A fluid leak detection system includes a reservoir, a predetermined quantity of a disinfecting liquid contained within such a reservoir, and at least a pair of elongated conduits. A mechanism for automatically opening the distal end of the at least one conduit includes a leaking fluid absorbent member disposed along the distal end of each of the conduits. The fluid-dissolvable member is dissolved by the leaking fluid and absorbed by the member to permit the conduit to be unfolded and allow the disinfecting liquid to flow outwardly from the distal end of the at least one conduit. The system further includes a support frame attached to a support surface, an interface, a communications device electrically coupled to a switch, a monitoring station, and a communications link connecting the communications device to the monitoring station.

1. Technical Field
This invention relates to leak detecting systems and, more particularly, to a fluid leak detection system for substantially preventing mold and mildew growth and associated methods. The fluid leaking is commonly water in a water supply and return system.
2. Prior Art
As most people are probably aware, every year homeowners, businesses and insurance companies spend hundreds of millions of dollars repairing mold and mildew damage caused by leaking fluids, primarily water. The effects of such damages on health related issues are uncounted and unimaginable suffering. A problem that began as just a few drips per minute damages property and more significantly the health and well being of entire populaces of homes and buildings.
At just ten drips per minute, a puddle forms, expands and begins to travel due to construction imperfections and an effect known as capillary attraction. As the puddle of leakage or condensation travels, it begins to be absorbed into the surrounding building materials where it incubates mold and mildew. The mold and mildew consume the building as food as it begins to deteriorate the property. It then matures, branches out, and releases countless numbers of spores. Mold and mildew simply requires a temperature above 60° F., 20% humidity and the nutrients found in all natural materials to flourish.
Even when the conditions that initiated the mold and mildew are repaired, the residual moisture and the moisture in the air permits mold and mildew to thrive and therefore remain a health risk. Once the spores are exposed to open areas, the air conditioning and heating system spread the spores to further enhance the spread of mold and mildew in its quest for domination of the building.
The two major elements in preventing mold and mildew growth are timely discovery and immediate treatment of the affected area. Timely discovery requires discovery of the problem within 24 to 48 hours, and adequate treatment requires that a chemical agent is supplied to the leak from the onset of the problem. The primary areas of water leaks and condensation problems include: wall cavities that contain plumbing; cabinets with sinks; basements; dishwashers; water heaters; icemakers; washing machines; and attics. Due to the variations in construction methods, some leaks may never be detected unless a professional or a detection device discovers it. The size of an average leak before it is detected is approximately 38 square feet and contains 9 to 14 gallons of water, and which has been producing spores for several days. Obviously, it would be advantageous for a user to have a detection device and system that would alert them of a leak while simultaneously preventing the spread of bacteria in a user building.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,888,455 to Hanson discloses, in the absence of moisture, a separation between a pair of electrical contacts maintained by a material that becomes frangible when moistened. When the material becomes moist, it breaks and the contacts close. Unfortunately, this prior art example does not provide a user with an audible alarm or a way to counteract mold and mildew growth when a leak occurs.
U.S. Pat. No. 6,950,032 to Hewitt discloses a water protection system apparatus for detecting and stopping a flow of water which includes a power supply, a water ionization switch, and a controlled valve assembly. The water ionization switch selectively conducts electricity when exposed to water and includes an initially dry non-conductive crystallized compound. The compound ionizes when exposed to water to form an electrolyte which conducts electricity. This switch is connected to a controlled valve assembly to stop the flow of water in response to the detection of water by the switch. Other refinements include modifications to the switch housing and condition indicators for monitoring the system and signaling water detection and shutdown operations. Unfortunately, this prior art example does not automatically and substantially kill all bacteria or spores that may spread from leaked water.
U.S. Pat. No. 7,114,514 to Houle discloses a water management and leak detection with a containment system to contain hot water tank leaks and electrical circuits that manage water flow and electricity to the hot water tank. Unfortunately, this prior art example does not provide a user with an audible alarm when a leak occurs, for example, nor the other benefits of the disclosed invention.
Accordingly, the present invention overcomes the above noted shortcomings. The present invention satisfies such a need by providing a system and method that is convenient, easy to use, and designed for substantially preventing mold and mildew growth caused by a leaking fluid.

Fluid leak detection system and associated method


A thin-film transistor array substrate, used in a transflective liquid crystal display. The thin-film transistor array substrate has a substrate, a plurality of pixels, a plurality of scan lines and a plurality of data lines. Each of the pixels has a transparent sub-pixel and a reflective sub-pixel, while the transparent sub-pixel further has a transparent electrode and a first thin-film transistor, and the reflective sub-pixel has a reflective pixel electrode and a second thin-film transistor. The pixel electrode of each sub-pixel is thus electrically connected to a different thin-film transistor. The step of forming a molybdenum layer is thus not required, saving fabrication cost.

