US09205676B2
An aqueous inkjet printer is provided with a surface energy applicator that is positioned to treat the surface of a blanket immediately prior to a printhead ejecting ink onto the blanket. Modifying the surface energy of blanket with the electric field and charged particles produced by the applicator affects the adhesion of the ink to blanket. This adhesion changes from the impact of the ink on the blanket until the ink image is transferred to media. The surface energy applicator is operated during each print cycle to alter the surface energy of the blanket for each ink image formed on the blanket.
US09205675B2
In a method or device to dry a web-shaped recording medium in a printer, the web-shaped recording medium is printed with aqueous ink and subsequently directed with a predetermined web tension past a heatable body whose contact surface that faces towards the recording medium is brought into contact with a side of said recording medium that has not been freshly printed to dry said recording medium in a drying operation. A first guide element is arranged before the heatable body and a second guide element is arranged after the heatable body, the first and second guide elements guiding the recording medium. The contact surface of the heatable body is substantially flat. A negative pressure device generates a negative pressure at the contact surface facing towards the recording medium. The negative pressure is deactivated in a halt operation, the deactivation process taking place continuously over an adjustable time interval.
US09205674B2
A compact simplex and duplex printer which can be produced easily at a low cost. The simplex and duplex printer includes: a thermal head for performing printing on a substrate; a rolled substrate supply section for supplying a continuous substrate, which is to be printed on one side, to the thermal head; and a sheet-like substrate supply section, provided below the rolled substrate supply section, for sequentially supplying sheet-like substrates, which are to be printed on both sides, to the thermal head. A guide transport path for guiding a sheet-like substrate from the sheet-like substrate supply section to the thermal head is provided between the thermal head and the sheet-like substrate supply section. To the guide transport path is connected a reversing mechanism for reversing the sheet-like substrate which has been returned from the thermal head to the guide transport path. The reversing mechanism includes a rotatable housing shell.
US09205673B2
Methods and systems are disclosed for three-dimensional printing directly onto an article of apparel. Disclosed is a method and system for direct three-dimensional printing onto an article of apparel, including receiving an undistorted three-dimensional pattern for display on the article, the undistorted three-dimensional pattern configured for placement on an irregular three-dimensional surface; creating a predistorted three-dimensional pattern from the undistorted three-dimensional pattern for printing onto a simple three-dimensional shaped object; receiving the predistorted three-dimensional pattern in a three-dimensional printing system; and printing the predistorted three-dimensional pattern onto the article.
US09205671B1
Systems, apparatuses, and methods for a printing device for use with a mobile device are described herein. The printing device may include an image capture module to capture surface images of a medium and a positioning module to determine positioning information based at least in part on navigational measurements and the captured surface images. A print module of the printing device may cause print forming substances to be deposited based at least in part on the positioning information. A mobile device may include one or more features of the printing device including the image capture module, the positioning module, and the print module. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
US09205662B2
A liquid consuming apparatus 200 includes a photosensor 80 capable of facing a prism 320 provided in a liquid container, and a control unit 100. The control unit 100 performs remaining status determination processing for determining remaining status of liquid in the liquid container, based on a detection signal detected by the photosensor 80 due to reflection from the prism 320 when light is emitted by the photosensor 80, performs ambient light determining processing for determining whether or not the remaining status determination processing is affected by ambient light, based on the detection signal detected by the photosensor 80 when light is not emitted by the photosensor 80, and continues printing until the end of printing on a sheet that is being printed, even if the control unit 100 determines that the influence of ambient light is present, by the ambient light determination processing during execution of printing.
US09205642B2
A method for cleaning an anilox printing unit includes a first process step and a second process step immediately following the first process step without any intermediate printing operation. In the first process step, printing ink is supplied to a screen roller from a blade-type ink fountain while an ink applicator roller is in contact with the screen roller and out of contact with a bridge roller of a dampening unit. In the second process step, printing ink is removed from the screen roller and returned into the same blade-type ink fountain while the ink applicator roller is engaged with the screen roller and with the bridge roller.
US09205639B2
A method is provided for producing a stencil having a relief with multiple openings on its upper side. The contours correspond to a desired pattern and to a stencil of this type. The stencil has a body with at least one non-perforated non-metal relief layer, which allows greater relief heights and increased freedom of design. The relief layer is removed according to the pattern by laser or plasma radiation to form the multiple openings. Through-openings extending to a rear side opposite the upper side are provided at least in the bottom region of the openings of the relief. A stencil with a stencil body may be obtained, having at least one non-metal relief layer, formed in the upper side of which is a relief with multiple openings, the contours of which correspond to a desired pattern. Through-openings extending to a rear side opposite from the upper side are provided.
US09205634B2
In one embodiment a method to form a composite part comprises joining a first structural element and a second element to form a fillet at an intersection of the first structural element and the second element, positioning an inflatable radius filler in the fillet, positioning the composite part in a vacuum chamber, venting the inflatable radius filler to an environment external to vacuum chamber, drawing a vacuum in the vacuum chamber, and curing the composite part. Other embodiments may be described.
US09205626B2
A display device including a first substrate including a first wave-shaped edge; a display positioned on the first substrate and displaying an image; and a second substrate positioned on the first substrate with the display interposed therebetween and including a second wave-shaped edge bonded to the first wave-shaped edge and corresponding to the first wave shaped edge.
US09205625B2
A cone-shaped composite article may include an inner sublaminate containing at least four unidirectional plies having an inner stacking sequence with fiber angles of 0, 90, −45, and +45 degrees such that the inner laminate has a quasi-isotropic layup pattern at any location on the inner laminate. The cone-shaped composite article may also include an outer sublaminate containing at least four unidirectional plies having an outer stacking sequence that is a mirror image of the inner stacking sequence. Each one of the unidirectional plies may be continuous along a ply arclength wrapping 360 degrees around the cone-shaped composite article and may have opposing ply ends terminating at a ply seam.
US09205620B2
A porous hardenable drainage element (14) is produced from a molding compound (10) of expanded plastics granulate and a bonding agent by virtue of the fact that the molding compound is received in a ladle (30) having a pouring opening (32) closed off by a mold bottom (44), the molding compound is pressurized in the ladle, the element (14) is molded from the molding compound in a mold formed by lowering of the mold bottom (44) down into an opening cross section (42) consistent with a cross section of the pouring opening (32), and the element is separated from the molding compound by mutual lateral displacement of the mold and the ladle (30).
US09205618B2
Actuator apparatus for spray containers and methods of manufacturing actuator apparatus for spray containers. The actuator apparatus includes a cover having a restraint structure, e.g., locatable below an aperture portion of a push button of a base, to restrict the push button from depression by a user when the actuator apparatus is in a locked position.
US09205616B2
A method and apparatus for forming a bend in composite panel. A method for forming a bend in a composite panel comprises forming a slot having a curved flange in the composite panel, inserting a sheet into the curved flange, and bending the composite panel with the slot and the sheet within the curved flange about a longitudinal axis of the slot to form the bend.
US09205615B2
A first portion of a midsole formed of a first material has a recess in a top surface thereof, and a first aperture positioned within the recess and extending therethrough. The first portion is placed in a recess in a bottom plate of a second mold assembly. A middle plate with a second aperture extending therethrough is placed in contact with the bottom plate. A second material is inserted through the second aperture such that it fills the recess and the first aperture in the first portion to form a second portion of the midsole. A top plate of the second mold assembly is positioned in contact with the middle plate so as to close the second mold assembly. The second mold assembly is subjected to heat and pressure such that the second portion cures and bonds to the first portion of the midsole.
US09205612B2
A device for welding plastic tubes includes a pair of tube holders each of which has a tube clamp which includes an upper jaw and a lower jaw. The jaws in both of the tube clamps of both tube holders have smooth tube contacting walls to permit the tubing to slip through either side when the tube holders and tubes are being moved from a loading station to a stripping station to increase the length of fluid free area in the clamped tubes. A cutting/welding station provides for cutting the tubes and welding them together.
US09205606B2
An arrangement for reinforcing a fiber composite component for the aviation and aerospace industry, in which a reinforcing element having a receiving region and a pressure element adapted to the receiving region geometry are provided. The pressure element is inserted into the reinforcing element receiving region. The reinforcing element and the inserted pressure element are fastened relative to one another in a reproducible manner by a reversible fastening device. The fastening device includes a first fastening portion mounted on the pressure element and a second fastening portion which can be mounted on the reinforcing element. The reinforcing element, together with the pressure element fastened thereto, is then applied in a reproducible manner to the fiber composite component cured to connect the reinforcing element to the fiber composite component. The reversible fastening device and the pressure element are then removed from the reinforced fiber composite component.
US09205602B2
A method of producing fiber-reinforced plastic uses a molding die which includes a resin filling port at one end; a resin suction port at the other end; a laminate body of a plurality of laminated fiber-reinforced base materials and housed in the inner space of the molding die; a resin diffusion medium extending from the resin filling port and provided on opposite surfaces of the laminate body to supply resin onto opposite surfaces of the laminate body from the resin filling port; and a resin suction medium extending from the resin suction port and provided along a side surface of the laminate body on the suction port side to contact the side surface or to have a gap from the side surface, in a state that gas or resin can be suctioned from the laminate body so that the gas or resin can be moved from the laminate body toward the resin suction port.
US09205601B2
A method of forming a three-dimensional object, comprises providing a carrier and an optically transparent member having a build surface, the carrier and the build surface defining a build region therebetween; filling the build region with a polymerizable liquid; irradiating the build region through the optically transparent member to form a solid polymer from the polymerizable liquid while concurrently advancing the carrier away from the build surface to form the three-dimensional object from the solid polymer, while also concurrently: (i) continuously maintaining a dead zone of polymerizable liquid in contact with the build surface, and (ii) continuously maintaining a gradient of polymerization zone between the dead zone and the solid polymer and in contact with each thereof, the gradient of polymerization zone comprising the polymerizable liquid in partially cured form. Apparatus for carrying out the method is also described.
US09205599B2
A system for producing a tangible object. The system has a space which can be filled with a fluid. A reference platform at least partially defines at least one side of the space. The system further has a phase-transformer which can form a layer of the object by selectively transforming the fluid into a solid in a predetermined area of the space. An actuator can separate the layer from the reference platform by moving the layer relative to the reference platform or vice versa. The system has a controller connected with an actuator control output to the actuator and/or with a transformer control output to the phase transformer. The controller can control the production of the object based on a determined value of the force exerted on the reference platform or the solid or of a parameter related to the force.
US09205595B2
The invention relates to a method for treating an elongated object using a plasma process. The method comprises the steps of providing an elongated object in a planar electrode structure, and applying potential differences between electrodes of an electrode structure to generate the plasma process. Further, the method comprises at least partially surrounding the elongated object by a unitary section of the guiding structure, the electrode structure being associated with the unitary section.
US09205592B2
The present invention relates to a process for blowing an article with at least one recess.
US09205589B2
The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of polymer filaments having a high tensile strength and modulus by extrusion of a solution of a solvent and linear high-molecular weight polymer and subsequent spinning and quenching of the filaments thus formed, wherein after spinning and quenching the as-spun filaments are stretched under contact with steam for removing the solvent from filaments being stretched.
US09205586B2
An injection molding system includes a cavity assembly and a core assembly. The core assembly includes a core plate, a core skeleton secured to the core plate, and a removable core body insert defining a mold shape, secured to the core skeleton. The cavity assembly includes a core plate with a circular groove and a gate pad disposed in the groove, providing an entry point for liquefied resin material. The cavity assembly further includes a cavity insert disposed on the gate pad, forming an inner cavity for receiving liquefied resin material via the gate pad and for receiving the removable core body insert of the core assembly. The core assembly further includes a cavity skeleton with a circular opening for providing access to the inner cavity, disposed over the cavity insert and the gate pad, and secured to the cavity plate.
US09205582B2
The present invention relates to advancements in injection molding and in particular to a method and apparatus for co-injection molding articles of complex non symmetrical geometry. The method forms a multilayer injection molded article comprising an outer skin of a first material and a central core of a second material which is encapsulated by the outer skin. The first and second materials are injected in a single stream into a cavity of an injection mold, with the second material encased within the first material. The flow of the stream is controlled by means of flow paths within the mold cavity such that both the first and second materials are present in at least one first area of the mold cavity and that only the first material is present in at least one second area of the mold cavity. The flow paths include at least one primary flow path in the first mold cavity area which divides into at least two secondary flow paths. The resistance of a first of the secondary flow paths in the at least one first mold cavity area is reduced relative to that of a second of the two secondary flow paths, which is in the at least the second mold cavity area.
US09205576B2
There is provided a measuring apparatus including: an imaging optical system configured to form an image of an object to be measured; and an imaging section including a transmissive member which is arranged in the vicinity of an image plane of the imaging optical system to be inclined with respect an optical axis of the imaging optical system. The imaging optical system includes a first optical member which is non-coaxial with respect to the optical axis.
US09205573B2
A method is disclosed for recycling broad goods material into a flaked feed material. The broad goods material includes reinforcement fibers and thermoplastic material. The recycling method includes applying heat and pressure to impregnate the reinforcement fibers at a filament level with the thermoplastic material to form an impregnated fiber material. The method also includes cooling the impregnated fiber material, and cutting the cooled impregnated fiber material into flakes to produce the flaked feed material.
US09205571B2
A method and apparatus for sintering flat ceramics using a mesh or lattice is described herein.
US09205570B2
A hollow turning device comprises a tool handle, a cutting bar extending from one end of the tool handle having a longitudinal axis and a cross section at least a portion of which is non-circular, and a cutting tool disposed at a distal end of the cutting bar. A tool rest is disposed adjacent the work piece. A torque arrestor has a pair of spaced apart cooperating rollers between which the cutting bar extends, the cooperating rollers being spaced apart to fittingly receive and restrain the cutting bar to allow motion of the cutting bar between the cooperating rollers to facilitate motion of the cutting tool within the hollow to shape the inside of the work piece, wherein the non-circular portion of the cutting bar cross section prevents vertical movement and rotation of the cutting bar along its longitudinal axis when the cutting tool engages the work piece.
US09205568B2
A cutter apparatus includes a housing configured for gripping by a hand, a blade holder and/or blade coupled to the housing, a guard secured to the housing, and a handle coupled to the housing via an engagement interface configured to allow a user of the cutter apparatus to selectively interfit together the housing and the handle in multiple different cutter apparatus configurations including a pair of configurations in which the guard, in relation to each configuration, faces the blade from right and left sides, respectively, of the cutter apparatus.
US09205563B2
A workpiece takeout system includes a robot arm and a disposed-state detector. The robot arm is configured to perform a workpiece takeout operation to take out a workpiece disposed in an area among a plurality of areas. The disposed-state detector is configured to detect a disposed state of the workpiece and is configured to, while the robot arm is performing the workpiece takeout operation to take out the workpiece disposed in the area among the plurality of areas, detect a disposed state of another workpiece disposed in another area among the plurality of areas.
US09205562B1
An example method includes receiving a plurality of detected depth points indicative of depths of at least one surface and determining a projection of the detected depth points onto a plane. The method may also include identifying a plurality of first detected points, where a first detected point comprises a first point at a particular location of the plane in the projection. The method may also include storing digital entries corresponding to points located within a threshold buffer from one of the first detected points relative to the plane. The method may additionally include determining values for the digital entries, where a value for a digital entry corresponding to a particular point comprises an accumulation of distances from detected depth points that cross the particular point. The method may further include determining a digital height map representative of heights of the at least one surface relative to the plane.
US09205546B2
According to one aspect of the application, a device for driving a fastening element into a substrate has an energy-transfer element for transferring energy to the fastening element. The energy-transfer element can move preferably between a starting position and a setting position, wherein the energy-transfer element is located, before a driving-in procedure, in the starting position and, after the driving-in procedure, in the setting position.According to another aspect of the application, the device comprises a mechanical-energy storage device for storing mechanical energy. The energy-transfer element is then suitable preferably for transferring energy from the mechanical-energy storage device to the fastening element.
US09205545B2
An auxiliary handle of a pneumatic tool includes a gripping member, a tube, a first urging member, a pole, a second urging member and a lever. The auxiliary handle makes the user to hold the pneumatic tool with both hands. The lever is pivoted on the gripping member to be pressed to move the pole, and consequently, gas flows in the auxiliary handle are changed. As a result, the pneumatic tool will not take any action if the user only pulls a trigger of the pneumatic tool without pressing the lever.
US09205542B2
A tool that includes an interchangeable drive head and a split gear body for transmitting torque to the drive head. The compact nature of the split gear body allows for an automatic power means, for example, an electric or air motor, to supply torque through the split gear body into the interchangeable drive head. Further, the interchangeable drive head includes a gear that is positioned around a receiving portion for receiving a head of a workpiece, so that the interchangeable drive head itself is part of the gear assembly. The above structure allows for a compact design while still allowing for an automatic power means to transmit the torque to the workpiece.
US09205525B2
A method and a system, for offsetting measurement of machine tool, includes following steps. A tool seat is chosen, a first coordinate is set based on a first datum mark of the tool seat. There is a total tool seat assembling length in between the first datum mark and the tool seat. A tool is chosen, assembled in the tool seat, and includes a total tool length. A second coordinate is set based on a second datum mark of a measuring unit. The tool seat is moved to make a machining end of the tool contact with the second coordinate to obtain a relative total length in between the first and the second coordinate. The total tool length subtracts from the relative total length equals an assembled offset length. The total tool seat assembling length subtracts from the relative total length equals and obtains a tool assembling length.
US09205521B2
Described are various embodiments of a resilient ring-shaped clip installation system and method, as well as handling apparatus associated therewith. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises gripping fingers circumferentially disposed and radially actuated to grip and radially compress the clip, and stripping rods axially actuated to axially engage and strip the compressed clip from the gripping fingers.
US09205509B2
Methods and apparatuses by which an oxidized metallic surface can be prepared for a subsequent repair operation without excessive removal of parent metal material. At least one gas is supplied to a limited portion of a metallic surface of a component, and the limited portion is locally heated in the presence of the gas to a treatment temperature sufficient to cause the gas or a gas that forms therefrom to chemically remove oxides from the limited portion of the metallic surface. At least a second portion of the metallic surface is not locally heated to the treatment temperature.
US09205500B2
A method for coding a key and a female lock part for a lock in a lock system, whereby a blank is separated into two parts by a separating cut that is guided perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the blank. The cut forms a coding contour. The two parts are then post-processed to form the key and the female lock part or serve as coding disks that are affixed to a key and a female lock part.
US09205483B2
The systems and methods include a feed mechanism supplying multi-strand wire to a coil-spring winder. The coil spring typically has a plurality of turns and is resilient. The multi-strand wire is typically steel, but may be of other suitable material, or a combination of materials. The coil-spring winder receives wire from a spool of wire and forms that wire into a coil spring. Typically, but not always, the coil-spring winder cuts the coil spring to a desired length, and thereby forms a plurality of coil springs of the type that can be employed in mattresses, furniture, car seats, for industrial machines, or for any other application. To feed the coil-spring winder, the systems include a wire holder that supplies the wire to the coil-spring winder along a feed direction. The wire holder is supported for rotation about an axis that may be aligned with the feed direction. The rotation of the wire holder may be substantially synchronous with the formation of the turns of the coil spring. In one embodiment, the spool of wire is mounted onto a wire holder rotatable about a holding axis for reducing torque about a cross section of the wire. Thus, as the spool of wire revolves around the central spool axis, the spool also revolves around a second axis, which typically is orthogonal to the spool axis. In this way, it is understood that the coil-spring winder can pull wire off the spool without it causing twisting that may unravel or snap the multi-strand wire.
US09205474B2
An improved device for application to metal material extruding press assemblies, for quickly replacing a heel element and/or a slotted tie-rod element applied to the press assemblies, characterized in that said device comprises a hydraulic cylinder for driving the slotted tie-rod element and that said heel element supports an auxiliary hydraulic or pneumatic cylinder having a recess for engaging therein a rear end portion of said slotted tie-rod element and that said auxiliary cylinder comprises an auxiliary cylinder pushing piston designed for performing a longitudinal translation and rotary movement thereby allowing said slotted tie-rod element and/or heel element to be assembled and disassembled.
US09205458B2
An apparatus and methods for sorting and determining the length distribution of fibers in a sample are disclosed. One method of sorting and determining the length distribution of fibers includes immersing the fibers in a liquid to form a mixture; placing the mixture into a stack of sieves; progressively applying a predetermined number of frequencies of sound energy to each sieve in the stack of sieves; draining the mixture from the stack of sieves; and quantifying the collected fibers in each sieve in the stack of sieves.
US09205456B2
Methods of fabricating a bioresorbable polymer scaffold are disclosed including a step of inducing crystallization in a bioresorbable polymer construct through exposure to a liquid penetrant.
US09205455B2
The present invention develops a method of treating metallic or plastic substrates to form mirror finish. After several pre-treatment steps to modify the surface situation of the substrate, whether for metallic or plastic material, to enhance the adhesion of above coating layers, a layer of mirror finish will be applied, with the function of decoration shown with metal appearance and glossy. A changeable topcoat will be coated to protect below mirror finish layer and achieve colorful decoration. All materials and processing steps are environmentally friendly, and involved without expensive facilities.
US09205449B1
A method of manufacturing an elongated medical body coated with a fluororesin involves applying the fluororesin to the outer surface of an elongated body having a metallic substrate, and heating the elongated body with the fluororesin applied through operation of a heat source, while cutting off direct radiation of infrared rays generated from the heat source.
US09205444B2
A conditioning system that conditions exterior air for use in a spray booth. The exterior air is conditioned and subsequently used to carry away coating mist, dust, and contaminants from a spray area. The conditioning system heats, cools, humidifies, and dehumidifies the exterior air to a variable set point. The variable set point, while bounded by dry-bulb temperature and relative humidity constraints, is selected based upon cost and/or energy minimization. Additionally, the set point selection may be based upon future predicted weather conditions that are determined with a mathematical profile of previous weather conditions and weather trends in a localized domain, where the localized domain is a geographic area surrounding a manufacturing plant that includes a spray booth.
US09205437B2
A dispensing device for a preferably cosmetic liquid as well as a method for the manufacture thereof are proposed. A lasting and tight joining of two materials is achieved while allowing for simple manufacture by pretreating the surface of the first material by means of plasma treatment or irradiation in a desired joining area in order to form radicals there or to break up the polymer chains of the first material, and by then injecting the second material directly against the first material. Another aspect consists in covering the first material with a second material for joining with another material or component.
US09205433B2
The invention provides a method of redistributing magnetically responsive beads in a droplet. The method may include conducting on a droplet operations surface one or more droplet operations using the droplet without removing the magnetically responsive beads from the region of the magnetic field. The droplet operations may in some cases be electrode-mediated. The droplet operations may redistribute and/or circulate the magnetically responsive beads within the droplet. In some cases, the droplet may include a sample droplet may include a target analyte. The redistributing of the magnetically responsive beads may cause target analyte to bind to the magnetically responsive beads. In some cases, the droplet may include unbound substances in a wash buffer. The redistributing of the magnetically responsive beads causes unbound substances to be freed from interstices of an aggregated set or subset of the magnetically responsive beads.
US09205432B2
Disclosed is an apparatus for self-extracting a cell using a magnetic field. The apparatus for self-extracting the cell using the magnetic field according to the present invention includes a flow path casing including an upper substrate and a lower substrate having a magnetic property combined with each other, and a fluid path formed to fluidize a cell solution therein; a separation portion disposed on the fluid path and provided with a separation channel selectively passing only an effective cell that is a separation target in the cell included in the cell solution therethrough; and a magnetic field control portion forming the magnetic field in the flow path portion to separate the cell blocking the separation channel from the separation channel.
US09205427B2
A gyratory crusher outer crushing shell. The outer crushing shell comprises an upper contact surface region that is divided into a plurality of elongate circumferentially extending shoulders. The shoulders are separated by recessed gap regions adapted to accommodate a suitable backing material to structurally reinforce the shell. A channel extends circumferentially around the shell in the outward facing surface to axially separate the upper contact surface region from a lower contact surface region. The channel is also adapted to accommodate the backing material.
US09205425B2
Disclosed is real-time monitoring apparatus comprising a thermal cycling reaction block having heating block which is formed of a hollow part and divided by an insulating layer, and a capillary tube through which a sample is flowed in and/or out and which is wound on the heating block so that the different temperatures are transferred and thus reaction cycle is repeatedly performed; a light source; a band pass filter; a condensing lens; a beam splitter; a reflecting mirror which is rotatably connected with a motor so as to transfer the excitation light reflected from the beam splitter to the capillary tube and reflect the fluorescence generated from the sample in the capillary tube; and a fluorescence detecting part.
US09205423B2
High throughput screening of crystallization of a target material is accomplished by simultaneously introducing a solution of the target material into a plurality of chambers of a microfabricated fluidic device. The microfabricated fluidic device is then manipulated to vary the solution condition in the chambers, thereby simultaneously providing a large number of crystallization environments. Control over changed solution conditions may result from a variety of techniques, including but not limited to metering volumes of crystallizing agent into the chamber by volume exclusion, by entrapment of volumes of crystallizing agent determined by the dimensions of the microfabricated structure, or by cross-channel injection of sample and crystallizing agent into an array of junctions defined by intersecting orthogonal flow channels.
US09205419B2
The present invention relates to novel micro or mesoporous metal organic frameworks (MOFs) which contain as ligands piperidine based phosphonic acids, as well as a method of synthesizing such MOFs and uses of the MOFs themselves.
US09205407B2
A method for preparing amorphous iron oxide hydroxide, comprising following steps: (1) preparing a ferrous salt solution with solid soluble ferrous salt; (2) preparing a hydroxide solution; (3) mixing said hydroxide solution and said ferrous salt solution in a co-current manner for reaction at an alkali ratio of 0.6˜0.8 and a reaction temperature not exceeding 30° C.; (4) after the reaction in step (3) is finished, yielding a first mixture, then charging said first mixture with a gas containing oxygen for oxidation, and controlling the first mixture at a pH value of 6˜8 until the oxidation is finished to yield a second mixture; and (5) filtering, washing with water and drying said second mixture obtained in step (4) to yield the amorphous iron oxide hydroxide.
US09205406B2
Methods and systems for producing activated carbon from a particulate coal feedstock that include the introduction of a buffering gas, a moisture spray, a finest carbon fraction as a fuel, and certain gas ratios. Different methods and system configurations allow the production of activated carbon or other heat-treated carbons while concurrently avoiding adverse reaction conditions.
US09205404B2
An adsorbent for carbon dioxide may include a mesoporous inorganic oxide having a crystalline halide of an alkali metal or alkaline earth metal supported thereto and a chemical species containing phosphorous (P), sulfur(S), or boron (B) supported thereto.
US09205402B1
A system for removing oxygen molecules and ozone molecules from an airstream includes a dual core ozone converter having a first core and a second core separated by a gap G, and an air separation module for extracting oxygen molecules (O2) from the airstream, wherein the dual core ozone converter increases the oxygen concentration by removing the ozone present in the airstream, and the air separation module extracts the oxygen from the airflow exiting the dual core ozone converter.
US09205399B2
The invention relates to the synthesis of silicon-containing nanoparticles by laser pyrolysis. For this purpose: a precursor (SIH4) containing the element silicon is conveyed, by a transport fluid (He), into a pyrolysis reactor (REAC); laser radiation (LAS) is applied, in the reactor, to a mixture that the transport fluid and the precursor form; and silicon-containing nanoparticles (nP) are recovered at the exit of the reactor. In particular, the power of the laser radiation is controlled. Furthermore, the effective pulse duration is controlled within a laser firing period. Typically, for a power greater than 500 watts and a pulse duration greater than 40% of a laser firing period, nanoparticles having a crystalline structure with a size of less than or of the order of one nanometer are obtained at a rate greater than or of the order of 80 milligrams per hour. Under optimum conditions, a record rate of greater than 740 milligrams per hour was able to be obtained.
US09205395B2
Disclosed are encapsulating methods and encapsulated products. A payload material may be encapsulated within a wall material. The carrier material and payload material form a combination that is at least substantially solid at room temperature but that is sufficiently fluid at milling temperature to permit milling and subsequent encapsulation. The payload material may be, for instance, a bitter tasting material. In some embodiments, the microcapsules will serve a taste masking function. In other embodiments, the microcapsules may be used where a slow release of the payload material is desired.
US09205392B2
An apparatus is described, as including a reaction region for contacting a reactant gas with a reactive solid under conditions effective to form an intermediate product, and an opening for allowing an unreacted portion of the gaseous reagent and the intermediate product to exit the reaction region. The apparatus can be beneficially employed to form a final product as a reaction product of the intermediate product and the reactant gas. The reaction of the reactant gas and reactive solid can be conducted in a first reaction zone, with the reaction of the reactant gas and intermediate product conducted in a second reaction zone. In a specific implementation, the reaction of the reactant gas and intermediate product is reversible, and the reactant gas and intermediate product are flowed to the second reaction zone at a controlled rate or in a controlled manner, to suppress back reaction forming the reactive solid.
US09205382B2
In the carbon dioxide separation system, a mixed gas having a carbon dioxide concentration of 3 to 75% is introduced into a primary carbon dioxide separation device equipped with a zeolite membrane for carbon dioxide separation to produce a primary permeated gas having a carbon dioxide concentration of 80% or more on the permeate side of the zeolite membrane and also reduce the carbon dioxide concentration of a primary gas on the non-permeate side of the zeolite membrane to 3 to 15%. Next, the primary gas on the non-permeate side is introduced into a secondary carbon dioxide separation device that employs an amine absorption method or a pressure swing adsorption (PSA) method to produce a secondary separated gas having a carbon dioxide concentration of 80% or more separated by the separation device and also produce a carbon-dioxide-removed gas having a carbon dioxide concentration of 2% or less.
US09205379B2
Electrotransfer is performed in an instrument that receives electroblotting cassettes and that contains an integrated power supply, controls, and a display that allows the user to monitor and control each of a plurality of cassettes individually through electrical contacts within the housing that mate with corresponding electrical contacts on the cassettes.
US09205378B2
Disclosure relates to a slip catalyst for reducing NO2 content in an exhaust train of an internal combustion engine flowed through by an exhaust gas flow, which has an oxidizing catalyst for the formation of NO2 and a particulate filter arranged downstream for binding carbon black particles and simultaneous and/or subsequent reaction of the same with NO2 formed on the oxidizing catalyst, having a substrate that is provided with a coating, which coating reduces a proportion of NO2 in the exhaust gas flow flowing through. The coating has at least two elements from the group of rare-earth metals, which are present in the coating in the form of a salt or an oxide or in an elementary form and in a concentration of more than 300.0 g/m3.
US09205377B2
SCR system comprising a tank for storing an additive, an injector, a pump for conveying the additive from the tank to the injector via an injection line, a primary filter located on the injection line between the tank and the pump and a secondary filter also located on the injection line but between the pump and the injector, said system further comprising a particle trap located between both filters.
US09205373B2
Devices and methods for addressing permeation of a gas through a liner of a pressure vessel involve a porous layer between the liner and a composite shell of the pressure vessel around the liner. The porous layer provides fluid communication with atmosphere for gases that permeate through the liner. Such porous layers may be provided in a continuous wound set of fibers about the liner. Further, an inner composite structure may be provided between the liner and the porous layer to reduce the rate of permeation to the porous layer.
