US09079735B2
An apparatus and method for feeding histology specimen slides from a stack of the slides in a slide printer. The stack of slides includes first, next-to-be removed and second slides having adjacent surfaces. A flow of gas is applied to a location that the adjacent surfaces of the first and second slides meet when removing the first slide from the stack. The flow of gas, which may be a jet or blast of air applied through a nozzle, and which may be applied before and/or during the removal of the slide from the stack, helps un-stick the slides to enhance the feeding action.
US09079731B2
A sheet separator including two guides disposed to face each other across a distance in a width direction, at least one of the two guides being configured to move along the width direction to enlarge or reduce the distance therebetween, a separation roller, a separation pad configured to separate sheets being conveyed by the separation roller on a sheet-by-sheet basis in cooperation with the separation roller, a pressing mechanism configured to apply a pressing load to press the separation pad toward the separation roller, and an adjuster configured to increase the pressing load in response to the at least one of the two guides moving in a direction to enlarge the distance, and decrease the pressing load in response to the at least one of the two guides moving in a direction to reduce the distance.
US09079730B2
A method and apparatus for processing documents are provided. The apparatus includes a feeder for receiving a packet of a plurality of documents and separating the documents to serially feed the documents to a scanner. A retard adjacent the feeder is operable in first and second positions. In the first position the retard forms a nip with the feeder so that the retard is operable to impede the progress of one or more documents in the packet while the feeder feeds one of the documents in the packet. In the second position, the retard is spaced apart from the feeder to form a gap between the feeder and the retard. The system further includes a sensor for detecting a characteristic of the documents in a packet indicative of whether the number of documents in the packet exceeds a predetermined threshold. A drive mechanism automatically drives the retard pad between the first and second positions in response to the detected characteristic.
US09079724B2
The invention relates to an electromagnetic transfer system (100) having a preferably closed carrier path (20), along which a multiplicity of individually activatable induction coils (25) are arranged, and having conveying elements (30, 30a to 30e), which are arranged in a movable manner on the carrier path (20) and each have a driver element (38), which serves for conveying in each case at least one article (1) from a first conveying arrangement (11), along a conveying route (18) in the region of the transfer system (100), into a second conveying arrangement (12) arranged downstream, wherein the driver elements (38) are in abutting contact with the at least one article (1) at least along the conveying route (18), and wherein the conveying element (30, 30a to 30e) has, as drive element, at least one permanent-magnet element (31) arranged in operative connection with the induction coils (25). According to the invention, it is provided that the driver element (38) is arranged on the conveying element (30, 30a to 30e) such that it can be moved, in particular pivoted, in order to be brought into abutting contact with, and removed from abutting contact with, the at least one article (1), wherein the driver element (38) is moved by at least one actuating element (43, 44) arranged at a fixed location on the carrier path (20).
US09079723B2
A method of feeding paper through a paper feeder by conveying paper along a path and regulating the through-flow of paper from the path to dispense the paper from the feeder at a controlled flow rate while continuously moving the paper to avoid blockages.
US09079715B2
A lifting device has an elongate lifting arm provided with a suction mount enabling securing of the device to a body to be lifted. The suction mount has suction devices spaced apart in the longitudinal direction of the lifting arm sufficiently for a user to grip the lifting arm in between the suction mount devices. The device extends away from the suction mount, in the longitudinal direction of the lifting arm, to a handle spaced from the suction mount, and which extends upwardly above the lifting arm on the opposite side of the lifting arm to the suction mount devices.
US09079706B2
A sealed capsule for use in apparatus including a capsule receiving station and a water delivery system for brewing a hot beverage in which a hot liquid under pressure infuses a material. A capsule base has a concave bottom floor with angularly spaced structural ribs that form channels for directing brewed beverage to a sharpened spout. A collar surrounds the dispensing spout. A foil attaches to the collar to overlie the spout. A filter lies on the structural ribs. Infusible material lies on the filter. A water distribution plate overlies the infusible material. A cover closes the base unit and includes a water inlet. As the capsule seats in the capsule receiving station, the foil seal is forced over the sharpened spout to rupture and enable brewed beverage to be dispersed. A probe of the water delivery system also penetrates the cover to direct water into the capsule without contacting the infusible material or the brewed beverage.
US09079704B2
Microwave cooking packages suitable for use as microwave popcorn packages include at least one panel (e.g., first and second panels) formed of a vertically rigid material. A flexible portion is attached to the panels. The flexible portion may be formed of a polyester film material such as a biaxially-oriented polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film, which may be at least partially transparent. The flexible portion (and panels) defines a bag construction configured to contain a popcorn charge and to be expandable between a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration when the popcorn charge is subjected to a popping operation. The microwave cooking package may include a vent assembly configured to at least partially open when the bag configuration is in an expanded configuration to vent the bag construction. The vent assembly includes a first portion a second portion of the bag construction that is configured to be folded against the first portion.
US09079698B2
A rupturable blister package multilayer cover sheet has top (3) and bottom (4) layers having dual aligned laser scores (6,7) and at least one non-laser scored intermediate layer (15).
US09079695B1
An O-ring with elliptical cross-section disposed within a gasket seat about a cylindrical housing that contains a bio-activated protective composition. When sealed off from the environment, the bio-activated protective composition undergoes a self-vacuumizing process and requires the flow of gas. The elliptical cross-section of the O-ring is received within a recess of a housing cover to define a channel between the housing cover and the housing. This channel allows the gas to be released and prevents deformation of the O-ring regardless of mechanical compression, atmospheric pressure and temperature.
US09079693B2
A bottle closure (100) for a bottle (200) comprises a first closure (500) securable over an opening of the bottle (200). The first closure (500) having a central generally circular projection (540), and a liquid flow aperture (512) located adjacent to the projection. A second closure (600) is located over the first closure (500), the second closure (600) having a generally circular aperture (632) adapted to receive the circular projection (540), the second closure (600) being movable between a first position and a second position. In the first position the circular projection (540) generally occludes flow through the circular aperture (632), and in the second position the circular projection (540) is adjacent to the circular aperture (632), providing a fluid flow path from the bottle, through the liquid flow aperture (512) and the circular aperture (632). The first closure (500) includes a first engagement formation (504) and the second closure (600) includes a corresponding second engagement formation (602). The first and second engagement formations (504, 602) being adapted to move the second closure (600) both longitudinally and pivotally about a longitudinal axis (XX) as the second closure (600) moves between the first position and the second position.
US09079677B2
A conditioning assembly for conditioning an article (D), such as a fluid dispenser, under vacuum, the assembly including an airtight enclosure (E) for receiving an article (D) for conditioning under a vacuum; the assembly being characterized in that the enclosure (E) includes a conditioning element (21) that is movable inside the enclosure, the enclosure (E) being connected to a suction chamber (C) that includes a piston (22) that is capable of causing the volume of the chamber (C) to vary, the conditioning element (21) and the piston (22) being constrained to move together in a manner such that a movement of the piston (22) in the direction for increasing the volume of the chamber (C) causes suction to be generated in the enclosure (E).
US09079672B2
The through-pivot comprises a first ring and a second ring, one of the two rings being able to rotate about a longitudinal axis with respect to the other ring. The pivot further comprises at least one floating frame. The two rings are connected to the floating frame by at least one first set and, respectively, by at least one second set, of several flexible elements running in a direction that is transverse to the two rings. The floating frame may be made up of a ring in the form of a cylinder of revolution about the axis, or of ring portion, it being possible for the floating frame to be positioned either on the inside or on the outside of the rings indifferently.
US09079667B2
A fastening device for connecting two overhead storage compartment elements of an aircraft is provided. The overhead storage compartment elements have coupling elements on the sides of the overhead storage compartment elements to be connected. The coupling elements need to be aligned with one another without being subjected to loading. A connecting plate is arranged on a first fastening element, in a longitudinally movable manner. In the delivered state of the overhead storage compartment elements, the connecting plate is already connected to the fastening element and pushed beneath the lower face of the overhead storage compartment element, so that it does not protrude and does not interfere when the bulky overhead storage compartment element is handled before attaching to the cabin ceiling.
US09079665B2
An aircraft cargo handling system has a pair of load restraining rail assemblies, each of which has a shaft assembly running substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the aircraft. The shaft assembly has a plurality of lock pawls, each of which comprises a body having a cylindrical pallet-engaging surface. The pallet engaging surfaces of the lock pawls have increasing included angles at stations moving toward the front of the aircraft (or vice versa). This enables the pallets to be locked in place sequentially by rotating the shaft assembly an predetermined angular rotation each time a pallet is loaded. Unloading of the aircraft is carried out in the reverse order, by rotating the shaft assembly in the opposite direction in steps to unlock each pallet individually as the aircraft is unloaded.
US09079661B2
The invention concerns an ultra-rapid air vehicle together with a method of aerial locomotion by means of an ultra-rapid air vehicle, where the air vehicle is propelled by a system of motors formed of turbojets (TB1, TB2), ramjets (ST1, ST2) and a rocket motor which can be made streamlined to reduce the drag of the base during the cruise phase, and where the vehicle has a gothic delta wing (A) fitted with moving fins (a1, a2) at both outer ends of the trailing edge of the delta wing (A).
US09079658B2
A vortex generation device for reducing drag on an upswept aircraft fuselage afterbody and including a vortex generator vane that extends longitudinally from along an outer mold line of the fuselage of an aircraft adjacent an upswept afterbody of the fuselage and that is configured and positioned to reduce drag on an upswept aircraft fuselage afterbody by developing vortices that counteract vortices generated along such an upswept fuselage afterbody. The vane is disposed aft of a side paratrooper jump door of the aircraft fuselage and has a spine and leading end that are faired smoothly into the mold line of the fuselage.
US09079656B2
An access door structure for a wing skin is received in an access hole opening which incorporates a protective glove having a set of mistake resisting features and engaging the periphery of the access hole opening. An inner door seals an interior of the access hole opening and has multiple fastener attachment elements and a set of mating mistake resisting features. An outer door engaged over an exterior of the access hole opening has fastener holes for mating alignment with the fastener attachment elements and receives a plurality of fasteners for engagement of the inner and outer doors.
US09079643B2
A vessel for laying a pipeline includes a plurality of ramps in the region of the first end of the vessel. The plurality of ramps includes a first ramp which is disposed along the pipelaying path, whose inclination is adjustable and which has a first upstream end and a second downstream end, and a second ramp which is disposed along the pipelaying path downstream of the first ramp, whose inclination is adjustable and which has a first upstream end and a second downstream end. The downstream end of the first ramp is positioned inboard of the first end of the vessel and above the bottom of the vessel and the upstream end of the second ramp is positioned inboard of the first end of the vessel and above the bottom of the vessel.
US09079639B2
A liquid storage tank comprising an outer container wherein the outer container is rigid and has at least two inner containers disposed within the outer container. The first inner container contains seawater, and the second inner container contains at least one stored liquid. The at least two inner containers are flexible and pressure balanced while the volume of the outer container remains fixed, and the volumes of the at least two inner containers are variable. The liquid storage tank is provided for disposal and installation in a subsea environment.
US09079629B2
An electric control device for operating a bicycle component that includes a base member that is adapted to be attached to a bicycle, a movable member coupled to the base member and movable between a first position and a second position, a signal generating unit that generates a signal when the movable member is moved to the second position, and an adjusting structure for adjusting the distance between the first position and the second position.
US09079626B2
Portable lock mounting assemblies including straps or connectors for securing each assembly to a bicycle or the like. Each mounting assembly having a structure defining a retaining assembly to securely retain a lock and easily release the lock from the mounting assembly.
US09079625B1
An enclosure device for forming a secured enclosure area within a cargo area of a vehicle is disclosed. The enclosure device includes a front panel and a generally planar deck panel that extends from the front panel. The deck panel includes a pair of pair of spaced apart left and right sides that are adapted for extending over the wheel wells and the sidewalls. The deck panel also includes an aft edge that is adapted for extending to a location directly below an upper lip of the aft end of the cargo area when the front panel is adapted for fastening to the vehicle. At least one of the spaced apart left and right sides includes an abutment edge that is adapted for being positioned next to the sport cage upright, so that the secured enclosure area is created below the deck panel.
US09079610B2
A telescopic device of a steering column for a vehicle includes an internal tube (200) connected to a vehicle body and formed in a lengthwise direction, a telescopic bush (250) provided around the internal tube (200) and having a fixing hole (252), through which a tilt bolt (300) of a tilt device enabling a steering column to have a tilt motion passes, so as to fix the tilt bolt (300), and an external tube (100) provided to enclose an outer side of the internal tube (200) and to move in a telescopic motion in the lengthwise direction of the internal tube (200) and having a guide hole (120) formed in the lengthwise direction so that the telescopic bush (250) is inserted therein and protrudes.
US09079608B2
A hydraulic-power steering system is provided. A power-steering valve controls and varies a level of steering assist. A magnetic actuator varies torsional stiffness of the valve to change torque and produce a sufficient amount of the torque to generate full assist. A first valve is operatively connected to a steering pump and allows the full assist at a relatively low steering torque and through which flow from the steering pump is directed. A second valve is operatively connected to the steering pump. Current is applied to a solenoid valve that allows an increasing amount of the flow to be directed through the second valve in response to an input signal of increasing vehicle speed above a threshold value and closes in response to a signal identifying any of a plurality of advanced steering functions.
US09079607B2
A vehicle steering control apparatus in a vehicle including an apparatus changing a tire steer angle independently of steering wheel operation; a detecting device detecting a tire steer angle equivalent value corresponding to the tire steer angle; and a controller is provided. The controller is configured to learn a steering wheel angle neutral point; determine if the detecting device is in an abnormal state; disregard the learned steering wheel angle neutral point if the detecting device is in the abnormal state; control the apparatus such that the tire steer angle is returned to a tire steer angle neutral point if the detecting device is in the abnormal state; initialize the detecting device after the tire steer angle is returned to the tire steer angle neutral point; and restart the learning of the steering wheel angle after the detecting device is initialized.
US09079600B2
Disclosed herein is a medi-spa service cart having improved storage, convenience and portability properties. The cart includes a castered base, a selectively extensible tubular vertical support and, affixed to the upper end of the support, a principal service tray.
US09079596B2
A cart and drawer assembly (20, 120) comprising a pair of panels (22) each having an inner surface (26) disposed in spaced and parallel relationship with one another with said inner surfaces (26) facing each other. Each of the panels (22) defines a pair of beams (32). At least one shelf (66, 166) is disposed between the panels (22) in perpendicular relationship to the panels (22). A plurality of ribs (122) extend from the beams (32) and are spaced from one another along the beams (32). A pair of ears (124, 224) extend from each of the shelves (66, 166) and engage an adjacent pair of the ribs (122) to maintain the panels (22) in spaced and parallel relationship with one another and perpendicular to the shelf (66, 166). Each of the beams (32) define a plurality of sockets (34) spaced from one another. A pair of plugs (76) extend from each of the mounting sides (67, 167) in one of the sockets (34) connecting the shelves (66, 166) to the panels (22). The ears (124, 224) are disposed between said plugs (76).
US09079594B2
Because sidewalks are slanted for rain run-off, they pose a safety risk for baby strollers if the person pushing the stroller stops and doesn't apply the brake. If s/he releases the stroller's handle when the brake is not applied, the stroller may veer off towards the curb owing to gravity, wind, the baby's movements, traffic vibrations, etc. Not applying the brake when stopped is a common mistake. While parents may remember to apply the brake when stopped, other caregivers may not. Applicant's improvement provides fully automatic slip-clutch joining means to inhibit veering off by automatically coupling the stroller's rear wheels together when the stroller is stopped. When coupled, the rear wheels must rotate in unison thus helping to prevent the stroller from veering-off toward the curb. When the stroller is being pushed the slip clutch handily becomes disengaged by turning or making other course adjustments.
US09079592B2
A brake control device for a braking system of a rail vehicle, wherein the brake control device is connected or connectible to a vibration-sensitive sensor device for receiving vibration data. The brake control device is designed to identify at least one periodic signal from the vibration data and to store vibration data-based comparative data, and to carry out a state analysis of the rail vehicle based on the comparative data and/or the at least one periodic signal. Also disclosed is a corresponding braking system, a rail vehicle and a method for carrying out a state analysis of the rail vehicle.
US09079587B1
A computer in a first vehicle is programmed to receive a first set of data from at least one sensor in the first vehicle and to receive a second set of data from at least one second vehicle. The second set of data is from at least one sensor in the at least one second vehicle. The computer is further programmed to use both the first set of data and the second set of data to identify at least one feature of a road being traversed by the first vehicle.
US09079584B2
Provided is a longitudinal force control apparatus. A lateral acceleration acquisition section acquires a lateral acceleration along a right-left direction acting on a vehicle. A bank angle acquisition circuit acquires a bank angle of the vehicle. A longitudinal force controller may decrease an absolute value of a longitudinal force at least with respect to a driving wheel of the vehicle based on the acquired lateral acceleration and the bank angle when it is determined that a calculated lateral-skid acceleration is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold. The longitudinal force is a sum of forces along a front-rear direction acting on the driving wheel.
US09079575B2
A machine having a powertrain including an engine operably connected to a torque converter and a transmission. The machine includes a control system receive an activation signal indicative of an automatic mode operation of the machine and command the torque converter to remain in a direct-drive mode while the transmission shifts from a first gear ratio to a second gear ratio. The control system also limits engine speed below a first engine speed limit when a gear ratio setting of the transmission is indicative of the second gear ratio.
US09079572B2
A main brake cylinder for a hydraulic vehicle brake system of a motor vehicle is disclosed. The main brake cylinder includes an electric motor that is operated as a generator for decelerating the motor vehicle. For service braking, pressure is applied to a brake circuit by the main brake cylinder and to another brake circuit by a hydraulic pump. In order to reduce a pedal force, a first piston has a smaller piston surface and a second piston only moves if a greater brake fluid volume is required. A preloaded hydraulic accumulator limits an increase in pressure.
US09079568B2
A windscreen wiper device comprising carrier element, as well as wiper blade, including at least one longitudinal groove, in which groove a longitudinal strip of the carrier element is disposed, the windscreen wiper device comprises a connecting device for an oscillating arm, wherein the wiper blade comprises an elongated upper holding part and an elongated lower wiping part of a flexible material, wherein the holding part holds the longitudinal strip, wherein the wiping part comprises a wiping lip, and wherein the holding part and the wiping part are interconnected by means of a tilting web, with the special feature that a noise dampening profile is provided in slits formed between said holding part, the wiping part and the tilting web, wherein a width of the noise dampening profile extending in a direction transverse to the longitudinal direction of the wiper blade varies along the longitudinal direction.
US09079559B2
An airbag includes a vent hole discharging gas, a slide tether performing transition of a state of the vent hole, from an open state via a close state to the open state, by changing between a slackened state and an extended state, and a slide tether cover guiding the slide tether. The other end portion in a longitudinal direction of the slide tether body portion constitutes a first supporting point by being fastened in a direction going from the vent hole toward a mounting position of the inflator, bifurcated portions constitutes a second supporting point by the other end portion of the slide tether cover being fastened, terminal end portions of leg piece portions constitute a third supporting point by being respectively fastened. When the airbag is deployed, transition of a state of the vent hole is performed.
US09079558B2
A coated airbag is provided. In another aspect, a method of extrusion coating an air impermeable material onto a one-piece woven airbag fabric is employed. Another aspect preheats a fabric such that the fabric remains hot during a coating application thereon. Furthermore, a machine for making and coating an airbag fabric is also provided.
US09079543B2
An approach is provided to preserve spacing around a vehicle so as to enable movement of the vehicle from a stationary position, and to accommodate one or more lifestyle accessories that may be associated with the vehicle. The approach involves protecting the vehicle from one or more other vehicles or obstructions positioned, or moved into position, near the vehicle by deploying at least a portion of one or more load bearing members supported by a mounting member attached to the vehicle to a predetermined position within a range that includes a fully refracted position and a fully extended position. The approach also involves deploying the one or more load bearing members to a predetermined position and attaching one or more support members associated with the one or more lifestyle accessories to at least one of the one or more load bearing members.
US09079533B2
Programmable devices and associated methods for alerting pedestrians and vehicle operators are provided. In accordance with various embodiments of the disclosed subject matter, programmable devices for alerting pedestrians and vehicle operators are provided, the programmable device for alerting pedestrians and vehicle operators comprising: a housing having an attachment mechanism and an actuator disposed thereon, the attachment configured for engagement with a portion of a bicycle on a location proximate to at least one hand of a user while the user is in a riding position on the bicycle; a data input component disposed along the housing and configured to receive at least one audio file; a speaker in electrical communication with the data input and operably coupled with the actuator, the speaker configured to produce sound corresponding to the at least one audio file upon engagement of the actuator by the user; and at least one light source operably coupled with the actuator, the at least one light source configured to produce at least one lighting projection configuration upon engagement of the actuator by the user.
US09079528B2
A PSU pod assembly that is configured to be positioned in the interior of an aircraft. The PSU pod assembly includes a PSU pod that includes a housing that includes a top, a bottom and first, second, third and fourth sides that cooperate to define a pod interior and a panel positioned above and connected to the PSU pod. The PSU pod includes at least first and second reading lights positioned within the pod interior that are configured to shine light below the housing and cabin lights positioned on or in the housing that are configured to shine light above the housing. The panel includes connectors that are configured to secure the PSU pod assembly to a component within the aircraft.
US09079516B2
A cushion structure for a motor vehicle seat including a retractable stop piece capable of preventing an object placed under the cushion from moving towards the front, and means capable of arranging said cushion in a position preventing a passenger from sitting on it.
US09079515B2
The adjustment device, also known as a recline mechanism, includes a sidemember that attaches to a vehicle seat having a uniform mounting surface allowing the attachment of a five-door as well as a three-door recline mechanism with a modular mounting plate without the need to have additional recline mechanisms.
US09079513B2
A motor vehicle luggage retention system for a motor vehicle is disclosed. A foldable seat back separates the occupant compartment from the trunk and has an upright position and a folded position that allows pass-through accessibility from the trunk into the occupant compartment. A pivotable bar assembly in the trunk has a lowered position and a raised position. Pivoting the pivotable bar assembly to the lowered position moves the foldable seat back to the upright position and creates a structural safety barrier against objects in the trunk impacting a rear surface of the seat back. Pivoting the pivotable bar assembly to the raised position moves the seat back to the folded position to provide uninterrupted access to the occupant compartment from the trunk. A latch assembly latches the pivotable bar assembly in at least the lowered position. A movable parcel shelf and collapsible storage bin are also disclosed.
US09079511B2
A vehicle seat power track for an automobile vehicle seat which includes a sensor arrangement to detect the seat position along the track relative to a front airbag apparatus and generate a signal to control the apparatus of the airbag. The vehicle seat power track also includes brackets configured to reduce horizontal movement of the track components.
US09079510B2
An adjustment device has a control unit with a memory, in which vehicle occupant data is storable. The data enable an automatic setting of all adjustable seat components and/or vehicle components. A read-in unit allows the necessary vehicle occupant data to be read into the memory of the control unit from a mobile data medium. The data medium obtains the necessary vehicle occupant data as a defined two dimensional image from a digital image acquisition system. The control unit or the data medium has an algorithm that determines proportions of given body parts in relation to each other from the two dimensional image such that a certain, at least relative, automatic setting of the seat components and/or the vehicle components is derivable. An input unit, which is manually operable as a touch screen, sets defined body part positions using marks superposed in succession on the image.
US09079509B2
A vehicle seat includes a pressure-receiving member disposed rearwardly of an occupant between left and right side frames, and a rocking mechanism configured to cause a left side or a right side of the pressure-receiving member to move frontward and rearward. The rocking mechanism includes a first link member provided pivotally, a second link member provided pivotally on the first link member and pivotally connected to the pressure-receiving member, and an actuator configured to cause the first link member and the second link member to pivot.
US09079508B2
A fuel cell vehicle is provided with a fuel cell stack and a vehicle body frame for mounting the fuel cell stack in a front box. The fuel cell stack and a frame member have portions overlapping with each other in a vehicle width direction in a plan view of the vehicle. A vehicle-forward end portion of the fuel cell stack is positioned closer to the rear of the vehicle than a vehicle-forward end portion of the frame member. A vehicle-rearward end portion of the fuel cell stack is positioned closer to the front of the vehicle than a vehicle-rearward end portion of the frame member.
US09079507B2
A method of and device for determining driving range for a vehicle operating with a rechargeable energy storage supply. The method includes performing a calculation based on a limited number of input parameters, including a driving distance, average speed, location and time of day. Other determinations, such as the possibility of using a battery power-depleting climate control system, as well as battery capacity and climate data for various seasonal and location factors may also be used in the calculations.
US09079506B2
A method for controlling a hybrid motor vehicle which has an electromotive internal combustion engine, which is operated by an electric accumulator and is operatively connected to a generator for the charging of the accumulator, and a control unit for controlling the drive unit, in particular the internal combustion engine as a function of the charge state of the accumulator. So that the internal combustion engine is operated advantageously, in addition to a control process as a function of the charge state of the accumulator, in order to protect the control unit and/or for the effective operation thereof, the internal combustion engine is controlled, at least as a function of a retrieved continuous power rating of the accumulator, a temperature of the accumulator, of vibrations occurring in the motor vehicle and/or of a downtime of the internal combustion engine.
US09079502B2
Provided is an electrically driven vehicle that is capable of suppressing drive wheel slippage without increasing the pitching vibration of the vehicle. The electrically driven vehicle having electric motors (1, 4), drive wheels (3, 6) driven by the electric motors respectively, and, when at least one of the drive wheels slips, an electric motor control device (40) for reducing the torque of at least one of the electric motors that drives the at least one wheel slipped, and for restoring the torque of the at least one electric motor when the slippage is stopped includes a pitching detection device (26) for detecting the amplitude of pitching vibration to which the vehicle is subjected. The amount of torque of the at least one electric motor to be restored by the electric motor control device over a predetermined period of time after the slippage is stopped varies depending on whether or not the amplitude A detected by the pitching detection device is greater than an assessment value A1.
US09079496B2
A device distributing engine torque between first and second wheel sets of a vehicle, including a mode switch movable between a first stable position and a second unstable position, activating first and second engine torque distribution modes. When the vehicle stops while the second distribution mode is activated and then restarts after a stop duration, the second distribution mode is activated if the stop duration is less than a time delay, otherwise the first distribution mode is activated. It is determined, in the second distribution mode, whether the vehicle exceeds a predetermined maximum speed threshold. If so, a transition is made to an on-road mode. In the off-road mode, it is determined whether the vehicle exceeds a predetermined intermediate speed threshold, strictly less than maximum speed threshold in an off-road mode, during a time greater than a predetermined duration, to transition back to the on-road mode.
US09079485B2
A hybrid electric drive system for an automotive vehicle comprises a heat engine, an electric motor, a one-way-clutch, a torque-limiting clutch, and a transmission. The one-way-clutch disposed between the engine shaft and the motor shaft, and it can transmit torque from the engine shaft to the motor shaft. The transmission has an input shaft being connected to the motor shaft and an output shaft to drive the wheels. The torque-limiting clutch is also disposed between the engine shaft and the motor shaft. When it is disengaged, the torque-limiting clutch disconnects the motor shaft from the engine shaft, so the motor can solely drive the vehicle. When it is engaged, the clutch transmits a pre-determined level of torque from the motor shaft to the engine shaft in order to start the engine. The torque limiting clutch will smooth out the torque peak when the system starts the engine while the vehicle is running.
US09079472B2
Provided is a suspension spring for a shock absorber using carbon fiber reinforced plastic. From a structure including a spring unit in which a plurality of bowl-shaped unit bodies are stacked between a first sheet and a second sheet along a length direction of a piston rod, the suspension spring for the shock absorber can achieve weight reduction and durability improvement while exhibiting the same performance as that of steel coil spring by using the carbon fiber reinforced plastic.
US09079469B2
A vehicle suspension apparatus includes various elements, such as a self-pumping air spring and damper unit operating with compressed air for height adjustment of a vehicle body relative to a wheel suspension of a vehicle. The apparatus further includes at least one spring space filled with compressed air, which is at least partially bounded by at least one movable wall and a damper cylinder, which can be connected to the spring space for fluid transmission by at least one connecting valve. The damper cylinder includes a working space divided by a piston, which moves inside the working space, and fluidly connected by a throttle valve. The connecting valve and the throttle valve are each switchable valves, and one of the working spaces of the damper cylinder can be vented to the surrounding atmosphere via at least one switchable vent valve.
US09079460B2
In a present invention, in a pneumatic tire 1A, a circumferential groove 32 extending in a tire circumferential direction is formed by land portions 20 constituting a tread surface 10 coming into contact with a road surface. A flat groove portion 60 and an in-groove land portion 70 are formed in the circumferential groove 32. The flat groove portion 60 is a flat surface of a groove bottom 32a of the circumferential groove 32. The in-groove land portion 70 is raised toward the tread surface 10 side from the groove bottom 32a of the circumferential groove 32. Multiple narrow grooves 80 extending in a tread width direction are formed in the in-groove land portion 70. A wide-groove width W1 of the circumferential groove 32 in the tread width direction is 5 to 30% of a tread width TW of the tread surface in the tread width direction.
US09079456B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a jig that does not require an operator to hold a lock ring against the elastic repulsion force of the lock ring that attempts to contract in a radial direction when the lock ring is attached to a rim base, the jig that is safe because there is no need for the operator to support the weight of the lock ring and can maintain a state in which, when the space between the ends of the lock ring is increased, the inside diameter side of the lock ring is a perfect circle or is close to a perfect circle. Thus, a lock ring mounting/demounting jig of the present invention is formed of a pair of jigs, the pair of jigs can be attached at both ends (4a, 4b) of a lock ring (4) and on the radial outside of the lock ring (4), and the angle formed by the direction in which the space between the pair of jigs expands and contracts and the longitudinal direction of each jig is changeable.
US09079455B2
A skateboard wheel cover includes a circumferential lip, an inner surface connected to an inner portion of the circumferential lip, and an outer surface connected to an outer portion of the circumferential lip. The outer surface is a material with a durometer different than a durometer of the wheel. The cover further includes at least a first attachment device configured to selectively attach to a skateboard wheel.
US09079449B2
A device for storing collectibles, including a base unit having a first receiving region that receives a first object and a second receiving region that receives a collectibles storage unit. The base unit has a connecting wall connecting the first and second side walls, and two receiving elements for mounting the storage unit. The first receiving region is delimited by the first side wall, the second side wall and the connecting wall. The second receiving region, open on at least one side and separated from the first receiving region by the connecting wall, is delimited by the first receiving element, the second receiving element and the connecting wall. The storage unit includes at least two segments connectable to and separable from each other, wherein each segment has a receiving region for receiving at least one collectible and wherein at least a partial region of each segment is transparent.
US09079438B1
A printer includes a cutter unit configured to cut recording paper, and a presenter unit, wherein the recording paper enters the presenter unit through the cutter unit, and the presenter unit includes a first roller and a second roller configured to convey the recording paper, a flapper disposed under a transport path of the recording paper between a position of the first and second rollers and a position of the cutter unit, and configured to be flipped open to provide an opening in the transport path, and a paper guide disposed over the transport path of the recording paper between the position of the first and second rollers and the position of the cutter unit, wherein, upon the flapper being flipped open to outside the presenter unit, the paper guide changes a position thereof to guide the recording paper to outside the presenter unit through the opening.
US09079436B2
A movable BF guide is provided in a movable-blade receiving area into which a movable blade slides along a fixed blade while being pressed against the fixed blade in a process of cutting recording paper. The movable-blade receiving area is blocked by the BF guide when the cutting process is not performed, thus preventing the entry of the end portion of the downstream connected recording paper into the movable-blade receiving area.
US09079429B2
The invention provides, as an aspect thereof, an inkjet printer that connects a vacuum fan on the printer case side and a vacuum platen on the cover side through a short vacuum path. The platen moves in conjunction with the cover of the roll paper compartment. The platen is a vacuum platen having vacuum regions, suction holes, and a platen-side air path on the platen side, and a vacuum fan and a vacuum duct that connects the vacuum fan to the suction unit of the platen on the printer case side. The vacuum duct is disconnected from the suction unit of the platen when the platen moves in conjunction with the cover, and the length of the vacuum duct can therefore be short, corresponding to the distance between the intake opening of the vacuum fan and the suction unit of the platen when the cover is closed.
