US09421660B2
A polishing method for machining an optical surface of an optical lens uses a polishing wheel which has a wheel axis and a polishing face. The polishing wheel is moved in relation to the lens over the surface of the latter along a spiral machining path. The polishing wheel is rotated about the wheel axis, and is (simultaneously) rotated about an axis of rotation oriented perpendicularly to the wheel axis. The rotational speed of the polishing wheel about the wheel axis and/or the axis of rotation is reduced at the spiral center of the movement path. A workpiece fixture for receiving an optical lens stands opposite the polishing wheel, with the workpiece fixture and the polishing wheel being mounted movably in relation to one another along a spiral movement path. The rotational speed of the wheel axis can be coupled kinematically to the rotational speed of the axis of rotation.
US09421648B2
A heat pipe structure and a manufacturing method of the heat pipe structure. The heat pipe structure includes a tubular body and a mesh body. The tubular body has a chamber. The chamber has a first side and a second side. A working fluid is contained in the chamber. The wall faces of the first and second sides are respectively formed with a first channel set and a second channel set. A first contact section and a second contact section are respectively formed at the junctions between the first and second channel sets and the wall faces of the first and second sides. The mesh body is disposed in the chamber and attached to the first and second contact sections. Accordingly, the thickness of the heat pipe is greatly reduced and the manufacturing cost of the heat pipe is lowered.
US09421638B2
A laser processing apparatus is provided in which its XY table is composed of plural divided blocks vertically movable, at least one divided block is stopped while it is moving down, and a through hole is formed by irradiating a workpiece in an area corresponding to a position directly above the divided block with a laser beam.
US09421636B2
A pulsed joining tool includes a tool body that defines a cavity that receives an inner tubular member and an outer tubular member and a pulse joining cartridge. The tubular members are nested together with the cartridge being disposed around the outer tubular member. The cartridge includes a conductor, such as a wire or foil, that extends around the outer tubular member and is insulated to separate a supply segment from a return segment. A source of stored electrical energy is discharged through the conductor to join the tubular members with an electromagnetic force pulse.
US09421630B2
A TIG welder and methodologies for providing an output welding current in a welding circuit. The welder has main and background power supplies. The main supply has an SCR network which selectively connects a transformer secondary winding to the welding circuit according to SCR control signals. The background supply is connected to the SCR network, which selectively connects the second power supply to the welding circuit according to the SCR control signals. The SCR network may have first and second SCRs operating according to first and second SCR control signals from a control circuit, where the control circuit is connected to the SCR network and the second power supply and selectively connects the SCR control signals to the SCR network according to the setpoint current value.
US09421627B2
A wire electric discharge machining apparatus that machines a workpiece by using a wire supported between a lower arm and an upper arm. The apparatus includes a surface plate that has a vacant inner area in which the wire moves and supports part of the workpiece with an outer area thereof. The apparatus further includes a bellows that extends through a side surface of a casing of a machining bath, enclosing part of the lower arm, wherein a first end of the bellows that is on a side of the machining bath is attached to the lower arm so that the bellows does not get in under the inner area, at whatever position the wire machines the workpiece.
US09421625B2
A reciprocating power tool has a shoe that can be adjusted while the reciprocating power tool is in use. The reciprocating power tool has a main body, a first grip, a second grip moveable with respect to the main body, and a shoe for engaging a workpiece. The shoe is coupled to the second grip such that the shoe moves with the second grip for adjustment of a position of the shoe when the second grip is moved with respect to the main body.
US09421624B2
The present invention relates to an end mill, which comprises a bottom edge, which is composed of an arc-shaped cutting edge that is curved when seen from a direction perpendicular to the tool axis and a linear or curved medium-to-low inclination cutting edge, and a peripheral edge, wherein, when seen from a direction parallel to the tool axis, the arc-shaped cutting edge and a rim at the rearward side of the rotation at a flank of the arc-shaped cutting edge are curved with radii of curvatures, and the radius of curvature of the arc-shaped cutting edge is smaller than the radius of curvature of the rim at the rearward side of the rotation at the flank of the arc-shaped cutting edge.
US09421619B2
A drill hole repositioning tool has a handle or head for holding the tool, and an elongate drill bit guide having a crescent-like cross-section. The elongate drill bit guide is inserted in an existing drill hole with the convex side of the elongate drill bit guide butting on a side of the existing drill hole. The concave side of the drill bit guide guides a drill bit for drilling a new drill hole. The new drill hole is displaced from the existing drill hole by the thickness of the elongate drill bit guide. A set of drill hole repositioning tools may have a range of thicknesses of the drill bit guides to cater for a range of drill hole repositioning displacements, a range of diameters to cater for a range of standardized drill bit sizes, and a range of insertion lengths to cater for a range of drill hole depths.
US09421614B2
A cutting tool comprising a tool holder (2) with a pocket (22) and a cutting insert (3) in the shape of a polygon having at least three side surfaces (33, 34, 35). The pocket (22) is provided with a base support surface (24) and at least two lateral support surfaces (25, 26). The cutting insert (3) is releaseably securable in the pocket (22) with two side surfaces of the insert (34, 35) abutting the two lateral support surfaces (25, 26) of the pocket (22). At least one of the side surfaces (33, 34, 35) and at least one of the lateral support surfaces (25, 26) are provided with a notch (37) and a complimentary rib element (28) extending in an axial direction of the insert and interacting for providing an end stop of the cutting insert (3) in the pocket (22).
US09421611B2
A composite cutting insert includes a first portion made of a first composite material, a second portion made of a second composite material, and an intermediate portion interposed between the first and second portions and made of a third material. The intermediate portion has a two dimensional interlocking geometric shape. In one embodiment, the two-dimensional interlocking geometric shape is in the form of a mesh of interlocking links with evenly spaced, uniform small openings between the links. The interlocking geometric shape prevents movement of the first portion relative to the second portion. In addition, the openings allow the first and second composite materials to bond directly to each other.
US09421604B2
This fastener driving device is equipped with an impact force applying device that repeatedly applies impact forces to a fastener; and a load cell that detects a reaction force acting on the impact force applying device. The impact force applying device stops the applying of the impact force to the fastener on the basis of a detection result of the reactive force.
US09421600B2
A method for assembling a safety hose sleeve system using a crimper die set which includes an upper die comprising an upper curved compressive face, upper recess walls extending contiguous from the upper compressive face at an acute angle to the upper compressive face, each defining a portion of a cavity. Thrust plate slots extend upward from ends of the upper recess walls. A lower die comprises a lower curved compressive face. Lower recess walls extend contiguous from the lower compressive face at an acute angle to the lower compressive face and define another portion of each cavity. Lower thrust plate slots extend downward from an end of the lower recess walls. Thrust plates extend from the lower thrust plate slot into the upper thrust plate slot, across the cavity at an acute angle to each of the recess walls, defining an outer abutment of the cavity.
US09421589B2
The present invention provides a soil cleaning method. The soil cleaning method is characterized in that after a pre-treatment step of mixing a dehydrating agent in soil to reduce a water content of the soil to 10 mass % or less is performed, a magnetic separation step of feeding the soil whose water content is reduced to 10 mass % or less in the pre-treatment step, to a dry magnetic separator to separate and remove a contaminant in coarse soil as magnetically attracted matter is performed. By bringing the soil into a dry state to separate the soil into magnetically attracted matter and magnetically unattracted matter and collecting the heavily contaminated magnetically attracted matter, it is possible to facilitate separating fine soil from contaminated soil, which makes it possible to easily reduce the content of the contaminant in the coarse soil.
US09421588B2
Provided is an anti-cleanser dispersing element for use in a dry washing device which disperses cleanser by an air stream to allow the cleanser to collide with an object for washing. The anti-cleanser dispersing element is disposed on a side of a holder of the object opposite to a side with which the cleanser collides. The anti-cleanser dispersing element is configured to be deformed by its own weight or pressure in accordance with an outer shape of the object, to tightly attach to the object with no gap and prevent the cleanser from moving to the opposite side of the holder.
US09421585B2
The invention relates to a high-pressure cleaning appliance comprising a first functional device required for operation in the form of a heatable heat exchanger for heating a liquid that is dischargeable from the high pressure cleaning appliance, and at least one further, second functional device required for operation which is arranged below the heat exchanger. In order to develop such a high-pressure cleaning appliance such that it is more user friendly to maintain, the invention proposes that the high-pressure cleaning appliance comprise a first appliance unit having a carrying device on which the heat exchanger is held, and a second appliance unit having a support device on which the at least one second functional device is held, and that the carrying device be releasably connectable to the support device in a force-locked and/or positively-locked manner.
US09421584B2
Polysilicon fragments are purified to remove metal contaminates by contacting the fragments with a purifying liquid at a flow rate >100 mm/sec. Effective removal without abrasion is accomplished.
US09421583B2
A rinsing apparatus for polycrystalline silicon lump which is obtained by cutting or breaking a rod of polycrystalline silicon, including: a wash basket having a plurality of through holes, which carries the polycrystalline silicon lump; a wash tank in which the wash basket is provided therein, in which rinse water is continuously supplied from a water supply port which is arranged at a bottom part of the wash tank; an inner cage having a plurality of openings which is smaller than the through holes of the wash basket at a bottom part thereof, provided in the wash tank, in which the wash basket is stored therein; and a swing device holding and swinging the wash basket in the inner cage, and: an overflow part which recovers the rinse water overflowed from an upper portion of the wash tank is provided at the wash tank.
US09421566B2
A system for controlling and monitoring the chemical usage in a car wash systems that form an aqueous cleaning solution by diluting a cleaning chemical concentrate in a process water stream to form. Level sensors are mounted to the bulk containers containing the chemical concentrate to measure and track the usage of the chemical concentrates. The usage data is collected and used to adjust flow rate controllers controlling the dilution of the concentrate into the process water stream. The system can be integrated into continuous processes where the aqueous cleaning solution is dispensed immediately after production and batch processes where the cleaning solution is stored temporarily before being dispensed onto a vehicle.
US09421565B2
Multi-component materials are substantially homogeneous and fully curable and comprise an elastic filler, an isocyanate curing agent, and a polyol resin ingredient that when combined produce a polymeric matrix, polyurethane and/or polyurea, having the filler dispersed therein. The material has a variation in polyisocyanate weight ratio of up to 350%. The filler is ground rubber tire particles sized 20 mesh or smaller. The mix weight ratio of the curing agent to resin ingredient is from about 40:100 to 140:100. The material is made and dispensed using a system configured to combine a heated mixture of the resin and filler with the curing agent at a desired variable mix ratio. A controller is used to provide the desired mix ratio and permits “on the fly” adjustment of the mix ratio while the resin and curing agent is being dispensed.
US09421554B2
Disclosed herein are embodiments of a classifier (100) for classification of particles according to their size and/or weight. Classifiers (100) disclosed herein may include a mixing chamber (120), and a separation chamber (110), where the separation chamber may be separable into parts. Classifiers (100) disclosed herein may include a fluidizing chamber (130). The separation chamber (110) may include a de-aeration chamber (151) and a launder (117).
US09421552B2
An electrical power load optimization system operable to regulate a power supply to one or more industrial machines so that a load imposed on the power supply by the one or more machines is consistent and fluctuations are minimized.
US09421551B2
A system for suppressing and inhibiting fires in coal pulverizer mills can include a fire suppression solution storage tank, a flow control cabinet, an equipment control/pumping enclosure, an air distribution system, and injection piping and nozzles installed at various positions in one or more pulverizer mills. A first set of nozzle assemblies in communication with the fire suppression solution are positioned in the mill to disperse the suppression solution within the classifier zone of the mill. A second set of nozzle assemblies in communication with the suppression solution are positioned within the mill to disperse the suppression solution within the grinding zone. A third set of nozzle assemblies are positioned within the primary air duct of the mill.
US09421547B2
A jaw crusher having a fixed jaw and a swing jaw disposed between opposing side walls of the jaw crusher. The swing jaw is movable relative to the fixed jaw for generating impelling forces to crush material present between the two jaws. The jaw crusher includes a cross beam which extends between the opposing side walls and a toggle plate is provided between a rear face of the swing jaw and the cross beam. Pressure cylinders are provided for applying a load to the cross beam, to provide a reaction to forces generated during movement of the swing jaw. The jaw crusher comprises a locking arrangement for selectively preventing substantial movement of the cross beam against the action of the pressure cylinders.
US09421535B2
An exhaust gas purifying catalyst includes: a support that contains at least one element that is selected from the first group that consists of Al, Zr and Ce, at least one element that is selected from the second group that consists of Ag, Mn, Co, Cu and Fe, and Ti; and particles that are composed of a metal or oxide of at least one element that is selected from the third group that consists of Ag, Mn, Co, Cu and Fe and that are deposited on the support. Seventy percent or more of any plurality of measurement points with a diameter of 2 nm on a surface of the support are composed of a composite part that has the at least one element selected from the second group content of 0.5 to 10 mol % and has a Ti content of 0.3 mol % or greater.
US09421534B2
A method of producing an α-olefin low polymer, wherein an α-olefin is subjected to low polymerization in a solvent in the presence of a chromium catalyst and at least one inert gas. The proportion of the inert gas is maintained from 0.010 to 50.00% by volume in a gas phase part of a reactor, such that inert gas is discharged from the reactor and/or circulation piping when the proportion exceeds 50.00%. The chromium catalyst contains a chromium compound, at least one nitrogen-containing compound, an aluminum-containing compound, and optionally a halogen-containing compound. Unreacted α-olefin and solvent separated from a reaction liquid are circulated back into the reactor.
US09421526B2
This disclosure describes a coating composition comprising: MnxOy, MnCr2O4, or combinations thereof in a first region of a coating having a first thickness, wherein x and y are integers between 1 and 7; and X6W6(Siz, C1-z) in a second region of the coating having a second thickness, wherein X is Ni or a mixture of Ni and one or more transition metals and z ranges from 0 to 1.
US09421522B2
A solid catalyst comprising an effective amount of iridium and at least one second metal selected from gallium, zinc, indium and germanium associated with a solid support material is useful for vapor phase carbonylation to produce carboxylic acids and esters from alkyl alcohols, esters, ethers or ester-alcohol mixtures. The iridium and at least one second metal are deposited on a support material. In some embodiments of the invention, the catalyst is useful for vapor phase carbonylation.
US09421521B2
A surface segregated bimetallic composition of the formula Ru1-xIrx wherein 0.1≦x≦0.75, wherein a surface of the material has an Ir concentration that is greater than an Ir concentration of the material as a whole is provided. The surface segregated material may be produced by a method including heating a bimetallic composition of the formula Ru1-xIrx, wherein 0.1≦x≦0.75, at a first temperature in a reducing environment, and heating the composition at a second temperature in an oxidizing environment. The surface segregated material may be utilized in electrochemical devices.
US09421515B2
[Object] To provide a porous carbon material that is able to adsorb desired substances efficiently.[Solving Means] A porous carbon material of the present invention uses peat as a raw material, and has a total of volumes of fine pores having a diameter of from 1×10−8 m to 2×10−7 m, obtained by non-localized density functional theory method, of 0.5 cm3/g or more, or has a volume of fine pores obtained by BHJ method of 0.5 cm3/g or more.
US09421507B2
A fluid micro-mixer apparatus includes a plurality of first microchannels for receiving a first fluid and a plurality of second microchannels for receiving a second fluid. A mixing chamber flow path is disposed to receive the first and second fluids after the first and second fluids exit their respective output ports. The mixing chamber flow path can include a first mixing chamber in the vicinity of the respective output ports, and the mixing chamber flow path can separate into at least two different flow paths downstream from the first mixing chamber.
US09421501B2
The present invention relates to a membrane, in particular to a hollow fiber membrane comprising a membrane, comprising at least two layers, wherein the at least two layers each comprise at least one layer forming material comprising at least one polymer and the at least two layers differ from each other with respect to the layer forming material, wherein the at least two layers are at least partly covalently and delamination free bonded to each other. The present invention relates furthermore to a method of production of the said membrane as well as to its use.
US09421487B2
A filtration system for removing a particulate material includes a housing having an air stream flow path communicating between an inlet for incoming polluted air containing particulate material and an air outlet for emitting clean air filtered by removing the particulate material; a filter media collection system provided in the air stream to collect the particulate material, the collection system including at least one spool of filter media; and a filter media cleaning system provided to clean the collected particulate material from the filter media.
US09421480B2
A door for a settling tank is provided, including a suction port for connection to a suction pipe within the settling tank; a discharge port positioned below the suction port, for connection to a discharge pipe within the settling tank, and for receiving a pipe providing discharge from a discharge source; an overflow port positioned adjacent to the suction port; and a frac fill port.
US09421479B2
The invention relates to containers or bags for chromatographic media and methods of packing chromatography columns using such containers. The bags may be used for storing and/or transporting chromatographic media and can be inserted directly into the chamber of a chromatography column in readiness for use.
US09421472B2
Improvements in a holder for a game controller that allows a game controller to sit in a vertical on a stand or holder. The storage in a vertical orientation reduces the footprint of the controller on a desk or shelf. This also allows for better visual appearance of the controller as it sits on a desk. The holder further places the controller in a position where it can be more quickly retrieved for use. An internal battery compartment provides for easy access to replacement batteries without requiring the user to search for spare batteries. A support leg can be folded in front or underneath the stand to alter the stability of the controller. A charger can be incorporated into the stand to charge the controller and/or the internal stored batteries. The controller can be used in the holder without restrictions of use.
US09421468B2
An artifact tag includes rendering data and a protocol for applying the tag to an artifact of the virtual universe domain, the protocol including a compliance prerequisite for rendering the tag information to user of the virtual universe domain environment. A user requesting application of the tag to an artifact item within the virtual universe domain causes a setting or updating of a protocol compliance value. An avatar of a user engaging the artifact item causes a virtual universe client of the engaging user avatar to render the item to the engaging user in compliance with the tag rendering data if a set or updated compliance value meets a compliance prerequisite.
US09421453B2
A system, computer-readable storage medium storing at least one program, and a computer-implemented method to display icons based on messaging activity is provided. A request to access a game user interface of the first player is received from a client device of a first player, the game user interface being associated with a computer-implemented game. First player messaging activity information associated with messaging activity of the first player is accessed, the messaging activity of the first player including receipt of a message from one or more players associated with the computer-implemented game. A first manner of displaying one or more icons each identifying the one or more players is determined including determining the first manner based on the first player messaging information. Display data to display the one or more icons in the first manner within the game user interface is provided to the client device.
US09421449B2
A performance enhancing glove for use with sports tools, such as baseball and softball bats, golf clubs, and tennis racquets. The present invention includes a tapered pad located on the palm of the glove which, when gripping a sport tool, forms a cone-like feature around the tool, increasing grip and swing speed of the tool by correcting the grip of the athlete. The taper starts at its maximum thickness just under the fifth metacarpal-phalangeal (MCP) joint and ends at a minimal thickness just under the second MCP joint. The pad is also tapered from the palm starting at the distal palmar crease, with maximum thickness and tapering to minimum thickness at the top of the MCP joints. A second pad runs along the side of the glove against the pinky and acts to separate the athlete's hands when both hands grip the tool.
US09421441B2
A goalkeeper's hockey stick with an angled shaft is disclosed. The goalkeeper stick is comprised of a shaft, paddle and blade. The shaft connects to the paddle which connects to the blade. The portion of the shaft where it connects to the paddle is beveled to provide a grip portion of the shaft where the goalkeeper's gloved hand can grip the stick in a way that provides a more ergonomic position for the goalkeeper's hand.
US09421439B2
A golf club such as a putter having a club shaft with an upper end and a lower end and a longitudinal axis; a club head on a lower end of the shaft and with a lie angle between the shaft and the club head; and a grip on an upper end of the shaft. The grip provides an increased effective lie angle. The lie angle between the shaft and the club head is in the range from about 67° to about 75° and the effective lie angle is in the range from about 76° to about 85°. The grip improves the performance of the golfer.
US09421435B2
Embodiments of golf club heads with sole cavity ports are described herein. Other examples and related methods are also disclosed herein.
US09421429B2
Golf club heads having sensors configured to measure one or more swing parameters are provided. The golf club head may include several gyroscopes and accelerometers. In one embodiment, the club head contains three gyroscopes that measure angular rate data along different orthogonal axes. At least one gyroscope may an analog gyroscope. Accelerometers may provide data regarding the three orthogonal axes associated with the gyroscopes. The club head may further include software and/or hardware that perform computer-executed methods for determining one or more swing parameters. Exemplary club heads may include a display device for displaying an output of the swing parameter(s). Further aspects of the invention relate to novel methods and algorithms for calculating measurements relating to the swing parameters.
US09421427B2
A diminishable and distensible ball net bag structure includes a net bag bottom portion, a net bag mouth rim portion, a net bag peripheral side which adjoins the net bag bottom portion and the net bag mouth rim portion, and at least four resilient elements spaced apart and disposed at four portions or at the four portions and junctions of every two adjacent said portions of the net bag peripheral side, respectively. Hence, a ball net bag for holding balls is formed. In the case of a few balls, the resilient elements contract while keeping the balls close to a mouth of the ball net bag. In the case of plenty balls, the resilient elements not only stretch and thus distend the ball net bag but also keep the balls close to the mouth to ensure easy access thereto even when the balls are removed from the ball net bag one by one.
US09421425B2
A golf ball comprising: (a) a core; (b) an inner mantle layer; (c) an intermediate mantle layer; (d) an outer mantle layer; and (e) at least one cover layer; wherein the core has a PGA compression of less than 70, and the core/inner mantle layer/intermediate mantle layer combined construct has a PGA compression of at least 30.
US09421414B2
An exercise device (100) comprises a frame (120) and a resistance component (130) coupled to the frame (120). The exercise device (100) further comprises a cable (140) coupled to the resistance component (130) and supported by the frame (120), configured to transmit a force from a motion end (142) of the cable (140) to the resistance component (130). The exercise device (100) also comprises a pulley system (150) movably coupled to the frame (120) along a track (124), the pulley system (150) supporting the cable (140) as the cable (140) transmits the force to the resistance component (130), the pulley system (150) configured to be reversibly fixed in position relative to the frame (120). The pulley system (150) includes a first pulley member (152) and a second pulley member (156), the second pulley member (156) being removably attachable to the first pulley member (152) such that at least one of the first pulley member (152) and second pulley members (156) can be independently moved along the track (124).
US09421398B2
A radiation therapy system comprises a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) system combined with an irradiation system, which can include one or more linear accelerators (linacs) that can emit respective radiation beams suitable for radiation therapy. The MRI system includes a split magnet system, comprising first and second main magnets separated by gap. A gantry is positioned in the gap between the main MRI magnets and supports the linac(s) of the irradiation system. The gantry is rotatable independently of the MRI system and can angularly reposition the linac(s). Shielding can also be provided in the form of magnetic and/or RF shielding. Magnetic shielding can be provided for shielding the linac(s) from the magnetic field generated by the MRI magnets. RF shielding can be provided for shielding the MRI system from RF radiation from the linac.
US09421397B2
Methods and systems for automated treatment planning for radiation therapy are disclosed. Such methods and systems may be useful for treatment planning for intensity-modulate radiotherapy (IMRT). Also provided are user interfaces for automated radiation therapy treatment planning.
US09421394B2
There is disclosed a quantum field energy generating system that emits quantum energy to the body to provide a therapeutic and quantum effect to treat human tissue for health, rejuvenation and wellness. The quantum field generating system may include a housing, a printed circuit board contained within the housing, and a plurality of antennas positioned in the housing which may provide phased signals that provide a quantum field of energy for the treatment of human tissue.
US09421387B2
An implant system includes an implantable body (102), a lead (190) connected to the implantable body comprising at least one electrode, and engagement wings (400) mechanically joined to the implantable body to engage an undercut bone structure (405) to prevent motion of the implantable body toward the electrode after implantation.
US09421386B2
The present disclosure involves a method of communicating with an implantable medical device. A programmer is provided. The programmer has a plurality of diversity antennas. The diversity antennas are configured to send wireless signals to the implantable medical device. A subset of the diversity antennas is selected. A communications link is established between the programmer and the implantable medical device through the selected subset of the diversity antennas. A link quality of the communications link is measured. A different subset of the diversity antennas is selected to communicate with the implantable medical device if the link quality falls below a predetermined threshold.
US09421374B2
An active implantable medical device for vagal stimulation with optimization of ventricular filling is disclosed. The device delivers stimulation pulses to the vagal nerve of the patient with an adjustable energy level. The device includes a hemodynamic sensor for measuring hemodynamic parameters of the patient's cardiac cycles and delivering a timing parameter representative of the ventricular filling time. The energy level of the vagal stimulation pulses is adjusted dynamically and repeatedly over several cardiac cycles. The energy level is varied during successive cardiac correlative changes in the filling time (FT1, FT2) are assessed, and the energy level is set to a level that maximizes the ventricular filling time.
US09421369B2
A high channel count high-voltage neural stimulator provides an external circuit which communicates power and data to a neural stimulator implant circuit. Data from the external device, such as image data from a camera in an epiretinal application, are communicated to the implant. Multiple pixels circuits, within each implant demultiplex the digital signals, then output separate nerve stimulator outputs from multiple outputs, each configured for connection to a nerve, by sharing a single level conversion driver circuit. In at least one example, the implant circuits can be clustered in a master-slave configuration to increase the number of available neural stimulation outputs.
US09421366B2
The present invention generally relates to patterned intensity modulation of neural tissue. Certain embodiments provide a method of treating medical conditions by providing an electrode and modulating stimulation parameters delivered by the electrode. The stimulation parameters that are modulated relate to stimulation intensity and are varied according to a stimulation input parameter or time. The stimulation input parameter can be a choice of an individual waveform (i.e. Ψ or psi), which may be varied for each pulse.
US09421365B2
A method of electrostimulation of the muscles of a subject is provided, the method comprising applying to the subject a plurality electrical pulses to induce contraction of at least one muscle of the subject, each pulse having a pulse width of at least 0.5 milliseconds. An apparatus for the electrostimulation of the muscles of a subject is also provided, the apparatus comprising a generator for generating a plurality of electrical pulses; means for applying the electrical pulses to the subject to induce contraction of at least one muscle of the subject; wherein the generator is operable to produce a plurality of electrical pulses each having a pulse width of at least 0.5 milliseconds.
US09421360B2
A medical device configured to be secured to an individual may include a housing containing one or more electrical components, and one or more leads electrically connected to the housing. Each lead may include an insulating jacket that surrounds a central core including one or more conductors, and at least one pressure-resisting member integrally formed with one or both of the insulating jacket or the central core. The pressure-resisting member is configured to resist one or more forces exerted into the central core. For example, the pressure-resisting member may include one or more of a suture-anchoring member or a lead-strengthening member.
US09421359B2
The invention relates to a probe for an implantable electro-stimulation device. The probe (20) has a distal end (12) and a proximal end (13), and moreover comprises: one or more electrodes (11) a shield (21) of conducting material covering a major part of the probe, said shield extending from the vicinity of at least one of the one or more electrodes (11) towards the proximal end (13) or towards the distal end (12) of the probe (20); and a layer (22a, 22b) of insulating material covering part of the shield (21) in the vicinity of the at least one of the one or more electrodes. The shield protects wires (14), extending from electrodes to the proximal end of the probe, from undesired interference of external RF fields. The exposed part of the shield not covered by the layer of insulating material serves as a return electrode for the electrostimulation signal path.
US09421356B2
An integrated iontophoresis skin-worn patch and method for delivering a therapeutically effective amount of a corticosteroid drug compound in a systemically-safe and skin-safe manner for site-specific treatment of inflammation pain is disclosed.
US09421351B2
An applicator for applying a microprojection member to the stratum corneum of a patient having a housing, a piston moveable within the housing and a cap adapted to activate the applicator. The applicator is self-setting and auto-triggering, which allows the applicator to be used by patient's having neither the strength, nor the manual dexterity to pre-set and activate other types of applicator devices.
US09421345B2
The present disclosure is directed to an IV-catheter insertion device, which comprises a catheter hub at the proximal end of a tubular catheter, a protective barrel releasably joined to the catheter hub in a ready position, a needle hub with an attached hollow needle, the hollow needle extending through the catheter hub and the tubular catheter in the ready position such that that needle tip projects distally of the distal end of the tubular catheter, wherein the needle hub is displaceable in the protective barrel, and a spring clip as a needle guard element whose proximal rear wall is fixed at a distal end area of the protective barrel by means of holding members, wherein the protective barrel and the catheter hub are held by the spring clip in the ready position, and the spring clip is released from the catheter hub in a protected position in which the spring clip covers the needle tip.
US09421338B2
A ventilator including a pneumatic system for providing and receiving breathing gas, and a controller operatively coupled with the pneumatic system. The controller is operable to control circulation by the pneumatic system of breathing gas to and from a patient, and to adjust at least one of a volume and pressure of breathing gas delivered to the patient, such adjustment being based upon elastic properties of a component used to fluidly couple the pneumatic system to a patient.
US09421336B2
The invention relates to a finger guard for an injection device for administering a dose of a liquid medicament, the finger guard comprising two inwardly biased spring arms arranged for bearing against a protective needle shield arrangeable at a hollow needle, the finger guard further having a respective locking arm assigned to each spring arm biased in a distal direction thus bearing against the respective spring arm when the protective needle shield is in place, wherein the spring arms are arranged to move inwards when the protective needle shield is removed thus allowing the locking arms to move distally into a position where they prevent the spring arms from being pushed outward again.
US09421335B2
A drive sleeve is arranged within a body and coupled with a dose member by means of threads. Stop means inhibit a shift of the drive sleeve while allowing a rotation of the drive sleeve. A clutch is provided to lock the dose member rotationally to the body in a releasable manner when a force is exerted on the dose member in the distal direction, the clutch permitting a movement of the dose member in the distal direction with respect to the body.
US09421322B2
A pump set for use with a pumping apparatus having a rotor with a plurality of rollers mounted on the rotor rotatable about an axis of rotation is disclosed. The pump set comprises a cassette body comprising a stator member with a fixed portion secured to the cassette body, a second portion opposite the fixed portion, a reaction surface and a second surface opposite the reaction surface, the reaction surface defined between the fixed portion and the second portion, and a tube secured to the cassette body, at least a portion of the tube is disposed against the reaction surface.
