US09463646B2
A tilting touch screen for a printer and a printer having such a tilting touch screen are provided. The tilting touch screen may include a touch screen housing, a touch screen located in the touch screen housing, means for pivotally connecting the touch screen housing to a printer housing, the printer housing defining an opening closable by the tilting touch screen, and a controller for controlling the printer in communication with the touch screen. The screen tilts open for direct access to the print mechanisms and paper buckets for service or paper loading, without requiring the removal of any additional covers.
US09463645B2
A cassette is provided which includes a supply of label material and a brake. The brake has a first position and a second position. In the first position, the supply is clamped by the brake. In the second position, the supply is removable from the cassette.
US09463642B1
A method for printing an image with authentication features, including: printing a media treatment material onto a print medium in accordance with a pattern of predefined authentication features, and printing one or more visible printing materials onto the print medium in accordance with an image pattern, thereby providing a printed visible image. The media treatment material alters an interaction between the visible printing materials and the print medium so that characteristics of the interaction, such as printing material penetration characteristics, are different in image regions where the media treatment material was printed than in image regions where the media treatment material was not printed. The difference in the characteristics of the interaction between the one or more visible printing materials and the print medium causes the pattern of authentication features to be detectable.
US09463638B1
A method for operating an imaging device identifies inoperative inkjets in an imaging device and modifies non-image data values in response to the identification of the inoperative inkjets. The method halftones image data for forming an image by generating halftoned image data with reference to modified non-image data values to compensate for identified inoperative inkjets. The method operates inkjets using the generated halftoned image data to form the image. The non-image data values modified in response to identified inoperative inkjets and later referenced while halftoning may include halftone threshold array, per-output raster column “RasterType” or TRC data values.
US09463630B2
A printer cleaning device includes a cleaning blade that is operatively disposed on a cleaning surface to contact and remove a material from the cleaning surface. The cleaning blade has a body portion and a cleaning edge adjoining the body portion adapted to contact the cleaning surface. The printer cleaning device further includes a pad that is attached to the body portion of the cleaning blade and is disposed across a predetermined length of the cleaning blade. The pad has a first corner that is located at a first end of the body portion wherein the first end is at a predetermined distance from the cleaning edge. The printer cleaning device further includes a controller configured to control the cleaning blade to contact and wipe the cleaning surface.
US09463626B2
There is provided a liquid droplet discharge device that allows a cap to be easily mounted on a liquid droplet discharge head while ensuring sealability. A cap 200 includes a cap body 202 that is formed of a box and a sealing member 220 that is formed of a frame. The sealing member 220 is adapted to be capable of being divided into a first frame component 222 and a second frame component 224. The first frame component 222 is provided integrally with the cap body 202 and a head 72 is provided with the second frame component 224. When the head 72 is mounted on the cap 200, the first frame component 222 and the second frame component 224 are combined with each other, surround the outer periphery of the tip portion of the head 72, and seal a gap between the head 72 and the cap 200.
US09463624B2
A liquid discharging head includes a recording element substrate configured to discharge a liquid; an electric wiring substrate that is provided with a lead terminal that is connected to the recording element substrate; and a supporting member to which the electric wiring substrate is bonded. The electric wiring substrate is bonded to the supporting member with two or more types of adhesives including at least a first adhesive and a second adhesive whose volume resistivity is higher than that of the first adhesive, a bond strength of the first adhesive is higher than a bond strength of the second adhesive, and, at the supporting member, the second adhesive is applied such that the second adhesive is provided closer to the lead terminal than the first adhesive.
US09463618B2
A liquid discharge substrate includes a plurality of discharge elements disposed on a substrate, a first transistor electrically connected to the plurality of discharge elements, and a plurality of second transistors. The first transistor is disposed between the plurality of discharge elements and the plurality of second transistors.
US09463608B2
A frictional-force variable compact of the invention includes: a first surface; a second surface; insulation portion; and an electroconductive portion electrically conducting the first surface to the second surface.
US09463606B2
Provided is a composite stretchable member with a smaller thickness and more uniform pleats. The composite stretchable member is stretchable in a first direction and is provided with a first nonwoven fabric sheet part and a second nonwoven fabric sheet part which are superposed on each other, and a plurality of elastic members which are arranged between the first nonwoven fabric sheet part and the second nonwoven fabric sheet part. The elastic members extend in the first direction while being separated from each other in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and the first nonwoven fabric sheet part and the second nonwoven fabric sheet part are joined with each other by an adhesive which is applied to the elastic members.
US09463589B2
An injection molding tool has a central tool part and two lateral tool parts which are shiftable relative to each other between an open and a closed position. At least one injection molding cavity is defined by a central mold part which is arranged on the central tool part, by a lateral mold part which is arranged on the lateral tool part, and by a movable mold part which is mounted on a holder. The holder is shiftable around the central tool part between various positions by using a drive. The holder can be coupled with the drive in a controlled manner.
US09463587B2
A method of RTM molding includes placing a reinforcing fiber substrate in a mold, placing resin distribution media exhibiting a resin flow resistance lower than a resin flow resistance of said reinforcing fiber substrate on both surfaces of said reinforcing fiber substrate, and after pressure in said mold is reduced by evacuation, injecting a resin into said mold through said resin distribution media to impregnate said reinforcing fiber substrate with said resin injected, wherein resin flow resistance of a first resin distribution medium placed on a first surface of said reinforcing fiber substrate is lower than resin flow resistance of a second resin distribution medium placed on a second surface of said reinforcing fiber substrate, and said evacuation is carried out through said second resin distribution medium while said resin is injected into said first resin distribution medium to impregnate said reinforcing fiber substrate with said resin injected.
US09463582B2
A securing structure for a light emitting element at a surface of a shell-like accessory and a manufacturing method for the securing structure are provided. According to an appearance of a handmade accessory, a mold, a positioning tenon and an adapter body are provided. The adapter body is supported and secured by combining the positioning tenon at the mold. With repeated applying operations, a plastic cementing agent is applied at an outer round surface of the adapter body to provide a combining effect. The mold and the positioning tenon are removed after the plastic cementing agent is set and shaped. Thus, using an axis and structure support of the adapter body, the light emitting grain installed is capable of securing an angular position of its optical axis as well as enhancing the combining strength.
US09463571B2
Robotic devices may be trained by a user guiding the robot along a target trajectory using a correction signal. A robotic device may comprise an adaptive controller configured to generate control commands based on one or more of the trainer input, sensory input, and/or performance measure. Training may comprise a plurality of trials. During an initial portion of a trial, the trainer may observe robot's operation and refrain from providing the training input to the robot. Upon observing a discrepancy between the target behavior and the actual behavior during the initial trial portion, the trainer may provide a teaching input (e.g., a correction signal) configured to affect robot's trajectory during subsequent trials. Upon completing a sufficient number of trials, the robot may be capable of navigating the trajectory in absence of the training input.
US09463568B2
A wrench system includes an outer case and an inner case which is slidably inserted in the outer case. The outer case has a first slot defined axially therein. The first slot has a first opening and a first closed end. The inner case has a second slot defined axially therein. The second slot has a second opening and a second closed end. The inner case has multiple first holes defined through the bottom thereof and the second slot so as to receive a non-circular insertion portion of a tool. The first holes has different sizes so that the handle is cooperated with different sizes of the L-shaped wrenches.
US09463566B2
An effective technique for increasing performance of an auxiliary handle which is attached to a power tool is provided. The auxiliary handle has a grip part, a grip holding part, a mounting part and a support part. The grip holding part is disposed between the grip part and the support part in a longitudinal direction of the auxiliary handle. When the auxiliary handle is attached to a power tool body, the grip part and the grip holding part are held so as to be movable with respect to the mounting part with the support part as a fulcrum.
US09463565B2
The present invention provides a rechargeable electric tool in which a battery pack detachably mounted to a mounting part, which is formed lower than an opening provided at a housing, wherein a seal member is held in the housing to seal between the opening and the battery pack mounted to the mounting part. A projection projecting toward the opening side is provided at the seal member, and a passing hole that penetrates the projection and the seal member and allows a lead line connecting an electric component accommodated on the opening side in the housing to the battery pack to pass therethrough is formed.
US09463562B2
A motor driven hammer having a housing, a motor having a motor shaft and being arranged in the housing, a hammer mechanism including a cylinder in which a ram is arranged the ram being slidable along a longitudinal axis (L) of the cylinder, and a tool holder which may support a tool bit so that the tool bit is aligned with the longitudinal axis of the cylinder, wherein the motor is coupled with the hammer mechanism, so that rotation of the motor shaft results in a reciprocating movement of the ram within the cylinder, the ram applying impacts on a tool bit supported by the tool holder during the reciprocating movement. Further, the ram is made of a paramagnetic or ferromagnetic material or comprises a permanent magnet and a coil is arranged within the housing adjacent to the cylinder so that the coil applies a force in the direction of the longitudinal axis on the ram if a current is applied to the coil.
US09463557B2
A socket for an impact tool includes an input recess configured to receive an anvil of the impact tool and an output recess configured to receive a head of a fastener.
US09463556B2
A crimp tool includes a frame, a lead screw and a nut assembly connected to the lead screw. A spring member is connected to the frame and movable with rotation of the lead screw. A first transducer is connected to the nut assembly to measure a first force applied on the nut assembly. A second transducer is connected to the spring member to measure a second force applied thereon by the spring member.
US09463551B2
Disclosed is a polishing pad for chemical-mechanical polishing. The polishing pad has a porous interface and a substantially non-porous bulk core. Also disclosed are related apparatus and methods for using and preparing the polishing pad.
US09463542B2
A holding table for holding a platelike workpiece which includes a base and an annular holding member attached to the base. The annular holding member has an annular holding surface for holding the outer circumferential portion of the platelike workpiece thereon. Accordingly, a central recess is defined by the base and the annular holding member so as to be surrounded by the annular holding member. The annular holding member is formed with a suction opening exposed to the annular holding surface, a vacuum line having one end communicating with the suction opening and the other end connected to a vacuum source, a discharge opening exposed to the annular holding surface at a position radially outside of the suction opening, and a fluid line having one end communicating with the discharge opening and the other end connected to a fluid source.
US09463541B2
A clamp has a base and a first selectively compliant component carried by the base, the first selectively compliant component being selectively operable between a substantially compliant state and a substantially rigid state.
US09463538B2
An alignment system for aligning components includes a first component, a second component, upstanding, elongated tabs connected to at least one of the components, each elongated tab having a tab wall, and deformable elongated tab apertures formed in at least one of the components, each deformable tab aperture comprising opposing deformable aperture walls. The apertures are geometrically distributed in coordinated relationship to a geometrical distribution of the elongated tabs such that each elongated tab is receivable into a respective aperture and each tab has a width larger than a cross-sectional width of its respective aperture measured in a same direction. Each aperture is configured to elastically deform upon disposition of each elongated tab into its respective tab aperture at an interface between the tab wall and the aperture wall.
US09463532B2
A nanosolder comprises a first metal nanoparticle core coated with a second metal shell, wherein the first metal has a higher surface energy and smaller atomic size than the second metal. For example, a bimetallic nanosolder can comprise a protective Ag shell “glued” around a reactive Cu nanoparticle. As an example, a 3-D epitaxial Cu-core and Ag-shell structure was generated from a mixture of copper and silver nanoparticles in toluene at temperatures as low as 150° C.
US09463517B2
In a single-wire type wire saw, a work is fed relatively to a wire stretched between a pair of grooved guide rollers disposed in the same direction and the work is cut by traveling the wire. When a cutting-feeding direction changes during a cutting of the work, an operation shaft is moved along an arc around the center axis of the wire in a cutting area and simultaneously support arms are rotated around the operation shaft to thereby oppose the wire support direction of the pair of grooved guide rollers to the cutting-feeding direction.
US09463513B2
A coated cutting tool comprising substrate and a coating, wherein the coating comprises a layer of MTCVD TiCN, and a layer of α-Al2O3, wherein the α-Al2O3 layer exhibits an X-ray diffraction pattern, as measured using CuKα radiation, the (hkl) reflections used are (012), (104), (110), (113), (116), (300), (214) and (0 0 12), and the TC(0 0 12) is higher than 5 and a full width half maximum (FWHM) of a rocking curve peak of the (0 0 12) plane of the α-Al2O3 is lower than 30°.
US09463503B2
A method of making a spanner comprises the steps of preparing a flat metal blank, forging and pressing a part of the metal blank to form a head and a shank whose width is smaller than a width of the head, pressing the head to form a first arch-shaped part, pressing a shank end of the shank to expand the shank end and then form a second arch-shaped part, and pressing the head and the shank end again to remove redundant scrap projecting from the first arch-shaped part and the second arch-shaped part and also punch finished holes in the head and the shank end respectively, thereby completing the finished spanner. Accordingly, the method reduces the waste of the material and the processing cost, decreases the use frequency of high-cost machines and promotes the processing efficiency by using the flat metal blank.
US09463502B2
A process is provided for making bulk textured material sheeting. As a continuous supply of flat material sheeting is fed, the sheeting is repeatedly impacted with toothed knives, each knife creating a row of raised and generally pointed structures on the sheeting to texture the sheeting.
US09463501B2
A press forming method forming an extended part by extension in a later forming period after deep drawing, the deep drawing process carried out with working at 100-250° C., and the extension forming process carried out colder at less than 50° C., whereby the extended part is formed by extension in a cup shaped low parts formed by deep drawing. Thus, press forming products containing formed elements can be deep drawing formed and extension formed at a high forming rate of 10 mm/sec or greater, which can assure high productivity. By making a steel plate temperature 100-350° C. during press forming and by making the forming rate in the later forming period where extension forming is carried out slower than the forming rate in an earlier forming period where extension forming is not carried out, cracking of the extended part can be prevented and press forming limitations can be improved.
US09463483B2
A mobile fluid delivery machine has a communication device configured to receive fluid delivery mission instructions that identify a sequence of path segments on a site and corresponding fluid delivery allocation information for the path segments, and a location device determining the location of the mobile fluid delivery machine. It also has a fluid delivery system including a display device and at least one processor that is configured to identify the fluid delivery allocation information for the path segment that corresponds to the location of the mobile machine on the site, and to determine, based on the fluid delivery allocation information for the path segment that corresponds to the location of the mobile machine on the site, a fluid delivery rate for the path segment. The processor is also configured to cause the display device to display an indication of the determined fluid delivery rate for the path segment.
US09463482B2
The invention relates to a metering device consisting of—a housing (1) for receiving an interchangeable container, said container being connected to a disposable pump (10), —an electric drive motor (6) for driving the disposable pump (10), —control means for controlling said drive motor (6) and for influencing the pump volume, —an electric current source or an electric connection for supplying energy to the electric drive motor (6) and the control means, said housing (1) additionally having a receiving portion (11) for form-fittingly retaining the disposable pump (10), —said housing (1) comprising two pivotally interconnected partial shells (7a, 7b) and—one elastic squeezing element (12a, 12b) being secured to each partial shell (7a, 7b), the interchangeable container being clamped between these, and the metering device being suitable for receiving interchangeable containers in the form of non-dimensionally stable, hanger-free tubular pouches (8).
US09463479B2
A phosphor dispenser includes: a nozzle having a space for accommodating the phosphor liquid, wherein an opening for ejecting the phosphor liquid is connected to the space; and a tappet reciprocally movable with respect to the nozzle to eject the phosphor liquid in the space through the nozzle, wherein the tappet includes a cylindrical unit having a cylindrical shape and a convex unit having a hemispherical shape that is convex towards the nozzle from the cylindrical unit, and the convex unit is formed of polycrystalline diamond (PCD).
US09463475B2
A discontinuous centrifuge has a rotatable centrifuge drum with a casing. The cylindrical centrifuge casing is provided with holes to discharge a liquid produced during the centrifugation. The holes have a cross-section with an elliptical shape. The cross-section of the holes is widened from the inside to the outside. The hole wall is continuous in this case. The diameter of the cross-sections of the holes parallel to the drum axis on the inside of the casing is equal to the diameter of the cross-sections of the holes parallel to the drum axis on the outside of the casing. The diameter of the cross-sections of the holes in the peripheral direction, on the other hand, on the inside of the casing is smaller than the diameter of the cross-sections of the holes in the peripheral direction on the outside of the casing. The area of the elliptical holes may be additionally also divided by webs.
US09463470B2
Means for Solving the ProblemAccording to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a magnetic-separation filter device that removes contaminants of fine ferromagnetic particles from a fluid containing such contaminants, comprising: a substantially cylindrical housing; two partition plates that are disposed in an inside of the housing so as to extend in a vertical direction of the housing, dividing the inside of the housing by being disposed in parallel to each other;a filter medium that includes a fine amorphous-alloy wire bundle filled in a first region defined by the housing and the two partition plates; andplural permanent magnets that are provided on both sides of the first region outside the housing, wherein the contaminants of fine ferromagnetic particles are adsorbed on the filter media by flowing the fluid containing such contaminants through the first region in which the magnetic field has been formed by these plural permanent magnets.
US09463467B2
A semimobile crusher plant as well as a process for displacing and supporting a semimobile crusher plant are disclosed. The semimobile crusher plant is permanently connected to a crawler-type chassis that has double crawlers, on which the entire load of the crusher plant rests during the displacing. During the crusher operation, the entire load of the crusher plant, including a payload, is supported by means of support rockers more or less equally on the double crawlers of the crawler-type chassis and on foundation blocks provided at the operating sites of the crusher.
US09463425B2
Providing a system which can exhibit a desired effect of improving hydrophilicity of a contact lens without causing adverse influences on sense of use of the contact lens and a cleaning effect, and which can effectively prevent adhesion of lipid stain. Also providing a packaging solution for the contact lens which can effectively suppress or prevent reduction of its viscosity with time even when the packaging solution is sterilized by heating. The contact lens is immersed in an aqueous solution which contains a low-molecular weight hyaluronic acid having a molecular weight of not higher than 80,000, or a salt or derivative thereof, and which has a pH of 6.0-8.0 and an osmotic pressure of 220-380 mOsm.
US09463418B2
A method for cleaning a sulphur dioxide containing off-gas by selective oxidation of carbon monoxide and volatile organic compounds in the off-gas with reduced formation of sulphur trioxide comprising the step of contacting the off-gas with an oxidation catalyst consisting of palladium and vanadium oxide supported on a carrier.
US09463416B2
Low-cost and energy-efficient CO2 and H2S capture is provided obtaining greater than 99.9% capture efficiency from pressurized gas. The acid species are captured in an ammonia solution, which is then regenerated by stripping the absorbed species. The solution can capture as much as 330 grams of CO2 and H2S per 1000 gram of water and when regenerated it produces pure pressurized acid gas containing more than 99.7% CO2 and H2S. The absorption of the acid species is accomplished in two absorbers in-series, each having multiple stages. More than 95% of the acid species are captured in the first absorber and the balance is captured in the second absorber to below 10 ppm concentration in the outlet gas. The two absorbers operate at temperatures ranging from 20-70 degrees Celsius. The two absorbers and the main stripper of the alkaline solution operate at similar pressures ranging from 5-200 bara.
US09463415B2
A method of operating an electrochemical cell stack is provided. The method includes feeding a reactant gas to the cell stack. The flow of the reactant gas is halted to at least one cell in the cell stack. The voltage applied to the at least one cell is increased. The flow of reactant gas to the at least one cell is initiated in response to the voltage increasing above a threshold for a predetermined amount of time.
US09463412B2
A dispensing device provides improved security and risk management through the inclusion of a security lock. The security lock may require authentication of a user as a condition for dispensing a dispensable included in a container of the dispensing device. The dispensable may include a consumable unit.
US09463402B2
A method of detecting clogging of a fluid filter is disclosed. The method includes measuring, at successive sampling instants, the pressure difference ΔP from upstream to downstream across the filter, calculating the first time derivative {ΔP}′ of the pressure difference ΔP at different instants, and sending a clogging signal Sc representative of the filter being clogged when the first derivative {ΔP}′ is equal to zero.
US09463401B2
An apparatus having a threaded bottom assembly for interfacing to connect the bottom assembly to a second structure with threads, having a bi-stable element that, when sufficient force is applied via the process of threading the bottom assembly to the second structure, and at an appropriate torque value, passes from its first minima state, through its maxima state, and to its second minima state, creating a tactile or audible indication that the apparatus has been properly installed.
US09463400B2
A filtration apparatus for removing solids and particulates from a liquid stream flowing through a filter media. A magnet is located adjacent to the filter media and the liquid steam to attract metal particles in the liquid stream to the filter media. The magnet may be a rare earth magnet. A variable speed drive motor is coupled to a carrier supporting the filter media to advance the filter media through the liquid stream.
US09463391B2
A motion base, comprising a pivot structure having a pivot point near the center of gravity of the pivot structure; a platform support by the pivot structure, the platform having a generally horizontal position and a generally vertical position; and, a drive for rotating of the pivot structure at the pivot point to move the platform from the generally horizontal position to the generally vertical position.
US09463390B2
A water or other amusement attraction that includes an inflatable portion or material. A cavity of the attraction is located underneath an upper surface, the upper surface configured to support a flow of water and at least one rider thereon. A volume of water is configured to be disposed within the cavity, the upper surface floating upon the volume of water while connected to at least one side wall, floor, and/or nozzle structure. A pump and nozzle assembly, positioned outside of the cavity, communicates with the water within the cavity for flowing a portion of the water over the upper surface. A drainage portion, adjacent to the upper surface, drains the flowing water back into the cavity for recirculation. Support components, such as a plurality of beams or an inflatable grid structure help maintain stability for the attraction.
US09463386B1
A gaming environment may be established, by executing a game engine module to provide an interactive game instance, and instantiating a state machine instance using one or both of a state machine client module or a state machine server module. In an example, during execution of the game engine module, scripting commands within a state machine definition may be parsed and executed to obtain information indicative of one or more of a state of an in-game object or a state transition of an in-game object. An in-game object may be controlled within the game instance via the state machine using at least a portion of the information obtained from parsing and executing the scripting commands. Use of the state machine definitions in conjunction with the scripting commands may enable representation of complex scenarios for virtual objects and events in the gaming environment in a simplified format.
US09463372B2
A system for displaying information on a basketball court, boxing ring or other athletic surface. The system includes: a plurality of light arrays configured to be embedded in a top layer of the athletic surface and oriented to emit light upwards through the athletic surface; and a control system for selectively controlling activation of the light arrays to display advertising and other information in the athletic surface.
US09463370B2
An improved ski binding heel unit comprising a lateral heel release mechanism to release the heel of a ski boot from a ski is disclosed. The ski binding heel unit typically includes an independent vertical heel release mechanism, an independent lateral heel release mechanism, and a longitudinal pressure compensator. The improved ski binding heel unit allows a reduction in the height of the heel pad. This reduction in heel pad height is generally achieved by eccentrically positioning two or more of the springs within the heel unit while superpositioning the resultant centroid of the forces of friction between the lower housing and mating heel track structures that house at least one of the eccentrically positioned springs to foster smooth longitudinal displacement of the lower heel housing when the ski flexes and counterflexes.
US09463369B2
The present invention concerns a gymnastic accessory including a twisting ring with an external ring and an internal ring, wherein the two rings are concentrically connected and rotatable in relation to each other about a common axis, wherein the external ring typically includes two connecting devices that are arranged symmetrically at the outer periphery and adapted for joining with an unyielding or elastic rope. The second ring include connecting means at the periphery, the connecting means adapted for mounting of connecting elements for a twisting belt. The invention further concerns a method for reconfiguring such a gymnastic accessory. The new feature of the gymnastic accessory according to the invention is that the twisting ring further include a number of the connecting elements in the form of straps, wherein one or more and preferably all the straps are arranged with joining means for joining with complementary joining means either on the strap itself, on the second ring or on a twisting belt, wherein the straps and/or the joining means further include adjusting means for adjusting the length of the straps and thereby of the spacing between the twisting belt and the second ring of the twisting ring.
US09463366B2
A device is provided with an obtaining unit, a specifying unit, and a determination unit. The obtaining unit obtains measurement data in which the golfer has performed a test-hit of at least one number of a golf club for each type of golf club from among the multiple types of golf clubs. The specifying unit specifies a relationship of correspondence between a loft angle and a flight-distance for each type of golf club based on the measurement data. The determination unit determines, based on the relationship of correspondence, a type of golf club having a large flight-distance with respect to a loft angle as a best-match type, which is a type of golf club best matched to the golfer.
US09463365B2
The present disclosure provides for a hockey goalie stick having a gripping aid that protrudes above the first major surface only in a handgrip area of the paddle. The hockey goalie stick includes a blade, a shaft having a width and a thickness, a paddle that extends between the blade and the shaft. The paddle has a first major surface and a second major surface opposite the first major surface with a maximum thickness equal to approximately the thickness of the shaft. The paddle includes a handgrip area having shoulders in which a width of the first major surface and the second major surface transitions to the width of the shaft. The gripping aid protrudes above the first major surface only in the handgrip area of the paddle.
US09463353B1
One embodiment of a brass musical instrument practice device (FIG. 3) consisting of a rimmed, (12) bowl shaped, cup (11) about 6 mm to 35 mm in diameter, and about 6 mm 35 mm deep with a 4 mm diameter hole (13) at the bottom of the cup to allow the player's air to escape. The rimmed cup is fitted into to a mounting (18) and is held against the player's lips by means of strap attachments (17) and two straps (14,15) that go around the player's head. This allows the musician to enjoy the lip muscle development benefits of practicing without having to use his hands and arms to hold either an instrument or a mouthpiece, (FIG. 1) thus freeing his hands for other use.
US09463350B2
An improved structure for an exercise device having dual pedals wherein each pedal operates in a rotary manner in a vertical plane parallel to the bilateral axis of the user with each of the user's feet disposed, respectively, on a different one of the dual pedals.
US09463344B2
In various embodiments, a fire suppression system with integral leak detection is provided. The fire suppression system may comprise a bottle, a pressure monitoring system, and a controller. The pressure monitoring system may include a bellows. The bellows may be in fluid communication with the volume defined by the bottle. The controller may be configured to monitor the bellows.
US09463338B2
The object of the present invention is a compound of general formula (I) as well as to its pharmaceutically acceptable salt, and to the use of this compound for cosmetic and pharmaceutical applications.
US09463320B2
An implantable neurostimulation (INS) device includes a non-rechargeable battery, a rechargeable battery, an antenna, an inductive coil, a neurostimulation module and a telemetry module. The neurostimulation module produces neurostimulation signals for delivery to target neural tissue, and the telemetry module wirelessly communicates with a non-implantable device using at least one of the antenna and the inductive coil. The non-rechargeable battery provides power to the neurostimulation module, and the rechargeable battery provides power to the telemetry module. The INS device also includes a charge module that charges the rechargeable battery in dependence on signals received from a non-implantable device via the inductive coil. Additional modules, such a sensor module, can be powered by the rechargeable battery. Additionally modules, such as controller, can be powered by the non-rechargeable battery. The rechargeable battery can power components normally powered by the non-rechargeable battery, when a capacity of the non-chargeable battery falls below a threshold.
US09463318B2
A neuromodulation device is provided. The neuromodulation device may include a carrier configured for implantation in a subject, the carrier including a first elongated arm and a second elongated arm, each extending from a central portion of the carrier. The device may further include a first pair of modulation electrodes arranged on the first elongated arm, a second pair of modulation electrodes arranged on the second elongated arm. The carrier may be sized and shaped for implantation in a vicinity of a hypoglossal nerve to be modulated such that the first pair of modulation electrodes is located to modulate a first hypoglossal nerve on a first side of the subject and the second pair of modulation electrodes is located to modulate a second hypoglossal nerve on a second side of the subject.
US09463313B2
Methods, systems and devices for effectively and safely accessing and verifying a target site within a vessel or body cavity undergoing a catheter-based procedure or treatment. The present invention further includes the accurate delivery an instrument, an implantable device and/or materials to the target site. The present invention is particularly useful for transvenously assessing the suitability of a target site within the coronary vasculature for placement of a pacing electrode and transvenously placing the pacing electrode at the target site.
US09463311B2
Valves, valved fluid transfer devices and ambulatory infusion devices including the same.
US09463305B2
A metal balloon catheter having a main tubular body, a metal balloon proximate a distal end of the main tubular body, a central annulus extending along an entire longitudinal aspect of the catheter for accommodating a guidewire therethrough and an inflation annulus adjacent the central annulus which extends along the longitudinal axis of the main tubular body and terminates in fluid flow communication with an inflation chamber of the metal balloon. The metal balloon catheter may be either unitary integral metal catheter in which the main tubular body and the balloon are fabricated of metal, or it may consist of a polymeric main tubular body and a metal balloon.
US09463294B2
Feedback information is provided to a subject regarding reception of pressure support therapy, and/or other respiratory support therapy. The feedback information may indicate compliance to a respiratory therapy regimen. The feedback information is provided to the subject by transmitting the feedback information through a communication network to a client device associated with the subject. The feedback information may include a characterization of the therapy received by the subject with respect to a usage goal.
US09463290B2
An atomizer for the delivery, and in particular, for the atomization of a formulation, particularly, a powder has a simple construction that makes a simple intuitive operation possible. In particular, such is achieved by the fact that the atomizer has a mouthpiece with an associated cover, so that opening and/or closing of the cover causes a delivery medium, in particular air, to be taken in and/or put under pressure by a delivery device, a spring store is put under tension and/or a preferably annular reservoir containing a plurality of doses of the formulation is further rotated.
US09463283B2
A maximum settable dose feature is disclosed that is set by a user or health care professional one time that prevents future injections from exceeding the desired maximum dose. The feature includes a locking band initially in an unlocked configuration, which transforms to a locked configuration when activated after setting a desired maximum dose. The feature can include a trigger mechanism to transform the locking band to the locked configuration.
US09463281B2
A medicament container for a liquid medicament is disclosed, the medicament container includes a flexible bag with an outlet, the bag surrounded by a braid, arranged for lengthening and narrowing when being pulled in longitudinal direction (L).
US09463279B2
The present invention relates to a medical device for administering a medicinal product to a patient comprising at least one component (2, 8, 10, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28) comprising a material having an additive embedded therein, wherein the additive is adapted to provide a visually perceptible signal when exposed to electromagnetic radiation. The invention is particularly intended for drug delivery devices, such as e.g. of pen-type injectors. With the visually perceptible signal embedded in the at least one component, visually controlled assembly of such devices can be improved. Additionally the invention provides an effective means antagonize counterfeiting of drugs and of medical devices.
US09463273B2
A drug delivery device which includes a fluid drug reservoir, a catheter, a controllable fluid transfer device, e.g., a pump mechanism or valve, and a drug delivery control means: The drug delivery control means comprises a controller, e.g., a microprocessor or microcontroller which is operable to automatically reduce the rate of drug delivery over a certain reduction interval (e.g., multiple days) from an initial dosage value to a final dosage value.
US09463264B2
Provided herein are bone grafts and methods of making and using the same, as well as products and kits that include such bone grafts. In particular, bone grafts are provided that include collagen Type I and one or more different types of mineral compositions having different dissolution properties and/or sizes, to enhance bone regeneration throughout the bone healing phase.