US09079421B2
To provide an inkjet printing apparatus that suppresses occurrence of image deterioration, such as a texture, a moire, and a streak in a printing result. In order for this to be achieved, a level is set up to a overlapping portion of a chip of a print head depending on dot impact accuracy, and a print data distribution rate of each chip in the overlapping portion is determined according to the level.
US09079419B2
After a gloss-based liquid is ejected from a liquid ejection head, which ejects liquid from nozzles of a nozzle row, to a predetermined position on a landing target to form a glossy layer, a white-based liquid is ejected onto the glossy layer to form a white layer, the ejection amount of the gloss-based liquid being greater than the ejection amount of the white-based liquid.
US09079413B2
A liquid container includes an ink chamber containing an ink to be supplied via a tube to a liquid ejecting head consuming the ink; an outlet port from which the ink contained in the ink chamber flows to the tube side; an injection port through which the ink can be injected into the ink chamber; and an air intake port taking air into the ink chamber from a further vertically upper position than a liquid level of the ink when the ink is contained in the ink chamber. If the ink equal to 5% of containing capacity containable in the ink chamber flows from the outlet port, the liquid container has an area where a fluctuation range of the liquid level of the ink inside the ink chamber becomes 5% or less of the cubic root of the containing capacity.
US09079408B2
Even when a pressurizing operation is performed, degradation of the quality of a printing head due to wiping of a nozzle surface is suppressed. In an ink jet printing apparatus including a printing head, an ink tank, a first pump arranged in an ink supplying path for supplying ink from the ink tank to the printing head, a second pump arranged in an ink collecting path for collecting ink from the printing head to the ink tank, a switch valve arranged between the printing head and the second pump, and a cleaning mechanism, by driving the first pump in a state where the switch valve is closed, the ink is discharged from the nozzle row, and after driving of the second pump in a state where the switch valve is opened, the cleaning mechanism is caused to clean the printing head.
US09079405B2
A liquid ejection head chip includes a liquid ejection unit having a plurality of ejection orifices for ejecting a liquid, a flow path in communication with the ejection orifices, and an energy generating element that generates energy for ejecting the liquid, the liquid ejection unit being provided on an upper surface formed of a (100) surface of a silicon single-crystal substrate. The side surfaces in at least one of two combinations of opposing side surfaces of the substrate have (111) surfaces of silicon single crystal and the angles of the (111) surfaces relative to the (100) surface are supplementary to each other.
US09079400B2
According to one embodiment, an ink jet head includes an ink pressure chamber, a nozzle hole, a vibrating plate, an actuator, and electrodes. The ink pressure chamber stores ink which is discharged through the nozzle hole. The vibrating plate is formed to surround the nozzle hole. The actuator drives the vibrating plate. The electrodes are formed to be axially symmetrical with respect to the nozzle hole and drive the actuator.
US09079397B1
A printing system includes a printhead having adjacent inkjet nozzles for dispensing a common colored ink and a controller adapted to direct firing of the adjacent inkjet nozzles so that adjacent local areas using the common colored ink are printed on a printing medium with alternate firings of the adjacent inkjet nozzles.
US09079392B2
A printhead including a plurality of embossed first flex circuit pads and a first plurality of first active traces on a first side of a dielectric substrate, and a plurality of embossed second flex circuit pads on a second side of the dielectric substrate. The plurality of embossed first flex circuit pads are configured to be electrically active as part of an electric circuit during operation of the printhead, while the plurality of embossed second flex circuit pads may be configured to be electrically active or electrically inactive during operation of the printhead.
US09079390B2
In outward path and returning path operations of a printing executing step where paste is packed into pattern holes by moving a closed type squeegee mechanism in a squeezing direction, the paste supplied to the outside of the closed type squeegee mechanism on an upper surface of a mask is spread due to a deposition members by moving the deposition members of paste deposition mechanisms positioned on a following side in a traveling direction, in the traveling direction in a state close to the upper surface of the mask. Therefore, a paste film having a predetermined thickness is formed.
US09079387B2
Embodiments of the invention disclose a method for preparing a color microcapsule electrophoresis display membrane by preparing individually various monochromatic microcapsule membranes, then binding each monochromatic microcapsule membrane together using a binding agent by stacking the membranes in sequence, so as to form multiple membrane layer units, and cutting the stacked multiple membrane layer units in a longitudinal direction perpendicular to a surface, thereby preparing the color microcapsule electrophoresis display membrane. The color microcapsule electrophoresis display membranes prepared by the method have high light reflectivity, high color contrast and precise color positioning. The invention further discloses a method for preparing a color microcapsule electrophoresis display comprising the color microcapsule electrophoresis display membrane.
US09079386B2
A method of joining a first component to a second component, the method comprising forming an array of projections extending from a bond surface of the first component, the projections having a plurality of different profiles; and embedding the array of projections in the second component formed of a plurality of laminate plies, wherein each projection profile is adapted to best transfer load into a respective one of the laminate plies. The resultant joint is able to transfer load more progressively between the two components leading to improved tensile strength.
US09079381B2
A gas barrier film is provided comprising a base film of polyester provided, on at least one of its surfaces, with a deposited layer of an inorganic compound and a gas barrier layer of a copolymer resin composition formed on the former. The gas barrier layer is produced from a mixture of a base material composed at least of the two components of (a) an unsaturated nitrile that accounts for 10% to 30% by mass of the copolymer and (b) an unsaturated compound with a hydroxyl group that accounts for 30% to 70% by mass of the copolymer; (c) a curing agent that contains a compound with an isocyanate group; and (d) a compound that has either two or more carboxylic acid groups or one or more carboxylic anhydride groups.
US09079379B2
A reinforcing method and structure for a steel structure and an elastic layer forming material for reinforcing a steel structure are provided that can prevent a reinforcing effect from being lowered by direct sunlight, can obtain a sufficient reinforcing effect, and can prevent a fiber sheet from being peeled away from a steel structure surface before the fiber sheet is torn. The reinforcing method for a steel structure, in which a fiber sheet including reinforcing fibers is bonded to a surface of the steel structure to integrate the fiber sheet with the steel structure, includes (a) a step of applying and hardening a polyurea resin putty to the surface of the steel structure to form an elastic layer, and (b) a step of bonding the fiber sheet to the surface of the steel structure having the elastic layer formed thereon with an adhesive agent.
US09079376B2
Disclosed is a prepreg including a fiber substrate and a layer made of a thermosetting resin composition, wherein the layer made of a thermosetting resin composition contains a modified silicone oil or a compound having a skeleton derived from a modified silicone oil, and the layer made of a thermosetting resin composition has a phase separation structure.A prepreg having excellent low thermal expansion properties and warpage characteristics which are difficult to be realized by using only a conventional resin which is effective for highly filling an inorganic filler or has a low coefficient of thermal expansion, and a laminate using the same, and a printed wiring board can be provided.
US09079375B2
A decorative film structure includes: a surface layer constituted by a transparent or translucent resin layer; a metal luster layer constituted by dots provided on a back surface of the surface layer; and an achromatic layer provided on the back surface of the surface layer to fill a gap between the dots. As surface roughness of a front surface of the surface layer, an Ra is 2 μm or less and either an Rmax is 4 μm or less or a Sm is 50 μm or more. A stimulus value Y45° of the metal luster layer is 10000 or more. An area of each dot when viewed from a front side of the surface layer is 10−3-105 μm2. A dot area percentage per a unit area when viewed from the front side of the surface layer is 20-99%. A lightness L* of the achromatic layer is 0-80.
US09079374B2
A sealable and peelable film comprising a four layer coextrudate comprising a core layer contributing predominantly towards the thickness of the film, a first sealing layer provided on one side of the core layer and a second sealing layer, or alternatively a laminating layer, provided on the other side of the core layer, and the film comprising a peeling layer in between the first sealing layer and the core layer and/or in between the second sealing layer, or alternatively the laminating layer, and the core layer, and wherein the peeling layer is adjacent the first sealing layer and/or the second sealing layer and/or the laminating layer, and wherein the relative thickness of the peeling layer and its adjacent sealing and/or lamination layer (p:s/l ratio) is from 1:10 to 5:1.
US09079370B2
The present disclosure relates to a fiber optic cable and a method for manufacturing the cable. The cable includes an outer jacket that defines a fiber passage and first and second reinforcing member passages, an optical fiber ribbon, and reinforcing members. The method includes extruding the jacket, feeding the ribbon into the fiber passage, and feeding the reinforcing members into the reinforcing member passages. The jacket has a width and a thickness. The width is longer than the thickness. The reinforcing member passages are positioned on opposite sides of the fiber passage. The reinforcing members are paid-off from a single spool by paying-off a precursor reinforcing member from the spool. The precursor reinforcing member can be divided (e.g., by using a slitter) into the reinforcing members which are then fed into the reinforcing member passages.
US09079363B2
A method is disclosed for producing a film containing oriented nanotubes or nanoparticles. The nanotubes typified by CNTs or nanoparticles are oriented utilizing an electric field, and influence of an electrode is suppressed, thereby allowing for production of a large-area film containing nanotubes or nanoparticles including reliably oriented nanotubes or nanoparticles, at a low cost. The method for producing the film containing nanotubes or nanoparticles which are oriented along the plane direction of the film includes: placing a film precursor containing nanotubes or nanoparticles on an interdigitated comb-like electrode through a support, in which the comb-like electrode is arranged on an insulating plate and configured with electrode wires having a circular cross-section; applying an AC voltage to the comb-like electrode in a state with the film precursor present on the comb-like electrode; and converting the film precursor into a film.
US09079356B2
In the case of a method and an apparatus, three-dimensional objects (16) can be produced from a solidifiable material by the sequential discharging of discontinuous drops (15). To this end, the solidifiable material is plasticized in the fluid phase and is introduced into a material store (12) having at least one discharging unit (13) which can be clocked. From there, the material is discharged in a dropwise manner by means of a discharging unit (13) in the direction of an object carrier (14) for an object (16), wherein the object carrier (14) and an outlet opening can be moved at a relative spacing in relation to one another in space in order to influence the drop shape. The creation of the drops is supported by changing the relative spacing in an alternating manner in opposite directions during the discharging of the drops from the discharging unit (13) and during the application of the drops to the three-dimensional object (16) during the production of the object.
US09079346B2
Apparatus and method for preparing laminated nano-composite material. The apparatus comprising: a plasticizing-and-feeding device assembly consisting of n plasticizing-and-feeding devices; a current collector having n inlets, one outlet and a conjunction runner; k laminated composite generators connected in series, wherein each generator comprises one melt inlet channel, m branch laminated runners and one melt outlet channel, while the vicinity of each melt inlet channel is provided with m distributary openings, and each branch laminated runner can make each equal composite melt that flows out from each distributary opening rotate approximately 90 degrees and extend in width as it flows forward, and then join together and form a laminated structure melt, and the laminated structure melt which joins together at the melt outlet channel of the last laminated composite generator has n×mk layers; and a forming device connected in series to the melt outlet channel of the last generator.
US09079344B2
A method for injection molding a pump impeller (1) of plastic, with which the cores which define the flow channels (8) in the inside of the impeller (1), are formed in each case of at least two core parts (26, 30). After the injection molding, a first core part (26) is firstly pulled out of the flow channel (8) and subsequently, an additional relative movement between the impeller (1) and the core part (30) is effected in a direction transverse to the pulling direction of the second core part (30), before or during the pulling-out of a second core part (30).
US09079343B2
The method and the apparatus are used for blow molding and for filling containers. To this end, after a thermal conditioning step, a preform is shaped into a container using blowing pressure inside a blow molding tool. The blow molded containers are positioned at least along part of the transport path thereof by a carrying element, which is held by a rotating transfer wheel. The transfer wheel provides at least part of a coupling between a blow molding module for producing the containers and a filling module for filling the containers. An outfeed wheel of the blow molding module can be arranged in a transport direction of the containers upstream of the transfer wheel, and an infeed wheel of the filling module can be arranged in said transport direction downstream of the transfer wheel, wherein each wheel can be equipped with carrying elements for the containers. The number of carrying elements (42) in the region of the transfer wheel (41) is varied in accordance with a production speed.
US09079342B2
A blowing agent is infiltrated into polystyrene resin particles dispersed in an aqueous suspension. Before or during infiltration, a flame retardant solution obtained by dissolving 33-1,000 parts by weight of a powdery flame retardant and 20-200 parts by weight of a flame retardant aid having a 1-hour half-life temperature of 100-250° C. in 100 parts by weight of a plasticizer is supplied to the aqueous suspension to infiltrate the flame retardant and the flame retardant aid into the particles, producing expandable polystyrene resin particles. By dissolving the flame retardant, which doesn't accumulate in the living body and has satisfactory handleability, in a plasticizer, the flame retardant can be evenly infiltrated into resin particles. Consequently, expansion of the expandable particles doesn't result in unevenness of cell density and the particles have excellent heat-fusibility to one another during molding, and molded foam having excellent flame retardancy and heat resistance can be obtained.
US09079340B2
A system for molding plastics material, includes: at least one injection nozzle (2) with a cylindrical body; at least one hot chamber (24) on which the at least one injection nozzle is mounted; at least one penetrating ram rod (15) which extends coaxially with the injection nozzle; at least two passages (4, 5) for supplying the molding material to the injection nozzle; the injection nozzle (2) including: at least one containing collar (7); at least one injection valve (11) mounted coaxially with the containing collar (7) and having a supply end (13); the injection valve (11) including: at least a first supply channel (18) for a first molding material; at least a second supply channel (19) for a second molding material; the first and second injection channels remaining separate as far as the supply end.
US09079339B2
An apparatus includes a first mold part suitable for receiving an object, a die arrangement arranged for surrounding a zone of the object and a second mold part cooperating with the die arrangement and with the first mold part in order to compression-mold plastics on the object in the zone.
US09079338B2
A method of preparing a tip for lithography, includes forming a mold having at least one recess; disposing a first polymer in the recess to form an apex of the tip,; curing the first polymer in the recess; and disposing a second polymer in the recess to form a base of the tip. The Young's Modulus of the second polymer is lower than the Young's Modulus of the first polymer. The tip structure for lithography includes a substrate, and a layered structure including a tip having an apex of a first polymer and a base of a second polymer. The first polymer is less resiliently deformable than the second polymer.
US09079327B2
A woodworking hand tool, particularly for use in woodturning, comprises a shaft like handle provided at one end with a metallic cutting edge, and also with a flat along at least part of its length for engagement, in use, with a tool rest of a lathe or other machine, for stability and wherein the cutting edge is carried on, or by an adaptor that is rotationally adjustable with respect to the handle between at least two operational positions by the user, depending on the cutting action required.
US09079324B2
An article includes a film and a non-woven having fibers, and an embossed seal joining a portion of the film and the non-woven. The seal includes discrete extended elements formed in the film and surrounded by lands in the film. The discrete extended elements having open proximal ends, open or closed distal ends, and sidewalls disposed between the proximal and distal ends, and portions of the discrete extended elements having a thickness less than that of the lands. Fibers of the non-woven are embedded in at least one of the lands and in the sidewalls of the discrete extended elements through the open proximal ends.
US09079317B2
The invention relates to a method of operating a mobile hand-operated device (9) provided as a means of outputting or enabling potentially dangerous control commands to a controllable technical device (1) actively connected to it or to another hand-operated device(9′). A safety switch device (16) . . . comprising at least one evaluation circuit and at least one enable button (18) connected to the evaluation circuit for transmitting signals is provided, which has an idle mode which is assumed automatically without applying operating force and two consecutive operating modes set on the basis of a differing strength of operating force and/or by different displacement distances in the form of an enable operation mode and a panic operating mode. Either an active mode is assigned to the at least one enable button (18) in which an enabling mode for running potentially dangerous control commands can be signalled or made available when the enable operation mode is assumed, or an inactive mode in which signalling or availability of the enabling mode is suppressed or not possible. When or after the evaluation circuit has detected on the basis of signals that the panic operating mode or the panic operating mode and the idle mode has been assumed, the active mode is assigned to the respective enable button (18). Also specified is a corresponding mobile hand-operated device (9, 9′) and a corresponding safety switching device (16).
US09079316B1
A length-adjustable mechanical arm includes: a base; a first arm unit having one end formed with a first pivot portion pivoted to the base, and another end formed with a second pivot portion, a second arm unit pivoted to the first arm unit includes a pivot member, an inner sleeve, an outer sleeve and an accessory mounting seat. The length of the second arm unit of the mechanical arm is adjustable by adjusting the inner and outer sleeves, and the second arm unit is switchable between an extended position and a retracted position. Therefore, the mechanical arm can be used for two distance operation.
US09079309B2
A terminal positioning method is applicable in a positioning system having at least an image acquisition apparatus, and the method includes: judging whether a positioning request message sent from a terminal is received; acquiring a current position feature of the terminal when the positioning request message sent from the terminal is received; calculating current position data of the terminal according to the position feature; generating position information according to the position data; and sending the position information to the terminal. In this way, the terminal itself does not need to calculate the current position, thus reducing computational burden on the terminal, which facilitates achieving of fast navigation of the terminal.
US09079305B2
Sensors associated with a robot or sub-system thereof (e.g., a series elastic actuator associated with a robot joint) may be monitored for mutual consistency using one or more constraints that relate physical quantities measured by the sensors to each other. The constraints may be based on a physical model of the robot or sub-system.
US09079291B2
A hand-held tool has an operation member operably coupled to a lock mechanism. The lock mechanism can lock and unlock the position of a cover that covers at least a part of an end tool. The operation member is positioned on an opposite side to a coupling device that movably couples the cover to a gear head device mounted to a tool body.
US09079280B2
The invention refers to an apparatus for monitoring the operation of an electrically conductive tool (120) of a machine tool (100, 400) having at least one electrically conductive spindle (110) for holding the tool (120) and a detector (140, 545, 645) which determines an electrical resistance (190, 290, 390) between the spindle (110) and the electrically conductive work piece (130) to be processed, and wherein the spindle (110) is electrically isolated from the machine tool (100, 400) and/or the apparatus is adapted to electrically isolate the work piece (130) to be processed from the machine tool (100, 400).
US09079273B2
A method for modifying a gas turbine injector is disclosed herein. The method for modifying a gas turbine injector includes removing a first tubular member from the gas turbine injector, replacing the first tubular member with a second tubular member, the second tubular member having a center axis and including a circumferential lip extending radially from the center axis, aiming a laser beam at the circumferential lip so that the laser beam forms an acute angle with the center axis, and, laser welding the second tubular member to the gas turbine injector at the acute angle, the laser welding forming a resultant weld between the second tubular member and the gas turbine injector, and such that at least a portion of the circumferential lip is consumed to form at least a portion of the resultant weld.
US09079269B2
Laser ablation can be used to form a trench within at least a blanket layer of a stressor layer that is atop a base substrate. A non-ablated portion of the stressor layer has an edge that defines the edge of the material layer region to be spalled. Laser ablation can also be used to form a trench within a blanket material stack including at least a plating seed layer. A stressor layer is formed on the non-ablated portions of the material stack and one portion of the stressor layer has an edge that defines the edge of the material layer region to be spalled. Laser ablation can be further used to form a trench that extends through a blanket stressor layer and into the base substrate itself. The trench has an edge that defines the edge of the material layer region to be spalled.
US09079268B2
This invention is improved laser ablation of solid samples analyzed by inductively coupled plasma (ICP), ICP mass spectrometry, or flowing afterglow mass spectrometry. A mirror-with-hole eliminates chromatic aberration in sample viewing and allows rad-hardening for radiation hot cell analysis of nuclear waste. Other attributes facilitate comprehensively rad-hardened laser ablation. Additional improvements include large, homogeneous laser spots, long-focus objective lenses, variable laser path length with built-in re-alignment, variable demagnification ratio, higher powered SMR lasers with larger spots enabling sensitive bulk solids analysis, demountable gravitationally self sealing stack assembly sample ablation cells, and laser ablation sample changers.
US09079265B2
Connection between a plasma torch wearing part and a plasma torch wearing part holder, plasma torch wearing part and plasma torch wearing part holder.
US09079263B2
An orthopedic structure includes a method for making a threaded fastener with thread geometry and leading edge geometry which provides greater precision during installation. Specifically, thread pitch and tooth profiles are independently variable. A leading portion of the fastener advances bone shards forward of the forward of the fastener to reduce insertion torque and prevent the shards from residing in the upstream tooth profile for better retention.
US09079253B2
A shaft tool for machine tools, has a shaft, a tool head disposed at a shaft end and equipped with at least one cutting element, and a coupling element disposed at the other shaft end for direct or indirect connection to a machine spindle. A peripheral groove extends along the circumference of the shaft and is open radially, and at least one spreading element engages in the peripheral groove and can be radially adjusted therein, resulting in the exertion of spreading and bending forced onto the groove flanks. The peripheral groove is filled with a filler material at least in the area of the spreading element, the filler material having both a sealing function against contaminants and a damping function. The filler material also acts as a rotation prevention for the spreading elements.
US09079244B2
Methods for producing nanoparticle thin films are disclosed. According to one of the methods, a nanoparticle thin film is produced by modifying the surface of nanoparticles to allow the nanoparticles to be charged, controlling an electrostatic attractive force between the charged nanoparticles and a substrate and a repulsive force between the individual nanoparticles by a variation in pH to control the number density of the nanoparticles arranged on the substrate.
US09079238B2
A closed loop coolant system which ensures the isolation of coolant fluid within an apparatus for producing a metal container by wall ironing. The apparatus includes a die toolpack which reduces the thickness of the container side wall, a ram (5) and a ram guidance assembly (10) which guides the ram along a bore of a tubular assembly. The tubular assembly has a fluid inlet, and the surface of the bore of the tubular assembly has grooves (13) for passage of coolant fluid between the bore and around the outside of the ram (5) and seals for minimizing leakage of oil into the coolant. Coolant is directed back to a tank (20) via a heat exchanger (21) and any oil is skimmer off the coolant by an oil skimmer (24). This oil can then be filtered, cleaned and recycled, or disposed of.
US09079233B2
A kit is provided, including a body for mounting to the bending bar of a sheet bending brake having a first mounting assembly for mounting to the bending bar and a first predetermined portion of a second mounting assembly for mounting a gauge plate; a gauge plate having a second predetermined portion of the second mounting assembly and an upper surface against which sheet material being bent within the sheet bending brake will be supported; and a stop dimensioned to slide along the gauge plate and including a third mounting assembly to reversibly lock the stop to the gauge plate.
US09079231B2
A flat metal aligning device (21) which allows the flat metal entering a rolling stand (22) of a rolling mill to be effectively aligned or centered by using retractable pusher elements to control the alignment and feeding of metal work pieces into the rolling stand, thus avoiding potential damage to the working rollers (2) while reducing the times to produce the rolled products. Moreover, the device according to the invention allows the rolling stand to be supplied with short slabs when they may not be fed by the motorized rollers at the stand inlet, precisely due to their short length.
US09079219B2
A therapeutic ultrasound device may include a substrate, at least one high power capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer, and at least one imager transducer comprising a capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer. The at least one high power capacitive micromachined ultrasonic transducer and the imager transducer may be monolithically integrated on the substrate.
US09079211B1
A method, structure, and/or material composition associated with overetching a structure or allow of interest to deplete magnesium content at and in a vicinity of grain boundaries which mitigates or prevents corrosion including, for example, intergranular corrosion (IGC) and/or intergranular stress corrosion cracking (IGSCC). Another aspect of the invention can include a process and material composition associated with providing a particular coating having a number of material properties. Additional steps, material composition(s), and/or exemplary structure(s) can also be provided which provides a nano coating over the depletion zone having a first coating in accordance with another embodiment of the invention.
US09079210B2
A method for etching a workpiece may be provided, which may include: determining a plurality of reference etch profiles for a plurality of positions of an etchant dispenser, each reference etch profile corresponding to a respective position of the plurality of positions of the etchant dispenser; determining a thickness profile of the workpiece; determining a respective etch duration for each position of the plurality of positions of the etchant dispenser based on the determined thickness profile and the plurality of reference etch profiles, to reduce a total thickness variation of the workpiece; and dispensing an etchant over the workpiece via the etchant dispenser for the determined respective etch duration for each position of the plurality of positions.
US09079208B2
The present invention relates to a laminated pad that is used to apply a fluid, liquid or a colloidal substance in a controlled manner onto a surface, wherein the pad comprises a top and bottom layer between which top and bottom layer at least one layer is arranged, a utility layer being arranged on an outside of the bottom layer, the top layer, at least one layer, bottom layer and utility layer being connected to form a closed storage chamber for a substance that is to be contained in the pad, where at least a part of the top and bottom layer outside and around the closed storage chamber is cut off in order to create a soft edge around the periphery of the pad, where a hinged layer, the at least one layer and the utility layer are connected around their outer edges to form a laminated pad.
US09079204B1
A showerhead cleaning adapter that includes a pipe member having a male end and a female end disposed for positioning between an extant showerhead and an extant manifold, said pipe member including a flow controlling side inlet pipe valve disposed to releasably interconnect a cartridge therein, said cartridge discharging cleaning solution into said showerhead when attached to, and depressed within, an interconnect portion of the side inlet pipe valve, wherein cleaning solution is selectively releasable to clean and disinfect an extant showerhead interior.
US09079202B2
A variable arc sprinkler head or nozzle may be set to numerous positions to adjust the arcuate span of the sprinkler. The nozzle may include an arc adjustment valve having two portions that helically engage each other to define an opening that may be adjusted at the top of the sprinkler to a desired arcuate length. The arcuate length may be adjusted by pressing down and rotating a deflector to directly actuate the valve. The nozzle may also include a radius reduction valve that may be adjusted by actuation of an outer wall of the nozzle. Rotation of the outer wall causes a flow control member to move axially to or away from an inlet.
US09079182B2
An apparatus for performing bioanalytic processing and analysis, a bioanalytical reaction device, and a cartridge thereof are provided. The cartridge contains a housing and at least one sample chamber in a platform for storing biological samples, which the bioanalytical reaction device can process and analyze. The platform is movably connected to the housing such that the platform is movable between a stowed position, in which the sample chamber is protected by the housing, and an extended position, in which the sample chamber is outside of the housing. The bioanalytical reaction device includes an actuation device for moving the platform between the stowed and extended positions.
US09079174B2
The invention concerns a catalyst containing a support comprising at least one binder and at least one zeolite having at least one series of channels the opening of which is defined by a ring containing 12 oxygen atoms, said catalyst comprising phosphorus, at least one C1-C4 dialkyl succinate, acetic acid and a hydrodehydrogenating function comprising at least one element from group VI B and at least one element from group VIII, the Raman spectrum of the catalyst comprising bands at 990 and/or 974 cm-1, characteristic of at least one Keggin heteropolyanion, the characteristic bands of said succinate and the characteristic principal band of acetic acid at 896 cm-1. The invention also concerns the process for preparing the catalyst and its use in hydroconversion.
US09079169B2
A catalyst for converting methane to aromatic hydrocarbons is described herein. The catalyst comprises an active metal or a compound thereof, and an inorganic oxide support wherein the active metal is added to the support in the form of metal oxalate. The metal oxalate-derived catalyst exhibits superior performance in the conversion of methane-rich feed to aromatics products relative to catalysts prepared from non-oxalate metal precursors. A method of making the catalyst and a method of using the catalyst are also described.
US09079165B2
The instant disclosure relates to a preparation method of ethanol reforming catalyst, comprising the following steps. The first step is mixing a first metal precursor, a second metal precursor, and a third metal precursor with an organic medium to form a mixture. The next step is adding a surfactant to the mixture, and then allowing resting for 3 to 7 days to form a colloidal gel. The next step is calcining the colloidal gel for 1 to 5 hours in a first temperature region of 350° C. to 550° C., and then calcining the colloidal gel for 1 to 5 hours in a second temperature region of 800° C. to 1000° C. to form an ethanol reforming catalyst. The instant disclosure further provides an ethanol reforming catalyst composition.
US09079163B2
The present invention relates to a novel catalyst which has a molecular sieving effect (or shape selectivity) and has excellent catalytic activity, and particularly to a catalyst which includes a core made of a zeolite particle having a particle size of not more than 10 μm and a zeolite layer covering the core, wherein as measured by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, an outermost surface of the catalyst has a silica/alumina molar ratio of not less than 800, the core made of the zeolite particle has an average silica/alumina molar ratio of not more than 300, and the zeolite layer has an aluminum concentration increasing inward from an outer surface of the catalyst.
US09079148B2
The present invention provides methods for creating an array of features on a surface based on content transferred from a plurality of beads to the surface. Nucleic acid content can be transferred using a method including the steps of (a) providing a surface having one or more primer oligonucleotides attached to the surface; (b) providing a pool of beads, wherein beads in the pool have a plurality of templates attached thereto, the plurality comprising multiple copies of a single nucleic acid template sequence; (c) arraying the beads onto the surface by hybridizing the templates to the primer oligonucleotides; and (d) extending the primers to produce copies of the templates attached to the surface.
US09079140B2
A mixing assembly includes an inlet, an outlet and a mixing chamber, the inlet is fluidly connected to the outlet through a plurality of micro fluid flow paths in a direction perpendicular from the inlet. The micro fluid flow paths fluidly connect to the perpendicular inlet via a transition portion. The micro fluid flow paths are constructed radially inwardly to a concentration area in the mixing chamber. By directing multiple fluid flows to a concentrated area within the mixing chamber at high speeds, the energy dissipated at the point of collision is maximized, which helps to increase consistency and quality of mixing, and to reduce particle size of the fluid in the mixing chamber.
US09079137B2
A method of determining a state of biofouling of a membrane is provided. The membrane is contained within a flow cell and the flow cell has an outer surface coupled to a tranducer, The method comprises introducing inorganic particles into the flow cell such that the inorganic particles form a part of a top surface of a foulant layer on the membrane. The transducer then emits acoustic waves towards the membrane and an acoustic signature of reflected sound waves are detected. A state of biofouling of the membrane is determined based on the detected acoustic signature. A method and an apparatus are also provided for determining a state of biofouling in commercial membrane modules such as spiral wounded membrane modules.
US09079132B2
A filter element includes a single seamless media pack having first and second opposite ends and first and second lateral sides extending between the first and second ends. The media pack also has pleats extending between the first and second ends and a first cross-section defined between the first and second lateral sides. The first cross-section having at least one outward projection that defines an internal radius of at least ¼ inch wherein a plurality of pleats of the media pack are fanned around the internal radius. A first end cap is secured to the first end of the media pack while a second end cap secured to the second end of the media pack. Additionally, a frame member is secured to the first end cap, second end cap, the first lateral side, and the second lateral side. A pre-filter is usable with described filter arrangements.
US09079129B2
A filter cartridge includes a substantially cylindrical filter media having a first end and a second end wherein the second end has an opening adaptable to receive a fluid outlet. The filter media is adapted to allow fluid to pass from an exterior of the filter media to an interior space of the filter media. A divider is positioned adjacent to the exterior of the filter media, and the divider has a closed end connected to the first end of the filter media and an open end that is longitudinally-spaced from the second end of the filter media such that at least a portion of the filter media located adjacent to the second end of the filter media is not directly adjacent to the divider. The divider extends a majority of the distance from the first end to the second end of the filter media.
US09079126B2
A centrifugal separator of the present invention comprises an upper inlet chamber and separation barrel connected thereto. The upper inlet chamber comprises an inlet through which a solids-laden fluid is introduced. An upper portion of the separation barrel extends into the upper inlet chamber below the inlet, such that the interior wall of the upper inlet chamber and the upper portion of the separation volume define a space, called the vestibular chamber. The vestibular chamber is defined at its upper end by a horizontally disposed plate larger in diameter than the separation barrel, but smaller in diameter than the internal diameter of the upper inlet chamber. The upper portion of the separation barrel comprises a plurality of generally axially-oriented slots which may penetrate through the wall of the separation barrel tangentially, so as to generally induce a tangential flow pattern to fluid entering the separation barrel from the vestibular chamber.
