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1. Field
Embodiments of the present invention relate to a refrigerator having doors to open and close storage chambers provided in a main body.
2. Description of the Related Art
In general, refrigerators are apparatuses which are provided with components of a refrigerating cycle to store articles received therein in a ... | {
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The present invention relates to a piston for an internal combustion engine, having a piston head, a piston skirt, and a circumferential recess configured between the piston head and the piston skirt. The present invention furthermore relates to a method for the production of such a piston.
A piston of this type is kno... | {
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One conventional form of product dispenser for spices, condiments and other similar dry particulate materials includes a container with a round server lid screwed onto its neck. The round server lid is often known and referred to as a "closure" by those skilled in the art. In the product dispensing art, round closures ... | {
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The present invention relates to a semiconductor memory wherein each of memory cells includes an insulated gate field effect transistor having a floating gate, and more particularly to such a memory having a function of verifying that a memory cell supplied with a programming voltage is actually programmed.
A semicondu... | {
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The present invention is directed generally to an apparatus for producing decorative ice products and, more specifically, to a self-contained, decorative ice bowl freezing apparatus.
In the prior art, it has been desirable for special occasions, such as weddings, birthday parties, graduation parties, anniversaries, etc... | {
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1. Technical Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to radiation sources. More particularly, and not by way of any limitation, the present invention is directed to a system and method for providing coherent and substantially uniform radiation or illumination for applications such as, for example, emission... | {
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Organs-on-chips are a promising means to test drug efficacy and interactions without the need for animal testing. However, there has been little thought into how multiple organ systems should be integrated to study multi-organ physiology. This invention addresses key issues in the measurement and control of multiple or... | {
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The present invention relates to a new and distinct intergeneric hybrid between Heuchera and Tiarella, given the cultivar name ‘HERTN042’. Both genera, Heuchera and Tiarella, are of the family Saxifragaceae. This intergeneric hybrid is known as ×Heucherella.
The actual parents of this new variety are unknown. This new... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to an organic electroluminescent device having excellent light emitting properties.
2. Description of the Related Art
An organic electroluminescent device (which will hereinafter be called xe2x80x9corganic EL devicexe2x80x9d) is a light emitting device which makes use of... | {
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The published patent application EP 0 303 741 describes a display comprising light-emitting diodes. The light-emitting diodes are in this case situated on a circuit board, to which they are electrically conductively connected in each case.
The published patent application WO 02/33756 A1 discloses an LED module having a... | {
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In modern hair styling it is customary for people who want to look their best to reshape their hair by forming it around curlers or the like, usually after, or in conjunction with shampooing or other treatment by liquid and/or heat. However, all curlers available to date are believed to share one or more disadvantages.... | {
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The present invention relates generally to electric door strikes and, in particular, to an electric door strike for use in residential buildings.
With regard to “electric door strike” prior art, the earliest reference found to this type of device is the U.S. Pat. No. 277,628 to Sullivan in May of 1883. Sullivan's paten... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
Embodiments of the invention relate to the formation of a contact for an integrated circuit device on a semiconductor substrate, such as a silicon wafer. More particularly, embodiments of the invention are directed to the formation of a self-aligned contact for a memory device in an integrated... | {
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The invention disclosed herein relates generally to apparatus for communicating digital data, and more particularly to a method and apparatus for asynchronous one way communication from one computing device to another requiring minimum hardware and minimum computing device overhead.
The use of microprocessors and micro... | {
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Rilpivirine hydrochloride, chemically 4-[[4-[[4-(2-cyanoethenyl)-2,6-dimethylphenyl]amino]pyrimidinyl]amino]benzonitrile hydrochloride and has the structural formula:
Rilpivirine (TMC278) is an investigational new drug, developed by Tibotec, for the treatment of HIV infection. It is a second-generation non-nucleoside ... | {
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Telephone systems allow users to conduct real time two-way voice communication. Traditional land-line based telephone systems connect one telephone set to another through one or more switching centers, operated by one or more telephone companies, over a land-line based telephone network. Traditionally, a telephone conn... | {
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Steroid, thyroid and retinoid hormones produce a diverse array of physiologic effects through the regulation of gene expression. Upon entering the cell, these hormones bind to a unique group of intracellular nuclear receptors which have been characterized as ligand-dependent transcription factors. This complex then mov... | {
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Mass spectrometry is a well-established analytical technique in which sample molecules are ionized and the resulting ions are sorted by mass-to-charge ratio. Advances in mass spectrometry have made it possible to obtain detailed information regarding a wide variety of sample surface types. In the semiconductor industry... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an indicating instrument for an automobile which has a light conductive pointer illuminated by a built-in light emitting element.
