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20100212920 | INERT GAS FLOODING FIRE SUPPRESSION WITH WATER AUGMENTATION - A method and system are provided for suppressing a fire inside a defined volume within a structure. To suppress a fire, the defined volume is flooded with a flow of inert gas into which a limited amount of water is introduced into the flow of inert gas; the flow of inert gas and the limited amount of water introduced therein being sufficient to establish a fire extinguishing atmosphere within the defined volume having a volumetric oxygen concentration of at least about 14%. A cartridge for storing a limited amount of water has a water outlet in flow communication with a spray nozzle that is in flow communication with a supply of pressurized inert gas. The water storage cartridge has a gas inlet in flow communication with a supply of pressurized inert gas for pressurizing the water storage cartridge to cause water to flow therefrom to the spray nozzle. | 08-26-2010 |
20100294518 | HYBRID INERT GAS FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM - A hybrid fire suppression system includes a supply of pressurized inert gas, a pipe network connected in inert gas flow communication to the inert gas supply, a first inert gas nozzle, a second inert gas nozzle, and a water storage cartridge having an interior volume defining a water reservoir storing a limited amount of water. The water reservoir communicates with the second inert gas spray nozzle. The first inert gas nozzle connects with the first terminus for introducing a flooding flow of inert gas only into a first protected space. The second inert gas nozzle connects with the second terminus for introducing a flooding flow of inert gas and the limited amount of water from the water reservoir into the second protected space. | 11-25-2010 |
20110108125 | FLOW SPLITTING DEVICE FOR ANNULAR TWO-PHASE PIPE FLOW - A flow splitting device for use in a two-phase flow distribution network includes a side junction tee having a first conduit and a second conduit opening in flow communication to the first conduit, a flow restriction provided in the first conduit upstream of the opening of the second conduit with the first conduit, and a flow barrier extending into the first conduit at a location in the vicinity of a downstream edge of the opening of the second conduit to the first conduit. The ratio of the liquid phase mass flow to the gas phase mass flow is preserved as the mass flow ratio of liquid to gas to each of the two exit streams is substantially equal to the mass flow ratio of liquid to gas in the two-phase flow received by the flow splitting device. | 05-12-2011 |
20110259617 | ATOMIZING NOZZLE FOR A FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM - A nozzle for a fire suppression system has a bonnet and a deflector base. An inlet port extends through the bonnet along the axis of symmetry of the bonnet. The inlet port receives an outlet end of a fire suppression delivery pipe to mount the bonnet to the pipe. The bonnet has a frustoconical surface which extends radially outward and downward from the inlet port. The deflector base is secured to and co-axially aligned with the bonnet at a predetermined distance to create a flow passageway therebetween. The flow passageway imparts a down angle to a suppressant flow discharging from the nozzle to better disperse the suppressant within the fire zone. A discharge port at the circumferential edge of the bonnet and deflector base constricts the suppressant flow to atomize the droplets of liquid suppressant discharged into the fire zone. | 10-27-2011 |
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20150198165 | ELECTRIC FAN - An electric fan, for cooling a heat exchanger of a motor vehicle, has an electric motor including a rotor and a stator, and an axial impeller including a central hub from which a plurality of blades extends. The hub is connected to the rotor at a number of connecting points. At each connecting point, the hub of the impeller is connected to the rotor by means of a respective connecting device including a resilient vibration damper. | 07-16-2015 |
20150198177 | IMPELLER FOR AN ELECTRIC FAN - An impeller for an electric fan, has a central hub for connection to the rotor of an electric motor, and from which a plurality of blades extends. The hub is bowl-shaped, with an end wall which is connected to an annular lateral wall, and its end wall has a plurality of slots, spaced apart circumferentially, which are inclined in the same direction with respect to the radial direction. The inner surface of the end wall of the hub has a plurality of ribs protruding from this surface, between the slots, these ribs also being inclined in the same direction with respect to the radial direction and being adapted to serve as inner fan blades. These ribs have at least one substantially transverse cut-out or interruption in a predetermined position. | 07-16-2015 |
20150292512 | ELECTRIC COOLING FAN - An axial fan has a hub supporting blades. The hub is attached to a rotor of an electric motor at one or more points of connection by respective connecting devices. Each connecting device includes an annular damper, arranged in an opening of the hub, and through which a screw passes. Placed between the damper and the screw is a rigid element having one end resting against the rotor. The other end has an annular flange-like formation disposed between the damper and a head of the screw. The rigid element has an annular skirt which extends from the flange-like formation, around the damper, up to a preset distance from the hub of the fan, such that when the fan performs an oscillation greater than a predetermined extent, it impacts this skirt thereby limiting its oscillation. | 10-15-2015 |