US09079118B2
Two or three strippers are used to strip three hydroprocessed effluent streams, perhaps from a slurry hydrocracking reactor, separated by temperature instead of a single stripper to preserve separations previously made and conserving energy and reducing vessel size. A cold stripped stream may be taken as a diesel blending stock without further fractionation.
US09079117B2
Condensing apparatuses and their use in various heat and mass exchange systems are generally described. The condensing apparatuses, such as bubble column condensers, may employ a heat exchanger positioned external to the condensing vessel to remove heat from a bubble column condenser outlet stream to produce a heat exchanger outlet stream. In certain cases, the condensing apparatus may also include a cooling device positioned external to the vessel configured and positioned to remove heat from the heat exchanger outlet stream to produce a cooling device outlet stream. The condensing apparatus may be configured to include various internal features, such as a vapor distribution region and/or a plurality of liquid flow control weirs and/or chambers within the apparatus having an aspect ratio of at least 1.5. A condensing apparatus may be coupled with a humidifier to form part of a desalination system, in certain cases.
US09079112B2
A rotatable performance device, such as a yo-yo, is modifiable such that the device can act as a relatively responsive device for beginners and a relatively stable device for advanced users. Spacers that facilitate these modifications and a method for configuring the spacers to change the device's responsiveness and stability are also disclosed.
US09079097B2
A computer device has user interface configured to display user actuatable game elements and to detect user input when a user engages with a game element; and a processor configured to receive a detected user input and on detecting a match game condition to control the user interface to remove at least three game elements from the display and to provide on the user interface replacement user actuatable game elements, wherein the manner of providing each replacement game element has a graphical representation governed by a tile associated with each game element, wherein each tile has a selectable physics which controls at least one of (i) the direction in which it moves to replenish a vacancy left by the removed user game elements; and (ii) the speed at which it moves to replenish the vacancy.
US09079089B2
Seats that are moveable from a seating orientation, which allows a user to sit on the seat, to a standing orientation, where the seat at least partially supports the user in a standing posture are disclosed. At least a portion of the seat is moveable away from the user's legs when the seat is in the standing orientation.
US09079073B2
A golf ball 2 has, on a surface thereof, a dimple pattern consisting of a land 10 and a large number of dimples 8. A process for designing the dimple pattern includes the steps of: (1) randomly arranging a large number of points on the surface of a phantom sphere; (2) calculating a distance between a first point and a second point which is a point closest to the first point; (3) deciding a radius on the basis of the distance; (4) assuming a circle which has a center at the first point and has the radius; and (5) assuming a dimple 8 whose contour coincides with the circle.
US09079058B2
A motion coordination operation device is provided, which includes a movement information input unit inputting movement information supplied from respective sensor devices mounted on a plurality of users; and an operation unit operating coordination information that indicates the synchronization of motions of bodies or parts of the bodies of the plurality of users from the input movement information from the respective sensor devices, and generating control information for feedback outputs for the users based on the coordination information.
US09079053B2
The present invention realizes a new actuated valve type water flow detection device that can be applied to a pipe with a relatively large bore diameter. The water flow detection device A includes a coil spring for urging a detection rod in an opening direction of a valve body. Therefore, while detecting water flow by linking a rotation of the detection rod 11 to a rotation of the valve body when the valve body opens or closes by a differential pressure, the detection rod does not apply a closing load to the valve body that is released. Therefore, even when the rotation of the valve body is small because the water flow in the secondary side is small in a conventional actuated valve type water flow detection device, it is possible to increase an opening angle of the valve body.
US09079043B2
A system for omni-orientational wireless energy transfer is described. A transmitter unit has a transmitter resonator with a coil that is configured to be coupled to a power supply to wirelessly transmit power to a receiver unit. A receiver unit has a receiver resonator with a coil coupled to a device load. At least one of the resonators is a non-planar resonator that spans a non-degenerate two-dimensional surface having at least one concave portion.
US09079040B2
Various techniques are described for periodically performing a calibration routine to calibrate a low-power system clock within an implantable medical device (IMD) based on a high accuracy reference clock also included in the IMD. The system clock is powered continuously, and the reference clock is only powered on during the calibration routine. The techniques include determining a clock error of the system clock based on a difference between frequencies of the system clock and the reference clock over a fixed number of clock cycles, and adjusting a trim value of the system clock to compensate for the clock error. Calibrating the system clock with a delta-sigma loop, for example, reduces the clock error over time. This allows accurate adjustment of the system clock to compensate for errors due to trim resolution, circuit noise and temperature.
US09079037B2
The disclosure describes implantable medical systems that respond to occurrence of a lead-related condition by utilizing an elongated coil electrode in defining an alternative pacing therapy vector to maintain optimal drain of an IMD power supply. An exemplary system includes a medical electrical lead having an elongated electrode and an improved sensing and therapy delivery circuitry to provide the alternative pacing therapy vector responsive to the lead-related conditions. The system reconfigures the operation of the sensing and therapy delivery circuitry triggered by the switch to the alternative pacing therapy vector.
US09079028B2
The present invention provides methods of treating a gastrointestinal condition. In some embodiments, the method generally includes administering a chemical or electrical stimulus to an artery of the gastrointestinal vasculature of the subject, a vein of the gastrointestinal vasculature of the subject, a nerve supplying an artery of the gastrointestinal vasculature of the subject, and/or a nerve supplying a vein of the gastrointestinal vasculature of the subject, wherein the chemical or electrical stimulus is effective for treating a gastrointestinal condition.
US09079027B2
A radiation irradiation device is provided that includes: a metal target that emits bremsstrahlung X-rays as a radiation beam due to irradiation with an electron beam; a radiation shielding member that includes a slit-shaped radiation passage portion and that is disposed downstream of the metal target in the radiation beam emission direction and is disposed such that a portion of the radiation beam passes through the radiation passage portion and the radiation beam incident to regions other than the radiation passage portion is blocked; and an electron beam generating device that irradiates, onto the metal target, an electron beam such that a diameter at a generation point of the emitted radiation beam is smaller than a length of an entry portion of the radiation passage portion along a length direction of the entry portion.
US09079025B2
In gantry type particle beam irradiation system comprising a gantry and being configured to irradiate a particle beam, which has small emittance in X direction and large emittance in Y direction at an extraction position of a circular accelerator, from an irradiation nozzle installed in the gantry to an irradiation target, the irradiation nozzle has a ridge filter which is installed so as for a direction in which emittance in X direction is maintained to tilt to a direction which is perpendicular to a ridge of the ridge filter by a predetermined angle in the state where the gantry is a reference angle.
US09079017B2
A neuro-electronic interface device has a micro-electrode electrically connected to an interconnect that has scaling gradients between 1.1 and 1.9 over a scaling range of at least one order of magnitude. The device preferably has an array of such fractal interconnects in electrical contact with an array of micro-electrodes. Such fractal interconnect arrays may be components of implants including a retinal implant device having an array of photodetectors in electrical contact with the array of micro-electrodes. The interconnects may be fabricated by forming nanoscale particles and depositing them onto a non-conductive surface that is smooth except for electrodes which serve as nucleation sites for the formation of fractal interconnect structures through diffusion limited aggregation.
US09079012B2
Methods for securing electrode leads are disclosed. An electrode system in accordance with one embodiment includes an electrode contact, a connector attached to the electrode contact, and an electrical lead. The electrical lead can be received in an opening of the contact, with an inner surface of the opening applying a generally uniform radial pressure around a circumference of the electrical lead. For example, the contact can have a tubular shape, optionally with an elongated slit, and can be crimped around the lead to apply the generally uniform radial pressure.
US09079005B2
A sampling port includes a hub having a body that forms a hub chamber for containing a fluid. The hub also has a proximal opening to the hub chamber for receiving a medical implement, and the hub chamber has a valve member that normally closes the opening. The valve member has a valve wall forming a valve interior. The sampling port also has a first and second fluid channel formed by the hub body and in fluid communication with the hub chamber. The first and second channels have radial portions and proximally extending portions with proximally extending longitudinal axes. The proximally extending longitudinal axes form a plane therebetween that diverges from the longitudinal axis of the first fluid channel.
US09078997B2
A catheter assembly including a medical catheter and an internal bolster. In a preferred embodiment, the catheter is an elongated, tubular structure preferably made of a flexible, biocompatible material. The catheter is shaped to include a generally cylindrical wall terminating in a first end and in a second end, the wall coaxially surrounding and defining a longitudinal bore preferably used to convey fluids, such as food and/or medications, to a patient in need thereof. The internal bolster is an elongated, semi-tubular structure preferably made of a flexible, biocompatible material. The bolster is resiliently and reversibly transformable between a generally planar shape, when at rest, and a straightened shape, when forcibly unfurled. The bolster has an inner end and an outer end, the inner end being generally centrally located. The inner end of the bolster is insert-molded around the first end of the catheter, with the catheter and the bolster being oriented relative to one another so that the longitudinal axis of the catheter extends generally perpendicularly to the plane of the bolster in its coiled state, with the open, semi-tubular structure of the bolster facing away from the catheter.
US09078990B1
An enteric fistula healing device, configured for application over a fistula or other wound to physically separate the fistula from the remainder of the wound area, such that any effluent from the intestine or bowel, or other enteric substances, that pass through the fistula are prevented from communicating with the wound area. The device is configured to collapse from a first height to a shorter second height.
US09078983B2
A pre-filled, single-use injection device includes a passive dual shield on the patient end of the needle. The device is self-contained so that the entire needle is shielded after use without a separate passive shield system for the non-patient end.
US09078974B2
A syringe assembly includes a syringe barrel having a first end, a second end, and a sidewall extending between the first end and the second end. The syringe assembly further includes a stopper disposed within a chamber of the syringe barrel, a plunger adapter engaged with the stopper and defining a recessed portion therein, and first and second plunger arms each having a first end pivotally secured to the plunger adapter. The first and second plunger arms each have a pre-use position where the plunger arms are spaced from each other, and a use position where the plunger arms are positioned adjacent to each other and configured to displace the stopper relative to the syringe barrel. The recessed portion of the plunger adapter receives a portion of a first end of a plunger rod when the first and second plunger arms are in the pre-use position and the use position.
US09078972B2
A catheter for use in continuous flow peritoneal dialysis comprising an inflow tube and outflow tube, both connected on one end to a dialysis machine. The inflow tube is divided into a plurality of inflow auxiliary tubes, and the outflow tube is divided into a plurality of outflow auxiliary tubes, with all auxiliary tubes encased in a single external tube. The auxiliary tubes each contain a plurality of apertures for the rapid and efficient movement of dialysis solution in and out of the peritoneal cavity to reach a larger surface area without kinking or blocking. The external tube comprises a tunnel for insertion of a fiber optic borescope to view the dialysis procedure. The auxiliary tubes are covered by a sheath prior to implantation, which is then removed, deploying, preferably into an open-basket shape, the auxiliary tubes within the peritoneal cavity to allow for the continuous flow of dialysis solution.
US09078971B2
A medical treatment system, such as peritoneal dialysis system, may include control and other features to enhance patient comfort and ease of use. For example, a peritoneal dialysis system may include a control system that can adjust the volume of fluid infused into the peritoneal cavity to prevent the intraperitoneal fluid volume from exceeding a pre-determined amount. The control system can adjust by adding one or more therapy cycles, allowing for fill volumes during each cycle to be reduced. The control system may continue to allow the fluid to drain from the peritoneal cavity as completely as possible before starting the next therapy cycle. The control system may also adjust the dwell time of fluid within the peritoneal cavity during therapy cycles in order to complete a therapy within a scheduled time period. The cycler may also be configured to have a heater control system that monitors both the temperature of a heating tray and the temperature of a bag of dialysis fluid in order to bring the temperature of the dialysis fluid rapidly to a specified temperature, with minimal temperature overshoot.
US09078964B2
A pump device, tube device and method for the aspiration, peristaltic movement and collection of fluid. A rigid tube for drawing fluid connected to a primary flexible tube. The primary flexible tube inserted through a peristaltic pump.
US09078963B2
Some embodiments an infusion pump system can be used to determine a user's total insulin load (TIL) that provides an accurate indication of the insulin previously delivered to the user's body which has not yet acted. In particular embodiments, the TIL can account for both the bolus deliveries and the basal deliveries that have occurred over a period of time. Such information may be useful, for example, when the infusion pump is operated in conjunction with a continuous glucose monitoring device.
US09078951B2
The present invention is related to scoring or cutting balloon catheters carrying at least on a portion of their surface at least one oxidation-insensitive drug or oxidation-insensitive polymer-free drug preparation and at least one lipophilic antioxidant at a ratio of 3-100% by weight of the at least one lipophilic antioxidant in relation to 100% by weight of the drug, wherein the at least one oxidation-insensitive drug is selected of taxanes, thalidomide, statins, corticoids and lipophilic derivatives of corticoids, and the at least one lipophilic antioxidant is selected of nordihydroguaiaretic acid, resveratrol and propyl gallate.
US09078946B2
A method of treating porous particles, each porous particle having an external surface and a multiplicity of pores with interior pore surfaces, by contacting the external surface with a hydrophobic agent while causing the interior pore surfaces to remain substantially free of the hydrophobic agent. In certain illustrative embodiments, treating the external surfaces of the porous particles includes exposing the porous particles to at least one of water vapor, methanol vapor, or ethanol vapor; and subsequently exposing the porous particles to a second vapor comprising a reactive organosilane compound which reacts to form the hydrophobic agent. In some particular illustrative embodiments, at least a portion of the external surface of the treated porous particle includes hydrophobic groups, the hydrophobic groups selected from at least one of alkyl or aryl groups optionally substituted with fluorine, and siloxanes having alkyl groups, aryl groups, or combinations thereof.
US09078944B2
The system contains at least two elongated feet attached to a wall of the sterilization case. Each of the feet is approximately parallel to the wall of the sterilization case and attached to the wall. At least one leg is integral with the each of the elongated feet. At least one retaining element extends from each of the legs.
US09078943B2
A hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) supply arrangement which has a storage container for the H2O2 and metering valves designed to meter doses of H2O2 to a plurality of article sterilization devices. The H2O2 supply arrangement also has a line arrangement which connects the storage container to the metering valves. The line arrangement is designed so as to conduct H2O2 to the metering valves, but also to cycle H2O2 not metered or dosed out by the metering valves back into the H2O2 storage container in a cyclical manner. The H2O2 supply arrangement is designed in this manner to minimize decomposition of the H2O2, and thus minimize waste and improve accuracy of the metered doses.
US09078933B2
Methods and processes for preparation and production of deuterated ω-diphenylurea are disclosed. Especially, a kind of deuterated ω-diphenylurea compounds which can inhibit phosphokinase and the preparation method of N-(4-chloro-3-(trifluoromethyl)phenyl)-N′-(4-(2-(N-d3-methylcarbamoyl)-4-pridinyloxy)phenyl)urea are disclosed. The said deuterated diphenylurea compounds can be used for treating or preventing tumors and relative diseases.
US09078926B2
This application relates generally to biocompatible water-soluble polymers with pendant functional groups and methods for making them, and particularly to polyglutamate amino acid conjugates that can include a linker to a compound that can include a drug, and their use for a variety of drug delivery applications, e.g., anticancer.
US09078920B2
A water soluble nanoparticle can include a ligand of formula (I). The ligand can provide zwitterionic character and can provide water solubility, small hydrodynamic diameter, chemical stability, and the capability to modify the nanoparticle with additional functional moieties such as a small molecule, nucleic acid, or protein.
US09078917B2
A pharmaceutical dosage form comprising an extract of Phaleria macrocarpa which has antineoplastic, anti-inflammatory, and antiangiogenic activity. Its use as an antineoplastic agent is to inhibit tumour growth. Its use as an anti-inflammatory agent is to relieve inflammation and pain, and also as an antipyretic. Another use is as an antiangiogenic agent to inhibit the growth of new blood vessels to prevent cancer metastasis.
US09078909B2
The present invention relates to compounds of general formula (I) and the tautomers and the salts thereof, particularly the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof with inorganic or organic acids and bases, which have valuable pharmacological properties, particularly an inhibitory effect on epithelial sodium channels, the use thereof for the treatment of diseases, particularly diseases of the lungs and airways.
US09078908B2
The present invention comprises compounds, compositions thereof, and methods capable of delivering modified inositol hexaphospahte (IHP) comprising an internal pyrophosphate ring to the cytoplasm of mammalian cells. In certain embodiments, the present invention relates to compounds, compositions thereof, and methods that enhance the ability of mammalian red blood cells to deliver oxygen, by delivering IHP to the cytoplasm of the red blood cells.
US09078895B2
It has now been found that the p53 pathway is inactivated in ocular cancers such as retinoblastoma. As such, the present invention is a method for inducing ocular cancer cell death using a p53 activator. In particular embodiments, the p53 activator blocks the interaction between DM2 or DMX and p53. As the p53 activator induces ocular cancer cell death, a method for preventing or treating ocular cancer is also provided.
US09078894B2
The present invention relates to the treatment of severe persistent asthma, and in particular severe persistent corticosteroid-dependent or corticosteroid-resistant asthma, comprising administration a tyrosine kinase inhibitor or a mast cell inhibitor, especially masitinib or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US09078888B2
The present invention relates to a novel class of nuclear receptor binding agents (NRBAs). The NRBAs are applicable for use in the prevention and/or treatment of a variety of diseases and conditions including prevention and treatment of cancers such as prostate and breast cancer, osteoporosis, hormone-related diseases, inflammatory diseases, oxidative stress related disorders such as Parkinson's and stroke, neurological disorders, ophthalamic disorders, cardiovascular disease, and obesity.
US09078875B2
An adjuvant combination that stimulates immune activation or response includes a hydrophobic immune adjuvant and a pathogen derived lipoprotein that chaperones the hydrophobic immune adjuvant to an immune receptor.
US09078864B2
Short chain fatty acids (SCFAs) and glycerol esters of SCFAs not previously used for that purpose are provided for use as a medicament for treating, preventing or counteracting microbial infections in animals, including humans, by stimulating the innate antimicrobial peptide defense system. Preferred compounds include phenyl substituted short chain fatty acids (SCFAs) derivatives and. Also provided are methods and compositions for treating, preventing or counteracting microbial infections, including bacterial, viral, fungal, and parasitic infections, by administration of medicaments comprising a secretagogue-effective amount of the compounds of the invention.
US09078861B2
Embodiments of the invention are directed to use of neuregulins to prevent or treat peripheral nerve injury, to attenuate, ameliorate or avoid the loss of peripheral nerve function.
US09078859B2
The invention relates to the use of a synergistic combination of at least one ion selected from the group including hypothiocyanites and/or hypohalites and of lactoferrin for preparing a pharmaceutical composition for treating cystic fibrosis. In one embodiment, the lactoferrin is one having a purity higher than 95% and substantially free of lipopolysaccharides, endotoxins, and angiogenins, and having an iron saturation level higher than 15%.
US09078858B2
This invention provides a method for inhibiting the rejection of transplanted islet cells, comprising administering to the subject a polypeptide comprising all or a portion of the extracellular domain of ILT3, wherein the polypeptide is water soluble. This invention further provides a method of treating diabetes, by inhibiting the rejection of transplanted islet cells through the administration of the polypeptide to the subject.
US09078857B2
The present disclosure concerns the field of malignant tumors of the central nervous system and provides pharmaceutical compositions suitable for the therapeutic and for the prophylactic treatment of brain tumors and for inhibiting the growth of the tumor mass.
US09078847B2
Disclosed are nutritional formulations including predigested fats that can be administered to preterm infants, infants, toddlers, and children for improving tolerance, digestion, and absorption of nutrients and for reducing the incidence of necrotizing enterocolitis, colic, and short bowel syndrome. The predigested fats include fatty acid-containing monoglycerides and/or a fatty acid component.
US09078840B2
Disclosed herein are substantially transparent and colorless dental varnishes having improved fluoride release, transparency and color once coated.
US09078838B2
The present invention relates to cosmetic or dermatological compositions comprising a combination of a cannabis essential oil substantially free of cannabinoids and a helichrysum essential oil, and to their uses thereof, particularly for the care of sensitive or sensitized skin.
US09078836B2
A block type organopolysiloxane is represented by the following average composition formula (1), wherein each R1 independently represents a monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 12 carbons; R2 represents any of a hydrogen atom, a monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 15 carbons, and a monovalent acyl group having 2 to 7 carbons; R3 represents a hydrogen atom or a monovalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 4 carbons; X represents a divalent hydrocarbon groups having 2 to 15 carbons; “n” represents an integer of 1 or more; “m” represents an integer of 1 or more; “s” represents an integer of 0 to 100; “t” represents an integer of 0 to 50; “z” represents an integer of 0 to 50; each R4 independently represents a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl group, an alkoxy group, or an organic group represented by the general formula (2).
US09078832B2
Described herein are novel methods of producing collagen-apatite (Col-Ap) scaffolds that exhibit a unique, anisotropic multi-level lamellar structure in which nano and submicron pores in each lamellae and macro pores are co-aligned.
US09078829B2
The invention encompasses a formulation for hair loss prevention comprising a mixture of water and at least one nonpolar aprotic organic solvent and at least one hair loss preventive ingredient known to inhibit the hormonal mechanism underlying androgenetic hair loss and methods of using the same.
US09078825B2
A method for the preparation of a bioadhesive compact matrix, which comprises the preparation of a uniform mixture of powders comprising one alkylcellulose or one hydroxy alkylcellulose and a non-water-soluble, water-swellable crosslinked polycarboxylic polymer; the preparation of compressed units starting from such powder mixture by direct compression and finally the heating of the compressed units thus obtained to a temperature in the range of 80-250° C. for a time of 1-60 minutes; the powder mixture can also comprise at least one active substance and the compressed units thus obtained are characterized by a prolonged release, and have a release kinetics of the active substance substantially of zero order in an aqueous solution at pH 4-8.
US09078821B2
This invention relates to methods for making a three-dimensional dental prosthesis using ink-jet printing systems. An ink-jet printer is used to discharge light-curable, wax-like polymerizable material in a layer-by-layer manner to build-up the prosthesis. The methods are particularly useful for making integrated dentures containing a set of artificial teeth. The denture base and set of teeth are made of light-curable, wax-like polymerizable materials comprising a mixture of monomer, oligomer, and light sensitizer. The wax-like materials are dimensionally stable in their uncured states. The denture base and artificial teeth are later light-cured to form a polymerized denture product having high flexural modulus and flexural strength.
US09078819B2
A cosmetic transparent gel preparation that has high levels of transparency and hardness and favorable usability, as well as a gelling agent that is ideal for use in the cosmetic transparent gel preparation. The cosmetic transparent gel preparation contains an esterification reaction product obtained by reacting glycerol with a dibasic acid of 18 to 28 carbon atoms and a fatty acid of 8 to 28 carbon atoms (excluding dibasic acids), 12-hydroxystearic acid, and an oil component. The gelling agent contains an esterification reaction product obtained by reacting glycerol with a dibasic acid of 18 to 28 carbon atoms and a fatty acid of 8 to 28 carbon atoms (excluding dibasic acids), and 12-hydroxystearic acid.
US09078818B1
A hair treatment formulation comprises a plurality of composite nanoparticles in solution. The composite nanoparticles of at least one alternative embodiment are specifically prepared having a first inner polymeric gel layer comprising one or more acidic component, a second inner polymeric gel layer comprising one or more thiolate reactant having a carboxylic group, and an outer polymeric gel layer comprising peptides formed one or more amino acids of hydrolyzed keratin protein. At least one treatment component is embedded in at least one of the first inner polymeric layer, second inner polymeric layer, or the outer polymeric gel layer. Alternative methods of preparing a hair treatment formulation comprising composite nanoparticles is disclosed along with alternative methods of use of the alternative hair treatment formulations comprising a plurality of composite nanoparticles.
US09078815B2
A self curing activator for chemical polymerization of the interface of a dental bonding agent and a self curing or dual curing dental cement or restorative, includes an aryl borate compound, a polymerizable monomer, an optional acidic compound, an amine compound which exhibits a catalytic action, an organic peroxide containing material, and a metal compound wherein said metal compound promotes the decomposition of the organic peroxide.
US09078810B2
A transdermal delivery system comprising a composition comprising a physiologically active agent and a penetration enhancer wherein the penetration enhancer comprises a combination of (i) an ester of salicylic acid, preferably selected from the C6 to C30 aliphatic ester of salicylic acid and (ii) polyethylene glycol (PEG) of average molecular weight no more than 300.
US09078809B2
Apparatus, systems, methods and articles are described to prepare and track medications and medication containers as they are prepared, administered to patients and, in some cases, disposed of. Information such as medication type, concentration, and volume are associated with medication containers during preparation and this information can later be consumed/utilized when administering the medication from a container to a patient. Disposing of any remaining medication can also be tracked.
US09078808B2
A container supplies a medicinal formulation that includes a hydrophilic polymer and an active agent capable of bonding to the polymer. The container includes a first compartment for storing the polymer and a second compartment fluidly isolated from the first compartment for storing the active agent. A frangible barrier is shared between the compartments. A fluidic outlet is disposed on the container to dispense the medicinal formulation. Dispensing of the medicinal formulation includes rupturing the frangible barrier, mixing the polymer and active agent together to form the medicinal formulation, and administering the medicinal formulation provided from the fluidic outlet to a patient. The polymer can be PEG, while the active agent can be magnesium.
US09078805B2
A method that relates to the fields of polymer chemistry, pharmacy and medicine and releases drugs as a component of implants into the environment of the implant. A method that, in a simple and easily reproducible manner, generates a drug delivery system, which releases drugs in a locally targeted and controllably delayed manner. Polyanions and polycations are mixed in a liquid in a non-stoichiometric ratio, relative to the charged monomer units, wherein drugs are added to the polyelectrolytes either before, during or after the mixing, or charge-carrying drugs and an oppositely charged polyelectrolyte are mixed, and after the mixing the polyelectrolyte complex produced is applied to the surface of a medical structure or material or is positioned on the surface directly at the location where the drug is to be released.
US09078804B2
Methods to control the delivery of CPR to a patient through a mechanical CPR device are described. The method generally allows for a gradual increase in the frequency of CPR cycles. The gradual increase can be regulated by protocols programmed within the CPR device such as intermittently starting and stopping the delivery of CPR accelerating the delivery of CPR, stepping up the CPR frequency, increasing the force of CPR, and adjusting the ratio of compression and decompression in a CPR cycle. Combinations of each of these forms may also be used to control the delivery of CPR. This manner of gradually accelerating artificial blood flow during the first minutes of mechanical CPR delivery can serve to lessen the potential for ischemia/reperfusion injury in the patient who receives mechanical CPR treatment.
US09078803B2
A sauna that reduces EMI emissions in the sauna room by, in the preferred embodiment, passing the AC current through an EMI filter, converting it to DC current, and passing it through another EMI filter to remove any remaining irregularities.
US09078800B2
A compression belt cartridge for use with chest compression devices. The compression belt cartridge has a double-oar shaped belt and a cover plate through which the belt is threaded. The cover plate is provided with hooks and snap latches that fit into a belt drive platform. The cover plate is sized and dimensioned to fit within only selected platforms. The belt attaches to the means for tightening the belt via a spline attached to the belt. The means for tightening a belt then repetitively tightens the belt, thereby accomplishing chest compressions.
US09078797B2
A controlled access anesthesia cart has at least one drawer or compartment for storing general-use anesthesia items, and at least one drawer or compartment for storing controlled substances, e.g., narcotics. A key card reader on the cart is sensitive to an authorization code to unlock the compartments in the cart for access. The anesthesiologist needs to enter a pass code for access to the controlled substances compartment(s). The compartments then remain unlocked so long as the anesthesiologist remains present. A sonic sensor, e.g., an ultrasonic rangefinder device, communicates with the computer of the cart, and when the anesthesiologist is outside a given beam volume in front of the cart, the cart automatically re-locks the compartments either immediately or after a predetermined short delay period.
US09078796B1
An apparatus for raising and lowering a payload, particularly a chair and its user to provide assistance with the sit-to-stand task. The apparatus comprises a platform, a left lifter assembly, a right lifter assembly, means to power both lifter assemblies, and means to control the raising and lowering thereof. Means to sense and correct sideways tilt, desirable to preclude excessive tilt if one of the lifters fails, are described. The user may use an existing, favorite chair, including a reclining chair, which is placed upon the platform without modification. In a low position, the platform is very close to the floor, providing comfort during sitting. In a high position, the platform is greatly elevated, to provide a full measure of sit-to-stand assistance. The apparatus doesn't interfere with posterior foot placement during the sit-to-stand process, and doesn't interfere with reclining while sitting. The apparatus is easily deployable, movable, and storable.
US09078794B2
The invention discloses an electric bed front motor drive structure. The structure of the drive head back bed board is connected to the fixed bed board. The top frame is set beneath the fixed bed board. The upper and lower frame are connected by guiding mechanism and rail movements. The bottom bedframe has intermediate connecting rods. The intermediate connecting rod has a first bracket. The rotation of the motor bracket lever is hinged at one end of the upper frame between the two side rods. Two connecting rods is set on the rotating rod. Second bracket is located underneath the motor bracket lever. The linear bearing assembly's bottom edge, two sides and two bases are located at the head back portion of the bed board underside. The two linear bearing assemblies connect the bottom edge and two bases.
US09078791B2
A disposable worn article diaper includes: a central slit formed in an absorber such that the absorber is curved to be convex toward an inward direction toward a wearer in a crotch region; side curved portions formed in the absorber along the lengthwise direction such that the absorber is curved to be convex toward the outward direction. The disposable worn article diaper includes a crossing elastic member crossing the absorber in middle crotch regions and fixed to the absorber. The absorber is contracted by the crossing elastic member toward a center of the absorber in the widthwise direction.
US09078788B2
The present invention provides a disposable wearing article having a position indicator mark formed on a crotch member and overlapped by front and rear waist members. Front and rear waist members overlap front and rear ends, respectively, of a crotch member and are bonded thereto to define first and second overlapping regions and an intermediate region extending between these first and second overlapping regions. A position indicator mark is formed in the first overlapping region, a graphic of fish is portrayed as a crotch graphic element in the second overlapping region and graphics of fish are portrayed in the intermediate region as crotch graphic elements. In the first overlapping region, a front waist sheet of the front waist member overlaps a front graphic film on which a graphic of penguin is portrayed as a front graphic element which, in turn, overlaps the position indicator mark.
US09078780B2
A stent graft system for intraluminal deployment in an aorta and a branch vessel that includes an aorta stent graft for deployment within the aorta and defining a lumen for the passage of blood therethrough, and having a fenestration positioned and sized so as to allow blood to flow to a contiguous branch vessel. The system also includes a branch vessel prosthesis, preferably a stent graft, having a tubular portion and a flaring portion, such that, when deployed, the flaring portion is located within the lumen of the aorta stent graft and the tubular portion passes through the fenestration and into the branch vessel. A balloon expansion catheter expands the tubular portion and flare the flaring portion. The expansion of the tubular portion and the flaring of the flaring portion may occur sequentially or simultaneously.
US09078764B2
A stoma closure that includes a conformable portion for conforming to an individual's stoma. The conformable portion includes a sack containing particles. The conformable portion may include a gel that may be loose or be at least partly contained in a sack. The conformable portion may include foam. The conformable portion may be configured to permit venting of flatus, while obstructing the passage of liquid/solid stool.
US09078761B2
The present disclosure describes embodiments for treating a defect in a tissue, the tissue having internal and external surfaces. A device includes a first portion for positioning at one of the internal and external surfaces for applying a treatment force to the defect. In addition, the device has a second portion for applying a counter-force, where the second portion is operable to be positioned so that the counter-force is applied on the other of the internal and external surfaces, away from the defect so as to substantially avoid application of force at the defect. Furthermore, the device includes a coupling member for connecting the inner and outer portions. Methods of using the device are described, for example in an intervertebral disc having a herniation.