2. Description of the Related Art
U.S. Pat. No. 5,142,453, which corresponds to Japanese Utility Model Unexamined publication Hei 3... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to trowel devices and more particularly pertains to a new leveling trowel for ensuring a level surface when utilizing a trowel.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of trowel devices is known in the prior art. More specifically, trowel devices heretofore devise... | {
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The invention relates to an optoelectronic device comprising a thermally well-conducting carrier plate provided with at least one optoelectronic component comprising at least one semiconductor diode laser, which carrier plate is provided with connection conductors which are separated from the carrier plate by means of ... | {
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The performance of a transistor forming a semiconductor device is dependant on its speed, driving current, and leakage current. In an effort to improve the performance of the transistor, (that is, to increase its speed and to reduce its driving and leakage currents), much effort has been made to reduce the resistance o... | {
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Materials for protection against electromagnetic interference (EMI) and/or lightning strike mitigation are useful in a number of applications, and are commonly used, for example, in airplanes and other aircraft. Traditionally, metals are used for protection against EMI AND/or for lightning strike mitigation because of ... | {
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The use of intra-aortic balloon assemblies for assisting the pumping action of the heart are well-known. Recently, research efforts have placed emphasis upon facilitating the insertion and placement of such balloon assemblies. One of the major objectives is to obtain reductions in balloon profile, i.e. outer diameter, ... | {
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A. Field of the Invention
The present invention is a new and improved device for tensioning cables on a pile driving hammer or the like.
B. Description of the Prior Art
Conventional percussion hammers such as are used for pile driving and the like normally include a ram reciprocally mounted on the hammer body movable b... | {
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1. Service Provider Networks (SPNs)
It is increasingly common for people to use client-side devices to communicate with other devices via cellular wireless communication systems operated by wireless-service providers (i.e., service provider networks (SPNs)), whether those devices are directly connected to the same SPN ... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to a polyphase linear motor with a stationary series of coils set upon an internal flux-conducting member, with a secondary excited by permanent magnetism and concentrically enveloping some of the coils, and with external ferromagnetic flux-conducting members concentrical... | {
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Unless otherwise indicated herein, the description in this section is not prior art to the claims in this application and is not admitted to be prior art by inclusion in this section.
A typical image forming apparatus such as a copier and a printer includes a fixing device that fixes a toner image transferred on a pape... | {
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The invention relates to a half-bridge module for the switching of electrical outputs, which is arranged in a housing containing an electrically insulating cooling liquid and in which at least two semiconductor switches are connected in series, forming a half-bridge. Each semiconductor switch comprises a control input ... | {
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The following relates generally to e-commerce and, more particularly, relates to a system and method for providing a response to a search query.
Systems and methods for searching electronic product catalogs for the purpose of facilitating e-commerce are well known in the art. In this regard, many online merchants commo... | {
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Cables supporting or suspending structures such as antennas and bridges often vibrate due to wind and rain. In the case of cables for bridges, the traffic passing the bridge also contributes to the vibrations however 95 percent of the vibrations are caused by wind and rain. These vibrations are undesirable as they may ... | {
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In a 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Long Term Evolution (LTE) system, frame structures respectively applicable to a Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) mode and to a Time Division Duplex (TDD) mode are provided. As shown in FIG. 1, in the frame structure applicable to the FDD mode, each radio frame is 10 ms long... | {
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A typical switch mode power supply (SMPS) includes a switching transistor coupled to a primary winding of power transferring transformer for periodically applying an input supply voltage to the primary winding. It is known to operate the SMPS in a run mode of operation and in a standby mode of operation. During a run m... | {
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This invention relates to tilt and height control for chairs or the like, and is particularly directed to providing an adjustment mechanism for varying the tilt of a back support and the height of the back support and a seat in a chair.
