Author: claimsbot

1. A vehicular warning device comprising:
a light bar having a light source;
a support assembly comprising:
a frame member rigidly mounted to a roof of a vehicle;
a mounting member supporting the light bar and movably mounted to the frame member;
wherein the light bar is laterally movable relative to the frame member between a first position within or adjacent to a perimeter of the vehicle and a second position laterally beyond the perimeter.
2. The vehicular warning device of claim 1, wherein the mounting member slides laterally relative to the frame member between the first and second positions.
3. The vehicular warning device of claim 2, wherein the mounting member slides linearly relative to the frame member between the first and second positions.
4. The vehicular warning device of claim 3, wherein the light bar is approximately centered across a width of the roof in the first position.
5. The vehicular warning device of claim 3, wherein the light bar is not centered on the roof and extends beyond the perimeter of the vehicle in the second position.
6. The vehicular warning device of claim 5, wherein the light bar is manually shifted to the second position.
7. The vehicular warning device of claim 5, further comprising a motor coupled to the light bar, wherein the light bar is shifted to the second position by the motor.
8. The vehicular warning device of claim 1, wherein the light bar includes at least one light source configured to flash light.
9. The vehicular warning device of claim 1, wherein the mounting member is pivotally mounted to the frame member.
10. The vehicular warning device of claim 9, wherein the light bar includes an elongated member having a plurality of the light sources spaced along a length of the elongated member.
11. The vehicular warning device of claim 9, wherein the light bar is pivoted laterally away from the side of the vehicle in the second position, such that the light bar extends out from the side of the vehicle.
12. The vehicular warning device of claim 1, wherein illumination from the light source is shifted such that less than the entire light bar is illuminated.
13. The vehicular warning device of claim 12, wherein a first side portion of the light bar is illuminated, and an opposite second side portion of the light bar is not illuminated.
14. A vehicular warning device comprising:
a light having an elongated member with light sources spaced therealong;
a light support comprising:
a frame member rigidly mounted to a vehicle;
a light mounting member supporting the light and movably mounted to the frame member;
wherein the light mounting member moves the light laterally relative to the frame member between a first position adjacent to the vehicle and a second position laterally away from the vehicle.
15. The vehicular warning device of claim 14, wherein the light mounting member is slidably mounted to the frame member.
16. The vehicular warning device of claim 15, wherein the frame member is mounted to a roof of the vehicle.
17. The vehicular warning device of claim 16, wherein the light is approximately centered laterally across a width of the roof in the first position, and the light is shifted along the frame member in the second position, such that the light is not centered on the roof and extends beyond a lateral perimeter of the vehicle.
18. The vehicular warning device of claim 14, wherein the frame member is mounted to a side of the vehicle and the light mounting member is pivotally mounted to the frame member.
19. The vehicular warning device of claim 18, wherein the light is juxtaposed the side of the vehicle in the first position, and wherein at least one of the light sources is configured to flash for providing a warning.
20. The vehicular warning device of claim 18, wherein the light is pivoted away from the side of the vehicle, approximately ninety degrees, in the second position, such that the light extends out from the side of the vehicle.

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 method for supporting positioning of a mobile device comprising:
forming, at a first transmitter, a first directed beam via a transmission of a wireless signal at a sequence of directional angles in a horizontal plane; and
encoding an indication of a directional angle of said sequence of directional angles of said first directed beam in said wireless signal.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein said sequence of said directional angles comprises at least one of the following: a plurality of angles that change by discrete values; a plurality of angles that change continuously between 0 and 360 degrees; or any combination thereof.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein said sequence of directional angles is represented via at least one of the following: positive changes; negative changes; or any combination thereof.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein said sequence of directional angles rotates said first directed beam around a circle in a clockwise direction; counterclockwise direction; or any combination thereof.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein said sequence of directional angles targets a most likely location of said mobile device.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein said sequence of directional angles targets an estimated location of said mobile device.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein said first transmitter comprises at least one of the following: a WiFi access point (AP); a femtocell; a Bluetooth AP; a base station; a GNSS pseudolite; a compass; a magnetometer; or any combination thereof.
8. The method of claim 1, wherein said indication of said directional angle comprises at least one of the following: a parameter indicating a starting time of said sequence of directional angles; a current directional angle; or any combination thereof.
9. The method of claim 4, wherein said current directional angle is relative to an absolute geographic direction or a magnetic direction.
10. The method of claim 4, wherein said current directional angle is relative to an orientation of said first transmitter.
11. The method of claim 1, wherein said wireless signal comprises at least one of a highly detectable pilot (HDP) signal and a positioning reference signal (PRS).
