Author: claimsbot

1. A hydration monitoring method comprising:
receiving photoplethysmographic (PPG) pulse data from a subject;
selecting a subset of the PPG pulse data from the subject, the subset of PPG pulse data satisfying a data integrity condition; and
determining changes in tissue volume and changes in vascular volume within body tissue of the subject based on the selected subset of PPG pulse data.
2. The method of claim 1, further comprising computing a hydration metric based on the determined changes in tissue volume and changes in vascular volume within the body tissue of the subject.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein selecting a subset of the PPG pulse data comprises omitting another subset of PPG pulse data that does not satisfy a data integrity condition.
4. The method of claim 2, further comprising communicating the computed hydration metric of the body tissue of the subject via a communications interface.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving a subset of PPG pulse data further comprises receiving raw PPG pulse data as a sequence of data samples.
6. The method of claim 5, further comprising analyzing individual pulses of the raw PPG pulse data against each other to determine data integrity.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein the selecting a subset of the PPG pulse data further comprises utilizing a filtering scheme to select a subset of the PPG pulse data from the subject that satisfies a data integrity condition.
8. The method of claim 7, wherein the filtering scheme is based on at least one of amplitude, time, and pulse recognition measured in the subset of the PPG pulse data.
9. The method of claim 7, wherein the filtering scheme is based on a ratio of adjacent amplitudes per pulse measured in the subset of the PPG pulse data.
10. The method of claim 7, wherein the filtering scheme is based on a time distance ratio measured in the subset of the PPG pulse data.
11. The method of claim 7, wherein the filtering scheme is based on a delta in absolute pulse height measured in the subset of the PPG pulse data.
12. The method of claim 7, wherein the filtering scheme is based on a delta in absolute pulse distances measured in the subset of the PPG pulse data.
13. The method of claim 1, further comprising selecting hydration metric data that satisfies a result integrity condition.
14. The method of claim 13, further comprising utilizing a filtering scheme to select hydration metric data that satisfies a result integrity condition.
15. The method of claim 14, wherein the filtering scheme is a smoothing algorithm.
16. A biometric monitoring method comprising:
receiving photoplethysmographic (PPG) pulse data from a subject;
selecting a subset of the PPG pulse data from the subject, the subset of PPG pulse data satisfying a data integrity condition;
determining changes in tissue volume and changes in vascular volume within body tissue of the subject based on the selected PPG pulse data;
computing a biometric metric based on the determined changes in tissue volume and changes in vascular volume within the body tissue of the subject; and
communicating the computed biometric metric of the body tissue of the subject via a communications interface.
17. One or more computer-readable storage media encoding computer-executable instructions for executing on a computer system a computer process, the computer process comprising:
receiving photoplethysmographic (PPG) pulse data from a subject;
selecting a subset of the PPG pulse data from the subject, the subset of PPG pulse data satisfying a data integrity condition; and
determining changes in tissue volume and changes in vascular volume within body tissue of the subject based on the selected subset of PPG pulse data.
18. The one or more computer-readable storage media of claim 1, wherein the computer process further comprises computing a hydration metric based on the determined changes in tissue volume and changes in vascular volume within the body tissue of the subject.
19. The one or more computer-readable storage media of claim 1, wherein the computer process further comprises omitting another subset of PPG pulse data that does not satisfy a data integrity condition.
20. The one or more computer-readable storage media of claim 1, wherein the computer process further comprises communicating the computed hydration metric of the body tissue of the subject via a communications interface.
21. The one or more computer-readable storage media of claim 1, wherein the computer process further comprises receiving raw PPG pulse data as a sequence of data samples.
22. The one or more computer-readable storage media of claim 1, wherein the computer process further comprises analyzing individual pulses of the raw PPG pulse data against each other to determine data integrity.
23. The one or more computer-readable storage media of claim 1, wherein the computer process further comprises utilizing a filtering scheme to select PPG pulse data from the subject that satisfies a data integrity condition.
24. The one or more computer-readable storage media of claim 23, wherein the computer process further comprises utilizing a filtering scheme based on at least one of amplitude, time, and pulse recognition measured in the PPG pulse data.
25. The one or more computer-readable storage media of claim 23, wherein the computer process further comprises utilizing a filtering scheme based on a ratio of adjacent amplitudes per pulse measured in the PPG pulse data.
