US09266371B2
A display includes a substrate with a light-transmitting property, a relief structure-forming layer disposed on at least one surface of the substrate and including a relief-structured region on a surface thereof opposite to its surface in contact with the substrate, a light-reflecting layer disposed on the surface of the relief structure-forming layer including the relief-structured region, and a printed layer formed on a surface of the substrate opposite to the surface on which the relief structure-forming layer is disposed, or between the relief structure-forming layer and the light-reflecting layer, or on a side of the light-reflecting layer opposite to its surface in contact with the relief structure-forming layer. The relief-structured region is constituted by recessed or protruding portions arranged two-dimensionally, has low reflectivity and low diffusibility under a normal illumination condition, and exhibits a diffracted light-emitting property under a specific condition.
US09266367B2
This disclosure discloses a printer comprising a feeder, a printing head, a substantially cuboid-like shaped housing, a touch panel, and a cover. The printing head performs desired printing on a print-receiving medium fed by the feeder. The touch panel is capable of executing desired operation input. The cover is provided to the housing or the touch panel. The cover comprises a plurality of locking hooks. The plurality of locking hooks is provided to areas other than a center part of the cover along a longitudinal direction. The housing or the touch panel comprises a plurality of locked parts to which the plurality of locking hooks is respectively to be locked.
US09266364B2
In one example, a print job is received. The print job includes a first plot to be printed on a first side of a media, and a second plot to be printed on a second side of the media in registration with the first plot. The first plot and a fiducial mark are caused to print on the first side, the fiducial mark being a known distance from the first plot and including an identifier for the second plot. In response to detecting the identifier via a sensor and measuring a distance to the fiducial mark to discern a reference for printing the second plot, the second plot is caused to print on the second side in registration with the first plot.
US09266355B2
A duplex printer system includes a double-sided label web and a duplex printer operable to print both sides of the label web. The label includes exposed adhesive on a first side thereof. The duplex printer includes a printer frame and first and second print heads arranged to print respective sides of the label web. The first print head is shiftably mounted relative to the printer frame for movement into and out of a printing position, in which the first print head is operable to print within a printable region of the first side. The first print head is selectively shifted out of the printing position so as to avoid contact with exposed adhesive during label web advancement. The first print head includes a printer interface positioned in printing engagement with the label web when the first print head is shifted to the printing position. The printer interface is spaced from a first adhesive side area and is thereby prevented from engaging the exposed adhesive applied thereto when the first print head is shifted to the printing position.
US09266352B2
A method of forming a lenticle on a substrate includes operating a plurality of inkjets to eject a plurality of ink drops of an optically transparent ink onto a surface of a substrate between a first printed line of an optically opaque ink and a second printed line of the optically opaque ink to form a lenticle from the optically transparent ink, the first printed line being formed substantially parallel to the second printed line with a separation between the first printed line and the second printed line corresponding to a predetermined width of a lenticle to be formed on the substrate.
US09266339B2
A recessed portion is provided on a shorter side of a rectangular liquid supply passage. Thereby a flow pathway by the recessed portion can be ensured, and even in a case where the air bubble is trapped to be closer to and in contact with one end of the liquid supply passage, a difference in flow resistance to two ink flows generated in this state can be made small. In this way, the flow speeds of the inks flowing in the periphery of the air bubble can be made small as a whole, and as a result, it is possible to suppress an ejection failure due to transfer of the air bubble to the ejection opening side or the like.
US09266337B2
A cartridge includes a concave portion. The concave portion has an opening, first and second side walls, and a bottom wall, and the bottom wall has a tilted surface tilted. The tilted surface is provided with a cartridge side terminal group. The first side wall is provided with a first restriction portion which restricts movements in a +Z axis direction and a +X axis direction of an apparatus side terminal unit, and the second side wall is provided with a second restriction portion which restricts movements in the +Z axis direction and a −X axis direction of an apparatus side terminal unit.
US09266330B2
A process for producing a semiconductor chip having a substrate and a bump formed on the substrate including (1) forming, on a substrate, a conductor gold for plating to be a base of plating growth; (2) forming a mask for plating on the conductor gold for plating; (3) performing plating using the mask for plating to form the bump and a dummy pattern; (4) removing the mask for plating; (5) etching the conductor gold for plating; and (6) applying a shock to at least the dummy pattern. The amount of side etching of the conductor gold for plating is grasped from a state of separation of the dummy pattern due to the shock in the step (6).
US09266322B2
Disclosed is a liquid ejecting apparatus, and a method of controlling the liquid ejecting apparatus, whereby at a timing at which temperature detection and ejection pulse change are subsequently performed, a frequency of execution of temperature detection and driving pulse change differs according to whether temperature detected by the temperature sensor is in a first temperature range in which a degree of change in viscosity of ink for change in temperature is relatively high or in a second temperature range in which the degree of the change in viscosity for the change in temperature is relative stable. More specifically, in the first temperature range, the frequency of execution of temperature detection and driving pulse change is high compared to the second temperature range.
US09266318B2
A printing assembly includes a printing device and a retractable screen assembly that blocks UV light. As the printing device moves across a platform, the retractable screen assembly may fasten to support members, thereby causing a screen member to extend from the retractable screen assembly and prevent UV light from traveling along a range of viewing angles.
US09266317B1
An apparatus wherein a hot stamp transfer roller can be quickly removed from the metal core after the hot stamp transfer roller is used up and immediately replaced with another hot stamp transfer roller so that the process can continue without having to return the central hub and the remaining portion of the hot stamp transfer roller to a facility where the hot stamp transfer roller is ground away from the central hub.
US09266309B2
A method of producing a gas-barrier laminated member having a gas-barrier layer formed by crosslinking the carboxyl groups of a polycarboxylic acid polymer with multivalent metal ions. The method comprises forming a layer (A) containing an alkaline compound of a multivalent metal on at least one surface of a plastic base material, applying a solution (b) obtained by dissolving a polycarboxylic acid polymer in a solvent containing at least water onto the layer (A) that contains the alkaline compound of the multivalent metal, and removing the solvent by a heat treatment so that a metal-ionically crosslinked structure is formed with the multivalent metal ions among the carboxyl groups in the solution (b). The gas-barrier laminated member has excellent adhesion to the base material, gas-barrier property, retort resistance and flexibility, and is efficiently produced by only being heated at a low temperature for a short period of time through a decreased number of simplified steps.
US09266304B2
A grid type element (1) of fiber composite structure, comprising a plurality of open polygonal cells (5) made of at least three core segments (16), said open polygonal cells (5) being stringed together alongside said ribs (16) to form a grid structure, and an essentially planar skin sheet (4), said essentially planar skin sheet (4) being attached unilaterally to the grid structure. A multipartite core (6) is provided, said core segments (6a, 6b, 6c) with respectively rectangular cross sections being formed of said multipartite core (6). Said at least three core segments (6a, 6b, 6c) are pivotable interconnected with at least two reduced cross sections (9) between two of said at least three core segments (6a, 6b, 6c) and at least one fiber composite layer (8, 7) is provided with said multipartite core (6), said at least one fiber composite layer (8, 7) sheathing at least partly said multipartite core (6). The invention is as well related to a method of manufacturing such grid type elements.
US09266303B2
The invention is related to a grid type fiber composite structure (1) comprising a grid of polygon cell modules (5) comprising at least three substantially u-shaped ribs made of fiber composite layer (8, 13) and a foam core (9) provided inside each cell module (5) for support of said u-shaped ribs. Said foam core (9) is along a base essentially in line with one of said flat cap sections (11, 12). At least one layer of strip (2, 3) is provided outside said flat cap sections (11, 12) and a skin sheet (4) is unilaterally attached to said cell modules (5) essentially in line with one of said flat cap sections (11, 12). The invention is as well related to a method of manufacturing such a grid type fiber composite structure (1).
US09266297B1
Apparatuses and/or equipment that automatically form containers with a reinforced bottom panel (pleats), methods of forming a container with a reinforced bottom panel, and methods of manufacturing an apparatus and/or equipment for making a container with a reinforced bottom panel are disclosed. The pleat(s) provide extra strength to the bottom panel of the container, thereby reducing or eliminating bottom sag. The apparatus and/or equipment is advantageously capable of automatically forming a container with a bottom panel having one or more pleats, while avoiding (1) damage to the containers and/or container blanks being folded, and (2) obstructions or instability in the containers that may result from inadvertent folding of the parts, pleats, flaps, and/or panels in the wrong or an inconsistent direction during the manufacturing process.
US09266287B2
A method for fabricating custom surface reflectance and spatially-varying bi-directional reflectance distribution functions (BDRFs or svBRDFs). The 3D printing method optimizes micro-geometry to produce a normal distribution function (NDF) that can be printed on surfaces with a 3D printer. Particularly, the method involves optimizing the micro-geometry for a wide range of analytic NDFs and simulating the effective reflectance of the resulting surface. Using the results of the simulation, the appearance of an input svBRDF can be reproduced. To this end, the micro-geometry is optimized in a data-driven fashion and distributed on the surface of the printed object. The methods were demonstrated to allow 3D printing svBRDF on planar samples with current 3D printing technology even with a limited set of printing materials, and the described methods have been shown to be naturally extendable to printing svBRDF on arbitrary shapes or 3D objects.
US09266282B2
The core metal for resin welding improves bonding strength between an outer peripheral resin member and the core metal. The outer peripheral resin member 30 is welded to the peripheral surface 21 of the core metal 20 by fitting the core metal into a fitting hole 31 of the outer peripheral resin member 30, preparing the outer peripheral resin member 30 providing the fitting hole 31 with a smooth internal wall surface; preparing the core metal 20 wherein streaky protrusions 26 and smooth portions 25 are provided; allowing the top parts of the protrusions 26 to contact, and the smooth portions of the core metal 20 to face the smooth internal wall surface; and induction heating to weld the outer peripheral resin member 30 to the protrusions 26 and the smooth portions 25.
US09266281B2
Plastic bodies are formed of two polyamide parts welded together, wherein the two polyamide parts consist of a polyamide composition at least one which comprises an iron containing additive. The welding process for making the plastic body includes welding two polyamide parts, at least one of which consists of a polyamide composition comprising an iron containing additive.
US09266276B2
The invention relates to a shaping apparatus (1) for the shaping of plastics material pre-forms (10) into plastics material containers (10A) with a plurality of blow moulding stations (8) and with at least one control device (55; 55A; 55B; 55C) for the control of blow molding pressures and/or volume flows at the blow molding stations (8), in which the at least one control device (55; 55A; 55B; 55C) comprises at least one control valve (56) with a control piston part (58) which is guided in a cylinder part (57) and by means of which a cross-section (59) of a blow molding air duct (60) is capable of being closed, wherein the control device (55; 55A; 55B; 55C) has a drive unit (61) operating in an electromagnetic manner in order to effect a change in position of the control piston part (58) inside the cylinder part (57) and thus also to control the blow molding pressures and/or volume flows at the blow molding stations (8).
US09266273B2
A thermoplastic resin film manufacturing method and manufacturing device are disclosed wherein an air volume sprayed by the auxiliary cooling device onto the surface of the film on the opposite side thereof to the cooling drum side thereof is set to be larger than the suction amount by an exhaust mechanism between nozzles, to avoid the suction of the air containing the high concentration of oligomer around the extrusion die into the auxiliary cooling device, thereby preventing precipitation and deposition of the oligomer onto spraying nozzles within the auxiliary cooling device and the suction surface of the exhaust mechanism between nozzles.
US09266272B2
Disclosed is an apparatus for the processing of plastics, with a container with a rotatable mixing implement, wherein the imaginary continuation of the longitudinal axis of a conveyor in a direction opposite to the direction of conveying passes the axis of rotation, where, on the outflow side, there is an offset distance between the longitudinal axis and the radial parallel to the longitudinal axis, wherein in the wall section that is part of the housing and that immediately follows the intake aperture in the direction of conveying and that completely surrounds the screw, a pocket extends in the direction of conveying, starting at the downstream edge of the intake aperture over a length (L), where 0.8 d≦L≦9 d, where d is the external diameter or the diameter of the envelope curve of the screw in the wall section.
US09266266B2
There is provided a case of an electronic device having an antenna pattern embedded therein, the case including: a radiator frame injection molded so that a radiator including an antenna pattern part and formed on a film is formed on one surface thereof; a case frame injection molded upwardly of the radiator frame and provided with the radiator embedded between the radiator frame and the case frame; and a boundary part forming a boundary between the radiator frame and the case frame and having a groove formed inwardly of the case frame.
US09266261B2
Flexible nanocrystalline cellulose films (NCC) include a polymer while retaining the property of tunable color. Polymers, for example PVOH and SB-latex, are effective in increasing the flexibility of the NCC films. The NCC film made with PVOH retains the iridescence better than that made with SB-latex; however, the NCC film made with SB-latex has a better tensile strength. In addition, the NCC film made with PVOH was found to disperse easily in water while the NCC film made with SB latex does not disperse in water (it is strongly water resistant). The color of NCC film made with PVOH and SB-latex can still be tuned with techniques that provide for tuning.
US09266258B2
A system, method and apparatus for manufacturing high density magnetic media is disclosed. A flexible mold having a very low modulus of less than about 4 GPa is made on a rigid support. The mold nano-imprints a resist material on disks for hard disk drives. The flexible mold may comprise a perfluoropolyether with urethane acrylate end groups with a low surface adhesion from which the cured resist is easily released.
US09266257B2
A method for removing impurities from shredded plastic uses a device having a first and second cleaning disc with a first and second cleaning surface respectively. The cleaning surfaces lie opposite each other and border a cleaning gap between each other. The cleaning discs are rotated and liquid is fed into the cleaning gap. Shredded plastic is fed between the cleaning discs and conveyed through the cleaning gap, and the shredded plastic is processed abrasively by the cleaning surfaces. The temperature difference of the liquid guided through the cleaning gap during entry into the cleaning gap and the temperature of the liquid as it exits the cleaning gap and/or at least one parameter characterizing this temperature difference is measured. The distance between the cleaning surfaces is set such that the measured temperature difference and/or the at least one parameter characterizing this temperature difference achieve a setpoint value.
US09266247B1
A device for layering and cutting food, comprising a main body having an elongated bottom wall and two opposing parallel side walls extending upward from said bottom wall, the side walls and the bottom wall defining a rectangular food receiving receptacle. Each of the side walls include a plurality of vertically disposed wall slots. The body receptacle is configured to receive food and the wall slots are configured to receive a cutting implement to cut food into one or more portions. A removable food supporting plate is disposed in the body receptacle and on the bottom wall of the main body. The food is received on the removable plate and the removable plate is adapted to be removed with food from the receptacle of said main body after cutting the food into one or more portions. The removable plate includes grooves wherein the wall slots of the opposing side walls align and the plate grooves of the base align with the slots.
US09266244B2
An industrial robot including a contact panel having one or several contacts to allow connection to the industrial robot of one or several cables through which energy, signals or a substance may pass to and/or from the industrial robot. A cover forms part of an outer surface of the industrial robot. Each one of the one or several contacts of the contact panel protrudes through an opening in the cover so as to be accessible from the outside of the industrial robot. The contact panel is mounted to and supported by a holder that is secured in an internal cavity of the industrial robot so as to allow the contact panel to be held in place in the industrial robot when the cover is removed.
US09266239B2
A medical robotic system that includes a robotically controlled surgical instrument. The system includes a constraint controller that constrains the movement of the instrument based on a predetermined parameter. The parameter may be a surgical space, wherein the instrument cannot be moved into, or alternatively cannot be moved out of, the space. The surgically constrained spaced may be defined through a telestrator screen that allows a surgeon to point and click the boundaries of the space.
US09266237B2
A system comprises: a measurement unit adapted to measure a position/orientation of at least one target object based on an image obtained by capturing the at least one target object; a selection unit adapted to select at least one grippable target object based on the position/orientation; a determination unit adapted to determine, as an object to be gripped, a grippable target object in a state with a highest priority from the at least one grippable target object based on priorities set in advance for states including gripping positions/directions; a gripping unit adapted to grip the object to be gripped in the state with the highest priority; and a changing unit adapted to change the state of the gripped object, to a state in which the gripped object is assembled to the other object.
US09266236B2
Methods and apparatus for robotic induction in materials handling facilities with batch singulation inventory areas are disclosed. A control system directs the one or more robotic devices to transport a particular portable storage unit of a plurality of portable storage units to and from a particular induction station of one or more induction stations. The control system directs induction of one or more single units of items from one or more locations of the portable storage unit, while the particular portable storage unit is located at an induction station, into the conveyance mechanism at the particular induction station. The control system directs picks of batches of heterogeneous items from a separate inventory storage area. The control system directs induction of single units of items from the batches of heterogeneous items picked from the separate inventory storage area into the conveyance mechanism at a batch singulation station.
US09266231B1
A method and apparatus for transferring vibration of a motorized hand tool from a wrist to a forearm of a human operator is disclosed. The apparatus includes a connector that is coupled to the motorized hand tool and also includes a brace that is coupled to the forearm of the human operator and is also coupled to the connector.
US09266230B2
A power tool having first and second housing portions, a power train, a mounting hub, a lock bar and an actuator. The second housing portion is disposed about the first housing portion for pivoting motion about a pivot axis. The powertrain has an output member that extends from the second housing portion and which is movable relative to an output member axis. The mounting hub is coupled to one of the first and second housing portions. The lock bar is mounted to the other one of the first and second housing portions. The actuator is slidably received in the other one of the first and second housing portions and cooperates with the mounting hub to selectively permit the second housing portion to pivot about the pivot axis relative to the first housing portion.
US09266227B2
A tool for operating a vehicle tire chain tensioner and a method of using the same. The tool is a member having spaced apart first and second ends. The first end is configured to engage a first style of chain tensioner and the second end is configured to engage a second style of chain tensioner. The first end includes a leg extending outwardly at ninety degrees from the member in a first direction; and the second end includes spaced apart first and second arms that extend outwardly at ninety degrees from the member in a second direction. The member, leg, and first and second arms are all aligned in the same plane. The leg's free end is complementary to a recess defined in the first style of chain tensioner. A section of the second style of chain tensioner is received in a gap defined between the first and second arms.
US09266214B2
A method of polishing a substrate is disclosed. The method includes irradiating the substrate with light; measuring intensity of the reflected light; producing spectral waveform representing relationship between relative reflectance and wavelength of the light; performing a Fourier transform process on the spectral waveform to determine a thickness of the film and a corresponding strength of frequency component; determining whether the determined thickness of the film is reliable or not by comparing the strength of frequency component with a threshold value; calculating a defective data rate representing a proportion of the number of unreliable measured values to the total number of measured values; and changing the threshold value based on the defective data rate.
US09266212B2
The present disclosure describes a sanding device that has a motor coupled to a base plate for inducing vibration in the base plate. Further, the sanding device has a face plate that is coupled to the base plate, and the face plate has a plurality of sleeves for receiving a respective plurality of columns. The columns rotate and move longitudinally within the sleeves. Further, each column moves independent of the other columns and each column have an abrasive surface on a sanding end for contacting a sanding surface.
US09266203B2
A part to be centered during an assembly process includes an effective portion which performs a function and is shaped for insertion into a hole, a reference portion extended from the effective portion and formed substantially perpendicular to a center axis of the effective portion, and an aligning portion extended from the effective portion and formed around the effective portion. When the effective portion of the part is inserted into the hole, a center of the effective portion is automatically aligned with a centerline of the hole.
US09266200B2
A method of manufacturing a roller cage for mounting rollers around a circle in a bearing includes a) making a roller cage blank of cylindrical form, b) cutting the cage blank on opposite diagonal sides to form two generally semi-cylindrical halves, c) re-assembling the two semi-cylindrical halves of the cage blank by releasably clamping adjacent cut edges of each semi-cylindrical half together, and d) either before or after the cutting step, forming pockets for mounting a set of rollers in the cage on a circle about the axis of the reassembled cage. The last step d) allows one to provide pockets which mount the rollers in the correct position relative to the axis of the bearing even though the two semi-cylindrical halves when re-assembled no longer form a circle.
US09266197B2
In a tandem gas-shielded arc welding method, carbon dioxide is used as a shielding gas for a leading electrode formed by a solid wire, an argon-carbon dioxide gas mixture containing at least 60% by volume of argon gas is used as a shielding gas for a trailing electrode formed by a solid wire or a flux-cored wire, both the leading electrode and the trailing electrode have a reverse polarity, the leading electrode satisfies the relationships “5.00≦(I·V·10−8)/(Wf·πr2)≦10.00” and “(I2·10−3)/V≧4.50”, and the trailing electrode satisfies the relationships “4.00≦(I·V·10−8)/(Wf·πr2)≦7.00” and “(I2 10−3)/V≧8.00”.
US09266196B2
Providing an Ag ball having a low alpha dose and a high sphericity regardless of impurity elements having an amount equal to or more than a predetermined value except for Ag. In order to suppress a soft error and reduce an connection fault, a content of U is equal to or less than 5 ppb, a content of Th is equal to or less than 5 ppb, a purity is equal to or more than 99.9% but equal to or less than 99.9995%, an alpha dose is equal to or less than 0.0200 cph/cm2, a content of either Pb or Bi or a total content of both Pb and Bi is equal to or more than 1 ppm, and a sphericity is equal to or more than 0.90.
US09266190B2
A cartridge assembly is disclosed for a pulse welding a first tube supported on a mandrel to a second tube. An outer tool is assembled over the second tube and a stored charge is discharged in the cartridge assembly. The cartridge comprises an annular conductor and a solid casing enveloping the conductor. The stored charge is electrically connected to the conductor and discharged through the conductor to compress the second tube and pulse weld the second tube to the first tube.
US09266183B2
An engine-driven welder generator is controlled based upon power draw for welding and other applications. Once a welding arc is initiated, the power draw is monitored. The engine speed, and therefore the power output of the generator, may be increased or maintained based upon the power draw. The power draw may include both welding power draw and auxiliary power draw. The engine speed is increased in increments. The initial engine speed and subsequent increments may depend upon particular welding processes or regimes.
US09266180B2
An arc evaporation source having fast film-forming speed includes: at least one circumference magnet surrounding the circumference of a target, wherein the magnetization direction of the magnet runs orthogonal to the target surface; a non-ring shaped first permanent magnet on the target's rear surface side has a polarity in the same direction as the circumference magnet, and is arranged so that its magnetization direction runs orthogonal to the target's surface; a non-ring shaped second permanent magnet arranged either on the rear surface side of the first permanent magnet or between the first permanent magnet and the target, so as to leave a gap from the first permanent magnet, has a polarity in the same direction as the circumference magnet, and is arranged so that its magnetization direction runs orthogonal to the surface of the target; and a magnetic body between the first permanent magnet and the second permanent magnet.
US09266178B2
A power tool includes a housing, a motor, an output member driven by the motor, and a reaming attachment coupled to the output member. The reaming attachment has a front end portion selectively driven in rotation by the output member to drive a fastener into a workpiece, and a reaming portion selectively driven in rotation by the output member to remove material from an end surface of a conduit. A rotational motion sensor in the housing is operable to detect rotational motion of the housing about an axis. A controller receives a signal indicative of rotational motion from the sensor, determines a direction of the rotational motion of the housing, and drives the motor in a direction corresponding to the direction of rotational motion of the housing.
US09266175B2
A cutting insert for face milling and ramping includes an upper side defining an upper extension plane, a lower side defining a lower extension plane parallel with the upper extension plane, and an edge side extending around the cutting insert. A center axis extends perpendicularly through the upper and lower extension planes. An upper cutting edge forms four upper cutting edge portions having an identical length corresponding to a determined angle with respect to the center axis. A lower cutting edge forms four lower cutting edge portions (26), having an identical length corresponding to the determined angle with respect to the center axis. Each upper cutting edge portion is displaced angularly with respect to the center axis in relation to one of the lower cutting edge portions with a displacement angle being greater than zero and less than the determined angle.
US09266172B2
Embodiments disclosed herein relate to a method for synthesizing self-assembling nanoparticles with defined plasmon resonances. More particularly, certain embodiments disclosed herein relate to an improved method for synthesizing self-assembling gold/gold sulfide nanoparticles by dialyzing samples during the self-assembly process.
US09266164B2
A nose assembly for a fastener installation tool including an anvil, a collet, and a drawbar having a primary bearing. A secondary bearing is positioned within the collet and located intermediate the primary bearing and jaws of the collet. The secondary bearing is offset from the fastener centerline by a first distance and from a pulling tool centerline axis defined by a longitudinal axis of the drawbar by a second distance. In a pull position, the primary bearing remains engaged with the anvil during a loaded stroke and limits anvil deflection relative to the fastener centerline, while the secondary bearing remains engaged with the collet during the loaded stroke and limits deflection of the collet relative to the fastener centerline. In a return position, the primary bearing remains engaged with the anvil during a return stroke, while the secondary bearing remains engaged with the collet during the return stroke.
US09266163B2
A method for punching and straightening sheet metal in a punching machine includes the steps that a die is accommodated in a first tool holder of a punching machine, an upper tool part with a stamp is accommodated in a second tool holder, and a sheet metal is positioned between the stamp and the die at a location to be machined. The stamp comprises an end face at an end opposite to an accommodated end of the upper tool part, wherein a bevel has an angle and a height extending from a rim of the face to the end face. Then, a punching operation is performed by the stamp, wherein radial forces are simultaneously applied to the sheet metal during cutting so that an evenness of the sheet metal is maintained even at high grades of punching.
US09266162B2
A forming method that forms a press component with an L shape from a blank metal sheet, the press component having a top sheet section and a vertical wall section which is connected to the top sheet section via a bent section having a part curved in an arc shape and which has a flange section on an opposite side to the bent section, the top sheet section being arranged on an outside of the arc of the vertical wall section, the method including: disposing the blank metal sheet between a die and both of a pad and a bending die; and forming the vertical wall section and the flange section while at least a part of the blank metal sheet is caused to slide on a part of the die corresponding to the top sheet section.
US09266158B2
A laying head for the production of coils in hot rolling mills comprises a central body provided with a central cylinder and at least a shaped feed pipe, attached to the central body by means of clamping elements and bolts, and at least a circumferential guide disposed on the periphery of the cylindrical element. The circumferential guide consists of a plurality of elementary segments.
US09266142B2
A partition portion includes a proximal portion fixed to the outer periphery of the peripheral wall portion and a sealing member mounted to the proximal portion in a manner that the sealing member is allowed to move in inner and outer circumferential directions of the peripheral wall portion. When receiving a force toward an outer circumferential direction, the sealing member is moved in the outer circumferential direction, and a distal end portion thereof is held in press-contact with a sliding contact portion of a ventilation member with a force generated along with the above-mentioned force.
US09266141B2
An applicator head for a vacuum coating system includes a manifold shell having opposing shell plates, each including a conduit attachment coupled to a shell aperture. An applicator manifold is affixed to each shell plate. Each applicator manifold includes two coupled manifold plates, with one including a manifold aperture, and each is affixed to the respective shell plate so that each manifold aperture aligns with the respective shell aperture. An applicator channel is formed between the manifold plates of each applicator manifold, and the applicator channel is fluidically coupled to the manifold aperture of each respective applicator manifold. Each applicator channel forms an applicator port at a leading edge of each respective applicator manifold, and each leading edge is configured to be complementary in shape to an edge of a workpiece to be coated. First and second face plates are disposed over the leading edges of the applicator manifolds.
US09266140B2
Application of uncured adhesive material in bead ring on a surface using a device that includes a nozzle comprising a nozzle intake port, a nozzle outlet port, and a nozzle cavity connecting and providing fluid communication between the inlet and outlet ports. The nozzle intake port receives uncured adhesive material into the nozzle cavity from a source of uncured adhesive material. The outlet port has an annular shape that forms an annular bead of adhesive material on a surface onto which the nozzle is dispensing adhesive material. The nozzle cavity comprises an annular flow path leading to the annular outlet port and shaped to dispense adhesive material through the outlet port axially. The nozzle comprises inner and outer concentric walls defining the annular flow path therebetween.
US09266139B2
A paint/stain stick pad, for use with a paint/stain reservoir handle and dispensing plunger for coating deck boards with opposing side edges having joints therebetween, has a platform having a top and a bottom. The top has a pivotal connection to the handle and a paint/stain inlet in flow communication with the paint/stain in the reservoir handle. The bottom has a paint/stain dispensing and spreading surface in flow communication with the paint/stain inlet for evenly dispensing the paint/stain along the dispensing surface onto the boards. A central cut out is provided in the platform into which a stain/paint applicator is mounted in a floating arrangement within the cut out and biased downwardly as to dispense paint/stain onto the opposing board edges in the joints.
US09266138B1
A free-standing stand that holds a hose and that automatically erects upon contact with a supporting surface and automatically collapses when removed from contact with the supporting surface. The free-standing stand includes a spine and a tripod. The spine has the hose be replaceably held thereto. The tripod is operatively connected to the spine in such a matter that when the tripod contacts the supporting surface the tripod automatically erects and when the tripod is removed from contact with the supporting surface the tripod automatically collapses.
US09266137B2
Purge method and apparatus for a manual spray gun or coating material application device, in which purge air is introduced into the device through a handgrip portion that is manually held during a coating operation. Purge air first enters the coating material flow path after the purge air enters the handgrip portion.
US09266135B2
Dispenser (1) for the dosed dispensing of liquid media, with a container (3) for holding a liquid medium (4), a manually actuated pump (5), which is arranged on the container (3) and comprises a flood chamber (6) into which liquid medium (4) flows when the container (3) is turned over, for which purpose the flood chamber (6) is fluidically connected at the inlet end to an outlet opening (7) of the container (3), and a dosing piston (8), which is displaceable by an actuating stroke, is arranged in the flood chamber (6) and expels dosed medium (4), and a media channel (9) extending through the dosing piston (8) is widened at the inlet end as a volumetrically defined cylinder portion (10) into which a plunger piston (11) protruding into the flood chamber (6) engages as a pressure piston in order to expel medium (4) introduced by gravity into the cylinder portion (10) of the dosing piston (8).
US09266133B2
A vessel defining a variable interior volume has a wall with a first and second wall portion, and a flexure zone parallel to a longitudinal axis. In a volumetrically reduced configuration, the wall portions are brought together by flexing of the flexure zone. A fixing element attached to the wall releasably maintains the wall in the reduced configuration by maintaining proximity of the wall portions. A spray bottle system includes a housing forming a receptacle for receiving a soft refill liquid container and having at least one opening representing a reduction in material of the housing. A spray head includes an operable trigger for causing dispensation of liquid from the container. A pivoting junction connects the housing to the spray head permitting flexing of the spray head.
US09266121B2
A rotor for flotation machines or flotation cells of flotation machines includes blades that are configured to provide improved bubble flow and bubble generation performance while also reducing the power requirements for rotating the rotor to generate bubble flow within a tank of a flotation cell used to generate froth. Embodiments of the rotor may also be configured to be smaller than conventional rotor designs, which may help reduce the costs of manufacturing the rotor or flotation machines using such embodiments of the rotor.
