US08919990B2
Disclosed are an illumination unit and a display apparatus using the same. The illumination unit includes first and second reflectors, and at least one light source module placed between the first and second reflectors. The second reflector includes a bottom plate, first lateral plates arranged to face each other in a first direction of the bottom plate, second lateral plates arranged to face each other in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, a groove formed in at least one of the second lateral plate and the bottom plate, and at least one hole formed in the groove.
US08919989B2
A piezoelectric generator utilizes to accept a force for generating electric energy and comprises a flexible material and a piezoelectric element set. The piezoelectric element is positioned in the flexible material. The piezoelectric element set is formed by the plurality of piezoelectric elements connected in series, each piezoelectric element comprises a piezoelectric material and a metal sheet. The piezoelectric material has piezoelectricity. When the piezoelectric material suffers a stress, the piezoelectric material will generate a voltage by the deformation. The flexible material has a first elasticity coefficient. The piezoelectric element set has a second elasticity coefficient. The second elasticity coefficient is larger than the first elasticity coefficient. Therefore, the flexible material protects and fixes the piezoelectric element set, the deformation of the piezoelectric element set will not be limited by the flexible material and the voltage generated by the piezoelectric element set will further not be affected thereby.
US08919988B2
A flashlight includes a battery compartment configured to alternatively receive a rechargeable battery or a non-rechargeable battery, a battery-type indicator located within the battery compartment, the indicator movable between a forward position and a rear position, wherein the indicator is biased to the rear position, and a switch that is closed by the indicator in the forward position, wherein the closed switch allows a battery inserted in the battery compartment to be recharged. With a rechargeable battery inserted in the battery compartment, the rechargeable battery engages the indicator and moves the indicator to the forward position, thereby closing the switch and allowing the rechargeable battery to be recharged while in the battery compartment. With a non-rechargeable battery inserted in the battery compartment, the indicator is in the rear position and the switch is not closed, thereby preventing the non-rechargeable battery from being recharged while in the battery compartment.
US08919986B2
The present invention provides a Christmas tree lighting decoration, which includes a base, an aqua light, and a decoration unit. The base receives therein a light-emitting element and a rotation mechanism. The aqua light is of a light-transmitting conic configuration and is mounted on the base. The decoration unit is helically around an outside surface of the aqua light and is mounted to the rotation mechanism to be rotated in unison therewith. As such, when the rotation mechanism of the base drives the decoration unit to rotate, a dynamic effect is generated. Further, the light-emitting element irradiates light onto the aqua light to provide a beautiful visual effect.
US08919981B2
This invention provides a cup with twinkling light effects, primarily comprising an inner cup, an outer cup, and a light unit, with the lower half of the inner cup having a number of arched convex strips, and the base of which has diamond-facet of concave and convex cones. As a result, when the light unit at the base of the outer cup is activated, the effects of the arched convex strips and diamond facets cause the cup to produce numerous refractions of the light source, creating twinkling rays of light with dazzling variation.
US08919973B2
A mirror base cover for an exterior rear view mirror assembly of a motor vehicle is described, which is provided with an opening for a part on the mirror base side of an articulated connection of a base bracket, which is preferably housed in an exterior rear view mirror housing, to a mirror base, which is covered by the mirror base cover. The opening has a larger design than is necessary for the part on the mirror base side of the articulated connection. A section of the opening remaining between the edge of the opening and the part on the mirror base side of the articulated connection is closed by a mirror base cap assembly. The mirror base cap assembly consists of a mirror base cap, only partly covering the remaining section of the opening, and a seal, moulded onto the mirror base cap, overlapping a gap remaining between the mirror base cap and the edge of the opening. The mirror base cap extends at least partly to the edge of the opening, so that contact between the mirror base cap and the edge of the opening is made, at least in places.
US08919967B2
A micro projection system includes a primary prism as a light guide device. The primary prism has a bottom face and two slope faces. A light source module and a collimation lens are arranged at the bottom face of the primary prism to project red, green, and blue lights onto one of the slope faces of the primary prism to be consolidated by a wedge prism group and reflected toward a polarization beam splitting wedge prism arranged at another slope face, where the light is split into two polarized lights that are then emitted out of the primary prism to be processed and combined as light of consistent polarization by a lens array and a polarization conversion film so as to facilitate condensation and projection of the light by a polarization beam splitter and a projection lens.
US08919953B1
Apparatus, systems and methods for facilitating actuatable contact lenses are provided. In one aspect, the contact lens can include: a substrate comprised of a material that is actuatable to at least one of change a base curvature from a first curvature to a second curvature or change a thickness from a first thickness to a second thickness; and a control component, operably coupled to the material, that outputs actuation information to cause the material to actuate and at least one of change the base curvature of the material or change the thickness of the material. The contact lens can be actuated based on a condition associated with an environment surrounding the contact lens, a sensed prescription for an eye over which the contact lens is placed or based on a focal point of the eye. The material can include piezoelectric film, a shape memory alloy, hydrogel and/or silicone elastomer.
US08919952B2
An eyeglass temple includes a main frame adapted for connection with a lens unit, and an auxiliary cushion frame disposed behind the main frame. The auxiliary cushion frame includes an ear engaging portion, a main connecting portion extending forwardly from the ear engaging portion to connect with the main connecting portion, an abutment portion extending forwardly from the ear engaging portion and adapted to be disposed between the main connecting portion and the wearer's head, and at least one resilient connecting portion connected between the main connecting portion and the abutment portion and adapted for biasing the abutment portion away from the main connecting portion toward the wearer's head.
US08919948B2
An ink for an ink jet recording apparatus, is provided, wherein the ink contains prescribed quantities of each of water, a pigment dispersion, a penetrant, a non-ionic water-soluble acrylic resin having prescribed characteristics, and a surfactant of a compound represented by general formula (I), (II) or (III).
US08919946B2
An image forming apparatus with a voltage applying unit between a recording head and an intermediate transfer drum is capable of activating polyvalent metal ions inactivated in advance in jetted recording liquid without liquid activators independent of the recording liquid for sufficient flocculation on the drum. When the jetted recording liquid temporarily bridges the head and the drum, electrolysis of the recording liquid by the voltage applied instantly leads to generation of hydrogen ions on the drum, which triggers a sequence of reactions in the recording liquid of activation of polyvalent metal ions, cross-link between the activated polyvalent metal ions and anionic polymer, and increase in viscosity on the drum.
US08919945B2
An inkjet ink including water, a pigment, a polymer, and a hydrazine compound. The polymer does not include an anionic unit and includes a first unit having a carbonyl group capable of reacting with a hydrazino group, and a second unit having at least one of an amino group, a dimethylamino group, and a diethylamino group. The content of the first unit is from 40% to 90% by weight based on the weight of the polymer, and the inkjet ink has a pH of not less than 9.
US08919942B2
An ink jet recording method includes preparing a bright image and improving the lightness, or the L* value, of the bright base image. More specifically, a bright image is formed using a bright pigment, and then an ink jet process is performed to discharge a white ink composition containing a white pigment onto the bright image with a weight per unit area (g/cm2) in a range of 0.01 to 0.5, inclusive.
US08919941B2
A pigment dispersion containing a metal pigment, wherein the metal pigment contains plate-like particles, and in the case where the longitudinal diameter on the planar surface of the plate-like particle is X, the lateral diameter is Y, and the thickness is Z, the 50% average particle diameter R50 of a corresponding circle determined from the surface area in the X-Y plane of the plate-like particle is between 0.5 and 3 μm, and the condition R50/Z>5 is satisfied.
US08919940B2
An ink jet recording apparatus including an ink jet head for ejecting a water-based ink from a nozzle onto a recording medium, wherein the water-based ink contains a fatty acid and a fatty acid potassium or sodium salt with which the fatty acid is emulsified and dispersed in water.
US08919932B2
A liquid ejection head includes a channel plate, a diaphragm member, and a piezoelectric member. The channel plate includes a separate liquid chamber, a fluid resistance portion, and a liquid introducing portion. The diaphragm member has a thin layer and a thick layer. The thin layer forms a wall face of each of the separate liquid chamber, the resistance portion, and the introducing portion and includes a vibration area facing the separate liquid chamber. The piezoelectric member is arranged to deform the vibration area and has a portion opposing the introducing portion. The thin layer has a thin portion forming the wall face of the introducing portion. The thick layer has a thick portion formed along the longitudinal direction of the separate liquid chamber on a first face opposite a second face opposing the introducing portion. In a plan view, the thin portion is divided by the thick portion.
US08919930B2
A jetting module includes a nozzle plate, a thermal stimulation membrane, and an enclosure. Portions of the nozzle plate define a nozzle. The thermal stimulation membrane includes a plurality of pores. The enclosure extends from the nozzle towards the thermal stimulation membrane to define a liquid chamber positioned between the nozzle and the thermal stimulation membrane. The liquid chamber is in fluid communication with each of the nozzle and the plurality of pores. The liquid chamber is spanned by a portion of the thermal stimulation membrane. A source provides a liquid under pressure through the thermal stimulation member with the pressure being sufficient to jet a stream of the liquid through the nozzle after the liquid flows through the thermal stimulation membrane.
US08919927B2
A liquid ejection head includes two or more substrates disposed side by side, each having energy generating elements and primary terminals electrically connected to the respective energy generating elements, and an electrical wiring member having primary flying leads electrically connected to the respective primary terminals by means of gang bonding. Each of the substrates has an auxiliary terminal located adjacent to the primary terminals and the auxiliary terminals of the two or more substrates are disposed adjacent to each other. The electrical wiring member has an auxiliary flying lead connected to the auxiliary terminals of the substrates by means of a gang bonding system.
US08919923B1
A printing system including a staggered inkjet printhead including at least two inkjet nozzle arrays arranged along first and second print lines in an alternating pattern, wherein the inkjet nozzle arrays along a particular print line alternate with non-printing regions. A media guide including first and second rollers is used for guiding receiver media along a media path past the first and second print lines of the inkjet printhead. A center roller having a contoured media guide surface is positioned between the first and second rollers for guiding the recording media along the media path between the first and second print lines, wherein the diameter of the center roller is smaller for portions of its length corresponding to the inkjet nozzle arrays of the first print line than it is for at least some portion of its length corresponding to the non-printing regions of the first print line.
US08919921B2
An image forming apparatus includes a recording head, an ejection detector, and a cleaner. The ejection detector detects ejection or non-ejection of droplets from the head and has an electrode member disposed in an area in which the electrode member is opposable to the head. The cleaner cleans the electrode member after ejection or non-ejection of droplets from nozzles of the head is detected by detection of electric changes of the electrode member generated when the droplets ejected from the nozzles land on the electrode member with a potential difference created between a nozzle face of the head and the electrode member and the nozzle face opposed to the electrode member. The cleaner includes a wiping member to wipe droplets adhering to the electrode member. The wiping member and the electrode member are configured to be relatively moved in parallel to a nozzle array direction to clean the electrode member.
US08919918B2
The present invention provides an inkjet printing apparatus in which aggregate or the like clogged in a nozzle is sucked to recover the clogged nozzle and provides a clogged nozzle recovering method. The inkjet printing apparatus in accordance with the present invention includes a cap which is structured to cover some of plural nozzles formed in a nozzle face of a head of an inkjet printer, a pressure sensor which acquires a pressure in an inside of the cap in a state that the some of the plural nozzles are covered by the cap, a suction means which sucks the inside of the cap with a pressure lower than a negative pressure at which a meniscus of a nozzle that is not covered with the cap is broken, and a nozzle recovery judgment means which judges recovery of a nozzle by comparing a reference pressure value, which is obtained when nozzles without being clogged are covered by the cap and sucked and is stored beforehand, with a pressure value which is outputted from the pressure sensor.
US08919916B2
A printer includes a printing unit that performs printing by causing at least one of respective colors of ink, clear ink and white ink to be ejected onto a transparent medium, and a controller that controls the printing unit, in which the controller performs control so as to form a design image by causing respective colors of ink to be ejected onto a transparent medium, and performs control so as to form a clear layer by causing clear ink to be ejected in a state overlapped on the design image, and performs controls so as to form a base layer by causing white ink to be ejected overlapped on the clear layer.
US08919914B2
A method of controlling a printer involves reading a cartridge identification number from a memory in a cartridge and storing such number, generating status information including such number and may further include a calculated ink usage amount, and sending the status information to a data processing apparatus, which may be a server. In some embodiments, the ink usage amount is calculated as a number of discharged ink shots. The server saves the status information. This or another upstream server can reliably determine the number of ink shots used by the printer only for printing from this status information.
US08919907B1
An inkjet printing apparatus includes a printing unit including four inkjet heads configured to discharge black, cyan, magenta, and yellow inks, respectively, to a transferred sheet; and a control unit configured to control the printing unit, wherein the printing unit, when forming a gray image by the printing unit, forms a grey image with three color inks other than black when a level of influence on an ink landing position by an airflow under the inkjet head is a predetermined level or higher, forms the grey image with the black ink when the level of influence is lower than the predetermined level, and controls the printing unit to set higher print resolution and set smaller an ink discharge amount for one pixel from the inkjet head than when forming the gray image with other three color inks, in forming the gray image with the black ink.
US08919903B2
A nail printing device includes: a printing head which implements printing for a nail of a finger; a fingernail image obtaining unit which picks up a region containing the nail, and obtains a nail region image from a picked-up image; a nail tip region extraction unit which extracts a nail tip region of the nail, the nail tip region not overlapping a nail bed of the finger, from the nail region image; and a shape adjustment-required region extraction unit which positionally aligns a model nail image with the nail region image, and extracts, as a shape adjustment-required region, a region located outward of an outline of the model nail image in the nail tip region.
US08919892B2
The dual vent valve includes a housing having brake pipe, emergency input and exhaust ports, and first and second valves. The emergency output port is fluidly connected to the emergency input port. The first valve selectively connects the brake pipe port to the exhaust port by opening the first valve in response to an emergency signal on the brake pipe port. The second valve selectively connects the brake pipe port to the exhaust port by opening the second valve in response to an emergency signal on the emergency input port.
US08919890B2
Disclosed are various embodiments of wheels having an increased interior lip depth. In some embodiments, the wheel can include a wheel barrel having a register formed on the inner surface thereof. A wheel center piece can have a junction rim secured to the register. The wheel center piece can include a center portion configured to be secured to a vehicle. The wheel center piece can include spokes which extend radially outwardly from the center portion and axial extenders which connect the radially outward ends of the spokes to the junction rim. The axial extenders can function to increase the size of the cavity formed between the wheel center piece and the inboard end of the wheel. Thus, the cavity can have a volume sufficient to accommodate mechanical components of the vehicle while allowing the register can be formed relatively close to the inboard side of the wheel, thereby increasing the depth of the interior lip extending from the outboard end of the wheel to the junction rim. In some embodiments, a one-piece wheel may be configured to have the appearance of being a multi-piece wheel having an increased interior lip depth. In some embodiments, a wheel component covering insert may be applied to the inner surface of the wheel barrel.
US08919883B2
A chair that facilitates user ingress and egress has a chair support structure and a seat, a backrest, and at least one armrest coupled to the chair support structure. A lower portion of the armrest is coupled to the chair support structure and an upper portion of the armrest is coupled to the lower portion to allow rotation of the upper portion with respect to the lower portion around a horizontal axis that splits the armrest into the two portions. The upper portion can be placed in an upright position above the lower portion and a folded position alongside the lower portion by rotation of the upper portion around the horizontal axis. The upper portion can be locked in the upright position with a locking mechanism that can extend through both the lower portion and the upper portion to prevent rotation of the upper portion around the horizontal axis.
US08919880B2
A seat has a first ischial region, a second ischial region, a tailbone region and a thigh transitional region, each having at least one slot. Each slot generally opens outward, away from a center of the seat. Each slot may have an elongated central portion and two distal portions extending from the central portion. The central portion and distal portions may be substantially linear and may have a specific configuration relative to each other to provide desired support characteristics. The slots may allow flexing and cantilevering of portions of the seat to dynamically contour the seat based on the weight of the user. Multiple grooves may be included at the front of the seat to facilitate curling of the front of the seat.
US08919878B2
Certain embodiments of the present invention include a vehicle seat having a seat component member, for example a seat cushion or a seat back. The seat component member has a pad forming a seat contour, a cover covering the pad and a mounting portion. At the mounting portion, a part of the cover is mounted to the pad by pulling the part of the cover to the pad. The mounting portion has a first portion for receiving pressure when an occupant seats on the vehicle seat, and a second portion for receiving a pressure lower than that the first portion receives. The mounting portion may have a structure in which the first portion is more flexible than the second portion.
US08919875B2
A base for a bicycle saddle comprises a load-bearing panel body and a rim surrounding the panel body. The rim includes a plurality of sections. One of said sections has a strip-shaped opening so that the section is more flexible than any other place of the rim.
US08919874B2
A vehicle seat component includes a cushion member, and an upholstery member that covers the cushion member. The cushion member and the upholstery member are integrated together during molding of the cushion member. The upholstery member has a first portion that is air-permeable and that is arranged at a seating side, and a second portion that is laminated on the first portion and that prevents intrusion of a molding material of the cushion member. A thin section that is recessed toward the upholstery member is formed in a back surface of the cushion member.
US08919872B2
A reinforcing arrangement includes two reinforcing units for coupling at two leg members of a foldable furniture respectively and a connecting unit for coupling the reinforcing units with each other. Each reinforcing unit includes a mounting body and a guiding member outwardly protruded from the mounting body, wherein the guiding member has a contoured body having a base portion and two maximum portions spacedly and outwardly protruded from the base portion to define two engaging surfaces between the base portion and the maximum portions. The maximum portions of one of the reinforcing members are engaged with the engaging surfaces of another reinforcing member respectively for enabling the leg members to be pivotally moved with each other. The maximum portions of one of the reinforcing members are also interlocked with the maximum portions of another reinforcing member for restricting a folding angle between the leg members.
US08919867B2
A vehicle assembly includes a vehicle body including a structural pillar. A headliner at least partially covers an exposed interior surface of the pillar. An interior garnish is secured to the headliner and is configured to conceal a lower edge portion of the headliner and cover at least a portion of the pillar. The interior garnish includes a main body having a pillar facing surface, a passenger compartment facing surface, a first longitudinal side portion, an opposite second longitudinal side portion, and an upper end portion. The interior garnish further includes a first engagement member located adjacent the first side portion and a second engagement member located adjacent the second side portion. The first engagement member is configured to hold the interior garnish in an install position relative to the headliner, and the second engagement member is configured to secure the interior garnish to the headliner.
US08919862B2
A roof apparatus for a vehicle includes first and second projecting members each mounted on a roof of the vehicle and each including an elongated shape. The first and second projecting members are arranged at first and second end portions of the vehicle in a width direction of the vehicle. A height of each of the first and second projecting members is equal to or greater than a height of an upper end of a boundary layer of an airflow flowing on the roof.
US08919857B2
A cabriolet vehicle having an opening hood which is displaceable between a closed position spanning the interior of the vehicle, and a stowage position which opens up the top of the vehicle interior and which comprises a hood frame which comprises a frame arrangement on each side in relation to a vertical vehicle longitudinal center plane wherein the frame arrangement is mounted pivotally on a main bearing fixed on the vehicle at the rear end and in the closed position of the hood engages through a frame opening arranged in a vehicle edge area wherein the opening can be covered by means of a flap arrangement when the hood is in the stowage position, as well as a locking arrangement which secures the hood in its stowage position.
US08919853B2
A deployable step and handle system for a tailgate. The handle is used to secure the deployable step in the stowed position that eliminates the need for a separate release system. The handle is placed adjacent a top edge of the tailgate to prevent debris from being trapped under the handle when the handle is closed. The ladder has a step surface disposed opposite and at an angle relative to a top surface of a spoiler that provides a step surface. The ladder rails are guided by rail guides as the ladder is moved between a stowed position and a deployed position. A unitary support bracket is used to connect both the handle and a ladder rail to the tailgate.
US08919840B2
An apparatus for the micromanipulation of micro-sized objects includes a micromanipulation device in the form of a hollow frame having a base, resiliently deflectable arms projecting from the base and defining a gap for receiving a micro-sized object, and a saddle connected to the tips of the arms between the base and the tips. A force generating device applies a force to the saddle to deflect the tips inwards to close the gap about the micro-sized object. A fixture is provided for supporting the micromanipulation device and force generating device. The force generating device can be a micrometer. The micromanipulation device is configured for production using micro-fabrication techniques. The micromanipulation device may include a piercing element for piercing an object positioned between the arms of the device, and may further include a notch aligned with the piercing element for retaining the object.
US08919831B2
A door handle device for a vehicle includes a door handle configured to be supported by a door panel, the door handle including a first handle case arranged to have a void relative to the door panel, a second handle case fixed to the first handle case at a side opposite from the door panel, and a lock command detection sensor including a lock detection signal processing circuit fixed to an inner side of the first handle case, a circuit connection portion electrically connected to the lock detection signal processing circuit, and a lock detection electrode assembled on the second handle case in a state to be arranged along an inner surface of the second handle case, the lock detection electrode being electrically connected to the circuit connection portion in a state where the second handle case is fixed to the first handle case.
US08919829B2
A pressure relief latch for use in securing panels on an air-craft. The latch includes an apparatus and method to retain the latch in a latched condition under certain conditions. The latch includes a detention assembly which includes at least a portion which has a coefficient of thermal expansion which differs from a housing of the latch.
US08919828B2
A lock unit having at least one catch with a primary position and a first position, as well as a first pawl and a second pawl, wherein the first pawl cooperates with the catch in the primary position and the second pawl cooperates with the catch in the first position, and wherein position detectors are provided for both pawls.
US08919825B2
A bite-in type pipe connection structure is provided, the pipe connection structure being capable of, even if piping connection work is performed with a length of piping inserted insufficiently, minimizing deterioration of air-tightness at the joint portion, at which the piping is connected, due to an offset load acting on the piping. Also provided are a valve, a bite-in type pipe joint, and a refrigeration device using the bite-in type pipe connection structure. A ferrule is provided with: a low-strength portion which, when a coupling member becomes fastened to a joint body by manually rotating the coupling member, allows the distal end portion of the ferrule to deform so that the distal end portion restrains a length of piping which is to be connected; a level changing portion which connects a front tapered surface, which corresponds to the low-strength portion, and a rear tapered surface; and a rearward portion which is adjacent to the low-strength section. The level changing portion is formed so that the wall thickness of the rearward portion has a value which can airtightly retain the piping to be connected.
US08919822B2
A tuning cable for hydraulic system noise reduction is secured to a secondary fitting where the secondary fitting is mounted in a primary fitting using a pressed-in fit, a threaded connection or a slip fit after a tuning cable is installed in the secondary fitting by crimping the secondary fitting. The primary fitting is secured to a hydraulic connector which is also secured to a hydraulic hose to form a hydraulic hose assembly. In an alternative embodiment the secondary fitting is slipped directly into the hydraulic connector.
US08919821B2
The present invention is concerned with providing security substrates, and documents made therefrom, such as banknotes, with features for visual inspection by members of the public. More specifically the invention relates to a novel security substrate containing at least two elongate security elements for the purposes of public and non-public verification. The security substrate comprises a substrate and at least two elongate security elements each having a width of less than or equal to 6 mm. The security elements are at least partially embedded within the substrate and running substantially parallel to each other with a gap therebetween of no greater than 10 mm. The total cross-directional width of a zone occupied by the two security elements and the gap is less than or equal to 18 mm.
US08919820B2
The invention relates to a security element for security papers, bank notes, ID cards or the like, with a substrate, on which are disposed at least two metal layers, the metal layers having different optical densities.
US08919819B2
Methods for creating customized children's storybooks with fingerprint art using fingerprint-ready templates stored in association with a software application on a desktop computer, a tablet computer, or a smart phone. The methods include the use of preconfigured templates and prompted discussions that elicit responses from the child to create text for the storybook. The text may be generated by speech recognition software processing digital audio recordings of the child's responses. A digital image of the child's fingerprint is acquired and the fingerprint image and/or the storybook scenes are scaled to fit each other. Fingerprint-ready image templates are used to facilitate the creation of fingerprint art. A completed page image is formed by digitally inserting a fingerprint into the fingerprint-shaped area, and if desired, coloring the image or drawing a scene around the image. When the scenes are completed the software application compiles the book pages and prints the same.
US08919814B2
There is provided a switch unit which is downsized and which can reduce cost by eliminating a connector and an intermediate harness embedded in a body. A wiper switch and a light switch are attached to a steering column. Each of the wiper switch and the light switch includes a base portion which positions a stator portion of the steering column between each other, a housing portion projecting from the base portion along a periphery of the stator portion. A connector is housed in the housing portion. The connector of the wiper switch and the connector of the light switch are attached to the steering column with the connectors being directly connected together.
US08919809B2
A child stroller and a stroller frame thereof are disclosed. The child stroller includes the stroller frame and a child safety seat. The child safety seat is engaged with the stroller frame in a detachable way. The stroller frame includes a main frame and an engaging device disposed on the main frame. The child safety seat includes a front engagement mechanism and a rear structural part. The front engagement mechanism is engaged with a front handrail support of the main frame. A hook of the engaging device hooks the rear structural part. Therefore, in practice, parents can take the child safety seat together with the child sitting thereon from a car onto the stroller frame, which reduces the probability of waking the child up and the inconvenience of the parents.
US08919808B2
A stroller for disabled children, having a foldable underframe and a seat receiving means fixed to the underframe for receiving a seat with a backrest. The seat is fastened in the seat receiving means facing toward or away from the direction of travel. The seat receiving means is pivotable in relation to a horizontal plane for adjusting the inclination of the seat and is lockable in its respective position in relation to the underframe. The pivoting of the seat receiving means is provided by a pivoting device, which includes a control element, a locking element, and an actuator, which is in operative connection with the control element and the locking element.
US08919805B2
A ski binding device for fastening a boot on a ski is described. The device includes a toepiece and a heelpiece fixed to the ski and structured to selectively retain the boot. The heelpiece includes a turret and a hooking projecting appendix (“HPA”) that juts out from the turret towards the toepiece while remaining substantially parallel to a first reference axis. The HPA includes a latch element insertable through the turret and configured to move forwards and backwards with respect to the turret parallel to the first reference axis. The turret includes a heel rising member movable from and towards a working position supporting the boot in a raised position and a mechanical connecting member connecting the heel rising member to the latch element to transmit the translating motion of the latch element to the heel rising member to move the heel rising member substantially together with the latch element.
US08919798B2
What is disclosed is a quickly foldable bicycle. A front arm and an intermediate arm are hinged together; the intermediate arm is fixed on the intermediate tube; a rear fork is hinged on the intermediate tube or on the intermediate arm; a seat tube is slidably sleeved inside the intermediate tube; a connecting rod seat is provided at a lower end of the seat tube; a first joint bearing at the front end of the front connecting rod is connected to a fixing seat at a lower side of the front arm; a second joint bearing at the rear end of the front connecting rod is connected to the connecting rod seat; and two ends of the rear connecting rod are hinged to the rear fork and the connecting rod seat respectively. The bicycle can be folded quickly, has a firm structure, is easy to produce and is eye-pleasing.
US08919786B2
The invention relates to a chuck with a chuck body (2) having a centering hole (3) that is tapered frustoconically and in which is provided a clamping member (4) having a clamping thread (5), with an angle drive (8) having a threaded ring (6) engaged with the clamping thread (5), axially fixed to the chuck body (2), coaxial to the clamping member (4), and rotatable by a drive member (9) that can be rotated about a drive axis that is not parallel to the chuck axis. The drive member (9) can be inserted from the end opposite to the centering hole (3) into a body cavity (10) that can be closed by a plate (11) that is supported on the chuck body (2) and/or the threaded ring (6). The drive member (9) is accessible for a drive tool through an aperture (12) in the cavity wall (13).
US08919783B2
A cam lock quick coupling 10 includes coupling components 12 and 13. A gasket 47, 147, 247 for use in the coupling 10 includes a positioning portion 67, 167, 267 substantially adjacent an outer peripheral surface 50, 150, 250; a compression sealing portion 68, 168, 268 substantially adjacent an inner peripheral surface 49, 149, 249; and a connecting portion 69, 169, 269 closer to the outer peripheral surface than to the inner peripheral surface.
US08919770B2
A printer extracts a media sheet from a plurality of media sheets in a media supply and moves the media sheet along a media path. A plurality of sensors on the media path generate signals as the media sheet moves past the sensors, and the printer identifies a cross-process direction dimension of the media sheet with references to signals generated by the sensors. The printer identifies the dimension of the print medium without requiring media size sensors in the media supply.
US08919768B2
An embodiment of the invention relates to a method for creating at least one first sheet job offset including polling a printing spool and determining whether at least one print job is queued in the printing spool, determining whether a first sheet of the at least one print job is ready to be outputted from a printing apparatus after the at least one print job is determined to be queued in the printing spool, configuring an outputting mechanism to accelerate the first sheet of the at least one print job out of the printing apparatus, and configuring the outputting mechanism to decelerate each remaining sheet of the at least one print job out of the printing apparatus.
US08919765B2
A sheet feed apparatus has sheet tray, sheet conveyance path, sheet feed roller, lift plate, and guide wall. Sheet feed roller is disposed, downstream of sheet tray in sheet conveyance direction, above central portion of sheet tray in sheet width direction perpendicular to sheet conveyance direction, so as to face central portion. Lift plate is movable upward and downward to allow sheet to contact with sheet feed roller. Guide wall is disposed downstream of lift plate in sheet conveyance direction and spaced from lift plate with predetermined gap, to guide the conveyed sheet in diagonally upward direction intersecting placing surface of sheet tray. Both end portions in sheet width direction in front edge portion, of lift plate, facing guide wall are provided with end guide surfaces, respectively, which are inclined upward relative to central portion in sheet width direction.
US08919763B2
A feeding apparatus includes a pickup roller arranged to pick and feed a medium downstream along a conveying path, a separating roller arranged downstream to the pickup roller for advancing the medium downstream, a brake roller arranged opposite to the separating roller, and a pressing structure arranged opposite to the pickup roller and operable to swing toward or away from the pickup roller according to the rotating direction of the brake roller. When the brake roller rotates for feeding mediums downstream, the pressing structure moves toward the pickup roller and applies a normal force required for picking the medium. But when the brake roller stops rotating downstream because multiple mediums are fed between the brake roller and the separating roller, the pressing structure moves away from the pickup roller and stops applying normal force, so as to control the medium-picking process.
US08919761B2
The present invention provides a sheet conveying device comprising a first conveyance path for conveying a sheet from a pair of first rollers to a pair of second rollers, a second conveyance path for performing switchback conveyance of the sheet, a switching unit for switching the second rollers between a press-contacted state and a separated state, and a single driving source for driving the rollers and the switching unit. A non transferring of drive section is set where when the driving source switches the rotation direction after the sheet that has been switchback-conveyed has reached the first rollers, a drive from the driving source is not transferred to the second rollers. The switching unit is driven to separate the second rollers during a time the drive is not transferred to the second rollers due to the non transferring of drive section.
US08919753B2
A spring plate, especially for a MacPherson strut unit, having an axial support surface for the final turn of a helical spring. The helical spring is centered by radial centering surfaces in the area of the circumferential contour of the final turn. The centering surface is divided into individual, partial centering surfaces, which come to rest against the circumferential contour of the helical spring.