US09421319B2
The present invention relates to a blood separation container for extracting self-platelet.According to the present invention, since a second coupling portion is formed at a release prevention member coupled to a lower portion of a main body in a PRP separation container, and an ascending member having a bolt structure is screwed to the second coupling portion to ascend a lower cover disposed in a lower fluid chamber of the main body, a separate second main body is unnecessary unlike the related art. Therefore, the PRP separation container is easy to carry, manufacturing costs can be reduced to thereby ensure competitive price, and a PRP can be easily separated and extracted.
US09421315B2
An compact hydraulic manifold for transporting shear sensitive fluids is provided. A channel network can include a trunk and branch architecture coupled to a bifurcation architecture. Features such as tapered channel walls, curvatures and angles of channels, and zones of low fluid pressure can be used to reduce the size while maintaining wall shear rates within a narrow range. A hydraulic manifold can be coupled to a series of microfluidic layers to construct a compact microfluidic device.
US09421304B2
A double-structured tissue implant (DSTI) and a method for preparation and use thereof for implantation into tissue defects. The double-structured tissue implant for differentiation, growth and transformation of cells, stem cells, mesenchymal stem cells and bone marrow stem cells. DSTI comprising a primary scaffold and a secondary scaffold consisting of a soluble collagen solution in combination with a non-ionic surfactant generated and positioned within the primary scaffold.
US09421302B2
The present invention relates to a biodegradable injectable composition for bone augmentation comprising fibrin, a contrast agent and calcium salt-containing particles, as well as a method for bone augmentation in a patient suffering from a bone disorder comprising injecting said composition into a non-mineralized or hollow portion of said bone.
US09421297B2
Sterilized wound healing compositions comprise stabilized cyanoacrylate monomers homogenously mixed together with a naphthoquinone 2,3-oxide, including vitamin K oxides. The compositions are sterilized by irradiation, and the sterilized compositions are shelf stable such that their viscosity does not substantially increase following at least two years of shelf storage. The compositions may be used for closure of open wounds, and the compositions enhance the rate of wound healing relative to wounds not closed with the compositions.
US09421292B2
A method for conditioning a flexible medical endoscope (10) having internal channels (12), so as to maintain disinfection of said endoscope (10) following processing to a state of high level disinfection, comprises the steps of: (a) connecting the internal channels (12) of the endoscope (10) to connectors (31-34) enabling fluid communication with a reservoir (24) of disinfectant fluid (25); (b) charging the internal channels (12) with disinfectant fluid (25) from the reservoir (24); (c) disconnecting the internal channels (12) from the connectors (31-34); (d) sealing the endoscope (10) in a pouch (56) having a substantially air-tight seal (57) and a valve (55) enabling connection to suction means (53); and (e) connecting and activating the suction means (53) so as substantially to reduce pressure within the pouch (56), thereby partially evacuating the pouch (56).
US09421288B2
Blood or other fluid can be treated with UV or other light, such as using an apparatus that can include a cuvette. The cuvette can include an elongated tube configured to permit passage of light of a desired wavelength into the tube, which can include a fluid inlet at a first end and a fluid outlet at a longitudinally opposing second end. A turbulator within the tube can include a helical baffle segment configured to induce mixing and rotation of fluid flow about a longitudinal axis of the tube. The method can include passing a fluid, from a fluid inlet at a first end of an elongated tube to a fluid outlet at a longitudinally opposing second end of the elongated tube. Mixing and rotational flow of the fluid can be induced within the tube about a longitudinal axis of the tube and light of a desired wavelength can be permitted into the tube.
US09421287B2
Medical devices are typically sterilized in processes used to manufacture such products and their sterilization by exposure to radiation is a common practice. Radiation has a number of advantages over other sterilization processes including a high penetrating ability, relatively low chemical reactivity, and instantaneous effects without the need to control temperature, pressure, vacuum, or humidity. Unfortunately, radiation sterilization can compromise the function of certain components of medical devices. For example, radiation sterilization can lead to loss of protein activity and/or lead to bleaching of various dye compounds. Embodiments of the invention provide methods and materials that can be used to protect medical devices from unwanted effects of radiation sterilization.
US09421285B2
A medical implant system is described for inhibiting infection associated with a joint prosthesis implant. An inventive system includes an implant body made of a biocompatible material which has a metal component disposed on an external surface of the implant body. A current is allowed to flow to the metal component, stimulating release of metal ions toxic to microbes, such as bacteria, protozoa, fungi, and viruses. One detailed system is completely surgically implantable in the patient such that no part of the system is external to the patient while the system is in use. In addition, externally controlled devices are provided which allow for modulation of implanted components.
US09421270B2
The invention discloses a surfactant-copolymer complex for delivery of hydrophobic compounds in sustained release; wherein the surfactant is a non-ionic surfactant; and copolymer is poly (maleic acid-alt-vinyl methyl ether). The present invention also provides a process for preparation of the surfactant-copolymer complex.
US09421263B2
The present invention relates to compositions comprising quaternary ammonium compounds and essential oils or individual constituents thereof which exhibit enhanced antimicrobial effects. Such combinations may be comprised in lotions, gels, creams, soaps, etc. for application to skin or mucous membranes. The invention is based, at least in part, on the observation that synergistic antimicrobial effects are achieved with combinations of essential oils or individual constituents thereof and low concentrations of quaternary ammonium compounds.
US09421258B2
Provided herein are animals expressing light-responsive opsin proteins in the basal lateral amygdala of the brain and methods for producing the same wherein illumination of the light-responsive opsin proteins causes anxiety in the animal. Also provided herein are methods for alleviating and inducing anxiety in an animal as well as methods for screening for a compound that alleviates anxiety in an animal.
US09421248B2
An alpha1-proteinase inhibitor delays the onset or progression of pulmonary exacerbations. In addition, methods delay the onset or diminish the progression of pulmonary exacerbations by the administration of inhaled alpha1-proteinase inhibitor.
US09421230B2
It was found that bacteria belonging to the genus Clostridium induce accumulation of regulatory T cells (Treg cells) in the colon. Moreover, the present inventors found that regulatory T cells (Treg cells) induced by from these bacteria suppressed proliferation of effector T-cells. From these findings, the present inventors found that the use of bacteria belonging to the genus Clostridium or a physiologically active substance derived therefrom made it possible to induce proliferation or accumulation of regulatory T cells (Treg cells), and further to suppress immune functions.
US09421209B2
The present invention provides PI3K protein kinase modulators, methods of preparing them, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and methods of treatment, prevention and/or amelioration of kinase mediated diseases or disorders with them.
US09421205B2
A compound of the formula (I): where R1 or R2 is a cyclic amine group and R5 is an aromatic group with a carbonyl containing substituent for use as a FAK inhibitor.
US09421204B2
The invention relates to (among other things) oligomer modified diaromatic substituted compounds. A compound of the invention, when administered by any of a number of administration routes, exhibits advantages over non-oligomer modified diaromatic substituted compounds.
US09421202B2
The invention provides compositions and methods for the induction of cell death, for example, cancer cell death. Combinations of compounds and related methods of use are disclosed, including the use of compounds in therapy for the treatment of cancer and selective induction of apoptosis in cells. The disclosed drug combinations can have lower neurotoxicity effects than other compounds and combinations of compounds.
US09421200B1
An extended release composition for an analgesic active pharmaceutical ingredient which may be an opioid, preferably hydrocodone as the only active ingredient. The extended release composition preferably comprises a extended release composition which may be in the form of beads contained in an oral dosage form such as gelatin capsules. The composition is designed to release hydrocodone in a way such that the increase in hydrocodone exposure in hepatically impaired patients is not clinically significant. The oral dosage units are supplied as part of a kit, which also includes a primary package and a package insert all sold as a commercially marketed product. The primary package and package insert are contained in an optional secondary package and the package insert does not contain a warning, a dosing instruction, or a dosing table specifically directed to patients suffering from mild, moderate or severe hepatic impairment, and preferably explicitly states that dosing adjustment is not required for mild or moderate hepatic impairment.
US09421199B2
Provided herein is an ophthalmic composition. In some embodiments, the ophthalmic composition includes a low concentration of an ophthalmic agent for treatment of an ophthalmic disorder or condition; and an ophthalmically acceptable carrier, wherein the ophthalmic agent is distributed with substantial uniformity throughout the ophthalmically acceptable carrier. Further disclosed herein include an ophthalmic composition including a low concentration of an ophthalmic agent and deuterated water. Also disclosed herein are methods of arresting or preventing myopia development by administering to an eye of an individual in need thereof an effective amount of an ophthalmic composition as described herein.
US09421184B2
The present invention relates to a method for treating muscular dystrophy which comprises administering diethyl-[6-(4-hydroxycarbamoyl-phenyl-carbamoyloxy-methyl)-naphthalen-2-yl-methyl]-ammonium chloride or other pharmaceutically acceptable salts and/or solvates thereof to a patient in need of such a treatment.The invention further relates to a method for treating muscular dystrophy which comprises administering diethyl-[6-(4-hydroxycarbamoyl-phenyl-carbamoyloxy-methyl)-naphthalen-2-yl-methyl]-ammonium chloride or other pharmaceutically acceptable salts and/or solvates thereof in combination with one or more additional anti-inflammatory active agents to a patient in need of such a treatment.
US09421179B2
Embodiments disclosed herein generally relate to acamprosate formulations, methods of use of the formulations, to methods of using the formulations in combination with at least one other medication, and to combination products and compositions comprising the formulations and at least one other medication, such as neuroleptic (antipsychotic) and/or antidepressant drugs.
US09421174B2
Transdermal therapeutic system with high rate of utilization of active substance and dosing accuracy
A transdermal therapeutic system for administering at least one active pharmaceutical ingredient, including a polymer layer which is remote from the skin and is based on polyisobutylenes with a rate of application of at least 80 g/m2, and an adhesive skin-contact layer which is adjacent to the polymer layer remote from the skin and is based on acrylate copolymers with a rate of application of not more than 50 g/m2. The at least one active pharmaceutical ingredient is present in both the layer remote from the skin and the skin-contact layer.
US09421168B2
Compositions and methods of using the compositions are provided for forming an embolus within a region of an anatomical lumen for a transitory period in order to achieve a therapeutic effect.
US09421165B2
The present invention relates to oral controlled release pharmaceutical compositions comprising Bepotastine. The oral controlled release pharmaceutical composition comprises Bepotastine or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof and at least one release controlling agent. The present invention also provides the use of oral controlled release pharmaceutical compositions of Bepotastine for the treatment of allergic rhinitis and for the treatment of pruritus caused by urticaria.
US09421163B2
The present disclosure provides topical compositions comprising a polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) derivative of formula (I): or a salt thereof.
US09421161B2
A topical composition is prepared using macerated leaves of St. Andrew's Cross (hypericum hypericoides). An aqueous extract of the leaves is mixed with ethanol to form a spray or to saturate a wet wipe and administer to a mammal skin for treatment a variety of skin conditions, including eczema, psoriasis, rosacea, cellulitis, contact dermatitis, seborrhoeic dermatitis, nummular dermatitis, dandruff, stasis dermatitis, perioral dermatitis, dermatitis herpetiformis, ecthyma, impetigo, shingles, urticaria, tinea pedis, tinea manuum, tinea cruris, sunburn, insect bites and stings, jellyfish stings, granuloma annulare, bullous pemphigoid, lichen planus, bed sore, inflammations caused by waterborne vectors, diaper rash, heat rash, pityriasis rosea, jungle rot, scleroderma, skin rashes and photo-aging.
US09421160B2
A method for reshaping, in particular for straightening, keratin-containing fibers, in particular human hair, includes (i) applying a pretreatment agent including amino-functional silicone(s) with terminal hydroxyl group(s) onto the keratinic fibers and left there, (ii) optionally drying fibers, (iii) treating the fibers in the moist or dried state with a reshaping agent which, relative to the weight of the reshaping agent, includes 0.05 to 20 wt. % of guanidine and/or guanidinium salt(s), (iv) optionally straightening the fibers with a comb or a brush during the reshaping treatment, (v) shampooing the fibers with a shampoo which has a pH of 2.5 to 6.5, followed by rinsing and neutralizing the fibers, and (vi) optionally subsequently additionally mechanically deforming the fibers with exposure to heat. The methods distinctly minimizes the negative consequences of reshaping, in particular electrostatic charging and hydrophilization of the hair.
US09421123B2
A portable device for alleviating menstrual pain through transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) and thermal stimulation includes a transcutanous electrical nerve stimulating electrode pad and a planar heater embedded in the stimulating electrode pad. The stimulating electrode pad is a patch type one which is attachable/detachable to/from any body part with menstrual pain. The device further includes a power portion for supplying power to the menstrual pain alleviating unit, and an operation processing portion for generating a transcutaneous stimulating electrode control signal for controlling the transcutaneous stimulating electrode pad and a planar heater control signal for controlling the planar heater. The device further includes a temperature sensor mounted on the planar heater to sense the temperature of the planar heater, and an A/D converter for converting the signal output from the temperature sensor into a digital signal.
US09421119B2
A cervical collar brace including a main body collar, a first chin side support pivotally mounted to the main body collar, and a second chin side support pivotally mounted to the main body collar. A cable adjuster adjustably secures the first and second chin side supports to the main body collar and includes a rotatable wheel, one or more cables, and one or more lift effectors for lifting the chin side supports in response to rotation of the rotatable wheel in a first rotation direction. A chin piece is provided for supporting a wearer's chin.
US09421116B2
A digestive tract device is configured to reduce the burden on a living body associated with the adjustment of the length of a tubular portion retained inside the living body and simplify a retention operation after introducing the digestive tract device into the living body. The digestive tract device includes a tubular portion provided with a main body having a through hole extending in the longitudinal direction and a tip opening continuous with the through hole and a folded-back portion formed by folding back the main body in the longitudinal direction, a holding unit which holds the folded-back portion in a folded-back state with the tip opening open, and a retention unit which is provided on the base end side of the tubular portion and retains the tubular portion inside a living body.
US09421101B2
An assembly for providing localized pressure to a region of a patient's heart to improve heart functioning, including: (a) a jacket made of a flexible biocompatible material, the jacket having an open top end that is received around the heart and a bottom portion that is received around the apex of the heart; and (b) at least one inflatable bladder disposed on an interior surface of the jacket, the inflatable bladder having an inelastic outer surface positioned adjacent to the jacket and an elastic inner surface such that inflation of the bladder causes the bladder to deform substantially inwardly to exert localized pressure against a region of the heart.
US09421100B2
This invention relates to prosthetic cardiac and venous valves and a single catheter device and minimally invasive techniques for percutaneous and transluminal valvuloplasty and prosthetic valve implantation.
US09421098B2
Systems for mitral valve repair are disclosed where one or more mitral valve interventional devices may be advanced intravascularly into the heart of a patient and deployed upon or along the mitral valve to stabilize the valve leaflets. The interventional device may also facilitate the placement or anchoring of a prosthetic mitral valve implant. The interventional device may generally comprise a distal set of arms pivotably and/or rotating coupled to a proximal set of arms which are also pivotably and/or rotating coupled. The distal set of arms may be advanced past the catheter opening to a subannular position (e.g., below the mitral valve) and reconfigured from a low-profile delivery configuration to a deployed securement configuration. The proximal arm members may then be deployed such that the distal and proximal arm members may grip the leaflets between the two sets of arms to stabilize the leaflets.
US09421096B2
An expandable venous valve having a support structure that is configured to enlarge the area adjacent to the valve structure such that the flow patterns of retrograde flow are modified in a way that facilitates the flushing of the pockets at the base of the valve area to prevent stagnation of bodily fluid, which in the venous system, can lead to thrombus formation. The enlarged pocket areas can be created by forming an artificial sinus adjacent the valve structure in an unsupported section of vessel wall between two support frame sections or the support frame can comprise an expanded-diameter intermediate or proximal section that forms an artificial sinus adjacent the valve structure.
US09421085B2
The device (1) comprises a first snare (10) and a second snare (20), each of these snares comprising a contractable hollow elongated body (11, 21) which defines a longitudinal central axis (X10, X20) and which reduces its cross section when two opposed first (12, 22) and second (13, 23) ends thereof are axially moved away from each other. The first end (12) of the first snare (10) and the first end (22) of the second snare (20) are each open and adapted to be fitted and tightened around, respectively, two stumps (T1, T2) of a soft tissue (T) to be repaired. The second end (13) of the first snare (10) and the second end (23) of the second snare (20) are adapted to the axially pulled so that the second end of each of the two snares is passed alongside or through the body (11, 21) of the other snare.
US09421084B2
An elongate device, actuate in cross-section, for placement around a vessel, comprises an essentially non-porous outer layer and a biodegradable inner layer.An alternative device comprises a tubular portion for placement around a graft and a portion, arcuate in cross-section, that can straddle a native vessel, at the site of an end-to-side anastomosis.
US09421080B2
A combined multi-lumen central access catheter and an embolic filter including ports proximal and distal the filter for fluid infusion and/or pressure sensing and infusion ports in the catheter to permit infusion of bioactive agents, flushing agents and/or contrast agents and managing the capture of the clot thereafter.
US09421076B2
In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a support member and a suture. The support member is configured to provide support to a portion of a body of a patient. The support member has a first end portion and a second end portion. The first end portion of the support member is configured to be disposed within a body of a patient. The suture is removably coupled to the first end portion of the support member and is configured to extend through an incision in the body of the patient from a location within the body of the patient to a location outside of the body of the patient.
US09421075B2
An independent low friction bracket includes a bracket basal body located on a mesh base. The bracket basal body has two side walls, the two side walls and the bracket basal body form a main arch wire slot; upper ends of the two side walls are provided with a ligating wing respectively, and outer surfaces of the two side walls are provided with a slope respectively, so that the side walls each have a gradually reduced wall thickness along the bracket basal body towards the ligating wing, and a recess is disposed at a place where the ligating wing is connected to the side wall.
US09421074B2
A method and apparatus are disclosed enabling an orthodontist or a user to create an unified three dimensional virtual craniofacial and dentition model of actual, as-is static and functional anatomy of a patient, from data representing facial bone structure; upper jaw and lower jaw; facial soft tissue; teeth including crowns and roots; information of the position of the roots relative to each other; and relative to the facial bone structure of the patient; obtained by scanning as-is anatomy of craniofacial and dentition structures of the patient with a volume scanning device; and data representing three dimensional virtual models of the patient's upper and lower gingiva, obtained from scanning the patient's upper and lower gingiva either (a) with a volume scanning device, or (a) with a surface scanning device. Such craniofacial and dentition models of the patient can be used in optimally planning treatment of a patient.
US09421056B2
In intervertebral operative spinal procedures, using separate or pre-attached spreader blocks to control the directional growth of a distracting balloon.
US09421053B2
A system for anchoring implants to bones comprises a screw and fixation collar that when connected together inhibit axial movement of the screw and that when connected to an implant with a compatibly shaped aperture inhibit the screw's ability to back out from the bone and back out from the implant. The fixation collar includes a substantially C-shaped configuration partially surrounding a void, with first and second ends defining a gap that is slightly narrower in width than the diameter of the screw and being partially flexible to allow compression and expansion of the fixation collar to snap fit the collar around the screw.
US09421051B2
An implant fixation assembly for securing an implant to a bone includes a first member, a stem, a biasing member and a tensioner. The first member includes a bone-engagement surface. The stem extends from the first member for insertion into a bore formed in the bone. The biasing member biases a distal portion of the stem toward the bone-engagement surface. The tensioner pre-tensions the biasing member.
US09421039B2
An apparatus (20) for use in retaining bone in a desired spatial relationship includes a rod (22) and a housing (26) that has a passage (24) through which the rod (22) extends along an axis (29). A connector (42) extends from the housing (26) and engages a bone. The connector (42) is movable relative to the housing (26) into any one of a plurality of positions. A locking member (68) is deflectable between a first condition for allowing relative movement between the connector (42) and the housing (26) and a second condition engaging the connector (42) to hold the connector (42) in any one of the plurality of positions relative to the housing (26).
US09421034B2
A trocar surgical seal or surgical access device is provided. The trocar surgical seal comprises first and second supports coupled together by a film passageway. The trocar surgical seal provides an instrument seal for instruments inserted therethrough. The trocar surgical seal occupies minimal surgical space.
US09421014B2
A loading unit for a surgical stapling device has a cartridge assembly and an anvil assembly, the cartridge assembly including a channel and a staple cartridge having a plurality of surgical staples therein. An axial drive assembly has a clamping member, the clamping member having an upper flange for engaging the anvil assembly, and a lower flange for engaging the channel. The axial drive assembly is movable through the staple cartridge to drive the staples out of the staple cartridge and against the anvil assembly. Mechanical features are defined in the channel for indicating an end of stroke for the axial drive assembly, the mechanical features having a first pattern and a second pattern.
US09421006B2
A device for reducing the volume of a hollow body organ includes a tissue port and a plurality of fasteners. The fasteners may be coupled to a flexible filament, such as a suture, which is tensioned to constrict the hollow body organ to achieve volume reduction.
US09421005B2
The present invention provides a method for stabilizing a fractured bone. The method includes positioning an elongate rod in the medullary canal of the fractured bone and forming a passageway through the cortex of the bone. The passageway extends from the exterior surface of the bone to the medullary canal of the bone. The method also includes creating a bonding region on the elongate rod. The bonding region is generally aligned with the passageway of the cortex. Furthermore, the method includes positioning a fastener in the passageway of the cortex and on the bonding region of the elongate rod and thermally bonding the fastener to the bonding region of the elongate rod while the fastener is positioned in the passageway of the cortex.
US09420999B2
Techniques, systems, and devices are disclosed for ultrasound diagnostics using spread spectrum, coherent, frequency- and/or phase-coded waveforms. In one aspect, a method includes synthesizing individual orthogonal coded waveforms to form a composite waveform for transmission toward a biological material of interest, in which the synthesized individual orthogonal coded waveforms correspond to distinct frequency bands and include one or both of frequency-coded or phase-coded waveforms; transmitting a composite acoustic waveform toward the biological material of interest, where the transmitting includes transducing the individual orthogonal coded waveforms into corresponding acoustic waveforms to form the composite acoustic waveform; receiving acoustic waveforms returned from at least part of the biological material of interest corresponding to at least some of the transmitted acoustic waveforms that form the composite acoustic waveform; and processing the received returned acoustic waveforms to produce an image of at least part of the biological material of interest.
US09420998B2
Beam enhancement through sidelobe reduction and/or mainlobe sharpening is shown. Embodiments utilize dynamic resolution, improved dynamic resolution, and/or enhanced dynamic resolution techniques to synthesize beams, such as ultrasonic beams used in ultrasonic imaging, having desired attributes. Embodiments simultaneously form a first sample beam and a second or auxiliary sample beam for every sample to synthesize enhanced scan beams. According to a dynamic resolution techniques herein a new beam may be formed from the sum of the two sample beams. A synthesized dynamic resolution beam of embodiments has reduced sidelobes with relatively little or no spread of the mainlobe. An enhanced dynamic resolution beam sharpening function can be applied to provide a further enhanced beam, such as to further narrow the mainlobe.
US09420993B2
An ultrasound device can be calibrated for forming skeleton density information. This ultrasound device includes a calibration program integrated programmatically to the ultrasound device and a calibration part for calibrating a known distance L. The velocity of ultrasound is known for different temperatures in the calibration part. The ultrasound device includes at least two transmitters having a distance of L1 between them for transmitting ultrasound signals into the skeleton, and at least two receivers having a distance of L2 between them for receiving ultrasound signals from the skeleton. At least one of distances L1 and L2 is equal to the calibrated known distance L. The ultrasound device also includes a processing unit for calculating an ultrasound velocity in the skeleton.
US09420987B2
A detection head of a stethoscope comprises a detection head body (1, 2, 8) and a sound guiding conduit in the detection head body (1, 2). The sound guiding conduit comprises a sound collecting surface (12, 23), a sound guiding pore (D), and a lateral sound guiding aperture (4). The sound collecting surface (12, 23), the sound guiding pore (D), and the lateral sound guiding aperture (4) are disposed on the detection head body (1, 2, 8), and in combination with each other. At least a part of the detection head body (1, 2, 8) is made of a second density material. The density of the material of a sound guiding layer (3, 5, 6, 7, 9A) on the sound collecting surface (12, 23) is greater than that of the second density material.
US09420984B2
A bone fracture is treated by employing a database with comparison data records. The records each include at least one 3D image data record of at least one bone. Each comparison data record is assigned to an examination object, into which a comparison implant was implanted prior to recording the 3D image data record. A two-dimensional x-ray image of a target bone is generated. A 2D/3D registration of the x-ray image with 3D image data records is effected and a deviation value is calculated for each comparison data record. A reference data record is determined by selecting the comparison data record that includes the 3D image data record with the lowest deviation value. An implantation parameter is determined which describes a parameter of the implant and/or of a fastening element for fastening the implant, using the reference data record and/or displaying data of the reference data record on a display.
US09420976B2
An imaging system is provided including an adjustable source collimator, an input unit, and a processing unit. The adjustable source collimator is configured to be interposed between an X-ray source and an object to be imaged, and is adjustable between plural settings corresponding to different amounts of collimation of rays from the X-ray source. The input unit is configured to obtain an input identifying a portion to be imaged of the object. The processing unit is operably coupled to the input unit and the adjustable source collimator, and configured to obtain the input. The processing unit is also configured to determine a prescribed collimation configuration to perform a scan of the portion to be imaged based on the input, the prescribed collimation configuration having a corresponding scanning volume that includes the portion to be imaged.
US09420970B2
A system and method that enables a person to unobtrusively assess their cognitive function from mobile device usage. The method records on the mobile device the occurrence and timing of user events comprising the opening and closing of applications resident on the device, the characters inputted, touch-screen gestures made, and voice inputs used on those applications, performs the step of learning a function mapping from the mobile device recordings to measurements of cognitive function that uses a loss function to determine relevant features in the recording, identifies a set of optimal weights that produce a minimum of the loss function, creates a function mapping using the optimal weights, and performs the step of applying the learned function mapping to a new recording on the mobile device to compute new cognitive function values.
US09420967B2
A surgical instrument may be configured to sense a light re-emitting probe to resolve tissue oxygenation, the surgical instrument including: an optical emitter configured to excite the light re-emitting probe within an absorption band of the light re-emitting probe; an optical detector configured to receive the re-emitted light from the probe; and a signal processor configured to resolve the tissue oxygenation based on the received light. The surgical instrument can be a surgical stapler anvil or a flexible substrate having a tissue interfacing surface. Further, a monitoring device may be configured to map oxygenation of a tissue containing a light re-emitting probe, the monitoring device including: an optical emitter configured to excite the light re-emitting probe; at least one optical detector configured to receive the re-emitted light from the probe; and a signal processor that is configured to resolve the tissue oxygenation at multiple points to generate an oxygen map.
US09420965B2
Systems and methods for dynamically and intelligently estimating analyte data from a continuous analyte sensor, including receiving a data stream, selecting one of a plurality of algorithms, and employing the selected algorithm to estimate analyte values. Additional data processing includes evaluating the selected estimative algorithms, analyzing a variation of the estimated analyte values based on statistical, clinical, or physiological parameters, comparing the estimated analyte values with corresponding measure analyte values, and providing output to a user. Estimation can be used to compensate for time lag, match sensor data with corresponding reference data, warn of upcoming clinical risk, replace erroneous sensor data signals, and provide more timely analyte information encourage proactive behavior and preempt clinical risk.
US09420964B2
A body motion sensor, such as an SAS diagnostic device, with which a subject can be examined in a state close to that in an ordinary living environment and it is possible to clearly discriminate between an apnea state and a hypopnea state by means of a relatively simple analytical method; and an optical fiber sheet suitable for use in the sensor. The body motion sensor, such as an SAS diagnostic device, comprises a light source such as an LED, an optical fiber sheet, and an analysis unit that determines fluctuations in the quantity of light outputted from the optical fiber sheet and detects motions of the body. As the optical fiber sheet, use is made of an optical fiber sheet comprising a planar object, such as a fabric, paper, or plastic sheet, and graded-index optical quartz fibers directly or indirectly disposed thereon or affixed thereto When the sheet is produced, it is preferred to use a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet comprising a sheet support, such as paper or fabric, and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer formed thereon.
US09420938B2
The present invention relates to a dishwasher comprising at least one spray device (20), the spray device having at least one nozzle (10) for discharging washing liquid in the form of a spray jet, where at least one nozzle is adjustable in order to change the characteristics of the spray jet. According the invention the adjustable nozzle (10) is adjustable by an adjusting means comprising a thermal actuator (10, 60).
US09420936B2
A dishwasher appliance and a spray assembly for the same are provided. The spray assembly includes a spray body and features for moving the spray body within a wash chamber of the dishwasher appliance. Wash fluid coverage within the wash chamber can be improved by moving the spray body within the wash chamber.
US09420934B1
A long-handled connector for cleaning implements utilizes a cable and a remotely located lever to selectively connect to and disconnect from a cleaning implement fixture, such as a mop head fixture. Outwardly-biased locking tabs project from an end of an elongate handle and engage with locking slots formed in a cleaning implement receiving base upon insertion of the handle end. Disconnection of the handle and base occurs upon the repositioning of the remotely-located lever, which is communicated to the locking tabs through an internally-extending, attached cable, resulting in the retraction of the locking tabs from within the locking slots, and the disconnection of the handle from the cleaning implement receiving base.
US09420933B2
A surface cleaning apparatus, and in particular a steam mop, comprises a steam generator and a cleaning pad. Steam from the steam generator can be applied to a cleaning composition applied to a stain on a floor surface. The cleaning composition can be applied directly to the floor surface, or indirectly via the cleaning pad.
US09420929B2
A vacuum appliance is provided including a dirt collection container for sucked-in vacuumed material, a suction unit for subjecting the dirt collection container to the action of negative pressure via a suction chamber, at least one filter element between the dirt collection container and the suction chamber in the flow direction of the air sucked in by the suction unit, at least one rechargeable battery for providing electrical energy for the suction unit, and at least one battery receptacle for holding the battery on the vacuum appliance. The vacuum appliance includes a filter cover transferrable from a closed position in which the filter element is covered, to a removal position in which the filter element is removable from and insertable into the vacuum appliance on the clean space side, and vice versa, and which filter cover includes the battery receptacle for the battery.