US09266120B2
The invention provides methods and compositions for improving a froth flotation type separation. The method uses a microemulsion to improve the effectiveness of a collector. The improvement allows for low dosages of collector to work as well as much greater amounts of non-microemulsified collector.
US09266118B2
Provided is an air purifier capable of increased air purification properties due to charged particles being blown out. A first air-blower blasts air, thus drawing air in from the outside to a first air-flow path, and an air-purification unit purifies the air and blows out same. A second air blower blasts air, thus drawing air in from the outside to a second air-flow path, and the air is blown out together with charged particles generated by a charged particle generator. A control unit controls the amount of air blasted by the second air-blower, according to the amount of air blasted by the first air-blower. Alternatively, the control unit controls the angle to be adjusted by the regulator, according to the amount of air blasted by the first air-blower.
US09266115B2
An ultra-fine powder formed from a naturally occurring mineral or rock material and having a controlled or “engineered” particle size distribution (PSD) to match the infrared spectra with a maximum particle size in the range of 14-17 microns measured as either D99, or preferably D95, and a minimum particle size D5 in the range of 4-7 microns. Preferably the maximum particle size is about 15 microns, the minimum particle size is about 5 microns and the D50 particle size is about 8-10 microns with the moisture content of the particle size “engineered” powder being less than about 0.20 percent by weight and preferably about 0.05 to 0.08 percent by weight of the powder. This specially “engineered” ultra-fine powder is used to reduce the thermicity of thermal film to a value less than about 20%.
US09266113B2
Micrometric separator (1) for biomasses (100) in particles, of the type including a first crushing stage (2) wherein particles are introduced dispersed in a conveying fluid bed, and a first conveyor for conveying the particles in the fluid bed. The first crushing stage (2) has a first crushing chamber (5) for reciprocal collisions of particles, that has a first revolving disc (7) provided with first members (9) for generating a turbulent flow in the fluid bed, and a first contrast body (8), in front of the first revolving disc (7), as well as one or more outlets (22) of the fluid bed, the first contrast body (8) being provided with an inlet (6) having an inflow section with the axis substantially incident to the first revolving disc (7).
US09266112B2
The present invention relates generally to the reclaiming of carpet waste material. More particularly, the invention relates to a method and system for reclaiming carpet components such as yarn, tufting primary, binder, and secondary backing from post industrial and post consumer carpet waste in a substantially continuous flow process.
US09266107B2
A system for monodispersed microdroplet generation and trapping including providing a flow channel in a microchip; producing microdroplets in the flow channel, the microdroplets movable in the flow channel; providing carrier fluid in the flow channel using a pump or pressure source; controlling movement of the microdroplets in the flow channel and trapping the microdroplets in a desired location in the flow channel. The system includes a microchip; a flow channel in the microchip; a droplet maker that generates microdroplets, the droplet maker connected to the flow channel; a carrier fluid in the flow channel, the carrier fluid introduced to the flow channel by a source of carrier fluid, the source of carrier fluid including a pump or pressure source; a valve connected to the carrier fluid that controls flow of the carrier fluid and enables trapping of the microdroplets.
US09266092B2
Provided are catalyst composites whose catalytic material is effective to substantially simultaneously oxidize carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons and reduce nitrogen oxides. The catalyst composites have a two-metal layer on a carrier, the two-metal layer comprising a rhodium component supported by a first support comprising a refractory metal oxide component or a first ceria-zirconia composite; a palladium component supported by a second support comprising a second ceria-zirconia composite; one or more of a promoter, stabilizer, or binder; wherein the amount of the total of the first and second ceria-zirconia composites in the two-metal layer is equal to or greater than the amount of the refractory metal oxide component. Methods of making and using the same are also provided.
US09266091B2
One exemplary embodiment can be a catalyst for catalytic reforming of naphtha. The catalyst can have a noble metal including one or more of platinum, palladium, rhodium, ruthenium, osmium, and iridium, at least two alkali metals or at least two alkaline earth metals, or mixtures of alkali metals and alkaline earth metals and a support.
US09266090B2
A litter and litter making method producing cat litter from a carbohydrate starch-containing cereal grain, e.g., corn, based admixture extruded from a single screw or twin screw extruder forming pellets having a clumping agent formed during extrusion composed at least in part of carbohydrate polymer binder. Each pellet is extruded under conditions that cause formation of carbohydrate polymer binder clumping agent at least some of which is water soluble. One preferred method of extruding cat litter causes starch dextrinization to occur such that at least some of the carbohydrate polymer binder clumping agent in each pellet is formed of dextrin. Each pellet can be coated such as with a smectite that preferably is bentonite. During use, pellet extrusion formed clumping agent in a pellet wetted with urine dissolves and flows in between and along adjacent pellets causing them to clump together without the presence of any clumping agent additive.
US09266063B2
A holding material for gas treatment device, gas treatment device, and methods for those achieve proper control of a frictional resistance between the holding material and a casing. A method of treating a gas with a gas treatment device including a treatment structure, a casing made of a metal for housing the treatment structure and a holding material made of inorganic fibers placed between the treatment structure and the casing, the method including: placing an organic polymer between the holding material and the casing so that the organic polymer is brought into contact with an outer surface of the holding material and an inner surface of the casing during treatment of the gas; and treating the gas under a condition that a temperature of the casing is equal to or higher than a softening temperature of the organic polymer and lower than a decomposition temperature of the organic polymer.
US09266062B2
The present invention discloses a method of removing sulfur oxides and/or nitrogen oxides in a regeneration flue gas emitted from a regenerator of a catalytic cracking plant and recovering the elemental sulfur and an apparatus therefor.
US09266060B2
An air quality control system (AQCS) useful for processing a gas stream, such as a flue gas stream emitted from a fossil fuel fired boiler, for at least partial removal of acidic and like pollutants therefrom. The air quality control system includes a CDS reactor useful using a reducing agent slurry.
US09266056B2
One exemplary embodiment can be a process for initiating operations of a separation apparatus. The process may include passing a hydrocarbon carrier having a sulfiding agent through an exchanger for heating the hydrocarbon carrier prior to entering a stripper.
US09266048B2
A microbicidal filter for treating air, includes, in the allocated direction of flow of the air stream capable of passing therethrough, a filtration layer and a HEPA filter. The filtration layer contains a bactericidal and/or fungicidal agent, and the HEPA filter is pleated while being applied against a second pleated filtration layer that is arranged downstream, so as to prevent the mutual contacting of its pleats. The combination of the action of the impregnated layer and of the HEPA filter inhibits or kills by contact all the living particles that penetrate into the microbicidal filter. The HEPA filter is held in stable application in the pleated shape thereof against the second filtration layer, so that filtering performance deteriorates only gradually.
US09266038B2
A cryopump has a simple-to-manufacture frontal baffle plate with improved gas distribution and has a large-area second-stage array plate to capture Type II gases. The cryopump has a first-stage frontal baffle plate having orifices and flaps bent from and attached to the orifices. The cryopump has a second-stage top plate that is larger in area than cooling baffles of the second stage array.
US09266021B2
Embodiments of a token configured to interact are disclosed.
US09266018B2
An in-vehicle gaming system may be played by a driver alone, or simultaneously or individually by a driver and/or one or more other users. The in-vehicle gaming system may be activated or controlled by, for example, touch, voice, or gesture. Gameplay is dynamically adjusted based at least in part on environmental factors such that the driver is not distracted from driving the vehicle. Game content is generated based at least in part on environmental factors and user data.
US09266016B2
A game machine has a game machine main body, a plurality of light sources arranged on the game machine main body, a light source control device that controls the plurality of light sources, and a rendition control unit that controls a rendition depending on a state of a game. Each of the plurality of light sources has an anode connected to any one of a plurality of first signal lines, a cathode connected to any one of a plurality of second signal lines, and a different combination of the connected first signal lines and the connected second signal lines.
US09266009B2
The invention relates to running bases with improved speed and gliding characteristics when they run over water, snow or ice surfaces or artificial materials that mimic these surfaces. In particular the invention relates to a method comprising sequentially treating at least a portion of the running base with one or more abrasive materials having a progressively smaller particle size.
US09266005B2
A net includes lower fixed and upper vertically adjustable parts. The net parts extend across a playing area. Ends of the net parts are fastened to posts at sides of the playing area. The lower net part is fixedly mounted at a lower post part. The upper net part is doubly folded along a line along a longitudinal direction, forming a fold along the line. The upper net part exhibits a downwardly-hanging portion on each side of the fold. The ends of the upper net part are fastened to a vertically adjustable upper post part. The fold of the upper net part is arranged across the lower net part in a longitudinal direction with a portion hanging down on each side of the lower net part, so that the upper net part at least between a lower part of the hanging portions encloses an upper part of the lower net part.
US09266004B2
An apparatus comprising a weight system. The weight system is configured to be attached to a frame of a bicycle to increase the weight of the bicycle. The weight system is configured to be located in an area within a perimeter defined by a portion of the frame of the bicycle when attached to the frame.
US09266001B1
A device for training a pitcher to complete his/her delivery with a full follow-through consists of a pliable, sheet-like tail member attached to an official-size baseball with conventional seams. Multiple apertures provided for the attachment of the tail member to the ball enable the tail member to be positioned relative to the seams so as not to obstruct various pitching grips. The ball is free to rotate independently of the tail member, so that the trainee pitcher can practice various pitches in which spin is applied to the ball. Upon completion of the pitcher's delivery, a full follow-through is indicated by an audible snapping of the distal end of the tail member.
US09265995B2
An iron-type golf club head is disclosed having a heel portion, a sole portion, a toe portion, a top-line portion, a front portion, a rear portion, and a striking face. A back wall is also disclosed in the rear portion enclosing a portion of the rear portion to create an enclosed cavity. The cavity is defined by at least a rear surface of the striking face, an inner back wall surface, and the sole portion. A plug and a filler material is located within the enclosed cavity. The filler material surrounds the plug and is configured to hold the plug in place. The plug is lighter than the filler material.
US09265987B2
The present invention relates to an improved fitness device; specifically, the present invention relates to a stationary fitness machine designed to strengthen multiple muscle groups including the abdominal, chest, intercoastal, latissimus dorsi, rhomboid, deltoid, bicep, forearm, oblique and gluteus maximus muscles using a unique, advanced, combined pull-up, fly movement.
US09265976B1
A multipurpose automobile device comprising a shaft, where attached to that shaft is a hammer means for use in breaking out the window of an automobile in an emergency, a seatbelt cutting means for cutting the seatbelt of an automobile when the seatbelt buckle cannot be released or reached, and a seatbelt threading means for threading the seatbelt of an automobile through a child safety seat. The multipurpose automobile device may also comprise an ice scraping means, a brush means, or both additional tools.
US09265971B2
A radiation dose received by a patient from a radiation therapy system can be verified by acquiring a cine stream of image frames from an electronic portal imaging device (EPID) that is arranged to detect radiation exiting the patient during irradiation. The cine stream of EPID image frames can be processed in real-time to form exit images providing absolute dose measurements at the EPID (dose-to-water values), which is representative of the characteristics of the radiation received by the patient. Compliance with predetermined characteristics for the field can be determined during treatment by periodically comparing the absolute dose measurements with the predetermined characteristics, which can include a predicted total dose in the field after full treatment and/or a complete irradiation area outline (CIAO). The system operator can be alerted or the irradiation automatically stopped when non-compliance is detected.
US09265968B2
A lighting apparatus including a plurality of luminaires, each including a controller configured to operate the luminaire and positioned in communication with a computerized device. Each luminaire is selectively operable to emit source light, characterized by a dominant source light wavelength within a range from 390 nanometers to 750 nanometers. The luminaires are arrangeable so as to form an array. Some luminaires of the plurality of luminaires are operable such that at least two of the luminaires emit source lights with different dominant source light wavelengths and the source lights emitted by the luminaires combine to form a combined light at a distance from the luminaires defined as a combining distance. The dominant source light wavelength of some of the luminaires varies with time. The luminaires are configured to be operated to selectively emit light having a spectral power distribution that reduces melatonin suppression.
US09265964B2
Methods, systems and devices described herein can be used for automatically adjusting one or more cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) pacing parameters (and more generally stimulation parameters), to achieve a long term reduction in left ventricular (LV) diastolic pressure (and more generally, preload) of a heart failure (HF) patient. A reduction in LV diastolic pressure is indicative of a reduction in preload (the force of blood the fills the left ventricle), which is typically indicative of an improvement in a patient's HF condition. In accordance with certain embodiments, when a set of stimulation parameters is tested, the set is tested for a period that is sufficiently long enough to allow the patient's compensatory mechanisms to react to the set of stimulation parameters and achieve a substantially steady-state LV diastolic pressure corresponding to the using the set of stimulation parameters. Such techniques are believed to provide better results than achieved using acute hemodynamic optimization techniques.
US09265954B2
A method and system of cardiac pacing is disclosed. A baseline rhythm is determined. The baseline rhythm includes a baseline atrial event and a baseline right ventricular RV event from an implanted cardiac lead or a leadless device, a pre-excitation interval determined from the baseline atrial event and the baseline RV event, and a plurality of activation times determined from a plurality of body-surface electrodes. A determination is made as to whether a time interval measured from an atrial event to a RV event is disparate from another time interval measured from the atrial event to an earliest RV activation time of the plurality of activation times. A correction factor is applied to the pre-excitation interval to obtain a corrected pre-excitation interval in response to determining the RV event is disparate from the earliest RV activation time. The processor is configured to signal the pulse generator to deliver electrical stimuli to a left ventricle (LV) using the corrected pre-excitation interval before RV sensing time.
US09265950B2
A cardiac rhythm management system detects edema. In response to an episode of detected edema, it initiates or adjusts a cardiac resynchronization therapy and/or a cardiac contractility modulation (CCM) therapy.
US09265940B2
A medical lead is configured to be implanted into a patient's body and comprises a lead body, and an electrode coupled to the lead body. The electrode comprises a first section configured to contact the patient's body, and a second section electrically coupled to the first section and configured to be capacitively coupled to the patient's body.
US09265937B2
An implantable electrode device designed for heart stimulation and/or cardioversion/defibrillation in connection with a pacemaker or a defibrillator. The electrode device comprises a large-surface area indifferent reference electrode pole permanently implanted in the atrial septum and in electrical communication with a pacemaker or defibrillator. The electrode pole is made from biocompatible metal braiding and has a tube like opening. The electrical communication is positioned from the pacemaker/defibrillator via the right atrium of the heart through the indifferent electrode pole into the left atrium via the opening. Thus allowing electrical pulses to be delivered to the electrode pole and stimulating the heart.
US09265936B2
Defibrillator lead designs and methods for manufacturing a lead having a fibrosis-limiting material covering, a shocking coil electrode, and an implantable lead body are disclosed herein. The shocking coil electrode includes at least one laser welded portion.
US09265933B2
The present invention features devices for treating hearing loss, methods of making the devices, and methods for treating hearing loss. The devices include cochlear implants with biological cells placed at least on one or more of the electrodes of the implant. The cochlear implants then bypass dead or damaged hair cells in the cochlea by directly stimulating the auditory nerve fibers leading to the perceptions of sound. The biological cells can extend processes from the implant to the brainstem, creating a bridge that transmits electric signals from the electrode to the brainstem more efficiently than traditional cochlear implants. Methods of making the implants include applying a composition containing biological cells to an electrode of a cochlear implant, and treatment methods include implanting a cochlear implant that carries biological cells on one or more electrodes into a human who has experienced profound hearing loss (e.g., sensorineural hearing loss).
US09265930B2
A method of promoting the healing of a lesion in a smooth muscle (200), comprises selecting a smooth muscle portion having a lesion, and applying a non-excitory electric field (210) to the portion, which reduces the mechanical activity of the portion.
US09265928B2
The implantable electrode system of the preferred embodiments includes a conductor, an interconnect coupled to the conductor, an insulator that insulates the interconnect, and an anchor that is connected to both the conductor and the insulating element. The anchor is mechanically interlocked with at least one of the conductor and the insulator.
US09265918B2
An expandable medical balloon including an inner layer formed of a poly(ether-block-amide) copolymer and an outer layer formed of a polyamide, the expandable medical balloon having a burst strength of greater than 50,000 psi, and to methods of making and using the same.
US09265907B2
A self-centering tube for providing an air passageway through an opening in a tracheal wall of a patient includes a shaft having a proximal end and a distal end, and a curve along a length of the shaft. At least the distal end and the curve are sized for passage through the opening into an interior space of the trachea of the patient. The proximal end of the shaft has a greater rigidity than the distal end. The tube includes an inflatable cuff at the distal end. Upon inflation, the cuff forms a seal between the shaft and an interior wall of the trachea, thereby permitting at least the low rigidity distal end of the shaft to self-center within the trachea.
US09265906B2
A tracheal tube assembly includes an outer cannula configured to be positioned in a patient airway and an inner cannula configured to be disposed inside the outer cannula. The tracheal tube assembly further includes a flange member secured about the outer cannula, and an outer cannula connector coupled to a proximal end of the outer cannula. The outer cannula connector includes a compressible portion may be compressed while inserting or removing the inner cannula.
US09265904B2
An artificial airway including: an airway tube including at least one airway conduit; an inflatable cuff mounted on a distal end of the tube; a support member extending into the cuff, the cuff having inner side walls, anterior walls and a posterior wall, the inner side walls being joined to the support member to define a recess which communicates with the airway conduit, the anterior walls and posterior wall, sealingly engaging, in use, about the glottic opening and posterior pharyngeal wall respectively of a patient.
US09265903B2
A system and method for displaying the status of a patient on ventilation is disclosed including a ventilator system configured to provide mechanical ventilation to a patient and a display device operatively associated with the ventilator system. The display device is configured to display a user interface including a pictogram having patient status information related to the ventilator system. The pictogram includes a central section configured to display patient status information relating to an overall status of the patient and at least one group section configured to display patient status information relating to a particular category of ventilatory status parameters.
US09265897B2
Apparatus for administering certain nerve blocks includes a sheath constructed from a flexible ultrasound echogenic material, a more rigid introducer/dilator for introducing the sheath into the patient, and an ultrasound echogenic catheter for inserting through the sheath once the distal end of the sheath is in place adjacent the nerve(s) to be blocked and the introducer/dilator has been withdrawn. The catheter has provisions at its proximal end for connecting to a source of local anesthetic. Methods for use of this apparatus are also described.
US09265895B2
The invention relates to a protection device for a needle of an assembly or of an injection device having a hub portion provided with a needle, the said protection device comprising: an outer casing formed of a first material; and an inner casing formed of a second material different from the said first material and defining a cavity for receiving in a sealing way at least the hub portion, said cavity having an inner wall; attachment means defined in the said cavity to removably engage and secure said protection device at least along a sealing line to the injection device; the protection device being characterized in that it further comprises aspiration limiting means for limiting the deformation of said cavity when said protection device is separated from the assembly or the injection device.
US09265891B2
An assembly of a drug delivery device with a longitudinal axis (L) is given, comprising a body (1) with a proximal end (2) and a distal end (3). The drug delivery device further comprises a drive assembly and a first button member (4). The drive assembly is at least partially arranged within the body (1) and is adapted to facilitate dispense of a medicinal product. The first button member (4) acts on the drive assembly to prepare the drug delivery device for dispensing the medicinal product. The first button member (4) is adapted to be detachable from the body (1) after the preparation of the drug delivery device is completed.
US09265884B2
An on-body injector and method of use including an on-body injector for use with an injection device. The on-body injector includes a bolus reservoir; a bolus injection needle in fluid communication with the bolus reservoir, the bolus injection needle having a bolus injection needle tip aligned with the injection port, the bolus injection needle being slideably biased away from the injection port to define a gap between the bolus injection needle tip and the injection port; and a button operably connected to the bolus injection needle to slide the bolus injection needle along the injection axis. The button is operable to advance the bolus injection needle tip to close the gap and advance the bolus injection needle tip into the injection port. The button is further operable to advance a plunger through the bolus reservoir to deliver a predetermined bolus volume to the patient through the injection flow path.
US09265868B2
The present invention relates to a fat removal device, which comprises: a navigation system having a first connection end and a first terminal; a hollow suction tube having a second connection end and a second terminal, wherein the navigation system is disposed inside the hollow suction tube; a connection unit connected to the first connection end and the second connection end; a robotic arm connected to the connection unit to rotate and move the connection unit multidirectionally; a suction unit connected to the connection unit by a pipeline between the connection unit and the suction unit; and a microprocessor connected to the connection unit, the robotic arm, and the suction unit, to transmit signals from one to another.
US09265859B2
The present invention provides a process for the preparation of a silicate and carbonate co-substituted calcium phosphate material. The process comprises the steps of: forming a silicon and optionally carbon-containing calcium phosphate precipitate by an aqueous precipitation method involving preparing an aqueous solution comprising phosphate ions, silicate ions, calcium ions and optionally carbonate ions, wherein the ratio of Ca/P and of Ca/(P+Si) in the solution is maintained above approximately 1.67; and heating the precipitate in an atmosphere comprising carbon and oxygen to form a silicate and carbonate co-substituted calcium phosphate material.The present invention also provides a synthetic carbonate and silicate co-substituted hydroxyapatite material, as well as a biomedical material.
US09265858B2
Disclosed is a dry composition, which upon addition of an aqueous medium forms a substantially homogenous paste suitable for use in haemostasis procedures. The paste forms spontaneously upon addition of the liquid, hence no mechanical mixing is required for said paste to form. Further disclosed are methods of preparing said dry composition, a paste made from said dry composition and use of said paste for medical and surgical purposes.
US09265853B2
A fragrance dispensing device includes a housing, a fragrance assembly, a cover panel, a fan, and a drive assembly. The housing includes a first portion and a second portion, which moves relative to the first portion. The housing includes an intake opening and an exhaust opening. The fragrance assembly rotates within the housing's interior cavity and defines a plurality of receptacles for receiving fragrance inserts. The cover panel substantially seals one or more receptacles and defines an opening. The fan is coupled to the housing's second portion. The drive assembly rotates the fragrance assembly such that at least a portion of a user-selected fragrance insert is aligned with the cover panel's opening. The fan moves air from the housing's intake opening, across the cover panel's opening, and out the housing's exhaust opening, thereby releasing a fragrance into an environment. The drive assembly may include a shaft with helical threads.
US09265846B2
An air removal test system for verifying adequate air removal during a sterilization cycle of a pre-vacuum type sterilizer includes specimen holder and a test strip. The test strip includes a solid indicator chemical, which liquefies and travels along a wicking element during the sterilization cycle. The test strip is configured to verify adequate removal of air during the sterilization cycle by displaying a color change through a window.
US09265842B2
Recombinant cells and methods are provided that relate to the use of isolated, engineered recombinant cells to directly or indirectly treat diseases or disorders in a mammalian host such as endocrine, gastrointestinal or autoimmune disorders. A recombinant cell is provided that comprises a signal sequence and a promoter, wherein: the signal sequence is capable of regulating signal-dependent expression of a target nucleic acid in a host or is capable of regulating signal-dependent expression of a target nucleic acid in response to an environmental stimulus, the cell is derived from an enteric or a commensal bacterium, and the target nucleic acid encodes a mammalian factor that promotes normal functioning of a physiological process in the host or is effective in preventing onset, establishment, or spread of a non-infectious disease in the host. The recombinant cell is administered to the host to treat the disease or disorder.
US09265836B2
An improved drug delivery composition and method of use is disclosed. The composition comprises one or more biodegradable block copolymer drug carriers; and a reconstitution enhancing and enabling agent comprising polyethylene glycol (PEG), a PEG derivative or a mixture of PEG and a PEG derivative. The composition can be administered as is or after being be dissolved or rapidly reconstituted in an aqueous vehicle to afford a homogeneous solution or uniform colloidal systems.
US09265833B2
A gelator that includes a lipid peptide of Formula (1) wherein R1 is a C9-23 aliphatic group, R2 is a hydrogen atom or a C1-4 alkyl group optionally having a C1-2 branched chain, R3 is a —(CH2)n—X group, n is a number from 1 to 4, and X is an amino group, a guanidino group, a —CONH2 group, or a 5-membered ring optionally having 1 to 3 nitrogen atoms, a 6-membered ring optionally having 1 to 3 nitrogen atoms, or a fused heterocycle including a 5-membered ring and a 6-membered ring that optionally has 1 to 3 nitrogen atoms; or a pharmaceutically usable salt of the lipid peptide.
US09265830B2
Methods for forming implantable compositions are provided. In some embodiments, the methods include (i) providing a gel base, (ii) adding water and a hydrating agent to the gel base to form a mixture, (iii) reducing the water content of the mixture; and (iv) adding a delivered material before, during, and/or after step (ii) or (iii). The water content is reduced to about 5% or less by weight of the implantable composition.
US09265825B2
The present invention is directed to therapeutic methods using IL-6 antagonists such as antibodies and fragments thereof having binding specificity for IL-6 to improve survivability or quality of life of a patient in need thereof. In preferred embodiments, the anti-IL-6 antibodies will be humanized and/or will be aglycosylated. Also, in preferred embodiments these patients will comprise those exhibiting (or at risk of developing) an elevated serum C-reactive protein level or a reduced serum albumin level prior to treatment. In another preferred embodiment, the patient's Glasgow Prognostic Score will be increased and survivability will preferably be improved.
US09265824B2
The invention relates to a pharmaceutical product comprising an allergen extract or an allergoid thereof for the treatment and/or prevention of allergy and allergic asthma caused by house dust mites, which extract comprises at least one extract of mite bodies selected from the following groups a)-b): a) An extract of Der p mite bodies, and b) An extract of Der f mite bodies, and at least one extract of mite cultures selected from the following groups c)-g): c) An extract of Der p faecal particles, d) An extract of Der f faecal particles, e) An extract of Der f whole mite culture, f) An extract of an Der p whole mite culture, and g) a combination of extracts c) to f).
US09265816B2
This invention provides mutated WT1 peptides SGQAYMFPNAPYLPSCLES (SEQ ID No:41) and QAYMFPNAPYLPSCL (SEQ ID No:42), immunogenic compositions and vaccines comprising same, and methods of treating, reducing the incidence of, and inducing immune responses to a WT1-expressing cancer, comprising same.
US09265815B2
This invention relates, at least in part, to compositions comprising synthetic nanocarriers and immunosuppressants that result in immune suppressive effects. Such compositions can further comprise antigen and provide antigen-specific tolerogenic immune responses.
US09265802B2
Methods are provided for isolating and using a whole-saliva leech extract. The methods can include feeding a phagostimulatory agent to a leech; inducing a regurgitation in the leech, the inducing including placing the leech in an environment having a temperature of less than about 0° C.; and, collecting an unrefined, whole saliva in the regurgitation of the cooled leech. The methods can include revitalizing the leech by warming it at a temperature ranging from about 5° C. to about 40° C. Stable, lyophilized, whole-saliva extracts of a leech are also provided, the extract having a stable activity when stored for use at a temperature below about −20° C., the extract maintaining at least 70% of the activity for at least 6 months. The extracts can be used to treat solid tumors, treat liquid tumors, treat diabetes, treat a viral disease, treat a parasitic disease, treat an antibacterial disease, or serve as an anti-oxidant.
US09265801B2
A method for preparing placenta membrane tissue grafts for medical use, includes obtaining a placenta from a subject, cleaning the placenta, separating the chorion tissue from the amniotic membrane, mounting a selected layer of either the chorion tissue or the amniotic membrane onto a drying fixture, dehydrating the selected layer on the drying fixture, and cutting the selected layer into a plurality of tissue grafts. Preferably, the drying fixture includes grooves or raised edges that define the outer contours of each desired tissue graft, after they are cut, and further includes raised or indented logos that emboss the middle area of the tissue grafts during dehydration and that enables an end user to distinguish the top from the bottom side of the graft. The grafts are comprised of single layers of amnion or chorion, multiple layers of amnion or chorion, or multiple layers of a combination of amnion and chorion.
US09265798B2
Methods for treating a cardiovascular disorder comprising administration of one or more extracellular matrix (ECM) based compositions directly to damaged or diseased cardiovascular tissue associated with the cardiovascular disorder, and provision of ventricular assistance.
US09265792B2
The invention relates to a composition-of-matter and method of using a topical composition having 10-99.999% by weight of a topical base formulation and other active ingredients including stem cell or growth factors and/or antioxidants, as well as others for the purpose of regenerating integument cells.
US09265790B2
Methods and products for treating and protecting against asthma and allergic conditions are provided. The methods and products are related to certain naturally occurring and synthetic zwitterionic polymers which are found to induce certain T regulatory (Treg) cells and to exert immunosuppressive effects in vitro and in vivo.
US09265789B2
Provided herein are compositions for reducing CLPTM1L expression in a cell as well as methods for using such compositions to treat or prevent cancer in a subject. In particular, compositions comprising RNAi-inducing constructs targeted to CLPTM1L and methods of administering such compositions to a subject to treat or prevent a disease or condition associated with CLPTM1L over-expression (e.g., lung cancer) are provided herein.
US09265788B2
Methods and compositions are provided for the treatment of a mitochondrial disease in an individual with the mitochondrial disease. Aspects of the methods include administering an inhibitor of a mitochondrial transport protein to a subject having a mitochondrial disease. Also provided are reagents and kits for practicing the subject methods.
US09265787B2
Methods for treating tumors comprising cells expressing the vitamin D receptor are provided, and comprise inhibiting the expression or the biologic activity of the vitamin D receptor in the tumor cells, and/or inhibiting the expression or the biologic activity of a constituent of the vitamin D receptor signaling pathway in the tumor cells, and administering to the tumor cells an effective amount of gemcitabine.
US09265785B2
Embodiments of compositions and methods for the treatment of blood disorders and malignancies in a subject are described herein. In one embodiment, a composition for the treatment of a blood disorder or a malignancy in a subject comprises decitabine, tetrahydrouridine, and an excipient. In another embodiment, a method for the treatment of a blood disorder or a malignancy in a subject comprises the oral administration of a composition comprising decitabine and tetrahydrouridine. In some examples, the composition may be administered 1-3 times weekly.
US09265777B2
A method of controlling proliferation of fish parasites comprising the administration of 1 to 50 mg/kg fish body weight/day of an inhibitor of folate synthesis and/or an inhibitor of folate activation to fish continuously for 1 to 2 weeks. Using a combination preparation composed of an inhibitor of folate synthesis and an inhibitor of folate activation is preferable, and a sulfonamide is preferable for the inhibitor of folate synthesis. A dihydrofolate reductase inhibitor, a folate antagonist, etc., can be used as the inhibitor of folate activation. The antiparasitic agent is able to exterminate fish parasites via oral administration. It is particularly effective against parasites belonging to the ciliate group among fish parasites.
US09265775B2
Compositions, and methods of using such compositions, useful for injection into the posterior segments of human or animal eyes are provided. Such compositions include corticosteroid component-containing particles present in a therapeutically effective amount, a viscosity inducing component, and an aqueous carrier component. The compositions have viscosities of at least about 10 cps or about 100 cps at a shear rate of 0.1/second. In a preferred embodiment, the viscosity is in the range of from about 140,000 cps to about 300,000 cps. The compositions advantageously suspend the particles for prolonged periods of time.