US09463262B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a cell-adhesive material for biological tissues, in which the surface of a material for biological tissues (particularly metallic material) is modified strongly with a large amount of a cell-adhesive artificial peptide (P) that retains a biological activity.The present invention provides a cell-adhesive material for biological tissues including a cell-adhesive artificial peptide (P) and a material for biological tissues, wherein the cell-adhesive artificial peptide (P) is immobilized on the surface of the material for biological tissues through an electrochemical reaction. The cell-adhesive artificial peptide (P) is preferably a peptide (P1) that is synthesized by a genetic recombinant microorganism and has at least one cell-adhesive minimal amino acid sequence (X) in one molecule. The number of the cell-adhesive minimal amino acid sequences (X) in one molecule of the polypeptide (P1) is preferably 3 to 50.
US09463254B2
In some aspects, the present invention provides novel ligands, which may be used to make novel dual-modality imaging agents, for example, for PET and MRI imaging. In further aspects, by the present disclosure also provides methods of use and methods of preparation of the novel ligands, metal complexes, and imaging agents thereof.
US09463252B2
Drug Linker compounds and Drug Linker Ligand conjugates are provided that have auristatins linked via the C-terminus. The conjugates show efficacy without the need for a self-immolative group to release the drug.
US09463248B2
A material including a continuous aqueous phase and a dispersed phase in the form of droplets containing an amphiphilic lipid and a surfactant having the following formula (I): (L1-X1—H1—Y1)v-G-(Y2—H2—X2-L2)w (I), wherein: L1 and L2 independently represent lipophilic groups, X1, X2, Y1, Y2 and G independently represent a linking group, H1 and H2 independently represent hydrophilic groups including a polyalkoxylated chain, v and w are independently an integer from 1 to 8, wherein the droplets of the dispersed phase are covalently bonded by the surfactant having the formula (I). The invention also relating to the method for preparing the same and to the uses thereof.
US09463243B2
The present disclosure is directed to an in-liquid laser-based method for fabricating a solution of fine particles of amorphous solid medicinal compounds, a solution of fine particles of amorphous medicinal agents made with the method, and fine particles made with the method. By using a target solidified via a phase transition process to covert an initial crystalline structure into an amorphous solid, technical difficulties with handling a hydraulically-pressed target are overcome. The laser-based ablation process produces amorphous solid medicinal compound fine particles, which improves the bioavailability and solubility of the medicinal compound. The improvement results from a combination of: disordered crystalline structure and enlarged relative surface area by particle size reduction. The laser based method may be carried out with ultrashort pulsed laser systems, or with UV nanosecond lasers. Results obtained with an ultrashort near IR laser and a UV nanosecond laser show formation of amorphous solid curcumin fine particles.
US09463234B2
African swine fever virus (ASFV) is the etiological agent of a contagious and often lethal viral disease of domestic pigs that has significant economic consequences for swine breeding. Control of ASF has been hampered by the unavailability of vaccines. Recombinant viruses harboring engineered deletions of specific virulence-associated genes induce solid protection against the challenge with parental viruses. Here we report the construction of a recombinant Δ9GL virus derived from the highly virulent ASFV Georgia 2007 (ASFV-G) isolate. In vivo, ASFV-G Δ9GL administered intramuscularly (IM) to swine at relatively high doses (104 HAD50) retains a virulent phenotype practically indistinguishable from the parental virus. Conversely, at low IM doses (102 or 103 HAD50), ASFV-G Δ9GL does not induce disease. Importantly, animals infected with 103 HAD50 are protected against the presentation of clinical disease when challenge at 28 days post infection with the virulent parental strain Georgia 2007.
US09463233B2
Chimeric flaviviruses that are avirulent and immunogenic are provided. The chimeric viruses are constructed to contain amino acid mutations in the nonstructural viral proteins of a flavivirus. Chimeric viruses containing the attenuation-mutated nonstructural genes of the virus are used as a backbone into which the structural genes of a second flavivirus strain are inserted. These chimeric viruses elicit pronounced immunogenicity yet lack the accompanying clinical symptoms of viral disease. The attenuated chimeric viruses are effective as immunogens or vaccines and may be combined in a pharmaceutical composition to confer simultaneous immunity against several strains of pathogenic flaviviruses.
US09463230B2
The present invention provides compositions including polypeptides having the characteristics of polypeptides expressed by a reference microbe such E. coli or Salmonella. Examples of Salmonella strains that can be used include, for instance, S. enterica serovar Newport, S. enterica serovar Enteritidis, S. enterica serovar Typhimurium, and S. enterica serovar Dublin. Also provided are compositions including polypeptides having a particular molecular weight and a mass fingerprint that includes polypeptide fragments having a particular set of masses, or polypeptides having an amino acid sequence with at least about 95% identity with an amino acid sequence, wherein the polypeptide has seroreactive activity. The present invention also provides methods of making and methods of using such compositions.
US09463220B2
The present invention provides a method for inducing twin calving. The method according to the present invention comprises firstly treatment to inducing atresia of the antral follicles on ovary so as to initiate the development of new follicular wave, inducing the development of codominant follicles and further achieving double ovulations by exactly controlling the dosage and time points of hormone injections, and performing artificial insemination to induce the cow to deliver twin calves. The method according to the present invention has relative independent on the technical skills, and a person skilled in the art or a common worker can practice it according to specified operation methods; and during practical application, it does not require special equipment, thus saving cost, as well as improving the social benefit and economic benefit of cow breeding.
US09463212B2
A method of reducing the number of microorganisms entering the nose and proliferating in the nasal cavity including application of a solution of an antimicrobial, antiviral and antifungal composition to the anterior vestibular region of the nares. The antimicrobial, antiviral and antifungal solution includes ethyl alcohol as an active ingredient. Various embodiments may also include one or more of the following additional ingredients: orange oil, coconut oil; soy oil; emu oil; grapefruit seed extract; glycine soja; simmondsia chinensis (Jojoba); lauric acid; aloe vera; and a preservative, such as benzalkonium chloride and vitamin E.
US09463208B2
This document discusses, among other things, receiving a plurality of donor fecal samples from a plurality of donors and storing and indexing each respective donor fecal samples using at least one characteristic of the respective donor fecal sample. In an example, the donor fecal sample can be screened and processed for subsequent use in fecal bacteriotherapy to displace pathogenic or undesired organisms in the digestive track of a patient with healthy or desirable gut micriobiota.
US09463207B2
A method for preparing placenta membrane tissue grafts for medical use, includes obtaining a placenta from a subject, cleaning the placenta, separating the chorion tissue from the amniotic membrane, mounting a selected layer of either the chorion tissue or the amniotic membrane onto a drying fixture, dehydrating the selected layer on the drying fixture, and cutting the selected layer into a plurality of tissue grafts. Preferably, the drying fixture includes grooves or raised edges that define the outer contours of each desired tissue graft, after they are cut, and further includes raised or indented logos that emboss the middle area of the tissue grafts during dehydration and that enables an end user to distinguish the top from the bottom side of the graft. The grafts are comprised of single layers of amnion or chorion, multiple layers of amnion or chorion, or multiple layers of a combination of amnion and chorion.
US09463202B2
A dialysis acid precursor assembly including a dialysis acid precursor composition of dry components including anhydrous glucose, a dry acid, a magnesium chloride 4.5-hydrate (MgCl2.4.5H2O) and a potassium salt or calcium salt, and a moisture-resistant container with a water vapor transmission rate less than 0.2 g/m2/d at 38° C./90% RH, wherein the dialysis acid precursor composition is sealed within the container.
US09463196B2
The present invention relates to a once daily tablet comprising doxycycline at sub-antibiotic dose and one or more pharmaceutically acceptable excipients, wherein the tablet exhibits a reduced food effect. The invention further provides a method of treatment of rosacea by administering to a person in need thereof the doxycycline tablet with or without food. A process of preparing the tablet is also provided.
US09463189B2
Disclosed herein are new methods of treatment of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), and other fibrotic diseases of the liver in a subject by modulating PPARδ with sulfonyl-substituted bicyclic compounds and compositions as pharmaceuticals.
US09463186B2
The present invention provides systems, compositions and methods for treatment of dopaminergic disorders (e.g., Parkinson's disease) using the combination of a first compound that inhibits a voltage-gated calcium channel of the type Cav1.3 (e.g., a dihydropyridine such as isradipine), and a second compound that is monoamine oxidase inhibitor and/or is a nitric oxide synthase inhibitor (e.g., rasagiline or derivative thereof).
US09463184B2
Calcium flux agonists are used to enhance a TLR- or NOD-mediated stimulus and to so increase an immune response of a host and reduce healing time. Preferred calcium flux agonists include Ca2+ ionophores and SERCA inhibitors and are used in synergistic quantities where a ligand to a TLR or NOD receptor is present.
US09463182B2
The use, as a dermatological or cosmetic ingredient, of compounds capable of transiently interacting with the AhR receptor (aryl hydrocarbon receptor) as agents for modulating skin functions such as sebaceous function, skin healing, skin atrophy termed “dermatoporosis”, estrogen deprivation and defense against infection, without inducing other toxic effects of the TCDD type. The compounds that interact the AhR receptor are chosen in that they have a metabolism favorable to the dissociation of these effects, in particular by virtue of in situ production from a precursor and/or metabolization in situ.
US09463176B2
It has now been found that after administration to a diseased person or person that is at risk for developing such disease of a neutraceutical or pharmaceutical composition that comprises a) a lipid fraction comprising at least one of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), docosapentaenoic acid (DPA) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA); b) a protein fraction comprising proteinaceous material from non-human origin which provide at least cysteine and/or taurine; and c) a mineral fraction comprising at least one of manganese and molybdenum, the health of these persons improves. Membrane function of several types of mammalian cells improves, which allows efficient treatment of immune related disorders, such as allergy, autoimmune diseases, cancer, cognitive dysfunction and other diseases of the nervous system, neuropathies, such as diabetic neuropathies and neuropathic pains, neuronal damage during insulin resistance, and gut diseases and support of the development of gut and lung function during growth or recovery.
US09463170B2
Provided herein are methods for treating conditions associated with a chemosensory receptor, including diabetes, obesity, and other metabolic diseases, disorders or conditions by administrating a composition comprising a chemosensory receptor ligand, such as a bitter receptor ligand. Also provided herein are chemosensory receptor ligand compositions, including bitter receptor ligand compositions, and methods for the preparation thereof for use in the methods of the present invention. Also provided herein are compositions comprising metformin and salts thereof and methods of use.
US09463167B2
Disclosed is a composition comprising MZ for use as a dietary supplement or food additive for oral consumption for improving the visual performance of a human subject.
US09463157B2
The present invention provides an inhalation-type pharmaceutical composition for Alzheimer's disease and preparation method thereof, comprising a first gas and an atomized medicine. The first gas comprises hydrogen. The gas volume concentration of hydrogen in the inhalation-type pharmaceutical composition is between 2 to 96%. The atomized medicine is selected from a group comprising rivastigmine hydrogen tartrate, donepezil hydrochloride, galantamine hydrobromide, memantine hydrochloride, and any combination thereof. The inhalation-type pharmaceutical composition of the present invention can provide the convenience of taking medicine and removing harmful radicals in the body of the patient through the use of hydrogen while also increases the absorption effect of the medicine for the patient by using an atomized medicine. At the same time, because the use of the small amount of the vaporized pharmaceutical liquid can indirectly reduce the side effects on the user.
US09463144B2
A dental adhesive composition is described comprising a photocurable ionomer, radiopaque metal oxide nanoparticles, a phosphorous-containing acidic monomer, other polymerizable resin components, and a polar solvent. In a favored embodiment, the adhesive composition comprises a photocurable ionomer in an amount up to 15 wt-%; 5 wt-% to 30 wt-% of radiopaque metal oxide nanoparticles that comprise a basic surface (such as zirconia) wherein the nanoparticles comprise an organosilane surface treatment; a phosphorous-containing acidic monomer in an amount up to 10 wt-%; and 10 wt-% to 50 wt-% of solvent comprising water and at least one alcohol, ketone, or mixture thereof.
US09463143B2
Methods and devices for orally administering fluids and medical instrumentation to individuals for the promotion of health are disclosed. An apparatus is described comprising a pacifier configured to hold fluid and configured for sucking. In some embodiments, the apparatus includes a balloon positioned within a cavity of the pacifier. The balloon is configured to facilitate expulsion of the fluid from the cavity and to limit a user's ingestion of air. In other embodiments, the apparatus includes a cartridge or ampoule configured to store a fluid and expel the fluid through the pacifier. Systems are disclosed which include the pacifier apparatus, a known quantity of fluid or powder, and sterile packaging. Other systems are disclosed whereby various attachments, both medical and non-medical, couple to the apparatus. Methods of using and methods of manufacturing are also disclosed.
US09463139B2
A container usable for lyophilization, storage, and reconstitution of medication having only two parts, one of which is a plug component having a flow path terminating in a side outlet port and a second of which is a barrel component. The barrel component has a spiral mixing channel near its distal end in which powder medication is stored and upon reconstitution, yields a gradient concentration. The inner wall of the barrel includes a longitudinal diluent groove. To connect the plug outlet port with the longitudinal diluent groove, the plug or barrel has a 360° distribution groove encircling the plug and connecting to the plug outlet port. Regardless of what rotational orientation the plug has to the barrel, the diluent will always reach the mixing channel.
US09463137B2
Methods, apparatus and compositions are disclosed for collection and transport of biological samples for testing and/or evaluation by a clinical laboratory. In particular, the disclosure relates to the self-collection of such samples by subjects providing the samples. Self-collection is necessary in some situations e.g. where a subject's religion prohibits being touched by a non-family member and subjects at great distance from medical facilities.
US09463134B2
Embodiments of the invention include methods and devices for increasing blood flow and controlling the temperature of a mammal. The device generally includes collapsible and pliant body elements, capable of expanding from a first volume into an expanded second volume which can then be reduced from the expanded second volume into a pressurized third volume. One or more thermal exchange units can be positioned in the one or more collapsible and pliant body elements. Accordingly, the temperature of the extremity of a mammal can be regulated by providing heating or cooling to the one or more thermal exchange units.
US09463133B2
A deep tissue massage device that includes a compliant cylinder formed of compressible material, the cylinder having an external surface with at least one external ridge pattern formed on the exterior surface of the cylinder. The at least one ridge pattern includes a single ridge circumferentially formed on the exterior surface of the cylinder that has a V-shaped branch portion that extends from one end of the single ridge and joins together at a second end of the single ridge to form two opposing Y-shaped ridges.
US09463132B2
Devices for recognizing and responding to Strabismus and Autism are provided herein. Eye-tracking and software analysis are used to identify adverse visual characteristics of both in real time and compelling visual feedback is used to stimulate correction as those events occur.
US09463129B2
A grossing station for use with performing autopsy, necropsy or pathology procedures comprises a table and an overhead hood connected to a top surface of the table. The grossing station further comprises a blower and ventilation system arranged in the table to move air across the table from a front to rear direction. The grossing station also comprises a trough arranged in an upper surface of the table, wherein the trough receives a plurality of interchangeable grid plates or sinks therein. The grossing station also comprises a first and second panel arranged at the side of the hood in order to create a fume hood for use by the user of the grossing station.
US09463117B2
Eyewear is disclosed that can have multiple ventilation states providing different amounts of ventilation through the eyewear. The eyewear can include a lens and a frame. In some embodiments, the lens can be movable with respect to the frame to provide the multiple ventilation states. In some embodiments, the eyewear can include a gasket that removably attaches to the frame. In some embodiments, the gasket can be movable with respect to the frame to provide the multiple ventilation states.
US09463106B2
Various embodiments of a balloon catheter and related methods are disclosed. In particular, one exemplary embodiment of a balloon catheter may include a balloon having an inlet opening for receiving inflation fluid and a one-way valve disposed in the inlet opening to allow inflow of the inflation fluid into the balloon while substantially preventing backflow of the inflation fluid from the balloon. The catheter may also include an elongated shaft comprising a proximal end, a distal end, and a lumen extending between the proximal and distal ends. The shaft may be configured to supply the inflation fluid to the balloon through the lumen and to releasably couple the balloon to the distal end of the shaft.
US09463102B2
Example stent grafts and methods for placement thereof are provided. An example stent graft may include (a) a main body stent graft defining a lumen that has a first end and a second end, (b) a diaphragm coupled to the main body stent graft, where the diaphragm defines at least three openings and (c) at least three stent graft extensions each defining a lumen, where a first end of each of the three stent graft extensions is coupled to one of the three openings.
US09463101B2
A tubular prosthetic device for implantation into a body lumen includes a first part including a tubular lumen and a second part including an attachment member. The second part is secured to the first part via various configurations, where the device is capable of being reduced to a diameter less than the diameter of traditional devices, for ease of use during implantation. Methods of using the device are also provided.
US09463093B2
A modular acetabular cup assembly (10, 100, 200, 300, 350) for use with multiple bearing liners (32, 110, 212, 310, 354) is disclosed. The acetabular cup assembly includes a shell (12) having a tapered inner wall (28) and two circumferential grooves (24, 26). The shell (12) may be used with polyethylene, ceramic, metal, and other types of liners.
US09463082B2
A process of forming a tissue scaffold is described, the process comprising electrospinning polymer fibers from a spinneret onto a tissue scaffold template. In embodiments, the fibers are plasma-treated between the spinneret and the template. The scaffold may be constructed of alternating layers of aligned and randomly oriented fibers. The scaffold may be heat treated to control the mechanical properties of the scaffold, such as density, pore size and pore interconnectivity.
US09463081B2
A system for capturing and displaying an image of an entire oral cavity includes a handheld intraoral camera and a computer processor. Each of left and right panoramic tooth row images is generated by combining a first digital still image including the center of the front teeth with a second digital still image taken adjacent to the first digital still image and having an overlapping portion with the first digital still image, to form a first combined image. This step is repeated until a last digital still image positioned at the back tooth of the respective row is combined with a last combined image, forming the left or right panoramic tooth row image. The left and right panoramic tooth row images are superposed in an area of the center of the front teeth to form the full panoramic tooth row image.
US09463078B2
Various tools and procedures are provided for implantation of an implant at a target site. The procedure can include performing an osteotomy at the target site; placing a guide sleeve into the osteotomy; inserting a coring tool into the guide sleeve; coring the target site up to a depth less than the depth of the osteotomy, the coring tool being configured to collect autogenous bone material from the target site during the coring of the target site; placing the implant at the implant site; and grafting the autogenous bone material into selected portions of the target site.
US09463076B2
The present invention is directed to a dental treating apparatus including: a hand piece; a power source (micro motor); a driving unit (motor driver); a driving state detecting unit (resistor for load detection, root canal length measuring circuit); and a controller. The hand piece drivably holds a cutting tool on a head unit. The power source drives the cutting tool. The driving unit drives the cutting tool with twist driving in which the normal rotation and the reverse rotation are repeated. The driving state detecting unit detects a driving state of the cutting tool. The controller changes at least one parameter of a rotation angle in the normal rotation, a rotation angle speed in the normal rotation, a rotation angle in the reverse rotation, and a rotation angle speed in the reverse rotation in accordance with the driving state of the cutting tool detected by the driving state detecting unit.
US09463071B2
A therapeutic device has a bridge portion adapted for releasable adherence to a patch of skin so as to lift the patch of skin above a sensitive underlying treatment site in reducing discomfort or pain associated with tissue compression at the treatment site. The bridge portion is elevated above the treatment site with an exposed adhesive facing the patch of skin to be lifted and/or stretched outwardly. With the application of pressure to elastically deform the device from its original neutral configuration, the bridge portion is brought into contact with the patch of skin, adhering the skin to the adhesive. When the pressure is removed, the device rebounds and generally reassumes its original configuration with the bridge portion lifting the attached patch of skin.
US09463067B2
An electrosurgical system is disclosed. The electrosurgical system includes an electrosurgical generator adapted to supply electrosurgical energy to tissue. The electrosurgical generator includes impedance sensing circuitry which measures impedance of tissue, a microprocessor configured to determine whether a tissue reaction has occurred as a function of a minimum impedance value and a predetermined rise in impedance, wherein tissue reaction corresponds to a boiling point of tissue fluid, and an electrosurgical instrument including at least one active electrode adapted to apply electrosurgical energy to tissue.
US09463061B2
A console for providing power to a surgical tool. Internal to the console is a power supply that supplies power, a processor that regulates the application of the power and a memory reader that reads data from a memory integral with the tool. The power is sourced over terminals also part of the console. The tool memory data are used to regulate the characteristics of the sourced power. An isolation circuit also internal to the console extends between the terminals over and the memory reader. The isolation circuit allows the memory reader to send read requests to the tool memory and receive data signals from the tool memory over the terminals while protecting the memory reader from the power signals sourced by the power supply.
US09463058B2
A method and device for improving the placement of a second guide wire in relation to a first guide wire. A body having a first guide wire channel extends from a proximal end to a distal end. The distal end includes a needle-like tip arranged to receive a first guide wire from the first guide wire channel. The body further includes at least one parallel guide wire conduit in close proximity and substantially parallel to the channel. An elongated slot, with a wide opening on the distal end, narrows at the proximal end with a terminus exiting the body in close proximity to the needle-like tip. A second guide wire can be selectively inserted in either the at least one parallel conduit or in the slot to arrange the second guide wire in close and parallel proximity to, or in close and intersecting the trajectory of, the first guide wire.
US09463056B2
An adjustable length bone screw is provided that has a shaft that can be cut at any of several predetermined positions. The adjustable length bone screws can be provided in a kit containing many bone screws having the same or different initial lengths, and these screws can be cut to the desired length for use in the surgical procedure prior to, or during, the surgical procedure. The adjustable length bone screws have a plurality of threaded shaft sections that are separated by a plurality of unthreaded shaft sections along the length of the shaft. The threaded sections have preferably at least two cutting flutes extending longitudinally along the shaft. The invention provides the adjustable length bone screws, a tool for cutting the bone screws to a desired length, kits containing the bone screws and optionally the cutting tool, and methods for using the screws and/or the cutting tool in preparation for or during a surgical procedure.
US09463051B2
A facet joint prosthesis comprising an inferior prosthetic portion and a superior prosthetic portion is disclosed. Inferior prosthetic portion includes a first anchor member and a first articulating member and superior prosthetic portion includes a second anchor member and a second articulating member. The first articulating member comprises a support portion and first articulating surface and the second articulating member comprises a second articulating surface, and first and second articulating surfaces are configured and dimensioned to contact or engage one another. A flexible element is positioned between the support portion and the first articulating surface.
US09463050B2
A sliding rod system for correcting a spinal deformity is disclosed. The sliding rod system may include at least one elongated thoracic sliding rod for slidable engagement with a plurality of connectors with each connector being fixedly engaged to multiple ribs of a patient for applying a continuous corrective force to the spinal column. Each of the connectors has a connector body that defines an upper clamp portion in communication with a lower clamp portion. The upper clamp is in slidable engagement with the at least one elongated thoracic sliding rod and the lower clamp is in fixed engagement with a respective rib of a patient. As the patient grows, the thoracic sliding rod slides relative to each connector, thereby permitting the sliding rod system to accommodate the gradual separation of the ribs during patient growth while providing continued corrective pressure to the patient's spinal column.
US09463047B2
A bone fixation system with variable z-axis translation is provided. The bone fixation system includes an outer tulip coupled to a bone fastener. An inner tulip, which provides a seat for an elongate fixation rod, is located inside the outer tulip. The inner tulip together with a seated rod is permitted to translate along the z-axis in an unlocked position. Also in the unlocked position, the bone fastener is free to angulate relative to the outer tulip. The bone fixation system includes a locked position in which the z-axis position of the inner tulip and rod relative to the outer tulip is fixed. Also in the locked position, the bone fastener is locked with respect to the outer tulip. The system may be adjusted between the locked and unlocked positions by way of a set screw or independently by rotation of the inner tulip relative to the outer tulip.
US09463041B2
Methods and apparatus are provided for selective surgical removal of tissue, e.g., for enlargement of diseased spinal structures, such as impinged lateral recesses and pathologically narrowed neural foramen. In some embodiments, a surgical tissue removal device includes a flexible elongate body that is adapted to conform with the target anatomy and a guidewire connector at the distal end region of the flexible elongate body configured to removably connect to the end of a guidewire so that the guidewire and flexible elongate body can be pulled distally. The body may have at least one blade edge, and the flexible elongate body may be a thin, flat, ribbon shaped flexible body that comprises a profile having a width that is substantially greater than a height.
US09463034B2
A Lisfranc injury between a second metatarsal and medial cuneiform is repaired by gaining access to the injury site and placing two arm members of a novel drill guide around the two neighboring bones at the injury site, drilling a guide wire through the two bones guided by the drill guide to a desired depth, and measuring the depth of the guide wire for determining proper length for a bone screw for securing the two bones.
US09463031B2
The invention relates to a device for working material, in particular for working tissue or bone, comprising a tool head and a tool arranged thereon, wherein the tool head (WK) has at least one support element (2) which is adjustable relative thereto and by means of which the tool head (WK) can be supported on the surface of a material (4) that is to be worked, wherein the position of the tool (1) relative to a material surface to be worked is adjustable through controlled or regulated adjustment of the at least one support element (2) by means of an actuator, depending on data that can be fed to a controlling/regulating unit of the at least one actuator during working of the material.
US09463029B2
Described herein are elongate devices for modifying tissue having a plurality of flexibly connected rungs or links, and methods of using them, including methods of using them to decompress stenotic spinal tissue. These devices may be included as part of a system for modifying tissue. In general, these devices include a plurality of blades positioned on (or formed from) rungs that are flexibly connected. The rungs are typically rigid, somewhat flat and wider than they are long (e.g., rectangular). The rungs may be arranged, ladder like, and may be connected by a flexible connector substrate or between two or more cables. Different sized rungs may be used. The blades (on the rungs) may be arranged in a staggered arrangement. A tissue-collection or tissue capture element may be used to collect the cut or modified tissue.
US09463023B2
A surgical instrument including a handle assembly, an elongated body portion, a head portion and an elongated channel. The elongated body portion extends distally from the handle assembly. The head portion is disposed adjacent a distal end of the elongated body portion and includes an anvil assembly and a shell assembly. The elongated channel includes a proximal opening and a distal opening. The proximal opening is disposed distally of a proximalmost end of the handle assembly and proximally of the shell assembly. The distal opening is disposed on the shell assembly.
US09463019B2
Embodiments of this invention relate to trocar site closures including a head with a plurality of arm receiving passages therethrough, an arm received by each of the passages, each passage having a discontinuity which allows each arm to be pulled inward but deters outward movement, and each arm having a grappling portion. The head and arms are inserted into a patient wound, such as a trocar site. The arms engage with tissue surrounding the wound. A pulling force is exerted on the arm proximal ends, drawing the distal ends of the arms toward the head and at least partially closing the wound. The head and at least a portion of the arms remain in the patient, and are preferably made of a biocompatible material. Embodiments of this invention also relate to an insertion device used to insert the closure into the wound and at least partially close the wound.
US09463018B2
An anvil assembly for use therewith a surgical fastener applying apparatus including an anvil plate and an anvil head configured and dimensioned to support the anvil plate. The anvil plate and the anvil head may be formed from different materials. The anvil plate can include a tapered outer side wall allowing the anvil assembly to realize a substantially uniform proximal-most surface upon assembly.
US09463016B2
A surgical fastener applying instrument including a handle portion, an elongated portion, a pair of jaw members and a removable clamp. One of the jaw members contains a plurality of fasteners arranged in at least one row substantially transverse to a longitudinal axis of the elongated portion. At least one of the jaw members is movable with respect to the other between an open position and an approximated position for engaging body tissue therebetween. The removable clamp has an elongated member and a tissue clamping surface extending substantially transverse to a longitudinal axis of the elongated member. The clamp is movable from a proximal position to a distal position for engaging body tissue and is releasably mountable to the elongated portion of the instrument.
US09463015B2
A method for connecting a graft vessel to a target vessel may involve advancing a guidewire of a surgical stapler into the target vessel through an opening at a first location on the target vessel, coupling a stapler cartridge carrying the graft vessel with an anvil of the surgical stapler, activating the anvil to staple the graft vessel to the target vessel at a second location on the target vessel, removing the guidewire from the target vessel, and closing the opening in the target vessel.
US09463007B2
A surgical apparatus for positioning within a tissue tract accessing an underlying body cavity adapts to tissues having different thickness. The surgical instrument includes a proximal portion with at least one bendable structure attached thereto. The at least one bendable structure is configured to fold anywhere along its length. Folding the at least one bendable structure causes the proximal end of the proximal portion to propagate in a distal direction.
US09462999B2
A biopsy device may be used to obtain and store multiple tissue samples. The device permits the tissue samples to be stored in a sequenced fashion within a generally transparent tissue storage chamber disposed at a proximal end of the biopsy device. The tissue samples can be stored on flexible tissue sample strips arranged around the circumference of a rotating vacuum manifold disposed within the chamber.
US09462994B2
A bioacoustic sensor assembly is described including a transducer generating an acoustic signal and an actuator configured to deform a portion of the transducer to increase a signal-to-noise ratio of the acoustic signal. The disclosure also provides methods and systems for reducing the impact of noise vibrations at the transducer.
US09462984B2
A diagnostic imaging system, which can be a mobile or stationary surgical CT imaging system or an MRI system, comprises an internal airflow cooling system that includes an air intake opening and an air outtake opening that are positioned near the ground and direct air flow away from the sterile surgical field.
US09462982B2
An imaging stand includes: a holder configured to hold an installed cassette-type detector; a supporting member configured to support the holder from a back surface side; a circular gear secured to a shaft member protruding from a rotation center of the holder toward the supporting member on the back surface side, the holder being located in a different position from a position corresponding to the center of a radiation incidence surface of the cassette-type detector held in the holder; and a linear gear having concavities and convexities to be engaged with teeth of the circular gear, the linear gear being attached to the supporting member, wherein, when the holder holding the cassette-type detector is rotated relative to the supporting member, the rotation center of the holder linearly moves relative to the supporting member as the holder rotates, and a change is caused in orientation and position of the cassette-type detector.
US09462970B2
In some aspects, methods of lag compensation of analyte measurements are provided. Methods of lag-compensation are provided for analyte point measurements and/or for analyte rate-of-change measurements. The methods include receiving a series of uncompensated analyte measurements and determining parameter values for analyte point and/or rate-of-change estimates based on reference analyte measurements. The analyte rate-of-change estimate is based on a sum of a plurality of scaled rates-of-changes. The analyte point estimate is based on a sum of an analyte point and a sum of a plurality of scaled rates-of-changes. Devices related to the methods are also provided.
US09462967B2
An apparatus and methods for locating the axis of rotation of one or more condyles are disclosed. A condyle axis locator can include a first concave member, a second concave member, and a handle extending between the first and second concave members. The first and second concave members can include first and second locating members, respectively, extending from a surface of the first and second concave members. The first and second locating members can each include at least one opening for receiving a marking instrument. A method for locating the axis of rotation of a condyle can include positioning a first longitudinal bone in flexion relative to an adjacent second longitudinal bone, placing one of the concave members of the condyle axis locator under the condyle, and inserting a marking instrument in the opening of the locating member to mark the axis of rotation of the condyle.
