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20130048726 | CLUSTER COMPUTING OF BAR CODE DATA - A reading system including: a primary reader for reading an information bearing device (IBD) having encoded IBD data provided therein for packetizing the encoded data and processing a first data packet of the packetized encoded data and transmitting a second data packet of the packetized encoded data; at least one auxiliary reader for receiving and processing the second data packet and the transmitting the processed second data packet; and wherein the processed first and second data packets are combined to produce decoded IBD data. | 02-28-2013 |
20130206838 | SYSTEM HAVING IMAGING ASSEMBLY FOR USE IN OUTPUT OF IMAGE DATA - A system which in one embodiment is operative to attempt to decode decodable indicia. The system can include an imaging assembly and a display. The display can be operative to display image data output utilizing the imaging assembly. | 08-15-2013 |
20130206840 | SYSTEM HAVING IMAGING ASSEMBLY FOR USE IN OUTPUT OF IMAGE DATA - A system in one embodiment is operative to attempt to decode decodable indicia. The system can include an imaging assembly and a display. The display can be operative to display image data output utilizing the imaging assembly. | 08-15-2013 |
20150276470 | METHOD OF AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING OBJECT WEIGHING INTERFERENCES - A POS-based checkout/scale system having (i) a bar code symbol reading subsystem for reading bar code symbols on products being purchased at a retail POS station, and (ii) a produce weigh scale having a weigh scale assembly for weighing one or more produce items on a weigh platter during produce weighing operations carried out at the time of checkout at said retail POS station. The system also includes an automatic produce weighing interference detection subsystem, supporting an IR-based light curtain about the weigh platter, automatically detects when any object is overhanging the weigh platter during produce weighing operations, and generates an alert signal when such conditions are automatically detected. | 10-01-2015 |
20150347803 | CLUSTER COMPUTING OF BAR CODE DATA - A reading system including: a primary reader for reading an information bearing device (IBD) having encoded IBD data provided therein for packetizing the encoded data and processing a first data packet of the packetized encoded data and transmitting a second data packet of the packetized encoded data; at least one auxiliary reader for receiving and processing the second data packet and the transmitting the processed second data packet; and wherein the processed first and second data packets are combined to produce decoded IBD data. | 12-03-2015 |
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20120135714 | INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR MOTOR VEHICLE - An information system for a motor vehicle is provided. The information system can include an on-board information system operable to accept input information, conduct a search and provide output information to an individual within the motor vehicle. In addition, an on-board hands free phone system can be included and be operable to communicate with an off-board phone and record and/or stream an utterance communicated by a user of said off-board phone. The on-board hands fee phone system can record/stream the utterance using a recording and/or streaming function, e.g. through the use of a Record and/or Stream button and/or a voice activated Record and/or Stream command. The recorded and/or streamed utterance can be provided to a voice recognition system that can translate the utterance into input information for the on-board information system which can then conduct the search and provide output information for an occupant of the motor vehicle. | 05-31-2012 |
20130053003 | AUXILIARY DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR ADDING WEB-BASED MULTIMEDIA APPLICATIONS TO A MULTIMEDIA DEVICE - An auxiliary device and system for adding web-based multimedia applications onto a multimedia device through a user's mobile phone is provided. The auxiliary device and system include a housing in electrical communication with the multimedia device. The housing has a processor operable to execute a first application. The first application is operable to access the Internet through the user's mobile phone. The first application includes a list of predetermined numbers of websites. An input is operable to select at least one of a plurality of websites and transmit the data from the website onto the multimedia device. | 02-28-2013 |
20130058014 | INSTRUMENT PANEL ASSEMBLY - A multimedia assembly and an instrument panel assembly for use in an automotive vehicle are provided. The multimedia assembly includes a multimedia device and an auxiliary device. The multimedia device has a faceplate which is disposed on the outer surface of the instrument panel so as to be exposed to the cabin space of the vehicle. The auxiliary device is disposed beneath the multimedia device and hidden behind the outer surface of the instrument panel of the vehicle. | 03-07-2013 |
