US09484202B1
Embodiments herein provide apparatus and methods for performing a deposition and a patterning process on a spacer layer with good profile control in multiple patterning processes. In one embodiment, a method for depositing and patterning a spacer layer during a multiple patterning process includes conformally forming a spacer layer on an outer surface of a patterned structure disposed on a substrate, wherein the patterned structure has a first group of openings defined therebetween, selectively treating a first portion of the spacer layer formed on the substrate without treating a second portion of the spacer layer, and selectively removing the treated first portion of the spacer layer.
US09484199B2
Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to methods for forming a SiGe layer. In one embodiment, a seed SiGe layer is first formed using plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD), and a bulk SiGe layer is formed directly on the PECVD seed layer also using PECVD. The processing temperature for both seed and bulk SiGe layers is less than 450 degrees Celsius.
US09484191B2
A system and method for providing pulsed excited species from a remote plasma unit to a reaction chamber are disclosed. The system includes a pressure control device to control a pressure at the remote plasma unit as reactive species from the remote plasma unit are pulsed to the reaction chamber.
US09484179B2
An X-ray tube includes an emitter, and an electrode assembly. The emitter is configured to emit an electron beam toward a target. The electrode assembly includes at least one electrode having a bias voltage with respect to the emitter. At least one electrode of the electrode assembly is a segmented electrode including a plurality of segments. The plurality of segments includes a first member and a second member. The first member is configured to have a first bias voltage and the second member is configured to have a second bias voltage that is different from the first bias voltage.
US09484178B2
The target includes a target layer configured to be irradiated with an electron to generate an X-ray and a support substrate configured to support the target layer. The support substrate includes a polycrystalline diamond and includes multiple structure planes having different area densities of plane orientations from one another. The target layer is supported by the support substrate at a structure plane with a smaller area density of the {101} plane than the area density of the {100} plane and the area density of the {111} plane.
US09484175B2
A fuse circuit assembly (1) includes: a linking plate (11) configured to carry a current input from an input part (14), the linking plate (11) having a shape tapered with distance from the input part (14) in a flow direction of the current input from the input part (14); a plurality of fusible members (12) each configured to be fused by a current of a predetermined magnitude flowing through each fusible member (12); and a plurality of terminals (13) connected to the linking plate (11) through the plurality of fusible members (12) from locations of the linking plate (11) positioned at intervals in the flow direction.
US09484174B2
A fuse unit includes a bus bar and an insulating protection portion. The bus bar has a power supply connection portion, an output connection portion, and a terminal installation recess provided around the power supply connection portion. The insulating protection portion is disposed on an outer surface of the bus bar so that portions of a surface of the bus bar in the power supply connection portion, the output connection portion, and the terminal installation recess are exposed from the insulating protection portion.
US09484171B2
A thermal protector has superiority in current responsiveness or thermal responsiveness with a simple configuration that does not need a separate manufacturing step of incorporating a resistor. At a stage of press processing for cutting from an original material, a movable plate body part of a movable plate is partitioned into a narrow-width part and a wide-width part by a slim hole. The movable plate is assembled to a fixed conductor with columns of an insulator, a bimetal is assembled to the movable plate, the entire configuration is pressed down by a resinous block, and the entire fixing part is fixed by melting tips of the columns. The wide-width part serves as a normal movable plate, whereas the narrow-width part serves as a conductor in a normal state and as a resistor against an overcurrent.
US09484160B2
A unitary graphene-based current collector in a battery or capacitor. The current collector is or contains a unitary graphene layer that is composed of closely packed and chemically bonded parallel graphene planes having an inter-graphene plane spacing of 0.335 to 0.40 nm and an oxygen content less than 5% by weight (more typically 0.001% to 1%), an average grain size larger than 5 μm (more typically >100 μm; some as large as >cm), a physical density higher than 1.8 g/cm3, and is obtained from heat-treating a graphene oxide gel at a temperature higher than 100° C. (typically and preferably from 1,000 to 3,000° C.). Such an integrated or unitary graphene entity is compatible with essentially all electrolytes commonly used in batteries and supercapacitors.
US09484159B2
A silicon oxide material having a cobalt content of 2-200 ppm is provided. A negative electrode is formed using the silicon oxide material as active material. A nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery constructed using the negative electrode exhibits improved cycle performance while maintaining the high battery capacity and low volume expansion of silicon oxide.
US09484150B2
A multi-mode power amplifying circuit, and a multi-mode wireless transmission module and method thereof are provided. The multi-mode wireless transmission module includes the multi-mode power amplifying circuit and an antenna. In the multi-mode power amplifying circuit and the antenna, a first power amplifier is electrically connected between a signal input end and a first impedance matching circuit, and an output end of the first impedance matching circuit is electrically connected to the antenna. A second power amplifier is electrically connected to the signal input end, and a second impedance matching circuit is electrically connected between the second power amplifier and the first impedance matching circuit. A switching circuit is electrically connected to an input end of the second impedance matching circuit. The switching circuit switches on-off corresponding to an operation of the first power amplifier and an operation of the second power amplifier.
US09484149B2
A resonance-type non-contact power supply system includes a power-transmission-side metal shield to cover an area around a primary coil and a primary resonance coil. A coaxial cable outer conductor of a power-transmission-side coaxial cable and the power-transmission-side metal shield are threadedly engaged using a coaxial male connector and a coaxial female connector.
US09484143B2
An induction component contains, in a housing, a coil, which has a coil core with two end surfaces and a coil winding. The housing consists of a housing base, in turn consisting of plastic, and a hood-like upper part connected thereto. A holder, in which the coil is held non-displaceably in the direction of its longitudinal axis, is arranged on the housing base. It is thus ensured that the air gaps to the right and left between the end surfaces of the coil core and the inner face of the housing upper part are constant.
US09484130B2
A device for assisting in the production of wiring harnesses. The device includes a board, with a groove that makes it possible to receive cables. The device further includes an arrangement for transporting a cable, including a nozzle making it possible to position the cable in the groove of the board. Further, a control is configured and arranged to drive the displacement of the cable transport arrangement. Also, flexible and resilient holding elements are provided for holding cables in the groove. The holding elements deform to allow the nozzle to pass when the nozzle positions a cable in the groove and then revert to their initial form to hold the cable in the groove.
US09484129B2
Provided is a method of manufacturing a superconducting wire. A superconducting tape having an outer surface is provided, a copper layer is formed on the outer surface of the superconducting tape, and first metal tape and second metal tape are respectively attached on a first surface and a second surface of the superconducting tape on which the copper layer is formed.
US09484127B2
A differential signal transmission cable includes a pair of conductors arranged to be distant from each other and parallel to each other, an insulator covering the pair of conductors, the insulator having a transversal cross section including a width in a minor axis direction and a width in a major axis direction greater than the width in the minor axis direction, and an outer periphery shape having curved lines, and a shield conductor wound around the insulator, the shield conductor including a seam or an overlapping region along a longitudinal direction of the insulator.
US09484125B2
The present invention relates to a multilayer strip (1) comprising at least: an essentially mica-based layer (3) and a polymeric layer (2) comprising 60 to 85% by weight of a mineral filler (4) and 15 to 40% by weight of a polymer.
US09484119B2
A reactor cooling system for cooling a nuclear reactor using nitrogen comprising a refrigeration unit for cooling and compressing nitrogen gas into liquid nitrogen, a liquids storage tank to store liquid nitrogen, the tank in fluid communication with the refrigeration unit, a heat exchanger drop system in fluid communication with the liquids storage tank, adjacent to the nuclear reactor, wherein the nitrogen absorbs heat by becoming gaseous, a tank for receiving and holding nitrogen gas in fluid communication with the heat exchanger and in fluid communication with the refrigeration unit, and where the system is a closed-loop drop system.
US09484109B2
The memory cell of a memory device comprises a MOS capacitor having a n-type gate and a n-type well, a first switch to temporarily apply a breakthrough voltage across the n-type gate and the n-type well to generate a permanent conductive breakthrough structure between the n-type gate and the n-type well.
US09484104B2
According to example embodiments, a nonvolatile memory system includes a nonvolatile memory device and a memory controller. The nonvolatile memory device includes a plurality of planes and each plane includes a plurality of memory blocks. The memory controller is configured to classify the memory blocks of each of the planes into a plurality of groups. The memory controller is configured to select at least two memory blocks in a corresponding one of the groups, and to control the nonvolatile memory device so that the selected at least two memory blocks are multi-block erased.
US09484094B2
A control method of a resistive random-access memory is provided. Firstly, an action is performed on the resistive random-access memory, so that the resistive random-access memory has a specified state. Then, an operation period begins. During a first sub-period of the operation period, a first control signal with a first polarity is provided. During a second sub-period of the operation period, a second control signal with a second polarity is provided. During a third sub-period of the operation period, a third control signal with the first polarity is provided. During a fourth sub-period of the operation period, a read signal is provided, so that the resistive random-access memory generates a read current. According to the read current, a controlling circuit verifies whether the resistive random-access memory is in the specified state.
US09484084B2
A circuit includes a first data line, a second data line, a first pulling device, a second pulling device, a third pulling device, and a fourth pulling device. The first pulling device is configured to be activated or deactivated responsive to a first control signal; and is configured to pull a first signal at the first data line toward a voltage level of a first voltage based on a second signal at the second data line when the first pulling device is activated. The second pulling device is configured to be activated or deactivated responsive to a second control signal; and is configured to pull the second signal at the second data line toward the voltage level of the first voltage based on the first signal at the first data line when the second pulling device is activated.
US09484077B2
A method includes receiving first information at a remote computer system during a first user-initiated communication session for a user station not previously identified to the remote computer system, sending second information that is a function of and different from the first information to the user station over the communications network during the first user-initiated communication session stored automatically at the user station, storing third information based on the first information at a location remote from the user station, receiving the second information over the communications network during a subsequent and separate user-initiated communication session automatically from the user station, retrieving the stored third information using the received second information, during the subsequent and separate communication session and using the retrieved third information for interaction with the remote computer system during the subsequent and separate communication session.
US09484064B2
Devices and methods are provided herein relating to video chunking for robust, progressive upload. Video can be parsed to determined byte offsets associated with prospective chunk boundaries. Chunks can be generated based on the prospective chunk boundaries and a preferred chunk size. Sample tables can be generated for each chunk. The chunks can be fully self contained, in that they can be received and transcoded independently of other chunks. Thus, if one chunk fails, only that chunk needs to be retransmitted versus the entire video.
US09484054B2
An optical disc information device is an optical disc information device for reproducing and/or recording information with respect to an optical disc including a track in the form of a groove, and capable of recording information in a land portion and in a groove portion of the groove. The optical disc information device includes a laser light source, an objective lens, a transmittance limiting element, a dividing element, a light detector, a central amplifier, at least two end amplifiers, a gain controller, an adder, a reproduction signal processor, and a control signal processor. The transmittance limiting element includes a first central region, and at least two first end regions which interpose the first central region therebetween, and attenuates light passing through at least the first end regions out of a light flux emitted from the laser light source more strongly than light passing through the first central region.
US09484048B2
According to one embodiment, a magnetic head includes a write element, a read element, and a heating element disposed between the write element and the read element. When power is applied to the heating element, either the read element or the write element projects beyond a plane of an air-bearing surface (ABS) of the magnetic head, and when power is not applied to the heating element, a portion of the ABS of the magnetic head facing a magnetic disk close to the heating element has a concave shape. In another embodiment, when power is applied to the heating element, at least one of a portion of the read element and a portion of the write element approaches a magnetic disk, and when power is not applied to the heating element, a portion of the ABS of the magnetic head facing a magnetic disk close to the heating element has a concave shape.
US09484044B1
Voice enhancement and/or speech features extraction may be performed on noisy audio signals using successively refined transforms. Downsampled versions of an input signal may be obtained, which include a first downsampled signal with a lower sampling rate than a second downsampled signal. Successive transforms may be performed on the input signal to obtain a corresponding sound model of the input signal. The successive transforms performed may include: (1) performing a first transform on the first downsampled signal to yield a first pitch estimate; (2) performing a second transform on the second downsampled signal to yield a second pitch estimate and a first harmonics estimate based on the first pitch estimate; and (3) performing a third transform on the input signal to yield a third pitch estimate and a second harmonics estimate based on the second pitch estimate and the first harmonics estimate.
US09484038B2
An apparatus for generating a merged audio data stream is provided. The apparatus includes a demultiplexer for obtaining a plurality of single-layer audio data streams, wherein each input audio data stream includes one or more layers, wherein the demultiplexer is adapted to demultiplex each one of one or more input audio data streams having one or more layers into two or more demultiplexed audio data streams having exactly one layer. Furthermore, the apparatus includes a merging module for generating the merged audio data stream based on the plurality of single-layer audio data streams. Each layer of the input data audio streams, of the demultiplexed audio data streams, of the single-layer data streams and of the merged audio data stream includes a pressure value of a pressure signal, a position value and a diffuseness value as audio data.
US09484036B2
Computer systems employing speaker verification as a security approach to prevent un-authorized access by intruders may be tricked by a synthetic speech with voice characteristics similar to those of an authorized user of the computer system. According to at least one example embodiment, a method and corresponding apparatus for detecting a synthetic speech signal include extracting a plurality of speech features from multiple segments of the speech signal; analyzing the plurality of speech features to determine whether the plurality of speech features exhibit periodic variation behavior; and determining whether the speech signal is a synthetic speech signal or a natural speech signal based on whether or not a periodic variation behavior of the plurality of speech features is detected. The embodiments of synthetic speech detection result in security enhancement of the computer system employing speaker verification.
US09484035B2
A system and method for distributed speech recognition is provided. A prompt is provided to a caller during a call. One or more audio responses are received from the caller in response to the prompt. Distributed speech recognition is performed on the audio responses by providing a non-overlapping section of a main grammar to each of a plurality of secondary recognizers for each audio response. Speech recognition is performed on the audio responses by each of the secondary recognizers using the non-overlapping section of the main grammar associated with that secondary recognizer. A new grammar is generated based on results of the speech recognition from each of the secondary recognizers. Further speech recognition is performed on the audio responses against the new grammar and a further prompt is selected for providing to the caller based on results of the distributed speech recognition.
US09484029B2
An electronic apparatus and a method of speech recognition thereof are disclosed. According to the method of speech recognition of the electronic apparatus, the method includes receiving a speech of a speaker, extracting phonemic characteristics for recognizing a speech and voice print characteristics for registering the speaker by analyzing the received speech of the speaker, and in response to the speech of the speaker corresponding a registered trigger word or phrase, based on the extracted phonemic characteristics, changing an execution mode to a speech recognition mode of the electronic apparatus and registering the extracted voice print characteristics as voice print characteristics of the speaker who spoke the speech.
US09484028B2
In one embodiment the present invention includes a method comprising receiving an acoustic input signal and processing the acoustic input signal with a plurality of acoustic recognition processes configured to recognize the same target sound. Different acoustic recognition processes start processing different segments of the acoustic input signal at different time points in the acoustic input signal. In one embodiment, initial states in the recognition processes may be configured on each time step.
US09484025B2
The disclosure includes a system and method for configuring custom vocabularies for personalized speech recognition. The system includes a processor and a memory storing instructions that when executed cause the system to: detect a provisioning trigger event; determine a state of a journey associated with a user based on the provisioning trigger event; determine one or more interest places based on the state of the journey; populate a place vocabulary associated with the user using the one or more interest places; filter the place vocabulary based on one or more place filtering parameters; and register the filtered place vocabulary for the user.
US09484020B2
A clausifier for extracting clauses for spoken language understanding is disclosed. The method relates to generating a set of clauses from speech utterance text and comprises inserting at least one boundary tag in speech utterance text related to sentence boundaries, inserting at least one edit tag indicating a portion of the speech utterance text to remove, and inserting at least one conjunction tag within the speech utterance text. The result is a set of clauses that may be identified within the speech utterance text according to the inserted at least one boundary tag, at least one edit tag and at least one conjunction tag. The disclosed clausifier comprises a sentence boundary classifier, an edit detector classifier, and a conjunction detector classifier. The clausifier may comprise a single classifier or a plurality of classifiers to perform the steps of identifying sentence boundaries, editing text, and identifying conjunctions within the text.
US09484019B2
Disclosed herein is a method for speech recognition. The method includes receiving speech utterances, assigning a pronunciation weight to each unit of speech in the speech utterances, each respective pronunciation weight being normalized at a unit of speech level to sum to 1, for each received speech utterance, optimizing the pronunciation weight by identifying word and phone alignments and corresponding likelihood scores, and discriminatively adapting the pronunciation weight to minimize classification errors, and recognizing additional received speech utterances using the optimized pronunciation weights. A unit of speech can be a sentence, a word, a context-dependent phone, a context-independent phone, or a syllable. The method can further include discriminatively adapting pronunciation weights based on an objective function. The objective function can be maximum mutual information, maximum likelihood training, minimum classification error training, or other functions known to those of skill in the art.
US09484016B2
Systems and methods for prosody prediction include extracting features from runtime data using a parametric model. The features from runtime data are compared with features from training data using an exemplar-based model to predict prosody of the runtime data. The features from the training data are paired with exemplars from the training data and stored on a computer readable storage medium.
US09484015B2
Systems and methods for prosody prediction include extracting features from runtime data using a parametric model. The features from runtime data are compared with features from training data using an exemplar-based model to predict prosody of the runtime data. The features from the training data are paired with exemplars from the training data and stored on a computer readable storage medium.
US09484003B2
A method can include accessing content stored in a data store where the content includes a bound and content adjacent to the bound; rendering a portion of the content to a display; receiving a scroll command that calls for rendering the content adjacent to the bound; and, responsive to receipt of the scroll command, rendering a bound graphic. Various other apparatuses, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed.
US09484002B2
Systems and methods providing for an advertisement (media) is designed using segments that can be added or subtracted are provided. By adapting the various segments of an advertisement to fit the orientation of the displaying device, and to be persistent on the display without overlaying the application being viewed by the user, it is possible to increase viewing time of the displayed media. In one embodiment, the various segments are sized to be displayed in areas (such as preview areas) of the display that the user does not typically use for his/her main work. In this manner, the displayed media is adapted for display area and does not intrude on the viewing area.
US09484000B2
A signal conversion method for a display image is provided. The signal conversion method includes: receiving an image data of the (N−1)th frame; converting the (N−1)th image data to obtain a luminance data; determining a signal tuning gain of an image data of Nth frame according to the image data of the (N−1)th frame, the luminance data and a backlight duty adjusting table; adjusting an image data of Nth frame according to the signal tuning gain of Nth frame so as to generate an output image data of Nth frame; and displaying pixels according to the output image data of Nth frame.
US09483994B2
A liquid crystal display (LCD) and a gate discharge control circuit thereof are provided. The gate discharge control circuit has a first voltage division circuit, a control circuit, a second voltage division circuit and at least a discharge switch. A switch of the control circuit operates according to a first DC voltage so as to be turned on when the LCD is powered on and to be turned off during shutting down the LCD. The first voltage division circuit divides a second DC voltage to output a divided voltage. A falling speed of the second DC voltage is less than that of the first DC voltage. During shutting down the LCD, voltage levels of a first end and a control end of the discharge switch are pulled up because of operations of the first and second voltage division circuits, such that discharge operations of pixels of the LCD are performed.
US09483981B2
Devices such as electronic book readers, televisions, and so forth use displays to present information to users. Described herein are devices and methods for dynamically adjusting illumination, waveforms used to generate the image, presentation of the information, or a combination thereof based on one or more of ambient light level, display illumination level, and so forth.
US09483979B2
Provided are a pixel circuit, a driving method thereof, and a display device, which relate to the field of the display technology and can effectively compensate variation in currents due to ununiformity and drift of threshold voltages of driving Thin Film Transistors as well as ununiformity of OLEDs. The pixel circuit comprises: a light-emitting element; a driving TFT; a first TFT having a drain connected to a gate of the driving TFT; a second TFT having a drain connected to a source of the driving TFT; a third TFT having a source connected to a drain of the driving TFT, and a drain connected to the light-emitting element; a fourth TFT having a source connected to the gate of the driving TFT, and a drain connected to the drain of the driving TFT; a fifth TFT having a drain connected to the source of the driving TFT; and a capacitor.
US09483975B2
An electronic device may include a display having an array of display pixels. Storage and processing circuitry may generate display data for the display in an RGB input color space. The display may display the display data in an RGBW output color space. Display control circuitry may use sets of predetermined conversion factors to convert display data from the RGB input color space to the RGBW output color space without requiring conversion to a device-independent color space. Each set of predetermined conversion factors may be associated with a color in a set of predetermined colors. Using the sets of predetermined conversion factors, the display control circuitry may convert RGB values in the input color space to RGBW values in the output color space. The display control circuitry may supply data signals corresponding to the display data in the RGBW output color space to the array of display pixels.
US09483973B2
To provide a liquid crystal display device which can improve viewing angle characteristics and a driving method of the liquid crystal display device, and an electronic device including the liquid crystal display device. In a liquid crystal display device which performs display by aligning liquid crystal molecules at a tilt or radially at a tilt, one pixel is divided into a plurality of regions (sub-pixels) and a signal applied to each sub-pixel is made different every desired period. Alternatively, a signal applied to each sub-pixel is made different with respect to an adjacent pixel. To improve viewing angle characteristics by changing transmittance of the liquid crystal molecules every desired period in addition to improving the viewing angle characteristics of a viewer by making the liquid crystal molecules slanted to increase directions of alignment.
US09483964B2
A display apparatus includes a display panel which receives a light to display an image, a backlight unit which provides the light to the display panel, and a first protection member accommodating the backlight unit therein. The first protection member includes a bottom part, an inclined part connected to an edge of the bottom part and bent upward at a predetermined angle with respect to the bottom part, a connection part connected to an edge of the inclined part, and a first sidewall part connected to an edge of the connection part and extending upward. The display panel, the backlight unit, the bottom part and the connection part have a curved surface shape in a first direction and have a flat shape in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction.
US09483958B1
An Improved chore chart assembly consisting of a writable, erasable and rewritable surface capable of removably securing labels to display lists of tasks and chores and a method for creating and displaying lists and tasks. The chore chart assembly further consisting of a drawer capable of holding the labels which are capable of being removably affixed.
US09483952B2
A surveillance system and method for detecting a foreign object, debris, or damage (FOD) on a runway. The system comprises one or more cameras for capturing images of the runway; and an image processing system for detecting the FOD on the runway based on adaptive image processing of the images captured by the cameras; wherein the surveillance system is adaptively operable for FOD detection under both day and night ambient light conditions without assisted illumination such as infrared or laser illuminators.
US09483943B2
A device for detecting a parking space includes: a signal pre-processing unit configured to filter ultrasonic signals emitted from ultrasonic sensors attached to a vehicle, and reflected and returned from a corner section of an obstacle; a corner estimating unit configured to extract a crossing point of a plurality of circles each having a measurement distance as a radius, wherein the measurement distances are collected from the received ultrasonic signals according to a movement of the vehicle, estimate a reflection angle between a first line for bisecting a detection region of the ultrasonic sensor, which has an attachment position of the ultrasonic sensor as a reference point, and a second line for connecting the reference point and the crossing point, and estimate the corner section based on the estimated reflection angle; and a parking space detecting unit configured to detect a parking space according to the estimated corner section.
US09483936B2
A display system, a display device, and a remote controller for controlling the display device are provided. The remote controller includes: a touch screen which receives an input from a user and display a first manipulation UI group including a shortcut key corresponding to a plurality of buttons to control the display device; a signal output unit which outputs a control signal to the display device based on an input to the touch screen; and a controller which, in response to a user's selection of the shortcut key, displays on the touch screen a second manipulation UI group and parts of the first manipulation UI group, the second manipulation UI group displaying the plurality of buttons.
US09483912B2
Examples disclosed herein relate to systems and methods, which may receive wagers on one or more repeat paylines. The systems and methods may receive one or more secondary wagers on one or more repeat paylines. The repeat paylines may be based on data received from a player. The systems and methods may determine a repeat paylines payout based on the one or more repeat paylines.
US09483891B1
A network lock system and a method for operating the network lock system. The network lock system includes: a lock mechanism for locking a first lock part to a second lock part together and for releasing the first lock part locked to the second lock part on application of a power signal to the lock mechanism; a wireless signal receiver for receiving a wireless signal from a network device; and a power converter for converting the wireless signal into the power signal for application to the lock mechanism.
US09483884B2
Provided is a remote vehicle diagnostic system which utilizes a smart phone as a centralized communication hub between a vehicle and several remote resources. The system includes a program downloadable onto the smart phone to program the phone to perform desired functionality. The smart phone app may allow the smart phone to operate in several different modes, including a diagnostic mode and an emergency mode. In the diagnostic mode, the smart phone may relay vehicle data from the vehicle to a remote diagnostic center. The smart phone may also query the user to obtain symptomatic diagnostic information, which may also be uploaded to the remote diagnostic center. In the emergency mode, the smart phone may be configured to upload critical information to a remote diagnostic center, as well as an emergency response center. The emergency mode may be triggered automatically in response to the vehicle being in an accident, or alternatively, but user actuation.
US09483881B2
A system and method for testing vehicle emissions and engine control components using a standalone self-service kiosk. The self-service kiosk includes a computer capable of gathering Vehicle Information (VIN) and OBD information from a vehicle being tested using a barcode reader and an OBD reader, respectively. The self-service kiosk generates a readable display or printed report to the user indicating any detected diagnostic trouble codes found during the vehicle emissions testing. By networking a plurality of self-service kiosks together in a secure network and accessible through the Internet, the self-service kiosk network maintains a centrally located vehicle information database for storing and retrieving pertinent vehicle-related information during vehicle emissions testing. If the vehicle being tested passes the vehicle emissions testing, then the self-service kiosk prints out a registration renewal sticker, registration renewal document and/or receipt for the user.
US09483879B2
Volumes of a 3D physical space are used in a surface reconstruction process, where adjacent volumes share vertices so that no gaps or overlaps between the volumes exist. As a result, a continuous surface is obtained in the surface reconstruction process. The vertices are anchored to nodes in a pose graph, such that locations of the vertices are adjusted as the pose graph is updated. As a result, a deformation of the volumes is permitted. Based on the deformation of a volume, a region of a depth map of the physical space is deformed correspondingly. Each vertex can be anchored to a closest node of the pose graph, or to a point which is based on a combination of nodes. In one approach, the point is defined based on the closest node and other nodes within a defined radius of the closest node.
US09483870B2
Disclosed are an apparatus and method for storing and displaying images in a picture archiving and communication system (PACS). The apparatus, comprising: a processor configured to: generate a two-dimensional (2D) medical image for a three-dimensional (3D) medical image at each of reference points of a predetermined (3D) screen model; and store the generated (2D) medical image along with attribute information related to the generation of the (2D) medical image to a storage device or a memory.
US09483869B2
Real-time light field reconstruction for defocus blur may be used to handle the case of simultaneous defocus and motion blur. By carefully introducing a few approximations, a very efficient sheared reconstruction filter is derived, which produces high quality images even for a very low number of input samples in some embodiments. The algorithm may be temporally robust, and is about two orders of magnitude faster than previous work, making it suitable for both real-time rendering and as a post-processing pass for high quality rendering in some embodiments.
US09483865B2
Aspects comprise a ray shooting method based on the data structure of a uniform grid of cells, and on local stencils in cells. The high traversal and construction costs of accelerating structures are cut down. The object's visibility from the viewpoint and from light sources, as well as the primary workload and its distribution among cells, are gained in the preprocessing stage and cached in stencils for runtime use. In runtime, the use of stencils allows a complete locality at each cell, for load balanced parallel processing.
US09483862B2
A graphics processing unit (GPU) comprises a memory, and at least one processor configured to: receive a primitive type buffer comprising a plurality of primitive type entries, wherein each of a plurality of vertices of a vertex buffer of the GPU are associated with one or more of the plurality of primitive type entries, determine primitives based on the plurality of vertices and the associated one or more primitive type entries, and rendering, by the GPU, the primitives based on the plurality of vertices and the associated one or more primitive type entries of the primitive type buffer.
US09483853B2
A computer-implemented method to display a rendered image is described. A base image is obtained. A rendered image is obtained. The rendered image is matched to a location on the base image. The rendered image is overlaid onto the base image at the location to generate a set of layered images. The set of layered images is displayed.
US09483849B2
A method for controlling a camera for color calibration of multi-displays including: acquiring a first image of data displayed on the multi-displays by photographing the multi-displays with the camera; analyzing color of the data displayed on at least one individual display from among the multi-displays using the acquired first image; determining image capture settings suitable for the color calibration of the multi-displays, based on a result of the analyzing; adjusting the image capture settings of the camera in accordance with the determined image capture settings; acquiring a second image of the data displayed on the multi-displays by photographing the multi-displays with the camera using the adjusted image capture settings of the camera; and performing color calibration of the multi-displays based on the second image.
US09483846B2
A method is provided for applying a visual classification scheme to a map. A target region comprising a plurality of display units is identified within the map. It is then determined whether all of the display units within the target region can be assigned to the same class based on interpolated data values obtained for only a subset of the display units within the target region. If the determination is positive, then all of the display units within the target region are assigned to the same class and a visual indicator is assigned to each display unit in the target region based on the class to which the display unit was assigned. If the determination is negative, then the target region is divided into a plurality of subdivided target regions and the foregoing method is applied to each of the subdivided target regions.
US09483842B2
The invention relates to a method for navigation of an aerial vehicle. The method comprises providing a sensor image from an aerial vehicle sensor. The method also comprises to repeatedly, until at least one predetermined criterion is reached, perform the step of setting input data, where the input data comprises information related to pitch angle, roll angle, yaw angle and three-dimensional position of the aerial vehicle, the step of providing a two-dimensional image from a database based on the input data, where the database comprises three-dimensional geo-referenced information of the environment, and the step of comparing the sensor image and the two dimensional image from the database. The method further comprises using the input data for which the two images correspond best to each other for determining at least one of the following quantities pitch angle, roll angle, yaw angle and three-dimensional position of the aerial vehicle.
US09483841B2
A processor generates a first road surface image from an image at a first time captured by an imaging device mounted on a moving body, and generates a second road surface image from an image at a second time after the first time. Next, the processor determines direction information depending on a direction of travel of the moving body between the first time and the second time from an amount of turn of the moving body between the first time and the second time. Then, the processor determines a relative positional relationship between the first road surface image and the second road surface image by using the amount of turn and the direction information, and determines an amount of travel of the moving body between the first time and the second time on the basis of the relative positional relationship.
US09483834B1
Object boundary detection techniques are described. In implementations, edges of an object displayed in an image are detected. The image is used to generate a gradient image and a monochrome image. Directional filters are applied to the monochrome image to generate directionally filtered images, which are then applied the gradient image to identify potential boundary lines of the object displayed in the image. A selection can then be made from the potential boundary lines, based on a score associated with each respective potential boundary line, to select lines to represent the boundaries of the object. The selected lines can be used to segment the image into a plurality of segments, and then, using the average color of each segment, one or more of the selected lines can be invalidated as being a false boundary.
