Abstract: A computer system has a main display attached to a computer chassis. The computer chassis includes a high power, high performance main processor running applications on a first operating system platform. The auxiliary display module has a low power, low performance auxiliary processor, a small touch-screen display and a keypad. The main processor interfaces with a keyboard on the upper surface of the chassis and a main display. In a high power mode, there is no display and keypad input in the auxiliary display module. In a power sleep mode, power is removed from the first processor, the main display and many of the components in the computer chassis. However, key functions, such as email, a contact list, and an appointment calendar can be accessed using the auxiliary display module. In a low power mode, the main display shuts off and many of the components in the computer chassis are powered down.

Abstract: A user interface (UI) for use with a secondary display module of a mobile electronic device. The UI allows the user to access application data without activating the operating system (OS) of the main portion of the mobile electronic device. The UI can allow the user to access application data by activating the OS and an associated low-power application without launching the application. The UI also provides a simple mechanism to disable wireless components of the mobile electronic device while allowing the user to use other non-wireless components. The secondary display module can be detached from a main portion of the mobile electronic device, with the UI being automatically activated. The UI can be automatically activated (or deactivated) in response to deactivation (or activation) of the UI of the main display of the mobile electronic device.

Abstract: A lamp for wall mounting above a piece of wall mounted art, having a base connected to a bottom cover to form an enclosed base interior, wherein a remote controller station is disposed, said lamp having an elongated arm mounted normal thereto, with the arm having a swivel mounted shade thereon. A remote coupled to the controller is disposed on the front surface of the housing. At least two bulbs are disposed in suitable sockets inside the housing. An optional reflector can be used behind each bulb set. A remote actuator having an actuator button activates the bulbs in the housing. A master on/off switch is provided in the base.

Abstract: A transaction processing system provides improved flexibility and capability by customizing content provided to the purchaser as the transaction takes place. Content is determined by evaluating one or more rule sets using information previously obtained about the customer and/or the details of the transaction itself. A rules manager module receives a notification from a web server when customer performs a triggering event such as requesting a particular web page from the server. The rules manager provides notification of the event to a rules engine module that suitably retrieves an event tree associated with the event. The event tree contains one or more sets of rules that are evaluated by the rules engine using customer and/or transaction data to produce a catalog of customized actions. The actions are then returned to the rules manager module for creating customized content for the customer.

Abstract: A method is provided for producing medium carbon steel sheet and strip with enhanced uniform elongation for deep drawing applications. In one embodiment, a steel slab containing carbon 0.30/0.70%, manganese 0.75/2.0%, silicon up to 1.0% max., total aluminum 0.020/0.10%, the balance iron and incidental impurities is hot rolled to strip at a finishing temperature within the range of 839° C. (1542° F.) to 773° C. (1424° F.) and spheroidize annealed at a temperature below the A1 temperature. In a second embodiment, a steel slab containing 0.40 minimum/0.70% maximum carbon, 0.50/1.50% manganese, up to 1.0% silicon, 0.020/0.10% total aluminum, the balance iron and incidental impurities is hot rolled, cold rolled and spheroidize annealed, with various combinations of manganese and silicon within the above ranges providing lower yield strength at levels of 60 ksi, 70 ksi, and 80 ksi with minimum 14% uniform elongation.

Abstract: A method is provided for producing medium carbon steel sheet and strip with enhanced uniform elongation for deep drawing applications. In one embodiment, a steel slab containing carbon 0.30/0.70%, manganese 0.75/2.0%, silicon up to 1.0% max., total aluminum 0.020/0.10%, the balance iron and incidental impurities is hot rolled to strip at a finishing temperature within the range of 839° C. (1542° F.) to 773° C. (1424° F.) and spheroidize annealed at a temperature below the A1 temperature. In a second embodiment, a steel slab containing 0.40 minimum/0.70% maximum carbon, 0.50/1.50% manganese, up to 1.0% silicon, 0.020/0.10% total aluminum, the balance iron and incidental impurities is hot rolled, cold rolled and spheroidize annealed, with various combinations of manganese and silicon within the above ranges providing lower yield strength at levels of 60 ksi, 70 ksi, and 80 ksi with minimum 14% uniform elongation.

Abstract: An enclosure for a terminal block that provides a telecommunications transmission connection. The enclosure includes a housing that defines an interior region adapted to support a terminal block. The housing has an open front face and includes a rear wall, and a number of side walls that border the interior region. A cover is attached to one side wall of the housing for covering the interior region. The cover is moveable to a partially open, a widely open, or a fully open position to allow access to the interior region of the housing. One side wall of the housing includes a socket member that defines a groove. A hinge structure is rotatably moveable within the socket member for attaching the cover to a side wall of the housing. Biasing means are seated within the groove and interposed between the hinge structure and socket member.

Abstract: An integrated circuit (IC) includes multiple circuits and functions which share multiple internal signal buses, three physical and five logical, according to distributed bus access and control arbitration. The multiple internal signal buses are shared among three tiers of internal circuit functions: a central processing unit and a DMA controller; a DRAM controller and a bus interface unit; and peripheral interface circuits, such as PCMCIA and display controllers. Two of the physical buses correspond to two of the logical buses and are used for communications within the IC. The third physical bus corresponds to three of the logical buses and is used for communications between the IC and circuits external to the IC. Arbitration for accessing and controlling the various signal buses is distributed both within and among the three tiers of internal circuit functions.

