDs complying with the AACS standard is recorded as encrypted content. As a representative encryption configuration of the AACS standard, there is a configuration in which content is divided by units and different encryption keys are applied to the units. By adopting such an encryption configuration, it is possible to control the use of content by units, and to realize strict control of various content uses.
A unit into which content is divided is called a CPS unit, and an encryption key applied to an encryption process and a decryption process of each CPS unit is called a CPS unit key, a unit key, or a title key.
When content stored on a medium such as a BD storing movies or the like of which the copyright is the object to be managed is to be copied to another medium, for example, a hard disk, a flash memory, another disc, or the like in the user device as described above, copying is performed after receiving copy permission information from the management server in accordance with the above-described managed copy (MC).
However, in both cases where a BD recording the original content is loaded for reproduction and where copied content is to be reproduced from a copy destination medium in respective reproduction processing devices, reproduction processing programs to be used are sometimes different.
When reproduction is to be performed by loading the BD recording the original content in a reproduction processing device, the reproduction can be performed using, for example, a program corresponding to the content stored in the disc. However, when reproduction is to be performed for content from a copy destination medium, it is thought that there are many cases where the program stored in the disc is not used, but a general-purpose moving image reproduction program is used.
Recently, various image reproduction programs have been circulated. For example, there are many cases where a moving image reproduction program stored in a PC or the like in advance or a program downloaded via a network is used. Specifically, general-purpose programs for moving image reproduction such as the Windows (registered trademark) Media Player and the like are mostly used.
As such, it is highly possible that copied content recorded from a disc to another medium is not reproduced by a reproduction program dedicated to content recorded on the copy source disc, but reproduced using such a general-purpose moving image reproduction program.
Such content stored on a disc such as a BD includes various types of content. For example, such various types of content include content for changing the reproduction sequence according to a so-called navigation command which can change the reproduction sequence according to a user's instruction, a browsable slideshow, content for displaying a pop-up menu according to commands input by a user, and the like.
However, there is a possibility that the complicated reproduction process of content can be correctly used for reproduction with a reproduction program dedicated for the content set corresponding to the disc-stored content, but is not used in a reproduction process using other general-purpose moving image reproduction programs.

Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program


A dialysis device comprising a prescriber interface and a programming means configured to allow, via the prescriber interface, input of a set of therapeutic objectives and a treatment plan and a re-evaluation means configured to, as a function of the therapeutic objectives and the treatment plan, suggest at least one treatment option comprising a set of settings of a treatment session to achieve said set of therapeutic objectives.

Treatment of a patient with renal insufficiency is typically carried out according to a treatment plan created by a prescriber, such as a physician, based on certain therapeutic objectives. The treatment plan may comprise a schedule of treatment sessions and specific settings for each scheduled treatment session. The treatment plan typically also includes dietary advice, medications, frequency of blood samples for follow-up etc.
Treatment of renal insufficiency typically takes place in individual treatment sessions. One session may have duration between 1 and 12 hours.
Certain conditions may effect the actual execution of the treatment plan and the resulting treatment. One condition may be related to modifications of the treatment settings according to the wish of the patient. Such a modification may typically be the extension or shortening of duration of the treatment session. Another condition may be related to changes due to clinical conditions such as limited achievable blood flow, unexpectedly high weight gain, technical failure or a hypotensive episode. A further condition may be related to the actual result of a preceding treatment session.
A number of dialysis devices are known (see, for example, U.S. Pat. No. 5,326,476) in which the treatment parameters (duration, flow rate, etc.) are programmed by a prescriber such as a physician or a technician.
There are also devices (see, for example, U.S. Pat. No. 5,788,851) which are designed to allow a patient, or even a member of the patient's family assisting the patient, to interact with the programming of the treatment. In such devices, the interaction between patient and device is effected via an interface, for example implemented on a touch screen.
However, the devices provided with a patient interface, such as are described in the prior art, are not programmed in such a way as to define therapeutic or clinical objectives to be achieved, for example a predefined creatinine clearance value, a given dose defined as a Kt/V ratio where K=clearance of urea (ml/min), t=time on dialysis (min), V=volume of urea distribution in the body (ml), an individualized water removal target, a sodium balance.
Moreover, if treatment settings are modified by the patient, the devices of the prior art are limited to verifying the desired modification.
There is therefore a need to provide a dialysis device and a method where certain data inputs e.g. in the form of treatment session settings, results in at least one suggested treatment option securing that the therapeutic objectives initially fixed by the prescriber are achieved.


A modular gun-launch projectile is provided to include a core section; a base section, a payload section and a nose section. The base section can be translatably inserted into the core section. The payload section includes an annular opening that enables the core section to pass therethrough. The nose section can be inserted into the core section. The sections are separable into discrete components and can be assembled together into an all-up-round. The core section can be a cylindrical solid rod or cylindrical hollow tube. The base section can include a propulsion system. The payload section can be a unitary explosive or contain submunitions. The nose section can include a fuse, a seeker, an air inlet, a guidance receiver and/or guidance vanes.

The invention relates generally to the gun-fired projectiles, and more particularly to modular shell munitions fired from an artillery gun.
Military organizations operate with various ordnance-delivery techniques. A ground-based artillery gun may fire projectiles at a target to deliver a hostile payload. These projectiles may be designed and manufactured for a particular function, such as high explosive, incendiary, fragmentation, shape-charge, etc. Such artillery may include standardized medium-to-large-bore calibers, such as 5″/54, 5″/62, 155 mm (millimeter), 120 mm and 105 mm.

The United States of Americas as represented by the Secretary of the Navy


A location information collection method and system for dual SIM mobile terminals are provided. The method includes sending, by a mobile terminal, a request for location information of the dual Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) terminal to at least one of multiple service centers providing communication services related respectively to SIM cards of the dual SIM terminal, collecting, by the at least one service center, information regarding multiple base stations in which identification information elements of the SIM cards are respectively last registered, and generating tentative location information of the dual SIM terminal based on the collected base station information, and sending, by the at least one service center, the base station information or the tentative location information to the mobile terminal.

1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a dual Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) mobile terminal. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method and a system for location information collection that can more accurately identify the location of a dual SIM mobile terminal.
2. Description of the Related Art
A Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card is a subscriber identification module in the form of a smart card for a mobile device, and stores personal information for authentication, billing, and security services. Such a SIM card has been developed to enable a subscriber to freely receive mobile communication services using a desired phone number in any place regardless of mobile communication systems, such as Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) or Global System for Mobile communications (GSM) systems. In the third generation Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS), the subscriber identity module is referred to as a Universal Subscribe Identity Module (USIM).
A SIM card is manufactured as a smart card and may be installed in a mobile terminal. A mobile terminal having an installed SIM card reads subscriber information stored in the SIM card to perform initialization (including authentication) when powered on. The mobile terminal operates only when the SIM card is authenticated.
Although most mobile terminals have a single SIM card, mobile terminals having two SIM cards have been introduced. Such a dual SIM mobile terminal having two SIM cards may switch between the two SIM cards according to a user selection. That is, the user of a dual SIM mobile terminal may utilize two phone numbers with a single terminal.
When a mobile terminal is lost, a search is made around a base station to which the lost mobile terminal connected last. However, as the base station may have a coverage area of 1 Km or more in radius, it may be difficult to find a lost mobile terminal.
In some cases, it is necessary to collect location information of a mobile terminal. However, as methods of the related art tend to collect only rough location information of dual SIM mobile terminals, usefulness of the collected information may be low.
Therefore, a need exists for a method and a system for location information collection that can more accurately track the location of a dual SIM mobile terminal.