US09483824B2
In one embodiment, an image analysis device (65) includes an acquisition unit (66) and an analysis unit (67). The acquisition unit acquires image data of a plurality of images of an imaging region of an object respectively imaged by magnetic resonance imaging before and after administration of contrast medium. The analysis unit calculates an estimated value of concentration of contrast medium per unit volume including air region by using a coefficient based on the image data before administration of contrast medium, in accordance with the image data of a plurality of images and a value related to relaxation rate or relaxation time before and after administration of contrast medium.
US09483817B2
There are provided an imaging section imaging a subject and generating a plurality of images; an evaluating section performing evaluation on the plurality of images generated by the imaging section; a selecting section selecting, based on an evaluation result of the evaluating section, a part of images from among the plurality of images generated by the imaging section; a recognizing section performing scene recognition on a plurality of images selected by the selecting section; and a determining section determining, based on a recognition result of the recognizing section, reproduction order of the plurality of images subjected to the scene recognition.
US09483813B2
An image processing apparatus that can be connected to a display device and removes blurring from a first-order image is provided. The image processing apparatus includes a generation unit, a display control unit, and a selection reception unit. The generation unit generates multiple I-th order intermediate images by performing blur correction in multiple blur directions on an I-th order image. The display control unit causes the multiple I-th order intermediate images to be displayed on the display device. The selection reception unit allows the user to select an (I+1)-th order image from among the displayed multiple I-th order intermediate images as a corrected image whose blurring has been reduced more than in the I-th order image. The generation unit, the display control unit, and the selection reception unit execute the above processing in order with respect to I=1, 2, . . . , K (K being a natural number).
US09483789B1
Disclosed herein is a platform for automating the discovery of product bundles that are promising for sale to customers (i.e., they are relevant, valuable and/or timely). Techniques are disclosed for generating a set of potential product bundles according to criteria, thresholds and/or scores which indicate a propensity for items to be purchased together by customers. The generated set of potential product bundles may be ranked according to opportunity metrics and/or scores which indicate value to a merchant and/or customers. A subset of product bundles is selected from the set of potential product bundles based at least in part on the ranking, and each product bundle in the selected subset is matched to one or more entities, such as merchants. These product bundles may then be presented to the associated (i.e., matched) entity based on some criteria, such as offerings of the merchants.
US09483780B2
A real-time bidding system receives a notification of an available impression from an impression notification object integrated with an application executing on a client device. The real-time bidding system auctions the available impression to multiple different bidders and receives a bid response from each of the multiple different bidders. The real-time bidding system identifies a winning bid response, identifies a content requestor object indicated by the winning bid response, and generates instructions for the client device. The instructions cause the client device to use the content requestor object indicated by the winning bid response to request a third-party content item. The real-time bidding system provides the generated instructions to the client device in response to the notification of the available impression.
US09483779B2
Various arrangements for delivery of relevant content to a mobile device of a user are presented. Physiological state data and image data related to the user of the mobile device may be received by a host computer system from a mobile device. The image data may be analyzed to identify a characteristic of the image. The physiological state data may also be analyzed. Content to deliver to the mobile device of the user may be selected at least partially based on the physiological state data of the user and the characteristic of the image. The content may be transmitted to the mobile device.
US09483776B2
An electronic couponing technique includes transferring coupon information, which may include a coupon ID (identification) to a first portable terminal and storing same therein. The portable terminal displays a representation of the transferred coupon information on a display thereof. The stored coupon information may be transferred from the portable terminal to another terminal for redemption. The stored coupon information may also be transferred from the portable terminal to another portable terminal. Various schemes may be used to transfer the coupon information including a Bluetooth low-range radio link or an optical bar code scanner scanning an optical bar code or an infrared link or a wireless link from the portable terminal. The Internet or wireless LAN (Local Area Network) may also be used in transferring the coupon information to and from the various terminals.
US09483771B2
Methods, systems, and products personalize haptic emulations of merchandise. An association is defined between merchandise item numbers and anatomical identifiers. A query is received for an anatomical identifier associated with a merchandise item number. The anatomical identifier is sent in response to the query to identify an anatomical part associated with the merchandise item number.
US09483770B2
The present invention provides techniques for utilizing opportunities presented by events and social gatherings, such as online advertisement targeting and communications-related opportunities. Techniques are provided in which information is obtained that provides an indication that a set of users, including mobile electronic device users, are in a specified area, and indicating that at least some of the set of users are at a particular event or gathering. A virtual user grouping may be formed, and communications between users of the grouping is facilitated, based at least in part on the particular event or gathering.
US09483764B1
Tokenless biometric authorization of transaction between a consumer and a merchant uses an identicator and an access device. A consumer registers with the identicator a biometric sample taken from the consumer. The consumer and merchant establish communications via the access device. The merchant proposes a transaction to the consumer via the access device. The access device communicates to the merchant associated with the access device. After the consumer and merchant have agreed on the transaction, the consumer and the identicator use the access device to establish communications. The access device communicates to the identicator the code associated with the access device. The identicator compares biometric sample from the consumer with registered biometric sample. Upon successful identification, the identicator forwards information regarding the consumer to the merchant. These steps accomplish a biometrically authorized electronic financial transaction without the consumer having to present any personalized man-made memory tokens.
US09483763B2
The present disclosure relates to making payments with a mobile device. In one example process, the mobile device receives and stores information for one or more payment accounts on the mobile device. The mobile device is used to make payments using the payment accounts. In some examples, authorization to proceed with a payment is performed before each purchase made by the user. The authorization process can include receiving a verification of the user, such as a fingerprint scan or passcode. In some examples, a payment account is selected from among available payment accounts. In some examples, an indication is displayed of a digital item associated with a purchased item. In some examples, a payment transaction is initiated with participants of an ongoing communication. In some examples, an application of a retailer is invoked based on the availability of the application. In some examples, a purchase recommendation is provided.
US09483760B2
Financial transaction card data can be entered by providing a picture of the card to a server programmed with a text recognition algorithm. The server can perform text recognition on the image at the same time that a consumer enters additional required data, such as a zip code. The server can perform as much text recognition processing as possible in the time the consumer is entering the additional data. Once the additional data is received, a signal can be provided to the server indicating that the user is now waiting for results of the text recognition process, meaning the server should provide them as quickly as possible. Once text recognition results are received, a consumer can make a selection to identify a character which the text recognition algorithm did not sufficiently identify. Based on known account number constraints, the user selection can cause multiple characters to be identified.
US09483757B2
In a monetary information processing method, an amount remitted by a remitter to a financial account in a banking system and monetary terminal identification information identifying a monetary terminal that stores a monetary value are acquired from the banking system. The acquired amount is divided into unit amounts when the acquired amount exceeds a preselected amount. Amount update information is transmitted to the monetary terminal to increase the monetary value by the acquired amount when the acquired amount does not exceed the preselected amount or by any selected one of the unit amounts provided that the acquired amount or the selected unit amount does not exceed an allowable limit previously set for the monetary terminal. The amount acquired from the banking system is decreased by the amount by which the monetary value is increased in accordance with the amount update information.
US09483752B1
System and method enabling multiple users to simultaneously share a client computing device are disclosed. Method includes retrieving a plurality of I/O device groups, wherein a first I/O device group in the plurality of I/O device groups is associated with a first group of input or output (IO) devices locally connected to a client computing device, and wherein a second I/O device group in the plurality of I/O device groups is associated with a second group of I/O devices locally connected to the client computing device. Method includes launching first and second instances of an application. Method includes associating the first instance of the application with the first I/O device group on the client computing device. Method includes associating the second instance of the application associated with the second I/O device group on the client computing device.
US09483748B2
Electronic Product Codes (EPCs) can be read from RFID labels and tags to verify shipments. The EPCs are decoded to Global Trade Item Numbers (GTINs), which are then matched to GTINs of products on a shipping list. If all of the decoded GTINs match and there are no GTINs in the shipment list that are left unmatched, then shipment verification is successful. If some of the decoded GTINs fail to match, the verification process fails with extra, unexpected products. If some of the GTINs in the shipping list are left unmatched, the verification process fails with the missing products.
US09483747B2
Systems and methods are disclosed that facilitate the selection of virtual machine instances to implement each action associated with a specified workflow. Workflows are configured and defined as a series of actions or processes that have various requirements. For each action in a specified workflow, a workflow management component can select virtual machine resources that are best suited to implement the specific action in accordance with the requirements of the action.
US09483727B2
As part of neural network sensitivity analysis, base outputs of hidden layer nodes of a neural network model for non-perturbed variables can be reused when perturbing the variables. Such an arrangement greatly reduces complexity of the calculations required to generate outputs of the model. Related apparatus, systems, techniques and articles are also described.
US09483724B2
A ribbon comprises a substrate, and a plurality of radio frequency identification (RFID) seals on the substrate. Different RFID seals detune in response to differing tensile loads.
US09483716B2
In an embodiment, a display control device includes: a control unit configured to control the display and output of image data; a display information generating unit configured to generate display information including at least an image ID for identifying the image data and a display period whenever the image data is output by the control unit for display; and a transmitting unit configured to transmit the display information to an external device so that the display information is managed by the external device as one unit information item serving as a unit of image formation together with other display information items having a predetermined relation with the display information.
US09483700B1
A computer-implemented method and a system for vehicle localization. The method includes identifying expected lane lines based on a lane level map and a position of a vehicle and identifying observed lane lines based on images captured by an imaging device of the vehicle and the position of the vehicle. The method includes matching the expected lane lines to the observed lane lines and determining a likelihood score based on the matching. The method includes determining a best vehicle pose based on the likelihood score.
US09483699B2
An apparatus and a method for detecting traffic lanes in real time are disclosed. The disclosed real-time lane detection apparatus may include: a candidate area establisher unit configured to establish as a candidate area for lane detection an area having an intensity value which corresponds to the intensity of a traffic lane marking from among the intensity values in a color space of a color image; and a lane-marking determiner unit configured to determine a traffic lane marking from the established candidate area by using a line component of the candidate area. According to the present invention, traffic lanes can be detected accurately and quickly, even in environments where the lighting conditions of the road vary.
US09483687B2
A method, system and computer program product for ensuring a desired distribution of images in a multimedia document (e.g., yearbook, slideshow). A desired distribution of facial signatures in a multimedia document to be created by the user is received. Upon receiving an image to be added to the multimedia document by the user, a facial signature for a face detected in the image is generated. The current number of instances of the facial signature in the multimedia document is then determined. A determination is then made as to whether the current number of instances of the facial signature meets the desired distribution. An indication is then provided to the user as to whether the current number of instances of the facial signature meets or does not meet the desired distribution. In this manner, the user can ensure a desired distribution of images in the multimedia document.
US09483673B2
A non-contact communication module may include a substrate including an antenna including an antenna coil placed annularly in the substrate, and a ground pattern for grounding formed in the substrate; an antenna-side land that is formed on an external surface of the substrate, and is electrically connected to the antenna; and a ground-side land that is formed on the external surface of the substrate, and is electrically connected to the ground pattern. A distance between the antenna-side land and the ground-side land may be such that the antenna-side land and the ground-side land can be connected by use of a solder bridge.
US09483669B2
A workstation includes a proximity system having multiple object sensors each associated with an object field of view for detecting a target object outside the housing. Each object sensor includes an IR emitter for emitting IR light into an IR emission field and an IR sensor for sensing returned IR light within an IR detection field that intersects the IR emission field. The workstation also includes a controller is operatively connected to the proximity system for activating each one of the multiple object sensors sequentially.
US09483656B2
A method of securely storing data to a dispersed data storage system is disclosed. A data segment is arranged along the columns or rows of an appropriately sized matrix. Data slices are then created based on either the columns or the rows so that no consecutive data is stored in a data slice. Each data slice is then stored in a separate storage node.
US09483651B2
Systems and techniques for transferring data to a storage device. A storage device includes storage, a processor, and a wireless transceiver, as well as a connector allowing the storage device to operate according to an appropriate standard when connected to a playback or data device. The storage device can communicate with a data transfer station to wirelessly receive data from the station. A user may select data to be transferred to a removable media device, and the station transfers the data over a wireless connection. The removable media device stores the data in memory as it is received. Once the data has been received, the data can be played or otherwise used in any playback or data device to which the storage device may be connected for use as a memory device.
US09483645B2
A system, method, and computer program product are provided for identifying unwanted data based on an assembled execution profile of code. In use, an execution profile of code is assembled by tracking interface usage of the code. Further, it is determined whether the code is associated with unwanted activity, based on the execution profile.
US09483642B2
A method for detecting malicious active processes and self replicating executable binary files on a computing device. The method comprises monitoring in runtime active processes running on a computing device, extracting unique identifier(s) of each of the active processes which maps the active process to executable binary file(s) containing executable code of the active process, monitoring in runtime creation and modification of data files hosted by the computing device, identifying executable binary files among the data files, monitoring concurrent operation of logical sensors which detect malicious behavioral patterns of the active processes and maintain one or more lists of malicious behavioral pattern findings, and detecting malicious active process(es) of a malware from the active processes and self-replicating executable binary file(s) of the malicious active process(es) according to a match between the respective unique identifier(s), the malicious behavioral pattern findings and at least one the executable binary files.
US09483631B2
The present invention is generally directed toward a mobile device that can be used in a secure access system. More specifically, the mobile device can have credential data loaded thereon remotely updated, enabled, disabled, revoked, or otherwise altered with a message sent from, for example, a control panel and/or controller in the system.
US09483628B2
Systems and methods according to one or more embodiments are provided for detecting or recognizing a user and intelligently altering or adjusting user device settings appropriate for the detected user. In an embodiment, a method comprises detecting, electronically by a processor, a first user interacting with a user device via a user input interface of the user device; determining, electronically by the processor, one or more characteristics associated with a primary user of the user device; determining, electronically by the processor, the first user is not the primary user based at least in part on comparing interactions of the first user with the user device and the one or more characteristics associated with the primary user of the user device; and altering one or more settings of the user device.
US09483624B2
A method and apparatus configure privacy settings for publishing electronic images. An image including first image content and second image content can be received. A first image content data file can be created for the first image content and a second image content data file can be created for the second image content. A publication privilege can be assigned to the first image content data file. The publication privilege can be based on a relationship between a consumer of the image and a subject of the first image content. The first image content data file with the publication privilege can be stored separate from the second image content data file. Image reconstruction data can be stored. The image reconstruction data can provide information on how to reconstruct the image from the first image content data file and the second image content data file
US09483623B2
Displaying targeted website content based on social user profile data is disclosed. In some embodiments, the displaying of targeted website content based on social user profile data includes requesting social profile data for a user from an authentication provider using a token associated with the user; and generating a rule for web site customization using the social profile data.
US09483619B2
A glycemic control system includes a physician processor, remote processor, and a portable telephone having a data input mechanism, a display, and an internal processor for bi-directional communication with the physician's processor and the remote processor. A patient inputs data to the internal processor responsive to input from the physician's processor and then transmits the information to the remote processor where an optimized number of units to be administered is sent back and displayed on the portable telephone.
US09483615B2
Methods and systems of patient treatment are disclosed. The methods and systems include use of medical device informatics to modify and validate therapies and drugs used in those therapies. In certain embodiments, a medical device, such as a medical infusion pump, interfaces with a server to administer the patient treatments. In one aspect, a method of tracking changed parameters in a medical infusion pump is disclosed. The method includes establishing a communication session between a medical infusion pump and a medical device server, and communicating an original parameter value, an updated parameter value, and a final parameter value from the medical infusion pump to the medical device server. The method further includes storing the original parameter value, the updated parameter value, and the final parameter value on the medical device server. Metadata associated with one or more of the parameter values identifies that parameter value to the medical device server and the medical infusion pump.
US09483614B2
Methods, systems, and computer-readable media are provided for determining and generating content items that provide patient information and content provided by, for example, a third-party content provider that is relevant to information associated with an open healthcare application. The content items are displayed in a separate display space from the healthcare application's user interface and dynamically change and update in response to changes in the information being displayed on the healthcare application's user interface. Additionally, the content items are actionable thereby enabling healthcare providers to address alerts, take actions, view supporting documentation, and the like.
US09483609B2
The subject invention pertains to methods of identifying compounds that bind to a binding pocket on metal ion binding proteins of the ArsR/SmtB family and modulate their regulatory activity by increasing the propensity of the proteins to remain in a conformationally trapped form such as the metal ion bound conformation or disulfide-linked conformation, the DNA bound conformation, or the apo-conformation. The invention provides methods of identifying such compounds using computer software programs. The invention also provides bioassays for identifying such compounds. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions containing compounds that modulate metalloregulatory activities of the metal ion binding proteins of the ArsR/SmtB family.
US09483607B2
A method for making downhole dynamics measurements using rotating navigational sensors includes rotating navigational accelerometers in a subterranean borehole to obtain a string of accelerometer measurements while rotating. The measurements are differentiated to obtain a string of differentiated accelerometer measurements and may then be further processed to obtain a drill string vibration parameter. Substantially simultaneous magnetometer measurements may be obtained and utilized to compute a corrected vibration parameter in which at least one of a gravitational acceleration component, a tangential acceleration component, and a centripetal acceleration component is removed from the vibration parameter.
US09483594B2
This application discloses an electronic design automation tool configured to perform one or more static reset checks on reset functionality in a circuit design. The electronic design automation tool can detect the reset functionality in the circuit design, identify a portion of the circuit design having a set of resettable components, and determine whether the portion of the circuit design includes a reset design error based, at least in part, on the reset functionality in the circuit design. The static reset checks can include a domain congruency check, a reset skew check, and a glitch detection check, each of which can identify different design errors that may cause reset functionality in the circuit design to operate improperly.
US09483593B2
Described is a method performed by a computing device, the method comprises: deriving a hierarchal structure of hardware instances of a hardware block, wherein the hardware block is described in a register transfer language (RTL); determining complexity of at least one hardware instance, in the hierarchal structure, with reference to a complexity metric; identifying, in response to the determined complexity of the at least one hardware instance, whether the at least one hardware instance is to be modeled; and modifying the hierarchal structure with information about the to be modeled hardware instance.
US09483592B1
A computer-implemented method for maintaining stress in an integrated circuit having fin-type field-effect transistor devices includes selecting, by a processor of a computer system, a representation of an initial layout design for the integrated circuit, the layout design having design shapes including existing fin shapes; adding, by the processor of the computer system, a fin shape to one or more of the existing fin shapes to merge the one or more existing fin shapes with another existing fin shape to form an extended fin shape; adding, by the processor of the computer system, gate contacts to gates which intersect the added fin shape to generate a modified layout design; and saving the modified layout design to a memory communicatively coupled to the processor of the computer system, where device operation of the initial layout design for the integrated circuit is maintained in the modified layout design for the integrated circuit.
US09483578B2
A computer-readable storage medium storing an update program that causes a computer to execute a process includes: acquiring an automaton performing matching of data in an input stream hierarchized by tags to a keyword in a query, the automaton in which an initial state, a start state indicating a start tag symbol, an end state indicating an end tag symbol, a transition between the initial state and the start state, a transition between the initial state and the end state, and a transition from the initial state to the initial state are defined; generating a path identifying the position of a start tag based on a hierarchy in the input stream when the start tag is read from the input stream; judging whether or not the generated path meets a condition corresponding to the keyword in the query; generating, when the generated path is judged to meet a condition.
US09483574B2
A content application includes one or more content list panels. The content application provides mechanisms that allow the user to easily manage article representations included in the content lists such as adding article representations a content list and editing the items directly in menus associated with the content lists.
US09483571B2
In one embodiment, a system for creating a key for storing a state of a visual control element includes a processor and logic integrated with and/or executable by the processor, the logic being adapted to: retrieve a uniform resource locator (URL) used to create a dynamically-generated web page on which a visual control element is output, parse the URL in order to create a list of key-value pairs for each of a plurality of parameters specified in the URL, concatenate the list of key-value pairs into a key represented by a string of characters, and store the key to a memory.
US09483565B2
Methods and apparatus related to associating a task with a user based on the user selecting a task suggestion that is provided to the user in response to a user query. In some implementations, the task may be identified based on similarities between the words and/or phrases of the user query and a task suggestion that is associated with a task. In some implementations, the task may be identified based on user data associated with the user. In some implementations, the task may be associated with additional information related to completing the task.
US09483558B2
According to certain aspects, a method of assessing users of a data storage system can include receiving configuration information relating to a deployed configuration of a first data storage cell and including number of installed data storage hardware and/or software components, the first data storage cell comprising a plurality of client computing devices and being configured to create and store one or more secondary copies of primary data generated by the plurality of client computing devices. The method may also include receiving information relating to an incident opened by a user of the first data storage cell. The method may further include updating a performance metric associated with the user to a new value to reflect a negative impact on the performance metric resulting from the opening of the incident by the user, wherein the degree of the negative impact is based at least in part on the configuration information.
US09483557B2
In various embodiments, a transcript that represents a media file is created. Keyword candidates that may represent topics and/or content associated with the media content are then be extracted from the transcript. Furthermore, a keyword set may be generated for the media content utilizing a mutual information criteria. In other embodiments, one or more queries may be generated based at least in part on the transcript, and a plurality of web documents may be retrieved based at least in part on the one or more queries. Additional keyword candidates may be extracted from each web document and then ranked. A subset of the keyword candidates may then be selected to form a keyword set associated with the media content.
US09483548B2
Methods and apparatus are presented for a morphing search tool that provides a single user interface through which a user may both modify a displayed image and perform an image similarity query based on the modified image. The morphing search tool may allow a user to repeat this process until a desired image is found and displayed. Further, the image repository to be searched may be specified by a user and the images to be modified and searched for may be any type of image. The morphing search tool may be integrated within a merchant website, an image management system, or as a stand alone application.
US09483539B2
A method begins by a device of a distributed storage network (DSN) sending read-if-revised requests to storage units of the DSN with regards to data cached in local memory with one or more local memory revision numbers. The method continues with a storage unit determining whether a revision number of one portion of the data stored by the storage unit is a more recent revision number than the one or more local memory revision numbers. When the revision number is the more recent revision number, the method continues with the storage unit sending a read response that includes the portion of the data to the device. When the revision number is not the more recent revision number, the method continues with the storage unit sending a read response that includes an indication that the data cached in the local memory is a current revision level of the data.
US09483533B2
The present invention relates to processing of time series data. There is disclosed a method and apparatus for processing time series data, the method comprising: receiving a time series data set, wherein each element of the time series data set contains a timestamp and an original value associated with the timestamp, and times represented by all timestamps constitute a time series having fixed time intervals; converting each original value into a coded value occupying a smaller storage space, according to a predetermined monotone numerical compression coding scheme; dividing the times represented by all timestamps into a plurality of time intervals having a predetermined length; assembling coded values corresponding to all timestamps within each time interval into a data package such that the data package contains coded values arranged in an order of timestamps; and storing in a database record each data package and its associated identification of a time interval.
US09483531B2
Approaches are described for ranking multiple products or other items, such as products obtained in response to a search request submitted to a server. The ranking system determines a ranking score for the products based on both data available online and item data that must be computed offline due to longer computation time or unavailability of data. The ranking score can be used to rank the products and determine which products are the most relevant to the user. A hybrid boosting method is used to first train an online ranking function to produce an online ranking score for the item. In the second phase, an offline ranking function is trained to produce a second ranking score for the item. The online rank score is combined with the offline rank score at query time to produce a combined rank for the items in the search results.
US09483525B2
Aspects of the subject matter described herein relate to reducing update conflicts when maintaining views. In aspects, a transaction in snapshot isolation may update a materialized view. Instead of being able to view the update within the transaction, the update is hidden to prevent the transaction from obtaining inconsistent data. When a transaction is not supposed to see an update to a materialized view that occurs within the transaction, additional information associated with the materialized view may indicate this. When a query of the materialized view is made within the transaction, the query engine may use the additional information to exclude data from the update in the result.
US09483520B1
Analytic data focus representations for visualization generation in an information processing system
An analytics controller is configured for communication with one or more data sources. The analytics controller comprises an analytic data focus representation module and a visualization generator coupled to the analytic data focus representation module, with the analytic data focus representation module being configured to derive a plurality of analytic data focus representations from the one or more data sources, and the visualization generator being configured to generate visualizations based at least in part on the analytic data focus representations. At least one of the analytic data focus representation module and the visualization generator may be further configured to establish a plurality of linkages with each such linkage associating one or more of the representations with one or more of the visualizations. The analytics controller may be part of a data management system implemented using one or more processing devices of a processing platform.
US09483517B2
Techniques are provided for maintaining data persistently in one format, but making that data available to a database server in more than one format. For example, one of the formats in which the data is made available for query processing is based on the on-disk format, while another of the formats in which the data is made available for query processing is independent of the on-disk format. Data that is in the format that is independent of the disk format may be maintained exclusively in volatile memory to reduce the overhead associated with keeping the data in sync with the on-disk format copies of the data.
US09483515B2
A method, a system, and a computer program product for managing a database are disclosed. Managing the database includes managing a table of the database, the table having a set of fields including a first field in a first row of the table. Managing the table includes selecting, in the first field, a first input value configured to identify a first dynamic data function utilized to determine a first output value for the first field. Managing the table includes determining the first output value for the first field using the first dynamic data function. Managing the table includes returning (for a read request) the first output value for the first field.
US09483514B2
Methods and systems for searching a path for a vertex include iteratively removing from consideration points in a path, until a number of remaining points is below a path size threshold. The iterative removal includes determining, for each of two endpoints in a path, a lower bound for a shortest path distance from each respective endpoint to a target vertex and removing from consideration points closer to each respective endpoint than the respective lower bound to produce a shortened path. The shortened path is searched with a processor to determine whether the vertex is in the shortened path.
US09483510B2
Technology is disclosed for providing access to operation performance of various storage mediums in a distributed storage system, which store and host data associated with a database (“the technology”). The technology can identify the storage mediums storing data associated with a particular database, gather data associated with performance of each of the identified storage mediums storing data associated with the particular database, and generate performance statistics associated with each of the identified storage mediums utilizing the gathered data and provide the generated statistics as a performance overview of storage associated with the particular database.
US09483509B2
A method includes receiving a request to perform a shuffle operation on a data stream, the request including a set of initial key ranges: generating a shuffler configuration that assigns a shuffler from a set of shufflers to each of the initial key ranges; initiating the set of shufflers to perform the shuffle operation on the data stream; analyzing metadata statistics to determine whether a shuffler configuration update event occurs, the metadata statistics produced by the set of shufflers during the shuffle operation and indicating load statistics for each shuffler in the set of shufflers; and upon occurrence of the shuffler configuration update event and during the shuffle operation, altering the shuffler configuration based at least in part on the metadata statistics to produce an assignment of shufflers to key ranges that is different from the assignment of shufflers to the initial key ranges.
US09483507B2
A data storage and retrieval method of an electronic device is provided. More particularly, an apparatus and a method for retrieving data through a contact application in the electronic device are provided. The method for retrieving data in the electronic device includes generating tagging data including added tag information when data is stored in the electronic device by executing a first application, storing the tagging data, updating a tagging data table which contains tagging data information, executing a second application, and when a search word for data retrieval is input, retrieving and outputting tagging data including the same tag information as the search word.
US09483502B2
A computational processing device includes: a computational-processor that outputs access requests to a storage device; a plurality of request-holding-units that respectively hold access requests output by the computational processor according to individual access types, the access types being types of access requests; an arbitration-unit that arbitrates access requests held in the plurality of request holding units; a buffer-unit that includes a plurality of entries that hold data; and a buffer-controller that causes one of the plurality of entries to hold data output by the storage device in response to an access request arbitrated by the arbitration unit, on the basis of a result of comparing, for each access type, a count value that counts, for each access type, the number of entries holding data from among the plurality of entries against a maximum value for the number of entries made to hold data for each access type.
US09483491B2
A method of managing file permissions in a remote file storage system includes defining permissions for the remote file storage system and controlling access to objects on the remote file storage system according to the permissions of the remote file storage system. The permissions are transferred to a client file storage system remote from the remote file storage system, and access to objects on the client file storage system is controlled according to the permissions of the remote file storage system. A remote file storage system includes a permissions file generator operative to generate a permissions file, which is transmitted to a client file storage system for enforcement at the client file storage system.
US09483487B2
A hardware and/or software facility to enable emulated storage devices to share data stored on physical storage resources of a storage system. The facility may be implemented on a virtual tape library (VTL) system configured to back up data sets that have a high level of redundancy on multiple virtual tapes. The facility organizes all or a portion of the physical storage resources according to a common store data layout. By enabling emulated storage devices to share data stored on physical storage resources, the facility enables deduplication across the emulated storage devices irrespective of the emulated storage device to which the data is or was originally written, thereby eliminating duplicate data on the physical storage resources and improving the storage consumption of the emulated storage devices on the physical storage resources.
US09483485B1
This disclosure relates to a method, article of manufacture, and apparatus of restoring a database allowing simultaneous full and incremental backups. In some embodiments, this includes receiving, by a server, a request for restoring as of a restore point-in-time, in response to the request, retrieving by the server a set of backup objects, sorting the set of backup objects in descending order, locating a first incremental backup in the set of backup objects based on the restore point-in-time and a first incremental backup start time associated with the first incremental backup, locating a full backup in the set of backup objects based on the first incremental backup start time, a full backup start time and a full backup end time associated with the full backup, storing the full backup and the first incremental backup in a list of restoring objects, and sending, by the server, the list of restoring objects.
US09483475B2
A content recommendation method for use in a portable electronic device is provided. The method includes the steps of fetching current context information from the portable electronic device; calculating a relevant ranking value of each item within each type of media files stored in the portable electronic device based on the context information; sorting the relevant ranking value of each item within each type of the media files; highlighting at least one of the items of a first user interface of the portable electronic device according to the sorted ranking values.
US09483472B2
A system and method for automatically determining a plurality of pieces of different information about a textual document from the text of the textual document are provided in which one or more particular characteristics of the text of the textual document are identified to generate a file containing the text of the textual document with the particular characteristics marked up within the text.
US09483471B2
Mechanisms are provided for ensuring access to long-term stored electronic documents. In one example, one or more methods may provide for automatically ensuring access to long-term stored electronic documents. In another example, one or more algorithms may provide for automatically ensuring access to long-term stored electronic documents.
US09483455B1
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, computer program product, and system for generating a plan for document processing. A plurality of electronic documents are received from a data store. The plurality of electronic documents are analyzed. Textual data within the identified tabular data are identified, by performing a first natural language search of the analyzed plurality of electronic documents. Textual hints are generated, where the generated textual hints are mapped to a lookup set. References are identified, and a count of identified references are determined. A priority score is calculating based on the count of identified references. In response to receiving a priority score modifying value, a modified priority score is calculated. Ingestion plans are generated based on the modified priority score. Generated ingestion plans are communicated by the computer using the network.