US09462961B2
An MRI prep scan acquires plural sets of echo signals at a plurality of cardiac time phases which are mutually different from each other for each slice and used to generate a plurality of respectively corresponding prep images. Reference information is acquired and displayed for determining a first cardiac time phase and a second cardiac time phase on the basis of the prep images. The first and second cardiac time phases are set in response to an operator's specification. An imaging scan section for acquiring imaging echo signals by performing an imaging scan is performed upon each of the first and second cardiac time phases to acquire imaging echo signals. A first image is generated based on an echo signal of the first cardiac time phase and a second image is generated based on an echo signal of the second cardiac time phase. A differential image is acquired by calculating a difference between the first image and the second image.
US09462955B2
An ECG monitoring system analyzes ECG signals of leads associated with different anatomical locations of the body for evidence of ST elevation in the lead signals. The ST elevation and depression measurements of the leads are plotted in a graphical display organized in relation to the anatomical points which are the sources of the lead signals. The locations of the plotted measurements in the anatomically-oriented display indicate the identity of a specific coronary artery or branch as a possible culprit coronary artery for an acute ischemic event, as well as the possible severity of the event from the magnitudes of the plotted signals. A clinician can identify a suspect culprit coronary artery from a quick glance at the graphical display.
US09462951B2
A non-invasive measurement of biological tissue reveals information about the function of that tissue. Polarized light is directed onto the tissue, stimulating the emission of fluorescence, due to one or more endogenous fluorophors in the tissue. Fluorescence anisotropy is then calculated. Such measurements of fluorescence anisotropy are then used to assess the functional status of the tissue, and to identify the existence and severity of disease states. Such assessment can be made by comparing a fluorescence anisotropy profile with a known profile of a control.
US09462944B2
A surgical microscopy system comprises microscopy optics for generating an image of an eye under surgery. A pattern generator generates a pattern to be superimposed with the image. An eye-tracker is provided for tracking a position of the superimposed pattern with respect to the image in case of a movement of the eye. The superimposed pattern comprises pattern elements that are equally distributed on first and second circles of different sizes, in order to give assistance when placing a suture during a corneal transplant. The superimposed pattern may also provide an assistance for orientating a toric intra-ocular lens.
US09462943B2
Systems, apparatus, and methods are disclosed for locating tissue layer transitions within a cornea, including focusing a laser to a laser spot with an energy below a photodisruption threshold of the cornea, varying a position of the focal spot of the laser between an anterior surface of the cornea and a posterior surface of the cornea, and determining one or more transitions of the tissue layers based on a change in harmonic light generated by the laser spot.
US09462942B2
There is provided an apparatus to measure stereovision including a frame body, a 3D display unit, a reflective mirror, an eyepiece, a half mirror, a stage, a plurality of protrusion degree markers, a target, and a target driving unit. A reflection angle of the half mirror is adjusted such that an imaginary image of an object having a protrusion degree of 0 in the 3D image reflected on the half mirror is located above the protrusion degree marker having a protrusion degree of 0, the imaginary image being seen through the eyepiece. The target driving unit is controlled such that the target corresponds to an imaginary image of an object of a 3D image having a particular protrusion degree. The stereovision of a tester is evaluated based on a protrusion degree marker to which the target is adjacent among the protrusion degree markers.
US09462940B2
An optometric apparatus includes an optotype presenting optical system for presenting part of a plurality of optotypes corresponding to visual acuity to be measured to an examinee's eye and a visible light source for irradiating illumination light to the optotypes presented to the eye through the optotype presenting optical system. A controller is configured to execute processing of changing a light amount of the illumination light to be irradiated to the optotypes from the visible light source between a predetermined first light amount and a second light amount lower than the first light amount and processing of switching the optotypes to be presented to the eye at the time of changing the light amount of the illumination light from the first light amount to the second light amount.
US09462939B2
Systems for performing combined phoropter and refractive measurements to ascertain the aberrations present in the eye of a subject. The systems use a pair of phoropter wheel assemblies, one for each eye, each assembly comprising a number of lens wheels incorporating the series of lenses and wedges required to compensate for a range of refractive vision aberrations. The vision of each eye is corrected by a combination of a subjective phoropter measurement, iteratively performed with an objective wavefront analysis measurement to determine the residual aberrations existing after the initial phoropter correction. The system is able to automatically align the axes of each wavefront analyzer with is corresponding eye, by means of centering the pupil image in the wavefront analyzer camera, and to determine the pupil distance. By changing the focusing point on the wavefront analyzer of the light reflected from the eye, the corneal profile can be measured.
US09462937B2
An ophthalmic device includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a transillumination image of a pupil of a subject eye, and a determining unit configured to determine whether or not the subject eye includes an intraocular lens, based on the acquired transillumination image.
US09462931B2
A system for controlling a medical device includes a shaft rotatable about a longitudinal axis and a plurality of arms extending radially outwards from the shaft. Each arm includes an inward end positioned near the shaft and an outward end. The system also includes a collapsible pulley formed from a plurality of pulley pieces. At least one of the pulley pieces is slidably mounted on at least one of the plurality of arms and has a surface configured to receive at least one control element. The system further includes at least one biasing member located between the shaft and the at least one slidably-mounted pulley piece.
US09462928B2
An actuator device which includes a stationary support structure, a movable member displaceable relative to the structure, and a wire of a shape-memory material, which extends in the structure between two anchoring elements and the movable member such that the wire shortens when an electric current flows therethrough, causing a displacement of the movable member against the action of a counteracting member. In the structure there are provided two deflection members disposed along the path of the shape-memory wire, each one between the movable member and the corresponding anchoring element of the wire, such as to cause a deflection of the wire between each anchoring element and the movable member.
US09462919B2
A toilet includes a seat, a bowl and a damper locking mechanism that allows the seat to rotate relative to the bowl with an influenced inertia. The damper locking mechanism includes a hinge base having a biasing member and an interior surface that defines a bore and a damper having an exterior surface that engages the interior surface. When the damper is disposed in the bore, the biasing member imparts a radial force to bias the damper into the hinge base and remove a looseness between the seat and the bowl.
US09462914B2
A food processor having a standing surface at the bottom, a rear side and a front side, wherein the front side, starting from the highest location of the food processor, is formed obliquely and contains a holder for a cooking vessel. Freely projecting rod parts are formed in an upper region of the food processor, wherein the front ends of the rod parts are arranged on the same horizontal plane and are set back. To improve handling further, it is proposed that the set-back amount should correspond to 25% to 50% of the largest extent of the food processor as seen in the depthwise direction in the standing-surface region of the food processor. The amount also corresponds to approximately half the horizontal distance between the longitudinal centre axes of the rod parts. The contour of the front side is always rounded in the region of the rod parts.
US09462904B2
A cleanable lid assembly is provided for a beverage container. The lid assembly has a lid housing having a drink aperture, and a seal assembly that is connected to the lid housing while movable between a first or operable position and a second or cleaning position. The seal assembly has a stopper that can open and close the drink aperture in the first position. The seal assembly is pivotally connected to the lid housing to transition to the cleaning position. A locking member extends transversely from the seal assembly to engage a stop on the lid housing and lock the seal assembly in the operable position. The locking member is moveable radially inward to disengage from the stop and to allow the seal assembly to transition from the first position to the cleaning position.
US09462901B2
A portable, freestanding, adjustable, and deconstructable personal viewing device. The personal viewing device may comprise a removably coupled base member, mast member, and branch member. The base member, mast member, and branch member, when coupled, can be freestanding or the base member can be configured to fit under a surface designed for a person in the supine position. The branch member can be configured to hold an appliance, such as a mirror or a flashlight. The branch member can also be configured rotate to allow viewing from a standing, sitting, or supine position. The personal viewing device comprises components that are coupled without the use of fasteners and can be deconstructed with limited dexterity. When deconstructed, the personal viewing device can be transported and reconstructed.
US09462899B2
A magnetic customizable picture frame for allowing a plurality of various frame designs to be selectively employed by a user includes a frame base having a rectangular shaped body with a perimeter groove and two receiving slots and an attachable cover having a rectangular body sized and shaped to fit over the frame base. Through its selective attachment to the frame base as well as its ability to removably receive one or more magnetic attachable embellishments, the attachable cover provides an interchangeable decorative surface for the magnetic customizable picture frame. Advantageously, the perimeter groove allows a plurality of frame bases to be selectively attached in series through the use of coupling members which include opposing tab members sized to engage the perimeter groove of adjacent frame bases.
US09462894B2
The present invention relates to a child carrier comprising: a child harness mounted on a backboard (2) that is rigid at least in part. The backboard (2) comprises at least one fastening (1) arranged in use to attach the carrier to a user in a seat restraint.
US09462889B2
A chair comprising: a base structure having two lateral uprights fixed relative to the base structure, a backrest comprising a support panel, two connecting portions fixed to respective side uprights of the base structure, and two hinge portions located between the support panel and said connecting portions, wherein said hinge portions allow a backward inclination of the support panel about a transverse axis (A) under a backward thrust applied by the user, a seat panel connected to the base structure by at least one guide, which allows a movement of the seat panel with respect to the base structure in a longitudinal direction (B), and at least one elastic connecting element fixed to the support panel and to the seat panel and configured to move the seat panel along said longitudinal direction (B) as a result of the oscillation of the support panel about said transverse axis (A).
US09462883B2
A video source control assembly for use with at least a first display screen and a plurality of video source devices, the control assembly including a deck member forming a top surface and at least one cable passing opening, a switching device, a plurality of control cables, each control cable including first and second ends, each first end linkable to at least one source device and the second end linked to the switching device to provide video content thereto and a separate housing mounted to an intermediate portion of each of the control cables so that flexible portions of the associated control cable extend from the housing to each of the first and second ends, a separate selection button mounted in each of the housings that provides a control signal to the switching device causing the switching device to modify the content presented on the display screen, wherein, the portion of each cable between the housing and the second end passes through the cable passing opening and the housing has dimensions such that the housing is blocked from passing through the cable passing opening.
US09462882B2
A method and apparatus for selecting information from a video source to be displayed on at least a first common display screen in a collaborative workspace having a switching device, the method comprising the steps of providing a selectable control interface that includes at least one indicator that can indicate at least first and second different states, associating a video source with the switching device so that video information from the video source is presented to the switching device, when the video source is associated with the switching device, causing the at least one indicator to indicate a first state and when the selectable control interface is selected, causing the at least one indicator to indicate the second state and providing the video information from the video source to the common display screen via the switching device.
US09462879B2
A toothbrush holder comprises a main body having a toothbrush removal sensor positioned to detect removal of the toothbrush from the toothbrush holder and issuing a removal signal in response to the removal of the toothbrush. A timer initiates a time count when the removal signal is issued by the toothbrush removal sensor. A display is provided on the main body and displays an indicia of the time count upon the commencement of the time count. The toothbrush holder further comprises a top section having at least one aperture that removably receives a toothbrush handle. The top section is removably mounted to the main body. The toothbrush holder further comprises a bottom section comprising a drip tray removably mounted to the main body.
US09462877B2
An oral care implement, such as a toothbrush. In one embodiment, the invention can be an oral care implement comprising a handle and a head. A plurality of tooth cleaning elements may be provided on a front surface of the head. The head is formed by a plurality of spaced-apart segments formed of a rigid material. The segments are isolated from one another by channels containing an elastomeric material that flexibly connects the segments together. The oral care implement further comprises an elastomeric soft tissue cleaner located on a rear surface of the head opposite the front surface of the head. The elastomeric soft tissue cleaner comprises a plurality of grooves that are aligned with the channels.
US09462866B2
A bowl (10) comprises a basin (12) and a holding means (28; 34) for positioning a tag (36). According to the invention the holding means (28; 34) is adapted to position the tag (36) on a different level than the level of a tool (18) resting on the basin (12) spaced to a bottom (14) of the basin (12). The bowl (10) may be shaped such, that the movement of the tool (18) take place within a predefined volume, wherein the tag (36) may be positioned at a region not interfering with the volume, where the tool (36) is in motion. Since a soiling of the tag (36) is prevented the information of the tag (36) may not be soiled, so that the risk of exchanging similar bowls (10) by mistake is reduced.
US09462860B1
An umbrella with an extendable cover including an umbrella having a shaft, a handle, and a canopy, a bell-shaped cover continuously attached to a perimeter of an underside of the canopy proximal an outer edge of the canopy, a sleeve attached to the cover, a glove attached to the sleeve, a pair of controls disposed on the shaft proximal the handle, and a lever slidably engaged with a vertical slot disposed through the shaft proximal the handle. The cover has an extended position and an alternate retracted position. The cover is in the extended position when a bottom edge of the cover is vertically disposed at a maximum distance away from a top edge of the cover. The cover is in the retracted position when the bottom edge of the cover is disposed proximal the top edge of the cover within the underside of the canopy.
US09462857B2
An assembly device (3) for pivotally attaching at least two parts (M1, M2), comprising a screw (4) designed to be screwed into a first piece (M1) and carrying a pivoting guide pin (5) of a second part (M2), wherein this assembly device (3) comprises at least one elastic ring (6) able to work in conjunction with an element blocking one of the two parts (M1, M2), so as to prevent accidental axial movement of the assembly device (3).
US09462846B2
An article of footwear includes a sole having a forefoot portion, a heel portion and an outsole having a bottom surface including a primary ground contacting surface. The bottom surface of the outsole includes a forefoot bulge and a heel bulge which provide the footwear with controlled instability for providing dynamic conditioning of the wearer's muscles during the gait cycle.
US09462837B2
There is also provided a method of applying artificial eyelashes on an eyelid. The method includes forming a cluster of artificial eyelashes which are splayed and coupled together at a first end thereof. The method includes coupling the first end of the cluster of artificial eyelashes to the eyelid. The method includes at least partially attaching a plurality of individually spaced-apart artificial eyelashes on top of the cluster of artificial eyelashes. There is further provided an assembly of artificial eyelashes for a peripheral portion of an eyelid. The assembly includes a plurality of clusters of artificial eyelashes. Each of the clusters of artificial eyelashes is splayed and includes artificial eyelashes coupled together at one end. The ends of the clusters of artificial eyelashes are connectable to the peripheral portion of the eyelid. The assembly includes a plurality of individually spaced-apart artificial eyelashes overlying the cluster of artificial eyelashes.
US09462831B2
The present application provides an electrode assembly including an atomizer outer electrode, an atomizer inner electrode, a battery rod outer electrode and a battery rod inner electrode assembly, all of which being configured to form an electrically conductive loop, wherein, the atomizer outer electrode provided on the atomizer is of a cylindrical shape; the battery rod outer electrode of a cylindrical shape arranged on the battery rod is configured to be inserted into or sleeved outside the atomizer outer electrode, and then is coupled to the atomizer outer electrode by rotating either the battery rod outer electrode or the atomizer outer electrode, so as to form an electrical connection in a surface contact manner; and the atomizer inner electrode provided on the atomizer is in contact with and electrically connected to the battery rod inner electrode assembly provided on the battery rod.
US09462828B2
An apparatus for inserting or otherwise introducing objects such as fluid-containing capsules into filter rod material during filter rod manufacture comprises an object store and an object transfer mechanism having one or more reciprocating transfer units configured to receive objects from the object store and to output objects in ordered sequence.
US09462826B2
A machine for processing and keeping ice cream, slush drinks and similar products, comprises a display counter comprising, a plurality of visible mixing and freezing cylinders for processing basic products and keeping ice cream, and a cooling circuit which allows the temperature of the basic products and of the ice cream to be adjusted; the cooling circuit is equipped with a first refrigerating circuit and a second heating circuit having respective offtake branches dedicated to each of the mixing and freezing cylinders and designed to maintain the temperature for processing the basic product at the same temperature for keeping the ice cream.
US09462825B2
An edible product including surimi, fish or fish portions, in various pasta-like shapes. The edible product has a high satiety index relative to unprocessed cooked fish and also provides a low glycemic index when compared to conventional pasta. Also disclosed is a method of manufacturing the edible product in various pasta-like shapes. The product may include between 1%-25% protein, between 1%-20% fat, and a ratio of Omega 3 to Omega 6 of at least 5:1.
US09462822B2
Food additives may be actively released to deliver aromatic compounds to consumers during food or drink consumption. The food additives may be contained within an encapsulation layer. The encapsulation layer may be configured to release the food additives in response to being exposed to energy provided by an activation source proximate to the food additives. The activation source may be incorporated into, or connected with, an eating utensil or an oral implant. The activation source can be manually controlled by a consumer, can be controlled based on conditions near the food additives, or can be programmed with a release schedule that defines how and when food additives are to be released.
US09462821B2
A method of reducing the accumulation of fat mass in a neonatal human infant at risk thereof which method comprises administering to the infant during at least a part of the neonatal period a therapeutic amount of a nutritional composition comprising proteins in an amount such that the composition contains more than 2.4 g of protein per 100 kcal. As weight gain during the first week of life has been associated with overweight in adulthood, this may offer a method of reducing the risk of developing obesity in later life. Also claimed is the administration of DHA to the mother during gestation period.
US09462817B2
Process that includes: providing dilute aqueous liquid acid whey protein composition containing acid whey proteins; filtering dilute aqueous liquid acid whey protein composition, forming concentrated aqueous liquid acid whey protein composition containing acid whey proteins; combining together concentrated aqueous liquid acid whey protein composition and edible caustic composition in suitable proportions to result in substantially neutral pH; denaturing acid whey proteins at elevated temperature, forming concentrated aqueous liquid denatured acid whey protein composition; providing milk composition containing butterfat and substantial concentrations of native casein and whey proteins; combining together milk composition and concentrated aqueous liquid denatured acid whey protein composition, forming dairy mix containing butterfat and protein composition including native casein and whey proteins and denatured acid whey proteins; inoculating dairy mix with lactic acid-producing bacteria; culturing lactic acid-producing bacteria in dairy mix, forming curd and whey; separating curd from whey; and recovering curd as cheese product. Cheese product made by process.
US09462807B2
The present invention relates to a composition and its use in a method for safening the phytotoxic effect of difenoconazole on a plant or plant propagation material. More specifically the composition comprises difenoconazole characterised in that least 40% by weight of said difenoconazole is the 2R, 4S isomer depicted as formula (Ib): and wherein at least 95% by weight of the remaining difenoconazole is the 2S, 4S isomer depicted as formula (Id):
US09462806B2
The present invention relates to compositions, methods of making and their use as cleaning composition and/or antimicrobial agent, for example in the field of cold aseptic filling (CAF), that are effective at lower concentration, having improved wetting and rinsing properties, wherein the liquid composition comprises a mixture of: a) a C6 to C22 sulfoperoxycarboxylic acid, b) a C1 to C4 percarboxylic acid, c) a C5 to C10 percarboxylic acid, d) a peroxide agent, e) a liquid; wherein the composition comprises free sulfocarboxylic acid, free C1 to C4 carboxylic acid and free C5 to C10 carboxylic acid, wherein the weight ratio of C6 to C22 sulfocarboxylic acid to C6 to C22 sulfoperoxycarboxylic acid is about 0.1:1 to about 25:1.
US09462800B2
An animal deterrent device includes an elongated carrier having an internal cavity. A conductive trace can be coupled to the carrier by a first fastener that extends from the conductive trace to the cavity, which prevents water from contacting the fastener and shorting the conductive trace.
US09462798B2
The invention relates to a hornet trap, characterised in that it comprises: a metal chamber (1) that defines a cavity (2), a wall of the chamber being provided with opening means (3) through which at least one hornet can enter the cavity, the opening means (3) being sized such that electromagnetic waves with a given frequency present in the cavity cannot escape from the cavity (2), means (4, 5, 6) of detecting the presence of at least one hornet in the cavity (2), and an electromagnetic wave source (S) capable of generating electromagnetic waves at the given frequency inside the cavity (2) when a hornet is detected in the cavity a call means (A).
US09462797B2
A horseshoe for attaching to a horse's hoof using an adhesive, such as glue. In one example, the horseshoe includes an elastomeric body containing a wear material, which improves wear and traction performance of elastomeric shoes. In another example, the elastomeric material may include radiopaque materials to improve visibility of the shoe when x-rays are taken of a horse's hoof or leg. In some aspects, the radiopaque material may be blended with the wear material. Or if the radiopaque material exhibits abrasive/gritty qualities, the radiopaque material may also serve as the wear material.
US09462787B2
A puzzle pet toy and treat dispenser that includes a housing, a lid, an inner chamber with a plurality of vertical radial walls, a drum aperture, a motor assembly, and an external chamber. The plurality of containers hold non-liquid pet treats, and an opening on the drum aperture aligned vertically with the tangential walls allows the pet treat on a given container to be released into the external chamber and dispensed via timer or controlled wirelessly through a wireless remote or controlled by a mobile device like a smart phone or tablet through a wirelessly connected app interface.
US09462780B2
A system includes a robotic arm on which at least one camera is attached. It further includes a memory and a controller communicatively coupled to the memory. The memory stores historical information associated with a dairy livestock. The historical information include a previously-determined location of a teat of the dairy livestock. The controller moves the camera on the robotic arm toward the previously-determined location of the teat. The camera generates an image of the teat of the dairy livestock from a position to which it is moved, and the controller determines a current location of the teat of the dairy livestock based at least in part on the image.
US09462777B1
According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH044375. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH044375, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH044375 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH044375.
US09462770B2
A soybean cultivar designated 43096025 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 43096025, to the plants of soybean cultivar 43096025, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 43096025, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 43096025. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 43096025. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 43096025, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 43096025 with another soybean cultivar.
US09462766B2
A new and distinct Euphorbia cyathophora plant named ‘DEUPHBLISS’ characterized by tall plant height with large, ornamental floral bracts. Floral bracts are distinctively colored near Green N137A, Red 42A and Black 203A. Plant height commonly averages 1 meter. Plants have commercial use for cut flowers or ornamental plants.
US09462762B2
A drip irrigation system valve for placement directly onto soil, including a valve chamber defining an interior space and having an open bottom in fluid communication with the soil onto which it is placed; a water inlet in fluid communication with said interior space and having a valve seat disposed on an interior end; a base stake connected to said valve chamber for insertion into soil; a platform for supporting an expandable member; an expandable member disposed on said platform within said interior space; a valve membrane disposed within said interior space above said expandable member and having an upper side and a lower side and which defines a water reservoir within said interior space above said upper side and which prevents water entering into said valve chamber and from directly contacting said expandable membrane; and a valve seal disposed on said upper side of said valve membrane immediately above said expandable member for sealing engagement with said valve seat when said expandable member is wetted and in an expanded state.
US09462758B2
A device for protecting the contents of plant containers comprising a top portion, a cut-out with a semi-circular interior portion, and a channel portion. The interior portion and channel portion are shaped to provide clearance and receive the base or stem of a plant. Embodiments of the device may include grooves and apertures to provide flexibility and drainage and the device also includes the capability to accommodate different styles and sizes of containers along with various plants and shrubs.
US09462754B2
A tobacco production system is provided for producing useable tobacco material having chemical and physical properties acceptable to tobacco industry stakeholders, by growing tobacco entirely in a directly seeded system, under an intensive biomass growing system, mechanically harvesting above-ground portions of the plant a plurality of times during the growing season, curing tobacco leaves and stalks together, and processing the cured tobacco material to obtain cured leaf material suitable for use in tobacco products including, but not limited to, cigarettes, cigars, snus, snuff, chewing tobacco, pipe tobacco, reconstituted tobacco material, and other manufactured tobacco products.
US09462741B2
A floating manure agitator that floats on the surface of a manure lagoon and that may be remotely controlled to agitate manure supernatant into a slurry with sludge settling on the bottom of the lagoon. The agitator is provided with a plurality of fluid outputs, the direction of which may be controlled to motivate and steer the agitator. The outputs are angled to develop vortices of supernatant into the sludge to further mix the materials into a slurry.
US09468135B2
A substrate conveying system includes a mounting device conveyor for conveying a printed substrate in a first horizontal direction, an upstream-side conveyor, a downstream-side conveyor, and a buffer conveyor. The mounting device conveyor has a function of moving the printed substrate in a horizontal Y direction perpendicular to the conveying direction. The upstream-side conveyor is spaced apart from the downstream-side conveyor in the Y direction. The buffer conveyor has a function of conveying the printed substrate in the first direction, and a function of moving the printed substrate in the Y direction. When the mounting device conveyor and the buffer conveyor are positioned in the same position in the Y direction, the printed substrate is transferred from one of these conveyors to the other.
US09468134B2
In order to provide a noise suppression sheet whose imaginary part magnetic permeability μ″, representing a magnetic loss component, is large at a GHz-band frequency, thus having an excellent noise suppression effect, the noise suppression sheet comprises a flat magnetic powder having a saturation magnetostriction of 12.0×10−6 or more and 38.0×10−6 or less and an organic binder.
US09468132B2
A heat-receiving device includes: a plurality of heat receivers into which a refrigerant flows; a series path that comprises a connection path connecting adjacent heat receivers among the plurality of heat receivers, that connects the plurality of heat receivers in series, and into which the refrigerant flows; a bypass path that is not connected to the plurality of heat receivers, and into which the refrigerant flows; a branch path that connects the connection path and the bypass path, and into which the refrigerant flows; and a throttle valve that is provided in the connection path on an upstream side with respect to a connection point of the connection path and the branch path, and that reduces a flow rate at which the refrigerant flows into the connection path as a temperature of the refrigerant flowing into the connection path decreases.
US09468129B1
A storage unit, in which a hard disk drive is disposed and detachably installed inside a casing including side walls standing on the tray, a tray and a circuit board disposed on the tray and including a connector, includes a carrier including a frame set. The frame set includes a main frame and a first side frame and a second side frame that are opposite to each other. The first and second side frames are located on the main frame to extend outward to form a first accommodation space. The first and second side frame each includes a positioning portion and a positioning pin each extending towards the first accommodation space. The main frame further includes a stopping portion. The second side frame of the frame set has a free end away from the main frame and the free end is flexible.
US09468128B2
A casing includes a shell, at least one carrier tray, at least one slide rail assembly and a buffering component. The shell has an accommodating space and an opening corresponding to the accommodating space. The carrier tray is located in the accommodating space. The slide rail assembly includes an outer rail fixed to the shell, a middle rail, and an inner rail. The carrier tray is fixed to the inner rail, such that the carrier tray is slidably assembled with the shell through the slide rail assembly, thereby being extracted outward from the opening or entering the accommodating space through the opening. The buffering component is assembled with the shell, penetrates through the shell and the outer rail, and is pressed against the middle rail. When the middle rail slides relative to the outer rail, the slide rail assembly is buffered by the buffering component.
US09468127B2
A server chassis includes a casing, a motherboard, a rotatable rack and an electronic device. The rotatable rack is axially disposed inside the casing and able to rotate with respect to the casing. The rotatable rack has a plurality of insertion spaces. The electronic device is provided on one side of the rotatable rack, and a cord passage is provided between the fan module and the electronic device. The storage devices accommodated in the rotatable rack is electrically connected to the motherboard via the cord passage, thereby increasing the quantity of the storage devices and decreasing the length of the casing.
US09468124B2
An input/output module is commonly usable to a recorder and a data logger. The input/output module includes an input/output unit and a power unit. The input/output unit is configured to achieve at least one of a function of acquiring a measurement signal from a measurement target and a function of outputting data. The power unit is configured to supply an operation voltage to the input/output unit The power unit includes an insulated power device. The power unit is configured to use a voltage, which has been converted by the insulated power device from a power supply voltage, as an operation voltage when the input/output module is connected with a base of the data logger and the power unit receives a power voltage supply via the base. The power unit is configured to use a power supply voltage as the operation voltage, when the input/output module is connected with the recorder and the power unit receives the power voltage supply from the recorder.
US09468119B2
A housing element for a control unit housing has one or more first edge sections for contact with a second edge section of a second housing element allocated to the control unit housing an intermediate layer of sealant is able to be hardened with the assistance of air moisture, whereas at least one of the first edge sections features at least one recess for the communication of the sealant in the state of contact of the housing elements with air containing the air moisture.
US09468117B2
A memory device having heterogeneous terminals easily connects the memory device to a computer or a portable terminal without a specific gender. When a memory unit is connected to a computer, the memory unit slides out of the body and the first terminal of the memory unit is inserted into a USB connector of the computer, and when the memory unit is connected to a portable terminal, the connection unit slides out of the body and the second terminal of the connection unit is inserted in a mini-USB connector of the portable terminal, so it is possible to easily connect the memory unit to the portable terminal without a specific gender.
US09468116B2
An apparatus and associated methodology contemplating an enclosure configured to securely contain a circuit board. The enclosure has a cover defining a flange operably extending substantially parallel to the circuit board in direct contact with the circuit board. The enclosure also has a body extending from the flange that is operably separated from the circuit board. A connecting member has opposing planar sides operably pressing to contain the flange against the circuit board in supporting the circuit board within the enclosure.
US09468112B2
The present disclosure relates to the technical field of display, and particularly relates to a display with an improvide4d frame structure. The present disclosure proposes a narrow frame display, including a display panel having a protruding portion on at least one side edge thereof, a back plate located on one side of the display panel, and a frame including a plate body with a through slot. The frame is arranged vertical to the display panel and fixed on the back plate, and the protruding portion is inserted into the through slot. With this structure of the frame, a hook member used in the prior art can be omitted, so that the shadows caused by shielding of the hook member would be generated no longer. Therefore, the display of the present disclosure can effectively eliminate shadows caused by shielding of the hook member in the prior art. Meanwhile, it is unnecessary to occupy the space of the rear side of the display panel, so that the frame of the display can be further narrowed.
US09468109B2
A core material is prepared, wherein the core material has an insulating layer, and a conductor pattern provided on a surface of the insulating layer. One or more prepreg materials are prepared. Each prepreg material includes a glass cloth, and first and second resin layers which are formed from a semi-cured resin with which the glass cloth is impregnated, and cover the opposite surfaces of the glass cloth, respectively. A laminated body is formed by placing the one or more prepreg materials on one another, such that one prepreg material out of the one or more prepreg materials is provided on the surface of the insulating layer of the core material to cover the conductor pattern. The laminated body is heated and pressed. The glass cloth has an opening ratio ranging from 3% to 15%. The thickness t of the first and second resin layers, the ratio a (%) of the area of the conductor pattern to the area of the surface of the insulating layer in the core material, the thickness T of the conductor pattern, and the number n of the one or more prepreg materials satisfy the relationships: T≧100 (μm): and t<(1−a/100)·T<2·n·t.
US09468106B2
A bonding system 1 includes a plurality of laser resonators 7 and a plurality of optical fibers f1 to f36 each having a laser beam inlet connected to one of the plurality of laser resonators. The optical fibers are bundled, and laser beam outlets of the optical fibers are disposed so as to optically face a heating region S of an electronic component 3, and the heating region is irradiated with spots of laser beams emitted from the laser beam outlets. The heating region S is divided into at least corner sub-regions S1 at the corners of the electronic component and an inner sub-region S2 inside the electronic component, and the laser power of the laser resonators whose laser beam outlets face the corner sub-regions is set higher than the laser power of the laser resonators whose laser beam outlets face the inner sub-region.
US09468094B2
A display apparatus includes a flexible substrate, first pixels, and second pixels. The flexible substrate includes: a first area at least partially bent about an axis; and at least one non-bent area. The first pixels are disposed in the first area. The second pixels are disposed in the at least one non-bent area. Respective widths of each first pixel in a first direction are smaller than respective widths of each second pixel in the first direction.