12. The method of claim 5, wherein said HDP or said PRS signal comprises a reference signal having at least one of the following: a higher transmission power than that for other signals transmitted by said first transmitter; a different channel than that for other signals transmitted by said first transmitter; a signal modulation and encoding with better propagation (or lesser attenuation or lower attenuation factor) than that for other signals transmitted by said first transmitter; a known sequence of bits or symbols that may be received and coherently integrated over time by said mobile device; a muting by other transmitters during said transmission by said first transmitter; a bit or symbol encoding sequence that is orthogonal to the encoding sequence used for other reference signals transmitted by said first transmitter andor reference signals transmitted by one or more other transmitters; or any combination thereof.
13. The method of claim 1, wherein said transmission is enabled by a phased array antenna.
14. The method of claim 1, and further comprising encoding an identifier of said first transmitter in said wireless signal.
15. The method of claim 14, wherein said identifier comprises at least one of the following: a media access control (MAC) address; a local ID; a network access ID; a cell ID; or any combination thereof.
16. The method of claim 1, and further comprising:
receiving a second directed beam from a second transmitter; and
measuring a directional angle for said second directed beam.
17. The method of claim 16, and further comprising determining an orientation of said second transmitter based, at least in part, on said measured directional angle for said second directed beam.
18. The method of claim 16, and further comprising communicating said measured directional angle for said second directed beam to a server for determining an orientation of said second transmitter.
19. A method for locating a mobile device comprising:
receiving, at said mobile device, a first directed beam transmitted by a first transmitter, wherein said first directed beam is transmitted in a first sequence of directional angles in a horizontal plane;
determining a most probable directional angle for said first directed beam;
measuring a first parameter related to said most probable directional angle for said first directed beam; and
determining a location of said mobile device based, at least in part, on said measured first parameter.
20. The method of claim 19, wherein said most probable directional angle corresponds to at least one of: a maximum received signal strength for said first directed beam; a maximum received signal quality for said first directed beam; a maximum correlation of received signal strength for said first directed beam with an expected signal strength for said first directed beam assuming said most probable directional angle; or a maximum correlation of received signal quality for said first directed beam with an expected signal quality for said first directed beam assuming said most probable directional angle.
21. The method of claim 19, wherein said measured first parameter comprises at least one of the following: a time of arrival (TOA) of said first directed beam; a directional angle encoded in said first directed beam; an identification for said first transmitter; or any combination thereof.
22. The method of claim 19, and further comprising receiving from a server information comprising at least one of the following: a location of said first transmitter; a sequence of directional angles for said first transmitter; a start time for a sequence of directional angles for said first transmitter; or any combination thereof, wherein determining said location of said mobile device is based at least in part on said received information.
23. The method of claim 20, and further comprising communicating said measured first parameter to the server, wherein the received information is based at least in part on said communicated measured first parameter.
24. The method of claim 19, and further comprising:
receiving a second directed beam transmitted by a second transmitter, wherein said second directed beam is transmitted in a second sequence of directional angles in a horizontal plane;
determining a most probable directional angle for said second directed beam;
measuring a second parameter related to said most probable directional angle for said second directed beam; and
determining said location of said mobile device based, at least in part, on said measured first parameter and said measured second parameter.
25. The method of claim 19, and further comprising:
obtaining a timing reference comprising at least one of the following: a round trip propagation time (RTT) to said first transmitter; an RTT to a second transmitter;
an observed time difference (OTD) between said first transmitter and a third transmitter; and
determining said location of said mobile device based, at least in part, on said measured first parameter and said timing reference.
26. The method of claim 19, wherein said first directed beam comprises at least one of a highly detectable pilot (HDP) signal and a positioning reference signal (PRS).
27. The method of claim 26, wherein said HDP signal or said PRS signal comprises a reference signal having at least one of the following: a higher transmission power than that for other signals transmitted by said first transmitter; a different channel than that for other signals transmitted by said first transmitter; a signal modulation and encoding with better propagation (or lesser attenuation or lower attenuation factor) than that for other signals transmitted by said first transmitter; a known sequence of bits or symbols that may be received and coherently integrated over time by said mobile device; a muting by other transmitters during said transmission by said first transmitter; a bit or symbol encoding sequence that is orthogonal to the encoding sequence used for other reference signals transmitted by said first transmitter andor reference signals transmitted by one or more other transmitters; or any combination thereof.
