All The Claims

1. A thin film transistor array substrate, comprising:
a gate pattern on a substrate, the gate pattern including a gate electrode of a thin film transistor, a gate line connected to the gate electrode, and a lower gate pad electrode connected to the gate line;
a sourcedrain pattern including a source electrode and a drain electrode of the thin film transistor, a data line connected to the source electrode, and a lower data pad electrode connected to the data line;
a semiconductor pattern formed beneath the sourcedrain pattern;
a transparent electrode pattern including a pixel electrode connected to the drain electrode, an upper gate pad electrode connected to the lower gate pad electrode, and an upper data pad electrode connected to the lower data pad electrode; and
a gate insulating pattern and a passivation film pattern stacked at remaining areas excluding areas within which the transparent electrode pattern is formed, wherein one end of the drain electrode has a flat surface and an inclined slope surface, an entire surface of the flat surface is covered with the passivation film pattern, and an entire surface of the inclined slope surface is covered with the pixel electrode.
2. The thin film transistor array substrate of claim 1, wherein the sourcedrain pattern includes at least one of molybdenum (Mo), molybdenum alloy (Mo alloy), and aluminum neodium (AlNd).
3. The thin film transistor array substrate of claim 1, further comprising a storage capacitor including the gate line and a storage electrode overlapping the gate line, with the gate insulating pattern and the semiconductor pattern positioned therebetween.
4. The thin film transistor array substrate of claim 3, wherein a lateral surface of the storage electrode is uncovered with respect to the passivation film pattern.
5. The thin film transistor array substrate of claim 1, wherein the inclined slope of the drain electrode at a lateral surface is formed over a horizontal dimension of about 0.1 \u03bcm to 1 \u03bcm.

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 hinge assembly capable of retaining a cable, comprising:
a hollow hub disposed on a first body;
a bracket holder disposed on a second body; and
an integrating member, rotatably disposed on the hollow hub, for integrating the hollow hub to the bracket holder, the integrating member comprising:
a through hole, wherein the hollow hub inserts into the through hole; and
an external mounting part, formed around an outer circumference of the through hole, for mounting the hollow hub on the bracket holder and abutting on the bracket holder;
wherein the integrating member is rotated to fix the hollow hub firmly to the bracket holder; and
the cable passes through the hollow hub and electrically connects the first body to the second body.
2. The hinge assembly according to claim 1, wherein the bracket holder is formed with a C-shaped opening, comprising a first internal plane, a second internal plane facing the first internal plane, and an internal camber connecting the first internal plane to the second internal plane.
3. The hinge assembly according to claim 2, wherein the external mounting part of the integrating member comprises:
a first external plane and a second external plane on opposite sides of the external mounting part; and
a first external camber and a second external camber on opposite sides of the external mounting part;
wherein each of the first and second external cambers connects the first external plane to the second external plane such that the integrating member is placed onto the bracket holder with the first external plane and the second external plane of the external mounting part parallel to the first internal plane and the second internal plane of the bracket holder and with the first external camber in contact with the internal camber.
4. The hinge assembly according to claim 3, wherein the integrating member is rotated by a predetermined angle, after the integrating member is placed onto the bracket holder, to secure the integrating member on the bracket holder.
5. The hinge assembly according to claim 4, wherein the external mounting part of the integrating member further comprises:
an elastic arm extending from the second external camber along a radial direction; and
a first engagement structure formed on the elastic arm such that the first engagement structure is engaged with a second engagement structure of the bracket holder after the integrating member is rotated by the predetermined angle.
6. The hinge assembly according to claim 1, wherein the first body and the second body constitute a sheet-fed scanner.
7. The hinge assembly according to claim 1, wherein:
the second body is provided with:
a sheet-feeding mechanism for feeding a document;
a first optical scanning module for scanning a front side of the document; and
a main circuit board electrically connected to the sheet-feeding mechanism and the first optical scanning module; and
the first body is provided with a sheet detector, which is electrically connected to the main circuit board through the cable.
8. The hinge assembly according to claim 7, wherein the first body is further provided with a second optical scanning module for scanning a back side of the document, and the second optical scanning module is electrically connected to the main circuit board through the cable.