US09078759B2
Stoma-leakage collecting device, attachment plate and assembly thereof, wherein the collecting device is structured for use together with an ordinary attachment plate for a stoma waste pouch. The collecting device is comprised of a plate-shaped body having a surface which is larger than the surface of the attachment plate. The collecting device comprises an inner, liquid-absorbent material; an outer, liquid-tight material; and an opening through the outer and inner material, respectively. At least the opening in the outer material is structured for placement around a stoma communication opening in the attachment plate, wherein at least the opening in the outer material is smaller than the smallest transverse dimension of the attachment plate. At least a radially inner rim area located around the opening in the outer material is structured in a manner allowing it to be attached in a liquid-tight manner to a rim area of the attachment plate.
US09078756B2
A meniscus implant including a c-shaped scaffold having an arcuate middle section extending between an anterior end and a posterior end. A reinforcing network of fibers independent from the scaffold is embedded therein. Fibers of said network fibers exit each end of the scaffold to form respective anterior and posterior attachment segments which extend parallel to a central axis of the scaffold. The network of fibers is configured to convert an axial compressive force on said scaffold to tensile loads on said attachment points.
US09078755B2
An orthopedic implant comprising: (a) a distal femoral component comprising a first condyle bearing surface having a first profile comprising at least three consecutive arcs of curvature; and (b) a proximal tibial component comprising a first condyle bearing surface having a second profile comprising at least three parallel arcs of curvature. The disclosure also includes a method of designing and fabricating an orthopedic implant, the method comprising: (a) evaluating images of distal femurs of a particular ethnicity to extract common shape features exhibited across an ethnicity that are unique to the ethnicity to create an ethnic specific template; (b) designing a distal femoral component comprising a first condyle surface using the ethnic specific template; and, (c) fabricating a distal femoral component embodying the first condyle surface.
US09078752B2
A system (1) for altering the geometry of a heart (100), comprising an annuloplasty ring; a set of elongate annulus-papillary tension members (21, 22, 23, 24), adapted for forming a link between said ring (10) and a papillary muscle, and a first set of papillary anchors (30) for connecting each of the tension members (21, 22, 23, 24) to the papillary muscle; and where said annuloplasty ring (10) has at least one aperture (12, 13); where each of said annulus-papillary tension members (21, 22, 23, 24) are extendable through said ring (10) through said apertures (11, 12, 13), and through an atrium to an exterior side of said atrium, such that the distance of each link between the annulus and the muscles is adjustable from a position exterior to the heart while the heart is beating.
US09078743B2
A three-coil electromagnetic induction power transfer system is disclosed for epiretinal prostheses and other implants. A third, buffer coil is disposed between an external transmitting coil and a receiver coil buried within the body to improve efficiency and robustness to misalignments. One or more of the coils can be manufactured using micromechanical machining techniques to lay out conductors in a ribbon of biocompatible insulator, folding lengths of the insulated conductor traces longitudinally over one another, and then spiraling them into a ring. The traces change axial position in the ring by shifting across fold lines. One or more U-shaped sections on the traces can be folded so that adjacent traces can project opposite one another, lengthening the resulting ribbon that can be wound into a coil.
US09078734B2
A prosthetic or orthotic device includes a body configured to support at least a portion of a human limb of a user wearing the prosthetic or orthotic device. The device can also include a shock absorption member coupled to the body. The shock absorption member includes one or more magnetorheological elastomer (MRE) springs disposed between a first portion of the body and a second portion of the body. The one or more MRE springs are selectively actuatable to vary a stiffness of the shock absorption member via the application of a magnetic flux, thereby adjusting a stiffness of the body of the prosthetic or orthotic device to a level corresponding to an activity level of the user.
US09078733B2
A closed-loop system for cryosurgery includes a cryofluid at cryogenic temperatures flowing through a closed-loop flow path. A pump, configured for operating at cryogenic temperatures, circulates the cryofluid in the closed-loop flow path. The closed-loop flow path includes a heat exchanger coupled to a heat sink configured for cooling the cryofluid in the closed-loop flow path to cryogenic temperatures. The closed-loop system includes one or more cryoneedles configured for providing cryotherapy, and one or more flow control devices, wherein each flow control device is configured for operating at cryogenic temperature and for selectively flow connecting or flow disconnecting at least one of the cryoneedles to the closed-loop flow path.
US09078732B2
An ophthalmological laser system for photodisruptive irradiation of ocular tissue, including a crystalline lens or a cornea. The system includes an ultra-short pulse laser, the radiation of which is focusable as illumination light via an illumination beam path including a scanner unit and focusing optics. A control unit is programmed to execute determining irradiation control data for photodisruptions at irradiation points in an interior of the ocular tissue distributed three-dimensionally and non-equidistantly to create at least one predetermined target incision. The laser system then irradiates the ocular tissue according to the determined irradiation control data.
US09078729B2
An implantable fabric includes a bio-inert portion having a first surface and an opposing second surface, with each of the first and second surfaces configured for tissue ingrowth and a bio-absorbable portion attached to the bio-inert portion in a manner that substantially prevents wrinkles on each of the first and second surfaces of the bio-inert portion.
US09078727B2
The invention disclosed herein includes an apparatus and a method for treatment of vaginal prolapse conditions. The apparatus is a graft having a central body portion with at least one strap extending from it. The strap has a bullet needle attached to its end portion and is anchorable to anchoring tissue in the body of a patient. The invention makes use of a delivery device adapted to deploy the graft in a patient. The inventive method includes the steps of making an incision in the vaginal wall of a patient, opening the incision to gain access inside the vagina and pelvic floor area, inserting the inventive apparatus through the incision, and attaching the straps of the apparatus to anchoring tissue in the patient.
US09078725B2
An electroencephalogram interface system includes: a presentation section for presenting multiple options to a user, the multiple options being manipulable items concerning manipulations of a device; a selection flicker control section for flickering each option; an inference section for inferring one option corresponding to a desired manipulation of the user by utilizing an event-related potential of an electroencephalogram of the user, the event-related potential being based on the flickering of each option as a starting point; a confirmation flicker control section for effecting confirmation flickering of the one option inferred; a determination section for determining whether the inferred option corresponds to the desired manipulation of the user by utilizing an event-related potential of the user's electroencephalogram, the event-related potential being based on the confirmation flickering of the one option as a starting point; and an output section for executing a process which is in accordance with the determined result.
US09078710B2
An orthopedic device for compressing or distracting bone parts includes an elongated body with two arms extending transversely away from the body. One arm is a stationary arm affixed to one end of the body and a second arm is a longitudinally movable. The two arms extend from the elongated body in the same direction and parallel to each other. The orthopedic device also includes a locking sleeve hingeably connected to the outer end of each of the first and second arms by a hinge joint, where each locking sleeve is configured for lockably receiving an elongated pin using a collet and a captured collet nut.
US09078693B2
An aspiration apparatus is described that includes a guide and a set of needles. The guide preferably has an approximately conical shape with a decreasing diameter in the distal direction. A plurality of lumens extend between a distal end portion and a proximal end portion of the guide. The needles have a tubular wall and are slidingly positionable in the lumens. The needles include a longitudinal section of the tubular wall that has a plurality of apertures that decrease in size in the proximal direction. The apertures define an approximately conically shaped area of harvest. The aspiration apparatus can connect to an external source of reduced pressure through the guide or directly to each needle.
US09078691B2
Medical devices and methods for making and using medical devices are disclosed. An example catheter is disclosed. The catheter comprises a catheter body having a catheter lumen and a high pressure tube disposed within the catheter lumen. The high pressure tube has a substantially circular cross section. The catheter also includes a fluid jet loop coupled to the high pressure tube at a transition section. The transition section has a circular cross section and a non-circular cross section. The fluid jet loop includes fluid jet orifices along a tapered loop guide surface. The catheter also includes a distal guide. The intermediate guide surface of the catheter lumen flushly engages with a leading edge of the tapered loop guide surface and the distal guide is configured to guide the instrument over the intermediate guide surface, the tapered loop guide surface and through the fluid jet loop.
US09078688B2
A dermatological skin treatment device is provided. The device comprises a handpiece and a cutting tool, wherein the tool is inserted through the conduit and percutaneously inserted into a tissue disposed within a recessed area of the handpiece. The device and method cut the fibrous structures under the skin that cause cellulite at an angle substantially parallel to the surface of the skin and replace these structures with a non-cellulite forming structure by deploying a highly fibrous mesh through a single needle hole to create a highly fibrous layer directly or through wound healing processes.
US09078686B2
A robotic surgery system for supporting a patient and a robotic surgical manipulator. The robotic surgery system includes a base, a pillar coupled to the base at a first end and extending vertically upwardly to an opposing second end, and an attachment structure coupled to the second end of the pillar. A patient table is coupled to the attachment structure. A robot support arm has a first end coupled to the attachment structure. The robot support arm extends vertically upwardly from the first end to a second end. The robot support arm may further extend horizontally over the patient table to support a robotic surgical manipulator that will extend generally downward from the robot support arm toward a patient supported by the patient table to place an end effector of the robotic surgical manipulator adjacent a desired surgical site on the patient.
US09078679B2
A substantially radiolucent cranial stabilization pin is adapted for use with a fixture for immobilizing a patient's head during a medical procedure. The pin includes a tip and a body, which are secured together to form the pin. The tip and body are constructed from non-ferrous, non-magnetic materials that are biocompatible. The tip and body are safe for use with, and compatible with, imaging techniques including MR imaging and CT imaging. In some examples the tip is a titanium insert and the body is molded within and around at least a portion of the tip. In some versions, the tip includes a hollow portion and one or more openings providing access to the hollow portion. The molded body flows into and around portions of the tip creating a secure pin suitable to withstand torque and axial forces observed in use.
US09078674B2
A surgical instrument is described which comprises an alignment guide having a first part including a distal end and a second part having a proximal end. The first part is attached to the second part by a pivot mechanism so that the first part can be tilted relative to the second part. A brace is attached toward the proximal end of the alignment guide for attaching the instrument to a limb of a patient. A component is attached toward the distal end of the alignment guide. The pivot mechanism is configured so that tilting the first part does not substantially change the separation between the component and the brace.
US09078672B1
A reamer for use in minimally invasive hip replacement surgical approaches is provided. The reamer spindle includes an offset elongate housing portion that extends from a proximal housing end portion a distal housing end portion. A handle assembly, preferably comprising a durable lightweight material such as carbon fiber that is removably connectable to the housing of the reamer spindle. A reamer head is removably connectable to the distal neck portion and has a surface configured to cut bone.
US09078662B2
An apparatus for treating tissue in a tissue treatment region. The apparatus can comprise an electrode ring having an interior perimeter and an electrode probe having a proximal end and a distal end. The distal end of the electrode probe can be structured to axially translate relative to the interior perimeter of the electrode ring. The electrode ring and the electrode probe can be operably structured to conduct current therebetween when at least one of the electrode ring and the electrode probe is energized by an energy source. Further, the energy source can be a Radio Frequency (RF) energy source, a pulsed energy source, an irreversible electroporation energy source, or a pulsed irreversible electroporation energy source. A current from the energy source can be selected to non-thermally ablate tissue in the tissue treatment region.
US09078661B2
An ablator having an electrode positioned at a distal end is disclosed. The ablator may be configured such that the ablator includes an inner shaft having a plurality of distal slots therein and contained within an outer hollow shaft. The inner shaft may extend distally from a distal end of the outer, hollow shaft. The configuration of the distal end of the ablator may increase the operating efficiency of the ablator by reducing the power requirements.
US09078655B2
Thermally adjustable surgical tools include a conductor and a ferromagnetic material. The ferromagnetic material may be quickly heated when subjected to high frequency alternating current through the conductor. The ferromagnetic material may also cool rapidly because of its relatively low mass and the small thermal mass of the conductor. The thermally adjustable surgical tools may be used to sculpt, melt, break and/or remove biological material. The thermally adjustable surgical tools may also include balloon catheters which can heat fluid to thereby treat biological material.
US09078647B2
A disposable glove dispensing system may allow for a user to efficiently put on a disposable glove without touching the outside of the glove. In various embodiments, a disposable glove may comprise an opening for hand entry having a first opening edge and a second opening edge, a first interconnection point located near the first opening edge, where the first interconnection point attaches the disposable glove to a first adjacent disposable glove, and a second interconnection point located near the second opening edge. The second interconnection point may attach the disposable glove to a second adjacent disposable glove, wherein the disposable glove is positioned between the first adjacent disposable glove and the second adjacent disposable glove. Furthermore, a disposable glove dispensing system may comprise a pack of interconnected disposable gloves, and a glove dispenser comprising two glove hangers for hanging the pack of disposable gloves hang.
US09078639B2
A bone marrow aspiration assembly including an outer cannula assembly, an inner cannula assembly, and a flexible seal. The outer cannula assembly includes an outer handle and an outer cannula defining a first passageway and including a plurality of first openings between a first end and a second end of the first passageway. The inner cannula assembly includes an inner handle and an inner cannula defining a second passageway and is configured to be received within the first passageway. The inner cannula includes a plurality of second openings between a first end and a second end of the second passageway. The flexible seal is mounted to the inner handle and positioned such that the seal contacts the outer cannula assembly when the inner cannula assembly is in cooperation with the outer cannula assembly to create a substantially airtight seal therebetween.
US09078635B2
A retractor assembly has a first clamp adapted to be mounted to a table, a first vertically oriented post supported by the clamp, a first main arm mounted for at least one of angular and lateral movement relative to the first post, and lockable in a selected position, and a tree assembly configured at one end of the second post. The tree assembly has at least two accessory arms, with each accessory arm having a first ball joint on a first end, and a pivot lock knob at an immediate portion, and each accessory arm having a second end configured to accept the mounting of a retractor to the accessory arm. The retractor assembly may also include a J-shaped hook mounted to a ratcheting linearly movable distractor assembly and trochanteric retractors mounted to the accessory arms for femoral elevation and exposure.
US09078634B2
Methods, devices, and systems employ cryolysis of oropharyngeal adipose tissues to selectively remove fat cells from the tissues causing obstructive sleep apnea. In various embodiments, a chilled liquid—e.g., a liquid or air—is applied to the target tissue at a temperature and for a duration sufficient to cause cryolysis.
US09078633B2
A vessel access and closure device places a running suture in the wall of a blood vessel using a rotating helical suture needle that carries the suture along a helical path passing through the vessel wall, then reverses rotation to release a suture anchor attached to the distal end of the suture. A loose helical coil of suture is left behind as the helical suture needle withdraws. The device is withdrawn and replaced with a vessel dilator and an introducer sheath that opens up a larger access opening into the blood vessel and creates a pathway that passes though the helical coil of suture for introducing an interventional device into the blood vessel. After the interventional procedure is completed, the interventional device and the introducer sheath are withdrawn and the running suture is tightened and secured with a suture lock to close the access opening into the vessel.
US09078622B2
A method for selecting data to reconstruct a three-dimensional (3D) image of a subject of interest includes acquiring a 3D emission dataset of the subject of interest, acquiring a respiratory signal of the subject of interest, the respiratory signal including a plurality of respiratory cycles, and calculating a respiratory profile using the respiratory signal. The method further includes, for each respiratory cycle, generating a gating window, calculating a minimum total squared difference (TSD) between a plurality of phases in the respiratory profile and the same plurality of phases in the respiratory cycle, and positioning the gating window based on the TSD values calculated, and reconstructing a 3D image using only the emission data within the plurality of gated windows. A system and non-transitory computer readable medium are also described herein.
US09078618B2
Methods and systems for patient alignment for nuclear medicine imaging are provided. One method includes activating a proximity sensor system associated with imaging detectors of the diagnostic imaging system, wherein the imaging detectors are in an L-mode configuration. The method also includes initiating movement of a patient table of the diagnostic imaging system and using a sensed proximity of a patient on the moving patient table by the proximity sensor system to automatically adjust a height of the patient table on which the patient is supported to a patient table height scanning position.
US09078617B2
A probe assembly is presented for use in monitoring one or more parameters of a subject. The probe assembly comprises: an acoustic port for transmitting acoustic radiation into a region of interest in the subject, at least one light output port for transmitting incident light towards the region of interest, at least one light input port for receiving light returned from the subject, and a control utility integrated in the probe assembly, said control utility being configured for controlling at least one condition of a monitoring procedure and enabling the monitoring procedure upon detecting that said at least one condition is satisfied.
US09078611B2
A clamp is provided in a blood collecting device that includes a first tube having one end and another end connected to a blood collecting needle and a blood bag, respectively, a second tube branched from a halfway of the first tube through a branched portion, and a block-off member which is provided in the first tube at the blood-bag side beyond the branched portion and which allows the first tube in a blocked state to be opened when torn, in which the clamp is arranged at the branched portion, and is configured to change a state between a first state in which the second tube is opened and a tearing operation of the block-off member is disabled and a second state in which the second tube is closed and a tearing operation to the block-off member is enabled.
US09078610B2
A system and method for generating power when one or more motion sensitive structures are moved. The system may include one or more sensing components which, acting alone or in combination, are capable of generating data related to one or more physiological parameters. The system may also include wireless communication circuitry capable of wirelessly transmitting the data related to the one or more physiological parameters. Furthermore, at least one of the one or more sensing components or the wireless communication circuitry may be at least partially powered, directly or indirectly, by the one or more motion sensitive structures.
US09078599B2
An imager (4) which may comprise a body (10) and an image sensor (20) housed within the body wherein the body may be releasably operably coupleable to a module (6), the module having an optical aperture (54) extending therethrough that aligns with the image sensor when operably coupled to the body to form an imaging channel wherein the sensor is operable to image a subject within an optical axis X of the imaging channel.
US09078597B2
A mobile x-ray imaging unit with an integrated x-ray shield is disclosed. The mobile x-ray imaging unit includes a base, a column structure extending upwardly from the base, a horizontal arm mounted on the column structure, and an x-ray source positioned on the horizontal arm, with the x-ray source configured to generate x-ray radiation for acquisition of an x-ray image. The mobile x-ray imaging unit also includes an x-ray shield extending upwardly from the base on a side of the column structure opposite the x-ray source that is configured to attenuate x-ray radiation generated by the x-ray source, wherein at least a portion of the x-ray shield is formed of an optically transparent material and wherein the x-ray shield is sized so as to provide x-ray shielding to an operator when the operator is in a standing position.
US09078596B2
Provided is an imaging apparatus for acquiring a tomographic image of an object to be inspected based on light obtained by combining return light from the object illuminated with measuring light and reference light corresponding to the measuring light, the imaging apparatus including: a reference-light amount changing unit provided in an optical path of the reference light, for changing a reference-light amount of the reference light; and a control unit for controlling the reference-light amount changing means so as to control the reference-light amount within a predetermined range and an image quality of the tomographic image within a predetermined image-quality evaluation range.
US09078594B2
Provided is an ultrasound diagnostic and treatment device for tumors which is used in combination with a phase-shift ultrasound contrast agent. By using a phase-shift ultrasound contrast agent, irradiating phase-shift ultrasonic waves from a phase-shift ultrasonic wave transmitter (18), irradiating ultrasonic waves for holding microbubbles from an ultrasonic wave transmitter (29) for holding microbubbles, and using a phase-shift detecting ultrasonic wave transceiver (19) to observe the phase shift, the ultrasound diagnostic and treatment device generates and holds the microbubbles in advance on the entire site (16) requiring treatment, and irradiates ultrasonic waves for treatment having a moderate intensity of 1 kW/cm2 or lower on the entire site (16) requiring treatment with the microbubbles as the target from a ultrasonic wave transmitter (20) for treatment.
US09078590B2
There are provided embodiments for providing additional information. In one embodiment, an ultrasound system comprises: an ultrasound data acquisition unit configured to acquire first ultrasound data and second ultrasound data corresponding to a living body; and a processing unit configured to form a brightness mode image based on the first ultrasound data, set at least one sample volume on the brightness mode image, and form blood flow information corresponding to blood flow in the living body based on the second ultrasound data corresponding to the at least one sample volume, the processing unit being further configured to form additional information corresponding to a change of the blood flow with a time based on the blood flow information.
US09078586B2
A body fat measurement device, including: a plurality of electrodes which contact a body surface of the subject; a current application unit which passes a current between a pair of electrodes of the plurality of electrodes; a first measurement unit which measures a voltage between another pair of electrodes, while current is passed between the pair of electrodes; a calculation unit which calculates an abdominal impedance of the subject on the basis of the voltage measured by the first measurement unit and calculates an amount of body fat of the subject; a second measurement unit which outputs a signal indicating a parameter other than the abdominal impedance; a cable in which a first core wire which connects between at least one of the current application unit and the pair of electrodes, and the first measurement unit and the other pair of electrodes, and a second core wire which connects the second measurement unit and the calculation unit are provided inside a same insulating coating; and an isolating unit which can shut off a connection between the second core wire and the calculation unit; wherein the calculation unit calculates the abdominal impedance on the basis of the voltage measured by the first measurement unit while a connection between the second core wire and the calculation unit is shut off, during measurement of the abdominal impedance.
US09078583B2
In some embodiments, a system includes a near-field instrument to be placed inside a chamber of a heart, a far-field instrument to be placed in a stable position in relation to the heart (e.g., the coronary sinus), and a control unit. The control unit is configured to receive position coordinates of the near-field instrument and electrogram information from the far-field instrument. The control unit is configured to identify a unique pattern in the electrogram information from the far-field instrument and store the associated near-field instrument position information with the unique pattern information and near-field instrument electrogram information. While recording electrogram information from the near-field instrument, the control unit is also configured to record voltage and complex fractionated atrial electrogram (CFAE) characteristics of the tissue inside a heart chamber. This information combined with rotor information can be used to identify substrate versus non-substrate rotor characteristics.
US09078579B2
A flexible circuit board for being inserted into an in-vivo imaging device is provided. The flexible circuit board may include a plurality of flexible installation units connected to one another through flexible connection units. The flexible installation units may be capable of having electrical components disposed thereon at a size suitable for being included in an in-vivo imaging device which may be inserted into a body lumen, e.g., a capsule endoscope. An in-vivo imaging device which may enclose such a full-flexible circuit board is also provided.
US09078574B2
Techniques are provided for use by implantable medical devices such as pacemakers or by external systems in communication with such devices. An intracardiac electrogram (IEGM) is sensed within a patient in which the device is implanted using a cardiac signal sensing system. Cardiac events of interest such as arrhythmias, premature atrial contractions (PACs), premature ventricular contractions (PVCs) and pacemaker mediated tachycardias (PMTs) are detected within the patient using event detection systems and then portions of the IEGM representative of the events of interest are recorded in device memory. Subsequently, during an off-line or background analysis, the recorded IEGM data is retrieved and analyzed to identify false detections. In response to false detections, the cardiac signal sensing systems and/or the event detection systems of the implantable device are selectively adjusted or reprogrammed to reduce or eliminate any further false detections, including false-positives or false-negatives. Various adaptive reprogramming techniques are described.
US09078570B2
A pressure sensor and pressure-sensing catheter in which a deformable pressure sensing membrane is separated from an inner metalized surface on a rigid support by an air gap. An input allows a voltage to be applied to an electrode on the sensing membrane and an output allows reading of the signal modulation from the support surface. An outer sleeve overlays the membrane and a wire bus transmits the signals to a terminal connector. The catheter may include a vented air gap, a multiplexing wire bus, and an internal cable to maintain tension.
US09078569B2
A Data Measurement and Acquisition System (DMAS) for multi-slice X-ray CT systems and multi-slice X-ray CT systems using the DMAS are disclosed; wherein the DMAS comprises a plurality of X-ray scintillators, a plurality of photodiode modules, a plurality of digitizing cards, one or more motherboards, and an arced support structure for mounting and securing the photodiode modules, the digitizing cards, and the motherboard(s); wherein the multi-slice X-ray CT systems comprises one or more X-ray sources, and one or more DMAS.
US09078559B2
An oral cavity insertion instrument which is to be attached to a monitor device having a long scope portion is provided. The oral cavity insertion instrument is adapted to be used by being inserted into an oral cavity and has a long cover member having a bore which extends in a longitudinal direction thereof, wherein the scope portion of the monitor is adapted to be inserted into the bore. The oral cavity insertion instrument also has a long tongue depressor in the form of a plate. The tongue depressor is provided adjacent to and in contact with the cover member along the longitudinal direction thereof. The oral cavity insertion instrument includes an attachment unit used to attach the cover member to the monitor device. The tongue depressor includes a tip end having a width greater than that of the cover member. A pharyngoscope apparatus provided with the oral cavity insertion instrument is also provided.
US09078557B2
A dishwasher is provided that includes a washing compartment and a sorption drying system to dry items to be washed, wherein the sorption drying system has a sorption container that contains reversibly dehydratable sorption material. The dishwasher further includes an air ducting channel to connect the sorption container with the washing compartment in order to generate an air flow. The air ducting channel has an inlet-side tube section and the sorption container and/or the inlet-side tube section has flow conditioning elements. Each flow conditioning elements has an air passage such that, to a large extent, an equalization of a local cross-sectional profile of an air flow is effected when air flows through the sorption container in a throughflow direction of the sorption container.
US09078553B2
A method and apparatus for cleaning washware, in particular dishes, is provided. In the process, the washware is subjected to at least one wash process in which adhering dirt is at least largely removed. The washware is then subjected to a final-washing process which has at least two substeps. The washware is acted on by a first rinse liquid in a first substep, with the first rinse liquid containing a disinfectant. The washware is acted on by a second rinse liquid in a subsequent second substep, with the second rinse liquid comprising at least one permeate which is produced by reverse osmosis.
US09078551B2
A domestic dishwasher, comprising an attachment device for receiving intake water and an execution control device in which are stored one or more washing programs for controlling an execution of a wash cycle for washing dishes, wherein the execution control device is designed to adapt at least one parameter of at least one of the washing programs to a temperature of the fresh water.
US09078549B2
A hand vacuum cleaner is provided with a wand mounted to the dirty fluid inlet of the hand vacuum cleaner and the wand has a distal inlet that is mounted on a surface cleaning head. The hand vacuum cleaner has two cyclonic cleaning stages and a handle. In one embodiment, the handle has an upper end that is located that is located exterior to the second cyclonic stage and at a height intermediate the first and second spaced apart ends of the second cyclonic cleaning stage and a handle portion that extends upwardly when the hand vacuum cleaner is positioned on a horizontal surface. In another embodiment, the fluid flow motor and the handle are positioned rearward of the central axes of the first and second cyclonic cleaning stages.
US09078540B2
A process and device are disclosed for creating a low adhesion cooking surface. The process involves placing a hydrogen containing substance on a cooking surface; and extracting the hydrogen from the substance so that the hydrogen remains in recesses on the cooking surface. The hydrogen may be extracted by creating an electric charge on the surface, the electric charge drawing hydrogen into pores or recesses in the surface. The device preferably includes a housing which contains a high voltage generator. The output end of the generator is positioned so as to generate an electric arc when activated.
US09078530B2
An infant playpen includes a plurality of upright legs, and a first and a second upper side rail assembly supported by the upright legs. Each of the first and a second upper side rail assembly includes at least one elongated segment having an outer surface, and a plurality of positioning regions are defined on the outer surfaces of the elongated segments, each of the positioning regions being configured to locate a connection of a removable accessory on the infant playpen. An infant care system is also disclosed, which includes the infant playpen and a removable accessory installed thereon. One selected positioning region of the first upper side rail assembly can be received in a housing of the removable accessory, and a locking part of the removable accessory is displaced to a locked position that retains the selected positioning region in the housing.
US09078529B2
A collapsible child seat having a collapsible frame that moves between an expanded position and a collapsed position. A seat member moveably attaches to the frame, with a recessed support for receiving and supporting a child. A retractable canopy covers the seat member.
US09078514B2
A brush cap assembly for cleaning has a first cylindrical portion, a second portion having an inclined surface extending from the first portion, a plurality of holes formed in the inclined surface, and a plurality of bristles extending from the inclined surface.
US09078512B2
A device for attaching to an electric power line conductor includes an electrically conductive housing having an opening for accepting the power line conductor and is configured to be grounded to the power line conductor. At least one magnetic core is configured to surround the power line conductor and power a power supply module. A laser triangulation distance measuring device is configured to be powered by the power supply module.
US09078507B2
The spouting-type cosmetic container includes: a main container provided with an opening; a pipette tube spouting cosmetic; a cap unit detachably installed to the opening of the main container and including an inner cap and an outer cap encasing the inner cap; an up/down button installed to the upper side of the outer cap to move up and down for a preset stroke and having cam holes formed on the side wall to face the cams; a piston fixed to the lower side of the up/down button to move up and down with the up/down button; and an elastic member elastically reacting to move the up/down button and the piston upward and to spout the cosmetic accommodated in the main container out. A preset amount of cosmetic is discharged and user's convenience may be enhanced.
US09078502B2
A closure for a pouch comprising: (a) a cylindrical sleeve having a first open end and a second open end, (b) a longitudinal slit in the cylindrical sleeve having a close end proximate to the first end of the cylindrical sleeve and an open end at the second end of the cylindrical sleeve; (c) a rod adapted to be arranged concentrically within the cylindrical sleeve having a first end and a second end, the first end of the rod being adapted to engage with the first end of the cylindrical sleeve; and (d) a child-proof lock adapted to be removably connected to the second end of the cylindrical sleeve or to the second end of the rod to block the open end of the longitudinal slit.
US09078492B2
Provided is a shoe having a bottom surface that is adjacent to the ground in normal use and that has at least some indentations, with lower extending portions between the indentations. A sole forms at least a portion of the bottom surface, and an upper portion extends above the sole. A plurality of small particles is bonded to at least some of the lower extending portions, but at least a portion of the indentations is not coated with such small particles.
US09078489B2
A method for manufacturing a waterproof and vapor-permeable shoe, consisting in preparing a semimanufactured component of an upper for a shoe, such that it can be arranged spread out on a flat surface or on two mutually opposite surfaces, then arranging on the inner part of the semimanufactured component of an upper a waterproof and vapor-permeable membrane, then preparing means for adhesive bonding between the semimanufactured component of an upper and the membrane so as to not inhibit the vapor-permeability of the assembly. One or more shapes, capable of shaping themselves complementarily with respect to the different thicknesses of the stitched seams and of the superimposed parts which constitute the outer surface of the semimanufactured component of an upper are prepared, and the membrane is coupled to the semimanufactured component of an upper, with the outer part of the component arranged so that the outer surface rests on the shape.
US09078488B1
An article of footwear including an upper incorporating a knitted component having color-shifting properties is provided. Color-shift properties can be generated by one or more lenticular knit structures disposed across the upper of the article of footwear. The lenticular knit structures are formed of unitary knit construction with the remaining portions of the knitted component. The lenticular knit structures have portions formed with different yarns. The different yarns on the portions of the lenticular knit structures generate a visual effect that changes the color of the article of footwear depending on the viewing angle.
US09078485B2
A sports monitoring system and method. One disclosed system can be used during skiing and includes a controller transceiver that can be hand held, two ski boot pressure monitor/transmitters, and earphones connectable to the controller/transceiver. The system can be used to provide, through the earphones, sound indicative of pressure applied or not applied by a skier toward a portion of a boot while skiing. The system may also include a proximity sensor mounted within one of the ski boot pressure monitor/transmitters. The system can thereby provide sound responsive to the proximity detector's detection of one boot being at or not at a distance, or within or outside of a distance range, with respect to the other boot.
US09078483B1
A shade that is removably attachable to a bill of a hat has a pocket member that has a pocket formed therein. The bill of the hat is received within the pocket and is friction held therein, with or without the assistance of optional clips. A glare shielding extension downwardly depends from the outer periphery of the body member so that the extension is positioned in the line of sight of a user when wearing the hat in normal fashion. The extension may be opaque or may have at least a portion thereof that is an optical portion.
US09078474B2
A cartomizer for an electronic cigarette having an elongated, hollow body with a mouthpiece in a first end and a battery coupling in an opposite second end. An atomizing coil is disposed in the body generally perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the cartomizer and has positive and negative terminal leads pressfit connected to positive and negative terminals separated by an insulative spacer in the battery coupling. A fibrous wick is inserted inside the atomizing coil and a cloth tube is disposed generally parallel to the longitudinal axis of the cartomizer and extends from the atomizing coil to the mouthpiece. A volatile liquid mixture of preferably 80% propylene glycol and 20% veggie glycol with liquid nicotine and/or flavoring is disposed in the body.
