US08584995B2
A compact and portable, multi-function camera support device. The modular and variable plurality of components provide alteration of the device's configuration, build size and structural attachment to respond to locations physicality and user requirements. A self-supporting device that can be orientated and attached in various positions upon any structure, vehicle or terrain. Inter-changeable linear frame members and complementary hub profile engagement plate inserts provide the structure and engagement of mounting collar combinations that can linearly re-position and circumferentially rotate. Collars and detachable articulating limbs are employed singularly or paired to connect; equipment mounting plates, limb sets, attachments or wheel sets. Enabling transformation from a single axis vertical bracket to a vehicle mount, scaffold mount, wheeled dolly mount, or rail track support for camera movement. The device provides vertical and linear re-positioning of mounted equipment as well as an adjustable gauge width for attached wheel sets and supported parallel rails.
US08584989B2
The invention relates to a method of managing movement of an aircraft on the ground, the aircraft including at least one left main undercarriage and at least one right main undercarriage, each comprising wheels associated with torque application members for applying torque to the wheels in response to a general setpoint, the general setpoint comprising a longitudinal acceleration setpoint and an angular speed setpoint, the method including the successive steps of braking down the general setpoint into general torque setpoints for generating by the torque application members associated with each of the wheels.
US08584987B2
Concepts and technologies are disclosed herein for shape memory alloy weapon fairings. The shape memory alloy weapon fairings are formed from a shape memory alloy and are configured to change shape in response to temperature changes. At a first temperature, the shape memory alloy weapon fairing has a first shape and at a second temperature, the shape memory alloy has a second shape. Upon deployment of a weapon including the shape memory alloy weapon fairing, the shape memory alloy weapon fairing is heated by the weapon and/or air friction. The shape memory alloy weapon fairing changes shape in response to the temperature change and provides a fairing for one or more structures of the weapon. In some implementations, the fairing covers a protuberance or other connection mechanism of the weapon.
US08584984B2
A foldable wing for use with a very high altitude aircraft capable of operating at an altitude at or above 85,000 feet is disclosed. The foldable wing may employ a spiral fold deployment, wherein a hinge between each segment of the foldable wing is slightly offset from the perpendicular. Successively positioned wing segments fold over one another. Alternatively, the hinges are substantially perpendicular so that each respective wing segment folds linearly against the next wing segment. An inflatable rib, with inflatable arms, can be inflated to provide a force against two adjacent arms, thereby deploying the wing segments through a full 180° of rotation.
US08584980B2
A seat belt retractor with a load limiting device and a tensioning device includes a two-part belt shaft with a first part (1), upon which the belt can be wound, and a second part (5), which can be locked in a vehicle-fixed manner in a frame (8) of the seat belt retractor. A tensioner drive wheel (6) for driving the seat belt retractor in the winding direction is located between the first (1) and the second part (5) of the belt shaft on a hollow cylindrical appendix (5a) of the second part (5) of the belt shaft, and the load limiting device (3) extends into the ring cylindrical appendix (5a) of the second part (5).
US08584976B1
An apparatus includes: a disposal unit; a control unit configured to stop operation of the disposal unit; and a metal detector coil and associated circuitry, the metal detector coil located such that waste passing into the disposal unit for shredding passes through the metal detector coil. The control unit is triggered to stop operation of the disposal unit upon the detection of metal passing through the metal detector coil.
US08584971B2
The subject invention relates to a power sprayer that offers flexibility of movement because it can be battery operated and is designed to eliminate the need for cleaning its spray nozzle after being used. Paint colors can be changed quickly by simply changing the media cartridges that are adapted for simple attachment to the sprayer. The media cartridges used in conjunction with the sprayers of this invention can also eliminate the inconvenience associated with refilling conventional power sprayers with a desired media. The present invention more specifically discloses a sprayer media cartridge system comprising: (a) a media container, (b) a self-cleaning nozzle, (c) a media shut-off means, (d) a primary media atomizing aperture in a configuration relative to the self-cleaning nozzle, (e) a movable media containment member within the media container, (f) a gas transfer interface, and (g) a power unit engagement means.
US08584958B2
An EAS tag includes a cap with a tack shaft and a body with a clutch for receiving and retaining the tack shaft. An aperture in the body gives access to the clutch. The cap is concave and shaped to fit over the body, and the tack shaft extends into the concavity of the cap. The shape of the body and cap and the position of the tack shaft provide an initial resistance to twisting the cap with respect to the body. Both the cap and body may have additional features with interact or interlock to prevent the cap from being twisted. Additional, the cap may have areas of reduced thickness to induce breaking away of parts of the cap when excessive stress is induced in the cap.
US08584938B2
A wireless financial transaction instrument, such as a card, has a magnetic stripe, a display, and an on-board power supply, such as a battery, and is usable with a dual capture point of sale terminal. Information is received by such a terminal from the card wirelessly, and also from the magnetic stripe, and the data received contactlessly is preferably used to verify that read from the stripe. The display can display the account number on command, or to display a current balance, or amount of credit remaining, or any combination of these items of information.
US08584935B2
A banking system includes automated banking machines that operate responsive to data read from data bearing records. Transactions may also be carried out through communication with local and remote service providers. An automated banking machine is operative to conduct transactions including cash dispensing for users, responsive to data read from user cards and communication with a transaction host. The machine is also operative to provide output signals which drive external displays. A machine processor is operative to cause the machine to receive visual and/or audio content from content sources and to store data corresponding to the content. The content is then output through the external displays.
US08584933B1
Systems and methods are provided to perform credit valuation adjustment analyses.
US08584932B2
Continuous output of content data is aimed in output of content data using a dot pattern. In the information processing method of the invention, by storing a content data file that stores content data or a dot code signified by a dot pattern and also has a function as instruction information that indicates other content data to be continuously output after outputting the desired content data, the content data can be continuously output.
US08584928B2
A box template formed of a sheet of material defines a foldable box having at least four side surfaces, a top surface, and a bottom surface. The box template also includes a definition of corner protector sections integrally formed with the foldable box. The corner protector sections are configured to be folded to protect an object placed inside the foldable box. The top surface and bottom surface may each include at least two surfaces that are integrally formed with, and connected to, two of the side surfaces. The corner protector sections may be integrally formed with, and connected to, the other two sides of the four side surfaces. The corner protector sections are configured with a plurality of identifiable sections that may be folded in order to create corner protectors. Four corner protector sections may be integrally formed with the foldable box so as to define eight corner protectors.
US08584925B2
A process by which molten solder is purified in-situ, making the soldering process more efficient and yielding better results, particularly for lead-free soldering. Lead-free solder becomes practical for use since the temperature for reliable soldering is reduced. A layer of active additive is maintained on the surface of molten solder for scavenging metal oxide from the solder and assimilating metal oxide into a liquid layer. The active additive is an organic liquid having nucleophilic and/or electrophilic groups. As an example, a layer of dimer acid maintained on a wave soldering apparatus scavenges metal oxide from the bath, and assimilates dross that may form on the surface. Scavenging metal oxide cleanses the bath and lowers viscosity of the solder, and PC boards or the like soldered on the wave have reliable solder joints.
US08584908B2
A discharge pump equipped with a push-down head in which a nozzle is opened and closed by advancing and retracting a valve rod member by a lever member and a first pressing member, wherein a second pressing member is provided between the base and the tip of the valve rod member to prevent back flow of air. A push-down head discharge pump has a head body configured by providing a liquid flow pipe to the lower surface of a laterally facing cylinder section so as to extend vertically downward from the lower surface, the liquid flow pipe communicating with a stem of a discharge pump, the cylinder section having a nozzle opened at the front thereof. When the head body is pushed down, a valve rod member mounted in the cylinder section is advanced and retracted. The valve rod member is composed of the base and the tip, and a second pressing member is mounted between the base and the tip.
US08584907B2
In one embodiment, a dispensing device includes a receptacle for containing and dispensing the flowable material, such as caulk. The dispensing device also includes a drive member which moves a piston within the receptacle for dispensing the flowable material from the device. A handle is arranged to be gripped by an operator and includes a clamp member disposed over the receptacle which is arranged to move from an open position whereby the handle is moveable to any desired position along the receptacle, to a closed position for engaging the handle to the receptacle. A user input is provided on the moveable handle and adapted to be depressed by a user for operation of the device.
US08584904B2
A liquid dish cleaning fluid dispenser having a reservoir adapted to receive liquid dish cleaning fluid, a dispensing port located at the bottom of the reservoir and a manually operated cantilevered member pivotally coupled to a plastic support base located below the reservoir and attached to a base member which supports the reservoir. A release lever is located at the end of the cantilevered member for moving downward the cantilevered member and a valve member is located in the cantilevered member which engages the dispensing port in the reservoir to allow cleaning fluid to flow out of the reservoir when the release lever is manually urged to moved downward. The plastic manually operated cantilevered member springs back to it's initial up position to close the valve member to prevent fluid from flowing out of the reservoir when the release lever is no longer manually urged to move downward.
US08584899B2
The rigid plastic container (V) is designed for being assembled with another rigid plastic container (V) and forming a dual-container dispenser. The container (V) comprises a neck finish (2) and a stretched body (3′) closed at its bottom end. The neck finish (2) comprises a tubular part (20), an upper wall (21), a lower wall (22) and a side wall (23). The side wall (23) extends between the upper (21) and lower (22) walls and said side wall (23), upper wall (21) and lower wall (22) form a housing (H) for the tubular part (20). The housing (H) comprises an assembly surface (S) formed by the edges of the side wall (23), upper wall (21 and lower wall (22). The tubular part (20) is opened at both ends and forms a path through the upper wall (21), within the housing (H) and through the lower wall (22), for filling the stretched body (31).
US08584898B2
A method of dispensing sprayable material in a desired spray pattern using an actuator member, a resilient outlet member, and a movable member. The actuator member has a plurality of resilient finger projections. The resilient outlet member is arranged at least partly between the finger projections. The movable member is supported on the actuator member to form a dispensing path extending from the interior of the aerosol chamber to the exterior of the aerosol chamber through a valve assembly, the actuator member, and the outlet member. The movable member acts on the outlet member to deform the plurality of finger projections towards each other to alter an effective cross-sectional area of at least a portion of a dispensing path to control fluid flow along the dispensing path and thereby cause the sprayable material to be dispensed in the desired spray pattern.
US08584884B2
Food container is provided having a first body portion and a second body portion. The first body portion and the second body portion are joined together to define an interior of the container and a mouth to the interior. The first body portion has a first flap moveable between an open position and a closed position, and the first flap includes a foldable support formed therein to hold a receptacle when in the open position. The second body portion has a second flap moveable between an open position and a closed position, and the second flap includes a tab to engage the first flap in the closed position to form a lid across the mouth of the interior. A blank for forming the food container from a sheet of blank material is also provided.
US08584880B2
A dumpster for holding waste material has a cup-shaped body, a lid and one or more hooking means, which are suitable to connect the dumpster to a waste collection device; the dumpster has one or more openings obtained in the body or in the lid and has one or more inserts, each of which is suitable to close a corresponding opening; each insert comprises a plate made of translucent material and is provided, in turn with a fixing system; the fixing system having at least one damping means suitable to attenuate vibration movements of the plate.
US08584873B2
The present application provides a modular racking system for use with a number of products. The modular racking system may include a number of support members and a number of shelves. The shelves may include a number of locking sections with a tapered cutout sized for one of the support members.
US08584871B2
The present invention generally relates to solution electrospinning processes for fabricating fibers, to the fibers prepared thereby, and to non-woven webs, fabrics, porous composite filter media, and articles comprising the fibers.
US08584860B2
The present invention provides a foldable shipping carton that easily converts to a retail display. The carton of the present invention incorporates an integral detachable panel that protects the product and the product's primary graphics area. Once at a retail location, the detachable panel is removed exposing the graphics. The carton then doubles as a display to draw attention to the product. The carton of the present invention replaces the unattractive brown cardboard shipping box and is intended to build brand awareness and drive sales.
US08584857B2
Provided is a mount sheet (12) affixed to a PTP sheet (50) which accommodates a product, such as a tablet (53) and is formed by punching out a blank sheet. The mount sheet (12) includes a first surface (14) to be placed on a surface of the PTP sheet (50) from which the projecting portion 52a is projecting, multiple holes (16) formed in the first surface 14 and in which the projecting portion (52a) is placed, and a second surface (24) which continues from the first surface (14) via a folding line (26) and is to be folded on the opposite surface of the PTP sheet (50). The second surface (24) has a rupturable line (28) formed at a position to face the projecting portion 52a when folded and placed on the PTP sheet (50). An ejector tool (56) is provided which is affixed to the third surface 36 on a surface to be folded over the first surface (14) and has a pressing projection (60) projecting toward the PTP sheet (50).
US08584854B2
A reclosable package for containing smoking papers to be dispensed therefrom, the package comprising: a body for holding the smoking papers; the body having a cover which overlays a surface of the body of the package for closure; wherein the cover opens to form a tray; and wherein the cover and/or body include a closure positioned to form a clasp when the cover is folded over the body.
US08584853B2
An orthopedic fixation system includes a sterile packaged implant kit and a sterile packaged instrument kit. The sterile packaged implant kit includes at least one surgical implant, an insertion device, and an implant package adapted to receive the at least one surgical implant and the insertion device therein. The implant package maintains the at least one surgical implant and the insertion device sterile after sterilization of the sterile packaged implant kit. The sterile packaged instrument kit includes one or more instruments necessary to use the sterile packaged implant kit and an instrument package adapted to receive the one or more instruments therein. The instrument package maintains the one or more instruments sterile after sterilization of the sterile packaged instrument kit.
US08584850B2
A container for collecting sharps includes an opening adapted to receive sharps in a substantially vertical orientation, and an interior region for storing sharps received through the opening. The container includes a means for reorienting the sharps into an arrangement in which the sharps lie substantially parallel to one another within the interior region of the container. A method for configuring a sharps collection container includes the step of positioning a contoured surface of a guide element beneath an opening of the container to reorient sharps that are deposited through the opening into an arrangement in which the sharps are stored substantially parallel to one another in the container.
US08584848B1
A razor cartridge dispenser including a unitarily molded member having compartments in horizontal sequence and a reopenable package member covering the molded member. The individual compartments include a blade portion cavity, a connection portion cavity and a cammed latch on a flexible arm. The blade portion cavity has an upper opening, bottom, top and front walls, a closed side wall and an open side wall. The top and bottom walls are substantially parallel, with the front wall at a right angle thereto, and extend in the direction of the upper opening at an angle to the horizontal disposition of the compartments. The connection portion cavity has top and bottom openings, forward and rearward walls, a closed side wall and an open side wall, where the bottom opening cooperates with the upper opening of the blade portion cavity. The package member includes a reclosable flap to access the compartments.
US08584844B2
A package in the form of a slide-shell pack has an outer shell and a plurality of inner compartments, each adapted to receive smoking articles. The inner compartments are slideable relative to the outer shell to provide access to the smoking articles.
US08584837B1
A device for storing shaving razor blades in a manner which prolongs usability includes containment for storing cleaned razor blades and for storing a razor handle. The interior of the housing compartment comprises a reservoir configured for retaining a volume of a cleaning and preserving solution. After shaving, a user detaches the razor blade from the handle and places it within a blade cleaning assembly which provides a means to submerge the blade into the solution. The razor blade is then retrieved for subsequent shaving. The device also provides a removable blade cartridge being especially useful for storing clean blades while traveling.
US08584835B2
Protective coverings suitable for protecting and housing electronic devices such as a KINDLE™ ebook reader or an APPLE™ iPAD™ tablet are disclosed. Methods of making and using protective coverings are also disclosed.
US08584830B2
A device for picking up, transporting and sorting electronic components in particular integrated circuits includes at least one loading device, one transport device, and one unloading device. The transport device has at least one transport wheel which is rotatable around a rotation axis and which has a peripheral face. The transport device also has at least one pick-up module which is arranged at the peripheral face and is suitable for accommodating components. In addition, the transport device is provided with a pressure source which is connected to the pick-up module. The pick-up module has at least one pick-up space for one individual component which extends along the peripheral face and can be moved between an initial position and an end position. The pressure source enables a prescribed pressure to be exerted at the pick-up space by means of which the component can be retained at the pick-up space or can be ejected from the pick-up space.
US08584825B2
This bearing forms a clutching-declutching thrust bearing for a motor vehicle and comprises an inner ring, an outer ring and rolling elements. A flange mounted on the inner ring is equipped with two crenellated series of flange segments extending radially on the same side of a cylindrical web of the flange, and being offset angularly about an axis of symmetry of the inner ring, and axially along said axis. In addition to the bearing, the device further includes a control device, provided with a stationary portion and with a moving portion mounted to move axially and suitable for moving the bearing relative to the clutch mechanism, and a protective bellows disposed between the stationary portion and the bearing. The flange segments define between them an annular volume for receiving and for clamping one edge of the bellows.
US08584819B2
Low-velocity axial impact thrust on a bonded telescoping middle joint of a strut is retarded and impact energy is converted and absorbed by the elastic strain of unfettered circumferentially bands. In a preferred embodiment an impacted strut regains structural integrity after impact displacement and fracture by re-bonding.
US08584799B1
A fall-arresting safety harness assembly includes a lanyard including a pair of lanyard straps, at least one strap breakaway area attaching the lanyard straps to each other and a strap separation area generally adjacent to the at least one strap breakaway area; a lanyard ring extending between the lanyard straps at the strap separation area of the lanyard; a harness carried by the lanyard; and at least one resilient shock-absorbing member carried by the harness and engaging the lanyard ring.
US08584798B2
A safety apparatus (10) includes a frame unit (12) placed on a surface (102). A cable (62) is mounted around a pulley (60) rotatably mounted to the frame unit (12) about a rotation axis (58). A slide (90) is slideably mounted to the frame unit (12) along a slide axis (92) at a non-parallel angle to the rotation axis (58) and movable between upper and lower positions. The cable (62) is attached between the slide (90) and a worker (100) on the surface (102). A biasing member (110) is mounted between the slide (90) and the frame unit (12) and biases the slide (90) from the lower position to the upper position. An engaging member (120) is mounted to the slide (90) to move therewith. The engaging member (120) is above the surface (102) when the slide (90) is in the upper position. If the worker (100) falls from the surface, the engaging member (120) is moved downward and grips the surface (102) under the action of force resulting from falling of the worker (100) to retain the safety apparatus (10) on the surface and, thus, arrests the fall of the worker (100) from the surface (102).
US08584796B2
A tensioner as well as a method for fitting a safety line cable on the tensioner. The tensioner designed for the safety of personnel attached to the cable while working under dangerous conditions. The tensioner has a fixing element configured to couple to an external element such as a wall and has two sections capable of separating and absorbing energy as a result of a fall of a worker while attached to the safety line cable. A section of the cable passes through and is crimped in a sleeve of the tensioner while the cable is kept under tension.
US08584793B2
A device for reducing booming noise in a motor vehicle has a wind deflector (3) having openings. The device furthermore has an air source (1), which is arranged in the motor vehicle and connected to the wind deflector. The air provided by the air source can be channeled to the wind deflector and released through the openings (4) thereof.
US08584787B2
Provided is an active hood apparatus for a vehicle including a main frame, a hood latch assembly, and a hood rise and fall device. The main frame is fixed to a vehicle body. The hood latch assembly is disposed at a back side of the main frame to lock and release a hood. The hood rise and fall device is disposed between the back side of the main frame and the hood latch assembly to move the hood latch assembly substantially vertically by a control signal of a controller that receives a sensing signal from a pedestrian collision sensor.
US08584778B2
A rear spoiler of a motor vehicle is coupled to a charge air cooler that is arranged vertically in the transverse direction of the vehicle. The rear spoiler together with the charge air cooler is adjustable into an inoperative and an operative position. The charge air cooler has an active position when the rear spoiler is in the operative position so that cooling air can flow through the charge air cooler.
US08584776B2
Methods, systems, and tool assemblies for distributing weight between a bit and a reamer device are disclosed. For example, at least one of the drill bit and the reamer may be configured to selectively distribute a weight-on-bit between the drill bit and the reamer, such as within a predetermined range. Additionally, methods of drilling wellbores may include selectively distributing a weight-on-bit applied to a bottom hole assembly between a drill bit and a reamer of the bottom hole assembly. Also, a reamer may be configured to exhibit a first maximum rate-of-penetration into a relatively hard formation, and a drill bit may be configured to exhibit a second maximum rate-of-penetration into a relatively soft formation that is less than the first maximum rate-of-penetration.
US08584758B2
A process for fracturing a lined well uses a packer assembly in a liner string that provides a cement-free segment and interface with the formation. The device has multiple packers with inflatable elements that are run as an integral assembly. After the liner assembly is positioned, cement is circulated into the assembly and wiped from the interior of the liner string into the annulus. Pressure within the liner string is elevated to initiate time delays for the radial inflation of the packer elements. The inflation radially and axially displaces the cement surrounding the elements before the cement sets. Each packer is subsequently opened to expose the frac ports in the packer directly to the formation for frac operations.
US08584755B2
The invention provides economically effective methods for hydraulic fracturing a subterranean formation that ensure improvement of the hydraulic fracture conductivity because of forming strong proppant clusters uniformly placed in the fracture throughout its length. One of these methods comprises: a first stage comprising injection of fracturing fluid into a borehole, the fluid containing thickeners to create a fracture in the formation; and a second stage comprising introduction of proppant into the injected fracturing fluid to prevent closure of the created fracture, and further, comprising introducing an agent into the fracturing fluid to provide formation of proppant clusters in the created fracture and channels for flowing formation fluids.
US08584739B2
An adiabatic cooling unit (20) comprising a fluid conduit (26), a cooling cell (28), and a building-cooling unit heat exchanger (30) is provided. A cooling fluid (24) flows from the building-cooling unit heat exchanger (30) to the cooling cell (28) and returns to the building-cooling unit heat exchanger (30) through the fluid conduit (26). The cooling cell (28) transfers latent heat from the cooling fluid (24) to the air (22) flowing through the adiabatic cooler unit (20). The building-cooling unit heat exchanger (30) is a heat exchanger permitting the transfer of heat from a fluid (34) flowing through a building (36) and the cooling fluid (24). Additional heat exchangers (46) may be used between the cooling cell (28) and the building-cooling unit heat exchanger (30) to further cool the cooling fluid (24) prior to the cooling fluid (24) reducing the temperature of the fluid (34) flowing through the building (36).
US08584723B2
The present invention enhances noise performance and anti-uneven wear performance. A pneumatic tire 1 includes a belt layer 7 including at least one belt ply in which belt cords 15 are arranged at an angle of 10 to 40° with respect to a tire equator C. A tread pattern formed on a surface of the tread portion 2 includes a pitch line 22 in which at least two kinds of pattern-constituting units 21 having different pitches in a circumferential direction of the tire are arranged in the circumferential direction of the tire. The belt cords 15 are arranged relatively densely on an inner side of the pattern-constituting unit 21 having a small pitch, and relatively thinly on an inner side of the pattern-constituting unit 21 having a large pitch.
US08584717B2
A stump cutting assembly mounted to a stump cutting wheel. Stump cutting assembly is a stump cutting tooth interconnected to the wheel by a holder or block that is fixed to wheel by welding or other equivalent process, an optional debris deflector and a fastener that interconnects tooth and deflector to holder. As wheel rotates about its axis of rotation, the tooth cuts away at wood or other debris in which it comes into contact through the side to side and/or longitudinal movement of a stump grinder unit.
US08584714B2
A dispensing system for granular materials, in particular agricultural products, capable of dispensing multiple products that comprises a control means for entering a product formula, hoppers that contain material for formulating the product each having a dispensing means controlled by the control means, material is fed from each hopper through a tube and fed into a housing having a rotatable structure that allows the material to be dispensed into a receptacle connected to a weighing means and weighed and feedback means connected to the weighing means and to the control means feeds weight information to the control means which adjusts the dispensing of the material from each of the hoppers as necessary to accurately formulate a product.
US08584709B2
A valve has a body, a fluid inlet duct and two fluid outlet ducts delimited by the body, an intersection formed at an area where the fluid inlet duct opens into the two fluid outlet ducts, and a butterfly valve disposed in the intersection. The butterfly valve is operable to be actuated between a first extreme position in which the butterfly valve directs the fluid mainly toward the first outlet duct and a second extreme position in which the butterfly valve directs the fluid mainly toward the second outlet duct. In the first extreme position, the butterfly valve has a first portion partially blocking the second outlet duct and, in the second extreme position, the butterfly valve has another portion blocking the first outlet duct.
US08584705B2
An apparatus for controlling the flow of fluid may include a main passageway for conducting the fluid and the valve which may include a rotatable valve cavity having a ball check. The rotatable valve cavity may be rotatable with respect to the main passageway to provide at least three positions including a bypass position, a closed position and a run position. The valve may include an outlet for connection to the sight glass, and the apparatus may include a bleeder valve. The apparatus may include a sight glass which may be in fluid communication with the valve.
US08584692B2
Disclosed embodiments include electromagnetic flow regulators for regulating flow of an electrically conductive fluid, systems for regulating flow of an electrically conductive fluid, methods of regulating flow of an electrically conductive fluid, nuclear fission reactors, systems for regulating flow of an electrically conductive reactor coolant, and methods of regulating flow of an electrically conductive reactor coolant in a nuclear fission reactor.
US08584691B2
A liquid metering device that dispenses liquid into an adjacent reservoir at a precise ratio relative to the total volume of the adjacent reservoir as the reservoir is filled with liquid. The hydrostatic dispensing system includes an additive reservoir, a calibrated dispensing vessel, a hydrostatic pressure chamber, a pressure limiter, and a three-way valve that passively arms and dis-arms the system.
US08584684B2
A nail care or fingertip care tool is constituted by an elastic bag-like material having sufficient size to cover the nail at the fingertip and also having a liquid-absorbing member fixedly attached over an area inside the bag-like material that comes in contact with the nail.
US08584677B2
A tracheal tube (40) or laryngeal mask has a sealing cuff (41, 2) with a surface covered by a brush-like material (44, 24) provided by closely-packed fibers (25) between 1 mm and 5 mm in length. The brush-like surface (44, 24) may be provided by coating the surface with an adhesive and using an electrostatic charge to draw fibers (25) to adhere to the adhesive.
US08584669B2
An inhaler (1) is proposed (see FIG. 1), for the inhalation of a formulation (2) from capsules (3) that each contain one dose of the formulation. The capsules are preferably each emptied in a capsule chamber (4) by being set in motion by a stream of air flowing through the capsule chamber. The stream of air can be generated by the inhalation of a user or patient and/or can be generated actively generated by the inhaler. For simple handling, the inhaler has a means for, in particular, automatic filling, emptying and/or cleaning of the capsule chamber, if the latter is used more than once. Alternatively, the inhaler has a large number of capsule chambers that each preferably already contain a capsule and re preferably used just once.
US08584668B2
Actuator for an inhaler for delivering medicament by inhalation. The actuator comprises a main body comprising a tubular member for receiving a canister containing medicament and having a valve stem extending therefrom, and an outlet assembly, as a part formed separately of the main body, comprising a mouthpiece for guiding medicament to the mouth of a user and a nozzle block for receiving the valve stem of the canister and delivering medicament from the canister into the mouthpiece. At least a part of the outlet assembly is configured so as to deform and optionally break on withdrawal of the outlet assembly from the main body so as to prevent re-use of the outlet assembly.
US08584667B2
A solar concentrator assembly is disclosed. The solar concentrator assembly comprises a first reflective device having a first reflective front side and a first rear side, a second reflective device having a second reflective front side and a second rear side, the second reflective device positioned such that the first reflective front side faces the second rear side, and a support assembly coupled to and supporting the first and second reflective devices, the second reflective device positioned to be vertically offset from the first reflective device.
US08584661B2
The handgrip is inclined to one side of the bow's lengthwise axis—to the right for a right-handed archer and to the left for a left-handed archer. Thus in the firing position the hand holding the grip has its palm facing towards the ground. The hand grip also has a hemispherical thrust surface which fits into the hollow of the hand, and the arrow is fired from a position above the hand.
US08584659B2
An ultrasonic fuel/power enhancer for producing sound and ultrasound at different wind speeds and conditions is provided. The enhancer is mountable in an air intake of a vehicle with the vehicle having a predetermined number of cylinders and each cylinder having a combustion chamber. The enhancer comprises at least one band and at least one tubular whistle. A whistle connection mechanism is wrapped around the whistle with the whistle connection mechanism having at least one band receiving aperture and the band insertable through one of the band receiving apertures. At least one stabilizing tab is mounted to the whistle connection mechanism wherein the whistle is shaped and designed to produce sonic and ultrasonic sounds thereby atomizing gas droplets being supplied to the combustion chamber of each cylinder.
US08584652B2
Fuel injection valves 3 each inserted into injection valve mounting holes 2 are fixed to cylinder head 1 through bifurcated clamps 21. Clamps 21 each include base portion 22 brought into abut contact with and supported on middle bolt 14a which is disposed at the middle portion of cam bracket 13, bifurcated tip end portion 23 pressing fuel injection valve 3, and intermediate portion 24 fastened by bolt 25 having a tip end portion which is screwed into cylinder head 1. Four clamps 21 are arranged on a straight line along a direction of a row of cylinders. Respective clamps 21 corresponding to cylinders #1 and #2 and respective clamps 21 corresponding to cylinders #3 and #4 are arranged symmetrically with each other such that base portions 22 are disposed on an outside. Core supporting hole 31 is disposed at a central portion of cylinder head 1 which is free from coverage by clamp 21. With this construction, it is possible to effectively release gas.
US08584649B2
An engine control apparatus includes an ISS control unit provided with an ISS determination unit for inputting at least an engine cooling water temperature, vehicle speed, and brake information, and target opening setting unit for setting a target opening in an idle stop/start control period. A throttle control unit is provided with a proportional gain correction coefficient operator for correcting a proportional gain to a value that is larger than a proportional gain outside the idle stop/start control period, a throttle opening feedback controller for performing throttle opening feedback control based on an opening deviation between a target opening and an actual opening, and a PWM driver outputting a voltage proportional to the operation amount, to a motor.
US08584641B2
A deactivating cam system (1) for a valve train (1a) of an internal combustion engine is provided having a camshaft (2) on which at least one cam (3) is seated for rotation but fixed in axial direction while being able to be connected through a coupling device (4) rotationally fast to the camshaft (2). The coupling device (4) has a ball detent mechanism (5) which is arranged within the cam (3) and whose balls (6) are seated within radial pockets (7) of the cam (3).
US08584629B2
An interstage valve for fluidly coupling two chambers of a double-piston engine is disclosed. The interstage valve may include a main valve body, a seal, and an electric coil. When closed, the seal is coupled to the main valve body as a result of electromagnetic forces generated by the electrical coil. The interstage valve is opened when the pressure differential between the engine chambers exceeds the electromagnetic forces. As the interstage valve opens, the electromagnetic forces diminish. The electromagnetic valve moves from the open state to the closed state when the pressure differential reverses. As the seal moves toward the main valve body, the electromagnetic forces increase, coupling the seal to the main valve body.
