Author: claimsbot

1. A gas processing device for processing gas passing through a gas passage of an apparatus, the gas processing device comprising:
an electron vibration generating body including a main body having a large electric conductivity, the electron vibration generating body being vibrated when irradiated with light, wherein the vibration of the electron vibration generating body is transmitted to the gas passage.
2. The gas processing device according to claim 1, wherein the main body has a resistivity inversely corresponding to the electric conductivity of the main body, said resistivity being 0 to 200\xd710\u22126 \u03a9\xb7cm at 20\xb0 C.
3. The gas processing device according to claim 1, wherein the electron vibration generating body generates the vibration to shift the oxygen atom electrons to orbits of a higher energy level.
4. The gas processing device according to claim 1, further comprising:
a light source for radiating light onto the electron vibration generating body; and
an electric conductor arranged between the electron vibration generating body and the gas passage.
5. The gas processing device according to claim 4, wherein the light source generates light in an infrared wavelength range of 10\u22126 to 10\u22124 m.
6. The gas processing device according to claim 1, wherein the electron vibration generating body includes a surface body adhered to the main body, the surface body including an infrared ray radiating substance for generating light in an infrared wavelength range of 10\u22126 to 10\u22124 m when the surface body is irradiated with light.
7. The gas processing device according to claim 6, wherein the surface body is made of a compound having a ionic crystal radius in a range of 0.07 to 1.30\xd710\u221210 m.
8. The gas processing device according to claim 1, wherein the main body includes a surface layer formed by a substance having resistivity being 0 to 200\xd7106 \u03a9\xb7cm at 20\xb0 C., the surface layer including an infrared ray radiating substance for generating light in an infrared wavelength range of 10\u22126 to 10\u22124 m when the surface layer is irradiated with light.
9. The gas processing device according to claim 8, wherein the surface layer is made of a compound having a ionic crystal radius in a range of 0.07 to 1.30\xd710\u221210 m.
10. The gas processing device according to claim 6, wherein the apparatus is a sewage processing apparatus for supplying sewage to a processing tank and processing the sewage, the gas passage receiving the vibration of the electron vibration generating body is an air supply passage connected to the processing tank or an air chamber defined in the processing tank.
11. The gas processing device according to claim 6, wherein the apparatus is a combustion apparatus for mixing fuel and air for combustion, the gas passage receiving the vibration of the electron vibration generating body is at least one of an air supply passage for supplying the combustion apparatus with air and a fuel supply passage for supplying the combustion apparatus with fuel.
12. The gas processing device according to claim 1, wherein the apparatus is a combustion engine, the gas passage being at least one of an air supply passage for supplying the combustion apparatus with air and a fuel supply passage for supplying the combustion apparatus with fuel.
13. The gas processing device according to claim 12, further comprising:
an electron vibration generator including the electron vibration generating body and a light source for radiating light onto the electron vibration generating body; and
an electric conductor arranged between the electron vibration generating body and at least one of the air supply passage and the fuel supply passage, the electric conductor including a vehicle body on which the engine is mounted, and the vehicle body including a cigarette lighter socket,
wherein the electron vibration generator is attached to the socket, and the vibration of the electron vibration generator is transmitted via the vehicle body to at least one of the fuel supply passage and the air supply passage.
14. The gas processing device according to claim 13, wherein the light source has a power source corresponding to a battery mounted on the vehicle body.
15. The gas processing device according to claim 13, further comprising:
a further electron vibration generating body attached to at least one of the fuel supply passage and the air supply passage, the further electron vibration generating body being vibrated by vibrations transmitted from the electron vibration generator via the vehicle body.
16. The gas processing device according to claim 1, wherein the electron vibration generating body is ring-shaped and fitted to an outer wall of the gas passage so as to extend around the gas passage.
17. The gas processing device according to claim 1, wherein the main body includes a front side that is irradiated with light and a rear side opposite to the front side, the gas processing device further comprising:
a magnet attached to or arranged close to the main body on said rear side.
18. The gas processing device according to claim 17, wherein the magnet has an N-pole side facing towards the rear side of the main body.
19. The gas processing device according to claim 4, wherein the electron vibration generating body and a light source are arranged outside the gas passage, the electric conductor is connected to the electron vibration generating body, and the electric conductor transmits the vibration of the electron vibration generating body to the gas passage from outside the gas passage.
