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20090066538 | Method and apparatus for object recognition and warning system of a primary vehicle for nearby vehicles - A vehicle to vehicle warning system comprises a transmitter associated with a primary vehicle alerting one or more secondary vehicles of its proximity through a receiver. The transmitter may emit a radio frequency signal which activates radio frequency receivers in surrounding vehicles. When in appropriate proximity, the signal is configured to initiate a warning at the secondary vehicle, such as light from a light-emitting device or sound from a sound-generating device. In another form, the primary vehicle includes a passive transmitter and the secondary vehicle includes a multi-frequency resonance tag/circuit having distinct frequencies for detection and discrimination. The passive transmitter creates electromagnetic waves which are generated as it passes by the secondary vehicle housing the multi-frequency resonance tag, setting off the secondary vehicle alarm system. | 03-12-2009 |
20090072995 | Method and apparatus for transmitting information between a primary vehicle and a secondary vehicle - A warning and/or information transmission or exchange system is provided for vehicles. In accordance with one aspect of the system, a first vehicle may alert its proximity to one or more secondary vehicles. These secondary vehicles will then be able to yield in a timely fashion to the primary vehicle. In other embodiments, secondary vehicles may alert their proximity to one or more primary vehicles. In other embodiments, other information may be exchanged or transmitted between the vehicles, such as a secondary vehicle transmitting insurance, medical, passenger contact, vehicle VIN or other information to a primary vehicle. | 03-19-2009 |
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20120164185 | ORAL NUTRIENT OR MEDICANT CARRIER HAVING INCREASED SURFACE AREA AND ABSORPTION RATE - A nutrient carrier comprises a body which is particularly suited for delivering nutrients via the oral cavity and pharynx. The body of the nutrient carrier comprises or includes a nutrient carrier element or material/composition. For example, the nutrient carrier body may be constructed from a nutrient carrying composition. In other embodiments, the nutrient carrier body may be constructed from a carrier material which carries a desired nutrient (such as a supplement, vitamin, mineral or medication/drug). | 06-28-2012 |
20120242503 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING INFORMATION BETWEEN A PRIMARY VEHICLE AND A SECONDARY VEHICLE - A warning and/or information transmission or exchange system is provided for vehicles. In accordance with one aspect of the system, a first vehicle may alert its proximity to one or more secondary vehicles. These secondary vehicles will then be able to yield in a timely fashion to the primary vehicle. In other embodiments, secondary vehicles may alert their proximity to one or more primary vehicles. In other embodiments, other information may be exchanged or transmitted between the vehicles, such as a secondary vehicle transmitting insurance, medical, passenger contact, vehicle VIN or other information to a primary vehicle. | 09-27-2012 |
20130085579 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A PROCESS CREATING AN INTERNAL TISSUE GRAFT FOR ANIMAL AND HUMAN RECONSTRUCTIVE PURPOSES - A method and apparatus is provided for creating an internal reconstruction tissue graft. Templates may be used to create a multitude of patterns in a variety of tissue reconstruction grafts. An apparatus may be used to create an internal tissue graft for reconstruction through either compression and/or removal of segments. An apparatus may be used, through either compression and or removal of segments of a preformed template made of synthetics and or metal that minors a template that can be used as an internal tissue graft for reconstruction. In a method, such as using software analysis and an apparatus, the physical properties of the tissue graft and its pre- and post-operative properties and appearance may be measured. | 04-04-2013 |
20130117125 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OBJECT RECOGNITION AND WARNING SYSTEM OF A PRIMARY VEHICLE FOR NEARBY VEHICLES - A vehicle to vehicle warning system comprises a transmitter associated with a primary vehicle alerting one or more secondary vehicles of its proximity through a receiver. The transmitter may emit a radio frequency signal which activates radio frequency receivers in surrounding vehicles. When in appropriate proximity, the signal is configured to initiate a warning at the secondary vehicle, such as light from a light-emitting device or sound from a sound-generating device. In another form, the primary vehicle includes a passive transmitter and the secondary vehicle includes a multi-frequency resonance tag/circuit having distinct frequencies for detection and discrimination. The passive transmitter creates electromagnetic waves which are generated as it passes by the secondary vehicle housing the multi-frequency resonance tag, setting off the secondary vehicle alarm system. | 05-09-2013 |