US09205363B2
A dust collecting honeycomb filter includes a honeycomb base material having porous partition walls to define and form a plurality of cells, and a flange section disposed on an outer periphery of the honeycomb base material and having porous flange partition walls to define and form “a plurality of flange cells extending in the same direction as in the cells”. The flange section is formed so as to project outwardly from the outer periphery of the honeycomb base material, the partition walls and the flange partition walls are continuously connected without forming any boundaries therein, the flange section has flange plugging portions.
US09205334B2
An item overlap effect provision method includes, by an item effect provision server, analyzing information on items possessed by the user upon receiving information indicating that game play of a user is completed from a game server, and analyzing whether or not the user possesses an overlap item, which is equal to an item registered in a preset slot so as to be used by the user during game play and is not registered in the preset slot, subtracting the usage number of the registered item and the usage number of the overlap item, which are preset on a per item basis and correspond to the number of times game play capable of using the items is performed, and applying weighted-grade points, which are preset according to the overlap item, to at least one game environment factor related to game play during implementation of next game play.
US09205330B2
Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to virtual world navigation and provide a method, system and computer program product for applying temporal rankings to elements in a virtual world. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for temporally ranking locations in a virtual world can be provided. The method can include timing a duration of visit for different locations in a virtual world, computing a temporal score for the different locations, and displaying a ranking of the locations by temporal score. For instance, computing a temporal score for the different locations can include computing a sum of durations for each of the different locations, or computing an average of durations for each of the different locations, to name two examples. Optionally, computing a temporal score for the different locations also can include filtering the durations according to a date or time range.
US09205324B2
A method of operating a wagering game comprises detecting receipt of a primary wager for playing a primary wagering game, and activating a first bonus feature in response to one or more first eligibility criteria, the first bonus feature having a first bonus payback percentage. The method further comprises activating a second bonus feature in response to one or more second eligibility criteria, the one or more second eligibility criteria including activation of the first bonus feature. The second bonus feature has a second bonus payback percentage higher than the first bonus payback percentage. The method further comprises displaying a randomly selected outcome of the primary wagering game, and in response to at least one triggering event associated with the first and the second bonus features, conducting the first or second bonus feature if the first and second bonus feature is active.
US09205320B2
A head and neck protection system is provided that includes a dome including a rear frame and a cage attached to a front of the rear frame and an upper torso padded portion removably attached to a bottom of the dome portion. The dome is configured such that a when a wearer's head moves in its full range of motion, the wearer's head does not touch the inside of the dome portion in any direction such that a force from a collision is transmitted to the wearer's upper torso, thereby bypassing the wearer's head and neck.
US09205313B2
A modular golf bag having an external frame is provided. A plurality of poles connect a frame top capable of receiving golf clubs to a frame bottom. A pliable bag body internal to the plurality of poles extends between the frame top and the frame bottom such that a cavity capable of receiving golf clubs through the frame top is formed. A plurality of pole sleeves are attached to the pliable bag body. Each pole sleeve surrounds at least a portion of the length of a pole such that each pole runs through at least one pole sleeve. The plurality of pole sleeves provide structure to the pliable bag body by securing the pliable bag body to the plurality of poles in an extended position. At least one additional storage compartment may be detachably connected between at least two of the plurality of poles.
US09205306B2
The invention provides a multi-piece solid golf ball having a solid core with a spherical first layer, a second layer encasing the first layer and a third layer encasing the second layer, and having also an intermediate layer and a cover which encase the solid core. The first to third layers of the solid core are each respectively formed of a rubber composition. The ball has optimized relationships among the cross-sectional hardness at the center of the first layer obtained by cutting the solid core in half, the surface hardnesses of the first to third layers, and the respective hardnesses of the intermediate layer and the cover. The golf ball has an increased distance on full shots with a driver and an improved controllability in the short game, and on full shots also confers an agreeable feel at impact characterized by a solid sensation that includes a soft touch.
US09205303B2
The present invention is directed to a golf ball comprising a core, a cover and optionally an intermediate layer disposed between the core and the cover, wherein at least one of the core, the at least one intermediate layer, and the cover comprises at least one of an ionomer and an acid copolymer and has at least one treated region that is treated with and comprises a reaction product of an organometallic composition and the at least one ionomer and/or acid copolymer, such that: the at least one treated region has an internal property gradient; or at least two treated regions, in tandem, have an external property gradient; or the at least one treated region and an untreated region, in tandem, have an external property gradient.
US09205302B2
A golf ball including a core comprising a center; an outer cover layer; and one or more intermediate layers, wherein at least one of the core, the outer cover layer, or the intermediate layer comprises a composition that includes at least one specialty propylene elastomer. The specialty propylene elastomer is preferably present in the outer cover layer and/or the intermediate layer. Also disclosed is a composition that includes at least one ionomer and at least one specialty propylene elastomer, wherein the ionomer is present in an amount of about 95 to about 5 weight percent and the specialty propylene elastomer is present in an amount of about 5 to about 95 weight percent, based on the total weight of all polymers in the composition. The specialty propylene elastomer/ionomer composition can be used to make the outer cover layer and/or the intermediate layer of a golf ball.
US09205298B2
An unstable user support device designed for mounting on a rotary torso exercise machine has a base or mounting bracket and an unstable user support platform configured for engagement by the user and pivotally mounted on the base for pivotal movement through a limited angular range about a non-vertical pivot axis. The pivoting movement may be a side to side tilting movement. Stops between the base and the unstable user support platform control the amount of pivoting movement. This arrangement provides a degree of instability to the platform, to provide a greater challenge to the user's core muscles in balancing the platform while performing an exercise motion.
US09205293B2
A system and corresponding method for testing fire pumps installed in buildings uses a sensor hub to gather measurement data from one or more pressure sensors installed in corresponding water conduits. The sensor hub broadcasts data related to water flow at the water conduit or conduits to a computer where the information from the sensors is converted to a total water flow through all water conduits. The total water flow is combined with other data about pump operation to determine whether the pump is operating within predetermined requirements. The computer may also analyze a photograph of a placard on the pump to determine model and other operating information from the pump.
US09205290B2
Fire protection mist nozzles for industrial oil cookers, oil cookers with fire protection systems, and method of oil cooker fire protection are provided. The mist nozzles operate at pressures between 170 and 250 psi, and provide a unique distribution pattern that allows for variable installations for protection in certain operative environments including oil cookers with various hood configurations. The fire protection nozzles includes a base defining an inlet and an outlet along an axis. The base includes an orifice having an inlet diameter and an outlet diameter. The outlet diameter is preferably greater than the inlet diameter; and the orifice defines a K-factor of less than 1.0 gpm/psi½. The nozzle includes a diffuser aligned with the orifice. The diffuser has a preferably substantially domed portion with a maximum diameter that is less than the summation of the inlet diameter and the outlet diameter of the orifice.
US09205287B2
Passenger interface units include individual passenger modules having co-located controls for passenger comfort and entertainment systems. The modules will include a glass panel having front and rear surfaces, a structural support panel bonded to the rear surface of the glass panel and a light-emitting unit supported by the support panel behind the rear surface of the glass panel. The rear surface of the glass panel may include an opaque printed coating layer having at least one unpainted region that is transparent to visible light emitted by the light-emitting unit thereby allowing the visible light to be transmitted through the glass panel and visible at the front surface thereof.
US09205283B2
Novel systems and methods for performing treatment (e.g., coloration) of keratinous fibers are disclosed. The methods and systems utilize one or more of a dispensing device which is configured to provide customized composition for treating keratinous fibers (e.g., a coloring composition), optionally formed from tablets; an optical reader, for obtaining sufficient characteristics of the keratinous fibers to make a realistic prediction of the outcome of a treatment (e.g., coloring treatment); a computational units for predicting an outcome of a treatment, optionally being interfaced with the dispensing device and for selecting a customized treatment; and tablet formulations which are useful in preparing customized composition for treating keratinous fibers. Further disclosed are rapidly disintegrating tablets for use in the preparation of compositions for treating keratinous fibers.
US09205277B2
A system for influencing a state of a user includes a light source for emitting light influencing the state of the user. The system includes a light controller selectively controlling the emission of the light and an analysis engine which provides a signal to the light controller indicating a desired emission of the light. The system selectively directs blue light from the light source onto a material that retransmits it as a light different than blue light.
US09205271B2
In accordance with various aspects of the invention, copolymers comprising styrene and isobutylene monomers are used in the construction of implantable and insertable medical devices for electrical stimulation, including, for example, electronic signal generating components and electrical leads for such devices.
US09205269B2
It is critical in an inductively link medical implant, such as a visual prosthesis or other neural stimulator, to adjust the external coil to a location to maximize communication between the external coil and internal coil. Converting the signal strength between the coils to a signal easily discernible by a clinician, preferably an audible tone, facilitates the adjustment of the external coil to a preferred location.
US09205265B2
One aspect of the present disclosure relates to a system that can remove contaminating noise (e.g., direct current (DC) contamination or high frequency contamination) from an electric waveform. The system can include a passive filter that includes at least a secondary-side-open-transformer-inductor (SOTI). The SOTI can include a first coil inductively coupled to a second coil. The first coil of the SOTI can receive the electric waveform contaminated with the noise and output the electric waveform. The second coil of the SOTI can provide an impedance that facilitates removal of the noise from the electric waveform.
US09205261B2
Some embodiments of the present invention provide stimulation systems and components for selective stimulation and/or neuromodulation of one or more dorsal root ganglia through implantation of an electrode on, in or around a dorsal root ganglia. Some other embodiments of the present invention provide methods for selective neurostimulation of one or more dorsal root ganglia as well as techniques for applying neurostimulation to the spinal cord. Still other embodiments of the present invention provide stimulation systems and components for selective stimulation and/or neuromodulation of one or more dorsal root ganglia through implantation of an electrode on, in or around a dorsal root ganglia in combination with a pharmacological agent.
US09205260B2
Some embodiments of the present invention provide stimulation systems and components for selective stimulation and/or neuromodulation of one or more dorsal root ganglia through implantation of an electrode on, in or around a dorsal root ganglia. Some other embodiments of the present invention provide methods for selective neurostimulation of one or more dorsal root ganglia as well as techniques for applying neurostimulation to the spinal cord. Still other embodiments of the present invention provide stimulation systems and components for selective stimulation and/or neuromodulation of one or more dorsal root ganglia through implantation of an electrode on, in or around a dorsal root ganglia in combination with a pharmacological agent.
US09205255B2
Improved assemblies, systems, and methods provide a stimulation system for prosthetic or therapeutic stimulation of muscles, nerves, or central nervous system tissue, or any combination. The stimulation system includes a pulse generator including a housing sized and configured for implantation in subcutaneous tissue, circuitry carried within the housing, the circuitry operable for generating electrical stimulation pulses, and a rechargeable battery coupled to the circuitry and carried within the housing, the rechargeable battery including a battery capacity. The circuitry is adapted to suspend the generation of electrical stimulation pulses at a first remaining battery capacity, and the circuitry is adapted to enter a dormant mode at a second remaining battery capacity. The first battery remaining capacity may be greater than or equal to the second remaining battery capacity. At the second remaining battery capacity, only a safety margin battery capacity remains.
US09205249B2
An apparatus for electrostimulation has a whole-body support and electrodes disposed in the support. The electrodes are disposed in pairs, relative to a center longitudinal axis of the apparatus, and are configured so that they can be controlled one after the other or simultaneously. A method for controlling multiple electrodes in an apparatus for electrostimulation disposes the electrodes in or on the apparatus for electrostimulation, which has a support for part of the body or for the whole body. The electrodes are configured so that they can be controlled one after the other or simultaneously. The electrodes are controlled individually or in pairs, with regard to a duration and/or an intensity of the stimulation.
US09205236B2
Devices and methods for treating heart disease by normalizing elevated blood pressure in the left and right atria of a heart of a mammal are disclosed. Devices may include an adjustable hydraulic diameter and/or a removable and/or replaceable shunt portion. Devices may include absorbable materials, the absorption of which directly or indirectly causes alterations of the fluid flow capacities the devices.
US09205230B2
Some embodiments of a medical anchor device include an elongate body coupled with deployable subcutaneous anchors to secure a catheter instrument (or other medical instrument) in place relative to a skin penetration point. In some circumstances, the elongate body may be in the form of catheter hub body, and the subcutaneous anchors can be deployed from the hub body by adjustment of a movable actuator. A locking member can interact with the actuator so as to retain the actuator in the deployed orientation during the medical procedure.
US09205229B2
A catheter advancement device includes a housing with a catheter inlet, a catheter outlet, and a manually actuated finger drive mechanism. The drive mechanism frictionally engages a catheter inserted into the inlet and advances the catheter through the housing and into or out of another device, such as a needle. The housing may be slidable along the needle.
US09205219B2
A gas delivery system, having a gas identification, by which a gas supplied to the gas delivery system is identified, a blender, blending oxygen and the gas to provide a gas mixture with an oxygen flow rate set up by an operator, and at least one flow sensor, to measure a flow rate of the gas mixture. The blender is driven by an actuator motor to various blender positions with the blender positions being calibrated based on the specific heat ratio and the gas constant of the gas. The flow sensor can be installed at the inspiratory circuit, the proximal circuit and the expiratory circuit of the gas delivery system. The flow sensor output is corrected based on the actual conditions, including the temperature, pressure and humidity, and characteristics of the gas mixture.
US09205217B2
A positive oscillatory expiratory air pressure respiratory therapy device which is adapted to receive a nebulizer for administering aerosolized medicant for selective administration during oscillatory positive expiratory pressure (PEP) therapy.
US09205216B2
An apparatus and a system for stably positioning a nasal cannula in a manner effective for oral or nasal delivery of oxygen or gas mixtures to an individual are described. A generally rectangular cannula support member having at least one retention device secures a nasal cannula to the support member. A pad may be disposed between the support member and the face of the person to assist in positioning the support member without the requirement of tape, and for reducing skin irritation. Depending on the size of the cannula support member, the support member may be constructed from flexible materials to conform to the facial features of the wearer. The apparatus and the system may further include a flexible strip having shape memory.
US09205212B2
A catheter apparatus (10) for transtracheal administration of supplemental oxygen to a patient in need of continuous long term oxygen therapy.
US09205211B2
An breathing or anesthesia apparatus and a process for operating a breathing or anesthesia apparatus are provided in which only a very low energy consumption occurs outside of the operating times. The breathing or anesthesia apparatus (1) is put into an energy-saving mode and a function pretest is performed before putting the apparatus into the energy-saving mode. A function self-test is carried out when the breathing or anesthesia apparatus is put into a standby mode.
US09205209B2
A delivery device for and method of delivering substance, in particular a vaccine, to a mucosal surface within the oral cavity of a subject, the device comprising: a mouthpiece unit to be gripped in the mouth of a subject, wherein the mouthpiece unit is configured such that, on exhalation or attempted exhalation by the subject, a pressure is developed in the oral cavity which is such as to close the oropharyngeal velum of the subject; and an oral outlet unit including at least one outlet from which substance is in use delivered to a mucosal surface within the oral cavity of the subject.
US09205201B2
A fluid delivery device includes an array of needles, each in fluid communication with a respective reservoir. Respective actuators are coupled so as to be operable to drive fluid from the reservoirs via needle ports. Each needle can have a plurality of ports, and the ports can be arranged to deliver a substantially equal amount of fluid at any given location along its length. A driver is coupled to the actuators to selectively control the rate, volume, and direction of flow of fluid through the needles. The device can simultaneously deliver a plurality of fluid agents along respective axes in solid tissue in vivo. If thereafter resected, the tissue can be sectioned for evaluation of an effect of each agent on the tissue, and based on the evaluation, candidate agents selected or deselected for clinical trials or therapy, and subjects selected or deselected for clinical trials or therapeutic treatment.
US09205199B2
An auto-injector may be used to administer a dose of a liquid medicament (M). In some embodiments, a shroud is arranged inside a housing, the shroud slidable in longitudinal direction between at least a retracted position, in which a hollow injection needle is exposable and an advanced position, in which the needle is covered by the shroud. A protective needle shield is attachable to the needle in a manner to partially protrude beyond the proximal end of the shroud through the orifice with the needle in its advanced position. A syringe carrier is arranged inside the shroud and comprises at least one snap for locking it to the shroud in order to prevent relative axial motion. The snap is configured to automatically disengage upon removal of the protective needle shield to allow the syringe and needle to be retracted into the covered position under load of the syringe spring.
US09205195B2
A dosing device for an injection device, the dosing device including an actuating element for adjusting and/or dispensing a dose from the injection device, a thrust element for generating a forward movement for discharging a dose and a coupling to which the actuating element and the thrust element are coupled such that a rotational movement of the actuating element is transmitted directly to the thrust element and an axial movement of the actuating element is different than an axial movement of the thrust element.
US09205193B2
A self-contained system for medication injection is activated by the user, who is able to distribute the medication through the self-contained needle system for intradermal or intramuscular application of the medication. The self-contained system may be a medication delivery pen having a pen body assembly comprising a distal end, a proximal end and a needle array containing a plurality of needles disposed within the pen body assembly.
US09205192B2
A method and system for both autonomous and manual control of an infusion pump for delivering medication to a patient is provided.
US09205190B2
A modular infusion pump for administering a product, including a pump housing, a reservoir to contain the product, a delivery device associated with the pump housing to deliver the product from the reservoir, an energy source for the delivery device, another housing separate from the pump housing for receiving the energy source, and a transmission for transmitting energy from the energy source to the delivery device.
US09205186B2
The present invention relates generally to providing pressurized infusion of liquids and more particularly, is directed to providing a stable and pressurized flow of irrigation fluid to the eye during surgery.
US09205180B2
A method and a device for loading a medical appliance with a medicament and/or polymer includes capturing images of a plurality of grooves or holes of the medical appliance using an image capturing device; performing digital image processing on the image of each of the grooves or holes to obtain a pattern of each of the grooves or holes; calculating a central position of the pattern of each of the grooves or holes, and determining a loading position of each of the grooves or holes based on the central position; and adjusting a relative position between a loading device and the medical appliance to align an outlet of the loading device with the loading position of the medical appliance, and loading each of the grooves or holes with the medicament and/or polymer. The method and device can load the medical appliance with the medicament and/or polymer fast and efficiently.
US09205176B2
A method of fabricating an anisotropic porous scaffold includes heating a previously-formed porous metal scaffold to permit deformation of a material of the previously-formed porous metal scaffold, and deforming, while heated, the previously-formed porous metal scaffold in at least a first direction.
US09205173B2
A nerve graft includes a lyophobic substrate, a carbon nanotube film structure, a protein layer, and a nerve network. The carbon nanotube film structure is located on a surface of the lyophobic substrate. The protein layer is located on a surface of the carbon nanotube film structure away from the lyophobic substrate. The nerve network is positioned on a surface of the protein layer away from the lyophobic substrate.
US09205170B2
The present invention provides an absorbent wound dressing assembly that can be used to stanch, seal, or stabilize a site of tissue injury, tissue trauma, or tissue access. The wound dressing assembly is flexible so that it can be adapted and used to fit in narrow and small wound sites. Generally the wound dressing assembly comprises a flexible carrier material that is impregnated with a non-mammalian material for control of severe bleeding. The preferred non-mammalian material is poly [β-(1→4)-2-amino-2-deoxy-D-glucopyranose] more commonly referred to as chitosan.
US09205167B2
A dispensing system for air care products contained in aerosol and non-aerosol containers having spray nozzles includes a dispenser including a contoured surface that is configured to accept an aerosol container within the interior of the dispenser, the dispenser further including an adaptor releasably attached to the contoured surface of the dispenser, the adaptor configured to retain a non-aerosol container within the interior of the dispenser such that the actuator may contact the non-aerosol spray nozzle.
US09205166B2
The invention provides a consumable cartridge for use in a hydroxyl radical generating apparatus, the consumable cartridge comprising: a reactant supply comprising a supply of a substance that reacts with ozone to form hydroxyl radicals; and an ozone supply comprising an ozone generator; wherein the ozone supply is fixed to the reactant supply. By supplying both a reactant supply and an ozone generator in the same consumable cartridge, maintenance operations on an associated base unit in a hydroxyl radical generating system can be minimized.
US09205164B2
Described is a scent-emitting arrowhead comprising a hollow container having a first end, a second end, and an interior cavity. The interior cavity is adapted to receive and store a scent-emitting material. The container further comprises a plurality of vents that allow the scent-emitting material to be dispersed into the surroundings during the arrow's flight. The first end of the container is adapted to attach to the shaft of an arrow, and the second end of the container comprises a removable lid adapted to removably attach to the second end of the container. The lid is substantially conical in shape such that the lid defines the tip of the arrowhead. The vents may be covered by one or more removable adhesive strips that prevent the scent-emitting material from escaping through the vents until the time when the arrowhead is desired to be used.
US09205157B2
The present invention is related to complementarity determining region (CDR)-grafted humanized R24 antibodies that bind to the GD3 ganglioside antigen. The humanized antibodies disclosed herein have characteristics that are comparable or superior to the murine R24 antibody, and the humanized antibodies are useful in treating cancer (e.g. Melanoma).
US09205146B2
This invention relates to therapeutic compositions and methods for systemic immune activation which are effective for eliciting both a systemic, non-antigen specific immune response and a strong antigen-specific immune response in mammals. The methods are particularly effective for protecting mammals from herpes simplex virus.
US09205145B2
Provided are immunogenic and vaccine compositions and methods for their preparation and use, which compositions are effective in protecting against, minimizing the severity of, preventing, and/or ameliorating infection of ruminants with Bluetongue virus. Administration to an animal of at least one dose of an adjuvanted and twice inactivated Bluetongue virus composition as disclosed herein is effective in providing immunity to the animal and protection from infection with Bluetongue virus, thereby reducing the severity of and/or preventing disease caused by one or more strains or serotypes of Bluetongue virus.
US09205141B2
Immunomodulatory agents, T cell, compositions, methods and systems for treating and/or preventing hypertension and/or a condition associated thereto in an individual.
US09205134B2
The present invention relates to the use of alpha-1-antitrypsin for the preparation of effective drugs for the treatment of chronic fatigue syndrome. In addition, the present invention relates to the use of plasma or other therapeutic forms with an alpha-1-antitrypsin content sufficient to obtain a dose of 6 mg or more of alpha-1-antitrypsin per kg of body weight at a frequency of between 1 and 31 days.
US09205133B2
The invention relates to deoxyribonuclease for use in the treatment of a suspected or existing C. difficile infection; a pharmaceutical or veterinary composition or formulation comprising at least deoxyribonuclease for use in the treatment of a suspected or existing C. difficile infection; a combination therapeutic comprising at least deoxyribonuclease for use in the treatment of a suspected or existing C. difficile infection; a method of treating a mammal suspected of being infected with, or infected with, C. difficile comprising the use of at least deoxyribonuclease; a method of cleaning or sterilizing a material or product comprising the use of at least deoxyribonuclease; and a cleaning or sterilizing product impregnated with or containing at least deoxyribonuclease.
US09205128B2
The present invention describes a method to inhibit replication of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) by negatively modulating or altering the cytoskeleton, more precisely the proteins forming the intermediate cytoskeletal filaments, wherein the said proteins are vimentin and/or keratin-10. The replication of the virus is inhibited in human cells by intervening in the structure of these proteins. The present invention is also related to the use of agents, which comprise peptides and/or interfering RNA and/or lipidic compounds, said agents producing a negative modulation or alteration of the cytoskeleton to prevent or to treat the HIV infection. The invention provides means and methods for altering the cytoskeleton/filament structure of cells, as a result of which the infection of human cells by HIV is disturbed and can even be completely inhibited. The cytoskeleton is altered by reducing the amount of vimentin and/or keratin (e.g. by transcriptional control using interfering RNA) or by using peptides that disrupt the cytoskeleton.
US09205125B2
Peptide-based compounds including heteroatom-containing, three-membered rings efficiently and selectively inhibit specific activities of N-terminal nucleophile (Ntn) hydrolases associated with the proteasome. The peptide-based compounds include an epoxide or aziridine, and functionalization at the N-terminus. Among other therapeutic utilities, the peptide-based compounds are expected to display anti-inflammatory properties and inhibition of cell proliferation. Oral administration of these peptide-based proteasome inhibitors is possible due to their bioavailability profiles.
US09205121B2
The present invention relates to an Echinacea formulation which includes an alkylamide fraction comprising a 2-ene alkylamide fraction and a 2,4-diene alkylamide fraction and the weight ratio of the 2-ene alkylamide fraction to the 2,4-diene alkylamide fraction is between about 1:15 to about 2:1.
US09205119B2
This disclosure concerns novel methods for preventing or treating neurological or neurodegenerative diseases or disorders by using kombo butter acid enriched extracts derived from the seeds of African nutmeg, the main active compounds isolated from the extracts, namely sargaquinoic acid, sargachromenol, and sargahydroquinoic acid, or synthetic analogs or derivatives thereof, as neuroprotective agents. The methods for preparing the kombo butter or kombo butter acid extracts and the methods for isolating and purifying the active compounds and for preparing their acetylated derivatives are also described.
US09205117B1
A stabilized seed oil composition that includes oil extracted from pomegranate seeds. The extracted oil has at least about 65% punicic acid. The extracted oil has reduced levels of free fatty acids compared to cold pressed pomegranate seed oil, reduced peroxide values compared to said cold pressed pomegranate seed oil, and a lower yellow color value compared to said cold pressed pomegranate seed oil.
US09205115B2
Bacillus isolates and methods of their use to protect against plant pathogens and virus transmission
Methods of inducing systemic acquired resistance to infection in a plant are provided. The methods comprise applying a composition comprising a Bacillus control agent to said plant wherein said plant is capable of producing defense proteins. Also provided are, methods for controlling one or more plant diseases, methods for preventing plant virus transmission, methods for preventing and/or treating soil-borne plant pathogens using the Bacillus control agent of the present invention, and methods of generating bacterial spores. In addition, synergistic biocontrol combinations and methods of using the same are provided.
US09205110B2
Systems and methods for producing enhanced blood serum with concentrated growth factors and/or prophylactically and therapeutically active proteins. An autologous blood product is obtained from a donor and then incubated into a containment device (sterile container) that includes a source of cells or tissue (for example, autologous, allogeneic, or xenographic tissue, or combinations thereof). The cells from the injected fluid (autologous blood product) interact/incubate with the source of cells or tissue inside the containment device, to produce a serum that is loaded with autologous proteins, growth factors, and cytokines. The autologous blood product may be a fluid and/or composition that includes blood, whole blood, autologous conditioned plasma, platelet-rich plasma, platelet-poor plasma, bone marrow aspirate, bone marrow concentrate and stem cells, among others, and combinations thereof.
US09205109B2
Copper salts of ion exchange materials provide copper ions at levels suitable for use as an anti-infective agent. The copper salts of ion exchange materials may be formed using ether and ester derivatives of cellulose, such as carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC), ethylcellulose (EC), methylcellulose (MC), hydroxypropyl cellulose (HPC), hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose (HPMC), hydroxyethyl methyl cellulose (HEMC), cellulose acetate, and cellulose triacetate. Wound dressings having copper salts of ion exchange materials incorporated therein are also provided, and may be used to reduce the incidence of infection in wounds. The wound dressings may also be used to prevent infections in long-term wounds, such as those formed at wound drain, catheter, and ostomy entry sites. Copper salts of ion exchange materials may be used to kill microorganisms, and may optionally be used with additional anti-infective agents.
US09205108B2
The method for treating traumatic brain injury in an individual includes the step of administering a therapeutically effective amount of a pharmaceutically acceptable gallium compound to a blood brain barrier of the individual within a therapeutically effective time period subsequent to the injury so as to reduce secondary injury in a brain of the individual. Secondary injuries include swelling of the brain after the initial injury, secondary lesions, hematomas, and edema. The effective amount and effective time period for the step of administering are established by test results disclosed in the present invention. Gallium compounds are shown to reduce oxidative stress levels in the brain, a metric for treatment of traumatic brain injury or concussion.
US09205107B2
Pharmaceutical compositions for and methods of treating an animal, including a human, and methods of preparing such compositions. The pharmaceutical compositions contain crosslinked amine polymers and may be used, for example, to treat diseases or other metabolic conditions in which removal of protons and/or chloride ions from the gastrointestinal tract would provide physiological benefits such as normalizing serum bicarbonate concentrations and the blood pH in an animal, including a human.
US09205106B2
The use of Herapan Sulphate 2 (HS-2) in therapeutic bone growth and regeneration is described. Herapan Sulphate 2 was identified as a variant of Heparan Sulphate purified from embryonic day (E10) of murine neuroepithelia.
US09205101B2
The present invention relates to a method for treating a cancer including a combination of a treatment by a nucleic acid molecule mimicking double strand breaks with hyperthermia.
US09205097B2
The invention provides a method for preventing or treating a disease caused by an extracellular microorganism, said method comprising systemically administering to a subject in need thereof a prophylactically or therapeutically effective amount of a salicylic acid (SAL) or a SAL analog. The extracellular microorganism can be of the bacterial genus Staphylococcus, for example, Staphylococcus aureus. The extracellular microorganism can be a strain that is resistant to at least one antibiotic. The strain can be selected from the group consisting of methycillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus (VISA) and vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (VRSA). The invention also provides a method for preventing or treating an infectious disease caused by of methycillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), vancomycin-intermediate Staphylococcus aureus (VISA) or vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (VRSA), comprising systemically co-administering in a synergistic combination to a subject in need thereof prophylactically or therapeutically effective amounts, individually or collectively, of a salicylic acid (SAL) or a SAL analog and at least one additional antimicrobial agent, for example, vancomycin and/or linezolid.
US09205076B2
The present invention is directed to novel opioid receptor modulators of Formula (I). The invention further relates to methods for preparing such compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and their use in the treatment of disorders that may be ameliorated or treated by the modulation of opioid receptors.
US09205064B2
Methods and formulations for diagnosing oncological disorders in humans using epimetabolic shifters, multidimensional intracellular molecules or environmental influencers are described.
US09205057B2
The present disclosure is drawn to pharmaceutical compositions and oral dosage capsules containing testosterone undecanoate, as well as related methods. The capsule includes a capsule shell and a capsule fill. The capsule fill can include a solubilizer and about 14 wt % to about 35 wt % testosterone undecanoate based on the total capsule fill. The oral dosage capsule is such that when a single oral administration to a male subject of one or more capsules with a total testosterone undecanoate daily dose of about 350 mg to about 650 mg it provides a ratio of serum testosterone Cmax to serum testosterone Cave of about 2.7 or less. In yet another embodiment, a method for providing a serum concentration of testosterone within a target serum testosterone concentration Cave range for a male subject is provided.
US09205054B2
A process for producing a solubilized ibuprofen, preferably in the form of a granulate, the process comprising the steps of: providing a mixture comprising solid ibuprofen and a first base selected from the group consisting of sodium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide, sodium carbonate, potassium carbonate, sodium glycinate, potassium glycinate and tribasic sodium and potassium phosphates and mixtures thereof, and reacting the ibuprofen and the first base in essentially dry state. The obtainable granulate and the pharmaceutical compositions and dosage forms that may be produced therefrom are distinguished by their high solubility and rapid disintegration and dissolution in aqueous media, by their good flow properties and compressibility, by rapidly achieving onset of analgesic effect.
