Author: claimsbot

1. A reaction mixture for deprotonating a pyridinic compound, comprising a pyridinic compound selected from the group consisting of pyridine, 4-methoxypyridine, 2-fluoropyridine, 2-methoxypyridine and 3-methoxypyridine, and a substituted alkylmetal reagent comprising a compound having the formula R3W\u2014CH2-M, wherein R is selected from the group consisting of alkyl groups, aryl groups, and Si; W is selected from the group consisting of carbon, Si, and Sn; and M is at least one metal selected from the group consisting of lithium, sodium, potassium, cesium, manganese, zinc, and magnesium.
2. The reaction mixture of claim 1, wherein the substituted alkylmetal reagent is a silyl alkylmetal reagent.
3. The reaction mixture of claim 2, wherein the silyl alkylmetal reagent is selected from the group consisting of (trimethylsilylmethyl)lithium and neopentyllithium.
4. The reaction mixture of claim 1, wherein M is lithium.
5. The reaction mixture of claim 1, further comprising tetrahydrofuran.
6. The reaction mixture of claim 1, further comprising HCONR2, wherein R is an alkyl.
7. The reaction mixture of claim 1, wherein the pyridinic compound is 4-methoxypyridine and the substituted alkylmetal reagent is (trimethylsilylmethyl)lithium.

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 of controlling at least one wind turbine, comprising:
predicting at least one future state related to the at least one wind turbine;
evaluating a fitness of solutions associated with a plurality of individuals of a population for a current operating environment of the at least one wind turbine, each individual comprising a dominant genotype and a recessive genotype, wherein each genotype represents a solution of the solutions associated with the plurality of individuals for controlling at least one wind turbine, wherein a fitness function is applied to the dominant genotype of each individual, wherein the fitness function is based on the at least one future state;
storing previously encountered genotypes in the recessive genotypes of the individuals; and
selecting a solution of the solutions associated with the plurality of individuals for controlling the at least one wind turbine based on the evaluating of the fitness solutions,
wherein predicting the at least one future state comprises:
collecting data related to operation of the at least one wind turbine;
embedding the data in a reconstructed phase space to provide embedded data; and
predicting the at least one future state based on a rate of separation of trajectories of the embedded data within the reconstructed phase space.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the data comprises data relating to at least one of a wind state, a wind turbine system load state, and a power demand state.
3. The method of claim 2, wherein the data is collected from a supervisory control and data acquisition system associated with the at least one wind turbine.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one future state is predicted based on a maximum Lyapunov exponent.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one wind turbine comprises a wind farm including a plurality of wind turbines.
6. The method of claim 1, further comprising detecting a change in the current operating environment of the at least one wind turbine by comparing a best fitness of a current generation of the population with a best fitness of a previous generation of the population.
7. A control system, comprising:
an electronic processor configured to:
embed time series data relating to at least one wind turbine within a reconstructed phase space to provide embedded data;
predict at least one future state related to the at least one wind turbine based on a rate of separation of trajectories of the embedded data within the reconstructed phase space;
control operation of the at least one wind turbine based on the at

