Did You Know...
...that it was melting ice cream that inspired the invention of the outboard motor? It was a lovely August day and Ole Evinrude was rowing his boat to his favorite island picnic spot. As he rowed, he watched his ice cream melt and wished he had a faster way to get to the island. At that moment the idea for the outboard motor was born!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7953751 | System and method for audio hot spotting Audio hot spotting is accomplished by specifying query criterion to include a non-lexical audio cue. The non-lexical audio cue can be, e.g., speech rate, laughter, applause, vocal effort, speaker change or any combination thereof. The query criterion is retrieved fr... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7440946 | Method and system for finding similar records in mixed free-text and structured data A technique for data mining where the available data contains both structured as well as unstructured (free-text) data. The present invention combines together the information available from different types of data to provide a single similarity score indicating the... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7428754 | System for secure computing using defense-in-depth architecture A secure computing system is provided which utilizes a unique combination of Public Key Infrastructure (PKI), Virtual Private Networking (VPN), and server-based computing on thin client devices. The combination of technology and components provide secure computing t... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7385555 | System for co-planar dual-band micro-strip patch antenna An antenna assembly includes a conducting ground plane, a single dielectric substrate layer or a plurality of dielectric substrate layers each with different dielectric constants mounted to the conducting ground plane. A central patch element is mounted to the diele... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7347981 | Directed flow method and system for bulk separation of single-walled tubular fullerenes based on helicity A method for bulk separation of single-walled tubular fullerenes (100) based on helicity is provided wherein a solution or suspension of the single-walled tubular fullerenes (100) is flowed onto a crystalline or highly oriented substrate (30). T... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7333046 | System and method for monitoring targets A system comprising a moving radar, a processing device, and a phase difference determination device is used to monitor a target. The moving radar has first and second phase centers that transmit and receive signals normal to a direction of movement of the radar. Th... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7330032 | Techniques for building-scale electrostatic tomography Techniques for imaging a search region to detect a dielectric target include placing multiple electrodes outside the search region. At least two electrodes are activated independently of each other. Emitter circuits are connected to corresponding emitter electrodes.... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7148031 | Sequestering of glycoprotein molecules and oligosaccharide moieties in lipo-glycoprotein membranes and micelles Spontaneous formation of a coherent membrane at the interface between a non-polar liquid and an aqueous solution of glycoprotein can be used to separate proteins and carbohydrates from tissue fluid and other complex mixtures. When volatile hydrocarbons are used to i... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7114017 | Programmable peripheral switch A peripheral switch (62) is electrically interposed between a peripheral device (10) and a plurality of computing devices respectively coupled to host computer ports (70a)–(70N). The peripheral switch (62) includes host co... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7027942 | Multirate spectral analyzer with adjustable time-frequency resolution A multirate spectral analyzer receives a data sequence through a tapped delay line (510) onto a plurality of filter channels, each of which includes a first decimator (520), a polyphase filter (530), and a second decimator (540). Each fil... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6961954 | Automated segmentation, information extraction, summarization, and presentation of broadcast news A technique for automated analysis of multimedia, such as, for example, a news broadcast. A Broadcast News Editor and Broadcast News Navigator system analyze, select, condense, and then present news summaries. The system enables not only viewing a hierarchical table... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6856287 | Triple band GPS trap-loaded inverted L antenna array The antenna includes four elements excited with equal amplitudes but with a relative phase difference of 0°, −90°, −180°, and −270°. Each element includes a vertical and horizontal portion. An RF trap filter is located within the horizontal portion so that... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6786174 | Method of robotic manipulation using fluidic patterning A system (100, 100′) and method for robotic manipulation of objects (130) is provided wherein a liquid (110, 110′) is agitated by the transfer of energy thereto for establishing an oscillatory motion instability in the liquid (110, 110 | 09/07/2004 |
| 6776118 | Robotic manipulation system utilizing fluidic patterning A system (100, 100′) and method for robotic manipulation of objects (130) is provided wherein a liquid (110, 110′) is agitated by the transfer of energy thereto for establishing an oscillatory motion instability in the liquid (110, 110 | 08/17/2004 |