US09468091B2
A stress-reduced circuit board includes an insulating substrate, and first and second electrically conductive layers which are stacked one upon the other, and which respectively have peripheral marginal regions that are configured in a stepped arrangement. The first electrically conductive layer is configured to have an area dimension larger than that of the second electrically conductive layer and a thickness not greater than that of the second electrically conductive layer so as to minimize stress caused by a difference in coefficients of thermal expansion between the insulating substrate and the first and second electrically conductive layers.
US09468090B2
In one implementation, a multilayered printed circuit board is configured to redirect current distribution. The current may be distributed by steering, blocking, or otherwise manipulating current flows. The multilayered printed circuit board includes at least one power plane layer. The power plane layer does not distribute current evenly. Instead, the power plane layer includes multiple patterns with different resistances. The patterns may include a hatching pattern, a grid pattern, a directional pattern, a slot, a void, or a continuous pattern. The pattern is a predetermined spatial variation such that current flows in a first area differently than current flows in a second area.
US09468083B2
A plasma generation device assembly includes a base includes an interior portion and a top surface defining a plurality of apertures that extend through the top surface. The plasma generation device assembly also includes a plasma generation device and a plurality of coupling members. The plasma generation device is positioned on the top surface and is configured to emit ablative plasma when the plasma generation device is activated. The plurality of coupling members extends through the plurality of apertures and is configured to couple the plasma generation device to the top surface.
US09468079B2
The invention relates to the creation of lighting programs or scenes with a lighting system taking energy consumption into account. An embodiment of the invention provides a lighting system (10) comprising—a first database (12) containing data of the luminairies (14) of the lighting system, —a second database (16) containing information for lighting presets of the luminairies of the lighting system for a lighting scene to be created, and—a calculation module (18) being adapted to calculate the energy consumption of the lighting system based on a lighting scene to be created depending on data retrieved from the first and the second database.
US09468078B1
Disclosed are examples of lighting devices and other devices that are equipped with a cellular transceiver that is configured to communicate using licensed cellular radio frequency spectrum in both a small-scale cellular network and a large-scale cellular communication network. By utilizing a short-range, low-power cellular transceiver setting, a lighting device facilitates communication, within the space in which the lighting device is installed, of messages between the lighting device and other types of user devices. Such an equipped lighting device may be configured to participate in the generation and delivery of different types of messages, such as data, emergency broadcast information, news and other information as well extend the reach of devices within the space in which the equipped lighting devices are located.
US09468070B2
The present invention, in one aspect, provides light emitting devices comprising LEDs, the light emitting devices, in some embodiments, having a simplified architecture for controlling the color of emitted light.
US09468066B2
A photo sensor-integrated tubular light emitting apparatus includes a cylindrical cover unit, a light-emitting module and a pair of sockets. The cylindrical cover unit includes a heat dissipation member and a cover. The cover has light-transmittance and is combined with the heat dissipation member. The light-emitting module is disposed in the cylindrical cover unit and has a plurality of arrayed light-emitting devices therein. The pair of sockets is combined with ends of the cylindrical cover unit. A photo sensor module is disposed in one of the pair of sockets. A driving voltage applied to the light-emitting module is adjusted based on an amount of light sensed by the photo sensor module.
US09468060B2
An embodiment of the present invention provides a retrofit LED lamp that is operated by a dual mode circuit, enabling maximum compatibility with the ANSI reference ballasts to satisfy UL requirements to replace HID and fluorescent lamps. The LED lamp operates at two different modes, offered by the dual mode PCB circuit. In one of the mode, namely ANSI ballast testing, a low frequency current from the ballast is throttled through a bypass circuit to LEDs, since a field effect transistor of the circuit is in open circuit mode due to insufficient current. During the second mode, namely field ballast operation, a high frequency current is provided by the ballast, which short circuits the FET, causing it to conduct and thus operating the LEDs. Advantageously, the LED lamp offers maximum compatibility with ballasts using such dual mode circuit and consumes less power.
US09468058B2
A light emitting device includes a light source unit, a connection controller, and a driving controller. The light source unit includes a first LED array including a plurality of first LEDs connected in series and a second LED array including a plurality of second LEDs connected in series. The connection controller selectively sets a connection structure between the first and second LED arrays as a series connection, a parallel connection, or a series-parallel connection based on a peak value of a driving voltage driving the light source unit. The driving controller controls the number of LEDs driven in the light source unit according to a magnitude of the driving voltage. Each of the first and second LED arrays is connected between a plurality of first nodes and a plurality of second nodes.
US09468053B1
A lighting device includes: a drive circuit that supplies power to a light source; a switch connected in series with the light source; and a controller that controls pulse modulation for visible light communication executed through switching ON and OFF of the switch in a first interval, and stops the pulse modulation in a second interval. The controller controls a peak value, which is a high value of a pulsed current supplied from the drive circuit to the light source, to match an average current value in the first interval with an average current value in the second interval.
US09468051B1
A light emitting diode (LED) linear light modulator with temperature compensation includes a comparing module, a timing processing module, an LED module and a temperature compensating current control module. The comparing module compares an analog input signal with a triangular wave sampling signal to generate a pulse width modulation (PWM) signal. The PWM signal is inputted into the timing processing module and converted to a digital signal. The temperature compensating current control module, electrically connected to the LED module and the timing processing module, includes a plurality of low-temperature correlated linear current units and a switching switch, and controls a current amount passing through the LED module to generate a low-temperature correlated linear current. Thus, the color temperature of an LED is prevented from drifting with a change in the ambient temperature.
US09468050B1
A self-compensating circuit for controlling pixels in a display includes a plurality of light-emitter circuits. Each light-emitter circuit includes a light emitter, a control transistor, a drive transistor, and a compensation circuit. The compensation circuit is connected to the light emitter of one or more different light-emitter circuits.
US09468048B2
The present invention relates to a dimmer and an input current regulator provided in a power supply. The input current regulator includes: a bleeding circuit generating a bleeding current from an input current passed through the dimmer; a sensing circuit sensing the input current, and controlling the bleeding circuit according to a sense voltage corresponding to the input current; and a biasing circuit generating a power voltage for operation of the input current regulator during operation of the power supply. The input current includes a bleeding current and a power current supplied to the power supply.
US09468047B2
Lighting systems having unique configurations are provided. For instance, the lighting system may include a light source, a thermal management system and driver electronics, each contained within a housing structure. The light source is configured to provide illumination visible through an opening in the housing structure. The thermal management system is configured to provide an air flow, such as a unidirectional air flow, through the housing structure in order to cool the light source. The driver electronics are configured to provide power to each of the light source and the thermal management system.
US09468041B2
A device for the electrical heating of a liquid with high thermal flow, according to which the resistor in tubular form and supplied with direct current can indirectly heat the liquid by conduction through an electrically insulating and thermally conductive intermediate element that surrounds it with direct mechanical contact, the assembly consisting of tubular resistor and intermediate element being jacketed by a sheath intended to be immersed, over at least a major part of the length thereof, in the liquid to be heated. The preferred application is the electrical simulation of nuclear fuel rods intended to be assembled in power reactors, of the PWR but also RNR-Na type.
US09468034B2
A method for detecting coverage loss in a broadband wireless access system is disclosed, which recognizes a connection state between a mobile station (MS) and a base station (BS), and provides a method and apparatus for quickly performing network re-entry when the MS moves out of a coverage area of the BS. A method for allowing a base station to perform coverage loss detection of a mobile station in a broadband wireless access system includes unsolicitedly transmitting a first message wherein a bit for requesting ranging execution is set, to the mobile station, and upon receiving a second message for confirming the ranging from the mobile station prior to expiration of a first timer that begins to operate when the first message is transmitted, restarting operating a second timer established for the mobile station.
US09468031B2
A method and apparatus for managing communications between a mobile device and a machine are described. A mobile device wirelessly discovers a plurality of mobile machine identifiers (IDs) of a plurality of mobile machines, each machine adapted to wirelessly communicate attribute information about the first machine upon receipt of an authorization indication. The mobile device selects a first machine of the plurality of machines and sends a machine identifier (ID) obtained from the first machine to a server. The mobile device receives an authorization indication from the server that authorizes communication with the first machine. The mobile device sends the authorization indication to the first machine, and in response to sending the authorization indication, receives attribute information from the first machine.
US09468029B2
Techniques for unifying multiple logical networks are provided. For example, a method may include receiving, at a computing device, a communication, wherein the communication includes an indication that a first network identifier and a second network identifier are associated with a plurality of network devices in a network. The method may further include determining a common network identifier for use with the plurality of network devices in the network and transmitting the common network identifier to one or more of the plurality of network devices.
US09468028B2
A system for communicating wireless signals between one or more sector controllers (SC) and one or more subscriber stations (SS) using different channels and different beams, wherein each of the one or more SS and the SC has a corresponding highly directional antenna; the one or more SC comprises a first SC; the one or more SS comprises a first SS; the first SS obtains network topology awareness (NTA) data from the first SC; the first SS selects a channel, a beam, and one of the one or more SC to establish an RF link based on the NTA data; and the first SS communicating with the selected SC using the established RF link.
US09468027B2
A method for controlling a Bluetooth connection includes connecting a terminal with a vehicle through a Bluetooth connection. The Bluetooth connection is disconnected according to a disconnection request of the terminal. It is automatically determined whether a Bluetooth communication of the terminal is available or not in the vehicle, when the disconnection of the Bluetooth connection is detected. The Bluetooth connection is requested again from the vehicle to the terminal, when the response indicating the Bluetooth communication is available is received from the terminal. The vehicle and the terminal are connected by requesting the Bluetooth connection again.
US09468013B2
A method is provided for communication between a UE and a Node B in a communication system. The UE generates a Media Access Control-Protocol Data Unit (MAC-PDU) including a first field related to at least one queue ID and a second field related to at least one amount of data to be transmitted, where the data to be transmitted has its priority. The MAC-PDU including the first and second fields is transmitted to the Node B. Grant information is received from the Node B. Data is transmitted to the Node B based on the grant information and the priority. One amount of data in the second field corresponds to one queue ID in the first field.
US09468010B2
Access terminals are adapted to facilitate tune-away operations in situations in which multiple subscriptions are employed. According to one example, an access terminal performing an acquisition procedure for a first subscription may suspend the acquisition procedure to obtain a paging message for a second subscription. The access terminal can tune away from the first subscription to the second subscription and monitor for a mobile-terminated page. After a mobile-terminated page associated with the second subscription is received and processed, the access terminal may resume the acquisition procedure for the first subscription. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also included.
US09468007B2
Disclosed are a method and device for transmitting and receiving available channel information based on directivity in a wireless communication system. A method for enabling a station (STA) to receive available channel information in a whitespace band according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises the steps of: determining a current position of the STA and a position at which the direction is changed on a moving path of the STA; determining K (K≧1) operating ranges based on the current position of the STA and the position at which the direction is changed; transmitting a channel availability query (CAQ) request frame for the K operating ranges to a database; and receiving available channel information on the K operating ranges through a CAQ response frame from the database.
US09468001B2
Methods of operating an electronic device are provided. A method of operating a first electronic device that is connected to a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) may include listening for a wireless transmission by a second electronic device on a wireless communications channel. The method may include beginning a randomized delay period in response to determining that the wireless communications channel is clear. Moreover, the method may include transmitting a packet to an access point of the WLAN via the wireless communications channel after the randomized delay period. Related electronic devices and computer program products are also provided.
US09467997B2
Time-frequency resources in a single PRB pair are used for both frequency-localized transmissions as well as distributed transmissions. A first control message is transmitted to a first user equipment (UE) using a first PRB pair, using first subsets of resource elements that are aggregated in a frequency-localized manner and that are transmitted using a single antenna port. A second control message to a second UE is simultaneously transmitted), also using the first PRB pair, using second subsets of resources that are aggregated in a frequency-distributed manner across the first PRB pair and one or more additional PRB pairs and that are transmitted using at least two antenna ports, including the single antenna port used to transmit the symbols in the first non-overlapping subsets of resource elements.
US09467988B2
A wireless communication device configured for selecting a codeword and determining a symbol length for uplink control information is described. The wireless communication device includes a processor and instructions stored in memory. The wireless communication device establishes communication with a base station, receives downlink control information from the base station and receives base station information. The wireless communication device generates uplink control information based on the base station information. The wireless communication device also determines a number of symbols for the uplink control information for a plurality of layers and sends the uplink control information.
US09467983B2
A method and apparatus for processing data is disclosed. A request for uplink resources is transmitted. An uplink scheduling grant is received in response to the request for uplink resources. Data from at least one medium access control for dedicated channel (MAC-d) flow is multiplexed into a medium access control for enhanced uplink (MAC-e) protocol data unit (PDU). A transport format combination (TFC) is selected for transmission of the MAC-e PDU, at least based on the uplink scheduling grant, a maximum allowed transmit power, and logical channel priority. A MAC-e PDU is transmitted over an enhanced uplink channel using a hybrid automatic repeat request (H-ARQ) process.
US09467980B2
A mobile communication system includes one or more base station apparatuses and a plurality of mobile station apparatuses that communicate with the one or more base station apparatuses. A precoding determining unit of the mobile station apparatuses determines applied precoding to be applied to a transmission signal from the base station apparatuses to the corresponding apparatus. A first transmitting unit of the mobile station apparatuses transmits information of the applied precoding to the base station apparatuses. A second transmitting unit of the base station apparatuses applies the same precoding and transmits a transmission signal to a plurality of mobile station apparatuses that specify the same precoding as the applied precoding.
US09467979B2
Methods of combining semi-persistent resource allocation and dynamic resource allocation are provided. Packets, such as VoIP packets, are transmitted on the uplink and downlink using respective semi-persistent resources. For each mobile device, awake periods and sleep periods are defined. The semi-persistent resources are aligned with the awake periods so that most of the time the mobile device can turn off its wireless access radio during the sleep periods. In addition, signaling to request, and to allocate, resources for additional packets are transmitted during the awake periods, and the resources allocated for the additional packets are within the awake windows.
US09467954B2
Disclosed are a power adjustment method and an apparatus based on low delay power detection before digital pre-distortion. The method comprises the following steps: according to pre-configured system carrier information, obtaining effective carrier information containing an effective carrier channel corresponding to each effective carrier; performing sampling on carrier data of each effective carrier channel according to the obtained effective carrier information, and then calculating combination power Pa of effective carriers before digital up conversion or digital peak clipping cancellation according to the sampling; and using the combination power Pa of the effective carriers to perform power adjustment before digital pre-distortion. The present invention moves power calculation ahead of an up conversion module, fully utilizes inherent delay of digital up conversion and a peak clipping module to offset time required for the power calculation, and effectively reduces system delay.
US09467951B2
The embodiments herein relate to a method in a base station for transmitting an UpLink Transmit Power Control, UL TPC, command to a user equipment in a communications network. The base station obtains a measurement of a distortion of a signal received from the user equipment. The signal is associated with a power to be controlled. The base station determines that the signal is unreliable if the distortion measurement is above a threshold or determining that the signal is reliable if the distortion measurement is below the threshold. The base station transmits a first UL TPC command to the user equipment when the signal is determined to be unreliable or transmits a second TPC command to the user equipment when the signal is determined to be reliable.
US09467947B2
A sensor node executes any one among a first operation by which another sensor node is requested to execute data process and if the request is not accepted the sensor node starts executing the data processing after waiting for charging and a second operation by which the sensor node starts executing the data processing after waiting for charging, without requesting the data processing to be executed. The sensor node compares an expected value of a first time that elapses until execution is started by the sensor node or the other sensor node when the first operation is executed, and a second time that elapses until execution is started by the sensor node when the second operation is executed. Based on the comparison result, the sensor node executes among the first operation and the second operation, the operation for which the time that elapses until execution is started is shorter.
US09467944B2
Reducing power consumption for cellular broadcast communication by a wireless device. A cellular communication channel for cellular broadcast messages may be monitored in a discontinuous manner according to specified cellular broadcast scheduling periods. Between each pair of cellular broadcast scheduling periods, the wireless device may operate in a reduced power state. During each cellular broadcast scheduling period, at least a cellular broadcast scheduling message may be received. If all scheduled cellular broadcast messages are received prior to an end of a cellular broadcast scheduling period, the wireless device may operate in the reduced power state for the remainder of that cellular broadcast scheduling period after all scheduled cellular broadcast messages are received.
US09467942B2
A wireless communication network system includes a first wireless communication device; and second wireless communication devices. The first wireless communication device selects a master unit from among the second wireless communication devices, on the basis of reception quality and storage battery remaining levels, and sends, to the selected master unit, a master unit request and a storage battery remaining level threshold for the master unit. The selected second wireless communication device operates as the master unit in accordance with the master unit request, and monitors the storage battery remaining level of the selected second wireless communication device on the basis of the storage battery remaining level threshold. When the storage battery remaining level of the selected second wireless communication device does not match the storage battery remaining level threshold, the selected second wireless communication device sends a master unit change request to the first wireless communication device.
US09467940B2
Disclosed are devices and methods for improving power added efficiency and linearity of radio-frequency power amplifiers implemented in flip-chip configurations. In some embodiments, a harmonic termination circuit can be provided so as to be separate from an output matching network configured to provide impedance matching at a fundamental frequency. The harmonic termination circuit can be configured to terminate at a phase corresponding to a harmonic frequency of the power amplifier output. Such a configuration of separate fundamental matching network and harmonic termination circuit allows each to be tuned separately to thereby improve performance parameters such as power added efficiency and linearity.
US09467938B1
Methods and systems are provided for using DRCLocks for conducting call admission control. In an embodiment, an access node provides service to a plurality of access terminals on a carrier in a coverage area, where the plurality of access terminals does not include a first access terminal. The access node receives a request for new service on the carrier in the coverage area from the first access terminal over an air interface, and responsively determines whether an aggregate-DRCLock condition is met. If the aggregate-DRCLock condition is met, the access node denies the request for new service.
US09467937B2
A system and method of locating a wireless connection among a plurality of possible wireless connections. More particularly, a system and method of locating a user preferred wireless connection among a plurality of possible wireless connections. The method includes scanning for available networks and determining whether the available networks satisfy one or more user preferences. The method further includes establishing a secondary network connection with one of the available networks based on one or more user preferences being satisfied.
US09467934B1
This disclosure relates generally to Bluetooth beacons and more particularly to methods and system for locating nearest Bluetooth beacons. In one embodiment, a method for locating a nearest Bluetooth beacon within a plurality of Bluetooth beacons is disclosed. The method includes identifying a latest highest Received Signal Strength Indication (RSSI) value Bluetooth beacon associated with a highest RSSI value from within a set of latest scanned Bluetooth beacons. The method further includes computing at least one average RSSI value for a predefined number of RSSI value detections associated with at least one Bluetooth beacon within a latest and previous set of scanned Bluetooth beacons. Thereafter, the method includes identifying a highest average RSSI value Bluetooth beacon from within the latest and previous set of scanned Bluetooth beacons.
US09467930B2
The present invention discloses a method and apparatus for performing device-to-device (D2D) communication in a wireless access system supporting the D2D communication. More specifically, the method comprises the steps of: receiving, from a base station (BS), information regarding a discovery reference signal (DRS) transmitted from a mobile station (MS) which communicates using a cellular network; monitoring DRSs transmitted from one or more neighboring MSs; generating a list of the one or more neighboring MSs; transmitting the generated list of the one or more neighboring MSs to the BS; receiving, from the BS, information regarding resources allocated for the D2D communication; and performing the D2D communication with another BS by using the allocated resources.
US09467927B2
A method and system for generating an allowed list based on regions for a wireless terminal are disclosed. The method generates an allowed list based on regions to control network access of a stationary wireless terminal, and includes: sending, by the wireless terminal, an attach request to a network; creating, by the network, an allowed list that contains information on regions in which the wireless terminal is permitted to access the network; and controlling, by the network, network access of the wireless terminal on the basis of the allowed list. Hence, the allowed list, which stores information regarding regions in which the MTC terminal 110 is permitted to access the network, may be dynamically created by the terminal or the MME.
US09467925B1
A WSN has multiple sensor nodes, a bi-directional gateway sensor node, and a server. The WSN also includes circuitry configured to process a route request message from an origination sensor node to a destination sensor node. A message packet of each of the sensor nodes includes a minimum energy field, a minimum energy harvesting rate field, and a sum of energy field. The circuitry is also configured to determine a new delivery route based upon comparing a minimum energy and a minimum energy harvesting rate of an instant sensor node with a minimum energy and a minimum energy harvesting rate contained in the message packet, and select a lower minimum energy and a lower minimum energy harvesting rate from the instant sensor node or the message packet. The circuitry is also configured to broadcast the lower minimum energy and the lower minimum energy harvesting rate throughout the WSN.
US09467924B2
An method for performing a TVBD (TV Band Device) group handover based on TV white space by an AP (Access Point), the method comprising: transmitting multiple location information corresponding to a path along which a mobile vehicle travels to an available channel information providing server; receiving multiple geo-location information from the available channel information providing server as a reply to the transmitted multiple location information; extracting operating channel set information so as to minimize a channel switching caused by the travel of the mobile vehicle, based on the multiple geo-location information; and transmitting the extracted operating channel set information to a TVBD group.
US09467923B2
Methods and systems for location-based prearranged hand-off are disclosed and may include pre-arranging hand-off of communication services with a mobile communication device (MCD) based on present and future locations of the MCD and the availability of wireless services in the locations. The MCD may include location-determining capability which may include one or more of: a global navigation satellite system, triangulation, and ultra-wideband positioning. A travel route of the MCD may be anticipated utilizing the locations. The travel route may traverse one or more wireless coverage areas and the hand-off of communication services with the MCD may be configured when the MCD is expected to enter a wireless coverage area with a desired network resource allocation, which may include one or more of: bandwidth, data transfer rate, cost, power requirements, channel conditions, quality of service, and secure communications capability. Configurable MCD attributes may include antennas, beam forming, codes, and modulation.
US09467919B2
Methods, apparatuses and computer readable media are described to compensate for radio frequency link imbalances in a wireless communication device. Processing circuitry in the wireless communication device detects a radio frequency link imbalance for a bi-directional communication link. The wireless communication device biases one or more operational parameters of the wireless communication device to adjust for a performance degradation induced by the radio frequency link imbalance. The wireless communication device determines whether a trigger condition for cell selection, reselection, or handover occurs based on the biased operational parameters, and when the trigger condition occurs, performs a remediating action to compensate for the radio frequency link imbalance. Remediation can include performing an intra-RAT or inter-RAT reselection or handover.
US09467916B2
In a cellular communication system, a coverage area configuration transition includes expanding the coverage of a compensation service area, utilizing one or more carriers that are not being utilized by an energy saving service area. Once all of the user equipment devices (UE devices) being served by the energy saving service area are handed over, the energy saving service area may be deactivated. In some case, the UE devices are handed over in stages, which incrementally reduces the energy consumed by the energy saving service area.
US09467915B2
A method and apparatus for transmitting a handover report message in a wireless communication system is provided. A first eNodeB (eNB) serves a first cell which is a coverage hole compensating cell between a source cell and a second cell, and a user equipment (UE) is moving from the source cell to the second cell through the first cell. The first eNB performs a handover procedure for a user equipment (UE) with a source eNB serving the source cell, receives a radio link failure (RLF) indication message from a second eNB serving the second cell, and transmits a handover report message to the source eNB, the handover report message including an indicator which informs the radio link failure.
US09467914B2
The present document provides an incoming call processing method for a dual mode terminal and the dual mode terminal which has a first mode card and a second mode card, and the incoming call processing method for the dual mode terminal includes the following steps: the first mode card of the dual mode terminal receiving an incoming call signal; if the dual mode terminal determines that the incoming call signal meets the switch condition, then automatically switching the incoming call signal to the second mode card. With the above-mentioned incoming call processing method for the dual mode terminal and the dual mode terminal, it is to switch the incoming call intelligently based on the mobile phone number heterogeneous network and/or the network signal quality to facilitate the user to answer the incoming call, thus enabling the user to answer the incoming call with lower telephone expense or better signal quality.
US09467912B2
A method, apparatus, and computer program product are provided to manage handover procedures in a dual connection context. In the context of a method, a macro access point (MAP) may initiate a handover between a source and destination local area access point (LAAP) by causing a handover request to be transmitted to the destination LAAP. The method may further involve causing a handover command to be transmitted to a user equipment (UE), causing a data transfer inform message to be transmitted to the source LAAP, and receiving a UE context release message from the destination LAAP. In the context of another method, a LAAP may initiate a handover. The method may involve receiving a dual connection transfer request message from a source LAAP, receiving a dual connection transfer request acknowledge message from a destination LAAP and receiving a Path Switch Successful indication from a Mobility Management Entity.
US09467903B2
A method for transmitting information required for user equipment mobility state detection is provided. The method includes broadcasting, at a base station, system information including frequency information and cell identifiers (IDs) of cells co-located with a current cell geographically; and transmitting, when an handover is detected, a handover command message including a handover factor indicator indicating whether the handover was triggered by movement of the user equipment, wherein the user equipment detects the mobility state based on the information provided by the system information and the handover command message. The apparatus and method of the present invention allows the UE to add the cell reselection/handover triggered by movement of the UE to the number of cell reselections/handovers and subtract the cell reselection/handover triggered by a non-mobility factor from the number of cell reselections/handovers used for determining the UE mobility state thereby improving accuracy of the UE mobility state detection.
US09467899B2
Due to interference that typically occurs in the ISM band, it may be necessary for one or more network devices to switch to an alternative channel. A list of one or more alternate network channels may be generated by a coordinating/gateway device based on the energy level and a distance from a primary network channel. The alternate network channel list may be distributed to neighbor devices and, in the event of interference, link loss, and/or a channel switch notification, the neighbor devices may automatically switch to the first alternate network channel in the list.
US09467896B2
Concepts and technologies are described herein for traffic steering across radio access technologies and radio frequencies utilizing cell broadcast messages. According to one aspect disclosed herein, a base station can collect load information of the base station. The base station can also generate a cell broadcast message that includes the load information. The base station can also send the cell broadcast message to a target mobile device. The target mobile device can be configured to determine, based at least in part upon the load information, which radio access network of a plurality of radio access networks to connect to.
US09467885B2
Techniques are disclosed for signaling a capability to operate in one or more carrier aggregation configurations and measurement gap requirements corresponding to the carrier aggregation configurations. Each carrier aggregation configuration may include one or more frequency bands and a mobile terminal can provide an indication of its measurement gap requirements for all or a subset of its supported frequency bands when operating in the carrier aggregation configurations. The measurement gap requirements may correspond to a physical or logical configuration of receiver resources and the signaling may be initiated by the mobile terminal or by a base station in communication with the mobile terminal.
US09467883B2
A method, system and apparatus for checking the state of a beacon device are disclosed. The system for the checking the state of a beacon device includes a beacon device and a service device. The beacon device transmits information about a beacon state to the service device and then receives a response signal from the service device. The service device receives the information about the beacon state from the beacon device, performs an update with the received information about the beacon state in association with a list of beacon devices, searches for the information about the beacon state of the beacon device, and provides the found information about the beacon state to the terminal.
US09467880B2
Small cell discovery signals are transmitted within a subframe allocated for transmission of Device-to-Device (D2D) discovery signals. In accordance with a communication standard, communication resources are organized into frames having subframes for communication within a cellular communication system. Wireless service is provided to mobile UE devices in different sized cells that may overlap. In addition, at least some mobile UE devices can communicate with each other using D2D communication resources. D2D discovery signals are transmitted by mobile UE devices to facilitate the discovery of the mobile UE devices by other mobile UE devices. The communication standard allocates one or more subframes within a frame of a frequency defined communication resource for transmission of the D2D discovery signals. The small cell discovery signals are also transmitted within the subframe to facilitate recognition that a small cell mobile UE device is within the small cell service area.
US09467875B2
Disclosed in the present invention are a method for estimating an almost blank subframe (ABS) zone in a wireless access system in which a macro cell and a pico cell coexist, and an apparatus for same. More specifically, the present invention comprises the steps of measuring reference signal received power (RSRP) by using a cell-specific reference signal which is inserted into a subframe of the macro cell, and determining whether the format of the subframe is a multicast broadcast single frequency network (MBSFN) ABS by comparing an RSRP measurement value from a zeroth orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol of the subframe, and an RSRP measurement value from a symbol that is not the zeroth OFDM symbol.
US09467857B2
A system that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a method for facilitating, at a system including at least one processor, establishment of a communication session with a device coupled to a Universal Integrated Circuit Card (UICC) by way of network equipment of a default Mobile Network Operator (MNO), receiving, at the system, information descriptive of an MNO selection, selecting, at the system, from a database of credentials of a plurality of MNOs first credential information according to the received information, wherein the first credential information is associated with a first MNO of the plurality of MNOs, and transmitting, from the system, the first credential information to the UICC over the communication session by way of the device to cause the UICC to facilitate establishment of communications with network equipment of the first MNO according to the first credential information. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US09467854B2
A computer-implemented technique can include joining, by a computing device having one or more processors, a conference session hosted by a server via a wireless computing network. In response to joining the conference session, the computing device can receive, from the server via the wireless computing network, a dial-in telephone number for reconnecting to the conference session. The computing device can detect a trigger condition indicative of a need to reconnect to the conference session via a cellular telephone network. In response to detecting the trigger condition, the computing device can initiate a telephone call to the dial-in telephone number via the cellular telephone network. In response to the server obtaining authentication of a caller identification of the computing device, the computing device can rejoin the conference session via the cellular telephone network.
US09467844B2
A technique and apparatus to provide status tracking of presence and/or location of a mobile, wireless device to a requesting entity even outside of a particular wireless system. This allows wireless service providers the ability to monitor and log changes in the status of mobile stations within and/or outside their networks. Embodiments are disclosed wherein presence and/or location information is provided to entities outside of a particular servicing wireless network using the mechanisms of call processing components of a mobile network (e.g., call setup procedures), and using standard mechanisms currently available to any appropriately conforming Mobile Switching Center (MSC) element. A mobile activity status tracker (MAST) is disclosed which contains a database of information similar to the information contained in the Home Location Register. The MAST tracks and reports status and activity of mobile wireless devices in a wireless network using mobile registration message, mobile inactivity message forwarding, and/or mobile automatic notification of subscriber status to TCP/IP entities (e.g., application servers on the Internet or Intranet). The MAST system duplicates the same or similar information contained in a corresponding HLR, but is available as an external database entity which is not restricted by SS7 standards. The tracking need not track call-specific information, e.g., called telephone numbers or information regarding conversations sustained by the tracked wireless subscribers.
US09467839B1
A system includes a plurality of subsystems respectively assigned to a plurality of regions in a geographic space, the plurality of subsystems including a first subsystem assigned to a first region of the plurality of regions. The first subsystem includes a first event server operable to generate a first dynamic event agent for handling a dynamic event occurring in the first region, the first dynamic event agent operable to issue a request to a second subsystem, of the plurality of subsystems, assigned to a second region next to the first region, the request causing a second event server of the second subsystem to generate a second dynamic event agent for handling the dynamic event in the second region. The first subsystem further includes a first mobile object server operable to transmit a signal based on information about the dynamic event to a mobile object in the first region.