U.S. Pat. No. 4,328,943 issued on May 11, 1982, directed to a tilt control mechanis... | {
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Hand held data entry terminals are available to collect data, to selectively process data and to communicate collective data with other systems by various automated or manual operations. A typical automated process, which may be included in such operations, relates to collecting data by scanning bar code data with a sc... | {
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This invention pertains to silicone resins having the general formula (R1SiO3/2)x(HSiO3/2)y where R1 is an alkyl group having 8 to 24 carbon atoms. The resins are used to form porous thin films on semiconductor devices.
Semiconductor devices often have one or more arrays of patterned interconnect levels that serve to e... | {
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This invention concerns a semiconductor manufacturing technique and, more in particular, it relates to a technique effective to application for the improvement of the cleaning effect for cleaning inside a molding die for use in semiconductor devices, as well as improvement for the productivity.
The technique described ... | {
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The present invention relates generally to a radar system and, more particularly, to a warning radar that may be used to detect obstacles in the path of a vehicle. Although the present invention will be described herein primarily with regard to a vehicle obstruction warning radar, it should be understood that the prese... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to lens barrels or lens mounts and, more particularly to a lens mount comprising a plurality of groups of lenses which are integrally moved in an optical-axis direction while spacing between them in the optical-axis direction is changed or modified when zoom operation is... | {
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The nuclei of atoms that have a magnetic moment will have sharply defined frequencies of nuclear oscillation in a strong magnetic field (Larmor frequency). The frequency of oscillation of each atomic nucleus will depend on its mass, its dipole moment, the chemical bonding of the atom, the atom's environment (which will... | {
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It is known in the prior art to form and make available coreless rolls of toilet tissue, paper toweling and the like. Such products incorporate no inner core and are comprised wholly of a plurality of convolutions of the paper itself. A central opening is defined by the innermost roll of convolution and the central ope... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to printing apparatuses, printing methods, and media storing printing programs that print form data merged with print data.
2. Description of the Related Art
With printing apparatuses, conventionally fees are charged regardless of whether or not there is print dat... | {
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An electron beam irradiation apparatus is designed to increase the etching resistance of a mask by irradiating the mask with an electron beam in a semiconductor device manufacturing process, for example.
There is a demand for a high-performance electron beam irradiation apparatus.
According to one embodiment, provided ... | {
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Decrease in life of an optical apparatus such as LCD panels and polarization plates has become increasingly a serious problem in recent years as they are used in LCD projector operated at high brightness and high contrast. To cope with this problem, each of the polarization plates is supported by a transparent substrat... | {
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A mixture of compounds, or analytes, can be separated by pumping the mixture through a separating device such as a chromatographic column using a process known as liquid chromatography, a variant of which is known as high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). The separation of the sample is caused by analytes havin... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention generally relates to dispatch optimization in an object oriented environment and, more particularly, to a method for determining statically which body of code will be executed when a method is dispatched.
2. Background Description
Object oriented programming (OOP) is the ... | {
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This invention relates to light-beam deflection instruments, such as refractometers, in which an electrical output is generated that is dependent upon the difference between two optical measurements.
In one class of differential refractometers, light is passed through two fluids in a measurement cell, and electrical ou... | {
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In general, business models can involve buying merchandise and services for one price and selling it for another. In the process, sellers can incur spectacular costs marketing to prospective and existing customers, leasing stores, paying employees, buying and maintaining information technology, transporting, and, most ... | {
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Three dimensional (3D) modeling is an important tool utilized in the engineering, design, entertainment and other industries. With 3D modeling, a user can create, position, scale and orientate 3D objects in virtual space. Existing 3D modeling solutions are generally limited by a 2D display and single-point 2D input (e.... | {
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A metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor (MOSFET) is essentially a four terminal device: gate, drain, source and body. In almost all conventional MOSFETs the body is permanently internally attached to the source, and only three terminals are brought out for connection to other circuit elements. An N-Channel ... | {
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Breast cancer is the most common cancer except for skin cancer among women in the United States. Each year, more than 200,000 American women are diagnosed to have breast cancer. Depending on the type, stage of the cancer and other factors, patients with breast cancer may be treated by surgery, radiation, and other form... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an image pick-up apparatus, image pick-up method, and image pick-up system, and particularly to an image pick-up apparatus, image pick-up method, and image pick-up system preferably applied to X-ray image pick-up devices using two-dimensional solid sensors.
