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20100135458 | X-Ray Apparatus for Bone Density Assessment and Monitoring - The present invention relates to a dual energy X-ray apparatus and method for osteoporosis assessment and monitoring. The present invention takes a bone densitometry reading of a patient's wrist to assess osteoporosis and monitor bone loss condition by repeat measurements along with therapy. The bone densitometry system has an X-ray source, dual energy detectors, an arm-rest to place the patient's arm, a motion system to move the source-detector gantry along the patient's forearm, and a computer with a database to archive the wrist image, calculate the bone mineral density, maintain a history of patient information, and generate patient history reports. | 06-03-2010 |
20100284515 | Apparatus for Bone Density Assessment and Monitoring - The present invention relates to a dual energy X-ray apparatus and method for osteoporosis assessment and monitoring. The present invention takes a bone densitometry reading of a patient's wrist to assess osteoporosis and monitor bone loss condition by repeat measurements along with therapy. The bone densitometry system has an X-ray source, dual energy detectors, an arm-rest to place the patient's arm, a motion system to move the source-detector gantry along the patient's forearm, and a computer with a database to archive the wrist image, calculate the bone mineral density, maintain a history of patient information, and generate patient history reports. | 11-11-2010 |
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20110225232 | Service Cloud Console - Various embodiments described or referenced herein are directed to different devices, methods, systems, and computer program products for providing contextual information via a user interface provided in a web browser. The user interface may display a plurality of components including a first component displaying object record information associated with an object record stored in a database and a second component displaying contextual information related to the stored object record information. Edited object record information may be received at the client machine. An indication of the edited object record information may be provided to the second user interface component of the user interface in the web browser. A request for updated contextual information related to the edited object record information may be transmitted from the client machine to the server. The updated contextual information may be displayed in the second user interface component of the user interface. | 09-15-2011 |
20110225233 | Service Cloud Console - Various embodiments described or referenced herein are directed to different devices, methods, systems, and computer program products for providing cross-domain communication via a user interface provided in a web browser. A first one or more trusted data network domains for a first user interface component may be identified. A second user interface component provided from a second data network domain accessible via a second one or more servers may be opened for display. A first event message may be transmitted from the second user interface component to the first user interface component. If the second data network domain is within the first one or more trusted data network domains, one or more operations may be performed within the first user interface component in response to the first event message. | 09-15-2011 |
20110225495 | Service Cloud Console - Various embodiments described or referenced herein are directed to different devices, methods, systems, and computer program products for processing a call via a user interface in a web browser. An incoming call directed to a client machine may be identified. The call may comprise a communication from an individual associated with an account. Object record information associated with the account may be stored in a communicably accessible database. A user interface component may be opened, responsive to the incoming call, at the client machine for display in the user interface in the web browser. The opened user interface component may display object record information associated with the account. Edited object record information comprising a modification to the object record information associated with the opened user interface component may be received at the client machine. The edited object record information may be displayed in the opened user interface component. | 09-15-2011 |
20110225500 | Service Cloud Console - Various embodiments described or referenced herein are directed to different devices, methods, systems, and computer program products for processing information entered via a user interface provided in a web browser on a display device of a client machine in communication with a server. The user interface may be capable of displaying a plurality of components, including a first component that may display object record information associated with an object record stored in a database. Edited object record information may be received at the client machine and displayed in the first user interface component. The first user interface component may be designated as unsaved. An interrupt event associated with possible loss of the edited information may be detected. A warning message indicating the detection of the interrupt event may be displayed in the web browser, and one or more selections for responding to the warning message may be provided. | 09-15-2011 |