20150209128 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CREATING A RECONSTRUCTIVE GRAFT - A method and apparatus is provided for creating an internal reconstruction tissue graft. Templates may be used to create a multitude of patterns in a variety of tissue reconstruction grafts. An apparatus may be used to create an internal tissue graft for reconstruction through either compression and/or removal of segments. An apparatus may be used, through either compression and or removal of segments of a preformed template made of synthetics and or metal that mirrors a template that can be used as an internal tissue graft for reconstruction. In a method, such as using software analysis and an apparatus, the physical properties of the tissue graft and its pre- and post-operative properties and appearance may be measured. | 07-30-2015 |
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20090072995 | Method and apparatus for transmitting information between a primary vehicle and a secondary vehicle - A warning and/or information transmission or exchange system is provided for vehicles. In accordance with one aspect of the system, a first vehicle may alert its proximity to one or more secondary vehicles. These secondary vehicles will then be able to yield in a timely fashion to the primary vehicle. In other embodiments, secondary vehicles may alert their proximity to one or more primary vehicles. In other embodiments, other information may be exchanged or transmitted between the vehicles, such as a secondary vehicle transmitting insurance, medical, passenger contact, vehicle VIN or other information to a primary vehicle. | 03-19-2009 |
20120242503 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING INFORMATION BETWEEN A PRIMARY VEHICLE AND A SECONDARY VEHICLE - A warning and/or information transmission or exchange system is provided for vehicles. In accordance with one aspect of the system, a first vehicle may alert its proximity to one or more secondary vehicles. These secondary vehicles will then be able to yield in a timely fashion to the primary vehicle. In other embodiments, secondary vehicles may alert their proximity to one or more primary vehicles. In other embodiments, other information may be exchanged or transmitted between the vehicles, such as a secondary vehicle transmitting insurance, medical, passenger contact, vehicle VIN or other information to a primary vehicle. | 09-27-2012 |
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20080291335 | Dual-Mode Equalizer in an Atsc-Dtv Receiver - A decision feedback equalizer for processing a data signal provides concurrent equalizer outputs (Z | 11-27-2008 |
20080292004 | Carrier Phase Ambiguity Correction - A receiver comprises a demodulator for providing a demodulated signal and a centroid calculator responsive to the demodulated signal for identifying a correct carrier phase for use in the centroid calculation and in removing carrier phase ambiguity in the demodulator. In addition, the centroid calculator may include a limiter. | 11-27-2008 |
20100171877 | Digital Detector for ATSC Digital Television Signals - A Wireless Regional Area Network (WRAN) receiver comprises a transceiver for communicating with a wireless network over one of a number of channels, and an Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) signal detector for use in forming a supported channel list comprising those ones of the number of channels upon which an ATSC signal was not detected, wherein the ATSC signal detector is a threshold-based detector and detects an ATSC signal as a function of at least one threshold, and wherein the ATSC signal detector is responsive to at least one of a carrier tracking loop lock signal, a symbol timing recovery lock signal and a synchronization (sync) lock signal. | 07-08-2010 |
20120020276 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENCODING A SIGNAL - Communication systems for broadcasting data often include the ability to combine and transmit more than one type or format of data. A method includes receiving a packet of data, determining a location for a parity byte, the location based on a characteristic of the packet of data, decoding, the data to determine a value for the parity byte, and outputting a coded packet of data. An apparatus includes a first signal processor for receiving a first data signal and a second data signal, combining the signals, and creating a signal identifying the signals. The apparatus also includes a second signal processor for encoding the combined signal using a decoding algorithm to generate Reed-Solomon parity bytes in locations within the combined signal based on the identifying signal. | 01-26-2012 |