US09205051B2
A porous silicon implant impregnated with a beneficial substance, such as a micromineral required for healthy physiology, is implanted subcutaneously and is entirely corroded away over the following months/year to release the beneficial substance in a controlled manner. In a second embodiment the implant may have a large number of holes which contain beneficial substance and which are closed by bio-erodible doors of different thickness so as to stagger the release of the beneficial substance over time as the doors are breached.
US09205050B2
An aqueous or powder composition includes anti-gram-negative antibiotic or salt thereof being present at an amount ranging from about 100 mg/ml to about 200 mg/ml. Another aqueous or powder composition includes anti-gram-positive antibiotic or salt thereof being present at a concentration ranging from about 0.6 to about 0.9 of the water solubility limit, at 25° C. and 1.0 atmosphere, of the anti-gram-positive antibiotic or salt thereof. Other embodiments include unit doses, kits, and methods.
US09205046B2
The present invention relates to a composite hydrogel comprising a blend of an aqueous solution of an anionic polysaccharide or a derivative thereof, such as hyaluronan (also commonly referred to as hyaluronic acid) or a derivative thereof and an aqueous solution of methylcellulose or another water soluble cellulose derivative thereof, having dispersed polymeric particles, such as polymeric hydrophobic particles therein selected from micro particles and nanoparticles, and wherein the stability of the hydrogel is enhanced relative to the stability of the hydrogel alone. The polymeric particles may contain at least one therapeutic agent, in which case each therapeutic agent exhibits a linear sustained release rate that can be tuned or altered by selecting the appropriate polymer formulation of the micro particles and/or nanoparticles. The composite may be injectable, and in the absence of a therapeutic agent may be used as a bulking agent for reconstructive and cosmetic surgery or may act as a platform for subsequent delivery of therapeutic agents.
US09205042B1
A lip and skin care product that is essentially devoid of petroleum products, is liquid at temperatures from 28 to 206 degrees Fahrenheit, and comprises in excess of 3 weight percent propolis and in excess of 1 weight percent tea tree oil, and is applied from a dispenser made of a material that is inert with respect to the active ingredients of tea tree leaf oil and propolis.
US09205041B2
A transdermal composition comprising ibuprofen or salts thereof and a gelling agent which can be used for the treatment of such disorders as pain, inflammation, arthritis, muscle spasm and associated symptoms in humans and animals.
US09205036B2
Aqueous homogeneous oral care compositions including a fluoride salt and unfunctionalized β-tricalcium phosphate, characterized in that β-tricalcium phosphate is present in a catalytic and fluoride-stable amount relative to the fluoride salt. Such compositions are of use in combating dental caries, dental erosion and/or tooth wear.
US09205026B2
A medicament container having an opening that provides access to a cavity defined by the medicament container. A stopper is sealingly positioned within the opening of the medicament container and configured to be forced into the cavity to open the medicament container. The medicament container also includes a mating member configured to mate with a complementary receiver associated with a second container to connect the medicament container to a second container. The medicament container further includes a radial seal configured to engage and seal against an interior seal wall associated with a second container prior to the stopper being forced into the cavity defined by the medicament container. A system is also provided for establishing fluid communication between a first container and a second container. The system includes a first container (e.g., a medicament container) having a radial seal, a second container, and a port assembly.
US09205024B1
An intravenous medication delivery safety assembly insures proper medication is delivered to a patient. The assembly includes an IV bag holding a medication. A tube has a first end coupled to the bag. A microchip is coupled to the tube proximate a second end of the tube. The microchip provides identifying data corresponding to the medication in the bag. A conduit is selectively coupled to the second end of the tube. The conduit is configured for coupling to a cannula. A security mechanism is coupled to the conduit to prevent coupling the tube to the conduit. A processor is coupled to the conduit and includes confirmation data corresponding to the patient to receive the medication. The processor reads the microchip and is operationally coupled to the security mechanism to permit coupling of the tube to the conduit only when the confirmation data properly corresponds to the identifying data.
US09205023B2
A drive hub is mounted to an element and has a surface which presents away from the element and produces a magnetic field which extends from and returns to the drive hub. If depicted graphically, concentrations of field lines would appear to extend from two or more North domains defined in the surface to two or more South domains defined in the surface, the North and South domains being arranged to encircle a rotation axis in spaced alternating relation. A driven hub is spaced and frontwardly adjacent to drive hub, coupled to the element and constrained against movement but for axial rotation. Driven hub includes non-magnetic, electrically-conductive material having low magnetic permeability and receptors, receptors having a high magnetically permeability, being spaced to the axis and arranged such that rotation of the drive hub relative to the driven hub creates a net rotational force that urges co-rotation of the hubs.
US09205010B2
Improved patient-support apparatuses and methods for rapid mattress inflation and pressure-compensation for changes in patient position.
US09205000B2
Reduced-pressure treatment systems and methods are disclosed that employ debridement mechanisms to remove unwanted tissue. In one instance, a reduced-pressure treatment system for treating a tissue site on a patient includes a manifold member for distributing reduced pressure to the tissue site, a support member for disposing proximate the tissue site and the manifold, and a debridement mechanism coupled to the support member. The debridement mechanism is for debriding the tissue site. The system further includes a sealing drape for placing over the tissue site and manifold member. The sealing drape is operable to form a fluid seal over the tissue site and manifold member. The system also includes a reduced-pressure subsystem for delivering a reduced pressure to the sealing drape. The system may further include a chemical-debridement subsystem. Other systems, manifolds, and methods, are disclosed.
US09204991B1
A mandibular advancement device used in the management of snoring, obstructive sleep apnea, TMD and bruxism and jaw clenching, comprises a maxillary tray for receiving/retaining maxillary teeth, a mandibular tray for receiving/retaining mandibular teeth, and one to two advancement member(s)/prong(s) located on the mandibular tray at the anterior region thereof. The advancement member(s)/prong(s), when in use, contact the outer surface of the maxillary tray in an anterior region thereof, thereby advancing and retaining the mandible and tongue in a protrusive position. Raized occlusal surfaces/bite pads in a region contiguous and posterior to the advancement prong(s) allow a passive tongue retaining gap or space to be formed in the anterior and posterior regions of the device. A lingual retaining strap may be provided between opposite posterior portions of the mandibular tray to passively retain the tongue in a protruded, non-obstructive position.
US09204987B1
A device and an associated method for assisting in maintaining awareness of skeleton-muscular alignment includes a chest harness attachable to a user about the thorax and a head harness. Elongate tensile member segments extend from opposite ends of a back strap right at the beginning of the armpit of the chest harness. These tensile member segments are connectable at their distal ends to the feet of the user. Further tensile member segments extend from opposite ends of the back strap of the harness and are connectable at their distal ends to or about the user's hands. The headband includes an elastic cord that is wound about the headband and is connectable at opposite ends to the hands or wrists of the user.
US09204986B2
A compression foot garment is integrally knit of a body yarn, and adapted for wear on a foot of a user. The foot garment incorporates first and second high compression zones, and a compression release zone between the high compression zones. The first high compression zone is adapted for applying substantially circumferential compression to the foot below the plantar fascia between the calcaneus and metatarso-phalangeal joints and generally around the midfoot. The second high compression zone is adapted for applying substantially circumferential compression to the foot above the calcaneus and generally around an ankle of the user. The first and second high compression zones may comprise elastic yarns integrated with the body yarn. The compression release zone is adapted for applying reduced compression to the foot in an area between the first and second high compression zones.
US09204984B2
A wearable brace includes: elongated structural members disposed substantially in parallel with each other, each structural member engaged with at least one adjacent structural member; and an inflatable member disposed between two adjacent structural members such that inflation of the inflatable member biases portions of the two adjacent structural members away from each other.
US09204979B2
The present invention relates in the field of orthopedics to an artificial ankle which imitates the natural human gait in a proper way, thereby enabling its user to walk not only in a plane environment but also uphill and downhill without any unpleasant effects. The present invention further relates to an artificial foot and an artificial leg containing said artificial ankle.
US09204974B2
The present invention provides an expandable fusion device capable of being installed inside an intervertebral disc space to maintain normal disc spacing and restore spinal stability, thereby facilitating an intervertebral fusion. In one embodiment, the fusion device includes a body portion, a first endplate, and a second endplate, the first and second endplates capable of being moved in a direction away from the body portion into an expanded configuration or capable of being moved towards the body portion into an unexpanded configuration. The fusion device is capable of being deployed and installed in both configurations.
US09204970B2
An orthopaedic knee prosthesis includes a tibial bearing component with surface features which operate to protect adjacent soft tissues of the natural knee throughout a wide range of flexion. More particularly, the tibial bearing component provides an anterior relief space disposed between the dished lateral and medial articular compartments, in which the relief space is convex as viewed from a sagittal perspective across the medial/lateral extent of the relief space.
US09204968B2
A posterior stabilized knee orthopaedic prosthesis includes a tibial bearing and a femoral component configured to articulate with the tibial bearing. The tibial bearing includes a spine having a concave cam surface and a convex cam surface. The femoral component includes a posterior cam having a concave cam surface and a convex cam surface. During flexion, the concave cam surface of the posterior cam contacts the convex cam surface of the spine and the convex cam surface of the posterior cam contacts the concave cam surface of the spine.
US09204963B2
An article and method are presented wherein an implant member is provided that is expandable in at least one direction, the implant adapted for use within an area adjacent vocal folds of a patient, the implant member comprising two or more segments, and a subcutaneous access port providing access for injection of a bulking agent into the implant member.
US09204958B2
Methods for placing a stent in a branched vessel include stretching the stent, aligning the stent within a target location at a branched vessel and releasing it for expansion at the target location.
US09204951B2
A closeable clam shell type container with a retaining cord provides a protective enclosure for the storage and transport of oral appliances. A strap and clip allow the container to be attached to clothing and packs. Material choices allow versions that are machine washable. Some versions include a removable hard inner liner to provide further protection of oral appliances.
US09204949B2
Toothbrush heads, e.g., for power toothbrushes, are provided. The toothbrush heads include a support member and a plurality of bristles or tufts of bristles extending from the support member, the bristles or bristle tufts having different lengths. The contour of the bristles may be selected to allow substantially all of the bristles to contact the dentition during brushing.
US09204947B2
The power toothbrush includes a handle (12), a brushhead (14) and a drive assembly (20) which includes a processor (22) for driving the brushhead at a selected frequency and amplitude. A miniature gyroscope (MEMS) (26) and an accelerometer (28) are mounted on the brushhead or on a portion of the drive assembly within the handle for detecting rotational velocity of the brushhead and orientation of the brushhead in the mouth during operation. Information from the gyroscope (rotational) and the accelerometer are then provided to the processor for determining amplitude of brushhead movement. The amplitude information is provided to the user, or can be further processed and fed back (30) to the drive assembly for control of brushhead movement.
US09204943B1
The present invention relates to dental implants and provides a flexible core abutment system using an implantable base member, a flexible inner core and an outer shell for receiving a restoration wherein the flexibility of the abutment simulates the shock absorbing properties typically provided by the ligaments of natural teeth.
US09204940B2
A tissue marker assembly which can be useful with an implant delivery system for delivering a sheet-like implant is disclosed. The tissue marker assembly can include a delivery sleeve with a tissue marker slidably disposed within a lumen therethrough. A proximal handle can be coupled to the tissue marker and delivery sleeve, having a first part and a second part. The second part of the proximal handle can be releasably attached to the tissue marker proximal end so that the second part can be removed to allow the delivery sleeve to be removed proximally over the tissue marker after it is affixed to tissue. The distal portion of the marker can include a plurality of longitudinally extending arms when unconstrained project outward from the shaft to retain the marker's position in tissue.
US09204926B2
A family of barrel structures is provided in a kit. Each barrel structure is differently sized and configured for advancement into anal canals of different anatomic morphologies. Instructions are provided for using the barrel structures to treat an individual. The instructions instruct assessing an anatomic morphology of an anal canal of an individual to be treated and selecting one of the barrel structures based upon the assessed anatomic morphology. Each barrel structure carries an electrode sized and configured to be coupled to a source of tissue ablation energy to be applied through the electrode to form a lesion. Each barrel structure includes a transparent side wall visualized by a direct line of sight from an end portion of the first barrel structure. The instructions instruct inserting the selected barrel structure into the anal canal and visualizing by the direct line of sight through the transparent side wall of the selected barrel structure the dentate line and the targeted tissue region. The instructions instruct, while visualizing, aligning the electrode in a desired location in the targeted tissue region above the dentate line, advancing the electrode to penetrate tissue at or near a sphincter, and applying energy through the electrode to create a lesion in the sphincter.
US09204908B2
An orthopaedic device to realign bone segments comprises first and second attachment members and a strut or spacer member. The first attachment member is attached to a first rib bone or first transverse process or first lamina of a vertebra. The second attachment member is attached to a second rib bone or second transverse process or second lamina of a vertebra. The strut is positioned between the first and second attachment members. The strut is fixedly or releasably connected to the first and second attachment members to couple the first attachment member to the second attachment member. The strut provides distraction between the first and second rib bones or transverse processes to realign the rib bones. The attachment members comprise a clamp and screw combination.
US09204899B2
An orthopaedic device to realign bone segments comprises first and second attachment members and a spacer member. The first attachment member is attached to a first rib bone or first transverse process of a vertebra. The second attachment member is attached to a second rib bone or second transverse process of a vertebra adjacent to the first rib bone or the first transverse process. The spacer member is positioned between the first and second attachment members. The spacer member provides distraction between the first and second rib bones or transverse processes to realign the rib bones. The spacer member is releasably connected to the first and second attachment members. The attachment members comprise a clamp and screw combination.
US09204896B2
An instrument for removing material from within the body includes a distal portion that includes an adjustable length relative to a proximal portion and a flexible member that circulates through the distal portion. The exposed portion of the flexible member extends from the distal portion to remove the material.
US09204895B2
Devices and methods are provided for drug delivery. The device may include a housing configured for intraluminal deployment into a human or animal subject and first and second reservoirs within the housing, each reservoir having an actuation end, an opposed release end, and a plug moveable from the actuation end toward the release end. First and second drug formulations may be contained in the first and second reservoirs, respectively. The device may also include one or more actuation systems configured to drive the first and second plugs so as to drive the first and second drug formulations from the first and second reservoirs. The housing may include a porous membrane sidewall in fluid communication with the release ends of the first and second reservoirs, the porous membrane sidewall being configured to distribute the first and second drug formulations driven from the first and second reservoirs.
US09204893B2
Ablation, crossing, and cutting systems, devices and associated methods, including a crossing device, comprising, in combination: a spring-enhanced handle and body configured to controllably extend and retract a blade within a microcatheter for addressing an occlusion within a vessel of a patient to provide improved access for supplemental treatment and reperfusion.
US09204891B2
An elongate tool with a cutting end. In some embodiments the end is bendable. Optionally, the end is bendable between two cutting edges. Optionally or alternatively, the end includes both a forward cutting edge and a side cutting edge. The tool may be sized for hand-held use, with control from outside the body, for treating a spinal stenosis.
US09204889B2
This invention relates to surgical instruments for applying energy to tissue using a vapor-to-liquid phase transition which delivers large amount of energy to the targeted tissue. In one embodiment, the system is configured for volumetric removal of tissue by means of high velocity ejection of a vapor media from a first vapor port proximate to soft tissue wherein the vapor-to-liquid phase change of the media applies energy to the tissue. The system provides a second port coupled to a suction source that cooperates with the first vapor port to suction tissue debris from the targeted site.
US09204887B2
A thrombus treatment device includes a support wire, a body frame portion that is disposed about an axis defined by the support wire, one or more tethers that each have a first end and a second end, and a filter element extending from the body frame portion. Each of the one or more tethers is attached at its first end to the body frame portion, and at its second end to a collar that couples the second end of each of the multiple tethers to the support wire. When the collar is positioned substantially within a region interior of the body frame portion, a rotational actuation of the support wire causes a swiveling motion of the one or more tethers.
US09204886B2
An apparatus and method for threading a curved hole and inserting a threaded, flexible implant into the same. A threaded, flexible implant, which includes a flexible shaft and external thread, is provided to facilitate fixation in a curved, threaded hole. The threaded, flexible implant has a variable thread pitch from the concave to the convex surface thereof, and the curved, threaded hole has corresponding thread pitches.
US09204878B2
A surgical stapling apparatus. Various embodiments include a handle assembly that has a movable handle that is movable through actuation strokes relative to a stationary handle housing. An actuation is shaft supported at least in part within the stationary handle housing and is movable in response to manipulation of the movable handle. Various embodiments further include a firing lock out assembly that is configured to selectively prevent longitudinal movement of the actuation shaft in a distal direction. A firing release trigger is supported on the movable handle for travel therewith and is configured to interface with the firing lockout assembly to selectively release the firing lockout assembly to permit the actuation shaft to move longitudinally in the distal direction upon manipulation of the movable handle.
US09204876B2
A surgical stapler is provided and comprises a handle assembly, an elongated body, an articulable tool assembly, and an articulation mechanism. The articulation mechanism has: a main shaft member connected to an articulation linkage; a retainer having an opening for receiving a shaft portion of the main shaft member; a cam lock having cam locking surfaces and a locking tab; a locking cover defining recesses for receiving the locking tab; an articulation handle having cam surfaces configured to engage the cam locking surfaces of the cam lock.
US09204874B2
A method and apparatus for bunion repair using a suture passing K-wire configured to easily pass through bone tunnels with suture trailing. The suture passing K-wire includes a tapered guide pin with a multi-diameter shaft (i.e., comprising at least two regions or sections that have different diameters) and a loop which is securely attached to an end of the guide pin (i.e., to the smaller diameter section of the guide pin). The reconstruction system may be formed of a pair of buttons connected by a flexible strand. The procedure offers indirect placement of buttons and a minimally invasive approach.
US09204870B2
A surgical device and method for the retracting, maneuvering, and re-positioning of tissue and/or a body organ during endoscopic and laparoscopic procedures. The surgical apparatus comprises at least one separable grasping device with a detachable head, and an exteriorly-operated handle mechanism, or puppet handle. The disclosed device enables a physician, using a plurality of lengths of sutures simultaneously connected to (a) stems of the exteriorly exposed puppet handle and (b) the detachable head, positioned at clasping points on the organ, to rearrange the orientation of tissue or the organ for better accessibility, analysis, and/or exposure to accompanying surgical instruments in situ. The method presented minimizes the number of bodily incisions required to perform surgery by means of endoscope or laparoscopic equipment.
US09204866B2
The invention is directed to a system and device for separating and collecting a tissue specimen from a target site within a patient. The device includes a probe component with an elongated tubular section, a penetrating distal tip and a tissue receiving aperture in the distal end of the tubular section proximal to the distal tip, and a tissue cutting member which is slidably disposed within the probe member to cut a tissue specimen drawn into the interior of the device through the aperture by applying a vacuum to the inner lumen of the tissue cutting member. The device also has a driver component to which the probe component is releasably secured. The driver has a drive member for adjusting the orientation of the tubular section and thus the aperture therein and one or more drive members for moving the tissue cutting member within the tubular section to sever a tissue specimen from tissue extending into the interior of the tubular section through the aperture. The motion imparted to the tissue cutter is at least longitudinal and preferably is also oscillation and/or rotational to effectively separate a tissue specimen from tissue extending through the aperture in the tubular section.
US09204861B2
An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus is provided. The ultrasound diagnostic apparatus includes an image data generation unit configured to generate image data corresponding to one frame of a subject, based on sound ray data acquired by transmitting ultrasound to the subject, a high intensity image determination unit configured to compare strength of sound ray data corresponding to the one frame with a predetermined value and determine whether the one frame is a high intensity image, a setting unit configured to set a region of interest onto an image based on the image data generated by the image data generation unit, and a time intensity curve arithmetic unit configured to eliminate sound ray data corresponding to the region of interest in the high intensity image and perform an arithmetic operation on a time intensity curve in which pixel values of the region of interest set by the setting unit are made consecutive.
US09204859B2
Described herein are methods and apparatus for detecting stones by ultrasound, in which the ultrasound reflections from a stone are preferentially selected and accentuated relative to the ultrasound reflections from blood or tissue. Also described herein are methods and apparatus for applying pushing ultrasound to in vivo stones or other objects, to facilitate the removal of such in vivo objects.
US09204852B2
A filtering device includes an X-ray translucent substrate having a plurality of septa disposed therein at a plurality of fixed positions with respect to the substrate. A controller is programmed to acquire a first set of projection data at a first energy spectrum by controlling the X-ray source to emit the X-rays at the first energy spectrum and controlling the position of the filtering device to focally align the plurality of septa with the X-ray beam emitted from the focal spot, and to acquire a second set of projection data at a second energy spectrum with a mean energy greater than the mean energy of the first energy spectrum by controlling the X-ray source to emit the X-rays at the second energy spectrum and controlling a change in the position of the filtering device to focally misalign the plurality of septa with the X-ray beam emitted from the focal spot.
US09204848B2
An x-ray source emits a cone beam to a rotating, x-ray-opaque disc with radial slots. The slots break the cone beam into fan beams that are emitted to an x-ray-opaque plate that produces a scanning x-ray pencil beam as each fan beam moves across a slit in the plate. A backscatter detector is adjacent to the plate. A collimator is adjacent. The pencil beam enters the object space through slits in the detector and collimator. The pencil beam moves rapidly in the y direction in the object space, producing backscatter x-rays from the object. The collimator only passes backscattered x-rays at a selected distance from the detector. Simultaneously, the assemblage of x-ray source, disc, plate, detector, and collimator moves slowly in the x and z directions. The backscattered x-rays passed by the collimator are processed to form planar images at various depths in the object space.
US09204843B2
There is provided an operation method of an optical distance measurement system including a first mode and a second mode. The first mode is configured to detect a finger distance. The second mode is configured to detect a physiological characteristic, wherein the optical distance measurement system transfers from the first mode to the second mode when the finger distance is within a predetermined range. There is further provided an optical distance measurement system.
US09204841B2
A catheter is responsive to external and internal magnetic field generators for generating signals representing position and pressure data, with a reduced number of sensing coil leads for minimizing lead breakage and failure. The catheter includes a flexible joint with pressure sensing and position coils, at least pair of a pressure sensing coil and a position coil are serially connected. Methods of calibrating a catheter for position and pressure sensing, and detecting magnetic field interference with one catheter by another catheter or other metal or ferrous object advantageously use signals between two sets of sensors as a “back up” or “error check”.
US09204835B2
The subject matter disclosed herein relates to methods for diagnosing a neurological disorder in a subject. In certain aspects, the methods described herein involve determining one or more critical areas in the brain from PET data where two groups differ and measuring PET signal within determined critical areas in a new subject in order to assign risk or diagnosis.
US09204828B2
A device may be implanted subcutaneously with an attached catheter inserted within, e.g., the peritoneal cavity of a subject. The catheter and/or device may also be inserted into another space, e.g., subcutaneous, vascular, peritoneal, cerebrospinal, pleural spaces, etc. The peritoneal fluid which normally collects and/or flows through the peritoneal cavity may be detected by the catheter and analyzed via the device to detect the concentration of glucose within the fluid.
US09204827B2
Methods and apparatus for providing data processing and control for use in a medical communication system are provided.
US09204809B2
The present invention is a blood pressure measuring device comprising an optical sensing unit adapted for detecting optical pulses at a plurality of locations on an external surface of a user. The device also comprises a processing unit coupled to the optical sensing unit for determining an optimal location from the plurality of locations based on the detected optical pulses and a pressure sensing unit adapted for detecting a pressure pulse of the user at a location of measurement. The present invention also discloses a method of measuring a blood pressure of a user using a blood pressure measurement device. The advantage of the present invention is that by using an optical sensing unit to locate the artery of the user, or to compensate the misalignment from the artery, the blood pressure is more accurately determined. With the calibration method, the deficient cuff calibration can be waived in certain circumstances.
US09204801B2
Methods for treating a wound include positioning a wound filler having a coating agent containing a fluorescent material proximate the wound. The wound filler is removed after a time period. The wound is then scanned using a fluorescence scanner to determine whether a portion of the wound filler remains at the wound. In response to the portion of the wound filler remaining at the wound, the portion of the wound filler is removed. Other methods and systems are presented.
US09204797B2
Systems and methods for diagnosing a user's condition based on his gait. A sensor module with multiple sensors is placed inside a user's shoe and biometric data is gathered from the sensors when the user takes a step or walks. The data is used to generate loops as the various sets of data is plotted against each other. The loops obtained from the data are then compared against stored loops previously obtained. Based on the results of the comparison, the user's condition is diagnosed using predetermined indicators of specific health issues. Using the biometric data, it can be determined whether the user has a specific condition, whether a specific condition is worsening, or whether a specific condition is improving.
US09204787B2
A panning stereo endoscope which maintains an up-down orientation as the stereo endoscope pans an operative field, the panning stereo endoscope including a shaft having an axis; first and second optical channels extending along the shaft, each of the first and second optical channels having an off-axis direction of view; and an actuating mechanism carried by the shaft and adapted to (i) synchronously rotate the first and second optical channels about their respective axes, and (ii) synchronously, inversely piston the first and second optical channels along their respective axes.
US09204780B2
According to example embodiments, a dishwasher may include a siphon break apparatus configured to substantially prevent a siphon effect in a fluid conduit configured to drain a fluid from the dishwasher. The siphon break apparatus may include a first check valve in fluid communication with the fluid conduit and exposed to a pressure therein and a second check valve in fluid communication with the first check valve. The first and second check valves may be configured to be substantially closed when pressure in the fluid conduit increases as a result of fluid being pumped through the fluid conduit and substantially open when pressure in the fluid conduit decreases as a result of the fluid no longer being pumped through the fluid conduit. Thereby the siphon effect may be substantially prevented.
US09204774B1
An embodiment of this invention is an adjustable wand for a carpet cleaning apparatus wherein the upper tube telescopes within a lower tube and allows lengthening of the wand. The lower nozzle is adjustable in that it allows rotation about the wand axis and allows removal of the nozzle. The preferred means for adjustment is a cam lock mechanism that tightens an adjustment clamp around the wand upper tube or nozzle neck.
US09204773B2
A surface cleaning apparatus is provided wherein a cyclone chamber has a lower end having a lower end wall and a lower openable end, and a sidewall, wherein the sidewall and the lower end wall meet at a juncture and the juncture extends at an angle to the lower end wall and the sidewall, wherein the lower openable end comprises the lower end wall and at least a portion of the juncture.
US09204770B2
A cleaner head for a cleaning appliance includes a housing having an upper surface and an underneath surface in which at least on suction opening is formed. The underneath surface has opposing side edges each having a first part which lies adjacent the suction opening or openings and forms a sharply-defined edge with the upper surface and an upwardly curved second part which is located rearwardly of the suction opening or openings. This arrangement is advantageously used in vacuum cleaners or other cleaning appliances in which a ball-type support allows an increased level of steerability involving lateral movement of the cleaner head across the surface to be cleaned. The upwardly curved side edges of the underneath surface of the cleaner head reduce the amount of effort required to achieve the steering by presenting a smoothly curved surface to the carpet or other floor covering.
US09204768B2
Disclosed is a toilet seat comprising a primary seat, a first auxiliary seat, and a second auxiliary seat. The primary seat can be used by individuals of average size in a conventional manner, while the first auxiliary seat can be used by smaller individuals. The second auxiliary seat can be used by individuals of larger size. Each seat can be independently raised and lowered as needed. The primary seat attaches below the first and second auxiliary seat, providing a support surface thereto. The device can be installed on a conventional toilet, requires no maintenance, and provides a seat that can accommodate a variety of different sized individuals.
US09204767B2
Dispensers, refill units and pumps are disclosed herein. An exemplary refill unit for dispensers includes a container with a cap secured thereto. A piston shaft having a piston is located through an aperture in the cap. A pump chamber is located within the neck of the container. The piston is movable at least partially within the pump chamber. When the piston is located in the neck of the container, the piston creates a seal with the neck. The piston is movable within the container between a first position creating a seal with the neck of the container and a second position wherein the seal with the container is broken to allow liquid to flow into the pump chamber. The pump chamber includes an outlet. Movement of the piston in a first direction compresses the pump chamber and movement of the piston in a second direction expands the pump chamber.
US09204765B2
An exemplary embodiment of a dispensing system includes a dispenser housing and a replaceable refill unit. The replaceable refill unit has a container that has a neck portion and a horizontal foam pump. The pump has an inlet orientated along an inlet axis and an outlet orientated along an outlet axis. A fluid passage extends from the pump chamber to the outlet. The inlet axis is offset from the outlet axis and the outlet axis is located closer to the front of the dispenser. An actuator is also located within the housing. In addition, an air compressor and an air passage to direct air into the fluid passage to mix the air with the fluid are included. The actuator is configured to drive the horizontal pump toward the front of the dispenser to dispense a fluid in the form of a foam.
US09204764B1
A curved shower rod assembly is provided and includes a first end rod and a second end rod, wherein each of the first end rod and second end rod include a rod bracket end and a rod interface end, the rod bracket end and rod interface end being separated by a rod curved portion. A center rod is also included, wherein the center rod is hollow and includes a center rod inner diameter sized to movably contain the rod interface ends. Additionally, a screw rod having a first end with right-hand threads and a second end with left-hand threads is also provided, wherein the screw rod is securely contained within the center rod. A first mounting bracket and a second mounting bracket are also included, wherein each of the first and second mounting brackets are oblong in shape and include a bracket top and a bracket bottom.
US09204756B2
A portable cooking grill includes upright posts, rails, a grilling surface, and a fuel tray. Each rail couples a pair of the upright posts. The grilling surface is coupled with the rails and supports food for cooking. The fuel tray is coupled with the rails and receives a volume of fuel. The grilling surface and the fuel tray slide relative to each other to allow them to be relatively moved into distinct positions. In one position, the fuel tray is beneath the grilling surface. In another position, at least a portion of the fuel tray is not beneath the grilling surface.
US09204754B1
An outdoor cooking vessel apparatus enables a user to selectively fry, boil or steam food items by reconfiguring the apparatus. The apparatus employs a cooking vessel having a bottom wall, side wall, an open top and a vessel interior. A basket is sized and shaped to fit the vessel interior. The basket having a bottom with an inner surface and an outer surface. A skewer rack is connectable to the basket bottom panel. The rack is connectable to the bottom panel inner surface for skewering the food items to be cooked in the basket interior when the basket occupies the vessel interior. The rack is connectable to the basket bottom outer surface wherein the skewer rack supports the basket in an elevated position above the cooking vessel bottom. The basket enables items to be cooked within the basket when the basket occupies the vessel interior and wherein the skewer rack is not connected to the basket such as when frying large items (for example, turkey).
