Abstract: Drill stand (1) including a base plate (2), a carriage (3) arranged to be able to carry a drill motor and a drill column (4) which is pivotally mounted to a front part (5) of the base plate. The drill column is supported by a back support (7) located in a longitudinal direction rear of the drill column and is pivotally mounted to a back part (8) of the base plate, and a back side of the drill column facing the back support (7) is arranged as a track (10) having lateral wings (11, 11?), a right side wing (11) and a left side wing (11?). A clamping arrangement fastened to both of the back support and the track (10) enabling them to be fixed to each other in different positions along the track by clamping.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 2, 2007
Date of Patent:
August 21, 2012
Assignee:
Husqvarana Professional Outdoor Products Inc.
Abstract: A method of providing identifying information over a voice communications link can include receiving, from a call participant, a personal identification code over the voice communications link, determining identifying information for the call participant using the personal identification code, and encoding the identifying information of the call participant within a voice stream carried by the voice communications link. The voice stream and identifying information can be sent to a subscriber.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 3, 2008
Date of Patent:
August 21, 2012
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation
Inventors:
Thomas E. Creamer, Peeyush Jaiswal, Victor S. Moore
Abstract: A method for generating trace information for an exception in a software application, the software application having a traced mode for the generation of trace information and an untraced mode, and the software application further having a retry point as a defined point in a series of instructions for the execution of the software application, the method comprising the steps of: commencing execution of the software application in the untraced mode; on execution of the retry point, recording execution state information for the retry point; on occurrence of an exception at an exception point in the software application, reverting execution to the retry point using the recorded execution state information and switching to the traced mode; and in response to a determination that the exception point is executed in the traced mode, causing execution of the software application to proceed in the untraced mode.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 12, 2007
Date of Patent:
August 21, 2012
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation
Abstract: Among other embodiments, methods and systems are disclosed for determining one or more sets of structured cash flows corresponding to a graph having one or more nodes corresponding to one or more exchange definitions or swap transactions. The net present value of a structured cash flow may be substantially zero, and may correspond to a maximum notional amount, a maximum flow, or a minimum cut.
Abstract: Present invention relates to a method and system for automatic searching for information on a network in response to an image query sent by a user. The image query includes an image that is captured by using a mobile communications device with a camera. The image is processed to detect the text present in it. The detected text is then recognized using an OCR. Subsequently, the text is searched for matches in the corresponding domain database, selected from the various domain databases present in the network. Thereafter, selected matches and additional related information is sent to the user.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 19, 2011
Date of Patent:
August 21, 2012
Assignee:
A9.com, Inc.
Inventors:
Gurumurthy D. Ramkumar, Raghavan Manmatha, Supratik Bhattacharyya, Gautam Bhargava, Mark Ruzon
Abstract: Disclosed herein are systems, computer-implemented methods, and tangible computer-readable storage media for customizing a user interface. The method displays an interface to a user. In the interface, a slice has interface elements, a stack has a group of slices, a window has a group of stacks, and each interface element is associated with a segment of a highly structured document. The interface includes a panel having one or more containers, each container representing one stack, and one or more tokens, each token representing one slice. The method relocates at least one token to a different location in the container based on user input, displays in the panel a preview based on the relocated token, generates a user interface workflow based on the one or more containers and the relocated token, and displays the generated user interface workflow.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 1, 2009
Date of Patent:
August 14, 2012
Assignee:
Apple Inc.
Inventors:
Trevor Ashton Danger Benjamin Copland, Stephen Hayden Cotterill
Abstract: Embodiments of ihe disclosure are concerned with modification of messages en route to a destination. One such modification is the addition of third party material, such as advertisement data, to a message. A service located in the network receives the sender's message and decodes the indicated modification in order to decide how to modify the message. The message can include transmission data identifying one or more destinations and a message body identifying content thereof which is specified by a sending party. The service can select data on the basis of at least one parameter that is not directly related to the location of the sending party and the selected data are not directly related to the content of the message. The service can modify the message with the selected data. Thus, the decision as to the nature of the modification is unrelated to messages that are composed by the user.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 6, 2004
Date of Patent:
August 14, 2012
Assignee:
Apple Inc.
Inventors:
Harri Myllynen, Pasi Leino, Antti Ohrling
Abstract: A method for treating cancer by killing selected tumor cells such as human breast, non-small cell lung cancer cells, pancreatic cancer cells, osteosarcoma cancer cells, and glioblastoma cells, includes administering to a patient in need of treatment, an effective amount of at least one mannose analog such as 2-DG or 2-FM or 2-CM. The killing is believed to be due to an interference with glycosylation. A theranostic method includes determining whether a patient. cancer tumor sample comprises cells sensitive to killing to at least one mannose analog due to an interference with glycosylation.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 26, 2007
Date of Patent:
August 14, 2012
Assignee:
University of Miami
Inventors:
Theodore J. Lampidis, Metin Kurtoglu, Johnathan C. Maher
Abstract: A method of making a composite material having sharp surface features includes the steps of: making a composite body comprised of a recessive phase and a protrusive phase, the recessive phase having a higher susceptibility to a preselected etchant than the protrusive phase; and treating a surface of the composite body with the preselected etchant so that the protrusive phase protrudes from the surface to form a sharp surface feature, and the recessive phase defines a recessed surface area between the surface features.
