Abstract: A portable jump starter and air compressor device, including a jump starter, air compressor, and/or vacuum cleaner. One or more of the jump starter, air compressor, and/or vacuum cleaner are powered a same or different one or more rechargeable batteries (e.g. one or more Li-ion batteries). The air compressor, for example, includes a piston/valve arrangement configured to allow a piston of the piston/valve arrangement to move in close proximity to a cylinder head of the cylinder of the air compressor.

Abstract: A battery balancing method and system for charging multiple batteries connected together in an electrical series string with a single electrical charger. For example, the battery balancing method and system utilizes the battery management system (BMS) of the individual batteries for providing battery balancing of the multiple batteries connected together in the electrical series string when charging the series string with the single electrical charger.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of monitoring video from a plurality of body mounted video capturing devices, the method comprising: receiving video data from a first body mounted video capturing device of the said plurality; propagating video data received from the said first body mounted video capturing device, or video data derived therefrom, to a closed circuit television (CCTV) monitoring system by way of an input channel thereof; subsequently receiving video data from a second body mounted video capturing device of the said plurality different from the said first body mounted video capturing device; and propagating video data received from the said second body mounted video capturing device, or video data derived therefrom, to the said CCTV monitoring system by way of the same said input channel thereof.

Abstract: An oriented plastic composition (OPC) shaped article having a length, width and thickness dimension in which the width and thickness dimensions are less than that of the length dimension, having at least one surface that can be machined so that a portion of the OPC shaped article is reduced in the width or thickness dimension along at least a portion of the length of the article and a process for making and machining an OPC shaped article.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of monitoring video from a plurality of body mounted video capturing devices, the method comprising: receiving video data from a first body mounted video capturing device of the said plurality; propagating video data received from the said first body mounted video capturing device, or video data derived therefrom, to a closed circuit television (CCTV) monitoring system by way of an input channel thereof; subsequently receiving video data from a second body mounted video capturing device of the said plurality different from the said first body mounted video capturing device; and propagating video data received from the said second body mounted video capturing device, or video data derived therefrom, to the said CCTV monitoring system by way of the same said input channel thereof.

Abstract: A pallet has a top deck coupled with a bottom deck through a plurality of spacer members. The bottom deck is provided as a sub-assembly comprising at least two lead bottom deck boards and at least one intermediate bottom deck board, each bottom deck board coupled with at least one other bottom deck board by a bottom deck joint, and wherein each board of the bottom deck sub-assembly is further coupled with at least one of the plurality of spacer members to couple the bottom deck sub-assembly with the top deck. At least one of the bottom deck lead boards are made from a fiber filled thermoplastic or oriented plastic composite material.

Abstract: An oriented plastic composition (OPC) shaped article having a length, width and thickness dimension in which the width and thickness dimensions are less than that of the length dimension, having at least one surface that can be machined so that a portion of the OPC shaped article is reduced in the width or thickness dimension along at least a portion of the length of the article and a process for making and machining an OPC shaped article.

Abstract: A body-mountable image capture device comprising a device body and a cover slidably mounted onto the device body, the device body comprising a camera, the cover sliding between a first position and a second position such that in the first position the camera is concealed and in the second position the camera is exposed. The body-mountable image capture device comprises activation means operable to initiate the camera when the cover is in the second position and the camera is exposed. The orientation of the camera is adjustable with respect to that of the device body such that the orientation of the camera can be maintained. The orientation of the camera may be automatically adjusted to keep the field of view generally horizontal. The camera may automatically rotate left and right in a horizontal plane responsive to movement of a head mounted sensor to thereby track a user's head movements.

Abstract: There is disclosed a system has a POS terminal comprising a display output interface and an identification input interface, the POS terminal being programmed: to receive identification data via the identification input interface, the identification data identifying a selected product for processing by the POS terminal, to process the identification data to generate alphanumeric text data encoding a description of the selected product, and to output the alphanumeric text data via the display output interface; a display unit; and a controller, programmed: to receive the alphanumeric text data from the POS terminal display output interface, to process the alphanumeric text data to generate further identification data identifying the selected product, to process the further identification data to select graphical data appropriate for the selected product, and to output the graphical data to the display unit. A controller, method, computer readable medium and computer are also disclosed.

Abstract: A body-mountable image capture device comprising a device body and a cover slidably mounted onto the device body, the device body comprising a camera, the cover sliding between a first position and a second position such that in the first position the camera is concealed and in the second position the camera is exposed. The body-mountable image capture device comprises activation means operable to initiate the camera when the cover is in the second position and the camera is exposed. The orientation of the camera is adjustable with respect to that of the device body such that the orientation of the camera can be maintained. The orientation of the camera may be automatically adjusted to keep the field of view generally horizontal. The camera may automatically rotate left and right in a horizontal plane responsive to movement of a head mounted sensor to thereby track a user's head movements.

Abstract: A support belt, particularly adapted for weight lifting users, includes a strap mounted to the main belt. A ratchet mechanism is mounted to one end of the strap. The other end of the strap is inserted through the ratchet mechanism and folded upon itself and secured to itself to form an anchor location. Another anchor location is a portion of the strap which is permanently secured to the belt. When the ratchet mechanism is operated the first end of the strap becomes wound on a take up reel in the ratchet mechanism to pull the two anchor locations toward each other and tighten the belt. In order to have a quick release of the belt the free end of the strap is detached from its engagement to itself so that its anchor location is thereby disengaged.

