US08840323B2
In a parallel optical communication module, an array of opto-electronic devices secured with respect to a mount and an array of optical elements of an optical device that is also secured with respect to the mount are unconstrained against relative movement due to thermal expansion of the mount and optical device. The mount and optical device can be made of materials having similar coefficients of thermal expansion. As thermal expansion in the mount causes the opto-electronic devices to move, similar thermal expansion in the optical device causes the optical elements to move to a similar extent. This co-movement of the opto-electronic devices and optical elements to similar extents promotes continued maintenance of optical alignment between opto-electronic elements and corresponding optical elements.
US08840322B2
An connector assembly (100) includes an insulative housing (1) having a main portion (11) and a tongue portion (12) extending forwardly from the main portion, a cavity (121) defined in the tongue portion; a plurality of terminals (2) retained in the insulative housing; an optical module (3) accommodated in the cavity, said optical module having a base portion and a plurality of lenses combined with the base portion; and a biasing member (4) having a holder (40), an elastic element (43) accommodated in the holder and at least one post assembled to the holder and urged by the elastic element so as to push the optical module forwardly.
US08840321B2
An cable assembly (100) includes an insulative housing (1); a first terminal module (21) and a second terminal module (22) assembled to the insulative housing, the first terminal module (21) having first terminals (212a) and first additional terminals (212b), the second terminal module (22) having second terminals (222a) and second additional terminals (222b); a photoelectric conversion device (93) electrically connected with the first terminals and the second terminals; and a cable (6) including fiber wires (63) and copper wires (61), the fiber wires optically connected to photoelectric conversion device, the copper wires electrically connected to the first additional terminals and the second additional terminals.
US08840307B2
According to the invention, there is provided a connecting rod bearing constituted by a half bearing, which has a main cylindrical portion, crush reliefs and a transitional region. The crush relief is formed so that a depth from a virtual inner circumferential surface at a position of an end surface of the half bearing in a circumferential direction is larger than a depth from the virtual inner circumferential surface at a position where the crush relief connects with the transitional region. Further, a plurality of circumferential grooves are provided in the main cylindrical portion to continuously extend in the circumferential direction throughout an entire length of the main cylindrical portion in the circumferential direction, and are continuously provided also in the transitional region.
US08840306B1
A container comprised of an inner bag having a chamber for holding an item and a top through which the item can be placed in the chamber; an odor containment section attached to the inner bag; an odor containment flap positioned inside of the inner bag and adapted to be folded over the item when the item is held in the chamber of the inner bag; and an outer bag that surrounds the inner bag and the odor containment section, with the top of the inner bag extending beyond a top of the outer bag. Generally, the container is used to contain or minimize the odors emitted by organic materials such as, food, plant matter, or feces.
US08840301B2
A diverse and redundant resistance temperature detector (“D&R RTD”) is provided. The D&R RTD is utilized in obtaining temperature readings in environments, such as fluids and gasses, by measuring electrical characteristics of the D&R RTD that are influenced by the temperature. Furthermore, the D&R RTD's are arranged such that a plurality of measurements can be obtained, which provides sufficient diversity and redundancy of the measurements for enhanced diagnostics to be performed, such as optimization for fast dynamic response, calibration stability, in-situ response time testability, and in-situ calibration testability.
US08840300B2
Certain embodiments disclosed herein are directed to a sensor comprising a support member, a sample sensor coupled to the support member and comprising a sample support electrically coupled to a first set of interconnects, and a reference sensor coupled to the support member and comprising a ring coupled to a second set of interconnects, in which the ring is positioned adjacent to and surrounding at least a portion of the sample support of the sample sensor.
US08840296B2
A light guide plate and manufacture methods thereof are provided. The light guide plate includes a plate body, an optical adhesive layer, and a light entrance structure layer. The plate body has a light exit surface and a light entrance surface. The light entrance surface is connected to a side of the light exit surface and intersects the light exit surface with an angle. The optical adhesive layer is attached on the light entrance surface while the light entrance structure layer is attached to the optical adhesive layer. The light entrance structure layer includes a substrate and a light-cured or thermal-cured structure. The light-cured or thermal-cured structure is made of light or thermal curable material and firmly formed on a structured surface of the substrate through a light or thermal curing process.
US08840289B2
The present invention provides a headlamp assembly including a light pipe and reflex reflector integration utilizing a single bulb to illuminate both the reflex reflector and the light pipe, simultaneously. The headlamp assembly includes a single light source, a light pipe and a reflex reflector positioned adjacent one another allowing the light source to provide light to both the reflex reflector and the light pipe. The reflex reflector includes a reflecting element and a cutout to allow light to pass though the reflex reflector into the reflecting element. The reflex reflector is adapted to transform light from white to amber thereby creating the side marker function. The headlamp assembly further includes a reflector behind the light source to direct light into the light pipe. The automotive headlamp assembly provides an automotive headlamp assembly that includes a reflex reflector light and a light pipe while reducing cost and decreasing weight.
US08840288B2
A vehicle window assembly includes a vehicle structure, a window panel and a light source. The vehicle structure defines a viewing aperture. The window panel is mounted to the vehicle structure and covers the viewing aperture. The window panel has a peripheral edge surrounding a first window surface and a second window surface opposite the first window surface. The first window surface includes an etched section. The light source is mounted to the vehicle structure adjacent to a portion of the peripheral edge of the window panel such that light from the light source is directed to the portion of the peripheral edge of the window panel. The light travels in a lateral direction through the window panel selectively illuminating the etched section.
US08840268B2
An LED beacon has a plurality of LEDs for emitting light of the same or different colors mounting along an upright member within an optical system. To provide a beacon illuminating selectively in one or more colors, the plurality of LEDs are in different groups of two or more LEDs, at least one LED in each group being of a different color. Each group of LEDs are mounted together circumferentially spaced from each other around a central axis. Each of the LEDs when activated projects light there from through the optical system provided by a collimating lens and a condensing, coupling lens. The optical system provides enhanced illumination distributed in a cylindrical beam emanating from the collimating lens. By selectively activating LEDs of the same colors or different color at different times different sequences or patterns may be generated.
US08840257B2
An antireflection film, including an optical element, formed on an optical surface of an optical member and preventing reflection of a light beam incident on the optical surface. It has a maximum reflectance P1 in a first wavelength region and a maximum reflectance P2 in a second wavelength region at a wavelength side longer than the first wavelength region, and satisfies a relation of P1>P2, as a spectral reflectance property when a light beam is incident on the optical surface at a 0 degree incident angle. It also shifts a wavelength range where the reflectance is a specific value or less, to a wavelength longer than the second wavelength region, the reflectance in the second wavelength region decreases, and the reflectance in the first wavelength region increases so that a luminance difference is small between a ghost in the first wavelength region and the second wavelength region.
US08840256B2
A foreign substance removal unit includes an optical member, disposed in an optical path, which is rectangular-shaped and in which an optical effective area for a light flux to pass through is set, and a piezoelectric element including a piezoelectric member, and a driving electrode, and a sensor electrode formed on a surface of the piezoelectric member. The piezoelectric element is stuck to a surface of the optical member outside the optical effective area and along one side of the optical member. The sensor electrode is formed on the surface of the piezoelectric member to be positioned within a range of the optical effective area in a side direction of the optical member to which the piezoelectric element is stuck.
US08840250B1
An augmented reality environment allows interaction between virtual and real objects. Various surfaces within the environment such as walls, tables, countertop, chairs, floor, ceiling, and so forth may be used as projection surfaces. Qualified projection surfaces are determined, and an initial projection surface is selected for use from these. This selection may take into account user preferences, user orientation, types of image to be projected, and so forth. Other qualified projection surfaces may have visual indicators projected thereon, indicating relative suitability for use as a projection surface.
US08840248B2
An image processing apparatus includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire a tomogram of an eye portion of a patient to be examined; an information acquisition unit configured to acquire information of a predetermined portion and position information of a predetermined tissue structure from the tomogram; and a calculation unit configured to calculate an evaluation value based on a relationship between the information of the predetermined portion and a position of the predetermined tissue structure.
US08840245B2
An individual spectacle lens design for a progressive spectacle lens exhibiting an individual vertical position of the distance and/or the near reference points, which can be variably adjusted, is calculated. A starting design exhibiting a predefined vertical position of the distance and/or the near reference points is determined; the individual spectacle lens design is calculated having the desired, individual vertical position of the distance and/or near reference points. The calculation of the individual spectacle lens design includes calculating the target value for the spatial distribution of at least one optical property of the individual spectacle lens by a mapping and a transform, where the starting design has a corresponding target value.
US08840240B2
A paper conveyance device for a printing device is disclosed that includes a detector and first, second, and third conveyance mechanisms. The first conveyance mechanism includes a tractor that conveys continuous paper along a paper feed direction. The second conveyance mechanism is disposed between the first conveyance mechanism and a print head and includes feed and pressure rollers. The third conveyance mechanism is disposed downstream from the print head and includes feed and pressure rollers. The detector detects the paper feed distance of the first conveyance mechanism and the rotation of the feed roller of the second conveyance mechanism, and adjusts the paper feed distance of the first conveyance mechanism based on the detected paper feed distance. A paper feed distance per unit time of each of the second and third conveyance mechanisms is greater than a paper feed distance per unit time of the first conveyance mechanism.
US08840235B2
The inventions relates to a print head for printing optical structures on a substrate comprising an ejection device for ejecting at least one droplet of a printing ink towards the substrate and a curing device for curing the at least one deposited droplet, wherein the curing device comprises at least one UV-LED (ultraviolet emitting light-emitting diode).
US08840233B2
An ink jet recording-targeted non-aqueous ink composition contains pigment, polyvinyl chloride, and a solvent represented by the formula 1, wherein R1 represents an alkyl group having one to eight carbon atoms, and R2 and R3 each represent any one of a methyl group and an ethyl group.
US08840231B2
Compositions, systems, and methods for providing smudge resistant and durable ink-jet images having good optical density are provided. Specifically, a system for printing durable ink-jet ink images can comprise a first ink-jet pen containing an ink-jet ink and a second ink-jet pen containing a fixer composition. The ink-jet ink can comprise a first liquid vehicle and a colorant. The fixer composition can comprise a second liquid vehicle, and from 0.5 wt % to 5 wt % of a cationic copolymer of an epihalohydrin and an amine. Upon overprinting or underprinting the fixer composition with respect to the ink-jet ink on a substrate, a durable image can be formed.
US08840229B2
A continuous inkjet method includes modulating a liquid jet having a wavelength λ, and causing first and second droplets to break off from the liquid jet and travel along a path. The second droplet has a break off length that is longer than the break off length of the first droplet. The first and second break off lengths have a difference of at least one wavelength λ in response to stimulation pulses. A charge differential is produced between the first and second droplets. The trajectories of the first and second droplets are caused to diverge so that one of the first and second droplets is collected and the other of the first and second droplets is deposited on a surface. A transition in droplet creation is identified between stimulation cycles that produce the first and second droplets. A skip cycle is introduced between the stimulation cycles.
US08840225B2
A liquid ejection head includes a housing having a first outer surface; a liquid ejection substrate disposed at a first portion of the first outer surface and having ejection ports for ejecting liquid; and a wiring member disposed on a second portion of the first outer surface so as to be next to the liquid ejection substrate and electrically connected to the liquid ejection substrate. The ejection ports are covered by a cap that is in contact with the wiring member and a portion, except the second portion, of the first outer surface around the liquid ejection substrate; and the second portion is recessed relative to the portion, except the second portion, of the first outer surface around the liquid ejection substrate.
US08840202B2
A silverware basket for a dishwasher appliance is provided. The silverware basket is selectively mountable to a door of the dishwasher appliance, a rack assembly of the dishwasher appliance, or both. The silverware basket has a profile that is complementary to a contour of the door. The storage capacity of the silverware basket can be increased or maximized by matching the profile of the silverware basket to the contour of the door.
US08840198B2
A method for operating a hydraulic vehicle braking system that has an anti-lock control unit is disclosed. The system includes a brake master cylinder having an electromechanical brake booster. As the pressure level of the vehicle braking system decreases during an anti-lock control, in which all vehicle wheels are controlled, the boosting force of the brake booster is reduced in an anti-lock control of this type.
US08840191B2
An automotive machine (1) for producing carriageways by stabilizing insufficiently stable soils or by recycling road surfaces includes a machine chassis (4), a working drum (20) mounted to pivot in relation to the machine chassis (4), a combustion engine (32) supported by the machine chassis, and at least one mechanical power transmission device (36) transferring the drive power from the engine to the working drum (20).
US08840185B2
An automobile seat with a massage device (3) with at least one massaging element (3a) to stimulate and/or massage the neck and/or shoulder area which includes a seat back (1) and a headrest (2). The massage device (3) is connected with the seat back (1) on its upper section (1a) facing the headrest (2), and may be adjusted relative to the seat back without having to adjust the headrest.
US08840177B2
An infant high chair catch apparatus comprises a body adapted to be secured to an infant high chair and to provide a relatively planar surface surrounding the chair that prevents objects dropped from the high chair from falling onto the floor or other surface on which the high chair is located. A flexible support frame provides a bias force to maintain the body portion in an extended configuration, and the body is coupled to the chair via support struts. In some embodiments a support strut is attached to each of the legs of a high chair. The apparatus can further comprise a collar that can be cinched up against the chair. The apparatus can be fashioned of waterproof or water resistant material to prevent liquids from contacting the surface below the chair.
US08840175B2
The present invention is a convertible multifunction overbed table and chair, or more specifically, the present invention is a medical furnishing that serves as an adjustable overbed table in a first configuration and a wheeled transport chair in a second configuration. The present invention may also serve as a medical staff work station, provide storage of patient records and medical charts, storage for the patient's personal effects, personal mirror, IV stand, catheter bag stand, secure storage for portable oxygen, and serve as a patient walker.
US08840174B2
An open roof construction for a vehicle is provided, comprising a stationary roof, a roof opening provided therein, a movable panel for opening and closing said roof opening and two stationary guides positioned along opposite longitudinal edges of the roof opening for guiding two guide shoes provided close to the forward edge of the movable panel. The guides each comprise at least a vertically extending guide part for a guiding cooperation with a corresponding vertically extending guide shoe part. The guide shoes are attached to the movable panel in a substantially vertically and horizontally adjustable manner by means of substantially transversally extending adjustment screws. In a position of the movable panel fully closing the roof opening the adjustment screws are covered by the stationary guides as seen in a transverse direction. The vertically extending guide parts of the stationary guides are provided with openings for, in said position, allowing access to the adjustment screws by means of an appropriate tool.
US08840168B2
A product line of vehicle floor trays each are molded from a polymeric material to substantially conform to respective ones of a plurality of differently shaped foot wells of different vehicle makes and models. In an embodiment, the trays each have a reservoir in their central panels for collecting meltwater and the like, and baffles which retard the movement of the collected fluid.
US08840157B2
An adaptive device for aiding a person with a medical condition is provided. The adaptive device is attached to a hand or limb and includes a platform. A bumper is positioned on the platform to aid in the positioning and securing of the device. A holder extends from the platform, either perpendicularly or at an angle to the platform. The holder is configured to receive an item to aid the individual in everyday tasks. The device also includes securing members, which may be straps that are connected to the device to further aid in securing the device to the user. Additionally, the device may include cushions or other comfort members on the bumper, platform, and/or holder.
US08840155B2
An annular seal assembling jig 1 is used when assembling an annular seal 3 to a spherical body 2 of a ball joint. The jig 1 is equipped with a plurality of split tables 7 which constitutes one table 6, a slider 5 fixed to the split table 7 and is capable of sliding freely along a guide rail 5a, a coil spring 82 which biases the slider 5 to the other split table 7 side, and a claw portion 72a provided to each split table 7, so as to catch the annular seal 3 placed on the table 6, from an inner side of the annular seal 3.
US08840154B2
A motor vehicle door lock having a locking device (4, 5, 6), at least one actuating element (7) and a catch (1, 2), and having a coupling unit (8) between the actuating element (7) and the catch (1, 2), in which the locking device (4, 5, 6) when in the “locked” position can be unlocked by a first traveling movement (unlocking traveling movement) of the actuating element (7) and the catch (1, 2) can be opened by a second traveling movement (opening traveling movement) of the actuating element (7), wherein the locking device (4, 5, 6) has a drive element (4) which acts directly upon the coupling unit (8).
US08840136B2
A front pillar trim mounting structure has a front pillar (10), a front pillar trim (30), an airbag (60), and an assist grip (70). The front pillar is provided in the front portion of a vehicle. The front pillar trim (30) covers the front pillar (10) from the inner side of the vehicle. The airbag (60) is located between the front pillar (10) and the front pillar trim (30). The assist grip (70) is attached to the front pillar (10), and is installed on a vehicle inner surface of the front pillar trim (30). The front pillar trim (30) has a first front pillar trim (40), a second front pillar trim (50), and an engagement mechanism (54). The assist grip (70) is installed on the first front pillar trim (40). The second front pillar trim (50) is provided with an opening where the first front pillar trim (40) is installed. The engagement mechanism (54) detachably connects the second front pillar trim (50) to first front pillar trim (40). The engagement mechanism (54) is configured to allow the second front pillar trim (50) to move with respect to the front pillar (10) by releasing the second front pillar trim (50) by an expansion pressure of the airbag (60) at a time of inflation of the airbag (60), so that a gap for deployment of the airbag (60) is formed between the second front pillar trim (50) and the front pillar (10).
US08840135B2
An airbag device for a vehicle, a method for transferring an airbag of the airbag device into a compact state, and a vehicle with the airbag device are provided. The airbag device includes an airbag that, on an activation of the airbag device, is configured from a compact state into an expanded state. The airbag has a head region, a thorax region, and a pelvis region. In the expanded state of the airbag, the head region is configured for protection of a head of an occupant situated on a vehicle seat, the thorax region is configured for protection of an upper body of the occupant, and the pelvis region is configured for protection of a pelvis of the occupant. The airbag is configured as a single-chamber side airbag. The airbag device further comprises a gas generator for generation of gas.
US08840127B2
A pedal drive system for a bicycle includes a front spiral cone pulley and a rear pulley. The front spiral cone pulley is attached to a crank arm, and the rear pulley is attached to a rear wheel on a bicycle in some embodiments. A power cable, or tension linkage, extends between the front spiral cone pulley and the rear pulley. The front spiral cone pulley is angularly moveable relative to the first crank arm such that the radial position of the point of engagement between the power cable and the front spiral cone pulley may be selectively manipulated for controlling the gear ratio between the front spiral cone pulley and the rear pulley. In some embodiments, the rear pulley is also a spiral cone pulley.
US08840117B2
A static sealing element (1) includes an elastic tapered washer (10) the deformation of which enables a force to be transmitted, a casing (18) to establish the seal, and two supporting washers (27 and 28) which transmit the forces originating from the elastic washer (10) to the curved edges (20, 21) of the casing (18) so as to exert on them a pressure which maintains the seal. The casing (18) made thus be manufactured from a ductile material, but one which is less deformable than the customary elastomers.
US08840115B2
A seal system for a reciprocating cylinder includes a buffer seal, a rod seal, and a wiper seal. The buffer seal includes a dynamic seal lip and a static lip extending from a hinge portion. The hinge portion of the static lip allows fluid to escape past the outer diameter of the seal when the rod is retracted thereby releasing any pressure build-up between the rod seal and buffer seal. The axial face portion of the dynamic seal lip includes axially extending notches therein. The notches prevent the buffer seal from sticking to the axial wall of the groove and provide a consistent path for the fluid to energize the annular groove between the static and dynamic lips during the extension phase which is necessary for the function of the seal. The back-up ring is an integrated part of the buffer seal, used to provide superior extrusion resistance. The rod seal includes an annular seal body having a dynamic seal lip angularly extending radially inwardly and axially from the seal body, and a static lip angularly extending radially outwardly and axially from the seal body. An axial face portion of the dynamic seal lip and the static lip each include radially extending notches therein. The notches prevent the seal from sticking to the axial walls of the groove the rod seal is installed in and provides a consistent path for the fluid to energize the annular groove created by the static and dynamic lip during the extension phase. The back-up ring is an integrated part of the rod seal, used to provide superior extrusion resistance.
US08840110B2
A sheet conveying device is provided with a housing including a contact portion, a sheet conveyance path, a drive roller, a driven roller, and a support member. The driven roller is made of a resin material, and is provided with a roller portion, and a pair of shaft portions. The support member is made of a metal material and rotatably supports the driven roller. The support member includes a pair of ring portions through which each of the shaft portions is inserted, and a pair of arm portions extending in one direction from the paired ring portions and supported on the housing. The driven roller is rotated with the drive roller in a state that a downstream outer portion of the ring portion in the conveying direction is contacted with the contact portion of the housing.
US08840099B2
A binding apparatus performs a binding process by bonding the end side of the sheet bundle, and is provided with a notch cutter that forms a notch in the end side used in the sheet binding process in the middle of the sheet conveyance path of the binding apparatus. The notch-forming unit includes a pair of sheet conveyance guides for forming a part of the sheet conveyance path, a cutter provided in a rotatably supported bracket, and a biasing means for applying a force to the cutter to face the sheet conveyance path formed by a pair of the sheet conveyance guides at all times.
US08840098B2
A portable workpiece stopping device, attachable to a work surface relative to a primary tool, permitting a repetitive same-length operation to be performed on any number of workpieces, and which allows for interruption of the operation without affecting the essential positioning of the stopping device relative to the primary tool. The stopping device comprises a base plate selectively attachable to a work surface, a rotation plate rotatably coupled to the base plate, an alignment plate adjustably coupled to the rotation plate, a stop plate fixedly coupled to the alignment plate, and a support shelf adjustably coupled to the stop plate. The stopping device can be selectively transitioned from an obstructing position, which blocks the end of a workpiece pressed against the stop plate, thereby allowing the repetitive same-length operation to be performed, to a non-obstructing position which provides for unfettered positioning of any workpiece relative to the primary tool.
US08840089B2
An electric fence including a web of galvanized, high-tensile strength steel wires coupled to and between a pair of posts, the web including a plurality of substantially horizontally extending wires arranged substantially parallel to one another, and a plurality of substantially vertically extending wires arranged substantially parallel to one another and extending to and between each of the horizontally extending wires to form a plurality of wire rectangles, each rectangle having a desired size.
US08840079B2
A projecting apparatus having an adjusting function includes a projector having an adjusting side; and an adjusting device disposed at the adjusting side and including a rotatable base pivoting on the projector, a moving mechanism disposed on the projector, a fixed mechanism comprising a fixed base, and a fixed component disposed on the fixed base, and an adjusting component connected to the fixed component and the moving mechanism. When the adjusting device is adjusted, the adjusting device drives the projector to rotate about an axial center of the rotatable base.
US08840076B2
A connecting device is used in combination with a heat exchanger. The heat exchanger has orthogonally oriented first and second mount members. The connecting device includes a body having opposed first and second sidewalls. A first sidewall extension is integrally connected to and extends orthogonally with respect to the first sidewall, and includes a first planar mount surface. A second sidewall extension is integrally connected to and extends orthogonally with respect to the second sidewall. The second sidewall extension is oppositely facing with respect to the first sidewall extension and includes a second planar mount surface. A mounting wall extension is integrally connected to and extends orthogonally with respect to the first and second sidewall extensions and includes a third planar mount surface. The first, second and third planar mount surfaces are oriented coplanar with respect to each other and are connected to the first mount member using brazing joints.
US08840075B2
Systems, assemblies, and devices for mounting an exercise apparatus to a door. More particularly, an exercise system is mounted to opposing corners of a door and directed diagonally across a door. A bracket engages the door corner and is oriented to directed tension members of the exercise system at a diagonal across a front surface of the door. The bracket includes a door mount for coupling the bracket to four surfaces of the door. The bracket includes an exercise device mount adapted to couple to tension members, pulleys, or other exercise devices. The exercise device mount defines a mounting axis that is non-parallel and non-perpendicular relative to a top edge surface of the door.
US08840063B2
A front structure of an aircraft fuselage comprising landing gear pivoting about a main shaft and a stay shaft. The front structure also comprises a first reinforcing frame and a second reinforcing frame, the main shaft and the stay shaft being respectively connected to the first and second frames, and a device for the mechanical connection and transfer of forces connecting the stay shaft and the main shaft and transferring to the main shaft a portion of the forces induced by the wheels of the landing gear onto the stay shaft, the second frame and said device being perpendicular to one another.
US08840060B2
An actuating device is provided for a locking system which locks one of half-shells of a jet engine nacelle with respect to the other half-shell. The actuating device includes a fixed body in which an actuating rod is translationally and rotationally mounted with respect to the rod's longitudinal axis, and the fixed body has a track cooperating with a follower projecting from the actuating rod. In particular, the actuating rod includes a first end equipped with a handle and a second end connected to the locking system. The track has a middle part running parallel to the longitudinal axis, a first end part and a second end part formed on each side of the middle part, each of the end parts running perpendicular to the longitudinal axis.
US08840059B2
This assembly comprises a first component (9), a second component (3), and a connecting device (19) for connecting these two components together, this device (19) being of the type that maintains the integrity of the surface of said second component (3), and the assembly being noteworthy in that said connecting device (19) comprises a structural skin (21) fixed to said first component (9) and a porous material (23) attached to this structural skin and fixed by contact to said second component (3).
US08840058B2
A system and method to control fuselage torque of an aircraft. The system includes a tail boom having a first surface that creates a high-pressure region in a downward rotorwash and a second surface that creates a low-pressure region in the downward rotorwash. The difference in pressure regions creates a lateral force that opposes the fuselage torque.
US08840056B2
A method for operating a reel-to-reel system of a storage device with a first reel, a second reel, a first motor and a second motor, the first motor drives the first reel and the second motor drives the second reel. The system transports a tape supplied by one of the two reels and taken up by the other reel. A tape velocity and tape tension between the first and reels, and a longitudinal displacement are determined. An estimated state vector depends on the tape velocity, tape tension and longitudinal displacement. A reference state vector depends on a predetermined reference tape velocity and a predetermined reference tape tension. A first control signal and a second control signal are generated dependent on the estimated state vector and the reference state vector. The first motor is controlled by the first control signal and the second motor is controlled by the second control signal.
US08840048B2
An injection valve for injecting fluid has a housing with an injection valve cavity. The injection valve has a needle being axially moveable within the cavity. The needle has a needle body with a valve needle cavity and a separation element being fixedly arranged within the needle cavity and being adopted to divide the valve needle cavity into a first and second fluid volume. The separation element has at least one fluid passage with a predetermined passage opening to hydraulically connect the first fluid volume with the second fluid volume. The valve needle has a sealing element being arranged to predetermine the first fluid volume and preventing a fluid injection in a closing position and permitting the fluid injection in further positions. In addition, the valve needle has at least one spring element being preloaded and acting on the sealing element towards a maximum axial expansion of the valve needle.
US08840043B2
A rotary atomization coating device is provided with a rotary atomizing head including a paint storage and adapted to atomize paint supplied to the paint storage and to discharge the paint onto a work, and a paint supplying nozzle adapted to supply the paint to the paint storage. The rotary atomizing head includes a plurality of bell cups. Each of the bell cups includes, at a front face thereof, a paint discharging face adapted to thin the paint by a centrifugal force. The rotary atomizing head includes a plurality of paint supplying holes corresponding to the respective bell cups. The paint supplying holes are adapted to supply the paint from the paint storage to the respective paint discharging faces. A plurality of grooves extending along a radial direction of the rotary atomizing head are formed at circumferential portions of the respective paint discharging faces.
US08840039B2
A fluid spray dispenser (2) having a fluid reservoir (20) for holding a fluid to be dispensed, a spray head (23) for dispensing the fluid and a porous medium (24) through which the fluid passes from the reservoir (20) to the spray head (23). The porous medium (24) has an effective pore size and/or permeability that decreases towards the spray head (23). Means and methods of creating the pore size and/or permeability gradients are discussed.
US08840035B1
The invention may be described as a rail bridge joint, associated guard plate assembly, and a bridge assembly incorporating same.
US08840031B2
A smart card is provided, the smart card including: a first processor; a second integrated circuit; a smart card interface configured to provide communication in accordance with a smart card communication protocol; a determination circuit configured to determine whether the first processor or the second integrated circuit should be coupled with the smart card interface based on received communication data; a converter circuit coupled to the second integrated circuit and configured to convert received communication data between the smart card communication protocol and a further communication protocol wherein the smart card interface is coupled with the second integrated circuit.
US08840029B2
A system and method for authentication of secure products is disclosed. The security feature contains a first component in the form of an emitter capable of emitting light in response to external pump light. The security feature also contains a second component in the form of a taggant that absorbs light in a spectrally narrow range compared to the broader excitation spectrum of the first material. In this manner the emitter and taggant work in combination with one another to create an emission response significantly dependent on the illumination wavelengths and unique to the specific combination of the components. The emitter and taggant can be in the form of a mixture. Further the emitter and taggant may be applied in close proximity to one another, such as within two separate coating layers on a suitable substrate.
US08840019B2
A method and system for performing financial transactions. The method includes receiving by a mobile device, credit/debit card data belonging to a user of the mobile device. The credit/debit card data is registered with a financial transaction server and the user is authenticated. A USSD message comprising details associated with the user and a financial transaction is transmitted to a USSD server and a financial transaction server. In response, a random code representing the user and the credit/debit card data is received by the mobile device and a barcode is generated based on the random code. The bar code is presented to a merchant barcode scanner. The barcode is scanned, decoded, and transmitted to the financial transaction server. The decoded barcode is compared to the random code to perform a verification process associated with the financial transaction, the user, and credit/debit card data.
US08840018B2
Systems and methods for controlling access to wireless gaming devices and networks are provided. For example, access is controlled through one or more levels of security checks, such as a hard security check instead of or in addition to a soft security check. In a hard security check, the user employs an apparatus such as a card or other physical token that can be used to access the wireless gaming device. Such an apparatus may communicate information that identifies the user to the device or may simply be used to produce a signal without which the device is locked to users. The apparatus may further emit a time varying signal to enhance security.
US08840014B2
The present invention relates to an identification code processing system, an identification code processing method thereof, and an apparatus for supporting the same. The present invention supports various multi-codes for a specified object to be generated using a terminal and additional information of the object to be collected, integrated, and shared by applying the generated multi-codes online and offline. A terminal recognizes a base identification code of an object, and generates and stores or transmits multi-codes on the basis of base identification information included in the base identification code. In addition, a service apparatus classifies and stores the multi-codes transmitted by the terminal, and supports the multi-codes to be circulated in at least one network device and to be regenerated as multi-codes including various additional information.
