Abstract: An ink jet printer includes a cleaning blade that cleans the surface of a transport belt that attracts a sheet of recording paper by electrostatic adsorption and transports the attracted recording paper, and a pressing roller. The width of the cleaning blade is smaller than the width of the pressing roller that is located downstream of the cleaning blade, and thus, ink, paper dust, and the like that have escapes from both ends of the cleaning blade to the outside and have not been wiped off are caught by the pressing roller.

Abstract: Disclosed are improved wavelength conversion components having photo-luminescent materials embedded into a hermetic material. Phosphor materials are embedded into a layer of glass, which is then utilized in a remote phosphor LED lighting apparatus. Methods for manufacturing these advanced wavelength conversion components are also described.

Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer readable media for Destination-Host defined overload scope are disclosed. According to one aspect, a method for Destination-Host defined overload scope includes, at an entity for processing Diameter signaling messages: identifying at least one Diameter session as a member of an overload group; specifying an alias for use to identify the entity for processing Diameter signaling messages as a destination of Diameter messages; associating the specified alias with the overload group; and including the specified alias in messages associated with members of the overload group.

Abstract: An apparatus for driving an articulating probe comprises an elongate probe constructed and arranged to articulate in at least one predetermined degree of motion and to transition from a flexible state to a rigid state, and a force transfer mechanism constructed and arranged to apply a force to the probe. The force is selected from the group consisting of a force that causes probe to articulate in the at least one predetermined degree of motion and a force that causes the probe to transition from the flexible state to the rigid state. The base structure is attached to portion of the force transfer mechanism and the elongate probe; the base structure comprising one or more stabilizing elements constructed and arranged to resist undesired movement of the probe caused by force from the force transfer mechanism.

Abstract: A circularly polarizing plate includes a polarizing film, a first optically anisotropic layer, and a second optically anisotropic layer in this order, in which the first optically anisotropic layer contains a twisted aligned liquid crystal compound of which a helical axis is a thickness direction thereof, a helix angle of the liquid crystal compound is 28.6±10°, an absorption axis of the polarizing film and an in-plane slow axis of the second optically anisotropic layer are parallel or orthogonal to each other, ?nd and ReB(550) respectively fall in predetermined value ranges. The circularly polarizing plate can sufficiently suppress the mixing of black with other colors in a front direction when being stuck on a display apparatus. A retardation plate used for the circularly polarizing plate and an organic EL display apparatus that have the circularly polarizing plate are also provided.

Abstract: Systems and methods for accelerating distributed transactions on key-value stores includes applying one or more policies of dynamic lock-localization, the policies including a lock migration stage that decreases nodes on which locks are present so that a transaction needs fewer number of network round trips to acquire locks, the policies including a lock ordering stage for pipelining during lock acquisition and wherein the order on locks to avoid deadlock is controlled by average contentions for the locks rather than static lexicographical ordering; and dynamically migrating and placing locks for distributed objects in distinct entity-groups in a datastore through the policies of dynamic lock-localization.

Abstract: Methods, parallel computers, and computer program products for broadcasting shared variable directory (SVD) information in a parallel computer are provided. Embodiments include a runtime optimizer detecting, by a runtime optimizer of the parallel computer, a change in SVD information within an SVD associated with a first thread. Embodiments also include a runtime optimizer identifying a plurality of threads requiring notification of the change in the SVD information. Embodiments also include the runtime optimizer in response to detecting the change in the SVD information, broadcasting to each thread of the identified plurality of threads, a broadcast message header and update data indicating the change in the SVD information.

Abstract: A monolithic integrated circuit (IC), and method of manufacturing same, that includes all RF front end or transceiver elements for a portable communication device, including a power amplifier (PA), a matching, coupling and filtering network, and an antenna switch to couple the conditioned PA signal to an antenna. An output signal sensor senses at least a voltage amplitude of the signal switched by the antenna switch, and signals a PA control circuit to limit PA output power in response to excessive values of sensed output. Stacks of multiple FETs in series to operate as a switching device may be used for implementation of the RF front end, and the method and apparatus of such stacks are claimed as subcombinations. An iClass PA architecture is described that dissipatively terminates unwanted harmonics of the PA output signal.

Abstract: A nitrogen-rich two-phase stainless steel that has corrosion resistance equal to that of standard type of two-phase stainless steel and is not susceptible to corrosion in a welding heat-affected part, wherein the austenite phase area ratio is 40-70%, the PI value expressed by formula (1) is 30-38, the NI value expressed by formula (2) is 100-140, and the ?pre expressed by formula (3) is 1350-1450. (1) PI=Cr+3.3Mo+16N (2) NI=(Cr+Mo)/N.