20. A gas processing device for processing gas passing through a gas passage of an apparatus, the gas processing device comprising:
an electron vibration generating main body having a resistivity being 0 to 200\xd7106 \u03a9\xb7cm at 20\xb0 C., wherein the main body being vibrated when irradiated with light; and
a surface body adhered to the main body, the surface body including an infrared ray radiating substance for generating light in an infrared wavelength range of 10\u22126 to 10\u22124 m when the surface body is irradiated with light.
21. A combustion efficiency improving device for an engine, the device comprising:
an electron vibration generating main body having a resistivity being 0 to 200\xd710\u22126 \u03a9\xb7cm at 20\xb0 C., wherein the main body being vibrated when irradiated with light;
a surface body adhered to the main body, the surface body including an infrared ray radiating substance for generating light in an infrared wavelength range of 10\u22126 to 10\u22124 m when the surface body is irradiated with light; and
an electric conductor arranged between the main body and at least one of a fuel supply passage for supplying the engine with fuel and an air supply passage for supplying the engine with air.

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 computer system for controlling ordered memory operations according to a programmatically-configured ordering class protocol to enable parallel memory access while maintaining ordered memory read responses, the system comprising:
a memory andor cache memory including a memorycache controller;
an IO device for communicating memory access requests from system data sources, where each memory access request is associated with a configured ordering class value; wherein the IO device comprises at least one register for storing ordering class values provided by the system data sources with the memory access requests; and
a memory controller IO interface for processing each memory access request communicated through the IO device to the memory in coordination with the ordering class protocol, comprising:
an incoming request buffer for storing incoming memory access requests from the IO device in a received order, wherein the memory access requests include an ordering class value; and
a next request selector and ordering table with rules for implementing the ordering class protocol, wherein the next request selector processes each stored memory access request based on its ordering class value, a rule from the table associated with said ordering class value and a listing of ordering dependencies for the stored memory access requests to control timing of communicating the memory access request to the connected memory.
2. The system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the ordering class values include an ordering class A for work completions, an ordering class B for payload transfers and an ordering class C for status and log messages, and wherein rules for ordering class A requests do not allow overtaking elements from ordering class B requests but allow overtaking other ordering class A requests, allow arbitrary reordering of ordering class B requests and do not restrict ordering class C requests with respect to other ordering classes but require that ordering class C requests from a same class C source must be ordered.

1. A method of authenticating an online user, the method comprising:
sending information from a server to a user device, wherein the user device includes:
a source of illumination;
a camera capable of capturing video imagery of the online user; and
wherein the user device is capable of:
receiving the information;
modulating the source of illumination based on the received information; and
transmitting captured video imagery of the online user to the server;
receiving at the server captured video imagery of the online user transmitted by the user device, wherein the video imagery is captured by the camera while the source of illumination is being modulated according to the control signal;
analyzing the received video imagery to detect evidence of changes in illumination that correspond to the information; and
generating an authentication response based on the analyzing of the received video imagery.

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 for validating an operation of a wind turbine, the system comprising:
a controller operatively coupled to the wind turbine, the controller comprising a first communication interface; and,
a remote device comprising:
an output device configured to prompt a user to select a plurality of types of wind turbine operating data to request from the wind turbine and to select at least one criterion identifying a subset of the wind turbine operating data to request from the wind turbine;
a user input device configured to enable the user to select multiple types of the plurality of types of wind turbine operating data to request from the wind turbine and to select the at least one criterion, and to submit a request including the multiple types of wind turbine operating data selected by the user and the subset of the selected type of wind turbine operating data identified by the at least one criterion, the wind turbine operating data comprising at least one of a recorded sensor signal, a recorded fault condition, and a recorded controller state;
a first processor operatively coupled to the user input device and programmed to compose a plurality of commands corresponding to the submitted request; and,
a second communication interface operatively coupled to the first processor and communicatively coupled to the first communication interface, the second communication interface configured to sequentially transmit the composed commands to the first communication interface and sequentially receive responses from the first communication interface, each response comprising the wind turbine operating data corresponding to one of the transmitted commands, wherein the second communication interface is programmed to receive a respective response from the first communication device based on the transmitted command before transmitting a next one of the composed commands.
2. A system in accordance with claim 1, further comprising a sensor coupled to the wind turbine and configured to transmit a signal, and the controller further comprises a sensor interface communicatively coupled to the sensor.