US08584628B2
A cylinder head for an engine is provided. The cylinder head may include an upper cooling jacket including at least a first inlet and a first outlet and a lower cooling jacket including at least a second inlet and a second outlet. The cylinder head may further include a first set of crossover coolant passages including one or more crossover coolant passages fluidly coupled to the upper cooling jacket and the lower cooling jacket and adjacent to one or more combustion chambers.
US08584627B2
A liquid-cooled internal combustion engine which includes a cylinder housing for at least one cylinder and at least one cylinder head, with the at least one cylinder in the cylinder housing being enclosed by a cooling jacket and with a bottom partial cooling chamber adjacent to a fire deck and an upper partial cooling chamber which is flow-connected with the same via at least one transfer opening being arranged in the cylinder head which is connected with the cylinder housing, with a coolant outlet which can be connected with a pressure sink originating from the bottom partial cooling chamber. In order to improve cooling, at least one coolant inlet which can be connected with a pressure source opens into the cooling jacket of the cylinder housing and the cooling jacket is flow-connected directly with the upper partial cooling chamber via at least one riser manifold, so that coolant flows in engine operation from the pressure source to the cooling jacket of the cylinder housing and from there to the upper partial cooling chamber of the cylinder head and further via the transfer opening into the bottom partial cooling chamber and from there to the pressure sink.
US08584620B2
A pet toy comprising, in one embodiment, a body have an outer surface, an interior and at least one opening in the outer surface extending into the interior, an overmold supported by the body, and a portion of the overmold extending substantially over the at least one opening and further comprising an inwardly deflectable passage to provide access to the interior therethrough. The interior, in one embodiment, may be provided with a plurality of baffles that create a spiral path.
US08584610B1
A spring-loaded flap rudder adapted to be mounted to the hull structure of a ship. In a geared version of the invention, the rudder includes a rudder member and a rudder gear including rudder teeth. The rudder also includes a flap member pivotally connected to the rudder member with a spring and a movable flap gear. The flap gear includes a rod movably engaged in a socket of the flap member and gear teeth for engagement with the rudder teeth of the rudder gear.
US08584607B2
A sewing machine includes an image capturing portion configured to capture an image of a sewing object, a setting acquisition portion configured to acquire individual settings relating to a layout relationship between two patterns, a first image data acquisition portion configured to acquire first image data, a second image data acquiring portion configured to acquire second image data in a case where there is a non-continuous adjacent pattern in a position adjacent to a reference pattern, a third image data acquisition portion configured to acquire third image data, a fourth image data acquisition portion configured to acquire fourth image data in a case where the continuous pattern is also a non-continuous adjacent pattern, a first layout determination portion configured to determine a first layout, a second layout determination portion configured to determine a second layout, and a sewing data correction portion configured to correct sewing data.
US08584597B2
A self-latching cover mechanism includes a nozzle having a central opening and a cover. A hinge pivotally attaches the cover to the nozzle so that the cover may be pivoted between an open position, where the central opening is generally uncovered, and a closed position, where the central opening is generally covered by the cover. A catch member is attached to the cover. A latching arm is movably attached to the nozzle and engages the catch member when the cover is in the open position.
US08584588B2
The invention relates to an ammunition comprising an explosive charge confined in a compartment and a deconfinement device capable of deconfining the explosive charge under a pressure or temperature rise within the ammunition. The invention neutralizes the ammunition on command. According to the invention, the ammunition further includes means for activating the deconfinement device, these means being controllable.
US08584585B2
An inertial delay mechanism for use in an explosive projectile is provided. The delay mechanism consists of an inertial delay fuse that is precise, doesn't require sensitive primary explosives and doesn't utilize electronic circuitry. The inertial delay fuse includes a free sliding charge element that strikes an anvil located opposite to the sliding charge element. A delay gap is provided between the sliding charge element and the anvil. Upon impact, the sliding charge element slides forward and impacts the anvil, thereby inducing a shock wave in an initiator charge that subsequently results in detonation of main charges. The design is mechanically simple and robust enough to withstand severe g-loading forces that occur during firing and penetration of a projectile.
US08584581B2
The vegetable peeler for separating the peel from fruits and vegetables includes a handle, a tool head or blade mount, and a blade. The handle is configured to be able to receive and store at least one spare cutting blade such that the blade can be removed from the tool head and replaced with a different blade stored in the handle.
US08584570B1
Methods for making armor and armor articles with transformed nanomaterial. This abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract which will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure and is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims, 37 C.F.R. 1.72(b).
US08584569B1
A system is provided for directing a flow of gas, including a launching mechanism, a plenum, a layer of meltable material, and an open-ended uptake component. The launching mechanism is adapted to expel rocket exhaust gas. The plenum includes an upper portion having at least one fire resistant breachable plug. The upper portion is adjacent to the launching mechanism. The layer of meltable material is disposed on the upper portion. The heat generated by the gas melts the layer of meltable material. The open-ended uptake component operatively connects to the plenum. The plug moves onto a lower portion of the plenum due to force generated by the gas onto the plug, and the gas flows through the plenum and the uptake component to vent said gas in a controlled manner.
US08584560B2
A main spindle device has a main spindle (1) having a hollow hole, and a chuck unit (10) for grasping a work (W). A pipe unit (71) is inserted into the hollow hole of the main spindle (1) and receives insertion of the work (W) to thereby prevent the work (W) from vibrating when rotated together with the rotation of the main spindle. A support unit (72) supports the pipe unit (71) at one end of the main spindle (1) such that the axial line of the pipe unit (71) coincides with the axial line of the main spindle (1) and such that one end of the pipe unit (71) projects from the one end of the main spindle (1) to be positioned inside the chuck unit (10).
US08584558B2
A subassembly is provided for a pipe lathe. The pipe lathe includes a segmented base ring and a drive gear assembly. The segmented base ring is structured to be removably coupled to a work piece having a perimeter. The subassembly includes a gear ring, a separate ring member, at least one tool mounting portion disposed on the separate ring member, and a plurality of fasteners. The fasteners extend through the apertures of the separate ring member and fasten the separate ring member to the gear ring, in order that the separate ring member rotates with the gear ring but not independently with respect thereto. A number of tool assemblies mount to the tool mounting portion to machine the work piece. The gear ring includes a plurality of teeth, which cooperate with the drive gear assembly of the pipe lathe to rotate the subassembly about the perimeter of the work piece.
US08584557B2
A clamshell lathe that can be utilized to machine or mill a portion of a workpiece such as a tube or pipe, wherein the clamshell lathe is a generally annular device that includes a stationary member and a rotatable member each preferably comprising semi-cylindrical halves that are connected together around the workpiece to be machined. The stationary member includes a bearing channel in which bearings of the rotatable member travel when the rotatable member is activated. In a preferred embodiment, an inner wall of the bearing channel has an angled end portion that is positioned adjacent an angled end portion of the rotatable member.
US08584548B2
A robot arm assembly includes a first link, a second link, and a joint rotatably connecting the first link and the second link. The joint includes an actuator mounted on the first link, a harmonic drive including a wave generator, a flex spline fitting over the wave generator, and a circular spline engaging the flex spline, and a belt drive between the actuator and the harmonic drive. The flex spline is fixed to the first link, the circular spline is fixed to the second link, and the belt drive transmits the rotational movement from the actuator to the wave generator.
US08584537B2
An extraction tube for exhaust gas emission measurement systems of internal combustion engines includes at least two tubes which extend in parallel over a portion of the length of the extraction tube, and wherein each tube includes an exhaust gas extraction point to which a sampling line can be connected.
US08584535B2
Highly efficient and rapid filtration-based concentration devices, systems and methods are disclosed with sample fluidic lines and a filter packaged in a disposable tip which concentrate biological particles that are suspended in liquid from a dilute feed suspension. A sample concentrate or retentate suspension is retained while eliminating the separated fluid in a separate flow stream. The concentrate is then dispensed from the disposable tip in a set volume of elution fluid. Suspended biological particles include such materials as proteins/toxins, viruses, DNA, and/or bacteria in the size range of approximately 0.001 micron to 20 microns diameter. Concentration of these particles is advantageous for detection of target particles in a dilute suspension, because concentrating them into a small volume makes them easier to detect. All conduits by which the disposable tip attaches to the instrument are combined into a single connection point on the upper end of the tip.
US08584531B2
An ultrasonic gas flow measurement device includes a dumbbell-shaped tube, a first ultrasonic transceiver, a second ultrasonic transceiver, a first cover part, a second cover part and a control unit. The dumbbell-shaped tube includes a central tube part, a first cone part, a first tube part, a second cone part and a second tube part, wherein the first tube part has a flow inlet, the second tube part has a flow outlet, the central tube part connects to the first tube part through the first cone part, and connects to the second tube part through the second cone part. The first ultrasonic transceiver installed inside the first tube part is used for transmitting or receiving ultrasonic signals. The second ultrasonic transceiver installed inside the second tube part is used for transmitting or receiving ultrasonic signals. The control unit is used to control the first and second transceivers.
US08584515B2
In a method for operating an injection valve, in particular a fuel injector of an internal combustion engine of a motor vehicle, one component of the injection valve, particularly a valve needle, is disposed in a manner allowing movement relative to other components of the injection valve, and preferably is able to be driven at least partially by an actuator. A structure-borne-noise signal is detected by a structure-borne-noise sensor, and the structure-borne-noise signal is evaluated in order to infer an operating state of the movably disposed component.
US08584512B2
To inspect recesses in sides of an airfoil, gauge heads are moved into engagement with the recesses. Fluid pressure is conducted to the recesses while the gauge heads are in engagement with the recesses. A determination is made as to whether the rate of leakage of fluid from the recesses is greater than or less than a predetermined rate. If the rate of leakage of fluid is greater than a predetermined rate, one or more of the recesses is unacceptable. However, if the rate of leakage of fluid pressure is less than the predetermined rate, the recesses are acceptable.
US08584509B2
Various environmental systems are disclosed. In accordance with one of the systems, a first and second valve are provided. The valves provide a first air flow path from an air pump to a photo-ionization detector is provided through a pre-filter. The valves also provide a second air flow path from the air pump to the photo-ionization detector so that the pre-filter is isolated from its environmental surroundings. Various other arrangements of environmental monitoring systems with one or more pre-filters are also disclosed.
US08584508B2
Some embodiments relate to a photoacoustic sensor that includes a gas cell having an opening and a detector to collect pressure fluctuations within the gas cell to determine a spectral content of the pressure fluctuations within the ambient environment. The photoacoustic sensor further includes a light source to generate radiation to radiate sample gas within the gas cell and a control that receives signals from the detector that represent the spectral content of the pressure fluctuations within the ambient environment. The control adjusts a frequency of the radiation produced by the light source to a frequency that conflicts less with the spectral content of the pressure fluctuations within the ambient environment. The detector generates output electrical signals in response to acoustic signals generated by pressure fluctuations of the radiated sample gas.
US08584502B2
A forming device for cup-shaped hollow bodies (7) having a machine frame (2), a drive device (15), a workpiece rotary table (3) and having a tool holder (4) for accommodating processing tools (10), wherein the workpiece rotary table (3) and the tool holder (4) face one another and can be turned about a rotational axis (5) in relation to one another and can be linearly moved in relation to one another along the rotational axis (5), wherein the drive device (15) is designed for providing a rotary step movement and a cyclical linear movement between workpiece rotary table (3) and tool holder (4), in order to enable the hollow bodies (7) to be formed by means of the processing tools (10) in a plurality of consecutive processing steps, and wherein the workpiece holder (6) has a recess (16) for accommodating a hollow body (7) and a wall section (42), which limits the recess (16) in certain areas, has an adjustable geometry, which is designed to narrow the cross-section of the recess (16), in order to enable the hollow body (7) to be fixed on the workpiece holder (6).
US08584501B2
According to the apparatus and method, metals can be molded under a low extrusion pressure, the life of the apparatus is prolonged, the streigth of the metal products is improved, the ignition of the metals is inhibited during processing, the amount of a protective gas used is reduced, and the formation of welding lines is inhibited.
US08584499B2
A method of supplying lubricating oil in cold-rolling by emulsion lubrication, characterized by comprising: using a constant (supply efficiency) obtained under conditions of a specific rolling rate, emulsion supply, emulsion concentration, emulsion temperature, plateout length, rolled material width or roll barrel length, rolling load, grade of the rolled material, and type of lubricating oil and oil film thickness at the time of neat lubrication realized under the specific rolling lubrication conditions to estimate the oil film thickness realized by emulsion lubrication under the specific rolling lubrication conditions and controlling at least one of the emulsion supply, emulsion concentration, emulsion temperature, and plateout length so that the estimated oil film thickness matches with the target oil film thickness.
US08584495B2
An exchangeable cylinder lock includes a plug shell connected to a pin chest. A locking pin is disposed in a radial pin hole in the pin chest and is biased to protrude from an aperture in a cover plate and to engage a lock housing. The locking pin is depressable to retract for disengaging from the lock housing. A locking ring is disposed around the plug proximate to the locking pin, and has at least one indentation. When the plug is rotated using a right key, the locking ring can be rotated to align the indentation with the locking pin so as to permit depression of the locking pin, or to move the indentation away from the locking pin so as to prevent depression of the locking pin.
US08584491B2
The present invention refers to a drawing method for producing cylindrical components of quartz glass in that a quartz glass strand is drawn off in the direction of a drawing axis from a shaping zone of soft quartz glass mass and sections having a cutting length are separated from the quartz glass strand, and the cylindrical components are produced from the sections.
US08584488B2
A process and an apparatus for liquefying a portion of a natural gas stream are disclosed. The natural gas stream is cooled under pressure and divided into a first stream and a second stream. The first stream is cooled, expanded to an intermediate pressure, and supplied to a lower feed point on a distillation column. The second stream is expanded to the intermediate pressure and divided into two portions. One portion is cooled and then supplied to a mid-column feed point on the distillation column; the other portion is used to cool the first stream. The bottom product from this distillation column preferentially contains the majority of any hydrocarbons heavier than methane that would otherwise reduce the purity of the liquefied natural gas, so that the overhead vapor from the distillation column contains essentially only methane and lighter components. This overhead vapor is cooled and condensed, and a portion of the condensed stream is supplied to a top feed point on the distillation column to serve as reflux. A second portion of the condensed stream is expanded to low pressure to form the liquefied natural gas stream.
US08584486B1
An appliance system includes at least an appliance and a module. The appliance door(s) have an exterior surface and an interior surface having a door liner. The appliance door is closed to create an insulated area and the interior surface of the appliance door includes a module-engaging connector. The module is typically removably engaged within the appliance door and includes an insulated compartment within the module and a compartment door as well as a lock for the compartment door. The module also includes a utility connector that engages the appliance door and operably engages the module-engaging connector of the appliance door so that the module receives at least electrical power from the appliance.
US08584482B2
A refrigerator includes a cabinet having a plurality of storage compartments and a cold air generating compartment provided in an upper portion of the cabinet. The cold air generating compartment is in communication with the plurality of the storage compartments and houses a plurality of evaporators, with each evaporator corresponding to a particular storage compartment in the cabinet.
US08584481B2
An integrated air conditioner that controls the operation of a water feed device according to the mode of use. The air conditioner includes a control section that determines whether or not exhaust heat from a condenser 3 is being released outdoors through an exhaust duct 7 according to whether or not an air intake duct 26 or an exhaust duct 7 is fitted, operates a water feed device 8 for leading drain wafer collected in the drain pan to the condenser 3 during both of a cooling operation and a dehumidifying operation if it determines that the heat to be released from the condenser 3 is being released outdoors, and operates the water feed device 8 during the cooling operation and stops the operation of the water feed device 8 during the dehumidifying operation if it determines that the exhaust heat from the condenser 3 is not being released outdoors.
US08584471B2
A thermoacoustic apparatus includes multiple thermoacoustic device stages, such as individual thermoacoustic refrigerators, connected in a looped series such that excess acoustic energy from a first stage forms a part of the input energy to the next successive stage. Each stage includes an acoustic source, a regenerator, and a plurality of heat exchangers. The stages are interconnected by transmission lines. The dimensions of the transmission lines, materials used, and the operating parameters are selected so that that excess acoustic power is communicated to a succeeding stage with a pressure phase at the back of an acoustic source of the succeeding stage such that the electric power required by the acoustic source of the succeeding stage is minimized for a given acoustic power produced by the second stage. Improved operating efficiency of the thermoacoustic apparatus is thereby provided.
US08584462B2
Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) systems and methods utilizing the systems are disclosed for producing a useable form of energy utilizing warm surface seawater and cold seawater from depths up to 2 miles below the surface and utilizing a multi-component working fluid. The systems and methods are designed to maximize energy conversion per unit of cold seawater, the limited resource, achieving relative net outputs compared to a Rankine cycle using a single component fluid by at least 20% and even as high as about 55%.
US08584461B2
The present invention relates to an apparatus, suitable for generating energy in an aquatic environment. A preferred embodiment has at least two water piston assemblies connected to a power transfer system, such as a crankshaft or a rack and pinion drive. Each water piston assembly has a water container that slides within a casing. The casing controls the presence of water within the piston assemblies though a system of doors that opens and closes to assist with water intake and expulsion within the water container. Furthermore, the water container has ports which allow water to drain from the water container onto a water exit assembly. The water is then preferably channeled toward a generator or a turbine that converts the kinetic energy of the water flow into an electrical energy.
US08584454B2
An electrical power generation device (10) utilising movement of the ocean comprising an elongate column (12) journalled in a support structure (14) for universal movement relative thereto. The support structure is adapted to be secured to the sea bed so that the column is disposed for at least partially submerged universal motion relative to the support structure automatically in response to force transmitted by movement of the ocean in which the support structure and the column reside. The support structure may contain an array of piston and cylinder assemblies (32) in such a construction the supported end (26) of the column is adapted to actuate one or more of the piston and cylinder assemblies in random sequence as a result of movement of the column relative to the support structure. The piston and cylinder assemblies are operatively connected to drive electrical power generators (40).
US08584452B2
This invention consists of two or more fixed displacement hydraulic pump/motors mounted on a common input shaft hydraulically connected to two or more fixed hydraulic pump/motors mounted on a common output shaft. The relative displacements of the pump/motors are chosen such that by selectively activating the individual pump/motors, the transmission ratio can be changed in the case when the input devices and acting as pumps driving the output devices as motors (conversely when driving the vehicle in reverse). Further, a hydraulic accumulator and reservoir are attached in a manner that allows the pressurized fluid to augment the flow produce by the input pumps in order to increase the transmission ratio. Similarly, the transmission ratio can also be reduced by causing the input pumps to pump fluid into the accumulator at the same time they are pumping fluid through the output motors. The transmission also contains a single speed all mechanical by-pass for use when cruising and an input reduction gear to increase the torque and power capacity of the transmission.A further feature of the transmission is a valve arrangement that allows the transmission to generate a continuously variable braking torque when the transmission is used to supply braking force to the vehicle.In addition, the transmission includes a selectable, one-way clutch that connects the input directly to the output. When engaged, this clutch provides an all mechanical by-pass to the hydraulic transmission for use when cruising in order to improve the efficiency.
US08584446B2
A method of controlling the regeneration of a particulate filter adapted to filter particulate matter present in exhaust emissions of an engine of a vehicle. The particulate filter is coupled to a heating device adapted to be activated so as to cause the heating of the particulate filter. The method includes sensing at least one operating parameter of the particulate filter, receiving sensed data relating to the at least one sensed operating parameter and conditioning the activation of the heating device based on a comparison of the received data with at least one respective threshold. The method further includes adjusting a value of the at least one threshold based on an operating condition of the vehicle, the operating condition being detected based on the received sensed data.
US08584442B2
A gas turbine engine variable area exhaust nozzle has a plurality of first and second movable members arranged circumferentially around a fan casing extending in downstream. The first and second movable members alternate around the variable area nozzle. During cruise conditions the first and second movable members are in un-actuated positions. At take off conditions the first movable members are in an actuated position and the second movable members are in the un-actuated position. At top of climb conditions the first movable members are in the un-actuated position and the second movable members are in an actuated position. The first movable members move radially outwardly from the un-actuated position to the actuated position and the second movable members move radially inwardly from the un-actuated position to the actuated position.
US08584435B2
A conventional cigarette packet in a transparent film of bi-axially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) with a tear tape for removing the film adhered to the inside of the film. The tear tape bears an indicium which is either hidden or which changes according to the viewing angle when the image is viewed through the film. The image on the tear tape may be scrambled or coded. The overwrap film includes a descrambling or decoding region which reveals the hidden image or renders the image visible when viewed through the overwrap portion, or creates the visual effect of changing the image according to the viewing angle. The descrambling or decoding region typically comprises a diffraction structure, such as a grating, the characteristics of which, such as its pitch, are complementary with the scrambled or coded image and/or with the pitch of any grid or matrix from which the image is composed.
US08584434B2
A tablet supply unit (2) of a medicine packing apparatus (1) has a tablet housing section (22c) including tablet housing chambers (21) for respectively housing the tablets for one dose fed from upper end openings thereof. The tablet housing chambers (21) are arranged in a plurality of rows in an anteroposterior direction and a plurality of columns in a lateral direction. A closing cover (25) opens upper end openings (21a) of all of the tablet housing chambers (21) at an open position and closes the upper end openings (21a) in one or more rows of the tablet housing chambers on a rear side among the tablet housing chambers at a closed position.
US08584428B2
Disclosed are various embodiments of multi-component spin hardware for connecting structural framing members to other structural framing members while allowing desired portions of the framing members to pivot, selectively displacing the framing members to variable positions. The spin hardware generally includes a top bracket, a bottom bracket, and a counter bracket assembly. The spin hardware bracket assemblies can be installed along a vertical axis to provide maximum flexibility and creativity while pivoting structural framing members in any number of configurations.
US08584427B2
The slab edge forming and insulating system includes edge members and support braces. The edge members include an elongated shell having an upright portion with an insulated inside surface, an upper portion and a lower portion. Each of the upper and lower portions has formed edges. Open cross sectioned support braces having upper and lower formed edges for engaging the formed edges of the elongated shell are fixed to a footing and connected to the edge members. The edge members form and insulate the edges of the poured concrete of the slab while the open cross sectioned support braces receive the poured concrete of the slab and thus anchor the edge members to the edge of the slab.
US08584422B2
A first extruded molding and a second extruded molding combined to form an extruded molding set, the moldings joined in a mechanical interlocking manner, the first extruding molding having a release flange and the second extruded molding having a recessed portion that together define a release channel, whereby the first and second molding may be disconnected by inserting a pry tool into the release channel to release the mechanical interlock.
US08584399B2
A planter having a body with a base and a depending sidewall is disclosed. The body has at least three layers, an outer layer, a central layer, and an inner layer. The outer layer is a polyurethane foam. The central layer is fiberglass. The inner layer is polyester resin. A method of making the planter is further disclosed.
US08584398B2
A method for efficiently delivering an aqueous solution to plants includes positioning a distal portion of a microporous hydrophobic tubing coated with a hydrophilic polymer adjacent a root system of a plant and channeling an aqueous solution from an inlet to the distal portion through a lumen. The tubing along the distal portion has a porosity adapted for permitting a flow of the aqueous solution therethrough when acted upon by a surfactant root exudate generated by the roots due to water stress. The aqueous solution is held in a reservoir, from which it can be channeled to the hydrophilic device's inlet. A nutrient solution can also be channeled to the plant roots via additional tubing.
US08584394B1
A rifle scope having a longitudinal dimension and a reticle and having an adjustment mechanism for changing the apparent reticle position seen through the scope, relative to a straight line extending along the longitudinal dimension of the scope. The scope includes an objective assembly defining an objective center line extending from the center of the assembly front to the center of the assembly back. Also, a housing includes an outer objective housing, and a tubular housing. An optical train is supported inside the tubular housing defining a train center line extending longitudinally through the center of the optical train. The objective assembly is mounted in the outer objective housing so as to have freedom to be repositioned, thereby changing the position of the assembly center line relative to the train center line and an actuation mechanism is adapted to reposition the objective assembly, in response to manipulation of the actuator.
US08584390B1
An elastomeric O-ring compressed between a laminated plastic grip panel and a pistol grip frame provides a vibration dampening structure for a pistol. The elastomeric O-rings are placed around fastener bushings on the grip frame. The grip panels are secured to the grip frame by inserting threaded fasteners through fastener holes in the grip panel into the fastener bushings. Each O-ring is received by the grip panel in a corresponding annular recess that has a depth that is less than the diameter of the O-ring. When the threaded fasteners are tightened, the elastomeric O-rings are compressed between the grip frame and the grip panel. The compressed O-rings prevent loosening of the threaded fasteners by improving the vibration dampening characteristics of the pistol and by increasing frictional pressure between the grip panel and the head of each threaded fastener.
US08584385B2
The interactive greeting card of the present disclosure and related inventions combines a traditional paper card with one or more special effects that are initiated by interaction between a user and the greeting card. One or more touch sensors are used to initiate effects including, but not limited to sound, light, movement or a combination thereof.
US08584380B2
Articles of footwear may include self-adjusting studs that adjust to various types of conditions, environmental changes, and applied forces. The self-adjusting studs may have a first portion and a second portion of different levels of compressibilities and/or retractabilities that compress and extend based on the type of surface on which the wearer is walking or running This footwear with self-adjusting studs may easily transition between surfaces of varying hardness without causing damage to the surface, but also providing the wearer with the necessary amount of traction on each type of surface. Wearers will enjoy the benefit of being able to move on various surfaces without the need to change their footwear multiple times to accommodate the wearer's varying traction needs on different surfaces.
US08584379B2
An article of footwear including different cleat sizes is disclosed. The article of footwear includes cleats of a first size along the medial side of the outsole and cleats of a second size along the lateral side of the outsole. The cleats also include spherical indentations along their tips. The outsole also includes an internal structural plate with notches associated with the cleats.
US08584377B2
An article of footwear is disclosed having at least one elongated heel support member. The elongated heel support member may be angled and extend from a heel region to a midfoot region, in order to disperse forces applied by a wearer's heel during movement. The heel system may include two heel support members, each associated with a side of the article of footwear. The article of footwear may also include a series of ribs in the midfoot region, which may abut a front edge of the heel support members. Finally, the article of footwear may include asymmetric side flaps extending downward from an upper plate so as to overlap a midsole.
US08584376B2
An insole which is substantially adapted to the profile of a human foot and comprises, in the mid-foot region, an elastically deformable arch facing the foot, characterized in that a reinforcement element is located on the side of the insole facing away from the foot in the region of the arch, said reinforcement element being made of a different material with a greater stiffness than the material of the insole and having a convex shape.
US08584375B2
The drying method performs drying the honeycomb formed article by such an arrangement that superheated steam or mixed gas of steam and hot air, temperature and humidity of which is regulated so that wet-bulb temperature thereof becomes 70° C. or higher, is made to pass through the cells of the honeycomb formed article. The drying apparatus includes a steam supply unit that supplies the superheated steam, a buffer chamber that aligns the superheated steam supplied from the steam supply unit, an upper chamber disposed above the buffer chamber to locate the honeycomb formed article, and a hood unit that recovers the superheated steam which has passed through the honeycomb formed article.
US08584373B2
A tape rule assembly includes a housing; a reel rotatably mounted in the housing; an elongated blade wound on the reel and extendable through an opening in the housing, the blade having a distal end; a hook connected to the blade at the distal end; and a coil spring within the housing and configured to rotate the reel in the housing in a direction to wind up the blade. The elongated blade has a coating provided on at least one side thereof. The coating has a first thickness at a first portion proximate the distal end, a second thickness at a second portion of the blade that is rearward to the first portion and a third thickness at a third portion of the blade that is rearward of the second portion. The second thickness is less than the first thickness and the third thickness is less than the second thickness.
US08584369B2
An assembly for an angular position measuring device includes a shaft having a measuring standard for measuring a rotational movement about an axis. The shaft has a shoulder as an integral component, on which a roller bearing is mounted in axial abutment. Arranged between the shoulder of the shaft and the roller bearing is a groove which is oriented with a radial directional component and is connected to a hollow space for receiving lubricant, the hollow space being bounded in the radial direction by a ring of the roller bearing and by the shaft.
US08584363B2
The invention relates to a method for making an acoustic panel (12) for an air intake lip (2) of a nacelle (1) that includes the steps of obtaining a perforated de-icing assembly (14) including at least one array of conducting members obtained by a photolithographic method, said de-icing member (14) being secured to a structure with a cellular web (13). The invention also relates to an air intake lip and to a nacelle.
US08584357B2
The invention relates to a device for the production or repair of a blade for a gas turbine, said device comprising: a holding device for holding a blade or an aerofoil of a blade; a lowering mechanism for lowering the blade or the aerofoil; a container for receiving power and/or for receiving the blade or the aerofoil; a heating device; and a radiation source, wherein the heating device is formed as an induction coil.
US08584354B2
Glass interposer panels and methods for forming the same are described herein. The interposer panels include a glass substrate core formed from an ion-exchangeable glass. A first layer of compressive stress may extend from a first surface of the glass substrate into the thickness T of the glass substrate core to a first depth of layer D1. A second layer of compressive stress may be spaced apart from the first layer of compressive stress and extending from a second surface of the glass substrate core into the thickness T of the glass substrate core to a second depth of layer D2. A plurality of through-vias may extend through the thickness T of the glass substrate core. Each through-via is surrounded by an intermediate zone of compressive stress that extends from the first layer of compressive stress to the second layer of compressive stress adjacent to a sidewall of each through-via.
US08584342B2
A method for retaining lubrication in a splined joint comprises the steps of forming a seal between an inward surface of a grease seal cup and a first component, forming another seal between an outward surface of the grease seal cup and a sealing member extending from a second component, and engaging an end portion of the grease seal cup with an end portion of the first component, so that the end portion of the grease seal cup resists axial displacement of the grease seal cup during engagement of the first component with the second component. The grease seal cup of the method has a cylindrical portion integral with the end portion. The cylindrical portion has a tapered annular wall with the inward and outward surfaces. The end portion of the grease seal cup extends radially and inwardly from the cylindrical portion, so that the tapered annular wall is squeezed between the first component and the sealing member. The pre-fabricated light weight grease seal cup can be used in existing splined joints without adversely affecting the weight balance.
US08584335B2
A convenient-used securing clamp comprises a pair of clamp hands, two distance-fixing clamps, two groups of throat pipe moulds and a mould base, wherein the distance-fixing clamp is a split structure that consists of two pieces which can be closed together or released; the throat pipe moulds are set inside the distance-fixing clamps with the same split structure, so as to be closed and released along with the distance-fixing clamps; the mould base is also the split structure, with its upper part connected with the distance-fixing clamps and the lower part connected with the pair of clamp hands, so that as the pair of clamp hands releases and closes, the mould base releases and closes.