least one future state,
Wherein the processor is configured to
generate a population comprising a plurality of individuals, each individual comprising a dominant genotype and a recessive genotype, wherein each genotype represents a solution for controlling the at least one wind turbine;
evaluate a fitness of the solutions for controlling the at least one wind turbine associated with the plurality of individuals for a current operating environment of the at least one wind turbine by applying a fitness function to the dominant genotype of each individual, wherein the fitness function is based on the at least one future state;
store previously encountered genotypes in a recessive genotype of the individuals; and
select a solution of the solutions for controlling operation of the at least one wind turbine based on the fitness evaluation.
8. The control system of claim 7, wherein the processor is configured to detect a change in the current operating environment of the at least one wind turbine by comparing a best fitness of a current generation of the population with a best fitness of a previous generation of the population.
9. The control system of claim 7, wherein the at least one future state comprises at least one of a wind state, a wind turbine system load state, and a power demand state.
10. The control system of claim 7, wherein the time series data is collected from a supervisory control and data acquisition system associated with the at least one wind turbine.
11. The control system of claim 7, wherein the processor is configured to embed the time series data within the reconstructed phase space by calculating a minimum embedding dimension using a False Nearest Neighbors process.
12. The control system of claim 7, wherein the at least one future state of the system is predicted based on a maximum Lyapunov exponent.
13. The control system of claim 7, wherein the at least one wind turbine comprises a wind farm including a plurality of wind turbines.
14. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon, the instructions being executable by a processor to execute a method, the method comprising:
embedding data related to operation of at least one wind turbine in a reconstructed phase space to provide embedded data;
predicting at least one future state of the at least one wind turbine based on a rate of separation of trajectories of the embedded data within the reconstructed phase space;
generating a population comprising a plurality of individuals, each individual comprising a dominant genotype and a recessive genotype, wherein each genotype represents a solution for controlling the at least one wind turbine;
evaluating a fitness of the solutions for controlling the at least one wind turbine associated with the plurality of individuals for a current operating environment of the at least one wind turbine by applying a fitness function to the dominant genotype of each individual, wherein the fitness function is based on the at least one future state;
storing previously encountered genotypes in the recessive genotypes of the individuals; and
selecting a solution of the solutions for controlling the at least one wind turbine based evaluating the fitness of the solutions.
15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the method further comprises detecting a change in the current operating environment of the at least one wind turbine by comparing a best fitness of a current generation of the population with a best fitness of a previous generation of the population.
16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the data comprises data relating to at least one of a wind state, a wind turbine system load state, and a power demand state.
17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the at least one future state of the system is predicted based on a maximum Lyapunov exponent.
18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14, wherein the at least one wind turbine comprises a wind farm including a plurality of wind turbines.

1. A system comprising:
a medical image server configured to receive medical image data generated by one or more imaging modalities, the medical image data being formatted in a standard medical imaging format;
a database configured to store medical image data generated by the one or more imaging modalities;
a plurality of browsing terminals configured to receive a user selection that defines selected medical image data;
a search module configured to automatically search the database for related data based on the user selection; and
a production station that is configured to record all of the following onto a data storage medium:
the selected medical image data, recorded in the standard medical imaging format, the related data, and a viewing program that is configured to allow viewing of medical image data that is recorded onto the data storage medium by a general purpose computer that is not specifically configured with medical imaging software for viewing of medical images formatted in the standard medical imaging format.
2. The system of claim 1, further comprising a configuration data module configured to allow a user to input identifying information relating to the selected medical image data.
3. The system of claim 2, wherein the production station is configured to produce a label for the data storage medium, the label containing the identifying information.
4. The system of claim 1, further comprising an audit module that is configured to automatically provide an auditable trail of the selected medical image data.
5. The system of claim 4, wherein the auditable trail of the selected medical image data includes a record of when the selected medical image data and the related medical image data were recorded onto the data storage medium.
6. The system of claim 4, wherein the auditable trail of the selected medical image data includes identifying information corresponding to the production station used to record the selected medical image data and the related data onto the data storage medium.
7. The system of claim 1, wherein the data storage medium is an optical disk.
8. A method of recording medical image data and related data onto a data storage medium, the method comprising:
receiving medical image data from one or more imaging modalities, the received medical image data being formatted in a standard medical imaging format;
storing the received medical image data in a database;
receiving a user selection that defines selected medical image data;
automatically searching the database for related data based on the user selection;
recording the selected medical image data and the related data onto a data storage medium using a production station, the selected medical image data being recorded on the data storage medium in the standard medical imaging format;
recording a viewing program onto the data storage medium using the production station, the viewing program being configured to allow viewing of medical image data stored on the data storage medium on a general purpose computer that is not specifically configured with medical imaging software for viewing of medical images formatted in the standard medical imaging format; and
labeling the data storage medium with a label that includes identifying information associated with the selected medical image data.
9. The method of claim 8, wherein the user interface is further configured to collect the identifying information from the user.
10. The method of claim 8, further comprising generating an auditable trail of the selected medical image data, wherein the auditable trail includes a record of when the selected medical image data and the related medical image data were recorded onto the data storage medium.
11. The method of claim 8, wherein receiving a user selection comprises selecting one or more patients from a list of patients having medical image data stored in the database.
12. The method of claim 8, wherein the plurality of imaging modalities includes an image scanner configured to generate medical image data in a DICOM-compatible format from film.
13. The method of claim 8, wherein the data storage medium is an optical disk.
14. The method of claim 8, wherein recording the selected medical image data and the related data further comprises selecting a production station from a plurality of production stations that are connected to the database via a computer network.

