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An integrated circuit device comprising: a circuit which uses encryption; and an encapsulation packaging layer; in which the circuit is responsive to at least one physical parameter of the encapsulation to apply the encryption and / or decryption by reading the key therefrom, so that tampering with the encapsulation to gain access to the circuit causes the encryption and / or decryption to fail.

Methods are disclosed for sterilizing tissue to reduce the level of one or more active biological contaminants or pathogens therein, such as viruses, bacteria, (including inter- and intracellular bacteria, such as mycoplasmas, ureaplasmas, nanobacteria, chlamydia, rickettsias), yeasts, molds, fungi, spores, prions or similar agents responsible, alone or in combination, for TSEs and / or single or multicellular parasites. The methods involve sterilizing one or more tissues with irradiation.

An optical electrical hybrid cable for transmitting an optical signal and an electrical signal simultaneously is provided. The optical electrical hybrid cable includes a fiber-optic cable disposed in the center of the optical electrical hybrid cable, and including a plurality of tubes each of which comprises a plurality of optical fibers operatively mounted in an inner space thereof, and a first binder disposed around the plurality of tubes, a plurality of power cables disposed around the fiber-optic cable, each of the power cables comprising a plurality of conducting wires, and a second binder disposed around the plurality of power cables.

An automobile alarm system includes: (1) a face identification and discrimination system, which consists of low-light, visible light, infrared light, and thermo-luminescence camera and / or digital camera device for photograph of inside and outside of automobiles, and face identification and discrimination hardware and software system for testing whether a mask or facial adornments or whether his / her face is directed at the camera; (2) redundancy device and / or redundancy function modules, anti-interference system for communication and anti-destructive detection system; (3) a automobile status recorder, which can record the statuses on the inside and outside of the automobile before, during and after an emergent event picked up by the camera; (4) a multi-functional burglar, anti-destructive and anti-hijacking alarm for automobiles, which can transmit a radio image to a remote equipment for reporting an incident. This invention can also be used for every supervision systems.

For authenticating a user using a communication terminal (1) to access a server (4) via a telecommunications network, a personal identification code is received from the user From secure session establishment protocol messages exchanged (S1, S2, S3) between the communication terminal (1) and the server (4), a data set is generated (S4). Based on the data set, a transaction authentication number is generated (S52) using the personal identification code. The transaction authentication number is transmitted (S54) from the communication terminal (1) to the server (4). In the server (4), the transaction authentication number received is verified (S20) based on the secure session establishment protocol messages exchanged with the communication terminal (1). The transaction authentication number enables session aware user authentication that protects online users against real-time man-in-the-middle attacks.

A method for providing access to documents and data files that are inherently valuable, and also documents that contain sensitive information, is configured with robust user identification and document control capabilities and facilitates document submission by, for or on behalf of a user who perhaps is the subject of the document. The document is processed, optionally character recognized and steganographically marked, and is stored in a fixed format together with descriptive identifiers and database indexing values to facilitate control and searching. The level of security encourages users to entrust documents to storage and the system is programmed to control disclosure of documents (or parts of them) according to the user's dictates. Correspondingly strict user identification and document controls apply to those who log on for purposes of document review or serve as authenticators. The result is a virtual safe depository for documents that enables documents to be reviewed when necessary with reduced risk of misuse, for example by inadvertent disclosure to identity thieves and others.

A first object of the present invention resides in providing a novel installation structure for an RFID tag, which effectively protects the RFID tag from external stress or impact during the storage, transportation and usage, and allows communication with the external.A second object of the present invention resides in that providing a novel installation structure for an RFID tag, which enables communication with the external even if the RFID tag is installed on a conductive member such as a metal member, and the surface thereof is covered with a protective member typically made of a metal which has an excellent strength and durability.A third object of the present invention is to provide a communication method using an RFID tag as being surrounded by a conductive member typically made of a metal.Even if an RFID tag 1a is housed in a container A typically made of a conductive material such as a metal having a large mechanical strength, the RFID tag 1a can communicate with an external read / write terminal 9 as mediated by leakage magnetic flux if only a flux leakage path 12 composed for example of a gap is formed in such container A.