28. An apparatus comprising:
a mobile device comprising:
a wireless transceiver to communicate with an electronic communications network; and
one or more processors to:
receive a first directed beam transmitted by a first transmitter, wherein said first directed beam is transmitted in a first sequence of directional angles in a horizontal plane;
determine a most probable directional angle for said first directed beam;
measure a first parameter related to a directional angle for said first directed beam; and
determine a location of said mobile device based, at least in part, on said measured first parameter.
29. The apparatus of claim 28, wherein said one or more processors further to:
receive a second directed beam transmitted by a second transmitter, wherein said second directed beam is transmitted in a second sequence of directional angles in a horizontal plane;
determine a most probable directional angle for said second directed beam;
measure a second parameter related to a directional angle for said second directed beam; and
determine said location of said mobile device based, at least in part, on said measured first parameter and said measured second parameter.
30. An apparatus to support positioning of a mobile device comprising:
a first transmitter to communicate with an electronic communications network; and
one or more processors to:
communicate with said electronic communications network to form, at said first transmitter, a first directed beam via a transmission of a wireless signal at a sequence of directional angles in a horizontal plane; and
encode an indication of a directional angle of said sequence of directional angles of said first directed beam in said wireless signal.

1. A composition comprising
i) at least one radiation-absorbing tert-alkylphenoxy-substituted polycyclic compound A of formula I
where
P is a conjugated polycyclic radical that is stable to bases and nucleophiles, optionally bears aryl substituents and contains no group from the group consisting of \u2014CO\u2014NH\u2014CO\u2014, \u2014COOH and \u2014CO\u2014O\u2014CO\u2014;
R is C1-C8-alkyl, wherein the carbon chain of said C1-C8-alkyl may be interrupted by one or more groups selected from the group consisting of \u2014O\u2014, \u2014S\u2014, \u2014NR1\u2212, \u2014CO\u2014 and \u2014SO2\u2014 and which may be monosubstituted or polysubstituted by identical or different radicals selected from the group consisting of C1-C6-alkoxy and a 5- to 7-membered heterocyclic radical that is attached via a nitrogen atom and may contain further heteroatoms andor may be aromatic; or R is C5-C8-cycloalkyl, wherein the carbon framework of said C5-C8-cycloalkyl may be interrupted by one or more groups selected from the group consisting of \u2014O\u2014, \u2014S\u2014, \u2014NR1\u2212, \u2014CO\u2014 and \u2014SO2\u2014 and which may be monosubstituted or polysubstituted by C1-C6-alkyl;
R1 is hydrogen or C1-C6-alkyl;
Hal is chlorine or bromine or mixtures thereof;
m is from 0 to 15; and
n is from 1 to 16, wherein the sum m+n is \u226616 and
ii) at least one curable IR-reflecting component B which comprises
a) at least one achiral nematic polymerizable monomer and at least one chiral polymerizable monomer;
b) at least one cholesteric polymerizable monomer;
c) at least one cholesteric crosslinkable polymer; or
d) at least one cholesteric polymer in a polymerizable diluent.
2. A composition as claimed in claim 1, wherein said P in said compound A of formula I is a base-stable radical selected from the group consisting of naphthalenes, anthracenes, phenanthrenes, tetracenes, perylenes, terrylenes, quatterylenes, pentarylenes, hexarylenes, anthraquinones, indanthrones, N-substituted naphthalene-1,8-dicarboxylic monoimides, N,N\u2032-disubstituted naphthalene-1,8:4,5-tetracarboxylic diimides, N-substituted perylene-3,4-dicarboxylic monoimides, N,N\u2032-disubstituted perylene-3,4:9,10-tetracarboxylic diimides, N,N\u2032-disubstituted terrylene-3,4:11,12-tetracarboxylic diimides, N,N\u2032-disubstituted quaterrylene-3,4:13,14-tetracarboxylic diimides, acridines, carbazoles, dibenzofurans, dinaphthofurans, benzimidazoles, benzothiazoles, phenazines, dioxazines, quinacridones, metal phthalocyanines, metal naphthalocyanines, metal porphyrins, cumarins, dibenzofuranones, dinaphthofuranones, benzimidazolones, indigo compounds, thioindigo compounds, quinophthalones, naphthoquinophthalones and diketopyrrolopyrroles.
3. The composition as claimed in claim 1, which comprises from 0.01 to 20% by weight of said compound A, based on the total weight of said component B.
4. The composition as claimed in claim 1, wherein said component B comprises at least one achiral nematic polymerizable monomer and at least one chiral polymerizable monomer.
5. The composition as claimed in claim 1, further comprising at least one auxiliary selected from the group consisting of photoinitiators, binders, leveling agents, UV stabilizers, weathering stabilizers, and mixtures thereof.
