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A method and a control circuit for controlling an output of an audio signal of a battery-powered device are described.

Systems and methods are provided for detecting performance degradation in a refrigeration system. Specifically, the present invention provides systems and methods for detecting, at a very early stage, a low refrigerant charge and degradation in condenser performance of a refrigeration system.

A method and system for paying for goods or services which includes a mobile radio device and a base telecommunication station which communicates with the mobile radio device via electromagnetic waves. The base telecommunication station transmits the data required for payment to the mobile radio device. The latter asks the user for confirmation for the payment. After the confirmation, the mobile radio device performs a payment operation by transmitting payment instruction data. In addition, either the mobile radio device or a telecommunication device of a financial institution transmits acknowledgment data for the payment operation to the base telecommunication station.

A method, system, device and an artificial tooth is disclosed for simulating both pain and anesthesia in a model of jaws. The tooth is equipped with sensors and connected to a data processing unit, memory unit and audiovisual display unit. The system is for teaching and practicing in the field of dentistry according to which removing artificial tooth or artificial bone substances by a dental drill, generates signals of pseudo pain with different intensities. Signals are fed to the data processing unit which simulates perception of the simulated pain and accordingly to said audio-visual display unit which simulates reaction to the different intensities of generated pseudo pain signals by playing different sounds which are stored in said memory unit. Furthermore, the system is able to simulate anesthesia by generating block signals as a result of applying different anesthetic techniques by means of a dental syringe connected to the system.

In the case that the motor travel priority mode is set and the restriction mode is set as the control mode because of the request of the operation of the engine, the threshold value Peg that is smaller value between the obtained value (kw·Wout) from multiplying the output limit Wout of the battery by the preset conversion factor kw and the preset power Pset that is smaller than the converted output limit Wout of the battery at a normal time is compared with the driving power Pdrv*. The hybrid vehicle is driven with the motor travel in idle operation of the engine when the driving power Pdrv* is not more than the threshold value Peg, and the hybrid vehicle is driven with power from the engine when the driving power Pdrv* is more than the threshold value Peg.

A method of manufacturing a thin film transistor array panel includes forming gate lines including gate electrodes on an insulation substrate; forming a gate insulating layer, semiconductor layer, and etch stop layer on the gate lines; etching and patterning the etch stop and semiconductor layers at the same time using photolithography; ashing and partially removing a photoresist film pattern used in the patterning of the etch stop and semiconductor layers; etching the etch stop layer exposed by removed portions of the photoresist film pattern to form etch stop members; depositing ohmic contact and data metal layers onto the etch stop members, etching the ohmic contact and data metal layers at the same time using photolithography to form data lines having source and drain electrodes, and ohmic contact members below the source and drain electrodes; forming a passivation layer on the data lines and drain electrodes; and forming pixel electrodes on the passivation layer.

Disclosed is a drone station which allows the center of resonance of a drone to be always accurately aligned regardless of the initial landing position of the drone. The disclosed drone station includes a landing guidance instrument and a wireless charging instrument which is formed on the landing guidance instrument and wirelessly transmits the power to a drone positioned thereon, the landing guidance instrument having an inclined surface which moves the landed drone onto the top of the wireless charging instrument.

An electric vehicle can include a power unit including a speed reduction device coupled to a motor output shaft. Two systems can be provided which are a drive-power transmission path to transmit rotation of a motor to a wheel hub, and a regenerative-power transmission path to transmit rotation of the hub to the motor. A drive-side one-way clutch is provided between the hub and a second internal gear being the final-stage gear in the drive-power transmission path and is configured to transmit rotation of the drive-side final-stage gear to the hub. A regeneration-side one-way clutch is provided between the hub and a regeneration-side first-stage gear and is configured to transmit rotation of the hub to the regeneration-side first-stage gear.

Framework for countering VoIP SPAM. The framework is applicable to all sessions sending out the spam from an outbound domain to a inbound domain, in which the outbound domain and the inbound domain respectively has: a spam prevention system for detecting whether an outbound call is spam and blocking the call if needed; a spam prevention policy server for adding, modifying, or deleting spam countering policies being applied to the spam prevention system; and a call server for making or receiving a call, in connection with the spam prevention system.

A fuel cell system that employs a fuel cell stack and a supplemental power source, such as a battery or an ultra-capacitor. The power source provides supplemental power in addition to the output power of a fuel cell stack for high load demands. The fuel cell system includes a power management controller that controls the power output from the supplemental power source and the fuel cell stack as the demand on the fuel cell stack changes. During low load demands, where the voltage across the fuel cell stack may increase above a potential that could cause oxidation of platinum catalyst particles within the fuel cells in the stack, the power management controller causes the fuel cell stack to charge the power source so as to decrease the voltage output on the stack.