3. A system in accordance with claim 2, wherein the controller further comprises a memory and a second processor programmed to:
receive the signal transmitted by the sensor through the sensor interface;
detect a fault condition based on the received signal; and,
detect a controller state, wherein the received signal, the detected fault condition, and the detected controller state are stored in the memory.
4. A system in accordance with claim 2, wherein the sensor comprises at least one of an ambient air temperature sensor, a wind speed sensor, a wind direction sensor, an air density sensor, an atmospheric pressure sensor, a humidity sensor, a blade pitch sensor, a gear ratio sensor, a turbine speed sensor, a turbine temperature sensor, a voltage sensor, and a current sensor.
5. A system in accordance with claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to:
receive the transmitted command through the first communication interface; and
respond to the received command through the first communication interface.
6. A system in accordance with claim 1, wherein the remote device further comprises a recordable storage medium, and the first processor is further programmed to store the wind turbine operating data on the recordable storage medium.
7. A remote device configured to communicate with a controller operatively coupled to a wind turbine, said remote device comprising:
a communication interface communicatively couplable to the controller;
an output device configured to prompt a user to select a plurality of types of wind turbine operating data to request from the wind turbine and to select at least one criterion identifying a subset of the wind turbine operating data to request from the wind turbine;
a user input device configured to allow the user to select multiple types of the plurality of types of wind turbine operating data to request from the wind turbine and to select the at least one criterion, and to submit a request including the multiple types of wind turbine operating data selected by the user and the subset of the selected type of wind turbine operating data identified by the at least one criterion from the controller, the operating data comprising at least one of a recorded sensor signal, a recorded fault condition, and a recorded controller state; and,
a processor operatively coupled to the communication interface and the user input device, the processor configured to:
recognize the request submitted through the user input device;
compose a plurality of commands corresponding to the multiple data types included in the recognized request;
sequentially transmit the composed commands to the controller using the communication interface; and,
sequentially receive responses from the controller, each response comprising the wind turbine operating data corresponding to one of the transmitted commands,
receive a respective response from the controller based on the transmitted command before transmitting a next one of the composed commands.
8. A remote device in accordance with claim 7, wherein the wind turbine operating data includes a recorded sensor signal corresponding to a signal transmitted by a sensor communicatively coupled to the controller.
9. A remote device in accordance with claim 7, wherein the wind turbine operating data includes a recorded fault condition corresponding to a signal transmitted by a sensor communicatively coupled to the controller.
10. A remote device in accordance with claim 7, wherein the wind turbine operating data includes a recorded controller state comprising a collection of controller configuration parameters.
11. A remote device in accordance with claim 7, wherein the processor is further configured to store the wind turbine operating data of the received response on a recordable storage medium.
12. A remote device in accordance with claim 7, wherein the processor is further configured to detect a version of software installed on the controller, and wherein the processor composes a command based on the detected version of software.
13. A method for validating an operation of a wind turbine from a remote device in communication with a controller, wherein the controller is operatively coupled to the wind turbine, the method comprising:
prompting a user to select a plurality of types of wind turbine operating data to request from the wind turbine and to select at least one criterion identifying a subset of the wind turbine operating data to request from the wind turbine;
enabling the user through the remote device to select the multiple types of the plurality of types of wind turbine operating data to request from the wind turbine and to select the at least one criterion, and to submit to the controller a request including the selected multiple types of the wind turbine operating data and for the subset of the selected type of wind turbine operating data identified by the at least one criterion, the operating data comprising at least one of a recorded sensor signal, a recorded fault condition, and a recorded controller state;
composing a plurality of commands corresponding to the submitted request;
sequentially transmitting the composed commands to the controller; and,
sequentially receiving by the remote device a plurality of responses from the controller, each response comprising the wind turbine operating data corresponding to one of the transmitted commands,
wherein the remote device receives a respective response from the controller before a next one of the composed commands is transmitted to the controller.
14. A method in accordance with claim 13, wherein the wind turbine operating data includes a recorded sensor signal corresponding to a signal transmitted by a sensor communicatively coupled to the controller.
15. A method in accordance with claim 13, wherein the wind turbine operating data includes a recorded fault condition corresponding to a signal transmitted by a sensor communicatively coupled to the controller.
16. A method in accordance with claim 13, wherein the wind turbine operating data includes a recorded controller state comprising a collection of controller configuration parameters.
17. A method in accordance with claim 13, further comprising storing the wind turbine operating data of the received response on a recordable storage medium.