US09420925B2
A hand carryable surface cleaning apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a main body housing a suction motor, and a cyclone bin assembly. The suction motor is oriented at an angle to a vertical axis and a horizontal axis.
US09420923B2
Provided is a charging system of an automatic cleaner. The charging system includes an automatic cleaner performing cleaning while being moved in a state the automatic cleaner is attached on a target surface inclined with respect to the ground, the automatic cleaner comprising at least one battery and a charger configured to charge the at least one battery in a state where the at least one battery are physically spaced from the automatic cleaner. Here, the automatic cleaner includes first and second moving parts moved together with each other along the target surface, a moving unit disposed on at least one of the first and second moving parts, and a cleaning member for cleaning the target surface. Also, the automatic cleaner receives a charging-related signal to charge the battery using the signal.
US09420922B2
A wipe container assembly includes a casing defining a chamber, a first electrode disposed within the chamber and a second electrode disposed within the chamber and spaced apart from the first electrode to define a spacing. The wipe container assembly includes a salt and water solution disposed within the chamber such that electrolyzed water is generated within the chamber from the salt and water solution when a bias is applied to one of the first electrode or second electrode to cause a current to flow through the salt and water solution within the spacing. The wipe container assembly includes an extraction port coupled to the casing and defining a wipe opening such that a wipe removed through the wipe opening is impregnated with the electrolyzed water. The wipe is impregnated with the electrolyzed water by coming into contact with the electrolyzed water within the chamber.
US09420911B2
In described embodiments, a hot liquid extraction system includes a brew chamber having a brew chamber upper end and a brew chamber lower end. A steam chamber is disposed below the brew chamber. A filtering base is removably inserted into the brew chamber. The filtering base has a diaphragm having a plurality of openings formed therein. The diaphragm is movable via fluid pressure between a first position in which the openings are open, thereby providing fluid communication between the brew chamber and the steam chamber and a second position in which the openings are closed, thereby precluding fluid communication between the brew chamber and the steam chamber.
US09420909B2
A holder for drinking vessels, the holder 1 comprising a handle 2; a plurality of arms 3 extending from handle 2, each arm 3 being movable in relation to one another, a holding element 8 attached to each arm 3, each holding element 8 being configured to hold a respective drinking vessel in an upright position; and an elongate member 6 attached to the handle 2. Each of the arms 3 includes an aperture 16 for receiving the elongate member 6 wherein each aperture 16 has a diameter decreasing toward the handle 2 so that each arm 3 is nestable within an adjacent arm 3.
US09420905B2
A cushion device including a first material layer is attached with a first plurality of viscoelastic members. A second material layer is attached with a second plurality of viscoelastic members. A material wall surrounds the first material layer and the second material layer. A first fill material is disposed between the first material layer and the second material layer.
US09420904B1
The invention could be a bed cover comprising a base sheet that includes a top base edge, a bottom base edge, a first side base edge and a second side base edge, the top base edge being located opposite of the first base end, wherein the top base edge and bottom base edge are connected together by the first side base edge and the second side base edge; a tab sheet that has a pocket tab portion and a top tab portion, the top tab portion attaches to the base sheet via the bottom base edge while the pocket tab portion further forms an open-ended pocket having an aperture, the open-ended pocket being sufficiently constructed to accommodate at least a portion of a first hand of an operator passing through the aperture.
US09420902B2
A shelf wedge can be used to display products. The shelf wedge can have an adjustable length which can be selectively established by moving a base section relative to a back section, for example by sliding the base section on projections extending from the body of the back section. A method of displaying products is also provided.
US09420892B2
A seat box assembly and method of fabricating utilizing a drop-in webbing assembly secured into a main box and back frame assembly. The webbing assembly has a rectangular frame with elongate members and shorter members and a central girder with a cutout extending between mid-portions of the elongate members. The central girder attachable to the seat box and a central vertical frame member of the back frame assembly. The elongate members having stub portions that fit into slots in the main seat box. A method of repair includes replacing a damaged drop-in assembly with a different drop-in assembly.
US09420890B2
A foam seating article includes a layer of molded foam surrounding a hollow shell made of hard plastic. A fabric covering encloses the shell and molded foam. The foam seating article can take the form of a chair, stool, sofa, chaise lounge, bench or Ottoman. The hollow shell can be formed using blow molding, injection molding or by capping both ends of a tube with disks. Air pressure inside the airtight hollow shell prevents the shell from collapsing inwards under the weight of an occupant. Alternatively, the hollow shell of the seating article can be accessed through a removable lid. The seating article includes no wood or metal. The layer of molded foam includes sections of different foam types, such as high density (HD) foam, memory foam and latex foam. Molding foam around a hard plastic shell is simpler and less costly than making conventional metal or wood framed furniture.
US09420889B2
A furniture unit containing a foldable bed includes: a base including a storage cavity; a seat section; an intermediate section; a head section; and a mechanism having pivotally interconnected links, the mechanism interconnecting the base with the head, intermediate and seat sections. The mechanism controls the movement of the head, intermediate and seat sections between a folded position, in which the head, intermediate and seat sections are generally horizontally disposed and positioned in vertically stacked relationship, with the head section below the intermediate section and the seat section above the intermediate section, the head and intermediate sections being positioned in the cavity of the base, and an unfolded position, in which the head, intermediate and seat sections are horizontally disposed and serially aligned to form a sleeping surface.
US09420875B2
An in-bay car wash tire dressing applicator and system is provided. The applicator has a housing having a nozzle portion having an internal atomizer for tire shine fluid. The atomizer receives the tire shine fluid and pressurized air flow from a pump and mixes the two at the distal tip of the applicator for optimal spraying of the tire shine fluid. A brush located at a distal end of the nozzle allows a user to evenly and smoothly apply the tire shine fluid to the tire of an automobile. The brush may be located at a forty-five degree angle with respect to the main shaft of the tire dressing applicator so as to better apply the tire shine to the tire.
US09420873B2
Flash vortex brush cleaning apparatus is provided which comprises a device and method for cleaning inner channels of boreholes which have been drilled or cored within solid substrates, particularly, concrete, masonry, grout, where the boreholes are to be used to bond adhesive anchors therein. Flash vortex brush device comprises a straight tubular shaft; a coil cleaning brush. Tubular shaft includes a first end including an open inlet; opposing second end including an open outlet; first end including a connector element. Coil cleaning brush includes bristles secured in channel affixed wound proximate to second end of shaft developed of pitch to form an open wound coil. Connector element provides removable attaching means to a variety of pre-existing nozzles. For rapid efficient cleaning, first embodiment for use includes flash vortex brush removably attached with air nozzle; second embodiment for use includes flash vortex brush removably attached with water nozzle.
US09420865B2
Disclosed is a hair care appliance comprising a body comprising an outer wall, and a handle comprising an outer wall and a wall disposed within the outer wall wherein, the outer wall of the body and the wall of the handle are formed as a single unit. The outer wall may extend about the wall and partially along the wall. The wall may comprise an access aperture and a hatch for closing the access aperture which the outer wall may extend over. The outer wall may extend about the wall for substantially the whole length of the wall. The handle may comprise a primary fluid inlet disposed at and/or near the distal end of the handle from the body which may comprise at least one aperture extending around and along the outer wall. Also disclosed is a hand held appliance.
US09420863B2
The present invention is directed to methods, compositions and kits for neutralizing alkaline hair. The present invention is also directed to methods, compositions and kits for straightening human hair. The methods comprise neutralizing the hair with a hair neutralizing composition comprising at least one fatty acid. The compositions comprise neutralizing compositions comprising at least one fatty acid. The kits comprise an alkali hair relaxer or components for preparing such a relaxer and the hair neutralizing compositions.
US09420853B2
A slide fastener is provided. Each of a pair of first and second stringers includes a tape and a row of coupling elements mounted on a longitudinal edge of the tape. Each of the coupling elements comprises a first non-connecting portion at an upper side of the tape and a second connecting portion at a lower side of the tape. The second connecting portion comprises a head portion and a body portion. The head portion is engageable with a head portion of opposing coupling element. The body portion is fixed to the tape.
US09420852B2
A method of gluing a single surface of a shoe contains a first-stage processing and a second-stage processing. The first-stage processing includes a sole bonding having a first washing and polishing step, a first surface modifying step, a glue spraying step, and a sole adhering step. The second-stage processing includes a second washing and polishing step, a second surface modifying step, and an adhesive agent coating step. A vamp and sole processing includes a vamp treating step, a treatment agent coating step, and an adhesion forming step. A shoe midsole on which an adhesion promoter is sprayed and a shoe outsole on which adhesive glue is coated are adhered together to finish a shoe sole. The adhesive glue is coated on an upper surface of the shoe sole to adhere with a lower adhering surface of a vamp on which a treatment agent is coated, thus finishing a shoe.
US09420848B2
An article of footwear has an upper and a sole structure secured to the upper. The sole structure may include a component with a flange extending in an outward direction from a void within a chamber of the component. A sole may also include a chamber formed from a polymer material and including a plurality of subchambers, each of the subchambers having at least one segment with a width that is less than fourteen millimeters. A sole may further include a chamber having areas with different thicknesses, and an outsole bonded to areas with a lesser thickness.
US09420844B2
Methods of manufacturing a knitted component for an article of footwear that include knitting an upper with an integral knit tongue during a knitting process on a knitting machine are described. The knitting process forms the integral knit tongue of unitary knit construction with the upper so that the integral knit tongue extends through a throat area of the knitted component. The integral knit tongue can include raised elements formed of unitary knit construction with the tongue.
US09420843B2
An energy absorbing liner system and method of making it, preferably by thermoforming. A helmet has an energy absorbing inner system positioned inside the shell. The liner has thermoformed interconnected energy absorbing modules that non-destructively rebound after one or more impacts. At least some of the modules in the layer have a basal portion with upper and lower sections when viewed in relation to the wearer's head. The upper section has one or more energy absorbing units. At least some of the units are provided with a wall with a domed cap that faces the outer shell. The units at least partially cushion the blow by absorbing energy imparted by an object that impacts the outer shell. The lower comfort section has a tiered arrangement of layers. The layers are relatively compliant and thus provide a comfortable yet firm fit of the helmet upon the wearer.
US09420839B2
Provided is a baseball cap-type headwear in which a peak is provided in a front lower end of a head circumferential portion and a crown is connected to an upper end of the head circumferential portion, in which a front portion of the head circumferential portion is formed as an inclined surface that widens in an outward direction of the headwear as the inclined surface advances toward a lower end, a void is formed between the peak and the head circumferential portion, and the central portion of one end of the peak is positioned on an inner side of the headwear more than the front lower end of the head circumferential portion, and at least the front portion of the head circumferential portion and the peak are integrally molded from a synthetic resin.
US09420836B1
Finger extensions for astronaut gloves for astronaut suits are disposed in sleeves on digits of the gloves. Different embodiments for the extensions are illustrated and discussed. The sleeves are secured to the tops of the digits. The extension elements include bases disposed in the sleeves and tips at outer ends of the bases. The tips may include pads which contact elements desired to be manipulated. The extensions are pivotal with the movement of the astronaut's digits in a glove. Only a slight movement of the astronaut's digits is required to provide the required dexterity for the astronaut user to grasp, pick up, move, etc., desired elements with the extensions. Inflexible rings about the extensions are fixed to the gloves prevent reverse bending of the extensions and maintain the extensions generally parallel to the users fingers. The extensions may be fixed or extendable and retractable, as desired. Particular designs for the extensions may depend on the desired task for the astronaut or astronauts and the elements with which the astronaut(s) will be working.
US09420834B2
A protective undergarment having reinforced areas in particular locations, such as the knees and seat is provided. The garment, and particularly each of the pair of legs of the garment, is made of an abrasive resistant fabric, such as aramid fibers, in particular, KEVLAR®, and is preferably made in a woven or knitted pattern so as to be soft to the touch and breathable so that the garment is comfortable to wear under clothing. Stirrups may be attached at the bottom of each leg to prevent movement of the reinforced areas in the event of a fall.
US09420831B2
This invention relates to an electronic cigarette, comprising an atomizer and a battery pipe; an end of the atomizer is connected to a sucking mouth component, a battery chamber is mounted in the atomizer, and the battery pipe is fixedly inserted in the battery chamber; the atomizer also includes an atomizing core component detachably configured between the battery pipe and the sucking mouth component. By implementing the electronic cigarette of the invention, it is convenient in carrying, and the atomizing core component is replaceable, and convenient to use.
US09420816B2
The present invention relates in general to a shelf-stable liquid enteral composition for providing nutrition, either as a supplement, or as a complete nutrition, with a high protein content of a non-hydrolyzed globular protein, in particular a whey protein.
US09420810B2
Systems and methods for manufacturing edible food articles having three dimensional shapes from raw ingredients such as moist dough involve shaping preforms in an upside-down orientation over inverted cup-shaped molds. Shaping of the preforms is assisted by gravitational forces and directional forced airflow into relatively complicated three dimensional shapes with simplified equipment and manufacturing steps.
US09420807B2
A method of feeding a monogastric mammal, the method including feeding the monogastric mammal a milk replacer during a feeding period and feeding the monogastric mammal a psyllium composition during the feeding period.
US09420804B2
A shelf-stable acidified starch and cheese sauce meal is provided. In one aspect, the meal includes an acidified starch component having a pH of about 4.6 or below and a separate cheese-based sauce component having a pH between about 5.7 and about 6.2. The sauce component is to be combined with the acidified starch component when the meal is ready to be consumed. In another aspect, a buffering composition is blended into the separate cheese-based sauce component and includes blends of dibasic phosphate salts, monobasic phosphate salts, and an edible acid where the cheese-based sauce component has a total dry weight of phosphate salt between about 3 and about 5 percent.
US09420801B2
A food kneading appliance especially adapted to mix and knead bread or pizza dough or dough of other types includes a container, a central body located in the center of the container, kneading tools, and a drive unit to rotate the central body. The central body includes a stirring spindle and a kneading spindle which are positioned in the same axis and rotate in opposite directions in operation. The kneading tools include a dough hook disposed on the stirring spindle and a dough mixer disposed on the kneading spindle. The appliance can provide large torque and low speed operation so that the dough can be processed without overheating and deteriorating. Beyond that, the dough is easy to be thoroughly mixed and achieve high quality dough that is comparable to manual kneading. Another advantage of the invention is that the kneading process is stable and low in noise.
US09420799B2
Plant propagation material expressing soybean cyst nematode resistance can be treated with a nematode-antagonistic biocontrol agent. Use of the nematode-antagonistic biocontrol agent can reduce the rate at which soybean cyst nematode (SCN) pests acquire tolerances to pesticidal activity of soybean plants expressing SCN resistance and pesticides, and can also increase yield and pesticidal activity.
US09420798B2
Disclosed is a process for preparing silver ions (Ag+) comprising treating element metal silver (Ag0) under high temperature and high pressure, and quickly cooling to directly obtain the silver ions (Ag+).
US09420774B1
An apparatus and method for providing an electronic alarm to alert of a fish bite or nibble when using a fishing bobber or other weighted mass as a hanging bite indicator. A sensor comprising a transmitter and receiver functions to detect changes in fishing line tension. The transmitter is attached to and moves in concert with the hanging bite indicator while the receiver is placed beneath the hanging bite indicator in a fixed position relative to the fishing rod. To set the alarm, slack is released in the baited fishing line, allowing the hanging bite indicator to sag downward on the line until the transmitter is lowered into contact with the receiver. The alarm activates when tension produced in the fishing line by a fish bite causes the hanging bite indicator to lift, thereby separating the transmitter from the receiver. The displaced bite indicator remains hanging on the fishing line for further use by the angler to set the hook and retrieve the fish.
US09420773B2
An artificial fishing lure with a body having an anterior end, a posterior end, a dorsum, and a ventrum, with the body being defined by an anteroposterior axis within a mid-sagittal plane. The body has a surface defining a dorsal channel in the dorsum. An opening extends through the body between the dorsum and the ventrum. A hook tip is fastened to an eyelet of a length of wire and extends through the opening. In the set position, the hook tip rests in the dorsal channel, with lateral movement of the bend being limited by the sidewall of the opening. The length of wire is disposed through the body and has a coil portion or a zig-zag portion.
US09420769B2
A chimeric non-human animal having an in vivo human hepatocyte population, wherein the effects of non-human animal cells on drug metabolism are suppressed or deleted is provided. A method for producing a chimeric non-human animal that lacks a drug-metabolizing system or has a suppressed drug-metabolizing system and is provided with a drug-metabolizing system driven by human hepatocytes, is provided. The method comprises transplanting human hepatocytes into a non-human animal characterized by (i) being immunodeficient, (ii) having liver damage, and (iii) lacking the functions of an endogenous Cyp3a gene.
US09420763B2
A fashion dog harness manufactured from fabric material is made by cutting a section of fabric that is long enough to accommodate the belly circumference of a target dog size group, plus some overlap. A preferred embodiment using a facsimile of the waistband areas of jeans or trousers is contemplated. A neck hole is cut in a bell-shape to accommodate the dog's neck. A set of hook and loop closure patches is sewn or otherwise affixed to the outer ends of the piece, and a metal D-ring is attached at the top center of the harness, by linking it to a strip of polypropylene webbing concealed longitudinally within the harness. The harness is used by slipping the dog's head through the neck hole, fastening the hook and loop closure under the belly, and attaching a leash to the metal D-ring.
US09420755B2
The invention provides seed and plants of pepper hybrid DR0719PB and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of pepper hybrid DR0719PB 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.
US09420747B2
A conveyor system, that may be used with an agricultural harvester, such as a round baler, waste baler, combine, sugarcane harvester or cotton harvester, utilizes at least a first and a second conveyor belt of which at least one of the conveyor belts is independently movable in the forward and backward directions. The speed and direction of the conveyor belts can be controlled to perform continuous baling of crop in the baler.
US09420744B2
A harvesting system for collecting crop grain crop residue in a single pass with a baler towed by a combine harvester is provided. The system includes a hydraulic system that hydraulically interconnects the combine harvester with the baler, allowing the engine of the combine harvester to hydraulically power systems and components of both the combine harvester and the baler. The hydraulic system may include a combine hydraulic system and a baler hydraulic system which may be hydraulically connected through multiple interconnections for hydraulically powering different functions of the baler using hydraulic pressure that is generated at the combine harvester. A first combine-to-baler hydraulic interconnection may transfer hydraulic power from a combine primary baler drive hydraulic circuit to a baler drive hydraulic circuit. A second combine-to-baler hydraulic interconnection may transfer hydraulic power from a combine spreader hydraulic circuit to a baler conveyor and/or auxiliary hydraulic.
US09420743B2
A harvesting machine for picking up crop includes a container with a closable filler neck used to accommodate a fluid that is fed by at least one supply system to crop picked up by the harvesting machine. The container has at least one further, closable opening, through which at least one additional container is inserted into the container. The additional container is fillable with a fluid and has contents that can be mixed with the fluid present in the container.
US09420742B2
A reaping machine includes a sickle bar that can rotate and at least one reaping blade arranged on the sickle bar. The reaping blade is supported so that it can pivot on a pin fastened to the sickle bar. The pin has a fastening section for fastening to the sickle bar and a holding section separated by a shoulder from the fastening section for holding the reaping blade so that it can pivot. To simplify the placement or installation of the pin on the sickle bar, at least one raised section extending in the radial direction past a circumferential segment of the pin is formed in the fastening section of the pin.
US09420741B2
A method of mapping an area to be mowed with an autonomous mowing robot comprises receiving mapping data from a robot lawnmower, the mapping data specifying an area to be mowed and a plurality of locations of beacons positioned within the area to be mowed, and receiving at least first and second geographic coordinates for first and second reference points that are within the area and are specified in the mapping data. The mapping data is aligned to a coordinate system of a map image of the area using the first and second geographic coordinates. The map image is displayed based on aligning the mapping data to the coordinate system.
US09426930B2
Embodiments of various electrical housings, particularly display housings, are provided. In this regard, a representative housing, among others, includes one or more electrical components that are disposed at the housing; a thermal attachment that is designed to transfer heat generated by the one or more electrical components; and a rear enclosure that is designed to engage the thermal attachment. The rear enclosure is further designed to dissipate the heat received from the thermal attachment.
US09426926B2
A secure flat wall mounting rack for network service provider equipment and cabling is provided. The mounting rack not only restricts unauthorized access to network communication equipment, but is also properly labeled for authorized user. The rack is especially suitable for service demarcation applications involving patch panels. The flat wall mounting rack has a securing bar with a movable plate which, when extended, only allows authorized users to remove and/or access cabling connected to the service ports of an Ethernet service delivery switch. The securing bar also allows for securing service handoff modules to be secured to the same.
US09426924B2
One aspect of the invention discloses an apparatus for mating computing device structures. The apparatus comprises a first bracket coupled to a pluggable electronic device. The first bracket comprises a first set of one or more attachment features that are capable of coupling to corresponding receiving features of a supporting structure. The apparatus further comprises a second bracket coupled to the pluggable electronic device. The second bracket comprises a second set of one or more attachment features that are capable of coupling to corresponding receiving features of a supporting structure. In another aspect, the apparatus further comprises one or more guide tubes coupled to the pluggable electronic device.
US09426915B2
In a power module according to the present invention, a copper layer composed of copper or a copper alloy is provided at a surface of a circuit layer onto which a semiconductor element is bonded, and a solder layer formed by using a solder material is formed between the circuit layer and the semiconductor element. An alloy layer containing Sn as a main component, 0.5% by mass or more and 10% by mass or less of Ni, and 30% by mass or more and 40% by mass or less of Cu is formed at the interface between the solder layer and the circuit layer, the thickness of the alloy layer is set to be within a range of 2 μm or more and 20 μm or less, and a thermal resistance increase rate is less than 10% after loading a power cycles 100,000 times under a condition where an energization time is 5 seconds and a temperature difference is 80° C. in a power cycle test.
US09426914B2
Systems and methods provide for a device including a film having a shape that defines an interior region. The device may also include one or more electronic components disposed within the interior region of the film, and a hardened thermo-set resin within the interior region, wherein the thermo-set resin encompasses the electronic components and substantially fills the interior region of the film. In one example, printed content is coupled to a surface of the film. In addition, the thermo-set resin may include an additive that is configured to absorb and distribute heat generated by the electronic components.
US09426906B2
The present invention provides a back frame of a flat panel display device. The back frame includes at least two assembling pieces. The at least two assembling pieces are joined to form the back frame. The back frame further includes a bracing piece, which is of a multiple-stepped configuration and is mounted to the assembling piece. The present invention also provides a bracing piece and a backlight system. The back frame and backlight system of flat panel display device of the present invention make the structure of a back frame mold simple, reduce the cost of back frame mold, save the material used for the back frame, and lower down the cost of flat panel display device. Further, the bracing piece of the back frame is applicable to various mounting heights of mounting holes, can be manufactured together in a unified manner, reduces the cost of mold, and improves manufacturing efficiency.
US09426896B2
To provide an insulating resin film, which contains: a first adhesive layer; and a second adhesive layer, wherein the insulating resin film is configured to bond a substrate and an electronic part together, and the first adhesive layer is provided at a side of the substrate and the second adhesive layer is provided at a side of the electronic part, wherein the first adhesive layer and the second adhesive layer each contain inorganic filler, wherein the second adhesive layer has a DSC exothermic peak temperature that is higher than a DSC exothermic peak temperature of the first adhesive layer, and wherein a thickness of the first adhesive layer is 50% to 90% of a total thickness of the insulating resin film.
US09426890B2
Disclosed herein is a display apparatus that reduces a magnitude of a tension applied to a flexible PCB when a display panel is provided with a curved surface, and prevents damage of a driving chip. The display apparatus in accordance with exemplary embodiments includes a display panel configured to display an image, a source printed circuit board configured to control the display panel, and a flexible PCB that connects the display panel and the source printed circuit board. A length of at least one side edge of the flexible PCB is formed longer than a minimum length from the display panel to the source printed circuit board.
US09426887B2
A wiring board according to the present invention includes an insulating board; a first pad provided inwardly from a surface of the insulating board and electrically connected to an electrode of an electronic component; a second pad provided on the surface of the insulating board and electrically connected to a lead terminal. The first pad and the second pad include a first layer region made of copper and a second layer region arranged on the first layer region and made of nickel, and a thickness of the second layer region of the second pad is larger than a thickness of the second layer region of the first pad.
US09426885B2
A multi-layer micro-wire structure resistant to cracking including a substrate having a surface, one or more micro-channels formed in the substrate, an electrically conductive first material composition forming a first layer located in each micro-channel, and an electrically conductive second material composition having a greater tensile ductility than the first material composition forming a second layer located in each micro-channel, the first material composition and the second material composition in electrical contact to form an electrically conductive multi-layer micro-wire in each micro-channel, whereby the multi-layer micro-wire is resistant to cracking.
US09426883B2
Low profile, highly configurable, current sharing paralleled wide band gap power device power module
A power module with multiple equalized parallel power paths supporting multiple parallel bare die power devices constructed with low inductance equalized current paths for even current sharing and clean switching events. Wide low profile power contacts provide low inductance, short current paths, and large conductor cross section area provides for massive current carrying. An internal gate & source kelvin interconnection substrate is provided with individual ballast resistors and simple bolted construction. Gate drive connectors are provided on either left or right size of the module. The module is configurable as half bridge, full bridge, common source, and common drain topologies.
US09426881B2
A print circuit board includes a first layer on which a land is formed, a second layer on which an analog signal pattern and a first ground pattern are wired, a third layer on which a digital signal pattern and a second ground pattern are wired, and a fourth layer on which a third ground pattern is wired. The digital signal pattern is vertically sandwiched between the first ground pattern and the third ground pattern. The analog signal pattern and digital signal pattern are arranged without overlapping each other on the projection plane. The analog signal pattern and second ground pattern are arranged so as to overlap each other.
US09426872B1
Methods and systems for improved timing of a source laser in a laser produced plasma (LPP) extreme ultraviolet (EUV) generation system are disclosed. Due to forces within the plasma chamber, a velocity of a droplet can slow as it approaches the irradiation site. Because the droplet is slowed, a source laser fires prematurely relative to the slowed droplet, resulting in only a leading portion of the droplet being irradiated. The resulting amount of EUV energy generated from the droplet is proportional to the slowed velocity of the droplet. To compensate, the firing of the source laser is delayed for a next droplet based on the generated EUV energy. Because the firing of the source laser is delayed for the next droplet, the next droplet is more likely to be in position to be more completely irradiated, resulting in more EUV energy being generated from the next droplet.
US09426863B2
Multiple colors of light emitted by an assembled light emitting diode (LED) based illumination device is automatically tuned to within a predefined tolerance of multiple target color points by modifying portions of wavelength converting materials associated with each color. A first color of light emitted from the assembled LED based illumination device in response to a first current is measured and a second color of light emitted from the assembled LED based illumination device in response to a second current is measured. A material modification plan to modify wavelength converting materials is determined based at least in part on the measured colors of light and desired colors of light to be emitted. The wavelength converting materials may be selectively modified in accordance with the material modification plan so that the assembled LED based illumination device emits colors of light that are within a predetermined tolerance of target color points.
US09426860B2
In accordance with certain embodiments, a semiconductor die is adhered directly to a yielding substrate with a pressure-activated adhesive notwithstanding any nonplanarity of the surface of the semiconductor die or non-coplanarity of the semiconductor die contacts.
US09426848B2
To provide a lighting device in which the luminance of an EL element is maintained even when the EL element deteriorates so that degradation of the lighting device is reduced, the lighting device includes a surface light source portion including an organic EL element, and a control circuit portion provided in a base portion. The control circuit portion counts a lighting time of the organic EL element and controls the luminance of the organic EL element in accordance with the lighting time. Accordingly, the lighting device in which the luminance of an EL element is maintained regardless of degradation of the EL element so that degradation of the lighting device is reduced can be provided.
US09426836B2
A technology for a user equipment (UE) that is operable to establish direct transport layer connectivity with a selected UE. An internet protocol (IP) address of the UE can be sent to a Proximity Services (ProSe) server. A user application identification (ID) and ProSe server ID of the selected UE can be requested from an application server. A user application ID and ProSe server ID can be received from the application server. A facilitation message can be sent to the ProSe server in communication with the UE, wherein the facilitation message includes a request to facilitate direct transport layer connectivity between the UE and the selected UE for a selected application.
US09426822B2
A method and wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) for transmitting data over an enhanced uplink (EU) channel is disclosed. The WTRU receives a scheduled grant and at least one non-scheduled grant. The WTRU transmits a medium access control for EU channel (MAC-e) protocol data unit (PDU) over an EU channel. The MAC-e PDU includes multiplexed data. The multiplexed data includes scheduled data. An amount of the multiplexed data is not greater than a size of a largest supported EU transport format combination (E-TFC) size that does not exceed a size based on the received scheduled grant, the received at least one non-scheduled grant, and a power offset. The MAC-e PDU is transmitted based on a selected E-TFC. The selected E-TFC is a smallest E-TFC that supports the multiplexed data of the MAC-e PDU.
US09426816B2
An apparatus, system and method are provided for transmitting data from logical channel queues over a telecommunications link, each of the logical channel queues capable of being associated with quality of service attributes, the method including determining available resources for transmission over the telecommunications link in a frame; selecting one of the logical channel queues based on a first one of the quality of service attributes; packaging data from the selected one of the logical channel queues until one of: a second one of the quality of service attributes for the selected one of the logical channel queues is satisfied, the available resources are used, or the selected one of the logical channel queues is empty; and repeating the selecting step and the packaging step for remaining ones of the logical channel queues.
US09426809B2
A radio communication system (1) includes a pico-cell base station (PeNB) which is located in the communication area of a macro-cell base station (MeNB) and the transmission power of which is lower than that of the macro-cell base station (MeNB). For radio resources that can be used as PDSCH, a resource division ratio that is a ratio between unusable PDSCH resources, which cannot be used by the macro-cell base station (MeNB), and usable PDSCH resources, which can be used by the macro-cell base station (MeNB), is decided, and a radio resource is allocated, out of the usable PDSCH resources defined in accordance with the decided resource division ratio, to a radio terminal that is to connect to the macro-cell base station (MeNB). The resource division ratio is decided based on the traffic load of each base station.
