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20110241391 | BLAST ATTENUATION SEAT - A seat for supporting an occupant of a vehicle and absorbing a force between the occupant and the vehicle created by relative movement between the occupant and the vehicle including a seat bottom and a seat back extending from the seat bottom. At least one of the seat bottom and the seat back includes a first energy absorbing device for absorbing at least a portion of the force when the force reaches a first magnitude. The one of the seat bottom and the seat back also includes a second energy absorbing device for absorbing at least a portion of the force when the force reaches a second magnitude greater than the first magnitude. The second energy absorbing device supports the first energy absorbing device so that the first energy absorbing device transmits a portion of the force to the second energy absorbing device when the force reaches the second magnitude. | 10-06-2011 |
20140216241 | BLAST ATTENUATION SEAT - A seat supports an occupant of a vehicle and absorbs a force between the occupant and the vehicle created by relative movement between the occupant and the vehicle. The seat includes a seat back and a seat bottom frame supporting the seat back and extending from the seat back along an axis. A seat pan is moveably coupled to the seat bottom frame and an energy absorbing device is coupled to the seat bottom frame and the seat pan. The energy absorbing device is configured to absorb at least a portion of the force between the occupant and the vehicle when the seat pan moves relative to the seat bottom frame. A link is pivotably coupled to the seat pan and to the seat bottom frame and guides movement of the seat pan relative to the seat bottom frame away from the seat back along the axis when the seat pan moves relative to the seat bottom frame. | 08-07-2014 |
20140216242 | Blast Attenuation Device For Absorbing Force Between An Occupant And A Vehicle - A device for a vehicle supports an occupant of the vehicle and absorbs a force between the occupant and the vehicle created by relative movement between the occupant and the vehicle. The device includes a pan for supporting the occupant. A first energy absorbing device is coupled to the pan and configured to absorb at least a portion of the force when a magnitude of the force reaches a first magnitude. A second energy absorbing device supports the first energy absorbing device and is configured to absorb at least a portion of the force when the magnitude of the force reaches a second magnitude greater than the first magnitude. A third energy absorbing device supports the second energy absorbing device and is configured to absorb at least a portion of the force when the force reaches a third magnitude greater than the second magnitude. | 08-07-2014 |
20150283925 | BLAST ATTENUATION SEAT - A seat for supporting an occupant of a vehicle and absorbing a force between the occupant and the vehicle created by relative movement between the occupant and the vehicle including a seat bottom and a seat back extending from the seat bottom. At least one of the seat bottom and the seat back includes a first energy absorbing device for absorbing at least a portion of the force when the force reaches a first magnitude. The one of the seat bottom and the seat back also includes a second energy absorbing device for absorbing at least a portion of the force when the force reaches a second magnitude greater than the first magnitude. The second energy absorbing device supports the first energy absorbing device so that the first energy absorbing device transmits a portion of the force to the second energy absorbing device when the force reaches the second magnitude. | 10-08-2015 |
20150300785 | ENERGY ABSORBING DEVICE FOR A SEAT OF A VEHICLE - A seat supports an occupant of a vehicle and absorbs a force between the occupant and the vehicle created by relative movement between the occupant and the vehicle. The seat includes a seat bottom frame and a seat back supported on the seat bottom frame. A support moveably supports the seat bottom frame. An energy absorbing device is coupled to the support and the seat bottom frame. The energy absorbing device is configured to absorb energy during relative movement of the seat bottom frame and the support. A pin extends from one of the seat bottom frame and the support and the other of the seat bottom frame and the support defines a slot slideably receiving the pin. The slot extends along an axis for limiting relative movement of the seat bottom frame and the support along the axis. | 10-22-2015 |
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20120134206 | MULTILEVEL MEMORY DEVICE - A memory device comprising:
| 05-31-2012 |