26. The one or more computer-readable storage media of claim 23, wherein the computer process further comprises utilizing a filtering scheme based on a time distance ratio measured in the PPG pulse data.
27. The one or more computer-readable storage media of claim 23, wherein the computer process further comprises utilizing a filtering scheme is based on a delta in absolute pulse height measured in the PPG pulse data.
28. The one or more computer-readable storage media of claim 23, wherein the computer process further comprises utilizing a filtering scheme based on a delta in absolute pulse distances measured in the PPG pulse data.
29. The one or more computer-readable storage media of claim 1, wherein the computer process further comprises selecting hydration metric data that satisfies a result integrity condition.
30. The one or more computer-readable storage media of claim 1, wherein the computer process further comprises utilizing a filtering scheme to select hydration metric data that satisfies a result integrity condition.
31. The one or more computer-readable storage media of claim 1, wherein the computer process further comprises utilizing a filtering scheme based on a smoothing algorithm.
32. A system comprising:
a processor configured to receive photoplethysmographic (PPG) pulse data from a subject, select a subset of the PPG pulse data from the subject, the subset of PPG pulse data satisfying a data integrity condition, determine changes in tissue volume and changes in vascular volume within body tissue of the subject based on the selected PPG pulse data, compute a biometric metric based on the determined changes in tissue volume and changes in vascular volume within the body tissue of the subject; and
a communications interface configured to communicate the computed hydration metric of the body tissue of the subject.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

1. A system comprising:
a display
a memory storing a software application; and
a processor configured to execute the software application to:
display a linkage on the display, the linkage including a plurality of links and a plurality of motors, each of the plurality of links being connected to at least another of the plurality of links using one of the plurality of motors;
receive a user input selecting a first link and a second link from the plurality of links and a motor from the plurality of motors, the motor being located between the first link and the second link; and
generate an updated linkage by connecting the first link to the second link using a new link and replacing the motor with a pin.
2. The system of claim 1, wherein before generating the updated linkage, the processor is further configured to execute the software application to:
determine a plurality of updated linkages including the updated linkage, each of the plurality of updated linkages including the new link connecting the first link to the second link and replacing the motor with the pin;
display the plurality of updated linkages including the updated linkage on the display; and
receive a user selection for the updated linkage from the plurality of linkages.
3. The system of claim 2, wherein the processor is further configured to execute the software application to simulate each of the plurality of updated linkages being displayed on the display.
4. The system of claim 1, wherein before generating the updated linkage, the processor is further configured to execute the software application to determine a first point on the first link and a second point on the second link such that a distance between the first point and the second point changes the least during a motion of the linkage.
5. The system of claim 4, wherein the processor is further configured to execute the software application to generate the updated linkage by connecting the new link to the first point on the first link and to the second point on the second link.
6. The system of claim 1, wherein the linkage is displayed on the display using a user interface for a user to select the first link, the second link, and the motor using the user interface.
7. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to execute the software application to:
receive a plurality of user inputs, each of the plurality of user inputs selecting another first link and another second link from the plurality of links and another motor from the plurality of motors, the another motor being located between the another first link and the another second link; and
for each of the plurality of user inputs, generate an another updated linkage by connecting the another first link to the another second link using another new link and replacing the another motor with another pin.
8. The system of claim 7, wherein the processor is further configured to execute the software application to receive the plurality of user inputs until the another updated linkage includes only a single motor from the plurality of motors.
9. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to execute the software application to receive another user input, the another user input used to add an auxiliary link to the updated linkage.
10. The system of claim 9, wherein the auxiliary link connects a user selected first link to a user selected second link from the plurality of links.
11. A method for optimizing a linkage, the method comprising:
displaying the linkage on a display, the linkage including a plurality of links and a plurality of motors, each of the plurality of links being connected to at least another of the plurality of links using one of the plurality of motors;
receiving a user input selecting a first link and a second link from the plurality of links and a motor from the plurality of motors, the motor being located between the first link and the second link; and
generating an updated linkage by connecting the first link to the second link using a new link and replacing the motor with a pin.
12. The method of claim 11, wherein before generating the updated linkage, the method further comprises:
determining a plurality of updated linkages including the updated linkage, each of the plurality of updated linkages including the new link connecting the first link to the second link and replacing the motor with the pin;
displaying the plurality of updated linkages including the updated linkage on the display; and
receiving a user selection for the updated linkage from the plurality of linkages.
13. The method of claim 12, wherein the method further comprises simulating each of the plurality of updated linkages being displayed on the display.