Abstract: A method for achieving linear engine thrust response comprising the steps of measuring a throttle position (FNRQ), measuring a plurality of engine parameters, inputting the plurality of engine parameters and the throttle position into a plurality of schedules to produce a plurality of outputs, combining the plurality of outputs to produce a part power scheduled airflow (W2RSCH), and using the W2RSCH to produce a near linear thrust response of the engine.

Abstract: The system of the present invention has a flexible bladder designed to provide for the transfer of liquids from a storage/transport unit to vehicles, as well as uses in other environments, without the necessity of pumps and/or motors. The system includes a flexible, collapsible bladder that is self contained and uses compressed gas or air, or a pressurized liquid, to pressurize the unit in lieu of gravity, pumps, motors or a vehicle. The system essentially consists of a cylindrical flexible bladder constructed with a flexible internal diaphragm which extends from a portion of the interior of the bladder, and separates the ends of the bladder such that when the air, gas or pressurized liquid is injected into one end of the bladder, the same does not contaminate or otherwise mix with the liquid or semi-liquid stored in the bladder.

Abstract: A telephone instrument comprises a mechanism for providing signals for transmission, a mechanism for converting signals received by the instrument into output signals, a switching circuit for selectively establishing and terminating a connection between the instrument and a circuit-switched telephone network and for selectively establishing and terminating a connection between the instrument and a packet-switched communication network. When calling, the instrument signals over the circuit-switched network for a network address for the called instrument and the packet-switched network and establishes a dual connection over the packet-switched network if such a network address is received. When receiving a call, the instrument can terminate the call connection over the circuit-switched network and continue the call by way of the packet-switched network.

Abstract: The invention concerns in-line monitoring of a communication link between two stations in a frame-based communication network wherein the said two stations employ a compression algorithm for the transmission of frames and a corresponding decompression algorithm for the reception and decompression of the frames, the said algorithms requiring the maintenance at a transmitting station of a compression history in terms of the number of frames transmitted since a datum point and the maintenance of a corresponding compression history at a receiving station in terms of the number of frames received, the frames each including an identification of the compression sequence so that the receiving station can detect mismatch between the compression sequence and the receiving sequence.

Abstract: Disclosed are a method and apparatus for collecting network data from a computer network. Control structures are created for groups of data to be collected. The control structures are then associated with corresponding tables for storing the data. Different control structures and extract functions are defined depending upon which data is to be collected, and the form in which the data is to be presented. These control structures and extract functions are then employed to avoid redundant data gathering efforts.

Abstract: An encapsulant comprised of alternate layers of polymer and glass gives enhanced protection to semiconductor integrated circuit devices, which is much more effective than either glass or polymer encapsulations by themselves. In one embodiment, a semiconductor device (11) is covered by a polymer layer (13), the polymer layer being covered by a glass layer (14), and the glass layer being covered by a second polymer layer (15). The glass is preferably deposited by a plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition apparatus (17 of FIG. 2 ).

Abstract: In a preferred embodiment of the invention, a substrate (11) is cleaned by immersing it in an organic solvent (17) and subjecting it to acoustic energy, immersing it in alcohol, immersing it in a surfactant, subjecting it to a cascading rinse in deionized water, baking it (FIG. 3 ), and thereafter subjecting it to ultraviolet light in an ozone ambient (FIG. 4). When the foregoing steps are followed, the contact angle is significantly reduced, and an encapsulant (14) that is thereafter applied provides more reliable protection to an encapsulated device (12) from outside contaminants.

Abstract: An apparatus for removing the slack from motorized cables used to control doors on sterilizers and autoclaves without the need for electro-mechanical brakes or oversized gear motors. The apparatus is adapted to be used with a door systems wherein a cable having the one end thereof attached to a motorized take-up drum and the other end thereof attached to a slack removing weight is used control the opening and closing of a door. The apparatus includes a stop plate that is rigidly fastened to the sterilizer or autoclave and a corresponding stop member that is rigidly attached to the cable. The stop plate, in conjunction with the stop member, serve to restrict the movement of the cable in only one direction thus keeping the portion of cable supporting the door taut. When additional cable is unwound from the take-up drum, the slack weight causes the cable to move in a direction away from the stop plate to keep the cable taut.

Abstract: A steam sterilization cycle having a conditioning stage, a sterilizing stage, a drying stage and an air admission stage which provides maximum removal of entrapped air from full or partial porous loads. The conditioning stage includes a plurality of pressure/vacuum pulses. The final vacuum pulses are deeper than the initial pulses. The sterilizing stage includes a diffusion dwell come-up which gradually increases the temperature and pressure of the chamber to the predetermined sterilization temperature by a sequence of pressure rises followed by pressure plateaus which permit substantially complete steam penetration of the load and substantial equalization of the actual load temperature and the temperature sensed by the sterilizer controls and substantially eliminates superheating the chamber. The cycle may also include a step for detecting and reacting to unacceptable levels of noncondensable gas present in the chamber during the sterilization stage.