Location information collection method and system for dual SIM mobile terminals


An applicator for spraying hair building solids is configured for one-handed operation and includes an applicator body which is connectable with a container including hair building solids. The applicator body includes a top part, a bottom part and a main part extending between the top part and the bottom part; an air pump electrically configured for creating an air flow; and a nozzle for spraying hair building solids out from the applicator. The bottom part includes an attachment structure for attaching the container to the applicator body, a first orifice in flow connection with the air pump for delivering air flow from the air pump via the bottom part and a second orifice in flow connection with the nozzle for delivering hair building solids via the bottom part to the nozzle.

Field
The present invention relates to an area of cosmetic treatment for hair loss and especially to an applicator for spraying hair building solids, more particularly to an applicator which is configured for one-handed operation and is defined in the independent claim 1.
Description of the Related Art
Different applicators for hair building solids are known in the prior art which with the help of air suspend hair building solids from the applicator onto a human scalp for covering areas of the scalp which do not comprise hair.
Publication WO 2005/009624 shows an applicator which is operated with both hands such that one hand holds the applicator and the other hand squeezes a rubber bulb in order to create an air flow through an air supply tube to a container comprising hair building solids and from the container through a tube out from the applicator.
One of the problems with the above mentioned applicator is that the applicator user has to use both hands to operate the applicator. This is especially undesirable when spraying hair building solids because the user normally wants to use the free hand to reshape the hair.
Publication EP 2280787 discloses another kind of applicator for hair building solids in which the applicator is operated and aimed with one hand. A bulb that provides air for suspending the hair building solids is located directly on top of an applicator body. The bulb can be depressed by a single finger when the applicator is held in one hand. When the compressed air exits the bulb, it follows a direct straight downward pathway to the surface of the hair building solids. Air exits the bulb and passes through an air injecting orifice that is directed towards a surface of a mass of hair building solids suspending the solids within the turbulently pressurized applicator. Hair building solids are then directed smoothly by the domed undersurface of the applicator body into the straight bore of a short nozzle.
One of the problems associated with the above applicator is that when using the applicator a normal working position follows the shape of the scalp which means that the applicator has to be in an inclined position and cannot be used in a vertical position all the time. The inclined position causes clogging in the nozzle preventing hair building solids to come out from the nozzle and thereby makes the outcome unsatisfactory.


Linkage of Myocardial Infarction (MI) to a locus on chromosome 13q12-13 is disclosed. In particular, the FLAP gene within this locus is shown by association analysis to be a susceptibility gene for MI and stroke. Pathway targeting for drug delivery and diagnosis applications in identifying those at risk of developing MI or stroke, in particular are described.

Myocardial infarction (MI) is one of the most common diagnoses in hospitalized patients in industrialized countries. Myocardial Infarction generally occurs when there is an abrupt decrease in coronary blood flow following a thrombotic occlusion of a coronary artery previously narrowed by atherosclerosis. Infarction occurs when a coronary artery thrombus develops rapidly at a site a vascular injury, which is produced or facilitated by factors such as cigarette smoking, hypertension and lipid accumulation. In most cases, infarction occurs when an atherosclerotic plaque fissures, ruptures or ulcerates and when conditions favor thrombogenesis. In rare cases, infarction may be due to coronary artery occlusion caused by coronary emboli, congenital abnormalities, coronary spasm, and a wide variety of systemic, particularly inflammatory diseases.
Although classical risk factors such as smoking, hyperlipidemia, hypertension, and diabetes are associated with many cases of coronary heart disease (CHD) and MI, many patients do not have involvement of these risk factors. In fact, many patients who exhibit one or more of these risk factors do not develop MI. Family history has long been recognized as one of the major risk factors. Although some of the familial clustering of MI reflects the genetic contribution to the other conventional risk factors, a large number of studies have suggested that there are significant genetic susceptibility factors, beyond those of the known risk factors (Friedlander Y, et al., Br Heart J. 1985; 53:382-7, Shea S. et al., J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. 1984; 4:793-801, and Hopkins P. N., et al., Am. J. Cardiol. 1988; 62:703-7). Major genetic susceptibility factors have not yet been identified.

Use of 5-lipoxygenase activating protein (FLAP) gene to assess susceptibility for myocardial infarction


An aerosol generating apparatus provided with a movable heater includes a heater that has an end portion into which a cigarette is inserted and heats the cigarette by operating by means of an electrical signal; a support portion supporting the heater to be movable within a pre-determined range in a longitudinal direction of the cigarette; and a rotating member rotatably coupled to the support portion, and rotating and transmitting a driving force to the heater to move the heater in the longitudinal direction of the cigarette.

Recently, the demand for a method of generating aerosol by heating an aerosol generating material in a cigarette has increased, and thus, research into a heated cigarette or a heated aerosol generating apparatus has been actively conducted.
Examples of an aerosol generating apparatus include a nicotine vaporizing apparatus for vaporizing a liquid solution containing nicotine and an aerosol generating apparatus for heating a cigarette and generating a smoking gas in a fumigation manner.
When an aerosol generating apparatus provided with a heater that heats a cigarette by using electricity is used, the cigarette that generates a smoking gas by being heated by the heater may be separated from the aerosol generating apparatus and may be discarded, and then a new cigarette may be inserted into the aerosol generating apparatus.
Korean Patent Registration No. 10-1667124 relates to an aerosol generating apparatus that generates a smoking gas by heating a cigarette, and describes a structure of a holder that assists an operation of inserting the cigarette into the aerosol generating apparatus or an operation of separating the cigarette from the aerosol generating apparatus.
When a user uses an aerosol generating apparatus having such a structure, the user inserts a cigarette into a holder extracted from the aerosol generating apparatus to the outside and pushes the holder and the cigarette into the aerosol generating apparatus for smoking, and after smoking, pulls the holder out of the aerosol generating apparatus and then removes the cigarette from the holder.
In the aerosol generating apparatus including the holder configured as above, because the holder simply guides an operation of inserting and separating the cigarette into and from the holder, a residue generated from the cigarette heated during smoking remains on elements such as the heater and an internal space of the aerosol generating apparatus, thereby making it difficult to keep the aerosol generating apparatus clean.
When the user separates the cigarette from the aerosol generating apparatus, the user holds the cigarette inserted into the holder in his/her hand and pulls the cigarette out of the holder to remove the cigarette from the aerosol generating apparatus, and in this case, a tobacco component attached to contact surfaces of the cigarette and the heater is not separated and remains on the heater even during separation of the cigarette by the user. The tobacco component generated from the cigarette is attached to the contact surfaces between the cigarette and the heater, and because the tobacco component attached to the heater is condensed due to heat of the heater to further increase an adhesive force, a degree of cleanliness of the internal space of the aerosol generating apparatus and the heater decreases as the time during which the aerosol generating apparatus is used increases.

Aerosol generating apparatus provided with movable heater


A computer system captures, via one or more cameras, information indicative of the physical environment, including respective portions of the physical environment that are in a field of view. The respective portions of the physical environment include a plurality of primary features of the physical environment and secondary features of the physical environment. After capturing the information indicative of the physical environment, the system displays a user interface, including concurrently displaying graphical representations of the plurality of primary features that are generated with a first level of fidelity to the corresponding plurality of primary features of the physical environment, and one or more graphical representations of secondary features that are generated with a second level of fidelity to the corresponding one or more secondary features of the physical environment, where the second level of fidelity is lower than the first level of fidelity.