20150300374 | Electric Fan - An electric fan has an electric motor driving an axial fan. The fan has a cup-shaped hub, with a front wall, and a side wall from which there extends a plurality of outer blades. The motor has an outer rotor including a rotor cap to which the front wall of the hub is attached. From the inner surface of the hub and/or from the outer surface of the rotor cap, there extend protruding formations which, when the fan performs an oscillation of predetermined extent with respect to the rotor, impact the rotor cap and/or the hub, limiting the extent of the oscillation of the fan with respect to the rotor. | 10-22-2015 |
20150308457 | AXIAL FAN FOR A COOLING FAN MODULE - An axial fan for a cooling fan module has a cup-shaped central hub with a front wall intended to be connected to the rotor of an electric motor at connection points and with a side wall from which a plurality of outer blades extend. At least one transverse opening is provided in the front wall of the hub, between each of the connection points and the side wall, the opening extending in the circumferential direction, relative to the axis of the hub, beyond the associated connection point in both directions, so that the vibrations transmitted during operation from the motor to the front wall of the hub are propagated towards the side wall of the hub following a path which is longer than a radial path. | 10-29-2015 |
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20120078684 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR REPRESENTING A LEVEL OF INTEREST IN AN AVAILABLE ITEM - A method and apparatus for representing a level of interest in at least one available item includes determining a release date for one or more applications and calculating a level of interest for each of the one or more applications. Calculating the level of interest includes searching media for discussion of each of the one or more applications. The method and apparatus further include generating a user interface configured to represent the level of interest in the one or more applications based on the determined release date, and providing the user interface to a mobile device. Additionally, in optional aspects, a personalized level of interest may be calculated based on access to user information for one or more available items. | 03-29-2012 |
20120078746 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISCOVERY OF RELATED INTERACTABLE ITEMS IN A MOBILE STORE ENVIRONMENT - Methods and apparatus for providing interactable item suggestions may include selecting a seed interactable item and determining a first set of one or more interactable items related to the seed interactable item based on one or more data sources. The methods and apparatus may further include generating a graphical presentation with a first set of interactable items with the seed interactable item and the one or more related interactable items. The methods and apparatus may also include generating a new graphical presentation of a second set of one or more interactable items related to a selected interactable item. | 03-29-2012 |
20120079504 | APPARATUS AND METHODS OF EXTENDING APPLICATION SERVICES - Apparatus and methods for extending services of a user device include identifying a first application resident on a user device having a first service that utilizes a first data type. Further, the apparatus and methods include identifying a second application of a plurality of applications having a second service that utilizes a second data type. Additionally, the apparatus and methods include matching a compatibility of a selected one of the first service or the first data type of the first application with a respective one of the second service or the second data type of the second application. | 03-29-2012 |
20120249416 | MODULAR MOBILE CONNECTED PICO PROJECTORS FOR A LOCAL MULTI-USER COLLABORATION - The various embodiments include systems and methods for rendering images in a virtual or augmented reality system that may include capturing scene images of a scene in a vicinity of a first and a second projector, capturing spatial data with a sensor array in the vicinity of the first and second projectors, analyzing captured scene images to recognize body parts, and projecting images from each of the first and the second projectors with a shape and orientation determined based on the recognized body parts. Additional rendering operations may include tracking movements of the recognized body parts, applying a detection algorithm to the tracked movements to detect a predetermined gesture, applying a command corresponding to the detected predetermined gesture, and updating the projected images in response to the applied command. | 10-04-2012 |
20120249544 | CLOUD STORAGE OF GEOTAGGED MAPS - A head mounted device provides an immersive virtual or augmented reality experience for viewing data and enabling collaboration among multiple users. Rendering images in a virtual or augmented reality system may include generating data regarding locations of surfaces and objects in a scene based on images and spatial data gathered from a first body mounted sensor device, generating a three dimensional map of the scene based on the generated data, adding geographical identification metadata to the three dimensional map of the scene, storing the geographical identification metadata and three dimensional map in a memory, and transmitting at least a portion of the geographical identification metadata and three dimensional map to a second body mounted sensor device. | 10-04-2012 |
