US09186831B2
The invention relates to a method for producing of a form part, especially of a plane thin-walled fiber composite part, in a mold (1), comprising the steps: a) Providing of the mold (1), wherein the mold (1) comprises a cavity (2) with a nominal form volume (V) for inserting of a reactive mixture, wherein the cavity (2) is delimited by at least one cavity wall section (3) which is elastically deformable during the inserting of the reactive mixture and wherein the modulus of compressibility (K) of the cavity (2) is between 2,000 bar and 10,000 bar; b) Inserting of the reactive mixture into the cavity (2), wherein the reactive mixture is inserted with such a pressure into the cavity (2) so that the cavity volume is increased during the insertion of the reactive mixture due to elastic deformation of the at least one cavity wall section (3) above the nominal form volume (V); c) Letting solidify of the reactive mixture in the cavity (2); d) Demolding of the finished form part from the mold (1). Furthermore, the invention relates to a device for the execution of the method.
US09186818B2
Heating device for preforms, capable of accurate and highly localized heating of the preforms before the blow molding step of the process of producing bottles or containers from plastic materials. This device comprises two or more heating modules (11-16), each comprising a through opening (100) in the direction of the thickness of the heating module and a heating element (5) positioned in the vicinity of the through opening. The modules (11-16) are assembled such that the through openings (100) are aligned reciprocally with each other to define a conditioning cavity for the heating device (1). Each heating module (11-16) comprises induction means (2).
US09186817B2
A method for preparing tobramycin sulfate powder for injection is provided. The method includes steps of providing a sterile tobramycin sulfate solution; and aseptically spray drying the tobramycin sulfate solution to obtain the tobramycin sulfate powder.
US09186815B2
A cutting apparatus for cutting corner pieces formed of stone or other materials for use as building faces or for cutting flat pieces is disclosed herein. The cutting apparatus includes a frame with a first and a second conveyor operatively attached to the frame. The first and the second conveyors are configured to carry a workpiece from a first end of the frame to the second end of the frame. The first conveyor is disposed at an angle of about 45 degrees to a ground surface supporting the cutting apparatus. The second conveyor is disposed at an angle of about 45 degrees to the ground surface supporting the cutting apparatus, wherein the second conveyor is positioned perpendicularly to the first conveyor so as to form a V-shaped channel therewith. The cutting apparatus further includes a first cutting blade operatively attached to the frame and positioned generally parallel to the first conveyor and a second cutting blade operatively attached to the frame and positioned generally parallel to the second conveyor.
US09186813B2
A casting machine for fabrication of precast concrete structural members, which includes side walls and end dams which are all movable from an open position to a closed position, and a bottom casting surface, where the bottom casting surface, side walls, and end dams serving to form a mold surrounding a cavity configured to contain wet concrete. Concrete is poured into the cavity when the self-releasing mold is in closed position. The side walls, and end dams are automatically movable to the open position when the concrete has solidified so that a precast concrete structural member is automatically released from the self-releasing mold. Also a precast modular system for automated concrete structural member fabrication, which includes a concrete mixing system, a concrete delivery subsystem, a block transport subsystem, and a plurality of casting machines, where each casting machine includes a self-releasing mold.
US09186812B2
Methods and systems for forming a thin-layer moisture-resistant fiber composite material involve pressing a mixture of fibers and resin between a pair of heated dies at least one of which includes a working surface coated with a hard ormosil coating including a cross-linked organically-modified silica network. The use of such coatings may yield composite sheet materials having improved surface quality, sharper edges, and greater draw angles than previously possible. Some systems for making thin-layer fiber composite materials may utilize ormosil coatings on various working surfaces of equipment coming into contact with the fiber and resin mixture, such as surfaces of machinery for mixing or conveying the mixture to the dies.
US09186809B2
An anti-kickback rip fence for use with a worktable of a cutting machine, such as table saw. Also discloses is an anti-kick rip fence guide for attachment to a rip fence. Both the anti-kick rip fence and the anti-kick rip fence guide provide a removeable rip guide that provides additional space between the rip fence and the saw blade, there by reducing the kickback incidents.
US09186798B2
A moving fixture capable of adjusting suction is disclosed in the present invention. The moving fixture includes a sucking component, a first supporting component, a second supporting component, a resilient component and a handle. A first end of the first supporting component is disposed on the sucking component. The second supporting component is movably disposed on a second end of the first supporting component opposite to the first end, and the second supporting component can move from the second end to the first end relative to the first supporting component. The resilient component is disposed between the first supporting component and the second supporting component. The handle is disposed on an end of the second supporting component opposite to the first supporting component.
US09186797B2
A multi-axis force sensing apparatus that is installed at an operational end of a surgery robot and is capable of measuring force acting upon the operational end and a robot arm including the force sensing apparatus includes a body that is elastically deformable and has a pipe form extending along an axial direction of the body, an optical fiber strain gauge attached to a surface of the body to measure a tension and compression of the body in at least three directions. The optical fiber strain gauge may include at least three fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) that are attached to the surface of the body and extended in an axial direction of the body, a light source providing light to each of the FBGs, and a light detector detecting light reflected by the FBGs or light that has passed through the FBGs.
US09186796B2
A master input device operates a slave manipulator which includes joints corresponding to a plurality of degrees of freedom. The device includes an operating unit and detection units of two or more systems. The operating unit is capable of being changed in position and orientation by an operator's operation. The operating unit is provided command values of a position and orientation of the slave manipulator as the position and orientation thereof change. The detection units individually detect different physical quantities related to the operating unit in order to detect the position and orientation of the operating unit.
US09186793B1
Apparatus and methods for controlling attention and training of autonomous robotic devices. In one approach, attention of the robot may be manipulated by use of a spot-light device illuminating a portion of the aircraft undergoing inspection in order to indicate to inspection robot target areas requiring more detailed inspection. The robot guidance may be aided by way of an additional signal transmitted by the agent to the robot indicating that the object has been illuminated and attention switch may be required. Responsive to receiving the additional signal, the robot may initiate a search for the signal reflected by the illuminated area requiring its attention. Responsive to detecting the illuminated object and receipt of the additional signal, the robot may develop an association between the two events and the inspection task. The light guided attention system may influence the robot learning for subsequent actions.
US09186786B2
A fastener removal device comprising a handle and a head, wherein there is a first end of the handle and a second end, the second end forming a toothed pad, wherein one end of the head is shaped as a toothed pad, wherein the other end of the head is shaped as a bifurcated claw, wherein said head contains an opening in the middle, such that the second end of the handle extends through the opening in the head.
US09186784B2
A power wrench with a torque sensing unit includes a housing, a motor, an output shaft, and a planetary reduction gearing connecting the motor to the output shaft and including a stationary ring gear supported in the housing, wherein the torque sensing unit includes a torque transferring element with a single radially extending reaction arm arranged to transfer reaction torque from the ring gear to the housing and carrying strain measuring sensors for generating signals in response to the transferred reaction torque. The torque transferring element includes an annular body with two weak portions to be elastically deformed during torque transfer and having flat surfaces for carrying the strain measuring sensors.
US09186767B2
A knife jig assembly (1, 3) for use in sharpening a knife (8) in a grinding machine (16) comprises a conventional knife jig (1) with a clamp (2) for clamping and holding an object. It also comprises a knife holder (3) with means (5, 10) for holding the knife (8) and with a flat rod (4) to be clamped by the clamp (2) of the knife jig (1).
US09186754B2
A flux-cored wire for laser welding or MIG welding different materials, wherein the different materials are aluminum or an aluminum alloy material and a galvanized steel material. The flux-cored wire contains a cylindrical aluminum alloy sheath containing: aluminum, 0.8-1.9 mass % Si, at most 0.1 mass % Mn, 0.1 mass % Mg, and 0.1 mass % Fe; and a flux filled in a space within the sheath and containing 20-60 mass % cesium fluoride, wherein the percentage filling of the flux is 5-20 mass % with respect to the total mass of the flux-core wire.
US09186752B2
The present invention relates to a brazing method for a component (100) of an air-conditioning circuit comprising a fluid refrigerant receiver (200), said receiver containing a desiccator (210) for said fluid refrigerant. Said method includes the steps consisting of: equipping said receiver (200) with confinement means (221, 222) capable of insulating said desiccator (210) from said component (100); assembling and brazing together said receiver (200) and said component (100); releasing said confinement means (221, 222). The invention also relates to a fluid receiver intended in particular for implementing such a method, with application to the air conditioning of motor vehicles.
US09186751B2
A laser irradiation apparatus of the embodiment includes: a laser light transmission mechanism to guide laser light from a laser light source and emit the laser light from a laser light emission part; a condensing mechanism to condense the laser light; a pipe state casing to house and hold the condensing mechanism inside thereof and have an opening part to irradiate the laser light; a fluid supply mechanism to supply a fluid into the casing to emit the fluid from the opening part; a positioning mechanism provided at the casing to keep a distance from the condensing mechanism to the processing object constant by being brought into contact with the processing object; and a fluid guide mechanism to guide the fluid emitted from the opening part to flow between the casing and the processing object along an axial direction of the casing.
US09186749B2
A laser processing apparatus including a laser beam branching mechanism provided between a laser oscillator and a focusing unit. The laser beam branching mechanism includes a spread angle adjusting unit for adjusting the spread angle of a laser beam and a branching unit for branching the laser beam into a plurality of laser beams. The branching unit includes a half-wave plate, a first polarization beam splitter for separating the laser beam into P polarized light and S polarized light, a first mirror for reflecting the P polarized light, a second mirror for reflecting the S polarized light, and a second polarization beam splitter for leading the P polarized light reflected by the first mirror and the S polarized light reflected by the second mirror to different optical paths extending in the same direction.
US09186744B2
A method to determine welding conditions includes relational expressions or tables about various parameters for setting welding conditions. The method can determine and display the recommended values for the welding conditions which are suitable for the information about the object to be welded and the information about the welding method set by the operator. The welding conditions include a welding current, a welding voltage, a wire feed speed, a welding speed, and a leg length. Furthermore, if the operator changes the recommended value for a welding condition to a new value, the method can determine new recommended values for the other welding conditions compatible with the new value and display the new recommended values.
US09186739B2
A method for creating an inner thread in an opening of a body, using a thread cutter, including the following steps: a) the thread cutter having an axial lengthwise cutout adjacent to which there are blades that project radially outwards and that have cutting edges, is inserted into the opening, whereby several cutting edges arranged one after the other in the longitudinal direction are provided on the lengthwise cutout, which are offset with respect to each other in the circumferential direction, and which are pushed into the groove when the thread cutter is being inserted, b) the cutting tool is rotated by a maximum of 360° in order to create the entire inner thread in at least one projection next to the groove, whereby the cutting edges penetrate into the projection one after the other as the thread cutter turns, and c) the thread cutter is moved axially out of the opening.
US09186737B2
A self-powered chainsaw, typically a battery powered chainsaw, including a housing, a power source, an endless cutting chain having a plurality of cutting elements and a motor arranged to drive the chain relative to the housing using power from the power source. The chainsaw also includes a sharpening element which is arranged so as to be driven relative to the cutting elements and the housing using the power source.
US09186734B2
A height adjustment mechanism of a table saw is provided with a support including a concave seat, two first sleeves spaced from both ends of the seat respectively, a guiding hole, and two parallel brackets spaced from the guiding hole; a drive rod rotatably extended through the brackets; a first bevel gear mounted to an open end of the drive rod; first and second guide uprights fastened in the first sleeves respectively; a threaded guide rod inserted through the guiding hole; a second bevel gear at a bottom end of the guide rod to mesh with the first bevel gear; a motor including a threaded guide hole secured to the guide rod, two second sleeves with the first and second guide uprights sliding through respectively; and two support elements each including a concave base member, a sliding rail on the base member, and a fastening member.
US09186728B2
A cutting tool having excellent chip treatability and adhesion resistance is provided. The cutting tool includes a hard sintered body in at least a cutting edge and has a rake face and a flank face. The rake face has a chip breaker in a protruded or uneven shape. The hard sintered body contains at least 20% by volume of cubic boron nitride. A region of not more than 20 μm from a surface of the hard sintered body on the rake face side includes A-structures made of cubic boron nitride and B-structures made of at least one selected from the group consisting of hexagonal boron nitride, amorphous boron nitride, and boron oxide. The volume ratio of the B-structures to the sum of the A-structures and B-structures, B/(A+B), is not less than 5% by volume and not more than 90% by volume.
US09186722B2
Provided is a tilt type gravity molding device which requires no riser, prevents increase in length of a sprue runner, suppresses occurrence of clogging of a molten metal, and facilitates temperature control of the molten metal. The tilt type gravity molding device includes: a mold having defined therein a product forming space for forming a molded product, and configured to receive a molten metal from a pouring gate; a ladle including: a storing section capable of storing the molten metal therein; and a plate-like opening/closing body abutting on the mold, and having an injection port capable of being aligned with the pouring gate; and a gas supplying section for supply gas into the product forming space. The ladle is slidably mounted to the mold, and is slidable between an opening state in which the injection port is aligned with the pouring gate, and a closing state in which the plate-like opening/closing body closes the pouring gate.
US09186717B2
A punch assembly for a hydraulic punch press machine that affords the ability to compensate for punch point metal loss due to resharpening by facilitating accurate repositioning of the punch point relative to an aperture in a stripper plate through which the punch point member projects during a stamping stroke of the punch assembly.
US09186716B2
A method of producing pressed metal sheet parts in an integrated process to prepare blanks of non-uniform thickness includes the steps of heating a steel sheet blank in heating equipment to the austenite region of the steel of the sheet steel blank in question, then forming the blank into a flat semi-finished product of non-uniform thickness in forming equipment, then immediately thereafter, without any further hearting of the semi-finished product, deep drawing the semi-finished product in deep drawing equipment into a final spatially shaped part. The method may further include cooling down the final spatially shaped part either during the drawing step or immediately after the deep drawing step in a manner which causes the final spatially shaped part to develop hardening microstructure, which imparts high strength to the final shaped part with non-uniform wall thickness.
US09186710B2
The method for cooling a hot-rolled steel sheet of the invention includes a target ratio-setting process in which a top and bottom heat transfer coefficient ratio X1, at which a temperature standard deviation Y becomes a minimum value Ymin, is set as a target ratio Xt based on correlation data between a top and bottom heat transfer coefficient ratio X of the hot-rolled steel sheet and the temperature standard deviation Y of the hot-rolled steel sheet; and a cooling control process in which at least one of an amount of heat dissipated from a top surface by cooling and an amount of heat dissipated from a bottom surface by cooling of the hot-rolled steel sheet in the cooling section is controlled so that the top and bottom heat transfer coefficient ratio X of the hot-rolled steel sheet in the cooling section matches the target ratio Xt.
US09186700B2
A process and an apparatus for performing a UV nano-imprint lithography are provided. The process uses a polymer pad which allows a uniform application of pressure to a patterned template and an easy removal of a residual resin layer. The apparatus includes a tilt and decentering corrector which allows an accurate alignment of layers during the nano-imprint lithography process.
US09186695B2
A machine and a method of applying a non-Newtonian liquid composition onto a surface in a controlled manner. The composition is held in a chamber at a controlled variable pressure and is dispensed through a slit die nozzle as controlled by a valve. Characteristics of the composition are empirically developed and provided to a logic control circuit to assure that the composition is dispensed on either the entire surface or in one or more precise locations.
US09186687B2
A system includes a hermetic centrifugal separator, a recirculation system, a first monitoring system, a first control system, a pressure monitoring system, and a pressure control system. The separator includes a rotor, a separation chamber, an inlet channel for separating components, a first outlet channel for receiving separated light components, and a second outlet channel for receiving separated heavy components. The recirculation system recirculates the separated heavy components from the second outlet channel to the separation chamber. The first monitoring system monitors density and/or flow rate of the heavy components in the second outlet channel. The first control system controls flow rate in response to a control signal from the first monitoring system. The pressure monitoring system monitors pressure in the second outlet channel. The pressure control system controls a back pressure valve in the second outlet channel in response to a control signal from the pressure monitoring means.
US09186685B2
The invention provides apparatus for separation of particles and methods for using the apparatus. In an embodiment, the apparatus includes three arms extending radially from a central reservoir, each arm being associated with a separation electrode. At least one on the arms includes a separation medium. Using a sequence of driving and mobility-changing voltages, target particles can be separated from closely related particles within a sample. For example, single point mutations can be resolved from a sample containing predominantly wild type nucleic acids.
US09186677B2
The technology described herein generally relates to systems for extracting polynucleotides from multiple samples, particularly from biological samples, and additionally to systems that subsequently amplify and detect the extracted polynucleotides. The technology more particularly relates to microfluidic systems that carry out PCR on multiple samples of nucleotides of interest within microfluidic channels, and detect those nucleotides.
US09186674B2
Microfluidic devices, and methods for their use are described. The microfluidic devices include articles formed from a thermoplastic composition comprising a poly(aliphatic ester)-polycarbonate comprising soft block ester units, derived from monomers comprising an alpha, omega C6-20 aliphatic dicarboxylic acid or derivative thereof, a dihydroxyaromatic compound, and a carbonate source.
US09186671B2
A microfluidic test carrier having a substrate, covering layer, and capillary structure formed in the substrate is provided. The capillary structure is enclosed by the substrate and covering layer and comprises a receiving chamber, sample chamber and connection channel between the receiving and sample chambers. The receiving chamber has two boundary surfaces and a side wall, wherein one boundary surface forms the bottom and the other forms the cover. The receiving chamber has a surrounding venting channel and dam between the receiving chamber and venting channel. The dam and venting channel form a capillary stop configured as a geometric valve, through which air from the receiving chamber can escape into the venting channel. The connecting channel between the venting channel outflow and sample chamber inflow controls fluid transport from the receiving chamber into the sample chamber. The capillary stop is configured to prevent autonomous fluid transport from the receiving chamber.
US09186670B2
A microfluidic device and method is provided for handheld diagnostics and assays. The device includes a base having outer surface and a channel therethough for receiving fluid therein. The channel has input and output ports communicating with the outer surface. A lid is also provided. The lid has an outer surface, a first well having a port communicating with the outer surface of the lid, and a second well having a port communicating with the outer surface. The lid moveable between a first disengaged position and a second engaged position wherein the first port of the lid is adjacent the input port of the channel and the second port is adjacent the output port of the channel.
US09186667B2
The discharge device includes a nozzle unit, a storage unit for supplying a pressure transmission medium under regulated pressure to the nozzle unit side, a pressurization unit for supplying a pressurized gas under regulated pressure to the storage unit side, a pump mechanism, a branch unit for communicating the nozzle unit, the storage unit, and the pump mechanism with each other, a discharge valve for establishing or blocking communication between the branch unit and the nozzle unit, and a supply valve for establishing or blocking communication between the branch unit and the storage unit. In a state of the discharge valve being closed and the supply valve being opened, the pressurized gas under pressure regulated by the pressurization unit is supplied to the storage unit side and the pressure transmission medium in liquid phase under pressure regulated by the storage unit is supplied to the supply valve side.
US09186665B2
An apparatus and method for regenerating spent ion exchange resin and recovering regenerant fluid is described. A regeneration system has a regeneration vat, a regeneration solution tank, a regenerant recovery tank, a chemical dispenser, a solids separator, a pH adjuster and a pump. The regeneration vat holds the spent resin and is connected to the regeneration solution tank to allow transfer of regenerant solution into the regeneration vat. Spent regenerant fluid travels to the regenerant recovery tank, where it is treated with chemicals provided from the chemical dispenser. The solids separator receives the treated regenerant liquid and separates precipitate flocs from the treated regenerant liquid. The concentration of chloride ions in the separated regenerant solution can be adjusted by the pH adjuster to form fresh regenerant solution. The pump pumps the fresh regenerant solution to the regenerant solution tank to regenerate additional spent cation exchange resin.
US09186662B2
The invention relates to a processing and positioning device for processing catalyst support bodies. The device comprises a rotary indexing table, which comprises a turntable, which is rotatable about a longitudinal axis running in the axial direction of the turntable, and at least one loading platform, which comprises a holding device and is set up for releasably holding the catalyst support body on an outer surface of the catalyst support body. The at least one loading platform is connected to the turntable, whereby the loading platform is taken along by the turntable when a rotation of the turntable takes place about its longitudinal axis. The holding device is arranged in relation to the longitudinal axis of the turntable with a radial distance away from the longitudinal axis. Also provided is at least one processing position, which is fixed with respect to the turntable and is away from the longitudinal axis in a radial direction by a distance. The distance is provided in relation to the radial distance such that the loading platform can be arranged at the processing position. The invention also relates to a method for positioning catalyst support bodies which, by means of a circular movement, arranges the support bodies at positions that are in series according to the positioning along a circular line.
US09186648B2
A corrugated packing grid with consecutively arranged wave crests and wave troughs for a structured packing, which is assembled from several packing grids, for gas-liquid contacting apparatuses, and a packing assembled from the packing grids. The packing grid and the packing have a large mass transfer area and a low pressure drop at the same time and offer a high mechanical strength. This can be achieved in that elements lie in the region of the wave troughs of the packing grid, the elements extending into the wave troughs.
US09186645B2
A method and system for treating and strengthening material. One or more electron accelerators can be integrated with a mobile unit. The electron accelerators are positioned on the mobile unit to irradiate and treat in-situ, a material located proximate to the mobile unit, wherein irradiation of the material by the electron accelerators results in in-situ cross-linking or polymerization of the material and therefore a strengthening and increased durability of the material. The in-situ treatment of a road surface to toughen and strengthen the road surface constructed with standard asphalt construction can result in improved material properties of the surface, enhanced durability, and improved lifetime.
US09186640B2
A complex coacervate delivery system is provided which encapsulates lipophilic nutrients such as, for example, fish oils high in omega-3 fatty acids. The complex coacervate delivery system protects the lipophilic nutrient from degradation, e.g., oxidation and hydrolysis, and also reduces or eliminates the unpleasant taste and odor of the lipophilic nutrient. The complex coacervate delivery system upon ingestion is operative to substantially release the lipophilic nutrient in the lower gastrointestinal tract in a pH-controlled manner. The complex coacervate delivery system may be included in a food or beverage product having a pH value within the range of about 1.5 to about 5.0.
US09186637B2
A mixing tumbler with two or more compartments, each designed to contain a different component used to prepare a desired mixture, which is structured so as to enable the user to initiate the collapse of the partitions between the compartments, enabling the components to mix and create the desired mixture. The mixing tumbler comprises a flask that is divided into two or more compartments, a cover, and separation discs between the said compartments.
US09186618B2
Ionic liquids are capable of acting as solvents for amine CO2 absorbent compounds in CO2 separation processes and when so used enhance the sorption of the CO2 by the amine. A cyclic sorption process for separating CO2 from a gas stream, such as flue gas or natural gas, brings the gas stream into contact with an absorbent solution of an amine CO2 sorbent in an ionic liquid solvent followed by desorbing the CO2 to regenerate the amine.
US09186610B2
Embodiments described herein relate to roomside replaceable fan filter units. In one embodiment, a roomside replaceable fan filter unit includes a housing having a filter receiving aperture and an air inlet, an aerosol injector, and a fan filter unit. The fan filter unit is coupled to the housing between the aerosol injector and the filter receiving aperture. In another embodiment, a roomside replaceable fan filter unit includes a housing having a sidewalls and a top wall that define an interior volume, an air inlet formed in the top wall, and a filter receiving aperture disposed opposite the top wall. The roomside replaceable fan filter unit also includes a fan filter unit disposed in the interior volume between the air inlet and the filter receiving aperture. The roomside replaceable fan filter unit includes an aerosol injector disposed upstream of the fan filter unit in the interior volume.
US09186599B2
A process which isolates tetrahydrofuran from a stream of tetrahydrofuran, alkanol and high boilers, by: (a) separating off a first stream of tetrahydrofuran and alkanol as azeotrope in a first distillation stage; (b) feeding part of the first stream into a reactor for esterifying maleic anhydride, giving a second stream of tetrahydrofuran and monoalkyl maleate; (c) separating the second stream into a third stream of monoalkyl maleate and a fourth stream of tetrahydrofuran in a second distillation stage; (d) feeding the fourth stream of tetrahydrofuran from the second distillation stage and the part of the first stream from (a) which is not fed to the reactor into a third distillation stage to obtain a product stream of tetrahydrofuran and a sixth stream of tetrahydrofuran and alkanol; (e) recirculating the sixth stream from the third distillation stage into the first distillation stage or the reactor in (b).
US09186597B2
A method of assembly of an evaporation assembly module. The evaporation assembly module comprises an evaporation element, a pipe having at least one fluid outlet and configured for wetting at least a portion of the evaporation element by passing fluid through the fluid outlet, and a support structure configured for holding the evaporation element in a suspended position. The method includes connecting the pipe to the evaporation element and subsequently suspending the pipe and the connected evaporation element to the support structure, in a suspended position.
US09186595B1
An amusement device includes a rotating assembly display rotatably mounted about a center point configured to create a plurality of images via a persistence of vision effect. The rotating assembly includes a sensor disposed on the rotating assembly at a location closer to an end of the rotating assembly than to the center point. The amusement device also includes a device for rotating the rotating assembly and a control circuit including a first microcontroller in operable communication with the sensor. The microcontroller controls a speed at which the device for rotating the rotating assembly rotates the rotating assembly based on communications with the sensor.
US09186593B2
Described are stretchable and formable lighter than air balloons including a high barrier lamination. The stretchable and formable balloons stretch when overinflated instead of failing. The balloons are formed from a lamination including a polyester film with a total thickness of 4 μm to 12 μm including a biaxially oriented polyester core layer and at least one amorphous copolyester skin layer. The polyester film has an Elongation % in the transverse direction (TD) or machine direction (MD) of greater than 125%.
US09186591B2
A toy spinning top with a displaceable platform 11 on which an object can be placed, such as a figure, and wherein the spinning top comprises means for displacing the platform 11 relative to the spinning top and at such rate that the object is ejected off the platform 11. The platform 11 is arranged to be movable in the body part by means of a forcible guide 14, 15 which, at least on a stretch of the forcible guide 14, 15, is configured such that the platform 11 can be caused to rotate only about the axis of rotation 4 relative to the spinning top simultaneously with it moving upwards or downwards along the axis of rotation 4 seen relative to the use situation in which the spinning top rotates about its essentially vertical axis of rotation 4.
US09186590B2
The present disclosure relates to a motion simulator including a rotating plate, a fixing plate, an operating frame disposed at and spaced apart from an upper portion of the rotating plate, and a plurality of link units coupled between the rotating plate and the operating frame to support and vertically move the operating frame. The rotating plate has a motor mounted through one side thereof and a plurality of casters mounted through a lower surface thereof. The caster is configured such that, when the motion simulator is used, rotation of the caster is inhibited to allow the wheel to roll in the rotational direction of the rotating plate. When the motion simulator is moved, the caster can be unlocked to enable the caster to rotate and the motion simulator to be freely pushed and moved. The fixing plate enables the rotating plate to be rotated and has a driven part.
US09186589B2
A method and system for the inflation of a sealed air product with accommodations for both a high capacity, low pressure blower and a low capacity, high pressure pump. The blower is attached to a fill tube and inflates the product until it approaches a point at which the pump does not have sufficient pressure to continue. The fill tube is coiled to prevent the air inside the sealed-air product from escaping and placed into a compartment behind a closable opening which is then closed. The air pump is then attached to an inflation port located on the sealed-air product which, when activated, inflates the sealed-air product to the desired air pressure. A pressure relief valves ensures the product is not over-inflated. After use, air may be allowed to escape through the fill tube, thereby allowing rapid deflation of the product.
US09186588B1
Users may build structures having an area of effect surrounding the structure in a game as a result of in-game actions. In-game actions may include building an instance of a structure controlled by a user. The structure may have an associated area of effect configured to impact at least one of resource accumulation, structure properties, and event frequency within the area of effect. The area of effect may be presented on a map with information relating to its impact. The area of effect may impact the cost of building other buildings therein, the rate at which resources are accumulated therein, the defensive ratings of other buildings therein, the effectiveness of other buildings therein in carrying out an intended functionality, and the frequency at which various positive or negative events occur therein. Some buildings can only be built within the area of effect of a specific other building.
US09186579B2
An Internet based pictorial game allows participants to both contribute and decode pictorial content. The participants' performance, as well as that of artists and their artwork, can be tabulated and presented for community entertainment. Supplemental features can be added according to a desired rule set. Speech recognition can be used in some applications of the invention as well. Advertising can be integrated into game play as part of the picture decoding process.
US09186574B2
Coin operated amusement device including a crane game, a game of chance, and a simulated slot machine in combination. A player deposits coins, and is able to play three games. One game is a traditional crane game. A second game requires a player to press a button to stop moving, flashing lights on an area to win a prize. The second game is located on the corners of the cabinet and above the marquee on the top of the crane game machine cabinet. In a third game, the player plays a slot machine game located on the marquee of the crane machine and pulls a one-arm bandit handle to start the game. If the player wins the slot machine game, the prize is tickets that can be redeemed via an online website/store. Games are played in any order and combination and the prizes adjusted by the operator.
US09186573B2
Disclosed is a multiple-stage puzzle-solving game device comprising a plurality of puzzles imprinted thereon, a plurality of dials, each of which comprising a plurality of indicia imprinted thereon, each indicium representing a probable segment of a solution to a puzzle, and an unsealable sealed reward container comprising a game reward disposed therewithin, and a plurality of dial receptacles disposed on the exterior thereof, each dial receptacle adapted to receive a dial that is pre-assigned thereto. In order to win the game reward, the dials must be rotated to indicate the correct sequential combination of solutions to all puzzles, one puzzle at a time, at which point, reward container is unsealed thereby providing access to the game reward.
US09186566B2
A system and method for pitching balls, particularly footballs and other football-shaped balls. The system and method are flexibly designed to simulate different types of pitches including but not limited to passes, punts, kick-offs and snaps. A cradle for use in the system and method holds the ball in any one of a number of positions such that when it is fed into the system, the ball is propelled to simulate a different type of pitch. The apparatus and system for pitching balls includes a support for a ball throwing head, two opposing variable speed motor powered wheels that can be tilted in relation to each other to control the spin and distance, a slide configured to present the ball on the cradle into the wheels at different angles to provide right or left handed spirals and end over end pitches, and adjustments for height and horizontal pivot. A removable throwing head allows balls to be pitched from different heights from ground level to an upright arm motion to simulate different types of pitches.
US09186563B2
A tamper-resistant ball bat may include a barrel having a tamper-resistant layer and a handle coupled to the barrel. The tamper-resistant layer may include a plurality of composite strips. The composite strips may be layered such that each composite strip radiates outward from the longitudinal axis of the barrel. Each composite strip may include a plurality of longitudinal edges. The longitudinal edges may be disposed at an angle with respect to the longitudinal axis of the barrel.
US09186558B2
Golf balls having an exterior surface with a predetermined area which is smaller than the entire surface area of the exterior surface, includes enhanced micro surface roughness, and is in the form of an asymmetrical pattern on the exterior surface of the golf ball. The enhanced micro surface roughness affects the aerodynamic properties of the ball as compared to golf balls having the same set of construction specifications but without enhanced micro surface roughness.
US09186537B2
An exercise apparatus comprises an incremental weight system. The incremental weight system comprises an incremental weight and an incremental weight selector. The incremental weight selector is liftable by a weight lift and has a lever movable between a lowered position and a raised position to actuate the selector between an engaged position engaging the incremental weight such that the incremental weight is liftable with a first weight by the weight lift and a disengaged position disengaged from the incremental weight such that the first weight is liftable independent of the incremental weight.
US09186529B2
A mobile roof safety device and method of use for arresting the fall of a roof worker off an elevated flat roof is described. The mobile device comprises a displaceable frame having a weighted base adapted to be positioned on a flat roof surface for restraining a load. At least one actuable surface gripping assembly having a pivoting arm to which a safety line is attached for the engagement of a gripping formation is secured to the weighted base. When a pulling force is applied on the pivot arm by a worker attached to the safety line secured to the pivot arm, the gripping formation is biased in the flat roof surface to arrest the fall of the worker.