6. A heat-insulating coating comprising at least one oriented, cured layer of said composition as claimed in claim 1.
7. A heat-insulating coating as claimed in claim 6, which comprises at least one oriented, IR-reflecting, cured cholesteric polymer that has a helical superstructures pitch that corresponds to a wavelength in the IR spectral range, the cured cholesteric polymer obtained from component B.
8. A heat-insulating coating as claimed in claim 7, which comprises at least two layers, wherein said at least two layers each comprise an IR-reflecting polymer having different helical superstructures pitches that correspond to wavelengths in the IR spectral range, or opposite chiralities; or different helical superstructures pitches that correspond to wavelengths in the IR spectral range and opposite chiralities.
9. A process for producing a heat-insulating coating as claimed in claim 6, which comprises applying to a substrate a composition comprising
i) at least one radiation-absorbing tert-alkylphenoxy-substituted polycyclic compound A of formula I
where
P is a conjugated polycyclic radical that is stable to bases and nucleophiles, optionally bears aryl substituents and contains no group from the group consisting of \u2014CO\u2014NH\u2014CO\u2014, \u2014COOH and \u2014CO\u2014O\u2014CO\u2014;
R is C1-C8-alkyl, wherein the carbon chain of said C1-C8-alkyl may be interrupted by one or more groups selected from the group consisting of \u2014O\u2014, \u2014S\u2014, \u2014NR1\u2212, \u2014CO\u2014and \u2014SO2\u2014 and which may be monosubstituted or polysubstituted by identical or different radicals selected from the group consisting of C1-C6-alkoxy and a 5- to 7-membered heterocyclic radical that is attached via a nitrogen atom and may contain further heteroatoms andor may be aromatic; or R is C5-C8-cycloalkyl, wherein the carbon framework of said C5-C8-cycloalkyl may be interrupted by one or more groups selected from the group consisting of \u2014O\u2014, \u2014S\u2014, \u2014NR1\u2212, \u2014CO\u2014 and \u2014SO2\u2014 and which may be monosubstituted or polysubstituted by C1-C6-alkyl;
R1 is hydrogen or C1-C6-alkyl;
Hal is chlorine or bromine or mixtures thereof;
m is from 0 to 15; and
n is from 1 to 16, wherein the sum m+n is \u226616 and
ii) at least one curable IR-reflecting component B which comprises
a) at least one achiral nematic polymerizable monomer and at least one chiral polymerizable monomer;
b) at least one cholesteric polymerizable monomer;
c) at least one cholesteric crosslinkable polymer; or
d) at least one cholesteric polymer in a polymerizable diluent, and and curing said composition, where before curing said composition optionally may be oriented.
10. A process as claimed in claim 9, wherein said curing is carried out by polymerizing said at least one achiral nematic polymerizable monomer and at least one chiral polymerizable monomer; or said at least one cholesteric polymerizable monomer; or said polymerizable diluent, or crosslinking said at least one cholesteric crosslinkable polymer.
11. An article comprising a heat-insulating coating as claimed in claim 6.

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 method for displaying multiple two-dimensional (2D) windows with related content within a three-dimensional (3D) display model, comprising:
receiving a command to display a first window within the 3D display model;
displaying content of the first window on a first surface of a 3D object;
receiving a command to display a second window within the 3D display model, wherein content of the second window is related to content of the first window;
looking up an identifier for the second window in a lookup table that contains entries specifying relationships between windows;
determining if the second window is related to the first window;
if so, displaying content of the second window on the second surface of the 3D object; and
if not, displaying content of the second window on a surface of a distant 3D object, which is not located in close proximity to the 3D object in the 3D display model.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the second surface of the 3D object is located on the opposite side of the 3D object from the first surface, and wherein only one of the first surface of the 3D object and the second surface of the 3D object is visible at any given time.
3. The method of claim 2, further comprising rotating the 3D object so that the second surface is visible.
4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
receiving a command to display a third window within the 3D display model; and
displaying content of the third window on a surface of a second 3D object, wherein the second 3D object is located in close proximity to the 3D object in the 3D display model.
5. The method of claim 2, further comprising:
receiving a modal dialog related to the content of the first window, wherein the modal dialog must be responded to before any other action may be taken on an application;
rotating the 3D object so that the second surface is visible and the first surface is hidden; and
displaying the modal dialog on the second surface.
6. The method of claim 5, further comprising rotating any related 3D objects so that related content on the surface of the related 3D objects is not visible until the modal dialog is acknowledged.
7. The method of claim 4, wherein the 3D object is stacked on top of the second 3D object so that the second 3D object is obscured by the 3D object from the viewpoint of a user.