14. The method of claim 11, wherein before generating the updated linkage, the method further comprises determining a first point on the first link and a second point on the second link such that a distance between the first point and the second point changes the least during a motion of the linkage.
15. The method of claim 14, wherein the method further comprises generating the updated linkage by connecting the new link to the first point on the first link and to the second point on the second link.
16. The method of claim 11, wherein the linkage is displayed on the display using a user interface for a user to select the first link, the second link, and the motor using the user interface.
17. The method of claim 11, wherein the method further comprises:
receiving a plurality of user inputs, each of the plurality of user inputs selecting another first link and another second link from the plurality of links and another motor from the plurality of motors, the another motor being located between the another first link and the another second link; and
for each of the plurality of user inputs, generating an another updated linkage by connecting the another first link to the another second link using another new link and replacing the another motor with another pin.
18. The method of claim 17, wherein the method further comprises receiving the plurality of user inputs until the another updated linkage includes only a single motor from the plurality of motors.
19. The method of claim 11, wherein the method further comprises receiving another user input, the another user input used to add an auxiliary link to the updated linkage.
20. The method of claim 19, wherein the auxiliary link connects a user selected first link to a user selected second link from the plurality of links.

1. A tap changer for uninterrupted changeover between winding taps of a tapped transformer, the tap changer comprising:
two load branches for each phase to be switched and each having
a main current branch having
a vacuum switch that acts as a main switch and
a mechanical switch connected therewith in series,

a respective auxiliary current branch connected in parallel with the respective main branch and having in the current-conducting state
at least one switch-over resistor and, in series therewith,
a vacuum switch acting as an auxiliary switch;
a common load diverter connectable not only with the main current branch but also with the auxiliary current branch of each load branch; and
a single vacuum-switching tube holding first and second movable contact systems forming at least one of the vacuum switches of the main or auxiliary current branch and one of the mechanical switches.
2. The tap changer according to claim 1, wherein the first contact system forms the mechanical switch and the second contact system forms the vacuum switch.
3. The tap changer according to claim 1, wherein the first contact system comprises the two vacuum switches and the second contact system forms a mechanical switch.

The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.

What is claimed is:

1. A method of removing off-flavor from a food, which comprises:
causing a polymer of phenol compounds having a styrene structure to be present in the food.
2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the polymer is a dimer of the phenol compounds having a styrene structure.
3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the phenol compounds having a styrene structure are compounds represented by general formula (I):
3
(wherein R1 represents hydrogen or carboxy, and R2 represents hydrogen or lower alkoxy) and the phenol compounds constituting the polymer may be the same or different.
4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the polymer is a dimer of the phenol compounds having a styrene structure.
5. The method according to claim 3, wherein the compounds represented by general formula (I) are selected from the group consisting of 4-vinylphenol, ferulic acid, p-coumaric acid and 4-vinylguaiacol.
6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the polymer is a dimer of the phenol compounds having a styrene structure.
7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the dimer of the phenol compounds having a styrene structure is 2,3-dihydro-2-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)-7-methoxy-5-vinylbenzofuran.
8. The method according to any of claims 1 to 7, wherein the polymer is caused to be present in the food at a concentration of at least 0.5 ppb.
9. The method according to any of claims 1 to 7, wherein the polymer is a polymer obtained by subjecting the phenol compounds having a styrene structure to reaction in the presence of oxygen.
10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the reaction for converting the phenol compounds having a styrene structure into the polymer is carried out under irradiation with light.
11. The method according to claim 9, wherein the reaction for converting the phenol compounds having a styrene structure into the polymer is carried out in the presence of an enzyme source.
12. The method according to claim 10, wherein the reaction for converting the phenol compounds having a styrene structure into the polymer is carried out in the presence of an enzyme source.
13. A deodorizer, comprising a polymer of phenol compounds having a styrene structure.
14. The deodorizer according to claim 13, wherein the polymer is a dimer of the phenol compounds having a styrene structure.
15. The deodorizer according to claim 13, wherein the phenol compounds having a styrene structure are compounds represented by general formula (I) set forth in claim 3.
16. The deodorizer according to claim 15, wherein the polymer is a dimer of the phenol compounds having a styrene structure.
17. The deodorizer according to claim 15, wherein the compounds represented by general formula (I) are selected from the group consisting of 4-vinylphenol, ferulic acid, p-coumaric acid and 4-vinylguaiacol.