US09426800B2
There are provided a terminal device, a base station device, and an integrated circuit that enable a base station device and a terminal device to determine parameters related to uplink signals or uplink reference signals and to perform efficient communication. A terminal device that transmits a demodulation reference signal associated with a physical uplink shared channel to a base station device includes determining a base sequence number on the basis of a value of a parameter configured by a higher layer, determining the base sequence number on the basis of a physical layer cell identity, and generating a sequence of the demodulation reference signal on the basis of the base sequence number, wherein the base sequence number is determined on the basis of the physical layer cell identity in a case where a transmission on the physical uplink shared channel corresponding to a downlink control information format to which CRC parity bits scrambled by a Temporary C-RNTI are attached is performed in a random access procedure.
US09426799B2
The present disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for determining number of ePDCCH resource units. The method includes: determining number of symbols occupied by PDCCH, number of CRS ports, number of DMRS ports and CSI-RS configuration in a subframe; and determining resources available for transmitting an ePDCCH in PDSCH area of the subframe according to the number of symbols occupied by the PDCCH, the number of CRS ports, the number of DMRS ports and the CSI-RS configuration.
US09426798B2
The present invention relates to a method in which a UE estimates a downlink data channel in a wireless communication system, and an apparatus for the same. Specifically, disclosed is a method in which a UE estimates a downlink data channel in a wireless communication system, the method including the steps of: receiving a downlink control channel using a UE-specific reference signal; bundling a resource block for a downlink data channel into one channel estimation unit when a space resource for the downlink control channel and a space resource for the downlink data channel which makes commands in the downlink control channel are the same as each other; and performing a channel estimation on the basis of the UE-specific reference signal with respect to the one channel estimation unit.
US09426790B2
A method and apparatus for delaying transmission of at least one of a buffer status report (BSR) and a power headroom report (PHR) in a wireless communication system. A user equipment (UE) triggers at least one of a BSR and a PHR, but delays transmission of the at least one of the BSR and the PHR to a base station if uplink (UL) transmission is not available. In this case, the UE may not trigger a scheduling request (SR).
US09426789B2
Provided is, in wireless communication systems such as TD-LTE where there might be difference in frequency band allocated to a mobile station between uplink and downlink, a wireless communication system which is capable of ensuring desired antenna directivity by the mobile station controlling an adaptive array antenna, such a method for controlling a wireless communication system, such a base station, and such a mobile station. The mobile station transmits to the base station a message indicating that the self station includes an adaptive array antenna. Upon receiving the message, the base station assigns a downlink resource block and an uplink resource block following the downlink resource block allocated to the mobile station within the same frequency band. The mobile station 1 controls the adaptive array antenna based on a signal received using the allocated downlink resource block and transmits a signal using the allocated uplink resource block.
US09426783B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to methods and systems for resource allocation for terminals. In this regard, a method is provided that at least includes determining, by a terminal, a data stream is to be transported over a radio bearer in an aggregated data stream; determining if the data stream is a first data stream to be transported over the radio bearer; in the instance where the data stream is the first data stream, sending a signaling message at least comprising a periodicity of the first data stream and a packet size to a network node; in the instance where the data stream is an additional data stream to be transported over the radio bearer, sending the signaling message at least comprising a periodicity of the additional data stream, an offset from the first data stream, and a packet size to the network node; receiving a persistent/semi-persistent scheduled grant for data message from the network node if the network node determines that persistent/semi-persistent scheduling is beneficial, otherwise the network node may choose dynamic scheduling; and sending the aggregated data stream to the network node. Corresponding apparatuses and systems are also provided.
US09426778B2
An electronic apparatus for acquiring a location, comprising: a location acquiring unit which acquires a current location of the electronic apparatus; a correction area setting unit which, based on a link attribute indicating an attribute of an adjacent area of a link in map data, sets a correction area within the adjacent area, the correction area being referred to correct the current location to a location on the link; and a location correcting unit which, in a case in which the current location acquired by the location acquiring unit belongs to the correction area set within the adjacent area, corrects the current location to a location on the link which corresponds to the correction area.
US09426777B2
Systems and methods for fine-resolution mapping of cellular network coverage and capacity are described herein. An example method can include passively monitoring communication of multiple communication terminals in a cellular communication network, extracting from the monitored communication multiple data points and cell identifiers, and mapping an actual geographical coverage of at least a given cell of the cellular network based on the multiple data points. In particular, the multiple data points can comprise geographical positions that are measured and reported by the communication terminals while served by respective cells of the cellular communication network.
US09426771B2
In a monitoring region including multiple cells, UE reports KPI parameters and location information to an eNodeB when triggering an A3 event representing that QoS of a neighboring cell is better than a predefined offset of a serving cell. The eNodeB reports the KPI parameters and the location information to an OAM device in each monitoring cycle. The OAM device classifies UEs according to the KPI parameters and a cluster analysis method, and determines according to a cluster analysis result whether there is a disconnected cell in the monitoring region; when determining that there is a disconnected cell in the monitoring region, counts the number of disconnected cells, determines disconnection types of the disconnected cells, locates the disconnected cells according to the location information of the UEs in the SON, and triggers a compensation measurement for each disconnected cell according to the disconnection type of the disconnected cell.
US09426760B2
One embodiment of the present invention provides an automatic gain control (AGC) module for a wireless communication system that includes a plurality of amplifiers. The AGC module includes a receiving mechanism configured to receive an input that indicates a total amount of gain adjustment; a collecting mechanism configured to collect a number of parameters associated with the amplifiers; a determining mechanism configured to determine a desired performance requirement; a gain-control engine configured to generate a gain profile for the amplifiers based on the collected parameters, the total amount of gain, and the desired performance requirement; and an output mechanism configured to output a plurality of control signals based on the generated gain profile, wherein a respective control signal independently controls gain of a corresponding amplifier, thereby enabling the wireless communication system to achieve the total amount of gain adjustment while meeting the desired performance requirement.
US09426747B2
A user device having an active application periodically detects for a hands-off state of the user device. Upon detecting a hands-off state, the user device affects at least one of the active application and the user device. Prior to affecting at least one of the active application and the user device, the user device detects for one or more of a connection between the user device and another device, and an application of pressure to the user device. If either is detected the, the user device bypasses affecting at least one of the active application and the user device.
US09426745B1
A filter expression is received at a wireless device assembly of a communication device. While a host assembly of the communication device is in a sleep mode, the wireless device assembly receives a signal having packet data, and determines whether the packet data contains a data pattern indicated by the filter expression. If the packet data contains the data pattern, the wireless device assembly communicates a wakeup signal to the host assembly for changing the host assembly from the sleep mode to an active mode. If the packet data does not contain the data pattern, the wireless device assembly does not communicate the wakeup signal to the host assembly.
US09426744B2
An apparatus and method minimize power consumption in a portable terminal which enters a low-power mode during connection with an access point (AP). The apparatus includes a memory for storing a Wi-Fi profile including position information of APs, a wireless LAN module for performing connection with the AP, an AP connection unit for performing connection with the AP using the wireless LAN module only when an AP exists around the portable terminal, a position determining unit for determining APs which exist around the portable terminal, and a controller configured to determine a position of the portable terminal, determine a position of an AP which exists around the portable terminal, and operate the wireless LAN module at only a position where the AP exists.
US09426734B2
A network device may be operable to receive an indication from a cable modem termination system (CMTS) that media access control (MAC) management messages will be transmitted by the CMTS at fixed intervals. Subsequent to receiving the indication, the network device may be operable to power down one or more components of the network device and set a sleep timer to a value equal to an integer multiple of the fixed interval minus a transition period. The network device may power up the one or more components of the network device upon expiration of the sleep timer. The network device may power up the one or more components of the network device upon an amount of traffic in a buffer of the network device reaching a threshold.
US09426723B2
An integrated base station which is a combination of a small cell base station and a wireless LAN access point is provided. The integrated base station includes: a small cell antenna that transmits and receives a small cell broadcast signal; a wireless LAN antenna that transmits and receives a wireless LAN signal; a small cell communication unit that broadcasts small cell broadcast information including wireless LAN access point information via the small cell antenna; and a wireless LAN communication unit that receives a wireless LAN report including a small cell camp-on report from a terminal that has received the small cell broadcast information, and passes the small cell camp-on report to the small cell communication unit.
US09426721B2
A server device may receive a first request for temporary access to a wireless network, the first request being associated with a first device, wherein the temporary access is based on a subscription for access to the wireless network, the subscription being associated with a second device; grant the first request for temporary access to the wireless network; subsequently determine that the temporary access to the wireless network has expired; receive, after the temporary access has expired, a second request for temporary access to the wireless network, the second request being associated with the first device; and reject the second request for temporary access to the wireless network, the rejecting being based on determining that temporary access has previously been granted to the first device.
US09426716B2
In one embodiment, a first communication is transmitted from a transmitting node in a network using a mesh routing protocol. The first communication is received at a particular node in the network. Based on the first communication, a directional attribute is computed. Based on the directional attribute, a particular direction is computed. Then, a second communication is transmitted from the particular node using a beam forming technique in the second direction.
US09426715B1
A first access node receives from a wireless device in communication with the first access node an identifier of a second access node detected by the wireless device. It is determined that a communication link has not previously been established between the first access node and the second access node based on the identifier. The wireless device is instructed to provide a signal level of a signal from the second access node, and when the signal level of the second access node signal meets a criteria, a communication link is established between the first access node and the second access node.
US09426709B2
A method of handling anchor-based mobility management in a communication system includes determining whether to establish an interface to a network entity at an anchor base station for a user equipment (UE); selecting at least one anchor base station for establishing the interface; and requesting the at least one anchor base station to establish the interface for the UE by an access base station of the UE.
US09426708B2
Enhanced mobility for devices using a moving relay, or in a moving relay environment, may be valuable in the Long Term Evolution (LTE) of the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3 GPP). In particular, enhanced mobility procedures for user equipment (UE) can be useful with respect to a moving relay and the radio access network (RAN) interface (IF) between the user equipment and the moving relay. Thus, certain embodiments can improve the mobility procedures between moving relays and macro layer (stationary nodes, for example, eNodeBs). A method according to certain embodiments can include determining, by a user equipment, a stable average of a signal characteristic of a signal from a mobile access point. The method can also include limiting handover of the user equipment based on the stable average.
US09426706B2
A user equipment (10) according to the present invention includes an interference removing function capable of removing interference from a neighboring cell, a RSSI measuring unit (107) that, with regard to a predetermined sub-frame, is configured to measure a radio quality of the serving cell and the neighboring cell for all OFDM symbols within the predetermined sub-frame and that, with regard to sub-frames other than the predetermined sub-frame, is configured to measure the radio quality of the serving cell and the neighboring cell for OFDM symbols containing a reference signal within the sub-frames. The RSSI measuring unit (107) measures the radio quality using the interference removing function in consideration of a received power of a reference signal, a PSS/SSS, and a PBCH signal.
US09426703B2
A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided for separating control transmissions and data transmissions within the coverage area of a plurality of transmission/reception points or points that are geographically displaced, the plurality of points comprising a macro node and a plurality of remote radio heads (RRHs) coupled to the macro node. Separating control transmissions and data transmissions in the macro node/RRH configuration may allow UEs to be associated with one set of transmission points for data transmissions and the same set or a different set of transmission points for common control signaling. Separating control transmissions and data transmissions may also allow for faster reconfiguration of antenna ports used for UE data transmission compared with reconfiguration via a handover process.
US09426700B2
A method and apparatus for performing a handover procedure in a wireless communication system including a mobile relay node is provided. A target evolved NodeB (eNB) receives a handover request message containing a list of a plurality of user equipments (UEs) on the mobile relay node or a group handover indication. The target eNB performs an admission control for the plurality of UEs; and transmits a handover request acknowledge message containing a list of admitted UEs for handover among the plurality of UEs.
US09426690B2
A radio network node of a mobile telecommunication network. The radio network node configured to determine a TCP session based on TCP parameters adapted for a radio link on which end user traffic is to be transported. The radio network node also configured to originate the TCP session which is used to transport the end user traffic.
US09426686B2
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for indicating downlink channel measurement and a method and apparatus for performing channel measurement. The method for indicating downlink channel measurement comprises: receiving information on interferes of a user equipment; generating, based on downlink subframe configuration information, a downlink channel measurement indication for each of possible combinations of the interferers, wherein the channel measurement indication is adapted to indicate a subframe group to be measured by a user equipment; and sending the downlink channel measurement indication to the user equipment so as to indicate the user equipment to perform corresponding downlink channel measurement. According to embodiments of the present invention, the subframe groups that are required to be measured by the user equipment may be determined with respect to possible combinations of interferers corresponding to different levels of interference. Thus, the user equipment may perform channel measurement for respective subframe groups. Therefore, the channel quality as determined in such way will be more accurate and reliable and better match the actual channel condition. Moreover, it also provides a possibility for the serving node to perform the scheduling more accurately and effectively.
US09426684B2
A method and apparatus for transmitting feedback information is provided for use in a Cooperative Multi-Point downlink transmission of multiple base stations efficiently. An interference measurement method of a base station in a mobile communication system, the method comprising: allocating at least one Interference Measurement Resource (IMR) to a terminal; transmitting the allocated IMR to the terminal; and receiving at least one channel status information from the terminal; wherein allocating at least one IMR comprises allocating at least one IMR for the terminal overlapped to other IMR for the other terminal.
US09426668B2
A beamforming apparatus and method for expanding coverage of a control channel are provided, by which neighboring communication devices are classified according to the number of beams that they can receive, and therefore the frequency or period of beam transmission is adjusted to transmit a control channel by a beamforming method. Hence, an overhead reduction and an increase in transmission rate can be achieved, and coverage holes can be prevented.
US09426660B2
A communication device employs a contactless secure communication interface to transmit and receive data with a computing device using close proximity extremely high frequency (EHF) communication. The communication device and the computing device periodically initiate a discovery operation mode, whereby the devices periodically transmit identifying information about the respective devices and listen for identifying information from the other device. Upon completion of the discovery mode operation, the devices enter a link-training operation mode and exchange capability information about the respective devices. During transport mode operation the communication device employs methods to manage access to data stored on the communication device by encrypting the data using one or a combination of training information or capability information as a basis for generating an encryption key.
US09426656B2
An on-vehicle device is configured to be able to communicate with a mobile device, and includes a reception unit, an interruption detection unit, a determination unit, and a display control unit. The reception unit receives image information transmitted from a particular mobile device which is a mobile device with which communication is established. The interruption detection unit detects that reception of the image information is interrupted. The determination unit determines whether or not the transmission device which transmits the image information is the particular mobile device, when the reception unit receives image information again after interruption of the reception is detected. The display control unit stops displaying the image information transmitted from the transmission device on a display device when the transmission device is determined not to be the particular mobile device.
US09426654B2
The present invention relates to a method for forming a trust relationship among an MNO, an SM, and an eUICC in a communication system in which the SM is defined as an entity for managing the eUICC, as well as to an embedded UICC therefor.
US09426653B2
A method includes receiving a request from a mobile device to attach to a private wireless network, determining if a subscriber identifier is in a security database, determining if a mobile device equipment identifier is in the security database, authenticating the phone using the subscriber identifier and the mobile device equipment identifier, granting access to the private wireless network only if the phone is authenticated, and passing data between a computer system and a mobile device to monitor and control a remote monitoring and control system.
US09426644B2
A method for activating a soft SIM card, a method for a soft SIM card to join network, a terminal and a network access device are provided. The method for activating includes: acquiring information on a terminal in which a soft SIM card is located of a bounding object corresponding to the soft SIM card; generating first key information according to information of the soft SIM card and the information on the terminal in which the soft SIM card is located of the bounding object and according to a predefined encryption policy; comparing whether the first key information is consistent with preset key information corresponding to the soft SIM card, if consistent, allowing an activation of the soft SIM card, so as to enable a user to perform network communication via the soft SIM card. The technical solutions are beneficial for improving the application security of the soft SIM card.
US09426630B2
A method for transmitting multicast frames by a transmitter in a wireless local area network is provided. The method includes: receiving a first directed multicast service (DMS) request frame from a first receiver; receiving a second DMS frame from a second receiver; transmitting a DMS response frame to the first receiver and the second receiver; transmitting a VHT-SIG A field; and transmitting each data unit to the first receiver and the second receiver by a multi user-multiple input multiple output transmission. The first and second DMS request frames are transmitted for requesting DMS. The DMS response frame includes a response type indicating whether the requested DMS is accepted as the DMS for a multi user transmission.
US09426626B2
A method and apparatus for providing search results based at least in part on uncertainty.
US09426622B2
A device may receive an indication that a first device, a second device, and a third device are within communication range of a target device. The first device may be outside of communication range of a positioning system that provides information for determining a location. The target device may be outside of communication range of the positioning system and outside of communication range of three or more devices which are within communication range of the positioning system. The device may receive information that identifies a first location associated with the first device, a second location associated with the second device, and a third location associated with the third device. The device may determine a target device location based on the information that identifies the first location, the second location, and the third location. The device may provide or store information that identifies the target device location.
US09426621B2
A device may determine to initiate a location determination for a base station. The device may identify a set of positioning measurements associated with the location determination. The device may identify a set of other devices to be associated with the set of positioning measurements. The device may provide configuration information for the set of positioning measurements to the set of other devices. The device may determine information associated with the set of positioning measurements based on providing the configuration information. The device may determine a location in which the base station is located based on determining the information associated with the set of positioning measurements.
US09426620B2
A method and system for dynamic geohash-based geofencing within a geographic area including obtaining metadata including a campaign identifier and geometric data, generating a geometry using the geometric data, mapping the geometry to a geohash grid to obtain a first geohash set having a first geohash in the geohash grid, storing the first geohash and the campaign identifier in an entry in a geohash index, obtaining a user position within the geographic area from a mobile device, generating a user geohash using the user position, matching the user geohash to the entry in the geohash index, obtaining the campaign identifier from the entry in the geohash index, and providing content corresponding to the campaign identifier to the mobile device.
US09426619B2
An exemplary method includes: receiving messages from plural positioning devices; decoding from a message received from a first positioning device information identifying a mobile device and a signal strength measure relating to a strength of a signal received from the mobile device at the first positioning device; using the signal strength measure to calculate a threshold signal strength; and distributing the threshold signal strength to the plural positioning devices. An exemplary apparatus and computer readable medium configured to perform the method are also disclosed.
US09426610B2
Mesh node modules are associated with pieces of luggage, or packages, etc. and companion luggage or packages can dynamically form a mesh network which uploads location information of the nodes and in some cases additional information, e.g., shock signals, to a network. The information may be downloaded to an owner's CE device.
US09426609B2
Methods, apparatuses, and devices for processing Positioning Reference Signals (PRS) bursts are presented. In one example, a mobile device may acquire a first PRS burst transmitted from a base station through first transmitter antenna port and acquire a second PRS burst transmitted from a base station through a second antenna port. The mobile device may select between the first and second acquired PRS bursts for use in positioning operations such as observed time difference of arrival.
US09426606B2
An electronic apparatus is provided. The electronic apparatus includes a communication unit configured to transmit an altered apparatus Identification (ID) and a controller configured to detect a user's action in a pairing mode of the electronic apparatus, to determine additional information according to the user's action, and to transmit the altered apparatus ID including an apparatus ID of the electronic apparatus and the additional information to another electronic apparatus that can be paired with the electronic apparatus.
US09426602B2
A method, computer-readable storage device and apparatus for generating a predictive message in a communications network are disclosed. For example, the method receives at least one machine-to-machine communication in the communications network, stores the at least one machine-to-machine communication in a database of the communications network, analyzes the at least one machine-to-machine communication, and generates the predictive message based upon the at least one machine-to-machine communication that is analyzed.
US09426596B2
The present research relates to controlling rendering of multi-object or multi-channel audio signals. The present research provides a method and apparatus for controlling rendering of multi-object or multi-channel audio signals based on spatial cues in a process of decoding the multi-object or multi-channel audio signals. To achieve the purpose, the method suggested in the research controls rendering in a spatial cue domain in the process of decoding the multi-object or multi-channel audio signals.
US09426590B2
A computer-implemented method for obtaining hearing enhancement fittings for a hearing aid device is described. A plurality of audiograms is collected. The plurality of audiograms is divided into one or more sets of audiograms. A representative audiogram is created for each set of audiograms. A hearing enhancement fitting is computed from each representative audiogram. A hearing aid device is programmed with one or more hearing enhancement fittings computed from each representative audiogram.
US09426589B2
A method of determining a set of individual HRTFs for a specific human includes: obtaining a set of approximate HRTFs; obtaining at least one measured HRTF of the specific human; determining a deviation of one of the at least one measured HRTF with relation to a corresponding one of the set of approximate HRTFs; and forming the set of individual HRTFs by modification of the set of approximate HRTFs based at least in part on the determined deviation.
US09426587B2
A hearing aid assembly comprising a Receiver-in-canal part provided with electronics.
US09426585B2
A binaural hearing aid system (100) is adapted to provide binaural beats to a hearing aid user. The invention further provides a method of generating binaural beats.
US09426583B2
A member includes a fastener for removable fixation of a housing of a hearing aid, and a hole for removable insertion of a sound tube of the hearing aid in sound proof engagement with the member.
US09426579B2
An electro-acoustic transducer includes a plurality of elements, in which each of the plurality of elements includes a plurality of cells, of which at least one of the plurality of cells includes a trench that is formed in a membrane.
US09426578B2
An electromagnetic transducer is disclosed. The electromagnetic transducer includes a frame, a diaphragm attached to the frame, a magnetic circuit part receiving in the frame with a magnetic gap, a voice coil partially inserted into the magnetic gap for driving the diaphragm, and an elastic member including a first arm attached to the diaphragm and at least a pair of second arms extending outwards from the first arm and partially attached to the frame. Each of the second arms has a first part, a stress-relieving portion connected to the first part and protruding outwards from a plane where the first part is disposed in, and a second part connected with the stress-relieving portion and the first arm. The first parts are coplanar with the second part. The stress-relieving portion could enhance the flexibility of the second arm so that the second arm is not easy to be broken.
US09426569B2
The bandwidth of a codec is compared with a determined bandwidth of the output signal produced by the codec. If the bandwidths match, then an audio profile of the apparatus is set to correspond to the established bandwidths and a corresponding icon is rendered on a display of the apparatus. If the signal bandwidth is narrower, than the codec bandwidth, then the audio profile of the apparatus is set to a narrower audio profile and a corresponding icon is rendered on the display of the apparatus. The bandwidth of the signal processed by the codec may be determined in several different ways and the narrower audio profile includes reduced bandwidth, reduced gain, or reduced dynamic range.
US09426564B2
An audio processing device including a factorization unit which factorizes frequency information obtained by performing time-frequency transformation on an audio signal of a plurality of channels into a channel matrix representing characteristics of a channel direction, a frequency matrix representing characteristics of a frequency direction, and a time matrix representing characteristics of a time direction; and an extraction unit which extracts the frequency information of audio from an arbitrary designated direction based on the channel matrix, the frequency matrix, and the time matrix.
US09426558B2
The invention generally relates to audio headphones. In certain embodiments, an earbud headphone assembly is provided. The assembly includes a sound chamber and chassis configured to enclose the sound chamber.
US09426554B2
This disclosure provides a headset comprising a first earphone with a first face facing the head of a user wearing the headset, a headband attached at a first end to the first earphone and a microphone arm rotatably attached to the first earphone. The microphone arm can rotate about a first axis essentially perpendicular to the first side, whereby the microphone arm can be rotated into to a rest position, where it extends along the headband. The headband comprises a first magnetic holding element and the microphone arm comprises at a co-operating second magnetic holding element, whereby the microphone arm can be magnetically adhered against the headband in the rest position.
US09426551B2
In an audio speaker network, the individual speakers of the network have lamps on them that are controlled to present a light show in synchrony with the audio being played by the system.
US09426544B1
A system is disclosed for detecting the presence of dielectric fluids and water in a utility enclosure. The system includes a sensor assembly that may be installed in the utility enclosure. The sensor assembly has an array of capacitance sensors extending into the utility enclosure to an area where the fluids are expected to be present. The sensor assembly also has a pressure sensor that can detect the total pressure of the fluids in the enclosure. The reading from both sensors can be feed to a processor and a transmitter that sends the readings wirelessly to a receiver assembly. The receiver assembly includes a wireless receiver, a second processor connected to the wireless receiver and a display. The processor may process the readings from the sensors to calculate and report the levels of fluids in the enclosure.
US09426542B1
A system and method for automating quality assurance for standardized content sharing is provided. The system includes a shared content receiver to receive shared content augmented with augmenting data; an authorized provider to determine whether a source of the shared content is authorized to provide shared content to the system; a rule retriever to retrieve rules associated with serving the shared content; an augmenting data checker to determine if the augmenting data is compliant according to the retrieved rules; and a verification transmitter to transmit an indication of whether the augmenting data is compliant.
US09426539B2
Apparatuses, methods and storage medium associated with content distribution and consumption are disclosed herein. In embodiments, an apparatus may include a decoder and a presentation engine. The decoder may be configured to receive and decode a primary content. The presentation engine may be configured to process and present decoded primary content. Processing of the decoded primary content may include identification of a feature in a frame of the primary content, and integration of a secondary content with the feature. Presentation of the decoded primary content may include presentation of the decoded primary content with the secondary content integrated with the feature of the frame. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US09426534B2
A method and system for providing a mobile alert service, and a related device are disclosed. The method for providing a mobile alert service includes: a mobile terminal receives an enhanced Commercial Mobile Alert Service (CMAS) message from a CMAS network; and an alert channel is located based on the enhanced CMAS message, and the alert program content on the alert channel is played. Through adding related information required for playing the alert program of the mobile television into the enhanced CMAS message, the disadvantage that only short text information can be delivered in a conventional CMAS system is overcome, so that the alert program may be watched by the mobile terminal user rapidly, promptly and intuitively.
US09426528B2
A method may include obtaining customer information regarding the user and marketing rules regarding a plurality of store offerings. A number of store offerings from the plurality of store offerings may be identified based on the customer information and the marketing rules. One or more of the identified store offerings may be provided to the user. A user request to purchase a selected one of the provided store offerings may be received. The content or services associated with the selected store offering may be provisioned based on the user request.
US09426527B2
An intelligent television can provide various interfaces for providing video-on-demand (VOD). The user interfaces include unique visual representations and organizations that allow the user to utilize the intelligent television more easily and more effectively. Particularly, the user interfaces pertain to the display of VOD content and better organizations thereof. Further, the user interfaces provide unique process of transitioning between the VOD content.
US09426519B1
Systems and methods that effectuate synchronized advertisement playback across navigation experiences and transitional states, are provided. In an aspect, a system includes an advertisement component configured to play a pre-roll media advertisement associated with a first media item prior to playing of the first media item, a request component configured to receive a request play a second media item prior to completion of the pre-roll media advertisement, and a streaming component configured to initiate playing of the second media item in response to the request, wherein the advertisement component is configured to continue to play the pre-roll media advertisement prior to playing of the second media item.
US09426511B2
Described herein is a system and method of ad targeting that automatically matches advertisements to media based on the demographic signatures of each. The method and system include calculating a match score between historical buyer demographics and media demographics. Media which is similar to the demographic of the product buyers is targeted for advertising.
US09426503B2
A media type processing method and apparatus, a media playing method and an EPG subsystem in an IPTV system are provided. The processing method and the media playing method comprise: defining a media type set; an SMS subsystem mapping all media types supported by programs or channels into the media type set, and issuing to an EPG subsystem; mapping the media types supported by a terminal as the media type set; after the authentication is passed, the SMS subsystem returning the media type set supported by the terminal to the EPG subsystem; and after the EPG subsystem receives a media playing request from the terminal, judging whether the media type set supported by the terminal is matched with the media type set supported by the programs or channels, and if being matched, acquiring information about the playable physical program from a database and issuing to the terminal for playing.
US09426502B2
A video generation system is configured to provide streaming video as a cloud processed service to viewers over a computing network. In response to a request from a viewer, a video source is configured to provide video and an identifier source is configured to provide an identifier for inclusion in the video. A video encoder is configured to convert the video from a first format to a second format, apply the identifier to the video, and otherwise encode the video in real-time while streaming the encoded video to the viewer. The identifier may be stored in association with the account information of the viewer and used for identifying the viewer a source of an unauthorized video copy.
US09426500B2
A method, performed by a computer device, may include receiving a request for a video asset from a user device, wherein the request includes information identifying a device type associated with the user device and a processor load associated with the user device. The method may further include determining a bandwidth capacity associated with a connection to the user device; selecting a codec and a quality level for the requested video asset based on the device type, the processor load, and the determined bandwidth capacity; identifying a Uniform Resource Identifier associated with the selected codec and quality level for the requested video asset; and providing the identified Uniform Resource Identifier to the user device.
US09426492B2
A method of decoding video including obtaining bit strings corresponding to current transformation coefficient level information by arithmetic decoding a bitstream based on a context model; determining a current binarization parameter by updating or maintaining a previous binarization parameter based on a comparison of a predetermined value and a size of a previous transformation coefficient; obtaining the current transformation coefficient level information by performing de-binarization of the bit strings using the determined current binarization parameter; and generating a size of a current transformation coefficient using the current transformation coefficient level information, wherein the determining the current binarization parameter further comprising: when the previous binarization parameter is larger than the predetermined value, updating the previous binarization parameter; and when the previous binarization parameter is not larger than the predetermined value, maintaining the previous binarization parameter.
US09426490B2
A moving picture coding apparatus includes a motion compensation coding unit for deciding a coding mode for coding a current block to be coded and for generating predictive image data based on the coding mode, and includes a direct mode enable/disable judgment unit for judging whether or not scaling processing can be performed when the coding mode decided by the motion compensation coding unit is a temporal direct mode. When it is judged that the scaling processing cannot be performed, the motion compensation coding unit performs motion compensation either by using another coding mode or without the scaling processing.
US09426485B2
Although a video encoding device multiplexes ctu_pcm_flag syntax indicating whether all image blocks belonging to a coding tree unit as a set of image blocks are PCM blocks, at the top of the coding tree unit, when all image blocks belonging to the coding tree unit are PCM blocks, at least cu_split_flag syntax indicative of the splitting pattern of the coding tree unit is not multiplexed to transmit PCM data efficiently.