1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates in general to a thin-film transistor array substrate typically used in a transflective liquid crystal display, and more particularly, to a thin-film transistor array substrate of which the pixel electrodes of the transparent sub-pixels and reflective sub-pixels are electrically connected to different transistors.
2. Related Art of the Invention
The advancement of multimedia basically results from the progress of semiconductor device or display apparatus design. Conventional display apparatus such as the cathode ray tube (CRT) have dominated the market for decades due to its excellent display quality and economics. However, issues of space utilization and power consumption exist in cathode ray tubes. Therefore, the light, thin, short and small thin-film transistor liquid crystal display (TFT LCD) with high display quality and low power consumption has gradually replaced the cathode ray tube to become main stream in the market. If the fabrication cost of the thin-film transistor liquid crystal display can be reduced, the market share and competition will be greatly increased. Characterized by the display method, the liquid crystal display can be divided into the transmissive type liquid crystal display, the reflective type liquid crystal display, and the transreflective type liquid crystal display.
In U.S. Pat. No. 6,195,140, a transreflective type liquid crystal display is described. FIGS. 1 and 2 show the top view and cross sectional view of the conventional transreflective type liquid crystal display. In FIG. 1, a thin-film transistor substrate 100 including a thin-film transistor 102 and a pixel 104 is shown. The pixel 104 has a reflective region R and a transparent region T. The reflective region R of the pixel 104 consists of a reflective pixel electrode 106 made of aluminum material, and the transparent region T of the pixel 104 consists of a transparent pixel electrode 108 made of material such as indium tin oxide. Each thin-film transistor 102 is used to control a pixel 104 including one reflective pixel electrode 106 and a transparent pixel electrode 108.
FIG. 2 shows the cross sectional view cutting along the line I–II of FIG. 1. The thin-film transistor 102 has a source/drain region 12 electrically connected to the transparent pixel electrode 108. A molybdenum layer 110 is further formed between the transparent pixel electrode 108 and the reflective pixel electrode 106. While fabricating the pixel 104, formation of the molybdenum layer 110 prevents corrosion problems caused by electrochemical reaction.
However, in the conventional thin-film transistor array substrate, the molybdenum layer, though improving the corrosion problem caused by electrochemical reaction, increases the fabrication cost.


An electrochemical cell is provided comprising a first electrode and a second electrode. A separator, which includes an expansion joint, surrounds and seals the first electrode. The separator may comprise a first major surface and a second major surface substantially opposite the first major surface, and the expansion joint may be coupled between the first major surface and the second major surface.

Electrochemical cells, such as batteries and capacitors, are important components in IMDs (e.g., implantable defibrillators) because they store and deliver the energy necessary to correct cardiac arrhythmias (e.g., tachycardia, bradycardia, atrial fibrillation, and/or ventricular fibrillation). Ideally, such batteries should have a high rate capability to provide the required charge, possess low self-discharge to increase useful life, and be highly reliable. Further, because these medical devices are being surgically implanted within a patient's body, the battery should be as compact as possible. Lithium batteries are now commonly used in IMDs and generally include a lithium anode and a cathode that may contain carbon monofluoride and/or silver vanadium oxide. The anode and cathode are enveloped in an electrolyte, or electrolytic solution, containing a solute (typically a lithium salt such as LiCF3) and a solvent (e.g., dimethoxyethane).
It is known that the electrodes (e.g., anode and cathode) are separated to prevent arcing and to allow charge to accumulate without short-circuiting the electrochemical cell. Such separators should be resistant to degradation, have sufficient thickness to maintain inter-electrode separation without interfering with cell performance, and exhibit sufficient surface energy to augment electrolyte wettability and absorption. In addition, the separator should have an electrical resistivity sufficiently high to prohibit short circuit current from flowing directly between the electrodes through the separator. These requirements are balanced by the need for a porosity sufficient to freely permit ionic communication between the electrodes.
Separators may be made from a roll or sheet of separator material, and a variety of separator materials have been used. Paper (e.g., Kraft paper) is a cellulose-based separator material that is sometimes used and may be manufactured with high chemical purity. An alternative to paper separators are polymeric separators that may be made of microporous films (e.g., polytetrafluoroethylene) or polymeric fabrics (e.g., a woven synthetic halogenated polymer). Hybrid separators employing polymers (e.g., polypropylene or polyester) and paper are also known.
Separators having strong tensile properties are less likely to tear or break during fabrication and are better able to withstand internal stresses due to changes in the electrode volumes during discharge and re-charging cycles. Cathode material may swell as a battery is discharged. Thus, the space made available for batteries in medical devices may be somewhat larger than the non-swollen size of the battery thereby increasing the overall size of the medical device. When a separator is sealed around and envelopes a cathode, the volumetric expansion places stresses on the separator, perhaps causing tearing or rupturing of the separator that, in turn, may cause short circuits. This problem is exacerbated when thicker cathodes, which experience greater expansion (e.g., 100 percent), are employed.
According, it would be desirable to provide an electrochemical cell separator assembly that accommodates greater electrode expansion without requiring increased separator margin (i.e., the distance between the edge of a cathode and the edge of the separator seal). In addition, it would further be desirable to provide a separator assembly including an expandable separator joint for accommodating electrode expansion while reducing the possibility of separator rupture. Furthermore, other desirable features and characteristics of the present invention will become apparent from the subsequent detailed description of the invention and the appended claims, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings and this background of the invention.