18. The deodorizer according to claim 17, wherein the polymer is a dimer of the phenol compounds having a styrene 1structure.
19. The deodorizer according to claim 18, wherein the dimer of the phenol compounds having a styrene structure is 2,3-dihydro-2-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)-7-methoxy-5-vinylbenzofuran.
20. The deodorizer according to any of claims 13 to 19, wherein the polymer is a polymer obtained by subjecting the phenol compounds having a styrene structure to reaction in the presence of oxygen.
21. The deodorizer according to claim 20, wherein the reaction for converting the phenol compounds having a styrene structure into the polymer is carried out under irradiation with light.
22. The deodorizer according to claim 20, wherein the reaction for converting the phenol compounds having a styrene structure into the polymer is carried out in the presence of an enzyme source.
23. The deodorizer according to any of claims 13 to 19, wherein a concentration of the polymer is at least 10 ppb.
24. A seasoning, comprising a polymer of phenol compounds having a styrene structure.
25. The seasoning according to claim 24, wherein the polymer is a dimer of the phenol compounds having a styrene structure.
26. The seasoning according to claim 24, wherein the phenol compounds having a styrene structure are compounds represented by general formula (I) set forth in claim 3.
27. The seasoning according to claim 26, wherein the polymer is a dimer of the phenol compounds having a styrene structure.
28. The seasoning according to claim 26 wherein the compounds represented by general formula (I) are selected from the group consisting of 4-vinylphenol, ferulic acid, p-coumaric acid and 4-vinylguaiacol.
29. The seasoning according to claim 28, wherein the polymer is a dimer of the phenol compounds having a styrene structure.
30. The seasoning according to claim 28, wherein the dimer of the phenol compounds having a styrene structure is 2,3-dihydro-2-(4-hydroxy-3-methoxyphenyl)-7-methoxy-5-vinylbenzofuran.
31. The seasoning according to any of claims 24 to 30, herein the polymer is a polymer obtained by subjecting the phenol compounds having a styrene structure to reaction in the presence of oxygen.
32. seasoning according to claim 31, wherein the reaction for converting the phenol compounds having a styrene structure into the polymer is carried out under irradiation with light.
33. The seasoning according to claim 31, wherein the reaction for converting the phenol compounds having a styrene structure into the polymer is carried out in the presence of an enzyme source.
34. The seasoning according to any of claims 24 to 30, wherein a concentration of the polymer is at least 10 ppb.
35. The seasoning according to any of claims 24 to 30, further comprising at least one member of amino acids, organic acids, alcohols and saccharides.
36. The seasoning according to any of claims 24 to 30, wherein the seasoning is a fermented seasoning.
37. The seasoning according to claim 29, wherein the fermented seasoning is vinegar, cooking liquor, sake, wine, mirin, soy sauce or miso.
38. The seasoning according to any of claims 24 to 30, wherein the seasoning is a meat extract seasoning, a marine product extract seasoning or a vegetable extract seasoning.
39. A cosmetic, comprising a polymer of phenol compounds having a styrene structure.
40. An antioxidant, comprising a polymer of phenol compounds having a styrene structure.
41. A method of producing a polymer of phenol compounds having a styrene structure, which comprises converting phenol compounds having a styrene structure into the polymer in the presence of oxygen.
42. The method according to claim 41, wherein the conversion into the polymer is carried out under irradiation with light in the presence of a photosensitizer.
43. A method of producing a seasoning, which comprises: causing phenol compounds having a styrene structure to be present in any of the steps in a process for producing a seasoning, and conducting an oxidation reaction of the phenol compounds in the presence of oxygen during or after the completion of the process.
44. The method according to claim 43, wherein the oxidation reaction is carried out under irradiation with light.
45. The method according to claim 44, wherein the oxidation reaction is carried out in the presence of a photosensitizer.
46. The method according to claim 43, wherein the oxidation reaction is carried out by blowing oxygen into the reaction system.
47. The method according to claim 46, wherein the oxidation reaction is carried out under irradiation with light.
48. The method according to claim 47, wherein the oxidation reaction is carried out in the presence of a photosensitizer.
49. The method according to any of claims 43 to 48, wherein the oxidation reaction is carried out in the presence of an enzyme which accelerates the oxidation reaction.