20120249590 | SELECTIVE HAND OCCLUSION OVER VIRTUAL PROJECTIONS ONTO PHYSICAL SURFACES USING SKELETAL TRACKING - A head mounted device provides an immersive virtual or augmented reality experience for viewing data and enabling collaboration among multiple users. Rendering images in a virtual or augmented reality system may include performing operations for capturing an image of a scene in which a virtual object is to be displayed, recognizing a body part present in the captured image, and adjusting a display of the virtual object based upon the recognized body part. The rendering operations may also include capturing an image with a body mounted camera, capturing spatial data with a body mounted sensor array, recognizing objects within the captured image, determining distances to the recognized objects within the captured image, and displaying the virtual object on a head mounted display. | 10-04-2012 |
20120249591 | SYSTEM FOR THE RENDERING OF SHARED DIGITAL INTERFACES RELATIVE TO EACH USER'S POINT OF VIEW - A head mounted device provides an immersive virtual or augmented reality experience for viewing data and enabling collaboration among multiple users. Rendering images in a virtual or augmented reality system may include capturing an image and spatial data with a body mounted camera and sensor array, receiving input indicating a first anchor surface, calculating parameters with respect to the body mounted camera and displaying a virtual object such that the virtual object appears anchored to the selected first anchor surface. Further rendering operations may include receiving a second input indicating a second anchor surface within the captured image that is different from the first anchor surface, calculating parameters with respect to the second anchor surface and displaying the virtual object such that the virtual object appears anchored to the selected second anchor surface and moved from the first anchor surface. | 10-04-2012 |
20120249741 | ANCHORING VIRTUAL IMAGES TO REAL WORLD SURFACES IN AUGMENTED REALITY SYSTEMS - A head mounted device provides an immersive virtual or augmented reality experience for viewing data and enabling collaboration among multiple users. Rendering images in a virtual or augmented reality system may include capturing an image and spatial data with a body mounted camera and sensor array, receiving an input indicating a first anchor surface, calculating parameters with respect to the body mounted camera and displaying a virtual object such that the virtual object appears anchored to the selected first anchor surface. Further operations may include receiving a second input indicating a second anchor surface within the captured image that is different from the first anchor surface, calculating parameters with respect to the second anchor surface and displaying the virtual object such that the virtual object appears anchored to the selected second anchor surface and moved from the first anchor surface. | 10-04-2012 |
20130335303 | USER INTERFACE INTERACTION FOR TRANSPARENT HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAYS - Embodiments of the present invention are directed toward enabling a user to quickly interact with a graphical user interface (GUI) displayed by the HMD. Utilizing techniques provided herein, a hand or other object can be used to select visual elements displayed by the HMD. The visual elements can be located within larger active regions, allowing the user to more easily select a visual element by selecting the active region in which the visual element is disposed. | 12-19-2013 |
20130336629 | REACTIVE USER INTERFACE FOR HEAD-MOUNTED DISPLAY - Embodiments of the present invention are directed toward allowing a see-through HMD to intelligently react to sensor and other input to adjust how visual elements showing video are displayed. The HMD can react to different sensor input in different ways, enabling the HMD to provide graduated responses based on the degree and type of sensor input received. These responses may further be based on a determination of the context of the user to help ensure an intelligent, appropriate response. | 12-19-2013 |
20140063060 | AUGMENTED REALITY SURFACE SEGMENTATION - Methods, systems, computer-readable media, and apparatuses for providing intuitive, functional, and convenient ways of enabling a user of a head-mounted display unit or another augmented reality enabled device to interact with various user interfaces and other features provided by such a unit or device are presented. In some embodiments, a computing device, such as a head-mounted display unit, may receive camera input of a scene. Subsequently, the computing device may identify at least one reference object in the scene, for example, based on detecting one or more rectangles in the received camera input. The computing device then may receive input that defines a surface segment relative to the at least one reference object. Thereafter, the computing device may render the surface segment. | 03-06-2014 |
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20090287646 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRESENTING A CONTEXTUAL ACTION FOR AN INDICATOR - A method and apparatus are presented for the presentation and activation of contextual actions for interpreted content. In one aspect, keywords are recognized from an existing webpage, re-processed into a second webpage, and presented via a browser. The indicators are selectable and may invoke functionality resident on the wireless device within one or more native applications. | 11-19-2009 |