US09204753B2
The present invention provides a power shutdown apparatus for preventing overheating of a hot beverage machine, comprising a tubular section protruding upward from a bottom of a water tank of the beverage machine and penetrating in top-down manner, a floating pipe inside the tubular section, a magnet within the floating pipe, a limiter attached to an upper opening of the tubular section without covering the tubular section to allow water to be poured in; a sensor at the bottom portion of the tank and adjacent to a sinking portion of the floating pipe; and wherein the floating pipe inside the tubular section sinks correspondingly with a lower water level of the water in the tank to drive the magnet inside the floating pipe to activate the sensor on one side thereof such that power of the heating device of the tank is shut down to prevent overheating of the machine.
US09204751B2
Apparatus and method for forming beverages using a beverage cartridge and sonic energy. A cartridge may include a sonic receiver, such as a feature that extends into an interior space of the cartridge and is arranged to receive a sonic emitter that introduces sonic energy into the interior space. The sonic receiver may be excited by sonic energy, which causes the sonic receiver to itself introduce sonic energy into the cartridge.
US09204741B2
A dispensing system for dispensing a volatile material includes a first wall portion with an opening disposed therein, and a second wall portion hingedly connected to a first end of the first wall portion about a first fold line. The second wall portion further includes an aperture disposed therein. A third wall portion is hingedly connected to a second end of the first wall portion about a second fold line. The third wall portion includes a tab. The first, second, and third wall portions fold about the first and second fold lines to form a substantially planar structure in a first state. The tab on the third wall portion is adapted to be retained within the aperture of the second wall portion in a second state.
US09204739B2
An apparatus and method to retain a product support, displaying the product in a container, in adjustment panels mounted to a frame. Each adjustment panel may mount to the frame at a particular inclination angle, and include a number of serpentine slots for engaging a number of support pins extending from sides of the product support. Each serpentine slot in the number of serpentine slots may include a notch at each end, and at each direction change, of the serpentine slot. Each notch in a particular serpentine slot may be a different distance from a top edge of its respective adjustment panel. A first product support may be retained in a notch such that a top edge of a first container with a first depth on a first product support is substantially level with a top edge of a second container of a second depth on a second product support.
US09204736B2
A modular system for illuminating store shelving includes one or more power supplies hidden from view to power vertically extending tracks which power light assemblies attached to the shelves. Wire management tracks are also provided so there are no dangling wires extending from the tracks to the light assemblies and all wires are generally hidden from view.
US09204734B2
The cup storage device includes a tube having opposing dispensing and terminal ends and inner and outer surfaces that define an inner volume. The inner volume receives cups stacked upon each other and stores them. The cup storage device includes a plurality of resilient cup restraining members disposed on the inner surface of the tube at the dispensing end. The cup restraining members extend from a mounting end proximate the inner surface of the tube to a contact end. A guide structure is positioned on the inner surface of the tube. The guide structure defines a recess. The contact ends of the plurality of cup restraining members are disposed within the recess.
US09204732B2
A therapeutic mattress assembly comprising a mattress having a substrate assembly that includes a plurality of cylinders positioned side by side over the length of the mattress. Each cylinder is configured as a low air loss system to allow air to flow into the cylinder from a source and out of the cylinder through small holes located on the top of each cylinder. An overlay assembly provides a foam cushion that provides a supporting surface above the substrate assembly for the patient. A calf lift bladder operates to effectively raise or lower the patient's feet to prevent pressure related injuries. A lateral rotation assembly selectively raises and lowers a selected half of the mattress to turn patients in a lateral direction. A bolster inflates in response to the lateral rotation assembly to secure the patient within the mattress.
US09204725B2
A hunting blind comprising a metal framework that is bent at the midpoint of the long axis at an angle in the range of one hundred to one hundred sixty degrees to form a leg rest portion, a seatback portion, a first curved rocker, and a second curved rocker. The leg rest portion comprises a seat. The seatback portion comprises a first stop leg, second stop leg and back support. Diagonal side supports connect the leg rest portion to the seatback portion. A hunting blind comprising a molded polymer unit with a leg rest portion, seatback portion, molded swivel rocker, molded seat indentation, and first and second rotatable stop legs. A hunting blind comprising a molded polymer leg rest component, molded polymer seatback component, first and second connecting rods, and first and second rotatable stop legs.
US09204723B2
A support or mounting bracket includes a fixed portion having a first mounting surface and a second mounting surface opposite the first mounting surface. The first mounting surface couples to a display screen and the second mounting surface couples to a support stand. The support bracket also includes at least one free portion that extends from the fixed portion and couples to an arm plate and at least one connecting portion that couples the at least one free portion to the fixed portion. The arm plate includes a proximal end mounted to the at least one free portion and distal end that supports a peripheral device.
US09204717B2
Work surface with interactive area for access to a computerized device, with application in laboratories, clean rooms, environments where there is a risk of explosion and health spaces, including controlled environment concerning aseptic conditions, chemical, thermal and/or mechanical resistance. It comprises a work surface with top plate (1) and a supplementary plate (3), with normal use in a laboratory; touch detection system (2, 6), incorporated inside of a suitable enclosure (5); a screen (7) and other components inside the enclosure (5) under the work surface; supporting components (4, 8). Use on countertops, fume hoods, laboratory furniture, vertical panel, with use of aseptic materials or easy to decontaminate, or in environments with fewer restrictions, or in hospital areas, in situations where the users have to work wearing gloves and simultaneously make registers, in areas of high chemical and/or thermal loads.
US09204716B2
A frame arrangement for the inverted support of a tablet to enable a supine individual to read and operate the tablet. The frame arrangement comprises an arrangement of tablet-supporting side members for peripherally surrounding and supporting a tablet, and a plurality of length adjustable leg members attached to an underside portion of the tablet-supporting side members. The leg members have a tightenable universal swivel joint thereat, to permit the leg members to be positionally and lengthwise adjusted adjacent a supine user of the frame arrangement.
US09204714B2
The collapsible cleaning device includes a broom and a pan. The broom has a brush provided with bristles on the bottom surface thereof and secured by the top surface thereof to the end of a handle. The pan has a plate provided on at least one of the edges thereof with a wall projecting from the top face as well as a gripper secured to the wall. The brush is hinged to pass from a retracted position extending along the handle to an extended position extending orthogonally relative to handle, and vice versa.
US09204711B2
Finger holds that are adhesively secured and form ridges jutting downwardly from the back surface of an associated handheld device are described. Each finger hold provides a location by which the user's finger tip can brace and consequently permit the user to better grip and hold the device with a single hand.
US09204710B1
A supporting device for an object comprises a support plate, a base plate, a pivot device, and a fastening device. The pivot device allows the base plate to rotate 360 relative to the support plate. The fastening device has a first member and a second member. The first member has a first side including a plurality of projections and a second side including a first adhesive that attaches the first member to the base plate. The second member has a first side including a plurality of projections and a second side including a second adhesive that attaches the second member to the object. The plurality of projections of the first member and the second member removably connect the first member to the second member, and disconnect only after a separation force is applied. Various supporting systems for objects are employed using the supporting device.
US09204704B1
A powder applicator includes a base housing with a protruding brush and an opening into a cavity for storing powder beads. A body housing opening creates a chamber that transitions into a chute having a second smaller opening for delivery of powder. A filter partitions the chamber into grinding and delivery chambers, which are interconnected by selectively sized holes therein. Bristles of an applicator brush are secured about the chute. The base housing is rotatably secured to the body housing, with the first brush extending into the grinding chamber to thereby grind powder beads received therein into a powder. The first brush contacts the filter member and causes doffing of formed powder through the holes and into the delivery chamber. A cap having a cantilevered post snaps onto the body housing to protect the applicator brush when not in use, with the post's end plugging the delivery opening.
US09204701B2
A brush for applying hair dye to hair or removing hair dye from hair has a base, multiple dye-holding units disposed on the base, and a handle that extends from the base for grasping by a person's hand. Various embodiments of dye-holding units are disclosed, one of which has an absorbent medium disposed on a stem that is mounted on the base. The dye-holding units of the brush are arranged on the base in a pattern comprising multiple side-by-side rows with each row comprising multiple brush units. A dye-holding pan has multiple open-top receptacles for holding hair dye. The receptacles are arranged in a pattern that allows brush units in each of multiple rows to be inserted into the receptacles on a basis of only one dye-holding unit to one receptacle.
US09204700B1
A hair styling device includes an integrated elastic loop, at least one spacer, and at least one fastener. The elastic loop includes a pair of elastic cord portions. The spacer has two spaced through-holes internally, and a middle passage is formed between and communicates the through-holes. The elastic cord portions of the elastic loop, which penetrates the spacer, are held in the through-holes of the spacer, and the elastic loop is spaced into a first loop and a second loop. The middle fastener penetrates the middle passage of the spacer to separate the elastic cord portions in the spacer and resists the elastic cord portions to allow the elastic cord portions to be securely held in the spacer. The hair styling device also provides a creation method of the hair styling device.
US09204698B2
A method of keeping necklaces completely kink and tangle free. This device will allow the carrier to port their thinnest necklaces or bracelets with the accompanying ring and earrings from place to place and then to extract it whenever, wherever, with absolutely no kinks.
US09204681B2
Boots having an appearance indicative of a particular style or construction can be constructed with portions of the boot that have an appearance and characteristics directed toward functionality other than appearance or style. Portions of a boot that are not generally visible when worn, for example, with pants or coveralls, include the shaft or chimney of the upper portion of the boot. The shaft of such boots can be constructed of materials that are generally waterproof or fluid-resistant, making the boot easier to clean and mitigating against dirt, mud, or other soiling factors from adhering to such portions of the boot. In combination with a generally visible portion of the boot, such as the vamp and toe box, having an indicative appearance, such boots allow for a wearer to both present footwear having a particular style and fluid-resistant or waterproof characteristics.
US09204677B2
A device for use with a helmet in contact sports, which includes a curved body connected with the helmet and configured for disposal along a front part of a user's neck. The body includes: (i) planar first and second surfaces, the first surface defining a slot; and (ii) a third surface that is curved along the front part of the user's neck and configured to be spaced from but does not contact the user's neck. The device is configured to absorb an impact force and resist the user's neck from moving forward during a sports collision. Systems and methods are disclosed.
US09204676B2
Garments releasably attachable to one another are provided. The present invention may include a first garment having a flap and a second garment have a slot. The flap may be formed to fit through the slot when the garments are being worn. The present invention may further include an attachment component that releasably attaches the flap with the second garment.
US09204664B2
This document provides devices and methods for processing elongate generally cylindrical food products. For example, this document provides devices and methods for longitudinally cutting sausages, and the sausage designs as cut thereby.
US09204661B2
A rack oven includes a cooking chamber accessible via a door and a rack rotating mechanism within the cooking chamber. A combustion chamber is separated from the cooking chamber by at least one wall, the combustion chamber including a burner. A circulation flow path is provided for delivering gases from the cooking chamber into the heating chamber and past the burner in the combustion zone to pick-up heat and combustion gases for delivery back to the cooking chamber to heat the cooking chamber. A flame protector located in the heating chamber in the circulation flow path upstream of the burner prevents gases moving past the burner from extinguishing the burner.
US09204660B2
A feed additive composition includes a protective agent, lecithin in an amount of 0.05 to 6% by weight relative to a total weight of the composition, a basic amino acid in an amount of at least 40% by weight and less than 65% by weight relative to the total weight of the composition, and water. A method of producing a feed additive composition includes preparing a molten mixture of at least one protective agent, lecithin and at least one basic amino acid, and solidifying the molten mixture by immersing the molten mixture in water or an aqueous liquid. The protective agent includes hydrogenated vegetable oils and/or hydrogenated animal oils having melting points of greater than 50° C. and less than 90° C.
US09204658B2
A process for the production of frozen foods, particularly vegetables or fruits, including the stages of subjecting the food to a slight and slow dehydration, preferably by air convection, to partially eliminate its water content by between approximately 2 and 10% by weight, especially its outermost layer; allowing the food to rest to favor the redistribution of the free water contained therein and subjecting the food, after its packaging, to a rapid convection freezing treatment, either by immersion in an aqueous solution of salts or by the use of liquid nitrogen. In the case of chopped fruits, before the dehydration stage the portions are sprayed with an antioxidant product.
US09204657B2
An outdoor cooker is double walled insulated and has a completely removable internal firebox that defines a vertical column which includes a fuel and fire chamber separated from an ash and air chamber by a fire grate. The perimeter wall defines an air inlet that opens the air and ash chamber to an air supply passage through the cooker body, and further defines an exhaust outlet that opens into the inner chamber of the cooker. Consistent low cooking temperatures (200°-250° F.) without resupplying fuel or opening the outdoor cooker for 10-20 or more hours are easily accomplished. The outdoor cooker is also versatile enough to directly cook other meats, such as steaks, at high temperatures for total cook times that may only last a matter of minutes. The outdoor cooker can also be configured for medium temperature indirect and direct barbequing.
US09204652B2
[Problem] To provide an antibacterial agent which can be limited to the required location on the surface of a material without mixing and has excellent antibacterial, antifungal and antiviral effects even at low concentrations of the active component without elution or volatilization.[Solution] An antibacterial agent that contains as an active component a resin having an organic group represented by general formula (I-1). (In the formula (I-1), R1 and R2 mutually independently represent a C1-C4 fluoroalkyl group. “C” and “A” are bonded to each other through a covalent bond or an ionic bond, and “A” represents a hydrogen atom or a cation.)
US09204644B2
Disclosed is an insecticidal composition comprising by weight based on the total weight of the composition: (a) from about 0.25 to about 25% of one or more anthranilic diamide insecticides; (b) from about 2.5 to about 25% of a poly(lactic acid) polymer component having a water dispersability of at least about 5% by weight at 20° C. and an average molecular weight ranging from about 700 to about 4,000 daltons; wherein the ratio of component (b) to component (a) is about 1:1 to about 1:10 by weight; and (c) from about 20 to about 50% of a composition comprising either (i) a poly(lactide-co-glycolide) copolymer and a methyl poly(ethylene glycol) copolymer, or (ii) an acrylate/methacrylate-based polymer or copolymer and a methyl poly(ethylene glycol) copolymer; wherein the methyl poly(ethylene glycol) copolymer has a water solubility of at least about 5% by weight at 20° C., a hydrophilic-lipophilic balance value of at least about 7, and an average molecular weight ranging from 12,000 to 65,000, and further wherein the ratio of the poly(lactide-co-glycolide) or the acrylate/methacrylate-based polymer or copolymer, to the methyl poly(ethylene glycol) is about 1:1 to about 4:1 by weight and the ratio of component (c) to component (b) is about 2:1 to about 9:1 by weight. Also disclosed is a geotropic propagule coated with the insecticidal composition. Further disclosed is a liquid composition comprising the insecticidal composition, and a method for protecting a geotropic propagule and plant derived therefrom from a phytophagous insect pest.
US09204640B2
The invention relates to novel 2-acyloxypyrrolin-4-ones of the formula (I) in which A, B, G, W, X, Y and Z have the meaning given above, to a plurality of processes and intermediates for their preparation, and to their use as pesticides and/or herbicides. The invention also relates to selective herbicidal compositions comprising, firstly, the 2-acyloxypyrrolin-4-ones and, secondly, a crop plant compatibility-improving compound.The present invention furthermore relates to the boosting of the action of crop protection compositions comprising, in particular, 2-acyloxypyrrolin-4-ones, through the addition of ammonium salts or phosphonium salts and optionally penetrants, to the corresponding compositions, to processes for producing them and to their application in crop protection as insecticides and/or nematicides and/or acaricides and/or for preventing unwanted plant growth.
US09204638B2
The present invention relates to a method of increasing yield of a plant. This method involves applying to a plant and/or area of cultivation thiophanate methyl and an isolated hypersensitive response elicitor protein or polypeptide fragment, wherein said applying is carried out under conditions effective to induce a synergistic yield from the plant. The present invention also relates to a composition comprising a liquid or solid carrier, thiophanate methyl, and an isolated hypersensitive response elicitor protein or polypeptide fragment.
US09204637B2
The present invention provides a composition for controlling plant diseases having an excellent control efficacy on plant diseases. A composition for controlling plant diseases comprising an amide compound represented by a formula (I); wherein each of symbols are the same as defined in the Description; or salts thereof and at least one kind of azole compounds selected from the group (A) consisting of tebuconazole, difenoconazole, triticonazole, imazalil, triadimenol, fluquinconazole, prochloraz, prothioconazole, diniconazole, diniconazole M, cyproconazole, tetraconazole, ipconazole, triforine, pyrifenox, fenarimol, nuarimol, oxpoconazole fumarate, pefurazoate, triflumizole, azaconazole, bitertanol, bromuconazole, epoxiconazole, fenbuconazole, flusilazole, flutriafol, hexaconazole, imibenconazole, myclobutanil, penconazole, propiconazole, simeconazole, triadimefon and metconazole, shows an excellent controlling efficacy on plant diseases.
US09204634B2
The present invention provides a composition for controlling harmful arthropods having an excellent control efficacy on harmful arthropods. A composition for controlling harmful arthropods comprising an amide compound represented by a formula (I); wherein each of symbols are the same as defined in the Description; or salts thereof and at least one kind of neonicotinoid compounds selected from the group (A) consisting of imidacloprid, clothianidin, thiamethoxiam, dinotefuran, acetamiprid, thiacloprid and nitenpyram, shows an excellent controlling efficacy on harmful arthropods.
US09204632B2
Process for producing microcapsule formulation and microcapsule formulation produced by same process
The present invention is intended to provide a technique for delaying timing for releasing an agricultural chemical compound from a microcapsule formulation which contains the agricultural chemical compound in at least one compound from the group of consisting of ester compounds and aromatic hydrocarbon compounds. A microcapsule formulation produced by the following process is more effectively controlled in release of an agricultural chemical compound therefrom, than any of the existing microcapsule formulations. This production process comprises the steps of(1) maintaining a mixture of an agricultural chemical compound (a), at least one compound (b) selected from the group consisting of ester compounds and aromatic hydrocarbon compounds, except for the compounds of the formula (I): (wherein X represents —CH2—CH2— or —CH═CH—; R1 represents a C1-C4 alkyl group; and R2 represents a C1-C4 alkyl group), and a polyisocyanate (c) at a temperature of from 20 to 80° C. for 3 hours or longer; (2) adding the resulting mixture to an aqueous solution which contains a polyol or a polyamine, to form liquid droplets of the mixture in the aqueous solution; (3) forming coatings of a polyurethane or a polyurea around the liquid droplets.
US09204631B2
A process for making microcapsules comprising i) forming a solution of a cross-linker in a liquid; ii) forming a slurry of a surface-modified particulate inorganic material in an aqueous medium; and iii) dispersing the solution of step i) in the slurry of step ii) and causing or allowing the cross-linker to react with the surface-modified particulate inorganic material so as to form a cross-linked microcapsule wall.
US09204626B2
The present relates to a method and system for controlling an inclination of a boom with respect to a vehicle. A central frame member allows a pivotal movement of the boom with respect to the vehicle. Sensors collect data related to an inclination of the central frame member with respect to the vehicle. Control means control the inclination of the central frame member with respect to the vehicle. An electronic control unit actuates the control means based on the collected data. The control means may comprise breaking means for preventing a variation of the inclination of the central frame member, and adjustment means for modifying the inclination of the central frame member.
US09204624B2
Non-human animals, e.g., mammals, e.g., mice or rats, are provided comprising an immunoglobulin heavy chain locus that comprises a rearranged human immunoglobulin heavy chain variable region nucleotide sequence. The rearranged human immunoglobulin heavy chain variable region nucleotide sequence may be operably linked to a heavy or light chain constant region nucleic acid sequence. Also described are genetically modified non-human animals comprising an immunoglobulin light chain locus comprising one or more but less than the wild type number of human immunoglobulin light chain variable region gene segments, which may be operably linked to a light chain constant region nucleic acid sequence. Also provided are methods for obtaining nucleic acid sequences that encode immunoglobulin light chain variable domains capable of binding an antigen in the absence of a heavy chain.
US09204617B2
A pet toilet includes an outer and inner container. A lower outer sidewall portion having a lower sidewall provided on a sidewall of the outer container, and a lower inner sidewall portion having a lower sidewall provided on a sidewall of the inner container. The outer and inner containers are movable. A pet entrance that is lower than an adjacent sidewall formed by arranging the inner container into the outer container, such that the position of the lower outer sidewall portion matches the position of the lower inner sidewall portion. Further, the lower outer sidewall portion is closed by the sidewall of the inner container and the lower inner sidewall portion is closed by the sidewall of the outer container by arranging the inner container into the outer container, such that the position of the lower outer sidewall portion does not match the position of the lower inner sidewall portion.
US09204613B1
A soybean cultivar designated 127976462471 is disclosed. Embodiments include the seeds of soybean 127976462471, the plants of soybean 127976462471, to plant parts of soybean 127976462471, and methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean 127976462471 with itself or with another soybean variety. Embodiments include methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more genes or transgenes and the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. Embodiments also relate to soybean cultivars, breeding cultivars, plant parts, and cells derived from soybean 127976462471, methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from soybean 127976462471, and the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. Embodiments further include hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing 127976462471 with another soybean cultivar.
US09204608B1
A novel maize variety designated PH268R and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing maize variety PH268R with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH268R through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. Hybrid maize seed, plant or plant part produced by crossing the variety PH268R or a locus conversion of PH268R with another maize variety.
US09204601B1
The present invention relates to a new and distinctive canola, designated CL60855R. Also included are seeds of canola CL60855R, to the plants, or plant parts, of canola CL60855R and to methods for producing a canola plant produced by crossing the canola CL60855R with itself or another canola genotype, and the creation of variants by mutagenesis or transformation of canola CL60855R.
US09204600B2
The present invention provides an inbred corn line designated ID3517, methods for producing a corn plant by crossing plants of the inbred line ID3517 with plants of another corn plant. The invention further encompasses all parts of inbred corn line ID3517, including culturable cells. Additionally provided herein are methods for introducing transgenes into inbred corn line ID3517, and plants produced according to these methods.
US09204598B2
Disclosed is a wavelength-conversion material, and methods for its use, that includes an organic fluorescent dye and a polymeric matrix, wherein the organic fluorescent dye is solubilized in the polymeric matrix, and wherein the polymeric matrix is capable of absorbing light comprising a wavelength of 500 to 700 nm and emitting the absorbed light at a wavelength of greater than 550 to 800 nm.
US09204593B2
The invention relates to devices for spreading liquid manure, wherein a liquid manure sensor (8) determines the constituents of the liquid manure (G) to be spread and an evaluating unit (10) compares the determined values with predefined constituent data. The quantity of liquid manure (G) to be spread per area unit is calculated based on the result of the comparison. According to the result of the comparison an adjustable valve (6) actuates a distributor device (7) accordingly, by means of which the calculated quantity of liquid manure (G) is spread onto the field.
US09204591B2
A universal scraper for use with an opening disc, the universal scraper comprising an elongated body having a first end and a second end, the first end being adapted to mount to an axle, and the second end being adapted to receive a scraper blade, wherein the elongated body is sized and shaped so that when the first end of the elongated body is attached to an axle and a scraper blade is mounted to the second end of the elongated body, the scraper blade is presented in scraping disposition to the opening disc.
US09210835B2
Electromagnetic interference shielding structures and methods of shielding an object form electromagnetic radiation at frequencies greater than a megahertz generally include providing highly doped graphene sheets about the object to be shielded. The highly doped graphene sheets may have a dopant concentration greater than >1e1013 cm−2, which is effective to reflect the electromagnetic radiation or a dopant concentration of 1e1013 cm−2>n>0 cm−2, which is effective to absorb the electromagnetic radiation.
US09210828B2
A power supply device structure includes a casing with a front panel and an insertion port formed on the front panel, an elastic plate installed on an internal side of the casing, and a pull handle with an end pivoted to the casing by a first pivot and the other end pivoted to the movable end of the elastic plate by a second pivot. Both ends of the elastic plate are a fixed end and a movable end respectively, and the fixed end is disposed on an internal side of the casing, and the movable end is protruded from the front panel. A portion of the pull handle is bent into a U-shaped clamp portion which is corresponsive to the insertion port, and the pull handle is pivoted by the first and second pivots, such that the clamp portion is situated at an external side of the insertion port.
US09210821B2
A locking assembly used to lock at least one electronic device in a communication apparatus includes a housing, a latching member, a spring member and a key member. The latching member is pivotably connected to the housing by a pivoting member, and includes a pair of latching portions used to pass through the housing to be locked in the communication apparatus. The spring member is elastically connected between the housing and the latching member. The key member includes a pair of coupling portions used to be inserted into the housing and engage with the pair of receiving portions to make the latching member rotate relative to the housing about the pivoting member, so as to make the pair of latching portions to be released from the corresponding latching holes.
US09210811B2
A compact rigid-flexible board includes two flexible PCBs, two rigid substrates, a third trace layer and a fourth trace layer. The first flexible PCB includes a first depressing portion, a first exposed portion and a third depressing portion, and a separated second exposed portion. The second flexible PCB includes fourth and fifth depressing portions, and a second exposed portion. The first rigid substrate includes sixth, seventh, and eighth depressing portions. The second rigid substrate includes ninth and tenth depressing portions. The third trace layer, the sixth, first, fourth, and ninth depressing portions and the fourth trace layer are stacked in sequence. The third trace layer, the seven, second, fifth, and tenth depressing portions, and the fourth trace layer are stacked in sequence. The third trace layer and the eighth and third depressing portions are stacked in sequence.
US09210810B2
Systems and methods for the design and fabrication of flexible devices, including high-performance large-area OLEDs, narrow border display panels and lighting panels are provided. Various described fabrication- and design-processes may be used to provide the necessary electrical drive to lighting and display panels. Electrical drive may be provided to one or more row- and column-signals by patterning conductive elements near the panel edge. The electrical elements may further be folded over a region near the panel edge back on itself, such that electrical traces may route around the display edge. This may allow the display active area to be substantially the same area as its viewing area, and furthermore may allow pixels go substantially all the way to the edge of the viewing area.
US09210798B2
An embodiment of the present invention provides a wireless module comprising a circuit board module, a USB connector and a wave absorbing film. The USB connector is connected to the circuit board module. The wave absorbing film is disposed on the circuit board module and is extended to overlap at least a part of the USB connector. In addition, a wave-absorbing cavity is formed between the wave absorbing film and the USB connector.
US09210791B2
The present invention is a cooling block that forms an electrode for generating a plasma for use in a plasma process, and includes a channel for a cooling liquid, the cooling block comprising: a first base material and a second base material respectively made of aluminum, at least one of the first and second base materials having a recess for forming a channel for a cooling liquid; and a diffusion bonding layer, in which zinc is diffused in aluminum, and an anti-corrosion layer of a zinc oxide film, the layers being formed by interposing zinc between the first and second base materials, and by bonding the first and second base materials with zinc interposed therebetween in a heating atmosphere containing oxygen.
US09210789B2
A device for generating a plasma, comprises an alternating voltage source, a travelling wave resonator and coupling means that are designed to couple the alternating voltage generated by the alternating voltage source into the travelling wave resonator in such a manner that travelling electromagnetic waves are produced, wherein the travelling wave resonator is designed to increase the electric field strength of the travelling electromagnetic waves in such a manner that a plasma is ignited in a gas. The invention further relates to a method for generating a plasma, comprising the steps of: generating an alternating voltage; generating travelling electromagnetic waves in a travelling wave resonator by coupling said alternating voltage into the travelling wave resonator; and increasing the electric field strength of the travelling electromagnetic waves in the travelling wave resonator in order to ignite a plasma in a gas.
US09210781B2
A light source device includes a plurality of light emitting devices connected in series, an open-circuit failure detecting section, a failure detection and maintenance section, and a short-circuiting section connected in parallel to at least one light emitting device among the plurality of light emitting devices. The open-circuit failure detecting section detects an open-circuit failure of the light emitting device connected in parallel. The failure detection and maintenance section shifts to, when the open-circuit failure detecting section detects the open-circuit failure, a circuit state during the open-circuit failure and maintains the circuit state to which the failure detection and maintenance section shifts. The short-circuiting section short-circuits, when the failure detection and maintenance section maintains the circuit state during the open-circuit failure, both ends of the light emitting device in which the open-circuit failure is detected.
US09210776B2
Coded light has been proposed to enable advanced control of light sources and transmit information using light sources. It is based on invisibly embedding of data and identifiers in their light output. Methods, devices and systems configured to efficient assignment of addresses in a coded lighting system, still allowing for unique identification, are proposed. More specifically, the assignment of addresses occurs in two phases, where in the initial phase wide area unique addresses are used, while in the second phase only local area unique addresses are used. Also, methods, devices and systems configured to efficiently distribute a set of addresses over a set of light sources in this second phase, to maximize the performance of the illumination contribution estimation, and positioning, are disclosed.
US09210770B2
Disclosed is a lighting control system including an object lighting control device and at least one reference lighting control device. The object lighting control device generates an object brightness control signal to control an object brightness of an object lighting device provided in an object district using a sensed result of an object illuminance around the object lighting device as well as reference data. The reference lighting control device generates a reference brightness control signal to control a reference brightness of a reference lighting device provided in a reference district using a sensed result of a reference illuminance around the reference lighting device, and transmits at least one of the reference illuminance and the reference brightness as the reference data to the object lighting control device in response to a request of the object lighting control device.
US09210766B2
The invention provides a method of imposing a dynamic color scheme on light (311) of a lighting unit (300) arranged to generate light (311) of variable color. The method comprises: detecting with a sensor (210) a first color and a second color of a colored entity (100); and varying the color of the light (311) of the lighting unit (300) between the first color and the second color of the colored entity according to a time scheme. The invention further provides a color sensor unit (200) comprising a sensor (210) and a control unit (220) for use in such a method.
US09210764B2
An organic light emitting diode device includes a first electrode, a light emitting member on the first electrode, a second electrode on the light emitting member, which second electrode includes a first material, a protective member on the second electrode, which the protective member includes a second material having a larger absolute value of a standard oxidation potential than that of the first material, and a thin film encapsulating layer on the protective member.
US09210757B2
A string of LED loads is supplied by means of a rectified mains voltage. A cathode of each LED load is coupled to ground by means of a string. The strings are made conductive and non-conductive one by one in dependency of the instantaneous value of the rectified mains using both voltage and current sensing.
US09210755B2
A lighting assembly to be primarily used in an agricultural setting to illuminate farm animals with different colors of lighting. The assembly has a circuit for emitting light with different colored light emitting diodes that are arranged in networks of LEDs. The second and third networks are arranged in parallel to a first network of LED forming three separate current paths for lighting the LEDs. Each path has controllable impedance element arranged in series with the network of LED in that particular path and is controlled by a dynamic impedance control element that is coupled to the controllable impedance element to direct current through the individual paths of the circuit.
US09210753B2
A system for controlling multiple strings of LEDs includes a group of LED driver ICs, each of which includes a current sense feedback (CSFB) sample latch for storing a digital representation of the forward-voltage drop across a controlled LED string. Each CSFB latch is coupled to a register within a serial lighting interface (SLI) bus that both originates and terminates at an interface IC. As the data on the SLI bus is shifted into the interface IC, the interface IC selects the CSFB word that represents the highest forward-voltage drop of any of the controlled LED strings, which is then used by the interface IC to generate a CSFB signal for setting the appropriate supply voltage for the controlled LED strings.