US08840008B2
A one piece container or scoop adapted for holding and serving food products and the like is provided. The container generally comprises front and rear wall panels foldably joined to a bottom wall panel. Side edge portions of the front and rear wall panels are adhesively bonded in a generally overlapping relationship to form a sidewall having opposed side seams. Lines provided on one or both of the front and rear wall panels aid in ensuring that the scoop is properly aligned with and formed around a forming head. Other marker lines are provided as visual indicators to ensure that the intended amount of overlap is achieved between the front and rear wall panels. Internal tabs extending upwardly from the bottom wall may be provided in order to seal the bottom of the scoop. Such tabs are configured so as to require not glue or adhesive.
US08840007B2
The invention relates to a compound sealing method for glass plates, which is characterized by realizing the air-tight joint between compounded glass plates in a preset position by using a metal brazing technology. The invention provides a brand new technological method for the compound sealing between glass plates. The method has the advantages of firm connection in sealing positions, high air tightness, favorable thermal shock resistance and the like, and the annealing of toughened glass are avoided because of a lower brazing temperature used, thereby providing convenience to the processing of toughened vacuum glass, toughened insulated glass and other toughened compound glass products.
US08840002B2
An adjuster has a cylindrical shape and is rotatably supported in a housing of a fastener-driving tool about an axis parallel to one direction. The adjuster has an outer circumferential surface provided with one of a first recessed portion and a first protruding portion. A bumper is movable in the one direction and another direction opposite the one direction according to a rotation of the adjuster. An urging member has one of a second recessed portion and a second protruding portion. One of the second recessed portion and the second protruding portion is constantly in contact with the outer circumferential surface and is engaged with the one of the first recessed portion and the first protruding portion.
US08840001B2
An apparatus for breaking off the head of a glass ampoule that is composed of a cylindrical body, a neck forming a predetermined breaking point and a head, comprising an incline extending in an inclined manner to the axis of the ampoule to be inserted toward the same, a first support surface is disposed on the side of the incline causing a break-off of the head in the region above the bottom of the ampoule to be inserted at a radius of the ampoule from the axis of the apparatus and a second support surface is disposed on the opposite side beneath the neck of the ampoule at a distance from the axis of the apparatus that corresponds to the radius of the ampoule, during a relative movement of the apparatus to the ampoule in the direction of the axis thereof the incline breaks off the head at the neck.
US08839999B2
A self-aligning tractor axle mounted tank system for vertically mounting a tank to a tractor is provided comprising; an integrated hub and spindle, a housing connected to the spindle so that the spindle can rotate with respect to the housing, and at least one housing bracket connected to the housing and adapted to mount a tank frame assembly, wherein the housing bracket is configured to align the tank frame assembly with the housing during vertical mounting. Additionally, an integrated hub and spindle assembly is provided comprising; a spindle connected to a hub, and a bearing housing connected to the spindle so that the spindle can rotate with respect to the bearing housing. Furthermore, a process for mounting a self-aligning tank to the rear axle of a tractor is provided.
US08839992B2
Described is a fluid dispensing container having a bottle and fluid withdrawing assembly for liquids, such as liquid cleaners and the like. The bottle has an integral dip tube formed therein connecting at a landing below the top of the bottle neck, fluidly connecting the inside of the bottle with the top opening of the bottle. A fluid dispensing mechanism, such as a pump or trigger-sprayer, is attached to the top of the bottle to take fluid up through the integral dip tube and dispense the fluid accordingly. The fluid dispensing mechanism may be aligned to allow a direct connection between integral dip tube and the fluid dispensing mechanism at a landing below the bottle opening. The fluid dispensing mechanism may be attached to the bottle with a snap-fit connection.
US08839985B1
Described herein is a coffee cup plug that includes a combination cup/container sleeve and plug assembly. The coffee cup plug includes a sleeve for disposable beverage containers as well as a detachable plug. The plug includes a fold line such that when the plug is detached from the sleeve and folded the folded plug is configured to be inserted into a dispensing aperture formed in the lid of the cup/container. This Abstract is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope and meaning of the claims.
US08839977B2
A strap receivable water kettle cap includes a cap coupleable to a water kettle. The cap has a side wall forming an elongate slot and a bottom to which a rotary ring is mounted. The rotary ring has an upper portion forming a diameter reduced vertical wall. The vertical wall and the side wall of the cap form therebetween a receiving space for receiving strap in a winding fashion. The vertical wall forms an extension and retention section, and the strap extends through and is retained by the extension and retention section. The strap further extends through the slot of the side wall of the cap to have end extension sections of the strap projecting outside the cap. The tips of the end extension sections of the strap are processed to form a closed terminal. The strap can be selectively retracted back into the receiving space inside the cap.
US08839975B2
A container and lid includes: a container body having an opening; a lid body configured to cover the opening of the container body; a lid skirt at a periphery of the lid body, the lid skirt having a tooth slot therein; and a container tooth at a periphery of the container body configured to extend into the tooth slot of the lid skirt.
US08839964B2
A display fixture includes a substantially vertical backer mounted to a wall of a gondola and a shelf unit mounted to the backer and being centrally located on the backer. The shelf unit includes a substantially vertical back wall, a pair of side walls and a plurality of shelves extending between the pair of side walls and coupled to the back wall. Each of the plurality of shelves includes a shelf surface and a lip. The lip is substantially normal to the shelf surface and the shelf surface is at an angle relative to the back wall. The relative angle between the shelf surface and the back wall is greater than 90 degrees.
US08839961B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a biosensor comprising a hydrogel capable of immobilizing a physiologically active substance thereon, which can be produced conveniently by use of a safe material, and a method for producing the same. The present invention provides a method for producing a biosensor, which comprises bringing a polymer containing an activated carboxyl group into contact with a substrate surface coated with an organic layer having an amino group to thereby bind the polymer to the organic layer.
US08839959B2
A component sorting and wasting device is provided with a plurality of waste boxes having respective IDs and arranged at predetermined locations for receiving components to be wasted therein and a component mounting mechanism being capable of picking up components from a component supply device in mounting the picked-up components on circuit boards and of sorting and wasting each of components which are recognized as being unable to be mounted on the circuit boards, in one of the waste boxes selected for the component to be wasted.
US08839951B2
An a card holder for holding a transaction card, such as a gift card, upon a card holding panel that pivots or flips to reveal the gift card in response to operation of a pull element. The holder may include multiple pages in addition to the card holding panel. The pull element is linked to a cover panel that, when opened, also causes the card holding panel to open.
US08839950B2
A packaging includes a first section comprising an upper section configured to secure an upper portion of a writing instrument within the packaging; a lower section configured to secure a writing end of the writing instrument within the packaging; and an intermediate section configured to allow a user to grasp entirely a middle portion of the writing instrument; and a second section configured to secure at least one additional writing instrument, wherein the first section is adjacent to the second section.
US08839940B2
A self-locking type shutter device is provided. The device is arranged in a financial self-service equipment, so as to open or close a cash depositing/withdrawing port (1) of the financial self-help service equipment. The device comprises a frame (3) integrally welded, a gate (2) and a power transmission mechanism. The gate (2) is arranged on the frame (3) by a first rotation shaft (4) and can rotate around the first rotation shaft (4). The power transmission mechanism is fixed on the frame (3), so as to provide the gate (2) with rotation power. The power transmission mechanism comprises a motor (5) and at least one unidirectional folding linkage mechanism (70). The device can be self-locked via the unidirectionally folding linkage mechanism (70).
US08839934B2
A clutch for coupling an internal combustion engine in a torque-transmitting fashion and decoupling an internal combustion engine is disclosed. The internal combustion engine has a partial drive train that includes an electric machine. The clutch includes at least one adjustable element with which in conjunction with coupling means can be opened counter to a closing force generated by closing means. Locking means interacts with the adjustable element and has an adjustable locking element. The locking means interacting with the adjustable element in such a way that the coupling means are held open without an opening force having to be applied for this purpose by an adjustment means, or in such a way that the opening force which has to be applied by the adjustment means to hold the coupling means open is reduced.
US08839930B2
A device for controlling a rotating shifting element of an automatic transmission for a start/stop operation. The shifting element is actuated by an axially moving piston which is biased, in a disengaging direction, by a spring and biased, in an engaging direction, by hydraulic pressure supplied to a pressure space. At least one spring-loaded latch, which is able to move in the radial direction, is arranged in the pressure space. The spring-loaded latch, when the combustion engine is operating, rotates with the piston and acts upon the piston such that if the engine stops, the previously engaged shifting element is locked by spring force and, as the pressure decreases, the shifting element disengages, at most only slightly, and when the engine is re-started, the locking action is again released by centrifugal force, in opposition to the spring force, so that the piston remains engaged during the hydraulic pressure build-up in the pressure chamber.
US08839926B2
An actuator decoupler for selectively coupling and decoupling a driving part and a driven part of an actuation system is disclosed. The driving part can be coupled to the actuator decoupler, and the actuator decoupler can be coupled to the driven part via at least one coupling pin. In a selectively coupled state, the driven part can be at least one of rotationally and longitudinally fixed to the actuator decoupler and, thereby, the driving part. The actuator decoupler can be decoupled from the driven part through the use of a preloaded energy mechanism configured to disengage the at least one coupling pin from the driven part. Thereby, the actuator may be responsive to a jam in the actuation system to selectively decouple the driven part from the actuator decoupler and the driving part so that the driven part has freedom to translate at least one of rotationally and longitudinally.
US08839920B2
A regenerative shock absorber that include a housing and a piston that moves at least partially through the housing when the shock is compressed or extended from a rest position. When the piston moves, hydraulic fluid is pressurized and drives a hydraulic motor. The hydraulic motor, in turn, drives an electric generator that produced electric energy. The electric energy may be provided to a vehicle, among other things. The regenerative shock absorber may also provide ride performance that comparable to or exceeds that of conventional shock absorbers.
US08839916B2
A control method for a parking release apparatus of a shift-by-wire shifting device can improve the commercial value of a vehicle by improving safety of the vehicle and preventing robbery, by interfering with or preventing an attempt of abnormally and manually releasing a parking state of the vehicle when there is no problem in the electric system of the vehicle, using a part provided to be manually operated in the parking release apparatus such that a P-stage state and an N-stage state can be manually switched when a problem, such as discharge, occurs in the electric system, in the vehicle equipped with a shift by wire apparatus.
US08839914B2
An elevator system capable of an efficient evacuation using an elevator in case of a fire, and capable of confirming an evacuee remaining status in a case that an evacuation operation using the elevator is discontinued. An evacuation-call response-order setting section sets a priority order of a response to an evacuation special call registered in an evacuation special call registration section, based on fire occurrence information received by a fire situation reception section. A responding floor is selected based on the priority order. The evacuation operation running section controls an operation of the elevator so as to direct a car to the responding floor selected in this manner. In a case that the evacuation operation availability determination section determines that the evacuation operation is not available, the evacuation operation terminating section causes an evacuation special call remaining floor display section to display a remaining evacuation special call registration floor.
US08839913B2
A near-optimal scheduling method for a group of elevators uses advance traffic information. More particularly, advance traffic information is used to define a snapshot problem (24) in which the objective is to improve performance for customers. To solve the snapshot problem (24), the objective function is transformed into a form to facilitate the decomposition of the problem into individual car subproblems (26). The subproblems (26) are independently solved using a two-level formulation, with passenger to car assignment (28) at the higher level, and the dispatching of individual cars (30) at the lower level. Near-optimal passenger selection and individual car routing (38) are obtained. The individual cars are then coordinated through an iterative process (40, 42) to arrive at a group control solution that achieves a near-optimal result for passengers.
US08839898B2
In an electric three-wheeled vehicle, a centrifugal clutch transmits rotary driving power to a counter shaft when the revolution speed of a motor exceeds a prescribed value. The clutch is coaxially located at one end of a motor output shaft. A counter shaft is located inside the outside diameter of the motor in a side view of the vehicle. The motor output shaft, counter shaft, and axles are arranged from a vehicle forward side in the order of mention. The axis center of the counter shaft is located below a line connecting the axis center of the motor output shaft and the axis center of the axle in a side view of the vehicle.
US08839887B2
A carbide composite material that includes a continuous ductile phase; and at least one discrete carbide region surrounded by the continuous ductile phase, each discrete carbide region may comprise an integrally bridged plurality of cast and/or sintered carbide particles, and each discrete region may have a nodular particle morphology.
US08839879B2
An anvil assembly for a tool includes an anvil having a body with an outer periphery and a head formed on a distal end of the body. The anvil assembly also includes a sleeve surrounding at least a portion of the outer periphery of the body. The sleeve has a distal end against which a tool element is abutted when the tool element is coupled to the head.
US08839878B2
A device (10) for collecting debris from a ground surface (18). A flexible generally planar member (17) has openings (16) therethrough. When the device is laid on and forwardly moved over the ground surface (18) debris on the ground surface passes upwardly through the openings, over inclined pick-up portions (42) of the device and thence onto collection surfaces (25) of the device. The device has transversely extending openings (88) spaced in the lengthwise direction on inclined surfaces (68) of the pick-up portions (42) whereby under forward movement of the device (10) in use, debris is accumulated in the recesses (88). Debris accumulated in the recesses (88) tends to be retained therein during deceleration of the device (10).
US08839869B2
A downhole tool for use in a well is configurable as a frac plug, a caged ball frac plug or a bridge plug. The tool has a mandrel with a threaded neck. The mandrel has an expandable sealing element disposed thereabout. An adapter, which may be selected from multiple configurations of adapters, is threaded to the neck of the mandrel. The adapter may comprise a sleeve, or a cap with one open end and one closed end. The adapter has threads on an outer surface thereof to which a threaded setting mandrel may be attached. The setting mandrel when actuated will move the tool to a set position in the well and once the tool is moved to the set position the threads on the adapter will shear so that the setting mandrel may be retrieved. The tool will thus remain in the hole and will act as either a frac plug, a caged ball frac plug or a bridge plug depending upon the configuration of the selected adapter.
US08839859B2
A method for removing water from a wellbore fluid may include the steps of contacting a wellbore fluid with a water absorbing polymer, where the wellbore fluid includes an aqueous fluid, allowing the water absorbing polymer to interact with the wellbore fluid for a sufficient period of time so that the water absorbing polymer absorbs at least a portion of water in the aqueous fluid, and separating the water absorbing polymer containing the absorbed water from the wellbore fluid.
US08839854B2
A top drive system for wellbore operations and method for facilitating rotation thereof. The system includes a main body and a motor, preferably a salient pole motor. A motor shaft extends from the motor and a gear system is driven by the shaft and interconnected with a drive shaft. The gear system has a housing and a bearing retainer integral with the housing and is driven by the motor apparatus so that driving the gear system drives the drive shaft.
US08839852B2
An excavator is provided, in which the excavator includes a head that is slidably mounted on a leader, and a position fixture assembly slidable along the leader via the head. The position fixture includes a support plate including a groove in it top surface, with a first rod slidable within the groove. The position fixture also including a locking unit that serves to engage a base member, allowing the base member to be elevated when the head is elevated.
US08839848B2
A cabinet temperature control system comprises a cabinet and an underground temperature control unit. The cabinet comprises an air discharging chamber and an air introducing chamber which are in communication with each other inside the cabinet. The underground temperature control unit comprises an air discharging chamber and an air introducing chamber which are in communication with each other inside the underground temperature control unit. The air discharging chamber of the cabinet and the air introducing chamber of the underground temperature control unit, and the air discharging chamber of the underground temperature control unit and the air introducing chamber of the cabinet, are in communication with each other respectively, so that the cabinet and the underground temperature control unit form an air circulating circuit. The underground temperature control unit further comprises a radiator arranged in the air circulating circuit. The system also has fans controlled by a control module.
US08839844B1
A method of forming a mold for use in the casting of a steel railway freight car truck component is provided. A cope mold is formed by providing a near net shape oversize impression of a cope pattern of a product to be cast in a flask. A cope pattern of the product to be cast is then placed on the flask forming a spacing between the cope pattern and the oversize impression. A resin coated sand is then blown to form a sand layer between the oversized impression in the flask and the cope pattern. The resin sand is set to form a mold of a thickness between the oversized impression in the flask and the cope pattern of the product to be cast. The drag mold is formed in a similar manner.
US08839842B2
Example insulated dividers, such as curtain-doors and temporary walls for dividing areas of a building, include features that make the dividers particularly suited for food and drug related environments that demand cleanliness and require dividers to be periodically washed down to remove microorganisms and other contaminants. Some example dividers include a touch-and-hold fastener to hold a flexible insulated pad within an internal space of a pliable hollow panel. In some examples, the insulated pad is made of polyester batting with loops of fiber to which the hook portion of the touch-and-hold fastener can engage. In some examples, both the insulated pad and the touch-and-hold fastener are completely contained within the hollow panel so that neither the pad nor the fastener provides an exposed external surface for harboring microorganisms. In some examples, the pliable panel's outer peripheral edge is hermetically sealed by thermal bonding, heat sealing, welding and/or ultrasonic joining.
US08839840B2
A roller shade assembly for a shade made from a relatively heavy and/or stiff material is described. The roller shade assembly includes a cylindrical member that is attached to the shade. A control mechanism rotates the cylindrical member for winding the shade upon the cylindrical member. Thus, winding the cylindrical member in one direction causes the shade to retract, while unwinding the cylindrical member in an opposite direction causes the shade to extend. In order to maintain the shade in alignment as the shade is retracted and extended, the roller shade assembly includes a pair of opposing retaining members that may have a disc-like shape. The retaining members may be positioned adjacent to the vertical edges of the shade and have an effective diameter larger than the diameter of the shade when fully wound and retracted. In one embodiment, the roller shade assembly can further include fixed edge guides for further maintaining the shade in alignment.
US08839836B2
A device for applying at spaced positions (P1, X) over a moving web of material (S) superposed strips of a first (A) and a second (B) includes a first (10, 12) and a second (20, 22) cutting unit arranged cascading with respect to each other. Each unit includes a rotary knife (10, 20) that can be fed with the respective material (A, B) and an anvil roll (12, 22) which cooperates with the respective knife (10, 20) to cut the abovementioned strips of material (A, B). The anvil rolls (12, 22) of the two units are arranged facing each other, movable of concordant motions with respect to each other and configured in such a manner to transfer the strips of the first material (A) from the first anvil roll (12) over the second anvil roll (22) superimposing them to the strips of the second material (B). The second anvil roll (22) then provides for passing over the moving web of material (S) the strips of the first (A) and second material (B) superimposed to each other.
US08839835B2
Apparatuses and methods for producing an absorbent article are provided. Generally, the apparatuses and methods allow for continuous delivering of a plurality of web material to downstream equipment during a manufacturing process. In some embodiments, the apparatuses and methods allow for simultaneously unwinding, splicing, and lamination of multiple rolls of web material rotatably mounted to a frame and delivering the web material to various downstream manufacturing processes.
US08839826B2
A device for storing and/or dosing a solvent for dissolving a substance that is to be used in liquid form has a container, a mounting mechanism for mounting the container on a vessel, preferably a reagent vessel from the laboratory sector, and an opener for opening the container.
US08839825B2
In a bead wire winding and forming device, a guide mechanism guiding a bead wire to a former is supported to be movable in a tangential direction of the former and includes a movable body capable of clamping and unclamping the bead wire, a guide body supported on the movable body to be swingable in a plane parallel to a rotational axis of the former and having a guide portion for guiding the bead wire in the tangential direction of the former, and a restriction member for allowing the swing motion of the guide body when the movable body is at a retracted position but for restricting the swing motion of the guide body when the movable body is at an advanced position.
US08839813B2
A faucet handle and control module includes: a control handle and three joints. Each joints is respectively disposed between the protruding portion of the control handle and the engaging member, each joint has an insertion aperture. each insertion aperture having a different cross-sectional shape, two insertion apertures of the two joints having an assembly aperture at one end, the assembly aperture engaging with the screwing member of the control handle, these two joints having a securing aperture connected to the insertion aperture, and the securing aperture engaging with a securing member.
US08839795B2
The invention relates to a face and mouth muscle stimulator formed by an approximately oblong, oval body (1) to be placed in the mouth, having an open central part and side ends (2) that are wider than the upper and lower mid-zones (3) which are provided with V-shaped recesses (4) at the position of the frenulum. Optionally, the invention can include fixed or removable projections (5) positioned on the stimulator or on attachments (8). The invention can also include a sheet (6) provided with holes (7) for the connection of elements such as bottles or pacifiers or provided with a horizontal groove (11) for the incorporation of a bite splint (12) coupled at the front (2b) thereof using T-shaped flanges (13). Alternatively, the body (1′) can have a V-shaped configuration formed by vertical walls (20 and 30) in order to be positioned in the inner space of the lower jaw, including perpendicular projections (40 and 50) by way of horizontal bite planes.
US08839793B2
An adjustable mandibular advancement device has an upper plate for covering upper teeth of a human and a lower plate for covering lower teeth of the human. A magnetic closure mechanism is provided in the device in order to hold the upper plate in contact with the lower plate when the device is positioned in a person's mouth. The magnetic closure mechanism includes one or more magnets in the upper plate and one or more magnets in the lower plate. The magnets are positioned so that when the upper plate and lower plate are in contact, the lower plate pulls the person's lower teeth and lower jaw forward and down in order to reduce obstruction of an airway during sleep or physical activity such as sport. An adjustment mechanism between the plates allows the position of the lower plate relative to the upper plate to be adjusted.
US08839792B2
An elastomeric condom device including a tubular portion to cover the shaft of the penis, the tubular portion having a first thickness; a pouch portion to cover the scrotum, the pouch portion having a second thickness; and a middle portion provided between the tubular and pouch portions, the middle portion having a thickness that is at least double the thickness of the thickest of the first and second thicknesses. The middle portion includes an opening for insertion of the penis and scrotum, the opening defined by an elastic ring of heavier construction than the middle portion, wherein when the condom is in place over the male genitalia the elastic ring is positioned around the base of the penis and the scrotum at the torso of the body.
US08839790B2
Methods of use of a nasal insert to support smoking cessation, and methods of use of a nasal insert to reduce or eliminate snoring, and a method of use of a nasal insert to reduce the severity or to eliminate obstructive sleep apnea, and a method of use of a nasal insert to gain smoother, easier breathing through the nose. The nasal insert comprises a body having an inner surface which defines an air passageway surrounded by an outer surface of soft, flexible material. The nasal insert body can have a first portion and a second portion where the outer surface of said nasal insert body is configured to the nasal cavity.
US08839786B2
An apparatus for supplying a breathing gas at a pressure level that at least in some phases is above ambient pressure includes a blower device including an impeller and a housing device to receive the impeller. A suspension device is structured to support the blower device. The suspension device includes a variable suspension characteristic.
US08839782B2
Embodiments of the present invention relate generally to carriers that may simultaneously carry and warm receptacles of food products or other goods (e.g., baby wipes) and methods of the same. More particularly, embodiments relate generally to carriers that respectively comprise a body and a heating element. The body comprises a pouch that is configured to receive a receptacle containing a food product or other good and a heating element configured to perform an exothermic reaction to heat the same without the aid of an electric power source. The pouch comprises thermal insulation to enhance the heat-retention capabilities thereof.
US08839777B1
A bowstring silencer for mounting to a bowstring, buss cable or the like, includes a central body portion and a pair of arm portions that extend in opposite directions from the central body portion. A locking flange is associated with one of the arm portions and is adapted to extend through an opening in the central body portion when the silencer is installed. The first and second arm portions extend asymmetrically with respect to the central body portion prior to attachment to a bowstring, buss cable or the like, and extend at least generally symmetrically after attachment thereto.
US08839772B2
An accessory mounting system for mounting a first object to a second object is provided. The system can be used to mount a quiver to an archery bow, or an archery or hunting accessory. The system can include a primary element having a projection that fits into an aperture defined by a secondary element. The secondary element can include a base, an engagement member and an actuator. The base can define at least a portion of an aperture. To the base, the engagement member can be moveably mounted to clampingly engage the projection when in the aperture. The actuator can be configured to actuate the engagement member, thereby fixedly mounting the secondary element to the projection. A related method of use also is provided.
US08839769B2
A fuel supply system of an internal combustion engine includes: a pressure adjustment device provided on a fuel flow path that connects a fuel pump and an injector; a return flow path for returning a fuel discharged from the pressure adjustment device to a fuel tank; a fuel property sensor disposed in the return flow path; a fuel pump control portion that actuates the fuel pump at a predetermined programmed timing, when the internal combustion engine is in a stopped state; and a fuel property determination portion that determines a fuel property of the fuel in the fuel tank by using an output value of the fuel property sensor, when the fuel pump is actuated during the stopped state of the internal combustion engine.
US08839763B2
A compression ignition dual fuel engine utilizes individual fuel injectors to inject both gaseous and liquid fuels into each engine cylinder. Each of the fuel injectors includes two electrical actuators that control pressure in a respective liquid control chamber and gaseous control chamber to control the opening movement of check valves to facilitate liquid and gaseous fuel injection events, respectfully. The control fluid for liquid injection events is liquid, whereas the control fluid for the gaseous injection event is gaseous. The used liquid fuel drained from each fuel injector is returned for recirculation and subsequent injection, whereas the used gaseous fuel that drains from the fuel injector is supplied to the intake manifold for burning as circumstances permit.
US08839751B2
An internal combustion engine (1) having a device (2) for changing the relative angular position of a camshaft (3) with respect to a crankshaft of the internal combustion engine, wherein the device (2) includes a drive element (4) driven by the crankshaft and a housing element (5). The drive element (4) together with the housing element (5) rotates about an axis (a) during operation of the internal combustion engine and the device (2) is at least partially surrounded by a casing (6) of the internal combustion engine (1). In order to improve the oil exchange in the housing bell of the internal combustion engine, and to prevent deposition of particles in the housing bell, the housing element (5) is provided with at least one fluid-conveying element (7), wherein the fluid-conveying element (7) is intended and suitable for conveying fluid.
US08839748B2
A heat exchanger for a vehicle includes: a heat releasing unit that is stacked with a plurality of plates and that forms connection flow channels to intersect at the inside thereof to inject other working fluids and that exchanges a heat of working fluids that pass through the respective connection flow channels, a bypass unit that is formed in the heat releasing unit to form a plurality of inflow holes and exhaust holes that inject and exhaust the working fluids to the respective connection flow channels and that connects the inflow hole and the exhaust hole that is connected to one of the respective connection flow channels, and a valve unit that is mounted within the heat releasing unit to correspond to the inflow hole that forms the bypass unit and that is selectively opened or closed using a deformation force of bimetal that is deformed according to a temperature of a working fluid that is injected into the inside thereof to inject the working fluid into the heat releasing unit and the bypass unit.
US08839747B2
A composite power cycle engine may include a fuel injector that injects fuel into air that is or is to be supplied into a combustion chamber, a high temperature medium injector that injects a high temperature medium into the combustion chamber to increase pressure of the combustion chamber, a low temperature medium injector that injects a low temperature medium into the combustion chamber to reduce pressure of the combustion chamber, and a piston that may be disposed in the combustion chamber to slidably move therein and that transforms gas expansion or contraction energy into kinetic energy, wherein the high temperature medium injector or the low temperature medium injector increases or reduces the pressure of the combustion chamber so as to generate power.
US08839741B2
A litter box cleaning kit includes a litter shovel having a nonporous bottom section for collecting non-solid waste, a curved section having a plurality of openings for collecting and sifting solid waste, a bag holder for positioning disposal bags in an open configuration and a caddy for storing each of the shovel, bag holder and disposal bags.
US08839739B2
A masking apparatus is provided for masking a workpiece, for example a turbine blade, to protect portions thereof from the deposition of coating material thereon during selective application of a coating material to other portions of the workpiece. The masking apparatus includes an enclosure formed of a first mask half body defining a first cavity half and a second mask half body defining a second cavity half. The first mask half body and the second mask half body mate in assembly to form a workpiece cavity it which the workpiece may be enclosed.
US08839730B2
A drift control system including at least one drift control device for use with a small boat to effect the direction and speed of drift of the small boat against the forces of wind and current comprising a rudder-like member adjustably coupled to the small boat by a mounting assembly including a first mounting bracket coupled to the small boat and a second mounting bracket rotatably coupled to the first mounting bracket by a coupling member and attached to the rudder-like member, and an adjustable locking assembly to selectively secure the rudder-like member in one of a plurality of positions relative to the small boat to effect the direction and speed of drift of the small boat against the forces of wind and current.
US08839729B2
The apparatus and method of the present invention provide a crewmember with the ability to retrieve the halyard and shackle at the head of a mast of a contemporary sailing vessel from the deck. A clamshell device containing a magnetized component is pre-installed on the halyard shackle and a related magnetically active cylinder is attached to a companion non-loaded halyard running just beside the loaded halyard. The clamshell is attached at the top of the shackle just below the halyard that is attached to the shackle.
US08839728B2
An undergarment includes at least one piece of fabric that forms the undergarment. The undergarment has leg openings. The fabric includes edges that surround the leg openings, whereby at least one of the edges surrounding the leg openings has a plurality of fibers and at least some of the fibers have free ends terminating at the at least one of the edges surrounding the leg openings. A bead of a cured polymer is disposed over the at least one of the edges surrounding the leg openings. The cured polymer bead forms a finished edge that is stretchable for adjusting to movement of the fabric.
US08839717B2
A process for printing a web substrate in contacting engagement with an external surface of a central roll of a contact printing system is disclosed. The process comprises the steps of: a) providing the central roll with a plurality of discrete cells disposed upon an outer surface thereof; b) contactingly engaging at least two primary fluids internal to the central roll to form a first secondary fluid; c) fluidically displacing the first secondary fluid into a first portion of the plurality of discrete cells from a position internal to the central roll; and, d) displacing the first secondary fluid from each of the first portion of discrete cells onto the web substrate.
US08839711B2
A beverage preparation machine has at least one pinch valve (1) in the fluid line system, wherein the pinch valve (1) has at least two fluid passage lines (20, 21) and is designed to execute valve and/or control functions on the fluid passage lines (20, 21). The operating mechanism of the pinch valve (1) is set up for coupled activation of the valve and/or control functions and a drive with a stepper motor (25) is provided.
US08839708B2
An armed vehicle (10) with improved structure includes a hull (11), which, in use, is suited to house one or more men, devices for the movement on the ground, and an armed turret (30), which is positioned on top of an upper part of the hull (11). The armed vehicle (10) includes an interface structural element (11s), which is cold-added; the interface structural element (11s) constitutes an interface element between the hull (11) and the armed turret (30).
US08839704B2
A system that may be used as an initiation disruption system (IDS) according to one embodiment includes an explosive charge; a plurality of particles in a layer at least partially surrounding the explosive charge; and a fire suppressant adjacent the plurality of particles. A method for disabling an object according to one embodiment includes placing the system as recited above near an object; and causing the explosive charge to initiate, thereby applying mechanical loading to the object such that the object becomes disabled. Additional systems and methods are also presented. A device according to another embodiment includes a plurality of particles bound by a binder thereby defining a sidewall having an interior for receiving an explosive; and a fire suppressant adjacent the plurality of particles and binder. Additional systems and methods are also presented.