20120219071 | PREAMBLE IDENTIFICATION IN A MOBILE DTV SYSTEM - A preamble identifier flag in a reserved portion of a data field synchronization segment in a digital television (DTV) data field identifies the presence of preamble training data in a forward error correction (FEC) encoded portion of the DTV data field. The data field synchronization segment is not FEC encoded, thereby allowing detection of the preamble identifier flag without FEC decoding. The detection at a receiver of the preamble identifier flag in a DTV data field allows receiver elements, such as an equalizer and a FEC decoder, to more readily obtain and utilize the preamble training data, thereby enhancing reception and/or simplifying receiver design. | 08-30-2012 |
20120230437 | JOINT PREAMBLE AND CODE RATE IDENTIFIER IN A MOBILE DTV SYSTEM - A joint preamble and code rate identifier flag in a reserved portion of a data field synchronization segment in a digital television (DTV) data field identifies the presence of preamble training data in a forward error correction (FEC) encoded portion of the DTV data field. The identifier flag also indicates the code rate used for the data field. The data field synchronization segment is not FEC encoded, thereby allowing detection of the identifier flag without FEC decoding. The detection at a receiver of the identifier flag in a DTV data field allows receiver elements, such as an equalizer and a FEC decoder, to more readily obtain and utilize the preamble training data, thereby enhancing reception and/or simplifying receiver design. | 09-13-2012 |
20120269277 | RELIABLE DIVERSITY ARCHITECTURE FOR A MOBILE DTV SYSTEM - A digital data stream comprises alternating groups of information blocks and groups of parity blocks, each group of information blocks includes multiple information blocks and each group of parity blocks includes multiple parity blocks. An apparatus for receiving a digital data stream comprises a demodulator that receives and demodulates a digital data stream. An equalizer compensates for distortions in the digital data stream. A delay buffer generates a first stream of digital data representing the compensated digital data stream and a second stream of digital data representing a delayed version of the compensated digital data stream. A forward error correction block receives and processes the first and second streams of digital data from the delay buffer, and outputs an error corrected stream of digital data. A transport block receives and processes the error corrected stream from the forward error correction block for display | 10-25-2012 |
20120275469 | DATA BLOCK PROCESSOR IN A MOBILE DTV SYSTEM WITH DIVERSITY - An apparatus for processing a first and a second stream of digital data includes a stagger multiplexer and a stagger demultiplexer. Each stream of digital data includes data blocks. The stagger multiplexer processes the first and the second streams of digital data concurrently to output a combined stream of digital data. The stagger demultiplexer processes the combined stream of digital data to output a first and a second stream of extrinsic digital data. | 11-01-2012 |
20130101051 | PRIORI TRAINING IN A MOBILE DTV SYSTEM - An apparatus for decoding digital data includes a processor for recreating a priori training information received with the digital data for provision to a maximum a posteriori (MAP) decoder. The processor detects locations of symbols in the input data stream and regenerates data corresponding to each location. The regenerated data is used by the processor to recreate a priori information suitable to each location of the input data stream location and provides the recreated a priori information to the MAP decoder to aid in the decoding of the digital data. In a preferred implementation, the a priori training data is structured so that after deterministic processing and trellis encoding at the transmitter, it can be regenerated by the processor as a pseudo noise (PN) sequence using a PN sequence generator. | 04-25-2013 |
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20120240027 | System and Method for Displaying a Document - Data defining a document comprising a plurality of elements is received from an online document processing service. First layout data is generated for the plurality of elements occurring at or before a specified location of the document. A segment comprising a reduced portion of a particular element located at the specified location is defined, when it is determined that an available page height is insufficient to lay out the particular element, and second layout data associated with the segment is generated. A page associated with the specified location is displayed based on the first layout data and the second layout data. | 09-20-2012 |