US08919742B2
A fence system for strengthening a vinyl fence which includes a plurality of fence posts having specified dimensions, and the posts have a hollow interior. A plurality of section panels include specified dimensions, and the section panels each including a slat portion. The section panels each include a fence railing coupled to a top and bottom of the slat portion. The fence railings each define a hollow interior, and the fence railings are coupled to the posts by a connecting portion of the fence railings passing through corresponding holes in the posts. A strengthening member for positioning in each of the hollow portions of the top and bottom fence railings. A plurality of post members for positioning within the hollow interior at the top of the fence posts. The post members being attachable to the connecting portion of the fence railing using a first attachment element.
US08919740B2
A balcony fence includes an integrated wind shield of adjustable glazed panels that can be raised and lowered. The balcony fence with the integrated glazed panels is provided with lamellar glass both in its lower fixed part and in the part that can be raised and lowered. The balcony fence with the integrated glazed panels also includes a counterweight balancing mechanism.
US08919737B2
A traction device for paying out and retrieving a flexible line including a line mover, wherein the line mover includes at least one movable friction surface, the friction surface in total defines at least two arc sections configured to move the line along with the arc sections, in use the line is wound around the friction surface such that the line has a first contact area being in contact with the first arc section and a second contact area being in contact with the second arc section, and the traction device includes a line controller coupled to the line between the first contact area and the second contact area and configured to control the velocity with which the line in use is fed to the second arc section, and also a method and use of the traction device.
US08919729B2
An adjustable thermal die assembly is provided. The thermal die assembly includes a thermal forming die and at least one insert. The thermal forming die has at least one die cavity of a select shape. The die further has at least one opening to the at least one die cavity. The at least one insert has at least one internal passage that is conformed to have a shape of the at least one opening to the at least one die cavity of the die. Moreover, the at least one insert is configured and arranged to be selectively coupled to the die with the at least one internal passage of the at least one insert aligning with the at least one opening of the at least one die cavity to selectively increase a depth of a forming cavity of the thermal forming assembly.
US08919726B2
The present invention is directed to a flexible concrete form system having both flexible and rigid parts that are easily assembled and disassembled using a multi-contact point connection system. The concrete form system can be extended or stacked in a wide variety of configurations to accommodate almost any desired concrete shape.
US08919724B2
A mount for a mountable element includes a frame, and a plurality of flexures supported by the frame. The plurality of flexures are configured to be outwardly extended against a restorative bias, so that the element can be inserted therebetween. The mount further includes a plurality of intermediate bonds that may be inserted between the plurality of flexures and the element while the plurality of flexures are outwardly extended. Among other things, a system and method mounting the element are also disclosed.
US08919719B2
A vehicle seat sliding device includes: a lower rail adapted to be fixed to a vehicle floor; and an upper rail adapted to be fixed to a vehicle seat, and coupled with the lower rail in a relatively movable manner. A projection is arranged in the vicinity of the rear end portion of the lower rail, and protrudes above the bottom wall of the lower rail. A fitting recess is formed in the bottom wall more forward than the projection. A block body placed on the bottom wall extends to the projection and has a slanted surface more forward than the projection. The block body includes: a fitting protrusion, which fits into the fitting recess and positions the block body in the lateral direction; and a fitting wall, at least a part of which fits on the protrusion. The fitting wall positions the block body in the lateral direction.
US08919718B2
An apparatus including one or more beverage container receptacles for holding a beverage container in the upright position in multiple convenient and possibly unstable locations is described. Slender legs separate the beverage container receptacles from direct contact with the mounting or bearing surfaces and serve to damp spilling forces transmitted from these surfaces when the apparatus is placed in various horizontal or vertical orientations such as vertically between couch cushions; or horizontally between a bed mattress and box spring; or on a picnic blanket. Multiple stemmed and non-stemmed beverage container types such as wine glasses, coffee cups, large soda cups are simultaneously held. Additional storage space for personal effects such as digital electronic devices, remote controls or reading glasses is included. One embodiment of the invention includes speakers, amplifying electronics and batteries for playing digital music from a users digital electronic device.
US08919710B2
An apparatus for positioning a device. The apparatus includes a coupling member, a first arm, a second arm, and a sloped support member. The coupling member defines a first opening and a second opening. The first arm passes through the first opening, and the coupling member is movably connected to the first arm. The second arm passes through the second opening. The sloped support member is releasably connected to the second arm. The apparatus has at least five degrees of freedom.
US08919703B2
A hinge sealing element to substantially prevent airflow between an edge of a moveable aero surface structure and an edge of a fixed skin of an aircraft wing in the vicinity of the ribs to which the moveable aero surface structure is pivotally mounted is disclosed. The hinge sealing element comprising a deformable elongate, resiliently flexible strip having an upper face to contact a trailing edge of a fixed skin and one end attachable to a moveable aero surface structure such that said strip extends from an upper surface of said moveable aero surface structure beyond its leading edge and into a space between the edge of the fixed skin and the rib of the aircraft wing to a second, free end. The strip is configured such that it deforms during pivotal movement of the moveable aero surface structure to maintain contact between the upper face of the flexible element and the trailing edge of the fixed skin.
US08919702B2
The systems and methods of the invention modulate atmospheric gases to temporarily increase the amount of atmospheric particles in the path of the debris, in order to decelerate the debris and accelerate natural orbital decay to the point of atmospheric re-entry. In one aspect of the invention, clearing the space debris includes propelling a plume of atmospheric gases substantially orthogonal to the path of the debris such that the debris collides with the gaseous plume as it passes through the plume. Increased atmospheric drag from the gaseous particles of the plume in the path of the debris obstructs a forward propagation of the debris and gradually decelerates the debris, leading eventually to atmospheric recapture. Embodiments of the invention can be employed in any number of applications, including without limitation, clearing debris in the low-earth orbit (LEO) which is particularly susceptible to debris build-up, de-orbiting non-refuse payloads front orbits, and clearing debris from geosynchronous orbits.
US08919697B2
A structural assembly for an aircraft comprising a cover with outer and inner faces, an inner support element and urging means on the inner support element, wherein opposing edges of the cover are fixedly mounted relative to the inner support element, and the urging means acts on the inner face of the cover to urge the cover to distend outwardly and locate in a predetermined position. Another aspect of the invention relates to a method of forming a structural assembly for an aircraft comprising an cover with outer and inner faces, an inner support element and urging means on the inner support element, the method comprising the steps of fixedly mounting opposing edges of the cover relative to the inner support element and operating the urging means to act on the inner face of the cover so that the cover is urged to distend outwardly into a predetermined position.
US08919696B2
A method for stiffening a skin field of an aircraft fuselage includes providing a skin field for an aircraft fuselage, manufacturing an integral lattice-shaped stiffening structure including a plurality of longitudinal stiffeners and connecting the stiffening structure to the skin field. The manufacturing can include the use of a tool mold having a plurality of longitudinal recesses configured to form longitudinal stiffeners and a plurality of sunken areas disposed between the longitudinal recess. The sunken areas are configured for forming respective mounts that are configured for connection to circumferential stiffeners.
US08919693B2
The invention relates to a guiding device (100) for part of a jet engine nacelle that can move in translation, comprising: (i) a rail (101) fixedly mounted on part of the nacelle, and (ii) a slide (102) which is connected to the mobile part and which can slide along the rail. The invention is characterized in that the guiding device is provided with a built-in retractable system for preventing the translational movement of the slide, for which purpose the device includes: (i) at least one blocking means (104) mounted such that it can move on the rail and occupy alternatively an engaged position in which it forms a translational abutment for the slide and a released position in which it is moved away from the slide and enables the relative translational movement of the slide beyond the locking system, and (ii) at least one means (130) for controlling the blocking means.
US08919692B2
A proximity sensor valve includes a housing which defines a fluid inlet and a fluid outlet in communication with a cavity. A plunger pin within the cavity for movement along an axis, the plunger pin movable between an extended position and a retracted position. The plunger pin extends at least partially outward of said housing at the fully extended position. A spool is within the cavity for movement along the same axis as the plunger pin, such that the spool and the plunger pin are movable with respect to each other to control fluid flow between the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet.
US08919691B2
The invention concerns a life-saving vehicle (10) designed as a hollow body with the form of a sphere or disk essentially flattened along a vertical axis (16) that demonstrates its greatest width in a horizontal plane (15) and which body, composed of an upper part (11) and a lower part (13), limits an internal passenger compartment (25), whereby the body comprises a stabilizing arrangement (12) that stabilizes the vehicle when it is in water, a telescopic arrangement (40), a stabilization means (14) arranged at the lower part, which stabilization means can be displaced in a vertical direction downwards from the lower part through activation of the telescopic arrangement (40). The vehicle, in order for it to travel not only in the air but also in water, comprises: a first and second rotor (52, 17), a motor (55) with an associated transmission (54), a pair of propulsion units (60) and a stabilizing fin (65).
US08919688B2
A dispensing mechanism for a sheet product dispenser includes a chassis, a roller positioned within and coupled to the chassis, and a spring configured to bias the roller into contact with a sheet product. Another dispensing mechanism for a sheet product dispenser includes a chassis, a roller positioned within the chassis, a pair of plugs, and a pair of springs. The roller is coupled to the chassis via the plugs, and the springs are configured to bias the roller into contact with a sheet product. Still another dispensing mechanism for a sheet product dispenser includes a chassis, a first roller positioned within and coupled to the chassis, a second roller positioned within and coupled to the chassis, and a spring configured to bias the first roller toward the second roller and into contact with a sheet product.
US08919678B2
A filter for use with overhead sprinkler irrigation systems is disclosed. The filter includes a body, a removable screen, and a manually-actuated plunger adjacent the screen. A water hammer table is partitioned in the body and located above the plunger. The plunger is positioned for reciprocal movement through a debris outlet between an open, debris-discharging position, and a closed filtering position. The plunger defaults to the closed filtering position by pressurized water flowing through the body. The water is simultaneously filtered through the screen and passes out a clean water outlet while debris accumulates within the body. The plunger may be manually retracted to the open, debris-discharging position at any time, whereby accumulated debris is flushed out of the body through the debris outlet by residual water flowing therethrough.
US08919662B2
Scent devices and methods are provided. In one embodiment, the present invention can be a device to scent an environment comprising a scent and a structural component. The scent stick can have a length to average cross-sectional diameter ratio of at least about 4:1 according to some embodiments. The scent stick can be colored to blend into an environmental setting to make the presence of the scent stick unobtrusive. The scent stick may also be attached or hung by the addition of a hanger or hoop. The scent stick may be hung from a tree, automobile mirror or a person as an adornment. Other embodiments are also described.
US08919654B2
An apparatus may include a microprocessor and a wireless communication interface configured to perform at least one of receiving a first radio signal or transmitting a second radio signal. The microprocessor may be configured to execute at least one of a base-band encoder software program or a base-band decoder software program. The apparatus may be further configured to execute a wireless communication protocol selector software program that may be configured to optimize a value of a user-defined criterion in order to dynamically select at least one of a wireless communication network, a wireless communication protocol, and a parameter of a wireless communication protocol.
US08919653B2
Disclosed are systems and methods for unassisted (i.e., customer controlled) exception handling in an automated data reader having a read zone. A first imager obtains a first image of an exception item in response to an exception generated in a read zone. An exception handling station receives the exception item, and a second imager located at the exception handling station obtains a second image of the exception item. An image processor receives the images, identities visual object recognition features from each image, and compares the features to determine whether the first and second images represent the same exception item. If so, the exception is cleared, and the item is added to a transaction list.
US08919649B2
A method for the detection of a marker affixed to the surface of an object, includes: acquiring a photographic image of a zone containing at least one marker; extracting contours from the photographic image; detecting a marker-positioning contour from among the aforementioned contours, which corresponds to a set of confocal conics having a predetermined form; modelling an image of the confocal conics in the form of a matrix having at least two symmetric matrices of order 3; analyzing the matrices in order to determine a perspective correction for the photographic image; detecting, in the perspective-corrected photographic image, an indexing element associated graphically with the positioning contour of the marker, and rotation-correcting the photographic image; detecting, in the perspective and rotation-corrected photographic image, encoded data graphically associated with the positioning contour of the marker, and decoding the encoded data. A marker-detection system using the method is also described.
US08919641B2
Systems and methods for facilitating risk assessment for point of sale transactions utilizing at least one risk triggering value (RTV) is disclosed. An RTV is a condensed version of a set of complex risk data and strategies usually found in central processing sites. After receiving a request for payment authorization, a risk value is calculated for the request. The distributed processing site compares the risk value to the RTV to determine whether to authorize payment. If the risk value is less than or equal to the RTV, the payment is authorized while a risk value greater than the RTV will not be authorized. The central site calculates a new RTV for the account and distributes the new RTV to the distributed processing site.
US08919640B2
Methods and systems for registering a relationship between users are disclosed. A first electronic device transmits a request to provide relationship information to a computing device. The computing device generates a transaction code and transmits the code to the first electronic device. The first electronic device generates a symbology corresponding to the code and displays the symbology. A second electronic device scans the symbology and decodes the symbology to obtain the transaction code. The second electronic device transmits the code to the computing device, which associates relationship information for the users of the first and second electronic devices. The first electronic device receives the relationship information for the user of the second electronic device from the computing device, and the second electronic device receives the relationship information for the user of the first electronic device.
US08919634B2
A solder ball printing apparatus fills plural openings formed in a mask with solder balls using a squeegee and prints the solder balls on plural electrode portions formed on a surface of a substrate facing the mask. The solder ball printing apparatus includes: a substrate mounting table on which the substrate is mounted and on the back surface side of which plural hole portions are formed; a print table on which the substrate mounting table is mounted; an XYθ stage which can drive the print table in a horizontal plane; a print table cylinder which can vertically drive the print table; a mask absorption portion which has members that can be fitted into the substrate mounting table; and a mask absorption cylinder which can vertically drive the mask absorption portion.
US08919632B2
Disclosed is a method of detecting a bonding failure of a wire bonder, which comprises a bonding tool operative to form an electrical connection between a semiconductor die and a substrate using a bonding wire. The method comprises the steps of: forming a first wire bond on a first surface located on the semiconductor die using the bonding tool and the bonding wire; forming a second wire bond on a second surface located on the substrate using the bonding tool and the bonding wire such that a wire loop connects the first and second wire bonds, wherein the first surface is not electrically-conductive; moving the bonding tool in a direction away from the second wire bond to break the bonding wire from the second wire bond; detecting whether the second wire bond remains bonded to the substrate; and determining an occurrence of the bonding failure if the second wire bond is no longer bonded to the substrate.
US08919626B1
A power chair carrier system includes a power chair having an elevating motor mounted thereon for raising or lowering the seat of the power chair and for raising or lowering the power chair drive assembly including wheels when the chair is mounted on a vehicle. A hitch assembly is removably connected to a vehicle and includes a docking structure for removably connecting to an upper portion of the power chair to permit the drive assembly and wheels of the power chair to be raised while the chair is in a docking position.
US08919621B2
A spare tire assembly which includes a spare tire or under mount frame, a spare tire, and a cover. The assembly may optionally include an electric winch, and a jack. The cover is connected to the under mount frame when assembled to the vehicle, and is disconnected from the under mount frame when the spare tire is needed. The cover has dimples which improve air flow underneath the vehicle. The cover is made of different sizes to be used with different size spare tires for different types of vehicles, such as trucks, sport utility vehicles, and vans.
US08919617B2
A dispensing tool is for use with a cartridge containing dispensable contents, wherein one end of the cartridge has a discharge nozzle and the opposite end contains a follower that can be pushed toward the nozzle to discharge the contents. A grip-type actuator of the tool advances a pressure plate against the follower to push it toward the nozzle. The tool has a pressure plate aligned with a holder that is sized to retain the cartridge with the follower in line with the pressure plate. A pantograph mechanism drives the pressure plate toward the follower and is driven by a grip-type actuator.
US08919612B2
An ornamental dispersion assembly that provides at least one ornamental portion positioned inside a dispersion assembly for engaging with a liquid or vapor that disperses from the dispersion assembly. The ornamental portion includes spherical gemstones configured to enhance the liquid by providing a smoothing and balancing effect to the liquid. The gemstones include etched surfaces for removing residue from the gemstone and providing a smooth surface to engage the liquid. The gemstones also include an aperture for enabling a siphon inside the dispersion assembly to pass through. In this manner, the gemstone positions on a nonlinear portion of the siphon, and in proximity to a central longitudinal axis of the dispersion assembly to inhibit contact with a sidewall of the dispersion assembly. The transparent dispersion assembly displays the gemstones. As the liquid passes over the gemstone, the liquid is enhanced by becoming more smooth and balanced.
US08919606B2
A hole plug has a head portion, a leg portion protruding from the head portion, and a flange portion protruding on an upper circumference of the leg portion. The leg portion includes an inner wall having an approximately cylindrical shape and connected to the head portion; and an outer wall extending along the inner wall with a gap among the inner wall from a folded portion provided in an end portion of the inner wall, and forming a bendable thin-walled portion. The thin-walled portion is elastically bent by an external force to be capable of transitioning from a first usage aspect in which the outer wall is locked in the hole with the thin-walled portion being in a non-bending state to a second usage aspect in which a force larger than the first usage aspect is provided to pressure contact relative to the hole.
US08919605B2
These are devices and methods of delivering calibration or control information to a device, such as an analyte monitor. The devices may include a first portion configured to be grasped by the hand of the user, and a second portion including a reservoir and a flexible neck. The reservoir may contain a control material that contains a target analyte in a known or predetermined concentration.
US08919604B2
A hand-held vessel has a bottom wall, a sidewall and a supportive strap attached to the bottom wall and the sidewall. The bottom wall and sidewall have an inner and outer surface. The sidewall extends from the bottom wall, whereby the inner surfaces of the bottom wall and sidewall define a cavity for holding fluids or loose materials therein. The strap has a first end and a second end, whereby the first end is fixedly attached to the sidewall and the second end is selectively secured to the bottom wall. The strap is adaptable to accept a user's hand disposed between the strap and the outer surface of the sidewall. The strap urges the hand against the outer surface of the sidewall to secure the vessel to the hand and stabilize the vessel with respect to movement relative to the hand.
US08919603B2
A detachable handle for a child's sippy cup. The sippy cup includes a cup portion and a lid portion coupled to the cup portion. The lid portion includes a drinking spout having apertures. The detachable handle includes a ring portion that engages the lid and/or the cup portion, and a pair of grasping portions that extend axially and radially away from the ring portion. Hook portions are radially aligned with, and extend axially opposite the grasping portions, and are engageable with an upper surface of the lid portion. Moving the grasping portions radially inwardly causes the hook portions to move radially outwardly for disengagement from the upper surface and removal of the handle from the sippy cup.
US08919602B2
A protective shield fits onto a fuel cylinder that is mounted on a propane-powered or LNG-powered vehicle, with a cylindrical flange on the tank surrounds a tank valve. The protective shield is formed of a cylindrical wall of a rubber-like material that fits snugly onto the cylindrical flange of the fuel tank, and has a window affixed into its upper end of the cylindrical wall. The window can be a disk of transparent plexiglass. There are openings in the cylindrical wall to access the tank valve. The shield provides visibility of the tank valve but prevents any spray of the fuel that may escape from the tank valve from reaching the worker's face or other exposed skin.
US08919597B2
Provided is a gas tank wherein the pressure of gas filled in the tank hardly increases. A hydrogen tank (1) includes: a container main-body (10) into which hydrogen is filled; a first thermal-foam heat insulation layer (21) provided on the outer surface (11) of the container main-body (10); a belt fitting region (16) virtually provided at a portion of the outer surface (11) of the container main-body (10); a belt (31), wherein the back surface (35) being a part of the surfaces of the belt (31) is in contact with the belt fitting region (16), and wherein the belt (31) is fixed to a vehicle body (141) so that the container main-body (10) is fixed to the vehicle body (141); and a second thermal-foam heat insulation layer (41) provided on a surface of the belt (31) other than the back surface (35).
US08919596B2
The unique element of this tackle box can also be applied to a toolbox, sewing box, or any other type of utility box used for carrying various supplies. That unique element is the handle itself and the way that it automatically secures the top lid of the box when it's being carried and in the fact that the handle itself is attached to lower portion of the box and not attached to the lid, as is the case for most prior inventions that are similar. By attaching the handle to the lower portion of the box and not the lid, this invention solves the problem that occurs when the user commonly forgets to secure the lid (as required in prior related inventions with this design flaw) resulting in accidental spillage of its contents.
US08919586B2
Hoisting crane (20), comprising a substantially hollow jib (24,-124; 324) having a longitudinal axis, and comprising one or more hoisting cable guides (47, 48, 49; 147; 347). The jib comprises at least one jib leg (29; 129; 329) extending between a jib connection member (26) and a jib hoisting end (27; 127; 327), wherein the at least one jib leg comprises one or more hybrid portions (160; 360) comprising two elongated hollow casings (170; 370) substantially parallel to each other and substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the jib, and wherein between the two casings a truss (171 371) is provided to rigidly connect the two castings.
US08919584B2
A mounting frame for removeably mounting one or more electrical devices has a base, a mounting bracket and a plurality of platforms for mounting the electrical devices thereon. The mounting bracket has openings for engaging with mounting bolts on a utility pole or other support structure. The mounting frame is balanced and has an eye bolt for elevating the frame to the desired level on the support structure during installation.
US08919574B2
A water purifier includes an outer tube having a partition wall dividing the outer tube into lower and upper storage chambers, an intermediate tube defining a guide receiving space and a plurality of angularly spaced-apart inclined through holes to fluidly communicate the guide receiving space and the upper storage chamber, and an inner tube defining a water-exit passage and a plurality of angularly spaced-apart inclined guide holes to fluidly communicate the guide receiving space and the water-exit passage. A guide unit includes a plurality of flow guide plates disposed at positions corresponding to the inclined through holes.
US08919569B2
Methods and apparatus for separating and removing aflatoxin-contaminated corn from batches of corn by a floating process, thus producing a distinguishable floating mat of contaminated corn and a separate submerged bed of uncontaminated and less contaminated corn. The methods of this disclosure include removing the floating contaminated corn mat by a vacuum mechanism or by liquid flow. The methods reduce the aflatoxin level in the submerged corn bed as much as 80% from the initial aflatoxin level, while removing no more than 15% from the batch of corn.
US08919567B2
An impact screen cloth for use in a screening device for screening out oversize objects in a material flowing in a direction is provided, comprising a metal plate having a perimeter and comprising a plurality of openings therethrough and forming a grid having longitudinal ligaments substantially parallel to the direction of the material flow and transverse ligaments substantially perpendicular to the direction of the material flow; and a number of longitudinal wear bars positioned on an equal number of longitudinal ligaments to cover a substantial portion of the number of longitudinal ligaments without substantially interfering with the openings.
US08919558B2
A package for an oral care implement comprising a container having a display portion and a periphery, and a backing attached to the container for defining an interior for receiving an oral care implement. The backing further comprises a first portion attached to a portion of the periphery for defining an interior of the container and a second portion attached to the display portion; wherein the second portion of the backing further comprises a separable portion that facilitates separation of the first portion of the backing from the display portion and thereby facilitates access to the interior of the container.
US08919543B2
A side cover is provided for a conveyor. The side cover includes a first edge and a second edge. The second edge is substantially parallel to the first edge. Further, a magnet is coupled to the first edge. The magnet is configured to couple the side cover to the conveyor.
US08919531B2
An image recording apparatus includes an apparatus main-body, a tray, a first transporting path including a curved portion and an extending portion connected to the curved portion, a feed roller which feeds a sheet from the tray to the first transporting path, a transporting roller which transports the sheet, a recording portion which records an image on the sheet transported through the extending portion, a first guide member defining an outer wall of the curved portion, a second guide member defining an inner wall of the curved portion, a second transporting path which connects a portion of the extending portion and a portion of the curved portion, a third guide member defining an upper wall of the second transporting path, a fourth guide member defining a lower wall of the second transporting path, and a fifth guide member provided to a rotating front-end side of the fourth guide member.
US08919528B2
A method system and device, to align a substrate on a surface, the device including a first intake and a second intake where the first intake is configured to accept a first fluid and the second intake is configured to accept a second fluid. The first fluid is channeled into the device to vertically move the device a distance, and the second fluid calibrated and channeled into the nozzle, the nozzle having a focusing outlet, and where the fluids are configured to exert a force to facilitate the alignment of the substrate on the surface.
US08919527B2
Conveying equipment for persons includes sheet metal parts, stiffeners, H-frames and travel tracks, which together with respect to statics, load-bearing capability and stiffness can be used as a framework support construction.
US08919524B2
Provided are an object processing apparatus and a financial apparatus. The object processing apparatus comprises a motor, a shutter configured to close and open an object-entrance space, and a power transmission. The power transmission is configured to open or close the shutter according to operation of the motor and allow the shutter to be opened or closed by an external force when the motor is not operated. The power transmission transmits a driving force of the motor to the shutter without any electronic control.
US08919522B2
A wear indicator apparatus, system and method are provided for allowing wear information from an internal flow surface of a chute to be obtained from outside the chute so as not to require access to the interior thereof for wear inspection purposes. In one form, the wear indicator apparatus has a wear indicator portion that is configured to be fit into a through opening in the chute wall assembly. The wear indicator portion has a layer of wear material that is of the same material as an inner liner of the chute wall assembly, and a mounting portion that is configured to be removably fixed to an exterior surface of the wall assembly. Preferably, the wear indicator apparatus includes a removal mechanism connected to the mounting portion that is operated outside of the chute for retracting the wear indicator portion out from the wall assembly through opening.
US08919510B2
A lock-up clutch assembly for a torque converter includes a clutch housing defining an annular clutch chamber, and an annular piston received in the clutch chamber and extending between the inner diameter and outer diameter of the clutch chamber. The piston defines inner and outer diameters associated respectively with the inner and outer diameters of the clutch chamber. The assembly further includes a backing plate received in the clutch chamber, and at least one annular friction disk and at least one annular friction plate received in the clutch chamber between the piston and the backing plate. The assembly further includes first and second seal members configured to provide respective fluid seals between the inner diameters of the piston and clutch chamber and between the outer diameters of the piston and clutch chamber.
US08919507B2
A display stand case table provides additional utility for users attending tradeshows, conventions and similar events by providing a work table or display table usable for various purposes. In addition to including a protective housing for transporting displays stands, the case is convertible to a table configuration wherein a carried tabletop is supported by a top edge of the case along with a related hinged lid. In this way, the tabletop is of sufficient size for the display of promotional items, samples, brochures, etc. while also being sufficiently supported. In addition, a secondary lid is provided at an interim location along one side of the case body. The secondary lid can be supported in a substantially horizontal orientation, thus providing an additional supporting shelf. It is contemplated that this secondary support shelf provides a surface to hold or contain audio visual equipment, laptop computers or promotional materials.
US08919498B2
An arrangement allowing a person to climb up and/or down an object, such as a high-voltage mast, the arrangement including an elongate, rail-type profiled element that is provided with at least one guiding part extending along the profiled element, and a part for absorbing force transmission. A climbing aid is also provided, comprising two climbing consoles with one respective foot supporting area and a guiding section that embraces or grips the guiding part and a holding section which at least partly rests against or on the profiled element opposite the guiding section.
US08919496B2
A suspension trauma relief strap assembly comprises a sling and a housing. The sling includes an intermediate portion interconnecting a first end and a second end. The first end is looped back and secured onto itself proximate the intermediate portion to form a connector portion. The housing is operatively connected to the first end proximate the intermediate portion, and the housing includes a cavity configured and arranged to receive at least a portion of the intermediate portion.
US08919493B2
To reduce or eliminate the startle response in aquatic life, embodiments of the present invention alter the sound produced by a diver's exhaled bubbles by adjusting up or down the frequency of the sound produced by the bubbles.
US08919487B2
A fuel tank support structure for a saddle-type vehicle includes a head pipe which steerably supports a front wheel, a main frame section extending rearwardly and downwardly from the head pipe, and a pair of left and right lower frame sections extending substantially horizontally rearwardly from a lower portion of the main frame section. A fuel tank is disposed in back of the main frame section and between the lower frame sections, and a step floor is disposed over the fuel tank. In the fuel tank support structure, floor support members are disposed under the step floor as support members. The floor support members are disposed in a left-right pair on the outer sides relative to the lower frame sections. The fuel tank is supported by the floor support members. The lower frame sections are disposed so that their lower edges extend along a lower surface of the fuel tank.
US08919480B2
A motorcycle includes a vehicle body frame which extends in a front-rear direction of the vehicle, an engine unit that generates power that drives the motorcycle, a seat on which the rider sits, a storage box disposed below the seat, a fuel tank that stores fuel needed by the engine unit, and an air filter disposed above the engine unit to filter the air needed by the engine unit and includes an air intake hose to introduce air. The fuel tank is disposed below the seat and is located in front of the storage box. Moreover, the fuel tank is mounted on the vehicle body frame, and the air intake hose extends from the air filter toward an area between the fuel tank and the storage box such that a air inlet thereof is located in a space between the fuel tank and the storage box.
US08919478B2
In accordance with a first aspect, a bicycle drive unit includes a first bottom bracket, a crank axle, and a first motor. The first bottom bracket is configured to be coupled to a first axial end of a bottom bracket shell of a bicycle. The crank axle is rotatably supported by the first bottom bracket with respect to a rotational axis. The crank axle has a first end portion and a second end portion. The first motor includes a first casing non-rotatably coupled to the crank axle, a second casing non-rotatably coupled to the bottom bracket shell, a first rotor having a first magnet disposed on the first casing, and a first stator non-rotatably coupled to the first bottom bracket. The first magnet and the first stator radially face with each other with respect to the rotational axis of the crank axle.
US08919475B2
A ground effect transport system comprising a plenum roof platform for location beneath a load carrying means, a skirt depending from the platform to form a plenum chamber with the platform, fan means on or in the platform for supplying air to the plenum chamber, wherein the skirt extends downwardly towards the ground surface and has a ground engaging support member for supporting the bottom of the skirt above the ground surface and a separate detachable sealing member for providing a seal between the bottom of the skirt and the ground surface.
US08919469B2
A ventilation system for a machine including an engine, an engine compartment having an interior, a secondary compartment having an interior, and a sensor. The ventilation system has a ventilation fan having a fan outlet, and a duct configured to direct air from the fan outlet to at least two of the interior of the engine compartment, the interior of the secondary compartment, and the sensor.
US08919459B2
A system for controlling a first module, a second module, and a third module. The system includes: an inlet configured to receive fluid from a fluid source; a first double-stage valve; and a second double-stage valve. The first double-stage valve is actuatable to a first position wherein fluid from the inlet flows through the first double-stage valve to the second double-stage valve and a second position wherein fluid from the inlet flows through the first double-stage valve to the third module. The second double-stage valve is actuatable to a first position wherein fluid flows from the first double-stage valve to the first module and a second position wherein fluid flows from the first double-stage valve to the second module.
US08919456B2
An improved technique is presented for detecting when a fastener driven by a drill driver has reaches a desired stopping position. The improved techniques generally includes: sampling periodically current delivered to the electric motor; storing a sequence of current measures most recently sampled; and determining a slope for the sequence of current measures by way of linear regression. Transmission of torque to the output spindle can be interrupted based in part on the slope of the current measures.