US08584317B2
A ceiling track system including a guiding rail, in which at least one wall element is received and an encasing element that is affixed to the guiding rail. A long leg extends in a vertical joining direction and has a latching geometry, into which a latching hook can be latched such that the encasing element is affixed to the guiding rail in a self-retaining manner. The long leg has a web with a projection. The guiding rail has a groove into which the projection engages for the purpose of self-retaining the encasing element. Adjacent to the groove the guiding rail has a screw reception into which a screw element is screwable by which a clamping action is achieved. The screw reception is at an angle with regard to the vertical joining direction.
US08584312B2
A cleaning apparatus for cleaning an object to be cleaned by allowing a cleaning medium caused to fly by an air flow to collide with the object to be cleaned is provided. The cleaning apparatus includes a cleaning tank in which the cleaning medium is caused to fly by the air flow and which has an opening to allow the object to be cleaned to pass through; a cleaning medium accelerating part provided at a bottom part of the cleaning tank and to inject the air flow to cause the cleaning medium to fly; a hollow elongated member having substantially the same inner diameter as a diameter of the opening, connected outside the opening, and configured to form a movement path for the object to be cleaned; and a cleaning medium returning part to return the cleaning medium stagnant in the hollow elongated member into the cleaning tank.
US08584311B2
This patent relates to devices that can be manipulated by a user to expel or draw in a material. In one example, a hand-operable vacuum device can include an interface portion configured to contact a material. The hand-operable vacuum device can also include a deformable portion that extends along an axis that passes through the interface portion and wherein the deformable portion includes at least one longitudinally-oriented resilient structure that extends generally parallel to the axis.
US08584310B2
A vacuum electronic power tool sense system senses the operation of a power tool that is plugged into an onboard power outlet and the vacuum source is automatically operated to facilitate user clean-up of debris generated by use of the power tool. A delay period can be utilized to maintain the vacuum source is an on state for a predetermined period of time after the power tool is turned off.
US08584308B2
A portable vacuum cleaning system includes a portable vacuum unit for cleaning debris. The vacuum unit is powered by a self-contained first electric power storage device and may be carried with a strap in backpack-fashion. The system also includes a cart defining a receptacle for receiving the vacuum unit. The vacuum unit may be used when supported by the cart or when carried by an operator. A second electric power storage device is supported by the cart and electrically connectable to the vacuum unit for charging the first electric power storage device when the vacuum unit is supported by the cart. Further, when disposed in the cart, the vacuum unit is disposed at an angle of about 45 degrees allowing for ease of movement of the cart.
US08584307B2
A coverage robot including a chassis, multiple drive wheel assemblies disposed on the chassis, and a cleaning assembly carried by the chassis. Each drive wheel assembly including a drive wheel assembly housing, a wheel rotatably coupled to the housing, and a wheel drive motor carried by the drive wheel assembly housing and operable to drive the wheel. The cleaning assembly including a cleaning assembly housing, a cleaning head rotatably coupled to the cleaning assembly housing, and a cleaning drive motor carried by cleaning assembly housing and operable to drive the cleaning head. The wheel assemblies and the cleaning assembly are each separately and independently removable from respective receptacles of the chassis as complete units.
US08584305B2
A coverage robot including a chassis, multiple drive wheel assemblies disposed on the chassis, and a cleaning assembly carried by the chassis. Each drive wheel assembly including a drive wheel assembly housing, a wheel rotatably coupled to the housing, and a wheel drive motor carried by the drive wheel assembly housing and operable to drive the wheel. The cleaning assembly including a cleaning assembly housing, a cleaning head rotatably coupled to the cleaning assembly housing, and a cleaning drive motor carried by cleaning assembly housing and operable to drive the cleaning head. The wheel assemblies and the cleaning assembly are each separately and independently removable from respective receptacles of the chassis as complete units.
US08584304B2
A painting kit includes one or more paint pads and a paint tray. The paint tray includes a reservoir for holding a supply of paint, and means for transferring paint to a paint pad. In one embodiment the paint tray includes a rotating cylinder to transfer paint from the paint reservoir to one or more paint pads. In another embodiment, one or more paint pedestal surfaces are coated with paint from the reservoir in order to transfer paint to paint pads. Each of the paint pads and the trays includes features to selectively apply paint to the paint pad and to avoid applying paint to selected longitudinal edges of the paint pad. The lack of paint along the longitudinal edges helps to prevent paint from dripping or being forced from the longitudinal edge onto adjacent dry surfaces, and thereby enables a user to paint uniformly near edges while avoiding adjacent areas.
US08584303B2
The invention relates to a wiper arm (1) for a window wiper system, in particular for a motor vehicle, with a wiper rod (2) and a control rod (5) which is movable relative to the wiper rod (2) and is coupled to the wiper rod (2), wherein the control rod (5) can be fixed by means of an articulated shell (21) on an articulated head (13) of a window wiper system. According to the invention, the articulated shell (21) is designed as an articulated shell component (14) which is separate from a fastening component (11) fixed to the control rod (5) and can be fixed to the fastening component (11). Furthermore, the invention relates to a window wiper system and to an installation method.
US08584302B2
A self-cleaning retractable putty knife is disclosed that wipes moist putty residues off its blade by retracting the blade into the handle of the knife. The handle includes a retraction aperture which wipingly contacts the majority of the blade surface during retraction of the blade. The retraction aperture is formed of a flexible material able remain in continuous wiping contact with the blade, even if the blade has a tapered dimension. Alternatively, the aperture can include spring-loaded movable gates that maintain continuous wiping contact with the blade. In some embodiments, the blade can be selectably locked at various positions to provide various extension lengths. The blade can be retracted either manually or mechanically.
US08584293B1
A device for removing metallic and other contaminant particles accumulated on footwear, comprises in one embodiment, a housing and a grid of cleaning rods supported by the housing. The grid of cleaning rods typically includes rotating rods and non-rotating rods which vibrate. Some of the rotating rods are provided with brushing elements and some of the rotating rods are provided with magnetic elements or are magnetic. The rotating rods with the magnetic elements or which are magnetic, remove the metallic contaminant particles from the footwear.
US08584285B1
The present invention is a travel pillow that provides head cushioning, lateral support and stays in place when the user is in a seated position or semi-reclined. The travel pillow including a neck support cradle, head base contour to provide vertical head support, head support platform, side buttresses to provide lateral head support and support bases to achieve an anatomically neutral position for the cervical spine.
US08584281B2
A surgery table utilizing first and second hinged supports that form a frame supporting a patient. First and second connectors hold the first and second supports to first and second piers. Each pier is formed with a base with a linked positioning mechanism for each connector and support member. Each positioning mechanism utilizes a column and a first arm having a proximal portion and a distal portion. The first arm proximal portion is axially rotatable relative to the first column. The second arm possesses a proximal portion and a distal portion such that the second arm proximal portion is axially rotatable relative to the distal portion of the first arm. The second arm distal portion links to the frame connector. A controller determines the axial rotation of the proximal portions of the first and second arms to determine an overall configuration of the frame.
US08584280B2
A pediatric surgical table configured to allow easy and quick positioning of an infant prior to craniofacial surgery which includes a head cradle with cheek supports, a chest ramp and a body support pad. The body support pad is provided with an abdominal trough to facilitate unhindered abdominal movement during breathing and a genital trough to allow placement of a urinary catheter. The chest ramp stabilizes the infant once positioned and decreases the risk of hyperextension of the neck. The cheek supports reduce the risk of ocular compression and a open chin rest area allows unrestricted placement of endotracheal tube. Straps are provided to secure the infant in place. The orientation of the chest ramp and head cradle allows for substantial adjustment of cervical extension and provides the surgeon with clear and unobstructed access to the frontal, parietal and occipital portion of the infant's skull.
US08584275B2
A device and associated method transfer a person having a handicap from one location to another, such as into or out of a wheelchair, bed, or bathtub. A wheeled base provides mobility to the device. A post and lifter arm support the patient during the transfer. The post is connected to a stabilization arm, which temporarily connects using a stabilization interface to a stabilization bracket. The stabilization bracket is typically attached rather permanently to a wall, ceiling, or other structural feature that provides substantial stability to the system. In various embodiments, the lifter arm may be actuated by hydraulics, the stabilization arm may be extendable, and a pair of extra wheels on the mobility base are adjustable horizontally (e.g., along one hedge of the base frame) or vertically (down to decrease the load on the casters, or up to allow the lifter to be “crabbed” sideways in confined spaces).
US08584270B2
A child's potty (10) comprises a bowl (12) within a substantially continuous surrounding skirt (40), seat portions (16) being formed on the rim of the bowl between the bowl and the skirt, and a raised backrest (30) at the rear of the potty, and a discharge spout (20) extending from the bowl under the backrest to an outlet (22) at the rear of the potty, to allow the potty to be emptied hygienically without contamination of the sides and seat portions.
US08584264B2
A cheek pad for mounting on an inside of a helmet shell includes an attaching member and a cushion member, the attaching member including a base member mounted in contact with the shell and a form-maintaining member disposed at an inner lower section of the base member in a space provided with respect to the cushion member for simultaneously keeping a surface of the cushion member in a profile corresponding to the cheek and chin of a wearer when the helmet is worn by a wearer and, following displacement that causes the space to contract, is restored so as to return to an original location under normal circumstances, and kept there. Elastic members are positioned in the space between the base member and the form-maintaining member to help restore the space to an original configuration subsequent to contraction.
US08584262B2
A bib is described that includes multiple flaps, each flap providing a surface to prevent soiling of clothing. The flaps are secured to one another through multiple fastening mechanisms, which may include one or more magnets. A neck bridge portion couples the plurality of flaps to one another.
US08590061B1
An optimal input design method and apparatus to achieve rapid broadband nanomechanical measurements of soft materials using the indentation-based method for the investigation of fast evolving phenomenon, such as the crystallization process of polymers, the nanomechanical measurement of live cell during cell movement, and force volume mapping of nonhomogeneous materials, are presented. The indentation-based nanomechanical measurement provides unique quantification of material properties at specified locations. Particularly, an input force profile with discrete spectrum is optimized to maximize the Fisher information matrix of the linear compliance model of the soft material.
US08590052B2
Enabling discretionary data access control in a cloud computing environment can begin with the obtainment of a data request and response message by an access manager service. The response message can be generated by a data storage service in response to the data request. The access manager service can identify owner-specified access rules and/or access exceptions applicable to the data request. An access response can be determined using the applicable owner-specified access rules and/or access exceptions. Both the response message and the access response can indicate the allowance or denial of access to the requested data artifact. The access response can be compared to the response message. If the access response does not match the response message, the response message can be overridden to express the access response. If the access response matches the response message, the response message can be conveyed to the originating entity of the data request.
US08590051B2
According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes an identifier generation module, an identifier write module, an identifier storage, and a removable media control module. The identifier generation module generates a media identifier for a removable medium connected to the information processing apparatus. The identifier write module writes the generated media identifier in a predetermined area in the removable medium. The identifier storage stores the generated media identifier in an identifier list. The removable media control module permits use of a removable medium which is newly connected to the information processing apparatus if a media identifier included in the identifier list is written in a predetermined area in the newly connected removable medium.
US08590050B2
An embodiment of the invention is a program for dynamically managing files to comply with security requirements. In one embodiment, changing security requirements require that the computer system identifies the current storage locations of files along with the files' respective security levels. Files containing changed security levels due to the changed security requirements are relocated to storage locations clustered with storage locations containing files of the same security level. In another embodiment, the computer system receives a file having a certain security level, identifies current storage locations of files with the files' respective security levels, and finally allocates the new file to a storage location clustered with storage locations containing files of the same security level.
US08590049B2
A method and apparatus for providing an anonymization of data are disclosed. For example, the method receives a request for anonymizing, wherein the request comprises a bipartite graph for a plurality of associations or a table that encodes the plurality of associations for the bipartite graph. The method places each node in the bipartite graph in a safe group and provides an anonymized graph that encodes the plurality of associations of the bipartite graph, if a safe group for all nodes of the bipartite graph is found.
US08590045B2
A method of detecting malware on a computer system. The method comprises monitoring the behavior of trusted applications running on the computer system and, in the event that unexpected behavior of an application is detected, identifying a file or files responsible for the unexpected behavior and tagging the file(s) as malicious or suspicious. The unexpected behavior of the application may comprise, for example, dropping executable files, performing modifications to a registry branch which is not a registry branch of the application, reading a file type class which is not a file type class of the application, writing portable executable (PE) files, and crashing and re-starting of the application.
US08590041B2
A method for preventing malware attacks may include rewriting instructions that are intercepted from an application launched on an electronic device. The instructions are determined to have attempted to access a sensitive system resource. The rewritten instructions are executed on the electronic device and the results are observed.
US08590037B2
A method and system of controlling access to a hardware or software feature provided by a host is disclosed. An application seeking authorization to access a feature transmits a credential and an index to a host agent within the host. The index is associated with the requested feature. The host agent reads credential validation data from a storage location corresponding to the index in a non-volatile storage device in communication with the host. The validity of the credential is determined based on the credential validation data, and an authorization is transmitted if the credential is valid. A third party can control the outcome of the validity determination by sending an instruction to the host to replace the credential validation data with invalid data that causes the validity test to fail. The third party can also control the non-volatile storage device data used by the application to calculate the credential.
US08590033B2
Proper function and security of a complex network for communicating data within a process control system may be manually or automatically “locked-down” with a single command for an entire process control network or portions of the network. A user or application monitors network communication over multiple network devices. Once the network is configured and properly communicates data over the process control network, the application may lock down the network by deactivating or “locking out” access points on the network that are open and unused or have invalid connections. Locking down the network may essentially freeze it in a properly configured and functioning state and restrict future re-configuration of the network devices or harmful communication over an open or unused access point. When locked, is a currently connected device is unplugged and a different device is plugged into the access point, the network device may refuse the connection.
US08590032B2
Techniques for determining which resource access requests are handled locally at a remote computer, and which resource access requests are routed or “redirected” through a virtual private network. One or more routing or “redirection” rules are downloaded from a redirection rule server to a remote computer. When the node of the virtual private network running on the remote computer receives a resource access request, it compares the identified resource with the rules. Based upon how the identified resource matches one or more rules, the node will determine whether the resource access request is redirected through the virtual private network or handled locally (e.g., retrieved locally from another network). A single set of redirection rules can be distributed to and employed by a variety of different virtual private network communication techniques.
US08590028B2
Techniques and tools are described which provide control access mechanisms for contents made available by a service provider to a user. The user, after a registration process, uses a mobile application on a mobile device to generate a one-time content key. The content key is input into a set-top box which validates the key and provides access to the protected content. The mobile application allows for password protection for the user, as well as a recharging ability when its one-time content keys are exhausted.
US08590026B2
The present invention provides a method and system for automated test for human presence at a client device capable of receiving touch sensitive response. At a server, the method includes receiving and storing user profile information. Receiving request from client device to access a resource on a server. Generating a query based on the user profile information and the query requiring user to generate a touch sensitive response. Receiving the user generated response and authenticating the user if the touch sensitive response matches a predefined response for the query stored on the server.
US08590023B2
Embodiments of a mobile device and methods automatically connecting to a Wi-Fi Hotspot 2.0 are generally described herein. In some embodiments, subscription information for one or more service providers (SP) that operate Wi-Fi networks is stored in a subscription data object of the mobile device. The subscription information includes home service provider information, policy information and pre-provisioned credentials. The mobile device may be configured to determine, without user interaction, if the subscription information is applicable to an available Wi-Fi network and perform without user interaction, an extensible authentication protocol (EAP) based authentication using the pre-provisioned credentials with the available Wi-Fi network to establish a Wi-Fi connection with the available Wi-Fi network. This automatic connectivity may allow a mobile device to roam across Wi-Fi hotspots of Wi-Fi networks and offload traffic to Wi-Fi networks.
US08590013B2
In one embodiment, a system processes access decisions for individuals where the system includes a portable handheld housing for the processor, display, internal memory, and card reader of the system. The system further includes software comprising: code for downloading, in a first mode of operation through the wireless communication circuitry, to the internal memory, access rights information from a distribution server, the access rights information, for multiple users, independently originating and being cryptographically authenticated from multiple sources, the access rights information revocation data that is specific to respective identified individual users; code for reading and processing identity information and access rights information from a portable memory card via the reader in a second mode of operation, the identify information comprising first and last name information pertaining to a specific user and employer organization information of the specific user, the code for reading and processing cryptographically authenticating information.
US08590012B2
A gateway controls access to a region of a network by either granting or denying a client machine access to the network region based on whether a particular program is running on the client machine. A program is installed on the client machine which sends a detectable indication that the program is running. When it is detected that the program is running, the gateway allows the client machine access to the network region. When the program is not detected to be running, the gateway denies the client machine access to the network region.
US08590008B1
A system and method for integrating the Internet front end-sign on processes of the various systems of a financial institution which allows a customer to view and access its various financial accounts with the institution.During the initial sign up for the online access. to its accounts, a customer creates his/her User ID and password online during the same session. Once the customer has signed on (password) and verified ownership of at least one account, the system displays all of the customer's accounts that are available for access via the Internet website. The online ownership verification uses only a single account of the customer and the ownership verification criteria associated with the account. The account used for verifying a customer is first determined based on the accounts selected by the customer for accessing online. From the selected accounts, the system of the present invention creates a verification hierarchy with respect to the accounts. When determining the verification to use for the single ownership verification, the present invention selects the account from the hierarchy with the most stringent requirements.
US08590004B2
Disclosed is a method and system for network access control, including an authentication proxy that authenticates different access-points, retrieves data from security databases and from Network Monitoring Systems, processing said data according to a dynamic security policy and using said processing outcome to determine the access level which will be granted to an access point in the network.
US08589998B2
A method and apparatus is disclosed that is capable of transmitting video signals and/or audio signals using the HDMI interface standard or the DisplayPort interface standard. A dual mode transmitter is disclosed that is configurable to transmit to a first sink device, configured in accordance with a HDMI display interface, in a HDMI mode of operation and/or a second sink device, configured in accordance with a DisplayPort display interface, in a DisplayPort mode of operation. The dual mode transmitter is configured to receive a biasing current from the first sink device in the HDMI mode of operation or to internally provide the biasing current in DisplayPort mode of operation by selecting impedances from selectable impedance networks. The dual mode transmitter is configured to transmit the video signals and/or audio signals by biasing one or more transistors using the biasing current.
US08589996B2
A method is provided for managing over-the-top delivery of content through a plurality of content delivery networks (CDN). The method provided works transparently with standard HTTP servers supporting an initial request for content from a client to a first preferred CDN. If the first CDN does not have the content, the method includes provisions for the first CDN to acquire the content from a second CDN, or for the client to request the content from a second CDN directly. A system is also specified for implementing a client and server infrastructure in accordance with the provisions of the method.
US08589994B2
A data collection and distribution system for monitoring aircraft in flight, on the ground and at the gate or terminal for monitoring critical and catastrophic events, managing the emergency during such an event, and for investigating the event. The system generates, transmits and collects critical data generated by monitoring equipment onboard an aircraft or other commercial transport and selectively displays the data on a cockpit display console as well as for downloading, transmitting and displaying data at external monitoring and response stations, including fixed ground stations, roving ground stations and chase aircraft or vehicles. Digital surveillance information is collected, processed, dispatched, and log via remote control and access. The system includes a variety of system appliances such as surveillance cameras, sensors, detectors, and panic buttons and accommodates legacy equipment. Within the commercial transport, the system maybe hardwired or may use wireless transmission and receiving systems.
US08589992B2
A method and system for a video workflow automation platform (VWAP) for publishing a video feed in multiple formats is described.
US08589986B2
A user can share Internet assets or content URLs via a second display device with other Internet content service users. Thus, the other users will be able to view the same content on their own internet protocol televisions (IPTV), as first display devices, without the need to search for the content in the content providing service. When the shared content is URLs, the recipient can even preview the content from the URL on the second display device before sending it to the recipient's internet protocol television (IPTV).
US08589981B2
A method for providing widgets and a TV using the same are disclosed. The method for providing widgets includes searching for widgets related to a certain keyword or a broadcast program among widgets provided by a plurality of content providers, and displaying the searched widgets on a widget search list classified according to content provider. A user can thereby search for and use the widgets provided from various content providers more easily.
US08589977B1
Methods and apparatus for improving channel browsing experience for users by control scroll rates in guide listings are described. A user can scroll through channel listings arranged according to program genre at a high maximum scroll rate. The scroll rate is automatically reduced, and in some embodiments scrolling is temporarily paused, when listings corresponding to a new genre are displayed. In this way a high maximum scroll rate can be supported but without the risk of a user unintentionally scrolling through an entire genre of programs of interest even if the genre only includes one or a few programs in total. Thus, in various embodiments a scrolling rate is decreased when a change in the genre of programs from a first genre of programs being displayed to a second genre of programs being displayed occurs as part of said scrolling.
US08589960B2
A disc drive for suppressing warpage deformation of a disc tray generated as initial deformation during molding is provided. A supporting structure of a disc tray 4 provided to be inserted into and ejected from a drive housing 1′ through a tray insertion/ejection opening 15 is provided with guide mechanisms 12a and 12b which slidably support a tray body 4a in the depth direction as viewed from the tray insertion/ejection opening 15 in an interior space of the drive housing 1′, and a protrusion 21 which is slidably contacted to an upper end of the guide mechanism 12a on a lower surface of a wing part 4b protruding from the tray body 4a on the side where a disc protrudes in the width direction.
US08589958B2
Provided is a disc drive including a tray which receives a disc thereon, slides into and out of a main chassis, and includes a pickup transporting unit which linearly moves a pickup base in a radial direction of the disc. The disc drive also includes a lock release unit which is driven by the pickup transporting unit to release locking of the tray from the main chassis, and includes a lock lever unit which includes a supporting hole for rotating the lock lever unit, and a hook unit to be combined with a locking protrusion arranged at the main chassis.
US08589951B2
Techniques are disclosed for providing support for objects that are selectably mutable during runtime. In one embodiment, an application programming interface (API) is provided that includes procedures for sealing and unsealing an object during runtime. Applications may use the API to prevent the object from being inadvertently modified, without having to create defensive copies of the object. Accordingly, processing and/or memory costs associated with executing the application may be reduced.
US08589946B2
A method for preventing a browser timeout resulting from multiple requests sent from a client to a server is provided. In response to receiving a request from the client, an application thread is initialized on the server for submitting data to the client. The application thread is observed using a daemon observation thread. If a loading time of the application thread exceeds a timeout, the application thread is terminated. In response to terminating the application thread, an empty response is sent to the client. In response to receiving the empty response to the client, a determination is made whether to make an additional request to the server.
US08589945B2
A method to locate, resolve, and invoke software functions, wherein the method forms a request comprising a resource identifier, resolves the request to an endpoint, evaluates the request by the endpoint to generate a resource representation.
US08589935B2
A computing system (10) includes a plurality of hardware computing resources (12-36) controlled at least in part by a plurality of autonomous computing agents (40,42,44). Each autonomous computing agent (40,42,44) includes or has access to operating information including processing information (46), resource information (48), optimization information (50), and communication information (52). The computing agents (40,42,44) collaborate to optimize performance of the system (10) and to assign computing tasks to the resources (12-36) according to a predetermined strategy. The predetermined strategy may seek to optimize speed, power, or communication efficiency of the system 10. Each agent (40,42,44) may optimize performance of the system (10) by assigning tasks to best-fit resources or by reconfiguring one or more resources. The agents (40,42,44) may collaborate to optimize performance of the system (10) by sharing resource and task information and assigning tasks to best-fit resources based on the shared information, reconfiguring one or more resources based on the shared information, or both.
US08589934B2
A data processing apparatus comprises processing circuitry arranged to process processing threads using resources accessible to the processing circuitry. A pipeline is provided for handling at least two pending threads awaiting processing by the processing circuitry. The pipeline includes at least one resource-requesting pipeline stage for requesting access to resources for the pending threads. A priority controller controls priority levels of the pending threads. The priority levels define a priority with which pending threads are granted access to resources. When a pending thread reaches a final pipeline stage, if the request resources are not yet available then the priority level of that thread is raised selectively and the thread is returned to a first pipeline stage of the pipeline. If the requested resources are available then the thread is forwarded from the pipeline.
US08589931B2
A method, apparatus, and program product manage scheduling of a plurality of jobs in a parallel computing system of the type that includes a plurality of computing nodes and is disposed in a data center. The plurality of jobs are scheduled for execution on a group of computing nodes from the plurality of computing nodes based on the physical locations of the plurality of computing nodes in the data center. The group of computing nodes is further selected so as to distribute at least one of a heat load and an energy load within the data center. The plurality of jobs may be additionally scheduled based upon an estimated processing requirement for each job of the plurality of jobs.
US08589927B2
A trace module generates timestamps while tracing characteristics of a data processing apparatus or processing is performed by the data processing apparatus. When a predetermined event occurs, a timestamp request flag is set to indicate that a timestamp request is pending. Upon generation of a following trace packet, it is determined whether the timestamp request flag indicates that a timestamp request is pending, and if a request is pending then a timestamp is generated corresponding to the following trace packet, and the timestamp request flag is set to indicate that there is no pending timestamp request.
US08589922B2
A number of hypervisor register fields are set to specify which processor cores are allowed to generate a number of performance events for a particular thread group. A plurality of threads for an application running in the computing environment to a plurality of thread groups are configured by a plurality of thread group fields in a plurality of control registers. A number of counter sets are allowed to count a number of thread group events originating from one of a shared resource and a shared cache are specified by a number of additional hypervisor register fields.
US08589920B2
A technique for executing a segmented virtual machine (VM) is disclosed. A plurality of core VMs is implemented in a plurality of core spaces. Each core VM is associated with one of a plurality of shell VMs. Resources of the core spaces are allocated among the core VMs.
US08589915B2
A virtual installation map, and method involving installing a software functionality using the same, the virtual installation map including a first software installation map including a plurality of software elements representative of a related software file, the software elements also including at least one dependency to another software element. The virtual installation map further including a second software installation map also including a second plurality of software elements representative of related software file along with related dependencies. The first and second software installation maps may be hosted in separate databases and may relate to software products provided by different vendors. One or both software installation maps may include a pointer or other reference to the other installation map thereby providing a virtual installation map, in one example.
US08589910B2
A mobile device management (“MDM”) server coordinates firmware over-the-air (“FOTA”) updates for mobile devices utilizing presence information. In accordance with some the concepts and technologies disclosed herein, a MDM server utilizes presence information for a subscriber obtained from a presence server to determine when it is appropriate to initiate a MDM session with the subscriber's mobile device over which to deliver a FOTA package to the subscriber's mobile device.
US08589906B2
A software update method for a display device includes: storing a first software program by a first memory of a computer device; electrically coupling the computer device to the display device; controlling a display card of the computer device by a public application programming interface (API) function of a driver program of the display card or by a physical address of the display card searched by a search program coded by an operating system of the computer device; transferring the first software program stored in the first memory to the display device through a display data channel (DDC) of the controlled display card; and, receiving the first software program by the display device and updating a second software program stored in a second memory of the display device into the first software program by a microcontroller of the display device.
US08589902B2
In a method of building a firmware component to execute a sequence of instructions in a device having a computer, a plurality of build files is processed to form a set of buildable statements of hardware policy. The buildable statements are decoded to form a Configuration Manager namespace. Contents of the Configuration Manager namespace are linked to a UEFI compatible kernel program having a Configuration Manager capability. Alternatively, a data stream representing the contents of the Configuration Manager namespace is encoded to form a Configuration Manager database readable by the UEFI compatible kernel program at a run-time. A plurality of UEFI device driver programs and the UEFI compatible kernel program are linked to form the firmware component.
US08589900B2
A code region forming part of a computer program is modified during execution of the computer program by a plurality of threads. In one aspect, identical modification instructions are provided to each thread for modifying a site in the code region having a desirable idempotent atomic modification, and the modification instructions direct each thread to make the desirable idempotent atomic modification. In another aspect, a thread is selected to modify the code region, each thread other than the selected thread is directed to execute an alternative execution path that generates output identical to the output of the code region after the code region has been modified, and, responsive to directing each thread other than the selected thread, the selected thread is directed to modify the code region.
US08589898B2
A computer-implemented method for evaluating a machine-executable software code specification includes using the computer to generate a system dependence graph corresponding to the software code specification. The system dependence graph includes elements including nodes and edges. The computer evaluates the system dependence graph including selecting a variable modified in the software code specification, providing a control operation node of the system dependence graph corresponding to a control statement in the software code specification with a preferred calibration state, traversing to selected elements of the system dependence graph wherein the selected elements are associated with the selected variable and the preferred calibration state of the control operation node, evaluating only the selected elements of the system dependence graph, and identifying ones of the selected elements whereat a state of the selected variable is modified.
US08589894B2
A computer-implemented method for monitoring an object-oriented application is disclosed. A transaction-representative-digraph is built based upon a real-time running of the application, and the digraph contains nodes of a plurality of replaceable classes. A key node is selected based upon invocation relationships between the nodes. A monitor program is instrumented at the selected key node.
US08589886B2
The present invention relates to a system and a method for creating hardware and/or software test sequences and in particular, to such a system and method in which modular building blocks are used to create, sequence and schedule a large scale testing sequence using a matrix like platform.
US08589885B2
Launching a debugging process. A method includes at a compute node on a cluster private network, receiving a debug job via a scheduler of a head node from a client on a public network. The head node is connected to both the cluster private network and the public network. The public network is external to the cluster private network. The method further includes beginning processing the debug job, and as a result initiating debugging by starting one or more debugger remote agents at the compute node. The method further includes beginning processing a user job in the presence of the started debugger remote agents at the compute node. The client is informed that the one or more debugger remote agents are ready to debug the user job. A debugger client at the client is connected to the one or more debugger remote agents.
US08589881B2
Provided is a web-based software debugging apparatus and method for remote debugging. The web-based software debugging apparatus may include: a web interface to provide a web browser that enables a user to make a request for a debugging service for software performed in a remote target system, and to verify a debugging result of the software; a debugger client to receive the debugging service request for the software via the web interface, and to provide the debugging result to the web interface; and a debugger server to receive the debugging service request from the debugger client, and to transmit the debugging result to the debugger client after debugging the software through a connection to the target system according to the debugging service request.
US08589877B2
One or more document templates defining deployment procedures associated with deploying a packaged software application are obtained. One or more objects are created representing the one or more document templates and one or more elements of the one or more documents, and one or more links between the one or more objects are created. The one or more links represent one or more relationships between the created one or more objects. The one or more objects and the one or more links may be stored and/or output in a selected format.
US08589871B2
Computer-based methods and systems for editing a time-based media program involve receiving an instruction to associate metadata with a selected portion of the program, determining a type of the metadata, wherein the type of the metadata is one of a predetermined set of metadata types, identifying a software component available to the editing system that is configured to process metadata of the determined type, and associating the metadata with the selected portion of the program by executing the identified software component to process the metadata. Metadata is represented using a scheme that is shared among the various computational components that manipulate the metadata; the scheme may also be shared with a host media processing system, as well as with other systems that are used in a time-based media editing and production workflow.