US09265767B2
1,2-disubstituted heterocyclic compounds which are inhibitors of phosphodiesterase 10 are described. Also described are processes, pharmaceutical compositions, pharmaceutical preparations and pharmaceutical use of the compounds in the treatment of mammals, including human(s) for central nervous system (CNS) disorders and other disorders which may affect CNS function. Among the disorders which may be treated are neurological, neurodegenerative and psychiatric disorders including, but not to, those associated with cognitive deficits or schizophrenic symptoms.
US09265765B2
This disclosure relates, at least in part, to a method of treatment. In one embodiment, the method of treatment comprises administering to a subject in need of such treatment a first therapeutic agent including compound (1): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof in combination with a second therapeutic agent, wherein the first therapeutic agent and the second therapeutic agent are administered either simultaneously or sequentially.
US09265762B2
The invention relates to stable pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compound of the below formula, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates, hydrates or morphological forms thereof.
US09265757B2
Methods of using combinations of antihistamines by administering an attenuated dosage amount of a first generation antihistamine for a quick onset concomitantly with a maintenance dosage amount of a second or third generation antihistamine are disclosed.
US09265755B2
A method for treating an autism spectrum condition includes administering an effective dose of a TNF-α inhibiting agent to a person having an autism spectrum condition or pervasive development disorder and at least one of elevated TNF-α in the cerebrospinal fluid or elevated TNF-α in the serum, as compared to normal conditions; and lowering at least one of the elevated TNF-α in the cerebrospinal fluid or elevated TNF-α in the serum. A TNF-α inhibiting agent includes at least one of Lenalinomide; Thalidomide; L-Carnosine; Infliximab; Etanercept; a stem cell preparation; derivatives thereof, isomers thereof, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.
US09265745B2
The present invention relates to the use of an acid enriched in docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) or eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) or DHA-derived EPA for manufacturing a drug for the treatment of processes that involve associated oxidative damage. In particular, it is for the treatment of processes associated with neurodegenerative, ocular, ischaemic and inflammatory pathology, atherosclerosis, with oxidative damage to DNA and with physical exercise.
US09265742B2
The present specification discloses pharmaceutical compositions, methods of preparing such pharmaceutical compositions, and methods and uses of treating a chronic inflammation and/or an inflammatory disease in an individual using such pharmaceutical compositions.
US09265738B2
Compounds and methods are provided for decreasing demyelinating inflammatory disease in a subject by inhibiting the activity of chemokine-like receptor 1 (CMKLR1). In some embodiments such methods include treating demyelinating inflammatory disease in a subject by administering an agent that antagonizes the activity of chemokine-like receptor 1 (CMKLR1) and/or a CMKLR1 ligand (e.g., chemerin or other endogenous CMKLR1 ligands). Candidate compounds include, without limitation, analogs and variants of 2-(alpha-naphthoyl)ethyltrimethylammonium iodide.
US09265729B2
Provided are nanofunctional silica particles having excellent functionality and quality, and capable of being mass-produced at low costs. According to the present invention, there are provided nanofunctional silica particles including a coating layer containing one or more silica compounds selected from the group consisting of mercaptopropyl trimethoxysilane (MPS), mercaptopropyl triethoxysilane (MPES), mercaptopropyl methyldimethoxysilane (MPDMS), trimethoxy[2-(7-oxabicyclo[4.1.0]-hept-3-yl)ethyl]silane (EpoPS), thiocyanatopropyl triethoxysilane (TCPS), acryloxypropyl trimethoxysilane (ACPS), and aminopropyl trimethoxysilane (APS); and functional particles in the coating layer, and being used in imaging, assay, diagnosis, treatment or the like, medicine or bioresearch.
US09265725B2
The present invention teaches a foamable pharmaceutical carrier comprising a benefit agent, selected from the group consisting of a dicarboxylic acid and a dicarboxylic acid ester; a stabilizer selected from the group consisting of at least one surface-active agent; at least one polymeric agent and mixtures thereof; a solvent selected from the group consisting of water, a hydrophilic solvent, a hydrophobic solvent, a potent solvent, a polar solvent, a silicone, an emollient, and mixtures thereof, wherein the benefit agent, stabilizer and solvent are selected to provide a composition that is substantially resistant to aging and to phase separation and or can substantially stabilize other active ingredients. The invention further relates to a foamable composition further containing a liquefied hydrocarbon gas propellant.
US09265721B2
A composition for topical application to a part of the body comprises a local anaesthetic and optionally a vasodilator as active ingredient dissolved in a blend of volatile and non-volatile solvents of different solvating capacities for the active ingredient. The vasodilator may comprise glyceryl trinitrate and the local anaesthetic may comprises an anaesthetic of the aminoamide or aminoester type. The volatile solvent may comprise a mixture of water with a C1-C5 alcohol and the non-volatile solvent may comprise a polyhydric alcohol and optionally a glycol. A low-concentration vasodilator-containing composition is also described. The compositions allow a “virtual injection” of the active ingredient to be delivered transdermally without general systemic uptake.
US09265716B2
Methods of using extracts of Hoya carnosa to impart anti-aging benefits to skin and/or improve skin conditions resulting from aging or damaged skin.
US09265715B2
Compositions comprising an organic sunscreen in combination with (i) nylon particles, (ii) silica particles, and (iii) barium sulfate particles provide an improvement in SPF as compared to an otherwise identical composition lacking any one of the three ingredients (i)-(iii). The compositions advantageously provide high diffuse transmittance, giving a natural look to the skin.
US09265707B2
The present invention relates to a cosmetic composition for skin care, comprising coumestrol or a bean extract containing coumestrol.
US09265705B2
The invention relates to a process for dyeing and/or lightening keratin fibres such as the hair, using i) at least one direct dye bearing a disulfide, thiol or protected-thiol function and ii) at least one nonionic surfactant, iii) at least one amphoteric surfactant, iv) at least one alkaline agent, and v) at least one reducing agent. The invention also relates to a composition comprising the ingredients i) to v), to the use of the combination of i), ii), iii), iv) and v) for the dyeing and/or lightening of keratin fibres, and to a multi-compartment kit comprising the ingredients i) to v). The dyeing process and the composition according to the invention especially afford a long-lasting coloration on keratin fibres, which is strong, chromatic and/or homogeneous, with or without the use of an oxidizing agent.
US09265702B2
What is claimed is: a loose cosmetic powder, comprising: a base component including particles that include one or more of talc, mica, zinc stearate, boron nitride, and one or more pigments; and color bits, wherein the loose cosmetic powder displays a color change when subjected to an application of pressure.
US09265701B2
A silver-colored pigment is provided having a nonmetallic platelet-shaped substrate and at least one ilmenite-containing coating, wherein the nonmetallic platelet-shaped substrate is a nonmetallic platelet-shaped synthetic substrate and the amount of iron compounds, calculated as elemental iron, in the pigment is less than 5.0 % by weight, based on the total weight of the pigment. Processes for preparing the pigment also are provided.
US09265695B1
Described is a medication recording device for optically enhancing the view of markings on the device. The device includes a bottle cap for connection with a prescription container. Markings indicative of at least one of a time and date are connected with the bottle cap. A prescription recording magnifier (such as a lens) is connected with the bottle cap and positioned over the markings such that the markings can be viewed through the prescription recording magnifier to optically enlarge the markings. This allows a larger portion the population with visual impairment to take advantage of new advances in home medication monitoring. Additionally, the medication recording device can be thrilled to include two lenses, where both lenses that are thrilled or shaped such that the viewing focal point of both lenses converge to a single focal point.
US09265686B1
A system for exercising muscles that move the thigh according to various aspects of the present invention provides a source of resistance, suitably positioned, for the user to use when forcing the thigh to return to its original standing position, for instance, returning the foot to the floor. Such a system may include a base, an exerciser, and an upward motion limiter. The exerciser may include a position adjuster and a compliant surface. The compliant surface may include an elastic support and a foot receiver. The upward motion limiter may be mechanically coupled to any part of the exerciser to protect the user from unintended, perhaps sudden, release of energy, for example, from the elastic support.
US09265668B2
A sanitary product 1 for use by women for the absorption of menstrual fluid has a plug 2 and a pad 3 joined by a sheath 4. The plug 2 is substantially cylindrical so that it fits comfortably in a vaginal cavity. The pad 3 remains outside the vaginal cavity, but has an absorbent layer on an inward side 9 proximal to the plug 2 and a liquid impermeable layer on an outward side 10. The sheath 4 includes a tube of absorbent material for drawing excess menstrual fluid from the plug 2 to the pad 3 and has a layer of liquid impermeable material on its inside surface. It extends from an outward end 6 of the plug 2, proximal to the pad 3, both to and through the pad 3. In use, a wearer can insert a finger into the sheath 4 from the outward side 10 of the pad 3 assist with insertion of the plug 2 into the vaginal cavity.
US09265667B2
A substantially biodegradable and water soluble tampon applicator comprising: a plunger and a barrel, said plunger being of a predetermined length, and having a first end and a second end, said second end being a predetermined distance from said first end, said plunger being substantially cylindrical in shape and having a first diameter at said first end and a second diameter at said second end, wherein said first diameter tapers downwards to said second diameter, proximate said first end, said plunger further comprises a first mating portion, said barrel having a first end and a second end, said second end being a predetermined distance from said first end, said barrel being substantially cylindrical in shape and having a diameter greater than the first diameter of said plunger, proximate said first end of said barrel, there is provided a second mating portion to matingly engage said first mating portion of said plunger to maintain said plunger in relation to said barrel in a first position, proximate said first end of said barrel, adjacent said second mating portion, said barrel further comprises a fingergrip.
US09265662B2
A method of treating tinnitus comprising measuring a patient's hearing, determining the patient's hearing loss and the patient's tinnitus frequency using the measurements of the patient's hearing, programming a clinical controller with the measurements of the patient's hearing, selecting a plurality of therapeutic tones, where the therapeutic tones are selected to be at least a half-octave above or below of the patient's tinnitus frequency, setting an appropriate volume for each of the plurality of tones, repetitively playing each of the plurality of therapeutic tones, and pairing a vagus nerve stimulation pulse train with each playing of a therapeutic tone, thereby reducing the patient's perception of tinnitus.
US09265654B2
A cooling article of clothing and method for use of the same are disclosed for providing temporary cooling comfort to a human wearer. In one embodiment, sealed elongated envelopes are formed on the inside of a layer of the fabric, which may be fashioned into a vest or shirt. Each of the sealed elongated envelopes defines a volume for containing a pre-determined amount of polyacrylamide material. Offset spacings are interleaved between the sealed elongated envelopes. A diffusion gradient is formed from the polyacrylamide material to the sealed elongated envelopes to the layer of fabric. A diffusion gradient provides for the transfer of water from the polyacrylamide material to the layer of fabric. Water within the layer of fabric is evaporated by way of airflow through the layer of fabric, thereby providing temporary cooling comfort to the human wearer.
US09265653B2
A thermal therapy device includes a substrate and at least one heating unit arranged on the substrate. The at least one heating unit includes a heating element, a first electrode, and a second electrode. The heating element includes a carbon nanotube film structure and a polymer matrix. The carbon nanotube film structure is substantially parallel to and offset from a central plane of the polymer matrix. The first electrode and the second electrode are electrically connected to the carbon nanotube film structure, and control the amount of heat and deformation produced by the carbon nanotube film structure.
US09265636B2
A stent is disclosed and can include a stent body having a longitudinal axis. The stent body can also have a network of struts that can define a plurality of cells defined between interconnected struts. Each of the plurality of cells includes a major axis that is angled with respect to the longitudinal axis to form a cell angle, β.
US09265635B2
A stent comprising a radially expandable elongate tubular support structure, the elongate tubular support structure comprising an inner surface and an outer surface and an anchoring element disposed on at least a portion of the outer surface of the tubular support structure, the anchoring element is separate and removable from the elongate tubular support structure.
US09265630B2
A post-operative residual limb support assembly includes an upper frame configured to extend about at least a portion of a residual limb; and a lower frame coupled to the upper frame and configured to receive an end of the residual limb. The upper frame and the lower frame are adjustable relative to one another in at least one of a linear and rotational manner.
US09265629B2
A prosthetic cushion liner and cushion locking liner for use as a standalone interface between an amputee's residual limb and the interior of a prosthetic socket. The liners include a fabric covering having an open end for introduction of a residual limb and a closed end opposite said open end, and a cushioning block copolymer and plasticizing oil gel composition residing on only an interior surface of the fabric covering. The gel composition includes some amount of a Septon J-Series thermoplastic elastomer material, and/or some amount of a Septon V-Series thermoplastic elastomer material, and/or some amount of a Septon Q-Series thermoplastic elastomer material. The cushion locking liner further includes a distally-located connecting element for coupling the liner to the socket of a prosthesis.
US09265627B2
A prosthetic foot includes a heel member having a heel member shaft extending upwardly from a heel end thereof and a forefoot member having a forefoot member shaft extending upwardly from a toe end thereof. An ankle member receives the heel member shaft and forefoot member shaft so as to allow the heel member shaft and forefoot member shaft to translate in a direction of a wearer's leg in response to an upward force thereon. At least one compressible member is coupled to the ankle member and is in compressible contact with the heel member shaft and/or forefoot member shaft so as to compress in response to the translation thereof.
US09265625B2
A jointed mechanical device is provided. The device includes at least one element (204) having a fixed end and a deflectable end. The device also includes at least one actuating structure (206) having a first end coupled to at least the deflectable end of the element, where the actuating structure includes at least one elastic element (214) in series with at least one non-elastic element. The device further includes at least one force actuator (202) configured to apply an actuator force to a second end of the actuating structure. Additionally, the device includes a control system (315) for adjusting an operation of the force actuator based at least one actuation input, an amount of the actuator force, and an amount of displacement generated by the force actuator.
US09265624B2
Systems and methods for providing deeper knee flexion capabilities. In some instances, such systems and methods include a tibial component that has an asymmetrical articular plateau that includes a medial tibial condylar surface and a lateral tibial condylar surface. In some cases, at least one of the medial condylar surface and the lateral condylar surface includes a concave articulation surface having a lowest point that disposed from a posterior edge of the tibial component by between about 18% and less than about 35% of a total anteroposterior dimension of the tibial component. Other implementations are also discussed.
US09265618B2
The present invention relates to an intervertebral disc prosthesis and insertion instrumentation, the prosthesis comprising at least first and second osseous anchoring means, the first osseous anchoring means disposed proximal to the periphery of the plate on which it is situated and the second osseous anchoring means being offset along the antero-posterior axis, the second osseous anchoring means comprising a basal portion and a sharp-edged portion of width narrower than the basal portion. The instrumentation comprises a rod fitted with at least two feet forming a clip and sliding in a tube, sliding the rod in the tube, in the direction of the manipulation end, causing closing of the clip by contact between the exterior of the feet and a truncated portion of the tube and sliding the rod in the tube, in the direction of the prehension end, causing opening of the clip by contact between an axis and the interior of the feet of the rod.
US09265617B2
The present invention relates to an intervertebral disc prosthesis for the total replacement of an intervertebral disc of the cervical or lumbar spine. The prosthesis provided by the invention is intended for coupled physiological motion within the disc space. The design of the disclosed prosthesis is based on an inlay positioned within the articulation area of two adjacent sliding partners and provides the advantage of comprising a ball and socket shaped articulation area, which enables limitation of rotation around the sagittal, frontal and longitudinal axis. The inlay is protected against luxation due to its position within a recess of one of the adjacent sliding partners. An additional protuberance going through the inlay is protecting against luxation of the adjacent sliding.
US09265609B2
Bone implant compositions are provided that include a body made of cortical bone extending along an axis between a first end and a second end. The body includes an outer surface configured to engage host bone of a patient and at least one recess extending transverse to the axis into the outer surface of the body configured for disposal of an insert. At least one insert made of demineralized bone is disposed in the at least one recess.
US09265603B2
An intraocular lens in which deterioration in contrast is suppressed even when the optical axis of the intraocular lens is decentered from the optical axis of the eyeball when the intraocular lens is inserted into the eye while the advantage of a conventional aberration reduction type intraocular lens that the image is seen clearly is sustained by employing such a power distribution as respectively having at least one positive power deviation region (E1) having a power larger than that represented by the reference power distribution and at least one negative power deviation region (E2) having a power smaller than that represented by the reference power distribution in the central region of the intraocular lens assuming that a power distribution being set to cancel the spherical aberration of cornea when the intraocular lens is inserted into the eye is the reference power distribution.
US09265599B2
A delivery system for an endoluminal device including an introducer, the introducer having a distal end intended to remain outside a patient in use and a proximal end. A stent graft having a first and second end is retained upon the introducer, the stent graft defining a fenestration disposed through a wall of the stent graft between the first and second end. A valve arrangement is disposed within an interior lumen of the stent graft about the fenestration. A retention system including a trigger wire engages and retains the valve arrangement away from the fenestration. The fenestration is in fluid communication with the interior lumen of the stent graft.
US09265593B2
A flossing system including a cradle and a housing. The flossing system includes an array of floss cartridges having a length of floss. The array of floss cartridges include a pair of coupling members each coupled to opposite ends of the length of floss. Each floss cartridge includes a coupling structure. The flossing system includes a pair of floss handles disposed on the cradle and selectably coupleable to the coupling members. The pair of floss handles include a cylindrical body. The pair of floss handles include a release mechanism configured to selectably disengage the floss handle from the coupling member. The release mechanism includes an actuation member disposed through a back end of the cylindrical body of each of the pair of floss handles. The pair of floss handles each include a top aperture configured to receive the coupling structure of the pair of coupling members.
US09265589B2
A system for tracking a navigated instrument. The system can include a first elongated instrument and a second elongated instrument. The first elongated instrument can have a first proximal end and a first distal end. The first elongated instrument can be adapted to be positioned relative to an anatomy. The second elongated instrument can move adjacent to the first elongated instrument. The second elongated instrument can have a second proximal end and a second distal end. The system can also include at least one tracking device coupled to the second elongated instrument. When the second elongated instrument is in a first position, the at least one tracking device tracks the first distal end of the first elongated instrument, and when the second elongated instrument is in a second position, the at least one tracking device tracks the second distal end of the second elongated instrument.
US09265586B2
A device for managing heating energy from a probe comprises a sleeve including a lumen sized to receive the probe therein, the sleeve defining a first window which, when the sleeve is in a desired position, faces target tissue to which the probe is to deliver energy and a shield element protecting non-target tissue from energy emanating from the surgical probe, the shield element being formed of one of a material reflecting energy delivered by the probe and a material absorbing energy delivered by the probe in combination with a positioning element which, when the sleeve is in the desired position, contacts an anatomical structure to position the sleeve relative to the target tissue.
US09265585B2
A surgical instrument is disclosed, the instrument including: a handle assembly; a jaw assembly including a staple cartridge containing a plurality of staples and an anvil to form the plurality of staples upon firing; a lockout mechanism configured to prevent reuse of the jaw assembly; a drive assembly at least partially located within the handle and connected to the jaw assembly; a motor operatively coupled to the drive assembly; and a controller operatively coupled to the motor, the controller configured to control supply of electrical current to the motor and to monitor a current draw of the motor, wherein the controller is further configured to terminate the supply of electrical current to the motor in response to a drop in the current draw.
US09265580B2
The devices and methods taught in this disclosure are directed to facilitate the observation, collection, transportation, storage, and preservation of specimens possibly containing DNA, said specimens potentially constituting evidence of sexual assault. The devices and methods described further allow for a means of minimizing the possibility of specimen contamination, dilution, or degradation during the collection and storage processes. The disclosed devices may contain electrical components that provide for the generation and recordation of information (specifically, times, dates, and locations) related to circumstances surrounding the collection of such specimens. This information may serve as evidence corroborating the circumstance of specimen collection, it may help to maintain a known and identifiable Chain of Custody (CoC), and it may additionally be used for unique device identification (UDI), inventory control, and current procedural terminology (CPT) coding purposes.
US09265579B2
A package (1) for an object such as a preferably-sterile medical component, includes: a support element (2) provided with elements (21) for coupling the object (5); a stopper (3) that can be coupled to the support element (2) in such a manner as to define a first chamber (7) for containing the object (5), and such that a grip portion (20) of the support element (2) projects from the stopper (3); and a cover (4) that can be coupled to the stopper (3) in such a manner as to define a second chamber (8) inside which the grip portion (20) of the support element (2) extends, and such that a portion (30) of the stopper (3) coupled to the support element (2) projects from the cover (4).
US09265576B2
A laser generator for laser therapy in the treatment of pain conditions by selective destruction of nociceptive or pain nerves, where a laser generator that generates a continuous and pulsed wavelength that is transmitted fiber-optically through a laser fiber within a spinal needle to contact areas within a body where pain nerves require destruction through optical absorption of laser energy by pain nerves without affecting other types of nerves or surrounding tissues. The laser generator can be used for treatment in humans, small animals and also large animals, which can receive pain relief without adverse effects.
US09265574B2
Apparatus, consisting of a probe, configured to be inserted into a body cavity, and an electrode having an outer surface and an inner surface connected to the probe. The apparatus also includes a temperature sensor, protruding from the outer surface of the electrode, which is configured to measure a temperature of the body cavity.
US09265572B2
The subject matter described herein includes methods, systems, and computer readable media for image guided ablation. One system for image guided ablation includes an ultrasound transducer for producing a real-time ultrasound image of a target volume and of surrounding tissue. The system further includes an ablation probe for ablating the target volume. The system further includes a display for displaying an image to guide positioning of the ablation probe during ablation of the target volume. The system further includes at least one tracker for tracking position and orientation of the ablation probe during the ablation of the target volume. The system further includes a rendering and display module for receiving a pre-ablation image of the target volume and for displaying a combined image on the display, where the combined image includes a motion tracked, rendered image of the ablation probe and an equally motion tracked real-time ultrasound image registered with the pre-ablation image.
US09265564B1
A surgical device is disclosed, and includes a pair of finger-mountable annular members, each having an electrode disposed thereon. An optical member is disposed on at least one of the pair of finger-mountable annular members and has a first set of light transmitting properties corresponding to a first set of physical parameters of at least one of the finger-mountable annular members. At least one finger-mountable annular member is configured to transition to a second set of physical parameters being different from the first set of physical parameters. The optical member is configured to transition from a first set of light transmitting properties to a second set of light transmitting properties, the second set of light transmitting properties corresponding to the second set of physical parameters, the second set of light transmitting properties being different from the first set of light transmitting properties.
US09265548B2
A method of stabilizing a first vertebra and a second vertebra includes implanting a first bone anchor into the first vertebra, implanting a second bone anchor into the second vertebra, connecting a first anchor connection instrument to the first anchor, connecting a second anchor connection instrument the second anchor, positioning a cement delivery tube into a passage provided through the first anchor, delivering bone cement from a bone cement delivery system coupled to the bone cement delivery tube through the passage in the first anchor to the first vertebra, removing the cement delivery tube from the first anchor connection instrument and the first anchor, connecting the cement delivery tube to second anchor connecting instrument connected to the second anchor, delivering bone cement through a passage in the second anchor to the second vertebra, connecting a spinal connection element to the first anchor and the second anchor.
US09265532B2
The present invention provides spinous process implant and associated methods. In one aspect of the invention the implant limits the maximum spacing between the spinous processes. In another aspect of the invention, a spacer has at least one transverse opening to facilitate tissue in-growth. In another aspect of the invention, an implant includes a spacer and separate extensions engageable with the spacer. The spacer is provided in a variety of lengths and superior to inferior surface spacings. In another aspect of the invention, an implant includes a spacer and a cerclage element offset from the midline of the spacer in use so that the spacer defines a fulcrum and the cerclage element is operative to impart a moment to the vertebrae about the spacer. In another aspect of the invention, instrumentation for inserting the implant is provided. In other aspects of the invention, methods for treating spine disease are provided.
US09265529B2
Collapsible orthopedic fixation assemblies and related methods are disclosed. A collapsible fixation assembly includes end frames that are coupled with one or more cross beams. The fixation assembly is reconfigurable between a collapsed configuration in which the end frames are substantially aligned with the one or more cross beams and a deployed configuration in which the end frames are oriented transverse to the one or more cross beams and in which relative movement between the end frames and the one or more cross beams can be inhibited. The fixation assembly is configured to support at least one bone-interface component, which is configured to constrain a bone of a patient. In the collapsed configuration, the fixation assemblies is more compact than in the deployed configuration, thereby making it more easy to store and transport as compared to a comparable non-collapsible fixation assembly.
US09265523B2
A surgical access assembly and method of use is disclosed. The surgical access assembly comprises an outer sheath and an obturator. The outer sheath and obturator are configured to be delivered to an area of interest within the brain. Either the outer sheath or the obturator may be configured to operate with a navigational system to track the location of either device within the brain.
US09265518B2
The invention includes systems and methods for controlling devices including surgical instruments using a wireless footswitch. The systems of the invention include a wireless footswitch, a footswitch adapter, and an electric console for powering and controlling surgical instruments. The systems of the invention further include a wireless footswitch for controlling battery powered surgical instruments. The methods of the invention include syncing a wireless footswitch with a controlled device or a wireless footswitch adapter using a lower power wireless mode, then signaling the controlled device or wireless footswitch adapter using a higher power wireless mode. The systems and methods of the invention include using a wireless device or wireless footswitch adapter to monitor transmissions from other wireless devices to prevent syncing with the wireless footswitch adapter using the same channel or network identification as other wireless devices or wireless footswitch adapters.
US09265516B2
A surgical apparatus which includes a handpiece having a passage. The retention assembly includes a pair of radially movable buttons, aligned in axially extending passages in communication with the passage and can engage with and cause rotational movement of a collet member assembly rotatably supported in the passage. The collet assembly includes rolling lock members which can be moved by the collet member from a lock position, in which the lock members are forced by the wall of the passage to extend inwardly of the collet member and an unlocked position, in which the lock members are aligned with a recess in the wall of the passage and are not forced to extend inwardly of the collet member. The surgical apparatus may find particular use with irrigation fluid, suction, and powering of a surgical tool. The passage may include a cutting blade retention assembly integrated in the passage.
US09265515B2
A surgical instrument includes a housing and an elongated shaft extending distally therefrom. The elongated shaft includes a proximal portion, a distal portion and a flexible portion supported therebetween. The flexible portion permits pivotal movement of the distal portion of the elongated shaft and an end effector supported thereon. A locking mechanism is operatively associated with the flexible portion of the elongated shaft to selectively impede pivotal motion of the distal portion. The locking mechanism includes a locking coil disposed about an axis defined by the flexible portion of the elongated shaft. A distal end of the locking coil is coupled to the distal portion of the elongated shaft, and a proximal end of the locking coil is rotatable about the longitudinal axis to laterally approximate the locking coil to flexible portion, and thus frictionally engage the flexible portion of the elongated shaft to selectively impede articulating motion thereof.
US09265511B2
A surgical template system for use in working on a bone comprises: a tool guide block comprising at least one guide aperture for receiving and guiding a tool to work on a bone; locating means comprising a plurality of locating members, each member having a respective end surface for positioning against a surface of the bone; and attachment means for non-adjustably attaching the tool guide block to the locating means such that, when attached, the member end surfaces are secured in fixed position with, respect to each other, for engaging different respective portions of the surface of the bone, and the at least one guide aperture is secured in a fixed position with respect to the end surfaces. Corresponding methods of manufacturing a surgical template system, methods of manufacturing locating means for a surgical template system, methods of fitting a prosthesis to a bone, surgical methods, and surgical apparatus are described.
US09265510B2
An apparatus includes a cut guide including a locking area, an alignment guide, and a connect mechanism to connect the cut guide to the alignment guide, wherein the connect mechanism includes a cone lock connect mechanism configured to engage with the cut guide locking area.
US09265506B2
In order to further develop a surgical instrument with an energy-driven operating device, an energy storage device as well as a control device for driving the operating device as required and supplying it with energy from the energy storage device such that an optimum utilization of the capacity of the energy storage device is achieved without any risk for the surgeon or the patient, in particular in view of the different energy requirements of the individual operating processes, it is suggested that when a predetermined state of residual charge of the energy storage device is reached and/or it is fallen below for the first time the control device make its residual charge available for returning the tool into a rest position.
US09265493B2
A surgical access system including a tissue distraction assembly and a tissue refraction assembly, both of which may be equipped with one or more electrodes for use in detecting the existence of (and optionally the distance and/or direction to) neural structures before, during, and after the establishment of an operative corridor to a surgical target site.
US09265490B2
A tissue retraction system includes a dilator and a first retractor member and a retraction assembly. The dilator is configured to be inserted into a tissue body and also includes at least one engagement member. The first retractor member includes a body and at least one engagement member that is configured to attach to the at least one engagement member of the dilator so as to removably attach the retractor member to the dilator body. The retraction assembly includes a retractor body and at least a second retractor member that is movably supported by the retractor body. The retractor body is configured to be attached to the first retractor member. The tissue protection system may also include a neuromonitoring member configured to determine a characteristics of the tissue.
US09265482B2
A reversible transducer connector allows the connector to be inserted within the receptacle in more than one orientation. The electrical connections between the receptacle and connector are reprogrammed based on the orientation. The connector is inserted in two or more stages, such as using zero-insertion or magnetic retention in a first stage to identify the connector and using an automated engagement to engage remaining channel connections in a second stage for use. Doors for protecting the connector and/or receptacle may be opened and/or closed magnetically.
US09265476B2
A radiation imaging system that can continuously use sections of a radiation imaging device that has not been damaged and a radiation imaging device are provided. The radiation imaging system comprises: a radiation device that applies radiation; and the radiation imaging device with an imaging panel that captures images of the applied radiation. The radiation imaging device comprises: a failure cause detection unit that detects environmental noise or falls that cause failures in the radiation imaging device; a malfunction diagnostic unit that, in a case where a detected environmental noise value reaches a threshold value or in a case where a fall has been detected, diagnoses a malfunction in the radiation imaging device; and a function limiting unit that applies limits to the radiation imaging device functions that are used continuously, in accordance with the diagnosis results of the malfunction diagnostic unit.
US09265469B2
An extraoral dental radiographic apparatus which performs panoramic radiographies, cone beam volumetric radiographies of the facial skeleton and cranial teleradiographies. An alternating mechanism brings x-ray sensors toward the x-ray radiation source, such that the sensor axes intersect at an angle.
US09265468B2
A method for assisting a physician track a surgical device in a body organ of a subject during a procedure includes fluoroscopic based registration, and tracking. An initial registration step includes receiving a 3D image data of a subject in a first body position, receiving a real time fluoroscopy image data, and estimating a deformation model or field to match points in the real time fluoro image with a corresponding point in the 3D model. A tracking step includes computing the 3D location of the surgical device based on a reference mark present on the surgical device, and displaying the surgical device and the 3D model of the body organ in a fused arrangement.