8. The method of claim 7, wherein the 3D object is translucent so that the second 3D object is visible through the 3D object.
9. The method of claim 1, wherein the first window and the second window are associated with different applications.
10. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
receiving a notification that the first window and the second window contain related content; and
creating an association between the first window and the second window in a lookup table.
11. A computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that when executed by a computer cause the computer to perform a method for displaying multiple two-dimensional (2D) windows with related content within a three-dimensional (3D) display model, the method comprising:
receiving a command to display a first window within the 3D display model;
displaying content of the first window on a first surface of a 3D object;
receiving a command to display a second window within the 3D display model, wherein content of the second window is related to content of the first window;
looking up an identifier for the second window in a lookup table that contains entries specifying relationships between windows;
determining if the second window is related to the first window;
if so, displaying content of the second window on the second surface of the 3D object; and
if not, displaying content of the second window on a surface of a distant 3D object, which is not located in close proximity to the 3D object in the 3D display model.
12. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the second surface of the 3D object is located on the opposite side of the 3D object from the first surface, and wherein only one of the first surface of the 3D object and the second surface of the 3D object is visible at any given time.
13. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the method further comprises rotating the 3D object so that the second surface is visible.
14. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the method further comprises:
receiving a modal dialog related to the content of the first window, wherein the modal dialog must be responded to before any other action may be taken on an application;
rotating the 3D object so that the second surface is visible and the first surface is hidden; and
displaying the modal dialog on the second surface.
15. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein the method further comprises rotating any related 3D objects so that related content on the surface of the related 3D objects is not visible until the modal dialog is acknowledged.
16. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the method further comprises:
receiving a command to display a third window within the 3D display model; and
displaying content of the third window on a surface of a second 3D object, wherein the second 3D object is located in close proximity to the 3D object in the 3D display model.
17. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the 3D object is stacked on top of the second 3D object so that the second 3D object is obscured by the 3D object from the viewpoint of a user.
18. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the 3D object is translucent so that the second 3D object is visible through the 3D object.
19. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the first window and the second window are associated with different applications.
20. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the method further comprises:
receiving a notification that the first window and the second window contain related content; and
creating an association between the first window and the second window in a lookup table.
21. An apparatus for displaying multiple two-dimensional (2D) windows with related content within a three-dimensional (3D) display model, comprising:
a receiving mechanism configured to receive a command to display a first window within the 3D display model;
a display mechanism configured to display content of the first window on a first surface of a 3D object;
wherein the receiving mechanism is further configured to receive a command to display a second window within the 3D display model, wherein content of the second window is related to content of the first window;
a lookup mechanism configured to lookup an identifier for the second window in a lookup table that contains entries specifying relationships between windows; and
a determination mechanism configured to determine if the second window is related to the first window;
wherein the display mechanism is further configured to display content of the second window on the second surface of the 3D object if the second window is related to the first window; and
wherein the display mechanism is further configured to display content of the second window on a surface of a distant 3D object, which is not located in close proximity to the 3D object in the 3D display model, if the title of the second window is not related to an identifier for the first window.
22. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the second surface of the 3D object is located on the opposite side of the 3D object from the first surface, and wherein only one of the first surface of the 3D object and the second surface of the 3D object is visible at any given time.
23. The apparatus of claim 22, further comprising a rotation mechanism configured to rotate the 3D object so that the second surface is visible.
24. The apparatus of claim 22, further comprising:
wherein the receiving mechanism is configured to receive a modal dialog related to the content of the first window, wherein the modal dialog must be responded to before any other action may be taken on an application; and
a rotation mechanism configured to rotate the 3D object so that the second surface is visible and the first surface is hidden;
wherein the display mechanism is further configured to display the modal dialog on the second surface.
25. The apparatus of claim 24, wherein the rotation mechanism is further configured to rotate any related 3D objects so that related content on the surface of the related 3D objects is not visible until the modal dialog is acknowledged.
26. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the receiving mechanism is further configured to receive a command to display a third window within the 3D display model, and wherein the display mechanism is further configured to display content of the third window on a surface of a second 3D object, wherein the second 3D object is located in close proximity to the 3D object in the 3D display model.
27. The apparatus of claim 26, wherein the 3D object is stacked on top of the second 3D object so that the second 3D object is obscured by the 3D object from the viewpoint of a user.
28. The apparatus of claim 27, wherein the 3D object is translucent so that the second 3D object is visible through the 3D object.
29. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the first window and the second window are associated with different applications.
30. The apparatus of claim 21, further comprising:
a notification mechanism configured to receive a notification that the first window and the second window contain related content; and
an association mechanism configured to create an association between the first window and the second window in a lookup table.