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Mountable Printable Placard With Headband
A resilient headband in a shape for being mounted on the head of the user. The headband is equipped with a longitudinal slotted member for holding a placard.
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| 8179797 | Channel discovery and disconnection in networks over white spaces and other portions of the spectrum Functionality is described for discovering a channel within an environment in which non-privileged entities have subordinate access rights to spectrum compared to privileged entities. The functionality operates by investigating spectrum units within the spectrum for... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8176759 | Theft prevention device for two-wheeled vehicles Theft prevention device for enabling to lock the handlebar grip and the brake-lever of a two-wheeled vehicle, where the brake-lever is movably connected to the handlebar, to prevent stealing of the vehicle. The device may comprise a housing comprising at least two o... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8176667 | Firearm sensing device and method A system for resolving at least one use parameter relating to a firing of a machinegun or of a semi-automatic firearm having a receiver, an action within the receiver and that includes a piston, and a buffer tube that receives at least a portion of the piston during... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8172138 | Device and method for smart card assisted digital content purchase and storage The present invention discloses a device and a method useful for the provision of secure payment and certification of digital content access, while the devise comprises: at least one IC chip containing an operating system and memory provisions, an interface of a plu... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8165394 | Reconstruction of image in a Bayer pattern Architecture for decoding (demosaicing) a source image and performing reconstruction directly from the Bayer pattern to reduce memory size and improve communication bandwidth. The architecture can be easily implemented in hardware such as in field programmable gate ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8164628 | Estimating distance to an object using a sequence of images recorded by a monocular camera In a computerized system including a camera mounted in a moving vehicle. The camera acquires consecutively in real time image frames including images of an object within the field of view of the camera. Range to the object from the moving vehicle is determined in re... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8162812 | Combined cryotherapy and brachytherapy device and method Combined brachytherapy and ablation devices and methods. A combined brachytherapy and cryotherapy method, includes: inserting an ablation device into tissue of a subject; ablating tissue within an ablation zone of the device; detaching and removing a first part of t... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8156418 | Image acquisition from dynamic content for delivery to network-enabled static display devices An image service uses a uniform resource locator (URL) or other location identifier to retrieve static images embedded in dynamic content presentations from the Internet. The image service uses a set of imaging parameters to extract one or more static images embedde... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8152721 | Radial expansible retractor for minimally invasive surgery An improved radial expansible retractor and a method of minimally invasive surgery, by opening a channel in the brain or other soft tissue of a patient, by inserting the radial expansible retractor into the body of the patient, and by widening the channel at a conti... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8152023 | System for the preparation and distribution of beverages in a transportation unit The present invention relates to a modular beverage system incorporable into a transportation unit. The system comprises a power source, at least one user point, at least one vessel, at least one liquid transferring apparatus operatively associated with said power s... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8151503 | Assault rifle magazine ejector extension A magazine ejector device that attaches to an automatic firearm is provided herein. One magazine ejection device includes a housing configured to at least partially surround a magazine locking lever on an automatic firearm. The housing includes a forward surface con... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8144194 | Controlling an imaging apparatus over a delayed communication link Method that includes: enabling the user to track a user-identified target on a currently presented image of periodically transmitted images from an imaging apparatus; calculating a distance between the estimated location of the user-identified target in view of the ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8142193 | Compound angular joint for connecting an abutment to a dental implant in a predefined angle A compound angular joint for connecting an abutment to a dental implant in a predefined angle. One compound angular joint includes a basal member connectable to the dental implant, and an apical member connectable to the abutment. The apical member is connected to t... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8137201 | Arrangement for building and operating human-computation and other games A game description language is provided for human computation games, as well as a game platform or generator component that can generate the code base for the game. The game description language and schema framework can be used to represent the game logic and synchr... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8125098 | Wind power generation A wind power generator. The wind power generator includes a generator main body formed of fiberglass reinforced plastics (FRP). Built-in fans having blades are connected to four built-in fan motors to generate high pressure air to be ejected to the exterior so that ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8123431 | Road-based electricity generator Generating electricity from wheeled vehicles passing along a road, by positioning a hinged protruding flap to generate linear motion of an attached rack upon depression of the flap by a passing vehicle, converting the linear motion of the rack to a rotational motion... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8123162 | Unmanned air vehicles and method of landing same There is provided an Unmanned Air Vehicle (UAV) including an engine and an airframe, including means for performing a deep stall maneuver at least one inflatable sleeve connected or connectable to the airframe, and means for inflating the sleeve during flight, where... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8113380 | Ergonomic serving tray An ergonomic serving tray with a unique design, which allows the user to lift, carry, and set down said ergonomic serving tray with a single hand, without tilting the ergonomic serving tray, comprising an ergonomic serving tray 100 equipped with at least one ... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8111498 | Electronic circuitry for incapacitating a living target An electronic circuit which provides an electrical incapacitation current to a living target. The circuit includes a high voltage power supply, a charge-storing capacitor connected by a high voltage lead to the high voltage power supply. The charge-storing capacitor... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8111052 | Zero voltage switching A method for providing non-resonant zero-voltage switching in a switching power converter. The switching power converter converts power from input power to output power during multiple periodic switching cycles. The switching power converter includes a switch and an... | 02/07/2012 |