US09265466B2
Provided is an X-ray radiographic apparatus that can take a lateral cephalometric radiograph, a posteroanterior cephalometric radiograph, etc. under the same state of the tilt in the front-rear direction of the head of a subject easily and with high reproducibility, and is free of risks associated with the use of an infraorbital point pointing bar. The X-ray radiographic apparatus includes: a pair of arms provided facing each other with a reference line therebetween; ear rods provided to mutually facing inside surfaces of the pair of arms; a head tilt setting device for setting the tilt in the front-rear direction of the head of the subject provided on one arm, and a horizontal plane verification mechanism provided on the head tilt setting device or outside of the head tilt setting device.
US09265460B2
An exemplary apparatus can be provided to determine information regarding a sample(s), which can include, for example an arrangement(s) composed of, at least partially, a particular material in a predetermined area thereof, and including a light facilitating device that can be configured to provide or receive a light radiation(s) to or from the sample(s). The particular material can have a characteristic which can facilitate a sufficient amount of X-ray radiation to pass therethrough so as to generate an X-ray image(s). An X-ray absorption of the material can be at most about 10 times that of a ¼″ acrylic plate. The light facilitating device can include a light transmitting configuration which can provide the light radiation(s) to the sample.
US09265459B2
The invention relates generally to systems and methods for detecting and/or treating lower urinary tract conditions. One embodiment of the invention is directed to a medical device. The medical device includes an elongate member having a proximal end and a distal end and an end effector assembly that extends distally from the distal end of the elongate member. The end effector assembly includes a plurality of end effector units. Each end effector unit has a sensing element for detecting a location of abnormal organ function and a treatment element for treating the location of abnormal organ function.
US09265457B2
A tissue analyte measuring device (2) includes a light source (4) structured to emit unpolarized light toward the skin surface of a subject, and a detector assembly (8) configured to receive light reflected from the skin surface of the subject and the transcutaneous tissues of the subject, the detector assembly including a polarizing filter (12) and a number of light detector subassemblies (14). The polarizing filter is structured to filter out s-polarized light and pass only p-polarized light to light detector subassemblies. The light source is structured and positioned to emit the unpolarized light in a manner wherein the unpolarized light will exit the measuring device at a predetermined angle with respect to a normal to a light emitting plane of the measuring device, wherein the predetermined angle is an angle (the Brewster's angle) at which only s-polarized light will be reflected by the skin surface when the unpolarized light is incident thereon.
US09265455B2
A method is provided for initializing an analyte sensor, such as a glucose sensor. Where a sensor has been disconnected and reconnected, a disconnection time is determined and a sensor initialization protocol is selected based upon the disconnection time. The sensor initialization protocol may include applying a first series of voltage pulses to the sensor. A method for detecting hydration of a sensor is also provided.
US09265452B2
A method includes obtaining a signal that includes a plurality of cycles and generating a map that maps motion phases to the signal based on both an amplitude and a slope of the signal. A system includes a processor that identifies a set of motion signal timestamps, for a plurality of motion cycles in a motion signal indicative of cyclic motion of a moving object, based on a predetermined motion phase of interest and a phase-to-amplitude/slope mapping, wherein the set of motion signal timestamps correspond to a common signal amplitude. A method include identifying a peak of a plurality of peaks in a motion cycle of a noisy cyclic signal having irregular periodicity, wherein the peak corresponds to a point lying between two points with amplitudes below a predetermined threshold, comparing points before and after the peak with the peak, and identifying the peak as a local maximum when the peak is greater than the points.
US09265448B2
A system for detecting the walk of a person has a housing (BT) with at least a biaxial movement sensor (CM). The housing is attached to the upper portion of the body of the person, so that a first measurement axis of the sensor (CM) coincides with the anteroposterior axis (AP) or the vertical axis (VT) of the body and so a second measurement axis of said sensor (CM) coincides with the mediolateral axis (ML) of the body. An analysis means (MA) analyzes the measurements delivered by the sensor (CM). The analysis means includes a processing means (MT) for processing over a time window the measurement signals delivered by the sensor (CM), which includes means for searching for a dominant frequency (MRFD) in said signals. The analysis means also includes a detection means (MD) for detecting the walk of the person when a ratio between the dominant frequency of the signal of the first measurement axis and the dominant frequency of the second measurement axis, or between the dominant frequency of a Euclidian norm of the vector of measurements transmitted by the sensor (CM) and the dominant frequency of the signal of the second measurement axis, is substantially equal to two.
US09265447B2
A graphical user interface having a portion of an orthopedic system displayed on an electronic display. Where the graphical user interface displays: a parameter of the orthopedic system; a portion of an orthopedic insert; and a parameter of the orthopedic insert. Where in response to detecting movement of the orthopedic system the displayed portion of the orthopedic system is moved, a change of the parameter of the orthopedic system is displayed, and a change in parameter of the orthopedic insert is displayed.
US09265446B1
A breath tester and method for sampling the odor of an user's saliva. The tester includes an elongated testing surface having a closed end and an open end to collect the saliva. The user collects and traps the saliva on the elongated testing surface and smells the surface to self determine the presence of halitosis. In one embodiment, the tester has a handle mounted to one end of the elongated testing surface. The breath tester can be disposed in a hollow housing. The sampling of the saliva can be allowed to dry upon the elongated testing surface before smelling.
US09265445B2
Apparatus for monitoring a subject is described. A sensor detects monitors the subject and generates a signal in response thereto. A control unit analyzes the signal, and in response to the analyzing, identifies a clinical parameter of the subject. The control unit received an indication of a menstrual cycle of the subject. Taking into account the subject's menstrual cycle, the control unit identifies a baseline value of the clinical parameter, compares the identified clinical parameter to the baseline value, and, in response to the comparing, the control unit (a) determines whether a clinical episode is predicted, (b) determines whether a clinical episode is currently occurring, and/or (c) monitors an occurring clinical episode. The control unit generates an output in response thereto. Other applications are also described.
US09265443B2
Methods of locating a tip of a central venous catheter (“CVC”) relative to the superior vena cava, sino-atrial node, right atrium, and/or right ventricle using electrocardiogram data. The CVC includes at least one electrode. In particular embodiments, the CVC includes two or three pairs of electrodes. Further, depending upon the embodiment implemented, one or more electrodes may be attached to the patient's skin. The voltage across the electrodes is used to generate a P wave. A reference deflection value is determined for the P wave detected when the tip is within the proximal superior vena cava. Then, the tip is advanced and a new deflection value determined. A ratio of the new and reference deflection values is used to determine a tip location. The ratio may be used to instruct a user to advance or withdraw the tip.
US09265442B2
A method of calibrating field location tracking to magnetic resonance tracking is provided. The method of calibration field location tracking includes moving a medical device throughout a plurality of points within a patient volume; tracking the medical device with a field location tracking system and a magnetic resonance tracking system; calculating a plurality of magnetic resonance tracking locations; determining a plurality of field location parameters that correspond to the plurality of magnetic resonance tracking locations; and creating a transfer function that maps the field location parameters to the magnetic resonance tracking locations, wherein the transfer function registers a field location coordinate system to a magnetic resonance coordinate system.
US09265439B2
Featured are methods for non-invasive assessment of a vascular physiological parameter including but not limited to central arterial stiffness, vascular reactivity and/or local arterial stiffness. The methods of the invention use any one of a number of magnetic resonance imaging techniques known in the art to acquire image data so as to arrive at these vascular physiological parameters. Also such methods include locating the detector or imaging coil proximal to a single artery and external to the body/specimen. According to one aspect, the methodology determines the central arterial stiffness from image data acquired at the single arterial location. In another aspect, image data is acquired so that one or more of central arterial stiffness, vascular reactivity and/or local arterial stiffness can be determined from the acquired image data alone or in combination with other acquired data/information. The disclosed methods of the invention allow for reproducible, non-invasive diagnosis of early stage indicators of atherosclerosis.
US09265432B2
Methods, systems, and devices for signal analysis in an implanted cardiac monitoring and treatment device such as an implantable cardioverter defibrillator. In some examples, captured data including detected events is analyzed to identify likely overdetection of cardiac events. In some illustrative examples, when overdetection is identified, data may be modified to correct for overdetection, to reduce the impact of overdetection, or to ignore overdetected data. Several examples emphasize the use of morphology analysis using correlation to static templates and/or inter-event correlation analysis.
US09265429B2
A device obtains a series of measurements of a physiological parameter of a monitored patient when the device is operating within a monitoring workflow. The device displays a monitoring workflow home screen when the device is operating within the monitoring workflow. The monitoring workflow home screen contains a representation of the physiological parameter of the monitored patient. In addition, the device obtains a measurement of the physiological parameter of each patient in a series of patients when the device is operating within a non-monitoring workflow. The device displays a non-monitoring workflow home screen when the device is operating within the non-monitoring workflow. The non-monitoring workflow home screen contains a representation of the physiological parameter of a given patient in the series of patients. The monitoring workflow home screen is different than the non-monitoring workflow home screen.
US09265425B2
According to a measuring method or a control method of life activity, a life object is illuminated with an electromagnetic wave including a wavelength in a designated waveband, and a characteristic in a local area of the life object is detected, or a life activity thereof is controlled. This “local area” is an area constituted by one or more cells. The “designated waveband” is defined based on any one of the following phenomena: [1] transition energy between a ground state of a vibration mode newly occurring between atoms in a constituent molecule of a cell membrane and a plurality of excited states; [2] transition energy between vibration modes occurring between specific atoms in a molecule corresponding to the activity of the life object or the change thereof; and [3] a specific chemical shift value in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance.
US09265421B2
A medical monitoring system includes: a plurality of biological information displaying devices connected to a network; and a portable terminal which can wirelessly communicate with the biological information displaying devices. The plurality of biological information displaying devices includes a first device and a second device. When a value of biological information is larger or smaller than a preset threshold, the first device transmits alarm information. In case where the first device transmits the alarm information, a receiving unit of the portable terminal receives the alarm information, and a transmitting unit of the portable terminal wirelessly transmits the received alarm information to the second device, and the second device receives the biological information through the network and the biological information is displayed on the second device.
US09265414B2
The proposed innovation provides methods and systems for measuring the interpupillary distance. The proposed innovation provides a fitting pad (102) having two detection points (104 and 106). The fitting pad is placed on the forehead of the user and an image is captured. The image is uploaded and pupil distance calculator software locates the fitting detection points and calculates the distance in pixels of the left and right X, Y coordinates. The software creates an image scale by dividing the pixel counts between the detection points. The software automatically locates the X, Y coordinates between the center of the left and right pupils and calculates the distance in pixels. The resulting pixel distance divided by the image scale provides the interpupillary distance in millimeter. In embodiments, segment height is calculated based upon an image imported by the user and the combined scaled images of the user and the frame.
US09265408B2
In one embodiment, an apparatus may include an imager configured to generate a plurality of frames at a frame frequency greater than an electromagnetic energy emission pulse frequency of a medical device, wherein each frame of the plurality of frames may include a first plurality of rows. The apparatus may also include an electronic shutter module configured to offset a start time of each row of the first plurality of rows in each frame from the plurality of frames from a start time of an adjacent row in that same frame. The apparatus may further include an image processing module configured to generate a plurality of valid frames based on at least a portion of the plurality of frames, wherein the plurality of valid frames may include a frame frequency lower than the frame frequency of the plurality of frames.
US09265391B2
An apparatus for collection of garden waste wherein the apparatus has a vacuuming mode of operation and a dirty fan operation in the vacuuming mode of operation thereof, the apparatus comprising: a hand-holdable unit comprising a motor with an output shaft coupled to an impeller for generation of air flow; a volute enclosing the impeller for direction of air flow from an axial air inlet of the volute past the impeller to a tangential air outlet of the volute; a vacuum tube for conducting dirty air flow to the air inlet of the volute in the vacuuming mode of operation; and a cyclonic separation arrangement for receiving dirty air flow from the air outlet of the volute and separating garden waste from said dirty air flow in the vacuuming mode of operation. A blowervac comprising the apparatus for collection of garden waste.
US09265381B2
A food processor includes a base and a bowl with a removable lid. Food items are advanced into the bowl through a feed tube formed in the lid where they are cut by a cutting assembly driven by a motor. The cutting assembly is adjustable to vary the thickness of the cut food items. An adjustment assembly positioned in the base is operable to adjust the cutting thickness of the cutting assembly while the cutting assembly is driven by the motor.
US09265379B2
A steam unit, e.g., for a machine for espresso beverages, includes a supporting island with external fastening, which connects removably to the machine; a tank for frothing milk, a base of which connects removably to the supporting island. A circuit delivers steam from the machine to the tank via the connection at the base of the tank. The tank includes an upper part for heating and emulsifying the beverages.
US09265375B2
An apparatus, system, and method for use with beverages and beverage making and dispensing equipment. The apparatus, system, and method of use monitors characteristics of the beverage, reports characteristics, or both and selectively affects the beverage and beverage making and dispensing equipment, a server containing the beverage, or both. The apparatus, system, and method of use employs an information vehicle device associated with each beverage server or dispenser and a reader which reads the information device. The reader communicates the information from the information device to a controller for use to individually or collectively display information, collect information, and/or selectively affect the condition of the beverage in response to the information.
US09265360B2
The present application provides a refrigerated display case. The refrigerated display case may include an aft wall, a number of shelf standards positioned about the aft wall, and a number of shelves positioned on the shelf standards. The shelf standards may include an integrated center shelf standard.
US09265358B2
A merchandise display system can include a pusher extender that increases the pushing surface of the pusher. The pusher extender may define an elongated pusher body having a cavity. The pusher extender may be configured to slide over the pusher wall via the cavity like a sleeve. The pusher extender with an enlarged, substantially planar surface thereby creates an enlarged pushing surface for pushing larger products toward the front of the display system. The pusher extender can also be provided with an angled pusher surface to accommodate larger products. The display system can be mounted to a rear hang bar located towards the back of the shelf. A hanger may be positioned within a cavity formed in the divider and extend the length of the divider. The hook end of the hanger may then be positioned on the hang bar and the entire system may cantilever out from the hang bar.
US09265356B2
An apparatus for caring for infants, having, an infant body support structure, an air nozzles mounted on infant body support structure, and located at the end or sides of infant body support structure, above the space designated to the head of the infant, to provide an air flow of disinfected air parallel to a part of the bottom designated to support the back and the head of the infant, to protect the infant from airborne infections.
US09265355B1
An inflatable furniture cover support including an inflatable shell disposed atop an outdoor furniture item in order to support a furniture cover in a position covering the outdoor furniture item without touching the outdoor furniture item to prevent mildew and water stains on the furniture cover. An air intake-exhaust tube has a proximal end in fluid communication with an air chamber disposed within the shell and further has a distal end with an air intake-exhaust valve disposed thereon which is in operational communication with an air supply source to inflate and deflate the shell.
US09265349B1
A multi-directional glider chair allowing for rotation of a seat in relation to a path of gliding action. In some embodiments, the multi-directional glider comprises a glider base including a glider mechanism supporting a gliding top, the glider mechanism providing for generally linear motion of the gliding top along at least a segment of a first axis, and a seat including at least a bottom element, the bottom element being rotatably coupled to the gliding top of the glider base by a rotatable coupler providing for rotation of the seat about a second axis, wherein an orientation of the seat in relation to the first axis may be selectively modified by rotation of the seat about the second axis. Thus, the multi-directional glider as described in this embodiment enables a user to modify an orientation of the seat in relation to a back-and-forth glide path allowed by the glider mechanism.
US09265344B2
An adjusting device includes a fixed member; first and second plates, both connected to the fixed member; a first adjusting member; and a first locking member. The fixed member has a first hole and a window. The second plate has first and second contact portions. The first adjusting member has an adjusting portion contacting against the second contact portion and has an eccentric portion extending through the window and movably connected to the first plate. The first locking member partially extends through the first contact portion and the first hole to connect with the first plate. The second plate can be displaced relative to the fixed member in response to displacement of the first adjusting member.
US09265338B1
The electric toothbrush is constructed of a first portion and a second portion. The first portion is able to pivot with respect to the second portion via a hinge. The first portion houses componentry associated with the toothbrush. The second portion includes a floss dispenser on a distal end, and is used as a handle for the electric toothbrush. The first portion includes at least one rotating head that includes bristles adapted to brush teeth. The at least one rotating head is in mechanical connection with a bevel gear. The bevel gear is in mechanical connection with a motor via a drive shaft. The motor is in wired connection with a switch and at least one battery.
US09265330B1
A stadium-styled universal seat cover that converts to a backpack or tote. More specifically, a convertible seat cover having a front wall with first and second lateral edges, and first and second edges. The front wall also has first stitching adjacent to the first edge. The front wall further has a first channel. A rear wall extends from the second edge. The rear wall has third and fourth lateral edges, and a third edge. The rear wall further has second stitching adjacent to the third edge. An engaging wall extends from the third edge. The engaging wall has first and second lateral walls, and a fourth edge. The engaging wall further has third stitching adjacent to the fourth edge; and a cord assembly.
US09265327B2
A container is configured for selectively dispensing a personal care product. The container includes a body, a drive apparatus, and an elevator. The body at least partially defines a product chamber and a distal opening. The elevator is disposed within the product chamber. Rotation of the drive apparatus results in axial movement of the elevator within the product chamber.
US09265318B1
Insulated bags having at least three unitary layers of durable material are provided. In one embodiment, a first set of unitary layers of durable material forms a front wall, a bottom wall, and a rear wall. Two additional sets of unitary layers of durable material form side-walls. Edges of the two additional sets are joined to side and bottom edges of the first set by adding webbing and stitching together the joined edges and webbing. Disposed within the two inner most layers of the first set and the two additional sets is at least one layer of insulation. The first set and the second set are sealed at their top edge to secure the insulation. Horizontal webbing is attached to the bag via stitching through the horizontal webbing, each of the layers of the first set and the second set, and the at least one layer of insulation. Vertical straps are integrated into the bag between the horizontal webbing and the outer most layer of durable material of the first set. On the top of the bag is a mini-flap. Hook/loop fasteners are strategically positioned on the bag to secure access points on the bag. Optional features can be incorporated into the bag (e.g., side handles, a top handle, a durable bottom, a grommet, and a liner). Other embodiments of insulated bags are described herein (e.g., a bag that has the outer layer of the first set and the second set sandwiched between two layers of horizontal webbing).
US09265314B2
A full automatic opening and closing straight bone umbrella includes a middle bar set and an opening and closing umbrella drive mechanism in the middle bar set, an umbrella frame, an umbrella cloth, an upper nest, a middle nest, an umbrella handle, and a power source in the umbrella handle. The opening and closing umbrella drive mechanism includes a lead screw connected to the power source and an ejector sleeve driven by the lead screw. The middle bar set includes a middle pipe and an outer pipe. The ejector sleeve passes through the middle pipe and is connected to the outer pipe. When the power source is operated to drive the lead screw to turn clockwise or counterclockwise, the ejector sleeve brings the outer pipe to move up or down relative to the middle pipe to provide a full automatic opening and closing function to the umbrella.
US09265313B1
An upper nest and a lower nest of an umbrella framework each comprise a nest body and a plurality of pins around the nest body. Each pin is integrally connected with the nest body via a connecting section. Each middle disk comprises a pin, which is disposed on an outer wall of a sleeve and integrally connected with the sleeve. Each long bone has an upper end thereof coupled with a pin of the upper nest, and the sleeve of each middle disk is fitted over a middle part of the long bone. Each short bone has an upper end thereof coupled with the pin of the middle disk, and a lower end thereof coupled with a pin of the lower nest. Thereby, an improved member structure for an umbrella framework is formed.
US09265312B2
The present invention discloses an outdoor umbrella with remote touch-controlled LED lights comprising an umbrella assembly which includes an upper support pole, a lower support pole, a plurality of umbrella support bars and a plurality of support rails, wherein a plurality of LED lights is respectively provided on the upper portion of the upper support pole, the support rails and the support bars. In view of the above structure, the outdoor umbrella may have a simple structure, and can be easily operated. And the outdoor umbrella is very safe and reliable since providing any electric wire on the umbrella is avoided. In addition, the outdoor umbrella is energy-saving and environmental friendly.
US09265310B2
A wearable communication device including a bracelet including an integrated first power source, and a telecommunications device including a transceiver configured to allow wireless communication, wherein the telecommunications device is configured to couple and decouple with the bracelet, and wherein the telecommunications device is configured receive power from the first power source when coupled with the bracelet.
US09265296B2
A balancing system for the head of a passenger of a vehicle, in particular a helicopter, comprising a helmet (4) fixed on the head of the passenger and suspension means (100) for the helmet (4) adapted to be connected to a stationary part of the vehicle and to the helmet (4) so as to balance an imbalance of weights on the musculoskeletal system of the neck of the passenger wearing said helmet (4). The system allows maximum freedom without hindering any type of movement to the head of the passenger.
US09265295B2
A helmet mounted lighting apparatus including an identification or decorative shield that may be removably coupled with the helmet. The apparatus may include one or more of at least one light, at least one power source, a microcontroller, a switch and a heat dissipater. In at least one embodiment, the at least one power source does not protrude in front of a main surface area of the identification or decorative shield. The at least one light may be focused to point forward from the identification or decorative shield, such that the at least one light illuminates an area forward of the helmet focusing on a working area of a user. The at least one light may also point downward at an adjustable angle. The apparatus may include at least one location proximal to the identification or decorative shield to place the at least one light respectively.
US09265292B2
A protective garment configured to facilitate easy donning of the garment is described. The sleeves and legs are shorted and held in a donning configuration by releaseably affixing at least a portion of upper and lower segments of the interior surface of each limb. This allows the garment to be handled and donned by the wearer, without the wearer touching an exterior surface of the garment. A method of preparing a protective garment for donning and a method of donning such a garment is also disclosed.
US09265288B2
A functional garment comprises a first breast cup and a first cross strap, two opposite ends of which are attached to the inner and outer edges of the first breast cup, respectively. The functional garment can be used to simultaneously provide both orthopedic and breast augmentation benefits. A plurality of countervailing forces simultaneously provide force on the shoulders, to bring them back and/or the shoulder blades closer together, and the breasts, to bring them closer together and/or lift them.
US09265267B2
Open top liquid/gas cyclone separator tube with a dual purpose single separator tube with both liquid and gas separation zones, an open top discharge vent to provide a for humid air to be discharged into the atmosphere, a means to prevent splashing out the open top of the separator tube, a means of the separation section to prevent turbulence while allowing the accumulation of used water in the bottom of the tube, a to provide gravity feeding of the water back to the scrubbing mechanism to be recycled for water preservation, a means of regulating the rate of water feed to the scrubbing mechanism, an open port means of the scrubbing mechanism to be used to add chemicals, gases or other elements to the gas stream that is discharged to the environment, and a for vertical discharge on the scrubbing mechanism to enhance entrainment of water droplets containing particles, bacteria and mold spores.
US09265266B2
Compositions and methods for lowering counts of pathogenic microorganisms in food products such as ready to eat meat and poultry products are disclosed. In various embodiments, the compositions and methods comprise antimicrobial compositions with one or more essential oils added.
US09265264B2
A clipping machine for producing sausage-shaped products (S), like sausages, by filing a flowable filling material into a tubular or bag-shaped packaging casing (M) and closing said packaging casing (M) by a closure means, like a closure clip (C). The clipping machine (1) comprises a feeding device (50) for suspension elements configured to feed suspension elements (E) attached to a carrier strip (B) to a delivery position and to place a first section of a suspension element (E) within the closure means (C) positioned on the die (25) of the second closing tool (24). The feeding device (50) further comprises a guiding device (51) configured to hold down the suspension element (E) close to the carrier strip (B) while the suspension element (E) is pulled off and detached from the carrier strip (B) by a relative movement between the second clipping tool (24) and the feeding device (50). A holding device (60) attached to the second clipping tool (24) is configured to releasably receive and hold a second section of the suspension element (E) when detached from the carrier strip (B).
US09265262B1
A tool having a first and second handle, pivotally coupled between a tool open position and a tool closed position, each handle having a working end and a gripping end. A jaw is positioned on each working end, and each handle has a cutout positioned between the working end and the jaw, where the cutouts are aligned to create an opening in the tool when closed. The tool has a first cutting blade having a first cutting surface, where the first cutting blade is removably attached to one of the handles. One of said handles also has a rearward fixed projecting finger, positioned intermediary the jaws and the pivot point of the tool handle.
US09265261B2
A method and an apparatus are provided for transporting shaped bodies such as, for example, substantially non-rigid, biscuit dough shaped bodies, from a receiving region into a transfer region, and for transferring the shaped bodies onto a transport surface such as, for example, a heated baking belt of a baking machine. The apparatus for transporting the shaped bodies includes a revolving driven conveyor belt which is guided over at least one deflecting roller, over a drive roller and around a transfer body in the region of the transport surface. The conveyor belt is laterally displaceable by a positioning apparatus at least over a section of its longitudinal extension.
US09265254B2
A granular pesticidal composition which comprises a pyrazolinone compound given by the formula (1): wherein R1 represents a chlorine atom etc.; R2 represents a chlorine atom etc.; R3 represents a 1-methylethyl group etc.; and R4 represents a C1-C4 alkoxy group etc. and a salt of ligninsulfonic acid, and the amount of the salt of ligninsulfonic acid in the granular pesticidal composition is 10-60% by weight has good disintegrability in water when it is diluted with water.
US09265252B2
The invention provides combinations of insecticides/acaricides and herbicides comprising an effective amount of components (A) and (B), where component (A) is one or more of the tetramic acid derivatives listed in the description, and (B) one or more herbicides from the group of the herbicides likewise listed in the description, where the combinations may optionally additionally comprise crop plant compatibility-increasing substances (safeners).The invention also relates to the use of the combinations for controlling animal pests and unwanted vegetation and to the corresponding methods.
US09265242B2
A system to apply mainly phytosanitary products that use the principle of electrostatic attraction. A high static charge is imprinted on the microdrops in the nozzle with high flows of water using a simple industrial design and very low probabilities of failure. The system is very stable and reliable. An active water provider capillary tube is optionally used in the nozzles (as opposed to a fixed one), which results in a more efficient use of the air to micronize drops. The nozzles can be fixed or dirigible nozzles. A chemical product doser system is optionally used with injection in the nozzle itself.
US09265235B2
An accidental ingestion detecting apparatus according to the present disclosure includes: a swallowing sensing unit which senses swallowing by an animal; a swallowing detecting unit which detects swallowing based on sensing data outputted by the swallowing sensing unit and which outputs swallowing information that is information related to the swallowing; a feeding information inputting unit which accepts input of information related to feeding of the animal and which outputs the information as feeding information; and an accidental ingestion determining unit which determines accidental ingestion by the animal, wherein the accidental ingestion determining unit determines accidental ingestion by the animal based on date/time information included in the swallowing information and date/time information included in the feeding information.
US09265232B2
A plurality of ear tags is provided and may include a panel portion and a relatively narrow neck portion extending from the panel portion. The plurality of ear tags may be arranged so that the panel portions of adjacent ear tags are at least partially overlapped and edges of the neck portions of adjacent ear tags are juxtaposed and attached to one another at an attachment location at the edges of the neck portions of the adjacent ear tags.
US09265228B2
The present invention relates to organic lawnmowers, and in particular an organic lawnmower including a kennel for a rabbit. The lawnmower includes a wooden frame, a screen spanning the frame, an animal kennel resting on the frame above the screen, and a rabbit occupying the kennel. The lawnmower is pushed to a desired location in a grass lawn, and the rabbit grazes the grass at his or her leisure, through the screen. The lawnmower is periodically moved to a fresh patch of grass, and the grazing continues. This improved lawnmower is economical, enjoyable, and environmentally friendly.
US09265214B2
A soybean cultivar designated S120104 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar S120104, to the plants of soybean cultivar S120104, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar S120104, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar S120104. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar S120104. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar S120104, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar S120104 with another soybean cultivar.
US09265209B2
The invention provides seed and plants of pepper hybrid SV7017HJ and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of pepper hybrid SV7017HJ and the parent lines thereof, and to methods for producing a pepper plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another pepper plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.
US09265205B2
A multifunctional planting system includes a supporter and a spraying device. The supporter includes a base and a plurality of lateral walls. The lateral walls are bent from the base to form a sunken structure for storing nutrient solution. The spraying device is disposed on the supporter. The spraying device includes an accommodating structure, a buckling component and a piezoelectric component. The nutrient solution is accommodated inside the accommodating structure. The buckling component passes through the accommodating structure. The piezoelectric component is disposed on a hollow portion of the buckling component. A plurality of tiny apertures are formed on the piezoelectric component. The piezoelectric component receives an electronic signal to generate oscillation. The oscillation transforms the liquid nutrient solution inside the accommodating structure into the gaseous nutrient solution. The gaseous nutrient solution is sprayed via the plurality of tiny apertures, and is condensed to flow into the sunken structure.
US09265192B2
A soil detection and planting apparatus. The apparatus includes a vehicle and a controller coupled to the vehicle. The apparatus further includes a planting device coupled to the vehicle, the planting device configured to plant seeds or plants into a soil material. The apparatus includes a ground penetrating radar sensor coupled to the vehicle. The ground penetrating radar soil sensor is configured to scan the soil material up to a designated depth beneath a surface of the soil material, wherein the ground penetrating radar soil sensor is further configured to provide a sensor feedback signal to the controller with respect to an intrinsic characteristic of the soil material. The controller is configured to instruct placement of a seed or a plant into the soil material based on the feedback signal.
US09271433B2
A method of manufacturing a display device includes providing a display panel including a first alignment mark on one side of opposite facing sides, obtaining location information of the first alignment mark by imaging the one side of the display panel, providing a flexible printed circuit board that includes a second alignment mark and a subsidiary mark on one side of the flexible printed circuit board, the subsidiary mark being spaced apart from the display panel and being spaced a predetermined distance apart from the second alignment mark, aligning the first alignment mark and the second alignment mark by disposing the subsidiary mark to be spaced the predetermined distance apart from the first alignment mark on the basis of the location information of the first alignment mark, and bonding the display panel and the flexible printed circuit board.
US09271431B2
An electronic device may have a housing in which electrical components on a printed circuit board are mounted. A connector may be mounted to the edge of the printed circuit board using solder. The connector may have a threaded portion that protrudes through the housing. A threadless portion of the connector may be aligned with the housing. The connector may have a metal body member covered with a metal shell. The metal shell may have a portion that covers the electrical components and serves as an electromagnetic interference shield for the electrical components. The connector may have a threaded barrel. The threaded barrel may have a threaded outer portion with a diameter that is larger than a threaded inner portion. The threadless portion of the connector may lie between the threaded outer and inner portions.
US09271430B2
A flexible enclosure assembly for an electronic device for vehicular application is virtually “fastenerless” and includes a preform blank of conductive sheet material such as wire screen mesh or the like which defines upper, lower and a plurality of side wall portions flexibly interconnected by living hinges. A framework of resilient elastomeric material is insert molded to the preform blank to provide three-dimensional case details to accept one or more electronic devices such as circuit boards required for electrical control and display of vehicle based systems. The conductive sheet material is preferably a wire mesh which provides shielding from electrical anomalies and grounding of the circuit boards via exposed wire mesh pads and adjacent ground clips. Major components and subassemblies are self-fixturing during the final assembly process, eliminating the need for dedicated tools, fixtures and assembly equipment.