US08919453B2
A landing ring having at least one scallop groove formed on an interior of the ring. The landing ring interfaces with a fluted mandrel casing hanger such that the scallop groove aligns between flutes of the hanger. This alignment of the scallop groove of the landing ring with the fluted mandrel casing hanger provides sufficient clearance to allow a stabbing in of a cement tube for cement injection during cement topping operations or debris clean out down hole.
US08919450B1
A collet connection insulation apparatus has a frame having a first portion hingedly connected to a second portion such that the first and second portions are movable between an open position and a closed position, a first insulation section affixed to the first portion of the frame, a second insulation section affixed to the second portion of the frame, and a latch for locking the first and second portions of the frame in the closed position. The interior volume of the insulation sections is suitable for receiving the collet connection therein. The latch is slidably mounted on one portion of the frame so as to engage a sloted flange on another portion of the frame. The latch can be manipulated by a remotely-operated vehicle.
US08919448B2
Modular stress joints usable to compensate for forces applied to a subsea riser or other structure include a base member and one or more additional members. Members having desired lengths can be selected such that the sum of the length of the base member and additional members defines a desired total length. Members having desired wall thicknesses can be selected such that a combination of the wall thicknesses of the base member and each additional member defines an overall wall thickness or stiffness. The total length, overall wall thickness, or both correspond to expected forces applied to the subsea riser or structure, such that the stress joint is adapted to compensate for the forces and prevent damage. The number or length of members used and their thickness or other characteristics can be varied to provide multiple lengths and stiffnesses, such that the stress joint is modular and reconfigurable.
US08919447B2
The invention relates to an undersea connector for connecting an oil installation to the sea bottom, the connector being of the type presenting a first tubular element forming a female portion for fastening to the ocean bottom and a second tubular element forming a male portion for connection to the oil installation, wherein the connector comprises at least one anti-disconnection device for the connector, the device being housed in the female portion and comprising means for positioning the device in a first position in which the connector is capable of being disconnected, or else in a second position in which the connector cannot be disconnected.
US08919445B2
Method of managing hydrates in a subsea production system that includes a host production facility, one or more producers, one or more water injectors, a water injection line, and a single production line for directing production fluids from the producers to the host production facility. The method comprises placing a pig in the subsea production system, shutting in production from the producers, and injecting a displacement fluid into the subsea production system in order to displace production fluids in the production line. The method also includes applying electrically resistive heat along a selected portion of the single production line to maintain production fluids within the production line at a temperature above a hydrate formation temperature after production has been shut in.
US08919444B2
An apparatus for perforating a subterranean formation may include a casing, an energetic material, a liner, and an acid-generating material. The casing may have a slotted end configured to receive a detonator cord, and an open end. The energetic material may be disposed in the open end and in ballistic. The liner may enclose the open end, and the liner may include an acid-generating material that is configured to form an acid upon detonation of the explosive material.
US08919438B2
A method for evaluating wellbore integrity including introducing a drill to a surface of a casing encompassing an annulus, enclosing the drill in a housing hydraulically isolating the surface, drilling through the casing and into cement surrounding the casing, observing a pressure of the fluid, and using the pressure observation and a drill position to evaluate a presence of a defect and a location of the defect. Apparatus for evaluating wellbore integrity including a probe comprising a drill, wherein the probe is hydraulically isolated from the wellbore, a valve that encompasses the drill, a pressure gauge to measure the pressure of the fluid within the housing, a pressure gauge to measure the pressure in the system outside the housing, and equipment to compare the pressure measurements and the position of the drill and to evaluate a presence and a location of the defect.
US08919437B2
A centralizer for centralizing a tubular in a conduit is described. The centralizer comprises a body comprising a upper body portion and a lower body portion and a plurality of arms linking the upper body portion to the lower body portion. Relative movement of the upper and lower body portions towards each other causes the arms to buckle radially outwards into a set configuration in which the arms are engaged, in use, with a conduit.
US08919435B2
Certain aspects and features relate to dehydrator screens that are inexpensively made wire, mesh, or stamped metal screens that can direct carrier fluid from a gravel pack slurry efficiently to one or more screens associated with a base pipe.
US08919432B1
An apparatus, system and method for reducing gas intake in horizontal submersible pump assemblies are described. A horizontal electric submersible pump (ESP) system for pumping gaseous fluid comprises a multi-stage centrifugal pump, an electric motor operatively coupled to the centrifugal pump, and an intake section upstream of the pump comprising a tapered core further comprising a sloped outer surface extending between a downstream side and an upstream side, a first intake port for the intake of well fluid in an ESP assembly, the first intake port located on a top portion of the tapered core and proximate to the downstream side, a gravity-actuated closing member moveably attached on the sloped outer surface, wherein the gravity-actuated closing member closes the first intake port, and a second intake port located on a bottom portion of the tapered core, the second intake port open to the well fluid.
US08919429B2
Systems, apparatus, and methods for longitudinally moving or running a tubular, with the system including an elevator suspended from a rig. The elevator includes a body defining a bore to receive a tubular and wedges defining channels therebetween, with the wedges being configured to engage the tubular. The system may also include a spider including a body defining a bore to receive the tubular and wedges defining channels therebetween. The wedges of the spider may be configured to engage the tubular, and the wedges of the elevator may be configured to slide axially at least partially in the channels of the spider. The wedges of the spider may be configured to slide axially at least partially in the channels of the elevator.
US08919419B2
In a window covering system with a shade roll, a counterbalanced motorized shade roll system includes a shade roll with a hollow interior connected with a window covering system. A motor is located within the hollow interior. A torsion spring is also located within the hollow interior of the shade roll and the torsion spring is connected with the motor on one end and with the hollow interior on another end. Batteries are also located within the hollow interior of the shade roll opposite from the motor and after the connection of the torsion spring with the hollow interior of the shade roll such that the torsion spring does not surround the batteries.
US08919418B2
A curtain assembly includes a curtain, or panel of flexible material, such as fabric, forming a generally smooth surface extending between a first anchor assembly and a second anchor assembly. Slits through the fabric are sized and arranged to be stretched opened to form respective openings in response to relatively small amounts of stretching of the panel between the two anchor assemblies with a tension force. The openings may be re-closed by allowing the panel to return to a relaxed state. The opening and closing action can be repeated according to new methods to controllably vary the amount of light that the curtain assembly allows through the panel. The curtain assembly may be used as part of various larger assemblies and in various environments.
US08919414B2
A roller blind cassette for receiving a roller blind shaft and a roller blind which in the stowed state is wound onto the roller blind shaft and in a functional state is drawn in a longitudinal direction through an exit slot of the roller blind cassette. The cassette has a housing with a hollow section slotted along its length and extending in a direction transverse to the longitudinal direction and forming the exit slot of the roller blind cassette. Two opposite edge regions extend on both sides of the slot of the hollow section and are connected to one another in the region of two opposite ends of the hollow section by a connecting bridge, the connecting bridge being connected to one of the edge regions by a connecting arrangement that counters in a positive manner the freedom of the connecting bridge to rotate at the edge region.
US08919410B2
A fiber placement system for producing small sized flat laminates having a length and width that extends in the X and Y axes, and a constant height measured in the Z-axis includes a fixed creel for delivering fiber used by the system, and a fixed bracket attached to the creel. A fiber placement head is supported by the fixed bracket and a movable table for supporting a tool is positioned under the fiber placement head. The fiber placement head is fixed in the X, Y, and Z-axis during the application of fiber to the tool.
US08919409B2
A fiber placement machine has a fiber placement head and a K-axis housing that is supplied with fiber tow from a creel. The fiber placement head is mounted on the front of the K-axis housing. The fiber placement head has a compaction roller and a cut, clamp, and restart mechanism positioned adjacent to the compaction roller that receives fiber tow from the K-axis housing. A separable coupling connects the fiber placement head to the K-axis housing, whereby the fiber placement head may be disconnected from the K-axis housing for docking purposes.
US08919396B2
The present invention relates to a pocketbook system that allows to easily mix and match how many pocketbooks, other carriers, and/or straps will suffice for that day or evenings' use while this pocketbook system is easy to use and inexpensive to manufacture. More particularly, the pocketbook system has a primary pocketbook for carrying contents, one or more removably attached secondary carrier for carrying contents, a device(s) for removably attaching the secondary carrier(s) to the inside or outside of the primary pocketbook, or for attaching the primary pocketbook and secondary carrier together, and preferably has at least one removable flexible strap(s) and a device(s) for removably attaching the strap(s) to the primary pocketbook and/or secondary carrier. The user makes use of the pocketbook system by attaching, detaching, re-attaching, exchanging, and switching different parts and/or elements to form a suitable pocketbook structure for a particular use at a particular time.
US08919389B2
A tubular structure and method for making a tubular structure are provided, where the tubular structure includes at least one layer of braided strands. In general, at least one portion of the braided strands exhibits a braid pattern of crests and troughs (e.g., a wave pattern, which may include sinusoidal, square, and/or sawtooth waves) along a length of the tubular structure. The wave pattern can be created by rotating the mandrel onto which the tubular structure is braided during the braiding process, such as by angularly oscillating the mandrel about its longitudinal axis or about its transverse axis. As a result, the tubular structures may have increased radial strength, collapse resistance, torque transmission, column strength, and kink resistance. The tubular structures may be used in medical devices, such as stent-grafts, as well as in other medical and non-medical devices, such as in hoses, tubing, filters, and other devices.
US08919386B2
A clamp apparatus includes seat and a stopper. The stopper is force toward the seat by an elastic member, so that the stop and the seat are able to clutch and stop a tube or a multi-way valve. The seat is provided with a detachable holder which clips or presses on the tube or the multi-way valve. Thus, by interchanging the holder with another holder, the clip can fit with sizes of tubes and multi-way valves. Application of the clamp apparatus is expended with minimal accessories.
US08919385B2
A manifold plate and a filtration arrangement including a manifold plate which comprises a body having a mounting region on the exterior of the body and first and second fluid channels extending within the body. The mounting region has at least one first opening and at least one second opening. At least one first fluid passageway fluidly couples the first opening to the first fluid channel and at least one second passageway fluidly couples the second opening to the second fluid channel. One or more filtration units may be mounted to the mounting region in fluid communication with the first and second openings of the manifold plate.
US08919383B2
The invention relates to a device and method for manipulating a liquid in a channel, wherein a body, which forms a capillary intermediate space with respect to the channel wall, is moved in the channel and the channel is filled with liquid only up to the body. Preferably, the body can also bridge an area of the channel that cannot be wetted for the liquid.
US08919381B2
There is provided a fluid rerouting system for valve bodies that use hydraulic pressure, via a balance pressure line, to move spools. In an exemplary embodiment, the system comprises a valve sleeve having a plurality of ports that are substantially aligned with a plurality of fluid connections in the mating bore, except that no valve sleeve port aligns with the balance pressure line. The system also includes a spool having a plurality of lands that are sized and configured to fit slidably in said valve sleeve. The combination of the valve sleeve and at least one of the lands form a chamber, fluid access to which is via an aperture traversing the land. Means for blocking the access of said balance pressure line to said valve sleeve are also included.
US08919373B2
A valve (101) that can be used as a pressure limiter, for example in a sanitary supply line. The valve (101) according to the invention includes a valve housing (1), a fluid line piece (2) being provided in the housing interior thereof, the downstream side circumferential edge area thereof forming a valve seat (3) for a valve body (4), wherein the valve body (4) can be displaced between an open position and a closed position, in which closed position the valve body (4) acts on the downstream circumferential edge area of the fluid line piece (2), by the pressure of the fluid flowing in through the fluid line piece (2) on one side, and a downstream side pressure acting on the valve body (4) opposite to the regular flow-through direction on the other side.
US08919370B2
The invention relates to a tank for storing a liquid active ingredient for operating an aggregate of a motor vehicle, particularly a unit for post treatment of exhaust gases of the motor vehicle, comprising a container and at least one functional element (11, 18) extending into the container, wherein the functional element is provided with at least one agent (25, 26) for abrasion protection.
US08919368B2
A self-locking T-piece connects an attachment to a breathing gas line. The self-locking T-piece has a line section (2), a connection line (4) branching off therefrom, a movable valve body (10) with a valve disk (12), and a valve seat (14). The valve body (10) is prestressed by a spring (16) into a position to seal the connection line (4) against the line section (2), with the valve disk in the valve seat, and moves out of the sealing position when connecting the attachment to the connection line. The valve body (10) is elastically deformable such that it can be advanced through the connection line (4) and the valve seat (14), while undergoing elastic deformation, and returns to its original shape during the entry of valve disk (12) into the line section, in which it has a sufficient extension to be able to cover the valve seat for sealing.
US08919363B1
A collapsible stacking rack is constructed of end assemblies and friction-fit crossmembers. The crossmembers feature slots that engage in slots formed between the vertical members of the end assembles and turn-ups on the ends of horizontal members of the end assemblies. As a result, a box-like construction results from simply fitting the crossmembers into place, resulting in a strong rack that may be easily disassembled for storage or transport without tools or connectors. An optional roof formed of truss assemblies may be fitted into place and connected to the side assemblies by means of sleeves. Such roof is held in place by gravity, such that it may be easily removed or fitted into place as desired. A pliable fabric material is fitted over the truss assemblies to protect material within the stacking rack.
US08919362B1
A telescoping cane with folding platform has a telescoping mechanism to adjust the height. A bottom portion of the cane is pivotally attached to a platform. The platform pivots upward into a parallel position with a shaft of the cane for a stowed position. In a deployed position, the platform is pivoted to a perpendicular position. The wider base of the platform assists a user in balancing his stance when using the cane. The pivoting assembly is further provided with a locking mechanism to maintain the platform in a deployed or stowed position. The cane is also equipped with a platen to assist with placement of user's foot upon the platform, which aids in stabilizing the cane when attempting to rise from a seated position.
US08919360B1
A cabinet washer is supported on legs above a floor. Fluid dispensing heads discharge wash fluid within the cabinet. A sump collects wash fluid leaving the cabinet, for recirculation as desired through a pump. A wheeled cart has a frame which supports a tray and a rack above the wheels. Items to be washed are positioned on the rack and the cart is received within the cabinet, at which point the bottom wall of the tray underlies the cabinet bottom wall opening. The tray bottom wall slopes to receive fluid discharged within the cabinet interior compartment and convey it through a cabinet rear wall opening. The sump may be provided with a deflector which alternately sends fluid to be recirculated or drained from the sump. The front door may be hinged to the cabinet, or may be mounted to the cart itself.
US08919358B2
A substrate processing apparatus has an indexer block and a processing block. One side of the processing block has a vertical stack of a plurality of top surface cleaning units and the other side of the processing block has a vertical stack of a plurality of back surface cleaning units. Reversing units for reversing the substrate W are provided one above the other between the indexer block and the processing block. For example, one reversing unit is used for reversing the substrate before a back surface cleaning processing by the back surface cleaning unit or for other purposes, and the other reversing unit is used for placing the substrate W after a top surface cleaning processing by the top surface cleaning unit or for other purposes.
US08919352B2
Described is a hair iron comprising first and second side members pivotally connected at adjacent first ends thereof. A first heating plate is provided on a first surface of the first side member, and a second heating plate is provided on a first surface of the second side member such that moving the first and second side members to a closed position engages a section of hair between the first and second heating plates. Second ends of the first and second side members are tapered to aid separating the section of hair by sliding the hair iron longitudinally into the hair. Opposed first and second longitudinal edges of the first surfaces of the first and second side members are each curved such that the first longitudinal edges are concave in shape.
US08919351B1
A mascara wand assembly includes a wand, multiple brush units and a cylindrical brush unit. The wand has a cap and a handle on two ends thereof. The cylindrical brush unit is connected to the cap. The multiple brush units are mounted to the wand and each brush unit has multiple first brush hairs extending radially and outward therefrom. The first brush hairs have different thicknesses. Each first brush hair has multiple sub-brush hairs extending therefrom. Each brush unit has a notch and a block respectively on the top and underside thereof. A 90-degree angle is defined between the notch and block of each brush unit. The block of one brush unit is engaged with the notch of the next brush unit.
US08919349B1
A foot exfoliation device including a base tray having non-slip surface member disposed on a bottom side thereof; a continuous wall disposed on the base tray top side proximal the periphery thereof; and a trough continuously disposed on the top side inside the wall. Stacked sand paper sheets are disposed within the trough. A removable snap-on cover is disposed atop the base tray. A sand paper post member, which is centrally disposed within the trough proximal to a base tray front end, permits exfoliation between toes. An aperture, centrally disposed proximal to a forward end of each of the sand paper sheets, slidingly receives the post member therethrough. A mirror is disposed on an underside of the cover to permit inspection of the user's feet.
US08919344B2
The invention is directed to a positive airway pressure (PAP) system with a head mounted harness assembly with a housing and a head position sensor located within or secured to the housing that detects the position of a patient's head, and communicates this head position information to a controller of the system which may be disposed within the housing having the position sensor or a second housing. The controller varies the output pressure of the pressure source, e.g. a rotary compressor, based, at least in part, on the head position information provided by the head position sensor. In a preferred embodiment, the position sensor is an accelerometer.
US08919341B2
An inhaler, particularly a powder inhaler, for administering a medicament in the form of inhalable substances, substance formulations or mixtures, with a mouthpiece (2) and a magazine that comprises a housing (3) having a plurality of cavities (32) for holding the medicament, the mouthpiece (2) being in flow connection with one of the cavities (32). The closed housing (3) has a cover (4) that covers at least one carrier (26, 27) comprising the unsealed cavities (32), the carrier (26, 27) being movable relative to the cover (4) for bringing a cavity (32) into flow connection with the mouthpiece (2).
US08919339B2
A support and sliding system for extractable shelves that are installable in a cooking oven that allows improved sizing of the usable surface of the shelves and the better utilization of oven volume.
US08919334B2
Several embodiments of an outdoor cooking apparatus are described having an upright barrel enclosure with an open end, a removable lid, a pre-measured heat source basket, an adjustable venting member and dual suspension frames or grate.
US08919333B2
A compound bow includes a first and second pulley, each of which is operative, when the bow is drawn, to unwind a portion of a bow string from a bow string groove and to take up a portion of a bow cable so as to decrease its effective length. At least one of the pulleys includes a cable controller which operates to modify the rate at which the effective length of the bow cable is decreasing so that during an initial portion of the draw of the bow, the rate is greater than it would be in the absence of the controller, and during a second portion of the draw, the rate is less than it would be in the absence of the controller. Use of the controller provides a bow which has an inherently balanced draw.
US08919326B2
A fuel pump module, in which an in-tank filter and a fuel pump are installed at respective locations and held by a pump retainer, thereby allowing fuel to easily flow in the fuel pump module and realizing smallness and improved filtering performance of the fuel pump module.
US08919322B2
An engine configuration that places multiple pistons on one or two oscillating discs. The engine can be configured to operate as an internal combustion engine that uses diesel fuel, gasoline, or natural gas, or it can be configured as an expander to convert high pressure high temperature gas to rotary power. For any given set of choices of numbers of pistons and sizes of pistons, disks, and gears, there are disclosed dimensional constraints useful for more efficient functioning of the engine. This engine is especially suited as a driver for electrical power generation as it delivers high torque at low engine speeds, among other uses. Its compact design results in high power to weight ratios.
US08919321B2
An internal combustion engine for a vehicle, such as a motorcycle, includes a crankcase defining a sump, and a lubrication system scavenging oil from the crankcase and supplying oil to the crankshaft and to first and second cylinder heads. The lubrication system includes a pump with housing and rotor, the housing being fixed to the crankcase and the rotor being rotatable around a crankshaft axis and being rotated by the crankshaft. A plurality of oil supply passages extend through the crankcase, potentially including at least one being formed in the crankcase.
US08919317B2
An inertia incremental apparatus for a flywheel of an engine, may include a drive plate integrally connected to a crankshaft, a flywheel rotatably connected to the camshaft, receiving a rotational force from the drive plate through a planetary gear set, and rotating relatively to the crankshaft, and a stiffness-providing unit disposed on a path of transmitting the rotational force from the drive plate to the flywheel.
US08919299B2
A thermal management unit for a vehicle powertrain component. The thermal management unit is designed to maintain the operating temperature of the vehicle component within a relatively small, ideal temperature range. The thermal management unit includes a three-way valve and temperature sensor that uses the temperature of a lubricant used by the component itself to configure the valve such that lubricant having the desired temperature is passed to the component.
US08919288B2
Animal feeding apparatuses that include a plurality of protrusions extending into a feeding well. The protrusions clean the teeth or gums of an animal as it feeds from the feeding well. Also described herein are methods of cleaning an animal's teeth with such a bowl and animals that feed from such a bowl.
US08919287B2
A housing for animal feedstuff including a base, a roof extending over the base, uprights spaced apart from one another and extending between the base and the roof, and a container locatable between the uprights for containing feedstuff. Livestock, such as cattle, access feedstuff within the container by way of spaces between the uprights. In an embodiment, the uprights are telescopic and the roof can be pivoted between raised and lowered positions relative to the uprights.
US08919272B2
Embodiments of the present invention feature a device having aerodynamic lift surfaces that is capable of rotation about a stayed mast.
US08919267B2
A seeder implement (125) includes a fork (146) having a first spindle support arm (150) that supports a first spindle (164) and a second spindle support arm (152) that supports a second spindle (168). A first disk (160) is supported on the first spindle (164), wherein the first spindle (164) is oriented in a first orientation and at a first acute angle relative to a lateral line. The first disk (160) is oriented at a second acute angle relative to the ground surface. A second disk (166) is supported on the second spindle (168), wherein the second spindle (168) is oriented in a second orientation and at a third acute angle relative to the lateral line. The second disk (166) is oriented at a fourth acute angle relative to the ground surface. The first disk (160) is longitudinally offset ahead of the second disk (166), and there are no structural components between the first and second disks (160, 166) other than the first and second spindles (164, 168). In one embodiment, a packing wheel (142) is disposed to close and compact furrows opened by the disks (160, 166) and is disposed in the same orientation as one of the disks (160, 166).
US08919265B2
A gasifier comprises an internal chamber, a slag collection region, a slag passageway, a slag breaker, and an actuator. The internal chamber comprises a main combustion region that is configured and adapted to gasify fuel. The slag collection region is located beneath the main combustion region. The slag passageway operatively connects the main combustion region to the slag collection region. The slag breaker comprises a face that is movable relative to the internal chamber. The face is configured and adapted to move within the slag passageway in a manner such that the face contacts and mechanically breaks solidified slag into chunks of solidified slag that then fall into the slag collection region. The actuator is connected to the slag breaker and is configured and adapted to move the face of the slag breaker.
US08919261B2
A transport tanker and a method of reinforcing a transport tanker are generally provided. The transport tanker may include a tank body, and a coupling structure, including a web extending from the tank body, for transferring a towing load to the tank body. A load spreading structure may be affixed to the tank body and configured to spread at least a portion of a load experienced by the tank body in a region proximate a terminal end of the web. The load spreading structure may include a reinforcing member including a elongated U-shaped member including two legs joined at a first end by an arcuate section. A respective one of the two legs may be at least partially disposed on opposed sides of the web with web at least partially received within an open second end of the U-shaped member.
US08919256B1
An obturator can be secured to a projectile to be launched from within a launch tube. The obturator cooperates with the projectile to seal a pressurized gas within the launch tube during launch. The obturator has a plurality of segments that combine to form a ring. Each segment has connecting features that cooperate with corresponding connecting features of an adjacent segment to hold the segments together by restricting relative circumferential movement, without restricting radially outward movement of individual segments. Preferably, each segment is identical, making it easier to repair and assemble the obturator. Upon launch, the obturator segments can move radially outwardly to separate into relatively small, uniformly-sized pieces.
US08919244B1
A food grilling rack provides a frame defined by a plurality of connected side walls forming a closed geometric shape. The frame includes a lower corrugated sheet that provides multiple troughs, each trough having a lowest portion. The lower sheet is attached to at least some of the side walls. An upper sheet of material is supported (e.g., removably) above the sheet of corrugated material. There are a plurality of openings in the upper sheet of material, each opening being vertically aligned with a lowest portion of a trough. In one embodiment, the frame includes a pair of flanged members attached to a lower corrugated sheet that provides multiple troughs, each trough having a lowest portion. A sheet with openings slides into the frame aligning the openings with the lowest part of the trough.
US08919237B1
A panel, a tactical maintenance curtain system, and a method includes a plurality of first panels, where each of the plurality of first panels are rectangular; a plurality of second panels, where each of the plurality of second panels are disposed between a pair of the plurality of first panels via lap joints, and where each of the plurality of second panels are rectangular; and at least two webbing straps containing each of the plurality of first panels and the plurality of second panels; where each of the plurality of first panels, the plurality of second panels, and the at least two webbing straps are constructed of a material providing suitable impact protection from bullets and blast fragments.
US08919236B2
A perforating gun assembly comprises a drop sub linking the firing head to the gun tube or tubes. The drop sub includes a 360° perimeter shaped charge explosive for severing pipe having an axial bore to accommodate a pass-through of the perforation charge detonation chord. Consequently, the severing tool is detonated by the traverse of a detonation wave along the chord length to disconnect the perforating gun prior to detonation of the perforation charges.
US08919226B2
A tool for torquing a regulator onto a cylinder of a portable cylinder assembly. The tool includes a nut and a socket. The nut is configured to fit around a body of a regulator of a portable cylinder assembly. As such, the nut has a first set of grooves that avoids one or more valve assemblies on the body of the regulator. The socket has a cavity extending therethrough such that the cavity consists of three sections: a top section, a middle section and a bottom section. The top section of the socket is configured to be coupled to a device that applies a torque force on the socket. The middle section of the socket is configured to avoid a case of the regulator which is disposed above the body of the regulator. The bottom section of the socket is configured to be coupled to the nut.
US08919221B2
A cable gland and gasket ring assembly includes a gasket ring and a cable gland formed of a shell, a collar, a packing ring and a connection ring for securing a cable to a junction box. The gasket ring is an annular member, having a first end face, a second end face opposing the first end face, a plurality of annular ribs concentrically arranged on the first end face and an annular convex portion located on the second end face, which is mounted on the first connection ring segment for enabling the annular ribs to be stopped against the stop face and a tapered inner surface located on the inside of the stop flange segment for stopping against a tapered outside surface of the packing ring. The packing ring further has at least one outer annular groove extending around the periphery of the second packing ring segment thereof.
US08919220B2
Construction is achieved wherein upward displacement of a steering column 6c during a secondary collision is prevented, and the distance D between the steering column 6c and the tip end section of an adjustment lever 18b is kept the same regardless of the up/down position of the steering wheel 1. The position of the adjustment lever 18b after rotation is maintained by the tip end section of a locking arm 40 that is provided on the base end section of the adjustment arm 18b engaging with a locking groove 42 of a locking piece 41 that is provided on a support plate section 23a. The direction of formation of the locking groove 42 is such that when the up/down position of the steering wheel 1 is in an upward position, the top end section of the locking groove 42 engages with the tip end section of the locking arm 40, and when the up/down position of the steering wheel 1 is in a downward position, the bottom end section of the locking groove 42 engages with the tip end section of the locking arm 40.
US08919219B2
A precision equipment having: a base; a table supported by the base; a tubular rod connected to a side of the table via a joint; a drive mechanism that moves the rod forward and backward; and a laser interferometer that detects displacement of the table relative to the base. The joint is provided by a supplying-discharging static-pressure joint and includes: a movement surface that is connected to the table and is orthogonal to a moving direction of the table; a drive surface that is connected to the rod and faces the movement surface; and a fluid supply channel supplying fluid to a static-pressure clearance between the movement surface and the drive surface. The laser interferometer includes a laser path having an optical axis along the moving direction passing through the inside of the rod of which a pressure is reduced and the drive surface and reflect on the movement surface.
US08919211B1
A force-sensitive capacitive sensor that includes a first conductive plate, a second conductive plate that is spaced apart from the first conductive plate, and a compressible dielectric insulator positioned between the first conductive plate and the second conductive plate. The sensor also includes a first protective insulator, a second protective insulator sealed to the first protective insulator to encase the first conductive plate, the second conductive plate, and the compressible dielectric insulator, and a circuit attached via wires to the first conductive plate and the second conductive plate. The sensor may also include electromagnetic shielding. The circuit is configured to sense a change in capacitance between the first conductive plate and the second conductive plate caused by compression of the compressible dielectric insulator resulting from a person occupying the sensor or a support surface positioned above the sensor, and transmit output based on the sensed change in capacitance.
US08919207B2
A multimode flow meter can use both the time-of-transit of upstream and downstream ultrasonic signals and time for transmission of downstream-only signals to determine a flow velocity of a medium flowing through a conduit. Based on factors, such as previously computed flow velocity and signal-to-noise ratio of the upstream signal, a mode of operation may be switched and only the time for transmission of the downstream signals may be used to determine flow velocity. The multimode flow meter can compute cross-flow to reduce its effect on the determination of flow velocity.
US08919205B2
A measuring device linked to a conveyor for transporting a flexible glass is provided. The measuring device includes a base, a first roller, and at least one second roller. The first roller disposed on the base moves back and forth along a first axis. The second roller disposed on the base moves back and forth along a second axis. The flexible glass enters the conveyor passing through the second roller and the first roller. An operation method of the measuring device is also provided.
US08919194B2
A reflector target includes a reflector defining a tapered reflector surface. The reflector includes an apex opening and an opposed base opening, wherein the base opening has a larger perimeter than the apex opening. The tapered reflector surface extends between the openings forming a tapered passage there-between. The tapered reflector surface is configured to resist the accumulation of surface bubbles on the reflector surface by movement of bubbles along the reflector surface out through the apex opening.
US08919193B2
An ultrasonic sensor detects the presence or absence of a fluid in contact with the sensor and a level of fluid along the sensor. The sensor includes a first probe having a. transducer element operably connected thereto. The transducer element is configured to transmit an ultrasonic signal through the first probe, A second probe has an other than straight shape. The second probe has a transducer element operably connected thereto that is configured to receive the ultrasonic signal transmitted by the first probe to determine the presence or absence of a fluid and when present, the location of fluid along the second probe. The other than straight shape of the second probe increases the path length of the received signal to increase the resolution and accuracy of sensing the presence or absence of the fluid, and when present, the resolution and accuracy of a location along the second probe at which the fluid is present.
US08919189B2
An external tire pressure sensing device and a sealable venting member thereof are provided. The sealable venting member is placed inside the external tire pressure sensing device. The venting member is of an integral part and includes a supporting platform for tightly contacting with a sensor, a communication portion located at one side of the supporting platform and used to lift of a gas outlet valve of a gas nozzle, and a communicating hole for interconnecting the gas nozzle and a sensing portion of the sensor located on the top portion of the supporting platform. The sealable venting member has the advantages of small axial dimension, good sealability, reliable connection and high safety, thus further reducing the size of the external tire pressure sensing device.