Augmented and/or virtual reality environments are useful for modeling and annotating physical environments and objects therein, by providing different views of the physical environments and objects therein and enabling a user to superimpose annotations such as measurements and drawings on the physical environment and objects therein and to visualize interactions between the annotations and the physical environment and objects therein. But conventional methods of modeling and annotating physical environments and objects using augmented and/or virtual reality are cumbersome, inefficient, and limited. In some cases, conventional methods of modeling and annotating physical environments and objects using augmented and/or virtual reality are limited in functionality. In some cases, conventional methods of modeling and annotating physical environments and objects using augmented and/or virtual reality require multiple separate inputs (e.g., a sequence of gestures and button presses, etc.) to achieve an intended outcome (e.g., through activation of numerous displayed user interface elements to access different modeling, measurement, and/or drawing functions). In some cases, conventional methods of modeling and annotating physical environments and objects using augmented and/or virtual reality are limited to real-time implementations; in other cases, conventional methods are limited to implementations using previously-captured media. In some embodiments, conventional methods of modeling and annotating physical environments and objects provide only limited views of physical environments/objects and of interactions between virtual objects and the physical environments/objects. In addition, conventional methods take longer than necessary, thereby wasting energy. This latter consideration is particularly important in battery-operated devices.

Systems, methods, and graphical user interfaces for modeling, measuring, and drawing using augmented reality


An editing apparatus includes a processor and a memory. The processor performs processes. The processes include causing a print image to be displayed in a first area, and a mark and at least one portion of a target character string to be displayed in a second area. The processes include causing a selection image to be displayed in a third area. The processes include performing a first determination whether a corresponding block included in the print image overlaps with the selection image. The processes include causing the entire corresponding block to be displayed in a first residual area. The processes include performing a second determination whether the mark overlaps with the selection image. The processes include reducing a size of the target character string. The processes include causing the mark and at least one portion of a reduced character string to be displayed in a second residual area.

The present disclosure relates to an editing apparatus that is capable of editing, in accordance with a user operation, a character string that is displayed on a display portion.
An editing apparatus is known that is capable of editing, in accordance with a user operation, a character string that is displayed on a display portion. Specific examples of editing actions are the adding and inserting of a character and a symbol to the character string, as well as the deleting of a character that is included in the character string. A technology is known that displays on a display portion a window in which a plurality of editing actions are shown in list form as candidates for selection. The user may perform an operation that selects one of the plurality of the editing actions in the window. The user is thus able use the selected edit action to edit the character string that is displayed on the display portion.


Systems and methods for providing a marketplace-like presentation system include a system provider device that receives, through communication over a network with a user device, a request to create a marketplace-like presentation system account. The system provider device may then provide a means for parsing and extracting information (e.g., in the form of an inbox parsing and extractor engine) from email marketing offers in a user webmail account, wherein the means for parsing and extracting interfaces a webmail provider including the user webmail account and a user interface (UI) application, and wherein the means for parsing and extracting extracts information from the email marketing offers. Thereafter, the system provider device may present a marketplace-like interface view displayed via the UI application, wherein the marketplace-like interface view includes at least one listing having the extracted offer information.

The present disclosure generally relates to a marketplace-like presentation system, and more particularly to a system that parses and extracts offers from electronic mail to provide the marketplace-like presentation system on a graphical user interface (GUI).
More and more individuals rely on electronic networks, such as the Internet, for a variety of services including purchasing products (e.g., from merchants and/or individuals), to exchange electronic mail, to conduct audio and/or video conferencing, to participate in online chats, to browse the World Wide Web, to play games, for electronic banking, and for electronic file storage and access, among others. Considering the case of purchasing products, a very popular and effective marketing strategy includes sending promotional offers and/or other marketing materials to an individual's inbox via electronic mail (email), also known as "email marketing". Such offers may be sent by a merchant, by an electronic commerce (e-commerce) marketplace offering merchant deals (e.g., Groupon of Chicago, Ill.; Living Social of Washington, D.C.; or other such deal aggregators), as well as by other online marketplace platforms, such as eBay Inc., of San Jose, Calif., Amazon.com Inc. of Seattle, Wash., and Alibaba Group Holding Limited, which operates Alibaba.com, of Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China, among others.
In various examples, a user may sign up to receive email marketing offers from many different merchants, e-commerce marketplaces, and/or other online marketplace platforms. As a result, such a user may receive many email marketing offers from a variety of different sources, for example, on a daily or weekly basis. In many cases, no matter how much an individual may be interested in such email marketing offers, the volume of email received can make it difficult and/or frustrating to a user to open each individual email to read about each offer. In other cases, a user may read a subject line of a particular email marketing offer and quickly dismiss (e.g., delete) that message as uninteresting, when in fact there may have been another offer embedded within the email that could have been of interest, but the user chose not to open the message. In still other examples, a user frustrated with receiving so many emails may simply unsubscribe from receiving email marketing offers, and thus a merchant may lose a potential customer.
Thus, there is a need for a marketplace-like presentation system that parses and extracts offers from electronic mail to provide the marketplace-like presentation system.
Embodiments of the present disclosure and their advantages are best understood by referring to the detailed description that follows. It should be appreciated that like reference numerals are used to identify like elements illustrated in one or more of the figures, wherein showings therein are for purposes of illustrating embodiments of the present disclosure and not for purposes of limiting the same.


An electronic article surveillance (EAS) security apparatus is comprised of a housing, base plate, ribbon pad, and electrically conductive ribbons. In one embodiment, the ribbons pre-attached to the ribbon pad and extend from the ribbon pad. The ribbon pad and base plate on installed on opposite sides of an object to be protected. The ribbons are extended around the object and their extended ends attached to the base plate. The housing has electrical contacts and encloses electronics and is attached to the base plate so that the electrical contacts complete circuits through the ribbons. The electronics in the housing monitor the ribbons to detect unauthorized removal of the apparatus. A switch on the bottom of the housing detects that the housing is attached to a plate and object. The apparatus has a locking mechanism to maintain the housing and plate together, which can be released by application of a magnet.

Electronic article surveillance systems have been used for many years as a means of deterring retail shoplifting in clothing stores, electronic stores, and a myriad of other retail establishments. Generally speaking, an EAS system will begin with a tag, consisting of a durable and reliable, yet small, sensor tag which is affixed to the article to be detected in such a way that it cannot be easily removed by a customer in the store. Usually, the system depends upon the feature that the attachment mechanism is constructed such that it can only be removed by the use of a specialized tool which is only in the possession of the store personnel at the checkout register or exit port for the establishment. In the event that an EAS tag is not removed from a protected article prior to exiting the store, an alarm or other signal is activated.
In many commercially available EAS systems, one or more antennas are placed at the exits and entrances to the retail location. These antennas set up zones, sometimes referred to as interrogation zones, in which an EAS tag (or marker) may be sensed. At least one antenna serves the function of sending out what is called an interrogation signal. The markers on the merchandise are affected by this signal and will respond with a signal of their own. Either the same antenna that sends out the interrogation signal or other additional antennas can sense the signals from the markers. The most effective way to do this is by stopping the broadcast of the interrogation signal to listen for the signals emanating from the markers. If a marker is sensed within the zone created by the antennas, it is presumed that an article is being removed without purchase, and alarms are set off. These alarms may be audible alarms for general broadcast or the alarms may be silent alarms in the form of a light at a check-out counter or security station, etc.
In the earliest EAS systems passive EAS elements were used in the EAS tags. In systems using passive elements, an interrogation field is created at control locations, such as exits, by transmitting antennas. The transmitting antennas intermittently create a field in their near surroundings. This field and the passive EAS element are tuned to each other. If an EAS tag having a passive element enters an interrogation field, the field energizes the passive element which allows the passive element to produce a signal. The passive element may be of a type that produces a signal that is a harmonic of the interrogation field or a signal that resonates with the interrogation field.
More recently developed EAS systems employ wireless communication with the EAS tags. The electronics onboard the EAS tags are more sophisticated. Some systems may employ radio frequency communication as the wireless communication, while others may employ optical communication, such as infrared communication. Some may employ both radio frequency and optical communication. Also, EAS systems employing wireless communication may also employ passive elements in the tags as well.
In order to make an EAS system effective, one must consider how to make the EAS tags tamper resistant. This is an on-going effort, because over time, thieves become more clever in learning how to tamper with an EAS tag to defeat it. The retailer (and the tag manufacturer) must consider how to detect and prevent tampering with the tags. The particular construction of a tag will determine how tampering is detected.