20140146148 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING 3-D PLENOPTIC VIDEO IMAGES - Described herein is a system and method for displaying a stereoscopic plenoptic image or video to a user, with eye-tracking capabilities. A display device displays a plenoptic image or video on a screen, and focuses the plenoptic image or video at the depth plane corresponding to the eye-coordinates of the user's gaze. The focused depth plane in the displayed plenoptic frame updates as the frames progress in the video stream, thereby constantly re-focusing the depth plane of the currently displayed plenoptic frame depending on the location of the user's gaze. | 05-29-2014 |
20140267400 | User Interface for a Head Mounted Display - A user interface (UI) of a head mounted display (HMD) is provided that allows a user to access one or more persistent data elements that are otherwise outside the user's initial field of view by using a head movement, such as a head tilt (i.e., movement about a horizontal axis) and/or rotation (i.e., movement about a vertical axis). Embodiments also can provide for further movement and/or other manipulation of data of persistent data elements with further detected movement of the user's head. | 09-18-2014 |
20140267403 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR AUGMENTED REALITY TARGET DETECTION - Systems and methods are disclosed for target-based AR devices to perform low-power front-end passive scanning of targets to alert users to AR content linked to any image targets the users may be viewing. Passive scanning by AR devices relieves users of the need to manually activate a camera for AR image target identification, and helps to identify image targets the users may be unknowingly viewing. To conserver power, AR devices may autonomously activate a camera to perform an exploratory scan when the AR devices detect from users' movement patterns that users may be interested in certain targets or is in a state of attentiveness. AR devices may identify one or more image targets from the exploratory scans. If users elect to interact with the AR content, AR devices may activate the camera to perform a full capture or real-time tracking of the image targets to augment the AR content. | 09-18-2014 |
20140282144 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING IMAGES ON A HEAD MOUNTED DISPLAY - System and methods are disclosed to selectively project individual UI elements of display images from stereoscopic HMDs as monocular or stereoscopic images. An UI element may be tagged for rendering as a monocular image or as stereoscopic images with a stereo separation to create a perception of depth. Tagging of UI elements as monocular images or stereoscopic images may be based on whether the UI elements are persistent elements. Persistent elements present information to the user but do not require the user's focused attention. Persistent elements may be rendered as monocular images to allow the user to focus on other UI elements or on the real world while maintaining awareness of information presented by the persistent elements. In contrast, non-persistent UI elements may require the user's focused attention. Non-persistent UI elements may be rendered as stereoscopic images for projection at a specific depth plane to invite the user's focus. | 09-18-2014 |
20150193980 | CALIBRATION OF AUGMENTED REALITY (AR) OPTICAL SEE-THROUGH DISPLAY USING SHAPE-BASED ALIGNMENT - Two-dimensional or three-dimensional augmented reality (AR) markers are provided for alignment with a target object in calibrating an optical see-through display, such as a head-mounted display (HMD), in an AR system. A calibrated projection matrix for calibration of the optical see-through display is computed based upon a user's repeated alignments of the AR markers with the target object. | 07-09-2015 |
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20090273777 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CROSS AXIS PARALLEL SPECTROSCOPY - An exemplary embodiment of apparatus and method to measure and filter the spectrum of electro-magnetic radiation using multiple dispersive elements, such as diffraction gratings or VIPA etalons, concatenated in a cross-axis orthogonal arrangement can be provided. For example, it is possible to receive at least one first electro-magnetic radiation and generate at least one second electro-magnetic radiation using at least one first spectral separating arrangement. A first spectrum of the second electro-magnetic radiation can be dispersed along at least one first dispersive axis with respect to a propagation direction of the second electro-magnetic radiation. In addition, it is possible to, using at least one second arrangement, receive the second electro-magnetic radiation and produce at least one third electromagnetic radiation having a second spectrum dispersed along at least one second dispersive axis with respect to a propagation direction of the third electromagnetic radiation. The orientations of the respective first and second dispersive axes can be different from one another. The first and/or second dispersive arrangements can be VIPA etalon arrangements. | 11-05-2009 |
20090323056 | METHODS, ARRANGEMENTS AND SYSTEMS FOR OBTAINING INFORMATION ASSOCIATED WITH A SAMPLE USING OPTICAL MICROSCOPY - Exemplary embodiments of methods, arrangements and systems for obtaining information about a sample can be provided. For example, in one exemplary embodiment, it is possible to receive a first electro-magnetic radiation from a sample which is based on a second electro-magnetic radiation forwarded to the sample. The first electro-magnetic radiation may have a first frequency and the second electro-magnetic radiation may have a second frequency which is different from the first frequency. The difference between the first and second frequencies can be based on an acoustic wave inside the sample related to at least one characteristic of the sample. Further, it is possible to receive at least a portion of the first electromagnetic radiation and separate it into a particular finite number (N) of frequency component radiations. In addition, it is possible to receive a particular energy of more than 1/N of energy of the third electro-magnetic radiation, and generate information associated with the sample. Certain exemplary embodiments of the present invention are capable of obtaining information associated with a sample, particularly its mechanical properties, non-contact using electromagnetic radiation. | 12-31-2009 |