US08919185B2
An apparatus for producing swirling flow in a pipeline is provided. The apparatus comprises in flow series: an inlet pipe, a flow deflection section, and an outlet pipe. The inlet pipe is configured such that fluid arrives in the flow deflection section from the inlet pipe and the outlet pipe has one or more apertures formed in a radially outward side wall thereof for the entrance of fluid to the outlet pipe from the flow deflection section. The apertures are configured such that the entering fluid adopts a swirling flow in the outlet pipe. The flow deflection section is configured such that, in the flow deflection section, fluid arriving from the inlet pipe is deflected to a location radially adjacent the apertures while maintaining a substantial component of flow in said principal direction.
US08919178B2
A guided keeper and method for metal forming dies includes a base with a head portion and an opposite externally threaded mounting portion received in a mating die aperture. A scalloped shoulder portion with arc-shaped notches is located axially between the head and the mounting portions of the base, and a retainer ring groove is located axially between the head and the scalloped shoulder portion of the base. A cap screw is retained in the die, and has a cylindrical head received in one of the arc-shaped notches in the base to retain the base in place. A retainer ring is mounted in the ring groove in the base and retains the cap screw in place.
US08919167B2
Embodiments of the invention comprise forming a billet from molten steel and hot rolling the billet to reduce the cross sectional area of the billet. Thereafter, the billet is hot rolled into a lead pass bar having a cross-sectional area comprising a reduced width dimension located adjacent to the center longitudinal axis of the bar. In one embodiment of the invention, the billet can be formed into a lead pass bar having a cross-sectional area in the shape of an hourglass or peanut by feeding the billet through a first set of rolls. After the lead pass bar is formed, it is passed through a second set of rolls in order to form the substantially continuous threaded rebar without longitudinal ribs. The cross-sectional area of the lead pass bar helps to produce a substantially continuous threaded rebar product without longitudinal ribs using standard rebar manufacturing tooling and equipment.
US08919162B2
A method of rolling a strip is provided. The method includes determining a value representative of the lateral position of the strip along a line transverse to a run direction downstream of each stand and calculating algebraic differences between the lateral positions and a reference position. A value of additional tilt is calculated from the algebraic differences to bring the algebraic differences below a predetermined threshold. Calculating the additional tilt values includes multiplying the algebraic differences by a gain matrix K that is determined by modeling relationships linking the algebraic differences and the tilts of the stand rolls. The additional tilt value is transmitted to each of the stands. The steps are repeated at predetermined time intervals until the strip is no longer gripped in the nip of the last stand of the rolling mill. A device for adjusting the lateral position of a strip is also provided.
US08919161B2
The present invention relates to a key (1) and to a mechanical module for a key (1), comprising a body (2), the body (2) including a first body portion (21) and a second body portion (22), the first and second body portions (21, 22) being mechanically secured to each other via a shape assembly, the first body portion (21) including a base member (21′) and a matching member (23), the matching member (23) achieving the shape assembly with the second portion (22), and the matching member (23) and the base member (21′) being connected by an adhesive or welded connection.
US08919160B2
A method for profiling broad sides of a flat reversible key. A key blank is clamped to expose the first broad side of the key blank and complementary grooves and ribs are milled using a milling cutter with cutter teeth by advance in the longitudinal direction of the key relative to the longitudinal section profile of the cutter teeth. The key blank is then clamped in a position turned by 180° about the longitudinal center axis of the key so that the second broad side of the blank is exposed, and complementary grooves and ribs are milled into the broad side with milling cutter, by advance in the longitudinal direction of the key. The cutter shaft axes is inclined at an angle of inclination (φ) relative to the longitudinal center plane of the key, at least one cutter tooth rib of the cutter teeth producing an undercut guide wall.
US08919156B1
A core replaceable hockey lock includes a housing having a space defined therein. An installation hole is defined in one end thereof and a slit is defined in the inner periphery of the installation hole. An insertion hole is defined in the housing and communicates with the slit. A deadbolt is rotatably installed in the installation hole and has a recess which is located corresponding to the slit. The deadbolt has at least one passive member connected thereto which is located in one end of the housing. A positioning plate is inserted in the slit and the recess to axially position the deadbolt. A positioning pin is inserted into the insertion hole and positions the positioning plate. The hockey lock can use different cores installed therein such as six-bead core, seven-bead core or bead-replaceable core. The user needs only one key to unlock all of the hockey locks.
US08919149B2
A glass melting furnace is operated under a set of control parameters. A glass batch is fed into the glass melting furnace and melted into molten glass. During the melting, a surface layer comprising a portion of the glass batch and foam forms over the molten glass. A plurality of thermograms of the interior of the glass melting furnace is obtained. The thermograms are analyzed to determine whether there is instability in the thermodynamics of the surface layer. The set of control parameters are then adjusted to reduce a determined instability in the thermodynamics of the surface layer.
US08919148B2
A process for the recovery of ethane, ethylene, propane, propylene, and heavier hydrocarbon components from a hydrocarbon gas stream is disclosed. The stream is cooled and divided into first and second streams. The first stream is further cooled to condense substantially all of it and is thereafter expanded to the fractionation tower pressure and supplied to the fractionation tower at a first mid-column feed position. The second stream is expanded to the tower pressure and is then supplied to the column at a second mid-column feed position. A vapor distillation stream is withdrawn from the column above the feed point of the second stream and is then directed into heat exchange relation with the tower overhead vapor stream to cool the vapor distillation stream and condense at least a part of it, forming a condensed stream. At least a portion of the condensed stream is directed to the fractionation tower as its top feed. The quantities and temperatures of the feeds to the fractionation tower are effective to maintain the overhead temperature of the fractionation tower at a temperature whereby the major portion of the desired components is recovered.
US08919144B2
A tower heat pump system equipped with a solar energy secondary heat source comprises a cold-heat source tower, a low heat source rotational flow heat pump, a condensate water separator, a supplementary device and a rear end loading system. The tower heating pump system can achieves negative pressure evaporation, cooling and refrigeration in a high-temperature high-humidity condition and efficiently absorb and improve low-temperature-level heat energy from the solar energy secondary heat source in a low-temperature low-humidity condition.
US08919141B2
Refrigeration equipment with a sleeve-type collection pipe for an artificial skating rink comprising at least a refrigerating system (3), a refrigeration liquid supplying collection-pipe (1) and a return-gas collection-pipe (2). The return-gas collection-pipe (2) sheathes the refrigeration liquid supplying collection-pipe (1) along length-wise direction. The refrigeration system (3) is provided with a liquid supplying main pipe (41) and a return-gas main pipe (42) sheathed on the liquid supplying main pipe (41). Both ends of the liquid supplying main pipe (41) are respectively connected with the refrigeration liquid supplying collection-pipe (1) and the output end of the refrigeration system (3), and both ends of the return-gas main pipe (42) are respectively connected with the return-gas collection-pipe (2) and the input end of the refrigeration system (3). Multiple groups of circulation pipes (6, 7) arranged in rows are juxtaposed at both sides of the return-gas collection-pipe (2) along the lateral direction.
US08919137B2
An assembly for use in a late lean injection system of a combustor of a combustion turbine engine, wherein the combustor includes an inner radial wall, which defines a primary combustion chamber downstream of a primary fuel nozzle, and an outer radial wall, which surrounds the inner radial wall forming a flow annulus therebetween, the assembly comprising: a boss rigidly secured to the inner radial wall, the boss being configured to define a hollow passageway through the inner radial wall; a transfer tube slideably engaged within the boss; a stop formed on the transfer tube; and damping means positioned between the boss and the stop.
US08919133B2
A double-body gas turbine engine, including a low-pressure body LP and a high-pressure body HP, rotatably mounted about a single shaft in a stationary casing, the low-pressure body LP including a compressor and a turbine connected by a low-pressure shaft LP. The low-pressure shaft LP is supported by an upstream LP bearing, a first downstream LP bearing, and an additional downstream LP bearing by the stationary casing, the high-pressure body being supported by an upstream HP bearing and a downstream HP bearing which is an inter-shaft bearing including an inner track rigidly connected to the HP turbine rotor and an outer track rigidly connected to the LP shaft.
US08919132B2
A method of operating a gas turbine engine includes directing a stream of liquid fuel to the combustor through a nozzle of a dual fuel injector. The method may also include directing a first quantity of compressed air to the stream of liquid fuel proximate the nozzle, and directing a second quantity of compressed air to the stream of liquid fuel downstream of the nozzle. The second quantity of compressed air may be larger than the first quantity of compressed air. The method may further include delivering the compressed air and the stream of liquid fuel to the combustor in a substantially unmixed manner.
US08919131B2
A combustion dynamics control system for an aviation based or land based gas turbine engine employs an acoustic driver that is configured to drive pressure perturbations across a premixed fuel injection orifice to substantially zero in response to a control signal such that fuel flow perturbations across the fuel injection orifice are substantially zero.
US08919122B2
A compressor housing includes a housing body for enclosing an impeller, an inlet portion for introducing air toward the impeller, and a port portion arranged adjacent to the inlet portion. A valve body for opening and closing a bypass passage, which bypasses the impeller, can be rested against the port portion. A connection hole, to which a return passage for returning blow-by gas of an internal combustion engine is connected, is formed in a side wall of the inlet portion. The inlet portion and the port portion have a common wall. A communication hole, which configures a part of the return passage, is formed in the common wall. The communication hole is formed such that the projection plane defined by projecting the communication hole onto a surface of the side wall having the connection hole along the axis of the communication hole is contained in the connection hole.
US08919121B2
The present disclosure refers to a turbocharged internal combustion engine with exhaust gas recycling, comprising an intake manifold, an exhaust manifold, a fresh air turbocharger and an exhaust supercharger, wherein the intake manifold is divided by a separating wall into a fresh air passage and an exhaust passage, one of the passages being connected to inlet openings of cylinders of the engine, the fresh air passage being connected to the outlet of the compressor of the fresh air turbocharger, the exhaust passage being connected to the outlet of the compressor of the exhaust supercharger and the separating wall being formed with orifices connecting the two passages.
US08919119B2
Various systems and methods are described for a variable geometry turbine. In one example, a turbine nozzle comprises a central axis and a nozzle vane. The nozzle vane includes a stationary vane and a sliding vane. The sliding vane is positioned to slide in a direction substantially tangent to an inner circumference of the turbine nozzle and in contact with the stationary vane.
US08919109B2
A hydraulic drive system executing load sensing control is capable of efficiently combusting and removing filter deposits inside an exhaust gas purification device by pump output power increasing control when there is no actuator operation, eliminating interference between the actuator operation and the pump output power increasing control. A first solenoid selector valve selects between tank pressure and delivery pressure of a pilot pump. A second solenoid selector valve is arranged in a line leading the output pressure of a differential pressure reducing valve to an LS control valve for selecting between enabling and disabling of the load sensing control. When the exhaust gas purification device needs regeneration, a controller executes switching to make the first solenoid selector valve output the delivery pressure of the pilot pump as dummy load pressure and to make the second solenoid selector valve disable the load sensing control.
US08919099B2
A system according to the principles of the present disclosure includes a rate determination module, a storage level determination module, and an air/fuel ratio control module. The rate determination module determines an ammonia generation rate in a three-way catalyst based on a reaction efficiency and a reactant level. The storage level determination module determines an ammonia storage level in a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) catalyst positioned downstream from the three-way catalyst based on the ammonia generation rate. The air/fuel ratio control module controls an air/fuel ratio of an engine based on the ammonia storage level.
US08919097B2
Methods and systems are provided for selecting a group of cylinders for selective deactivation, in a variable displacement engine system, based at least on a regeneration state of an exhaust catalyst. The position of one or more valves and throttles may be adjusted based on the selective deactivation to reduce back-flow through the disabled cylinders while also maintaining conditions of a downstream exhaust catalyst. Pre-ignition and knock detection windows and thresholds may also be adjusted based on the deactivation to improve the efficiency of knock and pre-ignition detection.
US08919094B2
A fuel metering system includes a bypass valve configured to receive a fuel flow under a pressure P1, a pressure regulating valve in fluid communication with the bypass valve and configured to receive a fuel flow under a pressure PQ, a metering valve in fluid communication with the bypass valve and the pressure regulating valve, and configured to receive the fuel flow under the pressure P1 and to output a fuel flow under a pressure P2, a single stage servo valve in fluid communication with the bypass valve, the pressure regulating valve and the metering valve, and configured to receive the fuel flow under the pressure P1, and to output the fuel flow under the pressure PQ, and to output a fuel flow under a pressure PM, and a linear variable differential transformer coupled to the metering valve.
US08919086B2
The flexible header has a subframe removably coupleable to a feeder housing of the harvester. A pivot assembly is supported by the subframe permitting first and second header sections to pivotably move between raised and lowered positions together or independently of the other by actuating a hydraulic actuator coupled to the first and second header sections to selectively position the header sections when the ground elevation changes as the combine advances through the field while harvesting.
US08919084B2
A method and apparatus for processing mail is provided. A feeder serially feeds envelope from a stack of mail. Two cutters at a cutting station cuts one or two edges of the envelopes. As the envelopes travel from the feeder to the cutters the envelope is jogged on two edges to justify the contents with the envelopes. Additionally, an improved feeder is provided to reduce the number of jams created when feeding the envelopes from the stack.
US08919078B2
A method of controlling a bottling plant, including detecting an operating state of the bottling plant, determining whether for the detected operating state the energy consumption and/or the consumable consumption of at least one consumer of the bottling plant can be reduced, and if it is determined that the energy consumption and/or the consumable consumption of at least one consumer can be reduced, reducing the energy consumption and/or the consumable consumption of the at least one consumer.
US08919070B2
A spacer for retaining a cladding element on a building element in a spaced apart relationship has a constant cross-section in its longitudinal direction. The spacer is an at least substantially hollow structure having at least one external wall enclosing an interior space. At least one fastener insertion path extends through the interior space. The fastener insertion path is capable of holding a fastener disposed therein prior to mounting the spacer and cladding element on the building element. The spacer preferably comprises planar surfaces on opposite sides thereof that are configured to abut the cladding element and the building element, respectively.
US08919056B2
A door frame post comprises an extruded, longitudinal post member comprising at least one longitudinal internal cavity and a longitudinal external channel, and a longitudinal frame member matingly engaging the external channel of the post member. One or more longitudinal filler strips are inserted into the at least one internal cavity, each filler strip comprising at least one longitudinal cavity for receiving one or more fasteners.
US08919048B2
A mobile terminal booth which provides an area where a mobile terminal can be comfortably used is described. This mobile terminal booth is provided with a sound absorbing unit which is placed in a public place and partially partitions a space as viewed from the above where a user of a mobile terminal can have a telephone conversation. The sound absorbing unit is provided with an entrance which is always opened without any closing member. The sound absorbing unit is made of a laminate consisting of a plurality of sound absorbing layers, and serves as a sound controlling means. Particularly, the sound absorbing layers are joined together in the form of the laminate with a viscous adhesive which does not solidify after formation of said laminate, maintains its viscosity when the mobile terminal booth is used and functions as said sound controlling member.
US08919045B2
A method of producing a seal. The method can include forming an elongated strip of a thermoplastic material having laterally spaced, interlockable portions; bending such strip along a longitudinal line disposed between the spaced interlockable portions to position the interlockable portions in opposed relation; and interlocking the interlockable portions together when such portions are disposed in opposed relation to provide a bulb segment and a mount segment.
US08919039B2
The present disclosure describes methods and compositions for reducing turf thatch and/or preventing turf thatch buildup.
US08919038B2
Systems and methods for providing irrigation to plants are provided. The system generally includes a fluid distribution structure having a barrier layer and a hydrophilic layer. The fluid distribution structure can additionally include a plurality of channels. Each channel can be associated with a non-woven material or other volume providing element overlayed by a filter layer. A fluid supply tube may be provided at a first end of the fluid distribution structure, and a drainage tube may be disposed along a second end of the fluid distribution structure. Where the fluid distribution structure includes channels, a supply tube and a drainage tube, the channels generally extend between the supply tube and the drainage tube. Fluid collected by the drainage tube can be recirculated to the supply tube, or can be collected or disposed of.
US08919037B1
Aspects of the present disclosure are directed towards methods, systems and apparatuses for preventing plastic out-gassing in plant tunnels. The methods, systems and apparatuses utilize various sensors and elements to maintain a proper plant growth environment while minimizing the outgassing.
US08919036B2
A trellis mounted system for irrigation and frost prevention is described. The irrigation system comprises a trellis, a first conduit coupled to the trellis, and a second conduit coupled to the trellis. The first conduit delivers a heated water stream to a nozzle that provides a heated water spray to an area surrounding the trellis. The second conduit provides drip irrigation to a ground area surrounding the trellis. The heated water supplied by the trellis mounted irrigation system prevents the development of damaging frost on agricultural plants.
US08919034B2
The fish trap system includes an enclosure having a revolving trap door attached to a coned gate Gargoor. Still and video cameras are included in the enclosure to provide snapshot and moving pictures of fish caught in the trap. A buoy (float) is included, from which images of fish in the enclosure are relayed via digital link to the user on the Internet. Moreover, user-controlled electrical gates are provided to either retain a fish or release a fish by closing and opening the gates via the Internet connection. The video camera, being disposed in the trap housing, is movable and provides views of the area around the fish trap when submerging the trap until it reaches the ground in order to locate the right flooring for the fish trap. Aside from fishing purposes, the fish trap system may be used for experimental purposes.
US08919016B2
An article of footwear is disclosed that includes an upper, an outsole, and a midsole. The upper is configured to receive a foot, and the outsole is secured to the upper. The outsole defines a plurality of apertures extending entirely through the outsole. In addition, the outsole has a ground-engaging surface positioned at a first elevation. The midsole is positionable such that a lower surface of the midsole extends into the apertures of the outsole and is exposed by the apertures.
US08919012B2
The present invention relates to functional footwear of a new concept, which adapts itself to the shape of a foot and gives a soft feeling when walking The footwear includes: an upper foot fixing section (1) for covering and fixing an upper portion of a foot; and a foot supporting section (8) attached to the upper foot fixing section for supporting a lower portion of the foot. The foot supporting section comprises a soft resilient mat (2) which can be deformed according to the shape of the foot. The footwear has a simple structure and can give a feeling of walking barefoot on a sponge mat or on a lawn like a extreme-soft-elastic carpet to provide complete comfort to the wearer during walking.
US08919003B1
A portable, parallel straightedge drafting board is disclosed which utilizes a unique wire arrangement with control locks attached thereto to achieve a movable straightedge that will always be parallel to itself when moved during use of the drafting board.
US08919000B2
Provided are devices for determining the correct aiming point of a low velocity projectile and methods and systems for using the devices. For example, the devices can be attached to a bow and used to improve accuracy for hunting game.
US08918999B2
An aerodynamic trimmer head assembly for use in flexible line rotary trimmers including a trimmer head having a curvilinear upper head surface and a shroud having a curvilinear portion extending over the head surface. A plurality of ribs extend downwardly and forwardly in the direction of rotation between the head surface and shroud defining a plurality of channels extending between portions of the upper head surface and shroud along curvilinear paths defined by the ribs. The channels define inlet openings in an upper portion of the shroud and outlet openings about the lower end portion thereof. During rotation of the head and shroud, air is drawn downwardly about the drive mechanism, through the channel inlets, into and through the channels and outwardly therefrom at a forward inclination about the line projecting from the housing thereby cooling the drive mechanism of the rotary trimmer and reducing aerodynamic drag on the line.
US08918998B2
A hedge trimmer having a rear handle, a tubular handle and a blade arrangement with at least one cutter bar disposed in a cutter bar plane. An internal combustion engine drives the cutter bars in a reciprocating manner, and has a combustion chamber and a crankshaft mounted in a crankcase so as to be rotatable about an axis of rotation. The combustion chamber faces the rear handle, and the crankcase faces the blade arrangement. The blade arrangement has a longitudinal central axis, and the hedge trimmer has a longitudinal plane that is disposed parallel to the axis of rotation of the crankshaft and transverse to the cutter bar plane. The longitudinal central axis of the blade arrangement lies in the longitudinal plane of the hedge trimmer.
US08918997B2
A method provides for assembling a wind turbine blade from at least two blade segments, with each of the blade segments having a pressure side shell member, a suction side shell member, internal support structure, and ends with joint sections that are offset span-wise from the pressure side shell member to the suction side shell member. The blade segments are aligned in an end-to-end orientation and moved into a mating configuration with relative movement that includes overlapping the respective joint sections of adjacent blade segments. The overlapped joint sections are subsequently moved into engagement with each other and joined along respective joint profiles at a chord-wise joint.
US08918989B2
A device for aligning and prefixing a flat substrate on a carrier substrate for the further processing of the substrate. The device includes aligning means for aligning a substrate's outside contour relative to a carrier substrate's outside contour by engaging the substrate's outside contour. The alignment of the substrate is carried out along a substrate plane E that is parallel to a contact surface of the substrate. Attaching means is provided for at least partial prefixing of the aligned substrate on the carrier substrate.
US08918985B1
A system and method for connecting an advanced electronic module to a legacy chassis is presented. A method includes removing a legacy module from the legacy chassis. The legacy module is an older module that communicates with legacy chassis through at least two legacy module connectors on the legacy module and at least two chassis connectors on the legacy chassis. Next, a connector plate with a front side and a back side is attached to the improved electronic module that communicates to the font side of the connector plate with fewer that the at least two legacy module connectors. The method attaches the connector plate and the improved electronic module to legacy chassis so that an equal a number of connectors on the back side of the connector plate communicate with an equal number of legacy chassis connectors on the legacy chassis.
US08918974B2
Methods and apparatus are provided for adjusting the alignment of an axle so that adjustments to toe, camber, and/or thrust can be more readily achieved. In one embodiment, a pair of non-parallel shims is located between flange elements. Positioning elements are located along the flange elements at a position outside the peripheral edge of the shims. Upon application of a torque to the positioning elements, the flange elements can be pushed apart or pulled together so as to provide for access to the shims.
US08918973B2
A tool for detaching piston bolt from cylinder consists of a threaded rod, a grip, a positioning member, a positioning sleeve, a supporting member and a nut. The threaded rod possesses a joint end formed with a fixing surface, a resting portion located next to the joint end with no threads. The grip is bored with a first threaded hole, and a second threaded hole vertically communicating with the first threaded hole and engaged with a fixing screw pressing on the fixing surface. By using the tool to detach a bolt, it's not only a user's fingers won't be injured, but also the bolt can be smoothly and swiftly removed from a joint of a piston and a connecting rod.
US08918967B2
A separating mechanism for releasing an equipment bag. The mechanism includes a base assembly, a removable soft loop assembly, an attachment ring, and a retention member. The base assembly includes a base member, an aperture, and one or more base assembly rings. The soft loop assembly includes a soft loop base and a soft loop. The soft loop is inserted through the aperture and a first of the base assembly rings. The soft loop base is configured to not be pulled through the aperture. A last of the base assembly rings is inserted through the attachment ring. The retention member is inserted through the soft loop to restrain the first base assembly ring. The base assembly rings are sequentially engaged to couple the attachment ring with the base member. The retention member is pulled out of the soft loop to release the base assembly rings thereby releasing the attachment ring.
US08918965B2
The bracelet clasp includes first (1) and second (2) hinged arms and a cover (3). The clasp is provided with two push-pieces (15a and 15b). A safety device prevents the clasp opening when pressure (A-B) is simultaneously exerted both on a push-piece (15a) and on one side of the cover opposite said push-piece. This device may be a strut (70) provided with extended portions (72, 73) abutting on both sides of the first arm (1).
US08918964B2
A fastener may include a belt, a buckle connected to the belt and having an inlet end and an outlet end, and a pair of protection portions formed in the outlet end of the buckle. The belt and the buckle are arranged and constructed to be locked to each other when the belt is tightened after the belt is inserted into the buckle and drawn therefrom. The protection portions are arranged and constructed to respectively face longitudinal peripheries edges of the belt that is inserted into the buckle and drawn therefrom. Each of the protection portions has a projection amount not less than a length of a remaining portion of the belt, which portion can be produced by cutting off an excess portion of the belt drawn from the buckle.
US08918949B2
There is provided a paint distributing plate system for insertion into a paint bucket having an external upper rim. The paint distributing plate system comprises a paint distributing plate with a lower part and an upper part, where the lower part has a width being smaller than the diameter of the largest cross-sectional dimension of the paint bucket, and a pair of adjustable attachment hook arrangements provided on the upper part of the paint distributing plate, one on each side of the paint distributing plate, for securing the paint distributing plate to the upper rim of the paint bucket. It is preferred that each of the adjustable attachment hook arrangements comprises an elongated fastening strip with a hook at one end thereof, and a locking profile secured to one side of the upper part of the distributing plate, where the locking profile locks the fastening strip with the hook extending a distance below the locking profile, said distance being adjustable, whereby the hook arrangement can be adjusted to fit to paint bucket upper rims of different widths or heights.
US08918948B2
The wiper device for removing foreign substances that are stuck on a windshield can include: a lever assembly, having a plurality of levers in a tournament type coupled thereto; a contact member, being supported by the lever assembly and formed in the shape of a blade in close contact with the windshield so as to wipe out the foreign substances; and a cover member, provided in a plurality, each being coupled to the lever connecting a corresponding joint of the lever assembly. Accordingly, the parts of the lever assembly having the multi joint structure are effectively covered by the plurality of cover members, allowing for a simple appearance, and since each cover member is coupled with a corresponding lever and moves with the corresponding lever in an integrated manner, it becomes possible to prevent the levers from being exposed to an outside even while the wiper device is activated.
US08918945B2
A toothbrush having needle-shaped bristles on the head portion is configured such that the differences in height between the longer and shorter bristles is 1 to 4 mm, the end points of the longer bristles are 0.01 to 0.03 mm in diameter, the end points of the shorter bristles are 0.03 to 0.08 mm in diameter, the taper lengths of the longer bristles are 4 to 8 mm, the taper lengths of the shorter bristles are 2 to 6 mm, and the differences in taper length between the longer and shorter bristles is 1 to 4 mm. The toothbrush provides superior teeth and gum contact force unique to a toothbrush having needle-shaped bristles and at the same time also provides superior cleaning performance for the surface of teeth thanks to the action of the shorter bristles having relatively large diameters at end points and relatively short taper lengths.
US08918938B2
Customized or personalized recessed designs can be cut into the bottom of the soles of flip flops, sandals, boots, and any other flat soled footwear using computerized numerical control machining. The customized recessed design can be created in reverse (i.e., in mirror image) to leave a specified design or message when the shoe is pressed into material capable or taking an impression such as sand or snow. Designs can also be created to appear forward (non-mirrored) on the sole so that that design or text is legible when looking at the sole of the shoe. The footwear can be custom produced at the request of a customer, who can specify the nature of the customization for one or more pairs of footwear. Each of a pair of the footwear may have a different design, message or message portion.
US08918935B2
The support characteristics within a foam mattress body may be varied by inserting reinforcements into channels cut or otherwise formed within the foam.
US08918923B2
A switching device for rim water in a low tank toilet, in which toilet water in a toilet tank is drawn and supplied to the rim of a toilet bowl by the pressure of water that is supplied from a filler valve to the rim through a water supply tube and a supply water switching unit is rotated according to a reduction in the water level of the toilet tank, so that the water supplied from the filler valve is charged into the toilet tank and, at the same time, some water supplied from the filler valve is supplied to the rim through a fill-up water inlet hole.
US08918914B2
A glove and a method for making a glove comprising a web region, a finger region, a thumb region, at least one visual indicia aperture, at least one backing member aperture, and wherein at least one backing member, with an attached indicia member, is removably inserted into said backing member aperture.
US08925111B1
Provided are a scanning probe microscope and a method of operating the same. The scanning probe microscope includes a chuck configured to fix an object. A stacker is configured to load one or more cantilevers onto a head module. A stacker lifting element is configured to move the stacker in an up and down direction.
US08925108B2
The present disclosure includes systems and techniques relating to document access auditing. According to an aspect, the invention involves receiving a request relating to an electronic document associated with a document tracking system; retrieving actions-taken information associated with the electronic document and maintained by the document tracking system; combining and signing the electronic document and the actions-taken information to form a signed document that includes the actions-taken information; and providing the signed document to enable access to the actions-taken information independent of the document tracking system. According to another aspect, the invention involves presenting a consent query that requests consent to an audit event to be recorded by a document control system for an electronic document tethered to the document control system; receiving a consent indication with respect to a consent statement relating to the audit event; and sending information corresponding to the consent indication to the document control system.
US08925104B2
The disclosed subject matter provides for event driven permissive sharing of information. In an aspect, user equipment can include information sharing profiles that can facilitate sharing information with other devices or users, such as sharing location information. The information sharing profiles can include trigger values, such that when a target value transitions the trigger value, a permission value is updated to restrict access to sharable information. As such, event driven permissive sharing of information allows for designation of temporary friend information sharing with user-defined triggers.
US08925094B2
Performing security analysis on a computer program under test (CPUT). The CPUT can be analyzed to identify data pertinent to potential security vulnerabilities of the CPUT. At least a first unit test configured to test a particular unit of program code within the CPUT can be automatically synthesized. The first unit test can be configured to initialize at least one parameter used by the particular unit of program code within the CPUT, and can be provided at least a first test payload configured to exploit at least one potential security vulnerability of the CPUT. The first unit test can be dynamically processed to communicate the first test payload to the particular unit of program code within the CPUT. Whether the first test payload exploits an actual security vulnerability of the CPUT can be determined, and a security analysis report can be output.
US08925091B2
A security assurance system includes a back-end application and a computing resource. The back-end application receives a selection of a network security product that is associated with a protected network, and receives a selection of a threat from a plurality of threats stored on the security assurance system. The computing resource launches an evaluation of the security product based upon the threat, and reports to a user of the security assurance system a result of the evaluation.
US08925086B2
A method of protecting a wireless device against viruses, comprising maintaining a database of virus signatures on the device, updating the database by downloading virus signatures in a Short Message Service (SMS) Message, and searching for virus signatures in the memory of or files stored on the wireless device by comparison with the database.
US08925079B2
A method, an apparatus and a program for detecting spoofed Internet Protocol (IP) traffic directed to a network having a plurality of autonomous systems (AS) is provided. The method comprises receiving an incoming packet through an AS, the incoming packet containing a source IP address and a destination IP address, acquiring a corresponding source and destination IP address prefixes, converting the corresponding source and destination IP address prefixes into a source AS number and a destination AS number, determining if the incoming packet arrived from an unexpected source based upon the corresponding destination IP address prefix and the converted source and destination AS number using an unexpected pair tuple table generated from network routing information and generating an alert indicating that the incoming packet is not allowed to enter the network.
US08925072B2
An end device may include a camera configured to capture an image of an object, a touch screen configured to receive a touch input and a processor configured to determine to unlock the end device based, at least in part, on the image of the object and the touch input.
US08925070B2
An approach is provided for authenticating using user actions. A prompt is initiated on a display for an input to authenticate a user. The input is received as a sequence of user actions on the display. A predetermined sequence associated with the user is retrieved. The received sequence is compared with the predetermined sequence to determine a match. The user is declared to be authenticated based on the comparison.
US08925069B2
Authentication techniques for electronic devices can provide more seamless communication between two devices. A first device (e.g., a host device) can maintain a list of known-good devices (e.g., accessory devices) with which it can interoperate. Information identifying a second device can be added to the known-good list when the second device successfully connects to the first device and completes an authentication process. After the second device disconnects, the first device can retain the identifying information on the known-good list for a predetermined period of time, after which the information can expire. If the second device reconnects to the host before its information expires, the authentication process can be bypassed.