US09483454B2
Embodiments described herein are directed to an annotation system having a remote processor, and a client processor in data communication with the remote processor. The client processor is adapted to send a first request for an electronic file to the remote processor, receive the electronic file from the remote processor, define at least one new annotation about the electronic file, and define at least one anchor associated with the at least one annotation. The at least one of the remote processor and the client processor is adapted to store the at least one anchor and the at least one annotation in an annotation file that is separate from the electronic file.
US09483445B1
A method and system to provide fonts for electronic publications is described. An example method includes receiving a request for an electronic publication from a user device, retrieving a font identifier of a font from the electronic publication, providing the electronic publication to the user device, determining, based on the font identifier, that at least one font file of the font is not stored on the user device, and providing the at least one font file of the font to the user device.
US09483431B2
Various embodiments for implementing a method and apparatus for accessing multiple storage devices from multiple hosts without use of remote direct memory access (RDMA) as disclosed herein include: providing a data store switch fabric enabling data communications between a data storage access system and a plurality of compute nodes, each compute node having integrated compute capabilities, data storage, and a network interface controller (Host NIC); providing a plurality of physical data storage devices; providing a host bus adapter (HBA) in data communication with the plurality of physical data storage devices and the plurality of compute nodes via the data store switch fabric, the HBA including at least one submission queue and a corresponding shadow queue; receiving an input/output (I/O) request from the plurality of compute nodes; including an element of the I/O request to the at least one submission queue; and including additional information related to the element of the at least one submission queue to the corresponding shadow queue.
US09483428B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a storage apparatus, and a system and a method for executing access operations. The apparatus includes an interleaved bus, N memory groups, and K direct-connect bus groups, where K is less than or equal to N; the interleaved bus includes M master interfaces and S slave interfaces, where M is less than or equal to S, and each master interface among the M master interfaces is configured to receive continuous-addresses access operations; each memory group among the N memory groups includes S memories respectively connected to the S slave interfaces, where the interleaved bus is configured to decode and send the continuous-addresses access operations to at least one memory group among the N memory groups in an interleaved manner; and a first direct-connect bus group among the K direct-connect bus groups receives and sends the discrete-addresses access operations to at least one memory group.
US09483427B2
A data storage apparatus includes a controller including a controller input/output unit suitable for receiving a ready/busy delay signal and generating a ready/busy output signal in response to a first control signal, and a memory chip including a memory input/output unit suitable for receiving a chip enable delay signal and generating a chip enable output signal in response to a second control signal. The ready/busy delay signal and the chip enable delay signal are transmitted through a substantially same transmission line.
US09483424B1
Embodiments of the present disclosure use non-blocking writes (NBWs) to send high priority information (e.g., cache writebacks) on a designated channel that is separate from a channel used for other commands (e.g., normal memory write commands). By using NBWs and a designated channel to send cache writebacks, the cache writebacks will not be blocked by normal memory write commands. For example, an endpoint device may indicate that a TLP includes an NBW. Based on the indication, the root complex may send the NBWs on a dedicated NBW channel such that the NBW is not blocked by normal memory writes.
US09483422B2
Embodiments herein relate to accessing a memory region including confidential information. A memory request from a process may be received. The memory request may include a process ID (PID) of the process, a requested memory address, and a requested access type. The memory request may be compared to a permission set associated with a memory region including the confidential information. Access to the memory region by the process may be controlled based on the comparison.
US09483411B2
According to one embodiment, a memory system includes a first memory, a second memory, a third memory, a data transmission controller, and a processing unit. The second memory is configured to store first management information to manage the first memory. The third memory is configured to be accessed at a speed higher than the second memory. The processing unit causes the data transmission controller to transmit second management information and third management information from the second memory to the third memory in a burst mode before a read process is performed on the first memory. The second management information and the third management information are related to the read process and are included in the first management information. The processing unit performs the read process on the first memory using the second management information and the third management information stored in the third memory.
US09483392B1
Automating testing of a software product under system resource constraints. One or more SQAs are received and, for each SQA, a confidence level and an importance are received. For one or more system resources, an amount of each system resource available for testing is received. Each amount of system resource available for testing is apportioned to the SQAs, based on the confidence level and the importance of each SQA. Each test in a set of tests is prioritized, based on the number of SQAs associated with the test and any previous results of the test. For each SQA, a subset of the set of tests is selected, based on the test priorities, an expected consumption of system resources by each test, and the apportionment of the system resources to the SQA; the selected subset of tests is executed; and the test results for the selected subset of tests is updated.
US09483390B2
A method for storing graphical user interface (GUI) object properties includes: storing GUI object properties for each GUI object for a starting version of an application in an object map; associating the stored GUI object properties for each GUI object with a starting version identifier; determining that at least one of the GUI objects is changed; in response to determining that the at least one GUI object is changed, storing modifications of the GUI object properties for the at least one GUI object in the object map; and associating the modifications of the GUI object properties for the at least one GUI object with a new version identifier of the application. Over time, the object map contains multiple variants of the GUI objects. An automation test tool may use this object map to intelligently select appropriate GUI object version for recognition at script run time.
US09483389B2
Processing automation scripts used for testing pages includes running the automation scripts using a processor, searching for an element on the page according to locating information in an instruction of the automation scripts, collecting element-related information of the element in response to finding of the element on the page according to the locating information, and associating the collected element-related information of the element with the instruction of the automation scripts. The element-related information associated with the instruction is saved.
US09483387B1
The techniques described herein provide for comparison of tree structures. In some examples, a system according to this disclosure may receive at least a first item including a first tree structure and a second item including a second tree structure. The system may compare the first item and the second item. In particular, in performing the comparison, the system may detect a sub-tree structure type in the first tree structure and in the second tree structure. In some examples, the sub-tree structure type is one of one or more sub-tree structure types that have corresponding matching processes. Once determined, the system described herein may perform the corresponding matching process of the detected sub-tree structure type for the first tree structure and the second tree structure.
US09483386B2
The present invention proposes an information interaction testing device and method based on the associated testing case automatic generation. The associated testing case generation module in said device may automatically generate the associated testing case files corresponding to all associated information interactions which can be triggered by said reference information interaction based on the reference information interaction and the predefined rules determined by the application type provided by the system under test. The information interaction testing device and method based on the associated testing case automatic generation disclosed in the present invention have the higher testing speed and the higher testing usability as well as are low-cost.
US09483382B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a data synchronization method and apparatus. The method includes: scanning a code to capture a synchronization instruction; replacing the captured synchronization instruction with a trap instruction; and when the code runs to the trap instruction, trapping a code execution right into a distributed shared memory (DSM) unit, where the DSM unit implements a concurrent multi-write protocol, but implements a single-write protocol when executing the synchronization instruction, thereby supporting the concurrent multi-write protocol and solving the synchronization problem caused by the concurrent multi-write protocol.
US09483378B2
A system and method for monitoring the process resource consumption of massive parallel job executions is disclosed. The system uses byte code instrumentation to place sensors in methods that receive job execution requests. Those sensors detect start and end of job executions by the process they are deployed to and extract identification data from detected job execution requests that allow the monitor to identify the job request. This job identification data is used to tag resource utilization measures, which allows the monitor to assign measured resource consumptions to specific job executions. The job identification data that identifies the job execution that triggered the transaction is also used to tag transaction tracing data. The generated job specific measures and transaction traces may be used to identify resource intensive job executions and to identify the root cause of the resource consumption.
US09483377B2
A method and apparatus are provided for facilitating performance monitoring of a large database system. The apparatus comprises a processor and a storage device communicatively coupled with the processor. The processor is programmed to (i) retrieve resource usage data points, (ii) calculate an outlier threshold value based upon values of data points, and (iii) determine if the value of each data point is outside of the threshold value. The processor is further programmed to (iv) plot the value of the data point in histogram with a first color when the data point value is determined to be outside of the threshold value, (v) plot the data point value in histogram with a second color when the data point value is determined to be not outside of the threshold value, and (vi) display the histogram containing plotted data point values of the first color and plotted data point values of the second color to enable a user to quickly and easily identify a potential skew condition.
US09483376B2
Method for providing precise microprocessor performance counter readings including detecting a swap back to a monitored process executing in a microprocessor. In response to the detected swap back to the monitored process, if the value read from the performance counter does not exceed the defined overflow threshold, the value of the performance counter stored in the first memory location is restored to the performance counter. If the value read from the performance counter exceeds the defined overflow threshold, the performance counter is set to zero and the value of the performance counter stored in the first memory location is used to increment an overflow memory location. If the value read from the performance counter exceeds the defined overflow threshold, at least one performance counter reading instruction is detected and in response to the detected at least one performance counter reading instruction, setting the counter output register to zero.
US09483372B2
Power leveling a system under test (SUT). An input signal is provided at an initial power level to the SUT. Multiple iterations are performed, each including measuring, over a specified measuring interval, power of a signal produced by the SUT in response to the input signal, and dynamically adjusting the power of the input signal in response. The measuring interval is increased over the iterations, thereby increasing accuracy of the measuring over the iterations while converging the signal to a specified power level. An initial power leveling operation may be performed for the SUT to establish a specified power level, after which the SUT is tested, during which multiple power leveling operations are performed, each including measuring power of a signal from the SUT over a specified measuring interval, and adjusting the input signal in response, thereby maintaining the specified power level during the testing while correcting for thermal droop.
US09483371B2
A storage system includes a first control apparatus; at least one second control apparatus managed by the first control apparatus; and a storage unit accessed by the second control apparatus. The second control apparatus determines based on detection of an error of an input/output process for storage in the storage unit whether the storage is in a blocking state, executes a resumption process of the input/output process when the storage is in the blocking state, judges whether an error occurrence frequency of the input/output process is at least a predetermined value, when the storage is not in the blocking state, and transmits to the first control apparatus, a blocking process request for the storage, when the error occurrence frequency is at least the predetermined value. The first control apparatus executes a blocking process and an error process of the storage, based on reception of the blocking process request.
US09483364B2
According to certain aspects, an information management cell with failover management capability can include secondary storage computing devices configured to conduct primary data from a primary storage device(s) to a secondary storage device(s) during secondary copy operations, at the direction of a remote storage manager, wherein a first secondary storage computing device implements a failover storage manager configured to, in the event of a loss of connectivity between the cell and the remote storage manager: access a stored storage policy; initiate first and secondary copy operations according to the storage policy in which the first and second secondary storage computing devices are each involved in the creation of a first and second secondary copies; and subsequent to reestablishment of connectivity between the cell and the remote storage manager, transmit synchronization information associated with the secondary copy operations to the remote storage manager.
US09483346B2
A storage cluster is provided. The storage cluster includes a plurality of storage nodes, each of the plurality of storage nodes having nonvolatile solid-state memory and a plurality of operations queues coupled to the solid-state memory. The plurality of storage nodes is configured to distribute the user data and metadata throughout the plurality of storage nodes such that the plurality of storage nodes can access the user data with a failure of two of the plurality of storage nodes. Each of the plurality of storage nodes is configured to determine whether a read of 1 or more bits in the solid-state memory via a first path is within a latency budget. The plurality of storage nodes is configured to perform a read of user data or metadata via a second path, responsive to a determination that the read of the bit via the first path is not within the latency budget.
US09483339B2
Changes in the distribution of memory cells across memory states allow calculation of Bit Error Rate (BER). Comparison of test data stored in memory and a known good copy of the test data provides test data BER from which user data BER may be obtained. Data may be handled differently according to its BER.
US09483338B2
In an example, network node failures may be predicted by extracting performance metrics for the network nodes from a plurality of data sources. A fail condition may be defined for the network nodes and input variables related to the fail condition for the network nodes may then be derived from the extracted performance metrics. A plurality of models may then be trained to predict the fail condition for the network nodes using a training set from the extracted performance metrics with at least one of the identified input variables. Each of the plurality of trained models may be validated using a validation set from the extracted performance metrics and may be rated according to predefined criteria. As a result, a highest rated model of the validated models may be selected to predict the fail condition for the network nodes.
US09483332B2
An event processing method in a stream processing system includes matching a basic event with basic events stored in engine memories corresponding to each matching mode in a rule engine, to determine an engine memory including the basic event, and when it is determined that the engine memory including the basic event is an engine memory corresponding to a full-loop mode, inputting the basic event into the full-loop mode of the rule engine, adding a full-loop identifier to the basic event. This method implements classification processing on complex events by using different matching modes of the rule engine, improving performance of processing a complex event in an Event Stream Processing (ESP) service processing process.
US09483330B2
Trusted Client-Centric Application Architecture (TC2A2) provides the ability to securely exchange data between applications. TC2A2 may be used to perform functions requiring data exchange between applications that typically may not be able to communicate with each other. TC2A2 uses a universal data set to exchange data. Application data from a source application is converted to a universal data set, and then converted to application data for one or more target applications. Application data is then propagated to respective native applications. TC2A2 provides the ability to update, modify, and manipulate data for a plurality of applications using a single user interface.
US09483328B2
A system and method for messaging application content that includes providing an application content messaging application programming interface (API); receiving a content delivery request from an account, through the application content messaging API; retrieving device information of a destination endpoint specified in the content delivery request; based on the device information, selecting an application content format from a set of formats and obtaining application content in the application content format; and transmitting the application content.
US09483325B2
A technique includes writing a first count value associated with a first timestamp counter to a first memory local to the first timestamp counter. The technique includes writing a second count value associated with a second timestamp counter to a second memory local to the second timestamp counter. The timestamp counters are synchronized based at least in part on the first and second count values.
US09483318B2
Technologies are generally described for methods and systems effective to execute a program in a multi-core processor. In an example, methods to execute a program in a multi-core processor may include executing a first procedure on a first core of a multi-core processor. The methods may further include while executing the first procedure, sending a first and second instruction, from the first core to a second and third core, respectively. The instructions may command the cores to execute second and third procedures. The methods may further include executing the first procedure on the first core while executing the second procedure on the second core and executing the third procedure on the third core.
US09483311B2
Embodiments relate to data shuffling by logically rotating processing nodes. The nodes are logically arranged in a two or three dimensional matrix. Every time two of the nodes in adjacent rows of the matrix are positionally aligned, these adjacent nodes exchange data. The positional alignment is a logical alignment of the nodes. The nodes are logically arranged and rotated, and data is exchanged in response to the logical rotation.
US09483306B2
A calculation device is provided that executes calculations within real-time restrictions. The calculation device implements a step of predicting a processing time of a calculation related to the amount and property of input data based on a prediction model; a step of adjusting the processing time by decreasing the amount of data used for the calculation or decreasing the number of iterative calculations when the processing time exceeds a time slice allocated to the calculation; a step of executes the calculation using the adjusted processing time; a step of updating, as required, the prediction model used for predicting the processing time according to the result of the calculation which is executed in a period where the calculation is not performed while implementing a change of the amount of data or the number of iterative calculations or change to an approximation.
US09483299B2
An access data collector collects access assignment data characterizing active access assignment operations of a hypervisor in assigning host computing resources among virtual machines for use in execution of the virtual machines. Then, a capacity risk indicator calculator calculates a capacity risk indicator characterizing a capacity risk of the host computing resources with respect to meeting a prospective capacity demand of the virtual machines, based on the access assignment data.
US09483290B1
Methods and systems for a virtual environment are provided. A method includes receiving a packet from a first virtual machine at a virtual switch; determining if the packet is destined to a second virtual machine by comparing a destination address to a mapping data structure maintained by the virtual switch; transferring the packet to a first virtual function of a device assigned to the first virtual machine by directly mapping the first virtual function to the first virtual machine; the first virtual function initiating a direct memory access (DMA) operation to transfer the packet to the second virtual machine based on a logical memory address of the second virtual machine that is received from a second virtual function; and using the DMA operation to transfer the packet to the second virtual machine.
US09483288B2
A method, system, and/or computer program product runs a virtual appliance in a distributed computing system. One or more predefined parameters, indicative of respective operating characteristics of the virtual appliance while running, are monitored. Time dependent values of the one or more predefined parameters are collected during the monitoring time period. For each of the one or more predefined parameters, a metric value from the time-dependent values of the parameter is derived. The metric values are evaluated, based on the constraints. In response to a determination that at least one metric value is violating at least part of the constraints, a second set of resources is allocated to the virtual appliance and a second set of virtual machines are determined for deploying the virtual appliance, in order to satisfy the constraints.
US09483287B2
In an example embodiment, a communication is received from a software tool. The communication may be intended for a virtual machine and may contain an identification of a virtual file. A virtual file can then be retrieved using the identification. The virtual file defines a file socket, the file socket providing a communications channel for stream-based communications. Then the file socket can be established as a communications channel between the software tool and the virtual machine based on the virtual file.
US09483284B2
A version compatibility method may identify an interface provided by a first version of an operating system and identify an interface provided by a second version of the operating system. A monitoring module generates difference information between the first version and the second version of the operating system. A compatibility module on a host machine determines, using the difference information, whether a computer application program running on the host machine can resolve an interface dependency if an operating system running on the host machine is changed from the first version to the second version.
US09483283B1
Implementations are disclosed herein for enhancing swizzling technology. In at least one implementation, functions are hooked by modifying their machine code implementations to jump to a central callback function. The central callback function may then route to other target functions that serve to replace the hooked functions. In another implementation, the machine code implementations are modified to jump to intermediate functions. The intermediate functions invoke dispatch functions that can call into a central callback function. The central callback function may return to the hooked functions.
US09483282B1
This disclosure relates to systems and methods for reconfiguring hardware at run-time. In multi-tasking environments, applications may depend on specific hardware configurations for their execution. The run-time hardware configuration change management API can receive hardware configuration requests from applications, accept or deny configuration requests, arbitrate conflicting configuration requests, and apply configuration requests.
US09483279B2
Aspects of the present invention include a method of deploying user assistance information. The method includes providing access to a container storing a plurality of context domain declarations (CDDs), creating a new CDD, wherein the new CDD specifies an associated user assistance repository (UAR), creating pattern information which identifies an application or application state for which the associated UAR is applicable, deploying the new CDD independently from the application and the associated UAR, and distributing the new CDD to one or more users.
US09483278B2
The present invention protects a memory image of an OS in a sleep state. A CPU executes a first OS or a second OS while switching there between. The first OS is loaded into a main memory, and the second OS is loaded into an auxiliary memory. The auxiliary memory may be connected to a chipset through a PCIe interface. The main memory and the auxiliary memory are configured such that, when one is in an active state where the right of access to the CPU is obtained, the other makes a transition to the sleep state where there is no right of access to the CPU while maintaining the memory image. In order to prevent one OS in the active state from accessing the main memory or the auxiliary memory in which the memory image of the other OS in the sleep state is stored, the BIOS may set a corresponding controller to disabled during a POST.
US09483275B2
A method and system uses exceptions for code specialization in a system that supports transactions. The method and system includes inserting one or more branchless instructions into a sequence of computer instructions. The branchless instructions include one or more instructions that are executable if a commonly occurring condition is satisfied and include one or more instructions that are configured to raise an exception if the commonly occurring condition is not satisfied.
US09483269B2
Embodiments of the invention relate to performing run-time instrumentation. Run-time instrumentation is captured, by a processor, based on an instruction stream of instructions of an application program executing on the processor. The capturing includes storing the run-time instrumentation data in a collection buffer of the processor. A run-time instrumentation sample point trigger is detected by the processor. Contents of the collection buffer are copied into a program buffer as a reporting group based on detecting the run-time instrumentation sample point trigger. The program buffer is located in main storage in an address space that is accessible by the application program.
US09483262B2
An apparatus specifies, for each of interfaces described in a source code, an installed program associated with the each interface, based on a description of the source code including a relevant source code corresponding to the installed program, and stores an identifier of the specified installed program in the memory in association with an interface associated with the installed program. The apparatus specifies an interface to be executed upon execution of a program based on the source code, according to contents defined in the source code. The apparatus, upon execution of the program based on the source code, outputs information on the installed program whose identifier is stored in the memory in association with the specified interface, so that the installed program is identifiable.
US09483260B1
Documentation for application or web service, such as a web application programming interface (API), is generated by analyzing bytecode for the application itself. Metadata contained within the bytecode and that specifies the functionality of the web service is extracted and used as a template and basis for documentation. A second source of documentation, which contains detailed documentation of the web service, is contributed by the web service developer and merged with the metadata extracted from the bytecode.
US09483251B2
A BIOS updating method determines whether to allow a current BIOS version to be upgraded or downgraded to a target BIOS version according to a dependency description recorded in a BIOS updating program or a dependency description recorded in an SMBIOS. If all of the BIOS versions recorded in the dependency description are not between the current BIOS version and the target BIOS version, the BIOS updating program allows the current BIOS version to be upgraded or downgraded to the target BIOS version. If at least one of the BIOS versions recorded in the dependency description is between the current BIOS version and the target BIOS version, the BIOS updating program forbids the current BIOS version to be directly upgraded or downgraded to the target BIOS version.
US09483249B2
An electronic device (such as a cellular telephone) automatically installs and personalizes updates to an applet on a secure element in the electronic device. In particular, when a digitally signed update package containing the update is received from an updating device (such as a server), the secure element identifies any previous versions of the applet installed on the secure element. If there are any previously installed versions, the secure element verifies the digital signature of the update package using an encryption key associated with a vendor of the secure element. Then, the secure element uninstalls the previous versions of the applet and exports the associated user data. Next, the secure element installs the update to the applet, and personalizes the new version of the applet using the user data.
US09483247B2
Various embodiments illustrated and described herein schedule a software upgrade as part of normal workload assignment and management. In one embodiment, a workload automation system evaluates the projected workload on a system affected by a software upgrade. Policies may determine requirements that should be met during the software upgrade, such as jobs that may or may not be postponed, preferred times of software upgrade, etc. The software upgrade may also have constraints associated with it, such as a time by which the upgrade must be completed, the order of upgrade if multiple systems are involved, etc. These constraints may be part of the policies or may be separate. Based on forecasted workload automation, policies, and any other constraints a time slot for software upgrade is selected and the upgrade is scheduled for the time slot as part of a work queue.
US09483244B2
A computer converts a source program into intermediate code. The computer detects, based on profile information related to a memory access for accessing target data stored in a memory, a memory access that fits an access pattern corresponding to an operating condition of a hardware prefetch function for the target data. The target data is data for which a prefetch instruction is to be inserted in advance. The prefetch instruction is an instruction for transferring data stored in the memory to a cache memory. The computer computes an evaluation value for the target data based on a length of successive memory accesses that fit the access pattern, and determines, based on the evaluation value, whether to suppress insertion of a prefetch instruction for the target data. The computer updates the intermediate code based on a result of the determination, and converts the updated intermediate code into a machine language program.
US09483241B2
Disclosed herein is a framework for analyzing and determining the impact and importance of software code or method changes. In accordance with one aspect, invocations of methods are tracked by generating marking records. The marking records may be used to rebuild a call stack, which can be used to organize the methods to generate a calling dependency representation. The methods may then be ranked based on such calling dependency representation.
US09483240B1
A computing device is described that includes a preprocessor module, and a compiler module. The preprocessor module identifies, based on parsing source code of a layout file that defines a user interface, a plurality of data binding expressions that each define a respective data binding between a user interface element of the user interface and a model object, determine, based on the plurality of data binding expressions, dependencies between each of the plurality of data binding expressions, and generate, based on the dependencies, additional source code for updating at least one respective data binding defined by the plurality of data binding expressions in response to a change to a property of the model object. The compiler module generates an application comprising machine-executable code that is based on the source code of the layout file, the model object, and the additional source code.
US09483238B2
A solution providing for the dynamic design, use, and modification of models using a declarative software application meta-model that provides for self-modification of a collection of the models is provided. The solution can enable continuous real-time testing, simulation, deployment, and modification of the collection of the models. A model in the collection of the models can represent an entity or a function and can be included in a set of related models. Additionally, a set of related models can include a plurality of sets of related models. The collection of the models can represent, for example, one or more software applications, processes, and/or the like.
US09483235B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a novel solution that supports the separate compilation of host code and device code used within a heterogeneous programming environment. Embodiments of the present invention are operable to link device code embedded within multiple host object files using a separate device linking operation. Embodiments of the present invention may extract device code from their respective host object files and then linked them together to form linked device code. This linked device code may then be embedded back into a host object generated by embodiments of the present invention which may then be passed to a host linker to form a host executable file. As such, device code may be split into multiple files and then linked together to form a final executable file by embodiments of the present invention.
US09483233B2
A processor is adapted for performing a QR-decomposition. The processor has a program memory, a program controller, connected to the program memory to receive program instructions, and at least one processing unit. The processing unit includes a CORDIC calculation block, and has a distributed memory structure, with separate memory blocks for storing respective parameter values.
US09483228B2
Non-media data relating to real-world objects or persons are collected from a scene while media data from the same scene are collected. The media data comprise audio data only or audiovisual data, whereas the non-media data comprise telemetry data and/or non-telemetry data. Based at least in part on the non-media data relating to the real-world objects or persons in the scene, emitter-listener relationships between a listener and some or all of the real-world objects or persons are determined. Audio objects comprising audio content portions and non-audio data portions are generated. At least one audio object is generated based at least in part on the emitter-listener relationships.
US09483223B2
An image forming apparatus supporting peer to peer (P2P) connection includes a print engine to perform a print operation; a first wireless interface to connect the image forming apparatus to an access point (AP) of an infrastructured network; a second wireless interface to connect the image forming apparatus to an external mobile device by P2P; a soft AP module to allow the image forming apparatus to perform as an AP when the image forming apparatus is P2P connected; a dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) server unit to allocate an internet protocol (IP) address to the mobile device that is P2P connected to the image forming apparatus; a soft AP activating unit to activate the soft AP module; and a control unit. If a discovery packet is received from the mobile device via P2P interface, the control unit is operable to control the image forming apparatus to process the discovery packet.
US09483216B2
An image forming system according to an embodiment includes: a first image forming apparatus that forms an image using a decolorable color material, a second image forming apparatus that forms an image using a non-decolorable color material, an information terminal that communicates over a network with the first and second image forming apparatuses. When a trial printing operation is initiated from the information terminal, the information terminal prompts a user for an input selecting the first image forming apparatus to perform the trial printing operation using the decolorable color material.
US09483211B2
A storage apparatus includes a processing unit that functions a SAN OS which performs SAN control and a NAS OS which performs NAS control to be operated on a virtualized OS, an inter-OS communication unit that transmits and receives data between the NAS OS and the SAN OS, a transmission controller that transmits a NAS input/output request received in the NAS OS to the SAN OS through the inter-OS communication unit, and a NAS request processing unit that processes the NAS input/output request received from the transmission controller in the SAN OS. With this configuration, the NAS and the SAN can be efficiently integrated in a storage apparatus.
US09483196B2
Various embodiments are provided for virtualizing and managing a storage virtualization system (SVS) in a storage management architecture. Source data is copied from the source storage media to target data in a target storage media based on a predefined copy policy in a copy mapping table. A relation between the source data and the target data is tracked in a copy mapping table. It is determined if a copy of the requested data exists using the copy mapping table. Tiered storage policies are configured in a migration mapping table pertaining to the SVS, and a source storage media is mapped to a target storage media and a migration policy.
US09483185B2
The present disclosure is directed to gradual context saving in a data storage device. An example data storage device may comprise at least a non-volatile memory and a control module. The control module may cause context data to be gradually saved to the non-volatile memory based on monitoring write activity to the nonvolatile memory, wherein the context data may correspond to a current state of the data storage device. The control module may cause context data to be saved based on a budget ratio. For example, a budget ratio may compare an amount of total budget consumed (e.g., based a capacity of the data storage device, an amount of data stored in the data storage device, a target time-to-ready for the data storage device, etc.) to an amount of total context data that has already been written to the non-volatile memory.
US09483177B2
The diagnostic imaging apparatus according to the present embodiments includes a display unit, an input unit, and a display control unit. The display unit includes a display area in which a medical image and a menu in relation to the medical image are displayed. The input unit receives input to the display area. The display control unit displays different menus in the display area in accordance with the input received by the input unit.
US09483174B2
An information processing apparatus includes, for example, a touch panel placed over a display screen. For example, when a start of a touch input is detected, the first-touch-input coordinates are determined as object generation coordinates and an object is displayed in the coordinates. When an input direction based on coordinates continuously detected after the object generation coordinates until, for example, a touch-off is determined to be a predetermined direction, the object is moved in a specific direction. Alternatively, an input direction is determined based on coordinates continuously detected after the object generation coordinates until a touch-off, and then, based on the input direction, the direction opposite to the input direction, for example, is determined to be a moving direction and the object is moved in the moving direction.
US09483173B2
An information processor includes a means for displaying a plurality of item buttons in a display region, the item buttons each having center coordinates and outlines, a means for determining coordinates of an indicated position in the display area based on an input signal, a means for calibrating the center coordinates of each of the plurality of item buttons to coordinates between the center coordinates and the outlines of each of the item buttons to obtain the calibrated center coordinates, and a means for determining one of the item buttons to be in a selected state such that the calibrated center coordinates of the determined one is closest to the coordinates of the indicated position.
US09483172B2
An information processing device (100) is configured by: a controller (205); a first touch panel (103); a second touch panel (104); and a storage (213). The controller (205) includes a window controller (212) for controlling display of a plurality of windows, and stores a history of the use of the plurality of windows in a window history storage (214). When a new application is started up, a new window display layout candidate is generated and displayed according to the history. When the displayed window display layout candidate is selected, windows are displayed with the selected display layout.
US09483165B2
An intermediate in-game resource hybrid gaming system is provided. In an entertainment game, utilization of an entertainment game element by a player may trigger a wager in accordance with a gambling proposition. Based on the outcome of the wager, the player may be awarded an intermediate in-game resource for use in the entertainment game. The intermediate in-game resource may be used by the player to acquire an entertainment game resource or element that may be used to enhance the player's play of the entertainment game.
US09483160B2
A mobile terminal and controlling method thereof are disclosed, by which a selection and/or execution of an application can be designated using a list of applications currently executed in a multitasking environment. The present invention includes a display unit, a user input unit configured to receive an input of a command from a user, and a controller, when a plurality of applications are being executed, if there is a first input via the user input unit, controlling a list of a plurality of the currently executed applications to be displayed on a first region, the controller, if one of at least one or more applications running in the background in the list is selected by a second input via the user input unit, controlling the selected application to be displayed on a second region of the display unit by having a prescribed visual effect applied thereto.
US09483158B2
Technology is disclosed for discovering décor harmonized with a décor style (“the technology”). The décor includes décor items, e.g. artworks, paintings, pictures, artifacts, architectural pieces, arrangement of artworks, color selection, room décor, rugs, mats, furnishings, household items, fashion, clothes, jewelry, car interiors, garden arrangements etc. The technology facilitates analyzing user input to identify a décor style from a décor style dictionary, obtaining décor that harmonizes with décor style, and presenting a representation of the décor to the user. The décor style dictionary includes décor styles that are generated based on an analysis of content, including images and description of décor, from a plurality of sources. The décor styles can be based on a number of concepts, including a theme of the décor, a color/color palette, a mood of the person, a fashion era, a type of architecture, etc. The technology facilitates presentation of discovered décor using computer generated imagery techniques.
