Modular LED lighting systems and flexible or rigid strip lighting devices
    1.
    发明授权
    Modular LED lighting systems and flexible or rigid strip lighting devices 有权
    模块化LED照明系统和柔性或刚性条带照明装置

    公开(公告)号:US08262250B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-09-11

    申请号:US12499306

    申请日:2009-07-08

    IPC分类号: F21S4/00

    摘要: The present invention relates to lighting strips and more particularly to modular lighting systems comprising lighting devices, for example, lighting strips, physically and electrically connectable with one another by way of a plug and socket integrally formed at opposing ends of the lighting strips. The lighting strip devices can be made of flexible material to allow for applying the lighting devices along flat as well as contoured surfaces. The lighting strips can also be rigid. More particularly, embodiments of the invention include modular lighting strips comprising: a non-conductive substrate strip comprising an electrical circuit; a plurality of light sources operably connected to the electrical circuit; a plug integrally formed at an end of the substrate strip; and a socket integrally formed at an opposing end of the substrate strip; wherein the plug and socket provide for removable, friction-fit, latch or latchless, and electrical interconnection of two or more circuits. Also included in the invention are connector assemblies comprising the inventive socket and plugs integral to PCBs for use in the field of electronics. One or more lighting strip can be combined to form lighting systems, which are useful in many functional and decorative lighting applications. The lighting systems are useful for any residential or commercial application where modular, discrete, low-profile, and/or flexible lighting is desired. The lighting strips of the invention can be used in particular for back lighting, accent lighting, aisle or path lighting, contour lighting, elegant interior decoration, holiday decorations, or landscape lighting.

    摘要翻译: 技术领域本发明涉及照明条,更具体地涉及包括照明装置(例如,照明条)的模块化照明系统,所述照明装置通过一体地形成在照明条的相对端处的插头和插座彼此物理上和电气可连接。 照明条装置可以由柔性材料制成,以便沿着平坦和轮廓的表面施加照明装置。 照明条也可以是刚性的。 更具体地,本发明的实施例包括模块化照明条,其包括:包括电路的非导电衬底条; 多个光源,可操作地连接到所述电路; 一体地形成在所述基板条的端部的插塞; 以及一体地形成在所述基板条的相对端部的插座; 其中所述插头和插座提供两个或更多个电路的可移除,摩擦配合,闩锁或闩锁和电互连。 本发明还包括连接器组件,其包括本发明的插座和与电子器件领域中使用的PCB集成的插头。 一个或多个照明条可以组合以形成在许多功能和装饰照明应用中有用的照明系统。 照明系统对于需要模块化,分立,低调和/或柔性照明的住宅或商业应用是有用的。 本发明的照明条特别可用于背光照明,重点照明,通道照明,道路照明,轮廓照明,优雅的室内装饰,假日装饰或景观照明。

    Split screen video in a multimedia communication system
    2.
    发明申请
    Split screen video in a multimedia communication system 失效
    在多媒体通信系统中分割屏幕视频

    公开(公告)号:US20060215765A1

    公开(公告)日:2006-09-28

    申请号:US11089719

    申请日:2005-03-25

    摘要: A method is described for encoding video. A video sequence is captured at a full frame resolution. Boundaries for an inner region are identified within frames of the video sequence. The video sequence is encoded at the full frame resolution into a bitstream. The bitstream includes a sub-bitstream which encodes for the inner region. Data is embedded within the bitstream. The data identifies the sub-bitstream within the bitstream. In one aspect, the data is a header specifying the inner region. In another aspect, the encoding estimates motion for pixels within the inner region based on pixels within the inner region.

    摘要翻译: 描述了一种编码视频的方法。 以全帧分辨率捕获视频序列。 用于内部区域的边界在视频序列的帧内被识别。 视频序列以全帧分辨率编码为比特流。 比特流包括编码内部区域的子比特流。 数据嵌入比特流内。 数据识别比特流内的子比特流。 在一个方面,数据是指定内部区域的标题。 在另一方面,编码基于内部区域内的像素来估计内部区域内的像素的运动。

    Controlled delivery of therapeutic agents by insertable medical devices
    3.
    发明授权
    Controlled delivery of therapeutic agents by insertable medical devices 失效
    通过可插入的医疗设备控制治疗剂的输送

    公开(公告)号:US06899731B2

    公开(公告)日:2005-05-31

    申请号:US09750779

    申请日:2001-01-02

    摘要: A medical device and method for transportation and release of a therapeutic agent into a mammalian body are disclosed. The medical device is coated with alternating layers of a negatively charged therapeutic agent and a cationic polyelectrolyte, following a controlled adsorption technique. The method is simple, with minimal perturbation to the therapeutic agent and uses clinically acceptable biopolymers such as human serum albumin. The amount of the therapeutic agent that can be delivered by this technique is optimized by the number of the layers of the therapeutic agent adsorbed on the surface of medical device. There is a washing step between alternate layers of the therapeutic agent and cationic polyelectrolyte carrier, so that the amount of the therapeutic agent on the insertable medical device represents the portion that is stably entrapped and adsorbed on to the medical device. The insertable medical device and method according to this invention are capable of reproducibly delivering therapeutic agent to a site in a mammalian body, and allow for a highly reproducible and controllable release kinetics of the therapeutic agent.