20130069122 | Z.sup.2FET Field-effect transistor with a vertical subthreshold slope and with no impact ionization - The transistor comprises first and second source/drain electrodes formed in a semiconductor film by N-doped and P-doped areas, respectively. A polarization voltage is applied between the two source/drain electrodes in order to impose to the P-doped electrode a potential higher than that of the N-doped electrode. The transistor comprises first and second devices for generating a potential barrier in the semiconductor film. The two potential barriers are opposed to the passage of the charge carriers emitted by the first and second source/drain electrodes, respectively. The two potential barriers are shifted with respect to an axis connecting the two source/drain electrodes. The two devices for generating a potential barrier are configured to generate a potential barrier having a variable amplitude and it are electrically connected to the gate and to the counter electrode. | 03-21-2013 |
20130100729 | DYNAMIC MEMORY CELL PROVIDED WITH A FIELD-EFFECT TRANSISTOR HAVING ZERO SWING - A memory cell is provided with a transistor which includes source and drain electrodes formed in a semiconductor film by respectively N-doped and P-doped areas. The transistor includes first and second devices for generating a potential barrier in the semiconductor film. The two potential barriers are shifted laterally and are opposed to the passage of the charge carriers emitted by the nearest source/drain electrode. One of the devices for generating the potential barrier is electrically connected to the gate. The other of the devices for generating the potential barrier is electrically connected to the counter-electrode. The writing of a high state is carried out by imposing on the P-doped electrode a potential higher than that of the N-doped electrode and charging the capacitor formed between the gate and the semiconductor film. The resetting of the memory cell is obtained by discharging the capacitor. | 04-25-2013 |
20140015009 | TUNNEL TRANSISTOR WITH HIGH CURRENT BY BIPOLAR AMPLIFICATION - A tunnel-effect transistor the drain region of which includes a first zone doped with a doping of a first type, and a second zone doped with a doping of a second type forming a junction with the first zone. | 01-16-2014 |
20150061023 | On-SOI integrated circuit equipped with a device for protecting against electrostatic discharges - The invention relates to an IC with an electrostatic discharge protection device. There is a buried insulant layer 50 nm or less in thickness and first and second bipolar transistors on the insulant layer, one being an npn transistor and the other a pnp transistor. The base of the first transistor is merged with the collector of the second transistor and the base of the second transistor is merged with the collector of the first transistor. The first and second bipolar transistors are configured to selectively conduct a discharge current between two electrodes of the protection device. There is a first semiconductor ground plane under the insulant layer, being electrically biased, extending until it is plumb with the base of the first bipolar transistor, exhibiting a first type of doping identical to that of the base of the first bipolar transistor with a doping density at least ten times greater. | 03-05-2015 |
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20110238339 | ELECTRONIC COMPONENT FOR A SENSOR APPARATUS, SENSOR APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONFIGURING A SENSOR APPARATUS - The invention relates to an electronic component for a sensor apparatus comprising a first terminal device for connecting a sensitive device which is influenceable by a target, a second terminal device for the external communication, and a control device and/or an evaluation device which provides output signals, wherein the component is programmable via the second terminal device, characterized by a first programming level in which parameters for the setup of the sensor apparatus are adjustable and a second programming level in which a characteristic curve of the sensor apparatus is adjustable, wherein the first programming level is hierarchically superordinate to the second programming level and adjustments and/or possibilities of adjustment in the second programming level are a function of adjustments in the first programming level. | 09-29-2011 |
20120041691 | Device for detecting the twist angle of a shaft and/or a torque occurring on the shaft and methods for operating the device - A device for detecting a twist angle and/or a torque of a shaft occurring on the shaft and methods for operating the device uses at least one first encoder and at least one second encoder at a predefined spacing therefrom. Each encoder influences at least one coil parameter, is associated with at least a part of the circumference of the shaft, and has at least one track having at least one period per revolution of the shaft. At least first and second inductive sensors scan the first and second encoders, respectively. Each inductive sensor provides a respective sensor signal reflecting at least one measure for the rotational angle of the shaft within the period, and a difference ascertainment unit ascertains and provides the twist angle of the shaft as an angle difference of the two rotational angles detected by the inductive sensors. | 02-16-2012 |