US08589870B2
A modeling system includes a graphical programming environment that receives a first graphical model from a user. The system may also receive a configuration control set for the first graphical model. A code generation engine converts the first graphical model into an intermediate representation (IR). A second graphical model is created from the IR and the configuration control set. The second graphical model is displayed to the user, and may be subject to one or more modifications. Code in a target language may be generated from the second graphical model.
US08589858B1
A system for displaying relationships between data of one of a UML or a SysML application includes a machine readable storage medium and a processor. The machine readable storage medium is configured to store a plurality of data for a project designed using one of the UML or the SysML applications. The processor is in signal communication with the machine readable storage medium. The processor is configured to search the computer readable storage medium for a first model element, identify a requirement relationship between the first model element and a second model element, and display the first model element and the second model element on a monitor such that the requirement relationship between the first model element and the second model element is identifiable to a user.
US08589857B2
Disclosed is a layout tool that verifies the operability of a printed circuit board design. Electrical parameters may be calculated for wire traces that are laid out for a given design. Based on the voltage drop calculations and the voltage and current requirement of the various system components, the layout tool may determine if a given system component will remain within its required operating range. The layout tool may additionally be operable to verify proper spacing between traces that make up a differential signal and to verify that certain pins of integrated circuit are properly connected.
US08589845B2
A method is provided that includes: determining a minimum clock cycle that can be used to propagate a signal about the critical cycle in a circuit design; wherein the critical cycle is a cycle in the design that has a highest proportionality of delay to number of registers; determining for a circuit element in the circuit design, sequential slack associated with the circuit element; wherein the sequential slack represents a minimum delay from among respective maximum delays that can be added to respective structural cycles of which the circuit element is a constituent, based upon the determined limit upon clock cycle duration; using the sequential slack to ascertain sequential optimization based design flexibility throughout multiple stages of a design flow.
US08589842B1
An approach for performing device-based random variability modeling in timing analysis of a digital integrated circuit having a gate-level design and a device-level custom design is described. In one embodiment, an algorithm is derived from results of simulating the operational behavior of a representative digital integrated circuit. A timing analysis is performed on the device-level custom design part of the digital integrated circuit to obtain device-level random variability sensitivity values. A gate-level characterization is performed on the gate-level design part of the digital integrated circuit to obtain logic gate random variability sensitivity values. A timing analysis is performed on the digital integrated circuit as a function of both the device-level random variability sensitivity values and the logic gate random variability sensitivity values.
US08589839B2
Disclosed is an electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection validator, a method of validating ESD protection for an IC and an ESD validation system. In one embodiment, the ESD protection validator includes: (1) a circuit analyzer configured to compare component information of the IC with predefined ESD protection elements to identify ESD cells of the IC and (2) an ESD cell verifier configured to compare physical attributes associated with the identified ESD cells to ESD protection requirements and determine compliance therewith.
US08589834B2
An embodiment includes an integrated circuit (IC) for using direct memory access (DMA) to initialize a programmable logic device (PLD), the IC operably coupled to the PLD. The IC includes an input/output (I/O) interface and a PLD interface. The I/O interface converts a signal format between the IC and the PLD. The PLD interface includes a configuration and status register, a data buffer, and pacing logic. The configuration and status register is adapted to manipulate a control line of the PLD to configure the PLD in a programming mode via the I/O interface. The data buffer temporarily holds PLD programming data received from a DMA control at a DMA speed. The pacing logic controls the speed of transmitting the PLD programming data to a programming port on the PLD via the I/O interface at a PLD programming speed.
US08589830B2
Provided is an integrated circuit (IC) design method. The method includes receiving an IC design layout having a feature with an outer boundary, performing a dissection on the feature to divide the outer boundary into a plurality of segments, and performing, using the segments, an optical proximity correction (OPC) on the feature to generate a modified outer boundary. The method also includes simulating a photolithography exposure of the feature with the modified outer boundary to create a contour and performing an OPC evaluation to determine if the contour is within a threshold. Additionally, the method includes repeating the performing a dissection, the performing an optical proximity correction, and the simulating if the contour does not meet the threshold, wherein each repeated dissection and each repeated optical proximity correction is performed on the modified outer boundary generated by the previously performed optical proximity correction.
US08589813B2
Tools providing a flexible selection framework for automated processes. The framework can allow end-users to define their own selection criteria to select a data population to be processed (for example, by a business application). Hence, the tools provide enhanced control over what data is provided to which process. Some such tools employ metadata to define what information the client process needs, how the results will be returned to the client process, and/or what selection tools should be available to select data for the client process, as well as the available data selection tools, which can include both tools provided with a business application as well as third-party and/or user supplied selection tools. The framework might also provide an application programming interface that ensures consistent communication between the population selection engine and the selection tools themselves.
US08589806B1
Systems, methods, and apparatuses are described for providing a customized interface to a handheld collaboration machine. Some exemplary methods described include receiving sign-in information from the handheld collaboration machine. The sign-in information may correspond to an unmodified online meeting environment comprising a plurality of components. One or more customization factors of the handheld collaboration machine may be identified. The unmodified online meeting environment may be modified by removing at least one component of the plurality of components based on the customization features to generate the modified online meeting environment. The modified online meeting environment is then provided to the handheld collaboration machine.
US08589802B2
An access node grants a telecommunication device access to a content provider over a telecommunication network. The content includes a webpage having ad spaces for displaying banners ads uploaded from banner ad providers when the webpage is displayed on the telecommunication device. The access node is configured to forward a request for a first webpage sent by the telecommunication device to the content provider, receive the first webpage from the content provider, the first webpage including an ad spaces for banner ad(s), verify that the first ad space is tagged by the content provider with an indication identifiable by the access node, modify the first webpage to include in the first ad space a banner ad selected by the access node, when the first ad space is tagged with such the indication, and forward the modified first webpage for subsequent display of the first webpage on the telecommunication device.
US08589791B2
Automatically generating a glossary of terms for a given document or group of documents is provided. A single document or a group of documents associated with a given project or event are parsed for one or more unique terms (e.g., words, acronyms, phrases, etc.). Identified terms are passed to a local or external definition source, and definitions for the one or more identified terms are retrieved. Retrieved definitions are presented to a user of the documents, and approved definitions are stored in a project store for subsequent use in association with the documents.
US08589790B2
An automated website analysis system includes mechanisms for automatically auditing a website to validate that the scanned web page information conforms to validation rules. In one implementation, an auditing system requests web pages of an identified website pursuant to validating at least a portion of each requested web page. Embodiments include scanning page code of at least one of the web pages to identify scanned web page information, including a page tag. The scanned web page information is validated to determine whether is conforms to at least one validation rule by validating variables of the page tag against validation rules, including a vendor validation rule. Results of the validation are reported.
US08589789B2
A system and method for navigating or editing may include storing multiple forward or redo stacks and a single back or undo stack. The forward or undo stacks may include separate stacks for each page from which navigation occurs to a page of lower hierarchical level or for each operation for which another operation is subsequently performed. Positions of references in the forward or redo stacks may be modified in response to navigations or edits to place a last navigated page or operation at the top of the stack. The timing of such movement of references may be optimized.
US08589785B2
The present invention relates to systems and methods for the contextual mark-up of formatted electronic documents. These systems and methods have many applications, including use for online editing and education.
US08589779B2
Computer program products, methods and systems for accepting content that defines an event handler. The content is provided to a media player configured to render the content. The event handler is configured to receive an event from an operating system on which the media player runs, the operating system executing on a mobile device having an integrated display and an integrated telephone. The content is presented by the media player on the display. The event is received from the operating system and providing the event to the event handler. And the presentation of the content is modified by the media player based on processing of the event by the event handler.
US08589775B2
One embodiment of the present invention relates to an error tolerant memory circuit having a low hardware overhead that can tolerate both single volatile soft errors and permanent errors. In one embodiment, the method and apparatus comprise a memory circuit having a plurality of memory element pairs, respectively having two memory storage elements configured to store a data unit. One or more parity generation circuits are configured to calculate a first parity bit from data written to the plurality of memory element pairs (e.g., the two memory storage elements) and a second parity bit from data read from one of the two memory storage elements in the plurality of memory element pairs. Based upon the calculated first and second parity bits, the memory circuit chooses to selectively output data from memory storage elements not known to contain an error.
US08589772B2
A reception system and a method for processing data in the reception system are disclosed. The reception system includes a baseband processor receiving a broadcasting signal including mobile service data and main service data, the mobile service data including first service data and second service data having a format different from that of the first service data, the second service data configuring a Reed Solomon (RS) frame, and the RS frame including a table which describes the second service data and signaling information of the second service data, a table handler parsing the table from the RS frame and extracting the signaling information of the second service data, and service handlers parsing the second service data from the RS frame on the basis of the extracted signaling information of the second service data. Accordingly, it is possible to transmit/receive service data having a format different from that of the existing method in a single MH system.
US08589761B2
The present disclosure includes apparatus (e.g., computing systems, memory systems, controllers, etc.) and methods for providing data integrity. One or more methods can include, for example: receiving a number of sectors of data to be written to a number of memory devices; appending first metadata corresponding to the number of sectors and including first integrity data to the number of sectors, the first metadata has a particular format; generating second integrity data to be provided in second metadata, the second integrity data corresponding to at least one of the number of sectors (wherein the second metadata has a second format); and generating third integrity data to be provided in the second metadata, the third integrity data including error data corresponding to the second integrity data and the at least one of the number of sectors.
US08589750B2
A built-in self test (BiST) system is described. The BiST system includes a circuit-under-test. The BiST system also includes one or more embedded sensors. Each of the embedded sensors includes one or more switches connected to one or more nodes within the circuit-under-test. The BiST system further includes a signal generator. The BiST system also includes a bus interface. The bus interface provides for external access of the BiST system.
US08589741B2
Methods and systems for implementing such methods for providing server fault notifications, diagnostic and system management information may include, but are not limited to: receiving a network fault status request input; illuminating one or more server node fault indicators for one or more degraded server nodes having one or more faults; receiving a server node fault status request input for a degraded server node having one or more faults; and displaying one or more diagnostic service notifications for one or more faults of the degraded server node.The displaying of the diagnostic service notifications may allow for the completion of various service operations associated with the service notifications once the information specific to a fault is presented.
US08589737B2
A system comprises at least two random access memory (RAM) elements arranged to store data redundantly. The system further comprises RAM routing logic comprising comparison logic operably coupled to the at least two RAM elements and arranged to compare redundant data read from the at least two RAM elements, and check and validation logic, independent of the RAM routing logic, operably coupled to the at least two RAM elements and arranged to additionally detect an error in the redundant data read from the at least two RAM elements and provide an error indication signal to the RAM routing logic in response thereto. The RAM routing logic further comprises selection logic arranged to dynamically select redundant data from one of the at least two RAM elements based on the comparison of the redundant data and the error indication signal.
US08589712B2
Techniques are disclosed for managing the amount of power consumed by server components of a computer system, each server component having multiple power modes. The utilization of each server component is monitored. Based on the monitored utilization, a time period is determined in which to apply a selected power mode to the respective server component. The respective server component is configured to operate in the selected power mode for at least the determined time period.
US08589705B2
Method, storage medium and host computer for managing pulse-width modulation using the host computer
A host computer and a method for managing pulse-width modulation (PWM) include detecting a signal of a powerGD port. The management system further includes confirming a first state according to a first signal of the powerGD port. The management system further includes enabling the PWM port if the first state is in a power-on state, and disabling the PWM port if the first state is a power-off state.
US08589704B2
A readily scalable modular progammable integrated circuit (IC) with improved power management is provided. An IC is described that contains one master controller module and a multiplicity of slave modules that include power-supplying functions, battery management functions, and analog and digital input-output functions. The master controller module configures the slave modules by writing data to the slave modules' configuration registers through the communication network. Each module contains a multiplicity of configuration registers that determine the module's operational and parametric characteristics. Programmability is achieved by configuring the modules to respond to appropriate signals on the configurable interconnection network.
US08589696B2
A biometric and cryptographic processing unit includes a biometric receiver receiving biometric information of a BCU user. A biometric unit of the BCU has a store of biometric information of an authorized BCU user and compares received biometric information with the stored biometric information to determine if the user is an authorized BCU user. A cryptographic unit generates/stores an asymmetric cryptographic public/private key pair associated with each authorized BCU user. An input/output port allows encrypted/unencrypted data to be input to/output from the BCU. The cryptographic unit operates in response to a specific authorized user giving permission to undertake a specific cryptographic operation on data input to the BCU only upon the specific authorized user being determined as an authorized BCU user, whereby a specific private key corresponding to the specific authorized user is enabled for use in the specific cryptographic operation after which the specific private key is disabled.
US08589690B2
A client PC 10 adapted to be connected to a server apparatus 20 has a first information transmission section that transmits an ID required for authentication by the server apparatus 20 to the server apparatus 20, a second information acquiring section that acquires a master key to be obtained as a result of being authenticated by the server apparatus 20 from the server apparatus 20, a cryptographic key generation section that generates a cryptographic key according to the first information and the second information, an encryption section that encrypts data by means of the cryptographic key and an encrypted data transmission section that transmits the encrypted data encrypted by the encryption section to the server apparatus 20.
US08589687B2
In a communication network, an architecture for supporting secure communication network setup in a wireless local area network (WLAN) is provided. The architecture may be utilized in a configurator station or in a client station for establishing a secure communication setup between the client station and the corresponding WLAN. The architecture may comprise an input interface that may be configured by a user to interface with the user's hardware or software configuration buttons. The architecture may also comprise a finite state machine (FSM), a packet processor, and a Diffie-Hellman (DH) generator. The input interface, the FSM, the packet processor, and the DH generator may be associated with the secure communication setup process. The architecture may also comprise interfaces to communicate with a wireless driver and/or an Ethernet driver, and interfaces to communicate with persistent storage, such as non-volatile ready access memory (NVRAM).
US08589675B2
An authentication method, a server, and a terminal for a wireless local area network (WLAN) are provided. The method includes: redirecting a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) request message sent by a WLAN terminal to an address of a login webpage of a WLAN network and returning the redirected HTTP request message to the WLAN terminal; sending authentication request information carrying an International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI) identifier of a Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card sent by the WLAN terminal to an Authentication/Authorization/Accounting (AAA) server corresponding to the address of the login webpage of the WLAN network, such that the AAA server performs authentication based on the IMSI identifier.
US08589671B2
Techniques for implementing security within a browser of a data processing system are described herein. According to one embodiment, first data representing a user interaction with a Web page presented by a browser application is encrypted at an application level by a cipher module communicatively coupled to the browser application running at a local client. A JavaScript module embedded within the browser application is configured to transmit the encrypted first data over a network to a remote server for updating the Web page. In response to second data received from the remote server, the cipher module is configured to decrypt the second data at the application level and the decrypted second data is then rendered by the browser application to update the Web page without having to reload the entire Web page. Other methods and apparatuses are also described.
US08589664B2
A data processing apparatus includes a data engine 6 having an instruction decoder 18 for generating one or more control signals 24 for controlling processing circuitry 20 to perform data processing operations specified by the program instructions decoded. The instruction decoder 18 responsive to a marker instruction to read a programmable flow control value from a flow control register 38. The programmable flow control value specifies the action to be taken upon completion of execution of a current sequence of program instructions. The action taken may be jumping to a target program instruction at the start of a target sequence of program instructions or entry into an idle state awaiting a new processing task to be initiated.
US08589659B1
A method for writing data to a storage pool. The method includes receiving a virtual identifier (ID) and an offset for an object, extracting a node identifier (ID) that identifies a first storage server in the storage pool from the virtual ID, obtaining an object layout (OL) for the object from the first storage server, hashing an object ID and an offset ID to obtain a hashed value, where the virtual ID comprises the object ID and where the offset ID is generated from the offset, identifying a second storage server in the storage pool using a global namespace layout (GL), the OL, and the hashed value, and issuing a write request to write data to the object in the second storage server, where the write request comprises the object ID and the offset.
US08589651B2
Each time data is migrated, a management system stores information denoting a migration history related to the migration of the data, in history management information. The management system receives an input of an administrator-desired attribute condition combination for a migration-destination storage device, identifies all device attribute combinations conforming to this attribute condition combination, and calculates multiple migration trends based on each device attribute combination and the history management information. The management system identifies, from among the multiple migration trends, a migration trend to which a specified migration-source storage device belongs, and displays information denoting at least this identified migration trend.
US08589650B2
In a digital system with a processor coupled to a paged memory system, the memory system may be dynamically configured using a memory compaction manager in order to allow portions of the memory to be placed in a low power mode. As applications are executed by the processor, program instructions are copied from a non-volatile memory coupled to the processor into pages of the paged memory system under control of an operating system. Pages in the paged memory system that are not being used by the processor are periodically identified. The paged memory system is compacted by copying pages that are being used by the processor from a second region of the paged memory into a first region of the paged memory. The second region may be placed in a low power mode when it contains no pages that are being used by the processor.
US08589648B2
A replicated virtual cartridge is received into a media vault of a first virtual tape library and appears in a shadow library. The virtual cartridge is visible to a backup application via the shadow library to allow the backup application to perform a copy operation on the virtual cartridge.
US08589647B2
An apparatus and method for synchronizing a snapshot image are provided. A synchronization page is detected based on whether a page fault is generated in a snapshot page that is part of a snapshot image and based on attributes of a process that generated the page fault. The detected synchronization page is reflected in the snapshot image at a specific time.
US08589631B2
Interconnect circuitry configured to provide routes for interconnecting several initiator devices and at least one recipient device including a memory. At least one of the initiator devices has a cache for storing a local copy of a subset of data items stored in the memory. The interconnect circuitry includes: a plurality of input ports and at least one output port; a plurality of paths for transmitting the transaction requests between the inputs and the at least one output; coherency control circuitry for maintaining an order in which at least some of the transaction requests to a same data storage location proceed through the interconnect circuitry. The interconnect circuitry is configured not to control the writeback transaction requests with the coherency control circuitry, such that the writeback transaction requests proceed independently of transaction requests routed through the coherency control circuitry.
US08589625B2
A system and method for effectively scheduling read and write operations among a plurality of solid-state storage devices. A computer system comprises client computers and data storage arrays coupled to one another via a network. A data storage array utilizes solid-state drives and Flash memory cells for data storage. A storage controller within a data storage array comprises an I/O scheduler. The storage controller is configured to receive a read request targeted to the data storage medium, and identify at least a first storage device of the plurality of storage devices which contains data targeted by the read request. In response to either detecting or predicting the first storage device will exhibit variable performance, the controller is configured to generate a reconstruct read request configured to obtain the data from one or more devices of the plurality of storage devices other than the first storage device.
US08589622B2
A control apparatus connectable to a memory unit for storing data, for controlling a first tape writing unit including a plurality of first tapes and a second tape writing unit including a plurality of second tapes so that the first and second writing units write same data stored in the memory unit to one of the first tapes and one of the second tapes, respectively, has an obtaining unit for obtaining a progress value indicating a progress of writing data into the one of the second tapes upon completely writing the data into one of the first tapes and a controller for controlling the first and the second tape writing units so that the first and the second writing unit change the writing tapes to another of the first tapes and another of second tapes when the progress value being not more than a predetermined value.
US08589617B2
An access device 1 internally includes a logical-physical empty capacity management part 16 for obtaining information of a remaining capacity on a write once memory from a write once recording device 2A. In addition, the write once recording device 2A internally includes a physical empty capacity management part 27 for managing a remaining capacity on the write once memory and notifying the access device of the capacity. Prior to recording of file data, the access device 1 can know an accurate remaining capacity of the write once recording device by: obtaining a remaining capacity of the write once memory from the write once recording device 2A; and comparing the capacity with a remaining capacity on an FAT to decide an actually-recordable remaining capacity for file data.
US08589615B1
A network device includes memory having memory banks, and a packet processor module configured to receive bursts of packets and segment a received packet into a plurality of sections corresponding to the memory banks. The memory is configured to store a first section of a first received packet at a first one of the memory banks, continue storing remaining sections of the first received packet in remaining ones of the memory banks, and begin storing sections of a second received packet at a second one of the memory banks. The second one of the memory banks is offset from the first one of the memory banks by at least one of a number of memory banks that is less than a total number of memory banks required to store the first received packet, and a number of banks that is randomly selected for each of the packets.
US08589607B1
Methods and structure for enhanced SAS expander functionality to store and forward buffered information transmitted from a SATA end device to an STP initiator device while managing use of Non-Zero Offset (“NZO”) field values in DMA Setup FISs transmitted by the SATA end device. The enhanced expander establishes a connection between an STP initiator and a SATA end device. The expander forwards a read command from the initiator to the end device. If NZO use is supported and enabled in the end device, the end device may return read data in any order by use of the NZO field values in multiple DMA Setup FISs. The expander is further adapted to store received data and the associated multiple DMA Setup FISs from the end device in its buffer and forwards the stored data to the initiator device. In another embodiment, use of NZO in the end device is disabled.
US08589597B2
A computer is disclosed that includes a switching part configured to detect connection of an external computer to the computer upon the connection, and to determine, in response to the detection of the connection of the external computer, that the output signal of the external computer be received and output to the output part of the computer.
US08589595B2
A communication device for implementing a system for remotely managing at least one item of equipment by a management application able to communicate via a telecommunication network with an application embedded in the item of equipment. The device includes a first communication interface allowing implementation of a local communication link with the embedded application, a second communication interface allowing access to the telecommunication network, and a communication management device configured to communicate with the embedded application via the first interface and with the management application via the second interface, serving as communication relay between the embedded application and the management application, and configured to transmit to one of the two applications a message received from the other application, according to predefined transfer rules and as a function of at least one parameter received with the message.
US08589592B2
A method and apparatus for distributing objects over a network. In one embodiment, the method comprises sending a request from a first network entity to a second network entity, the request including a compressed representation of deployed objects that are currently deployed at the first network entity. The method further comprises the first network entity receiving from the second network entity a difference between the deployed objects and objects to be deployed on the first network entity as indicated by the second network entity.
US08589591B2
Aspects of customized delivery of content by a broadband gateway are provided. A broadband gateway may be operable to determine one or more characteristics of acquired content. The gateway may be operable to determine, based on the determined characteristics, whether the acquired content may be compatible with a device. In instances that the acquired content is not compatible with the device, the gateway may transcode the acquired content to make it compatible with the device. The one or more characteristics may comprise an identity or a type of a provider associated with the acquired content, a quality of the acquired content, power consumption associated with communicating the acquired content to a destination device, or power consumption associated with presenting or otherwise processing the acquired content on a destination device.
US08589588B2
A method of identifying domain-to-domain link based on ASON (Automatically Switched Optical Network), including: storing, by a node in ASON, a route control ID of an abstract node each high layer network; obtaining, by the node, the route control ID of the abstract node in each network layer stored in an opposite terminal node with an exchanging method; comparing, by the node, the route control ID of the abstract node in each network layer stored locally with the route control ID of the abstract node in a corresponding network layer stored in the opposite terminal node respectively, and determining whether the link between the node and the opposite terminal node is a domain-to-domain link according to the comparing result. With the invention, the control domain of each layer in a hierarchical ASON can identify the domain-to-domain link between the nodes in the present layer.
US08589587B1
A host is coupled to a network via an intelligent network adaptor. The host is executing an application configured to receive application data from a peer via the network and the intelligent network adaptor using a stateful connection according to a connection-oriented protocol. The intelligent network adaptor performs protocol processing of the connection. Application data is copied from host memory not configured for access by the application (possibly OS-associated host memory) to host memory associated with the application (application-associated host memory). The application data is received from the peer by the intelligent network adaptor and copied to host memory not configured for access by the application. The operating system selectively provides, to the intelligent network adaptor, information of the memory associated with the application. At least one portion of the application data for the connection is provided directly from the intelligent network adaptor to the memory associated with the application.
US08589580B2
Methods, apparatuses, articles of manufacture, and memory structures for selective delivery of content based on geolocation are disclosed.
US08589578B2
The preferred embodiments provide a system and/or method that exploits the presence of multiple interfaces to provide high quality video streaming (or real time streaming). The proposed solution includes three specific strategies 1) receiver buffer management, 2) selective re-transmission of packets and 3) dynamic load balancing across interfaces to achieve high quality video streaming across multiple interfaces.
US08589576B2
A contents distributing system capable of reproducing a plurality of contents continuously at the client not to put a waiting time can be provided. A server 100 reads respective contents constituting a group from a memory device 102 and then transmits continuously the contents when such server receives a request for distribution of plural pieces of contents formed into a group. A client 200 stores sequentially the received contents in a buffer 205. An AV outputting portion 206 of the client reads the contents stored in this buffer sequentially from the early stored contents and then reproduces the contents.
US08589568B2
Disclosed is a computer-based technology for handling end-to-end business transactions in a TCP/IP-environment. A managing instance enables logon and provides a pool of IP addresses available for allocation. The managing instance allocates an IP address from the pool and establishes a tunneling IP connection between the managing instance and a user's device. The user's IP address together with any attributes relevant for accounting, authentication and authorization (AAA) are stored during the session time. The correlation between a user's authentication name and an IP address assigned to that name as well as the book-keeping of the validity of that correlation is handled using a session context. Any identification process for a user/subscriber who would like to use any service offered by an e-Service provider will be conducted solely using the assigned IP address.
US08589562B2
A method is described that involves offering a user different persistent scope choices including: a) internal to a computing system that the deployment descriptor is to be sent to; and, b) external to the computing system that the deployment descriptor is to be sent to. The method also involves offering a user different persistence frequency choices including: a) persisting per request; and, b) persisting per session state information attribute change. The method also involves generating a deployment descriptor that reflects the user's choice of the persistence scope and persistence frequency.
US08589555B2
A method and apparatus for consolidating a plurality of applications into one or more servers. The method and apparatus organizes consolidation constraints representing preferences about placing applications into the one or more servers, and allocates the applications into the one or more servers in a manner that maximally satisfies the consolidation constraints.
US08589552B1
A source communication device comprises a cluster manager to group destination device connections into a plurality of performance clusters. The cluster manager then causes a synchronization mechanism to be generated for each performance cluster. Each synchronization cluster can then allow data to be optimally shared between the source device and destination devices within a given cluster.
US08589549B1
A method and system for customer incentive-based management of computing resource utilization. According to one embodiment, a method may include provisioning a computing resource according to a given level of resource utilization, and dynamically predicting utilization of the computing resource that is expected to occur during a given interval of time. In response to dynamically predicting that utilization of the computing resource will be less than the given level of resource utilization during the given interval of time, the method may further include offering an incentive to a customer to utilize the computing resource during at least a portion of the given interval of time.
US08589540B2
In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for determining a rate at which an entity is polled. These mechanisms and methods for determining a rate at which an entity is polled can enable decreased overall server load, improved efficiency, an increased perception of responsiveness, etc.
US08589538B2
Storage workload balancing in a data processing environment is provided by detecting automatically overloaded storage providers and automatically transferring storage subsystems from overloaded storage providers to storage providers with available capacity. This automatic workload balancing prevents some storage providers experiencing reduced performance while other available storage providers have unused excess capacity. If all of the available storage providers are overloaded, a new storage provider may be added automatically to a server and operating system instance that is best able to handle extra work.
US08589526B2
An information processing apparatus which enables reduction of the capacity of a data server. An intermediate server receives audit information concerning a job executed by an MFP or PC. The intermediate server registers at least one of attribute information and content information contained in the received audit information, in the data server. A registration processing determination section of the intermediate server determines a type of the job which the received audit information concerns. The section causes a job information and content information registration section to register the attribute information and the content information contained in the received audit information in the data server, or a content information registration section to register the content information in the data server without registering the attribute information therein.
US08589525B2
A method and system allows a computer system to perform a network reboot in response to an enhanced reboot command. The computer system receives a command to load an operating system and interprets the command to determine whether a physical machine or a virtual machine is to be rebooted. In response to a determination that the command indicates the use of a network option, the computer system loads the operating system from a networked server, and perform rebooting according to the interpreted command with the use of the operating system.
US08589522B2
Systems and techniques for incrementally updating a software stack are described. The software stack can be stored on a flash memory device on a target device. A server computer can receive a modification to a function that is part of the software stack, wherein additional memory is allocated on the flash memory device to allow the function increase in size via a software update. Next, a new memory layout can be determined for storing functions in the software stack based on the modification to the function. The server computer can then determine changes to a set of memory pages on the flash memory device based on the new memory layout. Next, the server computer can send the changes to the set of memory pages to the target device.
US08589509B2
Systems and methods of controlling and optimizing system latency in order to minimize system latency between remotely operating computing devices over a communications network are disclosed. A method of controlling and optimizing latency over a computer network from a first computing device to a second computing device includes identifying a condition associated with the transmission of a video signal, receiving the video signal at a computing device, determining whether the condition is met after receiving the video signal, and displaying the video signal on a display device when the condition is met.
US08589495B1
A notification relay service architecture can utilize one or more computing platforms that are configured to rely on a connectivity descriptor. The connectivity descriptor can express permissions of various users of the notification relay service to publish to and/or listen to notifications from one or more “exchange points.” The notification relay service can receive notifications from publishers intended for various exchange points and push notifications at exchange points to users without need for the notification relay service components to manage or even understand the underlying relationship(s) between publishers and subscribers. Server-based and/or client-based evaluations of a client's current context can be used to control whether and how notifications are relayed to/from the client.
US08589487B1
A method, server, and media are provided for providing parallel multimedia conferences. A multimedia conference server enables a user to participate in several multimedia conferences simultaneously. The server receives a request to establish parallel multimedia conferences from a user. In turn, the server generates a data stream for the content of the each of the multimedia conferences associated with the user. The data stream may include transcriptions and notifications for the user. The multimedia conference server transmits the data stream and notifications to the user.
US08589484B2
A method, computer readable medium and apparatus that optimizes a web content proxy server includes obtaining at a proxy server a web page with an original server cookie from one of one or more web content servers in response to a request from one of one or more client devices. A web optimized client cookie based on the original server cookie is generated at the proxy server. The obtained web page with the generated web optimized client cookie is providing by the proxy server to the requesting one of one or more client devices.
US08589480B2
Measuring performance and capacity of a networked server, the method including: initializing each client machine of a cluster of client machines with a fixed number of client applications, wherein each client application uses a different type of operations to communicate with a server; generating a first feedback process of a current state of each client machine and overall behavior of the client applications; enabling each client application to self adjust its own operation based on the first feedback process; and setting up a second feedback process for the server in which the server and the cluster of client machines reach a balance point of a client count for the server.
US08589474B2
Systems and methods of the present invention allow for a thin client which may be provided with a domain name in a partnership between a hosting provider, an ISP and/or a thin client retailer. The client may be used to access a remote computer or server in the hosting provider's data center.