US09078465B2
The invention relates to a biological preparation comprising orthosilicic and silicic acid, a primary (“constant/first”) osmolyte choline and a weak alkalinizing agent without free hydroxyl groups and to a method for preparing the preparation, comprising: i) hydrolyzing a silicon comprising choline solution thereby forming a choline stabilized orthosilicic acid and oligomers solution; ii) alkalizing the choline orthosilicic acid and oligomers solution by adding a weak alkalizing agent without hydroxyl groups; and iii) optionally adding a divalent trace element and/or secondary osmolyte, to biological preparation obtainable and its uses.
US09078463B2
This application relates to compositions comprising whole-tissue potato products with enhanced resistant starch (RS) content and reduced estimated glycemic index values. Methods of preparing and using whole-tissue potato products with enhanced resistant starch (RS) content and glycemic index values are also disclosed.
US09078456B2
The present invention is directed to a shaped confectionery center made by a cold forming process comprising compressing a flowable, particulate fat based material through a forming apparatus comprising one or more forming pins to provide at least one hollow section therein, wherein the at least one formed hollow section has ends that are sealed by the fat based material and at least one hollow section extends through a substantial portion of the center, and wherein the shaped confectionery center has a percent density reduction of at least about 5% achieved by creating the at least one hollow section in the center.
US09078452B2
A poultry wing segmenting blade to segment a poultry wing into segments at the poultry wing joint, the blade includes a bifurcated blade having a first edge and a second edge, and further comprises a guide, the guide configured to align the poultry wing joint with the bifurcated blade configured to separate the joint and cut the poultry wing and, thus, functions to produce consistent high speed joint cuts without producing shattered or fragmented bone segments, exposed open bone areas, and/or bone marrow contamination.
US09078443B1
Methods for controlling weeds in a crop by applying to weeds having an average height ranging from about 4 inches to about 8 inches a herbicidally effective amount of a composition that includes (a) fluthiacet-methyl and (b) a p-hydroxyphenylpyruvate dioxygenase (HPPD) inhibitor are presented.
US09078441B2
The present invention provides antimicrobial solutions that comprise at least one alcohol, at least one antimicrobial agent and at least one chelator and/or anticoagulant. Also provided are methods for rapidly reducing a microbe or a virus from surfaces including surfaces of indwelling medical devices and organic surfaces such as skin and sutures, and inorganic surfaces such as hospital equipment, pipelines etc.
US09078439B2
An object of the present invention is to provide an emulsifiable concentrate which comprises pyriproxyfen as an active ingredient, wherein the emulsifiable concentrate is excellent in emulsion stability under conditions of low-rate dilution not only in soft water but also in hard water. The present application provides for an emulsifiable concentrate excellent in emulsion stability which comprises pyriproxyfen, alkylarylsulfonic acid salt, polyoxyethylene styrylphenyl ether, polyoxyethylene castor oil, fatty acid C1-C6 alkyl ester, and aromatic hydrocarbon in specified amounts.
US09078436B2
The present invention provides a method of treating an aqueous system for biocide control, by adding an acidified solution that includes monoalkyldithiocarbamate salt and alkyl isothiocyanate to an aqueous system. A biocide feed system is also provided that is configured to generate a reproducible level of alkyl isothiocyanate. The method and system provide effective levels of alkyl isothiocyanate for rapid biocidal activity, along with levels of monoalkyldithiocarbamate salt which can decompose to form additional alkyl isothiocyanate and provide longer-term biocidal activity.
US09078434B2
Provided is a solid antimicrobial agent suitable for portable use, which can continuously release a stable amount of chlorine dioxide even under vibration or shock. An antimicrobial pouch includes: an antimicrobial agent supporting an antimicrobial substance in a porous inorganic solid carrier; a first pouch body receiving the antimicrobial agent; and a second pouch body receiving the first pouch body, wherein the first pouch body includes fine holes on an entire surface, the fine holes having a diameter smaller than a particle size of the inorganic solid carrier, and the second pouch body includes release holes at an edge portion, the release holes through which the antimicrobial substance is released to atmosphere of the second pouch body.
US09078427B1
Methods for obtaining genetic material from plant embryos while preserving their viability are provided. In the methods, preservation of viability may be maintained by suspending the embryos in an aqueous solution surrounded by an oil matrix. Genetic material may be obtained from an aliquot of the aqueous solution and may be used directly for molecular analysis, or whole genome amplification may be performed prior to molecular analysis.
US09078426B2
Compositions and methods are disclosed for automated storing, tracking, retrieving and analyzing biological samples, including dry storage at ambient temperatures of nucleic acids, proteins (including enzymes), and cells using a dry storage matrix that permits recovery of biologically active materials. RFID-tagged biological sample storage devices featuring dissolvable or dissociable matrices are described for use as supports of biological samples, which matrices can be dried and subsequently rehydrated for sample recovery. Also disclosed are computer-implemented systems and methods for managing sample data.
US09078420B1
Fishing tackle contains a stamp such as a postage stamp or a trading stamp, or a photograph or a picture. Lures, spoons, spinners, bobbers, nets may be included accordingly, for example, as a stamp-mounting fishing lure.
US09078410B1
A novel maize variety designated X08B839 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing hybrid maize variety X08B839 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X08B839 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X08B839, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X08B839. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X08B839.
US09078397B2
A system and method for conveying agricultural material in a harvester. One harvester includes a rotor which rotates to separate a plant into a first agricultural material and a second agricultural material. A grate is disposed vertically below the rotor and further separates the first and second agricultural materials from one another. A first conveyor receives the first and second agricultural material directly from a trailing end of the rotor and a trailing end of the grate.
US09078394B2
A cutting head for a string trimmer, the cutting head being rotationally driven through a drive shaft, the cutting head comprising a bowl; a trimmer string secured to the bowl; and a blade attached to the outer circumference of the bowl.
US09078390B2
The present invention extends to a conveyor system that allows the spacing between slabs on a conveyor to be controlled. Because the spacing can be controlled, a single stacking head can be used to pick up and stack multiple slabs at the same time. In this manner, a harvesting machine employing the conveyor system of the present invention can utilize a single stacking head while still harvesting sod at least as quickly as harvesting machines employing multiple stacking heads.
US09078389B2
A tow behind aerator is provided for connected with a hitch of a garden tractor. The aerator includes a connection, a float, a pivot, and an aerator body. The float allows for the aerator to ride on variations of terrain and elevation. The pivot allows the aerator body to pivot or rotate relative to the tractor such that the aerator is able to turn around objects. The pivot may be engaged or disengaged to control the amount of pivot. Further, the aerator includes a self-centering function for centering the aerator when raising the aerator to a non-aerating configuration. A universal sleeve hitch may be used to connect the aerator to the tractor and can be operated to raise and lower the aerator.
US09084385B2
An object of the invention is to provide an electronic component mounting device and a work method of the electronic component mounting device, capable of ensuring safety of an operator who accesses a work line through a door portion, and avoiding reduction of workability. A space defined by a base (11) and a cover member (14) is partitioned by a partition member (15) to define a plurality of work line storing spaces (SP1). A plurality of work lines (12) are stored in the respective work line storing spaces (SP1) individually. When any of a plurality of door portions (14a) provided in the cover member (14) so as to allow an access to an inside of the respective work line storing spaces (SP1) is opened, an operation of a work line (12) stored in a work line storing space (SP1) accessible through the opened door portion (14a) is stopped.
US09084379B2
A process for fabricating a wiring board is provided. In the process, a wiring carrying substrate including a carry substrate and a wiring layer is formed. Next, at least one blind via is formed in the wiring carrying substrate. Next, the wiring carrying substrate is laminated to another wiring carrying substrate via an insulation layer. The insulation layer is disposed between the wiring layers of the wiring carrying substrates and full fills the blind via. Next, parts of the carry substrates are removed to expose the insulation layer in the blind via. Next, a conductive pillar connected between the wiring layers is formed. Next, the rest carry substrates are removed.
US09084378B2
An interconnect structure that includes a substrate having an electrical component present therein, and a under-bump metallurgy (UBM) stack that is present in contact with a contact pad to the electrical component that is present in the substrate. The UBM stack includes a metallic adhesion layer that is direct contact with the contact pad to the electrical component, a copper (Cu) seed layer that is in direct contact with the metallic adhesion layer, a first nickel (Ni) barrier layer that is present in direct contact with copper (Cu) seed layer, and a layered structure of at least one copper (Cu) conductor layer and at least one second nickel (Ni) barrier layer present on the first nickel (Ni) barrier layer. A solder ball may be present on second nickel (Ni) barrier layer.
US09084377B2
An integrated circuit package system is provided including providing a substrate having a contact pad, forming a first conductor having a first melting point over the contact pad, forming a second conductor having a second melting point over the first conductor with the first melting point higher than the second melting point, and mounting a first device over the second conductor.
US09084376B2
The present invention relates generally to tuning the flow of cooling air across converter and inverter heat sinks in a motor drive system. More specifically, present techniques relate to motor drive duct systems including heat sinks with separate, sequential heat sink fin sections disposed in a common cooling air path and having different geometries to optimize the flow of cooling air across and between fins of the separate heat sink fin sections. For example, the heat sink fin sections may have different fin lengths, fin heights, fin counts, fin pitch (e.g., distance between adjacent fins), and so forth. Each of these different geometric characteristics may be tuned to ensure that temperatures and temperature gradients across the heat sinks are maintained within acceptable ranges.
US09084372B2
There is provided a wiring substrate. The wiring substrate includes: a heat sink; an insulating layer on the heat sink; first and second wiring patterns on the insulating layer to be separated from each other at a certain interval; a first reflective layer including a first opening on the insulating layer so as to cover the first and second wiring patterns, wherein a portion of the first and second wiring patterns is exposed from the first opening, and wherein the portion of the first and second wiring patterns is defined as a mounting region on which a light emitting element is to be mounted; and a second reflective layer on the insulating layer, wherein the second reflective layer is interposed between the first and second wiring patterns. A thickness of the second reflective layer is smaller than that of the first reflective layer.
US09084368B2
A single flexible printed circuit (FPC) board for connecting multiple modules including a thin film is provided. The thin film has a first module connecting portion, a second module connecting portion and a third module connecting portion. The first module connecting portion is located on a first side of the thin film. The second module connecting portion and the third module connecting portion are located on a second side of the thin film. The first side is opposite to the second side. At least one first line is disposed between the first module connecting portion and the second module connecting portion. At least one second line is disposed between the first module connecting portion and the third module connecting portion.
US09084367B2
Structured cabling solutions may include techniques and systems usable to route, organize, and otherwise manager wires, optical fibers, and other cables. Structured cabling solutions may include one or more chassis coupled to and movable relative to a frame to provide access to signal connectors on the chassis. Structured cabling solutions may also include labeling schemes that identify patch connectors that correspond to outlets in a structured cabling installation.
US09084364B2
On a surface layer of a printed wiring board, main power supply patterns to be applied with different DC voltages are disposed in a second region. Power supply patterns are disposed on the surface layer, and the power supply patterns are led from the main power supply patterns to a first region. The power supply patterns connect power supply terminals of terminal groups in the second region. The power supply patterns connect the power supply terminals between the terminal groups in the first region. Power supply terminals of the terminal groups of a semiconductor package are electrically connected to the main power supply patterns by the power supply patterns. Thus, potential fluctuations are reduced and radiation noise is suppressed, and the number of layers of the printed wiring board is reduced.
US09084362B2
Disclosed are a method and system to reduce impedance of printed circuit boards through an interconnecting of printed circuit boards using a square wave pattern of plated-through holes. A method of connecting a first printed circuit board to a second printed circuit board comprises forming a square wave pattern of the first printed circuit board and the second printed circuit board and adjoining the first printed circuit board and the second printed circuit board. The method also involves producing plated-through holes along the square wave pattern, a top section, and/or a bottom section of the adjoined first printed circuit board and second printed circuit board. The method further involves securing the top section and the bottom section using a first metal clip and a second metal clip, respectively, and connecting the first printed circuit board to the second printed circuit board by a wave soldering process.
US09084360B2
Electronic devices include a substrate with first and second pairs of conductive traces extending in or on the substrate. A first conductive interconnecting member extends through a hole in the substrate and communicates electrically with a first trace of each of the first and second pairs, while a second conductive interconnecting member extends through the hole and communicates electrically with the second trace of each of the first and second pairs. The first and second interconnecting members are separated from one another by a distance substantially equal to a distance separating the conductive traces in each pair. Electronic device assemblies include a transmitting device configured to transmit a differential signal through a conductive structure to a receiving device. The conductive structure includes first and second pair of conductive traces with first and second interconnecting members providing electrical communication therebetween.
US09084356B2
An improved, self-supporting portable electronics case for withstanding impact forces, dead loads and torsional forces, the case comprising a first plate having a first surface, a second surface, and at least one first sidewall defining at least one opening extending between the first surface and the second surface, and a first set of flanges. The case further includes a second plate having a third surface, a fourth surface, at least one second sidewall defining at least one opening extending between the third surface and the fourth surface, and a second set of flanges extending from the second plate; and at least one spacer joined to the first set of flanges and the second set of flanges.
US09084353B2
A circuit board (1) is provided comprising a plurality of insulating layers, at least one ground layer and at least one layer comprising signal traces. The circuit board comprises at least a first conductive via (17) and a second conductive via (17). The first conductive via and the second conductive via penetrate through at least a first insulating layer of the plurality of insulating layers and are connected to a signal trace. The first conductive via and the second conductive via are arranged adjacent each other. At least in the first insulating layer the first conductive via and the second conductive via are separated in a first direction of separation (R) by a first adjustment portion comprising a dielectric material property different from the first insulating layer.
US09084351B2
A structure (10) includes a conductor (151), conductors (111, 131) that are located on the same side with respect to the conductor (151), that are opposed to at least a part of the conductor (151), and that overlap each other when seen in a plan view, a connection member (101) that penetrates the conductors (111, 131, 151), that is connected to the conductor (151), and that is insulated from the conductors (111, 131), openings (112, 132) that are formed in the conductors (111, 131), respectively, and which the connection member (101) passes through, and conductor elements (121, 141) that are formed to be opposed to the openings (112, 132), that are connected to the connection member (101) passing through the openings (112, 132), and that are larger than the openings (112, 132). The number of layers in which the conductor elements (121, 141) are located is two or more and less than or equal to the number of layers in which the conductors (111, 131) are located.
US09084346B2
The disclosed is a power electronic device comprising a power unit and a mounting cubicle matching with the power unit. The mounting cubicle is provided with a rail and an entrance for pushing into and pulling out of the power unit. A side of the mounting cubicle is provided with an power source and control output terminal and a signal output terminal. A side of the power unit is provided with a power source and control input terminal and a signal input terminal. The power unit is provided with a micro-switch. When the power unit moves along the rail, after the power source and control input terminal contacts with the power source and control output terminal. The signal input terminal becomes electrically connected with the signal output terminal, and the micro-switch is turned on so as to start the power unit.
US09084339B2
A wiring substrate includes: a wiring substrate body including a first surface and a second surface; a first electrode pad including a first recess therein and formed on the first surface of the wiring substrate body; a second electrode pad including a second recess therein and formed on the first surface of the wiring substrate body; a first solder resist layer on the first surface of the wiring substrate body to cover the first and second electrode pads, the first solder resist layer including a first opening and a second opening whose opening area is larger than that of the first opening; and a first metal layer electrically connected to the first electrode pad and made of a material whose ionization tendency is smaller than that of a material of the first electrode pad. A depth of the first recess is larger than that of the second recess.
US09084329B2
The present invention relates to a control device adapted to control properties of light emitted from a light source. The control device may comprise a touch-sensitive user interface adapted to visually indicate a range of available values representing at least one of the properties and to enable a user to control the represented property on the basis of a location touched on the touch-sensitive user interface. The controlled property may be adjusted by means of a communication unit adapted to communicate to the light source control signals corresponding to user input. The user interface may comprise at least one discontinuity-indicating element adapted to visually indicate a step discontinuity in the range of available values representing the at least one property.
US09084327B2
A driver circuit for driving an LED array is disclosed. The LED array includes a first, a second, a third, a fourth LED device and a diode device. The second LED device is connected to the first LED device. The fourth LED device is connected to the third LED device. The diode device is connected between the second LED device and the third LED device. The driver circuit includes a first constant current regulator for coupling between the first and the second LED device; a second constant current regulator for coupling between the second and the third LED device; a third constant current regulator for coupling between the third and the fourth LED device; a fourth constant current regulator for coupling between the fourth LED device and a fixed-voltage terminal; and a control circuit coupled with the first, the second, the third, and the fourth constant current regulators.
US09084322B2
A bi-level current configurable driver is provided. The driver includes a feedback circuit, a driver circuit providing a driver signal to a half bridge inverter, and a step-dim interface coupled to a first alternating current input line, a second alternating current input line, and a neutral line, providing voltage to the driver circuit. The driver also includes a first feedforward circuit coupled to the step-dim interface, where the first feedforward circuit receives a first signal from the step-dim interface based on the states of the first alternating current input line, the second alternating current input line, and the neutral line. In a first state, the driver provides full current to a load, and in a second state, the driver provides less than full current to the load.
US09084318B2
The present invention discloses a primary-side controlled switch-mode power supply controller for driving LED with constant current and method thereof as well as an apparatus for controlling switch-mode power supply having the switch-mode power supply controller. The switch-mode power supply controller includes an input dimming phase detection circuit, a multiplier, a turn-on signal control circuit, a zero-crossing detection circuit, a comparator, a trigger and a driving circuit. The circuit controls to drive LED with constant current by means of a primary-side controlled method. The circuit realizes the triac dimming function, ensures a constant output current regardless of a high voltage or a low voltage, and obtains a high power factor. The direct use of the isolation transformer improves the safety of the circuit, and simplifies the peripheral circuit, thereby reducing the cost of the circuit and minimizing the size of the PCB layout, which is favorable in minimizing the product.
US09084317B2
System and method for providing at least an output current to one or more light emitting diodes. The system includes a control component configured to receive at least a demagnetization signal, a sensed signal and a reference signal and to generate a control signal based on at least information associated with the demagnetization signal, the sensed signal and the reference signal, and a logic and driving component configured to receive at least the control signal and output a drive signal to a switch based on at least information associated with the control signal. The switch is connected to a first diode terminal of a diode and a first inductor terminal of an inductor. The diode further includes a second diode terminal, and the inductor further includes a second inductor terminal.
US09084316B2
A lighting system includes one or more methods and systems to control dissipation of excess power in the lighting system when the power into a switching power converter from a leading edge, phase-cut dimmer is greater than the power out of the switching power converter. In at least one embodiment, the lighting system includes a controller that controls dissipation of excess energy in the lighting system to prevent a premature disconnection of the phase-cut dimmer. In at least one embodiment, the controller actively controls power dissipation by generating one or more signals to actively and selectively control power dissipation in the lighting system. By actively and selectively controlling power dissipation in the lighting system, the controller intentionally dissipates power when the power into the lighting system should be greater than the power out to a lamp of the lighting system.
US09084314B2
The present disclosure relates to a programmable underwater lighting system for pools and spas. A plurality of underwater lights, each having a plurality of LEDs for producing light of various colors, a microprocessor for controlling the plurality of LEDs, and a memory in communication with the microprocessor containing one or more stored control programs, allow for the generation of various lighting effects in a pool or spa. A central controller is provided in communication with the plurality of underwater lights, and allows a user to define or select a desired lighting effect (such as a sequence, a fading effect, a “moving” color pattern, etc.) using a display and a keyboard. Optionally, a handheld remote control could be provided, in wireless communication with the central controller, for allowing a user to remotely control the plurality of lighting fixtures. When a desired lighting effect is defined by a user, the central controller transmits an instruction to each of the plurality of underwater lights instructing each light to execute a specific stored control program in its memory to produce the desired lighting effect. Each of the lights could be in communication with the central controller using a power line and an associated power line carrier data protocol, and each light could be provided with a thermal management system for monitoring the operating temperature of the light and automatically adjusting the brightness of the light to prevent dangerous temperatures.
US09084311B2
A lighting device includes a first light source having a first S/P ratio, a second light source having a second S/P ratio that is higher than the first S/P ratio, and a controller configured to performing dimming control of light output from the first and second light sources. The controller performs the dimming control separately on the first and second light sources at least under a snow covered condition.
US09084308B2
A method and means for creating a daylight harvesting controller with a self calibrating light sensor and an adaptive setpoint that maintains a user determined light level is disclosed herein. The system includes a light sensor for monitoring the ambient light level of a designated control zone and a means to receive and interpret light level adjustment commands created by a user or user surrogate. The system includes means to limit the setpoint to a maximum value, suspend daylighting activity when lights are being adjusted or are turned off, and to delay setpoint capture and the start or resumption of daylighting until an adjustment cycle is completed and the zone light sources have reached a nominally steady state.
US09084306B1
A dimming circuit for a light-emitting diode fixture includes a dimming switch, a signal transfer device, and a timer. The dimming switch can include a dimming switch and generate a current at a first voltage level, where the current corresponds to a dimmer setting of the dimmer switch. The signal transfer device can include an input communicably coupled to an output, where the input of the signal transfer device is electrically coupled to the dimming switch, and where the output of the signal transfer device generates a signal at a second voltage level based on the current received by the input. The timer can be electrically coupled to the output of the signal transfer device and to a LED driver, where the timer generates a pulse width modulation (PWM) signal based on the signal, and where the timer sends the PWM signal to the LED driver.
US09084297B2
Apparatus and method are provided for inductively heat treating a circular surface of annular workpieces where at least one inductor pair is used to perform a scan induction heat treatment of the circular surface. Controlled movement of the inductors and application of quenchant is provided particularly at the initial and final heat treatment locations on the circular surface to enhance metallurgical uniformity of the annular workpiece at these locations. In combination with controlled movement of the inductors, a simultaneous power-frequency control scheme can be applied to the inductors during the heat treatment process.
US09084295B2
An induction heating cooker includes a top plate adapted to have an object placed thereon, plural heating coils provided below a lower surface of the top plate, an inverter for supplying high-frequency power to the heating coils, a data memory, and a controller controlling the inverter. The data memory stores first and second heating coil patterns. Each of the first and second heating coil patterns defines one or more heatable regions and one or more non-heatable regions. The controller selects a heating coil pattern from the first and second coil patterns. The controller controls the inverter such that high-frequency power can be supplied to one or more first heating coils out of the plural heating coils located in the one or more heatable regions of the selected heating coil pattern. The controller controls the inverter such that high-frequency power cannot be supplied to one or more second heating coils out of the plural heating coils located in the one or more non-heatable regions of the selected heating coil pattern. This induction heating cooker can adjust at least one of the location, the size, and the number of the heatable regions for induction-heating objects in response to at least one of the location, the size, and the number of the objects to be heated, thereby heating the objects efficiently.
US09084294B2
A heating device includes: an alternating current (AC) power supply line configured to supply AC current from an AC power supply; a heat generation unit configured to generate heat in accordance with the AC current; an energization regulation unit configured to regulate energization time of the AC current to the heat generation unit; a switching unit configured to switch a connection state between the AC power supply and the heat generation unit; and a high-voltage protection unit, which is connected between the AC power supply line at a rear stage of the switching unit, and which is configured to protect the energization regulation unit against an abnormal input high voltage.
US09084293B2
A heating device for tempering preforms before processing in a stretch blow device. The heating device includes a heating alley with a plurality of infra red emitters, arranged parallel to the longitudinal axis of the tempered preforms. At least one back reflector and/or one filter is assigned to the infra red emitters, whereby the at least one back reflector and/or the at least one filter is segmented.
US09084290B2
A dual-mode router for conveying process communication packets across a plurality of distinct wireless process communication networks is provided. The router includes wireless communication circuitry and a controller coupled to the wireless communication circuitry. The wireless communication circuitry is configured to interact with signals from each of the plurality of distinct wireless process communication networks. The controller is configured to adapt process communication packets from a first distinct wireless process communication network for transmission over a second distinct wireless process communication network. Methods for configuring the distinct wireless process communication networks and relaying process packets over the distinct wireless process communication networks are also provided.
US09084280B2
A user equipment (UE) and a method of using the UE are provided for fulfilling a network's intent to increase or decrease the serving grant for the UE in spite of a deadlock condition that may otherwise prevent fulfillment of the network's intent. That is, upon determining the network's intent, the UE may alter its serving grant according the intent by altering the number of packets for transmission in a TTI.
US09084279B1
A method and apparatus to help mitigate interference from an adjacent coverage area. A user equipment device (UE) determines a time division duplex (TDD) frame arrangement of a neighboring base station and reports the determined TDD frame arrangement to a serving base station. The serving base station uses the reported TDD frame arrangement of the neighboring base station as a basis to avoid scheduling downlink transmission of bearer traffic to the UE at times when the TDD frame arrangement of the neighboring base station defines uplink transmission.
US09084267B2
A method includes reserving, at a wireless local area network (WLAN) controller, a first reserved communication channel from a plurality of communication channels available for use in a wireless network. The first reserved communication channel is withheld from a dynamic channel allocation process. The method includes receiving, at the WLAN controller, a request from a first device for access to the wireless network. The method further includes allocating the first reserved communication channel to the first device in response to a determination that the first device is included in a list of registered devices.
US09084265B2
Embodiments herein disclose a method in a radio base station (12) for allocating a radio resource to be used for communication in a radio communications network, which radio base station (12) serves a first cell (13) of a first radio access technology and a second cell (15) of a second radio access technology. The first cell (13) and second cell (15) are comprised in the radio communications network, and which radio base station (12) controls a radio resource that supports communication over a frequency band The method comprises determining (1010) a load in at least one of the first cell (13) and second cell (15), and allocating (1020) the radio resource supporting communication over the frequency band to the first radio access technology of the first cell (13) or the second radio access technology of the second cell (15) based on the determined load.
US09084263B2
The present invention discloses a network connection method and system. The method includes: grouping a plurality of terminals, allocating group identities, and establishing a mapping relationship between the group identities and terminal identities; establishing a group-based signaling radio bearer and a group-based data radio bearer for each group; allocating, when a terminal in each group access a network, the terminal the group-based signaling radio bearer and group-based data radio bearer corresponding to the group to which the terminal belongs according to a mapping relationship between a group identities and a terminal identity, so that the terminals initiate network access by using the group-based signaling radio bearer and the group-based data radio bearer. The signaling overhead of establishing signaling connection and data bearer may be reduced though the technical solution of the present invention.
US09084257B2
Methods and systems for allocating resources in a wireless network are described. In one implementation, a wireless network is utilized by at least a first radio and a second radio. The wireless network includes at least a first channel and a second channel. The first channel is partitioned into control slots and data slots and the second channel is partitioned into at least data slots. The method includes transmitting, using the first radio, in a first control slot of the first channel, a first control signal comprising information for data slot negotiation. The method additionally includes concurrently transmitting or receiving, using the first radio, at least one of a first data signal or a second control signal on the second channel.
US09084254B2
Disclosed in the invention are a method and a device for transmitting downlink control information (DCI). The method comprises: processing the downlink control information to generate downlink control information code words; scrambling and modulating the downlink control information code words in turn to generate a modulation symbol sequence; mapping the modulation symbol sequence to v data layers, wherein v is an integer which is more than or equal to 1; mapping modulation symbols on the v data layers to a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) antenna port; and mapping the modulation symbols on the DMRS antenna port to a physical antenna and sending to user equipment (UE). According to the method and the device of the invention, multi-layer data transmission can be supported, the transmission mode is more flexible, and transmission efficiency is higher.
US09084252B2
A method of wireless communication includes configuring a virtual cell identifier (ID) for a user equipment (UE). The method determines a first candidate for an enhanced physical downlink control channel (ePDCCH) for the UE. The method also determines a first virtual cell ID for the first candidate. Furthermore, the method scrambles the ePDCCH based on the first virtual cell ID and transmits, to the UE, the scrambled ePDCCH using the first candidate.
US09084251B2
A network element for controlling a usage of at least one resource is described. The network element comprises: a transmitter for transmitting a signal identifying at least one uplink resource to at least one wireless communication unit; a signal processor operably coupled to the transmitter for generating the signal; and a receiver for receiving a transmission from the at least one wireless communication unit on the identified at least one uplink resource. The signal processor is arranged to allocate the uplink resource for the at least one wireless communication unit in a first portion of a first sub-frame on a first frequency and a first portion of a second sub-frame on a second frequency wherein a time gap is allocated between an end of the first portion of the first sub-frame and a beginning of the first portion of a second sub-frame.
US09084249B2
Provided is a communication method of a terminal in a multi-carrier system using a plurality of component carriers. The method includes: receiving a reconfiguration message indicating whether downlink control information (DCI) includes a carrier indication field (CIF); receiving a plurality of DCIs indicating a resource used to transmit a reconfiguration complete message in response to the reconfiguration message; and transmitting the reconfiguration complete message on the basis of resource allocation information included in DCI which is successfully decoded among the plurality of DCIs, wherein the plurality of DCIs include first DCI used before the CIF of the DCI is reconfigured by the reconfiguration message and second DCI used after the CIF of the DCI is reconfigured by the reconfiguration message.
US09084246B2
The present invention relates to a method for allocating a resource which enables a relay node to transmit uplink control information to a base station in a wireless communication system. Specifically, the method for allocating the resource include the steps of: generating a control information sequence for a backhaul downlink sub-frame between a relay node and a base station; setting symbols for mapping the control information sequence when a plurality of symbols are punctured at a front end or a rear end of a backhaul uplink sub-frame between the relay node and the base station; and performing the time-first-mapping for the control information sequence with respect to resource elements corresponding to the set symbols in a descending order of sub-carrier indexes.
US09084238B2
A method is provided for operating an eNB in a wireless communication network. The method comprises allocating, by the eNB, one or more resource units within one or more physical resource block pairs to a user equipment for transmitting enhanced control information.
US09084235B2
Devices and methods are provided for determining the proximity of client nodes within a wireless-enabled communication environment. A first client node comprises a database containing identification data associated with a plurality of wireless network access nodes and fingerprint data associated with the client node and a plurality of second client nodes. As the fingerprint information is updated, it is processed by the first client node to identify second client nodes that have matching, or similar, fingerprint information. Those that do are determined to be within a viable device-to-device (D2D) communication range.
US09084233B2
An IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) architecture for IP multimedia services is provided with a given user equipment (UE); a gateway support node (GGSN) configured to handle packet transmission to/from the given UE; and a proxy call session control function (P-CSCF) configured to serve as a first contact point of the UE and provide session management services, including establishing a packet data protocol (PDP) context for IMS related signaling, registration, and other procedures for IMS sessions. The P-CSCF is also configured to perform the following: storing identification information from the given UE during registration in memory; receiving a SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) message from the given UE; comparing identity in the SIP message with the identification information stored with a link to a Policy Decision Function (PDF); and using the same PDF for all operations of the given UE, when the identity in the SIP messages matches the identification information stored in memory.
US09084229B2
A method for reducing inter-cell interference and a method for transmitting a signal by a collaborative MIMO scheme, in a communication system having a multi-cell environment are disclosed. An example of a method for transmitting, by a mobile station, precoding information in a collaborative MIMO communication system includes determining a precoding matrix set including precoding matrices of one more base stations including a serving base station, based on signal strength of the serving base station, and transmitting information about the precoding matrix set to the serving base station. A mobile station in an edge of a cell performs a collaborative MIMO mode or inter-cell interference mitigation mode using the information about the precoding matrix set collaboratively with neighboring base stations.
US09084228B2
An automobile communication device receives a message from a peripheral device installed in an automobile. The message triggers a request to be transmitted to a server. The automobile communication device transmits the request over a primary cell group. The automobile communication device receives over the primary cell group a control message configuring a secondary cell group. The automobile communication device receives a plurality of packets over the primary cell group and the secondary cell group. The automobile communication device forwards the plurality of packets to the peripheral device.