US08925062B1
Techniques for user authentication are disclosed. In some situations, the techniques include receiving, from a client device, an authentication request to access a network resource, the request including a user identifier, obtaining a security credential associated with the user identifier contained in the received request, generating an authorization code based on the obtained security credential, providing to the client device instructions to obtain first information corresponding to the generated authorization code, receiving, from the client device, the first information provided in response to the provided instructions, and, when the first information received from the client device corresponds to at least a portion of the generated authorization code, authorizing the client device to access the network resource.
US08925049B2
A system and method are provided for employing a hand-held wireless device to assess a vulnerability of a wirelessly-accessible target network to intrusion and/or cyber-attack. The system and method are directed at providing discrete, covert and fully-automated wireless access to the target network via one or more wireless access points and to assessing characteristic of the one or more wireless access points and the target network in support of a vulnerability assessment. The hand-held wireless device is configured to collect appropriate data regarding the wirelessly-accessible network, including network and portal scans, and higher-level programmed data collection. The hand-held wireless device is further configured to analyze the collected data and to produce at least a first level vulnerability assessment of the target network without interaction by the user.
US08925037B2
A computer-implemented method for enforcing data-loss-prevention policies using mobile sensors may include (1) detecting an attempt by a user to access sensitive data on a mobile computing device, (2) collecting, via at least one sensor of the mobile computing device, sensor data that indicates an environment in which the user is attempting to access the sensitive data, (3) determining, based at least in part on the sensor data, a privacy level of the environment, and (4) restricting, based at least in part on the privacy level of the environment, the attempt by the user to access the sensitive data according to a DLP policy. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US08925030B2
A fast channel change (FFC) system including a tuner arrangement to receive at least one transport stream including an aggregated video service (AVS) and TV channels, each video frame of the AVS including some video data of each channel, a demultiplexer arrangement to demultiplex a first channel and the AVS, a FCC buffer to buffer the video frames of the AVS, a decoder arrangement to decode the first channel, a controller to instruct the decoder arrangement to switch from decoding the first channel to decoding the AVS from the FCC buffer, and a graphic engine to extract the video data of a second channel from the AVS yielding a full-screen video, and output the full-screen video to a display device, wherein the controller is operative to instruct the decoder arrangement to switch from decoding the AVS to decoding the second channel. Related apparatus and methods are also described.
US08925022B2
A method and apparatus for downloading content within a video-on-demand system is provided herein. During operation a Video Home Office (VHO) will cache a subset of the Video Service Office (VSO) content. When a user requests content that is not stored on the VHO, the VHO will request that content from another VHO or the VSO. In order to reduce the additional network load imposed during item forwarding while attempting to balance the total load on all the links interconnecting the VSO and VHOs, recorded traffic history metrics are used to predict their future or current traffic. A VHO or VSO is chosen for fetching the content that will result in the lowest predicted traffic on the interconnecting links.
US08925012B2
According to an aspect, there is provided a digital television (DTV) data stream including program and system information protocol (PSIP) data associated with content of the DTV data stream, the PSIP data including a virtual channel table (VCT) and an event information table (EIT), the EIT comprising: a source identification field identifying a source of an associated event in a DTV data stream; an event identification field indicating an identification of the event; a start time field indicating a star time of the event; a title field indicating a title of the event; and a descriptor comprising: a descriptor tag identifying the descriptor as a genre descriptor, a descriptor length indicating a total length of the descriptor; and at least one category code for an associated event in a DTV data stream, each category code specifying genre, program type, or category information of the associated event, wherein the at least one category code specifies at least one of a set of basic categories.
US08925010B2
Provided is a method and system for displaying video from a plurality of video streams on a display. It includes an input interface for receiving video data from a plurality of video streams and transferring the video data to a frame controller in communication with a television display. The frame controller causes the video data from each of the plurality of different video streams to be displayed in a separate frame on the television display, and each frame occupying an area of the television display separate from an area occupied by any other frame. The frame controller displays a channel group on the television display. The channel group comprises a list of channels sharing at least one common attribute.
US08925004B2
Techniques to provide an enhanced video replay are described. A processor component controls a video interface module, a replay clip editing module, a replay clip selection module, and a broadcast feed module. The video interface module may receive a first and a second video stream of an event in a first and a second video resolution. The replay clip editing module may determine a time period within the second video stream that contains a scene of interest and create multiple video clips in the first video resolution. The multiple video clips each represent of a portion of the field of view of the second video stream. The broadcast feed module may interrupt a broadcast feed of the first video stream and insert the selected one of the multiple video clips into the broadcast feed. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US08925000B2
Certain embodiments provide an identifier in a piece of media content that can be used to reference ratings information from another location, such as from a ratings repository. When the media content is accessed by a viewing client, the identifier can be retrieved from the piece of media content and used to retrieve a rating from a ratings repository. A rating may also be included in the media content itself to ensure that at least one rating is available even if accessing a rating from the remote repository is not possible, for example, due to lack of network connectivity. The viewing client can use a rating to control use of the media content. One embodiment allows a user on a client device such as a computer or television consumption device to set rating controls that restrict the media content that can be played at the device.
US08924997B2
A method of restricting access to content delivered via a video distribution network is disclosed and includes receiving a control stream at a service delivery platform. The control stream is related to media content delivered via a video distribution network. The method also includes parsing the control stream and determining, from the parsed control stream, at least one geographical area in which access to programming associated with the video content channel is to be restricted. The method also includes automatically scheduling a conditional access event associated with the media content at least one video head-end of the video distribution network, the at least one video head-end serving the at least one geographical area. In a particular embodiment, the video distribution network can be an Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) network.
US08924994B2
Power management methods, apparatus and articles of manufacture for audience measurement meters are disclosed. An example method disclosed herein comprises determining an activation state of a media presentation device, and controlling activation of an audience measurement meter based on the activation state of the media presentation device, the audience measurement meter to monitor the media presentation device when the activation state is an active state. Another example method disclosed herein comprises obtaining presentation device state data representing an activation state of a media presentation device to be monitored by an audience measurement meter, the presentation device state data including time information, and determining whether to fault audience measurement data reported by the audience measurement meter based on the presentation device state data and outage information determined from the audience measurement data.
US08924993B1
A demographics analysis trains classifier models for predicting demographic attribute values of videos and users not already having known demographics.In one embodiment, the demographics analysis system trains classifier models for predicting demographics of videos using video features such as demographics of video uploaders, textual metadata, and/or audiovisual content of videos.In one embodiment, the demographics analysis system trains classifier models for predicting demographics of users (e.g., anonymous users) using user features based on prior video viewing periods of users. For example, viewing-period based user features can include individual viewing period statistics such as total videos viewed. Further, the viewing-period based features can include distributions of values over the viewing period, such as distributions in demographic attribute values of video uploaders, and/or distributions of viewings over hours of the day, days of the week, and the like.
US08924991B2
Embodiments of the present invention relate to a breakpoint information management method and a breakpoint information manager. The breakpoint information management method includes: obtaining, according to a query parameter obtained from a current application program and stored breakpoint information of at least one application program, breakpoint context information corresponding to the query parameter; calculating interest information according to the breakpoint context information; and returning the interest information to the current application program so that the current application program plays a corresponding electronic file. With the breakpoint information management method and the breakpoint information manager provided in the present invention, breakpoint information is deeply analyzed to obtain interest information, so that the breakpoint information is reused; and electronic files satisfying a user's interest characteristics are played for the user according to the interest information, thereby enlarging the application scope of the breakpoint information.
US08924987B2
In an integrated approach, an integrated application and operating system (IAOS) component integrates at least one computer application program with at least one operating system (OS) function. The IAOS component is an upper level system relative to a lower level system. The lower level system includes an OS operable to perform a reduced set of OS functions. The OS may be optimized for the IAOS component. For example, the OS may be optimized for Web-based and/or Browser-based applications of the IAOS component. In a flat approach, at least one component is an adjacent component in an upper level system, thereby allowing extension of the upper level system to accommodate various needs. An adjacent component can include at least one OS component and/or function not provided by the OS, serve as an interface to another layer and/or the OS, or provide Real-Time Operating System.
US08924978B2
Methods and arrangements for task scheduling. At least one job is assimilated from at least one node, each job comprising at least a map phase and a reduce phase, each of the map and reduce phases comprising at least one task. Progress of a map phase of at least one job is compared with progress of a reduce phase of at least one job. Launching of a task of a reduce phase of at least one job is scheduled in response to progress of the reduce phase of at least one job being less than progress of the map phase of at least one job.
US08924973B2
A mechanism modifies a deployment descriptor of each application component including at least one producer application component or consumer application component, by adding, for each producer application component or consumer application component, an application component identifier, a producer or consumer type, and a recipient identifier of a recipient the application component uses. Responsive to determining a match exists and the given application component is of producer type, the application server virtual machine logs an identifier of a recipient containing a message sent by the given application component, a correlation identifier of the given application component, and an execution start time. Responsive to determining a match exists and the given application component is of consumer type, the application server virtual machine logs an identifier of the recipient resource containing a message processed by the given application component, a correlation identifier of the given application component, and an execution end time.
US08924970B2
One or more embodiments of the invention enable an application running in a personal environment of a mobile device to access an information source registered with a guest operating system (OS) of a work environment. The personal environment is a host OS of the mobile device and the work environment is running in a virtual machine supported by a hypervisor running within the personal environment. A hypervisor-aware service in the virtual machine provides registration information for the information source to the hypervisor. The hypervisor updates the registration information to include a reference to the hypervisor and transmits the updated registration information to the host OS which registers the information source. Upon a request by the application for information from the information source, the hypervisor-aware service receives a request from the hypervisor to access the information source and provides access to the information source for the application through the hypervisor.
US08924966B1
An information processing system includes a processing platform comprising at least one processing device having a processor coupled to a memory. The processing platform implements a complex asset capture/revert module. The capture/revert module comprises a persistence state machine and a reversion state machine. The capture/revert module is configured to coordinate capture via the persistence state machine of respective states of a plurality of complex assets of distributed information technology infrastructure of the information processing system, and subsequently to coordinate revert via the reversion state machine of at least a given one of the complex assets to its corresponding captured state.
US08924960B2
In an embodiment, an apparatus is provided that may include circuitry to be comprised in a platform. The circuitry may be to determine, at least in part, at least one virtual machine (VM) resident in the platform to be assigned to process, at least in part, at least one packet. The circuitry may determine, at least in part, the at least one VM based at least in part upon (1) comparison, at least in part, of at least one destination of the at least one packet to at least one predetermined destination, and (2) at least one value based at least in part upon both at least one port associated with the at least one packet and at least one source of the at least one packet. Of course, many alternatives, variations, and modifications are possible without departing from this embodiment.
US08924957B1
Computer-implemented methods and systems for simultaneously installing user-input-dependent software packages on multiple devices are disclosed. In one example, an exemplary method for performing such a task may comprise: 1) initiating installation of a software package on each of a plurality of client devices, 2) receiving, from each client device, a visual image generated during installation of the software package that depicts an installation step that requires user input, 3) consolidating the visual images into a consolidated view, 4) displaying, via an installation-management interface, the consolidated view to a user of the computing device, 5) receiving, via the installation-management interface, user input from the user for completing the installation step, and then 6) completing the installation step by sending the user input to each client device.
US08924956B2
A computer-implemented method includes: collecting first data from first computers on which first software is installed, the first data including first characteristics associated with the first computers and adoption results of the first software; correlating the first characteristics with the adoption results to generate a correlation result; prior to installation of the first software on a second computer, collecting second data associated with characteristics of the second computer; and making a determination whether to install the first software on the second computer based on at least the second data and the correlation result.
US08924955B2
Methods, systems and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for receiving an application installation log, the application installation log including per-user installation data indicating when each of a plurality of applications available through an application marketplace was installed on a plurality of computing devices, determining an overall score corresponding to a first application and a second application, the score indicating a degree of overlap in installation periods of the first application and the second application on the plurality of computing devices, determining that the overall score is greater than or equal to a threshold score, generating an index, the index associating the second application as an application of interest in view of the first application, and storing the index in computer-readable memory.
US08924947B2
A computerized method and a system for direct deploy of static content. Static content is received at a deployment framework of an application server. The content is forwarded to a content deployment extension (CDE) for implementing the deployment of the content on the applications server. The application server operates in online mode during the deployment. The CDE selects an appropriate content handler to handle the deployment of the content. The content is deployed by the content handler on the application server in online mode. The CDE receive a feedback from the deployment of the static content.
US08924941B2
Tracer objectives in a distributed tracing system may be compared to identify input parameters that may have a high statistical relevancy. An iterative process may traverse multiple input objects by comparing results of multiple tracer objectives and scoring possible input objects as being possibly statistically relevant. With each iteration, statistically irrelevant input objects may be discarded from a tracer objective and other potentially relevant objects may be added. The iterative process may converge on a set of statistically relevant input objects for a given measured value without a priori knowledge of an application being traced.
US08924932B2
A computer accesses a stack data and a source code of a program. The computer searches for a first change made to the program, wherein the first change is one of a change to a method of the program, a change to a class of the program, a change to a method that is invoked by the program, or a change to a class containing a method that is invoked by the program. The computer identifies the first change that was made to the program and determines the probability that the identified first change caused one or both of an error and a regression. The computer generates a ranked list of identified changes based, at least in part, on the probability that the identified first change caused one or both of an error and a regression.
US08924926B1
Computer-implemented techniques for disambiguating unconnected visual pieces in a visual programming interface (VPI) that allows a user to manipulate visual pieces to generate computer code are disclosed. The techniques include generating the VPI, receiving a command to move a selected visual piece to a requested location in the VPI, and adjusting the position of the selected visual piece to the requested location. The techniques include determining whether the selected visual piece is connected to a proximate visual piece. When the two visual pieces are not connected, the techniques include i) determining a distance between the two visual pieces, ii) comparing the distance to a distance threshold, and iii) when the distance is not greater than the distance threshold, adjusting the position of the selected visual piece and/or the proximate visual piece such that the distance between the two visual pieces is greater than the predetermined distance threshold.
US08924917B2
Methods and apparatus for storing and transmitting historical configuration data associated with information technology assets are disclosed. The system reads and stores a first version of data with a timestamp. The system then performs a local update by reading a second version of data with a timestamp, replacing the first set of data and timestamp, and storing the changes between the first and second versions of data. The system also may receive update requests from a remote location for the latest version of data. The changes between versions of data are sent to the remote location, where the changes between versions of data are stored and are usable to create the requested latest version of data and/or prior versions of data.
US08924912B2
A computer-implemented method to debug testbench code of a testbench associated with a circuit design by recording a trace of call frames along with activities of the circuit design. By correlating and displaying the recorded trace of call frames, the method enables users to easily trace as execution history of subroutines executed by the testbench thereby to debug the testbench code. In addition, users can trace source code of the testbench code by using the recorded trace of call frames. Furthermore, users can debug the testbench code utilizing a virtual simulation, which is done by post-processing records of the virtual simulation stored in a database.
US08924906B2
A computer-implemented method of determining an attribute of a circuit includes using a computationally expensive technique to simulate the attribute (such as timing delay or slew) of a portion of the circuit, at predetermined values of various parameters (e.g. nominal values of channel length or metal width), to obtain at least a first value of the attribute. The method also uses a computationally inexpensive technique to estimate the same attribute, thereby to obtain at least a second value which is less accurate than the first value. Then the computationally inexpensive technique is repeatedly used on other values of the parameter(s), to obtain a number of additional second values of the attribute. Applying to the additional second values, a function obtained by calibrating the at least one second value to the at least one first value, can yield calibrated estimates very quickly, which represent the attribute's variation relatively accurately.
US08924905B1
In one embodiment, a method of constructing an equivalent waveform model for static timing analysis of integrated circuit designs is disclosed. The method includes fitting time point coefficients (qk) and known time delay values from a delay and slew model of a receiving gate from a timing library; determining waveform values (Ikj) for input waveforms from the timing library; determining timing values (dj) from a timing table in the timing library in response to the input waveforms of the timing library; and determining coefficients (qk) by minimizing a residual of a delay equation.
US08924904B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide methods and apparatuses for determining factors for design consideration in yield analysis of semiconductor fabrication. In one embodiment, a computer-implemented method for determining factors for design consideration in yield analysis of semiconductor fabrication includes obtaining a geometric characteristic of a defect on a chip and obtaining design data of the chip, where the design data is associated with the defect. The method further includes determining a criticality factor of the defect based on the geometric characteristic and the design data, and outputting the criticality factor.
US08924901B2
Systems and techniques are described for performing circuit synthesis. Some embodiments create a lookup table based on information contained in a cell library. The lookup table is then used during circuit synthesis. Specifically, some embodiments optimize cells in a reverse-levelized cell ordering. For a given cell, a table lookup is performed to obtain a set of optimal cell configurations, and the cell is replaced with a cell configuration selected from the set of optimal cell configurations. Some embodiments concurrently optimize cells for timing, area, and power leakage based on the timing criticality of the cells.
US08924899B2
A system and method for providing an integrated circuit that integrates with and controls a device wherein the integrated circuit design is developed based on a selection of characteristics of the device. The system and method also provide software for establishing interoperability between the integrated circuit and a controller.
US08924895B2
The apparatus and method for extracting a single picture image from a video file saved in a storage device (20) of the electronic device (10) and performing a screen saver function using the extracted single picture image. The screen saver function may extract a plurality of single picture images from the saved video files of the electronic device. The plurality of single picture images can be provided from the random and/or sequential location of the video file data (10).
US08924891B2
A method provides information about stations in an irrigation system which are simultaneously active. An irrigation flow curve image is displayed which summarizes flow information for an irrigation system. The method interacts with a user to receive an indication from a user interface pointing device of a position within a flow curve area of the irrigation flow curve image on the display. The method retrieves detail information for stations in the irrigation system which are simultaneously active at a time indicated by the position of the user interface pointing device. Detail information is displayed isolating the stations in the irrigation system which are simultaneously active at the time indicated by the position of the user interface pointing device, wherein the detail information further individually indicates irrigation activity for stations which are simultaneously active at the time indicated by the position of the user interface pointing device.
US08924890B2
A method and apparatus for a dynamic glyph based search includes an image server. The image server analyzes images to determine the content of an image. The image and data related to the determined content of the image are stored in an image database. A user can access the image server and search images using search glyphs. In response to selection of a generic-search glyph, the image server finds related images in the image database and the images are displayed to the user. In addition, refine-search glyphs are displayed to a user based on the selected generic-search glyph. One or more refine-search glyphs can be selected by a user to further narrow a search to specific people, locations, objects, and other image content.
US08924889B2
Methods and systems are provided for allowing a user to interface with a system. More particularly, in one exemplary embodiment, a zoomable user interface (ZUI) generated by a processor includes a collection of scenes displayable on the ZUI including a first scene and a second scene, each of the scenes being implemented using software written in a programming language. The ZUI also includes an event capture mechanism for identifying user inputs to the ZUI, including a user input for requesting a change from the first scene to the second scene; and a transition between the first scene and the second scene in the collection of scenes, the transition conveying a spatial relationship between the first scene and the second scene within the ZUI.
US08924881B2
A method for providing a first dashboard that includes a first several window panes for providing information about a first set of aspects of a patient's condition. The method also provides a second dashboard that includes a second several window panes for providing information about a second set of aspects of a patient's condition. The method further defines a link that causes the second dashboard to be opened when an item is selected in at least one of the first several window panes.
US08924879B2
A computer readable storage medium storing a set of instructions that are executable by a processor, the set of instructions being operable to store a virtual representation of a plurality of physical components, display the virtual representation, receive user interaction with at least one of the virtual representations and send a command to the physical component corresponding to the user interaction.
US08924876B1
A method is provided, the method including (a) storing a set of drag-and-drop properties associated with an object in a properties file, the properties file being stored on a tangible computer readable medium, and (b) implementing a program in software. The program includes an instantiation of the object and a method for handling drag-and-drop features associated with the instantiated object with reference to the set of drag-and-drop properties stored in the properties file. Software and data structure methods are provided as well.
US08924873B2
In general, embodiments of the invention provide an approach to organize a user interface, such as a computer desktop, based on the role or activity of the current user. Specifically, a display area configuration of a user device is defined by selecting resources from a plurality of available resources to include in a display area configuration, building a profile from the selected resources to preserve the display area configuration, and saving the profile. The display area is then built on a user device when the profile is selected from the user device.
US08924871B2
A GUI evaluation system includes: a screen information recording section for storing, as screen information, information on text and input/output components as elements on the evaluation target screen; an input/output component group specifying section for specifying a group of elements; and an input/output component layout determining section for evaluating the layout of elements based on the relationship between elements in a group specified by the input/output component group specifying section and the relationship between groups. The input/output component group specifying section specifies, as a small group, a set containing an input component and an element close to the input component as members, and as a medium group, a set containing a small group and another small group or text close to the small group or the other small group and text as members.
US08924867B2
A system may include reception of a request from a Web browser identifying source code and a computing platform, creation of a build environment corresponding to the identified computing platform, executing a build based on the source code, using the second build environment, to create build output, and transmission, to the Web browser, of a Web page including the build output.
US08924866B2
A method for controlling display of a messaging window displays a messaging window including a message input region and a message output region, receives a plurality of incoming messages which are successively displayed in the message output region, and selectively freezes the message output region such that incoming messages that are received while the message output region is selectively frozen are not displayed in the message output region.
US08924863B2
A system for collaborative web browsing is provided comprising: a CPU; a system memory in communication with said CPU; a display medium; and instructions stored in the system memory and executable by the CPU, the instructions comprising: enabling a device to join a collaborative web browsing session; enabling a data navigation module to provide, upon an object appearing upon the display medium being selected by a user, outgoing navigation data that enables a rendering of the object to be distinguished from other objects rendered upon at least one other display medium of at least one other device.
US08924857B2
A multi-dimensional rights scheme is described, including generating a time-based media presentation including a media track, encoding the media track for a first right of a user of the media presentation, and encoding a time-based portion of the media presentation for a second right of the user of the media presentation.
US08924854B2
A method for navigation of television program listings within a user interface includes successively displaying a first set of visual cards in a first area of the user interface. Each visual card of the first set of visual cards represents a corresponding broadcast time slot associated with a graphically represented first card characteristic. Selection by a user of a particular visual card of the first set of visual cards is enabled in order to view a television program corresponding to the time slot represented by the selected visual card. In an embodiment, a transition from display of a first visual card of the first set of visual cards to display of a second visual card of the first set of visual cards occurs automatically at the conclusion of a first time period.
US08924852B2
A support apparatus, computer-implemented method, and article of manufacture for supporting a processing of a character string in a document. The support apparatus includes: a document storage unit; a designation reception unit; a document acquisition unit; a historical-information storage unit; a reference-information generator; and a presentation unit. The method includes: receiving designation from a user; acquiring a document from the document storage device based on the designation by the user; reading pieces of historical information related to the acquired document from the historical-information storage device, and thereby generating reference information for helping the user to select a processing of the character string in the document; and presenting, to the user, a screen for receiving the designation of the processing of the character string in the acquired document, together with the reference information.
US08924851B2
Non-destructive manipulation of images in a web development environment (WDE) is disclosed. The WDE provides an image preview component for operating on the original source image data of an image desired for placement on a web page under development in the WDE. Image manipulation tools, such as cropping and scaling, are provided in the image preview component allowing the designer to adjust the appearance of the original source image data that will be presented by the web image object placed on the design canvas of the WDE. The web image objects are defined having a link to the original source image data by maintaining the display modification instructions used to manipulate the original image defined by the original source image data into the display of the web image object.
US08924847B2
A multilayer style sheet method includes retrieving multiple style sheets, the style sheets comprising multiple layers in a hierarchy, the layers comprising characteristics of features for electronic documents, and generating an electronic document based on the style sheets.
US08924846B2
A method of determining main text in a mark-up document is provided, which comprises determining a length of each paragraph in the mark-up document; and determining one or more main paragraphs of the mark-up document based upon the length of the paragraphs in the mark-up document.
US08924842B2
In one embodiment, during a design mode an editing interface is provided, the interface including a plurality of cells arranged in a layout. An instruction is received to cause binding of a widget to a first cell, and data is received at the first cell. During a production mode, a view of the document is displayed. The first cell is updated to reference changed data when it is detected that data within the widget is changed via user input at the widget. The widget is updated to reference changed data when it is detected that data within the first cell has changed for a reason other than user input at the widget.
US08924839B2
A method of operation of an electronic reader system includes: identifying a first feature point on a first multimedia book when a behavior pattern matches or exceeds a threshold pattern; generating a first bookmark corresponding to the first feature point; ranking a mark importance priority of the first bookmark based on the behavior pattern; rendering the first bookmark for displaying on a display; and updating the display based on the mark importance priority.
US08924834B2
Error correction circuit for data communication providing parallelizable linear programming decoding
An error detection/correction system provides an electronic circuit detecting and correcting transmission errors using linear programming. Linear programming techniques are made practical for real-time error correction and decoding by dividing the linear programming problem into independent parallelizable problems so that separate independent portions of the electronic circuit may simultaneously address solutions related to individual bits and/or parity rules.
US08924831B2
A network coding method includes receiving a plurality of message packets each having a packet length. Encoding the plurality of message packets by applying a convolutional code across symbols in corresponding positions of the plurality of message packets obtaining a number of encoded packets. The number of encoded packets obtained being more than the number of message packets.
US08924823B2
A system and method including a parity bit encoder for encoding each n bits of data to be transmitted with a parity check bit to produce blocks of n+1 bits (n information bits plus one parity bit associated with the n information bits). Each of the blocks of n+1 bits are Gray mapped to a plurality of associated QAM symbols that are modulated onto an optical wavelength and transmitted to a receiver. A maximum a posteriori (MAP) decoder is used at the receiver to correct for cycle slip. Phase errors of 180 degrees may be detected by independently encoding odd and even bits prior to Gray mapping, and identifying errors in decoding odd numbered bits at the receiver.
US08924810B1
A data unit is received, wherein the data unit includes a primary information data structure and a primary redundancy data structure. A secondary error correction operation is performed on one or more selected fields within the primary information data structure. After performing the secondary error correction operation, a primary error correction operation is performed on the data unit using the primary redundancy data structure, the primary error correction operation separate from the secondary error correction operation.
US08924809B2
A method and apparatus are described including determining address using an access point address and a multicast group address, transmitting a recovery request message to a recovery server to request recovery data using the address and receiving the recovery data from the recovery server. Also described are a method and apparatus including receiving a registration message, transmitting a reply to the registration message, receiving a recovery request message, transmitting recovery data responsive to the recovery request message and transmitting a message to a recovery multicast group to determine status of the recovery multicast group.
US08924801B2
An integrated circuit comprises scan test circuitry and at least one circuit core coupled to the scan test circuitry. The scan test circuitry comprises input and output scan chains coupled to respective input and output interfaces of the circuit core via respective functional logic blocks, and interface signal selection circuitry. The interface signal selection circuitry is configured to select a particular one of a functional input signal and a plurality of scan test input signals for application to one or more designated input signal lines of the input interface of the circuit core responsive to one or more control signals. By way of example only, the first and second scan test input signals may comprise respective first and second distinct address values and the designated input signal lines of the input interface of the circuit core may comprise address input signal lines of an embedded memory.
US08924796B2
A system includes an integrated circuit having a first component and a first unit. The first component is configured to generate a first trace information. The first unit is implemented in hardware and configured to generate a first time information based on a time of the generation of the first trace information and configured to generate a first data sequence including the first trace information and the first time information.
US08924786B2
Embodiments are generally directed no-touch stress testing of memory input/output (I/O) interfaces. An embodiment of a memory device includes a system element to be coupled with a dynamic random-access memory (DRAM), the system element including a memory interface for connection with the DRAM, the interface including a driver and a receiver, a memory controller for control of the DRAM, and a timing stress testing logic for testing of the I/O interface.
US08924784B2
An integrated circuit device includes a processor core, and a controller. The processor core issues a command intended for a first thread of a plurality of threads. The controller initiates de-allocates hardware resources of the controller that are allocated to the first thread during a thread reset process for the first thread, returns a specified value to the processor core in response to the first command intended for the first thread during the thread reset process, drops responses intended for the first thread from other devices during the thread reset process, completes the thread reset process in response to a determination that all expected responses intended for the first thread have been either received or dropped, and continues to issue requests to other devices in response to commands from other threads of the plurality of threads and processing corresponding responses during the thread reset process.
US08924781B2
A data center may use generators for backup power, where the backup generators are able to serve less than the maximal power load of the data center. The use of generators that can serve less than the maximal power load may be recognized by, and addressed by, the power policy for the data center. When utility power is lost, the power policy manager may detect that the data center is switching to generator power, and may have knowledge of the capacity of those generators. If the capacity is less than the maximal power load of the data center, the power policy manager may shed load by throttling equipment in the data center to lower power levels. The policy may specify which pieces of equipment are to be throttled. When utility power is restored, the throttling of the equipment may be removed by the power policy manager.
US08924778B2
Disclosed are a method and a simplex array controller device that synchronize firmware revisions between an original, native, storage array controller in a single controller storage array system (i.e., a simplex array controller) and a replacement storage array controller that replaces the original, native, storage array controller. An embodiment may create and store an original firmware code image containing a copy of the firmware revision information running on an original simplex array controller along with controller and firmware revision identification off-board of the original array controller on a firmware repository storage device. The firmware repository storage device may be one of the storage devices selected from the array of storage devices controlled by the original array controller. When the original array controller is replaced by the replacement array controller, such as when the original array controller has failed, the replacement array controller may compare the firmware revision information of the firmware currently running on the array controller with the firmware revision information stored in the original firmware code image, and, if the revision information does not match, replace/overwrite the firmware revision on the replacement controller with the firmware revision stored in the firmware code image.
US08924775B1
A data storage device may comprise storage media comprising a plurality of sectors, and a controller configured to selectively read and write data thereto. The controller may be further configured to tag a sector as a bad sector to be relocated after a first failed read and to untag the tagged sector after a successful write attempt after the first failed read. After a second failed read from the sector subsequent to the successful write, the controller may tag the untagged sector as a bad sector to be relocated and adjust a recurring bad sector counter for that sector. On a subsequent write request, based at least in part on the bad sector counter and a threshold, the controller may determine whether to relocate data stored at a physical location on the data storage device corresponding to the sector to a spare location on the data storage device.
US08924771B2
The invention provides a data storage topology that includes a master logging node where the event logs for all of the nodes may be stored on a consolidated basis. The master logging node is configured with a sufficient amount of reserved or additional data storage to accommodate the event logging requirement for the entire data storage topology. The other expanders in the topology may remain at a baseline model. The master logging medium may be an inexpensive persistent storage, such as a flash chip or USB key. The master logging expander may pull the event logs and other information from the remote expanders or, alternatively, the remote expanders may push their event logs and other information to the master logging node. In particular embodiments, the pull or push configuration may be implemented through preexisting SAS protocols.