US08589473B2
A technique is described for handling initiation requests directed to a contact host from a plurality of clients that enables the handling of large number of requests and provides design stage flexibility. A contact host receives the requests from the clients. Thereafter, an acknowledgment is sent to each requesting client so that direct data transfer may commence between the client and server bypassing the contact host. This acknowledgment may be generated and sent by either the contact host or by the associated server In some variations, each request is authenticated prior to the association of each request.
US08589470B2
A down conversion filter with a plurality of sampling capacitor, wherein at least one sampling capacitor is discharged in sampling phases or charge-summing phases of the other sampling capacitors.
US08589469B2
Multiplication engines and multiplication methods are provided for a digital processor. A multiplication engine includes multipliers, each receiving a first operand and a second operand; a local operand register having locations to hold the first operands for respective multipliers; a first operand bus coupled to the local operand register to supply the first operands from a compute register file to the local operand register; a second operand bus coupled to the plurality of multipliers to supply one or more of the second operands from the compute register file to respective multipliers; and a control unit responsive to a digital processor instruction to supply the first operands from the local operand register to respective multipliers, to supply the second operands from the compute register file to respective multipliers on the second operand bus and to multiply the first operands by the respective second operands in the respective multipliers, wherein one or more of the first operands in the local operand register are reused by the multipliers in two or more multiplication operations.
US08589466B2
Reversible and self reversing multi-value scrambling functions created by applying multi-value inverters are disclosed. The generation of possible multi-value inverters is also presented. Corresponding multi-value descrambling functions are also disclosed. The multi-value functions are used in circuits that scramble and descramble multi-value signals. The multi-value functions can also be used in signal generators. Such signal generators do not require the use of multipliers. The auto-correlation of the signals generated by the signal generators is also presented. Electronic circuits that implement the multi-value functions are also described.
US08589465B1
Digital signal processing (“DSP”) block circuitry on an integrated circuit (“IC”) is adapted for use (e.g., in multiple instances of the DSP block circuitry on the IC) for implementing finite-impulse-response (“FIR”) digital filters in systolic form. Each DSP block may include (1) first and second multiplier circuitry and (2) adder circuitry for adding (a) outputs of the multipliers and (b) signals chained in from a first other instance of the DSP block circuitry. Systolic delay circuitry is provided for either the outputs of the first multiplier (upstream from the adder) or at least one of the sets of inputs to the first multiplier. Additional systolic delay circuitry is provided for outputs of the adder, which are chained out to a second other instance of the DSP block circuitry.
US08589464B1
An arithmetic logic unit is provided. The arithmetic logic unit preferably includes a minimum of routing delays. An arithmetic logic unit according to the invention preferably receives a plurality of operands from a plurality of operand registers, performs an arithmetic operation on the operands, obtains a result of the arithmetic operation and that transmits the result to a result register. The arithmetic logic unit includes a signal propagation path that includes no greater than two routing paths that connect non-immediately adjacent logic elements.
US08589460B2
A random number generator utilizes nonlinear function to obtain high generating speed, long cycle and great quality. By utilizing equation (1): xt+1=4xt(1−xt) to perform the steps of setting a binary integer having N bits (N≧2 and N is an integer) as an initial value; transforming a binary sequence having N bits into an integer of 2m carry number having [((N−1)/m)]+1 digits (m≧1 and m is an integer; inputting to a chaos computing unit having calculating precision with N bits and calculation result with 2N bits; utilizing the chaos computing unit to generate a binary sequence d(d0d1 . . . d2N-1) with 2N bits; and setting fore-N bits of a result with 2N bits d(d0d1 . . . d2N-1) as the input value a(a0a1 . . . aN-1) required for a repetitive calculation wherein a one-to-one excluding logical calculation (ri=di⊕di+N) is performed between di and di+N, (i=0, 1, . . . N−1) and can obtain a result characterized in that outputting the random number r(r0 r1 . . . . rn-1).
US08589450B2
According to some embodiments, information may be received about a non-relational database object, such as an InfoSet, InfoSet query, or Advanced Business Application Programming (“ABAP”) function for an enterprise resource planning system. The non-relational database object may then be mapped into a relational database model, such as a model associated with a business intelligence platform. As a result, Structured Query Language (“SQL”) inputs from a business intelligence platform may be used create reports based on information in an enterprise resource planning system.
US08589447B1
A technique for efficiently scanning various datasets in a storage system to generate metadata for shared data blocks is provided. In one embodiment, data containers in an active file system of a storage object are first scanned. Remaining images (e.g., snapshots of the file system) are arranged in a chronological order based on the age of such images in the storage object. In some instances, to perform a metadata scan of a given image, the storage server compares each data container in the given image to a corresponding data container in a prior image (from the chronological order) to identify any non-identical data blocks (i.e., blocks that are not common between the data containers of the two images) in each data container. The metadata scanner then generates metadata only for the non-identical data blocks in each data container and skips metadata generation for any remaining data blocks.
US08589443B2
A method and apparatus for providing an anonymization of data are disclosed. For example, the method receives a communications graph that encodes a plurality of types of interactions between two or more entities. The method partitions the two or more entities into a plurality of classes, and applies a type of anonymization to the communications graph.
US08589442B2
Techniques for intersystem Single Sign-On use intersystem user ID mapping to map user IDs of multiple systems. In one implementation, a method obtains a user's ID information associated with a first system, and obtains the user's ID information associated with a second system from the user's ID information associated with the first system according to the intersystem user ID mapping table. The first system sends the user's ID information associated with the second system to the second system, which may allow the user to automatically log on upon successful user ID verification. The user ID information communicated between the systems may be encrypted and decrypted using digital signature techniques. Systems for accomplishing the method are also provided.
US08589441B1
An information processing system includes a plurality of edge nodes to provide services relating to files, and a core node communicatively coupled to each of the edge nodes and configured to send or receive data of the files to or from the edge nodes and to manage the data of the files. Any one of the edge nodes is granted a first access right permitting update of the files, whereas any two or more of the edge nodes are granted a second access right to prohibit update of the files. The core node stores the access right granted to each of the edge nodes. When detecting that a failure has occurred in the edge node granted the first access right, the core node sends one of the edge nodes granted the second access right a first instruction to take over the first access right granted to the failed edge node.
US08589436B2
Techniques for detecting patterns in one or more data streams. A pattern to be detected may be specified using a regular expression. Events received in a data stream are processed during runtime to detect occurrences of the specified pattern in the data stream.
US08589435B2
Data flow in a database statement for a database management system having memory storing a database is simplified. The statement has at least two sequenced subexpressions, evaluation of which is driven by a sequencing operation. A reference to a first sequenced subexpression in a second sequenced subexpression subsequent to the first sequenced subexpression is determined. The reference affirming evaluation of the first sequenced subexpression is determined. A first evaluation order for conflicting table accesses between the first sequenced subexpression and other table accesses in the statement is determined. A second evaluation order between the other table accesses and the determined reference is also determined. The sequencing operation for the first sequenced subexpression is modified based on a sequential arrangement of the determined reference and the first sequenced subexpression according to the first evaluation order and the second evaluation order.
US08589431B2
The present application provides a PeopleFinder system, a related method and a PeopleFinder device for enabling smart and more efficient contacting for enterprise professionals. The present application enables building a multi-stage search query with one or more combinations of possible search fields in a contact record or resource information records such as conference rooms, special purpose rooms, copiers or printers, and the like. Upon retrieving the search results from a server that is connected to an enterprise directory server the search results are presented on a mobile device along with adaptation of the results using location information. The invention enables the search results to display enterprise contact or resource records based on employees or resources that may be near the user performing the search.
US08589415B2
Embodiments of systems and methods for reducing false positives during the linking of data records are disclosed herein. Broadly speaking, embodiments of the present invention may be used in the generation of an overall weight from the comparison of various attributes of data records, where the linking of the data records is dependent on the overall weight. More specifically, embodiments of the present invention may calculate a false positive penalty based on a set of results, each of the set of results based on a comparison of an attribute. The false positive penalty may be subtracted from the overall weight generated from the comparison of the attributes of data records to adjust the overall weight. By configuring which attributes of the data records are used as the set of attributes for generating the false positive penalty, and the penalties associated with a particular combination of results for the comparisons of these attributes, the incidence of false positives in the linking of data records may be significantly reduced.
US08589414B2
A computer implemented system and method for providing a computer and collaboration platform around knowledge transfer, expertise, innovation, tangible, intangible and information assets are disclosed. The system converts a static expert content into an active forum in an effective manner to promote collaboration among users in the various categories. The system converts the static content into one or more sections according to a parsing rule. Each section is assigned with one or more categories and one or more plug-ins for forming a framework. The system captures the framework as a model and generates one or more data partnering objects, and stores them in a database. Pursuant to a user's request and attributes of the user, appropriate one or more of the data partnering objects are retrieved from the database to generate an active forum. The system, then, publishes the active forum.
US08589410B2
Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for web-scale visual search capable of using a combination of visual input modalities are provided. An edgel index is created that includes shape-descriptors, including edgel-based representations, that correspond to each of a plurality of images. Each edgel-based representation includes pixels that depicts edges or boundary contours of an image and is created, at least in part, by segmenting the image into a plurality of image segments and performing a multi-phase contour detection on each segment. Upon receiving a search query having a visual query input, the visual query input is converted into shape-descriptors, including an edgel-based representation, and the shape-descriptors, including the edgel-based representation, of each of the plurality of images is compared with the shape-descriptors, including the edgel-based representation, of the visual query input to identify at least one image of the plurality of images that matches the visual query input.
US08589408B2
A set expansion system is described herein that uses general-purpose web data to expand a set of seed entities. The system includes a simple yet effective quality metric to measure the expanded set, and includes two iterative thresholding processes to rank candidate entities. The system models web data sources and integrates relevance and coherence measurements to evaluate potential set candidates using an iterative process. The system uses general-purpose web data that is not specific to the given seeds. The system defines quality of the result set as the sum of two component scores: the relevance of a set of entities that measures their similarity with the given seeds, and the coherence of the set of entities produced which is how closely the entities in the set are related to each other. Based on this quality measure, the system develops a class of iterative set expansion processes.
US08589407B2
A system and method for automatic generating suggestions for personalized reactions or messages. A suggestion generation module includes a plurality of collector modules, a credentials module, a suggestion analyzer module, a user interface module and a decision tree. The plurality of collector modules are coupled to respective systems to collect information accessible by the user and important to the user from other systems such as e-mail systems, SMS/MMS systems, micro blogging systems, social networks or other systems. The information from these collector modules is provided to the suggestion analyzer module. The suggestion analyzer module cooperates with the user interface module and the decision tree to generate suggested reactions or messages for the user to send. The suggested reactions or messages are presented by the user interface module to the user. The user interface module also displays the original message, other information about the original message such as others' responses, and action buttons for sending, discarding or ignoring the suggested message.
US08589401B2
A method is disclosed for acting on a plurality of electronic messages. The method includes the step of receiving the plurality of electronic messages. Each of the plurality of electronic messages is then portioned into a plurality of message components. Each of the plurality of message components is then grouped into common-themed sets. Once grouped, the method allows the viewing of one of the common-themed sets to determine an appropriate response to each of the plurality of messages having one of the plurality of message components grouped in the common-themed set.
US08589395B2
A system and method are disclosed for identifying and generating a potential user trail. The trail may be an anticipated browsing path for a user based on current and/or historical browsing data, including search logs, browsing histories, and other data. The trail may be displayed as a search result summary or with individual search results in response to receiving a search query.
US08589388B2
A request to access a web page may be received from a user device. The web page includes a dynamic information portion and a static information portion. A filename is assigned to a static file that is associated with the static information portion of the web page. The filename may be formed at least in part from a timestamp associated with the static file. In response to the request, a dynamic file that is associated with the dynamic information portion of the web page may be sent to the user device. The dynamic file references the static file using the filename, and the timestamp included in the filename enables the user device to determine whether the static information portion of the web page is accessible at the user device.
US08589379B2
The report generation support system according to the embodiment comprises an input history recording part, operation history recording part, selection part, extraction part, and a display controller. The input history recording part records findings input at the time of generating a medical report and, by linking with an input start time and/or finish time of the findings. The operation history recording part records, as an operation history, the type of operation conducted on an image at the time of generating a report and the time when the operation was conducted by linking with the operated image. The selection part selects at least a part of findings in a report. The extraction part extracts a focus image in the selected findings, based on an input start time and/or finish time of the findings corresponding to the selected location, and the contents of the operation history of the corresponding time.
US08589346B2
Techniques for replicating data in database systems are described. In an example embodiment, a set of changes is received at a destination database, where the set of changes has been applied at a source database and is being replicated from the source database to the destination database. The set of changes is analyzed and it is determined that the set of changes includes two or more of: a subset of row-level changes, a subset of statement-level changes, and a subset of procedure-level changes. A set of dependencies is determined at least between the changes that are included in the subsets of changes. The changes, in the subsets of changes, are assigned to two or more processing elements. The set of changes is applied to the destination database by executing the two or more processing elements in parallel to each other and based on the set of dependencies.
US08589344B2
Embodiments relate to systems and methods for generating iterated distributions of data in a hierarchical database. A data store can store data in a hierarchical format, for instance, in a tree. Higher-level data, such as yearly profit, may be desired to be spread from parent nodes to lower nodes, such as nodes representing quarters. A spreading tool can insert child nodes representing quarters, months, or other at insertion point(s) represented or encoded by a set of placeholder nodes, dividing quantities appropriately. In aspects, the spreading tool can access or host sequence logic including multiple sets of spreading rules which each ensure that data is spread in an order that takes dependencies, formatting, outputs, or other factors into account. In aspects, the spreading tool can receive or generate a prioritized ordering of the sets of spreading rules, to ensure that data distribution passes are iterated in a desired or error-free order.
US08589341B2
A system and method to protect a target file from data damage wherein a wrapper application transparently intercepts a write call operative to affect the target file and stores the pertinent data in a delta file. Occasionally the target file is backed up in a temporary file and then updated. The wrapper application also intercepts a read call operative to access the target file and merges the update information with data from the target file in a temporary file. The resulting merged data is returned as read results data.
US08589334B2
Methods and systems are provided for developing decision information relating to a single system based on data received from a plurality of sensors. The method includes receiving first data from a first sensor that defines first information of a first type that is related to a system, receiving second data from a second sensor that defines second information of a second type that is related to said system, wherein the first type is different from the second type, generating a first decision model, a second decision model, and a third decision model, determining whether data is available from only the first sensor, only the second sensor, or both the first and second sensors, and selecting based on the determination of availability an additional model to apply the available data, wherein the additional model is selected from a plurality of additional decision models including the third decision model.
US08589330B2
A system and method for predicting a future location of a user are provided. In general, a prediction basis including crowd data describing crowds in which a user was included during a number of reoccurring time windows is generated. Each reoccurring time window may be, for example, a day of the week (i.e., Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday), a portion of a day of the week (e.g., Monday Morning, Monday Afternoon, Monday Evening, Tuesday Evening, etc.), a day of the month (e.g., 1st day of the month), a day of the year (e.g., March 25th), or the like. The prediction basis of the user is then used to predict one or more future locations of the user.
US08589316B2
A computer-implemented method for determining the volume of activation of neural tissue. In one embodiment, the method uses one or more parametric equations that define a volume of activation, wherein the parameters for the one or more parametric equations are given as a function of an input vector that includes stimulation parameters. After receiving input data that includes values for the stimulation parameters and defining the input vector using the input data, the input vector is applied to the function to obtain the parameters for the one or more parametric equations. The parametric equation is solved to obtain a calculated volume of activation.
US08589314B2
A computer-implemented method for electronic gift giving. The method includes providing an internet site for access by a giver, prompting the giver to enter giver identification information, prompting the giver to enter recipient information, prompting the giver to enter a value of a monetary gift, optionally providing a plurality of possible recommended gifts or transfers of funds, prompting the giver to recommend at least one gift or transfer of funds to be effectuated using the monetary gift, prompting the giver to select a presentation template from a plurality of recommended presentation templates, prompting the giver to transfer the value of the monetary gift to a gift account, and storing the value of the monetary gift and the at least one recommended gift or transfer in association with the presentation template for delivery to a recipient.
US08589300B2
Systems and methods of conducting a payment transaction using a mobile phone as a relay. The systems and methods receive transaction information associated with a transaction at a mobile communication device from a merchant. They send the transaction information with the mobile communication device to an issuer associated with the mobile communication device. The issuer thereafter sends an authorization response message to the merchant.
US08589298B2
A multi-stage filtering process and system for fraud detection is disclosed. The process includes one or more preliminary filtration stages followed by one or more additional filtration stages that may include velocity filters that provide for enhanced screening for fraudulent activity. Over a plurality of transactions, a portion of the transactions are cleared for processing (e.g., deemed not likely fraudulent or of too low value to continue processing) after each filtration stage. As such, acceptable transactions are not unnecessarily scrutinized.
US08589294B2
The present invention provides an automated system configured to facilitate transfers of cash value from one or more lines of credit to one or more deposit accounts or payment systems. An automated system ensures that requested funds are available in a customer's one or more lines of credit and electronically deposits the requested funds into one or more designated deposit accounts or payment systems. An automated system provides a means for customers to manage lines of credit, setup transfer transactions, define rules governing transfers and view transactional history. The automated system, in network connection with the lending organization's backend systems, may authenticate customer identities and credit accounts as well as insure that the requested funds are available for transfer into a deposit account.
US08589292B1
A market for unbiased private individual data is disclosed. A data market maker managing the market collects information from owners of private individual data on their privacy and risk attitudes. The collected information includes choices from the owners of private individual data on different pricing schemes that reflect the privacy and risk attitudes of the owners of data. The data market maker receives requests for access to private individual data from data buyers over time and determines pricing menus listing prices for the data buyers to pay for access to the private individual data based on the collected information. The data market maker compensates the owners of the private individual data for selling access to their data to the data buyers.
US08589285B2
An apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus is for comparing a set of production fraud parameters with one or more sets of test or proposed fraud parameters run against prepaid card production data in a prepaid card analysis. The apparatus may include a system for uploading a set of production fraud parameters and one or more sets of test fraud parameters, a processing engine for receiving the uploaded parameters for running production data against the set of production fraud parameters in tandem with the one or more sets of test fraud parameters to produce a set of suspected fraud cases triggered by each set of fraud parameters, and one or more databases integrated with or in communications with the processing engine for card validation.
US08589279B2
The disclosed embodiments provide a system and method for automatically generating a composite contract characterized by at least one parameter. A first subset of eligible component contracts is identified from a set of available component contracts wherein each of the available component contracts is characterized by at least one attribute. A second subset of component contracts is then selected from the first subset to generate the composite contract.
US08589272B1
A system and method are provided for facilitating the amending of syndicated loans. Authorized users are registered in connection with their respective funds invested in the loan. Fund registration data is received for each fund and includes the fund holding amount and whether the fund is of the single or dual signature type. Authorized users may vote supporting, opposing or conditional with regard to the proposed amendment. A calculation is performed to anticipate the voting outcome before the amendment deadline. If the amendment is anticipated to pass, the conditional votes are converted to supporting votes. Typical embodiments provide for an Internet-enabled interface through which authorized users may enter or change their vote while monitoring the real-time status of the amendment. Agents may be automatically provided fund consents for each fund ending up with a supporting vote in a passing amendment. Funds may be automatically notified of the consent fee earned.
US08589253B2
A software system with a “single page buy” capability—both product information and purchase information on a single webpage. The software does the backend work needed to display both, in order to simplify the user experience. In one embodiment, commerce is “atomized” by pushing out the capability to purchase throughout the Internet—to ads on 3rd party sites, references in blogs, articles, etc. In one embodiment, a gliding product display is provided. The ad has a banner-type ad dimension, with product icons scrolling or gliding across it.
US08589249B2
An automated bid proxy for online auctions transmits user-initiated bids to an online auction facility using dynamically adjusted bid times that vary from the user-specified or auction-specified bid times. This dynamic adjustment may advantageously distribute large bid loads over a time interval in order to reduce the peak load that is actually experienced by the automated bid proxy at times of high bid volume.
US08589247B2
Mechanisms are provided to facilitate buying and selling products utilizing social pricing. Sellers initiate sale of a product with volume discounts for a limited time. In other words, the more people that buy a product, the lower the price for the group. Buyers have a real incentive to become prosumers that not only purchase a product but also promote purchase by others. A social pricing system brokers interaction between sellers and buyer groups, and provisions mechanisms to aid promotion of products by consumers utilizing social networks and other online activities.
US08589239B2
A system and method are provided to implement real-time bidding using instant messaging. In one embodiment, real time messaging may be provided through IM messaging via an IM server over the internet, between a client and a web-based commerce system. The IM server may be provided by various service providers. In another embodiment, real-time messaging between a client and a web-based commerce system may take place over a P2P network provided by a service provider e.g. Skype. The real time messages may include notification messages communicated from the commerce system to a client. A notification message may include an outbid alert message. The real time messages may include re-bid messages communicated from a client to the commerce system.
US08589234B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for companion ad auctions. One of the methods includes conducting an online auction that allows bidders to bid on companioned advertisement slots on a web page. The method also includes determining a winning bidder for each of the companioned advertisement slots on the web page. The method also includes determining a price that each winning bidder pays for their respective advertisement slot or slots.
US08589230B1
A method for placing targeted advertisement (TAD), including obtaining, from a location aware service provider, current locations of mobile devices used by consumers, wherein the current locations are determined within a pre-determined duration of current time, identifying a crowd comprising the consumers by comparing the current locations and a location of an advertisement presentation device to determine that the consumers are currently within a pre-determined range of the advertisement presentation device, calculating, based on profiles of the consumers, a relevancy score of a TAD message with respect to the crowd using a pre-determined formula, and sending, within a pre-determined time of identifying the crowd and in response to identifying the relevancy score meeting a pre-determined criterion, the TAD message to the advertisement presentation device for presenting to the plurality of consumers.
US08589215B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for analyzing work skills. In one aspect, a method includes receiving work task data specifying a plurality of work tasks for a plurality of service providers. For each service provider, receiving performance data specifying an objective measure of a performance metric associated with the service provider performing a work task; receiving assessment data specifying a subjective measure of an attribute associated with the service provider performing the work task; and generating skills data for the service provider based on an aggregation of the assessment data and the performance data. For each of a plurality of customers receiving customer data specifying work tasks requested by the customer; generating mapping data specifying measures of correlation between the skills data for the service providers and the customer data specifying work tasks requested by the customer; and providing the mapping data to an information provider.
US08589210B2
To improve monetization of electronic advertisement placement, a profile owner company operates an automatic system for identifying media properties that have interests in specific profiles or profiles of a specified category or kind. The profile owner recognizes a collected visitor profile as one that a media property has previously requested or one that is within a category that a media property has previously requested and arranges for the visitor to be tagged with a tag readable by the media property that requested such a profile. The media property can use the tag in displaying customized advertising to the visitor. Using information received from the media property, the profile owner company then records usage of the profile by the media property.
US08589204B2
A business process estimating method, apparatus, and program for estimating a process of a business transaction utilizing an information system. The business process estimating method includes specifying a non-operation interval for extracting an information system non-operation interval in accordance with an access log of access to the information system, thereby to specify a business process corresponding to the extracted information system non-operation interval and to specify the information system non-operation interval. The method also includes distributing a non-operation interval time period for distributing a time period of the information system non-operation interval, which has been specified in the specifying the non-operation interval as process time periods of previous and subsequent business processes respectively correlated with previous and subsequent information system non-operation intervals with respect to the information system non-operation interval.
US08589202B2
A marking device for a marking operation to mark a presence of an absence of one or more underground facilities is configured to access and display facilities map information, and/or other image information, as a visual aid to facilitate the marking operation. In various aspects, methods and apparatus relate to: selection of an “base” facilities map, or information from a database of facilities map data, relating to a given work side/dig area; selection of an pan and/or zoom (resolution) for displaying facilities map information; updating displayed facilities map information while a marking device is used during a marking operation (e.g. changing pan, zoom and/or orientation); overlaying on the displayed facilities map information marking information and/or landmark information relating to the marking operation; and storing locally on the marking device, and/or transmitting from the marking device, facilities map information and/or overlaid marking/landmark information (e.g., for further processing, analysis and/or subsequent display).
US08589201B2
A locate receiver to detect an underground facility includes an RF antenna to receive a magnetic field and provide an output signal based on the received magnetic field, and a processing circuit for determining a magnetic field strength of the magnetic field based on the output signal. The locate receiver also includes a display device, a memory and a processor. A map image based on facilities map data is displayed on the display device. The processor compares a first location at which an indication of detection of the underground facility is generated to a second location of a facility line as indicated by the first map data, and generates an alert based on a disagreement between the first location and the second location.
US08589196B2
Embodiments of the present invention address the above needs and/or achieve other advantages by providing a method, system, computer program product, or a combination of the foregoing for creating a knowledge management system for production support that is standardized and centralized across the channels and sub-channels in an organization. The knowledge management system receives information relating to incidents from databases in the organization. The knowledge management system displays via a user interface at least the following information related to at least one incident, the current status of the incident, the recovery guidelines for effecting resolution of the incident, and scoring values associated with the incident. The knowledge management system also stores and displays historical information, contact information, incident reports, and outstanding incident tickets associated with the incident, as well as process maps or flowcharts for systems, applications, and customer views, and an academy for training associates.
US08589186B1
Systems and methods of determining pharmaceutical consultation compliance are disclosed, including generating and storing a plurality of consultation recording blocks corresponding to fillings of prescription orders for patients. The consultation recording blocks may include multiple consultation entries, where each consultation entry corresponds to a particular pharmaceutical consultation that is desired or required to occur in conjunction with a prescription fill for a particular patient. The consultation entries may be populated in conjunction with respective filling of prescription orders and work flow stages therein, or on demand. A request for pharmaceutical consultation compliance may be received, and a response to the request may be determined based on information from at least some portions of the consultation entries, such as a status portion, an authorization portion and/or other portions.
US08589173B2
An apparatus and a method to encode and decode a speech signal using an encoding mode are provided. An encoding apparatus may select an encoding mode of a frame included in an input speech signal, and encode a frame having an unvoiced mode for an unvoiced speech as the selected encoding mode.
US08589169B2
A system and method for creating one or more audio files. One or more original files are converted into the one or more audio files. A hierarchy associated with the one or more original files is assigned to the one or more audio files. An indication is given that the one or more audio files are associated with the one or more original files. The one or more audio files are communicated through an audio interface in response to a request to access the one or more audio files.
US08589165B1
The present disclosure provides method and system for converting a free text expression of an identity to a phonetic equivalent code. The conversion follows a set of rules based on phonetic groupings and compresses the expression to a shorter series of characters than the expression. The phonetic equivalent code may be compared to one or more other phonetic equivalent code to establish a correlation between the codes. The phonetic equivalent code of the free text expression may be associated with the code of a known identity. The known identity may be provided to a user for confirmation of the identity. Further, a plurality of expressions stored in a database may be consolidated by converting the expressions to phonetic equivalent codes, comparing the codes to find correlations, and if appropriate reducing the number of expressions or mapping the expressions to a fewer number of expressions.
US08589161B2
A system and method for an integrated, multi-modal, multi-device natural language voice services environment may be provided. In particular, the environment may include a plurality of voice-enabled devices each having intent determination capabilities for processing multi-modal natural language inputs in addition to knowledge of the intent determination capabilities of other devices in the environment. Further, the environment may be arranged in a centralized manner, a distributed peer-to-peer manner, or various combinations thereof. As such, the various devices may cooperate to determine intent of multi-modal natural language inputs, and commands, queries, or other requests may be routed to one or more of the devices best suited to take action in response thereto.
US08589158B2
An application server for reducing ambiance noise in an auscultation signal, and for recording comments while auscultating a patient with an electronic stethoscope This application server (AS) comprises: means (SPH) for receiving samples of a raw auscultation signal representing auscultation sounds mixed with ambiance sounds, this raw auscultation signal being transmitted by a first microphone (M1) embedded in a stethoscope (ES), means (SPH) for receiving samples of an ambiance signal transmitted by a second microphone (M2) in a phone (IPP1), means (ASE) for processing the samples of the auscultation signal and the samples of the ambiance signal for generating an auscultation signal without ambiance sounds, means (LBM) for sending the auscultation signal without ambiance sounds to at least the headset of said stethoscope (ES), means (VRM) for recognizing vocal sounds in the ambiance signal, and converting these vocal sounds into text for storing comments into a database (DB).
US08589156B2
A system, method, computer-readable medium, and computer-implemented system for optimizing allocation of speech recognition tasks among multiple speech recognizers and combining recognizer results is described. An allocation determination is performed to allocate speech recognition among multiple speech recognizers using at least one of an accuracy-based allocation mechanism, a complexity-based allocation mechanism, and an availability-based allocation mechanism. The speech recognition is allocated among the speech recognizers based on the determined allocation. Recognizer results received from multiple speech recognizers in accordance with the speech recognition task allocation are combined.
US08589153B2
A continuous comfort noise is provided that is overlaid for the entire duration of a conference call scenario. The comfort noise may be adapted to match the levels of the actual background noise detected on one or more of the conference call participant's devices on the transmitting end(s) of a conference call as well as the participants' speech levels. The comfort noise may also be adapted to the type of listening device employed on the receiving end of a conference call. The comfort noise level may be customized to an appropriate and comfortable level for the type of listening device being used, and the system may continuously mix the comfort noise with incoming audio signals for the entire duration of a conference call, lowering the comfort noise level gradually during speaking periods for additional user experience improvement.
US08589149B2
A method for entering keys in a small key pad is provided. The method comprising the steps of: providing at least a part of keyboard having a plurality of keys; and predetermining a first probability of a user striking a key among the plurality of keys. The method further uses a dictionary of selected words associated with the key pad and/or a user.
US08589146B2
A method, a system and a machine-readable medium are provided for an on demand translation service. A translation module including at least one language pair module for translating a source language to a target language may be made available for use by a subscriber. The subscriber may be charged a fee for use of the requested on demand translation service or may be provided use of the on demand translation service for free in exchange for displaying commercial messages to the subscriber. A video signal may be received including information in the source language, which may be obtained as text from the video signal and may be translated from the source language to the target language by use of the translation module. Translated information, based on the translated text, may be added into the received video signal. The video signal including the translated information in the target language may be sent to a display device.
US08589140B1
A system, method and software product emulate and profile an application playing on a mobile device. The mobile device is emulated using a model based upon characteristics related to performance of the mobile device. The application is played and monitored within the model to determine resource utilization of the application for the mobile device.
US08589126B2
A method for symbolic model checking for sequential systems using a combination of state-based and state-less approaches. A state-based method is used to compute frontier states by building transition relations on-the-fly using control flow information of the system, and performing successive image computations until a memory bound is reached, and efficiently storing only the new frontier states as disjunctive partitions of Boolean and Arithmetic expressions. A stateless method is used to check reachability of given goal states from a heuristically chosen set of frontier states until depth/time bound is reached. These two methods are alternated until one of the following occurs: all frontier states are explored, all goal states are reached, all computing resources are exhausted. Even though we do not store the entire reachable state set, we guarantee a complete coverage for terminating programs without the need to compute a fixed-point.