US09467838B2
A method and system includes the ability for individuals to set up an ad hoc digital and voice network easily and rapidly to allow users to coordinate their activities by eliminating the need for pre-entry of data into a web or identifying others by name, phone numbers or email. This method is especially useful for police, fire fighters, military, first responders or other emergency situations for coordinating different organizations at the scene of a disaster to elevate conventional communication problems either up and down the chain of command or cross communication between different emergency units. The method and system provides that the users are only required to enter a specific Server IP address and an ad hoc event name, a password and perhaps the name of the particular unit.
US09467828B2
Embodiments are provided for registering an electronic device of a subscriber for cellular-based communications. According to certain aspects, the cellular-based communications may be facilitated by a data center while the electronic device is not easily within range of a cellular network, such as when the electronic device is traveling on an aircraft. The registration includes associating a subscription identification of a cellular services plan with an identification of the electronic device, from which a registration server may create an account associated with the cellular-based communications. Further, the registration server may generate a digital certificate using the electronic device identification and issue the digital certificate to the electronic device.
US09467822B2
A method for obtaining interface information of a neighbor Evolved NodeB (eNB)/Relay Node (RN) is provided by the present invention. A Donor Evolved NodeB (DeNB) can establish a corresponding relationship between an eNB identifier of the neighbor eNB/RN network element and the GU Group Id List of the neighbor eNB/RN network element according to X2 interface information, and send the corresponding relationship to the RN network element/neighbor eNB; the DeNB can also send a GU Group Id List and cell information of the neighbor eNB/RN network element to the RN network element/neighbor eNB which can establish the corresponding relationship between the GU Group Id List and the eNB identifier of the neighbor eNB/RN network element. A wireless relay system is also provided by the present invention. The problem that the RN or the eNB network element in a wireless relay system can not obtain the corresponding relationship between the eNB identifier and the neighbor GU Group Id List, caused by the existence of an intermediate network element DeNB, is solved by the present invention.
US09467817B1
First and second movement data representing movement of first and second wearable portable devices during a first time period is provided. The first and second wearable portable devices are associated respectively with first and second users. The first and second sets of movement data are compared. Based at least in part on the comparison, a location in the vehicle of the first user relative to the second user is determined.
US09467815B2
Systems and methods for generating a user location history are provided. One example method includes obtaining a plurality of location reports from one or more devices associated with the user. The method includes clustering the plurality of location reports to form a plurality of segments. The method includes identifying a plurality of location entities for each of the plurality of segments. The method includes determining, for each of the plurality of segments, one or more feature values associated with each of the location entities identified for such segment. The method includes determining, for each of the plurality of segments, a score for each of the plurality of location entities based at least in part on a scoring formula. The method includes selecting one of plurality of locations entities for each of the plurality of segments.
US09467811B2
Systems and methods for controlling accuracy of transmitted information are described. A package is assembled based on a numerical value, such as a measurement, and one or more policies associated with the sender. When the package is received by a receiver, it is unpacked to yield a second value representing the numerical value and having a reduced accuracy with respect to the first value. The accuracy reduction depends on policies associated with the receiver and/or the sender. Examples of numerical values in different applications include geo-location data, medical data, and financial data.
US09467810B2
Location based geo-reminding system retrieves, from a location based geo-reminder physical server, a current location of wireless client devices within a given area. The method accesses, from the location based geo-reminder physical server, a physical location based geo-reminder database comprising an identity of a trigger identifier and a limits of trigger identifier. Transmission of a location based geo-reminder message is initiated if the current location of a particular wireless client device is within a limits of restriction distance from a location of the identity of the trigger.
US09467808B2
A system and method is described herein for managing power consumption by a plurality of sensors in a proximity-based ad hoc network. The system and method receives sensor data that is provided from a plurality of sensors and constructs a proximity-based ad hoc network among the plurality of sensors based on the sensor data. The system and method also receives and analyzes power status information from each sensor in a group of spatially and temporally proximate sensors in the proximity-based ad hoc network. Based on the analysis, the system and method then modifies a manner in which at least one sensor in the group provides sensor data.
US09467802B2
Embodiments of the systems, devices and methods described herein generally facilitate performing Bluetooth pairing between a first device and a second device. In accordance with one example embodiment, a first device generates a barcode that encodes Bluetooth pairing data for transmission to the second device, wherein the pairing data comprises a Bluetooth address associated with the first device, and wherein the pairing data further comprises a personal identification number usable to complete the Bluetooth pairing, the barcode is transmitted to the second device, and Bluetooth pairing is performed with the second device.
US09467799B2
An apparatus includes an NFC tag to which information about at least one near-field communication (NFC) service, from among NFC services that are provided based on NFC, is written; a user interface to receive an input of log-in information from a user; a control unit to determine an NFC service that is allowed for the user in response to log in of the user; and an NFC module to update information that is written to the NFC tag according to a result of the determining.
US09467793B2
Embodiments can include systems, methods, and apparatus for recording three-dimensional audio and associated data. In one embodiment, an apparatus can include a base, a stick operable to move in either an X-axis direction or a Y-axis direction with respect to the base, a pedal operable to mount to a portion of the stick and receive a user input in either the X-axis direction or the Y-axis direction, and a sliding mechanism operable to facilitate sliding the pedal with respect to the base, wherein the pedal is further operable to receive another user input to correspond to a Z-axis direction. In certain embodiments, the apparatus can also include a locking mechanism operable to receive a user input to limit sliding the pedal with respect to the base.
US09467791B2
Embodiments are described for an adaptive audio system that processes audio data comprising a number of independent monophonic audio streams. One or more of the streams has associated with it metadata that specifies whether the stream is a channel-based or object-based stream. Channel-based streams have rendering information encoded by means of channel name; and the object-based streams have location information encoded through location expressions encoded in the associated metadata. A codec packages the independent audio streams into a single serial bitstream that contains all of the audio data. This configuration allows for the sound to be rendered according to an allocentric frame of reference, in which the rendering location of a sound is based on the characteristics of the playback environment (e.g., room size, shape, etc.) to correspond to the mixer's intent. The object position metadata contains the appropriate allocentric frame of reference information required to play the sound correctly using the available speaker positions in a room that is set up to play the adaptive audio content.
US09467783B2
A low profile loudspeaker transducer is presented with an arrangement of placing the motor up near or into the inside concave portion of a convex dome or inverted convex cone diaphragm. In some preferred embodiments the low profile structure is facilitated by an inverted placement of the spider suspension above the plane of the surround suspension to stabilize the voice coil during excursion while supporting a low profile structure. Additionally, in numerous embodiments a coupling structure is utilized between the voice coil former and the diaphragm to create a broad surface area connection to the diaphragm to create a stiffer structure and minimizing breakup modes and creating a more robust mechanical structure to withstand greater output capability.
US09467779B2
Digital signal processing for microphone partial occlusion detection is described. In one embodiment, an electronic system for audio noise processing and for noise reduction, using a plurality of microphones, includes a first noise estimator to process a first audio signal from a first one of the microphones, and generate a first noise estimate. The electronic system also includes a second noise estimator to process the first audio signal, and a second audio signal from a second one of the microphones, in parallel with the first noise estimator, and generate a second noise estimate. A microphone partial occlusion detector determines a low frequency band separation of the first and second audio signals and a high frequency band separation of the first and second audio signals to generate a microphone partial occlusion function that indicates whether one of the microphones is partially occluded.
US09467778B2
An interface for an array of digital microphones in an electronic device may include a head-end chip coupled to the digital microphones through a bus. The bus may be shared by each microphone of the array of microphones and be multiplexed to allow transmission of data from the microphones to the head-end chip and transmission of power from the head-end chip to the array of digital microphones. The head-end chip may perform signal processing on receive data from the array of digital microphones to create beamforming arrays. The array of microphones may include microphones with different characteristics to improve performance of the array of microphones.
US09467774B2
In accordance with embodiment, a method includes amplifying signal provided by a microphone to form an amplified signal. The method also includes converting the amplified signal into a frequency-based signal having a frequency dependent on an amplitude of the amplified signal. The frequency-based signal is converted into a pulse code modulated bitstream.
US09467767B2
A modular headphone system includes a headband holding an earphone module at each end of two ends thereof, a circuit module formed of an active noise cancelling module, a Bluetooth module, high-frequency module and/or a multi-channel audio controller and detachably mounted in one earphone module, and a power module detachably mounted in the other earphone module. Each earphone module includes an earphone body pivotally connected to one end of the headband, a speaker holder mounted at the earphone body and electrically connected to the earphone body, a speaker mounted in the speaker holder and electrically connected to the speaker holder and an ear cushion covered on the speaker holder over the speaker.
US09467756B2
A modular system for the connection of an external communication network to a user network of a building includes: a user module including: a passage opening of a connection cable of the user network including optical fibers associated with respective users and adapters associated with respective optical fibers of the connection cable of the user network, and an operator module including: an inlet opening of at least one connection cable to the external communication network including optical fibers and an outlet opening of fiber optic connection elements connected to the external communication network and provided with a connector at a terminal end thereof. The user module and the operator module are structurally independent from each other and the external communication network is operatively associated with the user network by means of a connection of the connectors of the fiber optic connection elements with respective selected adapters of the user module.
US09467755B2
An optical switch includes an input port, output ports, and a spatial light modulating section that receives an optical signal from the input port to deflect the optical signal to a selected one of the output ports. A phase distribution with the same radius of curvature as that of a wavefront of the optical signal and a phase distribution that allows the deflected optical signal to be coupled to the output port are set for the spatial light modulating section.
US09467754B1
A communications and control system for use with a utility meter includes a first wireless communications subsystem for exchanging messages with a central facility via a cellular communications network. The first wireless communications system is operable to send messages including meter data generated by the utility meter to the central facility and receive utility control messages from the central facility for controlling the provision of a utility monitored by the utility meter. A second wireless subsystem communicates within a wireless mesh network of compatible wireless subsystems operating in conjunction with a set of utility meters for exchanging the meter data with a selected compatible wireless subsystem within the mesh network.
US09467749B2
A system and method for time-shifted viewing of broadcast television programs is disclosed. Simultaneous recording and playback are provided by using buffer storage as the source and destination of compressed or uncompressed digital video/audio programs, Full VCR-like control is provided for all playback within the buffer storage, Playback and control of recorded programs may be initiated by the user at any time after initiation of the broadcast program with simultaneous continuous recording of the ongoing live broadcast. Larger archival storage and removable is also provided for storing and building a library of programs. Viewer playback control data may be stored as part of the program or used as edit points prior to archival. Numerous options are provided for features such as continuous automatic recording in a circular buffer fashion, program archival, editing, Internet interfaces, multiple-channel recording and more.
US09467748B2
A signal processing apparatus is provided. The signal processing apparatus includes: a packet classifier configured to receive a transport stream including a content, and classify a plurality of packets constituting the content into a plurality of packet groups according to a predetermined condition; and a transport unit configured to transport the plurality of packet groups through a plurality of signal processing routes to each of which a different signal processing method is applied.
US09467744B2
A system and method relate to identifying comments associated with digital content and submitted by one or more users. The comments are parsed to determine terms included in the comments. The respective classifications associated with the comments are determined based on the terms, and at least one classification of the digital content may be identified based on the respective classifications associated with the comments. In one implementation, the classification of the digital content is determined based on identifying comments associated with a portion of the digital content, and identifying a particular classification associated with at least a threshold number of the comments associated with the portion.
US09467740B2
Methods and apparatus for improving channel browsing experience for users by control scroll rates in guide listings are described. A user can scroll through channel listings arranged according to program genre at a high maximum scroll rate. The scroll rate is automatically reduced, and in some embodiments scrolling is temporarily paused, when listings corresponding to a new genre are displayed. In this way a high maximum scroll rate can be supported but without the risk of a user unintentionally scrolling thorough an entire genre of programs of interest even if the genre only includes one or a few programs in total. Thus, in various embodiments a scrolling rate is decreased when a change in the genre of programs from a first genre of programs being displayed to a second genre of programs being displayed occurs as part of said scrolling.
US09467733B2
A method for determining a program of interest to a user and setting a timer to automatically record the program of interest. The method can interpret user inputs and watching habits, such as whether or not a user is present, to determine if a program being displayed for a user is a program of interest to the user. Once a program of interest is identified, a timer is set to record the next scheduled broadcast of the program of interest for the user. The user can then be notified, either before or after the timer is activated, that the automatic timer was set to record the program, and the user given the option of whether or not to keep the timer or recording.
US09467729B2
A method for remote controlling of a smart TV. With the method for remote controlling, the user does not look at the remote controller's touchscreen and remote-controls the smart TV by looking at the motion of the cursor on the smart TV, which is an object to control and manipulating the touchscreen. Therefore, the smart TV can be controlled freely and comfortably as if holding it like a smart phone in hand.
US09467717B2
Provided are a filtering method and apparatus for removing blocking artifacts and ringing noise. The filtering method includes transforming video data on a block-by-block basis, and detecting the presence of an edge region in the video data by checking the distribution of values obtained by the transformation. Accordingly, it is possible to completely remove blocking artifacts and/or ringing noise by more effectively detecting the presence of an edge region in video data.
US09467710B2
An image decoding method including: obtaining an old quantization scaling matrix which is a decoded quantization scaling matrix and is used for decoding a new quantization scaling matrix; obtaining, from the coded stream, an update parameter indicating an amount of change in the new quantization scaling matrix with respect to the old quantization scaling matrix; decoding the new quantization scaling matrix using the old quantization scaling matrix obtained in the obtaining of an old quantization scaling matrix and the update parameter obtained in the obtaining of an update parameter; and decoding the coded image using the new quantization scaling matrix decoded in the decoding of the new quantization scaling matrix.
US09467703B2
A method for signaling sample adaptive offset (SAO) band offset syntax elements in a video encoder is provided that includes receiving a plurality of band offset syntax elements, entropy encoding an absolute value of a magnitude of each band offset syntax element in a compressed video bit stream, and entropy encoding a sign of each non-zero band offset syntax element in the compressed video bit stream following the absolute values of the magnitudes.
US09467699B2
A method for performing parallel coding with ordered entropy slices includes: providing a plurality of entropy slices to a plurality of processing elements with a causal criterion on processing order, wherein each entropy slice includes a plurality of macroblocks; and respectively starting to perform a coding procedure for the plurality of entropy slices according to the causal criterion, so that at least a portion of the processing elements are processed in parallel during at least a portion of processing time. An associated apparatus for performing parallel coding with ordered entropy slices includes: a plurality of processing elements; and a controller. The processing elements are arranged to process the entropy slices. In addition, the controller is arranged to provide the plurality of entropy slices with the causal criterion, and controls the operations of the processing elements.
US09467694B2
In one embodiment, a method determines a current picture and determines at least one of a first list of reference pictures and a second list of reference pictures for the current picture. A temporal distance is analyzed between the current picture and at least a portion of the reference pictures in the at least one of a first list of reference pictures and a second list of reference pictures. The method then selects reference picture that is closest in temporal distance from the current picture in the analyzed at least a portion of the reference pictures. The selected reference picture is set as a collocated picture for the current picture and the selected reference picture is used in a temporal prediction process for the current picture.
US09467684B2
A 3D image display device includes: a display panel including pixels; a signal controller controlling driving of the display panel; and an image signal processor generating a 3D input image signal based on image information and outputting the generated 3D input image signal to the signal controller. The image signal processor includes a view point generating unit generating view points corresponding to the respective pixels, and a 3D input image signal generating unit generating the 3D input image signal for the respective pixels based on information on a position of the pixel, information on the generated view point for the respective pixel, and the image information.
US09467683B2
According to an aspect, a display device includes a display unit, a detecting, and a control unit. The display unit has a display surface and is configured to three-dimensionally display a display object in a space on a back face side of the display surface. The detecting unit detects an action of an object in the space on the back face side. When the detecting unit detects a predetermined action of the object in the space on the back face side, the control unit changes the display object in the space on the back face side according to the predetermined action.
US09467682B2
An information processing apparatus includes a model storing unit configured to store a three-dimensional form model for acquiring the position and posture of a measurement target object, an image acquiring unit configured to acquire an image of the measurement target object, a first position and posture acquiring unit configured to acquire a first position and posture of the three-dimensional form model in a first coordinate system on the basis of a first geometric feature of the three-dimensional form model and a first geometric feature within the image, and a second position and posture acquiring unit configured to acquire a second position and posture of the three-dimensional form model in a second coordinate system that is different from the first coordinate system on the basis of a second geometric feature of the three-dimensional form model and a second geometric feature within the image and the first position and posture.
US09467680B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide techniques and configurations for an optoelectronic three-dimensional object acquisition assembly configured to correct image distortions. In one instance, the assembly may comprise a first device configured to project a light pattern on an object at a determined angle; a second device configured to capture a first image of the object illuminated with the projected light pattern; a third device configured to capture a second image of the object; and a controller coupled to the first, second, and third devices and configured to reconstruct an image of the object from geometric parameters of the object obtained from the first image, and to correct distortions in the reconstructed image caused by a variation of the determined angle of the light pattern projection, based at least in part on the first and second images of the object. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US09467676B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide multi-view video coding and coding methods and corresponding apparatuses. The multi-view video coding method includes: minimizing an error between a currently coded view image and a warped view image of a front view image to obtain an optimal warping offset; calculating disparity information between the front view image and the currently coded view image by using the optimal warping offset, a camera parameter of a view, and depth image information of the front view image; and calculating the warped view image of the front view image by using the disparity information and the front view image, and predicting a current view image by using the warped view image as a prediction signal.
US09467672B2
An image processing device capable of stably performing white balance control. A first WB correction value is calculated according to an infrared light amount obtained from a first image. A second WB correction value different from the first one is calculated according to white pixels obtained from the first image. A third WB correction value is calculated based on the first and second WB correction values. White balance processing is performed on the first image using the third WB correction value, which is stored as a reference WB correction value. When the infrared light amount not smaller than a predetermined amount is obtained from the second image and also the number of obtained white pixels is smaller than a predetermined number, white balance processing is performed on the second image using the stored reference WB correction value.
US09467671B1
Systems for automatic white balancing (AWB) of a digital image and methods for making and using same. In response to a white balancing trigger, the relative positions of an image sensor and a reference region for white balancing are automatically adjusted such that the image sensor can acquire an image of the reference region. A white balance parameter reflecting the color temperature of the illuminating source is then computed and used to perform white balancing so as to remove color casts. The position of the reference region can be pre-recorded or scanned-for by the image sensor. The reference region can be rendered mobile so that it can be positioned within the image sensor's field-of-vision. The imaging systems can further include a gimbal that enables the image sensor to rotate about one or more axes. The present systems and methods are suitable for use, for example, by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
US09467668B2
Scanning beam display systems that scan one servo beam and an excitation beam onto a screen that emits visible light under excitation of the light of the excitation beam and control optical alignment of the excitation beam based on positioning of the servo beam on the screen via a feedback control.
US09467664B2
A video/audio recording device is mounted on a mobile support for recording surveillance information. The recording device is movable relative to the mobile support to adjustably position the recording device to face the target along a line-of-sight during recording. A database stores public map spaces, private map spaces, and warrant spaces that exist in a geographic area to be surveilled. A programmed controller accesses the database, determines whether the target is recordable from a public map space along the line-of-sight between the recording device and the target and/or whether the target is covered by a warrant space, and controls the recording device to record the surveillance information upon a successful determination that the target is so recordable or so covered.
US09467659B2
A method of processing a sequence of frames of multimedia data is presented. The method provides for progressively refreshing the image data. The method includes dynamically selecting portions of frames of the sequence with progressively increasing area to refresh, and excluding non-refreshed areas as potential reference data for other frames.
US09467657B2
Dynamically adapting a continuous presence (CP) layout in a videoconference enhances a videoconferencing experience by providing optimum visibility to regions of interest within the CP layout and ignoring regions of no interest. Based on the CP layout, a CP video image can be built, in which a conferee at a receiving endpoint can observe, simultaneously, several other participants' sites in the conference. For example, more screen space within the CP layout is devoted to presenting the participants in the conference and little or no screen space is used to present an empty seat, an empty room, or an unused portion of a room. Aspect ratios of segments of the CP layout (e.g., landscape vs. portrait) can be adjusted to optimally present the regions of interest. The CP layout can be adjusted as regions of interest change depending on the dynamics of the video conference.
US09467647B2
A system. The system includes a computing device configured for communication with a plurality of multiple resolution cameras and with a display device. The computing device includes a composite image module. The composite image module is configured for receiving composite information from at least one of the multiple resolution cameras, and for generating a composite image based on the composite information.
US09467644B2
To make it difficult to acquire an original moving image based on display data. A moving image processing system includes a moving image data acquiring unit for acquiring moving image data, a frame image set specifying unit for specifying an image set that includes, among a plurality of frame images indicated by the moving image data, frame images to be displayed sequentially, and a modified frame image generating unit for generating, by modifying a key frame image that is based on at least one of the frame images included in the image set, a same number of modified frame images as the frame images included in the image set, wherein an average of pixel values of corresponding pixels of the modified frame images corresponds to a pixel value of a corresponding pixel of the key frame image, and a display control unit for sequentially display the modified frame images generated by modified frame image generating unit, instead of the frame images included in the image set.
US09467640B2
An image display device including a display configured to output content, a charger configured to charge a remote controller to control the image display device, a user input interface configured to receive power on/off signals from the remote controller and a controller configured to control power use of the user input interface depending on whether the remote controller is being charged by the charger is provided.
US09467631B2
A radiation imaging apparatus comprising a sensor and a driving unit, the sensor including a detection element and a holding unit, wherein the driving unit drives the sensor so as to perform a first operation of making a first sampling unit sample a first signal corresponding to a voltage of the holding unit which has changed in accordance with a dose of radiation detected by the detection element after the holding unit holds a voltage corresponding to a signal from the detection element when a first reset unit resets the detection element, and a second operation, after the first operation, of making the first reset unit reset the detection element after a second sampling unit samples a second signal corresponding to a voltage of the reset holding unit while a second reset unit resets the holding unit.
US09467630B2
A system for facilitating a consumer's selection of customized color-changing lenses for eyewear, or windows, captures a digital color image of at least the face of the consumer and displays that color image to the consumer on a video display while superimposing a pair of lenses over the eyes. The display simulates the color of the superimposed lenses when made of a selected photochromic or thermochromic material. The color of the superimposed lenses is changeable, in response to consumer-controlled inputs, over a range between (a) an initial color for the lenses when subjected to at least one of (i) a first predetermined temperature and (ii) a first predetermined light condition, and (b) a final color for said lenses when subjected to at least one of (i) a second predetermined temperature higher than said first predetermined temperature and (ii) a second predetermined light condition brighter than said first predetermined light condition.
US09467628B2
An image processing system has a sensor array with a plurality of pixels. A distinct circuit is associated with each pixel in the sensor array. The circuits are designed such that across the plurality of circuits, there are a plurality of distinct sensitivities to irradiance from a scene to be captured which are spatially pseudo-randomly ordered relative to each other. The image processing system also comprises an image reconstruction algorithm. A method is also disclosed.
US09467625B2
A digital camera includes an imaging section, an overlapping area identifying section, a feature point judging section, a luminance adjusting section, and an image combining section. The overlapping area identifying section identifies overlapping areas of images consecutively captured by the imaging section. The feature point judging section judges whether amount of texture within areas of a predetermined range in the identified overlapping areas is larger or smaller than a predetermined reference value. The luminance adjusting section adjusts the pixel values of the images so that the pixel values of the overlapping areas come within a predetermined range, based on a judgment result of the texture. The image combining section combines the adjusted images such that their overlapping areas coincide with each other.
US09467619B2
There is provided a focus detection apparatus including: microlenses; light reception units that receive light which is incident through the microlenses; waveguides that cause light, which is incident to the microlenses at a predetermined angle, to be received by the light reception units and that are provided between the microlenses and the light reception units; and a detection unit that detects focusing using output values from the light reception units.
US09467599B2
A video processing circuit detects a risk boundary, which a portion of the boundary between a dark pixel and a bright pixel in an image represented by a video signal Vid-in, and is determined by a tilt azimuth of liquid crystal molecules, from the boundary, and corrects a video signal corresponding to at least one of the dark pixel and the bright pixel which is contiguous to the detected risk boundary in at least one field of a plurality of fields constituting one frame such that a period in which the risk boundary is present in one frame period is shortened.
US09467590B2
An information terminal device which is an image receiving device receiving image data from a multifunction device which is an image processing device transmits setting information such as resolution, color/monochrome setting and data format for generating image data to be received, and destination information of the information terminal device itself to the multifunction device, as a profile. The multifunction device receives the profile, generates image data of an image read based on the setting information of the received profile when scanning is executed, and automatically transmits the image data to the information terminal device based on the destination information of the profile.
US09467585B2
It is determined that the multi-function peripheral operates according to a first mode in which user authentication is available and department authentication is not available or operates according to a second mode in which both of the user authentication and department authentication are available. In a case that the multi-function peripheral operates according to the first mode, user authentication information is transmitted to the multi-function peripheral. In a case that the multi-function peripheral operates according to the second mode, authentication information is transmitted to the multi-function peripheral. The authentication information is used to causing the multi-function peripheral to perform selection authentication before performing a job. The selection authentication is one selected from the user authentication and department authentication by a user.
US09467578B2
A correcting apparatus includes a first acquiring unit that acquires a target characteristic expressing a correspondence relationship between a gradation value and a target density of an image to be output from an output apparatus in accordance with the gradation value; a second acquiring unit that acquires an output characteristic expressing a correspondence relationship between a gradation value and a measured density of the image output from the output apparatus in accordance with the gradation value; an updating unit that updates the target characteristic by correcting the target density corresponding to a high density region including a maximum target density value when a difference between a maximum measured density value and the maximum target density value is larger than a predetermined value; and a correcting unit that corrects the gradation value so as to approximate the output characteristic to the updated target characteristic.
US09467577B2
A segment extracting section extracts, from a document image, a segment that is an image region containing a series of text characters of a uniform size from a document image. When the segment extracting section extracts a plurality of segments, a segment designating section designates one or more of the extracted segments each as an enlargement segment according to text sizes of the respective extracted segments. A scaling-factor determining section determines a scaling factor for each enlargement segment based on the text size of the enlargement segment and a standard text size. An image creating section enlarges each enlargement segment at the scaling factor determined for the enlargement segment and creates a page image including each enlargement segment as enlarged and each non-enlargement segment that is an undesignated segment among the extracted segments.
US09467568B1
A conference call system with a plurality of endpoints, a switch and a media mixer is disclosed. One or more entities in the conference call system comprise part or whole of a feature module. The feature module executes various telephony features like adjusting the volume of a selected participant in a conference call, initiating a sidebar with a participant wherein other participants cannot hear the conversation of the participants in the sidebar, putting a selected call participant on hold from an endpoint other than the selected participant's endpoint, disconnecting a selected participant from an endpoint other than the selected participant's endpoint and transferring a call with two or more participants to a new participant's endpoint.
US09467561B2
A method and system for presenting additional information about a user are provided. The user may be a calling party or a called party. A request for information in addition to the information normally contained in the caller ID may be constructed and sent to a repository of additional information that returns the additional information. If the user is a calling party, the additional information may be presented on the called party's communication device. If the user is a called party, the additional information may be presented on the calling party's communication device. A system including the repository may receive the request. An authoring and editing component of the system may allow the user or others to edit the additional information about the user. The system may select and send the additional information based on a set of parameters in the request and the access type of the requestor.
US09467540B2
The present disclosure relates to the field of display technology, and discloses a mobile communication device. The mobile communication device comprises a display screen, a back cover, and internal communication parts provided in a chamber defined by the display screen and the back cover. A rotating member is provided on an upper side of the back cover, and the rotating member is rotatable around the back cover, and a telephone receiver and a camera are arranged on the rotating member. In the mobile communication device according to the present disclosure, no telephone receiver and camera are required to be arranged on the front surface thereof, which is capable of saving a front frame and space for installing the telephone receiver and the camera on the front frame of the mobile communication device.
US09467528B2
Provided is a method of improving performance of a web server by predicting a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) request and the web server enabling the method, including transmitting, to an HTTP requester, at least one web content among web contents including static web contents and dynamic web contents in response to an HTTP request, selecting, from the web contents, a required web content to be additionally transmitted to the HTTP requester and a potential web content to be additionally transmitted to the HTTP requester, determining, among the potential web content, a web content to be preloaded, and storing, in a document cache, the required web content and the web content to be preloaded.
US09467515B1
Methods and systems are provided. One method includes receiving, at a server, a geo-location of a vehicle. The method further includes receiving from time to time, at the server, vehicle condition. The method includes identifying a user account for the vehicle. The user account includes preferences associated with a profile of a user. The method also includes sending data to the vehicle. The data is for presentation on a display screen or output via an audio system of the vehicle. The data is selected based on a context of the geo-location and the vehicle condition or the preferences associated with the profile of the user. Interaction modes can be used to define what information is displayed and when information is provided to the display screen.
US09467514B2
An apparatus, system, and method to manage data within a wireless network includes sending a token from a master device to a slave device, receiving an archive record only with the token at the master device from the slave device, and storing the archive record from the slave device within an archive record database at the master device.
US09467512B2
Examples include client access to a storage medium coupled with a server. A network input/output device for the server receives a remote direct memory access (RDMA) command including a steering tag (S-Tag) from a client remote to the server. For these examples, the network input/output device forwards the RDMA command to a Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) controller and access is provided to a storage medium based on an allocation scheme that assigned the S-Tag to the storage medium. In some other examples, an NVMe controller generates a memory mapping of one or more storage devices controlled by the NVMe controller to addresses for a base address register (BAR) on a Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) bus. PCIe memory access commands received by the NVMe controller are translated based on the memory mapping to provide access to the storage device.
US09467511B2
Examples are disclosed for use of vendor defined messages to execute a command to access a storage device maintained at a server. In some examples, a network input/output device coupled to the server may receive the command from a client remote to the server for the client to access the storage device. For these examples, elements or components of the network input/output device may be capable of forwarding the command either directly to a Non-Volatile Memory Express (NVMe) controller that controls the storage device or to a manageability module coupled between the network input/out device and the NVMe controller. Vendor specific information may be forwarded with the command and used by either the NVMe controller or the manageability module to facilitate execution of the command. Other examples are described and claimed.
US09467509B2
A method in a communication system in the present disclosure includes: receiving a first access from the information apparatus which starts a first application for a telephone conversation function; transmitting an identifier and a confirmation destination address to the information apparatus in response to the first access; receiving an instruction to the information apparatus from the information processing apparatus; receiving a second access using the confirmation destination address from the information apparatus; transmitting the instruction to the information apparatus in response to the second access; and when it is judged that the instruction instructs the information apparatus to start the second application for providing a camera function, causing the information apparatus to continue the telephone conversation process, to start the second application without involving a user operation, receiving image information captured using the camera function from the information apparatus, and forwarding the image information to the information processing apparatus.