US09084226B2
A femto access point (FAP) for use in a network system and a communication method for the femto access point are provided. A mobile station is wirelessly connected to the FAP. The FAP comprises a storage unit, a sniffer unit, and a process unit. The sniffer unit sniffs a packet of the mobile station. The process unit retrieves an identity (ID) code of the mobile station from the packet and stores the ID code into the storage unit. The process unit further establishes an uplink local area network (LAN) service flow and a downlink LAN service flow of the mobile station. The uplink LAN service flow and the downlink LAN service flow established by the FAP and the mobile station are used to transfer packets within the LAN.
US09084222B2
The present invention provides a connection establishment method and a user equipment. The connection establishment method includes: acquiring, by a second user equipment supporting a device to device (D2D) function, first user equipment information of a first user equipment supporting the D2D function; and initiating, by the second user equipment, a connection establishment process with a network-side device after the second user equipment determines that a connection with the first user equipment is established according to the first user equipment information, and sending the first user equipment information to the network-side device in the connection establishment process, so that a connection is established between the network-side device and the first user equipment. The present invention can realize establishment of a DPS bearer between the user equipments supporting the D2D function, realize communication between the user equipments supporting the D2D function and further realize resource controllability of a network.
US09084218B2
Methods and systems for a user to receive location-based services for user selected locations while maintaining the privacy of his/her location unless in the vicinity of a user selected location. A user designates selected locations to the LBS provider. The LBS provider digitally signs grid cell identifiers of approved locations and the signatures are stored in the user's mobile device. The mobile device determines the grid cell identifier of its current location, blinds the grid cell identifier, and sends the blinded grid cell identifier to the LBS provider. The LBS provider digitally signs the blinded grid cell identifier, and returns the signature to the mobile device. The mobile device removes the blinding from the blinded signature to obtain the digital signature for the grid cell identifier. The user's mobile device then compares the signature of the grid cell identifier with those stored in its memory to determine whether the user is near any approved locations.
US09084217B2
Single-site localization of wireless emitters in a rich multipath environment is presented. The localization method is based on exploiting the spatio-temporal characteristics of the multipath signals, referred to as the multipath fingerprint, as captured by the base station antenna array. The method is applicable to all modern communication techniques such as WiFi and LTE and to any rich multipath environment in indoors and outdoors.
US09084216B2
A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided in which the method of wireless communication includes identifying a reference cell; selecting a plurality of candidate cells based on a criteria; determining a characteristic for the reference cell and the plurality of candidate cells; and setting a position based on the determined characteristic.
US09084211B2
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for coverage matching in heterogeneous wireless communication networks are provided. The base station may adjust its receiver sensitivity to match the uplink and downlink coverage. In some implementations, the base station may transmit parameters reflecting its receiver sensitivity capability to a control entity. The control entity determines the required receiver sensitivity for the base station and transmits the receiver sensitivity adjustment information to the base station. The base station may adjust its receiver sensitivity based on the receiver sensitivity adjustment information. In some implementations, the base station may exchange its receiver sensitivity information with other base stations and adjust its receiver sensitivity based on information received from other base stations. The base station or control entity may also inform the user equipment (UE) about the base station receiver sensitivity such that the UE may adjust their transmission powers based on the base station's receiver sensitivity.
US09084209B2
Methods, systems, devices, and computer program products are disclosed which facilitate the transmission and reception of power headroom reports for component carriers in a multi carrier wireless communication system. A mobile device may determine available power headroom in a multicarrier configuration through a calculation of a maximum transmit power associated with a first component carrier (CC) in a subset of the CCs. The calculation can account for increases in transmit power of other component carriers in the subset by proportionally increasing transmit powers for each of the subset of CCs. A power headroom may be identified for one or more of the CCs based on a result of the calculation, and a power headroom report (PHR) may be generated that includes the power headroom available for the first CC.
US09084197B2
A telemetry system coupled to a vehicle can communicate with a remote site using the overhead control channels of a wireless network, such as a cellular mobile radiotelephone network. The telemetry system can monitor or control aspects of the vehicle's operations based on remote user input. The telemetry system can receive a command from a data processing center and, based on the command, perform an action at the vehicle such that a user can remotely interact with the vehicle.
US09084196B2
An apparatus and method minimize power consumption in a portable terminal which enters a low-power mode during connection with an access point (AP). The apparatus includes a memory for storing a Wi-Fi profile including position information of APs, a wireless LAN module for performing connection with the AP, an AP connection unit for performing connection with the AP using the wireless LAN module only when an AP exists around the portable terminal, a position determining unit for determining APs which exist around the portable terminal, and a controller. The controller is configured to determine a position of the portable terminal, determine a position of an AP which exists around the portable terminal, and operate the wireless LAN module at only a position where the AP exists.
US09084195B2
At least one of transmissions and receptions over allocated radio resources within a first timing advance group are synchronized using a first timer; and similar for allocated radio resources within a second timing advance group that are synchronized using a second timer. In response to determining that the first timer remains synchronized while the second timer is not synchronized with a radio network which has allocated the respective radio resources, a first procedure is followed for the case in which there is a primary component carrier within the second timing advance group and a different second procedure for the case in which there is no primary component carrier within the second timing advance group. In an exemplary embodiment, a message is sent to the radio network indicating that the second timer has expired. Various distinctions between the two procedures, and how the message is sent, are detailed for different embodiments.
US09084194B2
A method of improving frequency accuracy of a clock unit adapted to clock a femtocell local cellular communication home base station is provided. The method comprising: providing a local cellular communication home base station having an oscillator adapted to operate as a clock therein, wherein at least one cellular communication device is camped thereto, and wherein the at least one camped cellular communication device is further in communication with at least one neighboring cellular communication base station which is associated with an oscillator adapted to operate as a clock therein; periodically applying a derivative operator over periodically obtained local communication parameters and periodically obtained neighboring communication parameters thereby generating derivative communication parameters over time; and correcting the accuracy of the frequency of the clock in the femtocell local cellular communication home base station using the derivative communication parameters over time.
US09084193B2
A base station device of the present invention includes a downlink signal reception unit 12 that receives a downlink signal from another base station device, and a synchronization processing unit 5b that obtains a known signal contained in the downlink signal from the another base station device and that performs inter-base-station synchronization with the another base station device based on the known signal. The synchronization processing unit 5b performs inter-base-station synchronization such that the transmission timing of the known signal in its own downlink signal is different from the transmission timing of the known signal in the downlink signal of the another base station device.
US09084192B2
A synchronization device has a normal-signal generator, a reference-signal generator, and a phase difference detector. The normal-signal generator generates a normal signal whose timing is synchronized with a time signal from a satellite. The reference-signal generator generates a reference signal whose timing is synchronized with a received signal. The phase difference detector detects the phase difference between the reference signal and the normal signal. The normal-signal generator then controls the normal signal on the basis of the phase difference when the time signal cannot be obtained.
US09084191B2
Techniques for determining timing information for cells are disclosed. A user equipment (UE) may communicate with a serving cell and may need to make measurements of other cells, e.g., to support positioning of the UE. Each cell may transmit reference signals based on its timing. Different cells may operate asynchronously or with unknown timing. The UE may send a request for measurement gaps to the serving cell and may include timing information in the request. The timing information may (directly or indirectly) convey relative timing between the serving cell and a reference cell. The serving cell may determine measurement gaps at the proper time for other cells based on the timing information from the UE and may avoid scheduling the UE for data transmission during the measurement gaps. The UE may make measurements of other cells during the measurement gaps, without losing any data from the serving cell.
US09084188B2
A carrier aggregation wireless network system and a base station (BS), a wireless communication device, and a synchronization method thereof are disclosed. The wireless communication device receives a wireless signal from the BS. The wireless signal includes a primary cell (pcell) and a secondary cell (scell). A subframe of the scell includes a first OFDM symbol and a second OFDM symbol. The first OFDM symbol includes an extended primary synchronization signal (PSS). The second OFDM symbol includes a PSS. The scell includes a secondary synchronization signal (SSS). The wireless communication device acquires synchronization according to the extended PSS and/or the PSS. In addition, the wireless communication device may also acquire synchronization according to a cell ID, the PSS, and the SSS.
US09084187B2
A method is described of using a mapping between a session initiation protocol (SIP)-Uniform Resource Identifier (URI), local IP address and a global IP address to identify a mobile host attached to a first subnet of a plurality of subnets included in a network domain, receiving a new local IP address of the mobile host upon the mobile host attaching to a second subnet of the plurality of subnets, replacing the local IP address with the new local IP address in the mapping, reformatting routing information of a SIP packet by replacing the global IP address in the routing information with the new local IP address, and communicating the reformatted packet to the mobile host. A proxy server and apparatus for use in this method are also disclosed.
US09084184B2
In a wireless communication system, a user equipment (UE) may be capable of communication on multiple radio access networks. A UE may be in simultaneous communication with one radio access network, such as TD-SCDMA for circuit-switched voice calls and with another radio access network, such as TDD-LTE for packet-switched data communications. When the TDD-LTE network is idle, the UE may evaluate signal strength of the respective network for potential cell reselection. The UE may measure only a serving TD-SCDMA cell for purposes of switching packet-switched service to the TD-SCDMA network, thereby avoiding a situation where the UE attempts to connect to a different TD-SCDMA cell for purposes of packet-switched communications than the cell presently affiliated with the UE for circuit-switched communications.
US09084175B2
Access to a telecommunications network can be controlled according to a policy defined for a plurality of user equipment devices associated with the same user. When two user equipment devices are allowed to operate in parallel under the same subscription, the policy may define a distance between the user equipment devices. When the actual distance between the user equipment devices conforms with the distance defined in the policy, one or more network nodes serving one of the user equipment devices can be assigned to replace a network node serving the other user equipment device to prevent abuse of the end user's subscription or to optimize performance, so as to consolidate service.
US09084174B2
A radio communication system wherein a radio terminal (200A) and a relay node (300A) are connected to a radio base station (100A), and at least one of the radio terminal (200A) and relay node (300A) can move. The radio base station (100A) controls a handover that is an operation of the radio terminal (200A) to change the connection destination thereof. The radio base station (100A) controls the handover from the radio base station (100A) to the relay node (300A) on the basis of whether a predetermined condition, which indicates that the change in relative distance between the radio terminal (200A) and the relay node (300A) is kept null or small, is satisfied or not.
US09084171B2
Methods and apparatus that facilitate predictive hard and soft handover are presented herein. A measurement component can measure signal strength data associated with a source cell and one or more target cells. One or more linear regression lines can be computed based on the signal strength data. Rates of at least one of an increase or a decrease in the signal strength data per unit of time can be determined based on a slope of the one or more linear regression lines—the slope can comprise a change in signal strength data per unit of time. A time to trigger at least one of a hard or soft handover can be triggered based on the rates.
US09084169B2
Intelligent radio access control selecting a first cell device of a first cell layer or a second cell device of a second cell layer or selecting a radio access technology for communication by a mobile device are provided. A device receives information indicative of an access assignment for communication. The access assignment is generated based on a defined criterion, which is associated with a policy of determining a cell layer assignment prior to determining a radio access technology (RAT) assignment. In response to receiving the information, the device can update its configuration to transmit via a transmission parameter based on the information. The cell layer assignment can offload traffic from the first cell device to the second cell device while the RAT assignment can re-assign the device from a first RAT to a second RAT. Assignment can be based on network conditions or mobility state or applications of the device.
US09084162B2
A method and mechanism to use a serving evolved Node B, eNB, to force a User Equipment, UE, (being served by that eNB) into Discontinuous Reception, DRX, mode despite pending data transactions at the UE. This results in timely reading of Extended Cell Global Identity, ECGI, of neighboring cell(s), thereby facilitating entry of a target cell into the serving cell's neighbor list via Automatic Neighbor Relation, ANR, and subsequent handover (if needed) to that target cell. The serving eNB may instruct its scheduler to not allocate any Resource Blocks, RBs, to the UE (especially when the UE has high volume of pending data transactions and/or when the UE is in motion and its retransmission rate is beyond a specific threshold) such that the UE automatically goes into the DRX mode. The duration of the DRX cycle also may be optionally extended until ECGI measurements from the UE are received.
US09084158B2
A supplementary service implementation method, a Long Term Evolution (LTE) network system and a mobile terminal are provided. The method may include: receiving an Uplink NAS Transport message from a mobile terminal; analyzing the Uplink NAS Transport message; and performing a supplementary service if an SS message is determined to be contained in the Uplink NAS Transport message based on a NAS message container of the Uplink NAS Transport message. The method in the present disclosure can solve problems that an LTE terminal can not directly provide CISS when it is in an LTE network, or it has to fall back to a circuit-switched 3G/2G network so as to support CISS. Therefore, the method can reduce overheads introduced by network switching, and improve performances of LTE networks and LTE mobile terminals.
US09084148B2
A mobile station apparatus provided in a mobile communication system that includes a base station apparatus and the mobile station apparatus, where the mobile station apparatus is configured to perform communications with the base station apparatus by using a plurality of frequencies together and the plurality of frequencies being configured by the base station apparatus. The mobile station apparatus includes a first circuitry configured or programmed to notify the base station apparatus of a mobile station apparatus capability indicating measurement ability for first measurement or second measurement on the communication, where the first measurement using a measurement gap and the second measurement not using a measurement gap. The mobile station apparatus also includes a second circuitry configured or programmed to perform the first measurement or the second measurement, based on information for the measurement gap, reception quality of one of the frequencies and the measurement ability.
US09084145B2
A location information notifier (107) adds on usage channel information representing the communication channels that the onboard unit is using, to a location information notifying packet to be transmitted to notify the location of the onboard unit and transmits the location information notifying packet to another onboard unit that can communicate with the subject onboard unit. When the communication channels represented by the usage channel information included in the location information notifying packet transmitted from the other onboard unit are the same as the previously set two communication channels, a transmission processor (106) transmits a multi-hop packet transmitted and received by multi-hop communication, to the onboard unit.
US09084140B2
An IP address pool monitor is communicatively coupled to a communication link carrying packets between a mobile wireless communication network and a wide area network. The pool monitor receives requests transmitted by mobile devices over the communication link to the wide area network, and stores a record for each request. The pool monitor also receives responses transmitted back to the mobile devices responsive to each request. Each mobile device is assigned an IP address from one of a plurality of IP address pools. Upon receiving a response, the pool monitor identifies the IP address pool that includes the IP address of the mobile device associated with the request responsive to which the response was transmitted. The pool monitor then calculates a performance statistic for the identified IP address pool based on the stored record of the request and the received response.
US09084131B2
The present invention discloses a data cut-over method and apparatus, wherein the method includes: obtaining a model mapping relationship between a source Operation Maintenance Module (OMM) and a target OMM of different system versions (S101); obtaining a base station which is designated by a user to be cut over to the target OMM and data associated with the base station that needs to be modified during the data cut-over designated by the user, and generating a data cut-over plan file (S102); exporting a source OMM data file from the source OMM (S103); exporting a target OMM data file from the target OMM (S104); generating an interface data file according to the model mapping relationship, the source OMM data file, the target OMM data file and the data cut-over plan file (S105); and importing, the interface data file into the target OMM (S106). The present invention improves the cut-over efficiency and accuracy and reduces the cut-over workload.
US09084127B2
The present invention provides a method for measuring a location. The method comprises: receiving, by a User Equipment (UE) and from a serving cell, information on a bandwidth allocated for a positioning reference signal (PRS); receiving, by the User Equipment (UE) and from at least one or more neighbor cells, information on a bandwidth allocated for a PRS; determining whether there is a difference between the bandwidths; and measuring, by the UE and based on a result of the determination a timing difference between PRSs transmitted from the serving cell and the at least one or more neighbor cells.
US09084126B2
Methods and apparatuses are presented for determining a location of a mobile station. In some embodiments, a mobile station may acquire at least one attribute of a reference base station to obtain the identity of the reference base station. A first and a second locally unique attribute of a local base station may then be acquired. The mobile station may then compute a distance metric from the mobile station to the reference base station based on the at least one attribute, and the first and second locally unique attributes. The location of the mobile station may be determined based at least in part on the distance metric. In some embodiments, the distance metric may include a number of how many base stations away (i.e. “hops” or number of handovers) the mobile station is from the reference base station.
US09084124B2
A wireless electronic device may contain at least one adjustable antenna tuning element for use in tuning the operating frequency range of the device. The antenna tuning element may include radio-frequency switches, continuously/semi-continuously adjustable components such as tunable resistors, inductors, and capacitors, and other load circuits that provide desired impedance characteristics. A test system that is used for performing passive radio-frequency (RF) testing on antenna tuning elements in partially assembled devices is provided. The test system may include an RF tester and a test host. The tester may be used to gather scattering parameter measurements from the antenna tuning element. The test host may be used to ensure that power and appropriate control signals are being supplied to the antenna tuning element so that the antenna tuning element is placed in desired tuning states during testing.
US09084120B2
Systems and methods for co-locating a plurality of transceivers capable of operating on the same frequency without interference are provided. The transmissions and/or receptions of the transceivers are coordinated in the time domain such that conflicting sectors are not utilized simultaneously, allowing for the transceivers to be physically located in close proximity without significant intra-system interference. The coordinating programs described herein allow for enhanced efficiency of spectral utilization as well as enhanced quality of service (QoS) through latency controls, rate control and traffic prioritization.
US09084117B2
In a cellular communication network, a method of dynamic mobility management in which a base station employing cell-breathing or other similar energy-efficiency mechanism notifies User Equipments (UEs) in its cell, either via broadcasting or with direct over-the-air signaling, that such a mechanism is utilized within the cell. The base station may also notify neighbor base stations of its use of cell-breathing. The neighbor base stations disseminate this information to UEs within their own cells, and consider this information when deciding whether to hand over a UE to a base station that is capable of performing cell-breathing. The base station may also inform UEs in the cell and/or neighbor base stations when it is preparing to reduce transmission power. UEs store information regarding which base stations use cell-breathing, and consider this information when performing cell reselections.
US09084115B2
A system and method for data verification using a smart phone which verifies data and biometric identity information using only locally stored biometric information. The system and method for data verification using a smart phone generally includes a mobile device, a central validating server, and an activation client. The validating server and activation client are utilized upon initial activation of the mobile device to verify data information (i.e. name, date of birth, social security number, etc.) and/or biometric data regarding an individual and then flag the mobile device as activated and verified. The biometric data is not stored in any location other than the memory of the mobile device. The activated and verified mobile device may then be utilized in combination with a wide range of verification clients to easily verify data information and/or biometric data of an individual.
US09084110B2
Disclosed is a method for transitioning an enhanced security context from a UTRAN/GERAN-based serving network to an E-UTRAN-based serving network. In the method, the remote station the remote station generates first and second session keys, in accordance with the enhanced security context, using a first enhanced security context root key associated with a UTRAN/GERAN-based serving network and a first information element. The remote station receives a first message from the E-UTRAN-based serving network. The first message signals to the remote station to generate a second enhanced security context root key for use with the E-UTRAN-based serving network. The remote station generates, in response to the first message, the second enhanced security context root key from the first enhanced security context root key using the s first and second session keys as inputs. The remote station protects wireless communications, on the E-UTRAN-based serving network, based on the second enhanced security context root key.
US09084107B2
A system and method provides seamless switchover of a user device (UE) between a mobile data network and a wireless network while providing policy and charging control (PCC) of the data session in the mobile data network. A mobile core network component is made ASF aware to process user data traffic related to an auto switching function (ASF) server from a UE client located on the UE using a special access point name (APN). The mobile core network component then uses a dedicated deep packet inspection (ASF DPI) for all data transfers to the special APN. The core network component is then able to process the UE data traffic seamlessly as the traffic is toggled between the ASF tunnel the WiFi tunnel. By monitoring the data traffic on the ASF tunnel, the core component (GGSN/PGW) is able to provide PCC for the data session.
US09084098B2
A cell phone is used to sense information, such as digital watermark data or RF ID data, from a physical object (e.g., a product package). Thereafter, a user of the cell phone engages in a transaction (e.g., downloading content from the internet). Normally, a charge may be assessed for this transaction. However, the user is spared this charge by reason of said earlier sensing of information from the physical object. A great number of other features and arrangements are also detailed.
US09084094B2
The present disclosure discloses a method for group-transmitting multimedia messages. The method comprises the following steps: setting addresses of reception parties at a transmission terminal; after a multimedia message is edited by a user, the transmission terminal establishing a connection via Wireless Fidelity (WIFI) with reception terminals according to the addresses of the reception parties, and transmitting the multimedia message to the reception terminals via the established connection according to the addresses of the reception parties. The present disclosure further discloses a device for group-transmitting multimedia messages. The method and the device of the present disclosure realize the group-transmission of multimedia messages without limiting the size of the multimedia messages, thus profiting the development and popularization of the multimedia message service.
US09084093B2
A method and apparatus are described for controlling the application of Selected Internet Protocol (IP) traffic offload (SIPTO) or Local IP Access (LIPA) services for a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU). The SIPTO and LIPA services may be performed over packet data network (PDN) connections. A user of the WTRU may be prompted to accept or reject the usage of the SIPTO or LIPA services. The user of the WTRU may request switching from SIPTO or LIPA services to non-SIPTO or non-LIPA services.
US09084090B1
One aspect of the disclosure provides a control device that is located inside the passenger compartment of a vehicle. The control device may include a portable computing device configured to execute software that effectively enables passengers to use a touch screen (or another input device) to perform control actions for the vehicle that would otherwise take a flip of a switch, turning of a knob, or pressing of a pedal. For example, the portable computing device may be used to steer the vehicle or apply the brakes of the vehicle. The capabilities of the portable computing device are subject to location-specific permissions. The portable computing device, for example, may be allowed to steer the vehicle only when it is located in the area of the vehicle's driver seat.
US09084081B2
Embodiments of a mobile device and methods automatically connecting to a Wi-Fi Hotspot 2.0 are generally described herein. In some embodiments, subscription information for one or more service providers (SP) that operate Wi-Fi networks is stored in a subscription data object of the mobile device. The subscription information includes home service provider information, policy information and pre-provisioned credentials. The mobile device may be configured to determine, without user interaction, if the subscription information is applicable to an available Wi-Fi network and perform without user interaction, an extensible authentication protocol (EAP) based authentication using the pre-provisioned credentials with the available Wi-Fi network to establish a Wi-Fi connection with the available Wi-Fi network. This automatic connectivity may allow a mobile device to roam across Wi-Fi hotspots of Wi-Fi networks and offload traffic to Wi-Fi networks.
US09084080B2
A wireless telecommunication system that automatically enforces a quiet mode of operation for a wireless handset comprises a cellular telecommunication network, and a wireless handset configured to transmit voice and data information to, and configured to receive voice and data information from the cellular telecommunication network. The wireless handset comprises a quiet mode controller configured to disable the wireless handset from issuing the audible notification when the wireless handset is in a designated quiet zone location.
US09084078B2
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for utilizing close proximity wireless communication (CPWC) technology for a secure out-of-band (OOB) transfer of communication information between two or more devices at close range. The communication information may be used to establish a secure communication channel over a greater distance than possible using CPWC technologies. A host device may include a processing unit in communication with a communication module and a CPWC module. An edge device may include a processing unit in communication with a communication module and a CPWC tag. The CPWC tag may receive communication information from the CPWC module of the host device. In other embodiments, the edge device may receive communication information from an intermediary transfer device. The edge device may then use the communication information to facilitate secure communication via the communication module of the edge device and the communication module of the host device.
US09084072B2
Techniques for using software application-related metadata in near field communication transmissions
A computer-implemented method includes determining, at a first mobile device associated with a first user, whether a second mobile device is within range for near field communication (NFC). When in range, the method includes receiving, at the first mobile device, first data and second data from the second mobile device via an NFC transmission, the first data being based on input from a second user associated with the second mobile device, the second data being metadata indicating a software application configured to process the first data. When the first mobile device does not have the software application indicated by the second data, the method includes retrieving, at the first mobile device, the software application via a network. The method also includes providing, at the first mobile device, the first data to the first user via the software application.
US09084062B2
A conversation detection apparatus uses a head-mounted microphone array to accurately determine whether a speaker in front is a conversing person or not. A conversation detection apparatus (100) includes a self-speech detection section (102) that detects a speech of a wearer of a microphone array (101), a front speech detection section (103) that detects a speech of a speaker in front of the microphone array wearer as a speech in front direction, a side speech detection section (104) that detects a speech of a speaker residing at at least one of right and left of the wearer as a side speech, a side direction conversation establishment degree deriving section (105) that calculates a conversation establishment degree between the speech of the wearer and the side speech, based on detection results of the speech of the wearer and the side speech, a front direction conversation detection section (106) that determines presence/absence of conversation in front direction based on a detection result of the front speech and a calculation result of the side direction conversation establishment degree, and an output sound control section (107) that controls directivity of speech heard by the hearing aid wearer, based on the determined presence/absence of conversation in front direction.
US09084039B2
A method for controlling an anti-sound system includes measuring sound within an exhaust system of a vehicle, calculating a control signal based on the measured sound, calculating a thermal load to be expected of the at least one loudspeaker of the anti-sound system during operation with a control signal based on a mathematical model of a thermal behavior of the loudspeaker and/or a mechanical load to be expected of the at least one loudspeaker of the anti-sound system based on a mathematical model of a mechanical behavior the loudspeaker, comparing the calculated thermal and/or mechanical load with a specified maximum load, operating the loudspeaker with the control signal, if the calculated thermal and/or mechanical load is smaller than or equal to the maximum load, and changing the spectrum of the control signal, in order to receive a corrected control signal, if the calculated load is greater than the maximum load.
US09084030B1
A unified control (UC) interface is configured for use with a portable computing device in part to manage and control access and personalization of a service network including managing automatic user and device access to subscribed to services. The UC interface of an embodiment can be used to display an overview of a service network, including authorized users, authorized devices, and/or associated settings. The UC interface of one embodiment can be used with a portable computing device in part to enable an authorized user to manage access and/or programming personalization on a per user and/or device basis.
US09084001B2
A method or apparatus that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a method for retrieving a plurality of sensory information from an environment of a device. A digital representation of the environment of the device is identified corresponding to the plurality of sensory information from the environment of the device. A media presentation element of the device associated with media content of the device is identified. A user interface of the media presentation element is adapted to modify a presentation of the media content by the media presentation element of the device according to the digital representation of the environment of the device. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US09084000B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for receiving a request to display, on an first communications device, media content, where the request comprises a first logical address for accessing the media content at a first storage location, transmitting to a second communications device, a second logical address for accessing a copy of the media content at a second storage location, where the second logical address differs from the first logical address, and where the second storage location differs from the first storage location. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US09083997B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for recording and publishing content on social networking websites and other websites include providing an imbedded link on a social networking webpage to media recorder software stored on an external server system, invoking the media recorder software within a displayed instance of the social networking webpage through an application programming interface for the social networking webpage, receiving a video stream defining video captured using the media recorder software at the external video management server system, generating and storing a video file using the received video stream at the external server system, selecting the stored video file for distribution via one or more communication networks, and providing the stored video file for display within displayed instances of webpages hosted on external web server systems.
US09083994B2
A method and system for resynchronizing an embedded multimedia system using bytes consumed in an audio decoder. The bytes consumed provides a mechanism to compensate for bit error handling and correction in a system that does not require re-transmission. The audio decoder keeps track of the bytes consumed and periodically reports the bytes consumed. A host microprocessor indexes the actual bytes consumed since bit errors may have been handled or corrected to a predetermined byte count to determine whether resynchronization is necessary.
US09083990B2
Method of managing video snapshot of receiving bitstreams of a video and bitstream parameters of the received bitstreams from a server through a network channel. The electronic device is connected to the server. The server encodes the video into an encoded file using an encoder of the server. The encoded file comprises a plurality of bitstreams. The plurality of bitstreams in the encoded file comprising a plurality of enhancement layers. According to a selection of a user of the electronic device, a snapshot grade is determined. According to the received bitstreams and the determined snapshot grade, additional enhancement layers which are not comprised in the received bitstreams are acquired from the encoded file in the server through the network channel. Based on the acquired additional enhancement layers, a video snapshot is generated.
US09083988B1
A system, computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program, and a computer-implemented method for identifying viewers of a television set is presented. An audio signal received by a microphone of the television metering device is monitored, the audio signal corresponding to audio of a television program presented on the television set and at least one audio tone generated by at least one audio transmitter of at least one viewer of the television set. The audio signal is analyzed to determine an identifier for the television program being presented on the television set and to identify an audio tone generated by an audio transmitter of a viewer. An identifier of the viewer associated with the audio tone is determined. An identifier for television metering device, the identifier for the television program, and the identifier of the viewer is transmitted to a server.
US09083986B2
For a portion of video data, a video processing device generates a plurality of compressed video bit streams comprising different bit rates, and selects one stream per portion of video data to transmit to a display device. The streams may be generated concurrently. Bit rates are determined based on operating conditions and link performance. The selections are determined dynamically in response to received information. The streams may be compressed utilizing different compression schemes, for example, DPCM and/or transform compression. The bit rates may be dynamically adjusted by adjusting compression scheme, compression parameters, frame size, frame rate, color space and/or chroma sampling. The portion of video data may comprise contiguous horizontal rows or portions of rows of pixels, a full frame and/or a scaled frame. Information is communicated to the display device for control of decompression operations. The display device receives, decompresses, reconstructs and displays the selected bit stream.
US09083974B2
New intra angular prediction modes and methods for decoding are offered for providing greater accuracy when processing predictions of digital video data blocks. One new method considers predicting a current prediction sample by taking the linear interpolation of two previously reconstructed reference samples that lay along a common angular line. Another new method offers a method for making previously unavailable samples from a neighboring block available as reference samples when predicting a current prediction sample. Another new method considers a new combined intra prediction mode that utilizes a local mean to predict a current prediction sample. And a new decoding method offers to rearrange the order in which video data blocks are predicted based on the intra prediction mode used for predicting the video data blocks.
US09083971B2
A statistical multiplexer (statmux) system for encoding and multiplexing multiple channels of digital television data is provided that limits dropped bits due to misalignment of bit rate allocations to the encoders. Without such a system, if for example an encoder is allotted 0 bits during a first time period and 20 kilobits during a second time period, if the encoder jumps ahead from the first period to the second time period allocation, the 20 kilobits could be output during the 0 bit output allocation time period. This can cause buffer overflow downstream if other encoders are outputting at their maximum rate. To limit such misalignment, a maximum percentage increase of an encoder's bitrate allocation is set from time period to time period based on a formula to prevent bits from being dropped when misalignment occurs.
US09083960B2
Embodiments disclosed facilitate resource utilization efficiencies in Mobile Stations (MS) during 3D reconstruction. In some embodiments, camera pose information for a first color image captured by a camera on an MS may be obtained and a determination may be made whether to extend or update a first 3-Dimensional (3D) model of an environment being modeled by the MS based, in part, on the first color image and associated camera pose information. The depth sensor, which provides depth information for images captured by the camera, may be disabled, when the first 3D model is not extended or updated.
US09083959B2
Systems, apparatus and methods are described related to real-time automatic conversion of 2-dimensional images or video to 3-dimensional stereo images or video.
US09083958B2
In general, techniques are described for transforming video data in accordance with a three dimensional (3D) input format. As one example, an apparatus, such as a mobile or portable device, that includes a transformation module, a parameter discovery module and at least one interface implements the techniques. The parameter discovery module determines an input format supported by a 3D display device. The parameter discover module then configures the transformation module to transform two-dimensional (2D) video data into 3D video data so as to generate the 3D video data in accordance with the determined input format. The at least one interface receives 2D video data. The transformation module transforms the 2D video data to 3D video data so that the 3D video data complies with the determined input format. In this manner, the apparatus implements the techniques to transform video data in accordance with a determined 3D input format.
US09083951B2
Various methods and systems are provided for adaptable video architectures. In one embodiment, a method for adapting video processing of a video device includes processing a video stream along a first pipeline pathway defined by a plurality of interconnected pipeline elements. In response to detecting a change in a system condition of the video device, the pipeline pathway is transitioned to a second pipeline pathway by reconfiguring at least one of the pipeline element interconnections. In another embodiment, a method includes obtaining a video stream. A first subset bitstream having a first resolution is processed in a video pipeline of a video device and video information is extracted from the video pipeline during the processing. At least a portion of the extracted video information is then to a video pipeline of the video device for processing a second subset bitstream having a second resolution higher than the first resolution.