Electrochemical cells employing expandable separators


Respective labels indicative of compression-related quality degradation for a set of media object tuples which meet a divergence criterion are obtained; each tuple comprises a reference media object and a pair of corresponding compressed media object versions. Pairs of training records for a machine learning model are generated using the labeled media object tuples and multiple perceptual quality algorithms, with each training record comprising respective perceived quality degradation scores generated by each of the multiple algorithms for a given compressed media object of a tuple. A machine learning model is trained, using the record pairs, to predict quality degradation scores for compressed media objects.

Many companies and other organizations provide access to their services and products to customers over networks such as the public Internet. In some cases, substantial amounts of media content, such as still images, video or audio may be transferred by such entities to their end users. For example, content providers may enable users to download electronic versions of books and magazines, listen to downloaded or streaming versions of music and films, and so on. E-retail enterprises may enable clients to view images of products before making purchasing decisions, while real-estate agents, renters, travel services and the like may provide photographs and/or videos of accommodations to their end customers. An Internet-scale e-retail enterprise may provide millions or even billions of images to clients every day.
The quality of the images, videos, or audios, as perceived by the end users, may sometimes have a significant impact on whether the end users decide to engage further with the organization presenting the data: e.g., whether a given product is purchased from an e-retail web site, whether a given hotel room or bed-and-breakfast is reserved by a vacationer, and so on. Thus, from the service providing organization's perspective, providing media that looks good (and in cases where audio is involved, sounds good) may be critical to the success of the service being provided.
To provide the best possible experience for the end user, uncompressed or original versions of the available media objects (image files, audio files, video files, etc.) could of course be presented, at least in theory. However, this approach may be impractical in several ways. First, it may consume very high amounts of network bandwidth. Second, the delays experienced by users between the times that they request a media object and the time that the media object is displayed may become excessive. In order to avoid such problems, compression techniques are typically used: the media objects are compressed at the sending organization (which can involve the loss of some information from the original objects), transferred in compressed form over the network, and de-compressed at the receiving device before being presented to the end customer.
Because of the loss of information involved in the process, the version of the media object presented to the end customer may typically be somewhat degraded relative to the original: that is, if an end customer were given the opportunity to compare the original versus the presented version, the end customer may at least in some cases consider the presented version to be somewhat worse than the original. The extent of the perceived degradation depends on various factors, including the particular compression technique used. Unfortunately, quantifiable physical differences between the original and compressed versions of the media objects are sometimes insufficient to accurately predict perceived degradation in quality. Numerous compression algorithms, some with very large numbers of tunable hyper-parameters, have been developed over the years for various kinds of media. Predicting the extent of the perceived degradation for various compression schemes, and using such predictions to tune compression algorithms for large-scale presentation of media objects, remain non-trivial technical challenges.
While embodiments are described herein by way of example for several embodiments and illustrative drawings, those skilled in the art will recognize that embodiments are not limited to the embodiments or drawings described. It should be understood, that the drawings and detailed description thereto are not intended to limit embodiments to the particular form disclosed, but on the contrary, the intention is to cover all modifications, equivalents and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope as defined by the appended claims. The headings used herein are for organizational purposes only and are not meant to be used to limit the scope of the description or the claims. As used throughout this application, the word "may" is used in a permissive sense (i.e., meaning having the potential to), rather than the mandatory sense (i.e., meaning must). Similarly, the words "include," "including," and "includes" mean including, but not limited to. When used in the claims, the term "or" is used as an inclusive or and not as an exclusive or. For example, the phrase "at least one of x, y, or z" means any one of x, y, and z, as well as any combination thereof.