US08589104B2
A color value for an optical fiber of a fiberscope can be generated on the basis of the intensity values of a plurality of sensor elements of a sensor element arrangement that are sensitive to one spectral region each from a set of sensor spectral regions, if calibration values are provided for each of the spectral regions associated with the optical fiber. The intensity values of all sensor elements of the respective spectral region that are illuminated by the light guide can be combined with the provided calibration values, in order to obtain the color value associated with the optical fiber, which reproduces the color of the light transported by the optical fiber.
US08589096B2
The present invention provides a technique for estimating a remaining capacity of a battery. In particular, the technique measures a current value, a voltage value and temperature of the battery and corrects the current value based on the voltage value. The corrected current value is then integrated and the result is used to calculate a current integration capacity by reflecting a charge/discharge efficiency accordingly. A battery forward voltage capacity is then determined from the measured current value, voltage value and temperature, and used to determine whether it is necessary to correct the current integration capacity. The current integration capacity is then converted into a remaining capacity, if it is determined that a correction is not necessary. If it is determined that a correction is necessary, the current integration capacity is corrected and then the corrected current integration capacity is converted into a remaining capacity.
US08589091B2
The present invention relates to a system, a method, and a computer program product for detecting a process disturbance from entrained gas or particulates within a fluid flowing in a vibrating flow device (5). In one embodiment, the system, the method and the computer program may involve a comparison between a measured drive gain and a drive gain threshold value and a comparison between a void fraction and a void fraction threshold value. In another embodiment, the system, the method and the computer program may involve a comparison between a measured drive gain and a drive gain threshold value, a comparison between a void fraction and a void fraction threshold value, and a comparison between a measured mass flow rate and a nominal mass flow rate threshold value. In yet another embodiment, the system, the method and the computer program may involve a comparison between a measured drive gain and a drive gain threshold value and a comparison between a measured pick-off amplitude and a pick-off amplitude threshold value.
US08589080B2
A computer-implemented method of determining the stress state associated with a geological fault is described. The source data comprises measured fault displacement values, or proxy displacement values, associated with the fault. An error function calculates error as a function of normalized fault displacement and normalized slip tendency. Candidate stress states are used to determine slip tendency values, which are used in the error function to calculate an error value. This value is minimized to determine the “best” candidate stress state.
US08589077B2
A method of transmitting traffic information is provided, wherein the traffic information is forecast, a pattern for the traffic information is determined, and an indicator for identifying the pattern is transmitted. In a method for processing traffic information, an indicator for identifying a pattern is received, forecast traffic information is determined by use of the indicator, and a navigation is carried out by taking the forecast traffic information into account.
US08589074B2
A method and system for generating fixed transit routes is provided. A first set of street network segments within a first threshold distance from a starting point is identified for a pattern inputted by a user. A proxy first point along each of the street network segments in the first set is also identified. A second set of street network segments within a second threshold distance from an ending point is identified for the pattern inputted by the user. A proxy second point along each of the street network segments in the second set is also identified. A best path for the pattern is determined including any one of the proxy first points along the street network segments in the first set and any one of the proxy second points along the street network segments in the second set.
US08589044B2
A method for processing a signal originating from a position sensor of a motor vehicle control member, to produce a processed signal relating to the position of the control member. The method includes: a filtering phase in which the signal originating from the sensor is filtered using a first filter to obtain a first filtered signal, and a substitution phase in which the first filtered signal is supplied as the processed signal, a second signal being added to the first filtered signal if the instantaneous value thereof is greater than the value of a first threshold parameter, and, in the opposite case, the signal originating from the sensor is provided as the processed signal.
US08589041B2
An ECU executes a program that includes: a step of outputting a shift stage after a power-on down shift; a step of, when a turbine rotation speed NT does not increase to a synchronized rotation speed corresponding to the shift stage after the shift after an accelerator is deactivated, executing sweep control; and a step of, in a state that the shift stage after the shift is not formed, when the accelerator is activated, executing sweep control.
US08589039B2
A control device for automatic transmission includes a flow control mechanism for introducing a part of hydraulic oil discharged from a mechanical oil pump into the mechanical oil pump when a differential pressure between an upstream side and a downstream side of a narrow part provided in a discharge passage in which hydraulic oil discharged from the mechanical oil pump flows becomes larger than a predetermined value. Air mixed into the hydraulic oil is compressed by increasing a line pressure as a differential rotation speed increases when oil temperature of the hydraulic oil is equal to or higher than a predetermined oil temperature and an engine torque is equal to or lower than a predetermined engine torque.
US08589034B2
A system and methods for the automated display of a borderless sun glare block area and sunshield in a windshield, which can be made of electrochromatic glass, in a motor vehicle driven at any time and at any location on earth is presented. The first method, which accurately calculates the precise position of the sun glare block area, is based on the apparent solar position, the direction of travel relative to the true North, the slope of the road, the windshield tilt angle, and the dynamic position of the driver's eyes. It uses sets of different formulas depending on the position of the sun glare on the windshield and the slope of the road. The second method calculates the changing opacities of the borderless sun glare block area, whose opacity decreases from its center to its edge and matches that of the sunshield, based on the ambient light intensity.
US08589029B2
A remote control system comprising a user operated movable input device (1) and a controlled movable device (9) to be controlled in accordance with an input provided via said movable input device. The remote control system has means for providing tactile feed-back to said user via said user operated movable input device. The means for providing tactile feedback comprises a self locking means (5) for effecting motion of said movable input device, so as to move said movable input device in response to actual motion of said controlled movable device.
US08589026B2
An auxiliary hydraulic system for vehicles, in particular pick-up trucks, is configured to supply hydraulic fluid under pressure to both on-board and off-board auxiliary equipment such as snow plows, dump boxes and wood splitters. The auxiliary hydraulic system includes a multi-piston fluid pump with electrically selectable poppet valves and an associated microprocessor control that facilitates variable output so that a desired proportional flow can be supplied to the auxiliary equipment. The system also provides a switchable valve arrangement for directional control and an arrangement of fluid distribution pipes and detachable couplings so that a range of different auxiliary equipment can be quickly and simply connected to the system. A simple user interface is also included so that the operator can command the auxiliary equipment from either within or in close proximity to the vehicle.
US08589024B2
Methods, systems, and vehicles are provided that provide for thermal conditioning of a vehicle rechargeable energy storage system (RESS). A thermal conditioning system is coupled to the RESS, and is configured to thermally condition the RESS. A control system is coupled to the thermal conditioning system, and is configured to estimate an amount of time after which a temperature of the RESS will be outside a predetermined range and provide instructions to the thermal conditioning system to thermally condition the RESS after the amount of time.
US08589019B2
Embodiments relate to systems and methods for vehicle monitoring with processing interruption tolerance. One or more vehicle sensors can transmit one or more data streams to a primary data processing system via a data channel. A secondary data buffer can be coupled to the data channel to continuously capture the set of data streams and/or subsets thereof. During normal operation, the set of data streams are processed by the primary data processing system. After a limited-duration fault occurs in the primary data processing system, it can recover by accessing the backup data in the secondary data buffer. The lost data can be retrieved from the secondary data buffer using timestamp information to process the data in its original time context and to ensure that no already-processed data is included. The set of data streams can be downsampled or decimated in the secondary data buffer to extend storage capacity.
US08589017B2
In a method for determining the torque of an internal combustion engine of a motor-vehicle hybrid drive device which further includes a secondary electric motor coupled to the internal combustion engine, the torque of the internal combustion engine is determined at at least one operating point by comparison to the known torque of the secondary motor.
US08589012B2
A method and apparatus for facilitating map data processing for industrial vehicle navigation is described. In one embodiment, the method of partitioning map data for industrial vehicle navigation includes segmenting map data associated with a physical environment into a plurality of sub-area maps, identifying a sub-area map that corresponds with a current vehicle location and navigating an industrial vehicle using the identified sub-area map.
US08589010B2
In a motor vehicle having two different drives, in particular an internal combustion engine and an electric drive, there are two control units for the respective drives and a leading control unit (Hybrid), which preferably controls the internal combustion engine and assigns torque to the individual drives when there are torque requests. Corresponding request signals are sent and implemented only if the existence of a certain situation (key inserted, “terminal 15”) is detected by an engine immobilizer control unit (EI master). In order for not too much time to pass due to the querying of the engine immobilizer control unit, the leading control unit informs the other control units that a query is sent so that the other control units can also send a query already.
US08589009B2
For controlling the charge state of a battery in a hybrid vehicle having an internal-combustion engine and an electric machine, the battery is operated in a working state-of-charge range falling within a theoretically possible state-of-charge range. In a first sub-range, the battery is charged by the electric machine, the electric machine working as a generator and being engine driven. In a second sub-range, the battery is neither charged nor discharged, the electric machine working as a generator and being driven by the engine and, in the process, supplying only an on-board power supply system of the hybrid vehicle with current. In a third sub-range, the battery is discharged and, in the process, supplies the on-board power supply system with current, the electric machine running along passively. In a fourth sub-range, the battery is discharged and, in the process, supplies current to the electric machine operating as an electric motor.
US08589004B1
A control unit for a boat propulsion system individually controls the forward and reverse propulsion directions, the propulsion force, and the steering angle of each of a plurality of boat propulsion units so that a point of action of a first resultant force is positioned behind a point of action of a second resultant force when the control unit receives an operational command from an operation device for travel in a lateral direction of a hull. The first resultant force is a resultant force of propulsion forces generated by the first port-side propulsion unit and the first starboard-side propulsion unit. The second resultant force is a resultant force of propulsion forces generated by the second port-side propulsion unit and the second starboard-side propulsion unit.
US08589002B1
Various methods and systems are provided for estimating engine fuel consumption. In one example, a method comprises controlling an engine according to a control map, the control map specifying control settings according to a predetermined relationship with respect to engine speed and engine load. The method further comprises estimating fuel consumption of the engine based on each of: an electric-machine based engine load indicated by an electric machine coupled to the engine; and further based on the predetermined relationship.
US08589000B2
A system is provided for reducing a penalty period for a vehicle. The vehicle includes a braking system that switches into an application state upon commencement of the penalty period. The braking system includes a fluid carrying brake pipe which connects a first powered unit and a remote powered unit. The system includes a sensor positioned within the vehicle, which measures a parameter related to the operation of the braking system. A control processor is positioned within the first powered unit, and is coupled to the sensor. Subsequent to the commencement of the penalty period, the control processor monitors the measured parameter and switches the braking system from the application state into a release state to reduce the penalty period, based on the measured parameter falling within a predetermined safety range.
US08588998B2
A range estimation device for use in an aerial platform including at least one passive sensor, a trajectory determination unit and a control system. A control unit is arranged to indicate to the control system to perform own-ship maneuvering of the aerial platform such that characteristics of passive sensor measurements from the at least one passive sensor enable a range estimation to a target to be determined. The control unit is arranged to determine characteristics of the own-ship maneuvering based on the range uncertainty estimations to the target. A method and a computer program product for use in range estimation device.
US08588985B2
Embodiments of the invention relate generally to power management and the like, and more particularly, to an apparatus, a system, a method, and a computer-readable medium for providing power controlling functionality to generate configurable power signals and to deliver power during fault conditions. In at least some embodiments, a power control unit can generate power signals having configurable attributes as a function of a mode of operation, a fault type, and the like.
US08588981B2
A system of manipulators including several manipulators, namely robots and/or external axes, such as workstations or transport tracks, whereby each manipulator is controlled by a control system via communication means and is programmed to carry out a plurality of tasks. The system of manipulators is movable in a first coordinate system. A second coordinate system is defined for each manipulator, so that one part of the manipulator, e.g. its tool center point, stands still in the second coordinate system, which is movable relative to the first coordinate system.
US08588979B2
A mechanical robot can have a GPS receiver for localization, to enable it to navigate and/or perform location-specific functions. Also, the robot can be caused to ambulate in a location, taking pictures of guests and/or sounding an alarm if an unknown person is imaged by a camera on the robot. Further, the robot can be given a voice message for a recipient, and then ambulate around until, using face or voice recognition, it recognizes the intended recipient and delivers the message, e.g., aurally using a speaker.
US08588976B2
A remote control station that controls a robot through a network. The remote control station transmits a robot control command that includes information to move the robot. The remote control station monitors at least one network parameter and scales the robot control command as a function of the network parameter. For example, the remote control station can monitor network latency and scale the robot control command to slow down the robot with an increase in the latency of the network. Such an approach can reduce the amount of overshoot or overcorrection by a user driving the robot.
US08588973B2
Provided is an apparatus for executing a robot task using a robot model definition. A task execution apparatus include: a storage unit to store at least one robot model, at least one robot behavior, and at least one robot task; and a task execution unit to generate at least one execution object from the stored at least one robot model, at least one robot behavior, and at least one robot task, and to execute a task of a robot from a corresponding execution object among the generated at least one execution object in response to an execution command input from a user.
US08588972B2
A method for creating low-cost interactive entertainment robots is disclosed. The cost of the robots is reduced by using a commodity computing device: smart phone, and by having robotic bodies use a decoder of a set of movement commands that facilitates the interoperability between a variety of smart phones and a variety of robotic bodies. Smart phones are equipped with powerful CPU, touch screen, USB, camera, microphone, Bluetooth, WI-FI, etc. They are fit for being the robot control units with the relevant robot applications installed. The cost of robotic bodies can be reduced by minimizing the amount of processing and sensing there and having them focus on mechanical movements. Furthermore, by defining and using a set of movement commands that promotes interoperability between a variety of robot control units and a variety of robotic bodies, the cost of robotic bodies can be reduced through mass production.
US08588971B2
Provided is a locomotive performance testing apparatus capable of testing the locomotive performance of a test subject while keeping the test subject at a suitable position on a treadmill. According to the locomotive performance testing apparatus (1), a robot (2) is moving its legs (22) toward a second direction on a plurality of endless belts (11) which are rotationally driven by a plurality of motors (12), respectively. In this situation, a positional deviation or the like of the robot (2) from a first desired position in a first direction different from a second direction is determined as a first deviation. Moreover, motions of the plurality of motors (12) are individually controlled to offset the first deviation.
US08588968B2
A system and method for remotely dispensing a pet treat using an Internet-accessible treat dispensing apparatus includes: (1) providing a dispensing apparatus including: a treat dispensing unit with a mechanism for sliding a delivery plate over a stationary base plate; a control circuit electronics portion in communication with the sliding mechanism and with a router or a local computer, which is in communication with at least one remote Internet-accessible electronic device; and video camera portion(s); (2) providing a webpage or website that can be viewed using the local computer or the Internet-accessible electronic device; (3) displaying a prompt on the webpage for inputting user information; (4) displaying a control block with a treat button for dispensing the treat; (5) initiating a video camera view; (6) displaying a delay button for delaying the treat; and (7) sending a signal to initiate the sliding mechanism, followed by automatically dispensing the treat. This simplified abstract is not intended to limit, and should not be interpreted as limiting, the scope of the claims.
US08588965B2
A system and method for providing a satellite vend operation. A first (parent) vending machine is operable to dispense a product from a product storage display area located in a second (child) vending machine. The first (parent) vending machine can control or interact with the functions of the second (child) vending machine. A programming menu on the first (parent) vending machine is automatically configured for a satellite vend operation when the first (parent) vending machine pairs with the second (child) vending machine. An operator is provided, in the programming menu located on the parent vending machine, relevant information associated with the child vending machine and relevant information associated with the parent vending machine.
US08588958B2
A computer program product and an apparatus for preparing a moving program for controlling the operation of a working robot which can move a known working apparatus relative to a workpiece and which can perform desired work on the workpiece. Movement information of the working apparatus may be input to a text entry screen on a character basis. Movement information of the working apparatus may also be input via a figure entry screen as a path on a two-dimensional plane in correlation with height information. The movement information that is input on the text entry screen is output in real time as the path on the two-dimensional plane and the height information thereof on the figure entry screen. The movement information that is input on the figure entry screen is output in real time to the text entry screen on the character basis.
US08588953B2
The present invention supplies practical procedures, functions or techniques for folding tessellations. Several tessellation crease pattern techniques, and the three-dimensional folded configuration are given. Additionally several new forming processes, including mathematical methods for describing the material flow are disclosed doubly-periodic folding of materials that name the doubly-periodic folded (DPF) surface, including vertices, edges, and facets, at any stage of the folding. This information is necessary for designing tooling and forming equipment, for analyzing strength and deflections of the DPFs under a variety of conditions, for modeling the physical properties of DPF laminations and composite structures, for understanding the acoustic or other wave absorption/diffusion/reflection characteristics, and for analyzing and optimizing the structure of DPFs in any other physical situation. Fundamental methods and procedures for designing and generating DPF materials include ways for defining the tessellation crease patterns, the folding process, and the three-dimensional folded configuration. The ways are mathematically sound in that they can be extended to a theorem/proof format.
US08588949B2
A multimedia controller including a processor, the controller configured to: provide a user interface for a player group, wherein the player group includes a plurality of players in a local area network, and wherein each player is configured to playback a multimedia output from a multimedia source; accept an input to facilitate formation of the player group, indicating that at least two of the players in the local area network are to be included in the player group; for each of the plurality of players within the player group, accept an input to adjust a volume associated with the player, that causes the player to adjust its volume; and accept an input to adjust a volume associated with the player group, wherein the input to adjust the volume associated with the group causes the players in the player group to adjust their volumes.
US08588945B2
Disclosed herein is a reproduction apparatus for reproducing audio data. The apparatus includes: an analysis section configured to start an analysis of characteristics of audio data recorded on a recording medium as audio data having its characteristic unanalyzed yet upon detection of a predetermined state of a light processing load borne by the reproduction apparatus. The apparatus further includes a registration section configured to register audio data having its characteristic already analyzed on a specific play list prescribing an order of reproduction of audio data on the basis of the characteristics of the audio data; and a reproduction section configured to reproduce audio data from the recording medium in accordance with the specific play list.
US08588940B2
In a device (1) for the defibrillation of a heart (2) with an implantable cardiac pacemaker and defibrillator (3), the defibrillation electrode (4) is arranged on the stimulation electrode (5), with the stimulation electrode enclosing the defibrillation electrode. In order to be able to remove the defibrillation electrode without a complicated operation if a defect in the defibrillation electrode (4) occurs during use, it can be moved relative to the stimulation electrode (5) and can be retracted and replaced relative to the implanted stimulation electrode (5) from its position of use, for which the stimulation electrode (5) can be detached or separated from the cardiac pacemaker (3) or its plug (9) provided on this pacemaker.
US08588936B2
A method for optimizing the stimulation of the dorsal column of the spinal cord is disclosed. The method includes providing a stimulating electrode array and a frame element. The frame element is configured to couple to the stimulating electrode array and guide the stimulating electrode array to a desired position proximate the dorsal column of the spinal cord of a subject.
US08588928B2
A body stimulating device operatively adapted to provide electrical stimuli within a body, the device including stimulating electrodes, stimulus generator, and electrode voltage sensors, said electrode voltage sensors operatively measuring the DC/LF voltage of the electrodes, wherein if the sensors determine that the electrode voltage for an electrode is outside a predetermined range, then a compensating current is applied to that electrode, so as to reduce the voltage.
US08588924B2
This document discusses, among other things, a system and method for wirelessly transferring information electromagnetically at a first specified operating frequency range and at a second specified operating frequency range using an implantable antenna. In certain examples, the implantable antenna can include a first non-coiled segment and a first coiled segment, and the first specified operating frequency range and the second specified operating frequency range can be provided at least in part by a physical arrangement of the first coiled segment with respect to the first non-coiled segment.
US08588919B2
Methods and devices are provided such that electrical stimulation can be delivered to a patient's skeletal muscles in response to certain respiratory signals, such as when voluntary breathing is detected.
US08588916B2
A hermetic feedthrough for an implantable medical device includes an insulator, a conduit integrated with the insulator, and a pad coupled to an exterior surface of the insulator. The insulator includes a first material and the conduit includes a second material that is electrically conductive. The pad is configured to receive a lead coupled thereto. Further, the pad is electrically conductive and coupled to the conduit. The pad includes a first layer and a second layer overlaying at least a portion of the first layer.
US08588908B2
A method for analysis of cardiac rhythm and RR interval time series based on entropy related data and entropy based measures. The information is related to but distinct from entropy, and is derived from histograms of interval match counts in which the y-axis is the frequency of intervals of length in that have the match count given on the x-axis. The phenotype of the histogram informs on the presence of atrial fibrillation or, in the presence of sinus rhythm, the degree of congestive heart failure.
US08588907B2
A device and method for delivering electrical stimulation to the heart in order to improve cardiac function in heart failure patients. The stimulation is delivered as high-output pacing in which the stimulation is excitatory and also of sufficient energy to augment myocardial contractility. In order to provide a consistent hemodynamic response, the high-output pacing is optimized by delivering it using different parameter sets, evaluating the hemodynamic response thereto as reflected by one or more measured physiological variables, and selecting the parameter set with the best hemodynamic response.
US08588906B2
An embodiment of an implantable system configured to be implanted in a patient includes an accelerometer, a neural stimulator, and a controller. The neural stimulator is configured to deliver neural stimulation to a neural target. The controller is configured to use the accelerometer to detect laryngeal vibration or coughing, and is configured to deliver a programmed neural stimulation therapy using the neural stimulator and using detected laryngeal vibration or detected coughing as an input to the programmed neural stimulation therapy.
US08588898B1
A system for accessing the brain of a subject to record and/or stimulate brain stares thereof. The system includes control means, first accessing means having a plurality of contact surfaces configured to operatively connect the control means to the brain of the subject to provide three-dimensional stimulation thereof; second accessing means having a plurality of contact surfaces to operatively connect the control means to the brain of the subject to provide access thereto for the purposes of obtaining three-dimensional recordings of the brain electrical activity of the subject; and a waveform bank containing a plurality of stimulating waveforms. The control means is configured to operatively apply a first at least one of the stimulating waveforms of the waveform bank to the brain of the subject through the first accessing means and to assess acceptability within defined limits, as determined by preset criteria, of the subject's response to the application of the at first least one of the stimulating waveforms.
US08588896B2
Methods, systems, and devices for signal analysis in an implanted cardiac monitoring and treatment device such as an implantable cardioverter defibrillator. In illustrative examples, captured data including detected events is analyzed to identify likely overdetection of cardiac events. In some illustrative examples, when overdetection is identified, data may be modified to correct for overdetection, to reduce the impact of overdetection, or to ignore overdetected data. New methods for organizing the use of morphology and rate analysis in an overall architecture for rhythm classification and cardiac signal analysis are also discussed.
US08588895B2
Devices and methods for analyzing cardiac signal data. An illustrative method includes identifying a plurality of detected events and measuring intervals between the detected events for use in rate estimation. In the illustrative embodiment, a set of intervals is used to make the rate estimation by first discarding selected intervals from the set. The remaining intervals are then used to calculate an estimated interval, for example by averaging the remaining intervals.
US08588893B2
A system and method for analyzing tissue healing may include capturing an image including a tissue site. A clinician may be enabled to define multiple regions of the image of the tissue site, where at least two of the regions of the image define tissue types at different stages of tissue healing. An area may be calculated of each of the at least two regions of the image defining tissue type at different stages of tissue healing. The calculated areas may be displayed to a clinician. In one embodiment, an image color adjustment may be determined by adjusting the image of the reference color marker to the predetermined color. The image of the tissue site may be normalized by applying the image color adjustment to generate a normalized image.
US08588877B2
An arrangement is provided having a superconductive cable (SK) which consists of a superconductive conductor (1) and a superconductive screen (3) that encloses the latter with the interposition of a dielectric (2) and which is enclosed, with the inclusion of a free space (FR) for conveying a refrigerant, by a cryostat (KR) which consists of two metal tubes (4,5) arranged mutually concentrically, between which vacuum insulation (6) is arranged. Outside the screen (3), a tubularly closed layer (7, 8) of a ferromagnetic material is provided over the entire length of the cable (SK). It is preferably arranged on the outer circumference of the cryostat (KR).
US08588871B1
A computing device deactivates a sensor device after the sensor device is unable to detect a signal. A second sensor device, different from the deactivated sensor device, receives information that indicates whether the deactivated sensor device can detect a signal. The computing device activates the deactivated sensor device after the computing device determines that the deactivated sensor device can detect a signal. The determination is based, at least in part, on the information received by the second sensor device.
US08588867B2
Methods and apparatuses for controlling wireless charging of the mobile terminal are provided. A method of controlling wireless charging of a mobile terminal may include: finding devices in a vicinity of the mobile terminal; if a wireless charging device is not found, comparing a previous charging environment with the found devices to determine whether a current state of the mobile terminal is in an environment where wireless charging can be performed; otherwise, if at least one wireless charging device is found, selecting a wireless charging device having a more optimal connection state from among the wireless charging device found; and outputting a result of the determining or the selecting to a user through the mobile terminal.
US08588861B2
A mobile terminal is provided. The mobile terminal includes a housing having at least one manipulation part, a signal display unit located in the housing, the signal display unit being configured to selectively display one of at least two inputable signal sets, the selectively displayed inputable signal set being visible through the at least one manipulation part, and an input unit located in the housing, the input unit being configured to receive at least one signal corresponding to the selectively displayed inputable signal set.
US08588850B1
Event messages indicating events in the life of data call connections for a mobile station are automatically provided by a user device of the mobile station to a mobile client application or a UICC contained in the mobile station to inform the mobile client application or UICC of the status of a data call connection. The event messages include data call connected, data call disconnected, and data call in-progress messages, which are provided without being triggered by the UICC. The data call connected event message is generated after a successful data attach procedure. The data call disconnected event message is generated when a previously established data call connection is lost or when the mobile station is in limited service areas. The data call in-progress event message is generated when a data call connection is requested while another data call connection is already in progress.
US08588846B2
In one aspect, the invention provides a multi-modal user equipment (UE) configuration method. In some embodiments, the method includes: configuring the UE so that it supports a plurality of radio access technologies (RATs), wherein each of the plurality of RATs is associated with a predetermined maximum number of layers that the UE may be instructed by a network node to monitor simultaneously; configuring the UE so that it is operable to transmit to the network node RAT capability information identifying the plurality of RATs supported by the UE; and configuring the UE to monitor simultaneously not more than X layers associated with one of the plurality of RATs, wherein X is less than the predetermined maximum number of layers associated with the RAT.
US08588843B2
A communication mode which should be set to a mobile communication terminal having a function of switching between an autonomous mode and a scheduling mode is determined based on an amount of interference in each of the communication modes in the cell of a base station, and/or communication characteristics of each of the communication modes, and a signal indicating an amount of communication data notified from the mobile communication terminal. The base station then notifies the determined communication mode to the mobile communication terminal.
US08588840B2
A system and method for distributed power control in a communications system are provided. A method for relay node operations includes transmitting a signal at a transmit power level on a first channel from a relay node to a user equipment, receiving a message comprising a first indication of channel quality of the first channel at the transmit power level, and determining a second indication of channel quality of a second channel between a communications controller and the relay node, where the first channel and the second channel are in a same multi-hop communication path. The method also includes altering the transmit power level of the first channel based on the first indication of channel quality and the second indication of channel quality to converge the channel quality of the first channel to a convergence value.
US08588839B2
A method for implementing power loop control at a RBS controlled by an RNC includes receiving an SIR target at the RBS which is determined by the RNC for a mobile station in communication with the RBS. In a first mode, one or more transmit power control commands are generated at the RBS for issuance to the mobile station based on the SIR target received from the RNC. In a second mode, one or more transmit power control commands are generated at the RBS for issuance to the mobile station based on an SIR target determined by the RBS for the mobile station instead of the SIR target received from the RNC. Also in the second mode, artificial mobile station connection quality information is reported from the RBS to the RNC so that the SIR target determined by the RNC is adjusted in accordance with the SIR target determined by the RBS.
US08588827B2
Methods and systems for providing user names for network addresses in messages such as SMS, MMS and EMS are disclosed. A data base is provided for storage in a mobile device that associates a user name with at least a portion of a network address. A system is provided for a mobile device that converts the network address transmitted with the message into a user name and displays the message with the user name.
US08588821B1
A computer-implemented technique includes receiving, at a mobile computing device including one or more processors, an input from a user, the input indicating a weather severity threshold for providing a notification at the mobile computing device. The technique includes determining one or more locations where the mobile computing device is likely to be, indicative of a likely location of a user, during a future period of time based on user-related data. The technique includes receiving a weather prediction for the future period of time for each of the one or more locations. The technique also includes automatically outputting the notification when the weather prediction for at least one of the one or more locations exceeds the weather severity threshold and at a time depending on distances between the one of more locations and a home location of the user.
US08588818B2
For a location-based broadcast messaging service, a broadcast server receives a broadcast request from a business application server. The broadcast request includes a message, at least one identifier for target mobile devices, and an identifier for a location. The broadcast server sends a location query including the identifier for the location to location agents associated with the target mobile devices. In response to receiving the location query, each location agent determines whether the location of the associated mobile device is within or otherwise satisfies a requirement related to the identified location. If the location of the device is within the identified location or satisfies the requirement, the location agent sends a query response to the broadcast server and receives, from the broadcast server, the message included in the broadcast request. The broadcast request can include a time-period identifier, such that the location agent determines the device location during the time-period.
US08588814B2
A first mobile device requests a second mobile device to navigate to a destination communicated to the second mobile device by the first mobile device, wherein at least the second mobile device, if not both the first and the second mobile devices, is GPS enabled and is capable of navigation. In one scenario, a first user of the first mobile device requests the second device (or the user of the second device) to send a notification when the second user has reached a certain destination or is in the vicinity of a certain location where the first user and the first mobile device are currently located.
US08588805B2
A receiver includes an antenna array, an angular positioning module, a low noise amplifier module, and a down conversion module. The antenna array is operable to receive an inbound wireless signal. The angular positioning module is operable to: receive a plurality of received inbound wireless signals from the antenna array; determine angular position of a source of the inbound wireless signal from at least some of the plurality of received inbound wireless signals based on a first radiation pattern and a second radiation pattern of the plurality of received inbound wireless signals; and output a representation of the inbound wireless signal. The low noise amplifier module is operably coupled to amplify the representation of the inbound wireless signal to produce an amplified inbound wireless signal. The down conversion module is operably coupled to convert the amplified inbound wireless signal into a baseband or near baseband signal.
US08588800B2
A communication control method used by a base station to allocate a radio resource to a user terminal which performs different-frequency measurement includes the steps of transmitting to the base station, by the user terminal, a request indicating whether a measurement gap for different-frequency measurement is needed, when a need for data communications between the user terminal and the base station arises while the user terminal is performing discontinuous reception; and controlling, by the base station, the radio resource allocated to the user terminal based on whether the measurement gap is needed.