2. ... | {
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Various telephone calling and billing arrangements have been developed over the long history of the telecommunications industry. From operator-controlled local and long distance calls to automatic direct dialing to newly emerging computer telephony calling over data networks, and from plain-old-telephone service (POTS)... | {
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The present invention relates to a device for mounting antifriction bearings in place.
Most common of the conventional methods of mounting antifriction bearings consists in first setting the outer race of the bearing in the bore provided in the housing of a machine, then bringing one end of the outer race into contact ... | {
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Radio frequency identification (RFID) devices are becoming increasingly popular for a variety of industrial, retail, transportation, and other applications. RFID technology provides a positive identity for any object, person, or the like, bearing an RFID transponder through the use of a passive, radio frequency signal.... | {
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The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Brachyscome plant, botanically known as Brachyscome×hybrida and hereinafter referred to by the name ‘Bonbrapi’.
The new Brachyscome plant is a product of a controlled breeding program conducted by the Inventor in Yellow Rock, New South Wales, Australia. Th... | {
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Illumination systems that contain blackbody light sources such as arc lamp sources or incandescent sources are usually designed so that no light is reflected or recycled back to the source. Blackbody light sources are excellent light absorbers and poor light reflectors. Any emitted light that does get back to the sourc... | {
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The present invention of the hygienically cleaning of the toilet bowl provides for the brush and the formulated cleaner on the same base. The cleaner formulation is detergent paste with germicidal properties. Uniqueness of this set-up is to utilize the ability of the brush by a twist to pick up cleaner granules on bris... | {
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Digital circuits may comprise digital filters to convert input data of a first frequency clock to output data of a second frequency clock. For the case of an interpolation filter the input data has a lower frequency clock than the output data, while in a decimation filter the input data has a higher frequency clock tha... | {
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As is well known to those skilled in the art, it is desired to provide lubricating oil systems which minimize the friction between moving parts of a machine. Constant attempts are being made to find new techniques and compositions which may permit improved operation.
It is an object of this invention to provide novel c... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates generally to the fields of organic chemistry and antiproliferative and pro-apoptotic compounds. More specifically, the present invention relates to chroman-based compounds and derivatives and analogs thereof, and their uses as cell anti-proliferative, proapoptotic... | {
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Hepatic cirrhosis is the ninth most common cause of death in Japan (“Summary of Monthly Report of Vital Statistics: 2009,” Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare), and there are approximately 300,000 patients and approximately 3,500,000 potential hepatitis patients in Japan. This disease is an intractable disease in wh... | {
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Massive computing capability has traditionally been provided by highly specialized and very expensive supercomputers. As technology advances, however, inexpensive desktop and server hardware has steadily supplanted expensive high end systems. More recently, inexpensive hardware has been gathered together to form comput... | {
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Natural resources such as gas, oil, and water residing in a subterranean formation or zone are usually recovered by drilling a wellbore into the subterranean formation while circulating a drilling fluid in the wellbore. After terminating the circulation of the drilling fluid, a string of pipe (e.g., casing) is run in t... | {
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As the value and use of information continues to increase, individuals and businesses seek additional ways to process and store information. One option available to users is information handling systems An information handling system generally processes, compiles, stores, and/or communicates information or data for bus... | {
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Adaptive predictive coding (APC) methods are widely used for high quality coding of speech signals. The details are discussed in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 07/603,104 by the present inventor and commonly assigned to COMSAT and which issued as U.S. Pat. No. 5,206,884 on Apr. 27, 1993. That application is herein in... | {
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The invention relates to a hob cutter with a coating and a method for coating a hob cutter. Milling cutters, for example hob cutter tools, are subjected in practice to high stresses. As a result, there is comparatively high wear. Hob cutter tools, in particular, are subject to strong strike or impact stresses during op... | {
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The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for conditioning tobacco particles, and more particularly to a method and apparatus for conditioning tobacco particles in the form of whole leaves, laminae, ribs and stem and/or shreds which preferably form a continuous stream and are transported through a series ... | {
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This invention relates to electron or vacuum tubes in general and, more particularly, to a gas circulation means which can be employed in conjunction with a gas filled electron tube, such as a thyratron of ceramic construction.