Security apparatus with conductive ribbons


A pixel including a substrate and a plurality of photoconductive layers sequentially deposited on and substantially parallel to the substrate and configured to receive incident electromagnetic radiation. Each photoconductive layer is configured to absorb a different wavelength range of the incident electromagnetic radiation and configured to provide an indication of an amount of incident electromagnetic radiation within the corresponding wavelength range absorbed by the layer based on a change in the conductance of the layer.

In a typical color camera image sensor, three individual pixels are employed to form a single color pixel, with each individual pixel having either a red, green, or blue transmission filter placed over it so as to sensitize the pixel to the color its filter passes and desensitize it to the colors its filter blocks. The underlying semiconductor light sensor is typically a photovoltaic sensor (i.e., a photodiode) or a charge coupled device (CCD).
While such image sensors are widely used, they have several shortcomings. First, because three "basic" pixels are required to make one color pixel, such image sensors require a large chip area. For example, a 1 megapixel color camera image sensor requires a 3 megapixel "black and white" image sensor. Also, since a color pixel is actually a small array and not a "point", such image sensors are sensitive to various imaging artifacts, such as "herringbone" effects, when imaging a fine regular pattern. Furthermore, the transmission filters are typically organic (e.g., plastic) dye-based and are not very temperature stable, are prone to bleaching, and are expensive.
In attempts to overcome these shortcomings, one color image sensor employs a vertically oriented stack of three separate photodiodes to form a single color pixel, with each of the three photodiodes consisting of p-n junctions formed from p- and n-doped semiconductor materials and each absorbing either red, green, or blue light. Because of the vertical nature of the pixel, both the size of the image sensor and imaging artifacts associated with differential absorption of light are substantially reduced. Additionally, because filtering is performed by the semiconductor materials forming the photodiodes, transmission filters are not required.
However, the operation of p-n junctions are very sensitive to defects in the crystalline structure of the semiconductors, which can cause electron-hole pairs formed by the absorption of incident light to recombine and generate heat rather than the desired photovoltaic effect. As such, formation of such photodiodes must be carefully controlled and, for best results, generally requires the use of single crystalline semiconductors. Additionally, formation of p-n junctions generally occurs at relatively high temperatures using diffusion or ion-implantation processes and are often sensitive of the type of substrate employed. Depending on the depth of the p-n junctions, epitaxial processes may also be required. As a result of the typically high temperatures required to form the p-n junctions, certain materials (e.g., glass and plastic) may not be used as the substrate material. Furthermore, certain semiconductor materials are not available in either p-type or n-type form and, thus, cannot be employed for use in photodiodes.

Pixel having photoconductive layers to absorb different ranges of wavelengths


A semiconductor encapsulation adhesive composition comprising (a) an epoxy resin, (b) a curing agent and (c) an antioxidant.

1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a semiconductor encapsulation adhesive composition, to a semiconductor encapsulation film-like adhesive, to a method for producing a semiconductor device and to a semiconductor device.
2. Related Background Art
Wire bonding systems employing metal small-gauge wires such as gold wires have been widely used in the past for connection of semiconductor chips and boards; however, as demands increase for reduced size, smaller thicknesses and higher functionality for semiconductor devices, it is becoming increasingly popular to employ flip-chip connection systems, wherein conductive protrusions known as "bumps" are formed on semiconductor chips and the electrodes of the board and semiconductor chips are directly connected through the bumps.
The methods used in flip-chip connection systems include metal bonding using solder or tin, metal bonding accomplished by application of ultrasonic vibration and formation of permanent mechanical contact by the contractive force of a resin, but metal bonding with solder or tin is most commonly employed because it results in more reliable joints.
Liquid crystal display modules, which continue to decrease in size and increase in functionality in recent years, employ semiconductor devices known as COF (Chip On Film) devices, wherein liquid crystal-driving semiconductor chips provided with gold bumps are mounted on a polyimide board bearing tin coated wirings by metal bonding via gold-tin eutectic connection.
Because gold-tin eutectic connection are formed in a COF, the joints must be at the eutectic temperature of 278° C. or above. Heating is carried out at above the eutectic temperature for a short connection time of no longer than 5 seconds, to improve productivity, and therefore the preset temperature of the apparatus must be a high temperature of 200-400° C.
In COF, it is necessary to underfill the gaps between the semiconductor chips and board with a resin in order to protect the joint from the external environment and avoid concentration of external stress on the joint, while also ensuring sufficient electronic insulation reliability for narrow-pitch interconnects. Current underfill methods generally involve injection of the liquid resin by capillary flow, and curing, after connection between the semiconductor chips and board, but the longer time required for injection between the reduced chip-board gaps formed in narrow-pitch connection tends to lower productivity. This problem can be surmounted by a method of connecting the chips and board after supplying an adhesive to the chips or board (see Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2006-188573 and Matsushita Denko Technical Report, vol. 54 No. 3, P53-58).

This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.

Semiconductor encapsulation adhesive composition, semiconductor encapsulation film-like adhesive, method for producing semiconductor device and semiconductor device


A filtering device, especially a suction return filter includes a filter housing having two useful connections and a tank connection, and accommodates at least one filter element. The filter housing also provided with three return valves, two of which are held in the closing position by spring loads. All of the return valves are combined as a module at one end of the filter housing. The remaining return valve is configured as an integral constituent part of one of the spring-loaded return valves, has an opposite opening direction relative to it, and is not spring loaded. This arrangement enables the return valve unit to have a compact arrangement which can be structurally easily connected to the filter housing at a central point.