50. The method according to claim 49, wherein the enzyme is peroxidase.
51. The method according to any of claims 43 to 48, wherein the seasoning is a fermented seasoning.
52. The method according to claim 51, wherein the fermented seasoning is vinegar, cooking liquor, sake, wine, mirin, soy sauce or miso.
53. A method of deodorizing a food, which comprises cooking the food using the deodorizer according to claim 13.
54. A method of producing a deodorized food, which comprises cooking a food using the deodorizer according to claim 13.
55. A food which is obtained by the method according to claim 54.
56. A method of producing liquor, which comprises:
(a) a step for preparing a saccahrified rice liquor, wherein a liquefying reaction is taken place by adding rice and liquefying enzyme to water in order to obtain a liquefied mixture, thereafter a saccahrifying reaction is taken place by adding saccharogenic enzyme to the resultant liquefied mixture in order to obtain a saccahrified rice liquor;
(b) a first fermentation step for adding rice koji and yeast to water and fermenting thereof;
(c) a second fermentation step for adding rice koji and the saccahrified rice liquor obtained from the step (a) to the resultant mixture of the first fermentation step and fermenting thereof;
(d) a third fermentation step for adding the saccahrified rice liquor obtained from the step (a) to the resultant mixture of the second fermentation step;
(e) a separation step for separating liquid by filtering the resultant mixture of the third fermentation step; and
(f) an oxidation reaction step for conducting an oxidation reaction of the resultant liquid of the separation step in the presence of oxygen.
57. The method according to claim 56, wherein the oxidation reaction is carried out under irradiation with light.
58. The method according to claim 57, wherein the oxidation reaction is carried out in the presence of a photosensitizer.
59. The method according to claim 56, wherein the oxidation reaction is carried out by aeration or blowing oxygen into the reaction system.
60. The method according to claim 59, wherein the oxidation reaction is carried out under irradiation with light.
61. The method according to claim 60, wherein the oxidation reaction is carried out in the presence of a photosensitizer.
62. The method according to claim 56, wherein the yeast is ferulic acid decarboxylase activity.
63. The method according to any of claims 56 to 62, wherein the oxidation reaction is carried out in the presence of an enzyme which accelerates the oxidation reaction.
64. The method according to claim 63, wherein the enzyme is peroxidase.
65. The method according to any of claims 56 to 62, wherein said liquor is a cooking liquor.
66. The method according to any of claims 56 to 62, wherein said liquor is sake.
67. A method of producing liquor, which comprises:
(a) a first fermentation step for adding rice, rice koji and yeast to water and fermenting thereof;
(b) a second fermentation step for adding intermittently rice, rice koji and water to the resultant mixture of the first fermentation step and fermenting thereof;
(c) a separation step for separating liquid by filtering the resultant mixture of the second fermentation step; and
(d) an oxidation reaction step for conducting an oxidation reaction of the resultant liquid of the separation step in the presence of oxygen.
68. The method according to claim 67, wherein the oxidation reaction is carried out by aeration or blowing oxygen into the reaction system.
69. The method according to claim 67, wherein in the second fermentation step, water, rice, and rice koji are added twice intermittently to the resultant mixture obtained by the first fermentation step.
70. The method according to claim 69, wherein the oxidation reaction is carried out by aeration or blowing oxygen into the reaction system.
71. The method according to claim 67, wherein in the second fermentation, water, rice, and rice koji are added three times intermittently to the resultant mixture obtained by the first fermentation step.
72. The method according to claim 71, wherein the oxidation reaction is carried out by aeration or blowing oxygen into the reaction system.
73. The method according to claim 67, wherein the oxidation reaction is carried out under irradiation with light.
74. The method according to claim 68, wherein the oxidation reaction is carried out under irradiation with light.
75. The method according to claim 70, wherein the oxidation reaction is carried out under irradiation with light.
76. The method according to claim 72, wherein the oxidation reaction is carried out under irradiation with light.
77. The method according to any of claims 74 to 76 , wherein the oxidation reaction is carried out in the presence of a photosensitizer.
78. The method according to any of claims 67 to 76, wherein the oxidation reaction is carried out in the presence of an enzyme which accelerates the oxidation reaction.
79. The method according to claim 78, wherein the enzyme is peroxidase.
80. The method according to any of claims 67 to 76, wherein the yeast is ferulic acid decarboxylase activity.
81. The method according to any of claims 67 to 76, wherein said liquor is a cooking liquor.
82. The method according to any of claims 67 to 76, wherein said liquor is sake.