The present disclosure is directed towards a biomechanical implant and anterior, lateral or posterior instrumentation construct. The construct may be of unitary or modular construction, whereby a single molded construction can form the entire assembly, in which case the through holes may be adapted to receive a metallic insert for screw fixation; or alternatively be of a modular construction wherein the anterior / lateral instrumentation and intervertebral spacer are designed for removable locking engagement, one with the other, for insertion by the surgeon as a unitary construct. A unique feature of the construct resides within the instrumentation construction, whereby a single opening formed therein permits two bone screws, or the like fastener device, to be positioned within both the superior and inferior vertebral bodies surrounding the spacer implant, or, for example in the case of a corpectomy or diskectomy with cage insertion, wherein two screws can be fixed within a single vertebral body through a single through hole, and wherein the bone screws are constructed and arranged to cooperate with the retention plate so as to provide locking engagement, one to the other, with the retention plate, upon final fixation thereof. Screw retention elements of alternative shape, based upon the choice of vertical or horizontal orientation, based upon an opened figure eight design, are provided for insertion in a groove formed in the borehole of the instrumentation plate which allows insertion of each fixation element but will prevent a loosened fixation element from falling out of the plate.

A touch sensor and a method of sensing are disclosed. The touch sensor includes a self-supporting flexible glass layer disposed on a conductive film. The touch sensor further includes electrical circuitry configured to detect a signal induced by capacitive coupling between the conductive film and a touch input applied to the flexible glass layer.

An adjustable implantable medical device and adjustment device are described. In some embodiments, the adjustment device includes a lead with a distal end modified to permit better engagement and securement to the described implantable devices. In some embodiments, the contact of the lead is bent. Some embodiments include a coil that engages and secures the lead to the implantable device. Some embodiments include a suture line to aid in securing the lead to the implantable device.

The invention relates to a light-weight six-shaft universal robot. A shaft seat is fixedly arranged on an arm shaft, a shaft seat protecting box is fixedly arranged on the shaft seat, a third-shaft driving motor, a fourth-shaft driving motor, a fifth-shaft driving motor and a sixth-shaft driving motor are arranged in the shaft seat protecting box, a small-arm rod casing and a small-arm lengthening rod casing are respectively and fixedly arranged at the front part and the back part of a small-arm speed reducer, a sixth shaft is inserted and sheathed in a fifth shaft, the fifth shaft is inserted and sheathed in a fourth shaft, the fourth shaft is inserted and sheathed into the small-arm rod casing, the small-arm speed reducer and the small-arm lengthening rod casing, a fourth-shaft driven gear, a fifth-shaft driven gear and a sixth-shaft driven gear are respectively and fixedly arranged on the fourth shaft, the fifth shaft and the sixth shaft, and the length of the small-arm rod casing is smaller than 100mm. The light-weight six-shaft universal robot has the advantages that the torque load required by the self weight is effectively reduced, the traditional balance cylinder device is not needed, the balance of a swinging arm during the work can also be met, and the machine structure is simplified. The effective protection effect on a motor is also realized through a tight protecting cover.

A liner insertable into the central bore of a downhole tool includes a resilient material rolled into a substantially cylindrical shape. The outside diameter of the liner is variable to allow the liner to be inserted into a narrowed bore of the downhole tool near the box end or pin end. Once past the narrowed bore, the outside diameter of the liner self-expands within the central bore of the downhole tool. The outside diameter of the liner may expand to contact the inside surface of the central bore. In selected embodiments, a transmission line may be routed between the central bore and the outside diameter of the resilient material. The liner may be effective to protect the transmission line from materials traveling through the central bore.

An electronic device case (10) for storing and protecting a portable electronic device (108). The case (10) has two design configurations. The first configuration comprises a device cover (12) with a first section (14) and a second section (30). The two sections (12,14) interface at a living hinge (46). The electronic device (108) is placed within the first section (14), which can be folded onto the second section (30) during travel or storage. The second configuration comprises a single, unitary device cover (70) into which the electronic device (108) is placed. Both configurations include a keyboard (110) that is located within a keyboard cavity (52 or 88), a first pocket (54 or 90) that holds a USB cable (112) for interfacing the keyboard to the electronic device, and a second pocket (56 or 92) that holds a power cable (114) for supplying power to the electronic device. Additionally, both configurations have at least one photovoltaic cell (60 or 98) that absorbs solar power which is then converted into a DC voltage for powering the electronic device (108).

