Motorola Corporation

Other

Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.

Symbol Technologies, LLC

Aureon Laboratories, Inc.

Mark Clayton

Merlin J Smith

Bernhard P Weisshaar

Parvathy Bhaskaran

Kungwel Liu

William S Hede

David Knappenberger

Jon D Paul

Anthony M Agnello

Patrick A Stadler

Richard L Blanco

Axel Fuchs

Michael Donovan

Mathew Cucuzella

Jeffrey S Lee

Rafael A Saavedra

Stefan Hamann

Steven S Gubka

Angeliki Kotsianti

John Birkner

Ryan J Kummet

Dan Eck

Lexie Spiro

Mary Tumey

Scott Huck

An end effector cleaner for removing excess sealant from an end effector is provided. The end effector cleaner includes a first spool, a second spool, a medium for removing excess sealant from the end effector, a support member configured to support a portion of the medium, a motor for rotating the second spool, an advancement sensor for detecting a presence of the end effector and sending a signal for rotating the motor, and a roll sensor for detecting a dimension of the medium wound on at least one of the first spool and the second spool. One end of the medium is wound on the first spool and the other end of the medium is wound on the second spool, and the portion of the medium is positioned to receive excess sealant of the end effector.

End effector cleaning devices and systems

An apparatus and method for initiating a voice communication to a best-determined target includes associating a plurality of workers in a worker list with a skills profile for each worker. Upon receiving an assistance request for a task, the worker list can be searched automatically for target contacts having the skill profile best-matching the assistance request. Further search criteria can be compared between the task and the matched target contacts to facilitate the proper selection of the best-matched target contacts. Upon a match, a voice communication is automatically initiating between the requestor to the best-determined target contact.

Automated voice connection to a best-determined target

A method of in situ immunohistochemical analysis of a biological sample is provided. The method allows for the multiplex and simultaneous detection of multiple antigens, including multiple nuclear antigens, in a tissue sample.

Multiplex in situ immunohistochemical analysis

In an information appliance system, a user devicecomprises a client platform (, FIG.) that includes a service framework (, FIG.) to discover and connect with a variety of services, both remote and local, transient and persistent, and to disconnect from them when they are no longer of interest or become unavailable. The service frameworkprovides a standard, consistent, simplified way for services to make themselves available and for service-using entities to locate and connect with the services of interest to them. From the perspective of the client platform, all services, whether local or remote, are presented as local services to the application. Each remote service is represented as a local service through the use of a local proxy that insulates the service user from the complexities of communicating with a remote server. Various methods of operating a service framework are also described.

Service framework with local proxy for representing remote services

An embodiment of the invention includes an information appliance system () having an information appliance device () with a focus manager (). Among other things, the focus manager is disposed to manage a plurality of asynchronous entities (). Focus manager () receives an asynchronous request (), stores it in a queue () and assigns it a priority level (). Based on the priority level (), an asynchronous entity () takes over control of user interface device resources from an entity (), utilizes the resources, and returns them to the entity ().

Managing asynchronous requests for user interface resources in an information system

An internet radio for portable applications and uses such as in an automobile. The internet radio allows access to a host of audio, visual and other information. Normal radio channel function is provided along with programmable content and channel selection, as well as automatic content and channel updating by location and style. Internet access is also provided. Direct or targeted advertising, as well as electronic commerce is supported. Connection to the internet is through wireless communications. Programmability is achieved off-line via a web page and remote computer. Customized information is also communicated to the radio such as stock quotes, travel information, advertising, and e-mail. Onboard global positioning allows for channel updating by location, traffic information, geographic advertising and available similar content.

Remotely configurable multimedia entertainment and information system for vehicles

In an information appliance system , a user device comprises a client platform ( , FIG. ) that includes a service framework ( , FIG. ) to discover and connect with a variety of services, both remote and local, transient and persistent, and to disconnect from them when they are no longer of interest or become unavailable. The service framework provides a standard, consistent, simplified way for services to make themselves available and for service-using entities to locate and connect with the services of interest to them. When a service is requested from a remote server, a service frontend ( , FIG. ) on the client platform attempts to find its corresponding service backend ( , FIG. ) on a server providing the requested service and, if it finds it, the frontend and backend coalesce in a fully formed service that is made available to a requesting service-using entity. As a result, platform resources and security are maintained. Various methods of operating a service framework are also described.