20120316828 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING THE POSITION OF A PISTON OF A PISTON CYLINDER THROUGH THE USE OF MICROWAVES - A method for detecting the position of a piston of a piston cylinder is provided. A microwave transmit signal is emitted in the direction of the piston and microwaves reflected from the piston are detected. The transmit signal comprises a modulated signal with a base frequency sinusoidally modulated at a modulation frequency. An evaluation of the phase between transmit signals and receive signals is performed. A phase determination at the baseband and a simultaneous phase determination at at least one sideband are also performed. The phase determination at the baseband is used for fine determination of the piston position and the phase determination at the at least one sideband is used for coarse determination of the piston position. Bandpass filtering on receive signals and evaluation transmit signals is performed with respect to the base frequency or an intermediate frequency. Bandpass filtering is performed with respect to the modulation frequency. | 12-13-2012 |
20140240168 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A DISTANCE SENSOR AND DEVICE FOR CARRYING OUT THE METHOD - A method for operation of a distance sensor emits a transmission signal as transmission radiation, reflected by an object, the distance of which is to be measured, as reflection radiation, and received as a reflection signal. The reflection signal and a reference signal that occur at a receiver input are regulated to a predetermined ratio. The distance is determined during the regulation process. An auxiliary transmission antenna emits an auxiliary transmission signal as auxiliary measurement radiation, directly toward a reception antenna. Microwaves are used as the transmission and auxiliary transmission signals. The reception antenna receives the reflection radiation reflected by the object and passes it on to the receiver input as a reflection signal. The reception antenna receives the auxiliary measurement radiation directly and passes it on to the receiver input as an auxiliary reception signal which is evaluated as a reference signal when measurement radiation emission is suppressed. | 08-28-2014 |
20150048969 | METHOD FOR OPERATING A DISTANCE SENSOR AND DEVICE FOR PERFORMING THE METHOD - The invention relates to a method for operating a distance sensor ( | 02-19-2015 |
20150204740 | DEVICE FOR DETECTING THE TWIST ANGLE OF A SHAFT AND/OR A TORQUE OCCURRING ON THE SHAFT AND METHODS FOR OPERATING THE DEVICE - A device for detecting a twist angle (dw) and/or a torque (Md) of a shaft ( | 07-23-2015 |
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20110264997 | Scalable Incremental Semantic Entity and Relatedness Extraction from Unstructured Text - A search engine for documents containing text may process text using a statistical language model, classify the text based on entropy, and create suffix trees or other mappings of the text for each classification. From the suffix trees or mappings, a graph may be constructed with relationship strengths between different words or text strings. The graph may be used to determine search results, and may be browsed or navigated before viewing search results. As new documents are added, they may be processed and added to the suffix trees, then the graph may be created on demand in response to a search request. The graph may be represented as a adjacency matrix, and a transitive closure algorithm may process the adjacency matrix as a background process. | 10-27-2011 |
20120143860 | IDENTIFYING KEY PHRASES WITHIN DOCUMENTS - The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for identifying key phrases within documents. Embodiments of the invention include using a tag index to determine what a document primarily relates to. For example, an integrated data flow and extract-transform-load pipeline, crawls, parses and word breaks large corpuses of documents in database tables. Documents can be broken into tuples. The tuples can be sent to a heuristically based algorithm that uses statistical language models and weight+cross-entropy threshold functions to summarize the document into its “top N” most statistically significant phrases. Accordingly, embodiments of the invention scale efficiently (e.g., linearly) and (potentially large numbers of) documents can be characterized by salient and relevant key phrases (tags). | 06-07-2012 |
20120158731 | DERIVING DOCUMENT SIMILARITY INDICES - The present invention extends to methods, systems, and computer program products for deriving document similarity indices. Embodiments of the invention include scalable and efficient mechanisms for deriving and updating a document similarity index for a plurality of documents. The number of maintained similarities can be controlled to conserve CPU and storage resources. | 06-21-2012 |
