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20090278380 | LEG PUSHER DEVICE FOR SIDE IMPACT TESTS - An energy absorbing vehicle door, comprising an inner panel, an outer panel joined to the inner panel, a door trim panel material on the inner panel, and an energy absorbing member mounted on the inner panel. The energy absorbing member has a first surface adjacent the outer member and a second surface adjacent the door trim panel. The energy absorbing member is mounted at a position corresponding to the vicinity of the vehicle occupant's lower leg to reduce dynamic motion between the occupant's femur and lower leg, thereby reducing said femur distal movement response during a vehicle said impact event. | 11-12-2009 |
20110012328 | SIDE CURTAIN AIRBAG WITH PRESSURE CONTROL DEVICE - An inflatable safety curtain for use in a vehicle interior is provided. A first inflatable portion may be mounted to the vehicle interior. A second inflatable portion may be mounted to the first portion. The first and second portions may be in fluid communication. A pressure control device is disposed between the first and second inflatable portions to selectively prevent fluid communication between the first and second portion. The pressure control device is a flexible valve from fabric or a memory shape material, a chamber valve having an enlarged opening, or a flapper valve. | 01-20-2011 |
20150258956 | PASSIVE STRUCTURAL DESIGN THAT IMPROVES IMPACT SIGNAL DURING SIDE IMPACT - A vehicle includes a floor structure and one or more tubular rocker structures. Each rocker structure includes an outer cladding and/or an inner structure extending across an interior space of the rocker structure. At least one acceleration sensor is connected to a central portion of the floor structure to detect acceleration resulting from a crash event. The vehicle may also include pressure sensors that detect changes in pressure in the door cavities that result from side impacts. The cladding and/or inner structure of the rockers reduce the time required to detect acceleration due to a side impact on the rocker structures. | 09-17-2015 |
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20090057550 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISCOVERY AND ANALYSIS OF MARKERS - A business method for use in classifying patient samples. The method includes steps of collecting case samples representing a clinical phenotypic state and control samples representing patients without said clinical phenotypic state. Preferably the system uses a mass spectrometry platform system to identify patterns of polypeptides in said case samples and in the control samples without regard to the specific identity of at least some of said polypeptides. Based on identified representative patterns of the state, the business method provides for the marketing of diagnostic products using representative patterns. | 03-05-2009 |
20110315552 | Systems and Methods for Discovery and Analysis of Markers - A business method for use in classifying patient samples. The method includes steps of collecting case samples representing a clinical phenotypic state and control samples representing patients without said clinical phenotypic state. Preferably the system uses a mass spectrometry platform system to identify patterns of polypeptides in said case samples and in the control samples without regard to the specific identity of at least some of said polypeptides. Based on identified representative patterns of the state, the business method provides for the marketing of diagnostic products using representative patterns. The present invention relates to systems and methods for identifying new markers, diagnosing patients with a biological state of interest, and marketing/commercializing such diagnostics. The present invention relates to systems and methods of greater sensitivity, specificity, and/or cost effectiveness. | 12-29-2011 |
20140374584 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DISCOVERY AND ANALYSIS OF MARKERS - A business method for use in classifying patient samples. The method includes steps of collecting case samples representing a clinical phenotypic state and control samples representing patients without said clinical phenotypic state. Preferably the system uses a mass spectrometry platform system to identify patterns of polypeptides in said case samples and in the control samples without regard to the specific identity of at least some of said polypeptides. Based on identified representative patterns of the state, the business method provides for the marketing of diagnostic products using representative patterns. The present invention relates to systems and methods for identifying new markers, diagnosing patients with a biological state of interest, and marketing/commercializing such diagnostics. The present invention relates to systems and methods of greater sensitivity, specificity, and/or cost effectiveness. | 12-25-2014 |