US09271428B2
A cooling host module is operable for providing cooling gas flow in a substantially isolated closed loop for a computing device. The computing device comprises a substantially vertical first face having an inlet portion comprising no more than about a lower third of a height of the first face for inlet gas flow and a substantially vertical second face opposite the first face for outlet gas flow. The cooling host module comprises: a heat exchanger adjacent to the second face of the computing device for cooling outlet gas flow; a gas flow path directing air exiting the heat exchanger beneath the computing unit; a gas moving device for moving gas in the gas flow path; and a vent towards distal end of the gas flow path for providing gas flow to the inlet portion of the first face of the computing device.
US09271427B2
A system for use between a heat generating electronic device having a die having a shape placed thereon and a heat sink, includes a thermally conductive slug having a plurality of edges; a plurality of discrete strips each of the strips having a proximal end attaching to one of the edges of the thermally conductive slug, a distal end wherein the distal end is rigid for attachment to the heat sink, a flexible portion between the distal end and the thermally conductive slug wherein the slug may move as the electronic device moves and wherein the strips are comprised of two of more discrete layers, or strands that create a braid.
US09271423B2
A power distribution unit includes a first solid state power module comprising a first plurality of solid state power controllers, where the first solid state power module comprises a first set of power characteristics. Also included is a second solid state power module comprising a second plurality of solid state power controllers. The second solid state power module comprises a second set of power characteristics. Also, the first solid state power module and the second solid state power module are interchangeably coupled to a first location of a common chassis.
US09271420B1
A modular power device is used for mounting on a main plate. The modular power device includes a first substrate, a driving module, and a converting module. The first substrate has a first axial direction and a second axial direction perpendicular to the first axial direction. The driving module is located on one side of the first substrate, the converting module is located on the other side of the first substrate, and includes a second substrate parallel to the main plate, wherein two opposite sides of the first substrate are inserted into the main plate and the second substrate. A length of the converting module is equal to that of the first substrate in the first axial direction, and a width of the converting module is smaller than a length of the first substrate in the first axial direction.
US09271417B2
When a connected position detecting unit detects that a connected position of a tape reaches a predetermined position in the tape passage, head-feeding of an electronic component provided in a head of the connected new tape is provided. In the head-feeding, a tape feeder feeds the tape such that the electronic component in the head of the new tape is located in a component pickup port. When the connected position detecting unit detects that the connected position of the tape reaches the predetermined position in the tape passage, a mounting head picks up the electronic component from the new tape fed by the head feeding control unit and is mounted on a new board positioned by a board conveying path.
US09271406B2
The invention relates to an overhead panel able to be positioned in an aircraft cockpit, which includes an assembly of independent submodules (67), each of which is associated with a particular system or a particular function of the aeroplane, incorporated in a rigid self-supporting module (60), including a front face (65) to which the submodules (67) are attached, and two side faces fitted with peripheral electrical connectors (63) intended to be connected to different systems of the aeroplane.The invention also relates to a method of manufacture of such a panel.
US09271401B2
The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a metal film material, the method including: applying an ink composition by discharging the ink composition onto a substrate via an inkjet method, the ink composition containing at least one first monomer having at least one group selected from the group consisting of a cyano group, an alkyloxy group, an amino group, a pyridine residue, a pyrrolidone residue, an imidazole residue, an alkylsulfanyl group, or a cyclic ether residue, at least one second monomer that has polyfunctionality, and at least one polymerization initiator, a total monomer content in the ink composition being 85% by mass or greater; forming a cured film by carrying out at least one of light exposure or heating of the ink composition that has been applied; applying a plating catalyst or a precursor thereof to the cured film; and a plating processing step of performing plating with respect to the plating catalyst or precursor thereof that has been applied.
US09271389B2
A device mounting board includes a metallic substrate, an oxide film formed such that the surfaces of the metallic form are oxidized, an insulating resin layer disposed on the oxide film facing one main surface of the metallic layer, and a wiring layer disposed on the insulating resin layer. The film thickness of a certain partial region of the oxide film disposed below a first semiconductor device is greater than that of the other regions surrounding the partial region of the oxide film. Conversely, the film thickness of the insulating resin layer underneath a second semiconductor device is less than that of the insulating resin layer underneath the first semiconductor device.
US09271381B2
A system for producing EUV light using a drive laser beam to irradiate a stream of material droplets. There is included a monitoring system for monitoring at least one of drive laser beam reflection from the drive laser beam and EUV radiation pulses and producing a detector signal, the detector signal being a pulse train. There is also included an arrangement for analyzing the detector signal to ascertain whether there exists at least one satellite droplet in the stream of material droplets.
US09271378B2
Portable electric lamp including a lighting module, and a compact case containing a power supply for supplying the lighting module and a limitation device for a current delivered by the power supply, the limitation device including a controlled limitation switch coupled between a reference terminal of the power supply and an output terminal of the lighting module, the limitation device being configured so as to determine a supply voltage between an output terminal of the limitation switch and the reference terminal, and to control the limitation switch so that it is in a closed state when the supply voltage is lower than or equal to a desired voltage.
US09271375B2
A system and method are disclosed for providing fail-safe operation of a lighting system. A lighting level detector is used to obtain a baseline lighting level for a low-intensity light. If the detector measures less than the baseline level when an occupancy sensor determines the space is unoccupied, a high-intensity light is energized and an indication is provided to a user that the low-intensity light has failed. A method is also disclosed for daylighting operation of a lighting system. An occupancy sensor can have Wi-Fi functionality to enable remote configuration of the sensor. A line voltage occupancy sensor can include an interface with low voltage devices. An occupancy sensor can include an integral interface to enable an external control system to override the sensor's normal logic under emergency conditions. An occupancy sensor can include an active temperature compensation feature. An occupancy sensor can also incorporate an automatically adjustable coverage area.
US09271370B2
A method of characterizing an LED, as well as an integrated circuit using this method, based on a so-called characteristic resistance, in which the LED is operated at a first, relatively low, operating current and then at a second, relatively high, operating current. From the ratio between the difference between the forward voltages at these two operating currents, and the difference between the operating current, the characteristic resistance is determined. The characteristic resistance is measured at two or more moments during the operational lifetime of the device, and a prediction or estimate is made in relation to the total operational lifetime of the devices, from the evolution or change of the characteristic resistance.
US09271369B2
A Light Emitting Diode (LED) driving apparatus and a method of driving a LED backlight unit are provided. An LED driving apparatus includes: an input unit configured to receive a dimming signal, an extension unit configured to extend ON time of the inputted dimming signal, an LED driving unit configured to drive an LED array using the extended dimming signal, and a detection unit configured to detect a degradation of the LED array by measuring a forward voltage between the LED array and the LED driving unit.
US09271365B2
An LED power supply device disclosed in the present specification includes a DC dimmer circuit that performs dimming control of an LED such that the higher a reference voltage variably controlled according to a dimmer signal is, the smaller a current flowing in the LED is. This configuration makes it possible to achieve fine dimming control.
US09271362B2
Systems and methods of Planckian and non-Planckian dimming of solid state light sources are disclosed. For a given first range of correlated color temperature values on the 1931 CIE Chromaticity Diagram, the current through a plurality of solid state light sources is adjusted so that the light output thereby follows the correlated color temperature values relating to the black body curve over that given first range. For a given second range of correlated color temperature values, the current through a plurality of solid state light sources is adjusted so that the light output thereby deviates from black body curve and instead relates to a series of coordinates that tracks a line between the curve and a color point for one of the solid state light sources.
US09271349B2
A device for controlling current to a solid state lighting load includes a capacitor (241, 341) and a current source (245, 345). The capacitor is connected in a parallel arrangement with the solid state lighting load (260, 360). The current source is connected in series with the parallel arrangement of the capacitor and the solid state lighting load. The current source is configured to modulate dynamically an amplitude of an input current provided to the parallel arrangement of the capacitor and the solid state lighting load based on an input voltage.
US09271347B2
A TRIAC dimmable light-emitting diode (LED) driver circuit is disclosed, compromising: An alternating-current (AC) voltage connected to a rectifier bridge; An LED load, which is connected to an inductor or a transformer, a power MOS transistor, a low voltage MOS transistor and a current sensing resistor. The LED driver also compromises: a peak current comparator which is used to compare the voltage between a current sensing resistor and a reference voltage; a maximum on-time timer, which is used to detect the on time of the low voltage MOS transistor. When the voltage on the current sensing resistor is higher than the reference voltage or the on time of the low voltage MOS transistor reaches the preset time of the maximum on-time timer, the low voltage MOS transistor is turned off.
US09271340B2
A microwave filter for use with a microwave brazing system having a brazing chamber, a vacuum line, and a pressure gauge located proximate the vacuum line. The microwave filter includes a baffle plate configured to be mounted in an opening between the brazing chamber and the pressure gauge, and a plurality of hollow pipes configured to substantially prevent the transmission of microwaves from the brazing chamber to the pressure gauge, and further configured to allow gas to flow between the brazing chamber and the vacuum line.
US09271337B2
An induction heating cooking apparatus and a control method thereof are provided. A vessel can be effectively heated by using a plurality of heating coils regardless of a position of the vessel. By connecting a plurality of heating coils to a smaller amount of inverters through relays, only a heating coil on which a vessel is placed, among the plurality of heating coils, can be heated. Also, by connecting the heating coils in series, a current flowing in the heating coil can be lowered, and thus, a rated current of the inverter can be lowered. Also, by connecting relays and heating coils such that a larger amount of heating coils are operated, while minimizing the amount of inverters, manufacturing cost can be reduced, operation efficiency can be increased, and stability of the cooking apparatus can be enhanced.
US09271334B2
Provided is an infrared electrothermal raised floor piece, comprising a faceplate layer, a carbon fiber far-infrared heat layer, a force support structure layer, at least a pair of electrodes and a plurality of power line connection terminals; wherein the electrodes are connected to the carbon fiber far-infrared heat layer; and the power line connection terminals are connected to the electrode. Also provided is an infrared electrothermal raised floor, comprising a plurality of infrared electrothermal raised floor pieces each comprising a plurality of power line connection terminals, and a supporter; wherein the infrared electrothermal raised floor pieces are transversely or lengthwisely arranged and flexibly installed on the supporter.
US09271329B2
Embodiments relate to systems and methods for enabling stations to connect to wireless hotspots using non-Unicode service set identification information. A WiFi™ wireless router or other access point can broadcast beacon information to smart phones or other stations within wireless range of that device. In existing access point implementations, the character set in which the access point broadcasts this information, including a service set identification indicating the connection services available from the access point, are assumed to be encoded in Unicode format, specifically, UTF-8 format. While English-language options are properly displayed, character sets and/or languages which are not encoded in Unicode (UTF-8) format are translated into unintelligible characters using this approach. According to embodiments, access point hardware can be configured to broadcast the type of character set encoding in the beacon information itself, for instance, in existing SSID information elements, vendor-specific information elements, and/or other locations in the beacon data.
US09271326B2
A device may be configured to determine a type of traffic, received by the device from a user device; identify a radio resource control (“RRC”) timeout value associated with the type; start an RRC dormancy timer based on the RRC timeout value; and modify, based on expiration of the RRC dormancy timer, an RRC channel between the device and the user device.
US09271325B2
Detection of network transactions or keepalives for maintaining long lived connections are disclosed. A keepalive detector can detect keepalive traffic based on keepalive parameters determined from an analysis of socket level network communication log data that record data transfer events including data sent from mobile applications or clients on a mobile device and data received by the mobile applications or clients on the mobile device, timing characteristics, protocol types, etc. Various statistical analyses can be performed on the network communication data to detect keepalives, taking into account variability in intervals of the data transfer events and sizes of data sent and received on each event. The keepalive detector can also detect keepalives from stream data on a mobile device by analyzing socket level communication messages including timing characteristics and amount of data transferred to detect keepalives and report keepalives using a data structure.
US09271317B2
Systems and methods for communicating in a wireless communication system are described. Various processes for reducing the initial link setup time are described. In one aspect a method in a wireless communication system is provided. The method includes queuing for transmission, at a first device, a first message for requesting information to establish a link with an access point, the first message including a network identifier for the access point. The method further includes, before transmission of the message, receiving a second message including the information. The method further includes removing the message from the queue when the second message includes the information.
US09271316B2
A method, system and device are provided for managing LIPA and/or SIPTO connection releases by providing predetermined context information in either the context request message or response thereto exchanged between source and target Mobility Management Entity (MME) devices to allow the appropriate MME device to determine if LIPA service continuity is provided or not.
US09271313B2
A method for reducing the signaling load of a GPRS core network system is provided. The GPRS core network system comprises a first UE, a first RNC, a first SGSN, a first core network node, and a first IP network, where the first UE is arranged to be in communication with the first RNC, where the first RNC is arranged to be in communication with the SGSN for non-3GDT communication of the GPRS core network system or the core network node for 3GDT communication of the GPRS core network system, where the first SGSN is arranged to be in communication with the first core network node, where the first core network node is arranged to be in contact with the first IP network, where one or more service requests originates from the first UE to the SGSN, where the number of service requests to the SGSN is measured.
US09271310B2
Aspects of the present disclosure provide for a method and an apparatus for wireless communications using an intelligent Random Access Channel (RACH) procedure that may increase the probability of obtaining an available E-DCH resource quickly in a Universal Mobile Telecommunication System.
US09271307B2
A system, method, and computer-readable storage media for reducing monopolization of a frequency channel during full-duplex communications. The MAC layer of governing communications can be modified to reduce likelihood of monopolization by (1) in networks which are exclusively filled with full-duplex devices, configuring non-communicating devices to ignore data collisions of communicating devices, requiring the communicating devices to wait for an standard backoff time after the data transmission is complete; and/or (2) in mixed half-duplex/full-duplex networks, requiring a half-duplex nodes and/or a full-duplex node to wait an extended duration after the data transmission is complete, while the non-communicating devices do not wait an extended duration.
US09271304B2
A method, in a base station subsystem (10), of allocating radio resources to mobile stations (20) in a wireless communication system (1) involves the base station subsystem (10) assigning a respective Temporary Block Flow (TBF) to each mobile station (20) in a cell (40) in the communication system (1), and then assigning to each TBF a Temporary Flow Identity (TFI), at least one Packet Data Channel (PDCH), and an Uplink State Flag (USF) if the TBF is an uplink TBF. The base station subsystem (10) then selects different training sequences from a plurality of available training sequences and assigns a respective different selected training sequence to two or more TBFs wherein these two or more TBFs share the same assigned Temporary Flow Identity (TFI), the same assigned Packet Data Channel (PDCH), and/or the same assigned Uplink State Flag (USF) if the TBF is an uplink TBF.
US09271296B2
Resource blocks in a Long Term Evolution (LTE) network may be allocated by determining a maximum number of user equipments (UEs) in the LTE network that are permitted to transmit in a time period using a given resource block. This maximum number of UEs may be determined according to an upper limit on the overall transmission power in the LTE network for the given resource block. The given resource block may be allocated in the time period to up to the maximum number of UEs based on each UE's geographic location within the network. Related systems, methods, and devices are disclosed.
US09271294B2
A method for sending a signal to a signaled entity, the method determining at least a first code of a sequence of codes comprising the signal, wherein at least one code of the sequence of codes is derived from at least one bit string that is encoded by an encoder to produce a sequence of output bit groups, each output bit group being used to select a code from a set of predefined codes; receiving, at the signaling entity, an assignation of resources from the signaled entity for transmission of at least the first code of the sequence of codes; transmitting, utilizing at least the first code of the sequence of codes and the assignation, the signal, wherein at least the first code is shared among a plurality of signaling entities; and sending, utilizing subsequent codes of the sequence of codes, the signal.
US09271289B2
A switching control module can optimize time division duplexing operations of a distributed antenna system (“DAS”). The switching control module can include a measurement receiver and a processor. The measurement receiver can measure signal powers of downlink signals in a downlink path of the DAS. The processor can determine start times for downlink sub-frames transmitted via the downlink path based on downlink signal powers measured by the measurement receiver exceeding a threshold signal power. The processor can identify a clock setting that controls a timing of switching signals used for switching the DAS between an uplink mode and a downlink mode. The processor can statistically determine a switching time adjustment for the clock setting based on switching time differentials between the clock setting and the start times. The processor can update the clock setting based on the switching time adjustment.
US09271286B2
A method and apparatus can be configured to transmit a physical-resource-block muting request to a neighboring network entity. The method can also include transmitting at least one muting priority level for at least one physical-resource-block of the physical-resource-block muting request.
US09271277B2
The present invention provides a method and an apparatus of relaying data in a wireless communication system based on Time Division Duplex (TDD). A relay station receives downlink data from a base station in an uplink subframe and relays the downlink data to at least one mobile station. Accordingly, the efficiency of resource allocation for a relay station can be improved.
US09271262B2
When zone allocation information of sub-bands is changed, a terminal receives a new MBS configuration message after a lifetime of an MBS configuration message at a time when the changed zone allocation information is received is expired. The terminal applies the changed zone allocation information at the beginning of the first MSI of the new MBS configuration message.
US09271255B1
A communication link is established between a first wireless device and a communication network using a network communication protocol when it is determined at the first wireless device that a communication link with an access node is not detected. The first wireless device transmits an indication that the first wireless device can provide wireless communications to a second wireless device using a cellular radio access technology. In response to a communication channel request from the second wireless device, the first wireless device grants a communication channel to the second wireless device, and the second wireless device is assigned a network address. A request is received at the first wireless device to establish a communication session for the second wireless device over the communication network, and the communication session is established by the wireless device for the second wireless device over the communication network.
US09271239B2
A device includes a multi-mode low noise amplifier (LNA) having a first amplifier stage, and a second amplifier stage coupled to the first amplifier stage, the second amplifier stage having a plurality of amplification paths configured to amplify a plurality of carrier frequencies, the first amplifier stage configured to bypass the second amplifier stage when the first amplifier stage is configured to amplify a single carrier frequency.
US09271237B2
Systems and methods of optimizing network transaction traffic originating at a mobile device are provided. The systems and methods includes identifying network transaction parameters corresponding to an application and utilizing the network transaction parameters to execute a network transaction in advance of an expected schedule or after a delay to optimize the network transaction traffic.
US09271227B2
A method for processing user equipment (UE) connection under a mixed mode and a femtocell system are provided. The method for processing UE connection is used in a femtocell for processing the connection of a UE. The method includes the following steps. A connection request is received from a low priority UE under a mixed mode. Whether the measurement results corresponding to the femtocell satisfy threshold settings is determined in response to the connection request, wherein the measurement results include a path loss corresponding to the femtocell. If the measurement results satisfy the threshold settings, then the low priority UE is allowed to be connected to the femtocell. In one embodiment, suitable resource allocation, such as the allocation of power and code resource, is provided after the low priority UE is connected to the femtocell under the mixed mode.
US09271225B2
A method and apparatus for scanning a channel in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system may be disclosed including, extracting at least one target channel from among a plurality of channels present in at least one frequency band, based on channel scanning record information, generating a basic service set (BSS) existing information element (IE) including at least one BSS existing channel bitmap indicating information associated with a channel in which at least one access point (AP) exists, based on channel information received from at least one neighboring station (STA), determining a scanning rank of the at least one target channel, using the BSS existing channel IE, and identifying a target AP through scanning the at least one target channel, based on the scanning rank.
US09271223B2
A method for adaptive filtering of cell measurements is provided. The method can include a wireless communication device determining based on instantaneous measurement samples of a cell captured over a measurement period that a fading condition of the cell exceeds a threshold. The method can further include the wireless communication device modifying a network configured filter coefficient to derive a modified filter coefficient in response to the fading condition of the cell exceeding the threshold over the measurement period. The method can additionally include the wireless communication device filtering the instantaneous measurement samples based on the modified filter coefficient to calculate a filtered measurement of the cell. The method can also include the wireless communication device calculating an adjusted measurement value for the cell based on the filtered measurement. The method can further include the wireless communication device using the adjusted measurement value for event evaluation and reporting.
US09271222B2
The present invention discloses a method and an apparatus for implementing an access to a Machine to Machine (M2M) core network. In the method, a network element receives an access request message carrying equipment identity indication information, wherein the access request message is initiated by terminal equipment; the network element determines that the terminal equipment is M2M equipment according to the equipment identity indication information; and the network element selects a corresponding M2M core network for the terminal equipment to implement the access of the terminal equipment. According to the technical solution provided by the present invention, the existing network can meet the M2M service requirement while providing services for existing Human to Human (H2H) equipment, without any need of enhancement and mass expansion.
US09271219B2
An in-vehicle communication system includes: an in-vehicle communication apparatus equipped to a vehicle; a first mobile communication terminal connected in a communicable manner with the in-vehicle communication apparatus; and a second mobile communication terminal connected in a communicable manner with the first mobile communication terminal. The in-vehicle communication apparatus, the first mobile communication terminal, and the second mobile communication terminal each has a cooperative application program for executing multiple contents cooperatively with one another. The first mobile communication terminal forbids operational input and/or screen output of a predetermined content. When a travel determination unit determines that the vehicle is running, the in-vehicle communication apparatus forbids operational input and/or screen output with respect to the predetermined content. The second mobile communication terminal enables operational input and/or screen output with respect to the predetermined content.
US09271209B2
Supporting an optimized idle mode handoff of user equipment from a 3GPP to a non-3GPP system. Namely, during an idle mode registration of the user equipment with the non-3GPP system, the user equipment may provide an indication to the access node on the non-3GPP system so that the access point in that non-3GPP system contacts the appropriate entity (HSS or AAA) on the home network for the user equipment to download the addresses of the multiple PDN gateway addresses that are currently in use by the user equipment. This indication to the non-3GPP access node, the contact message from the access node to the home network, and the response from the home network to the access node on the non-3GPP system provide the access node with sufficient information to maintain multiple PDN connectivity to the user equipment during an idle mode handover.
US09271207B1
Examples disclosed herein provide systems, methods, and software for transitioning between wireless communication networks. In one example, a method of operating a wireless communication device to transition between wireless communication networks includes exchanging first wireless communication signals with a Long Term Evolution (LTE) network for an application in the wireless communication device. The method further includes transitioning from exchanging the first wireless communication signals with the LTE network, to exchanging second wireless communication signals with at least one non-LTE base station for the application in the wireless communication device, and identifying LTE network status data to estimate an LTE network data rate. Based at least on the LTE network data rate, the method provides identifying an eNodeB sector and frequency carrier. Upon identifying the eNodeB sector and frequency carrier, the wireless communication device will drop to an idle mode before returning to an active mode connected to the LTE communication network.
US09271205B2
A system and method for neighbor-cell measurement reporting in a cellular environment supporting multistate cells limits measurement reporting by requiring that state-specific trigger conditions are met. Thus for example, a dormant cell may need to meet more stringent measurement conditions before a report is generated by the user device, since a current primary cell may prefer to hand off to an active cell. In particular, state-specific thresholds, offsets, and hysteresis values may be used to enforce a preference for active cells, for example.
US09271201B2
A method, an apparatus, and a system for solving and managing security problems, which may occur during a handover of a User Equipment (UE) between PLMNs in a mobile communication network, by using a Non-Access Stratum (NAS) protocol are provided. By the method, a UE can perform a security mode command and an authentication with a network. Further, the method can prevent interruption of communication due to authentication or security during a handover of a UE between Public Land Mobile Networks (PLMNs).
US09271200B2
A method, an apparatus, and a system for solving and managing security problems, which may occur during a handover of a User Equipment (UE) between PLMNs in a mobile communication network, by using a Non-Access Stratum (NAS) protocol are provided. By the method, a UE can perform a security mode command and an authentication with a network. Further, the method can prevent interruption of communication due to authentication or security during a handover of a UE between Public Land Mobile Networks (PLMNs).
US09271199B2
A method of wireless communication includes recording an absolute system frame number (SFN) of a target radio access technology (RAT) and/or recording a relative system frame number (SFN) difference between a serving radio access technology (RAT) and the target RAT. A transmission time interval (TTI) boundary, is determined after redirection, based at least in part on the recorded absolute frame number (SFN) and/or the recorded relative system frame number (SFN) difference.
US09271197B2
An embodiment method for session handling for a connection between an UE and a network includes establishing, at a first distributed EPC, user and IP sessions over the connection through the first distributed EPC. The first distributed EPC includes a first PGW at which the IP session is anchored. The method also includes holding original IP resources and releasing original connection resources for the sessions at the first distributed EPC when the UE moves beyond the first distributed EPC to a second distributed EPC. The method then establishes a tunnel between the first PGW and a second PGW for the second distributed EPC. The tunnel utilizes the original IP resources and new connection resources at the second distributed EPC. The method then routes data from the tunnel, through the first PGW, and to the network.
US09271194B2
A method includes: determining, according to a measurement report of agent UE and a measurement report of UE in a UE group that are sent by the agent UE, whether the agent UE and the UE in the UE group need to be handed over; when the agent UE and at least one piece of UE in the UE group need to be handed over, sending a handover request message to a T-eNB; receiving a handover configuration message sent by the T-eNB and sending the handover configuration message to the agent UE; and receiving a context release message sent by the T-eNB, and releasing context resources of the agent UE and the to-be-handed-over UE.
US09271192B1
Techniques and systems for rate adaption in wireless systems are disclosed. A disclosed technique includes generating confidence measures for a plurality of data rates based at least on a first indicator and a second indicator, the first indicator corresponding to packet loss associated with packets transmitted by a device at a first data rate that is selected from the plurality of data rates, and the second indicator corresponding to one or more signal quality values associated with one or more packets received by the device; selecting, from the plurality of data rates, a second data rate based at least on the confidence measures; and transmitting one or more additional packets at the second data rate.
US09271186B2
A throughput estimation device 500 includes a wireless link quality information acquisition portion 501 acquiring wireless link quality information denoting a quality of a wireless link established between a mobile station and a base station on a mobile communication network, and a throughput estimation portion 502 estimating a throughput which is the amount for the mobile station to receive per unit time a data sent by a transmitting device connected communicably with the mobile station via the wireless link, based on the acquired wireless link quality information.
US09271179B2
A method for customized coexistence management based on user behavior is disclosed. The method can include a wireless communication device determining a behavior pattern of a user of the wireless communication device; assigning a priority level to each of a first application and a second application based on the behavior pattern; using a first wireless communication interface to support data communication for the first application; using a second wireless communication interface to support data communication for the second application concurrent with data communication for the first application over the first wireless communication interface; and managing in-device coexistence of the first wireless communication interface and the second wireless communication interface during concurrent data communication for the first application and the second application based on the priority level assigned to the first application and the priority level assigned to the second application.
US09271177B2
The present invention relates to a base station device and a signal transmitting method thereof. The base station device according to the present invention includes a digital signal processing device configured to separate transmission data into a first data area and a second data area, to verify whether first data detected from the first data area is pre-transmitted data, to compress any one of the first data and second data detected from the second data area based on a result of the verifying, and to transmit the compressed data via an interface, and a radio signal processing device configured to combine the first data and the second data and wirelessly transmit the transmission data when the second data is received from the digital signal processing device in a state in which the first data is received via the interface connected to the digital signal processing device and stored.
US09271174B2
A method for performing a measurement by a communication device including selecting at least one measurement type of a plurality of measurement types, wherein each measurement type is assigned to a time slot, wherein the at least one measurement type is selected for a time interval which is pre-defined as a transmission gap of a receiver of the communication device for carrying out measurements by the receiver corresponding to the time slot; and performing a measurement of the at least one measurement type during the time interval.
US09271169B2
If a new link is established between a user equipment and a serving base station after a previous link failure, the user equipment is configured to report information associated with the previous link failure, including UE mobility information during the previous link, information related to transmitting/receiving the RRC connection reconfiguration, or information related to radio link failure. The serving base station is configured to perform mobility optimization in the minimization of drive test accordingly for improving handover success rate and overall network efficiency.
US09271168B2
Systems and methods for managing and/or improving interference in cells may be provided. For example, in embodiments, a partial-band Almost Blank Subframe (PB-ABS) subframe and/or a spatial Almost Blank Subframe (SABS) may be provided and/or used for coordinating communication with in networks with smaller and larger cells (e.g. pico or macro cells). For example, a PB-ABS may provide a dimension (e.g. frequency) that may be used to define a region and/or particular resources (e.g. resource blocks) reserved for pico cell operations or transmissions and a region or other resources (e.g. not those reserved for pico cell operations) available for macro cell operations or transmissions. Additionally, based on beam parameters (e.g. associated with cell partitioning), SABS may offer an additional dimension (e.g. spatial) that may be used to prevent transmission in a particular spatial direction.
US09271162B2
A mobile communication method according to the present invention includes a step A of generating and storing, by a mobile station UE in a standby state, a MDT log including predetermined information in a period defined by a “Logged MDT measurement period”, a step B of generating and storing, by the mobile station UE, the MDT log when a standby cell is changed, and a step C of transmitting, by the mobile station UE, the stored MDT log to a radio base station eNB after the mobile station UE is changed to an active state.
US09271157B2
A propagation prediction model having adjustable parameters is optimized in a mobile communications network, by subdividing a service area into a plurality of map tiles, predicting a tile reliability from the model for each map tile, averaging the predicted tile reliability from all the map tiles to obtain a predicted average service area reliability, measuring a service area reliability for all the map tiles to obtain a measured service area reliability, comparing the predicted average service area reliability with the predicted average service area reliability, and adjusting the parameters of the model when the measured service area reliability differs from the predicted average service area reliability by a predetermined amount.
US09271145B2
A system for controlling, monitoring, and recording of wireless telecommunications services associated with penal institutions is provided comprising a portable electronic device and application executing on the device that present a listing of available call destinations based on receiving a first instruction from a first authorized party possessing the device. The application receives a second instruction comprising a choice of a first call destination from the listing. The application transmits a third instruction requesting connection with the destination and joins a second authorized party associated with the first call destination in a first voice session. The application joins the first authorized party to the first session. The application further joins the first party to a second voice session initiated by the second party based on determining that the second party initiated the second session from the first destination. The device originates and receives transmissions solely upon approval of the application.
US09271129B2
A messaging hub provides communication services for user devices associated with an enterprise office telephone number. The messaging hub establishes a secure connection between the messaging hub local SMSC/MMSC and a data adapter of a unified communications service, provision the enterprise office telephone number for use in a global SMS/MMS network and delivers messages addressed to the enterprise office telephone number to selected user devices.
US09271128B2
A method and system for a first user to provide a future notification (referred to as a deferred notification) on second user's mobile device based on the second user's location are disclosed.
US09271125B2
Method and terminal for processing short message are provided, wherein the method includes: when a short message is received, an index identifier corresponding to the short message is created, and the index identifier is stored into a preset index file, and the short message is stored into a preset message file according to the index identifier. The method performs processes to short message in storage space of mobile terminal according to actual data length of short message, and stores as many short messages as possible in limited storage space.