| D653344 | Dental implant | 01/31/2012 |
| 8102406 | Method and system for producing a video synopsis A computer-implemented method and system transforms a first sequence of video frames of a first dynamic scene to a second sequence of at least two video frames depicting a second dynamic scene. A subset of video frames in the first sequence is obtained that show mov... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8098245 | Smart navigation for 3D maps An interest center-point and a start point are created in an image. A potential function is created where the potential function creates a potential field and guides traversal from the starting point to the interest center-point. The potential field is adjusted to i... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8096629 | System for positioning sliding doors Presented herein is a novel sliding door system that that enables adjustment of at least two sliding doors relative to each other such that surfaces of the sliding doors create a substantially flush surface a support onto which the sliding door mechanism is mounted.... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8094885 | System and method for tracking an electronic device A system for tracking a spatially manipulated user controlling object using a camera associated with a processor. While the user spatially manipulates the controlling object, an image of the controlling object is picked-up via a video camera, and the camera image is... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8083733 | Cryosurgical instrument with enhanced heat exchange A cryosurgical instrument features a cryogen in liquid or liquid-gaseous (mist) form being supplied by a feeding lumen into the internal space of a cryotip at the distal end of the cryosurgical instrument. The distal section of the feeding lumen is helically coiled,... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8083703 | Clubfoot orthotics Disclosed is an orthotic for treating at least one component of talipes equinovarus. The orthotic includes an orthotic shell having a plantar support surface configured to support a portion of a foot disposed in the orthotic. The plantar support surface includes a c... | 12/27/2011 |
| 8082101 | Collision warning system A method of estimating a time to collision (TTC) of a vehicle with an object comprising: acquiring a plurality of images of the object; and determining a TTC from the images that is responsive to a relative velocity and relative acceleration between the vehicle and ... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8080005 | Closed loop cryosurgical pressure and flow regulated system A system for selectively cooling and warming a cryosurgical instrument using a dual phase cryogen, including: two sources of the cryogen, a first source storing liquid phase cryogen and having a first source heater therein that selectively converts at least some of ... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8061276 | Non-lethal projectile A projectile is provided for use in a non-lethal weapon system. The projectile includes a first body with a longitudinal axis. The projectile having kinetic energy is launched substantially along the longitudinal axis in the direction of a target. The projectile pre... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8031083 | Communication nodes for use with an ad-hoc network Communication nodes for use with a wireless ad-hoc communication network are disclosed. In an embodiment of the present invention, the communication node comprises a transducer, which generates a signal in response to an external signal. The ad-hoc network communica... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8024691 | Automata unit, a tool for designing checker circuitry and a method of manufacturing hardware circuitry incorporating checker circuitry The present invention relates to an automata unit, a tool for designing circuitry and/or checker circuitry, and a method for manufacturing hardware circuitry. The automata unit includes an input unit for receiving assertions using Boolean expressions, an automata ge... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7991283 | Geotagging photographs using annotations Labels of elements in images may be compared to known elements to determine a region from which an image was created. Using this information, the approximate image position can be found, additional elements may be recognized, labels may be checked for accuracy and a... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7990381 | Re-coloring a color image Technology for re-coloring a region of a color image including determining an original base color in a region of a color image; establishing at least one shading parameter in the region of the color image; and combining a new base color with the at least one shading... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7982411 | Ignition and operation of electronic high intensity discharge lamps A method for igniting and operating a high intensity discharge (HID) lamp using an electronic ballast controlled by a ballast microcontroller. An ignition circuit including a parallel capacitive circuit is connected in parallel to the HID lamp. The ignition circuit ... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7974232 | Method and apparatus for managing communications within a distributed network Some embodiments of the present invention relate to an apparatus for managing communications within a distributed network. According to some embodiments of the invention, the apparatus may include a communication management module and a synchronization module. The c... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7971774 | Drinking apparatus A drinking apparatus comprising a base and a sheet having a first end and a second end. The sheet is rolled to exhibit an inner side and a predefined perimeter, such that the first end is adhesively attached to the inner side of the rolled sheet, and such that the s... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7967815 | Cryosurgical instrument with enhanced heat transfer Cryosurgical instruments and methods utilizing improved heat transfer characteristics. A cryosurgical device includes: a tubular housing; a cryogen supply passage; a heat exchange enhancing member in the housing, disposed along a longitudinal axis of the housing; an... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7962618 | Method and apparatus for communicating during automated data processing A number of items of data from a data source (12) can be processed and supplied to a data destination (16, 17). The data can include image data, text data, numeric data or other types of data, or a combination of these types of data. The processing of ... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7960950 | Zero current switching A method for providing non-resonant zero-current switching in a switching power converter operating in a continuous current mode. The switching power converter converts power from input power to output power. The switching power converter includes a main switch conn... | 06/14/2011 |