Perceived media object quality prediction using adversarial annotations for training and multiple-algorithm scores as input


Identification accessories, circuit breaker caps, and labeling kits for labeling electrical switch devices, such as circuit breakers, are presented herein. An identification accessory is disclosed for identifying an electrical switch device in proximity to its operating mechanism. The identification accessory includes an accessory shell with a lid having first and second endwalls projecting from the lid.

Electrical distribution panels (or "load centers") are used widely in residential and commercial applications to house and protect electrical components. These power distribution centers include a main bus bar arrangement that functions to connect the main electrical service entrance with a number of branch circuits. Breaker panels operate to divide electrical power into subsidiary circuits, while providing a protective fuse or circuit breaker for each circuit.
Electrical switching devices, such as circuit breakers and isolators, are designed to protect an electrical circuit from damage caused by a fault condition, such as an overload or short circuit, and switch the circuit to zero energy state for safe maintenance or normal on/off switching. Safety regulations, such as those published by the National Electrical Code (NEC), are being developed which require circuit breakers, especially those controlling critical circuits (e.g., fire protection circuits, emergency generator circuits, etc.), to be clearly labeled. It can also be advantageous to electricians and other users to be able to quickly identify the type of circuit being protected by a particular circuit breaker.
The current practice for labeling circuits is to describe the circuit location or loads on the label inside of the load center door with the corresponding circuit number. This is tedious, hard to read, and requires you to then go find the corresponding circuit. This can be difficult in the typical low-light environments where load centers are installed. Other practices for labeling circuit breakers include adding a piece of tape to the exposed face of the circuit breaker or breaker-panel door, and marking the tape by hand with the type of circuit to which the circuit breaker is connected. This practice is not preferred since the tape can fall off if the adhesive fails. Moreover, the handmade markings can become smudged or otherwise rendered indecipherable.

Circuit breaker identification accessory


An implement holder to be attached to a cap or hat is provided. The holder is designed to be affixed to the side portion of the cap proximal the edge. The holder is an integral unit including a first leg, second leg and third leg. The first leg and the second leg are interconnected to form a first jaw or clamp, the first leg to be received between the cap and the head and the second leg to remain outside and flush to the cap. The first leg is resilient and includes means to maintain attachment to the cap. The side of the cap is placed intermediate the first leg and the second leg. The third leg and second leg are interconnected and form a second jaw or clamp which has the general shape of an U-shaped channel. The U-shaped channel is generally parallel to the cap when the holder is affixed thereto. The channel includes a plurality of longitudinal ridges located on the interior channel walls of the third leg and second leg. The second jaw may receive a pencil, pen or other elongated implement. The small ridges help retain the pencil, pen or other elongated implement in positive relation within the second jaw. The third leg is also resilient and imparts a retaining force on the instrument being retained in the channel. The outer wall of the third leg is smooth and is designed to receive identifying or advertising indicia. The holder may also be affixed to the temple of eyewear, including glasses, sunglasses, or protective eyegear.

1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to retaining mechanisms, and more particularly, to a retaining mechanism especially adapted to be affixed to a cap and retain a pencil therein, the pencil thus being made accessible for immediate use. The instant device may also be employed with a pair of eyeglasses.
2. Description of the Prior Art
Devices which retain pencils or other elongated devices have been disclosed in the art. U.S. Pat. No. 803,464 issued to Beck discloses a pencil holder combined with a book mark. The holding mechanism is designed to be affixed to a book to mark the page. A pair of oppositely oriented pencil holders are stationed on one side of the clip element. Pencils may be slidingly received within the holders.
U.S. Pat. No. 1,481,984 issued to Carnett also discloses a pencil clip or holder designed to be utilized with a book. A clip is designed to be affixed to one of the covers of the book with a generally c-shaped pencil receiving element attached thereto. A book marker securing device in the form of a flexible elongated element is also provided.
U.S. Pat. No. 3,983,602 issued to Barry discloses an implement holder for a safety helmet. A one piece holder is formed of molded plastic having a first clamp for releasably engaging an edge portion of a safety helmet to detachably mount the holder thereon, and a second clamp projecting outwardly from one jaw of the first clamp for detachably receiving and holding a long slender object such as a pencil or a pen.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,066,154 issued to Renaud which discloses a pencil support for a security hat. The support includes a generally flat member which is formed of a slight curvature enabling it to rest against the surface of the security hat. A hook is formed from the member enabling to introduce and hold a pencil or an elongated object. A clip element depends from the support which secures the device to the bottom edge of the security hat. The clip element is of a specific structural configuration which would allow mating with a security or construction hat specifically.
Thus, while the foregoing body of prior art indicates it to be well known to use generally complex structural devices to attach elongated devices such as pencils to certain hat structure and/or books, the provision of a simply designed, unitary pencil clip, which may be affixed to a common `baseball` style cap has not been contemplated. The prior art does not show any devices which have the structural characteristics of the instant invention. The foregoing disadvantages are overcome by the unique and simple structural configuration of the present invention as will be made apparent from the following description thereof. Other advantages of the present invention over the prior art also will be rendered evident.