US09483154B2
A touch panel includes a plurality of first electrodes, a plurality of second electrodes, and a plurality of wirings. Each of the plurality of first electrodes has a first portion formed on a layer different from that on which the second electrodes are formed and intersecting the second electrodes, and a second portion formed on the same layer as that on which the second electrodes are formed, but separated from the second electrode. The second electrode and the second portion of the first electrode are formed on a layer different than the layer where the wiring is formed. The first portion of the first electrode is connected to the second portion through a contact portion formed in an insulating film made of a negative resist between the first portion and the second electrode.
US09483151B2
Embodiments of the invention generally provide an input device having a reduced system complexity and low production cost. As the size of input devices, such as touch pads and other similar devices increase, the need for an input device that is able to maintain or even improve the touch sensing accuracy without greatly increasing the manufacturing cost becomes increasingly important. Embodiments of the invention may provide an input device that includes an array of capacitive sensing pixels that each include a unique pair of sensor electrodes, wherein at least one of the electrodes in a first pixel is also in communication with another sensor electrode in at least one other pixel, which is not in the same row or column with the first pixel.
US09483150B2
A touch sensor mechanism for a touch display device, includes a cover lens made by a transparent material having a dielectric constant greater than 4.5 and a compression strength greater than 700 MPa for generating a finger's touching capacitance (CF) while a user's finger of a user touch thereon; and a sensor device module including a plurality of sensor devices having a sensor parasitic capacitance (CP). The cover lens and the sensor device module are disposed in the touch display device in such a manner that a ratio of a standard deviation value (σU) of the finger's touching capacitance (CF) of the cover lens to the sensor parasitic capacitance (CP) of the sensor device module is a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). The SNR is adjusted along with the finger's touching capacitance (CF) by reducing the thickness of the cover lens.
US09483148B2
A method of manufacturing a touch substrate is disclosed. The method includes forming a shading layer on one lateral surface of a base substrate, forming a first transparent conductive film on the other lateral surface of the base substrate, and forming the first conductive film into an auxiliary lead layer with a patterning process using the shading layer as a mask pattern. The method also includes forming a driving electrode on the base substrate, and forming a sensing electrode on the base substrate.
US09483143B2
A method and system for providing viewing angle sensitive graphics on an electronic device which detects a user viewing a display of an electronic device. The display has a plurality of items displayed for selection by the user, and the display defines a sensitive area including one or more of the plurality of items. A viewing angle of the user is determined based on a facial recognition technique. The sensitive area is adjusted based on the viewing angle, which can include moving the viewing angle, or adjusting a selection by the user from a first item to a second item based on the viewing angle.
US09483133B2
There is provided a handle switch device provided at a position adjacent to a grip part at an end portion of a handle and provided with a control device for controlling an operation of a predetermined vehicle-mounted device by an operation of a passenger. The control device includes a touch pad having an operation surface that the passenger touches upon the operation, a touch sensor for detecting a touch of the passenger to the operation surface and a computing device for performing an operation determination based on an output of the touch sensor. The operation surface is formed as a continuous surface that can be touched by the passenger through a drag operation. The touch sensor can detect the touch to the operation surface at least by the drag operation.
US09483121B2
While displaying one or more views of a first software application, an electronic device detects a sequence of touch inputs. The electronic device, in accordance with a determination that no gesture recognizer of the first software application recognizes a portion of the sequence of touch inputs, delivers the sequence of touch inputs to the second software application, and in accordance with a determination that at least one gesture recognizer in the second software application recognizes the sequence of touch inputs, processes the sequence of touch inputs with the at least one gesture recognizer in the second software application that recognizes the sequence of touch inputs.
US09483120B2
An apparatus and method are provided for controlling haptic feedback of an input tool for a mobile terminal. The method includes detecting, by the mobile terminal, a hovering of the input tool over an object displayed on a touch screen display of the mobile terminal; identifying a property of the object; and transmitting, to the input tool, a control signal for haptic feedback corresponding to the property of the object.
US09483116B2
Provided is a method, a device, and a system, in which a sensor of a sense-providing device senses a motion of the sense-providing device, without using a plurality of cameras, to detect an object and provide sensory information.
US09483114B2
A medical system has peripheral apparatuses, a sight line operation screen in which a command area for instructing operation of the peripheral apparatuses is displayed, a sight line measuring apparatus configured to detect sight line position coordinates of an operator, a sight line recognition level calculation section configured to calculate an extent of sight line recognition by the sight line measuring apparatus, and a sight line recognition level display area configured to display a calculation result of the sight line recognition level calculation section on the sight line operation screen.
US09483113B1
Various embodiments enable additional content or features to be displayed to a user in response to detecting one eye of the user being closed either as a wink or for a duration of time. In one example, the additional content is graphical overlay, such as a menu containing selectable graphical elements to perform functions related to an application, game, or content, of global navigational features of the computing device in general, or to alternate views, features, or supplemental content for an application or game currently being displayed on a computing device. In one example, the overlay may be displayed only as long as the user keeps one eye closed or, alternatively, the user could wink to display the overlay and provide some other input to remove the overlay.
US09483106B2
Provided is an electronic apparatus including a changing unit that changes control modes of the electronic apparatus including a first mode and a second mode, a first notification unit that notifies a management unit of circumstances of the electronic apparatus at a notification timing which is determined by the electronic apparatus or an external device when the control mode is the first mode, a recording unit that estimates the circumstances at a predicted notification timing and records the circumstances in a storage medium in advance before the changing unit changes the control mode to the second mode, and a second notification unit that notifies the management unit of the circumstances recorded by the recording unit at the notification timing when the control mode is the second mode.
US09483098B2
Circuits, systems, and methods for monitoring a power supply voltage and determining if the power supply voltage has drooped are disclosed. In one embodiment, a voltage monitoring circuit is provided and configured to determine if the power supply voltage supplied to a functional circuit has drooped. When no droop of the power supply voltage is detected, the voltage monitoring circuit is configured to provide an indication to the functional circuit to operate in a first mode. When droop of the power supply voltage is detected, the voltage monitoring circuit is configured to provide an indication to the functional circuit to operate in a second mode. In this manner, operating margin in the power supply may be reduced since the functional circuit may be configured to properly operate when a voltage droop of the power supply voltage occurs.
US09483097B2
A power-free wireless operation device of a portable electronic device includes a portable electronic device that includes a device-side matching unit, a radio frequency unit, a device-side wireless communication interface, and a message processing unit and a wireless operation mechanism that includes a matching unit, a current processing unit, a wireless communication interface, and an operation processing unit. As such, a keyboard is operable with power supply from a portable electronic device so that the keyboard does not need to be equipped with an own power supply, whereby the present invention allows for significant reduction of the size of a wireless operation device and, in manufacture and production, a design can be adopted to achieve the features of being light, thin, and compact and being readily foldable for easy carrying and providing an effect of environmental protection through regeneration.
US09483096B2
A data storage device includes a non-volatile memory and a host interface. A method includes supplying a first supply voltage to the host interface during a first mode of operation of the non-volatile memory. The method further includes supplying a second supply voltage to the host interface in response to a transition from the first mode of operation to a second mode of operation of the non-volatile memory.
US09483094B2
Various techniques for managing power backup for computing devices are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving data representing a backup capacity of one or more backup power units and data representing a backup power profile of one or more processing units sharing the one or more backup power units. A portion of the backup capacity may then be assigned to each of the one or more processing units based at least in part on both the received data representing the backup capacity of the one or more backup power units and the received data representing the profile of the one or more processing units.
US09483092B2
An integrated circuit includes a multiple number of processor cores and a system management unit. The multiple number of processor cores each operate at one of a multiple number of performance states. The system management unit is coupled to the multiple number of processor cores, for setting performance states of the multiple number of processor cores. The system management unit boosts a first performance state of a first processor core of the multiple number of processor cores based on both a first temperature calculated from an estimated power consumption, and a second temperature based on a temperature measurement.
US09483088B2
A method for assembling a touch control display apparatus includes: mounting a frame member to an assembly surface of a touch control panel; fixing a display panel to one of the frame member and the assembly surface of the touch control panel such that a display surface of the display panel faces the touch control panel; mounting at least one electronic component on a section of the frame member that is not covered by the display panel; and coupling a bottom case to the frame member for enclosing the display panel and the at least one electronic component.
US09483082B2
A portable electronic module includes a portable electronic device having a back cover and a front frame, a magnet mechanism, and a support base including a support case and a third magnet. The magnet mechanism includes first and second magnets and a containing case disposed in the portable electronic device and having first and second openings. The first magnet is disposed on the containing case and protrudes from the first opening to abut against or pass through the front frame. The second magnet is disposed on the containing case, repels the first magnet, and protrudes from the second opening to abut against or pass through the back cover. The third magnet is disposed on the support case for attracting the first magnet to make the front frame absorbed onto the support case and for attracting the second magnet to make the back cover absorbed onto the support case.
US09483072B2
A cam system includes a beam including a plurality of coupling features. A first handle is operable to be coupled to the beam using the coupling features. A plurality of cam elements are each operable to be coupled to the beam at different locations along the beam using the coupling features. A plurality of cam brackets are each operable to be mounted to a first member having a first connector. The coupled-together beam, first handle, and cam elements are operable to be coupled a second member having a second connector such that, with the cam brackets mounted to the first member, the engagement of the cam elements with the cam brackets mate the first connector and the second connector.
US09483070B2
To provide a pedal guide system device for preventing an erroneous operation of a driver for the brake pedal and the accelerator pedal of a vehicle. A pedal guide system device for preventing an erroneous operation of a driver for a brake pedal and an accelerator pedal of a vehicle is provided with a plate-shaped, bellows-shaped, belt-shaped, or curtain-shaped guide component, which can be attached to the vehicle with a predetermined gap of 0.5-10 cm beside the brake pedal and/or the accelerator pedal and has the similar height as the height from the lower surface of a dashboard to the floor. The pedal guide system device enables a pedal operation in a space enclosed by four surfaces including a floor surface, an inner panel, and the dashboard, thereby enabling simple and easy to understand pedal position confirmation, enabling beginners and elderly people to get easily accustomed thereto, and enabling prevention of the erroneous operation for the pedals.
US09483066B2
This disclosure describes a non-dissipative snubber circuit configured to boost a voltage applied to a load after the load's impedance rises rapidly. The voltage boost can thereby cause more rapid current ramping after a decrease in power delivery to the load which results from the load impedance rise. In particular, the snubber can comprise a combination of a unidirectional switch, a voltage multiplier, and a current limiter. In some cases, these components can be a diode, voltage doubler, and an inductor, respectively.
US09483060B2
A pressure regulator (100) is provided. The pressure regulator (100) includes various features that reduce the risk of internal leaking The pressure regulator (100) includes a regulator body (101) including a fluid inlet (107) with a valve seat (106) and a fluid outlet (108) and a cap (102) coupled to the regulator body (101). The pressure regulator (100) also includes a diaphragm (103) with a first side (103a) exposed to the fluid inlet (107) and the fluid outlet (108) and a second side (103b) exposed to the cap (102). The diaphragm (103) can frictionally engage the regulator body (101) to form a fluid tight seal. Additionally, the diaphragm (103) may include a socket (118) formed in the diaphragm (103) and a valve member (105) including a valve stem (110) with a ball (118) that is adapted to engage the socket (118) formed in the diaphragm (103) in order to couple the valve member (105) to the diaphragm (103).
US09483059B2
A computer-implemented method for the automated driving of a vehicle. The method may include coordinating a planned vehicle path using a path planner application. The path planner application may receive information based on inputs to sensors disposed on the vehicle. The method may include sending a command to one or more vehicle systems to control the vehicle to follow the planned vehicle path. While the vehicle follows the planned vehicle path, the method may include receiving an indication that the path planner application is not meeting a threshold performance level. After receiving the indication that the path planner application is not meeting the threshold performance level, a command is sent to one or more vehicle systems to control the vehicle to follow a temporary and irregular full vehicle movement to alert a vehicle driver. The temporary and irregular full vehicle movement may be a full vehicle side-to-side wobbling movement.
US09483053B2
Arrangement of area wire for unmanned autonomous operating vehicle and control apparatus of the same
In an arrangement of an area wire for an unmanned autonomous operating vehicle having an electric motor supplied with power from a battery for operating an operating machine, and magnetic sensors for detecting intensity of a magnetic field of the area wire and controlled to run about in an operating area defined by the area wire to perform an operation using the operating machine and to return to a charging device installed on the area wire so as to charge the battery, there are provided with a charging device detecting area set to be used for detecting a position of the charging device, and a turn-back portion formed by bending the area wire at an appropriate position toward the charging device detecting area and again bending the area wire to return in a same direction with a predetermined space, whereby the operating area is divided into a plurality of zones.
US09483051B2
The invention relates to an automated guided vehicle, a system having a computer and an automated guided vehicle, and a method for operating an automated guided vehicle. The automated guided vehicle is to travel along track sections automatically from a start point to an end point.
US09483050B2
Systems and methods are disclosed herein for outsourcing processing operations between a mobile computing device and a self-propelled device. The self-propelled device may be in operative control by the mobile computing device via a communication connection. Due to latency in the communication connection, the mobile computing device may compile a computer code package for transmission to the self-propelled device. Execution of the computer code package by the self-propelled device may offset operations otherwise performed by the mobile computing device.
US09483044B2
A control device for a machine tool including a motor for driving a spindle includes: a current detection unit that detects a current driving the motor; a storage unit that stores overheat temperature specified for the motor; a temperature detection unit that detects temperature of the motor; a time estimation unit that estimates, by using the temperature detected by the temperature detection unit and the overheat temperature, time from when present estimation takes place until the motor reaches the overheat temperature, under a condition in which the current detected by the current detection unit continuously passes through the motor; and a provision unit that provides the time estimated by the time estimation unit.
US09483041B2
A block execution sequence display system includes: a machine tool that has numerical control and sequence control; a programmable controller that executes a sequence program; a numerical control device that executes a NC program; block execution sequence array display means for displaying a block execution sequence array in which sequence functional blocks and a NC program execution block are arranged in an execution sequence; selecting means for selecting one of blocks in the array; and NC functional block execution sequence array display means for, when the NC program execution block is selected by the selecting means, displaying a NC functional block execution sequence array in which a plurality of NC functional blocks are arranged in an execution sequence.
US09483038B2
A system for generating electronic cam profiles mimicking the action of mechanical cams operates on a variety of different cam profile inputs and converts them into a common form, for example, expressed as a polynomial spline and modifies that common form by predetermined adjustment relationships, for example by scaling coefficients of the common form cam profile according to desired changes in cam function and/or limitations in dynamic cam values input by a user. The common form of the cam profile may be obtained from a table of cam values by spline interpolation of those data values.
US09483023B2
The present invention relates to a timepiece comprising a frame and a device (1) for displaying the equation of time. The device (1) for displaying the equation of time comprises a first support (2) and a second support which are superposed, or, respectively, mounted so as to be able to rotate with respect to the frame, the first support (2) bearing a curve (6) that represents the equation of time, and the second support bearing a pointer (12) arranged such that the intersection of the pointer (12) with the curve (6) is visible, and means for driving the first (2) and second supports that are arranged such that the first (2) and second supports rotate at respective speeds that allow the value of the equation of time to be displayed at the intersection of the pointer (12) with the curve (6).
US09483021B2
In an illustrative implementation of this invention, an animated holographic display is created as follows: Multiple HPO holograms in the shape of horizontal strips are recorded on an H2 medium. These horizontal strips are vertically displaced from each other. An animated real image is displayed by sequentially illuminating these HPO holograms. In illustrative implementations of this invention, the vertical perspective of at least some adjacent HPO stripes are identical.
US09483019B2
An image forming apparatus includes a transport unit that transports a recording medium; a forming unit that forms a toner image on the recording medium, the toner image including a resin and a flat metallic pigment; a fixing unit that fixes the toner image to the recording medium by heating and pressing the toner image; and a cooling unit that cools the toner image fixed by the fixing unit, the cooling unit being disposed at a position at which the cooling is started when a temperature of the toner image is higher than or equal to a glass transition temperature.
US09483017B2
A developing device includes a developer cartridge and a developing unit. The developing unit includes a first guide and a second guide. The second is movable with respect to the developing frame between a first position where the second guide is in continuous with the first guide and a second position where a continuous state of the second guide with the first guide is interrupted. The developer cartridge includes a developer frame that accommodates a developer and a first guided member movable with respect to the developer frame. The first guide and the second guide at the first position guide the first guided member in the course of attaching the developer cartridge to the developing unit. When an attachment of the developer cartridge to the developing unit completes, the first guide receives the first guided member, and the second guide is at the second position.
US09483008B2
An image forming apparatus includes an induced voltage detection portion configured to detect an induced voltage Vk in a motor; and an engagement/disengagement completion time detection portion configured to detect an engagement completion time and a disengagement completion time based on the induced voltage Vk detected by the induced voltage detection portion. The engagement completion time is a time at which engagement of a clutch is actually completed. The disengagement completion time is a time at which disengagement of the clutch is actually completed. A control portion determines a command timing based on any one of the engagement completion time and the disengagement completion time detected by the engagement/disengagement completion time detection portion, the command timing being a time at which a command is given to the clutch to perform an engaging operation or a disengaging operation.
US09483007B2
An image forming apparatus includes a transfer device, a fixing device, an introduction guide member that introduces the leading edge of a recording medium to the fixing device, and a contact guide member that causes the leading edge of the recording medium to contact the introduction guide member. The contact guide member has a first guide part and a second guide part. The first guide part causes the leading edge of a first recording medium, which includes a recording medium of a double-sheet structure, to contact the introduction guide member at a first contact angle. The second guide part causes the leading edge of a second recording medium, which has a feed width greater than the passage width of the first guide part, to contact the introduction guide member at a second contact angle. The first contact angle is greater than the second contact angle.
US09483002B2
An image forming apparatus includes a heat unit, a pressure roller, a temperature sensor, and a controller. The heat unit includes a heater and a heated member configured to be heated by the heater. The pressure roller is configured to rotate at a rotational speed while being in contact with the heated member upon receiving a driving force. The temperature sensor is configured to detect a temperature of the heat unit. The controller is configured to control the rotational speed of the pressure roller on a basis of: the temperature detected by the temperature sensor; and a parameter that causes temperature of the pressure roller to change.
US09483001B1
A fixing device includes a rotatable fixing member provided in a fixing area where an unfixed image on surface of a medium is fixed, the fixing member including at least a thermoplastic surface layer that softens at a temperature below a fixing temperature at which the image is fixed; and a cleaning member provided on a downstream side with respect to the fixing area in a direction of rotation of the fixing member and that cleans the fixing member while coming into contact with a hardened portion of the fixing member in a cleaning area, the cleaning area being at a temperature below the temperature at which the thermoplastic surface layer of the fixing member softens.
US09482998B2
A fixing device includes a rotatable fixing member, a pressing member to contact the fixing member with pressure to form a nip between the pressing member and the fixing member, an induction heating unit serving as a heating source to heat the fixing member, and a conductive wire drawn out of the induction heating unit to be disposed outside the cover member through a hole provided substantially at a center of the cover member in a longitudinal direction of the induction heating unit. The induction heating unit includes an excitation coil, a coil holder to hold the excitation coil, and a cover member provided facing the coil holder with the coil holder interposed between the cover member and the fixing member.
US09482991B2
An image forming apparatus includes an image holding body, a developing device, a transfer device, a collection device, a container, and a transport member. The image holding body includes a surface on which a latent image is formed. The developing device develops the latent image into a visual image with developer. The transfer device transfers the visual image onto a transfer medium. The collection device collects the developer remaining on the surface of the image holding body after the visual image has been transferred. The container contains new developer supplied to the developing device. The image forming apparatus has a channel that has a first sub-channel and a second sub-channel. The developer flows into the first sub-channel from one of the collection device and the container and the second sub-channel from the other of the collection device and the container.
US09482984B2
An image forming apparatus is provided for controlling current(s) supplied to a semiconductor laser. In one or more embodiments, an image forming apparatus corrects a value of the driving current and a value of at least one correction current (e.g., first and/or second correction current(s)) supplied in synchronization with the supply start of the driving current based on a reception result of a light receiving unit. In one or more embodiments, an image forming apparatus includes a correction current supply unit including a first correction current generation unit for generating a first correction current that attenuates over time and a second correction current generation unit for generating a second correction current that attenuates over time and of which an attenuation speed is lower than that of the first correction current, and configured to supply the first correction current and the second correction current to the semiconductor laser.
US09482983B1
An apparatus includes: an image holding element; an exposure device that exposes the image holding element to light; a holding member that holds the exposure device such that the exposure device is movable relative to an apparatus body between an exposure position, at which the exposure device exposes the image holding element to light, and a retracted position, at which the exposure device is located away from the image holding element; an open/close member that has a rotary shaft rotatably supported by the apparatus body and that opens and closes the apparatus body; a moving member that moves the exposure device between the exposure position and the retracted position via the holding member along with opening/closing movement of the open/close member; and a guide member formed with a guide surface that guides movement of the holding member and a holding portion that holds the holding member at the exposure position.
US09482973B2
A toner is provided. The toner includes a binder resin and a release agent. The toner satisfies the following inequation: 0.45≦(S1/S2)≦1.00 wherein S1 and S2 represent areas of quadrangles circumscribing the release agent and the toner, respectively, in a cross-sectional image of the toner obtained by a transmission electron microscope (TEM).
US09482970B2
An organic photoconductor includes: a conductive substrate; a charge generation layer formed on the conductive substrate; a charge transport layer formed on the charge generation layer; and a protective coating formed on the charge transport layer. The protective coating comprises nanoparticles incorporated in an in-situ cross-linked polymer matrix. A process for increasing mechanical strength in an organic photoconductor is also provided.
US09482963B2
A system for controlling a patterning device in a lithographic apparatus using a patterning device having individually controllable elements that may only be set to two states. The method includes converting a representation of a pattern to be formed on the substrate into a plurality of area intensity signals, each corresponding to a radiation intensity level required to be set in a respective area of the patterning device in order to provide the desired pattern on the substrate and a separate step of converting each of the area intensity signals into control signals for a plurality of individually controllable elements that each correspond to the area of the patterning device.
US09482958B2
Provided is a method of forming a pattern, including (a) forming a chemically amplified resist composition into a film, (b) exposing the film to light, and (c) developing the exposed film with a developer containing an organic solvent, wherein the developer contains an alcohol compound (X) at a content of 0 to less than 500 ppm based on the total mass of the developer.
US09482951B2
This invention describes compositions and methods of using non-covalently crosslinked resin coatings for lithographic applications. These materials are designed to undergo, after coating, a change that provides solvent resistance and, with some materials, simultaneous aqueous-base solubility. Non-covalent interactions allow for easier removal of these coatings than of covalently crosslinked materials. These types of materials are well-suited for trench and gap fill applications, as well as for anti-reflective coatings, spin-on carbon layers, and etch masks.
US09482949B2
A positive resist composition is provided comprising a polymer comprising recurring units having a carboxyl or phenolic hydroxyl group substituted with an acid labile group and recurring units of isosorbide nitrate ester, and having a Mw of 1,000-500,000. The resist composition has a satisfactory effect of suppressing acid diffusion and a high resolution, and forms a pattern of good profile and minimal edge roughness after exposure.
US09482943B2
Disclosed are a positive photosensitive resin composition including (A) an alkali soluble resin; (B) a photosensitive diazoquinone compound; (C) a first dissolution-controlling agent including at least one of compounds represented by the following Chemical Formula 1 or Chemical Formula 2; (D) a second dissolution-controlling agent including a compound represented by the following Chemical Formula 3; and (E) a solvent, and a photosensitive resin film and a display device using the same.
US09482939B2
Disclosed is a method for photographing a panoramic image including the steps of recognizing movement of a corresponding photographing apparatus by comparing a current real-time input image with a previous image through a motion estimation mechanism with exposure compensation, determining a time to photograph each next picture by determining whether movement in a photography direction reaches a preset threshold value, and photographing each next picture by manual or automatic operation at the determined time.
US09482917B2
The present invention relates to a display device and a manufacturing method thereof, wherein a spoilage layer generated in a manufacturing process is removed, and a manufacturing method of a display device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: forming a thin film transistor on a substrate including a plurality of pixel areas; forming a pixel electrode connected to the thin film transistor in the pixel area; forming a sacrificial layer on the pixel electrode; forming a barrier layer on the sacrificial layer; forming a common electrode on the barrier layer; forming a roof layer on the common electrode; patterning the barrier layer, the common electrode, and the roof layer to exposed a portion of the sacrificial layer thereby forming an injection hole; removing the sacrificial layer to form a microcavity for a plurality of pixel areas; removing the barrier layer.
US09482915B2
A display apparatus is disclosed. In one aspect, the display apparatus includes a first display substrate including i) a first plane on which an image is displayed and ii) a second plane opposite to the first plane. The display apparatus also includes a second display substrate formed at least partially overlapping second plane, a guiding portion bent and connected to at least one of the first and second display substrates, a mold frame accommodating and supporting the second display substrate, and a flexible printed circuit board (FPCB) including i) a first area attached to the second plane of the first display substrate and ii) a second area connected to and guided by the guiding portion, wherein the FPCB is bent at least partially around the mold frame.
US09482913B2
A liquid crystal device as an electro-optical device includes an image signal line which is supplied with an image signal, a data line, and sampling transistors (S-TFT) as first and second transistors which are electrically connected between the data line and the image signal line and supply the image signal to the data line, where at least two types of S-TFTs are provided so that the overlapping amounts where gate electrodes of the S-TFTs and first data line overlap are different. Due to this, parasitic capacitance occurs between the gate electrode and the data line, it is possible to adjust the structural parasitic capacitance of each data line by the overlapping amounts being different, and it is possible to improve the display irregularities in series as streaks.
US09482910B2
A display device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and a liquid crystal layer. The first substrate includes pixels, some of the pixels are disposed in a first area and some of the pixels are disposed in a second area. The second substrate is spaced apart from and coupled to the first substrate. The liquid crystal layer is disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate. Each pixel is associated with a viewing angle, an imaginary line extending from a center of the viewing angle, and an angle between a surface of the first substrate and the imaginary line. The angle of a pixel disposed in the first area differs from the angle of a pixel disposed in the second area.
US09482909B2
A liquid crystal display according to an embodiment includes: a lower panel including a pixel electrode having a first subpixel electrode and a second subpixel electrode and an insulating layer between the first subpixel electrode and the second subpixel electrode; an upper panel including a common electrode; and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the lower panel and the upper panel. The first subpixel electrode includes a first plate portion, a first stem having a cross portion extending from the first plate portion and a protrusion extending from the cross portion, and a plurality of first branches extending from the first plate portion and the first stem. The second subpixel electrode includes a second plate portion having an opening and a plurality of second branches extending from the second plate portion. The cross portion does not overlap with the second plate portion. The protrusion overlaps with the second plate portion.
US09482898B2
A liquid crystal display apparatus includes a liquid crystal panel; a light source device; a light source device accommodating member having a flat light source disposition portion, and a frame portion located in a periphery of the light source disposition portion to enclose the light source device; a frame-shaped member having an edge portion including a first part which overlays a non-display region and a second part located outside the non-display region, and an outer periphery part enclosing a side surface of a first substrate, a side surface of a second substrate, and the frame portion of the light source device accommodating member; and a spacer disposed between the frame portion and the outer periphery part, the light source device accommodating member, the frame-shaped member, and the spacer being fixed by a fixing member which penetrates the frame portion, the spacer, and the outer periphery part.
US09482886B2
An integrated optical linewidth reduction system detects/estimates the phase noise of an incoming optical signal and subtracts the detected phase noise from the phase noise of the incoming signal. A first coupler/splitter of the linewidth reduction system may split the incoming signal into first and second optical signals travelling through first and second optical paths. A second coupler/splitter may split the second optical signal into third and fourth optical signals travelling through third and fourth optical paths. The third optical path has a longer propagation delay than the fourth optical path. Two different coupling ratios of the third and fourth optical signals are used to generate an electrical signal representative of the phase noise of the incoming signal. A phase detector/estimator estimates the phase noise from the electrical signal. A phase modulator subtracts the detected/estimated phase noise from the phase noise of the incoming signal.
US09482879B2
This invention discloses methods of manufacture and use of an energized Ophthalmic Device with an incorporated Storage Mode for a power source, the method of manufacturing said device, and a method of activation that may restore the power source to an operational mode.
US09482873B2
The display device includes an image display the screen of which includes a plurality of sub-pixels of three primary colors R, G and B for displaying a 2D image and a 3D image; and a DFD-PDLC lenticular lens array which includes a plurality of parallel DFD-PDLC lenticular lens elements, wherein the direction of the long axis of each of the DFD-PDLC lenticular lens elements is vertical or slant to the screen of an image display, the DFD-PDLC lenticular lens array is installed in front of the screen of the image display, the optical refractive index of the DFD-PDLC lenticular lens elements is variated under the drive of an external drive voltage V(f) to switch between the display of a 2D image and the display of a 3D image on the screen of the image display, wherein f is the drive frequency of the external drive voltage.
US09482872B2
An auto stereo display system for subway tunnel is disclosed. When a train is traveling through the tunnel at high speed, passengers can see stereo images outside the window by the system. The system is composed of LED light columns that vertically aligned at equal distance on the tunnel wall. Each LED light column is composed of multiple columns of LEDs and slit gratings. When the LEDs are changing with the changing instant speed of multi viewing angle image pixel array and the train, the passengers can see stereo image without glasses. The display system is specially applicable for business advertisement and nonprofit propagation in subway tunnel.
US09482871B2
An optical system for light energy concentration may comprise a light concentrator including two or more light-converging elements, a light splitting element to receive the converging light from the light-converging elements and to produce light having a first spectral component and light having a second spectral component, and a light directing element to direct the light having the first spectral component through a light guide and to direct the light having the second spectral component to a location external to the light guide.
US09482869B2
Head-mounted display systems and methods of operation that allow users to couple and decouple a portable electronic device such as a handheld portable electronic device with a separate head-mounted device (e.g., temporarily integrates the separate devices into a single unit) are disclosed. The portable electronic may be physically coupled to the head-mounted device such that the portable electronic device can be worn on the user's head. The portable electronic device may be operatively coupled to the head-mounted device such that the portable electronic device and head mounted device can communicate and operate with one another. Each device may be allowed to extend its features and/or services to the other device for the purpose of enhancing, increasing and/or eliminating redundant functions between the head-mounted device and the portable electronic device.
US09482868B2
A vehicular head-up display device is provided. The vehicular head-up display device includes: a reflector for reflecting display light, which is emitted from a display, to a windshield to display a virtual image; a stepper motor for rotating the reflector and a controller for controlling the stepper motor to control a rotation position of the reflector. When a driver changes a request position of the virtual image to a new position in a direction toward a reset position and the ignition switch is turned off, the controller rotates the stepper motor to change the position of the virtual image to the reset position and thereafter instructs the stepper motor to rotate by a specified angle corresponds to a hysteresis generated at a time of a change in the rotation direction of the reflector between a forward rotation direction and backward rotation direction.