US09186526B2
An ultrasonic probe includes a first coupled vibration member and a second coupled vibration member each of which extends along a longitudinal axis between a first anti-node position of an ultrasonic vibration and a second anti-node position of the ultrasonic vibration located to a distal direction side of the first anti-node position. The second coupled vibration member vibrates in the same mode as the first coupled vibration member. A first groove of the first coupled vibration member and a second groove of the second coupled vibration member cooperate with each other and thereby form at least a part of a passage inside a multiple-members vibrating portion formed by the first coupled vibration member and the second coupled vibration member.
US09186521B2
A system for managing care of a person receiving emergency cardiac assistance is disclosed that includes one or more capacitors for delivering a defibrillating shock to a patient; one or more electronic ports for receiving signals from sensors for obtaining indications of an electrocardiogram (ECG) for the patient; and a patient treatment module executable on one or more computer processors using code stored in non-transitory media and to provide a determination of a likelihood of success from delivering a future defibrillating shock to the person with the one or more capacitors, using (a) a mathematical transform from a time domain to a frequency domain applied to the indication of the ECG, and (b) a tapered window for identifying the portion of the indications of the ECG on which the transform is performed.
US09186516B2
A rules engine acquires sensor data from sensors applied to the heart and determines whether an electrical waveform should be applied to the heart and, if so, the type of electrical waveform. A multi-phase cardiac stimulus generator generates waveforms in response to the rules engine from waveform data stored in a memory. The electrical waveform is applied to one or more electrodes implanted in or on the heart.
US09186515B2
A method can include providing (302) at least one parameter to control a therapy that is applied to at least one internal anatomical structure of a patient. Electrical data can be obtained from the patient (304), including electrical data acquired via a plurality of sensors during each of a plurality of iterations of the therapy. The electrical data can be analyzed (306) for a respective value of the at least one parameter of the therapy at each of the plurality of iterations of the applied therapy to compute an indication of at least one function of the at least one internal anatomical structure of the patient at each respective iteration of the applied therapy. The computed indication can be stored in memory (308). At least one parameter of the therapy can be adjusted (310) for delivery in a subsequent one of the plurality of iterations based on the indication of the at least one function.
US09186513B2
An implantable cardiac monitoring device includes first and second arms, pivotably attached to one another; electronic circuitry and an associated power source of the device are hermetically sealed in a housing formed by one of the arms. A first electrode is carried by the first arm, a second electrode by the second arm, and a third electrode by one of the two arms. The device further includes a tether element, preferably a strut, pivotably attached between the arms and movable between a folded state and an expanded state. When the strut is in the folded state, the device, in a relatively compact form, can be inserted through a relatively small incision and into subcutaneous tissue, after which, the strut is moved to the expanded state where ends of the arms are spaced apart from one another and supported by the strut, and the three electrodes form dual sensing vectors.
US09186511B2
A method of treating a patient, comprising: sensing a biological parameter indicative of respiration; analyzing the biological parameter to identify a respiratory cycle; identifying an inspiratory phase of the respiratory cycle; and delivering stimulation to a hypoglossal nerve of the patient, wherein stimulation is delivered if a duration of the inspiratory phase of the respiratory cycle is greater than a predetermined portion of a duration of the entire respiratory cycle.
US09186507B2
The present invention is a method of improving the persistence of electrical neural stimulation, and specifically a method of improving the persistence of an image supplied to a retina, or visual cortex, through a visual prosthesis. A continuously stimulated retina, or other neural tissue, will desensitize after a time period in the range of 20 to 150 seconds. However, an interruption of the stimulation on the order of a few milliseconds will restore the retinal sensitivity without the user perceiving the interruption, or with the user barely perceiving the interruption.
US09186501B2
A system of implanting electrode leads for restoring muscle function to the lumbar spine to treat low back pain is provided. The system provides efficient implantation of the leads, including the ability to verify deployment of anchoring mechanisms on the lead using an impedance assessment, such that the implanted lead may be secured within the patient and used to restore muscle function of local segmental muscles associated with the lumbar spine stabilization system.
US09186492B2
A medical apparatus includes a socket unit for connecting a plug unit of a device for supplying medical fluids, in which the medical apparatus is in particular an extracorporeal blood treatment apparatus, for example an extracorporeal dialysis apparatus or an apparatus for peritoneal dialysis, or an apparatus for filling the device for supplying medical fluids. The socket unit comprises connection pieces for the connection of connectors of a plug unit, so that a flow connection can be produced for supplying or discharging a fluid. The connection pieces are surrounded by connection parts thereby forming rinsing chambers, in which the rinsing chambers are closed by closure pieces, said closure pieces being part of a closure body which is disposed rotatably on the socket unit.
US09186490B2
A skin treatment device includes a handle and a tip, having a skin applying surface, detachably coupled to the handle. A fluid delivery structure is formed at skin applying surface and has an aperture and a vacuum entry port. A fluid detouring path is defined between the aperture and the vacuum entry port for prolonging a traveling path of fluid from the aperture and the vacuum entry port. An abrading structure, an electrode structure, and a micro-needling structure are selectively provided at the skin applying surface with the fluid delivery structure to provide multiple functions of the tip.
US09186489B2
An implantable delivery device system for delivery of a medicament to a bladder includes a device body, a drug coating disposed over at least a portion of the device body, and an insertion tool. The device body includes a first end and a second end opposite of the first end, the first end having a first diameter and including a sharp tip for penetrating tissue and the second end having a second diameter and including a head portion. The second diameter is larger than the first diameter. The drug coating is disposed over a portion of the device body and is provided for treatment of an over active bladder. The insertion tool has a shaft located between a proximal end of the tool that includes a handle shaft and a distal end of the tool that is attachable to the head of the device.
US09186486B2
Medical systems and methods including balloons having nanotubes are disclosed. In some embodiments, a medical system includes an elongated shaft, and an expandable balloon carried by the shaft and including nanotubes. The medical system is capable of cooling the balloon to less than about 37° C. In some embodiments, a method includes providing a medical device having an elongated shaft, and an expandable balloon carried by the elongated shaft and including nanotubes; and cooling the balloon to less than about 37° C.
US09186485B2
A balloon catheter for delivering a therapeutic and/or diagnostic agent to tissue is described including an outer balloon having a wall with an opening therethrough and an inner surface, an inner balloon disposed in the outer balloon, enclosing an inflation chamber and having an outer surface defining a space between the outer surface of the inner balloon and the inner surface of the outer balloon, a catheter having a first lumen in fluid communication with the space between the inner balloon and the outer balloon for supplying the agent thereto, and a second lumen through which fluid is supplied to the inflation chamber for inflating the inner balloon to urge the agent out of the opening in the outer balloon, wherein the outer balloon and/or the inner balloon comprise at least one protrusion for directing the agent formed by an inner balloon wall and/or the outer balloon wall.
US09186479B1
Introduced are methods and systems for an adjustable bed device configured to: gather biological signals associated with multiple users, such as heart rate, breathing rate, or temperature; analyze the gathered human biological signals; and heat or cool a bed based on the analysis.
US09186455B2
A venous access device is generally discussed herein with particular discussions extended to port access device having a protective clip. The port access device includes a needle hub having a needle extending therefrom and a catheter hub having a catheter tube extending therefrom with the needle positioned inside the tube in a ready to use position. A tip protector is positioned inside a clip housing, which is positioned in between the catheter hub and the needle hub.
US09186454B2
An attachment device for anchoring a medical device to a patient has, in one aspect, an anchoring portion for attachment to the tissue of a patient by operation of at least one piercing member which in use is deployed for anchoring the device to the tissue of a patient. Alternatively, or additionally, in a further aspect an attachment device comprises a holding part, for holding an elongate object, which is operable between an open position which allows removal of the elongate object and a closed position adapted to securely retain the elongate object. The holding part may include first and second holding portions, for respectively engaging first and second surface parts of the elongate object.
US09186453B1
Self-retracting hang tabs for product packages are described. Methods of manufacturing the self-retracting hang tabs are also described. One apparatus includes a frame to house a hang tab, the frame to be at least partially coupled to a surface of a product package, and the hang tab to allow the product package to be hung from a medium when in a deployed position. The apparatus also include a biasing member coupled to the frame and the hang tab, the biasing member to move the hang tab from the deployed position to a retracted position when not under tension. The biasing member is also configured to position the hang tab in a deployed position when the hang tab is under tension.
US09186430B2
A biological indicator access apparatus and method thereof is provided. The apparatus includes a cage positioned at least partially within an interior compartment of a medical sterilization container, wherein the cage has an interior portion sized to house at least one biological indicator. At least one access element is removably coupled to the cage and permitting access to the interior portion, wherein the at least one access element is located exterior to the medical sterilization container. A filter material at least partially forms the interior portion of the cage, wherein the filter material allows a sterilization substance to traverse from within the interior compartment of the medical sterilization container to the interior portion and prevents non-sterile substances from traversing from the interior portion to the interior compartment of the medical sterilization container.
US09186418B2
Compositions and methods of producing improved cancer vaccines are described. In addition, methods of identifying tumor associated antigens are also described.
US09186416B2
An immunoconjugate in which a phosphate-prodrugged DNA minor groove binding agent of formula (I), where X is a nucleophilically displaceable leaving group, is conjugated to an antibody or an antigen binding fragment of an antibody, and compounds that can be used for making such immunoconjugates, and uses of such immunoconjugates.
US09186412B2
This invention provides compositions comprising a protein, an absorption enhancer, a protease inhibitor, methods for treating diabetes mellitus, comprising administering same, and methods for oral administration of a protein with an enzymatic activity, comprising orally administering same.
US09186409B2
A pharmaceutical composition including an alkaline metal alginate, an alkaline salt, and less than 10% by weight based on the weight of the alkaline metal alginate of a calcium salt. The pharmaceutical composition is intended for the treatment or prophylaxis of dyspepsia in a mammal.
US09186407B2
The invention relates to a composition comprising a neuronal nicotinic receptor ligand and an α4β2 positive allosteric modulator, a method of using the same, and a related article of manufacture.
US09186406B2
This invention encompasses methods of preserving protein function by contacting a protein with a composition comprising one or more purine or pyrimidine nucleosides (such as e.g., adenosine or uridine) and an antioxidant (such as e.g., manganese). In addition, the invention encompasses methods of treating and/or preventing a side effect of radiation exposure and methods of preventing a side effect of radiotherapy comprising administration of a pharmaceutically effective amount of a composition comprising one or more purine or pyrimidine nucleosides (such as e.g., adenosine or uridine) and an antioxidant (such as e.g., manganese) to a subject in need thereof. The compositions may comprise D. radiodurans extracts.
US09186402B2
Analogs of largazole are described herein. Methods of treating cancer and blood disorders using largazole and largazole analogs and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same are additionally described herein. Methods for preparing largazole analogs are likewise described.
US09186401B2
The invention relates to a human immunoglobulin G composition characterized in that the human immunoglobulin G concentration is at least 230 g/l, which is of use in particular for subcutaneous administration.
US09186400B2
Embodiments of the invention are directed to methods of treating, inhibiting or attenuating a microbial infection in an individual who has or is at risk for developing such an infection, comprising the step of administering an effective amount of a StIR composition to the individual.
US09186399B2
The invention relates to oligonucleotides including at least one FANA substituted nucleotide analog and a pyrimidine-purine dinucleotide. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use thereof.
US09186397B2
The invention provides polynucleotides and polypeptides encoded therefrom having advantageous properties, including an ability to induce an immune response to flaviviruses. The polypeptides and polynucleotides of the invention are useful in methods of inducing immune response against flaviviruses, including dengue viruses. Compositions and methods for utilizing polynucleotides and polypeptides of the invention are also provided.
US09186394B2
A method of treating or preventing a disorder, or a complication of a disorder, of an eye of a subject comprising contacting a vitreous and/or aqueous humor with a composition comprising a truncated form of plasmin comprising a catalytic domain of plasmin (TPCD). TPCDs include, but are not limited to, miniplasmin, microplasmin and derivatives and variants thereof. The methods of the invention can be used to reduce the viscosity of the vitreous, liquefy the vitreous, induce posterior vitreous detachment, reduce hemorrhagic blood from the eye, clear or reduce materials toxic to the eye, clear or reduce intraocular foreign substances from the eye, increase diffusion of a composition administered to an eye, reduce extraretinal neovascularization and any combinations thereof. The method can be used in the absence of, or as an adjunct to, vitrectomy.
US09186392B2
The present invention relates to methods for treating and/or preventing metabolic diseases comprising the combined administration of a GLP-1 receptor agonist and a DPP-4 inhibitor.
US09186389B2
The present invention provides a nanoparticle and cell delivery agent, capable of releasing a target substance in a weakly acidic pH environment. Specifically, the present invention provides a nanoparticle comprising a peptide and a particle-forming component, the particle-forming component forming a liposome or a micelle, the peptide having a sequence with 2 to 8 units starting with His (histidine) and ending with an acidic amino acid, wherein each of the units may be identical or different.
US09186386B2
The present invention provides for methods of obtaining an extract of Cannabis plant material as well as subsequent processing of the extract to provide a concentrate of Cannabis. The present invention also provides for pharmaceutical dosage forms (e.g., oral thin films and transdermal patches) that include the concentrate (or extract) of Cannabis, as well as methods of medical treatment that include administering the pharmaceutical dosage forms.
US09186383B2
A nucleic acid includes the 5′ untranslated region, a virus protein-coding region including the NS3 protein coding sequence, the NS4A protein coding sequence, the NS4B protein coding sequence, the NS5A protein coding sequence, and the NS5B protein coding sequence, and the 3′ untranslated region of the HCV J6CF genome in that order from the 5′ to 3′ direction. The NS4A protein coding sequence has a mutation for substituting alanine at position 1680 with glutamic acid, as determined on the basis of the amino acid sequence of the precursor protein of the J6CF strain.
US09186381B2
The present invention relates to the use of a compound which inhibits the activity of MKK4 as a medicament for the treatment of a patient suffering from an impaired liver function, to the use of a compound as a medicament for the treatment of liver failure, including acute/fulminant or chronic liver failure and/or for increasing the regeneration of liver tissue in a patient.
US09186375B2
A pharmaceutical preparation for treating connective tissue damage in man and in animals, comprising a therapeutically effective amount of a glycosaminoglycan composition comprising chondroitin sulfate, N-acetyl D-glucosamine, and hyaluronan, in combination with isolated stem cells. Methods of use and kits containing the glycosaminoglycan composition and materials for isolating stem cells and for treating connective tissue damage and repair of cartilage in man and in animals are also provided.
US09186367B2
Compounds that have agonist activity at one or more of the S1P receptors are provided. The compounds are sphin-gosine analogs that, after phosphorylation, can behave as agonists at S1P receptors.
US09186366B2
It is intended to find novel pharmaceutical use of sphingomyelin and to provide preventive or therapeutic agents for various diseases as well as a food and drink product and feed comprising any of these agents. The present invention provides a pharmaceutical agent which contains sphingomyelin as an active ingredient and is any of the following agents: 1) a sialomucin secretion promoter, 2) an agent for preventing drunken sickness (hangover), 3) an antiallergic agent, 4) an antioxidant, 5) an agent for defending against infection, 6) a hair growth agent, 7) a therapeutic agent for demyelinating disease, 8) an anti-pigmentation agent, 9) an anti-inflammatory agent, and 10) an agent for improving learning ability. The present invention also provides a food and drink product or feed, characterized by comprising the agent. It is preferred that the sphingomyelin should be derived from milk.
US09186365B2
Methods of inhibiting undesired angiogenesis are provided, which methods include administering to a subject a therapeutically effective amount of at least one of the compounds described herein, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US09186363B1
The present invention teaches a new and innovative pharmaceutical composition and method for the treatment of age-related macular degeneration in a patient in need thereof. In particular, the present invention teaches the administration of artemisone for the treatment and/or prevention of AMD in a patient in need thereof. This invention relates to one certain extract of the Artemisia annua plant, both in its crude and refined form composed substantially of Artemisone, a compound that is chemically classified as a sesquiterpene with an endo-peroxide group [FIG. 1]. The present invention teaches a for the treatment of either wet or dry age-related macular degeneration. The invention provides for an initial treatment using an intravitreal injection of Artemisone followed by the use of an oral dosage form which is designed to maintain the therapeutic concentration of Artemisone in the eye without having to perform constant intravitreal injections into the eye.
US09186355B2
The present invention is directed to methods for preparation of a composition comprising mixed crystalline polymorphs rifaximin α and rifaximin β. For example, practice of a method of the invention can provide the composition comprising mixed crystalline polymorphs rifaximin α and rifaximin β wherein the rifaximin β is present in about 3-12% (w/w) or is present in about 5-8% (w/w). The composition comprising mixed crystalline polymorphs rifaximin α and rifaximin β is prepared by dissolving raw rifaximin in a water-soluble organic solvent, for example ethanol, at reflux, then adding water to achieve a final mixed solvent of about 7:3 (v/v) solvent to water ratio, then cooling to 35-40° C. until crystallization commences, then further cooling with stirring to 0° C., then recovery of the crystallized material, and drying to a water content of between 2.5% and 5.0%, to provide the composition comprising mixed crystalline polymorphs rifaximin α and rifaximin β. The composition is suitable for medicinal use, such as in treatment of infections of the gastrointestinal tract.
US09186353B2
This invention discloses a method of treatment of osteoarthritis pain by administration of a histamine H3 receptor antagonist, described herein, a salt thereof, or a composition comprising such compound or salt.
US09186345B2
Acetylcholinesterase inhibitors, such as galantamine or donepezil, have been found to be useful in the topical treatment of skin diseases and skin problems.
US09186338B2
Disclosed herein is a novel solubility enhancer capable of being employed in formulating safe and effective pharmaceutical formulations of partially soluble drugs, wherein the solubility enhancer is selected from dialkyl substituted amides of fatty acids having C6 to C16 carbon chain, preferably from N,N-dimethyl hexanamide, N,N-dimethyl octanamide, N,N-dialkyl decanamide, N,N-dialkyl dodecanamide or N,N-dialkyl hexadecanamide.
US09186320B2
This invention relates to a galenical gel formulation for nasal administration of neurotransmitters/neuromodulators such as dopamine, serotonin or pregnenolone and progesterone. The special lipophilic or partly lipophilic system of the invention leads to high bioavailability of the active ingredient in plasma and brain caused by sustained serum levels and/or direct or partly direct transport from nose to the brain.
US09186299B1
Kits for allowing pharmacist to easily compound medications are provided. The kits include a mixing container, a first active ingredient and an inactive ingredient. It is further provided that methods of mixing compounds. Some kits include coloring agents that aid in the establishment proper mixing. Other kits include colored labels located on the ingredients.
US09186288B2
A stretcher receiving system is provided for installation in an interior compartment of a vehicle, as well as a method of converting a vehicle to a stretchered passenger carrying vehicle. An example of the system includes a plurality of adjustable mounting assemblies, capable of being attached to an interior surface of the vehicle compartment. The mounting assemblies support an adjustable frame assembly which may have at least two vertical posts. Interconnecting these vertical posts is at least one stretcher receiver adapted to hold an end of a stretcher.
US09186283B2
A wound dressing is provided which includes an inner layer with a plurality of drain holes around the perimeter. The inner layer is resistant to penetration by liquid. Adjacent the inner layer is an absorbent layer. An outer layer is adjacent, but not attached to the absorbent layer. The outer layer is resistant to penetration by liquid. The outer layer includes an adhesive band. A removable protective layer covers the adhesive bands and includes a plurality of perforations spaced about the protective layer with a plurality of non-perforated sections between the perforations such that when removed, the perforations cause separation at the perforations and only one non-perforated section is removed at a time. A base layer is provided with an open area and adhesive bands. The base layer is attached to the skin and the outer layer covers the open area of the base layer.
US09186271B1
An orthotic brace comprises a flexible panel having a first panel portion, a second panel portion and a central portion connecting the first and second panel portions, the first panel portion and the second panel portion being of sufficient length to wrap around a torso of a user, a closure structure disposed near ends of the first and second panel portions to secure the panel about the torso, an upper cord system and a lower cord system connected to the panel, the upper and lower cord systems being independently adjustable for a more anatomically correct fit and providing a mechanical advantage, the upper cord system and the lower cord system each having a first pull and a second pull, movable along upper and lower edges of the first and second panel portions, respectively, the first pull disposed at one of the first panel portion and the second panel portion, the second pull disposed at the other of the first panel portion and the second panel portion, wherein right side and left sides of the upper and lower cord systems may be tightened independently to tighten or loosen upper and lower portions of the orthotic brace at the central portion.
US09186267B2
An intraluminal device may be used at a bifurcation to anchor in an afferent vessel, allow perfusion to efferent vessels, and act as scaffolding to inhibit herniation of objects out of a neck of a bifurcation aneurysm. An intraluminal device may include a first side; a second side opposite the first side across a longitudinal axis of the intraluminal device; a proximal section configured to anchor in an afferent vessel; a distal section comprising a first wing and a second wing wherein, in an expanded state, the first wing extends from the first side to the second side and the second wing extends from the second side, through an opening of the first wing, and to the first side.
US09186260B2
An implant configured to be placed in a living body to be expansively deformed and contractively deformed comprises a first layer that forms a filling unit that is configured to be filled with a filling material to maintain an expanded state of the implant, the first layer comprising a porous membrane; a second layer that covers the first layer, the second layer comprising at least one of (i) a fluid-impermeable membrane, and (ii) a gas-permeable porous membrane that is impermeable by liquids or gels; and an introduction port that communicates with the filling unit and is configured to introduce the filling material into the filling unit. An introduction region is formed between the first layer and the second layer, the introduction region being configured to receive a fluid permeating the first layer when the filling material is introduced into the filling unit.
US09186258B2
An implant for therapeutically separating bones of a joint has two endplates each having an opening through the endplate, and at least one ramped surface on a side opposite a bone engaging side. A frame is slideably connected to the endplates to enable the endplates to move relative to each other at an angle with respect to the longitudinal axis of the implant, in sliding connection with the frame. An actuator screw is rotatably connected to the frame. A carriage forms an open area aligned with the openings in the endplates. The openings in the endplates pass through the carriage to form an unimpeded passage from bone to bone of the joint. The carriage has ramps which mate with the ramped surfaces of the endplates, wherein when the carriage is moved by rotation of the actuator screw, the endplates move closer or farther apart.
US09186255B2
An orthopaedic knee prosthesis includes a tibial bearing component with articular features which operate to protect adjacent soft tissues of the natural knee, promote and/or accommodate desired articulation with an abutting femoral component, and facilitate expedient and effective implantation by a surgeon.
US09186251B2
A pump adapted to be attached between a reservoir and an inflatable penile implant of an implantable penile prosthesis includes a pump body connected between a pump bulb and tubing that is attachable to the reservoir and to the inflatable penile implant. An inlet valve and an exhaust valve are disposed within the pump body between the pump bulb and the tubing. A deflate valve is disposed within the pump body between the inlet valve and the tubing. The deflate valve includes a valve stem connected between a spring stabilizer and a valve surface. An aperture is formed to extend entirely through the deflate valve.
US09186250B2
An at least partly implantable system for injecting a substance into a patient's body, in particular a penis erection stimulation system comprises one or more infusion needles disposed within and implanted along with one or more housings adjacent the patient's left and right corpora cavernosa. A reservoir and a pump are also implanted inside the patient's body to supply the infusion needle with infusion liquid. A drive unit also adapted for implantation inside the patient's body is arranged for advancing and retracting the tip end of the infusion needle such that it penetrates the housing in at least one penetration area, preferably in two different penetration areas either simultaneously or in immediate time succession, thereby injecting drugs along with the infusion liquid into the patient's body for stimulating penis erection. The drive unit is provided for implantation remote from the injection area and comprises a mechanical drive element for transmitting kinetic energy from a remote location within the patient's body to the at least one infusion needle.
US09186246B2
There is provided an intraocular lens insertion device capable of easily positioning a circumference of an optical portion of an intraocular lens with respect to a distal end of a plunger. An intraocular lens insertion device 1 comprises: a cartridge 3 having a lens placement section 16 in which an intraocular lens 2 is to be placed; an insertion device main body 4 having a plunger 5 for pushing out the intraocular lens 2 with the cartridge 3 being attached to the insertion device main body 4; and a deforming means 6 for deforming the lens placement section 16. A slit 21 is formed on the lens placement section 16, and the deforming means 6 deforms the lens placement section 16 in a diameter-decreasing direction thereof when attaching the cartridge 3 to the insertion device main body 4. In this way, the intraocular lens 2 is settled at a predetermined position in the lens placement section 16, thus making it possible to position a circumference of an optical portion 2a of the intraocular lens 2 with respect to a distal end portion of the plunger 5.
US09186243B2
An accommodating intraocular lens (AIOL) adapted for implantation into a capsular bag includes an outer shell, a valve, and a force transfer assembly. The outer shell includes at least one surface modification on at least a periphery of the outer shell to promote bonding with the capsular bag. The valve is configured to permit injection of a fill material. The force transfer assembly in the outer shell is adapted to transfer forces from the capsular bag to change the shape of the filled outer shell in response to changes in capsular bag shape.
US09186242B2
A system/method allowing hydrophilicity alteration of a polymeric material (PM) is disclosed. The PM hydrophilicity alteration changes the PM characteristics by decreasing the PM refractive index, increasing the PM electrical conductivity, and increasing the PM weight. The system/method incorporates a laser radiation source that generates tightly focused laser pulses within a three-dimensional portion of the PM to affect these changes in PM properties. The system/method may be applied to the formation of customized intraocular lenses comprising material (PLM) wherein the lens created using the system/method is surgically positioned within the eye of the patient. The implanted lens refractive index may then be optionally altered in situ with laser pulses to change the optical properties of the implanted lens and thus achieve optimal corrected patient vision. This system/method permits numerous in situ modifications of an implanted lens as the patient's vision changes with age.
US09186241B2
A fixation device and method for retaining a graft. The device including: an elongate body having a first end and a second end; a transverse passage for retaining a graft retainer element; a first aperture located in the first end, and a second aperture in the second end; the first aperture and second aperture defining respective ends of a longitudinal through path. The method using the fixation device for drawing a graft through a first tunnel defined in a first bone and reining the graft when through.
US09186238B2
A vessel protector system includes an outer sheath, an inner tube disposed within the outer sheath and moveable in a longitudinal direction relative to the outer sheath and at least one protector coupled to the inner tube, each of the at least one protector having a body formed from a filtering material and extending between a leading end and trailing end coupled to the inner tube, the body having a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration. A snare is coupled to the leading end of the body at one end, and having a second end passing through the interior of the outer sheath, whereby the exertion of a pulling force on the second end of the snare contracts the at least one protector.
US09186237B2
Various devices are described to provide filtering of flow from the aorta to the left carotid artery and the right carotid artery. The filters can be brought into a desired position through one or more peripheral arteries. A single filter device can provide the desired filtering or a plurality of devices can be used. In particular a single filter device can span between the brachiocephalic artery and the left carotid artery. These filter devices can be used effectively to capture emboli generated during procedures on the heart so that emboli do not travel to the patient's brain where the emboli can cause a stroke or other adverse event. In particular, these filters can be used during percutaneous procedures on the heart, such as endovascular heart valve replacement.
US09186226B2
An object is to provide a control device of a dental handpiece that is able to prevent giving a shock to the operator having the dental handpiece and the patient of treatment subject and also that is able to reduce the load onto the motor and to suppress heat generation thereof. The rotational direction of a motor 20 of a dental handpiece is switched at every certain time. At this time, before the rotational direction of the motor 20 is switched through switching of a relay 17, voltage to be applied to the motor 20 is reduced. It is thereby prevented that a large current flows into the motor 20 when the relay 17 is switched, and also that a large rotation torque is applied to a cutting tool rotationally driven by the motor 20.
US09186222B2
An articulated arm for applying a laser beam to a treatment zone has an arm section and a horizontal pivot joint. A spring arrangement acts on the pivot joint and has a cam disk and a pressure member following the cam disk contour as the arm section pivots. The arm section has, relative to a vertical direction, positive and negative pivot angle ranges. In the positive range the spring arrangement relieves the pivot joint from weight forces. When a resting angle in the negative range is reached the articulated arm rests in a support device. A total moment resulting from a weight force moment of the articulated arm and a restoring moment of the spring arrangement acts on the articulated arm about the pivot joint; cam disk contour and spring pretension are matched such that for the resting angle the total moment is oriented toward the support device.
US09186212B2
A renal denervation system includes a renal denervation catheter and a flow determining system. The renal denervation catheter includes a plurality of ablation members positioned at a distal end portion thereof. The renal denervation catheter is insertable into a renal artery. The flow determining system includes a processor and first and second flow determining members spaced apart on the renal denervation catheter. The processor is configured to determine a change in blood flow through the renal artery resulting from a renal denervation procedure using the renal denervation catheter in response to input from the first and second flow determining members.
US09186209B2
Systems for nerve modulation and methods for making and using the same are disclosed. An example system for nerve modulation may include a first elongate element having a distal end and a proximal end and having a helical guide having a proximal end and a distal end. The system may also include a second elongate element having a distal end and a proximal end and having a nerve modulation element proximate the distal end. A sheath may be disposed about both the first and second elongate elements. Pulling proximally on the proximal end of the first elongate element may cause simultaneous radial and longitudinal displacement of the nerve modulation element.
US09186202B2
An electrosurgical system is provided. The electrosurgical system includes an electrosurgical generator adapted to supply electrosurgical energy to tissue. A power source operably couples to the electrosurgical generator and is configured to deliver power to one or more types of loads connected to the electrosurgical generator. The electrosurgical generator includes a controller including a microprocessor coupled to the electrosurgical generator and configured to control the output of the electrosurgical generator. A fiber optic connection circuit is in operative communication with the controller and includes one or more types of logic devices and one or more types of fiber optic channels. The fiber optic connection circuit is configured to mitigate leakage current associated with at least one of a plurality of components operatively associated with the electrosurgical generator by providing isolation.
US09186188B2
The pedicle screw extension system may include a removable cannulated extension provided to a pedicle screw tulip head. The cannulated extension may permit percutaneous implantation of pedicle screws followed by rod placement that may be guided by slots running along the length of the extension. The cannulation may allow for passage and attachment of secondary instruments, such as for example: a screw driving device, a rod measuring device, and a set screw driving device. The screw extension may also include secondary device attachment features allowing the rod to be pushed down in a screw tulip head and for extension removal as needed.
US09186180B2
Disclosed herein are external fixation devices including at least an elongate rod, a housing and an actuation member. The housing is coupled to the elongate rod and the actuation member is rotatably coupled to the housing such that a central longitudinal axis of the actuation member is angled and offset with respect to a central longitudinal axis of the elongate rod. Rotation of an actuation portion of the actuation member about the central longitudinal axis thereof in a first radial direction causes the housing to translate along the central longitudinal axis of the elongate rod in a first direction.
US09186163B2
Methods and devices are provided for forming bone tunnels. In general, the methods and devices allow multiple converging tunnels to be formed in bone, such as in an arthroscopic surgical procedure, e.g., a rotator cuff repair surgical procedure. One or more sutures can be advanced through the converging tunnels, and the suture(s) can be coupled to tissue. The suture(s) with the tissue coupled thereto can be tensioned, thereby helping to maximize an amount of the tissue in contact with the bone. In an exemplary embodiment, a guide device is provided that can be configured to allow a first tunnel to be formed in bone and to allow a plurality of additional tunnels to be formed in the bone at predetermined angular positions relative to the first tunnel such that each of the additional tunnels can extend transverse to the first tunnel and intersect the first tunnel.