US09210743B2
A lighting device including: a lighting circuit; a drive circuit; a dimmer control circuit; and an LPF, the drive circuit for increasing on-time as a pulse height increases when an inputted PWM signal satisfies a first condition where a pulse height is greater than a first threshold and less than a second threshold greater than the first threshold, and making the on-time for which a switching element is on when the switching element turns on and off once in a burst period, constant in a second condition where the height pulse is greater than the second threshold, the LPF generating a smoothedPWM signal which has a first time period satisfying the first condition and a second time period satisfying the second condition in a signal interval indicating a duty ratio, and outputting the smoothed PWM signal to the drive circuit.
US09210739B2
Foil-based PTC heaters are self-regulating, i.e. do not need any electronic control unit (ECU) to limit the maximum heating current. In order to establish different heating power levels the present invention proposes to choose different PTC ratio/onset characteristics. In addition, the print design of the PTC ink can be adjusted accordingly.
US09210738B2
The present disclosure relates to apparatuses configured to pre-form atomizers. The apparatus may include wick and heating element supplies configured to respectively provide a substantially continuous wick and a substantially continuous heating element. A winding mechanism is configured to wind the heating element about the wick. An adjustment mechanism is configured to adjust a position at which the winding mechanism winds the heating element about the wick. Additionally a synchronization mechanism synchronizes winding the heating element about the wick with adjustment of the position at which the heating element is wound about the wick such that the heating element defines a coiled heating element segment wound about the wick. This process may be repeated to produce multiple coiled heating element segments wound about the wick. A related method is also provided.
US09210732B2
A wireless communication device receives a first-type packet. If the first-type packet does not include first predetermined information, the device may store first specific information. In some examples, if the first-type packet includes the first predetermined information, the device does not store the first specific information. The device receives a second-type packet after receiving the first-type packet. If the first specific information is stored and the second-type packet is received, the device may send a third-type packet when the target-device identifying information is the same as the first-external-device identifying information. The third-type packet might not be sent where the target-device identifying information is different from the first-external-device identifying information. If the first specific information is not stored and the second-type packet is received, the device may send the third-type packet. When sending the third-type packet, the device may also send a wireless profile.
US09210730B2
A method of establishing a direct mobile communications (DMC) link between a first user equipment (UE) and a second UE, where at least one of the first UE and the second UE is communicating on a first cellular link includes requesting that at least one of the first UE and the second UE participate in an evaluation procedure to determine a potential quality of a DMC link proposed between the first UE and the second UE. The method also includes receiving a report from at least one of the first UE and the second UE indicating the potential quality of the DMC link proposed between the first UE and the second UE according to the evaluation procedure. The method further includes establishing the DMC link between the first UE and the second UE if the potential quality of the DMC link exceeds a predetermined threshold.
US09210723B2
The invention relates to a transmission control method implemented by a station having at least one data frame to be transmitted via a wireless telecommunication network. In one aspect, the method comprises, at each selection round from a maximum number of selection rounds: a step of obtaining a value representative of either an authorization to transmit the frame, or of a prohibition to transmit the frame; and, when the value is representative of an authorization for transmission, transmitting an information signal in the network so as to indicate, to the other stations, that the station has obtained a value representative of an authorization for transmission. The transmission of the information signal is at least partially carried out during the transmission of a data frame in the network.
US09210722B2
A method for a station to periodically broadcast messages over a wireless channel to communicate to multiple other stations who transmit on the same channel, the station becomes ready to broadcast at successive message activation times, at a message activation time the station performing a Multiple Access mechanism (930) to resolve channel access competition and the station subsequently starting transmission of a message, wherein at least two successive message activation times differ a random time interval.
US09210702B2
Disclosed is a base station in which the frequency usage efficiency can be improved when the communication bandwidths are asymmetric in the uplink line and the downlink line. A base station can communicate by using a plurality of downlink unit bands and a smaller number of uplink unit bands. A control unit allocates uplink resource allocation information and downlink resource allocation information to a PDCCH which is arranged in each of the plurality of downlink unit bands, and allocates a response signal to the uplink line data to a PHICH which is arranged in the same number of downlink unit bands from the plurality of downlink unit bands as there are uplink unit bands. A transmit RF unit transmits the resource allocation information or the response signal.
US09210700B2
Systems and methodologies are described that facilitate simultaneous transmission of control information in a single sub-frame. For instance, simultaneous transmission can maintain single carrier waveforms for a control channel even when a plurality of information types is scheduled in concurrently. Channel quality indicators, scheduling requests and acknowledgement messages can be jointly coded. In addition, reference symbols in a sub-frame can be modulated to indicate values associated with a scheduling request or an acknowledgement message. Moreover, in situations where channel quality indicators, scheduling requests and or acknowledgement messages are simultaneously scheduled, one or more can be dropped. Further, a single carrier constraint can be relaxed to enable simultaneous transmission of information in the sub-frame at different frequencies.
US09210697B2
A method and apparatus for transmitting ACK/NACK of a user equipment are provided. The method includes: receiving a first PDCCH and a second PDCCH through at least one serving cell; receiving a first PDSCH scheduled by the first PDCCH; receiving a second PDSCH scheduled by the second PDCCH; allocating a first PUCCH resource on the basis of a lowest index of a CCE on which the first PDCCH is transmitted; allocating a second PUCCH resource on the basis of a lowest index of a CCE on which the second PDCCH is transmitted; and transmitting ACK/NACK for the first PDSCH and the second PDSCH through a serving cell linked to a serving cell receiving the first PDCCH and the second PDCCH, wherein a transmission resource for transmitting the ACK/NACK is selected from the first PUCCH resource and the second PUCCH resource.
US09210696B2
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for processing uplink control information (UCI) and a method for transmitting the UCI based on a multiple input multiple output system, which processing method comprises: repeating ACK/NACK source bits and/or rank indicator (RI) source bits in the uplink control information to form M groups, with each group corresponding to a code word (S302), wherein M is the total number of code words; carrying out channel encoding on the ACK/NACK source bits and/or RI source bits of each code word to obtain QACK*Li output bits (S304), wherein QACK is the channel encoding output bits corresponding to each layer in a certain code word, L is the total number of layers, and the layer number corresponding to the i-th code word is Li; and multiplexing and interleaving the output bits and the data bits of the corresponding code word (S306). The present invention solves the problems of transmission and channel encoding of the ACK/NACK and/or RI in the multiple input multiple output (MIMO) system, and at the same time takes into account high load situations and backward compatibility.
US09210693B2
A method for transmitting data of hotspot cell coverage includes: a base station adjusts a Modulation and Coding Scheme (MCS) table allowing the same to satisfy a 256 QAM modulation scheme, and acquires layer 1 Transport Block Size (TBS) when the modulation scheme is 256 QAM; on the basis of NPRB, ITBS and the number of Transport Block (TB) mapping layers, the base station determines the TBS currently transmitting data, and transmits data on the basis of the TBS. Also provided is a device and base station for transmitting data. Employment of the method, device, and base station for transmitting the data of hotspot cell coverage of embodiments of the disclosure allows for optimized modulation scheme for the same to support up to 256 QAM, and for improved system throughput, thus solving the problem in hotspot cell coverage of system transmission speed not capable of satisfying actual demand.
US09210686B2
Provided is a radio communication device including a radio communication section that communicates by radio with a base station that changes a cycle for sending a paging channel to a second cycle in a case where no response is made from the radio communication device responsive to the paging channel sent in accordance with a first cycle, a detecting section that detects a state change of the radio communication device, and a receipt control section that switches a receiving cycle for receiving the paging channel from the first cycle to the second cycle according to a detection result obtained by the detecting section.
US09210680B2
A method and apparatus for selecting a real time location service provider enables improved positioning services. The method includes processing a request for a position of a portable electronic device, where the request identifies at least one local access point and a connected cellular communication cell to which the device is operatively connected (step 705). The connected cellular communication cell is then matched with a listed cellular communication cell, where the listed cellular communication cell is associated with the real time location service provider and with a plurality of registered access points (step 710). Further, the at least one local access point is matched with at least one registered access point in the plurality of registered access points (step 715). Finally, the real time location service provider is selected based on an association of the at least one registered access point with the real time location service provider (step 720).
US09210673B2
Regaining uplink synchronization after timing alignment failure in cellular communications. An out-of-sync condition with a cellular network may be detected. A first type of random access procedure may be initiated in response to detecting the out-of-sync condition. It may be determined whether or not a message transmitted as part of the first type of random access procedure is received by the cellular network. If the message transmitted as part of the first type of RACH is received by the network and no response to the message is received from the cellular network, a second type of RACH may be initiated. The second type of RACH may include a message having an indication that an out-of-sync condition occurred.
US09210668B2
Techniques for mitigating interference due to peer-to-peer (P2P) communication are described. In an aspect, a P2P UE may measure the signal strength of downlink signals from base stations and may set its transmit power based on (e.g., proportional to) the measured signal strength in order to mitigate interference to WWAN UEs communicating with base stations. In another aspect, the P2P UE may measure the signal strength of uplink signals from WWAN UEs and may set its transmit power based on (e.g., inversely proportional to) the measured signal strength in order to mitigate interference to the WWAN UEs. In one design, the P2P UE may measure the signal strength of an uplink signal from a WWAN UE, estimate the pathloss between the two UEs based on the measured signal strength, and determine its transmit power based on the estimated pathloss.
US09210666B2
A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. The apparatus of a first cell communicates with a second cell in relation to a coordinated multipoint (CoMP) transmission of control information by the second cell and data by the first cell to a user equipment (UE) in a range expanded region of the first cell, determines a desired transmission power level for an uplink transmission to the first cell by the UE, and provides the desired transmission power level for the uplink transmission to the second cell.
US09210664B2
A wireless device receives a control message configuring cell groups comprising a primary cell group and a secondary cell group. The wireless device receives a control command causing the wireless device to transmit a random access preamble on random access resources of a secondary cell in the secondary cell group. The wireless device transmits the random access preamble on the random access resources to the base station. Transmission timing of the random access preamble is determined, at least in part, employing uplink subframe transmission timing of the primary cell or a stored timing advance value.
US09210659B2
A method and an apparatus for controlling a dormancy mode of the portable terminal by minimizing the dormancy mode entry delay of the display in power-off state are provided. The method includes starting, when the application processor and the communication processor stop data communication in display power-off state, a dormancy mode timer, checking, when the dormancy mode timer expires, a dormancy mode flag indicating communication channel state, and entering, when the dormancy mode flag indicates a communication channel connection release state, the dormancy mode, wherein the dormancy mode timer counts a number of segments constituting a maximum standby time for entering the dormancy mode.
US09210658B2
An information processing device (100) stores information (hereinafter, referred to as communication network information) in advance, which information indicates whether or not a communication network (200) is compatible with a Fast Dormancy function. Then, the information processing device (100) reads the communication network information of the communication network (200) when a packet communication with an information server (220) is ended, and sets a free procedure of a communication channel based on the communication network information that is read. Then, information processing device (100) frees the communication channel according to the free procedure that is set.
US09210657B2
Operation of a user equipment (UE) with various timers is discussed. According to this scheme, when the UE receives values for each of timers related with a discontinuous reception (DRX) operation from a network, the UE monitors a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) from subframe n+1 to subframe n+X based on a first timer among the above mentioned timers when a first event for starting the first timer occurs at the subframe n, and monitors the PDCCH from subframe n to subframe n+X−1 based on a second timer among said timers, when a second event for starting the second timer occurs at the subframe n.
US09210654B2
A telecommunications system including a plurality of repeater nodes, each repeater node having a transceiver unit operable to transmit and receive data to or from one or more other of the repeater nodes or a control node or a mobile device within a predetermined range. The control node operable to transmit data to and receive data from the mobile device via the repeater nodes using a time frame divided into a plurality of time slots. The time slots of the time frame are allocated to the repeater nodes to the effect that each repeater node transmits to another repeater node in one of the upstream or the downstream directions in a time slot which is a minimal time from the time slot in which the other repeater node transmits in the upstream or downstream direction.
US09210652B2
It is possible to shorten channel monitoring periods of unoccupied channels during Wi-Fi discovery by verifying whether or not a message indicating the presence of a Wi-Fi AP has been detected prior to the probe timer reaching a medium channel time (MedChannelTime). For example, STAs detecting some channel activity during the clear channel assessment may nevertheless discontinue monitoring a Wi-Fi Channel when no messages indicating the presence of a Wi-Fi AP are detected prior to expiration of the MedChannelTime. Messages indicating the presence of a Wi-Fi AP may include any Wi-Fi messages sent from or destined for a Wi-Fi AP, while excluding probe requests and non-Wi-Fi messages.
US09210633B2
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for avoiding interference from transmissions coming from a home Node B, a home evolved Node B (HeNB) or closed subscriber group (CSG) cells when a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) is moving through a dense deployment of CSG cells.
US09210628B2
A mobile station includes a parameter retrieval unit that retrieves information representing carrier frequencies of a serving cell and a neighboring cell from a radio base station, a frequency band setting unit that sets a frequency band for measuring radio quality of the serving cell and the neighboring cell, based on the information representing the carrier frequencies of the serving cell and the neighboring cell, and a measurement unit that measures the radio quality of the serving cell and the neighboring cell, based on the set frequency band.
US09210627B1
Throttling of transition attempts to connected mode based on user context. A wireless device may camp on a serving cell. A motion state of the wireless device may be monitored. One or more connected mode transition procedures on the serving cell may be attempted. If at least a threshold number of connected mode transition procedures fail on the serving cell while the wireless device is stationary, further connected mode transition attempts may be throttled for up to a certain amount of time. Alternatively, or in addition, the wireless device may bar itself from camping on that cell for up to a certain amount of time. Either or both of throttling connected mode transition attempts or barring cells may also be based on other aspects of user context, such as display state.
US09210623B2
In an example embodiment, an access point or wireless local area network controller programs an opaque cookie into a wireless client. The cookie carries association detail and current traffic information of the client. When the client roams to a new access point, the client presents the cookie to the new access point.
US09210618B2
UE-assisted management of advanced radio link feature in a wireless communication network may include a network entity determining that a mobile entity is capable of communicating with one or more base stations using a set of radio link configurations, receiving a request from the mobile entity to restrict use of at least one of the radio link configurations, and restricting use of the at least one of the radio link configurations for communicating with the mobile entity, based on the request. The request may indicate a reason for the restriction, and the network entity may determine whether to restrict based on the reason. Once a radio link configuration is restricted, it may similarly be unrestricted based on a subsequent UE request, or based on expiration of a time period.
US09210617B2
A method for a user equipment sending an uplink resource scheduling request in a long term evolution mobile communication system and the user equipment thereof are provided. The present invention relates to a technique for the user equipment sending the uplink resource scheduling request in a long term evolution system, for reducing the user data transmission delay. The embodiments of the present invention set the minimum alternative option of the scheduling request transmission cycle configuration parameter as 2 ms or 1 ms, that is to say, add 2 ms or 1 ms, or 2 ms and 1 ms to the alternative option of the scheduling request transmission cycle configuration parameter, therefore, improving the flexibility of the whole system in the scheduling request transmission cycle configuration. When the data delay is required to be less, the user data transmission delay can be reduced, by using the 2 ms or 1 ms scheduling request transmission cycle configuration, to the delay requirement of 10 ms as close as possible.
US09210615B2
A system and method in a packet network for optimally separating control and data in the context of mobile networking. The embodiments disclosed herein utilize virtualization and elastic computing in the context of a control plane while the user plane flexibility is realized by application programming interfaces (APIs) between a control and user plane. The control plane is configured to receive a notification that a mobile device is done sending or receiving a communication; store in a flow table flow information associated with the communication; receive a trigger for resumption of flow when the communication is to be resumed; and pass the flow information to a cache in a data plane.
US09210613B2
A method includes receiving, at a first computing device, first data associated with a performance indicator of a wireless wide area network for a first time period. The method also includes determining, at the first computing device, whether the performance indicator satisfies a performance threshold. The method further includes, based on determining that the performance indicator does not satisfy the performance threshold, offloading one or more communication devices from the wireless wide area network so that the performance indicator satisfies the performance threshold. The method finally includes sending a first instruction to a second computing device. The second computing device enables one or more access points to provide mobile communication services to the one or more communication devices.
US09210611B2
A method includes generating, at a second wireless device, a signal (SIG) unit to be transmitted to a first wireless device. The SIG unit includes a length field and an aggregation field. In response to determining to use aggregated transmission to the first wireless device, the method further includes setting the aggregation field to a first value and setting the length field to a number of symbols. In response to determining not to use the aggregated transmission to the first wireless device, the method further includes setting the aggregation field to a second value and setting the length field to a number of bytes.
US09210610B2
A method for setting a header of a protocol data unit in a radio link control layer of a wireless communications system, wherein a length indicator consisting of multiple bits is used to indicate an ending position of a first service data unit carried by a first PDU, includes under a predefined condition, not inserting a length indicator for a second SDU carried by a second PDU in the header of the second PDU.
US09210607B2
Methods for grouping MTC devices in MTC networks are proposed. One of the proposed methods includes grouping femto MTC devices into femto groups and grouping macro MTC devices into macro groups, where each of the assigned groups has its granted interval for delivering MTC messages. In the proposed method, it may detect network overload of each group or unsuccessful access request of each device, and statistically count consecutively accumulated number of occurrence of the CN overload of each group or accumulated number of occurrence of unsuccessful access request retries of each device. The group numbers, cycle time, and access probability of the macro groups or the femto groups may be adjusted according to the aforementioned accumulated numbers. In addition, the macro groups or the femto groups are merged or split according to determination based on the statistical counts.
US09210603B2
The present disclosure relates to a technique for performing physical layer measurements on a frequency resource relative to other frequency resources in a telecommunications system operable to communicate over multiple frequency resources. A method aspect of this technique includes determining that a mobile terminal is to perform a physical layer measurement with regard to a first frequency resource, determining if there is data to be communicated over one or more second frequency resource(s) within a time period wherein the first frequency resource is distinct from the second frequency resources: if it is determined that there is no data to be communicated over the second frequency resource(s) within the time period, performing the physical layer measurement on the first frequency resource and forming a quality measure of the first frequency resource based on the physical layer measurement; or if it is determined that there is data to be communicated over the second frequency resource(s) within the time period, modifying the physical layer measurement and forming a quality measure of the first frequency resource based on the modified physical layer measurement.
US09210566B2
A processor-based personal electronic device (such as a smartphone) is programmed to automatically respond to data sent by various sensors from which the user's activity may be inferred. One or more of the sensors may be worn by the user and remote from the device. A wireless communication link may be used by the device to obtain remote sensor data. Data from on-board sensors in the device—such as motion sensors, location sensors, and the like—may also be used to deduce the user's current activity. In one embodiment, an extended period of inactivity triggers a reminder to the user to get up, stretch and move about. In other embodiments, transitions in a user's activity level may be used to trigger reminders and/or set the state of the device (such as a Do Not Disturb state wherein notifications and alarms are suppressed).
US09210564B2
The present solution relates to a method in a first communication node (109,113) for enabling authorization of the first communication node (109,113) to determine a first bit rate. The first communication node (109,113) receives (302,306,401), from a second communication node (101), a message comprising at least one trigger to determine a first bit rate and obtains (303,308,402) a first rank. The node (109,113) determines (304,404) the first bit rate associated with the first rank, and transmits (305,312,405) the first bit rate associated with the first rank to the second communication node (101), enabling authorization of the first communication node (109,113) to determine the first bit rate.
US09210562B2
A method, network node, and user equipments for providing parameters to a first user equipment served by the network element, the parameters describing at least a second user equipment for the purpose of the first user equipment initiating a device to device proximity discovery service with the second user equipment, the method collecting information for user equipments desiring device to device proximity discovery; creating a candidate user equipment list for a candidate tier based on the collected information at the network element, wherein each candidate tier comprises one or more thresholds based on timing advance values in use at the first or the at least the second user equipment; and providing the parameters describing at least a second user equipment to the first user equipment.
US09210547B2
In one embodiment, user data is analyzed to determine whether a user may be in an impaired condition or demonstrating impairment related activity. The user data may reflect the location of the user or the behavior of the user. In response to the impairment related activity, a contact database is accessed for one or more other users. A communication session is initiated with the one or more other users. A poll of the one or more uses results in a sobriety assessment or a driving condition assessment of the potentially impaired user.
US09210545B2
Systems and methods are provided for managing alerts provided to a user of a mobile device based on context of the mobile device. For example, a perimeter of a geo fence can be decreased when the mobile device enters a particular context (such as when the user is traveling on a train), thereby decreasing unwanted alerts. As another example, certain alerts can be dynamically turned on based on the device entering a specified context (e.g., a particular application being executed or the mobile device is being carried by the user as the user is running), thereby allowing the user to receive alerts that he/she would not have otherwise received.
US09210539B2
An apparatus, method and computer program storage device cooperate to provide a quality position estimation of a mobile communication device by determining a reference area. The reference area includes the position of the mobile communication device as well as a plurality of transmitters. Transmitters that are detected as being outside of the reference area are excluded from contributing to the position estimate. The reference area is centered at a standard position, which may be a previous position or a GPS based position, for example. The range of the reference area includes a component that considers the range of a transmitter, as well as a GPS error or an estimated move distance of the mobile communication device.
US09210537B2
According to an embodiment, a wireless communication device, which complies with plural communication methods, includes a storing circuit and a received data selection determining circuit. The storing circuit sequentially stores a first received data until the first received data reaches a predetermined data size. When it is assumed that a radio signal complies to a second communication method, a first period is longer than a second period. The first period is a period from a first time when a reception of the radio signal is started to a second time when the first received data with the data size is stored. The second period is a period from the first time to a time when a second reception start signal is detected. The received data selection determining circuit determines a selection of the first received data, when the second reception start signal is not detected at the second time.
US09210532B2
Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, communication is made by a machine-to-machine (M2M) device with a first base station using a first group identifier, and then a handover is performed to a second base station. The M2M device listens to a message broadcast by the second base station to determine if the first group identifier should be changed. The M2M device requests assignment of a second group identifier for communication with the second base station if it is determined that the group identifier should be changed for the M2M device. In some embodiments, the M2M device wake from an idle mode to listen to a message broadcast by the base station. If the message indicates that a group identifier should be changed, the M2M device requests assignment of an updated group identifier.
US09210526B2
Techniques for improved audio localization for visual effects are described. In one embodiment, for example, an apparatus may comprise a processor circuit and an audio management module, and the audio management module may be operable by the processor circuit to determine a position of a user interface element in a presentation area, determine an audio effect corresponding to the user interface element, determine audio location information for the audio effect based on the position of the user interface element, the audio location information defining an apparent position for the audio effect, and generate audio playback information for the audio effect based on the audio location information. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US09210525B2
A sound field control apparatus appropriately presenting desired sound in a listening area and sufficiently reducing the sound in a nearby area without constraint on configuration arrangement includes: a listening compensation filter processing a signal from a sound source using a control characteristic and outputting the signal to a second speaker; and a control filter processing the signal from the listening compensation filter using a control characteristic and outputting the signal to a first speaker. The characteristic of the control filter is a first previously-set characteristic whereby reproduced sound from the second speaker is reduced by reproduced sound from the first speaker at a first control position. The characteristic of the listening compensation filter is a second previously-set characteristic whereby sound having a predetermined target acoustic characteristic is presented by reproduced sounds from the first and second speakers at a second control position.
US09210512B2
The present invention relates to a flat-type speaker, and more specifically, to a flat-type speaker in which a plurality of magnetic circuits are horizontally connected in serial or in parallel such that one speaker is formed. According to the present invention, a flat-type speaker in which a plurality of magnetic circuits are horizontally connected is constituted by: a horizontal connection structure in which two or more pairs of independent magnetic bodies having different polarities are equipped; on said two or more magnetic bodies, enabling two or more voice coil plates, on which voice coils are printed, to be vertically arranged between the respective magnetic bodies in a horizontal direction; enabling the stream of currents of said two or more voice coil plates to maintain the same direction; allowing two or more thin film-shaped vibration-lead plates to be positioned on the upper end of said two or more voice coil plates such that the plates are electrically separated from each other; and allowing said voice coils and said two or more vibration-lead plates to be electrically connected with each other.
US09210496B2
An earphone comprising an earphone housing having a wall comprising (1) a front side that joins (2) an end portion in which a primary sound output opening is formed, which joins (3) a face portion in which a secondary output opening is formed, which joins (4) a back side which joins the front side and encloses a driver, wherein the face portion and the front side form a tapered portion of the earphone housing that is dimensioned to be inserted into, and contact, an ear of a wearer, wherein the primary output opening is dimensioned to output sound generated by a diaphragm of the driver contained within the earphone housing into the ear, the secondary output opening is dimensioned to vent the ear to a surrounding environment, and wherein the primary output opening and the secondary output opening face different directions and are positioned over a sound output face of the driver.
US09210485B2
Call numbers are recognized in order to establish a connection from a lie-switched network to a packet-switched network. In one aspect, a device comprises a unit for detecting a selected string of digits as a selected call number, a unit for storing a plurality of authorized call numbers, a comparator unit for comparing the selected all number to the plurality of stored call numbers, and a unit for converting the selected call number into an associated IP address as soon as the comparator unit detest that the selected call number matches one of the stored all numbers.
US09210479B2
A broadcasting receiver and method of interfacing resource information between a host device and a POD, sending host device resource information and obtaining host device resource information are disclosed. A POD sends a resource information requesting message. And a host device receives the resource information requesting message and responds with a resource information message including a resource identifier defined in a resource information table which includes information indicating whether the host device supports A-mode. Using a “conditional access” feature provided by a conventional cable security card, content received through any type of transport protocol (including an IP protocol) including a wired/wireless network can be protected and A-mode resource information can be systematically defined together with other-mode IP communication resource and the resource information of different modes can be integrated and transmitted to the host device.
US09210475B2
A method may include receiving, from a user device, a search query associated with identifying media content items available from a service provider. A database of key words associated with a plurality of media content items is searched to identify a set of media content items having key words associated therewith that match the search query. It is determined, for each media content item in the set of media content items, whether the matching key word is a global key word representative of the media content item in its entirety, or a local key word representative of one or more portions of the media content item. The set of media content items based on the determining. The ranked set of media content items is transmitted to the user device for display to a user.
US09210472B2
The present invention is a method and system for generation and playback of supplemented videos which include interactive features. The supplemented video includes hotspots that allow a video viewer to interact with the video when the video viewer sees an object. The hotspots can be manually defined. Information regarding the object and the hotspot can be stored in a separate XML file. Furthermore, the present invention can be a marketplace where a desired object can be found by searching the XML file. The search results can list the supplemented videos which contain hotspots corresponding to the object and also the time in the supplemented video in which the object is found. The present invention can also aggregate data about the objects based on the playback of the supplemented videos and the video viewer's interaction with the supplemented videos.
US09210467B2
A method and system for a universal remote control used with display devices that support automatic content recognition (ACR) are described. The remote control may be paired to the display device and may receive a trigger signal from the display device that corresponds to an interactive event overlay displayed on the display device as a result of the ACR operations. The pairing may occur through the use of near field communication (NFC) signals and/or WiFi signals. A graphical user interface (GUI) may be generated for display on a screen of the remote control device that corresponds to the interactive event overlay. The screen may be a touch-screen that enables the user to interact with the remote control through the GUI. The remote control may communicate one or more signals to the display device in response to user input received by the remote control device from information provided through the GUI.
US09210466B2
Viewers use remote controls to generate mute signals based on broadcast programming. Those mute signals are processed into mute messages, which are sent to viewers' television audio controls, which mute and un-mute broadcast audio based on the mute messages. Accurate mute messages are generated based in part on various mute signal statistics derived from mute signal streams. Sending mute signals can result in mute signal point credits, and receiving mute messages can result in mute point debits. Additionally, more accurate mute signals can result in greater mute point credits.
US09210459B2
An operation terminal includes: a posture detection section detecting a posture of the operation terminal, a change of the posture, or both thereof; a mode selection section selecting, based on a detection result of the posture detection section, an operation mode from a plurality of operation modes including a gesture mode and a non-gesture mode; and a transmission section sending a control command corresponding to the detection result of the posture detection section to an electronic unit when the gesture mode is currently selected.
US09210446B2
The invention relates to systems and methods for prioritizing video slices of H.264 video bitstream comprising: a memory storage and a processing unit coupled to the memory storage, wherein the processing unit operates to execute a low complexity scheme to predict the expected cumulative mean squared error (CMSE) contributed by the loss of a slice of H.264 video bitstream, wherein the processing unit operates to execute a series of actions comprising assigning each slice a predicted value according to the low complexity scheme; extracting video parameters during encoding process, said video parameters; and using a generalized linear model to model CMSE as a linear combination of the video parameters, wherein the video parameters are derived from analytical estimations by using a Generalized Linear Model (GLM) over a video database, encompassing videos of different characteristics such as high and low motion, camera panning, zooming and still videos, further comprising wherein the GLM is constructed in a training phase as follows: determining the distribution of the computed CMSE to be a Normal distribution with the Identity link function; sequentially adding covariates using the forward selection technique where by the best model is evaluated at each stage using the Akaike's Information Criterion (AIC); the training phase of the model generates regression coefficients; the final model is validated through the testing phase by predicting the CMSE for different video sequences, not in the training database; and by using the regression coefficients, the expected CMSE values are predicted for each slice.
US09210438B2
A method and apparatus of using logical mode numbers during both prediction and coding in the bit stream, such as for high efficiency video coders (HEVC). These logical intra mode numbers are sorted based on angle which as a result leads to improved coding designs with fewer and smaller look-up tables, and a small gain in coding efficiency. Furthermore, by using this type of naming, the number of most probable modes (MPMs) can be readily extended since no additional tables are required. The use of three MPMs achieves a larger gain of 0.25% and 0.31% for the AI_HE and AI_LC cases, respectively.
US09210437B2
A hardware multi-stream multi-standard video decoder device. A command parser accesses a plurality of video streams, identifies a video encoding standard used for encoding video streams of the plurality of video streams, and interleaves portions of the plurality of video streams. A plurality of hardware decoding blocks perform operations associated with decoding the plurality of video streams, wherein different subsets of the plurality of hardware decoding blocks are for decoding video streams encoded using different video encoding standards, such that interleaved video streams are decoded by activating subsets of the plurality of hardware decoding blocks for use in decoding the plurality of video streams. A plurality of register sets store parameters associated with the plurality of video streams.
US09210433B2
A specific region in each frame image input after a detection process has been completed a predetermined number of times or more is estimated from a specific region detected from a past frame before the frame. The shift between the specific region detected from a first frame image input after the detection process has been completed the predetermined number of times or more and the specific region estimated for the first frame image is obtained. When the shift falls within a predetermined range, an encoding parameter to encode the specific region estimated for a second frame image input at a point the detection process for the first frame image has been completed with a higher image quality than that of regions other than the specific region is set.
