Abstract: A vehicle side light (VSL) that is secured to a side of a vehicle such as a car or truck to provide illumination to an area adjacent the side of the vehicle. The VSL has an attachment plate, a gasket, a heat sink, a power/light emitting diode (LED) board, a reflector, and a cover. At least one LED and preferably multiple LEDs, on the power/LED board provide the illumination. The reflectors has a metallic reflective front surface with outward extending members that create reflecting chambers. At the bottom of each chamber is an opening that allows a LED to illuminate outward to the chamber. The reflector's surface and reflecting chamber design the increase the LEDs illuminative strength. The cover is either a flat front surface with angled side sections, or a convex front surface. The VSL can also function as an auxiliary turn signal with red or yellow LEDs in the side sections. The USLVSL can also include a camera that interfaces with the vehicle's audio/navigation system.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus including a user interface generating displays for optimizing a user's experience when indicating preferred options prior to performing a function. Displays for relatively large user interfaces are bifurcated into a settings pane including a plurality of settings associated with the selected function and a preset pane including a preconfigured set of settings and options for the same function. A transparent drawer—including specific settings and/or options corresponding to a setting from the settings pane—is operative to be launched and closed when the said setting has been selected and deselected, respectively. Selected options are implicitly stored and automatically summarized on the settings pane. Displays for relatively small user interfaces also feature a bifurcated display manifested by a resizable settings pane operative to expand and reduce in response to user input, the resizable settings pane featuring a summary of selected options.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus including a user interface generating displays for optimizing a user's experience when indicating preferred options prior to performing a function. Displays for relatively large user interfaces are bifurcated into a settings pane including a plurality of settings associated with the selected function and a preset pane including a preconfigured set of settings and options for the same function. A transparent drawer—including specific settings and/or options corresponding to a setting from the settings pane—is operative to be launched and closed when the said setting has been selected and deselected, respectively. Selected options are implicitly stored and automatically summarized on the settings pane. Displays for relatively small user interfaces also feature a bifurcated display manifested by a resizable settings pane operative to expand and reduce in response to user input, the resizable settings pane featuring a summary of selected options.

Abstract: A method of making food-based compost includes mulching food to a predetermined maximum size, mixing mulched food with a filler to create a compost pre-mixture, periodically aerating the compost pre-mixture, and waiting a composting period until compost is formed from the compost pre-mixture. The compost does not include animal-based products.

Abstract: A system and method of controlling the timing of a clock signal delivered to one or more memory modules, such as SDRAM modules, wherein the system clock speed is relatively fast. The system and method uses a buffer that is similar to other buffers in the system to delay the output of the clock signal in order to provide accurate tracking over differences attributable to process, voltage and temperature. In order to incorporate similar buffer components for the control lines and the clock signal, delay elements are inserted in the timing structure to accurately delay the output timing of the data and control lines as compared to the clock signal. These delay elements, therefore, provide the setup and hold characteristics with a significant amount of accuracy.

Abstract: Systems and methods of controlling the timing of a clock signal used to latch information from one or more memory modules, such as SDRAM modules. The invention relates to generating a latch or read clock signal that relates to the actual SDRAM control clock signal. The generated clock signal accounts for variances due to PVT and PCB trace lengths. In one embodiment, the generated clock signal is fed back from the SDRAM module. That is, the SDRAM control clock signal is conducted serially to the one or more SDRAM modules and then back to the controller. As such, the read clock signal is essentially the same as the SDRAM clock signal. However, the read clock signal is delayed before its return to the controller due to PVT and trace length issues. Importantly however, these delays are similar to the delays associated with the read line information, such that the controller has a significantly precise understanding of when the information on the read lines is available for latching into its buffers.