US09186160B1
A patient-specific instrument for durable resurfacing hip replacement device comprises a head-neck-area receiving inner portion, a top edge portion, an outer portion, one or more distal-head-neck-hole guiding pins, a femoral-shaft-hole guiding pin, and a vertical groove. The head-neck-area receiving inner portion is contoured to fit over a portion of head, neck, and upper shaft body of the femur. The one or more distal-head-neck-hole guiding pins are installed on the top edge portion, so as to work as a first reference line showing a first direction of a long nail portion of the durable resurfacing hip replacement device. The femoral-shaft-hole guiding pin is installed on the outer portion, so as to work as a second reference line showing a second direction of a lag screw portion of the durable resurfacing hip replacement device. The vertical groove is provided on the outer portion and aligned in parallel to the femoral-shaft-hole guiding pin.
US09186158B2
Reciprocating rasps for the surgical preparation of the bone prior to the implantation of a glenoid or acetabular component with complex geometry are disclosed. Surgical methods for the use of such reciprocating rasps are also disclosed. Some of the methods include inserting a guide pin into the glenoid of the patient, advancing a reciprocating surgical rasp over the guide pin, reciprocating the surgical rasp so as to abrade bone tissue to form a cavity shaped to receive the glenoid component, and implanting the glenoid component in the cavity.
US09186157B2
A surgical cutting instrument including an outer tube having a bearing sleeve disposed within a lumen thereof, along with an inner wire assembly extending through the outer tube and the bearing sleeve. A cutting tip is connected to the inner wire assembly distal the outer tube. Conversely, a coupling chuck is connected to a proximal section of the inner wire assembly, with a housing maintaining the outer tube and the coupling chuck. When mounted to a motor, the inner wire assembly is rotated to effectuate a surgical cutting procedure at the cutting tip, with the bearing sleeve supporting the inner wire assembly relative to the outer tube during rotation.
US09186156B2
A chuck assembly for use with a surgical drill. The chuck assembly is configured to receive a drill bit. The chuck assembly includes an input drive shaft and a linear clutch coupled to the input drive shaft. The linear clutch has an inner coupler. The linear clutch transfers rotary motion from the input drive shaft to the inner coupler when the inner coupler is exposed to a displacing force that causes the inner coupler into engagement with the input drive shaft. A rotary clutch is coupled to the input drive shaft. The rotary clutch has an outer coupler. The rotary clutch transfers rotary motion from the input drive shaft to the outer coupler only when the input drive shaft rotates in a reverse direction.
US09186155B2
A method for treating back pain by stabilizing the sacroiliac joint. The method includes fusing a sacrum bone to an ilium bone or otherwise mechanically immobilizing the sacroiliac joint by inserting at least two implants into voids formed within or between the articular surfaces of each sacroiliac joint of a patient without substantially distracting the joint. The voids are arranged within each joint at either a converging orientation or a diverging orientation. A kit containing the implants and tools required to insert the implants into the joint are also described.
US09186153B2
The present disclosure relates to an apparatus for endoscopic application of surgical clips to body tissue. The apparatus includes a handle portion, an elongated tubular member, one or more surgical clips, a jaw assembly and a locking cam driver. The elongated tubular member extends distally from the handle portion and defines a longitudinal axis. The surgical clips are disposed within the tubular member. The locking cam driver includes a bifurcated distal end portion that has a pair of angled camming surfaces to facilitate closure of the jaw assembly.
US09186149B2
A vaso-occlusive device includes an inner coil made from inner coil wire having a first diameter and formed from a first material, and an outer coil disposed at least partially around the inner coil and made from outer coil wire having a second diameter and formed from a second material. The inner coil has a first pitch and the outer coil has a second pitch. The first diameter, material, and pitch are different from the second diameter, material, and pitch, respectively. The outer coil defines a lumen and the inner coil is disposed at least partially in the lumen. The vaso-occlusive device also includes an intermediate layer disposed between the inner coil and the outer coil, where the intermediate layer includes a biocompatible metal or a biocompatible, swellable polymer.
US09186148B2
A surgical instrument includes a handle assembly having a trigger operable to fire a staple driver to staple tissue. The instrument includes a pointed rod to which an anvil may be coupled. An anvil detection feature is included to determine when the anvil is coupled to the rod. In some versions, the anvil detection feature comprises a translatable rod that inhibits a lockout feature from disengaging. In other versions, an anvil sensing tube is disposed about the pointed rod and interferes with actuation of the trigger in a first position. A recess in the tube permits trigger to actuate when the anvil sensing tube is in the second position. Alternatively, a resilient tab is coupled to the pointed rod and resists actuation of the staple driver. A trigger lockout assembly may include a spring-loaded button that “pops” out when a push rod is actuated, thereby freeing a pivotable lockout feature.
US09186147B2
A device for producing anastomoses between first and second hollow organs, each having inner and outer surfaces. The device comprises a sleeve with an electrode arrangement, over which the first hollow organ is placed such that its inner surface comes to lie on a outermost surface of the sleeve, and an outer electrode arrangement, which can be brought into electrical contact with the opposing electrode arrangement carrying the second hollow organ, which is pushed over the first hollow organ. The outer electrode arrangement comprises a plurality of lamellae, configured and arranged such that, in a closed state, the lamellae form a through aperture and the inner edges of the lamellae lie against the second hollow organ and, in an open state, a gap is formed between the lamellae through which the hollow organs connected to one another can be guided outwardly out of the through aperture.
US09186145B2
Surgical devices and methods are provided for preventing the formation of post-operative adhesions. In one device, an envelope of bioabsorbable material defines at least one opening, and a layer of bioabsorbable adhesion-preventing material is disposed on an exterior surface of the envelope. A rigid or semi-rigid barrier member is at least partially disposed in a space inside the envelope, without adhering to the envelope such that the barrier member can be pulled out of the envelope through the opening. In another device, a rigid or semi-rigid barrier member is removably attached to a layer of bioabsorbable adhesion-preventing material by a controlled adhesive. In another device, a rigid or semi-rigid bioabsorbable barrier member, such as compressed cellulose, is attached to a layer of bioabsorbable adhesion-preventing material. The envelope of bioabsorbable material may include cellulose or oxidized regenerated cellulose. The adhesion-preventing material may include chemically modified sodium hyaluronate and carboxymethylcellulose.
US09186140B2
Described are medical devices useful for applying a bolster material to a surgical fastening device such as a stapler, and related methods of manufacture and use. The devices include an applicator element for receipt between arms of the stapler, and a bolster material, desirably a remodelable extracellular matrix material, coupled to the applicator element. In certain embodiments, the bolster material is held by the applicator element, for example having at least a portion looped around or received through or over a portion of the applicator element. Also described are unique implantable materials including coatings of dried, reversible adhesive.
US09186136B2
A surgical clip applier is provided including a housing; at least one handle pivotably connected to the housing; a channel assembly extending distally from the housing; a plurality of clips loaded in the clip carrier; a drive channel translatably supported in the housing and the channel assembly, the drive channel being translated upon actuation of the at least one handle; and a counter mechanism supported in the housing, the counter mechanism including indicia visible through the housing, wherein the indicia corresponds to a quantity of clips loaded in the clip applier, wherein the indicia decrements upon each firing of the clip applier resulting in a reduction in the quantity of clips remaining of the plurality of clips.
US09186135B2
Provided are a medical suture having micro cogs on a surface thereof and a method of manufacturing the medical suture. The method of manufacturing a medical suture includes steps of: producing a suture preform where micro cogs are formed on a surface thereof by heating and pressing a raw material of a suture for surgery in an overflow mould in a heat-press solid-phase forming method; and producing a suture with twist maintained by applying a tensile force and a rotational force to the suture preform in a vacuum state where a specific temperature condition is maintained.
US09186130B2
Improved methods and devices for performing an endoscopic surgery are provided. Systems are taught for operatively treating gastrointestinal disorders endoscopically in a stable, yet dynamic operative environment, and in a minimally-invasive manner. Such systems include, for example, an endoscopic surgical suite. The surgical suite can have a reversibly-expandable retractor that expands to provide a stable, operative environment within a subject. The expansion can be asymmetric around a stabilizer subsystem to maximize space for a tool and an endoscope to each be maneuvered independently to visualize a target tissue and treat the target tissue from outside the patient in a minimally invasive manner.
US09186119B2
A radiation image capturing system includes a first image capturing apparatus for capturing a radiation image of a subject, a second image capturing apparatus for capturing a radiation image of the subject, the second image capturing apparatus having a specification different from that of the first image capturing apparatus, an image correcting device for correcting the radiation image of the subject which is captured by the second image capturing apparatus such that the radiation image of the subject which is captured by the second image capturing apparatus has the same magnification as that of the radiation image of the subject which is captured by the first image capturing apparatus, and a display unit for displaying the corrected radiation image. The radiation images captured by the image capturing apparatus of different specifications are corrected to have the same magnification.
US09186105B2
A method and apparatus for detecting seizures with motor manifestations including detecting EMG signals, isolating from the EMG signals spectral data for a plurality of frequency bands, and calculating a T-squared value there from. The T-squared values may be detected in real time, such as in a patient's home environment, and the T-squared data may be compared to a threshold T-squared value to determine whether an alarm is sent.
US09186104B2
Instrument for producing a sample of body liquid for analysis by piercing the skin with a lancing element having a skin piercing tip. The instrument has a housing and a lancing drive for driving a lancing element connected thereto in a puncturing movement. A pressure ring surrounds a skin contact opening and is adapted for pressing against the skin such that the skin bulges into the opening for promoting expression of body fluid. The skin contact opening has an opening area corresponding to a circle with a diameter of at least 3 mm and at most 8 mm, and the instrument comprises a pressing force control device for controlling the pressing force between the pressure ring and the skin at the time of triggering the puncturing movement, to be at least 3 N and at most 8 N.
US09186098B2
An apparatus for insertion of a medical device in the skin of a subject is provided, as well as methods of inserting medical devices.
US09186097B2
A disposable device for analyzing body fluid especially for blood sugar tests includes a container which can be inserted into a measuring apparatus, a sampling member provided in the container to pierce skin of a body part and sample body fluid, and a test member for receiving body fluid obtained by the skin-piercing. In one form, the test member is fixed in a retaining chamber of the container, and the sampling member is configured in the same retaining chamber such that it is separated at a distance from the test member in an initial state and is in contact with the test member to transfer body fluid in a transfer state after the skin-piercing.
US09186088B2
A method for device visualization includes receiving a set of physical characteristics including a description of spatial relationships of a plurality of markers within a device. Radiographic data of the device within a subject is acquired. An approximate location of each of the plurality of markers is identified within the radiographic data. A trajectory function is constructed for the device within the subject based on the identified approximate locations of each of the markers and the received set of physical characteristics. A section function is constructed for the device based on the set of physical characteristics and a 3D model is generated for the device based on the constructed trajectory function and the section function. A rendering of the 3D model is displayed on a display device.
US09186087B2
A method for compensating cardiac and respiratory motion in atrial fibrillation ablation procedures includes (a) simultaneously determining a position of a circumferential mapping (CFM) catheter and a coronary sinus (CS) catheter in two consecutive image frames of a series of first 2-D image frames; (b) determining a distance between a virtual electrode on the CS catheter and a center of the CFM catheter for a first image frame of the two consecutive image frames, and for a second image frame of the two consecutive image frames; and (c) if an absolute difference of the distance for the first image frame and the distance for the second image frame is greater than a predetermined threshold, compensating for motion of the CFM catheter in a second 2-D image.
US09186076B2
A physiological monitoring system may determine physiological information, such as physiological rate information, from a physiological signal. The system may determine a skew metric based on the physiological signal. The system may also determine a correlation lag value corresponding to a peak in a correlation sequence derived from the physiological signal. The system may qualify or disqualify the correlation lag value based on the skew metric. The system may, for example, compare the skew metric and the correlation lag value to a reference set of skew metric values and correlation lag values to determine whether to qualify or disqualify the correlation lag value.
US09186069B2
A biological information displaying apparatus includes: a displaying section on which a measurement display screen displaying biological information under measurement and an abnormality display screen displaying information alarming an abnormality of the biological information, and the biological information at a timing when the abnormality occurs are displayed; and a display controlling section which is configured to display the abnormality display screen on the measurement display screen, so that the abnormality display screen is superimposed on the measurement display screen. In case where the abnormality display screen is displayed on the displaying section, the display controlling section controls the displaying section so that, even when the abnormality resolves, the information alarming the abnormality of the biological information, and the biological information at the timing when the abnormality occurs are continued to be displayed on the abnormality display screen.
US09186060B2
System, devices and methods are presented that integrate stretchable or flexible circuitry, including arrays of active devices for enhanced sensing, diagnostic, and therapeutic capabilities. The invention enables conformal sensing contact with tissues of interest, such as the inner wall of a lumen, a the brain, or the surface of the heart. Such direct, conformal contact increases accuracy of measurement and delivery of therapy. Further, the invention enables the incorporation of both sensing and therapeutic devices on the same substrate allowing for faster treatment of diseased tissue and fewer devices to perform the same procedure.
US09186054B2
An endoscope apparatus according to a present embodiment has a CCD and an LED control section which controls LED1 and LED2. The LED control section sequentially drives the two LEDs, LED1 and LED2, on the basis of an image pickup start timing signal corresponding to each image pickup cycle S for the CCD within the image pickup cycle S such that driving time periods for LED1 and LED2 do not overlap. The LED control section also variably controls the driving time periods for LED1 and LED2 to adjust an amount of exposure within the image pickup cycle S and performs control so as to conduct, within the image pickup cycle S, at least a first drive within the image pickup cycle S of LED2 that is a second or subsequent one to be driven with reference to a timing for driving of LED1 that is driven earlier.
US09186051B2
An image processing device includes: an interest area detector that detects interest areas included in a time-series image group captured in time series; a calculation processing unit that calculates feature amounts indicative of features of the interest areas; an area classification unit that classifies the interest areas into area groups, based on the feature amounts of the interest areas and time-series positions of time-series images including the interest areas; a group feature amount calculation unit that calculates a group feature amount indicative of a feature of each of the area groups; an area selection unit that selects one or more representative areas of the interest areas belonging to the area groups, from among the area groups; and a representative image output unit that outputs one or more representative images including the representative areas in the time-series image group.
US09186050B2
A medical treatment endoscope includes: an insertion portion which has a lumen formed along a longitudinal axis of the insertion portion and is configured to be inserted into a body cavity, a lateral opening portion which extends in a lateral surface of the insertion portion, from a distal end surface of the insertion portion to a proximal end side of the insertion portion, an elastic member which is provided in an inner wall of the lumen at a position separated from an edge of a proximal end of the insertion portion in a direction toward a distal end side of the insertion portion, and a tubular arm which includes a bendable bending part provided at a distal end side of the tubular arm.
US09186041B2
A medical information recording apparatus includes: an input portion that includes a plurality of input terminals and into which a medical image can be inputted from a plurality of image pickup apparatuses, and that detects whether the medical image is inputted through any input terminal among the plurality of input terminals and outputs a detection result; a screen synthesis portion that performs synthesis processing according to one synthesis pattern among a predefined plurality of synthesis patterns for one or more of the medical images inputted through the plurality of input terminals, determines a medical scene or changing of the medical scene based on a detection result of the input portion, switches the synthesis pattern based on a determination result, and outputs a synthesized image based on the one or more medical images that are inputted; and a recording processing portion that records the synthesized image as a single image file.
US09186040B2
A sealing structure has: a plate portion that is formed with a harder material than a bendable substrate and interposes an electronic device via the substrate from a top surface and a back surface of the substrate on which the electronic device is mounted; and an elastic body that is provided on an outer periphery of the plate portion to cover a part of the plate portion and integrally molded so as to press the plate portion against the substrate.
US09186034B2
Methods of operating a dishwasher having a treating chamber, a sump fluidly coupled to the treating chamber, a sprayer for spraying liquid in the treating chamber, a recirculation pump fluidly coupled to the sump and the sprayer to recirculate the sprayed liquid from the sump to the sprayer, and a reuse tank for storing liquid. The methods remove and store liquid that do not include sedimented soil particles.
US09185994B2
A compact jumper for an infant or young child. The compact jumper includes a support frame, at least one resilient member, and a child-receiving apparatus. The support frame is configured for resting on a support surface and the at least one resilient member is coupled to a portion of the support frame. The child-receiving apparatus is supported by the at least one resilient member and is guided by a portion of the support frame. The child-receiving apparatus is movable with respect to the support surface as the child moves and jumps.
US09185979B1
An embodiment of a floating shelf and mounting bracket provides two parts, a hollow metal shelf and a bracket. The metal shelf includes five enclosed sides. The metal shelf back side that mounts to a planar surface is partially open creating an integral mounting tab surface that allows the metal shelf to simply be lowered onto an offset upward bend of the mounting bracket that is attached to the planar surface, providing a quick and secure mounting method of the shelf without any visible brackets or hardware. An alternate embodiment includes notched openings in the metal shelf back side sized to receive and engage spacer posts on the mounting bracket upward bend for further lateral shelf stability.
US09185975B2
A modular storage system and method, a module and a method of making the same include a top panel and a bottom panel, each of the top panel and bottom panel comprising first and second opposed edges, and first and second side members. Each of the first and second side members comprises: a top edge and a bottom edge, the top edges of the first and second side members being attached to the opposed edges of the top panel, and the bottom edges of the first and second side members being attached to the opposed edges of the bottom panel; and a longitudinal attachment feature running along a length of the side member along a longitudinal axis of the side member, longitudinal attachment features of first and second modules enabling coupling together of the first and second modules.
US09185974B2
A furniture assembly comprising a first frame structure having front and rear portions and including at least a first leg member and a first rail member supported by the at least a first leg member where the first rail member has a first length dimension, second rail member supported by the at least a second leg member spaced apart from the first rail member wherein an assembly space includes the space between the first and second rail members, a first furniture sub-assembly having first and second ends, having a first depth dimension and a second furniture sub-assembly having first and second ends, a second depth dimension, wherein the combined first and second depth dimensions are less than the first length dimension.
US09185969B2
An object of the present disclosure is to provide a method of producing an opened fiber bundle at high speed and in a space-saving manner. The method is as follows. A method of continuously producing an opened fiber bundle for a cleaning member, comprising the steps of (a1) providing (i) first nip rolls, (ii) second nip rolls, (iii) third nip rolls, and (iv) an opening facilitator; (a2) conveying a fiber bundle using the first nip rolls and the second nip rolls to apply a tensile force to the fiber bundle, the fiber bundle being pushed onto the upstream portion and the edge of the opening facilitator while conveying; and (a3) conveying the fiber bundle using the second nip rolls and the third nip rolls to relax the fiber bundle, thereby forming a belt-shaped fiber bundle.
US09185961B2
The present invention relates to a device for applying at least one product at a de-sired place or spot. The device comprises several layers, where an impermeable top layer (1) and an impermeable bottom layer (4) will form the outer surfaces of the device, between which two outer surfaces a storage layer (3) and a contact layer (2) are arranged. The bottom layer (4), storage layer and contact layer (2) are welded together inside their edges to form a closed storage chamber (10) for the product and further being connected (6) around their common edges, where at least a part of the bottom layer (4) outside and around the closed storage chamber (10) is cut away, in order to create a device with soft edges.
US09185959B2
A liquid applicator comprising a container, a plug, a flow control unit, a biasing member, a collar holder, a discharge barrel, a collar, an application member, a cap and optionally a jacket. The cap or the jacket is configured to displace the collar holder along a longitudinal axis of the liquid applicator to bring the liquid applicator to an open position or to a closed position. The flow control unit closes the at least one aperture in the plug in the closed position; and in the open position, the flow control unit opens the at least one aperture in the plug and the liquid content flows from the at least one aperture to the collar holder so that the container, the plug and the collar holder are in fluid communication with each other.
US09185955B2
A flexible, durable, comfortable, cost-effective, easy-on, easy-off flexible jewelry cover completely envelopes jewelry articles and elements extending from said articles, preventing the user from scratching, abrading, or otherwise harming other people or articles he may touch. Further, the cover protects the jewelry articles from unwanted, damaging, and messy substances. The cover may be adapted for use on any appendage, including, but not limited to, fingers, toes, wrists, ankles, hands, and feet. Due to the durable, yet flexible material, the cover fits comfortably on any appendage and does not restrict bodily movements. The cover will not pierce or puncture exterior layers of clothing such as gloves and socks. The cover is also disposable, therefore promoting sanitary conditions.
US09185950B2
A fastening system comprising a closure member (tab) and one or more of an elastic/stretch member (ear), a release tape, and a landing member. The tabs and ears are divided into zones of certain dimensions. The angles at which the tabs transition the zones are defined. The system provides for improved fit of an absorbent article about the article's wearer.
US09185937B2
The invention is related to an electronic cigarette, including a hollow and tubular cigarette pipe, the cigarette pipe being divided into a cigarette rod and a mouthpiece, and the cigarette rod and/or the mouthpiece have paper film attached on its surface. With paper film attached to outer surface of the cigarette rod and/or the mouthpiece, the electronic cigarette presents a real feeling as gripping cigarette between fingers or in mouth, a high simulation, and a realer experience to the user.
US09185934B2
A device of the tobacco processing industry and method for supplying ground or cut tobacco material having at least 35% moisture content. The device includes a conveyor, a portioner, and a homogenizer device including a needle roller and a picker roller. The needle roller is located downstream, relative to a tobacco conveying direction, of the conveyor and is structured and arranged to receive tobacco material from the conveyor, and the picker roller is structured and arranged to expel tobacco material out of the needle roller in a direction of the portioner.
US09185932B2
A tobacco dosing system (1) for providing doses of tobacco (4) includes a tobacco supply (3) constructed and arranged to supply tobacco (4), a dosing device (5) including at least one dosing cup (11, 12) for receiving the tobacco (4) to be dosed, a gas flow device (6) constructed and arranged to in use provide a gas flow (10) through the tobacco received by the at least one dosing cup (11, 12), a gas flow measuring (7) device constructed and arranged to measure a property of the gas flow (10), and a controlling device (8) operably connected to the dosing device (5) and the gas flow measuring device (7) to control the operation of the tobacco dosing system (1) on basis of the measured property.
US09185926B2
A method for producing a high-zinc-content yeast extract, including extracting the high-zinc-content yeast extract by suspending zinc-containing yeast into a solution containing a carboxylic acid, a carboxylic acid salt, or both thereof to thereby obtain a suspension liquid, and separating a solid component and a liquid component of the suspension liquid; the high-zinc-content yeast extract; food; and an agent for maintaining and restoring a green color of vegetables.
US09185921B2
A method for making a milk product (e.g. a yogurt) comprising adding an effective amount of an N-linked glycosidase and/or an O-linked glycosidase to milk.
US09185918B2
Meat processing equipment is disclosed that includes a first element having a first face; a second element having a second face. The first and second faces extend parallel to one another and define a common plane between the first and second faces. The first and second elements are relatively movable with respect to one another. Yieldable arresting features are included for yieldably arresting the first and second elements in at least one predetermined position of relative movement, the yieldable arresting features include cooperating first and second permanent magnets associated with at least one of the first and second elements.
US09185912B2
A compound represented by Formula (1): The compound can be used as insecticides.
US09185901B1
An attractant scent dispenser (1) having a preferably rounded bulb-shaped reservoir (2) that is filled with a liquid attractant (3), such as deer urine. A wick (4) extends from a distal end (5) of the reservoir and an eyelet (6) or other attaching means for attaching a cord (7) is located at a proximal end (8) of the reservoir. A hunter may use the cord to drag the reservoir on the ground to disperse a trail of attractant scent while the bulb shape of the reservoir prevents the attractant scent dispenser from becoming tangled in any debris on the ground.
US09185899B2
A system for protecting user's body from the attacks of electro-sensitive animals is provided. The system includes a frequency generator, a modulator, a controller, a level shifter, plurality of electrodes and a power source to provide power to the controller. The controller generates pattern for the modulator and further the controller controls the frequency generator and the level shifter. The frequency generator generates waveforms and frequencies on the instructions programmed by the user in the controller. The modulator then mixes the pattern with waveforms or frequencies. The level shifter shifts results of the modulator to a higher voltage level and further transmits the polarized waveforms and frequencies to the plurality of electrodes. At least one of the electrodes emits the alternating electric field around the user's body as per the pattern, waveforms and frequencies from the level shifter and the another electrode to couple the electric field floating to ground and resulting in creating an aura of electric field around the user's body and further facilitating in protecting the user's body from the attack of electro-sensitive animals.
US09185894B1
The automatic fish hook tying device includes a hollow housing with an elongate slot formed therein. A fish hook holding assembly near one end of the slot adjustably holds a fish hook thereon, with an eye of the fish hook extending into the housing. A fishing line feeding assembly near the opposite end of the slot positively feeds a fishing line through a fishing line guide assembly, threading the line through the eye. A winding and spooling assembly winds the line around a detachable spool and forms coils around a standing line to initiate formation of a knot. A manipulator assembly carries the spool to form loops and thread the line through the loops during the knot tying process. Upon completion of the knot, the tied fishing hook can be removed from the housing through the slot. A cutter assembly is provided to cut off excess length of line.
US09185892B2
A fishing lure imitating a bird has a body having a central long axis with equal longitudinal buoyancy, a set of two simulated eyes, groups of buoyant flexible strands each joined at one end to the body simulating extended bird wings, and a hook element disposed longitudinally through the cylindrical body with a shank extending rearward in the body along the long axis, the shank exiting the body in an upward-facing lengthwise recess, then bending forward to present a hook point.
US09185873B1
A soybean cultivar designated 28353445 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 28353445, to the plants of soybean cultivar 28353445, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 28353445, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 28353445. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 28353445. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 28353445, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 28353445 with another soybean cultivar.
US09185856B1
This invention, through an arrangement of basic elements, has resulted in a new device for landscape irrigation which has not been previously available. This implementation is an electromechanical device which can potentially revolutionalize the entire landscape irrigation industry. During operation it cyclically varies the amount of water ejected from a sprinkler device and thereby provides a more uniform coverage than is ordinarily available. This obviates the necessity to have additional sprinklers fill in the under-watered areas. The device accomplishes this by utilizing a synchronous alternating current motor to drive a rotor which, as it rotates, varies the flow rate of the water to the sprinklers. The motor is powered by the same source that powers the valves feeding water to the sprinklers. Its use will drastically reduce the amount of irrigation water required, helping to save a precious resource.
US09185853B1
A double-walled nested plant pot assembly having a base pot and an insert pot, the latter removably inserted into the base pot. The base pot has a bottom and tapering sides, an open top, a drain hole in the bottom, and legs on the bottom for elevating the base pot above a surface. Clearance holes are provided for plumbing to be disposed under the base pot bottom. A pipe fitting is disposed in the drain hole for connection with a drain line. Stand offs are formed in the base pot for supporting the insert pot. The shape of the insert pot conforms to the base pot with slightly smaller dimensions and includes a basin portion with a plurality of drain slots. When placed on the stand offs, the spaces between the basin portion, the insert bottom, and the interior sides and bottom of the base pot provide a volume through which water may drain from the insert pot into the base pot and through the base pot drain.
US09185846B2
A dog is disclosed for mounting on a shuttle assembly of a bale ejector system of a square baler. The dog has two pointed ends and at least one mounting feature that permits the dog to be pivotably mounted on the shuttle assembly. The dog is symmetrical so as to be selectively capable of being mounted on the shuttle assembly in each of two orientations in order to extend the service life of the dog.
US09185844B2
A header for a combine harvester capable of improving the flow of grain from the header to a feeder house and reducing grain buildup about a void proximate an aft section of the header is disclosed. The header includes a chassis and a cross auger extending in a widthwise direction of the chassis. The header also includes a feed mechanism mounted on the chassis proximate a posterior end of the cross auger and within the void of the header.
US09185840B2
A portable hydroseeding system comprising a housing for containing a slurry, a propellant means connected to the housing and an outlet control mechanism for distributing the slurry.
US09185837B2
A pull-type crop engaging machine such as a rotary mower comprises a frame mounted on transversely spaced field ground wheels for movement with a hitch arm extending to a tractor and a transport assembly attached behind the frame for moving downwardly to a transport position so that in the transport position the hitch arm extends from one end of the frame generally in the transverse direction for towing the machine in the transverse direction. The transport includes a transport ground wheel which acts to raise the frame to pass underneath the crop engaging system to support the machine on the wheel, on a second wheel behind the frame and on the hitch. The movement of the hitch and the wheel is connected and started at a position of the hitch so that the machine remains balanced. A shield behind the frame includes a portion which moves with the transport wheel.
US09192086B2
An application device for a screen protector and an application method thereof are provided for applying an adhesive film to a screen of an electronic device with ease and precision. The application device is formed as a frame-like structure having an internal hollow region. The screen protector includes, from top to bottom, a protective layer, an adhesive film layer, and a release layer sequentially bonded together. The protective layer is greater in area than the adhesive film layer or the release layer and has a peripheral portion extending outwardly beyond the adhesive film layer or the release layer. The peripheral portion of the protective layer is attached to a frame-shaped top surface of the application device while the adhesive film layer and the release layer bonded thereto are placed in, and lie adjacent to a top portion of, the internal hollow region of the application device.
US09192079B2
An improved cooling mechanism for a power electronics device is provided. More specifically, a cooling mechanism is provided that includes an air passageway configured to allow cooling air to bypass a portion of a heatsink adjacent to the rectifier circuitry and direct cooling air into an area of the heatsink that is nearer to the inverter circuitry. Another embodiment employs an air passageway with an air directing structure configured to provide an air flow that impinges on a lateral surface of the heatsink. In another embodiment, the air directing structure is chosen to provide a turbulent air flow in the heat dissipating structure within the vicinity of the inverter circuitry.
US09192074B2
The present invention provides a cooling device for rack-type electronic equipment. The rack-type electronic equipment is provided with electronic circuit devices having different heating quantities inside an enclosure, and the cooling device has multiple heat pipes for cooling the rack-type electronic equipment. A condenser unit is provided on the upper surface of the enclosure, an evaporator is provided on the back surface of the enclosure, and each electronic circuit device having a different heating quantity is cooled by means of the heat pipes.
US09192073B2
A fixing mechanism includes a base, a substrate and a latch. The base includes a constraining component and a contacting component. The substrate is slidably disposed on the base. The substrate includes a body, a fixing hole structure and a connecting portion. The base and the body respectively hold circuit boards. The fixing hole structure is disposed on the body for sheathing the constraining component. The fixing hole structure includes a first opening and a second opening, the second opening is connected to the first opening in a linearly stretching manner. The latch is rotatably disposed on the substrate. The latch includes a bar and a driving portion. The driving portion is disposed on an end of the bar and movably contacts against the contacting component. The driving portion slides relative to the contacting component with rotation of the bar to connect the connectors of the circuit boards.
US09192070B2
A method and apparatus for loading IC's into a socket lid is disclosed. The IC is first loaded into a lid. Once the IC has been loaded into the lid, the lid is rotated into a closed position on the frame. The lid is then locked in place on the frame by rotating at least one locking lever into a closed lacked position, where the locking lever forces the lid down against the socket contacts against a spring.
US09192063B2
A flash drive including a storage element, a housing, and an integrating member is provided. The storage element has a first connector and a second connector. The integrating member is pivoted to the storage member and coupled to the housing, wherein the integrating member and the housing move relatively in a first path or a second path. The integrating member and the housing move relatively along the first path, such that the first connector is extended outside or hidden inside the housing. The integrating member and the housing move relatively along the second path and drive the storage element to move relative to the integrating member, such that the second connector is extended outside or hidden in the integrating member. An operating method of flash drive is also provided.
US09192056B2
A technique for bonding two dissimilar materials includes positioning a second material over a first material at an oblique angle and applying a tamping layer over the second martial. A laser beam is directed at the second material that generates a plasma at the location of impact on the second material. The plasma generates pressure that accelerates a portion of the second material to a very high velocity and towards the first material. The second material impacts the first material causing bonding of the two materials.
