Author: claimsbot

1. A boot and boot bra for securing a sleeve of the boot while worn by a user, the boot and boot bra comprising:
an elastic band in the form of or configurable as a ring and having a tensile elasticity to allow expansion of the ring’s diameter, the elastic band having one of the following configurations:
a) having a first end and a second end with a first wrap engagement member mounted at the first end and a second wrap engagement member mounted at the second end of the elastic band and configured to securely engage the first wrap engagement member when the elastic band is wrapped around a human leg to form the ring;
b) being in the form of a continuous ring that can be slipped over a human foot and up the leg;
a first boot-to-band engagement member mounted to the elastic band;
the boot comprising a sole, a vamp mounted to the sole and configured to cover front part of the human foot, a quarter mounted to the sole and configured to cover a heel of the human foot, and the sleeve extending from the quarter and the vamp away from the sole, wherein the sleeve includes an inward-facing surface and an outward-facing surface, wherein the inward-facing surface of the sleeve is configured to face toward the human leg when the boot is worn on the human leg with the sleeve encircling the human leg, wherein the outward-facing surface faces in a direction opposite from that of the inward-facing surface, wherein the outward-facing surface is configured to face away from the human leg when the boot is worn on the human leg with the sleeve encircling the human leg; and
a boot mount including a second boot-to-band engagement member configured for secure engagement with the first boot-to-band engagement member, wherein the boot mount is mounted inside the sleeve of the boot to the inward-facing surface.
2. The boot and boot bra of claim 1, wherein the elastic band has the configuration with the first end and the second end with the first wrap engagement member mounted at the first end and the second wrap engagement member mounted at the second end of the elastic band and configured to securely engage the first wrap engagement member.
3. The boot and boot bra of claim 2, wherein the first boot-to-band engagement member comprises a first snap member, and wherein the second boot-to-band engagement member comprises a second snap member that securely snaps to the first snap member.
4. The boot and boot bra of claim 3, further comprising an adhesive substrate to which the second boot-to-band engagement member is mounted.
5. The boot and boot bra of claim 4, wherein the adhesive substrate is mounted to the inward-facing surface of the sleeve of the boot.
6. The boot and boot bra of claim 3, wherein the snap members have a diameter of 0.5 to 0.75 inches.
7. The boot and boot bra of claim 2, wherein the elastic band, un-stretched, has a length, measured from the first end to the second end, in the range from 8 to 10 inches.
8. The boot and boot bra of claim 7, wherein the elastic band when, un-stretched, has a width, measured orthogonal to the length, in the range from 2 to 4 inches.
9. The boot and boot bra of claim 2, wherein the elastic band comprises an elastic fabric.
10. The boot and boot bra of claim 2, wherein the first wrap engagement member comprises at least one loop, and wherein the second wrap engagement member comprises at least one hook configured to latch into the loop.
11. The boot and boot bra of claim 10, wherein the first wrap engagement member comprises a plurality of the loops, and wherein the second wrap engagement member comprises a plurality of the hooks configured to latch into the loops.
12. The boot and boot bra of claim 11, wherein the plurality of loops are configured in a plurality of rows to provide for an adjustable circumference of the boot bra depending on which row of loops is engaged with the hooks.
13. The boot and boot bra of claim 12, wherein the first wrap engagement member further comprises a first substrate to which the plurality of loops are mounted, wherein the second wrap engagement member further comprises a second substrate to which the plurality of loops are mounted, and wherein each of the first and second substrates are stitched onto the elastic band.
14. The boot and boot bra of claim 1, wherein the elastic band has the continuous ring configuration.
15. The boot and boot bra of claim 14, wherein the elastic band, when un-stretched, has a diameter of 8 to 10 inches.
16. A method for securing a sleeve of a boot to a wearer’s calf or thigh, the method comprising:
securing an elastic band in the form of or configurable as a ring and having a tensile elasticity to allow expansion of the ring’s diameter and having a first boot-to-band engagement member, wherein the elastic band is configured to encircle a human calf or thigh and has one of the following configurations:
a) having a first end and a second end with a first wrap engagement member mounted at the first end and a second wrap engagement member mounted at the second end of the elastic band and configured to securely engage the first wrap engagement member when the elastic band is wrapped around a human leg to form the ring; and
b) being in the form of a continuous ring that can be slipped over a human foot and up the leg; and
securely engaging the first boot-to-band engagement member to a second boot-to-band engagement member mounted to an inward-facing surface of the sleeve of the boot, wherein the boot is configured to be worn by the human, wherein the inward-facing surface of the sleeve is configured to face toward human leg when the boot is worn on the human leg with the sleeve encircling the human leg, wherein an outward-facing surface of the sleeve faces in a direction opposite from that of the inward-facing surface, wherein the outward-facing surface is configured to face away from the human leg when the boot is worn on the human leg with the sleeve encircling the human leg, wherein the engaged second boot-to-band engagement member is configured for positioning between the sleeve of the boot and the human’s calf or thigh, wherein the boot comprises the sleeve, a sole, a vamp mounted to the sole and configured to cover a front part of the human foot, and a quarter mounted to the sole and configured to cover a heel of the human foot, wherein the sleeve extends upwardly from the quarter and the vamp away from the sole.
17. The method of claim 16, wherein the second boot-to-band engagement member is mounted to an adhesive substrate, the method further comprising adhering the adhesive substrate to the inward-facing surface of the sleeve of the boot before engaging the first and second boot-to-band engagement members.