US09210427B2
A video encoding device includes: pixel bit length increasing means for increasing a pixel bit length of an input image based on pixel bit length increase information; transform means for transforming output data of the pixel bit length increasing means; entropy encoding means for entropy-encoding output data of the transform means; non-compression encoding means for non-compression-encoding input data; multiplexed data selection means for selecting output data of the entropy encoding means or output data of the non-compression encoding means; and multiplexing means for multiplexing the pixel bit length increase information in a bitstream, wherein a pixel bit length of an image corresponding to the output data of the entropy encoding means and a pixel bit length of an image corresponding to the output data of the non-compression encoding means are different from each other.
US09210423B2
There is disclosed a method comprising receiving a set of coefficients; and determining whether a sign of a coefficient in the set of coefficients can be embedded in a bitstream. If the determining indicates that the sign of the coefficient in the set of coefficients can be embedded in the bitstream, an indication of the embedded sign is inserted into the bitstream. There is also disclosed a method comprising receiving a set of decoded coefficients; and determining whether a bitstream contains an indication of an embedded sign of a coefficient. If the determining indicates that the bitstream contains the indication of an embedded sign of a coefficient, the sign is determined on the basis of the decoded coefficients; and the sign of the coefficient is modified on the basis of the determined sign.
US09210416B2
Apparatus, methods, and articles of manufacture for media monitoring are disclosed. In particular, the example apparatus, methods, and articles of manufacture determine a media source type associated with a media signal and select an encoding or decoding mode based on the media source type. An encoding operation encodes the media signal using the selected encoding mode and a decoding operation decodes the media signal using the selected decoding mode.
US09210409B2
A three-dimensional image display apparatus according to an embodiments includes: an optical plate being capable of controlling light arrays from pixels of a plane display device by using a plurality of optical openings; a specification unit configured to read parallax information of a plurality of pixel groups each including a plurality of pixels in the plane image display device associated with each of the plurality of optical openings, specify two pixels adjacent to a boundary of the plurality of pixel groups, determine one of the two specified pixels to be a first pixel, and determine the other of the two specified pixels to be a second pixel; a processing unit configured to process to mix parallax information of the first pixel with parallax information of the second pixel; and a conversion unit configured to convert parallax information obtained by the processing unit to an image for three-dimensional image display.
US09210406B2
Disclosed are an apparatus and method for converting video contents, each of which converts 2D contents into 3D contents. The method includes: determining an object to be extracted from a plurality of frames which contain 2D contents; determining a respective possession degree of information about the object to be extracted, with regard to each of the plurality of frames; selecting at least one key frame from among the plurality of frames in accordance with the determined possession degrees of information about the object to be extracted; extracting an object with regard to the selected key frame; assigning depth for conversion into 3D contents to the object to be extracted; and performing tracking upon all but the key frame from among the plurality of frames. Accordingly, the 2D-3D conversion can be performed with high accuracy and reliability.
US09210394B2
A stereoscopic video reproduction device comprising: a first acquisition unit; a second acquisition unit configured to acquire a display size of a stereoscopic display of output destination; a decision unit configured to compare the acquired display size of the stereoscopic display and the plurality of intra-interval maximum display sizes and decides whether the display size of the stereoscopic display is larger than the plurality of intra-interval maximum display sizes; a selection unit configured to select, from the viewpoint images at N viewpoints, two viewpoint images corresponding to an intra-interval maximum display size which the decision unit decides to be equal to or smaller than the display size of the stereoscopic display among the plurality of intra-interval maximum display sizes; and an output unit configured to output a stereoscopic video formed with the two viewpoint images selected by the selection unit when outputting the acquired stereoscopic video to the stereoscopic display.
US09210388B2
In a laser source module aligning laser beams from laser sources for three colors, red, green, and blue on a single combined beam optical axis, decreasing relative displacements of beam spots of three colors, occurring due to thermal deformation by temperature rise, is achieved by a laser source module including plural laser sources, each incorporating a laser having a laser chip installed on a heat sink and a lens converting a light radiated from the laser into a laser beam, and a beam combining unit aligning the laser beams from the laser sources on a single combined beam optical axis, wherein the lasers in at least two or more ones of the laser sources are arranged so that their laser beams will be decentered toward a same direction on the combined beam optical axis upon displacement of an emission point of the laser chip away from the heat sink.
US09210387B2
According to a color imaging element and an imaging device of the present invention, because one or more pixels of first filters corresponding to transparence are disposed within a pixel line of each direction of a first direction to a fourth direction of a color filter array, it is possible to acquire brightness information in a high frequency range with high precision and reduce occurrence of a false color (color moire), thereby obtaining image data with excellent resolution. Further, because one or more pixels of the first filters corresponding to transparence are disposed within the pixel line of each direction of the first direction to the fourth direction, it is possible to realize color filters with excellent optical sensitivity.
US09210385B2
An embodiment of the present invention includes a master camera that may record master metadata regarding an object of interest and communicate the master metadata to a slave camera. The slave camera may zoom, pan, or tilt to isolate and record more detailed image data regarding the object of interest based on the master metadata. In addition, the slave camera may record slave metadata regarding the object of interest. The master and slave metadata may be stored associated with the recorded image data enabling a later search for the object of interest to be expedited. The recorded image data including the object of interest may be identified with greater ease as it may be guided by the master or slave metadata, or a combination thereof. According to embodiments presented herein, processing time for searching and identifying an object of interest may be reduced by enabling a search on the metadata associated with image data, rather than by searching the image data itself.
US09210383B2
A method and apparatus for processing encrypted content distributed for end users in multiple services includes receiving entitlement information for a subset of at least two of the services separately from the encrypted content for the services and either calculating decryption key information for the subset of services from the entitlement information and storing the decryption key information in memory so that decryption key information for a selected service can subsequently be read from memory, or storing the entitlement information for the subset of services in memory so that the entitlement information for a selected service can subsequently be read from memory and decryption key information for the selected service can be calculated.
US09210377B2
Methods, systems, and products generate telepresence visualizations for a remote participant to a videoconferences. A central server superimposes the remote participant onto images or video of the teleconferencing environment. The central server thus generates an illusion that the remote participant is in the same conferencing environment as other conferees.
US09210375B2
A transmission system that transmits and receives base data, which is necessary for reproducing image and audio, and extended data, which is used for improving quality of the image and the audio, via a communication network between transmission terminals is provided, The transmission system includes: a base-data relay system that includes: a plurality of base-data relaying units for relaying the base data transmitted from a source transmission terminal among the transmission terminals to a destination transmission terminal among the transmission terminals; and a selecting unit that selects one base-data relaying unit from among the base-data relaying units for each communication between transmission terminals; and an extended-data relay system that includes: an extended-data relaying unit for relaying the extended-data transmitted from the source transmission terminal to the destination transmission terminal.
US09210370B1
A unified system of programming communication. The system encompasses the prior art (television, radio, broadcast hardcopy, computer communications, etc.) and new user specific mass media. Within the unified system, parallel processing computer systems, each having an input (e.g., 77) controlling a plurality of computers (e.g., 205), generate and output user information at receiver stations. Under broadcast control, local computers (73, 205), combine user information selectively into prior art communications to exhibit personalized mass media programming at video monitors (202), speakers (263), printers (221), etc. At intermediate transmission stations (e.g., cable television stations), signals in network broadcasts and from local inputs (74, 77, 97, 98) cause control processors (71) and computers (73) to selectively automate connection and operation of receivers (53), recorder/players (76), computers (73), generators (82), strippers (81), etc. At receiver stations, signals in received transmissions and from local inputs (225, 218, 22) cause control processors (200) and computers (205) to automate connection and operation of converters (201), tuners (215), decryptors (224), recorder/players (217), computers (205), furnaces (206), etc. Processors (71, 200) meter and monitor availability and usage of programming.
US09210364B2
A media system for a vehicle comprises a housing mounted to an overhead portion of the vehicle, and a media unit that is capable of being coupled to the housing, wherein the housing includes a receiving portion that pivots with respect to the housing and receives the media unit in the receiving portion.
US09210363B2
A wideband receiver system comprises a wideband analog-to-digital converter (ADC) module and a digital frontend (DFE) module. The wideband ADC is configured to concurrently digitize a band of frequencies comprising a plurality of desired channels and a plurality of undesired channels. The DFE module is coupled to the digital in-phase and quadrature signals. The DFE module is configured to select the plurality of desired channels from the digitized band of frequencies, and generate an intermediate frequency (IF) signal comprising the selected plurality of desired channels and having a bandwidth that is less than a bandwidth of the band of frequencies, where the generation comprises frequency shifting of the selected plurality of desired channels. The IF signal may be a digital signal and the DFE is configured to output the IF signal via a serial or parallel interface.
US09210362B2
A wideband receiver system comprises a mixer module, a wideband analog-to-digital converter (ADC) module, and digital circuitry. The mixer module is configured to downconvert a plurality of frequencies that comprises a plurality of desired television channels and a plurality of undesired television channels. The wideband ADC module is configured to digitize the swatch of frequencies comprising the plurality of desired television channels and the plurality of undesired television channels. The digital circuitry is configured to select the desired plurality of television channels from the digitized plurality of frequencies, and output the selected plurality of television channels to a demodulator as a digital datastream.
US09210355B2
Various embodiments of apparatus and/or methods are described for remotely controlling an entertainment device using a mobile communication device. A user utilizes a mobile communication device to input information that requests manipulation of playback of content outputted for presentation by an entertainment device. The mobile communication device transmits the user input to the entertainment device, and responsive to receiving the user input, the mobile communication device manipulates playback of the video content.
US09210353B2
Electronic equipment and methods for permitting quick control of the operating state of a source equipment side from sink equipment. A television receiver (sink equipment) 100 and an amplifier (repeater equipment) 200 are interconnected over an HDMI cable 610, and the amplifier 200 and a DVD recorder (source equipment) 300 are interconnected over an HDMI cable 620. Each of the pieces of equipment includes, in addition to an HDMI receiving unit and an HDMI transmitting unit, a high-speed data line I/F included in a bidirectional communication unit that uses predetermined lines of the HDMI cable. The bidirectional communication unit is used to transmit channel selection information, a remote control code instructing recording, “theater mode” designating information, a remote control code, or the like from the television receiver 100 to the audio amplifier 200 or DVD recorder 300.
US09210351B2
According to one embodiment, a signal transmission apparatus being AC-coupled with a receiving apparatus through a digital transmission line includes a transmitting module configured to transmit a differential signal based on an encoded bit serial input signal such that a low frequency component of the differential signal to be transmitted is maintained at a constant level when the differential signal based on the encoded bit serial input signal is transmitted to the digital transmission line where the encoded bit serial input signal includes a ratio of the number of logic 1 to the number of logic 0 which is different from 5:5.
US09210345B2
A method for operating a global shutter image sensor includes performing both a global shutter (image capture) operation and a rolling shutter (readout) operation. During the global shutter operation, image information (charges) are captured by photodiodes in every pixel, and then simultaneously transferred to charge coupled gate (CCG) devices provided in each pixel. The rolling shutter operation includes performing multiple correlated double sampling (CDS) readout phases utilizing readout circuits that are shared by groups of pixels (e.g., four pixels share each readout circuit) having CCG devices connected in a chain. After resetting a floating diffusion in the readout circuit, a first captured charge is transferred to floating diffusion for readout, and the remaining charges are shifted along the CCG chain. The remaining CCG devices are then sequentially read out by repeating the read-and-shift operation. The readout operation is then repeated for each row of pixel groups.
US09210341B2
An image processing device includes a storage section, an estimation calculation section, and an image output section. A pixel is sequentially shifted so that overlap occurs to acquire a light-receiving value of the pixel as a low-resolution frame image. The storage section stores the low-resolution frame image. The estimation calculation section estimates estimated pixel values at a pixel pitch smaller than the pixel pitch of the low-resolution frame image. The image output section outputs a high-resolution frame image that has a resolution higher than that of the low-resolution frame image based on the estimated pixel values. The estimation calculation section calculates the difference between the light-receiving value of the pixel set at a first position and the light-receiving value of the pixel set at a second position, and estimates the estimated pixel values based on the difference.
US09210340B2
An imaging apparatus for performing efficient signal processing depending on the operational mode. In the finder mode, a CCD interface 21a decimates horizontal components of image data supplied from an image generating unit 10 to one-third and moreover processes the decimated image data with data conversion and resolution conversion to produce Y, Cb and Cr image data which are routed to and written in an image memory 32 over a memory controller 22. In the recording mode, the CCD interface 21a causes the image data from the image generating unit 10 to be written in the image memory 32 via memory controller 22 after decimation and gamma correction etc. The camera DSP 21c reads out the image data via memory controller 22 from the image memory 32 to effect data conversion for writing the resulting data via memory controller 22 in the image memory 32.
US09210339B2
An image sensor can have a first orientation. If the first orientation differs from a second orientation, values can be read from the image sensor in a manner so as to generate image data having the second orientation.
US09210335B2
An improved method for generating high dynamic range images by modifying the weight function used in conventional methods to weigh pixel values when combining multiple images in an input image set. Different weight functions, as functions of intensity, are used for different images (brackets). For darker brackets, a region near the high end of the intensity range is given higher weight values than a symmetrical region near the lower end of the intensity range; for brighter brackets, a region near the lower end of the intensity range is given higher weight values than a symmetrical region near the higher end of the intensity range. The weight function for the middle brackets are kept symmetrical but its function is non-zero at the two end points of the intensity range. This is effective for reducing chromatic artifacts for under- or over-exposed areas, in particular when ghost artifact removal is incorporated.
US09210332B2
According to an illustrative embodiment, a method for detecting a document includes capturing a first plurality of images of a document at a first wavelength of electromagnetic radiation, capturing a second plurality of images of the document at a second wavelength of electromagnetic radiation, and assembling the first and second pluralities of images to form one or more images of the document.
US09210322B2
High dynamic range 3D images are generated with relatively narrow dynamic range image sensors. Input frames of different views may be set to different exposure settings. Pixels in the input frames may be normalized to a common range of luminance levels. Disparity between normalized pixels in the input frames may be computed and interpolated. The pixels in the different input frames may be shifted to, or stay in, a common reference frame. The pre-normalized luminance levels of the pixels may be used to create high dynamic range pixels that make up one, two or more output frames of different views. Further, a modulated synopter with electronic mirrors is combined with a stereoscopic camera to capture monoscopic HDR, alternating monoscopic HDR and stereoscopic LDR images, or stereoscopic HDR images.
US09210321B2
A method comprising receiving visual information from a camera module, causing display of a representation of, at least part of, the visual information, determining an autofocus point based, at least in part, on the visual information, capturing an image based, at least in part, on the visual information such that focus of the image conforms to the autofocus point, and causing display of the image and a shutter animation such that the shutter animation overlays the image and the shutter animation has a closing point that corresponds with a position on the image that correlates with the autofocus point is disclosed.
US09210320B2
An image pickup apparatus including an image pickup device configured to obtain a captured image corresponding to an object image, an object detecting unit configured to detect a specific object in the captured image, an position obtaining unit configured to obtain a position at which the specific object exists in the captured image, a composition specifying unit configured to specify a recommended composition on the basis of the existence position of the specific object when the specific object is viewed as a main object, and an instruction control unit configured to instruct the execution of a predetermined operation which notifies a user of the recommended composition.
US09210319B2
A method for capturing important objects with a camera may include the following steps: non-selectively capturing an incoming sequence of images using an image capturing device; analyzing said incoming sequence of images, to yield metrics associated with objects contained within the images, wherein at least one of the metrics is calculated based on two or more images; automatically deciding, in real time, on selectively capturing a new image wherein the selective capturing is carried out differently than the non-selective capturing, whenever the metrics of the objects meet specified criteria; and determining at least one object as an important object, wherein said determining associates the selected object with a level of importance and wherein said metrics are calculated only for the at least one important object.
US09210311B2
A camera module is provided. The camera module includes a camera device and a support ring. The camera device includes a substrate, an image sensor device on the substrate, and a holder for covering the image sensor device, wherein the holder includes a side portion placed around the image sensor device. The support ring is fixed to and laterally extends from the side portion of the holder, and is attached onto a wall portion of the chassis. A portable device with the camera module is also disclosed.
US09210309B2
Disclosed herein is a camera module including: a lens barrel in which one or more lenses are installed; a housing accommodating the lens barrel; a printed circuit board coupled with a bottom of the housing and having an image sensor with a light receiving portion mounted thereon; a window film having a window formed therein to define an incident area of light incident on the image sensor; and an infrared ray blocking member blocking an infrared ray in the light incident on the image sensor.
US09210308B2
A measuring apparatus for measuring a voice-coil-motor focusing device having a magnet holder and a coil carrier movably disposed in the magnet holder includes a current device, an image capturing device, a collimator, a half-reflecting mirror, a reflecting mirror, and an optical sensing device. The image capturing device captures images of the coil carrier during the coil carrier is driven by the current device to move transversely to calculate displacement data of the coil carrier. Light of the collimator is reflected to the coil carrier by the half-reflecting mirror and then reflected back to the half-reflecting mirror by the reflecting mirror. The optical sensing device detects light reflected by the half-reflecting mirror during the coil carrier is driven by the current device to move transversely to calculate tilt-angle data of the coil carrier.
US09210300B2
A plurality of video acquisition units 100-1 to 100 N acquire videos. A plurality of visual event detection units 101-1 to 101-N provided corresponding to the plurality of video acquisition units analyze the videos acquired by the plurality of video acquisition units 100-1 to 100-N to detect visual events, and generate visual event detection information including time information on when the visual events occur. A visual event integration means 102 integrates the visual event detection information generated by the plurality of visual event detection units 101-1 to 101-N and generates time synchronization information which is used to synchronize the times of the videos acquired by the plurality of video acquisition units 100-1 to 100-N.
US09210295B2
Through the present invention, an image can be formed in which the ink or toner used is properly displayed, without falsification or fraudulent display, even in the case of a printed matter which includes a specific image indicating information relating to ingredients of the ink or toner. An image forming portion (105) of an image forming device (100) forms an image on a recording medium on the basis of image data for forming an image. A specific-image determining portion (106a) distinguishes whether a specific image indicating information relating to ingredients of ink or toner used to form the image is included in the image data for forming the image. A specific-image substitution processing portion (106b) substitutes the specific image with a predetermined ingredient label mark for indicating ingredients of the ink or toner used by the image forming portion (105) when it is determined by the specific-image determining portion (106a) that the image data for forming the image include a specific image.
US09210291B2
An image processing apparatus capable of synthesizing a form image with an aggregate image created by aggregating images on one page. A CPU determines whether an operator performed on a touch panel a first operation for changing an image with which the form image is to be synthesized from an image as an operation target to one of the images of the aggregate image or the whole aggregate image, or a second operation for rotating the form image synthesized with the operation target image. When the first operation is performed, the CPU synthesizes the form image with the changed image after scaling the form image to the size of the changed image. When the second operation is performed, the CPU synthesizes the form image with the operation target image after rotating the form image and scaling the same to the size of the operation target image.
US09210289B2
An image reading apparatus includes an image reading section and a management section. The image reading section has a transport portion configured and arranged to transport a document by driving a motor, a reading portion configured and arranged to read each line of the document which is transported up to a predetermined position by the transport portion, and a holding portion configured and arranged to temporarily hold image data of the document read by the reading portion. The management section is configured and arranged to acquire and store the image data held in the holding portion and to manage the stored image data. The management section is configured and arranged to sequentially acquire and store the data held in the holding portion until driving is finished in a case where the motor starts the driving.
US09210288B2
In a device for optically scanning and measuring an environment, where the device is a laser scanner having a light emitter which, by a rotary mirror, emits an emission light beam, with a light receiver which receives a reception light beam, which, after passing the rotary mirror and a receiver lens which has an optical axis, is reflected from an object in the environment of the laser scanner. The laser scanner also includes a color camera which takes colored pictures of the environment of the laser scanner, and a control and evaluation unit which, for a multitude of measuring points, determines the distance to the object and links it with the colored pictures, the color camera being arranged on the optical axis of the receiver lens.
US09210287B2
An illuminator, a scanner module and an image scanning apparatus are provided. The scanner module includes an illuminator that includes a light source, a light guide extending in a main scanning direction to change a direction of the light from the light source, a guide holder recessed with a light guide mounting portion in which the light guide is mounted, and at least one supporting protrusion protruding from an entrance of the light guide mounting portion into the light guide mounting portion to support the light guide received in the light guide mounting portion. As the light guide is supported by the supporting protrusion formed at the entrance of the light guide mounting portion, it is possible to reduce deformation of the light guide and/or to prevent the light guide from being falling out of the light guide mounting portion when subjected to, e.g., a shock.
US09210283B2
An image reading apparatus includes: an operation unit; a setting unit configured to set one of a plurality of operation modes, in which different processing is executed for a document, in accordance with an operation content of the operation unit; a reading unit configured to read the document in response to a reading execution request from the operation unit; and a control unit configured to control the reading unit whether or not to execute a reading preparation operation before the reading execution request is made depending on the set operation modes set by the setting unit.
US09210277B2
A system and method for purchasing and reloading airtime for a local and foreign prepaid mobile phone account are disclosed. The system comprises a plurality of payment receiving means which are connected to a wireless protocol cloud (120), for receiving an airtime purchase and reload request, and also a corresponding payment based on a selected airtime denomination. The payment receiving means are connected to a plurality of servers (140-142). One of the servers is the main server (142) which links the wireless protocol cloud (120) to a group of reloading entities (180). Alternatively, the main server (142) may also be connected to an Internet cloud (150). Therefore, the group of reloading entities may receive the airtime purchase and reload request from the payment receiving means (100) via the Internet cloud (150) or directly from the main server (142) via a plurality of fixed wireless terminals (FWT) (170). The group of reloading entities (180) transfer airtime to prepaid mobile phones based on the value of airtime purchased.
US09210276B2
A system and method for aggregating services within a VoIP network. The VoIP network comprises a plurality of vendors, resellers, and users, and each reseller aggregates a plurality of services from the vendors and other resellers. Each type of service may be organized into two or more tiers, with each tier including one or more services. Each tier is presented to downstream users as a single price and is re-branded with the reseller's branding elements. Downstream users can select a desired service from a given tier, and the tier may automatically select a service that maximizes the profit for the reseller.
US09210273B2
A method, system and apparatus for provisioning a communication client. The method comprises receiving via a communication network a request from the communication client. The method further comprises determining a positioning object associated with the communication client. The method further comprises, based on the positioning object, determining a subscription profile associated with the communication client. The method further comprises, based on the subscription profile, compiling a configuration file, which is released. The configuration file comprises data for enabling said communication client to log into a communication service provided by a network element.
US09210271B2
This invention provides wireless safety network through the integration of mobile femto-cells (mFAP), into macro-cellular system. Such network provides safety management for students during their travel to and from school, supervision of class attendance, and special educational and social service services.
US09210267B2
A user equipment, method, non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, a system of connecting a user equipment to a conference system are provided. According to an embodiment of the present invention, a conference dialer application receives a meeting notification from a calendar application, where the meeting notification describes a meeting hosted on a conference system and includes at least one conference access code used to access the conference system. The conference dialer application prompts the user for voice input. The conference dialer application receives a first voice input from the user indicating to the user equipment to join the meeting on the conference system. The conference dialer application, responsive to the first voice input, automatically supplies the at least one conference access code in order to join the meeting. Finally, the conference dialer application, via a telephone dialer application, connects the user equipment to the meeting on the conference system.
US09210266B2
A system and method is provided to allow for real-time communication between a web browser application and a contact center resource, where media codecs supported by the two parties may differ. A processor is configured to bridge the media exchanged between the browser and contact center resource. In bridging the media, the processor transcodes the media based on a first media codec for media directed to and from the web browser application, and further transcodes the media based on the second media codec for media directed to and from a contact center resource.
US09210263B2
A method, information processing system, and computer program storage product for automatically generating auditory archives in a customer service environment are disclosed. A communication link with an end user is established. An information form is retrieved. The information form includes at least a category choice information set and at least one audio recoding information set. The end user is prompted to answer a set of questions based on information in the information form. A data set associated with each answer to each question in the set of questions given by the end user is stored. The data is stored under a set of fields corresponding to a question. Each data set stored under the set of fields for each question in the set of questions are combined with each other. An audio archive file is generated including the data sets that have been combined.
US09210261B2
A communications system according to certain embodiments includes a mobile device and a second type of communications system, such as a landline telephone system, that share usage information. The shared information can include call logs of in-coming and out-going calls, missed calls, text messages, address book information, GPS data, internet browsing data, and the like.
US09210259B2
The invention relates to a method for controlling the power consumption of a telephone (10), (310). A power saving mode is automatically switched on or off for the telephone (10), (310), depending on: at least one given timespan, within which the telephone (10) is predicted not to be used or another terminal (380).
US09210252B2
A method is provided for displaying, upon an attempt to configure a personalized notification of an event, a menu of categories of multi-media content available on a communications device. An indication of the categories of multi-media content desired by a user of the communications device and a scheduled date and time for the event are stored. Upon the occurrence of the scheduled date and time, particular notification files selected by the user and associated with the categories of multi-media content are generated on the communications device as the personalized notification.
US09210245B2
A linkage system for linking a soft phone incorporated in an exchange and a hard phone not incorporated in the exchange, and informing the state of the linkage operation. The linkage system allows an exchange which incorporates the soft phone terminal having a telephone function to link the soft phone terminal and the hard phone not incorporated in the exchange and establishes communication between the hard phone and the call destination. The system includes a linkage information registering section for registering the soft phone terminal number received from the soft phone terminal which is the caller and linkage terminal information about the hard phone to be linked, a call processing section for making a call to the hard phone according to the linkage terminal information about the hard phone, a calling section for calling the call destination received from the soft phone when receiving a call arrival response from the hard phone, and a path setting section for setting a communication path between the hard phone and the call destination when receiving a response from the call destination.
US09210244B2
The present invention is a mobile phone having a non-telephone function (e.g. a camera function) that is different from a telephone function, and includes: a timer operable to count time; a non-telephone function unit operable to execute the non-telephone function, the non-telephone function comprising a function of illuminating a backlight provided to the mobile phone; a non-telephone function stop unit operable to cause the timer to operate during execution of the non-the telephone function, and automatically stop the execution of the non-telephone function when the timer indicates an elapse of a predetermined time period; a telephone unit operable to execute the telephone function; and a reset unit operable, if the timer is being operated in response to the execution of the non-telephone function, to reset the timer to an initial state when a certain operation relating to an application is executed, wherein when the timer is reset to the initial state, the timer starts to measure the predetermined time period, and the non-telephone function stop unit stops the execution of the non-telephone function at the elapse of the predetermined time period from when the certain operation relating to an application is executed.
US09210238B2
A network data flow management device including: a working packet module configured to store data related to a data flow; at least one network interface connected to the working packet module for receiving and sending data related to data flows; and a processor configured to: receive data from the working packet module and determine if the data flow matches a predetermined protocol; and if the data flow matches the predetermined protocol, send predictive acknowledgments based on the data flow via the network interface. A method for network data flow management including: monitoring a data flow for a predetermined protocol; if the data flow matches the predetermined protocol, saving data relating to the data flow; and creating and sending a predictive acknowledgement packet related to the data flow.
US09210226B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and a device for location management of a group-based machine type communication MTC device. The method includes: receiving a location update message sent by a mobility management network element, where the location update message includes a device identity and/or a group identity of a first MTC device; acquiring the group identity of the first MTC device according to the location update message, and updating subscription data of all MTC devices in a group corresponding to the group identity; and sending subscription data of the group to the mobility management network element, where the group subscription data includes the group identity and/or a device identity list of all the MTC devices in the group. An embodiment of the present invention further provides a corresponding device.
US09210221B2
The disclosure recites a device, system and method for provisioning resources from a server in a network to a mobile electronic device. The method comprising at the server: after receiving a network registration request from the device, accessing a device registry; if the device is in the device registry, determining whether a resource is may be provisioned to the device from the server, otherwise, if not, awaiting a request from the device for the resource; determining whether the resource has already been provisioned to the device or the device has been designated to be provisioned with the resource from an alternative source, and if so, not approving the resource to be provisioned to the device, otherwise providing a data transmission to the device from the server containing text and a link to the resource that can be extracted by the device.
US09210210B2
A method of storing a preview image of a document shared over a social media service includes receiving at a server a first notification that a document stored on the server is being shared on a post by a first user on the social media service, where the first notification includes information identifying the first user. The method further includes generating a thumbnail image from the document, where the thumbnail image is stored in the document metadata and is a representative image of a first version of the document at the time the user shares the document, associating the thumbnail image with a URL, where the URL has an access control list that includes the first user, and sending the URL from the server to the social media service.
US09210209B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for an extensible browser plugin interface. In one aspect, a method includes receiving, at a browser plugin interface, an interface request from a plugin, where the interface request includes an interface identifier string that identifies a particular interface; determining, using the interface identifier string, whether the particular interface is supported by the browser; and if it is determined that the particular interface is supported by the browser, returning to the plugin a virtual function table (vtable) of one or more functions, wherein the vtable is associated with the particular interface identified by the interface request.
US09210201B2
Disclosed in some examples is a method of aggregating social networking data by receiving first authentication information for a first social networking service, the first authentication information being associated with a user and being received from a first social networking application, receiving second authentication information for a second social networking service, the second authentication information being associated with the user and being received from a second social networking application, requesting first information regarding the user from the first social networking service using the first authentication information, receiving the first information regarding the user from the first social networking service and storing the received first information, requesting second information regarding the user from the second social networking service using the second authentication information; and receiving the second information regarding the user from the second social networking service and storing the received second information.
US09210198B2
Methods and system for routing first communication session data between a first device and at least one participant device via a first communication session are provided herein. In some embodiments, a method for routing first communication session data between a first device and at least one participant device includes receiving a request to establish a second communication session with at least one discovered extension device proximate to the first device, routing at least a portion of the communication session data to the discovered extension device via the second communication session and synchronizing the communication session data routed via the first communication session, and the at least a portion of the communication session data routed via the second communication session.
US09210194B2
A method and system for evaluating and enforcing a data flow policy at a mobile computing device includes a data flow policy engine to evaluate data access requests made by security-wrapped software applications running on the mobile device and prevent the security-wrapped software applications from violating the data flow policy. The data flow policy defines a number of security labels that are associated with data objects. A software application process may be associated with a security label if the process accesses data having the security label or the process is in communication with another process that has accessed data having the security label.
US09210192B1
The present disclosure relates to the setup of multiple devices on a local area network. Specifically, various techniques and systems are provided for utilizing a network device to efficiently add a new device to a local area network using an existing network device. Exemplary embodiments of the present invention include a computer-implemented method. The method comprises receiving, at a network device on a network, credentials identifying a network gateway in the network; receiving a communication including an indication that a new network device has generated a new access point; transmitting a query, wherein the query includes a request to determine whether the new network device is associated with the network; receiving a communication including a response to the query indicating that the new network device is associated with the network; establishing a connection with the new access point of the new network device; and transmitting the credentials identifying the network gateway, wherein the credentials are used for the new network device to join the network.
US09210191B2
A core network access packet data node and a core network access edge node are described herein. The core network access packet data node and/or the core network access edge node is/are adapted to hold or receive access priority related information comprising a subscriber related access allocation priority parameter relating to a subscriber requesting a network resource. Further, the core network access packet data node and/or the core network access edge node is/are adapted to have a preliminary access decision unit being provided for deciding if a network resource request is to be handled. Moreover, the core network access packet data node and/or the core network access edge node is/are adapted to have a final decision unit being provided for making a final decision relating to grant/rejection of a request to be handled, i.e. given preliminary access.