9. The hinge assembly according to claim 1, wherein the hollow hub has an axial opening though which the cable is placed into the hollow hub.
10. The hinge assembly according to claim 9, wherein the bracket holder is formed with a C-shaped opening, comprising a first internal plane, a second internal plane facing the first internal plane, and an internal camber connecting the first internal plane to the second internal plane.
11. The hinge assembly according to claim 10, wherein the external mounting part of the integrating member comprises:
a first external plane and a second external plane on opposite sides of the external mounting part; and
a first external camber and a second external camber on opposite sides of the external mounting part;
wherein each of the first and second external cambers connects the first external plane to the second external plane such that the integrating member is placed onto the bracket holder with the first external plane and the second external plane of the external mounting part parallel to the first internal plane and the second internal plane of the bracket holder and with the first external camber in contact with the internal camber.
12. The hinge assembly according to claim 11, wherein the integrating member is rotated by a predetermined angle, after the integrating member is placed onto the bracket holder, to secure the integrating member on the bracket holder.
13. The hinge assembly according to claim 12, wherein the external mounting part of the integrating member further comprises:
an elastic arm extending from the second external camber along a radial direction; and
a first engagement structure formed on the elastic arm such that the first engagement structure is engaged with a second engagement structure of the bracket holder after the integrating member is rotated by the predetermined angle.
14. The hinge assembly according to claim 9, wherein the first body and the second body constitute a sheet-fed scanner.
15. The hinge assembly according to claim 9, wherein:
the second body is provided with:
a sheet-feeding mechanism for feeding a document;
a first optical scanning module for scanning a front side of the document; and
a main circuit board electrically connected to the sheet-feeding mechanism and the first optical scanning module; and
the first body is provided with a sheet detector, which is electrically connected to the main circuit board though the cable.
16. The hinge assembly according to claim 15, wherein the first body is further provided with a second optical scanning module for scanning a back side of the document, and the second optical scanning module is electrically connected to the main circuit board through the cable.

1. A system for operating a vehicle towing a trailer comprising:
a camera mounted on the vehicle or the trailer that captures an image of a frontal surface of the trailer;
a surface estimate component that receives an image from the camera and generates an estimated area of the frontal surface of the trailer;
a cross reference component that retrieves correlated information related to the trailer based on the estimated area; and
a vehicle control interface component that transmits the correlated information to an on-board vehicle control unit, to modify the operation of the vehicle according to the correlated information.
2. The system of claim 1, wherein the surface estimate component comprises an edge detection component that detects boundaries of luminosity change in the image.
3. The system of claim 1, further comprising:
a proximity sensor that estimates distance to the trailer, the proximity sensor being used in conjunction with the surface estimate component to generate the estimated area of the frontal surface of the trailer.
4. The system of claim 1, wherein the proximity sensor comprises an acoustic proximity sensor.
5. The system of claim 1, wherein the cross reference component comprises a trailer specification database that maintains the correlated information of trailer specifications.
6. The system of claim 1, wherein the on-board vehicle control unit comprises a receiving component for receiving and processing the correlated information so as to modify drive train control functions performed by the vehicle control unit.
7. The system of claim 1, wherein:
the surface estimate component receives an image from the camera and generates an estimated shape of the frontal surface of the trailer; and,
the cross reference component also retrieves correlated information related to the trailer based on the estimated shape.
8. The system of claim 1, further comprising:
a type recognition component that generates a trailer identification based on the estimated area of the frontal surface of the trailer.
9. A method of operating a vehicle towing a trailer comprising the steps of:
(A) capturing an image of a frontal surface of the trailer;
(B) estimating an area and shape of the frontal surface of the trailer from the captured image;
(C) identifying a type of trailer from the estimated area and shape of the frontal surface of the trailer;
(D) retrieving correlated information related to the trailer based on the type of trailer identified;
(E) transmitting the correlated information to an on-board vehicle control unit; and
(F) modifying the operation of the vehicle according to the correlated information.
10. The method of claim 9, wherein step (A) comprises the step of:
capturing the image with a camera mounted on the vehicle.