US09467508B2
The disclosure discloses a method for sending trigger message to a Machine Type Communication (MTC) User Equipment (UE), including that: an MTC server sends the trigger message to an MTC InterWorking Function (MTC-IWF); the MTC-IWF packages the trigger message as a short message, and sends the short message to a serving node of the MTC UE via an interface T5; and after receiving the trigger message sent by the MTC-IWF via the short message, the serving node sends the MTC UE the trigger message via control signalling or a short message. The disclosure further discloses a system for sending the trigger message, and an MTC UE. With the disclosure, the trigger message can be sent to the MTC UE via an interface T5.
US09467505B2
Maximum throughput of a storage unit, and workload and latency values of the storage unit corresponding to a predefined fraction of the maximum throughput are estimated based on workloads and latencies that are monitored on the storage unit. The computed metrics are usable in a variety of different applications including admission control, storage load balancing, and enforcing quality of service in a shared storage environment.
US09467496B2
A method of synchronizing a first device capable of displaying video content and including the video content, and a second device capable of displaying E-book content associated with the video content and including the E-book content. The first device is connected to the second device according to a specific protocol. In response to a specific event for the video content or the E-book content occurring in one of the first and second devices, the device in which the specific event occurs generates event information about the specific event and transmits it to the other of the first and second devices, and performs the specific event according to the event information. Upon receiving the event information, the other of the first and second devices performs the specific event according to the received event information in synchronization with the device in which the specific event occurred, using synchronization information between the video content and the E-book content.
US09467487B2
An apparatus and method of providing a user with a web-browser supplement is disclosed. One method includes providing access to a focal group, wherein the focal group includes at least one member having at least one association with the user. Access is provided to information associated with the at least one member having relevance to the focal group. Web browsing by the user is supplemented by the information of the members of the focal group.
US09467486B2
A system for facilitating a multi-user video chat session, wherein the system comprises multiple electronic client devices and a server. The server receives, from each client device, an information unit representing user activity at the client device. The server selects one or more information units based on measurements of user activity in the information units received. The server generates a combined video stream including said selected one or more information units, wherein the combined video stream is sent to at least one client device.
US09467485B2
A method for switching a session of an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) network and an Emergency Access Transfer Function (EATF) entity are disclosed. The method includes: the EATF entity anchoring a call sent by a network element in a call initiation domain, and routing the call to an Emergency-Call Session Control Function (E-CSCF); the EATF entity receiving call transfer invite message sent by a network element in a call termination domain; and if identifying that the call transfer invite message is an invite message inviting to perform transfer of the call, the EATF entity performing media negotiation, and sending a response message carrying media information to the network element in the call termination domain.
US09467483B2
A system, a method and a computer-program product for exchanging communications between user sessions are provided. A first push channel and a first messaging channel on a first application server for connecting a first client to the first application server are established. The first messaging channel communicates with the first push channel, where both channels form a first session corresponding to the first client. A second push channel and a second messaging channel on a second application server for connecting a second client to the second application server are established. The second messaging channel communicates with the second push channel, where both channels form a second session corresponding to the second client. The first and second application servers communicate on a communication network. Messages are exchanged between the first and second messaging channels to form a connection between the first and second clients.
US09467478B1
A method for creating a secure network is provided. The method comprises establishing an overlay domain to control routing between overlay edge routers based on an underlying transport network, wherein said establishing comprises running an overlay management protocol to exchange information within the overlay domain; in accordance with the overlay management protocol defining service routes that exist exclusively within the overlay domain wherein each overlay route includes information on at least service availability within the overlay domain; and selectively using the service routes to control routing between the overlay edge routers; wherein the said routing is through the underlying transport network in a manner in which said overlay routes is shared with the overlay edge routers but not with the underlying transport network via the overlay management protocol.
US09467476B1
Context aware microservice networks and contextual security policies for microservice networks are provided herein. In some embodiments, a system includes a plurality of microservices, each of the plurality of microservices having a plurality of distributed microservice components. At least a portion of the distributed microservice components execute on different physical or virtual servers in a data center or a cloud. The system also includes a plurality of logical security boundaries, with each of the plurality of logical security boundaries being created by a plurality of enforcement points positioned in association with the plurality of distributed microservice components. Each of plurality of microservices is bounded by one of the plurality of logical security boundaries.
US09467475B2
Systems and methods for a secure mobile framework to securely connect applications running on mobile devices to services within an enterprise are provided. Various embodiments provide mechanisms of securitizing data and communication between mobile devices and end point services accessed from a gateway of responsible authorization, authentication, anomaly detection, fraud detection, and policy management. Some embodiments provide for the integration of server and client side security mechanisms, binding of a user/application/device to an endpoint service along with multiple encryption mechanisms. For example, the secure mobile framework provides a secure container on the mobile device, secure files, a virtual file system partition, a multiple level authentication approach (e.g., to access a secure container on the mobile device and to access enterprise services), and a server side fraud detection system.
US09467474B2
Various aspects of the disclosure relate to configuring and providing policies that manage execution of mobile applications. In some embodiments, a user interface may be generated that allows an IT administrator or other operator to set, change and/or add to policy settings. The policy settings can be formatted into a policy file and be made available for download to a mobile device, such as via an application store or to be pushed to the mobile device as part of a data push service. The mobile device, based on the various settings included in the policy file, may perform various actions to enforce the security constraints that are represented by the policy. The various settings that can be included in a policy are numerous and some examples and variations thereof are described in connection with the example embodiments discussed herein.
US09467470B2
A method in one example implementation includes intercepting a network access attempt on a computing device and determining a software program file associated with the network access attempt. The method also includes evaluating a first criterion to determine whether the network access attempt is permitted and blocking the network access attempt if it is not permitted. The first criterion includes a trust status of the software program file. In specific embodiments, the trust status is defined as trusted if the software program file is included in a whitelist of trustworthy program files and untrusted if the software program file is not included in a whitelist. In more specific embodiments, the method includes blocking the network access attempt if the software program file has an untrusted status. In further embodiments, an event is logged if the software program file associated with the network access attempt has an untrusted status.
US09467469B2
According to certain non-limiting embodiments disclosed herein, the functionality of a server is extended with a mechanism for identifying connections with clients that have exhibited attack characteristics (for example, characteristics indicating a DoS attack), and for transitioning internal ownership of those connections such that server resources consumed by the connection are reduced, while keeping the connection open. The connection thus moves from a state of relatively high resource use to a state of relatively low server resource use. According to certain non-limiting embodiments disclosed herein, the functionality of a server is extended by enabling the server to determine that any of a client and a connection exhibits one or more attack characteristics (e.g., based on at least one of client attributes, connection attributes, and client behavior during the connection, or otherwise). As a result of the determination, the server changes its treatment of the connection.
US09467467B2
A method for detecting a privilege escalation vulnerability comprises selecting an address identifier of a web address with secure content. A first response to the address identifier being submitted as a first user having a first security clearance that is not sufficient to access the content is received. If not, then a second response to the address identifier submitted as a second user having a second security clearance that is sufficient to access the content is received. If a comparison of the first response to the second response satisfies a second vulnerability condition, then a privilege escalation vulnerability is reported. If not, then a first term frequency for the first response and a second term frequency for the second response are determined and compared. If the comparison of the first term frequency and the second term frequency satisfies a third vulnerability condition, then a privilege escalation is reported.
US09467464B2
The disclosure relates to a log correlation engine that may cross-reference or otherwise leverage existing vulnerability data in an extensible manner to support network vulnerability and asset discovery. In particular, the log correlation engine may receive various logs that contain events describing observed network activity and discover a network vulnerability in response to the logs containing at least one event that matches a regular expression in at least one correlation rule that indicates a vulnerability. The log correlation engine may then obtain information about the indicated vulnerability from at least one data source cross-referenced in the correlation rule and generate a report that the indicated vulnerability was discovered in the network, wherein the report may include the information about the indicated vulnerability obtained from the at least one data source cross-referenced in the correlation rule.
US09467457B2
A system that authorizes access to a resource by a client validates the client and generates a Security Assertion Markup Language (“SAML”) assertion for the valid client. The system then sends an access request with the SAML assertion to a OAuth server. In response, the OAuth server returns an access token for the resource to the client.
US09467455B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for network risk assessment. One of the methods includes obtaining information describing network traffic between a plurality of network devices within a network. A network topology of the network is determined based on the information describing network traffic, with the network topology including nodes connected by an edge to one or more other nodes, and with each node being associated with one or more network devices. Indications of user access rights of users are associated to respective nodes included in the network topology. User interface data associated with the network topology is generated.
US09467450B2
A patient data exchange system comprises at least one device. Each of the devices implements an interface. When a device in the patient data exchange system publishes patient data, the device generates a metadata envelope that encapsulates the patient data. The metadata envelope conforms to a schema that defines allowable metadata attributes of the metadata envelope. When a device in the patient data exchange system receives a metadata envelope that conforms to the schema, the device determines, based at least in part on a metadata attribute of the metadata envelope, a particular patient data handling policy to apply to patient data encapsulated by the metadata envelope. In some instances, the metadata attribute indicates that authorization is required from an authorization service to access the patient data encapsulated by the metadata envelope.
US09467449B2
The invention proposes a method and device for protection of data for devices connected in a network such as a local area network or LAN. The method and device can for example be implemented on a gateway, which acts as an interconnecting device between the devices in the LAN network and that can offer these devices an access to an external network such as a wide area network or WAN. The method and device thus offers a protected environment for applications that are executed on the gateway, such as applications downloaded from the WAN. The method and device gives the applications executed on the gateway controlled access to the LAN resources in order to protect the data that the LAN devices share within the LAN, while giving the applications access to the WAN.
US09467446B2
In particular embodiments, a method includes receiving, by a computing device including an import/export framework, encoded client data. The client data may be encoded by a generic transcoding service. The method includes performing load-balancing based at least in part on the client data, authorizing the client's access of a remote application, and exporting the encoded client data to the remote application.
US09467444B2
The disclosed network resource management system employs a hardware configuration management (HCM) information handling system (IHS) that may couple to a single administered IHS or to multiple administered IHSs via an administrative network. An HCM tool in the HCM IHS may generate, modify and store hardware configuration information, including physical network identifications (PNet IDs), in an HCM database and share the HCM database with the administered IHSs. The administered IHS may be a privileged network access (PNA) IHS. The PNA IHS may receive a privileged network access management (PNAM) database from a PNAM IHS via the administrative network. The PNA tool may extract hardware configuration information, including PNet IDs, from the HCM database and privileged network access information, including PNet IDs, from the PNAM database. The PNA tool may utilize the information, including PNet IDs, to enable the PNA IHS to limit access to privileged networks.
US09467442B2
Techniques are disclosed for rapidly securing a server in response to request for a high-assurance digital certificate. As described, a CA may issue a basic tier certificate after performing a verification process to confirm that a party requesting a certificate for a given network domain, in fact, has control of that domain. Once issued and provisioned on the server, the server can establish secure connections with clients. At the same time, the CA continues to perform progressive identity verification processes for progressively higher tiers of certificates. Once the identity verification process at each tier is complete, the CA issues a new certificate for the corresponding tier, which may then be provisioned on the server. After performing all of the identity verification processes, the server can issue the requested high-assurance certificate.
US09467441B2
Systems and methods for a secure service delegator. In some embodiments, an Information Handling System (IHS) operated by a manufacturer of a client device provided to a customer enterprise may include a processor and a memory coupled to the processor. The memory may include program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution by the processor, cause the IHS to: receive, from the client device via a secure connection, a request to obtain a provisioning credential; identify a delegate provisioning server associated with the customer enterprise; and enable the client device to access the delegate provisioning server and to retrieve the provisioning credential from the delegate provisioning server.
US09467439B2
An access control method including: receiving a log information item indicating use history of electrical equipment that is used together with an intended product; receiving product information including information for identifying the intended product; storing the log information item received in the receiving of a log information item and the product information received in the receiving of product information, in association with each other; and controlling whether or not to allow access to the log information item based on the product information associated with the log information item when access to the log information item is attempted.
US09467434B2
Disclosed are some examples of systems, methods and storage media for generating a platform-independent document. In some implementations, a system is capable of receiving a request to generate a platform-independent document, the request including markup language content. The system is further capable of providing the markup language content to a rendering engine. The system is further capable of intercepting resource requests communicated from the rendering engine. The system is further capable of communicating the intercepted requests, or one or more requests based on the intercepted requests, to retrieve resources identified in the intercepted requests. The system is further capable of receiving resources retrieved based on the communicated intercepted requests. The system is further capable of providing the retrieved resources to the rendering engine, which subsequently renders the platform-independent document based on the markup language content and the retrieved resources.
US09467428B2
An information security attachment device for voice communication and an information security method for voice communication using the same are provided. The information security attachment device includes a user interface unit, a compression unit, an encryption and decryption unit, and a conversion unit. The user interface unit receives an information security request from a user, and displays whether or not information security is being performed. The compression unit compresses a voice signal. The encryption and decryption unit encrypts the compressed voice data in response to an information security request or an information security control command, requests a terminal to send the encrypted voice data, decrypts the encrypted voice data in response to an information security request or an information security control command, and outputs the decrypted voice data. The conversion unit restores the voice data to an analog voice signal, and outputs the restored analog voice signal.
US09467424B2
Methods and systems are provided for proxying data between an application server and a client device. One exemplary application system includes an application server to generate a virtual application and a proxy server coupled to the application server over a network to provide the virtual application to a client device. The proxy server receives input data from the client device and provides the input data to the application server, wherein the application server encodes the input data for an action in response to authenticating the proxy server and provides the data encoded for the action to the proxy server. The proxy server performs the action on the data and provides the result to the client device.
US09467422B2
A method in a security device for processing network flows includes storing local counter values for one or more events and providing global event counters to maintain event statistics for events in the security device. In one embodiment, the method stores local counter value of an event for each packet processor reporting the event in a counter memory and the method sums the local counter values of an event stored in the counter memory to generate the global counter sum value for the event. In another embodiment, the method compares the global counter sum to a threshold value to put the event in a conforming state or non-conforming state. The method sends a multicast message to the interested packet processors indicating an event has transitioned to a non-conforming state.
US09467418B1
Caching connection information used to establish a communication connection setup between at least two endpoint devices across a data network. One example of operation may include exchanging at least one interface address and at least one globally unique identifier between the at least two endpoint devices. The method may also provide retrieving a last successful connection setup information based on the at least one globally unique identifier and the at least one interface address, assigning at least one port number to the at least one interface address via at least one of the two endpoint devices, exchanging at least one rendezvous message between the at least two endpoint devices to share connection setup information, and storing at least one of the at least one interface address, that at least one globally unique identifier, the last successful connection setup information, and the at least one port number in a cache file.
US09467417B2
A method for logging communication includes determining when a target user is active and identifying an access device and private Internet Protocol (IP) address associated with the target user when the target user is active. The method further includes causing the access device to provide traffic information associated with the target user to a logging device.
US09467414B2
In one embodiment, a request to create a note is received from a first user. The note includes a message and a first location of the first user. A note record is created of the message, the first location, and a first user-interest associated with the first user. A number of second users are identified based on second locations of the second users, and second user-interests associated with the second users. The message is sent to the identified second users. In response to sending the message, the current location of the first user is determined compared to the first location. If the first user is within a predetermined distance from the first location, a notification is sent to the first user indicating that the message has been sent to the second users.
US09467404B2
The embodiments of the present invention provide a processing method and processing system for instant messages in a network conference. The processing method for instant messages comprises: establishing connection between a conference application server and an instant message server, wherein the conference application server is further connected to a conference client, and the instant message server is further connected to an instant message client; and controlling message transfer between the conference application server and the conference client or between the instant message server and the instant message client according to the state of the conference client and the state of the instant message client. With the manners above, the processing method and processing system of the present invention enable a message client to which the conference client in the network conference corresponds to receive instant messages in a more humanized manner, thereby improving the experiences of the user.
US09467401B1
A current email addressed to an email address of a user account associated with a user can be received by an automated reply service with an automated reply enabled. The automated reply can include an automated reply notification. A current context of the current email can be compared to a previously established monitored reply history of the user to determine a normal reply to the email. A risk assessment can be applied to the default automated reply notification and the normal reply of the current email with weighting for current email aspects including urgency, recipients, sender, subject, and information in an automated reply notification. An action can be performed to the default automated reply notification based on the risk assessment.
US09467400B2
A computer-implemented method, carried out by one or more processors, for managing unavailability notices. In an embodiment, the method comprises the steps of initializing an out of office notice, wherein the out of office notice is associated with a first user of an e-mail service; receiving inputs for the out of office notice, wherein the inputs include one or more of: a duration of time selection, alternative contact information, and message content; receiving a list of one or more user to whom to send an out of office alert notice with the received inputs; and sending to the one or more users from the list the out of office alert notice with the received inputs and a reminder function, wherein the reminder function allows for each of the one or more users to receive a reminder about unavailability at another time.
US09467383B2
Systems, devices, and methods, including executable instructions and/or logic thereon, are provided for server site selection. A system includes a load balancing master configured to have a domain name server (DNS) capability with extensions to support iterative control and a manager capability to select among server sites to probe. The system includes a load balancing slave, communicatively coupled to the master, configured to have a DNS reflection capability to measure a round trip time (RTT) between the load balancing slave and a client local DNS server and an actor capability to respond to commands from the manager and to report a measured RTT to the load balancing master.
US09467379B2
Methods and apparatus for multiple user uplink are provided. In one aspect, a method of wireless communication is provided. The method includes transmitting a scheduling message to one or more stations. The scheduling message requests the one or more stations to transmit a station information message in response to the scheduling message. The method further includes receiving a plurality of station information messages. The station information messages indicates station information. The method further includes transmitting a media access control multi user (MAC MU) scheduling message to two or more stations. The MAC MU scheduling message is included in a payload portion of a physical layer data unit (PPDU) and indicates an uplink transmission opportunity and requests the two or more stations to concurrently transmit uplink data at a specific time.
US09467378B1
A method involving a Software-Defined Networking (SDN) switch. A packet is received onto a SDN switch via a NFX circuit. The NFX circuit determines that the packet matches no flow entry stored in any flow table in the NFX circuit and forwards the packet to a NFP circuit. The NFP circuit determines that the packet matches a first flow entry that applies to a relatively broad flow of packets stored in a flow table in the NFP circuit, generates a new flow entry that applies to a relatively narrow subflow of packets, and forwards the new flow entry to the NFX circuit that stores the new flow entry in a flow table in the NFX circuit. A subsequent packet is received onto the SDN switch via the NFX circuit and is switched using the new flow entry stored in the NFX circuit without forwarding the packet to the NFP circuit.
US09467376B2
An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method for sending an IP packet. The method includes: acquiring, an IP address and a MAC address of a first network element; sending, the IP address to generate a first table entry; sending, the IP address and the MAC address to generate a second table entry; advertising, a routing message; receiving a first IP packet; forwarding, the first IP packet. An embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a corresponding device. According to the method and the device, a local device communicates with a remote device via a router; there is no need for the router to discover the local device via a routing protocol and dynamically establish and maintain the destination IP address in the routing forward table, as a table entry of the local device, thereby reducing the overhead of the router.
US09467374B2
In one embodiment, a network device, such as a router, receives a frame containing a message from a first terminal unit. The network device modifies the received frame by replacing an original value of an originator identifier field in the frame with a new value that is locally unique on a particular data link. The network device than forwards the modified frame to a selected second terminal unit selected from a plurality of terminal units.
US09467372B2
A method carried out by a network node using in a system for forwarding IP packets. When the network node receives an IP packet from a first network interface, the network node determines whether the destination address of the IP packet matches an IP address in the IP address section of a first routing rule. If the destination address of the IP packet matches the IP address in the IP address section of the first routing rule, the network node forwards the IP packet to a second network interface. The first routing rule comprises at least one IP address section and at least one network interface section. One or both of the first network interface and the second network interface is not assigned with an IP address. The network node comprises at least three network interfaces.
US09467369B2
Apparatus and methods for delivery of content in a packetized network. In one embodiment, content and/or services can be associated with an IP address. The IP address may be assigned to multiple server devices disposed at geographically diverse locations. Delivery caches may advertise, via a routing protocol, one or more addresses to clients of the network. Route selection may be configured based on one or more rules such as geographical proximity, available bandwidth, server availability, server load, delivery cost, client subscription level, licensing rules, and/or other metric. Delivery caches may be configured to control their availability and/or load through IP address withdrawals and announcements. When the “closest” delivery cache may become unavailable (e.g., it is not announcing the IP address for the content the client is trying to obtain, a route to the next “closest” available delivery cache may be utilized.
US09467367B2
In an embodiment, a method comprises: receiving a data communications packet comprising one or more labels in a label stack; determining whether a table identifier is present in the label stack. In response to determining that the table identifier is present in the label stack: based, at least in part, on the table identifier, a label table is determined; a next hop for the data communications packet is determined by performing a next-hop lookup in the label table using at least one of the one or more labels; and the data communications packet is forwarded to the next hop. In an embodiment, the method is performed by one or more computing devices.
US09467357B2
A method for a power save mode operation in a wireless local area network (WLAN) system is provided. The method comprising determining a type of a receiving station (STA) indicator on the basis of the number of STAs which are associated with the AP and which intend to transmit buffered traffic; generating a traffic indicator map (TIM) element including information which indicates the receiving STA indicator and the type of the receiving STA indicator, transmitting the TIM element, receiving a poll frame for requesting data frame transmission from one STA among the STAs and transmitting the data frame to the STA.
US09467355B2
Enabling associations between cloud services in a computer network cloud infrastructure system is described. Cloud services can include infrastructure as a service (IAAS) storage and processing services, platform as a service (PAAS) database and Java services, and software as a service (SAAS) customer resource management services. Associations between the services can include automatically sharing security certificate-based keys and tokens or otherwise sharing data. Upon subscribing to a cloud system through an automated system, a user is prompted to select allowable associations between the selected services. The services are then provisioned and the user-selected associations are enabled.
US09467348B2
Systems, methods, and devices for reducing overhead messaging such as event-driven LSAs in networks are disclosed. Embodiments of such systems, methods, and devices generate a simplified link-topology map from a comprehensive link-topology map. The comprehensive link-topology map is representative of the links among a plurality of networked satellite-traffic terminals (STTs). Embodiments of such systems, methods, and devices also generate, based at least in part on the simplified link-topology map, an STT-specific set of link state advertisement (LSA)-transmission instructions for each STT in the plurality. At least one such set of LSA-transmission instructions directs the corresponding STT to transmit LSAs on less than all of the links that extend in the comprehensive link-topology map from the corresponding STT. In addition, embodiments of such systems, methods, and devices also transmit the respective sets of LSA-transmission instructions to the respective STTs for which said sets were generated.
US09467346B2
In general overview, the present disclosure is directed to a system and method for selectively displaying a frame of an application user interface on a mobile computing device. A user interface analyzer on a mobile computing device analyzes a user interface for an application executing on a remote server. The user interface analyzer identifies frames in the user interface, the positions of the frames, relationships between frames, and horizontal and vertical panning offsets to move between adjacent frames. The mobile computing device receives a user input requesting the display of an adjacent frame. Based on the information the user interface analyzer obtained, the mobile computing device displays an adjacent frame of the user interface.
US09467340B2
Provided are a logical channel establishing method and system, an edge virtual bridging (EVB) station, and a bridge. The method includes: an EVB station respectively sending a first CDCP message to a first EVB bridge and a second EVB bridge, both of which belong to a same LAG portal, to request for SVIDs corresponding to required logical S-channels, wherein the EVB station requests the first EVB bridge for SVIDs of a part of logical S-channels in the required logical S-channels, and the EVB station requests the second EVB bridge for SVIDs of the rest part of logical S-channels in the required logical S-channels; the EVB station respectively obtaining the SVIDs allocated by the first EVB bridge and the second EVB bridge according to the first CDCP message; and the EVB station configuring the allocated SVIDs to the corresponding logical S-channels, and respectively sending a second CDCP message to the first EVB bridge and the second EVB bridge, to respectively inform the first EVB bridge and the second EVB bridge of all SVIDs configured by the EVB station for the required logical S-channels.
US09467339B2
A device may receive information that identifies a toll-free data service campaign to be tested. The device may receive information that identifies a network to be used to test the toll-free data service campaign. The device may deploy the toll-free data service campaign on the network by deploying a campaign rule, associated with the toll-free data service campaign, that identifies a condition for charging a content provider, associated with the toll-free data service campaign, for data used by a mobile device in association with the toll-free data service campaign. The device may determine a testing criteria for testing the toll-free data service campaign on the network. The device may test the toll-free data service campaign on the network using the testing criteria. The device may determine a test result based on testing the toll-free data service campaign, and may provide information that identifies the test result.
US09467333B2
A network access control method for a virtual desktop service is provided. The network access control method provides the user's virtual desktop IP allication, network access control, and user service group authorization. The network access control method provides a convenient and efficient way for virtual desktop service management.
US09467332B2
A system includes a network element communicatively coupled to another network element through an intraportal link forming a node portal. The network element is communicatively coupled to a source network element within a network attached to the node portal. The network element is configured to monitor a protect path for an automatic protection switching (“APS”) message from the source network element, determine that the APS message has been received, monitor an intraportal link for an expected message from the other network element, determine that the expected message has not been received, monitor integrity of the intraportal link, determine that the intraportal link has failed and determine that the other network element has failed based upon determining that that the APS message has been received, that the expected message has not been received, and that the intraportal link has failed.
US09467326B2
The present disclosure discloses a method and network device for a rate limiting mechanism based on device load/capacity or traffic content. Specifically, the system receives a request from a network node, and determines whether a ratio between a current load and a capacity exceeds a threshold. If so, the system determines a wait time period based on current load/capacity ratio, and responds to the network node with a message including the wait time period. Moreover, the system can inspect content of the request to determine a message type, and whether the message type indicates that the request is associated with dependent messages. If so, the system responds to the request with a busy message including the wait time period. Further, the system rejects new session requests if the number of concurrent sessions currently connected to the network device approaches the number of sessions associated with a regression point.
US09467322B2
A system for distributing media includes a wide area network (WAN), a media player coupled to the WAN at a first home, and a media server coupled to the WAN at a second home for providing media. A service is coupled to the WAN for receiving a request for media from the media player and for establishing a connection between the first and second homes over the WAN. Media is streamed across the WAN from the second home to the first home. The system may include a storage device coupled to the media player where media is transferred across the WAN for storage at the storage device. A media device may be coupled to the media player for playing the streamed/transferred media where the media player and the media device may comprise a television, stereo, or computer and the media item may comprise video, photographs, or audio.
US09467316B2
Disclosed is a method for transmitting a low-frequency signal over a data transmission link using a digital high bit-rate signal including the steps of creating a modulated digital high bit-rate signal the average power of which varies according to the low-frequency signal, supplying the modulated digital high bit-rate signal to a first end of the data transmission link, receiving the modulated digital high bit-rate signal at a second end of the data transmission link or at an intermediate node of the data transmission link, and detecting the low-frequency signal by low-pass filtering the received modulated digital high bit-rate signal. According to the invention, the variation of the average power of the modulated digital high bit-rate signal is effected by a variation of the density of “high” bits according to the low-frequency signal.
US09467315B2
Receiver circuitry is disclosed that can take circuit branches offline to possibly adapt an offset value. In one embodiment, a circuit in a receiver has at least two branches. Each branch includes an adjustor to adjust the branch signal by an offset value. Selection circuitry takes one of the branches offline by selecting the output of that branch as an offline value, and by selecting the output of one or more of the other branches as a data decision value. The selection circuitry changes which branch is taken offline during the operation of the circuit. When a branch is taken offline, an offset value associated with that branch may be updated, if necessary.
US09467305B2
Routers and host machines can host desktops for two or more enterprises. A virtual local area network is established for each enterprise. Each virtual local area network is connected to a plurality of host machines for the enterprise, with each host machine supporting desktops for use by the enterprise. The desktops access computer resources on the enterprise network of the enterprise to which it is connected. Resources within a host machine are shared by having a virtual switch for each enterprise the host machine supports. The virtual switch for an enterprise is connected to the virtual local area network of the enterprise. Desktops in the host machine that are allocated to the enterprise are given network addresses that include the tag for that enterprise. Virtual desktops for different enterprises can be hosted on different partitions of the same host machine.
US09467303B2
A Controller Area Network (CAN) driver (a transmitter) includes a conventional main driver having an open drain first driver MOSFET, for pulling up a first conductor of a bus in a dominant state, and an open drain second driver MOSFET, for pulling down a second conductor of the bus in the dominant state. Since it is difficult to perfectly match the driver MOSFET characteristics for conducting exactly equal currents during turning on and turning off, significant common mode fluctuations occur, resulting in electromagnetic emissions. Source followers are respectively connected in parallel with the first driver MOSFET and the second driver MOSFET for creating a low common mode loading impedance on the conductors during times when the main driver MOSFETs are turning on and turning off to greatly reduce any common mode fluctuations caused by the main driver MOSFETs.
US09467302B2
Methods, systems and computer readable media for quality of service aware hybrid multicast networks are described. A method can include receiving a request for content from a first receiver and initiating a quality of service aware hybrid tree construction by sending a multicast service level specification message to a first overlay tree manager. The method can also include dividing the tree at the overlay tree manager and communicating with other overlay tree managers in the network. The method can further include computing, at each overlay tree manager, a shortest path tree using a constrained algorithm and sending, from each overlay tree manager, a message to each IP manager in the network requesting that the IP managers construct an IP multicast tree and install the tree on one or more corresponding routers. The method can also include enforcing multicast routes and quality of service on the one or more routers.
US09467294B2
Through use of the technologies of the present invention, one is able to store and to retrieve data efficiently. One may realize these efficiencies by coding the data and storing coded data that is of a smaller size than original data.
US09467291B2
An information processing system includes a management unit that manages information of an object that determines at least one of a parent and a child of the object, a receiving unit that receives specification of an authority object that is an object with which authority information is associated and a request of processing that is to be executed by using the authority object, and a determining unit that determines whether to accept the request or not on the basis of results of a comparison between information of an owner object that is an object that approves the authority information and information of an object that is a parent of the authority object.
US09467288B2
Techniques for encryption key destruction for secure data erasure via an external interface or physical key removal are described. Electrical destruction of key material retained in a memory of a storage device renders the device securely erased, even when the device is otherwise inoperable. The memory (e.g. non-volatile, such as flash) stores key material for encrypting/decrypting storage data for the device. An eraser provides power and commands to the memory, even when all or any portion of the device is inoperable. The commands (e.g. erase or write) enable zeroizing or destroying the key material, rendering data encrypted with the destroyed key material inaccessible, and therefore securely erased. Alternatively, the memory is a removable component (e.g. an external security device or smartcard) coupled to the device during storage operation. Removing and physically destroying the memory renders the device securely erased. The device and/or the memory are sealed to enable tamper detection.
US09467262B2
The present invention provides a method for configuring a reference signal, a UE, and an eNB. The method includes: determining, by a UE, a reference signal configuration priority set, and sending information of the reference signal configuration priority set to an eNB; and receiving, by the UE, a reference signal configuration measurement set sent by the eNB, where the reference signal configuration measurement set is configured by the eNB according to the information of the reference signal configuration priority set, and the reference signal configuration measurement set is used for the UE to measure and feed back channel state information. In embodiments of the present invention, a reference signal configuration matched with an optimal actual channel of a UE can be selected when an RRH or a base station is geographically separated, so that the UE can acquire a good channel condition.