US09192051B2
In a module substrate, a plurality of terminal connection substrates each including an insulator and a plurality of columnar terminal electrodes arranged on a single lateral surface or both lateral surfaces of the insulator is mounted on a single side of a composite substrate such that at least one of the terminal connection substrates extends over a border between a plurality of neighboring module substrates. The composite substrate, in which the plurality of terminal connection substrates is mounted on the single side and a plurality of electronic components is mounted on at least the single side, is divided at a location where the module substrates are to be cut from the composite substrate.
US09192035B2
A relamping circuit topology to provide a lamping signal in ballast circuits used to power heated filament gas discharge lamps. The relamping circuit includes a low level DC power source, a differential capacitance and a switching device coupled to the differential capacitance. The differential capacitance is configured to produce a relamping signal. The relamping circuit topology also includes an electric current path configured to direct a flow of direct current from the low level DC power supply through a filament of the gas discharge lamp, and to the differential capacitance such that breaking and restoring the electric current path activates the relamping signal.
US09192028B2
The present disclosure provides techniques for a self-commissioning and locating lighting system. The system includes a group of light fixtures, each emitting a unique optical data signal. A remote control device detects the unique optical data signal from the light fixtures when the light fixture is within a visual field of the remote control device. A central controller receives a signal from the remote control device, wherein the signal comprises data regarding the GPS location of the remote control device and the digital identities of the light fixture within the visual field of the remote control, wherein the signal further comprises a control command for operation of the light fixtures, and wherein the central controller sends a control signal to the light fixture implementing the control command.
US09192023B2
The invention is based on the idea that control of power consumption in a system comprising power consuming devices like lighting devices, for example, can be performed by dividing the power consuming devices of the system into a plurality of groups and by taking into account power consumption or load shedding or restoration capability for each group. Further, the invention implements an auction mechanism for adjusting power consumption or load in the lighting system such that an effective, fast, user requirements considering and lighting device functions and characteristics considering adjusting is achieved.
US09192013B1
Lighting devices include multiple emitters (e.g., LEDs, optionally in combination with one or more lumiphors) arranged to be operated in multiple operating states arranged to produce different gamut area index (GAI) or relative gamut (Qg) values, preferably in conjunction with a small or imperceptible change in luminous flux and/or color point. A first emitter or emitter group and a second emitter or emitter group may be separately arranged to produce white light with different gamut areas. Adjustment of operation of emitters may be responsive to a user input element or sensor.
US09192002B2
An LED lamp control circuit directly drives an array of series or parallel connected LEDs with current directly derived from the rectified AC voltage. Electrolytic capacitors are eliminated, and the circuit is independent of forward bias voltage of the LEDs, which vary by lot and manufacturer. For example, in an embodiment, an light-emitting diode (LED) lamp control circuit includes a transistor, an LED load comprising one or more LEDs, a power storage device configured to provide power to the LED load, and a controller circuit configured to control the transistor to charge and discharge the power storage device based on sensed voltages of a first node and a second node and a current passing through the power storage device. The power storage device and the LED load are arranged in parallel between the first node and the second node. A voltage source is coupled to the first node and a first terminal of the transistor is coupled to the second node. A second terminal of the transistor is coupled to ground.
US09191991B2
A mobile device having first and second RF transceivers performs a communication function in accordance with a communication protocol of the second RF transceiver. During performance of this function, the mobile device estimates the RF interference on a channel of the first RF transceiver, and stores parameters which characterize the estimated RF interference in association with an identifier corresponding to the function. These actions are repeated for a plurality of channels of the first RF transceiver, as well as for a plurality of different communication functions. When performing a communication function again, the mobile device receives an identifier corresponding to the function and retrieves stored parameters corresponding to the received identifier. The mobile device applies the retrieved parameters to the first RF transceiver for reducing the adverse effect of RF interference during reception on the channel of the first RF transceiver.
US09191986B2
A tunnel redirection method and an interworking function entity are disclosed. An IWS corresponding to an original tunnel receives a tunnel redirection notification sent by an IWS corresponding to a new tunnel or an MME. A currently-performed signaling interaction is terminated according to the notification. The IWS corresponding to the new tunnel or the MME sends a tunnel redirection notification to the IWS corresponding to the original tunnel. The IWS corresponding to the original tunnel terminates the currently-performed signaling interaction.
US09191982B2
A method used in an E-UTRAN for synchronizing PDCP operations after a RRC connection re-establishment procedure with a user equipment (UE) is provided. The method includes: initiating an RRC reconfiguration procedure to resume all radio bearers other than a signaling radio bearer 1 (SRB1) when an RRC connection is re-established; re-transmitting a designated group of PDCP Service Data Units (SDUs) to the UE when a data radio bearer (DRB) mapped on Radio Link Control (RLC) Acknowledged Mode (AM) is resumed.
US09191964B2
Disclosed is a method for improving the efficiency of sharing a frequency between a plurality of adjacent systems using an idle band. A method for allocating an operating channel priority between frequency sharing systems according to the present invention includes: a coarse channel priority allocating operation of collecting information about a target white space object (WSO) for priority allocation of an operating channel and information about the operating channel, and classifying the operating channel based on a predetermined criterion; and a fine channel priority allocating operation of removing the operating channel by checking an interference level of the classified operating channel.
US09191953B2
To correct for frequency shift errors, one or more frequency tracking loops may be implemented on a broadcast channel and/or dedicated channel to correct for frequency errors. A coarse loop, fine loop, or combination thereof may be used to allow accurate correction for even large frequency errors.
US09191951B2
In order to implement optimal CFI control under a cross-carrier scheduling environment and improve PDSCH transmission efficiency, for the MACRO_UE2 where the cross-carrier scheduling is employed, the PDSCH initiation position of CC1 that is used to transmit PDCCH is dynamically controlled, and the PDSCH initiation position of CC2 that is not used to transmit PDCCH is quasi-statically controlled. For the PICO_UE2 where the cross-carrier scheduling is employed, the PDSCH initiation position of CC2 that is used to transmit PDCCH is dynamically controlled, and the PDSCH initiation position of CC1 that is not used to transmit PDCCH is dynamically controlled.
US09191944B2
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method and apparatus for transmitting an uplink signal in a wireless communication system, wherein the method for transmitting an uplink signal in a wireless communication system comprises: a step of receiving a control channel signal containing resource allocation information; and a step of transmitting an uplink signal in accordance with the control channel signal, wherein the resource allocation information has a combination index r to be used for indicating two sets of resource blocks, and each set of resource blocks includes one or more continuous resource blocks.
US09191927B2
A method, base station, terminal and communication system for selecting a component carrier are provided in the present invention. The method includes the following steps: determining the coverage range of each available carrier which can be used by the terminal; determining whether the distribution of the coverage ranges of all available carriers accords with a preset distribution mode; in the case of according with the presetting distribution mode, at least according to a rule which is determined by the distribution mode, determining a component carrier to be used. With the embodiments provided in the invention, a component carrier used by the terminal can be reasonably chosen.
US09191913B2
A method for locating a terminal in a coverage area using a telecommunication network, the network including a multi-beam satellite, the area including various cells, each associated with a beam for linking to the satellite to which a frequency band is assigned, the method including: performing the uplink transmission of a message incorporated into a modulated signal to the satellite at a frequency shared by three different uplink beams such that the message is received by the satellite with three different amplitudes; performing the downlink transmission of three modulated signals incorporating the message, the first, second, and third signals each corresponding to a different beam from among the three beams; receiving the first, second, and third signals; determining the amplitudes of the message within the first, second and third signals; and determining the location of the terminal from the amplitudes of the message within the first, second, and third signals.
US09191905B2
The invention teaches a solution for a Time Division Duplex (TDD) and Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) networks. In the solution, a threshold value is set for a radio frequency gain. The value of the radio frequency gain is limited to the threshold value during an initial synchronization phase where user equipment is first trying to receive synchronization signals in a transmission from a base station.
US09191904B2
A method of modulating transmission power to facilitate in-device coexistence between wireless communication technologies is provided. The method can include determining a scheduled time period during which data is received by a device via a first wireless communication technology. The method can further include reducing a transmission power of a transmission from the device via a second wireless communication technology to a threshold level prior to the scheduled time period and controlling the transmission power so that the transmission power does not exceed the threshold level during the scheduled time period. The method can additionally include, subsequent to the time period, increasing the transmission power to a level exceeding the threshold level.
US09191902B2
In a radio communication system in which a mobile station device and a base station device communicate with each other, power of a signal from the mobile station device to the base station device is efficiently controlled. When a finally received DCI format for PUSCH is a DCI format 0 or a DCI format 4 in which two transport blocks are enabled, a scheduling unit (1013) notifies, to a transmission power control unit (1015), that δpower-offset is 0. When the finally received DCI format for PUSCH is a DCI format 4 in which one of the transport blocks is disabled, the scheduling unit (1013) notifies, to the transmission power control unit (1015), δpower-offset that is decided from a value set in a New data indicator field for the disabled transport block.
US09191900B2
Mobile devices and power control methods thereof are provided. The power control method, performed by a mobile device, includes: receiving internal information from a memory device; determining an output power range of an amplifier according to the internal information; determining a an amplifier gain switch range of the amplifier based on the output power range, when a transmit power of an uplink signal is within the amplifier gain switch range, amplifying the uplink signal with a first gain mode; and when the transmit power of the uplink signal is outside of the amplifier gain switch range, amplifying the uplink signal with a second gain mode.
US09191887B2
There are provided a method for providing a relay network and a mobile router and a network relay system using the same. The method for providing the relay network is performed in the mobile router generating the relay network using a plurality of mobile terminals. The method for providing the relay network includes checking a remaining data usage amount for the plurality of respective mobile terminals using a first wireless communications network, checking a tethering priority using the remaining data usage amount and determining a first mobile terminal having the highest tethering priority, and configuring the relay network by providing wireless data provided from the remainder of mobile terminals to the first mobile terminal through a second wireless communications network.
US09191883B2
A method for facilitating communication between a wireless client and a network is disclosed. The method comprises communicating information between the wireless client and the network prior to associating the wireless client to the network. The information can be related to setup features or services.
US09191879B2
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a base station having a wireless transceiver operable in compliance with a Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access protocol, and a controller to manage the wireless transceiver. The controller can be operable to receive a request from a communication device to access the base station, and to direct the communication device to a second base station upon determining that granting wireless access to the communication device reduces an operating performance of the base station below an operating threshold of the base station. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
US09191876B2
The disclosed refers to a method for testing a cell reselection capability of a terminal. The method comprises: adjusting a terminal to camp on a current cell and to enter a high-speed or intermediate-speed mobile mode (101); adjusting transmission power of the current cell and a neighboring cell, so that the current cell and the neighboring cell satisfy a condition of reselection from the current cell to the neighboring cell in the high-speed or intermediate-speed mobile mode (102); and maintaining the adjusted transmission power, and after a preset time threshold is reached, detecting whether the terminal camps on the neighboring cell to confirm whether the terminal successfully performs cell reselection (103). The disclosure implements the test on whether the terminal has a cell reselection capability in the high-speed or intermediate-speed mobile state, so that whether the terminal has the cell reselection capability can be approved and tested in actual production.
US09191866B2
Examples are disclosed for executing a handoff profile for a mobile device. Communication link handoff logic may be executed by a processor to detect an 802.11 network access point and register the mobile device with a call server over the 802.11 network access point. Thereafter, a first timer may be initiated for a specified duration wherein the registration between the mobile device and the call server over the 802.11 network access point is maintained without interruption for the duration of the first timer. Upon successful expiration of the first timer, a second timer may be initiated for a specified duration wherein VoIP communication link parameters for the 802.11 link between the mobile device and the call server are deemed sufficient for the entire duration of the second timer. Upon successful expiration of the second timer, a handoff may be performed between the mobile device and the call server from the cellular communication link to the 802.11 link.
US09191864B2
A method of controlling network nodes of a wireless communications network, a network node and a computer program product are disclosed. The method of controlling networks nodes of a wireless communications network to facilitate relocation of at least a first network node from connection with a second network node to connection with one of a plurality of neighboring network nodes, at least one of said network nodes being operable to switch, in accordance with an associated predetermined switching pattern, between an active mode of connection in which wireless communication is supported and a dormant mode of connection in which wireless communication is not supported, comprises the steps of: determining when said first network node is configured to support wireless communication with said second network node; and providing information to adjust said associated predetermined switching pattern to improve a likelihood of supporting wireless communication between said first network node and said one of a plurality of network nodes to thereby facilitate said relocation. By adjusting the switching patterns, it is more likely that the first network node will be able to detect the presences of one of the plurality of network nodes. Improving the likelihood of detecting the presence of these network nodes may in turn improve the probability of a successful relocation being facilitated.
US09191861B2
A mobile device and a method for providing a tethering service via a security mode and a list of preferred mobile devices are provided. The method includes determining, when the mobile device receives a connection request from a client mobile device, a number of client mobile devices that are currently connected to the mobile device, determining, when the number of connected client mobile devices is less than a preset maximum connection number, the number of created Basic Service Sets (BSSs), determining, when the number of BSSs is less than a preset maximum creation number, the identification-information regarding the client mobile device that requested connection, and providing a tethering service to the client mobile device according to the determined identification-information.
US09191860B2
A resource allocation method of a Base Station (BS) in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes estimating a size of a MAP message, and evaluating a size of an available burst allocation region according to the estimated size of the MAP message and allocating bursts in the evaluated-sized burst allocation region. Accordingly, when a DownLink (DL) subframe is used by being divining into a plurality of regions according to a burst characteristic, a throughput can be improved without waste of resources by estimating a resource amount occupied by a MAP message in the DL subframe.
US09191858B1
A system information message is received by a wireless device. The system information message was broadcast from a first access node using a first frequency band. Cell loading information is extracted from the system information message. Based on the cell loading information, it is determined whether to connect the wireless device to the first access node using the first frequency band, or to a second access node using a second frequency band. The second access node is also broadcasting system information messages that include cell loading information.
US09191850B2
A method and apparatus for measuring a use of radio resources in a wireless communication system are provided. The method includes allocating radio resources to a plurality of transport blocks, and, if at least one transport block among the plurality of transport blocks overlaps at least one other transport block in terms of the radio resources, a use of the radio resources is measured by calculating a sum of a value determined by dividing the number of radio resources allocated to each of the plurality of transport blocks by the number of radio resources which are used by the at least one other transport block in a duplicate manner.
US09191843B2
A method includes identifying an amount of time that a wireless device has or does not have redundant connectivity in a wireless network during a specified time period. The method also includes identifying a redundant wireless connection availability of the wireless device during the specified time period. Identifying the amount of time that the wireless device has or does not have redundant connectivity could include identifying connection events associated with the wireless device. The connection events can include events in which a wireless connection with the wireless device is formed and events in which a wireless connection with the wireless device is dropped. Time periods during which multiple wireless connections with the wireless device exist or do not exist can be identified. Identifying the redundant wireless connection availability could include identifying a percentage of the specified time period during which multiple wireless connections with the wireless device exist.
US09191840B2
A wireless terminal receives a broadcast uplink interference report request conveying a requested report type and/or a locally unique base station identifier. The wireless terminal receives and measures broadcast reference signals, e.g., beacon and/or pilot signals, transmitted from a plurality of base station attachment points. Specific type interference reports relate a current serving connection base station attachment point to a selected base station attachment point corresponding to the received base station identifier. Generic type interference reports relate a current serving base station connection attachment point to other unspecified base station attachment points whose broadcast reference signals have been detected by the wireless terminal. Sub-types of generic reports include summation function and maximum function reports. Timing information is sometimes used to determine report sub-type and/or sector type of the selected attachment point. The wireless terminal generates the requested report and transmits it to the current connection attachment point.
US09191839B2
Methods and apparatus that enable and optimize the simultaneous operation of several wireless femtocells having overlapping coverage areas. In one embodiment of the invention, a resource allocation (e.g., time-frequency grid for an OFDM or TDMA based wireless network) governs the simultaneous operation of several femtocells with overlapping coverage areas by specifying uses for resources. A resource allocation unit (RAU) entity is disclosed for managing and modifying resource allocations for femtocells. The community of femtocells can flexibly share resources according to the time-frequency grid, thereby maximizing spectral efficiency without requiring substantial network overhead.
US09191837B2
An access point in a wireless local area network may receive an information request from a station associated with the access point. The information request is requesting information about a second beacon transmission associated with a service set identifier (SSID) different from an SSID of the access point. The access point includes a timing information device configured to generate an information response for a beacon signal associated with the SSID different from the SSID of the access point. The information response may include a time difference, relative to a beacon signal sent by the access point, for transmission of the beacon signal associated with the SSID different from the SSID of the access point. The time difference may be an offset in timing units. The access point also includes a transmitter configured to transmit the information response to the station in response to receiving the information request.
US09191832B2
Techniques of category-based fence are described. A category-based fence can correspond to a group of signal sources instead of a point location fixed to latitude and longitude coordinates. The group of signal sources can represent a category of entities, e.g., a particular business chain. The signal sources can be distributed to multiple discrete locations. A category-based fence associated with the group, accordingly, can correspond to multiple locations instead of a single point location and a radius. Each signal source in the group can be associated with a category identifier unique to the group and uniform among signal sources in the group. The category identifier can be programmed into each signal source. A mobile device can enter the category-based fence by entering any of the discrete locations when the mobile device detects the signal identifier. The mobile device can then execute an application program associated with the category-based fence.
US09191822B2
A method and system for executing a security policy at a mobile terminal is provided. The mobile terminal may contact an authentication entity based on the security policy. The mobile terminal may receive a response from the authentication entity indicative of a security status of the mobile terminal. The mobile terminal may execute a security action based on the received response.
US09191817B1
Systems, methods, and software for operating communication systems and wireless communication devices are provided herein. In one example, a method of operating a wireless communication is provided. In processing circuitry of the wireless communication device, the method includes receiving a user request in an application for a voice call over a wireless communication network. In security circuitry of the wireless communication device, the method includes processing the request and a security key associated with the wireless communication network to authorize an identification number for the voice call over the wireless communication network, and indicating the identification number to the application. In a communication transceiver of the wireless communication device, the method includes, responsive to the application initiating the voice call using the identification number, exchanging communications of the voice call over the wireless communication network.
US09191809B2
Propagation of a wireless signal is facilitated and brokered through a wireless network, and the signal is delivered by an appropriate method to an intended receiving wireless terminal. A single network element acts as a signal entry point and executes parallel processes to determine the location of an intended receiving wireless terminal and the registration thereof within the wireless network, the signal type, and the capabilities of the terminal. The network element then analyzes this information to determine the best method of signal propagation through the wireless network so as to ensure signal delivery to the wireless terminal or alternate delivery according to subscriber-set preferences.
US09191802B2
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for managing subscriber information and includes transmitting a tracking area update request message generated for subscriber information handling from a terminal to a mobility management entity; transmitting an update location request message generated for the subscriber information handling from the mobility management entity to a home subscriber server; and handling, at the home subscriber server, the subscriber information according to whether the update location request message includes subscriber information handling configuration and responding according to whether the subscriber information is processed successfully. According to the present invention, the subscriber is capable of handling, i.e. creating or deleting, the Closed Subscriber Group identifier (CSG ID) at each node of the system by means of the UE.
US09191798B2
Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products are herein provided for saving and resuming a state of a collaborative interaction session between devices based on the positional relationship of the devices. A method may include determining, in an instance in which a first device and at least one second device are engaged in a collaborative interaction session, a first positional relationship. The method may further include receiving an indication of termination of the collaborative interaction session, determining the collaborative interaction session state and causing that state to be stored. The method may further include determining a second positional relationship and causing the collaborative interaction session to resume at the stored collaborative interaction session state based upon a relationship between the first positional relationship and the second positional relationship. Corresponding apparatuses and computer program products are also provided.
US09191797B2
The present invention is related to a method of allowing a recipient to control responses from his or her communication device when the recipient is unavailable to receive incoming information. More specifically, the present invention is related to a method of delivering a corresponding message to a sender of the incoming information when the sender sends the incoming information to the recipient during a status of unavailability. Even more specifically, the present invention is related to a method that allow the sender to be notified with the status of unavailability of the recipient in real-time thus avoid sending the incoming information during said status.
US09191791B2
A method and electronic device for extracting incoming/outgoing information and managing contacts are provided. The method includes determining whether a communicating electronic device which has been or is in communication with the electronic device is included as a contact in a first contact list; extracting incoming/outgoing information based on at least one of metadata and contents of the communication with the communicating electronic device when the communicating electronic device is not included as a contact in the first contact list; and displaying the extracted incoming/outgoing information on a touchscreen of the electronic device.
US09191789B2
A communication system including a caption device and a mobile device configured to engage in communication with each other. The caption device is configured to receive a text signal originating at a relay service, the text signal corresponding to a far-end voice signal originating at a far-end device. The caption device is configured to display text corresponding to the text signal on a display. The relay service is configured to receive the far-end voice signal, and transmit the text signal to the caption device. The mobile device is configured to receive the far-end voice signal, and transmit the far-end voice signal to the relay service. A method of facilitating a captioned conversation between a far-end user and a near-end user having a caption device includes establishing communication between a caption device and a mobile device, and between the caption device and a relay service.
US09191779B1
Embodiments of the invention generate metrics quantifying the mobility of a mobile device without persisting information related to the device's specific location at any given time. Specifically, at multiple intervals, a value of a mobility metric is computed based on the distance between the current location of the mobile device and a previously identified origin location of the mobile device. The values of the mobility metric computed over a period of time quantify the overall mobility of the mobile device. The mobility metric does not provide any information regarding the specific location of the mobile device at any given time.
US09191768B2
A diffracted sound reduction device includes: a reproduction speaker that outputs reproduced sound having properties indicated by an input signal; control speakers each of which reproduces corresponding one of control signals, the diffracted sound being a part of the reproduced sound and arriving at corresponding one of the control points except the control point at the listener's position; and control filters each of which filters the input signal to generate corresponding one of the control signals. Each of the control points faces a corresponding speaker from among the reproduction speaker and the control speakers. Each of the control filters generates the corresponding one of the control signals so that a sound pressure of the diffracted sound at corresponding one of the control points is lower than a sound pressure of direct sound that is a part of the reproduced sound which arrives at the control point of the listener's position.
US09191764B2
Applications for detecting binaural sounds and customizing binaural sounds for users. A system for detecting binaural sounds according to an embodiment includes: an input system for obtaining a left side audio signal and a right side audio signal within an environment; a binaural sound detector for evaluating the left side audio signal and the right side audio signal to determine whether a binaural sound is present; and an alarm system for generating an alert when the binaural sound is detected.
US09191760B2
A middle ear implant arrangement is described which includes an implantable electromechanical transducer with an inner end and an outer end, for converting an input electrical stimulation signal into a corresponding output mechanical stimulation signal. A cochlear engagement member at the inner end of the transducer has a cochlear engagement surface for coupling the mechanical stimulation signal to an outer cochlear surface of a recipient patient. A transducer loading structure has: i. an inner end adapted to releasably engage the transducer, ii. an outer end elongated along a central end axis for engaging a fixed anatomical structure within the middle ear of the recipient patient, and iii. a center spring structure connecting the inner end and the outer end and adapted to expand along a central spring axis to develop a spring force between the fixed anatomical structure and the outer end of the transducer.
US09191756B2
A smart phone including a computer readable storage medium to store a hearing aid locator application and a processor coupled to the computer readable storage medium to execute the hearing aid locator application to track a last known location of a hearing aid.
US09191755B2
Described herein are techniques for artificially enhancing spaciousness in a hearing aid to improve the music listening experience. Such spatial enhancement is produced by doing signal processing in the hearing aid that mimics the acoustic effects of well-designed concert halls. The same techniques can also be applied to improving the experience of listening to recorded music reproduced and amplified over a speaker system, or to music streamed to the direct-audio input of a hearing aid.
US09191754B2
A classification and, in particular, a time stability thereof are intended to be improved. To this end, a method automatically sets a piece of equipment, in which a classifying is performed with an aid of movable clusters and fixed clusters. This allows the classification to be trained, but also allows a certain basic property of the system to be ensured. This is advantageous in particular for hearing aids and transformers in smart grids.
US09191751B2
An exemplary apparatus for use with an auditory prosthesis system includes a housing, a connector port disposed at least partially within the housing and configured to be communicatively coupled to an auxiliary audio input device, a telecoil disposed at least partially within the housing, and a multi-position switch disposed at least partially within the housing and configured to selectively enable the auxiliary audio input device and the telecoil. The auxiliary audio input device is enabled and the telecoil is disabled when the switch is in a first position, both the auxiliary audio input device and the telecoil are enabled when the switch is in a second position, and the telecoil is enabled and the auxiliary audio input device is disabled when the switch is in a third position. Corresponding apparatuses, systems, and methods are also disclosed.
US09191749B2
Provided is an electronic device that is capable of reducing sound leakage from a vibration plate vibrated by a piezoelectric element. An electronic device 1 of the present invention includes: a piezoelectric element 30; and a vibration plate 10 configured to be vibrated by the piezoelectric element 30. Vibration sound is transmitted by the vibration plate vibrating a part of a human body. The piezoelectric element 30 is vibrated using a processed sound signal in which at least a part of frequency components of a sound reproduction signal that are higher than a predetermined threshold value is cut or attenuated.
US09191748B2
Provided is an electronic device including a housing and an acoustic device configured to generate vibration sound that is transmitted through vibration of a part of a human body. The acoustic device includes a panel configured to be joined to the housing; a piezoelectric element configured to be joined to the panel for vibrating the panel; and a vibration adjusting unit configured to be joined to the panel and vibrated together with the panel by the piezoelectric element. With the above configuration, a frequency characteristic is improved.
US09191740B2
An earpiece (100) and acoustic management module for in-ear canal suppression control are provided. A method for suppressing signals for a conference call, a vehicle, and a general communication event is also provided. The earpiece can include an Ambient Sound Microphone (111) to capture ambient sound, an Ear Canal Receiver (125) to deliver audio content to an ear canal, an Ear Canal Microphone (123) configured to capture internal sound, and a processor (121). The processor can generate a voice activity level (622) and suppress an echo, spoken voice, and media content in the electronic internal signal, and mix an electronic ambient signal with an electronic internal signal in a ratio dependent on the voice activity level and a background noise level to produce a mixed signal (323) that is delivered to the ear canal (131).
US09191737B2
A method for crest-factor based gain modification comprises sampling audio inputs to determine an energy for each input. The inputs are amplified to produce output channels. An average energy is determined for each frame by adding a percentage of a last average energy to a residual percentage of the energy. The last average energy is equal to zero for a first sampling of the audio inputs. The residual percentage is equal to one hundred minus the percentage of the last average energy. The amplifier gain is iteratively reduced by a decrease-step for a fixed period until a number of exceeding-inputs is less than or equal to a maximum. The exceeding-inputs have an average energy that exceeds a maximum-energy. The amplifier gain is iteratively increased by an increase-step for another fixed period until a number of exceeding-inputs is greater than a maximum.
US09191735B2
A portable computing device includes one or more microphones that function seamlessly with other components within the portable computing device. In one embodiment, a microphone opening is disposed on a side of the personal computing device and configured to be substantially perpendicular to a user. In another embodiment, a second microphone opening is disposed co-planar to the first microphone opening and positioned a predetermined distance apart. In another embodiment, one or more microphone openings can be disposed in a keyboard area and substantially between left and right sides of the portable computing device. In yet another embodiment, one or more microphone openings can be disposed underneath keycaps of the portable computing device.
US09191732B2
An active-noise-reduction (ANR) headset includes at least one auxiliary connection to an output of at least one device, such as a personal communications, computing, and/or entertainment device. An exemplary headset also includes a primary connection to a two-way radio or public-address system and circuitry for automatically suppressing or muting the volume of an auxiliary input signal relative to that of a primary input signal. Other exemplary features include a headset power supply, a microphone, a microphone preamplifier, and a device-detection circuit. The device-detection circuit selectively couples the power supply to the microphone preamplifier, enabling it to provide audio signals to the microphone input of the auxiliary device.
US09191729B2
An earphone with adjustable-length cable includes a plugging section, a connecting cable and a receiving section. The plugging section has an attach-conductive adapter and a plug at two ends respectively. The connecting cable connects the plugging section and the receiving section, and has at least one separable attaching cable. The separable attaching cable has two attach-conductive adapters at two ends respectively. The receiving section has an attach-conductive adapter and an audio-playing unit at two ends respectively. Each attach-conductive adapter is formed with an end surface, and has at least one attaching element and a plurality of conductive plates exposed at outside of the end surface. The attach-conductive adapters are attached each other by the attaching elements, and electrically connected to each other through the conductive plates, so that signals from the plugging section are transmitted to the receiving section and are played by the audio-playing unit.
US09191717B2
A method of processing a non-real time service of a broadcast receiver, which receives and processes a service being transmitted in non-real time, and a broadcast receiver are disclosed. Herein, the method of processing a non-real time service of a broadcast receiver includes receiving a signaling information table including additional information on contents configuring a non-real time service and a content identifier for each content, acquiring the additional information on contents and the content identifier for each content from the signaling information table, storing contents being downloaded through a FLUTE or an internet in a storage medium, based upon the additional information on contents and the content identifier for each content, and displaying a list of recordings including the contents stored in the storage medium, wherein a list of recordings screen displaying the list of recordings includes at least one of a content name, a channel name, a date of recording, and a content size.
US09191714B2
A display control device includes: a reception section configured to receive a television broadcast signal; a display section configured to display video information and a thumbnail image contained in the television broadcast signal; and a control section configured to control display on the display section of the video information and the thumbnail image contained in the television broadcast signal received by the reception section. The control section causes the thumbnail image to be displayed in accordance with an order of priority.
US09191712B2
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a server having a controller to receive a call request from a set top box that is remote from the server where the call request identifies a telephone number that is presented from video content presented by the set top box where the telephone number is detected based on a combination of image pattern recognition and speech recognition and where the telephone number is associated with a marketing entity, establish a voice communication with a first telephone device associated with the set top box, and establish the voice communication with a second telephone device associated with the telephone number and the marketing entity if the first telephone device accepts the voice communication. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US09191710B1
Near real time downloading and verifying of a subscriber's remote record request is provided to control a DVR using the existing satellite network. The insertion of the programming request into the continuous broadcast stream enables near real time processing of the request by a subscriber IRD to accommodate same day and even last minute remote programming requests. The use of a back channel to verify the request provides the subscriber with assurance that the request has been processed successfully and flexibility to change services on the fly.
US09191698B2
A method is provided for transmitting media content from a media content receiving device such as a set-top-box to one or more user devices capable of displaying, storing or outputting the media content. The method includes receiving, at the set-top-box, media content encoded according to a particular format, embedding in the media content, while it is encoded according to the particular format, a watermark containing data identifying the set-top-box and then transmitting the watermarked media content to one or more user devices. Encoding a watermark while the content is encoded according the received format allows protection to be added and the content passed to other devices without having to decode the content first. The method may be implemented by a suitable media content receiving device operating a computer program. A corresponding apparatus for implementing the method is provided.
US09191684B2
A digital camera includes an image capturing unit, an angular velocity sensor, an image determination unit, and an image composition unit. The angular velocity sensor acquires a displacement amount in a field of view of image data when the image data is captured at predetermined time intervals. The image determination unit sets a determination criterion for determining whether the image data thus captured is to be combined or not based on the displacement amount in the field of view acquired by the angular velocity sensor. Also, the image determination unit determines whether or not the image data thus captured is valid as a composition target based on the determination criterion thus set. The image composition unit combines image data determined by the image determination unit as being valid as a composition target.
US09191681B2
A video decoder includes a mode of operation for reverse playback that includes dividing a sequence of coded video data into groups of pictures (GOPs) and further subdividing the groups of pictures into a plurality of spans. Each span is processed in reverse coding order by decoding the first key frame and any reference frames that precede the currently processed span in coding order, selecting a plurality of frames from the currently processed span for decode and display and further selecting for decode but not display any reference frames from the currently processed span that were omitted by the first selection. The method accommodates control parameters that define the number of spans selected from each GOP and the number of frames selected from each span for decoded and display.