The present invention relates to a filtering device, especially a suction return filter, having a filter housing which includes two utility connections and a tank connection. The filter housing serves as a holder of at least one filter element, and is provided with three non-return valves. Two of the non-return valves are maintained in closed settings under spring bias.
In known filtering devices that are presently commercially available, the return valves are mounted at different points on the filter housing, and consequently, take up considerable structural space thereon. Futhermore, this arrangement increases the outlay for construction of the filtering device and raises its overall cost. Known solutions provide that primary filtered fluid can be fed to the user connected by a utility connection. The known suction return filters are provided primarily for use in the tank connection for an oil container. The filter housing and the utility and tank connections are designed such that they can withstand pressure peaks without damage. Use of a return valve guarantees that when a pressure peak occurs in the tank connection, and consequently in the tank or oil container, the resulting peak can be deconstructed by discharge in the direction of at least one of the utility connections.
DE 195 16 657 A1 discloses a filtering device for a telescopic-hydraulic cylinder of simple operation for raising and lowering a load surface or a loading platform or the like in or on trucks. One spring-loaded return valve is arranged in a bypass line to the filter element, while another spring-loaded return valve is connected to the rear of the bypass branch and the filter element. These spring-loaded return valves, together in one modular unit, facilitate the driving of the hydraulic cylinder with unfiltered fluid passing through the bypass. With the lowering or displacement of the hydraulic cylinder, the fluid moving in the direction of a collection container is filtered by the filter element, whereby the return valve in the bypass line is closed. Another, not spring-loaded return valve between a hydraulic pump and a valve arrangement for the control of the filter element protects against overload of the hydraulic pump in the case of an undesired reversal of the flow of the fluid. In another embodiment, a comparable arrangement includes a spring-loaded return valve in the bypass and two return valves having no spring load, one of them in another bypass line and one of them in the direct feed to the filtering element. The return valves, fitted within the filtering device as independent modular parts, likewise take up considerable structural space. With disruptions of the operation, exchange of the return valve is possible only with great difficulty.
A filtering device disclosed in DE 195 15 962 A1 serves in supplying a hydraulic user with hydraulic liquid. The associated hydraulic connection includes a tank connection for a supply tank, a hydraulic pump for making available the hydraulic liquid and a return filter, through which the hydraulic liquid flowing back from the hydraulic user is filtered. The leading edge of the return filter is connected through a line with the tank for the hydraulic liquid. A non-parallel connection includes a pressure limiting valve and a retrofitted suction valve and ends beneath the hydraulic liquid level of the supply tank. These two valves are spring-loaded return valves, the same as another spring-loaded return valve arranged between tank and filter element. The three spring-loaded return valves, as independent structural parts, form no interdependent modular unit, hut rather produce a hydraulic emergency supply for the user. The spring-loaded return valves in this case are mounted at different points and separated from one another on a part of the filtering device. This solution also embodies a large construction. Since the return valves are to be controlled hydraulically at different points, disruptions of the operation during operation of the device cannot be totally excluded.
Objects of the present invention are to provide an improved filtering device which is of low-cost construction and remains operationally reliable during operation.
According to the present invention, all of the return valves are arranged together as one modular unit at one end of the filter housing. The return valve opens in a direction counter to this and is in the form of an integral component part of one of the spring-loaded return valves. A compact arrangement of the entire return valve unit is possible and can be mounted in a constructively simple manner at a central point on the filter housing. This arrangement also simplifies the exchange of the modular unit for another modular unit, when an unexpected breakdown of any one of the return valves occurs.
Other objects, advantages and salient features of the present invention will become apparent from the following detailed description, which, taken in conjunction with the annexed drawings, discloses a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Filtering device, especially a suction return filter


A vehicle closure panel includes an outer frame that is connected to a central beam portion to provide a primary structure that resists deformation and efficiently distributes impact forces during a collision. The present invention can be used with or without structural key members and mating recesses to integrate the closure panel with the rest of the vehicle body, depending on design criteria. Also, primary structure of the present invention provides a structural modularity for closure panels that simplifies design by reducing the number of overall parts and uses the primary structure alone to meet the demands for crash testing. Thus, a basic structure is relied on for crash strength while accompanying secondary structures provide cosmetic differences. The inventive intrusion frame can be used with conventionally hinged passenger doors (both front and rear), vertically sliding doors, rear minivan doors, utility vehicle lift-gates, tailgates, and cargo doors, trunks, sliding van doors, or any vehicle door opening where it is desired to limit intrusion into the vehicle during a collision.

It has been previously proposed to structurally integrate a vertically sliding door into a vehicle chassis. This Door And Chassis Integration Technology (DACIT) as applied to vertically sliding doors is disclosed in the following U.S. Patents issued to John A. Townsend, incorporated herein by reference: U.S. Pat. No. 4,801,172 issued Jan. 31, 1989; 4,940,282 issued Jul. 10, 1990; 5,378,036 issued Jan. 3, 1995; and patent application Ser. No. 08/328,124 filed Oct. 20, 1994.
In operation, when the vertically sliding door which is the subject of the above patents is closed, structural key members located on the edges of the door engage with mating receptacles in the door jambs. In this position, each key member and mating receptacle pair is able to transmit compressive, tensile and torsional forces between the door and the vehicle chassis. The gap in the vehicle chassis structure that is created by the door opening is bridged by the door when it is in the closed position. This integrated chassis system that exists when the doors of the vehicle are closed provides a much stiffer vehicle frame and more fully surrounds the vehicle occupants to protect them from front, rear and side impact. The last issued patent above also teaches the use of a single, flat, side intrusion beam spanning across the door to inhibit intrusion to the vehicle during a side impact collision.
In a manner similar to that above, it has also been proposed to apply DACIT to conventional hinged vehicle doors. This concept is taught by the present inventor in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/577,649, filed Dec. 22, 1995, incorporated herein by reference. That application also discloses the use of two horizontal beams that span between the structural connections located adjacent to the four corners of the door. However, since no structural framework is located across the central portion of the door, the vehicle occupants are not fully protected from side impact intrusion.
Another example of a prior are side intrusion beam is shown in U.S. Pat. No. 3,887,227 issued to Deckert on Jul. 3, 1975. This apparatus employs tension members within a vehicle door that are tied to opposite sides of the door opening when the door is closed. However, these tension members only transmit tensile forces and are not capable of transmitting compressive or torsional forces across the door openings, which would be needed to reduce structural deformation during a front or rear end collision. These tension members also only cover a narrow portion of the door opening. Therefore, they may be wedged upward or downward by an impinging vehicle and may only provide limited protection in some collisions.
The above prior art side intrusion beams do not curve outward or inward as they span across the doorway, they have flat cross-sections, and they do not cover a large portion of the door. The prior art provides limited protection from intrusion during a side impact collision. Using the construction features of the prior art to create a door with increased intrusion protection would yield a door having increased weight and cost. Increasing the weight of a moving door and the overall weight and cost of a vehicle is often an unacceptable option in vehicle manufacture, and therefore a lower level of side intrusion protection is chosen instead.
What is needed and is not provided by the prior art is a side intrusion beam that efficiently provides a high level of side intrusion protection without adding excess weight, cost, size or complexity to the vehicle door.

Vehicle closure panel having an intrusion beam as primary structure


In a method and apparatus for washing or peeling tuberous products including providing a bed of rotatable driven brushes in a container, supplying liquid into the container such that the undersides of the brushes extend into the liquid, disposing the tuberous products onto the brushes at one end of the bed and rotating the brushes to transport the tuberous products to the other end of the bed while cleaning the tuberous products, the improvement comprising contacting the tuberous products above the bed and along the length of the bed to slow down the transport speed of the tuberous products without decreasing the rotational speed of the brushes. The step of contacting comprises providing a plurality of freely pivotable flaps, brushes, grinding rolls, a brush plate or the like above the brushes with the lower ends thereof spaced apart from the tops of the brushes.

The present invention relates to a method of washing or peeling tuberous products including providing a bed of rotatable driven brushes in a container, supplying liquid into the container such that the undersides of the brushes extend into the liquid, disposing the tuberous products onto the brushes at one end of the bed and rotating the brushes to transport the tuberous products to the other end of the bed while cleaning the tuberous products.
In a similar method disclosed in the over 100 year old German patent No. 21.358, the brushes are rotated relatively slowly and the tuberous products are transported by means of beaters disposed above the brushes. Washing takes place in this known method substantially by means of the brushes, while said beaters certainly do not handle the products gently.