20130246386 | IDENTIFYING KEY PHRASES WITHIN DOCUMENTS - Systems are used for identifying key phrases within documents. These systems utilize a tags and a tag index to determine what a document primarily relates to. For example, an integrated data flow and extract-transform-load pipeline, crawls, parses and word breaks large corpuses of documents in database tables. Documents can be broken into tuples. The tuples can be sent to a heuristically based algorithm that uses statistical language models and weight plus cross-entropy threshold functions to summarize the document into its “top N” most statistically significant phrases. These systems can scale efficiently (e.g., linearly) and (potentially large numbers of) documents can be characterized by salient and relevant key phrases (tags). | 09-19-2013 |
20130282730 | DERIVING DOCUMENT SIMILARITY INDICES - Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for deriving and updating document similarity indices for a plurality of documents. The number of maintained similarities can be controlled to conserve CPU and storage resources. | 10-24-2013 |
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20090172369 | SAVING AND RESTORING ARCHITECTURAL STATE FOR PROCESSOR CORES - A method and apparatus for saving and restoring architectural states utilizing hardware is herein described. A first portion of an architectural state of a processing element, such as a core, is concurrently saved upon being updated. A remaining portion of the architectural state is saved to memory in response to a save state triggering event, which may include a hardware event or a software event. Once saved, the state is potentially transferred to another processing element, such as a second core. As a result, hardware, software, or combination thereof may transfer architectural states between multiple processing elements, such as threads or cores, of a processor utilizing hardware support. | 07-02-2009 |
20140188965 | RESIDUE BASED ERROR DETECTION FOR INTEGER AND FLOATING POINT EXECUTION UNITS - An error detection unit including one or more register files that store at least one operand and at least one operand residue, an operand multiplexor operable to receive the operand, a residue multiplexor operable to receive the operand residue, a source operand residue generator operable to generate at least one generated residue from the operand, a first comparator that compares the operand residue to the generated residue, the result of the first comparator being sent to a reorder buffer, an execution unit that supplies the operand to a residue calculator and a result residue generator, wherein the residue calculator operable to determine an expected residue and the result residue generator operable to generate a result residue, and a second comparator that compares the expected residue with the result residue, the result of the second comparator being sent to the reorder buffer. | 07-03-2014 |
20150370636 | CONSECUTIVE BIT ERROR DETECTION AND CORRECTION - Embodiments of an invention for consecutive bit error detection and correction are disclosed. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a storage structure, a second storage structure, a parity checker, an error correction code (ECC) checker, and an error corrector. The first storage structure is to store a plurality of data values, a plurality of parity values, and a plurality of ECC values, each parity value corresponding to one of the plurality of data values, a first bit of each parity value corresponding to a first of a plurality of portions of a corresponding data value, wherein the first of the plurality of portions of the corresponding data value is interleaved with a second of the plurality of portions of the corresponding data value, wherein a second bit of each parity value corresponds to a second of the plurality of portions of the corresponding data value, each ECC value corresponding to one of the plurality of data values. The parity checker is to detect a parity error in a data value stored in the first storage structure using a parity value corresponding to the data value. The ECC checker is to generate a syndrome. The error corrector is to detect and correct consecutive bit errors in the data value using the syndrome. | 12-24-2015 |
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20110143107 | PRODUCTION OF METALLIZED SURFACES, METALLIZED SURFACE AND USE THEREOF - A process for producing a metallized textile surface comprises
| 06-16-2011 |
20110201190 | COMPOSITION FOR PRINTING A SEED LAYER AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING CONDUCTOR TRACKS - The invention relates to a composition for printing a seed layer for electrodeposition or electroless deposition of a metal for the production of full-area or structured metallic surfaces on a substrate, comprising 0.1 to 6% by weight of electrolessly and/or electrolytically coatable particles, 40 to 98.8% by weight of at least one solvent, 0 to 15% by weight of a crosslinker, 0.1 to 6% by weight of at least one dispersing additive, 0 to 5% by weight of at least one further additive and 1 to 20% by weight of at least one polymer, said at least one polymer being in the form of a dispersion. The invention further relates to a process for producing full-area or structured metallic surfaces on a substrate, and to a use of the process. | 08-18-2011 |