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 shift device comprising:
a shift member at which a supporting shaft is provided, and whose shift position is changed due to the shift member being tilted;
a through member through which the shift member is tiltably passed;
a strength member through which the shift member is tiltably passed at further toward a supporting shaft side than the through member, and whose strength is high as compared with that of the through member; and
a stopping member at which the shift member is tiltably supported due to the supporting shaft being nipped between the stopping member and the strength member, and that stops displacement of the strength member that is due to load inputted from the shift member, the stopping member abutting an upper side of the supporting shaft, and the strength member abutting a lower side of the supporting shaft.
2. The shift device of claim 1,
wherein a stronger of the strength member and the stopping member supports the supporting shaft at tilting direction both sides of the shift member.
3. The shift device of claim 1,
wherein a central angle of the supporting shaft, that is supported by a stronger of the strength member and the stopping member, is made to be large as compared with a central angle of the supporting shaft that is supported by a weaker of the strength member and the stopping member.
4. The shift device of claim 1, further comprising
a pressing portion that is provided at the strength member or the stopping member, and that, by being deformed at a time when the strength member and the stopping member are assembled, presses the strength member or the stopping member, and increases at least one of a stopping force of the strength member by the stopping member and a nipping force applied to the supporting shaft by the strength member and the stopping member.
5. The shift device of claim 1, further comprising
an assembly member that is passed-through the strength member and the stopping member at a side where a pass-through length is short, and that connects the strength member and the stopping member.
6. The shift device of claim 1, further comprising
an assembly member that assembles the strength member and the stopping member without being screwed-into the strength member and the stopping member.
7. The shift device of claim 1, further comprising
a shaft supporting member that is flexible and that is nipped between the supporting shaft, and the strength member and the stopping member.
8. The shift device of claim 1, wherein the stopping member houses the shift member.
9. The shift device of claim 1, wherein the strength member guides tilting of the shift member.
10. The shift device of claim 1, wherein the through member structures a design surface at a vehicle cabin side.

What is claimed is:

1. A method for moving pictures experts group (MPEG) variable bit rate (VBR) video traffic classification using a nearest neighbor classifier, comprising:
determining I, P and B frame sizes for an input MPEG VBR video sequence;
computing mean values of said I, P and B frame sizes; and
classifying said input video sequence into one of a plurality of categories based on said computed mean values using a nearest neighbor classifier.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein said classifying step comprises computing a Euclidean distance between said mean values of said I, P and B frame sizes of said input video sequence and mean values of I, P and B frame sizes of a training video sequence.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein said classifying step comprises using a K nearest neighbor classifier.
4. The method of claim 3, wherein said classifying step comprises using a K nearest neighbor classifier with K3.
5. The method of claim 2, wherein said computing step comprises determining said training sequence based on in-product and out-of-product training.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein said classifying step comprises providing as said categories first and second categories; and
classifying said input video sequence as one of said first and second categories.
7. The method of claim 6, wherein said providing step comprises providing as said first and second categories movies and sports categories.
8. A computer-readable medium carrying one or more sequences of one or more instructions for moving pictures experts group (MPEG) variable bit rate (VBR) video traffic classification using a nearest neighbor classifier, the one or more sequences of one or more instructions including instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform the steps recited in any one of claims 1-7.
9. A communications system configured to include moving pictures experts group (MPEG) variable bit rate (VBR) video traffic classification using a nearest neighbor classifier, comprising:
a device configured to determine I, P and B frame sizes for an input MPEG VBR video sequence;
said device configured to compute mean values of said I, P and B frame sizes; and
said device configured to classify said input video sequence into one of a plurality of categories based on said computed mean values using a nearest neighbor classifier.
10. The system of claim 9, wherein said nearest neighbor classifier is configured to compute a Euclidean distance between said mean values of said I, P and B frame sizes of said input video sequence and mean values of I, P and B frame sizes of a training video sequence.
11. The system of claim 9, wherein said nearest neighbor classifier comprises a K nearest neighbor classifier.
12. The system of claim 11, wherein K3.
13. The system of claim 10, wherein said training sequence is determined based on in-product and out-of-product training.
14. The system of claim 9, wherein said categories comprise first and second categories; and
said device is configured to classify said input video sequence as one of said first and second categories.
15. The system of claim 14, wherein said first and second categories comprise movies and sports categories.
16. A communications system for moving pictures experts group (MPEG) variable bit rate (VBR) video traffic classification using a nearest neighbor classifier, comprising:
means for determining I, P and B frame sizes for an input MPEG VBR video sequence;
means for computing mean values of said I, P and B frame sizes; and
means for classifying said input video sequence into one of a plurality of categories based on said computed mean values using a nearest neighbor classifier.
17. A communications device configured to include moving pictures experts group (MPEG) variable bit rate (VBR) video traffic classification using a nearest neighbor classifier, comprising:
said device configured to determine I, P and B frame sizes for an input MPEG VBR video sequence;
said device configured to compute mean values of said I, P and B frame sizes; and
said device configured to classify said input video sequence into one of a plurality of categories based on said computed mean values using a nearest neighbor classifier.
18. The device of claim 17, wherein said nearest neighbor classifier is configured to compute a Euclidean distance between said mean values of said I, P and B frame sizes of said input video sequence and mean values of I, P and B frame sizes of a training video sequence.
19. The device of claim 17, wherein said nearest neighbor classifier comprises a K nearest neighbor classifier.
20. The device of claim 19, wherein K3.
21. The device of claim 18, wherein said training sequence is determined based on in-product and out-of-product training.
22. The device of claim 17, wherein said categories comprise first and second categories; and
said device is configured to classify said input video sequence as one of said first and second categories.
23. The device of claim 22, wherein said first and second categories comprise movies and sports categories.
24. A communications apparatus for moving pictures experts group (MPEG) variable bit rate (VBR) video traffic classification using a nearest neighbor classifier, comprising:
means for determining I, P and B frame sizes for an input MPEG VBR video sequence;
means for computing mean values of said I, P and B frame sizes; and
means for classifying said input video sequence into one of a plurality of categories based on said computed mean values using a nearest neighbor classifier.