US09467257B2
A method and apparatus for compressing resources used for transmitting acknowledgment signals from User Equipments (UEs). An acknowledgment signal is in response to detections from a UE of one or more Physical Downlink Control CHannels (PDCCHs) in respective one or more Transmission Time Interval (TTIs) within M TTIs. Each PDCCH is transmitted over Control Channel Elements (CCEs). Resources account for both CCEs in a same TTI and for TTIs within the M TTIs. A Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ) Acknowledgment Resource Offset (HRO) field in a Downlink Control Information (DCI) format is used to compress resources in both CCE and TTI domains. For the first TTI of the M TTIs, all HRO values compress resources in the CCE domain while for all remaining TTIs, half HRO values compress resources in the CCE domain and half HRO values compress resources in the TTI domain.
US09467251B2
A receiver receives an inter-symbol correlated (ISC) signal with information symbols and a corresponding parity symbol. Values of information symbols are estimated utilizing parity samples that are generated from the parity symbols. One or more maximum likelihood (ML) decoding metrics are generated for the information symbols. One or more estimations are generated for the information symbols based on the one or more ML decoding metrics. A parity metric is generated for each of the one or more generated estimations of the information symbols. The parity metric is generated by summing a plurality of values of one of the generated estimations to generate a sum, and wrapping the sum to obtain a parity check value that is within the boundaries of a symbol constellation utilized in generating the information symbols.
US09467249B2
The present invention is directed to a method of controlling a communications link and apparatus configured to perform this method. This invention is particularly related to but in no way limited to MIMO (multiple inputs multiple outputs) wireless communications systems. The method comprises the steps of determining at the receiver the quality of the communications link and based on this, selecting a group of transmission parameters and an element from this group. These selections are then communicated to the transmitter. The transmission parameter may be the transmission configuration such as the modulation and coding scheme. The invention minimizes the required feedback signaling from the receiver to the transmitter by exploiting temporal correlation of the parameter being controlled, whilst allowing rapid selection of the parameter.
US09467235B1
Circuits, systems and methods that utilize two transducers, of which at least one is a piezoelectric transducer, adapted and coupled to receive and/or generate signals in the forms of sound waves, mechanical vibrations, and/or electromagnetic energy. In one version, two transducers each receive and/or generate separate vibrational energy signals that bear information. Two or more transducers coupled to a switching circuit may send or receive piezo-electrical circuit output signals that include a carrier wave having different frequencies that are within separate frequency ranges. Two or more transducers may generate output signals that are simultaneously processed by or multiplexed by a switching circuit.
US09467230B2
The system and method for ameliorating the effect of close-in user equipment up to a point where the user equipment itself limits the performance. The system and method utilizes a digital filter in front of the LASER modulator being applied to the LASER. Additionally, total power detectors may be used at input to prevent unwanted signals from overloading stages in front of the LASER. In uplink and downlink directions, bidirectional digital filtering in the RUs allows the selective use of a given RU in a given sub-band, by a given WSP. The use of digital filtering in the RU reduces the need for hardware RF switching at the head end to accomplish the same objective of signal flexibility, by one of more WSPs, providing one or more sectors exists within the DAS.
US09467221B2
A method of communicating aircraft messages is provided. The method comprises forming an at-hoc communication network of mobile nodes. Communicating messages between the mobile nodes via the at-hoc communication network using mobile node-to-mobile node communication signals and supplementing communication gaps in the ad-hoc communication network with alternative communication signals.
US09467220B2
A controller device, implemented in a repeating system associated with a vehicle, may activate an antenna device included in the repeating system to cause the antenna device to receive a network signal and transmit an amplified network signal, corresponding to the network signal, to an area around the vehicle; and cause an amplification device, included in the repeating system, to receive the network signal, amplify the network signal to form the amplified network signal, and provide the amplified network signal for transmission by the antenna device.
US09467219B2
An exemplary method comprises positioning a first antenna to receive a first signal from a second antenna, the second antenna comprising energy absorbing material that functions to expand beamwidth, receiving the first signal from the second antenna, detecting a plurality of gains based on the first signal, repositioning the first antenna relative to the second antenna to a position associated with an acceptable gain based on the first signal, removing at least some of the energy absorbing material from the second antenna to narrow the beamwidth of the second antenna, receiving, by the first antenna, a second signal from the second antenna, detecting a plurality of gains based on the second signal, and repositioning the first antenna relative to the second antenna to a position associated with an increased gain of the plurality of gains based on the second signal, the increased gain being greater than the acceptable gain.
US09467214B2
A method and apparatus is disclosed herein for channel state information dissemination for multi-user (MU) multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) (MU-MIMO) transmission schemes based on outdated channel state information. In one embodiment, a method for disseminating channel state information (CSI) coefficients from a first user terminal, where each CSI coefficient corresponds to the CSI previously observed by the first user terminal during transmission resource blocks used by a base station to communicate information to a second set comprising at least one user terminal and not including the first user terminal, comprises: broadcasting by the base station the channel state information (CSI) of each user terminal in the second set of user terminals, on the subset of transmission resources used by the base station to communicate information to each user terminal in the second set; receiving observations of these transmissions by the first user terminal; performing, at first user terminal, eavesdropper channel selection of a subset of CSI coefficients between the base station and the eavesdropping first-user terminal for uplink CSI feedback, the subset chosen out of the set of CSI coefficients between base station and the first user-terminal on the transmission resources used by the base station to communicate information to each user terminal in the second set; scheduling the subset of the selected CSI coefficients for uplink transmission; and transmitting the subset of the selected CSI coefficients via the uplink transmission.
US09467207B2
A system for transferring electrical power, data or both, by way of magnetic induction between a first article and a second article. A first electrically conductive coil is integrated in the first article and a second electrically conductive coil is integrated to a second article. A fastener comprising ferromagnetic or ferrimagnetic material is configured to be positioned through the first coil and the second coil to provide an efficient magnetic conductance path between the first coil and the second coil and to removably secure the first article and the second article together. A control circuit selectively energizes the first coil or second coil with alternating current to transfer electrical energy to the other of said first and second coil.
US09467203B2
A near field communication (NFC) extending method and an extension apparatus are provided. The method includes the following steps: controlling a first NFC unit to perform a matching operation with a second NFC unit of a host device through an NFC function to establish a first wireless connection between a second communication unit in the host device and a first communication unit of the extension apparatus based on a wireless communication protocol; determining whether a matching data has been received from an electronic device through the NFC function; if yes, determining whether the first wireless connection is valid; and if yes, transmitting the matching data to the host device through the first wireless connection.
US09467202B2
Disclosed are a method and apparatus for downloading content using NFC. The content-downloading method of the present invention is performed by a first device, and comprises the steps of: transmitting a content-downloading request for requesting a download of content using a second device; receiving a confirmation to the content-downloading request from the device which has received the content-downloading request; receiving a wake-up request from the second device; and receiving, from the second device, the content downloaded to the second device in response to the content-downloading request. Accordingly, a user may support a download reservation and transmission by simply placing NFC-supporting devices in contact, support a queue download request and list management using NFC between network attached storage (NAS) and a smart device, and support a queue request and caching using a home network after establishing an NFC link.
US09467199B1
Techniques and mechanisms provide a technique for compression using an approximation of a mu-law algorithm.
US09467173B2
The present invention discloses a multi-code Chien's search circuit for BCH codes with various values of m in GF(2m). The circuit includes: a combined matrix unit, a number of first multiplexers, a number of registers and a number of second multiplexers. By designing the Chien's search circuit having several Chien's search matrices, with peripheral components, it is able to achieve applications for different code rates, different code lengths and even different m in GF(2m).
US09467171B1
Systems and methods are provided for decoding a codeword using an iterative decoding process. The systems and methods include receiving a codeword comprising a plurality of symbols, and concurrently processing the received codeword with a detector and a decoder based in part on extrinsic information associated with the plurality of symbols to obtain updated extrinsic information. The systems and methods further include modifying the extrinsic information associated with the plurality of symbols based on the updated extrinsic information, and repeating the processing and modifying steps until a stopping criterion is met.
US09467155B2
A phase-locked loop circuit includes a first circuit, a second circuit, and a voltage down converter. The first circuit generates a first signal based on a reference signal and a feedback signal, and operates based on a first supply voltage. The second circuit generates an oscillation signal based on a second signal, generates the feedback signal by dividing the oscillation signal, and operates based on a second supply voltage lower than the first supply voltage. The voltage down converter generates the second signal by decreasing an activation voltage level of the first signal. The voltage down converter includes at least one passive element electrically connected between the first circuit and the second circuit.
US09467152B2
An output circuit includes: an output portion which includes a plurality of output blocks each of which converts 2-bits parallel data to 1-bit serial data and outputs the converted serial data; a control signal generation circuit; a first clock generation portion; and a plurality of second clock generation portions which individually generate second clocks, wherein each of the output blocks includes: a latency expansion circuit which sequentially latches the 2-bits parallel data according to the reference clock and an inverted reference clock, selects two from the latched data signals based on the latency adjustment signal; and two-clocks flip-flop circuit which latches one of two outputs from the latency expansion circuit in synchronization with the second clock corresponding to the output block and latches the other of the two outputs from the latency expansion circuit in synchronization with the inverted second clock.
US09467144B2
This disclosure relates generally to radiation hardened digital circuits. In one embodiment, a radiation hardened digital circuit includes a delay network and a first Muller C element. The delay network is configured to generate a first delayed clock signal from a global clock signal such that that the first delayed clock signal is delayed with respect to the global clock signal. The first Muller C element is configured to generate a first clock input signal and set the first clock input signal to one of a set of clock states in response to the first delayed clock signal and the global clock signal each being provided in a same one of the set of clock states and is configured to hold the first clock input signal otherwise. Thus, a radiation strike is prevented from causing a soft error in the first clock input signal.
US09467130B2
A delay line circuit is provided and includes a fine delay unit and coarse delay units. Each fine delay circuit includes a first PMOS transistor; a first NMOS transistor; second PMOS transistors whose widths of gate features of the second PMOS transistor are equal; at least one third PMOS transistor, coupled between the power voltage and the source of the first PMOS transistor, whose width of gate features is smaller than the widths of the gate features of the second PMOS transistors, second NMOS transistors whose widths of gate features of the second NMOS transistors are equal; and at least one third NMOS transistor, coupled between the ground voltage and the source of the first NMOS transistor, whose width of gate features is smaller than the widths of the gate features of the second NMOS transistors.
US09467124B2
Aspects of this disclosure relate to voltage generators, such as negative voltage generators. In an embodiment, an apparatus includes a voltage generator, a level shifter, and a semiconductor-on-insulator radio frequency (RF) switch configured to receive a signal from the level shifter. The voltage generator can include a charge pump configured to provide an output voltage, a comparator configured to generate an enable signal based on comparing an indication of a voltage level of the output voltage with a reference value, and an oscillator configured to activate based on the enable signal and to provide a clock signal to the charge pump. The level shifter can receive the output voltage from the charge pump and perform level shifting.
US09467112B2
Provided is a series capacitor for controlling a flow of power on a transmission line, and includes a filter circuit, and a thyristor-controlled circuit, wherein an interconnection and operation of the filter circuit and the thyristor-controlled circuit are performed based on a coordination of control thereof, to connect to a series capacitor bank on a transmission line.
US09467110B1
An electronic system of a hybrid amplifier is described, especially electroacoustic hybrid amplifier comprising a tube voltage amplifier, a tube isolating repeater, a power repeater, and a power repeater power supply, a voltage amplifier power supply, and an isolating repeater power supply.
US09467109B2
The differential signals at the outputs of a differential amplifier quickly change in response to common mode changes in the output differential signals. The amplified input signals amplified by the differential amplifier quickly change in response to common mode changes in the differential signals input into the differential amplifier. A bias voltage input to the differential amplifier is isolated to remove low-frequency components from the bias voltage.
US09467099B2
A linearizer includes: an input terminal; an output terminal; a connection point connected between the input terminal and the output terminal; a diode connected to the connection point; a voltage terminal; and a resistor connected between the voltage terminal and the connection point, wherein 0 V is applied to the voltage terminal.
US09467094B2
Phase-dependent operational amplifiers (“op-amps”) employing phase-based frequency compensation, and related systems and methods are disclosed. A phase-dependent op-amp is provided configured to provide output voltage based on inputs switched by clock signal. The op-amp employs a frequency compensation system having multiple frequency compensation circuits. The frequency compensation circuit corresponding to the clock phase is selected by selection circuit and coupled to the voltage output node. The op-amp charges each frequency compensation circuit during the clock phase to store voltage approximately equal to output voltage. When transitioning to a clock phase, output voltage of op-amp does not have to charge frequency compensation circuit. Voltage of frequency compensation circuit stored during clock phase is approximately equal to output voltage of op-amp for clock phase. The op-amp need only provide a small amount of voltage to the frequency compensation circuit to slew it to its designed voltage during instances of its clock phase.
US09467071B2
Excitation current is applied to an excitation winding of a step-up transformer by switching an input voltage with a first switching element. Excitation energy stored causes a voltage resonant state in the secondary side of the step-up transformer during a period when the excitation current is shut off. When the excitation current is shut off, a second resonant circuit provided in the primary side of the step-up transformer enters a resonant state. When a second switching element of the second resonant circuit is turned on, energy returning to an input side in a region where the output voltage is negative is commutated through a second diode to be absorbed in the input voltage. The second switching element is kept off while the second resonant circuit is in the resonant state, turned on when the resonant state ends, and turned off after the first switching element is turned on.
US09467069B2
A method of controlling a frequency converter comprises steps for measuring phase currents flowing in a three-phase supply network, for generating a first modulation space vector that comprises an angle that is synchronous to a supply voltage of the three-phase supply network and a determined modulation index as an amplitude, for generating a third modulation space vector depending on the first modulation space vector and the measured phase currents and for modulating the frequency converter according to the third modulation space vector.
US09467064B2
A system for converting a first electric voltage into a second electric voltage, comprising: at least two input terminals and two output terminals; and switching members disposed between the terminals, which can convert the first voltage into the second voltage. At least one switching member comprises at least two arms connected in parallel and each arm includes an electronic switch that can be controlled such as to occupy either an on-state or an off-state, said switch comprising a control electrode and two conduction electrodes that conduct current in the on-state. The switching member comprises a common control terminal connected to the control electrode of the switch of each arm, as well as a first common conduction terminal and a second common conduction terminal connected respectively to a first conduction electrode and a second conduction electrode of the switch of each of the arms.
US09467057B2
A multilevel LLC resonant converter comprises a resonant tank connected in series with a primary side of a transformer, a first switch and a second switch connected in series, wherein a common node of the first switch and the second switch is coupled to a mid-voltage point through a first isolation switch and the resonant bank and a third switch and a fourth switch connected in series, wherein a common node of the third switch and the fourth switch is coupled to the resonant tank.
US09467039B2
A ripple suppression circuit has a filter circuit and a follower circuit. The filter circuit has a first input terminal coupled to a signal source to receive a ripple signal and an output terminal to output a filter signal which is the sum of the average value of the ripple signal and a positive bias signal. The follower circuit has a first input terminal, a second input terminal and an output terminal, wherein the first input terminal is coupled to the signal source to receive the ripple signal, the second input terminal is coupled to the output terminal of the filter circuit to receive the filter signal, the follower circuit provides an output signal at the output terminal, the output signal at least partially follows the filter signal.
US09467036B2
Apparatus for coupling magnetic forces into motive force includes a spinner shaft on which a helical array of magnets is mounted and a magnetic power bed. The magnetic power bed includes first and second magnetic boost elements configured to interact magnetically with the helical array of magnets to cause the spinner shaft to rotate as the helical array of magnets passes between the first and second magnetic boost elements. the first magnetic boost element includes two magnets separated by a magnetically responsive material and the second magnetic boost element includes a single magnet, thereby defining a tri-field magnetic flux within the magnetic power bed. The magnetic power bed may further include an auxiliary power bed that interacts with the first and second magnetic boost elements and the helical array. The apparatus may include two or more magnetic power bed with one or more magnetic field shunt bridges extending between the magnetic power beds.
US09467034B2
According to the present invention there is provided an actuator comprising, a movable member, the movable member comprising a support frame which is configured such that it can oscillate about a first oscillation axis and a mirror which is fixed to the support frame such that oscillation of the support frame will effect oscillation of the mirror; an coil, which cooperates with the support frame; one or more boundary portions provided between the support frame and the mirror which reduce the influence of warp transmitted from an edge of the support frame to the mirror, as the support frame oscillates about the first oscillation axis; wherein the support frame further comprises one or more cut-out regions, wherein the one or more cut-out regions are configured to be parallel to at least a portion of the coil, to reduce stress on the coil as the support frame oscillates about the first oscillation axis and/or to reduce the temperature dependence of the properties of the actuator.
US09467031B2
Methods and apparatus that employ a coil-less magnetoelectric flux switch arrangement to repeatedly switch magnetic flux from at least one permanent magnet for the purposes of generating motive force and/or electrical energy.
US09467027B2
The disclosure relates to a direct current electric machine comprising a housing, a rotor having coils configured as electromagnets, and a stator with stator magnets. The rotor and the stator are positioned inside the housing. The electric machine also comprises sliding contacts configured to conduct current which is to be conducted through the coils of the rotor, as a commutator. The electric machine further comprises an interference suppressor configured to suppress electrical interference that emanates from the direct current electric machine. The interference suppressor is positioned outside of the housing.
US09467020B2
A casing configured for receiving a motor. The motor includes a shaft, two end plates substantially perpendicular to the shaft, and two bosses respectively protruding from the two end plates along the shaft. The casing includes two abutting plates. Each abutting plate includes an arcuate resisting surface that substantially faces the other abutting plate for abutting against a corresponding end plate. The distance between the two resisting surfaces increases from the middle thereof to the side thereof. Each abutting plate comprises a notch formed in an edge thereof and extending along the middle of the corresponding resisting surface for receiving a corresponding boss.
US09467015B2
A device for positioning a planar array of magnets within a permanent magnet electrical machine of the type having a rotor and stator with an air gap there between. The device includes a body made of non-ferrous material and having a first side which is attachable to the rotor and a second side which, in an assembled machine, faces the air gap. The first side of the body has a plurality of recesses therein for receiving a corresponding plurality of magnets. The recesses are shaped and arranged to separate the magnets from each other and maintain a consistent spacing between them. When the device is attached to the rotor the magnets are held in a fixed position against the rotor. The electrical machine may be a motor or a generator.
US09467010B2
A method of inserting a continuous conductor having a rectangular cross-section into slot segments formed in a stator core includes forming a core member having a plurality of slot segments each having an opening and inserting a stator winding having a plurality of phases into select ones of the slot segments. Each of the plurality of phases has at least one conductor including a plurality of substantially straight segments alternately connected by a plurality of end loop segments. A section of the at least one conductor includes three consecutive end loop segments and three consecutive straight segments formed from a single continuous conductor. The method further includes narrowing the opening of each of the plurality of slot segments by forming an annular stator core having a central axis. The three consecutive straight segments are substantially similarly radially spaced from the central axis.
US09467003B2
A damping charging device includes a power output unit connectable to an electrical energy generating device to regulate a voltage of electrical energy output by the electrical energy generating device and then output a voltage-regulated electric power; a control circuit maintaining the electric power output by the power output unit in a constant-current and constant-voltage state; a damping inductor connected to an anode of a capacitor battery to be charged; and a high-frequency oscillation switch connected to a cathode of the capacitor battery. The damping inductor includes a silicon steel core having inductance that increases with increased frequency and an amorphous silicon core having inductance that increases with decreased frequency. The actuated high-frequency oscillation switch causes the damping inductor to store and release electrical energy alternately at high frequency, and the damping inductor releases electrical energy having frequency response to offset capacitive reactance and charge the capacitor battery efficiently.
US09466998B2
A a charging kit is provided for charging a mobile electronic device from a battery or other DC power source. The charging kit is housed within a portable case and includes multiple cables including an input cable for connecting to the battery or other DC power source and an output cable for connecting to the mobile electronic device. Power conversion circuitry is provided within the housing for converting DC power to a recharging signal for the mobile electronic device.
US09466987B2
Power transmission device and wireless power transmission system using the power transmission device
A power transmission device includes a power conversion circuit that outputs an alternating voltage in order to generate an alternating magnetic field and a control circuit used to control a frequency of the alternating voltage. The control circuit sets, in a predetermined frequency range, the frequency of the alternating voltage to a higher one of a first frequency at which transmission efficiency is highest and a second frequency at which a voltage generated in the power receiving device is highest, and performs power transmission.
US09466985B2
A power controlling method for a power supplying system coupled to a load is disclosed. City energy is detected. It is determined whether the city energy corresponds to a first pre-determined condition. When the city energy corresponds to the first pre-determined condition, the city energy is transformed to generate a main power to the load. When the city energy does not correspond to the first pre-determined condition, a fuel cell unit is activated to provide a backup power to the load.
US09466984B2
Certain embodiments of the invention may include systems and methods for controlling power ramp rates in renewable variable power generation systems. According to an exemplary embodiment of the invention, a method is provided for limiting power ramp rates. The method can include regulating collective power output of a plurality of variable energy sources by monitoring collective power output of the plurality of variable energy sources, and controlling collective power output of the plurality of variable energy sources with the plurality of power control signals.
US09466978B2
A circuit, a multiple power domain circuit, and a method are disclosed. An embodiment is a circuit including an input circuit having a first output and a second output, the input circuit being coupled to a first power supply voltage, and a level-shifting circuit having a first input coupled to the first output of the input circuit and a second input coupled to the second output of the input circuit, the level-shifting circuit being coupled to a second power supply voltage. The circuit further includes a first transistor coupled between a first node of the level-shifting circuit and the second power supply voltage, and a control circuit having an output coupled to a gate of the first transistor, the control circuit being coupled to the second power supply voltage.
US09466977B2
The invention provides a power surge protection apparatus which includes at least one large capacitor used within a surge protection circuit associated with an electrical load to be protected. This large capacitor or capacitors are arranged to divert and store at least a portion of the energy present in a transient voltage surge to prevent or mitigate damage to the protected electrical load. In preferred embodiments the invention uses large capacitors in the form of electrical double layer capacitors.
US09466973B2
Disclosed herein are an overload and short-circuit sensing circuit and a converter protecting circuit and method. The overload and short-circuit sensing circuit includes: an overcurrent sensing unit sensing a primary current of a converter; a voltage level adjusting unit adjusting a voltage level of the sensed primary current; a rectifying unit rectifying the signal adjusted by the voltage level adjusting unit; a short-circuit sensing unit sensing a current induced to a primary side of the converter due to a short-circuit or an overcurrent at a secondary side of the converter, separately from the overcurrent sensing unit; and a delay unit delaying the signal provided from the rectifying unit and the induced current sensing signal provided from the short-circuit sensing unit and providing the delayed signals to a control circuit for protecting the converter.
US09466968B2
An electrical switching apparatus includes a transductor circuit that senses a direct current between an input terminal and an output terminal and outputs an alternating current proportional to the direct current. The electrical switching apparatus also includes a current sensor configured to sense an alternating current component of the direct current. The electrical switching apparatus further includes an alternating current electronic trip circuit including an arc fault detection circuit configured to detect an arc fault based on the sensed alternating current component. The alternating current electronic trip circuit is also configured to control pairs of separable contacts to trip open based on the alternating current output from the transductor circuit or the detected arc fault. The electrical switching apparatus also includes a power supply structured to provide direct current power to the alternating current electronic trip circuit.
US09466966B2
Novel tools and techniques for installing lines or cables, including, without limitation, power lines, low voltage lines, telecommunications lines or cables (e.g., telephone cables, network cables, television cables, etc.), and/or the like, and, in particular, installing optical fiber and/or other lines, slightly below ground level in a roadway or other ground surface. In some cases, a method might include creating a channel in the ground surface, placing one or more lines (e.g., power lines, low voltage lines, telecommunications lines, and/or the like) in the channel, and placing a capping material in the channel, thereby encapsulating the lines. In some cases, placing the one or more lines in the channel might include placing a conduit (containing the one or more lines) in the channel, and encapsulating the one or more lines might include encapsulating the conduit. The capping material might include polyurea, thermosetting material, and/or any other suitable material.
US09466955B2
A knife switch including an operator device for moving a contact knife between a first open position and a second position in electrical contact with a contact element. A free end of the contact knife provided with a dynamic electric field control device including an electrically conductive element. A switching device including a two-position switch including an at least partly electrically conductive housing, a three-position switch including the knife switch for connecting the two-position switch to a first electric conductor, wherein the at least partially electrically conductive housing is connected to a second electric conductor. A switchgear including switching devices.
US09466952B2
A spark plug having an insulator, a metallic shell disposed around the insulator, a first ground electrode having a first surface facing a side surface of a center electrode in a radial direction so as to form a first gap, and a second ground electrode having a second surface facing the side surface of the center electrode in the radial direction so as to form a second gap. A relation 60°≦θ≦150° is satisfied, where θ is a smaller one of angles formed between a first line connecting an axial line of the center electrode and the center of the first surface and a second line connecting the axis and a center of the second surface when viewed from a forward end side toward a rear end side in the direction of the axis.
US09466943B2
A TOSA can include: a light emitting element; and one or more heating elements thermally coupled to the light emitting element so as to provide a substantially constant heat generation profile and/or temperature profile across the TOSA during a light emitting element dormant period and a light emitting element firing period. The TOSA can include a controller operably coupled with the one or more heating elements so as to control the substantially constant heat generation profile and/or temperature profile. In one aspect, the one or more heating elements can include one or more dedicated heating elements. In one aspect, the one or more of the dedicated heating elements can include a resistor element or coil.
US09466927B2
An aesthetically pleasing docking station that is able to support electronic devices with only an interface connector. The docking station is further equipped with mechanisms that protect the electronic device from damage if it's deflected too far while mated to the docking station.
US09466924B2
An electrical connector includes an insulating body having a base and a tongue protruding from the base, a metal casing surrounding the insulating body, multiple terminals grouped into upper and lower rows and fixedly at the insulating body, a shielding sheet disposed at the insulating body and located between the upper and lower rows of terminals, and a positioning member. A positioning slot is disposed at the base. A first buckling portion is disposed inside the positioning slot. Each terminal has a contact portion extending forward and exposed partially from the tongue, and a soldering portion extending backward out of the base. The shielding sheet has a reserved space corresponding to the positioning slot. The positioning member has multiple positioning holes for positioning the soldering portions, and a second buckling portion passing through the reserved space and fixed to the first buckling portion.
US09466910B2
The present disclosure relates to an improved structure of an electric connector. Each of terminals has a butt joint part and is vertically linked with a joint part, and each joint part has an arch-shaped necked-down section with two grooves , and other side of joint part is linked with a positioning section which has an accommodating cavity and a protruding body separately formed at two opposite side surfaces thereof and is linked with an extension arm by other side. The extension arm is linked with an insertion section in a vertical direction. The insulative base member is formed integrally to encapsulate terminals, butt joint parts can be suspended and extended in a docking chamber, and extension arms and soldering parts are respectively exposed out of the insulative base member, so the terminals can be tightly fastened in insulative base member and the endurability of the electric connector can be enhanced.
US09466906B2
A connection terminal has a movable contact portion that protrudes so as to be able to be pressed from an outside of a contact hole of a housing, and a first curved portion and a second curved portion that are continuously disposed and form a substantial S-shape. The movable contact portion is provided in a free end portion of the first curved portion. A position controlling projection extends from the movable contact portion. The position controlling projection abuts on an inner circumferential surface of the first curved portion or a region where the first curved portion and the second curved portion are continuously coupled to each other when the movable contact portion is pressed.
US09466899B1
A connector includes an insulation body, a first pin row, a second pin row, a first connection terminal row and a second connection terminal row. The insulation body includes a division portion and defines a first receiving groove and a second receiving groove positioned at two opposite sides of the division portion. The first pin row and the second pin row are attached to two opposite sides of the division portion. One of the ends of the first connection terminal row electrically connect to a motherboard, the other one of the ends of the first connection terminal row connect to the first pin row. One of the ends of the second connection terminal row electrically connect to the motherboard, the other one of the ends of the second connection terminal row connect to the second pin row. The disclosure also provides a data cable to connect the connector.
US09466880B2
A patch antenna having a single patch fed with multiple signals is provided. The patch antenna includes: a first patch; a first feeder and a second feeder which are connected to the first patch; and a second patch which is parallel to the first patch. Accordingly, since multiple signals can be fed into a single patch, a MIMO antenna can be embodied by using a patch antenna which has high isolation between feeders without increasing its size.
US09466879B2
The subject disclosure relates to solar energy collection and use in communications systems and to enhancements thereof. In an aspect, dual function antennas are disclosed that can simultaneously function as an antenna and as a solar energy collection system. In further aspects, disclosed embodiments can focus incident solar radiation to increase output voltage of conventional solar cells. Measured and simulated results demonstrate various aspects of the subject disclosure.
US09466872B2
An apparatus comprising a first antenna, a second antenna, wherein the first antenna and the second antenna comprise a common conductor, a variable load connected between the common conductor and a ground connection, wherein an impedance of the variable load is variable, and wherein an operating frequency of the first antenna and the second antenna depends on the impedance, and a selection switch coupled to the first antenna and the second antenna, wherein the selection switch is configured to activate the first antenna and deactivate the second antenna in a first state, and wherein the selection switch is configured to activate the second antenna and deactivate the first antenna in a second state.
US09466866B2
Systems and methods for using power dividers for improved ferrite circulator RF power handling are provided. In one embodiment, a method for switching RF power using a high power circulator switch comprises: operating a ferrite circulator switch to direct RF power to either a first output port or a second output port, the ferrite circulator switch comprising at least three ferrite circulators arranged as a triad switch, wherein a first circulator is coupled to the first output port, a second circulator is coupled to the second output port; and using a waveguide power divider coupled between the first circulator and the second circulator, distributing reflected RF power received at the first output port or the second output port between a plurality of waveguide loads.
US09466862B2
Disclosed are a battery state notifying unit readily exchangeble between battery packs differing in the number of battery cell, a bus bar module and a battery pack including the battery state notifying unit, and a battery state monitoring system including the battery state notifying unit. The battery state notifying unit includes a plurality of subunits corresponding to every battery cell, and the subunits in accordance with a cell temperature signal corresponding to a voltage outputted by a bus bar and a terminal fitting, generates a battery state data composed of a digital signal including a data indicating a state of the battery cell corresponding to the subunit, and transmits the battery state data to the external battery state monitoring unit.
US09466845B2
A valve assembly for supplying gas, in particular for supplying air to a fuel cell, includes a valve assembly having at least two individually controllable valves, a common housing, in which the valves are accommodated, including a common inlet and at least one outlet for each valve, wherein the housing is formed of at least two housing parts, wherein the common inlet is formed in a first housing part, said inlet being coupled to one valve in each case, and wherein the valves are accommodated in a second housing part, wherein the two housing parts are sealed with respect to one another by means of assigned joining surfaces, wherein at least one valve seat for a valve is provided at the joining surface of the first housing part, said valve seat being closable with a sealing surface of the valve.
