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20080274252 | Pullulan film containing sweetener - An edible film comprises a major amount of pullulan and at least one sweetener in an amount of at least about 10% by weight on a dry solids basis. The sweetener can be, for example, a high intensity sweetener such as sucralose, aspartame, acesulfame K, brazzein, and combinations of two or more thereof. The edible film can be used in a sweetener dispenser that comprises a container and a plurality of film strips. The container has an inner compartment and an aperture that is adapted to be opened. The plurality of film strips are located in the inner compartment. Individual film strips can be removed from the container through the aperture. | 11-06-2008 |
20090011115 | Edible Pullulan Films Containing Flavoring - An edible film comprises at least one flavoring, pullulan, and at least one plasticizer. The at least one plasticizer is present in an amount that is effective to prevent the film from becoming brittle. Pullulan makes up greater than 50% by weight of the non-flavoring solids in the film. The film can be contacted with a food to provide flavoring in or on the food. | 01-08-2009 |
20090238925 | Starch and Amphiphilic Surfactant or Particulate Emulsion for Paper Coating Applications - A composition suitable for coating a paper product can comprise starch and at least one additional component selected from the group consisting of (a) an amphiphilic surfactant and (b) a particulate emulsion; wherein the weight ratio of surfactant to starch is from about 0.005:1 to about 0.25:1 and the weight ratio of the particulate emulsion to starch is from about 0.005:1 to about 0.429:1. | 09-24-2009 |
20100021751 | Poly(Lactic Acid)-Containing Compositions for Use in Imparting Oil, Grease, or Water Resistance to Paper - Herein disclosed is a composition containing from about 5 weight parts to about 50 weight parts of a branched polylactic acid; from about 50 weight parts to about 95 weight parts of water; and from about 0.1 weight parts to about 1 weight part of a first surfactant. The composition can be coated onto a substrate containing paper or paperboard and having a first surface and a second surface, to form a paper product having oil, grease, and moisture resistance. | 01-28-2010 |
20100068350 | Pullulan Films and Their Use in Edible Packaging - An edible article comprises a food product and a film that encloses the food product. In one embodiment, the film comprises a major amount of pullulan on a dry solids basis, and a minor amount of at least two of glycerol, propylene glycol, sorbitol, and polyethylene glycol. In another embodiment, the film comprises a major amount of pullulan on a dry solids basis, gelatin, and at least two of glycerol, propylene glycol, sorbitol, and polyethylene glycol, and can also comprise salt. In another embodiment, the film comprises a first layer comprising a major amount of at least one food grade wax, a second layer comprising a major amount of pullulan and further comprising at least one plasticizer, and a third layer comprising at least one surfactant that is substantially immiscible with aqueous pullulan compositions but which adheres to pullulan surfaces, wherein the at least one surfactant is at least partially crystalline. In another embodiment, the film comprises a major amount of pullulan on a dry solids basis, at least one salt (and in some cases at least two salts), and at least one plasticizer. In another embodiment, the film comprises an edible film adhered to a peelable, flexible substrate, wherein the edible film comprises a major amount of pullulan on a dry solids basis and at least one plasticizer. The edible article can be manufactured by preparing a film-forming composition as described above, forming the film-forming composition into a film, and enclosing a food product with the film. | 03-18-2010 |
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20120205469 | Dual Mode Fuel Injector - A fuel injector for an internal combustion engine comprises a fuel intensification section and a needle control section. The fuel intensification section has an inlet and an outlet. The fuel intensification section receives fuel at a first pressure at the inlet and provides fuel at one of the first and second pressures at the outlet. The second pressure is greater than the first pressure. The needle control section has an injector needle and an injector needle control valve. The injector needle has a first position and a second position. The injector needle is disposed in the second position to allow fuel to flow from the fuel injector to the internal combustion engine. The injector needle control valve controls movement of the injector needle. All of the fuel that flows from the fuel injector to the internal combustion engine passes through the fuel outlet of the fuel intensification section. | 08-16-2012 |
20150014427 | CONTROL VALVE - A control valve of a fuel injector includes a generally cylindrical control valve housing having an axis, and a control valve body disposed within the control valve housing. An inlet throttle passage is in fluid communication with the control valve housing and is oriented to be generally tangential to the control valve housing. | 01-15-2015 |
20150041566 | APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING NEEDLE VALVE LEAKAGE - A needle body for a fuel injector that controls or prevents high pressure fuel leaks by dynamically controlling the size of the clearance between a longitudinal bore in a nozzle body and the needle that travels along the bore. The longitudinal bore passes through a body portion and a clearance control protrusion of the needle body. The clearance control protrusion extends from the body portion into a nozzle chamber of a nozzle section of the fuel injector. The clearance control protrusion is configured to prevent expansion of the clearance that is typically associated with hydraulic forces caused by pressurized fuel in the clearance. The clearance control protrusion is configured so that as fuel pressure in the nozzle chamber increases, hydraulic forces act against an outer surface of the clearance control protrusion to prevent expansion of the portion of the clearance positioned within the clearance control protrusion. | 02-12-2015 |