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. Osteosynthesis device of a long bone (11) of a leg, comprising an intramedullary nail (12, 112) adapted for being inserted in a hole (14) formed in the medullary canal of the bone (11) between a bottom and an entrance (16), and comprising a stiff and elongated body (13, 113), which is extended along a predetermined axis (X) between a distal end (18a, 118a) adapted for facing the bottom of the hole (14), and an opposite proximal end (18b, 118b) adapted for facing the entrance (16) of the hole (14), a plurality of locking elements (15, 115) inserted in corresponding transversal holes (17, 117) formed in the elongated body (13, 113) of the nail (12, 112), and an axial stopping element (20) adapted for being constrained to the bone at the entrance (16) of the hole (14) and constituting an abutment for the proximal end (18b, 118b) of the nail (12, 112), characterised in that the axial stopping element (20) is a body having a substantially cup shape, which is defined by a mantle (22), a bottom (21) forming a stopping abutment for the nail (12), and a free edge (25), which form an inner cavity (35), wherein the mantle (22) of the cup body carries an outer threads (24) suitable for being screwed into the bone, and that said locking elements are shape memory elements (115).
2. Osteosynthesis device according to claim 1, characterised in that the mantle (22) of the cup body comprises a cylindrical portion (23), occupying a prevailing portion of the cup body starting from the bottom (21) and carrying said outer threads (24) and a substantially smooth conical portion (30) with self-penetrating function into the bone, occupying a remaining portion towards the free edge (25) of the cup body.
3. Osteosynthesis device according to claim 2, characterised in that the cup body has predetermined height (L) and outer diameter (D), wherein the height (L) has a value substantially equal to or slightly larger than the outer diameter (D).
4. Osteosynthesis device according to claim 1, characterised in that the inner cavity (35) occupies a prevailing portion of the cup body.
5. Osteosynthesis device according to claim 1, characterised in that the axial stopping element (20) comprises a through hole (41) for housing a guide wire.
6. Osteosynthesis device according to claim 1, characterised in that it comprises three locking elements (115) in a portion of the nail facing the proximal end (118b).
7. Osteosynthesis device according to claim 1, characterised in that the shape memory locking elements (115) are inserts structurally independent from the elongated body (113).
8. Osteosynthesis device according to claim 1, characterised in that the shape memory locking elements (115) have a fork-like shape.
9. Osteosynthesis device according to claim 1, characterised in that the shape memory locking elements (115) are arranged as offset with one another along the elongated body (113).
10. Osteosynthesis device according to claim 1, characterised in that the elongated body (113) comprises an inner stem and a sheathing tubular jacket, wherein the stem is inserted, and that both the proximal end of the inner stem and the proximal end of the jacket are housed in the inner cavity (35) of the axial stopping element (20).