US08924770B2
A method begins by a dispersed storage (DS) processing module detecting a storage error of an encoded data slice associated with a storage server within a maintenance free storage container. The method continues with the DS processing module determining failure mode information for the storage server and other storage servers and determining a rebuilding protocol for the encoded data. When the determined rebuilding protocol is a zero information gain (ZIG) protocol, the method continues with the DS processing module identifying a decode threshold number of storage servers from the other storage servers of the maintenance free storage container and from storage servers of another maintenance free storage container, retrieving zero information gain (ZIG) partial encoded data slices from the decode threshold number of storage servers, and decoding the ZIG partial encoded data slices utilizing a ZIG dispersed storage error coding function to reproduce the encoded data slice.
US08924768B2
Apparatuses and methods are disclosed for implementing an inter-processor communication channel including power-down functionality. In one embodiment, the apparatus may comprise a first integrated circuit (IC), a second IC coupled to the first IC via a communication interface, wherein the first IC is in one or more low power states and unable to monitor the communication interface. The apparatus may further comprise an inter-processor communication (IPC) channel coupled between the first and second ICs, wherein the IPC channel is separate from the communication interface and wherein the second IC generates at least one advisory signal to the first IC via the IPC channel.
US08924762B2
A data processing apparatus includes an input unit configured to input a job to be executed by the data processing apparatus, a processing unit configured to process the job input by the input unit, a power measurement unit configured to make power measurement of the data processing apparatus, and a storage unit configured to store a measurement time of the power consumption by the power measurement unit.
US08924759B2
A power-supply control device includes a transition section, a body-capable-of-movement detection section, a return control section, a reference-time-period setting section, a state determination section, and a correction section. The transition section shifts a state of an operation target section from one state to another state among a power-supply state and multiple types of non-power-supply states. The body-capable-of-movement detection section detects a body capable of movement. The return control section controls the transition section so as to return the state of the operation target section to the power-supply state. The reference-time-period setting section sets a reference time period. The state determination section checks a state of detection of the body capable of movement after the reference time period elapses. The correction section corrects the reference time period on the basis of detection position information.
US08924757B2
An electrical apparatus has a controller for switching between a normal power mode and power saving modes. A receiver receives instructions for a manipulation on the apparatus. A switch controller switches to a first power saving mode when no instruction for manipulation is received within a first standby time in the normal power mode, switches to a second and lower power saving mode when no instruction for manipulation is received and the time reaches a preset second standby time in the first power saving mode, switches to the normal power mode when an instruction for manipulation is received when the apparatus is in the first or second power saving mode, and switches to the second or a third power saving mode for supplying less power than the first power saving mode but more than the second when the time reaches the first standby time if a predetermined condition is satisfied.
US08924751B2
A method is provided for a SAS (Serial Attached SCSI (Small Computer System Interface)) expander to manage power consumption of a wide port that includes multiple expander phys each operable in at least three power conditions. The method includes monitoring number of AIP primitives for the wide port over time, changing at least one expander phy to a lower power condition when the number of AIP primitives total less than a first threshold over a first period of time, and changing at least one expander phy to a higher power condition when the number of AIP primitives total more than a second threshold over a second period of time.
US08924749B2
A Universal Serial Bus (USB) to Serial ATA (SATA) bridge device and method for operating same in a USB connected mass storage subsystem supports software management of power consumption. The USB to SATA bridge estimates power consumption based on known power consumption characteristics of SATA disk drives when performing commands involved in accessing SATA drive, or takes measurements of power consumption during execution of commands to determine when responses to a USB host device are to be delayed. By selectively delaying responses to the USB host device issuing the commands, the USB to SATA bridge manages the rate at which the host issues commands to the USB mass storage subsystem and is thereby able to automatically limit power consumption of the USB mass storage subsystem to that that available over the USB link.
US08924748B2
An apparatus comprises a plurality of cores and a controller coupled to the cores. The controller is to lower an operating point of a first core if a first number based on processor clock cycles per instruction (CPI) associated with a second core is higher than a first threshold. The controller is operable to increase the operating point of the first core if the first number is lower than a second threshold.
US08924744B2
A communication system includes a network formed by a plurality of control units, each operated in a high power consumption mode and a low power consumption mode. A selected one or more of the control units act solely or in cooperation with each other to implement a specific function. Each of the selected one or more of the control units related to the specific function is set in the high power consumption mode. Each of the non-selected control units unrelated to the specific function is set in the low power consumption mode.
US08924740B2
Methods and mechanisms for transmitting secure data. An apparatus includes a storage device configured to store data intended to be kept secure. Circuitry is configured to receive bits of the secure data from the storage device and invert the bits prior to transmission. The circuitry may invert the bits prior to conveyance if more than half of the bits are a binary one, set an inversion signal to indicate whether the one or more bits are inverted, and convey both the one or more bits and inversion signal. Embodiments also include a first source configured to transmit Q bits of the secure data on an interface on each of a plurality of clock cycles. The first source is also configured to generate one or more additional bits to be conveyed concurrent with the Q bits such that a number of binary ones transmitted each clock cycle is constant.
US08924739B2
Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and non-transitory computer-readable storage media for performing in-place encryption. A system configured to practice the method receives a request from a user to encrypt an unencrypted volume of a computing device and identifies, generates, and/or randomly selects a volume key. Then the system converts the unencrypted volume to an encryptable format divided into portions. The system then encrypts, based on the volume key, the encryptable volume, portion by portion, to enable the user to use the computing device while encrypting. The system can maintain an encryption progress status and display the encryption progress status. The system can monitor disk accesses to the encryptable volume, and, when the disk accesses exceed a first threshold, apply a back-off algorithm to stop encrypting until the disk accesses fall below a second threshold. Thus, the computing device can be used while the encryption occurs in the background.
US08924738B2
An information processing device and method include storing encrypted content, storing a key for decrypting the encrypted content stored, decrypting the encrypted content stored using the key, storing a deletion table storing information indicating whether or not the key stored is to be deleted when a transition from an operating state to one of other states is made, the information corresponding to the other states, and checking the information in the deletion table corresponding to the one of the other states and deleting the key when the information indicates that the key is to be deleted.
US08924732B2
A method of cipher communication for management frame performed by station in wireless local area network system is provided. The method includes obtaining a first pseudonoise code sequence (PN) for a plaintext Medium Access Control (MAC) protocol data unit (MPDU), constructing an additional authentication data (AAD) by using fields in a header of the plaintext MPDU, constructing a Nonce value from the PN, an Address 2 and a Priority field in the header of the plaintext MPDU, generating a encrypted MPDU from the plaintext MPDU by using a temporal key, the AAD, and the Nonce value, and transmitting the encrypted MPDU to a peer station, wherein the plaintext MPDU is a management frame including a sequence number field, the sequence number field including access category field indicating category of data included in the plaintext MPDU, and the Nonce value includes a priority field matched with the access category field.
US08924731B2
A secure signing method, a secure authentication method, and an IPTV system are disclosed. The secure signing method includes preparing digital signature header fields and setting an attribute, calculating a hash digest of content using a hashing algorithm, storing the calculated hash value in a message digest field of the digital signature header, encrypting the message digest using a secret key and inserting the encrypted message digest in a signature field of the digital signature header, and associating the digital signature header with the content by prefixing the digital signature header to the content. The secure authentication method includes checking whether a format and value of a digital signature header of content are appropriate, calculating a hash digest of the content using a hashing algorithm, comparing the calculated hash value with a message digest field of the digital signature header, decrypting the hash value of the signature field of the digital signature header using a public key extracted from a certificate field, and comparing the decrypted hash value with the message digest.
US08924728B2
A method and apparatus for establishing a secure session with a device without exposing privacy-sensitive information are described. In one embodiment, the method includes the authentication of a digitally signed message received from a hardware device. In one embodiment, a digital signature, created by a private signature key of the hardware device, is authenticated according to a public key of an issuer without disclosure of an identity of the hardware device. The digital signature is a signature of an ephemeral DH public key, which the verifier is now assured comes from a trusted device. An encrypted and authenticated session (“secure session”) is established with the authenticated hardware device according to a key exchange using this signed ephemeral DH public key. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US08924726B1
An improved technique involves generating an encoded representation of encrypted forms of a message which includes an institution's digital signature derived from the message. The institution sends the encoded representation to the user's computer. The user transfers an image of the encoded representation from the user's computer to a separate hand-held device. The user then derives the encrypted forms of the message and the institution's digital signature by decoding the image on the hand-held device; the user then decrypts the encrypted forms of the message and the institution's digital signature on the hand-held device. The user then sees the message without interference from an intrusive agent in a MitB attack. Further, the user can verify the institution's identity as the sender of the message by being able to validate the institution's digital signature. In this way, a MitB attack is very likely to be made apparent to the user.
US08924725B2
One or more file sharing computers receives a client request including an IP address and port number used by the client (computer). The one or more computers respond by creating an enhanced file handle from a hash on a combination of the IP address, port number, restricted key, and a standard file handle, and concatenating the hash with the standard file handle. The enhanced file handle is sent to the client and used by the client in a second request. The one or more computers uncouple the standard file handle and hash combination. Using the client IP address, port number, restricted key and standard file handle from the client second request, the one or more computers create a second combination. The second combination hash is compared to the first combination hash and in response to determining a match, the second request is accepted, and otherwise denied.
US08924720B2
A method, device, and system for securely migrating and provisioning a virtual machine image to a host device of a cloud service provider environment (CSPE) is disclosed. A customer device encrypts a virtual machine image (VMI) and stores the VMI in the CSPE. The host device retrieves the encrypted VMI from the object store and sends host trust data (including a symmetric key extracted from the encrypted VMI, the symmetric key being encrypted with the customer public key) to a key management server for trust attestation. If the key management server successfully attests the host device, the key management server decrypts the encrypted symmetric key using the customer private key and re-encrypts the symmetric key using the host public key. The host device receives the re-encrypted symmetric key from the key management server, decrypts it using the host private key, and decrypts the encrypted VMI using the symmetric key.
US08924719B2
Secure bulk messaging mechanism in which, roughly described, a sender first encrypts a message once. The message can be decrypted with a message decryption key. These can be symmetric or asymmetric keys. For each recipient, the sender then encrypts the message decryption key with the recipient's public key. The sender then sends the encrypted message and the encrypted message decryption keys to a store-and-forward server. Subsequently, one or more recipients connect to the server and retrieve the encrypted message and the message encryption key that has been encrypted with the recipient's public key. Alternatively, the server can forward these items to each individual recipient. The recipient then decrypts the encrypted message decryption key with the recipient's private key, resulting in an unencrypted message decryption key. The recipient then decrypts the message using the unencrypted message decryption key.
US08924718B2
Systems and methods for deciphering Internet Protocol (IP) security in an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) using a monitoring system are described. In some embodiments, a method may include identifying a Security Association (SA) between a User Equipment (UE) and a Proxy Call Session Control Function (P-CSCF) of an Internet Protocol (IP) Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) over a Gm interface during a registration procedure, correlating the SA with a ciphering key (CK) exchanged between the P-CSCF and a Serving CSCF (S-CSCF) of the IMS over an Mw interface during the registration procedure, and storing an indication of the correlated SA and CK in a deciphering record.
US08924702B2
An operating method of a dual operating system, adapted to switch a first operating system and a second operating system on a docking system composed of a portable electronic device and a docking station, wherein the portable electronic device stores the first operating system and the first part of the second operating system, and the docking station stores the second part of the second operating system, the operating method comprising automatically starting the first part of the second operating system when the portable device operates the first operating system and is in an idle mode of the first operating system. When the portable device is coupled to the docking system and operates the second operating system and is in the idle mode of the second operating system, the portable device automatically loads and executes the first operating system.
US08924695B2
An architectural instruction instructs a microprocessor to perform an operation on first and second source operands to generate a result and to write the result to a destination register only if architectural condition flags satisfy a condition specified in the architectural instruction. A hardware instruction translator translates the architectural instruction into first and second microinstructions. To execute the first microinstruction, an execution pipeline performs the operation on the source operands to generate the result, determines whether the architectural condition flags satisfy the condition, and updates a non-architectural indicator to indicate whether the architectural condition flags satisfy the condition. To execute the first microinstruction, if the non-architectural indicator updated by the first microinstruction indicates the architectural condition flags satisfy the condition, it updates the destination register with the result; otherwise, it updates the destination register with the current value of the destination register.
US08924694B2
A programmable processor configured to perform one or more packet modifications through execution of one or more commands. A pipelined processor core comprises a first stage configured to selectively shift and mask data in each of a plurality of categories in response to one or more decoded commands, and combine the selectively shifted and masked data in each of the categories. The pipelined processor core further comprises a second stage configured to selectively perform one or more operations on the combined data from the first stage and other data responsive to the one or more decoded commands. In one implementation, the processor is implemented as an application specific integrated circuit (ASIC).
US08924687B1
A data read/write system receives a key associated with a data read request. The data read/write system hashes the key to obtain a first hash value and hashes the key to obtain a second hash value, where the second hash value is different than the first hash value. The data read/write system obtains a pointer from a pointer array using the first and second hash values, and uses one or more bits of the pointer and the first hash value to retrieve data from a data look-up array.
US08924677B2
Memory management techniques that permit an executing process to store content in memory and later retrieve that content from the memory, but that also permit a memory manager to discard that content to address memory pressure. A process executing on a computing device may notify a memory manager of the computing device that first memory space allocated to the process contains first content that is available for discard. If the memory manager detects the computing device is experiencing memory pressure, the memory manager may address the memory pressure by selecting memory space available for discard and discarding the content of the memory space. Before a process reuses content made available for discard, the process may notify the memory manager of the intent to reuse and, in response, receive empty memory and an indication that the content was discarded or receive an indication that the content is still available for use.
US08924673B2
A method in one embodiment for operating a virtual server supporting at least one Write Once Read Many (WORM) logical data object and at least one read-write logical object includes initializing a logical data object from a common pool of the logical data objects, the logical data object bound with a member of a media type group, the member of the media type group comprising a WORM logical data object and a read-write logical data object; and reusing one of the logical data objects as the member of the media type group without ejection and reinsertion by mounting the logical data object with a write from beginning of logical data object to bind at least one data attribute to the member of the media type group to replace any previous attribute and data associated with the logical data object.
US08924669B2
An information processing apparatus connected to first and second storage devices via a storage control apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes: an acquisition unit configured to acquire a model number of the second storage device when the storage control apparatus operates in a mirror state; a determination unit configured to determine whether the second storage device needs to be used, based on the model number acquired by the acquisition unit; and a second transfer unit configured to transfer the storage control apparatus from the mirror state to a rebuilding state if the determination unit determines that the second storage device needs to be used.
US08924660B2
Method, process, and apparatus to efficiently store, read, and/or process portions of word data. A portion of a data word, which includes multiple portions, may be read by a computer processor. The processor may read a first portion of the data word from a first memory. The processor may read a second portion of the data word from a second portion of memory. The second portion may include bits which are less critical than the bits of the first portion. The second memory may be distinct from the first memory based on one or more physical attributes.
US08924637B2
A flash memory storage system has a plurality of flash memory devices comprising a plurality of flash memories, and a controller having an I/O processing control unit for accessing a flash memory device specified by a designated access destination in an I/O request received from an external device from among the plurality of flash memory devices. A parity group can be configured of flash memory devices having identical internal configuration.
US08924632B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for efficient buffering for a system having non-volatile memory (“NVM”). A tree can be stored in volatile memory that includes a logical-to-physical mapping between a logical space and physical addresses of the NVM. When the amount of memory available for the tree is below a pre-determined threshold, a system can attempt to reduce the number of data fragments in the NVM, and consequently flatten a portion of the tree. The NVM interface may select an optimal set of entries of the tree to combine. Any suitable approach can be used such as, for example, moving one or more sliding windows across the tree, expanding a sliding window when a condition has been satisfied, using a priority queue while scanning the tree, and/or maintaining a priority queue while the tree is being updated.
US08924621B2
An apparatus and method for a Universal Serial Bus (USB) isolating device. An USB isolating device includes a downstream facing circuit and a upstream facing circuit. The downstream facing circuit is coupled to a peripheral device via a first pair of signals and is configured for detecting a speed at which the peripheral device is operating based on a first voltage configuration on the first pair of signals. The upstream facing circuit is coupled to the downstream facing circuit and a host/hub via a second pair of signals and is configured for communicating with the downstream facing circuit on the speed of the peripheral device and adaptively creating a second voltage configuration on the second pair of signals to facilitate the host/hub to adapt to the speed of the peripheral device.
US08924614B2
The present invention aims to provide a host controller apparatus, an information processing apparatus, and an event information output method that are capable of outputting event information to a system memory while achieving power saving. A host controller apparatus according to the present invention includes: an event controller that outputs occurred event information to a system memory; and an interruption controller that outputs an interrupt signal to a CPU executing an event recorded in the system memory, the interrupt signal requesting execution of the event output from the event controller to the system memory. The event controller outputs the occurred event information to the system memory in synchronization with a timing at which the interruption controller outputs the interrupt signal to the CPU.
US08924612B2
A bidirectional communications link between a master device and a slave device includes first endpoint circuitry coupled to the master device generating forward data packets, second endpoint circuitry coupled to the slave device for receiving reverse data packets, and bidirectional communication circuitry for transferring forward data packets from the first endpoint circuitry to the second endpoint circuitry and reverse data packets from the second endpoint circuitry to the first endpoint circuitry. In response to a power down condition requiring a power down of at least one of the first endpoint circuitry and the second endpoint circuitry, performance of said power down is deferred until both said outstanding forward credit signal and said outstanding reverse credit signal have been de-asserted.
US08924606B2
It is provided a storage system for inputting and outputting data in accordance with a request from a host computer, comprising: at least one processor for processing data requested to be input or output; a plurality of transfer controllers for transferring data between memories in the storage system; and at least one transfer sequencer for requesting a data transfer to the plurality of transfer controllers in accordance with an instruction from the processor. The processor transmits a series of data transfer requests to the at least one transfer sequencer. The at least one transfer sequencer requests a data transfer to each of the plurality of transfer controllers based on the series of data transfer requests. The each transfer controller transfers data between the memories in accordance with an instruction from the at least one transfer sequencer.
US08924603B2
A protocol adapter for transferring diagnostic messages between networks within a vehicle and a host computer. The protocol adapter operates as a voltage translator to support J1708 software. The protocol adapter also recognizes when the protocol adapter is connected to a host computer running the J1939 and/or J1708 protocols and automatically switches to that protocol.
US08924597B2
Various embodiments of a method [800] of distributing configuration information within a predefined set of conjoined blades of a blade partition are described. In one embodiment, a configuration rule at a database for a predefined set of conjoined blades of a blade partition is accessed, wherein conjoined blades within the blade partition are coupled with management processors [805]. A portion of the configuration rule is compared with a hardware configuration of the blade partition [810]. The portion of the configuration information is an identification of the conjoined blades [810]. When the portion of the configuration rule correlates with the hardware configuration, the configuration rule is provided to the management processors of the blade partition [815].
US08924592B2
Described are methods and systems for synchronizing client-side cookies with server-side cookies. A control that executes on a client computer within the context of a remote application, receives control input that is generated by a remote control that executes on a server within the remote application. In response to receiving the control input, the control generates a content request and forwards the content request to a synchronization agent that executes on the client computer. In many instances, the content request is a request for a cookie. Upon receiving the content request, the synchronization agent determines the type of content requested and responsively issues a synchronization request to a remote synchronization agent that executes on the server. The remote synchronization agent retrieves the requested content from the server and transmits the requested content to the synchronization agent. Upon receiving the requested content, the synchronization agent returns the content to the control.
US08924586B2
A management device determines, in response to a request, given from a requester terminal included in a plurality of terminals, for determining an information distributor to distribute request target information, any one of a server and a relay terminal to retain the request target information as the request target information distributor, and instructs the requester terminal and the relay terminal determined to be the distributor to determine, based on a status of a route which connects the server, the relay terminal and the requester terminal, whether the request target information can be held or deleted after having the request target information distributed.
US08924584B1
A method and system for rendering Ethernet linked components deterministic, the method including the step of storing a communication rule set in each of at least two Ethernet linked components where the set specifies rules by which the two components communicate and monitoring communications between the two components to identify any rule that is not followed and then activating an alarm function when a rule is not followed.
US08924581B1
Techniques are described for managing data transmissions between computing systems based at least in part on using a streaming transport protocol. At least some such data transmissions may be performed using HTTP, with one or more underlying transport protocols used to implement the HTTP-based data transmissions. HTTP-based data transmissions performed using an underlying streaming transport protocol, for example, may send data without performing error detection for reliability and without ensuring ordered delivery of the sent data. In addition, one or more HTTP-based data transmissions may be initiated using an underlying streaming transport protocol, but subsequent data transmissions may switch to using a different underlying transport protocol (e.g., TCP) or different transmission technique that is performed without using data streaming.
US08924579B2
Data paths extending to a first receiver from a plurality of data supply sources are each capable of supplying the same stream data. When providing the stream data to the first receiver rate-distortion of the data paths is optimized. Clocks asynchronous with each other per data path are set so as to attain the rate-distortion optimization.
US08924574B2
In a system and method for establishing communications in a communications network, a network service provider can assign IP addresses to mobile devices dynamically to conserve IP address resources. A network service provider can also implement network address translation to further conserve IP address resources and to provide improved security. If a requestor seeks to obtain an IP address of a mobile device and the address is a local address, the system determines if the mobile device has a network address translation (NAT) binding that associates the IP address of the mobile device with a public IP address. If the mobile device does not have a NAT binding, the system creates a NAT binding that associates the IP address of the mobile device with a public IP address.
US08924567B1
Methods, devices, and systems for creating an intermediate layer between a SIP endpoint and a SIP service. The intermediate layer may operate to provide a greater flexibility in quickly adapting to customer requirements and/or requests of the SIP service that would, without the intermediate layer, have to wait for long release cycles and request changes directly from the SIP service. The intermediate layer provides a way of increasing the set of features provided to SIP endpoints around the SIP service without changing the SIP service itself.
US08924566B1
A cluster computer system including multiple network accessible computers that are each coupled to a network. The network accessible computers implement host computer programs which permits the network accessible computers to operate as host computers for client computers also connected to the network, such that input devices of the client computers can be used to generate inputs to the host computers, and such that image information generated by the host computers can be viewed by the client computers. The system also includes a cluster administration computer coupled to the multiple network accessible computers to monitor the operation of the network accessible computers. A method for providing access to host computers by client computers over a computer network includes receiving a request for a host computer coupled to a computer network from a client computer coupled to the computer network, wherein the relationship of the host computer to the client computer is to be such that after the client computer becomes associated with a host computer, an input device of the client computer can be used to generate inputs to the host computer, and such that image information generated by the host computer can be viewed by the client computer. Next, a suitable host computer for the client computer is determined, and the client computer is informed of the network address of the suitable host computer.
US08924562B2
A computing device receives a request for a service level agreement (SLA) that indicates a specific combination of services and service levels selected from a group of available services and available service levels. The computing device generates an SLA identifier for the specific combination of services and service levels, and determines if the SLA identifier matches one of a group of stored SLA identifiers. The computing device generates a new SLA based on the specific combination of services and service levels when the SLA identifier does not match one of the group of stored SLA identifiers, and assigns an existing SLA, corresponding to one of the group of stored SLA identifiers, when the SLA identifier matches one of the group of stored SLA identifiers.
US08924559B2
The present invention provides a system and method for provisioning Cloud services by establishing a Cloud services catalog using a Cloud service bus within a Cloud computing environment. In one embodiment, there is a Cloud services catalog manager configured to connect a plurality of Clouds in a Cloud computing environment; maintain a catalog of integrated Cloud services from the plurality of connected Clouds; and display an index of the integrated services on a user interface. Using this system and method will allow for multiple disparate services, offered by different partners, across unrelated, physically distinct Clouds to be presented as an index of integrated services.
US08924555B2
A method and system for providing a computing environment that permits simulations directed towards the consolidation and decommissioning of network elements associated with a network. The computing environment permits a user to designate a network element for decommission and exclude a network element from decommission and/or consolidation. The computing environment includes consolidation and decommission analytics that minimize a total operational cost of the network including leased network elements. The consolidation and decommission analytics includes accounting for penalties associated with early termination of leases and break-even values.
US08924552B2
A method and system allow applying policies to service requests for information or a session, which are created by communications devices and are intended to be sent to service providers over a network. The policies govern the extent to which details about the communications devices sending the requests are released or revealed to that service provider. After amount of capabilities corresponding to the extent allowed by the polity is determined and provided in the service request, the service request is sent over the network to the service provider. Policy based disclosure of communications device capabilities information may be applied in local network embodiments, such as a home or small office network including local sever and residential gateway functions.
US08924549B2
A system operated by a network operator monitors traffic over a wireless network communicatively coupling the system to a device that includes a plurality of applications, a first application of the plurality of applications enabling the device to access a particular network end point that is outside of the wireless network; identifies, within the traffic, data transfers associated with access to the particular network end point by the first application; obtains an offset based on a use of the wireless access network for the data transfers associated with access to the particular network end point by the first application; and allocates at least a portion of the offset to an account associated with a sponsor responsible for paying for or subsidizing at least a portion of the use of the wireless access network for the data transfers associated with access to the particular network end point by the first application.
US08924536B1
Provided is a distributed and decentralized location-aware system. The system includes a number of peers, each in communication with other peers and adapted to communicate PING, PONG, and ALERT messages. Each of the messages has a header that includes location information.Also provided is a method of communication between two peers in the system. In addition, the present invention includes a method of rendering the system. In the method, a communication link between an electronic map and a number of peers is provided. The location information and the covering distance of each of the peers is obtained and used to plot the location and render the covering distance of each peer on the electric map. A communication link between an electronic control device and the electronic map is also provided.
US08924529B2
A method of identifying a networked client device of a host machine or server includes generating an encoded modified date during a first access attempt by the client device of a server-based object, storing the encoded modified date in a local cache of the device, and processing the encoded modified date during a second access attempt by the client device. A system includes the server and a memory device on which is recorded a server-based object. The server generates and stores the encoded modified date in the local cache, e.g., via HTTP, during the first access attempt of the object by the client device, and processes the encoded modified date during a second access attempt by the same client device to uniquely identify the client device. Restricted information may be provided to the client device upon successful identification.
US08924526B1
A system, method, and computer program product are provided for managing services for a service provider at a device within proximity to a location of the service provider, utilizing logic of a centralized environment. In use, at least one real-time service managed for a service provider by a centralized environment is identified. Furthermore, logic of the centralized environment for the management of the at least one real-time service is deployed to at least one device within a predetermined proximity to a location of the service provider.
US08924498B2
A method includes disconnecting a first component from a first network. The first component is redundant to a second component and operates in a secondary or passive redundancy mode. The second component operates in a primary or active redundancy mode and is coupled to the first network. The method also includes updating at least one of hardware and software on the first component to allow the first component to communicate on a second network. The method further includes connecting the updated first component to the second network and synchronizing data between the updated first component on the second network and the second component on the first network. In addition, the method includes switching the updated first component from the secondary redundancy mode to the primary redundancy mode.
US08924494B2
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a presence system having a controller to transmit to a calendar system presence information of a subscriber of the presence system for recording said presence information in a calendar event. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US08924486B2
The present invention provides for method, system, and apparatus for facilitating communication between a first set of networked devices, such as client devices, and a second networked device, such as a server. A query message is transmitted from a representative device of the first set of networked devices, to the second networked device. The representative device may be selected in several ways. A response message may be transmitted from the second networked device, the message comprising an indication of devices from the first set of networked devices for which communications are pending. The response message is processed and devices identified in the response message are notified.
US08924482B2
A method and system for policing events within an online community comprising a plurality of users having corresponding user information stored in a user database. The method comprises: receiving data indicative of an event from a user of the plurality of users of the online community; selecting a plurality of eligible users (such as from the plurality of users, for example based on the stored user information) to form a jury to evaluate the data indicative of the event with respect to rules for the online community stored in a rules database; and electronically taking an action in respect of corresponding stored user information of a user who performed the event based on the jury evaluation of the data with respect to the rules for the online community.
US08924479B2
Contiguous location based user networks are disclosed herein. A method includes receiving an identification of an area of interest associated with a user of, and transmitting the identification of the area of interest to a server. The method includes determining a location of the user device and transmitting the location to the server. The method includes receiving information identifying a proximity group comprising the user and a plurality of other users. The proximity group includes least one other user being within a proximate area of the location of the user device and having an area of interest corresponding to the area of interest of the user. The proximate area corresponds to a second geographic region smaller than the area of interest. The proximity group further comprising at least one additional other user identified as a neighbor of each of the user and the at least one other user.
US08924475B2
The present invention is an Emergency Response Center (ERC) which provides a variety of emergency and information functions in public environments. The ERC operates in a number of modes, including Information Mode, Emergency Response Mode, Security Mode, and Surveillance Mode. The Emergency Response Center functions are software selectable on a large video touch screen. A video screen displays emergency information to users and allows videoconferencing with various authorities as well as any individuals that own the account and apparatus. News, maps, weather, store directories, and other non-emergency information are also displayed by the ERC. The ERC can conduct surveillance of passersby using video cameras configured to stream and record the area in the vicinity of the ERC. The ERC can also scan employee IDs, capture employee facial images, and register employee data in the ERC database. An ERC server allows remote administration of the ERC.
US08924471B2
Techniques to automatically syndicate content over a network are described. An apparatus may comprise a client computer having a processing system with a processor and computer-readable medium. The computer readable medium may store program instructions for a syndication manager component communicatively coupled to a content producing component arranged to be executed by the processor. The syndication manager component may be operative to receive syndication content from the content producing component, and provide a syndication dialog through the content producing component to syndicate the syndication content using a content delivery platform. The syndication manager component may also syndicate the syndication content to form a syndication resource accessible from the content delivery platform over a network using a syndication referent. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US08924467B2
A server distributes operations between the server and a plurality of clients connected to the server. The server includes a communication unit and a delegation processor. The communication unit is configured to receive information indicating a status of a requesting client together with a connection request by the requesting client to the server. The delegation processor is configured to determine a delegation level characterizing a capability of the requesting client to perform at least one operation associated with the connection request and otherwise performed by the server. The delegation processor is also configured to, upon a load status of the server exceeding a predetermined allowable load, notify the requesting client to perform processing of a specified operation associated with the connection request.
US08924464B2
Multimedia communication systems and methods are disclosed. An exemplary system comprises a server adapted to communicate with two or more multimedia endpoints; and a MCU adapted to communicate with the at least one server and the multimedia endpoints, wherein the server contains a module for instructing the multimedia endpoints to call a dial number for the MCU to establish a multimedia conference in response to a requested list of multimedia endpoints received from one of the multimedia endpoints. An exemplary method for establishing a multimedia conference comprises receiving at a server from a first endpoint a requested list of second endpoints desired to participate in the multimedia session; reviewing at the server the status of the second endpoints; and if the status of a particular second endpoint is an available status, instructing at least some of the available second endpoints to call a dial number for a MCU to participate in the multimedia conference. A further exemplary method allows for a determination to be made whether a multipoint or point-to-point conference is required, and allows a user to leave a message for users who unavailable to participate in the conference.