20120240028 | System, Method, and Architecture for Displaying a Document - Data defining a document is received from an online document processing service, and a plurality of elements within the document is identified. The plurality of elements may comprise paragraphs, lines of text, images, tables, headers, footers, footnotes, footnote reference information, etc. For each of the plurality of elements, a respective object comprising a layout function and a render function is generated. An object corresponding to an element is invoked to generate layout data associated with the element, and the element is rendered based on the layout data. | 09-20-2012 |
20150193381 | METHOD FOR CREATING A DOCUMENT MODEL FROM DISCONTINUOUS SELECTIONS OF AN EXISTING DOCUMENT - Systems and methods of pasting a discontinuous selection from a first document are provided, comprising receiving, at a processor, the discontinuous selection modeling the selection as a data structure, and pasting each of the plurality of portions including contextual formatting for each portion. The discontinuous selection includes a plurality of portions of the first document and the portions are discontinuous. The portions may include one or more cells from a table, and pasting the one or more cells includes pasting at least borders of the cell, a background color of the cell, and text contained in the cell. | 07-09-2015 |
20150370769 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING SUGGESTED EDITS IN A COLLABORATIVE DOCUMENT EDITING ENVIRONMENT - A document editor may manage suggested edits in a collaborative document. The document editor may instantiate a document model associated with the collaborative document. When a first editing suggestion is received for the collaborative document, a first suggestion command is associated with the first editing suggestion based on a type of the first editing suggestion and a type of the document model. The document editor may apply the first suggestion command on the document model to present the first editing suggestion within the collaborative document. When an acceptance indication for the first editing suggestion is received, the document model can be updated with the first suggestion command in response to the received acceptance indication. | 12-24-2015 |
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20080200348 | Polysaccharide structure and sequence determination - The invention provides a method for the structural analysis of a saccharide, comprising: a) providing on a surface a plurality of essentially sequence- and/or site-specific binding agents; b) contacting said surface with a saccharide to be analyzed, or with a mixture comprising a plurality of fragments of said saccharide; c) washing or otherwise removing unbound saccharide or saccharide fragments; d) adding to the surface obtained in step c) an essentially sequence- and/or site-specific marker, or a mixture of essentially sequence- and/or site-specific markers; e) acquiring one or more images of the markers that are bound to said surface; and f) deriving information related to the identity of the saccharide being analyzed from said image. | 08-21-2008 |
20080293075 | Method and Composition for Analyzing A Carbohydrate Polymer - Disclosed is a method for characterizing carbohydrate polymer by identifying at least two binding agents that bind to the carbohydrate polymer. Binding is preferably determined by contacting the carbohydrate polymer with substrate that contains a plurality of first saccharide-binding agents affixed at predetermined locations on the substrate. The carbohydrate polymer is allowed to contact the substrate under conditions that allow for formation of a first complex between the first saccharide-binding agent and the carbohydrate polymer. A second saccharide-binding agent, which preferably includes a label, is also contacted with the carbohydrate polymer under conditions that allow for formation of a second complex between the second binding agent and the first complex. Identification of the first and second binding agent allows for characterization of the polysaccharide. | 11-27-2008 |
20090148865 | POLYSACCHARIDE STRUCTURE AND SEQUENCE DETERMINATION - The invention provides a method for the structural analysis of a saccharide, comprising: a) providing on a surface a plurality of essentially sequence- and/or site-specific binding agents; b) contacting said surface with a saccharide to be analyzed, or with a mixture comprising a plurality of fragments of said saccharide; c) washing or otherwise removing unbound saccharide or saccharide fragments; d) adding to the surface obtained in step c) an essentially sequence- and/or site-specific marker, or a mixture of essentially sequence- and/or site-specific markers; e) acquiring one or more images of the markers that are bound to said surface; and f) deriving information related to the identity of the saccharide being analyzed from said image. | 06-11-2009 |