20130059538 | VEHICLE MULTIMEDIA HEAD UNIT WITH TWO BLUETOOTH ANTENNAS AND TWO RECEIVERS - Examples of the present invention include a head unit for a vehicle entertainment system, including a housing, a radio, a first wireless transceiver, and a second wireless transceiver. The second wireless transceiver may be used to provide a dedicated communications link between the head unit and another electronic device, such as an auxiliary unit. The second wireless transceiver may have a serial port profile (SPP), and may be a Bluetooth transceiver. | 03-07-2013 |
20130059571 | SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING INTERNET ACCESS TO AN AUTOMOTIVE VEHICLE HAVING A MULTIMEDIA DEVICE - A system for accessing the Internet from an automotive vehicle having a multimedia device is provided. The system includes a mobile phone equipped with a wireless transceiver. The wireless transceiver has a data-only channel operable to transmit data between the mobile phone and the multimedia device. A first application is disposed within the mobile phone. The first application is operable to access an Internet website. A data processor is operable to transmit the Internet website to the multimedia device in data form through the data-only channel. A second application is disposed within the multimedia device and is operable to process the data received through the data-only channel so as to display the website onto the multimedia device. | 03-07-2013 |
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20100032610 | COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING 1,2,3,3,3-PENTAFLUOROPROPENE WITH Z- AND E-ISOMER RATIO OPTIMIZED FOR REFRIGERATION PERFORMANCE - Azeotropic or near-azeotropic compositions are disclosed comprising about 0.1 weight percent to about 99.9 weight percent Z-1,2,3,3,3-pentafluoropropene (Z-1225ye) and about 99.9 weight percent to about 0.1 weight percent E-1,2,3,3,3-pentafluoropropene (E-1225ye). | 02-11-2010 |
20100160465 | Fluorinated Ionomer Produced by Aqueous Polymerization Using Dispersed Particulate of Fluorinated Ionomer Produced In Situ - A process for making an aqueous dispersion of fluorinated ionomer particles by polymerizing in a first polymerization step at least one fluorinated monomer having an ionic group in an aqueous polymerization medium in the presence of initiator, the polymerizing providing dispersed particulate of fluorinated ionomer, polymerizing in a second polymerization step at least one fluorinated monomer having an ionic group in the aqueous polymerization medium in the presence of the dispersed particulate of fluorinated ionomer and initiator to form the aqueous dispersion of particles of fluorinated ionomer, and suspending the first polymerization step prior to beginning the second polymerization step. | 06-24-2010 |
20100160490 | Fluoropolymer Produced by Aqueous Polymerization Using Dispersed Particulate of Fluorinated Ionomer - A process for making an aqueous dispersion of fluoropolymer particles by providing dispersed particulate of fluorinated ionomer in an aqueous polymerization medium and polymerizing at least one fluorinated monomer in the aqueous polymerization medium in the presence of the dispersed particulate of fluorinated ionomer and initiator to form the aqueous dispersion of particles of fluoropolymer. | 06-24-2010 |
20100160510 | Fluoropolymer Produced by Aqueous Polymerization Using Dispersed Particulate of Fluorinated Ionomer Produced In Situ - A process for making an aqueous dispersion of fluoropolymer particles by polymerizing in a first polymerization step at least one fluorinated monomer having an ionic group in an aqueous polymerization medium in the presence of initiator, the polymerizing providing dispersed particulate of fluorinated ionomer, and polymerizing in a second polymerization step at least one fluorinated monomer in the aqueous polymerization medium in the presence of the dispersed particulate of fluorinated ionomer and initiator to form the aqueous dispersion of particles of fluoropolymer. | 06-24-2010 |
20100160531 | Fluoropolymer Particles Having a Nucleus of Fluorinated Ionomer - Particles comprising a bulk of fluoropolymer and a nucleus of fluorinated ionomer, dispersions of such particles, articles and coatings made from such particles. | 06-24-2010 |
20110152387 | Fluorinated Ionomer Produced by Aqueous Polymerization Using Dispersed Particulate of Fluorinated Ionomer - A process for making an aqueous dispersion of fluorinated ionomer particles by providing dispersed particulate of fluorinated ionomer in an aqueous polymerization medium and polymerizing at least one fluorinated monomer having an ionic group in the aqueous polymerization medium in the presence of the dispersed particulate of fluorinated ionomer and initiator to form the aqueous dispersion of particles of fluorinated ionomer. | 06-23-2011 |