US09191678B2
Restoring an image is achieved by restoring a block by executing at least one first restoring function and at least one second restoring function. The first restoring function may be implemented using software, and the second restoring function may be implemented using hardware. By assigning restoring functions to be either first restoring functions or second restoring functions, even an image having high resolution can be restored and reproduced in real-time.
US09191673B2
Provided is a moving picture coding apparatus for increasing a compression ratio of a moving picture signal while maintaining high image quality. To minimize the number of bits required for a residual block, quantized transform coefficients are adaptively divided into a plurality of subsets according to a size of a transform block, and non-zero quantized transform coefficients of each subset are scanned and encoded. Also, an intra prediction mode of the current block is determined using reference pixels obtained by filtering reference pixels of the current block. Accordingly, it is possible to minimize the amount of data required for the residual block of the current block.
US09191671B2
Error resilient video coding schemes that may be employed at a transmitter or transcoder to limit error propagation at the receiver. Embodiments may include the use of Inhomogeneous Temporal Multiple Description Coding (ITMDC), cross-description error concealment, and cross-description reference picture reset (RPS) as well as homogeneous and inhomogeneous temporal/spatial MDC.
US09191650B2
An efficient 3D object localization method using multiple cameras is provided. The proposed method comprises a three-dimensional object localization process that firstly generates a plurality of two-dimensional line samples originated from a pre-calibrated vanishing point in each camera view for representing foreground video objects, secondly constructs a plurality of three-dimensional line samples from the two-dimensional line samples in all the multiple camera views, and thirdly determines three-dimensional object locations by clustering the three-dimensional line samples into object groups.
US09191646B2
There is disclosed a method, an apparatus, a server, a client and a non-transitory computer readable medium comprising a computer program stored therein for video coding and decoding. Depth pictures from a plurality of viewing angles are projected into a single viewing angle, making it possible to have pixel-wise joint filtering to be applied to all projected depth values. This approach enables to suppress the noise in the depth map data and provides improved performance for a view synthesis.
US09191645B2
The object of the present invention is to provide a stereoscopic video and audio recording method, a stereoscopic video and audio recording medium, a stereoscopic video and audio reproducing method, a stereoscopic video and audio recording apparatus, and a stereoscopic video and audio reproducing apparatus. An audio information storage region for three-dimensional video is arranged in advance, separately from audio information for ordinary two-dimensional video, in a media recording format for recording stereoscopic video and audio. Therefore, when stereoscopic reproduction is selected, an audio can be reproduced with realistic sensation in a depth direction in sound-image processing or surround processing.
US09191640B1
System and methods are provided for performing white balancing of an image. An image including one or more pixels is received, wherein a pixel corresponds to an input color value. A light source of the image is determined based at least in part on the input color values of the pixels, wherein the light source is used for illumination when the image is captured. New color values of the pixels are generated to reduce color distortion caused by the light source of the image.
US09191633B2
A tracking assistance device for assisting a monitoring person in tracking a moving object by displaying on a display device a monitoring screen in which display views for displaying in real time captured images taken by respective cameras are arranged on a map image representing a monitored area in accordance with an actual arrangement of the cameras, includes: a target-to-be-tracked setting unit that, in response to an input operation performed by the monitoring person on one of the display views to designate a moving object to be tracked, sets the designated moving object as a target to be tracked; a prediction unit that predicts a next display view in which the moving object set as the target to be tracked will appear next based on tracing information obtained by processing the captured images; and a display view indicating unit that indicates the next display view on the monitoring screen.
US09191630B2
Methods of displaying video data are disclosed. The methods generate a plurality of queries for determining from which of a plurality of video data sources video data is to be displayed and store each of the queries. One of the queries is selected for display and the selected query is matched with metadata from one or more of the plurality of video data sources. The video data from the video data sources that match the query is displayed.
US09191622B2
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, an Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) network element can have a wireless transceiver, a wireline transceiver, and a controller. The controller can be adapted to process multimedia signals received from an upstream IPTV network element, transmit the processed multimedia signals to one or more downstream IPTV network elements, monitor communications on a wireline interface capable of accessing a fault management system (FMS), and cause the wireless access transceiver to wirelessly transmit to the FMS telemetry information collected responsive to detecting one or more faults in the wireline interface. The controller can also cause the wireline transceiver to transmit to the FMS over the wireline interface the telemetry information responsive to detecting no fault in the wireline interface that impedes communication with the FMS over the wireline interface. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US09191621B2
A television event may be consumed after been stored in a mass memory of a multimedia unit, but still fully relies on the security of a secure device. A conversion of a received content aims at firstly descrambling the content using control words included in entitlement control messages and immediately re-encrypting the descrambled content by a unique key generated specifically for this content. Access conditions attached to the entitlement control message containing the control word are temporarily stored and once the decryption is terminated, the secure device produces an information block. This information block containing for example access conditions and an identifier of the content is either stored into a secure memory of the secure device or stored in the mass memory with the encrypted content. The unique key is made up of a combination of a root key specific to the secure device and the information block.
US09191617B1
Various embodiments of the present disclosure enable interoperability between multiple codecs of various standards, notwithstanding that the number and type of standards in use at any particular time may vary unpredictably. A control unit, for example, a multipoint control unit (MCU) of a videoconference system, includes a partially reconfigurable programmable logic device (PLD). The PLD may include a reconfigurable region and a non-reconfigurable portion. The non-reconfigurable portion may include logic blocks for performing codec operations that are common across at least two codec standards. A selected subset a number of personas may be instantiated within the reconfigurable region of the PLD, each persona of the selected subset being compatible with at least a portion of the associated codec of at least one communication channel. The MCU selects, from between two or more personas, the selected subset of personas to be used within the reconfigurable region of the PLD.
US09191608B2
A pausable system that processes multi-channel, multimedia content including a multimedia content delivery device having a priority detector for determining priority multimedia content and a decoder that can decode the priority content while the system is in a paused state. The system can also output an indicator if a priority multimedia content becomes disrupted based on a received rate compared to an embedded rate. The priority detector can also determine if the priority content is intended for a particular recipient before processing by the multimedia content delivery device.
US09191607B2
An information display device, which facilitates obtainment of information about an object in video, includes: a related information obtaining unit which obtains related information including (i) positional information indicating a first position of a currently displayed object on a video display screen of a video display device that is external to the information display device and (ii) object information indicating attribute information of the object; a display unit which displays the object information in the related information obtained by the related information obtaining unit; and a display control unit which controls the display unit so that the object information is displayed at a second position on the display unit corresponding to the first position indicated by the positional information in the related information, in coordination with a display of the object on the video display screen.
US09191606B2
A mobile terminal including a display unit configured to display information; a memory configured to store channel information; a wireless communication unit configured to wirelessly communicate with a broadcasting terminal; an a controller configured to transmit a turn-on control signal to the broadcasting terminal for turning on the broadcasting terminal, and transmit the channel information to the broadcasting terminal to control the broadcasting terminal to output a broadcast content received on a broadcast channel matched to the transmitted channel information when the broadcasting terminal is turned on.
US09191591B2
An imaging device causes a signal to be output from a first transfer line via a second transfer unit by a noise signal reading operation and a light-noise sum signal reading operation, the noise signal reading operation resetting a transfer capacitor when a signal of a charge converter is output to the first transfer line after a first transfer unit is turned into an OFF state and the charge converter is reset, and the light-noise sum signal reading operation outputting the signal of the charge converter to the first transfer line after the transfer capacitor resetting unit is turned into an OFF state, the first transfer unit is turned into an ON state, and a charge accumulated by a photoelectric conversion element is transferred.
US09191590B2
According to one embodiment, there is provided a signal processing device that processes a signal output from an imaging sensor. The device includes a lead integration unit, a main integration unit, and a correction unit. The lead integration unit integrates and averages, in a first integration region, signals of a plurality of first light-shielded pixels in a light-shielded area. The main integration unit integrates and averages, in a second integration region that is determined based on a result integrated and averaged by the lead integration unit, signals of a plurality of second light-shielded pixels in the light-shielded area. The correction unit determines a reference black level based on a result integrated and averaged by the main integration unit and corrects a black level of a signal of a light receiving pixel using the determined reference black level.
US09191573B2
An image capturing apparatus comprises an image capturing unit configured to capture an image; a determination unit configured to determine a plurality of object regions from the captured image; an acquisition unit configured to acquire a photometric value for each of the object regions; a decision unit configured to decide an exposure condition from the photometric value for each of the object regions; and a tone conversion unit configured to convert a tone of the captured image based on the exposure condition.
US09191568B2
An automated camera system is disclosed herein. The automated camera system includes a camera configured to capture an image of an object; at least one fluidic lens disposed between the camera and the object, the at least one fluidic lens having a chamber that receives a fluid therein; a fluid control system operatively coupled to the at least one fluidic lens, the fluid control system configured to insert, or remove, an amount of the fluid into, or from, the chamber of the at least one fluidic lens; and a Shack-Hartmann sensor assembly operatively coupled to the fluid control system, the Shack-Hartmann sensor assembly by means of the fluid control system configured to automatically control the amount of the fluid in the chamber of the at least one fluidic lens, thereby automatically focusing the camera so that the image captured of the object is in focus.
US09191560B2
An image capturing apparatus comprises a photoelectric conversion unit that performs photoelectric conversion on incident light that has passed through an imaging lens and outputs an electric signal, the photoelectric conversion unit including a plurality of two-dimensionally arranged pixels, and a plurality of micro lenses formed between the imaging lens and the photoelectric conversion unit. The plurality of micro lenses respectively corresponds to a plurality of areas in the photoelectric conversion unit and each of the areas includes a predetermined number of pixels. Among the pixels, those whose receiving quantity of light is small in each area due to a characteristic of an optical system including the imaging lens and the micro lenses and a characteristic of the photoelectric conversion unit are configured as pixels for use in calculation of a reference value for the electric signals output from the photoelectric conversion unit.
US09191559B2
A camera module includes an imaging sensor, a conductive member, a plate-like member, and a sealing member. The imaging sensor includes a light-receiving surface configured to receive light gathered by a lens unit, the lens unit including a lens and a drive section driving the lens. The conductive member is connected to the drive section for supply of power to the drive section. The plate-like member is provided with the imaging sensor and the conductive member. The sealing member is formed by sealing the imaging sensor and the conductive member, the conductive member being exposed at a connection part for connection to the drive section, the imaging sensor being exposed at the light-receiving surface.
US09191550B2
If the temperature of a fixing unit is not stable when automatic gradation correction is performed, an error occurs in gradation correction when a chart for gradation measurement is output. An image forming apparatus of the present invention is characterized by including a unit configured to transfer a toner image based on image data onto a sheet, to pass the sheet through a fixing unit, and to output a first chart, a unit configured to create a conversion table for gradation correction using a value obtained by reading the output first chart, and a stabilization processing unit configured to stabilize the fixing unit by outputting a second chart before outputting the first chart when creation of the conversion table for gradation correction is instructed, wherein the stabilization processing unit outputs the second chart in a number of sheets specified in advance by a user.
US09191536B2
A processing apparatus includes: a processor; and a memory storing instructions, the instructions, when executed by the processor, causing the processing apparatus to perform: receiving read image data, which is image data generated by reading an object with an image reading apparatus; extracting a target image, which is an image having a part indicating the object, from a read image that is an image indicated by the read image data; and generating output data, which indicates a synthesis image in which the target image and a template image are synthesized, wherein the template image has an assignment area to which the target image is assigned, and wherein the generating comprises arranging two or more of the same target images on the assignment area.
US09191529B2
A quad-core processor for a camera with a CMOS image sensor. The quad-core processor has an image sensor interface for receiving data from the CMOS image sensor and four processing units configured for operating in parallel to process the data from the image sensor interface. The four processing units and the image sensor interface are integrated onto a single chip.
US09191521B2
A method that includes receiving a first call request from a second user to a first user, establishing a first dialog between a network element and the first user, establishing a second dialog between the network element and the second user, establishing a third dialog between the network element and a third user in response to a second call request from a third user, establishing a fourth dialog between the network element and the first user as a result of establishing the third dialog, waiting for a response from the first user in the fourth dialog and receiving one or more indications of actions from the first user to manage the disposition of the second call request.
US09191520B2
A method and apparatus for steering location requests to a serving one of a plurality of possible location positioning devices. A location request may be steered base on an emergency status of the location request, whether or not the subscriber device has a valid data plan established, based on the device type of the wireless device, or based on the type of application running on the wireless device. A location request may also be steered to a fallback location device if a steering to a primary selected location device fails and sufficient time remains to locate via the fallback location device.
US09191504B2
A method for determining the availability of at least one target user for a specific type of communication is described. The method comprises: retrieving contact information of at least one target user from a memory of a requesting user terminal; sending a request for communication status information of the at least one target user to a status network element, the status network element being arranged to provide the communication status information regarding the availability of the target user for the specific type of communication, wherein the request comprises at least a portion of the contact information of the at least one target user and identifies the specific type of communication; receiving, as a response to the request, a response message from the status network element, wherein the response message comprises the communication status information of the at least one target user; and modifying at least a portion of stored contact information when the received status information indicates that the target user is available for communication via the specific communication type, such that the modified contact information indicates on the requesting user terminal the current availability of the at least one user for communication via the specific communication type.
US09191499B2
A device may receive information identifying a call attempt associated with a calling device. The device may select a domain network, of a plurality of domain networks, for the call attempt. Each of the plurality of domain networks may be associated with a respective domain type. The device may identify the respective domain type associated with selected domain network. The device may cause a tone, associated with the respective domain type, to be output by the calling device to notify a user of the calling device that the call attempt is being made via the selected domain network.
US09191494B1
Methods and devices are disclosed for performing echo cancellation with a communication device for use by a hearing-impaired user. The communication device comprises communication elements, a memory device storing a plurality of sets of training parameters for an echo canceller, and a processor operably coupled with the communication elements and the memory device. The communication elements are configured to receive audio signals from a far end communication device, and to receive text captions corresponding to the audio signals from a relay service for display by the communication device during a call. Each set of training parameters corresponding to a different audio mode for the communication device. The processor is configured to execute an echo canceller by loading a first set of training parameters when a first audio mode is selected, and a second set of training parameters when a second audio mode is selected.
US09191490B2
An electronic system includes a first wireless transceiving module having a device identification code and a portable device. The portable device may include a second wireless transceiving module, and a processor. The second wireless transceiving module obtains the device identification code from the first wireless transceiving module. When the second wireless transceiving module obtains the device identification code from the first wireless transceiving module, the processor checks whether the device identification code matches to a pre-built identification code; and when the device identification code matches to the pre-built identification code, the portable device automatically determines a position of the portable device, and displays a map related to the position of the portable device in a display.
US09191486B2
A computer-implemented user notification method includes displaying, in a status area near a perimeter of a graphical interface, a notification of a recent alert event for a mobile device, receiving a user selection in the status area, and in response to the receipt of the user selection, displaying, in a central zone of the graphical interface, detail regarding a plurality of recent messaging events for the mobile device.
US09191479B2
The present invention relates to a telephone handset, a base and an associated method for updating the software of the handset.The communication base comprises a radio interface to communicate with a communication device operating by means of a software application, a charger circuit and a means of detecting a new version of the software.The communication base comprises a means for notifying the device, via the radio means, of the availability of the new software version and a means for transmitting the new software version to the device when the charger circuit is connected to the battery charging circuit of the device.
US09191478B2
The present invention provides a digital wireless intercom system including: at least one master base station; at least one remote base station connected to the at least one master base station wiredly through at least one of a local area network, a local area network infrastructure and an internet, the at least one remote base station transmitting and receiving a synchronization signal and a data signal of digital type with the at least one master base station; a plurality of first belt packs within a transmission radius of the at least one master base station, the plurality of first belt packs transmitting and receiving the synchronization signal and the data signal with the at least one master base station wirelessly; and a plurality of second belt packs within a transmission radius of the at least one remote base station, the plurality of second belt packs transmitting and receiving the synchronization signal and the data signal with the at least one remote base station wirelessly, wherein the at least one master base station and the at least one remote base station are driven with different independent frequencies based on a frequency interference situation, and wherein the synchronization signal and the data signal transmitted and received between the at least one master base station and the at least one remote base station have different starting timings of period.
US09191466B2
Methods and systems are provided for routing or forwarding packet data conforming to two different communication protocols simultaneously in a computer network. The first protocol may be a legacy protocol, such as IPv4, with routing being performed in a manner that maintains legacy behavior and functions. Such functions may include network address translation. The second protocol may be a newer protocol, such as IPv6, with the routing or forwarding being performed through reduced complexity bridging that enables simplified connectivity of second protocol devices. The bridging performed typically requires less memory and processing power than traditional routing techniques such as those implemented for the first protocol. Reduced memory and processing power requirements enable the second protocol routing functions to be added to legacy equipment that would not otherwise be able to support routing of the second protocol packet data.
US09191463B2
A system for responding to requests using stream processing comprises a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith and a processor coupled to the computer readable storage medium. Responsive to a client request, a processing thread is assigned for handling the client request. A return connection is established within the processing thread. A server request derived from the client request to a stream server configured to interact with a plurality of stream processing nodes is sent, and the server request comprises a thread identifier specifying the processing thread. The processing thread for handling the client request is maintained in an idle state pending a write response message from the stream server. Responsive to receiving the write response message comprising a stream processing result and the thread identifier from the stream server, the processing thread is returned to an active state.
US09191462B2
A portable terminal includes a page storage section, in which a Web page is temporarily stored while the Web page is being browsed. Thus, when the same Web page is browsed the next time, a control section compares the Web page with the previously stored page contents and moves the display range of the page, so that the updated portion is displayed at a predetermined position on a display section.
US09191456B2
Automated systems and methods are provided for establishing or maintaining a personalized trusted social network for a community of users, with little or no input from any given user. To establish the personalized trusted social network, one or more trusted sources are identified for a given user. The identified trusted sources are added to a user profile for the given user. Also, identified are any annotations, bookmarks, or the like that the identified trusted sources have associated with any shared content. These annotations provide access to microcontent items that the identified trusted sources have integrated with the shared content to thereby enhance or enrich its context. One or more profiles are constructed or updated to track the associations between the identified trusted sources and their annotations. The profile information can be applied to enhance and personalize search and browsing experiences for the given user.
US09191455B2
An image forming apparatus registers a Web application provided by a server. When receiving an instruction to select the registered Web application, the image forming apparatus acquires information for performing the Web application in response to the received selection instruction, and stores the information as cache information. When receiving an instruction to cancel the registration of the Web application, the image forming apparatus cancels the registration of the Web application in response to the received instruction, and deletes the cache information corresponding to the Web application in which the registration is cancelled in the stored pieces of cache information.
US09191444B2
Various exemplary embodiments relate to a method and related network node including one or more of the following: receiving, at the network node, an indication of an event from a network monitor, the event associated with a network element; identifying an applicable rule of a plurality of rules based on the event, the applicable rule specifying at least one action; initiating performance of the at least one action with respect to at least one session associated with the network element. Various embodiments additionally include one or more of the following: identifying a group of sessions associated with the network element; and wherein the steps of identifying an applicable rule and initiating performance of the at least one action are performed for each session of the group of sessions.
US09191440B2
Arrangements are provided which use a host computer to configure a wireless portable device's network connection parameters. The radio on the portable device may be used to help locate nearby accessible wireless networks. Once a synchronization relationship between the portable device and a media library on a host computer is established, periodically updated content, such as podcasts, may be discovered and subscribed to using software on the host computer, and the content synchronized with the host computer. A portable device may manage episodic content, such as podcasts, using the device's own wireless connection, and may further send such content to other portable devices. A central user profile may be set up on a web server to synchronize multiple wireless or wired devices.
US09191438B2
Methods and apparatus are provided for identifying participants in a peer-to-peer network, such as an Ares™ network. Peers are identified by sending a bootstrap request message to at least one peer; receiving a response from the at least one peer to the bootstrap request, wherein the response identifies one or more additional peers; and repeating the sending and receiving steps for the one or more additional peers until the bootstrap response satisfies one or more predefined criteria. The predefined criteria can be that the bootstrap response does not identify at least one new peer within a predefined period of time, or that the bootstrap response does not identify at least one new peer at all. The bootstrap requests are generally sent only to peers that have not been previously contacted. The bootstrap request message may comprise, for example, only one packet and requests that the recipient identify a predefined number of random peers. A list of identified peers can be presented to a user, for example, based on one or more demographic criteria.
US09191422B2
Disclosed are methods and apparatus for processing social media posts. The methods may include certain multimedia content being identified as multimedia content for which social media posts relating to a broadcast of that multimedia content are to be stored. Using this identifying information, one or more filtering criteria may be provided for use by a filtering module. The filtering module may receive (e.g., from a social networking service) a stream of social media posts, filter the received stream to extract social media posts that relate to the broadcast of the certain multimedia content, and stores the extracted social media posts. Alternatively, a storage module may store the stream of social media posts, and a filtering module may filter the stored social media posts to identify social media posts that relate to the broadcast of the certain multimedia content.
US09191420B2
Various embodiments provide a terminal capable of establishing multiple communication sessions with a public network proxy through different access networks. The terminal actively communicates with the public network proxy to control which of the multiple communication paths are active, as well as control the transition from actively using one communication path to using another. The public network proxy facilitates data and voice sessions between the terminal and any number of other communication devices. In one embodiment, the communication sessions are reserved tunneling sessions, and the terminal cooperates with the public network proxy to effectively control how many tunneling sessions are established, how many tunneling sessions are active at any given time, and the transition from one tunneling session to another for active communications. Each of the communication or tunneling sessions may be established over different access networks using different communication technologies and protocols.
US09191414B2
A method, system and computer program product are described for managing network communications to a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) server capable of SIP processing using a SIP stack. A data packet is received from a network device. It is determined, from the data packet, whether the network device is a device recognized by the SIP server. Responsive to this determination, and before SIP processing using the SIP stack, it is determined whether the data packet conforms to a permitted configuration. The permitted configuration includes that data of the data packet indicates an unfragmented User Datagram Protocol (UDP) packet and that data indicative of SIP data in the received data packet matches a parsing rule. If the data packet conforms to the permitted configuration, it is passed to the SIP stack, if not it is discarded.
US09191409B2
Implementations of the present disclosure involve a system and/or method of performing security asset management. The system and/or method may schedule vulnerability scanners to scan the various portions of one or more networks and obtain the results of the vulnerability scans. IP addresses may be assigned to each of vulnerability scanners to scan. The system obtains the results of the vulnerability scans and may adjust the results of the scans according to configuration of the one or more networks that an IP address is associated with. The system and/or method may also assign and reassign IP addresses amongst the scanners to optimize scanning speed.
US09191399B2
The present disclosure describes one or more systems, methods, routines and/or techniques for detection of infected network devices via analysis of responseless outgoing network traffic. A computer implemented method may include executing a routine that receives as input first packet information. The method may include executing a routine that analyzes the first packet information to determine whether the first packet information identifies an outgoing network packet that is associated with the initiation of a network communication. The method may include executing a routine that causes storage and/or tracking, in one or more data stores, of the first packet information if the first packet information is determined to be a potential responseless packet. The method may include executing a routine that causes removal and/or ends tracking of the first packet information if the first packet information is determined to not be a responseless packet based on analysis of second packet information.
US09191398B2
A method and a system for classification of intrusion alerts in computer network is provided. The method comprises the steps of monitoring traffic data in a computer network, detecting an intrusion, providing an intrusion alert and data in relation to the intrusion alert, generating a statistical analysis of the data in relation to the intrusion alert and classifying the intrusion alert based on said statistical analysis. The intrusion alerts and the data in relation to an intrusion alert may be generated by anomaly-based intrusion detection system. The generating a statistical analysis may comprise generating information about a statistical distribution of n-grams in the data. The classification may comprise comparing the statistical analysis with a model analysis of intrusion alerts with predefined alert classes. This model may be generated by providing a training set of data in relation to alerts, generating a model statistical analysis of said data, predefining at least two alert classes, and assigning predefined alert classes to the statistical analysis, based on information provided by a signature-based intrusion detection system, or by a human operator.
US09191396B2
System, method and program for identifying a subset of a multiplicity of source networks. The subset including one or more source networks which have sent messages to one of a plurality of destination locations having a same IP address. For each of the multiplicity of source networks, a determination is made whether there are fewer intervening hops from the source network to the one destination location than from the source network to other of the plurality of destination locations. If so, the source network is included in the subset. If not, the source network is not included in the subset. One application of the present invention is to identify a source of a denial of service attack. After the subset is identified, filters can be sequentially applied to block messages from respective source networks in the subset to determine which source network in the subset is sending the messages.
US09191393B2
Systems and methods for a user to personalize Internet content from an Internet service provider using selected policy applications. The policy applications may be discrete, single purpose applications. The system may be controlled from home gateways and remote devices.
US09191386B1
The OTP generator 104 may alternatively be electrically connected to the client-side computing device 102, for example, via a Universal Serial Bus (USB) interface. Further, the OTP generator 104 may alternatively be a server or other type of module that is accessible over the network 110, or it may be a software component resident on the client-side computing device 102. As another alternative, the OTP generator 104 may be distributed over multiple devices, one of which may be the client-side computing device 102.
US09191382B1
Methods and apparatus for authenticating computing device users are disclosed. An example method includes, providing, on a display device of a computing device, a graphical user interface (GUI) including a user authentication display portion and receiving, from a remote authentication server, visual content and functional content corresponding with the user authentication display portion. The method further includes receiving, via the user authentication display portion, a set of user credentials and communicating the received user credentials to the remote user authentication server. The method still further includes receiving, from the remote user authentication server; an authorization message indicating whether or not authentication of the user credentials was successful. In the event authentication of the set of user credentials was successful, the user is granted access to the computing device. In the event authentication of the set of user credentials was not successful, the user is denied access to the computing device.
US09191378B2
According to an embodiment, a communication apparatus includes a security control unit. The security control unit establishes first and second secure communication channels to a first server which manages communication security keys and second server which provides a service regarding a smart meter, respectively when operation to the smart meter is started, performs mutual authentication with the first server and acquire a first key from the first server via the first secure communication channel, and relays mutual authentication with the first server and acquisition of a second key from the first server via the first secure communication channel for the smart meter.
US09191367B2
An embodiment of the disclosure provides a communication network having a plurality of end devices protected by multilayer switches that receive data packets in different formats for transmission to the end devices, translate received data packets to a common data format for inspection to determine if they pose a security threat, and if they do not pose a threat, forward the data packets to their end device destinations.
US09191358B2
Implementations of the present disclosure involve a system and method for federating communications between a first network that transmits and receives messages formatted in a first format and a second network that transmits and receives messages formatted in a second format. The system and method are configured to receive a message from the first network formatted in the first format. The system then converts the message into a unified format that may be sent to the second network. After receiving the message in the unified format, the message may then be converted into the format of the second network and sent on the second network like any other message on the second network.
US09191357B2
A business object model, which reflects data that is used during a given business transaction, is utilized to generate interfaces. This business object model facilitates commercial transactions by providing consistent interfaces that are suitable for use across industries, across businesses, and across different departments within a business during a business transaction. In some operations, software creates, updates, or otherwise processes information related to an email activity business object.
US09191355B2
The present disclosure relates in general to social networks run in a computer environment and in particular to methods and systems for posting messages about future events to users of a social network who are registered users of the social network, preferably in accordance with selectable, pre-selectable or adjustable settings for individual users. The method and system allows a user to post a message about a future plan or event that is taking place at a specified time rather than the time that the message is sent. The approach according to the present disclosure is directed to a unique way of social networking via an ordered list of events, such as a timeline or calendar, that shows when future plans will take place, and to a ‘matchmaking’ service between people organizing or taking part in such an event and other users who may also be interested in that event.
US09191347B2
A method of routing messages may include providing a listener registry of a plurality of listeners and associated namespaces so that at least one namespace is associated with each of the plurality of listeners. A message may be received from an originating application, and the message may include a message namespace. The message may be stored in a message queue, and a determination may be made to determine if a listener from the listener registry is associated with the message namespace. If no listener from the listener registry is associated with the message namespace, the message may be stored in a parked message queue separate from the message queue. After the message has been in the parked message queue for a predetermined period of time, the message may be deleted from the parked message queue.
US09191346B2
A method is performed by an electronic communication device. The method includes storing electronic messages, and storing criteria for determining whether a stored message is related to a current message. A current electronic message is displayed to a user of the communication device, including the current message's outside address and message body. The relevance of each of the stored messages to the current message is assessed based on the previously-stored criteria. Those messages that meet the criteria are selected and displayed along with the current message.
US09191318B1
A method is provided in one particular example and may include obtaining routing information for a natively supported Internet protocol of a first network that uses a first routing policy; identifying a route with a tunnel endpoint using the routing information, where the tunnel endpoint supports transitioning between a plurality of Internet protocols; generating tunnel information for the route; and sending the route and the tunnel information to a network element in a second network that uses a second routing policy.
US09191313B2
According to one aspect of the present disclosure a system and technique for communications over multiple protocol interfaces in a computing environment is disclosed. The system includes a processor and logic executable by the processor to: identify a network interface for egress data packet communications; responsive to the identified network interface differing from a data packet fragmentation technique desired for the data packet communications, derive fragmentation data according to the desired data packet fragmentation technique; generate an application layer header for the data packet communications; store values of the fragmentation data in select fields of the application layer header; fragment the data packet communications according to the desired data packet fragmentation protocol; and transmit the data packet communications including the application layer header over the identified network interface.
US09191305B2
Convergent network architecture and path information. Within a convergent network composed of different respective networks, each respective network may be controlled or managed internally and independently with respect to the other networks. For example, each respective network includes a forwarding and link metrics database and is managed by its own respective control entity (e.g., which may be any one of the given devices were nodes within that network). Generally speaking, each respective network may be modeled as an Ethernet bridge such that each respective bridge natively maintains its own forwarding and link metrics database. Such link metrics are specific to a given network and may cover one or both of prioritized Quality of Service (QoS) and parameterized QoS. Relays between neighboring bridges may effectively propagate and/or forward their respective databases, and update of any given database may be made asynchronously or based on a neighboring bridge query.
US09191304B1
A reinforcement learning-based method is provided that enables efficient communication for networks having varying numbers and topologies of mobile and stationary nodes. The method provides an autonomous, optimized, routing method that may be implemented in a distributed manner among the nodes that allows the nodes to make intelligent decisions of how to forward data from a source node to a destination node with little or no a priori information about the network. The method involves receiving, at a node within a distributed network, data packets containing position and velocity information from a transmitting node. Position and velocity estimates are determined for the transmitting and receiving nodes using the position and velocity information. State-action pair value estimates are determined in the destination direction for forward packets and the source direction for backward sweeping packets, along with associated destination direction and source direction state value estimates, which determine packet transmittal.
US09191297B2
The principal object of this embodiment is to provide regular feedback about the packet losses from a receiver to a sender in a RTP based network, based on which the sender then decides to control its transmission rate resulting in better quality of experience (QoE) for the receiver. Another object of the embodiment is to propose a method and system to send and receive feedback using lightweight protocol packets on a periodic or on as-per-required basis in a RTP based network. A further object of the embodiment is to propose a method and system to calculate and forecast Round Trip Times (RTT) at a RTP receiver in a RTP based network using double exponential smoothing methodology to calculate packet losses in that RTT.
US09191292B2
A system includes first and second cache servers a domain name server, and a route controller. The cache servers are each configured to respond to an anycast address. Additionally, the first cache server is configured to respond to a first unicast address, and the second cache server is configured to respond to a second unicast address. The router controller configured to determine wither the status of the first cache server is non-overloaded, overloaded, or offline. The route controller is further configured to instruct the domain name server to provide the second unicast address when the status is overloaded or offline, and modify routing of the anycast address to direct a content request sent to the anycast address to the second cache server when the status is offline. The domain name server is configured to receive a request from a requestor for a cache server address. Additionally, the domain name server is configured to provide an anycast address to the requestor when the status of the first cache server is non-overloaded, and provide the second unicast address to the requestor when the status of the first cache server is offline or overloaded.