20110268647 | PRODUCING TWO-DIMENSIONAL SANDWICH NANOMATERIALS BASED ON GRAPHENE - Two-dimensional nanomaterials are produced in a process comprising the steps of
| 11-03-2011 |
20110292570 | PROCESS FOR ENCAPSULATING METALS AND METAL OXIDES WITH GRAPHENE AND THE USE OF THESE MATERIALS - The invention relates to a process for coating nanoparticles with graphene, comprising the steps of
| 12-01-2011 |
20130164635 | USE OF EXPANDED GRAPHITE IN LITHIUM/SULPHUR BATTERIES - The present invention relates to a solid composite for use in the cathode of a lithium- sulphur electric current producing cell wherein the solid composite comprises 1 to 75 wt.-% of expanded graphite, 25 to 99 wt.-% of sulphur, 0 to 50 wt.-% of one or more further conductive agents other than expanded graphite, and 0 to 50 wt.-% one or more binder, based on the total amount of the solid composite, a lithium-sulphur electric current producing cell comprising (i) a cathode comprising the solid composite, (ii) an anode and (iii) an electrolyte interposed between said cathode and said anode, and a process for preparing the solid composite comprising the steps (I) preparing a slurry comprising sulphur, expanded graphite, and optionally further components in a liquid medium by dispersing the sulphur, the expanded graphite, and optionally the further components in the liquid medium; (H) casting the slurry provided in step (I) on a substrate or placing the slurry provided in step (I) into a mold; and (III) removing some or all of the liquid medium from the slurry cast in step (II) to form a solid composite. | 06-27-2013 |
20130244862 | PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING A NITROGEN-CONTAINING POROUS CARBONACEOUS MATERIAL - Disclosed is a process for manufacturing a nitrogen-containing porous carbonaceous material with an optional inorganic salt content of up to 50 ppm by weight. The process comprises the following steps: (A) conversion of (a) at least one heterocyclic hydrocarbon with at least two NH2-groups per molecular with (b) at least one aromatic compound with at least two aldehyde groups per molecular, (B) heating in the absence of oxygen to temperature in the range of from 700 to 1200° C. | 09-19-2013 |
20130334546 | NOVEL ILLUMINATION DEVICES - Illumination device comprising at least one LED and at least one colour converter comprising at least one organic fluorescent colorant in a matrix consisting essentially of polystyrene or polycarbonate, wherein LED and colour converter are present in a remote phosphor arrangement. | 12-19-2013 |
20140076397 | NOVEL COLOR CONVERTERS - A color converter comprising at least one layer comprising at least one organic fluorescent colorant and at least one barrier layer having a low permeability to oxygen. | 03-20-2014 |
20140103374 | NOVEL COLOR CONVERTER - Color converter comprising at least one polymer and at least one organic fluorescent dye comprising at least one structural unit of the formula (I) where the structural unit may be mono- or polysubstituted by identical or different substituents and where one or more CH groups of the six-membered ring of the benzimidazole structure shown may be replaced by nitrogen. | 04-17-2014 |
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20110211666 | CT SCANNING SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING MULTI-PIXEL X-RAY SOURCES - A CT scanning system may include a multi-pixel x-ray source, and a detector array. The multi-pixel x-ray source may have a plurality of pixels that are disposed along a z-axis, and that are sequentially activated so as to controllably emit x-rays in response to incident electrons. The detector array may have one or more rows of x-ray detectors that detect the x-rays that are emitted from the pixels and have traversed an object, and generate data for CT image reconstruction system. In third generation CT scanning systems, the number of detector rows may be reduced. Multi-pixel x-ray source implementation of saddle curve geometry may render a single rotation single organ scan feasible. Using a multi-pixel x-ray source in stationary CT scanning systems may allow x-ray beam design with a minimal coverage to satisfy mathematical requirements for reconstruction. | 09-01-2011 |