US09426484B2
A method and apparatus for decoding video and a method and apparatus for encoding video are provided. The method for decoding video includes: receiving and parsing a bitstream of encoded video; extracting, from the bitstream, encoded image data of a current picture assigned to a maximum coding unit of the current picture, information regarding a coded depth of the maximum coding unit, information regarding an encoding mode, and coding unit pattern information indicating whether texture information of the maximum coding units has been encoded; and decoding the encoded image data for the maximum coding unit, based on the information regarding the coded depth of the maximum coding unit, the information regarding the encoding mode, and the coding unit pattern information.
US09426481B2
A method and apparatus for encoding an image, and a method and apparatus for decoding an image. The method of encoding an image includes: classifying pixels forming an input image into a first pixel group in which bit depth of original pixel values is maintained, and a second pixel group in which bit depth of original pixel values is changed; generating a changed input image by changing the bit depth of pixel values of pixels in the second pixel group; and performing motion prediction and compensation on the changed input image.
US09426479B2
Methods of preserving captioning information in an input video stream through transcoding of the input video stream include extracting caption data from the input video stream, translating the caption data into at least one output caption format, packaging the translated caption data into data packets for insertion into a video stream, synchronizing the packaged caption data with a transcoded version of the input video stream, receiving a preliminary output video stream that is a transcoded version of the input video stream, and combining the packaged caption data with the preliminary output video stream to form an output video stream. Related systems and computer program products are also disclosed.
US09426477B2
Methods and apparatus are provided for encoding video, such as surveillance video. A video frame is encoded by evaluating a level of activity in video frame relative to one or more neighboring frames; encoding the video frame using an inter-coding technique if the evaluation satisfies one or more predefined inter-coding criteria, wherein said inter-coding technique is applied to said video frame without a Group of Picture structure having a maximum number of consecutive inter-coded frames; and encoding the video frame using an intra-coding technique if the evaluation satisfies one or more predefined intra-coding criteria. The evaluating step may comprise, for example, determining whether differences between the video frame and the one or more neighboring frames exceed a predefined threshold.
US09426464B2
A method for coding a current block using a parametric motion model whose parameters are defined from the motion data of the causal neighborhood is disclosed. Specifically, the method for coding the current block comprises the following steps: determine a prediction block of the current block from a motion model defined by a set of parameters, the model associating a motion vector pointing at a pixel of a prediction block with each pixel of the current block. calculate a residual block between the current block and the prediction block, and code the residual block. According to the invention, the parameters of the motion model are determined from the motion data associated with the causal neighborhood blocks of the current block. Therefore, they can be deducted from parts of images already coded and do not need to be incorporated in the image data stream.
US09426463B2
A video coding device generates a motion vector (MV) candidate list for a prediction unit (PU) of a coding unit (CU) that is partitioned into four equally-sized PUs. The video coding device converts a bi-directional MV candidate in the MV candidate list into a uni-directional MV candidate. In addition, the video coding device determines a selected MV candidate in the merge candidate list and generates a predictive video block for the PU based at least in part on one or more reference blocks indicated by motion information specified by the selected MV candidate.
US09426462B2
In some examples, a video encoder includes multiple sequence parameter set (SPS) IDs in an SEI message, such that multiple active SPSs can be indicated to a video decoder. In some examples, a video decoder activates a video parameter set (VPS) and/or one or more SPSs through referencing an SEI message, e.g., based on the inclusion of the VPS ID and one or more SPS IDs in the SEI message. The SEI message may be, as examples, an active parameter sets SEI message or a buffering period SEI message.
US09426458B2
A video output supervisor includes a test region indicator for verifying that the commanded output to specific areas of a display is valid. Areas reserved displaying safety-critical data in the data frame to be displayed can be supervised for the presence and status of display indicators of the safety-critical data. The confidence of the supervision can be increased by measuring other display and frame parameters in conjunction with supervising the indicators of the safety-critical data.
US09426456B2
A display device includes: a liquid crystal panel which has a display surface including pixels, and displays frame images; a generation portion which generates a first and a second image signals based on a frame image signal, the first image signal rendering an image of a lower resolution than the frame image signal and including data to be written to all the pixels, the second image signal including data to be written to a part of the pixels and not including data to be written to remaining pixels other than the part of the pixels; and a liquid crystal driver which executes, after executing a first scanning operation, a second scanning operation in which scanning based on the second image signal is executed, to drive the liquid crystal panel, wherein data that has been written to the remaining pixels is held in the second scanning operation.
US09426453B2
Methods and apparatus for signaling timing of refreshes of stereographic displays are provided. In some embodiments, light emitting elements are used to signal the start of a display refresh and to signal when the light emitting elements of the display have attained a stable optical state following the display refresh. In some embodiments, light emitting elements used to signal timing of display refreshes include light emitting elements defining a display area of the display.
US09426450B1
A depth sensing multiple camera system is described that uses depth sensing cameras. In one example, the camera system includes a primary auto-focus camera to capture an image of a scene at a first focus distance, the primary camera having a fixed field of view through different focus distances, a secondary auto-focus camera to capture an image of the same scene at a second focus distance, the secondary camera having a fixed field of view through different focus distances, and a processor having a first port coupled to the primary camera to receive images from the primary camera and a second port to receive images from the secondary camera and to determine a depth map for the captured primary camera image using the captured secondary camera image.
US09426445B2
An image processing apparatus performs sharpening processing on each of a plurality of pieces of left-eye image data, and synthesizes them in a unit of predetermined group to generate left-eye intermediate image data (1). The image processing apparatus then performs sharpening processing on each of a plurality of pieces of left-eye intermediate image data (1) generated by the synthesizing processing and synthesizes them in a unit of predetermined group to generate left-eye intermediate image data (2).
US09426443B2
An image processing system according to an embodiment is an image processing system having a terminal device including a display unit that displays a medical image. The image processing system includes an acquiring unit and a display controller. The acquiring unit acquires a position of the terminal device relative to a predetermined target. The display controller causes the display unit to display a medical image in accordance with the relative position of the terminal device relative to the target acquired by the acquiring unit.
US09426438B2
According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a part estimated to have a high degree of generation of false color for predetermined parts of an input image imaged by different exposure times at a predetermined spatial period is detected. A false color intensity value indicating an estimated degree of generation of false color is calculated for each of the predetermined parts. A high dynamic range image is generated by executing processing to merge long-time exposure pixels and short-time exposure pixels making up the input image. False color correction processing is executed according to the intensity of the false color intensity value, to the high dynamic range image. The present disclosure may be applied to, for example, an image processing unit within a solid state image sensor.
US09426433B1
Embodiments include a system, method, and computer program product for using a biosensor worn by a user to trigger an event and activate a camera worn by the user to begin streaming and/or recording video data. The biosensor trigger also initiates a real time multimedia collaboration session with the user wearing the biosensor and one or more designated parties. Through an interoperability gateway device, a voice communications device of the user is bridged with voice communications devices of the designated parties, and the video data is electronically transmitted to the designated parties. Thus, the designated parties may have real time voice communications among each other and with the user, and the designated parties may also view the video data in real time. Embodiments also determine when an event has ended and deactivates the camera worn by the user.
US09426431B2
A live panning system and method for providing a live representation of a portion of a working area are provided. The system includes an image sensor acquiring an image of the entire working area and a processing unit. The image sensor includes an array of pixels, each providing pixel data of the image, and reads out the pixel data of a number of output pixels from the array to generate a sensor video stream, the output pixels corresponding to a cropping window within the image. The image sensor also includes a windowing module configured to move, in real-time, the cropping window within the image. The processing unit monitors viewing instructions from a user selecting a region of interest within the image corresponding to the portion of the working area, and dynamically communicates the viewing instructions to the windowing module such that the cropping window always encompasses the region of interest.
US09426424B2
A method and system for contacting emergency service providers may allow using a remote control (RC) at a multimedia content distribution network (MCDN) client location. An MCDN user may use the RC, which may be configured to control customer premises equipment at the MCDN client, to signal an emergency event. In response, an MCDN server may be queried for emergency user information associated with the MCDN client and/or the MCDN user. Based on the emergency user information, third parties, such as emergency service providers, medical service providers, or private persons, may be contacted via the MCDN. A communications channel, including audio and/or video, between an emergency service provider and the MCDN client may be initiated based on the emergency user information.
US09426417B2
An image processing device includes an image control unit that controls an operation of imaging a picture image; a detection control unit that controls an operation of detecting whether a direction of imaging the picture image is changed or not; and a display control unit that controls an operation of displaying a display image which is generated based on the imaged picture image, and displays an image for setting when the detection control unit detects that the direction of imaging is changed.
US09426414B2
This disclosure describes selection of reference video units to be used for interpolation or extrapolation of a video unit, such as a video frame. A decoder may apply a quality-focused mode to select a reference frame based on quality criteria. The quality criteria may indicate a level of quality likely to be produced by a reference frame. If no reference frames satisfy the quality criteria, interpolation or extrapolation may be disabled. Display of an interpolated or extrapolated frame may be selectively enabled based on a quality analysis. A decoder may apply a resource-focused frame interpolation mode to enable or disable frame interpolation or extrapolation for some frames based on power and quality considerations. In one mode, frame interpolation may be disabled to conserve power when reference frames are not likely to produce satisfactory quality. In another mode, the threshold may be adjustable as a function of power saving requirements.
US09426413B2
A first RGB converter is configured to convert a luminance signal and a color difference signal of a first frame signal to a first RGB signal. The first frame signal is a current frame having a first number of bits. A second RGB converter is configured to place at least one lower bit of the first frame signal on the least significant bit side of a second frame signal to form composite data having the first number of bits and to convert the composite data to a second RGB signal. The second frame signal is a previous frame having a second number of bits composed of upper bits of the first number of bits other than at least one lower bit. An overdrive processing unit is configured to correct an amplitude of the first RGB signal corresponding to the difference between the first and second RGB signals.
US09426412B2
A rendering device provides improved rendering responsiveness in multi-window display for rendering scenarios in which display sizes of images vary over time, while also reducing required memory bandwidth. The device comprises: a scenario processor 101 for interpreting a rendering scenario and calculating for each frame period a scale-down ratio for each of a plurality of pictures; a plurality of decoders 107 for decoding encoded data of a plurality of videos; a plurality of first scalers for scaling-down the decoded pictures using the scale-down ratios calculated by the scenario processor 101; a memory 106 for storing the scaled-down pictures; a plurality of second scalers 113 for reading the scaled-down pictures from the memory and re-scaling the scaled-down pictures to match the scale-down ratios calculated by the scenario processor for a current frame period; and, a composing unit 115 for composing the re-scaled pictures.
US09426411B2
The present invention relates to automatic summarization so as to recognize entire contents of multimedia data. A method of generating summarized information according to the present invention includes: generating index information on a specific audio signal or a specific video signal among input signals; synchronizing text information extracted from the input signal or received for the input signal with the index information; and generating first summarized information by using the synchronized text information and index information.
US09426402B2
A solid-state image pickup device according to one embodiment of the present invention includes: electrically coupled substrates on which circuit elements constituting a pixel are arranged; a photoelectric conversion element included in the pixel; a reading circuit that reads from the pixel, a signal based on a signal generated by the photoelectric conversion element; and first to n-th circuit sets each including a circuit element that reads a signal by a corresponding one of first to n-th reading modes. n is an integer such that n≧2. The circuit elements arranged on one of the substrates is used to complete operations from generation of the signal by the photoelectric conversion element to reading of the signal by at least one of the first to n-th reading modes. The photoelectric conversion element, the reading circuit, and at least one of the first to n-th circuit sets which corresponds to the at least one of the first to n-th reading modes, are arranged on the one of the substrates.
US09426390B2
A pixel cell and imaging arrays using the same are disclosed. The pixel cell includes a photodiode that is connected to a floating diffusion node by a transfer gate that couples the photodiode to the floating diffusion node in response to a first gate signal. A shielding electrode shields the floating diffusion node from the first gate signal. An output stage generates a signal related to a charge on the floating diffusion node. In one aspect of the invention, the photodiode is connected to the floating diffusion node by a buried channel, and the shielding electrode includes an electrode overlying the channel and positioned between the transfer gate and the floating diffusion node. The shielding electrode is held at a potential that prevents charge from accumulating under the shielding electrode when the floating diffusion is at the second potential.
US09426381B1
An apparatus comprising a scaling circuit, a luma circuit and a blending circuit. The scaling circuit may generate a plurality of scaled frames in response to a first plurality of frames generated by a sensor. The first plurality of frames may have a first exposure. The luma circuit may generate an average luminance value for each of a plurality of processed pixels in each of a second of the plurality of frames generated by the sensor. The second of the plurality of frames may have a second exposure and each of the average luminance values is calculated based on a plurality of neighboring pixels in a neighborhood of the processed pixel.
US09426369B2
This imaging device comprises: a storage unit that sequentially stores a plurality of frame images based on an imaging signal from an imaging sensor for capturing images of a subject light and also stores a still image corresponding to any of the plurality of frame images; a movie image generation unit that generates slow-motion movie images to be played back at a second frame rate lower than a first frame rate indicative of the number of frame images stored in the storage unit in a unit of time, on the basis of the plurality of frame images stored in the storage unit; and an image stabilization amount calculation unit that uses, as a reference, the frame image corresponding to the still image from among the plurality of frame images, to calculate an image stabilization amount for the slow-motion movie images.
US09426368B2
The present disclosure provides a communication system which can shorten a data transfer time by realizing transmission and reception of data using two communicators. The present disclosure is a communication system which includes: a first device; and a second device, and in which the first device includes a first controller, the second device includes a second controller, the first controller and the second controller are connected through a first communicator and a second communicator, and the second controller switches and selectively executes one of a reception mode for receiving data from the first controller using the first communicator, and the second communicator and a transmission/reception mode for transmitting data to the first controller using the first communicator and receiving data from the first controller using the second communicator.
US09426366B2
A digital photographing apparatus having low power consumption includes a lens unit, an encoder sensor configured to detect a rotational state of the lens unit, a power supply controller configured to control power supply such that an operation of turning on the encoder sensor to generate a detection signal and an operation of turning off the encoder sensor are repeatedly performed, and a determiner configured to determine the rotational state of the lens unit from the detection signal.
US09426363B2
An exemplary image forming apparatus according to the present disclosure includes: a light source which irradiates an object with light and of which the orientation and position are fixed; a tilting mechanism which tilts the object at multiple tilt angles; an image sensor which is arranged at a position where the light that has been transmitted through the object is incident, gets tilted along with the object by the tilting mechanism, and captures a plurality of images at the multiple tilt angles; and an image processing section which forms a high-resolution image of the object, having a higher resolution than any of the plurality of images, by synthesizing the plurality of images together.
US09426355B2
An imaging apparatus generates a GUI screen image for operating the imaging apparatus. A controller controls the generation of the GUI screen image upon detecting a predetermined operation.
US09426351B2
An auto-focusing method includes dividing an image into a plurality of blocks, performing discrete cosine transform (DCT) on image data of the plurality of blocks to output a plurality of DCT blocks each comprising DCT coefficients, generating a DCT mask for selecting DCT coefficients corresponding to a selected frequency range in a DCT block among the plurality of DCT blocks, and calculating a focus value of the image by applying the generated DCT mask to the DCT block.
US09426348B2
An autofocus camera is provided which restrains and corrects any tilt that may occur in the optical axis direction without the need of providing any additional new sensors for that purpose. The autofocus camera includes an image sensor for receiving light from an object and converting the light into corresponding electrical signals, a lens driving device having a lens for focusing the light from the object upon said image sensor, and a control portion for causing said lens driving device to adjust any tilt that may occur in the optical axis in response to the electrical signals received from said image sensor. The control portion is operated to cause the lens driving device to adjust any tilts of the optical axis with respect to the image sensor in the orthogonal directions with each other, so that the resolution signals at the predetermined positions of said image sensor can be maximized.
US09426343B2
Array cameras, and array camera modules incorporating independently aligned lens stacks are disclosed. Processes for manufacturing array camera modules including independently aligned lens stacks can include: forming at least one hole in at least one carrier; mounting the at least one carrier relative to at least one sensor so that light passing through the at least one hole in the at least one carrier is incident on a plurality of focal planes formed by arrays of pixels on the at least one sensor; and independently mounting a plurality of lens barrels to the at least one carrier, so that a lens stack in each lens barrel directs light through the at least one hole in the at least one carrier and focuses the light onto one of the plurality of focal planes.
US09426334B1
A determination device includes a first instructing unit, a first acquiring unit, a correcting unit, a predicting unit, a second instructing unit, a second acquiring unit, and a determining unit. The predicting unit predicts a measurement value of a multicolor patch image included in a second patch column to be output by an image output device, the second patch column being acquired after the correcting unit corrects tone values in a first patch column. The second acquiring unit acquires the measurement value of the multicolor patch image measured by performing, by a user, an operation of a measurement device along the second patch column output by the image output device. The determining unit determines whether the operation performed by the user is appropriate on a basis of the measurement value acquired by the second acquiring unit and the measurement value predicted by the predicting unit.
US09426333B2
According to the present invention, multiresolution decomposition is performed on a color component of image data by using a wavelet frame with orientation selectivity or a filter bank with orientation selectivity and subband signals are obtained; and when reconstructing an image by summing the obtained subband signals, coefficient processing is performed, between a decomposition phase and a synthesis phase in the multiresolution decomposition, on decomposition detail coefficients that are output from the decomposition phase such that the larger the energy of the decomposition detail coefficients is, the more small values are further reduced, and the smaller the energy of the decomposition detail coefficients is, the more small values are increased, or vise versa.
US09426330B2
Provided an image forming apparatus that can realize an authentication function easily. (1) Transmit a printing requested data from a PC to a port for printing. (2) A user authentication application inputs printing requested data from the port for printing, and user determination data of the printing requested data are transmitted to a user authentication server. (3) The user authentication server transmits “use permission” or “use non-permission” to the user authentication application. (4) The user authentication application transmits the image data of the printing requested data to an application platform in case of “use permission.” (5) The application platform transmits image data to a controller. (6) The controller outputs the image data to a printing part. (7) The user authentication application transmits “use non-permission” to the PC in case of “use non-permission.”
US09426313B2
A mobile device is provided. The mobile device includes an imaging unit configured to generate an image, a communication interface configured to receive status information from an image forming apparatus corresponding to the generated image, a controller configured to control the communication interface to receive manual information on the image forming apparatus according to the received status information, and a display configured to synthesize and display the generated image and the received manual information.
US09426311B2
An image forming apparatus includes: an expansion/contraction ratio calculation unit that calculates a value of a ratio of expansion or contraction of a printing medium at a time of printing a second surface as compared with a time of printing a first surface; a storage control unit that causes an NVRAM to hold the calculated value of the ratio of expansion or contraction; and a magnification correcting unit that corrects magnification of an image on the second surface using a newly calculated value of the ratio when a difference between the newly calculated value and a value that has been held by the NVRAM until the new value is calculated is within a predetermined range, and corrects the magnification of the image on the second surface using a value closer to 0 than the newly calculated value when the difference exceeds the predetermined range.
US09426310B2
An image forming apparatus indicates on a display a message prompting placement of paper, which is to be placed in a cassette, on a reading device and issuance of an instruction to start reading, in order to set a size of paper placed in the cassette. When touch of a button is detected after the message is indicated and a user operation giving an instruction to start reading is accepted, the image forming apparatus detects the size of placed paper using the reading device. The image forming apparatus then sets the size of paper placed in the cassette to the detected size.
US09426304B2
A method and system of emergency call management is provided. Emergency calls received at an emergency service platform (ESP) through one or more communication networks are associated with location information. The location information is identified to a map server through an i3 event logging protocol to be displayed on graphical map displays at operator positions. An operator of an operator position can then select a call from the graphical map display and an associated responder client will request that the emergency call be routed by the ESP to the operator or a secondary responder agency. The operator position are associated with a public safety access point (PSAP) associated with the incoming emergency calls.
US09426303B1
Systems and methods for developing, deploying, providing, and/or operating location-based services for controlled-environment facilities (e.g., jails, prisons, etc.) are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method may include receiving, from a resident of a controlled-environment facility (e.g., an inmate, etc.), a request to establish a remote communication with a mobile device operated by a non-resident of the controlled-environment facility (e.g., family, friend, attorney, etc.). For example, the mobile device may be a cellular phone, a smart phone, a computing device, a tablet, or the like. The method may also include allowing or denying the request depending, at least in part, upon a physical location of the mobile device. In some cases, the method may also include comparing an indication of the physical location with a geo-fencing rule and taking a predetermined action in response to the comparison.
US09426299B2
Measures for moving an established communication session in a telecommunications network, the communication session being established between a first device in a plurality of user devices associated with a user and a remote user device associated with a remote party, to a second device in the plurality of user devices associated with the user. At the second user device, a message is received from the first user device indicating that a communication session has been established between the first user device and the remote user device, the message comprising contact information for the remote user device. The second user device transmits, to the remote user device using the contact information comprised in the message, a request to replace the communication session established between the first user device and the remote user device with a communication session between the second user device and the remote user device.
US09426281B1
An automatic list scheduling (“ALS”) system monitors usage of calling lists by an administrator where the administrator terminates usage of a calling list based on various measured parameters. The ALS system is configure to learn the conditions associated with the measured parameters and, in one embodiment, recommends to the administrator when to terminate use of a current calling list in favor of another list. A learning mode gathers various samples of the measured parameters associated with calling lists, and analyzes the sample to determine a threshold value. Upon monitoring the measured values for subsequent usage of calling lists, the current measured parameters are compared to the threshold value to determine whether to generate a recommendation to the administrator. In one embodiment, the time zone of the called party and the applicable calling window is used to determine whether the current list can continued to be used.
US09426276B2
The present application provides a system and method for providing telephony functions for operation during a computer game application execution. In particular, a system and method for performing mobile telephony calling and/or messaging operations in-game during computer game application execution is provided. In the disclosure, a mobile telephony user interface is provided and operated in conjunction with a computer game user interface presenting a game environment to a gamer. Mobile telephony operations are provided by way of the mobile telephony user interface in a manner that at least substantially avoids interrupting gamer perception of ongoing game play and gamer interaction with the game environment.
US09426275B2
A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed, by which various convenient functions including application management in association with such a wearable external device as a watch type mobile terminal and the like can be provided. The present invention includes a wireless communication unit, a touchscreen, and a controller, when the touchscreen is turned off, if a 1st touch is inputted to the touchscreen and a 2nd touch is then inputted to the touchscreen by maintaining the 1st touch, turning on the touchscreen and controlling information of at least one wearable device currently connected through the wireless communication unit to be displayed on the touchscreen.
US09426266B1
Systems and methods of providing a mobile phone cover are described. In some embodiments, the mobile phone cover may include, for example, a processor and lighting devices. The lighting devices may be operatively coupled to the processor. The processor may be configured, for example, to receive first signals based on second signals in which the second signals are generated by the mobile phone. The second signals may be indicative of an incoming call, an incoming message, a pending message, and/or a calendar alert (e.g., an upcoming appointment), for example. The processor may be configured to cause lighting of one or more of the lighting devices based on the first signals.
US09426265B1
A system and its design variations use an innovative organic mirror tube to generate the flexible bending light and expose a multipurpose mobile projector. The goal has two folds: first, to provide the flexibility for wall projection angle, in order to ease the operation and second, to further create a foundation for potential naked eye 3D direct observations. The key component used is a silicon-based organic mirror, which can bend the light within the multiple layers of organic hydro gel. Different shaped optical pigtails are designed to match the multiple use cases. One of the many sample implementations using a flat mirror is described in details. The synthetic manufacture procedures are given in details.
US09426258B1
Expression based declarative data service execution chaining is disclosed. In various embodiments, an indication is received that a first data service has returned a result indicating the first data service has been invoked successfully. An expression is evaluated, based at least in part on the result. A second data service is invoked based at least in part on an outcome of the evaluation of the expression.
US09426254B2
A computer implemented method may include installing a software appliance on a first computer system, the software appliance including database software and a business application. The software appliance may be configured on the first computer system to a predetermined configuration of the business application and the database software. The configured software appliance may be detached from an operating system of the first computing device. The detaching of the software appliance may include collecting metadata associated with the software appliance, the operating system and hardware the first system. The detached software appliance and the metadata may be stored on computer readable medium.
US09426252B2
A computer-implemented method for updating a web user interface on a client device is provided. A router back-boned to the Internet communicates with the client device web-user interface data defined in markup language to dynamically update the web-user interface on the client device. The router contains no logic regarding the web-user interface running on the client device. The client device has a browser server for dynamically updating the web-user interface through downloading and caching the data from the router. The browser server on the client device has (i) a user interface model of the web-user interface running on the client device defined in Javascript, and (ii) a JavaScript Runtime Engine for dynamically converting the downloaded and/or cached web-user interface markup language data into JavaScript objects. The web-user interface is dynamically updated by combining steps (i) and (ii).
US09426247B2
A method, system and program are disclosed for accelerating data storage in a cache appliance cluster that transparently monitors NFS and CIFS traffic between clients and NAS subsystems and caches files using dynamically adjustable cache policies which populate the storage cache using behavioral adaptive policies that are based on analysis of clients-filers transaction patterns and network utilization, thereby improving access time to the data stored on the disk-based NAS filer (group) for predetermined applications.
US09426246B2
A method and apparatus for providing caching service in network infrastructure. In an embodiment, there is provided a method for providing caching service in network infrastructure, comprising: in response to at least one application node accessing data in a storage node, caching a copy of the data in a cache server; in response to the at least one application node accessing the data in the storage node, obtaining an identifier indicating whether the data in the storage node is valid or not; and in response to the identifier indicating the data in the storage node is valid, returning the copy; wherein the at least one application node and the storage node are connected via the network infrastructure, and the cache server is coupled to a switch in the network infrastructure. In another embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for providing caching service in network infrastructure.
US09426245B2
Certain embodiments provide systems and methods to perform in-line translation of message content according to FIX protocol variants in a trading system. An example method includes receiving, at a computing device, a message formatted according to a FIX protocol, the message including message content and a message wrapper, the message wrapper providing session and delivery information for the message to a target. The example method includes performing in-line translation of the message content of the received message to adjust the message content according to a predefined set of rules without affecting the message wrapper (with the possible exception of the message size) and message routing session. The example method includes facilitating routing of the message to the target based on the message wrapper.
US09426243B2
A method for remote collaboration includes receiving posting content from a first employee of a company. The posting content includes a multitude of key terms. The method further includes generating a first employee posting using the posting content, extracting the multitude of key terms from the posting content, matching one of the plurality of key terms to a key term label, storing the key term label in the first employee posting, and selecting a company channel corresponding to the key terms label. The method further includes identifying a subscriber of the company channel, where the subscriber is a second employee of the company, and presenting the first employee posting content to the subscriber.
US09426242B2
A media channel can include a mix of media items and invitational content items. At some point during the playback of the media channel an invitational content item can be presented. In some cases, the invitational content items eligible for presentation can be of differing types, such as video and audio. In can be advantageous to restrict presentation of video invitational content items to times when a user is likely to view the screen of the client device during playback of the invitational content item. To accomplish this one or more heuristics or rules can be applied to client device data to predict a user attention level. The user attention level can then be correlated to an invitational content item type, which can then be used to select an invitational content item for playback.
US09426241B1
A request for a first resource by a user is received. In response to receiving the request for a first resource, a second resource is determined based on the first resource and a resource usage pattern of the user. A response to the request for the first resource is provided. The response includes the first resource and the second resource.
US09426233B2
Methods and apparatus for determining recommended geographic server locations for online social networks by attempting to minimize user-server latency and inter-user communications latency. In an embodiment, geographic and relationship information for a plurality of users is acquired. The plurality of users may belong to one or more networks. The acquired information is transformed into a graph. A first plurality of clusters is generated with a first clustering algorithm. A second plurality of clusters is generated by iteratively examining pairs of the first plurality clusters, and swapping nodes between the examined clusters if it will reduce a total cut weight of the graph and locate each pair of nodes within a defined maximum distance from the centroid of the target cluster. In an embodiment, a method uses a joint analysis approach based upon characteristics of a plurality of existing networks.
US09426232B1
The subject matter of this specification can be implemented in, among other things, a method for location-based content publishing. The method includes a step for receiving indication of a user subscription to one or more publisher feeds, wherein each of the one or more publisher feeds provides multiple content items, each content item being associated with a location. The method also includes a step for receiving a request for content items, wherein the request includes information about the user's location based on a mobile device of the user. The method also includes a step for selecting content items provided by the one or more publisher feeds based on the user's location and based on the location associated with the content items. The method also includes a step for providing at least a portion of the selected content items for display on the user's mobile device.
US09426219B1
Data may be partitioned and uploaded in multiple parts in parallel to a data warehouse cluster in a data warehouse system. Data to be uploaded may be identified, and the partitions for the data may be determined at the storage client. The data may then be partitioned at the storage client. In various embodiments, no local partitions of the data may be maintained in persistent storage at the storage client. The partitioned data may then be sent in parallel to a data warehouse staging area in another network-based service that is implemented as part of a same network-based service implementing the data warehouse system. A request may then be sent to the data warehouse cluster to perform a multi-part upload from the staging area to the data warehouse cluster.
US09426218B2
A network connection is established between a virtual storage appliance (VSA) in a virtual machine and a storage server system. The virtual machine can run on a computing device remote to the storage server system. Access is provided to a second shared namespace of data at the VSA over the network connection. The second shared namespace is a policy defined subset of a first shared namespace of the storage server system. Data in the second shared namespace is accessible at the storage server system by at least one other computing device communicatively coupled to the storage server system. The data in the second shared namespace at the VSA is replicated to create a local copy at the computing device. Changes to the local copy are synchronized with the data in the second shared namespace at the storage sever system.
US09426212B2
A machine may generate and store a correlation among multiple identifiers of the user that enable access to an application through multiple systems. For example, the user may have a first identifier for using a first social network system, and a second identifier for using a second social network system, and the machine may generate and store a correlation between the first identifier and the second identifier. The machine may identify the user based on the first identifier and access a database that stores the correlation. The machine may then access a configuration of the application based on the correlation and configure the application in accordance with the configuration. The machine may generate a visual representation of the configured application, provide the visual representation to a device of a further user, receive an indication of an opinion of the further user on the visual representation, and present the indication.