US09271123B2
Network-coding-enabled reliability architectures and techniques are provided that are capable of enhancing data transfer reliability and efficiency in next generation wireless networks. In some embodiments, the techniques and architectures utilize a flexible thread-based coding approach to implement network coding. The techniques and architectures may also, or alternatively, utilize systematic intra-session random linear network coding as a packet erasure code to support reliable data transfer.
US09271121B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus include computer programs encoded on a computer-readable storage medium, including a method for providing content. A first confirmation is received of a location associated with a user identifier. A confirmed location identifies a physical address of a user device associated with the user identifier. Subsequent to the first confirmation, location data associated with a user device associated with the user identifier is processed, including determining that the user device is near the confirmed location. A second confirmation confirms that sufficient occurrences have identified of a presence of a device associated with the user identifier near the confirmed location. Characteristics of an environment accessed by the user are determined and stored in association with the confirmed location. Requests are received from other users. Characteristics of a given request are compared with stored characteristics. When comparing indicates a match, the confirmed location is associated with the subsequent request.
US09271116B1
A request to access a location-based service is received via a wireless access point (WAP). A WAP identifier associated with the WAP may be identified based on the request and a particular geographic location associated with the WAP may be determined based on the identifier. For example, a WAP information service (WIS) may store data associating geographic locations and WAP identifiers corresponding to a plurality of WAPs that include the WAP, and the particular geographic location may be determined by querying the WIS, based on the particular WAP identifier, to identify the particular geographic location. A communication may be established between the user device and location-based service based on the particular geographic location associated with the WAP.
US09271115B2
Provided are a method and system for providing a social music service using a location based service (LBS), and a recording medium in which a program for executing the method is recorded. The method includes: an uploading step of receiving data on a location at which music is to be posted and corresponding music data from a user terminal and then storing the data in a server; a tracking step of tracking the location of the user terminal using the LBS in the server and detecting whether or not the user terminal has come within a predetermined distance from the posting location; and a playing step of transmitting, from the server to the user terminal, music data matched with the corresponding location when the user terminal has come within the predetermined distance from the posting location.
US09271104B2
A communication system, method, and components are described. Specifically, a communication system that supports dynamic device pairing of communication devices is described. Such pairing is accomplished using a feature or pairing server, without requiring modification to associated communication endpoints. Moreover, sequenced applications can be applied for all communication endpoints when pairing is in effect.
US09271102B2
Systems and methods that use ultrasonic emitters for producing multi-dimensional parametric audio are provided. The systems and methods can be configured to determine HRTF filters for the left and right ears of a listener using an optical imaging system to scan a profile of a listener. Audio content may be encoded into a left and right channel for producing a three dimensional sound effect for the listener of the audio content by: processing the sound channel into left and right input channel signals; applying the HRTF filters and acoustic crosstalk cancellations filters to the left and right channel signals to generate output left and right channel signals; and modulating the left and right output channel signal frequencies onto an ultrasonic carrier.
US09271100B2
In a system and method for maintaining the spatial stability of a sound field a balance gain may be calculated for two or more microphone signals. The balance gain may be associated with a spatial image in the sound field. Signal values may be calculated for each of the microphone. The signal values may be signal estimates or signal gains calculated to improve a characteristic of the microphone signals. The differences between the signal values associated with each microphone signal may be limited although some difference between signal values may be allowable. One or more microphone signals are adjusted responsive to the two or more balance gains and the signal gains to maintain the spatial stability of the sound field. The adjustments of one or more microphone signals may include mixing of two or more microphone. The signal gains are applied to the two or more microphone signals.
US09271098B2
A battery powered wireless audio speaker comprising a passive radiator is disclosed. The perimeter portion of the passive radiator is sandwiched between the speaker chassis and the retention gasket that resides between an external overlying perforated cover to firmly secure the passive radiator. The construction is capable of being well suited to enhance and improve integrity to the seal between the passive radiator and the speaker chassis in strenuous environment conditions such as when a speaker is submerged in water.
US09271096B2
A delay unit (16) for a conference audio system (1) adapted to delay audio input signals for an adjustable time delay, thereby generating audio output signals, is proposed. The delay unit (16) comprising a circular buffer (17); a write pointer (W) to write a sample (S1) of a first input signal to the circular buffer (17) at a first write position; a read pointer (R) to read a sample from the circular buffer (17) at a first read position as a sample of a first output signal, whereby the distance between the first write position and the first read position determines a first time delay dold; a buffer control module adapted to move the write pointer W to a next position after writing and to move the read pointer (R) to a next position after reading; characterized in that the buffer control module is adapted to adjust a second time delay dnew by moving the write pointer (W) to a second write position, whereby the distance between the first read position and the second write position determines the second time delay dnew.
US09271095B2
A hearing aid device and a method of manufacturing the hearing aid device provide a housing and a first conductive layer. The housing has a first non-conductive layer and a second non-conductive layer. The first conductive layer is disposed between the first non-conductive layer and the second non-conductive layer.
US09271085B2
The present invention relates to a plate speaker, and more particularly, to a guide damper intended for a plate speaker and made of a flexible synthetic resin material. The guide damper for a voice coil plate for a plate speaker includes: a coil plate bonding part made of a flexible synthetic resin material and having an integrated structure, wherein the coil plate bonding part has a groove in the lengthwise direction thereof such that the voice coil plate is seated on the central portion thereof; an outer frame having a closed loop shape and adhering to a base frame defining the outer shape of the plate speaker, wherein the outer frame defines the outer shape of the damper; and a damper bridge connecting each of the left and right sides of the coil plate bonding part to the outer frame, wherein the damper bridge provides damping between the coil plate bonding part and the outer frame.
US09271081B2
A method for sound field reproduction into a listening area of spatially encoded first audio input signals according to sound field description data using an ensemble of physical loudspeakers. The method includes computing reproduction subspace description data from loudspeaker positioning data describing the subspace in which virtual sources can be reproduced with the physically available setup. Then, second and third audio input signals with associated sound field description data, in which second audio input signals include spatial components of the first audio input signals located within the reproducible subspace and third audio input signals include spatial components of the first audio input signals located outside of the reproducible subspace. A spatial analysis is performed on second audio input signals to extract fourth audio input signals corresponding to localizable sources within the reproducible subspace with associated source positioning data. Components of second audio input signals after spatial analysis are merged with third audio input signals into fifth audio input signals with associated sound field description data for reproduction within the reproducible subspace. Loud-speaker alimentation signals are computed from fourth and fifth audio input signals.
US09271077B2
Herein provided is a method and system for directional enhancement of a microphone array comprising at least two microphones by analysis of the phase angle of the coherence between at least two microphones. The method can further include communicating directional data with the microphone signal to a secondary device, and adjusting at least one parameter of the device in view of the directional data. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US09271074B2
A system and method for measuring sound is described. In one embodiment frequency-banded-noise samples, which collectively cover at least a portion of a spectrum, are sequentially generated at different points in time, and a baseline sound-pressure-level reading for each of the frequency banded noise samples is received. Using data received from a microphone, a sound pressure level reading is generated for each of the frequency banded noise samples. Calibration data is then produced for the microphone as a function of a difference between each of the baseline sound-pressure-level readings and a corresponding one of each of the generated sound pressure level readings for each of the frequency banded noise samples.
US09271070B2
A waterproof sound transmitting member according to the present invention includes: a waterproof sound transmitting membrane having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface; and a first adhesive sheet and a second adhesive sheet that are disposed on the first surface. When viewed in a direction perpendicular to the first surface, the first adhesive sheet has a closed frame shape, and the second adhesive sheet is disposed within the frame formed by the first adhesive sheet and is spaced from the first adhesive sheet. This waterproof sound transmitting member has a structure suitable for preventing deterioration in sound quality due to sagging of the waterproof sound transmitting membrane.
US09271060B2
A flat-type speaker includes a voice coil plate, a pair of magnetic bodies having a magnet and a yoke formed side by side, separated at a predetermined interval; the voice coil plate being in a space between the magnetic bodies, and having printed thereon a voice coil with a spiral pattern; a vibration-lead plate having physically separated first and second vibration-lead plates, each having +, − terminals formed on the front ends thereof, the first and the second vibration-lead plates each equipped with a coil plate spline, which adheres to the upper end of the voice coil plate, and at least one wing spline having one end thereof connected to the coil plate spline and the other end connected to the terminals; and a vibration plate, which vibrates from the vibration received from the voice coil plate, while being contacted to the upper end portion of the vibration-lead plate.
US09271058B2
A communications network wherein first and second optical signals can be launched into an optical fiber in respective first and second regions of a transmission window such that controllable filters can be used to selectively recover the first and second optical signals. This partitioning of the transmission window allows two incompatible optical signals to coexist in the same optical fiber.
US09271052B2
Metadata can identify temporal segments of content associated with a media asset and can identify asset data types. In response to a request for a particular asset, a central office may identify a data type and a temporal segment based on metadata associated with the request.
US09271050B2
There is disclosed apparatuses and methods for a localized process system. The apparatuses and methods include a server for authenticating a user login for a localized process system; presenting a user with a project, comprising an asset, wherein the project is a movie, and wherein the asset is created for an original geographical territory; presenting a user with a display to order a localized version of the asset, wherein the localized version of the asset is a version of the asset that is customized for a second geographical territory that is different than the original geographical territory; receiving user input to create subtitles for the localized version of the asset, wherein the user selects himself to enter the subtitles; presenting the user with a display of a timed-text script that displays a time of the asset, and the dialogue of the asset.
US09271048B2
Described herein are methods and systems that may help to provide selectable viewing options for a television program. An exemplary method involves: (i) receiving a television video transport stream comprising video content associated with a particular television program, wherein the television video transport stream comprises focal-point metadata regarding at least one focus point, wherein the at least one focus point corresponds to a sub-frame within at least one frame of the video content, (ii) receiving focal-point input data indicating a zoom request, (iii) processing video content in response to the focal-point input data, and (iv) generating a television video output signal comprising video content that is zoomed to the sub-frame, wherein the television video output signal is configured to be displayable on a graphic display.
US09271043B2
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a device having a controller programmed to store a subscriber selectable preference for advertisements used for selecting advertisements to send to a set top box and receive a signal from a broadcast stream indicating the location for insertion of an advertisement based on the subscriber selectable preference. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US09271036B1
The illustrative embodiments described herein provide systems and methods for movie identification based on a location. In the embodiment, a method includes locating a mobile communication device associated with a user to form location data, accessing a location database to determine a geographic location of the mobile communication device based on the location data, and identifying a set of movies related to the geographic location by accessing a movie database. Each of the set of movies in the movie database is associated with one or more respective geographic locations. The method also includes presenting a set of movie results corresponding to the set of movies on a graphical user interface of the mobile communication device. In another embodiment, the method may also validate an object photographed by a camera of the mobile communication device, and use the recognized object to identify the set of movies.
US09271033B2
A set of media playback and device settings data from each home appliance of a first set of home appliances is stored on a central server and/or sent to a remote control device upon initiation of a suspend command by a user. The stored media and devices states may be used at a later time to control the first set of home appliances, or a user may, after relocating to a second set of home appliances, initiate a resume state command whereupon media playback and device settings data from the central server and/or remote control device controls each home appliance in the second set of home appliances to bring about the same or substantially similar media and device states as in the first set of home appliances.
US09271017B2
A broadcasting transmitting apparatus configures one broadcasting channel as at least two video streams, generates a program map table (PMT) representing configuration information of a stream included within the broadcasting channel, sets a program type provided through the corresponding broadcasting channel within the PMT, multiplexes the at least two video streams and signaling information, and transmits the multiplexed two video streams and signaling information through a broadcasting network.
US09271009B2
A variable-length code stream is read out from a position designated as a start position of an encoded stream of a block of interest, and the readout stream is decoded. Upon completion of the decoding of the variable-length code stream of the block of interest, a data length of a semi-fixed-length data stream of the block of interest is calculated. A position the data length behind the start position of the semi-fixed-length data stream is designated as a start position of an encoded stream of a next block to be decoded after the block of interest, and decoding of a variable-length code stream of the next block is started.
US09271008B2
A video encoding apparatus and a corresponding method for applying orthogonal transformation to a prediction error signal between a video signal of an encoding target area and a predicted signal for the video signal, and quantizing an obtained orthogonal transformation coefficient by using a preset quantization step size so as to encode the coefficient. A prediction error power which is a power of the prediction error signal is computed. For input information such as the computed prediction error power, the preset quantization step size, and an upper limit of an amount of code generated for the encoding target area, it is determined whether or not an amount of code generated when performing quantization using the preset quantization step size exceeds the upper limit. An encoding process is changed based on a result of the determination.
US09271007B2
An adaptive transcoder is provided that includes a shared memory containing a plurality of decoder buffers to store incoming data packets, a plurality of decoder instances to control a decoding process to generate image raw data based on the incoming data packets, and a plurality of encoder instances configured to control an encoding process to generate outgoing packets based on the image raw data; and a data processing element containing a plurality of processing cores, and a core controller. Each decoder instance is paired with an encoder instance; and each decoder buffer is associated with a decoder instance. Each decoder buffer includes a monitoring element to monitor a respective decoder buffer, and provide buffer data corresponding to the status of the decoder buffer. Each encoder instance is associated with a processing core; and the core controller uses the buffer data to associate each decoder instance with a processing core.
US09270994B2
A video decoder, method and computer program product allow for processing of a video frame encoded in rectangular tiles. An interface receives a bit stream in tile order within a video frame that was encoded into rectangular tiles. A processor decodes the video frame while respecting dependency breaks at tile boundaries; the rectangular tiles include an integer number of two-dimensional blocks of pixels. A tile shape is defined by N×M two-dimensional blocks of pixels, respective values of N and M need not be identical for each of the rectangular tiles, and information regarding tile shape for each tile being conveyed from an encoder to the decoder. The decoder determines N and M for each tile from the information, and tiles have dependency breaks therebetween.
US09270993B2
Codecs may be modified to consider weighting and/or illumination compensation parameters when determining a deblocking filter strength that is to be applied. These parameters may be useful for recording illumination changes, such as fades, cross-fades, flashes, or light source changes, which allows these illumination changes to displayed during playback using the same reference frame data which different weighting and/or illumination compensation parameters applied. In different instances, the parameters may be considered when setting a deblocking filter strength to ensure that these effects are properly displaying during playback while minimizing the appearance of blocking artifacts.
US09270992B2
An image coding method according to one aspect includes dividing an input image into processing target block(s), determining a mode of an intra-picture prediction of the processing target block in units of the divided processing target block(s), holding the prediction mode into a holding unit, estimating the intra prediction mode of the processing target block, comparing the result of the prediction mode determination and the result of the prediction mode estimation to determine whether they match each other, coding the result of the comparison, and further, when the result of the comparison indicates a mismatch, coding the result of the prediction mode determination. An intra prediction mode of one or more predetermined processing units surrounding the processing target block from the holding unit is acquired and compared, and the coding is controlled based on the result of the mode comparison.
US09270991B2
An apparatus for coding video information may include a memory unit configured to store video information associated with a picture and a processor in communication with the memory unit configured to resample video information of a reference picture to obtain a resampled picture having a plurality of slices and a different picture size than a picture to be encoded. Further, the processor may determine slice definitions for slices in the resampled picture. The slices of the resampled picture may correspond to slices of the reference picture. The processor may determine, based on the slice definitions, whether a slice of the resampled picture satisfies one or more slice definition rules. In response to determining that the slice of the resampled picture does not satisfy at least one slice definition rule, the processor can modify the slice definition for the slice so as to satisfy the slice definition rule.
US09270978B2
The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for 3-D display based on random constructive interference. It produces a number of discrete secondary light sources by using an amplitude-phase-modulator-array, which helps to create 3-D images by means of constructive interference. Next it employs a random-secondary-light-source-generator-array to shift the position of each secondary light source to a random place, eliminating multiple images due to high order diffraction. It could be constructed with low resolution liquid crystal screens to realize large size real-time color 3-D display, which could widely be applied to 3-D computer or TV screens, 3-D human-machine interaction, machine vision, and so on.
US09270974B2
A system described herein includes a receiver component that receives a first digital image from a color camera, wherein the first digital image comprises a planar object, and a second digital image from a depth sensor, wherein the second digital image comprises the planar object. The system also includes a calibrator component that jointly calibrates the color camera and the depth sensor based at least in part upon the first digital image and the second digital image.
US09270966B2
An example information processing device displays a partial area of a panoramic video on a display device. A display range of the panoramic video to be displayed on the display device is determined based on an input made on a predetermined input device. The information processing device accepts an input of additional information for the panoramic video being displayed on the display device. Moreover, input information is stored in a storage unit, the input information including the additional information and input range information with which it is possible to identify a display range when the additional information was accepted and/or a position within the display range. The information processing device outputs the additional information together with the panoramic video based on the input range information when the panoramic video is played with the additional information having been stored.
US09270962B2
A method of eliminating a color cast of image in photographic device includes: obtaining a color cast image; determining a color temperature of the color cast image; analyzing a brightness ratio among a first primary color, a second primary color, and a third primary color of the color cast image; choosing one parameter group from a plurality of color cast calibration parameter groups according to the color temperature; calibrating the brightness ratio among the first primary color, the second primary color, and the third primary color of the color cast image via the chosen color cast calibration parameter group.
US09270960B1
A method and imaging device are provided. A pixel output signal is obtained for each green pixel in a group of pixels of an image. The group of pixels includes a plurality of pixel arrays, where each pixel array of the plurality of pixel arrays includes a first green pixel and a second green pixel. A green imbalance value is determined for the group of pixels based on the obtained pixel output signals. For each pixel array, a difference between the pixel output signal for the first green pixel and the pixel output signal for the second green pixel is calculated. An average of the calculated differences is determined. The pixel output signal of at least one of the green pixels in the group of pixels is adjusted based on the green imbalance value.
US09270959B2
Certain embodiments relate to systems and methods for dynamic color shading correction, which can estimate the color shading in a captured image on the fly. The color shading may be estimated from the scene statistics of the captured image, and the estimated shading may be used for color shading correction. The color shading estimation method may separate out the color shading component from the actual image content by its unique characteristic in the gradient domain.
US09270957B2
A video display device includes a laser beam source module including a laser beam source emitting a laser beam and a laser beam source drive unit supplying power to the laser beam source, and an image generation unit generating a desired display image from the laser beam. The laser beam source module includes a substrate having the placed laser beam source and improved thermal conductivity, a temperature measurement member measuring a temperature of the substrate, a temperature adjustment member contacting the substrate and adjusting the temperature of the substrate, a circuit substrate electrically connecting the temperature measurement member and the laser beam source. Moreover, the circuit substrate is disposed on a rear surface opposite to a placement surface on which the laser beam source is placed, the temperature measurement member is mounted on the circuit substrate, and a portion of the temperature measurement member is connected to the substrate.
US09270950B2
The illustrative embodiments described herein provide a computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer program product controlling a capture of data. In one embodiment, the process identifies a location from locale identifier data to form an identified location in response to receiving the locale identifier data. The locale identifier data is associated with a location of the digital life recorder. In addition, the identified location is associated with a set of usage policies. The process then determines whether the set of usage policies restricts the capture of data by the digital life recorder at the identified location or whether the set of usage policies restricts playback of the data by a playback system. Thereafter, the process disables a set of sensors while the digital life recorder is in the presence of the locale identifier in response to determining that the set of usage policies restricts the capture of data.
US09270947B2
A terminal device, which includes an encrypting section encrypting input data in a fully homomorphic encryption scheme to generate encrypted data. The terminal device includes an encrypted data transmission section transmitting the encrypted data generated by the encrypting section to a server. The terminal device includes an encrypted data reception section receiving the encrypted data on which the server implements a predetermined process and a decrypting section decrypting the encrypted data on which the predetermined process is implemented.
US09270940B1
A method comprises obtaining an input comprising audio and visual data for display on a first device, receiving data associated with one or more sensory properties of one or more objects in the input, and reconstructing the one or more sensory properties at the first device based on the data received.
US09270934B2
3D video communication apparatus and method for video processing of 3D video communication apparatus
A video communication method includes: acquiring a plurality of 2D images corresponding to a talker using a 3D camera; adjusting a point of convergence of the plurality of 2D images using a feature point of the talker; detecting an object located between the talker and the 3D camera using the acquired plurality of 2D images; scaling an original sense of depth of the detected object to a new sense of depth; and generating a 3D talker image including the object with the new sense of depth and transmitting the 3D talker image to a 3D video communication apparatus of a listener.
US09270933B1
The present invention relates to a system for video communication comprising a display having a reflective surface facing to a local user and a video camera mounted on a supporting structure and aimed toward the display; wherein said display displays dark screen images periodically; said camera captures of the local user's image reflected off from the surface during the dark screen image period. The captured reflective images of the local user are used to form a video stream for a remote user to view.
US09270930B2
An image system includes image signal generating apparatuses; display apparatuses; and intervention apparatuses. The intervention apparatuses are interconnected between the image signal generating apparatuses and the display apparatuses, convert the image signals from the image signal generating apparatuses to image signals of a first format, add identification information regarding the image signal generating apparatuses to the image signals of the first format, and output the image signals of the first format and the identification information, respectively.
US09270921B2
A display characteristic control method provides an on-screen display (OSD) of display characteristics values automatically controlled according to ambient illuminance levels, to enable user recognition and confirmation of current values. A display apparatus adopting the method includes a display module for displaying a video signal; an illuminance sensor for detecting a level of ambient illuminance; a system controller for adjusting, based on the detected ambient illuminance, at least one display characteristic of the display module and for generating a set of control values corresponding to the adjusted at least one display characteristic; a display characteristic controller for controlling the display module using the adjusted at least one display characteristic; and an OSD generator for generating OSD data for display on a display screen together with the video signal, the displayed OSD data corresponding to the display characteristic control values of the adjusted at least one display characteristic.
US09270917B2
An apparatus and method for controlling home network devices is provided. The apparatus includes a display unit that displays a list of items corresponding to a plurality controlled devices arranged in a predetermined space, a receiving unit that receives a first image containing the controlled devices, the list, and information on light reflected from a controlled device of the controlled devices and the device list, and a control unit that maps the controlled devices and the items in the list according to the light information detected from the received image.
US09270913B2
The present disclosure relate to photoelectric conversion apparatus and imaging system. The photoelectric conversion apparatus has a plurality of pixels arranged in rows and columns, and each configured to generate a signal by photoelectric conversion, a plurality of holding capacitors arranged correspondingly to the respective columns of the plurality of pixels, and configured to hold signals based on the pixels, a first output line, a second output line, a first switch arranged between the holding capacitor and the first output line, a second switch arranged between the holding capacitor and the second output line, and a column selecting line configured to control the second switch, wherein a wiring structure of a portion at which the column selecting line intersects the first output line is different from a wiring structure of a portion at which the column selecting line intersects the second output line.
US09270897B2
An image processing apparatus includes a correction parameter calculation unit for calculating a motion blur correction parameter for motion blur correction on the basis of motion information indicating a motion of an image between unit images, the unit images forming image data, and shutter speed information obtained at the image capturing of the image data, and a motion blur correction processing unit for correcting a motion blur quantity contained in the image data by performing at least a process of reducing a motion blur in accordance with the motion blur correction parameter.
US09270893B2
A monitoring camera arranged to monitor a scene and a method of controlling camera settings for a monitoring camera arranged to monitor a scene wherein images are captured of different parts of the scene by altering a field of view of the camera, wherein data defining a camera settings control area within the scene is accessed, and it is determined if there is an overlapping region between a current field of view of the camera and the camera settings control area, and if there is an overlapping region, camera settings are controlled based on the overlapping region.
US09270879B2
An imaging device capable of phase difference focus detection is described. The imaging device includes a plurality of pixels that are 2-dimensionally arranged and which receive image light. At least one pixel of the plurality of pixels comprises: a micro lens; a plurality of photoelectric conversion units, which are biased around an optical axis of the micro lens; and a control unit, which limits generation of electrons photoelectrically converted at at least one photoelectric conversion unit of the plurality of photoelectric conversion units.
US09270877B2
Certain embodiments of the invention may include apparatus, systems, and methods for exchanging pictures, images, audio files, and videos over social networks. Said communications comprise transcribed media such as voice recordings, photographs, digitally manipulated images, or videos. A method is described wherein a predictive analytics engine using pre-determined biorhythm criterion, such as heart rate, inferred from historical data, determines the appropriate time to capture images and when to transmit them to social networks, and which networks to transmit the media to as well as which users to authorize to view the content.
US09270870B2
A motion estimator has a spatial sub-sampler to receive input images; at least one motion estimator determining motion vectors between input images and sub-sampled motion vectors between sub-sampled images; an up-sampler for up-sampling the sub-sampled motion vectors; and a selector for providing a motion vector output by selecting between the motion vectors and the (up-sampled) sub-sampled motion vectors, according to motion vector confidence.
US09270869B1
According to one embodiment, a video processing apparatus includes a video data output device which outputs a data packet signal obtained by packetizing a data enable signal and a synchronization packet signal obtained by packetizing a synchronization signal, a transmission device which transmits the data packet signal and the synchronization packet signal, the data packet signal being delayed by a first delay amount and the synchronization packet signal being delayed by a second delay amount, and a timing controller which generates the data enable signal and the synchronization signal so as to set a pulse of the synchronization signal within a blanking period of the data enable signal based on the data packet signal and the synchronization packet signal.
US09270865B2
A recording device includes a color gamut conversion control unit, a color gamut conversion unit, and a recording unit. The color gamut conversion control unit controls a method of converting the color gamut of content data, on the basis of a user-specified condition specified by a user. The color gamut conversion unit converts the color gamut of the content data in accordance with the control of the color gamut conversion control unit. The recording unit records, on a recording medium, the content data, the color gamut of which has been converted by the color gamut conversion unit in accordance with the control of the color gamut conversion control unit, or the content data, the color gamut of which has not been converted by the color gamut conversion unit in accordance with the control of the color gamut conversion control unit.
US09270863B2
A controller is configured to set a reference gradation value when a gray reference member is illuminated. When the number of pixels, of which the gradation values is equal to or greater than the reference gradation value, is a target number of pixels, both are stored in association with each other. A correction target number which is a minimum target number of pixels from among a plurality of target numbers of pixels respectively providing differences, which is less than a predetermined value, between the reference gradation values stored in association with an M-th target number and an (M+1)-th target number. The controller further determines an anomaly pixel number which is the number of anomaly pixels having gradation values which are equal to or greater than a base gradation value. The gradation values of the determined number of anomaly pixels are corrected.
US09270859B2
The present invention relates to methods for protecting a data signal using the following techniques: applying a data reduction technique to reduce the data signal into a reduced data signal; subtracting the reduced data signal from the data signal to produce a remainder signal; embedding a first watermark into the reduced data signal to produce a watermarked, reduced data signal; and adding the watermarked, reduced data signal to the remainder signal to produce an output signal. A second watermark may be embedded into the remainder signal before the final addition step. Further, cryptographic techniques may be used to encrypt the reduced data signals and to encrypt the remainder signals before the final addition step.
US09270856B2
Provided is an image reading apparatus, including: a placing member on which an original is to be placed; a reading section arranged so as to be opposed to the original across the placing member and reading an image of the original placed on the placing member; a casing which supports an outer peripheral edge portion of the placing member; and a support member supporting a portion other than the outer peripheral edge portion of the placing member, the support member including an abutment portion abutting against the casing, the support member being capable of supporting the placing member under a state in which the abutment portion abuts against the casing.
US09270850B2
With a method for transmitting process-control data before and/or during a printing process for the production of printed products in a printing press, the data are detected at least with the aid of at least one print mark that is effectively connected to a printed product. The data obtained from the print mark are transmitted and/or transferred to at least one processing unit that is arranged downstream of the printing operation. Within the printing process, the data obtained from the print mark are subjected continuously to at least one redundant check in at least one downstream-arranged processing unit, with respect to the data determined during the integral printing process and/or with respect to a further processing location for the printed products which is specified ahead of time.
US09270847B2
A method and system for sharing photographic content, the method comprising generating social media content for a photograph feed associated with a photograph that is shared on a social network, the photograph located at a first location and including scannable code, receiving activity information associated with the photograph from one or more client devices, the activity information including scanning of the scannable code and geographical data of the one or more client devices, and determining movements of the photograph from the first location based on the geographical data. The method further comprises updating the social media content with geographical locations and distances traveled from the first location based on the activity information and the determined movements.
US09270840B2
The present invention in one aspect is directed to systems and methods for capturing a digital image, and preferably a collection of digital images, of a customer in a defined location, such as a museum, a garden, a zoo, a religious institution, a theme park, or any such site known in the art, or in a defined time period, such as a vacation. The systems and methods provide a customer with a customized pictorial souvenir, physical and/or electronic, of a visit or vacation. The souvenir can include other elements, such as “stock” images, alone or having had an image of the customer digitally inserted thereinto, and informational material. Embodiments are also provided that employ devices such as “smart,” interactive devices and read only or read/write devices.
US09270837B1
A system for calibrating a scan module of an automatic document feed (ADF) scanner. The system includes a rotatable frame disposed on a position opposite to an imaging surface of the ADF scanner. An image backer and a calibration surface portion formed along longitudinal portions of the frame extend substantially parallel to the imaging surface. The image backer and calibration surface portion have top surfaces of different reflectivity that respectively does not contact and contacts the imaging surface when the frame is rotated to position the image backer and the calibration surface portion in a field of view of the scan module. A drive mechanism coupled to the frame is controlled by a controller to rotate the frame and selectively position within the field of view of the image capture module the image backer during a scanning operation and the calibration surface portion during a calibration operation.
US09270830B2
An echo canceller in an IP network includes an adaptive filter that models the echo path between a receiving output port of the echo canceller and a sending input port. The adaptive filter filters a receiving input signal to generate an estimate of an echo signal. The estimate of the echo signal is subtracted from a sending input signal to cancel the echo in the sending input signal and to generate a sending output signal. A packet loss detection circuit detects when packet loss occurs in the echo path. Responsive to detection of packet loss in the echo path, the echo canceller applies packet loss concealment to either the sending output signal or the receiving input signal.
US09270810B2
Methods and systems for more efficiently providing telecommunications services are provided. A menu of options may be presented to a user upon detecting that the user has attempted to connect a call to a recipient. If the user selects an option before a predetermined amount of time has elapsed, the actions associated with that option may be performed instead of setting up a call between the user and the recipient. If the predetermined amount of time elapses without the user making a selection of an option or if the user has explicitly indicated a desire to establish the call, the call may be established.
US09270805B2
A mobile terminal, including a touchscreen, a wireless communication unit, and a controller, displays an analog watch type interface including a hand that is rotatable in response to user input; receives first information from an external terminal when a preset condition is met, wherein the received first information is related to at least one process previously executed in the external terminal; displays second information associated with a specific one of the at least one previously executed process in response to a touch input causing rotation of the hand on the touchscreen, the displayed second information corresponding to a rotation angle of the rotated hand; and transmits third information related to the second information to the external terminal in response to selection of the displayed second information such that the specific one of the at least one previously executed process is paged in the external terminal.