20110235774 | METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR CONTINUOUS WAVE TOMOSYNTHESIS USING PHOTON COUNTING - Tomosynthesis data may be acquired from a radiation source that substantially continuously emits radiation while its position is varied relative to a photon counting x-ray detector. The detector detects photons comprised within the radiation and photon data indicative of the detected photons is generated. The photon data may comprise data related to a detected photon's detection time, detection location on the detector, energy level, and/or trajectory from the radiation source, for example. The photon data of various photons may be compiled into a plurality of bins and, through reconstruction and tomosynthesis techniques, produce synthesized images of various tomography planes of an object under examination. In this way, the tomosynthesis techniques rely on counting photons rather than measuring their energy to create synthesized images. | 09-29-2011 |
20120025981 | ITEM DISPENSER AND TRACKER - An item tracking apparatus includes a tag interrogator that transmits an interrogation signal and receives a signal emitted by a tag affixed to an item in response to the tag receiving the interrogation signal, wherein the tag and item are part of a bio-compatible consumable dosage delivery unit and a controller that determines a state of the item based on the received signal. A consumable dosage delivery unit includes a dosage form and a bio-compatible wireless communications tag. | 02-02-2012 |
20120193548 | OVERLAPPING DETECTOR ELEMENTS OF A RADIOGRAPHIC DETECTOR ARRAY - One or more techniques and/or systems described herein provide for creating detector elements that are configured to be overlaid, such that at least a portion of gap between two detector elements is situated in a plane that is not parallel to a plane through which primary radiation travels. That is, a first detector element comprises a portion that is configured to overlap a portion of a second detector element. The detector element(s) may be direct conversion or indirect conversion detector elements. Moreover, one or more electrodes may be placed within the gap and/or along an edge of the detector element to assist in the movement of charge generated by a charge producing portion of the detector element. | 08-02-2012 |
20120195410 | CLEANING APPARATUS AND/OR CLEANING TECHNIQUES FOR USE WITH A RADIOGRAPHIC EXAMINATION DEVICE - One or more techniques and/or systems are described herein for cleaning a portion of a radiographic examination apparatus whereon debris may accumulate. Typically, the portion being cleaned is within a scanning field of the radiographic examination device (e.g., within a portion of the radiographic examination device through which radiation traverses). Activation of a cleaning mechanism, or a portion thereof, may be timed to miss radiation emitted during a scan, and thus not interfere with a scan. Also, the cleaning mechanism, or a portion thereof, may be located so as to not attenuate radiation. If radiation is attenuated by the cleaning mechanism corrective techniques can be implemented to account for such attenuation. | 08-02-2012 |
20130214170 | FLAT PANEL DETECTOR INCORPORATING SILK LAYER(S) - One or more techniques and/or systems described herein implement, among other things, a flat panel detector component for detecting actinic and non-actinic radiation, or the formation thereof. The flat panel detector component comprises a plurality of layers, where at least one of the layers comprises silk. Further, a silk layer may be in direct physical contact with a radiation detection layer. | 08-22-2013 |
20130237814 | MULTI-MODALITY IMAGE ACQUISITION - One or more techniques and/or systems described herein provide for generating a radiographic image and ultrasound image depicting parallel planes of an object under examination and may be used in conjunction with radiographic or ultrasound techniques known to those in the field (e.g., x-ray tomosynthesis, computed tomography ultrasound imaging, etc.). An ultrasound frontend component is configured to transmit ultrasound waves in a direction substantially parallel to a trajectory of radiation. In one example, one or more radiographic images of an object are spatially coincident to one or more ultrasound images of the object in the same position and/or geometric shape/volume, and the images may be combined to generate a combined image depicting features of the ultrasound image (e.g., the sensitivity of the ultrasound image) and features of the radiographic image (e.g., the morphological details of the radiographic image). | 09-12-2013 |
20130294573 | METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR CONTINUOUS WAVE TOMOSYNTHESIS USING PHOTON COUNTING - Tomosynthesis data may be acquired from an ionizing radiation source that substantially continuously emits radiation while its position is varied relative to a photon counting detector. The detector detects photons comprised within the radiation and photon data indicative of the detected photons is generated. The photon data may comprise data related to a detected photon's detection time, detection location on the detector, energy level, and/or trajectory from the radiation source, for example. The photon data of various photons may be compiled into a plurality of bins and, through reconstruction and tomosynthesis techniques, produce synthesized images of various tomography planes of an object under examination. In this way, the tomosynthesis techniques rely on counting photons rather than measuring their energy to create synthesized images. | 11-07-2013 |