US08839698B2
A wrench includes a generally elongate shaft defining an axis and having a first end and a second end opposite the first end. The wrench also includes a handle assembly that is attached to the shaft. The handle assembly terminates in a magnetic mount that is configured to magnetically engage a working surface. The magnetic mount has a passage for receiving the shaft therethrough. The passage is sized and dimensioned to allow the shaft to pivot within the passage and with respect to the magnetic mount.
US08839688B2
A switchable free-wheel arrangement for a CVT transmission of a motor vehicle. Clamping bodies held in a cage are disposed between an outer ring and an inner ring. Each clamping body can be pressed with a relatively high force against the inner ring by an energy accumulator. The clamping bodies can be set up in the release direction or in the clamping direction by a switching mechanism. The energy accumulator generates a relative small setup force for setting up the clamping bodies. The energy accumulator includes two torsion springs disposed on the clamping body. It can, however, also have the shape of a helical spring that surrounds the clamping bodies and engages therein in special helical spring grooves.
US08839687B2
The reciprocating piston mechanism with an extended piston offset is provided. The mechanism is of the type that contains at least one cylinder having a longitudinal axis, at least one piston that has a pivot pin and is slidingly installed in the cylinder, a crankshaft, which is offset at a distance from the longitudinal axis of the cylinder, a rocker arm/lever assembly pivotally mounted on a crankpin of the crankshaft. The mechanism is also provided with a connecting rod that connects the piston to one arm of the rocker arm/lever assembly. The other arm of the rocker arm/lever assembly has a roller that is guided in a confined pathway and works as a fulcrum of the lever and a stabilizer/rudder at the same time.
US08839686B1
An apparatus for testing an implement having an elongate shaft with a head end and a grip end, with a head attached to the head end. The apparatus may include a wind tunnel with a test cell adapted to receive the head of the implement and permit a range of unrestricted movement of the head within the test cell. The test cell includes an inlet and outlet for air flow and a portal or opening in a wall of the cell to which an elongate conduit is attached. The conduit extends in a direction substantially normal, or radial, to the direction of airflow. The conduit is adapted to receive the shaft of the implement, with the grip end of the implement extending beyond the far end of the conduit and into a clamp. The clamp is adapted to hold the grip end of the shaft in a fixed position.
US08839685B2
A syringe for use with a dosing device with a receiver for a syringe cylinder and an axially displaceable plunger receiver for a syringe plunger with a syringe cylinder, which has a floor with an outlet on the bottom, a cylindrical plunger run area on the inside and has means for being held in the receiver on the top, a syringe plunger, which has a circumferential plunger seal for sealing on the plunger run area on the perimeter and a coupling piece for insertion into the plunger receiver on the top and stop means between the syringe cylinder and the syringe plunger, which restrict the displacement of the syringe plunger towards the floor so that the syringe plunger with the plunger seal can only approach to a certain distance from the floor.
US08839680B2
Methods and apparatus for estimating a condition of a seal of a rotary valve are disclosed. An example method includes determining a seal wearing cycle of a flow control member of a rotary valve. The seal wearing cycle includes movement of the flow control member between a first position in contact with a seal and a second position. The example method further includes determining a torque of an actuator operating the flow control member for the seal wearing cycle and estimating a condition of the seal based on the torque.
US08839678B2
A test apparatus configured to test connectors is provided. The test apparatus may include a fixture that holds a first connector and an actuator that holds a mating second connector. The actuator may axially displace the second connector in and out of engagement with the first connector. A compliance mechanism, which may be coupled to the fixture or the actuator, may provide one of the connectors with compliance in order to facilitate alignment of the connectors during engagement and disengagement thereof. The compliance mechanism may allow movement of one of the connectors perpendicularly to the actuation axis and/or angular movement about the actuation axis while preventing axial movement within the compliance mechanism. Accordingly, forces associated with engagement and disengagement of the connectors measured by a load cell may more closely resemble actual forces experienced by a user during use of the connectors.
US08839665B2
A malfunction determination apparatus for a cooling apparatus that cools an internal combustion engine by circulating a coolant through an interior of the internal combustion engine, using an electric pump, after the internal combustion engine is started includes: a detection portion that detects the coolant temperature; and a determination portion that determines a malfunction has occurred in a thermostat, if a state in which the detected coolant temperature remains below a first threshold temperature after the electric pump begins operating, following start of the internal combustion engine, continues for at least a pre-determined time. The thermostat is a thermostat for switching from a first passage for circulating the coolant without passage via an interior of a radiator of the cooling apparatus to a second passage for circulating the coolant via the interior of the radiator, as the coolant temperature rises.
US08839660B2
A hydrogen sensor assembly is disclosed. A sensor is disposed within a slotted sleeve and a spiral shaped sensor housing surrounds the sensor within the sleeve. The spiral shape applies a centrifugal force to the fluid stream. This results in separation of liquid water from the fluid stream. The sleeve forms an internal inner perimeter of the spiral housing. The sensor housing includes a first opening to facilitate a fluid communication between the sensing element and a fluid stream through the slotted sleeve.
US08839659B2
A network of nanowires may be used for a sensor. The nanowires are metallic, each nanowire has a thickness of at most 20 nm, and each nanowire has a width of at most 20 nm. The sensor may include nanowires comprising Pd, and the sensor may sense a change in hydrogen concentration from 0 to 100%. A device may include the hydrogen sensor, such as a vehicle, a fuel cell, a hydrogen storage tank, a facility for manufacturing steel, or a facility for refining petroleum products.
US08839655B2
A test stand encompasses a dynamometer, which is supported to oscillate about a main axis, from which a lever arm extends perpendicularly. For calibrating a force-measuring device, which is coupled to the lever arm, provision is made for a pneumatic cylinder as reference force-generating device. The reference force can be measured by a load cell and can be applied to the lever arm via a yoke. The force-measuring device, which is to be calibrated, the pneumatic cylinder, the load cell, and the yoke are disposed on the same side of the dynamometer and act on the same lever arm.
US08839650B2
A lock assembly (210) including a body (220), at least one locking member (223, 240) and a length of lock material with two free ends and at least one leg (212) attached to one of the free ends, each leg configured to be engaged by a respective locking member. The locking members are separately actuable such that each leg (212) may be removed from the lock body independent of any other legs. A bracket assembly (300) for connecting a lock assembly (210) to a bicycle or the like. The bracket includes a bracket body (310) with a strap (330) that is secured via a pivotal buckle (340). The bracket body (310) includes at least one flange (320, 322) configured to slidably engage a groove (250, 252) provided along the lock assembly (210).
US08839636B2
A refrigerant circuit of a heat pump water heater has a compressor, a four-way valve, a water heat exchanger, a heat storage transfer pipe contained in a heat storage water tank, an expansion valve, and an air heat exchanger and forms a refrigerating cycle by sequentially connecting them. A water circuit of the heat pump water heater has a water inlet pipeline that supplies water to the water heat exchanger, a hot water tank, and a water outlet pipeline that allows the water heat exchanger to communicate with the hot water tank, in which water is supplied to the heat storage water tank through a heat storage water tank water feed pipe branching from the water inlet pipeline by opening a heat storage water tank water feed opening/closing valve) and the water in the heat storage water tank can be discharged through the heat storage water tank water discharge pipe (by opening a heat storage water tank water discharge opening/closing valve).
US08839635B2
The absorption chiller-heater apparatus of present invention utilizes a portion of direct heat, used to heat water, for providing the refrigeration effect. The external heat input required for providing refrigeration is minimal; hence, the efficiency of the apparatus is increased by 30-40% over the conventional systems. Further, as the quantum of the external heat source required for a new cycle is reduced, the size of the high temperature generator required, is smaller, which results in lower capital costs. The apparatus provides chilled water which can be used for various industrial purposes. The absorption chiller-heater reduces CO2 emissions and utilizes a single arrangement to produce both heating and refrigeration effect. Thus, additional electrical and heat input or separate components are not required.
US08839633B2
Vehicle air comfort systems and methods. The systems and methods may comprise: (1) a plurality of flow tunnels for passage of a heat-transfer fluid; (2) a thermoelectric cooler in thermal communication with the flow tunnels for thermally conditioning the heat-transfer fluid in the flow tunnels; (3) an air inlet for receiving unconditioned air; (4) a thermal exchange assembly for facilitating thermal exchange between the thermally conditioned heat-transfer fluid and the unconditioned air to result in conditioning of the air; and (5) an air outlet for outputting the conditioned air into the vehicle.
US08839624B2
A combustion device for a gas turbine that includes a portion having first and second walls that defines an inside of the combustion device, a zone between the first and second walls and an outside of the combustion device. A plurality of first passages connect the inside of the combustion device to the zone between the first and second walls and a plurality of second passages connect the zone between the first and second walls to the outside of the combustion device. A plurality of chambers are defined within the zone between the first and second walls, each chamber being connected with one first passage and at least one second passage. Each chamber defining a Helmholtz damper.
US08839618B1
A buoyancy engine is provided for use in a saltwater environment. The engine includes a gas filled housing and a buoyancy chamber in the housing. An elastomeric membrane is positioned between the buoyancy chamber interior and the housing interior. A semi-permeable membrane is provided between the buoyancy chamber interior and the saltwater environment. Two electrodes can be positioned with both electrodes in the buoyancy chamber or with one electrode being positioned in the buoyancy chamber and the other being positioned in the saltwater environment. A controller is joined to at least one of the electrodes for controlling an electrical potential between the two electrodes. A power source provides power to the controller.
US08839613B2
An exhaust system for an engine is disclosed herein. The exhaust system includes a catalytic converter, a heat collector downstream from the catalytic converter, and a heat transfer system receiving waste exhaust heat via a thermosyphon evaporator for storage and/or use in a cabin heating system. In this way, waste heat is utilized to provide better cabin heating, particularly at engine cold start.
US08839612B2
A method for operating an exhaust system of an internal combustion engine, wherein nitrogen oxide (NOx) is reduced by use of a SCR catalytic converter and wherein the ageing state of the SCR catalytic converter is monitored, characterized in that during a temporally limited phase having a high proportion of nitrogen oxide (NOx) in the exhaust gas, a conversion of said SCR catalytic converter is acquired and evaluated and the ageing state of said SCR catalytic converter is suggested therefrom.
US08839607B2
Methods and systems are provided for expediting catalyst heating and generating vacuum by controlling an EBV to direct exhaust through an ejector arranged in parallel with the EBV. A position of the EBV may be controlled to achieve a desired exhaust backpressure for current engine operating conditions and stored vacuum level. Compensation for the effect of EBV position on engine airflow may be provided by adjustment of other parameters such as intake throttle position and spark timing.
US08839588B2
A bracket system including a bracket for use with a deck or boardwalk system. The bracket has an upper portion and a lower portion at least partially spaced away from the upper portion. The bracket is configured to receive a portion of the deck or boardwalk system between said upper and lower portions. The bracket further includes a fastener extending between the upper and lower portions and configured to urge the upper and lower portions toward each other to thereby press against the portion of the deck or boardwalk system therebetween to secure the bracket to the portion of the deck or boardwalk system.
US08839576B1
An multi-layered roof skylight is provided that allows for natural light to enter through the peak of a gabled roof, while blocking ultraviolet light and offering an optional means to vent hot air and gases from inside the structure. The skylight comprises a first and second polycarbonate base layer attached to a structure's roof, wherein a polycarbonate roof cap is disposed thereabove and over the peak of the roof. The layers are sandwiched together by a line of fasteners on each side of the roof, while a first and second venting layer may further be provided between the base layers and the cap to allow air to vent therethrough. The cap is an angled member or one that has a defined shape incorporating vents in its design. Further provided is a method of installing the vented skylight on a gabled roof.
US08839569B2
A modular datacenter facility is constructed with a set of building modules of different types of functionality to form an entire datacenter facility having a standardized pre-approved architectural design and layout. All instances of a particular type of building module will have approximately a same floor plan and architectural design. An initial set of building modules can be built upon a parcel of land, and then as needs of space and additional capacity of the modular datacenter facility increase, then at a future point in time additional building modules of the different types can be rapidly added to the initial set of building modules. The building modules of the different types use one or more connecting corridors architected into at least a first type of building module and corresponding aligned doorways between both building modules to interconnect two building modules adjacent and abutted to each other.
US08839563B2
The present invention is directed to a door panel preferably for a sliding door assembly. The door panel includes an inner frame and a sheet stock substantially covering the inner frame. The inner frame includes a geometry that cooperates with a geometry of a door accessory for operable connection of the door accessory directly to the inner frame.
US08839560B2
This power unit includes a base plate fixed with an annular coil part, and a slot-shaped insertion hole formed at the base plate and extending in a radiating direction to the annular coil part. After a lead wire of the annular coil part is inserted into the insertion hole from one side of the base plate at which the annular coil part is provided, the lead wire is extended in the radiating direction along the insertion hole. Next, the lead wire is led out to the other side of the base plate. Covers having semicircular shapes in cross section are provided to the ends of the insertion hole.
US08839558B2
A sealing assembly for sealing a gap between a swing door and a floor comprises a sealing member installed to be able to rotate from a closed position to an open position, an elastically deforming member made of an elastomer composition engaged to the sealing member, and a seal driving member to rotate the sealing member from the closed position to the open position when the door is opened. The elastically deforming member is deformed when the sealing member rotates from the closed position to the open position, and the sealing member returns from the open position to the closed position by elastic force of the elastically deforming member when the door is closed.
US08839553B2
A kit for a planter is disclosed that has a polygon shape and has a selected number of sides and a same selected number of corners. The kit includes a selected number of bottom corner brackets, a selected number of corner beads, a selected number of top corner brackets, a selected number of top frame corner brackets, and a selected number of pairs of spacer runners that each correspond to the selected number of corners. The kit also includes a planter tub sized to fit within a planter body. The brackets and spacer runners are configured to be connected together to form a skeleton to which boards can be attached to form the planter body.
US08839550B2
A rodent station for capturing or trapping mice, rats or other rodents may provide one or more rodent entry points and is sized to receive one or more rodent suppression devices, such as conventional snap traps, ramp traps, glue boards, etc. The rodent station may present a high contrast entrance that is relatively darker than the station enclosure. The station opening size may be adjustable to accommodate both mice and/or rats. An interior receptacle for station maintenance records or other printed material may also be included.
US08839546B2
A barrel clip of unitary plastic construction is used to securely clip onto the barrel of a firearm and simultaneously is able to hook the firearm to a non-human support such as a fence when, during hiking and/or hunting, there is a need for the hiker and/or hunter to be hands free and out of contact with his/her firearm. This lightweight, inexpensive inventive barrel clip helps prevent clogging and dirtying of the firearm barrel. Further it does not cause damage to the environment in which it is used. It is easily stored in a pocket, on the barrel of the firearm, or clipped onto some convenient item being taken on the hike and/or hunt.
US08839538B2
A tube container with an integral accessory panel includes a tube container formed from a selected tube material. The tube container includes a product dispensing end, an intermediate sealing portion, and a filling end opposite the product dispensing end. The sealing portion is adapted to be sealed subsequent to filling the tube container with a selected product. An accessory panel, integrally formed from the selected tube material, is provided between the intermediate sealing portion and the filling end of the tube container.
US08839534B2
The disclosure provides a monolithic floor for use with a hot slag bucket. The monolithic floor improves the lifespan of the bucket when used with hot slag by reducing warpage caused by heating and cooling and thus significantly reduces the cost of owning and operating the hot slag bucket.
US08839532B2
An article of footwear may include an upper incorporating a knitted component. An inlaid strand extends through the knitted component. A combination feeder may be utilized to inlay the strand within the knitted component. As an example, the combination feeder may include a feeder arm that reciprocates between a retracted position and an extended position. In manufacturing the knitted component, the feeder inlays the strand when the feeder arm is in the extended position, and the strand is absent from the knitted component when the feeder arm is in the retracted position.
US08839528B2
A method of controlling and enhancing the nucleation of product in a freeze dryer, wherein the product is maintained at a predetermined temperature and pressure in a chamber of the freeze dryer, and a predetermined volume of ice fog is created in a condenser chamber separate from the product chamber and connected thereto by a vapor port. The ice fog has a predetermined pressure that is greater than that of the product chamber, and is rapidly conveyed through the vapor port into the product chamber for even distribution therein to create uniform and rapid nucleation of the product in different areas of the product chamber.
US08839524B2
A chef knife is provided. The chef knife includes a blade and a handle. The blade has a length and a spine, wherein the spine of the blade defines a flat surface running the entire length of the blade. The spine of the blade protrudes outward from the handle, such that the spine rises above the top surface of the handle. The blade has a cutting edge, wherein the cutting edge extends below and under the handle. The blade has a depth, which depth increases from the point of the blade to the heel of the blade. Under the condition that the knife is oriented in the cutting position, the handle is angled downward with respect to the plane defined by the flat surface of the spine and the handle is angled upward with respect to the plane defined by a main portion of the cutting edge.
US08839523B2
A safety knife comprises a knife body (10), a blade carrier (16) movable within the knife body (10) between a retracted position and an extended position, biasing means (24) urging the blade carrier (16) towards its retracted position, latch means to latch the blade carrier (16) in its extended position, and a weight (36) movable along a passage (32) relative to the knife body (10) and engageable with release means (40) to release the latch means.
US08839521B2
Described is a hand held hair cutting apparatus that includes a razor blade holder with four finger holes extending through the holder. A razor blade, either straight or arched, can be attached to one edge of the holder. allowing the razor to be easily changed. Placing fingers through the holes in the holder allows a user to securely hold tool using four fingers. The apparatus can also be configured with three finger holes and a finger rest for end finger.
US08839506B2
A tool for pushing a wire termination head holder towards a connector holder, the tool including a first arm and a second arm; a first assembly mechanically coupling the head holder to the first arm, and a second assembly mechanically coupling the head holder to the second arm, wherein a relative movement of the first and second arms causes both of the first and second assemblies to push the head holder towards the connector holder.
US08839504B2
A method in one approach includes forming a first layer of a nonmagnetic material over two sides of a structure, the first layer being substantially absent from above a top of the structure; depositing an overlayer of an etchable, nonmagnetic material over the first layer and the top of the structure; and etching the overlayer for substantially removing the overlayer from above the top of the structure, wherein a substantial portion of the overlayer remains along the two sides of the structure after the etching. Additional systems and methods are also presented.
US08839486B2
The present invention relates, amongst other things, to a punch-in element having a hollow head part of larger transverse dimension and a hollow shaft part of smaller transverse dimension which projects away from one side of the head part, wherein a ring-like sheet metal contact surface is formed at the said side of the head part and surrounds the shaft part, with a plurality of ribs at the outer periphery of the shaft part which extend in the axial direction along the shaft part from the sheet metal contact surface to close to the free end of the shaft part. A pre-installation component, a component assembly and a method is also claimed.
US08839482B2
Disclosed is a method of assembling a metal clamp and body springs of a wiper blade for vehicles, and an assembly. The method includes forming a plurality of through holes at major sides of the body springs, forming a plurality of protrusions corresponding to the through holes at a major side of the clamp such that the protrusions extend outward from the major side of the clamp, inserting the protrusions of the clamp into the respective through holes of the body springs, fixing the protrusions, which are located in the respective through holes, in the respective through holes by pressure welding or riveting such that the clamp is mounted to the body springs.
US08839480B2
Disclosed is a brush holder having a hollow, box-like upper structure with interior contours conformable to the shape of the ferrule and heel of a paintbrush. The lower structure of the brush holder comprises a hollow, primarily longitudinal staff, said staff affixed at its top end to the brush holder. The lower, open end of the staff comprises a circular opening with interior female threads. By use of an extension pole having compatible male threads at one end, a workman, after insertion of a paintbrush into said brush holder, may engage the threads of the brush holder with the threads of the extension pole until a firm and secure attachment is achieved. In this manner, there is provided a greater range of brush contact for applying paint to an otherwise hard-to-reach surface.
US08839479B2
Orbital surface cleaning apparatus (400) are presented. An orbital surface cleaning apparatus (400) can include a driver motor (410) coupled to a plate (130) having offset distributed weights (133). As the plate (130) rotates, the offset weights (133) cause oscillations of the apparatus (400) cleaning head. A driver motor (410) capable of 80 RPM can induce over 1700 RPM oscillations.
US08839476B2
An oral care apparatus includes: a care member; an orientation detection unit; an area estimation unit; a light source that emits light having a predetermined wavelength to which plaque reacts; a photoelectric conversion unit that receives light and converts the received light into an electric signal; an image capture unit that causes the light source to irradiate the care area with light, and that obtains image data, based on the electric signal of light reflected from the care area that is converted by the photoelectric conversion unit; a plaque detection unit for detecting an amount of plaque in the care area, based on the image data obtained by the image capture unit; and a storage unit for storing, in a memory, the care area estimated by the area estimation unit and the amount of plaque in the care area detected by the plaque detection unit in association with each other.
US08839464B2
A garment pocket configured to carry, in a concealed and readily-accessible state, a handgun or other object is disclosed. The garment pocket has a receiving zone where the handgun or other object can be carried. The relative position of the receiving zone can be adjusted for the comfort of the wearer or to increase the concealment of the handgun or object in the receiving zone. In addition, a guard can be positioned on the outer surface of the pocket to prevent objects outside of the pocket from protruding into the receiving zone.
US08839462B2
A glove worn within a conventional baseball mitt to protect the wrist and hand. The glove generally comprises a fitted glove of soft leather with a plurality of attached non-springy, shock absorbing cushions including a radioulnar cushion extending proximally one to three inches up the forearm from a first end at the wrist crease to a second end and in width a distance sufficient to cover the palmar side of the wrist, and a carpal cushion extending distally from the wrist crease a distance sufficient to cover the carpometacarpal joint of the hand and in width a distance sufficient to cover the carpometacarpal joint of all five digits, including the carpal cushion including a line of reduced padding, typically compressive stitching, extending from the first wrist crease edge to the distal edge which edge may be arcuate to provide additional protection and conform to the shape of the ball glove.
US08844053B2
A method and system is presented to parse a WSDL description and build a hierarchical protected object namespace for authorization of access to the resource, wherein the protected object namespace is based on the abstract part of a WSDL but can be used to assist in authorization decisions for multiple different concrete bindings of this WSDL, wherein the concrete binding/request is based on the WS-Addressing endpoint reference.
US08844052B1
A Flash advertisement is provided, and access to sensitive data associated with the Flash advertisement is restricted. First library code is stored at a first security domain, the first library code to control playback of the Flash advertisement; and second library code is stored at a second security domain, the second library code to access the sensitive data. An application at a third security domain is permitted to access the first library code, and only code residing at the first security domain is permitted to access the second library code.
US08844051B2
An approach is provided for relaying media and creating new content from the media via a social network. Audio content is caused to be received from one of a plurality of devices. The one device is associated with a member of a first list of contacts. New audio content is generated based on the received audio content. The new audio content is caused, at least in part, to be transmitted to another one of the devices. The other one device is associated with a member of a second list of contacts.
US08844043B2
Systems, methods, and apparatus, including computer program products, for detecting a presence of at least one vulnerability in an application. The method is provided that includes modifying instructions of the application to include at least one sensor that is configurable to generate an event indicator, wherein the event indicator includes at least some data associated with the event; storing the event indicator with other stored event indicators generated by the at least one sensor during the execution of the application; analyzing the stored event indicators; detecting a presence of at least one vulnerability in the application based on the analysis of the stored event indicators; and reporting the presence of at least one vulnerability.
US08844038B2
According to a first aspect of the present invention there is provided a method of detecting malware in a mobile telecommunications device 101. In the method, maintaining a database 109 of legitimate applications and their respective expected behaviors, identifying legitimate applications running on the device 101, monitoring the behavior of the device 101, comparing this monitored behavior with that expected according to the database 109 for those legitimate applications identified as running on the device 101, and analyzing deviations from the expected behavior of the device 101 to identify the potential presence of malware.
US08844036B2
A method and system for application-based monitoring and enforcement of security, privacy, performance and/or other policies on a mobile device includes incorporating monitoring and policy enforcement code into a previously un-monitored software application package that is installable on a mobile device, and executing the monitoring and policy enforcement code during normal use of the software application by a user of the mobile device.
US08844029B2
A risk value is calculated to suit a state and environment of an analysis target system, by presenting data for determining whether or not a calculated risk is correct, and presenting portions for parameters to be changed such as weights related to a threat, a vulnerability and a measure contained in the risk model. A risk model correcting system includes a risk model storage section that stores as a risk model, a correspondence relationship between threats constituting a risk and a measure for each threat, and parameters including weights of them; an information collecting section that collects data of an analysis target system; an influence degree calculating section that calculates an influence degree of the existence or non-existence of the measure on a result of the calculation of the risk value; a risk analyzing section that performs a risk analysis on the analysis target system; and a reason presenting section that present a reason of the risk calculation by presenting the influence degree calculated by the risk degree calculating section.
US08844022B2
Certain aspects of a method and system for allowing system-on-chip individual I/O control to be disabled and enabled by programmable non-volatile memory are disclosed. Aspects of one method may include mapping at least one bit of a control vector within a security processor comprising a non-volatile memory to each of a plurality of on-chip I/O physical buses. At least one of the plurality of on-chip I/O physical buses may be enabled or disabled by modifying the mapped bit or bits of the control vector.
US08844020B2
Techniques are described for providing users with access to computer networks, such as to enable users to interact with a remote configurable network service to create and configure computer networks that are provided by the configurable network service for use by the users. Secure private access between a computer network provided for a user by the configurable network service and one or more other remote computing systems of the user (e.g., a remote private network) may be enabled in various ways. For example, a user may programmatically invoke an API provided by the configurable network service to obtain assistance in establishing remote access from a remote location to a provided computer network of the configurable network service, such as to establish a VPN connection from the remote location to the provided computer network using hardware and/or software supplied to the remote location in response to the API invocation.
US08844013B2
A method for logging a user into an online host system begins by receiving a login request from a web browser application of a client device, wherein the login request identifies the online host system. The method continues by initiating a single sign-on routine that involves an online third party system and by obtaining third party user data from the online third party system, wherein the obtained third party user data is associated with the user and is maintained by the online third party system. Host system records maintained by the online host system are modified in accordance with the obtained third party user data. Thereafter, the user is automatically logged into the online host system.
US08844011B2
A method of enabling users of a third party Internet service, who are not necessarily subscribers of an IP Multimedia Subsystem, IMS, network, to access services provided by the IMS network. The method comprises registering a user with said third party Internet service via the Internet using an Internet service identity of the user, and sending to the user, from said third party Internet service and via the Internet, IMS network access information. The access information is then used to register the user with the IMS network, wherein, following IMS registration, the user is able to access IMS network services.
US08844008B2
A printing apparatus management system includes: a printing apparatus which includes an IC tag performing wireless communication with the outside and a memory being connected to the IC tag; and a first information terminal which has at least a function of writing information in the memory through wireless communication with the IC tag. The first information terminal maintains authentication data used by the printing apparatus, writes the authentication data in the memory, and transmits the authentication data to another information terminal. In addition, the printing apparatus interrupts a predetermined function, when the authentication data is written by the first information terminal, and in a state where authentication data is written in the memory, the printing apparatus makes the predetermined function effective, when the authentication data written by the first information terminal before the interruption state and the authentication data written after the interruption state accord with each other.
US08844005B2
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for authenticating a user. During operation, the system records user behavior history at one or more devices associated with the user. The system then extracts user information associated with a place and/or an activity from the recorded user behavior history. The system further generates one or more challenges based on the extracted user information, thereby facilitating the verification of the user's identity.
US08843985B2
A method and apparatus for processing and selecting an application easily processed by a broadcasting receiving apparatus among the plurality of applications and executing the selected application are provided. The application processing method includes: analyzing information on each of a plurality of applications providing a common broadcasting service; selecting an application suitable for a broadcasting receiving apparatus among the plurality of applications based on the analysis; and executing the selected application. When a plurality of applications is transmitted to a broadcasting receiving apparatus, the broadcasting receiving apparatus can select an easily executable application.
US08843980B1
A method is provided for authenticating a source device transmitting a video segment. In the method, the video segment is received from the source device over a communication network. The video segment comprises a number of frames. Identification data indicating the source device is also received over the communication network. Each of the frames of the video segment is marked with a form of the identification data. Access information is transmitted over the communication network for accessing the marked video segment.
US08843976B2
According to one embodiment, a video server includes an encoder, a transmission module, storage modules, and a controller. The encoder outputs a request in response to encoding a video signal. The controller confirms whether or not the number of outputs of video data and a video file to the storage modules within a time interval is less than a limitation number in response to the request. The controller selects the best storage module to store the encoded video data from among the storage modules if the number of outputs is less than the limitation number. The apparatus controller transmits an instruction to the encoder designating the selected storage module as a transmission destination. The encoder outputs the encoded video data designating the transmission destination. The transmission module transmits the output video data to the transmission destination. The storage modules designated as the transmission destination stores the transmitted video data.
US08843975B2
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a set-top-box (STB) comprising a controller to analyze media content provided by a media content provider, wherein the media content is scheduled content with limited temporal accessibility, select at least a portion of the media content and at least one recipient media device to receive the portion of the media content, the selection of the portion of the media content being based on the analysis of the media content, transmit the portion of the media content to a DVR, wherein the DVR stores the portion of the media content, and transmit a metadata pointer associated with the portion of the media content stored in the DVR to a server, wherein a request to accept the portion of the media content is received by the at least one recipient media device via the server, and wherein the portion of the media content is retrieved from the DVR by the server based on the metadata pointer when the at least one recipient media device accepts the request. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US08843961B2
A multiple-resolution audio and video system is disclosed that includes: at least one shared network infrastructure; at least one audio file, video file or a combination thereof, wherein each of the at least one audio file, video file or combination thereof has at least one resolution format and wherein one of the at least one resolution format is a studio quality resolution; at least one executable user interface application; and at least one device that accesses the at least one executable user interface application. Methods of using a multiple-resolution audio and video system include: providing at least one shared network infrastructure; providing at least one audio file, video file or a combination thereof, wherein each of the at least one audio file, video file or combination thereof has at least one resolution format and wherein one of the at least one resolution format is a studio quality resolution; providing at least one executable user interface application; and utilizing at least one device to access the at least one executable user interface application. Devices and related software applications are also contemplated herein.
US08843960B2
An interactive television program guide system with digital storage is provided. The program guide gives users the ability to store information associated with recorded programs in a directory in the digital storage device thereby providing easy access to program information. The program guide may also provide a global media library for indicating the programs stored on removable storage media used with the program guide. The guide may also allow the user to manage and maintain a user media library to do the same. Non-time-sensitive data associated with recorded programs may be stored in a way that allows the user to interact with the data on playback as if the program were being originally aired. The program guide also allows the user to define “super-programs” for playback of a sequence of stored programs or program segments.