US09482866B2
An optical projection system enlarges an image on an image display element and projects the enlarged image onto a screen. The system includes the image display element, a first optical system including lens groups arranged in order from an image display element side, a lens barrel holding the lens groups, and a free-form surface lens rotationally asymmetric and made from plastic, and a second optical system including a curved mirror disposed after the first optical system, wherein the free-form surface lens is formed to decrease in thickness from an intersection point between a surface of the free-form surface lens and an optical axis of the first optical system to an outer periphery of the lens along a line extending to the outer periphery.
US09482861B2
Optical display devices and methods of operating such devices are provided. The optical device includes a display component having a plurality of anisotropic multiphasic particles with at least two optically distinct phases. The plurality of anisotropic multiphasic particles is disposed in one or more regions of the display component that define an optic feature. Further, at least one of the phases of the anisotropic multiphasic particle comprises a material receptive to a force field, such as a magnetic material is receptive to an applied magnetic field. In this manner, the display component can reversibly exhibit a first optical state in the presence of the force field and thus is optionally switchable.
US09482857B2
A tunable interference filter includes: a first substrate; a second substrate; a first drive electrode provided on the first substrate; a second drive electrode provided on the second substrate; a first detection electrode provided on the first substrate; a second detection electrode provided on the second substrate, wherein the first drive electrode includes a first partial drive electrode and a second partial drive electrode, a first lead drive electrode extending from the first partial drive electrode and a second lead drive electrode extending from the second partial drive electrode are provided on the first substrate, the first detection electrode includes a first partial detection electrode and a second partial detection electrode provided along a virtual circle, a first lead detection electrode extending from the first partial detection electrode and a second lead detection electrode extending from the second partial detection electrode are provided on the first substrate.
US09482856B2
The ScreenScope of the invention is a prescription third focal lens or screen that is used in combination with the prescription for a pair of bifocal glasses worn by a user to read print from a computer monitor screen while gazing comfortably straight ahead wherein the ScreenScope is mounted to and in front of the computer monitor screen.
US09482855B2
In order to properly perform smoothing depending on depth-of-field so as to provide a 3D image with improved display image quality, a microscope system comprises: a microscope device 1 for acquiring a plurality of observation images with different focal points; a 3D image constructing unit 17 for constructing 3D image data based on the observation images; a smoothing strength calculating unit 18 for calculating smoothing strength for smoothing the 3D image data, based on optical information of the microscope device 1; and a smoothing unit 19 for smoothing the 3D image data with the smoothing strength calculated in the smoothing strength calculating unit 18.
US09482854B2
A side-emitting LED lens includes a bottom surface having an incident surface through which light from the LED enters, a top surface that reflects light, and a side surface which connects the bottom surface to the top surface, and through which light exits the lens. Within the incident surface, a central area directs light emitted from the LED to the top surface by refracting the light in a direction away from the optical axis, whereby the height of the lens can be reduced. A surrounding area connected to the central area directs light emitted from the LED to the top surface by refracting the light in a direction toward the optical axis, whereby the width or radius of the lens can be reduced.
US09482838B2
A fiber optic cable is disclosed, wherein the cable includes a plurality of optical fibers, a tensile-strength layer, and a protective cover surrounding the tensile-strength layer and having an outside diameter Do≦5 mm, wherein under a crush load of 100N/cm for 10 minutes, the optical fibers exhibit a delta attenuation of less than 0.8 decibels at a wavelength of 1300 nanometers. A method of forming a fiber optic cable includes extruding a protective cover longitudinally around a plurality of optical fibers and a tensile-strength layer such that the protective cover has an outside diameter Do≦5 mm and the optical fibers exhibit a delta attenuation of less than 0.8 decibels at a wavelength of 1300 nanometers when placed under a crush load of 100N/cm for 10 minutes.
US09482835B2
A high-temperature and crack resistant optical communication cable is provided. The cable includes an extruded cable body formed from a polymer material defining a channel within the cable body. The cable includes a plurality of optical transmission elements located within the channel. The cable includes a reinforcement sheet wrapped around the plurality of optical transmission elements. The cable includes an adhesion barrier wrapped around the wrapped reinforcement sheet. The adhesion barrier layer is a substantially uninterrupted adhesion barrier layer such that the adhesion barrier layer acts to prevent substantial adhesion between the polymer material of the cable body and an outer surface of the wrapped reinforcement sheet.
US09482833B1
Light can be transmitted between a light source and a light detector or target by using at least two mating connector sections of a light pipe connector. A protrusion of one of the connector sections is designed to be received within a receptacle of another of the connector sections, which can make the light pipe connector mechanically compliant. The two connector sections are fabricated from an optically transmissive material, and have optically reflective surfaces in orthogonal orientations to optically transmissive surfaces adjacent to the light source and the light detector. When the protrusion of one of the connector sections is engaged within the receptacle of another connector section, light can be transmitted through optically transmissive surfaces adjacent to a light source and a light detector, while the orthogonally oriented optically reflective surfaces direct light towards the light detector.
US09482828B2
The invention relates to an alignment socket supporting system for connectors, such as optical connectors, comprising: the assembly of parts, allowing more than one alignment socket to be secured in a pre-determined manner and the extraction and insertion of all of the alignment sockets simultaneously without dismantling the assembly, and locking means for locking the system once inserted.
US09482825B1
A multi-fiber optical fiber connector including a connector housing having a front portion and a rear portion is disclosed. A multi-fiber ferrule is disposed in the connector housing such that it projects from the front portion of the connector housing. The rear portion of the connector housing includes at least a first channel configured to receive a plurality of optical fibers of an optical cable and to couple the optical fibers to the ferrule, and a second channel configured to receive a strength member of the optical cable. The multi-fiber optical fiber connector may be an ingress protected optical fiber connector, and may have an outside diameter less than about 15.8 mm, such as about 14 mm.
US09482820B1
A system for connecting a fiber optic cable to a laminate has a clip which attaches to a cover on the circuit board. The clip supports ferrules which are connected to a photonic device on the board. The clip has a backplane which supports retainers which hold the ferrules. The clip also has mating attachments for connecting to the cover. The cover additionally serves as a heat dissipator, which can include heat from the photonic device. An adapter is connected to the cover and receives the ferrules supported by the clip. The adapter connects to a standard connector, such as an LC connector. The adapter can be positioned at the edge of the laminate, or can be attached at an angle extending from an interior region of a circuit board to which the laminate is mounted.
US09482817B2
Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to optical mode conversion by nonlinear effects. More specifically, embodiments of the present invention relate to nonlinear mode conversion utilizing intermodal four-wave mixing to convert light between modes having different wavelengths for complex applications. In one embodiment of the present invention, a fiber comprises an input end for receiving light in a first mode at a first wavelength, and an output end for outputting light in a desired second mode at a desired second wavelength, wherein the first wavelength and the second wavelength are not the same. In many embodiments, the fiber comprises a higher-order mode fiber.
US09482813B2
In a lighting unit, a first light source unit includes light sources and a first board having a first mount portion and a first empty portion, a second light source unit includes light sources and a second board having a second mount portion and a second empty portion. The first light entrance portion is on one edge portion thereof and the first fixing portion is adjacent to the first light entrance portion and on the one edge portion and fixes the first light source unit in close contact with the first empty portion. The second light entrance portion is on another edge portion and overlapped with the first fixing portion. The second fixing portion is adjacent to the second light entrance portion and overlapped with the first light entrance portion. The second fixing portion is in close contact with the second empty portion to fix the second light source unit.
US09482809B2
A planar light source including an LGP and first and second light sources are provided. The LGP has a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other and a first groove and a second groove. The first groove and the second groove are respectively located on the first surface and the second surface, and are respectively located at two sides of a center line of the LGP, where the center line equally divides the first surface and the second surface. The first groove has a first side surface and a first light incident surface, and the second groove has a second side surface and a second light incident surface, where the light sources are disposed in the grooves. The light sources are suitable for respectively providing a light beam entering the LGP through the corresponding light incident surface.
US09482782B2
Systems, methods, and transmitter assemblies for exploring geophysical formations at great depths. In order to explore the formation, transmitter assemblies with a size less than 500 nanometers are inserted into the formation. The transmitter assemblies include power supplies or are charged at charging stations, allowing the transmitter assemblies to propel through the formation, analyzing fluids and conditions as each moves through the formation. The transmitter assemblies can communicate with a machine on the surface via a series of receivers and transmitters located in the wellbore. The machine on the surface is able to combine and analyze the data from the nanorobots to create a three dimensional map of the formation. The map shows the locations of pathways through the formation, pockets of hydrocarbons within the formation, and the boundaries of the formation.
US09482780B2
A modular instrumented floor covering assembly is used in connection with a subject walking across the assembly. The floor covering assembly comprises a plurality of sensor panels attached together along interlocking edges. The edges are held together by interlocking strips or by magnets. Each sensor panel has a pressure sensor matrix responsive to the weight of the subject for generating data relating to movement of the subject. The sensor panels are assembled on the floor selectively and releasably in patterns. No tools are needed for assembly. Data is sent wirelessly between the sensor panels and from the sensor panels to a computer for analysis. A power supply, wiring grid, and releasable connectors on the panel edges supplies electrical power to the sensor panels and between adjacent sensor panels.
US09482769B2
High performance computing (HPC) and grid computing processing for seismic and reservoir simulation are performed without impacting or losing processing time in case of failures. A Data Distribution Service (DDS) standard is implemented in High Performance Computing (HPC) and grid computing platforms, to avoid the shortcomings of current Message Passing Interface (MPI) communication between computing modules, and provide quality of service (QoS) for such applications. QoS properties of the processing can be controlled. A “partitioning” quality of service is provided and the computer can be logically segregated into several “logical partitions” so that a computer can have several publisher nodes, serving several groups of compute nodes, and running different applications independently.
US09482762B2
In various embodiments, a gamma ray detector is provided. The gamma ray detector may include a converter element, configured to release an electron when a gamma ray moves at least partially through the converter element. The gamma ray detector may further include a semiconductor detector, arranged to receive the electron and configured to produce a signal when the electron moves at least partially through the semiconductor detector; and an amplifier circuit, coupled to the semiconductor detector and configured to amplify the signal produced by the semiconductor detector. In the gamma ray detector, the converter element may be arranged to at least partially shield the amplifier circuit from electromagnetic radiation.
US09482756B2
A tracker unit for a measuring instrument such as a total station is disclosed. The tracker unit comprises a first and at least a second optical radiation source arranged at different positions and each of which is noncoaxially arranged with respect to a tracker pointing axis and adapted to emit optical radiation towards the reflective target when activated. The first and the at least a second optical radiation source are arranged at such positions so that the tracker pointing axis and the position of the first optical radiation source define a first plane and the tracker pointing axis and the position of the at least a second optical radiation source define a second plane, such that the first optical radiation source is coaxial with respect to the tracker pointing axis in a plane perpendicular to the first plane and the at least a second optical radiation source is coaxial with respect to the tracker pointing axis in a plane perpendicular to the second plane. At least one first set of signals is generated on basis of optical radiation impinging on the photosensors generated by reflection of optical radiation emitted by the first optical radiation source. At least one second set of signals is generated on basis of optical radiation impinging on the photosensors generated by reflection of optical radiation emitted by the at least one second optical radiation source. By employing the at least two optical radiation sources in the tracker unit that are eccentrically arranged with respect to the tracker pointing axis, a non-coaxial optic configuration may be employed in the tracker unit while at the same time allowing for a coaxial optic behavior in the tracker unit to be mimiced or ‘simulated’.
US09482750B2
A method for avoiding collisions with an aircraft ground-services vehicle includes using a proximity sensor attached to the ground-services vehicle to generate a proximity signal, and using a processor that stores a three-dimensional map of the ground-services vehicle's outer geometry. The three-dimensional map is modifiable upon in-use changes to the 3-D geometry of the ground-services vehicle. The processor uses the three-dimensional map and the proximity signal to determine whether a predetermined 3-D envelope around the vehicle has been breached, and notifies the vehicle of a breach.
US09482742B1
Disclosed embodiments pertain to a method of generating a Positioning Reference Signal (PRS) sequence for a system comprising a plurality of physical transmitting antenna elements serving a single cell. In some embodiments, the method may comprise: assigning a distinct Physical Antenna Port (PAP) identifier (ID) to a subset of the plurality of physical transmitting antenna elements; and generating PRS sequences for the subset of the plurality of physical transmitting antenna elements, wherein each PRS sequence corresponds to a physical transmitting antenna element in the subset of the plurality of physical transmitting antenna elements, and each PRS sequence has a corresponding frequency shift based, at least in part, on the PAP ID (h) of the corresponding physical transmitting antenna element.
US09482727B2
A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) method and apparatus in which conductors are installed in the space between a static coil unit and a gradient coil unit to eliminate asymmetry of eddy current induced in the static coil unit. The structure permits a symmetrical distribution of eddy current when the concentric arrangement of the static coil unit and gradient coil unit has deviated. The MRI apparatus includes: a static coil unit configured to form a static field in a subject; a gradient coil unit configured to form a gradient field in the static field; and one or more conductors installed in the space between the static coil unit and the gradient coil unit, and configured to symmetrically distribute eddy current induced in the static coil unit.
US09482726B2
Provided is a method of fabricating a magnetic axis-controlled structure. The method of fabricating a magnetic axis-controlled structure includes providing a composition including magnetic nanoparticles dispersed in a liquid medium, applying a magnetic field to the composition to align the magnetic nanoparticles along the magnetic field and form a magnetic axis, and solidifying the liquid medium to fix the magnetic axis.
US09482725B2
A measuring device for measuring magnetic properties of the surroundings of the device includes at least one magnetoresistive element extending in a line direction, and a support field device generating a magnetic support field in an area over the line direction. A pre-magnetization device of one or more magnets are arranged at a distance from the sensor line in a direction vertical to the line direction and extending parallel to the line direction. The pre-magnetization device is arranged relative to the sensor line such that the fields of the pre-magnetization device and the support magnetic field overlap to provide an overlapping magnetic field with a field strength component pointing in the line direction that is greater at one location on the sensor line than the strength of a field component pointing vertically toward the line direction not in the direction of the height of the magnetoresistive element.
US09482724B2
A load detecting method relates to detecting connection or detachment between a power supply device and a load, and the load detecting method includes steps of determining whether a load detection operation is necessary or not, based on a detection voltage corresponding to an output voltage from the power supply device, when determining the load detection operation to be necessary, estimating a specific time point in a first period during which the output voltage of the power supply device decreases from a first level to a second level, and applying a test signal to the output voltage for a predetermined detection period with reference to the specific time point. The switching operation of a power switch of the power supply device does not occur in the first period.
US09482697B2
A combined measuring and detection system is disclosed which includes an electronic evaluation unit for analyzing a broad frequency spectrum of measured quantities and one or more measuring devices for measurement of one or more of a magnetic field, an electric field, a current, and a voltage. The measuring devices are operatively connected to the electronic evaluation unit, which is provided with at least one frequency splitter dividing the measured quantities into a low frequency component and into a high frequency component. Low frequency components are used for measurement and protection analysis and high frequency components are used to detect partial discharges activity.
US09482696B2
A method and an electronic device are disclosed for measuring a current. The device measures a temperature between a first sampling point and a second sampling point on a metal structure carrying a current to be measured. The device outputs a first signal according to the measured temperature and a second signal after sampling and filtering the first signal. The device detects the first voltage signal at the first sampling point and the second voltage signal at the second sampling point. The device samples and filters a difference between the first voltage signal and the second voltage signal and outputs a third voltage signal. The device restores the second signal to a temperature value representing a temperature between the first sampling point and the second sampling point and calculates a resistance value between the first sampling point and the second sampling point according to the temperature value.
US09482690B2
A scanning probe microscope to measure a sample set on a sample mount in liquid includes a scanning mechanism to scan a cantilever provided with a probe at a free end along an X-axis, a Y-axis, and a Z-axis perpendicular to each other, and a liquid contact member including an optical transmission portion to transmit detection light for detecting a displacement of the cantilever, and arranged at least partially in contact with the liquid. The liquid contact member is not scanned by the scanning mechanism.
US09482685B1
Techniques and architecture are disclosed for providing an optical system having an on-axis, internally mounted inertial measurement unit (IMU). In some cases, an IMU may be mounted within an interior region/cavity of an inner housing, which in turn is configured to rotate within an outer housing. In some instances, a mirror assembly may be operatively coupled with the inner housing and permitted to rotate simultaneously with the IMU. Rotation of the inner housing may be achieved, in some example cases, by use of a suitable motor. In some instances, positioning componentry may be operatively coupled with one or more of the IMU and/or mirror assembly. Improvements in mechanical stability, system dimensions, and/or protection from external/environmental hazards may be realized, in some example cases.
US09482679B2
A composition, which relates to the field of the clinical analysis of blood, comprises human plasma, buffered isotonic solution and ferulic acid. The composition can be used as an abnormal coagulation control in haemostasis, coagulation and fibrinolysis assays. Ferulic acid can be used in the preparation of abnormal control plasma in haemostasis assays.
US09482677B2
Disclosed is a composition that synergistically prevents proteolysis or modification of peptides in sampled biological fluids using sulfonyl fluoride family protease inhibitors at high concentrations combined with at least one additional protease inhibitor of a different type, preferably a broad spectrum protease inhibitor, and a chelator. A preferred embodiment uses AEBSF at 10 mM, Benzamidine at 20 mM and EDTA as the chelator. The disclosed composition may be combined with other protease inhibitors to further modulate its specificity, for instance to additionally target acidic proteases. Additional protease inhibitors, reducing agents, stabilizers and buffering agents may be combined with the disclosed compositions in devices for sampling or testing biological fluids for levels of peptides of interest, or methods therefore. The disclosed devices, compositions and methods are of particular use in sampling and testing for the level of natriuretic peptides.
US09482674B2
A method of detecting antibodies to syphilis antigens includes providing a syphilis detection kit having a screening solid-phase platform with a screening portion coated with non-treponemal syphilis antigens. The screening portion is fabricated by initially dissolving cholesterol in an organic solvent and further diluting the dissolved cholesterol in an ethanol solution comprising cardiolipin and lecithin to form an antigen solution, permitting the antigen solution to evaporate at the screening portion and at least partially coating the screening portion with an antigen coating, and stabilizing the antigen coating into a syphilis antigen complex by overcoating the antigen coating with an overcoat solution comprising an inert protein.
US09482670B2
A device for detecting at least one analyte (and in some embodiments two, three, or four or more different analytes) in a liquid sample generally comprises (i) a support having a chamber for receiving a biological fluid therein, wherein said chamber is an elongate chamber having a length axis; (ii) a carrier or agitator in said elongate chamber, said carrier or agitator having opposite end portions and a side portion, the carrier or agitator dimensioned to travel in said chamber along said length axis and/or permit said liquid sample to flow in the chamber therearound, either (or both) thereby agitating the liquid sample; and (iii) at least one anti-analyte antibody coupled to either the carrier and/or the chamber side wall.
US09482667B2
The present disclosure is directed to reagents and methods of using the reagents to detect epitopes of Trypanosoma cruzi.
US09482665B2
Immunoassay standards and measurement of clinical biomarkers using intra-assay calibration standards
The present invention provides novel compositions and methods for creating quantitative standards to calibrate analytes. These compositions and methods enable the creation of standards and calibrators for analyzing analytes and measuring clinical biomarkers. Also provided are kits comprising the novel compositions for use in assays, for example sandwich immunoassays.
US09482663B2
The present invention refers to a method for binding a recombinant polypeptide to a carrier, wherein a layer is bound to a carrier, and the layer comprises a recombinant polypeptide on the surface distal to the carrier.
US09482653B2
Active compensation designs to offset the impact of gas diffusion sources and sinks in a photosynthesis and transpiration measurement system are disclosed. A sensor head for use in a gas exchange analysis system includes an active, piezoelectric flow splitting device for splitting a flow between a sample chamber and bypass pathway. The active flow splitting device is controlled by feedback from a downstream flow meter. A continuous measurement system for rapidly and accurately surveying large numbers of samples is described.
US09482647B2
Embodiments are directed to obtaining an impact energy signal associated with each of a plurality of teeth of a gear over a revolution of a shaft associated with the gear, generating, by a computing device comprising a processor, a profile of the impact energy signal, and declaring a fault associated with an identified tooth included in the plurality of teeth based on an analysis of the profile.
US09482646B2
Disclosed is an apparatus that transmits an elastic wave to an object and receives a reflected wave, this apparatus including: a transmitting and receiving unit having elements for converting an elastic wave to an electric signal, and being arranged at least in one direction; an element controlling unit that inputs an electric signal to the element and causes the element to transmit an elastic wave; and a detecting unit that detects a reflected wave to be received by the element, wherein the electric signal to be inputted to the element is an encoded pulse signal encoded among the elements, and the detecting unit decodes the reflected wave and executes at different time points aperture synthesis processing of synthesizing the decoded reflected wave with respect to the intersections of two axes at different time points.
US09482643B2
A method of detecting a target biochemical molecular species or at least one property correlated with the occurrence of the biochemical molecular species in a sample whose main component is water. The method includes: obtaining a sample whose main component is water; providing Functionalized Paramagnetic Particles (FPP) including a paramagnetic core and a moiety configured to interact with the target biochemical molecular species or with molecules collectively reporting on a property of the target biochemical molecular species; contacting the FPP with the sample; exposing the sample to an applied magnetic field; measuring a change in a nuclear relaxation property of the sample; and correlating the change to the presence of the biochemical molecular species in the sample or to at least one property correlated with the occurrence of the biochemical molecular species in the sample.
US09482639B2
Methods, systems, and apparatuses, including computer programs encoded on computer-readable media, for monitoring volatile chemicals. A system includes an radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag composed of a patterned metal. The patterned metal is configured to absorb a volatile chemical. The RFID tag includes a non-volatile memory configured to store identification data. The RFID tag also includes a receiver that receives a signal at a frequency in a frequency range. The frequency is based upon an amount of the volatile chemical absorbed in the patterned metal. A transmitter of the RFID tag transmits the identification data in response to receiving the signal. The strength of the transmitted identification data is based upon an amount of the absorbed volatile chemical.
US09482636B2
An objective of the present invention is to provide a vital information measurement device which measures vital information using a biosensor, with which it is possible to adjudicate more precisely whether a mounted biosensor is usable, and to alleviate inconsistency in measured values therefrom. Specifically, the present invention provides a vital information measurement device comprising: an input terminal to which a biosensor is connected; a voltage application unit which applies a voltage to the input terminal; an adjudication unit which is connected to the input terminal; a control unit which is connected to the adjudication unit; and a display unit which is connected to the control unit. The control unit causes the adjudication unit to carry out a first adjudication, a second adjudication, and a third adjudication.
US09482629B2
An X-ray CT apparatus includes: an X-ray generating unit configured to generate an X ray; an X-ray detecting unit including a plurality of X-ray detectors, each configured to detect the X ray generated from the X-ray generating unit and transmitted through an object; and an image generating unit configured to correct and reconstruct signals acquired by the X-ray detecting unit. While crosstalk correction of a plurality of the X-ray detectors is performed at the image generating unit, correction of a locally attenuating component is previously performed and correction of a whole component of the crosstalk is performed when the image is reconstructed.
US09482628B2
An imaging apparatus determines, based on a frame interval associated with imaging of the object, the number of output values to be measured, and inputs electric signals of a given value to amplifiers to measure the determined number of output values during a time after a readout circuit performs a readout operation for the photoelectric conversion elements of one line and before the readout circuit performs a readout operation for the photoelectric conversion elements of the next one line, calculates a difference between the measured output value and a predetermined reference value, and corrects a measurement value of one line of the object by increasing or decreasing the measurement value by the difference.
US09482621B2
A method of rapidly detecting trace materials including biohazards, toxins, radioactive materials, and narcotics in situ is disclosed. A corresponding apparatus is disclosed. A trace of the material is collected on a pad of the card component, collected by swiping the pad on suspected surface or exposure to the suspected air volume. A novel card component is disclosed that when inserted in a chemical detection unit (CDU), releases reaction chemicals from flexible walled capsules in desired sequence. The exposed pad containing trace material and chemicals are heated in the chemical detection unit to produce a spectral pattern that is analyzed by the optical electronics in the CDU and results are displayed, stored and/or transmitted over a communications network.
US09482620B2
Methods and systems for characterizing particles in an aerosol are disclosed. A system includes a collection container that utilizes the principles of elutriation to collect particles of selected aerodynamic diameter ranges within a measurement region. A particle detector is used to detect and characterize particles that have settled into the measurement region.
US09482613B2
The present disclosure provides instruments and methods for detecting an analyte which are capable of exciting a plurality of luminescence labels and detecting light emitted therefrom. The instrument includes a filter carrier adapted for carrying a plurality of filter portion pairs, each pair related to a luminescence label and comprising a first filter portion for transmitting excitation light, and a second filter portion for transmitting emitted light. The first filter portion of a pair comprises a second filter portion of another pair. Also, the filter portions are arranged such that a pair can be brought into an operative condition whereby a first filter portion is in the excitation beam path and a second filter portion is in the emission beam path. The filter carrier and beam paths may be moved with respect to each other by a moving mechanism so as to bring a pair into operative condition.
US09482607B2
In accordance with certain embodiments, a smoke detector determines the presence of smoke particles outside its housing based on measurements of light detected at different wavelengths and corrected based on an ambient light level.
US09482598B2
An axle alignment sensor assembly, which includes an enclosure, an oscillator, a frequency detector, an output switch driver, a ferrite component, and an electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection component, is disclosed. The oscillator is positioned at the sensing end and is configured to generate a magnetic field. The frequency detector is positioned at the sensing end and is configured to detect the magnetic field. The output switch driver is in communication with the frequency detector and is configured to generate and deliver an output based on detection by the frequency detector. The ferrite component is positioned proximal to the connecting end and is configured to prevent electromagnetic interference. The ESD protection component is configured to protect the axle alignment sensor assembly in overvoltage conditions. The oscillator, the frequency detector, the output switch driver, the ferrite component, and the ESD protection component are encased within the enclosure.
US09482595B2
A rotor state sensor system is provided for use with a rotor including a hub, a hub arm and a blade coupled to the hub by the hub arm. The sensor system includes sensors disposed on the hub arm to define a first plane, which emit emissions and receive reflected emissions, and which generate a signal according to the received reflected emissions, reflector plates disposed on the blade which define a second plane at locations where the emissions from the sensors are incident on the reflector plates and from which the reflected emissions are reflected towards the sensors and a computing device which receives the signal from the sensors, determines relative orientations of the first and second planes according to the received signal and determines a condition of the rotor based on the determined relative orientations.
US09482594B2
A diagnostic module may include an inspection device, a cleaning device, and in various other examples, a verification device. The inspection device may inspect an optical fiber end-face of an optical fiber. The cleaning device may clean the optical fiber end-face of the optical fiber. The diagnostic module may automatically move from an optical connector to another optical connector.
US09482592B2
An embodiment of a directional ultrasonic gas leak detector includes an array of spaced MEMS microphones, each responsive to incident airborne ultrasonic energy from gas leak sources to generate a microphone signal. A beamforming processor is responsive to the microphone signals from the array to generate processor output signals indicative of estimated angles of arrival of ultrasonic energy incident on the array. The array may be disposed in an explosion proof housing structure for operation in hazardous location, or implemented as an intrinsically safe device. In another embodiment, a display is responsive to the processor output signals to generate an image representative of a surveilled scene with the estimated magnitudes of incident energy at beam directions overlaid onto the image.
US09482590B2
An oil transporting vaporizer for a smoke generating apparatus to generate smoke to be supplied to a closed system to be tested for leaks. In a preferred embodiment, the vaporizer includes a hollow tube that is manufactured from a high temperature, fire resistant, porous material (e.g., ceramic). The vaporizer stands in a reservoir of oil such that some of the porous tube is filled with oil from the reservoir. A heater wire surrounds the outside of the porous tube above the oil within the tube. A gas (e.g., air) is blown into the porous tube and towards the oil to cause a mixture of air and gas to move through the tube. Because of its porosity, the air/oil mixture permeates the tube in the vicinity of the heater wire so as to be vaporized into smoke when the heater wire is energized.
US09482588B2
In an apparatus and a method of evaluating a clamp force (F) in a threaded joint between a bolt and a matching threaded piece during a tightening operation, a torque (T) provided to the joint is continuously measured and ultra-sonic pulses are simultaneously induced into the bolt such that a time of flight (TOF) of the pulses in the bolt is measured. In response to an increase of the measured torque (T) an increase rate (dT/dα) of the torque (T) is determined, from which an initial rotation angle (α0) where the torque (T) starts to increase due to bolt deformation is determined. An increase rate (dTOF/dα) of the time of flight (TOF) is also determined. A total increase of the time of flight (ΔTOF) during the tightening operation is then determined based on the initial rotation angle (α0) and the increase rate (dTOF/dα) of the time of flight (TOF).
US09482580B2
A method for inspecting drink containers, wherein the container is transported along a predefined transport path by means of a transport facility, and an outside wall of the container is tempered at least in sections, and wherein an area of the inside wall of the container is inspected through an orifice of the container during or after tempering of the outside wall by means of an inspection means is provided. The inspection means includes at least heat radiation emanating from the observed area of the inside wall, and conclusions are drawn from the recorded heat radiation as to the presence of foreign bodies between the observed area of the inside wall and the inspection means.
US09482573B2
A sensing system comprising a radar-based vibration sensor and processing unit used to collect and process vibration information from a machine of interest. The radar-based vibration sensor obtains vibration data from mechanical operation of a component or series of components in the machine, and may be steered toward specific regions of interest of the machine. The processing unit analyzes the data, and may fuse data from a plurality of vibration sensors, such as radar-based vibration sensors and multiple machine-mounted sensors such as accelerometers. From this analysis, indications related to a status of the mechanical operation of the components in the machine of interest may be provided to relevant users.
US09482572B2
Vibration sensing wear for soldiers or law enforcement officers include at least one sensing system having vibration sensors, at least one processing unit, and a user interface unit capable of altering the wearer of surface vibration (e.g., ground, walls, floors, ceilings, etc.), object size, and direction.
US09482561B2
A searching system for searching contents that were broadcast, the searching system having an inputting unit, a searching unit, and a terminal unit is disclosed, wherein the inputting unit comprises a first storing means for storing information representing at least time at which contents were broadcast corresponding to a predetermined operation, and a first communicating means for transmitting the information representing time stored in the storing means to an external unit, wherein the searching unit comprises a second storing means for correlatively storing information representing contents and broadcast time thereof, and a searching means for searching information representing the contents stored in the second storing means corresponding to the information representing time, and wherein the terminal unit comprises a second communicating means for receiving the information representing time transmitted from the inputting unit through the first communicating means, a third communicating means for transmitting the information representing time received by the second communicating means and receiving search results transmitted from the searching unit, and a first displaying means for displaying the information representing time received by the second communicating means and the search results by the searching unit.