20130123448 | CAPTURE OF FLUORINATED VINYL MONOMERS USING IONIC LIQUIDS - A method for capturing certain fluorinated vinyl monomers from a gaseous mixture using ionic liquids is described. The gaseous mixture is contacted with at least one ionic liquid, whereby at least a portion of the fluorinated vinyl monomer is absorbed by the ionic liquid. The method is useful for reducing emissions of fluorinated vinyl monomers and for increasing the product yields in the manufacture of polymers from these monomers. | 05-16-2013 |
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20100011682 | SEAMLESS DECK-SEALING SURROUND FOR SKYLIGHTS AND ROOF WINDOWS - A seamless surround for a rectangular skylight assembly is provided. Each side of the rectangular surround is characterized as having an obtuse-angled profile having an angle of between greater than 90 degrees and about 100 degrees, the profile including a vertically extending surface and a downwardly sloping surface. The vertically extending surfaces abut curb members attached to the skylight assembly and include apertures therethrough for receipt of a joining element. The downwardly sloping surfaces abut a building rooftop and further include apertures therethrough for receipt of a joining element. The roof-abutting side of the downwardly sloping surfaces includes a barrier material attached thereto. The barrier material may be any suitable air and water barrier, such as a polyurethane foam or a thermoplastic elastomer. A method of installing a skylight having the seamless surround is also provided. | 01-21-2010 |
20100011683 | DECK-MOUNTED SKYLIGHT HAVING UNITARY CLADDING COMPONENT - Provided herein is a unitary U-shaped cladding component that surrounds three sides of a deck-mounted skylight frame. In one embodiment, the frame includes a pair of longitudinal members, each of which has a locking mechanism (such as a bendable tab or rotatable latch) on its exterior side near one end. The locking mechanism engages a corresponding lock-receiving slot of the side panels of the cladding component. In another embodiment, the cladding component includes a locking mechanism (such as a bendable tab) on the exterior surface of each end. The locking mechanisms engage corresponding apertures in a head flashing member. Skylight including these cladding components are also provided, as are methods of installing such cladding components. | 01-21-2010 |
20120011787 | DECK-SEALING SURROUND FOR SKYLIGHTS AND WINDOWS - A surround for a rectangular skylight assembly is provided. Each side of the rectangular surround is characterized as having an obtuse-angled profile having an angle of between greater than 90 degrees and about 100 degrees, the profile including a curb-abutting surface and a roof abutting surface. The curb-abutting surfaces abut curb members attached to the skylight assembly and include apertures therethrough for receipt of joining elements. The roof abutting surfaces abut a building rooftop and further include apertures therethrough for receipt of joining elements. The roof abutting side of the roof abutting surfaces includes a barrier material attached thereto. The barrier material may be comprised of any suitable impermeable material, such as a polyurethane foam or a thermoplastic elastomer. | 01-19-2012 |
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20090235051 | System and Method of Selectively Committing a Result of an Executed Instruction - In a particular embodiment, a method is disclosed that includes receiving an instruction packet including a first instruction and a second instruction that is dependent on the first instruction at a processor having a plurality of parallel execution pipelines, including a first execution pipeline and a second execution pipeline. The method further includes executing in parallel at least a portion of the first instruction and at least a portion of the second instruction. The method also includes selectively committing a second result of executing the at least a portion of the second instruction with the second execution pipeline based on a first result related to execution of the first instruction with the first execution pipeline. | 09-17-2009 |
20110125987 | Dedicated Arithmetic Decoding Instruction - A dedicated arithmetic decoding instruction is disclosed. In a particular embodiment, an apparatus includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to execute general purpose instructions and to execute a dedicated arithmetic decoding instruction retrieved from the memory. | 05-26-2011 |