US09191287B1
Disclosed are systems, methods, and computer program products for simplifying the use of an online service by linking different devices into a single profile when making online purchases. An example method comprises determining that the user has begun working with the online service; determining the device that the user is employing to work with the online service; determining whether the device is new or not by checking a user profile; when the device was not determined as being known in the user profile, adding the device to a user profile associated with the user; and downloading all necessary data from the user profile to the online service.
US09191284B2
Systems, methods and apparatus are provided for computing quality scores for a media session delivered using an adaptive streaming protocol, where the quality score may be an estimate of a mean opinion score. The quality score reflects the impact of network delivery on a viewer's quality of experience (QoE). In particular, the quality score is generally based on the effects of stream switch events, as stream switches may be the result of impaired network delivery. Other network events, such as re-buffering events may also be incorporated in the score.
US09191280B2
A method and system for routing a connection on a communication network. A first bandwidth pool is classified as a long lived bandwidth pool and a second bandwidth pool is classified as a short lived bandwidth pool. The long lived bandwidth pool is used to route connections having a duration that are expected to equal or exceed a predetermined time. The short lived bandwidth pool is used to route connections having a duration that are not expected to exceed the predetermined time. A request to route a connection on the communication network is received. At least one characteristic of the connection is determined and is used to determine whether to route the connection on the long lived bandwidth pool or short lived bandwidth pool.
US09191276B2
Systems, methods, and programs for activating a feature on a wireless device includes requesting the feature at the wireless device. A feature includes additional functions and services that add capability to or accessed by the wireless device, such as, but not limited to, voice mail, voice recognition, access to GPS, MPEG functions, and access to a data channel or increased data rates. The wireless device downloads a component from a download server that contains the logic to configure the wireless device as well as a carrier server to activate the feature. An expiration parameter or other licensing term may be associated with the requested feature. Upon expiration, the wireless device and/or carrier server is reconfigured to deactivate the feature.
US09191274B2
Systems and methods for push button configuration of devices are provided. One system comprises one or more circuits configured to determine that a configuration button on the second device has been activated and determine whether a configuration button has been activated on a first device or a third device within a time interval from a time at which the button on the second device is activated. The circuits are configured to, in response to determining that the configuration button has been activated on either the first device or the third device within the time interval, allow the second device to be authenticated. The circuits are configured to, in response to determining that the configuration button has not been activated on either the first device or the third device within the time interval, prevent admission of the second device. The network may be a wired network, such as a MoCA network.
US09191273B2
At least two different redundancy protocols are operated in parallel by network devices in an Ethernet network. Control is determined and assigned to one of two protocols to have total control over which ports in the network devices are active and which are blocked for transmission of user data and network data network traffic while allowing all control and monitor traffic to traverse the ring of network devices. Control and monitoring packets are transmitted by RSTP packets through all of the network devices in the ring while restricting the data ports of the network devices to transmit user data and data network traffic to the network devices connected in the line of the network devices. Parameters received in RSTP packets are collected from all of the network devices in the ring in order to determine which network device of the network devices is a virtual root bridge.
US09191270B2
This disclosure introduces a significant extension to the method of p-cycles for network protection. The main advance is the generalization of the p-cycle concept to protect multi-span segments of contiguous working flow, not only spans that lie on the cycle or directly straddle the p-cycle. This effectively extends the p-cycle technique to include path protection, or protection of any flow segment along a path, as well as the original span protecting use of p-cycles. It also gives an inherent means of transit flow protection against node loss. We present a capacity optimization model for the new scheme and compare it to prior p-cycle designs and other types of efficient mesh-survivable networks. Results show that path-segment-protecting p-cycles (“flow p-cycles” for short) have capacity efficiency near that of a path-restorable network without stub release. An immediate practical impact of the work is to suggest the of use flow p-cycles to protect transparent optical express flows through a regional network.
US09191269B2
An approach for providing latency measurements for a communication path of a transmission network is described. Measurement of latency associated with one or more communication paths of a transmission network is initiated. An increase in the latency within the transmission network is detected based on the latency measurement. One or more secondary communication paths of the transmission network are determined to address the latency increase. One of the secondary communication paths is selected according to a latency threshold.
US09191264B2
An aspect of the subject disclosure may include, for example, receiving a request from a communication device to initiate a communication session in a packet-switched network, obtaining a first name authority pointer record responsive to determining that there is an undesirable operational state in the packet-switched network, wherein the first name authority pointer record comprises a commented out record, obtaining a second name authority pointer record responsive to determining that there is a desirable operation state in the packet-switched network, wherein the second name authority pointer record comprises a record, and initiating the communication session according to one of the first name authority pointer record or the second name authority pointer record. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US09191260B1
A method and system to determine a match between a known and unknown signal is provided. The method and system first conditions an unknown signal by anti-aliasing and digitizing the unknown signal. The condition signal is then compared on a bit by bit basis to at least one known signal to determine a match. A threshold detector determines that the conditioned signal matches the at least one known signal when the number of bit matches exceeds a predetermined threshold.
US09191256B2
Systems and methods for decoding block and concatenated codes are provided. These include advanced iterative decoding techniques based on belief propagation algorithms, with particular advantages when applied to codes having higher density parity check matrices. Improvements are also provided for performing channel state information estimation including the use of optimum filter lengths based on channel selectivity and adaptive decision-directed channel estimation. These improvements enhance the performance of various communication systems and consumer electronics. Particular improvements are also provided for decoding HD Radio signals, including enhanced decoding of reference subcarriers based on soft-diversity combining, joint enhanced channel state information estimation, as well as iterative soft-input soft-output and list decoding of convolutional codes and Reed-Solomon codes. These and other improvements enhance the decoding of different logical channels in HD Radio systems.
US09191254B2
A method and an apparatus for detecting an envelope using a difference between sampling signals are provided. The method includes generating sampling sets based on sampling signals of a modulated signal, and determining a sampling set from the sampling sets. The method further includes determining an envelope component value associated with a sampling signal among sampling signals included in the determined sampling set, based on a difference between the sampling signals included in the determined sampling set, and a difference between sampling signals included in each of the sampling sets other than the determined sampling set. The method further includes detecting an envelope of the modulated signal based on the envelope component value.
US09191251B2
A multilevel signal transmitting apparatus determines a voltage level indicating an original data signal, and generates a multilevel data signal including a plurality of unit time intervals each having the determined voltage level. The multilevel signal transmitting apparatus assigns an even number of voltage levels to each unit time interval, assigns a smaller number of voltage levels than a maximum number of voltage levels, to a unit time interval next to a unit time interval to which the maximum number of voltage levels are assigned, and determines one of the assigned voltage levels, as the voltage level indicating the original data signal. A multilevel signal receiving apparatus detects the voltage level of the multilevel data signal, and reproduces the original data signal, based on the assigned voltage levels and the detected voltage level.
US09191243B2
Described are on-die termination (ODT) systems and methods that facilitate high-speed communication between a driver die and a receiver die interconnected via one or more signal transmission lines. An ODT control system in accordance with one embodiment calibrates and maintains termination resistances and drive currents to produce optimal output swing voltages. Comparison circuitry employed to calibrate the reference resistance is also used to calibrate the drive current. Termination elements in some embodiments are divided into two adjustable resistive portions, both of which are designed to minimize capacitive loading. One portion is optimized to produce a relatively high range of adjustment, while the other is optimized for fine-tuning and glitch-free switching.
US09191241B2
A signal acquisition and processing method includes a step of acquiring signals in at least two acquisition channels (A1, A2, . . . , AN); a step of detecting the acquired signals in at least two detection channels (V1, V2, . . . , VN) associated respectively with the two acquisition channels; a step of distributing the detected signal or signals that result from the detection step in at least one computing tile available in a set of computing tiles; a step of storing the detected signal or signals in the computing tile or tiles; and a step of processing the signals stored in the computing tile or tiles in order to obtain data characteristic of the detected signals. The method can apply to the acquisition and processing of non-deterministic data (nuclear instrumentation, laser instrumentation, radar detection, etc.).
US09191239B2
There is provided a wireless communication device which transmits data to destination nodes by time division multiplexing. The device includes: a storage section including a transmission queue region that stores unsent data therein; a communication controller including: a communication situation evaluating section configured to evaluate a communication situation of each of the destination nodes; and a communication slot controller configure to: allocate, in the plurality of communication slots, communication slots for data transmission to the respective destination nodes, retransmission slots for retransmission of the unsent data, and auxiliary retransmission slots for retransmission of the unsent data subjected to a specified destination node, the specified destination node being determined based on the communication situation; and allocate the respective unsent data to a corresponding one of the retransmission slots and the auxiliary retransmission slots based on a given condition.
US09191237B1
Wireless communication systems and methods are provided. One such system includes a server configured to transmit an electronic message to a mobile device via one of a push communication and a non-push communication. The server is further configured to transmit a duplicate of the electronic message to the mobile device via the other of a push communication and a non-push communication. Systems for wireless communication with robots are also provided. One such system includes a user device, a robot interface application, hosted at least partially on a server, and a robot. The robot interface application receives an electronic message from the user device, and transmits the electronic message to the robot via one of a push communication and a non-push communication. The application further transmits a duplicate of the electronic message to the robot via the other of a push communication and a non-push communication.
US09191235B2
A method for moderating an electronic message includes intercepting the electronic message at a server computing device, and evaluating content of the electronic message at the server computing device to determine if the electronic message is required to enter a moderation workflow prior to delivering the electronic message to at least one recipient. The method also includes sending an approval request message from the server computing device to at least one moderator device, receiving a first moderation decision message at the server computing device from the at least one moderator, sending an update message from the server computing device to the at least one moderator to update the approval request message to include one or more properties of the first moderation decision, and removing the approval request message from the moderation workflow.
US09191224B2
A method for a proxy mobile internet protocol (PMIP) supporting a mobile access gateway (MAG) is described. The method includes receiving a first packet with a first internet protocol (IP) address from a local mobility anchor (LMA). The LMA is a hybrid mobility anchor used for both multicast and unicast traffic. The method also includes receiving a second packet with a second IP address from the LMA, receiving a third packet from the LMA, and communicating multicast information to the LMA via an aggregated multicast tunnel.
US09191213B2
A system and method for verifying proximity to a computational tag by receiving a first token from a server and transmitting the first token to the computational tag. The computational tag can verify the first token and generate a second token based on the first token where the second token includes a signature of the computational tag. The computational tag can transmit the second token to the mobile device and the mobile device can transmit the second token to the server. The server can verify the second token and allow access to a messaging service based on the verification of the second token.
US09191210B2
According to one embodiment, an authenticatee includes, a memory configured to store secret information XY, secret information XY which is created by multiply duplicating, at least twice, the secret information XY, and secret information XYE, a generation module configured to generate a random number A, a generation module configured to generate a random number D which is composed of at least a part of the generated random number A and a random number B which is received, a calculating module configured to generate data C by executing a compression calculated operation with respect to at least a part of the random number D and the secret information XY loaded from the memory, a generation module configured to generate data ν, and a bit-by-bit addition module configured to calculate an calculated result Z from the data ν and the data C.
US09191208B2
Technologies are generally described for providing a signcryption scheme. In some examples, a method performed under control of a sender device may include calculating a public key of the sender device based on a system parameter, calculating a temporary public key of the sender device based on the system parameter, calculating a temporary common key of the sender device based on a temporary secret key of the sender device and a public key of a receiver device, calculating a ciphertext from a message based on the temporary common key and generating a signature of the sender device based on an intermediate parameter, the system parameter and the secret key of the sender device. The temporary secret key of the sender device, intermediate parameter and secret key of the sender device are engaged in a non-associative octonion ring.In some examples, a method performed under control of a receiver device may include calculating a public key of the receiver device based on a system parameter, calculating a temporary common key of the receiver device based on a temporary public key of the sender device and a secret key of a receiver device, deciphering the ciphertext based on the temporary common keys of receiver device, determining whether the digital signature received is generated by sender device. A temporary public key of the sender device, the secret key of the receiver device and the temporary common keys of the receiver device are engaged in a non-associative octonion ring.
US09191203B2
A secure industrial control system is disclosed herein. The industrial control system includes a plurality of industrial elements (e.g., modules, cables) which are provisioned during manufacture with their own unique security credentials. A key management entity of the secure industrial control system monitors and manages the security credentials of the industrial elements starting from the time they are manufactured up to and during their implementation within the industrial control system for promoting security of the industrial control system. An authentication process, based upon the security credentials, for authenticating the industrial elements being implemented in the industrial control system is performed for promoting security of the industrial control system. In one or more implementations, all industrial elements of the secure industrial control system are provisioned with the security credentials for providing security at multiple (e.g., all) levels of the system.
US09191195B2
A method for calculating an error of a sampling clock is provided. The sampling clock is used for sampling a signal to generate a first sample data group and a second sample data group. Each of the first and second sample data groups includes a header having a predetermined sequence. The method includes: performing a correlation operation on the first and second sample data groups with data of the predetermined format to obtain first and second correlation results, respectively; comparing the first and second correlation results to generate a sample data group offset; and generating the error of the sampling clock according to the sample data group offset and a time difference between the first and second sample data groups.
US09191191B2
A packet-based data network including: an audio/video network including a packet-switched network over which data including audio and/or video data packets can be carried; at least one data source connected to the network and operable to assemble packetized data comprising audio/video data at a first resolution and at a second resolution greater than the first resolution, and to transmit data packets carrying multiple audio/video streams at the first resolution by multicast network transmission; and at least one client connected to the network, being a data handling device for handling packetized audio/video data and being arranged to join the multicast group to receive the multiple audio/video streams at the first resolution. The client is associated with a graphical user interface configured in conjunction with a processor to select an audio/video stream.
US09191181B2
A device for transmitting TDD downlink data in an LTE system includes: a data buffer sequentially loading IP data irregularly delivered from a layer 3 processing unit; a transmission control unit providing instructions for the creation of an ordinary downlink sub-frame PDU queue and a special sub-frame PDU queue at a ratio appropriate to UL/DL configuration information and sequentially delivering the data loaded in the ordinary downlink sub-frame PDU queue and the special sub-frame PDU queue to a layer 1 processing unit in the order prescribed in UL/DL configuration and in the loaded order; and an ordinary downlink sub-frame PDU queue creating unit and a special sub-frame PDU queue creating unit which create the ordinary downlink sub-frame PDU queue and the special sub-frame PDU queue according to the instructions of the transmission control unit and load the data loaded in the data buffer.
US09191180B2
Provided are a method and a device for executing a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) of a terminal in a time division duplex (TDD)-based wireless communication system. The method comprises the steps of: receiving an uplink grant for a first subframe of a second serving cell through a first serving cell; transmitting uplink data in the first subframe on the basis of the uplink grant; receiving an acknowledgement/not-acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) for the uplink data through the first serving cell; and, when the ACK/NACK signal is a NACK, transmitting a retransmission data for the uplink data in a second subframe of the second serving cell.
US09191178B2
Embodiments of an enhanced Node B (eNB) and method for RRC connection establishment for small-data transfers in a 3GPP LTE network are generally described herein. The eNB may receive a small-data RRC connection request message from user equipment (UE) that may include an establishment clause value indicating small-data traffic either with or without mobility. The eNB may send an initial UE setup request message to inform the mobility management entity (MME) that a small-data RRC connection is being established. The eNB may receive an acceptance message from the MME for the small-data RRC connection which may include a reduction of an RRC inactivity timer for fast connection release. The eNB may send an RRC connection reconfiguration message to the UE in response to receipt of the acceptance to establish the small-data RRC connection, the RRC connection reconfiguration message including a measurement information element (IE) when mobility is to be supported.
US09191173B2
According to one embodiment, a user equipment for use in a mobile communication system is configured to: receive control information including a first field and a second field via a control channel, the first field indicating one of N (N≧2) resource block group (RBG) sets and the second field including a bitmap, wherein each bit of the bitmap is used to indicate whether a corresponding resource block (RB) in the indicated one of the N RBG sets is allocated; interpret the first field and the second field for resource allocation in the control information; and receive data using the control information. An RBG set n (0≦n
US09191166B2
A user equipment (UE) is configured to perform a method for determining a timing reference for a secondary cell (SCell) in a secondary timing advance group (sTAG). The method includes selecting a SCell among a plurality of SCells within a sTAG as an uplink timing reference cell based on a predefined rule that is known at the UE and an eNB in communication with the UE. The method also includes receiving a downlink carrier from the selected SCell and determining, from the downlink carrier, a downlink timing used as a reference for an uplink transmission timing.
US09191165B2
In a mobile communication system of the present invention, a base station apparatus and mobile station apparatus (user device) communicate each other on a plurality of downlink component carriers and a plurality of uplink component carriers. And while the mobile station apparatus (user device) transmit an uplink data to the base station apparatus on the plurality of uplink component carriers, the mobile station apparatus (user device) transmit a scheduling request for requesting uplink resource for the uplink data to the base station apparatus using a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) only on a specific uplink component carrier of the plurality of uplink component carriers.
US09191152B2
The present communication system has a communication terminal (100) and a communication terminal (200) that are respectively provided with a memory for writing and reading using error correction coding/decoding. The communication terminal (100) transmits data to the communication terminal (200) in a high speed mode or normal mode. In high speed mode, the communication terminal (100) reads coded data written in a first memory (112) and transmits the coded data to the communication terminal (200) without decoding. The receiving-side communication terminal (200) writes the received data in a second memory (212) without coding, and decodes the data when said data is read.
US09191147B1
An apparatus and method is disclosed with embodiments of a: 1. digital to analog and reference time converter; 2. analog and reference time to digital converter; 3. Sheahan non-linear time-varying, analog and digital control system; and 4. Sheahan Communication Channel are described in detail herein. Some embodiments use time stamp having 72 bits of time data sufficient to identify each clock pulse of a 9.192631770 GHz clock signal plus an additional 8 bits representing 28=256 interpolated clock phases in order reach a resolution of approximately 0.425 picoseconds per clock phase. Thus an 80 bit time stamp is generated and used as described herein.
US09191145B2
A communications apparatus includes a transmitter that transmits signal light that is wavelength division multiplexed with other signal light and that is to be transmitted to an opposing apparatus, and a processor that is operative to change a frequency of the signal light to be transmitted by the transmitter based on detection results at the opposing apparatus and concerning variation in the frequency of the transmitted signal light.
US09191136B2
A video signal and an audio signal are TMDS transmitted from a source device to a sink device. Through a reserved line and a HPD line provided separately from a TMDS transmission line, an Ethernet™ signal is bidirectionally transmitted, and also, a SPDIF signal is transmitted from the sink device to the source device. The Ethernet™ signal bidirectionally transmitted between Ethernet™ transmitter/receiver circuits is differentially transmitted by an amplifier and is received by the amplifier. The SPDIF signal from a SPDIF transmitter circuit is common-mode transmitted from an adder and is received by the adder to be supplied to the SPDIF receiver circuit.
US09191130B2
The invention relates to a multi-carrier method in a measurement device for improving reach of a measurement, said method comprising: transmitting a first signal in a sequence, measuring a response to said first signal, calculating a first transfer function for frequency of each modulated subcarrier in the first signal, transmitting a second signal of the sequence, wherein at least one subcarrier in the second signal has modulation different from that of the subcarriers in the first signal, measuring a response to said second signal, calculating a second transfer function for frequency of each modulated subcarrier in the second signal, said second transfer function comprising for each frequency a thereto associated second distortion component, calculating a mean value of all first and second transfer functions. The invention further relates to a measurement device for performing said method.
US09191126B2
A body channel communication method is disclosed including the following steps. Whether or not a body channel is established is detected. When that a body channel is established is detected, a check packet is received from an electrical device, which is at another end of the body channel, through the body channel. A current interference power of the body channel is estimated according to the received check packet. A current transmission mode for the body channel is obtained according to the current interference power. Data is transmitted through the body channel, which is set to the current transmission mode. Further, a body channel communication device is also disclosed.
US09191123B2
A circuit may include a photodiode configured to receive an optical signal and convert the optical signal to a current signal. The circuit may also include a transimpedance amplifier coupled to the photodiode and configured to convert the current signal to a voltage signal. The circuit may also include an equalizer coupled to the transimpedance amplifier and configured to equalize the voltage signal to at least partially compensate for a loss of a high frequency component of the optical signal. The equalizer and the transimpedance amplifier may be housed within a single integrated circuit.
US09191120B2
A method and system for simultaneous mitigation of optical impairment from both equalizer-phase noise interaction (EPNI) and fiber nonlinear effects (FNE) is disclosed. In one embodiment, the method is directed to simultaneous mitigation of optical impairment from both equalizer-phase noise interaction (EPNI) and fiber nonlinear effects (FNE) using a fast-adaptive multi-tap digital filter.
US09191118B2
An optical transceiver module includes N light sources, N light detectors, a bidirectional fiber port, and an optical network having 2N−1 wavelength-selective elements. The number 2N represents the total number of transmit and receive channels in a bidirectional system in which transmit and receive signals corresponding to the transmit and receive channels. Each light source corresponds to one transmit channel and emits an optical transmit signal having a unique transmit wavelength. Each light detector corresponds to one receive channel and detects an optical receive signal having a unique receive wavelength. The optical network couples each light source to the bidirectional fiber port via a corresponding transmit path through the optical network. The optical network further couples each light detector to the bidirectional fiber port via a corresponding receive path through the optical network. Each transmit and receive path includes some of the wavelength-selective elements.
US09191112B2
In an analog, fiber-based signal distribution system, a periodic electrical signal is frequency-multiplied by a factor of N, is converted to an optical signal, is optically amplified, is split among one or more optical fibers, is delivered by fiber to one or more remote units, is converted back to an electrical signal, is frequency-divided by the factor of N back to its original frequency, and can be used to generate synchronized clock signals at the remote units. The optical amplifier imparts a phase noise that is relatively independent of frequency, so that the phase noise contribution from the optical amplifier is advantageously decreased when the frequency divider reduces the frequency of the electrical signal. Compared to a distribution system that does not increase, then decrease, the frequency by a factor of N, the phase noise contribution from the optical amplifier is reduced by 20 log 10(N).
US09191108B2
Various embodiments are generally directed to techniques for reducing the consumption of electric power in decoding VLC frame patterns by selectively decoding data patterns based on an analysis of marker patterns. A device to receive data in visual light communications includes a processor component; and a decoding component for execution by the processor component to analyze a marker pattern of a frame pattern in a captured image to determine whether the frame pattern is a useful frame pattern, and to selectively decode a data pattern of the frame pattern to retrieve a packet of data based on the analysis. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US09191105B2
Power management for a remote antenna unit(s) (RAUs) in a distributed antenna system. Power can be managed for an RAU configured to power modules and devices that may require more power to operate than power available to the RAU. For example, the RAU may be configured to include power-consuming RAU modules to provide distributed antenna system-related services. As another example, the RAU may be configured to provide power through powered ports in the RAU to external power-consuming devices. Depending on the configuration of the RAU, the power-consuming RAU modules and/or external power-consuming devices may demand more power than is available at the RAU. In this instance, the power available at the RAU can be distributed to the power-consuming modules and devices based on the priority of services desired to be provided by the RAU.
US09191101B2
The present invention discloses an optical line transmission protection system and method. In which, the optical line transmission protection system includes: at least one stage of optical line protection segment having a transmitting end provided with a Tunable Optical Divide Module (TOD), and a receiving end provided with an OSW; the transmitting end of a local Optical Line Protector (OLP) is connected to the receiving end of an opposite OLP to form main and standby optical lines; and the TOD is configured to set splitting ratios of the main and standby optical lines according to a difference between the optical fiber states of the current working channel and non-working channel, and tune optical power distributions at respective transmitting ends of the main and standby optical lines, according to the splitting ratios of the main and standby optical lines.
US09191100B2
Disclosure herein is related to an outdoor wireless modem and a signal processing method thereof. The outdoor wireless modem is particularly disposed in the midst of and bridging a local-area network and a wide-area network established by a mobile communication network. One of the objectives of the invention is to provide a solution replacing the present last mile connection. According to one of the embodiments, main circuit of the outdoor wireless modem includes a radio-frequency module and a baseband module. The baseband module includes at least two processing circuits for respectively processing the signals over the mobile communication network and the packets over the local-area network. The processing circuits are packaged into one module according to the design. Further in one embodiment, a bandwidth integration unit is introduced to the modem. The bandwidth integration unit serves to achieve load balance and bandwidth integration.
US09191098B2
An out-of-band relay node (800) reports its composite operating band capability to a donor base station or to another network node. The reported information indicates frequency band support separately for each of the backhaul and access links, which may operate over different frequency bands. In some embodiments, a controlling network node (700) such as a donor base station, an O&M node, an OSS node, a SON node, or another relay node, requests the relay node to report its backhaul link and access link operating frequency band capabilities to the network node. A network node (700) that receives the frequency capability information may use the information to select appropriate frequency bands for access and backhaul link operation and to configure the relay node accordingly. The received frequency band capability information may also be used for one or more network management functions such as radio resources management, network planning, dimensioning, and coverage enhancement.
US09191092B2
Aspects of the invention described herein may enable a greenfield access mode in IEEE 802.11n WLAN systems in comparison to an alternative approach that may not provide greenfield access. The utilization of greenfield access may reduce the portion of time required to transmit data due to overhead comprising preamble fields and header fields. This may enable higher data throughput rates to be achieved. This may further enable more robust transmission of data by enabling comparable data rates to be maintained while reducing the coding rate of encoded transmitted data. The reduction of the coding rate may enable comparable data rates to be maintained for transmission via RF channels characterized by lower SNR while still achieving desired target levels of packet error rates. In another aspect of the invention, mixed mode access may be achieved while reducing the portion of time required for transmitting data due to overhead.
US09191087B2
Systems and methods according to these exemplary embodiments provide for using demodulation reference signals (DM-RSs) to obtain channel state information (CSI) for precoder selection. A method includes: receiving a DM-RS in at least one subframe, determining the CSI from the DM-RS; and using the CSI to perform at least one function.
US09191067B2
Apparatus, for transmitting and receiving signals over residential electrical cables, includes a processor, at least one transmitter and at least one receiver. The transmitter and the receiver are coupled with the processor, for respectively transmitting and receiving the signals. The apparatus is coupled with an electrical cable including at least one active wire, one neutral wire and one ground wire. At least two of the wires form receive wire pairs wherein at least two of the wires form at least one transmit wire pair. The processor enables the at least one receiver to be coupled with the receive wire pairs and wherein the processor dynamically switches a coupling of the at least one receiver to another one of the plurality of receive wire pairs.
US09191062B2
A method of detecting a transmission. The method includes: measuring, from a first portion of a received spread-spectrum signal, a first code-phase of a spreading-code; measuring, from a second portion of the signal, a second code-phase of the spreading-code; comparing the first and second code-phases; and detecting whether the transmission is present according to the result of the comparison. Also disclosed are corresponding methods and apparatus for transmission and reception of signals.
US09191061B2
A data processor selects a set of BOC correlations in accordance with a BOC correlation function for the sampling period if the primary amplitude exceeds or equals the secondary amplitude for the sampling period. The data processor selects a set of QBOC correlations in accordance with a QBOC correlation function for the sampling period if the secondary amplitude exceeds the primary amplitude for the sampling period. The data processor uses either the BOC correlation function or the QBOC correlation function, whichever with greater amplitude, at each sampling period for carrier tracking. Further, the data processor, through combining two sets of BOC correlations with different chip spacings provides an alternative unambiguous code acquisition of the received signal.
US09191057B2
A polarimetric transceiver front-end includes two receive paths configured to receive signals from an antenna, each receive path corresponding to a respective polarization. Each front-end includes a variable amplifier and a variable phase shifter; a first transmit path configured to send signals to the antenna, where the transmit path is connected to the variable phase shifter of one of the two receive paths and includes a variable amplifier; and a transmit/receive switch configured to select between the first transmit path and the two receive paths for signals, where the transmit/receive switch includes a quarter-wavelength transmission line that adds a high impedance to the transmit path when the transmit/receive switch is in a receiving state.
US09191055B2
Mobile devices may minimize the radiation exposure to users by controlling the distance between the user, specifically the head, and the mobile device to a minimum distance. The reduction in exposure is realized due to the operation of the Inverse Square Rule on electromagnetic signal from the mobile device recognizing there is a steep fall off of signal strength resultant from increased distance between the head of the user and the source of the signal. Embodiments increase and maintain operational distance between the user and the broadcast device to reduce signal absorption. Enabled mobile devices increase and maintain the operational distance by detecting when the distance is breached by a variety of methods and then alerting the user. Sound and electromagnetic waves may be used to determine the proximity of the mobile device to the user, in addition image processing typically resident on some mobile devices may also be used to determine proximity to the user. Embodiments disable harmful features such as broadcasting when the operation distance is breached for a period of time or the radiation exposure exceeds a threshold. Other embodiments enforce the operational distance with physical barriers preventing the distance from being reduced. Embodiments influence the user to maintain a minimum distance via alerts, interruptions and warnings. Thus maintaining a minimum distance between the user and the transmitter may have a dramatic practical effect.
US09191053B2
A system and method of transmitting data from an aircraft includes a PC card that acquires aircraft data and transmits the aircraft data over a radio frequency communications signal into the skin of the aircraft, which radiates the radio frequency communications signal to a location remote from the aircraft.
US09191046B2
An FFT unit subjects a P-times oversampling output of an AD converter to Fourier transform into a frequency domain signal. A distortion estimation unit estimates a distortion characteristic from a difference between the frequency domain signal and a reference signal. A correction coefficient calculation unit calculates a correction coefficient of a distortion characteristic. A correction unit corrects the frequency domain signal by using the correction coefficient. An IFFT unit subjects the corrected frequency domain signal to inverse Fourier into a time domain signal having the same sampling speed as a symbol speed, and outputs a partial time series.
US09191045B2
The present document relates to audio signal processing, in particular to an apparatus and a corresponding method for improving the audio signal of an FM stereo radio receiver. In particular, the present document relates to a method and system for reducing the noise of a received FM stereo radio signal. An apparatus (2) configured to reduce noise of a received multi-channel FM radio signal is described, wherein the received multi-channel FM radio signal is representable as a received mid signal and a received side signal. The apparatus (2) comprises a parameter determination unit (77) configured to determine one or more parameters indicative of a correlation and/or decorrelation between the received mid signal and the received side signal; and a noise reduction unit (79) configured to generate a noise-reduced side signal from the received mid signal and not from the received side signal using the one or more parameters.
US09191044B1
Systems and methods are provided for determining a successive interference cancellation (SIC) decoding ordering in a multiple input multiple output transmission (MIMO) system. Multiple decoding orderings for received codewords are identified. A performance objective, such as total throughput or total probability of decoding, is computed for each one of the orderings based on the position of the codewords in the ordering. A globally optimal ordering is found that maximizes the performance objective over the multiple decoding orderings.
US09191041B2
A method and power amplification system for achieving digital pre-distortion of wideband, power amplifiers with reduced observation bandwidth are disclosed. A digital pre-distorter system uses a reduced transmitter observation receiver bandwidth combined with a high transmit path sampling rate to linearize a power amplifier across a broad spectrum that may extend to beyond about five times a bandwidth of a signal input to the system.
US09191040B2
A radio frequency (RF) transmission circuit includes an antenna connection terminal, a plurality of amplifiers connected to the antenna connection terminal in parallel, a plurality of drivers for driving the plurality of amplifiers, and a control circuit configured to control operation of the plurality of drivers based on information indicating a characteristic of a RF signal to be transmitted through the antenna connection terminal.