US09210186B1
A computer implemented method may allow for the upload and verification of a document. In one aspect, the method may receive a file associated with an insurance company event, determine if the file contains a computer security threat and transmit the file to a temporary data server. The method may also determine if the file is supported, convert the file and transmit the converted file to the client device for a verification that the converted file can be uploaded. The method may further receive the verification from the client device that the converted file can be uploaded, flag the converted file for association with an insurance company event and transmit the converted file to a permanent storage server.
US09210182B2
In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for behavioral-based threat detection. An executing computer process is monitored for an indication of malicious behavior, wherein the indication of the malicious behavior is a result of comparing an operation with a predetermined behavior, referred to as a gene. A plurality of malicious behavior indications observed for the executing process are compared to a predetermined collection of malicious behaviors, referred to as a phenotype, which comprises a grouping of specific genes that are typically present in a type of malicious code. Upon matching the malicious behavior indications with a phenotype, an action may be caused, where the action is based on a prediction that the executing computer process is the type of malicious code as indicated by the phenotype. Related user interfaces, applications, and computer program products are disclosed.
US09210168B2
On a portable data carrier (2) with a communication interface (5) and a control device (5) the control device (4) allows a transaction in a communication network (10) between a communication device (1) connected with the data carrier (2) via the communication interface (5) and a network server (3). For this purpose the control device (4) sends, in response to a request (S2; S15) concerning a transaction between the communication device (1) and a network server (3), received from the connected communication device (1) via the communication interface (5), a request redirection message (S3; S19) concerning the transaction to the communication device (1).
US09210165B2
A server computing device for a social networking web site receives from a user, via access of the web site, confidential information regarding the user, including information that the user does not socially share on the web site. The device associates the confidential information with a user identifier that uniquely identifies the user on the web site, and with an export group identifier corresponding to a type of the confidential information. The device associates the export group identifier with a password different from a user password the user employs to access the web site. The device receives, from a third party, a purported user identifier, a purported export group identifier, and a purported password, which the device validates against the user identifier, the export group identifier, and the password. Where validation is successful, the device permits access to the confidential information by the third party.
US09210164B2
A server computing device for a social networking web site receives from a user, via access of the web site, confidential information regarding the user, including information that the user does not socially share on the web site. The device associates the confidential information with a user identifier that uniquely identifies the user on the web site, and with an export group identifier corresponding to a type of the confidential information. The device associates the export group identifier with a password different from a user password the user employs to access the web site. The device receives, from a third party, a purported user identifier, a purported export group identifier, and a purported password, which the device validates against the user identifier, the export group identifier, and the password. Where validation is successful, the device permits access to the confidential information by the third party.
US09210163B1
A system and method for providing persistence in a secure network access by using a client certificate sent by a client device to maintain the identity of a target. A security handshake is performed with a client device to establish a secure session. A target is determined. A client certificate is associated with the target. During subsequent secure sessions, the client certificate is used to maintain persistent communications between the client and a target. A session ID can be used in combination with the client certificate, by identifying the target based on the session ID or the client certificate, depending on which one is available in a client message.
US09210161B2
A certificate of a user is presented by a client to a server. The certificate is used to authenticate communications between the client and the server. Thereafter, data from the certificate is cached at the server. The server then initiates one or more business intelligence processes of a business intelligence application at the client using the cached data to provide context to the one or more business intelligence processes. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described.
US09210156B1
Certain implementations of the disclosed technology may include systems and methods for multi-stage identity authentication. A method is provided that includes receiving a set of identity information associated with a subject and querying one or more public or private databases with at least a portion of the set of identity information. The method includes receiving independent information responsive to the querying. The method includes determining zero or more first indicators of fraud risk and producing one or more identity proofing queries derived from the independent information. Based at least in part on a comparison of the one or more proofing queries and a query response, the method includes determining zero or more second indicators of fraud risk and evaluating a fraud score. Responsive to evaluating the fraud score, the method includes initiating one or more of authentication enrollment and multi-factor authentication of the subject.
US09210155B2
Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide a system for providing access control. The system may include an extension module for extending a host website; and a marketplace server that is configured to: receive a request to access the extension module from a browsing device, the browsing device is for maintaining a browsing session with the host website, and the extension module is for exchanging data with the host website; generate a first authorization token that is associated with the browsing session; and send, to the browsing device, the first authorization token. The extension module may be configured to receive a second authorization token from the browsing device. One of the extension module or the marketplace server may then be further configured to: verify that the second authorization token matches the first authorization token; and if verification is successful, the extension module can be allowed to exchange data with the host website and communicate with the browsing device.
US09210152B2
A method for detecting a smart key around a vehicle includes: searching a smart key around a vehicle by emitting a registration request message at each preset emission period; when a response message to the registration request message is received from the smart key, checking whether or not the reception of the response message is maintained during a predetermined time; when the reception of the response message is maintained during the predetermined time, emitting an authentication request message containing encryption information for authenticating the smart key; and when an authentication message to the authentication request message is received from the smart key, authenticating the smart key based on the authentication message.
US09210149B2
The invention relates to a method for publicly providing protected electronic documents, wherein a first user, after a user authentication process, transmits a private electronic document from a data terminal via a communications network to a private storage medium of a data processing device and stores the document on said medium. Thereafter, an analysis and comparison module is activated, which analyzes and compares the private electronic document to the public electronic documents in a public storage medium, and when a second user accesses the private electronic document of the first user, a public electronic document from the public storage medium is provided by the authentication and access control module instead of the private electronic document.
US09210145B2
A method and system for hypertext transfer protocol digest authentication through the use of a token issuing entity trusted by both a client and a service provider. The token issuing entity may issue an encrypted token and a token secret to the client. The client may then use the token secret instead of a password for digest authentication, and provided the encrypted token along with the digest authentication response to the service provider. The service provider may decrypt the encrypted token to obtain the token secret, which may then be used for digest authentication with the client.
US09210143B2
Methods and systems for integrated communications are provided. In one embodiment, a request to initiate a call via a channel is received. A call participant set associated with the channel is identified. A sequence of communications associated with the call is received. The sequence of communications includes at least a real-time media data type and a posted data type. The sequence of communications is transmitted to the call. Other methods and systems are described.
US09210140B2
A network interface device providing a set of functions in hardware and being operable in first and second modes: in a first mode, the network interface device being configured to operate with a selected configuration of the set of functions; and in a second mode, the network interface device being operable to select a particular configuration of the set of functions in accordance with configuration instructions received at the network interface device; the network interface device being configured to, on receiving a network message having one or more predetermined characteristics and comprising an authentication key and one or more configuration instructions defining a particular configuration of the set of functions: verify the authentication key; and if the authentication key is successfully verified, select the particular configuration of the set of functions defined in the configuration instructions of the network message.
US09210139B2
A method and apparatus for use in securely relaying data. The data is received by a first relay unit from a data provider. The data is sent by the first relay unit to a mail server. The data is retrieved by a second relay unit in a second network from the mail server. The data is sent by the second relay unit to a data subscriber.
US09210128B2
A computer-readable storage medium has embedded thereon non-transient computer-readable code for controlling access to a protected computer network, by intercepting packets that are being exchanged between a computer system and the protected network, and then, for each intercepted packet, identifying the associated application that is running on the computer system, determining whether the application is trusted, for example according to a white list or according to a black list, and disposing of the packet accordingly.
US09210127B2
System and methods for connection processing with limited data leakage. The system records state associated with a connection request in a connection state engine, records state associated with a connection acknowledgement in the connection state engine, stores data sent after the connection acknowledgement in a buffer and determines, without a proxy, whether to allow or deny a connection as a function of the data stored in the buffer.
US09210116B2
The present invention provides a method of providing file-related social network interaction under cloud storage service, which comprises: (a) a cloud server synchronizes a plurality of share files transmitted from any local computer to synchronization file folders of all the other local computers; (b) the cloud server gathers all social network feedback messages from all the local computers and user accounts thereof; and (c) when a social network feedback ranking table is opened, the cloud server provides a plurality of latest social network feedback messages relative to the share files and names of the share files and the user accounts to the local computer, thereby allowing the social network feedback ranking table to be made.
US09210115B2
An interactive personal information management system is disclosed. The system permits a user to communicate updated information to other users of a personal information management system. The system notifies the other users of the change and automatically updates the other users' personal information management system to reflect the changed information.
US09210106B2
A communication device (1) for a wideband code division multiple access communication (W-CDMA) system is described. The communication device has an antenna interface (AIF), a front end processor (FE), a packet generator (PG), a packet writer (PW) and one or more digital signal processors (DSP1, DSP2). The front end processor (FE) is configured to receive one or more antenna signals from the antenna interface (AIF) and to calculate soft symbols representing symbols transmitted by a UE (UE0, UE1) using descrambling and despreading of the one or more antenna signals using a plurality of fingers assigned to the UE. The packet generator (PG) is configured to organize the soft symbols into packets, each packet comprising the soft symbols from the plurality of fingers assigned to a respective UE associated with one physical channel of the one of more physical channels and with the same symbol index. The packet writer (PW) is configured to write the packets into a system memory (SYSMEM). The one or more digital signal processors (DSP1, DSP2) are configured to access the packets from the system memory (SYSMEM) and to process the packets.
US09210099B2
Systems and methods for monitoring the performance associated with fulfilling resource requests and determining optimizations for improving such performance are provided. A processing device obtains and processes performance metric information associated with processing a request corresponding to a set of resources. The processing device uses the processed performance metric information to determine a resource configuration to be associated with the set of resources. In some embodiments, in making such a determination, the processing device assesses performance metric information collected and associated with subsequent requests corresponding to the content associated with the set of resources and using each of a variety of alternative resource configurations. The processing device may also consider a number of factors. Aspects of systems and methods for generating recommendations to use a particular resource configuration to process a subsequent request corresponding to the content associated with the set of resources are also provided.
US09210086B2
A transmission system for transmitting data between a controlling terminal and a controlled terminal is provided. The transmission system includes a first electronic apparatus, a second electronic apparatus and a transmission apparatus. The first and second electronic apparatus comprise first and second application programs, respectively. The transmission apparatus, coupled to the first and second electronic apparatus via first and second interfaces, respectively, determine one of the first and second electronic apparatuses as the controlling terminal and the other as the controlled terminal according to coupling sequences of the first and second electronic apparatuses. The first and second application programs determine an initial transmission profile according to respective feature information of the first and second electronic apparatuses detected, and continue to detect respective transmission utilization rates with the transmission apparatus and utilize the respective transmission utilization rates as reference for whether to dynamically adjust subsequent transmission profiles.
US09210084B2
A method for optimized route caching includes comparing a destination address of a network packet to a first set of prefixes in a routing cache, and comparing the destination address to a second set of prefixes in a full routing table when a longest matching prefix for the destination address is not found in the routing cache. The method further includes copying the longest matching prefix and a set of sub-prefixes of the longest matching prefix from the full routing table to the routing cache, and forwarding the network packet.
US09210082B2
An apparatus having a parser and a circuit is disclosed. The parser is configured to generate a source address, a destination address and information by parsing a packet received via one of a plurality of networks. The circuit is configured to search a plurality of memories in parallel during a single cycle of operation in the apparatus. The searching includes a plurality of lookups in the memories of a plurality of data sets associated with the source address, the destination address and the information, respectively. The circuit is also configured to bridge the packet between the networks in response to the data sets.
US09210078B2
An Internet steering gateway includes a deep packet inspection (DPI) utility for ascertaining an indication of a destination remote application server (RAS) from a first packet of a data session, an RAS database to at least store an optimization profile for each of a multiplicity of the RASs, and a steering utility to steer the data session to one of at least one external optimization platform (EOP) and a RAS as per the optimization profile associated with the indication. A method for optimizing network service delivery, includes inspecting a first packet of a data session with a deep packet inspection (DPI) utility, identifying a destination address for an RAS from the first packet, looking up the RAS in a RAS database as per the destination address; and for a the RAS found in the RAS database, steering the data session in accordance with a profile associated with the RAS.
US09210060B2
An example of flow control transmission can comprise receiving a transmission instruction at a transmitter. Data can be sent from the transmitter at a rate of transmission based on the transmission instruction. A rate of transmission can be monitored over a time interval to determine a difference between a minimum rate of transmission and the monitored rate of transmission over the time interval. The transmission instruction can be overridden and data released to maintain the minimum rate of transmission based on the monitored difference.
US09210047B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method and an apparatus for presenting a network path. The method includes: querying, according to a first input, VPN service data corresponding to virtual private network VPN service information selected by the first input; presenting a first topology view according to the VPN service data; and presenting a second topology view according to a second input for the first topology view, where the second topology view includes a plurality of different topology layers presenting connection relationships between the network elements. By using the foregoing solutions, a complex activity of a user's manual query is simplified, and a skill requirement imposed on the user is lowered. In this way, the user does not need to memorize association relationships of services. This facilitates fault locating by the user, thereby improving the working efficiency of the user.
US09210043B2
When a policy for an IT asset is created in a system manager that manages one or more IT assets, other IT assets that are related to the selected IT asset are determined based on at least one relation criteria related to system topology. The system administrator is prompted to apply the same policy to the related systems. When the system administrator accepts the recommendation to apply the same policy to the related systems, a system group is defined that includes the selected computer system and the related systems, and the system group and its corresponding policy are displayed to the system administrator.
US09210041B1
Techniques are described for providing managed virtual computer networks that may have a configured logical network topology with one or more virtual networking devices, with corresponding networking functionality provided for communications between multiple computing nodes of the virtual computer network by emulating functionality that would be provided by the networking devices if they were physically present. In some situations, the emulating of networking device functionality includes receiving routing communications directed to the networking devices and using included routing information to update the configured network topology for the managed computer network. In addition, the techniques may further include supporting interactions with devices that are external to the virtual computer network, including remote physical networking devices that are part of a remote computer network configured to interoperate with the virtual computer network, and/or specialized network devices that are accessible via a substrate network on which the virtual computer network is overlaid.
US09210037B2
A method, an apparatus and a system for interconnected ring protection, relates to the communication field, realizes the protection of the interconnected ring network using a narrow bandwidth, and improves the bandwidth utilization rate. The method comprises: a first intersection node in an intersection node group receiving an cross-ring service, the first intersection node determining an off-ring node of the cross-ring service on a second ring according to service information of the cross-ring service; and if the first intersection node does not communicate with the off-ring node of the cross-ring service on the second ring, and the first intersection node is not the last intersection node, the first intersection node forwarding the cross-ring service to a second intersection node.
US09210030B1
Methods and systems are provided for dynamically generating validation rules. In certain implementations, state information related to one or more operations is stored. A request for validation rules is received from a client. The request may include one or more parameters and an identification of an operation to be performed. In response to the request, the state information is accessed for the operation to be performed. The validation rules are then dynamically generated based on the accessed state information and at least one of the parameters or the identification in the request. The validation rules can then be transmitted to the client.
US09210024B2
Logic may determine channel information updates such as channel state information and phase correction information from pilot tones that do not travel close to the DC tone or the band edge tones. Logic may skip channel updates and phase tracking from pilot tones that have traveled close to the DC tone or the edge tones. Logic may use channel estimates and phase rotations that are obtained from previous locations of the pilot tones instead of pilot tones that are adjacent to the DC tone or the edge tones. Logic may access memory to store the channel information such as the phase correction information previously obtained and the channel state information previously obtained and derived from processing pilot tones at locations adjacent to the symbol indices next to the DC tone and the edge tones.
US09210021B2
Techniques to manage dwell times for pilot rotation are described. An apparatus may comprise a memory configured to store a data structure with a set of modulation and coding schemes (MCS) available to an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) system, each MCS having an associated pilot dwell time. The apparatus may further comprise a processor circuit coupled to the memory, the processor circuit configured to identify a MCS to communicate a packet using multiple subcarriers of the OFDM system, and retrieve a pilot dwell time associated with the MCS from the memory, the pilot dwell time to indicate when to shift a pilot tone between subcarriers of the multiple subcarriers during communication of the packet. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US09210011B2
A transmitter, such as a voltage mode driver (VMD)-based push-pull source-series terminated (SST) transmitter, is provided that can consume less current as the amplitude of a voltage output is decreased. The transmitter includes a transmitter circuit having a first branch and a second branch. While the first branch is activated to send an analog output signal, the second branch is deactivated, and vice versa. One or more bit values of an input binary signal can be used to selectively activate and deactivate the first and second branches.
US09210009B2
A digital predistorter for improving the performance of a narrow passband filter near the output is disclosed. The digital predistorter provides amplitude correction to the signal based on the characteristics of the passband filter. A filter group delay predistorter may also be employed to correct group delay variation introduced by the narrow passband filter.
US09210005B2
Disclosed is a technique for a transmission apparatus. A method of generating a differential signal includes adding a predetermined offset to an envelope signal to generate a first signal having the same magnitude as the envelope signal with respect to 0, scaling the first signal at a predetermined rate to generate a second signal, changing a sign of the second signal to generate a third signal that is an inverted signal of the second signal, and forming a differential signal using the second signal and the third signal.
US09210003B2
A downlink channel estimation method and system, and a mobile terminal. In the method, a first mobile terminal is located in a central area of a cell, a second mobile terminal is located in an edge area of the cell, and a resource block of the second mobile terminal is adjacent to a resource block of the first mobile terminal, so that the first mobile terminal can use a data signal transmitted from a base station to the second mobile terminal to perform downlink channel estimation, thereby improving the accuracy of the downlink channel estimation, and enhancing the performance of the downlink channel estimation.
US09210001B2
Provided are a method and an apparatus for transmitting an aperiodic sounding reference signal (SRS) in a wireless communication system. A terminal receives from a base station a triggering signal for triggering the transmission of the aperiodic SRS and the number of transmissions of the aperiodic SRS, and transmits the aperiodic SRS to the base station the number of times equal to the number of transmissions, using a plurality of subframes, on the basis of the triggering signal.
US09209992B2
An improved method for handling instant messaging sessions in an instant messaging server is disclosed. The method comprises providing global annotators for annotating instant messaging communications, wherein instant messaging users are being able to select for a private enhancement stack at least one of the following: annotators and look-up services; providing instant messaging users with a capability to obtain contextual information by activating enhancement functions provided by said private enhancement stack; establishing an instant messaging session between a set of instant messaging users; and supporting sharing said contextual information among said set of instant messaging users as part of the instant messaging session.
US09209985B1
A process for modifying application logic includes establishing a communication connection between the application logic or passenger devices aboard a moving vessel, and control logic aboard the moving vessel. The control logic monitors factors affecting latency of communications to or from the application logic to a network external to the vessel. Features of the application logic are modified to change between free to use and a payment model for use, according to the factors affecting latency. The feature modifications made only to particular application logic of a group of associated application logic on multiple passenger devices.
US09209984B2
Methods and apparatuses to facilitate connections between peoples for real time communications. In one embodiment, a method includes: identifying an entity based at least in part on relevancy to a content of a document to be presented to a user; and for presentation to the user adding a communication reference separately from the content used to identify the entity; where the communication reference has been assigned to the entity and the communication reference can be used to request a connection for real time communications with the entity.
US09209983B2
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a selected communication session of a transaction associated with a prepaid end user, such that the transaction comprises a plurality of communication sessions. The method includes associating the selected communication session with the transaction and extracting data from the selected communication session associated with the transaction. The method includes generating a single advice of charge request for the transaction before the selected communication session is completed, the single advice of charge request comprising the extracted data from the selected communication session associated with the transaction.
US09209982B2
In one embodiment, a method includes receiving quality if service difference data. Quality of service difference data indicates how a particular flow of data packets between a first end node of a particular subscriber and a different second end node differs from a particular quality of service level. The particular quality of service level is one of multiple quality of service levels available over the network. Quality of service data based on the quality of service difference data is sent to billing server that charges the particular subscriber based on the quality of service data.
US09209973B2
At a hosted storage service, a resource and a request to store the resource are received. The request includes a location of an access control service. The access control service is separate from the hosted storage service and controls access permissions for the resource. A request to access the stored resource is received. The hosted storage service accesses metadata stored in association with the resource and determines that access permissions for the resource are controlled by the access control service. An access request is from the hosted storage service to the access control service, the access request identifying the resource and a user of the client system.
US09209972B2
Methods, systems and apparatuses for a mediator controlling access to an electronic content, are disclosed. One method includes receiving, by a mediator device of a mediator, a second share SKG2 from an owner device, wherein a first share SKG1 is provided to a member device of a member of a group by the owner device. Further, the mediator receives a request from the member for mediation, including the mediator receiving a dispatch of the header of the encrypted electronic content. Further, the mediator receives a request for mediation, including the mediator receiving a dispatch of the header of the encrypted electronic content from the member. Further, the mediator determines whether the member is eligible to decrypt the electronic content, if eligible, the mediator responding to the request for mediation with a member accessible header, wherein the member accessible header includes the header after application of SKG2.
US09209968B2
Speed-up of a cryptographic process by software (program) is realized. A data processing unit which executes a data process according to a program defining a cryptographic process sequence is included, and the data processing unit, according to the program, generates a bit slice expression data based on a plurality of plain text data items which are encryption process targets and a bit slice expression key based on a cryptographic key of each plain text data item, generates a round key based on the bit slice expression key, executes the cryptographic process including operation and movement processes of a block unit of the bit slice expression data, and an operation using the round key, and generates the plurality of encrypted data items corresponding to the plurality of plain text data items by the reverse conversion of the data with respect to the cryptographic process results.
US09209964B2
A system for locking subrate clocks includes a module that the system phase-locks an incoming subrate clock from a Data Communication Equipment device. A Circuit Emulation Services over Packet transmission network is used to connect the Data Communications Equipment device to a Data Terminal Equipment device. Synchronization between end points is maintained by the system.
US09209961B1
A method and apparatus for delay compensation in data transmission is disclosed. In one embodiment, an IC is configured to transmit data along with a clock signal to which the data is synchronized at the receiver. The IC includes a delay circuit configured to receive the data, which is transmitted in beats. The delay circuit includes a number of pipelines corresponding to the number of beats. Beats of data input into the delay circuit are routed to particular ones of the pipelines in accordance with a desired amount of delay. The delay applied to the data may be set to align the data with the clock signal at the receiver and to compensate for inherent delays that affect the clock signal.
US09209946B2
In a mobile Communication system which includes a base station controller, a plurality of radio base stations connected to the base station controller, and a mobile station simultaneously communicable with the plurality of radio base stations, the base station controller transfers a packet through the plurality of radio base stations to the mobile station. The mobile Station receives the packet as a plurality of reception packets through the plurality of radio base stations. The mobile station includes a controller that selects, among the plurality of reception packets supplied from the plurality of radio base stations, a best quality packet as a selected packet and sends, if the selected packet includes an error portion, a retransmission request to one of the plurality of base stations that sent the selected packet in order to request retransmission of a correct portion corresponding to the error portion.
US09209945B2
An embodiment of a system for operating a communications controller for a group of user equipments engaged in a DMC link in a wireless communications system is provided. The communications controller is configured to allocate a set of subframes in one periodic group of subframes to the group of UEs for the DMC link, signal the set of allocated subframes to the group of UEs, and transmit parameters related to a group of HARQ processes of the DMC link. In an embodiment, the communication controller uses HARQ processes for cellular UE transmission that are determined independently from HARQ processes of the group of HARQ processes for the DMC link, and the parameters are configured to enable the group of UEs to manage the group of HARQ processes for the DMC link.
US09209942B2
In a network in which a plurality of ECUs are connected to one another with a common bus, one or more slots are allocated to each ECU in advance, and the plurality of ECUs cyclically transmit messages in an order prescribed in relation to the slots. When each ECU transmits the message related to one slot, each ECU creates and transmits a message including data to be transmitted to other ECUs, and information representing respectively a success/failure of the message reception related to other slots. Each ECU checks information of ACK field included in a message received during one cycle from message transmission related to one slot to a next message transmission related to said one slot. When the message related to one slot is not accurately received by the other ECUs, retransmits the message in the next transmission related to said one slot.
US09209935B2
A receiver estimates a vector of emitted symbols over a MIMO transmission channel which are emitted by a emitting antennas. The receiver receives a vector of received symbols on receiving antennas. Estimation of the vector of emitted symbols is made by calculating a metric associated with a criterion for each vector of a subset of all possible vectors of emitted symbols and selecting an estimation for said vector of emitted symbol as the vector of emitted symbols among said subset which minimizes said metric.
US09209934B2
A block-request streaming system provides for improvements in the user experience and bandwidth efficiency of such systems, typically using an ingestion system that generates data in a form to be served by a conventional file server (HTTP, FTP, or the like), wherein the ingestion system intakes content and prepares it as files or data elements to be served by the file server, which might or might not include a cache. A client device can be adapted to take advantage of the ingestion process as well as including improvements that make for a better presentation independent of the ingestion process. In the block-request streaming system, the an ingestion system generates data according to erasure codes and the client device, through various selection and timing of requests for media data and redundant data, can efficiently decode media to provide for presentations.
US09209932B2
A method for transmitting a channel quality indicator-only feedback payload is described. A channel quality indicator scheduling message is received from a base station. A channel quality indicator-only feedback payload is generated. The channel quality indicator-only feedback payload is transmitted on a physical uplink shared channel. The method may be performed by a wireless communication device.
US09209925B2
An embodiment of the invention provides communications services to Optical Network Terminals (ONTs) in a Passive Optical Network (PON) with at least two Optical Line Terminals (OLTs). The role of these OLTs is autonomously governed based on characteristics of upstream signals from the ONTs. When an OLT in a standby mode determines that upstream signal power is below a power threshold, the OLT in standby mode changes its mode and operates in the active mode. An OLT in active mode monitors the upstream signals and determines the number of upstream signals that are misaligned to a respective downstream command sent from the active OLT. When the number of misaligned signals is greater than a counts threshold, the active OLT switches its operation and operates in standby mode. Through autonomous operation, the OLTs provide redundancy for the PON without added control channel complexity.
US09209922B2
The embodiments of the present application relate to the field of communications technologies, and disclose a method for adjusting bandwidth of a flexible Optical channel Data Unit (ODUflex) channel. The method includes: respectively adjusting, according to a bandwidth adjustment indication message, a quantity of time slots occupied by an ODUflex frame in a higher order optical channel data unit (HO ODU) at an egress side of each network node on an ODUflex channel; and adjusting, according to a rate adjustment indication message, a transmission rate of the ODUflex frame of each network node on the ODUflex channel, so as to unify the transmission rate of each network node on the ODUflex channel.
US09209921B2
The embodiments of the present invention refer to an interworking agent aimed at being installed in a network node comprising a Precision Time Protocol “PTP” module, said agent comprising: a synchronization-side interface configured to measure Precision Time Protocol “PTP” metrics for detecting a Precision Time Protocol “PTP” signal failure, read and modify Precision Time Protocol “PTP” parameters of the Precision Time Protocol “PTP” module, at least one network-side interface configured to measure network metrics for selecting the optimal path for packet synchronization signals monitor network events for detecting a network path change, read and modify signals exchanged with a network planning entity and, signals exchanged between network nodes at the network level in order to communicate with remote interworking agents located in other network nodes.
US09209920B2
A packet transmitted by a master clock via a network is received via a port of a network device. The packet includes a time stamp from the master clock. It is determined via which one of a plurality of communication path in the network the packet was received. An application layer module of the network device uses (i) the time stamp in the packet and (ii) the determination of the communication path to determine time information.
US09209910B2
Techniques for improving rejection of out-of-band interference in a noise-cancelling receive architecture. In an aspect, capacitors blocking in-band signals and passing through out-of-band signals destructively couple an auxiliary mixer output to a mixer output. In a further aspect, cross-coupling capacitors are provided to couple a first signal path with a second signal path of the noise-cancelling receive signal path. Baseband poly phase cross-coupling blocker filtering is further provided for out-of-band interference cancellation to create notch responses at blocker offset frequencies. The techniques disclosed may readily be adapted for multi-phase local oscillator systems.
US09209900B2
An improved method and apparatus for reducing performance degradation in optical fiber transmission system due to polarization mode dispersion and nonlinear polarization coupling. Digital polarization scrambling with transmit and receive digital signal processing is used to reduce these effects. By performing digital polarization scrambling on all possible states of polarization with respect to the two principle axes of an optical fiber, the SOP dependent penalty is averaged out. The invention also provides a method and apparatus for performing digital polarization scrambling on the transmit side and blinded polarization tracking or synchronized polarization descrambling at the receive side. Using a configurable scrambling speed, the invention works as a polarization scanner low speed SOP rotation or as a scrambler at fast SOP rotation speeds. Synchronization of the transmit scramble and the receive descrambler is achieved with scrambling and descrambling control modules based on a common pseudo random bit sequence.
US09209892B2
An automatic gain correction circuit for radiofrequency signals applies notably to the regulation of the amplification of signals for satellite radionavigation. The automatic gain correction circuit is able to receive an input radiofrequency signal and to deliver an output radiofrequency signal of which a mean amplitude is slaved to a setpoint. It comprises means for modifying the setpoint as a function of the mean amplitude of the input signal between a minimum setpoint value and a maximum setpoint value, the minimum setpoint value corresponding to a first mean amplitude of the input signal and the maximum setpoint value corresponding to a second mean amplitude of the input signal, the first mean amplitude being lower than the second mean amplitude.
US09209885B2
An exemplary system comprises at least one antenna, first and second signal paths, and an N-plexer. The first antenna may be configured to receive first and second diversity received signals. The first signal path may have a first converter configured to convert the first diversity received signal to first carrier group. The second signal path may have a second converter configured to convert the second diversity received signal to a second carrier group. The N-plexer may be configured to provide the first and second diversity received signals to a first cable in communication with a first modem.
US09209883B2
A method for transmitting channel status information (CSI) of downlink transmission via uplink in a wireless communication system includes transmitting a rank indicator (RI) and a precoder type indicator (PTI) at a first subframe, transmitting at a second subframe a first precoding matrix indicator (PMI) when the PTI has a first value and transmitting a second PMI and a wideband channel quality indicator (WB CQI) when the PTI has a second value, and transmitting at a third subframe a second PMI and a WB CQI when the PTI has a first value and transmitting a subband (SB) CQI and a second PMI when the PTI has a second value. A user equipment (UE) preferred precoding matrix is indicated by a combination of the first PMI and the second PMI. Subsampled codebooks of precoding codebooks of individual Rank-2, Rank-3 and Rank-4 are applied to the second PMI.
US09209876B2
Embodiments of a method and apparatus for selecting one of several different power constraints under which sets of complex, beam weights are normalized are described herein. The embodiments of the method and apparatus specifically select the power constraint based on a code rate used to encode information carried by a transmit signal weighted by the sets of complex, beam weights. Appropriate selection of the power constraint can improve the bit error rate (BER) or block error rate (BLER) of the decoded transmit signal at a receiver.