A monolithic integrated circuit (IC), and method of manufacturing same, that includes all RF front end or transceiver elements for a portable communication device, including a power amplifier (PA), a matching, coupling and filtering network, and an antenna switch to couple the conditioned PA signal to an antenna. An output signal sensor senses at least a voltage amplitude of the signal switched by the antenna switch, and signals a PA control circuit to limit PA output power in response to excessive values of sensed output. Stacks of multiple FETs in series to operate as a switching device may be used for implementation of the RF front end, and the method and apparatus of such stacks are claimed as subcombinations. An iClass PA architecture is described that dissipatively terminates unwanted harmonics of the PA output signal. A preferred embodiment of the RF transceiver IC includes two distinct PA circuits, two distinct receive signal amplifier circuits, and a four-way antenna switch to selectably couple a single antenna connection to any one of the four circuits.

A logical file system is described that distributes copies of files across various different physical storage resources yet provides a consistent view to the user of his or her data, regardless of which machine the user is accessing the files from, and even when the user's computer is offline. The distributed file system uses smart data redundancy to enable a virtually infinite amount of storage as long as additional storage resources are made available to the distributed file system. The result is a reliable storage system that does not necessarily tie the user's data to the user's particular computer. Instead, the user's data is associated with the user—for life—or for however long the user would like the data to be maintained, regardless of whether the user's computer or data storage components are replaced or destroyed.

Disclosed herein is a flat panel display manufacturing apparatus in a predetermined process is performed using plasma generated therein. In such a flat panel display manufacturing apparatus, a process gas is supplied into a chamber in an evenly diffused state to generate even plasma inside a symmetrical interior space of the chamber. Consequently, the flat panel display manufacturing apparatus can appropriately control flow rate of the plasma, thereby being capable of performing even processing on a large-scale substrate. In the flat panel display manufacturing apparatus, a substrate pedestal thereof is provided with a combination of vertical and horizontal shielding members, thereby being entirely protected from attack of the plasma, resulting in an increased life-span.

System and method for protecting a power converter. A system includes a threshold generator configured to generate a threshold signal, and a first comparator configured to receive the threshold signal and a first signal and to generate a comparison signal. The first signal is associated with an input current for a power converter. Additionally, the system includes a pulse-width-modulation generator configured to receive the comparison signal and generate a modulation signal in response to the comparison signal, and a switch configured to receive the modulation signal and adjust the input current for the power converter. The threshold signal is associated with a threshold magnitude as a function of time. The threshold magnitude increases with time at a first slope during a first period, and the threshold magnitude increases with time at a second slope during a second period. The first slope and the second slope are different.

The present invention provides a wireless charging equipment for mobile phones for mobile phones. The charging equipment comprises a protection cover with a switch port and a charger with an internal battery arranging therein. The mobile phone is enveloped in the protection cover, one end of the switch port is electrically connected with the socket of the mobile phones while the other end is electrically connected with the charger which is detachable from the switch port, the mobile phone then could be charged via the electricity provided by the internal battery. The charging equipment is facilitated to carry, when travelling to some places where it is not easy to find somewhere to charge, people can charge the mobile phone by using the internal battery of the present invention so as to extent the working time of the mobile phone. When charging is not processing, the protection cover of the present invention can serve as a common mobile phone protection cover, avoiding the mobile phone from scratching or crashing. Moreover, contact points are positioned on the protection cover and the charger of the present invention, The contact points can be designed in a consistent pattern, enabling different mobile phones to charge by using the same charger and protection cover, thereby it can be universally used.

A weld cap is configured and dimensioned to interact with a resilient element, e.g., a spring, and a structural member, e.g., an end cap, so as to securely position the spring relative to the end cap. The weld cap functions to distance the welding process and associated welding energy from the spring, thereby avoiding and / or minimizing any potentially undesirable annealing effect associated with securing / welding the spring relative to the end cap. A first weld cap interacts with the spring at a first end region thereof, and a second weld cap interacts with the spring at a second end region thereof, thereby effectively securing the spring with respect to opposed end caps at either end of an elongated spinal stabilization device. Alignment grooves or channels may be provided for orienting or aligning the spring with respect to the end caps and weld caps. The end regions of the spring may also include bend regions that facilitate the assembly process and / or further minimize the freedom of movement of the spring relative to the end cap / weld cap combination. The dynamic stabilization device and associated system provide advantageous clinical results in spinal applications.