Service framework supporting remote service discovery and connection

An internet radio for portable applications and uses such as in an automobile enables the selection of content on a wireless communication device comprising the steps of providing a format for displaying content on said wireless communication device; detecting the loss of a signal for a channel providing a predetermined genre; and providing a new format for displaying content having a new channel providing the predetermined genre to replace the lost channel. Customized information is also communicated to the radio such as stock quotes, travel information, advertising, and e-mail. Onboard global positioning allows for channel updating by location, traffic information, geographic advertising and available similar content.

Method and apparatus for enabling the selection of content on a wireless communication device

In an information appliance system , a user device comprises a client platform ( , FIG. 5) that includes a service framework ( , FIG. 5) to discover and connect with a variety of services, both remote and local, transient and persistent, and to disconnect from them when they are no longer of interest or become unavailable. The service framework provides a standard, consistent, simplified way for services to make themselves available and for service-using entities to locate and connect with the services of interest to them. The service framework comprises service event notification registries ( , FIG. 7) in which service-requesting entities register templates defining the types of services they want to locate and connect with. However, the service framework , rather than connecting with any service that matches a desired service type, can further control a remote service lookup operation in accordance with various transport characteristics in the template, such as signal strength, quantity of data to be transferred, range, available bandwidth, communications cost, service location, time of day, vehicular velocity, and so forth. This conserves the platform's memory and bandwidth resources by not connecting with services that would not satisfy a user's request or that would be unduly transitory. Various methods of operating a service framework are also described.

Service framework for evaluating remote services based upon transport characteristics

An embodiment of the invention includes a plurality of navigational position sources ( ) disposed to provide position data, a position service module ( ) to aggregate position data and to form a composite of position data ( ) and a position session module ( ) to transmit composite of position data ( ) to applications ( ). An embodiment of a method includes providing a plurality of navigational position sources ( ) disposed to provide position data, providing a position service module ( ) disposed to receive position data, and aggregating position data to form composite of position data ( ). Composite of position data ( ) is then transmitted to applications ( ) via a position session module ( ).

Information appliance system having a navigational position generator and method

An embodiment of the invention includes a plurality of navigational position sources ( ) disposed to provide position data, a position service module ( ) to form a composite of position data ( ) and a position session module ( ) to transmit composite of position data ( ) to applications ( ). An embodiment of a method includes providing a plurality of navigational position sources ( ) disposed to provide position data, providing a position service module ( ) disposed to receive position data, and form composite of position data ( ). Composite of position data ( ) is then transmitted to one or more applications ( ) via a position session module ( ).

Method and system for distributing position information

Contained within a single housing (120), is a transducer (100) for receiving an acoustic signal, an analog-to-digital converter (108), which changes the output of transducer (100) into a series of digital pulses representing the incoming acoustic signal. The output of the system may be in serial form. This serial output (114) is transmitted (116) to a remote receiver (122) by wires, light, optical fibers, or as radio waves. The receiver's (122) output (124) is applied to a digital system (130), which processes or reconstructs the acoustic signal. The system may include a digital signal processor (300) within the housing (120) for processing the signal (110) prior to transmission. The analog to digital converter may be a delta-sigma oversampling type, or a sub-ranging floating point type, or use adaptive differential pulse code modulation. Power may be derived remotely by transmission over the signal medium.

Digital output transducer

A self-contained, real-time spectrum analyzer performs the function of spectrum analysis on one or more analog electrical signals. The analyzer consists of an oversampling analog-to-digital converter 104, which converts the input signal 100 to digital form. The digital signal enters a digital signal processing integrated circuit microprocessor 108, which is operated by a stored program 112 that includes a spectrum analysis program 116. The output 122 of the digital signal processor 108 can be converted to analog signals by digital analog converters 124 for display on an external oscilloscope. A variable frequency oscillator 200 controls the sampling of the analog-to-digital converter 104, providing continuously variable analysis bandwidth. The output of the digital signal processor 108 can be applied to a display register and driver 300, which changes the output into a data format 302 suitable for use by a flat screen display 304. Visual output is presented to the user on a flat screen display 304, such as a liquid crystal display or electroluminescent display.

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Mark Clayton