US08843957B2
A content insertion system helps digital media providers insert replacement content (e.g., localized commercials) at precisely the right places in the video streams delivered to downstream players. Specifically, with frame accuracy, the system inserts content insertion triggers into the delivered video streams. From a source video input, the system determines the trigger positions at which insertion triggers exist with reference to house timecode. The system then locates the corresponding trigger positions in the output video stream with reference to a framecount of frames generated by a digital encoder. The system inserts corresponding content insertion triggers into the delivered video stream when it locates the corresponding trigger positions.
US08843956B2
A system and method for advertising are disclosed. In an aspect, a method comprises rendering a content to a plurality of users, the content having a time duration, rendering a first selectable element associated with the content to a first one of the plurality of users at a first time during the time duration of the rendered content, and rendering a second selectable element associated with the content to a second one of the plurality of users at a second time during the time duration of the rendered content, wherein the second time is different from the first time and the first selectable element is not rendered to the first one of the plurality of users while the second selectable element is rendered to the second one of the plurality of users.
US08843955B2
An interactive television system is provided in which targeted messages may be sent to users. The interactive television system may use an interactive television program guide or other interactive applications to provide interactive television services to users. An e-mail or other messaging application may be used to receive the messages. The messaging application may be separate from the program guide or other interactive television application or may be part of the program guide or other interactive television application. Messages may be targeted based on the television channels to which the user subscribes or based on which settings the user has established in the program guide or other application or based on any other suitable criteria.
US08843954B2
The disclosure provides an information transmission method, system and data card, wherein the method comprises: a sender scrambling original information in a predetermined scrambling way, and sending scrambled information to a receiver; the receiver receiving the scrambled information, and descrambling the scrambled information in a predetermined descrambling way to obtain the original information, wherein the predetermined scrambling way corresponds to the predetermined descrambling way. In accordance with the disclosure, contents to be transmitted are scrambled and the scrambled contents are sent to the receiver, and the receiver can restore the transmitted contents by performing descrambling according to the scrambling way used by the sender. The disclosure can avoid the transmitted contents from being monitored, as well as avoid the keys from being stolen; therefore, the security of the transmitted contents is effectively improved.
US08843951B1
Techniques for determining user behavior related to media are described. A media file containing media is received. The media is partitioned into segments. The user-interaction analyzer monitors user behavior with respect to viewing the media and the segments. The user's behavior with respect to viewing the segments is logged. Normal user behavior with respect to the media is determined and stored. Logged user behavior with respect to interaction with a segment of the media is compared with the normal user behavior with respect to the media. Logged user behavior of a particular media segment that deviates from normal relative to the determined normal user behavior is determined. A particular media segment that is not normal is tagged. A user device is configured to display indicia indicating user behavior related to media to help inform which parts users tend to like the most.
US08843945B2
Techniques are provided for automatically generating Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) in a computing device. In one example, a request for the addition of a first API to a software infrastructure of a computing device is received. An API coding table that includes one or more initial API parameters corresponding to the first API is generated and an API coding template stored in memory of the computing device is obtained. A compiler of the computing device generates functional codes for the first API based on the API coding template and the initial API parameters.
US08843939B2
An application processing engine computer system is configured to process an application for at least one of a product and service using a plurality of coordinated, configurable services. The application processing engine includes an application data management service, an application process flow management service, a decisioning service, an application processing host service, an application activity monitoring service, a queue management service and/or a system maintenance service. Various embodiments are described, including a computer implemented method for processing an application using an application processing engine component and/or module.
US08843923B2
A computer is provided with a measuring unit that measures elapsed time at a non-access state between one of the guest virtual machines and the devices as a non-access time with respect to each of the guest virtual machines accessing the devices via the device driver virtual machine; a storage unit that stores the operation profile information that matches the non-access time with the operation mode information representing the operation modes of the devices; a decision unit that decides the operation mode with reference to the operation profile information on the basis of the measured access time; and a transition control unit that transits the devices to the operation mode, so that this makes it possible to appropriately carry out power saving management of the devices not depending on a power saving function of the guest OS.
US08843908B2
To overcome the difficulties inherent in traditional compiler validating methods, a new technique is herein provided for validating compiler output via program verification. In one embodiment, this technique is implemented as an automated tool that merges both a source program and the compiler-generated target program into a single (intermediate) program. An automated program verifier is then applied to the merged program. Subsequently, the program verifier compares the source and target programs and determines if the programs are semantically equivalent.
US08843907B2
Disclosed is a programming language system that can produce executable program code from source code, even if the source code contains errors. In embodiments, the programming language system includes a fault tolerant compiler that can detect errors in the source code, but nonetheless produce valid compiler constructs representative of the errors in the source code. Accordingly, the compilation process can proceed despite errors in the source code and produce executable program code.
US08843899B2
Debugging of code of a computer program is facilitated by implementing a step-type operation using internal breakpoints to ensure debugger control of the code. During a debugging session, a step-type operation is implemented by setting active internal breakpoints on every line of code of every routine currently on the call stack referenced by the processor and on entry points of the code being debugged, and subsequently leaving in place, upon completion of the step-type operation, active internal breakpoints. Subsequent to implementing the step-type operation any active internal breakpoints encountered during execution of one or more other operations of the code and deemed unnecessary to completion of the other operation(s) are disabled, and the location of any internal breakpoints disabled during execution of the one or more other operations are tracked in a data structure(s) for subsequent use in reestablishing needed internal breakpoints for implementation of another step-type operation.
US08843894B2
Affinity-based preferential call technique, in one aspect, may improve performance of distributed applications in a hybrid system having heterogeneous platforms. A segment of code in a program being executed on a processor may be intercepted or trapped in runtime. A platform is selected in the hybrid system for executing said segment of code, the platform determined to run the segment of code with best efficiency among a plurality of platforms in the hybrid system. The segment of code is dynamically executed on the selected platform determined to run the segment of code with best efficiency.
US08843889B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide an approach for managing application template artifacts throughout an application's lifecycle in a networked computing environment (e.g., a cloud computing environment). In a typical embodiment, a workload template is assigned to each phase of a set of successive phases of the application's lifecycle. Each template typically refers to a template in a preceding phase of the lifecycle. Moreover, the templates may contain pointers to artifacts used in the phases assigned thereto. Any changes occurring in the artifacts/phases are propagated to the corresponding templates so as to automatically manage application lifecycle operations.
US08843878B1
A method of performing a software development process that includes performing a release execution process that analyzes a software code and stores relevant information associated with the software code. Also, the method includes executing a continuous improvement process that is executing on a computer platform. The continuous improvement process receives the relevant information and computes a plurality of relevant scores to measure the likelihood of success of a software development project. Furthermore, the method includes performing a product planning process that utilizes the relevant scores to assess the viability of the software development project.
US08843877B2
A method and appertaining system provide that an integrated Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) repository stores functional and non-functional requirements and associated data and results of associated with software services across the software lifecycle, thereby permitting access at a common point or in a common way by a user to all relevant information about the software service at least during the development, testing, and run-time stages of the software service. Thus, all design documents, testing requirements and results, and run-time policies and contracts can be provided in a common location to facilitate development in the service oriented architecture.
US08843874B2
A method of optimizing power and timing for an integrated circuit (IC) chip, which uses an IC technology that exhibits temperature inversion, by modifying a voltage supplied to the IC chip, while meeting power consumption and timing delay performances across lower and higher temperature ranges. A high voltage is selected that meets a closed timing analysis across a full temperature range to meet a timing performance and a low voltage is selected to meet the timing performance and the power performance across a lower temperature range to a temperature cut point in the higher temperature range. The IC chip is turned on at the high voltage and the high voltage is lowered to the low voltage when the temperature cut point is exceeded to meet the power performance while maintaining the timing performance.
US08843872B1
Systems and techniques are described for automatically generating clock tree synthesis (CTS) exceptions. The process can use on one or more criteria to identify sequential circuit elements that can be ignored during clock skew minimization. For example, the process can identify sequential circuit elements whose clock skew cannot be balanced with other sequential circuit elements due to structural reasons, identify sequential timing elements that do not have a timing relationship with other sequential timing elements in the clock tree, and/or identify sequential circuit elements whose data pins have a sufficiently large slack so that clock skew is not expected to cause timing violations at any of the data pins. Next, the process can generate clock tree exceptions based on the identified sequential circuit elements.
US08843870B2
A method of reducing current leakage in unused circuits performed during semiconductor fabrication and a semiconductor device or integrated circuit thereby formed. The method involves modifying a characteristic of at least one idle circuit that is unused in a product variant, to inhibit the circuit and reduce current leakage therefrom upon powering as well as during operation. The method can substantially increase the Vt (threshold voltage) of all transistors of a given type, such as all N-type transistors or all P-type transistors. The method is also suitable for controlling other transistor parameters, such as transistor channel length, as well as other active elements, such as N-type resistors or P-type resistors, in unused circuits which affect leakage current as well as for other unused circuits, such as a high Vt circuit, a standard Vt circuit, a low Vt circuit, and an SRAM cell Vt circuit.
US08843865B2
A system and method for generating physical design of an integrated circuit, based on schematic design. The system includes graphical user interface and integrated circuit design and layout system. The integrated circuit design and layout system creates and analyzes logical slices of the integrated circuit based on the schematic design; creates and edits macros based on the logical slices; and traces and analyzes data paths through the physical design based on the schematic design. The method includes providing the schematic design of the integrated circuit, and generating logical slices of the integrated circuit from the schematic design. The method also includes generating, grouping and manipulating macros, responsive to identification of multiple occurrences of logical slices. The method further includes performing data flow analysis to identify data paths for the physical design, quantifying weight indices for the data paths, and positioning objects in the physical design based on the weight indices.
US08843864B2
The invention provides a method for performing statistical static timing analysis using a novel on-chip variation model, referred to as Sensitivity-based Complex Statistical On-Chip Variation (SCS-OCV). SCS-OCV introduces complex variation concept to resolve the blocking technical issue of combining local random variations, enabling accurate calculation of statistical variations with correlations, such as common-path pessimism removal (CPPR). SCS-OCV proposes practical statistical min/max operations for random variations that can guarantee pessimism at nominal and targeted N-sigma corner, and extends the method to handle complex variations, enabling graph-based full arrival/required time propagation under variable compaction. SCS-OCV provides a statistical corner evaluation method for complex random variables that can transform vector-based parametric timing information to the single-value corner-based timing report, and based on the method derives equations to bridge POCV/SSTA with LOCV. This significantly reduces the learning curve and increases the usage of the technology, being more easily adopted by the industry.
US08843859B2
The invention provides for the acceleration of a source mask optimization process. In some implementations, a layout design is analyzed by a pattern matching process, wherein sections of the layout design having similar patterns are identified and consolidated into pattern groups. Subsequently, sections of the layout design corresponding to the pattern groups may be analyzed to determine their compatibility with the optical lithographic process, and the compatibility of these sections may be classified based upon a “cost function.” With further implementations, the analyzed sections may be classified as printable or difficult to print, depending upon the particular lithographic system. The compatibility of various sections of a layout design may then be utilized to optimize the layout design during a lithographic friendly design process. For example, during the design phase, sections categorized as difficult to print may be flagged for further optimization, processing, or redesign. In further implementations, the difficult-to-print sections may be subjected to a source mask optimization process. Subsequently, the entire layout design may receive a conventional resolution enhancement treatment using the optimized source.
US08843857B2
Disclosed herein are techniques for scaling and translating gestures such that the applicable gestures for control may vary depending on the user's distance from a gesture-based system. The techniques for scaling and translation may take the varying distances from which a user interacts with components of the gesture-based system, such as a computing environment or capture device, into consideration with respect to defining and/or recognizing gestures. In an example embodiment, the physical space is divided into virtual zones of interaction, and the system may scale or translate a gesture based on the zones. A set of gesture data may be associated with each virtual zone such that gestures appropriate for controlling aspects of the gesture-based system may vary throughout the physical space.
US08843847B1
A method and system configured to use HTML5 layout for rendering a native downloaded graphical user interface is disclosed herein. The system is comprised of a mobile device, a native downloadable application, a mobile web services API, a native application authoring tool, and an HTML5 authoring tool. The HTML5 authoring tool is used to create an application layout conformant with the HTML5 standards and practices.
US08843846B2
System, method and graphical user interface for a simulation base calculator provides one or more selectable distribution models. One or more input fields are provided for inputting rules with one or more random variables. A processing module inputs one or more of the selectable distribution models and the rules into a simulator running on the system. An output field is provided for displaying one or more aspects of a result determined by the model run on the simulator.
US08843843B2
Computer method and apparatus processing batch changes to a plurality of records employs heuristics. The system includes a computer based source of a plurality of records subject to a batch update. Each record in the plurality has respective meta data information. A computer processor projects application of changes forming the batch update in one record of the plurality. The processor applies heuristics including noting metadata information of the one record impacting changes to each record in the plurality. Using the noted metadata information and heuristics, the system further projects application of the batch update changes to remaining records in the plurality. A preview display of the projected results of the batch changes allows the user to commit, modify or revert batch updates per record.
US08843836B2
According to one general aspect, an apparatus may include a content creation data base and a content entry interface. The content creation data base may be configured to store created content data, and at least one content creation action definition. The content entry interface configured to determine if a content creation action is valid within the context of a user's operations in the content entry user interface, generate, based at least in part upon an executed content creation action, a dynamically generated user interface configured to facilitate a user's inputting of create content data, acquire user input data via the dynamically generated user interface and generate content data based upon the user input data and the content creation action definition.
US08843832B2
A method and apparatus for a real-time interface for collaborating between users is described. In one embodiment, the method includes receiving a request to initiate a collaboration on a particular subject. The method may also include selecting a collection of framework widgets based on the particular subject, each framework widget being a web-based component that is updated in real time. In one embodiment, the method may further include embedding the collection of framework widgets in a collaboration interface.
US08843826B2
A method and system for enhancing search skills of human guides in an information search system. The method allows human guides to be trained when they are not particularly busy fielding search queries from information seekers. The method can include determining whether a guide is idle and presenting to a human guide at least one video or audio source for training the human guide. The video training can include a demonstration of the most effective method for providing search results for an information search query, thereby enabling a guide to learn effective strategies and skills for conducting information searching. The training can contribute to the likelihood of the guide being promoted to a level of a more experienced human guide, thereby allowing greater effectiveness in fielding search queries for information seekers.
US08843824B1
Systems and methods for generating and providing an user interface for providing temporal information to users. The user interface may comprise a center portion and a three-dimensional shape comprising an upper portion that lies about the center portion and a lower portion that lies below the center portion. The center portion may correspond to a first time period. The upper portion may correspond to a second time period in the future relative to the first time period. The lower portion may correspond to a third time period in the past relative to the first time period.
US08843817B2
Embodiments presented herein provide methods, systems and computer program products for incentivizing users for providing user information. One method transmits data operative to cause a remote client application to render a structured form for input by a user. The structured form comprises one or more fields into which a user can input user attribute data. The method receives one or more user information objects including the user attribute data. The method accesses a data store of famous persons, comprising one or more famous person information objects each associated with a famous person, and including famous person attribute data. The method identifies one or more famous persons based on a matching of at least one of the user information objects and one or more famous person information objects. The method presents the identified famous persons and one or more aspects of associated famous person attribute data matching the user attribute data.
US08843816B2
Technologies are described herein for document collaboration by transforming and reflecting a document object model. A DOM representation of a document to be shared is obtained at a host computer, transformed, and reflected to one or more participant computers. Each of the participant computers receives the DOM representation of the document and renders and displays the DOM representation locally. When the DOM representation is modified, changes to the DOM representation may also be transmitted to the participant computers, rendered, and displayed. Events occurring with respect to the DOM may also be synchronized between the host and participant computers.
US08843809B2
A data processing device including a controller configured to control the data processing device to execute steps of: receiving a data packet comprising a group identification information that identifies a restoration group, with which the data packet is associated, and redundant data for restoring a lost data packet, which is associated with the restoration group identified by the group identification information; determining whether a received amount of data packet associated with the restoration group identified by the group identification information is equal to or greater than a predetermined value; and restoring the lost data packet associated with the restoration group identified by the group identification information when the received amount of data packet associated with the restoration group identified by the group identification information is equal to or greater than the predetermined value.
US08843801B2
The present invention provides a write circuit, a read circuit, a memory buffer and a memory module. The write circuit includes: a data collecting unit, a first check unit, a data restoring unit, a first check data generating unit, a first adjusting unit and a write unit; the read circuit includes: a data read unit, a second check unit, an output data generating unit, a second check data generating unit, a second adjusting unit and an output unit; the memory buffer includes the write circuit and the read circuit; the memory module includes the memory buffer and multiple memory chips connected to the memory buffer.
US08843798B2
A frame error concealment method and apparatus and a decoding method and apparatus using the same. The frame error concealment method includes setting a concealment method to conceal an error based on one or more signal characteristics of an error frame having the error and concealing the error using the set concealment method.
US08843793B2
Technologies are generally described for enhancing communication performance. In some examples, a scheduling system may include an error detection unit configured to detect existence of an error in data received from a telecommunication device, an error frequency calculation unit configured to calculate an error frequency based at least in part on the error detected by the error detection unit, and a mode decision unit configured to decide a scheduling mode for the telecommunication device based at least in part on the error frequency calculated by the error frequency calculation unit.
US08843773B2
A method includes ranking a plurality of servers in a network environment according to power characteristics, and choosing a server from the plurality of servers for placement of a service profile according to at least a priority specified in the service profile and the server's rank. The ranking includes identifying power groups into which the plurality of servers are partitioned, identifying respective power group caps of the power groups, determining respective power ranges and respective power supply multipliers of the plurality of servers, calculating a score of each server in the plurality of servers, and assigning ranks to the scores. Choosing the server includes partitioning the servers into priority sets according to respective ranks of servers, and searching the priority sets beginning with a priority set having the priority specified in the service profile until a suitable server is found.
US08843768B2
An apparatus and method are described for encrypting and decrypting information stored in a plurality of disk drives located within a large storage system. In various embodiments of the invention, encryption and decryption processes are implemented within a storage controller or controllers in the storage system.
US08843762B2
Disclosed embodiments include a cryptographic system implemented in at least one digital computer with one or more processors or hardware such as FPGAs for performing iterative secure computations, analysis, and signal processing directly on encrypted data in untrusted environments. According to a basic embodiment, the proposed cryptographic system comprises: (a) at least one secure protocol for performing matrix multiplications in the encrypted domain, and (b) at least one secure iterative protocol for solving systems of linear equations in the encrypted domain. According to a particular embodiment the system comprises a plurality of privacy-preserving protocols for solving systems of linear equations (SLE) directly based on homomorphic computation and secret sharing. More specifically, according to a particular embodiment the system uses a protocol whereby systems of linear equations are solved securely and iteratively without imposing any restrictions on the matrix coefficients.
US08843756B2
An image processing apparatus sections an image to be processed into a plurality of blocks, rearranges the blocks into positions specified by an encryption key that uniquely specifies the positions of the blocks in the image, determines a computing method used to convert pixel values of pixels that form a minimum area included in each of the blocks after the blocks are rearranged based on the pixel values of predetermined pixels that do not belong to the minimum area, and converts the pixel values based on the computing method.
US08843752B1
A method and system for the secure delivery of data to a remote device that has been registered and which requires authentication through the use of a multifactor signature profile is disclosed, and in particular according to certain disclosed aspects, a method and system for ensuring that an authenticated remote device remains authenticated.
US08843733B2
Embodiments of switching between multiple operating systems (OSes) using sleep state management and sequestered re-baseable memory are generally described herein. Embodiments of the invention allow one OS to be suspended into S3 or sleep mode, saving its state to memory and turning off its devices. Then, another sleeping OS can be resumed from another location in memory by switching a memory base addressed to a sequestered memory region and restoring its device state. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
US08843729B2
A microprocessor receives first and second program-adjacent macroinstructions of the instruction set architecture of the microprocessor. The first macroinstruction instructs the microprocessor to move a first operand to a first architectural register from a second architectural register. The second macroinstruction instructs the microprocessor to perform an arithmetic/logic operation using the first operand in the second architectural register and a second operand in a third architectural register to generate a result and to load the result back into the first architectural register. An instruction translator simultaneously translates the first and second program-adjacent macroinstructions into a single micro-operation for execution by an execution unit. The single micro-operation instructs the execution unit to perform the arithmetic/logic operation using the first operand in the second architectural register and the second operand in third architectural register to generate the result and to load the result back into the first architectural register.
US08843728B2
In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method for communicating an assertion signal from a first instruction sequencer to a plurality of accelerators coupled to the first instruction sequencer, detecting the assertion signal in the accelerators and communicating a request for a lock, and registering an accelerator that achieves the lock by communication of a registration message for the accelerator to the first instruction sequencer. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US08843722B2
A memory reset system including a first memory socket and a second memory socket. A reset signal generator can generate a reset signal to the first memory socket. A dampener circuit can receive the reset signal from the reset signal generator and transmit a dampened reset signal to the second memory socket.
US08843717B2
A method achieves data consistency in a shared storage accessible by a first and second machine. The method includes, in response to receiving state information of the first machine, configuring the second machine to a mirrored operating state corresponding to an operating state of the first machine, receiving a notification that the first machine will overwrite existing data stored in the shared storage, and, in response to the notification, reading the existing data, storing a copy of existing data in a local storage of the second machine, and sending an acknowledgment to the first machine that the copy has been stored in the local storage, to enable the first machine to overwrite the existing data with newly written data. The method also includes, in response to receiving a failure notification, retrieving the copy of the existing data, overwriting the newly written data with the copy of the existing data.
US08843716B2
Speed of processing of transferring data stored in a storage apparatus to an external apparatus is increased.A storage apparatus according to the present invention: creates a non-decompression volume set to refer to a compression pool that compresses and stores data; decompresses and provides the data stored in the compression pool to a host computer; and provides the compressed data as is to other external apparatuses via the non-decompression volume.
US08843711B1
A method for efficiently handling partial write requests in a storage system includes allocating a new block of data for the new partial data, and allocating a record in an extent map to record the location of the new partial data block, the location of the old partial data block and the offset length for each data block. Data blocks can be repackaged in the background when system resources are available. A full, but misaligned write request is also efficiently handled by writing the new data to a newly allocated data block and allocating new records in an extent map to record information corresponding to two partial write operations.
US08843707B2
A mechanism is provided for dynamic cache allocation using bandwidth. A bandwidth between a higher level cache and a lower level cache is monitored. Responsive to bandwidth usage between the higher level cache and the lower level cache being below a predetermined low bandwidth threshold, the higher level cache and the lower level cache are set to operate in accordance with a first allocation policy. Responsive to bandwidth usage between the higher level cache and the lower level cache being above a predetermined high bandwidth threshold, the higher level cache and the lower level cache are set to operate in accordance with a second allocation policy.
US08843703B2
Host-connected storage system, including: channel adaptor with local router having processor and transfer list index/processor number information, and a protocol processor for host and router data exchange; and plural storage nodes each including a processor and disk drive and providing the disk drive to the host as a logical unit, wherein processor number information including logical unit and processor number of the node, wherein transfer list index/processor number information including processor number identifying the processor and index information identifying a transfer list including instruction sent to the protocol processor, wherein the router determines a first processor transfer destination of a write request via the processor number information on receiving the write request from the host through the protocol processor, wherein the first processor generates a first transfer list including processing instructed to the protocol processor, and first index information indexing the first transfer list on receiving the write request.
US08843697B2
Provided is an operating method of a data storage device including a plurality of nonvolatile memory devices. The operating method includes the steps of: dividing storage areas of the nonvolatile memory devices into a first memory area and a second memory area; determining wear levels of each of the first memory area and the second memory area; and varying a ratio of the first memory area and the second memory area according to the determined wear levels.
US08843693B2
A memory device cooperating with a memory controller scrambles each unit of data using a selected scrambling key before storing it in an array of nonvolatile memory cells. This helps to reduce program disturbs, user read disturbs, and floating gate to floating gate coupling that result from repeated and long term storage of specific data patterns. For a given page of data having a logical address and for storing at a physical address, the key is selected from a finite sequence thereof as a function of both the logical address and the physical address. In a block management scheme the memory array is organized into erase blocks, the physical address is the relative page number in each block. When logical address are grouped into logical groups and manipulated as a group and each group is storable into a sub-block, the physical address is the relative page number in the sub-block.
US08843691B2
Methods and systems for the prioritized erasure of data blocks in a flash storage device are provided. A data block in the flash storage device is selected for erasure based upon the number of valid data segments therein, thereby minimizing the number of data segments that are carried over to another data block before erasing the selected data block. The overhead of write operations in the flash storage device is therefore greatly reduced, and the overall performance thereof greatly increased. A method for managing memory operations in a flash storage device having a plurality of data blocks comprises the steps of selecting one of the plurality of data blocks for erasure based upon a number of valid data segments therein, and erasing the selected one of the plurality of data blocks.
US08843686B1
In an embodiment, an apparatus comprises a buffer, a plurality of processors, and a processor control module. The processor control module is to manage how many of the plurality of processors are used to process data from the buffer based at least in part on an amount of the data stored in the buffer.
US08843683B2
Embodiments of systems, apparatuses, and methods for posting interrupts to virtual processors are disclosed. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes look-up logic and posting logic. The look-up logic is to look-up an entry associated with an interrupt request to a virtual processor in a data structure. The posting logic is to post the interrupt request in a data structure specified by information in the first data structure.
US08843661B2
A wireless Universal Serial Bus (USB) host that optimizes the data transfer between the Wireless Host Controller Driver (WHCD) and the Wireless Host Controller (WHC). The data transfer between the WHCD and the WHC is optimized by reducing the overhead of data fragmentation. Higher performance without sacrificing memory and computation power is achieved with the optimization of the data transfer.
US08843655B2
Data transfer, synchronizing applications, and low latency networks are disclosed. An example method includes comparing a first address of a first data item of a first data burst to a second address of a last data item of a second data burst received before the first data burst; and, when the first address sequentially follows the second address, combining the first and second data bursts to form a third data burst.
US08843654B2
A method of operating a data transfer device is disclosed. The data transfer device is connected to a partner data transfer device via a wide area network, to relay data packets between first and second communication devices. The method further includes: receiving first-protocol-based data packets from the first communication device via a first-protocol-based connection within a first access network; in response to reception of the first-protocol-based data packets, sending back acknowledgement to the first communication device via the first-protocol-based connection, on behalf of the second communication device; encapsulating first-protocol-based data packets received from the first communication device, to convert the first-protocol-based data packets to a plurality of second-protocol-based data packets; and transferring the second-protocol-based data packets to partner data transfer device via a second-protocol-based connection within the wide area network. The first protocol is a sliding window protocol, and the second protocol is a protocol without using a sliding window.
US08843653B2
An approach is provided for communicating a media resource. The approach includes generating a widget information in response to a request by a user, associating the widget information with at least a portion of a media resource; encoding at least a portion of the media resource for a real-time exchange of communications, and transmitting at least a portion of the media resource and the widget information from one information handling system to another.
US08843647B1
A self-service application console that provides users with restricted access to execute “tasks” in a secure, controlled way. The console allows users to execute scripts, applications or other executable files, using a user interface which abstracts the technical details of the task, as well as eliminates the need for users to have to login to the server. The console provides users with limited or no access to the capabilities of those with more security permissions without risking granting them more access. Tasks may be stored in a database and tasks may be grouped into profiles where the tasks are executed following a defined order.
US08843644B2
The invention includes a method and apparatus for interfacing with a managed device. A method according to one embodiment includes receiving a message including an identifier indicative of a location at which interface information associated with the managed device is stored, obtaining the interface information, and initiating a request to perform a function on the managed device using the interface information. The interface information includes information adapted for use by a management system to interface with the managed device. The interface information includes one or more interface routines and one or more interface routine descriptions. The interface routine(s) is specified using an interpreted language, such as Java, Visual Basic, and the like. The interface routine description is specified using a descriptive language, such as XML, XHTML, and the like.
US08843637B2
Systems, method, computer program stored on computer readable media, and business method for providing and operating a distributed network based secure storage of business or consumer digital data or content. System, method, computer program stored on computer readable media and business model for dynamically managed peer-to-peer media content backup that uses a plurality of subscriber personal computer based storage devices to store backups of other subscriber data in a manner that is secure and redundant.
US08843625B2
Systems and methods for monitoring performance associated with fulfilling resource requests and determining optimizations for improving such performance are provided. A processing device obtains and processes performance metric information associated with processing a request corresponding to a set of resources. The processing device uses the performance metric information to identify a subset of the resources corresponding to a display location associated with a visible portion of a display and to assess performance related to processing of the identified subset of the resources. In some embodiments, the processed performance data may be used to identify timing information associated with the subset of the embedded resources. Aspects of systems and methods for identifying and testing alternative resource configurations corresponding to the content associated with the original set of resources and for determining whether to recommend a resource configuration for improving performance of subsequent client requests for the content are also provided.
US08843616B2
Methods and systems associated with personal cloud computing (PCC) are disclosed herewith. In embodiments, a method may include receiving, by a PCC client device, a message from a PCC server. The message may include information for migrating a session of an application executing on another PCC client device off the other client device. In response, an application may be launched, by the client device, to migrate the session onto the client device, using the information included in the message. In embodiments, a PCC server may be configured to receive a request from a PCC client device to migrate a session of an application executing on the client device off the client device; and in response, to send a message to another PCC client device equipped to launch an application on the other client device to migrate the session onto the other client device. The message may include information for the migration. Other embodiments are also disclosed and claimed.
US08843601B1
Systems and methods for establishing an IP telephone call to a called party's telephony device include attempting to send a call setup request directly to the called party's telephony device, and requesting that a push notification be sent to the called party's telephony device. If the direct request does not reach the called party's telephony device, the push notification will result in the called party's telephony device contacting the IP telephony system to setup the requested call. In some embodiments, the request for a push notification is not sent until the direct request is determined to have failed.
US08843599B2
Systems, devices, and methods for storing and synchronizing data using Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP), Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) or any other protocol that provides for authentication, presence and messaging. One such method is performed in a digital media device, such as a set top. Device and user-configured settings associated with a digital media device may be saved to a network. The settings may be synchronized with other devices of a user, or used to configure a newly provisioned replacement digital media device. The settings may include pointers to network resources where content is stored such that content need not be transferred from an old or failed digital media device to the newly provisioned digital media device.
US08843594B2
A method and system for transmitting multimedia content from a server to a client device includes a source multimedia retriever to retrieve source multimedia content data. A transcoded multimedia retriever retrieves transcoded multimedia content data, the transcoded multimedia content data being a transcoded version of the source multimedia content, and the transcoded multimedia content data being time shifted with respect to the source multimedia content data. A data packet formulator formulates a data packet comprising the source multimedia content data and the time shifted transcoded multimedia content data. A data packet transmitter transmits the data packet from the server to the client device.
US08843591B2
A method, system and apparatus for the selectable repainting of updatable network distributable imagery. A method for selectably repainting updatable network distributable content can include establishing a repainting selection selected from the group consisting of continuous repainting and delayed repainting. The method further can include rendering a complete view of the updatable network distributable content. The method yet further can include receiving portions of an image update to the complete view. Finally, the method can include repainting the complete view as the portions are received if the repainting selection indicates continuous repainting, and otherwise delaying a repainting of the complete view until a threshold portion of the portions have been received.