US08924461B2
The present disclosure enables remote device management. A programmatic interface is associated with each application plug-in A web server included with the on-device agent provides access to the programmatic interfaces according to open standards such as HTML or XML. The present disclosure enables access to remote devices through existing infrastructure without the need for proprietary systems. An IT administrator or other administrator may remotely access and update software and hardware, track device data plan usage statistics, provide live support, and track current and historical device locations. Through the support features of the present disclosure an IT administrator or other support operator may remotely operate a device as if they were actually holding the device. This feature provides direct access to device files and software while also showing the IT administrator screen views of the remote device. Thus, the IT administrator actually sees what the remote user also sees.
US08924452B2
A fixed-coefficient variable prime length recursive discrete Fourier transform system includes a pre-processing device, a real-part computation device, an imaginary-part computation device and a post-processing device. The pre-processing device receives N digital input signals and performs order permutation operation to generate first and second temporal signals, wherein N is a prime number. The real-part computation device receives the real part of the first and second temporal signals and performs discrete cosine/sine transform to generate third and fourth temporal signals. The imaginary-part computation device receives the imaginary part of the first and second temporal signals and performs discrete cosine/sine transform to generate fifth and sixth temporal signals. The post-processing device receives the third, fourth, fifth and sixth temporal signals to perform order permutation and addition operations for generating N digital output signals, wherein the N digital output signals are the discrete Fourier transform of the N digital signals.
US08924414B2
Document management techniques to account for user-specific patterns in document metadata are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for facilitating document retrieval may comprise: assigning a first entitlement to a first user for accessing a first plurality of documents; identifying patterns in the first user's creation or modification of metadata related to the first plurality of documents; recording the identified patterns associated with the first user; receiving a document query from a second user who has been assigned a second entitlement to access a second plurality of documents; determining, based on the second entitlement, an access right of the second user with respect to the first plurality of documents; and modifying the document query based on the access right of the second user and the identified patterns, such that the document query returns relevant documents from the first plurality of documents despite the second user's ignorance of the identified patterns.
US08924412B2
Content objects are associated with metadata via content identifiers. In response to a user's query for metadata for a piece of content, the content identifier is derived from the content object and used to determine metadata responses to the query. Rules are applied to govern the metadata responses returned in response to the query. Traffic monitoring is performed to track usage of metadata.
US08924409B1
Methods, systems, and apparatuses, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for optimizing search engine user input selection are disclosed. In one embodiment a user may input a portion of a query term or terms. The method may include receiving a partial query from a user, identifying two or more query suggestions based on the partial query, and determining a probability that each respective complete query suggestion is a query that the user intended to input. The method may also include ranking the two or more query suggestions based on the probability of each respective query suggestion, and determining that a top ranking query suggestion is associated with a probability above a threshold. The method may further include providing for display the two or more query suggestions relative to the partial query, and providing for display, an indication of the top ranking query suggestion among the two or more query suggestions. The user may be able to select an automatically generated search term or terms on-the-fly based on the top ranking query suggestion(s).
US08924408B2
An external service at a service provider server is invoked from a database by accessing from over a network a description of the external service published by the service provider external to the database. A database invocation mechanism is generated from the accessed description of the external service, wherein the database invocation mechanism comprises code within the database. A database program invokes the database invocation mechanism code within the database to invoke and interact with the external service. The database receives data from the external service in response to invoking and interacting with the external service.
US08924407B2
A data enrichment system may include an attribute relevance module to measure relevance of an attribute to a data object to be enriched. The data object may include the attribute including a known or an unknown value. An output value confidence module may calculate a confidence of an output value of a source used for enrichment of the data object. The output value may represent the known and/or unknown values of the attribute. The system may use the measured relevance of the attribute and the calculated confidence of the output value to determine assignment of the known or unknown values to the attribute.
US08924403B2
A method and system for central data querying are provided. A user parameter requesting data is retrieved. A device is determined based upon the user parameter. A query is generated based upon the user parameter. The query is executed in the device to extract the data.
US08924402B2
A method of transferring files in a data-processing network using a current node within the network includes reading an outbound content and outbound characteristics of an outbound file. An outbound message is created having outbound strings including a first set of the outbound strings representing the outbound characteristics and a second set of the outbound strings representing the outbound content. The outbound message is sent to a receiver node within the network. An inbound message is received from a sender node within the network. The inbound message has inbound strings including a first set of the inbound strings representing inbound characteristics and a second set of the inbound strings representing inbound content. An inbound file having the inbound content is stored, and the inbound characteristics are applied to the inbound file.
US08924401B2
A system and method for logically masking data by implementing masking algorithms is provided. The method includes receiving one or more inputs from user regarding type of data masking to be implemented depending on type of data entry. Data entries include alphabetical data, data comprising unique codes, data comprising dates and numerical data. Based on inputs received, the data entries are classified and appropriate masking algorithms are executed. For masking numerical data entries, the data entries are first grouped using clustering algorithms and are then shuffled using shuffling algorithms. For low level of data masking selected by a user, numerical data entries are shuffled within groups and for high level of data masking selected by a user, numerical data entries are shuffled across groups.
US08924400B2
There is provided a method for making a rich web application searchable, one embodiment comprising providing companion content in a format searchable by a web search engine, loading the companion content in a web browser, calling a rich web application using the companion content, loading the rich web application in the web browser, and launching a data bridge interfacing the rich web application and the companion content. The method may further comprise retrieving a data feed for the rich web application, located in the companion content. In one embodiment, a system configured to make a rich web application searchable comprises a content storage, companion content in a format searchable by a web search engine, a data feed for the rich web application included in the companion content, and a data bridge interfacing the rich web application with the companion content.
US08924399B1
A system comprising a client application configured to receive input targeting an identifier of a first page history entry, and obtain, from a client-side memory, the first page history entry and generate a second page history entry comprising a second resource location and a second client-side parameter. The client application is further configured to store the second page history entry in the client-side memory and send, to a server application, a request comprising the first resource location retrieved from the first page history entry. The client application is further configured to receive first resource data from the server application in response to the request, apply the client-side parameter to the first resource data to obtain reformed first resource data, and generate a second page comprising the reformed first resource data and the page history list listing an identifier of the second page history entry.
US08924397B2
An information processing device includes a file-information acquirer and a conversion-management information generator. The file-information acquirer is configured to acquire file information that is information regarding a file to be subjected to conversion processing for converting a clip format. The conversion-management-information generator generates conversion management information that manages an identity of a clip created by the conversion processing performed on a clip to which the file corresponding to the file information belongs, by using the file information acquired by the file-information acquirer.
US08924394B2
Methods and systems are disclosed for tracking quality measures in abstracted documents. Embodiments include, determining, based on the abstracted content, a quality measure category, obtaining a quality measure definition corresponding to a quality measure included in the determined quality measure category, determining, based on keywords corresponding to the criterion, whether a portion of the abstracted content satisfies a criterion, recording, in association with the criterion, a reference to the portion of the abstracted content that satisfies the criterion; and selectively generating, a report including the query corresponding to the criterion, a query response, and the portion of the abstracted content satisfying the criterion.
US08924386B2
A data distributing apparatus for distributing data having a plurality of data items to a plurality of data database devices, the data distributing apparatus includes a storing unit configured to store exclusive information indicating that two or more data items among the plurality of data items are not placed in the same database device among the plurality of data database devices, a placement deciding unit configured to decide a placement of the data items so that the two or more data items are placed in different data database devices among the plurality of database devices, and a request processing unit configured to transmit the plurality of data items to the plurality of data database devices according to the decided placement.
US08924381B2
A computerized system and methods for determining a schedule and availability of an establishment's products and services for a user that includes a server system with a processor, an input system and an output system. There is also a plurality of system units that access the server system through a communications network and a web server application with an application for collecting information about usage of the establishments, providing the usage information and usage times and a wireless portal and a website on the server system with web pages for entering the schedule and availability of the establishment's products and services related information.
US08924380B1
A system determines a first rank associated with a document and determines a second rank associated with the document, where the second rank is different from the first rank. The system also changes, during a transition period that occurs during a transition from the first rank to the second rank, a transition rank associated with the document based on a rank transition function that varies the transition rank over time without any change in ranking factors associated with the document.
US08924377B2
Systems and methods for customizing a display of records. In an embodiment, a plurality of records are identified, and a virtual map comprising representations of the records is generated. In response to a selection of a property attribute, a range of values for the attribute is determined and divided into a plurality of segments. Each record is associated with one of the segments, and a graph is generated comprising visual representations. Each visual representation in the graph corresponds to one of the segments and comprises a representation of a number of the records which are associated with the corresponding segment. In response to selection of one or more of the visual representations, the virtual map is updated to visually identify a subset of the representations of the records which are associated with the segment corresponding to the selected visual representation(s).
US08924374B2
A computer retrieves a document from a data source, wherein the document has a structure type. The computer generates a customized data model for the document in accordance with its structure type. The computer identifies one or more candidate chunks within the customized data model in accordance with a set of heuristic rules associated with the structure type.
US08924373B2
In an embodiment, a first query is received that specifies a first object identifier. If a first query plan exists that implements the first query, except that the first query plan does not comprise the first object identifier and instead comprises a parameter marker in place of the first object identifier, a first query execution plan is created from the first query plan, substituting the first object identifier in the first query execution plan for the parameter marker, and the first query execution plan is executed to read a first object identified by the first object identifier.
US08924357B2
A system and method for enhancing data throughput in data warehousing environments by connecting multiple servers having local storages with designated external storage systems, such as, for example, those provided by SANS. The system and method may preserve a full reference copy of the data in a protected environment (e.g., on the external storage system) that is fully available. The system and method may enhance overall I/O potential performance and reliability for efficient and reliable system resource utilization.
US08924355B1
A method for restarting backup including receiving an indication of an interruption to a backup process, saving data backed up prior to the interruption as a partial save set, and upon restart of the backup process, saving subsequently backed data in one or more subsequent partial save sets linked to a first partial save set.
US08924352B1
A method, article of manufacture, and apparatus for backing up or archiving objects from a first location to a second location, comprising determining the objects to be backed up and a prioritization of the objects according to a first criterion. The objects are transmitted from the first location to the second location substantially in accordance with the prioritization. The transmission may be suspended in accordance with loss of network connectivity, a user action, or throttling to reduce processor or network load. Transmission may be continued, and the objects reprioritized according to the first criterion, wherein relevant changes in the objects are reflected. A backup target may be chosen based on the location of the source, and if the location changes, a new backup target may be chosen in consideration of bandwidth. The backups to the backup targets may be combined to define a backup.
US08924351B2
A boot appliance for writing data to a particular host system's boot image and returning boot image data to a particular host system of a plurality of host systems. The boot appliance includes at least one storage medium, wherein the at least one storage medium is configured to store a base boot image and a plurality of variance boot images. The boot appliance further includes a buffer. The base boot appliance also includes a computer readable medium embodying computer code configured to cause the boot appliance to perform a method for writing data to a particular host system's boot image and for returning boot image data to a particular host system of a plurality of host systems.
US08924350B2
A computer system includes a shadow system including a shadow program database having a structure defining an upgrade to a structure of an original program database on an original system, and having data defining an upgrade to data of the original program database on the original system. The computer system includes a database replicator configured to perform at least one transfer of data from a portion of the original user database into the structure of the shadow user database during an uptime of the original system and configured to perform a final transfer of data from the portion of the original user database into the structure of the shadow user database during a downtime of the original system, and an upgrade transfer module configured to replace the portion of the original user database with the shadow user database after the final transfer of data has been performed.
US08924343B2
A method for using confidence factors in forming a system may include receiving a tolerable confidence factor. The method may also include utilizing only resources and relationships of a plurality of resources and relationships with confidence factors equal to or greater than the tolerable confidence factor to form the system.
US08924334B2
A system (1) comprises a physical surgical simulator (11) which transmits data concerning physical movement of training devices to an analysis engine (12). The engine (12) automatically generates rules for a rule base (13a) in a learning system (13). The learning system (13) also comprises content objects (13b) and 3D scenario objects (13c). A linked set of a 3D scenario object (13c), a rule base (13a), and a content object (13b) are together a lesson (10). Another simulator (14) is operated by a student. This transmits data concerning physical movement of training devices by a student to a verification engine (15). The verification engine (15) interfaces with the rule base (13a) to display the lesson in the manner defined by the lesson rule base (13a). It calculates performance measures defined in the lesson rule base (13a). It also records the performance measures into a lesson record (18) and it adapts the display of the lesson in line with the parameters defined in the lesson rule base (13a).
US08924333B2
An approach is provided for detecting an anomaly in a processing environment. The approach includes using a processor to obtain a series of values collected within a processing interval of the processor in the processing environment. The processor normalizes this first series of values to obtain a first series of normalized values. A second series of normalized values is generated by applying a predictive filter to the first series of normalized values. A comparison score is generated from the normalized values by comparing the first series of normalized values and the second series of normalized values. The approach then determines whether the comparison score represents an anomaly relative to at least one other comparison score derived from values collected within the processing interval.
US08924332B2
A method for forecasting hotspots is provided. The method may include the steps of receiving input data at an input of the computational device, generating a temporal prediction based on the input data, generating a geospatial prediction based on the input data, and generating output data based on the time series and geospatial predictions. The output data may be configured to display at least one user interface at an output of the computational device.
US08924331B2
A system and method for solving a quadratic programming optimization problem with bound constraints using a semi-explicit QP solver with respect to an embedded platform is presented. A linear system of equations associated with a matrix (e.g., a Karush-Kuhn-Tucker matrix, KKT system) can be solved at each iteration of the solver based on a factorization approach. A set of partial factors with respect to the QP problem can be pre-computed off-line and stored into a memory. The factorization process of the KKT matrix can then be finished on-line in each iteration of the semi-explicit QP solver in order to effectively solve the QP optimization problems. The QP problem can be solved utilizing a standard active-set approach and/or a partial explicit approach based on a processor utilization and memory usage.
US08924318B2
In one embodiment, an indication of a Decision Request or an Update Request may be received, where the Update Request is activated independent of user activity. A user state pertaining to at least one user may be received, obtained, accessed or constructed. For the Decision Request, one or more actions may be scored according to one or more value functions associated with a computing device, a policy associated with the computing device may be applied to identify one of the scored actions as a decision, and an indication of the decision may be provided or applied. For the Update Request, the one or more value functions and/or the policy may be updated. An indication of updates to the one or more value functions and/or an indication of updates to the policy may be provided.
US08924311B2
Methods and systems for recovering, processing, containing, and transporting water obtained from an ice source, i.e., a glacier, ice sheet, ice cap, etc., are described herein. The ice obtained from the ice source holds unique properties and is processed as a beverage for consumption having unique properties. Further, the resulting product is produced and transported with minimal human alteration and reduced energy input as compared to conventional methods for packaging water.
US08924302B2
Exemplary embodiments include methods of handling stored electronic original information objects that have been created by electronically signing information objects by respective authorized users and transfer agents, submitting signed information objects to a trusted repository system, validating the submitted signed information objects by at least testing the integrity of the contents of each signed information object and the validity of the signature of the respective transfer agent, and applying to each validated information object a date-time stamp and a digital signature and authentication certificate of the trusted repository system that is an electronic vault. One method includes the remote signing of electronic documents without the trusted repository ever releasing the electronic original documents and other information objects that are controlled and protected by the trusted repository system. Other methods include handling information objects that are transferable records according to specified business and government rules.
US08924293B1
A method and system of smart card banking utilizes a contactless communication interface, such as infrared or a wireless or radio frequency interface, including, for example, a proximity interface. A contactless communication is initiated for a smart card user between a smart card application and the on-line system of a financial institution, such as a bank, the system verifies authorization for the communication, the information is communicated for the user to the on-line system. The contactless communication is initiated, and the information is communicated, for example, between a contactless interface transceiver of a personal data assistant, into which the smart card is inserted, and the contactless interface transceiver of an on-line terminal. Alternatively, the contactless communication is initiated, and the information is communicated between a contactless interface transceiver of the smart card and the contactless interface transceiver of the terminal.
US08924290B2
Method and apparatus enabling improved protection of consumer information in electronic transactions
According to a commercial method of the present invention, a merchant forwards transaction data to a consumer. If the consumer accepts the transaction, a payment command is forwarded to a service provider. The service provider selectively applies authentication before approving payment. Once payment is approved, the service provider forwards a payment instruction, including consumer account information, to a payment service. The payment service forwards payment to the merchant and a payment confirmation is returned to the service provider and, through the service provider, to the consumer. The service provider stores information about each transaction performed by each subscriber. Consumer identity is protected because it is only exchanged between the service provider and the payment service, and is not made available to the merchant. In addition, the storage of the transaction information by various devices facilitates the return process and adds marketing capability to the service provider.
US08924282B2
Methods and corresponding system are provided herewith that, in at least one embodiment, include the act or acts of determining a first instance in which a first request is received by an exchange; determining a second instance in which a second request is received by the exchange, in which the second request defines a request to cancel the first request; determining a third instance in which a third request is received by the exchange, in which the third request corresponds to the first request; calculating a first difference between the second instance and the third instances; storing the first difference to a data storage, in which the data storage comprises a plurality of differences; and analyzing the plurality of differences to generate comparative information.
US08924280B2
A method for auctioning funds to a bank or by a depositor using a full-time public network, including several steps. A connection is established (160) to a full-time public network. Bank or depositor criteria received via the full-time public network is accepted (162). Risk analytics is performed (164) to facilitate identification of acceptable bidders. At least one bid is accepted (166) from at least one acceptable bidder via the full-time public network. Each accepted bid is evaluated (168) based on the bank or depositor criteria to determine whether the bid satisfies the criteria. At least one bid is selected (170) as a winning bid determined to satisfy the bank or depositor criteria. A system for matching depositors and banks includes at least one depositor computing system (212), at least one bank computing system (216), and auctioneer computing system (218) having several operating modules.
US08924279B2
Rules, applied to deny authorization of likely fraudulent transactions, are derived from a modified Patient Rule Induction Method algorithm that uses a target variable and a data set of past transactions each associated with a plurality of input variables and a hyper-rectangle enclosing a multi-dimensional space defined by a representation of the input variable values as points within the multi-dimensional space. While a count of the points within the hyper-rectangle is greater than a minimum support parameter, a first plurality of points proximal to edges of the hyper-rectangle are removed, where each such removing maximizes a mean value of the target variable, and then, while the mean value remains maximized, a second plurality of points proximal to the edges is added, where each adding maximizes or maintains the mean value. The hyper-rectangle is bounded within a minimum bounding box that defines the rules.
US08924267B1
A retail transactions station capable of identifying a customer, retrieving transaction account information associated with the customer, and charging the customer's purchases to the transaction account is operative to receive new transaction account information from the customer at the retail transactions station, verify the transaction account, and associate the new transaction account with the customer for pending and future purchases. In one embodiment, with the retail transactions station identifies the customer via an RFID interrogator at the retail transactions station and a corresponding RFID transponder in the customer's possession. New transaction account information is obtained via a magnetic stripe card reader at the retail transactions station. In another embodiment, the retail transactions station comprises a fuel dispenser. In another embodiment, a system comprises a retail transactions station operative to identify a customer and receive transaction account information, a database containing customer identifiers and associated valid transaction accounts, and a controller operative to control the database and to perform financial transaction processing across a network.
US08924266B2
Apparatus and methods for servicing a self-service device (“SSD”) such as an ATM. The SSD may include a customer service module that may perform part of a transaction or provide a service in support of the transaction. For example, the customer service module may be a currency acceptor, a printer, EPROM or any other device or circuit that is present in the SSD. The SSD may include a component map that may be stored in machine readable memory. An element of the map may correspond to the component. The SSD may include a central processing unit that may revise the map based on input from a service technician or machine-generated information. The map may be used to track the presence of the component in the SSD.
US08924264B2
A process, system and computer software are provided to facilitate at least one recommendation to one or more users and/or one or more applications using multidimensional data. In particular, a multidimensional space is defined, wherein each dimension is capable of providing variable information. At least one dimension corresponds to user profiles. The multidimensional space is filled with multidimensional data corresponding to dimensions of the multidimensional space. Then, information from the multidimensional space is retrieved. Further, the recommendation is generated based on the retrieved information. In addition, it is possible to generate a recommendation-specific query. This can be performed by generating the recommendation-specific query to access a multidimensional cube and retrieve data stored therein. Then, the recommendation can be issued based on the data retrieved from the multidimensional cube.
US08924263B2
Once a product in an auction has been purchased, a message relay (101) relays messages about sale and purchase of the product exchanged between a seller of the product and a bidder who is the winning bidder of the product, between a seller terminal used by the seller and a bidder terminal used by the winning bidder. A history storage (102) stores a history of the relayed messages. An information generator (103) uses the history to (1) estimate a seller's time that is required by the seller, in a period from when a not-yet purchased product is purchased until the product will be dispatched (2) estimates a bidder's time that is required by the bidder in the period from when the not-yet purchased product is purchased until the product will be dispatched and (3) calculates a sum of the seller's time and bidder's time, and employs the calculated sum as the expected period that is required from when the not-yet purchased product is purchased until the product will be dispatched.
US08924261B2
Disclosed herein is a method for administering a live, online, interactive shopping event. The method may comprise providing a web page on an interface of a host device through which at least one potential buyer and an event host may interact, representing the at least one potential buyer by an avatar displayed within the web page, displaying an image of an item being sold within the web page, displaying a live video stream provided by the event host within the web page, wherein the live video stream is displayed to the at least one potential buyer, and providing for the at least one potential buyer to at least one of view, discuss, and purchase the item being sold within the web page, the purchasing process being initiated by an action taken by the at least one potential buyer on the web page.
US08924258B2
A mobile point-of-sale system includes a cart frame and a battery housed in the cart frame. The cart frame includes a front having a bottom, a back having a bottom edge and a bottom. The bottom includes a pair of upper flanges and a lower housing. The pair of upper flanges have components for receiving wheels for supporting the cart frame and the lower housing includes at least one aperture for venting heat from the battery that is supported by the lower housing. At least a portion of the lower housing and the battery are located below the pair of upper flanges and are located below the bottom edges of the front and the back.
US08924255B1
Provided are, among other things, systems, methods and techniques for light-based communication. One representative embodiment involves a messaging system that includes multiple messaging units at different locations within a commercial space, with each of such messaging units including: a light-emitting diode (LED); and a messaging/modulation controller coupled to the LED and configured to turn the LED on and off so as to broadcast a digital message, with each of the messaging units configured to broadcast a different digital message, including substantive content that is different from what is broadcast by the other messaging units.
US08924254B2
Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer-readable storage devices for streaming data. The method includes presenting a data stream including an interactive communication and detecting feedback from the user in response to the interactive communication. If the feedback indicates a request to receive data associated with the interactive communication, the method includes buffering the data stream from a point in time associated with the feedback to yield a buffered data stream, connecting the user device to a commerce presence associated with the interactive communication temporarily and resuming playback of the buffered data stream to the user device following completion of the temporary communication between the user device and commerce presence.
US08924251B2
Systems and methods for providing one or more pages of an electronic document are provided herein. Some of the methods may include evaluating one or more pages obtained from an electronic document to determine at least one of a pagination and an order for each of the one or more pages, reducing the size of each of the one or more pages, while utilizing at least a portion of the pagination of the each of the one or more pages, associating the one or more pages together according to the determined order, and providing at least one of the one or more pages to a network-enabled computing system upon receiving a request to obtain at least one page of the electronic document from the network-enabled computing system.
US08924242B2
This disclosure relates to a system for managing financial risk associated with weather-based service contracts, and more specifically, to a system based on the purchase of weather derivatives to select, manage, minimize, and redistribute financial burdens associated with costs incurred from the payment of services related to greater than average weather-based events. An option contract having a tick price, and an associated premium at a fixed strike price is selected at a desired coverage, in one embodiment, the desired coverage is associated with a payout with the associated tick price that covers the base price of performing the service for a nominal weather condition, the premium of buying the option, and the price of performing the services for exceptional weather precipitations of a three standard deviation from the nominal value. If a hedge trader offers this service rather than a service provider, the desired coverage will also cover the a commission for the trade.
US08924235B2
A system is provided for leveraging the power of the analysis of variability over time, and which uses an underlying framework that can handle variability analyses across a distributed system in a consistent manner, in part by constructing a standard variability data file that includes several manifestations of the underlying data acquired using variability monitoring. The consistent and standard data files, along with the underlying framework enables a user to make use of a set of convenient display tools, while a central entity can provide connectivity to the distributed environment and provide a way to update the equipment and software to ensure consistent and relevant analyses. The system can be extended into many environments, including in-patient, out-patient and completely mobile/stand-alone users.
US08924234B2
A distributed, digital, network-based, streaming video allows users to view live streaming digital video from multiple video sources in operating rooms at any location connected to a network. One or more video sources in an operating room are connected to a streaming video encoder capable of converting the video to a network packet stream. Once the digital video stream is available on the network, it may be accessed and routed through the use of a streaming video control server. The streaming video control server is responsible for user authentication and access for remote viewing and video source selection. The control server also provides audit logging services, operating room selection and overall system resource allocation. The video control server also provides a network-based remote control interface, which enables other systems to communicate on the streaming video network, and allows for remote control of visualization from an integrated operating room control system.
US08924233B2
A system configuration and techniques for optimizing schedules and associated use predictions of a multiple resource planning workflow are disclosed herein, applicable to environments such as radiologist scheduling in a teleradiology workflow. In one embodiment, a series of computing engines and components are provided to allow detailed forecasting and the generation of customized recommendations for scheduling and other resource usage scenarios. This forecasting can factor resource efficiencies, changes in resource demand volume, resource specialties, resource usage preferences, expected future events such as the removal or addition of resources at future times, and other resource availability or usage changes. The forecasts may be further enhanced through the use of historical data models and estimated future data models. Additionally, a calendar and other tools may be presented through a user interface to allow forecast and scenario customization based on selection of a series of future dates.
US08924226B2
The invention relates to a system and a method for health monitoring service based on a central server. Measurements of biological samples (e.g. blood, saliva and urine) are carried out by a remote measurement system. The measurement data are sent to a central server, where the data are processed and analyzed, for example by expert knowledge systems, and a health profile generated is sent back to the remote measurement system. A health care provider may receive the results of the analysis carried out by the expert knowledge system, and the health care provider may further upload laboratory measurements, which can be included in the health analysis of the person. It is preferred that the system and method according to the invention is capable of providing an early warning of diseases that causes changes in chemical components in the biological sample.
US08924211B2
In some embodiments, the recognition results produced by a speech processing system (which may include two or more recognition results, including a top recognition result and one or more alternative recognition results) based on an analysis of a speech input, are evaluated for indications of potential significant errors. In some embodiments, the recognition results may be evaluated to determine whether a meaning of any of the alternative recognition results differs from a meaning of the top recognition result in a manner that is significant for a domain, such as the medical domain. In some embodiments, words and/or phrases that may be confused by an ASR system may be determined and associated in sets of words and/or phrases. Words and/or phrases that may be determined include those that change a meaning of a phrase or sentence when included in the phrase/sentence.
US08924206B2
An electrical apparatus a voice signal receiving method thereof are disclosed. The electrical apparatus includes a plurality of voice receivers, a voice activity detector, a voice channel switch and a noise eliminator. The voice receivers are used to receive the voice signals. The voice activity detector receives and detects the voice signals, and obtains a main voice signal from the voice signals. The voice channel switch transports the main voice signal to a voice transporting channel and transports a plurality of other voice signals of the voice signals other than the main voice signal to a noise transporting channel according to a detecting result of the voice activity detector. The noise eliminator reduces the noise in the main voice according to the voice signals from the noise transporting channel.
US08924200B2
A method for decoding an audio signal in a decoder having a CELP-based decoder element including a fixed codebook component, at least one pitch period value, and a first decoder output, wherein a bandwidth of the audio signal extends beyond a bandwidth of the CELP-based decoder element. The method includes obtaining an up-sampled fixed codebook signal by up-sampling the fixed codebook component to a higher sample rate, obtaining an up-sampled excitation signal based on the up-sampled fixed codebook signal and an up-sampled pitch period value, and obtaining a composite output signal based on the up-sampled excitation signal and an output signal of the CELP-based decoder element, wherein the composite output signal includes a bandwidth portion that extends beyond a bandwidth of the CELP-based decoder element.
US08924198B2
Systems and methods for searching and browsing a data store of contextually related data objects. The system includes a search/browse module that receives a search query. The search/browse module identifies data objects that match the search query and generates sentences from data objects that are contextually related to the matching data objects. The sentences are human-readable sentences, for example in subject-verb-object format, where each sentence represents the relationship between two data objects. The sentences are output for display as a hierarchy of sentences. Additionally, a user can browse the data store of contextually related data objects by selecting a sentence that is displayed to the user. The search/browse module then outputs attributes of the data object represented by the sentence for display in two separate regions of a user interface.
US08924197B2
Disclosed are systems, methods, and computer readable media for converting a natural language query into a logical query. The method embodiment comprises receiving a natural language query and converting the natural language query using an extensible engine to generate a logical query, the extensible engine being linked to the toolkit and knowledge base. In one embodiment, a natural language query can be processed in a domain independent method to generate a logical query.
US08924195B2
In a machine-translation apparatus, an example storage unit stores therein target language examples in a target language and source language examples in a source language, while keeping the target language examples and the source language examples in correspondence with one another. An input receiving unit receives an input sentence in the source language. A searching unit conducts a search in the example storage unit for one of the target language examples corresponding to one of the source language examples that either matches or is similar to the input sentence. A translating unit generates a reverse-translated sentence by translating the one of the target language examples found in the search into the source language. A detecting unit detects a difference portion between the reverse-translated sentence and the input sentence. An output unit outputs the difference portion.
US08924191B2
Systems for generating a graphical representation of an anticipated product produced by a machine are disclosed. A system for generating predicted product values of a product manufactured by a machine controlled by programmable logic control code includes presenting a machine input fields requesting parameters associated with actuators and mechanical elements, and presenting product input fields requesting desired product properties. The system further includes receiving parameters from the machine input fields, receiving desired product properties from the product input fields, and calculating output response data by an emulation of a mechanical operation of the machine using the parameters and the desired product properties. The output response data is provided to a product model that calculates predicted product values based on the output response data, prepares process output messages for display and displays the graphical representation of the anticipated product based upon the predicted product values.
US08924185B2
A computer implemented method for designing a scene suitable for navigation, may comprise: positioning a plurality of objects of a respective type in the scene, wherein the objects are CAD three-dimensional modeled objects of at least two types; providing a database comprising for each type of object, at least one action, at least one triggering interface for launching the action, a function for computing at least one triggering zone, the function taking as arguments values of parameters of the objects in the scene, wherein reaching the triggering zone during navigation activates the triggering interface; and, for each respective object, instantiating triggering interfaces corresponding to the type of the respective object, and computing triggering zones by applying the function corresponding to the respective object, and adding to the scene the instantiated triggering interfaces and the computed triggering zones. Such a method provides a navigation solution in the field of CAD objects.
US08924178B2
A method for displaying a compass heading implemented by a computerized mobile device includes displaying a compass heading on a display of a computerized mobile device according to a compass onboard the computerized mobile device if the computerized mobile device is traveling below a motion threshold. The method also includes displaying a compass heading on a display of a computerized mobile device according to a compass heading calculated using at least two coordinates for the computerized mobile device if the computerized mobile device is traveling above the motion threshold.