20160076477 | Fuel Injector - A dual-mode fuel injector has an internal part containing a variable volume chamber space which fills with fuel at common rail pressure and a plunger which is operable to force fuel out of the variable volume chamber space and to be injected out of the nozzle through the injection orifices at amplified pressure greater than common rail pressure. The plunger and the internal part have respective surfaces which come into mutual abutment during filling of the variable volume chamber space with fuel at common rail pressure and which, when in mutual abutment, create a seal which seals fuel in the variable volume chamber space against escape from the variable volume chamber space past the seal. | 03-17-2016 |
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20120086863 | Method and Apparatus for Determining Motion - An apparatus comprising a processor and a memory that cause the apparatus to perform receiving a video indicating a motion, generating a set of scalar representations of movement based, at least in part, on at least part of the video, and identifying at least one predetermined motion that correlates to the set of scalar representations of movement is disclosed. | 04-12-2012 |
20120086864 | Method and Apparatus for Determining Motion - An apparatus, comprising a processor and memory configured to cause the apparatus to perform at least the following: receiving a video indicating a motion, generating a set of normalized representations of movement based, at least in part, on the video, evaluating a reference set of representations with respect to the set of normalized representations of the movement, and determining that at least one predetermined motion correlates to the set of normalized representations of the movement based, at least in part, on the evaluation is disclosed. | 04-12-2012 |
20130060765 | OBJECT RETRIEVAL AND LOCALIZATION USING A SPATIALLY-CONSTRAINED SIMILARITY MODEL - Methods, apparatus, and computer-readable storage media for object retrieval and localization that employ a spatially-constrained similarity model. A spatially-constrained similarity measure may be evaluated by a voting-based scoring technique. Object retrieval and localization may thus be achieved without post-processing. The spatially-constrained similarity measure may handle object rotation, scaling and view point change. The similarity measure can be efficiently calculated by the voting-based method and integrated with inverted files. The voting-based scoring technique may simultaneously retrieve and localize a query object in a collection of images such as an image database. The object retrieval and localization technique may, for example, be implemented with a k-nearest neighbor (k-NN) re-ranking method in or as a retrieval method, system or module. The k-NN re-ranking method may be applied to improve query results of the object retrieval and localization technique. | 03-07-2013 |
20130060766 | K-NEAREST NEIGHBOR RE-RANKING - Methods, apparatus, and computer-readable storage media for k-NN re-ranking. Based on retrieved images and localized objects, a k-NN re-ranking method may use the k-nearest neighbors of a query to refine query results. Given the top k retrieved images and their localized objects, each k-NN object may be used as a query to perform a search. A database image may have different ranks when using those k-nearest neighbors as queries. Accordingly, a new score for each database image may be collaboratively determined by those ranks, and re-ranking may be performed using the new scores to improve the search results. The k-NN re-ranking technique may be performed two or more times, each time on a new set of k-nearest neighbors, to further refine the search results. | 03-07-2013 |
20140247993 | LANDMARK LOCALIZATION VIA VISUAL SEARCH - One exemplary embodiment involves identifying feature matches between each of a plurality of object images and a test image, each of the feature matches between a feature of a respective object image and a matching feature of the test image, wherein there is a spatial relationship between each respective object image feature and a first landmark of the object image, the first landmark at a known location in the object image. The embodiment additionally involves estimating a plurality of locations for a second landmark for the test image, the estimated locations based at least in part on the feature matches and the spatial relationships, and estimating a final location for the second landmark from the plurality of locations for the second landmark for the test image. | 09-04-2014 |
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20100267397 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING A MOBILITY OF A MOBILE STATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An infrastructure-based mobililty determination module (MDM) receives multiple measurement reports from the MS and, for each received measurement report, stores values corresponding to values included in the report that are associated with measurements of parameters associated with received signals, wherein each stored value is stored in association with a wireless access node sourcing the corresponding signal. For each of one or more pairings of received measurement reports, the MDM then determines a signal parameter measurement change value corresponding to a change from the signal parameter measurement values associated with a first measurement report of the pairing to the signal parameter measurement values associated with a second measurement report of the pairing. Based on the one or more signal parameter measurement change values, the MDM determines an average signal parameter measurement change value and, based on the average signal parameter measurement change value, determines a mobility of the MS. | 10-21-2010 |
20120322460 | REAL-TIME LOCATION ESTIMATION OF A MOBILE STATION IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An apparatus and method is provided for real-time location estimation of a mobile station (MS) on a map of roads using non-Global Positioning Satellite location data ( | 12-20-2012 |