20150177165 | CT SCANNING SYSTEMS AND METHODS USING MULTI-PIXEL X-RAY SOURCES - A CT scanning system may include a multi-pixel x-ray source, and a detector array. The multi-pixel x-ray source may have a plurality of pixels that are disposed along a z-axis, and that are sequentially activated so as to controllably emit x-rays in response to incident electrons. The detector array may have one or more rows of x-ray detectors that detect the x-rays that are emitted from the pixels and have traversed an object, and generate data for CT image reconstruction system. In third generation CT scanning systems, the number of detector rows may be reduced. Multi-pixel x-ray source implementation of saddle curve geometry may render a single rotation single organ scan feasible. Using a multi-pixel x-ray source in stationary CT scanning systems may allow x-ray beam design with a minimal coverage to satisfy mathematical requirements for reconstruction. | 06-25-2015 |
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20100033729 | BIAS-INSTABILITY REDUCTION IN FIBER OPTIC GYROSCOPES - A computer-implementable method of reducing bias instability in a fiber optic gyroscope includes receiving, with a computer, a first data set enabling the computer to generate a model of the gyroscope, including a light source, a photodetector, and a plurality of optical components and fiber sections coupling the light source to the photodetector, and a light signal to be propagated from the light source to the photodetector. The light signal has an associated wavelength spectrum. For each wavelength of the spectrum, the relative lightwave intensity reaching the photodetector is calculated. A signal-wave intensity and a spurious-wave intensity are determined from the calculated relative lightwave intensities. A scale factor is determined from the signal-wave intensity. The spurious-wave intensity is integrated over the wavelength spectrum of the light source to obtain a total spurious-wave intensity. A rate bias error is determined based on the total spurious-wave intensity and the scale factor. | 02-11-2010 |
20100316332 | BIAS-INSTABILITY REDUCTION IN FIBER OPTIC GYROSCOPES - Apparatus for providing Bias-Instability reduction in Fiber Optic Gyroscopes are provided. In one embodiment, an optical circuit for a fiber optic gyroscope having a broadband light source and an optical fiber loop comprises: a PM fiber of length v; an IOC coupled to the PM fiber via a pigtail of length d | 12-16-2010 |
20130044328 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENVIRONMENTALLY INSENSITIVE HIGH-PERFORMANCE FIBER-OPTIC GYROSCOPES - Systems and methods for environmentally insensitive high-performance fiber-optic gyroscopes are provided. In one embodiment, a loop closure electronics apparatus for a fiber optic gyroscope having an optical phase modulator characterized by a transfer function that includes an error component of at least second order is provided. The apparatus comprises: a first digital circuit that generates a digital bias modulation signal; a second digital circuit that generates a digital feedback signal; at least one digital-to-analog converter that produces an electrical signal that drives the phase modulator from the digital bias modulation signal and the digital feedback signal; and a compensator that includes an analog filter of at least second order and a digital filter of at least second order, wherein the analog filter and the digital filter pre-filter the electrical signal to compensate for the error component. | 02-21-2013 |
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20110087521 | Methodology For Setting, Prioritization, And Alignment Of Goals And Objectives Throughout Any Organization, At All Levels - A methodology for setting, prioritization, and alignment of goals and objectives throughout an organization, which includes the following steps: identifying key goals for the organization as a whole, establishing each functional area's contribution to each said goals, establishing each functional area contributor's alignment and deliverables within the scope of each said goals, establishing key metrics and target levels for each said goal, followed by the repetition of the above steps at subordinated lower levels, as goals, metrics, and target levels are trickled down, to ensure alignment and goals assignment at all levels of the organization, from the top level role (i.e. CEO) to each entry level worker. | 04-14-2011 |