Method of pre-washing and after-washing tuberous products of peeling thereof and an apparatus for performing the method


A profile squeegee blade is formed by forming the forward portion of a squeegee blade to create a leading cavity which extends the entire length of the squeegee blade, to define and control the shape and volume of leading ink. The ends of the profile squeegee cavity are sealed to preclude side run-off of the ink. Cavity end seals may be permanent or made as removable inserts to facilitate cleaning and manufacture. Additional control of the ink supply may be obtained through a series of weeper vent holes formed and extending between the internal cavity and the forward face of the squeegee blade, allowing the operator to maintain or release ink pressure by the blocking or unblocking of the holes. A preferred profile design extends vertically in front of the leading edge of the forwardly tilted squeegee blade, and includes a downwardly extending lip at its leading edge so as to provide forward enclosure for the cavity. Alternative to the internal profile cavity, an external cavity may be formed through the positioning of an appropriately cavity-shaped, resilient, external profile member attached to the front of the squeegee handle and contacting the squeegee blade along its length. The ends are sealed to maintain a constant volume of ink along the length of the squeegee blade. A groove may be formed along the length of the squeegee blade to permit sub-surface seating of the contacting end of the external profile member.

1. Field of the Invention
This invention involves a squeegee blade as used in screen process printing, and, more particularly, a squeegee blade having an ink-holding cavity profile with the cavity located immediately in front of the contact edge of the squeegee blade.
2. Description of the Prior Art
For the past one hundred years, the squeegee used for screen process printing (also known as silk screen printing) has utilized a flat rectangular blade with a sharp contact edge. Some progress has been made in providing squeegee blades made of sophisticated plastics and synthetic rubber having varying hardnesses, the desirability of their use depending on the particular ink used or substrate printed. The squeegee blade, when placed in a holder, has continued to be the accepted tool to move ink across a screen fabric and stencil surface to produce print impressions.
The squeegee characteristically is drawn at a forward angle across the surface of the screen fabric. The forward movement of the tilted conventional squeegee blade across the surface of the screen fabric moves the ink directly ahead of its contact edge. As stencil openings are contacted through the screen fabric, ink is deposited upon the substrate. Should few or no openings in the stencil be present, the ink eventually would be dispersed out past the ends of the squeegee blade, that being the avenue of lesser resistance as the squeegee blade moves forward There are significant shortcomings in the conventional squeegee blade operation, including lack of control of the ink supply, wear of the screen fabric, operator fatigue, and lack of efficiency.
The objectives of the present profile squeegee blade invention are:
1. Better print quality by improved control of ink supply and feed to the substrate; PA1 2. Reduction in screen fabric wear; PA1 3. Reduction in squeegee effort, particularly reduction in fatigue on long hand runs and large surfaces; PA1 4. Action of the squeegee blade as a scraper rather than a tool for forcing ink through the screen fabric, thereby reducing squeegee wear; PA1 5. Reduction in downtime due to screen fabric clogging caused by varying squeegee blade pressure; PA1 6. Variability of profile design to accomodate various inks and substrates; and PA1 7. Application to both hand and machine operations.

Profile squeegee blade for screen process printing


A method for radio communication between a transmitting node and receiving nodes comprises obtaining (S1) of directions from the transmitting node to the receiving nodes and antenna gains needed for each direction. A beam forming solution having a high gain in the directions of a set of receiving nodes and with antenna gains adapted to the need of the link is obtained (S2). User data to be transmitted to the receiving nodes is obtained (S3). The user data is overlay-coded (S4) by a code-domain overlaid code and/or a frequency-domain overlaid code, separately for each respective receiving node. The overlaid-coded user data is combined (S5) into at least one combined signal stream. Analogue beamforming, hybrid beamforming or constrained beamforming is performed (S6) on the combined signal stream(s) according to the beam forming solution. The beamformed data is transmitted (S7) from the transmitting node to the receiving nodes.

In the 5th Generation (5G) wireless systems in standardization, beamforming and Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) transmission will be central technologies. Increasing capacity requirements is driving this development where increasing amounts of MIMO transmission is introduced in existing frequency bands. However, this will soon become insufficient, thereby requiring migration into spectrum at higher carrier frequencies, starting at 3.5-5 GHz, continuing to the soon available 28 GHz and 39 GHz bands and beyond, towards 60-100 GHz. For these higher bands, beamforming with massive antenna arrays, in the end with hundreds of elements, will be needed to compensate for the worsening radio propagation conditions, caused by the decreasing area of single dipole antenna elements. At these higher frequencies cost, size, power and interface constraints may prevent the use of individual digital data streams towards individual antenna elements, thereby most probably restricting solutions to so called analogue beamforming, or possibly hybrid or constrained beamforming with a few signal layers that can be used for multi-user access, over time and frequency.
At the same time the dominating multi-user access technology for 5G is expected to become some variant of Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple access (OFDM). This access is associated with a resource grid, divided in time and frequency. A division in frequency is defined by sub-carriers and a division in time is defined by OFDM symbols. When multi layered (MIMO) transmission is used, there is one overlaid resource grid per layer, separated by spatial pre-coding.
It is noted that with analogue, hybrid or digitally constrained beamforming there is only one digital signal chain that may use pre-coding, per port. The advantage is that the signals to the many more antenna elements are then split and distributed by other analogue or digital signals towards the antenna elements, i.e. a port expansion is performed. As a consequence the analogue-to-digital/digital-to-analogue (AD/DA) conversion needs are minimized in case that would limit analogue beamforming products. In the same way, the interface requirements between base band where the MIMO pre-coding takes place and the radio Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) is also minimized. This is important since the interface capacity may constitute the bottleneck for the product. The consequence is that pure high gain analogue or interface constrained digital beamforming is restricted to scheduling of single or very few UEs, per symbol time.
This a problem since different applications have very different needs when it comes to the transmission rate. Voice traffic e.g. require <1 kbit/20 ms, whereas video download has a more or less unlimited bit rate need. Therefore, to avoid wasted capacity it is essential that the number of sub-carriers and the symbol time allows a fine enough granularity in terms of the total number of bits when combined.
Unfortunately, the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) 5G standardization seems to become based partly on a re-scaling of the 4th Generation (4G) Long-Term Evolution (LTE) resource grid, which has a maximum bit rate per OFDM symbol of roughly 100000 bits, which is about 100 times larger than what is needed for voice. Later, standard developments introduce slots and mini-slots in time, however the granularity is still too coarse. In the case with pure scaling of the resource grid much more than 90% of the available resources would be wasted when applying analogue, hybrid or digitally constrained beam forming.
As a conclusion, the 3GPP 5G time-frequency granularity is adapted to digital beamforming and is too coarse to support low data rate users with good spectral efficiency, when analogue, hybrid or constrained beamforming is used at high carrier frequencies. This cannot match the granularity with e.g. WIFI present standardization ideas.


A method and a control system for starting a motor (19), in particular a motor (19) for driving a compressor. The rotational speed (24) of the motor (19) is measured and compared to a minimum value. In the case that ωmotor (24) is smaller than the minimum value after a predefined time interval has lapsed, the motor (19) is stopped, and the maximum current level to be supplied by the power source (18) is changed, preferably increased, before a new attempt to start the motor (19) is initiated. Preferably, the voltage (22) supplied to an electronic unit (21) is also measured, and in the case that it drops below a minimum voltage level, the motor (19) is stopped, and the maximum current level is changed, preferably decreased, before a new start attempt is initiated. It is possible to adjust the supplied current level in such a way that power is conserved while sufficient lubricated of the moving parts of the compressor is ensured.