US08843576B2
Methods and systems for providing related audio files in an audio file storage system are disclosed. One method includes identifying a plurality of audio files within the audio file storage system, wherein the plurality of audio files each have a relationship with the first file, and wherein each audio file includes an audio and associated information. The method further includes generating, by a system server, a list of inquiries based on the plurality of audio files, providing, by the system server, the list of inquiries to at least one creator of the first file, receiving from the at least one creator at least one response to the list of inquiries, selecting a subset of the plurality of audio files based on the at least one response, and storing information related to the selected subset of the plurality of audio files.
US08843573B2
A social networking system provides a mechanism for lightweight messaging (e.g., a “poke”) between users of a social networking system. To initiate a new message from one user to another, the sender requests a poke by specifying the intended recipient. The system receives the request, obtains a location of the sender, verifies that the sender and recipient are both users of the social networking system and have established a connection, and then transmits a lightweight message to the recipient. The message history between users may be stored for later viewing, and third party services may access the messaging capability, e.g., via APIs.
US08843572B2
A threaded list of e-mail messages is provided by checking each received message against previous messages to determine whether the new message is associated with previous messages. If so, then a new thread is created. The new thread has an associated thread header, which stores metadata bout the messages in the thread. If the received message is related to messages in an existing thread, then the received message is added to that thread, and the thread header for that thread is updated to reflect data from the received message. The thread header appears with messages in a message list view of the inbox, and provides data about the thread. Messages that are not part of a thread are shown in the same view as threaded messages, without a thread header. This allows a user to view both threaded and non-threaded messages in a single view.
US08843571B2
A website hosting service provides a plurality of services to each of a plurality of unrelated websites, each of the plurality of services being adapted to contribute to a distinct service package for at least a plurality of unrelated websites, at least one of the plurality of services serving a third party interface that allows access to a third party service in the distinct service package.
US08843567B2
Methods, systems, and computer program products for managing electronic messages. A method embodiment for managing electronic messages includes processing message content of an electronic message with an automated content classification module to determine a classification for the electronic message; and applying a security policy to the electronic message in dependence upon the classification. The classification module may be configured for a particular sender. The security policy may be configured for a particular receiver. The system may associate the classification with the electronic message. The system may train the classification module. The electronic message may be an email message, an instant message, a text message, or a message sent in the context of a social networking platform. The security policy may include a display policy or a filtering policy.
US08843558B2
A computer-implemented method, apparatus and computer-readable storage device for arranging a meeting in a networked environment having nodes assigned to respective individual users. Upon receiving a set of meeting requirements including at least a meeting time and a set of invitees from a user at one of the nodes, invitations for a meeting at the meeting time are sent to at least a subset of the invitees based on one or more of the meeting requirements. The meeting is confirmed at the meeting time responsive to receiving acceptances from a predetermined subset of the invitees, such as a set of invitees identified as being critical invitees or a number of invitees constituting a quorum, and is rescheduled or cancelled responsive to a failure to receive acceptances from the predetermined subset of the invitees.
US08843557B2
Communications may be facilitated among users belonging to affiliations spanning two or more virtual spaces accessible via virtual environments. In exemplary implementations, affiliations within individual virtual spaces may be managed. A given affiliation within a given virtual space may comprise a discrete group of users with a relationship having a functional significance within the given virtual space. A communications interface may be provided for presentation to individual users. The communications interface may be configured to enable a given user to observe in-coming communications and provide out-going communications. Synchronous and/or asynchronous communications may be facilitated via the communications interface between users belonging to one or more common affiliations. The communications may be facilitated among users belonging to a common overarching affiliation, which may encompass two or more affiliations from different virtual spaces that include substantially the same group of users.
US08843555B2
Provided are a system and a method for providing a neighbor connect service. The neighbor connect service method sets up a neighbor relationship between internal blogs and external blogs and provides information about a blog set up as the neighbor relationship based on the neighbor connect service.
US08843549B2
In the course of an application involving real-time notification of a client by a telephone switching system, a connection between the client and a server is opened. Notification messages transmitted from the telephone switching system to the server are adjusted and sent to the client in the format of a programming language code executable by the client's browser. The programming language codes are subsequently executed by the browser, whereby the respective notification messages are displayed at the client. For transmission of the notification messages from the server to the browser, as streaming method such as HTTP streaming is use so that the connection remains open while notification messages are to be sent. The presented method can be based on standardized protocols, entails little protocol overhead and allows for facile treatment of security issues.
US08843548B2
A method to provide an information item and information expert to a user includes storing a first information item, task data, and a first expert identifier in a database. The task data includes a plurality of tasks and at least one attribute associated with each of the tasks. The first expert identifier identifies a first expert associated with the first information item and/or the first task. A task information update is created by associating the first information item with the first task in response to determining that it is related to the at least one attribute associated with the first task, and by providing the first expert identifier with the task information update in response to determining that it is associate with at least one of the first information item and the first task. Users that are associated with the first task are then provided the task information update.
US08843547B2
A server apparatus 120, each time a process request is received from a client apparatus 110, stores the process request for a given interval and if the status of the server apparatus 120 at the time when the process request is received is standby, switches the status to a state of receiving a request. The server apparatus 120 also measures the elapsed time since the status was switched to the state of receiving a request and when the elapsed time since the status was switched to the state of receiving a request, reaches a given period, executes a process that corresponds to a process request stored in a temporary storing unit.
US08843546B2
Methods and arrangements for enabling execution of a communication service adapted to a client by an application server. One or more iFC:s are configured in a central subscriber data node for the client by including information related to user specific service data of the client in the iFC:s. When receiving a request related to the client, a session control node fetches the iFC:s of the client from the subscriber data node if the client is not registered. The service data related information is then extracted from an iFC of the client that matches the received request, which is forwarded to the application server with extracted service data related information attached. The application server creates user specific service data for the client based on service data related information in the request, and serve the client accordingly. No regular provisioning operation and interface towards a provisioning system are required for the application server.
US08843545B2
Controlling a device having a shared processing resource includes ascertaining a supervision timer value for a client service that uses the shared processing resource. The client service is caused to make a server request and a supervision timer is set to cause a timeout after a supervision timer value time period. Ascertaining the supervision timer value includes ascertaining which of a number of use scenarios represents an operation state of the device, the use scenarios being at least in part distinguished from one another by which services are presently active, including the client service. Each of the plurality of services utilizes the shared processing resource when active. One supervision timer value is selected from a number of values each associated with the client service, selection being made at least partly as a function of the ascertained use scenario. The value is retrieved from the set of stored supervision timer values.
US08843543B2
A source attribution system includes a tracking module to generate an identification meta-data to be associated with an original content of a first publisher that originates in a third party source server of a public wide area network such that the original content is attributable to the first publisher through the identification meta-data associated thereto with the original content when the original content having the associated identification meta-data is republished. The system further includes a processor, and memory which is configured to determine that a subsequent publishing of the original content is an embedded portion of another work of authorship when a communication of the identification meta-data is extracted from a server in which the subsequent publishing is manifested and transmitted from the server to the processor. The system also includes a notification module that notifies the first publisher upon subsequent publication of the original content by a subsequent publisher.
US08843542B2
An information processing device includes: plural input registers including a first input register and a second input register; an added value register; a first adding unit that performs addition processing for stored data of the first input register and stored data of the second input register; a second adding unit that performs addition processing for connected data, which is obtained by connecting the stored data of the first input register and the stored data of the second input register, and stored data of the added value register; and plural output registers in which a processing result of the first adding unit or the second adding unit is stored, wherein in each of given execution cycles, the first adding unit stores a processing result of the first adding unit in any one of the plural output registers and the second adding unit stores a processing result of the second adding unit in any one of the plural output registers.
US08843538B2
A modulator can be configured to sense a change in current flow in a circuit and to generate an oversampled, noise-shaped signal. A first decimation filter is coupled to the modulator and is configured to generate instantaneous current data at a first data rate. The instantaneous current data can be input into a multiplier circuit. The output of the multiplier circuit (the instantaneous current data squared) can be input to a second decimation filter. The second decimation filter can be configured to generate a sum of the squared current data at a second data rate. The sum of the squared current data can be used by an application (e.g., battery power management) to compute power measurements or for other purposes.
US08843535B2
Various arrangements for applying metadata to multiple files managed by a content management system are presented. A user computer system may receive an indication of a plurality of files for uploading from the user computer system for storage and management to the content management system. The plurality of files may be stored in a location managed by the content management system. A metadata field may be required for each file of the plurality of files. The user computer system may provide an interface that requests a value of the metadata field. The interface may provide an apply-to-all option for the value of the metadata field to be applied to each file of the plurality of files. The user computer system may apply the value of the metadata field to each file of the plurality of files for uploading for storage and management to the content management system.
US08843534B2
A virtual session for a computer in which files that are worked on or automatically stored to a portable device such as a hard drive. Depending on the options that are selected, helper files for those programs may also be stored. Those helper files may be files that enable reading the programs, for example, or may be a complete new OS.
US08843528B1
Implementations of the present disclosure include obtaining one or more queries, processing data stored in a data store based on at least one query of the one or more queries to identify a plurality of users, the plurality of users sharing a commonality that is a subject of the at least one query, generating one or more query-based social circles, the plurality of users populating a query-based social circle of the one or more query-based social circles, the query-based social circle being directed to the commonality and defining a distribution list for distributing digital content provided by one or more users of the plurality of users, and transmitting social circle data corresponding to the query-based social circle to display a representation of the query-based social circle to at least one user of the plurality of users.
US08843525B2
An apparatus and method for calculating the selectivity of a range query for multidimensional data using a multidimensional histogram are provided. A data space may be partitioned into one or more sub-spaces based on a sum of skew values of the one or more sub-spaces, a space-partitioning tree may be generated for the data space, and a multidimensional histogram may be generated for the data space based on the space-partitioning tree. A range query for multidimensional data may be processed based on the multidimensional histogram.
US08843523B2
Disclosed are methods and devices, among which is a system that includes a device that includes one or more pattern-recognition processors for searching a data stream. The pattern-recognition cluster may include various search pattern matching matrices and mask modules which may be utilized to perform various searching functions. Additionally, a buffer may be utilized to individually store the various results from pattern matching matrices and mask modules for subsequent retrieval.
US08843522B2
In one embodiment of the present invention, a computer-implemented method includes receiving a set of alphanumeric information. A first set of metadata is generated that is associated with the alphanumeric information, and a second set of metadata is generated that is associated with the alphanumeric information. The first set of metadata is transmitted at a first time and the second set of metadata is transmitted at a second time subsequent to the first time. The first and/or second sets of metadata can be used to trigger an automated trade of a security.
US08843520B2
A document managing system which can detect the presence of inaccessible files and folders. In the document managing system, a file as a research object for which the right of access has been set is acquired, and a file user set for which the right of access to the research object has been set is acquired. A folder to which the research object belongs is acquired, and a folder user set for which the right of access to the folder has been set is acquired. If the intersection of the file user set and the folder user set is an empty set, it is determined that determines that there is no user who can access the research object.
US08843518B2
Methods and related systems are presented that relate to establishing communications among individuals connected through social networking services. To obtain the contact information of an encountered connection, a person may take a photo of the connection and provide information indicating how he/she knows the connection. Using the provided information, a subset of the person's connections in the social networking services that he/she belongs to is selected. The photos included in the profiles of the connections in the selected subset are searched and a profile that includes an image with features matching the features of the obtained image is selected. Once a match is found, personal information of the connection is obtained from his/her profile and transmitted to the person. The individuals can establish connection using the obtained personal information.
US08843511B2
A configuration management system includes a plurality of MDRs that stores information about resources as configuration items, a FCMDB, a plurality of proxy apparatuses, and a proxy management apparatus, wherein the proxy management apparatus receives configuration items from the MDRs, reconciles the receives configuration items, selects a destination proxy apparatus such that the numbers of configuration items stored in the proxy apparatuses are substantially equal to each other, and sends the reconciled configuration items to the selected proxy apparatus, wherein the proxy apparatuses store configuration items sent from the proxy management apparatus, and wherein the FCMDB receives a query from a client, selects among the plurality of proxy apparatuses a proxy apparatus that stores a configuration item that is to serve as a query result, and receives the configuration item from the selected proxy apparatus.
US08843500B2
Example apparatus and methods concern automatically creating editorial content for albums that are to be recommended in a computerized music marketplace. An album may be selected for recommendation after analyzing consumption data (e.g., sales, downloads, samples), and popularity data (e.g., chart rankings, critical reviews). The popularity data may also include data mined from sources including search engines and social media sites. An overall recommendation score may be a weighted function of consumption data and popularity data. A customized recommendation score may be a weighted function of the overall recommendation score influenced by regional considerations, demographic considerations, and other considerations. The editorial content may include art and text and may be customized based on regional considerations, demographic considerations, and based on other art or text that will appear at the same time as the editorial content.
US08843493B1
A method for comparing documents, including extracting, by a computer processor, a plurality of extracted elements from a first image of a first formatted document, wherein each of the plurality of extracted elements corresponds to a text element of the first formatted document, extracting, by the computer processor, a first plurality of text fingerprints from a sequence of the plurality of extracted elements to form a first text feature of the first image, comparing, by the computer processor, the first text feature and a second formatted document to generate a comparison result, and determining, in response to the comparison result meeting a pre-determined criterion, that each of the first formatted document and the second formatted document contains common text content.
US08843488B1
In one aspect, methods for presenting an enhanced search result including, for at least one search result document link, the steps of 1) compiling a list of secondary document references appearing in the linked document, 2) identifying links to the secondary documents referenced in the list of secondary document references, and 3) constructing a list of search result document secondary links. The methods subsequently display the list of search result document secondary links as a nested display under an associated search result document link. In another aspect, methods for populating a search database where, for each document in a document collection, the methods a) compile a list of secondary document references appearing in the document, b) identify a link to each secondary document referenced in the list of secondary document references, and c) store at least the identified links as metadata associated with a search database copy of the document.
US08843487B2
The present invention relates generally to methods, software and systems for measuring and valuing the quality of information and data, where such measurements and values are made and processed by implementing objectively defined, measurable, comparable and repeatable dimensions using software and complex computers. The embodiments include processes, systems and method for identifying optimal scores of the data dimension. The invention further includes processes, systems and method for data filtering to improve the overall data quality of a data source. Finally, the invention further includes processes, systems and method for data quality assurance of groups of rows of a database.
US08843486B2
A set of index keys is included in an index search system that are associated with the scope of the search rather than the content of the documents that are the target of the search. These scope related index keys, or scope keys allows the scope of the search to be selected, reducing the number of documents that a search is required to sift through to obtain results. Furthermore, compound scopes are recognized and stored such that an index of complex search scopes is provided to eliminate rehashing of the searches based on these complex search scopes.
US08843485B2
The present invention implements a scan-prohibited function without deteriorating operability. Therefore, the following are performed: a scan-prohibited character string registration; the setting of a rate of object matching; an extraction process operation mode registration in the case where said string is included in print data; a scanning process operation mode registration in the case where said string is included in scanned and obtained data; searching print data for said string; extraction/storing of object data in the print data in accordance with an extraction process operation mode; extraction of object data of scanned image data; comparison of object data between stored print data and scanned image data; comparison of a rate of matching calculated by the comparison with a predetermined one; and if the calculated rate is determined to be higher than the predetermined one, a post-scan process in accordance with the scanning process operation mode.
US08843474B2
Executing a XML database query. The method may include compiling the XML database query to provide at least two alternative execution plans, wherein the at least two alternative execution plans provide the same response to the XML database query. The method may further include deciding during runtime, which of the at least two alternative execution plans is executed. The method may include executing the selected execution plan.
US08843469B2
The present disclosure describes systems and method for displaying search results. Operations of the system and method may include, but are not limited to: receiving a selection associated with a tab group; receiving a search string; and displaying one or more records according to the selection of the tab group and the search string.
US08843459B1
A multi-tiered filesystem integrates multiple types of storage devices into a contiguous filesystem storage space having regions associated with two or more tiers of storage.
US08843449B2
Methods, devices and systems to make compressed backup copies of in-use compressed database indices are described. In general, an “oldest” time at which index pages in working memory had been updated is identified. Compressed index pages may be directly copied without the need to bring them into working memory or uncompressing them. The identified “oldest” time is then associated with the compressed backup copy. In some embodiments, an entire compressed backup copy may be associated with a single point in time (e.g., the identified “oldest” time). In other embodiments, a compressed backup copy may be associated with multiple points in time (e.g., one time for each portion of the compressed index that is being backed-up). Compressed indices copied in accordance with the invention may be used during restore operations to reconstruct database indices using the identified “oldest” time and database log files.
US08843448B1
Renamed directory handling for incremental file migration is described. A directory is stored in a storage device. An inode number associated with the directory in a directory table is identified. A determination is made whether the inode number equals an inode number associated with another directory in the directory table. At least one of a file and a subdirectory associated with the directory in the file system is stored into the directory in the storage device if the inode number equals the inode number associated with another directory in the directory table.
US08843445B2
A storage system includes: a data storing unit that stores division data configuring a file; a metadata storing unit that stores metadata representing a storing position of the division data; and a data processing unit that stores the division data into the data storing unit and stores the metadata representing the storing position of the division data into the metadata storing unit. Into the metadata storing unit, the data processing unit stores the metadata that has a key part storing position-in-file information representing a position in the file of the division data and an address part storing address information representing a storing position in which the division data is stored corresponding to the position represented by the position-in-file information so as to correspond to the position-in-file information. The key part and the address part are configured by mutually separated data.
US08843444B2
A system and method provide for backing up and restoring using patch level data for operating system and application files. Patch level data for the files in the backup image may be displayed along with current patch level data. Further, files in a backup image may be replaced based on current patch level data indicating a patched version of the file in the backup image is available. Further, upon a restore, if a patched file is available for a corresponding file in a backup image, the patched file may be retrieved from a patch source and used in place of the file that would have been restored from the backup image.
US08843441B1
A system that implements a data storage service may store data on behalf of clients in multiple replicas on respective computing nodes. The system may employ an external service to select a master replica for a replica group. The master replica may service consistent read operations and/or write operations that are directed to the replica group (or to a data partition stored by the replica group). The master replica may employ a quorum based mechanism for performing replicated write operations, and a local lease mechanism for determining the replica authorized to perform consistent reads, even when the external service is unavailable. The master replica may propagate local leases to replica group members as replicated writes. If another replica assumes mastership for the replica group, it may not begin servicing consistent read operations that are directed to the replica group until the lease period for a current local lease expires.
US08843440B2
A solution authoring tool that includes an authoring environment that allows for the authoring of multiple projects of a solution including a database project that has a schema and a partner project that has a reference to the schema. When the database project is built and deployed, the database schema is made ready for runtime. When the partner project is built and deployed, the schema reference is provided within the partner software such that the partner software may interface with the database schema at runtime. To reduce or eliminate database schema drift at development time causing runtime errors at runtime, a model bus at least partially synchronizes changes made to the schema in the database project to the schema reference in the partner project, and vice versa.
US08843435B1
Described are techniques for processing an instance of a data structure. A request to process an instance of a data structure at a first point in time is received. At least one of the data elements in the data structure is a dynamic data element that uses an association specifying how to access data for the dynamic data element in accordance with criteria evaluated using a current context determined at a point in time. In response to receiving the request, first processing is performed including determining whether the dynamic data element is referenced at the first point in time, and, if so, evaluating the criteria using a current context determined at the first point in time, and retrieving data for the dynamic data element in accordance with a current context determined at the first point in time.
US08843427B1
In general, a method includes receiving a training data set that includes a plurality of examples, wherein each example includes one or more features and an answer, generating a plurality of modified training data sets by applying one or more filters to the training data set, each of the plurality of modified training data sets being based on a different combination of the one or more filters, training a plurality of predictive models, each of the plurality of predictive models being trained using a different modified training data set of the plurality of modified training data sets, determining a respective accuracy for each of the plurality of predictive models, identifying a most accurate predictive model based on the determined accuracies, and specifying an association between the training data set and the combination of filters used to generate the modified training data set that was used to train the most accurate predictive model.
US08843426B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure present a technique for primary visual cortex (V1) cell training and operation. The present disclosure proposes a model structure of V1 cells and retinal ganglion cells (RGCs), and an efficient method of training connectivity between these two layers of cells such that the proposed method leads to an autonomous formation of feature detectors within the V1 layer. The proposed approach enables a hardware-efficient and biological-plausible implementation of image recognition and motion detection systems.
US08843424B2
The present invention provides a device and method for multiclass object detection, wherein the detection device includes: an input unit configured to input data to be detected; and a joint classifier within which a plurality of strong classifiers capable of processing multiclass object data are included, wherein each of the strong classifiers is acquired by adding a set of weak classifiers together, and each weak classifiers performs a weak classification for the data to be detected by using a feature. A list of shared features is included within the joint classifier, and each feature within the list is shared by one or more weak classifiers belonging to different strong classifiers respectively; and the weak classifiers, which use a same feature and belong to different strong classifiers respectively, have different parameter values from one another.
US08843423B2
Provided are techniques for imputing a missing value for each of one or more predictor variables. Data is received from one or more data sources. For each of the one or more predictor variables, an imputation model is built based on information of a target variable; a type of imputation model to construct is determined based on the one or more data sources, a measurement level of the predictor variable, and a measurement level of the target variable; and the determined type of imputation model is constructed using basic statistics of the predictor variable and the target variable. The missing value is imputed for each of the one or more predictor variables using the data from the one or more data sources and one or more built imputation models to generate a completed data set.
US08843421B2
To entities that are likely to engage in a behavior, a behavior discrimination threshold for each of a plurality of behavior variables is determined. Variable values for each entity of a plurality of target entities and for each of the behavior variables are compared to the relevant behavior discrimination threshold to provide identifying variables for each entity. An index value is determined for each of the plurality of target entities based on the identifying variables for that entity. An index threshold is determined such that those entities of the target entities having index values that meet or exceed the index threshold are likely to exhibit or engage in the behavior more frequently than a random sampling of the plurality of training entities. Actions designed to affect the likelihood that the resulting targeted entities will engage in the behavior may be directed to the targeted entities.
US08843420B2
A “Specificity” statistic (or metric) is computed as a means to identify amplitude scores associated with a signature that can be attributed with high probability to a specific biological entity or process represented by the signature. Preferably, Specificity is computed by assessing a likelihood of a given null hypothesis, namely, that an amplitude score is not representative of the specific signature but, instead, is representative of a general trend in the applicable data set that can be measured by any signature that is comparable to the signature of interest. In a typical implementation, a first step to compute the Specificity metric is to construct a set of comparable signatures. Next, an amplitude score is computed for each of these signatures, preferably using the same data set. Then, the Specificity metric is computed, preferably as a two-tailed p-value, by placing the amplitude score for the signature of interest on a distribution of scores for the comparable signatures. Scores that have Specificity p-values less than a particular value, e.g., 0.05, are considered to be scores that can be attributed with high confidence to the signature of interest.
US08843419B2
Methods and systems are provided for controlling a locomotive (or other rail vehicle) owned by a first entity when borrowed and operated by a second entity. The locomotive includes an operating control system having a first mode and a second, different mode of operation, the first mode including settings configured for the first entity, the second mode including settings configured for a second, different entity. The method includes enabling the first mode and disabling the second mode of the operating control system when the locomotive is operated by the first entity, and enabling the second mode and disabling the first mode of the operating control system when the locomotive is operated by the second entity.
US08843418B2
A method, system, and computer program product for authenticating an end user. A login field is generated and sent to an end user, and a set of nodes is subsequently received from the end user. The login field includes first colored nodes having multiple colors distributed in a first random pattern. A transparent credit card controlled by the end user includes second colored nodes having multiple colors distributed in a second random pattern. An authenticity status of the end user is determined, and then sent to the end user, by determining whether each node of the set of nodes (i) corresponds to a unique node of the first colored nodes and (ii) has a same color determined by a function of a static integer and a dynamic integer D, wherein S and D are known only to the end user and the provider of the transparent credit card.
US08843409B2
According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a method and technique for policy event management is disclosed. The method includes: receiving by a broker an electronic communication from an insurance provider of an event related to a policy of a consumer serviced by the insurance provider; responsive to receiving the notice, automatically determining whether the event meets at least one event criteria monitored by the broker; and responsive to determining that the event corresponds to at least one event criteria monitored by the broker, automatically initiating an action related to the event.
US08843397B2
Techniques for self-learning an item's weight range are provided. Weights for items during transactions with an enterprise are recorded and plotted in a data store. A graph is used to plot weights for the items over time. During a particular transaction, when an item is identified and its weight is captured, the graph is consulted to detect any deviance in the captured weight to the graph. When a deviance falls beyond a threshold real-time alerts are raised within the enterprise to manually inspect the item and recorded weight before a transaction with a customer concludes.
US08843384B2
A method of displaying a selected spatial allocation is provided. The method includes but is not limited to associating spatial allocation characteristic data stored in a database with corresponding spatial location data representing a location of a spatial allocation on the map. The method also includes but is not limited to, upon selection of the spatial allocation from the map, displaying the corresponding spatial allocation characteristic data from the database, along with the selected spatial allocation on the map, on a display. Additionally, the method includes but is not limited to, upon selection of the corresponding spatial allocation from the database, displaying the map, along with the selected spatial allocation in the map, on the display.
US08843382B2
The present invention relates to a system for providing clinical information in real time, to a method for providing clinical information in real time, and to a storage medium on which a program performing same is recorded. According to the present invention, the advantage of providing ultrasonic images of an unborn child in real time without an additional storage medium is that the level of clinical service provided to a pregnant woman and her family can be improved.
US08843381B2
Methods and systems for characterizing a dentition of a patient including receiving an initial dentition of a patient, generating an initial profile representing the initial dentition of the patient, identifying an initial malocclusion from the initial profile, comparing at least a portion of the initial profile with one or more reference profiles of reference dentitions, wherein said one or more reference profiles includes a reference malocclusion substantially similar to the initial malocclusion, and calculating a value for the closeness of the initial profile and the reference profile are provided.
US08843380B2
Encoding and decoding of residual signals are provided. In a method of encoding a residual signal of an audio signal, the residual signal is divided into a plurality of sections having different sizes, based on a change of the residual signal. Then, section division information representing information about the divided sections and section-by-section residual signal information representing characteristics of the sections of the residual signal are acquired. Thereafter, the residual signal is encoded based on the section division information and the section-by-section residual signal information.
US08843368B2
Disclosed herein are systems, computer-implemented methods, and tangible computer-readable storage media for captioning a media presentation. The method includes receiving automatic speech recognition (ASR) output from a media presentation and a transcription of the media presentation. The method includes selecting via a processor a pair of anchor words in the media presentation based on the ASR output and transcription and generating captions by aligning the transcription with the ASR output between the selected pair of anchor words. The transcription can be human-generated. Selecting pairs of anchor words can be based on a similarity threshold between the ASR output and the transcription. In one variation, commonly used words on a stop list are ineligible as anchor words. The method includes outputting the media presentation with the generated captions. The presentation can be a recording of a live event.
US08843352B2
A computer-implemented system for designing a structure based on an initial depiction is disclosed. The system includes a design engine that receives the depiction and various other inputs and produces a structure design therefrom. The depiction is analyzed to determine a representation, and cells instantiated to populate the representation. Cells are configured to be assembled together with other cells to form the structure design, including systems of the design. An initial proposed design may be iteratively improved using one or more measures of the proposed structure design's goodness, such as conformance to the depiction's shape, style, volume, etc. Creation of the depiction may be in the context of the building site, from which additional information may be derived in the process of creating a proposed structure design.
US08843350B2
Long-term facility maintenance may be more efficient when data from multiple sources are combined onto an easily navigable display. In particular, building model data from a three-dimensional computer assisted design (CAD) file may be combined with maintenance information from a computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) and other data sources such as user's manuals and repair guides. The combined data may be accessible through a three-dimensional display of the building on a mobile device. The mobile device allows a user to navigate through the building and select components to view additional maintenance information for the selected components. The display may interact with location sensing devices, such as GPS, in the mobile device to automatically display model data near the user's location. Additionally, a user may modify component information on the mobile device, which is transmitted to the CMMS to update the stored component information.
US08843346B2
The amount of resources needed for an electronic device to track and/or interact with a user is reduced by utilizing a predicted relative position of that user. In some embodiments, a full 360° scan is performed using at least one image capture element to locate a primary direction to a user of the device. Once this direction is determined, a smaller range (e.g., 45°) centered around that direction can be used to capture, analyze, or provide information for the user. As the user moves, the determined direction is updated and the range adjusted accordingly. If the user moves outside the range, the device can increase the size of the range until the user is located, and the range can again be decreased around the determined direction. Such approaches limit the amount of image or audio information that must be captured and/or analyzed to track the relative position of a user.
US08843343B2
Failsafe image sensor with real time integrity checking of pixel analog paths and digital data paths
A method of testing analog and digital paths of a pixel in a row of an imager, includes the following steps: (a) injecting first and second charges into the analog path of the pixel, wherein the first charge is in response to a light exposure, and the second charge is in response to a built-in test; (b) sampling the first and second charges to form an image signal level and a test signal level, respectively; and (c) converting, by an analog-to-digital converter (ADC), the image signal level and the test signal level to form image data and test data, respectively. The method then validates the image data based on the test data.
US08843339B2
An information processing apparatus includes: a receiving device receiving a distribution data series; first adjusting device adjusting first function parameter set to reduce an error, the first function parameter set specifying the position of the extreme value, and the ratio of a value at first distance on the coordinate axis from the position of the extreme value in first direction to the extreme value; second adjusting device adjusting second function parameter set to reduce an error, the second function parameter set specifying the position of the extreme value, and the ratio of a value at second distance on the coordinate axis from the position of the extreme value in second direction to the extreme value; a calculator calculating a characteristic coefficient identifying a Pearson function from a moment of a function including the first and second functions; and a distribution data calculator for calculating distribution data by a Pearson function.
US08843332B2
A method and apparatus for carrying out noise reduction in data regarding parameter values including the steps of making a series of measurements of parameter values at times separated by predetermined time intervals, forming a plurality of successive measurements into an array of measurements, performing n successive wavelet transforms on the array of measurements to produce an array of coefficients, comparing the values of the array of coefficients to a threshold value and, selectively changing the values of the coefficients based on their relationship to the threshold, to produce an array of filtered coefficients, and performing n successive inverse wavelet transforms on the array of filtered coefficients to produce an array of filtered measurements.