20110021376 | Method for Analyzing a Glycomolecule - The invention relates generally the structural analysis of glycomolecule-containing macromolecules, such as those that occur either attached to proteins (proteoglycans, glycoproteins), lipids, or as free saccharides. | 01-27-2011 |
20110071041 | METHOD AND COMPOSITION FOR DISEASE DIAGNOSIS ACCORDING TO SACCHARIDE BINDING - Disclosed is a method for characterizing carbohydrate polymer by identifying at least two binding agents that bind to the carbohydrate polymer. Binding is preferably determined by contacting the carbohydrate polymer with substrate that contains a plurality of first saccharide-binding agents affixed at predetermined locations on the substrate. The carbohydrate polymer is allowed to contact the substrate under conditions that allow for formation of a first complex between the first saccharide-binding agent and the carbohydrate polymer. A second saccharide-binding agent, which preferably includes a label, is also contacted with the carbohydrate polymer under conditions that allow for formation of a second complex between the second binding agent and the first complex. Identification of the first and second binding agent allows for characterization of the polysaccharide. | 03-24-2011 |
20120277116 | Disease diagnosis according to saccharide binding - Disclosed is a method for characterizing carbohydrate polymer by identifying at least two binding agents that bind to the carbohydrate polymer. Binding is preferably determined by contacting the carbohydrate polymer with substrate that contains a plurality of first saccharide-binding agents affixed at predetermined locations on the substrate. The carbohydrate polymer is allowed to contact the substrate under conditions that allow for formation of a first complex between the first saccharide-binding agent and the carbohydrate polymer. In one aspect, the method is used in the diagnosis of a disease, including a viral disease, an autoimmune disease, a bacterial infection, or cancer. | 11-01-2012 |
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20130046791 | DYNAMICALLY GENERATED PHRASE-BASED ASSISTED INPUT - Techniques are disclosed for supplying users in an online environment with a safe and effective chat facility. The chat facility is “safe” in the sense that the ability of users to compose inappropriate messages is greatly restricted, while “effective” in the sense that users are still allowed a broad range of expressivity in composing and exchanging chat messages. | 02-21-2013 |
20130047099 | SOFT-SENDING CHAT MESSAGES - Techniques are disclosed for supplying users in an online environment with a safe and effective chat facility. The chat facility is “safe” in the sense that the ability of users to compose inappropriate messages is greatly restricted, while “effective” in the sense that users are still allowed a broad range of expressivity in composing and exchanging chat messages. | 02-21-2013 |
20140278367 | COMPREHENSIVE SAFETY SCHEMA FOR ENSURING APPROPRIATENESS OF LANGUAGE IN ONLINE CHAT - A method is disclosed for evaluating a chat message sent between users of an online environment. The method may include associating each word in the chat message with metadata. The metadata identifies a word type and usage for each word in the chat message. This method may also include identifying one or more safety rules associated with the metadata. Each safety rule identifies an ordered sequence of one or more sets of words. This method may also include applying the safety rule to the chat message to determine whether a sequence of words in the chat message present in the ordered sequence of sets of words. Upon determining a word, from each set of words in the ordered sequence of sets of words, matches a respective one of the words in the chat message, the chat message is blocked from being sent to a message recipient. | 09-18-2014 |
20140280638 | REAL-TIME SEARCH AND VALIDATION OF PHRASES USING LINGUISTIC PHRASE COMPONENTS - A method and system is disclosed for evaluating a chat message sent between users of an online environment. The method may include receiving a chat message and parsing the message into words. The method determines the acceptability of the message by matching the message to a plurality of acceptable messages stored in a data structure. Upon determining the message does not match any acceptable messages, the method replaces each word in the message with grammatical metadata. The method may use templates to determine if the message has acceptable word combinations based on the metadata. The method may also compare the metadata to rules wherein the rules determine if the message has unacceptable word combinations based on the metadata. The method may send the message to a user upon determining words in the message do not match any word in a list of unacceptable words. | 09-18-2014 |