Abstract: A method for ascertaining an emotional goal includes receiving, via an emotionally responsive computerized system having a user interface communicatively coupled to a networked user device including a processor device, user-input concerning a purpose of a user's interaction with a software interface. It can include registering input indicating a target person to whom the purpose of the user's interaction pertains and prompting the user to provide a root motivator comprising a root emotion or a root reason for the interaction. Some variations include generating a user-perceptible output and a set of user interface elements dependent on the root motivator along with obtaining the user's specific emotional goal with respect to the target person on the basis of user-inputs in response to a presentation of a sequence of user interface elements, to provide the user, via the software interface, a recommendation regarding a fulfillment of the specific emotional goal.

Abstract: A system and method for fundraising and charitable giving at a point of sale is disclosed. In one example of a method for fundraising and charitable giving at a point of sale includes the steps of: a customer selecting a product from a store shelf; the customer removing a fundraising tag from the product; the customer completing the information on the fundraising tag, which can include designating an organization to benefit from the fundraising; and a retailer processing the fundraising tag after receiving the completed tag from the customer at the point of sale.

Abstract: A method of forming a bag for encasing material is described. The bag includes a sheet having a top panel, a bottom panel, an extended panel and adhesive tape. A tear line separates the extended panel from the bottom panel, and a fold line separates the bottom panel from the top panel. The top panel is defined by a top border, a bottom edge, a bottom border, and the fold line. The bottom panel is defined by a top border, the fold line, a bottom border, and the tear line. The extended panel is defined by a top border, the tear line, a bottom border, and a top edge. The adhesive tape is adhered to a first side of the sheet and intersects the fold line. The first side of the sheet is folded onto itself at the fold line. The top panel top edge is joined to the bottom panel top edge, and the top panel bottom edge is joined to the bottom panel bottom edge.

Abstract: A bag for encasing material is described. The bag comprises a sheet comprising a top panel, a bottom panel, an extended panel, a tear line separating the extended panel from the bottom panel, and a fold line separating the bottom panel from the top panel, the top panel being defined by a top border, a bottom edge, a bottom border, and the fold line, the bottom panel being defined by a top border, the fold line, a bottom border, and the tear line, and the extended panel being defined by a top border, the tear line, a bottom border, and a top edge; and a liner attached to a first side of the sheet and intersecting the fold line, the first side of the sheet being folded onto itself at the fold line, the top panel top edge being joined to the bottom panel top edge, and the top panel bottom edge being joined to the bottom panel bottom edge.

Abstract: A prior art direct back EMF detection method synchronously sampled motor back EMF during PWM “off” time without the need to sense or re-construct the motor neutral in a sensorless brushless DC (BLDC) motor drive system. Since this direct back EMF sensing scheme requires a minimum PWM “off” time to sample the back EMF signal, the duty cycle cannot reach 100%. Also in some applications, for example, high inductance motors, the long settling time of a parasitic resonant between the motor inductance and the parasitic capacitance of power devices can cause false zero crossing detection of back EMF. An improved direct back EMF detection scheme samples the motor back EMF synchronously during PWM “on” time at high speed. In the final system the motor back EMF can be detected during PWM “off” time at low speed, and it is detected during PWM “on” time at high speed.

Abstract: A prior art direct back EMF detection method synchronously sampled motor back EMF during PWM “off” time without the need to sense or re-construct the motor neutral in a sensorless brushless DC (BLDC) motor drive system. Since this direct back EMF sensing scheme requires a minimum PWM “off” time to sample the back EMF signal, the duty cycle cannot reach 100%. Also in some applications, for example, high inductance motors, the long settling time of a parasitic resonant between the motor inductance and the parasitic capacitance of power devices can cause false zero crossing detection of back EMF. An improved direct back EMF detection scheme samples the motor back EMF synchronously during PWM “on” time at high speed. In the final system the motor back EMF can be detected during PWM “off” time at low speed, and it is detected during PWM “on” time at high speed.