Abstract: Remote application of vehicle control settings includes detecting a vehicle in proximity of the mobile communication device, authenticating the vehicle via a secured pairing between an identifier of the vehicle and an identifier of the mobile communication device, retrieving driver preference settings assigned to the identifier of the vehicle and the identifier of the mobile communication device, and transmitting the driver preference settings to the vehicle.

Abstract: A lighting system for an appliance is disclosed. In one embodiment, the lighting system includes a light shelf including a substantially planar light guide having a support member for releaseably coupling the light shelf to the appliance, a light injector coupled to a first end the light shelf, the light injector including a substrate having at least one light source disposed thereon and a housing for at least partially enclosing the at least one light source, wherein light emitted from the at least one light source is directed into the light guide, and an end piece coupled to a second end of the light shelf opposite the first end.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a gate line, a data line crossing the gate line and insulated from the gate line, a common voltage line separated from the gate line and the data line, where the common voltage line transfers a predetermined voltage, a first switching element connected to the gate line and the data line, a second switching element connected to the gate line and the data line, a first liquid crystal capacitor connected to the first switching element, a second liquid crystal capacitor connected to the second switching element and at least two decompressing switching elements connected to the second switching element and the common voltage line.

Abstract: A cassette type radiographic image solid-state detector includes: a detector unit having a scintillator for converting incident radiation into light and a detection section which receives and converts the light converted by the scintillator into electric signals; and a housing containing the detector unit, the housing having a rectangular tubular housing body which has openings at both ends and is formed in a rectangular tube shape using carbon fiber, and a first cover member and a second cover member for covering the openings of the rectangular tubular housing body, wherein a wall of the rectangular tubular housing body facing to a direction perpendicular to an incident direction of radiation is thicker than a wall of the rectangular tubular housing body facing to the incident direction of radiation.

Abstract: A thermoplastic composition including a combination of a polycarbonate, an impact modifier, an aromatic vinyl copolymer, and a polyester carbonate and/or a polycarbonate polysiloxane copolymer having excellent thermal and mechanical properties as well as good adhesion to both a polymer superstrate and certain types substrates is disclosed. Also disclosed are articles and multilayer films including the tie layer composition.

Abstract: A memory system, having indeterminate read data latency, that includes a memory controller and one or more hub devices. The memory controller is configured for receiving data transfers via an upstream channel and for determining whether all or a subset of the data transfers include a data frame by detecting a frame start indicator. The data frame includes an identification tag that is utilized by the memory controller to associate the data frame with a corresponding read instruction issued by the memory controller. The one or more hub devices are in communication with the memory controller in a cascade interconnect manner via the upstream channel and a downstream channel. Each hub device is configured for receiving the data transfers via the upstream channel or the downstream channel and for determining whether all or a subset of the data transfers include a data frame by detecting the frame start indicator.

Abstract: An apparatus for estimating a property of an earth formation having: a plurality of receiver antennas to receive nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) signals from a plurality of angular segments in a region of investigation in response to an interaction between a static magnetic field and pulses of electromagnetic energy; and a processor configured to: receive the NMR signals from each receiver antenna, the NMR signals having first NMR signals received from each angular segment by only one receiver antenna and second NMR signals received from a same angular segment by at least two receiver antennas; associate the first NMR signals and the second NMR signals with the angular segment from which the first NMR signals and the second NMR signals were obtained; deconvolve the second NMR signals to produce deconvolved NMR signals; and estimate the property from the first NMR signals, the deconvolved NMR signals, and the associated angular segments.

Abstract: Encapsulated radio frequency identification (RFID) articles having enhanced break strength and/or temperature resistance and methods of making these articles. The RFID articles include an RFID tag embedded within a thermoplastic substrate to form the RFID article. In one embodiment, the RFID article includes an over-molded barrier material that enables the RFID article to have enhanced temperature resistance such that the articles are able to sustain repeated exposure to high temperatures and/or sterilization procedures, thereby enabling the RFID articles to be utilized in applications heretofore unavailable. In other embodiments, the RFID articles are made using an injection molding process that provides very thin encapsulated RFID tags that also exhibit an increased level of temperature resistance.

Abstract: An optoelectronic device including a first electrode, an active layer disposed on the first electrode, a second electrode disposed on the active layer, and a self-assembled monolayer interposed between the first electrode and the active layer, interposed between the active layer and the second electrode, or disposed inside the active layer, wherein the self-assembled monolayer includes a first compound and a second compound having different functional groups from each other.

Abstract: A computer-implemented method for managing data transfer in a multi-level memory hierarchy that includes receiving a fetch request for allocation of data in a higher level memory, determining whether a data bus between the higher level memory and a lower level memory is available, bypassing an intervening memory between the higher level memory and the lower level memory when it is determined that the data bus is available, and transferring the requested data directly from the higher level memory to the lower level memory.