US09426208B2
The present invention, generally speaking, provides a broad-based solution for acquisition, processing and distribution of media objects including pictures (images), movies, videos, graphics, sound clips, etc via the Internet or the like. And specifically, it is a solution to such systems for use in applications wherein there are multiple originators of media objects that will be viewed in multiple web sites having different viewing requirements. A browser-based prepare and post tool prepares and submits media objects from inside a standard browser to a remote server. A Media Acquisition, Processing and Distribution (MAPD) system receives these media objects, processes them to meet specific requirements, and delivers them for integration into remote databases. MAPD system services include media object submission, processing, hosting and mirroring. The hosting service delivers a media object URL to a remote database, allowing the media object to be requested and served by the media object server. The mirroring service delivers the actual media object to multi-point remote databases to be stored and served by the customer.
US09426205B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for determining, for each of a plurality of resource requests for a resource that includes first content, whether a supplemental content event has occurred. The occurrence of the supplemental content event indicates that supplemental content will likely be served to a user device after the resource is served to the user device. For each resource request for which the supplemental content event has occurred, the resource is served with a defined supplemental content environment in which the supplemental content is to be displayed, the supplemental content environment being of dimensions that accommodate display of the supplemental content without adjustment of display of the first content upon the user device rendering the resource. For each resource request for which the supplemental content event has not occurred, the resource is served without the defined supplemental content environment.
US09426204B2
A network connection system for sharing data among networks using a shared storage to enable easy mail transception, file transception, and use of clipboards, including a first terminal connected to a first network; a first network connection server between a shared storage and the first terminal to control or transceive data; a second terminal connected to a second network; a second network connection server between the shared storage and the second terminal to control or transceive data; having a single storage space shared by the network connection servers. Using separate portable storage media is eliminated, and a clipboard may be used. In addition, mail may be converted and transceived among the networks to reduce security risks, and files may be transceived among networks even when multiple terminals are accessed, eliminating loads on a server and improving quality of shared storage.
US09426196B2
In one example, a client device for receiving information for streaming of media data includes a clock, and one or more processors configured to receive a media presentation description (MPD) for media content, wherein the MPD includes data indicative of wall-clock times at which the client device can retrieve data of the media content from a source device, and wherein the data indicates a synchronization method by which the client device is to synchronize the wall-clock times with the clock, synchronize the clock with the wall-clock times using the method indicated by the MPD, and request data of the media content from the source device using the synchronized clock. A server device or source device may form and provide such an MPD to a client device.
US09426195B2
A system and method for efficient distribution of streamed media content to large and diversely located client locations is provided whereby an intelligent distribution network (IDN) center manages the delivery of the streamed media to a plurality of clients. The IDN center determines the most efficient delivery route to each client by utilizing trace routes between the IDN center, IDN nodes, various transmission devices and the client. Once a ‘best performing’ IDN node and network link is determined, the IDN center directs the client to the ‘best’ node and instructs deliver of a content stream along the ‘best’ link. Upon receiving the streamed media, the ‘best’ node replicates the stream and delivers the media to the client. Additional clients may ‘piggyback’ off the initial content stream by obtaining a replication of the media from their ‘best’ nodes which are, or connected to nodes, already transmitting/receiving the initial content stream.
US09426188B2
Example embodiments presented herein are directed towards a network node, and corresponding method, for conference handling. The method comprises receiving an invitation, from an initiating user equipment, to create an Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) conference, the invitation comprising a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) associated with the initiating user equipment. The method further comprises obtaining a conference focus identifier associated with a conference focus unit hosting the IMS conference, and compiling a mapping of the URI and the conference focus identifier. The method also comprises receiving, from a participating user equipment, a communication request comprising the URI associated with the initiating user equipment, and forwarding, based on the mapping, the participating user equipment to the IMS conference associated with the conference focus identifier.
US09426185B1
A computing device connects to a local area network (LAN) and determines whether a device comprising an embedded system is also connected to the LAN. Responsive to determining that the device is connected to the LAN, the computing device establishes a first session with the embedded system of the device over the LAN and then communicates with the embedded system of the device via the first session.
US09426184B2
In one example, a method includes sending a request to a wireless docking host to select one or more peripheral functions available via the wireless docking host in accordance with authentication and association information associated with a docking session with the wireless docking host. The method further includes sending a request to the wireless docking host to establish one or more payload connections with the wireless docking host, wherein the one or more payload connections are configured to communicate data via the wireless docking host for the selected one or more peripheral functions.
US09426182B1
A system and method are disclosed for adaptive authentication. An access control system stores policies for an enterprise, where each policy specifies a type of access control. The type of access control includes one or more security rules, which may specify authentication procedures, allowable behaviors, or both. The access control system stores a mapping from contexts of requests to interact with applications and access control policies. When a user requests access to an application associated with the enterprise via a client, the access control system receives the context of the request. The access control system selects an access control policy for the context of the request. The access control system sends access control information from the access control policy selected to the client. The client interacts with the user to perform the authentication.
US09426179B2
In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for the steps of receiving an indication that a computer facility has access to a secure data store, causing a security parameter of a storage medium local to the computer facility to be assessed, determining if the security parameter is compliant with a security policy relating to computer access of the remote secure data store, and in response to an indication that the security parameter is non-compliant, cause the computer facility to implement an action to prevent further dissemination of information, to disable access to network communications, to implement an action to prevent further dissemination of information, and the like.
US09426169B2
A method for cyber attack risk assessment, the method including operating at least one hardware processor for: collecting global cyber attack data from a networked resource; collecting organizational profile data from a user, wherein the organizational profile data includes: types of computerized defensive controls employed by the organization, a maturity of each of the computerized defensive controls, and organizational assets each pertaining to a business environment and each associated with at least one of the computerized defensive controls; and computing a cyber attack risk of the organization in real time, by continuously performing the collecting of global cyber attack data and comparing the global cyber attack data to the organizational profile data, to compute a cyber attack risk score for each of the organizational assets.
US09426167B1
Embodiments of the present invention provide systems and methods for monitoring decommissioned servers in a shared data environment. Embodiments of the present invention can be used to aggregate information associated with an environment from external resources, and calculate a baseline of server activity from the aggregated information. When new information is received, it is compared to the baseline of server activity in order to determine a possible misuse of the server assets, when inconsistencies are detected between the baseline of activity and the new information.
US09426164B2
A network device connected via a bus with a plurality of network devices includes: an authentication unit that executes authentication based upon message authentication information included in data transmitted, via the bus, by one of the plurality of network devices acting as a sender device; and a processing unit that invalidates the data upon determining that unauthorized data have been transmitted by the sender device impersonating another network device among the plurality of network devices if the authentication fails.
US09426163B2
Protecting sensitivity of information in a shared collaborative space on a computer network includes associating a set of sensitivity levels to sets of users and to sets of data elements. Access by each user to the shared collaborative space may be restricted to those data elements that have the same sensitivity level as of the user. Where multiple users join a single session, only data elements having a lowest common sensitivity level are made accessible by the users of the session.
US09426159B2
Systems and methods include establishing a secure communication between an application module and a sensor module. The application module is executing on an information-handling machine, and the sensor module is coupled to the information-handling machine. The establishment of the secure communication is at least partially facilitated by a mutually trusted module.
US09426158B1
Applications executing on mobile client devices may access remote resources via network connections. Operational capabilities and financial costs of these connections may differ. Developers, network administrators, and other parties may wish to moderate usage of various available conditions to conform to business rules. Connectivity information including one or more network grants are integrated into an application received from a developer at ingestion by an application management server, which accesses those business rules. The client devices may coordinate with a proxy server to provide additional controls. Networking public interfaces provide the developer with a simplified pathway for development of applications which use network connections, particularly on mobile devices.
US09426154B2
Devices, such as hardware security modules, are provided as a service. A customer of a computing resource provider is able to request the addition of a device to a network of the customer hosted by the computing resource provider. The computing resource provider reconfigures a set of computing resources so that the devices of the customer are able to communicate with the device as if the device was in the customer's own network.
US09426135B2
Authentication data may be generated and included in a Constrained Application Protocol (CoAP) message communicated from a first computer system for delivery to a second computer system. The authentication data may allow the second computer system to perform message validation for verifying the authenticity of the first computer system and/or the integrity of the CoAP message. And in one embodiment, where the CoAP message includes a nonce, security can be improved by allowing the second computer system to advantageously detect and/or act on a replay attack.
US09426125B2
Some embodiments provide reconfigurable web application firewall (WAF) functionality across a distributed platform. Specifically, the WAF function at each distributed platform server is customizable on a per customer and per inbound message basis. When a server receives an inbound message, the server identities the content or services of which specific customer are implicated by the inbound message. The server screens the inbound message for attacks using a first set of rules and policies defined as part of a production profile from a WAF instance defined by the specific customer while contemporaneously testing the inbound message against a second set of rules and polices defined as part of an audit profile from the same WAF instance. In this manner, the specific customer tests the audit profile rules and policies while still receiving the protections of the production profile rules and policies.
US09426122B2
A mechanism is provided for a non-converged network for a service provider. A core network is divided into individually managed domains, where each of the domains comprises multiprotocol label switching for packets. A management system is coupled to each of the domains. Network elements in each of the domains are restricted from directly transferring packets to network elements in another one of domains. Each of the domains has a domain firewall at an edge of the domains, and the domain firewall restricts packets from being received from other domains. To transfer packets from one domain to another domain, the management system receives the packets from one domain and transfers the packets to the other domain after authentication.
US09426116B1
One or more embodiments provide a system and method for DNS that is resistant to losses of network connections. In some particular embodiments, DNS servers are operated to maintain consistency of DNS records between the multiple master servers in response to connection failure. Each master DNS server monitors network connectivity by periodically testing network connections of the master server (e.g., to other master servers) to determine whether the master DNS is isolated in a manner that prevents updates from being distributed between the master DNS servers. In response to detecting network isolation of the master DNS server, the master DNS server is configured to enter the isolation mode, in which the master DNS monitors the status of connections and takes appropriate actions to update and/or recover DNS data when connections are restored.
US09426113B2
A device can process commands from a remote device that manages the local device over a content centric network. During operation, the device can receive an Interest for managing a device resource, such that the Interest's name includes a name or a name prefix associated with the device resource, and includes a command for managing the resource. If the device determines that the name prefix corresponds to the local device, the device analyzes the Interest's command to determine a device resource and performs the resource-managing operation on the device resource. If the name prefix does not correspond to the local device, the device performs a longest-prefix-matching lookup using the Interest's name prefix to determine a destination for the Interest. If the Interest's destination corresponds to a component of the local device, the device forwards the Interest to the component or a local agent for the component.
US09426109B1
A communication management system. A computer receives an electronic communication including an attachment and selectively forwards components of the attachment to multiple recipients based on associating the recipients with the components.
US09426108B2
A method for storing a conversation upon a user's real-time request in a Converged-IP Messaging (CPM) service is provided. The method includes receiving a pager mode message including a dynamic user preference; identifying a setting of the dynamic user preference; and storing the pager mode message in a message storage server, depending on the setting of the dynamic user preference.
US09426106B2
Techniques for facilitating social networking via a media device are described. Some embodiments provide a social networking facilitator (“SNF”) as part of a media device, such as a set-top box that is configured to receive media content events from a broadcast system, such as a satellite broadcast system. As the media device presents a media content event, a user can share, via the SNF, information about the presented media content event with members of his social network. In particular, the SNF prepares a message that includes information about or from the presented media content event, such as a title, a channel, a summary, rating, video clip, or the like. This message can then be edited by the user, such as by adding a comment or rating, before being transmitted by the SNF a social networking system, to be forwarded as a notification to members of the user's social network.
US09426103B2
Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to managing interrupting requests to engage in a collaborative session and provide a novel and non-obvious method, system and computer program product for host state sensing for message interruptions. In one embodiment of the invention, a data processing system configured for host sensing for message interruption can include a messenger disposed is a host computing platform, prioritization logic including program code enabled to assign priorities to incoming messages, and host state sensing logic coupled to the host computing platform. The host state sensing logic can include program code enabled to adjust a threshold value for permitting message interruptions for messages having assigned priorities beyond the threshold value.
US09426099B2
An router includes: a plurality of data storage sections configured to store input data; and an arbiter configured to compare the availability of at least one of the plurality of data storage sections with respect to data that is stored in that data storage section and that shares at least a part of a transmission path to the availability of another data storage section in an adjacent router with respect to that data that also shares at least that part of the transmission path, thereby determining, based on a result of the comparison, whether or not to output that data.
US09426092B2
Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to network communications. More specifically, embodiments relate to a system and method for switching data through a network. An embodiment of a switching system communicatively couples an external network to a wide area network. The system includes a plurality of edge switches communicatively coupled to the external network, a plurality of core switches communicatively coupled to the wide area network, and an interconnected matrix of switches communicatively coupled to the core switches and the edge switches and configured to forward communication traffic between the edge switches and the core switches.
US09426083B2
A credit-based method for controlling data communications in a computer system between a sender and a receiver coupled by an ordered communication link is described herein. A request for a credit check is transmitted from the sender to the receiver via the ordered communication link. An initial number of credits are allocated to the sender in a credit counter. A snapshot counter is set to a value of the credit counter and us updated as returned credits are received. A number of reported credits are determined based on a credit check response message received from the receiver. The returned credits are ordered relative to the credit check response message. The number of credits is checked for consistency based on a number of the snapshot counter and the number of reported credits.
US09426078B2
Systems, methods, and apparatus for routing are provided in which a connection track comprising a plurality of network or transport layer packets, received by a router, is identified by examination of header fields of one or more first packets in the plurality of packets. One or more quality of service (QoS) parameters is associated with the connection track by determining whether the track encodes a data type by (i) an identification of a predetermined application protocol used within the one or more first packets and/or (ii) a comparison of a payload of one or more packets in the plurality of packets to known data type formats. A first QoS parameter is set to a first value in a first value range when the connection track contains the first data type. The connection track is routed through the router in accordance with the one or more QoS parameters assigned to the connection track.
US09426076B2
Dynamic middleboxes include a network monitor module configured to determine a quality-affective factor in a connection between a client and a server in a network; a processor configured to compare the quality-affective factor to a threshold to determine whether the connection would benefit from a network processing function; and a network control module configured to reconfigure the network to redirect the connection to a middlebox that performs the network processing function if the connection would benefit and further configured to reconfigure the network to exclude the middlebox from the connection if the connection would not benefit.
US09426069B2
Methods and systems are disclosed for routing traffic between Virtual Routing and Forwarding (VRF) devices. In one aspect, a method for routing traffic includes receiving traffic from a routing device associated with a customer. A control portion of the traffic may include an imported route target. The method further includes, based on the route target in the control portion of the traffic, consulting a table to determine an exported route target and, based on the determined exported route target, determining a destination device and routing the traffic to that device. In some embodiments, routing and/or destination devices may be provisioned to the customer on an exclusive or non-exclusive basis. Systems and computer-readable media are also disclosed for implementing the above-described method.
US09426061B2
A communication system includes a node that processes a received packet; and a control device that sets a processing rule, which defines a matching rule and processing for a packet that conforms to the matching rule, in the node. The node holds an identifier in association with a processing rule and determines whether or not to perform processing for a received packet depending upon whether or not an identifier of the received packet corresponds to an identifier associated with a processing rule corresponding to a matching rule that conforms to the received packet, wherein the processing is performed according to the processing rule corresponding to the matching rule that conforms to the received packet.
US09426056B2
An approach is provided for determining alternative paths. Information is stored specifying a set of available paths among network elements within a connection-oriented network. The available paths are sorted according to a predetermined criterion. The sorted paths are selectively filtered based on either a particular one of the network elements, a region associated with one or more of the network elements, or a combination thereof.
US09426050B2
A system is configured to receive, from a content provider, traffic associated with a data service and that is destined for a group of user devices; retrieve service information, associated with the data service, that includes a value, associated with the data service, that represents a level of service quality associated with the data service; determine whether the traffic is authorized to be transmitted to the user devices based on the value; discard the traffic based on a determination that the value is less than a threshold; process the traffic to identify whether a condition is associated with the traffic based on a determination that the value is not less than the threshold; transmit the traffic to one or more of the user devices based on a determination that the traffic is not associated with a condition; and discard the traffic based on a determination that the traffic is associated with a condition.
US09426049B1
A method for inferring a domain for an IP address, the method including receiving a computerized flow record from a communication service provider including the IP address, wherein the IP address corresponds to a request from a subscriber for an Internet resource, performing an in-stream lookup including: determining whether any SSL exchanges result from the request for the Internet resource, when the SSL exchanges exist, attempting to retrieve domain information corresponding to the IP address from the SSL exchanges, determining whether any DNS records exist that include the IP address, and when the DNS records exist that include the IP address, attempting to retrieve the domain information corresponding to the IP address from the DNS records, performing contextual mapping including: performing a whois query using the IP address in an attempt to identify the domain information corresponding to the IP address, performing a reverse DNS lookup in an attempt to identify the domain information corresponding to the IP address, attempting to establish an SSL connection to the IP address to identify the domain information, and querying clickstream information from the content service provider in an attempt to identify the domain information.
US09426046B2
Systems and methods for determining web page download times are described. HTTP transactions data is collected from flow records or PDUs. A subscriber IP address, HTTP URI, and referrer are extracted from the flow records. A subscriber record is identified using the subscriber IP address, and a configured web page is identified using the HTTP URI. A processing path is then determined for the HTTP transaction The processing path is selected from one of: a new page download path for a configured page, a collision path for HTTP transactions that collide with an existing page download, and a page object path for artifacts pages that are already being tracked.
US09426036B1
Disclosed are various embodiments that provide a mixture model approach to network forecasting. Network traffic models are generated for multiple host types. Weights are determined for the network traffic models. A network forecast is generated based at least in part on a hardware footprint forecast and on the network traffic models as weighted by the determined weights.
US09426034B2
A tool for a computing service using a computing usage policy. The tool receives by one or more computer processors, a configured usage policy. The tool validates, by one or more computer processors, the configured usage policy. The tool determines, by one or more computer processors, one or more rules governing the configured usage policy. The tool executes, by one or more computer processors, the one or more rules governing the configured usage policy. The tool manages, by one or more computer processors, one or more cloud service resources according to the configured usage policy.
US09426021B2
An initial request is received to establish a communication session. The initial request contains a communication address of a first communication device. A communication server detects that the communication session cannot be established across a primary network. In response, the initial request is repurposed by changing the first communication address to a second communication address. The changed request is sent to a communication system, which adds a field to the changed request that indicates that the changed request is to be sent via a secondary network. The changed request is sent with the field to the communication server. The changed request with the second communication address is sent to a gateway to establish the communication session across a secondary network. A portion of the communication session is established using the second communication address. The first communication address is sent in the portion of the communication session using Dual-Tone-Multi-Frequency (DTMF).
US09426016B2
A serializer and de-serializer circuit having self tracking circuitry which is particularly well-suited for use in communicating digital data from one integrated circuit (chip) to another for implementing chip-to-chip communications is presented. The circuits are scalable and utilize a multi-frequency modulation mechanism (e.g., QAM) for converting digital data bits into a serial analog stream at multiple frequencies for communication over a chip I/O connection. The track pulse generated on the transmitter side is serialized through the same path as the data, and demodulated through the same path in the de-serializer to provide synchronization with the data, without the need for complicated base band processing.
US09426009B2
A MIMO OFDM system includes a plurality of space-time encoders for encoding respective data blocks with independent space-time codes. The transformed data block signals are transmitted by a plurality of transmit antennas and received by a plurality of receive antennas. The received data is pre-whitened prior to maximum likelihood detection. In one embodiment, successive interference cancellation can be sued to improve system performance. Channel parameter estimation can be enhanced by weighting the channel impulse response estimates based upon a deviation from average.
US09426007B1
Various embodiments associated with resampling signal copies for asynchronous sensors are described. A plurality of asynchronous sensors that sample signals at different frequencies can be distributed in an area. These sensors can sense a signal of interest for an entity. The sensors can send copies of the signal of interest that they have sensed to a system of the entity for processing. However, since the sensors are asynchronous the copies are sampled at different sampling time periods or sampling frequencies. A specific copy of the signal of interest can be selected from among the copies as a reference to estimate relative sampling frequency offset and the remaining copies can be resampled such that their resampled sampling time period or sampling frequency align with the reference signal. With the copies aligned, combination of the copies occurs and further processing can take place.
US09426003B2
A proximity integrated circuit card bias adjustment. In one example, a decoding circuit, having an decoding range, for translating a data-frame signal having an information portion and a bias portion into an output code; and a bias adjust circuit coupled to receive the output code from the decoding circuit, and adjust the bias portion of the data-frame signal such that the output code is within the decoding range is disclosed. In another example, a method for proximity integrated circuit card bias adjustment, comprising: translating a data-frame signal having an information portion and a bias portion into an output code; and adjusting the bias portion of the data-frame signal such that the output code is within a decoding range is disclosed.
US09425995B2
An impedance matching device-integrated network signal processing circuit includes a first connection terminal electrically connected to the network chip, a second connection terminal electrically connected to the network connector, a plurality of circuit paths electrically connected between the first connection terminal and the second connection terminal, a coupling circuit including a plurality of capacitors respectively connected in series to the circuit paths and a plurality of inductors respectively connected in parallel between each two adjacent circuit paths, and a plurality of impedance matching devices respectively electrically connected in series to each two adjacent circuit paths, each impedance matching device including two microstrip coils respectively electrically connected in series to each two adjacent circuit paths between the first connection terminal and respective the inductors to keep the impedance at the motherboard of the computer in balance with the impedance at the network cable, avoiding signal interference and achieving signal transmission stability.
US09425994B2
A network asset manager is provided that comprises a network interface coupled to a processor and a memory that broadcasts a first “Start Discovery” message. The “Start Discovery” message instructs unconfigured devices in an EIA-485 network to generate random number identifiers within a predetermined range and results in receipt of a “I Have Random ID” message from at least one of the unconfigured devices with a specific random number identifier associated with the at least one of the unconfigured devices. Receipt of the “I Have Random ID” message results in a broadcast message from the network interface to at least one of the unconfigured devices using the specific random number identifier.
US09425993B2
Methods and apparatus for customizing the audio parameters of a networked voice communications device (NVCD) are presented. One method includes receiving a settings file, determining a group parameter, extracting at least one audio control parameter from the settings file based upon the group parameter, deriving audio processing parameters based upon a value selected from the at least one audio control parameter, and controlling the audio characteristics of the networked voice communications device using the audio processing parameters. An apparatus having audio characteristics configured by a settings file is also presented, which includes a processor, and memory which is functionally coupled to the processor, where the memory stores a group parameter and executable instructions, and the executable instructions cause the processor to control the audio characteristics of the networked voice communications device based upon the group parameter.
US09425987B2
A controller of the present invention specifies a transmission virtual node and a reception virtual node of packet data by acquiring from a switch, a reception notice of packet data transferred between virtual networks which are managed by different controllers. A managing unit combines the virtual networks managed by the different controllers by using the transmission virtual node and the reception virtual node as common virtual nodes. Thus, the whole virtual network which is controlled by the plurality of controllers using an open flow technique can be managed by one source.
US09425970B2
Disclosed is a communication node device constituting a communication system performing multicast, which is characterized by that: when having forwarded data to a child node subordinate to it along a normal distribution path, it sets a retransmission timer also with respect to a child node on a redundant distribution path; and when having received data, it sends a reception confirmation message to both the parent node of the normal distribution path and a parent node of the redundant distribution path.
US09425967B2
Embodiments of the present invention are directed to methods and systems for generating and revoking, as well as validating, certificates used to protect communications within networks while maintaining privacy protection. In the context of a method, certificate generation and revocation with privacy preservation comprises determining a secret value to be used by a certificate authority and an entity; constructing a key tree based on the secret value, wherein the leaves of the key tree represent derived keys for the certificates for the entity; and generating certificates for the entity based in part on the key tree leaves. The method further comprises determining that one or more of the certificates should be revoked; determining a minimum key node set that covers the certificates to be revoked; adding the minimum key node set to a certificate revocation list; and providing the certificate revocation list to one or more entities. Corresponding apparatuses and computer program products are also provided.
US09425959B1
Methods and systems are provided for securing an integrated circuit device against various security attacks, such as side-channel attacks. By limiting the number of different challenge vectors that can be combined with a critical variable of an encryption operation, it becomes more difficult to create enough side channel measurements to successfully perform statistical side-channel analysis.
US09425957B2
Data is secured on a device in communication with a remote location using a password and content protection key. The device stores data encrypted using a content protection key, which itself may be stored in encrypted form using the password and a key encryption key. The remote location receives a public key from the device. The remote location uses the public key and a stored private key to generate a further public key. The further public key is sent to the device. The device uses the further public key to generate a key encryption key, which is then used to decrypt the encrypted content protection key. A new content encryption key may then be created.
US09425952B2
A method for protecting encoded data from algebraic manipulation includes receiving a data word sεKd to be protected, randomly selecting two integers a ε{0, . . . , q−1} and b ε{0, . . . , √q−1}, finding a point (α, β) on a Hermitian curve over a field Fq that corresponds to the randomly selected integers (a, b) from a mapping (a, b)(α, β)=(ua, ua√q+1z+vb), where u a := { 0 if a = 0 , γ 1 a - 1 otherwise , V b := { 0 if b = 0 , γ 2 b - 1 otherwise , and z is an element of the field Fq of unit trace, and where γ1 is a fixed primitive element of the field Fq and γ2 is a primitive element of a field F√q⊂Fq, and calculating a sum fs(α, β)=αid+1βjd+1+Σk=1dαikβkjk for a set of d+1 integers pairs I ={(ik,jk)}k=1d+1, where the encoded word is a triple (s, (α, β),fs(α, β)).
US09425951B2
Embodiments of a method and/or system of transmitting and/or receiving data is disclosed.
US09425949B2
A communication unit includes at least one divider module arranged to receive a radio frequency (RF) signal and output a divided representation of the RF signal, and a plurality of sliced RF modules. Each of the plurality of sliced RF modules includes: an input for receiving a clock signal; a timing synchronization module arranged to receive the divided representation of the RF signal and synchronize the divided representation of the RF signal to the clock signal, across the plurality of sliced RF modules; and at least one logic module operably coupled to the timing synchronization module and arranged to receive the clock signal and a synchronized output from the timing synchronization module. A combiner port is arranged to couple a number of synchronized outputs from the plurality of sliced RF modules.
US09425946B2
A method for receiving a PDCH is provided. The method comprises: receiving, by a UE, information identifying a plurality of resource elements that are transmitted with zero power in a resource block containing the PDCH; receiving, by the UE, a first DMRS on a first DMRS port transmitted from a first cell; and receiving, by the UE, the PDCH that is transmitted on the first DMRS port.
US09425939B2
According to an aspect of the present invention, a method for receiving a downlink signal from a base station (BS) in a multicast broadcast single frequency network (MBSFN) subframe which performed by a user equipment (UE) includes receiving information indicating an MBSFN subframe of which a data region is allocated a cell-specific reference signal (CRS), among MBSFN subframes, and demodulating the downlink signal received in the data region of the MBSFN subframe based on the CRS in the data region of the MBSFN subframe according to the information.
US09425937B2
Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to apparatuses and methods capable of selective acknowledgement of packets from an access probe. In one aspect, an apparatus includes: a transceiver configured to receive a set of frames associated with an access probe message from a wireless node, wherein the access probe message includes a plurality of frames, and the set of frames comprises a subset of the plurality of frames; and a processing system configured to generate a selective acknowledgement message based on a determination of whether each frame in the set of frames is received correctly. The acknowledgement includes an indication of receipt for at least one frame in the set of frames. The transceiver can transmit the selective acknowledgement message with an identifier assigned to the wireless node to allow tracking of a response. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described.
US09425936B2
A method and base station for receiving a reference signal in a wireless communication system are discussed. The method according to one embodiment includes transmitting a cell-specific group hopping parameter to a plurality of user equipments (UEs). The cell-specific group hopping parameter is used to disable a group hopping. The method according to the embodiment further includes transmitting a cell-specific sequence hopping parameter to the plurality of UEs. The cell-specific sequence hopping parameter is used to enable a sequence hopping. The method according to the embodiment further includes transmitting a UE-specific sequence group hopping (SGH) parameter to a certain UE. The UE-specific SGH parameter is used to disable the sequence hopping. The method according to the embodiment further includes receiving a reference signal, which is generated based on a base sequence number. The base sequence number within the base sequence group is determined by the UE-specific SGH parameter.
US09425934B2
The present invention enables an increase in data transmission performance by variously applying precoding to open and closed-loop MIMOs. An eNB in the present invention applies an identical precoder to neighboring PRBs scheduled in UE in the closed-loop MIMO, and applies an non-identical precoder to neighboring PRBs scheduled in UE in an open-loop MIMO. The UE variously introduces a precoder applied to neighboring PRBs scheduled in the UE according to whether the MIMO set in the UE is the closed-loop MIMO or the open-loop MIMO.
US09425930B2
A method, system, and non-transitory computer-readable storage medium for managing inter-cell interference in a wireless network is provided. The method may be executed by at least one processor at a small cell gateway and may include receiving, uplink interference power corresponding to a first small cell base station (SCBS). The method may further include receiving neighboring cell information of the first SCBS, the neighboring cell information including information on a first plurality of SCBSs neighboring the first SCBS. The method may further include determining based on the received uplink interference power, that the first SCBS is experiencing inter-cell interference and determining a second plurality of SCBSs from among the first plurality of SCBSs that are interfering with the first SCBS. The method may further include adjusting uplink power allocation corresponding to a second SCBS from among the second plurality of SCBSs.
US09425929B2
In exemplary LSAS (large-scale antenna system) networks, uplink signals are processed to compensate for pilot contamination. Slow-fading coefficients are generated for terminals in the wireless network, and postcoding matrices are generated based on the slow-fading coefficients and terminal transmit power levels. Uplink signals are received from the terminals, and M-dimensional postcoding is performed to generate estimated uplink signals from the received uplink signals, where M is the number of antennas at a base station of the wireless network. The postcoding matrices are applied to the estimated uplink signals to compensate for pilot contamination. The improved technique used to generate postcoding matrices depends on whether the M-dimensional postcoding involves matched filtering or zero forcing. Postcoding matrices generated using improved techniques work better than those generated independent of the terminal transmit power levels by inverting slow-fading coefficient matrices for LSAS networks having intermediate numbers (>10 and <1000) of antennas per base station.