A power storage system for a vehicle includes a battery, a temperature sensor, a battery heater, a charger, and a controller. The battery is configured to supply electric power to a motor for traveling of the vehicle, and configured to be charged with external power supplied from an external power supply. The temperature sensor is configured to detect a temperature of the battery. The battery heater is configured to raise the temperature of the battery. The charger is configured to be connectable with the external power supply, and deliver the external power to the battery and the battery heater, respectively. The controller is configured to perform charge control. The charge control is a control that charges the battery with the external power. The controller is configured to store a map. The map specifies, for each temperature of the battery, a ratio of a temperature-elevating power supplied to the battery heater to a maximum power of the external power at the time when a charging time is minimized. The controller is configured to calculate the ratio, using the map, from the temperature of the battery measured at the time when charging is started. The controller is configured to perform temperature regulation control during charging, using the temperature-elevating power corresponding to the calculated ratio. The temperature regulation control is a control that supplies a part of the external power to the battery heater during charging so as to raise the temperature of the battery.

A control apparatus for a motor-assisted bicycle detects a pedaling torque applied to a crankshaft with a pedaling force sensor, controls a motor unit of the motor-assisted bicycle in a regenerative control process to charge a battery if the torque value of the detected pedaling torque is equal to or smaller than a predetermined level, and controls the motor unit in an assistive control process if the torque value is greater than the predetermined level. The control apparatus switches between the assistive control process and the regenerative control process depending on the torque value which is detected, increases the predetermined level if the state of charge of the battery becomes lower than a first level, and restores the predetermined level if the state of charge of the battery becomes higher than a second level which is greater than the first level.

To provide a liquid crystal aligning agent useful to obtain a liquid crystal alignment film which exhibits a high voltage retention characteristic even under high temperature conditions and which has a low accumulation charge, and a liquid crystal display device which is less susceptible to lowering of contrast or to image persistence. A liquid crystal aligning agent comprising at least one selected from a polyamic acid obtained by reactive polymerization of a tetracarboxylic dianhydride component with a diamine component, and a polyimide obtained by cyclodehydration of the polyamic acid, characterized in that at least part of the tetracarboxylic dianhydride component is a tetracarboxylic dianhydride having an alicyclic structure or an aliphatic structure, and at least part of the diamine component is a diamine represented by the following formula (1): (wherein two among R1 to R10 are primary amino groups, and the rest are hydrogen atoms or monovalent organic groups other than primary amino groups, provided that they may be the same or different from one another), and a liquid crystal display device having a liquid crystal alignment film obtained from this liquid crystal aligning agent.

The invention relates to a novel long-circulating liposome composition and an application method thereof. The long-circulating liposome composition is mainly prepared from phospholipid, cholesterol, an electronegative material and a long-circulating material serving as main raw materials, wherein tocopheryl acetate succinate or cholesterol succinate is used as the electronegative material particularly, and tocopheryl acetate polyethylene glycol succinate (TPGS) is used as the long-circulating material particularly, so that the stability of combining the long-circulating liposome composition and medicaments is improved; the long-circulating liposome composition can be used as a carrier of anti-tumor medicaments such as paclitaxel, docetaxel and 10-hydroxycamptothecine, and simultaneously, the tolerance is improved; and when the long-circulating liposome composition is used as the medicinal carrier, the circulating time of the carried medicaments in vivo is longer than that of various carriers sold on the market obviously, and the long-circulating liposome composition has the advantages of low cost and suitability for wide popularization and application.

The present invention relates to a plasma display apparatus and a driving method thereof in which an erroneous discharge, a misdischarge and an abnormal discharge are prevented, a darkroom contrast is increased, an operation margin is widen, and an influence of a lower substrate wall charge is reduced in a sustain discharge. The plasma display apparatus and its driving method is characterized in that when the plasma display panel has a second temperature higher than a first temperature, a period between the last sustain pulse generated during a sustain period of (n−1)th sub-field (“n” is a positive integer) and an initialization signal generated during a reset period of nth sub-field is more lengthened than when it has the first temperature. The plasma display apparatus and its driving method is characterized in that a pre sustain pulse (PRESUSP) rising from a sustain bias voltage (Vzb) is applied to the second electrode in the sustain period.