Abstract: A method for processing image data, the image data including a plurality of sub color data corresponding to a plurality of unit pixels in a row direction, wherein each unit pixel includes N sub color data having different colors, wherein N is a natural number greater than or equal to 2, includes; storing one sub color datum of the plurality of the sub color data corresponding to the unit pixels via dividing the plurality of the sub color data one by one into an individual sub color datum corresponding to a single pixel, and reading the stored sub color data, binding up the stored sub color data two by two, and storing two sub color data bound up with each other.

Abstract: A method for implementing autonomic detection and repair of broken links in Web environments includes receiving a request for additional Web content in a server in response to a link present in an originating Web content held on a host server; determining the present state of the received link; wherein the server performs in response to the received link: returns the requested additional Web content to a user; returns a Web content not found notification to a user; returns a Web content has moved notification with a valid link; wherein the notifications are digitally signed by the server; wherein in response to the returned notifications, the user's browser sends the notifications to the host server; and wherein in response to the reception of the notifications the host server notifies a content manager of the link state, stores the notification in a database, and repairs the link.

Abstract: An inverter device includes a first nanowire connected to a voltage source node and a ground node, a first p-type field effect transistor (pFET) device having a gate disposed on the first nanowire, and a first n-type field effect transistor (nFET) device having a gate disposed on the first nanowire.

Abstract: A global to local bit line interface circuit for domino SRAM devices includes a pair of complementary global write bit lines in selective communication with an array of SRAM cells through local write bit lines, the global write bit lines configured to write a selected SRAM cell with data presented on a pair of write data input lines; a pair of complementary global read bit lines in selective communication with the array through local read bit lines, the global read bit lines configured to read data stored in a selected cell and present the read data on a pair of read data output lines; and write control logic configured to control precharging of the global write bit lines independently with respect to the global read bit lines, and wherein a pulse width of write data on the global write bit lines is determined only by a global column select signal.

Abstract: Satellite image fusion method and system are provided. The satellite image fusion method includes matching sizes of a panchromatic image and a multispectral image captured from a satellite image; dividing the panchromatic image and the multispectral image into a plurality of blocks; calculating coefficients to acquire Intensity (I) component image data using pixel values of each block of the multispectral image; and generating fused multispectral image data by applying the acquired I component image data to a fusion algorithm. In the multispectral image fusion, the distortion of the color information can be minimized and the multispectral image data of the high resolution can be attained. In addition, the present invention is applicable to not only the IKONOS images but also other satellite images, and the present image fusion can be carried out fast.

Abstract: A touch screen display includes; a first substrate, a lower sensor electrode disposed on the first substrate, a second substrate disposed substantially opposite to the first substrate, a sensor spacer disposed on the second substrate and aligned with the lower sensor electrode, a common electrode disposed on the second substrate, an upper sensor electrode disposed on the sensor spacer and connected to the common electrode, and a cutout disposed at an edge of the upper sensor electrode, wherein when touch pressure is applied to the first or second substrate, a change in capacitance is generated due to a change in a distance between the lower sensor electrode and the upper sensor electrode at a touch position, such that the touch position is detected on the basis of the change in capacitance.

Abstract: A method of generating a tool for merging customizations made to a first version of a software artifact when migrating to a second version includes instantiating a mapping element for each top-level element in a first code set that does not have a complementary element in a second code set; requesting and receiving merge instructions for each top-level element for which merge instructions are not provided in the corresponding mapping element; determining whether the merge instructions for each top-level element for which merge instructions are provided require that customizations be merged into the second code set; determining whether the merge instructions for each top-level element set that requires customizations to be merged are valid; requesting and receiving merge instructions for each top-level element for which the merge instructions are not valid; and storing the merge instructions received for each top-level element in the corresponding mapping element.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes: a first rotary body; a second rotary body provided to face the first rotary body, wherein the first rotary body and the second rotary body form a nip portion by coming in contact with each other to rotate, at which a sheet bearing a toner image is conveyed while being heated and pressed, thereby fixing the toner image onto the sheet; a first nozzle which blows air to a first air blowing position established on a circumferential surface of the first rotary body and on a side of an outlet of the nip portion; and a second nozzle which blows air to a second air blowing position established on a circumferential surface of the second rotary body and established downstream of the first air blowing position in a traveling direction of the sheet.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device and method for generating a motion-corrected 3D image of a cyclically moving object by means of an ultrasound probe, comprising the steps of providing at least one 3D reference image of the object, the 3D reference image showing the object substantially at one particular phase in its cyclic movement; acquiring a set of sub-images of the object by sweeping the ultrasound probe over the moving object; registering at least two, preferably all, of the sub-images with the 3D reference image, thereby generating at least two motion-corrected sub-images; and reconstructing a motion-corrected 3D image from the motion-corrected sub-images. The invention is also directed to a corresponding device, computer program, and digital storage medium.