US09482557B2
A sensor unit for sensing the angular position of a rotating element with respect to a fixed element includes a target fastened to the rotating element and a given number of sensing cells. Each sensing cell is connected to a connection device adapted to provide power supply, transmit data delivered by the sensing cells and connect each sensing cell to the ground. The sensor unit provides an output connector for electrically connecting the sensor unit to a reception device, a power supply system and the ground, via a connection cable having at least two connection wires. The connector includes, for each wire of the connection cable, a connection pin having a clamp portion adapted to receive an end of the wire, and a plug portion adapted to make a pressing contact with the connection device.
US09482552B2
A method of simulating a real-time aircraft system input to an avionics component for an aircraft includes receiving the simulation input and providing the simulated input to the avionics component.
US09482550B2
One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for providing linear route progress. For example, a linear route progress interface, comprising a linear route representation of a route from a starting location to a destination location, may be displayed. The linear route representation may linearly represent a progress of the user along the route (e.g., as opposed to directions on a map that may otherwise visually overwhelm a user merely interested in traffic flow and/or incident information that may affect an arrival time of the user). The linear route progress interface may be populated with traffic flow indicators (e.g., traffic flow speed) and/or incident indictors (e.g., indicating accidents, construction, etc.). A user indicator, corresponding to a current position of the user, may be populated within the linear route progress interface. The user indicator and/or the linear route representation may be modified to illustrate user progress along the route.
US09482536B2
A solution for estimating the pose of a platform, such as a vehicle, is provided. Data from a plurality of types of sensing devices located on the platform can be used to independently calculate a plurality of preliminary estimates corresponding to the pose. A plurality of estimates corresponding to the pose can be generated using the preliminary estimates and at least one covariance matrix. One or more entries in the covariance matrix are adjusted based on an uncertainty for the corresponding preliminary estimate. The uncertainty can vary based on time, distance, and/or velocity of the platform.
US09482531B2
Some embodiments of the invention relate to a targeting device for providing a substitution target of natural shape for the individual-point measurement of surface points with an electro-optical measuring apparatus. In some embodiments, the targeting device may include a carrier plate having at least one insertion seat, and a target panel. In some embodiments, the target panel is insertable into the insertion seat of the carrier plate. In some embodiments, the target panel may include at least one defined placement location for being placed onto the surface point to be measured, and at least one targeting marking.
US09482528B2
In general, the present disclosure relates to persistent surveillance (PS), wide medium and small in area, and large volume data streaming (LVSD), e.g., from orbiting aircraft or spacecraft, and PS/LVSD specific data compression. In certain aspects, the PS specific data or LVSD compression and image alignment may utilize registration of images via accurate knowledge of camera position, pointing, calibration, and a 3D model of the surveillance area. Photogrammetric systems and methods to compress PS specific data or LVSD while minimizing loss are provided. In certain embodiments, to achieve data compression while minimizing loss, a depth model is generated, and imagery is registered to the depth model.
US09482522B2
Techniques are provided for generating sensor data from a locker compartment and transmitting the sensor data to a locker controller. The sensor data indicates one or more characteristics of an item present in the locker compartment. Upon receiving the sensor data, the locker controller transmits the sensor data to a locker manager, which, based on, at least in part, the sensor data indicating the one or more characteristics of the item, determines one or more dimensions of the item present in the locker compartment. The locker controller also requests one or more reference dimensions of the item, determines whether the one or more dimensions of the item match the one or more reference dimensions of the item, and if so generates and transmits a first report message indicating that the one or more dimensions of the item match the one or more reference dimensions of the item.
US09482508B2
A measuring wheel includes a handle that can be folded into a non-use position. The wheel lies in a plane, and the handle moves in a plane coincident with the plane of the wheel between a collapsed position and an extended use position. The handle has a proximal section and a distal section that connect about a pivot point for movement between a collapsed position and the extended use position. The measuring wheel has a releasable engagement member associated with one of the handle sections that releasably holds the handle in the extended position. The releasable engagement member can be disengaged to allow the handle to be collapsed.
US09482495B2
A body shell of an armored vehicle includes a front face carrying a bulletproof windscreen projecting towards an outside of the body shell, at least one side wall including an opening, the side wall being integral with the front face at a strut that is defined by a part of the side wall included between an edge of the opening and a rim of the side wall situated furthest outwards at the front of the vehicle. In the armored vehicle body shell, the strut extends beyond the front face towards the outside of the body shell, and the edge of the opening is situated near the front face so that a junction between the strut and the front face of the body shell is at the vicinity of the edge of the opening which forms a rear edge of the strut.
US09482494B1
A bullet resistant shield for electric power equipment constructed from standardized modular sections configured for easy erection in the field into walls and enclosures. The modular sections may be constructed at a factory and transported to the desired location where the sections are assembled together into walls and enclosures. The modules are sized for transportation by trucks over public roadway, rail, barge and so forth. Concrete foundations may be installed prior to arrival of the modular sections to ready the site for erection of the shied structure upon arrival of the modular sections. Unlike conventional bullet resistant enclosures, these sections provide adequate ventilation to avoid overheating of air-cooled electric power equipment, such as large substation transformers. One or more electric fans may be mounted in the section to provide forced air ventilation. The wall may be positioned to allow walk-up maintenance access without the use of doors.
US09482490B2
A weapon and weapon system, and methods of manufacturing and operating the same. In one embodiment, the weapon includes a warhead including destructive elements and a guidance section with a seeker configured to guide the weapon to a target. The seeker includes a detector configured to receive a distorted signal impinging on an objective lens from the target, memory configured to store target criteria and a correction map, and a processor configured to provide a correction signal based on the distorted signal, the target criteria and the correction map to guide the weapon to the target.
US09482480B2
The bolt hold-open system is a firearm bolt locking or holding mechanism for an AK-47 or similar firearm capable of automatically keeping the bolt of the firearm in an open position when the firearm magazine is empty. The bolt hold-open system includes a locking assembly and a modified magazine. The bolt hold-open system also provides a manual control for keeping the bolt in an open position and for releasing the bolt. The system prevents the bolt carrier from closing while there is an empty magazine in the gun, but can be easily activated to release the bolt when the magazine is removed or a non-empty magazine is in the magazine receiver. The system requires minimal modifications to the firearm and magazine and is easily adaptable to firearms similar to the AK-47 that fire ammunition in a wide range of calibers and configurations.
US09482475B2
A heat exchanger includes a shell; a pair of tube plates provided at both ends of the shell; a plurality of heat transfer tubes supported by the tube plates and housed in the shell; and a high-temperature fluid inlet connection for introducing a high-temperature fluid into the shell. A cooling jacket having a porous structure, over which a cooling fluid is to be spread, is provided on the interior surface of the high-temperature fluid inlet connection.
US09482470B2
An apparatus, method and process directed to enabling a VIM induction furnace to be removed from a vacuum chamber while the induction furnace is still in a heated state without damaging the induction furnace. The induction furnace can include a power port that can be easily switched to an auxiliary cooling source to enable the induction furnace to be removed from the vacuum chamber while the induction furnace is still in a heated state.
US09482453B2
A dryer operable to separate a portion of an entrained liquid from a flow of gas includes a pressure vessel to contain the flow of gas and entrained liquid within the pressure vessel. A precooler/reheater is positioned within the pressure vessel to cool the flow of gas and the entrained liquid and an evaporator is positioned within the pressure vessel to cool the flow of gas and the entrained liquid from the precooler/reheater. A separator receives the flow of gas and the entrained liquid from the evaporator and is operable to separate the flow of gas and the entrained liquid into a flow of substantially dry gas and a liquid. The liquid collects in the bottom of the pressure vessel. A drain valve is movable between an open position and a closed position in response to the quantity of liquid within the bottom of the pressure vessel.
US09482450B2
The present disclosure relates to improvements to thermodynamic devices that approximate the Ericsson cycle, Brayton cycle, or regenerated Brayton cycle. These cycles and various ways of implementing them are known in the art. They can operate as engines or refrigerators. The Ericsson cycle is attractive since it can theoretically operate at the Carnot efficiency, which is the maximum possible efficiency for a heat engine or refrigerator.
US09482447B2
A heat exchanger arrangement, especially for a fuel-operated vehicle heater, has a pot-shaped heat exchanger housing (12) elongated in the direction of a longitudinal axis (L) with a circumferential wall area (14) and, in an end area (18), a bottom wall area (16). A flow space (30) for heat carrier medium is formed in the heat exchanger housing (12) with a circumferential flow space (32) and with a bottom flow space (34) that is in connection with the circumferential flow space. The heat exchanger housing (12) includes a first housing part (36) and a second housing part (38). The first housing part includes an outer circumferential wall (40), an inner circumferential wall (42) and an inner bottom wall (46) adjoining the inner circumferential wall. The second housing part includes an outer bottom wall (62), which is or can be connected to the outer circumferential wall (40) in one end area.
US09482446B2
A heat pump water heater includes: a compressor; a first water-refrigerant heat exchanger; a second water-refrigerant heat exchanger; refrigerant paths capable of forming a refrigerant circuit; and water channels including a flow channel, the flow channel leading hot water that has passed through the second water-refrigerant heat exchanger to the first water-refrigerant heat exchanger. The heat pump water heater is able to perform a heating operation. In the heating operation, the hot water heated in the second water-refrigerant heat exchanger is fed to the first water-refrigerant heat exchanger and the hot water further heated in the first water-refrigerant heat exchanger is supplied to a downstream side of the water channels. The first water-refrigerant heat exchanger is able to be replaced without replacing the second water-refrigerant heat exchanger.
US09482443B1
A refrigeration system having a main circuit including a main compressor thermally coupled with a secondary or subcooling circuit. The main circuit uses a HFC blend, such as but not limited to, R125/R143A blend or R32/R125/R134A blend as a refrigerant and the subcooling circuit uses an R32 blend. Some embodiments may include more than one main compressor. Some embodiments of the secondary circuit may include more than one secondary compressor. The combined system of differing refrigerants provides increased efficiencies and reduced Global Warming Potential (GWP) over single refrigerant systems for low and medium temperature refrigeration applications.
US09482439B2
An air handling device includes a fan that has a fan hub and a set of fan blades that extend from the fan hub. The set of fan blades defines a fan diameter and the fan hub defines a hub diameter. The fan has an inlet side for air intake and an outlet side for air discharge. An annular fan inlet passage is arranged at the inlet side of the fan, and an annular fan outlet passage arranged at the outlet side of the fan. The fan inlet passage and the fan outlet passage each define an outer diameter that is substantially equivalent to the fan diameter and an inner diameter that is substantially equivalent to the hub diameter.
US09482436B1
An oven appliance including a cabinet and a lighting system is provided. The cabinet defines a cooking chamber and includes a first wall and a second wall spaced along a lateral direction. The first wall defines a central plane (extending in a vertical direction and a transverse direction) and a protrusion. The protrusion extends outwardly from the central plane in a direction away from the second wall. The lighting system includes a portion positioned adjacent to a near section of the protrusion, the near section of the protrusion being closer to a cooking chamber opening than a far section of the protrusion. The lighting system may thus be obstructed from view generally along the central plane of the first wall as viewed from the cooking chamber opening.
US09482433B2
A gas turbine combustor assembly has a fuel/air mixer assembly with a plurality of fuel/air mixer elements. Each fuel/air mixer element defines an air flow passage therethrough. A fuel injector is coupled to the fuel/air mixer assembly. The fuel injector has a tip portion with a plurality of fuel outlets arranged to direct fuel into the air flow passages of the air/fuel mixer elements. Each of the fuel/air mixer elements has at least one outlet arranged to supply fuel to the element.
US09482430B2
A heat-shrink gun in which an ignition voltage of the gaseous mixture is generated by a piezoelectric lighter (12), under the action of a trigger (8) when it is moved from a waiting position (8A) to a lighting position, characterized in that the trigger can also assume a loading position (8B), in which it free access (DC) to a working housing for the lighter.
US09482424B2
According to an aspect of the present invention, a lighting device (2) is provided. The lighting device (2) comprises a wavelength converting layer (21) having a curved shape and a light source (22) arranged to emit light towards the wavelength converting layer (21). The wavelength converting layer (21) intersects a plane extending through the light source (22) and being parallel with the optical axis of the light source (22), at a curve given, in a polar coordinate system centered at the light source (22), by the equation: R(φ)=k·I(φ)1/2±D, wherein k is a constant, 0 is an angle with respect to said optical axis, /(φ) is a function defining a luminous intensity profile of the light source and D is a deviation ranging from zero to 20% of the maximum value of said curve, Rmax. The present invention is advantageous in that the lighting device (2) has a more uniform color distribution of emitted light across the wavelength converting layer (21) and the risk of color gradients and artifacts is reduced.
US09482417B2
An illumination device includes a light emitting panel and a device body to which the light emitting panel is detachably attached. The light emitting panel has a rear surface serving as a first curved surface. The device body has a surface serving as a second curved surface conforming to the first curved surface. An attachment portion for attaching/detaching the light emitting panel to/from the device body to slide along the first curved surface or the second curved surface is provided on one of the rear surface of the light emitting panel facing the device body and surface of the device body facing the light emitting panel. A groove portion for enabling the attachment portion to slide is provided on the other of the rear surface of the light emitting panel facing the device body and the surface of the device body facing the light emitting panel.
US09482409B2
A lighting device includes a first semiconductor body, which has an active zone that produces blue light having a first emission spectrum during operation, and a second semiconductor body, which has an active zone that produces green light having a second emission spectrum during operation. The lighting device also comprises a luminescent substance that is suitable for converting blue light of the first semiconductor body partially into red light having a third emission spectrum. The third emission spectrum has a peak in the red spectral range, the average half-width of which is no greater than 25 nm. The invention further relates to a backlighting device for a display or a television and to a display and a television.
US09482407B2
A lamp includes a single emitter structure having a substrate with 25 or more light emitting diodes (LEDs) arranged thereon and a power rating of 80 Watts or more, a total internal reflection (TIR) lens with a plurality of refractive surface regions disposed on the step-shaped upper surface of the optical body, and a holder having a plurality of tabs disposed along an inside rim of the holder and configured for radial compression fit with a flange of the lens, and three or more support members configured for centering the optical body member with respect to the single emitter structure.
US09482393B2
A professional grade lighting apparatus may include a base panel that is flexible and has a reflector surface and a holding panel that is flexible and formed of a transparent and/or translucent material. A plurality of commercially available LED strips may be placed within pockets. The base panel may be fixed to the holding panel at a plurality of attachment locations that define hinges permitting relative pivotal motion.
US09482390B2
A supply system for liquid including a liquid tank and a liquid supply line forming a passage for the liquid from the tank to an outlet of the supply system. The supply line includes at least one part configured to form at least one gas pocket communicating with the passage to take up a change of volume of the liquid in event of freezing. Such a system can be used in a selective catalytic reduction system (SCR).
US09482387B2
One embodiment of the present invention is a unique blower having an oil slinger system. Another embodiment is a unique rotor system having an oil slinger system. Other embodiments include apparatuses, systems, devices, hardware, methods, and combinations for rotor systems, blowers and other apparatuses that employ oil slinger systems. Further embodiments, forms, features, aspects, benefits, and advantages of the present application will become apparent from the description and figures provided herewith.
US09482385B2
A system and assembly for mounting components of equipment is disclosed. The assembly includes a mount assembly configured to rotate between a first position and a second position. The mount assembly includes a first and second mount. Each mount has a plunger to allow rotation of the mount assembly, and an end for attachment to a component of equipment. The assembly further includes a first brace coupled to the first mount and a second brace coupled to the second mount. Each brace has a first end for attachment to a surface, a second end having an open hem to retain the respective mount, a plurality of pivot holes configured to receive the plunger, and a pivot point coupling the respective mount and the brace.
US09482381B1
Mineral wool pipe insulation, the mineral wool thereof includes a mix of mineral wool fibers and at least a curable binder being cured. The pipe insulation includes at least two separate elongated partial sections of mineral wool that are inter-connectable to each other around a pipe or container to form an insulation layer encompassing the pipe or container. Each separate partial section being inter-connectable by being provided with interconnecting means along at least two thickness-wise edges thereof. A method of manufacturing mineral wool pipe insulation includes forming each separate partial section of mineral wool by sawing or cutting from a cured block of mineral wool, or by curing a mixture of loose mineral wool fibers and a curable binder in a mold.
US09482380B2
A method and apparatus for angularly drilling during a tapping procedure into a pressurized multiple strings of coaxially situated tubulars for wells and/or platforms which have overturned wherein the tapping occurs underwater via a diver or remotely operated vehicle.
US09482377B2
An adaptor that is used with a valve fitment assembly used to dispense fluids or flowable materials from a container. The adaptor is utilized in conjunction with the valve fitment assembly to allow the fitment assembly to be used with a spout and valve assembly attached to a container holding fluid.
US09482368B1
An adjustable fixture includes a lower clamp piece, an upper clamp piece covering the lower clamp piece at a closed position to define a clamping space. The upper clamp piece has an anti-hook edge projecting outward. A torque rod has a first end pivoted to one side of the lower clamp piece. A traction element has a first traction end pivoted to the torque rod adjacent to the first end thereof and a second traction end that defines a threaded through hole to receive a thread bolt threadedly and movably therethrough; and a hook disposed on a second traction end of the traction element and operably associated so as to be movable together with the threaded bolt in such a manner to engage the hook with the anti-hook edge of the upper clamp piece when the upper clamp piece is disposed at the closed position.
US09482363B2
A valve unit includes a valve body with a plate located in a tubular portion of the valve body. The tubular portion has multiple notches defined in the outside there. A knob has a space defined therein and is threadedly mounted to the tubular portion. The knob has a groove defined in the outside thereof. A first hole and a second hole are respectively defined through knob and communicate with the groove. A resilient member is engaged with the groove and two ends of the resilient member are respectively engaged with the first and second holes. A spring is biased between the plate and the knob. The contact portion is engaged with the notches to generate sounds when rotating the knob.
US09482358B2
A solenoid valve has a valve body with first and second ports. A bobbin is mounted to the valve body. A winding is wound on the bobbin. A stator is fitted to one end of a hole through the bobbin and defines a third port therein. A plunger is slidably fitted to the hole and movable between a normal position and an energized position. Two plugs are installed at respective ends of the plunger and arranged to selectively close the first and third ports. A flux return device is fixed to the stator and the bobbin. A spring returns the plunger from the energized position, where the plunger closes the third port and the first and second ports communicate with each other via the hole in the bobbin, to the normal position, where the plunger closes the first port and the second and third ports communicate with each.
US09482354B2
A pressure relief valve (100), having: an upper housing (104) defining a housing internal chamber (112) and comprising at least one window (108) between the upper housing chamber and the atmosphere; a lower housing (106) comprising a housing opening (134); a pallet (170) disposed within the housing internal chamber; and a pair of nested springs (116) disposed within the housing internal chamber and configured to bias the pallet toward the lower housing and thereby form a seal (180) between the housing opening and the housing internal chamber. When the pressure in the housing opening is at a full discharge pressure that is greater than and within fourteen percent of the start-to-discharge pressure, the pair of nested springs is configured to permit the pallet to travel a sufficient distance to expose a flow area of the at least one window that is at least greater than a flow area (138) of the housing opening.
US09482352B2
A spool valve includes a body defining a bore and a positionable spool located within the bore. The spool includes a central body portion having a diameter and a number of sealing lands separated by the central body portion. Each sealing land has a diameter larger than the central body portion diameter. A plurality of flow-shaping rings are located between first and second sealing lands, and each comprise an intermediate diameter larger than the central body portion diameter and smaller than the sealing land diameter.
US09482346B2
An air compressor system includes a housing defining an inlet and an outlet, a butterfly valve coupled to the inlet and movable between a closed position and an open position, and an actuator coupled to the butterfly valve and operable to apply an actuator force to the butterfly valve to move the actuator and the butterfly valve to a desired position between the closed position and the open position. A feedback actuator is coupled to the actuator and is operable to apply a variable secondary force to the butterfly valve in opposition to the actuator force, the secondary force varying in response to the position of the butterfly valve.
US09482345B2
The invention relates to a sealing system, in particular for sealing pump shafts of vertically arranged pumps for conveying liquefied natural gas (LNG) or other cryogenic fluids below −80° C. The sealing system has a mechanical seal arrangement. A barrier fluid flows through the mechanical seal arrangement at a barrier fluid pressure. The mechanical seal arrangement prevents a sealing fluid from exiting a sealing chamber. The barrier fluid pressure is higher than a sealing fluid pressure in the sealing chamber.
US09482343B2
Disclosed is a piston ring for engine that includes chromium (Cr) coating layer coated on the surface of a base material of the piston ring of an engine; a chromium nitride (CrN) coating layer; and a silicon-incorporated diamond-like carbon (Si-DLC) coating layer, which is formed on the CrN coating layer, and contains Si component of about 3˜10 at %, and a method for manufacturing thereof.
US09482340B2
Shift arrangement for a motor vehicle transmission. At least one gear stage can be engaged and disengaged by means of an associated shift clutch. A spindle which is aligned along a spindle axis, has a spindle thread and is rotatably mounted on a housing. A nut has a nut thread, which is in engagement with the spindle thread. A shift finger is formed on the nut. At least one shift rod is mounted movably on the housing and can be coupled to the shift clutch. Provided on the housing are a radial groove, in which the shift finger engages in an axial base position of the nut and within which the shift finger can be turned, and an axial guide, which axially adjoins the radial groove and in which the shift finger can engage in order to hold the nut in the circumferential direction, thus ensuring that said nut is moved axially in a first axial direction when the spindle is rotated.
US09482339B2
A continuously variable transmission (CVT) includes input and output members, a primary variator pulley, and a secondary variator pulley. The respective variator pulleys are responsive to primary and secondary pressures. Speed sensors measure a respective rotational speed of each variator pulley. A controller executes a method by receiving the measured rotational speeds, calculating a current speed ratio of the CVT above a threshold CVT speed ratio using the rotational speeds, comparing the calculated current speed ratio to calibrated threshold ratios during a sudden stop event of the vehicle, and selectively executing a CVT control action after the calculated current speed ratio drops below the threshold CVT speed ratio during the sudden stop event. The control action depends on which of the threshold ratios is exceeded by the calculated current speed ratio after the calculated current speed ratio drops below the threshold CVT speed ratio, and on the measured rotational speeds.
US09482334B2
The invention relates to a gearwheel arrangement (1) with a main gearwheel (2) and a gearwheel (4) rotatable relative to the latter in circumferential direction (3), wherein the main gearwheel (2) comprises a hub (5) on which the rotatable gearwheel (4) is arranged, and with a spring element (7), which is arranged between the main gearwheel (2) and the rotatable gearwheel (4), and by means of which the rotatable gearwheel (4) is pretensioned in circumferential direction (3) against the main gearwheel (2), wherein the main gearwheel (2) comprises at least one first support element (22) and the rotatable gearwheel (4) comprises at least one second support element (23), and wherein the spring element (7) is arranged between the first and the second support element (22, 23) and thereby spaced apart from the first surface (19) of the main gearwheel (2) and from the second surface (21) of the rotatable gearwheel (4).
US09482332B2
A cam follower is constituted by an outer ring which has an outer track surface in its inner circumference; a stud which has an inner track surface opposed to the outer track surface, a flange portion abutting on one side of the inner track surface, a side plate fitting portion and a mounting shaft portion abutting on another side of the inner track surface in this order, and a fiber flow formed continuously from the flange portion to the inner track surface along their outer circumferences; rolling elements which are arranged between the outer track surface and inner track surface; and an inner side plate which is pressed into the side plate fitting portion to work with the flange portion for limiting axial movement of the outer ring and the rolling elements.
US09482328B2
A torque transmission device for a powertrain system is described, and includes a continuously variable unit (CVU) of a continuously variable transmission (CVT) arranged in parallel with a fixed-gear-ratio transmission to transfer torque between a transmission input member and a transmission output member. The fixed-gear-ratio transmission includes first and second planetary gear sets arranged to transfer torque between the transmission input member and the transmission output member in one of a plurality of fixed-gear-ratio modes by selectively activating a plurality of transmission clutches. The transmission input member rotatably couples to one of the nodes of the first planetary gear set and one of the nodes of the second planetary gear set. The torque transmission device transfers torque in one of a continuously variable mode, a fixed underdrive input/output speed ratio, or a fixed overdrive input/output speed ratio.
US09482321B2
A powertrain for a hybrid vehicle may include a first input shaft connected to a motor generator and coupled to a dog clutch apparatus, and a second input shaft connected to an engine and coupled to a planetary gear set, in which when the vehicle is overdriven, the dog clutch apparatus is engaged and restricts one component of the planetary gear set.
US09482320B2
A planetary gear train of an automatic transmission for vehicles may include an input shaft receiving torque of an engine, an output shaft outputting changed torque, a first planetary gear set including a first sun gear, a first planetary carrier, and a first ring gear, a second planetary gear set including a second sun gear, a second planetary carrier, and a second ring gear, a third planetary gear set including a third sun gear, a third planetary carrier, and a third ring gear, a fourth planetary gear set including a fourth sun gear, a fourth planetary carrier, and a fourth ring gear, a first rotational shaft, a second rotational shaft, a third rotational shaft, a fourth rotational shaft, a fifth rotational shaft, a sixth rotational shaft, a seventh rotational shaft, an eighth rotational shaft, and six friction elements selectively connecting the rotational shafts and the transmission housing.
US09482318B2
Nine-speed multi-stage transmission with four planetary gear sets, rotatable shafts and six shift elements. Sun of first set is connected to fifth shaft which is couplable, via third brake, to housing and is connectable, via first clutch, to drive shaft which is connectable, via second clutch, to seventh shaft which is connected to ring of third set and carrier of second set. Drive shaft is connectable to eighth shaft, via third clutch, connected to carrier of first set and sun of second set. Sixth shaft is connected to ring of second set and carrier of fourth set. Fourth shaft is connected to ring of first set and sun of fourth set and is couplable, via second brake, to housing. Third shaft is connected to sun of third set and is couplable, via first brake, to housing. Output shaft is connected to carrier of third set and ring of fourth set.
US09482316B2
A compound planetary gear unit comprising a first planetary gear set, a second planetary gear set, a planet carrier for both planetary gear sets together, a first sun gear and a second sun gear as well as comprising a first ring gear and a second ring gear, wherein the first planetary gear set is formed by first planetary gears, which are carried by the planet carrier at a radial distance from a central axis of the compound planetary gear unit in such a way that each of said first planetary gears can be rotated about its own first axis of rotation.
US09482312B2
A rope drive anchoring assembly includes a pulley, a rope, and a rope connector. The pulley is adapted to be rotationally mounted and has an inner surface, an outer surface, and a fastener opening extending between the inner and outer surfaces. The rope engages at least a portion of the outer surface of the pulley and is adapted to receive a drive torque, which causes the pulley to rotate. The rope connector couples the rope to the pulley, and includes a fastener, a threaded bolt, and a spring. The fastener extends through the fastener opening, and has a first end, a second end, an outer surface, and an opening through which the rope extends. The threaded bolt is threaded onto the fastener threads, and the spring is disposed between the threaded bolt and the inner surface of the pulley.
US09482311B2
A power transmission belt has an uneven surface of rubber which when the power transmission belt is wound around a flat pulley, comes in contact with the flat pulley. The uneven surface has projected parts each having a flat top surface.
US09482310B2
A weight applicator for a wheel of a tire-wheel assembly is disclosed. The weight applicator includes an arm portion and an applicator portion connected to the arm portion. The applicator includes a radially-extending flange portion. The radially-extending flange portion is connected to the arm portion. A first plunger portion is movably-connected to the radially-extending flange portion by one or more first radial arms. A method is also disclosed.
US09482305B2
A dynamic damper device includes a planetary gear mechanism including plural differentially rotatable rotating elements, an elastic member that couples a rotating shaft rotated by being transmitted with a power with a first rotating element of the planetary gear mechanism, and a rotation control device that is coupled with a rotating element different from the first rotating element of the planetary gear mechanism and controls a rotation of the planetary gear mechanism by adjusting torque acting on the first rotating element. Accordingly, the dynamic damper device achieves an effect that vibration can be appropriately reduced.
US09482302B2
There are provided: a seamless steel pipe formed from a cylindrical steel material billet through a hot isostatic extrusion step, wherein a depth of a contiguous flaw formed on an inner periphery surface and an outer periphery surface of the steel pipe is 50 μm or less; a hollow spring obtained by forming a hollow body in a shape of a coil or a bar or a bar with curved part from the seamless steel pipe made of spring steel and applying a surface treatment to the hollow body so that the hollow body has compressive residual stress; and a method for producing seamless steel pipe including: a billet molding step; a first heating step; a hot isostatic extrusion step; a second heating step; an extension step; a third heating step; and a pickling step.
US09482301B2
In some examples, a brake wear measurement system includes an emitter configured to emit a signal and a passive powered sensor system including a controller and a sensor configured to sense the signal emitted by the emitter. The emitter and the sensor of the sensor system are mounted on the brake assembly such as the emitter and the sensor may be configured to move relative to each other as the brake disc stack wears. Thus, a characteristic of the signal emitted by the emitter and sensed by the sensor may change as a function of the brake disc stack wear. The brake wear measurement may further include a processor configured to receive the output generated by the sensor and determine, based on the output, an amount of wear of the brake disc stack assembly.
US09482297B2
A controllable or selectable coupling assembly includes a plurality of forward locking elements, at least one reverse locking element and first and second coupling members supported for relative rotation about a common rotational axis. The coupling members include a first, second and third coupling faces. The first coupling face has a set of forward pockets angularly spaced about the axis. The second coupling face has a set of reverse locking formations adapted for abutting engagement with the at least one reverse locking element. The third coupling face opposes the first coupling face and has a set of forward locking formations. Either forward backlash is a non-zero integer multiple of reverse backlash or the reverse backlash is a non-zero integer multiple of the forward backlash to prevent the coupling assembly from inadvertently binding in both directions (i.e. a “lock-lock” condition) about the axis.
US09482292B2
A piston-integrated seal has a seal lip integrally provided in a clutch piston of a hydraulic clutch and directed to a hydraulic chamber side. In the seal lip, a main seal edge portion in a hydraulic chamber side and a sub seal edge portion in an anti-hydraulic chamber side are formed in a sliding portion in relation to the other sliding surface. In the main seal edge portion and the sub seal edge portion, an angle of an inclined surface in the hydraulic chamber side is smaller than an angle of an inclined surface in the anti-hydraulic chamber side in a un-installed state, and the angle of the inclined surface in the hydraulic chamber side in relation to the other sliding surface is approximately equal to the angle of the inclined surface in the anti-hydraulic chamber side in an installed state, thereby reducing friction difference in a sliding direction.