Abstract: A graphical user interface for a Gantt chart map display (100) includes a list of projects (214), a corresponding activity timeline reflecting activity for each project, and a control (210) at a side or bottom area of the Gantt chart map display for manipulating date ranges viewable in the viewable area. The GUI further includes a selected date range control (204) providing a high level view (202) of the corresponding activity timeline displayed in the viewable area (212) above and can provide a high level view of corresponding activity beyond the scrollable view. A dynamic set of controls (205 and 206) enables preset filtered views of the Gantt chart with preset time frames such as days, weeks, months and years or predetermined date ranges entered by a user. The preset filtered view can also automatically re-sort and scale content on the Gantt chart into a viewable area to reduce scrolling.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 24, 2008
Date of Patent:
August 14, 2012
Assignee:
International Business Machines Coporation
Inventors:
Nicholas Sharp, Jason Enzi, Elefterios Fountoulakis, Baron Lam, Michael Christopher Rabbior
Abstract: A system and method of providing information (such as directions) to a driver of a vehicle while driving the vehicle without requiring that the driver remove his eyes from looking out the windshield at the road ahead. A positioning device is associated with the vehicle and determines the present location of the vehicle which is compared to a desired location (e.g., the location of a desired turn at an intersection) necessary to reach a preset destination which has been stored. When the vehicle is in a predetermined location (e.g., 500 feet or 10 second before the intersection), an advisory message to the driver is projected onto the windshield using a heads-up display projector so that the driver can prepare for and make the necessary movement (e.g., turning the correct way at the desired intersection).
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 15, 2008
Date of Patent:
August 14, 2012
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation
Inventors:
Howard L. Operowsky, Edith H. Stern, Barry E. Willner
Abstract: The invention relates to an aluminum alloy product containing, in wt. %: Si 0.2 to 1.4; Fe+Mn 1.1 to 1.8; Cu 0.15 to 0.5; Mg<0.2; Ti<0.2; Zn<1.5; impurities<0.05 each, <0.2 total, balance aluminum. This aluminum alloy product has high resistance to internal pressure when used as core layer for welded multilayer tubing. The invention relates also to a method of manufacturing such alloy product, and the use of such alloy in welded multilayer tubes.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 13, 2007
Date of Patent:
August 14, 2012
Assignee:
Aleris Aluminum Duffell BVBA
Inventors:
Ria Van Den Broeck, Michel Vanden Eynde, Arthur Speelman
Abstract: A method for diagnosing diseases having retinal manifestations including retinal pathologies includes the steps of providing a CBIR system including an archive of stored digital retinal photography images and diagnosed patient data corresponding to the retinal photography images, the stored images each indexed in a CBIR database using a plurality of feature vectors, the feature vectors corresponding to distinct descriptive characteristics of the stored images. A query image of the retina of a patient is obtained. Using image processing, regions or structures in the query image are identified. The regions or structures are then described using the plurality of feature vectors. At least one relevant stored image from the archive based on similarity to the regions or structures is retrieved, and an eye disease or a disease having retinal manifestations in the patient is diagnosed based on the diagnosed patient data associated with the relevant stored image(s).
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 3, 2006
Date of Patent:
August 14, 2012
Assignee:
UT-Battelle, LLC
Inventors:
Kenneth William Tobin, Jr., Thomas P. Karnowski, Edward Chaum
Abstract: Permitting multiple concurrent read operations upon a file system enhances small file performance. A respective instance of a thread routine stores the data from each file into a series of buffers for the file. Each instance is identified by a Process Identifier (PID) used for streaming the data from the buffers in the order in which the files are opened instead of the order in which the file data are returned by the read operations. In order to conserve buffer memory, read operations upon a file are suspended once a certain amount of data have been read from the file unless data from the file are being streamed from the buffers.
Abstract: A process for evaluating an error in the aircraft positioning as generated by an on-board positioning system is disclosed. The aircraft positioning as generated by the positioning system is recorded through radar means, the presence of at least one group of targets arranged on the ground is detected through said radar means, the position of such a group of targets is measured through said radar means with respect to the aircraft positioning, and the error in the aircraft positioning is evaluated, comparing with at least one threshold value the value of at least one reference magnitude being characteristic of the difference existing between the measured position and a known position of the group of targets with respect to the aircraft positioning.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 29, 2010
Date of Patent:
August 14, 2012
Assignee:
Airbus Operations (SAS)
Inventors:
Guillaume Fouet, Xavier Grossin, Sébastien Robert