20110219212 | System and Method of Processing Hierarchical Very Long Instruction Packets - A system and method of processing a hierarchical very long instruction word (VLIW) packet is disclosed. In a particular embodiment, a method of processing instructions is disclosed. The method includes receiving a hierarchical VLIW packet of instructions and decoding an instruction from the packet to determine whether the instruction is a single instruction or whether the instruction includes a subpacket that includes a plurality of sub-instructions. The method also includes, in response to determining that the instruction includes the subpacket, executing each of the sub-instructions. | 09-08-2011 |
20120284488 | Methods and Apparatus for Constant Extension in a Processor - Programs often require constants that cannot be encoded in a native instruction format, such as | 11-08-2012 |
20120284489 | Methods and Apparatus for Constant Extension in a Processor - Programs often require constants that cannot be encoded in a native instruction format, such as 32-bits. To provide an extended constant, an instruction packet is formed with constant extender information and a target instruction. The constant extender information encoded as a constant extender instruction provides a first set of constant bits, such as 26-bits for example, and the target instruction provides a second set of constant bits, such as 6-bits. The first set of constant bits are combined with the second set of constant bits to generate an extended constant for execution of the target instruction. The extended constant may be used as an extended source operand, an extended address for memory access instructions, an extended address for branch type of instructions, and the like. Multiple constant extender instructions may be used together to provide larger constants than can be provided by a single extension instruction. | 11-08-2012 |
20130024663 | Table Call Instruction for Frequently Called Functions - An apparatus includes a memory that stores an instruction including an opcode and an operand. The operand specifies an immediate value or a register indicator of a register storing the immediate value. The immediate value is usable to identify a function call address. The function call address is selectable from a plurality of function call addresses. | 01-24-2013 |
20130205115 | USING THE LEAST SIGNIFICANT BITS OF A CALLED FUNCTION'S ADDRESS TO SWITCH PROCESSOR MODES - Systems and methods for tracking and switching between execution modes in processing systems. A processing system is configured to execute instructions in at least two instruction execution triodes including a first and second execution mode chosen from a classic/aligned mode and a compressed/unaligned mode. Target addresses of selected instructions such as calls and returns are forcibly misaligned in the compressed mode, such one or more bits, such as, the least significant bits (alignment bits) of the target address in the compressed mode are different from the corresponding alignment bits in the classic mode. When the selected instructions are encountered during execution in the first mode, a decision to switch operation to the second mode is based on analyzing the alignment bits of the target address of the selected instruction. | 08-08-2013 |
20130212357 | Floating Point Constant Generation Instruction - Systems and methods for generating a floating point constant value from an instruction are disclosed. A first field of the instruction is decoded as a sign bit of the floating point constant value. A second field of the instruction is decoded to correspond to an exponent value of the floating point constant value. A third field of the instruction is decoded to correspond to the significand of the floating point constant value. The first field, the second field, and the third field are combined to form the floating point constant value. The exponent value may include a bias, and a bias constant may be added to the exponent value to compensate for the bias. The third field may comprise the most significant bits of the significand. Optionally, the second field and the third field may be shifted by first and second shift values respectively before they are combined to form the floating point constant value. | 08-15-2013 |
20130283023 | Bimodal Compare Predictor Encoded In Each Compare Instruction - Systems and methods for branch prediction, including predicting evaluation of a producer instruction such as a compare instruction, by encoding a prediction field in the producer instruction, and predicting evaluation of the producer instruction by using the encoded prediction field. A consumer instruction such as a conditional branch instruction predicated on the producer instruction can be speculatively executed based on the predicted evaluation of the producer instruction. The producer instruction is executed in an execution pipeline to determine an actual evaluation of the producer instruction, and the prediction field is updated, if necessary, based on the actual evaluation and the predicted evaluation. The producer instruction can be updated in memory with the updated prediction field. | 10-24-2013 |