US09270802B2
An electronic device and an information processing method are described. The device includes a first body, a first rotary structure connected to the first body, a support member comprising a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is connected to the first rotary structure, a second rotary structure connected to the second end, and a second body connected to the second rotary structure. When it is detected that the first body and the first rotary structure are separated and/or the second body and the second rotary structure are separated, switching the electronic device to the first operation mode; and when it is detected that the first body and the first rotary structure are connected and the second body and the second rotary structure are connected, switching the electronic device to the second operation mode.
US09270798B2
Alerting a calling party in a Voice over IP (VoIP) setting that a called party might not be able to hear ring tones. In response to a call arriving on an IP connection, the audible level of ring-tones that are generated by a microphone associated with a VoIP computer application is sampled, and responsive to the audible level of ring-tones being below a minimum threshold, a message is transmitting to the calling party via any available connection that the called party might be unable to hear the ring-tones.
US09270795B2
In a communication antenna unit which is stored inside a casing, a flexible circuit board is supported by a support member in a bent state. A first antenna conductor pattern which configures a first communication antenna and a human body sensor are substantially formed on a flat plane section of the flexible circuit board adjacent to a curved section of the flexible circuit board. A second antenna conductor pattern which configures a second communication antenna is substantially formed on the curved section. The first antenna conductor pattern and the second antenna conductor pattern are connected to each other through an inductor coil which configures a resonant circuit portion.
US09270790B2
A method and system for demultiplexing packets of a message is provided. The demultiplexing system receives packets of a message, identifies a sequence of message handlers for processing the message, identifies state information associated with the message for each message handler, and invokes the message handlers passing the message and the associated state information. The system identifies the message handlers based on the initial data type of the message and a target data type. The identified message handlers effect the conversion of the data to the target data type through various intermediate data types.
US09270784B2
A peer-to-peer (p2p) communication system is provided. One or both of audio and video can be transferred among a number of user terminals in the p2p system. The user terminals include at least one master terminal. The master terminal is identified, based on a determined topology, using obtained information provided in a data parameters table. Each user terminal includes a control for processing video and/or audio that is sent and/or received by the user terminal. The master terminal control can process the same video and/or audio and generate different video and/or audio data to be provided to different user terminals. Such different video data is a function of the communication paths between the master terminal and the different user terminals. Such different audio data can be a function of virtual relative positions associated with the user terminals. Audio volumes can also be separately controlled by each user terminal. Video and/or audio can be transferred in an aggregate manner, such as when the master terminal sends audio originating from a number of user terminals to another user terminal. This p2p system can be utilized with online game playing.
US09270782B2
A communication protocol and system is disclosed for network communications between a data service residing on a client that provides network communications between one or more mobile applications on a mobile computing device and a network based on a process number. The shared data service communicates with a data service plug-in on the server side associated with the process number, in order to handle requests from the mobile applications that access a plug-in associated with the process number through the data service. The communication connection between the mobile application and the data plug may be managed by a set of rules defined for that network communication.
US09270780B2
Apparatus, system and method for providing latent triggers for celebrating past and recurring events
An apparatus, system and method of providing a latent celebration of memorable events, or a recurring celebration of an event in a timely manner, which allows for a determination of a latency or recurring period, whereupon remembrances, such as photos, may be shared amongst the celebrants.
US09270779B2
Provided are a display service method for automatically displaying the same screen image on a plurality of network devices at the same time based on pre-set schedule information in a network based on a plurality of network devices, a network device capable of performing the method, and a storage medium thereof. The method includes capturing a screen image of a first network device based on pre-set schedule information, and transmitting the captured screen image to at least one second network device. Accordingly, screen images displayed on a network device can be displayed on different network devices regardless of a format of the screen images.
US09270773B2
A method and electronic device for receiving, viewing, and forwarding information published on the network enables a user to view in real time information update content on a network information platform without having to log on the network information platform. The method of receiving information published on the network includes, according to a previous subscription of a second electronic device, receiving information related to content update sent by a first electronic device and when a network information platform on the first electronic device updates content; saving the information related to content update in a first part of a contact object record that is located in a contact list saved by the second electronic device, and there being saved in a second part of the contact object record contact object information of the contact object record, the network information platform corresponding to the contact object record through the contact object information.
US09270767B2
The present teaching relates to discovery of user unknown interests. In one example, information related to a user is retrieved from a user profile. The information indicates one or more known interests of the user. At least one known interest of the user is identified based on the information. One or more supplemental interests with respect to each identified at least one known interest of the user are identified. The one or more supplemental interests do not overlap with the one or more known interests of the user. Supplemental content associated with the one or more supplemental interests are identified. Each piece of content in the supplemental content is ranked. At least one piece of content in the supplemental content is selected based on the ranking. The selected at least one piece of supplemental content is used to discover unknown interest of the user.
US09270764B2
In one implementation a process is provided that upon a server determining that the playing of all or part of an obligatory advertising portion is attempting to be avoided by a multimedia player, the server sends to the multimedia player a message with data storage medium control information for the purpose of inhibiting advertising-sponsored content stored in a data storage medium from being played by multimedia player.
US09270761B1
Methods and systems for controlling a remote device that includes receiving, at an assisting device, a remote passive rendezvous request from a commissioning device. The commissioning device manages access to a fabric on which the assisting device resides, and the assisting device is configured to assist a joining device in joining the network. Moreover, the assisting device passively waits to rendezvous with the joining device remotely through its network interface. The remote passive rendezvous request includes a rendezvous timeout field that indicates how long a remote passive rendezvous attempt may remain open before the assisting device is to close the attempt. Furthermore, the remote passive rendezvous request includes a filter address that indicates a device to which device is to serve as the joining device.
US09270749B2
Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture for leveraging social media to assist in troubleshooting are provided herein. A method includes extracting user-generated information pertaining to multiple failure scenarios from at least one social media data source; determining one or more causality relationships between a set of log entries associated with the multiple failure scenarios and the extracted user-generated information; identifying a similarity between the one or more determined causality relationships and information contained within a user query; and providing guidance to the user regarding resolving and/or obviating a failure associated with the user query based on said identified similarity.
US09270748B2
The present invention comprises a content delivery system for delivering content to clients. The content delivery system comprises at least one mobile object adapted to be executed on the content delivery system and on other content delivery systems or multimedia devices adapted for mobile objects. Each mobile object comprises a media file and is further adapted to determine the capabilities of the other content delivery systems or multimedia devices and to monitor data related to the clients' access of the media file. The content delivery system also comprises a transcoder unit for transcoding the media file to another media file prior sending it to the other content delivery system or multimedia device. The invention solves problems that can arise when sending large media files to content delivery systems or multimedia devices having limited capabilities.
US09270745B2
A novel web server farm architecture is provided that combines various cloud components and innovatively maximizes their strengths to achieve a scalable, adaptable, load balanced computing architecture. In one embodiment, this architecture includes a storage host for static content hosting, a cluster of virtual machines (operating as web servers) for dynamic content hosting, and a dedicated application engine for monitoring the load of the virtual machines. A browser or end-application user of a web application is first routed to a static anchor page hosted on the storage host. The browser is subsequently presented with a list of virtual machines and data corresponding to their respective current loads. To access dynamic content, the browser is able to select from the virtual machines based in large part on the reported current loads of the virtual machines. Once a virtual machine is selected, the browser may communicate directly with the selected web server.
US09270742B2
A computer system includes a plurality of processing computers which switches an execution time of a main function processing and a management function processing in a given time, and a management computer which has a schedule table showing a schedule in which each processing computer may execute the management function processing, and which is capable of instructing the execution of the management function processing to each processing computer, wherein the processing computer notifies a start time an end time of the management function processing to the management computer before starting the management function processing, and the management computer updates the schedule table with the notification, an decides the processing computer that may execute the management function processing, by referring to the schedule table, upon instructing the management function processing to the processing computer.
US09270740B2
In embodiments of cross device visitor correlation, application data is generated by an application executing on a computing device, and a visitor identifier is included in the application data. The visitor identifier is associated with the computing device for a user who is not identified at the computing device from a user-provided log-in credential or email address. The application data can be communicated to a cloud data storage that maintains the application data to update instances of the application on one or more additional computing devices when the application data is requested. An additional computing device can receive the application data along with the visitor identifier, and then return the visitor identifier back to the cloud storage along with updated application data. A user of the computing device and the additional computing device is correlated as the same visitor by a visitor profile server based on the visitor identifier.
US09270732B2
The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for providing a user of an electronic device with an Automatic Upgrade Functionality (AUF), the ability to automatically upgrade software installations with a configurable amount of user interaction and interruption.
US09270731B2
In a multicast publisher-subscriber environment, a configurator machine manages a consumer pool of multiple receiver machines. The consumer pool is dedicated to a topic. Each receiver machine has a unique consumer address within the consumer pool allocated by the configurator machine. The configurator machine receives registration data from a receiver machine to be added to the consumer pool and provides a consumer address to the receiver machine. The receiver machine transmits a multicast communication to advertise its availability to receive messages on the topic. The multicast communication includes the consumer address. A transmitter machine may publish a message on the topic. The message may be a multicast communication directed to any receiver machine in to the consumer pool, or the message may be a point-to-point communication directed to the receiver machine with the consumer address.
US09270725B2
A method, computer readable medium and apparatus for calculating a capacity for high speed packet access data in a link in a communications network are disclosed. For example, the method initializes parameters associated with streaming data, long elastic data and short elastic data, determines, via a processor, a capacity value such that a quality of service metric is met for the streaming data, the long elastic data and the short elastic data and provisions the link with the capacity value if the quality of service metric is met.
US09270709B2
A method is provided in one example and includes receiving a request from a first network element associated with a first network for establishing a first communication session between the first network element to a first user device associated with a second network. The request includes a first user identifier used to identify a first user associated with the first user device within the first network. The method further includes translating the first user identifier to a second user identifier in which the second user identifier is used to identify the first user within the second network. The method still further includes sending a first query including the second user identifier to a second network element, and receiving a first response message including quality of service information indicated by a policy associated with the second user identifier.
US09270706B2
Methods are discussed of managing security reconfiguration and cell update procedures in a user equipment and in a node in a cellular communication system and a user equipment and a node in the cellular communication system. Methods in the user equipment may include detecting a cell update trigger event, and aborting any ongoing security reconfiguration procedure in the user equipment in response to the detected cell update trigger event. Subsequently, a security status indication in response to the aborted security reconfiguration may be provided, and a cell update message and the provided security status indication may be jointly transmitted to a node.
US09270697B2
A hardware-assisted integrity monitor may include one or more target machines and/or monitor machines. A target machine may include one or more processors, which may include one or more system management modes (SMM). A SMM may include one or more register checking modules, which may be configured to determine one or more current CPU register states. A SMM may include one or more acquiring modules, which may be configured to determine one or more current memory states. A SMM may include one or more network modules, which may be configured to direct one or more communications, for example of one or more current CPU register states and/or current memory states, to a monitor machine. A monitor machine may include one or more network modules and/or analysis modules. An analysis module may be configured to determine memory state differences and/or determine CPU register states differences.
US09270692B2
A method of setting a secure connection in a wireless communications system is disclosed. The method comprises setting a protocol information to a terminal; and checking a packet received in the terminal according to the protocol information; wherein the packet comprises a protocol type, a source port, and a destination port.
US09270691B2
A method for detecting HTML-modifying malware present in a computer includes providing a server which serves a web page (HTML) to a browser. A determination is made whether a modified string exists in the page received by the browser and if a modifying element is found, determining the malware is present in the computer.
US09270690B2
Systems and methods for protecting at least one client from becoming part of at least one botnet. The system may comprise virtual machines deliberately infected with malicious content and operable to record botnet communications to and from criminal servers. The virtual machines are in communication with a processing unit configured to index data collected. Data related to the prevalence of cyber threats may be presented to users in response to queries.
US09270675B2
Access restriction is performed on access to a page on which information is posted from a terminal of a subject. It is determined whether positions of terminals used by the subject and a manager, who is associated with the subject in advance, accord with each other. A relaxation operation is received from the terminal of the manager, when it is determined that the positions accord with each other. The access restriction by a restriction unit is relaxed, when the relaxation operation is received. A characteristic word of the page accessed by the terminal of the subject for which the access restriction is relaxed is acquired. The acquired characteristic word is transmitted to the terminal of the manager to display the characteristic word. A recovery operation is received from the terminal of the manager. The access restriction performed by the restriction unit is recovered, when the recovery operation is received.
US09270674B2
A method of managing access to enterprise resources is provided. An access manager may operate at a mobile device to validate a mobile application installed at that mobile device. If the access manager does not successfully validate the mobile application, the access manager may prevent the mobile application from accessing computing resource. If the access manager does successfully validate the mobile application, then the access manager may identify the mobile application as a trusted mobile application. The access manager may thus permit the trusted mobile application to access the computing resource.
US09270670B1
The present invention relates to an application that is configured to provide secure access to confidential information. To protect the confidential information, the application may include functions that utilize a decoy application to disguise the functionality of the application. A unique sequence of inputs received through an interface associated with the decoy application may permit a user to access the confidential information. An authorized user that has been provided access to the confidential information may access configuration interfaces that permit the user to define the inputs that will serve as login credentials and to customize the appearance and functionality of the decoy application.
US09270668B2
A method and apparatus for verifying anti-counterfeiting information are provided so as to improve an anti-counterfeiting effect, to lower an anti-counterfeiting cost, to extend the scope of population to which anti-counterfeiting effect is applicable and to guarantee the stability of anti-counterfeiting means. The method includes: a terminal obtains and parses encrypted address information of an object; the terminal connects to a network address corresponding to the parsed encrypted address information; the terminal determines that the encrypted address information is valid upon successful connection and sending verification information of the object to the network address corresponding to the encrypted address information; and the terminal receives feedback information about whether the verification information is valid.
US09270667B2
An authentication scheme may be utilized for a single sign-on operation between servers. One or more servers receive a data request directed to a disparate server. A root certificate (e.g., an X.509 root certificate) is loaded for accessing the disparate server. A user certificate is dynamically generated for identifying a logged-in user. The user certificate is signed with the root certificate and sent to the disparate server for binding with the data request. The data request is sent to the disparate server for authentication using the user certificate. The disparate server accesses a mapping table to map a subject name in the user certificate. When an entry for the logged-in user is found in the mapping table, data operations are enabled between the servers. An open web protocol response containing the requested data is then received from the disparate server.
US09270657B2
Embodiments of systems, apparatuses, and methods to enable a value-added storage service of a storage system coupled to a client are described. In some embodiments, a system establishes a secure root of trust for the client. In addition, the system establishes a secure tunnel between an application of the client and a storage system of the client. Furthermore, the system securely downloads a license for the value-added storage service to the storage system and provides the license from the storage system to an application via the secure tunnel.
US09270653B2
The disclosed subject matter provides carrier-side security services for fielded devices. In contrast to conventional authentication systems for fielded devices, wherein an end-to-end communications pathway is typically established for authentication of a fielded device by a back-end service provider, authentication and security services can be moved into the carrier network. A security service monitor component can be at the carrier network and can authenticate field components without establishing a communications pathway to the back-end service provider. Further, security service monitor component can provide security services for communications with an authenticated field component. In an aspect, this can allow for centralization of security elements from the periphery of back-end service providers into the carrier network. In a further aspect, security service monitor component can host a security services platform for back-end service providers.
US09270649B1
A method comprises establishing a network connection between the first processing device and the second processing device for transfer of data associated with a software authenticator from the first processing device to the second processing device, encrypting the software authenticator data with encryption that is separate from encryption used for the network connection, and transferring the encrypted software authenticator data from the first processing device to the second processing device. Another method comprises establishing the network connection between the first processing device and the second processing device for transfer of the software authenticator data, receiving encrypted data from the first processing device, wherein the encrypted data has encryption that is separate from encryption used for the network connection, decrypting the encrypted data to obtain data associated with a software authenticator and importing the software authenticator data into a software authenticator stored in a memory of the second processing device.
US09270643B2
A network intrusion detection unit (NIDU) identifies a protocol used to transmit a packet and the flow to which the packet belongs. The NIDU determines whether a rules table exists for the protocol, and determines, if the rules table exists, whether a state table includes a matching flow entry corresponding to the flow. If the state table includes the matching flow entry, the NIDU determines whether a state of the flow will transition from a current state indicated in the matching flow entry to a valid destination state indicated in a state-transition rule in the rules table. If the state of the flow will not transition to a valid destination state, the NIDU discards the packet.
US09270640B2
[Object] To enable a device that is a target for denial of communication to be shared over a network.[Solution] A communication device registers identifying information of a denial target device that is present in a first network and that is a target for denial of communication and notifies another device of the registered identifying information of the denial target device. The communication device constructs a second network different from the first network with the other device.
US09270638B2
In one embodiment, a particular device (e.g., switch) receives a neighbor discovery (ND) message from a non-trusted non-switch device, the ND message having an associated address, and creates a corresponding binding entry for the address in a temporary tentative state without forwarding the ND message. In addition, the switch then generates and forwards a first duplicate address detection (DAD) message on behalf of the non-trusted non-switch device. In response to receiving a second DAD message from a non-owner device, the switch may either drop the second DAD message when a corresponding second address of the second DAD message is stored as a tentative-state entry, or else forward the second DAD message to a corresponding owner device of the second address for neighbor advertisement (NA) defense when the second address is not stored as a tentative-state entry.
US09270631B2
A device is provided that creates an account for a first member of a virtual community. The account includes a contact identifier used for communicating with the first member outside of the virtual community. The device receives a message via the virtual community from a second member of the virtual community. A recipient of the message being selected by the second member using outside contact information for a contact, and the outside contact information corresponding to contact information used to communicate with the contact outside of the virtual community. Additionally, the device identifies the first member of the virtual community as the recipient of the message based on the contact identifier included in the account and the outside contact information indicated by the message. Furthermore, the device transmits the message to the first member via the virtual community.
US09270614B1
A method and system for providing Quality of Service (QoS) for Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)-based signaling and traffic are disclosed. The method can facilitate the management of Quality of Service in a Session Initiation Protocol-based communication on a cable network by using a built-in Dynamic Service feature to set up, enforce, modify, and tear down Quality of Service enabled service flows for SIP-based signaling and multimedia traffic over the cable system. The system can include a cable modem that is configured to recognize SIP-based signaling and traffic on a CM/Multimedia Terminal Adapter interface. The disclosed method and system can facilitate the provision of SIP-based services utilizing the inherent features of a cable network.
US09270610B2
Various embodiments of a method and apparatus for controlling transaction flow in a communications fabric is disclosed. In one embodiment, an IC includes a communications fabric connecting multiple agents to one another. Each agent may include an interface coupling itself to at least one other agent. Each interface may include multiple queues for storing information corresponding to pending transactions. Also included in each interface is an arbitration unit and control logic. The control logic may determine which transactions are presented to the arbitration unit for arbitration. In one embodiment, the control logic may inhibit certain transactions from being presented to the arbitration unit so that other higher priority transactions may advance. In another embodiment, the control logic may reduce the priority level of some transactions for arbitration purposes to prevent the blocking of other higher priority transactions.
US09270608B2
A network stack sends very large packets with large segment offload (LSO) by performing multi-pass LSO. A first-stage LSO filter is inserted between the network stack and the physical NIC. The first-stage filter splits very large LSO packets into LSO packets that are small enough for the NIC. The NIC then performs a second pass of LSO by splitting these sub-packets into standard MTU-sized networking packets for transmission on the network.
US09270607B2
This invention relates to packet selection techniques that can be used in conjunction with a clock recovery mechanism to mitigate the effects of packet delay variation on timing messages exchanged over a packet network, particularly when seeking to synchronize the time of a clock in a slave device to that of a master clock. The packet selection techniques can assist in reducing the noise in the recovered clock signal at the slave device, allowing recovery to a higher quality. Embodiments of the invention provide techniques based on extracting timing packets that create a constant interval between the arrival of selected packets at the slave device and on extracting timing packets which are closest to making the interval between arrival of the selected packets equal to the interval between the departure of the packets.
US09270603B2
A network configuration capable of prioritizing and categorizing paging messages using a deep packet inspection (“DPI”) idle mode agent (“IMA”) is disclosed. In one embodiment, upon redirecting a downstream packet stream to a DPI agent after discovery of destination end user (“EU”) equipment is in an idle mode, the legitimacy of the downstream packet stream is determinate in accordance with previously stored information. The downstream packet stream is subsequently categorized to a high priority paging category, a medium priority paging category, or a low priority paging category in response to the legitimacy of the downstream packet stream.
US09270595B2
A method and system for introducing controlled delay of packet processing at a network device using one or more delay loop paths (DLPs). For each packet received at the network device, a determination will be made as to whether or not packet processing should be delayed. If delay is chosen, a DLP will be selected according to a desired delay for the packet. The desired delay value is used to determine a time value and inserts the time value in the DLP ahead of the packet. Upon completion of a DLP delay, a packet will be returned for processing, an additional delay, or some other action. One or more DLPs may be enabled with packet queues, and may be used advantageously by devices, for which in-order processing of packets may be desired or required.
US09270594B2
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for applying network policy to communications originating at operating system virtual interfaces. In an example embodiment, a network device is networked with a switch. The network device may include a first operating system interface, a virtualization adapter, and an input output port. In an example embodiment, the virtualization adapter receives a first frame from the first operating system interface. The virtualization adapter may tag the first frame to indicate an association between the first frame and the first operating system interface. The first frame may then be transmitted with a second frame being associated with a second operating system interface, to the switch via the input output port. In an example embodiment, the switch is configured to receive the frame, examine a tag and then to enforce a network policy upon the first frame, based on the tag.
US09270592B1
Network device and method for routing a packet and setting up a new flow. The device includes a packet classifier, a field-selection table, a hash module, and a routing table. A packet is routed by finding an entry in the field-selection table using the packet classifier, selecting bits from the packet based on the entry in the field-selection table, and hashing the selected bits along with an identifier from the packet classifier or the field-selection table, using the hash module. The hash result is used to locate instructions in the routing table. When setting up a new flow, the hash module result may point to an existing entry in the routing table. In such instances, a new entry is added to the packet classifier, such that the hash module will produce a different result that points to an available entry in the routing table.
US09270575B2
Packets are encapsulated and sent from a service node to an application node for applying one or more Layer-4 to Layer-7 services to the packets, with service-applied packets being returned to the service node. An identification of a virtual private network (VPN) may be carried within a request packet, encapsulating a particular packet, sent by a service node to an application node for applying a service to the particular packet; with the corresponding response packet sent to the service node including an identification of the VPN for use by the service node in forwarding the services-applied packet. Additionally, parameters may be included in a request packet to identify a particular service of a general service to be applied to a particular packet encapsulated in the request packet.
US09270561B2
A method, computer readable medium and apparatus for hashing wireless traffic are disclosed. For example, the method hashes the wireless traffic uniformly by a plurality of probe servers based on at least one first key to provide a plurality of streams, and hashes at least one output stream of each of the plurality of probe servers uniformly based on at least one second key to provide a plurality of output streams. The method then provides the plurality of output streams to at least one aggregator server.
US09270560B2
Techniques are provided to facilitate monitoring of utility application traffic streams. At a network device that routes utility application traffic for utility devices, control information is received, where the control information is configured to cause the network device to monitor utility application traffic that passes through the network device. The network device monitors a header inserted into utility application traffic messages based on the control information.
US09270558B2
Embodiments of the present invention relate to the communications field and disclose a method, a local gateway, and a system for local voice survivability, to implement local voice survivability without configuring a DNS proxy function on a local gateway or configuring a server on a user terminal. A specific solution is: detecting, according to a preset detection period, an activity state of a server recorded in a server monitoring list, where the server monitoring list records a voice server on an Internet protocol IP multimedia subsystem IMS network in advance; intercepting, when it is detected that all servers in the server monitoring list are in an unavailable state, a service data stream sent by a user terminal to the server; and providing a corresponding service response for the user terminal according to content of the intercepted service data stream. The present invention applies to a process of voice survivability.
US09270557B1
Adjustments for application underachievement in a virtually provisioned environment are described. If an average of application operation times exceeds a first time constraint, a utilization measurement is recorded for each resource for each server in a virtually provisioned environment associated with an application operation when an application operation time exceeds a second time constraint. The resources include a central processing unit resource, a memory resource, a network resource, and/or an input-output resource. Each utilization measurement is converted to a corresponding utilization range of multiple utilization ranges. After the application operation time exceeds the time constraint on a specified number of occasions, an additional resource is provisioned to adjust the specific resource for the specific server based on an enhancement factor applied to the specific resource if the utilization record includes a specific range for the specific resource for the specific server more than a specified frequency.
US09270540B2
An approach is provided for presenting, via a graphical user interface, a plurality of selectable areas corresponding to a plurality of categories of switches and a plurality of options. One of the options includes a search function for finding a desired one of the switches. A communication session is automatically established with one of the switches as specified by a user through one of the selectable areas or the search function. Information from the one switch is received over the communication session, wherein the information is used for analyzing the one switch.
US09270531B2
The convenience of users is improved for a case in which a network is structured by way of performance of a process of sharing communication parameters with other apparatuses.A process of providing, so that an upper limit number of communication partners is M which is a plural number, communication parameters to a communication partner is performed in accordance with a predetermined operation performed by a user. When the predetermined operation is performed by the user again after the process has been performed, the communication parameters are provided to a communication partner so that an upper limit number of communication partners is one.
US09270529B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for distributed data transmission in an RF mesh network or other data network. An exemplary system includes at least two distribution devices. A first distribution device can receive a first data message that includes a first header and payload data. The first distribution device can determine that the second distribution device is not identified in the first header as receiving the payload data. The first distribution device can generate a second data message based on determining that the second distribution device is not identified in the first header. The second data message includes the payload data and the second header. The second header identifies the second distribution device as being selected to receive the payload data. The first distribution device transmits the second data message to the second distribution device.
US09270527B2
The subject matter described herein includes methods, systems, and computer readable media for enabling real-time guarantees in publish-subscribe middleware with dynamically reconfigurable networks. One exemplary method includes providing a publish-subscribe middleware interface usable by publishers and subscribers to request quality of service guarantees for data delivery across a network. The method also includes providing a global resource manager for receiving quality of service requests from the subscribers, for evaluating the requests, and for dynamically reconfiguring network resources to provide the requested quality of service guarantees.
US09270522B2
A first information processing apparatus transmits a message storing a replica of data stored in the first information processing apparatus. The message has an unspecified destination. A first relay apparatus detects a second information processing apparatus provided in a network to which the first relay apparatus belongs. The first relay apparatus selects, as a transfer destination of the message, the second information processing apparatus or a second relay apparatus upon receiving the message. The first relay apparatus transfers the message to the selected transfer destination. The second information processing apparatus stores the replica therein upon receiving the message.
US09270521B2
A system is provided to provision and manage cloud-based clustered application deployment. In one example embodiment, a clustered computing application is detected as being launched on a cluster of nodes. Each node in the cluster is a virtual instance of a machine within a virtualization service. Status of the nodes in the cluster are monitored to detect availability of a server within the virtualization service A notification message addressed to the server is issued in response to detecting the availability of the server. The notification message includes information for connecting to the cluster.
US09270515B1
Aspects relate to tagging portions of streaming media such that one or more actions can be taken on the tagged portions. An action can be to remove a section of the streaming media. Another action can be to retain a portion of the streaming media, regardless of whether or not other portions are retained. Another action can be to replace content with different content. The tagging can be facilitated by the user of a lightweight embedded watermark. In another example, the tagging can be facilitated through the use of watermark types.
US09270514B2
A multimedia event recording apparatus, and more particularly, a multimedia event recording method by which multimedia data and multimedia event contents are related and then stored, and an apparatus suitable for the method are provided. The multimedia recording method includes: detecting an occurrence of a control event in relation to multimedia data; closing a file in which an audio and/or video (A/V) stream is being recorded if the control event occurs, before the control event occurs is recorded; recording a position of data at which the control event corresponding to the closed file occurs and file information of the closed file in a mark table; and opening a new file and storing an A/V stream after the control event occurs.
US09270512B2
An electronic receiver may comprise nonlinear distortion modeling circuitry, interference estimation circuitry, and sequence estimation circuitry. The receiver may receive an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol in the form of an electromagnetic signal. The nonlinear distortion modeling circuitry may generate a nonlinear distortion model that models nonlinear distortion introduced to the received electromagnetic signal en route to the sequence estimation circuitry. The interference estimation circuitry may estimate inter-subcarrier interference present in the received OFDM symbol based on the generated nonlinear distortion model. The estimating of the inter-subcarrier interference may comprise applying the nonlinear distortion model to one or more candidate vectors generated by the sequence estimation circuitry. The sequence estimation circuitry may sequentially process a plurality of received virtual subcarrier values of the OFDM symbol using the estimated inter-subcarrier interference.
US09270510B2
A method and apparatus for improving channel estimation within an OFDM communication system. Channel estimation in OFDM is usually performed with the aid of pilot symbols. The pilot symbols are typically spaced in time and frequency. The set of frequencies and times at which pilot symbols are inserted is referred to as a pilot pattern. In some cases, the pilot pattern is a diagonal-shaped lattice, either regular or irregular. The method first interpolates in the direction of larger coherence (time or frequency). Using these measurements, the density of pilot symbols in the direction of faster change will be increased thereby improving channel estimation without increasing overhead. As such, the results of the first interpolating step can then be used to assist the interpolation in the dimension of smaller coherence (time or frequency).
US09270499B2
A network signal enhancement circuit assembly includes a processing circuit installed in a circuit board and having opposing first and second connection ends thereof respectively coupled to a network connector and a voltage-mode network-on-chip. The processing circuit includes coupling modules for coupling network signals, EMI protection modules for removing noises from coupled network signals, and a signal enhancement module including a voltage source and a plurality of pull-up resistors and adapted to compensate for an attenuation of the network signal due to long distance signal transmission, assuring a high level of signal transmission stability.
US09270498B2
An amplification system, connected to a modem delivering a signal to be amplified, includes at least one amplification device, at least one first determination device for determination of a first difference and at least one second determination device for determination of a variable gain. Moreover, the system is characterized in that the second determination device is capable of the determination of said variable gain on the basis of said signal to be amplified, said amplified signal and said first difference.
US09270496B2
A method is provided for an access node to perform channel estimation. The method includes, when a UE and a relay node are present in a cell with the access node, the access node receiving from the UE and from the relay node DMRS that are cyclically shifted relative to one another. The method further includes the access node performing a first channel estimation based on the DMRS that was transmitted by the UE, performing a second channel estimation based on the DMRS that was transmitted by the at least one relay node, combining the first channel estimation with the second channel estimation to derive a combined channel estimation, using the first channel estimation to demodulate control information received from the UE, and using the combined channel estimation to demodulate data received from both the UE and the at least one relay node.
US09270491B2
Technologies are generally described for providing a system of scalable networked devices that may be mapped employing a naming convention that enables an optimized route to the devices through device search algorithms for network-connected and non-network connected devices. The naming convention and corresponding algorithms may enable users to search for a desired functionality, access suitable scalable networked device(s), and utilize the desired functionality. Furthermore, a spider algorithm may be employed to continuously map and update a mesh of scalable networked devices.
