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The present invention provides improved electrosurgical instruments and systems having electrocautery energy supply conductors that provide inhibited current leakage and methods of performing a robotically controlled minimally invasive surgical procedure while preventing unintended capacitive coupling. A surgical instrument generally comprises an elongate shaft having a proximal end and a distal end and defining an internal longitudinally extending passage. An electrocautery end effector is coupled to or disposed at the distal end of the shaft. An interface or tool base is coupled to or disposed at the proximal end of the shaft and removably connectable to the robotic surgical system. Typically, an independent electrical conductor extends from the interface to the end effector to transmit electrical energy to tissue engaged by the end effector. A sealed insulation tube extends within the passage and over the conductor. A separation is maintained between the sealed insulation tube and the conductor.

An embedded user interface incorporated into a gaming device, the gaming device including a gaming presentation of a base game and a gaming processor for controlling the base game. The embedded user interface includes: a player tracking interface and an embedded processor. The player tracking interface includes (or is associated with) a display screen and enables display of a system game to a user, presentation of information to the user, and reception of information from the user. The embedded processor employs an internal operating system and communicates with the gaming processor, enables control of the system game, control of player tracking information, and control of non-gaming information. In one embodiment, the embedded user interface enables control of a system game of which at least a portion of the system game is presented physically external to the embedded user interface. In another embodiment, the embedded user interface enables control of a system gaming indicator that is physically external to the embedded user interface. In still another embodiment, communication between a game processor and an embedded user interface is only enabled through the gaming network and is not direct enabled via a direct connection.

A system, apparatus and method for using an electronic key to open electronic locking devices is provided. With the system, apparatus and method, a key code is sent to a user's wireless communication device and is later used to open a corresponding locking device. The key code is generated by a key supplier based on a master key obtained from a master key supplier, e.g. an electronic lock manufacturer. The key code may include a master key portion, a secondary key portion, an activation / expiration portion, a wireless device identifier portion, a time of issue portion, and a time of last use portion.

Disclosed herein is a projection type image display apparatus comprising projection means for projecting an image on an image-displaying screen by scanning with a laser beam, and detection means for detecting the presence or absence of an intruding object between the projection means and the screen, wherein detection by the detection means is conducted relative to a position preceding the laser beam in the scan direction of the laser beam.

A magnetic control system for selectively enabling / disabling an implantable device's operation using externally applied pulsed magnetic means, e.g., a controlled electromagnet or the like. Typically, such implantable devices stimulate a neural pathway or muscle and / or block pain or muscle stimulation according to programmable settings. Preferably, once programmed from an external programmer, such implantable devices can operate “independently” using the externally provided programmed information. However, in certain circumstances, it may be desired to stop / pause the operation of such selected implanted device while not affecting other such devices. Accordingly, embodiments of the present invention include a magnetic sensor, preferably a magnetoresistive, Hall effect, saturated core reactors, or the like, to sense an externally provided magnetic field. By externally applying pulsed magnetic fields in sequences of controlled polarities, durations, intensities, etc., and sensing these identifiable sequences and transitions, the operation of the implantable device may be enabled / disabled.

An embedded additional user interface 10 includes a web page display screen 20 and an embedded processor 30, and is incorporated into a gaming machine 40 that in turn includes a gaming screen 50 and a gaming processor 60. The embedded processor 30 employs an internal operating system and communicates with the gaming processor 60. The embedded processor reads incoming data, translates the data into a web authoring language, and maps the data to the web page display screen. The display screen 20 presents web page information to a user via the display screen, thereby increasing user excitement by providing a richer gaming experience. This provides a dramatic improvement over traditional system components 70 (input / output peripherals) that have been used in the past to access service and system information, such as a 2-line, 20-character VF display and a 12-digit keypad.

Systems and methods for associating multiple credentials with a single user account in a distributed authentication system. A user can be authenticated to a service by providing any one of the multiple credentials to the authentication system. Thus, a user can provide credentials that are more easily entered or supplied on a given device. All of the credentials are associated with a single user account. The credentials can be associated symmetrically, where the user account is independent of each credential, or asymmetrically, where the user account is stored with a primary credential and the other credentials are secondary credentials that reference the primary credential.

The invention under consideration relates to an electric heating device for heating a flowing medium with a housing, in which the at least one electric heating element of the electric heating device is held securely and fully shielded from the medium held in the circulation chamber by a separating wall that divides the housing into a heating chamber and a circulation chamber. The circulation chamber has inlet openings and outlet openings for introducing and removing, respectively, the medium. The heating element is preferably a PTC heating element and is held by means of a clamping force in a recess formed by the separating wall, said recess preferably projecting into the circulation chamber. The invention furthermore relates to a recuperator for converting electrical energy into thermal energy, particularly for an electric drive in a vehicle.