11. The method of claim 9, wherein step (B) comprises the step of:
detecting the edges of the frontal surface of the trailer by detecting boundaries of luminosity change in the image.
12. The method of claim 9, wherein step (B) comprises the step of:
estimating distance to the trailer.
13. The method of claim 9, wherein step (C) comprises the step of:
referencing area and shape of frontal surfaces of a plurality of trailer types retained in a trailer type database.
14. The method of claim 9, wherein step (D) comprises the step of:
referencing trailer specifications associated with the identified trailer type retained in a trailer specification database.
15. The method of claim 14, wherein the step of, referencing trailer specifications associated with the identified trailer type retained in a trailer specification database, comprises the step of:
referencing correlated information comprising at least one of empty trailer weight, trailer weight capacity, center of gravity, and aerodynamic drag as a function of vehicle speed.
16. The method of claim 9, wherein step (F) comprises the step of:
modifying drive train control functions performed by the vehicle control unit.
17. The method of claim 16, wherein the step of, modifying drive train control functions performed by the vehicle control unit, comprises the step of:
modifying at least one of automatic transmission timing, active suspension and brake controls for sway dampening, engine power vs. fuel consumption adjustments, and cruise control feedback gains.
18. The method of claim 9, wherein:
step (B) comprises the step of: estimating a shape of the frontal surface of the trailer from the captured image; and,
step (C) comprises the step of: identifying a type of trailer from the shape of the frontal surface of the trailer;
19. The method of claim 9 wherein prior to steps (E) and (F) the method comprises the step of:
retrieving correlated information related to the trailer based on the type of trailer identified.
20. A system of operating a vehicle towing a trailer comprising:
means for capturing an image of a frontal surface of the trailer;
means for estimating an area and shape of the frontal surface of the trailer from the captured image;
means for identifying a type of trailer from the estimated area and shape of the frontal surface of the trailer;
means for retrieving correlated information related to the trailer based on the type of trailer identified;
means for transmitting the correlated information to an on-board vehicle control unit; and
means for modifying the operation of the vehicle according to the correlated information.

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 defining at least one visual-display characteristic of at least one user-interface control, the system comprising:
a dialog template that specifies at least one style selector for the at least one user-interface control, wherein the style selector includes at least one of: (1) a tag name, and (2) a tag name and a class attribute;
a transformation module that extracts the at least one style selector from the dialog template;
a style sheet that defines at least one visual-display-characteristic value that is applicable to the at least one user-interface control and that is associated with the at least one style selector;
a style sheet-parsing engine that uses the at least one style selector to retrieve the at least one visual-display-characteristic value from the style sheet; and
a user-interface-control-drawing module that draws the at least one user-interface control in accordance with the at least one visual-display-characteristic value retrieved by the style sheet-parsing engine.
2. The system of claim 1, wherein the dialog template specifies a location within a displayed user-interface page of the at least one user-interface control.
3. The system of claim 2, wherein the user-interface page is at least one of an HTML page and a platform-specific user-interface display page.
4. The system of claim 1, wherein the style sheet defines the at least one visual-display-characteristic value in accordance with syntax and semantics that are substantially equivalent to Cascading-Style-Sheet syntax and Cascading-Style-Sheet semantics, respectively.
5. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one visual-display-characteristic value includes a value for at least one visual-display characteristic selected from the group consisting of: foreground color, background color, borders, font, font properties other than font family, and background image.
6. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one visual-display-characteristic value overrides at least one inherited visual-display-characteristic.
7. The system of claim 6, wherein the at least one inherited visual-display-characteristic is defined at a level that is less specific than the at least one visual-display-characteristic value.
8. The system of claim 6, wherein the less-specific level is selected from the group consisting of: application-wide, area-specific, and control-specific.
9. The system of claim 1, wherein the style sheet-parsing engine retrieves from the style sheet and caches at least one visual-display-characteristic value for at least one additional user-interface control.
10. The system of claim 1, wherein the style sheet-parsing engine retrieves the at least one visual-display-characteristic value from a pre-compiled binary form of the style sheet.