The prior art is replete with a number of gas filled electron tubes which have been employed... | {
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Creating a space between an inner-facing surface of an apparel item and a wearer's body surface may be important to promote evaporative cooling and/or to reduce the perception of cling. Traditional athletic apparel often lacks any type of stand-off. When stand-off is present, current methods of creating stand-off may b... | {
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Analytical chemists for many years did not use Raman spectroscopy because it failed to provide the sensitivity required for the detection of trace quantities of analytes. This was mainly because of very high background levels of fluorescence arising from either the sample or substrate which swamp the weak Raman signals... | {
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The present invention relates to a circuit optimization system for synthesizing a circuit like CMOS or LSI on the level of individual transistors in designing the circuit.
Thanks to recent marvelous development in semiconductor device manufacturing technologies, a so-called "system-on-chip" is now prevailing in the art... | {
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The present invention relates generally to the field of electronic devices, and more particularly to a system and method improving processing and enhancing performance of a service oriented device using information tags and a communication network.
Smart labeling is the latest Radio frequency identification (RFID) tech... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to the field of construction, and more particularly the construction of walls, facings and the like, such as in swimming pools, simulating natural rock or other decorative surfaces.
2. Prior Art
Rock walls and the like have been used as decorative facings for vari... | {
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In gas turbines, during operation, heavy thermo acoustic (i.e. pressure) pulsations can occur in the combustion chamber, because of an incorrect combustion of the fuel (such as gas or oil).
These pulsations subject the hardware of the combustion device and the turbine to heavy mechanical vibrations that can result in t... | {
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Eye make-up/mascara cosmetic products are well known in the art. With presently marketed mascaras, thickening and lengthening of the eyelashes is typically achieved by incorporating in such products a high level of waxes and film formers. This generally leads to difficulty in washing the mascara off the eyelashes, whic... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an on-vehicle equipment provided on a side of a vehicle in dedicated short-range communication in intelligent transport system, in particular, an on-vehicle equipment which can firmly fix a desirable receive channel with high efficiency.
2. Description of Backg... | {
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There are work machines (e.g., construction, agricultural, forestry) which can operate the hydraulic actuator(s) of an auxiliary tool attached to the work machine. Auxiliary tools are commonly referred to as an auxiliary attachment, or just attachment. Examples of such an auxiliary tool include a multi-function bucket ... | {
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Viruses, worms, Trojan horses, and other forms of malicious code may propagate through the Internet and other networks. Malicious code may be embedded in media data, such as audio or video data. Such malicious code may cause buffer overruns, for example, resulting in a computer executing arbitrary, and potentially mali... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an integrated distribution and transaction system and method, and more particularly, to a mobile integrated distribution and transaction system and method for NFC (Near-Field Communication) services, and a mobile electronic device thereof.
2. Description of the... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a single lens reflex camera, and more precisely it relates to electrical contact mechanism in a single lens reflex camera for transmitting and receiving an electrical power and/ or electrical signals between a camera body and an interchangeable lens.
2. Descrip... | {
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A method for recognizing a foreign object during an inductive charging procedure with the aid of a temperature sensor is described in PCT Application No. WO2009/040998 A1. | {
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Dimension reduction is the major consideration for designing an optical imaging lens in recent years. When reducing the length of the optical imaging lens, however, achieving good optical characteristics becomes a challenging problem.
U.S. Pat. No. 7,502,181, U.S. Pat. No. 7,826,151 and U.S. Pat. No. 8,422,145 all disc... | {
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A hybrid vehicle comprises an internal combustion engine, which transmits power to the driving wheels by means of a transmission provided with a gearbox, and at least one electric machine which is electrically connected to an electric storage system and mechanically connected to the driving wheels.