20160124072 | Real-Time Location Estimation of a Mobile Station in a Wireless Communication System - An apparatus and method is provided for real-time location estimation of a mobile station (MS) on a map of roads using non-Global Positioning Satellite location data of the MS and includes a step of determining that the MS is stationary. A next step includes assigning each raw location datum with an initial mass such that the data exhibit an attractive force therebetween. A next step includes calculating a net attractive force for all data using a distance between the data. A next step includes moving each datum a normalized step on the map in response to the net attractive force. A next step includes merging any data that are within a predefined distance on the map and adding their masses. A next step includes repeating the calculating, moving, and merging steps until there are no consecutive merges for a predetermined number of iterations. A next step includes removing any datum with a mass less than a threshold. If there is more than one merged datum left, and a total number of iterations is less than a predefined number, going to the calculating step. Otherwise, using a mean of the locations of any remaining data as a location of the mobile station. | 05-05-2016 |
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20100250253 | CONTEXT AWARE, SPEECH-CONTROLLED INTERFACE AND SYSTEM - A speech-directed user interface system includes at least one speaker for delivering an audio signal to a user and at least one microphone for capturing speech utterances of a user. An interface device interfaces with the speaker and microphone and provides a plurality of audio signals to the speaker to be heard by the user. A control circuit is operably coupled with the interface device and is configured for selecting at least one of the plurality of audio signals as a foreground audio signal for delivery to the user through the speaker. The control circuit is operable for recognizing speech utterances of a user and using the recognized speech utterances to control the selection of the foreground audio signal. | 09-30-2010 |
20110107415 | PORTABLE COMPUTING DEVICE AND HEADSET INTERFACE - A method of authenticating the interoperability of a headset and a device, as well as a headset and a device, is provided. The method includes, in a headset, monitoring at least one input for a verification signal, and, in response to failing to detect the verification signal within a predetermined period of time, selectively disabling a speaker and/or microphone of the headset. An alternative method includes, in a device, detecting a coupling of a headset to the device, transmitting a verification signal to the headset, and receiving, from the headset, at least one of a serial number associated with the headset, an identification of a user of the headset, a security certificate, or a voice translation template associated with the user. | 05-05-2011 |
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20090159636 | PAPER TOOL CONSTRUCTION - A paper tool includes a base having a front end and a rear end and a drive arm pivotally coupled to the base about a first pivot axis. The drive arm includes a front portion proximate the front end of the base and a rear portion proximate the rear end of the base. The stapler also includes a handle pivotally coupled to the base and a drive member supported by the handle rearwardly of the first pivot axis such that, when the handle pivots relative to the base, the drive member engages the rear portion of the drive arm to pivot the drive arm about the first pivot axis. | 06-25-2009 |
20160025543 | Measuring Spoon With Spill Reduction Feature - A measuring spoon has a cup member extending from a handle. The cup member is configured for measurement of liquids. The cup member has a smooth interior surface bounded by an outer rim and a protrusion below the outer rim parallel to the outer rim. The outer rim defines an opening of the cup member. The protrusion is arranged in the interior surface of the cup at a position corresponding to a specified liquid volume measurement of the measuring spoon cup member. | 01-28-2016 |
20160044928 | Food Cutter with Decorative Pattern Press - A food cutter has a cutting portion and a movable portion that is movable between a first position in which the movable portion is raised relative to the cutting portion and a second position in which the movable position is lowered relative to the cutting portion. The cutting portion comprises an upstanding wall with a blade formed on a distal end of the upstanding wall. The movable portion is arranged generally traverse to the upstanding wall. A biasing member extends continuously from the upstanding wall to the movable portion. The biasing member urges the movable portion to the first position when the movable portion is moved to the second position. | 02-18-2016 |
20160044951 | Juice Extractor - A juice extractor has a fruit receiving cavity having a center axis with first and second cavity portions movable along the center axis between an open position in which the first and second cavity portions are spaced away from each other a distance sufficient to allow a fruit to be inserted therein and a compressed position in which the first and second cavity portions are brought toward each other to compress the fruit. The first cavity portion has a press with a center recess. The second cavity portion has a bowl. The first and second cavity portions have cooperating geometry that allows the first and second cavity portions to be brought toward each other to the compressed position. The fruit receiving cavity has a blade support with cutting blades exposed therefrom. The cutting blades are positioned about the center axis and define planes parallel to the center axis. | 02-18-2016 |
20160045079 | Apparatus for Mounting Accessories to a Shower Curtain Rod Wall Mount Bracket - A shower curtain rod wall mount bracket has a tubular member configured to receive a shower curtain rod. The tubular member has a center axis and the shower curtain rod is received by the tubular member along the tubular member center axis. A wall mount portion is operatively connected to the tubular member. The wall mount portion has a mounting surface configured for mounting the wall mount bracket to a wall adjacent a shower enclosure. The mounting surface is generally perpendicular to the tubular member center axis. A bathroom accessory mount is operatively connected to the wall mount portion. The bathroom accessory mount supports a bathroom accessory that may be, by example, a hook, a tray, and/or a rod. | 02-18-2016 |