US08843331B2
Methods, systems, and devices are described for providing fault monitoring for light emitting diode (LED) circuits. Embodiments receive an indication from a fault control module that a fault has occurred in a portion of an LED module (e.g., a series string of LEDs). The fault may represent an open fault or a closed fault condition. In some embodiments, a monitoring module receives the fault indication and generates a further representation that the fault has occurred (e.g., for use by external components or systems). In other embodiments, the monitoring module in configured to further indicate which in the LED module has failed, and/or in what fault condition (e.g., open or closed).
US08843323B1
Complex gun code computations can be made to converge more quickly based on a selection of one or more relaxation parameters. An eigenvalue analysis is applied to error residuals to identify two error eigenvalues that are associated with respective error residuals. Relaxation values can be selected based on these eigenvalues so that error residuals associated with each can be alternately reduced in successive iterations. In some examples, relaxation values that would be unstable if used alone can be used.
US08843320B2
Gene expression profiling in multiple myeloma patients identifies genes that distinguish between patients with subsequent early death or long survival after treatment. Poor survival is linked to over-expression of genes such as ASPM, OPN3 and CKS1B which are located in chromosome 1q. Given the frequent amplification of 1q in many cancers, it is possible that these genes can be used as powerful prognostic markers and therapeutic targets for multiple myeloma and other cancer.
US08843318B2
To measure salinity and water temperature in a marine surface layer using data obtained by a marine radar, a deviation ΔS' between effect of an ocean wave on received power RSI0′ in a reference time zone and effect of the ocean wave on received power RSIm′ in a measurement time zone is estimated, a deviation Δs′ between effect of the ocean wave on the received power RSI0′ in the reference time zone and effect of the ocean wave on the received power in an electrical conductivity variable time zone is estimated, a regression function f(σ) of a relationship between received power obtained by subtracting the deviation Δs′ from the received power in the electrical conductivity variable time zone and electrical conductivity σ in the electrical conductivity variable time zone is estimated, and a value of electrical conductivity σc in a measurement time zone is estimated, thereby calculating practical salinity.
US08843312B2
A method and apparatus for locating a specific asset using navigation technology or specific signaling capabilities. This system improves a driver's productivity by providing location information or signals to a driver to assist him in locating a specific trailer. An embodiment includes a system for navigating/routing drivers to their assigned trailer, using GPS, and Navigation technology. Another embodiment includes an audio and/or visual signal from a specific trailer activated by a driver seeking the location of the specific trailer.
US08843311B2
In giving a travel command to an unmanned vehicle in both-side loading, or in setting a position of a loading point in both-side loading, whether a working machine of a loading machine is positioned on left-loading point side or right-loading point side is discriminated in correlation between an orientation or a position of the working machine when the travel command is instructed and a direction or a position of the boundary line. In setting the position of the loading point in both-side loading, whether the working machine of the loading machine is positioned on left-loading point side or right-loading point side is discriminated in correlation between the orientation or the position of the working machine when position setting of loading point is instructed and the direction or the position of the boundary line.
US08843304B1
The present technology proposes techniques for managing indoor geolocation conversions based on a user's intent in an indoor location. An advertiser may determine the intent of a user of a mobile device and transmit advertisements to the mobile device related to the determined intent. The intent may be determined based on events that include a location of the mobile device, network browsing history, and a transaction made using the mobile device. The advertisement may provide the user with directions to an item based on location information from the mobile device. The advertisements may also load balance geolocation conversions in order to manage a number of users at a particular location.
US08843301B2
A system and methods for coordinating positioning of vehicles in motion is disclosed. The method graphically presents displayed synchronization parameters on a display screen such that a user determines a planned position of a first vehicle on a planned path in order to arrive at a predetermined position at a correct time. The method further synchronizes the first vehicle with the planned position on the planned path using the displayed synchronization parameters and performs a rendezvous between the first vehicle and a second vehicle.
US08843295B2
A combustion control system for a vehicle comprises a position determination module and an ethanol determination module. The position determination module determines a crankshaft angle where a predetermined percentage of a fuel was combusted within a cylinder of an engine during an engine cycle based on one of pressure within the cylinder measured by a cylinder pressure sensor during the engine cycle and torque on a crankshaft measured by a torque sensor during the engine cycle. The ethanol determination module determines an ethanol content of the fuel based on the crankshaft angle.
US08843292B2
An adaptive speed control device includes a posted speed change detecting section, a notification section, a set speed signal receiving section, and an adaptive speed control section. The posted speed change detecting section is configured to detect an upcoming change to a posted speed limit at. The notification section is configured to control a user interface device to notify a new posted speed limit at a prescribed notification timing before the vehicle reaches a transition point. The set speed signal receiving section is configured to accept a set speed signal from a user input device. The adaptive speed control section is configured to change a set speed of the vehicle according to the new posted speed limit and to automatically change a speed to the set speed upon receiving the set speed signal at or after a prescribed activation timing that occurs simultaneously with or after the prescribed notification timing.
US08843291B2
An electric vehicle includes an in-wheel motor drive system. The in-wheel motor drive system includes a wheel bearing unit rotatably supporting a drive wheel, a motor unit, and a reducer unit. The electric vehicle also includes a disturbance observer that determines an estimate of external force influence on the drive wheel. The electric vehicle further includes a slip level-responsive corrector. The slip level-responsive corrector may use the estimate of external force influence, calculate a correction value that may correspond to slip level of the drive wheel, and correct an accelerator signal to the motor unit with the correction value to produce a motor torque command value.
US08843287B2
A belt type continuously variable transmission mechanism has a primary pulley, a secondary pulley, and a belt, and a secondary hydraulic pressure controller to determine command secondary hydraulic pressure by feedback control based on the deviation between target secondary hydraulic pressure and actual hydraulic pressure, and control the secondary hydraulic pressure to the secondary pulley. The belt type continuously variable transmission mechanism further includes a belt slip control device to estimate a belt slip condition by monitoring the phase difference between an oscillation component included in the actual secondary hydraulic pressure and an oscillation component included in the actual transmission gear ratio and control the actual secondary hydraulic pressure to decrease based on the estimation so that a predetermined belt slip condition is maintained. The secondary hydraulic pressure control unit aborts feedback control of the secondary hydraulic pressure during belt slip control and controls the secondary hydraulic pressure by open control.
US08843285B2
An operator selectable transmission and method for a vehicle with variable drivetrain and torque control. The operator selectable transmission includes a plurality of transmission modes, each mode including a plurality of selectable contour relationships between vehicle ground speed and transmission rim-pull, an operator mode selector for selecting transmission mode, and an operator contour selector for selecting a contour for the selected mode. There can be hydrostatic, torque converter, direct drive and other transmission modes. An operator interface can display the currently selected mode, and its affects on performance, fuel consumption, and brake wear. The contour selector can be a foot pedal, hand lever or other device. The method includes reading a selected mode, contour and ground speed; determining a rim-pull command based on the readings; calculating a torque command for the transmission based on the rim-pull command and vehicle parameters; and sending the calculated torque command to the transmission.
US08843279B2
An apparatus, method and sensor apparatus for determining a spatial positioning of loading equipment is disclosed. The loading equipment has an operating implement for loading a payload, the operating implement being coupled to a support for movement relative to the support. The apparatus includes an orientation sensor disposed on the support and being operable to produce an orientation signal representing an orientation of the support. The apparatus also includes a displacement sensor operable to produce a displacement signal representing a displacement of the operating implement relative to the support. The apparatus further includes a processor circuit operably configured to receive the orientation signal and the displacement signal, use a kinematic model of the loading equipment to compute a spatial positioning of the loading equipment, and produce an output signal representing the spatial positioning.
US08843277B2
A method for operating the electrical system of a motor vehicle having a control unit with an operating mode and an energy-saving standby mode is described. A wake-up operator control event is detected by a sensor and has an associated time interval from the preceding wake-up operator control event. The time interval is ascertained when a wake-up operator control event is detected, and the control unit is woken up or not woken up. Each wake-up operator control event has an associated switch-off indicator which is ascertained each time a wake-up operator control event is detected, and the control unit is woken up or not woken up as a function of the level of the switch-off indicator with reference to a switch-off threshold. A change in the current switch-off indicator relative to the preceding switch-off indicator is all the greater the smaller the current time interval.
US08843276B2
A device for controlling a steering transmission ratio variable device, which is provided with: a motor, which is able to apply a driving force that promotes relative rotation between a steering output shaft coupled to wheels to be turned and a steering input shaft that applies a steering input to the steering output shaft to one of either the steering output shaft or the steering input shaft; a motor driving device that drives the motor; and a locking device that is able to restrict the relative rotation, has a setting device that prescribes a drive voltage the motor and sets a damping gain, which acts in a direction that reduces a rotating speed of the motor, to a value that is larger than a reference value corresponding to an unlocked state during a locking control period in which a state of the steering transmission ratio variable device switches from an unlocked state in which the relative rotation is not restricted to a locked state in which the relative rotation is restricted.
US08843275B2
An apparatus for determining a pitch-over condition of a vehicle comprises a first accelerometer for sensing acceleration in a Z-axis direction substantially perpendicular to both a front-to-rear axis of the vehicle and a side-to-side axis of the vehicle and for providing a first acceleration signal indicative thereof. A second accelerometer for senses acceleration in an X-axis direction substantially parallel to said front-to-rear axis of the vehicle and provides a second acceleration signal indicative thereof. A controller determines a Z-axis velocity value from the first acceleration signal and a pitch-over condition of the vehicle in response to both the determined Z-axis velocity value and the second acceleration signal.
US08843267B2
Embodiments can provide a system, a wheel localizer, a wheel localization device, a method or a computer program for locating a position of wheel and/or for determining an acceleration of a wheel of a vehicle. The system for locating a position of at least one out of a plurality of wheels of a vehicle includes a detector configured to obtain information related to a tangential acceleration of the at least one wheel of the vehicle and an antilock braking system unit configured to obtain information related to angular rotations of the plurality of wheels. The system further includes a locator configured to determine the position of the at least one wheel based on the information related to the tangential acceleration of the at least one wheel and the information related to the angular rotations of the plurality of wheels.
US08843265B2
A method for testing the evaporative emission system of a vehicle. The method provides for testing the evaporative emission system of a vehicle having a forced induction engine. The method includes controlling a vacuum bypass valve and a purge flow control valve to create the necessary conditions to perform the testing of the evaporative emission system.
US08843262B2
A plug-in hybrid vehicle includes: an engine; a motor generator coupled to an output shaft of the engine; and an ECU that causes rotation of the output shaft of the engine by driving the motor generator, when a temperature of coolant of the engine is equal to or smaller than a predetermined threshold value after suspending ignition and supply of fuel to the engine.
US08843261B2
The present invention suppresses a battery temperature increase while suppressing a decrease in battery SOC. The present invention has: a temperature sensor that detects the temperature of the battery; and a hybrid ECU that, when the temperature sensor has detected a battery temperature that is equal to or exceeds a predetermined temperature, controls in a manner so that an engine and an electric motor are connected during regenerative power generation during deceleration. The hybrid ECU sets the predetermined temperature in accordance with the gear stage number during hybrid vehicle deceleration.
US08843257B2
The present invention provides a fuel cell vehicle capable of displaying information with high usability to a driver or the like in view of appropriately planning a task related to the fuel cell vehicle. A second indicator (I2) displays an available electric power supply of a fuel cell (11), a capacitor (12) and a second cell (16), respectively. A third indicator (I3) displays a remained fuel amount. A fourth indicator (I4) displays a charge amount of the capacitor (12) and the second cell (16), respectively.
US08843253B1
A system and method for controlling aircraft anti-ice bleed air flow in an anti-ice system. The system includes a modulating shut-off valve that is moveable between a closed position and a plurality of open positions. Bleed air pressure upstream of the modulating shut-off valve is measured when the modulating shut-off valve is in the closed position. When an anti-ice initiation signal is received in a processor, the processor determines, based on at least the measured bleed air pressure when the anti-ice initiation signal was received, an initial open position of the modulating shut-off valve. The processor also commands the modulating shut-off valve to move to the initial open position, determines when a predetermined event occurs, and commands the modulating shut-off valve to remain in the initial open position until the predetermined event occurs period.
US08843250B2
A vertical situation display system for use in a vehicle such as, for example, an aircraft, is provided. A side view of an intended route of flight may be shown with altitude restrictions, airspace and instrument approach information, a projected flight path and range to airspeed symbol. The system may show terrain, weather, and traffic information along the intended route of flight. The system may be used in conjunction with a navigational display to enhance situational awareness. The system includes a computer, an electronic display device, an electronic entry device, a memory and a database. The database may contain terrain, airspace and flight planning data and may be updatable.
US08843233B2
A drive control system for a moving device such as a vehicle uses a dynamic force vector program that is hosted by a computer on the vehicle. Variable controllers receive input from the computer that automatically adjusts drive and slave motors which in turn propel an associated drive member so as to maximize efficiency of the operation of the vehicle in various terrain conditions. Sensing devices provide continuous load and condition parameters to the computer that in turn adjusts the torque outputs for the variable controllers which in turn dynamically adjusts the vehicle's operation based on current operating conditions.
US08843231B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for assisting sort operators in identifying the appropriate location to sort an item. In accordance with one aspect of the invention, a system for identifying a particular bin from a plurality of bins for sorting a package is provided. The system includes a plurality of bins configured to receive sorted packages; an optical reader positioned to capture destination indicia associated with the package; a keypad comprising a plurality of keys, where in at least some of the keys are associated with individual bins of the plurality of bins and at least some of the keys include lights; and a control system. The control system is configured to: receive data from the optical reader relating to the destination indicia; identify a particular bin within the plurality of bins associated with the received data; and trigger illumination of one or more lights on the keypad.
US08843228B2
In general, techniques of controlling a plurality of multimedia players in groups are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, a mechanism is provided to allow a user to group some of the players according to a theme or scene, where each of the players is located in a zone. When the scene is activated, the players in the scene react in a synchronized manner. For example, the players in the scene are all caused to play a multimedia source or music in a playlist, wherein the multimedia source may be located anywhere on a network.
US08843227B2
A wireless cellular telephone with an audio codec for converting digital audio signals to analog audio signals. The audio codec comprises two digital audio bus interfaces for coupling to respective digital audio buses, and a digital-only signal path between the two digital audio bus interfaces, such that no analog processing of the audio signals occurs in the digital-only signal path.
US08843226B2
An electronic device connected to at least one external electronic device, the electronic device including a communication unit configured to perform data communication with the at least one external electronic device, an interface unit configured to connect to a sound output device, and a controller configured to receive audio data when the sound output device is connected to the electronic device through the interface unit, the audio data associated with a first external electronic device outputting a second content associated with a first content being output through the electronic device from the first external electronic device, and to output the received audio data through the sound output device.
US08843218B2
A method of controlling an actuator includes developing a sequence of actuation commands S(tx)=C(tx, tx), C(tx, tx+1), . . . , C(tx, tx+n) obtained from data sensed before time tx for controlling the actuator at different time intervals (tx, tx+1), (tx+1, tx+2), . . . , (tx+n−1, tx+n). The sequence of actuation commands is transmitted to and stored in memory of an actuation ECU, which then applies the actuation command for time interval (tx, tx+1). If a fault affects a sensor, a control ECU or data communication therebetween, the actuation ECU will not receive an updated sequence of actuation commands S(tx+1) at time tx+1. If the updated actuation command sequence, the actuation ECU applies the actuation command for the time intervals (tx+1, tx+2), . . . , (tx+n−1, tx+n) from the sequence of actuation commands S(tx) that is stored in the memory of the actuation ECU.
US08843216B2
An implantable electrode array includes an elongated carrier (20) and a plurality of electrodes mounted within the carrier. A actuator adjusts the curvature of the carrier and can be controlled by varying an electric potential applied to the actuator. The actuator is based on an electrochemical cells and may be a conducting polymer based actuator.
US08843212B2
An MRI compatible lead assembly construct is provided. The construct includes at least two filter components constructed from an electrode wire. One filter component may be a resonant LC filter at or near an electrode/wire interface that resolves the issue of insufficient attenuation by effectively blocking the RF induced current on the wire from exiting the wire through the electrode. The second filter component may include one or more non-resonant filter(s) positioned along the length of the electrode wire that resolve(s) the issue of excessive heating of the resonant LC filter by significantly attenuating the current induced on the wire before it reaches the resonant LC filter. The non-resonant filter(s) may also attenuate the RF current reflected from the resonant LC filter thereby resolving the issue of the strong reflected power from the resonant filter and the associated dielectric heating.
US08843202B2
A method of treating pain in a subject includes the step of positioning a tip of one or more leads subcutaneously in the occipital region of a subject's scalp, where the leads are configured to conduct an electrical signal along an occipital nerve into the brain. The leads are energized to conduct the electrical signal along the occipital nerve and the electrical signal is adjusted to a level effective to decrease the subject's pain over time and so that the subject cannot feel the lead being energized.
US08843179B2
Provisioning an embedded subscriber identity module (eSIM) in a user equipment (UE) device with personalized subscriber information. A request may be transmitted for personalized subscriber information. The personalized subscriber information may be received. The personalized subscriber information may be installed in an eSIM in the UE device.
US08843174B2
The invention relates to a control node (210) of an indoor cellular network allowing to identify a location of a mobile user and allowing to monitor the antennas present in the indoor system. To this end the control node comprises a receiver (217) receiving a measurement list (50) from the mobile device (100) connected to at least one antenna of said indoor cellular network, the measurement list (50) containing at least one antenna identification signal and the corresponding signal strength with which said at least one antenna identification signal from said at least one antenna (230) is received by said mobile device (100). Using an antenna location database (211) containing the antennas and the corresponding antenna locations of said indoor cellular network, the control node is able to determine the location of the mobile device.
US08843160B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for wireless tower caching. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for wireless tower caching in a radio access network (RAN) can include receiving a response to a request from an end user device wirelessly coupled to a base station of the RAN, determining geographic positioning data for the response and identifying a most geographically wireless tower coupled to the RAN relative to the determined geographic positioning data (such as the closest wireless tower to the determined geographic positioning data). Thereafter, the response can be cached at a cache in a base station of the identified wireless tower. In this way, the cached content can remain relevant for a significant period of time in as much as the correlation between a likely position of the end user device and the content cached at the base station of the wireless tower at the time of use of the cached content is strong.
US08843155B2
A method is provided that comprises: providing a rules storage that provides one or more rules to determine authorized wireless device usage at a site; using a wireless communications sensor system to determine use of a wireless device at the at the site; and using the one or more rules to determine whether the determined use of wireless device use is authorized.
US08843154B2
A method for implementing load redistribution is disclosed in the present invention, and the method includes that: when a Mobile Switching Center (MSC) node in a MSC pool needs the load redistribution, the MSC node sequentially performs paging processing on UEs in a Visitor Location Register of the MSC node according to a set paging rate and distributes a Temporary Mobile Subscriber Identity including Null-Network Resource Identifier and a Non-broadcast Location Area Identity to UEs which return paging responses, thereby realizing the load redistribution of the MSC node. A MSC for implementing load redistribution is also disclosed in the present invention, and the MSC includes a load redistribution processing module and a transmitting module.
US08843142B2
A radio communication apparatus is disclosed that enables the influence of the feedback information on the channel capacity to be kept to the minimum without reducing the transmission efficiency of information by transmission of pilot symbol. In the apparatus, a delay dispersion measuring section (272) generates a delay profile using the received signal, and measures delay dispersion indicative of dispersion of delayed versions. A moving speed estimating section (274) estimates moving speed of a mobile station apparatus that transmits a pilot symbol based on the variation in reception power of the pilot symbol. An other-cell interference measuring section (276) measures other-cell interference caused by signals transmitted in cells except the cell to which the apparatus belongs. Corresponding to the delay dispersion, moving speed and other-cell interference, a pilot pattern information generating section (278) selects a pilot pattern such that placement of pilot symbol is optimal in a frame, and generates the pilot pattern information.
US08843141B2
A method and apparatus for a computer and telecommunication network which can receive, send and manage information from or to a subscriber of the network, based on the subscriber's configuration. The network is made up of at least one cluster containing voice servers which allow for telephony, speech recognition, text-to-speech and conferencing functions, and is accessible by the subscriber through standard telephone connections or through internet connections. The network also utilizes a database and file server allowing the subscriber to maintain and manage certain contact lists and administrative information. A web server is also connected to the cluster thereby allowing access to all functions through internet connections.
US08843136B2
In a mobile communications network, drifts in timing of user equipment in soft handover may be accounted for by measuring the offset between the current timing of the user equipment and the first significant path of downlink frames from cells of the active set at first and second instances. Differences in the respective offsets from the first and second instances may be calculated to determine if the drift is unidirectional in time for all cells of the active set. A unidirectional drift in the offsets is indicative of a drift in timing of the user equipment, allowing the current timing to be momentarily unfrozen and updated.
US08843128B2
Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method performed by a policy and charging rules node (PCRN) for processing a change in a status of a roaming partner, the method including: receiving, at the PCRN, a message indicating a change in a status of the roaming partner; identifying roaming subscriber sessions associated with the roaming partner; determining home based roaming subscriber sessions among the identified subscriber sessions; marking the determined home based roaming subscriber sessions for termination; and sending a termination message to a policy and charging enforcement node for the determined home based roaming subscriber sessions.
US08843124B2
A method, system, server and terminal for configuring service parameters are provided in the embodiment of the present invention. A parameter server sets the profile data that includes service parameters of operators; a terminal obtains the service parameters from the profile data through a parameter server and configures the service parameters by the received service parameters. The users are not required to manually configure the service parameters. Moreover, after the terminal has switched from one operator's service to another operator's service, the users are not required to either manually configure a new server's address or obtain the service parameters of another operator from a new server. So the present invention simplifies service parameter configuration and improves user experience.
US08843118B2
The present invention is related to a method and system for multi-cell coordination for multimedia broadcast multicast services (MBMS) in a wireless communication system. An MBMS multi-cell coordination unit is provided to coordinate a plurality of evolved Node-Bs (eNodeBs) for transmission of MBMS data synchronously in multiple cells of the same single frequency network (SFN). The MBMS multi-cell coordination unit may be located in an access gateway or in an eNodeB. An MBMS multi-cell scheduling scheme may be preconfigured for the eNodeBs for synchronization. Alternatively, the eNodeBs may be synchronized dynamically.
US08843117B2
A voicemail system includes a memory and a processor. The memory can store data relating to one or more users. An incoming communication can be handled by the voicemail system and provided with functionality based upon, for example, preferences of a user. The voicemail system can include functionality to allow a user to archive a voicemail message, to convert a voicemail message to a desired format, and/or to forward a voicemail message or converted voicemail message file to one or more designated destinations. The voicemail system can operate on a communications network, at a communications device, or both. Methods for archiving, converting, and/or forwarding voicemail messages are also disclosed.
US08843110B2
A communications method that gathers status information on a telematics-equipped vehicle before establishing a mobile-terminated data connection with that vehicle. In general, the communications method sends a status request message to a wireless carrier system that asks for certain status information on a particular telematics-equipped vehicle. After the wireless carrier system gathers the status information, it sends back a status response message. If the status response message indicates that the telematics-equipped vehicle is able to receive certain data-related services, then a mobile-terminated data connection is established and the services are provided. If the telematics-equipped vehicle is unable to receive the data-related services, then attempts are made to identify and resolve the problem. In cases where the telematics-equipped vehicle is not registered with a wireless network, a monitor request message is sent to the wireless carrier system which puts it on the lookout for registration of the vehicle in question.
US08843109B2
An information processing device includes: a communication module that performs wireless communication with another device using unique information included in an electronic card; an acquiring unit that acquires the unique information included in the electronic card; a registering unit that registers the unique information acquired by the acquiring unit in a first memory unit and a second memory unit that is provided in the communication module; a deciding unit that decides whether or not the unique information registered in the first memory unit matches the unique information registered in the second memory unit and the unique information included in the electronic card, respectively; and an activation controlling unit that allows activation of the information processing device when the deciding unit decides that the unique information registered in the first memory unit matches the unique information registered in the second memory unit and the unique information included in the electronic card.
US08843108B1
To facilitate security, locations of a portable electronic device may be tracked during a time interval. These tracked locations are then used to determine a location pattern, and the location pattern is used to estimate one or more secure locations. Then, when a user accesses financial information using the portable electronic device, the security level is determined based on a current location and the one or more secure locations.
US08843102B2
The present disclosure discloses a method for paging an emergency service user. When a mobility management unit is configured to support the paging optimization in a core network, the mobility management unit does not perform paging optimization when a UE has an emergency bearer service. That is to say, a paging message is sent to all base stations (including the CSG-mode home base station that does not authorize the UE) in the paging tracking list registered by the UE. A core network gateway can notify the mobility management unit of whether the UE has an emergency bearer service. Alternatively, the mobility management unit configured to use the paging optimization, after learning that the service data is to be sent to the UE, checks the current service type of the UE to determine whether the UE has an emergency bearer service. Accordingly, the present disclosure further discloses a system for paging an emergency service user. The present disclosure solves the problem that the mobility management unit and home base station gateway using the paging optimization cannot page the UE which uses the emergency service, so as to increase the success rate of establishing communications and improve the user experience.
US08843100B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure describe devices, methods, computer-readable media and systems configurations for configuring coordinated multipoint (CoMP) for network devices. In various embodiments, configuration of the CoMP may be based on channel state information reference signals. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US08843097B2
Methods and systems for blocker attenuation using multiple receive antennas are disclosed. In this regard, a plurality of signals may be received via a corresponding plurality of antennas and a corresponding plurality of interference-suppressed signals may be generated. The interference-suppressed signals may be generated by adjusting a gain and phase of the plurality of received signals to generate a corresponding plurality of adjusted signals, and combining the corresponding plurality of adjusted signals, respectively, with the plurality of received. The gain of the received signals may be adjusted based on a wide bandwidth signal strength measurement and a narrow bandwidth signal strength measurement. A center frequency of one or more of the plurality of antennas may be adjusted based on received signals strength measurements. A gain and/or phase adjustment of each one of said received signals may be independent of gain and/or phase adjustments of other ones of the receive signals.
US08843093B2
Described is an apparatus comprising: a reference generator to provide a first reference and a second reference; a first input coupled to the first reference; a second input coupled to the second reference; and a comparator coupled to the first and second inputs, the comparator to receive a clock signal and to update an output signal according to a phase of the clock signal.
US08843077B2
A dynamic RF matrix emulator uses digital switching to emulate the switching behavior of hundreds of wireless terminals. The emulator includes a switching matrix with channels formed between terminal pairs, digital front ends for coupling terminals digitally to the switching matrix, and a channel database having entries representing attenuation values which can be changed in time, the attenuation values correlated with movement of vehicles provided by a traffic simulator. Channel behavior is defined by temporal attenuation values obtained from the database. The digital switching is controlled through a digital communication protocol.
US08843071B2
A method for controlling interference in a Near Field Communication (NFC) network including a plurality of connections for direct communication between terminals is provided. The method includes receiving a signal transmitted by a first terminal through a first connection for direct communication with the first terminal, and measuring received power for the signal, measuring received power for each of interference signals upon receiving the interference signals caused by communication through connections other than the first connection among the plurality of connections, calculating a first Signal-to-Interference Ratio (SIR) using the received power for the signal and the received power for each of interference signals, and determining to one of maintain and release setup for each of the connections other than the first connection, if the first SIR is less than a threshold.
US08843066B2
A system for mounting in a vehicle and for providing a control signal to a remote device based on information stored in a portable electronic device includes a radio frequency transmitter for transmitting a control signal to the remote device. The system also includes a first circuit configured to receive first information from the portable electronic device via inductive-coupling between the portable electronic device and the first circuit when the portable electronic device is brought within the induction field of the first circuit. The system also includes a second circuit configured to use the first information received from the portable electronic device and to at least one of format the control signal in accordance with the first information and to cause the radio frequency transmitter to format the control signal in accordance with the first information.
US08843065B2
The device may include a contactless element and a set of least two auxiliary elements. Each auxiliary element may include a slave SWP interface connected to a same master SWP interface of the contactless element through a SWP link, and a management module configured for activating at once only one slave SWP interface on the SWP link.
US08843064B2
A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof includes determining priority between at least two tag types used for short-range communication according to a current location, and establishing the short-range communication using the tag type having the highest priority among of the tag types. When the location of the terminal or the service provider is changed due to roaming, an appropriate tag for short-range communication is automatically or manually determined allowing the convenient use of a payment service.
US08843061B2
Methods and systems for power transfer utilizing leaky wave antennas (LWAs) are disclosed and may include configuring one or more LWAs in a communication device to receive RF signals that are communicated from one or more other LWAs that are external to the communication device. The communication device may be powered utilizing the RF signals that are received via the configured LWAs. A resonant frequency of the LWAs may be configured utilizing micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) deflection. The LWAs may be configured to receive the RF signals from a desired direction. The LWAs may comprise microstrip or coplanar waveguides, wherein a cavity height of the LWAs is dependent on spacing between conductive lines in the waveguides. The LWAs may be integrated in integrated circuits, integrated circuit packages, and/or printed circuit boards. The packages may be affixed to printed circuit boards and the integrated circuits may be flip-chip-bonded to the packages.
US08843057B2
The interactive authentication system allows a consumer to interact with a base station, such as broadcast media (e.g., television and radio) or PC, to receive coupons, special sales offers, and other information with an electronic card. The electronic card can also be used to transmit a signal that can be received by the base station to perform a wide variety of tasks. These tasks can include launching an application, authenticating a user at a website, and completing a sales transaction at a website (e.g., by filling out a form automatically). The interaction between the base station and the electronic card is accomplished by using the conventional sound system in the base station so that a special reader hardware need not be installed to interact with the electronic card. The user is equipped with an electronic card that can receive and transmit data via sound waves. In the various embodiments, the sound waves can be audible or ultrasonic (which can be slightly audible to some groups of people).
US08843050B2
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit, first and second rotary shafts, a drive source to rotate at a predetermined low velocity and a predetermined high velocity, a first rotary transmitter connected between the drive force and the first rotary shaft, a second rotary transmitter connected between the drive force and the second rotary shaft, and a drive block member connected between the drive source and the second rotary shaft to block transmission of the drive force to the second rotary shaft when the drive source rotates at the predetermined high velocity. When the drive source rotates at the predetermined low velocity, the drive source drives the second rotary shaft using a difference in torque between an upper limit in high velocity rotation and an upper limit in low velocity rotation greater than the upper limit in high velocity rotation.
US08843042B2
An image heating apparatus includes a roller, a heating portion disposed within the roller, a bearing portion fitted around an end portion of the roller to rotably support the roller, and a retaining ring attached at an axially predetermined position of the roller to restrict the roller from moving in a axial direction of the roller with respect to the bearing portion. The retaining ring includes first and second projections fitted into a hole portion of the roller. Profiles of side surfaces of these first and second projections abutting edges of the hole portion in a circumferential direction are recessed in the circumferential direction.
US08843037B2
An image forming apparatus corrects, for uneven density caused by uneven rotation of a rotation speed of a rotation member, and diffuses so as to reduce the uneven density, for a pixel of interest whose density exceeds the upper limit of the output density out of the pixels of the corrected image data, the excess of the density more than the upper limit to a plurality of peripheral pixels while maintaining the center of gravity of the density.