US09209874B2
The present invention switches an interference suppression system between a linear precoding and a nonlinear precoding in accordance with a communication environment. A wireless transmission apparatus is provided with a plurality of transmission antenna units (303), and multiplexes spatially and transmits a plurality of series of data with respect to at least one wireless reception apparatus, and includes a selection unit (307) configured to select any one precoding system from a plurality of types of precoding systems and a precoding unit (315) configured to carry out precoding with respect to the plurality of series of data using the selected precoding system. In addition, the selection unit selects either of a first precoding system carrying out linear processing with respect to the plurality of series of data or a second precoding system carrying out nonlinear processing with respect to the plurality of series of data.
US09209871B2
An apparatus for generating at least one signal based on at least one aspect of at least two received signals is provided. The apparatus comprises: a diverse antennae array of M antennae, where M is greater than or equal to two; at least one multiple-input and multiple-output capable transceiver in communication with each antenna in the diverse antennae array of M antennae; encoding circuitry capable of causing first data to be encoded; decoding circuitry capable of causing second data to be decoded; and processing capable of causing diversity combining, where the processing circuitry is in communication with the multiple-input and multiple-output capable transceiver, the encoding circuitry, and the decoding circuitry. In operation, the processing circuitry is capable of causing the apparatus to: receive at least two first signals, combine at least two of the at least first two signals, generate at least two second signals based on at least one aspect of the at least two first signals, and simultaneously transmit the at least two second signals. Additionally, the apparatus is configured such that at least one of the at least two second signals is capable of being received by a multiple-input capable node.
US09209870B1
Systems and methods for providing feedback in a Multiple-Input-Multiple-Output (MIMO) system are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method of operation of a receiving device in a MIMO system comprises determining an antenna correlation metric value indicative of a transmit and/or receive antenna correlation for a MIMO channel from a transmitting device of the MIMO system to the receiving device. The method further comprises obtaining a first value for a signal quality parameter for a MIMO receiver of the receiving device as if the MIMO receiver uses a first MIMO detector of a first MIMO detector type, computing a second value for the signal quality parameter for the MIMO receiver for a second MIMO detector of a second MIMO detector type actually used by the MIMO receiver based on the first value for the signal quality parameter and the antenna correlation metric value, and generating feedback based on the second value.
US09209862B2
Disclosed is an apparatus and method for near field communication in an ultra wideband (UWB). An apparatus for near field communication in an UWB may include a determiner to determine the number of repetitions of a first sequence in each of n preambles, n denoting a natural number, and a processor to generate n short preambles by repeatedly arranging the first sequence based on the determined number of repetitions, and to generate the n preambles by arranging a long preamble with respect to each of the generated n short preambles.
US09209846B2
A radio communication circuit includes a transmitter that includes a modulator modulates a signal with a first modulation scheme and a power amplifier amplifies the signal modulated with the first modulation scheme and output the amplified signal and transmits the amplified signal, a receiver that includes a demodulator demodulates the signal output from the transmitter with a second modulation scheme that is different from the first modulation scheme, a pre-distortion compensator compensates occurred upon the amplification of the signal, of the signal input to the transmitter, based on the demodulated signal and a power controller controls supply of power to the receiver and the pre-distortion compensator and stop the supply of the power based on an average power level of the signal output from the transmitter and a peak-to-average power ratio that is a ratio of an instantaneous peak power level to the average power level.
US09209841B2
A pre-distortion circuit for a power amplifier may include: (a) a digital interface for receiving a complex-value digital baseband signal; (b) a mixed-signal pre-distortion circuit adaptively controlled by a set of parameter values, receiving the complex-value digital baseband signal to provide a pre-distorted signal for input to the power amplifier, the mixed-signal pre-distortion circuit may include: (i) digital pre-distortion circuit that transforms the complex-value digital baseband signal to a pre-distorted complex-value digital baseband signal by applying to the complex-value digital baseband signal a memory-less non-linear gain and a polynomial function based on the complex-value digital baseband signal one or more delayed copies of the complex-value digital baseband signal; and (ii) up-converter that converts the pre-distorted complex-value digital baseband signal to the pre-distorted signal; and (c) a signal analyzer receiving an output signal from the power amplifier to provide the parameter values from time to time to the mixed-signal pre-distortion circuit.
US09209838B2
A receiver includes a first amplifier having an input for receiving an RF signal, and an output for providing an amplified RF signal, a switch section that selectively switches the amplified RF signal onto a selected one of a plurality of nodes, and a filter section comprising a plurality of filters coupled to respective ones of the plurality of nodes. A first filter of the plurality of filters comprises a first variable capacitor coupled in parallel with an inductance leg between a corresponding one of the plurality of nodes and a power supply voltage terminal. The first variable capacitor has a capacitance that varies in response to a tuning signal. The inductance leg includes a first inductor in series with an effective resistance, wherein the effective resistance has a value related to an upper cutoff frequency to be tuned by the first filter.
US09209834B2
The present disclosure presents symbol mapping for any desired error correction code (ECC) and/or uncoded modulation. A cross-shaped constellation is employed to perform symbol mapping. The cross-shaped constellation is generated from a rectangle-shaped constellation. Considering the rectangle-shaped constellation and its left hand side, a first constellation point subset located along that left hand side are moved to be along a top of the cross-shaped constellation while a second constellation point subset located along that left hand side are moved to be along a bottom of the cross-shaped constellation. For example, considering an embodiment having four constellation point subsets along the left hand side of the rectangle-shaped constellation, two of those subsets are moved to be along the top of the cross-shaped constellation while two other subsets of the constellation points along the left hand side are moved to be along the bottom of the cross-shaped constellation.
US09209828B2
An electronic system includes a configurable processing device. The configurable processing device includes a processor that performs digital processing, a first input that receives digital signal, a first output that sends digital signal and a converter that converts between analog and digital signals. The converter includes a delta-sigma modulator.
US09209827B2
An integrated circuit includes a component calculator configured to compute at least one component value of a highly programmable analog-to-digital converter (ADC) from at least one application parameter, and a mapping module configured to map the component value to a corresponding register setting of the ADC based on at least one process parameter, wherein the integrated circuit produces digital control signals capable of programming the ADC. In a specific embodiment, the component calculator uses an algebraic function of a normalized representation of the application parameter to approximately evaluate at least one normalized ADC coefficient. The component value is further calculated by decimalizing the normalized ADC coefficient. In another specific embodiment, the component calculator uses an algebraic function of the application parameter to calculate the component value. In some embodiments, the integrated circuit further includes a scaling module configured to scale the component value based on scaling parameters.
US09209826B2
A digital-to-analog conversion circuit operates by selectively charging or discharging members of a plurality of capacitors. Charging of the capacitors occurs during a reset period while digital-to-analog conversion occurs as the capacitors are discharged. Those capacitors that are charged or discharged are selected from the plurality of capacitors based on a digital input. The analog output includes the charge discharged from the selected capacitors.
US09209815B1
A charge pump circuit for an optical phase lock loop, which includes first and second optical thyristors configured to receive respective first and second digital optical signal inputs. A first control circuit receives a first digital electrical signal input corresponding to the second digital optical signal input, and a second control circuit receives a second digital electrical signal input corresponding to the first digital optical signal input. The first control circuitry controls switching operation of the first optical thyristor that sources current to a first filter circuit in response to the levels of the first digital optical signal input and the first digital electrical signal input. The second control circuitry control switching operation of the second optical thyristor that sinks current from a second filter circuit in response to the levels of the second digital optical signal input and the second digital electrical signal input.
US09209814B2
In a CR oscillation circuit, resistance elements forming a series circuit include a first resistance element having a large temperature coefficient of resistance and a second resistance element having a smaller temperature coefficient of resistance than the first resistance element. At least one of a capacitor and an oscillation resistance element is trimmable. A first switching circuit connected between the series circuit and a non-inverting input terminal of a comparator is turned on when an output signal of the comparator is at a high level, and a second switching circuit is turned on when the output signal is at a low level.
US09209810B2
An output circuit, between a first power supply terminal and a second power supply terminal, receives a first logic signal that switches between a first logic state based on a voltage at the first power supply terminal and a second logic state based on a voltage at the second power supply terminal and provides a second logic signal, complementary to the first logic signal. A level translator is in a second power supply domain configured to have a second voltage differential between a third power supply terminal and a fourth power supply terminal, wherein the second voltage differential is greater than the first voltage differential. The level translator is designed so that it may be implemented using a subset of the transistors that have the shortest channel length and narrowest channel width.
US09209808B2
Various embodiments are described herein for an asymmetrical bus keeper circuit that provides asymmetrical drive towards one logic level. The asymmetrical bus keeper circuit comprises a first inverter stage having an input node and an output node, an asymmetrical inverter stage having an input node and an output node and a feedback stage with an input node and an output node. The input node of the asymmetrical inverter stage is connected to the output node of the first inverter stage. The input node of the feedback stage connected to the output node of the asymmetrical inverter stage and the output node of the feedback stage connected to the input node of the first inverter stage. The asymmetrical stage provides asymmetrical drive towards one logic level.
US09209805B2
A logic inverter with over-current protection according to one embodiment includes a transistor, an input signal line coupled to a gate terminal or base region of the transistor, an output signal line coupled to a drain terminal or collector region of the transistor, a power supply line coupled to the drain terminal or collector region of the transistor, and a feedback resistor between a source terminal or emitter region of the transistor and ground.
US09209795B2
A signal processing device and a measuring method are provided. A ring oscillator includes (2n+1) signal transmission circuits (n is an integer greater than or equal to 1). One of the signal transmission circuits comprises an inverter, a first transistor, and a second transistor; one of an input terminal and an output terminal of the inverter is connected to one of a source and a drain of the first transistor; one of a source and a drain of the second transistor is connected to a gate of the first transistor; an output of a k-th (k is an integer greater than or equal to 1 and less than or equal to 2n) signal transmission circuit is connected to an input of a (k+1)-th signal transmission circuit; and an output of a (2n+1)-th signal transmission circuit is connected to an input of a first signal transmission circuit.
US09209779B2
An acoustic structure comprising comprises a layer of material having a first Young's modulus called the intrinsic modulus and a first density called the intrinsic density, characterized in that the layer comprises at least one first zone having said first Young's modulus and said first density and at least one second zone buried in the volume of said layer of material and having a second Young's modulus and/or a second density obtained by implanting and/or by diffusing atoms into the volume of said layer.
US09209778B2
Embodiments relate to MEMS resonator structures and methods that enable application of a maximum available on-chip voltage. In an embodiment, a MEMS resonator comprises a connection between a ground potential and the gap electrode of the resonator. Embodiments also relate to manufacturing systems and methods that are less complex and enable production of MEMS resonators of reduced dimensions.
US09209766B1
An amplifier circuit in a multi-chip module includes a charge to voltage converter circuit, a voltage amplifier a low pass filter and a voltage to current converter. The charge to voltage converter receives a signal representing an electrical charge and generates a voltage signal proportional to the input signal. The voltage amplifier receives the voltage signal from the charge to voltage converter, then amplifies the voltage signal by the gain factor to output an amplified voltage signal. The lowpass filter passes low frequency components of the amplified voltage signal and attenuates frequency components greater than a cutoff frequency. The voltage to current converter receives the output signal of the lowpass filter and converts the output signal to a current output signal; wherein an amplifier circuit output is selectable between the output signal of the lowpass filter and the current output signal.
US09209765B2
A quick comparison circuit includes a cascaded N-stage operational amplifier, a flip-latch, a biasing circuit, and a control signal generating circuit, with N≧2, and two differential signals to be compared being inputted to an input terminal of a first stage operational amplifier, an output terminal of a Nth stage operational amplifier being connected with an input terminal of the flip-latch, the biasing circuit supplying a biasing current to each stage operational amplifier, the control signal generating circuit being connected with the N-stage operational amplifier and the flip-latch respectively to supply a working time sequence and a reset control signal for them, and each stage operational amplifier having the same structure. This circuit has high gain and improved comparison speed.
US09209761B2
First and second transconductance amplifier input stages having first and second gain characteristics, respectively, are combined. The resulting combined input stage has a third gain characteristic with a linear range that is larger than a linear range of either of the first and second gain characteristics.
US09209759B2
A method includes generating an input voltage for an operational amplifier from a received electromagnetic signal in a receiver unit by an input resistance and generating an output voltage by the operational amplifier by a fixed amplification factor. The input voltage is changed until the output voltage lies within a predefined interval that includes the value of the reference voltage. The input voltage is tapped at a divider node of a voltage divider. The gate voltage of the MOS transistor, operating within a nonlinear range and connected to the divider node, is changed to adjust the output voltage to the reference voltage such that a forward resistance of the transistor is changed nonlinearly. A field strength value received by the receiver unit is determined from a comparison of the value of the present gate voltage with quantities assigned to stored gate voltage values.
US09209754B2
A device includes a Doherty amplifier having a carrier path and a peaking path. The Doherty amplifier includes a carrier amplifier configured to amplify a signal received from the carrier path and a peaking amplifier configured to amplify a signal received from the peaking path. The device includes a variable impedance coupled to an output of the Doherty amplifier, and a controller configured to set the variable impedance to a first impedance when an output power level of the Doherty amplifier is less than a threshold and to a second impedance when the output power level of the Doherty amplifier is above the threshold.
US09209752B2
A high-frequency amplifier includes: a first transistor having a source connected to ground; a second transistor forming a cascode circuit with the first transistor; a series circuit connected between a gate of the second transistor and the ground, the series circuit being formed by a first resistive element and a series resonant circuit connected in series with each other; and a second resistive element connected in parallel to the series circuit. The high-frequency amplifier can achieve low distortion characteristics while ensuring operational stability in a wide band.
US09209750B2
A harmonic rejection mixer is disclosed that is capable of supporting wideband reception without any increase in circuit area. In this apparatus, transistors convert an RF signal to currents. Transistors perform frequency conversion based on the currents from the transistors and local oscillation signals. Transistors distribute the currents from the transistors to all transistors or some transistors based on a predetermined ratio. A load adds up the currents from the transistors and converts the resultant current to a voltage.
US09209748B2
A frequency synthesis device including: a first generator configured to generate a periodic signal of frequency f1; a second and third generator, coupled with the first generator and configured to receive as an input the periodic signal of frequency f1 and to generate a signal SG corresponding to a train of oscillations of frequency substantially equal to N·f1, of a time less than T1=1/f1 and repeated periodically at the frequency f1, where N is a whole number greater than 1; and a fourth generator configured to generate, from the signal SG, a periodic signal wherein a frequency spectrum includes a primary line of frequency f2=(N+i)·f1, where i is a whole number.
US09209729B2
An actuator control unit has a first pattern in which the energization phase is switched on every switching of pulse signals, and a second pattern in which, even when a switching timing of the energization phase due to the switching of the pulse signals exists, the energization phase is not switched during a predetermined period, and, in an acceleration period before a specific position in which the actual rotation angle position of the detent plate is going toward the target rotation angle position and then the rotation becomes stable, the energization phase is switched with the first pattern set, then, in a deceleration period after the specific position in which the rotation of the motor is stable and then the actual rotation angle position generally matches the target rotation angle position, the energization phase of the motor is switched with the second pattern set.
US09209723B2
A control device of a three-phase AC motor includes: an inverter; a current sensor for a sensor phase current; and a controller switching a switching element of each phase of the inverter and having a current estimation device, which calculates a sensor-phase-standard current phase according to α and β axis currents and a current estimated value of another phase. The current estimation device calculates the α axis current at every switching and intermediate timings, calculates a first differential value of the α axis current at every switch timing, calculates the β axis current according to the first differential value, calculates a second differential value of the α axis current at every intermediate timing, and calculates the β axis current according to the second differential value. The intermediate timing is set to have an unequal interval between two adjacent switch timings.
US09209721B2
A method for real time power control over a plurality of motor controllers by at least one processor on a computer system may include determining a power load demand from a first set of motors, selecting a combination of motor controllers to match the power load demand, assigning a first set of system-wide priorities, configuring a power switching network to connect the first set of motors to the motor controllers, receiving from a control unit a power request for a motor, determining a priority designation for that motor, assigning a second set of system-wide priorities, determining a second power load demand from a second set of motors, wherein the second plurality of active motors comprises the first plurality of active motors and the first motor, selecting a second combination of motor controllers necessary to match the second power load demand, and configuring the power switching network in accordance with the second set of system-wide priorities.
US09209720B2
A system that includes a first data storage element actuated by a first electric motor. The system also includes a second data storage element actuated by a second electric motor. An electrical connector assembly transfers electrical energy from a back electromotive force generated in the first electric motor, by movement of the first data storage element, to the second electric motor to thereby energize the second electric motor.
US09209719B2
Provided is a load driving device capable of efficiently recovering and using regenerative power and an inverted type movable body equipped with same. The load driving device includes a battery that supplies power to a load when driving the load, and is charged with a part of regenerative power when the regenerative power equal to or higher than a first reference value is generated by the load. The load driving device also includes an internal circuit that consumes at least a part of regenerative power when the regenerative power is generated by the load.
US09209715B2
An apparatus and process are disclosed that relates to a thermoelectric converter for converting thermal energy into electric energy. The apparatus includes at least one magnetic circuit including magnetic flux; at least one electric coil coupled to the at least one magnetic circuit; a magnetic switch coupled to the at least one magnetic circuit which loads the at least one electric coil with magnetic flux of the at least one magnetic circuit depending on a temperature of the magnetic switch, wherein the magnetic switch has a ferromagnetic state below a critical temperature (Tc) and a paramagnetic state above the critical temperature (Tc).
US09209711B2
The invention is a control method and a control device for determining components of a control voltage of an inverter adapted for feeding power to a grid, in the course of which a vector direction (θ*) of a voltage of the grid is determined, on the basis of active power and reactive power of the grid, current reference signal components (id,ref, iq,ref) are determined, Park vector components (ix, iy) are generated by Park transformation from components (i1, i2, i3) associated with phases of a current of the inverter, the current reference signal components (id,ref, iq ref) are transformed into the transformed current reference signal components (ix,ref, iy,ref) on the basis of the vector direction (θ*), a first error signal is generated by leading the first component (ix) of the Park vector and the first component (ix ref) of the transformed current reference signal to a first subtracting unit (77), and a second error signal is generated by leading the second component (iy) of the Park vector and the second component (iy ref) of the transformed current reference signal to a second subtracting unit (79), the error signals are guided through control blocks each comprising three parallel signal paths (81, 83, 85) and outputting summed up outputs of the signal paths (81, 83, 85), and the components (u1,inv, u2,inv, u3,inv) of the control voltage are determined on the basis of outputs (ux,inv, uy,inv) of the control blocks by inverse Park transformation. The invention is, furthermore, a mobile electric power storage apparatus comprising the control device.
US09209706B2
A switching rectifier circuit according to the present invention includes: a first switch coupled between a first alternating-current voltage and a direct-current voltage; a second switch coupled between a second alternating-current voltage and the direct-current voltage; a third switch coupled between the first alternating-current voltage and a reference voltage; a fourth switch coupled between the second alternating-current voltage and the reference voltage; a first comparator circuit that generates each of a first power-on detection signal and a first power-off detection signal from the first alternating-current voltage and the direct-current voltage; a second comparator circuit that generates each of a second power-on detection signal and a second power-off detection signal from the second alternating-current voltage and the direct-current voltage; and a timing generator that controls the switches to be turned on/off on the basis of outputs of at least the comparator circuits.
US09209698B2
Electric power conversion device has first and second operation modes. First operation mode is of converting DC power from a first terminal into DC power having a desired voltage to be output to second terminal. Second operation mode is of converting DC power from the second terminal into DC power having a desired voltage to be output to first terminal. Switching section is configured to, in first operation mode, be turned on to cause short-circuiting between both ends of capacitor of rectifying circuit, and, in second operation mode, be turned off. First conversion part is configured to, in first operation mode, supply DC power-from first terminal, from first winding to second conversion part through a conversion circuit, and, in second operation mode, output to first terminal a voltage obtained by adding an output voltage of rectifying circuit to an output voltage of conversion circuit.
US09209691B2
Systems and methods are disclosed to control a buck converter with a first switching circuit including a first upper power transistor coupled to a first lower power transistor at a first junction; a second upper power transistor coupled to a second lower power transistor at a second junction; an inductor coupled to the first and second junctions; and a load coupled to the second junction.
US09209686B2
The DC-DC converter includes a mask controlling circuit that outputs an overcurrent detection mask signal that prescribes a mask period in which the overcurrent detection result signal is masked. The DC-DC converter includes a mask adjusting circuit that adjusts a length of the mask period according to the power supply voltage. The DC-DC converter includes an operation circuit that performs an operation of the overcurrent detection result signal and the overcurrent detection mask signal and outputs an overcurrent controlling signal with the overcurrent detection result signal being masked in the mask period.
US09209683B2
The present disclosure provides a switched voltage converter for receiving a source voltage and producing an output voltage. The voltage converter comprises a switch controller and a switched device communicatively coupled to the switch controller. The switch controller adjusts the output voltage by controlling a duty cycle of the switched device. The switched device is sized such that it is characterized by a drain-to-source breakdown voltage greater than or substantially equal to the source voltage and the output voltage and is further characterized by a hot-carrier injection rating less than the source voltage or the output voltage. In further embodiments, the switched device is sized such that it is characterized by a drain-to-source breakdown voltage greater than or substantially equal to a peak operating voltage and is further characterized by a hot-carrier injection rating less than the peak operating voltage.
US09209678B2
A power converter system suitable to provide a load with electrical power, the system comprising; an input voltage terminal; an output voltage terminal; a first power converter unit; a second power converter unit; an input relay unit; an output relay unit; a control unit; wherein the control unit is configured to control the input relay unit and the output relay unit such that the first and second power converter units are engaged alternating at subsequent power ups of the voltage input terminal.
US09209674B2
A method and an apparatus for transferring electric power to an electrical load (105); the method comprising steps of: converting a direct electric current into an electric tension wave, applying the electric tension wave in inlet to at least a couple of electric capacitors (125, 130); supplying the electrical load (105) with the electric tension in outlet from the capacitors (125, 130).
US09209673B2
Disclosed herein are embodiments of devices, systems, and methods for converting magnetic energy into one or more other forms of energy, or stated otherwise, for deriving power in a desired format from magnetic energy. In one system, energy provided by a magnetic field of a magnetic source is converted into rotational energy of one or more components of a system. The system can include a magnetic source that is coupled with a rotational component so as to instigate and/or maintain rotation of the component, and is decoupled from the component due at least in part to torque provided by another magnetic source.
US09209670B2
Provided herein, is an apparatus that includes a first weld attaching a first motor component and a second motor component, a second weld attaching the first motor component and the second motor component, and a plurality of spot welds along a joint between the first and second weld wherein the plurality of spot welds are configured to align the first motor component and the second motor component.
US09209669B2
A method for manufacturing a stator includes preparing a stator core having a plurality of teeth, a plurality of coils having a plurality of lead lines, a substrate having a plurality of connecting portions, and a plurality of positioning jigs having restraining portions. The method includes positioning the substrate and the lead lines so that distal portions of the lead lines are separated from the connecting portions in at least one of a radial direction and a circumferential direction. The method further includes inserting the lead lines in the restraining portions, aligning the distal portions of the lead lines with the corresponding connecting portions using the positioning jigs, inserting the lead lines into the corresponding connecting portions, and electrically connecting the lead lines inserted in the connecting portions to the corresponding connecting portions.
US09209662B2
A linear motor includes a stator module, a rotor module and an extension rod. The stator module includes a first stator unit and a second stator unit. The first stator unit includes an upper end cap including an upper holder member and an upper bobbin integrally extended from the upper holder member. The second stator unit includes a bottom end cap and a second winding. The bottom end cap includes a bottom holder member and a bottom bobbin connected to the bottom holder member and abutted against the upper bobbin. The rotor module is rotatably mounted in the stator module. The extension rod is linearly movably mounted in the stator module. The upper bobbin is integrally extended from the upper holder member. The fabrication of the linear motor is simple, ensuring a high level of precision.
US09209653B2
A device (1) monitors and/or balances an ultracapacitor (3) and/or a module (4) comprising a plurality of ultracapacitors (3) connected in series, the module (4) being connectable in series or in parallel with other modules (4). The device comprises an electronic board (2) comprising digital control and/or command means, such as a microcontroller (5), executing a program for monitoring and balancing the ultracapacitor (3) and/or the module (4). The relative capacitances of the capacitors are measured, and this information is employed to determine when to carry out a controlled discharge of particular capacitors. Temperature information is also employed to determine when to carry out a controlled discharge of particular capacitors. In this way the lifetime of any particular capacitor is, desirably, extended to be no shorter than the lifetime of other longer-lived capacitors in the module.
US09209652B2
According to an aspect of the disclosure, a mobile energy management system includes controlling at least one network device at a site using the proximity detection of a mobile device based upon the detection of a plurality of zones. Various features may be presented on a graphical user interface of the mobile device including a map which may present the location of the site, the current location of the mobile device, and the plurality of zones. The graphical user interface may further include a zone size setting presenting selectable distance values enabling the user to set the distance between the site and the boundary of each zone. In response to the selection of a distance value, the mobile device may automatically scale the map to simultaneously present the boundary of each zone and the current location of the mobile device within the display screen of the mobile device.
US09209638B2
A network of chargers for a battery of an electric vehicle is disclosed, having a 1st power connection, a power converter, a 2nd power connection and at least a 3rd power connection for exchanging power with another charger. A controller is provided for controlling a power switch, and is configured to: connect the power converter to the 2nd power connection when a vehicle is to be charged from the power source, connect the power converter to the at least one 3rd power connection when power is to be delivered to another charger, and connect the at least one 3rd power connection to the 2nd power connection when power from another charger is to be delivered to the vehicle.
US09209634B2
A system and method for using statistical analysis of information obtained during a rechargeable battery charging session, wherein the method is for optimizing one or more parameters that are used for controlling the charging of a rechargeable battery during the charging session.
US09209628B2
Systems and methods for de-energizing battery packs in vehicles that receive at least a portion of their motive power from electricity generated from a battery are provided. By way of example, one embodiment includes a battery de-energizer that is configured to electrically couple to a port or receptacle, such as the service disconnect receptacle, on the vehicle and discharge the electrical energy stored in the battery pack. Another embodiment includes a battery management unit (BMU) designed to monitor one or more sensors to determine if a crash has occurred. If a crash is determined, the BMU electrically couples a battery de-energizer circuit to the battery pack to discharge the electrical energy stored in the battery pack.
US09209626B2
The invention is a bipolar solar photovoltaic to three-phase AC power converter with a novel non-isolated power conversion topology which allows multiple power converter outputs to be directly paralleled without the need for synchronized switching or galvanic isolation. The invention directly supports a new approach to solar photovoltaic system design wherein a large number of distributed lower power converters are used in lieu of one large central inverter.
US09209622B2
A system includes a rack, computing devices coupled to the rack, a rack PDU, and one or more input power cables. The rack PDU includes an enclosure, two or more power input receptacles on the enclosure, and two or more power output receptacles on the enclosure. The output power receptacles supply power to the computing devices. The input power cables are coupled in one or more of the power input receptacles. The input power cables supply electrical power from an electrical power system to the rack PDU.
US09209615B2
An electric wire with terminal includes an electric wire covering an outer periphery of a core wire with an insulating coating and a female terminal. The female terminal includes: a wire barrel having a bottom plate on which the core wire is placed and crimped onto the core wire; a groove portion extending from the bottom plate in a direction in which the core wire extends and whose surface on the side where the core wire is placed is bent into a concave shape. The groove portion has a water blocking wall molded by synthetic resin. The water blocking wall is provided to fill the inside of the groove portion. A region extending from the water blocking wall to the end of the insulating coating is covered with a water blocking coating, and the inner surface of the water blocking coating is in close contact with the water blocking wall.
US09209603B2
A laser comprises a front mirror (FM), a gain section coupled to the FM, a phase section coupled to the gain section such that the gain section is positioned between the phase section and the FM, and a back mirror (BM) comprising an interferometer and coupled to the phase section such that the phase section is positioned between the BM and the gain section. A method comprises splitting a first light into a second light and a third light, reflecting the second light to form a second reflected light, reflecting the third light to form a third reflected light, and causing the second reflected light and the third reflected light to interfere and combine to form a combined light to narrow a reflectivity peak spectrum width.
US09209602B2
A monolithically integrated, tunable semiconductor laser with an optical waveguide, comprising epitaxial layers on a substrate and having first and second reflectors bounding an optical gain section and a non-driven region, wherein at least one of the reflectors is a distributed Bragg reflector section configured to have a tunable reflection spectrum, wherein control electrodes are provided to at least the optical gain section, and the distributed Bragg reflector section, and wherein the non-driven region has a length of at least 100 μm, is without an electrical contact directly contacting onto the epitaxially grown side of the non-driven region, and the non-driven region is without a reflective Bragg grating within the epitaxial layers of the non-driven region.
US09209601B2
A monolithically integrated, tunable semiconductor laser with an optical waveguide, comprising a laser chip having epitaxial layers on a substrate and having first and second reflectors bounding an optical gain section and a passive section, wherein at least one of the reflectors is a distributed Bragg reflector section comprising a grating and configured to have a tunable reflection spectrum, wherein the laser is provided with a common earth electrode, wherein control electrodes are provided on the optical waveguide in at least the optical gain section and the at least one distributed Bragg reflector section, wherein the passive section is provided with an electrode or electrical tracking on the optical waveguide, the passive section is configured not to be drivable by an electrical control signal, and no grating is present within the passive section.
US09209595B2
An extreme ultraviolet light system includes an optical amplifier system and a catalytic conversion system. Each optical amplifier of the optical amplifier system includes a gain medium in the form of a gas mixture that produces an amplified light beam. The optical amplifier system includes a fluid input and a fluid output through which the gas mixture flows. The catalytic conversion system is fluidly connected to the fluid output of the optical amplifier system and to the fluid input of the optical amplifier system. The catalytic conversion system includes a catalytic converter that includes a housing; a substrate within the housing including openings through which the gas mixture can flow; and a catalyst applied as a coating to the interior surfaces of the openings of the substrate, the catalyst including particles of metal. The particles of metal can be nanoparticles of precious metal.
US09209578B2
In a connecting structure for electronic devices, a housing is configured to be inserted into a cover, and a terminal is accommodated in the housing to hold an electronic device inserted therein. A terminal accommodating chamber in the housing accommodates the terminal. An opening part is formed in a forward end surface of the housing in a first direction in which the housing is inserted into the cover, and communicates with the terminal accommodating chamber so that the electronic device is inserted therethrough. A positioning part is provided in the terminal accommodating chamber, and is configured to come in contact with a forward end of the electronic device in a insertion direction of the electronic device, so as to position the electronic device in the second direction.
US09209576B2
The present invention includes an insert-to-connect device body, which receives therein a grounding terminal, a transmission terminal arranged at the left side of the grounding terminal, and a conduction terminal arranged at the right side of the grounding terminal. The grounding terminal is electrically connected with a grounding bulb. The transmission terminal is electrically connected with a transmission bulb. The conduction terminal is electrically connected with a conduction bulb. The conduction terminal is electrically connected with a conduction touch-plate. With such an arrangement, a construction operator is allowed, in installing the present invention, to follow instructions for connection with polarity correctness and to identify if the polarities are set correct according to lighting of the grounding bulb, the transmission bulb and the conduction bulb and touching of the conduction touch-plate.