US09083950B2
An information processing apparatus which sends image data subjected to line based wavelet transformation to another device is disclosed. The apparatus includes: a storing means for splitting the image data supplied in units of precincts that are the set of lines to be a unit of processing for the line based wavelet transformation for every frequency component, and storing a plurality of precincts of image data for every frequency component; a packetizing means for reading and packetizing the plurality of the precincts of image data stored by the storing means for each of the frequency components; and a sending means for sending the plurality of the precincts of image data packetized by the packetizing means for each of the frequency components to the another device.
US09083946B2
A system to test operation of an optical sensor is disclosed. The optical sensor includes one or more photosensitive devices configured to convert light to electrical signals. A test light source is included within the housing of the optical sensor. The test light source is periodically pulsed on to emit radiation at a sufficient intensity to saturate each of the photosensitive devices. Each of the photosensitive devices generates a signal corresponding to the intensity of light detected at that device. A logic circuit uses the signals corresponding to the intensity of light to identify whether each of the photosensitive devices is performing at an acceptable level.
US09083936B2
The electronic camera has an imaging device that images a subject with subject reflectance R (%) with a dynamic range wider than that at displaying or printing to acquire image data and a recording device that converts the image data acquired by the imaging device with a predetermined function and records the converted image data and the information on the function as digital values (digit). Therefore, a printed image with an automatically or manually corrected density can be obtained at the displaying or the printing.
US09083934B2
Methods and systems are disclosed that include receiving data at a proxy device specifying a first command to record media content at a first media recording device. In one embodiment, a second command is sent from the proxy device to the first media recording device to record the media content. In response to the second command, the first media recording device records the media content in a first file format. In one embodiment, a third command is sent from the proxy device to a second media recording device to record the media content. In response to the third command, the second media recording device records the media content in a second file format that is different than the first file format. In one embodiment, the second file format is compatible with a portable device.
US09083930B2
A high dynamic picture transmission system is provided. The transmission system includes a coding unit configured to generate a standard bitstream and at least a second bitstream. The standard bitstream coding the pictures such that the luminance of each pixel is coded with a standard dynamic, and the second bitstream contains the information necessary to reconstruct the luminance of high dynamic pictures from the coded luminance with the standard dynamic contained in the standard bitstream.
US09083927B2
There is provided a signal processing device including a signal generation unit that generates a control signal for controlling an imaging device connected via one cable, a signal superimposition unit that superimposes the control signal generated by the signal generation unit on a video signal received from the imaging device via the cable without an influence on display of a video corresponding to the video signal, and a transmission unit that transmits the signals superimposed by the signal superimposition unit to the imaging device via the cable.
US09083923B2
An image forming apparatus performs image formation of a target image with the use of a first color gamut as a standard color gamut for image formation. The image forming apparatus includes a storage section, a color conversion section, and an image forming section. The storage section stores a color expansion table indicating a second color gamut wider than the first color gamut. The color conversion section converts, when a color in the target image is present outside the first color gamut, a color value of the color in the target image to a color value of a coloring material used for image formation on the basis of the color expansion table. The image forming section performs image formation of the target image on the basis of the color value of the coloring material.
US09083912B2
A method, non-transitory computer readable medium, and apparatus for enabling parallel processing of pixels in an image are disclosed. For example, the method performs, via a multiple core processor, a one-dimensional error diffusion on the pixels in the image to reduce a number of bits per pixel to a value lower than an initial number of bits per pixel and greater than one, and performs a two-dimensional error diffusion on the pixels in the image that have undergone the one-dimensional error diffusion, to reduce the number of bits per pixel to one bit per pixel.
US09083909B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a device and method for correcting a document image and a scanner. Wherein the device includes: an extracting unit configured to extract boundaries in a first direction of the document image and extract lines in the first direction according to a content of the document image, a filtering unit configured to filter the extracted lines, a constructing unit configured to extend and adjust the filtered lines and construct a correcting mesh, and a correcting unit configured to perform correcting according to the correcting mesh. An accurate correcting model can be constructed by taking document boundaries and document contents into account in constructing the correcting model and constructing a correcting mesh after filtering, extending and adjusting the extracted lines, thereby effectively eliminating distortion in the document image.
US09083904B2
This is generally directed to systems and methods for providing shiftable column circuitry for a pixel array of an imaging system. Columns of a pixel array can be switchably coupled (e.g., through multiplexers) to their default column circuitry as well as coupled to one or more instances of a neighboring column's column circuitry. In response to an instance of default column circuitry being identified as defective, its corresponding column may “shift” and choose to couple to the neighboring column circuitry. Similarly, all following columns may also shift and couple to a neighboring column circuitry. In some embodiments, the defective column circuitry can be identified during wafer testing and identifying information (e.g., an address) of the defective column circuitry stored in memory. The identifying information may then be accessed from memory and, during an image signal readout phase, used to suitably shift the columns to avoid the defective column circuitry.
US09083902B2
Provided is a method of driving a solid-state imaging apparatus including discharging a signal charge from a photoelectric transducer, by turning on a transfer section and turning on a reset section, at a first timing, in a shutter operation for starting an accumulation of the signal charge for the photoelectric transducer while a selection section is turned off, boosting a floating diffusion section, by turning on the transfer section and turning off the reset section, at a second timing which follows the first timing and taking in an electric signal output to an output signal line by a peripheral circuit section, in a state in which the transfer section is turned on, and generating a pixel signal from the taken in signal.
US09083897B2
Systems and methods disclosed herein provide for infrared camera systems and methods for dual sensor applications. For example, in one embodiment, an enhanced vision system comprises an image capture component having a visible light sensor to capture visible light images and an infrared sensor to capture infrared images. The system comprises a first control component adapted to provide a plurality of selectable processing modes to a user, receive a user input corresponding to a user selected processing mode, and generate a control signal indicative of the user selected processing mode, wherein the plurality of selectable processing modes includes a visible light only mode, infrared only mode, and a combined visible-infrared mode. The system comprises a processing component adapted to receive the generated control signal from the control component, process the captured visible light images and the captured infrared images according to the user selected processing mode, and generate processed images based on the processing mode selected by the user. The system comprises a display component adapted to display the processed images based on the processing mode selected by the user.
US09083894B2
[Task] It is to provide a projection type display apparatus which enhances the contrast performance while minimizing a reduction in the brightness by blocking a light beam which would decrease the contrast through the use of diaphragms provided in both of an illumination optical system and a projection lens.[Solution] A light source portion 1 and 2, a first lens array 4, a second lens array 5, and a superposition lens 7 constitute an illumination optical system. An illumination diaphragm 8 located in the vicinity 7 of the second lens array becomes a diaphragm aperture in a rectangular shape when being narrowed, wherein a side of the diaphragm aperture in the rectangular shape and longer side directions of the lens cells of the second lens array 5 are perpendicular or parallel to each other. A liquid crystal display device 17 modulates incident light. A projection lens 19 enlarges and projects modulation light. A projection lens diaphragm 20 becomes a diaphragm aperture in a rhombus shape when being narrowed, wherein a diagonal line of the diaphragm aperture in the rhombus shape and directions of sides of lens cells in a pupil image of the second lens array 5 which is formed in a pupil position of the projection lens are perpendicular or parallel to each other.
US09083883B2
According to one embodiment, a camera module includes an image stabilization section and a superposing section. The image stabilization section adjusts a position of a correction lens such that a second image, which is obtained in succession to a first image, is moved by a movement less than a length of one pixel relative to the first image. The superposing section superposes the first image and one or more of the second images that are taken after the position of the correction lens has been adjusted by the image stabilization section.
US09083880B2
An image-capturing device disclosed in the present application includes: an image-capturing element including a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements arranged in two dimensions, wherein the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements are exposed through successive scanning and electrical signals are read out from the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements through successive scanning, thereby generating an image signal; a lens optical system including a focus lens for collecting light toward the image-capturing element; a driving section for driving one of the image-capturing element and the focus lens so as to change a distance between the image-capturing element and the focus lens; a displacement control section for outputting a command to the driving section so as to control displacement of the image-capturing element or the focus lens to be driven based on a predetermined displacement pattern; and a synchronizing section for controlling the displacement control section based on exposure timing of the image-capturing element, wherein: the predetermined displacement pattern represents a reciprocal displacement of the image-capturing element or the focus lens to be driven over an entire section between a first focus position of the focus lens or the image-capturing element at which focus is at a first object distance in an image-capturing scene and a second focus position of the focus lens or the image-capturing element at which focus is at a second object distance in the image-capturing scene; and the image-capturing element or the focus lens to be driven is reciprocally displaced an integer number of times within an exposure time for one image of the image-capturing scene for each of the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements.
US09083875B2
User-profile systems and methods that allow the users of imaging devices to create, store and retrieve user profiles that allow users to readily set operating parameters of the imaging devices. Such user profiles are useful, for example, in situations where a user encounters differing imaging scenarios having differing preferred operating-parameter settings. The user can change the operating parameter settings to the desired settings by selecting the user profile corresponding to the imaging scenario at hand. In one embodiment, the imaging device displays a user-profile-access list to the user from which the user can select a desired one of the user profiles.
US09083871B2
A plant image capture device and a method thereof are provided. A first mirror is disposed at a side of an image measurement position, so as to generate an mirror image of a plant disposed on the image measurement position; a first image capture device obtains at least one image including a direct image and the first mirror image of the plant; an image processing module uses a frame of the first mirror as a feature, so as to divide the at least one image including the direct image and the first mirror image of the plant and obtain the direct image and the first mirror image of the plant; an operation processing module processes the mirror image of the plant, so as to obtain a first image of the plant.
US09083870B2
A drive device in which the frequency of a drive waveform applied to a piezoelectric element is easily settable with less obligation to consider resonance in a stationary member. The device includes a piezo element that expands and contracts according to a drive voltage, a transmission shaft that receives vibration produced by the piezo element, a stationary member that holds the transmission shaft in a slidable state along the longitudinal direction of the transmission shaft, and a lens holder that is displaced together with the piezo element and transmission shaft relative to the stationary member according to drive of the piezo element. The piezo element and the transmission shaft move in the moving direction of the lens holder in synchronization with the lens holder according to drive of the piezo element in the state where the piezo element is spaced from the stationary member. By employing this structure, the frequency of the drive waveform applied to the piezo element can be set easily without considering resonance in the stationary member.
US09083869B2
A case for an electronic communications device having a lens for capturing images comprises an external casing assembly comprising: (a) an external sleeve defining an interior space, the sleeve comprising an opening at one longitudinal end; (b) a door movably mounted at the opposite end; (c) a releasable latch for securing the door in a closed position; and (d) an interchangeable lens assembly comprising a lens and a lens holder removably attached to a front side of the casing assembly. The case further comprises a sled component for receiving the electronic communication device thereon, the sled component being configured for removable receipt in an inserted position in the external sleeve by longitudinal insertion. The sled component reduces vibrations experienced by the electronic communications device. The sled component has a lens exposing area positioned for alignment with the lens of the electronics communications device to permit image capture therethrough.
US09083856B2
A vehicle speed measurement method and system for identifying a violating vehicle utilizing single image capturing unit. A vehicle image can be captured by the image capturing unit in order to estimate speed of the vehicle utilizing an ALPR unit. The license plate characters can be located and extracted from the captured image. A distance of the license plate from the image capturing unit can be calculated utilizing a physical character height from a reference point of the image capturing unit and a pixel character height generated by the ALPR unit. A position of the license plate in the field of view of the image capturing unit along with the distance information can be utilized to determine a height of the license plate from a road surface. The height of the license plate can be employed to accurately estimate the vehicle speed.
US09083844B2
In an example system, an information processing apparatus is caused to function as: a user image acquisition unit which acquires a user image captured by using a camera of a portable information processing apparatus; a communication partner image acquisition unit which acquires a communication partner image via a network; and an editable image acquisition unit which acquires an editable image that can be edited by at least one of a user viewing a display of the portable information processing apparatus and a user who is a communication partner; and a display control unit which causes the user image, the communication partner image and the editable image to be displayed on at least one of the display of the portable information processing apparatus and an external display.
US09083840B2
An illumination device and an image reading apparatus having improved heat resistance and spectral characteristics are provided. An illumination device used in an image reading apparatus that moves relative to a read area of a document includes: a light source; a light guide including an incident surface on which light from the light source is incident and an exit surface from which light from the light source exits; and a spectroscopic unit that is provided between the light source and the light guide and includes, on a surface of a glass substrate facing the light source, a multi-layer film for reflecting infrared light toward the light source.
US09083817B2
A method for controlling a surrounding device and a communication device and a computer-readable medium using the same are proposed. The proposed method is adapted for a communication device, and includes following procedures. Firstly, a connection with a surrounding device is established through a wireless communication function. Then, a target setting value associated with a setting of the surrounding device is stored. Further, it is determined whether the communication device receives a communication request. Moreover, when the communication device receives the communication request, the setting of the surrounding device is modified from an original setting value to the target setting value.
US09083809B2
A mobile communication terminal and method for running an application therein. When a user inputs a variable in an idle state, variable-related applications are displayed. When the user selects a predetermined application, the input variable is input as an input value of a predetermined input field of the selected application.
US09083806B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a system and method to generate skill information. The method includes retrieving information relating to an agent of a contact center, wherein the information includes document and information repositories, knowledge sharing reports, mail repositories, and customer, supervisor, and peer feedbacks. The information may also include information from external sources including social network. The method further includes determining keywords from the retrieved information, and generating skill information for the at least one agent.
US09083799B2
A method, system and computer program product are provided for monitoring a communication session in a contact center. An agent follows a structured workflow while handling the communications session, and trigger events are defined which are associated with significant steps in the workflow other than (or additional to) the connection and disconnection of the agent with the session. When a trigger event is detected indicating that the agent has reached a predefined significant step in the workflow, an event notification issues to another system of the contact center, such as a statistics package, or a supervisor workstation, or an event aggregator which receives such notifications from many agent stations. In a preferred embodiment, these event notifications are used by an automated outbound dialler to more accurately predict the time to the end of a communications session, thereby providing a better outbound dialling algorithm.
US09083796B2
A caller seeks customer service related to the provision of information assistance service whose call is transferred from an information assistance service center to a customer service center. After the customer service center assists the caller with the customer service question, if the caller needs information assistance, the customer service center provides the necessary assistance, without transferring the call back to the information assistance service center. The customer service center may also be able to help connect the caller to the desired destination number. The connection to the destination number, however, is routed through the information assistance service center, not the customer service center, based on data transmitted from the customer service center to the information assistance service center.
US09083790B1
When a user operates a telephone device to engage in a communication with another user, the user's telephone device responsively obtains from a from a plurality of image-sources a plurality of images associated with the other user and presents the obtained images on a user interface. The telephone device may obtain one or more of the images from a social network account of the other user, and the telephone device may obtain one or more of the images from an image library stored by the telephone device. Further, the telephone device may stitch together the obtained images as a collage, slide show, or the like, and present the stitched-together images during setup of the communication and/or or during the communication itself.
US09083779B2
An electronic device includes a housing, an electronic display viewable from a front side of the electronic device, an optical shuttering layer substantially parallel to the front side, and a color changing layer positioned over at least a portion of the shuttering layer. A driver controls transitions of the shuttering layer between a transparent clear state and an opaque state and also transitions of the color changing layer between a transparent clear state and a colored state. Depending on driver control, the appearance of the electronic device can change from an opaque color (solid color or with graphic design elements), to a translucent color (solid color or with graphic design elements) possibly with an underlying electronic display somewhat visible, to a transparent color with an underlying electronic display clearly visible.
US09083777B2
This image communication apparatus receives a digital signal having a voice bandwidth from an external apparatus capable of communicating through a network, and processes the received digital signal by means of a signal processing unit. If it is determined that the digital signal includes a CNG signal, the image communication apparatus determines that the digital signal is a facsimile signal received as deemed voice, and executes facsimile reception according to the T.30 standard. If it is determined that the digital signal does not include a CNG signal, the image communication apparatus determines that the digital signal is a voice signal, and executes a voice call.
US09083775B2
In embodiments, a user equipment (UE) may be able to identify one or more access network discovery and selection function (ANDSF) policies which the UE can use to select a wireless local area network (WLAN) and/or a WLAN access point (AP) to which the UE should connect. The UE may then be able to use the identified ANDSF policy or policies to select the WLAN and/or WLAN AP prior to selection, by the UE, of a WLAN public land mobile network (PLMN) to which the UE should connect.
US09083772B2
In an embodiment, a communications device exchanges, between first and second access terminals, higher priority data in association with a communication session of a first type and also lower priority data in association with a communication session of a second type. If the communications device determines a transition of the first access terminal to a lower data-rate environment, the communication device reduces a size of data packets exchanged between the first access terminal and an application server for the communication session of the second type. If the communications device determines an upcoming data packet is a low-data packet (e.g., a silence packet), the low-data packet is suppressed. If the communications device determines that the first access terminal has attempted transmission of a set of last or near-last data packets in the sequence, the communications device re-transmits the set of last or near-last data packets without waiting for ACKs.
US09083766B2
Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for maintaining consistent globally unique identifiers (GUIDs) for content items accessible via an asynchronous interface in a multi-user network-based content management environment (storage environment). The example content management system can make a content item within a data storage available to an authorized user via the asynchronous interface, and receive, from a client device, content item change information derived from data generated by an operating system function at the client device. Then the content management system can analyze the content item change information to determine a corresponding action at the content management system, and implement the corresponding action on the server side. The content management system can optionally provide a confirmation of the corresponding action to the client device.
US09083758B2
An improved system and method for communicating Presence Information. According to various embodiments, the sequence of actions undertaken in established Presence procedures are changed, and enhancements are also provided for Watcher information notifications. Upon the initiation of a Presence Service, the Presence Source starts publishing Presence Information about a Presentity using a soft-state approach. Instead of having publication occur first, the Presence Source makes a subscription for the Watcher information first or simply waits until the Presence Server contacts the Presence Source. As a result, publication occurs only when there is a demand therefor.
US09083755B2
Disclosed herein is a system for managing and using history information of terminals in a Converged Personal Network Service (CPNS) environment. The system includes a CPNS server for collecting and storing access information and history information of mobile communication terminals and end devices which transmit and receive information over a wireless local area network, and, if the previously stored history information is requested while a CPNS service is active between a mobile communication terminal and an end device, extracting the corresponding information, and providing the extracted information to the mobile communication terminal and the end device, the mobile communication terminals each for, while using the CPNS service, performing a CPNS service-related procedure using the history information received from the CPNS server, and the end devices each for, while using the CPNS service, performing a CPNS service-related procedure using the history information received via the mobile communication terminal.
US09083753B1
A new approach to network security includes manipulating an access point (215) such that an initial communication from an external device (230) is passed to a restricted subset (205) of a computing network (200) including a gatekeeper (225). The gatekeeper is configured to enforce a security policy (330A) against the external device before granting access to a less-restricted subset (210) of the computing network. If requirements of the security policy are satisfied, then the gatekeeper reconfigures the access point such that further communication from the external device may be received by elements of the less-restricted subset. Enforcement of the security policy optionally includes performing a security audit of the external device.
US09083751B2
A Web-based management server includes an ACP manager to manage access control rules (ACRs) and access control policies (ACPs). The ACRs and ACPs are configured by an administrator via a Web interface of the management server. The ACP manager is to transmit over the Internet the ACPs and the ACRs to network access devices (NADs) to allow the NADs to apply the ACPs to their respective network client devices (NCDs) based on the ACRs, where the NADs are managed by the management server over the Internet. Each of the NADs operates as one of a router, a network switch, and an access point. The ACP manager is to periodically update the ACRs and ACPs stored in the NADs, including receiving an update from one NAD and broadcasting the update to a remainder of the NADs.
US09083748B2
A method of assessing a network uses a model (450) having nodes (100, 110) to represent parts of the network infrastructure and the application services, and having links to represent how the nodes influence each other. Dependencies or effects of the application services are found by determining paths through the nodes and links of the model (530). Such assessment can be useful for design, test, operations, and diagnosis, and for assessment of which parts of the infrastructure are critical to given services, or which services are dependent on, or could have an effect on a given part of the infrastructure. The dependencies or effects can encompass reachability information. The use of a model having links and nodes can enable more efficient processing, to enable larger or richer models. What changes in the dependencies or effects result from a given change in the network can be determined (830).
US09083745B2
Techniques for supporting network independent location services (LCS) are described. In one design, a location center may communicate with a terminal to establish an account for the terminal with the location center for location services. The location center may establish the account for the terminal independent of a home network or a serving network for the terminal. During signup to establish the account, the location center may (i) provide address information for the location center, security information, and/or other information for the location center and (ii) receive public identity information and/or other information for the terminal. The location center may thereafter provide location services to the terminal based on the established account and without interacting with the home or serving network for the terminal. Techniques for supporting delivery of assistance data are also described.
US09083743B1
Systems and methods for managing requesting routing functionality associated with resource requests for one or more resources associated with a content provider are provided. The request routing functionality can correspond to the processing of domain name service (“DNS”) requests for resources by computing devices and the resolution of the DNS requests by the identification of a network address of a computing device that will provide the requested resources. Based on the processing resource requests initiated by a client computing device, a CDN service provider can obtain performance information from client computing devices and correlate the performance information into a prioritized list for classes of client computing devices. The prioritized list can be utilized in resolving subsequent DNS queries.
US09083742B2
A computer implemented method may allow for the upload and verification of a document. In one aspect, the method may receive a file associated with an insurance company event, determine if the file contains malicious code and transmit the file to a temporary data server. The method may also determine if the file is in a supported file format and if the file meets a supported file size, convert the file and transmit the converted file to the client device for a verification that the converted file can be uploaded. The method may further receive the verification from the client device that the converted file can be uploaded, flag the converted file for association with a customer account associated with the client device and transmit the converted file to a permanent storage server.
US09083737B2
Mitigating threats in a network includes receiving a message at a network device. The message includes device-independent parameters generated in response to a threat. The network device converts the parameters into one or more device-specific operations and then performs the operations to mitigate the threat.
US09083736B2
A system for monitoring and mitigating client-side exploitation of application flaws, the system comprising a client device operating an application, a server communicatively coupled to the client device, and an application flaw service module communicatively coupled to the client device and server in which the application flaw service module receives a request from the client device comprising transactional metadata and inspecting the transactional metadata for malicious content within the request. A method of monitoring and mitigating client-side exploitation of application flaws by adding computer usable program code to the response to a first request from a client, receiving a second request from the client, determining that transactional metadata within the response contains an attack vector, and returning a response to the browser including attack vector countermeasures embedded in the response.
US09083735B2
Techniques are provided for automatically generating a database of destinations to be protected against computer fraud. The techniques include generating at least one category of destinations to be protected, and retrieving (i) at least one list of destinations belonging to said at least one category and (ii) contents specified at each uniform resource locator associated with a destination identified in the at least one list of destinations belonging to said at least one category.
US09083725B2
The embodiments herein develop a system for providing hierarchical cache for big data processing. The system comprises a caching layer, a plurality of actors in communication with the caching layer, a machine hosting the plurality of actors, a plurality of replication channels in communication with the plurality of actors, a predefined ring structure. The caching layer is a chain of memory and storage capacity elements, configured to store a data from the input stream. The plurality of actors is configured to replicate the input data stream and forward the replicated data to the caching layer. The replication channels are configured to forward the replicated data from a particular actor to another actor. The predefined ring structure maps the input data to the replica actors.
US09083724B2
Method and system for a non-disruptive migration of a source virtual storage system from a source cluster to a destination cluster is provided. The method includes monitoring a current transfer rate for migrating information from the source cluster to the destination cluster during a migration operation; iteratively reducing a rate at which I/O requests are processed until a transfer rate for transferring the information from the source cluster to the destination cluster within the duration is reached; and entering a cutover phase for the migration operation when the virtual storage system presented by the source cluster is taken offline for the duration and after the information is migrated to the destination cluster, the virtual storage system is presented by the destination cluster.
US09083710B1
Methods and articles of manufacture relating to server load balancing are disclosed. In one aspect, the method includes load balancing a plurality of network packets among a plurality of servers using a minimally disruptive hash table having a plurality of hash table buckets by identifying a plurality of elements, each element corresponding to at least one of the plurality of servers, inserting at least two of the identified plurality of elements into the minimally disruptive hash table so that at least some of the hash table buckets each include one of the plurality of elements, receiving one of the plurality of network packets, determining a hash table index for the received network packet using a hash function, identifying an element stored in a hash table bucket corresponding to the hash table index, and transmitting the received network packet to a server corresponding to the identified element.
US09083704B2
Described herein are computer implemented frameworks and methodologies for enabling identification verification in an online environment. Embodiments of the invention have been particularly developed to enable Internet users to have their identities verified by a central authority, and use that verification in the context of later online interactions.
US09083703B2
Utilities that allow for multi-factor authentication into an enterprise network with a smart card using mobiles devices (e.g., smartphones, tablets, etc.), where almost any application (app) or website that accesses enterprise resources can be launched or executed to automatically establish of a VPN connection with the enterprise network free of necessarily having to specially configure the apps or websites to be useable with smart cards, card readers, etc. Virtually any app can be used and take advantage of the multifactor authentication free or substantially free of modification to the app itself as the disclosed utilities may take advantage of the native VPN clients and capabilities provided with the mobile device operating system (OS) (e.g., Android®, iOS). As a result, a much more flexible solution may be provided that allows the use of commercially available apps (e.g., from an “App Store”) as well as, for instance, enterprise developed apps.
US09083698B2
The present invention relates to a method and a system for operating a device (100). The system comprises: a mobile communication device (700a), an internal server (300) and an external server (600), the external server (600) being adapted to generate a certificate and to send the certificate to the mobile communication device (700a),the mobile communication device (700a) being adapted to send a device specific command comprising the certificate to the internal server (300), the internal server (300) being adapted to check and validate the device specific command comprising the certificate, the internal server (300) being adapted to send a request to the device (100) to perform an action specified in the device specific command if the internal server (300) validates the device specific command comprising the certificate, the device (100) being adapted to perform the action, wherein the device specific command from the mobile communication device (700a) to the internal server (300) is adapted to be sent via a cellular network.
US09083693B2
A computer-implemented method for managing private information in instant messaging is provided in accordance with an aspect of the present disclosure. In the method, first private information including details of a first instant messaging user is stored. Further, access authority of the first private information is maintained. When a second instant messaging user initiating a private information request has the access authority, provide the first private information to the second instant messaging user.
US09083680B2
Systems, methods, and computer readable media for application-level authentication in a telecommunications network are disclosed. According to one aspect, the subject matter described herein includes a method for application-level authentication of messages in a telecommunications network. The method includes, at a node in a telecommunications network, receiving, from a personal communications device having a user, a message requiring application-level authentication, the message including information associated with the user and incorporating first authentication information associated with the user, the first authentication information being provided from a source that is not the user of the personal communications device. A request for second authentication information associated with the user is sent to an authentication server. Second authentication information associated with the user is received from the authentication server, and the authenticity of the message is determined based on the second authentication information associated with the user.
US09083671B2
An image forming apparatus to communicate with a service provision system via a firewall may include an identification unit, a determination unit, and a communication unit. The identification unit identifies, out of services provided by the service provision system, a service which provides a substitute function corresponding to a function of the image forming apparatus limited by a failure. The determination unit determines, out of a plurality of communication methods to be used for communication with the service provision system via the firewall, a communication method to be used to perform data communication with the service identified by the identification unit. The communication unit performs data communication with the service identified by the identification unit by using the communication method determined by the determination unit.
US09083669B2
The system and method are for provisioning an electronic mail (email) account for allowing access to an electronic mailbox to retrieve email. A mobile office platform includes a configuration module and a communications module which are operative for accessing an electronic mailbox. The communications module is to receive email address parameters of the user and transmit a domain name system (DNS) query to the Internet for returning mail exchange (MX) records, including email domain names, corresponding to the email address parameters of the user. The configuration module is to process returned MX records to determine candidate configuration parameters for accessing the email account of the user to retrieve user email. The configuration module is to determine candidate configuration parameters based upon expanding a plurality of prioritized email domain names of the returned MX records.
US09083666B2
A message screening system includes routing to a supervisory recipient an electronic message directed to an intended recipient. The supervisory recipient then is allowed to screen the electronic message by approving or rejecting the electronic message. The electronic message then is forwarded to the intended recipient if the electronic message is approved by the supervisory recipient.
US09083661B2
Personalizing communications for a first communication platform includes accessing status information for communication sessions by a communication identity that leverage a first communication platform other than an instant messaging platform. A participant list associated with the communication identity and the first communication platform is passively configured to persistently reflect a list of participant identities from communication sessions in which the communication identity recently participated using the communication platform.
US09083655B2
Processing techniques in a network switch help reduce latency in the delivery of data packets to a recipient. The processing techniques include internal cut-through. The internal cut-through may bypass input port buffers by directly forwarding packet data that has been received to an output port. At the output port, the packet data is buffered for processing and communication out of the switch.
US09083648B2
This disclosure provides a method for performing remote network management on a voice home gateway terminal, and the method includes that: a remote network management server transmits voice signaling to the voice home gateway terminal; the voice home gateway terminal determines whether the voice signaling contains a non-voice triggering identifier, processes a voice service according to the voice signaling when no non-voice triggering identifier is contained, requests non-voice configuration information from the remote network management server when a non-voice triggering identifier is contained, and processes a non-voice service according to the received non-voice configuration information. This disclosure further provides a system for performing remote network management on a voice home gateway terminal. Application of the method and system enables the remote network management server to manage simultaneously a voice service and other non-voice services. The remote management performed on the voice home gateway terminal having a voice function is reliable, and this disclosure realizes the convergence for managing the integrated services of the voice home gateway terminal.
US09083647B2
A system and method for testing multiple wireless data packet signal transceiver devices under test (DUTs) with dynamic signal interference compensation. Transmit data packets originating from other DUTs are monitored during receive signal testing of a selected DUT for concurrent occurrences of transmit and receive data packets. From this, it can be determined whether a failure to receive a responsive data packet, such as an acknowledgement, from the selected DUT is likely due to interference from a transmit data packet from another DUT being at least substantially concurrent with the receive data packet to which the selected DUT was expected to respond. If so, one or more receive data packets can be added to the receive signal sequence to extend the test and determine an accurate packet error rate (PER) without requiring a repeat of the full test.
US09083644B2
Techniques are provided for packet routing in a distributed network switch. The distributed network switch includes multiple switch modules operatively connected to one another, and each switch module includes multiple bridge elements and a management controller. In one embodiment, a shared interface routing (SIR) framework is provided that includes an analysis and bifurcation layer and at least one packet interface. A packet is received over a first logical network and via a physical port, the packet being destined for at least a first application executing on the management controller. The analysis and bifurcation layer analyzes the packet and sends the packet to the packet interface, which then routes the packet to the first application.
US09083624B2
A mobile device, e.g. portable computer, location tracking and data backup-and-wipe system and method enable a lost or stolen device to be recovered by reporting to its rightful owner and optionally to others its approximate location via triangulation and the use of location service providers. Social network members may be made aware automatically of the location of a reported lost or stolen device and can assist the rightful owner in recovering it based upon their identification of the user of the device, whether by the location coordinates or by viewing a photographic image taken by the computer. Alternatively, in governmental and/or institutional settings having privacy concerns, no photographic images are sent to a public website. Instead, they are sent to a proprietary employer server and maintained behind an institutional firewall.
US09083622B2
Method and device for managing resource consumption in a computer network providing communication between plural devices, in which resources are provided to the plural devices. The method includes enforcing at least one of globally, per-device, per-device group, per-user group, and per-user policy management for managing consumption of the resources by the devices, distributing a task of managing of the resource consumption between the devices, and proxying in at least one proxy server communications between peers and the devices even when a device becomes temporarily disconnected from the network environment.
US09083617B2
An embodiment may include circuitry to determine, at least in part, whether to delay transmission, at least in part, of at least one frame in favor of transmitting at least one other frame. The at least one other frame may belongs to at least one packet stream that is associated with at least one bandwidth reservation. The transmission of the at least one frame may be timed to occur prior to the transmitting of the at least one other frame. The at least one frame, at the time that it is selected for transmission, may have a relatively higher transmission priority than a relatively lower transmission priority of the at least one other frame. Many modifications, variations, and alternatives are possible without departing from this embodiment.