20110225506 | Service Cloud Console - Various embodiments described or referenced herein are directed to different devices, methods, systems, and computer program products for displaying object record information via a user interface provided in a web browser. A request to display a user interface component may be received. The user interface component may include first stored object record information associated with a first object record in a database stored on a server. Whether the requested user interface component including the first stored object record information is open in the user interface may be determined. When it is determined that the requested user interface component is not open in the user interface, the first stored object record information may be retrieved from the server. The requested user interface component at the client machine may be generated without reloading the user interface. | 09-15-2011 |
20140380180 | SERVICE CLOUD CONSOLE - Various embodiments described or referenced herein are directed to different methods, systems, and computer program products for providing contextual information regarding database records via a user interface. A user interface is provided in a browser in accordance with information received from one or more servers in communication with a database system storing records and contextual information. The user interface comprises a first component and a second component, the first component comprising data of a record stored in the database system, the second component comprising contextual information related to the record data. A modification to the record data is received. A request for updated contextual information is transmitted to the one or more servers, the request identifying at least a portion of the modification. The updated contextual information is received from the one or more servers and displayed in the second component without reloading the user interface. | 12-25-2014 |
20150040013 | SERVICE CLOUD CONSOLE - Disclosed are methods, systems, and computer program products for providing cross-domain communication via a user interface provided in a web browser. One or more servers of a database system receive an indication of a first event message sent from a second user interface component to a first user interface component of the user interface, the first event message comprising a request to perform a first operation. The one or more servers identify a first one or more trusted data network domains for a first application displayed in the first user interface component. The one or more servers determine that the first one or more trusted data network domains comprise a second data network domain for a third party application displayed in the second user interface component. The one or more servers determine that the first operation is a safe operation and perform the first operation. | 02-05-2015 |
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20080221194 | Novel Potassium channel Blockers and Uses Thereof - The invention relates to compounds of Formula (1) for use in modulating potassium channel activity in cells. | 09-11-2008 |
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20100121059 | 5-PHENOXYALKOXYPSORALENS AND METHODS FOR SELECTIVE INHIBITION OF THE VOLTAGE GATED Kv1.3 POTASSIUM CHANNEL - Compositions of matter comprising 5-phenoxyalkoxypsoralen compounds and their method of synthesis and use. The compounds are useable to treat diseases or disorders in human or animal subjects, including autoimmune diseases. The compounds inhibit potassium channels, including the Kv1.3 channel and at least some of the therapeutic effects of such compounds may be due at least in part to potassium channel inhibition. In some embodiments, the compounds are more selective for certain potassium channels (e.g., Kv1.3 channels) than other potassium channels (e.g., Kv1.5 channels). | 05-13-2010 |
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20140171455 | Reduction of Microglia-Mediated Neurotoxicity by Kv1.3 Inhibition - Methods for deterring microglia-mediated neurotoxicity in a human or non-human animal subjects comprising the step of inhibiting or blocking the intermediate-conductance calcium-activated potassium channel Kv1.3 in microglia, such as in subjects how suffer from neurodegenerative diseases (e.g., Alzheimer's Disease) or ischemic/anoxic/hypoxic conditions. The inhibition or blocking of the KCa1.3 channels may be accomplished by administering a substance that inhibits Kv1.3 in microglia. Examples of Kv1.3 inhibiting substances include certain 5-phenoxyalkoxypsoralens, such as (4-Phenoxybutoxy)psoralen (PAP-1) as well as certain 4-phenoxybutoxy-substituted heterocyclic compounds. | 06-19-2014 |
