Abstract:
A kit of eyewear that comprises a plurality of eyewear elements, each having a frame and a lens associated with each eye. Each of the eyewear elements have an occluded portion of at least one lens; at least some of the eyewear elements having different occlusion areas on the left and right lenses; and the eyewear elements having different occlusions patterns from each other.
Abstract:
An author can create a protocol for providing user health coaching. The protocol is based on attributes and configures a health coaching service to be provided for a user. The author can use the attributes to report user health status, set user health goals, and evaluate expressions related to the user's health. The user health status can be reported based on author-created ranges that contain a user health attribute value. User health goals with respect to an attribute can be set over time for a user (or group of users) by the author. Expressions related to the user's health can be created by the author from sets of attributes and operators and executed as rules.
Abstract:
An apparatus, system and method for providing spot lighting for observing a gemstone is presented. In particular, the spot lighting provided by the invention allows for observing of the fire of a gemstone, i.e. the visible effects of light dispersion into separate colors. The apparatus includes a tube for receiving a portion of a multi-spectral light source, and a mask coupled to the tube for blocking other portions of the light source. By selecting the proper tube dimensions and aligning the tube with both the light source at an inlet and a gemstone at an outlet, the spot lighting source provides direct lighting for isolating and accentuating the effects of fire.
Abstract:
A self-contained operator responsive video game system is disclosed. The system is capable of generating a virtually unlimited number of games where a player responds to and controls high resolution objects drawn on a display device such as a cathode ray tube. The system includes two interdependent sections, a computational section and a display section. The computational section includes means for entering operator commands, a program memory for storing the game rules and a digital processor for determining trajectories of moving objects and generating the line segment specification parameters required by the display section. The display section includes the same digital processor included in the computational section for transforming the line segment specification parameters into digital line drawing values and generating timed gating signals, digital-to-analog converters for converting the digital line drawing values into proportional signals and display drivers for generating the specified line segments on the screen of the cathode ray tube. Composites of the line segments repetitively drawn ultimately result in recognizable animated objects.
Abstract:
A circuit comprising first and second current amplifiers connected in a regenerative feedback loop and which includes a starting circuit. The latter initiates current flow in the loop and is automatically disconnected from the loop once normal operating conditions are reached therein.
Abstract:
Feedback, derived from the rate-of-change of the output current of a current mirror amplifier, varies the mirror ratio as a function of the spectral content of the output current. The feedback is regenerative whereby the rate-of-change of the output current is enhanced. Selection of parameters of the mirror and output node provide optimal compensation for step function input currents.
Abstract:
An apparatus, system and method for providing spot lighting for observing a gemstone is presented. In particular, the spot lighting provided by the invention allows for observing of the fire of a gemstone, i.e. the visible effects of light dispersion into separate colors. The apparatus includes a tube for receiving a portion of a multi-spectral light source, and a mask coupled to the tube for blocking other portions of the light source. By selecting the proper tube dimensions and aligning the tube with both the light source at an inlet and a gemstone at an outlet, the spot lighting source provides direct lighting for isolating and accentuating the effects of fire.
Abstract:
There is disclosed an apparatus for concealing, connecting and organizing power cords and signal cables from multiple devices in an equipment installation comprising a compact enclosure for use on a desktop that has first and second interior side panels facing each other without obstruction across the floor of the enclosure, and a hinged, reinforced, load-bearing top lid. A plurality of AC power outlets is disposed on either or both of the first and second interior side panels and connected in a power circuit via an ON/OFF switch to a power supply cord. The power circuit includes circuits for suppressing interference and transients. The enclosure includes space for containing and plugging in compact power supply blocks and storage space between the first and second interior panels for connecting, organizing and storing excess lengths of the cords and cables.
Abstract:
A method, system, and computer program for generating successive approximations of the result of a query. The query is applied to successively larger samples of the data to produce successively more accurate approximations, optionally until the exact result of the query has been computed.