When starting a motor it is sometimes desirable to reduce the current supplied to the motor in order to conserve power. This is, e.g., the case when the applied power source is a limited power source, such as a battery or a solar panel. However, there may also be other situations in which it is desirable to conserve power.
However, when the current supplied to the motor is reduced, the rotational speed of the motor decreases. In some motors, such as motors used for driving a compressor, lubrication of the moving parts is ensured by sucking oil and flinging it out by means of the compressor, thereby supplying oil to all the moving parts. In the case that the rotational speed of the motor is below a critical limit, the moving parts of the compressor will not be lubricated sufficiently in this manner, and the compressor will therefore eventually break down if the motor continues to run at the low rotational speed. In order to protect the compressor it is therefore important that the rotational speed of the motor is increased to a level above the critical limit relatively quickly during the start-up. This may be ensured simply by supplying current at a sufficiently high level. However, this would be in conflict with the desire to conserve power.

Method and a control system for starting a motor for driving a compressor


The present invention relates to a cutting tool assembly which can cut spring wires in either a vertical or a progress tilt direction in coil spring winding machines. This assembly uses a cam seat and a cam center guide seat for the cutting in a vertical direction. To do the cutting in a progressive tilt direction, the cam center guide seat is dismantled and the slide in the cam seat is fixed by screws. The cutting point can also be adjusted for the manufacture of special springs. This assembly provides a cheaper and an easy way for switching the cutting direction.

1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a cutting tool assembly in a coil spring winding machine. More particularly, this invention provides a cutting tool assembly which can cut spring wire in a fixed vertical direction or cut feeding wire in a progressive tilt direction which the cutter can be pivotablly driven by the feeding wire while the tip edge of the cutter is down to cut into
2. Description of the Related Art
The conventional coil spring winding machines can cut the feeding wire only in a fixed vertical direction. The cutting in a vertical direction causes some drawbacks. One drawback is that the cut springs will have built-up sharp edges, which tend to damage some parts of the machine. Another drawback is that the capacity of the machine will be reduced because the momentum of the spring wire will slow down the release stroke of the cutting tool of the machine.
Some prior art devices are designed to solve the aforesaid drawbacks to equip two different set of cutting tool assemblies prepared for replacing onto the machine. However, the machine still has the defects as follows:
1. Although the machine can also cut the wire in a fixed vertical direction, operators must replace the cutting tool, slide and the transmission of the machine for different cutting direction. This replacement will take more time in spring manufacture. PA0 2. The machine is more expensive than the conventional machines due to the cost of the cutting tool, slide and the transmission mechanisms. PA0 3. The machine can cut the wire only in a fixed point, therefore, it is difficult to use the machine to manufacture springs with special shapes.

Cutting tool assembly in coil spring winding machines


A hydrodynamic retarder having a first blade wheel and having a second blade wheel concentric thereto, together forming a hydrodynamic circuit grouped about a common rotary axis. Each blade wheel is made of a base body and a blade arrangement fixed thereto including a plurality of blades. The hydrodynamic circuit is supplied by a fluid inlet, while the fluid removal from the hydrodynamic circuit is performed by a fluid outlet. The fluid inlet has an inlet spiral enabling tangential fluid flow and the fluid outlet has an outlet spiral enabling tangential fluid flow. At least one inlet spiral is associated with a flow guide guiding the fluid into the hydrodynamic circuit with at least one axial component.

1. Field of the Invention
The invention pertains to a hydrodynamic retarder with a first blade wheel and with a second blade wheel, concentric to the first, which together form a hydrodynamic circuit and are grouped around a common axis of rotation, wherein each blade wheel consists of a base body and a blading with a plurality of blades permanently attached to the base body.
2. Prior Art
A hydrodynamic retarder with a first blade wheel, acting as a rotor blade wheel, and with a second blade wheel, concentric to the first, acting as a stator blade wheel, is known from EP 1 305 535 B1. These two blade wheels together form a hydrodynamic circuit and are grouped around a common axis of rotation, wherein each blade wheel consists of a base body and a blading with a plurality of blades permanently attached to the base body. Fluid is supplied to the hydrodynamic circuit through a fluid inlet, and fluid is discharged from the hydrodynamic circuit through a fluid outlet.
Retarders of this type suffer from the basic problem that cavitation can occur as a result of the high-speed infeed of fresh fluid into the hydrodynamic circuit. This cavitation can cause damage to the blading of the stator blade wheel, usually in the radially outer area of the blades. For this reason, all of the blades on the stator blade wheel have a bevel in the radially outer area, extending back from the flow edge, i.e., the edge which faces the rotor blade wheel. Nevertheless, this solution merely limits the effects of cavitation; it does nothing to prevent its occurrence.


A user interface comprising a display arranged to display visual content and a tactile surface arranged to convey a tactile representation, wherein said tactile representation is based on said visual content. This has the advantage of enabling a user to perceive content being displayed to him with less cognitive effort.

More and more electronic devices such as mobile phones, MP3 players, Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) are becoming smaller and smaller while having more and more information stored and/or accessible through them. Users are relying on these devices and becoming all the more dependant on them.
The environments in which these devices are used are also becoming more and more hectic with higher demands on fast access and multitasking, and not only in a professional environment but also in private and social environments. For example a user should be able to read a book, while holding a grocery bag in a rattling subway train and still be able to access the information stored in the device for the device to live up to the many requirements posed upon it by a user buying and using the device.
As the devices grow in complexity so does the number of applications and the information stored therein and it becomes increasingly difficult for a user to maintain a clear overview of all the data and possibilities available. Modern Graphical User Interfaces, GUIs, overcome this to some extent by providing a user with a graphical presentation of the data, options and applications available in a visual presentation of the device and its content. The human mind is well-equipped to handle visual content and is able to differentiate between objects that are very similar which provides user interface designers with many options as how to present certain data. However, the cognitive processes required to interpret the visual content requires a high level of concentration and due to the increasing complexity as discussed above the view of all the options etc. can easily become difficult and strenuous to overview or even become confusing and many users find themselves spending to much time looking for the wanted or correct option, application etc which is frustrating and sometimes the user gives up and stops using features that are difficult to find or maintain an overview of.
The GUIs are also a nightmare for persons with seeing disabilities.
Some attempts at alleviating this have been done by using various audio visual features. These have the drawback that they require the user to be able to hear the signals clearly which is not always possible in situations such as in noisy environments (underground trains and busses), in silent environments (meetings, conferences) or when the user simply has hearing difficulties, temporary or permanent.

Device and method for providing tactile information


Methods and apparatus are described for performing a variable sample rate conversion. A difference between a first sample rate associated with a first signal and a second sample rate associated with a second signal is tracked. A sample rate conversion ratio is adjusted in response to the difference. One of the first and second sample rates is converted using the conversion ratio.