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20110057071 | LIFE IMPROVING FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM - A flight control system includes a command model modified in response to a Life Improving Control (LIC) algorithm. An inverse aircraft model is in communication with the command model to generate a flight control system command to command an aircraft state. A feedback path from the command model and the aircraft state is also modified in response to the Life Improving Control (LIC) algorithm. | 03-10-2011 |
20150203189 | ROTOR MOMENT FEEDBACK FOR STABILITY AUGMENTATION - Embodiments are directed to obtaining at least one measurement of blade bending associated with at least one blade of at least one rotor of an aircraft, processing, by a device comprising a processor, the at least one measurement to obtain moment data, obtaining data from an inertial measurement unit (IMU), and processing, by the device, the moment data and the data from the IMU to generate a command configured to stabilize the aircraft. | 07-23-2015 |
20150210381 | PITCH FEEDBACK CONTROL SPLITTING FOR HELICOPTERS WITH REDUNDANT ACTUATORS - Embodiments are directed to generating, by a processing device, a feedback command for an aircraft based on a reference input and an output response of the aircraft, and analyzing, by the processing device, the feedback command to allocate control to a plurality of control surfaces over a plurality of separate frequency bands. | 07-30-2015 |
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20110272963 | Devices and Methods for Reducing Vehicle Drag - In accordance with certain embodiments of the present disclosure, an apparatus for reducing the drag of a trailer is provided. The apparatus can include an aerodynamic rain gutter component having a front edge and rear edge which is positioned on the roof adjacent to the rear edge of the roof such that the front edge of the rain gutter component contacts the roof and the rear edge of the rain gutter component does not contact the roof. The apparatus can further include a pair of fairings configured to be positioned on opposite sides of a trailer in front of wheels on the bottom of a trailer, a pair of fairings configured to be positioned on opposite sides of a trailer behind the wheels on the bottom of a trailer, with both pairs of fairings placed and shaped to direct the air smoothly around the wheels and tires and through the center of the trailer. The apparatus can also include a ramp in front of the suspension components, aerodynamically shaped wings on the axles, and a rear diffuser, such components configured to direct air smoothly between the trailer suspension and the ground. The directed high energy air from the apparatus results in a reduced trailer base drag. | 11-10-2011 |
20110272964 | Devices and Methods for Reducing Vehicle Drag - In accordance with certain embodiments of the present disclosure, a vehicle trailer is provided. The vehicle trailer includes a roof and a floor separated from each other by a pair of opposing walls that extend along the length of the floor. The roof, floor, and walls define a space accessible by a trailer door with each of the walls having a front edge and a rear edge and having a height that extends from the floor to the roof. The height is substantially the same along at least a portion of the length of the walls. The vehicle trailer further includes a pair of side wall fairings having a leading edge and trailing edge. Each side wall fairing is positioned on a different wall from the other adjacent to the rear edges of each of the walls such that the leading edge of each side wall fairing contacts the wall and the trailing edge of each side wall fairing does not contact the wall. Each side wall fairing has an upward incline and downward incline. The side wall fairings can be utilized with one or more other components that are described herein. | 11-10-2011 |
20110272965 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR REDUCING VEHICLE DRAG - In certain embodiments of the present disclosure, a vehicle trailer is described that further includes a shelf component. The shelf component is separate from the rain gutter component. The shelf component extends from the rear wall of the trailer and includes a sloped surface. | 11-10-2011 |
20120212845 | Devices and Methods for Reducing Vehicle Drag - In accordance with certain embodiments of the present disclosure, a mirror assembly for a vehicle is described. The mirror assembly includes a first curved wall, a second curved wall, a bottom portion, and a top portion. The first curved wall and second curved wall each extend from the bottom portion to the top portion and are joined to one another along a respective first side of each of the first curved wall and the second curved wall. The first curved wall, second curved wall, bottom portion, and top portion define an area comprising a reflecting surface. Each respective second side of each of the first curved wall and the second curved wall extends beyond the plane defined by the area and assists in a reduction in drag when fluid flow contacts the mirror assembly. | 08-23-2012 |
20130062908 | Devices and Methods for Reducing Vehicle Drag - A vehicle trailer is provided. The vehicle trailer includes one or more side wall fairings having a a front edge and a rear edge and having a height that extends from the floor to the roof. leading edge and trailing edge. Each side wall fairing has an upward incline and downward incline. The side wall fairings can be utilized with one or more other components that are described herein. | 03-14-2013 |