The invention discloses a logistics tracking method based on a block chain. The method comprises steps that a user sending node uploads parcel information to a main node; the main node generates a digital fingerprint for the parcel information uploaded by the user sending node, writes the digital fingerprint and a corresponding time stamp into a block chain, broadcasts the block chain in all nodes; each logistics node generates parcel state information successively according to the digital fingerprint, the node information of the logistics node and the node information of a next logistics node in accordance with a parcel physical space transfer path; a corresponding user receiving node signs for the parcel, generates parcel receiving information and uploads the parcel receiving information to the main node in order for the main node to write the parcel receiving information into the block chain. The logistics tracking method applies the block chain technology to the logistics field, guarantees the traceability of the authenticity and the state of logistics information by using the unchangeable characteristic of the block chain, saves the logistics information and update state information fast and efficiently according to the characteristic of a private chain in order to satisfy a requirement for logistics instantaneity.

The invention discloses a washing machine capable of choosing a washing procedure by automatically recognizing material information of clothes and a method therefor. The washing machine comprises a control system, a washing tub, a casing, a water inlet / outlet structure and a driving device. The control system comprises a computer program controller. The washing machine is characterized in that the control system further comprises an image processing device, an information input device and an information display device all connected with the computer program controller. The image processing device comprises an image collecting unit, an image storing unit and an image recognizing unit capable of judging clothes according to a clothes image. The control system builds an ID number of clothes and stores the ID number in the image storing unit according to the image collected by the image collecting unit and the clothes information input by the information input device. The information of to-be-washed clothes is acquired by the image processing device and the information input device and the information is uploaded to the computer program controller. The control system logically judges whether a mixed washing manner is suitable for clothes or not and automatically chooses a best washing procedure for the clothes suitable for the mixed washing manner.

A medical system for use in reducing the size of an internal tissue opening is disclosed. The medical system can include a patent foramen ovale or PFO closure device and a delivery device therefore. The PFO closure device can include left and right anchors connected by a stem. The delivery device is configured to selectively deploy at least one of the right or left anchors of PFO closure device so as to enable a practitioner to adjust PFO closure device during the positioning procedure. In one embodiment, the delivery device includes a filament operating shaft linked to the right anchor by one or more filaments. A practitioner can move the filament operating shaft to selectively deploy and retract the right anchor during positioning of the PFO closure device. Furthermore, the delivery device comprises a tether shaft for coupling delivery device to PFO closure device. In one embodiment, the tether shaft comprises a first portion and a flexible second portion, wherein the flexible second portion is at a distal end of the tether shaft.

The invention relates to an LED driving power supply control circuit. The LED driving power supply control circuit comprises an EMI filter and rectifier module, a DC-DC isolation constant current driver module, an input under-voltage lag protection module, and an output current protection module, wherein the EMI filter and rectifier module is used for performing EMI filter and full-wave rectification on an alternating-current voltage input by a power supply to generate a direct-current voltage; the DC-DC isolation constant current driver module is used for processing the direct-current voltage so as to generate a constant output current for the work of the LED power supply; the input under-voltage lag protection module is used for clamping and splitting the direct-current voltage so as togenerate an enable signal and controlling the DC-DC isolation constant current driver module to start or not to start according to the enable signal; and the output current protection module is used for detecting the constant output current and controlling the DC-DC isolation constant current driver module to stop generating the output current while the constant output current exceeds a current threshold. The invention also relates to an LED lamp. The LED driving power supply control circuit and the LED lamp realize the alternating-current inputting and constant-current outputting in a wide range and have the input clamping lag protection and the output overvoltage protection functions.

The invention discloses a highly-wear-resistant super-hydrophobic composite coating and a preparation method thereof. The preparation method includes the steps that the surface of a base is coated with hydrophobic resin primer containing compound micropowder through a brush coating or spray coating method, the surface of the resin primer is sprayed with hydrophobic organic / inorganic hybrid nano-paint after semi-curing, and the highly-wear-resistant super-hydrophobic composite coating is obtained after complete curing. The highly-wear-resistant super-hydrophobic composite coating and the preparation method thereof have the advantages that equipment and the process are simple, operation is easy and cost is low, and have the industrial mass production prospect. The prepared super-hydrophobic composite coating can be applied to various hard / soft bases such as glass, copper, aluminum, stainless steel, exterior wall tiles, wood, paper and cloth and can bear damage of external force such as sanding.

Methods and apparatus for interfacing a memory device with a host device are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, an apparatus which enables a non-volatile memory device to communicate with a host device includes a body and an element. The body has a boundary, and the element is arranged to move at least partially within the body. The element includes an interface which may be coupled to the host device when the element is in a first position with respect to the body. The element is also arranged to receive the non-volatile memory device and to move the non-volatile memory device and the interface with respect to the body. In one embodiment, when the element is in the first position with respect to the body, the interface at least partially extends past the boundary associated with the body.