The present invention relates generally to sample rate conversion techniques. More specifically, the present invention provides variable sample rate conversion techniques for synchronizing signals having sample rates which change with respect to each other over time.
Sample rate conversion techniques are used in a variety of contexts to facilitate system compatibility and interoperability. Such techniques may involve, for example, passing a sampled signal through a low pass filter, and then resampling the resulting waveform at the desired rate. When performed entirely in the digital domain, such techniques typically involve upsampling the signal, passing the upsampled signal through the digital equivalent of a low pass filter, and then downsampling the filtered signal to the desired sample rate. Commonly, conventional sample rate conversion techniques are employed to convert a signal from one sample rate to a significantly different sample rate, e.g., 36k samples per second to 44k samples per second, the ratio between the two rates, i.e., the sample rate conversion ratio, being fixed.
As digital signal processing techniques become more sophisticated, a variety of contexts are being discovered in which minor variations between sample rates in a system can be problematic for certain signal processing techniques and cause fairly dramatic and perceptible system performance degradation. For example, variations between the sample rates associated with two sound cards on either end of a digital audio transmission in a computer network can cause noticeable degradation in sound quality as well as undesirable delay. In another example, sample rate variations in a single computer system can undermine the operation of an echo cancellation technique which requires two signals to be closely synchronized.
Unfortunately, conventional sample rate conversion techniques are not effective in solving such problems because of the fact that the relationship between the sample rates of the signals to be synchronized are not always fixed. That is, it turns out that the clock rates for different sound cards and even for different circuitry within the same sound card are not only different, but that the difference typically varies over time in unpredictable ways. Thus, a sample rate conversion technique which uses a fixed conversion ratio is obviously not suitable.
In view of the foregoing, it is desirable to provide techniques by which signals having sample rates which vary over time with respect to one another may be synchronized.
According to the present invention methods and apparatus are provided by which signals having sample rates which vary with respect to each other over time may be synchronized. The drift between the sample rates is monitored and used on an ongoing basis to adjust the conversion ratio for a variable sample rate converter which effects the sample rate synchronization.
Thus, the present invention provides methods and apparatus for performing a variable sample rate conversion. A difference between a first sample rate associated with a first signal and a second sample rate associated with a second signal is tracked. A sample rate conversion ratio is adjusted in response to the difference. One of the first and second sample rates is converted using the conversion ratio.
According to one embodiment of the invention, methods and apparatus are provided for performing echo cancellation. A difference is tracked between a first sample rate associated with a first signal and a second sample rate associated with a second signal. A sample rate conversion ratio is adjusted in response to the difference. The first sample rate is converted using the conversion ratio, thereby generating a modified first signal and facilitating synchronization of the modified first signal and the second signal. Echo cancellation is performed using the modified first signal and the second signal.
According to a more specific embodiment, methods and apparatus are provided for performing echo cancellation. A difference is tracked between a first sample rate associated with a first signal and a second sample rate associated with a second signal by tracking a sample count in which samples associated with the first signal make a positive contribution to the sample count and samples associated with the second signal make a negative contribution to the sample count. A downsampling factor is adjusted using a feedback signal generated by a third order control system with reference to the difference. The first sample rate is converted using an upsampling factor, a filter, and the downsampling factor, thereby generating a modified first signal and facilitating synchronization of the modified first signal and the second signal. Echo cancellation is performed using the modified first signal and the second signal.
A further understanding of the nature and advantages of the present invention may be realized by reference to the remaining portions of the specification and the drawings.

Techniques for variable sample rate conversion


A molecular pump includes a pump body provided with a turbo molecular pump portion, a control unit provided with a control portion and a power supply portion, and a cooling unit for cooling the pump body and the control unit. A first temperature detecting portion is provided in a first position, which is a position inside the control unit and has a low temperature. A second temperature detecting portion also serving as a humidity detecting portion is provided in a second position, which is a position inside the control unit and has a high temperature. The control portion controls the operation of the cooling unit in accordance with a relative humidity in the first position, calculated based on temperature information detected by the first temperature detecting portion and based on temperature information and humidity information detected by the second temperature detecting portion also serving as a humidity detecting portion.

Molecular pumps are attached as vacuum pumps for creating an ultra-high vacuum to various processing apparatuses represented by, for example, semiconductor manufacturing apparatuses, various analytical apparatuses, electron microscopes, and the like. A molecular pump generally includes a pump body provided with a turbo molecular pump portion including rotor blades and stator blades, and a control unit that accommodates a control portion for controlling the operation of the turbo molecular pump portion and a power supply portion for supplying electric power for driving the turbo molecular pump portion.
In the molecular pump, the power supply portion included in the control unit includes a booster circuit, a converter circuit, an inverter circuit, and the like, which are sources of heat generation, and it is thus necessary to appropriately cool these components. Similarly in the pump body, heat is generated at motors for causing rotation of a rotor having rotor blades, a bearing that supports a rotation shaft for causing rotation of the rotor, and the like, and it is thus necessary to appropriately cool these components.
Hence, a molecular pump is known to which a liquid cooling-type cooling unit through which a cooling liquid can be circulated is attached. Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 11-173293 (PTD 1), for example, discloses a molecular pump wherein a cooling unit is sandwiched between a pump body and a control unit, and Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2011-27031 (PTD 2) discloses a molecular pump wherein a pump body and a control unit are arranged side-by-side on a cooling unit.
Generally, the control unit is often of a semi-hermetic-type communicating with the outside and having a drip-proof structure and a dust-proof structure whereby entry of liquid drips and dust particles is appropriately prevented. In this case, the dew-point temperature inside the control unit is equal to the dew-point temperature of an ambient environment. Therefore, the portion where the above-described cooling unit is arranged in contact therewith or close thereto has a locally low temperature, and if this temperature decreases below the dew-point temperature, condensation will form on this portion.
If such condensation forms, attachment of a condensation liquid to the above-described various circuits may cause a failure or a malfunction. It is thus necessary to inhibit the formation of condensation inside the control unit as much as possible.
To inhibit the formation of condensation, Japanese Patent Laying-Open No. 2009-174333 (PTD 3), for example, discloses a molecular pump wherein a pipe through which a cooling liquid can be circulated inside a control unit is installed, and a condensation sensor is mounted inside the control unit, so that the circulation of the cooling liquid is stopped when condensation is detected by the condensation sensor.


An illuminated display system or assembly. In particular, the illuminated system is designed to display various food items such as wedding cakes, hors d'oeuvres, buffets, pies, and the like. The assembly includes a plurality of plates and sheets adapted to be engaged to form enclosures for lighting. Lighting is secured to the sheets within the enclosures. The assembly further includes one or more pillars each adapted to engage the plates and to house additional lighting. The invention also includes methods of assembling the display system and methods of displaying and illuminating the various food items.

A wedding celebration is a momentous occasion, not only for the bride and groom, but also for the families, friends, and acquaintances of the married couple. The importance of the event is marked in numerous ways: the distinctive garb of the wedding party, the provision of music, dancing, floral arrangements, table decorations, food and drink. Pride of place among the table decorations and ornaments is accorded the wedding cake. The wedding cake, in addition to serving as a conclusion to the wedding meal, stands as a prominent symbol of the event, usually in full view of the participants, throughout the time prior to and during the consumption of the wedding lunch or dinner.
Because of its importance, significant care and expense are invested in providing a wedding cake which is not only satisfying to eat, but attractive to look upon. Regardless of the quantity of cake required to satisfy the guests, the symbolic importance of of the cake often requires that it extend vertically above the tabletop to serve as an eye-catching centerpiece. Various cake supports and cake stands have been devised to separate the layers of the cake into an imposing structure. These cake supports may be formed of metal or plastic and, in addition to adding structural rigidity to a multilayer cake, also increase the visual volume of the cake assembly without unduly adding to the number of servings. Modular cake stands provide for rapid assembly of the cake and convenient transportation from the bakery to the reception hall. Cake trays formed of molded transparent plastic to simulate the appearance of cut glass may have downwardly protruding legs which support the tray on the tabletop or on tubular plastic pillars.
The importance of the wedding cake calls for prominent lighting. However, the overhead lighting within a banquet hall cannot always be accurately controlled. Furthermore, because the cake is an edible product, usually iced with sugar-based frosting, it should be protected from elevated temperatures, such as might be generated by the long-term directing of a spotlight. Wax candles with their flickering flames have been a traditional way of calling attention to a cake. However, burning candles require supervision, and present a potential fire hazard in crowded locations. Moreover, wax from the candles may drip onto the cake surface or the surfaces of the serving plates causing an unsightly mess.
Thus, there exists a need for a display capable of elevating and illuminating a wedding cake (or other food items), securely supporting the cake layer, and displaying the cake in a manner that draws visual attention.