Abstract: A portable electronic apparatus able to suppress a drop of display precision concerning a bearing due to a drop of a detection precision of geomagnetism accompanying non-contact communication by electromagnetic coupling etc. and a calibration method of a geomagnetism sensor are provided. When a non-contact communication function part (111) carries out non-contact communication, processing concerning the calibration of a geomagnetism sensor (110) and processing calculating the bearing after the end of that communication are performed so as to suppress the drop of the display precision concerning the bearing accompanying the non-contact communication.
Abstract: A detection device and a detection method are disclosed. The detection device comprises a sample inlet (132) that allows liquid samples flowing from a collection chamber (20) to a detection chamber (10), which comprises a through hole (135) that allows gases circulation between the detection chamber and the collection chamber, and a sheath (140) that prevents liquid samples from entering into the detection chamber from the collection chamber via the through hole. The detection chamber contains test reagent strips (120) to detect whether samples contain interested analytes. The detection device further comprises a protrusion (131) that enables the detection device standing tilted in the traverse direction. The detection method comprises collecting liquid samples as the first step, followed by standing the device tilted in its traverse direction through a protrusion support, and detecting whether samples contain the analytes.
Abstract: An electronic device able to stably disperse heat generated by an electronic component is provided. By providing a heat dissipating metal plate having a high heat conductivity between a TV tuner and a battery, heat generated by the TV tuner is dispersed to the battery having a large heat capacity and further dissipated to the outside of a case through a battery lid.
Abstract: A ceramic heater comprising a rod-like ceramic member in which a metallized layer is formed on at least a part of an outer surface of the ceramic member, and a tubular metal fitting in which at least a part of the ceramic member is inserted, the inner surface of the tubular metal fitting and the metallized layer being brazed through a brazing member. The ceramic member has a small diameter portion in a region which is located closer to a first end of the ceramic member than the metallized layer and which is inside the tubular metal fitting. A part of the space between the small diameter portion and the inner surface of the tubular metal fitting is filled with the brazing member, the inner surface facing to the part of the small diameter. Consequently, even under severe conditions, such as a high temperature and/or a high pressure, a highly durable brazing structure, such as the ceramic heater, including a brazed portion which has high welding reliability can be obtained.
Abstract: A system for welding a tub of a railroad tank car includes a manipulator boom adapted to move with respect to the interior surface of the tank shell. A hybrid laser arc welding head mounted to the manipulator. A supplemental gas metal arc welding head includes dual wires of welding material and is mounted to the manipulator adjacent to the hybrid laser arc welding head. An inductive heating coil is mounted adjacent to the supplemental gas metal arc welding head. The hybrid laser arc welding head welds a seam of the railroad tank car shell with the supplemental gas metal arc welding head following to generally complete filling of a resulting weld joint with welding metal. The supplemental gas metal arc welding head is followed with the inductive heating coil to provide heat to normalize the resulting weld joint.
Abstract: The present invention relates to a small molecule high-throughput screening assay consisting of detectably labeled cardiac progenitor cells. The invention also describes a method of identifying small molecules from the high-throughput assay affecting cardiogenesis and/or modulating cardiac progenitor cell development. Also described are methods of stimulating maturation of cardiac progenitor cells using a GSK-3? inhibitor.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 29, 2010
Date of Patent:
December 4, 2012
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of California
Inventors:
Sylvia Evans, Ju Chen, Lizhu Lin, Ken Chien, Yibing Qyang, Alessandra Moretti, Karl Laugwitz
Abstract: A movie video player able to differentiate data set at the time of an incoming call and thereby able to prevent copyright infringement when switching sound data, that is, a movie player comprising a movie playback unit for playing back a movie including audio and video, a display unit able to display at least the played back movie and text, a text-to-speech unit having a text-to-speech function of converting to speech text being displayed on the display unit and the state of the device, and a controller, wherein when a predetermined event occurs for starting up the text-to-speech function during the playback of a movie, the controller stops only the audio output of the movie and activates the text-to-speech function in a first case where the video and audio data can be separated, and the controller stops both the video and audio data of the movie and activates the text-to-speech function in a second case where the video and audio cannot be separated, and a mobile terminal and a data processing method of a mob
Abstract: A composite circuit board according to an embodiment of the invention includes a first circuit board having a first conductive line and a second conductive line which is longer in length than the first conductive line, and a second circuit board having a third conductive line which is electrically connected to the first conductive line and a fourth conductive line which is electrically connected to the second conductive line and is shorter in length than the third conductive line.
Abstract: A nano power cell and method of use are described wherein the nano power cell absorbs electromagnetic energy is nano particles in an optical fluid that flow in microchannels of the nano power cell.