20130113235 | Devices and Methods for Reducing Vehicle Drag - An apparatus for reducing the drag of a trailer is provided. The apparatus can further include a pair of fairings configured to be positioned on opposite sides of a trailer in front of wheels on the bottom of a trailer, a pair of fairings configured to be positioned on opposite sides of a trailer behind the wheels on the bottom of a trailer, with both pairs of fairings placed and shaped to direct the air smoothly around the wheels and tires and through the center of the trailer. The apparatus can also include a ramp in front of the suspension components, aerodynamically shaped wings on the axles, and a rear diffuser, such components configured to direct air smoothly between the trailer suspension and the ground. The directed high energy air from the apparatus results in a reduced trailer base drag. | 05-09-2013 |
20130301152 | Devices and Methods for Reducing Vehicle Drag - In accordance with certain embodiments of the present disclosure, a mirror assembly for a vehicle is described. The mirror assembly includes a first curved wall, a second curved wall, a bottom portion, and a top portion. The first curved wall and second curved wall each extend from the bottom portion to the top portion and are joined to one another along a respective first side of each of the first curved wall and the second curved wall. The first curved wall, second curved wall, bottom portion, and top portion define an area comprising a reflecting surface. Each respective second side of each of the first curved wall and the second curved wall extends beyond the plane defined by the area and assists in a reduction in drag when fluid flow contacts the mirror assembly. | 11-14-2013 |
20140239669 | Devices and Methods for Reducing Vehicle Drag - In certain embodiments of the present invention, a vehicle trailer is described that includes a shelf component that extends from the rear wall of the trailer and that defines a sloped surface. | 08-28-2014 |
20140268378 | Drag Reducing Mirror Assemblies for Vehicles - A side-view mirror assembly for a vehicle is disclosed. The mirror assembly may generally include a mirror housing configured to support a mirror. The mirror housing may define an airfoil shape have a first side surface and a second side surface extending between a forward edge and an aft edge. In addition, the mirror housing may be movable between a first position, wherein the mirror housing is aerodynamically aligned with an airflow flowing past the vehicle, and a second position, wherein the mirror reflects a rearwardly extending side-view of the vehicle. | 09-18-2014 |
20160059909 | DRAG REDUCING MIRROR ASSEMBLIES FOR VEHICLES - A side-view mirror assembly for a vehicle is disclosed. The mirror assembly may generally include a mirror housing configured to support a mirror. The mirror housing may define an airfoil shape have a first side surface and a second side surface extending between a forward edge and an aft edge. In addition, the mirror housing may be movable between a first position, wherein the mirror housing is aerodynamically aligned with an airflow flowing past the vehicle, and a second position, wherein the mirror reflects a rearwardly extending side-view of the vehicle. | 03-03-2016 |
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20100001076 | MULTI-FUNCTIONAL MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICE UTILIZING A REMOVABLE PROCESSOR MODULE - A system and techniques for reading product indicia is disclosed. The system includes a mobile computing headset and a wearable data-capture accessory. The mobile computing headset preferably includes a removable processing module shaped and sized to be attachable to the wearable data-capture accessory and one or more communication modules to communicate information between the data-capture accessory and existing infrastructure devices. The data-capture accessory includes a product indicia reader and a communication module for transmitting information to and from the mobile headset. | 01-07-2010 |
20100033306 | METHOD OF CONFIGURING RFID READER - A method of configuring an RFID reader includes (1) collecting information related to an operation environment of an RFID reader, and (2) configuring the RFID reader to operate in a mode that is selected for the operation environment of the RFID reader. | 02-11-2010 |
20110121075 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUGMENTING OPTICAL BARCODE SCANNER WITH RFID READER - An apparatus and method for augmenting an optical barcode scanner. The apparatus comprises an accessory module that includes an RFID reader, a body part attachable to the optical barcode scanner, and an interface connector for forming a communication link between the RFID reader and the optical barcode scanner when the interface connector is connected with the expansion port of the optical barcode scanner. | 05-26-2011 |