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20090111444 | SOUND IN A CONFERENCE COMMUNICATION SESSION - According to the present invention a first main communication device at a first site includes a first network interface associated with a communication network, a local wireless interface for interfacing with a number of satellite communication devices, a network communication unit for communicating over the first network interface, a local communication unit for communication with satellite communication devices via the local wireless interface, and a control unit. The control unit receives sound picked up by a group of satellite communication devices at the first site via the local wireless interface, combines this received sound, and orders the network communication unit to send the combined sound via the network interface to a second main communication device at a second site as sound in the conference communication session provided by the first main communication device. | 04-30-2009 |
20090270141 | APPARATUS HAVING INPUT MEANS WITH RUGGED SURFACE - The invention relates to a mobile apparatus which comprise a casing provided with input means, at least one accelerometer, and at least one sound detecting device for detecting a sound. The input means comprise an at least partly raised surface, and wherein, when an object is moved over the at least partly raised surface a vibration, detectable by the accelerometer, occurs which, in turn, generates a sound detectable by the sound detecting device. The detected vibration and sound is representative of the length and direction of the movement by the object over the at least partly raised surface. | 10-29-2009 |
20100216441 | METHOD FOR PHOTO TAGGING BASED ON BROADCAST ASSISTED FACE IDENTIFICATION - An electronic device, method, and system for obtaining data to be associated with a digital photograph captured with the device. The device includes a photograph management application for associating data with a digital photograph captured with the device. The photograph management application is configured to extract facial images from a photograph, determine a faceprint for the facial image, transmit the faceprint to remote mobile devices within a communication zone of the device that captured the image, receive data from a remote device recognizing the transmitted faceprint, and associate the data received from the remote device with the digital photograph. | 08-26-2010 |
20110285669 | Electronic Devices Including Interactive Displays Implemented Using Cameras and Related Methods and Computer Program Products - An electronic device is provided including a housing; an interactive display connected to the housing; a frame associated with the interactive display; at least one camera coupled to the interactive display and frame; and a position determination circuit coupled to the camera and the interactive display. The position determination circuit is configured to determine a position of an object in proximity to the interactive display based on images captured by the at least one camera. | 11-24-2011 |
20110291943 | TOUCH INTERFACE FOR THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY CONTROL - An electronic device includes a first touch panel disposed on a first side of the device. The first touch panel receives a first touch input. The electronic device further includes a display disposed on the first side of the device, and a touch interface disposed on a second side of the device, where the second side is different than the first side. The touch interface receives a second touch input. A control unit receives an indication of the first touch input from the first touch panel and receives an indication of the second touch input from the touch interface. The control unit further determines alterations to a three dimensional view of the display in the x, y and/or z directions based on the first touch input, and rotates the three dimensional view on the display angularly in accordance with movement of the second touch input. | 12-01-2011 |
20120057806 | USER INTERFACE WITH THREE DIMENSIONAL USER INPUT - A device and method for image manipulation is provided. The image manipulation may be performed as a function of a three dimensional user input and image or application specific data regarding the displayed image to be manipulated. The three dimensional input may be in the form of a two dimensional position on a touch screen and a measured force in the third dimension. The image or application specific data may be in the form of a maximum depth value indicating the maximum depth of the displayed image. The system may be configured to adjust the image based on a percentage of the measured user input force and a threshold force. The image may be adjusted based on the percentage and the maximum depth. | 03-08-2012 |
20120154595 | Integrated Camera-Projection Device - A projector for projecting media, such as video and images, comprises an integrated camera. The camera can capture an image of a subject external to the projector, as well as an image of the media being projected. To capture these images, a controller dynamically changes the orientation of one or more reflective members of a Digital Micromirror Device (DMD) within the projector. | 06-21-2012 |
20130271581 | 3D Viewing with Better Performance in Both Lumen Per Watt and Brightness - A method and apparatus for providing a three-dimensional display to a viewer is disclosed. If a color difference between pixels of a right eye image area and corresponding pixels of a left eye image area is greater than or equal to a predefined difference threshold, a parallax barrier is controlled to block either the right or the left eye image area from the viewer. Otherwise, if the color difference is less than the predefined threshold, the parallax barrier is controlled to display both the right and left eye image areas to the viewer. Corresponding devices to implement the method are also disclosed. The method may be performed by an autostereoscopic display controller, or a pair of active shutter glasses, for example. | 10-17-2013 |
