Abstract:
A method to provide consolidated shipping information to a server of a carrier by which a package is to be shipped in exchange for a rebate, a discount, or both, is disclosed. The method includes receiving shipping criteria including destination address information and tracking/confirmation information for the package, creating shipping payment information for the package by a postal meter, and generating consolidated shipping information from the destination address information, the tracking/confirmation information, and the shipping payment.
Abstract:
A method for tuning a radio frequency coil of a magnetic resonance imaging system includes disposing a plurality of probes at selected portions of a fixture, disposing the fixture proximate to the radio frequency coil at a first location, and obtaining a first set of measurements of an output of the radio frequency coil using an automated test equipment.
Abstract:
An electrode structure wherein galvanic corrosion at adhesion layers formed between electrodes and electronic or electro-optic substrates is eliminated. The electrode structure includes an electro-optic crystalline substrate, an amorphous layer disposed on the crystalline substrate, the amorphous layer having a composition substantially similar to a composition of the crystalline substrate, and a gold layer disposed directly on the amorphous layer. The amorphous layer is created using ion sputtering etching techniques that clean and activate the surface of the crystalline substrate such that the gold layer is able to adhere to it.
Abstract:
The present embodiments provide an improved system and method for patient communication during MR procedures. In one embodiment, a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system is provided. The system includes a scanner having an opening configured to receive a patient and being operable to perform a magnetic resonance imaging sequence. The system also includes a visual communication device disposed in the opening of the scanner and being operable to capture an image of the patient and transmit the image to circuitry outside of the scanner.
Abstract:
A method for generating a postal indicia associated with a mailpiece is disclosed. The method includes generating an indicia data stream including a postal information segment and a security segment that is based upon the postal information segment and modifying a portion of the security segment to include additional information, thereby defining a modified indicia data stream.
Abstract:
An apparatus and method for sensing a predetermined tone signal transmitted on a transmission line, such as a telephone transmission line, and for generating a signal indicating the presence of the tone signal. The apparatus comprises a tone detector circuit including an amplifier, bandpass filter and comparator, a power supply for generating power for the detector circuit from a voltage present on the transmission line and logic circuitry for gating pulses of power from the power supply to the detector circuit on a periodic basis thereby to enable the detector circuit to check for the presence of the tone signal during the durations of the power pulses.
Abstract:
Apparatus is disclosed for disconnecting and reconnecting equipment to a telephone line in response to at least one AC signal sent over the telephone line. The equipment can automatically be reconnected after a predetermined time period, or reconnected only after another AC signal is received. The apparatus includes digital circuits for detecting a signal within a predetermined frequency range which is present uninterrupted for a minimum time period to activate switching. The apparatus also includes digital timing circuits which can provide relatively long time periods during which the equipment is disconnected which do not utilize large energy storage devices. The digital circuits of the apparatus are operable at extremely low currents, e.g. less than 30 ua total drain. The regulator utilizes one or more light-emitting diodes drawing a current of only about 5 ua to generate a reference voltage.
Abstract:
Systems and methods for shipping to be executed within the framework of a social networking system or social network using information managed within the social networking system through interfaces to carriers that perform the shipping are provided. Shipping registration information for a first user of a social networking system is received, wherein the shipping registration information includes a physical address and at least one authorized payment mechanism. A request by the first user to ship a physical item to a second user of the social networking system is received at the social networking system. Shipping information including a physical address is obtained from the second user. A shipping label for shipping the physical item is generated and provided to the first user for shipping the physical item to the second user.
Abstract:
A water-soluble photoluminescent compound including a symmetrical skeletal structure of the formula (A) in which x may represent any integer, and in which the phenyl rings may be substituted, is disclosed. A protein detector comprising such a compound and a method of measuring the total dissolved protein content of a fluid sample are also disclosed.
Abstract:
A system is disclosed for verifying the integrity of each one of a number of communication paths, illustratively telephone subscriber loops, that runs between a near end location, illustratively a telephone company central office, and a corresponding remote ("far end") location(s). This system utilizes circuitry, such as a line verification module, that is located at the far end of each path to impart a selected test signal specifically a selected one of a number of sub-audible frequencies, thereto. In one embodiment, the circuitry continously transmits a test signal over the path. The level of the test signal is automatically adjusted such that this signal remains at an approximately constant amplitude regardless of whether that path is in an on-hook or off-hook condition. Central office monitoring circuitry is connected to the near end of every path being verified. For each such path, the monitoring circuitry first "learns" the frequency associated with the test signal appearing over that path, and thereafter detects a cessation or unexpected change in the test signal occurring at the near end thereof that is indicative of a possible loss of path (e.g. loop) integrity and, in turn, provides an appropriate notification specifying that loss.