US08843034B2
A toner container is removably installable in an image forming apparatus having a communication portion and a positioning hole. The toner container includes an electronic data storage device disposed on a surface of the toner container, to communicate with the communication portion in the image forming apparatus, the electronic data storage device having an engaged hole; and a positioning projection, formed in the surface of the toner container, to engage the engaged hole of the electronic data storage device and the positioning hole in the image forming apparatus. The positioning projection inserts into the positioning hole in the image forming apparatus with the positioning projection engaging the engaged hole in the electronic data storage device to determine an installation position of the toner container relative to the image forming apparatus and set the electronic data storage device relative to the communication portion in the image forming apparatus.
US08843031B2
An image forming apparatus includes a support frame having a first abutment portion, and a belt unit detachably attachable to the support frame and having a first abutted portion configured to be in contact with the first abutment portion. One of the support frame and the belt unit has a pressing portion, and remaining one of the support frame and the belt unit has a pressed portion pressed by the pressing portion so as to increase a contacting surface pressure between the first abutment portion and the first abutted portion. The pressing portion has a first contacting portion in contact with the pressed portion, and the pressed portion has a second contacting portion in contact with the first contacting portion. The first contacting portion and the second contacting portion are made from an electrically conductive material.
US08843023B2
An electrophotographic image forming apparatus includes a process cartridge which is mounted on a pull-out type cartridge tray to enable front access. The electrophotographic image forming apparatus includes an urging unit for urging and moving the cartridge tray toward a front of a main assembly of the apparatus and a clocking member for locking the cartridge tray in a proper position so that the cartridge tray is returned back to an outside position of the apparatus when the cartridge tray is pushed to the proper position.
US08843016B2
A fixing device includes a moving assembly that moves a second rotary body and an airflow guide between a first position and a second position, the first position where the second rotary body contacts a first rotary body to form a fixing nip therebetween through which a recording medium bearing an unfixed toner image is conveyed and a constant first interval between the second rotary body and the airflow guide is smaller than a variable second interval between the second rotary body and an exhaust duct, the second position where the second rotary body is isolated from the first rotary body and the constant first interval between the second rotary body and the airflow guide is equivalent to the variable second interval between the second rotary body and the exhaust duct.
US08843013B2
A fixing device includes a heat member that includes a heat portion and rotates in a circumferential direction; a pressure member that faces the heat member and fixes a toner image transferred on a sheet to the sheet by applying pressure when the heat member applies heat; and first and second housing chambers that house electric wires, that are spaces isolated from the heat member and the pressure member, and that respectively have first and second openings being open to the outside in the circumferential direction and being covered with lid members, the electric wires being respectively arranged through the first and second openings, the second housing chamber being formed separately from the first housing chamber, the second opening being open in a direction different from a direction of the first opening.
US08842996B2
Disclosed is an apparatus and a method for transmitting data by using visible light. The transmission apparatus includes: a Serial-to-Parallel (S/P) converter for performing a Serial-to-Parallel conversion on transmission data, and generating multiple parallel data; a modulation means for modulating the multiple parallel data generated by the S/P converter, and generating multiple modulation signals; an Inverse Fast Fourier Transform (IFFT) means for performing an IFFT on the multiple modulation signals so that the multiple modulation signals are orthogonal to one another, and generating an IFFT signal; and a light-emitting means for causing a light source to emit light based on the IFFT signal generated by the IFFT means.
US08842983B2
A data transmission system and method are provided. The data transmission system includes a first link partner and an optical transceiver unit. The first link partner includes a controller. When the first link partner is in an abnormal operation mode, the controller controls the first link partner to exit from the abnormal operation mode. The optical transceiver unit is coupled between the first link partner and a second link partner and performs data transmission between the first link partner and the second link partner. According to the data transmission system and method, one link partner can accurately detect whether another link partner is coupled to the one link partner through an optical transceiver unit. Accordingly, data transmission between the two link partners can be stably performed through the optical transceiver unit.
US08842979B2
A multimedia reproduction device including: a drive module that is configured to drive a storage medium and that includes a front-end part that processes data read from the storage medium, a back-end module including an audio unit and a video unit that is configured to reproduce audio/video (AV) signals output from the drive module; and a housing that is configured to accommodate the drive module and the back-end module.
US08842976B2
Access point pictures designated as randomly accessible positions are I pictures or P pictures. Information indicating the decoding sequence (I1, P1, B1, B2, B3, B4, P2, . . . ) of pictures functioning as access points and attribute information (picture_type) indicating whether a picture functions as an access point or is necessary for decoding of the access point following a given access point are recorded on the video information recording medium. Random access is possible even if the GOP interval is lengthened.
US08842973B2
Providing a VOD service using BD data available to a BD player includes: preparing VOD data such that the BD player can use the VOD data to provide the VOD service; inserting the VOD data onto a BD; preparing VOD selections and VOD metadata based on the VOD data read from the BD; and delivering the content item selected by a user from a menu of VOD selections. Keywords include Blu-ray, BD-Live, Video-on-Demand.
US08842972B2
The present technology is related to an image processing device and image processing method that enables the generating of 3D images that can be viewed safely and comfortably.The communication unit acquires encoded data of 3D images, and the 3D image bitstream that includes at least the disparity information representing the disparity of these 3D images. The CPU specifies the playback timing of the 3D images. Based on the disparity information, the CPU determines the re-encoding section, which is the section of a front stream and back stream where adjustment of the disparity is needed, so that the difference between the disparity of 3D images of which the timings of playback are consecutive is at or below a predetermined threshold. The editing unit adjusts the disparity of the image data in the re-encoding section. The present technology is applicable, for example, to an editing device that edits 3D images.
US08842971B2
Methods and apparatus to play audio and video content at non-native rates are described. An example method includes playing a video portion of audiovisual content at a non-native rate, playing an audio portion of the audiovisual content at the non-native rate to correspond with the video portion, wherein a presentation of the audiovisual content at the non-native rate and a presentation of the audiovisual content at a native rate are substantially indistinguishable to an audience.
US08842967B2
The present embodiments methods and systems for use in providing supplemental content to be played back with a portable storage medium through a playback device that conforms to a fixed length content framework, by receive request for supplemental content from a playback device; identifying the supplemental content; retrieve supplemental content; accessing a predefined clip template defined prior to receiving the request; processing the supplemental content and generating a plurality of clips of supplemental content that have a playback length that is a fraction of a playback length of the supplemental content; and forward supplemental content clips to the requesting playback device.
US08842959B2
An increased connector port density assembly is disclosed for providing more connector ports than would normally fit on a faceplate. The increased connector port density assembly includes a stationary board and an extendable board connected to the stationary board on rails and with cabling. The extendable board has a first and second set of forward facing connector assemblies. The first set accessible when the extendable board is in either the retracted or extended position, whereas the second set of connector assemblies is accessible when the extendable board is in the extended position. The increased connector port density assembly is particularly useful for overcoming faceplate connector area availability limitations known in the art.
US08842952B2
An optical module includes: a transparent substrate through which light can pass; a photoelectric conversion element mounted on the transparent substrate and emitting light toward the transparent substrate or receiving light having passed through the transparent substrate; and a support member supporting an optical fiber for transmitting light, the support member and the transparent substrate forming an optical path between the photoelectric conversion element and the optical fiber. A positioning hole is formed in the transparent substrate. A positioning pin having a tapered surface is formed on the support member. The transparent substrate and the support member are positioned with respect to one another by inserting the positioning pin into the positioning hole along the optical axis direction of light between the transparent substrate and the support member and by making the tapered surface of the positioning pin contact the edge of the positioning hole without leaving any space therebetween.
US08842947B2
An apparatus comprising a plurality of switches coupled to a plurality of corresponding colorless laser transmitters, an odd channel coupler coupled to each of the switches, an even channel coupler coupled to each of the switches, and an interleaver coupled to the odd channel coupler and the even channel coupler. Also disclosed is an apparatus comprising a coupler coupled to a plurality of colorless laser transmitters, a first interleaver coupled to the coupler, and a second interleaver coupled to the first interleaver. Also disclosed is an apparatus comprising an odd channel coupler coupled to a plurality of first laser transmitters, an even channel coupler coupled to a plurality of second laser transmitters, and an interleaver coupled to the odd channel coupler and the even channel coupler.
US08842941B2
A digital image of the object is captured and the object is recognized from plurality of objects in a database. An information address corresponding to the object is then used to access information and initiate communication pertinent to the object.
US08842939B2
A direction-adaptive image upsampling system and method using double interpolation is disclosed. Each of double interpolation (DI) units with different interpolation functions receives an input image and generates a corresponding double-interpolated image and an associated double-interpolated difference. A decision unit receives the double-interpolated differences from the DI units for deciding the DI unit that has an optimal interpolation around a pixel under process. An adaptive selector selects the double-interpolated image associated with the DI unit having the optimal interpolation as an output image.
US08842936B2
A band image generating means generates a plurality of first band images and a plurality of second band images that represent structures of different frequency bands within a first and a second image of the same portion of a single subject. A positional shift amount obtaining means obtains amounts of positional shift among corresponding positions within the first band images and the second band images of corresponding frequency bands.
US08842931B2
A system, method, and computer program product are provided for reducing noise in an image using depth-based on sweeping over image samples. In use, each noisy pixel of an image having noise is identified. Additionally, for each noisy pixel, at least one sample included in each of a plurality of neighboring pixels to the noisy pixel is identified. Furthermore, the samples are swept over at least partially in a depth-based order to identify a value for the noisy pixel that reduces the noise.
US08842928B2
An image processing apparatus includes the following elements. A document-type determining unit determines what type of document a document is on the basis of read information obtained as a result of reading the document by using a document reader. A compression-format setting unit sets, on the basis of the type of document determined by the document-type determining unit, a compression format used for generating image data from the read information. A generator compresses the read information by using the compression format set by the compression-format setting unit so as to generate image data corresponding to the document.
US08842921B2
Disclosed are an image encoding method and apparatus for encoding an image by grouping a plurality of adjacent prediction units into a transformation unit and transforming the plurality of adjacent prediction into a frequency domain, and an image decoding method and apparatus for decoding an image encoded by using the image encoding method and apparatus.
US08842920B1
Systems and methods for facilitating video fingerprinting are provided. In one embodiment, a system can include: a memory, a microprocessor, a communication component that receives the media; and a media fingerprinting component that fingerprints the media. The media fingerprinting component employs a fingerprint generation component stored in the memory and includes: a wavelet transform generation component that computes a wavelet transform, and identifies a set of largest coefficients for, the frame information; a coefficient encoder component that encodes the largest coefficients by mapping the largest coefficients to a tuple of integers; an aggregation component that aggregates the tuples of integers, and records a count of the tuples. The MFC can also include: a weighted set generation component that generates a weighted set of the tuples of integers; and a hash generation component that generates a hash based on the weighted set of the tuples of integers.
US08842918B2
To improve the precision of a motion vector of a pixel included in an image by appropriately performing region division of the image. A plurality of images is obtained, any of the plurality of the obtained images is analyzed and a feature point of the image is extracted. A feature point of the image are added to the corners of the image and at least one feature point is added to any of positions on four sides formed by the feature points located at the corners of the image. Then, based on the extracted feature point and the added feature points, a motion vector of a pixel included in the image with respect to another image included in the plurality of images is determined.
US08842914B2
An image processing apparatus for applying a color balance correction to input image data, comprises a first highlight color calculation unit which estimates a light source at the time of shooting from pixel values of the image data, converts color values of the image data based on a condition of the estimated light source at the time of shooting, and calculates a first highlight color; a second highlight color calculation unit which calculates a second highlight color from the image data; a third highlight color calculation unit which calculates a third highlight color based on a positional relationship between the first highlight color and the second highlight color on a color space; and a correction unit which attains the color balance correction by converting the pixel values of the image data using the third highlight color.
US08842910B2
In a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an automated, computerized method is provided for processing an image. According to a feature of the present invention, the method comprises the steps of providing an image file depicting an image defined by image locations, in a computer memory, generating a bi-illuminant chromaticity plane in a log color space for representing the image locations of the image in a log-chromaticity representation for the image, providing a set of estimates for an orientation of the bi-illuminant chromaticity plane and calculating a single orientation for each one of the image locations as a function of the set of estimates for an orientation.
US08842890B2
A processing device and method are provided. According to illustrative embodiments, the device and method are implemented by detecting a face region of an image, setting at least one action region according to the position of the face region, processing image data corresponding to the at least one action region to determine whether or not a predetermined action has been performed, and performing processing corresponding to the predetermined action when it is determined that the predetermined action has been performed.
US08842888B2
A mobile device is able to capture a plurality of different biometric identifiers of a subject. The mobile device displays a user interface on a screen of the device to guide the user in the capture of valid biometric identifiers. The user interface includes several different displays configured to guide users through the capture process to improve the chance that the user will capture valid biometric identifiers. The user interface includes displays for iris image capture, face image capture, voice capture, and fingerprint capture. The displays streamline the capture process, decreasing the overall knowledge and time required of the user to capture valid biometric identifiers. This also decreases the risk to the user in hostile environments. The device also processes the captured biometric identifiers to determine if they are valid, and updates the display of the user interface accordingly.
US08842884B2
A lane detection method wherein a digitized image of a lane is evaluated, including the following steps: detecting edges in the image, determining the angles of the detected edges with respect to a reference edge, removing the edges from the plurality of detected edges, the angle of which lies within a predetermined angle sector, and detecting the lane based on the remaining edges of the plurality of detected edges.
US08842877B2
System, methods, and computer-readable media. A method includes receiving a voice input, from an operator, corresponding to a mail item. The method includes performing a voice recognition process on the voice input to produce spoken data, and producing a system result corresponding to the spoken data. The method includes analyzing the system result to produce feedback information, and audibly sounding the feedback information to the operator.
US08842876B2
Directional albedo of a particular article, such as an identity card, is measured and stored. When the article is later presented, it can be confirmed to be the same particular article by re-measuring the albedo function, and checking for correspondence against the earlier-stored data. The re-measuring can be performed through us of a handheld optical device, such as a camera-equipped cell phone. The albedo function can serve as random key data in a variety of cryptographic applications. The function can be changed during the life of the article. A variety of other features are also detailed.
US08842873B2
A loudspeaker includes a chassis, a diaphragm, a motor system, a first suspension and a second suspension. The chassis has an inner periphery and an outer periphery. The diaphragm has an inner periphery and an outer periphery. The motor system has a magnet assembly connected to the inner periphery of the chassis, and a voice coil assembly connected to the diaphragm. The first suspension has an inner periphery connected to the outer periphery of the diaphragm, and an outer periphery connected to the outer periphery of the chassis. The second suspension has an inner periphery connected to at least one of the magnet assembly and the inner periphery of the chassis, and an outer periphery connected to the diaphragm between the inner and outer periphery.
US08842857B2
A thermoacoustic device includes a sound wave generator and a signal input device. The sound wave generator includes a composite structure. The composite structure includes a carbon nanotube film structure and a graphene film. The carbon nanotube film structure includes a number of carbon nanotubes and micropores. The graphene film is located on a surface of the carbon nanotube film structure, and covers the micropores.
US08842853B2
Sound processing processes and sound processing units are disclosed. The processes and units have particular application to auditory prostheses. In an embodiment, after input sound signals are processed into channels, an algorithm is applied to selectively increase the modulation depth of the envelope signals. In another embodiment, a sound processing unit includes a filter bank configured to process a sound signal to generate envelope signals in each of a plurality of spaced frequency channels. The speech processing unit also includes a broadband envelope detector configured to measure the envelope of at least one broadband signal, and a channel modulation module configured to use the at least one broadband envelope signal to modulate the channel envelope signals to generate modulated envelope signals.
US08842849B2
A headset terminal for speech applications includes a headband assembly, an earcup assembly and a power source assembly. Processing circuitry is positioned in at least one of the earcup assembly and the power source assembly and includes speech processing circuitry for recognizing and synthesizing speech. A radio communicates with a central system to process the activity information of the headset terminal user. A rotatable microphone boom assembly includes controls mounted on opposite sides of a rotation axis to maintain a consistent orientation on the boom assembly with respect to the head of a user. The boom assembly snaps together with the earcup assembly to rotate. The headband assembly includes at least one transverse band and a sliding arm coupled to the earcup assembly for dynamically adjusting the position of the earcup assembly. A latch of the power source assembly snaps into position to secure it with the assembly and slides between latched and unlatched positions to secure a battery.
US08842846B2
A method and apparatus for polarity detection. The method includes applying a band-pass filter to an impulse response of a loudspeaker, applying an exponential weighting to the band-pass filtered impulse response, wherein the exponential decay parameter is related to the higher corner frequency of the band-pass filter, finding the maximum peak in a waveform of sampled impulse responses, and detecting the connection polarity of the maximum peak as the polarity of the peak.
US08842845B2
The invention relates to a method for adapting sound pressure levels in at least one listening location, the sound pressure being generated by a first and a second loudspeaker, each loudspeaker having a supply channel arranged upstream thereto, where at least the supply channel of the second loudspeaker modifies the phase of an audio signal transmitted therethrough according to a phase function. The method includes supplying an audio signal to the supply channels and thus generating an acoustic sound signal; measuring the acoustic sound signal at each listening location and providing corresponding electrical signals representing the measured acoustic sound signal; estimating updated transfer characteristics for each pair of loudspeaker and listening location; calculating an optimum offset phase function based on a mathematical model using the estimated transfer characteristics; updating the phase function by superposing the optimal offset phase function thereto.
US08842837B2
Methods and apparatus for providing seamless functionality in a computer are disclosed. For example, an encrypted file system manager is included to layer an encoded File Allocation Table on top of a disk and to pass to the operating system an Embedded Root Key to provide access to an encrypted Firmware Interface System Partition.
US08842834B2
A method is provided for transmitting voice data in a secure communication system. The method includes: transmitting voice data using a plurality of data packets; embedding a cryptographic message indicator into each of the plurality of data packets; and correcting for bit errors in the cryptographic message indicator at a packet receiver using code-combining across two or more of the data packets.
US08842833B2
The present application provides a system and method for a set of Extensible Authentication Protocols (EAPs) based on ECC (Elliptic Curve Cryptography) and SKE (Symmetric Key Encryption) mechanisms (with a suitable permutation) that can serve Confidentiality, Authentication, Authorization and Accounting (CAAA) issues at an affordable cost. According to one embodiment, a method and system of ECC and SKE based EAPs (through a permutation technique) which can avoid replay attacks. The application also provides a light weight security with better performance in comparison to the lower layer chip level security provided by 2G, 3G or 4G Applications and no certificates exchanged during the communication.
US08842827B2
The present system and method uses multiple digital devices with possibly different users operating in concert, for performing authentication and other cryptographic operations. The multiple digital devices include, for example, a mobile device such as a cellular phone, as a central building block.
US08842802B2
A fuel rod for a nuclear reactor includes the fuel rod having a first axial zone positioned proximate to a bottom end, a second axial zone positioned adjacent to the first axial zone in the intermediate region, and a third axial zone positioned proximate to a top end. The first axial zone has an enrichment greater than the second axial zone and the second axial zone has an enrichment greater than or equal to the third axial zone. Also includes fuel assemblies having a plurality of fuel rods and methods of designing and manufacturing of fuel rods and fuel assemblies.
US08842800B2
Example embodiments may include a nuclear fuel rod and/or segment design using fuel element spacers. Fuel element spacers may be placed at intervals within fuel rods and/or segments in order to manipulate operating characteristics of the fuel rods and/or segments and/or decrease consequences of fretting of the fuel rod and/or segment. Example methods may include using fuel rods and/or segments having fuel element spacing elements by adjusting intervals of the spacing elements so as to affect the mechanical, neutronic, and/or thermal properties of the fuel rod and/or segment.
US08842799B2
A jet pump which can restrain self-excited vibration in a connection portion between an inlet mixer pipe and a diffuser pipe without inhibiting a structural deformation due to thermal expansion and the like includes a slip joint structure connecting the inlet mixer pipe and the diffuser pipe to each other by inserting the inlet mixer pipe into an upper end opening of the diffuser pipe with a clearance left therebetween; and a self vibration damping structure configured such that when the clearance defined by an outer pipe wall of the inlet mixer pipe and an inner pipe wall of the diffuser pipe is widening or narrowing due to vibration of the inlet mixer pipe or the diffuser pipe, a flow path resistance inside a clearance flow path for pumped coolant water defined by the clearance is not smaller than a fluid inertia force all over the clearance flow path.
US08842789B2
Embodiments herein include a method of channel estimation in a wireless communication node. The method comprises generating, based on samples of a received signal, initial estimates of a plurality of channel coefficients forming a channel response. The method also entails, for each of the channel coefficients, dynamically calculating a coefficient-specific filter span for that channel coefficient. Notably, the coefficient-specific filter span for any given channel coefficient is calculated according to a closed-form function that minimizes aggregated estimation noise for the channel coefficient and estimation bias attributable to errors in tracking the channel coefficient. The method finally includes adapting filtering of the initial estimates independently for each of the channel coefficients to be performed over the coefficient-specific filter span calculated for that channel coefficient.
US08842785B2
A received signal of interest is processed by determining timing of interference spikes in the received signal of interest. Receivers can determine when certain types of interference spikes are expected to occur, e.g., based on when different users are scheduled to transmit data during an overlapping portion of the same transmission time interval. The interference timing information is used by the receiver to soft scale signal values recovered from the received signal of interest that coincide with the interference spikes separately from remaining ones of the signal values. This way, fast changing interference power can be accurately tracked during periods of known interference spikes while also accurately tracking slower changing interference power during other periods.
US08842782B2
An apparatus for decoding a received signal is provided. The received signal has been transmitted by conducting a transmission. The apparatus for decoding includes a detector and a filter application unit. The detector is configured to detect whether the transmission is a SU-MIMO transmission or a MU-MIMO transmission. The filter application unit is configured to apply either a first receive filter or a second different receive filter on the received signal depending on whether the transmission is the SU-MIMO transmission or the MU-MIMO transmission.
US08842775B2
Various exemplary embodiments relate to a telecommunications system. The telecommunications system may include at least one actively operating component and at least one redundant component. The redundant component may include a first subcircuitry for receiving synchronization information and at least one second subcircuitry. The first subcircuitry may be activated independently of the second subcircuitry.
US08842774B2
A signal combiner for combining transmission signals to be supplied to four antennas devices, wherein two of the antenna devices are polarized in a first orientation and two of the antenna devices are polarized in a second orientation essentially orthogonal to the first orientation. The signal combiner comprises: four input connections arranged to receive the transmission signals; four output connections arranged to drive a respective one of the four of antenna devices using respective output signals. The signal combiner is arranged to combine transmission signals supplied on each input connection to all of the four output connections using beam forming and phase adjustment, such that, in use, each supplied transmission signal generates a central beam polarized in the first orientation and a side beam polarized in the second orientation. It is also presented a corresponding method, computer program and computer program product.
US08842773B2
According to one or more aspects, the teachings herein improve user equipment (UE) Channel State Information (CSI) feedback, by letting the precoder part of a CSI feedback report comprise factorized precoder feedback. In one or more such embodiments, the factorized precoder feedback corresponds to at least two precoder matrices, including a recommended “conversion” precoder matrix and a recommended “tuning” precoder matrix. The recommended conversion precoder matrix restricts the number of channel dimensions considered by the recommended tuning precoder matrix and, in turn, the recommended tuning precoder matrix matches the recommended precoder matrix to an effective channel that is defined in part by said recommended conversion precoder matrix.
US08842769B2
Embodiments of a digital up-conversion system for a concurrent multi-band signal and methods of operation thereof are disclosed. In one embodiment, a digital up-conversion system includes multiple digital up-converter chains, each for a different frequency band of the concurrent multi-band signal, and a digital combiner that combines up-converted signals output by the digital up-converter chains to provide a combined digital signal. The combined digital signal is processed by one or more additional processing components including a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) to provide the concurrent multi-band signal.
US08842767B2
Methods and systems to substantially eliminate effects of EMI burst noise in an Ethernet system are provided herein. The method includes the step of computing and storing filter coefficients configured to adapt to a range of EMI frequencies. The method further comprises the step of receiving a signal and detecting EMI and frequency of the EMI in the received signal. The method further comprises selecting filter coefficients corresponding to the determined frequency of the detected EMI and adjusting a frequency response of one or more filters using the selected filter coefficients so as to substantially eliminate effects of the EMI in the received signal. The method further includes the step of sending filter coefficients to a link partner corresponding to the frequency of the detected EMI.
US08842766B2
An apparatus and method for reducing interference signals using multiphase clocks. An integrated circuit includes a digital circuit and an analog circuit. The digital circuit includes a derived clock circuit configured to receive a root clock having a frequency D*f, D being a divide factor, to divide the root clock by D, and generate multiphase clocks having N phases. N circuits of the digital circuit are configured to receive a corresponding one of the N phases, with edges of the multiphase clocks being spread over the N phases. The multiphase clocks cause a frequency shift in interference signals generated by reduced periodic peak currents drawn by the N circuits from f to N*f and harmonics thereof. The analog circuit receives an in-band range of signals. A value of N is configured to shift the interference signals outside the in-band range of signals.
US08842761B2
Communication systems are described that use geometrically shaped constellations that have increased capacity compared to conventional constellations operating within a similar SNR band. In several embodiments, the geometrically shaped is optimized based upon a capacity measure such as parallel decoding capacity or joint capacity. In many embodiments, a capacity optimized geometrically shaped constellation can be used to replace a conventional constellation as part of a firmware upgrade to transmitters and receivers within a communication system. In a number of embodiments, the geometrically shaped constellation is optimized for an Additive White Gaussian Noise channel or a fading channel. In numerous embodiments, the communication uses adaptive rate encoding and the location of points within the geometrically shaped constellation changes as the code rate changes.
US08842758B2
In one embodiment, an algorithm dynamically selects a method for reducing distortion in a multi-carrier modulated signal, such as an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) signal. The algorithm directs a transmitter to transmit peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR)-reduction signals over reserved tones (i.e., frequencies) if reserved tones are available. If reserved tones are not available, then the algorithm directs the transmitter to transmit PAPR-reduction symbols over free tones if free tones are available. If the free tones for this transmitter are used by adjacent transmitters, then interference-reduction techniques may be used to reduce interference with the adjacent transmitters. If reserved tones and free tones are not available, then the transmitter may use an alternative method to reduce distortion, such as successive clipping and filtering. In another embodiment, the transmitter may transmit PAPR-reduction symbols over both free and reserved tones, if available.
US08842753B2
Techniques are provided for generating an estimate of the phase and magnitude imbalance of a receiver in a communication device. For each of a plurality of symbols in a signal received by the communication device, a plurality of tones that make up the symbol are obtained. For each of the plurality of symbols, each tone is multiplied by its respective mirror tone to produce a plurality of mirror tone multiplication results, and the plurality of the mirror tone multiplication results are summed over tones to produce a sum of multiplication results for each symbol. The total power of all tones for each symbol is obtained to produce a tone power quantity for each symbol. The estimate of the phase and magnitude imbalance in the received signal is generated based on the sum of the multiplication results for each of the plurality of symbols and the tone power quantity for each of the plurality of symbols.
US08842749B2
An orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) multiband transmitter (200) adapted to perform multiple-subcarrier-joint-modulation (MSJM) precoding. The transmitter comprises a bit interleaver (220) for independently interleaving bit blocks and grouping bits of each interleaved bit block to bit groups; a symbol mapping unit (230) for mapping each of the bit groups to symbols according to a MSJM scheme; and a symbol interleaver (240) for allocating the symbols to data subcarriers of a plurality of consecutive OFDM symbols.
US08842744B2
A system for communicating over a power cable has a power line connected to a power source at one end, a switch mode transformer connected to the power line at the other end for transforming voltage received from the power source through the power line, modulation of the switch mode transformer, and a receiver situated at the power source end and adapted to detect and process ripple signals from the switch mode transformer propagated on the power line.
US08842743B2
According to one embodiment, a communication device communicates with N remote units. Each remote unit includes a plurality of antennas, wireless transmitting units, and wireless receiving units. The communication device is provided with a received signal processing unit, to which received signals by a plurality of the wireless receiving units are combined and input, and which specifies the remote unit subjected to interference, and a switch which decreases a reception gain of the wireless receiving unit included in N−1 remote units out of the N remote units in a predetermined measurement section. The received signal processing unit calculates a correlation value between the combined received signals and a reference signal transmitted by a user terminal connected to another base station system in the measurement section and specifies the remote unit subjected to the interference by the second user terminal based on the correlation value.
US08842725B2
A method for modulating mark (20) within content signal (18) that has frames, where each of the frames has content lines and one or more measurable parameters, where each of the content lines has pixels, and where each of the pixels has a value, the method comprising selecting framesets from among the frames of the content signal; modulating at least two of the framesets; and causing mark (20) to be present within content signal (18) by at least modulating at least two of the framesets.
US08842720B2
The method comprises receiving an input stream of symbols (x(i)) representing a phase change and magnitude of an RF signal, the magnitudes of the symbols are constant, the phase changes of the symbols encode digital information, and adjust the input stream of symbols to reduce inter-symbol interference. The adjusting iteratively determines a next symbol of the equalized stream (x′(n)) after receiving a next symbol of the input stream (x(n)) by multiplying the next symbol of the input stream (x(n)) with a next adjusting real number (a(n)), multiplying a previous symbol of the input stream (x(n−1)) with a previous adjusting real number (a(n−1)), the previous symbol being received before the next symbol of the input stream, and the next symbol of the equalized stream is computed from the multiplied next symbol and the multiplied previous symbol of the input stream.
US08842719B2
To reduce the time of reception operation switching between multiple wireless systems, a semiconductor integrated circuit includes a first reception unit including a first analog reception unit and a first digital reception unit, and a digital interface. The first analog reception unit includes a first reception mixer and a first A/D converter, and the first digital reception unit includes a first digital filter. The first reception unit, an oscillator, and a PLL enable switching from a reception operation for a first RF reception signal of a first system to a reception operation for a second RF reception signal of a second system. In a period of an end transition operation of the first digital reception unit in the switching, the PLL starts a lock operation so as to match a frequency of an oscillation output signal generated from the oscillator to a desired frequency of the second system.
US08842716B2
In an RF communication system, aspects for processing multipath clusters may comprise tracking a plurality of received clusters of signals and estimating a phase and amplitude of at least a portion of each of the plurality of received clusters of signals. Each of the plurality of received clusters of signals may be specified in time and an aggregate of received signal paths in a single cluster for a single base station may be processed. At least one cluster path processor may be assigned to process the plurality of received clusters of signals from each transmitting antenna at a single base station. At least one cluster path processor may be assigned to each of a plurality of base stations that are utilized for soft handoff.