US09191032B2
A method and an apparatus for transmitting and receiving a packet in a broadcasting and communication system are provided. The method and apparatus allows a receiver to recognize data in a packet lost due to data loss occurring in a network. To this end, Forward Error Correction (FEC) control-related information is generated, a packet including the generated FEC control-related information is generated, and the packet is transmitted. The FEC control-related information includes at least one of FEC configuration-related information and FEC encoding configuration-related information.
US09191030B2
A memory controller includes a first error detection code generator for generating a first error detection code for data received from a host, a controller to write the data and the first error detection code to nonvolatile memory and to read the data and the first error detection code from the nonvolatile memory, an error detector to perform an error detection based on the data and the first error detection code that are read from the nonvolatile memory, a second error detection code generator to generate a second detection error code based on the data read from the nonvolatile memory, and a mismatch code generator to generate a mismatch code signaling the presence of an error in the data, wherein either the second error detection code or the mismatch code is selected based on the error detection and sent to the host.
US09191028B2
An object of the present invention is to provide the compression device and the expansion device of a complex digital signal, which further raise the compression ratio of the compression digital signal. The compression device of the present invention comprises: first section that acquires a first phase and a second phase, wherein with a complex digital signal being inputted into the complex digital signal compression device, the first phase is a phase, in polar coordinates, which the complex digital signal has, and it is assumed that the complex digital signal inputted into the complex digital signal compression device is expressed as a sum of two complex digital signals with an equal amplitude, phases of which are centered at the first phase and are shifted by a phase that equals to the second phase in the positive and negative direction respectively; and second section that compresses the first phase and the second phase respectively by performing quantization. The expansion device of the present invention comprises third section and fourth section which perform the inverse processing of the second section and the first section, respectively, mentioned above.
US09191027B2
A method of operating a data compression device includes analyzing data using an analyzer and generating a result of the analysis, while the data is buffered by an input buffer, and selectively compressing the buffered data according to the result of the analysis. A data compression device includes a data pattern analyzer configured to analyze data transmitted to an input buffer, and generate an analysis code based on the analysis of the data; and a data compression manager configured to selectively compress the data in the input buffer based on the analysis code.
US09191018B2
An analog-digital converter with successive approximation includes a capacitor array for being loaded by applying a given input signal potential and for providing a sampling potential, wherein capacitors of the capacitor array are serially coupled with switches. A decision latch is included for evaluating the sampling potential in a number of consecutive decision steps. The analog-digital converter also includes a logic unit for selectively changing the sampling potential by selectively switching switches associated to the capacitors of the capacitor array for each decision step based on an evaluation result of a previous decision step, wherein the switches are respectively coupled with a calibration switch.
US09191003B2
An integrated circuit of a memory is provided. The integrated circuit comprises a first data driving circuit and a transmitting transistor. The first data driving circuit outputs a first data voltage to a first node. The transmitting transistor is coupled between the first node and a second node. When the transmitting transistor receives a bias voltage and the voltage level of the first node is a first voltage level, the transmitting transistor makes the voltage level of the second node to be set as a third voltage level, third voltage level is close to or substantially equal to the first voltage level. When the transmitting transistor receives the bias voltage and the voltage level of the first node is the second voltage level, the voltage level of the second node is independently of the voltage level of the first node.
US09191002B2
A programmable logic controller (PLC) system, and more particularly, a data processing apparatus and method in the PLC system are provided. In the data processing method in a programmable logic controller (PLC) system, first dummy code data is output to an area having a chip selection signal for valid data output. The valid data is output after the first dummy code data is output. And second dummy code data is output when the valid data output is completed.
US09191000B2
Providing for a field programmable gate array (FPGA) utilizing resistive random access memory (RRAM) technology is described herein. By way of example, the FPGA can comprise a switching block interconnect having parallel signal input lines crossed by perpendicular signal output lines. RRAM memory cells can be formed at respective intersections of the signal input lines and signal output lines. The RRAM memory cell can include a voltage divider comprising multiple programmable resistive elements arranged electrically in series across a VCC and VSS of the FPGA. A common node of the voltage divider drives a gate of a pass gate transistor configured to activate or deactivate the intersection. The disclosed RRAM memory can provide high transistor density, high logic utilization, fast programming speed, radiation immunity, fast power up and significant benefits for FPGA technology.
US09190999B2
A touch-sensitive pushbutton switch includes an optical sensor, in particular an infrared sensor, and an evaluation circuit. The evaluation circuit is able, through the use of a reference device, to set a sensitivity of the optical sensor in dependence on a detected basic level of an evaluation signal.
US09190998B2
Aspects of the disclosure include an optical button, that can include an input portion that is printed on a substrate, the input portion being configured to change an optical characteristic of light passing therethrough when in contact with an external object, and a detector that is optically coupled with the input portion to detect a change in the optical characteristic of light passing through the input portion.
US09190997B2
A processing system for a capacitive input device is described. The capacitive input device includes a plurality of sensor electrodes configured to detect input objects in a sensing region. The processing system configured to transmit a signal on a transmitter sensor channel of the capacitive input device. The processing system is also configured to receive the signal on a receiver sensor channel of the capacitive input device, wherein the receiver sensor channel is coupled with an amplifier. The processing system is also configured to determine if a level of interference has been received by the receiver sensor channel in conjunction with receipt of the signal.
US09190994B2
Disclosed is a radio frequency (RF) switch branch having a reduced nonlinearity and an associated method for reducing nonlinearity in a RF switch branch. The RF switch branch includes a primary transistor, a first transistor having power terminals electrically connected between a drain node and a body node of the primary transistor, and a second transistor having power terminals electrically connected between the body node and a source node of the primary transistor. The RF switch may further include a body resistor electrically connected between the body node of the primary transistor and ground, and a gate resistor electrically connected between a gate of the primary transistor and a gate voltage source. A gate of each of the first transistor and the second transistor is electrically connected to the gate voltage source such that the first transistor and the second transistor are ON only when the primary transistor is ON.
US09190992B2
The present invention provides a semiconductor device of a bi-directional analog switch having a high linearity and a low electric power loss. An ultrasonic diagnostic apparatus having a high degree of detection accuracy, comprising the semiconductor device, is also provided. A semiconductor device of a bi-directional analog switch, comprising a switch circuit capable of switching ON or OFF bi-directionally, and built-in driving circuits for the switch circuit, wherein the driving circuit is connected to first and second power supplies, and a first power supply voltage is higher than a maximum voltage of a signal applied to an input/output terminal of the switch circuit, a second power supply voltage is lower than a minimum voltage of a signal applied to an input/output terminal of the switch circuit, and the driving circuit comprises a Zener diode and a p-type MOSFET connected in series between the first power supply and the switch circuit.
US09190991B2
Described herein are apparatus, method, and system for re-synthesizing a clock signal. The apparatus comprises: a first logic unit to detect a rising edge of an input clock signal and for generating a rising edge of an output clock signal based on the detected rising edge of the input clock signal, the input clock signal having a non-50% duty cycle and a first period; and a second logic unit to compute a falling edge of the output clock signal according to the detected rising edge of the input clock signal, the falling edge of the output clock signal being near half of the first period.
US09190989B1
A power management system permits a small microcontroller subsystem or low power domain to continuously operate while a main subsystem domain is cycling from power on to off. The power management system supports asynchronous domains with common shared peripherals. The asynchronous domains operate as a single entity while in a full power mode with the peripheral and system resources being shared. The system can be used in automotive systems where most of the system is power-gated leaving just a power regulator controller, some counters and an input/output segment alive for wakeup purposes.
US09190988B1
A power management system for an integrated circuit (IC) includes low and full-power bandgap generators, first and second multiplexers, first circuitry, and a full-power regulator. When the IC is powered on, the first multiplexer selects the full-power bandgap generator as a reference voltage source for the first circuitry. After the low-power bandgap generator has been trimmed, the first multiplexer selects the low-power bandgap generator as the reference voltage source for the first circuitry. When the IC transitions from low power mode to high power mode, the second multiplexer selects the low-power bandgap generator as the reference voltage source for the full-power regulator. When the full-power bandgap generator is powered on, the second multiplexer selects the full-power bandgap generator as the reference voltage source for the full-power regulator.
US09190985B2
A device comprises a first variable capacitance block comprising four first capacitors, a second variable capacitance block comprising four second capacitors, wherein the second capacitors are arranged in a same configuration as the first capacitors, a third variable capacitance block comprising four third capacitors, a fourth variable capacitance block comprising four fourth capacitors, and wherein the fourth capacitors are arranged in a same configuration as the third capacitors, a first switch coupled between the first variable capacitance block and the second variable capacitance block, a second switch coupled between the third variable capacitance block and the fourth variable capacitance block, a third switch coupled between the first variable capacitance block and the fourth variable capacitance block and a fourth switch coupled between the third variable capacitance block and the second variable capacitance block.
US09190974B2
A method and a device for controlling the level of a pulsed high-frequency signal amplify or respectively attenuate an un-pulsed high-frequency signal with an amplification or attenuation element adjustable with regard to its amplification or attenuation factor. A pulsed high-frequency signal is generated by a pulse modulator controlled by a pulse signal from the un-pulsed high-frequency signal. At the output of the pulse modulator, a signal level of the pulsed high-frequency signal is measured by a high-frequency detector. The amplification or attenuation factor of the amplification or attenuation element is adjusted with a level controller controlled by the measured signal level. To control the level controller, the measured signal level of the pulsed high-frequency signal is linked to the measured signal level of the pulse signal.
US09190970B2
An integrated power amplifier circuit is disclosed. The circuit comprises: first and second amplifiers fabricated on one or more dies, the one or more dies being mounted on a support structure; a first set of one or more connection elements connected to the first amplifier and passing above a portion of the support structure; and a second set of one or more connection elements connected to the second amplifier and passing above a portion of the support structure. The support structure comprises at least one void, at least a portion of the at least one void being positioned directly underneath at least one of the first and second sets of one or more connection elements.
US09190967B2
Apparatus and method embodiments are provided for improving power efficiency in an outphasing amplifier with a non-isolating combiner. The embodiments include reducing the driving power to two power amplifiers (PAs) of the amplifier circuit in the low input signal power region in an asymmetric manner between the two PAs. An embodiment method includes receiving, at a signal decomposer, an input signal, detecting a power amplitude of the input signal, and determining whether the input signal corresponds to one of a plurality of operation modes according to the detected power amplitude of the input signal and a plurality of power thresholds corresponding to the operation modes. Upon determining that the power amplitude of the input signal corresponds to a first mode from the operation modes, the input signal is decomposed into two component signals including at least one signal that has a reduced and scaled amplitude proportional to the input signal.
US09190959B2
A circuit for providing a bias signal for a power amplifier includes a first input, a second input and an output. The first input is configured to receive an input signal to be amplified by the power amplifier. The second input is configured to receive the amplified input signal. The output is configured to provide the bias signal.
US09190953B2
An oscillator and a method of fabricating the oscillator are described. The oscillator includes a resonator with a plurality of transmission lines. An oscillation frequency of the oscillator is independent of at least one dimension of the plurality of transmission lines. The oscillator also includes a negative resistance circuit coupled to the resonator that cancels internal loss resistance of the resonator.
US09190950B2
An electronic fitness device is provided, the electronic fitness device including an enclosure having a cover, a motor positioned within the enclosure, a circuit board, a variable resistor positioned on the circuit board, the variable resistor comprising a first trace, a second trace, and a semiconductive film disposed over the first trace and the second trace, and control circuitry coupled to at least the motor and the circuit board. The cover is positioned to press the semiconductive film against the first trace and the second trace in response to a pressure applied to the cover, and the control circuitry is configured to actuate the motor in response to a change in the resistance between the first trace and the second trace resulting from the pressure applied to the cover. Also provided are a method of monitoring abdominal muscle position, and control circuitry.
US09190949B1
The present invention relates to a system and a method for improving the use of energy in an electric motor by inducing currents generated from magnets and/or electromagnets that result in an increase of primary power and creating, directing and introducing a counter current obtained from primary coils of the motor into a resonant LC circuit which is introduced as a transient secondary process to increase the overall efficiency of the motor. Furthermore, the motor produces rotational torque without using alternating magnetic polarity, but rather magnetic compression that utilizes permanent magnets arranged in a dipolar manner around an axial plane and, in another embodiment, uses ferrous cores arranged in a dipolar manner around an axial plane or alternatively, electromagnetic dipoles arranged in a dipolar manner around an axial plane.
US09190944B2
A method and system for controlling a wind turbine generator detect wind speeds and, at a first defined wind speed, control generator torque and generator rotational speed to achieve a pre-defined power for the wind turbine generator at the first defined wind speed. As wind speed increases beyond the first defined wind speed, one of generator torque or generator rotational speed is increased and the other of generator rotational speed or generator torque is proportionally decreased to maintain the generator power substantially constant at the pre-defined power.
US09190940B2
This system provides a wide range of smooth and precisely controlled low and high speeds for pan-tilt-zoom surveillance cameras, in which a brushless motor is controlled by a Microcontroller in a low speed mode by sinusoidal synchronous commutation, in a high speed mode by block commutation, and in a transition phase from the low speed mode to the high speed mode by modulating integrated pulse-width modulation (PWM) square waves with sine waves. PID and lookup table registers are used by a microcontroller for a smooth transition from high speed mode to low speed mode, and from low speed mode to high speed mode, phase locking a sine position during transitions, in order to give a surveillance camera an ability to quickly move from one target to another at up to 100 degrees per second yet track objects that are moving very slowly.
US09190937B2
A MEMS device (20) includes a movable element (20) suspended above a substrate (22) by a spring member (34) having a spring constant (104). A spring softening voltage (58) is applied to electrodes (24, 26) facing the movable element (20) during a powered mode (100) to decrease the stiffness of the spring member (34) and thereby increase the sensitivity of the movable element (32) to an input stimulus (46). Upon detection of a stiction condition (112), the spring softening voltage (58) is effectively removed to enable recovery of the movable element (32) from the stiction condition (112). A higher mechanical spring constant (104) yields a stiffer spring (34) having a larger restoring force (122) in the unpowered mode (96) in order to enable recovery from the stiction condition (112). A feedback voltage (56) can be applied to feedback electrodes (28, 30) facing the movable element (32) to provide electrical damping.
US09190936B2
Disclosed is a highly reliable inductive vibration power generator wherein mechanical damping caused by the phenomenon of electrostatic pulling-in (stiction) and the like is suppressed even if the potential of an electret is increased and/or the gap between an electrode and the electret is reduced in order to increase the amount of power generation. The two surfaces of a movable substrate are respectively provided with first electrets and second electrets. By means of providing first electrodes and second electrodes to a lower substrate and an upper substrate and facing the respective electrets with a predetermined gap therebetween, electrostatic force is caused to arise on both sides of the movable substrate, and the pulling of the movable substrate in only one direction is prevented.
US09190929B2
Multi-level rectifiers are provided. A multi-level rectifier may convert a medium AC voltage to a medium DC voltage. A multi-level rectifier may comprise an input inductor, a set of diodes, a set of switches, and a DC link comprising a set of capacitors. One end of the input inductor is coupled to the input AC voltage and the other end of the input inductor is coupled to a pair of diodes that are series connected. The set of switches may be regulated such that the inductor may be coupled to a DC voltage point of the DC link. A multi-level rectifier may operate under a set of operation modes. Each operation mode may be determined from the input voltage and the inductor current. Accordingly, a sinusoidal voltage at the fundamental frequency of the input voltage may be synthesized by selectively switching between adjacent operation modes of the set of operation modes. A multi-level rectifier may be used in connection with a medium voltage to low voltage DC/DC converter to form a power conversion system that converts a medium AC voltage to a low DC voltage.
US09190928B2
The switched power supply (10) comprises: an input (16) for an AC input current (IPRI) under an input voltage (VPRI); an output (36) for a DC output current (Isec), and successively, from the input to the output, a system of controlled breaker switches (20); a transformer (21) whereof the primary (24) is linked at the output of the system of controlled breaker switches (20); a rectifying circuit (28) connected across the terminals of a secondary circuit (26) of the transformer; and a storage capacitor (32) linked in parallel across the output terminals of the rectifier circuit (28) with interposition of a coil (34), the output (36) being formed across the terminals of the storage capacitor (32). The system of controlled breaker switches (20) is the only circuit between the input (16) and the output (36) to comprise switching members and in that it comprises means (22) for controlling the system of breaker switches (20) so as to control the amplitude of the input current (IPRI) as a function of the input voltage (VPRI) of the output current (Isec) and of the voltage (Vsec) across the terminals of the storage capacitor (32).
US09190924B2
An indirect matrix converter includes a converter (2) connected through a positive polarity bus (4p) and a negative polarity bus (4n) to an inverter (6). A clamp diode (28u) has its anode connected to the positive polarity bus (4p) and has its cathode connected to one end of a capacitor (30). The other end of the capacitor (30) is connected to the anode of a clamp diode (28d) of which cathode is connected to the negative polarity bus (4n). Upper discharge preventing snubber circuits (20u) are provided for switch devices (16uu through 16uw) of the inverter (6), and lower discharge preventing snubber circuits (20d) are provided for switch devices (16du through 16dw) of the inverter (6). Discharge resistors (26u) of the upper discharge preventing snubber circuits (20u) are connected to the anode of the diode (28d), and discharge resistors (26d) of the lower discharge preventing snubber circuits (20d) are connected to the cathode of the diode (28u).
US09190908B2
Disclosed is a protection cover allowing a handheld device to reversely discharge, which includes a bidirectional DC-DC converter and a charging/discharging controller arranged inside the protection cover so as to allow a first handheld device that is received in the protection cover to externally discharge electrical power thereof. The protection cover applies a removable external connection to electrically connect to a second handheld device so as to allow the first handheld device to reversely discharge, via the protection cover, to the second handheld device.
US09190903B2
According to various embodiments, a circuit includes a charge pump and a feedback circuit. The charge pump includes a first input, a second input configured to receive an offset signal, and an output terminal configured to provide a charge pump signal based on the first and second inputs. The feedback circuit includes a first input coupled to the output of the charge pump, a second input configured to be coupled to a reference signal, an enable input configured to enable and disable the feedback circuit, and a feedback output coupled to the first input of the charge pump.
US09190892B2
An electro-magnetic coupling system for transferring torque between a pair of coaxial spools of a gas turbine engine is provided. The system includes a first rotor rotatable with one of the spools, a second rotor rotatable with the other of the spools, and a stator. The first and second rotors and the stator are coaxial with each other. The second rotor operably couples the first rotor and the stator. The first rotor carries a plurality of magnetic flux-producing formations which produce a first magnetic field. The stator carries a plurality of electrical winding coils which are energisable to generate a second magnetic field. The second rotor carries an arrangement of interpoles which modulate the first and second magnetic fields such that the modulated fields interact to transfer torque between the spools.
US09190889B2
A method for adjusting a resolver of an electric machine is provided. A resolver rotor is an adjustable element of the resolver and mounted by friction on a support so that a relative angular position with respect to the support may be adjusted by exerting a torque between the resolver rotor and the support. The method includes steps of: measuring an offset angle of the resolver to be corrected; as long as the offset is not less than an predetermined tolerance, locking the resolver rotor with respect to a resolver stator; launching the correction by energizing a main stator of the electric machine so that the electric machine develops a correction torque causing rotation of the resolver rotor with respect to a shaft of the electric machine by the measured offset; and freeing the resolver rotor. Subsequently the method returns to the measuring step.
US09190885B2
A drive device for a motor vehicle includes at least one electric machine having at least one rotor element which includes a single-piece, essentially sleeve-shaped rotor carrier to delimit an installation area in a radial direction. At least one transmission device is disposed, at least partly, in the installation area and configured to be driven by the electric machine via the rotor element.
US09190863B2
Disclosed is an apparatus (and method) for charging a battery having a voltage measuring unit for measuring a voltage, a control unit for outputting a charge control signal corresponding to an early charging mode in which the battery is charged until a voltage of the battery rises to a preset cut-off voltage (Vc) and a charge control signal corresponding to a late charging mode in which the battery is charged while lowering a charge power in phases, and a charging unit for providing a charge power corresponding to the charge control signal to the battery, wherein a point of lowering the charge power in phases is associated with a point at which the voltage of the battery reaches the cut-off voltage again by the lowered charge power. Therefore, a voltage level reached at full charge of a battery may be raised in a simple and efficient way.
US09190845B2
A wind turbine park (242) connected to a transmission system (234). The wind turbine park includes a component (230) for determining a short circuit ratio and based thereon for determining a parameter adjustment recipe, and a controller (238) for controlling an output of the wind turbine park, the controller (238) executing a control algorithm using a determined parameter adjustment recipe, the determined parameter adjustment recipe responsive to the short circuit ratio and determined within the component (230) or within the controller (238).
US09190841B2
A user of an automobile interactive onboard computer display monitors and controls battery power distribution during discharge. The user is enabled to interactively enter into a computer controlled display, proportions of the total battery power to be distributed to each of a set of devices. The distribution of the battery power to each of the devices is then monitored. The distribution of power to a specific device is halted when the power distributed to the specific device reaches the maximum of the proportion of the entered battery power to be distributed to the specific device.
US09190834B2
The invention relates to a method for operating an inverter (1), in particular a pulse-controlled inverter, comprising multiple phase systems (2, 3, 4), each of which has an outer conductor (7, 8, 9) and at least one semiconductor component (12, 13), and a temperature monitoring device (15) that has multiple temperature sensors (16, 17, 18) which sense the temperature of at least one part of at least one of the phase systems (2, 3, 4). In said method, a temperature gradient is determined from each of the sensed temperatures, the difference of the determined temperature gradients from each other is ascertained, and if the difference exceeds at least one threshold value, a fault of a cooling device of the inverter (1) is identified. The invention further relates to an inverter (1).
US09190831B2
A power supply system has a power storage device and an ECU, and supplies driving electric power to a load device. The power storage device includes an interrupting device configured to interrupt a conduction path of the power storage device. The load device includes a voltage sensor for detecting a voltage applied to the load device, and supply of electric power from the load device to the power storage device is stopped in response to a failure of the voltage sensor. Where the voltage sensor has failed, the ECU determines presence or absence of activation of the interrupting device, based on a variation length of an actual current that is input to or output from the power storage device and a variation length of a command current set in accordance with requested electric power requested based on a user's operation.
US09190821B2
A mount having a post and a push nut. The post includes a longitudinal axis. The push nut is connected to the post. The push nut includes an opening for receiving the post along the longitudinal axis and at least one locking wedge rotatably connected to the push nut and extending into the opening. The at least one locking wedge allows the push nut to slide along the longitudinal axis of the post in a first direction and prevents the push nut from sliding along the longitudinal axis of the post in a second direction opposite the first direction.
US09190811B2
A surge arrester includes a cavity formed by at least one insulating body and at least two electrodes, which extend into the cavity. The electrodes are oriented toward one another with their free ends and have an electrode spacing between one another. The electrodes include several different metallic materials in regions of the free ends.
US09190804B2
A pulse light source includes: a master laser that outputs a master laser light pulse whose repetition frequency is controlled to a predetermined value; a slave laser that outputs a slave laser light pulse; a phase comparator that detects a phase difference between an electric signal having a frequency of the predetermined value, and an electric signal based on a light intensity of the slave laser light pulse; a loop filter; an adder that adds a repetition frequency control signal having a certain repetition cycle, to an output from the loop filter; and a phase comparator that measures a pulse phase difference which is a phase difference between the master laser light pulse and the slave laser light pulse. A magnitude of the repetition frequency control signal is controlled such that the measured pulse phase difference matches with a target value of the pulse phase difference.
US09190799B2
A Q-switched all-fiber laser utilizes a long period fiber grating (LPFG) modulator. The LPFG modulator is characterized by optical spectral characteristics that are controlled by application of stress via an actuator. In particular, the actuator applies stress to selected sections of the LPFG in order to modulate a light signal at a specified wavelength. Further, a controller is utilized to control the application of stress in the time domain, and thereby switch the Q-factor of the fiber laser cavity. In addition to the LPFG, the laser cavity comprises a pair of fiber Bragg gratings (FBGs) and a fiber gain medium.
US09190797B2
A method for generating an optical frequency comb with a defined number of frequency comb lines with an adjustable spacing therebetween includes generating an input frequency comb comprising a multiplicity of input frequency comb lines with a light source. Individual frequency comb lines having an identical frequency spacing are filtered out of the multiplicity of input frequency comb lines so as to obtain filtered frequency comb lines. A first modulating of the filtered frequency comb lines is performed at a first modulation frequency so as to generate first sideband lines. The first sideband lines are generated by the first modulating so that the filtered frequency comb lines and the first sideband lines have an identical frequency spacing.
US09190786B1
The electrical connector or device includes a first center contact, a first outer conductor, a first insulation material, a second center contact, a second outer conductor, a second insulation material, a spring, and a flexible wire. The first center contact has a longitudinal axis. The first insulation material is retained between the first center contact and the second outer conductor. The second center contact has a longitudinal axis. The second insulation material is retained between the second center contact and the second outer conductor. The longitudinal axis of the second center contact is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the first center contact. The spring is in contact with the first outer conductor and the second outer conductor. The flexible wire is attached to the first center contact and the second center contact.
US09190783B2
A high definition multimedia interface (HDMI) connector includes a HDMI socket (1b) and at least one pair positioning legs (2b). The HDMI socket (1b) has a shielding frame (11b). Each of the positioning legs (2b) is connected to the HDMI socket (1b) and exposed to the shielding frame (11b). The distance between the positioning legs (2b) is complied with the Display Port specification Thus, the HDMI socket (1b) has the positioning legs (2b) complied with the Display Port specification such that the HDMI socket (1b) can be insertedly disposed on the PCB (100b) having the Display Port connection to enhance assembling convenience.
US09190773B2
Axially compressible F-connectors for conventional installation tools for interconnection with coaxial cable include radially compressed grounding inserts seated within a body fitted to a nut socket. Each connector has a rigid nut, a post penetrating the nut, a tubular, metallic body, and an end cap. The conductive post coaxially extends through the connectors, linking the nut and body. A post end penetrates the coaxial cable. The nut has an integral, tubular socket at its rear that is engaged by a tubular, metallic connector body. The body front has at least one groove for receiving a peripheral grounding insert, preferably in the form of a coiled spring wrapped around the body, that is radially sandwiched within the nut socket to insure grounding. An end cap press fitted to the assembly coaxially engaging the body, closing the fitting. Internal O-rings may be combined for sealing the connector.
US09190771B2
An electrical connector defines a front-to-back direction comprises an dielectric housing a plurality of contacts and a magnetic element. The dielectric element comprises a base and a mating tongue extending forward from the base. The contacts are received in the dielectric housing and each comprises a contacting portion exposed to at least one surface of the mating tongue. The magnetic element is assembled on front of the base and defining a receiving space for the tongue. The tongue is at least partially received in the receiving space with an opening facing forward.
US09190763B2
An electrical connector is provided wherein the electrical connector includes an electrical connector neck which separates an electrical connector rear from an electrical connector front and wherein the electrical connector rear includes an electrical connector termination. The electrical connector includes a pre-mold material securely associated with the electrical connector to cover the electrical connector rear and the electrical connector termination. Additionally, an over-mold material is securely associated with the electrical connector to cover a portion of the pre-mold material.
US09190752B1
A primary connector (10, 20) includes a primary housing (11, 31) and a number of terminal groups. The primary housing includes a periphery wall (111, 311) and a side wall (112, 312) disposed at opposite sides of the primary housing and extending along a longitudinal direction, a slot (113, 313) defined between the periphery wall and the side wall, and a number of passageways (114, 314) extending along a transverse direction for receiving the number of terminal groups. Each terminal group includes a predetermined terminal (22, 42) having a contact section (221, 421) exposed to the slot and a pair of soldering portions (222, 422) respectively extending from opposite sides of the contact section and inserted outwardly from the periphery wall and the side wall.
US09190749B2
An electrical contact for being loaded in an electrical connector electrically connecting an IC module to a printed circuit board (PCB) includes a first contact, a second contact and an elastic arm. The first contact includes a first mating portion and a first connecting portion. The first mating portion defines a first contacting end for connecting with the IC socket. The second contact includes a second mating portion and a second connecting portion. The second contacting portion defines a second contacting end for connecting with the PCB. The first and second connecting portions are coupled with each other, the first elastic element rings around the first mating portion of the first contact and presses against the second connecting portion of the second contact.
US09190742B2
A connector assembly comprising a connector housing, a secondary locking member and a safety spring bar, whereby the secondary locking member and the safety spring bar are assigned to the connector housing. The secondary locking member is movable between a first and a second position, whereby the safety spring bar is adapted to lock the secondary locking member in its second position. The secondary locking member comprises a deflection surface adapted to engage the safety spring bar when the secondary locking member is moved in an insertion direction. Thereby, upon movement of the secondary locking member, the safety spring bar is deflected essentially in the insertion direction, urging the secondary locking member towards its first position. When the secondary locking member is placed in the second position, the safety spring bar is adapted to snap into a safety position, to lock the secondary locking member in its second position.
US09190735B2
Designs and techniques of Composite Right-Left Handed (CRLH) Metamaterial (MTM) antenna devices, including a CRLH MTM devices that include MTM cells formed on a substrate and a conductive launch stub formed on the substrate to be adjacent to each of the MTM cells and electromagnetically coupled to each of the MTM cells.
US09190730B2
An antenna includes an elongated magnetic core, a secondary magnetic path member, a spacer and a coil. The secondary magnetic path member is disposed near the core, and forms a secondary magnetic path. The spacer is disposed between the core and the secondary magnetic path member so as to prevent the core and the secondary magnetic path member from being magnetically coupled. The coil is formed by winding a wire around the core in such a way as to bundle the core and the secondary magnetic path member together.
US09190727B1
A structural wideband aperture assembly and methods are presented. A non-conductive structural backsheet comprises electrical vias. A structural egg-crate core comprises a grid of core strips coupled to the non-conductive structural backsheet and is configured substantially perpendicular to the non-conductive structural backsheet around open boxes. A non-structural grid of antenna feed cards is configured substantially perpendicular to the non-conductive structural backsheet and crosses the core strips. A non-structural grid of antenna feed cards comprises intersections configured within the open boxes, and electronic feed-lines aligned with the electrical vias. Antenna array unit cells comprising antenna cards coupled to the non-structural grid of antenna feed cards and configured to fit within the open boxes.
US09190722B2
An antenna line protection device includes a pair of coaxial connectors and a streamer discharge module. The pair of coaxial connectors are disposed on both side ends of the antenna line protection device. The streamer discharge module is coupled between the coaxial connectors so that, when a pulse signal is input via the coaxial connectors, the streamer discharge module induces an electric field and thus establishes a discharge current channel, thereby suppressing an excessive input pulse.
US09190713B2
An antenna device for a portable terminal having a printed circuit board (PCB) is disclosed. The antenna device is comprised of first and second antenna elements. The first antenna element includes at least a portion of one or more metal members disposed within the portable terminal; is electrically connected with a ground surface of the PCB; and has a slot. The second antenna element, is disposed in proximity to the slot, spaced from and electromagnetically coupled to the first antenna element. The second antenna element receives RF power from the PCB and is configured to resonate at a frequency of the RF power.
US09190707B2
The invention relates to a method for manufacturing an RF filter comprising several resonator cavities and an RF filter manufactured by the method. The resonator cavities are formed into shape from a copper plate in a first manufacturing phase. In a second manufacturing phase the formed resonator cavities are inserted or integrated into a chassis material of the RF filter.
US09190706B2
Various embodiments are directed toward low cost passive waveguide components. For example, various embodiments relate to passive waveguide components created busing a low cost fabrication technology. In some embodiments, a three-dimensional (3D) printing process is used to create a design mold and a non-conductive structure of the waveguide is formed using a plastic injection molding process. A conductive layer may be formed over the non-conductive structure such that the conductive layer creates an electrical feature of the passive waveguide component.