Implement holder attached to a hat or cap


A usage prediction method executed by a computer, the usage prediction method includes classifying a plurality of records corresponding to a plurality of times included in first time-series data indicating a history of usages of a resource into a plurality of groups respectively corresponding to attributes of the plurality of times; generating second time-series data for each attribute by combining the records belonging to the group corresponding to the same attribute for the plurality of classified groups in order of the times; generating, for each attribute, an expression for calculating a predicted value to be used for calculating a predicted value of the usage based on the generated second time-series data; and calculating the predicted value of the usage based on the expression for calculating the predicted value for each attribute.

There is a technology for predicting a usage of a resource such as hardware or power in a system by an information processing apparatus such as a computer. For example, a load prediction apparatus that predicts an air conditioning load of an air conditioner that performs air conditioning of a server room has been proposed. A proposed load prediction apparatus extracts a data series subsequent to a similar series similar to a latest request series including a current point in time from time-series data of the air conditioning load measured at predetermined cycles, and generates a prediction data series of the air conditioning load by the extracted data series.
A demand prediction apparatus that generates a demand fluctuation pattern obtained by averaging pieces of actual data of power demands on a plurality of past days which is the same day of the week as a prediction day for each time has also been proposed. The proposed demand prediction apparatus predicts power demand after the current point in time by adding a difference between a data value of the generated demand fluctuation pattern at the current point in time and an actual value at the current point in time to the demand fluctuation pattern. For example, Japanese Laid-open Patent Publication No. 2013-87992 and Japanese Laid-open Patent Publication No. 2016-19358 are disclosed as the related art.

Usage prediction method and storage medium


A patching kit is provided for repairing holes of various kinds in the hollow walls of building components, such as doors and wallboard walls where the backside of the front walls are not readily accessible. The kit includes a backing plate of a stiff material of a size that can be inserted through the hole and sufficiently large to be positioned flat against the back surface of the front wall and cover substantially the entire area of the hole, forming a front recessed pocket to receive a suitable filler material. The peripheral area of the backing plate is coated with a suitable adhesive. The backing plate is firmly secured in position until the adhesive sets by a simple wedge means.

This invention relates to a novel kit for repairing relatively large holes in building doors and walls, and more particularly in such hollow structures where the inside of the hollow structure is not easily accessible to secure a backing plate to close the hole for receiving a filler material.
In such hollow structures, it is frequently desirable to repair holes, which have been accidentally or otherwise caused, instead of hanging a new door. In order to repair such a door or wall by the application of a suitable filler material into the hole, it is necessary to provide a firm backing plate on the back side of the front wall to support the application of a suitable paste material. The use of paper or other means to provide such a backing is unsatisfactory because it does not provide a firm backing, and if the material is absorbent, it will absorb the moisture in the filler material and cause cracks.
Numerous devices have been patented to facilitate such repairs, but most are relatively complex not readily usable by inexperienced persons, such as the average homeowner.
U.S. Pat. No. 3,583,122 to Bieyajski on Jun. 8, 1971 discloses a repair kit for closing a hole in a wallboard type of wall that uses a foldable panel which can be inserted through the hole and unfolded on the back side of the wall and secured in position by a string attached to the wall.
U.S. Pat. No. 3,999,347 to Devlin on Dec. 28, 1976 discloses a similar type of device wherein the backing plate is secured in position inside the wall by a spring bow member U.S. Pat. No. 4,193,243 to Tiner on Mar. 18, 1980 discloses a kit for repairing door holes which utilizes a perforated backing plate secured in position by a tool having resilient legs inserted through the perforated backing plate and engaging the back wall of the door and maintained in position by the fingers of the user.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,285,185 to Condit on Aug. 25, 1981 discloses a foldable backing plate secured in position by a wire bridge that must be positioned exactly perpendicular to the wall.
None of the above described patents show means for using a positive means to secure the backing plate firmly in position.