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 semiconductor integrated circuit comprising:
a time-constant variable bandpass filter which extracts a signal attributable to wobble from a signal outputted from a pickup circuit for scanning a surface of a recording medium formed with a track having in a surface thereof the wobble to thereby read a signal;
a digitizing circuit which digitizes a wobble signal having passed through the bandpass filter; and
a filter frequency control circuit which generates a control signal for controlling a frequency characteristic of the bandpass filter in accordance with the frequency of the wobble signal having passed through the bandpass filter,
wherein the filter frequency control circuit includes,
a lowpass filter for eliminating harmonic components of a signal outputted from the digitizing circuit,
a dummy filter identical in configuration to the bandpass filter,
a phase comparator which detects a difference in phase between a signal having passed through the dummy filter and a signal having no passed therethrough, and
a control signal generator which generates a frequency control signal for controlling an intermediate frequency of the bandpass filter according to the phase difference on the basis of a signal outputted from the phase comparator, and
wherein the intermediate frequency of the dummy filter and the cutoff frequency of the lowpass filter are controlled in conjunction with the intermediate frequency of the bandpass filter on the basis of the frequency control signal.
2. A semiconductor integrated circuit according to claim 1, further-comprising:
a bypass path which supplies the signal outputted from the digitizing circuit to the dummy filter not through the lowpass filter,
switching means which causes any of the signal from the bypass path and the signal having passes through the lowpass filter to selectively pass therethrough, and
a control circuit which detects the amplitude of the signal having passed through the lowpass filter, and controls the switching circuit and supplies the signal having passed through the bypass path to the dummy filter when the amplitude is less than or equal to a predetermined level.
3. A semiconductor integrated circuit according to claim 1, wherein the lowpass filter and the dummy filter are continuous filters.
4. A semiconductor integrated circuit according to claim 3, wherein the lowpass filter and the dummy filter are secondary or more active filters.
5. A semiconductor integrated circuit according to claim 1, further comprising:
a DA converter which DA-converts a command value for designating the intermediate frequency of the bandpass filter, and
second switching means which causes either a signal outputted from the DA converter or the control signal outputted from the control signal generator to selectively pass therethrough,
wherein the second switching means causes the control signal outputted from the control signal generator to pass therethrough in a first mode and causes the output signal of the DA converter to pass therethrough in a second mode.
6. A semiconductor integrated circuit according to claim 1, further comprising:
a frequency divider which divides a signal prior to being transmitted through the lowpass filter.
7. A medium record playback device comprising:
a pickup circuit which scans a surface of a recording medium formed with a track having in a surface thereof wobble to thereby read a signal;
medium driving means which rotatably drives the recording medium;
a semiconductor integrated circuit described In claims 1; and
a signal processing circuit which supplies either a digitized wobble signal outputted from the semiconductor integrated circuit or a clock signal having a predetermined frequency to a frequency follow-up circuit.
8. A medium record playback device according to claim 7, wherein the semiconductor integrated circuit includes an amplifier circuit which amplifies the signal read from the pickup circuit to a signal having predetermined amplitude, and a waveform equalization circuit which effects waveform equalization on the amplified-signal, and the signal processing circuit has the function of reproducing an information signal in response to the signal processed by the waveform equalization circuit.
9. A medium record playback device according to claim 8, wherein the signal processing circuit is capable of generating a control signal for switching the second switching means and supplying it to the semiconductor integrated circuit.
10. A medium record playback device according to claim 7, further comprising:
a phase locked loop circuit which generates a clock signal defined as the reference from the digitized wobble signal outputted from the semiconductor integrated circuit.
11. A medium record playback device according to claim 7, wherein the semiconductor integrated circuit includes a signal generator which generates a servo control detection signal for generating a signal indicative of the state of a pickup, based on the signal from the pickup circuit, and the signal processing circuit has the function of generating a control signal for servo-controlling an actuator of the pickup in response to the signal generated by the signal generator.