US08924176B2
According to an exemplary embodiment, an industrial machine includes: a movement mechanism configured to move along a specific axis direction; a controller configured to control the movement mechanism; and an angle detector configured to detect an angle of the movement mechanism about an axis perpendicular to the specific axis direction. The controller comprises: an angular error acquisition section configured to acquire angular errors of the movement mechanism for respective positions of the movement mechanism based on the angle detected when the movement mechanism is moved; a parameter generator configured to generate respective straightness correction parameters for correcting straightness errors of the movement mechanism in the specific axis direction by integrating the angular errors at the respective positions of the movement mechanism; and a correction section configured to correct movement errors of the movement mechanism based on the straightness correction parameters.
US08924175B2
A test and measurement apparatus, system, and method for synchronizing an acquisition or triggering system to a specific burst of interest. The subject apparatus and method triggers on varying energy content of a signal qualified by time in the presence of high-frequency input signal bursts, by using an adjustable pulse width envelope detector, disposed in the signal path of the trigger circuitry, as a digital rectifier or to otherwise process and extract an envelope signal. An RF envelope probe having an analog envelope detector among other suitable components is disclosed. A method is implemented for isolating an interval of interest in a signal under test. An envelope detector circuit produces an envelope signal from the signal. Trigger circuitry receives the envelope signal from the envelope detector, and isolates the interval of interesting in the signal under test using the envelope signal.
US08924165B2
The measuring system has a measuring transducer which produces primary signals transmitter electronics for activating the measuring transducer and for evaluating primary signals. The measuring transducer includes at least one measuring tube; at least one electro-mechanical, oscillation exciter, a first oscillation sensor. The transmitter electronics, in turn, delivers at least one driver signal for the oscillation exciter for effecting vibrations of the at least one measuring tube and generates, by means of the first primary signal and by means of the second primary signal, as well as with application of a Reynolds number, measured value representing a Reynolds number, Re, for medium flowing in the measuring transducer, a pressure difference, measured value, which represents a pressure difference occurring between two predetermined reference points in the flowing medium.
US08924164B2
An apparatus and a method for ultrasonic testing obtains high-resolution and high-S/N ratio testing results by driving a number of piezoelectric elements using fewer pulsers and receivers in comparison with the number of elements composing an array transducer. A sensor information setter sets a plurality of piezoelectric element groups used for transmission and a plurality of piezoelectric element groups used for reception among the plurality of piezoelectric elements composing an ultrasonic array transducer. A computer transmits an ultrasonic wave from the element cluster set for transmission, and stores an ultrasonic wave received by the element cluster set for reception. The procedure is repeated including different element cluster sets for transmission and reception to obtain first receive signals. The first receive signals are summed to obtain a second receive signal; and the second receive signal is displayed with reference to the sensor center position on a display unit.
US08924163B2
A vibration data collection and rotating machinery fault diagnostic instrument includes a machine setup engine, a measurement engine, a diagnostic engine, a measurement user interface module, a machine setup user interface module, and a diagnostic user interface module. The machine setup engine requests and receives parameters about the machinery through the machine setup user interface module. The measurement engine requests and receives sensor placement locations through the measurement user interface module and keeps track of locations that have been measured and locations that still need to be measured. The diagnostic engine diagnoses machinery faults and presents the information to the user through the diagnostic user interface module using an intuitive graphical severity scale.
US08924143B2
The present invention relates to a method for positioning a mobile mining vehicle, which method determines scanning data by scanning the environment of the mining vehicle while being driven. Location information is determined for the mining vehicle on the basis of the scanning data and prestored environment model data. Level information is associated with the environment model data, the location level of the mining vehicle (1) is determined and the environment model data to be used are selected on the basis of the determined location level.
US08924139B2
Described are a collision prevention device and a method for a vehicle in motion on the ground. The collision prevention device includes means for localizing obstacles; means for acquiring obstacle localization data; means for localizing the equipped vehicle; a collision prevention computer, and presentation means for presenting warnings to a driver of the equipped vehicle.
US08924133B2
An evaporative emission control system for a turbocharged engine. The system includes a fuel vapor canister in fluid communication with an intake manifold of the engine, a purge valve positioned between the intake manifold and the canister, a bypass valve positioned between the purge valve and the canister and connected to the atmosphere, and an evaporative system integrity monitor operable to seal the canister from the atmosphere when the engine is off. In operation, the monitor is closed so as to seal the canister from the atmosphere, the purge valve is closed so as to isolate the intake manifold from the canister, and the bypass valve is opened so as to connect the canister to the atmosphere. Proper operation of the monitor is determined if the monitor toggles from closed to open when a vacuum in the fuel vapor canister reaches a predetermined level.
US08924130B2
A method for monitoring an exhaust gas sensor coupled in an engine exhaust is provided. In one embodiment, the method comprises indicating exhaust gas sensor degradation based on a time delay and line length of each sample of a set of exhaust gas sensor responses collected during a commanded change in air-fuel ratio. In this way, the exhaust gas sensor may be monitored utilizing robust parameters in a non-intrusive manner.
US08924127B2
A ground engaging vehicle including a frame, an engine, a controller, an accelerator, a position sensor and an interpreter. The engine is supported by the frame and the engine includes a throttle. The controller is in communication with the engine. The position sensor is associated with the accelerator. The position sensor generates a first signal corresponding to a position of the accelerator. The interpreter receives the first signal from the position sensor and generates a second signal dependent upon the first signal. The interpreter communicates the second signal to the controller.
US08924122B2
In control over a vehicle, inter-vehicle communication information of a preceding vehicle that runs ahead of the vehicle is acquired, follow-up running control for causing the vehicle to follow the preceding vehicle is executed on the basis of the inter-vehicle communication information, and, during the follow-up running control, a parameter used in the follow-up running control is determined on the basis of a condition in which the inter-vehicle communication information is acquired.
US08924119B2
A retarding unit in a vehicle is automatically controlled based on conditions including a current setting of the retarding control, downhill grade, speed, current gear, and impending gear change. With the retarder control set in the high position, when the vehicle is operating at a downhill angle greater than the low angle threshold and less than the high angle threshold, and the pending gear is a large step downshift, automatically setting a retarder level to a low retarder level. When the vehicle is operating on level ground and the pending gear is a large step downshift or the current gear is first or second gear, automatically setting the retarder level to off. When the vehicle is operating on flat ground and the deceleration is above a trigger level, automatically setting the retarder level to a low retarder level.
US08924118B2
A transfer system according to an embodiment includes a transfer room, a robot, a trajectory generator, a determination unit, and an output unit. The transfer room has an exclusive area defined by a predetermined distance. The robot has an arm unit that is equipped with a robot hand transferring a thin plate-like workpiece and that operates in horizontal directions. The robot is installed in the transfer room so that a minimum turning area of the arm unit overlaps with a part of the exclusive area. The transfer system generates a trajectory of the robot hand, then determines, based on the generated trajectory, whether a part of the arm unit is included in the exclusive area, and outputs a predetermined signal.
US08924104B2
Disclosed is a shift control apparatus for a continuously variable transmission configured to transmit power from a drive power source of a vehicle to a drive wheel of the vehicle. The shift control apparatus is configured to change a gear ratio of the continuously variable transmission with changes in vehicle speed and, during sudden braking of the vehicle, change a rate of change of the gear ratio (a shift speed) of the continuously variable transmission in a downshift direction depending upon a wheel slip ratio calculated from a wheel speed and the vehicle speed.
US08924103B2
A materials handling vehicle is provided including: a support structure including a fixed member; a movable assembly coupled to the support structure; a hydraulic system; and a control system. The support structure further includes lift apparatus to effect movement of the movable assembly relative to the support structure fixed member. The lift apparatus includes at least one ram/cylinder assembly. The hydraulic system includes a motor, a pump coupled to the motor to supply a pressurized fluid to the at least one ram/cylinder assembly, and at least one electronically controlled valve associated with the at least one ram/cylinder assembly. The control structure may estimate a speed of the movable assembly from a speed of the motor and calculate an updated pump volumetric efficiency using the estimated movable assembly speed and a determined movable assembly speed.
US08924100B2
A hybrid construction machine is provided with a variable displacement hydraulic pump 1 which supplies hydraulic oil to a hydraulic actuator, an engine 2 which is provided to be able to drive and rotate the hydraulic pump 1, an electric motor 3 which is provided to be able to drive and rotate the hydraulic pump 1, an engine control dial 4, a controller 4 and an operating lever 5. The controller changes the rotation speed of the engine 2 to reduce fuel consumption according to power generated by the engine 2, and changes displacement of the hydraulic pump 1 based on the rotation speed of the engine 2, the dial position of the engine control dial 4 and the amount of operation on the operating lever 5.
US08924095B2
A blade control system for a track-type machine is disclosed. The blade control system has a blade, an input device configured to control movement of the blade, an actuator in connection with the blade, a first sensor configured to determine a track-speed of the machine, and a control module in communication with the input device, the actuator, and the first sensor. The control module is configured to receive a blade positioning signal from the input device, remove a component of the blade positioning signal based on a the track-speed of the machine, and transmit a modified blade positioning signal to the actuator.
US08924092B2
An agricultural device includes a number of row units that each includes a seed furrow opener that creates a furrow in the soil for seed placement. Each row unit is mounted to a toolbar of the device by a four-bar linkage which allows each row unit to move vertically to adjust to the contour of the soil independently of the other row units on the same toolbar. The four-bar linkages include one or more springs which work to transfer weight from the toolbar to the row unit. An actuator varies the tension in the spring thereby adjusting the down or up force applied to the row unit.
US08924090B2
Disclosed herein is a technique for controlling a side step operation for a vehicle. The technique includes detecting, by a controller, whether an obstacle is present in a space where left and right side steps are configured to be released, before ejecting release operation thereof is performed. The technique additionally includes releasing, by the controller, the side step only when the obstacle is not present. When the side step is not released due to an obstacle, a warning mode for re-parking or mobility parking is displayed to a user.
US08924088B2
A collision detection apparatus that is mounted in a vehicle and that determines whether an object has collided with a side surface of the vehicle from outside the vehicle includes: an acceleration detection portion that detects acceleration in a transverse direction of the vehicle which is applied to a door portion of the vehicle from outside; an integration execution portion that starts integration of the acceleration detected by the acceleration detection portion and finds velocity by integrating the acceleration if the detected acceleration is greater than or equal to a pre-set positive first threshold value, or is less than or equal to a pre-set negative second threshold value; and a collision determination portion that determines whether an object has collided with a side surface of the vehicle based on the detected acceleration and the velocity found by the integration execution portion.
US08924087B2
A motor vehicle has a plurality of doors, each secured by a lock, peripheral control units, each connected to one of said locks, for sending a command signal to an actuator of the lock, a central control unit for sending command signals to the actuators of the locks, and an accident detector. If the accident detector has detected an accident, at least one of the actuators is switchable from a central operating mode in which it executes command signals of the central control unit and its associated peripheral control unit into a peripheral operating mode in which it executes only command signals from its peripheral control unit.
US08924086B2
An airbag is mounted in a vehicle seating system having both the airbag and a pivoting armrest on the same side of the occupant seating position. The armrest pivots between a vertical stored position and a horizontal armrest position. The deployment of the airbag is controlled by deployment logic including: sensing the position of the pivoting armrest to determine the vertical position or the horizontal position; sensing vehicle conditions indicative of a need to deploy the airbag mounted on the seat back; and not deploying the airbag mounted on the seat back if the armrest is in the vertical stored position.
US08924069B1
A method and system for control of a first aircraft relative to a second aircraft. A desired location and desired orientation are estimated for the first aircraft, relative to the second aircraft, at a subsequent time, t=t2, subsequent to the present time, t=t1, where the second aircraft continues its present velocity during a subsequent time interval, t1≦t≦t2, or takes evasive action. Action command sequences are examined, and an optimal sequence is chosen to bring the first aircraft to the desired location and desired orientation relative to the second aircraft at time t=t2. The method applies to control of combat aircraft and/or of aircraft in a congested airspace.
US08924068B2
An autonomous mobile body includes a storage unit arranged to store a size D2 of the autonomous mobile body, a laser range sensor arranged to acquire obstacle information, an obstacle identification unit arranged to identify, based on the acquired obstacle information, edge points indicating positions of both ends of a region in which an interfering obstacle exists, the both ends being both ends on a plane parallel or substantially parallel to a passage plane in a direction which is perpendicular or substantially perpendicular to a moving target direction of the autonomous mobile body, a direction setting unit arranged to set a pull-off direction based on the size D2 of the autonomous mobile body and the edge points, and a mobile controller arranged and programmed to control the autonomous mobile body to move toward the pull-off direction.
US08924067B2
An autonomous control system for a mobile machine is disclosed. The autonomous control system may have a plurality of system modules each configured to monitor a status of at least one machine component and generate a corresponding recommended machine action based on the status, and a control module configured to control operations of the mobile machine. The autonomous control system may also have a health supervisor module in communication with the plurality of system modules and the control module. The health supervisor module may be configured to arbitrate each of the recommended machine actions from the plurality of system modules to determine an overall machine response, and to command the control module to implement the overall machine response.
US08924061B2
Systems and methods for improving operation of a hybrid vehicle are presented. In one example, an engine is started and idled before engine torque is required so that driveline torque response may be improved.
US08924060B2
An ECU uses a map or the like prepared in advance to calculate discharge allowable power indicating electric power that can be discharged from a power storage device. When the running mode is at the CD mode and an engine is stopped, the ECU increases the discharge allowable power to a predetermined value. Furthermore, even when the running mode is at the CS mode or even when the engine is operating, the ECU increases the discharge allowable power when a catalyst device provided at an exhaust pipe of the engine is currently warmed up.
US08924059B2
The present invention provides an electronic control device including: a processing unit having a function of transition to a sleep mode; and a watch dog timer having a time counter that resets in response to a pulse signal outputted from the processing unit at certain intervals, this watch dog timer outputting a signal having a level inverted according to the existence or absence of overflow occurrence, in which the electronic control device further includes a latch circuit that latches the signal outputted from the watch dog timer and outputs a signal obtained through the latching as a first output enable signal, and the processing unit stops outputting the pulse signal before transition to the sleep mode, and carries out failure diagnosis of the watch dog timer based on the first output enable signal outputted from the latch circuit after output of the pulse signal is stopped.
US08924054B1
Systems and methods are for orienting a marine vessel having a marine propulsion device. A control circuit controls operation of the marine propulsion device. A user input device inputs to the control circuit a user-desired global position and a user-desired heading of the marine vessel. The control circuit calculates a position difference between the user-desired global position and an actual global position of the marine vessel and controls the marine propulsion device to minimize the position difference. The control circuit controls the marine propulsion device to orient an actual heading of the marine vessel towards the user-desired global position when the position difference is greater than a threshold. When the position difference is less than the threshold, the control circuit controls the marine propulsion device to minimize a difference between the actual heading and the user-desired heading while minimizing the position difference.
US08924053B2
A vessel steering system is provided with a control unit that calculates a control pivoting angle for pivoting the propulsion means based on a steering angle. Based on actual-state recognition of at least one of the type of the vessel, the type of the propulsion means, an actual pivoting angle of a neighboring propulsion means that is close to the propulsion means when a plurality of propulsion means is provided, the distance between the swivel shaft of a reference propulsion means and the swivel shaft of a neighboring propulsion means thereof at a time when a plurality of propulsion means is provided, and the mounting position of the propulsion means on the vessel, the control unit sets a pivoting limit angle for limiting the pivoting of the propulsion means, and controls the pivoting apparatus in such a way that the propulsion means does not pivot by more than the set pivoting limit angle.
US08924050B2
In a railway signalling system which transmits a control order to an on-board signalling system by a trackside signalling system, the on-board signalling system being mounted on a train running on a line and the control order being compliant with a signalling system of the line, the present invention allows the train to run through into lines with different signalling systems using a single on-board signalling system. When the train enters a line with a different signalling system from a current line, the on-board signalling system installs a train control application program compliant with the signalling system of the entering line. Then, the on-board signalling system executes the train control application program, allowing the train to be controlled on the entering line according to a control order created by the trackside signalling system of the entering line.
US08924048B2
A method for automatically controlling braking of a powered system or consist includes automatically applying a first degree of braking to a consist during a first time period when a powered unit of the consist is being locally or remotely controlled via an onboard control system in an absence of control inputs from an onboard operator. The first degree of braking is based on a first deceleration force selected so that the consist is slowed in a manner effective to limit a peak deceleration rate experienced by the consist sufficient for reducing unintended movement of at least one of one or more riders or cargo onboard the consist. The method also includes automatically applying a second degree of braking to the consist during a second time period following the first time period.
US08924043B2
System and methods for preventing battery depletion in a vehicle are disclosed. In certain embodiments, a method for preventing depletion of a battery included in a vehicle may include receiving a measurement of the SOC of the battery from an SOC sensor. A determination may be made as to whether the SOC of the battery has reached a threshold indicating that the battery is nearing depletion. Based on the determination, a notification may be transmitted to a remote device associated with a user of the vehicle. In certain embodiments, the user may use the notification to decide whether to remotely start a system of the vehicle to recharge the battery.
US08924041B2
A vehicle central lock antitheft method and system includes a central lock system which is connected by radio with a remote controller for identity verification using rolling codes (S101, S102), wherein the central lock system chooses a security state (S103) and transmits the security state to an engine management system according to the verification result, the ignition IG status and the door switch status signal indicating opening or closing of the door (S104). The engine management system receives the security state transmitted by the central lock system and verifies the identity of the central lock system by code matching (S106); security identification between the engine management system and the central lock system is carried out by bidirectional encryption communication (S107). The engine management system then decides whether or not to lock the engine according to the result of the security identification.
US08924040B2
A method and apparatus is disclosed for reversing an aircraft on the ground comprising driving the aircraft using at least one self-propelled undercarriage wheel. An apparatus for controlling at least one of speed and at least one direction of an aircraft having a self-propelled nosewheel, on the ground, is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a control arm; a control unit; means for transmitting information to said self-propelled nosewheel; means for receiving information at said self-propelled nosewheel; and means for controlling at least one of the speed and direction of said nosewheel; whereby airport ground staff can intuitively control the movements of said aircraft by holding said arm and moving it in the direction of required movement of said aircraft.
US08924035B2
One embodiment of the present invention provides an energy-management system for managing energy within a predominantly closed power system. The system includes an identifying mechanism configured to identify a number of components coupled to the energy-management system, a receiving mechanism configured to receive current status information of the components, an evaluating mechanism configured to evaluate future energy need, a planning mechanism configured to plan future energy activities based on the energy need and the current status information, and a controlling mechanism configured to control operations of the components based on the planned energy activities.
US08924028B2
The present disclosure describes, among other things, a method. The method may include receiving an instruction to actuate a valve. The method may also include receiving a first period of time. The method may also include applying energy to the valve for the first period of time. The method may also include comparing a first state of the valve with a state in the instruction. The method may also include determining a second period of time by increasing the first period of time. The method may also include applying energy to the valve for the second period of time. The method may also include determining that a second state of the valve matches the state in the instruction.
US08924021B2
A control system and method generate torque comments for motion of a target system in response to observations of a source system. Constraints and balance control may be provided for more accurate representation of the motion as replicated by the target system.
US08924020B2
An apparatus for controlling a robot capable of controlling the motion of the arm of the robot, and a control method thereof, the apparatus including an image obtaining unit configured to obtain a three-dimensional image of a user, a driving unit configured to drive an arm of the robot that is composed of a plurality of segments, and a control unit configured to generate a user model that corresponds to a motion of the joint of the user based on the three-dimensional image, to generate a target model having a length of the segment that varies based on the user model, and to allow the arm of the robot to be driven based on the target model.
US08924018B2
Provided is a bridge inspection robot that avoids obstacles is provided. An ascending/descending portion corresponds to a gap distance between a first and second girder flange provided at the upper side of a bridge pier. An obstacle detection portion detects the obstacle and a photographing altitude control portion detects an altitude change of an image photographing portion according to obstacle height when the robot main body climbs up/down or avoids the obstacle, and adjusts a photographing height to correspond to the altitude change. A position calculation portion measures a mobile position of the robot main body corresponding to a consecutively photographed image, to calculate axis coordinates. An image processing portion receives the consecutively photographed images and coordinates, to confirm the crack elements corresponding to images and produce an image of an actual position coordinate of the corresponding image.
US08924015B2
A system, method, and computer program product for generating dynamically feasible whole-body motion of a humanoid robot while realizing specified upper-body task motion are described. A kinematically feasible upper-body motion is generated based on the specified upper-body motion. A series of zero-moment points (ZMP) are computed for the generated motion and used to determine whether such motion is dynamically feasible. If the motion is not dynamically feasible, then the torso acceleration is modified to make the motion dynamically feasible, and otherwise synchronized as needed. A series of modified ZMP is determined based on the modified torso acceleration and used to distribute the resultant net ground reaction force and moment to the two feet.
US08924000B2
A problem that the present invention is to solve is to provide a parts mounting related work device which can prevent the occurrence of an unexpected operation failure and an erroneous stopping of the whole system which are attributed to an error in combination of working head and working equipment.A storage part (24c) stores combinations of types of working heads (H) and types of working equipment (E) which correspond to contents of work that is performed on a board (PB), and a determination part (24d) determines whether or not the combination of the type of the working head (H) which is currently detected by a head type detector and the type of the working equipment which is currently detected by an equipment type detector coincides with any of combinations stored in the storage part (24c). An action restriction part (24e) restricts a moving action of a moving stage (11) by an action control part (24a) in case the determination part (24d) determines that the combination of the type of the working head (H) which is currently attached to the moving stage (11) and the type of the working equipment which is currently mounted in a base platform (3) coincides with non of the combinations stored in the storage part (24c).
US08923993B2
A method for engineering and configuration of one or more IEDs for a function in a substation automation system is disclosed. Also disclosed is a configuration wizard for implementing the method. The method includes creating pre-defined type definitions for an application function, providing a selectable menu for selection of appropriate parameters with respect to the application. Using these parameters and the pre-defined type definitions. The method includes creating process configuration outputs for the application function, and configuring the one or more IEDs based on the process configuration outputs.
US08923984B2
An active implantable medical device (AIMD). The AIMD comprises an electronics module; and a knitted electrode assembly comprising: at least one biocompatible, electrically non-conductive filament arranged in substantially parallel rows each stitched to an adjacent row, and at least one biocompatible, electrically conductive filament intertwined with the at least one non-conductive filament, and configured to be electrically connected to the electronics module.
US08923981B2
Systems of and methods for stimulation of neurological tissue that may generate stimulation trains with temporal patterns of stimulation is shown and disclosed herein. The temporal patterns of stimulation may include intervals between electrical pulses (the inter-pulse intervals) that change or vary over time. Compared to conventional continuous, high rate pulse trains having regular (i.e., constant) inter-pulse intervals, the non-regular (i.e., not constant) pulse patterns or trains that embody features of the invention may provide a lower average frequency.
US08923980B2
A method and apparatus implementing the method, which is not dependent on monitoring the electrical impedance of the lead, detects imminent structural failure of an electrical lead in an implanted medical device, such as an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) or a pacemaker. The approach is to monitor directly the mechanical load loss of the lead (a measure of the loss of structural integrity of the lead) rather than, as in the prior art, to infer it from the electrical impedance.
US08923977B2
A neuromimetic device includes a feedforward pathway and a feedback pathway. The device operates in parallel with a suspect neural region, coupled between regions afferent and efferent to the suspect region. The device can be trained to mimic the suspect region while the region is still considered functional; and then replace the region once the region is considered dysfunctional. The device may be particularly useful in treating neuromotor issues such as Parkinson's disease.
US08923973B2
Apparatus for treating obstructive blood flow disorders, is provided, including (1) an external device, configured for placement outside of a body of a subject and to sense a factor of the subject, and to generate a signal in response to the sensed factor, and (2) an implant, which comprises a wireless receiver for receiving the signal, and an effector element, the implant configured and positioned to alter a blood flow of the subject in response to the signal.
US08923972B2
Apparatus is provided for treating hypertension of a subject. The apparatus includes an implantable element which has a non-circular shape and which is configured to reduce the hypertension by facilitating an assumption of a non-circular shape by a blood vessel in a vicinity of a baroreceptor of the subject, during diastole of the subject. Other embodiments are also described.
US08923961B2
A contact electrode assembly for delivering at least one therapeutic agent into ocular tissue of a subject includes a flexible dielectric layer, a first electrode portion, and a second electrode portion. The flexible dielectric includes oppositely disposed first and second surfaces. The first electrode portion is disposed on the first surface of the dielectric layer. The second electrode portion is disposed on a portion of the second surface of the dielectric layer. The second electrode portion includes an interdigitated electrode having a first comb-shaped portion defining a first plurality of fingers and a second comb-shaped portion defining a second plurality of fingers. Each of the first electrode portion, the first comb-shaped portion, and the second comb-shaped portion is electrically connectable to a signal source.
US08923960B2
The present disclosure relates to devices, implementations and techniques for health monitoring. Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to cardiac arrest monitoring devices.
US08923952B2
A system and method for performing quantitative lesion analysis in molecular breast imaging (MBI) using the opposing images of a slightly compressed breast that are obtained from the dual-head gamma camera. The method uses the shape of the pixel intensity profiles through each tumor to determine tumor diameter. Also, the method uses a thickness of the compressed breast and the attenuation of gamma rays in soft tissue to determine the depth of the tumor from the collimator face of the detector head. Further still, the method uses the measured tumor diameter and measurements of counts in the tumor and background breast region to determine relative radiotracer uptake or tumor-to-background ratio (T/B ratio).
US08923946B2
A monitoring device which measures numerical value information on a subject substance in a body fluid has an electrochemical sensor including a sensor unit for detecting the subject substance which is used in the way of being embedded subcutaneously and generating an electric signal correlating to the numerical value information on the subject substance, and a temperature control unit which adjusts the detected ambient temperature as a temperature ambient to a sensor unit when detecting the subject substance so as to reach a target setting temperature when measuring the subject substance.
US08923944B2
There is provided a system and method for canceling shunted light. The method includes transmitting electromagnetic radiation at tissue of interest and generating a signal representative of detected electromagnetic radiation. A portion of the generated signal representing shunted light is canceled from the generated signal and the remaining portion of the generated signal is used to compute physiological parameters.
US08923942B2
A process and apparatus for determining the arterial and venous oxygenation of blood in vivo with improved precision. The optical properties of tissue are measured by determination of differential and total attenuations of light at a set of wavelengths. By choosing distinct wavelengths and using the measured attenuations, the influence of variables such as light scattering, absorption and other optical tissue properties is canceled out or minimized.
US08923940B2
A system with a three phase superconductive electrical transmission element is indicated, in which three superconductive electrical phase conductors are arranged insulated relative to each other and concentrically relative to each other, and in which a thermally insulated tubular cryostat is arranged which has a free space for conducting a cooling medium therethrough. The transmission element has at least two identically constructed cables (K1, K2), each of which has three electrical phase conductors (L1, L2, L3) which are insulated relative to each other and arranged concentrically relative to each other. The phase conductors (L1, L2, L3) of the two cables (K1, K2) are electrically switched in parallel in such a way that always one phase conductor of the one cable is connected to the phase conductor of the other cable.
US08923931B2
A method and system that limits the use of a communication device present in an area controlled by an intelligent controller. The intelligent controller detects any present communication devices in the area and conducts an inventory providing information about each detected device. The intelligent controller compares that information to a standard of use data, which specifies the conditions need to be present for allowing the usage of a communication device. If such conditions are not met, the intelligent controller sends commands to the communication device to restrict its functionality. Else if, the intelligent controller is incapable of restricting the communication device, it can notify authorities of unauthorized usage of a communication device in the restricted area.
US08923930B2
A communications interface provides for communications between a wireless communication device and a hearing assistive device. The communications interface converts a signal, including an audio signal, received from the wireless communication device into a format recognizable by a hearing assistive device. The communications interface generates a communication signal including the audio signal based on the converted signal and transmits the communication signal to the hearing assistive device using a low power radio frequency transmission protocol. The hearing assistive device converts the communication signal received from the communications interface into a usable format, extracts an audible signal from the communication signal, and manipulates the extracted audible signal according to a criterion associated with a user of the hearing assistive device.
US08923920B2
The present invention discloses a test device and a test method for a multimedia data card and a mobile-phone multimedia data card. The test device comprises a printed circuit board (PCB), and the PCB is provided with a connecting slot module that can be split and used for connecting modules under test. The test device for a multimedia data card comprises a miniature connector, which is plugged into the connecting slot module. According to the present invention, the PCB can be tested simply by connecting the PCB tester to the miniature USB connector, and the components can be easily plugged in without need of such operations as windowing and positioning. Therefore, the test efficiency is improved, and because the cost for developing test clamps to connect these test points is saved, the test cost and the manufacturing cost get reduced.
US08923915B2
Software defined radio equipment is provided. The equipment includes a software defined radio emission/reception radio sub-system, a primary software defined radio application and a secondary software defined radio application capable of interfacing with the radio emission/reception sub-system. The primary software defined radio application is a telecommunications application and the secondary software defined radio application is a cognitive radio application. A software defined radio emission/reception radio sub-system is also provided.
US08923914B2
A re-reconfigurable built-in antenna of a portable terminal is provided. The antenna includes an antenna radiator having a feeding pad electrically connected to a feeding portion of a main board of the terminal and at least one ground pad disposed in a position different from that of the feeding pad for selectively establishing an electrical connection to a ground portion of the terminal, and a switching element, commonly connected to the at least one ground pad of the antenna radiator, for selectively establishing an electrical connection to the ground portion by a switching operation. The antenna radiator changes a shape of the antenna radiator by using the selective electrical connection of the ground portion so as to have various operational frequency bands and radiation properties.
US08923904B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a system, apparatuses and methods for determining the right to speak. In the embodiments, each Secondary Protective Device (SPD) selects a Request to Send (RTS) sequence from a preconfigured RTS sequence set and sends the selected RTS sequence to a Primary Protective Device (PPD). The PPD chooses one RTS sequence from the RTS sequence sent by the SPDs and sends the chosen RTS sequence to all the SPDs and then each SPD determines whether the right to speak is obtained according to the RTS sequence from the PPD. The system, apparatuses and methods provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure ensure that the RTS sequences sent to the PPD by the SPDs are almost always different. Therefore the efficiency of determining the right to speak is greatly improved and the satisfaction of users is improved effectively.
US08923901B2
A method and system for reporting short message (SM) capability over an IP multimedia subsystem (IMS) using a session initiation protocol (SIP) are disclosed. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) registers with a core network and sends a message indicating its SM capability via the IMS to the core network. The core network then updates the WTRU capabilities based on the message and routes an SM to the WTRU via the IMS.
US08923895B2
Systems and methods for optimizing paging cycles in a wireless communication system are disclosed. An access terminal can include logic configured to determine an optimal paging cycle and logic configured to set the paging cycle based on the optimal paging cycle, where the paging cycle varies based on at least one optimizing metric.
US08923893B2
Generating a planogram of a facility in real-time, includes positioning a wireless mobile device at a plurality of geometric positions within the facility. A location of the mobile device at each position is then established using a location mechanism. Each geometric position is then associated with that location of the mobile device. The planogram is then updated with information about the geometric position. The geometric positions are associated with physical objects modeled in the planogram. Non-geometric information can also be obtained at the location of the mobile device, and this non-geometric information can be overlaid onto the planogram.