A semiconductor device has an MIS (metal-insulating film-semiconductor) structure, and a film mainly containing Al, O, and N atoms is used on a semiconductor. Alternatively, a semiconductor device has an MIS structure, and a film mainly containing Al, O, and N atoms is provided as a gate insulating film on a channel region between a source and a drain. Characteristics required of a gate insulating film of a 0.05 μm-gate-length-generation semiconductor transistor are satisfied. In particular, no fixed charge is included in the film, and impurity diffusion is reduced.

A method for mass analysing multiply-charged ions is provided as well as a mass analyser suitable for performing the method, the method comprising: introducing multiply-charged ions into an electrostatic mass analyser where ions undergo multiple changes of direction of motion; detecting the ions in the analyser; and determining the mass-to-charge ratio of at least some of the detected ions; wherein the absolute velocity in the analyser of at least some of the ions whose mass-to-charge ratio is determined is not greater than 8,000 m / s and the average path length over the duration of detection of such ions is longer than required for detecting such ions with a mass-to-charge ratio resolving power of 1,000. High resolution mass spectra of high m / z protein complexes, for example in a native state and with low charge, can be achieved.

A wireless charging system includes a power transmission unit for transmitting power and a power reception unit for receiving the power transmitted from the power transmission unit in a non-contact manner and supplying the power to a receiving load. The transmission unit includes a power transmission coil for generating a magnetic field based on an alternating voltage supplied. The power reception unit includes a power reception coil for generating an induction voltage by electromagnetic induction from the magnetic field generated by the power transmission coil, a rectifying unit for rectifying and smoothing the induction voltage generated by the power reception coil, and a voltage step-down unit for stepping down a direct voltage outputted from the rectifying unit. A winding ratio of the power transmission coil and the power reception coil is 1:n where n is an integer larger than 1.

Electrochemical plating polymer additives and method which reduces metal overburden in an electroplated metal while optimizing gap fill capability are disclosed. The polymer additives are provided in an electrochemical plating bath solution and may include low cationic charge density co-polymers having aromatic and amine functional group monomers. The low cationic charge density polymers may include benzene or pyrollidone functional group monomers and imidazole or imidazole derivative functional group monomers.

An electric snowmobile that reduces a decrease in charging efficiency is provided. The electric snowmobile includes a body frame, a driver's seat supported by the body frame, an electric motor supported by the body frame, a right ski and a left ski supported by the body frame, a track mechanism including a track belt and supported by the body frame below the driver's seat, a battery that is charged with electric power supplied from an external power source and capable of supplying the electric power to the electric motor, and a battery heater H that can be driven by electric power supplied from an external power source and heats the battery.

A stable liposome composition used as the carrier of anticancer taxol is prepared from saturated hydrogenated phosphate, cholesterol, sodium (or potassium) cholesterol sulfate and cane sugar through thin-film evaporating-freeze-drying process.

A charger includes: a rectifier to rectify a received radio wave to generate a charging current; a potential generator to generate a bias voltage setting an operating point of the rectifier; and a controller to supply the bias voltage generated by the potential generator when an output voltage of the rectifier is equal to or larger than a predetermined value.

A power delivery system having a power receiver and a mobile power transmitter. The mobile power transmitter having a control system having a sensor configured to monitor status data and a processing unit; a drive system operably coupled to the control system to provide propulsion of the mobile power transmitter; a communication system configured to communicate with the power receiver or a user preparing to charge the power receiver identification information; a power source system coupled to the control system configured to provide power for transfer to the power receiver; and a charging system coupled to the control system configured to transmit power from the power storage system to the power receiver. The control system processes the communicated identification information and the monitored status data and instructs the drive system of the mobile power transmitter to relocate to a location of the power receiver.

The present invention pertains to a method for charging a rechargeable battery (5) of a hearing aid (1). The proposed method comprises detecting a power supply (8) being connected to the hearing aid (1), estimating a state of charge of the battery (5), selecting one of at least a normal and a fast charging mode in dependence of the estimated state of charge, and charging the battery (5) according to the selected charging mode. Moreover, the present invention provides a hearing aid (1) including a battery charging unit (9) and adapted to support the proposed method.

A single-ended charge-domain pipeline of at least two stages is provided. Each stage comprises a charge-storage node, a charge-transfer circuit for conveying charge from said charge-storage node out of said stage, a charge-control capacitor connected to said charge-storage node and driven by a periodic clock voltage, a comparator which compares the voltage of said charge-storage node to a reference voltage, and a digital latch which latches the state of said comparator output under control of a second periodic clock voltage and provides a latched digital output from said stage. The second stage of the pipeline further includes a first charge-redistribution capacitor connected to the charge-storage node of the second stage and driven by a conditional voltage responsive to the latched digital output from the first stage. The charge output from each stage of said pipeline is substantially identical to the charge input to said stage.