    摘要翻译: 公开了用于将哺乳动物体内的治疗剂输送和释放的医疗装置和方法。 在受控吸附技术之后,医疗装置涂覆有带负电的治疗剂和阳离子聚电解质的交替层。 该方法简单,对治疗剂的扰动最小,并且使用临床可接受的生物聚合物例如人血清白蛋白。 通过该技术可以递送的治疗剂的量通过吸收在医疗装置表面上的治疗剂的层数来优化。 在治疗剂和阳离子聚电解质载体的交替层之间存在洗涤步骤,使得可插入医疗装置上的治疗剂的量表示稳定地截留并吸附到医疗装置上的部分。 根据本发明的可插入医疗装置和方法能够将治疗剂可再现地递送到哺乳动物体内的部位,并且允许治疗剂的高度可重现和可控的释放动力学。

    Encoding and decoding apparatus and method for analog and digital signals
    4.
    发明授权
    Encoding and decoding apparatus and method for analog and digital signals 失效
    用于模拟和数字信号的编码和解码装置和方法

    公开(公告)号:US5940542A

    公开(公告)日:1999-08-17

    申请号:US743631

    申请日:1996-11-04

    CPC分类号: G06T9/008

    摘要: A method and apparatus is disclosed for encoding and decoding an input signal representative of video or audio information. A form of the method includes the following steps: processing the input signal to produce a sequence of vectors representative of the input signal; implementing a lattice vector quantization procedure on individual vectors of the sequence to identify a lattice point of a lattice that is closest to the individual vector and to obtain an index value representative of a labelling of the identified lattice point, the lattice vector quantization procedure including a multi-level allocation of groups of reserved indices, and selection of the index value for the individual vector within a group of reserved indices. The index signals representative of the index values are stored and/or transmitted, and then recovered for decoding. The decoding is operative to obtain a recovered sequence of vectors, and the sequence of vectors can be processed to produce an output signal.

    摘要翻译: 公开了一种用于对表示视频或音频信息的输入信号进行编码和解码的方法和装置。 该方法的一种形式包括以下步骤:处理输入信号以产生表示输入信号的向量序列; 对所述序列的各个向量实施格子矢量量化过程,以识别最接近所述个体矢量的格子的格点,并获得表示所识别的格点的标记的索引值,所述格子矢量量化过程包括 保留索引组的多级分配,以及一组保留索引内各个向量的索引值的选择。 表示索引值的索引信号被存储和/或发送,然后被恢复用于解码。 解码操作以获得恢复的向量序列,并且可以处理向量序列以产生输出信号。

    Vector transform coder with multi-layered codebooks and dynamic bit
allocation
    5.
    发明授权
    Vector transform coder with multi-layered codebooks and dynamic bit allocation 失效
    矢量变换编码器与多层码本和动态位分配

    公开(公告)号:US5521988A

    公开(公告)日:1996-05-28

    申请号:US223206

    申请日:1994-04-05

    CPC分类号: G06T9/008

    摘要: In a vector transform coding (VTC) scheme for image and video compression, a multi-layered codebook structure and a dynamic bit-allocation scheme in the vector transform domain are employed. The main advantage of this technique is that distortion is controlled by dynamically allocating more bits to vectors causing larger distortions and less bits to vectors causing smaller distortions.

    摘要翻译: 在用于图像和视频压缩的矢量变换编码(VTC)方案中,采用矢量变换域中的多层码本结构和动态比特分配方案。 该技术的主要优点是通过动态地分配更多的比特来控制失真,所述向量导致较大的失真,并且对于引起较小失真的向量的位数较少。

    Controlled delivery of therapeutic agents by insertable medical devices

    公开(公告)号:US20050169969A1

    公开(公告)日:2005-08-04

    申请号:US11060383

    申请日:2005-02-17

    摘要: A medical device and method for transportation and release of a therapeutic agent into a mammalian body are disclosed. The medical device is coated with alternating layers of a negatively charged therapeutic agent and a cationic polyelectrolyte, following a controlled adsorption technique. The method is simple, with minimal perturbation to the therapeutic agent and uses clinically acceptable biopolymers such as human serum albumin. The amount of the therapeutic agent that can be delivered by this technique is optimized by the number of the layers of the therapeutic agent adsorbed on the surface of medical device. There is a washing step between alternate layers of the therapeutic agent and cationic polyelectrolyte carrier, so that the amount of the therapeutic agent on the insertable medical device represents the portion that is stably entrapped and adsorbed on to the medical device. The insertable medical device and method according to this invention are capable of reproducibly delivering therapeutic agent to a site in a mammalian body, and allow for a highly reproducible and controllable release kinetics of the therapeutic agent.

