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Position determination accuracy of a wireless communication device may be negatively affected by a large unaccounted GPS doppler bias, which in turn may affect GPS doppler estimations and GPS doppler measurements conducted by the wireless communication device. The quality of GPS doppler measurements is very important for position location, because poor quality GPS doppler measurements may prevent the wireless communication device from acquiring satellites in the most sensitive modes with narrow frequency ranges, which results in reduced GPS pseudorange measurement yield. Large unaccounted GPS doppler bias also adversely affects position accuracy because of the adverse effect on the GPS code phase measurements time propagation to common time prior to their use in position location calculation. The same is true in the case of unaccounted CDMA code doppler, through the adverse effect on the AFLT code phase measurements time propagation to common time prior to their use in a position location engine. This effect is the biggest concern in the case of large search windows. Therefore, the present disclosure provides a method of optimizing GPS based position location in the presence of time-varying frequency error, including the steps of continuously measuring and / or calculating resulting GPS doppler bias and CDMA code doppler bias and then minimizing their adverse effects with regard to position location determination by re-centering GPS doppler search windows based on the GPS doppler bias value, as well as using GPS doppler bias and CDMA code doppler bias value to properly propagate GPS pseudorange and AFLT pilot phase measurements, respectively, to common time prior to their use in a position location engine.

A light emitting device includes a substrate having a first surface and a second surface not parallel to the first surface, and a light emission layer disposed over the second surface to emit light. The light emission layer has a light emission surface which is not parallel to the first surface.

A vehicle seat comprises a synthetic resin cushion plate (31) attached to a back frame (3) by way of seat springs (32) so as to be movable forward or backward, a single elastic auxiliary plate (40) attached to the cushion plate (31) so as to be movable forward or backward relative to the cushion plate (31), a specific section of the auxiliary plate (40) formed as a push-out section (70) protruding forward when a distance between an upper edge and a lower edge of the auxiliary plate (40) is shortened by moving the lower edge upward. Elasticity of the auxiliary plate (40) supporting the body of the seated passenger is adjusted by moving the auxiliary plate (40) near the push-out section (70) forward or backward. The push-out section (70) has a corrugated part (71) formed from a sideways projection that projects forward or / and backward as viewed from a side.

It is a subject to provide a chair capable of realizing a condition in which movements of a seating person are preferably followed and a condition in which a back of the seating person can be preferably supported. For this purpose, a chair C comprising a lower frame portion that is supported to be rockable between a standing position and a rearward tilting position of a back frame with respect to the base and an upper frame portion that is supported to be rockable between a normal position and a rear end position, wherein the chair is further comprised with a movement range setting mechanism with which a movement range through the rocking movement of the upper frame portion with respect to the lower frame portion is made changeable in accordance with the position of the lower frame portion with respect to the base during the rocking movement.

A ladder filter in which the pass band is defined by serial arm resonators and first and second parallel arm resonators includes the serial arm resonators, the first and second parallel arm resonators, and a third parallel arm resonator. The third parallel arm resonator is connected in parallel to the first parallel arm resonator, the electrostatic capacitance of the third parallel arm resonator is smaller than that of the first parallel arm resonator, and the anti-resonant frequency of the third parallel arm resonator is positioned outside the pass band of the ladder filter. The anti-resonant frequency of the first parallel arm resonator is positioned at the high frequency side of the anti-resonant frequencies of the second parallel arm resonators.

An image mixing apparatus and a pixel mixer capable of mixing image data items having different pixel resolutions, and mixing image data items in an arbitrary display priority, irrespective of the order of mixing, even if the order of mixing is determined in advance is provided. Of two pixel data items having depth values “Zc” and “Zb”, one pixel data item having the depth value indicating that the pixel is located in a foreground position is selected by a pixel selection determination circuit 110. However, if a pixel data item has a hue indicating that the pixel is transparent, such a pixel data item is not selected but another pixel data item is selected instead. Multiplexers 112 to 116 output a pixel data item (hue “Hm” / color saturation “Sm” / brightness “Lm”) which is selected by the pixel selection determination circuit 110. Since pixel data items are input to the multiplexer 112 to 116 at different output rates, it is possible to mix images having different pixel resolutions.