US09482290B2
A transmission (12) for a vehicle (10) includes a gear shaft (40) having a fluid passage (106), and a gear (42) having a first bore mounted to the gear shaft (40). The gear has a first axial face (74) with a plurality of teeth (76), and a first undercut (78) at each of the first bore and the first axial face. A shift collar (64) has a second bore (88) mounted to the gear shaft (40). The second bore (88) is axially movable and rotationally fixed relative to the gear shaft (40). The shift collar (64) has a second axial face (92) with a plurality of teeth (94), and a second undercut (98) at each of the second bore (88) and the second axial face (92). The teeth (94) of the second axial face (92) are enmeshable with the teeth (76) of the first axial face (74). An annular piston (66) is slidably mounted to the gear shaft (40) and positioned within each of the first undercut (78) and the second undercut (98). The annular piston (66) is configured to move the shift collar (64) away from the gear using pressurized fluid in the fluid passage (106).
US09482285B2
A hybrid torque transmission mechanism (10) comprises a torque receiving component (30) and a torque output component (50) connected to each other, so that they are able to rotate synchronously. The torque receiving component (30) is configured to receive power from an electric motor or gearbox (70), which is then transferred to the torque output component (50), which may contain an output gear (58) to transfer power to an application. The torque receiving component (30) is fabricated using powder metallurgy to achieve sufficient tolerance. The torque output component (50) is fabricated using metal injection molding for high toughness.
US09482283B2
A bearing system for a wind turbine with a generator with an outer rotor, the bearing system including: an inner bearing ring, an outer bearing ring, a first electrical insulation element, a second electrical insulation element, a plurality of roller elements, a first metal element and a second metal element is provided. Therein, the roller elements are arranged at an inner volume between the inner bearing ring and outer bearing ring. The first electrical insulation element includes the first metal element. The second electrical insulation element includes the second metal element. The first electrical insulation element is arranged at least partially around the inner bearing ring in order to provide an electrical shielding to the inner of the bearing system and the second electrical insulation element is arranged at least partially around the outer bearing ring in order to provide an electrical shielding to the inner of the bearing system.
US09482271B2
In a disengageable axial thrust bearing for a rotary machine, an outer ring has first and second outer half-rings (114A, 114B) centered in a casing (116) and clamped in the axial direction between a stationary thrust member (118) and a first pre-loading system (120) exerting a first predetermined axial force such that, so long as the axial load exerted on the axial thrust bearing via a synchronization element (106) is greater than a determined threshold value, rolling elements (110) with oblique contacts present respective single lines (130) having two points of contact (130A, 130B) with an inner ring (102) and with the first outer half-ring (114A), the second outer half-ring (114B) being spaced apart from the first by a second predetermined axial force exerted by a second pre-loading system (126) inserted in the axial direction between the first and second outer half-rings, and such that the inner ring (102) is driven in rotation by the synchronization element, whereas, when the axial load exerted on the axial thrust bearing becomes less than this determined threshold value, a second line (132) having two additional points of contact (132A, 132B) is created between each of the oblique-contact rolling elements (110) and the inner ring (102) and the second outer half-ring (103B) such that the axial thrust bearing is disengaged.
US09482269B2
A system for isolating electrical current in an aircraft structure includes a first structure a bearing having an outer race and an inner race and a liner disposed therebetween, the outer race having a second structure coupled thereto. A dielectric seal is secured to the outer race and engages the inner race. A conditionally non-conductive gas occupies a sealed chamber that defines a gap between the inner race and the outer race. The gap has a predetermined magnitude sufficient to prevent electrical arcing or current leakage between the inner race and the outer race at a first voltage less than that voltage resulting from a lightning strike; and/or to conduct an electrical current between the inner race and the outer race at a second voltage greater than or equal to the voltage resulting from the lightning strike.
US09482265B2
A variable shaft of a hydraulic unit is provided including a body having a first end and a second opposite end. A first flange and a substantially identical second flange are integrally formed with the body of the shaft adjacent the second end. The first flange and the second flange each have an axial length parallel to a longitudinal axis of the body of about 0.085±0.010 inches (0.216±0.0254 cm). The first flange and the second flange have an outer diameter of 1.359 inches (3.452 cm). The first flange and the second flange are separated by from one another by a distance of about 0.3162 inches (0.8031 cm). A portion of the body between the first flange and the second flange has an outer diameter of about 1.2013 inches (3.051 cm).
US09482261B2
A fastening element is provided for a motor vehicle having a nut and a housing accommodating the nut, by which the fastening element can be fastened to a support part, in particular body panel, body attachment part or similar vehicle part of vehicle attachment part. It is provided that the housing is a plastic part with fixing device molded thereon for the clamping and/or positively joined fixing of the fastening element on the support part. A support part is further provided for a motor vehicle, on which a fastening element is fixed. A wiper motor is provided having such a support part.
US09482257B2
A configuration has a component equipped with a retaining foot and a fixing system with a fixing element for elastic attachment of the component to a panel-shaped support part. The fixing element has a central connecting region in the form of a shaft, to which a support plate is attached at one end and to which a cam element is attached at the other end, and an elastomer sleeve surrounds the connecting region, the sleeve having a groove into which the retaining foot engages. The cam element is inserted through a borehole in the support part such that the elastomer sleeve is pressed together between the support plate and the support part, and the fixing element is rotated for a latching connection. A retaining foot plug part with an annular shape partly open in a C shape and adapted to the inner diameter of the retaining groove.
US09482246B2
A hydrostatic drive, especially a hydrostatic fan drive, includes a hydraulic constant-displacement pump configured to drive a hydraulic motor for a fan. The drive further includes a hydraulic machine configured to supply a second hydraulic circuit with a pressure medium. The constant-displacement pump is configured to be hydraulically combined with the hydraulic machine.
US09482245B2
A cylinder length sensor mounting and retaining assembly for a hydraulic cylinder includes a casing attachable to a blind end of the cylinder, a sensor retention cap affixable to the casing adjacent the blind end of the cylinder, and a locking pin extendable through the casing and positioned adjacent the sensor retention cap. The assembly facilitates sensor removal without requiring disassembly of the cylinder.
US09482231B2
A compression element includes a substantially spiral oil groove which is provided in inner peripheral surfaces of bearings and of the shaft. One end of the oil groove opens at a bearing base portion, and the other end of the oil groove opens at a bearing end. According to this configuration, oil in a gap between the shaft and inner peripheries of the bearings and forcibly discharges, into the hermetic container, gas bubbles generated in a sliding gap between the shaft and the bearings and by action of a viscosity pump generated by the substantially spiral oil groove, and it is possible to provide a rotary compressor capable of preventing seizing and wearing caused by gas-involvement at a bearing sliding portion, and capable of securing reliability when refrigerant including R32 is used.
US09482229B2
A motor-driven compressor includes an electric motor, a compression mechanism driven by the electric motor so as to compress refrigerant gas, a metal housing accommodating the electric motor and the compression mechanism, a suction passage communicable with interior of the housing wherein refrigerant gas flows through the suction passage, a discharge passage communicable with the interior of the housing wherein refrigerant gas discharged from the compression mechanism flows through the discharge passage and a check valve that is provided in at least one of the suction passage and the discharge passage, opened while the compressor is in operation and closed while the compressor is at a stop.
US09482227B2
A wiper assembly may be used to prevent wellbore debris from entering an operating region of a pump. The wiper assembly may include a housing, a wiper member, a backing member, and a biasing member. The biasing member may bias the backing member into engagement with the wiper member, and thereby bias the wiper member into engagement with a tapered surface of the housing. The wiper member may include a corresponding tapered surface, which thereby forces the wiper member radially inward into engagement with an operating member of the pump.
US09482224B2
An oil pump includes a housing (10, 20), a rotary shaft (30) which is supported by the housing, an inner rotor (71, 81) which is rotated in the housing integrally with the rotary shaft, an outer rotor (72, 82) which is rotated in the housing as being interlocked with the inner rotor, a rotor case (40) which is fitted into the housing and which contains the inner rotor and the outer rotor and supports an outer circumferential face of the outer rotor in a slidable manner, a side plate (50) which is arranged to be in contact with at least one annular end face of the rotor case, and an elastic member (60) which exerts an urging force to press the side plate to the annular end face of the rotor case. According to the above, slide resistance and operational torque can be reduced and constant side clearance can be maintained.
US09482220B2
Example devices, systems, and methods disclosed herein relate to controlling operation of a fire pump or jockey pump of a fire pump system. An example fire pump control system may comprise a jockey pump controller configured to control operation of a jockey pump and a fire pump controller configured to control operation of a fire pump. The jockey pump controller may be configured to determine a first pressure value based on an output of a jockey pump pressure sensor. The fire pump controller may be configured to receive the first pressure value from the jockey pump controller. The fire pump controller may also be configured to determine a second pressure value based on an output of a fire pump pressure sensor and select a predetermined action based on a comparison of the first pressure value and the second pressure value. Additional example devices, systems, and methods are described herein.
US09482215B2
A liquid extraction apparatus and a method of extracting a liquid from a container and storing the liquid are disclosed. The method includes inserting a liquid extraction member into a container and creating a pressure differential to cause the liquid to flow into a storage vessel.
US09482213B2
Pulses in a pumping system resulting from paired reciprocating pumps are dampened by a pressure vessel that includes two compartments separated by a flexible membrane and otherwise isolated from each other.
US09482209B2
A solar water heater has a main panel having a boiler panel and a reservoir panel. The reservoir panel feeds the boiler panel. A tubular reservoir is installed in the reservoir panel. An evacuated tube is installed in the boiler panel. The evacuated tube has an inner vacuum wall and an outer vacuum wall for insulating the evacuated tube. A boiler line receives heated water from the reservoir panel. The boiler line passes through the evacuated tube. An electrical production module is connected to the boiler panel. The electrical production module generates electricity from steam power taken from the boiler panel. A feed line connects to the reservoir panel. The feed line ends at an intake filter.
US09482205B2
A method of starting up a wind turbine includes heating first and second components, the first component having a first minimum operating temperature and the second component having a second minimum operating temperature. Excess heat is generated after the second component has been heated to the second minimum operating temperature. The excess heat is transferred to the first component to assist heating the first component to the first minimum operating temperature. The first and second components are cooled after reaching the first and second minimum operating temperatures.
US09482204B2
One embodiment of a rotor blade for a vertical axis wind turbine comprises a central portion having a central axis and at least two blade members. The blade members each have a proximal end attached to the central portion, a high drag side and a low drag side that is opposite the high drag side. Each of the blade members also includes an uncovered vent comprising an opening through the blade member that provides an unobstructed path for airflow through the blade member. In one embodiment, a pair of fins are positioned adjacent the opening of the vent and extend from the high drag side of the blade member.
US09482198B1
An electronic fuel injection throttle body unit has a core body with two side components. The two side components each including a fuel delivery passage. Four air intake passages extending vertically through the throttle body. Valves are rotatable within the air intake passages. The valves being connected to valve shafts that rotate about respective valve shaft axes. The valve shaft axes and the fuel delivery passages are perpendicular to each other.
US09482190B2
An evaporated fuel treating apparatus, comprising a passage allowing circulation of fluid inside, a tank port and a purge port at one end of the passage, and an atmospheric port at the other end of the passage, and provided with a plurality of adsorption chambers each filled with granular activated carbon or crushed activated carbon in the passage, and a support member set between a first adsorption chamber located closest to the atmospheric port in the plurality of adsorption chambers and a second adsorption chamber located on the tank port side of the first adsorption chamber in the plurality of adsorption chambers, to space the first and second adsorption chambers apart from each other, and at least a part of the support member can adsorb evaporated fuel components. With this configuration, evaporated fuel components escaping to the outside through the atmospheric port are reduced.
US09482181B2
A jet engine nacelle has one thrust reverser device which includes a deflection means and one cowl translatable in a direction substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the nacelle. The cowl can translate between a closed position and an open position. In the open position, the cowl ensures the aerodynamic continuity of the nacelle and covers the deflection means. In the open position, the cowl opens a passage into the nacelle and uncovers the deflection means. The thrust reverser device moreover includes one blocking flap pivotably mounted by one end attached to a rear portion of the deflection means, and slidingly connected to the moving cowl. The pivoting end is also translatably connected to the rear portion of the deflection means.
US09482178B2
A cylinder liner for an engine includes a cylindrical wall having a radially internal surface and a radially external surface opposite the radially internal surface, the cylindrical wall defining a longitudinal axis therethrough, the radially external surface including a sealing surface and an undercut surface adjacent to the sealing surface, the sealing surface at least partly facing away from the longitudinal axis. The undercut surface includes a first surface and a second surface, the first surface at least partly facing the longitudinal axis, and the second surface at least partly facing away from the longitudinal axis.
US09482176B2
A system and method for operating an engine using gaseous fuel is described. In one example, engine operation is adjusted responsive to a temperature of air entering an engine and a resultant temperature of a gaseous fuel injected to the engine. The system and method may improve engine air-fuel control.
US09482168B2
A method and apparatus are disclosed for introducing a gaseous fuel into a combustion chamber of an internal combustion engine. The method includes dividing the engine map into three distinct operating regions, with different operating modes in each region. When the engine is operating in a low load region, gaseous fuel is introduced to the combustion chamber during an intake stroke before an intake valve associated with the combustion chamber closes. When the engine is operating in a high load low-speed region, gaseous fuel is directly injected into the combustion chamber during a compression stroke after the intake valve is closed. When the engine is operating in a high load high-speed region, a split injection strategy is employed with a first portion of the gaseous fuel introduced into the charge before the intake valve closes and a second portion being injected after the intake valve is closed.
US09482167B2
In an engine system of a machine having a multi fuel engine system, an energy accumulator is provide to accumulate and store energy when the engine system is in a low engine power usage or low engine load state, and to discharge energy from the energy accumulator when the engine system is in a high engine usage or high engine load state. The energy accumulator may be implemented, for example, in the form of a gaseous fuel accumulator that delivers gaseous fuel to the engine, a hydraulic fuel accumulator that provides pressurized fluid to power a fuel pump, or a battery pack that powers an electric hydraulic pump.
US09482164B2
A system includes a turbocharged engine, sensors, and a controller. The engine includes an engine intake manifold, air intake manifold, a compressor, a first aftercooler device, a throttle that admits cooled compressed air to the engine intake manifold, and cylinders. The sensors determine engine status signals and include a first manifold pressure (MAP) sensor positioned with respect to the first aftercooler device, a second MAP sensor positioned with respect to the engine intake manifold, a mass airflow (MAF) sensor positioned in the air intake manifold, a first manifold temperature (MAT) sensor positioned in the engine intake manifold, and a second MAT sensor positioned between the first aftercooler device and the throttle. The controller executes a method to calculate a cylinder air charge using an oxygen level of post-combustion gasses and the engine status signals, and controls an operation of the engine using the calculated air charge via engine control signals.
US09482156B2
An engine may have a recuperator that may be powered by an electrical generator driven by the engine. The recuperator may be disposed within or incorporated into a compressor discharge of the engine, such as in the form of a vane or tube. The engine may be configured to operate in a variety of modes at least some of which may use thermal energy from the recuperator to heat a fluid flow stream of the engine. An energy storage device may be used with an electrical generator to provide power to a load.
US09482148B2
Methods and systems are provided for adjusting a volume control valve attached to a branch of a split exhaust manifold in a boosted engine system. Volume control valve adjustments are used at different engine operating conditions to improve engine performance and boost response. One example method includes closing the volume in response to a tip-in when increased boost is needed for exhaust turbine spool-up.
US09482146B1
A system, apparatus and method for maintaining power in an internal combustion typically turbocharged aircraft engine is disclosed. During descent, air pressure and temperature in the manifold can fall to dangerous levels. This is because engine power is low and likewise turbocharger output is also low. The system and method provide for a bypass of the heat radiator during low power periods, or with low ambient temperature or both. A parameter is measured, often manifold pressure or temperature and the degree of bypass is adjusted commensurately.
US09482140B2
A mounting system for connecting an aftertreatment component to an engine is disclosed. The mounting system may include at least one flange. The mounting system may also include a support structure having a first end connected to the at least one flange, and a second end connected to an outer shell circumferentially wrapped around the aftertreatment component. The mounting system may further include at least one seal disposed between the outer shell and an outer surface of the aftertreatment component. The at least one seal may be configured to isolate vibration of the engine from the aftertreatment component.
US09482133B2
In order to suppress ammonia from flowing out during regeneration treatment of a filter carrying an SCR catalyst, the prevent invention provides an exhaust emission control system of an internal combustion engine, including a first stage catalyst having an oxidation function, a fuel supply device configured to supply fuel to the first stage catalyst, a filter provided in the exhaust passage downstream of the first stage catalyst and carrying a selective redaction type NOx catalyst, an ammonia supply device configured to supply ammonia to the filter, a filter-regeneration-treatment executing unit configured to execute filter regeneration treatment, and a control unit configured to supply, when the filter regeneration treatment is not executed, the ammonia in an amount corresponding to an amount of the NOx emitted from the internal combustion engine, and to supply, when the filter regeneration treatment is executed, the ammonia in an amount corresponding to an amount of the NOx obtained by subtracting, from the amount of the NOx emitted from the internal combustion engine, an amount of the NOx reduced by the fuel which passes through the first stage catalyst.
US09482127B2
A system and method for drying pulverized high moisture fuel for use in a selective catalytic reduction system equipped combustion system is provided. The combustion system includes a mill for pulverizing fuel, an air heater, a booster air heater and a fuel duct for feeding dried pulverized fuel to a combustion furnace.
US09482120B2
A retention device for a valve actuating mechanism to secure a finger follower and lash adjuster together includes a ring member disposed in a groove of a movable piston of the lash adjuster. The retention device also includes a connecting member having a plurality of legs adapted to engage the finger follower and an intermediate base interconnecting the legs and adapted to be disposed below the ring member and about a portion of the lash adjuster to effect a free movement of the connecting member in all pivoted positions of the finger follower.
US09482110B2
A gas turbine including a compressor and a combustor, an SOFC including an air electrode (cathode) and a fuel electrode (anode), a first compressed air supply line adapted to supply a compressed air compressed by the compressor to the combustor, a second compressed air gas supply line adapted to supply a part of a compressed air compressed by the compressor to the air electrode (cathode), a first fuel gas supply line adapted to supply a fuel gas to the combustor, a second fuel gas supply line adapted to supply a fuel gas to the fuel electrode (anode), a fuel gas recirculation line adapted to return an exhausted fuel gas discharged from the fuel electrode (anode) to the fuel electrode (anode), a cooler provided in the fuel gas recirculation line are provided.
US09482106B2
A combustor transition can be adapted to guide combustion gases in a hot gas flow path extending between a combustor and a first stage of a turbine in a gas turbine. The combustor transition includes a duct having an upstream end adapted for connection to the combustor and a downstream end adapted for connection to a first stage of the turbine. The downstream end comprises an outer wall, an inner wall, a first side wall and a second side wall. At least one side wall has a side wall extension, which can extend in a downstream direction beyond the outlet. A gas turbine can be retrofitted with such a combustor transition and a gas turbine with such a combustor transition can also undergo a borescope inspection.
US09482100B2
A gas turbine engine component subjected to a flow of high temperature gas includes a wall having first and second wall surfaces and a cooling hole extending through the wall. The cooling hole includes an inlet located at the first wall surface, an outlet located at the second wall surface, a metering section extending downstream from the inlet and a diffusing section extending from the metering section to the outlet. The diffusing section includes a first lobe, a second lobe and a transition region. The first lobe diverges longitudinally and laterally from the metering section and has a first shape. The second lobe is generally opposite the first lobe and diverges longitudinally and laterally from the metering section and has a second shape different from the first shape. The transition region is positioned between the first and second lobes and includes a downstream end adjacent the outlet.
US09482094B2
A gas turbine includes a rotor concentrically surrounded by a casing, with an annular hot gas channel axially extending between the rotor and the casing. The rotor includes a plurality of blades arranged annularly on the rotor. Each of the blades is mounted with a root in a respective axial slot on a rim of the rotor radially extending with an airfoil into the hot gas channel and adjoining with an axially oriented root surface to an annular rim cavity. A cooling device is provided at the root of each blade to receive cooling air injected into the rim cavity through stationary injectors. An optimized cooling is achieved by providing an essentially plane root surface and the cooling device includes a scoop for capturing and redirecting at least part of the injected cooling air, which scoop is a recess with respect to the root surface.
US09482092B2
A rotary engine has a top housing with suction and exhaust ports and bottom housing arranged to receive a crank assembly and a cam assembly. The crank assembly has a crank plate rotatably placed above the bottom housing and a set of semi circular cranks provided at the top surface of the crank plate to travel along with the crank plate. The cranks are positioned opposite to each other and are aligned to the crank plate. A crank shaft arranged to pass through the top housing and bottom housing drive along with the crank plate. The cam assembly has a set of cams placed above the crank plate and arranged to pivot through pivot pins. The cams and the cranks revolve to form an eccentricity with the outer cavity ring and inner cavity ring. The outer cavity ring is provided to surround the crank above the crank plate and the inner cavity ring is placed inside the cranks such that upon rotation of the crank plate and the cranks, two variable volume outer chamber is formed in between the cranks and the outer cavity ring, and two variable volume inner chamber is formed in between the cranks and the inner cavity ring.
US09482087B2
An apparatus including a body having a central axis defined therethrough, at least one extendable arm coupled to the body, and a mechanical property tester coupled to the at least one extendable arm, the mechanical property tester configured to penetrate a surface of a borehole and to measure one or more mechanical properties of the surface of the borehole.
US09482074B2
An actuating apparatus for a downhole valve including a tubular body, which includes an axial bore that extends through the body. The actuating apparatus also includes an operating member that is adapted to move relative to the tubular body. The movement of the operating member relative to the tubular body is between a first position and a second position such that fluid contained within a reservoir is displaced when such a downhole valve is actuated. The actuating apparatus is adapted to be fluidly coupled to the downhole valve.
US09482073B2
A convertible valve having a conversion element retained in a seat to convert a valve gate from bidirectional flow to unidirectional flow. The convertible valve includes a valve gate moveable between a first open position and a second closed position, a seat moveable between a first position and a second position, and a conversion element retained in the seat. The seat, in its first position, maintains the valve gate in its first open position. With the valve gate in the first open position, the convertible valve allows bi-directional fluid flow. Fluid flowing through the convertible valve creates downward force on the conversion element and the seat. Upon reaching a predetermined force, the seat moves to its second position allowing the valve gate to move to its second closed position. With the valve gate in the second closed position, the convertible valve allows only unidirectional fluid flow.
US09482068B2
A subsea well connector for connecting a tubular member to a subsea wellhead assembly includes a tieback connector having an annular stationary connector body that circumscribes a portion of an annular moveable connector body. A tie rod with a tie rod profile extends axially from the stationary connector body. A dog ring circumscribes the tie rod and is moveable between a lockdown open position where the dog ring is spaced from the tie rod, and a lockdown engaged position where a dog ring inner diameter profile engages the tie rod profile, to axially couple the stationary connector body and the moveable connector body. An annular piston circumscribes the dog ring and has a region with a reduced inner diameter that engages an outer diameter of the dog ring to retain the dog ring in the lockdown engaged position. A cylinder circumscribes the annular piston, defining a lockdown piston cavity.
US09482062B1
A wellbore tool centralizer includes a housing that includes a bore to receive a wellbore tubular; an expandable element radially mounted to the housing; and a fluid pathway that extends through the housing to fluidly connect the bore and the expandable element and expose the expandable element to a fluid pressure sufficient to radially expand the expandable element.
US09482059B2
A hybrid riser tower is disclosed with a rigid riser column and a buoyancy tank positioned to apply tension to the riser column by buoyant upthrust when the tower is in an upright orientation for use. At least one jumper support structure is attached to a side of the buoyancy tank between upper and lower ends of the buoyancy tank when the tower is oriented for use. At least one riser connection extends outside the buoyancy tank from a riser pipe of the riser column to the jumper support structure, where it connects to a flexible end fitting carried by the jumper support structure. The riser connection splays laterally moving from the riser pipe toward the jumper support structure.
US09482058B2
A downhole cutting tool may include a tool body having at least one cutting element support structure formed thereon, wherein the at least one cutting element support structure comprises at least one cutter pocket formed therein; at least one cutter having at least substantially unobstructed cutting face retained within the at least one cutter pocket, the cutter pocket preventing substantial lateral movement of the at least one cutter; and at least one retention element interfacing a portion of a circumferential surface of the at least one cutter.
US09482057B2
Cutting elements, earth-boring drill bits having such cutting elements and related methods include a cutting element having a superabrasive table positioned on a substrate, and at least one recessed surface in a cutting face of the superabrasive table.
US09482055B2
A method for designing a drilling tool assembly, having a drill bit disposed at one end includes defining initial drilling tool assembly design parameters; calculating a dynamic response of the drilling tool assembly; adjusting a value of a drilling tool assembly design parameter; and repeating the calculating and the adjusting until a drilling tool assembly performance parameter is optimized.
US09482051B1
A screen door made of foamed polymer with heat welded joins between rails and stiles and a flat spline groove. The rails and stiles are extruded with the flat spline groove. Prior to joining the rails and stiles, a thin notch is made to remove the smooth skin of the extruded stiles before being joined to the cut ends of the rails. The heat welded joint between the notched stile and cut end of the rail is ten times stronger than conventional polymer door joints. A flat spline is used to insert the marginal portion of the screen into the flat spline groove, which is wider in the interior than at its entrance and resists the pull from normal forces on the screen much more effectively than a round spline in a rectangular groove.
US09482048B2
A covering for an architectural opening has a horizontal movable rail supported by cords, with a variety of configurations which allow the movable rail to be moved up and down while concealing the cords.
US09482046B2
A window covering for a fenestration product having a viewing area includes a plurality of slats extending substantially horizontally, a ladder extending substantially vertically and supporting the slats, and a blind mechanism. The blind mechanism includes a lift mechanism and a tilt ring. The lift mechanism is operably connected to the slats to raise and lower the slats. The tilt ring is operably connected to the ladder and to the lift mechanism such that the tilt ring rotates with the lift mechanism through at least a portion of a revolution of the lift mechanism to tilt the slats when the lift mechanism rotates.
US09482026B2
A foldable frame for a portable canopy, comprises first, second, third and fourth posts. The posts are extendable and retractable in length and defines a geometric footprint on the ground. At least one arm is operably attached to and between adjacent posts of the first, second, third and fourth posts, the at least one arm forming a main frame within the geometric footprint. At least another arm extends outwardly from each of the posts to form at least first and second extension frames extending beyond the geometric footprint. The foldable frame includes a deployed position wherein the posts are extended and the at least one arm is transverse to the respective posts; and a folded position wherein the posts are retracted and bunched together with the at least one arm and oriented in a general same direction.
US09482025B2
One embodiment of the invention relates to a self-contained folding shelter, including a rigid base with a first base portion and a second base portion and a hinge coupled to the first base portion and the second base portion. The hinge defines a hinge axis such that the first base portion and the second base portions are pivotally movable between an open configuration and a closed configuration. The folding shelter further includes a first pair of rail members disposed along the sides of the first base portion and a second pair of rail members disposed along the sides of the second base portion. The first and second pairs of rail members extend generally orthogonal to the hinge axis. The first pair of rail members are aligned with the second pair of rail members when the first and second base portions are in the open configuration. The folding shelter further includes a plurality of frame members, each of the frame members having a pair of ends spaced apart and movably coupled to the plurality of rail members such that each frame member is configured to pivot relative to the rail members and translate along the length of the rail members. The folding shelter further includes a cover supported by the frame members to define an interior space, and a panel coupled to the rigid base. The panel is pivotable between a substantially horizontal position and a substantially vertical position. The panel is coupled to an edge of the cover when in the vertical position and configured to pass electrical power to the interior space. In the closed configuration, the rigid base defines a storage space sized to receive the plurality of frame members, the cover, and the panel.
US09482022B2
Paint once dropped, dripped, or spilt onto a drop cloth still presents an issue to painters in that it may be further dripped or spilt onto the surfaces and/or objects being protected when moved or removed. Likewise a drop cloth on the floor does not stop the wet paint getting picked up and re-deposited onto the floor in areas not protected. These instances arise as the paint or other materials being painted take time to dry. Further, where the paint is thick then unlike the surface being painted where the paint “dries” completely the paint drop or spill has a “skin” formed leaving liquid paint beneath. Embodiments of the invention accelerate the paint “drying” process and allow thicker paint drops for example to dehydrate, coagulate, or form solid materials thereby reducing the instances of subsequent paint transfer from the drop cloth to other surfaces and/or objects.
US09482020B2
A method of assembling an offset working surface on a scaffold. The method uses a scaffold knee-out member having a first and second scaffold members that are pivotally connected. A scaffold connector is positioned on an opposite end of each of the first and second scaffold members remote from the pivot point. Preferably, both connectors are pivotally connected to their respective scaffold members. One of the scaffold members of the knee-out end is coupled to a vertical scaffold, and then the other scaffold member of the knee-out is moved appropriately to allow the first and second scaffold members to pivot with respect to each other, until the other scaffold member is positioned to be coupled to a vertical scaffold member.
US09481996B2
The invention relates to a thermal insulation device comprising at least one panel (100) provided with two walls (110, 120) separated by a peripheral main spacer (102) in order to define a gas-tight chamber (104) containing a partial vacuum, and at least two flexible films (150, 160) locally attached to secondary spacers (140) at intermediate points between the two walls (110, 120) and defining tight secondary compartments (158) between each other. As a result of applying successive potentials of selected polarity between the walls (110, 120) and the flexible films (150, 160), the flexible films (150, 160) are moved between a first thermal insulation position wherein the films (150, 160) are separated from each other and a second position wherein the films (150, 160) are in mutual contact at least on a substantial part of the surface thereof.
US09481991B2
A macerating apparatus for a toilet in which the problem of jamming the macerator at startup is solved by rapidly detecting the flushing of the toilet and accelerating the macerator before motion-jamming solid objects in the effluent from the toilet can reach the macerator. The macerating apparatus may be comprised of a macerating cutter operatively connected to a motor, and a sensor in communication with the motor. The sensor may detect the flow of effluent from the toilet toward the macerator, the flow of makeup water from the supply tank into the toilet, or the mechanical action of the mechanism used to flush the toilet. The apparatus may include an intake basket having an asymmetric inlet tube and containing the macerating cutter, wherein the asymmetry of the inlet tube provides additional operating clearance between a cutting blade of the macerating cutter and the intake basket.
US09481984B2
A calibration device for a work machine includes: a working equipment parameter acquiring unit acquiring working equipment parameters of members of first and second actuation units; a measurement value acquiring unit acquiring respective measurement values of the work machine body and first and second actuation units measured by an external measurement device; a first calibration unit calibrating the parameter related to the member of the first actuation unit acquired by the acquiring unit based on the measurement value of the first actuation unit acquired by the acquiring unit; and a second calibration unit calibrating the working equipment parameter of the member of the second actuation unit based on the working equipment parameter of the first actuation unit calibrated by the first calibration unit and the respective measurement values of the reference points of the work machine body and first and second actuation units acquired by the acquiring unit.