Abstract: A communication control system according to the present invention transmits and receives multiple data flows having different priorities to and from a radio communication terminal by a multicarrier using multiple carriers. The communication control system is provided with a carrier transmitter configured to transmit the multiple carriers to the radio communication terminal 2; and a carrier assignment unit configured to assign a data flow of a priority, which is different from that of a different data flow, a carrier different from that of the different data flow on the basis of the priorities of the respective data flows.
Abstract: A communication control apparatus calculates a bandwidth ratio Ri based on a received number of IP packets received from a radio communication apparatus within a window T2. The bandwidth ratio Ri indicates a ratio of the bandwidth of a radio IP network 10A to be used for receiving IP packets within a window T3 following the window T2, to the bandwidth of a radio IP network 10B to be used for receiving IP packets within the window T3. The communication control apparatus then transmits, to the radio communication apparatus, a complementary bandwidth amount notification message from which the calculated bandwidth ratio Ri is recognizable.
Abstract: A system and method for consumer control over card-based transactions and associated accounts. An interface is provided between a merchant or the merchant's bank and the bank or banks at which the consumer has accounts for card-based transactions. The interface acts as an intermediary which is accessible to the consumer so that the consumer may place a variety of controls on card-based transactions. For example, multiple transaction cards may be linked to a single credit account with each card having a different credit limit. As another example, each transaction card may be restricted to a particular merchant. As yet another example, a consumer may link several credit and/or debit accounts to a single transaction card; the consumer may pre-select criteria to be utilized for directing charges for a particular transaction to be applied the different accounts. The consumer may access the interface via a web site or a telephone for making changes and receiving account information.
Abstract: A wiring board includes a plurality of circular semiconductor element connection pads deposited in a lattice form onto a mounting portion of an insulation substrate, their upper surfaces being connected to electrodes of a semiconductor element. A solder resist layer is deposited onto the insulation substrate, which covers the side surfaces of these pads and exposes the upper surfaces of these pads. The solder resist layer has a concave part whose bottom surface corresponds to at least all the upper surfaces of these pads.
Abstract: The present invention is summarized as a radio communication method including the steps of calculating a transmission power difference between a transmission power value of a first carrier and a transmission power value of a second carrier; determining whether or not the transmission power difference exceeds a threshold which indicates a maximum transmission power difference allowable between the first carrier and the second carrier; and decreasing a data rate for transmission via one of the first carrier and the second carrier that has the higher transmission power value when the transmission power difference exceeds the maximum transmission power difference.
Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for calculating an optimal revenue total yield for both sleeping and function space in a hospitality establishment for a set of demand that includes both group and transient demands. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the revenue optimization problem is characterized as a mixed-integer linear programming (MILP) problem and solved using MILP techniques. Preferably, a small value is assigned to the “cost” of a room upgrade and the cost of room upgrades are included in the revenue function to be optimized. In some embodiments of the invention, the actual revenue yield is compared to the optimum revenue yield.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 4, 2004
Date of Patent:
November 27, 2012
Assignee:
Marriott International, Inc.
Inventors:
William McDaniel, Tim Tenca, Prashant Dave, David Nehme
Abstract: A system and method for extracting information from at least one document in at least one set of documents, the method comprising: generating, using at least one ranking and/or matching processor, at least one ranked possible match list comprising at least one possible match for at least one target entry on the at least one document, the at least one ranked possible match list based on at least one attribute score and at least one localization score.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 30, 2009
Date of Patent:
November 27, 2012
Inventors:
Gennady Lapir, Harry Urbschat, Ralph Meier, Thorsten Wanschura, Johannes Hausmann
Abstract: A transfer apparatus includes a table on which a molding material is placed, a mold holding body that fixes and holds a mold disposed such as to be opposed to a surface of the table, a gimbal member which holds the mold holding body and which forms a convex spherical surface portion, a gimbal member formed with a concave spherical surface portion which is opposed and in contact with the convex spherical surface portion, a movable body that holds the gimbal member and which can advance and retreat in the vertical direction with respect to the table surface, and an attitude adjusting/holding unit that adjusts and holds attitude of the gimbal member.
Abstract: An image printing system which determines dot forming condition when printing an image containing a plurality of pixels by using dots of a plurality of sizes includes: a fine drawing detecting unit which detects a dot color fine drawing pixel having a dot color used for printing the image and positioned on a fine drawing portion having a drawing width equal to or smaller than a predetermined value; an edge area detecting unit which detects a dot color edge area pixel having a dot color used for printing the image and positioned at a distance equal to or shorter than a predetermined value from an edge of the image; a first dot allocating unit which allocates dots such that a dot of predetermined size in the dots of the plural sizes can be formed for the dot color fine drawing pixel during printing the image; and a second dot allocating unit which allocates dots such that a dot of a size determined according to the distance from the edge of the image in the dots of the plural sizes can be formed for the dot col