    Cobalamin conjugates for anti-tumor therapy
    7.
    发明申请
    Cobalamin conjugates for anti-tumor therapy 有权
    钴胺素共轭物用于抗肿瘤治疗

    公开(公告)号:US20050054607A1

    公开(公告)日:2005-03-10

    申请号:US10659501

    申请日:2003-09-10

    CPC分类号: A61K47/551

    摘要: The present invention provides a cobalamin-drug conjugate suitable for the treatment of tumor related diseases. Cobalamin is indirectly covalently bound to an anti-tumor drug via a cleavable linker and one or more optional spacers. Cobalamin is covalently bound to a first spacer or the cleavable linker via the 5′-OH of the cobalamin ribose ring. The drug is bound to a second spacer of the cleavable linker via an existing or added functional group on the drug. After administration, the conjugate forms a complex with transcobalamin (any of its isoforms). The complex then binds to a receptor on a cell membrane and is taken up into the cell. Once in the cell, an intracellular enzyme cleaves the conjugate thereby releasing the drug. Depending upon the structure of the conjugate, a particular class or type of intracellular enzyme affects the cleavage. Due to the high demand for cobalamin in growing cells, tumor cells typically take up a higher percentage of the conjugate than do normal non-growing cells. The conjugate of the invention advantageously provides a reduced systemic toxicity and enhanced efficacy as compared to a corresponding free drug.

    摘要翻译: 本发明提供了一种适用于治疗肿瘤相关疾病的钴胺素药物缀合物。 钴胺素通过可裂解连接体和一个或多个任选的间隔物间接共价结合抗肿瘤药物。 钴胺素通过钴胺核糖环的5'-OH共价结合到第一间隔物或可切割的接头。 药物通过药物上现有或添加的官能团与可切割接头的第二间隔物结合。 给药后,缀合物与转钴胺素(其任何同种型)形成复合物。 然后,该复合物与细胞膜上的受体结合,并被吸收到细胞中。 一旦在细胞中,细胞内酶切割缀合物从而释放药物。 根据缀合物的结构,细胞内酶的特定类别或类型影响切割。 由于对生长细胞中钴胺素的高需求,肿瘤细胞通常占有比正常非生长细胞更高的缀合物百分比。 与相应的游离药物相比,本发明的缀合物有利地提供降低的全身毒性和增强的功效。

    Method and apparatus for encoding and decoding signals
    8.
    发明授权
    Method and apparatus for encoding and decoding signals 失效
    用于对信号进行编码和解码的方法和装置

    公开(公告)号:US06580834B2

    公开(公告)日:2003-06-17

    申请号:US08989388

    申请日:1997-12-12

    IPC分类号: G06K936

    CPC分类号: H04N19/647

    摘要: A method for encoding and decoding an input signal, includes the following steps: applying a transform to the input signal to obtain a transformed signal; quantizing the transformed signal to obtain a sequence of quantized values, the quantized values being representable in the form of ordered binary bits; for each order of said binary bits, encoding a bit plane of the sequence using (run, end) coding to obtain encoded values; and decoding the encoded values to recover the input signal.

    摘要翻译: 一种对输入信号进行编码和解码的方法,包括以下步骤:将变换应用于输入信号以获得变换信号; 量化变换的信号以获得量化值序列,量化值可以以有序二进制位的形式表示; 对于所述二进制位的每个顺序,使用(运行,结束)编码对序列的位平面进行编码以获得编码值; 并解码编码值以恢复输入信号。

    Heat-Dissipating Lighting System
    10.
    发明申请
    Heat-Dissipating Lighting System 审中-公开
    散热照明系统

    公开(公告)号:US20090052187A1

    公开(公告)日:2009-02-26

    申请号:US11844992

    申请日:2007-08-24

    申请人: Weiping Li

    发明人: Weiping Li

    IPC分类号: F21V29/00 F28D7/00

    摘要: The heat dissipating lighting system includes a closed-loop coolant path with a warmed fluid channel and a cooled fluid channel. The outlet of the warmed fluid channel is in fluid communication with the inlet of the cooled fluid channel and vice versa. Substantial portions of the warmed and cooled fluid channels are thermally isolated from one another. A light source is thermally connected to the coolant path along the warmed fluid channel, near the warmed fluid inlet.

    摘要翻译: 散热照明系统包括具有暖流体通道和冷却流体通道的闭环冷却剂路径。 加热的流体通道的出口与冷却的流体通道的入口流体连通,反之亦然。 加热和冷却的流体通道的实质部分彼此热隔离。 光源在加热的流体入口附近沿着加热的流体通道热连接到冷却剂路径。