US09425928B2
Provided are a data transmission method and device. The method includes: determining, by means of a frequency hopping manner according to a TTI Bundling parameter, a frequency domain position of a physical resource block in a slot for sending a TTI Bundling, wherein a frequency hopping variable i of the frequency hopping manner is determined according to the TTI Bundling parameter by means of one of or a combination of predetermined approaches, where mod is a modulus operation, floor is rounded down operation, ns is a sequence number of the time slot; transmitting data on a time frequency resource corresponding to the frequency domain position of the physical resource block in the slot of the TTI bundling. According to the solution, the coverage area of the TTI bundling data transmission is improved.
US09425927B2
A method for configuring a wireless transmission includes obtaining, at a first network node serving a first cell, information pertaining to a type of an almost blank subframe (ABS) configuration to be used in a second cell. The method also includes determining based on the obtained information a transmission configuration for a downlink control channel carrying feedback information for one or more wireless communication devices in one or more candidate subframes in a restricted measurement pattern. The transmission configuration comprises transmission power level, transmission format, or both. The method also includes transmitting feedback information for an uplink transmission to said one or more wireless communication devices using the determined transmission configuration.
US09425922B2
A receiver, including: a posteriori probability demodulator configured to receive an input digital signal and output demodulated data; a deinterleaver configured to deinterleave the demodulated data; a forward error correction (FEC) decoder configured to error correct the demodulated data; a FEC encoder configured to encode the error corrected demodulated data; an interleaver configured to interleave the FEC encoded data and output the interleaved FEC encoded data to the posteriori probability demodulator; and a symbol compressor/decompressor configured to compress symbol data from the a posteriori demodulator and store the compressed data in a symbol memory and configured to decompress compressed symbol data stored in the symbol memory.
US09425921B1
Receiving devices and methods for suppressing interference from a data signal received at a receiving device are provided. The receiving device has m receive antennas. A training signal set transmitted from a first transmitting device is received at the receiving device. The training signal set includes (i) data for each transmit antenna of n transmit antennas included on the first transmitting device and (ii) information sufficient to determine a channel estimate corresponding to a communication channel between the first transmitting device and the receiving device. The channel estimate is determined based on the training signal set. The channel estimate includes an m-by-n description of the communication channel. The data signal received at the receiving device is filtered based on the channel estimate to suppress the interference in the data signal. The data signal is transmitted from a second transmitting device different from the first transmitting device.
US09425919B2
A transmitter comprising a plurality of modulator and multiplexer (Mod-MUX) units, each Mod-MUX unit operating at an optical wavelength different from the other Mod-MUX units. The transmitter can additional include in each Mod-MUX unit two optical taps and three photodetectors that are configured to allow the respective Mod-MUX unit to be tuned to achieve thermal stabilization and achieve effective modulation and WDM operation across a range of temperatures. The Mod-MUX transmitter avoids the use of a frequency comb. The Mod-MUX transmitter avoids cross-modulation between different modulators for different laser signals.
US09425914B2
The embodiments disclose a method and base station for relay deployment in a Time Division Duplex (TDD) communication network. The method comprises configuring a first base station to operate as a donor base station, and configuring a second base station to operate as a relay node, wherein a first sector of the second base station is configured as a User Equipment (UE) part of the relay node and a second sector of the second base station is configured as a base station part of the relay node. The method further comprises allocating wireless resources for backhaul link between the first base station and the second base station and for access link between the second base station and a UE.
US09425911B2
An apparatus including a memory for associating at least one user defined channel identifier with at least one selection item of the apparatus and a control unit coupled to the memory, the control unit being configured to cause one of the at least one user defined channel identifier to play when a corresponding one of the at least one selection item is activated by a user.
US09425907B2
A method of self-test for a near-field communication (NFC) radio frequency (RF) front-end unit comprising one antenna driver and at least one unit from a group comprising one reader and one card emulator, the RF front-end unit being connected to a digital front-end unit, wherein the antenna driver and the unit are interconnected through a first connection line via their respective first input-output interface and are also interconnected through a second connection line via their respective second input-output interface, the digital front-end unit being connected to the second connection line, the method comprising: activating the antenna driver and the unit based on control signals; —generating a first signal onto the first connection line by modulating a respective first bitstream; —retrieving a second bitstream from the second connection line, by demodulating the first signal; and, —determining an outcome of the self-test by monitoring the demodulated signal.
US09425903B1
In an example, the present invention includes an integrated system on chip device. The device has a redundancy block is configured to add at least redundancy bit as a function of one or more data bits associated with data for data error detection and correction data. In an example, the driver module is coupled to the signal processing blocking using a uni-directional multi-lane bus configured with N lanes, whereupon N is greater than M such that a difference between N and M represents a redundant lane or lanes. The device also has a mapping block configured to associate the M lanes to a plurality of selected laser devices for a silicon photonics device.
US09425902B2
A system including a driver circuit. The driver circuit is configured to provide first output signals in a first mode for electrical signaling and second output signals in a second mode for optical signaling. The driver circuit is configured to provide the first output signals in the first mode with at least one of a lower frequency and higher power and the second output signals in the second mode with at least one of a higher frequency and lower power.
US09425892B2
The present disclosure relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program which are capable of swiftly starting wireless data communication between a pair of electronic devices. An information processing apparatus as one aspect of the present disclosure includes an information management unit for categorizing setting information that is obtained as a result of a connection setting process for performing wireless data communication between electronic devices as preferred information that is not deleted at a time of an initialization process or as non-preferred information that is deleted at a time of the initialization process, and managing the setting information. The present disclosure may be applied to electronic devices provided with a bluetooth interface.
US09425889B2
The present disclosure presents a method and an apparatus for communications in a non-geostationary orbit (NGSO) satellite network. For example, the method may include receiving data, at a relay node, from a first NGSO satellite of the NGSO satellite network, wherein the relay node is located at a boundary or a common beam area associated with the first satellite and a second satellite of the NGSO satellite network, and wherein the data is received at the relay node in response to identifying by the first NGSO satellite that an internet point of presence (IPP) is not available in at least one of a plurality of beams associated with the first NGSO satellite, and relaying the data from the relay node to a second NGSO satellite of the NGSO satellite network, wherein an IPP is available in at least one of a plurality of beams associated with the second NGSO satellite. As such, communications in a non-geostationary orbit (NGSO) satellite network may be achieved.
US09425874B2
A transmission method for simultaneously transmitting a first modulated signal and a second modulated signal at the same frequency includes performing precoding on both signals using a fixed precoding matrix and regularly changing the phase of at least one of the signals. In this method, the power ratio between a plurality of signals transmitted from a plurality of antennas at the same frequency and at the same time differs from the power ratio between a plurality of pilot signals transmitted from the plurality of antennas at the same frequency and at the same time, whereby the accuracy of channel estimation by a reception device is improved.
US09425864B2
A power transmitter (101) transfers power to a power receiver (105) using a wireless inductive power signal. The power transmitter (101) comprises an inductor (103) for providing the power signal and a power signal generator (207) for driving the inductor (103) to provide the power signal. The power receiver (105) comprises an inductor (107) for receiving the power signal and a transmitter (305) which transmits data messages to the power transmitter (101). The data are communicated by load modulation of the power signal in repeating load modulation intervals which are separated by intervening time intervals. The power transmitter (101) transmits data to the power receiver (105) by modulating the power signal with a message during the intervening time intervals and the power receiver demodulates the data in these time intervals. The power transmitter (101) transmits single bit of the message by modulating it across a plurality of intervening time intervals and the power transmitter (101) receives it by demodulating over these time intervals.
US09425860B2
Apparatus, including a first signal source generating a first signal and a second signal source generating a second signal. A cross-over switch is connected between the two sources so as to generate in a direct switch configuration a sum of the first and second signals and in a crossed switch configuration a difference between the first and second signals. The apparatus includes a processor which is configured to receive the sum and the difference, and to recover the first signal and the second signal therefrom.
US09425858B2
Residual FEXT resulting from intended and/or inherent partial cancellation of crosstalk in vectored DSL systems impairs upstream power back-off (UPBO) as traditionally implemented. By considering and taking into account the effects of residual crosstalk on vectored DSL system performance and operation, improved data rates and/or other vectored DSL system performance are realized through the use of UPBO parameters generated for a given residual FEXT environment.
US09425855B2
This invention teaches to the details of an interference suppressing receiver for suppressing intra-cell and inter-cell interference in coded, multiple-access, spread spectrum transmissions that propagate through frequency selective communication channels to a multiplicity of receive antennas. The receiver is designed or adapted through the repeated use of symbol-estimate weighting, subtractive suppression with a stabilizing step-size, and mixed-decision symbol estimates. Receiver embodiments may be designed, adapted, and implemented explicitly in software or programmed hardware, or implicitly in standard RAKE-based hardware either within the RAKE (i.e., at the finger level) or outside the RAKE (i.e., at the user or sub channel symbol level). Embodiments may be employed in user equipment on the forward link or in a base station on the reverse link. It may be adapted to general signal processing applications where a signal is to be extracted from interference.
US09425852B2
Disclosed herein are apparatus and methods for antenna sharing in a mobile device. In certain configurations, a mobile device includes a switching circuit that controls access of a plurality of transceivers to a plurality of antennas. The switching circuit includes a multi-pole multi-throw switch and a single-pole multi-throw switch, and has a first mode in which the switching circuit electrically connects a WiFi transceiver to a first antenna via a first transmit signal pathway through the multi-pole multi-throw switch. The switching circuit also has a second mode in which the switching circuit electrically connects the WiFi transceiver to a second antenna via a second transmit signal pathway through both the multi-pole multi-throw switch and the single-pole multi-throw switch. The multi-pole multi-throw switch includes an insertion loss component along the first transmit signal pathway to substantially match a total insertion loss of the first and second transmit signal pathways.
US09425845B2
Disclosed are methods performed by, and devices including, a microcircuit card that makes it possible to set up a communication session between the microcircuit card and a contactless communication module via an SWP interface. An implementation of the method comprises: an initialization phase for the SWP interface; and a negotiation phase between the microcircuit card and the contactless communication module, the contactless communication module being suitable for maintaining the power supply of said microcircuit card during these phases. Among other reasons, the method is remarkable in that the microcircuit card prolongs said negotiation phase until the end of a procedure internal to the microcircuit card.
US09425844B2
Where a smartcard is embedded or inaccessible within a cellular telecommunications device (i.e. an eUICC), locking the smartcard (or the subscription associated with the smartcard) to a particular MNO while allowing the MNO to be altered legitimately presents a challenge. A method is described using policy control tables stored in a trusted service manager registry and/or the smartcard's data store. By maintaining the policy control table, any MNO subscription may be downloaded/activated on the smartcard but the device will be prevented from accessing the desired MNO because that access would violate the lock rules.
US09425843B1
Optimizing a power level for a transmission so that the transmission is receivable at or near a destination, but no farther, is useful for reduced-power transmissions. Taking into account known distance for the transmission as determined by onboard GPS and geographic databases, a power level may be set more precisely. Accounting for atmospheric conditions which may impact transmission as determined by onboard or received measurements of temperature, solar or other conditions may also permit a power level to be set more precisely. An obstruction database may be consulted to determine whether transmissions will degrade due to objects in between the transmitter and receiver, permitting power level, frequency, bandwidth or transmit/receive location to be adjusted accordingly. The techniques may be implemented in any signal transmission scenario including mobile telephones, aircraft, marine or other vehicle radios, mobile devices with Wi-Fi radios for network computing, stationary radios, and other situations requiring communications.
US09425840B2
A system and method for wideband tunable notch cancellation that is passive and does not require feedback or feed forward circuitry. An input spectrum containing interference is split into two signals that are 180 degrees out of phase with each other. The preferred signal is filtered out of the 180 degree out of phase signal using a notch filter while the original signal is sent through a delay line. Then the two signals are summed with a power summer so that the interference signals that are 180 degrees out of phase with those in the original signal are cancelled out and the preferred signal remains. The notch filter is tunable to different preferred signals.
US09425829B2
Systems and methods for adaptive error correction codes (ECCs) for electronic memories. In some embodiments, a memory device, may include a first memory having a plurality of address locations, each of the plurality of address locations having a number of storage bits configured to store data and one or more error correction bits corresponding to the data; and a second memory distinct from the first memory, the second memory having a plurality of entries, each of the plurality of entries configured to store one or more operation code bits relating to data stored at a corresponding address location in the first memory, the one or more operation code bits identifying an error correction scheme used to generate the one or more error correction bits at the corresponding address location in the first memory.
US09425824B2
A configurable media independent interface in an integrated circuit device includes a first plurality of channels and a second plurality of channels, wherein each channel of the first and second pluralities includes a transmit path. The interface also includes a first serializer configurable to serialize transmit data for the first and second pluralities of channels in a first mode and to serialize transmit data for the first plurality of channels in a second mode, and a second serializer configurable to be disabled in the first mode and to serialize data for the second plurality of channels in the second mode.
US09425819B1
A method of encoding data includes determining a magnitude of change between a first value associated with first data and a second value associated with second data based on a comparison of the first value and the second value. The first value is encoded into a first set of bits having a first number of bits. The method includes determining, based on the comparison of the first value and the second value, a second number of bits (that is less than the first number of bits) to be used to encode the magnitude of change. The method includes encoding the magnitude of change into a second set of bits having the second number of bits. The method further includes sending the second set of bits and a first indicator, with the first indicator indicating that the magnitude of change is encoded into the second number of bits.
US09425817B1
A delta sigma modulator (DSM) may be improved by configuring it to set the high-order nonlinear function values to zero when the quantization value being output is at its minimum or maximum value. In one embodiment, a DSM may include at least a quantizer having an input responsive to one of two state variables of the DSM and providing a feedback signal and a modulator output signal. The DSM may also include two mutually nonlinear function blocks, each applying a nonlinear function to the feedback from the quantizer, to form two mutually nonlinear feedback signals. At least one of the nonlinear functions applied by the function blocks may comprise a zero when the modulator output signal is a maximum modulator output signal capable of being output by the quantizer or when the modulator output signal is a minimum modulator output signal capable of being output by the quantizer.
US09425811B1
The disclosure provides an analog to digital converter (ADC). The ADC includes a comparator that receives a threshold voltage. A set of elementary capacitors is coupled to the comparator, and receives one of an input voltage and a set of reference voltages. A set of M offset capacitors is coupled to the comparator, and receives one of a primary voltage and a secondary voltage, M is an integer. A difference in the primary voltage and the secondary voltage varies linearly with temperature.
US09425807B2
The present disclosure relates to a timing synchronization circuit for a digital receiver structure that includes a timing error detection module comprising a phase difference calculation unit arranged for calculating a phase difference between incoming samples of a digital data stream, and a timing error estimator arranged for determining a timing error estimate based on the calculated phase difference, and for generating, based on the determined timing error estimate, a signal indicative of timing error detection. The circuit also includes a timing error control module arranged for receiving the signal indicative of timing error detection, for evaluating the number of received signals indicative of timing error detection and for outputting, after comparison with a threshold value, a sampling adjustment command for adjusting the sampling instants applied for obtaining the digital data stream.
US09425804B2
A system and methods for controlling superconducting quantum circuits are provided. The system includes at least one superconducting quantum circuit described by multiple quantum states, and at least one single flux quantum (“SFQ”) control circuit configured to generate a voltage pulse sequence that includes a plurality of voltage pulses temporally separated by a pulse-to-pulse spacing timed to a resonance period. The system also includes at least one coupling between the at least one superconducting quantum circuit and the at least one SFQ control circuit configured to transmit the voltage pulse sequence generated using the SFQ control circuit to the at least one superconducting quantum circuit. In some aspects, the system further includes a controller system configured to optimize the pulse-to-pulse spacing to minimize a gate infidelity due to at least one of a timing error, a timing jitter and a weak qubit anharmonicity.
US09425798B2
A semiconductor device capable of reconfiguration, including: a plurality of logic units which configure an array and are connected to each other, wherein each logic unit includes a pair of a first and a second memory cell units, each of the first and the second memory cell units operates as a logic element when truth value table data is written in, which is configured so that a logic calculation of an input value specified by a plurality of addresses is output to a data line, and/or operates as a connection element when truth value table data is written in, which is configured so that an input value specified by a certain address is output to a data line to be connected to an address of another memory cell unit, a latter stage of the first memory cell unit includes a sequential circuit which synchronizes with a clock, and the logic units include, for each pair of the first and the second memory cell units, a selection unit which selectively outputs an address to the first or the second memory cell unit in accordance with an operation switch signal.
US09425795B2
The present disclosure relates to a detection circuit formed as part of an integrated circuit. In one example, the detection circuit includes a signal generator configured to generate a reference signal, and an amplification circuit comprising a p-channel transistor and an n-channel transistor, wherein the amplification circuit is affected by a variability that also affects a functional circuit formed as part of the integrated circuit. The variability causes the p-channel transistor and the n-channel transistor to have different respective drive strengths. The amplification circuit is configured to receive the reference signal and to provide an amplified signal representative of a difference in the respective drive strengths, wherein the reference signal is more insensitive to the variability than the amplified signal. The present disclosure also relates to an integrated circuit and a method for detecting and compensating a transistor mismatch.
US09425793B2
The present invention provides a circuit for generating a bias voltage for a high speed input/output pad. To this end, a bias voltage generator according to an embodiment of the present invention is to supply at least one bias voltage to a buffer circuit connected to the pad, which includes: a bias generation part for generating a first bias voltage; and a reference voltage generation part for generating a voltage proportional to the pad voltage applied to the pad as a reference voltage, wherein the first bias voltage may be the sum of the reference voltage and a predetermined voltage.
US09425786B2
A gate driver circuit for the power switch is disclosed. The gate driver circuit includes a resistor network coupled to the power switch. The resistor network includes a plurality of resistors and a control unit operatively coupled to the resistor network. The control unit detects an occurrence of a commutation phase and a saturation phase based on an identity of the power switch and corresponding time stamps associated with a start of a delay phase, the commutation phase, and the saturation phase. The control unit further controls the resistor network to provide different resistance values in at least two of a delay phase, a commutation phase, and a saturation phase when the power switch is transitioned to a first state. A method for driving the power switch is also disclosed.
US09425785B1
A driver circuit for driving a switching transistor having a control terminal responsive to a switching control signal includes a plurality of driver stages, each having a control input responsive to a respective driver control signal and an output coupled to the output of the other driver stages and to the control terminal of the switching transistor. At least one of the driver control signals has an on time that is delayed with respect to the other driver control signals. In an embodiment, at least two driver stages are on during a slew time interval.
US09425782B2
A radio-frequency switch may include: a common port; a first signal transfer unit; and a second signal transfer unit, wherein the first signal transfer unit includes a first switch unit that has a plurality of switch circuit units, each of the plurality of switch circuit units having switches connected to each other with one forward-biased and another reverse-biased and being connected to a control terminal of respective switches in the first signal transfer part, and the second signal transfer unit includes a second switch unit that has a plurality of switch circuit units, each of the plurality of switch circuit units having switches connected to each other with one forward-biased and another reverse-biased and being connected to a control terminal of respective switches in the second signal transfer part.
US09425774B1
A semiconductor apparatus may include a data alignment block configured to convert parallel type data into rising data and falling data, and output the rising data and the falling data as serial type synchronous data. The semiconductor apparatus may include a driving control block configured to compare levels of respective bits of the serial type synchronous data, and generate a driving control signal. The semiconductor apparatus may include a data output driving block configured to change a driving force in response to the driving control signal, drive the serial type synchronous data with the driving force, and output an output data.
US09425762B2
A tuning system connected to a tunable RF circuit is described. The tuning system obtains an output of a sensing circuit and processes the output in the control circuit in order to tune one or more passive components in the tunable RF circuit. A related method is also described.
US09425753B2
Exemplary embodiments are related to a low-noise amplifier (LNA) matching device. A device may include an antenna for receiving a wireless signal and at least one LNA. The device may further include an LNA matching device coupled between the antenna and the at least one LNA and configured to receive one or more control signals to provide an optimal LNA match setting for each band of a plurality of frequency bands.
US09425743B2
Provided is a buffer amplifier. The buffer amplifier includes: a replica bias unit dividing an internal power voltage received from an internal power node to generate a bias voltage; an input unit including a first differential amplifier comparing a first differential input signal with the bias voltage to output a first internal signal and a second differential amplifier comparing a second differential input signal with the bias voltage to output a second internal signal; and an output unit including a third differential amplifier comparing the first internal signal with the second internal signal to output a first differential output signal and a second differential output signal.
US09425740B2
A mixer circuit includes a single-ended to differential converter, first and second transistors, first to fourth inductive transmission lines, and a mixer. The first and second transistors receive a differential input voltage signal pair from the single-ended to differential converter and generate a differential input current signal pair. The mixer mixes the differential input current signal pair with a differential oscillatory voltage signal pair. The first and second inductive transmission lines are configured such that an equivalent input impedance seen into the first and second transistors matches an equivalent output impedance seen into the first single-ended to differential converter.
US09425737B1
A voltage controlled oscillator includes a resonator and an amplifier. The resonator includes a capacitive element and an inductive element. The inductive element has a plurality of conductive segments forming a physical loop. The inductive element has electrical connections on the physical loop to the plurality of conductive segments forming at least one electrical loop disposed within an interior space formed by the physical loop. The amplifier has an input and an output, the input coupled to a first conductive segment forming a first impedance and the output coupled to a second conductive segment forming a second impedance.
US09425735B2
An apparatus is disclosed that includes a first cross-coupled transistor pair, a second cross-coupled transistor pair, at least one capacitance unit, and a first, second, third, and fourth inductive elements. The first cross-coupled transistor pair and second cross-coupled transistor pair are coupled to a pair of first output nodes and a pair of second output nodes, respectively. The at least one capacitance unit is coupled to at least one of the pair of first output nodes and the pair of second output nodes. The first and second inductive elements are electrically coupled to the first output nodes, respectively. The third inductive element is electrically coupled to one of the second output nodes and DC-biased and magnetically coupled to the first inductive element. The fourth inductive element is electrically coupled to the other of the second output nodes and DC-biased and magnetically coupled to the second inductive element.
US09425726B2
This disclosure is directed to a fault-tolerant energy conversion system. A fault-tolerant doubly-fed induction generator (DFIG) for use with a wind energy conversion system (WECS) consistent with the present disclosure may allow for seamless operation during all kinds of grid faults. In one embodiment, a six-switch grid side converter (GSC) commonly used with such systems may be replaced with nine-switch converter circuitry. With three additional switches, the nine-switch converter can provide two independent three phase outputs. For example, one three-phase output may be coupled to the grid through interfacing inductors to realize normal GSC operation, while the other three-phase output may be coupled to neutral side of the stator windings to provide fault ride-through (FRT) capability to the DFIG. A control algorithm may be employed that both achieves seamless fault ride-through during any kind of grid faults and strictly satisfies grid codes requirements.
US09425725B2
Systems and methods of estimating a motor position of a motor are disclosed. One exemplary system and method involve observing motor currents of the motor at two different times. Average motor voltages of the motor are determined between the two different times. Average back electro motive force (BEMF) values of the motor are calculated between the two different times. The BEMF values are in conformity with the observed motor currents and the average motor voltages. Another exemplary system and method for estimating a rotor position of a motor involve a motor position estimator that receives information from the motor and estimates a rotor position for a future time. The future time corresponds approximately to a desired target current,
US09425713B2
Method and device for starting a motor (12) in weak grids, especially asynchronous motors, which motor after start-up is supplied by a supply grid (13). The device (11) includes a frequency converter (14), which is rated in relation to the size of the motor (12) and arranged to bring the motor (12) up in speed, arranged to synchronize output voltage with voltage from the supply grid (13), and arranged for connecting the motor (12) to the supply grid (13) after the voltage of the motor is synchronized with the voltage of the supply grid (13). The main object is to do this with as low costs as possible and in the most space-saving manner.
US09425704B2
An inverter includes a DC/AC converter connectable to a DC power grid, at least one DC/DC converter arranged upstream of the DC/AC converter and providing a galvanic isolation, and a DC voltage link at the input of the at least one DC/DC converter and connectable to at least one DC power source. The inverter also includes at least one further DC voltage link which is galvanically isolated from the first DC voltage link by the DC/DC converter, on-board voltage rails supplying a controller and other auxiliary devices of the inverter with electric energy; and an on-board supply unit. The on-board supply unit is configured and adapted to feed the electric energy into the on-board voltage rails both out of the first DC voltage link and out of the at least one further DC voltage link.
US09425691B1
A DC-DC converter includes an input terminal Pin receiving an voltage input, switching circuits connected in parallel between the input terminal Pin and ground, an output terminal Pout from which converted voltage is output, and a controller that turns the switching circuits on in a predetermined cycle by inputting, into each of the switching circuits, a control signal that turns the switching circuits on individually.
US09425682B2
An AC-DC power converter includes a rectifying unit for generating a rectified voltage, an output stage for converting the rectified voltage into a DC voltage for a load, a controller for controlling the output stage, and a start-up circuit. The start-up circuit includes a first power section coupled to the rectifying unit and configured to generate a first voltage from the rectified voltage and to output the first voltage to the controller to enable the controller before the output stage starts outputting power. The first power section includes a depletion mode transistor having a first terminal configured to receive the rectified voltage and a second terminal configured to output the first voltage.
US09425680B2
A ripple-based control switching regulator includes a switch, an inductor, a capacitor, an output voltage processing unit and a control unit. Where the switch is utilized to output selectively output a first reference voltage or a second reference voltage as an output voltage according to a control signal. The inductor is coupled to the switch, and produces an inductor output voltage according to the output voltage. The capacitor is coupled to the inductor. The output voltage processing unit is used to output a processed inductor output voltage according to the output voltage and the inductor output voltage. The control unit is used to output the control signal according to at least the processed inductor output voltage.
US09425677B2
A power converter that includes: a power conversion unit; and a control unit configured to control the power conversion unit such that the power conversion unit operates as a virtual synchronous generator. The control unit includes: an AVR model unit; a governor and driving source model unit; a power generation torque arithmetic operation unit; a rotation angle arithmetic operation unit; a voltage d-q conversion unit; and a generator model unit configured to perform arithmetic operation.
US09425672B2
A brushless motor is provided that is capable of suppressing water from contacting a magnetism detection sensor. A brushless motor includes a rotor section that includes a rotor magnet; a stator section that generates a rotational magnetic field with respect to the rotor magnet; a magnetism guide member that guides a portion of magnetism from the rotor magnet; a control unit that includes a circuit substrate and a circuit chamber which is sealed and houses the circuit substrate; and a magnetism detection sensor that is mounted on the circuit substrate inside the circuit chamber and that detects magnetism guided by the magnetism guide member.
US09425656B2
A transversal flux machine having a stator and an external rotor disposed about the stator, the stator comprising two axial end faces, having an inner core of the stator, having a cooling path disposed radially within the inner core, wherein a cooling path either a) protrudes out of the transversal flux machine on the axial end face of the stator, said transversal flux machine facing away from an inlet side, or b) the cooling path protrudes out of the transversal flux machine on the axial end face of the stator, said transversal flux machine facing away from the inlet side, the cooling path running between the inlet and the outlet in an intermediate space between the stator and the external rotor of the stator facing the inlet side, the cooling path between the inlet and the outlet running in an intermediate space between the stator and the external rotor.
US09425652B2
Disclosed herein are a variety of various systems and method for adaptive holdover time error estimation. In one embodiment a system may include a local time source configured to generate a local time signal and an external time source interface configured to receive an external time signal. A time source subsystem may be configured to compare the local time signal and the external time signal and to determine a temperature-dependent signal drift rate of the local time signal relative to the external time signal. The time source subsystem may be a time-dependent signal drift rate of the local time signal relative to the external time signal. A holdover subsystem may detect a loss of reception of the external time signal during a holdover period and may estimate a total maximum error based on an estimated maximum time-dependent error and an estimated maximum temperature-dependent error.
US09425645B2
An electronic apparatus includes a connection unit for connecting a first power supply device, a power receiving unit for receiving power from a second power supply device wirelessly. The electronic apparatus selects either the first power supply device or the second power supply device based on the power supply capacity of the first power supply device.
US09425644B1
An apparatus for charging an electrically chargeable device is provided. The apparatus comprises a core structure. The core structure comprises a first portion common to each of a first magnetic flux circuit in the core structure and a second magnetic flux circuit in the core structure. The core structure comprises a second portion included in the first magnetic flux circuit and not included in the second magnetic flux circuit. The apparatus comprises a first coil wound on or around the first portion and configured to be driven by an alternating voltage. The apparatus comprises a second coil wound on or around the second portion and configured to be electrically coupled to the electrically chargeable device.
US09425642B2
Exemplary embodiments are directed to wireless power transfer. A method of operating a wireless receiver may comprise receiving wireless power with a receive antenna and conveying power from the receive antenna to a chargeable element. The method may further include electrically isolating the receive antenna from the chargeable element upon detecting that the chargeable element is fully-charged.
US09425634B2
A charging apparatus for a secondary battery comprises: a power supply circuit connected to a primary winding 11a of a transformer T1; a main winding 11b and a sub winding 11c connected to a secondary side of the transformer T1; a charging circuit 110 connected to the main winding 11b, the charging circuit 110 supplying power to a battery pack 130 to be charged; and a control circuit 120 connected to the sub winding 11c, the control circuit 120 controlling the charging circuit 110, wherein the charging circuit 110 comprises a LED 140 indicating a standby state or a charge completion state, the LED 140 being lighted at light-load time of the charging circuit 110 based on a command of the control circuit 120.
US09425631B2
In accordance with an embodiment, a bi-directional charging circuit has a battery coupling node output configured to be coupled to a battery cell, an input coupled to a common node of the battery management system, and a controller coupled to the bi-directional charging circuit. The controller is configured to operate the bi-directional charging circuit in a charging mode to transfer charge from the common node to the battery coupling node, and operate the bi-directional charging circuit in a discharge mode to transfer change from the battery coupling node to the common node.