US09481980B2
An apparatus can detachably fix the lower glass of the cab according to a working environment through simple adjustment of an adjustment knob. The apparatus detachably fixes the lower glass of the cab according to a working environment includes a lower bracket fixedly installed on a lower side of a window frame of the cab and including a rubber member to prevent a secession of the lower glass; a knob support plate including a fixing plate having a guide groove and a position setting hole, and a support plate having a compression pad, wherein the fixing plate is fixedly installed on an upper side of the window frame and the support plate compressively supports one side of an upper portion of the lower glass; and an adjustment knob provided with a projection portion that is fitted into the guide groove to be slidably guided clockwise or counterclockwise.
US09481976B2
A work vehicle includes a boom, an arm, a bucket, an arm control member, a speed limit determination portion, and a target speed determination portion. The speed limit determination portion determines a speed limit for limiting a speed of a cutting edge of the bucket in accordance with a distance between a cutting edge and a design surface. The target speed determination portion determines a target speed of the boom based on the speed limit. The speed limit determination portion decides on a speed limit calculated based on correlation between the speed limit and the distance between the design surface and the cutting edge when an amount of operation of the arm control member is equal to or greater than a prescribed amount and decides on a speed limit lower than the speed limit calculated based on the correlation when the amount of operation is smaller than the prescribed amount.
US09481972B1
In one embodiment, a pile splicing system and method uses a pile segment adapted to form part of a spliced pile, the pile segment including an elongated concrete body having first and second ends, one-way anchor embedded in the body that is adapted to resist passage of a post-tensioning strand in a direction toward the first end of the body; and a splicing duct embedded in the body that extends from the first end to the embedded one-way anchor.
US09481960B2
The container (20) comprises a base (22), a concave wall (24), a convex wall (26), and a pair of side walls (28) with all walls (24, 26, 28) extending upwardly from the base (22) to a rim (30) which presents an engaging area (50) having an apex (52) and midpoint (54). The apex (52) of the engaging area (50) is disposed a greater distance from the base (22) than the distance of the top (38) of the rim (30) from the base (22) along the side walls (28) and the convex wall (26), whereby the engaging area (50) presents a concave surface area for supporting the container (20) on the hip of a human body. The engaging area (50) further includes a second dimension (h2) which decreases in height along the rim (30) from the apex (52) and the midpoint (54) of the engaging area (50) toward each side wall (28). The engaging area (50) further includes a support plane (ρ3) which slants relative to vertical at an acute angle (θ) allowing the engaging area (50) to rest comfortably on the human body.
US09481955B2
A stitching system is configured to stitch through decorative skins with a molded seam recess representing a seam and includes a sewing machine, an image acquisition mechanism, a controller, and a rotation mechanism. The sewing machine is rotatable with respect to a support table, and includes a sewing head to receive a sewing needle and a sewing foot to selectively engage the skin. The image acquisition mechanism produces an image of the seam recess with respect to the sewing head/needle(s). The controller determines the difference between the actual recess location and a predetermined desired recess location. Based on this difference, the controller determines a sewing machine rotation angle and orientation to reduce the difference to zero, and then produces a corresponding adjustment signal that drives the rotation mechanism. A robot can move either the sewing machine or the workpiece, and still use the herein-described real time steering control.
US09481949B2
The present invention is directed to nanofiber yarns, ribbons, and sheets; to methods of making said yarns, ribbons, and sheets; and to applications of said yarns, ribbons, and sheets. In some embodiments, the nanotube yarns, ribbons, and sheets comprise carbon nanotubes. Particularly, such carbon nanotube yarns of the present invention provide unique properties and property combinations such as extreme toughness, resistance to failure at knots, high electrical and thermal conductivities, high absorption of energy that occurs reversibly, up to 13% strain-to-failure compared with the few percent strain-to-failure of other fibers with similar toughness, very high resistance to creep, retention of strength even when heated in air at 450° C. for one hour, and very high radiation and UV resistance, even when irradiated in air. Furthermore these nanotube yarns can be spun as one micron diameter yarns and plied at will to make two-fold, four-fold, and higher fold yarns. Additional embodiments provide for the spinning of nanofiber sheets having arbitrarily large widths. In still additional embodiments, the present invention is directed to applications and devices that utilize and/or comprise the nanofiber yarns, ribbons, and sheets of the present invention.
US09481945B2
Rapid and specific detection of biological cells and biomolecules is important to biological assays across diverse fields including genomics, proteomics, diagnoses, and pathological studies. Microarrays and microfluidics increasingly dominate such detection techniques due to the ability to perform significant numbers of tests with limited sample volumes. A snap chip assembly is provided for the transfer of a microarray of reagents within semi-spherical liquid droplets on a transfer chip to a target assay microarray on an assay chip following assembly of the two chips and physical contact of the droplets with the target array. Reagents in nanoliter quantities are spotted on both chips and selectively transferred as liquid droplets between transfer chip and assay chip within the contact areas. Using the snap chip structure the inventors performed immunoassays with colocalization of capture and detection antibodies with 10 targets and bead-in-gel droplet microarrays with 9 targets in the low pg/ml regime.
US09481937B2
Compositions, methods, and systems permit selectively etching metal oxide from reactor metal parts (e.g., titanium and/or titanium alloys). The etching composition comprises an alkali metal hydroxide and gallic acid. The method is useful for cleaning reaction chambers used in the deposition of metal oxide films such as aluminum oxide.
US09481936B2
A platelet-type zirconium phosphate, which has a P—OH group contained in a structure thereof, and has a crystalline peak at a 2θ value of 11.6±2 degrees and no crystalline peak at a 2θ value of less than 11.6±2 degrees in X-ray diffraction analysis, is provided. The platelet-type zirconium phosphate has a platelet-type structure and can be uniformly dispersed at a nanoscale level in a coating film to exhibit excellent surface gloss and barrier capability. Also, the platelet-type zirconium phosphate can exhibit excellent corrosion resistance due to the presence of the P—OH group on a surface thereof, and can be dispersed not only in an aqueous solution but also in an organic solvent.
US09481933B2
A cold spray nozzle assembly for applying a coating of particles to a substrate includes a nozzle defining an inner passage with a nozzle exit. The nozzle assembly also includes a particle supply member in communication with the inner passage. The particle supply member supplies the particles to flow and accelerate through the inner passage and out of the nozzle via the nozzle exit toward the substrate to be coated thereon. Furthermore, the nozzle assembly includes a laser that emits a laser beam that is transmitted through the inner passage. The laser heats at least one of the particles and the substrate to promote coating of the substrate with the particles.
US09481930B2
A novel method for fabricating diamond shells is introduced. The fabrication of such shells is a multi-step process, which involves diamond chemical vapor deposition on predetermined mandrels followed by polishing, microfabrication of holes, and removal of the mandrel by an etch process. The resultant shells of the present invention can be configured with a surface roughness at the nanometer level (e.g., on the order of down to about 10 nm RMS) on a mm length scale, and exhibit excellent hardness/strength, and good transparency in the both the infra-red and visible. Specifically, a novel process is disclosed herein, which allows coating of spherical substrates with optical-quality diamond films or nanocrystalline diamond films.
US09481924B2
Methods, and coated panels fabricated from the methods, are disclosed to form multiple coatings, (e.g., one or more infrared reflective layers), with minimal color change before and after heat treatments. For example, by adding appropriate seed layers between the IR reflective layers and the base oxide layers, the color performance can be maintained regardless of high temperature processes. The optical filler layers can include a metal oxide layer. In some embodiments, the seed layer can include nickel, titanium, and niobium, forming a nickel titanium niobium alloy such as NiTiNb.
US09481923B2
Methods of aluminizing the surface of a metal substrate. The methods of the present invention do not require establishment of a vacuum or a reducing atmosphere, as is typically necessary. Accordingly, aluminization can occur in the presence of oxygen, which greatly simplifies and reduces processing costs by allowing deposition of the aluminum coating to be performed, for example, in air. Embodiments of the present invention can be characterized by applying a slurry that includes a binder and powder granules containing aluminum to the metal substrate surface. Then, in a combined step, a portion of the aluminum is diffused into the substrate and a portion of the aluminum is oxidized by heating the slurry to a temperature greater than the melting point of the aluminum in an oxygen-containing atmosphere.
US09481915B2
The present invention discloses a drug screening method, drugs promoting extracellular matrix protein crosslinking and their applications, the said drug screening method, is used to screen out materials promoting the expression of LOXL1 gene, wherein, the said drug screening method contains the following steps: A, Construct the 2nd generation lentiviral vector used to control the ZsGreen expression by human LOXL 1 gene promoter. B, Infect human fibroblasts with the 2nd generation lentiviral vector, and construct the new human fibroblasts which integrate PLOXL1-ZsGreen components. C, Drug screening: Inoculate the said human fibroblasts integrating PLOXL1-ZsGreen components into culture medium. Add the analyte into the cell culture medium containing human fibroblast cells. After culturing, detect the green fluorescence intensity of these fibroblast cells, then decide if the analyte promotes LOXL1 gene expression by checking if the green fluorescence intensity is increased. The method provided by the present invention is easy to operate and widely applicable.
US09481900B2
The invention relates to a polypeptide having oxidoreductase activity which comprises the amino acid sequence set out in SEQ ID NO: 3 or an amino acid sequence encoded by the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 4, or a variant polypeptide thereof having 45% or more sequence identity with the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 3. The invention also relates to a process for the production of 2,5-furan-dicarboxylic acid (FDCA) or production of 5-hydroxymethyl-2-furancarboxylic acid (HMF acid).
US09481899B2
Compositions and methods for producing aldehydes, alkanes, and alkenes are described herein. The aldehydes, alkanes, and alkenes can be used in biofuels.
US09481895B2
Methods and kits for lentiviral production are provided. By separating certain components of the vector including but not limited to promoter, reporter and selection marker preference components from the genetic content of interest, one can create libraries that allow for the efficient generation of custom selected lentiviral vectors.
US09481891B2
The soybean variety DLL1206 is disclosed. The invention relates to seeds, plants, plant cells, plant tissue, harvested products and soybean lint as well as to hybrid soybean plants and seeds obtained by repeatedly crossing plants of variety DLL1206 with other plants. The invention also relates to plants and varieties produced by the method of essential derivation from plants of DLL1206 and to plants of DLL1206 reproduced by vegetative methods, including but not limited to tissue culture of regenerable cells or tissue from DLL1206.
US09481885B2
The present invention provides materials and methods related to the discovery that tumor secreted miR-21 and miR-29a can function by binding as ligands to receptors of the Tolllike receptor family, murine TLR7 and human TLR8, in immune cells, triggering a TLR-mediated prometastatic inflammatory response, which leads to tumor growth and metastasis. Thus, by acting as paracrine agonists of TLRs, secreted miRNAs are key regulators of the tumor microenvironment. This mechanism of action of miRNAs is important in the tumor-immune system communication, in tumor growth and spread, and in cancer treatment.
US09481883B2
Methods are provided for producing a molecular array comprising a plurality of molecules immoblized to a solid substrate at a density which allows individual immobilized molecules to be individually resolved, wherein each individual molecule in the array is spatially addressable and the identity of each molecule is known or determined prior to immobilization. The use of spatially addressable low density molecular arrays in single molecule detection and analysis techniques is also provided. Novel assays and methods are also provided.
US09481876B2
Human cathepsin L inhibitors and probes containing a vinyl sulfonate ester moiety are described. The inhibitors are highly potent (low nM affinity), selective, and cell permeable, and can inhibit ultra-low concentration of active cathepsin L. The developed probes are highly sensitive and can detect an ultra-low amount of probe-labeled active cathespin L.
US09481867B2
A method of rapidly inducing large-scale and high-purity mesenchymal stem cells to transdetermine into hematopoietic stem cells is provided with the steps of preparing homogeneous medium of mesenchymal stem cells; combining a plurality of small RNA molecules; assembling and transfecting nanoparticles of nucleic acids and polypeptides; inducing and amplifying medium of post-transdetermined hematopoietic stem cells; and activating a plurality of hemopoiesis-related genes.
US09481863B2
The present invention relates generally to the fields of reproductive medicine. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method determining the developmental stage of human cumulus cells issues from MII oocyte.
US09481861B2
In embodiments there are disclosed culture media, compositions for supplementing culture media, and methods for culturing biological samples. In embodiments the methods are methods for detecting bacteria and in embodiments the bacteria include Salmonella spp and in embodiments include E. coli spp. In embodiments the media and compositions comprise an alkanolamine and a cobalamin compound.
US09481858B2
A silicon wafer cleaning agent includes at least a water-based cleaning liquid, and a water-repellent cleaning liquid for providing water-repellent to an uneven pattern at least at recessed portions during a cleaning process. The water-repellent cleaning liquid is a liquid composed of a water-repellent compound containing a reactive moiety which is chemically bondable to Si in the silicon wafer, and a hydrophobic group, or is a liquid wherein 0.1 mass % or more of the water-repellent compound relative to the total quantity of 100 mass % of the water-repellent cleaning liquid and an organic solvent are mixed and contained therein. A cleaning process wherein a pattern collapse is easily induced can be improved by using the cleaning agent.
US09481857B2
Methods of acidic warewashing are disclosed. The compositions can include other materials including surfactants and chelating agents, and are preferably phosphorous free. Methods of using the acidic compositions in combination with alkaline compositions are also disclosed. Exemplary methods include using the acidic compositions together with other compositions, including alkaline compositions and rinse aids employed in an alternating alkaline/acid/alkaline manner. The methods also include acidic compositions that serve multiple roles.
US09481852B2
Cross blends of synthetic ester base stocks are produced from high viscosity synthetic ester base stocks having a viscosity from about iso 120 to 140 and conventional synthetic ester base stocks of varying viscosities to form base stocks having viscosities from about iso 68 to iso 220. Lubricants formed from the cross blends have sufficient miscibility with HFC refrigeration fluids with minimal use of i-C9 carboxylic acids to form the ester.
US09481846B2
There is provided a sliding film formed on a surface of a member which slides relative to another member. The sliding film includes, a metal-doped tetrahedral amorphous carbon layer; and a surface layer that is formed on top of the metal-doped tetrahedral amorphous carbon layer and has a higher coefficient of kinetic friction than the metal-doped tetrahedral amorphous carbon layer.
US09481844B2
A process and an apparatus for reducing the diolefin and oxygenate content of liquefied petroleum gas are disclosed. A first conduit is in fluid communication with a liquefied hydrocarbon source and a vessel. The vessel includes a solid adsorbent disposed on a support. The adsorbent is suitable for adsorbing diolefins and oxygenates. A second conduit is in fluid communication with the vessel for receiving the liquefied hydrocarbons of reduced diolefin and oxygenate content from the vessel. A steam inlet conduit is in fluid communication with a steam source and the vessel for treating the solid adsorbent containing adsorbed diolefins and oxygenates with steam to desorb the diolefins and oxygenates from the solid adsorbent. An amine absorber unit for reducing the hydrogen disulfide content of the liquefied hydrocarbon can be in fluid communication with the vessel.
US09481841B2
This invention relates to a process for preparing an additive comprising the steps of: (1) reacting a polymer derived from of an olefin containing 2 to 8 carbon atoms with an acylating agent to form an acylated polymer, and (2) reacting the acylated polymer of step (1) in a medium substantially free of to free of sulphur with: (a) ammonia or an amine to form a succinimide product; or (b) water to form a hydrolyzed product, wherein the mole ratio of the acylating agent to polymer in step (1) is from 0.3:1 to 1.6:1. The invention further relates to compositions containing the additive and its use.
US09481836B2
Biomass derived gas oil is blended with petroleum derived gas oil and upgrading into more salable and more valuable products by co-processing the blended material in a gas oil hydrocracking system comprising two reactors where the blended material is first hydrotreated and then hydrocracked.
US09481834B2
A method comprises separating a hydrocarbon feed stream having carbon dioxide into a heavy hydrocarbon stream and a light hydrocarbon stream. The light hydrocarbon stream is separated into a carbon dioxide-rich stream and a carbon dioxide-lean stream. At least a portion of the carbon dioxide-lean stream is fed to a hydrocarbon sweetening process. Another method comprises receiving a hydrocarbon feed stream that comprises 30 molar percent to 80 molar percent carbon dioxide. A heavy hydrocarbon stream is separated from the hydrocarbon feed stream, wherein the heavy hydrocarbon stream comprises at least 90 molar percent C3+ hydrocarbons. A carbon dioxide-rich stream is separated from the hydrocarbon feed stream, wherein the carbon dioxide-rich stream comprises at least 95 molar percent carbon dioxide.
US09481822B1
The present invention relates to the field of petrochemical drilling and discloses a drilling fluid additive composition. The composition contains rheological modifier, emulsifier and tackifier. Among them, the rheological modifier is dimer acid-organic amine copolymer comprising structural units from dimer acid, structural units from alkylamine and structural units from arylamine; the tackifier is modified polysiloxane nano-particles, and the modifying group Z on the polysiloxane nano-particles is the emulsifier is one or more of the compounds represented by the following Formula (1). The present invention further provides a high temperature resistant clay-free whole-oil-based drilling fluid containing the foregoing composition. Through synergistic effect of the rheological modifier, the emulsifier and the tackifier in the composition, the present invention obtains a clay-free whole-oil-based drilling fluid with desirable suspending power and temperature resistance.
US09481817B2
The present invention relates to a catalyst for the cross-linking of silicone rubber materials with a cross-linker on the basis of lactate. In particular, the present invention provides a composition for the production of a silicone rubber material with a cross-linker on the basis of lactate, wherein the composition comprises a catalyst, which comprises at least two compounds, which are different from each other and which are selected independently of each other from metal salts of carboxylic acids. In addition, the present invention provides a method for the production of such a composition, as well as a use of the catalyst for the cross-linking of a silicone rubber material, in particular for cross-linking a silicone rubber material with a cross-linker on the basis of lactate, as well as a use of the composition of the present invention for the production of a silicone rubber material, in particular for use as a sealant, an adhesive, or a coating agent.
US09481814B2
Disclosed is a multi-layer adhesive film including a heat curable adhesive film and a first tacky adhesive composition disposed on the first major surface of the heat curable adhesive film. The heat curable adhesive film includes a surface-deactivated solid isocyanate and a polyurethane that includes functional groups that are reactive with isocyanate. A method of making an article that includes the multi-layer adhesive film and article made thereby are also disclosed.
US09481810B2
Polyarylenes comprising as polymerized units a first monomer having two cyclopentadienone moieties and a second monomer having two or more alkyne moieties, wherein at least one alkyne moiety is directly bonded to a silicon atom are provided. Such polyarylenes are useful as dielectric materials in the manufacture of electronic devices.
US09481809B2
The present disclosure is directed to multilayer film having has an L* color less than 30 and a 60 degree gloss value less than 10. The multilayer film has a first polyimide layer and a second polyimide layer. The second polyimide layer has 45 to 67 wt % of a polyimide, greater than 14 wt % of a silica matting agent or a mixture of silica matting agent and at least one additional matting agent, and at least one submicron carbon black, wherein the total amount of the submicron carbon black and the polyimide is less than 85 wt % and greater than 45 wt %.
US09481805B2
[Problem] To provide a composition for film formation comprising cellulose fibers, a layered inorganic compound, and a water-soluble polymer, which are each dispersed on nano level, a method for preparing a cellulose dispersion capable of forming a moisture-resistant film containing cellulose nanofibers, a gas-barrier laminate obtained by use of the dispersion, and a packaging material using the laminate. [Solution] A film-forming composition comprising at least cellulose fibers and a swollen inorganic compound is prepared. The method of preparing a cellulose dispersion comprises the steps of oxidizing cellulose, fibrillating the thus oxidized cellulose to prepare cellulose nanofibers, and adding a water-soluble polymer and inorganic particles to the dispersion containing the cellulose nanofibers.
US09481804B2
An electroconductive ink composition comprising silver particles (A), a compound having a siloxane backbone with a functional group (B), and an organic solvent (C), the silver particles (A) having a protective layer containing an amino group-containing compound and having a mean particle size of 1 nm or more and 100 nm or less, the content of the compound (B) being 4% by weight to 8% by weight based on the total amount of the composition, can form a circuit pattern on a polymer film with low heat resistance, and the obtained circuit pattern has excellent adhesion to a substrate and high conductivity.
US09481803B2
A water dispersible phase change ink composition including a hydrophilic wax having at least one ethoxyl moiety; a low viscosity wax having at least one hydroxyl group, wherein the low viscosity wax is miscible with the hydrophilic wax; an optional stabilizer; and a colorant, wherein the colorant is selected to absorb light in a region that one wants to block. An ink jet printer stick or pellet comprising the water dispersible phase change ink composition. A process for forming a photo-imaged stencil using the water dispersible phase change ink composition.
US09481802B2
A coating composition having high dirt prevention properties and improved adhesiveness to hydrophobic surfaces such as those made of a plastic, and a coating method are provided. More specifically, provided is a coating composition, including: hydrophobic resin particles dispersed in an aqueous medium; hydrophilic inorganic fine particles; and an oxidizing agent containing at least one of a peroxide, a perchloric acid, a chlorate, a persulfuric acid, a superphosphoric acid, and a periodate, and also provided is a coating method including the steps of: preparing a first agent having hydrophilic inorganic fine particles and hydrophobic resin particles dispersed in an aqueous medium; preparing a second agent by adding, to the first agent, an oxidizing agent containing at least one of a peroxide, a perchloric acid, a chlorate, a persulfuric acid, a superphosphoric acid, and a periodate; applying the second agent onto a member to be coated; and drying the second agent on the member to be coated.
US09481796B2
A method for producing a nanoparticle to separate a diketopyrrolopyrrole pigment includes separating an α-type diketopyrrolopyrrole pigment nanoparticle having high crystallinity by carrying out separation of the diketopyrrolopyrrole pigment and crystal type transformation to the α-type with substantially a single step. The α-type diketopyrrolopyrrole pigment nanoparticle is separated by mixing a diketopyrrolopyrrole pigment solution having the diketopyrrolopyrrole pigment dissolved in a solvent and an alcohol solvent containing an alcohol compound solvent in a thin film fluid formed between at least two processing surfaces 1 and 2 arranged to be opposite to each other so as to be able to approach to and separate from each other, at least one of which rotates relative to the other. An acidic substance is contained in at least any one of the diketopyrrolopyrrole pigment solution and the alcohol solvent at this moment.
US09481786B2
Disclosed is a thermoplastic rubber composition comprising, based on 100 parts by weight of a block terpolymer (A) of an aromatic vinyl compound and an alkene compound, 50 to 100 parts by weight of a paraffin oil (B), 30 to 70 parts by weight of an inorganic additive (C), 5 to 30 parts by weight of a polyolefin-based resin (D), and 30 to 70 parts by weight of an acryl-based resin (E). The hardness of the thermoplastic rubber composition may be freely adjusted and the thermoplastic rubber composition has a bonding strength of 2 to 4 N/mm as measured using a UTM according to a KS M 6518 peeling test method. Accordingly, bonding strength thereof to a thermoplastic resin is increased even without addition of an adhesive.
US09481781B2
Ceramic black materials for use as, or in, colorants, inks, pigments, dyes, additives and formulations utilizing these black materials. Black ceramics having silicon, oxygen and carbon, and methods of making these ceramics; formulations utilizing these black ceramics; and devices, structures and apparatus that have or utilize these formulations. Plastics, paints, inks, coatings, formulations, liquids and adhesives containing ceramic black materials, preferably polymer derived black ceramic materials, and in particular polysilocarb polymer derived ceramic materials. The instant materials are particles which are pyrolyzed and are defined by having a specific Si, C and O content and having carbon which is both free and silicon bound. The particles are prepared by specific processes, as defined herein.
US09481777B2
A method for continuous High Internal Phase Emulsion (HIPE) foam production. A HIPE is produced then extruded onto a belt. After polymerization, a portion of the saturated aqueous phase is removed using a vacuum box. A nip insert is inserted under the vacuum box to raise the vacuum box leading to improved uniformity of the HIPE in the cross direction along the belt.
US09481776B2
The invention relates to foams of high thermal stability, to the production thereof from organic polyisocyanates and polyepoxides, and to the use of the foams.
US09481770B2
A carbon fiber composite material which includes a carbon fiber sheet as a reinforcing material and a thermoplastic resin as a matrix resin, the carbon fiber sheet exhibiting a work per areal weight of 1×10−3 to 30×10−3 [(N·mm)/(g/m2)] in a tensile test using a specimen having a width of 25 mm. The carbon fiber composite material exhibits excellent flowability in molding and ensures excellent moldability even when molded into a complicated shape. Further, the composite material can yield a molded product which has high mechanical properties with minimized dispersion, thus being suitable for press molding.
US09481767B2
The present invention relates to poly(4-hydroxybutyrate)-b-monomethoxy(polyethylene glycol) copolymer nanoparticles, a method for preparing the same, and a pharmaceutical composition including the same as an active ingredient for treating brain disorders, in which the P(4HB)-b-mPEG nanoparticles according to the present invention break down slowly in brain cells such that gamma-hydroxybutyric acid (GHB) is released and so can sustainedly release a therapeutic level of concentration of GHB which is used as an agent for treating brain disorders such as epilepsy, and the nanoparticles are in the form of a hydrophobic polymer and so cannot easily be used as a hallucinogenic agent or narcotic agent due to the hydrophobic property whereby said nanoparticles do not dissolve in water or alcohol, and so can be used more safely than existing GHB, and hence, can advantageously be used instead of prior-art GHB therapeutic agents.
US09481759B2
Composite materials and methods for their preparation are described herein. The composite materials include a polyurethane made from the reaction of at least one isocyanate and at least one polyol, and coal ash (e.g., fly ash). The composite materials are highly reactive systems such as through the use of highly reactive polyols, highly reactive isocyanates, or both. The coal ash is present in amounts from about 40% to about 90% by weight of the composite material. Also described is a method of preparing a composite material, including mixing at least one isocyanate, at least one polyol, coal ash, and a catalyst.
US09481756B2
The present invention relates to a curable composition including: (a) at least one compound having at least one (meth)acrylic functional group in the molecule thereof, which is selected from a (meth)acrylic monomer and a (meth)acrylic oligomer; (b) an organic peroxide; (c) an o-benzoic sulfimide; and (d) an oxazoline compound, in which the component (d) is contained in an amount of 0.005 to 10 parts by mass based on 100 parts by weight of the component (a).
US09481749B1
Methods for preparing metallocene-based catalyst systems containing an activator-support are disclosed. These methods are directed to contacting an activator-support, an organoaluminum compound, and a mixture containing a metallocene compound and cyclohexene or a mixture of cyclohexane and 1-hexene, resulting in catalyst systems with increased catalytic activity for the polymerization of olefins.
US09481742B2
The present invention relates to a continuous process for the manufacture of highly-branched homo- or copolymers of C3-C8 ethylenically unsaturated mono- or dicarboxylic acid as well as the anhydrides and salts thereof (monomer A) by means of free-radical polymerization of monomer A and optionally water-soluble, monethylenically unsaturated comonomers (monomer B) in an aqueous medium in the presence of at least one water-soluble initiator, wherein the polymerization takes place in at least one tubular reactor segment.
US09481738B2
Provided is a method for producing cellulose ether whose aqueous solution is transparent and contains a smaller amount of water-insoluble portion. The method comprises at least the steps of: providing at least two alkali cellulose materials having different compositions, each of the materials having been prepared by bringing a pulp into contact with a solution of alkali metal hydroxide and draining; and mixing the at least two alkali cellulose materials having different compositions, wherein each weight ratio of the alkali metal hydroxide in each of the alkali cellulose materials having different compositions to a solid component in the pulp (alkali metal hydroxide/solid component in pulp) is equal to 0.4 to 2.5 times of a weight ratio of alkali metal hydroxide in the alkali cellulose obtained in the step of mixing to solid components in a sum of pulps used for preparation of the alkali cellulose materials.
US09481737B2
A hybrid vegetable protein is described, comprising a guest protein having the structure of prolamine and glutelin, and a host protein having the structure of globulin and albumin, obtained from vegetable grains, such as corn and soybean, respectively. Likewise, a method for obtaining said hybrid vegetable protein is described, which comprises the steps of extracting the guest and host proteins, carrying out an acidification thereof, and further applying a magnetic field to provoke their attachment, and finally adding an alkali to the attached proteins to obtain a hybrid vegetable protein at its isoelectric point. The protein thus produced has a value higher than 0.97 according to the PDCAAS rating.
US09481734B2
The invention relates to antibody compositions and use of the composition to detect disease processes associated with elaboration of proteases. The reagents are directed to assessing an IgG breakdown product that is the result of such proteolytic cleavage. The invention further relates to the use of a therapeutic immunospecific for IgG protease cleavage products to restore effector function to antibody compositions that are subject to protease cleavage.
US09481730B2
The present invention relates to bispecific antibodies comprising a first antigen binding site specific for a death receptor and a second antigen binding site specific for a second antigen, methods for their production, pharmaceutical compositions containing said antibodies, and uses thereof.
US09481728B2
The present invention provides compositions and methods for treating cancer in a human. The invention includes relates to administering a genetically modified T cell to express a CAR wherein the CAR comprises an antigen binding domain, a transmembrane domain, a costimulatory signaling region, and a CD3 zeta signaling domain.
US09481727B2
Novel modulators, including antibodies and derivatives thereof, and methods of using such modulators to treat proliferative disorders are provided.
US09481719B2
The present invention relates to repetitive self-assembling precursor proteins, nucleic acid sequences and expression constructs encoding the same, and to methods for recombinant production of peptides using such precursor proteins.
US09481717B2
The present invention relates to chemical compounds, methods for their discovery, and their therapeutic and research use. In particular, the present invention provides antiviral and antimicrobial lectin compounds and methods of their use.
US09481694B2
The problem addressed by the present invention is to provide; solid solution pigment nanoparticles having a homogeneous solid solution ratio; a method for producing solid solution pigment nanoparticles having a homogeneous solid solution ratio in each primary particle; and a method for controlling the solid solution ratio of solid solution pigment nanoparticles. The solid solution pigment nanoparticles are prepared by precipitating at least two types of pigment by mixing a pigment precipitation solvent and; at least one type of pigment solution wherein at least two types of pigment are dissolved in a solvent: or at least two types of pigment solution wherein at least one type of pigment is dissolved in a solvent. The solid solution pigment nanoparticles are wherein the solid solution ratio of the at least two types of pigment in the primary particles of the precipitated solid solution pigment nanoparticles with respect to the ratio of the at least two types of pigment in the pigment solution mixed with the pigment precipitation solvent having a precision within 25%.
US09481690B2
The present invention relates to crystalline polymorphs of (2-(4-(2-(1-isopropyl-3-methyl-1H-1,2,4-triazol-5-yl)-5,6-dihydrobenzo[f]imidazo[1,2-d][1,4]oxazepin-9-yl)-1H-pyrazol-1-yl)-2-methylpropanamide (GDC-0032, taselisib), methods of use, and processes of preparing thereof.
US09481687B2
The present invention provides arylo-fused thienopyrimidine compounds, compositions thereof, and methods of using the same.