Abstract: A personal watercraft surface protector is provided for protecting the top front portion of personal watercraft. Designed to be an accessory to be used with the many models made by various manufacturers, the protector is molded into an overall cup-like shape in order to fit over the nose of a personal watercraft. The protector is formed of a plurality of layers, having a center protective layer formed of a single molded piece of impact absorbing material, such as rubber, having a plurality of suction cups formed integral to and extending downward from the center protective layer. The suction cups cover the inner lining of the protector for temporarily affixing the protector to the outer surface of a personal watercraft. An outer decorative layer and a smooth, scratch resistant inner layer are also provided.

Abstract: An enclosure for interconnecting multiple branch connections from a trunk communications carrier. A housing supports a terminal block having connections for multiple branch cables and includes an opening for routing signal carrying cable into the housing from the trunk communications carrier. The housing also has multiple spaced apart access openings that extend along one wall of said housing to enable branch cables to be routed away from the housing from the terminal connector. A grommet assembly has a grommet strip defining multiple exit regions spaced along the grommet strip for alignment with the access openings in said one wall of the housing when secured to the housing.

Abstract: A concrete distribution system for pouring concrete floors over areas inaccessible to concrete trucks comprises a conduit assembly, leveling member, interconnecting cables and activating members. The conduit assembly includes a first rigid, moveable support which supports a first pipeline immediately above the area to be concreted. The pipeline has a plurality of openings through which the concrete is poured across the area. Control valves selectively open and close access to the openings so that concrete pours across the area. The first support is interconnected by cables with the leveling member. Activating members simultaneously move the conduit assembly and leveling member across the area to be concreted.

Abstract: A smoke stack, which discharges contaminated gases, is provided with a plenum chamber, at its end, formed of one or more stacked modules. Each module includes a hollow cylindrical housing, from which protrudes, in various radial directions, a plurality of ducts, each being provided with a nozzle at its end. The nozzle has a central passageway through which a portion of the gases pass and is discharged into the atmosphere, and a second passageway which directs the air around the discharging gases for imparting a swirling action to the commingled gases. An ultra low volume of treatment fluid, usually a liquid chemical, is progressively discharged into the central passageway so that fog is generated as the gases and liquid emerge. Relief valves for the gas discharge into this fog. An accumulator tank at the top of a chamber or a metering pump supplies the liquid.

Abstract: A monolithic semiconductor imager includes an indium-based III-V compound semiconductor monolithic active layer of a first conductivity type, an array of plural focal plane cells on the active layer, each of the focal plane cells including a photogate over a top surface of the active layer, a readout circuit dedicated to the focal plane cell including plural transistors formed monolithically with the monolithic active layer and a single-stage charge coupled device formed monolithically with the active layer between the photogate and the readout circuit for transferring photo-generated charge accumulated beneath the photogate during an integration period to the readout circuit. The photogate includes thin epitaxial semiconductor layer of a second conductivity type overlying the active layer and an aperture electrode overlying a peripheral portion of the thin epitaxial semiconductor layer, the aperture electrode being connectable to a photogate bias voltage.

Abstract: A smoke stack, which discharges contaminated gases, is provided with a plenum chamber, at its end, formed of one or more stacked modules. Each module includes a hollow cylindrical housing, from which protrudes, in various radial directions, a plurality of ducts, each being provided with a nozzle at its end. The nozzle has a central passageway through which a portion of the gases pass and is discharged into the atmosphere, and a second passageway which directs the air around the discharging gases for imparting a swirling action to the commingled gases. An ultra low volume of treatment fluid, usually a liquid chemical, is progressively discharged into the central passageway so that fog is generated as the gases and liquid emerge. Relief valves for the gas discharge into this fog. An accumulator tank at the top of a chamber or a metering pump supplies the liquid.

Abstract: A cementitious composite of delignified cellulosic debris and Portland cement is produced from waste sludge from a paper recycling process and combining the resultant material in particle sizes ranging from 0.06 to 25 mm with Portland cement.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for verification of personnel identity by correlation of fingerprint images.

Abstract: An improved bacterial culturing system which is advantageously used "on-site" at waste water treatment plants. The system rapidly and efficiently produces various types of bacteria having enhanced activity and controllable characteristics. The bacteria are used to break down undesired or unwanted chemical species contained in the waste water stream. The system includes a unique culturing or primary basin in communication with an acclimation or acclimator basin. Bacteria grown in the culturing basin are partially exposed to the materials they are later intended to break down in the acclimation basin.

Abstract: A device (10) for use in eliminating malodorous smells from a confined area. The device (10) includes a housing (12) defined by a side-wall (14) and walls (18, 22) closing opposite axial ends (16, 24) thereof. A reservoir (20) is defined within the housing (12) within an annular, interior wall (32). An annular space (38) is defined, thereby, between the interior wall (32) and the side-wall (14) of the housing (12). A porous insert (62) formed of fibrous material is received within the annular space (38). An annular ring of wicking material (64) encircles the insert (62), and a plurality of angularly-spaced, radially-extending spoke-like wicks (68) extend from the reservoir (20) to the ring wicking material (64). Liquid neutralizing agent (34) in the reservoir (20) is conducted from the reservoir (20), through the spoke-like wicks (68) to the ring wicking material (64), and, in turn, to the porous insert (62).