Abstract: A skin cosmetic container includes an opening/closing unit capable of discharging contents introduced into a cylinder provided within a first body in which the contents are stored to the outside of the first body as a pressure is applied to a push button provided on a pump body mounted to an upper portion of the first, body and including a discharge hole for discharging the contents flowing along a guide passage in the pump body to the outside of the first body to selectively open and close a content passage, the skin cosmetic container including: a second body mounted to a lower portion of the first body and having a temperature controller therein; a power source mounted within the second body; and a heater mounted to an end of the second body to emit heat by using electric power applied from the power source and including a heat emitting portion whose heat emitting temperature is controlled by the temperature controller.

Abstract: A conveying system and a method for registering service requests in a conveying system, including at least one transport device, is provided. A detection area bounded on a floor surface is in connection with the transport device, in which detection area the identification data contained in the personal identifiers of passengers is read. The service profiles of passengers who have arrived in the detection area and/or who have left the detection area are determined on the basis of the identification data, and a service request according to the service profiles is registered for transporting and/or admitting passengers in the detection area to the location indicated by the service request.

Abstract: A method is used in displaying current location of components in a data storage system. An image of data storage equipment having multiple components is received at a mobile device. The image is processed to automatically identify the multiple components. A current relative physical positioning of the identified components within the data storage system is determined. Based on the determined positioning, a graphical view of the components is provided wherein the graphical view indicates a current relative physical positioning of the components within the data storage system.

Abstract: A system for transmitting data by using a USB interface is provided. The system includes: a terminal equipment; a data transmission line, having a first terminal configured as a first USB interface and a second terminal configured as an interface adapted for connecting with the terminal equipment, and configured to transmit information from the terminal equipment directly; and an electronic signature token, including a second USB interface configured to be connected with the first USB interface to receive the information from the terminal equipment, a selecting module connected with the second USB interface and configured to detect the information received by the second USB interface and to determine a data transmission protocol type according to the information, and a modulating and demodulating module connected with the selecting module and configured to demodulate the information in a demodulation mode matched with the data transmission protocol type and to obtain demodulated data.

Abstract: A vane pump includes a rotor, slits which are radially formed in the rotor, vanes which slidably project from the slits, vane back pressure chambers which are defined between the base end parts of the vanes and the slits, a cam ring with which the tip parts of the vanes slide in contact, a pump chamber which is defined among the cam ring, the rotor and adjacent vanes, a vane ring which faces the base end parts of the vanes, a vane ring housing chamber on which one end of each slit is open and in which the vane ring is housed, and vane ring opposite pressure chambers on which the other ends of the slits are open and which cause a fluid pressure to act in a direction to push the rotor toward the vane ring.

Abstract: There is a need to provide a solid-state imaging apparatus capable of highly accurately analog-to-digital converting an analog voltage output from a pixel circuit. The solid-state imaging apparatus supplies a counter code to an integral A/D converter. The counter code CD includes 3-phase clock signals and gray signals. The clock signals each have a cycle equal to specified cycle multiplied by 8 and allow phases to shift from each other by specified cycle. The gray signals linearly increase count values at a cycle equal to specified cycle multiplied by 4. The counter code reverses only the logical level of a signal when a count value changes. A count value error can be limited to a minimum.

Abstract: A processor includes an execution pipeline configured to execute instructions for threads, wherein the architectural state of a thread includes a set of register windows for the thread. The processor also includes a physical register file (PRF) containing both speculative and architectural versions of registers for each thread. When an instruction that writes to a destination register enters a rename stage, the rename stage allocates an entry for the destination register in the PRF. When an instruction that has written to a speculative version of a destination register enters a commit stage, the commit stage converts the speculative version into an architectural version. It also deallocates an entry for a previous version of the destination register from the PRF. When a register-window-restore instruction that deallocates a register window enters the commit stage, the commit stage deallocates local and output registers for the deallocated register window from the PRF.

Abstract: A group of compounds defined by the general formula (I) can be used to anionically initiate polymerization of unsaturated monomers. In the formula, M is an alkali metal atom, R1 is an aryl group having at least one OR2 substituent group where each R2 is a group that is nonreactive toward M, and R is a hydrocarbyl group. The subject initiators can be used in semi-batch and continuous polymerization processes, even those which are performed at elevated temperatures.