US08842705B2
A laser diode grid element comprising laser diodes arranged along a corresponding substantially flat surface; and a collimator for each laser diode for generating collimated light beams substantially perpendicular on the respective substantially flat surface. The laser diodes are comprised in standard packages including a base plate serving as cooling surface of the laser diode, a metal housing arranged on the base plate to protect the laser diode, and at least two driving pins which extend from the laser diode through the base plate and which are used for driving the laser diode within the package. The laser diode grid element includes a heat sink arranged in contact with the base plates, and the at least two driving pins of each laser diode extend at least partially through the heat sink. Also provided are light emitting systems comprising such grid elements, and an optical component for use in such system.
US08842704B2
An RF power-supply for driving a carbon dioxide CO2 gas-discharge laser includes a plurality of power-oscillators phase-locked to a common reference oscillator. Outputs of the phase-locked power-oscillators are combined by a power combiner for delivery, via an impedance matching network, to discharge-electrodes of the laser. In one example the powers are analog power-oscillators. In another example, the power-oscillators are digital power-oscillators.
US08842698B2
Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method of identifying a subscriber at a network node. The method may include: receiving a message including a network access identifier (NAI); removing the first digit from the NAI to form a stripped NAI; determining whether the stripped NAI corresponds to a subscriber; determining whether the NAI corresponds to a subscriber; adding a hint digit to form an extended NAI, and determining whether the extended NAI corresponds to a subscriber; and if any of the NAIs correspond to a subscriber, using the corresponding NAI to identify the subscriber. Various exemplary embodiments relate to a policy and charging rules node including: a subscriber cache including a subscriber identifier; an interface configured to receive a NAI; a NAI modifier configured to form an extended NAI and a stripped NAI; and a subscriber identification module configured to determine whether a NAI is stored in the subscriber cache.
US08842692B2
Various embodiments are directed to changes in protocols, e.g., an enhanced 802.11 based protocol, that enables SIR based yielding and/or improves spatial reuse in networks, e.g., 802.11 based networks. Various methods and apparatus enable multiple devices using an 802.11 based protocol to communicate, e.g., transmit, during the same time interval. In various embodiments, the methods and apparatus use transmission timing constraints and/or Signal Interference Ratio (SIR) based yielding to avoid excessive interference between devices within communication range of each other.
US08842687B1
An exemplary embodiment provides for methods, apparatuses and systems to facilitate the detection of network device failures in a variety of network topologies. This is accomplished by equipping a network device, or other devices used in conjunction with network devices, with a bypass port or network interface, such as a secondary outgoing network traffic communication port. In a normal operating mode, network traffic received at a first network interface or port is forwarded, after processing on the packet processing path of the network device, from a second network interface or port. In one implementation, the second network interface or port and the bypass port or network interface are connected to corresponding interfaces of a router or two routers. When a network device failure occurs network traffic bypasses the packet processing path of the network device and is forwarded from the bypass port or interface.
US08842685B2
A method includes transferring a general query message to managers of a mobility control server in response to receiving, from a router, the general query message for detecting a mobile node that requested to receive multicast data; storing, in a multicast mapping table, an address of the mobile node that requested to receive the multicast data when a membership report message of the mobile node is received from at least one of the managers and transferring the membership report message to the router; and forming a tunnel between the router and a manager that transfers the membership report message.
US08842682B2
In a data communication system according to the invention the functionality of the gateway device is distributed in a data communication network thereby reducing the need to direct the data traffic from and to terminals (212, 213, 214) through a single point in the data communication network. A first data communication device (207) is arranged to make, through signalling, second data communication devices (204, 205, 206) capable of directing the data communications of the terminals to the starting points of the respective logical data communication tunnels (215, 216, 217). This way there is no need for all logical data communication tunnels to start from, or depending on the direction, to end at, the same point in the data communication network.
US08842677B2
A method for routing input/output (10) data in a telecommunication system including a network node having a plurality of first integrated circuit (IC) cards, a plurality of second IC cards and a switching fabric, each second IC card connected to a corresponding first IC card in a respective slot of the network node xs described. The method involves receiving the IO data at an external port of any of the plurality of first or second IC cards. When packets of the IO data are received at an external port of a given second IC card, the given second IC card performs a packet classification of the packets to at least in part determine a destination for the packets. A further step of the method includes delivering the packets to a first or second IC card destination according to the packet classification performed by the given second IC card via a logical network layer existing on the first and second IC cards and the switching fabric. A particular implementation includes use in an Advanced Telecommunication Computing Architecture (ATCA) system.
US08842676B2
Certain embodiments of the present disclosure proposes a flexible method for scheduling of an uplink transmission simultaneously considering all active connections of a mobile station. A decision on scheduling priority can be made based on a metric that comprises QoS parameters and current traffic measurements. The weight factors may be applied for every QoS parameter per schedule type providing flexibility of the scheduling algorithm. The proposed scheduling algorithm may be applied to satisfy different QoS requirements for each service provider and application by changing weight factors if required.
US08842657B2
Techniques for MAC processing for efficient use of high throughput systems that is backward compatible with various types of legacy systems are disclosed. In one aspect a first signal is transmitted according to a legacy transmission format to reserve a portion of a shared medium, and communication according to a second transmission format transpires during the reserved portion. In another aspect, a communication device may contend for access on a legacy system, and then communicate according to a new class communication protocol with one or more remote communication devices during the access period. In another aspect, a device may request access to a shared medium according to a legacy protocol, and, upon grant of access, the device may communicate with or facilitate communication between one or more remote stations according to a new protocol.
US08842646B2
When a wireless communication apparatus transmits a data frame requesting an ACK frame, it is expected that a receiver station will transmit the ACK frame. A preamble analyzer analyzes whether or not a preamble pattern added to the header of a received frame exists from the time it is expected that the ACK frame will be received. When a desired preamble pattern is detected, the preamble analyzer supplies instructions to start an operation of demodulating a reception signal to a demodulator via a controller.
US08842643B1
Exemplary methods and systems are disclosed herein that may help to prevent pages to the same mobile station from being repeatedly shed in order to send overhead messages. An exemplary method may involve a base station: (a) detecting a page-shedding event; (b) in response to detecting the page-shedding event, adjusting a maximum period between overhead-message transmissions; and (c) transmitting at least one overhead message according to the adjusted maximum period between overhead-message transmissions. A page-shedding event typically involves an overhead message being sent in a given paging-channel slot instead of a page that was previously scheduled for the given paging-channel slot. Preferably, in order that a page is not repeatedly shed in the same slot during the slot cycle, the maximum period between overhead-message transmissions may be adjusted such that the slot cycle duration is not a multiple of the maximum period.
US08842642B2
A downlink communication is transmitted/received in at least one downlink time slot. In response to the received downlink communication, an acknowledgement message is received/transmitted in an uplink time slot a fixed integer number of uplink time slots after transmission/reception of the received downlink communication. The uplink and downlink time slots are staggered by substantially a half of a time slot.
US08842640B2
The present invention relates to a pre-coding method for spatial multiplexing, comprising the steps of: performing a beam search for beam forming with a receiver device equipped with multiple antennas to perform pre-coding for spatial multiplexing in a transmitter device equipped with multiple antennas; transmitting a first packet including at least one or more training sequences to the receiver device after completion of said beam search; receiving, from the receiver device, a second packet including feedback information for pre-coding, determined in the receiver device by using the training sequences; and performing pre-coding for spatial multiplexing, onto the data stream to be transmitted to the receiver device, by using the pre-coding matrix calculated on the basis of the feedback information.
US08842636B2
The disclosure discloses a method and a device for managing Internet Protocol (IP) offload connection. The method comprises the steps of: determining that a target Mobility Management Entity (MME) supports IP offload or identifies information of two Serving Gateways (S-GWs); the target MME receiving IP offload connection information from an source MME; the target MME processing the IP offload connection according to the IP offload connection information, wherein the process comprises one of the following: establishing, updating and activating the IP offload connection. With the disclosure, the experience of the user is enhanced in the wireless communication system.
US08842624B2
Provided is operation of a device in a plurality of frequency bands. A packet based network selects a frequency band of operation by determining a quality indicator. The WLAN further selects a communication protocol. WLAN devices include a baseband processor interface and a first radio for receiving the digital data and for transmitting RF signals in first and second frequency bands of a plurality of frequency bands, and for producing corresponding digital data to the baseband processor interface.
US08842618B2
A reverse power control method based on multi-carrier includes: an access network determining a forward carrier for a service, establishing a corresponding relationship between a reverse carrier corresponding to the forward carrier and the forward carrier, and transmitting the forward carrier and the corresponding relationship to the terminal (S102); the access network determining a power control command of the service according to a service type of the service (S104); the access network transmitting the power control command of the service to the terminal by the forward carrier (S106). The present invention can reduce the power consumption of the terminal efficiently and improve the QoS.
US08842611B2
A method can include receiving at a cluster head, a multicast/broadcast packet from a base station. The method can also include monitoring, at the cluster head, to detect whether any members of a cluster of the cluster head responds to the multicast/broadcast packet with a negative acknowledgment directed to the cluster head. The method can further include, when a result of the monitoring is no detection of any negative acknowledgments, and the cluster head successfully received the multicast/broadcast packet, sending, by the cluster head, a general acknowledgment of the multicast/broadcast packet to the base station.
US08842608B2
A base station device, which allocates one or more subbands of each of an uplink and a downlink to a mobile station device and transmits response information, which indicates whether or not uplink data from the mobile station device has been properly received, to the mobile station device, the base station device includes: a control unit (11) which controls an arrangement of a response information group including multiple pieces of response information directed to a downlink subband allocated to the mobile station device; and a multiplexing unit (160) which collects the same type of multiple pieces of response information to configure the response information group, and arranges the configured response information group in the downlink subband based on the control of the control unit.
US08842607B2
A method and system for optimizing mobility routing are disclosed. A preferred embodiment comprises a first system of networks that comprise a home local mobility anchor and two or more distributed local mobility anchors, and a second system of networks separate from the first system of networks. Packets of data may be transmitted from a correspondent node anchored in the second system of networks to a mobile node anchored in the second system. Additionally, packets of data may be transmitted from the mobile node to the correspondent node.
US08842605B2
Apparatuses may stay synchronized with a network via a beacon signal transmitted at a set interval. Communication-related activities may be planned around instances when beacon signals are expected, which may also be known as a target beacon transmission time (TBTT). Scanning opportunities, which are periods of time during which apparatuses may perform passive scanning, may be planned based on an interfere multiple of a network beacon signal interval. Apparatuses may, upon realizing a scanning opportunity, opt either to utilize the scanning opportunity or to participate in network beaconing. In example scenarios where apparatuses opt to utilize scanning opportunities, apparatuses may prepare a network information message and then enter a passive scanning mode. Apparatuses may remain in the passive scanning mode for the duration of the scanning opportunity, reacting when messages are received from devices outside of the network by transmitting the network information message.
US08842596B2
A system and method for receiving, from one or more ingress routers, a first set of records including data corresponding to network traffic, receiving, from one or more egress routers, a second set of records including data corresponding to network traffic and creating a multicast traffic matrix using at least a portion of the data included in the first and second sets of records.
US08842589B1
A radio access network (RAN) may radiate to define a wireless coverage area that is configured to provide wireless coverage to wireless communication devices (WCDs). If the utilization of the wireless coverage area is below a low-utilization threshold, the RAN may begin transmitting noise frames in the wireless coverage area. In doing so, the transmitted signal strength of the wireless coverage area may increase, which in turn may increase the likelihood that the WCDs can acquire and use the wireless coverage area.
US08842584B2
Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for enabling improved cancellation of self-interference in full-duplex communications, or the transmitting and receiving of communications in a single frequency band without requiring time, frequency, or code divisions. The system estimates the signal strength and phase of a self-interference signal, generates a cancellation signal based on this estimate, then uses the cancellation signal to suppress the self-interference before sampling received analog signal. After applying the cancellation signal, the system samples and digitizes the remaining analog signal. The digitized signal is then subjected to additional digital cancellation, allowing for extraction of the desired signal.
US08842581B2
A method, a device, and a system for duplex communications. Uplink and downlink frequencies are allocated in an orthogonal manner such that at one time instant a certain carrier frequency is used for uplink (downlink) transmission and at some other time instant for downlink (uplink) transmission. Correspondingly, at said one time instant a second carrier frequency is used for downlink (uplink) transmission and at said some other time instant optionally for uplink (downlink) transmission.
US08842577B2
In one embodiment, a method includes obtaining an indication that a device is attached to a provider edge. The device has a media access control (MAC) address, wherein the device was previously attached to a first provider edge (PE) of a Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) network. The method also includes issuing a first advertisement that identifies the MAC address. The first advertisement includes a first MAC address mobility attribute arranged to indicate a number of times the MAC address has moved with respect to the MPLS network.
US08842565B2
A method and apparatus is provided for assigning resources for an acknowledgement channel, such as the PHICH in LTE systems. A list of acknowledgement channels for a group of scheduled mobile terminals is generated. The list is sorted in descended order of the required transmit energies for the corresponding mobile terminals. The acknowledgement channels are then assigned to channel groups one at a time in sorted order to an available channel group with the lowest cumulative transmit energy. By sorting the channel list before assigning resources, the variance in the transmit energies for different channel groups is reduced. Given enough number of acknowledgement channel groups, the small variance in the transmit energies for different channel groups implies improved error rate performance.
US08842559B2
The present invention relates to a solution for taking into account that the interference, which each of the transmission resource elements is affected by, may differ between the different transmission resource elements when determining an interference estimate by determining a mixed interference estimate, e.g. based on both reference symbols and data symbols. Furthermore, signalling from the network is also introduced which makes it possible to control what the mixed interference estimate should be based on.
US08842557B2
A method and apparatus for securely registering an association between a computer terminal and a selected one of a plurality of communications terminals in a computer telephony system. An association is established according to a known technique between the identity of the selected communications terminal and the identity of the computer terminal to allow for control of the communications terminal by a user via the computer terminal. An abstract representation of the identity of the communications terminal is; generated and provided to a third party system accessible by the user. The user can then implement control of the selected communications terminal via the third party system whilst not prejudicing the security of the system.
US08842556B2
Methods and systems for transmitting and receiving data over a communication channel between two transceiver stations are disclosed. A first decision is made during an initialization process, wherein the first decision comprises selecting a first subset of communication parameters. A second decision is made during the initialization process wherein the second decision comprises deciding whether one or more of the communication parameters of the first subset are to be changed depending on information collected about the communication channel.
US08842555B2
In an embodiment, a rate-adaptation unit may be configured to receive local as well as end-to-end feedback information associated with data transmission (such as data delay, packet loss, transmit power headroom, channel condition; sector loading, the amount of buffered data, etc.) from a wireless access module in communication with wireless/wired networks, and adapt the real-time information encoding in accordance with such feedback information.
US08842543B2
A method including receiving information corresponding to a network graph of a network; determining a maximum flow value of the network based on the network graph; selecting a value for a number of trap-free shortest link-disjoint paths to find between a source node and a destination node based on the maximum flow value; selecting a value for a minimum remaining flow value based on the value for the number of trap-free shortest link-disjoint paths; and selecting a trap-free shortest link-disjoint path in which a complementary part of the network supports at least the remaining minimum flow value.
US08842542B2
Apparatus and methods of scheduling one or multiple streams for a user equipment (UE) include receiving a single happy bit for the one or multiple streams, determining a set of scheduling grants for a UE configured to transmit over the one or multiple streams, and transmitting the scheduling grant to the UE.
US08842531B2
An IP address delivery system includes an IP address delivery apparatus and a path-information granting unit. The IP address delivery apparatus includes: a path-information reading unit configured to read, from an IP address request signal transmitted from a request source of an IP address, path information of the request source; an IP address correspondence table in which a correspondence relation between the path information and the IP address is registered; and an IP-address determining unit configured to determine, based on the path information and the IP address correspondence table, an IP address delivered to the request source. The path-information granting unit is provided on a communication path between the IP address delivery apparatus and the request source and configured to grant the path information to the IP address request signal transmitted from the request source.
US08842525B2
The present document describes a system and method for extending a wireless communication coverage area of a cellular wireless base station transceiver (BTS) to enable control signaling and identification of mobile stations not currently within a coverage area of an existing beamform antenna pattern of the BTS, for example. A cellular BTS may scan through dead zones of coverage areas provided by the BTS to identify mobile stations not within the coverage area of the BTS, but within a possible service area of the BTS. In addition, the BTS may receive a relaying control signal from a mobile station located within the coverage area of the BTS, and the signal will indicate a location of another mobile station not within the coverage area of the BTS but within the service area of the BTS. In either example, the BTS may attempt to provide a coverage area to the mobile station located in the control signaling dead zone, for example.
US08842515B2
A base station apparatus for transmitting a reference signal in a wireless communication system is provided in which a processor generates the same sequence for resource elements (REs) allocated to each layer for reference signal transmission and spreads or covers Walsh codes for a user equipment—specific reference signal sequence such that sequences generated for the resource elements can be orthogonal to each other on a time axis. The Walsh code spreading or covering by the processor is applied on a frequency axis based on a plurality of resource blocks (RBs) or based on a pair of resource blocks such that mutually different sequences having mutually different sequence values can be mapped between resource blocks or between pairs of resource blocks. A transmission module transmits the reference signal, to which the generated reference signal sequence is applied to user equipment via each layer.
US08842512B2
A machine readable information storage medium, a reproducing method and apparatus which reproduces data from the storage medium, and a recording method and apparatus for recording data on the storage medium. The information storage medium includes a control area which stores within a data structure information usable by the recording or reproducing apparatus to record or reproduce the data on or from the storage medium. The information stored within the data structure includes a version corresponding to a specification, a revision number of recording speed, and an extended part version field.
US08842506B1
A heat-assisted magnetic recording (HAMR) disk drive with a primary waveguide that directs laser light from a laser diode to a near-field transducer includes a second waveguide for sensing the head-disk spacing or fly-height. The second waveguide has a sensor portion that senses the spacing and directs light representative of the spacing to the second waveguide's output end. The second waveguide may include a second or reference portion that is connected to the sensor portion and directs light representative of light input from the laser diode. The combined light from the two portions is directed to the second waveguide's output end. A detector, which may be a photo-diode, is located at the second waveguide's output end and provides a signal that may be coupled to a thermal fly-height controller to increase or decrease the fly-height.
US08842500B2
Calendar mechanism comprising a day program wheel 13 that is driven by a clock movement and actuates a wheel train for display of the days of the month (16-24). The day program wheel 13 comprises a day indexing gear 13′ that is advanced by one step each day by said clock movement, and at least one retractable tooth (128, 129, 130) capable of being driven by the clock movement and mounted to pivot between an active position (128A, 129A, 130A), in which it is driven, and an inactive position (128I, 129I, 130I), in which it is not driven by the clock movement.
US08842495B2
Movements of objects within a space are adaptively detected by emitting ultrasound waves into the space and detecting reflections of the ultrasound waves, determining locations of objects within the space based on the ultrasound reflections, and determining real-time movements of the objects based on, in certain embodiments, (i) amplitude differences between amplitudes of echoes in a current wave cycle and an average amplitude over a plurality of wave cycles and (ii) elapsed times of the ultrasound reflections associated with the amplitude differences.
US08842493B2
A technique enables measuring of the actual firing sequence times in a seismic survey application. The actual firing sequence times are then employed in simultaneous source resolution methods. For example, simultaneous seismic sources may be deployed in a survey region. The seismic sources are then fired, and the actual firing times are determined and recorded for use in optimizing the seismic survey.
US08842490B2
Described herein are embodiments of selectively setting a memory command clock as a memory buffer reference clock. An apparatus configured for setting a memory command clock as a memory buffer reference clock may include a memory buffer configured to interface between a host and memory, and reference clock selection logic configured to selectively set a memory command clock as a memory buffer reference clock. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US08842483B2
A semiconductor device and a method of operating the same, the semiconductor device including a sense amplifier connected between a bit line and a complementary bit line; a first power supply circuit configured to select between supplying a power supply voltage to the first node and blocking the power supply voltage from the first node in response to a first control signal; a second power supply circuit configured to select between supplying a ground voltage to the second node and blocking the ground voltage from the second node in response to a second control signal; and a first boosting circuit configured to boost a voltage at the first node in response to a third control signal.
US08842482B1
Embodiments of a circuit and method for setting initial trim bits in an integrated circuit (IC) are described. The circuit includes a memory array including a plurality of trim bit cells to store and provide trim bits to trim registers in a main circuit of the IC following energizing of the IC. The memory array further includes replica bit circuitry to generate a number of replica bits. A logic circuit coupled to the memory array and the main circuit of the IC is configured to receive the replica bits, and to provide a signal to the IC that indicates when the trim bits are valid. In one embodiment, the circuit further includes redundancy check logic configured to receive a number of the trim bits from the memory array, compare the number of trim bits to a pre-determined or computed value, and to provide a BITS_OK signal to the logic circuit.
US08842480B2
An apparatus including a protocol engine and a built-in self test (BIST) engine. The built-in self test (BIST) engine is coupled to the protocol engine. The built-in self test (BIST) engine may be configured to directly control when to open and close rows of a synchronous dynamic random access memory (SDRAM) during double data rate (DDR) operations.
US08842477B2
A method, apparatus, and manufacture for a memory device is provided. The memory device includes a memory cell region including sectors, where each sector includes memory cells. The memory device further includes a memory controller that is configured to control program operations and erase operations to the memory cells. During erase operations to the memory cells, pre-programming occurs in which each un-programmed memory cell in the sector being erased is programmed by applying at least one programming pulse at a program voltage until a program verify passes. Then, the program voltage is adjusted based on the number of programming pulses applied until the program-verify passed. During subsequent program operations in that sector, programming pulses are applied with the adjusted program voltage.
US08842475B2
According to one embodiment, a configuration memory includes first and second data lines, a first memory string which comprises at least first and second nonvolatile memory transistors which are connected in series between a common node and the first data line, a second memory string which comprises at least third and fourth nonvolatile memory transistors which are connected in series between the common node and the second data line, and a flip-flop circuit which comprises a first data holding node connected to the common node and a second data holding node connected to a configuration data output node.
US08842472B2
A method and system for increasing the lifespan of a flash memory device by selectively erasing sub-blocks of a memory block. Each physical memory block of the flash memory device is dividable into at least two logical sub-blocks, where each of the at least two logical sub-blocks is erasable. Therefore, only the data of the logical sub-block is erased and reprogrammed while unmodified data in the other logical sub-block avoids unnecessary program/erase cycles. The logical sub-blocks to be erased are dynamically configurable in size and location within the block. A wear leveling algorithm is used for distributing data throughout the physical and logical sub-blocks of the memory array to maximize the lifespan of the physical blocks during programming and data modification operations.
US08842460B2
A method for improving data retention in a 2T/2C ferroelectric memory includes baking a ferroelectric memory configured to operate as an array of 1T/1C memory cells for a period of time, and then configuring the ferroelectric memory to function as an array of 2T/2C memory cells, wherein the baking pre-imprints the ferroelectric capacitors in the ferroelectric memory and stabilizes a 2T/2C opposite state margin and enhances data retention. A corresponding memory circuit for configuring an array of memory cells for either 1T/1C operation or 2T/2C operation includes a plurality of sense amplifiers, a configurable reference circuit coupled to a logic circuit, a memory array, and a column decoder, wherein components are coupled together through a bit line and a complementary bit line, and wherein the logic circuit can configure the reference circuit for 1T/1C operation or 2T/2C operation.
US08842459B2
A semiconductor device including a memory cell is provided. The memory cell comprises a transistor and a capacitor, and one of a resistor and a diode. A gate of the transistor is electrically connected to a word line, and one of a source and a drain of the transistor is electrically connected to a bit line. One terminal of the capacitor is electrically connected to the other of the source and the drain of the transistor, and the other terminal of the capacitor is electrically connected to a wiring. One terminal of one of the resistor and the diode is electrically connected to the other of the source and the drain of the transistor, and the other terminal of one of the resistor and the diode is electrically connected to the wiring.
US08842454B2
An apparatus for delivering AC power to an AC load may include a plurality of inverters to receive direct current (DC) power from a respective DC power source and respectively provide AC power to an AC load. The apparatus may further include a first controller to generate a first control signal based on total AC current and total AC voltage being delivered to the AC load by the plurality of inverters. The apparatus may further include a plurality of secondary controllers to each receive the first control signal and each produce a respective secondary control signal based on the first control signal. The respective secondary control signal for each of the plurality of secondary controllers is configured to control a corresponding one of the plurality of inverters to provide a portion of the AC power.
US08842451B2
A power conversion system for use with a photovoltaic (PV) power source may include a DC/DC converter for converting a first DC voltage into a second DC voltage, an isolation transformer, an inverter for converting DC power to AC power, and at least one controller for controlling the DC/DC converter and the inverter. The controller may be configured to operate the DC/DC converter as a buck converter or a boost converter based, at least in part, on whether the first DC voltage is less or greater than a reference voltage. Additionally, the controller may operate the converter according to a maximum power point tracking algorithm. Further, the controller may be configured to operate the inverter to control the DC voltage at the inverter's input as a function of the AC voltage at the inverter's output. Example embodiments of power systems, DC/DC converters, DC/AC inverters and related methods are also disclosed.
US08842442B2
An electronic system includes a first circuit board having a first connection interface, and a second circuit board having a second connection interface and a guide pin device. The guide pin device includes a convex connector and a concave connector. The convex connector includes a guide member and a connection portion. The connection portion connects the guide member to the first circuit board and has two first inclined surfaces formed on two opposite sides of the guide member. The concave connector is secured on the second circuit board and includes a guide sliding slot and two second inclined surfaces formed on two opposite sides of the guide sliding slot. When the guide member is aligned with and is inserted into the guide sliding slot, the two first inclined surfaces mat with the two second inclined surfaces, and the first connection interface is engaged with the second connection interface.
US08842436B2
An object is to provide an inverter module that can ensure satisfactory anti-vibration strength, moisture resistance, and isolation for each of the upper and lower boards of the inverter module and that can reduce the weight and cost, and to provide an integrated-inverter electric compressor. In an inverter module (21) in which a power system board (23) and a control board (31) are integrated via a resin case (22), the inverter module (21) is configured such that the power system board (23), on which a semiconductor switching device (24) is mounted, is provided at the lower part of the resin case (22) and the control board (31), on which a control-and-communication circuit is mounted, is provided thereabove. In the resin case (22), a thermosetting resin (36) is filled to a height position where the top surface of the power system board is covered (23), so that the power system board (23) is encapsulated in the resin, and a gel-like resin material (38) is filled from a resin-encapsulated surface (37) to a height position where a part of the control board (31) is covered.
US08842435B2
A two-phase heat transfer assembly includes a cold plate having an impingement surface, an array of heat generating device coupled to the cold plate, and an array of spray nozzles. The impingement surface has an array of central hydrophilic regions. Each individual central hydrophilic region is surrounded by a hydrophobic perimeter. A wettability of the impingement surface gradually progresses from hydrophilic at each individual central hydrophilic region to hydrophobic at each hydrophobic perimeter. The array of heat generating devices is coupled to a heated surface of the cold plate such that the array of central hydrophilic regions is aligned with the array of heat generating devices. The array of spray nozzles is configured to direct coolant droplets toward the impingement surface. The wettability profile of the impingement surface of the cold plate causes the coolant droplets to move inwardly toward the individual central hydrophilic regions from each hydrophobic perimeter.
US08842432B2
A system of computing assets arranges a plurality of backplanes to form a perimeter of a central region of a backplane structure. A plurality of computing assets are coupled to the backplanes and extend away from the central region of the backplane structure. A plurality of air intake openings are located along the perimeter of the backplane structure. An exhaust duct is coupled to an exhaust opening of the backplane structure and configured to direct air away from the backplane structure and is coupled to an air moving device. When the air moving device is operational, air flows across the computing assets through the air intake openings towards the central region of the backplane structure and into the exhaust duct, which directs the air away from the backplane structure.
US08842419B2
A capacitor containing a solid electrolytic capacitor element including a sintered porous anode body and a relatively large width and/or thickness anode lead tape is provided. The tape is electrically connected to the anode body for connection to an anode termination. Further, the tape has a width that is at least about 20% of the width of the anode body to improve the points of contact between the anode body and tape to reduce ESR. A portion of the tape extends from a surface of the anode body in a longitudinal direction. At least one notch can be formed in the portion of the tape that extends from the anode body. The notch can be formed via a laser or by cutting, punching, or sawing and can serve as the point of electrical connection between the anode termination and the lead tape.
US08842417B2
An electro-chemical double layer capacitor comprises positive and negative electrodes, where the carbon material that is incorporated into the positive electrode is halogenated carbon material, while the carbon material that is incorporated into the negative electrode is un-halogenated carbon material. Further, the carbon material incorporated into each respective electrode can have a distinct pore size distribution. A pore volume ratio of the carbon material incorporated into the positive electrode is greater than a pore volume ratio of the carbon material incorporated into the negative electrode. The pore volume ratio R is defined as R=V1/V, where V1 is a total volume of pores having a pore size of less than 1 nm, and V is a total volume of pores having a pore size greater than 1 nm.
US08842414B2
An anchor group anchors organic dielectric compounds used in the production of organically based capacitors. The capacitors referred to are those that can be produced in a parallel process on a prepeg or other common printed circuit board substrate without additional metallisation on copper. The pre-fabricated capacitor layer can then be built into the printed circuit board, thereby gaining on space and cost for the surface of the printed circuit board.
US08842393B2
A head suspension with a connecting structure for a plate material comprises a base plate attached to a carriage that rotates the base plate around an axis, a load beam including a rigid part and a resilient part, a base end of the load beam fixed to the base plate at a plurality of first welded points, a flexure including a read/write head and a wiring and fixed to the load beam at a plurality of second welded points, and a resin seat interposed between the load beam and the flexure so that the resin seat prevents the load beam and the flexure from hitting each other due to vibration of at least one of the load beam and the flexure.
US08842392B2
According to one embodiment, a magnetic recording medium includes: a data area on which a plurality of first magnetic dots are arranged at predetermined positions to record information; a servo area on which a plurality of second magnetic dots for specifying the positions of said plurality of first magnetic dots are arranged at predetermined positions; and servo frames configured so that a frequency of said servo frames is 2N per circumference of said medium having a radius, that said servo frames are radially discontinuous, and that said servo frame and a space-area, on which no servo frames exist, are alternately radially arranged at a cycle W.
US08842389B2
A perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) head is fabricated with a main pole shielded laterally by a pair of side shields, shielded above by a trailing shield and shielded optionally below by a leading shield. The shields and the seed layers on which they are formed are formed of materials having substantially the same physical characteristics including the same material composition, the same hardness, the same response to processes such as ion beam etching (IBE), chemical mechanical polishing (CMP), mechanical lapping, such as the slider ABS lapping, the same coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) as well as the same Bs. Optionally, the trailing shield may be formed on a high Bs seed layer to provide the write head with improved down-track performance.