A metal nanoparticle colloid solution, metal-polymer nanocomposites, and methods for preparing the same are provided. The metal nanoparticle colloid solution and the metal-polymer nanocomposites can be prepared with a variety of polymeric stabilizers and have uniform particle diameter and shape. The metal nanoparticle colloid solution and the metal-polymer nanocomposites have wide applications, for example, as an antibacterial agent, a sterilizer, a conductive adhesiv, conductive ink or an electromagnetic wave shielder for an image display.

An electro-mechanical transducer contains a vibrating electrode (15b), a vibrating-electrode-insulating film (15a) disposed at a bottom surface of the vibrating electrode (15b), an electret layer (13) facing to the vibrating electrode (15b), an electret-insulating layer (14e) joined to a top surface of the electret layer (13), and a back electrode 17 in contact with a bottom surface of the electret layer (13). A microgap between ten nanometers and 100 micrometers is established between the vibrating-electrode-insulating film (15a) and electret-insulating layer (14e). A central line average roughness Ra of the vibrating electrode (15b), including a bending, is 1 / 10 or less of a gap width measured between the bottom surface of the vibrating electrode (15b) and the top surface of the electret layer (13).

A fabrication and adhesion method for a polyaryl-ether-ketone (PAEK) device, such as a microfluidic device, is disclosed. At least one glassy uncrystallized PAEK substrate is heated up to near or above the glass transition temperature to allow the substrate to crystallize from the glass state, while embossing the substrate with patterns. Bonding the PAEK substrate to another substrate is accomplished using a solvent-resistant adhesive, such as a polyimide-based adhesive, in combination with an adhesion enhancement treatment. In certain embodiments, the adhesion enhancement treatment is a plasma treatment or a chemical sulfonation treatment.

An apparatus is provided to calculate a quantity indicating a charged state of an on-vehicle battery. The battery powers a starter starting up an on-vehicle engine. In the apparatus, a plurality of pairs of data consisting of current and voltage of the battery are acquired at predetermined sampling intervals during a cranking period of the engine in response to starting up the starter. At intervals, a value of an internal resistance of the battery is calculated based on the plurality of pairs of data of current and voltage. The internal resistance is one kind of the charged-state indicating quantity. An open voltage difference is calculated, which is a difference between a pseudo circuit-open voltage of the battery given before starting up the starter and a pseudo circuit-open voltage of the battery given after the cranking period. The value of the internal resistance is corrected using the open voltage difference.

Methods and apparatus for analyzing ions by pipelining data acquisitions with an orthogonal time-of-flight (OTOF) mass spectrometer. A predetermined push sequence is established for launching packets of ions from a source region into a flight tube towards a detection region within the OTOF mass spectrometer such that ions which are launched in adjacent packets do not overlap prior to reaching the detection region. These discrete packets of ions do not intermingle and are launched in accordance with the predetermined push sequence along a propagation path from the source region toward the detection region such that portions of the packets of ions are simultaneously in-flight within the flight tube of the OTOF mass spectrometer. The times of arrival of ions are detected at the detection region to produce time-of-flight scans with signals corresponding to times of arrival for the ions in the launched packets of ions to provide a mass spectrum derived from pipelined data acquisitions.

A method for fast acquisition, in as little as 6-15 seconds, of signals from a satellite in a Satellite Positioning System (SATPS), such as GPS or GLONASS, that does not require permanent storage of satellite ephemeris information at an SATPS ground station. This SATPS signal acquisition method can be used whenever the "new" station initially powers up or has lost lock on one or more SATPS signals that must be (re)acquired. A reference SATPS station provides the new SATPS station with an estimated reference station location and ephemeris information for one or more identified SATPS satellites visible from the reference station. The new station receives and uses this information to establish carrier frequency ranges to search for the identified SATPS satellite, by limiting the search to a reduced frequency range based upon estimated Doppler shift of SATPS signals received from this satellite. The actual frequency shift may differ from the estimated Doppler shift, due in part to errors in a frequency source used by the new station. When a first SATPS satellite signal is acquired and locked onto by the new station, the error in the new station frequency source is estimated, and the frequency range for searching for an SATPS signal from another satellite is reduced. Acquisition of additional SATPS satellite signals occurs more quickly. This system also allows the use of less accurate timing sources for the new stations. A new station need not store ephemeris information for the SATPS satellites but may call upon and use the ephemeris information available at the reference station.