US09425617B2
An electronically reconfigurable battery includes a number of battery modules selectively interconnected by a number of electronic switches, wherein a selectable number of battery modules may be connected either in a series configuration or in a parallel configuration, as a result of placing selected switches of said plurality of switches in open states or closed states. In a parallel configuration, the battery provides power to a primary load, such as a propulsion load for a vehicle. In a series configuration, the battery is configured to provide a high voltage and high power output to a short-term and/or pulsed load, such as an additional load provided on the vehicle. Current from the battery is limited in one of three ways: a) by the batteries themselves; b) a current limiting device or system in series with the total erected battery; or c) a single level power converter or current limiter that is used to erect and charge the capacitor bank in a sequential one level at a time manner until the battery is fully erected and the capacitor is fully charged.
US09425607B2
An AC-DC converter device includes a first overvoltage protection circuit connected between a first DC output terminal and a first control terminal of a gate pulse controller. The first overvoltage protection circuit is configured to turn off a first switch if the output voltage between the DC output terminals is above a threshold voltage. A galvanic insulation barrier is connected either between the first overvoltage protection circuit and the first control terminal or between the first control terminal and the first switch.
US09425604B1
An enclosure for connected electrical connectors provides protection for a multiplicity of sizes of connector and electrical cords to protect the connectors and adjacent cord from stress on the cord, mechanical shocks, and adverse environments.
US09425603B2
An apparatus includes a first enclosure configured to be mounted on a first wall of a bus duct and housing at least one circuit protective device and a connector assembly configured to engage an outlet of the bus duct of the first wall of the bus duct. The apparatus further includes a second unit including a second enclosure mounted on the first enclosure and housing at least one metering device and wiring passing between the first and second enclosures.
US09425602B2
A bus bar including a bus bar pin that is mounted onto a circuit board, the bus bar including a base part that is disposed along the circuit board and supports the bus bar pin, and a pair of support columns that are formed at both ends of the base part and clamp the circuit board to fix the bus bar pin to the circuit board.
US09425601B2
Apparatus and associated methods relate to a mounting adapter which connects to a current sensor and provides an alignment of a bus bar to the current sensor while securely mounting the current sensor to the bus bar. In some embodiments, a mounting adapter may be inserted into an aperture of the current sensor. A bus bar may then be inserted into an aperture in the mounting adapter sized to receive the bus bar and to align it within the current sensor. The bus bar may substantially fill the entire aperture space which may lock the mounting adapter to the current sensor. In some embodiments the bus bar may be secured to the mounting adapter. The secure alignment and coupling of the bus bar to the current sensor via an exemplary mounting adapter may eliminate the need for separate mounting and alignment of the bus bar and current sensor.
US09425596B2
An improved wire connector is provided that allows for securing one, two, or more cables in an electrical box knockout hole. The wire connector body interior includes a central tab with a hinge for exerting pressure against at least a first/tab cable. The central tab also has a gripping portion for gripping the tab cable without cutting its sheathing. In preferred embodiments, the central tab further includes a multifunction tab member, such as a multifunction knob or multifunction bumpers, which provides inter alia a secondary spring function for applying added pressure on an inserted tab cable, especially when a second/wall cable is inserted. The wire connector body contains ribs on the inner wall facing the central tab gripping portion for gripping a wall cable without cutting its insulation. The wire connector body also contains a longitudinal slot for easy installation or removal from an electrical box.
US09425592B2
An elastically deformable conduit assembly includes a conduit comprising an outer surface and formed of an elastically deformable material, the conduit configured to deform from a relaxed condition to an elastically deformed condition. Also included is a mating component configured to engage the outer surface of the conduit in the elastically deformed condition.
US09425590B2
Disclosed is a withdrawable-type circuit breaker, including a cradle, a main body disposed to be inserted into and withdrawn from the cradle by a transfer device, and an interlock device for restricting a withdrawal of the main body when the circuit breaker is in a connected state, wherein the interlock device includes a support part vertically disposed on a bottom surface of the main body, an interlock lever, having a sliding hole at one end thereof and a power transmission part at another end thereof, hinge-coupled at its medium portion to one end of the support part, and an interlock pin having one end inserted into and coupled to the sliding hole and another end up and downwardly movable and insertable to an interlock pin hole formed in a bottom surface of the cradle.
US09425589B2
A circuit breaker (33) formed with a sealed tank (4) having a breaker section and an operating mechanism (2) is laterally arranged in a lengthwise direction and is fixed to a frame (1), and above the circuit breaker, main bus containers (11, 12) are provided, substantially orthogonally to an axial direction of the circuit breaker (33). Operating mechanism-side working space (B) and breaker section-side working space (C) are provided respectively above the operating mechanism (2) and the sealed tank (4), and a hand hole (5) is provided on an upper surface of the sealed tank (4). A connecting pin (24) is provided in a link mechanism connecting the operating mechanism (2) and the movable contact (7), and an operating mechanism-side working hole for accessibility to the connecting pin (24) from the operating mechanism-side working space (B) is provided.
US09425580B1
Methods and related modular laser systems, e.g., distributed aperture, ultra short pulsed laser, are provided on a host platform having multiple compartments and groups of components where each group has a different environmental sensitivity such as temperature, humidity, vibration, etc or other installation constraints. Each component group is placed in different compartments of the host platform based on constraints comprising equipment, size, available installation footprint, equipment interconnection, and location constraints. For example, one group with one temperature sensitivity falling within environments provided for aircraft passengers or crews can be placed in the crew or passenger compartments. Other components having a greater temperature tolerance might be placed in an equipment bay having a different temperature range than a crew/passenger cabin. Other components might be placed in an area without any environmental controls or even pressurization (e.g., a cargo bay). Components can be located based on single, multiple, or combinations of constraints.
US09425579B2
An optical fiber coupler in which damage to a pumping light source can be suppressed even if signal light leaks and an optical fiber amplifier using the optical fiber coupler are provided. An optical fiber coupler includes: a first optical fiber having a core and a clad coating the core; a second optical fiber having a core; and a fusion-drawn portion formed by arranging the first optical fiber and the second optical fiber so that their longitudinal directions are in the same direction and fusing the clad of the first optical fiber and the core of the second optical fiber. The clad of the first optical fiber has a larger refractive index than the core of the second optical fiber.
US09425573B2
A crimping clamp includes a pair of clamp bodies, a pair of jaws and a pair of fixed bars. Each clamp body includes a holder end and a head end. The head end is connected to the holder end, and each head end of the pair of clamp bodies includes a pair of holes. The pair of holes of the head end of the same clamp body correspond to each other. Each of the jaws is removably combined with the head end of each clamp body. One side of each jaw includes a notch, and the notch includes a containing end and a gap end. A width of the gap end is less than a width of the containing end. Each fixed bar is respectively movably located in each pair of holes, and each fixed bar includes a free part and a fastening part.
US09425571B2
Methods and apparatus for forming interconnects on the surfaces of three dimensional substrates, including ophthalmic devices incorporating one or more electrical components may be utilized to provide high quality electrical and mechanical connections.
US09425563B2
A spool apparatus is described to include in one particular example a cable spool with a first cylindrical lip and a second cylindrical lip on an opposite side of the cable spool. A center of the spool includes a clutch bearing in the center of both the first cylindrical lip and the second cylindrical lip that provides a rotational axis for the cable spool to rotate around. The apparatus may also include a feed slot near the first cylindrical lip that provides a passage for cable to pass from the second cylindrical lip to the first cylindrical lip.
US09425560B1
An electrical connector includes a docking module, a shielding shell and a metal cover. The shielding shell has a top plate, two lateral plates, a bottom plate and a receiving space. Front ends of the two lateral plates are punched outward to form two barbs. Middles of the two lateral plates bulge outward to form two convex portions. The metal cover is covered downward on the shielding shell. The metal cover has a base plate and two side plates. The two side plates define a plurality of openings. Bottom edges of the two side plates are recessed upward to form a plurality of guiding notches. Each of the guiding notches is located below one of the openings. The barbs and the convex portions are guided along the guiding notches to be fastened in the openings.
US09425552B2
Disclosed is a locking apparatus for plug connectors, comprising at least one first locking half and at least one second locking half, wherein the first locking half is formed from an inner sleeve and an outer sleeve, wherein the outer sleeve can be moved in a linear manner against a plugging direction towards the inner sleeve, and wherein the second locking half is formed from a further sleeve which can be inserted into the inner sleeve of the first locking half, and wherein the first locking half has at least one associated latch which acts on an inserted sleeve through at least one latching opening in the inner sleeve.
US09425546B2
A contact housing for a connector of a connector assembly extends through a wall and includes a contact region having a contact seat for receiving a contact-side end of a kink-prone cable. The connector may be for a sealed connector assembly that includes an outer housing, which has a cable inlet opening and an interior space, at least sections of which form a mating-connector receptacle for a mating connector that is complementary to the connector. At least sections of the contact housing of the connector are arranged in the interior space. The contact housing, which has the contact region having the contact seat for holding the contact-side end of the kink-prone cable, facilitates assembly of the connector and prevents damage to the kink-prone cable, and includes positioning means for fixing the position of a laced section of the kink-prone cable.
US09425544B2
An electric power takeout device includes a protruding wall protruding in such a manner as to surround an electric power takeout section, and a cover covering the protruding wall and the power takeout section. The cover includes a cover wall covering the power takeout section with its outer peripheral edge opposed to the distal end edge of the protruding wall, and a peripheral wall protruding from the outer peripheral edge of the cover wall along the protruding wall, the peripheral wall being spaced a given distance from the body to thereby define a water introduction port above the protruding wall. The cover wall has a water discharge port communicating with the water introduction port and opening beneath the protruding wall, and a water guide section extending from the lower edge of the water discharge port to beneath the protruding wall.
US09425542B1
A water-proof connector includes a housing, a plurality of terminals and a waterproof component. The housing has a base portion, a center of a top face of the base portion defines a cavity, a bottom of the cavity defines a plurality of terminal grooves extending frontward and rearward and penetrating a rear face of the base portion. The plurality of terminals are assembled in the terminal grooves of the housing. The waterproof component includes an insulation cover board, a sealing element. The insulation cover board is assembled in the cavity, the sealing element is secondary molded in a rear end of the cavity of the housing and on a rear end of the insulation cover board.
US09425529B2
A socket for testing or connecting an integrated circuit is disclosed having a platform for receiving the integrated circuit and adapted to overlay a piece of test equipment or other board, the platform formed with an array of slots each locating a portion of a two-piece connector assembly. When the integrated circuit is seated on the platform, the two piece connector assemblies pivot so as to make contact between a contact pad on the IC and the board for establishing or evaluating signal transmission by the IC. The platform houses a resilient elongate elastomer that biases the connector assembly out of the platform to make contact with the board or test equipment. When the IC is placed on the platform, the bias of the resilient tubular member is overcome and an electrical connection is established across the connector assembly.
US09425528B2
A connector for a flat connecting member having a plurality of circuits includes a terminal provided at an end portion of the flat connecting member and a resin slider that can be assembled to the terminal. When the terminal penetrates through the slider, in the process of this penetration, assembly holes of the terminal are fitted with locking projections of the slider and the assembly of the connector is completed.
US09425526B2
An outer peripheral surface of a first anchoring terminal has a first surface facing one side of a second direction and a second surface facing one side of a third direction in a first corner portion, and a third surface facing the other side of the second direction and a fourth surface facing the other side of the third direction in a second corner portion. An inner peripheral surface of a second anchoring terminal has a fifth surface facing the other side of the second direction and a sixth surface facing the other side of the third direction in the first corner portion, and a seventh surface facing the one side of the second direction and an eighth surface facing the one side of the third direction in the second corner portion. The first to fourth surfaces make contact with the fifth to eighth surfaces, respectively.
US09425523B2
An electrical connector having a body having a shoulder receiving recess formed in a terminal end wall, and a plurality of contacts positioned in the body. Each contact has a pin projecting from a terminal end of the body. Each pin has a base with a pair of protruding shoulders.
US09425521B2
The present invention relates to an electrical assembly comprising a first element having a first connection portion and a second element having a second connection portion, and an electrical connection device having an electrical member comprising a connection part with a first portion and a second portion. The electrical member of the electrical connection device is at least partly inserted in a first opening section of the first connection portion and a second opening section of the second connection portion along an inserting axis. The first portion of the connection part is in electrical connection with the first connection portion of the first element and the second portion of the connection part is in electrical connection with the second connection portion of the second element.
US09425516B2
An antenna structure comprising a dielectric substrate layer and a patch layer laminated on top of the dielectric substrate layer, wherein the antenna structure is adapted to provide dual band coverage by combining a patch mode and a slot mode configuration.
US09425513B2
An apparatus includes a plurality of layers of conductive elements and a substrate layer. A first of the layers of conductive elements has a first portion that includes conductive elements having a first structure different from a second structure of conductive elements in a second portion of the first layer. The first layer can be in contact with one side of the substrate layer. Conductive elements in a second of the layers of conductive elements can be in contact with another side of the substrate layer. The lens may include a first type of unit cell including at least one conductive element having the first structure and conductive elements having the second structure positioned on different sides of the substrate layer. The first type of unit cell may provide a capacitively-loaded bandpass filter response, and a second type of unit cell may provide a bandpass filter response.
US09425512B2
A reflectarray reflects an incident wave in a desired direction. The reflectarray includes a substrate including a surface which is perpendicular to a predetermined axis, and elements disposed on the substrate. A specific element among the elements reflects the incident wave with a specific reflection phase among a plurality of reflection phases. Each of the elements has an element structure including, at least, a patch and a ground plate. Element spacing of first neighboring elements is different from element spacing of second neighboring elements, and a length of a gap between patches of the first neighboring elements is equal to a length of a gap between patches of the second neighboring elements.
US09425508B2
An antenna structure includes a feed terminal, a first antenna, and a second antenna. The first antenna includes a first antenna portion connected to the feed terminal, and a second antenna portion connected to the first antenna portion. The second antenna is substantially parallel to the second antenna portion and cooperatively defines a space with the second antenna portion.
US09425499B2
A GNSS antenna device includes an antenna supporting part supported by a handrail disposed on an upper surface of a body of a work vehicle. A GNSS antenna is disposed on a top portion of the antenna supporting part.
US09425498B2
A wideband antenna module includes a ground conductor, two radiating conductors and a decoupling inductor. Each of the radiating conductors includes a feed-in portion, a ground portion and three radiating portions. The feed-in portion is spaced apart from the ground conductor and has a feed-in end part. The ground portion is connected to the feed-in portion and the ground conductor. For each of the radiating conductors, the radiating portions are arranged in sequence from the feed-in portion to a free end part. The decoupling inductor is connected between the free end parts of the two radiating conductors.
US09425493B2
In one embodiment, a filter includes two sets of dielectric resonators mounted in corresponding sets of metallic resonant cavities. Adjoining resonant cavities are separated by a wall that have an opening. Each dielectric resonator of the first and second sets has a post and a single connected pedestal and is mounted within its corresponding cavity so that the post contacts a first cavity wall and the pedestal is separated from the opposing wall by an air gap. Each dielectric resonator of the first set is oriented in a first direction, with its pedestal on the bottom. Each dielectric resonator of the second set is oriented in a second direction, opposite to the first, with its pedestal on the top. The filter's (i) source port couples with a resonator of the first set and (ii) load port couples with a resonator of the second set.
US09425489B2
A charging and discharging system is disclosed. The charging and discharging system includes a first cell assembly and a second cell assembly. The first battery cell assembly includes a first cell, a first connecting piece, and a second connecting piece. The second cell assembly includes a second cell, a third connecting piece, and a fourth connecting piece. The first connecting piece and the second connecting piece connect the first cell to a circuit board. The third connecting piece and the fourth connecting piece connect the second cell to the circuit board. A length of the third connecting piece and the fourth connecting piece is greater than a total length of the first connecting piece and the second connecting piece. A resistivity of the third connecting piece and the fourth connecting piece is smaller than a length of the first connecting piece and the second connecting piece.
US09425477B2
A fuel cell stack is provided that includes a fuel cell stack module and an enclosure. The fuel cell stack module includes end plates and coupling bars coupled to the end plates. The enclosure includes an upper enclosure covering a front surface, an upper surface, and a back surface of the fuel cell stack module, a lower enclosure covering the front surface, a lower surface, and the back surface of the fuel stack module, a left enclosure fixed to one of the end plates, and a right enclosure fixed to the other of the end plates. The upper enclosure and the lower enclosure are coupled to protruding portions of the left enclosure and the right enclosure and bent toward the surfaces of the fuel cell stack module so as to be in surface contact with the surfaces of the fuel cell stack module.
US09425475B2
To provide a fuel cell system with which degradation of fuel cells can be suppressed by avoiding the ill effects caused by bumping of water used for steam reforming during the electrical generation. The present invention is a solid oxide fuel cell system including: a fuel cell module, a fuel flow regulator unit, a reformer for reforming supplied fuel, a vaporizing section for supplying steam to the reformer, a water flow regulator unit, and a controller for controlling the fuel supply device and water supply device, and for controlling the power extracted from the fuel cell module; whereby the controller is furnished with: a bumping determination circuit for determining the occurrence of excessive vaporization of water in a vaporizing chamber, and an extracted power limiting circuit for limiting the power when the bumping determination circuit has determined excessive bumping of water.
US09425474B2
A method and a system are provided for controlling an air intake of a fuel cell vehicle. The method includes calculating a value for basic air intake of a fuel cell based on a driver requirement and calculating a value of motor current requirement based on the driver requirement. A rate-of-change is calculated of the value of motor current requirement and a value for supplementary air intake is calculated by multiplying the rate-of-change of the value of motor current requirement by a gain value. A value for final air intake is then calculated by adding the value for basic air intake and the value for supplementary air intake. An air blower of an air intake system of the fuel cell is operated with the value for final air intake.
US09425473B2
The invention is provided to reliably restore generated voltage that has declined due to clogging of water in a fuel cell stack. A method of operating a fuel cell system having a fuel cell stack that generates electricity through an electrochemical reaction between a fuel gas including hydrogen gas and an oxidation gas, wherein when a generated voltage of the fuel cell stack declines, the water-in-cell content of the fuel cell stack is adjusted so that a variation in cell pressure loss in the fuel cell stack decreases based on a characteristic curve of the water-in-cell content of the fuel cell stack and the cell pressure loss of the fuel cell stack.
US09425470B2
An example energy dissipation device for controlling a fuel cell fluid includes a conduit extending in longitudinal direction between a first opening and a second opening. A flow control insert is configured to be received within the conduit. The flow control insert is configured to cause a fuel cell fluid to flow helically relative to the longitudinal direction.
US09425469B2
The present invention relates to the field of fuel cell technology and, more particularly, relates to an integrated gas diffusion layer with a sealing function and a method of making the same. The integrated gas diffusion layer includes a gas diffusion member and a sealing member having fuel inlet and outlet openings, oxidant inlet and outlet openings, and coolant inlet and outlet openings. The sealing member is sized to substantially cover the peripheral portion of the gas diffusion member. The sealing member and the gas diffusion member are integrally injection molded or adhered together by adhesive bonding.
US09425466B2
A method for producing a tubular fuel cell by means of a pulling-core tool, the pulling-core tool comprising at least one tool part, which forms a cavity, and a pulling core, which can be positioned in at least two positions in the cavity.
US09425462B2
A method for preparing hollow platinum or platinum-alloy catalysts includes a step of forming a plurality of low-melting-point metal nanoparticles. A platinum or platinum-alloy coating is then deposited onto the low-melting-point metal nanoparticles to form platinum or platinum-alloy coated particles. The low-melting-point metal nanoparticles are then removed to form a plurality of hollow platinum or platinum-alloy particles.
US09425449B2
An outer packaging material for a battery includes a heat resistant stretched resin film layer as an outer layer integrally laminated on one of surfaces of an aluminum foil layer via a first adhesive layer. A thermoplastic unstretched resin film layer as an inner layer is integrally laminated on the other surface of the aluminum foil layer via a second adhesive layer. An adhesive strength between the inner layer and the aluminum foil layer is 4N/15 mm-width to 30N/15 mm-width, and an adhesive strength between the outer layer and the aluminum foil layer is 2N/15 mm-width to 14N/15 mm-width. As a thermoplastic unstretched resin film constituting the inner layer, a thermoplastic unstretched resin film having a sealing strength of two sheets of the thermoplastic unstretched resin films arranged one on the other and heat sealed exceeding 30N/15 mm-width but not exceeding 110N/15 mm-width is used.
US09425435B2
There is provided a display device (100) including a step forming member (14) which forms a step between a first region (s1) and a second region (s2) over a substrate (11) so that the first region (s1, 173R) becomes higher than the second region (s2, 173G) when viewed from the substrate (11), a first light emitting (173R) layer transferred to the first region, and a second light emitting layer (173G) transferred to the first region and the second region, and which has an emission wavelength shorter than an emission wavelength of the first light emitting layer.
US09425419B2
Provided is an organic light-emitting display apparatus including a substrate; and a plurality of pixels on the substrate, wherein each of the pixels comprise: an organic light-emitting device comprising a first electrode, a second electrode, and an intermediate layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein the intermediate layer comprises an organic emission layer; a driving transistor configured to drive the organic light-emitting device; and a switching transistor electrically coupled to the driving transistor, wherein the gate electrode of the driving transistor comprises a first conductive layer, and a second conductive layer between the first conductive layer and the active layer of the driving transistor and has a smaller size than the first conductive layer, and the gate electrode of the switching transistor comprises a same material as the first conductive layer.
US09425418B2
There is provided a flexible display having a plurality of innovations configured to allow bending of a portion or portions to reduce apparent border size and/or utilize the side surface of an assembled flexible display.
US09425415B2
Described herein are platinum and palladium compounds with geometrically distorted charge transfer state, applications and methods for the preparation thereof. The platinum and/or palladium compounds described herein are capable of emitting light and can be used in light emitting devices.
US09425408B2
Disclosed herein are compounds represented by formula: where HT, ET, and R1-R6 are described herein. Compositions of said compounds along with organic light-emitting diode (OLED) devices related thereto are also disclosed.
US09425399B2
An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display panel, a manufacturing method thereof and a display device are provided. In the manufacturing method, pixel electrodes, required to be deposited with a material, on a base substrate are charged, and electrodes at an evaporation source are charged to form an electric field; evaporation material corresponding to the material required to be deposited are placed into the evaporation source and ionized, and the ionized evaporation material are deposited on the base substrate under the action of the electric field; deposited material in other pixel units are etched off and removed, so that the evaporation material only on the previously charged pixel electrodes on the base substrate are retained; and patterns of the required material are formed by the processes of deposition and etching in turn. The manufacturing method improves the resolution of finished products and can help to improve the resolution of the OLED.
US09425393B2
Disclosed herein are resistive switching devices having, e.g., an amorphous layer comprised of an insulating aluminum-based or silicon-based material and a conducting material. The amorphous layer may be disposed between two or more electrodes and be capable of switching between at least two resistance states. Circuits and memory devices including resistive switching devices are also disclosed, and a composition of matter involving an insulating aluminum-based or an silicon-based material and a conducting material. Also disclosed herein are methods for switching the resistance of an amorphous material.
US09425392B2
The present disclosure relates to a method of forming a resistive random access memory (RRAM) cell. The method forms a bottom electrode over a bottom electrode via. The method further forms a variable resistive dielectric layer over the bottom electrode, and a top electrode over the variable resistive dielectric layer. The method forms a top electrode via vertically extending outward from an upper surface of the top electrode at a position centered along a first axis that is laterally offset from a second axis centered upon the bottom electrode via. The top electrode via has a smaller width than the top electrode. Laterally offsetting the top electrode via from the bottom electrode via provides the top electrode via with good contact resistance.
US09425381B2
A piezoelectronic transistor device includes a first piezoelectric (PE) layer, a second PE layer, and a piezoresistive (PR) layer arranged in a stacked configuration, wherein an electrical resistance of the PR layer is dependent upon an applied voltage across the first and second PE layers by an applied pressure to the PR layer by the first and second PE layers. A piezoelectronic logic device includes a first and second piezoelectric transistor (PET), wherein the first and second PE layers of the first PET have a smaller cross sectional area than those of the second PET, such that a voltage drop across the PE layers of the first PET creates a first pressure in the PR layer of the first PET that is smaller than a second pressure in the PR layer of the second PET created by the same voltage drop across the PE layers of the second PET.
US09425376B2
In a “window-junction” formation process for Josephson junction fabrication, a spacer dielectric is formed over the first superconducting electrode layer, then an opening (the “window” is formed to expose the part of the electrode layer to be used for the junction. In an atomic layer deposition (ALD) chamber (or multi-chamber sealed system) equipped with direct or remote plasma capability, the exposed part of the electrode is sputter-etched with Ar, H2, or a combination to remove native oxides, etch residues, and other contaminants. Optionally, an O2 or O3 pre-clean may precede the sputter etch. When the electrode is clean, the tunnel barrier layer is deposited by ALD in-situ without further oxidant exposure.
US09425364B2
For the production of a white LED having a predetermined color temperature, a blue LED (2a-2d) or a UV LED is coated with a conversion layer (5) which absorbs the blue light or UV light and emits light of greater wavelength. In accordance with the invention, the exact wavelength of the LED (2a-2d) is determined and the color conversion agent (5) is applied over this LED (2a-2d) in a quantity dependent upon the determined wavelength. Through this, the tolerance of the color temperature can be significantly reduced. The color conversion agent may be applied by means of dispenser or stamp, and the quantity and/or concentration selected in dependence upon the determined wavelength. Inkjet printing, deposition from the gas phase or selective removal by means of a laser is, however, also possible. The invention also relates to light sources produced in accordance with this method.
US09425363B2
A light-emitting device is disclosed and comprises: a semiconductor stack; a transparent substrate comprising a first material; a bonding layer which bonds the semiconductor stack and the transparent substrate; and a medium in the transparent substrate, the medium comprising a second material different from the first material.
US09425357B2
An exemplary printable composition of a liquid or gel suspension of diodes comprises a plurality of diodes, a first solvent and/or a viscosity modifier. An exemplary diode comprises: a light emitting or absorbing region having a diameter between about 20 and 30 microns and a height between about 2.5 to 7 microns; a first terminal coupled to the light emitting region on a first side, the first terminal having a height between about 1 to 6 microns; and a second terminal coupled to the light emitting region on a second side opposite the first side, the second terminal having a height between about 1 to 6 microns.
US09425353B2
A semiconductor structure including an anodic aluminum oxide layer is described. The anodic aluminum oxide layer can be located between a semiconductor layer and another layer of material. The anodic aluminum oxide layer can include a plurality of pores extending to an adjacent surface of the semiconductor layer. The layer of material can penetrate at least some of the plurality of pores and directly contact the semiconductor layer. In an illustrative embodiment, the layer of material is a conductive material and the anodic aluminum oxide is located at a p-type contact.
US09425346B2
Patterned substrates for photovoltaic and other uses are made by pressing a flexible stamp upon a thin layer of resist material, which covers a substrate, such as a wafer. The resist changes phase or becomes flowable, flowing away from locations of impression, revealing the substrate, which is subjected to some shaping process. A typical substrate is silicon, and a typical resist is a wax. Workpiece textures include extended grooves, discrete, spaced apart pits, and combinations and intermediates thereof. Platen or rotary patterning apparatus may be used. Rough and irregular workpiece substrates may be accommodated by extended stamp elements. Resist may be applied first to the workpiece, the stamp, or substantially simultaneously, in discrete locations, or over the entire surface of either. The resist dewets the substrate completely where desired.
US09425345B2
A method for manufacturing an epitaxial wafer for manufacture of an image pickup device, wherein, before the growth of the epitaxial layer, a thickness X of a region where oxygen concentration in the epitaxial layer becomes 4×1017 atoms/cm3 or more after the manufacture of the image pickup device is calculated and, in the growth of the epitaxial layer, the epitaxial layer is grown with a thickness such that a thickness of a region where the oxygen concentration in the epitaxial layer is less than 4×1017 atoms/cm3 after the manufacture of the image pickup device is 6 μm or more in addition to the thickness X. As a result, it is possible to provide the epitaxial wafer in which an adverse effect of an impurity such as oxygen in the silicon wafer is not exerted on an image pickup device forming portion of the epitaxial layer and a manufacturing method thereof.
US09425344B2
The invention relates to a method for preparing a colloidal nanoparticle solution, including: (a) dissolving a titanium-oxide precursor, referred to as a precursor, in one or more solvents, referred to as precursor solvents; and (b) chemically converting, preferably by means of hydrolysis, said titanium-oxide precursor and said precursor solvent into a colloidal-solution solvent so as to form titanium-oxide nanoparticles that are dispersed in the colloidal-solution solvent, said colloidal solution having a dynamic viscosity of between 4 and 54 cP at 20° C. and 101,325 Pa.The invention also relates to a colloidal titanium-oxide nanoparticle solution containing a dispersion of titanium-oxide nanoparticles in a solvent or system of solvents, the viscosity of which is between 4 and 54 cP, said solution being particularly obtainable according to the method of the invention, as well as to the uses thereof, in particular for preparing photovoltaic cells. The invention also relates to a method for generating power using a semiconductor prepared from said solution.
US09425338B2
A solar power generation system for providing operating power for a desired application, the system includes one or more solar-array modules, wherein each of the one or more solar-array modules includes a multiplicity of solar cells and a high efficiency DC to DC power converter. The multiplicity of solar cells is arranged in strings of serial-units electrically connected in parallel to form a crisscross matrix array of solar cells, which matrix allows currents to bypass malfunctioning cells, thereby improving the performance of the system. The power converter includes fast MOSFET transistors having duty cycle that is operationally constant and is almost 50%. Optionally, the power converter includes a plus conductive pad and a minus conductive pad, wherein each of the strings of serial-units is individually wired to the plus conductive pad and the minus conductive pad.
US09425335B2
Disclosed is an optical detector. The optical detector includes: a first dielectric layer; a graphene optical transmission line formed on the first dielectric layer; a graphene optical detector formed on the first dielectric layer and configured to detect light transmitted along the graphene optical transmission line; electric wires formed on the graphene optical detector; metal pads positioned at both ends of the graphene optical detector and connected with the electric wires; and a second dielectric layer formed on the graphene optical transmission line, in which the graphene optical detector detects an intensity of light incident in a horizontal direction with respect to a surface of the graphene optical transmission line.