Systems and methods for managing a limited-time bonus period are disclosed herein. According to one method, one or more triggering events are established for the gaming machines, wherein the triggering events are winning game outcomes. A gaming period is initiated on the gaming machines, wherein each gaming machine generates a game outcome. If necessary, a system host is notified that one or more triggering events have been satisfied. The gaming machines then receive instructions from the system host to initiate a limited-time bonus period, wherein the limited-time bonus period is presented on a player tracking and interactive system gaming devices on a selected number of gaming machines. A notification message is displayed on the gaming machines regarding the initiation of the first limited-time bonus period, and a prize is awarded if a winning outcome is achieved by one or more of the networked gaming machines during the first limited-time bonus period.

A method and apparatus for high assurance boot processing is disclosed. A trusted processor is used to authenticate a trusted boot program and in conjunction with a selector, to provide the authenticated boot program to a boot memory where it can be accessed by a main processor to execute the bootup sequence. The trusted processor also provides a command for the main processor to write a data sequence to a hard drive or similar device, and monitors the data written by the main processor to verify that the data has not been tampered with or otherwise compromised.

A client device or other processing device comprises a file encoding module, with the file encoding module being configured to separate a file into a plurality of sets of file blocks, to assign sets of the file blocks to respective ones of a plurality of servers, to define a plurality of parity groups each comprising a different subset of the plurality of servers, to assign, for each of the servers, each of its file blocks to at least one of the defined parity groups, and to compute one or more parity blocks for each of the parity groups. The file blocks are stored on their associated servers, and the parity blocks computed for each of the parity groups are stored on respective ones of the servers other than those within that parity group. Such an arrangement advantageously ensures that only a limited number of parity block recomputations are required in response to file block updates.

An embedded user interface system 10 includes a web page display screen 20 and an embedded processor 30, and is incorporated into a gaming machine 40 that in turn includes a gaming presentation 50 and a gaming processor 60. The embedded processor 30 employs an internal operating system and communicates with the gaming processor 60. The display screen 20 presents information to a user via the display screen. The dictionary extension 100 receives an incoming text string, parses the text string to identify a navigation command and pull a uniform resource locator from the text string, loads the uniform resource locator pulled from the text string into a variable, and indirectly navigates the web content capable display screen to the uniform resource locator in the variable. This provides a dramatic improvement over traditional system components 70 (input / output peripherals) that have been used in the past to access service and system information, such as a 2-line, 20-character VF display and a 12-digit keypad.

A system for checking the level of system security on a PC platform is disclosed. The system comprises of a Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) unit. The RFID unit scans a PC platform and extracts relevant security information from its Basic Input / Output System (BIOS). The extracted information is analyzed by a data processing system connected to the RFID unit to determine if the security access available on the PC platform is adequate. A threshold adequacy level is established by a system manager. When the security on the PC is inadequate, a signal is generated to alert the network manager and / or the user of the PC to upgrade the PC's security.

An air traffic control automatic dependent, WAAS / GPS based, surveillance system (ADS), for operation in the TRACON airspace. The system provides encryption protection against unauthorized reading of ADS messages and unauthorized position tracking of aircraft using multilateration techniques. Each aircraft has its own encryption and long PN codes per TRACON and transmit power is controlled to protect against unauthorized ranging on the ADS-S aircraft transmission. The encryption and PN codes can be changed dynamically. Several options which account for available bandwidth, burst data rates, frequency spectrum allocations, relative cost to implement, complexity of operation, degree of protection against unauthorized users, system capacity, bits per aircraft reply message and mutual interference avoidance techniques between ADS-S, ADS-B Enroute and Mode S / ATCRBS TRACON are disclosed. ADS messages are only transmitted as replies to ATC ground terminal interrogations (no squittering). Derivative surveillance backup systems provide an anti-spoofing capability.

A computer resource marketing system using LPAR (logical partitioning) technology that divides a computer resource into a plurality of logical partitions, including a lending server with a logical partition control unit 3 that designates at least one logical partition as a lendable partition, a client system that can borrow a logical partition in the lending server and submit processing to the logical partition, a resource database that stores lending conditions and certification information of logical partitions in the lending server, and a management server that searches the resource database based on a borrowing request from a client system, notifies the client system of a logical partition that meets the requirements of the borrowing request, and authorizes the client system to use the logical partition.

A plurality of grooves is formed on a radiating surface side of band-like members constituting an outer casing of a cask. By the grooves, radiating fins are formed on the radiating surface side of the band-like member and the like. Heat transfer fins are respectively welded to the opposite sides of the band-like member, leaving the opposite edges thereof. The heat transfer fins are welded to buildup portions on the surface of a trunk body. The band-like member and the heat transfer fins form a unit with a U-shaped cross-section, and the units are welded on the surface of the trunk body at a predetermined interval. A step portion is respectively formed at the opposite edges of the band-like member, and a step portion of the band-like member is fitted to the step portion, and welded.