| 6718236 | Method for conducting a moving vehicle along a trajectory of a coordinated maneuver based on state information broadcast by other vehicles participating in the coordinated maneuver A method for coordinating numerous vehicles within a common maneuver is characterized by receiving, at a moving vehicle, state and projected maneuver information of other vehicles participating in the maneuver via a broadcast link and utilizing the information to co... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6669918 | Method for bulk separation of single-walled tubular fullerenes based on chirality A method for bulk separation of single-walled tubular fullerenes (100) based on chirality is provided wherein a first step is the formation of a template (40) on a crystalline substrate (30). The template (40) has a plurality of openings (32) which are or... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6606553 | Traffic flow management method and system for weather problem resolution Weather problem resolution in air traffic flow management is accomplished by automatically deriving a flow of constrained areas from a weather forecast product, generating a candidate flight list including conflict flights predicted to be affected by the ... | 08/12/2003 |
| 6604044 | Method for generating conflict resolutions for air traffic control of free flight operations A computationally efficient method for automatically generating lateral resolutions for air traffic control problems for a given aircraft allows for prediction and evaluation of required separation between aircraft, between aircraft and airspace, and prob... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6539311 | Apparatus and method for measuring concentrations of a chemical/biological/nuclear agent in an environment An apparatus and method for measuring chemical, biological, nuclear agents in an environment includes several detectors capable of measuring concentrations of the agents in the environment and a processor capable of operating an algorithm which, based on ... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6522250 | Movement history based selective distribution of generally broadcast information A message filtering system is provided for filtering generally broadcast messages received by a movable unit. The generally broadcast message includes an information segment including location, time and/or velocity information relating to an event of pote... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6441743 | Method and apparatus for determining hazard levels of chemical/biological/nuclear agents in an environment A system and method for determining hazard levels of chemical, biological, and nuclear agent in an environment processes chemical vapor concentration measurements and generates hazard levels of the chemical vapor. The system and method provide an estimate... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6348700 | Monomolecular rectifying wire and logic based thereupon A monomolecular rectifying wire is provided that includes a molecular conducting wire that has been modified to embed a rectifying diode integrally therein. The modified conducting wire includes an electron donating section, an electron accepting section,... | 02/19/2002 |
| 6339227 | Monomolecular electronic device A monomolecular electronic device is provided that includes a molecular diode having at least one barrier insulating group chemically bonded between a pair of molecular ring structures to form a pair of diode sections, at least one dopant group chemically... | 01/15/2002 |
| 6335059 | Method of robotic manipulation utilizing patterned granular motion A system (100, 100', 100") and method for robotic manipulation of objects (130) is provided wherein particulates (110, 110') are agitated by the transfer of energy thereto to establish patterned granular motion of the particulates (110, 110'). The pattern... | 01/01/2002 |
| 6252553 | Multi-mode patch antenna system and method of forming and steering a spatial null A hand-held antenna specifically for GPS applications is provided which includes a microstrip patch antenna having a ground board, a single radiating patch spaced from the ground board and a resonant cavity defined between the ground board and the single ... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6246957 | Method of dynamically generating navigation route data There is provided a method and system for automatically generating navigation route data for a vehicle. The method and system provide for storing in computer readable form at least one path object having a predetermined path object type which corresponds ... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6216631 | Robotic manipulation system utilizing patterned granular motion A system (100, 100', 100") and method for robotic manipulation of objects (130) is provided wherein particulates (110, 110') are agitated by the transfer of energy thereto to establish patterned granular motion of the particulates (110, 110'). The pattern... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6049754 | Method for displaying vehicle arrival management information A method for displaying vehicle arrival management information is provided by display (200). Display (200) includes an arrival slot display area (222) which is bounded by a relative time scale (214) defining a Y axis and an actual time scale (216) definin... | 04/11/2000 |
| 5636245 | Location based selective distribution of generally broadcast information A system for determining whether information broadcast by a general transmitter is relevant to a particular user based on the location, velocity and/or time of an object of interest includes a remote terminal, a general broadcasting unit, a transmitter at... | 06/03/1997 |