The following is pos... | {
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Existing OCR engines may suffer from low accuracy rates. For many applications where OCR may be highly desirable, the error rates of commonly available OCR engines may be unacceptably high, even for relatively simple documents. Additionally, when dealing with documents having complex layouts and contents, the best pres... | {
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This invention relates to improvements in the front end elements, i.e., the shadow mask, mask frame, and inner shield, of a color cathode ray tube (CRT).
A color CRT, as shown in FIG. 1, generally comprises a glass envelope 1, in-line electron guns 3 emitting three electron beams 11, and a phosphor screen 5 containing ... | {
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FIG. 1 schematically illustrates a conventional data processing machine or computer. The computer 10 comprises a processor or CPU 12, a main memory 14 and a disk memory 16 which are interconnected by a bus 18. Also connected to the bus 18 is an input device 20, such as a keyboard, as well as a display system 22. The di... | {
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(a) Field of the invention
The present invention relates to a mirror apparatus provided with a wiper means, and more particularly it pertains to a mirror apparatus having a wiper means supported on a mirror holder to wipe the surface of the mirror.
(b) Description of the prior art
There have been proposed various kinds... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a fringe field switching liquid crystal display (FFS-LCD) and a method for manufacturing the same, and more particularly, the present invention relates to an FFS-LCD in which a gate bus line is prevented from being damaged upon forming a counter electrode or a ... | {
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A polyimide film has been extensively used in the fields of electric/electronic devices, semiconductors and so on, because of its excellent heat resistance, chemical resistance, mechanical strength, electric properties, dimensional stability and so on. For example, for a flexible printed circuit board (FPC), there has ... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a capsule medical apparatus that is introduced into a subject and has a local injection function. The local injection function is for injecting a liquid, e.g., a drug solution, into a desired region inside the subject.
2. Description of the Related Art
In conve... | {
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Horse races are typically run on an oval shaped track having a start line and a finish line. Prior to starting the race, a starting gate is positioned at the start line and the horses are placed in the stalls of the starting gate. The race is started by simultaneously opening the front doors of each individual stall, t... | {
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Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) is a non-invasive, and often non-contact, imaging technique. Light with a defined coherence length is radiated on a sample that reflects or re-emits light at different depths of penetration, which encodes information in the phase of the light. The light from the sample is superimposed... | {
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The present invention relates to a resin-based liquid crystal cell substrate which has a polarizing function, is excellent in heat resistance, moisture resistance, gas barrier properties, durability, etc., can be extremely thin and lightweight, and is suitable for user in fabricating liquid crystal displays.
Convention... | {
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Common carriers, such as passenger airlines, bus lines, and train lines, frequently convey substantial numbers of passengers simultaneously. In many instances, there is a desire to increase the number of seats within a given space to optimize the number of passengers being transported at any given time. By increasing t... | {
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1. Statement of the Technical Field
The inventive arrangements relate to portable radios, and more particularly to maximizing transmitter power output of portable handheld radio equipment.
2. Description of the Related Art
Improvements in technology have led to the development of a new generation of multi-band portable... | {
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The present invention relates to a video input and output device which inputs video data for transmission from camera and outputs video data to a monitor in a freeze-frame video phone over a standard telephone line which transmits and receives freeze-frame video data, in appropriate intervals, between the users.
In the... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a sealing device.
2. Description of the Relevant Art
Computers or electrical devices are sometimes deployed in surroundings exposed to environmental elements. For example, telephone interface devices may be located on telephone poles, in boxes at a roadside, or... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a method, system, and program for providing optimistic concurrency with scrollable cursors in a database.
2. Description of the Related Art
Prior art database programs include a feature referred to as cursors. A cursor is a named control structure used by an ap... | {
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1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to devices that utilize evaporative, convective, and/or conductive cooling to cool the human body in aid of surgery, medical treatment, therapy, or comfort. Some exemplary cooling structures include various configurations of thermal cooling devices.
2. Description... | {
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