US09190705B2
A dielectric resonator filter and a method of manufacturing the same are disclosed. The dielectric resonator includes a metal housing having a top surface and a bottom surface and defining a resonator cavity, and a dielectric rod located within the resonator cavity. The dielectric rod is short-circuited at both the top surface and the bottom surface. A plurality of holes are formed in the dielectric rod parallel to an axis of the dielectric rod and a plurality of apertures are formed on the top surface corresponding to the positions of the holes, respectively. A plurality of screws are inserted into the holes through the apertures, respectively. The dielectric resonator supports dual TM11 degenerate modes, each of which forms a resonant circuit. An insertion depth and a dimension of each of the screws is adjustable to adjust resonance frequencies of the dual degenerate modes and coupling between the dual degenerate modes.
US09190702B2
A ganged circulator device for isolating a transmitter and increasing the power level, isolation performance, and input VSWR performance of an IBOC combiner module is provided. The ganged circulator device includes an input power divider, a ganged circulator module, and an output power combiner. The input power divider includes a first input port, a second input port, and a plurality of output ports. The ganged circulator module includes a plurality of circulators and a plurality of load resistors. The module also includes input ports corresponding to and electrically connected to the plurality of output ports on the input power divider. The output power combiner includes a first output port, a second output port, and plurality of input ports corresponding to and electrically connected to a plurality of output ports of the ganged circulator module. An input signal is applied at the first input port of the input power divider, and an output signal is transmitted from the second output port of the power combiner. A first load resistor is electrically connected to the second input port of the power divider, and a second load resistor is connected to the first output port of the power combiner.
US09190691B2
A fuel cell stack is equipped with a stacked body constituted by stacking a plurality of power generating elements, which contain an electrolytic membrane and electrocatalytic layers arranged at both surfaces of the electrolytic membrane, via a separator for providing a flow path for supplying reaction gas to the electrocatalytic layer, and collector plates arranged at both ends of the stacked body, for collecting electricity generated by the stacked body and outputting it to the outside, wherein on the separator and the collector plate are formed at least one of an anode exhaust gas exhaust hole for exhausting anode exhaust gas, a cathode exhaust gas exhaust hole for exhausting cathode exhaust gas, and a medium supply hole for supplying into the stacked body a medium for maintaining the temperature of the stacked body at an approximately fixed level, and at the anode side collector plate arranged at the anode side end of the stacked body, an output terminal for outputting at least part of the collected electricity to the outside is provided in the vicinity of at least one of the anode exhaust gas exhaust hole, the cathode exhaust gas exhaust hole, and the medium supply hole.
US09190688B2
A treatment method for solid oxide fuel cells includes: measuring a radius of curvature of a cell; measuring a surface resistance of cathode current collecting layer of a cell; performing an alcohol permeating test of a cell; performing simultaneously several stages of compression and heating or cooling to a cell; an apparatus for completing above stages is also disclosed.
US09190675B2
A component for reducing the likelihood of ice-related blockage in a fuel cell and methods for starting a fuel cell system. In one embodiment, the component is a separate insert configured with a sharp leading edge such that water droplets present in a reactant fluid that pass through an orifice in the component are conveyed away from an unstable formation at the edge to a more stable formation in an adjacent part of the component. In one form, the component is sized to fit within a valve inlet that in turn is placed in a humid reactant flowpath. In this way, when the fuel cell is operated in cold conditions—such as those associated with temperatures at or below the freezing point of water—the water droplets do not freeze in the area around the orifice such that ice-related blockage of the flowpath does not occur.
US09190663B2
A main object of the present invention is to provide a composite active material provided with a coating layer having satisfactory electron conductivity. The object is attained by providing a composite active material including an active material and a coating layer that is formed on the surface of the active material and contains a carbonaceous material and an ion conductive oxide, wherein the elemental carbon concentration of the coating layer surface is 17.0 atm % or more.
US09190661B2
A secondary battery is provided with a negative electrode sheet including a negative active material layer including negative active material particles. The negative active layer contains, as the negative active material particles, graphite particles formed from graphite and amorphous carbon particles formed from amorphous carbon. The difference (ΔS)(=Sb−Sa) in specific surface area between the specific surface area (Sb) of the amorphous carbon particles and the specific surface area (Sa) of the graphite particles is −0.3 to 2.6 m2/g.
US09190659B2
A secondary battery that can avoid reduction in battery capacity over the lapse of charge-discharge cycles and can exhibit high performance is provided. The secondary battery includes a first electrode layer, a second electrode layer, and an electrolyte layer provided between the first and second electrode layers, the electrolyte layer including electrolyte particles, wherein at least one of the first and second electrode layers includes a base member having a major surface on which a plurality of concave portions are formed and an electrode material filled in at least the concave portions, the major surface facing to the electrolyte layer.
US09190657B2
Provided are embodiments of a method of synthesizing nano scale electrode materials using an ultrafast combustion technique and nano scale electrode materials synthesized using the method. The method does not require a process of annealing reaction products required for synthesis of electrode materials or any other additional processes, such as cleaning, filtering, and drying processes, so that it can take only several seconds to several minutes to obtain a resultant product.
US09190654B2
Battery parts, such as battery terminals, and associated systems and methods for making same. In one embodiment, a battery part has a sealing region or sealing bead located on a lateral face of an acid ring for increasing resistance to leakage therepast as the battery container shrinks. Another embodiment includes a forming assembly for use with, for example, a battery part having a bifurcated acid ring with spaced apart lips. The forming assembly can include movable forming members that can be driven together to peen, crimp, flare or otherwise form the lips on the bifurcated acid ring.
US09190650B2
An electrode assembly has a positive sheet, a negative sheet, and separators that are stacked and wounded. A joint portion is formed by thermally fusion bonding or compression bonding of the separators at one end in a width direction thereof so that one end of the positive sheet on an opposite side in a width direction with respect to a positive lead is wrapped by the separators. Arranged outside of the joint portion in the width direction is a separating portion where the separators are separated from each other. A protecting layer made of an insulating material is formed on the end face of the positive sheet. The positive sheet is reliably prevented from being in contact with a foreign material.
US09190648B2
A lead-acid battery separator comprised of a porous membrane substrate having a front surface and a back surface and said front surface having a plurality of ribs. To enhance the substrate's stiffness, one or more coatings of a stiffening material may be adhered to the ribs on the substrate's surface.
US09190646B2
A rechargeable battery including: an electrode assembly; and a case including a receiving portion to house the electrode assembly, a junction portion disposed around the receiving portion, formed by bonded films of the case, and gas outlet disposed in the junction portion. The gas outlet includes a first block portion, a second block portion, and a buffering space disposed between the first and second block portions.
US09190643B2
Provided is a battery pack. The battery pack includes; a first battery cell and a second battery cell; a protection circuit module (PCM) that is located between the first and second battery cells and is electrically connected to the first and second battery cells; a thermal sensor that is electrically connected to the PCM and measures a temperature of the first battery cell; and a frame that accommodates the first battery cell, the second battery cell, and the PCM, wherein the frame includes a seating unit on which the PCM is seated, and the seating unit comprises a hole for inserting the thermal sensor to fix a position of the thermal sensor. Accordingly, damage to the thermal sensor is prevented and reliability of the thermal sensor is increased.
US09190627B2
An organic light-emitting display apparatus includes a thin film transistor including a first insulating layer between an active layer and a gate electrode, and a second insulating layer between the gate electrode and source/drain electrodes, a pad electrode including a first pad layer on a same layer as the source/drain electrodes and a second pad layer, a third insulating layer including an organic insulating material covering the source/drain electrodes and an end portion of the pad electrode, a pixel electrode including a semi-transmissive metal layer, in an opening in the third insulating layer, a cathode contact unit including a first, second, and third contact layers, a fourth insulating layer covering the end portion of the pad electrode, an organic emission layer on the pixel electrode, and an opposing electrode on the organic emission layer.
US09190626B2
An organic electroluminescent device includes an anode, a cathode, a light emitting layer provided between the anode and the cathode, a first organic material layer being in physical contact with the anode and doped with a p-type dopant, and a second organic material layer being in physical contact with the cathode and doped with a p-type dopant. The concentration of the p-type dopant in the first organic material layer is 50% by weight or more and less than 100% by weight.
US09190604B2
A manufacturing method for a thin board-shaped fired piezoelectric body has: a step of manufacturing, using a piezoelectric material, a green sheet having a ratio T/L of 0.000002 to 0.2, where T is the thickness and L is the maximum length within the surface after firing; and a step of obtaining the thin board-shaped fired piezoelectric body with reinforcing members for firing by performing firing after disposing the reinforcing members for firing by scattering at least on one surface of the green sheet so as to exclude the areas to be the thin board-shaped fired piezoelectric body later. The piezoelectric body which has excellent planarity and a thin board shape can be manufactured at low cost by the method.
US09190603B2
An apparatus including a piezoelectric convertor layer; at least one piezoresistive layer on the piezoelectric convertor layer; and electrical conductor outputs. The at least one piezoresistive layer includes a plurality of spaced apart piezoresistive electrodes. The apparatus is configured such that when the piezoelectric convertor layer is deformed to generate a charge, at least one of the piezoresistive electrodes is stressed, where the at least one piezoresistive layer is configured to control flow of charge from the piezoelectric convertor layer. The electrical conductor outputs are electrically connected to the piezoresistive electrodes. The outputs are configured to allow the charge from the piezoelectric convertor layer to flow out of the piezoresistive electrodes. The electrical conductor outputs are configured relative to the piezoresistive electrodes to allow identification of the at least one piezoresistive electrode which has been stressed based upon the charge on at least one of the electrical conductor outputs.
US09190595B2
An apparatus, a method, and a computer program product are provided. The apparatus may be an electronic component. The electronic component includes at least one energy harvester coupled between at least one pair of hot and cold regions of the electronic component and configured to convert thermal energy to electrical energy in order to provide power to at least the electronic component, the at least one energy harvester including a radiative thermal channel or a conductive thermal channel. A first end of the conductive thermal channel is coupled to a first semiconductor material and a second end of the conductive thermal channel is coupled to a second semiconductor material, the first semiconductor material being coupled to the hot region and isolated from the cold region and the second semiconductor material being coupled to the cold region and isolated from the hot region.
US09190593B2
A thermoelectric material including: a thermoelectric matrix; and a plurality of metal nanoparticles disposed in the thermoelectric matrix, wherein a difference between a work function of thermoelectric matrix and a work function of a metal particle of the metal nanoparticles is about −1.0 electron volt to about 1.0 electron volt.
US09190592B2
A method of fabricating a thermoelectric device includes providing a substrate having a plurality of inclined growth surfaces protruding from a surface thereof. Respective thermoelectric material layers are grown on the inclined growth surfaces, and the respective thermoelectric material layers coalesce to collectively define a continuous thermoelectric film. A surface of the thermoelectric film opposite the surface of the substrate may be substantially planar, and a crystallographic orientation of the thermoelectric film may be tilted at an angle of about 45 degrees or less relative to a direction along a thickness thereof. Related devices and fabrication methods are also discussed.
US09190591B2
A heat sink is thermally connected to a substrate on which LED elements are mounted. A fan unit is arranged near the distal end of a fin segment of the heat sink. A vent hole is formed in a case so as to expose the base end of the fin segment entirely in a direction in which fins are aligned. The heat sink is configured such that a gap between the fins is substantially blocked in a part except where the vent hole is present. The gap is an opening extending in a width direction perpendicular to the direction in which the fins are aligned. Space between the distal end of the fin segment and the fan unit functions as a pressure chamber that is placed in a positively pressurized condition or a negatively pressurized condition by cooling air traveling from the fan unit.
US09190583B2
A white light emitting device includes: a blue light emitting diode (LED) which emits blue light; and a resin packing unit which encapsulates the blue LED, wherein the resin packing unit includes a first wavelength conversion material which, in response to being excited by the blue light, emits green light, a second wavelength conversion material which, in response to being excited by the blue light, emits red light, and a complex compound which absorbs light of a region in which the green light and the red light are mixed, the light of the region being included in white light implemented through a mixture of the green light and the red light excited together with the blue light.
US09190580B2
Disclosed are a phosphor and a light emitting device including the same. The light emitting device includes a light emitting chip, a phosphor layer on the light emitting chip, and a phosphor added into the phosphor layer to absorb a light emitted from the light emitting chip and emit a central wavelength having a first blue color. The phosphor has a composition formula of LaxOySi6Al4N12:Ce3+z, a range of the x is 2≦x≦8, and a range of the y is 3≦y≦12.
US09190579B2
A method for manufacturing a light emitting device that comprises a light emitting element and a phosphor layer to absorb at least a part of light emitted from the light emitting element to emit a light having a different wavelength from that of the absorbed light comprises a first resin layer forming step of forming a first resin layer with a first resin in which viscosity is adjusted to a first viscosity on a light emitting face of the light emitting element to define a predetermined shape of the phosphor layer; a second resin layer forming step of forming a second resin layer with a second resin containing a phosphor in which viscosity is adjusted to a second viscosity lower than the first viscosity on the first resin layer before curing the first resin layer; and a curing step of curing the first resin layer and the second resin layer.
US09190572B2
A light emitting diode includes: a substrate; a light-emitting epitaxial layer, from bottom to up, laminated by semiconductor material layers of a first confinement layer, a light-emitting layer and a second confinement layer over the substrate; a current blocking layer over partial region of the light-emitting epitaxial layer; a transparent conducting structure over the current blocking layer that extends to the light-emitting epitaxial layer surface and is divided into a light-emitting region and a non-light-emitting region, in which, the non-light-emitting region corresponds to the current blocking layer with thickness larger than that of the light-emitting region, thus forming a good ohmic contact between this structure and the light-emitting epitaxial layer and reducing light absorption; and a P electrode over the non-light-emitting region of the transparent conducting structure, which guarantees current spreading performance and reduces working voltage and light absorption.
US09190564B2
An array substrate and a method for fabricating the same are disclosed. The method for fabricating the array substrate comprises: forming a pattern of a gate electrode (2) and a common electrode (3) on a substrate (1); forming a pattern of a gate insulating layer (4), an active layer (5), a source/drain electrode layer (6) and a first passivation layer (7), wherein the first passivation layer (7) has a via hole and a thin film transistor (TFT) channel window, and the TFT channel window is located above the gate electrode (2); forming a TFT channel and a pixel electrode (9) with slits, wherein the pixel electrode (9) is connected to one of the source/drain electrode (6) through the via hole. The method is not only simple and stable but also improves the TFT quality.
US09190563B2
A nanostructure semiconductor light emitting device includes a plurality of light emitting nanostructures, each of which including a nanocore formed of a first conductivity-type semiconductor material, and an active layer and a second conductivity-type semiconductor layer sequentially disposed on a surface of the nanocore, a contact electrode disposed on a surface of the second conductivity-type semiconductor layer and formed of a transparent conductive material, a first light transmissive portion filling space between the plurality of light emitting nanostructures and formed of a material having a first refractive index, and a second light transmissive portion disposed on an upper surface of the first light transmissive portion to cover the plurality of light emitting nanostructures and formed of a material having a second refractive index higher than the first refractive index.
US09190551B2
A p− type semiconductor substrate 20 has a first principal surface 20a and a second principal surface 20b opposed to each other and includes a photosensitive region 21. The photosensitive region 21 is composed of an n+ type impurity region 23, a p+ type impurity region 25, and a region to be depleted with application of a bias voltage in the p− type semiconductor substrate 20. An irregular asperity 10 is formed in the second principal surface 20b of the p− type semiconductor substrate 20. An accumulation layer 37 is formed on the second principal surface 20b side of the p− type semiconductor substrate 20 and a region in the accumulation layer 37 opposed to the photosensitive region 21 is optically exposed.
US09190547B2
A photo-electric device including a photoelectric conversion layer and a plurality of electrodes is provided. The photoelectric conversion layer includes a plurality of inversed pyramid shaped recesses and a plurality of a pyramids, wherein each of the inversed pyramid shaped recesses has at least three first reflection sidewalls, each of the pyramids is located in one of the inversed pyramid shaped recesses respectively, each of the pyramids has at least three second reflection sidewalls, and none of the first reflection sidewall and the second reflection sidewall is located in a same plane. The electrodes are electrically connected to the photoelectric conversion layer.
US09190544B2
A photodiode and the like capable of preventing the responsivity on the short wavelength side from deteriorating while totally improving the responsivity in a type II MQW structure, is provided. The photodiode is formed on a group III-V compound semiconductor substrate, and includes a pixel. The photodiode includes an absorption layer of a type II MQW structure, which is located on the substrate. The MQW structure includes fifty or more pairs of two different types of group III-V compound semiconductor layers. The thickness of one of the two different types of group III-V compound semiconductor layers, which layer has a higher potential of a valence band, is thinner than the thickness of the other layer.
US09190538B2
An optical connector includes a circuit board. The circuit board includes a substrate and a circuit unit. A photoelectric element and a driver chip are located on the substrate. The photoelectric element includes a conductive pin and a metallic layer. The conductive pin is formed on a surface of the photoelectric element away from the circuit board, and the metallic layer is formed on another surface of the photoelectric element facing the circuit board. The conductive pin and the metallic layer serve as terminals of the photoelectric element. The driver chip is electrically connected to the photoelectric element by the circuit unit.
US09190537B2
In a mechanical quantity measuring device (1) having a sensor chip (2) which outputs a sense output (S) corresponding to a mechanical quantity acting on the object to be measured (4), and a flexible wiring board (3) which supports the sensor chip (2) and has a wire (6) to lead out the sense output (S) to outside, and in which in measuring the mechanical quantity, the sensor chip (2) and the flexible wiring board (3) are attached to the object to be measured (4), a cutout (5) is provided on the flexible wiring board (3) near the sensor chip (2) and on the side where the wire (6) is arranged for the sensor chip (2). Thus, change in the sense output (S) with time can be restrained.
US09190532B2
A non-volatile memory cell has a single crystalline substrate of a first conductivity type with a top surface. A first region of a second conductivity type is in the substrate along the top surface. A second region of the second conductivity type is in the substrate along the top surface, spaced apart from the first region. A channel region is the first region and the second region. A word line gate is positioned over a first portion of the channel region, immediately adjacent to the first region. The word line gate is spaced apart from the channel region by a first insulating layer. A floating gate is positioned over another portion of the channel region. The floating gate has a lower surface separated from the channel region by a second insulating layer, and an upper surface opposite the lower surface. The floating gate has a first side wall adjacent to but separated from the word line gate; and a second side wall opposite the first side wall. The second side wall and the upper surface form a sharp edge, with the second side wall greater in length than the first side wall. The upper surface slopes upward from the first side wall to the second side wall. A coupling gate is positioned over the upper surface of the floating gate and is insulated therefrom by a third insulating layer. An erase gate is positioned adjacent to the second side wall of the floating gate. The erase gate is positioned over the second region and insulated therefrom.
US09190529B2
Provided is a transistor including an oxide semiconductor in a channel formation region in which the threshold voltage is controlled, which is a so-called normally-off switching element. The switching element includes a first insulating film, an oxide semiconductor layer over the first insulating film and includes a channel formation region, a second insulating film covering the oxide semiconductor layer, a source electrode layer and a drain electrode layer electrically connected to the oxide semiconductor layer. The semiconductor device further includes a first gate electrode layer overlapping the channel formation region with the first insulating film therebetween, a second gate electrode layer overlapping the channel formation region with the second insulating film therebetween, and a third gate electrode layer overlapping a side surface of the oxide semiconductor layer in a channel width direction with the second insulating film therebetween.
US09190523B2
An oxide semiconductor includes a first material including at least one selected from the group consisting of zinc (Zn) and tin (Sn), and a second material, where a value acquired by subtracting an electronegativity difference value between the second material and oxygen (O) from the electronegativity difference value between the first material and oxygen (O) is less than about 1.3.
US09190518B2
A nonplanar semiconductor device having a semiconductor body formed on an insulating layer of a substrate. The semiconductor body has a top surface opposite a bottom surface formed on the insulating layer and a pair of laterally opposite sidewalls wherein the distance between the laterally opposite sidewalls at the top surface is greater than at the bottom surface. A gate dielectric layer is formed on the top surface of the semiconductor body and on the sidewalls of the semiconductor body. A gate electrode is formed on the gate dielectric layer on the top surface and sidewalls of the semiconductor body. A pair of source/drain regions are formed in the semiconductor body on opposite sides of the gate electrode.
US09190510B2
A semiconductor device with a breakdown preventing layer is provided. The breakdown preventing layer can be located in a high-voltage surface region of the device. The breakdown preventing layer can include an insulating film with conducting elements embedded therein. The conducting elements can be arranged along a lateral length of the insulating film. The conducting elements can be configured to split a high electric field spike otherwise present in the high-voltage surface region during operation of the device into multiple much smaller spikes.
US09190509B2
Electronic devices and methods of forming an electronic device are disclosed herein. An electronic device may include a first 2D atomic crystal layer; a second 2D atomic crystal layer disposed atop the first 2D atomic crystal layer; and an interface comprising van-der-Waals bonds between the first 2D atomic crystal layer and the second 2D atomic crystal layer. A method of forming an electronic device may include depositing a first 2D atomic crystal layer; and depositing a second 2D atomic crystal layer atop the first 2D atomic crystal layer; wherein an interface is formed between the first 2D atomic crystal layer and the second 2D atomic crystal layer via van-der-Waals bonding.
US09190506B2
The field-effect transistor comprising: a semiconductor laminated structure comprising a first layer of a first nitride semiconductor, a second layer of a second nitride semiconductor having a bandgap larger than that of the first nitride semiconductor, and a two-dimensional electron gas layer; a source electrode; a drain electrode; and a gate electrode disposed over the second layer, the gate electrode being adapted to control the flow of electrons passing through the two-dimensional electron gas layer; a third layer of a p-type nitride semiconductor containing p-type dopant between the gate electrode and the second layer; and a fourth layer of a nitride semiconductor between the third layer and the gate electrode, wherein the fourth layer is in contact with the gate electrode, and wherein the fourth layer is an undoped layer which has a larger bandgap than that of the third layer.
US09190500B2
There are provided with a source part made of a ferromagnetic material magnetized in a first direction, a drain part made of a ferromagnetic material magnetized in the first direction, and separated from and arranged in parallel to the source part, a channel part arranged between the source part and the drain part, and bonded with the source part and the drain part directly or through a tunnel layer, and a circularly polarized light irradiation part that irradiates the channel part with circularly polarized light for controlling a direction of spin of the channel part.
US09190494B2
Disclosed are methods, systems and devices, including a system, having a memory device. In some embodiments, the memory device includes a plurality of fin field-effect transistors disposed in rows, a plurality of insulating fins each disposed between the rows, and a plurality of memory elements each coupled to a terminal of a fin field-effect transistor among the plurality of fin field-effect transistors.
US09190493B2
The present polymeric materials can be patterned with relatively low photo-exposure energies and are thermally stable, mechanically robust, resist water penetration, and show good adhesion to metal oxides, metals, metal alloys, as well as organic materials. In addition, these polymeric materials can be solution-processed (e.g., by spin-coating), and can exhibit good chemical (e.g., solvent and etchant) resistance in the cured form.
US09190486B2
Integrated circuits and methods for fabricating integrated circuits are provided. In an embodiment, a method for fabricating an integrated circuit includes forming a sacrificial gate structure over a semiconductor substrate. A spacer is formed around the sacrificial gate structure and a dielectric material is deposited over the spacer and semiconductor substrate. The method includes selectively etching the spacer to form a trench between the sacrificial gate structure and the dielectric material. The trench is bounded by a trench surface upon which a replacement spacer material is deposited. The method merges an upper region of the replacement spacer material to enclose a void within the replacement spacer material.
US09190482B2
A method of production of an SiC semiconductor device, which can form an ohmic electrode while preventing electrode metal from diffusing in the SiC single crystal substrate, includes a step of forming an ohmic electrode on an SiC substrate, characterized by forming a gettering layer with a defect density higher than the SiC substrate on that substrate to be parallel with the substrate surface, then forming the ohmic electrode the gettering layer outward from the substrate.
US09190481B2
A method is provided for fabricating transistors. The method includes providing a substrate; and forming at least one dummy gate structure having a dummy gate dielectric layer and a dummy gate electrode layer on the substrate. The method also includes forming a dielectric film on the substrate and the dummy gate structure; and performing a thermal annealing process onto the dielectric film to increase the density of the interlayer dielectric film. Further, the method includes planarizing the dielectric film having the increased density until the top surface of the dummy gate structure is exposed; and forming a dense layer having an increased density on the dielectric film having the increased density. Further, the method also includes removing the dummy gate dielectric layer and the dummy gate electrode layer to form an opening; and forming a gate dielectric layer and a gate electrode layer sequentially in the opening.
US09190477B2
A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor substrate including a first surface; a body region positioned in the semiconductor substrate and positioned to be in contact with the first surface; a gate insulating film positioned to be in contact with the body region on the first surface; a gate electrode positioned on the gate insulating film; a first insulator film covering at least a portion of a side surface of the gate electrode; a contact region positioned to be in contact with the first surface at a position different from that of the gate electrode, in a plan view relative to the first surface, in the body region; and a second insulator film including a material different from that of the first insulator film, positioned on the body region, the gate electrode, and the first insulator film, and including a contact hole on the contact region.
US09190461B2
There is provided an organic light-emitting display device comprising a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix pattern and a plurality of wiring lines formed in a zigzag pattern and extending in a row direction between the pixels.
US09190456B2
An arrangement for a high resolution active matrix display includes organic emissive layers of distinct colors each deposited across continuous regions so as to include more than one pixel emissive region. Color filters are situated to partially block light from at least some of the emissive regions such that primary additive colors are transmitted from distinct subsets of pixels. The emissive layers may be deposited in alternating parallel stripes along rows or columns of the display, or may be oriented perpendicularly with respect to one another such that the emissive layers overlap in the emissive regions of at least some pixels. In some examples, red, green, and blue of pixels are arranged in regular patterns across the display and with the emissive regions for the blue pixels forming a relatively larger area of the display than either the red or green pixels.
US09190454B2
A memory device according to an embodiment, includes a substrate, two or more resistance change memory cells stacked on the substrate, two or more transistors stacked on the substrate, and two or more wirings stacked on the substrate. One of the memory cells and one of the transistors are connected to each other via one of the wirings.
US09190450B2
A light emitting device package is disclosed, which includes a first via hole and a second via hole disposed lower than a light emitting part, the first via hole and the second via hole are disposed at an outer area of the light emitting part, a bottom metal includes a first bottom metal, a second bottom metal, and a third bottom metal between the first bottom metal and the second bottom metal, a first conductive metal electrically connected to the first bottom metal through the first via hole and a second conductive metal electrically connected to the second bottom metal through the second via hole. Further, the first bottom metal, the second bottom metal are apart from the third bottom metal at a bottom surface of the substrate, and the third bottom metal is not electrically connected to the second conductive type metal layer.
US09190448B2
Provided is an imaging device that can correct an output value of a pixel circuit. The imaging device includes a pixel circuit, a current detection circuit, an A/D converter, one or more memory circuit portions, and an arithmetic circuit portion. The pixel circuit includes a transistor, a charge accumulation portion, and a light-receiving element. The memory circuit portion includes a first look-up table, a second look-up table, and a region where image data output from the arithmetic circuit portion is stored. The first look-up table stores data of potentials of the charge accumulation portion, which depends on the intensity of light. The second look-up table stores output data of the transistor, which depends on the potentials of the charge accumulation portion.
US09190446B1
A sensing apparatus that includes a plurality of sensing pixels is provided. The sensing pixels are arranged in an array, and each of the sensing pixels includes an active device and a sensing device. The sensing device is electrically connected to the active device, and the sensing device includes a first electrode layer, an amorphous silicon layer, a second electrode layer, and a graphene layer. The amorphous silicon layer is located on the first electrode layer. The second electrode layer is located on the amorphous silicon layer and has an opening. The graphene layer is in contact with the second electrode layer and the amorphous silicon layer.
US09190439B2
One disclosed aspect of the embodiments relates to a solid-state image pickup device including a first semiconductor region, a second semiconductor region, a third semiconductor region, and a fourth semiconductor region of a same conduction type arranged in order along a first direction in an active region, and a first conduction pattern, a second conduction pattern, and a third conduction pattern provided above an active region disposed between the patterns and the semiconductor regions corresponding thereto with an insulating member interposed therebetween and electrically isolated from each other and arranged in order along the first direction.The first semiconductor region, the first conduction pattern, and the third semiconductor region constitute the transfer transistor. The first semiconductor region, the second conduction pattern, and the second semiconductor region constitute the additional capacitor, and the second semiconductor region, the third conduction pattern, and the fourth semiconductor region constitute the reset transistor.
US09190437B2
A detection apparatus includes a transistor disposed on a substrate, a conversion element disposed above the transistor and connected to the transistor, a capacitor connected in parallel with conversion element to the transistor, the capacitor including, between the substrate and the conversion element, an ohmic contact part connected to the conversion element, a semiconductor part connected to the ohmic contact part, and an electrically conductive part disposed at a location opposite to the semiconductor part and the ohmic contact part via an insulating layer, and a potential supplying unit configured to selectively supply a first electric potential to the electrically conductive part to accumulate charge carriers in the semiconductor part and a second electric potential to the electrically conductive part to deplete the semiconductor part. The detection apparatus configured in the above-described manner is capable of controlling pixel capacitance thereby achieving a high signal-to-noise ratio.
US09190435B2
A shared active pixel sensor with a shared photodiode, a shared sense node, a transfer gate, a shared reset gate and a shared source follower gate is disclosed. A shared photodiode includes at least a first signal node and a second signal node. A shared sense node electrically connected to the shared photodiode. A transfer gate disposed between the first signal node and the shared sense node to control the first signal node and the shared sense node. A shared reset gate is electrically connected to the shared sense node and a shared source follower gate reads a photocurrent from the shared photodiode.
US09190433B2
A stacked photodiode structure comprises a first-conductivity-type substrate, a second-conductivity-type well region and a first-conductivity-type well region. The first-conductivity-type substrate has a first surface for light incidence and a grounding terminal. The second-conductivity-type well region is formed in the first-conductivity-type substrate and adjacent to the first surface. The first-conductivity-type well region is formed in the second-conductivity-type well region and adjacent to the first surface. A PN junction between the first-conductivity-type well region and the second-conductivity-type well region generates free electrons responsive to visible light spectrum. A PN junction between the second-conductivity-type well region and the first-conductivity-type substrate generates free holes and free electrons responsive to mainly IR light. The difference between a first photocurrent generated from an anode terminal of the first-conductivity-type well region and a second photocurrent generated from a cathode terminal of the second-conductivity-type well region represents the intensity of incident IR light.
US09190423B2
The present invention relates to an array substrate for a fringe field switching (FFS) mode liquid crystal display device and a method for fabricating the same. The liquid crystal display device may include a gate line formed on the substrate; a data line crossed with the gate line to define a pixel region; a thin-film transistor (TFT) formed at an intersection of the gate and data line; an organic insulating layer formed to have an opening portion for exposing the TFT; a common electrode having an area formed at an upper portion of the organic insulating layer, and an auxiliary electrode pattern connected to the TFT through the opening portion; a passivation layer formed to expose the auxiliary electrode pattern connected to the TFT; and pixel electrodes electrically connected to the TFT through the exposed auxiliary electrode pattern.
US09190411B2
Embodiments herein provide device isolation in a complimentary metal-oxide fin field effect transistor. Specifically, a semiconductor device is formed with a retrograde doped layer over a substrate to minimize a source to drain punch-through leakage. A set of high mobility channel fins is formed over the retrograde doped layer, each of the set of high mobility channel fins comprising a high mobility channel material (e.g., silicon or silicon-germanium). The retrograde doped layer may be formed using an in situ doping process or a counter dopant retrograde implant. The device may further include a carbon liner positioned between the retrograde doped layer and the set of high mobility channel fins to prevent carrier spill-out to the high mobility channel fins.