US09083608B2
A method, system and computer program product for selecting an appropriate platform to run an application deployed in a cloud computing environment. The appropriate platform is selected by employing a two phase process, where the first phase occurs prior to the deployment of the application and the second phase occurs after the application has been deployed. In the first phase, the cloud computing node selects a platform using various factors, such as application binaries, application metadata and artifacts, and qualities of service and application requirements. In the second phase, the cloud computing node determines whether an alternative platform needs to be implemented for subsequent deployments of the application using various factors, such as application runtime metrics and garbage collection metrics. In this manner, an appropriate platform is automatically selected thereby removing the requirement for the user to indicate the type of platform for the target environment.
US09083605B2
According to one embodiment, a method for providing services to network traffic on a virtual overlay network includes receiving network traffic comprising a plurality of packets, determining whether the plurality of packets comprise an overlay header, terminating a tunnel and de-encapsulating inner packets of packets comprising an overlay header, performing services on the plurality of packets or the de-encapsulated inner packets, and originating a tunnel and encapsulating the serviced inner packets or the serviced packets with an overlay header to be switched to a destination address in a virtual network and sending the encapsulated packets, or sending the serviced packets without encapsulating the packets with an overlay header to be switched to a destination address in a non-virtual network.
US09083604B2
According to one embodiment, an apparatus includes a client management module configured to manage first information which correlates with client terminal information, group information, and type information, the client terminal information indicating a client terminal, the group information indicating a group to which the client terminal belongs, and the type information indicating whether the client terminal is a client virtualization terminal that executes a virtual machine or a thin client terminal, a user management module configured to manage second information which correlates with a user account and the group information, and a group management module configured to manage third information, which correlates with the group information and a virtual image file.
US09083603B2
Mobile network services are performed in an appliance in a mobile data network in a way that is transparent to most of the existing equipment in the mobile data network. The mobile data network includes a radio access network and a core network. The appliance in the radio access network breaks out data coming from a basestation, and performs one or more mobile network services at the edge of the mobile data network based on the broken out data. The appliance has defined interfaces and defined commands on each interface that allow performing all needed functions on the appliance without revealing details regarding the hardware and software used to implement the appliance. This appliance architecture allows performing new mobile network services at the edge of a mobile data network within the infrastructure of an existing mobile data network.
US09083600B1
Providing presence information within digital items is described. In one example, a server system receives presence information from a plurality of client devices. The presence information indicates a portion of a digital item associated with at least one user of each respective client device. The server system also receives a user identification request from a requesting client device to identify one or more users of the plurality of client devices associated with a particular portion of the digital item. Additionally, the server system identifies a user of a particular client device associated with the particular portion of the digital item based on the presence information of the particular client device and sends an identifier of the user of the particular client device to the requesting client device.
US09083592B2
A data transmitting apparatus generates a plurality of modulation data symbols by symbol-mapping a plurality of input data signals, converts the plurality of modulation data symbols to a real signal of a time domain from a frequency domain, performs angle modulation of the signal, and controls and transmits the size of a sine signal of the angle-modulated real signal with a gain varying according to a control signal.
US09083591B2
A modulator generates a modulation signal from an input signal. A serial-parallel converter generates a subcarrier modulation signal from the modulation signal. An inserter inserts a transmission-side data series, generated by multiplying a data series having an autocorrelation property by a predetermined series amplitude coefficient, in a signal for synthesis, generated by multiplying the subcarrier modulation signal by a predetermined signal amplitude coefficient, in such a way that elements in the signal for synthesis and elements in the transmission-side data series are alternately positioned, thereby generating first data. An IFFT unit performs an inverse fast Fourier transformation on the first data. A separator generates a baseband signal based on first half data of an operation result from the IFFT unit. A transmitter generates a transmission signal from the baseband signal, and transmits it to another apparatus via an antenna.
US09083581B1
A method in one embodiment includes maintaining a list of authorized devices; creating an association between a wireless device being operated by an end user and an onboard unit (OBU) element, which is provisioned in a vehicle; establishing a session over a designated port for an application to be executed on the OBU element; and accessing resources associated with the vehicle through the OBU element. In other examples, authentication of the wireless device can occur via a wired equivalent privacy (WEP) WiFi access point provided by the OBU element. Authentication of the wireless device can also occur via a radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag. The resources can include any number of items such as speakers, a display, a microphone, a global positioning system (GPS) receiver, or any other suitable element that may be provisioned in the vehicle.
US09083575B2
Devices having different effective series resistance states and methods for controlling such devices
Devices and methods are described, such as those including parallel paths coupled between a first power supply and a second power supply. The parallel paths include different values of capacitance to reduce unwanted variations as a function of current demand frequency such as resonance. A selectable resistance is provided along one or more parallel paths, and can be varied during different times in a signal burst.
US09083565B2
The present invention discloses a method for communication among different components, including integrating a Network Forwarding Component (NFC) for forwarding messages and at least one Independent Application Component (IAC) for performing other service processing into one network device; setting at least one cooperation mode in the NFC and each of the at least one IAC; and communicating with each other, by the NFC and the at least one IAC, according to the at least one cooperation mode. The cooperation mode may be any or any combination of a host mode, a mirror mode, a redirection mode and a pass-through mode. According to the present invention, the NFC and the IAC may communicate according to the cooperation mode so as to ensure that the NFC and the IAC can cooperate to provide various service capabilities including message forwarding and other additional service capabilities.
US09083558B2
Method, system and computer program product for requesting e-mail messages. Download instructions for sending e-mail messages from an e-mail message database storing a plurality of e-mail messages to an e-mail client are received at an e-mail messaging system, the plurality of e-mail messages having accumulated due to inattention by a user. The e-mail messaging system sends e-mail messages from the e-mail message database to the e-mail client in accordance with the download instructions.
US09083556B2
In recent years, the use of spam zombies has become a preferred method of sending spam. In fact, it is estimated that over 90% of all spam comes from spam zombies. Although existing spam zombie detection mechanisms such as the Spamhaus XBL blacklist exist, these techniques are limited in that they cannot block spam from newly created spam zombies. The present invention relates to a system and method for detecting malicious e-mails from spam zombies, the system comprising a processor operable to process a server identification value of a sending source by separating the value into one or more domain level terms to allow each unique term to be tokenized with an index value and to apply the one or more tokenized values as a learning feature in a learning algorithm trained to identify spam zombies.
US09083554B2
When an internal terminal (TM1 to TMn) replaced with another terminal due to the breakdown or the model upgrading and the DHCP function allocates a new private address for the MAC address of the terminal after replacement, the newly allocated private address is managed in association with physical ports (PP1 to PPn) in an expansion NAPT table. Then, in this state, when an IP packet is delivered from an external terminal (TM0) on the side of a WAN(2), the transmission destination address of this IP packet is converted to the private address of the internal terminal after conversion in accordance with the expansion NAPT table using the physical ports as a key.
US09083544B2
An information communication method includes: setting an exposure time of an image sensor to less than or equal to 1/2000 second so that, in an image obtained by capturing a subject by the image sensor, a stripe bright line parallel to a plurality of exposure lines included in the image sensor appears according to a change in luminance of the subject; obtaining the image including the stripe bright line parallel to the plurality of exposure lines by, using the set exposure time, starting exposure sequentially for the plurality of exposure lines each at a different time; and obtaining information by demodulating data according to, in a pattern of the bright line included in the obtained image, a brightness change in a direction perpendicular to the plurality of exposure lines.
US09083536B2
A circuit is for monitoring the powering of a remote device through a LAN without generating an extra biasing voltage higher than the DC power supply voltage. DC voltage used for supplying the remote device is applied to the LAN line while an AC voltage is applied to the line for monitoring whether the remote device is connected to the LAN line. The DC voltage is applied to a first or “high” terminal and the AC voltage is applied to the other or “low” terminal of the LAN line through a decoupling capacitor. This arrangement allows the supplying of the remote device with a large DC voltage compatible with a fully integrated AC signal generator, disconnection detector, and PSE controller, and enhances the reliability of the recognition of whether the powered device is connected to, or disconnected from, the LAN line.
US09083534B2
A method and system for securely propagating client identities in a service call from a first system to a target service system are provided. The system includes a memory device for storing data and a service provider (SP) computer system. The SP computer system is programmed to determine identities to transmit to the target system in association with a request, construct a data structure to represent each identity and additional information related to the identity, digitally sign the identity information, pair the identity information and the corresponding digital signature in a header of a request message from the first system to the target service system, receive the request message and extract the identity information and corresponding digital signatures from the header, validate the corresponding digital signatures, and construct using the corresponding identity information a data structure that represents each of the original identities established in the first system.
US09083533B2
A method of authenticating a network client to a relying party computer via a computer server comprises the computer server receiving a transaction code from a token manager via a first communications channel. The network client is configured to communicate with a token manager which is configured to communicate with a hardware token interfaced therewith. The network client is also configured to communicate with the relying party computer and the computer server. The computer server also receives a transaction pointer from the relying party computer via a second communications channel that is distinct from the first communications channel. Preferably, the transaction pointer is unpredictable by the computer server. The computer server transmits an authorization signal to the relying party computer in accordance with a correlation between the transaction code and the transaction pointer. The authorization signal facilitates authentication of the network client to the relying party computer.
US09083524B2
A method for sending an acknowledgment message in a wireless communication system is disclosed. A first signal is received before receiving a second signal from a transmitter. Decoded first data is extracted from the first signal. A third signal is produced by encoding and modulating the decoded first data. The second signal is demodulated to produce second symbols. The third signal and the second symbols are correlated.
US09083523B2
The present disclosure generally pertains to systems and methods for wirelessly communicating multidrop packets via wireless networks. In one exemplary embodiment, communication devices of a multidrop system are respectively coupled to nodes of a wireless network. At least one of the nodes stores data for mapping multidrop addresses to network addresses. Upon receiving a multidrop packet, such node maps the multidrop address of the received packet to a network address identifying the packet's destination communication device within the multidrop system. The receiving node then inserts the multidrop packet into a unicast message and wirelessly transmits the unicast message through the wireless network to the remote node. The remote node depacketizes the unicast message to recover the multidrop packet and provides the multidrop packet to its destination.
US09083518B2
This disclosure includes embodiments of a tunable hybrid coupler. The tunable hybrid coupler includes a first inductive element having a first inductance, a second inductive element having a second inductance and mutually coupled to the first inductive element, a first variable capacitive element having a first variable capacitance, and a second variable capacitance having a second variable capacitance. The first variable capacitive element is coupled between a first port and a second port. The second variable capacitive element is coupled between a third port and a fourth port. The first inductive element is coupled from the first port to the third port, while the second inductive element is coupled from the second port to the fourth port. Accordingly, the tunable hybrid coupler may form an impedance matching network that is tunable to different radio frequency (RF) communication bands. The tunable hybrid coupler can be used in a tunable RF duplexer.
US09083513B2
A “trusted domain” is established within which content received from a communications network, e.g., a cable TV network, is protected from unauthorized copying thereof, in accordance with the invention. In an illustrative embodiment, the trusted domain includes a device associated with a user which receives content from the cable TV network. The content may be encrypted using a content key in accordance, e.g., with a 3DES encryption algorithm before it is stored in the device. In addition, a first encrypted content key version and a second encrypted content key version are generated by respectively encrypting the content key with a public key associated with the device and another public key associated with the user, in accordance with public key cryptography. The first and second encrypted content key versions are stored in association with the encrypted content in the device storage. The encrypted content can be migrated from a first device to a second device, and can be decrypted in the second device in the second device is associated with the same user, and also provided with the second encrypted content key version.
US09083510B1
In one example, a method includes creating a password having ‘n’ characters that each constitute a byte, placing the characters of the password in a first buffer, generating a random number corresponding to the password, using the random number to map a character in the first buffer to a respective random character present in a second buffer, copying the random character to a third buffer, and removing the mapped character from the first buffer. The mapping, copying, and removing processes are repeated for each character in the first buffer so that the first buffer empties and an ‘xth’ random string of ‘n’ length is generated in the third buffer, the ‘xth’ random string comprising the random characters to which respective characters from the first buffer were mapped. Finally, the ‘xth’ random string is placed in a fourth buffer and constitutes at least a portion of an encryption key.
US09083506B2
There is provided a highly secure cryptographic processing apparatus and method where an analysis difficulty is increased. In a Feistel type common key block encrypting process in which an SPN type F function having a nonlinear conversion section and a linear conversion section is repeatedly executed a plurality of rounds. The linear conversion process of an F function corresponding to each of the plurality of rounds is performed as a linear conversion process which employs an MDS (Maximum Distance Separable) matrix, and a linear conversion process is carried out which employs a different MDS matrix at least at each of consecutive odd number rounds and consecutive even number rounds. This structure makes it possible to increase the minimum number (a robustness index against a differential attack in common key block encryption) of the active S box in the entire encrypting function.
US09083502B2
In the method of rate-matching, software is used to calculate at least one rate-matching parameter for data, and dedicated hardware is used to perform at least one of a puncturing and repetition process on data based on the calculated rate-matching parameter. In rate de-matching, software is again used to calculate at least one rate de-matching parameter for received data, and dedicated hardware is used to compensate for puncturing and repetition based on the calculated rate de-matching parameter.
US09083500B2
Hybrid ARQ is employed in a multi-carrier communication system for retransmission of erroneous packets by taking advantage of time/frequency/space diversity and by combining ARQ functions at physical layer and MAC layers, making the multi-carrier system more robust in a high packet-error environment.
US09083497B2
Disclosed in the present invention is a method for a base station to set a backhaul link subframe for a relay node in a wireless communication system, to which a carrier aggregation technique is applied. More particularly, the present invention comprises the steps of: determining one of the plurality of subframe settings as a first subframe setting for a main component carrier allocated to the relay node; composing subframe setting candidates for one or more subcomponent carriers allocated to the relay node, on the basis of the determined first subframe setting; and determining a second subframe setting for each of the one or more subcomponent carriers, using the composed subframe setting candidates, wherein a subframe aggregation according to the first subframe setting and subframe aggregations according to each of the subframe setting candidates do not overlap when downlink subframes and uplink subframes of the different component carriers are identical, and a downlink subframe aggregation according to the second subframe setting is included in a downlink subframe aggregation according to the first subframe setting.
US09083489B2
In accordance with an embodiment, the logical exclusive operation on the random number RAND and the OPc value are performed several times, the logical operation and encryption processing using a random number RAND and logical operation and encryption processing using a random number S are done in any order, which brings an increase of an attack complexity as to whether to calculate the correlation coefficient from the power consumption waveform at any point when analyzing the correlation power, whereby it is possible to defend the CPA attack effectively.
US09083487B2
The information bits and the parity bits are encrypted in a microcontroller and transmitted on a bus to a transceiver head which forms the frames to be transmitted on a channel from encrypted information bits and from encrypted parity bits received on the bus.
US09083482B2
The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for transmitting a reference signal by a base station in a wireless communication system. The base station generates a channel state information (CSI) reference signal (RS) for each of a plurality of layers, performs mapping the plurality of CSI-RSs to a resource element set constituted by a plurality of resource elements(REs) in a subframe and transmits the subframe with the plurality of mapped CSI-RSs. The plurality of resource elements constituting the resource element set are resource elements that are arranged with constant subcarrier spacing in two neighboring orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols, and the subframe has an extended cyclic prefix (CP) structure including 12 OFDM symbols.
US09083479B2
Embodiments herein describe apparatuses, systems, and methods for signaling to support downlink coordinated multipoint (CoMP) communications with a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication network. In embodiments, the UE may be configured with a plurality of channel state information (CSI) processes (e.g., via radio resource control (RRC) signaling) to use for providing CSI feedback to an evolved Node B (eNB) to support downlink CoMP communications. The UE may be configured with a plurality of sets of CSI processes. The UE may further receive a downlink control information (DCI) message from the eNB that indicates one of the configured sets of CSI processes on which the UE is to provide CSI feedback to the UE. The UE may generate the CSI feedback for the indicated set of CSI processes, and transmit the CSI feedback to the eNB in a CSI report.
US09083470B2
In pattern synchronization for correctly regenerating received data, which is performed in an optical receiver for receiving an optical signal that has been subjected to quadrature phase modulation, signal conduction is quickly established without using duplicate combinations of bit shifting and pattern changing. A control method that does not involve verifying the duplicate combinations generated in modulation formats and pattern synchronization search orders. Specifically, a signal check circuit (40) performs data verification of data multiplexed by a MUX circuit (38) for multiplexing two data strings, and a bit shift pattern change control circuit (41) controls a bit shift circuit (36) and a pattern changing circuit (37) based on a result of the data verification and detects a correct combination of correct regenerated data to establish the signal conduction. At this time, for the bit shift circuit (36) and the pattern changing circuit (37), the duplicate combinations are not verified.
US09083469B2
The present invention discloses a device and method for controlling a lasing wavelength of a tunable laser, and a wavelength division multiplexed-passive optical network having the same.In a device and method for controlling a lasing wavelength of a tunable laser, and a wavelength division multiplexed-passive optical network having the same, it is possible to improve performance of the wavelength division multiplexed-passive optical network by automatically controlling a lasing wavelength of a tunable laser to be matched with a transmission wavelength of a wavelength division multiplexer/de-multiplexer using optical power or optical beating components obtained by a reflected optical component which is Raleigh backscattered or reflected, and is generated on an optical fiber.
US09083467B2
An optical transmission apparatus includes an optical transmitter that includes a light emitting element and a driver circuit for the light emitting element, a temperature sensor that detects a temperature of the optical transmitter, and a controller that switches an operation mode of the optical transmitter from a normal mode to a low-power mode so as to reduce a heating effect to the light emitting element and allow an operation of the light emitting element to continue when the temperature detected by the temperature sensor is equal to or higher than a given temperature.
US09083462B2
An optical communications system is disclosed. In the optical communications system, a received light source is modulated in accordance with an electrical signal using an acousto-optic modulator. The acousto-optic modulator modulates an amplitude of the received light source in accordance with an amplitude of the electrical signal. Furthermore, an angle of diffraction of a beam produced by the acousto-optic modulator is a function of a frequency of the electrical signal. The optical communications system is equipped with a waveplate that converts a polarization of the diffracted beam to correspond to the polarization of an undiffracted beam. Improved detection and recovery of the electrical signal may be achieved due to the polarization correspondence between the diffracted beam and the undiffracted beam.
US09083457B1
Light escaping from an optical path, for example via Raman or Rayleigh scattering, can provide information about how light flows in the path, about the optical path, or about matter disposed in the optical path. The path can be a waveguide, an optical channel, or a fiber that may be attached to or integrated with a substrate, for example in a passive or active planar lightguide/lightwave circuit, photonic integrated circuit, semiconductor laser, or optoelectronic element. The escaped light can be color-shifted with respect to the primary light flowing along the path. The escaped light can leave the path at an angle that facilitates detection. Processing or analyzing the scattered light, for example with support of a computing device, can help evaluate the path and/or assess a light intensity pattern thereof, for example to aid design, engineering, testing, qualification, troubleshooting, inspection, manufacturing, etc.
US09083456B2
A monitoring apparatus for detecting uncharacteristic short-term power level changes of an optical signal transmitted through an optical fiber, said monitoring apparatus comprising a power level variance calculation unit adapted to calculate a power level variance on the basis of a long-term power level and a current power level of said optical signal and a short-term variance filter adapted to filter transient changes indicated by the calculated power level variance and to generate a trouble occurrence indication indicating an uncharacteristic short-term power level change, if the filtered power level variance exceeds a predetermined power level variance.
US09083451B2
Techniques have been developed for transmitting and receiving information conveyed through the air from one portable device to another as a generally unperceivable coding within an otherwise recognizable acoustic signal. For example, in some embodiments in accordance with the present invention(s), information is acoustically communicated from a first handheld device toward a second by encoding the information in a signal that, when converted into acoustic energy at an acoustic transducer of the first handheld device, is characterized in that the acoustic energy is discernable to a human ear yet the encoding of the information therein is generally not perceivable by the human. The acoustic energy is transmitted from the acoustic transducer of the first handheld device toward the second handheld device across an air gap that constitutes a substantially entirety of the distance between the devices. Acoustic energy received at the second handheld device may then be processed using signal processing techniques tailored to detection of the particular information encodings employed.
US09083441B2
Exemplary embodiments are directed to impedance balancing within a transceiver. A device may include a transformer having a first side coupled to a transmit path and a second side coupled to a receive path. Further, the device may include an antenna tuning network coupled to a first portion of the first side and configured for coupling to an antenna. The device may also include an adjustment unit coupled to a second portion of the first side and configured for being adjusted to enable an impedance at the adjustment unit to be substantially equal to an impedance at the antenna tuning network.
US09083438B2
A card connector configured in a circuit board for accommodating a subscriber identify module card. The card connector includes a terminal set, a sensing terminal, a housing, and a tray. The subscriber module card is electrically connected to the circuit board via the terminal set. The sensing terminal is electrically connected to the circuit board. The housing has an opening and an accommodating space connected to the opening, and the housing is electrically connected to the circuit board. At least a portion of the tray is a conductor. When the tray is configured in the accommodating space via the opening, the tray is electrically connected to the housing, and the tray abuts the sensing terminal, allowing the housing, tray, sensing terminal to constitute a conductive loop with the circuit board. Furthermore, an electronic apparatus having the card connector is also disclosed.
US09083435B2
A method of decoding a backhaul downlink signal of a relay node (RN), the method includes receiving a higher layer signal indicating a maximum transmission rank from a base station (BS), receiving control information through a relay control channel from the BS, and demodulating the control information, wherein the control information is mapped to resource elements which do not overlap with user equipment-specific reference signal resource elements (URS REs) in a control region which is used for the relay control channel transmission of the BS, the URS REs being reserved resource elements for user equipment-specific reference signals (URSs) according to the maximum transmission rank, and wherein the control information is demodulated based on user equipment-specific reference signals transmitted by the BS on one fixed antenna port n, where n is a natural number.
US09083426B1
Beamforming in a satellite communications network includes determining a first delay imparted to signals redirected by a first reflecting dish in a satellite, the first delay being caused by motion of the first reflecting dish relative to the satellite. A second delay imparted to signals redirected by a second reflecting dish in the satellite is determined, the second delay being caused by motion of the second reflecting dish relative to the satellite. Calculating, using the determined first and second delays, beamforming coefficients that enable the generation of a single beam by combining a group of signals that includes a first signal redirected by the first reflecting dish and a second signal redirected by the second reflecting dish.
US09083414B2
A multifunctional vehicle antenna assembly that includes a primary multiple input and multiple output (MIMO) antenna component; a secondary MIMO antenna component; and a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) antenna component, wherein the GNSS antenna component is located between the primary MIMO antenna component and the secondary MIMO antenna component and is located nearer to the secondary MIMO antenna component.
US09083410B2
A system and method for maximizing signal strength while limiting specific absorption rate in diversity transmission network is achieved by coupling a first input signal to a second input signal. The system includes a sampler, a coupling network, and combiner.
US09083405B2
A first wireless communication device is in communication with a second wireless communication device over an uplink communication link from the first wireless communication device to the second wireless communication device. Adaptive uplink antenna switching is performed at the first wireless communication device by switching between at least two antennas at the first wireless communication device in accordance with at least one antenna switching parameter to support the uplink communication link, determining whether each antenna switch is successful or unsuccessful and accumulating a history of successful and unsuccessful antenna switches. The at least one antenna switching parameter is modified based on the accumulated history of successful and unsuccessful antenna switches.
US09083400B2
The disclosure discloses a multi-antenna signal processing method in an uplink system. The method includes that: after scrambling, modulation, layer mapping, pre-coding, transmission pre-coding, resource mapping and Single Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA) signal generation are performed successively on a coded bit sequence corresponding to each codeword, a resulted signal is transmitted from each transmitting antenna port. The disclosure also provides a multi-antenna signal processing device in an uplink system. With the method and the device according to the disclosure, a lower Peak-to-Average Power Ratio (PAPR) or Cubic Metric (CM) of a signal to be sent can be ensured without imposing any constraint on a pre-coding matrix, thus reducing the cost and power consumption of a terminal whiling increasing transmission performance of the system.
US09083399B2
Precoding for multiple transmission streams in multiple antenna systems. Disclosed herein is a general method that transmits signal from multiple antennas using a one/two dimensional precoder. This precoder is fixed in a given resource block (RB) or slot, which is composed of P subcarriers and Q OFDM symbols (where the values for P and Q are greater than or equal to 1). The precoder in each resource block may take same or different values, which span the two dimensional time-frequency grid. The precoder is chosen as a function of either logical frequency index or physical frequency index of the RB.
US09083398B2
The invention relates to a base transceiver station (BTS) for communicating with a plurality of user equipments (UE1, UE2, UE3, UE4, UE5) divided in at least two groups, said base station comprises: an antenna element arrangement generating at least two shifted static beams (Bi, Bo) with respective down tilts for reaching the user equipments (UE1, UE2, UE3, UE4, UE5) a processing unit (25) connected to said transceiver chains (9) and having means for performing at least two linear complex combinations of up-link digital signals—means for receiving said up-link signals and for selecting per user equipment the appropriate beam based on the quality of said up-link signals in the beam flows (Fi,FO).
US09083395B2
Provided is a multi-mode ultra broadband wireless communication apparatus and method, and a multi-mode ultra broadband transmitting apparatus may include a baseband outputting unit to parallelly output multiple digital signals, a mid-frequency processing unit to up-convert the outputted parallel digital signals to mid-frequencies, and the up-conversion is performed in a range where the outputted parallel digital signals do not cause interference with each other, a parallel-to-serial converter to convert, to a serial digital signal, the converted parallel digital signals that are up-converted to the mid-frequencies, a digital-to-analog converter to convert the serial digital signal to an analog signal, and a radio frequency processing unit to up-convert the analog signal to multiple transmission frequencies respectively corresponding to desired communication services.
US09083394B2
A high-frequency switch module includes a switch element, high-frequency circuits, and a GND circuit. The switch element includes an antenna port, switch ports, and an FET switch. The FET switch switches connection between the switch ports and the antenna port. The high-frequency circuits connect any of the switch ports to a signal processing circuit. In the GND circuit, the switch port, which is not connected to the high-frequency circuits, is directly connected to a GND electrode.
US09083392B2
Disclosed herein are systems and devices capable of wireless communications based on RF transmissions from discharges. A transmitting device includes a discharge generator having a plurality of electrodes spaced to support generation of the discharge, and a circuit coupled to the plurality of spaced electrodes to control a supply for the discharge generator. In some embodiments, controlling the supply for the discharge generator modifies a property of the discharge to modulate the RF transmission such that the resulting RF transmission is indicative of the device state or other information to be communicated.
US09083390B2
A local oscillator circuit and a corresponding method are provided. The local oscillator circuit includes a memory connected to a processor. The memory is configured to store local oscillator parameters corresponding to a plurality of center frequencies of a frequency spectrum. The processor is configured to apply the stored LO parameters when switching the frequency spectrum for a mixed-mode spectrum communication. The local oscillator also includes a plurality of registers connected with the processor, the plurality of registers configured to control switching of the frequency spectrum.
US09083376B2
Aspects of a method and apparatus for converting an analog input value to a digital output code are provided. One embodiment of the apparatus includes a digital-to-analog converter, a comparator, and control logic circuitry. The digital-to-analog converter is configured to generate an analog reference value based on a received digital reference value. The comparator is configured to compare an analog input value to the analog reference value after expiration of an allotted settling time for the digital-to-analog converter and generate a comparison result indicative a relationship between the analog input value and the analog reference value. The control logic circuitry is configured to select the allotted settling time for the digital-to-analog converter based on a bit position of a digital output code to be determined, and update the bit position of the digital output code based on the comparison result.
US09083352B2
An oscillator includes: inverters that are connected in a loop shape and of which the number is an odd number greater than or equal to three; and a delay section that delays change in a voltage which is input to one inverter of the odd number of inverters. The one inverter is a schmitt trigger inverter. The schmitt trigger inverter includes a current source, and a resistor in which current supplied by the current source flows. A hysteresis width of the schmitt trigger inverter depends on the current which flows in the resistor.
US09083348B1
Aspects of the disclosure provide a method for tuning delay. The method includes driving, during a calibration stage, at least one test signal from an integrated circuit onto a plurality of outside transmission lines that are coupled to the integrated circuit, measuring a timing of the at least one test signal transmitted and reflected over the plurality of outside transmission lines, and selectively delaying, using units disposed within the integrated circuit, signals subsequently transmitted over the plurality of outside transmission lines based on the timing of the at least one test signal, in order to align transmission times of the subsequently transmitted signals.
US09083339B2
Programmable logic units are described. A described unit includes one or more input interfaces to receive one or more input signals; logic elements that are individually programmable; one or more output interfaces to provide one or more output signals; and a programmable interconnect array that is configured to selectively form one or more interconnections within the unit based on one or more programming settings. The programmable interconnect array can be programmable to route the one or more input signals from the one or more input interfaces to at least a portion of the logic elements, programmable to route one or more intermediate signals among at least a portion of the logic elements, and programmable to route one or more signals from at least a portion of the logic elements to produce the one or more output signals via the output interface.
US09083336B2
A non-volatile logic operation device includes an operation unit that is connected to a first input terminal, a second input terminal, and an output terminal, includes an operation layer, a first non-magnetic layer, and a reference layer, and outputs from the output terminal a result of a logic operation on signals applied at the first input terminal and the second input terminal, and a control unit that is connected to a third input terminal, and includes a control layer. The control unit is arranged in the vicinity of the operation unit.
US09083335B2
A semiconductor device is provided, which includes a switch having a first transistor and a logic circuit having an output terminal. The logic circuit includes a bootstrap circuit having at least one second transistor. The bootstrap circuit is electrically connected to the output terminal. The first transistor and the second transistor have the same conductivity type. Each of the first transistor and the second transistor includes an oxide semiconductor layer including a channel formation region and a pair of gate electrodes with the oxide semiconductor layer provided therebetween.
US09083332B2
An integrated circuit includes a semiconductor die including one or more switching circuits, a magnetic core having length and width, first and second metallic leads, and integrated circuit packaging material. The first metallic lead forms a first winding turn around a portion of the magnetic core, and the first metallic lead is electrically coupled to the semiconductor die. The second metallic lead forms a second winding turn around a portion of the magnetic core. The first and second winding turns are offset from each other along both of the width and length of the magnetic core. The integrated circuit is included in an integrated electronic assembly.
US09083316B1
Polyphased input data is filtered. A number of delay lines are provided corresponding to the number of polyphases. Each delay lines stores a set of input data samples. Filter elements are provided for each delay line. The filter elements operate at a particular time on different subsets of the input data samples stored in the delay line. During a given time interval a number of new input data samples corresponding to the number of filter elements in the group of filter elements are shifted into the delay line. During a plurality of subintervals within the time interval, groups of filter coefficients are supplied to the group of filter elements. In each subinterval, all of the filter elements within the group receive the same set of filter coefficients, and output an output data sample. Output data samples from corresponding filter elements for different delay line are combined to produce filtered data.
US09083289B2
A dual band amplifier is provided comprising a first matching circuit disposed in a first radiofrequency path between an input port and a first amplifier and a second matching circuit disposed in a second radiofrequency path between the input port and a second amplifier. The first matching circuit transforms a first input impedance of the first amplifier to a predetermined input port impedance when the radiofrequency signal is in a first frequency range and transmits the first input impedance to the input port when the radiofrequency signal is in the second frequency range. The second matching circuit transforms the second input impedance to the input port impedance when the input signal is in the second frequency range and transmits the second input impedance to the input port when the radiofrequency signal is in the first frequency range.
US09083285B2
An optical detector circuit comprises a photodetector including an optical input for generating a detection signal; a pre-amplifier including a pre-amplifier input and a pre-amplifier output for generating a pre-amplified signal, the pre-amplifier input coupled to the photodetector; and an amplifier including a amplifier input and an amplifier output for generating an output signal, the amplifier input coupled to the pre-amplifier output.