20140219572 | ENHANCED VIDEO ENCODING USING DEPTH INFORMATION - The invention is directed to systems, methods and computer program products for enhancing video encoding using depth information. An exemplary method comprises: determining, using a computing device, depth information associated with a first object in an image; determining, based on the depth information, that the first object is an object in focus; determining, based on the object in focus, a more important segment of an image; determining a first bit rate for encoding the more important segment of the image; and encoding the more important segment using the first bit rate. | 08-07-2014 |
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20090084730 | Optionally Modified And Optionally Insoluble Starches For Eliminating Natural Organic Contaminants From Liquids - Modified and insoluble starches are utilized for eliminating natural organic substances/contaminants from liquids and in particular from liquids used for food applications, such as drinking water, beverages, fruit juices or syrups, as well as natural water, industrial process water, or wastewater. | 04-02-2009 |
20090098262 | Optionally Modified/Insoluble Vegetable Gums for Removing Natural or Synthetic Organic Impurities from Liquid Media Contaminated Therewith - Unwanted natural and synthetic organic impurities are removed from liquid media contaminated therewith, e.g., liquids and beverages intended for human consumption, or industrial/wastewaters, by introducing into such media a thus effective amount of an optionally modified/insoluble cationic vegetable gum containing one or more cationic or cationizable substituents, maintaining the cationic vegetable gum in such liquid medium until the organic impurities are sorbed thereon, and thence recovering the vegetable gum/sorbed impurities therefrom, whereby purifying the liquid medium. | 04-16-2009 |
20100031569 | USE OF HERBACEOUS AQUATIC PLANTS AS SOILLESS CULTURE MEDIUM AND MEDIUM SO FORMED - The present invention relates to the use of dry and compacted aquatic grasses containing zosteric acid and/or zosterin, as a support for soil-less cultivation. It also relates to a support for cultivation consisting at least in part of such aquatic grasses. | 02-11-2010 |
20110172102 | USE OF OLIGOAPIOGALACTURONANS AND THEIR DERIVATIVES TO SIMULATE DEFENCE AND RESISTANCE REACTIONS IN PLANTS AGAINST BIOTIC AND ABIOTIC STRESS SOURCES - The invention related to the use of oligo-apiogalacturonan compounds, particularly extracted from aquatic plants of the | 07-14-2011 |
20130230889 | ULVAN LYASE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME, AND USES THEREOF - The present invention notably relates to ulvan lyases, to nucleic acid sequences coding for these ulvan lyases, to vectors comprising these coding sequences, to a method of manufacturing these ulvan lyases, as well as to a method of degrading ulvans using these ulvan lyases and applicable applications to the degradation products of the ulvans. The ulvan lyases of the present invention, or ulvanolytic protein, are notably defined as proteins of 30 or 46 kD comprising the following four sequences in their peptide sequence: PNDPNLK, LLEVGNTGTFGSTGS, DLANPDNV and WNLPE. | 09-05-2013 |
20140302561 | 3S-RHAMNOSE-GLUCURONYL HYDROLASE, METHOD OF PRODUCTION AND USES - The present invention relates in particular to proteins, coding nucleic acid sequences for same, vectors comprising said coding sequences, a method for producing said proteins, and an oligosaccharide hydrolysis method using same. In particular, the invention relates to the protein of sequence SEQ ID no. 1. The present invention can be applied to the recycling of bio-natural resources formed by organisms and microorganisms including ulvans, in particular green algae. | 10-09-2014 |
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20090272693 | Utilization of polysaccharides to eliminate anions of heavy metals from water - Water contaminated with anions of heavy metals, e.g., arsenic values, is purified by contacting same with a composition containing at least one polysaccharide, such as starches or vegetable gums. | 11-05-2009 |
20100092414 | Guar Protein Extracts and Compositions Comprised Thereof as Surface Treating and/or Modifying Agents - Surface treating and/or modifying compositions, for example cosmetic or pharmaceutical or plant protective compositions or domestic care compositions contain a guar protein extract, or derivative thereof, such guar protein extract containing at least 65% by weight of proteins and are particularly suitable as surface treating and/or modifying agents, wherein these surfaces are, for example, the skin, hairs, domestic care and textile surfaces and plant leaf surfaces. | 04-15-2010 |
20100093933 | Substituted Guar Protein Extracts and Production/Applications Thereof - A variety of products are obtained from modified guar protein extracts, for example, cosmetic or pharmacological or plant protective compositions or domestic care agents containing such products; these are particularly suitable for treating and/or modifying and/or coating the skin, hair, hard and textile surfaces and, notably, plant leaf surfaces. | 04-15-2010 |