US09270485B2
An Ethernet Ring Protection (ERP) method is disclosed. The method includes: when a link on an Ethernet ring network is faulty, determining whether the faulty link is a link where a normally blocked port is located; and sending a first control message which carries first indication information to a ring node on the Ethernet ring network if the faulty link is the link where the normally blocked port is located, wherein the first indication information indicates that a forwarding table is not desired to be cleared by the ring node. Through the method according to the present invention, the broadcast traffic generated by unnecessary clearing of the forwarding table and self-learning is reduced effectively.
US09270478B2
A device control system for controlling multiple electronic devices over a network with a centralized host device is disclosed. The device control system includes a host device providing a graphical interface for a user to control various electronic devices throughout a home, building, or industrial plant. The host device is connected to multiple devices over a network and controls the electronic devices in real-time. The host device runs a managing controlling process that closes the control loops for each device over the network at the host device. Multiple devices are controlled in real-time using a 2N time slicing algorithm. The host device can be accessed from a remote location by establishing an Internet connection.
US09270476B2
The present disclosure relates to a network protection scheme. In one embodiment, there provides a method for network protection, including the steps of: detecting a switch indicator in a network; setting a rate limit of storm protection, which is of a first value, as a second value, the second value being higher than the first value; and performing a flush operation of a Forwarding DataBase FDB.
US09270471B2
Described is a technology by which machines of a (typically small) network have associated public key-based certificates for use in authentication with a server and validation of other machines in the network. This provides an inexpensive and straightforward mechanism to control, manage and maintain client machines, as well as to allow valid client machines to securely communicate with one another and recognize machines that are not valid on the network. Certificates are maintained on the server and checked for validity as needed.
US09270470B2
A data processing device for playing back a digital work reduces the processing load involved in verification by using only a predetermined number of encrypted units selected randomly from multiple encrypted units constituting encrypted contents recorded on a DVD. In addition, the data processing device improves the accuracy of detecting unauthorized contents by randomly selecting a predetermined number of encrypted units every time the verification is performed.
US09270468B2
Methods are provided for securely loading software objects into an electronic control unit. The methods include receiving a first software object comprising a second level public key certificate, a first encryption signature and a first set of software. Once the first software object is received, validating the first second level public key is validated with the embedded root public key, the first encryption signature with the first second level public key certificate, and the first set of software with the first encryption signature. When the first set of software is valid, then the first second level public key certificate and the first set of software are stored to non-volatile memory. Once stored, a consecutive software object is received comprising only a consecutive encryption signature and a consecutive set of software from the programming source. The consecutive encryption signature is validated with the stored second level public key certificate, and the consecutive set of software is validated with the consecutive encryption signature.
US09270464B2
A method and system for securely enrolling personal identity credentials into personal identification devices. The system of the invention comprises the manufacturer of the device and an enrollment authority. The manufacturer is responsible for recording serial numbers or another unique identifier for each device that it produces, along with a self-generated public key for each device. The enrollment authority is recognized by the manufacturer or another suitable institution as capable of validating an individual before enrolling him into the device. The enrollment authority maintains and operates the appropriate equipment for enrollment, and provides its approval of the enrollment. The methods described herein discuss post-manufacturing, enrollment, backup, and recovery processes for the device.
US09270460B2
A method is described. The method includes executing one or more JH_SBOX_L instructions to perform S-Box mappings and a linear (L) transformation on a JH state and executing one or more JH_P instructions to perform a permutation function on the JH state once the S-Box mappings and the L transformation have been performed.
US09270456B1
A system and method for decrypting encrypted media that have changing initialization vectors and keys is disclosed. As encrypted media is received and played back, the encrypted frames can be monitored (e.g., checked) to detect whether or not initialization vectors are prepended to them. If a prepended initialization vector is detected, the prepended initialization vector is used to facilitate the decryption of the encrypted frame. If no prepended initialization vector is detected, a new initialization vector is generated by using a last portion of bytes of the preceding encrypted frame and the new initialization vector is used to facilitate the decryption of the encrypted frame. A signal byte can be included to signal whether the frame is encrypted or not, whether an initialization vector is included, and other information about the encrypted frame.
US09270455B1
A method of providing a secure, reliable and verifiable seed generation a random number generator. The method includes determining a first input based upon at least one entropy source related to operation of the processing device. For example, the entropy source can be random information related to the current operation of a computing device. The method further includes accessing a secret input that is unique to the processing device and combining the first input and the secret input via a secure cryptographic combining function, wherein the secret input and the secure cryptographic combining function are stored in a hardware-based storage medium associated with a specific processing device such that they are accessible only by that specific processing device. Based upon the combination, the method includes determining a first output value and outputting the first output value as a random seed for a random number generator.
US09270446B2
In this invention, we propose privacy-enhancing technologies for medical tests and personalized medicine methods, which utilize patients' genomic data. Assuming the whole genome sequencing is done by a certified institution, we propose to store patients' genomic data encrypted by a patient's public keys at a Storage and Processing Unit (SPU). A part of the corresponding private key is also stored on the SPU. At the time of the test by a Medical Unit (MU), the patient provides the second part of the private key to the MU. A test with its associated markers is determined by the MU and sent to the SPU. The test is carried out on the encrypted values thanks to homomorphic operation and returned back to the MU. The latter uses the second part of the private key to access the result.
US09270440B2
A method of wireless communication is presented. The method includes determining whether decoding candidates for enhanced control channel resource sets overlap. The method further includes determining uplink resources based on a predefined rule when the decoding candidates overlap.
US09270439B2
A base station includes a transmit path circuitry to transmit an uplink grant in a DCI format to a subscriber station. The base station also includes a receive path circuitry to receive only UCI on a PUSCH from a subscriber station when the uplink grant includes a MCS of an enabled transport block (TB) with a value of 29, or a redundancy version of the PUSCH with a value of 1; a CSI request field with a non-zero value; and a total number of physical resource blocks allocated for the subscriber station, NPRB, with a value less than or equal to a threshold number of physical resource blocks, TPRB. TPRB is based at least partly upon one of a total number of CSI information bits to be transmitted on the PUSCH, Ntotal, and a number of DL CCs reported in a current CSI reporting, NCCs.
US09270435B2
Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for controlling sounding reference signal (SRS) transmission are provided. One method includes incorporating into an uplink grant message, by a base station in a communications system, information on whether a last symbol of an uplink subframe is used for physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), for sounding reference signal (SRS), or is empty. The method may then include transmitting the uplink grant message comprising the information on the last symbol to a user equipment (UE).
US09270433B2
A method of multi-set RRC signaling for ap-SRS configuration is provided to enhance ap-SRS flexibility. An eNB transmits a plurality of sets of UE-specific SRS parameters to a UE via upper layer messaging in a multi-carrier wireless communication system. The eNB also determines triggering information of a selected set of UE-specific SRS parameters and an indicated carrier for the UE. The eNB then transmits an uplink or downlink grant over a primary carrier, the grant comprises triggering information for the UE to send an ap-SRS over the indicated carrier using the selected set of UE-specific SRS parameters. In one embodiment of joint signaling, the plurality of sets of UE-specific SRS parameters are signaled together in a single RRC transmission. In another embodiment of separate signaling, each set of UE-specific SRS parameters is signaled independently.
US09270432B2
The present invention relates to a method for transmitting a data demodulation reference signal in a radio mobile communication system. The method comprises: a step for generating a sub-frame including the data demodulation reference signal, and a step for transmitting the generated sub-frame. The 1st and 2nd demodulation reference signal pattern groups include plural demodulation signal patterns orthogonal to each other, and are differentiated from each other with regard to time-frequency resources. In the data demodulation reference signal, demodulation reference signal patterns which are respectively orthogonal to each other M (M≦N) and N-M times are respectively included in the 1st and 2nd demodulation reference signal pattern groups if the rank is N.
US09270421B2
A source node selects a plurality of transmitting nodes to cooperatively encode a set of original packets to transfer to a destination node. Encoding produces a plurality of coded packets and a corresponding code matrix of coefficients. The coded packets and the corresponding code matrix comprise a set of independent equations of independent variables in a system of linear equations, wherein the independent variables comprise the original packets. A destination node may select a set of receiving nodes to cooperatively receive the transmissions. The destination node collects the coded packets and code matrix from the receiving nodes, which provide a sufficient number of independent equations for decoding the original packets. Decoding comprises calculating a solution for the system of linear equations.
US09270419B2
A device divides a sampled sound signal into a high frequency signal and a low frequency signal, individually encodes the high frequency signal and the low frequency signal, and generates error detection code pertinent to the high frequency ADPCM data and the low frequency ADPCM data. The device replaces data pertinent to some of a plurality of bits which configure the low frequency ADPCM data with the error detection code and transmits them. A receiver side receives the high frequency ADPCM data and the low frequency ADPCM data, and individually processes the high frequency ADPCM data and the low frequency ADPCM data in accordance with a value of the error detection code.
US09270416B2
A transmitter may comprise a symbol mapping circuit that is configurable to operate in at least two configurations, wherein a first of the configurations of the symbol mapping circuit uses a first symbol constellation and a second of the configurations of the symbol mapping circuit uses a second symbol constellation. The transmitter may also comprise a pulse shaping circuit that is configurable to operate in at least two configurations, wherein a first of the configurations of the pulse shaping circuit uses a first set of filter taps and a second of the configurations of the pulse shaping circuit uses a second set of filter taps. The first set of filter taps may correspond to a root raised cosine (RRC) filter and the second set of filter taps corresponds to a partial response filter.
US09270405B2
A directionless optical architecture is described for reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexers (ROADMs) and wavelength selective switches (WSSs). The directionless architecture utilizes a directionless wavelength switch coupled between client devices and ROADMs/WSSs to eliminate the need to hard-wire client devices to a wavelength division multiplexed (WDM) network. Accordingly, client device connections can be automatically routed without manual intervention to provide a highly resilient network design which can recover route diversity during failure scenarios. Additionally, the present invention minimizes deployments of costly optical transceivers while providing superior resiliency. Further, the present invention couples the directionless optical architecture and associated optical protection mechanisms with existing mesh restoration schemes to provide additional resiliency.
US09270401B2
A method of transmitting orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) signals includes transmitting, at a first transmitter of a network, a first stream of data having a first number of symbols over a first time interval using a first set of one or more OFDMA subcarriers. At a second transmitter of the network, a second stream of data is transmitted having a second number of symbols over a second time interval, different in duration than the first time interval and overlapping the first time interval. The second burst of data is transmitted using a second set of one or more OFDMA subcarriers. The first time interval and first set of subcarriers define a first time-frequency grant, the second time interval and second set of subcarriers define a second time-frequency grant, and the first and second time-frequency grants are granted by a network coordinator node of the network.
US09270400B2
Embodiments of apparatus, packages, computer-implemented methods, systems, devices, and computer-readable media (transitory and non-transitory) are described herein for ascertaining, e.g., by a traffic detection function (“TDF”), that a first user equipment (“UE”) and a second UE are, potentially, sufficiently proximate to each other to wirelessly exchange data directly. In various embodiments, an evolved serving mobile location center (“E-SMLC”) may be instructed, e.g., by the TDF, to obtain location change data associated with the first and second UEs. In various embodiments, a determination may be made, e.g., by the TDF, based on the location change data, whether the first and second UEs are sufficiently proximate to exchange data directly, and whether the first and second UEs are likely to remain proximate for at least a predetermined time interval. In various embodiments, the first and second UEs may be caused to commence device-to-device (“D2D”) communication based on the determination.
US09270392B2
A digital broadcasting system and method of processing data are disclosed. Herein, a method of processing data in a transmitting system includes creating a data group including a plurality of mobile service data packets, re-adjusting a relative position of at least one main service data packet of a main service data section, the main service data section including a plurality of main service data packets, and multiplexing the mobile service data of the data group and the main service data of the main service data section in burst units. Herein, a position of an audio data packet among the main service data packets of the main service data section may be re-adjusted. Also, a position of an audio data packet included in the main service data section may be re-adjusted based upon a multiplexing position of the main service data section.
US09270390B2
Systems and methods are provided in which a wireless receiver can be configured to compensate frequency and phase offsets with joint symbol timing recovery of modulated signals transmitted across a channel, and it can include a transformation module configured to generate an error signal for an information signal representing the modulated signal received by the receiver. The transformation module can include a squaring module configured to square the information signal, thereby generating a squared signal, and a mixer configured to perform a complex multiplication of the squared signal by the local reference signal, and a downsampler. The transformation module can also be configured to extract and compensate frequency and phase offsets with joint symbol timing recovery.
US09270387B2
An underwater communications system is provided that transmits electromagnetic and/or magnetic signals to a remote receiver. The transmitter includes a data input. A digital data compressor compresses data to be transmitted. A modulator modulates compressed data onto a carrier signal. An electrically insulated, magnetic coupled antenna transmits the compressed, modulated signals. The receiver that has an electrically insulated, magnetic coupled antenna for receiving a compressed, modulated signal. A demodulator is provided for demodulating the signal to reveal compressed data. A de-compressor de-compresses the data. An appropriate human interface is provided to present transmitted data into text/audio/visible form. Similarly, the transmit system comprises appropriate audio/visual/text entry mechanisms.
US09270384B2
Presented herein are sub-sampled carrier phase recovery techniques. In accordance with one example, a plurality of consecutive symbols associated with a received optical signal is obtained. Carrier phase recovery of the optical signal is performed using one or more carrier phase estimation stages. At each of the one or more carrier phase estimation stages, a subset of the plurality of consecutive symbols is selected for use in carrier phase estimation. The subset of symbols selected for use in carrier phase estimation at each of the one or more stages comprises symbols that provide the most phase recovery information for each of the one or more stages.
US09270378B2
An integrated circuit (IC) for driving a light emitting semiconductor device is provided. The IC includes an input stage configured to receive a first input signal with a first differential pair of bipolar transistors and a second input signal with a second differential pair of bipolar transistors and to provide a pre-driver output signal being a superposition of the first input signal and the second input signal and an output stage including a third differential pair of bipolar transistors for receiving the pre-driver output signal of the input stage and for driving the light emitting semiconductor device in response to the pre-driver output signal, wherein the IC is configured to pre-distort the pre-driver output signal of the input stage so as to compensate a signal distortion of the output stage.
US09270376B2
Proposed is a method for allocating bandwidth in an optical network. A bandwidth grid containing first bandwidth slots of a lower bandwidth and higher bandwidth slots of a higher bandwidth is provided. A set of requests for respective data transmission connections with respective data rates and respective shortest path metrics is provided. Shorter distances, over which a data signal may be transmitted transparently at the respective data rate within the lower bandwidth, and longer distances, over which a data signal may be transmitted transparently at the respective data rate within the higher bandwidth, are provided. Bandwidth slots of the lower bandwidth for those of the data transmission connections, whose respective shortest path metric is smaller than their respective shorter distance, are allocated. Finally, bandwidth slots of the lower or the higher bandwidth are allocated for the further data transmission connections, using respective numbers of necessary OEO regenerations.
US09270374B2
Optical fiber-based distributed communications systems that provide and support both RF communication services and digital data services are disclosed herein. The RF communication services and digital data services can be distributed over optical fiber to client devices, such as remote antenna units for example. In certain embodiments, digital data services can be distributed over optical fiber separate from optical fiber distributing RF communication services. In other embodiments, digital data services can be distributed over common optical fiber with RF communication services. For example, digital data services can be distributed over common optical fiber with RF communication services at different wavelengths through wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) and/or at different frequencies through frequency-division multiplexing (FDM). Power distributed in the optical fiber-based distributed communications system to provide power to remote antenna units can also be accessed to provide power to digital data service components.
US09270365B2
The present invention relates to a system that includes a transmission/reception point and a user equipment having different configurations in inter-band and performs a TDD (Time Division Duplex) method.
US09270356B2
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method and to an apparatus for transmitting an SRS in a multi-antenna system. The method comprises the steps of: acquiring specific information for discriminating a first antenna group and a second antenna group from among a plurality of antennas, wherein said first antenna group includes one or more antennas which are set to a turned-on state to perform communication with a base station, and said second antenna group includes one or more other antennas which are set to a turned-off state; transmitting an SRS to the base station if a predetermined condition is satisfied, under the condition that the second antenna group is set to the turned-off state; and setting the second antenna group to a turned-off state after the transmission of the SRS.
US09270355B2
A communication device 1 (transceivers 400) transmits a training signal from its own transmitting antenna while performing beam scanning, and a communication device 2 (transceivers 500) receives this training signal in a state where a quasi-omni pattern is generated in its own receiving antenna. Further, the device 1 transmits a training signal in a state where a quasi-omni pattern is generated in the transmitting antenna, and the device 2 receives this training signal by the receiving antenna while performing beam scanning. The device 1 and 2 detects, from respective reception results, transmitting-antenna-setting candidates of the device 1 and receiving-antenna-setting candidates of the device 2, and determines antenna-setting pairs (combinations of antenna-setting candidates). The above-described processes are also performed for a receiving antenna of the device 1 and a transmitting antenna of the device 2. The device 1 and 2 communicates by using the obtained antenna-setting pairs. In this way, when radio communication is performed by using beam forming, the time necessary for finding and setting a beam direction is reduced, thereby reducing the transmission-disconnected time.
US09270348B2
A method of transmitting an MIMO (multiple input multiple output) feedback information, which is transmitted by a mobile station in a wireless communication system, is disclosed. The present invention includes sending a ranging request message to a base station and receiving a ranging response message from the base station in response to the ranging request message, wherein the mobile station comprises a fixed M2M (machine to machine) device and wherein the ranging request message contains the MIMO feedback information.
US09270342B2
Systems and methods for low loss wireless power transmission are described herein. In one aspect, a transmission coil for transmitting wireless power comprises a first and second spiral coil. Each spiral coil comprises a plurality of turns. A center of the first spiral coil to an outermost turn of the first spiral coil defines a first cross section, and a center of the second spiral coil to an outermost turn of the second spiral coil defines a second cross section. Portions of the first spiral coil along the first cross section and the second spiral coil along the second cross section have a mutual inductance with respect to a receive coil greater than 65% of a maximum mutual inductance along the first and second cross sections. The second spiral coil is counter-wound relative to the first spiral coil.
US09270334B2
An algorithm for the promotion of terminal nodes to switch nodes in a PLC network reduces overall network overhead and collisions, while ensuring the appropriate selection of a switch node and minimizing the number of levels in a PLC network. It also ensures that the terminal nodes with appropriate signal-to-noise ratios (SNRs) are promoted. It is desirable to have a network with fewer levels. The disclosed approach favors the nodes that are closer to the DC to promote them as switch nodes. This is achieved by waiting for a smaller number of PNPDUs for a node that is closer to the DC in comparison to a node that is farther away from the DC.
US09270332B2
The invention pertains to a method and apparatus for testing a component of a vectoring system, such as a DSLAM performing crosstalk cancellation. The method is based on the insight that line termination equipment, such as a DSLAM, and in particular the crosstalk canceller, can be used to simulate a multiline network. A signal is exchanged between the line termination equipment and attached network termination equipment, passing through the crosstalk canceller which acts as a multiline simulator. Information indicative of an error component in a received version of the signal is used to assess the operation the vectoring system.
US09270330B2
A radio communications system includes a communication radio and an antenna module positioned external to the communication radio. An antenna cable connects the radio and the antenna module. The radio superposes a power voltage for operating the antenna module on a signal line of the antenna cable and transmits to the antenna module through the antenna cable a control signal that controls a gain of a transmission amplifier and duplexers while the transmission signal is not transmitted therethrough. In such manner, a control of the antenna module is enabled without affecting the transmission signal.
US09270316B2
The invention discloses a radio frequency front-end based on the high-intermediate frequency superheterodyne and zero intermediate frequency structure, which includes a transmitting module and a receiving module, wherein, the receiving module includes the following devices connected in turn with each other: a transceiving antenna, a low-pass filter, a superheterodyne unit, an IF band-pass filter, a zero-IF unit, a analog-to-digital converter and a digital baseband module of which the output is communicated with the transmitting module. The zero-IF unit includes the following devices which are also connected in turn with each other: a zero-IF mixer, an active low-pass filter and a variable gain operational amplifier of which the output is communicated with the input of the ADC; the inputs of the zero-IF mixer are communicated with the output of the IF band-pass filter and the second LO respectively. The present invention avoids the image interference, improves the system integration and decreases the system consumption.
US09270310B2
A first microwave backhaul assembly comprises a first antenna, a front-end circuit, an inter-backhaul-assembly interface circuit, and an interference cancellation circuit. The first antenna is operable to receive a first microwave signal. The front-end circuit is operable to convert the first microwave signal to a lower-frequency digital signal, wherein the lower-frequency digital signal has energy of a second microwave signal and energy of a third microwave signal. The inter-backhaul-assembly interface circuit is operable to receive information from a second microwave backhaul assembly. The interference cancellation circuit is operable to use the information received via the inter-backhaul-assembly interface circuit during processing of the lower-frequency digital signal to remove, from the first microwave signal, the energy of the third microwave signal. The information received via the inter-backhaul-assembly interface may comprise a signal having energy of the second microwave signal.
US09270307B2
A method (300) and apparatus (200) are provided for operating a portable pager. The method and apparatus eliminate channel noise between paging tones and voice messages. Channel noise is squelched between paging tones and voice messages using a delayed N timer, thereby allowing the speaker to remain on. Paging tones are received and played at the speaker during a signaling squelch mode of operation. The detection of the paging tones and subsequent drop in carrier signal, initiates a timer during which channel noise is squelched during a carrier squelch mode of operation. The timer is delayed (delay N timer) so as to expire only after the carrier frequency is re-established. Once the carrier signal is re-established followed by the delayed timer expiration, the carrier squelch is removed. The speaker remains on during both signaling squelch and carrier squelch. Hence, paging tones are heard, channel noise is silenced, and then voice messages are played.
US09270306B2
A receiving device reduces a frequency of performing AF check per a predetermined amount of time during a reception of a digital broadcast through a hybrid broadcast to less than a frequency of performing AF check per a predetermined amount of time during a reception of an analog broadcast through the hybrid broadcast.
US09270304B2
The present disclosure provides methods and apparatuses for nonlinear channel identification and estimation of the distorted signals in digital data transmission systems that include signals traversing a dispersive nonlinear channel that produces noisy distorted signals. The identification and estimation are accomplished with an amplitude-based signal expansion and are adapted for changing nonlinear distortion effects using a Least-Means Square direct solution that includes a precomputed matrix.
US09270301B2
A method and arrangement for transmitting and receiving RF signals, associated with different radio interfaces of communication systems, employ a direct conversion based transceiver which substantially comprises one receive signal branch and one transmit signal branch. Mixing frequencies of the different systems are generated by a single common by use of an output frequency divider in combination with the synthesizer, and by use of filtering corresponding to a system channel bandwidth by means of a controllable low-pass filter operating at baseband frequency.
US09270293B2
A device includes a SAR, a comparator, a DAC and a multichannel passive S/H component. The multichannel passive S/H component is able to sample and hold a plurality of analog voltages in parallel. The multichannel passive S/H component is further able to serially feed the plurality of sampled and held analog voltages to the SAR, comparator and DAC, such that each analog voltage is serially converted to a digital representation.
US09270291B1
Methods and apparatuses are described for timing skew mitigation in time-interleaved ADCs (TI-ADCs) that may be performed for any receive signal without any special signals during blind initialization, which may be followed by background calibration. The same gain/skew calibration metrics may be applied to baud sampled and oversampled systems, including wideband receivers and regardless of any modulation, by applying a timing or frequency offset to non-stationary sampled signals during initial training. Skew mitigation is low latency, low power, low area, noise tolerant and scalable. Digital estimation may be implemented with accumulators and multipliers while analog calibration may be implemented with adjustable delays. DC and gain offsets may be calibrated before skew calibration. The slope of the correlation function between adjacent samples may be used to move a timing skew estimate stochastically at a low adaptive rate until the skew algorithm converges.
US09270288B2
A phase-locked loop (PLL) includes a time to voltage converter to convert a phase error between a reference signal and a feedback signal of the PLL to one or more voltage signals. An oscillator-based analog to digital converter (ADC) receives the one or more voltage signals and controls one or more oscillators according to the voltages. The oscillator-based ADC determines a digital value corresponding to the phase error based on the frequencies of the one or more oscillators.
US09270286B2
Present embodiments relate to a method for synchronizing an electric grid. The method includes receiving a phase voltage of the electric grid. The method further includes determining one or more disturbance frequencies in the phase voltage via a plurality of sequential tracking filters, wherein each of the plurality of tracking filters corresponds to a harmonic of the received phase voltage. The method further includes removing the disturbance frequencies components sequentially to produce a minimally distorted frequency, and performing a PLL operation on the clean frequency to determine a phase angle of the frequency.
US09270285B2
Semiconductor chips are provided. The semiconductor chip includes a selection phase clock generator and a data input/output portion. The selection phase clock generator is configured to receive an external clock signal and an inversed external clock signal to generate phase clock signals, configured to receive a first external test clock signal and a second external test clock signal to generate test phase clock signals, and configured to output the phase clock signals or the test phase clock signals as selection phase clock signals in response to a test mode signal.
US09270284B1
A phase-locked loop (PLL) circuit system includes first, second, and third PLL circuits, first, second, and third multiplexer circuits coupled to the first, second, and third PLL circuits, and a majority voter circuit coupled to the first, second, and third PLL circuits, wherein the PLL circuit system provides a glitch-free output clock signal by selecting a locked PLL circuit. Each PLL circuit includes a first input for receiving a reference clock signal; a second input for receiving a feedback clock signal; a first output for providing an output clock signal; a second output for providing a lock signal; and a return path coupled between the first output and the second input. The return path can be a direct connection or a logic circuit. Each multiplexer circuit includes three lock inputs, a first clock input, a second clock input, a defeat input, and a clock output.
US09270279B2
A time-multiplexed field programmable gate array (TM-FPGA) includes programmable logic circuitry, programmable interconnect circuitry, and a plurality of context registers. A user's circuit can be mapped to the programmable logic circuitry, the programmable interconnect circuitry, and the plurality of context registers without the user's intervention in mapping the design.
US09270276B1
A level shifting apparatus includes a first capacitor, a first side of the first capacitor configured to receive a first voltage. The level shifting apparatus further includes an edge detector configured to receive the first voltage. The level shifting apparatus further includes an output inverter connected to a second side of the first capacitor, the output inverter configured to output an voltage-level shifted signal of the level shifting apparatus. The level shifting apparatus further includes a latch loop configured to receive feedback the output signal to an input of the output inverter, wherein the edge detector is configured to selectively interrupt feedback of the output signal to the input of the output inverter.
US09270274B1
Circuits, methods, and apparatus that provide for protection of configuration bitstreams from theft. One exemplary embodiment receives a scrambled configuration bitstream with an integrated circuit. The scrambled configuration bitstream is descrambled using a plurality of multiplexers under control of a security key. A configuration bitstream is received in portions. One specific embodiment uses a key stored in memory to control a bank of multiplexers that descramble each of the received portions of the configuration bitstream. Other embodiments store longer keys, and use portions of the keys to descramble one or more portions of their respective configuration bitstreams. The outputs of the multiplexers are then stored in configuration memory cells.
US09270267B2
A touch panel includes a transparent substrate, a first pattern/layer on the transparent substrate, and an second pattern/layer on or under the first pattern/layer. The first pattern/layer includes first electrodes detecting a first coordinate value and first metal interconnections connecting the first electrodes to a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB). The second pattern/layer includes second electrodes detecting a second coordinate value and second metal interconnections connecting the second electrodes to the FPCB. The first and second metal interconnections extend on side and back surfaces of the transparent electrode. Therefore, the metal interconnections connect the first and second patterns/layers to the FPCB by being formed on the side and back surfaces of the transparent substrate, which reduces the length and/or width of the bezel (a non-active region).
US09270266B1
A high voltage switching circuit includes a low voltage driving circuit having first and second capacitors; and an isolated high voltage driving circuit. The isolated high voltage driving circuit has an isolated charge pump circuit and a transistor driving circuit. The first and second electrical nodes of the isolated charge pump circuit are electrically coupled to the transistor driving circuit, which is coupled to a resistive load. The transistor driving circuit increases an output voltage of the resistive load to a desired output voltage level over a time interval in response to first and second voltage signals being applied to the first and second electrical nodes, respectively, when the first and second capacitors are receiving first and second pulse width modulated voltage signals, respectively, over the time interval.
US09270262B2
A circuit includes a first set of transistors and a second set of transistors. The first set of transistors is configured to be turned on in a sequential manner. The second set of transistors is configured to be turned on in a sequential manner after the first set of transistors is turned on. A transistor of the first set of transistors corresponds to a first time delay. The first set of transistors corresponds to a second time delay that is a multiple of the first time delay.
US09270255B2
A high voltage driver may include: a low side switching unit including first to n-th N-channel metal oxide semiconductor (NMOS) transistors; a high side switching unit including first and second to n-th P-channel MOS (PMOS) transistors; a voltage dividing unit dividing a voltage between the output terminal and the ground; a first constant voltage unit providing a constant voltage and a unidirectional signal path between a source and a gate of each of the first to n-th NMOS transistors; a second constant voltage unit providing a constant voltage and a unidirectional signal path between a source and a gate of each of the first to n-th PMOS transistors; a first charging unit providing a charged voltage to each of the gates of the second to n-th NMOS transistors; and a second charging unit providing a charged voltage to each of the gates of the second to n-th PMOS transistors.
US09270251B2
A carrier for mounting a piezoelectric device, e.g., a surface acoustic wave (SAW) device, on a circuit board and a method of mounting a piezoelectric device on a circuit board using such a carrier are disclosed. The carrier includes a carrier bottom, a plurality of metal contacts, and a carrier lid attached to the carrier bottom. The carrier bottom has an opening extending partially through the carrier bottom from a top surface thereof and the opening is configured such that when a piezoelectric device to be mounted in the carrier is inserted into the carrier bottom, the piezoelectric device is at least partially recessed within the carrier bottom. The metal contacts include a cantilevered end configured for electrical connection to a piezoelectric device. The carrier lid is configured to retain a piezoelectric device within the carrier bottom and to apply substantially even pressure across a top surface of a piezoelectric device. The method includes mounting the carrier bottom to the circuit board prior to insertion of the piezoelectric device and connection of the carrier lid.
US09270244B2
A system and method for enhancing two-way conversation between a user wearing at least one communication system or earphone and a second individual in proximity to the user is provided. The method includes detecting a spoken voice of the user from sounds captured at an ambient sound microphone, automatically activating a voice timer and setting a voice activity threshold for the voice timer responsive to detecting spoken voice, and adjusting a mixing gain of an audio content signal delivered to the earphone or communication system by way of the internal speaker with an ambient sound pass-through during activation of the voice timer. Separate mixing gains can be adjusted independently in accordance with spoken voice activity and reproduced audio content characteristics. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US09270241B2
A power supply device includes a switching amplification unit that supplies power to a load, a linear amplification unit that corrects an output voltage applied to the load according to an input signal, and a power supply control unit that controls the power supply of the linear amplification unit according to the input signal.