An onboard display device in accordance with the present invention includes a display section (11) attached to an instrument panel of a vehicle. The section (11) has a second display area (11b) and a first display area (11a). The second display area (11b) shows at least the speed as vehicle condition images indicating the conditions of the vehicle. The first display area (11a) shows a navigation image and other secondary images. The display section (11) measures greater in width than in height with an aspect ratio of 7:3 or greater. The aspect ratio is the width / height ratio of a display area. The onboard display device allows for a visibility-improved simultaneous display of the secondary image, such as a navigation image, and the vehicle condition image, such as a speed display, which presents information on the conditions of the vehicle.

In a method and system for credit card payment settlement at an ordering site accepting via the Internet an order for a product or an application for a service of a credit card participating merchant, input of a part of the numerals of the card member number and input of attribute information, such as the name, date of birth, and address of the card member or user are accepted and these are used to identify whether or not the user matches with any credit card member, and in the case in which there such identification, invoicing for payment is performed with respect to the person responsible for payment of the card member's card.

An electric vehicle with fuel cells mounted thereon has a fuel tank that stores a fuel therein, and a connector receptor that is connected to the fuel tank and is open to the surface of the vehicle body. A connector of a predetermined hydrogen supply device is fitted in and attached to the connector receptor, so that a supply of fuel is fed from the hydrogen supply device to the electric vehicle. The connector receptor is provided with a fuel lid for covering over the connector receptor. When it is determined that the fuel cells are in a working state, the fuel lid is not opened in response to input of an opening instruction of the fuel lid in the course of fuel supply. When it is determined that the fuel lid is open, on the other hand, operation of the fuel cells is not started in response to input of a starting instruction of the fuel cells in the electric vehicle. Such an arrangement enhances the safety of fuel supply to any system with fuel cells.

A travel control apparatus for a vehicle includes: a travel environment information acquisition unit that acquires travel environment information on a travel environment where the vehicle travels; a travel information detector that detects travel information on the vehicle; and an overtaking controller that detects an overtaking target vehicle ahead of the vehicle in an identical travel lane on the basis of the travel environment information and the travel information, and overtakes the overtaking target vehicle using automatic driving control. When failures are detected in relation to the travel environment information acquisition and in a steering system of the vehicle during the overtaking control, the overtaking controller modifies the overtaking control by activating required substitute control in accordance with the travel environment information obtained most recently before detecting the travel environment information acquisition failure, information on the overtaking target vehicle, the travel information, and conditions during the overtaking control.

A lithium-ion secondary battery 1 comprises an anode including a conductive anode active material containing layer containing an anode active material; a cathode including a conductive cathode active material containing layer containing a cathode active material; a nonaqueous electrolytic solution containing a lithium salt, propylene carbonate, and a linear carbonate; and a case accommodating the anode, cathode, and nonaqueous electrolytic solution in a closed state. The nonaqueous electrolytic solution further contains an additive satisfying the condition represented by expression (1): +0.9V≦(E2−E1)≦+2.5V, whereas the moisture content in the anode active material containing layer is regulated so as to satisfy the condition represented by expression (2): 40 ppm≦C1≦100 ppm. E1 is the standard electrode potential (V vs. SHE) of a redox pair Li / Li+, and E2 is the standard electrode potential (V vs. SHE) of a redox pair in the additive in expression (1); and Cl is the moisture content in 1 g of the material constituting the anode active material containing layer in expression (2).

A universal safety and rescue carabiner holder is disclosed for securing a carabiner with its gate in the open position while extending the user's reach several feet in any direction, which is also capable of supporting a long and heavy segment of attached safety rope. The carabiner holder is mounted to the end of an extension pole and includes an axial stem, gripping means supported by the axial stem for releasably capturing the spine of the carabiner and for holding the carabiner's gate arm in an open position, and supporting means supported by the axial stem opposite the gripping means for restraining the base of the carabiner. An axial gap defined by the gripping means and the supporting means is variable to accommodate a broad selection of carabiners have a wide variety of sizes, shapes and gate arm configurations.

It is an object of the present invention to provide an ophthalmic composition, wherein: the ophthalmic composition assures a sufficiently high degree of safety to eyes of the lens wearer; the ophthalmic composition reduces symptoms such as an unpleasant feeling or dryness of the eyes; the ophthalmic composition does not adversely affect a contact lens, such as a change of the size of the contact lens; and the ophthalmic composition advantageously improves a water wettability of surfaces of the contact lens, and the ophthalmic composition for the contact lens is prepared by adding at least one specific amino-sugar derivative to an aqueous medium.

An embedded additional user interface 10 includes a web page display screen 20 and an embedded processor 30, and is incorporated into a gaming machine 40 that in turn includes a gaming screen 50 and a gaming processor 60. Because of security procedures applied for digital signing and certification of user selectable programming elements, the embedded additional user interface 10 employs an interface build application 79 such that the user can select and modify the look and feel of the web page display screen content. The interface build application enables content to be presented on a web page display screen that can track to an individual player. The interface build application also enables a casino user to update current casino promotions for its players in a timely manner, as well as present customized marketing messages, which can even be targeted to individual players. The casino user can customize the look and feel of web page display screen content to make the game player environment more exciting and more conducive to extended player gaming sessions.