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20110184785 | Methodology for Monitoring and Tracking Process Changes, Special Cause Occurrences, Process Improvement Actions, and Their Effects, in Single or Multiple, Correlated Processes - A methodology for monitoring and tracking of process changes, special cause occurrences, and process improvement actions, and their effects on correlated processes, which includes the following steps: identifying the targeted process(es), defining the key performance indicator(s) (KPIs) for the process(es), selecting the appropriate frequency of the data points (i.e. daily, weekly, monthly, etc), capturing and reflecting the data points every completed period on a tracking chart or similar visual aid, and document significant events, special cause occurrences, and process improvement action start dates in a visually correlated matrix or data table, with data point dates serving as alignment indices. | 07-28-2011 |
20110184786 | Methodology for Data-Driven Employee Performance Management for Individual Performance, Measured Through Key Performance Indicators - A methodology for data-driven employee performance management and performance-related compensation (i.e. bonus), measured through key performance indicators, methodology which includes the following steps: setting individual key performance indicators (KPIs) and the respective performance goals associated with said KPIs, establishing performance review frequency (i.e. monthly, quarterly, annually), establishing baseline levels for said KPIs (i.e. value at the end of previous performance review period), establishing ranges for performance ratings (i.e. result <90% of goal leads to a “below expectations” rating), establishing bonus or payout levels associated with each goal's performance level (i.e. “below expectations” performance pays 50%, “exceeds expectations” pays 125%), establishing goal priority, timing, and weighting, calculation of overall performance rating and (bonus) payout level at the end of the review period, and documentation of the results of all the steps listed above. | 07-28-2011 |
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20120215372 | Detection and Prevention of Hot Spots in a Solar Panel - Methods, apparatus and systems for controlling a photovoltaic panel while ensuring the power source operates safely include determining a temperature of the photovoltaic panel, determining a voltage provided from the photovoltaic panel, determining a parameter based on the voltage and the temperature and controlling a power converter based on the determined parameter. The power converter may be a pulse amplitude modulated current converter (PAMCC). The PAMCC may be controlled through tables of pulse durations based on the determined parameter. The voltage output may be controlled through a fast control loop and through a slower control loop, and the power demand from the solar panel may be controlled such that the output voltage does not vary from the expected value by more than a predetermined value. | 08-23-2012 |
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20160105144 | PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS - This invention relates to a roofing panel for interconnection with one or more additional roofing panels. The roofing panel comprises a PV cell coupled to an inverter, and wireless (or optionally wired) power transfer circuitry for transmitting power to another roofing panel and/or the AC grid and/or to an AC inverter, and/or for receiving power from another roofing panel. | 04-14-2016 |
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20140003809 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING AN AUTOMATIC POWER ADJUSTMENT FOR AN OPTICAL SIGNAL | 01-02-2014 |
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20150358108 | Method and Apparatus for Increasing a Transmission Performance of a Hybrid Wavelength Division Multiplexing System - A hybrid wavelength division multiplexing system wherein one or more intensity modulated signals generated by optical amplitude modulators are co-propagated with one or more phase modulated signals generated by optical phase modulators, wherein a drive voltage of said optical amplitude modulator is adapted to reduce an extinction ratio of the intensity modulated signal to minimize a cross-phase modulation impact on the co-propagating phase modulated signals. | 12-10-2015 |
20160112138 | Apparatus and Method For Monitoring Signal Quality of a Modulated Optical Signal - A transmitter with at least one optical modulator adapted to modulate the optical signal output by a laser source to generate a modulated optical signal, wherein the optical signal output by the laser source is tapped and supplied to a monitoring circuit comprising an optical front end configured to select signal components of the tapped modulated optical signal and to convert the selected signal components of the tapped modulated optical signal into analog signals, and comprising at least one analog-to-digital converter, ADC, adapted to perform equivalent-time sampling of the analog signals to provide digital signals processed by a processing unit to monitor signal quality of the modulated optical signal. | 04-21-2016 |