11. At least one computer-readable medium containing computer-readable instructions for defining at least one visual-display characteristic for at least one user-interface control, wherein, when executed, the computer-executable instructions perform steps comprising:
specifying, in a dialog template, at least one style selector for the at least one user-interface control, wherein the style selector includes at least one of: (1) a tag name, and (2) a tag name and a class attribute;
extracting the at least one style selector from the dialog template; defining, in a style sheet, at least one visual-display-characteristic value that is applicable to the at least one user-interface control and that is associated with the at least one style selector;
using the at least one style selector to retrieve the at least one visual-display-characteristic value from the style sheet; and
drawing the at least one user-interface control in accordance with the at least one visual-display-characteristic value retrieved from the style sheet.
12. The at least one computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the dialog template specifies a location within a displayed user-interface page of the at least one user-interface control.
13. The at least one computer-readable medium of claim 12, wherein the user-interface page is at least one of an HTML page and a platform-specific user-interface display page.
14. The at least one computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the style sheet defines the at least one visual-display-characteristic value in accordance with syntax and semantics that are substantially equivalent to Cascading-Style-Sheet syntax and Cascading-Style-Sheet semantics.
15. The at least one computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the at least one visual-display-characteristic value includes a value for at least one visual-display characteristic selected from the group consisting of: foreground color, background color, borders, font, font properties other than font family, and background image.
16. The at least one computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the at least one visual-display-characteristic value overrides at least one inherited visual-display-characteristic.
17. The at least one computer-readable medium of claim 16, wherein the at least one inherited visual-display-characteristic is defined at a level that is less specific than the at least one visual-display-characteristic value.
18. The at least one computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the less-specific level is selected from the group consisting of: application-wide, area-specific, and control-specific.
19. The at least one computer-readable medium of claim 11, containing computer-readable instructions that, when executed, perform steps comprising: retrieving from the style sheet and caching at least one visual-display-characteristic value for at least one additional user-interface control.
20. The at least one computer-readable medium of claim 19, wherein the step of retrieving the at least one visual-display-characteristic value further comprises retrieving the at least one visual-display-characteristic value from a pre-compiled binary form of the style sheet.
21. The at least one computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the step of retrieving the at least one visual-display-characteristic value further comprises retrieving the at least one visual-display-characteristic value from a pre-compiled binary form of the style sheet.
22. A method of defining at least one visual-display characteristic for at least one user-interface control, the system comprising:
specifying, in a dialog template, at least one style selector for the at least one user-interface control;
extracting the at least one style selector from the dialog template; defining, in a style sheet, at least one visual-display-characteristic value that is applicable to the at least one user-interface control and that is associated with the at least one style selector;
using the at least one style selector to retrieve the at least one visual-display-characteristic value from the style sheet; and
drawing the at least one user-interface control in accordance with the at least one visual-display-characteristic value retrieved from the style sheet.
23. The method of claim 22, wherein the dialog template specifies a location within a displayed user-interface page of the at least one user-interface control.
24. The method of claim 23, wherein the user-interface page is at least one of an HTML page and a platform-specific user-interface display page.
25. The method of claim 22, wherein the style sheet defines the at least one visual-display-characteristic value in accordance with syntax and semantics that are substantially equivalent to Cascading-Style-Sheet syntax and Cascading-Style-Sheet semantics.
26. The method of claim 22, wherein the at least one visual-display-characteristic value includes a value for at least one visual-display characteristic selected from the group consisting of: foreground color, background color, borders, font, font properties other than font family, and background image.
27. The method of claim 22, wherein the at least one visual-display-characteristic value overrides at least one inherited visual-display-characteristic.
28. The method of claim 27, wherein the at least one inherited visual-display-characteristic is defined at a level that is less specific than the at least one visual-display-characteristic value.
29. The method of claim 28, wherein the less-specific level is selected from the group consisting of: application-wide, area-specific, and control-specific.
30. The method of claim 22, further comprising: retrieving from the style sheet and caching at least one visual-display-characteristic value for at least one additional user-interface control.
31. The method of claim 22, wherein the step of retrieving the at least one visual-display-characteristic value further comprises retrieving the at least one visual-display-characteristic value from a pre-compiled binary form of the style sheet.