A light emitting device includes a substrate having a first surface and a second surface not parallel to the first surface, and a light emission layer disposed over the second surface to emit light. The light emission layer has a light emission surface which is not parallel to the first surface.

The present invention provides an in-wheel motor for an electric vehicle allowing a drive motor to be freely mounted onto a chassis irrespective of the shape, structure, and characteristics of the drive motor as well as allowing free selection of a reduction gear ratio without need to replace a drive motor.An in-wheel motor for an electric vehicle includes a drive motor (1200), a reduction gear mechanism (1300), a wheel bearing, and a mechanical brake and serves as a drive apparatus for an electric vehicle. The drive motor (1200) includes a casing (1210) which houses a rotor (1240) and a stator (1220); the reduction gear mechanism (1300) is implemented by a planetary gear mechanism; a wheel bearing is fixedly attached to the outer circumference of an end portion of a housing (1411), which houses a wheel shaft (1410) coupled to an output element of the planetary gear mechanism; mounting blocks (800, 810) having engagement means are provided respectively at upper and lower outside portions of the casing (1210); and attachments are attached to the corresponding mounting blocks (800, 810) and joined to corresponding joint mechanisms (612, 712), which are movably coupled to a suspension mechanism.

A cartridge mountable and dismountable by moving in the direction crossing with an axial direction of the drive shaft of a main assembly of the apparatus, includes a rotatable member rotatable by receiving a rotational force from the apparatus; a coupling engageable with the rotational force applying portion to receive a force for rotating said rotatable member, said coupling including a coupling member rotatable about an axis, a first rotational force receiving portion, provided at one end portion of said coupling member, for receiving the rotational force from the driving shaft, a rotational force transmission member engaged with the other end portion of said coupling member and having opposite ends projected out in a crossing wherein said coupling member is pivotable between a transmitting angular position for transmitting the rotational force from the driving shaft to said rotatable member and a mounting-and-dismounting angular position which is inclined relative to the axis of said rotatable member; a flange mounted to said rotatable member and rotatable about an axis, said flange including an opening accommodating said transmission member with a gap, a regulating portion, provided in said opening, for regulating movement of said transmission member in the crossing direction when said coupling takes the transmitting angular position, a second rotational force receiving portion for being abutted by said transmission member to receive the rotational force from said coupling, an opposing portion opposing to said second receiving portion, wherein in a state that said coupling is in the transmitting angular position and that one end of said transmission member contacts to said regulating portion to be confined in movement, when said coupling inclines relative to said flange such that a side in which a projection distance of said rotational force transmission member is relatively smaller moves away from said first receiving portion, an engagement depth between said side of said transmission member and said second receiving portion and an engagement depth between said side of said transmission member and said opposing portion are larger than zero.

An attenuating antenna switch may be used to suppress increase in the scale and power consumption of an RFIC. The antenna switch has a first terminal, a second terminal, and an antenna terminal coupled to the first and second terminals and configured to be connected to an antenna. The first switch switches between a first state in which a high frequency signal is propagated between the first terminal and the antenna terminal, and a second state in which the high frequency signal is interrupted. A second switch switches between the first and second states between the second terminal and the antenna terminal. The first and second switches are controlled in a mutually exclusive manner such that only one of the two switches can be in the first state at any given time. When in the first state, each switch adjusts an attenuation amount of the high frequency signal.

A liquid crystal display apparatus includes a substrate and a second substrate with a liquid crystal layer sandwiched therebetween. A plurality of pixels are sandwiched between the two substrates and form a display section, each of the pixels is provided with first and second pixel electrodes both corresponding to the pixel, and a common electrode corresponding to the first and second pixel electrodes.

Pharmaceutical compositions of metoprolol or a salt have water-insoluble inorganic cores such as dibasic calcium phosphate having the drug deposited thereon, optionally with one or more hydrophilic or hydrophobic polymers or mixtures thereof, and an outer coating of a polymer blend utilizing groups of polymers having opposing wettability characteristics.