US08588795B2
A scheduling method in a distributed antenna system is provided. Each of a plurality of Mobile Stations (MSs), respectively corresponding to each subchannel, are classified as a Single Transmission (ST) MS or a Cooperative Transmission (CT) MS according to a CT criterion. An MS with a maximum channel capacity is selected from among the classified MSs. Resources are allocated to a corresponding subchannel when the selected MS is the ST MS, and resources are allocated using a CT scheduling technique when the selected MS is the CT MS. The classifying, selecting and allocating steps are repeated until allocation of resources is completed.
US08588790B2
A Handover apparatus and method of a Mobile Station (MS) in a wireless communication system in which at least one small cell resides in a macro cell includes, when entering a neighboring small cell, checking a movement speed of the MS. The method also includes determining whether to hand over to the small cell by taking into account the movement speed of the MS. When it is determined not to hand over to the small cell, that MS transmits small cell penetration information to a macro Base Station (BS); allocates a macro only resource from the macro BS; and communicates with the macro BS in the small cell using the macro only resource allocated from the macro BS.
US08588789B2
A method of operation of a mobile communication system includes: receiving a base carrier frequency signal from a cell tower location; generating a power spectral density from the base carrier frequency signal; measuring a Rician K factor from the power spectral density; estimating a line-of-sight Doppler frequency based on the base carrier frequency signal; determining the cell tower location based on the Rician K factor; and activating a handover decision handler based on the cell tower location.
US08588785B2
The present invention provides a measurement method in a cell handover procedure, comprising: A. after network measurement is triggered, a base station schedules resources, which are needed for transmitting uplink data, for a user terminal; and B. the base station and relay stations measure relevant data transmitted from the user terminal on the resources scheduled by the base station, and the relay stations report the detection information of the uplink signal derived from the measurement to the base station. A relay station and a base station for realizing cell handover are also provided. The present invention can realize that during measuring the quality of the signal from a user terminal and a network side, the network performs the measurement, and selects a target node to which the user terminal will handover according to the result of the measurement.
US08588781B2
A method for optimizing handover behavior in a mobile radio network includes: a) determining, during a first period of time, the handover behavior of at least one base station of the mobile radio network, with current configuration values of the handover parameters of the at least one base station; b) evaluating a current configuration of the at least one base station based on the determined handover behavior during the first period of time; c1) in the case that step b) does not indicate a need for optimization: repeating steps a) and b); or c2) in the case that step b) indicates a need for optimization: setting an optimization parameter A to a maximum value Amax; and d) modifying configuration values of at least one handover parameter.
US08588773B2
Systems and methodologies are described herein that facilitate improved cell search and selection in a wireless communication system. For example, a terminal as described herein can utilize one or more Closed Subscriber Group (CSG)-specific offset and/or hysteresis parameters as described herein to increase the amount of time on which the terminal is allowed to camp on a desirable cell. Additionally, specialized reselection timing can be employed as described herein to increase a delay associated with selecting a Home Node B (HNB) or Home Evolved Node B (HeNB) cell, thereby reducing power consumption associated with rapid cell reselection operations in a densely populated network environment. Further, a two-step reselection process can be performed as described herein in the context of selecting a frequency for cell reselection, thereby mitigating the effects of rapid reselection between cells and/or frequencies due to CSG cell prioritization.
US08588770B2
The present invention is directed to a telephone system for transmitting telephone signals between first and second mobile stations comprised of a first internet protocol interface configured to receive an incoming cell phone signal generated by the first mobile station, and to transmit the phone signal to the internet. After traversing the internet, the cell phone signal is received at a second internet protocol interface configured to receive the phone signal sent through the internet by the first internet protocol interface and to transmit the phone signal to the second mobile station. Thus, users of the first and second mobile stations can engage in a conversation where the phone signals are communicated over substantial distances through the internet.
US08588769B2
To make it easy to specify a terminal (wireless communication device) connected to an access point (wireless connection device) by performing display corresponding to the access point to which the terminal is connected. A wireless connection device reads, from a storage unit, specified information for designating a display mode for specifying a connection of the wireless connection device itself, performs wireless communications with a wireless communication device, and notifies the wireless communication device of the specified information read from the storage unit. On the other hand, the wireless communication device performs the wireless communications with the wireless connection device, receives the specified information from the wireless connection device, and conducts the display in the display mode designated in the specified information.
US08588767B2
A mobile terminal device includes a self-diagnosis unit that diagnoses a problem in the application, a modifying unit that modifies a start command to start the application in a state in which the self-diagnosis unit is activated, a specification receiving unit that executes the modified start command upon receiving a specification of the application, an operation procedure display unit that displays an operation procedure that a user executes before a start of the application when the modified start command is executed, a memory unit in which log data indicating a result of a user operation on the application is stored by the activated self-diagnosis unit, and a log data transmitting unit that transmits the log data stored in the memory unit through a network to a remote management server that manages the application problem when a completion of the diagnosis by the self-diagnosis unit is detected.
US08588763B2
A device under test (DUT) may be tested using a radio-frequency test station. A test station may include a test host, a test unit coupled to the test host, and a shielded enclosure. The shielded enclosure may contain a test antenna that is coupled to the test unit via a radio-frequency cable. The DUT may be placed in the shielded enclosure during testing. The DUT may not be electrically wired to the test host. The test host may direct the test unit to transmit control signals in the form of a text message using Short Message Service (SMS) so that the DUT is placed into different desired configurations during testing. The DUT may also be configured to respond by sending SMS messages back to the test unit, where the SMS messages generated by the DUT includes radio-frequency performance metrics measured using the DUT.
US08588759B2
The technology described automatically resolves cell identity collisions/conflicts in a cellular radio communications network. A detecting node determines that a first cell identifier associated with a first conflicting cell is the same as a second cell identifier associated with a second conflicting cell. One of the first and second conflicting cells is selected to change its cell identifier. A different cell identifier is determined for the selected cell. The different cell identifier is then provided to other cells and preferably to user equipment (UE) terminals without disrupting ongoing UE communications.
US08588753B2
An apparatus and a method in a wireless device provide for reestablishing a dropped call, wherein a wireless device determines a wireless device callback priority, wherein the wireless device callback priority is relative to a second communication device callback priority associated with a second communication device, wherein the wireless device and the second communication device are established in a communication session. A dropped call between the wireless device and the second communication device is detected. In response to detecting the dropped call, and the wireless device callback priority being higher than the second communication device callback priority, the wireless device calls back the second communication device. If, during the calling back, a match between a callback identifier and an incoming caller identifier of an incoming call is detected, the calling back is terminated, and the incoming call is answered.
US08588743B2
A communication device capable of preventing interference due to collision of signals of a plurality of communication devices (slaves) is provided. The communication device characterized by having a receiving part which receives a request signal by radio, a counter which starts count of a count value on reception of the request signal, a comparing part which compares the count value and a comparison value, and a transmitting part which transmits an acknowledge signal by radio in accordance with a result of the comparison is provided.
US08588737B2
A rollover management system (RMS) receives and stores rollover data that includes subscriber identification and a balance of the rollover usage units that may be “rolled-over” to offset overage units used by a subscriber in excess of package plan usage units in a subsequent billing cycle. In response to receiving requests, the RMS presents rollover data elements to the requesting entities. The balance of the rollover usage units may be rolled over and measured in at least one of a plurality of billable units and may be shared by the subscriber's multiple communication services. The rollover usage units expire after a predetermined number of billing cycles where the predetermined number may vary between package plans. The RMS receives post-billing data elements to update the rollover data elements. The RMS is further operative to account for and present for review unbilled communication service usage to subscribers.
US08588735B1
A system and method for the real-time management of a device, and more particularly to the establishment and enforcement of policies or rules associated with the feature or functions that may be performed with the device, such as making and receiving calls, exchanging data, playing games and music, sending and receiving email, accessing web sites, and paying for goods and services. If a child or employee is using the device, there may be a need to regulate how that device can be used and to determine who will pay for what goods or services. In addition to providing all of the features associated with a device, service providers need to be able to establish and enforce rules (policies) regulating how and when that device can be used and who will pay for a good or service requested by the user of the device.
US08588729B2
The invention provides a computer-implemented municipal bond trading system having a capability to conduct a private electronic auction of bid wanteds between a central brokers' broker and multiple prospective remote bidders and to maintain a reference database of accurate bond lot descriptions and identifications, notably, CUSIP (trademark) numbers.
US08588722B2
A radio communication control device accepts a call-up from a radio communication terminal and includes a unit configured to detect the degree of jamming in a cell, a unit configured to confirm the intention of a user of a terminal concerned as to whether the call-up is continued regardless of addition of an extra to the user's telephone call charge when the call-up has been made from a radio communication terminal in the cell concerned in a specific jammed state, a unit configured to block the call-up concerned in accordance with the confirmed intention of the user of the terminal concerned and a unit configured to change charge setting so as to add an extra to the user's telephone call charge when the call-up has not been blocked in the specific jammed state.
US08588721B2
The dual mode receiver channel select filter includes a filter for a dual mode Bluetooth/Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) receiver portion of a BT/WLAN transceiver. The filter is a 4th order complex filter and is digitally programmable and reconfigurable. Implemented as the channel select filter for dual-mode receivers, the filter adopts low-IF for Bluetooth and zero-IF for WLAN (IEEE 802.11b). It is based on simple active elements, such as current and voltage followers. The center frequency is digitally tuned through programming active current division networks (CDNs).
US08588713B2
A power management system for a multi-carriers transmitter is disclosed. The power management system includes a first switcher having a control input and a power output, and a second switcher having a control input and a power output. Also included is a mode switch having a mode control input, wherein the mode switch is adapted to selectively couple the power output of the first switcher to the power output of the second switcher in response to a mode control signal received by the mode control input. Further included is a control system adapted to generate the mode control signal. The control system is coupled to the mode control input of the mode switch.
US08588710B2
A system for diversity processing two signals transmitted and/or received via two diversity antennas includes at least four respective propagation paths coupling the signals to the two diversity antennas. Diversity processing is primarily in the form of decorrelation achieved by means of time variable delay elements that apply time variable delays to the signals propagating over at least two of the propagation paths in the system. The related processing may take place either at RF or IF, or at baseband, whereby the time variable delays are applied by subjecting the baseband signals to multiplication by a complex signal.
US08588706B2
A radio communication system in which a plurality of radio channels are divided in a frequency direction and mapped to a radio frame format, whereby each radio channel mapped in the radio frame format is assigned to each user or service. The radio communication system includes a radio communication apparatus and a terminal to receive a pilot signal and a data signal from the radio communication apparatus, whereby the radio communication apparatus controls a pilot signal position for each user or service and notifies information used for identifying the pilot signal position to the terminal.
US08588704B2
A test station may include a test host, a tester, and a test chamber. Multiple devices under test (DUTs) may be placed in the test chamber during device characterization operations. Radio-frequency signals may be conveyed from the tester to the multiple DUTs using a radiated arrangement through an antenna in the test chamber. The tester may broadcast downlink test signals in parallel to the multiple DUTs. The DUTs may simultaneously synchronize with the downlink test signals and measure radio-frequency performance levels while receiving the downlink test signals. The test host may direct the tester to gradually lower its output power level. The DUTs may be used to determine downlink sensitivity by monitoring the measured radio-frequency performance levels as the output power level of the tester is lowered. Simultaneously downlink sensitivity testing may be performed for multiple modulation schemes and data rates for any communications protocol.
US08588702B2
A method, relevant equipment and system for determining a User Equipment (UE) or UEs affecting a neighboring cell are disclosed. The method for determining UE or UEs affecting a neighboring cell includes: receiving load information sent by a neighboring cell, where the load information indicates an interfered Physical Resource Block (PRB) of the neighboring cell; determining a UE or UEs that occupy, when scheduling is performed, the interfered PRB; determining UEs located in an Inter-Cell Interference Coordination (ICIC) measurement area corresponding to the neighboring cell; and obtaining an intersection of the UE or UEs that occupy, when scheduling is performed, the interfered PRB and the UE or UEs located in the ICIC measurement area corresponding to the neighboring cell. The technical solution under the present invention enables accurate determining of the UE or UEs that affect the neighboring cell.
US08588700B2
A method for setting data transmission parameters of a communication connection comprising exchanging interface management capabilities between a plurality of communication devices; selecting from the plurality of communication devices, an active interference manager and at least one passive interference manager; collecting information about communication connections to the active interference manager, including information messaged from the at least one passive interference manager; and setting the plurality of data transmission parameters of the communication connections based on the collected information, wherein the collected information includes database information generated through simulations or measurements and stored on the plurality of communication devices.
US08588696B2
A method of mitigating interference in a mobile wireless communication device by adaptively adjusting transmit power levels of a wireless cellular transceiver. A receive signal quality for a wireless non-cellular transceiver that includes interference from signals transmitted by the wireless cellular transceiver is estimated. The wireless non-cellular and wireless cellular transceivers are co-located in the mobile wireless communication device, and both transceivers are active. An actual transmit power of the wireless cellular transceiver is adjusted based on the estimated receive signal quality to a level less than a requested transmit power. The estimation of the receive signal quality and the adjusting of the actual transmit power is periodically repeated. The estimation accounts for operational properties of the wireless cellular and non-cellular transceivers as well as operational characteristics of wireless connections through the transceivers.
US08588679B1
The vehicle, such as airplane, which comprises the internal wireless communicating device and the external antenna device, wherein the passenger(s) in the vehicle may access network (e.g., the Internet) via the internal wireless communicating device and the external antenna device.
US08588667B2
An imaging apparatus having a toner transfer station, including a donating member for donating toner forming an image; and a transfer roll which serves to form a transfer nip in which toner is transferred from the donating member to a media sheet disposed in the transfer nip between the donating member and the transfer roll, wherein a product of a resistivity of the transfer nip and a dielectric constant thereof is greater than or equal to a product of a resistivity of the media sheet and a dielectric constant thereof.
US08588661B2
A developer storage container includes a developer storage portion that stores a developer and has an opening for supplying the developer. An agitating-and-supplying member is rotatably provided in the developer storage portion. The agitating-and-supplying member has a shaft portion and an agitating portion. The agitating portion has a fixed end and a distal end opposite to each other. The fixed end of the agitating portion is fixed to the shaft portion. The agitating portion has an area corresponding to the opening. In the area, a distance between a center axis of the shaft portion and the distal end of the agitating portion is longer than a distance between the center axis of the shaft portion and an outer wall of the developer storage portion.
US08588660B2
Apparatus for maintenance of ink concentration stability in a reservoir (12) of a solid ink add printing device (10) over the course of a printing operation, comprises: a look-ahead unit (24) which looks at incoming printing instruction data (22) to determine pending ink usage, and a dynamic feed mechanism control unit (18) to dynamically control the feeding mechanism to modify feeding of the ink particles based on the determined pending ink usage.
US08588651B2
A rotary drive device to drive a rotary body included in an image forming apparatus. The rotary drive device includes a drive source and a planetary gear mechanism to control torque from the drive source. The planetary gear mechanism includes a sun gear rotated by the torque, an annular gear coaxial to the sun gear and having inward-facing teeth, multiple planetary gears provided within the annular gear, and a carrier rotatable coaxially to the sun gear and the annular gear to rotatably support the multiple planetary gears. The annular gear is formed by injecting molten resin into a mold having a cylindrical cavity with teeth shapes along an inner circumference of the cavity from multiple pin gates provided to the mold at equal intervals along a circumference of the cavity. A number of pin gates is a non-integer multiple of a number of planetary gears.
US08588650B2
Two thick film charging devices or a common thick film charge device with two separated obverse conductors, sharing a common power supply are used for photoreceptor charge and erase. The thick film charging devices use a set of AC biased electrodes supported on a dielectric material which also support a counter electrode on an opposite side of the dielectric. A DC offset applied to the counter electrodes is used to set photoreceptor charge level. One DC voltage is used for photoreceptor charge and a zero or near zero DC voltage is used to erase residual charge for the photoreceptor.
US08588649B2
Image forming apparatus in which movement of cover causes moving mechanisms to move exposure members
An image forming apparatus includes a cover moving between a first position where the cover opens an opening and a second position where the cover closes the opening; photoconductors arrayed in a predetermined direction; and exposure members provided in one to one correspondence with the photoconductors. Each exposure member exposes a corresponding photoconductor and moves between third and fourth positions. The apparatus also includes moving mechanisms provided in one to one correspondence with the exposure members, each moving mechanism moving the corresponding exposure member between the first and second positions; a power transmission mechanism transmitting power from the cover to the moving mechanisms such that movement of the cover from the second position to the first position causes each moving mechanism to move the corresponding exposure member from the third position to the fourth position. Each exposure member tilts when moving from the third position to the fourth position.
US08588646B2
A process cartridge is detachably mountable to a main assembly of an electrophotographic image forming apparatus. The cartridge includes an electrophotographic photosensitive drum, a developing roller, a drum unit containing the drum, a developing unit containing the roller and being movable so the roller contacts and is spaced from the drum, and a first force receiver receiving a force from a main-assembly first force applier by movement of a door from open to closed positions when mounting the cartridge and a second force receiver movable from a stand-by position by movement of the first force receiver by a force received from the first force applier. The second force receiver takes a projected position receiving a force from the second force applier to move the developing unit so the roller moves out of contact with the drum, the projected position being higher than the stand-by position.
US08588644B2
A developing device including a first frame including a first welding surface and a second frame including a second welding surface, wherein the first frame and the second frame are welded so that the first welding surface and the second welding surface are opposite to each other, and wherein the developing device further includes: a seal member that is adhered to a first adhesion surface of the first frame and a second adhesion surface of the second frame, wherein the seal member covers a first side end portion from a first side in an orthogonal direction at an opposite part, where the first welding surface and the second welding surface are disposed opposite one another; and a filling agent that is filled between the seal member and the first side end portion in the orthogonal direction at the opposite part.
US08588643B2
An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member to bear a toner image, a waste toner storage mechanism to store residual toner, and an intermediate transfer unit detachable from the image forming apparatus. The intermediate transfer unit includes an intermediate transfer member onto which the toner image is transferred, a cleaning device to remove residual toner remaining on the intermediate transfer member after the toner image is transferred to a recording medium, and a connecting mechanism to connect the cleaning device and the waste toner storage mechanism. The connecting mechanism includes a movable connecting tube and a moving device to move the connecting tube between a first position at which the connecting tube engages the cleaning device and the waste toner storage mechanism, and the second position at which the connecting tube separates the cleaning device from the waste toner storage mechanism.
US08588640B2
An electrical connection structure includes a holder that holds an electric terminal provided with an electrical contact portion having elasticity and held such that the electrical contact portion is elastically deformable; a guiding member fitted to the holder and capable of guiding the holder in first and second directions, which are substantially orthogonal to each other, to move the electrical contact portion to a predetermined contact position on a conductive member, the first direction being a direction in which the electrical contact portion is elastically deformed by being pressed against the conductive member; and a restraining member that comes into contact with the holder that has been guided by the guiding member to move the electrical contact portion to the contact position, the restraining member restraining the holder from being moved in a direction opposite to the first direction by an elastic reaction force applied to the holder.
US08588635B2
A development device includes a developer container, a rotary developer carrier that is disposed facing the latent image carrier and including multiple outer electrodes arranged in a circumferential direction of the developer carrier, an inner electrode electrically insulated from the multiple outer electrodes, an insulation layer disposed between the inner and outer electrodes, and a surface layer overlaying the outer electrodes and electrically insulating the multiple outer electrodes from each other, a bias power source to generate electrical fields that change with time by applying a first and second bias voltages to the inner and outer electrodes, respectively, an electrical field adjuster to regulate the electrical fields in accordance with a thickness of the surface layer of the developer carrier, and a controller.
US08588628B2
A fixing device includes a fixing member, an induction heating unit, a pressing member, and a damage detection unit. The fixing member heats a toner image on a recording medium to fix the toner image onto the recording medium. The induction heating unit heats the fixing member by electromagnetic induction. The pressing member presses the fixing member to form a fixing nip portion. The fixing member includes a heat insulating elastic layer and a sleeve layer. The sleeve layer is located outside the heat insulating elastic layer and is provided with an outer conductive layer that generates heat from a magnetic flux generated by the induction heating unit. The damage detection unit is connected to the outer, conductive layer.
US08588611B2
The present invention provides a method for establishing an inter-domain path that satisfies wavelength continuity constraint. The fPCE stores a virtual topology comprised by border nodes of all domains. The present invention uses parallel inter-domain path establishment method to decrease the influence from WCC. Compared with the sequential process way in prior art, it enhanced the resource utilization and decreased computation delay.
US08588604B2
An imaging apparatus includes a light-emitting unit from which a lead wire and a flexible wiring board extend, a shaft member passing through the light-emitting unit, and a base member having formed therein two bearing portions pivotally supporting the shaft member. The light-emitting unit is caused to shift between an in-use state and a stored state according to the light-emitting unit being rotated around the shaft member. The flexible wiring board extending from the light-emitting unit extends into the imaging apparatus through a space between the two bearing portions in which the shaft member is located. The lead wire extending from the light-emitting unit extends into the imaging apparatus through an outside of one of the two bearing portions in which the shaft member is not located.
US08588598B2
A shape memory alloy actuation apparatus comprises a movable element suspended on a support structure by a plurality of flexures which are non-uniformly configured to apply forces having differing components perpendicular to the movement axis generating a net moment around the center of mass of the movable element in an opposite sense from the moment generated by the actuation force. A shape memory alloy wire is coupled between the support structure and an intermediate body engaging the movable element through a pivotal contact to avoid lateral force transfer. Also coupled between the support structure and the intermediate body is a resilient biassing flexure plastically deformed in a partial region thereof. The shape memory alloy wire is crimped by a crimping member fixed to the support structure holding the shape memory alloy wire against a curved surface from which the shape alloy memory wire extends to the movable element.
US08588597B2
An image blurring correction device includes a correction member which moves in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis of an imaging optical system to correct blurring of an optical image, two driving units which drive the correction member in different directions, a shake detection unit which detects a shake applied to the image blurring correction device, a correction amount calculation unit which calculates, based on shake information detected by the shake detection unit, a correction amount for correcting blurring of the optical image, and a conversion unit which converts the correction amount to cancel a driving error generated by a rotation moment applied to the correction member. The driving units drive the correction member based on the correction amount converted by the conversion unit, correcting blurring of the optical image.
US08588584B2
An information recording medium configured to store stream information including I-picture information of MPEG and control information used to access the stream information. The stream information includes a third data unit including a plurality of second data units each including a plurality of first data units. The first data unit is defined as a pair of a transport packet of 188 bytes and a time stamp appended to the transport packet. The second data unit is defined as a data unit of stream blocks or stream object units. The third data unit is defined as an object data of the stream information. The control information includes map information including time information and position information related to the time information, and entry number information indicating a number of entries in the map information. Also disclosed are methods and apparatuses using the information recording medium.
US08588581B2
The medium has script files including additional information about moving picture data, e.g., scene descriptive text and introduction of characters, etc. In addition, information linking each script file with a section of moving picture data to be presented with contents of the script file is included in a link data file or is contained in a filename of the script file. In reproduction of the recording medium, a script file linked with presently reproduced moving picture data section is determined and searched for based on the link data file or every filename of the script files, and contents of the found script file are presented together with the presently reproduced moving picture data. Furthermore, previously presented additional information is removed depending on data or filename of the found script file.
US08588573B2
A method for manufacturing an optical fiber in which a flow of a cooling gas within a cooling device is made to be an upward flow and the cooling gas is discharged to outside from an upper end of the cooling device by connecting the cooling device and a coating device in an airtight manner, and closing a flow of the cooling gas which flows toward a coating device within the cooling device using a meniscus of resin within the coating device. A temperature of the cooling gas is increased toward an upper portion of the cooling device from a lower portion of the cooling device by adjusting the flow rate of the cooling gas.
US08588571B1
A technique for installing a fiber optic network includes preparing a physical site to install a feeder cable and a plurality of access stub lines along a plurality of customer premises that potentially may connect to the feeder cable to obtain communication services. Each of the access stub lines extends from the feeder cable towards a customer premise and each ends at a different initial termination point. There is a one-to-one correspondence between the customer premises and the access stub lines extending from the feeder cable. A demarcation device is attached to an end of each of the access stub lines at each of the initial termination points. The demarcation device includes an optical reflector that is reflective to an optical test signal for testing integrity of the feeder cable and an associated one of the access stub lines.
US08588567B2
An optical cable comprises a tight-buffered optical cable and a protective sleeve which surrounds the tight-buffered optical cable. An intermediate layer surrounds the protective sleeve has tension-resistant elements. Furthermore, the optical cable contains a cable sheath which surrounds the intermediate layer, and a transitional area facing its inner surface. In this transitional area, the material of the cable sheath is mixed with the tension-resistant elements of the intermediate layer.
US08588565B2
A coherent optical detector having a waveguide circuit, in which a plurality of waveguides are connected to a waveguide grating. In a representative embodiment, the waveguide grating serves at least three different functions, e.g., those of a fiber-optic coupler, a polarization splitter, and two power splitters, one for each of two orthogonal polarizations. Various embodiments of the coherent optical detector can be used to demodulate various forms of polarization-division-multiplexed (PDM) QAM- and/or PSK-modulated optical communication signals.
US08588559B2
An optical coupler module includes a semiconductor substrate disposed on the print circuit board; a reflecting trench structure formed on the semiconductor substrate; a reflector formed on a slant surface of the reflecting trench structure; a strip trench structure formed on the semiconductor substrate and connecting with the reflecting trench structure; a thin film disposed on the above-mentioned structure. The optical coupler module further includes a signal conversion unit disposed on the semiconductor substrate and the position of the signal conversion unit corresponds to the reflector; and an optical waveguide structure formed in the trench structures. The optical signal from the signal conversion unit is reflected by the reflector and then transmitted in the optical waveguide structure, or in a reverse direction to reach the signal conversion unit.
US08588550B2
A method of and apparatus for generating a reference line or a virtual level enables tilt correction of an image. A user is able to utilize the reference line to see how an image should be oriented for the objects within the image to be level. The user is able to then correct the tilt of the image as desired using the reference line for assistance.
US08588545B2
The present invention relates to processing an image by using a statistical property of a reference image. An image enhancing apparatus according to the present invention includes: a first image processing unit (120) and a second processing unit (130) which receive an input image, receive statistical properties of a difference image, generate a filter based on the statistical properties of the difference image which have been received by the property receiving unit, and apply the filter to the input image so as to generate a filtered image; and an adder (140) which adds the filtered image to the input image so as to generate an output image.
US08588541B2
A system (12) for providing an adjusted image (228) of a scene (10) from a blurred captured image (14) includes a control system (26) that provides the adjusted image (228). The control system (26) can create a downsampled blurred image (236) from the captured image (14), deblur the downsampled blurred image (236) to create a downsampled deblurred image (238), and upsample the downsampled deblurred image (238) to create the adjusted image (228). With this design, because the deblurring is performed on the downsampled blurred image (236), the computational and memory costs are substantially less than if this task is performed on the original captured image (14). Further, the control system (26) can create the adjusted image (228) using a joint bilateral filter that combines information from the blurred captured image (14) and the downsampled deblurred image (238).
US08588540B2
The number of times of processing to increment the number of reserved bits in arithmetic coding processing is reduced. For this purpose, upon inputting a binary symbol, a zone is divided into two zones at a ratio between occurrence probabilities of MPS and LPS, and one of the divided zones is selected according to the input symbol. When the length of the selected zone is shorter than a predetermined length, normalization is performed. Then it is determined whether or not a threshold for determining a decimal place of interest exists within the zone of interest. When the threshold exists within the zone of interest, the number of reserved bits is incremented by one. When the threshold exists without the zone, 1-bit data determined based on a relative position between the zone of interest and the threshold is outputted, bit data corresponding to the number of reserved bits is determined and outputted, and the number of reserved bits is cleared to zero.
US08588525B1
This disclosure relates to transformation invariant media matching. A fingerprinting component can generate a transformation invariant identifier for media content by adaptively encoding the relative ordering of signal markers in media content. The signal markers can be adaptively encoded via reference point geometry, or ratio histograms. An identification component compares the identifier against a set of identifiers for known media content, and the media content can be matched or identified as a function of the comparison.
US08588518B2
Systems and methods for implementing a superpixel boosted top-down image recognition framework are provided. The framework utilizes superpixels comprising contiguous pixel regions sharing similar characteristics. Feature extraction methods described herein provide non-redundant image feature vectors for classification model building. The provided framework differentiates a digitized image into a plurality of superpixels. The digitized image is characterized through image feature extraction methods based on the plurality of superpixels. Image classification models are generated from the extracted image features and ground truth labels and may then be used to classify other digitized images.
US08588517B2
A sensor system creates a sequence of depth images that are used to detect and track motion of objects within range of the sensor system. A reference image is created and updated based on a moving average (or other function) of a set of depth images. A new depth images is compared to the reference image to create a motion image, which is an image file (or other data structure) with data representing motion. The new depth image is also used to update the reference image. The data in the motion image is grouped and associated with one or more objects being tracked. The tracking of the objects is updated by the grouped data in the motion image. The new positions of the objects are used to update an application.
US08588506B2
A method for detecting authorized security markers includes capturing an image of a region of interest on a product with a camera; storing image data in a two-dimensional array on a microprocessor; counting a number of pixels at or above a predetermined brightness level in the image data with the microprocessor to determine a first score; eroding the image data; counting the pixels which remain at or above the predetermined brightness level after erosion to determine a second score; calculating a ratio of the second score to the first score; and producing a first authentication signal if the ratio meets a first predetermined criteria.
US08588504B2
An image processing program (GP) attains (S10) time lapse images, extracts (S20) a cell aggregation from each of the obtained images, and calculates (S50), for the entire region of the cell aggregation, the spatial distribution in pixel values and temporal change in pixel values of a small region in the extracted cell aggregation. The program determines (S70) the state of change of the cell aggregation toward becoming multi-layered, on the basis of the calculated spatial distribution and time lapse change of pixel values, and outputs (S80) the results of the determination. The image processing program (GP) is configured so as to determine and output, from time lapse images, the state of change of the cell aggregation toward becoming multi-layered.
US08588492B2
An apparatus produces image space data (35) indicative of the spatially varying strength of the vascular connections between locations in the image space and a lesion or other feature of interest. The data may be presented by way of a maximum intensity projection (MIP) display in which the brightness of the image represents the strength of the vascular connection.
US08588481B2
A facial recognition method for eliminating the effect of noise blur and environmental variations is provided, applicable to a data processing apparatus, to determine whether a current-face-image matches a reference-face-image or not. According to the method, Gaussian Noise blur Reduction or another noise blur reduction method is performed on the current-face-image and the reference-face-image. Furthermore, the current-face-image and the reference-face-image are respectively divided into a plurality of blocks, so as to derive feature-vector sets representing the current-face-image and the reference-face-image. Finally a dynamic threshold value is determined according to environmental variations to be compared with the difference of the feature-vector sets, so as to determine whether a current-face-image matches a reference-face-image.