US09466842B2
An electrode catalyst for a fuel cell, the electrode catalyst including an active particle, the active particle including a core including platinum, a transition metal, and a first nonmetal element; and a shell on the core, the shell including an alloy including platinum and a second nonmetal element, wherein the first and second nonmetal elements included in the core and the shell are the same or different.
US09466838B2
A lithium/graphite fluoride primary battery prepared by a process which includes providing a graphite fluoride powder, mechanically milling the graphite fluoride powder so as to obtain an active material, providing a mixture comprising the active material and an electrically conductive carbon so as to form a part of a positive electrode, providing a body comprising lithium as a part of a negative electrode, and forming an electrochemical cell with the positive electrode and the negative electrode.
US09466836B2
A positive active material for a rechargeable lithium battery including a core including a compound being capable of intercalating and deintercalating lithium and the lithium metal phosphate positioned on the surface of the core, the lithium metal phosphate is represented by Chemical Formula 1, a method of preparing the same, and a rechargeable lithium battery including the same. Li1+(x+y)AxByTi2−(x+y)(PO4)3 Chemical Formula 1 In Chemical Formula 1, A, B, x and y are the same as defined in the detailed description.
US09466834B2
A lithium sulfur cell has a cathode including Li3PS4+n(0
US09466828B2
Disclosed is a method for preparing an electrode active material for a rechargeable lithium battery, including: performing first mixing to mix a carbon-based active material with a low crystalline carbon material; performing second mixing to mix the mixture of the carbon-based active material and the low crystalline carbon material with a ceramic; and performing a heat treatment, an electrode for a rechargeable lithium battery including the electrode active material for the rechargeable lithium battery prepared by the method, and a rechargeable lithium battery.
US09466807B2
Provided is a coating system allowing on-demand preparation and coating of an ink. The coating system (10) includes an ingredient ink supply portion (20), a first pipe (90a), a stirring tank (50) including an ink stirring mechanism (52), a supply regulator portion (30) regulating the respective amounts of ingredient inks supplied to the stirring tank, a controller portion (70) connected to the supply regulator portion through an electric telecommunication line (80), determining a mixing ratio of the ingredient inks, and controlling operation of the supply regulator portion based on the mixing ratio, and a coating device (100) including an ink transport portion (120) connected to the stirring tank and including an ink discharge portion (130).
US09466806B2
An electroluminescent device (10) comprising a substrate (40) and on top of the substrate (40) a substrate electrode (20), a counter electrode (30) and an electroluminescent layer stack with at least one organic electroluminescent layer (50) arranged between the substrate electrode (20) and the counter electrode (30), characterized in that at least one image carrier body (200) is at least partially arranged on the substrate electrode (20), suitable to influence the appearance of the device (10).
US09466798B2
Photoactive compositions of matter, methods for their design and synthesis, and various applications of such compositions of matter are disclosed. Such photoactive compositions may, for example, include any one or more of the following: a core moiety; a primary electron donor moiety; an electron-withdrawing moiety; and an alkyl tail. Some photoactive compositions may further include multiple additional electron donor moieties, electron-withdrawing moieties, and alkyl tails. Methods for designing such photoactive compositions may include selecting a core moiety; selecting an electron-withdrawing moiety to add to the core moiety in order to modify the composition's electronic properties; selecting a primary electron donor moiety to be added in order to further modify the composition's electronic properties; selecting a second electron donor moiety to be added in order to modify the composition's electronic properties even further, if necessary; and synthesizing the designed composition.
US09466794B2
The present disclosure provides a resistive random access memory (RRAM) cells and methods of making the same. The RRAM cell includes a transistor and an RRAM structure. The RRAM structure includes a bottom electrode having a via portion and a non-planar portion, a resistive material layer conformally covering the non-planar portion of the bottom electrode; and, a top electrode on the resistive material layer. The via portion of the bottom electrode is embedded in a first RRAM stop layer. The non-planar portion of the bottom electrode has an apex and is centered above the via portion.
US09466780B2
The invention relates to an actuator unit, which comprises a piezoactuator (1) having a first end face (14′) and a second end face (13′). The actuator unit further comprises a sleeve (9) for accommodating the piezoactuator (1), wherein the sleeve (9) has a first end face (14) and a second end face (13). The actuator unit further comprises a potting compound (11) which surrounds the piezoactuator (1). The piezoactuator (1) and the potting compound (11) are introduced into the sleeve (9). The potting compound (11) extends no further than the first end face (14′) of the piezoactuator (1). The invention further relates to a method for manufacturing an actuator unit and a sleeve for accommodating a piezoactuator.
US09466776B1
A light emitting light string with enhanced heat dissipating efficiency includes a first conductive line and a second conductive line disposed in parallel, and at least one surface mounted light emitting diode (LED) disposed across and forming an electrical connection with the first conductive line and the second conductive line. Each of the first conductive line and the second conductive line is formed by a plurality of segments and a conductive heat dissipating material. Each segment includes a conductive core. Each of two ends of the conductive core is an exposed section. The remaining region of the conductive core includes an insulating layer. The conductive heat dissipating material connects the exposed sections of the adjacent segments to form an electrical contact pad region. The surface mounted LED is disposed on one of the electrical contact pad regions formed at the first conductive line and the second conductive line.
US09466770B2
A method for manufacturing a light emitting device having a light emitting element and a resin layer containing fluorescent material particles and a filler which reflects light comprises a fluorescent material precipitation process for precipitating the fluorescent material particles in advance of the filler. A light emitting device comprises a base body; a light emitting element mounted on an upper surface of the base body via a mounting portion; and a sealing resin for sealing the light emitting element. The sealing resin comprises: a fluorescent material-containing first layer for covering the light emitting element on and above the mounting portion, a fluorescent material-containing second layer formed on an upper surface of the base body around the mounting portion, and a filler-containing layer formed on the fluorescent material-containing second layer around the mounting portion.
US09466769B2
A method is provided for producing a plurality of optoelectronic components. A number of semiconductor chips are arranged on a connection carrier assembly. A frame assembly with a number of openings is arranged in such a way, relative to the connection carrier assembly, that the semiconductor chips are each arranged in one of the openings. A number of optical elements are positioned in such a way, relative to the frame assembly, that the optical elements cover the openings. The connection carrier assembly with the frame assembly and the optical elements is singulated into the number of optoelectronic components, such that each optoelectronic component includes one connection carrier with at least one optoelectronic semiconductor chip, one frame with at least one opening and at least one optical element.
US09466759B2
A method is provided for producing an optoelectronic device, comprising the steps of providing a substrate, applying a nucleation layer on a surface of the substrate, applying and patterning a mask layer on the nucleation layer, growing a nitride semiconductor in a first growth step, wherein webs are laid which form a lateral lattice, wherein the webs have trapezoidal cross-sectional areas in places in the direction of growth, and laterally overgrowing the webs with a nitride semiconductor in a second growth step, to close spaces between the webs.
US09466739B1
The present disclosure relates to an electromagnetic energy detector. The detector can include a substrate having a first refractive index; a metal layer; an absorber layer having a second refractive index and disposed between the substrate and the metal layer; a coupling structure to convert incident radiation to a surface plasma wave; additional conducting layers to provide for electrical contact to the electromagnetic energy detector, each conducting layer characterized by a conductivity and a refractive index; and a surface plasma wave (“SPW”) mode-confining layer having a third refractive index that is higher than the second refractive index disposed between the substrate and the metal layer.
US09466732B2
A memory device having a substrate of semiconductor material of a first conductivity type, first and second spaced-apart regions in the substrate of a second conductivity type, with a channel region in the substrate therebetween, a conductive floating gate over and insulated from the substrate, wherein the floating gate is disposed at least partially over the first region and a first portion of the channel region, a conductive second gate laterally adjacent to and insulated from the floating gate, wherein the second gate is disposed at least partially over and insulated from a second portion of the channel region, and wherein at least a portion of the channel region first portion is of the second conductivity type.
US09466730B2
The invention provides a semiconductor device, including: a substrate of a first conductivity type having an active region and a termination region; an epitaxial layer of the first conductivity type over the substrate; a plurality of first trenches and second trenches in the epitaxial layer; an implant blocker layer formed at bottoms of the first and second trenches; a liner of a second conductivity type different from the first conductivity type conformally formed along sidewalls of the first and second trenches; a dielectric material filled in the first and second trenches defining a plurality of first columns and a plurality second column, respectively; a gate dielectric layer over the epitaxial layer; two floating gates formed on the gate dielectric layer; a source region; an inter-layer dielectric layer; and a contact plug formed on the source region.
US09466719B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide for the enhancement of transistors in a semiconductor structure using a strain layer. The structure comprises a patterned layer consisting of an excavated region and a pattern region, a strain layer located in the excavated region and on the pattern region, an active layer located above the strain layer, a field effect transistor formed in the active layer, and a handle layer located above the active layer. The field effect transistor comprises a source, a drain, and a channel. The channel lies completely within a lateral extent of the pattern region. The source and the drain each lie only partially within the lateral extent of the pattern region. The strain layer alters a carrier mobility of the channel. In some embodiments, the strain layer is introduced to the back side of a semiconductor-on-insulator structure.
US09466706B2
A semiconductor device, comprises: a semiconductor layer, a first gate insulating film, a second gate insulating film and a gate electrode. The semiconductor layer is mainly made of gallium nitride (GaN). The first gate insulating film is formed on the semiconductor layer by atomic layer deposition using ozone as an oxidizing agent and is mainly made of an oxide. The second gate insulating film is formed on the first gate insulating film by atomic layer deposition using oxygen plasma as an oxidizing agent, and is mainly made of an oxide and contains carbon (C) at a lower concentration than that in the first gate insulating film. The gate electrode is formed on the second gate insulating film.
US09466703B2
Provided are a method for fabricating a semiconductor device The method for fabricating include providing a substrate including a first region and a second region, the first region including first and second sub-regions, and the second region including third and fourth sub-regions, forming first to fourth fins on the first and second regions to protrude from the substrate, the first fin being formed on the first sub-region, the second fin being formed on the second sub-region, the third fin being formed on the third sub-region, and the fourth fin being formed on the fourth sub-region, forming first to fourth dummy gate structures to intersect the first to fourth fins, the first dummy gate structure being formed on the first fin, the second dummy gate structure being formed on the second fin, the third dummy gate structure being formed on the third fin, and the fourth dummy gate structure being formed on the fourth fin, forming a first doped region in each of the first and second fins and a second doped region in each of the third and fourth fins by doping impurities into the first to fourth fins on both sides of the first to fourth dummy gate structures by performing an ion implantation process simultaneously in the first and second regions; and removing the first doped region of the first fin and the second doped region of the third fin, or removing the first doped region of the second fin and the second doped region of the fourth fin.
US09466694B2
A method for manufacturing a MOS transistor device includes following steps. A substrate including at least an isolation structure formed therein is provided. Next, a MOS transistor device is formed on the substrate, the MOS transistor device includes a gate, a source region, a drain region and a spacer. After forming the MOS transistor device, at least a first dummy contact is formed on a drain side of the gate and a gate contact is formed to be electrically connected to the gate. The first dummy contact is spaced apart from a surface of the substrate and electrically connected to the gate contact.
US09466691B2
A fin shaped structure and a method of forming the same, wherein the method includes forming a fin structure on a substrate. Next, an insulation layer is formed on the substrate and surrounds the fin structure, wherein the insulation layer covers a bottom portion of the fin structure to expose an exposed portion of the fin structure protruded from the insulation layer. Then, a buffer layer is formed on the fin structure. Following this, a threshold voltage implantation process is performed to penetrate through the buffer layer after forming the insulation layer, to form a first doped region on the exposed portion of the fin structure.
US09466688B2
The present invention provides a semiconductor with a multilayered contact structure. The multilayered structure includes a metal contact placed on an active region of a semiconductor and a metal contact extension placed on the metal contact.
US09466685B2
A semiconductor structure includes a substrate, at least one electrically conductive pillar provided over the substrate and an electrically conductive structure provided over the substrate. The electrically conductive pillar includes an inner portion and an outer layer that is provided below the inner portion and lateral to the inner portion. The electrically conductive structure also includes an inner portion and an outer layer that is provided below the inner portion and lateral to the inner portion. The electrically conductive structure annularly encloses each of the at least one electrically conductive pillar. The outer layer of each of the at least one electrically conductive pillar contacts the outer layer of the electrically conductive structure. The outer layer of the at least one electrically conductive pillar and the outer layer of the electrically conductive structure are formed of different metallic materials.
US09466683B2
A semiconductor device includes a pillar-shaped silicon layer on a fin-shaped silicon layer. A gate insulating film and a metal gate electrode are around the pillar-shaped silicon layer and a metal gate line extends in a direction perpendicular to the fin-shaped silicon layer and is connected to the metal gate electrode. A contact resides on the metal gate line and a nitride film is on an entire top surface of the metal gate electrode and the metal gate line, except for the bottom of the contact. A vertical thickness of the nitride film relative to the substrate is greater than a horizontal thickness of the nitride film on the sidewall of the metal gate electrode and gate line relative to the substrate.
US09466681B2
The present disclosure provides an apparatus and method for fabricating a semiconductor gate. The apparatus includes, a substrate having an active region and a dielectric region that forms an interface with the active region; a gate electrode located above a portion of the active region and a portion of the dielectric region; and a dielectric material disposed within the gate electrode, the dielectric material being disposed near the interface between the active region and the dielectric region. The method includes, providing a substrate having an active region and a dielectric region that forms an interface with the active region; forming a gate electrode over the substrate, the gate electrode having an opening near a region of the gate electrode that is above the interface; and filling the opening with a dielectric material.
US09466677B2
One or more embodiments relate to a semiconductor structure, comprising: a conductive feature; an outer guard ring; and an inner guard ring between the outer guard ring and the conductive feature, the inner guard ring being electrically coupled to the conductive feature.
US09466676B2
Provided are approaches of forming a semiconductor device (e.g., transistor such as a FinFET or planar device) having a gate metal recess. In one approach, a liner layer and a metal layer (e.g., W) are applied in a trench (e.g., via CVD and/or ALD). Then, a single chamber (e.g., an extreme fill chamber) will be utilized to separately etch back the liner layer and the metal layer. In general, the liner layer may be etched back further than the metal layer to provide for larger contact and lower resistance. After etching is complete, a bottom-up fill/growth of metal (e.g., W) will be performed (e.g., via CVD in a W chamber or the like) to increase the presence of gate metal in the trench.
US09466660B2
A semiconductor structure may include a first electrode over a substrate, a high-K dielectric material over the first electrode, and a second electrode over the high-K dielectric material, wherein at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode may include a material selected from the group consisting of a molybdenum nitride (MoaNb) material, a molybdenum oxynitride (MoOxNy) material, a molybdenum oxide (MoOx) material, and a molybdenum-based alloy material comprising molybdenum and nitrogen.
US09466657B2
A display panel is disclosed. The display panel includes a substrate, a plurality of first unit pixel and a plurality of second unit pixel. The substrate includes a first region and a second region extending in a first direction. The plurality of first unit pixels is disposed in the first region of the substrate. The first unit pixel has a first area. The plurality of second unit pixel is disposed in the second region of the substrate. The second unit pixel has a second area which is smaller than the first area.
US09466654B2
An organic light emitting display device is provided having first and second pixel areas. The organic light emitting display device includes a first substrate; a second substrate facing the first substrate; a bank layer on the first substrate at a boundary region between the first and second pixel areas; a light emitting layer on the first substrate within the first pixel area; a light shielding layer on the second substrate at the boundary region between the first and second pixel areas; and a color filter on the second substrate within the first pixel area. A top of the bank layer is higher than a top of the light emitting layer with respect to the first substrate, and a top of the light shielding layer is higher a top of the color filter with respect to the second substrate.
US09466629B2
An image sensor includes a substrate, a shallow trench isolation layer, a first deep trench isolation layer, and a second deep trench isolation layer. The substrate includes a first surface, a second surface opposing the first surface, and a plurality of unit pixel regions. The shallow trench isolation layer is adjacent to the first surface. The first deep trench isolation layer is adjacent to the shallow trench isolation layer and extends toward the second surface in the substrate. The second deep trench isolation layer is adjacent to the second surface and vertically overlaps the first deep trench isolation layer. The first and second deep trench isolation layers isolate the unit pixel regions from each other.
US09466624B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an array substrate and a fabrication method thereof, and a display device. The fabrication method of the array substrate includes: forming a gate metal layer, a gate insulating layer, an active layer and a source-drain metal layer on a base substrate. The forming the gate insulating layer, the active layer and the source-drain metal layer on the base substrate comprises: forming a gate insulating film, an active layer film and a source-drain metal film on the base substrate; forming the gate insulating layer, the active layer and the source-drain metal layer by a single patterning process. The number of the exposing process is reduced, the production cycle is shortened and the fabrication cost is reduced.
US09466622B2
To provide a liquid crystal display device having high quality display by obtaining a high aperture ratio while securing a sufficient storage capacitor (Cs), and at the same time, by dispersing a load (a pixel writing-in electric current) of a capacitor wiring in a timely manner to effectively reduce the load. A scanning line is formed on a different layer from a gate electrode and the capacitor wiring is arranged so as to be parallel with a signal line. Each pixel is connected to the individually independent capacitor wiring via a dielectric. Therefore, variations in the electric potential of the capacitor wiring caused by a writing-in electric current of a neighboring pixel can be avoided, whereby obtaining satisfactory display images.
US09466615B2
A semiconductor device that is suitable for miniaturization is provided. A semiconductor device including a first element, a first insulator over the first element, a first barrier film over the first insulator, a first conductor over the first barrier film, a second barrier film over the first conductor, a second insulator over the second barrier film, and a semiconductor over the second insulator is provided. The first conductor is surrounded by the first barrier film and the second barrier film.
US09466609B2
The device includes plural control gates stacked on a substrate, plural first channels, configured to penetrate the control gates, and plural memory layer patterns, each located between the control gate and the first channel, configured to respectively surround the first channel, wherein the memory layer patterns are isolated from one another.
US09466606B2
A semiconductor storage device according to an embodiment comprises stacks comprising insulating films and first wires that are alternately stacked. Semiconductor parts are provided in the stacks. The longitudinal direction of the semiconductor parts is a stacking direction of the insulating films and the first wires. Charge accumulation layers are provided between the first wires and the semiconductor parts and a plurality of the charge accumulation layers are provided corresponding to one of the semiconductor parts in a cross-section in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the semiconductor parts. A width of first side surfaces of the semiconductor parts on which the charge accumulation layers are provided is larger at bottom ends of the semiconductor parts than at top ends of the semiconductor parts.
US09466605B2
A method of manufacturing a non-volatile memory is provided. A substrate including a first region and a second region is provided. A first patterning process is performed to the first region, so as to form a plurality of gate stack structures in the first region. Afterwards, a first sidewall oxide layer is formed to cover sidewalls and an upper surface of each gate stack structure, and a protection layer is then formed on the first sidewall oxide layer. Next, an ion implantation process is performed to the second region, and a second patterning process is performed to the second region so as to form a plurality of gate structures. Then, a second sidewall oxide layer covering sidewalls of each gate structure is formed.
US09466603B2
A semiconductor device includes a plurality of first conductive structures formed over a substrate, second conductive structures each formed between neighboring first conductive structures of the first conductive structures, air gaps each formed between the second conductive structures and the neighboring first conductive structures thereof, third conductive structures each capping a portion of the air gaps, and capping structures each capping the other portion of the air gaps.
US09466592B2
A multi-chips in system level and wafer level package structure includes a package substrate having a plurality of through holes a multi-chips with different functions and sizes, the metal wires, a package body, and the conductive components. The multi-chips are used to combine with the package substrate so as to the pads of the multi-chips are exposed out of the through holes. The pads of the multi-chips are electrically connected to the connecting terminal adjacent to the through holes by the plurality of conductive wires. The package material is filled into the through holes to form the package body to encapsulate the conductive wire, each active surface and the pads of the multi-chips with the different functions and the sizes by dispensing method so as to the multiple chip system level and wafer level package structure is accomplished by partially packaging method.
US09466589B2
There is provided a power module package. The power module package includes: a base substrate provided with a pattern; a heat spreader formed by being stacked on an upper surface of the base substrate; and at least one first semiconductor device mounted on an upper surface of the heat spreader, wherein an outer circumferential surface of the heat spreader is provided with a coil.
US09466583B2
A semiconductor chip includes an electrode pad on a substrate, a barrier metal layer on the electrode pad, a bump electrode, a first protection layer formed on the substrate, and a second protection layer having an opening. The first protection layer overlaps part of the electrode pad. The second protection layer covers a region over the first protection layer and a region over the electrode pad. The upper surface of the second protection layer has an arc surface. The thickness between the arc surface and the electrode pad as seen in a sectional view is gradually large from the rim of the opening to the rim of the electrode pad. The rate of change of the thickness is higher at the rim of the opening than at the rim of the electrode pad.
US09466578B2
Some novel features pertain to an integrated device that includes a substrate, a first via, and a first bump pad. The first via traverses the substrate. The first via has a first via dimension. The first bump pad is on a surface of the substrate. The first bump pad is coupled to the first via. The first bump pad has a first pad dimension that is equal or less then the first via dimension. In some implementations, the integrated device includes a second via and a second bump pad. The second via traverses the substrate. The second via has a second via dimension. The second bump pad is on the surface of the substrate. The second bump pad is coupled to the second via. The second bump pad has a second pad dimension that is equal or less then the second via dimension.
US09466576B2
An electronic device includes: a base layer; a first layer located at least partially over the base layer; a second layer located at least partially over the first layer; a first metal layer located at least partially over the second layer, wherein one or more signal outputs of the electronic device are formed in the first metal layer; and a second metal layer located at least partially over the first metal layer, wherein one or more gate connection is formed in the second metal layer, wherein removing a portion of the second metal layer disrupts at least one gate connection and deactivates the device.
US09466574B2
Methods of forming a conductive metal layer over a dielectric layer using plasma enhanced atomic layer deposition (PEALD) are provided, along with related compositions and structures. A plasma barrier layer is deposited over the dielectric layer by a non-plasma atomic layer deposition (ALD) process prior to depositing the conductive layer by PEALD. The plasma barrier layer reduces or prevents deleterious effects of the plasma reactant in the PEALD process on the dielectric layer and can enhance adhesion. The same metal reactant can be used in both the non-plasma ALD process and the PEALD process.
US09466560B2
An interposer fabricating process includes the following steps. A substrate, an oxide layer, and a dielectric layer are stacked from bottom to top, and an interconnect in the dielectric layer is provided, wherein the dielectric layer includes a stop layer contacting the oxide layer and the interconnect includes a metal structure having a barrier layer protruding from the stop layer. The substrate and the oxide layer are removed until exposing the stop layer and the barrier layer by a removing selectivity between the oxide layer and the stop layer. A wafer packaging structure formed by said interposer is also provided.
US09466555B2
A semiconductor may include a core block configured to store and output data, and may be configured to output internal information. The semiconductor may include a through via configured for signal transfer with another semiconductor chip. The semiconductor may include an internal information processing circuit configured to transmit internal information selected from the internal information to the through via, or may be configured to output internal information of the other semiconductor chip, which has been transmitted through the through via, to an exterior through a special purpose pin, in response to test signals.
US09466550B2
An electronic device may include an integrated circuit (IC), electrically conductive connectors coupled to the IC, and a heat sink layer adjacent the IC and opposite the electrically conductive connectors. The electronic device may include an encapsulation material surrounding the IC and the electrically conductive connectors, a redistribution layer having electrically conductive traces coupled to the electrically conductive connectors, a stiffener between the heat sink layer and the redistribution layer, and a fan-out component between the heat sink layer and the redistribution layer and being in the encapsulation material.
US09466549B2
A semiconductor module has a structure in which a semiconductor device, an insulating sheet, and a cooler are stacked on each other. The semiconductor device includes a semiconductor element, a heat transfer plate that is connected to the semiconductor element, and a resin molding that seals the semiconductor element and the heat transfer plate. A side surface of the resin molding is inclined away from a center of the resin molding relative to a perpendicular direction to a contact surface of the resin molding that is in contact with the insulating sheet. An angle of inclination of the side surface relative to the perpendicular direction is 3 degrees or larger and 17 degrees or smaller.
US09466546B2
A semiconductor device includes a wiring board; a stack of semiconductor chips disposed over the wiring board, each of the semiconductor chip comprising via electrodes, the semiconductor chips being electrically coupled through the via electrodes to each other, the semiconductor chips being electrically coupled through the via electrodes to the wiring board; a first seal that seals the stack of semiconductor chips; and a second seal that covers the first seal. The first seal is smaller in elastic modulus than the second seal.
US09466541B2
The present disclosure relates to a bump processing method and/or resulting MEMS-CMOS structure, in which one or more anti-stiction bumps are formed within a substrate prior to the formation of a cavity in which the one or more anti-stiction bumps reside. By forming the one or more anti-stiction bumps prior to a cavity, the sidewall angle and the top critical dimension (i.e., surface area) of the one or more anti-stiction bumps are reduced. The reduction in sidewall angle and critical dimension reduces stiction between a substrate and a moveable part of a MEMS device. By reducing the size of the anti-stiction bumps through a processing sequence change, lithographic problems such as reduction of the lithographic processing window and bump photoresist collapse are avoided.
US09466538B1
A method of improving chip-to-chip alignment accuracy for circuitry-including wafer-to-wafer bonding. The method comprises providing separate stages for holding first and second circuitry-including wafers, each stage including a plurality of adjacent thermal actuators arranged in an array integrated with the stage; determining planar distortions of a bonding surface of the first and second circuitry-including wafers; mapping the planar distortions for each wafer based on the relative planar distortions thereon; deducing necessary local thermal expansion measurements for each wafer to compensate for the relative distortions based on the mapping; translating the thermal expansion measurements into a non-uniform wafer temperature profile model and a local heat flux profile model for each wafer; aligning the first and second wafers; and bonding the first and second wafers together. The bonding process includes simultaneously thermally treating at least one of the wafers in situ by individually adjusting the temperature of one or more thermal actuators in the array in accordance with the wafer temperature profile model and the local heat flux model to induce thermal expansion over a surface area corresponding to the dimensions of each adjusted thermal actuator.
US09466533B2
A semiconductor structure including a through electrode includes a lamination body including at least three layers, including respective vertically aligned electrode parts, the electrode part on the surface of an uppermost layer and including an aperture, the electrode part of the intermediate layer having an aperture smaller than the aperture of the uppermost layer; a through-hole extending from the aperture of the electrode part on the uppermost layer to the surface of the electrode part on a lowermost layer, the through-hole having a depressed part on a side wall thereof between the electrode parts therein; an insulating layer disposed on the entire side wall in the through-hole at a part other than on surfaces of the electrode parts; and a conductive material filling the through-hole from the surface of the electrode part on the lowermost layer to the surface of the electrode part on the uppermost layer.
US09466526B2
A metal trench de-coupling capacitor structure includes a vertical trench disposed in a substrate, an insulating layer deposited on the sidewall of the vertical trench, an inter-layer dielectric layer covering the substrate and the insulating layer, and a metal layer penetrating the interlayer dielectric layer to fill up the vertical trench. The metal layer is electrically connected to a power source.
US09466522B2
A method for fabricating semiconductor structure is provided. A substrate having a plurality of blocks is provided. Each of the blocks includes a first region and a second region. The first region and the second region are disposed alternately. A plurality of composite layers is formed on the substrate. The top-most layer of the composite layers is patterned. A plurality of composite blocks is formed on the first region of the substrate. The composite layers and the composite blocks on the blocks are removed successively by a removal process. A staircase structure is formed on the substrate.
US09466516B2
A method of manufacturing a cylindrical thermal insulation wall body having a holding unit of a heater element formed in an inner peripheral surface includes processing a plate-shaped thermal insulation member such that a plurality of groove portions are formed at a predetermined pitch, processing the thermal insulation member such that an angle between either of the first surface and the second surface, and a third surface on which the groove portions are formed, is 90+180/n degrees, and manufacturing the cylindrical thermal insulation wall body by bonding a plurality of sectional thermal insulation members, wherein the plurality of sectional thermal insulation members are bonded such that the groove portions of the adjacent sectional thermal insulation members are aligned with each other and to form the holding unit in the inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical thermal insulation wall body.
US09466515B2
A heat treatment furnace includes: a processing vessel configured to accommodate therein at least one object to be processed; a cylindrical heat insulating member covering a periphery of the processing vessel; and a heater disposed along an inner circumferential surface of the heat insulating member. The heater includes strip-shaped corrugated heater elements disposed along the inner circumferential surface of the heat insulating member, each of the heater elements having valley portions protruding outward and mountain portions protruding inward.
US09466514B2
The present invention relates to a device (100) for the heat treatment of substrates and to a method for recording measurement data in said device, where said device (100) comprises at least one heatable chamber (102), a carrier system (108), a sensor assembly (112), and an actuator (111) that is independent of the carrier system (108). The carrier system (108) is designed to carry substrates, whereas the sensor assembly (112) is further configured for coupling to a data recording and/or data storage device (130). The actuator (111) is coupled to the sensor assembly (112) and is configured to position the sensor assembly (112) within the heatable chamber (102).
US09466513B2
A treatment liquid supply apparatus supplies a treatment liquid to a predetermined object for treatment of a substrate, and recovers the supplied treatment liquid for reuse. The apparatus includes: a first tank in which the treatment liquid to be supplied to the object is stored; a second tank in which the treatment liquid recovered from the object is stored; a transfer unit which transfers the treatment liquid from the second tank to the first tank; a first temperature regulating unit which regulates the temperature of the treatment liquid to be supplied from the first tank to the object; and a second temperature regulating unit which regulates the temperature of the treatment liquid to be transferred from the second tank to the first tank by the transfer unit.
US09466493B2
A sense amplifier (SA) comprises a semiconductor substrate having an oxide definition (OD) region, a pair of SA sensing devices, a SA enabling device, and a sense amplifier enabling signal (SAE) line for carrying an SAE signal. The pair of SA sensing devices have the same poly gate length Lg as the SA enabling device, and they all share the same OD region. When enabled, the SAE signal turns on the SA enabling device to discharge one of the pair of SA sensing devices for data read from the sense amplifier.
US09466483B2
A film deposition apparatus includes a turntable to rotate a substrate thereon, a process gas supply part to supply a process gas to form a thin film on the substrate, a heating part to heat the substrate up to a predetermined film deposition temperature to form a thin film, a plasma treatment part to treat the thin film for modification, a heat lamp provided above the turntable and configured to heat the substrate up to a temperature higher than the predetermined film deposition temperature by irradiating the substrate with light in an adsorption wavelength range of the substrate, and a control part to output a control signal so as to repeat a step of depositing the thin film and a step of modifying the thin film by the plasma, and then to stop supplying the process gas and to heat the substrate by the heat lamp.
US09466480B2
A cleaning process for oxide includes the following step. A substrate having a first area and a second area is provided. A first oxide layer is formed on the substrate of the first area and the second area. An ammonium hydroxide (NH4OH) and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) containing process is performed on the first oxide layer of the first area and the second area. A photoresist layer covers the first oxide layer of the first area while exposing the first oxide layer of the second area. The first oxide layer of the second area is removed. The photoresist layer is then removed.