The present invention relates to a transport container which provides mechanical and thermal stability for a load and which container is fabricated as the container is loaded. In particular, the present invention relates to a container which can be readily transported on aircraft, such as an aircraft container. In the field of logistics, that is the field of movement and supply of produce and materials, in particular in the transport of intermediate and finished products, containers have been developed which safely protect from physical damage a wide variety of product. Food and pharmaceutical products not only need protection from physical shock and pressures but also require temperature stability during transportation; otherwise goods can be damaged and be unusable, whether such damage is apparent or not. However, air transport poses a particular problem: Goods can be transported in tropical heat, packaged and placed upon pallets and the like containers whereby they are presented in aircraft style containers. Such goods may be left on runways at extreme temperatures (+40° C.) and then placed within a hold where low pressures and low temperatures exist during flight. At a destination airport the temperatures may well be sub-zero. To simplify transport with respect to airports, planes and handling equipment, there have been developed aircraft Unit Load Devices (ULDs) which comprise any type of pallet or container that can easily be loaded to the aircraft by a ground handler. The present invention seeks to provide a transport container which can maintain goods within a narrow temperature range, can displace a considerably reduced volume before erection, is economical to manufacture, can readily and easily be constructed. The present invention further seeks to provide a transport container which is compatible with standard Unit Load Device specifications.

An optical line terminal (OLT) performs power management control in a passive optical network (PON) by acquiring a respective reception level for each optical network unit (ONU) in the PON and maintaining a reception table that stores the respective reception level for each ONU. Prior to receiving a burst signal from an ONU, it sets a reception threshold of an optical receiver at the OLT with the reception level of the ONU.

A semiconductor device including a substrate, an epitaxial layer, a first sinker, a transistor, a diode unit, a first buried layer, and a second buried layer is provided. When the semiconductor device is operated at the high voltage, the highly large substrate current due to the external load is avoided through the diode unit disposed in the semiconductor device of an embodiment consistent with the invention. Furthermore, according to the design of the semiconductor device, the issue of the narrow input voltage range is improved, and interference of the semiconductor device with the other semiconductor devices is prevented.

The present invention provides a construction machine where overheating of mounted electric devices can be prevented properly with a simple structure and a method of controlling the construction machine. For this purpose, a pump target discharge flow rate of a hydraulic pump is calculated based on an operated amount of an operating unit, a temperature of an electric device mounted on the construction machine is detected, an engine minimum speed, which is a minimum possible speed of an engine in carrying out low-speed matching for matching output of the engine and pump absorbing horsepower of the hydraulic pump to each other in a low-speed region where speed of the engine is lower than set speed, is calculated by using the detected temperature of the electric device, and a maximum value out of a corresponding speed of the pump target discharge flow rate and the engine minimum speed is generated as a candidate for an engine target speed.

A multi-touch character input method includes the steps of: (a) preparing a character table in which characters are discriminated and arranged according to multi-touch attributes; (b) detecting a touch occurring on a touch input surface; (c) recognizing a first attribute based on the number of touch points by the touch; (d) recognizing a first character corresponding to the first attribute in the character table; and (e) detecting a change in the first attribute, and recognizing a second character induced from the first character in the character table in correspondence to a second attribute based on the change of the first attribute.

An image processing apparatus for generating a wide dynamic range image to enable contrast to be maintained in low luminance image areas and high luminance image areas when the image is displayed by a narrow density range display system having: an image data buffer in which short-time exposure image data is stored; an image area segmenting circuit for fractionating long-time exposure image data into areas of proper and improper exposure; a segmented area image information extracting circuit for segmenting the properly exposed area of the long-time exposure image data on the basis of the segmented information and segmenting the improperly exposed area as a properly exposed area by applying the short-time exposure image data; a gradation correcting circuit for gradation-correcting image data in the properly exposed areas of the long-time exposure and the short-time exposure images which have been segmented by the segmented area image information extracting means, respectively; and an image synthesizer for synthesizing the properly exposed areas after gradation correction to form a composite wide dynamic range image.

A plant for friction stir welding, comprising a welding probe, a drive unit driving the welding probe, a work table supporting the workpiece or workpieces to be welded, and at least one clamping means for clamping the workpieces to one another or to the work table, or the workpieces to the work table, respectively, during the welding operation. The plant likewise comprises a milling tool.