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20120145263 | DEVICE AND METHOD TO DELIVER FLUID PRODUCTS - Device to deliver fluid products or suchlike, comprising a plurality of canisters, each one suitable to contain a predetermined fluid, and connected to an associated delivery unit. Each delivery unit comprises a bellows pump, alternatively drivable between a condition in which it sucks in the fluid from the corresponding canister and a condition in which it delivers the fluid. The delivery device also comprises actuator means able to cooperate directly or indirectly with each bellows pump in order to drive it between the suction condition and the delivery condition. The actuator means comprise a acutation cam element, rotatable alternatively in two opposite directions of rotation, and having a profile able to cooperate during its rotation with the bellows pump, so as to define in a first direction of rotation the suction condition and in the opposite direction of rotation the delivery condition. | 06-14-2012 |
20120152404 | DEVICE AND METHOD TO DELIVER FLUID PRODUCTS - Device to deliver fluid products, comprising a plurality of canisters, each containing a predetermined fluid, and connected to an associated delivery unit. The device comprises a rotating support, on which the plurality of canisters and the delivery units are mounted, able to position at different moments of time and according to one or more predetermined sequences, one or more desired and selected delivery units in a corresponding delivery position, in order to deliver predetermined quantities of fluid in an exit container so as to obtain a final product with a desired final composition and/or formula. The device further comprises mixing means for mixing the fluids contained in the canisters and a movement member, for moving the mixing means. The movement member comprises a mixing cam element, substantially circular, concentric to said rotating support and rotatable with respect to it, in at least a reciprocal condition of release between the rotating support and said mixing cam element. The mixing cam element is provided with at least a shaping able to cooperate, during its rotation, with all the mixing means of each canister, so that its activation in rotation determines the activation of all the mixing means of the fluid products inside all the canisters. | 06-21-2012 |
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20100209269 | ALTERNATIVE PISTON PUMP FOR MACHINES DISPENSING DYES, PAINTS OR SIMILAR PRODUCTS - An alternative piston pump, able to take in and dispense a determinate quantity of a dye, paint or similar product, comprising a container having a cylindrical cavity inside which a piston is able to slide axially, and a sleeve extendible axially and rigid radially, inserted into said cylindrical cavity and having a first end connected to said piston. The sleeve extendible axially and rigid radially has a second end connected through a flange to a closing plate, able to close one end of the cylindrical cavity, and the piston and the sleeve extendible axially and rigid radially are made in a single piece. | 08-19-2010 |
20140299626 | APPARATUS FOR THE DELIVERY OF FLUID PRODUCTS - Apparatus for the delivery of fluid products comprising at least a base support, a plurality of dispensing units of said fluid products contained in containing receptacles by means of respective dispensing nozzles, wherein said dispensing units are disposed on a platform selectively rotatable with respect to said base support, in order to dispose at least one of said dispensing units in at least a first position in which said fluid products are suitable to be delivered from said containing receptacles to a container associated with said base support, by means of a corresponding pumping device, and wherein at least a drive member is disposed on said base support and is suitable to be kinematically connected to one or more pumping devices, first rapid connection means are provided to achieve at least one of either the connection of at least one of said dispensing nozzles with at least one of said dispensing units, or the connection between first kinematic connection means suitable to be selectively connected to said drive member and second kinematic connection means connected to said pumping device. | 10-09-2014 |
20140352843 | APPARATUS FOR THE DELIVERY OF FLUID PRODUCTS - Apparatus for the delivery of fluid products comprising a base, a base support associated thereof, a plurality of dispensing units to dispense the fluid products contained in containing receptacles. The dispensing units are disposed on a platform rotatable with respect to the base support so as to assume at least a first position in which the fluid products can be delivered from the receptacles toward a container. The apparatus also comprises sliding means which allow the rotation of the platform. Rapid connection means are provided so as to achieve the connection of the base support with the base and/or with the sliding means in order to achieve a selective stable coupling and to prevent a reciprocal vertical movement. | 12-04-2014 |