US08588475B2
An image processing apparatus including: a representative image creating section which creates a representative image on the basis of images of respective screens which form a predetermined scene; and a symbol drawing section which draws, on the basis of a movement of a target portion of each screen in the predetermined scene, a symbol indicating the movement of the target portion in a peripheral section of the representative image created by the representative image creating section.
US08588461B2
Embedding a watermark includes organizing variation locations in a data stream, partitioning the data stream into small blocks, determining the variation of small blocks based on the variation, categorizing small blocks into big blocks, identifying those big blocks that have a threshold level of variation, and embedding into those identified big blocks a watermark value.
US08588455B2
An earphone wire cover with three separate arms resembling drinking straws joined together in a Y-configuration into which the ear phone speakers and plug are inserted and passed through. These covers enclose most of the wire from the electronic device to the earphones. The three sections are joined together with a flexible tape or string so that, when the earphones are to be stored, the three arms can be brought together as three parallel tubes holding the bulk of the wire by simply flipping the bottom section into alignment with the upper two sections. The invention can be easily re-deployed by simply folding the bottom section out again and separating the top ends to make a Y. An alternate embodiment of the invention can have a microphone hole in one of the arms.
US08588449B2
An audio driver including a diaphragm with a first side and a second side. The diaphragm is coupled to a transducer element on the second side and is arranged to radiate sound. The transducer element converts an electrical input signal into movement of the diaphragm. The diaphragm is arranged such that a part of the diaphragm at least partly forms a cavity at the second side of an air conduit is coupled to the cavity. The air conduit has a first opening into the cavity and a second opening outside of the cavity. The air conduit and cavity form a resonator which has a resonance frequency that is less than half a free air acoustic resonance frequency of the audio driver.
US08588448B1
A frame assembly worn to maintain at least one transparent eye panel in front of a wearer's eyes. A processor receives an incoming audio signal and wirelessly transmits it to an earpiece which audibly communicates the incoming signal to the wearer. An outbound microphone assembly picks up an outbound audio signal from the wearer and transmits it to the processor which transmits it to a remote recipient. An ambient microphone assembly picks up an ambient audio signal and transmits it to the processor. The processor is structured to enhance the incoming and/or the outbound audio signal based on the ambient audio signal. The processor transmits a voice component of the ambient audio signal to the earpiece. A camera assembly picks up an outbound visual signal and transmits it to the processor which further transmits it to a remote recipient. A display assembly displays an incoming visual signal.
US08588447B2
Methods and apparatus for transmitting vibrations via an electronic and/or transducer assembly through a tooth or teeth are disclosed herein. The assembly may be attached, adhered, or otherwise embedded into or upon a removable oral appliance to form a hearing aid assembly. Such an oral appliance may be a custom-made device. The electronic and transducer assembly may receive incoming sounds either directly or through a receiver to process and amplify the signals and transmit the processed sounds via a vibrating transducer element coupled to a tooth or other bone structure, such as the maxillary, mandibular, or palatine bone structure.
US08588446B2
Provided is a method and shield for shielding a behind-the-ear hearing aid. A Mu metal shielding material is bonded to the external or internal surface of the behind-the-ear hearing aid, the shielding providing effective shielding of electromagnetic radiation in the frequency range of 20 Hz to 1,600 MHz and effective sound shielding in the audio frequency range of 20 Hz to 20,000 Hz. A hearing canal mold comprised of a rubber-like compound, shaped to encompass and seal an outer portion of a hearing tube of a hearing aid and a user's hearing canal entrance is also provided.
US08588442B2
A method for adjusting a hearing device with a transfer function describing input/output behavior of the hearing device is presented. A sound signal is recorded by an input transducer of the hearing device. At least one of the sound signal and characteristics of the sound signal are stored in a memory unit. A data base is provided having at least media samples. The at least one of the sound signal and its characteristics are compared with at least some of the media samples or characteristics thereof, respectively, to obtain a qualitative measure for at least some of the media samples with respect to the sound signal or its characteristics. The media sample having the best qualitative measure is selected and the transfer function is adjusted on the basis of the selected media sample.
US08588440B2
An apparatus, such as a decoder is arranged to modify the sweet-spot of a spatial M-channel audio signal by modifying spatial parameters. Specifically, a receiver (201) receives an N-channel audio signal where N
US08588431B2
An electrical apparatus includes a frame, a speaker connected to the frame, a digital signal processor in communication with the speaker to receive audio data and control data to control the speaker, the digital signal processor connected to the frame, and a lamp base coupler electrically connected to the speaker and receiver, the lamp base coupler detachably connectable to a power source, when the power source is present. A method of steering the diffused sound field includes, broadcasting at least one calibration audio signal through a plurality of speakers (M) in an audio system, receiving the calibration audio signal in a plurality of microphones spaced apart and positioned about at a listening position, and calculating respective relative speaker placement angles relative to the listening position between each of the plurality of speakers in response to receipt of the calibration audio signal in the plurality of microphones.
US08588427B2
An apparatus for extracting an ambient signal from an input audio signal comprises a gain-value determinator configured to determine a sequence of time-varying ambient signal gain values for a given frequency band of the time-frequency distribution of the input audio signal in dependence on the input audio signal. The apparatus comprises a weighter configured to weight one of the sub-band signals representing the given frequency band of the time-frequency-domain representation with the time-varying gain values, to obtain a weighted sub-band signal. The gain-value determinator is configured to obtain one or more quantitative feature-values describing one or more features of the input audio signal and to provide the gain-value as a function of the one or more quantitative feature values such that the gain values are quantitatively dependent on the quantitative values. The gain value determinator is configured to determine the gain values such that ambience components are emphasized over non-ambience components in the weighted sub-band signal.
US08588418B2
A communication session is established, via a wireless communication link, with a mobile communication device that is connected to a computer system. The mobile communication device is enumerated by the computer system as a locally attached mass storage device. An authentication executable file is sent to the mobile communication device. A response generated by the computer system executing the authentication executable file is received from the mobile communication device. Based on the response generated by the computer system executing the authentication executable file, access to a data file that is stored by a mass storage system via a network is granted.
US08588415B2
A method of securing a telecommunication terminal that is connected to a module used to identify a user of the terminal is described. The method includes a step including executing a procedure in which the terminal is matched to the identification module, consisting in: securely loading a first software program including a data matching key onto the identification module; securely loading a second software program which can operate in conjunction with the first software program onto the telecommunication terminal; transmitting a data matching key that corresponds to that of the first software program to the second software program; storing the transmitted data matching key in the secured storage zone of the telecommunication terminal; and conditionally submitting every response from the first software program to a request from the second software program upon verification at the true value of the valid possession of the data matching key by the second program.
US08588410B2
Nodes of a network are each provided with a seed value and a seed identifier. Each seed value has a corresponding unique seed identifier which is maintained within the system. Within each authorized node, the seed value is combined with a local node identifier, such as a serial number or other unique identifier, to form a cryptographic key that is then used by the node to encrypt and/or decrypt data transmitted and received by that node. The cryptographic key is never transmitted over the network, and each node is able to create a different cryptographic key for use in communicating with other nodes.
US08588407B2
A method and a circuit for protecting a digital quantity over a first number of bits, in an algorithm executing at least one modular exponentiation of data by the quantity, the steps including at least one squaring up and at least one multiplication and implementing, for each bit of the quantity, different calculation steps according to the state of the bit, a same number of multiplications being performed whatever the state of the bit and all the calculation steps using a multiplication being taken into account to calculate a final result.
US08588403B2
In a line driver/receiver circuit where the line driver is connected with its output terminals to a load for supplying a transmit signal thereto and where the receiver is connected with its input terminals to the load for simultaneously receiving a receive signal therefrom, the transmit signal on the input terminals of the receiver is canceled by connecting the output terminals of the line driver to the load via equal complex sense impedances of an impedance value that is much smaller than the impedance value of the load impedance to match the load impedance, connecting the input terminals of the receiver to the load via equal first resistors and to respective output terminal of the line driver via equal second resistors, and providing transconductance amplifiers to sense the voltage across the sense impedances and supply corresponding currents to respective input terminal of the line driver.
US08588399B2
An IP-based call center is able to route video and audio calls. The call routing is skills-based, and can be configured to give preference first to representatives or agents associated with an entity, and then to representatives or agents within a network associated with that entity. If no representative is available in-house or in-network, the call can be transferred to an external representative or agent. In other embodiments, an entity can configure prioritized layers for routing calls, in order to favor specific service providers.
US08588387B2
Method, system, and computer readable medium for providing an identifier for a caller identifier (ID) function when processing a communication request between a calling party and a called party in a communication network is described. In some examples, an initial identifier for the caller ID function associated with the calling party is received. A determination is made if the calling party has a virtual identifier configured in the communication network. A determination is made if the called party has a predefined identifier associated with the calling party configured in the communication network. The initial identifier is replaced with a terminating identifier based on configuration of the virtual identifier and the predefined identifier in the communication network.
US08588384B2
A method, system, and program for billing for service provided to destination device according to the calling plan of the individual receiving the call. An authenticated identity for a callee answering a call placed to a destination device is received at an intermediary device. The intermediary device then accesses a billing plan for the authenticated identity of the callee and loads the billing plan for specifying charges for the call, such that telephone service billed to the callee is accessible at multiple destination devices.
US08588373B2
A diagnostic tool is adapted to include the capability of initiating one or more diagnostic tests, collecting the raw data from the diagnostic test(s) and transporting the raw diagnostic data to an OSS. The OSS interprets the raw diagnostic data and stores the results in a database. The stored results can be searched, sorted, manipulated, analyzed, and the like. The results of any of these operations can then be, for example, displayed to one or more entities such as customer support, network operators, network planners, or the like.
US08588372B2
An apparatus for modifying an aspect ratio of an electron beam to form a focal spot having a desired size and aspect ratio on a target anode is disclosed. The apparatus includes an emitter element configured to generate an electron beam having a first aspect ratio shape and an extraction electrode positioned adjacent to the emitter element to extract the electron beam out therefrom, the extraction electrode including an opening therethrough. The apparatus also includes at least one shaping electrode positioned to receive the electron beam after passing through the extraction electrode, the shaping electrode defining a non-circular aperture therein and being configured to provide at least one of shaping and focusing of the electron beam to have a second aspect ratio shape different from the first aspect ratio shape so as to form a focal spot having a desired size and aspect ratio on a target anode.
US08588370B2
The present invention discloses an article inspection device, comprising: a x-ray machine, a collimation unit, a transmission detector array and at least one scattering detector array. Each of the at least one scattering detector array comprising a plurality of same scattering detector modules arranged in a matrix of i-rows and j-columns. A transmission cross section of the article transmitted by the x-rays is divided into a plurality of same sub-regions arranged in a matrix of i-rows and j-columns. The plurality of scattering detector modules arranged in i-rows and i-columns correspond to the plurality of sub-regions arranged in i-rows and j-columns one by one for detecting pair production effect annihilation photons and Compton-effect scattering photons from the respective sub-regions. Obtaining atomic numbers of the respective sub-regions based on a ratio of the pair production effect annihilation photon count to the Compton-effect scattering photon count, so as to form a three-dimensional image of the article. In addition, the present invention further discloses an article inspection method.
US08588369B2
A patient support system includes a patient support having a surface for supporting a patient and a longitudinal axis, and a positioner coupled to the patient support for positioning the patient support, wherein the positioner is configured to move the patient support along a path that has an arc, circular, or zig-zag shape, and wherein the path lies within a plane that forms an angle with the surface of the patient support.
US08588367B2
An apparatus includes a diagnostic scanner (102) and a treatment planner (112). The treatment planner (112) plans a treatment to be applied to an object. A treatment device (114) treats the object according to the treatment plan. A treatment scanner (108) scans the object during a treatment session. A motion modeler (116) uses information from the treatment scan to model a motion of the object. A motion compensated quantitative data generator (1004) uses data from the diagnostic (102) or other scanner, as well as feature geometry (1008) and feature motion (1006) information, to generate motion compensated quantitative data indicative of a feature of the object.
US08588363B2
At least one embodiment of the invention relates to a dual-source CT device with two focus-detector systems arranged on a gantry offset at an angle n and at least one embodiment relates to a method for spiral scanning and for the reconstruction of tomographic image data of a patient. In at least one embodiment, the detectors have a different z-width in the system axis direction and a computer system with a program memory with at least one computer program, by which during operation the dual-source CT device controls a spiral scanning of a patient and CT-image data is reconstructed from absorption data obtained from both unequally wide detectors, wherein in particular a spiral is controlled with a couch feed rate per rotation, which is greater than the maximum couch feed rate possible with the narrower detector.
US08588346B2
A Doppler frequency estimation system includes a basis projector, a polynomial generator and an extreme value determinator. The basis projector receives and projects multiple channel sampling signals to a set of orthogonal bases to thereby generate multiple channel correlation vectors. The polynomial generator is connected to the basis projector in order to produce a target polynomial based on the channel correlation vectors, an estimated channel-envelope-to-noise-plus-interference power-ratio and a channel-envelope power. The extreme value determinator is connected to the polynomial generator in order to determine an extreme value of the polynomial and output a frequency corresponding to the extreme value as an estimated Doppler frequency.
US08588342B2
A mobile terminal includes a data generation unit operable to generate first data and second data and a radio transmission unit operable to perform radio transmission of the first data by using a first sub carrier group according to an orthogonal frequency divisional multiplexing (OFDM) method and to perform radio transmission of the second data by using a second sub carrier group according to the OFDM method.
US08588336B2
Methods for compensation of imbalance between I (In-phase) and Q (Quadrature) signal paths (12a, 12b, 605a, 605b) in a quadrature receiver (8) and a quadrature transmitter (600) are disclosed. In the receiver case, the imbalance is compensated for by means of post-distortion in the digital domain. In the transmitter case, the imbalance is compensated for by means of pre-distortion in the digital domain. The methods can be carried out with a relatively low computational complexity. Signal-processing devices (30, 610) for carrying out the methods are disclosed as well. The same basic internal structure may be used for the signal-processing device (30) in the receiver case as for the signal processing device (610) in the transmitter case.
US08588323B2
The invention relates to a method of feeding back information from a receiver to a transmitter, and also a corresponding receiver, transmitter, system comprising a receiver and transmitter, and computer program products for performing the steps of the receiver and transmitter respectively. The method comprises: receiving signals at the receiver from the transmitter over a wireless multiple-input-multiple-output channel; and, based on the received signals, transmitting back reports from the receiver to the transmitter including a report indicating a pre-coding matrix and a report indicating a rank of the pre-coding matrix. In the event that the report indicating the rank is not transmitted, the receiver instead uses a default rank to determine the report.
US08588314B2
Communication device and method for detecting broadcast wave to be performed by communication device
A communication device includes a data communication unit that sends a communication signal, which is obtained by at least modulating transmission data, to a power line; a zero-crossing-point detector that detects a zero crossing point of an alternating voltage applied from the power line; a transmission unit that sends a coexistence signal to the power line in a coexistence region that starts at a time based on the zero crossing point, the coexistence signal having information for allowing systems to be present on the power line; a receiving unit that detects the coexistence signal from the power line in the coexistence region; a setting unit that sets a detection period for performing a detection operation for detecting a broadcast wave in accordance with the coexistence signal; and a broadcast-wave detector that detects a broadcast wave by performing frequency analysis on a signal on the power line in the detection period.
US08588304B2
With use of a simplified program or calculating device for motion compensation, a video decoding device decodes video data compressed by motion detection operations on macroblock units, as in the MPEG-4AVC standard. The video decoding device splits compressed data blocks of the prescribed size, 16×16 pixels for instance, to generate sub-blocks, which are smaller than the blocks and on which the video decoding device is able to execute motion compensation operations. The video decoding device duplicates a motion vector assigned to a given block to generate as many motion vectors as there are sub-blocks in the given block, and executes motion compensation on each sub-block using the corresponding duplicate motion vector. Data resulting from the motion compensation operation on each sub-block is combined to obtain a target block corresponding to the given block.
US08588303B2
An apparatus comprising a processor configured to receive a current block of an image, select an optimal prediction mode of a plurality of prediction modes for the current block, wherein the selected prediction mode corresponds to a selected one of a plurality of group-numbers and a selected one of a plurality of index-numbers, predict one of the plurality of group-numbers based on a first known group-number and a second known group-number, wherein the predicted group-number is predicted independent from any known index-numbers, clear a first flag when the predicted group-number matches the selected group-number, and set the first flag and encode the selected group-number into a coded data stream when the predicted group-number does not match the selected group-number, wherein the first flag is located in an overhead of the coded data stream.
US08588301B2
An image coding apparatus which divides an input picture into a plurality of macroblocks and performs a prediction encoding for each macroblock, comprising a unit for calculating flatness based on pixel values contained in a macroblock of interest and determining whether the macroblock of interest is a flat macroblock, a unit for storing determination results for each macroblock, a unit for determining, based on the determination results, whether the macroblock of interest determined to be a flat macroblock belongs to a flat area, a unit for selecting one of the inter-prediction mode and the intra-prediction mode as a prediction mode for an encoding process of the macroblock of interest based on determination results and on cost values of the inter-prediction mode and the intra-prediction mode, and a unit for performing predictive coding according to the selected prediction mode.
US08588300B1
Transcoder chip having a buffer for temporarily storing decoded macroblocks and compressed domain parameters. A video decoding module of the transcoding chip decodes and stores the decoded macroblocks in the buffer in a first sequence. The video encoding module then reads the data from the buffer in a second sequence different from the first sequence to encode the macroblocks in a different format. The buffer can also be used for deblocking the macroblocks and for filtering motion vectors. By using the buffer, data traffic between the transcoding chip and external memory is reduced, increasing the speed for transcoding a video sequence from one format to another.
US08588289B2
Circuitry for adaptive signal equalizing with coarse and fine boost controls by providing multiple serially coupled stages of parallel controllable DC and AC signal gains with coarse and fine gain controls provided across all stages.
US08588278B2
Method of resolving ambiguity for determining the main peak of the autocorrelation function of signals transmitted by a set of satellites and received by a receiver of a radionavigation system, a signal received originating from a satellite comprising two received spectral components right and left, the said method comprising the following steps: the right and left components received are demodulated by a BPSK demodulation method the central carrier is tracked by means of a central carrier loop which calculates estimations of central carrier phase errors so as to generate carrier commands, the code is tracked by means of a code loop which calculates instantaneous estimations of code errors so as to generate code commands, wherein the code commands are furthermore generated on the basis of instantaneous estimations of sub-carrier phase errors.
US08588276B2
In some embodiments of the invention, OFDM symbols are transmitted as a plurality of clusters. A cluster includes a plurality of OFDM sub-carriers in frequency, over a plurality of OFDM symbol durations in time. Each cluster includes data as well as pilot information as a reference signal for channel estimation. In some embodiments, a plurality of clusters collectively occupy the available sub-carrier set in the frequency domain that is used for transmission. In some embodiments of the invention data and/or pilots are spread within each cluster using code division multiplexing (CDM). In some embodiments pilots and data are separated by distributing data on a particular number of the plurality of OFDM symbol durations and pilots on a remainder of the OFDM symbol durations. CDM spreading can be performed in time and/or frequency directions.
US08588274B2
The present invention relates to a pilot tone generating method and apparatus of an orthogonal frequency division multiple access system and method, and a channel estimation method and apparatus using the same. The channel estimation apparatus includes a pilot tone extracting unit for extracting a pilot tone, which is inserted within a frame with data tone, masked with an orthogonal code; a pilot tone unmasking unit for unmasking of the pilot tone extracted from the pilot tone extracting unit by using an orthogonal code information; and a channel estimation operating unit for estimating a channel by calculating an average of the pilot tones which is unmasked in the unmasking unit.
US08588272B1
Reference frames are selected for use in a frame reference buffer in a video encoding system, so as to provide long term prediction of motion in video sequences. Candidate reference frames are characterized by characteristic vectors. From the candidate reference frames, a number of reference frames are maintained in the frame buffer so as to obtain a specified distribution of the characteristic vectors over a vector space. Frames are selected for use in encoding a current frame based on the characteristic vector of the current frame and the reference frames in the frame buffer.
US08588271B2
The present invention relates generally to methods for generating a dynamic pilot symbol structure in spread spectrum communication systems, and in particular to the use of pilot symbols by user equipment in channel estimation. In one form, the method includes, allocating basic pilot symbols at the beginning of each data chunk and spread over the plurality of sub-carrier frequencies; and selectively replacing data symbols in each data chunk with adaptive pilot symbols according to the speed of the user equipment.
US08588269B2
A laser crystallization device is provided, which includes a vibration device vibrating a laser beam along its long axis, wherein a vibration frequency at which the laser beam vibrates is satisfied by Equation 1 below. F<(P*f)/(2*W) Equation 1 where F is the mirror vibration frequency, W is the laser beam width, P is the laser scan pitch, and f is the laser pulse frequency.
US08588267B1
An array of optical fibers includes a plurality of optical fibers. Each optical fiber includes a core having a substantially rectangular cross section, and cladding surrounding the core. The cladding includes a pair of substantially parallel flats. The array of optical fibers can be used in combination with a plurality of laser diodes to provide a laser pump whereby an input end of each optical fiber is optically coupled to the output of a respective one of the plurality of laser diodes, and where the output ends of the optical fibers are arranged in an array.
US08588258B2
A method for automatic management of a timestamp-based synchronization protocol within a packet-based network to synchronize a slave within a synchronization topology including a plurality of masters, the slave clock being locked to a master clock at an initialization time, said method comprising an assessment step of end-to-end packet delay variation on the basis of the slave clock accuracy, over a plurality of (slave, path, master) combinations, each path linking the slave to a master.
US08588257B2
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that accommodates different clock frequencies in an Ethernet passive optical network (EPON). The system receives a signal from an optical line terminal (OLT) at an optical network unit (ONU) and derives an OLT clock. The system also maintains a local clock. The system further receives from the OLT an assignment for an upstream transmission window, during which the ONU can transmit an upstream data burst to the OLT based on the local clock. The system adjusts the number of bits of the data burst without affecting the payload data carried in the data burst, thereby allowing the data burst to fit properly within the upstream transmission window and compensating for frequency differences between the local clock and the OLT clock. The system transmits the data burst based on the local clock in the upstream transmission window.
US08588256B2
A transmission apparatus exercises insertion control for inserting a client signal and a stuff byte into a payload area in a frame into which the client signal is to be mapped, and sends the frame after the insertion control. In addition, the transmission apparatus inserts the client signal or the stuff byte in columns of the frame into the payload area except a leading column.
US08588251B2
A packet transfer apparatus connects two networks of different protocols. The packet transfer apparatus, connected to a first communication network and a second communication network, performs the steps of: storing first destination correspondence information; receiving a packet of the first communication protocol; based on the first destination correspondence information, determining destination information of a packet of the second communication protocol corresponding to destination information of the received packet of the first communication protocol; generating the header of the packet of the second communication protocol, based on the determined destination information of the packet of the second communication protocol; converting the received one or more packets of the first communication protocol into one or more packets of the third communication protocol; and adding the generated header of the packet of the second communication protocol to the packets of the third communication protocol.
US08588245B2
Exemplary embodiments provide for methods and systems that enable frame generation by fields taken from various queues. Protocol control can also or alternatively be distributed so that one or more header fields can be generated separately from other portions of a frame, e.g., the payload. The one or more header fields can be entered into queues from which they are taken to generate frames.
US08588244B2
An Ethernet switch has at least one ingress/egress port which is operable in two modes, in a first mode as a GE port and in a second mode as a plurality of FE ports. The port has 8 MAC interfaces each of which is capable of receiving/transmitting FE packets, and at least one of the MAC interfaces can be configured to receive/transmit GE packets. Thus, the port has two modes of operation. The port further includes receive and transmit modules which receive GE and FE packets from, and transmit GE and FE packets to, the interfaces.
US08588243B2
A queue scheduling method and apparatus is disclosed in the embodiments of the present invention, the method comprises: one or more queues are indexed by using a first circulation link list; one or more queues are accessed respectively by using the front pointer of the first circulation link list, and the value acquired from subtracting a value of a unit to be scheduled at the head of the queue from a weight middle value of each queue is treated as the residual weight middle value of the queue; when the weight middle value of one queue in the first circulation link list is less than the unit to be scheduled at the head of the queue, the queue is deleted from the first circulation link list and the weight middle value is updated with the sum of a set weight value and the residual weight middle value of the queue; the queue deleted from the first circulation link list is linked with a second circulation link list. The present invention enables the scheduling to support any number of queues, and supports the expansion of the number of queues under the circumstances that the hardware implementation logic core is not changed.
US08588237B2
Frames of customer traffic may be encapsulated by adding Mac-in-Mac (MiM) encapsulation fields for transportation of the frames over a portion of provider network. The MiM encapsulated traffic may be further encapsulated using VPLS by adding VPLS encapsulation fields for transportation of the frames over another portion of the provider network. The MiM encapsulations use provider network MAC addresses which enables VPLS MAC learning to occur using provider network MAC address space. MiM tunnels are mapped to VPLS service instances which are assigned pseudowire tags for transportation over the VPLS portion of provider network. The MiM header is retained when the MiM encapsulated frames are transported over the VPLS portion of the provider network. As VPLS frames exit the core network, the VPLS encapsulation fields are removed to extract the original MiM encapsulated frames for further transportation over the MiM portion of the provider network.
US08588236B2
A virtual network management server includes ring node information that manages configuration nodes for each of the rings, and ring connection I/F for each of the ring configuration nodes, generates the VLAN configuration information so as to transfer a frame that is transmitted or received by a designated gateway connection port and a designated base station connection port by the designated VLAN, and also so as to transmit or receive a tagged frame of the designated VLAN by the ring connection I/F of all of the ring to which the gateway connection switch belongs and the ring to which the base station connection switch belongs, and updates the VLAN configuration of the switch.
US08588232B2
A method comprising receiving, from a first node, a first packet at a network application server via a first local area network (LAN); receiving, from a second node, a second packet at the network application server via a second LAN; associating the first packet with a first VPN based on receiving the first packet via the first LAN; and associating the second packet with a second VPN based on reception of the second packet via the second LAN, wherein the first VPN and the second VPN include overlapping network address spaces.
US08588225B1
In one embodiment, the system may identify a virtual network, the virtual network including a plurality of virtual entities and connections among the plurality of virtual entities, wherein each of the plurality of virtual entities is mapped to one or more of a plurality of resources such that the virtual network is mapped to a physical network. The system may automatically obtain data during operation of the physical network, and provide a representation of the virtual network and the data obtained during operation of the physical network.
US08588224B2
A switching network includes an upper tier and a lower tier including a plurality of lower tier entities. A master switch in the upper tier, which has a plurality of ports each coupled to a respective lower tier entity, implements on each of the ports a plurality of virtual ports each corresponding to a respective one of a plurality of remote physical interfaces (RPIs) at the lower tier entity coupled to that port. Data traffic communicated between the master switch and RPIs is queued within virtual ports that correspond to the RPIs on lower tier entities with which the data traffic is communicated. The master switch enforces priority-based flow control (PFC) on data traffic of a given virtual port by transmitting, to a lower tier entity on which a corresponding RPI resides, a PFC data frame specifying priorities for at least two different classes of data traffic communicated by the particular RPI.
US08588222B2
A network device configured to allow the connection of the network device to a network in a daisy chain configuration using a single cable. The network device is connected to a cable with two conductors by a socket that is adapted to receive a plug connected to the end of the cable. When the plug on the end of a cable is inserted into the socket, a first conductor in the cable is connected to an input port of a network component and a second conductor of the cable is connected to an output port of a network component. A signal from the network is transmitted down a first conductor in a cable to a network device and the signal is then transmitted back from the network device down a second conductor in the same cable.
US08588219B2
A circuit emulation method and device are provided that can enhance the efficiency in packet transmission and achieve the effective use of the network band by reducing the number of packets. A circuit emulation device for connecting a plurality of TDM circuits to an asynchronous network includes: a table storing the addresses of other circuit emulation devices on the asynchronous network, the addresses serving as the destinations for the plurality of TDM circuits; a packet assembly section that generates a multiplex packet in such a manner that a payload is made by bundling TDM data to those TDM circuits, among the plurality of TDM circuits, having the same destination address, which is found by referring to the table, and that the destination address is added to the payload; and a transmission section that transmits the multiplex packet to the asynchronous network.
US08588210B2
Methods for enabling floor control are performed in an endpoint terminal (140, 142, 146) and a session controller (106). The session controller: receives (410) a message requesting a session that includes an SDP packet with a requested floor control profile having a requested set of floor control parameters or a requested list of potential floor owners; accepts (410) the session; determines (420) a final floor control profile having a final set of floor control parameters and a final list of potential floor owners; and communicates at least a portion of the floor control profile within a system (100). The endpoint terminal: communicates a message requesting a session that includes an SDP packet with a requested floor control profile; and receives a message having an SDP packet with a final floor control parameter. The final floor control profile may be the same as or different from the requested floor control profile.
US08588209B2
A backbone network, comprising a network switch configured to communicate data over Ethernet and SONET/SDH interfaces without encapsulating the data. Also disclosed is a backbone network, comprising a plurality of synchronized network switches, wherein the switches are configured to communicate a plurality of time division multiplexed data streams across at least part of the network via a plurality of Ethernet interfaces and a plurality of SONET/SDH interfaces, and wherein the switches are configured to communicate the data streams without encapsulating the data streams.
US08588207B2
Systems and methods are provided for reliable, wireless group alerting in a system having a database, switch, wireless network, and a plurality of intelligent mobile receivers, and preferably employing a modified two-way paging based on ReFLEX™ protocol information service (IS) messages and a novel ALOHA command for multicast acknowledgement from mobile receivers. An encrypted message is broadcast to and received by a selected number of the mobile receivers. The network replies to the sender with detailed information about the individual members in the alert group. Each of the mobile receivers in the group then acknowledges the common message back to the system, decrypts the message, displays it to the user, and allows the user to respond. The system employs centralized management to simplify the roles of the mobile users and administrators, minimizing configuration and operational human errors that would otherwise result in confusion or lost messages.
US08588200B2
A wireless communication system of the present invention achieves improvement of reliability of communication of control data while suppressing the decrease in the communication throughput of data blocks and/or control data. The wireless communication system of the present invention is provided with a base station (1) and a mobile station (2). The mobile station (2) is configured to transmit a plurality of data blocks to the base station (1) at predetermined transmission time intervals. One of the base and mobile stations is configured to generate a plurality of control data used for control of transmission of said plurality of data blocks, to generate a plurality of control messages from said plurality of control data, and to transmit said plurality of control messages to the other of the base and mobile stations. Each of the control data is used for generation of M control messages out of the plurality of control messages, and each of the control messages is generated from M control data out of the plurality of control data.