20110130085 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IDENTIFYING READ ZONE OF RFID READER - An apparatus and method for identifying the read zone of an RFID reader. The apparatus includes a supporting sheet, a reader-position mark on the supporting sheet to indicate a recommended location to position an RFID reader, and a zone-boundary mark on the supporting sheet to indicate a read zone of the RFID reader with a predetermined field strength. | 06-02-2011 |
20120075101 | RFID Reader With Motion Detection - A technique for operating a Radio Frequency Identification, RFID, reader with motion detection includes detecting a motion in proximity to the RFID reader, and triggering the RFID reader to read any tags in proximity to the RFID reader in response to detecting a motion in proximity to the RFID reader. Detecting a motion can also generate a change in digital signage, or communicate information about read tags to a local area network. Operating this system only when motion is detected saves battery life. | 03-29-2012 |
20130154802 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR UPDATING A CENTRAL PLAN FOR AN AREA BASED ON A LOCATION OF A PLURALITY OF RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION READERS - A method and apparatus updates a central plan for an area based on the location of a plurality of radio frequency identification (RFID) readers by identifying the location of each of the RFID readers using an associated location mechanism. A read zone coverage area for each of the RFID readers is identified. The central plan is updated with the position and the read zone coverage area relative to the position for each of the RFID readers. A status of read zone coverage is determined for the area based on the read zone coverage areas on the central plan for all of the RFID readers in the plurality of RFID readers, wherein a report is provided based on the status of read zone coverage for the area. | 06-20-2013 |
20130155815 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR VERIFYING INFORMATION ASSOCIATED WITH ELECTRONIC LABELS - Embodiments are directed to methods and apparatuses for determining and verifying a location of an electronic label. A host system exchange information with the electronic label via ultrasonic data communication. The host system also identifies a location of the electronic label using an ultrasonic location technique. The host system also verifies that the electronic label is correctly located by comparing a calculated location of the electronic label with a known location of merchandise associated with the electronic label. | 06-20-2013 |
20130156049 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING SPATIALLY SELECTABLE COMMUNICATIONS USING DECONSTRUCTED AND DELAYED DATA STREAMS - A sending device having a processing device and a plurality of transmitters performs a method for providing spatially selectable communications using deconstructed and delayed data streams. The method includes receiving a data stream, an indication of a target point for the data stream, and a target volume around the target point. The method further includes deconstructing the data stream into a plurality of data substreams and, based on a spatial relationship between a corresponding transmitter and the target point, determining a transmitter delay for each transmitter. Moreover, the method further includes determining, based on the target volume, a data interval spacing to apply between each data substream at transmission. In addition, the method includes sending, from the transmitters, the corresponding data substreams using the corresponding transmitter delays and the data interval spacing that confine reconstruction of the data substreams back into the data stream within the target volume. | 06-20-2013 |
20130169415 | PORTABLE DATA TAG READER DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING A LOCATION OF A DATA TAG - A portable data tag method, device and system for identifying a location of a data tag. The method comprises reading the data tag by a portable data tag reader device; determining, by a processor in operative communication with the reader device, a location of the portable data tag reader device; determining, by the processor, a read zone of the portable data tag reader device, relative to the location of the portable data tag reader device; and determining, by the processor, the location of the data tag using the location of the portable data tag reader device and the read zone of the portable data tag reader device. | 07-04-2013 |
20130279297 | ORIENTATION OF AN ULTRASONIC SIGNAL - A system and method for orientation of an ultrasonic signal includes at least two emitters in a mobile device that includes an orientation sensor that can determine a device orientation. A receiver at a fixed, known point includes at least two microphones operable to receive an ultrasonic signal from the device. The mobile device can drive the emitters to produce an ultrasonic signal that is oriented towards the receiver. A location engine can establish a location of the mobile device using the time delay of arrival of an ultrasonic burst from the mobile device impinging on each microphone of the receiver. In response to the location and/or the orientation, the mobile device operable to drive the emitters to produce a signal that is oriented towards the receiver. | 10-24-2013 |