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20140194985 | CONTROLLER AND POWER SOURCE FOR IMPLANTABLE BLOOD PUMP - Methods and apparatus for controlling the operation of, and providing power for and to, implantable ventricular assist devices which include a brushless DC motor-driven blood pump, are disclosed. In one embodiment, a control system for driving an implantable pump is provided. The digital processor is responsive to data associated with the operation of the pump received at the data transfer port, and from the program data stored in memory, (i) to determine therefrom, the identity of the pump, (ii) to determine therefrom, electrical characteristics and features of the identified pump, and (iii) to adaptively generate and apply to the data port, control signals for driving the identified pump. Latch mechanisms, an elongated flexible electrical cable with a strain relief segment, and a lower housing portion that is heavier than an upper housing portion, may also be provided with the control system. | 07-10-2014 |
20150367047 | CONTROLLER AND POWER SOURCE FOR IMPLANTABLE BLOOD PUMP - Methods and apparatus for controlling the operation of, and providing power for and to, implantable ventricular assist devices which include a brushless DC motor-driven blood pump, are disclosed. In one embodiment, a control system for driving an implantable pump is provided. The digital processor is responsive to data associated with the operation of the pump received at the data transfer port, and from the program data stored in memory, (i) to determine therefrom, the identity of the pump, (ii) to determine therefrom, electrical characteristics and features of the identified pump, and (iii) to adaptively generate and apply to the data port, control signals for driving the identified pump. Latch mechanisms, an elongated flexible electrical cable with a strain relief segment, and a lower housing portion that is heavier than an upper housing portion, may also be provided with the control system. | 12-24-2015 |
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20120072480 | ELASTIC MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK - A framework for building an adaptive management system is described herein. Tools for building customized Agents that communicate by way of an interface abstraction over many mediated and non-mediated communications channels are described herein, wherein such tools allow for the Agents to be decoupled in terms of at least one of space, time, transport, synchronization, or communications direction. | 03-22-2012 |
20120155704 | LOCALIZED WEATHER PREDICTION THROUGH UTILIZATION OF CAMERAS - Described herein are various technologies pertaining to predicting an amount of electrical power that is to be generated by a power system at a future point in time, wherein the power system utilizes a renewable energy resource to generate electrical power. A camera is positioned to capture an image of sky over a geographic region of interest. The image is analyzed to predict an amount of solar radiation that is to be received by the power source at a future point in time. The predicted solar radiation is used to predict an amount of electrical power that will be output by the power system at the future point in time. A computational resource of a data center that is powered by way of the power source is managed as a function of the predicted amount of power. | 06-21-2012 |
20120324245 | WIRELESS CLOUD-BASED COMPUTING FOR RURAL AND DEVELOPING AREAS - A framework that enables a local computing cloud infrastructure for rural (and third world) populations with the ability to connect into the global cloud. The framework include is a low cost architecture of long distance, wireless based, renewable energy powered, and small datacenter (DC) (referred to as a pico-DC) nodes that can fully operate off-grid, both power-wise and Internet connection-wise at a very low cost. Additionally, the framework includes power management and storage techniques that effectively enable low power and efficient power use. Thus, systems are self-sufficient, low maintenance and weather proof with no need for power or data connections. | 12-20-2012 |
20150261243 | LOCALIZED WEATHER PREDICTION THROUGH UTILIZATION OF CAMERAS - Described herein are various technologies pertaining to predicting an amount of electrical power that is to be generated by a power system at a future point in time, wherein the power system utilizes a renewable energy resource to generate electrical power. A camera is positioned to capture an image of sky over a geographic region of interest. The image is analyzed to predict an amount of solar radiation that is to be received by the power source at a future point in time. The predicted solar radiation is used to predict an amount of electrical power that will be output by the power system at the future point in time. A computational resource of a data center that is powered by way of the power source is managed as a function of the predicted amount of power. | 09-17-2015 |